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A Romantic Spot.
Looking from the w indows of the Yates
House, a: the Kanawha Falls, West Vir
ginia, up these turretcd rocks, you can
scarcely realize the fact that it is more than
a mile to the summit. JBst below the falls
is an overhanging rock of immense size
jutting out about one hundred feet over the
seething whirlpool, and about the same
height above. This was once the scene of
a remarkable adventure. The Indians were
in hot pursuit of one Van Bibber, a settler
and a man of distinction in those early
times. He was liard pressed, and, all ac
cess to the river below and above being cut
off, he was driven to this jutting rock,
which proved to be the jumping-oif place
for hum He stood on the rock, in full
view of the enemy above and below, whe
yelled like demons at the idea and certainty
of his spoedy capture. He stood up boldly
and with his rifle kept them at bay. As
he stood there he looked across the river
over these wild waters and saw his friends
—saw his wife with her babe in her arms,
ali helpless to render assistance. They
stood as if petrified with terror and amaze
ment. She cried at the top of her voice:
“Leap into the river and meet me 1 ” Lay
ing her babe on the grass, she seized the
oars, and sprang into a skiff, and alone,
with only God to help her and love to nerve
her, her boat, so light and fragile, danced
on the waters, boiling like a sea. As she
neared the middle of the river her husband
saw the Indians coining in full force and
yelling like demons. “Wife, wife,” he
screamed, “I’m coming; drop down a little
lower.’’ With this he sprang like a cha
mois from lus crag and descended" like an
arrow into the water, feet foremost. The
wife rested on her oars a moment to see
him rise to the surface, the little canoe
floating like a cork, bobbing about on the
boiling flood. It was an awful moment*,
it seemed an age to her; would he ever
rise? Her earnest gaze seemed to pene
trate the depths of the water, and she
darted her beat, farther down the stream.
He rose bear her *• in a moment the canoe
was alongside of him, and she helped him
to scramble into it amid a shower of arrows
and shot that the baffled Indians poured
into them. The daring wife did not speak
a word; her husband was more dead than
alive by concussion of the lungs and visce
ra, and all depended on her strength being
maintained till they could reach the bauk.
Tiiis they did, just where she had started,
right where the babe was still lying, crow
ing and laughing. The men pulled the
skiff higli up on the sand, and the wife
slowly arose and helped to lift Van Biuber
to his feet. He could not walk, but she
laid him down by his babe, and then, seat
ing herself, she wept wildly just like any
other woman would have done under ine
circumstances. That babe is now a grand
father; the faithful wife and her husband
are both gone above the ‘‘shivering star-
nies,” and that rock is called “Van Bib
ber’s Hock” to this (lay.
CosiacA Cavalry.
A Ball In Vienna.
It wah not until the great war with Na
poleon Bonaparte, in the early years of the
present century, that the Cossacks first be
came generally known in Furope as a part
of the Russian army. Afterward they ac
quired a sort of melodramatic halo from
Byron’s poem of “Mazeppa,” written in
IS 18. As a species of irregular cavalry—
daring in spirit, hardy in constitution, rapid
of movement and always self-reliant—they
are undoubtedly valuable troops. Home of
them are enrolled in regiments of the guard
and of the line; but for the most part they
maintain the separate and distinctive or
ganization. They form the bulk of the sol
diers employed in Siberia, and are always
ready when aDy hard or difficult duty is to
be performed. Of infantry, they furnish
but few; the Cossack is generally a horse
man. Cnlike other Russians, the Cossacks
have at all times enjoyed a remarkable de
gree of freedom. Serfage has never existed
among them; with the hautinesss of a mili
tary race, they have combined something of
the wild liberty that belongs to pastoral and
nomadic tribes, accustomed to the spacious
life of the desert. The ‘Cossack commune
own the c-utirc territory on which it is en
camped, and all its membera have an equal
right to the use of the land, together with
the pastures, hunting grounds and fisheries.
The pe. *ple pay no taxes to the Imperial
government but are bound to perform mill-
la!}' service. The Cossacks of the Ukraine
have fur a long time lost, to a very great
extent, the military organization for which
they were once as famous as their breth
ren ; j et, when France invaded Russia in
1812, they were able to equip at their own
expense, a force of eighteen thousand cav
alry. The other tribes are still admirable
auxiliaries, and in any great war are certain
to distinguish themselves. Until recently
over}’ male Cossack from fifteen to sixtj’
years of age, was bound to render military
s?rvice, if called on to do so; and the total
number of Cossacks under anus has been
computed at 129,000. One-half of this
force is kept in readiness for immediate
service; the other forms the reserve, but
the whole may at an}’ time be called out at
once, and the strength of the regiments may
be augmented at the Emperor’s pleasure.
Each ol' these warriors is obliged to eauip,
arm and clothe himself at his own expense,
and to keep his horse; and it is only when
on active service beyond the frontiers of
his own country that he receives any pay,
radons or provender.
Sagacity of the Dog.
One of the most brilliant evenings of
the season in Vienna was certainly the
‘G’schnas ball,’ 7 an exclusively Viennese
fete. The word G’scbnas exists in the
Viennese dialect only, and means some
thing unreal, something which in appear
ance is worth looking at, while in reality
it is but rubbish. The subject chosen for
this ball was the ‘-Tower of Babel,” and
everything—the rooms, the decorations,
the costumes, the separate groups—fitted
the subject. The old Hebrews, Assyrians,
Egyptians, Phoenicians, were to be repre
sented, and yet not a single jewel or trinket,
not a single yard of costly material could
be used for this purpose—all must be
G’scbnas. I will give you an idea how
this plan was carried out by describing the
entrance hall. The walls are decorated
with frescoes on cardboard, painted by our
first artists, who are the chief managers of
this ball. Of course, all the paintings are
in the old Egyptian style. Iu the center
sit two colossal idols, made after the pat
tern of those occupying one of the halls in
the Bri'.ish Museum. At first these seem
to have been gotten up at an enormous
cost; every detail of them satisfies the eye.
But when you draw nearer you can see
that nothing save an artist’s fancy and an
artist’s hand could have produced so much
effect with such slight means. Everything
that appears to.be gold is simply straw*.
The giant’s hair, roiled in great rows of
stiff Assyrian curls, was made of a bundle
of Virginia cigars, his ear-rings were door
keys, his headdress was a vegetable basket
studded with breakfast rolls, and so forth.
High in the air we see the gardens of
Bemiramis hanging from the ceiling by
ropea* yet in which you may take a walk
at your leisure. On close inspection these
gardens are found to consist of broom
sticks, potatoes, blacking-boxes, wooden
ladles, lamp curtains, babies’ trumpets and
paper cuttings, and yet the effect is won
drous. if we add a few articles more,
such as rolls, fruit, blankets, dried fnut,
oranges, apples, straw mats, horsehair,
flax, skins, we have the whole of the mate
rials used for producing the finest fairy
palace ever seen. This ball is most popular
with the artists because they are accus
tomed to making the*most of every chance,
and because they are endowed with more
fancy and better eyes than other mortals.
