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BLOOD POISON! !00 Bottle of Another Blood Medi cine Used-No Relief Until B. B. B Was Used Hampton, Ga., .Line 12tli, 188S. BiJ*or> Balm Cos Tour B. B. P. ha* work d*n me like a charm. Three bottle* hav* hme me more goorl than all doctors and 100 ottUsof the noted rmud). 1 *m gwt inc well rapidly. All nicern heated, no aching fmy bom, no pains in mv back, and my kin in becoming clear. The effect of B. ti B. nmy kidneyw is s motl.iug wonderful. My friend* are astonished. My family physician V* it i* the only medicim I ever used suited omr cast*. I would take pleasure in correa bonding w ith any one interested, n I can’t iu Ip praiaing JJ./. B. Indeed it i* a BU>o<t Purifier. Give anv ne mv aririrwn whr may call for it. A I*. W. Address, BLOOD PALM CO., Atlanta, (ta.. or Siimnuivilit, On. IS THAT SO? Yes. it's a fact, that one large bottle of B. B. D costing only £1 is warranted to produce ai nindt remedial effect in the cure of all Brood l’‘'ivn *•> three bottl * of the most famous 1 ! tuiil.. ,;itu of the ‘lay. Yea, tlnee R one , tlist’s the way we put it, and we are ahU to l’h k our w. :1 with strong evidence. B. 11. B. is the .miok blood re mini y. end there it nr mistake about it. The proof nrititad ttic fiat has gone forth the tocsin has n Hound 'd, and "lie that hath eai-8 to hear, let Idm , hear.'' v. SVftrfnla Curl'd Affrr Srvpr.il Phvwiaa niiii'. On ihe 2Hth df.; of April, 1883. William Bra look, 12 years of age. pn vented hint self to Dr. Gillam, desiring to know if B. B. B. w ould cure him. lb lives on Dr. L. A. Guild's jdace, near the cemeta ry, and the case is well known by Dr, Guild, who has partiuuUuriy # uoticed it. The boy ];.yl a foul scrofulous ulcer invoW ng the entire elbow joint, with which he had been affl. u and over twelve months. It had d®- htroyrd the buuci tinai ati ucture, apd was fa*t ppro . hir e tne deeper tisanes. IT" could not b. ml the at and had t-troug indication* of !) • sai .v nitrous condition of the shoulder. Two other phvsiciana of the city had treated |i? c;is-. but without any perceptible chant* mins mi ti. u. lie was placed upon tb* timtu nt of H. li. J? , undone single 1 ottle i need -e foul ulcer and restored tlie* fan* d* generating condition of the child, nml he is now • njoying the finest of health. T his N n plain and unmistakable case of w* .1 define 1 aorofuia, ami recognired as such, . nred with one single l ottle of B. B. 8.. and etakc ; . i.-ui.-ii. as mg any inteic*t#d parly t ■ address Dr. T \. Grind, Atlanta. Oa.. on tin subject relativ* vahu of the medicine in this caae. If one well defined case of scrofula can I* cured, others can l>e cured also. BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta. Georgia. F< r tide in Suannerfflle by .T S. CLEGHORN & CO. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsm*?*-/' Nerve-Ufe and Viggi - R33STOH.ni>. bj—* This cut shown tin* j— iD&sjgß. lion uni .Electric ami gS Magnetic Shiibl r i as applied over Ihe Hlf ,'I ~ ue)>u>(l Nerro-vllsl p.-; A 'M centers. Tue < i.iy i|* pi lance made th at Its every p rt > Jr ike body, 8 and m a m m _ " only out- net"let". t 1 in tffki !'>sittvely - I ■W * * £ j hlUiu:) IMscrm I I I §1 Si v n ntatiMM. n OF THE # ‘i> > ope pair. 10 S.mluol Ut:;l ? RT* H ULfUni nf? i iicaw, Kxlmmi* lion, Isnpofeu ofcjhiL O* Dj* i <*y* and ' 1,4 H neasodO. • 1 BIW ' v ' Ceiiltal orguus (Patented Feb. 25, 1H79.] ——■ ■* l ■ -• Y'IUNG MEN, from early Indiacretion, In* k Her e force and fail to attain strength. MIDDLE-AGED MKN often lack vigor, atlmnit ing tt to the progress of years The 3ROTHER, WIFE and MAID, suffering fron Female Weakness. Nervous Debility and otht r ciii rnciite, will find it the only cure. To one and all we say that the Shield gives a na* ur&l aid in a natural wav WITHOUT DRUGGING THE STOMACH. \aarruted One Year, and the bes appllHiKe made. Illustrated Pamphlet,THßEE TYPES OF MEN alto Pamphlet for Ladiea only, sent on receipt o Cc, sealed; unsealed, FREE. American Galvanic Cos.. OFFICE 1 111)3 Chestnut St., riillu. wnirn part js safest? The Answer a Car Conduct®! Mnile to i lie Guest ton. Four mon hall hidden in the smoke cloud of a smoking box of a sleeping ear on the Hudson Iliver Railroad sj>ent an hour discussing which part of a ear waa the saleat to ride in. They finally agreed to leave it to the conductor. 