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IsrORTAN I’ AND INTERESTING STATEMENTS. Head, Maidt and Inwardly I>!|*eM — Something for Everybody. AsnmmxHAM, Mass., Jan. 14,1880. I have bet 11 very sick over two vears. They all gave me up as past cure. I tried the most skillful phvsiciana, but they did not reach the worst part. The lungs and heart would fill up every night and d is trees me, and ray throat was very bad. I told my children I never should die in peace until I had tried Hop They Bitters. I have taken two bottles. have helped me very much indeed. I shall take two more: by that time I shall be well. There was a lot of sick toli- 3 here who have seen how they helped me, and they usee! them and are cured, and fee 1 as thankful as I do that there is so valu¬ able a medicine made. Yours, M«s. Julia G. Cushing. Battue ( keek, Mich., Jan. 31. 1880. I have used seven bottles of Hop Bit¬ ters. which have cured me oi a severe chrome had difficulty pleasant of the kidneys and have a effect on my sys¬ tem. Rodney Pearson. Wai.hend, Kansas, Dec. 8. 1879 . 1 writ to inform you what great re¬ lief I f! of, from taking your Hop Bitters. I was suffering and from neuralgia and dys¬ cured pepsia, and a few I bottles have entirely good me, medicine. arn truly thankful for so a Mrs Mattie Cooper Cedar Bayou, Texas, Oct. 28, 1879 Hop Betters Co: I have heretofore been bitterly op posed physician to finy medicine of not prescribed by a my choice. My wife fifty-six y.'ars old, had come by de¬ grees to a slow sundown. Doctors failed to benefit her. I got a bottle of Hop Bitters for her, which soon re¬ lieved her in many ways. My kidneys were badly affected, and I took twenty or thereabouts doses, and found much relief. I sent to Galveston for more, and word came back none in the market, so great is the demand; hut I got some eJsewhere. It has restored both of us to good Yours, health, and we are duly grate¬ ful. J. p. Maget. New Bloomfield, Miss., Jan. 2, 1880 Hop Bitters Co. . : I wish !o say to you that I have been suffering for the last five years with a severe of Hop itching Bitters all over. 1 have heard and have tried it. I have used up four bottles, and it has done me more good than all the doc¬ tors anil medicines that they could use on or with me. I am old and poor but feel to bless you for such a relief from your m edicine and torment of .the doe t(«'S . 1 have had fifteen doctors at me. One gave me seven ounces of solution of arsenic; another took four quarts of blood from me. All they could tell was that it was skin sickness. Now, after these four bottles of your medi¬ cine, my skin is well, clean and smooth as ever. Henry Knociie. Being induced Milton, Del., Feb. 10, 1880. Hop Bitters, by a neighbor to try [ am well pleased with it ns a tonic medicine, it having so much improved my feelings, and benefited my system, which was very much out of tone, causing great feebleness. Mrs. James Betts. Hop Kalamazoo, Bitters Mich., Feb. 22, 1880. Meg. Co. : l know I lop Bitters will boar recom¬ mendation honestly. All who use them confer upon them tho highest en¬ comium;, and give them credit for mak¬ ing cures—all the proprietors claim for were them.' first I offered hare kept to the them public. since they took high rank from the first, and They taiued it, and main all others are more called for than combined. So long as they keep up their high reputation for purity and usefulness I shall continue to re¬ commend them—something I have never before done with any other patent medicine. J. J. Babcock, .Physician and Druggist. T Kauoka, Mo., Feb. 9, 1880. purchased live bottles of your Hop Bitters of Bishop it Co. last fall, for my daughter, and am well pleased with the Hitlers. They did her more good than a'i the medicine she had taken for six years. Wm . T. McCi i UK. J Catarrh, UteSESf i CATAsra'cifey!! M ft; '•% '»* »•» \\v Ht.ro B8 Vfti bieauis t'l! i rough nose It \n H he absorb* - O'i, ClCUHSiliJl l heal au nsgpff tnj* the aiteased rneiu br*uie. m m Fer Bealness, I_ •-M %5slg«l Occasionally apply * particle into and back ~‘ .f tho ear, tubbing in thoroughly. There is a Balm in Gilead. The success which lias marked the Introduction here of ('ream Ha m. a catarrh Indeed remedy,prepared marvelous. Ma hy Ely ltros., os., In uwvg.', N. Y., la my person l'ittston are using it with most s.itisfac tory results x lady down-town is recovering the sense of smell, whl she luut not enjoyed 1 ’or tlfteen years, through tho use of the Halm. She hud given up her case as Incur able. Mr. Barber, the druggist, hits used it in hi* family, and i com mends it very highly. In another oolumn. a voun li Tunk tiannock awyor. known to many deafness of our readers, testifies that he w is cured of partial hv the Balm. It is certain (tu y a very efficacious remedy.