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The Art of Sleeping.
Most of the men who Imre ma !o their
mark ns suecesslul leaders have lieen
good sleepers ns we l ns hearty workers.
Napoleon Bonaparte lost no opportunity
either for n good sleep or a good meal.
Even before going into battle he would
take a few hours tor sleep if possible.
The Duke of Wellington was such n
sound sleeper that lie seldom moved
from the. time he elosed his eyes until he
awoke. He used a very narrow bed,
and enid thnt when it was time tor a
mr.n to turn in his bed it was time to
get up. Henry Ward Beecher is known
to be a good sleeper. He falls asleep in
a moment after his head has touched the
pillow. These men tnd other great
workers have had a faculty which is nn
important addition to the mere taking
of sleep. It is the power of withdraw
ing one’s self from all surrounding per
sons and objects nnd finding immediate
rest in slumber. Theman who can thus
take rest is refreshed and strengthened
under many circumstances which would
keep other people weary and wnkeful.
He is master of every situation as re-
g ards his own rest. Some men, by long
a bit, find themselves able to take sleep
with the same case that others would
take a glass of water. They can sleep
either while perched on a high stool or
rattling along in a railroad car at forty
miles nn hour. The economy of wear
and tear on the lives of such people is
wonderful. The man who cannot sleep
unless he has first removed his clothes,
S ut out the light and climbed into his
cd is at a great disadvantage. Greater
yet is ids disadvantage if he can sleep in
no bed but his own. There are some
who are possessed with the notion that
their own bed is the only one in which
they can slumber. These people are
utterly wretched when they go to the
ountry where the beds arc stuffed with
straw or shnvings, and where thesprings
are made of noisy material, which re
sounds whenever touched. When they
go to Europe and are forced either to
stay awake or to sleep in quarters not
much larger than tho shelf of n mantel
piece, their misery is too great for utter
ance. Much of the comfort and discom
fort experienced in sleeping and in trying
to sleep is tho result of habit. There are
some people who toss on their beds for
half the night, iu if they were uneasy
ghosts. They have never learned to
sleep.
It is the power to shut one’s self within
one’s self that constitutes one of the ap
proaches to healthful sleep. There nre
objections to sleeping in church which
need not in this connection be recounted.
But the mau who has by patient habit
aceustomcd himself to slumbering un
der a sermon can learn to go to plcep
anywhere and under any circumstances.
He is sometimes seen iu a snug corner
of a str et car, when several ladies ap
pear on the platform seeking seats. Ho
often finds it convenient when a boro
addresses him to bo able to subside into
slumber. When his mother-in-law
wearies him with protracted discussion
of uninteresting suhjects, it is ever so
delightful to sleep, or to seem to sleep.
Good sleep is a blessing from heaven,
and he who can sleep, whether flics
crawl on him, mosquitoes bite him,
cross people scold him, or noisy children
dance and play in his presence, is blessed
indeed.—Philadelphia, Times.
A Diver’s Keninrbnble Feats.
The London Times thus describes
some of tho remarkable performances
under water of a diver named Fleuss:
His remarkable performance wns better
seen than it has been elEewhcie either
during the few months of tho exhibi
tion of his apparatus at the Polytechnic
or at Brighton. He can stay under wnter
for five hours without an air tube or
any ether communication witli the sur
face, and the absence of incumbrance
gives him mucli greater freedom than
any other divers possess. lie can, for
instance, lie down and bend his nody
in any position without tear of being
lifted or floated up, and without suffer
ing from tho obstruction of the long
pipe which usually connects the head of
a diver with a boat above. In short, he
possesses the principal advantage which
distinguishes nn animal from a plant;
he moves independently instead of be
ing rooted to one spot. Foreshndowcd
in tiie water, lie presents a curious ap
pearance, with great gogglo eyes in his
burnished liemlot, a strong water-tight
dress, and water-boots. The spectators
amuse themselves by throwing pence
for him to pick up, or by writing mes
sages to him on card-board, always
under wnter. He sharpens Ids pencil
under wa’er, gives and receives signals
with a cord, and is to experiment on
the submarine use of the telephone. At
Ilyde he walked for a quarter of a mile
under the sea; at Brighton lie went
down in five fathoms by the chain pier
in rough weather. If he could cat
under water, Mr. Fleuss says he could
stay for a longer period than five hours,
which he gives as an ordinary limit
Yesterday afternoon he remained two
hours and seven minutes under water
in the aquarium, and again went down
for halt an hour in the evening. In a
short lecture on his apparatus which
Mr. Fleuss gave in tho evening, immedi
ately on returning to the upper air, lie
stated that his method is no secret, Mint
it is patented, and that tho specifica
tions arc accordingly published. In
every draught of breath we draw we
take in a certain amount of oxygen witli
four times as much nitrogen. A little
of the nitrogen becomes fixed in the
form of carbonic ajid, and tho air thus
deterioated becomes unfit to breathe.
It, however, the place of the missing
oxygen is taken by a fresh supply, the
mixture becomes again fit for breath
ing. According to Mr. Fleuss, lie takes
down compressed oxvgen to supply the
place of that which is breathed; in other
words, lie lias invented a set of anti
lungs, which perform a (unction pre
cisely the reverse of that of the lungs
proper. This was confessedly a rough,
popular, hasty, and generalized expla
nation.
Rejected Manuscripts.