Those who like spending large sums upon
their dress and making themselves con
spicuous by extravagance always grow
desperate when this ball approaches, for
here the best idea lias the greatest success.
Thus the great actress Wolter appeared in
nothing but two white sheets, laid in
Grecian folds, sewn together and joined on
either shoulder by a buckle, wliich was
nothing but a horse’s bridle-bit. Makart
himself appeared as “David,” the shepherd
boy, but he looked like a sultan, sur
rounded as he was by all the finest women
of the capital. There were several Jewish
high priests, whose breast-plates were
beautifully represented by color boxes.
The beards and hair of the old Assyrians
and Egyptians were represented in cigars
or small sausages. Crowns made of
.Spanish onions shone like silver, those of
yellow onions like gold. The noble statue
of David, copied from the one at the door
of the Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence, which
adorns the largest room, would not have
been in harmony with the mad scene, for
it was concealed in a large bathing cloak,
the hood of which was drawn over its head.
A small statue of Cupid was disguised as an
Assyrian street boy. It*ls useLsss, how
ever, to attempt to give a correct descrip
tion of all this strange phantasmagoria. I
will but say that if all the outward show
was G’schnas—“sham”—the laughter, the
gayety and the pleasure were real and un
feigned, and lasted unabated until day
light poured in upon the “Tower of Babel”
and dispersed its building for another year.
John Quincy Adams in a letter written to
a Iriend in Boston, says: ‘‘In the summer
of 1800 I traveled with my family from
Berlin by the way of Frankfort upon the
Oder into Silesia, and returned in the Au-
tu nn by the way ot Dresden and Leipzig.
At this latter city we halted and spent there
three or four weeks. Whitcomb and his
dog Pincher were with us through the
wtiole tour. When we left Leipzig and re
turned to Berlin, Pincher was accidentally
left behind, an event which was not dis
covered until we were some seven miles ad
vanced on our way, and he w as given over orl
About ten days after we reached Berlin lost
Pincher made her appearance, as ragged
and gaunt as a wilf in January, on a land
covered with snow and with limbs stiffened
83 that he could scarcely move, from
which, however, he soon recovered to his
usual strength and vivacity. The distance
from Leipzig to Berl.n was about 100
miles. How Pincher has found his way
home we never knew. The road by which
w T e had gone from Berlin was in the oppo
site direction, and he never traveled the
direct road from Leipzig to Berlin. This
occurrence, therefore, indicated a faculty in
the dog more comprehensive than that of me
mory, perhaps an exquisiteness ot scent, of
which I can yet scarcely form a concep
tion.
Curse of Scotland.
In playing cards the nine of diamonds is
commonly nicknamed “The Curse of Scot
land,” and several reasons have been as
signed for this strange denomination. When
the Duke of York, who was shortly after
James II, took up his residence at Edin
burgh, and enlarged the palace of Holyrod,
he and his suit introduced a new game
there called Comet, in which the nine of
diamonds was the most important card.
The Scots, w r ho had to learn the game, lost
tremendous sums at it, and from that cir
cumstance the nine of diamonds was called
The Curse of Scotland. Another derivation
is that the nine of diamonds bore some re
semblance to the arms of the Dalyrimples,
and that Lord Stair, a member of that
family, was the real Curse of Scotland.
But a third derivation is more modern, and
much mure striking, though we cannot take
it upon ourselves to decide that it is the
most correct or the right one. It is said
that the night before the fatal battle of
Cullouden, the Duke of Cumberland sent
orders to General Campbell to give no
quarters to the soldiers of the Pretender—
that this order being sent in great haste hap
pened to be written on a card, and that card
the nine of diamonds; from which tims
and circumstance it has gone by the name
Gt The Curse of Scotland.
One Hundred Years Under Water.
Mr. J. W. Dutton, the constructing en
gineer of the celebrated Dnfferin Palace
near Quebec, recently presented Mr.
Charles Hallock, the well-known journal
ist, with a cane and a peucilholder from
the vessel ZJOriginal, which was sunk
before Quebec in the year 17515. In a letter
accompanying his gifts .Mr. Dutton says:
L'Orif/inal was built just below the Ci
tadel, scarcely a quarter mile from where
Montgomery fell nineteen years later. For
those days she was a large vessel, but in
this age a 1,000-ton vessel is not much to
tell of. She was built of oak timber,
which must have been brought from
France, as none of the Western oak forests
had then been cut into it, it being impos
sible then to bring the timber down. The
vessel was built of the best timber and iron,
but the was fated never to do much execu
tion for her country, as shortly after being
launched she was sunk just opposite where
she was built. There she lay until last
Summer, when she was raised and towed
to shore. She sank in September, 1756,
so that she had lain under the waters of the
St. Lawrence about one hundred and
twenty-three years. In snite of her long
immersion, when they first attempted to
raise her, it was found impossible on ac
count of her being sunk in the mud, and it
was equally impossible to tear tier to
pieces as the oak was as solid as on the day
she went down. The only thing that was
gone was the iron, in those places where it
had bet# exposed, and this bad completely
rusted away. After several vain attempts
to stir her, a diver was sent down, who
fixed a heavy charge of dynamite under
her. This broke her up somewhat, but it
was only after many explosions and two
years’ hard work that she was finally got
rid of. The wood was eagerly sought for,
and now it is almost an impossibility to get
a piece of it large enough to make anything
of any value. The frigate was the last re
lic ot the old French Government, having
been built under the superintendence ot the
Intendant Bigot. She lay in ninety feet of
water, and while she has been there, many
are the changes that Quebec has seen—as
well in manners and customs as in men.
When she was removed there were found
to be over a hundred anchors of a 1 sizes
and many hundred fathoms of chain en
tangled with her. These were of course
raised, and in some instances claimed, but
most of them were sold by the Government
to satisfy expenses.
FAKM AND GARDEN.
Oil Cloth axd Papeb for Hot-Bkds.
—For forcing early melons, tomatoes,
etc., prepared cloth is especially adapt
ed, as it can be tacked to boxes of any
size required, and cut to fit them. Lit
tle, rough, square boxes of the proper
size and heignt, covered with the pre
pared cloth, can be placed over the
hills in which tomato, melon or other
seeds are planted, and the plants al
lowed to stand without transplanting,
until all danger of frost is over, when
the boxes may be taken off and packed
away carefully for another season.
Take white cotton cloth, of a close tex
ture, stretch it and nail it on frames of
any size you wish; mix two ounces of
lime water, four ounces of linseed oil,
one ounce white of eggs separately,
two ounces ot yolk ot eggs; mix the
lime and oil with a very gentle heat,
beat the eggs separately, and mix with
the former. Spread this mixture with
a paint brush over the cloth, allowing
each coat to dry before applying anoth
er, until they become water-proof,
l’be following are some of the advan
tages these shades possess over glass:
The cost being hardly one-fourth. Re
pairs are easily and cheaply made.