1 ‘Middle of midd'c ear, right-hand aide,’’ said that personage when asked. The rapidity with which he spoke and the mechanical manner in which he made the reply, leal one of the men to halt him ns he was passing on and ask him to explain himself. “Why, said he, “everybody asks me thfi question, and I am so used to an swring it that I’ve got it down to the fevest words possible. I shouldn’t woider if you were to ask me that when Ism asleep if f wouldn't nnswerit with out waking up. The middle oar of train is the safest, because it is the furthest removed from a collision either in front or behind. Even if an engine plunged into an open draw-bridge, it might not take more than a car or two with it. Couplings would be likely to break, you know. Always sit in the middle of a car, because when cars telescope they are apt not to telescope many feet. As you can’t tell which end will telescope, and as both ends may telescope, take to the middle. Whatever car you go in, sit on the right hand side of the cor, which is to say, the Hide furthest from the other track, because it sometimes happens that freight projects too far beyond a flat car, and rips the windows out of passing trains. ” “Do railroad men observe all these precautions when they ride ?” “They take no precautions at all. Those that I have mentioned are sensi ble, bnt yon can’t always sit where you like, and there are plenty of people un lucky enough to be killed wherever they sit. Railroad men never consider the possibility of accidents. They could not be railroad men if they did. ” The Chance. —According to the Afeti ical Record, insurance tables show that i man who abstains from alcohol has, at 20 years of age, a chanoe of living 44, 2years; at 30, 36.5 years; at 40, 28.8 years. An intemperate man’s chance at 20 is 15.6 years; at 30, 1.38; and at 40, 11.6. dI)C stainmermUc (Dujcttc. VOL XL GILBERT'S LATEST. jin Gilbert'* new comic or*ra. "The Prlncemi Ida." the following *onif is sung by Gnuim. th Philgnthropist King, who ha* a crooked leg. a clul foot and a hunchback. ] BONO. If yon giro me your attention, I will tell yon what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist -all other kind* arc sham. Each little fault of temper and each social defect In my erring fellow creatnres I endeavor tc * correct. To all their little weaknesses I open people’s eyes, And little plans to snub the self-sufficient I devise; I love my fellow-creatures, I do all the good I can, Yet everybody Rays I’m such a disagreeable man ! And I can't think why ! Xo compliments inflated I've a withering roply. And vanity I always do my best to mortify A charitable action I can ukillfully dissect, And interested motives I’m delighted to detect— -1 know everybody’s income and what every body earns, And I carefully compare it with the income tax retnyis ; But to benefit humanity, however much plan, Yet everybody says Vm such a disagreeable man ! And I can’t think why ! I’m snro I’m no ascetic, I’m ts pleasant a* can be; You'll always find me ready with a crushing repartee; I’vo an irritating chuckle, I’ve a celebrated Bneor; I’ve Rn entertaining snigger, I’ve a fascinating lctr; To everybody’s prejudice I know a thing or two; I can tell a woman’s age in half a minute and I do. But, although I try to make myself as pleasa. t as I can, Yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man! And I can’t think why ! Small T)eL)ts. Mr. Herriot was sitting in his office one day, when a lad entered and handed him a Bmall slip of paper. It was a bill for five dollars, due to his shoemaker, a poor man who lived in the next Hquare. “Tell Mr. Grant that I will settle tic soon ; it isn't just convenient to-day.” The boy retired. Now Mr. JTerriot had a flvc-dollar bill in his pocket, bat he felt as if he couldn’t part with it—he didn't like to be entirely out of money. So, acting from this im pulse, he had sent the boy away. Very still sat Mr. Herriot for the next five minutes; yet his thoughts were busy. He wns not altogether satisfied with him self. The shoemaker was a poor man and needed his money as soon as earned —he was not unadvised of this fact. “I almost wish I had Bent him the five dollars," said Mr. Herriot, at length, half audibly. “Ho wants it worse than I do.” He mused still further. “The fact is,” he at length exclaimed, starting np, “it’s Grant’s money, not mine; and, what is more, he shall have it.” So saying, Herriot took np his hat and left the office. • ******* "Did yon get the money, Charles?' said Grant, as