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curm«s for the curious.
The number of bannas on a bunch
averages 110 .
According to the old writers on
physiognomy a round head denotes
foolishness.
The old epicures of Greece and Rome
Used on higli oceassions to revel in a
dish of nightingales' brains.
Troy was besieged and taken in the
the yeat; 1100 IS. C. Ilomer wrote his
fanciful account of the war 300 years
after its occurrence.
Peas found in tho wrappings of an
Egyptian mummy have been seen to
sprout and bear edible fruit, but the
stock lacked vitality, became mildewed
and died out.
The true name of China is said to
beChumque, “the centre kingdom of
the world.” This term was by usage
corrupted into Chinque, and from
this word the Portuguese gave it
the name of China.
It appears that a wisp or small
twist of straw or hay was often
applied as a mark of opprobrium to
an immodest woman, a scold or similar
offender; even, therefore, tho showing
it to a woman was considered a
grievous affront.
Max Muller has calculated that at
the close of the next two centuries
there will lie in the world 53,370,000
people speaking the Italian language;
72,5il,000 the French; 157,480,000 the I
German; 505,280,000 the Spanish, and
1,83 i,286,lo3 the English.
A large business is done in old hats
between this country and the Nicobars.
The savages there consider it a mark
of affluence to possess as old a hat as
possible, and a good tall white hat,
with a broad black band, will fetch
from fifty-live to to sixty-five coca
nuts.
The Andanian islanders believe
that their deity lives in a big stone
house, and that his wife is a green
shrimp. A small body of heretics as¬
sert that the deity’s wife is a red
shrimp, but they are regarded as of
little account and are vigorously per¬
secuted on general principles.
The town records of Boston contain
some curious features to the student
of colonial history. One curious fact
in connection with them is that one
man, William Cooper, was town clerk
for forty-nine years, beginning bis
service in 1761. Starting out in his
records with a bold, round hand, his
writing gradually becomes faint and
tremulous with old age. llis minutes
contain the record of the memorable
struggle between the little town of
Boston and the powerful but un¬
fortunate King George III. of Eng¬
land.
An Emperor’s Life.
A Berlin letter to the New York
Sun says: Soldiers, officers, anything
or any one belonging to his beloved ar¬
my are privileged with Emperor Wil¬
helm, but his love does not exclude a
strong sense of justice and a severe en¬
forcement of discipline. Latterly some
soldiers of the Landwher, or reserve,
all well-to do, rich influential burges¬
ses, rebelled at the injunction to enter
baggage wagons, and absolutely
refused to travel in them. They re¬
ferred the case to the Emperor by tele¬
gram, ending their statement by these
v, -yds: “What does your majesty com¬
mand us to do?” The answer caine,
prompt and curt, “Obey,” and the de¬
linquents had to answer before a mili¬
tary tribunal for their insubordination
The body servant of the emperor,
the oldest of all his old retainers, the
faithful Engel, is a septuagenarian.
His master treats him with playful fa¬
miliarity, using to him the friendly du,
and never fails when he enters the
room in the morning to inquire after
his health. He is far less strong and
robust than the aged monarch, and one
day last, winter he regretfully in¬
formed His Majesty that he must soon
retire from service, that every man
could not be as everlastingly hale as
the Emperor; and that he needed rest.
William I responded, with a laugh:
“Engel, thou and I have not the time
to rest,” and nothing more was said.
Tf| Ihe „ Emperor Fmtpr neither ... smokes , nor
takes snuff. He uses a short-sighted
eyeglass to read and write only, and
w‘u not own that h.s eyes are weaker.
He sleeps, like a boy. soundly and
peacefully. * bilui He l:kes a joke, and with |
ds >r., is most considerately
kind, buying himself little presents
for each of his servants at Christmas. j
1 he other day lie missed a lady s maid,
whom lie was wont to see about the
Empress daily. On inquiry he was
told She had a days leave of absence
to visit her family, as it was her birth
day. The next morning, meeting her,
the Emperor (. gave her a trifle, adding,
, I . am late with 4 , my congratulations, ...
Mein Kind*”
Bound to Have It.
It was just after the sermon, and :
they were wending their way home in
a soothed and peaceful frame of mind.
“Oh, Job, did you see that delightful
new bonnet of Mrs. Arbutus'? 1 think
I want something like that.”
“Like that?” exclaimed Mr. Shuttle.
“That! Why, it’s the worst phantasy
in rag roses I ever saw.”