Tney are light; they do not require
watering; no matter how intense the
heat of the sun, the plants are never
struck down, or faded, or checked in
growth; neither do they grow up,
long, sickly and weakly, as they do
under glass, and still there is abun
dance of light. The heat entirely aris
ing from below is equable and temper
ate, which is a greatobject. The vapor
arl-ing from the manure and earth is
condensed by the cool air passing over
the surface of the shade, and bangs in
drops upon the inside, and therefore
the plaucs do not require so frequent
watering. It the frames or stretchers
are made large, they should be inter
sected witlt cross-bars, about a foot
?quaie, to support the cloth. These
articles are just the thing for bringing
forward flower seeds in season for
transplanting.
Flanked Shad.
Dai i d Webster was an artist in the
planked shad line, and prided himself great
ly upon his gifts. His only rival was an
aged slave, a character on the river, called
Sam. There were those who declared that
Sam was the only one who knew how to
cook planked shad, and others protested
that the great statesman was supreme. On
sunny, spring days, when parties of gentle
men went down the river to watch the fish
nailed to their boards, sizzling and brown
ing before the blaze of an outdoor fire, it
was arranged to have a trial for the cham
pionship betweeB old Sam and Mr. "Web
ster. Each contestant was well backed,
and the lights of those early political days
were all there. First Sam split the shad,
seasoned them as he knew would most near
ly suit Mr. Webster’s taste, and laid them
before the orator, done to a turn. “Really,
Sam, this is the best planked shad I have
ever eaten,” quoth Daniel; and applause
rang from Sam’s adherents. Next Webster
laid aside his toga and hovered around the
fire, knife and salt-box in hand, watching
the shad that he had prepared in the way
he knew would best suit Sa n's taste. Sam
ate three mouthfuls rapturously, and ex
claimed : “’Fore God, Mr. Webster, I neber
have tasted planked shad before 1” Web
ster yielded gracefully the palm to Sam,
outdone by him in compliments as well as
in cooking.
A big six-tooter was lifting lor all
he was worth on a wagon-wheel which
was stuck, when ar little two-foot mite
ot humanity, nearly as broad as he was
long, aud just out of long dresses and
into pants, with his hands in Iris pockets
aud a swaggering air, sang out: ‘‘Mis
ter, do you want me to help you ? I can
grant while you lift.
Caxdy for Bees.—In order to make
candy for bees, get a flat board, and
put a thin sheet ol paper on it, to pre
vent the candy slicking, and lay on
your frame fastening it down with
nails, to prevent the candy from run
ning under it. If you wish to make a
candy slab, of )tlie size of a Langstroth
frame, put five pounds of coffee A sugar
.uto a tin pau, and put a very little
water into it, aud set it on the stove—
aud boil it until it is ready to sugar off.
You.enu determine when this point is
reached, by testing it a3 the confection-
r-rs do, by dipping your linger in cold
water aud then into the candy, and
oack again into cold water. When it
breaks like eggshells, from your finger,
it is just right, and should be removed
from the stove at once. As soon
as it begins to harden around and
sides, commence stirring, and keep
it up, until it gets so thick that you
can just paur it into your frame, and
put in Just as much as you can, without
running it over. If you do your work
nicely, when it is cold it will look like
marble, and be as nice to handle. If
uy any mishap ycur candy should get
burned, do not give it to the bees, tor
it w ould be fatal to them iu cold weath
er, but use it for some other purpose,
and try again. Bees will not starve, if
provided with one ol these candy slabs,
aud it will last fur a long time, and has
the advantage of other waysot feeding,
and it does not need replenishing, and
is in the body of the hive, where the
Dees can nibble at it, at their leisure.
Bees seem to prefer that containing
flour, and it has the effect of hastening
brood-rearing, like pollen. Mueh more
care is necessary in its manufacture, to
prevent burning, but one-fourth wheat
flour might be useu, and shook into the
boiling candy fiom a dredging box,
just before it is taken from the fire.
Slugs.—English gardeners place
handfuls of bran at intervals of eight
feet along the border of garden walks,
f'he slugs are attracted to the nran, and
in the morning each little heap is found
covered with them. The ground is
then gone over again, tills time the
operator providing himself with adust-
pan and small broom and an empty
bucket, and it is an easy matter to
sweep up the little heaps and empty
them, slugs and all, Into the bucket.
In this way many hundred have been
taken in a single walk, and if a little
salt and water be placed on the bottom
ot the bucket the slugs coming in con
tact with it, are almost instantly de
stroyed.
How to Test the Richness of Milk.
—Procure any long glass vessel—a co
logne bottle or phial. Take a narrow
strip of paper, just the length from the
neck to the bottom, then mark it off
with 100 lines at equal distance: orinto
titty lines, and count each as two, and
paste it upon the phial so as to divide
into a hundred equal parts. Fill it to
rite highest mark with milk fresh from
rhe cow, and allow it to stand in a per
pendicular position for twenty-four
hours. The number of spaces occupied
by the cream will give you its exact
percentage without any guess work.
To obtain a cement for joining meU
als and lion-metallic substances, mix
liquid g ue with a sufficient quantity of
woo l ashes to form a thick mass. The
ashes should De added in small quanti
ties to the glue while boiling, and con
stantly stirred. A sort of mastic is thus
obtained, which, applied hot to the two
surfaces that are to bo joined, makes
them adhere firmly together. A simi
lar substance inav be prepared by dis
solving in boiling water pounds of
glue aud I ounces of gum ammoniac,
aiding, in small quantities, about 2
ounces of sulphuric acid.
September calves escape the trying
heat of summer, and can be pushed
through the winter with grain.
Traveling Expenses.
A young commercial traveler, represent
ing a large mercantile house, Detroit, was
told by an old hand at the business that his
firm fum.sbed him with his clothing. ' The
young man thought he would try it, and in
his next expense account brought in a mod
est item for‘one pair of shoes.” His employ
er refused to allow it. He informed his
adviser and tutor of his failure, and the
latter laughed at him for his freshness.
“You must learn book-keeping bv double
entry," said he. After the next trip the
young man’s employer noticed that his om
it'bus fare and hack hire was larger than at
any previous time, and called his attention
to it. To which the young man replied
that he had rrdden a good deal, because
walking wore out his shoes. His employ
er could not deny that, but when he found
that the young man was more and more
addicted both to riding and to new clothes,
he began to suspect something, and said to
him that his health was evidently getting
delicate, and he must either take more ex
ercise on foot or take his walking papers.
From that time on his bills were more
moderate, and he has been in a perpetual
quandary since, how the other fellow man
aged it.
gliasmm Rendered Fowerleen
The moet certain way to render powvrlees
the miasma 1 ic vapors winch pio lace chilis and
fever and other malarious disorders is to
fortify tbs System apalnat them with that
matchless preven ive of periodic feveie, Hoe-
tetter's Stomach Bitters The remed al opera
tion of the B.iters is no less certain than their
preventive efforts, sod thev may be relied
upon to overcome cases of fever end ague
which leeist quinine and the mineral remedies
of the pharmacopoeia. Dyspepsia, oonstipa-
t on. bihuas complaints, r isumaiio a-lments
and general debility. like*iae, rapidly yied to
th< ir regi-lat ve and tonic influence. They are
an incalculable bleesiug >o tbs wi ak and nerv
ous of both Bexee, an excellent family medi
cine, end the be*. safeguard which the trav
eler or emigrant can take
DOMESTIC.