his boy entered the shop. There was a good deal of earnestness in the shoemaker’s tones. “No, sir,” replied the lad, “Didn’t get the money?” “No, sir.” “Wasn’t Mr. Herriot in?” “Yes, sir ; bnt he said it wasn’t con venient to-day.” “O dear ! I’m sorry 1” came from the shoemaker, in a depressed voice. A woman was sitting in Grant’s shop when the boy came in ; she had now risen and was leaning on the counter; a look of disappointment was in her face. “It can’t be helped, Mrs. Lee,” said Grant; “I was sure of getting the money from him. He never disappointed me before. Call in to-morrow and I will try and have it for yon. ” The woman looked troubled as well ns disappointed. Hlowly'she turned away and left the shop. A few minutes after her departure Herriot came in and, after a few words of apology, paid his bill. "Run and get this bill changed into silver for me,” said the shoemaker to his Vioy, the moment his customer had de parted. “Now,” said he, as soon as the silver was placed in his hands, “take two dol lars to Mrs. Lee and three to Mr. Weaver, across the street. Tell Mr. Weaver that I am obliged to him for having loaned it to me this morning and sorry that I hadn't as much in the house when he sent for it an hour ago.” * * * * * * * “I wish I had it, Mrs. Elden, but I assure you that I have not,” said Mr. Weaver, the tailor. “I paid ont the last dollar just before you came in. But call in to-morrow and you shall have the money, to a certainty. ” “But what am Ito do to-day ? I have not a cent to bless myself with, and I owe so much at the grocer’s where I deal that he won’t trust me for anything more.” The tailor looked troubled, and the woman lingered. Just at this moment the shoemaker’s boy entered. “Here are the three dollars Mr. Grant borrowed of you this morning,” said the SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL Hi, 1884. lad. “He says lie’s sorry he hadn’t tho money when yon sent for it awhile ago.” How the faces of tho tailor and his needlewoman brightened instantly, as if a gleam of sunshine had penetrated tho room. “Here is just the money I owe you,” said the former, in a cheerful voice, and he handed the woman the three dollars he had received. A moment after and he was alone, bnt with the glad face of the poor woman, whoso need he had been able to supply, distinct before him. Of the three dollars received by the needlewoman, two went to the grocer, on account of her debt to him, half a dollar was paid to an old and needy colored woman who had earned it by scrubbing, and who was waiting for Mrs. Weavor’s return from the tailor’s to got her due, and thus he able to provide an evening and morning’s meal for herself and children. Tho other half-dollar was paid to the baker when he called toward evening to leave tho accustomed loaf. Thus, the poor needlewoman had been able to discharge three debts, and at the same time re-establish her credit with the grocer and baker, from whom came the largest portion of the food consumed in her little family. * * * * * * * And now let us follow Mrs. Leo. On her arrival at home, empty handed, from her visit to tho shoemaker, who owed her two dollars for work, she found a young girl, in whoso pale face wore many marks of suffering and care, awaiting her return. The girl’s countenance brightened as stio eamo in; but there was no answering brightness in tho countenance of Mrs. Lee, who immediately said: “I’m very sorry, Harriet, lmt .Mr. Grant put mo off nntil to-morrow. Ho said he hadn’t n dollar in the house.” The girl’s disappointment was very great, for the smile she had forced into life instantly faded, and wns succeeded by a look of deep distress. “Do you want tho money very bad ly ?” asked Mrs. Leo, in a low, half choked voice, for tho sudden change in the girl’s manner had affected her “Oh, yes, ma’am, very badly. I left Mary wrapped up in my thick shawl, and n blanket wound nil around lior feet to keep them warm; but she was cough ing dreadfully from the cold air of the room. ’" “Haven’t you a fire?" asked Mrs. Leo, in a quick, surprised tone. “We have no coal. It was to buy coal that I wanted (lie money.” Mrs. 1,00 struck her hands together, and an exclamation of pain wns about passing her lips, when the door of the room opened, and llic shoemaker’s boy came in. “Here are two dollars. Air. Grant sent them." "God bless Air. Grant 1” The ex clamation from Airs. Lee was involun tary. On the part of Harriot, to