—From the Pittston (Pa.) lle, August 1ft, 1879 Price iO cents. On receipt of HO cents, w ill mail a package free. Send for circular, with full Information. ELY’S CREAM BALM CO., Owego, N. Y, Sold by nil BrugKists. j A Blood Producer and Life Sustaining Principle. The three principal CAT.ISAY'A Ingredient* in Malt combined, UiTtras triffteui a r e ALT. HOPS, and Bittkrs As they ^jwteiWohi-n. bv the Malt Comi-aav. are the grandest Restorative and Nourishing Agents, the treat, st Blood Producers and Life-sustaining Principles tu food or medicine. For Mi.avia Dyspepsia. and Indigestion, Complaint, Pale, Vhin and Wate v Blood, Liver tv .tk Nttrve* Lttfigs Kidney- Kxliaustion and Urinary of Organs. Delicate Coo- l'e ijtjtptton. Kmaeiat’oit, and maicN Nurging Mothcs. Sickly Beware Chll .ren,ant the Aged, simi M-.t T BirTFits supreme. of imitations iat: v i i i‘ t. 1 he y.'uuine hear the COMPANY’S S.tl N A 'T UE ss a'xtvo. a jo Sold everywhere. MALT BITTERS Ct'Mt' A N ^ ST IN FRAZER AXLE GREASE. I p TA'T WHAT IS l SHALL Jtlol . i FRMCRSM'LS I V \ rc AML!l THiS T FilltlltUE BY A T.1. DFALEHS Atmrdnt the ME DA!. OF ROMOR at Vie Oid-nnial on4 Pat is Kxpusitivns* * NewYork. Chicago. FRAZEH LUBtUC a TOR CO. \l/ V tUTTED—Agents every wher c to sell our good*, v by suinpie, to fa mi ies. Mr e give attra. tive present* *nd ft rut-class coeds to vour cttatouiem; we give you good wroUtsi we prepay a.I exp css eh ages; we iutiush outfit tree. Write lor particu „:s. __PKOPLK’STEa CO., Box 5035, St. Loot*. M o. *5 to $20 sss&-Ks,ic£?«sa.“r TIMELY TOPICS, We shall r.eyer know exactly of what stuff dreams arc made. Notwithstand¬ ing the unbelief of those who disclaim all superstition, strange cases of occult telegraphy face. That constantly was curious come to the brought sur¬ a one out Chicago. by the death of Mis 3 Faulkner, of Her aged mother lives in Ottawa, Canada, and when asked by a correspondent Chicago, she if she had a daughter in burst into tear-', ayine: “ Tell me what is the matter. I dreamed last night she was dead.” O 11 being in forrned that the dream had indeed been fulfilled, all the she wept distressingly. Can schools explain what pictured the girl as dead in her mother’s mind when her body lay uncared for in a Chicago tenement house. “ The time that is saved be hurryinar to meals and elsewhere comes out of a man’s life sooner or later,” says a phil¬ osophic uaragraphist. It is true, yet in spile of the knowledge the Amerie an people boast go through life on the jump, and of it Any town whose citizens incline toward deliberation in their business is considered “dead.” Only the places where they all hurry and The ‘ sp urge” are supposed to be “alive.” in hurry. popular idea of being alive is being a That goes by the name of be. “ business,” though absurd haste would a more appropriate name for it. There is no time saved by hurrying. Whatever is gathered up in small quan¬ tities is clipped off at the end of life in a solid piece. Women and children are employed in tolerably large numbers i.i the English mines. Out of 18,795 persons engaged above ground about the metalliferous mines, 2,193 are women and girls, and in addition tiiere are 317 male 3 of the tender ages of between eight and thir¬ teen. Of girJs thirty-six are employed between thirty-two eight and thirteen years old, of wfiom are in the Cornwall and Devon district. Of girls between thirteen and eighteen years there are employed ployin': 792, Cornwall and Devon em¬ 645 and the North Wales dis¬ trict 106, the only other largely-employ¬ ing district being that of Ireland, where above twenty-seven eighteen arc at work. Of girls 1,365 years old, there are employed. The London World made the startling discovery fashionable that kleptomania was com¬ mon in society, and that thefts of jewelry, furs and wraps were frequent the in the West ball rooms and cloak rooms of End. Instances were given, pressed, names Truth and followed places being sup¬ in the same strain, lady of and title told stole how sable a light-fingered cioak from a a ducal mansion; also how another lady of title lost a diamond necklace. It was said that these conveyances of property could not have been inadvert ant, seeing that shawls expensive and other overcoats, costly lace property were invari¬ ably replaced by shabby articles. In several cases the thieve s were caught in the act, but protesting error, were per¬ mitted to go on restoring the plunder. Time is now supplied to street