Pot-ac-Fku.—Pot-au-Fou requires
four pounds of beef, six quarts of wi-
•er, eight ounces of carrot, eight ounces
of turnip, same quantity of onions, and
three ounces of celery and cloves.
After once or twice making this soup
the cook will be able to judge by the
size of the vegetables the required
quantity; but weighing is advisaole at
first, as much depends on perfect pro
portion. The meat must slowly simmer
for three hours, then add the vegeta
bles, not before; simmer till done. Tbe
pot in which the bouillon is made
should have a very closely-fitting lid.
Quick boiling and careless skimming
are the causes of cloudy bouillon, sup
posing, as a matter of course, that all
the vegetables have been perfectly
cleansed. 1
. Maccaroni Pudding.—Put four
ounces of small maccaroni with a small
stick of cinnamon into a pint and a
quarter of boiling milk, sweetened to
taste. Do not let it burn; let the whole
boil until the maccroni has absorbed
all the milk; remove tbe cinnamon and
put the maccaroui into a bowl to get
cold. Stir in tbe yolks of four eggs
and the whites of two whisked to froth.
Butter and breadcrumb a plain mould,
using very fine breadcrumbs; pot the
mixture into it, and bake about twenty
minutes; Chen turn tut. and serve the
pudding with wine sauce or with jam
sauce.
Court Plaster.—Soak isinglass in a
little warm water for seventy-four
hours; then evaporate nearly all the
water by gcnrle heat; dissolve the
residue in a little dilute alcohol, auil
scrain the whole through a piece of
open linen. The strained mass should
be a stiff jelly when cold. Now stretch
a piece ot silk or sarsenet on a wooden
I rame, and fix it tight with tanks or
pack thread. Melt the jelly, and apply
it to the silk thinly aud evenly with a
badger hair brush. A second coaling
must be applied when the first has
dried. Wnen both aredty, apply over
the whole surface two or three coatings
oi balsam of Peru. Piaster thus made
is very pliable, and never breaks.
A O S BP.—To all who are coffering from ihe errors
and iud semionsof joulh, nervona weakness, early
decay, lure of mitnh od, eic.. 1 w.ii^eud a Seeing
America. Send a s
p-.- to; lie K.
. New Fork city.
HUMOROUS.
The Boston girls are rushing into
violinlty In a way that is terribly sug
gestive of the horrors which unborn
generations are to sup upon,—which
reminds us of an incident. At one of
the evening fiddling schools, the “pro
fessor” asked one of the misses rather
abruptly.—“Where is your bow’ Miss
Rosinwell?” “Oh.” she said abstract
edly, “he's waiting for me outside, I
guess.” And then every drop of blood
rushed into her face, and when she be
gan to practice, her violin gave vent to
cries as of one undergoing torture. If
it felt all the venom the y iung lady put
into her work, the cries were all too
mild in their heart-rending weirdness.
She was just as mad as she could be.
Solid men admire the beautiful, and
this accounts in some measure for the
thousands upon thousands of bottles of
Carbollne, the deodorized petrolenm
hair renewer and dressing, which have
been sold yearly since its invention by
Messrs. Kennedy & Co., of Pitts
burgh, Pa.,
Two boys, surrouuded by five or six
others sat on the grass and played
cards. A citizen, who knows that card-
playing leads into the broad road to
wickedness, halted and said to one of
the player-:
“Ah ! my boy, don’t you know that
you are in a fair way to be ruined?”
“1 am, eh !” replied the youngster
as he held up his hand of cards and j 0 nds springing in and terminating the round
showed four trumps and an ace; you because one tbe schlagers was bent. The
just hold on here a minute, and if I j r0 und followed without any result,
don t show you thai the, other boy 1 , qq, e combatants are never allowed to be in
a ,“ ; mensur more than three quartern of a min-
deatli I’ll eat the jack of spades and , , h , f H minn .„.
cut my throat with the jick of clubs!” ; me——scarcely ever half a mtnu.e, these
He was taking every “trick” as the short rounds are done to rest the arms. In
citizen passed on.
A> old physician, retired from prac
tice, haring had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure for Con
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all Throat and Lung Affections,
also a positive and radical cure for Ner
vous Debility and all Nervous Com
plaints, after having tested its wonder
ful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it
know to his suffering fellows. Actu
ated by this motive and a desire to re
lieve human suffering. I will send free
of charge to all who desire it, this re
cipe, in German, French, or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, TV. W.
Sherar, 149 Poictrt’ Block, Rr.chtsUr,
New York.
A Sclilager Duel.
It was on April 10th, during vacation,
and while there were scarcely any students
in Heildelberg, I was sitting at my window
and saw four or five students go toward
the Hirsch Gasse; I followed them, aud
when I arrived there the men were stripping.
All being in readiness, they were let out of
the house, each arm being carefully sup
ported by the seconds. One of these gen
tlemen was a student from Munich, the
other was a Reidelbereer, and the men
were placed opposite to each other. Si
lence was called, and the fight began. The
first round occupied considerable less than
half a minute, and was finished by the sec
A lady has been compelled to leave
the city for a few days, having her mo
ther very sick at home.
Returning, she asks her husband anx
iously : “How is my dearest ma? Is
she still alive?”
“She is, darling—she has just called
me a Nihilist and thrown a bowl of
gruel at my head.”
“Thank heaven for that! She will
be spared to us!”
To Clean an Aquarium.—Make a net
of mosquito netting and taae the fish
out with it. There are many gold-fish
killed by handling. Keep your aqua
rium clean, so that the water looks a?
clear as crystal. Feeil the fish all and
anything they will eat—worms, meat j
fish-water, or fish spawn. Take care
that you remove all they do not eat out J
of the aquarium; any decayed meat or j
vegetable in water has the same smell j
to fish that it has to you in air. If your
gold-fish die, it is attributable, as a
rule, to one of three causes—handling,
starvation, or bad water.
A shop was broken into one night,
but, strange to say nothing was carried
off. The proprietor was making his
boast of it, at the same time expressing
his surprise at losing nothing. “Not
at all surprising,” said his neighbor.”
“The robbers lighted a lamp, didn’t
they?” “Yes,” was the reply, “Well,”
continued the neighbor, “they found
your goods marked up so high they
couldn’t afford to take them.”