“Now, Job, you know' better. That
bonnet is a complete symphony in har¬
monious tones, an effect that is per¬
fectly bewitching, and I’ll have one
like it if I have to scrape the slivers
off the inside of the flour barrel for the
next loaf of bread.”— Hartford. Fo*t.
FUN.
A sliver in the bush is worth two ii
hand.
Removing a superfluous heir—Getting
rid of your next of ldn.
Cinder-Ella—The girl who shakes our
ashes.— St. Paul Herald.
When a man’s mind is unsettled, it is
often ascertained that his bills are in tho
same condition.— New York Journal.
Nilsson says she never wearies of hear
ing herself sing, probably because she
I ne ver has to pay to get in .—Detroit, Free
Press.
Wagner composed only eleven operas,
It is believed he would have composed
more, but he had used up all the noises,
— Graphic.
A man’s lines have not fallen in picas
ant places when he cannot go off fishing
until he has put up the clothes lines for
his wife .—Fall Hirer Advance.
A maniac heeled with a six shootc r
has about the same horse-power as two
companies of militia called out by tho
governor.— Dlroit Free Press.
A chap got 2,000 Iowa people out on
the public square to see his winged horse,
and then calmly showed up a horse-fly
and took to his heels.— Free Press.
Persons afflicted with diphtheria may
console themselves with the thought that
they are not giraffes, and cannot have
two yards of sore throat.— Chicago Sun.
“It is all the fashion this summer for
young ladies to look as if a great sorrow
were gnawing at their hearts.” The
young lady who discovers that her lover
has gone to the picnic with another girl
is right in the fashion, although she may
bo unconscious of it.— Norristown Herald.
It was a mischievous Boston girl who,
in the marriage service, repeated the
clergyman’s solemn line, “Promising to
love, honor and obey,” in this novel
form, “Promising to love, honor and bo
gay-” lie wanted to smile, but didn’t
dare; neither did he dare to insist that
she say it right.— Waterbary American.
Piping Blackbirds.
When reared by hand from the nest,
the blackbird is capable of forming
strong attachments, and from his won
derful imitative powers will make him
self a great favorite. He will, if trained
when young, learn to whistle almost any
tune that maybe taught him. Tho best,
and perhaps the quickest, way is to take
him, when about six weeks or not later
than two months old, to a quiet room
away from any other bird, and in the
evening and the first thing in the morn
ing give him his lesson. The tune may
bo played on a (Into or other wind iu
strument. It, is advisable to feed him
before commencing operations; and
some Uribe or other, as, for instance, a
lively ‘worm, should be placed in his
sight. Play over a portion of the tune
you wish him to learn, and he will evi¬
dently pay particular attention to it.
Repeat it, with precisely tho same time
and expression, say twenty times; then
give tho bird a little quiet, so that he
inay, if he will, have an opportunity
of imitating it. If ho should make any
attempt, instantly give him his reward,
coaxing and caressing him meanwhile.
Being, for a bird, possessed of strong
reasoning powers, he will soon discover
why the worm or other bribe is given
him, and before long will understand
how to earn it. When once learnt, the
tune or tunes will never be forgotten,but
pass, as it were, into its song, It is
rather a tedious undertaking, but thc re¬
sult is invariably satisfactory. A black¬
bird will also imitate oilier birds very
minutely, and though there is little va¬
riety in his natural song, it is made tip
for by its pure, flute-like tone and full
volume. It most readily imitates the
thrush, but it will catch many notes
from the nightingale, to which bird its
tone has most resemblance, were it not
for tho introduction of several harsh
notes. When kept in confinement, it is
always advisable to bring it up when
young near to some good singing bird, as
it will thereby learn its neighbor’s song,
and, intermixing thc notes with its own,
make a most agreeable songster.— Canar¬
ies and Cagebirds.
Punched Coins for tho Japs.
The Japanese proletaire lias no pock¬
ets, and he finds it awkward to carry in
liis hands such coins as he contrives to
possess. In anrieut times his rulers were
more Considerate. They punched square
holes in the center of the coins, through
which he passed a .string, and was thus
able to carry about his available capital ^
tie4 hi8 neck of fo hjg (
The coins , vlTe |U)t , Jn amounf it
took a thousaud o{ thom t() makc a few j
ghi|lingg whilo a rart was ired (o I ,
Conve y a sovereign’s worth. But with I
civiliiation carati an improved coina
larger in value and with no holes, and
Ihe poeketless proletaire naturally grum
bled that civilization treated him hardly
in this respect. Hut liis cries have beer,
heard, and the Japanese government has 1
promised to issue a new coin specially
for hi, behoof. Its value is rather loss
than one-hflh of a half-penny sterling,
and it is to possess the indispensable
hole, by which he can string it as a
ch.ld i-ii strings heads. j
Waste of Human Life in Africa.