clocks, public offices, hotels and private dwel¬ lings in Paris, like gas or water, from a central station, by means of compressed air conveyed through underground pipes. At the central station there is a reservoir of compressed air, and fen the first twenty seconds of every minute, an given by a standard timepiece, a current of the compressed air is allowed to flow through the pipes to the receiving clocks. By means of a small bellows, whie h is expanded by the clocks transmitted kept air, the works of these are going at a practical uniform rate. The street mains in are diameter, of wrought iron, these about 1 1-16 inch and are connected to service pipes of lead 1.5.inch in diameter, while tlie different stories of a building are supplied by rubber tubes one-eight inch in diameter. Any number of clocks can be actuated in this way within a radius of two miles from the central station. Professor Forbes, of Illinois, gives it as his opinion that at least two-t birds of food of birds consist of insects, aver¬ at the lowest reasonable estimate insects per day for each individ¬ of this two-thirds, giving a total for 7,2oi) year (which is surprisingly low) for the of per acre, or 250,000,000,000 State. This number placed one to each inch of surface would cover an of 40,000 acres. In connection with these figures the following estimates by Mr. H. D. Minot, one of the Boston naturalists, Massachusetts are interesting. alone He states that in there are annually destroyed not less than 50,000 partridges. 30,000 woodcock, 15,000 quail and 5,000 snipe, or 160,000 came birds while in the same State 250,000 wild birds (counting their eggs) are placed hors du combat. Mr, Minot places the number of birds annually destroyed in the United States at 1,000,000,000 roughly estimated. According to the American. Naturalist a young mocking-bird, raised from the nest, has been known to eat 240 red-legged grasshoppers in a day, equivalent to at least 480 average in a;. -f.3. The Massachusetts board of health reports that adulterations of staple public gro¬ ceries are not as common as the have been led to suppose. For the pur¬ pose of test, the expert of the board took samples of flour, sugar, bread,soda, cream of tartar, and baking powders, obtained in stores in forty cities all and towns. The flour was found in in¬ stances to be wholly and, free with from all foreign ception of substances, varieties the ex¬ of one or two coarse brown sugar, no adulteration wasper ccptible in that article; and in these isolated cases there w r as reason for thinking that the defects were due to imperfections The in soda the examined, process of although manu¬ facture. sold under a vaiiety of name ;, such as saleralus, bicarbonate, supercarbonate, and cooking soda, was and all found to all be much the same article, neuvl' of it good. Th'c poor soda was that which had not been properly purified of the crude soda ash, but this sulphate is not injurious to health. Baking powders were found to be pure in twenty-four instances out of Unity-three. The adulteration consisted in an excess of flour or starch over that needed lor mix¬ ing the soda and cream of tartar. There was also some alum found. In cream of tartar a considerable amount of adul¬ teration was detected. A Trade Dollar Counterfeit. American counterfeiters are being “ruined by Chinese cheap labor.” The secret oervice recently received a trade dollar which Lad been neatly scooped out in the center, leaving only a thin solder, plate on and each the side, the cavity filled with edges bound with a rim cf silver, which had been skillfully milled in exact imitation of the genuine woik. The most remarkable thin* about it was the fact that the weight and ring of the genuine coin had been so successfully j imitated that the fraud was s a.V .^,4 1 \ profit, it'is b^ieved “oTav'e'beVdine inCbin!i,a here American trade dollars an. con.mon. Gold coins of $10 and $**' nave been oiten doctored in this way by American counterfeiters, but tne skiit required for the work would hardly be from satisfied the with manipulation the small profit of accruing a made dollar anywhere outside- of China, PAKM, GARDEN AND HOISEH OLD. Tim.lv Timely 1 r».„ arn. >v- .— from 7 — the “Agrlcultur- , ,. .. b .>w iNtr Fall (jRAtss The leading tarm work m many localities is the crops. One cannot t a peer a that tue ie3t harvest wiL io;iow • careiesa preparation of the smi, and an mpeifect sowing oi the seed. The , ung plants should and get well order rooted be sets in in to in - le this, the soil shou.d be deep ann mellow. Wheat requires a soil well V crize DU ^ compact, with tine tiltti 4 ! 