Half Croquettes.—Take half pound
of grated ham, aud mix with It two
ounces of mashed potatoes; melt a
piece of butter in a saucepan, add the
miifce, season with a little pepper, a
very little stock, alittle powderedsweet
herbs aud chopped parsley; stir until
hot, and then add, off" the fire, the
yolks of two eggs; lay the mince oh a
plate to cool, make it into croquettes,
roll them In egg and then in baked
bread-crumbs, and fry in hot lard;
serve with fried parsley.
the third round the Munich man got a cut
on the cheek, “a bluticher,” or “a blood,”
was the cry. The seconds cried “Halt!”
and “a blood" was scored to the Heidel
berg student. The fourth round was a tea-
zer for the Munich man, for he got his nose
divided clean in two. No surgeon could
have done it better, you could have laid
one-half back on one cheek and the other
half on the other. After this the Munich
man lost his nerve, and every round he
only came up to be receiver-general. At
last he got a fearful cut behind the head,
dividing an atterv. Seeing this, the sur
geon immediately stopped the deal, after
they had been at it seven minutes (fifteen
minutes was the time they had to fight).
The wounded, man was taken inside the
inn, where every necessary attention was
paid him which his condition required, j
never saw the man again.
Sleeplessness almost invariably
arises troni a disordered state of the
Stomach. Stimulate the organs of di
gestion, regulate the bowels and there
by produce sound and refresliingsleep.
Narcotics and sedatives murder sleep,
and such forced and unnatural stupor
is soon followed by ill-effects. But
A tenant had been danciug all night
over tre head of his landlord. At six
in the morning the latter domes up
stairs and complains bitterlv of the an-
™ Ce ‘ ‘‘‘WilV at i a Sa%n’t Mept a a wi l nk Simmons’ Liver Regulator w.U remove
all night,” fc the answer. “Neither the cause of restiessness and sleepleM-
have i,” says the tenant, “and yet 1 ness by regulating the stomach, th us by
linn’r mu’-e an V fuss about it ” improved digestion—by a regular habit
don . m-iae any tuss about it. . of body _ free a nk e from laxity or con-
gtipation—good health will be estab-
“ Do not kick every one in your way ” “^Hts^ attendant blessing,
ts the advice to a young man given by slcel ,
one of our exchanges. No, sonny don’t j 8 °““ have & en a great su ff er er from
kick every one tn your way. Never s - -
kick those big six footers with should
ers like a brown stone front. It might
be dangerous. Pass them by in silent
scorn, and when you are far enough
away, throw a brick at them.
He talked as if he had a “frog in
his throat,” but he was only hoarse;
a single bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup relieved tile trouble at once.—
25 cents.
Scrappel.—Boil a hog’s head one day,
and let it stand five or six ho rs, or all
night. Slip out the bones and chop
fine; then return the meat to the liquor.
Skim when first cold; warm and season
Irooly with pepper, salt, sage, and
sweet herbs. Two cupfuls of tuCK-
wheat meal and oae cupful of coru-
meal. Put Into molds and when cold
cut into slices and fry for brctk.'ast.
Lyonnaise Potatoes.—Put a pintrif
milk in a frying-pan ; add a piece ol
butter the size ot a butter-nut, some
salt and pepper; let it boil; take a heap
ing teaspoonful of corn-starch, mix
with a little cold milk, add, stirring
till it thickens; have six or seven good-
sized peeled potatoes, (boiled or baked
the day before,) cut them in small
pieces, put all together; let cook fiiteet;
minutes, stirring to prevent burning.
Stuffed Tomatoes.—Get them as
large and firm as possible; cut a round
place in tbe top of each, and scrape
out all tbe soft parts; mix with stale
bread crumbs, corn, onions, parsley,
butter, pepper, and salt; chop very
line, anil fill the tomatoes carefully;
bake in a moderately hot oven; put a
little butter in the pan, and see that
they do not burn or become dry.
"Why should any one buy a soap half
rosin or clay, when Dobbins’ Electric
Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Phila
delphia,) Is for sale? It costs but a
trifle more, and will go five times as
far. Try it.
Gold Cake.—Three-fourths cup of
butter, one cup of sugar, the yolks ol
eight eggs, two cups of sifted flour,
one-half teaspoonful of soda, dissolved:
one-half cup of milk, one teaspoonful
cream tartar, and one tablespoonful of
essence of lemon.
Silver Cake.—One-half cup of but
ter, two cups of sugar, the whites of
eight eggs, three-fourth cup of milk,
two and one-haif cups of sifted flour,
one-half teaspoon ful of soda, one tea
spoonful of cream tartr, one tableepoon-
ful of essence of almond.
To Bkoil Oysters.—Take the finest
and largest oysters, lay them onaelotb
to drain dry. Sprinkle them with pep
per. Have re d’y an ovster gridiron,
over a dear fire. Put them on it, witli
a very 11 tie butter, and cook until tliey
are done and dry without burning.
OysterSauce.—Put the oysters, with
a small quantity of iheir liquor, in a
saucepan. Stew them very slowly—
Add four or five ouuees of butter roll
ed in flour, a few bits of mace, and ball
a pint of sweet cream. Stir them one
way until they are mixed.
Harassing Dreams —An unnatural
excitement of the brain and nervous
system is the direct cause of sleepless
ness, as also of harassing nociurnal
dreams. Vegetine has a peculiarly
aoothing effect In all such cases, when
taken just before going to bed.
Mrs. Coburn’s Rice Pudding.—A
cupful of rice cooked a little, a cupful
of sugar, a half Cupful of butter, three
pints of milk, a teaspoonful of cinna
mon, a little nutmeg; bake two hours.
Taffke Candy —To a cupful of
brown sugar add a teaspoonful of vine
gar, water, and molasses, also a table
spoonful of melted butter; boil ten
minutes and cool.
Artificial ice can be and indeed is
being manufactured by the use of am
monia as the principal agent in several
of the Southern States, at a cost of
seventy-live cents per ton. Many peo
ple prefer the artificial to the natural
article.
An Intoxicated individual was walk
ing down a street in the lower part of
the town the other day, and was some'
Dyspepsia and loss of sleep. As soon
as I feel the least nervous, 1 take a dose
of Simmons’ Liver Regulator, and sleep
at night. Mrs. Ruthed Bryant,
Griswoldville, Ga.”
Brave Women.
The extraordinary courage of the Albani
an women has been displayed over again
what annoyed by a crowd of urchins in the history of the country; but one of
following. Turning about and steady- j the most celebrated instances was that re-
ing himself, he exclaimed: “What j corded of the branch of the Albanian peo-
(hie) d’ye take me (hie) for, young ; pj e represented by the Suliotes, when they
’uns, a (hie) hand orgin?” were besieged by Ali Pasha in 1792. The
“Unless you give me aid,” said a
beggur to a benevolent lady, “I am
afraid I snail have to resort to some
thing which I greatly dislike to do.”
The lady handed niuj a dollar, ana
passionately asked: “Whatis it, _
man, that I have saved you from?