About 900 miles inland from Leopold
ville ’ Africa. Stanley says in his book
*' lat ' ie * ouni * a band of slave-traders
having iu their possession 2,300 captives.
“Both banks of the river,” he savs.
“showed that 118 villages and forty.
three districts had been devastated, out
of which was educed 2,300 females and
children, and about 2,000 tusks of ivory.
To obtain these they must have shot
2,500 people, while 1,300 more died by
the wayside. How many are wounded
and die in the forest, or droop to death
through an overwhelming sense of their
calamities, we do not know, but the out
come from the territory, with its million
of souls, must be 5.000 slaves, obtained '
at tbe expense of o3,0b0 lives!”
FOR THE FARM AM) HOME.
The Farmer's n»th.
The luxury of a bath room, says an
exchange, can be afforded by only the
| comparative few who live in furnace
or steam-heated dwellings. Bathing
in cold rooms is ill ways dangerous; and
j yet the farmers, mechanics and many
others who are able to have few luxu
ries, can afford least of all to do with
out the comfort and refreshment of
frequent bathing after toilsome days’
works. The first means of resting is
to make one's self clean. If more
farmers realized this, not so many of
them would leave the harvest field or
treshing machine covered with the
sweat and dust of the clay, eat a hearty
| supper and go to bed a 3 soon as chores
are donfi) sleeping in the same soiled
undergarments they have worn all
day. They always get up tired.
Why? Resting consists of two pro
cesses—throwing off the effete matter
of the p, 0( jy and assimilating a new
supply of fresh material from the
blood. Now when the farmer, or any
, body else, goes to bed with the soiled
underclothes of the, day, with his skin
covered with a thin coating of dust
and perspiration, the system can’t get
rid of its effete matter, because the
the pores are clogged up; while the
absorbents of the skin actually con¬
vey back into the system the poi¬
sonous matter onco thrown off, but
which has been allowed to stay on
the skin and clothes. It should be
tlie rulo 0 <- al j fo nBVer g 0 t 0 bed dirty.
Fur morning bathing cold water is
the most invigorating; but the tepid
bath is the right thing for the even¬
ing, when one is tired. And, unless
one has a well-appointed bathroom in
a furnace-heated house we recom¬
mend the sponge bath as the quickest,
neatest and most satisfactory method.
Changing .Seed.
“Changing seed” has long been
practiced by farmers, and with excel
i ^ <;n ^ results, it often being attended
! "if * 1 a laigely increased crop. All
| farmers are acquainted with the fact
■ that if some kinds of seed are not
changed the crop will soon run out.
This fact is true of grains, but applies
to a larger extent to garden vege
tables. For instance, the onion seed
of Connecticut is imported from Tri¬
poli, and grows well there for one or
ttvo crops, but if the cultivation is
long continued from the original seed
the onions soon are only of the size of
acorns. Again, potatoes grow well in
Louisiana and as far south as the
Bermudas if the seed is taken there
from a cool climate each year. Heavy
oats taken from the cool, moist cli¬
mates of Canada and northern Europe
and grown in the Northern or Middle
United States will produce a better
yield the first year than if grown on
their native soil.
One reason, and the principal one,
for these facts is that every plant has
a native region which is limited in ex¬
tent, and that when an attempt is
made to grow it out of that range it
soon deteriorates and requires to be
renewed from seed grown in its
native range. This is particularly
true of Sea Island cotton, seed of
which has been planted in every cot¬
ton growing soil in the world, but
which rapidly degenerates, and can
only be grown away from its native
region by the constant use of fresh
seed. These peculiarities of varieties
of plants have brought tiie business of
growing seed to so large proportions.