whom one dollar was duo, a gush of silent tears marked the effect this timely supply of money produced. Mho received her portion, and, without trusting her voice with words, hurried away to supply the pressing want at home. A few doors from the residence of Mrs. Leo lived a man who, some few months before, had become involved in tronblo with an evil disposed person, and been forced to defend himself by means of tho law. He had employed Air. Herriot to do what was requisite in the case, for which service the eliarg, was five dollars. The bill had been ren dered a few days before, and the man, who was poor, felt Very anxious to paj it. He had tho money all made np tc within a dollar. That dollar Mrs. Lee owed him, and she had promised to give it to him daring this day. For hours he had waited, expecting her to come iD; but now had nearly given her up. There was another little bill of three dollars which had been sent in to him, and he had just concluded to go and pay that, when Mrs. Lee called with the balance of the money, one dollar, which she had received from the shoemaker, Grant. Half an hour later, and the pocket book of Air. Herriot was no longer empty. His client had called and paid his bill. The five dollars had come back to him. —T. 9. Arthur. Will not Drive Together. “Well,” said the groceryman, as he wiped some syrnp off his hands on a coffee sack. “You can’t drive two kinds of religon to the pole, in a family, with any kind of success. You may drive two kinds of religion single or tandem, bnt when yon hitch ’em up together and they try to travel along at a good road gait, one wili go off its feet and gallop while the other trots, and then the gal loping religion will catch and come down to a trot' and the other will break up, and there they arc, sec-sawing, aud the air full of creeds, and doctrines, and there is danger they will run away and smash something. No, it is better for the people who are goiDg to marry, to have their measures taken for the same kind of religion, and then each can wear the other’s religion, and all wili be lovely. ” A wBrrPR says boots and shoes may lie rendered water proof by soaking them for some hours in thick soap water. A Story 01 the War. There is as one might expect much unwritten history in tho life of Thurlow Weed. Among Mr. Weed’s papers wns found the following: “It will be remembered that early in the rebellion a Russian fleet lay for sev eral months in our linlor, nml that other Russian meu-of-war were stationed at San Francisco. Admiral Fnnagut lived at the Aster House, where he was fre quently visited by the Russian admiral, between whom, when they wore young officers serving in the Mediterranean, a warm friendship lmd grown up. Sitting in uiy room one day after dinner Ad miral Farragnt said to his Russian friend, ‘Why are you spending the win ter here in idleness?’ ‘I am here,’re plied the Russian Admiral, ‘under sealed orders, to be broken only in a contin gency that ’has not yet occurred.’ He added that other Russian war vessels were lying off San Francisco with simi lar orders. During the conversation the Russian Admiral admitted that he lmd received orders to break the seals, if during the rebellion we became involved in a war with foreign nations. Strict confidence was then enjoined. "When in Washington a few days Inter, Secretary Seward informed me that he lmd asked the Russian Minister why his government kept their ships of war so long in our harbors, who, while in answering he disclaimed any knowl edge of the nature of their visit, felt at liberty to say that it had no unfriendly purpose. “Louis Napoleon had invited Russia, ns he did England, to unite with him in demanding tho breaking of our blockade. The Russian Ambassador at London in formed bis government that, England was preparing for war with America on account of the seizure of Mason and Slidell. Hence two fleets wore imme diately sent, across the Atlantic under sealed orders, so that if their services were not needed tho intentions of the Emperor would remain, ns they lmvo to this day, secret. It is certain, however, that when our government and the Union were imperiled by a formidable rebellion we should have found a power ful ally in Russia had an omergouoy oc curred.” The latter revelation is said to bo cor roborated by a well-known New York gentleman, who was in St. Petersburg when the rebellion began, and who, during aif unofficial call upon Prince