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A NEW THING IN OPTIC'S.
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Professor Benjamin C. Merrill is gen
erally conceded lo l>e one of the fore
most scientific men of Milwaukee.
Hitherto he 1ms confined his researches
to the Held of electricity rather than to
that of optics, and it was not supposed
that the world would bo indebted to
him for the most important discovery
in connection with the eve that has ever
vet been made. Professor Merrill has
long been of the opinion that the tele
scope is a clumsy method of supplying
the deficiency of eye power, and some
months ago he undertook to ascertain
if there was any way by which we could
be nlde to dispense with artificial lenses.
It is n well ascertained fact flint persons
who are near-sighted, or, in other words,
can see only such objects as are near to
them, have the ball of the eye globular
and protuberant, while those whose
vision enables them to see objects at a
long distance from them have the eye
flattened and sunken. The obvious ex
planation of this fact is the theory that
when the eve is flattened the lenses are
compressed, and thus focal distance is
increased, while the opposite effect fol
lows the too great rotundity of the eye.
Acting in accordance with this theory,
Professor Merrill conceived the plan
of increasing the power of the eye, not
by using artificial glnss lenses, but by
improving the natural lenses. He de
signed an instrument, consisting of two
smnll metallic disks, each pierced with an
extremely small hole, and connected by
a light steel band. These disks are to
bo placed one directly over tho center
of each eye, whiln the steel hnnd, pass
ing around the head, holds thorn in
place. This hand is so niado that it
can bo shortened or longhtenod by turn
ing a thumbscrew, and, of course, just
in proportion as it is shortened tho
disks press against the eyes and Hattons
thorn.
Tho inventor tried his instrument
upon himself before exhibiting it to
any ono. Ho found that when the disks
were put in position and the screw wns
gradually turned his power of sooing
distant objects steadily increased. A
very slight increase of pressure on tho
eyes gave a very marked ineroaso of
visual power. He made experiments
both by day and night, and in overveaso
with marked success. He found tlint in
tho daytime ho could rend tho “Times”
at a distanco of twenty rods by giving
tho screw two complete turns, and at
night he could pcrcoivo the moons of
Jupiter and the ring of Saturn with six
turns of tho screw. Up to this point,
tho operation of tho instrument wns
quite painless, but any attempt to give
greater eye-power was attended with a
sharp pain in tho eyes and a dazzling
light, which rendered all objects invisi
ble. Professor Morrill hns calculated,
however, that six turns of the thumb
screw givo his oyes n power equal to
tlint of a refracting telescope of forty-
two leet focal distance, and that, in fact,
thero is no teloseopo in existence which
hns anything like the power of his oyos
when they have been properly adjusted
by the help of his new instrument.
A Flower For in.
A correspondent of tho“Boston Herald"
gives tho following account of n noted
flower farm in England: In n comer of
the county of Essex, England, Messrs.
Carter, floriculturists, lmve'cstablishod a
farm devoted to the growth of flowers.
Those plants nre not destined to adorn
the gardens of tho wealthier classes, but
to furnish seed from which flowers may
bo ultimately obtained. A recent visit
to tho village of St. Osytli, discloses a
tract of well-sheltered country, which,
in its variety of colors, reminded ono of
a stained glass window gone mad. In
ono place an expanse of the deepest blue
is formed bv a few acres of Nemophifa
insignis. Next to it appears n perfect
sea of tho purple Saponaria. Then
comes a dash of the deep blue Lobelia,
and, farther on, one enters a spneo cov
ered with the Venetian red of the Phlox
drammondi. Those are followed by
smaller beds of Sweet Williams, tho yel
low Oxalis, tho pink Euoharidium, ’tho
purple Loptospermum, nnd those masses
of color are relieved by the white Nemo-
phila.
Another portion of the farm is devoted
to Petunias, with purple and whito
leaves edged with green; those are fol-
lowed by a jollow sen of Eschscholtzia
crocea, nnd then comes a promontory of
tho odiferotiH sweot Sultan,’xvliite, lilac
and yellow. At tho end of this appears
an island of Verbena surrounded by tho
blue Lupin. A sea of the bright scarlet
Godetiu, named after the Princess of
Wales, and another pond of the same
color is formed by the Lobelia eardi-
nnlis. Every color is found here; the
blue of tho Lorbelia speciosa, the palo
blue of tho Campanule, the yellow of tho
snapdragon, the rosy tint of the sweot
pea, tho deep orange of tho Esehscholt-
zia mandarin, the bright scarlet of the
Tom Thumb Nasturtium, ,tlie old-fash
ioned Virginia stock, tho French gray
and purple-colored Godetia whitnoyi,
tho white Clarkia, dedicated to Mrs.