Another reason why the change of
seed is often beneficial to the farmer is
that the diseases which afflict our
crops and tho insects which prey upon
them prefer some varieties to others,
and the diseases or insects will become
more abundant in the localities where
the varieties they prefer are most
cultivated. If, then, a new variety be
introduced, one which is no better in
any way than the other only in so fur
as it is less subject to the ravages of j
insects, there is advantage to be de- ;
rived from the change.-Corn Miller,
Recipes. |
Fruit s ° n * , , .. / j
/ , ' CUp *
f , ° 8U «"’ cu P fnl , ® f ,mtter
»a f cupful of molasses, three ’ .1
eggs,
one teaspootul of soda, ono cupful of j
™i 8 .ns, two cupfuls of currants, one
tablespoonful of ginger.one tablespoon
ful of cloves, one tablospoonf.il of
cinnatnon ’ and one tablespoonful of
allspice; mix soft as can be rolled. |
These will keep several months.
Stuffed Tomatoes. —Select six mo
dium sized tomatoes. Cut a slice from
the stem end of each and scoop out
the soft pulp. Mince one small onion
and fry it slightly, add a gill of hot
water, the tomato pulp,and two ounces
of cold veal or chicken chopped fine,
sin, nor and season with salt and pep
ner 1 ’ ' stir tlr intn lnt0 u,» the pan cracker > dust , , |
enough to absorb the moisture- stuff
the tomatoes with this mass, sprinkle
dry crumbs over the top; add a small
P* e ‘ e of butter and bake until slightly
browned on top.
“
„
Th * etiquette .. of hand-shaking Is
Simf,le * man assume to
tak,J a la,1 v s hand until it is offered.
.
A ' a, '- T Pxte nds her hand and allows
the R entlemaa t0 take it. On intro
d ,K ‘ tlon * n a room a married lady gen
^ally shakes hands; young ladies not
®ft en - In the ball-room, where the in
troduction is for dancing, not for
friendship, never shake hands. The
more public the place of introduction
^le less hand-shaking takes place.—
Kew York Graphic,
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
j Jnpaifi which fi quarter of a century
ago was shut up against the world, is
j now educating seventy-five, per cent, of
its children in modern public schools,
and has just sent a commissioner to
this country to study American rail
way methods.
To those who remember the old
! grist mill, with its single or double run
of stone, its lazy wheel, and the miller
who was boss and all hands, the feat
of one of the great Minneapolis mills
In turning out 0,200 barrels of flour in
one day seeim 1i mark as great an ad
vance in mechanical appliances and
business enterprise as can be shown in
any manufactures,
The Magenta was a very fine new
steamer, built ol‘ steel according to
Lloyd's rules, well equipped, well
found, and all recent improvements
adopted to facilitate her carrying out
the work for which she was built,
viz.: cable repairing, being wo believe,
the last addition to tho fleet of steam¬
ers belonging to the Eastern extension,
Australasia and China Telegraph
Company, specially designed for cable
work. She left the Thames early in
March (on her maiden voyage) en
route for Singapore, and has not been
sighted or heard of since she left the
Channel, one of her small boats having
been picked up about 200 miles off
Cape Finisterre. The unsiukable
ship remains still to be invented.
Everything about a vessel has been
greatly improved, but the art of keep
afloat is yet iu its infancy.
It is computed by the San Francisco
police that in th) 300,000 residents of
the city there are tit least 3,000 habit¬
ual smokers of opium. The indul¬
gence in the deadly drug costs them
from 75 cents to $1.50 per capita daily
or more than $1,000,000 a your. Be
Bides this the confirmed victim cannot
work above three or four days in a
week. The lower and cheaper grades
of the fatal narcotic are mixed with
adulterants, which enhance its poison¬
ous effects. Three-quarters of the
habitues of tho joints are recruited
from the hoodlum class. The Ameri
cun, owing to his high-strung nerv¬
ous system, is enslaved by the juices
of the poppy more readily than the
man of any other nationality, while
the average Chinaman, because of his
phlegmatic temperament, can wean
himself as easily from the lethal fumes
as an American can from whiskey or
tobacco. Opium is costly stuff, anil is
commonly accepted as collateral by
San Francisco banks, being as readily
negotiable ns United States bonds.
These revelations are interesting at u
time when Great Britain is enlarging
her opium trade with China.
Choice of Occupation.
Much is said in “writings for youth”
as to the importance of choosing such
an occupation for life as nature’s in
clinations appear f to j? favor; and m
some instances resort has been made
to professional r . . face „ and , head , readers ,
to indicate the line to which tho un
formed mind should be directed. But
it 1 , often th. fact that eveh . think
ing and s.nnible boy in unaware of any
decisive “call” to a particular pursuit,
Much Much of Of thin this indecision indecision probably nrohnhlv nnmoa comes
from the fact that the call for a choice
occurs at about the time in years and
development when the subject is un
«*««-*♦* * »>«».
nor a hoy, but » hobbldohoy.” . an
old saw hasit.