Rfjected contributors are sometimes
avenged. A Scotch newsDaper, the
Orecnoek Advertiser, has ceased to exist,
after a life of seventy-eight years. This
paper will be remembered for one thing
I e i ectf, d Campbell’s poem of
Hohenlmden, on the ground that it was
“not up to the mark” Campbell him
self thought lightly of the poem, it is
said, until he was assured by Sir Walter
Scott that it was one of the finest things
of the kind that he ever read. Since
that time, the poem has been worn out
by the myriads of schoolboys who have
spoken it in public on the stage. Char
lotte Bronte’s great novel met with a
similar ^reception. “Jane Eyre” was
written in the gray old parsonage under
the Yorkshire hills; the rough notes,
sketched hasty in pencil, were tran
scribed m a neat hand as legible as
print, and the manuscript, in its brown
paper wrapper, was sent off from the
station-house at Kleighley to publisher
alter publisher, only to find its way back
again, “returned with thanks,’’ till the
packet, scored all over with publishers’
names, and well-nigh worn out by its
tiaveis, found its way into the hands of
Messrs. Smith & Elder, with a stamped
envelope inside for a reply. The story
of Jane Eyre” is, with authors who
cannot find a publisher, one of tho stand
ing sources of consolation, and it is a
very striking instance of the loose wav
in which publishers’ readers now and
then look through manuscripts that find
their way into other hands.
MAKING CAMPAIGN DANNERS.
Oilil Thins* About i» Pruritus I’ollllcnl
Inrinati-y.
A New York reporter has been inter
viewing several firms of that city who
make ita business to manufacture politi
cal banners. The reporter obtained
some interesting information. Speak
ing of the coming campaign, Mr. Corn-
moss, one of the manufacturers, said to
the reporter: “If lean judge anything
from the business we are doing this year
in comparison with that done years ngo,
I should say that we were to have a
very lively campaign. Wo have fifteen
men at work making campaign banners,
five of whom nre engaged in painting the
portraits of the candidates. We have
sold already thirty sets of heads six feet
in length, considerably more than we
sold four years ago.”
“ From what State do you have the
greatest demand for business?”
“ We sell a great many in New York,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New
Jersey, but New Jersey is the ‘banner’
State.”
Mr. Levy, of the firm of M. R. Levy
& Co , said to the reporter: “ The cam
paign has begun mucli more vigorously
than it began in 1870, and it bids fair to
be one of the liveliest wo have ever had.”
“Where will the campaign be the
liveliest P”
“ In Connecticut and New Jersey, our
orders wouid seem to indicate.”
“How many men have you at work P”
“Between sixteen nnd twenty. Wo,
however, manufacture only banners.
We sell torches, enps, etc , but only as
agents for manufacturing Ileuses. Very
few people have any Idea to what an
extent tiiis business is carried. I know
one firm in this city which will manufac
ture torches and have already started to
make 500,000 of them. They will prob
ably make as mnny more before tho
season is over.”
“ Ho you employ good artists to paint
your portraits.”
"Ceitainly. Only a good one could
do tho work satisfactorily. The men
I employ nre nil portrait painters by
profession. They do not let their
friends know that they are doing this
work. They get good pay, so they
consent to do the work; nut they are
not in tho habit of saying much about
“How long does it take them to paint
one of the largest portraits P”
“ About a dav. They have workmen
to help them fill out the mnrgins. Then
they snvo considerable time in another
way. They get a good drawing and
pick through the canvas, so that they
arc able to make the outlines of all the
portraits without drawing each separ
ately.”
The American sign company on
Fulton street wns next visited by tho
reporter, and F. W. Cobb, one of the
managers, was found engaged in super*
intending the finishing touches to a
bnnner.
“ How does your business this year
compare with that of 1870 P”
“ It is much better. The campaign
opened earlier than usual, and 1 thiuk
it wiil be very lively. At all events,
wo are making preparations for doing a
largo business. We have laid in large
stocks of caps, onpes, torches, banners,
and every tiling that can possibly he used
in a campaign."
“ Can you give mo nny'idea of the
extent of the business which is dono in
these campaign goods in a presidential
campaign P”
“ I can only toll you approximately
what wo did four years ago. Wo sola
then about 50,000 suits, between 5,000
and 0,000 small flags and about 30,000
small badges. You eon judge, however
to what an extent this business is car
ried when I tell ycu that tliero arc ten
or twelve different kinds of torches
patented, and that the inventor of one of
these lias been made rich by his royalty.
There are a dozen different kinds of
small flags, suits and shirts manufac
tured.”
“ How many men have you at
workP”
“ Eighteen now, I think. In a month
or two, however, when tho orders for
uniforms begin to come in, we shall
probably have a hundred at work."
The firm of Ilojor & Graham was
next visited. Mr. Graham said: “ The
campaign opened much belter than it
did last year. And this improvement
will last until November.”
“ How largo a business do you think
you will do this ycarP”
‘ Our regular business is sign-paint-
lug. r >nd wo only go into this banner
business as a side matter. Wo shall
probably sell, however, about 200 of
these large banners, 20x30 feet. These
nre worth at least $l()0apiece.”
" Has there been much advance in
banner m iking in late years?”
“ Yes, a decided advance. Formerly
all those banners were of solid canvas
and were so heavy that it wa3 almost
impossible to keep them in place. Holes
had to bo mado so that the wind would
blow through. They were so made
that the artists,' when painting them,
had to work at a great disadvantage.
These disadvantages have all been done
away with by making the main part of
ihe banner of network.”
‘ ‘So these portraits, here, were done by
artists?"
“Certainly; wo always have national
academicians to do our work. If the
artist who painted this were to paint
my portrait he would charge me $200
or $300.”
“ Do you have many committees from
tho country to see youP”
“ I should say so. They usually walk
in here with their hats on, apparently
expecting us to have everything they
want ready for them. We usually
agree to finish their banners for them
by Saturday night. We aro pretty sure
of petting our money then. They get
their banner and a pole, and then the
usual ceremonies follow.”
Words of Wisdom.
Show me a people whose trado is dis
honest, and I will show you a people
whose religion is a sham.
Childhood often holds a truth with
its feeble fingers, which the grasp ol
manhood cannot retain, which it is the
pride of utmost age to recover.