Langtry, while Lord Bcnconfield’s ami
Mr. Gladstone’s names nre immortalized
in difforont kinds of Chrysanthemums.
These flowers are not picked, but are
allowed to run to seed, which is care
fully gathered and made up into smnll
packages.
One corner of tho farm is dovoted to
the cultivation of the seed of the more
useful products. Here may bo found n
bod of American parsley, and a plot of
the new mammoth wheat lately intro
duced froiff the States. This cereal pro
duces an "oar of immense size, but
bearded like barley. These “horns,”
as the beard is ctdled, drop off as tho
car ripens, leaving it perfectly smooth.
Next to the extirpation of weeds, the
gardener’s greatest difficulty is to keep
tho different kinds of flowers in their
own beds. The small birds do their
best to mix them up, and seem to take a
special delight in carrying the seed of
some bright scarlet flower and dropping
it into the midst of n bed dex'oted to a
flower of another color.
The lteason Why.
Why does the voung'mnn, who whilom
greeted you with unaverted gaze and a
pleasant good-morning, now veil his oyes
in their down drooping lashes nnd pass
you by without a word, either good, bad
or indifferent ? Why is his countenance
sicklied o’er with the sickly smile of all-
controlling self-consciousness ? Why
his beseeching, appealing look when his
young acquaintance is about to address
him ? Why dodges he quickly down the
ido street rather than meet tho throng
°£. young fellows it xvas once his
chiefest pleasure to meet and be with ?
When entering a doorway, who can say
why he stoops so low ?Whv this hu
mility, this reverence, in one who was
wont to carry his head so high ? Why
consorts ho exclusively with his elders
and why does he avoid his contem
poraries as he would a pestilence ? The
answer is easy to find. He has on his
first Tall Hat.
FOX THE FAIR SEX*
A French Female Card Player.
A Paris letter says : Mmo. do Bou-
trais, a very rich chatelaiuo of Touraine,
a lady who moves in tho highest society,
is porfoet mistress of all games of cards,
nnd could givo points to our most
skilled club men. Recently the Count
ess Dourakiue, a great Russian lady
nnd a gambler, as most Russian Indio’s
nre, happening to find herself in the
same hotel with Mine, de Boutrnis nnd
knowing her reputation, invited her for
a trial of skill. Mine, do Boutrnis joy
fully accepted the clinllonge. The
Russian lady chose piquet. The game
began nt nine o’clock in the evening.
By sunrise Mine, de Boutrnis had won
more money from her adversary than
tho latter’s mines in the Ural had
yielded her in twenty years, After the
last game, which was for n fabulous
sum and which she lost, Mmo, Doura-
kine roso from the table nnd said to hor
antagonist: “ Madam, I doubt whether
my whole fortune will pay what I have
lost to yon. I am going to send my
man of affairs to yoq. Ho will reckon
with you, and will put in your hands
tho deeds of niv estates."
“ Very well, madam,” replied Mine.
Boutrnis; “only don’t believe that I
will allow myself to be outdone in good
breeding by ono of the most charming
players that I have ovor met. I have
won; very well. Pormit me to send
for a priost nnd a notary. Before tho
priest you nro going to swear that you
will novor touch cards again in your
life. Tho notary will draw up papers
by which you will givo me an annuity
of 20,000 francs.” Ho said, so done.
Countess Doumkino has never played
cards sinro that dny, and tho first 20,-
000 francs hns boon paid to Mine, do
Boutrnis, who turned the whole sum
over to the poor—an original uso to
which to put one’s earnings at cards.
Mmo. do Boutrnis calls it “ the repara
tion of the queen of clubs."—[Paris
Letter.
I'ltifth Cmtuiiita.