It is foolish to “strike out” ’ “min 1
out ” or “.irninfrft” for hov’* futn-p
* ^ 7 a ^ UltUre
J
calling by means of bis expressed de
sire at the callow age; the boy will
naturally gravitate to his proper line
—if the c rcuinstances do uot hinder
—if those who have to deni with him
do not interfere. It is not difficult to
ascertain ...... if there . “bent” , 4 ,, . the ,
is a in
boy’s inclination. If it is decided, then
the intlumces and circumstances
should be brought to bear in that
direction. But it is best to start. Many
make mis akes because they did not
understanl, and sometimes these early
mistakes «xtend through the lifetime; i
but Ilurrit, was a fair blacksmith, Col- |
Iye r was agood one. Lincoln was a i
g0 od ra.l s,litter, and Johnson was a
good . , ,. tailot T It . would be
assumptive
to say tha the course of these men
would hav. been better i f at the berin
mug thi. 1 h.vl ,, become linguists, , ?.
preachers, tatesmen, and presidents,
Perhaps itwas better that they were
what thev vere at the beginning. r
’ °
A friendof ours was to lie an artist
—if he cotid have governed cireuin
stances; h became a machinist and
mechanic engineer because it. was in
his wav. ’ertainlv he has don e m ire
*
useful wok as a mechanic than he
ever could .. lave done as an artist.
T If . there .. t any moral , to facts, to
as
fables, it mght be that the best thing
an ambitios young man can do is to
do the first hing that comes to him,
the first tlihg he can reach by going
for it. and vatch and wait opportuni
f things.— thlngS ’ Sclent Sclentl fi e
Amenca . .
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Pronunoition of Afghan Cities.
Cabul isironounced Kawble; Mery
Is pronouned Mahriv; Herat is pro
nounced leratat; Kurraehec is pro
nounced Krahchv; Peshawur is pro
nounced hshower. The accent on
Afghanistn is on of the second sylla
ble. In sch words as Bulan, Robat,
etc., the a ent is on the second sylla
ble, and th -a” is pronounced broad
like “ah "-Pall Mall Gazette*
Emotions of Animals. ,
As it is true that certain animals pos
mule, various deer, suko, chimpanzee,
mandrill, titi or other monkeys or under apes,
cattle, camel, giraffe, shed tears
emotions of sorrow and grief. The par
rot does not shed tears, but possesses the
kindred power of sobbing, Chimpanzees
will weep at dread of punishment, account men- of
keys and elephants mortification, on the
disappointment Cingalese elephant or account of cap
on
tivity and confinement the titi irom
fear, terror or fright, the stag at bay and
caged rat from despair, certain monkeys
becau.sc they are pitied, and the young
soko. says Dr. Livingstone, ottt of mere
pettishness or non-compliance with his
whims. Mrs. Burton says she has seen
in the Syrian desert “ tears roil down
the camels’cheeks with thirst.” Some
&3r.'of wSf Tears
h
stone records the instance of a young
soko, which, if not taken up in the arms
like a child when it desired, and appealed most
to be so carried, engaged in the Boer
bitter, human-like weeping. Dr. in Java
lage shot a female wounded (mother) ape tree
that fell mortally from a
clasping the young ono in her arms, and
she died weeping. A giraffe, wounded
by a rifle-shot, was also found to have
1 tears trickling from the lash of his dark,
humid eyes. Gordon Gumming, the
African traveler, speaks of large tears
triekling from the eyes of a dying ele
pliant. Some old rats, finding a young
one dead by drowning, wiped the tears
from their eyes with their forepaws, says
the “Animal World.” Instances might
be enumerated without limit to show
that certain animals have both the phys¬
ical requirements for grins and tears,
and are susceptible to the same emotions
that cause tears and laughter in man.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for
on invalid as healthy weather.
Castles without housekeeping are but
bricks and stones—cold and forbidding.
All other knowledge is hurtful to one
who has not the science of honesty and
good nature. that, his friends
He who has a suspicion enemies, will
! Bre no better men than his
do well to consider how it came about
that lie has enemies.
Feelings come and go like light troops
following the victory of the present; but
principles, like troops of the line, are
undisturbed, and stand fast.