“Work,” was the mournful answer.
besieged by
Suliotes formed a semi-independent confed
eracy, comprising sixty-six villages, in the
districts of Margariti, Paramythia and Jan-
naa. l T p to the time of Ali Pasha they
prided themselves on the rogniiarity of th*
. payments of their duee to the porte. But
! the intrigues of the cunning old Y eli, who
wanted to get the whole of the spahilik of
Suli into his greedy bands, soon roused the
people into rebellion, and they commenced
When you see a baby, which you ; their glorious and lengthened war against
know to have suffered tor a long time ' f ar pjeater resources of the renowned
with Summer Complaint or Dysentery ; Pasha. The latter, by means of the duDli-
suddenly improve and grow fat and ; city of which he was such
a cermonious
^Ithy, you can rest assured that Dr. : masler had entrapyed Tzavella, one of the
Bull’s Baby Syrup has been used. ; Su]iote ’ heads of h ouse8 , into his power,
! and then laid siege to the town of Suli. He
A waxwork figure of Franklin, on • endeavored by bribes to induce Tzavella to
exhibition in France, is ^teled : i turn traiter. Cunning here met its match;
* * ranklin, inventor ot olectr icity. This i ^ crafty Suliote pretended compliance,
savant, after havinging made seven and even left hls 0 £n TOn Foto in Ali
voyages around the world, died on the ; Pasha , g handg M a hostage . H e returned
Ravages 0 o/whom not a" sin^TTra^ 110 8uli under P rctense ° £ '* n * iB * ^
men? was ever recovered ” * 2 j t<™°. no sooner had he arrived than
i he sent a letter of defiance to the Pasha.
INDIANA girls are right smart. An ex- ^ f ?ai . led th f e ‘ ow °- aQd U was he > re that
change tell! of a girl in that State who i lhe hero l sm of the Albanian women became
wanted to see if her lover really loved j *> conspicuous- Mosko, the wife of Tza
her, so she hired a boy to yell * “Mad ! mother of Poto, showed prodi
dog!” as they were walking out. The ! valor during the siege. She broke
lover flew over the fence and left her | open some cartridge-boxes with a hatchet,
to be chewed up, and she went right j smd then loaded them on the other women,
away and married a store clerk. ' aod rushiDg into the trenches, distributed
! them among the Suliotes. Ali threatened
A California boy put an umbrella ! •» alivc her 3011
in a public dcorway during a religious j ,ba ‘ 8he was young and could have o her
meeting. To this umbrella wa! at . children, and that she would eat a bit of
tached a strong cord, an end of which the ™* 3ted fle8h ot her mn ra,her than be -
'he boy held in hls hand. Eleven dif- j tray her country.
ferent people are said to have carried
the umbrella to the length of the 3tring.
Bilkington had passed away. Mrs.
B., who had just read the notice of his
death in the newspaper, said:
a pity John couldn’t read this! He
would beso pleased to see his name in
print.”
Roman cement is made from a lime of
a peculiar character, found in England
and France, derived from argillo-cal-
careous, kidney shaped stone- termed
What ! “ ® e ptariiL”
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
Will send their celebra ed Electro Volte*.
Belts fcj the afflicted upon 30 da\s’s trial.
Elderly gentleman to a Freshman Speedy cures guaranteed. They mean wbat
on the train : “You don’t have any j they say. Write to them without deLj
ricxet?” “Xo, I travel on my ■
looks.” “Then,” after looking him j
over, “probably you ain’t going very j
far.”
Jn thegailery of the Louvre, before
the statue of the Yenus of Milo. Little
Boy—“What did they cut her arras ofl
VEGETINE.
81x Bottles Every Spring
SICK HEADACHE.
Mdtkeapolis, Dec. 10,187s.
for.” Mother—“Because she put her; H. R. Stevens, Boston:
fingers in tbe su^ar howl.” i Sir—I had b en trrubi* d with sick Hend-
c ~ • ache as oft^n as once a week lor iweniyy a .
_ _ up to March 181*, when I thought I would uy
Throat Diseases often commence i vegetine. I iook six bottes aad nave been
with a Cold, Cough, or unusual exer- [ troubled but very little since. I h ve rec m-
tion of the voice. These incipientisymp- ;
toms are allayed by the use of Uroum » which keeps me ai* ri.-ht through th year. i<y
Drfmr.hial Trocheswhich if neglected i sod ing it cleanses my b’.ood auu iortmes my
often result in a chronic trouble of the s >' slem a « a;nit tor ttle ***■
Throat.
Postage stamps must not be used
more than once. To go through the
mails a letter must bear the stamp of
originality.
Your’e. very respectfully,
J. J. SHERMAN,
Dispensing Druggist, 424 Nlcolet Av.
They went fi-hing. She looked
languidly at him and said: “I wish
the fl-li would bite at your hook; if I
was a fish I would.”
VEGETINE.
A hotel keeper may entertain an
gels unawares, butthey must have bag
gage or pay in advance to meet the
rules of the house.
When two women with new hats on
pass each other on the streets there is
a pair of back stares made immediately.
’Tis not he whole of life to live, nor
all of death to ille; ’tis raising cash to
pay our bills that worries you and I.
The young man who wants to get up
with the sun must not sit up too late
with the daughter.
a g ©at di ai or BUious bistre*© apt to prevail
Curing the Spring, Dr. Jayne’s r&atlve Pills
ue of seasonable effio cy, as they restore
g. jUver to healthy ecuoo, and remove all
Common- sense and the science of
chemistry when applied to butter mak-
ing, reduce the time of churning one-
half, lnciease the product 6 per cent.,
the quality of the product 20 per cent.,
and give a rich golden color to tbe bat
ter the year round. All these Improve
ments. together with many others, re
sult frpm tbe use ol Gilt-Edge Butter
Maker. Sold by druggists, grocer* aad
general storekeeper*
Tbe M. ]>’s Have it.
Mb. n. R. STSVEN3:
Dear Sir.—1 have sold Vegetine ?t a long
. — - -• 0 . t exC eiient sar*
E.-sT, M. D., Dragj
Hazleton, Ind.
VEGETINE
tires .Me Rest and a Good Appetite.
Mansfield, Ohio, Dec. 14,18T8.
Mr. H. R. Stevens:
Dear sir—I have been afflicted with Rheuma
tism lor twenty years. I heard a great deal
so that I could not walk. Also had a reirlb e
a • e ling In the leg, and I wa cur d by tbe Veg
etine. Before taking Vegetine I was restless,
and could not t-luep. since taking It, It i>as
given me rest am a good appetite. I can highly
recommend it for what it has done tor me.
MISS S. A. VANTILbURG, Short street.
YEGETUNE,
FRKFAKXD (T
H. ML BTETEXS, Boston, ffeae.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
SOUTHWICK’S COMBINATION STORE.
Cor. ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT Sts.. Pulladelphla.
Have just commenced their GRAND SPRING SALE OF DRY GOODS, offering one at the
finest assortments or Black and Colored Silks. Plain and Fancy Dress Goo s, Mourning Goods,
French Novelties, Shawls, Gloves, Hamburgs, White Goods, House Furnishing Goods, etc., to ,
be round in the city, and at prices as low or lower than can be round in the United States.
BLACK, COLORED AND FANCY SILKS.
The great effort, and preparation made ror
this sale gives m the assurance or tbe largest
f-rock and the Cheapest Prices ever known to
th** trade.