Plush is such a favorite among tho
lionvv fabrics for wiutor that somo of
the imported costumes nnpoar to bo
made of it entirely, thougli thorn nre
plaitings and rox-ers of satin do Lyon on
tho. skirt, nnd tho linings and foun
dation nro of silk. Amethyst, bronze,
myrtle groen, and garnet are the colors
that are most effcctivo in plush. The
host qualities nre all silk, with smooth
deep pile as heavy ns that of moleskin
velvet. Chenille cords as thick as ropos
are knotted on tho corsage nnd drapery
of such dresses, and the rich bended
and gilded passementeries and om-
broideries form tho trimmings, tho col
lar, cuffs, and sometimes whole tabliers.
A basque with trimmed skirt is tho de
sign for such eostumos, and tlioso are
arranged so dose and clinging tlint
they give tho effect of a prinoosso dress;
indeed, many aro what is called the de
tached princesso dross, tho back of tin
basque and skirt being sewed together
[lermanently, while the belt of tho skirt
is separate in front, and fastened bo-
neatli tho basque. The back of tho
basque is sharply pointed, and is finished
with full plaiting of satin, doubled and
interlined to make it stand out in xvliat
called mediox’nl plaiting. Instead of
a rounded apron the plush is draped in
square breadths, wrinkled across the toj
and straight below, oponing nt the
lower part of tho side seams to disclose
the satin de Lyon beneath, and these
openings are finished with satin rovers.
The back breadths are partly satin,
partly plush, and are draped softly nutl
full, vot tho drapery is confined to u
narrow space that it may not bo seen on
the sides. An amethyst plush costume
mado in this way with chenille and gilt
ropes knotted upon it, and gold om
broidered collar and cuffs, is ono of tho
handsomest importations of the season
Flush morning drosses and matinoos
are also among the rich importations, and
these nro made in histone styles with
Watteau trains over Breton petticoats,
and the drooping Modicis oversloevo
in funnel shape, with a shirred sloovo
beneath of white Hnrali. A pale blue
plush relic of this design opens its on
tire length to disclose the front of white
Surah laid in plaits at the top, xvitl
many rows of Aloneon lace ncross the
front. A little hood of the lace is at
the back. Long matineo sacks of
light blue, white, or rose-colored plus]
are made to open on shirred Surah
fronts, and nro worn with a short slur
of tho plush, also trimmed with Alone
lace.—[Bazar.
fr'nahlou Nolo.
Ribbon strings are a yard long.
Tho very nowost ribbons have no bor
dor.
Soft colors are preferred in India
shawls.
Flush muffs are made in small pocket
shapes.
Tam O’Shnntor lints are crocheted out
of worsted..
The clocks on stockings are heavier
than formerly.
Flesh-colored frills aro now substi
tuted for cream white.
Hairpins aro tho mosiinapprojiriate of
bonnet ornaments.
Buttercup color is the most audacious
tint for lining mining mantles.
“ Soft as sleep ” is the Hindoo de
scription of Chuddah shawls.
Glengarry caps in plush and velvet
are worn by young girls.
The Tam O’Shantcr hat lias boon
worn by English bridemaids.
The demand for Berlin cloth jackets
is unusually large this year.
Silk cords are used to trim the jack
ets of some new autumn suits.
The low-throated linen collars are
only becoming to very young girls.
Jerseys aro made up with skirts of
ladies’ cloth, and draperies of satin.
Amethyst plush bonnets mado up xvitli
lavender are worn by young girls.
Jackets of fine cloth for morning cos
tume are called D’Orsay in England.
Owl feathers are sewed into the seal
skin trimmings of some broxvn cloaks.
Pheasant brown is trimmed with
Spanish yellow, peacock blue or maroon
red.
A roxv of satin spar fiends, cut in
facets, borders tho edges of many whito
bonnets.
Gold serpents are used to clnsp rib-
I lions or folds of silk or velvet on autumn
j bonnets.
Crown braids and puffs cannot bo
How > Prlie Fighter was Converted.
In New Haven, Ben. Hogan told, in a
public hall, tho ’story of his conversion
in Now York. Tho following report of
it is from tho “Now Hnven Palladium:"
I had made arrangements to make a
sparring tour through England, Aus
tralia and California, nnd as I wns going
up Broadway to see my friend, and my
wife was begging me not to go. I wont
by tho Park theater, nnd thinking a
show was going on I took my wife in to
keep her quiet. I thought I xvns in n
funny kind of a show where they didn’t
sell tickets. When tho singing was go
ing on I couldn’t understand the words,
but I liked the music, nnd when Mr.