A man might •I- as well ii „v„n4i expect m t g mnv
stronger by always eating, as wiser by
always reading. Too much surcharges
nature and turns more into disease than
. ,
nourishment.
A multitude of eyes wnl narrowly in
spect every part of an eminent man, con
sider him nicely in all views, aui uot be
a little pleased when tliev have taken
him in the worst and most disadvauta
geous lights.
All generous eomo-le, of
thors, phuauthiopists,men societies oi of science, mutual aic, ad
or ought to be,
miration A man of genius, or any kind
of superiority, is not debarred from ad
miring the same quality in another, nor
the oilier from returning his admiration.
Intercourse with persons of decided
I virtue and excellence formation is of of good great character. import¬
ance in the
The force of example is powerful; we
are creatures of imitation, and by neces
rary influence, our habits and tempers are
i V ery much formed on the mode of those
; with whom we familiarly associate,
j Trunks Witll False Bottoms.
ion would be surprised at tne num
ber of orders we fill for trunks with
{alse bottoms,” said a trunk manufac
turer.
“ For tlr ‘ eve s, eh?”
TUSSZ
day with „ ot .
beautiful woman, ana asked me to have
f * 10 painting * built into the bottom of a
trun N;ltnrall j was curions> aml ,
as he was talkative, I soon found out
that the painting was of his first wife,
and that his new wife was awfully jeal
: to,l. ,nj 1 C ,of n.ifhl, tad lock
I to burn up a picture of a livin'! t* person. 1
r ; i -
^ suspect _ if c sue v . was dead present .
mv
wife wouldn’t ! A mro ’ YWIl 1 * T \ built u tbo me
picture • . into the trunk, , home ,
scut it to
him, and I suppose everything is lovely,
and the new wife thinks the picture has
been destroyed. A woman caine once
and wanted a trunk with a false bottom
arranged, so that she could "et at it
easily. We generally make the opening?
to false bottoms from the under side, but
s * ie wanted this through the upper shle
of thc bottom . 1 asked her how deep
she wanted the false bottom, and she
sa * ( *> absently, ‘Oh, big enough to hold a
S/Hratlvas^rdclinite 8 ord^wSt' ’
it?”—Nan Francisco Chronicle.
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The Grandest of Volcanoes.
Many have attempted to scale Co
topaxi, the loftiest of active volcanoes, si
th « walIs are in South America
steep,and tire snow is so deep that assent
Is impossible, even with scaling ladders,
On the south side of Cotopaxi is a great
rock, more than 2,000 feet high, called
the “ lnca ‘ s Tradition' says that
it was once the summit of the volcano,
and fe u on the day when Atahuallpa
was who strangled by the Spaniards. Those
have seen Vesuvius can judge of the
grandeur of Cotopaxi if they can imagine
a volcano 15,000 feet higher, shooting
forth its tire from a crest covered bv
3,000 feet of snow, with a voice that has
been heard 000 miles.
The distinguished U. S Senator from
Indiana, Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, cer
titles that in a case of rheumatism in the
back, he obtained instantaneous relief
fiom St. Jacobs Oil. He 6»vs it is a re
markable remedv.
The State of Alabama fairly bristles
11 'unknown °and*unthou
of were fifteen entirely
years ago The city of Bir
“‘“Pham—ihe magic city—has surged
far °f them all in substantial and
rapid growth. The ground upon which
fifk-en 5ear, a^go • ffiSv"is'a
’
18,000 inhabitants. The industrial
progress made there during the last lour
years is t * ie wom * er of the whole world.
Florida ba. cute Htnr.r flowed
petitors for the northern market
A horticulturist at Tangerine has re
d e “, tly shipped 30,000 tuberose bulbs to
ea er * m t e ori
A cntFEW bell at Stockton, Cal, is
rung every evening a few minutes after
nine o clock, at which time all children
must go home or become liable to arrest.
nelplo** Vpon n Frlenrtlo™ Se “ !
Who in taking passage in a grrat trone
Atlantic steamer,^ Against
« fromtlh.spdot “J'ffliL he> ^ From by y the «y; confident ’"fta
consternation came to every-toea diwc^
^' wheelman vessel being at helpl^s the mercy to
COU rse, the was
and wave. negligent—the hang
‘"^k . ^ ru ,i<; 0 r were iv had allowed dropped to wear deep
and suddenly
into the sea ! .... . v i 2or m
strong in intellect,lit lfron ts,’un
energ v and n tun ,
an ,j commands But, ap
magnificent achievements.
un 6 ipectadiy, an alarm comes—the rmi
der of his constitution is geme. Be ms own
careless of its preservation, «®* • v .;
ki-h
'' 0 ™’ This Would not occur were
atld liver. maintain viyor.