3 V r ' r ace ’ * or a se ed-bed. There „ aa 5 ’., u lumps on the , surface of the soil, , . seed sh °old be surrounded }} otherwise the B|pt J DQm ’ paints wi.i l oe , ery uneven, and many grams wn no. ._uirt at all. 1/ the soil is lumpy, as it is er tu8 C P* f ow es ’ use ° r a-terthe » rolj f r ^mediatPiy harrow has Kn' on ? e « This is the only proper * >/ ti»e ie r °ll 1 8r after °u fail the sown b e J ds - To ground gram is sown ’ lu £ lves to Hie sunac f a ..moolh and j pleasing i appearance, but it m ?, re inei j ned to crust over; be tbe protecting coat of snow is t hem m winter as it would be il the ?F‘ ac ?. ^ a3 r ougg- Besides having be son in a proper mechanical conai Il? above, n, through the means with mentionea good 1 must be provided a loum be well fed, that b/ 10 have young aplenty p:an.s .. is, hT'-p m suc *i a condition as to be 1 a tny taken up ajid digested. Such r^-nS V^ rni f ie i l >V tflorougflly docom P \ jain-iard manure: but when it . _ P^?, ent uan tities, - ;° i artificial 1 . n , s fertilizer 1 . fl as a super r . * spiiate may oe used with profi.. The Hessian Fly is the most trouble some upon the early sown wheat, but it makes smaller growth before winter sets in, and so far a3 that goes it is a dis¬ advantage well to grow late, excepting on prepared land. A farmer of our acquaintance (in the State of New York) for many years sowed hi3 wheat the first week in October, and his average yield has been over forty bushels per acre. He was first led to practice late sowing to avoid the ravishes of the Hessian fly, but the practice proved so satisfactory that it was continued after the fly had dition, disappeared. His land was in high con¬ and a top-dressing of fine manure was good applied to give the young plants a start. It may be better to sow late if a thorough preparation of the soil is thereby secured. Water Furrows.—-I f the land is not well drained, when all else is done in the wheat field, make the necessary fur¬ rows with the plow, for carrying off the surface water during heavy rains. Seeding to Grass.—G rass seed may be sown a few weeks after the grain. retard Thrifty growing timothy will frequently early the growth the of the grain if sown as as wheat crop, and clover seed is best sown in the spring after or with the last snow. Turnips should be kept free from weeds and the soil loose and mellow. Proper thinning is important; a single root needs from nine to fifteen inches in the row to grow to its best. On rich lands white turnips may still be sown and good crop expected. Beans are injured by heavy grains; when ready puli them and stack around the poles driven in the ground; cover tho stacks with straw. In pulling leave them in rows for a time to cure, and if rain threatens they can be gathered quickly in stacks. Shocking is an important matter and should be done with care. If the stalks are not well set up and properly tied, the shocks fall in all directions and the husking made more difficult. Bands of rye straw, or even of willow,.may be used with advantage. Potatoes.— Early ones should be dug at once; rains will otherwise start them inio growth and do much injury. The last brood of bugs should be destroyed, as it is these that furnish the early brood next season. It is a good plan to sorb saving the_ potatoes much as labor they in are handling gathered, thus atterward. them Sf.ep.—A fter the roots have been re¬ from the field, the sheep should turned in that they may pick up the imperfect roots and the scattered This will accustom them to the of food that must soon come. If lambs are not desired, the rams must be kept from the ewes, or other¬ wise be aproned or “ bratted.” It is an important matter that the ewe 3 that to bear lambs should be well fed, little begin the winter in good condition. A grain fed to the ewes now will do much to insure strong lambs. Cows that are giving milk should be fed liberally, and not allowed to fall off again now, when as they cold cannot be brought ini up weather sets Some kind of feed, as bran or meal, should be used to help out the failing pastures Corn fodder is excellent to piece out with at this season, and a patch of it should be found ou every farm. It is of important that the cows have a plenty good, fresh water, especially as the dant herbage juices does not now afford the abun¬ of the springgrowth. Clover Seed.— The second crop of clover seed can be cut with the ordi¬ nary reaper. Some prefer to attach a snort frame of strips of wood covered mowing with, cloth machine, to the the cutting clever bar being of the ered the cloth and raked gath¬ ' upon off. The straw and chaff are useless for hay, and need not be preserved from the weather. They may be used for litter in the barn¬ yard or stable. Machinery.