Many persons sigh for death when it
seems lar off, but the inclination van
ishes when the boat upsets, or the loco
motive runs off the track, or the measles
set in.
Mere bashfulness without merit is
awkward; and merit without modesty,
insolent. But modesty with merit has
a double claim to acceptance, and gen
erally meets with as many patrons as
beholders.
To feel much for others and little for
ourselves, to restrain our selfish and to
indulge our benevolent affections, con
stitute the perfection of human nature.
The utmost excellence at which Hu
manity can arrive, is aconstantand de
termined pursuit of virtue without re
gard to present dangers nnd advan
tages.
To do an evil action is base; to do a
good action without incurring danger
is common enough; but it is the part of
goodman [to do great and noble deeds,
though he risk everything.
A new coral bank of great richness
has recently been discovered in the Medi
terranean, ten miles south of Sciarra,
on the Neapolitan coast.
How Postal Cards nre Made.
In a long article on the history and
manufacture of postal cards, tbo New
York Sunday Afar* says that the Ameri
can Phototype company—to whom tho
contract tor making the postal cirdsof
the United States was awarded in 1877
—carriedon the business intliat city lor
two years, hut to save the expense and
risk attending the transportation of
paper from the mill at IloJyoke, Mass.,
the business was removed thither in tlie
spring of 1879, a new building being
erected for its accommodation. The
main portion of the buiiding is
divided by a partition through the
middle. One side is used by \lie con
tractors for manufacturing cards, and
the other side by thesnecial agent of the
postoftice and his subordinates, in the
transaction of the government business
pertaining to making up of orders and
forwarding cards to the various post-
oflices ordering them. No business of
whatever nature is transacted witli
more systematic precision than is main
tained in both departments of the postal
card agency.
On entering the contractor’s side, the
lrst thing noticed are the large piles of
papor, which are delivered to the con
tractors by the Parsons Paper company
in loads ol 3,000sheets each. The works
consume on the average about three
ton3 daily at present. The process of
manufacturing cards is neither lengthy
nor complicated, but Is at once so novel
and interesting that a brief description
is worth recital. The sheets are about
thirty by twenty-two inches in size, and
nre just fitted by tho plates from which
the cards are printed, each plate cover
ing forty cards, four in width and ten
in length. The printing is done on two
Hoc superroyal presses, by skillful
pressmen, and as each sheet passes into
the press the number of cards is uner
ringly recorded by registers attached to
the presses nnd which aro carefully
locked every night to prevent tampering.
The sheets aro then piled up and allowid
to dry in order that they may not be
damaged by future handling. lucident
to the rapidity with which the work is
performed, now nnd then a sheet is mis
printed, but this occurs only rarely, the
number ol cards being spoiled in this
way being not over ono-tenth of one
per cent, or one in a thousand on the
average.
After drying thoroughly the sheets
are then passed through tho rotary
slitter, a machine fitted with circular
knives, which cuts them into strips of
ten cards each, and trims the edge of
tho outside strip. These strips are then
passed transversely through the rotary
cross cutters, the mechanism of which
is similar to the “ slitters.” The cross
ci'ts divide the strips into the single
cards, which drop into a rotary hopper
containing ten compartments. As soon
us each compartment has received
twenty-live cards the hopper revolves
and throws Die enrds out upon a table.
A number of girls then lake them, and
after throwing aside all damaged cards,
bind tho perfect ones into packs ol
twenty-live each. Other girls then take
the packs, and, recounting them, put
them in pasteboard boxes containing
twenty packs or 500 cards each. The
boxes aro made entirely of one piece of
pasteboard, without scam or paste, and
alter being filled are all weighed. Each
box is supposed to weigh three pounds
and two ounces. In the rear of tho
bunding is a large fireproof vault, with
a capacity for storing 25,000,000 cards.
By tho stipulation of the contract the
American Phototype company is re
quired to keep at least 10,000,000 in store
all the time.
So rapidly lias tho popular demand
for postal cards increased that the works
havo lately been run night and day, em
ploying in all nearly hfty hands, and
producing nearly a million of cards a
day on the average. The government
portion of the works is no less interest
ing than tho other. Hero the business
is enrried on in a manuer similar to thnt
in tho general postoflices in large cities.
Every postollice in the country requir
ing postal cards sends its order, to
gether with a requisition for other sup
plies, to Die oUlco of tile third assistant
postmastcr-L'cnernl at Washington.
There tho orders are separated, nnd all
the orders for postal cards arc made up
in one general order to the agency at
Holyoke, the names of ordering post-
oilices being put down alplicb tically.
An order is sent every day, and oflen in
cludes tho orders of several hundred
postoflices, and requiring all the way
from a few thousand to two, three and
even four million cards to fill it. Dur
ing tho first month in each quarter tho
orders avernge mucli larger than at
otlior tiuv s, lor, as a rule, a large num
ber of offices order supplies in those
months to last for the quarter. As an
example of this there were ordered dur
ing the months of January last 3(S 488,-
500 domestic cards, while 10,682,000
filled tho orders for February.
A large portion of all the cards made
are used in the Eastern and Middle
States. Now York city alone uses about
ten per cent, of the entire production.
Chicago stands next to New York, using
more cards than Boston. The Southern
States take but few cards.
The total number of cards issned dur
ing the fiscal year ending Juuo 30, 1870,
was 221,807,000. The department esti
mate lor the year ending June 30,
1880, was 250,514,100. mi increase of
seventeen per cent, over the previous
yenr’s issue; but if the number issued
lor the first eight months of the year
should be continued proportionally till
tho close, the year’s consumption would
amount to 275,839,750. If alike increase
were to bo presumed lrorn year' to year,
betoro 1890 tho yearly issue of postal
cards would exceed a thousand millions.