Earner's safe cure used to M^hose
And even now it may restore vitolity
The 'Traveler.
An unusual suit was commenced m the
Milwaukee circuit court by Mrs. Joseph
Fischer, mother of female twins, which
died at the time of birth. The babes
W ere perfect in form, with the exception flesh
0 f being joined by a firm growth <4
at the breast, the union extending from
uea r the waist to the cheek. They were
taken in charge by the midwife and
pi aced in alcohol, where they have since
i K!ea examined by a great many P by si
c ; anSi i he mother e. aims that the man
ner j n w hich the babes have been dis
p 0ged of was without her consent and
a g a j n ,t her wishes, and brings action for
the recovery of their bodies,
Never Open Your Month
except to put something to eat into it, is an
excellent motto tor tho gossip and the sufferer
from catarrh. But while the gosip is prac¬
ticably incurable, there is no excuse lor any¬
one’s suffering longer from Catarrh. Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy is an unfailing cure
for that offensive disease. ft heals the
diseased membrane, and removes the dull
and depressed sensations which always at¬
tend catarrh. A short trial of this valuable
preparation will make the sufferer feel iiko a
new being._____
Sleep:—The thief that robs ns of our time
giving us health in exchange.
Mark Twain’s latest advertisement is his
assertion that his children are well behaved,
well governed and companionably charming,
and he refers to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Charles Dudley Warner and his other Hartford
neighbors as witnesses. How could you expect
them to be otherwise, were they not brought up
ou Ridge’s 1’ood?— Exchange.
The age at which many marry—The parson
age.
Tory head Important. much discomfort
A cold in the causes
and annoyance and if of frequent recurrence membrane
often produces serious results. The
{j lc passages Ixicornos inflamed and
stopped up, an acrid and poisonous virus is
formed, sores form in the head, deafness
headache and roaring in the ears ensue and
the sufferer finally discovers that he has
(; . )tarrb This loathsome disease is by many
considero I in nrible but never fails to yield
to the power of Ely’s Cream Balm. This is
an article of undoubted merit, not a liquid
applied into tho nostrils where it is absorbed.
branal linings and restores the senses of taste
and smell. It gives instant relief; and a
thorough treatment will mail, certainly cure,
Brice 50e. at druggists Agists, or by
Bros > Owego, N. Y.
Your character cannoi'be essentially injured,
except by your own acts.
The only reliable enre for catarrh is Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy.
Conversation:—The idle man's business and
the business man’s recreation.
For dyspepsia, indigestion. depression of spir¬
its and general debility in their various forms,
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent Calisaya,” fevers, the “Ferro-Phosphor
ated Elixir of made by Caswell,
Hazard A Co., New York, and .old by all Drug
giats, is the best tonic; and for patients recover
j--—- ing from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
j Clouds:—The curtains of light, as sorrows
are of joy.
....... SJS? . „
' « a
and safe way to clear the cobwebs from the
i brain, recover zest for food, Dr Tierce’s and tone “Tlcas- up the
nervous system is to use
ant Ergative Pellets.” hold by all druggets.
Nothing can constitute good breeding that
has not good nature for its foundation.
i niporrn.nl*
,
Union Hotel, opposite drand Central lispot.
600 elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million
dollar*, aland upward supplied per day. Kuropean plan. Horsecars, Ele
vntor. Ke*taurant with tho best.
F»agt*Hand elevated railroads to all depots. Families
can liv<- better for leus money at the Grand Union
“ 0, *‘ u “ n “ ant otheIi p <■-»
If you are in a public office, be punctual—at
all events in leaving.
®
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d j I D 3 TAR
17 tsade\^/ MARK
/ O TAl’ X
m I I UGH
Free from Opiate*, Ahfiohstfiljf JB-meties and Poisons.
A PROMPT, SATE, SURE CURE
r.ir rnugii*. Sore Thmat, Influence,
Colds, Krunchitlf, <>■*•«,>, )Vku q.lng t'oiigh,
Asthniu. Quii*«T, »T,rf I'atji* Thraai !«i CbiMt, Luc(S. and other
::lt«’ci m> is and
Thick 60 res rs Bot^i.k. r** and Dkalbm.
IU . iAKLk* X. VtMiitl.XX COMPART.