GortsolmkolV, was shown by the Chan cellor au order written in Alexander’s own hand, directing his Admiral to re port to President Lincoln for orders in ease England or France sided with the Confederates Life in Hie Turtle. “You will hardly credit it,” said a Staton Island fisherman, whom a re porter talked with tho other day, "bnt the head of a turtle will retain a very marked interest m existence long after its body has been served up in soup and Btoaks. I believe it is a well-known fact-, but I only discovered it six months ago. I found a friend engaged in shell ing p, small turtle. ‘Now,’ he said, jitit tmg tho head on the dresser, ‘that will be alive and active to-morrow morning.’ Of course 1 laughed at him, but I agieed to call next day and test, his pr ipheey. Next morning my friend asked me to step into the kitchen. The head was still on tho dresser, and though it had been separated from the body for at least sixteen hours, the eyes were wide open and bright. ‘Take core,’ exclaimed my friend, as I put my anger near the month. His warning came, not a second too soon. The head of the turtle absolutely jumped at mo. Where its motive power came from I cannot explain, but it moved two inches toward me, and snapped at my finger with a viciousueSH that could not have been surpassed by a cornered rat. I tliiuk it had been holding back its life, as men of strong will power, for fixed purposes, have been known to do, until au opportunity offered to avenge the de struction of its body, for after it had made tho effort its eyes grew fixed and filmy, and in an hour it was dead. Next to the turtle in obstinate persistence in living must come the eel.” They All Knew flow. I took a large spider from his web under the basement of a mill, put him on a chip and set him afloat on tho quiet waters of the pond. He walked all about on the sides of his bark, surveying the situation very carefully, and when the foot that lie was really afloat and about a yard from shore seemed to be fully com prehended, he prospected for the nearest point of land. This point fairly settled upon, he immediately began to cast a web for it. He threw it as far ns possible in the air and with the wind. It soon reached the shore, and made fast to the spires of grass. Then he turned himself about and in true sailor fashion began to haul in hand over hand on his cable. Carefully he drew upon it until his bark began to move toward the shore. As it moved the faster he tho faster drew upon it to keep his hawser taut and from touching the water. Very soon he reached the shore, and quickly leaping to terra firraa he sped his way homeward. Think ing then that he might be a special ex pert, and an exception in that line of boatmauship to the rest, of his compan ions, I tried several of them, and the.y all came to shore in like manner, A V OTSTER srenr. Looking into BivalvulnrAnatomy Iloirnn Oyster Fords and Maintains Itself. [From the Hultimore Gazette.] Every oyster Ims a mouth, a heart, a liver, a stomach, cuuningly devised in- ] testines, and other necessary organs, | just us all living, moving, intelligent ! creatures have. And all these things 1 are covered from men’s rudely inquisi- ! tive gaze by a mantle of pearly gauze, ! whose woof and warp put to shame the 1 frost lace on your windows in winter. The month is at the smaller end of the oyster, adjoining the hinge. It is of oval shape, and, though not readily seen by an inexperienced eye, its location and size can be easily discovered by gently pushing a blunt bodkin or similar iusiru- j j nient along the surface mentioned. . ! When the spot is found, your bodkin eon be thrust between the delicate lips and a i considerable distance down toward the : stomach without causing the oyster to ! yell with pain. From this mouth is, of | course, a sort of canal to convey the food | to tho stomach, whence it passes into ■ the intestines. With au exceedingly 1 delicate aud sharp knife you can take off | the "mantle” of the oyster, when there I will be disclosed to you a lialf-moon sliaped space just above the muscle, or so-called “ heart.” This space is the oyster’s pericardium, and within it ifl the real heart, the pulsations of which are readily seen. The heart is made np of two parte, just ns the human heart in, one of which receives the blood from j the gills through a network of blood vessels, and the other drives the blood ! out through arteries. In this important : matter the