—H arvesting and other farm machinery that is to be used no more for this season should be cleaned and stored away. The bright parts may be kept from rusting by applying a mix¬ ture made by melting together one pound of fresh lari and a lump of resin the size of a hen’s egg, stirring as they cool. The bearings should be well wiped, and afterward given a tula coat of castor-oil. American Business Enterprises. The Boston Transcript relates the fol¬ lowing in illustration of American busi¬ ness enterprise In some of the smaller towns there are business establishments whose travelers make journeys as exten¬ sive tis any undertaken by the drummers of New York. Connecticut men are among the leaders in seeking new mar¬ kets for their productions. "Some of the large hardware manufacturers of tools, machinery, and other kinds of goods in that State, send men. to South America, Europe and elsewhere, in the same matter-of-fact manner that smaller houses might send to Syracuse or Cana joharie. A New firm Haven of carriage manulae turers in sends ft man • aromul the world. They sell many car I riagesin New Zealand, Australia and \ South Africa. On his last trip the trav ' e ' er dri.mcu d He trade up the Red Sea, ! . gc scuta sucre ot the Medi tiru i terraiieaa. He stud some carnages m Egypt, but none in the countries to the westward, where British and conti nental manufacturers vet retain com m»urlnf *m^^ thpmirVrt Op Kn nPT A tr ,v % opposition^ Souttl Africa, and expects to accotnpl.ah the same result ,n North ^ * “ ______ Horsemen believe that Maud S will soon attain a will speed so terrific that a straight track be necessary to P re vent her running into the rear cf her own sniky.-CfeamwA Saiurday FASTEST M ILE O N RECORD. now St. JnJien Trotted a Mile at Uar ,ord i„ a ll 1 - 1 . We give below an account of the re ma rkable performance °f the wonderfu. trotter , St. Julien, at Hartford, where he trotted a mile in 2 :lli. thus beating j t i s Rochester record by half a second: _^.t about four o’clock St. Julien ap driven by Mr. Hickok. Presi c ]ent Alexander Harison announced /rom the judge’s stand, “St. Julien against time.” A slight ripple of ap plauae greeted St. Julien. Mr. Hickok jogged him up from the lower distance stand, and nodded for the word. This was only to warm the horse for the secon q atten pt. St. Julien trotted aroUE( j on a i g usual steady gait without a break. When the time was announced aS 2:2i there arose a slight outburst of Laughter. Fifty minutes later Hickok was geen j n v,is little brown coat, with f^g tight-fitting j behind the black four-footed cap on his head, sea *. e( wonder. j Q ggi n g easily past the stand the he turned about a furlong down stretch, and came up for a start. The movement lie of st. Julien did not suit him, so went by without nodding for the word. Re turning to the same starting point, St. .Julien came up at a fast gait, and Hickok nodded for the word. The word W as given, and away went the horse on a m ;[ e that will become historical. A thousand watches were held on the } lors e an( j a thousand “nows” to note (he time as St. Julien passed each quar ter pole were the only sounds heard f gt. i ur |ng Julien the mile. left Trotting on the level the quarter pole behind in 32| seconds, fast and safe enough to beat the record On he dashed to the Half with thousands of eyes watching his lightning broke. Leaving steps, which never faltered r r the half-mile pole behind in 1:05, St. Julien reached the three-quarter cole in 1:3 5 L Horsemen now saw that there was a strong prob ability that he would beat the Rochester record of 2:11|. With quickened eyes they watched every stride. When St. Julien turned for the straight finish on the last quarter a large scraper, with a brush behind it, drawn by two horses, came toward him on the outer side of the track. The sight of the scraper seemed to lessen the speed of the horse slightly as he passed it. He came on at a fast step, however, when another danger threatened him. Somebody had dropped, dent, half either purposely or by acci a dozen white sheets of, paper on the track, close to the inner rail, within fifty yards of the finish. Turf men who saw the paper wondered whether the horse would shy and break in his tremendous effort. When he passed the point he swerved and stag gered slightly. Hickok steadied him, however, and, bearing half way over St. Julien’s back, shook him up, rattled the lines, and encouraged the game horse to finish his great trot against time. When he rushed under