Itiitlniife, M«■»land. C. 8. A*
Oatarrh t? I HAY-FEVER. year*, wait nfTlfrf during e«l the fortwtin- months
fetd o? August sn<1 September,
mm with Haj-lever, remedies without end tried
▼annus re¬
^ lief. I wan induced to try
IflffFVfD a|t*i V3 Ely’* Cream Balm ; have
4?/if « nwd it with favorable re
f recommend salts, an<i can confidently
it to all.
t / Kobikt W. Townlet, (ex
Mayor), Elizabeth, N. J.
^
Crea m Ba I m
(fftined an enviable repu¬
U.SA. 1 tation wherever known, dis
HAY-FEVER piactoR all other prepara¬
tions. A particle is applied
into each nostril; no pain;
agreeable to use.
Blair's
Oval Mux, round, 00 CM.
HAGAN'S
1 1x4.32^110113, % nr «• r>l
031111
is a secret aid to beatify.
Many a ladv Owes her fresh
less to it, who would rather
not tell, and ^ VHU cant tell
Advertising Clients?!*
“ It has become so common to begin
article in elegant, interesting , **
an style,
“ Then run itinto«omcadvcrtis 2 iu;at
avoid all such, q,,|
we
“ And simply call attention to the merits nf
Hop Bitters in a* plain, honest terms as , ,
sible, people
“ To induce
“ To give them one trial, which so anything
their value that they will never use
else.”
" Tnr. Remedy so favorably noticed in a n I I
tho pajjers. I
Religious and secular, is B
“ Having a large sale, and is supplanting I
all other medicines. I
“ There is no denying the virtues ot the I
Hop plant, and the shrewdness proprietors of Hop Bitters I
have shown great and ability * « I
“In compounding a medicine whose virtues
are so palpable to every one’s observation." B
Did Slio Die?
n jq-Q j suffered
« She lingered and for years.’ along, pi n i n ,
away nil the time
“ The doctors doing her no good-’’
“ And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters
the papers say so much about.”
“ indeed ! Indeed I”
“ How thankful we should hs for that med¬
icine.”
A Daughter's Misery.
“ Eleven years our daughter suffered on a
bed of misery, complication of kidney,
“ From trouble'and a Nervous debility, liver,
rheumatic of the best physicians,
“ ruder the care
“ Who gave her disease various names,
“ Hut no relief,
“ And now. she is restored to us in good
health by as simple shunned a remedy for as Hop before Bitters,
that we had years using
it. The Parents.
y^r’None genuine without a bunch of green
Hups on the white label. Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with “Hop” or “Hops” in their
name.
We Want 5,000 More BooK Agents to Sell
The Personal History of
- S. GRANT.
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octavo volume, and in eviperbly township,
w*rt nna aev.-itin every btSCIAL Grand Artur Post every bend
fuil i-.tifulars and TEAMS TO AGENTS, or srouxe iK«osy
.... cWerdSa
A ilutiuu, M ^fclUCA^Pl'ftllTSlYFNri Ciueinnat!, SI. l.vula.
Ciiicaao, or
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
WILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN in the BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red
Lines on wrapper.
TAKE NO OTHER.
PATENTS ,° D b ^’0 8 u? d i'ri3 p .r
BAM. Patent Lawyer. Washington, D. O.
lileCS ijflfff ISirsi! wSftiil iiltliff wm ilffiKaRW MmduAun
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S*fe *n«i Always reliable. Beware of Worth lr*e YDdUpeniahl* Imitation*.
•‘CWcke»ter , » English” rpcie»t*c. are the beat made. particularMcitF
menials, TO LADIES. (Stampe) re-Bhl far 9 A 9
etc., « n Utter ««nt von by PS 9 I IS;
tare t«o' a &«• | I 9b V *
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THAT
Lorillard’s Climax Flag
bearing Roue Leaf a red fine tin tag; cut; that that Lorillarni I/)rill*rdJ
Vary best Clippings, and that LoriJLird’s
ine and cheapest, quality considered ?
For Mprcinl. Closet n«li
Price* on Steam Mill*. En?' Evapo¬ n **’
Boilers, Cane Ctnii
rators. Cotton rno«t re»
Feeders; also the
able Condenser in America,
iruarantoed to work perfect*
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ffiiY s7o TO SCO niauuiactunnp A WAY
outfits lor Bithber
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Man and Beast.
Mustang Liniment is older than
most men, and used more and
more every year.