oyster differs in no respect i from other warm or cold-blooded ani -1 mills. And no one need laugh incredu lously at. the assertion that oysters have blood. It is not ruddy, according to the accepted notion about blood, but it is nevertheless blood to all oyster intents and purposes. In tho same vicinity, j and in marvelously proper posi i lions, will be found all the other ' organs named. But it is very proper to [ be incredulous about that mouth andor- I guns. At first, glance it would seem that ■ they are utterly useless, for the mouth cannot snap around for food, and tho oyster has no arms wherewith to grub j its dinner or lunch. * True, apparently, 1 but only apparently, for each oyster has more than a thousand arms—tiny, deli cate, almost invisible. And oacli one of them is incessantly at work gathering up food and gently pushing it into the lazy month of the indolent, comfortable creature. The gills nre the thin flaps I so notably perceptible around the front, - i face part of the undressed oyster, below | the muscle. Each of these gills is cov ered with minute, hair-like arms, very j close together, and perpetually in mo | tion, to and fro, in the same direction. | They catch food from the water, strain it carefully of improper substances, and waft it upward over the mantle’s smooth surface to tho gaping mouth, which j placidly gobbles it up until hunger is I appeased and then the body goes to | sleep) without turning over. Any one ! can observo this siugnlar process of i feeding by placing a minute quantity of 1 some harmless coloring matter on the gills. If it, will not offend the oyster’s ■ delicate palate the coloring matter will | be seen at once propelled by invisible hands toward the mouth and thence alowly down into the stomach. And this is all I know about oyster anatomy, except that the iiver almost entirely sur rounds the stomach, and is of a dark color. It may bo new to many to know that oysters are born precisely the sama way the shad and other fish come i*4o tho world. A well-educated lady ojwter will lay about 125,000,000 eggs— so it, is said ; f have not counted enough of them fo strike such a large average and every one of these eggs will ulti mately become fit for a stew or fry if they escape the multitude of perils that do environ the infant oyster. -*■ Two Views of It. A few days ago a business firm in Cin cinnati got into trouble among them selves, and one of the partners posted off to a lawyer to ask advice. When be had related his case he inquired : “I presume the correct way is to ask that a receiver be appointed ?” “That’s one view of it,” replied the lawyer. “Why, I didn’t know there were two views to such a question.” “Oh, yes. If none of you dare set fire to the store and burn up everything and call it square, you’d better ask for a receiver and let him Vie two months stealing you all blind. I should advise the toreh, as that will save paving two months’ rent.” Tears.—The Archives d’Ophthalmo logic states that observation leaves no room for doubt that the shedding of tears of blood really occurs, though such cases are rare. Referring to a recent case in point, the writer says that the phenomenon is not caused by any special local disease, though it generally coin cides with other hemorrhages in the skin or mucous membranes. The blood lost, varies from a few drops to a wineglass ful; the flow lasts hut a fe,w minutes, ■ and is intermittent. NO. 13. A "CORXF.It.” If hat It Is, and lioiv ft Is I forked* The “bear element” in the market are all those who think that prices of securities are higher than they ought to be, higher than they can permanently remain. In order to take advantage of (lie unwarranted "inflation of values,” as they understand it, they borrow stocks and sell them at the high prices prevailing, expecting to bo able to buy them in at, lower prices before it, be comes necessary to return the borrowed securities. For instance, A borrows from I! 1,000 shares of Hannibal and Bt. Joseph, which is selling at, 00. A pays II SOO,OOO cash and agrees to return the stock on demand, when, of course, the money will be refunded to him. It is for B’s interest, to lend the stock, be cause lie gets the interest on the SOO,OOO during (lie interval, or, at, all events, more interest Ilian ho would otherwise have to pay for the its,, of the money. Under ordinary conditions, B, tho lend er of the stock, will pay A, the borrower, sometliingfor the