Congress passed an act March 3, 1879,
providing for the issue of international
cards at a postal charge of two cents
each. It was not, uowever, until
December I that the first were issued.
The demand for them lias not been as
large as was anticipated. Up to March
1, this year, three months from the
first issue, only 2,500,000 havo been
ordered, and ot this number 1,000,000
went to Now York city.—Scientific
American.
A Fiddling Gorilla.
A short time ago the dead walls and
advertising posts of Munich suddenly
broke outm all the colors of the rain
bow, wifh announcements, couched in
high-flown language, to the effect that
on Buch a day the greatest wonder of
the world would be submitted to pub
lic inspection at the Coliseum, in the
shape of a gifted gorilla, trained with
infinite pains to perform an Italian
concerto upon the violin. It may w< 11
be imagined, in so musical a city as the
Bavarian ltesidenz, that the public
responded in large numbers to this
amazing invitation, and that the
Coliseum was crowded to the ceiling
on the opening night of the perform
ance. There was the gorilla, horrible
of aspect, but unquestionably skilled
in the production ot sweet sounds lrorn
an ordinary fiddle, delicately manipu
lated by his formidable paws. A skep
tical spectator, however, contrived to
approach the simian executant, unob
served of; its impresario, and to make
a slight incision in its hide with a pen.
knife. Strange to say, the animal did
not flinch but fiddled on with stoic.il
steadfastress. Encouraged in his sus
picions by this most unmonkeylike
impassiveness, the doubter seized Pongo
from behind and shook him roughly;
whereupon the seams of his skin gave
way, and an elderly gentleman—tho
impresario’s father—stood revealed to
tie audience.—London Telegraph,
Spotted Tail’s Children.
A Washington letter says: The news
that Spotted Tail, one cf tho Sioux
chiefs, tiad taken his boys and girls
away from the schools provided for
them by tiie government is no surprise
to those who heard Spotted Tail, Rod
Cloud or others of the Sioux chiefs talk
on that subject when they wire hero re
cently. Spotted Tail, with Red Cloud
and others, paid a visit to the Indian
school established at Carlisle, Pa., on
the way here, and called there on their
return to their Western homes. Spot
ted Tail, next to Red Cloud, is the Sliest
looking Indian that comes here. lie
was very much pleased with the things
lie saw at Carlisle, and so expressed
himself. After talking to the superin
tendent of the school nnd the teachers
for a while he called his boys and had a
talk with them privately. lie learned
from the boys that the rod was used
when the boys did not do as they should,
or when they sulked, lor be ft known
that it is just as natural for an Indian,
young or old, to sulk as it is for those
distinguished politicians who w re not
suited at Chicago. Spotted Tail, alter
leaving, had a talk with the superin
tendent, and he told him what he had
heard. Ho asked if it was true. Upon
being told that it wns, ho answered;
“ Neither my boys or girls shall ever he
whipped by any one with my consent.
I will not leave them at aschool, or any
other place where tho whip is used. A
whipped bov is apt to grow up a whip
ped man. Unless ho has some spirit or
life in him it is better that lie know
nothing. A whipped man has neitlior
spirit or life." He then turned to the
Indian children and said to them in the
natural tongue: "Don't let any one
whip you, teacher or any one else. You
have no master. Never allow any one
to strike you a blow.” An efl’jrt was
made to satisfy Mr. Spotted Tai 1 that 1 lie
whipping administered at Carlisle was
the same as at other schools and wns
oaly a slight affair. The idea of “ spar
ing tho rod nnd spoiling tho child ” was
suggested to him, hut he said lie did not
believe in whipping in nny way ; that
any man who struck his child had better
keep out of his way, nnd that he would
soou draw hi.s children from any place
where they wore liable to be whipped, it
mattered not how slight. This with
drawal of liis children is the result.
■ He Lnnglied too Soon.
lie was'a demure, countrified-looking
man, and was remnrknbly awkward and
shy. He had been to the restaurant
once before, and tho smart waiter, by
tho name of William, had palmed oil' a
bad quarter on him. 11c came a second
time, and on handing over a live-dollar
bill lie remarked in a timid way:
“ Last time you gave me a bud quar
ter; please be more careful this time.”
“No danger,” said tho pert waiter;
“ that was the only one oi the kind I
had. Sorry 1 can’t accommodate you
with another,” ns ho shelled out tho
change.
All the afternoon William was chuck
ling to himself, hut the Inst time lie
smiled right heartily was late in tiie
evening just before no settled with the
boss, when that individual chucke.l him
a bad livi-dollar bill, with tho humor
ous remark: “ I’ll make you a present
of that $5, William, uud lake it out of
your salary at the end of the week ”
A Talking l’lcturo Book.
Another novelty is announced—n
talking picture book—for the invention
of which Mr. Brand, of Sonnebcrg,
Germany, lias secured a patent. From
an English publieation we learn that
the book consists of a scries of animals,
with apparatus for producing Bound in
imitation of each creature represented.
Opening the hook, the illustvn’ion is on
one side of tho page, and letterpress
descriptive of it on the pngo facing. The
text covers conceals mechanism, com
prising bellows and whistles of peculiar
construction for imitating various
voices. The bellows are blowod by
pulling a button at the edge ofthe page,
the button belonging to the picture on
view being pulled to produce tho sound
in imitation of the cry of the animal ex
hibited.
An “ old and successful fruit-grow-?r,”
says that tho most certain means ol
keeping away the curcullo ho knows of,
is to plant tansy near the base of plum
trees. This little pest, however, lias
wings as well as legs, and could readily
sting the fruit without coming in con
tact with tho plnnt; nnd from our own
knowledge of it, we fancy it wouldn't
care if it did
Tliero is a fortune in store for t ho
milliner who shall devise a bonnet that
can bo worn in any part of a church
and always-present its trimmed side to
the congregation.
Teacher*, authors and others of sedentary
habits highly prizo Malt Bitters.