the wire the thousand watches were stopped, and the great crowd pushed forward to the judges’ stand. One glance at the judges showed that old Time had been beaten again. They were shaking hands, throwing up their arms in delight and making other joy ous demonstrations. Then a roar began to rise from the ten thousand watching for official time. President Har bison stepped to the front of the stand and, looking below him, down upon the mass of people announced in a clear, loud voice: “Gentlemen—St. Julien wins the heat and the race against time.” The board was then displayed, show ing St. Julien 2:11%. The best record had been beaten by half a second and half a second amounts to a great deal in a trot. A scene of wild and repeated cheering When followed. the tumult had subsided. Pres ident Harbison made a little speech. Fie said that “ the terms upon which Mr. Hickok had agreed to‘trot St. Julien against the record were $2,500, but after their sore disappointment and the grand performance Would o; St. Julien, the associa tion present Mr. Hickok with an additional $500.” Another storm of ap plause followed this announcement. The official time as given bv the judges was: Quarter, 32|; half, 1:05: Mr.* John three-quarters, H. 1:38|; mile, 2:1 1%. Turner, the experienced horse man from Philadelphia, timed St. Julien in the reporters’ stand. His time tallied with the judges’. Many other careful timers conceded that the difference, if any, was too slight to affect’the record, ----- Girl’s ."mu. 111 --- j A Long Nap, Tanner’s Scarcely lesa aatonishin* than Dr. recent feat of fasting is }he Bremen, who 13 said to be fast asleep i since the second week in January, with ! the exception of a few hours of semi- I her right side, SaylweliKoS ! I with light warmly covered up and ! head. a Nourishment, gauze spread over her form, is daily chiefly in a liquid { j administered to her, which ! she swallows without awaking for a a'pfiid c S omnleiiol CtL e “6kt 8 ‘ e 8 ?» e do g i r: n!!t oi i i lope it. l,rr from forty “to sixty Says, and when ! small household tasks as her strength | enables her to fulfil. Her father is a j well-to-do man, who has consulted sev- ; eral eminent medical men in the hope of 1 serious inconvenience and constant anxiety upon the other members -of his suited toMfSyS! aat hS££ in the sleeping Uhlan at Potsdam, no such I interesting subject for study and ob-! servatien arisen on that the cart of tne faculty has I nolent as burgomaster’s of the strangely som- of j G rambke .—London Telegraph. daughter j A Duck as a Trout Fisher. As ft gentleman was fishing in a mill dam below Winchester, Va., he acci dentally white *tack, threw which, his line suddenly across a turning strong | round, twisted the leader around her own neck, and fixed the hook of the dropper-fiy and hooked, in her breast. Thus en- j j tangled she soon broke off the leader above the dropper, and sailed I down the stream with the end of the fl v 1 trailing behind her. She had not pro*- I ceed-d far before a trout, of about pound and a half, took the fly effec tually. ordinary Then began a struggle as extra as ever was witnessed—a duck at the dropper and a large trout at the end of the flv Whenever ncnev cl the the tron*- trc^Uw ex- ex itseif, U tue 4 terror of f ice cack was ! very conspicuous; it fluttered its wings ! and dragged the fish. When the trout i w nuiettbp 'h Ws|if du.-k ev to'be'fewn ; dentlv s‘-ve ! Jnder^me d the? j tV le^erdsd bushes notahowtuetroS where ortness e dnck'S to shelter herself Tue lue c head aJ was frequently drawn under r water. , By ta7e™th h/r, d.aeg'ed^er ; purfahTwhic’n'this opppneSm tl Jave and slow his hole obliged him to his head above water. Then it b«>ea*»tp a er.ntpat nf life and death The trout was in its last agon es, and the duck in *1 vprv weak state, when the leader broke and *uf fered Philadelphia.LfZr. them to Henan- th*»ir nwn “Old Friabilities.” j Well *'9j d known Probabilities,”General throughout Myer He the the COUn V* was signaling, pioneer in the system ! s-orru which is now em P , Io ved ^ear.y all By - ,°f this over the world. j proaching meaD f storms system is warning of ap regions that 3ent by telegraph to ketore the are to be traversed, i.