Sawyer, a reformed man, began to talk
about drinking nnd gambling for fifteen
oars I imagined he wns talking about
me. I couldn’t sloop that night, and
the next night I .heard him at the
Bowery chapel nml signed the pledge,
and the night nfter I listened to him at
the Five Points mission. Tho next
morning I got down on my knees nnd I
prayed: "Oh, God, forgive mo nnd I’ll'
do better in the future. And then I
cried and laughed at the same time, nnd
I gave my xvifo seventv-five cents and
told her to buy a second hand Bible. T
ouldn’t rend it, but she rend me some
thing from John,‘but 1 couldn’t under
stand it. John xx-ns a good feller and
Christ xvas a gay man, but I felt that tho
book xvasn’t right, and I xx'ont to Mr.
Sawyer. Ho says to me: "You're re
generated; you’re born again." I
couldn’t understand tho first word, but
when he said I xvas bom again, I says:
1 guess not; you can’t work mo in that
way.” I had some money, and I kept
giving it nxx’ny to tramps until they be
gan to threaten mo, nnd then I dropped
on myself. My sporting frionds wont back
on mo, and the Christian people thought
I xvas too tough to mean what I said,
so I had to sell the joxvelry and things I
had to live. The last thing I sold xvas
a dress of my xvifo which cost 8400, and
I got 8200 for it. My gambling frionds
used to meet mo and ask mo if I xvns
still on my Christian racket. At first I
xvas ashnmed to moot them, but after a
xvliilo I liked to moot them and before
they could say a xvord I’d preach to
them from the word go. Harry Hill
hot $600 mv reform xvouldn't last txvo
weeks, and in the faro banks in Noxv
York they xvero betting 8100 to 8> r »0 that
I wouldn't last three dnys. If I xvanted
to go back to Pennsylvania I could
make from $10,000 to $15,000 a year.
Noxv I have a mere nothing, but i live
and am happy. I luix'o much to bo
ashamed of, and only tell xvliat I have
been to show what the religion of Jesus
Christ has dono for me. I linx-o been
pounding nxvav to learn for txvo
years, and noxv, thank God, I enn read
the Bible, and I' beliox*o every xvord
thero is in it. You mnv not believe it
all, anil may nrguo xvitli mo about it,
but you can’t argue me out of my salx'a-
tion.
Dwarf Elephants.
A New York firm has received two
dxvarf elephants from tho mountains of
the Malay peninsula. They nro tho first
elephnnts of their spocies ever brought
to tho United States, and a gentleman
xvho saw them said that ho had visited
all of the great zoological exhibitions in
Europe nnd had not seen nnything like
them. They nre males, and their names
are Prince and Sidney. Prince, the
larger, is thirty-six indies tall. Sidney
is twenty-eight inches in height. They
nre supposed to be five and seven years
old respectively. They are covered xvitli
a thick coat of bristly hair. This groxvth
is accounted for by the fact that the
elephants lix-e ;far up the mountains,
xvhoro the climate is cold. Like ele
pliants of largor'growtli,* they keep up a
swaying motion, either sidewise or for
ward nnd backward. When a visitor lets
one of the little felloxvs take his hand,
he delicately curls his proboscis around
it and carries it gently to his mouth
Then lie trumpets his satisfaction
They wore captured about 800 miles
from Singapore by a rajah xxliilo out
hunting.
A Modern UegnliiB.
The'good faith of Regulus, xvho
promised to return and bo put to death
by the Carthngoniaus if ho xvero unable
to effect a peace xvitli Romo, has been
imitated by a young Choctaxv xvho xx’us
found guilty of murder. Imitated,
however, is hardly tho word, inasmuch
as in all probability he never heard of
Regulus. His sense of honor wns evi
dontly inborn and spontaneous. After
his sentence to bv shot he xvas allowed
to go home and stay until the day of his
execution, he giving his parole to be on
hand at that interesting ceremony.
Tho day before, he appeared in town
with his stepfather, xvas measured for
his coffin, and gave xvitli apparent un
concern the necessary ordors for his
burial. But next day, up to within half
nn hour for the time fixed for his exe
cution, he had not appeared. The one
hundred persons present to xvitness the
execution began to think themselves
balked of their sensation. But some
ono xvho knew him said: “ If he is alive
he will be here just ns sure as the sun
shines.” It xvas noxv xvithin ten minutes
of tho time, xvlion the young felloxv xvas
seen approaching on li’is pony, and in
the presence of his mother nnd his
other friends, ho xvas shot by his cousin,
xvliom ho had chosen as executioner.