At a London ball which cost $59,000,
a weeping ash in the garden was trans
formed into a fountain, and bowers of
real grape vines were arranged along
one of llie corridors in the house.
Tho most Iroublosomo and dangerous effects
sometimes nriso from tho slightest canso, and
olten tho Baby's serious sioltuess could bo pre
vented by promptly using Dr. Bull’s Baby
Syrup at tho beginning, l’rioe only 25 cents
a bottle.
The French government has ordered
an agricultural course in every primary
school in the country.
Faintness before eating, pain and distress
afterward, prevented by Malt Bitters.
An aged man wn3 swindled out of
$300 by gamblers at an Illinois fair, and
the loss grieved him so much that he
committed suicide.
“On now iir Backaches!”—How often
wo hoar it said. Well may the victim com
plain, lor tbo kiduoys aro suffering; nnd when
that is the case there is always daDger—groat,
danger. Kidney diseases, it let run, too often
end lalally. Tliero is, however, a sure cure
lor thorn. Hunt’s Koraedy is a medicine
that does not fail to euro kidney, bind lor,
fiver and urinary complaints. Even Bright's
disease, tho terror of physicians, is ourod by
Hunt’s Itemedy, the great kidney and liver
modicine. Try it, nnd cure your baekaclie be
fore iL terminates in something worse. Sold
by all dru. gists. Trial size, 75 cents.
You can got an elogant lithographic map in
six colors, descriptive ot the great trip across
the American Continent, free, by sending your
address to J. It. Wood, General Tassonger
Agent C., B. & Q. It. It., Chicago, 111.
Are You Not in t.oori Health *
If tho Liver is the souroe ot your trouble,
von can find an absolute remedy iu Dn. Sax-
ford’s Liveh Jnvigoratok, the only vegeta
ble cathartic which acta directly on the Liver,
Cures all Bilious diseases. For Book address
Dn. Sanford, 162 Broadway, Now York.
Veoetink is not a stimulating bitters which
cieatesa fictitious appetite, but a gentle tonic
which assists nature to restoro the stomach to
a healthy notion.
tThe Voltaic Belt Co., Mtnrsliall,inich. t
Will send their Electro-Voltaic Bolts to the
aJHioted upon 30 days’ trial. See their adver
tisement in this paper headed, “On 30 Days’
Trial.”
Texas Land and Tax Agency. Foster &
Harrs!! (oldest Agents in), Houston, Texas.
One pair ot boots or shoes can be savod evory
year by using Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners.
Population of Southern Cities.
18S0. 1870.
Austin, Texas 11,000 4,128
Cape Giinrdeau, Mo 5.000 3,.’85
Cbaihnm, Va 3 118 4 202
Chattanooga, Tenn 13.500 6,093
Clarksville, Tenn 7,000 3,200
Columbus, Ga 10,132 7,4<;1
Dallas, 1’cxas 33,186 15,000
Denison, Texas 4,400
lluntsvillo, Texas 1,600 1,509
Knoxville, Tenn 13,928 8,682
little liock 15,000 12,380
Macon, Gu 12,695 10,810
Martinsburg, Wed V».. 6,384 4,863
Nashville, Tenn 43,543 25,865
New Orleans. La 215,239 191,418
Kichmond, Va 63,243 51,038
San Antonia, Texas 20,594 12,256
San Marcos, Texas 1,800 742
Savanuuh, Ga 30 747 28,234
Sherman, Texas 6 060 1,439
Shreveport, La 8,038 4,607
8t. Augustine, Fla 2,300 1,717
Staunton, Va 6,788 6,120
Suffjlk, Va 2,006 930
Yah Pliow late, of China, gained the
highest rank in this year’s graduating
class from the Hopkins grammar school
at New Haven, and won the first prize
in English composition.
When a man wants to make his enemy
unhappy he poisons his enemy’s dog,
but a woman chooses a very different
way lo make her enemy unhappy. Sho
buys some new clothes that her enemy
can’t afford and sits in front of iter
enemy at church.—Middletown 'tran
script.
THE MARKETS.
MW TORS
Bmi 0»ttl*—Mod, Nativoa, live wt..' 09)4£ 10V
Calve—Oommou to Extra State 04 q A 06^
Sheep. 04 £ 05
Lambs 05 £ 07 q
11 oks—Li vs 04\£ 0B‘<
Pressed 04,>.9 tfi>,
Fioar— Ex. State, good to fancy..,. 4 sfi £ 0 25
Western, good to faooy 4 SO £ 7 23
Whet-No. 1 llod 1 07Xl 1 08)4
No. 1 Wblto 1 00 (| 1 li)
Kyo—State 82 <4 B2
Barley—Two-Rowed State 08 £ r,5
Corn—Ungraded Mlxad 45 (4 47)4
Southern Yallow BH 13 B8
Oats—White State 40 IS 48
Mlxad Wetern— 38 £ 3314
Hay—Prime to fancy 1 0B (4 110
Straw—Long Rye, per owt 1 0B (§ 1 10
Ilopa—Stato, 1879 211 £ 31
Pork—Mesa, new 14 20 £14 .0
Lard—City Steam 7 40 £ 7 40
Petroleum—Crude........ 07 £07)( Refined 00
Butter—State Oremary 21 £ 20
Diary 17 £ 19
Wetern Imitation Oreamory 18 £ 20
Factory It £ 18
Cheese—State Factory 08 £ low
Skims 04 £ 00
Western 07 (4 00)8
Eggs—Stato and Perm 17 £ 17)4
Potatoes—State, bbi now 1 B0 £ 1 7B
lurrALO.
Flour—Oily around. No. 1 Spring.. 6 B0 £ t 00
Whet—No. 1 Hard Duluth », 1 25 £ 1 25
Corn—No. 2 Wetern 43U£ 40W
Oats—Stato 41 £ 42
Barley—Two-rowed State SB £ 70
BOSTON.