°^§ Ij; There violence of the storm is 1 . is probably no class who Probabilities” wihso^ deeply regret those the wlio death follow of “Old the as se ^ and it would be hard to find a sa] lor, either . in the cabin or the fore i ca£ *-fe> ^ho is not familiar with the square flags, tbe the burgees, and the ian frequently signal bureau. A scene that j is enacted down the bay fairly Llustrates the respz-ct with which mas j f? tie rs f,, , dancer ships regarded signals. When “Old Probabili ed flag'with black the square f *f r 13 hoisted a square in the een ; . bound over the signal bureau ; j ? * aips *Hie . Horseshoe, out are run in under the ee 0 and the masters of I yesseis which have just hauled out into 1 ^ ae stream preparatory to departure overnaul their ground tackle and clear a ^ a y their bower anchors. To such f“fli ci en c y had General Myer brought his tally b^V eau verified ^ ast amounted year the probabilities &t while to seventy per ce .; those that were verified in P ai 't amounted to twenty per cent., and those that failed were only ten per cent. The last Congress gave General Myer ! yp- la t he had long desired, a full briga | dl ; r'S en erars commission. ; The causes which are said to have led to the organization of a weather bureau . 1854, while at ' e , interesting. the Anglo-French In November, operating fleet was in the Black sea against Se bastopol, the tidings were flashed along the wires that a mighty tempest had arj ssn on the western coast of France, i and ^ as on its way eastward. The dis¬ j Patch was sent from Faris by the French ! minister of war, and it reached the j aiiied fleet in time to enable the ships to j ‘ P^t dcd to sea the before intervening the cyclone had leagues, trav official 500 an report the French minister afterward wrote: “It appears that by ^ tie a m 9 ^ fA e slnetrie telegraph and barometric observations, we may be j ! apprised i advance several hours or several days Q of great atmospheric dis i turbances happening at the distance of L°b0 or 1,500 leagues.” Less than three years after the famous Black sea storm there appeared in an American paper a formal proposal for the establishment of a system of daily weather reports by telegraph, and the i transmission of storm warnings to the seaports of the American lakes and the seaboard. General Myer established a series of signal . stations, extending from the thence Mississippi .to the Gulf of Mexico, and northward and eastward, both inland and on the coast, taking in the gneat lakes and the. highest mountain peaks. At each station he placed care tal observers whom he had himself se leeted. .These persons were regularly enlisted in the army as sergeants, and the code which he selected for their guidance has proved thus far a bar to carelessness and incompetency .—New York Sun. ^ Ie Etiquette ,, of . ... Alices, The custom of removing boots in Burmah is not so much an article of etiquette observed by equals to equals monarch as an ingenious of device Golden to exalt the the Foot and de grade his subjects, and strangers, too. before him. It is carried further at Mandalay If than at any other Asiatic court. a European meets the king’s polanqnin in the streets of the city he is expected to stop then and there and divest himself of his boots. A moment’s hesitation to comply with this degrad ing and uncomfortable custom has often entailed very serious consequences on the cutties foreigner; with the and Burmese our diplomatic diffi court have been considerably intensified at differ times, owing to the insistance of the lord chamberlain at Ava or Mandalay that our envoy should take his boots off, and the reluctance of our proud and diffident representatives to appear in public in their stockings. by The British, however, are not any means the only people whose feelings have been hurt by this well unpleasant discourtesy; and Asiatic, 'been as a3 European, ambassadors have in the most ancient times sub¬ S jected to the ^inconvenience. The in the year 1284 A. I)., was brough about entirely by the ^ insisted, in spite of remonstrances, on » the royal £ tnen boots on. oagu^ to k^own bet«cr, for at Pekin ^ suca ™>uid have been considered the height R" 11 ^ c ^ Amaiapoora, an.. X wV Lad their *hlf^ . S ,wh7 CU i’-fu h n “, n upon them-^pr ~ T enSine „ !lnp Wore an inner apartment Seal of an Oriental house is a great more em C ° X ti e wS? todo^slatic not of^hrDrht S vpi’ ^5““® in [ leather tip- oun-r sW o a 01 ° 0 ‘ CvJ ’ which c. i. shuffled off easily and as easily replaced; £ nd rPPfitGnS V *ip“ cuttomedto’lbrave f mud'of the Oriental convenience. An ., a en a tu k il- - w *‘ lCn 5] a ! s J e or£Xo”‘S?™ 1 'if a L V awkwaru yvhen , pGiormcd c , r by*, uv-fTm Frank °* whatevei na ma.- Lot.dm, Gl >c, Theatre-goers, chib-visitors, late supper takers and patrons ot the hoise railroad o w, trains, should all certainly have a bottle of Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrup convenient. Gentle men you will need it. _ A mau boiu land.