RICH BLACK SILKS, ft FO; VALUE $2 10
RICH ** $1 60; SI 6.%
RICH “ “ $1S5; 44 *2 7*
RICH 44 44 $135; 44 $135
RICH 44 44 90c.; 44 $125
RICH 44 4 * $2 06 ; 44 $3 25
Black American Silks, $i lo ; value $1 a»
B ack American S Iks. $1 25 ; va ue il 75
B1 .ck American SIIks, ft 60 ; value $2 oo
K ack Amt mean Hik-. $l 6 ■: vrlue $i 25
BLACK SAT IN DE LYON, $1 37 ; VALUE $1 75
BLACK $165; 4 * $2 25
•BLACK 44 44 $130; 44 $2 75
BLA K MOIRE STRIPE. $1 75 ; VALUE $3 25
BLACK PEKIN STRIPE,$125; 44 $176
cotoied Biocade Sailn Ue Lyon, $2 75 ; value
$4 so. Lv ons Brocade Silks $2 50 ; value $4 50
R CH DAMASSK SILKS. $1 ; VALUE $1 35
LYONS COL D S! LKS, $1 07 ; VaLUE $1 65
PERSIAN DaMASsE SILKS 65C. ; VALUE $1
THIS lb ONLY A PARTIAL LIST OF OUR
special bargains; you will find
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED PIECES OF SILK
TO SELECT FROM.
BLACK CA'UMEKES AND BLACK COODS.
HAVING SECURED FOR THIS SALE SOME
OF THE GREATEST BARGAINS IT HAS
EVER BEEN OUR PLEASURE TO OFFER
ONE LOT OF
BLACK CASHMEKas, fl 25 ; VALUE. $1 75
B. ACK CASHMERE?, 4V). ; VALUE 60C.
BLACK *• 75C. ; 44 $1 00
BLACK 44 BSC.; 4 75C.
BLACK 44 95C.;* 44 $125
BLACK SILK MOHAIR-. 50C.; VALUE 75c.
BLACK 6 4 MOM IE CLOTH, $1 ; \ ALUE $1 26
Black silk Warp Taml^e. 86c.; value $110
BLACK crepe cloth, $l; value $1 25
black French Bum lug. 4oc.; value 50c
Black 4S-lnch Dlagnals, 75c.; value fl 0*
Black D imasse Momie, S5c.; valu- $i 25
Black i»amas>e sai lnes. 3oc.; * alue 50c
Black Ali-woul Bunting, 25c.; value 35.
B ack Damas e B nting 25c.; value 37_.
BLACK DKAP !>’ E1E, AT $1 50 : VALUE $2 25
BLACK SATIN DE LYON, 65c. ; VALUE 95
BLACK - 4 44 75C.; •• $110
BLACK 44 44 4 * S5C. ; 4 * $1 25
GRr.NADINES. HERNANANIS, D BUNTINGS.
GRENADINES, HERNANANIS. D BUNTINGS.
Black Mexicalne M»sb Uernanl, 37^c. : value 65
Black Mexicane Mesh Uernanl, St c ; value 75c
Colored Damnsse crenad nea, 35c : value 60
Black i ama*se Grenadines, 6oc : value 75
Co oied D imasse Grenadine. 6bc ; value 75
coloieu Da in a se Buntings, 25c ; value 37
Black Fren* h Bunting, 37#c; valu ;50.
BLACK AND COLORED LACE i■ UNTING. 50c
4S-lncb Momie Strip * Bum Ing, $1 : value $1 *5
6 4 Sat in S.rlpe Buntings, 75c ; value $1
PLAIN BLA K liEKNAM. 25c ; VALUE 45C
SILK BuURETTE UERNANL 37«c ; VaLUE 65C
All silk Da in ass * Grenadines, $t ; v.due $i 75
ALL SIlK MoMIE CLOTH, $1 ; VALUE $1 75
vLL SILK oRGcaDES. $1 ; VALUE $1 75
THESE THREE i.A^T LOT* ARE IN
LIGHT EVENING SHADES, AND ARE
VERY HANDSOME.
Printed Silk F .ulards, 37*# ; value fiOc.
Printed »lk Fou ards, • uc ; value 85c
2BUTION Kll) GLOVES, 25c. ; VALUE 50c
3-nUTTON KID GLOVES, 45C ; V ALUE65C
2-BLASTlC LHgE Gi OTE% 15C ; VALUE 23c
BEADED LACE SCARFS. IOC ; VALUE 65C
BLACK SILK FRINGES, 35c ; VALI E 50c
BLACK SiLK FRINGES, 7:>C ; VALUE $100
COLORED SiLK FRINGES. 75c ; VALUE $!
CO ALKY COhK < OHSKTs. 75C; VALUE $1
2, 3, and 4 ELASTIC BLACK SILK GLOVES.
4ut.O PIRCBS HAMBURG EDGINGS.
4000 PIECES HAMBURG EDGINGS,
AT ONE THIRD LESS THAN THE
IMPORTER’S PR I 1 ES.
PLAIN AND NOVELTY DRESS GOODS.
PLAIN AND NOVtLTY DRESS GOODS.
SHOWING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
ASS KTA1ENT OF GOODS. WITH
M \NY OK THEM AT ABOUT ONE-
HALF 1 HE REGULAR PRICE.
All-wool Twilled Debelges 25 ; value 35c.
ALL-WOOL CHEVIOTS, 25C ; VALUE 37#C.
Yard- wide colored Cashmeres, 25c ; value, S7c.
44- inch Twilled Beiges. 37*c.; va ue, 50c.
45- inch W’OOL CHECKS, 50C.; VALUE, 75c.
43-lnch P aln W001 Cloths, 50c.; value 65c.
50-1 neb Novelty Suitings. 75c.; covt $2.75.
46- inch all-wool 8a: In s. 75c.; value $1.
4S-lnch all-woot D agonais. 75c.; value $L
48-1 rich Uamasse Momie, 95cv lu*. $1.25.
43-lnch BEIGE MOM1E.fl; VALI E. *1.25.
-S-lneh Corderln* t ashmen s, $1.25; value $1.75.
43-lnch B*-oclie Noveltlejn $1 50; t a ue, $2.76.
48-lnch Foulard Noveltt#, fl 50; value $2 75.
48-lncb CHECK HUNTING**, 50c.; VALUE 75c.
10*H) PIECES MIXED DRESS GOODS, 12}*C.
10 O 44 - 44 * 4 15C.
1000 44 44 4 * " 2JC.
1U00 ** “ 44 44 25 *.
CHINTZES GINGHAMS, LAWNS, etc.
ONE LOT, 40 CASE* 4 , OF
Best and Choicest Cblnntea, Calicoes and Shirt
ings at 5Rc per yard; price everywhere eUe 9c.
OSr, LOT. 16 CASES OF
Best American Cambi lea ;ind Piques, 7Me.
ONE LOT. 7 CASES. OF
YARD-W DE FRENCH CHINTZES, 10c.
YARD-WIDE PACIFIC CR TONNES, 10c.
ONE LOT, OF SCALES.
CIIOirESr MADRAS GI nGHAMS. 1234C.
Persian and sideband Pe -c* es, 15c.