Beef Cattle—Llvo weight 05 £ CSV
Sheep 05 £ OB \
Hog 051* £ 05W
Flour—Wlsoonaln and Mlnu.Pat.... 0 50 £ 0 69
Corn—Mixed and Fellow.... 53 £ 60
Oats—Extra White 41 £ gju
Rye- State 1 00 £ 1 (X)
Wool—Washed Combing k Delaine,, 40 £ 47 u
Unwashed, “ “ 33 £ 30
WATKHTOWN (MAM ) OATTLI MAHKBT
Beer Cattle—Uye weight 04 V£ 00’{
Show 01l*£ 0IX
Lkmba 0 *£ OOX
Hog« 05 J .£ 03)4
ruu.ADEi.rnu.
Flour—Penn, good and fanoy 6 25 £ 0 00
Wheat-No. 2—Red 1 13)4£ 1 13W
Rye—Stato—old 7B £ 75
Corn—State Follow Bl)4£ 62
0.t.-Mlxed tB)4« 30)4
Butter—Creamery extra 26 £ 20
Chcoae—Now Fork Full Cream 10)4£ 10)4
Petroleum—Crude 00!a£07)4 Refined 08)4
BOOMER A BOSCHERT
PRESS CO,
8YRACU8E.N.Y.
-FOR
Circular.
Hew York Ofllee-IB Park ltovr.
femaj^sss
-111 n.mltlvoly cure Female Weoknesa.such ns p ill
...... ■ ■ in.ii' n r.iniH Bi.niiui ua f
ina (>i the Womb, Whites., Chronic Inflammation
Llcerntlon of tho Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or
tloodlnir,.Painful, oupprosKi-d nnd Irregular Mens
truutloiii&c. An old nnd reliable remedy. Send poa
nphlet. with treatment, cures and
piiyslcloua and patients, to How
all i-Jrugglui*—
tai card hn
fjt f«»l p'*r ijottin
NATRONA ““
ataMiw guvs
all Family lima. Bold by all Druggists and Orocara.
PENN’A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., PUIt
if. W. PAYNE & SONS, CORNING, N. Y.
, . a Un
glues,mounted and on skids.
Vertical Engines with wro’l
boilers. Eureka Safety pow
ers with Scetional boilers-*
can’t be exploded. Al
with Automatic Cut-Offa,
From $150 to 94,009.
Send for Circular. Stat*
where you saw this.
OB 30 DAIS’ TEIAL.
We will send our Electro-Voltaic Belt* and othr
Electric Appliances upon trial for 30 days to those afflicted
with Nervous Debility and lUsenses o/ a personal mBvi
Also of the Liver. Kidney* Btieuniatlain, TxialygUL Ac.
A sure cure Guaranteed or no iay.
Addrcm Voltaic Kelt t o. t Marahall
YOUNG MAN OR OLD
M0S0UIT0 CATCHER win
minute--” - 1. d(, ‘ ,r »2 u . r to • few
postal
terniB.
. * ciearyo
minutes without smoke, soil or grease. Price 50c. Send
postal for Illustrated Circular. Agents
BADGES ! £ nn }P fl ten JUDGES with Gilt
JSiHD.rH M JTTJSt Mf Shield, on red, white
i-Kc f K ‘#1° . •Ife-.jke Photographs of both Con-
cildatcs of cither party, SI per doz. Sample lo eta llle
tiling to Bell. PATTEN k CO., 4:1 Barclay St.?N. Y. S
MUSTACHE Sc WHISKERS
COPY PAD • direction* to rnakt on*
■V - -A- * • WIIU A II WHO IU
equal to thc*e sold for t<> for one-third the money'
and lie*c.pis for !JO kinds of Ink./-Ucolon.by re-
turn nail. Addree* U. BLKDSOK, PM, Alvarado, Texas.
VOUNCMEM vum Sli>lo’iduioi
aJon.
Young: Men wanted for mercantile houses, hotels.rcs-
taurante, stores, seaside resorts and 6teamooats. Call or
address Manhattan Agency, 1:191) Broadway, N. Y. Cltv.
A M'JWTIlt AGEXTS WANTEDI
7r> Rest Selling Articles In the world) *
sample/ree. Jat Beonsom, Detroit, Mich.
A YEAR and exiionses to agents.
Outfit Free. Address
O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.
$77 7
£5 to £20 pt 7 da >’ at home. Samples worth $5 fiee
_^___Ad(lre8» Stiksow A Uo., Portland, Me.
$72 K * *12 a day at home easily made. Costly
uutut free. Addreii Tbvk k Co., Augusta, Maine.
$66 A JSSS in yojrown lown - Terms and $5 Outfit
▼ free. Addresa II. ILilutt k Co., Portland, Maine.
Vegetine
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates tho Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERT1F.S ARK
Alterative, Tonic, Solvent
> and Diuretio
Yea Him I* made exclusively from th* Juice* of care
fully selected bark*, root* and herb*, and so strenfly con
centrated that it will effectually eradicate from the system
every Ulnt of Scrofula, Borofulous Humor,
Tumors, Cancer, Cancerous Humor, Ery
sipelas, Salt Rheum, Wyphtlttfo Diseases,
Canker, Faintness at the Stasnaoh* and all
distance that arise from Impure blood. Sciatica,
Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Gtut and Splual Complaints, can
only be effectually cured through the blood. .
For Vleers and Eruptive Diseases of the
Skin, Pustules, Pimples, Blotches, Rolls,
Tetter, Senldhead and Blugworm, Vigetixi
bas never failed to eflcct a permanent cure.