-Picayune. ai , dC a canuot be proud oj h is native _ _ Ave Vmi j,» <i 0oa Health » It the Liver is the source cl your trouble, you can find an absolute remedy in Dr. San ford’s Liver Invigorator, the only vegeia cathartic which acts directly on the Liver, Cures Da. Sanf all Bilious ord, 162 disease?. Broadway, For New Book Yom. address Dr C. E. Shoemaker, the well-known aural surgeon ot Reading, Fa., cfl»rs to send by mail, itee of cnarge,a valuable litde*iook ou deatue3e w.1 diseases of t&e ear— speciauy on ruomn* <-ar and catarrn, and tneir proper treatment _ <rivi) rel , rei;C oa and testimonials that vdl " tbe moat skeptical. Atbiress as above. VnOETixE. — lhe great success of the Veoe Tine as a cleanser and purifier of the blf»od in s “ to. i), the great nntt 1 > rs * w "° 1,a '-" e Ul ?' sU u \ r- coiv-ad itniLicdiftie rolJ Wllh - - k Sl ' cu Iei,ll,ua ‘' c,iru3 - ■ i vetaic r.vit co , MAr s hni:, ancii., sand tiien- Lkct.o Wtsac Beits to t.ie afflicted unoa 39 uavs’ Inal. See their adver ss ? 10 lh "^'““ deJ " ou 30 Da:s ' - Get Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners applied ‘o these new bouts b tore you run them over. ' nausiittrs.ivives and Mothers. d*. xakcbisfs uterine catuolioon win posu ^omb, c w!u^ iiet-Arrhage tne w-nm. B,a-.iei.u. or pioo-iaq. pai,.fui • m ani m.-at-* from nr ^m^:eL rv m ! t« mea!. cure* c^r voyaici-.ns am 1 * ,CA ’ * N ‘ v ' A Romantic Story, Loring, the Boston bookseller, teiis a very romantic story as follows: “At one time I had prepared boxes of fancy paper with a fancy initial or pet name embossed in it, and put this up at one dollar a box, and advertised it widely, One day I had an order from California from a Miss Susie -. The box was done up, addressed toiler and lay about here, when a young Englishman came in and wanted to write a letter. 1 gave him the material and a place, when his eye eaagflt the address on this box. “ ‘ Have you the order asked. that came for that ^ box of paper?’ he “ ‘ Yes,’ I replied, ‘ ’tis about some¬ where.’ ‘ ‘ ‘Would you mind sending it up to my hotel? If it is what I think, I suall leave for California to-night.’ “ I found it and sent it around and heard no more about it for perhaps three months, when one day the young man, with a lady on his arm walked in. ‘ Mr. Loring, I want to present you to my wife, he said. ‘ We could not leave this country till we had thanked you for your part iu bringing us together.’ The denouement was quite a romance. The young man was the son of an aristocratic family and the girl the daughter levels of the gardener. But love all distinctions, and the young man felt this girl to be- the chosen com¬ panion of his life. To break off the at¬ tachment his father had sen 1 , him to the continent and dispatched the gardener and his pretty daughter to America, where the young man had followed them, ignorant of their address, and at last finding it through the chance of a box of paper.” About Lying. “ Where were you when the first shot was fired ?” asked a Galveston lawyer. “ I was lying down on the sofa.” “ Where was your husband?” “ He was lying dowp. on the gallery.” “And your children—where were they?” fast “ They asleep.” were lying down on the bed, “ Any other member of your family lying down?” “ Well, if my brother-in-law was here I expect he would by lying down in the court-house. He is a lawyer, unless he has reformed recently.” Good, honest, faithful work, steadily persevered in, seconded by good habits, never yet went long unrewarded. 6 WWW il§ «i 1 @ ES&S9 i 1 . 1 f 0 n m 3t ; SSL* Vi m mm lifi ■' i&lS S-- I'/v S mm Si E. 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History, Principles, Party Earlv Leaders, and Achievements of the Republican with"full biographies of GAliFIRIH) AND Tribune. Alt XHCU. By IS. V. Smalley, of the Nevr York Dk wanted hy every intelligent voter. The best of senals from which io maw ammunition for campaign An elegant cloth-bound volume at a fraction of the usual cost. Pi ice, 50 cents; postage, 7 cents. Circular sent free. For sale by the leading boo'nsePer in every town. AMERICAN BOOK EXCHANGE, Tribune Building, New Y'orip I BEATTY 9) OF WASH KOTO^mw ORGANS Dtool, 14-Stop Book k Music, boxed A shipped only S 8 .'t .<•*>. Nev, Pianos SSI05 to 91,6)10. Before you buy an in¬ strument be sure to see hi* Mid-summer ofier idastraUrs free. Addret* DANIEL T. BEATTY, Washington, X. i GELLULOIO EYE-CLASSES representing the choicest selected Tortoise-Shell and Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest known. Sold by Opticians and Jewelers. Made by SPENCER 0. M. CO., lit Maiden Lane, New York. _ ON 30 DAYS’ TEIAL. 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