French St\ les Bapr lste Lawns. 12,*$c.
French Jaconctie Lawns 20c.
Fiench Organdy Lawns, 25c.
White Victoria Lawns, 15c.; value, 25c.
White Linen de Inde. 35c.; valu •, 50c.
White Linen de lode, 45 vaim*. 65a
White corded Pique. 25c.; value ?5c.
White J tequard cambrics. 20c.; telue. 31c.
Scotch Shirting Chevlois, 25c.; valu-*, 35 •.
French Printed Shirting-, l^c.; value 25c.
**OOUTHWICK’3 0WN” KlD GLOVE.
0*JUTH*v ICE’S OWN” KID GlXtVK.
WARRANTED IN EVER 2 RESPECT.
IF THEY RIP OR TEAR.
MONEY REFUNDED.
TWO BUTTONS. 260. TKIKB BUTTONS, $4.10.
FOUR BUT I ONS. ft 25. SIX BUTTONS, fl.76.
In Black, White. P rty. Dark and Medium
Shades
LOT FIRST.
29 pieces pare S lk ar.d Wool Blac^ 9itln de
Lyon m tnreb qua itles at 65c., 75c., and 96c.
This fatr ek is entirely new. pleasant, light
spring weight, a rich and lustrous black, and
cheap, at 95c.. $1.10 and $1 25.
LOT SECOND.
13 pl.-ees very elegant Biocade all Silk 9atln
de nyon and S .ttu uruche Silks. 24 leches wide.
In choice dark soades, at $2.50 and $2.76 per yd.,
cost to import, $4.50.
LOT THIRD.
4 pieces only, Black Mo re stripe all Silk Satin,
at 7.ic. customer- are awaiting this lot to matca
some they paid $3.* 0 p«»r y*rd for.
LOT FOUR U.
18 pie es 48-lnch silk aua Wool French Broohi
Novelties, for overnes-ses, combinations ana
trimmings, vvry rich. $1.50 per yard. They are
owned by our neighbors at. $2.33.
Lot fifth.
1« pieces 48-lnch all wool Spring weight French
Serges, at 75c. Evtra value ut *1.
LOT SIXTH.
64 pieces 45-Inch It wool PI rid Chevron Suit
ing*, very serviceable, very pretty, and au the
price, 50c. per yard, ar-* Me. less than regular.
LOT E GUTH.
Pure Lyons colo: ed, he ivy-, rain Silks. 22 In.
wide, sou us wool, heavy as cloth, choicest in
t hades, great variety in colors, at $1.07 per yard;
value. $1.63.
LOT NINTH.
19 pl-ees very exti a qualftv Co’ored an . Black
Plain Satins, at $1.10; value, $1 50.
LOT TENTH.
ll pieces cnly, and the last we shall ever hare
I of till' lot 0 Bellon's suollme quality Black Vel-
v tca-hmere S lk. 24 inches wide (never have
I heard of a piece of this lot o St ks not we .ring
nicely), at f 1.60 per yard; the true value $2.10.
LOT ELEVENTH.
What every lady w»nts to buy at this time of
the vear, a pretty Calico Dress, and that you
can buy of us at 5<«c. per yard, the samequalliy
and aa good styles as elsewhere at 9 and lo era.
The above list of goods Is well worthy of your attention; If you cannot get to sea them, send
to us for samples, and we will ceeerfully send them,
SOUTHWICK’S COMBINATION STORE.
Cor. ELEVENTH and CHESTS CT Sts . Pblla.
TM, powder aakea “Ont-Edge” Better the jtu reeaS.- Omm-
noa-neme sed the Sdeeee of OicrnWry smiled «• Bette*,
making. July, legnrt eed IVIeter Better made easel t* th*
tert due predict. Iicressee prodeet • per rent- Imprane
quality st least 8» per cent. Eedncee labor of ehareiog oae.
halt PreTeata Batter becoming renrid. Improree market
relae S to S cents a ponad. Guaranteed ftae from all tajarlam
Ingredients. Glria a alee Goldea Color the jeer need, tt
eeab* worth wffl prod are $S-t>0 la Increase of predart aad
market relae. Can yam make a better larestmeatl Beware
of fmltathna. Genuine sold only la boxes with trade
mark of dairymaid, together with words “Qilt-Bpob
ItuTTxR Maxxr” printed on each package. Powder sold
h, Grocers sad Geaerel Store-keepers. Aok your dealer tor
our book “Blnto to Batter-Makers," or send stamp to a*
for It Small size, X ft., at 25 cents; Large eiaa. Hi Ba.
SUM. Great saving by baying tbe larger alia.
Address, BUTTER 1KPR0VMEIIT CO. ftep'ra
Bvmw. JL h.
SCHOOL SONG BOOKS.
STANDARD PINGING BOOKS for Hi*h Schools
High ttchnol Choir (81.00); for Girls’ N rroa
uol-, Evere t * Me t ool Book, (60 «*•.).
uppt-r Gr .m'lisr Cl saos. Grammar Mehool
Choir. (60 eta.>; general colltction or Pchools,
Whippoorwill. (50 eh.l; »nd or Primnry
American School Manic Header,
Rook I. (35 rtiO
VALUABLE LARGE COLLECTIONS OF PIANO
MC3IC.
Each book hns from 200 to 250 page*, and coita
82(0 in Boards and 5'2 50 in Cloib.
CTaster of Gems. 43 pier* i, moderately did!cult.
Gems of the Dance. 79 of th.- bo-t W«lta-a, etc.
Gems of Mtrau«s. 93 n j lendid Stratus pieces.
Pianoforte Gem*. 100 piece*. Great variety.
Home Circle, VoL 1. 170 ea-y piece*.
** a. 142 (if-ce*. 22 for 4 hands,
rnrlor.viasic, Vol t l. GO easy pieces.
- - ** 2. 60
Creme de la Creme, Vol. 1. 47 diffl :u!t pieces
a. 42 44 44
Fonn tn in of Gems. 97 eaey Piano pleoes.
W’eleome Home. 60 * 4 44 44
Pearls of Nelody. to pieces,medium difficulty.
Pianist’s Album. 102 puces. Fme collection.
iMtln nearly all tbs popular
_ _ led.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston,
J. E. DITSON. A CO .
122S Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.
S pectacles,
Mioroecope*. Thermometers, *ys Glasses. Op-
mra Glasses, Barometers, at threat lv Rtduead frtecs.
R. & «J* BECK.
Manufacturing Opticians, PliiiadeipliU. Send S
r tsnips lor illn-trared Catalogue of M4 pages, and
mention this paper.
Stamm's Greet Gatarrl Remeoy
nnwli.lai., or bow long standing, br giving
STURDIVANT’S C1T1BRH RENEDY
fair nnd impartial trial, you will be co B Tlncfd of
i :-r— T.'im dicine is -eery pl-*sant and ran
o«t ilelicste stomach. Forssls by
by HOLLOWAY A CO., 602 Arch
Street, Philude phi
DR. N. a GRAY. Optician,
28 N. TWELFTH Street.
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