For Pains In the Back, Kidney Com
plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness, Leu-
rorrtinea, arising from Internal ulceration, and
uterine disease* and General Debility, Vbgetix*
ad* directly upon the causes of the»e complaint*. It In
vigorates and strengthens the whole system, acts upon the
decretive organs, allay* Inflammation, cure* ulceration and
regulate* the bowel*.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Cos-
tlveuess, Palpitation of the Heart, Head
ache, Piles, Nervousness, and General
Prostration of tiie Nervous System, no
medicine has over givon such perfect satisfaction a* the
Veoetink. It purlfle* the blood, cleanses all of the
organ*, and possesses a controlling power over the nervous
system.
The remarkable cure* effected by Vecetins havo
Induced many physicians and apothecaries whom we
know to prescribe and use It In their own families.
In tact, Veokti.se Is tho best remedy yet discovered foi
the above diseases, snd is the only reliable BLOOD
PURIFIER yet placed before the public.
VogelIno is Sold by nil Druggists,
UNFERMENTED
malTbitters'
TRADE MARK
exhausted constitutions is itch In the elements that
go to nou r ish vn 1 sticiirihen tli« blood. It perfects
digestion, stiinu a«e» the liver, k dneys, bowels, ami uri
nary orgius, quiets tho brain ami nervou* forcos, mid In
duces jefreshing slo p. MALT IUTTKUS commend
thunselve* to Ui« weak, convalesces!, overworked, de
bilitated. nervous, 8leeplc»B, nnd melancholy, m the pur
ist, safest and most powerful restorative in medicine.
Prepared by the .MALT lUTTKKS COMPANY, from
VnermmtM Mult and Hops. MALT HITTERS COM
PANY, lloston, Mass.
p It* hln { Humors. Senlv~ Erup
tions, Scalp Afflictions. Salt
Khenm, Psoriasis. Scald Head,
Ulcers and Sore* Infallibly cured
by the GuTicuiiA Reukdiks,
which have performed miracles
.... _ , . of healing uupirallaled In modi-
cal history. Seivl for llhutralnl Trcnl'w. .-o.ilalnlng
tM’tlmonlnls from ovrry p.rl of t!i« Union. I’ri'lur.'.t hy
"«ki * 1 otter.ClieiuiBls, Boitori, Mass. Suit by Drug-
Farmers, median-
It's, %l«icIimihm,Gott*
fteuton; every vuc
who owns a wagon wants a
Kiirclitt Fo I ii i ii u
< iiiiniiV Top. l'o«ls up
like hi umbrella. Weight
lew titan L! lt.g. Can be
taken off or put on in on*
hi little. Affords stipe lot
•retortion fr« m sun and rain
Ifn lv in different •</. s to flt
on Incus wagon*, p‘ensure
wagon* and buggies. Fend for Him, rated clreuliir n I, tic
Hid. Agents wanted everywhere. I>. i». Itnens, Pa entee
4 Mmmf'cr, Sandy Hook, CL St He where jou »uw tills
ACCORDEONS!!
Beautiful tnn«, ilcrii mul (Irpui-ltltf, tti« very test im-
im teil. trill) ..oil witli e:e;:mii Silver Corners amt
t;vo rows of nmnpet. Un ilh, is im-hesi wbilh, f, Inche,
llumlreU- sold a,ready. Price, e. 14s. Terms, SB cash
with order In a Registered l.oll r, end the balance after
jo i have tried the Instillment rue wee'., when von mar
return It and get your money l a-k If not satisfactory. Try
one of these beautiful Instruments.
Address the Importers,
«!• J. Kenned, Co., Will 'mantle, Conn.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, -
mnoisi'.Towiv, con nr.
„ TilTftfi ,0 Rf-yrar courMS-Ulassleal. I.ntln-Selenllfle, and
SHent fie. 1 urge ranee of elective studies In eaeh course.
Frcc ** •»!■*«»»■
Entrance Uxamlratl n, Sent. full.
' Ir -- M il. NORTH RICK.
Secretary of Faculty.
REMEDY FOR CURING
For Catalogues address
Tidy SpodL Case.
AliK.YTN IVAFTUn EVEIlVtTIIHItE.
Something new for Sewing M ielilie i. Ladle.’ Work
Sainplo by mull, SI!) cents, o: amount
J.ESTEY8.C9 BrattleboroVI
K J D N EY 0 R T
rne Cireat .remedy Pot THE LiVER,
C ltAlHREfir.AIlY INSTITUTE (established 1849),
Randolph, N. 7. On the A. t Ii. w. R R.. in the
uunfaupia l.nU region. A well-cn lowed mid succeslw
ful seminary lor both sixes. The usual I Iterary Denart-
merits and a very flourishing Commercial 8chool*and
Music D. parlment. 352 different students Iasi year Pure
f '' u, ‘!""-spring wairr. good food and careful super-
11! i, I s 0 deaths In 30 ye.r s. Knilowmcnls such that
8| n lent (total exp.use) for 1 Ttrin
To 1 941341; for I year, 941,yO. Catalogue sent free
n" fi ,,pl l- a i t |V,i* 10 lhe t’ 1 Incited, PROP. J. T. Kl)WARDS
D. D. ball term opens Anicit.4 241.
Many peopis are afflicted witn these loathsome disease,
eul very few over get well fromthomi this Is owing U
Impr. p»r treatment only, as they are readily curab.e li
properly treated. This Is no idle boast but a fact I tmvi
proven over and over again by my treatment. Send foi
my little Book, free to all. It will tell you all about tlieu
matters and who I am. My large Book, 375 pages, octave
price, by mall. Address
mi. C. K. NlIOKllAIUSIl, Aural Surgeon,
Headline. Pa
Send stamp for 24-page Il
lustrated catalogue. J. H.
RLSIITON, Canton, N.Y.
I Morphine Habit 4,'urari 1st IO
to 20 U«y». Nopaj till Cured.