use of the money, but if the particular stock wanted by the bears is scarce it will bo lent, “fiat,;” that is, tho borrower will receive noth ing for the use of the money while the loan continues. In extreme eases the lender may even get n commission for the use of the stock in addition to the uterest on the money which it repre sents. If the market fluctuates while the loan continues, the borrower and lender settle with each other at the close j of each day, so that the amount of , money shall at, all times be exactly j equivalent to the value of the stock. When the bears, or any portion ot them, have discovered a weak spot, in the market—that, is, a security selling for more flinn it is worth in their opin ion—they borrow aud sell it liberally. Their selling lias the same effect in put ting down the price as though the stock wore absolutely their own, and their ex protation is that other holders, obsorv ing a decline in price, will become alarmed and sell also, thus putting down the price still more aud frightening still other holders. They intend, of course, ! to buy enough at the lower scale of quo tations to deliver back what they have borrowed, pocketing the difference. It I sometimes happens, though rarely, that t a few persons, discovering what the j hears are about, and believing that they (the briars) are strong enough to stand a | heavy loss without, breaking, quietly buy j up all of a particular stock that exists. I In order that the price may not bo forced up while they aro themselves buying, they lend stock freely to the bears, aud thus encourage the latter to sell. When they have secured all, or nearly all, of Ihe particular stock that exists they call in their loans. The bears are then com pelled to buy, and since no stock, or very little, is for sale, tho price can be forced up to any figure at winch the cornering party choose to put it. The “shorts” must, come up and settle on such terms as may be dictated to them. The last I resort is to leave the cornering party ! saddled with the whole issue of the stock jin question. Whether they mnko or lose by the operation will depend upon j whether they ean extort from tho bears 1 more than enough to compensate them | for the loss they may incur in reselling ! the stook to the-general public. Most commonly the cornering party, as well ' as the cornered, lose money, which lias i keen gained meanwhile by tho multi -1 tilde, who have taken advantage of the i high prices to sell out. For this reason i corners liavo latterly been of rare occur rence. The Prime of Life. People call the age of forty “the prime of life.” Who invented the mock ing phrase ? Some subacid cynic, doubt less. Because it is not the prime of life, by any means. At forty tho hair of your temples is whitening; at forty your “figure” is broadening; at forty I you begin fo be called “a harmless old fellow” by your pretty nieces and their friends. A most disgusting time of life. When with dignified steps yon march toward your yawning grave at seventy five, you are at least an object of respect and reverence if you have money. Your white locks and your snowy beard | crown you with the majesty of old. ; But to be forty 1 You are neither young : nor old. Your hair is pepper and salt in color. Your speech lias become, in ■ spite of yourself, set in stilted sentences. You perhaps would flirt, but in the attempt you meet witli dire disaster, This enterprise is met with the giggles of girlhood, aud you are driven igno miniously from the scene by some “masher” of twenty summers. The real prime of life is when your muscles are like twisted cords of the finest Bes semer steel; you don’t care much - about girls at that time and your lungs are like the bellows that blow the smelting furnace; when you have only to say one pretty thing and show your white teeth and twist up the ends of your youthful mustache, and any pretty girl you want just sighs once and tumbles into your arms. That is the prime of life. It is all over when yon begin to grumble at the breakfast buttered toast. When you have become n judge of wine it is indeed time to leave the arena and ac cept the worn-out gladiator’s gift of tho 1 wooden sword. Vanity Fair, THE HUMOROUS PAPERS. WHAT WK I'INI) IN THK.U TO SMII.B VKR. ROUGH ON RATS. “Oh, doctor, doctor, doctor I” cried a woman, who rushed breathlessly into Dr. Grocnawalt’s olllco the other day, “my boy, Johnnie, has swallowed a mouse 1” “H’m; swallowed a mouse, has he? Well, go homo now and liavo him swal low a cat.”