D,t. J. bTKPmcNB. Lebanon. Ohio.
CANOES
SON & HA
CONSUMPTION,
And *11 Throat and Lung A flection 1 *. Indorsed b» tx
Press, Physicians, Clergy and Afflicted People **
TRY XT.
YOUR REMEDY IS
ALLEN S UK BALSAM
Bold by all Medicine Pealera.
HIM U-IU
Important to the Fair Sex!
a
THH UlvICAT tUNULIWli KIGM KDY, Ctiroa T,nnnn*«
haoajor white*,) Pakiful Menstruation, fllofirationoJI'
rian Disoates, Ah*ent Menstruation, all disear<«, known
as female weakness. They have boon used In RiiffUna
for year* as a periodical and regulating pill. Bold by
Druggist* everywhere. Price #1.00 pur box or six boxiw
for $6.00, sent by mail free of postage, securely sealed
THU GRAynreBlCINK Oo!r
. , . Mechanics’ Bloch. Detroit. MIA,
wholeealo A (rente for U. R. HTTamphlets sent Ini.
C. N. ORITTKNTON, Whelosalo Agent, New YoriT'
FRAZER AXLE GREASE.
FOR MLK IIY Al.T. I>RAI,KltS.
Auardta tin USUAL OF HONOR al fV ChtltntM M
Vara £rj’oiUhm$.
Chicago FRAZEH LUBRICATOR CO., NtwYtrfc
Tho soles of thole Hoots and Shoes ore made with t«i
thicknesses of best sole leather, with scenting of iuhb*
betweeu th. m. The outer sole Is protect -d from weir bf
Fateut IKe*scm<-t‘ Itlveti,
an l they are guururUeeU to outwear any other so'e matk
Inquire for ilium of any Hoot and Shoo dealer, ana Uki
uo other,
HALF SO LEA may he had of II. C. (IooDlUCTt.il
Church Street, Worcester, Mum., nr *IO Hoy no Avenui
Chicago. Ills. Send paper pattern of size wanted, will
•>0 cents in stamps tor men's she. or 40 cents for boy'i
«l*’\ ami a pair will be sent by mall
My refer nces—All Sewing Machine Companies In tb*
United States.
RED RIVER VALLEY
2,000,000 Acres
Wheat Lands
beol La ike Wertd, for sale by Use
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitolia R.R. CO.
Tbi*. foliar, nr Mr. .Mowed th. MltUr Im Wi.b
las u4 o&lunUoat- For particular, apply ta
D. A. MoKINLAY,
OamilulMar, bl, rul.llu
SAPONIFIED
Is the " Original" Concentrated Lye and Reliable Fsrallj
Soap Maker. Directions accompany eachC an for m&ktof
Hard, Noft and Toilet Monp quickly. It la full
welqht and strength. Ask your grocer for 0A1*OIVN
FI i:R, and take no otherr.
PENN’A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phllt.
DANIEL F. BEATTY'S
ORGANS
17-STOP ORGANS
Sub-bass k Oct. Coupler, boxed A shipped only S07>7<L
New Pianos 91 lift to 9I,0«M>. before you buvsnliv
•trument be sure to see my Midsummer oiler iUustruttd,
free, Addres* DANIKL F, HKATTY, Washington, NJ-
A curiosity to every on©, and a necessity
lo I
TilK KORAN OF MOI1AMMLU; translated fr-
Arabic by Ocovpe Sale, l’orme!ly publ shed at $-<•’! 1
new, bountiful Typo, ne.it. eloth-bouiM edition;
ilJ* cents, nnd O cents for postage. Catalogue of maw
standard works, remarkably low In price, with extra tenri
to clubs, free. Say whine you saw tbl* adverll^Jui’Dl
A v run can Hook Kxcuanok, Tillmne Hulldirig. K- V- _
\nr sold by ull Ilardwuro nnd Harness Denier*. There
11* ,o „ on0 '’wnliiff a horse or mule but what will flu' 1 * 5 I
this lino of goods, somethin* of great value. 1
rwclallv adapted to their wants. COVKItT M’F'O CO, I
r.st Troy, N. Y, Sole Manufacturers.
AGRWTS WANTED to sell the LIFE
SEN. JAS. A. GARFIEI
Hy nls comrade in arms and personal friend, b'ciiiJ
ltltlNIf I.\, nn author of wide celebrity This wor
complete, authentic, low-priced. Fully 111 u si rat
Positively the b st and cheapest book. None rtlu-r<j&
. Send 5«c. at once for « utllt. We give the best I©***
and you can coin money. IIFIUJA
Pubs.,?2i| Uli.Hlinit SI.. I ’ 1111 a ■ I «■! 1 > 11 i t, IM-
STARCH
PETROLEUM
Grand Medal
at Philadelphia
Exposition.
I!
JELLY
Silver Medil
at Pans
Exposition
Tbts wonderful substance Is acknowledged by Ptyjl
clans throughout the world to be ths best■ I
covered for '.he cure of Wounds, Hums, Kheniw»j|
Skin Diseases, riles, Catarrh, Chilblains, Ac. In
that every one may try It, it is put up In 15 an<i . ■
bottles for household use. Obtain It from
and you Will And it superior lo anything you nan ■
used.
v AV/ARDED
pHlGHESTHONORS
Ms AT ALL TH E GREAT
is Worlds Exhibitions
-FRANZ LISZT - “UNRIVA LLE L)
PRICES
$5l.$S7.$66.$84sif
TO$600
AND UPWARDS)
Also
rOREASYPAYMENTS
$6 PER MONTH FOR
12 MONTHS, OR $638
PER QUARTER FOR' “
10 QUARTERS/" UPWARDS^
CATALOGUES FREE.^
IPAbiiyet ORGANS
.UylASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO.,BOSTON NE.W-YORK & CHICAjfll