— The IToosier, AN HONEST OPINION. Jones—“ Yon wero at Mrs. Blank’s party last night?” Smith -“Yes.” Jones “Heard me sing, didn’t you ?’ Hmitli —“Yes.” .Imics—'“How did my singing strike yon ?” Smith. “It did not strike at all. It just kind o' grated like filing a saw.” WITT THF.r MADE TIME. “You folks don’t seem to be troubling us much yet,” remarked the superintond- I cut of an old railroad to the sui>erm tendent of a now rival line. “I would have yon know,” wns the reply, “that we make better time than yon every day, and on loug trips can beat you by a full hour.” “Possibly,” answered the first; "bnt you see, ns there is no one to get on or off, you don’t lose any timo at stations.” j —Evening Call. A GOOD LOCATION. Resident—“ You don’t intend to open ! i shop in this barren waste, do you ?” Plumber—" Yes, I have just bought Hie property.” Resident —“But yon arc half a mile away from the nearest house, and fully a mile from the center of tho town.” Plumber—“ Yes; I know it. That is where my profit comes in.” Resident —“How so?” Plumber “It will take mo half a day to come back after my tools.” Phila \ delphia Evening Call. WESTERN DUDES, Eastern Man—“ Have you any dudes in your town ?” Western Man—“ Well, I should say so; the worst dudes you ever saw.” Eastern Man—“l (lid not suppose the i species had got so far West." Western Man—“ Yon just bet the East ain’t got much that the West hasn’t. Why, sir, some of tho dmles out West would just make yon laugh yourself j sick; they’re so queer.” Eastern Man—"lndeed I” Western Man—" Yes, sir-00. Why, I know one what’s so partio’lar he changes | his shirt every week.” A NARROW ESCAPE. “ Sister !” cried a little boy running ! into the room, “your little pug dog has bit me on the leg.” “What!” exclaimed tho frightened young lady. “Beauty has bitten you on I the leg? Let me see.” Hlie hastily pulled down liis stocking, and, sure enough, there was the impres sion of his teeth. “You naughty boy,” said his sister, shaking him violently. “Don’t you know better than to tease Beauty ? Some day he will bite a big lump ont of yonr leg, and it might make him deathly | sick.” WHERE THEY WENT. A farmer boarded a Central train at ( Syracuse tho other day and took his seat beside a handsomely uniformed army officer on his way to his post at Governor s Island. “Well, sir,” commenced the officer, keen fora liUle fun, “how are the potato ! bugs this year ? Good orop?” The old man eyed him a moment and | shook his head sadly. “Ain’t no more potato lings,” said he. "Can’t find an insect in Now York State nowhere. Even the army worm is ' gone.” “Have, eli ?” replied the officer, with a grin. “What has become of them?” “I don’t know,” sighed the old man. “Leastway f don’t know fur sure, but I beam that a good many on ’em have ! been jugged for duplicating their pay | accounts 1” | QUALITY SUFSBIOB TO QUANTITY. “My dear,” said a Brooklyn man to his wife, after perusing tho evening paper, “are you aware of the fact that a man’s brain weighs three and a half pounds?” “You’ve just read that, haven’t you?” “Yes.” “Well, doesn’t the artiole say that a woman’s is Bomewliat lighter?” “It certainly does.” “And it also informs you that a wo man’s brain is of much finer quality ?” “Yes.” "Well, then, just coucentrate your 1 three- aml-a-half-pound intellect on that Kent tie, and figure out how much it will weigh after you bring it up full of coal from the cellar.” The man with a great head departed for the lower regions in search of in formntion._ _ m _ The Standard Boat Captain. Says an old lake captain: “There is one standard for mates and another for cap tains. For instance, a mate may shout; ; ‘Js your Hue clear ?’ and not feel it neces sary to freeze the souls of passengers aboard,hut the captain views it in adifter ent light. When ho utters an order or shouts an inquiry he expects to see splinters fly from every warehouse. Why, sir, when the captain of a first-class pro peller erics out to go ahead or back her he expects to paralyze everything for a mile around.” “And he needs a voice?” “Ay, sir, he must have a voice as heavy , as the roaring sea lion. When he has the voice he mnst study pose. When he has the pose lie must, practice faoial expres sion. To be a successful captain he must have a voice like McCullough,o-poselike Barrett and a dignity of look which might belong to an offended lion,”