The entire proceeding, from trial to
execution, conducted according to the
Choctaxv code and the Choctaxv methods,
was destitute of excitement.
It was supposed that xvlien Japan xvas
throxvn open to the outer world it would
prove to be a new Eldorado in the mat
ter of mineral production. Tradition
pointed altogether in this direction.
Marco Polo and Kuompfe had dilated
on tho untold golden treasures of the
country. Botxvcon 1550 and 1671 the
Dutch and Portuguese exported bullion
from Japan which was estimated ns ox’er
$500,((00,000. It turns out, hoxvever,
that tho Japanese themselves have boon
very assiduous miners, and searched
their soil xvitli minuto care. There is
gold and silvor still, but the quantity
and difficulty of extracting it render it
doubtful xvhethor tho game is worth the
candle. The country xvas X'ory rich in
copper, but hero again the Japanese had
been beforehand with the outer world.
Professor Netto, of the science depart
ment of the University of Tokio, is of
the opinion that in lead, tin, quicksil
ver, cobalt, petroleum and the precious
metals, Japan xvill never realize any
great expectations. In coffees and coals,
howovor, xvo anticipate a great future
worn xvitli bonnets of the fashionable ^ or couu try, if the mines aro only
xvinter shapes. I "' orke d on the modern system. Tho
m, -hi , . , , , , x’nluo of the total produce of Japanese
The girdles laced in front and back mines in i 877 was $4,250,000; coal real-
are worn with collars and cuffs match- ized «j, 7 i 2 ,490; copper, $1,46(5,060;
mg lem. j H il V or, $451,060; the rest xvas mado up
Velveteen will be much worn this of gold, iron and petroleum.
winter by those who can afford neither |
velvet nor plush. | A man in a sawmill, at Tumerx’ille,
Coats of satin and plush xvill still be Neb., was found saxved completely in
xvorn xvitli thin white skirts for evening two. It is supposed that he fell on the
dress this winter. truck in front of the saxvwhen drunk.
ITUS OF INTEREST.
Cotton planters in Northern Texas are
employing Chinese laborers to gather
their crop.
Cabbage weighing ten to eighteen
pounds each, raised by the soldiers at
Fort Lincoln, are exposed for sale in
Bismarck, Dakota.
In 1867 a Syracuse man died and left
a diamond to ono of his daughters. She
has hnd several chances to sell it for
$1,000, but took it to New York to find
that it xvas only paste, and not worth $5.
Governor Wright, of the Indian Tor-
itory, is a converted Choctaxv Indian.
Sometimes after presiding over a politi
cal meeting of his people he calls them
to order nnd preaches a sermon to them.
At a recent polieo trial in London txvo
individuals swore, under cross-examina
tion, that “ they got their living by
buying cheap violins and by doctoring
them up to represent old ones, ami sell
ing them as such.”
One bark now carries more corn across
the Atlantic from Boston than tho
whole export of corn nnd xvlieat in 1851,
when tho total xx - as $25,000 worth of
om, $6,000 worth of wheat nnd $105,-
000 xvortli of meal.
There is an old man, John Buckley
by name, employed on tho new capital
at Des Moines, xvho has dono nothing
for the last nine years but sift sand.
His back is fairly bent double from th«
constant stooping.
Cranberries, xx’itli their malic and cit
ric acids, are good fruit for those living
in mnlarious places. Cranberry jolly is
also recommemlod, as tho seeds and
skins produce a wholesome irritation to
the alimentary canal.
A man xvas picked up in Dos Moines
the other dny who had lost his identity
or forgot himself in other xvords. Ho
had a large amount of money on his
erson, but cannot tell his name or
rom where ho came.
The groxving custom of getting mar
ried by telegraph is not altogether safe,
according to tho “ Laxv Journal,” liecauso
“ there is danger of running against
conflicting laxvs of different States, and
there might ariso a difficulty of proof."
A London undertaker has xvithin tho
last fexv xveoks driven through the city
as an advertisement an enormous eollin,
mounted on a base and drawn by fivo
horses. This final receptacle is got up
in most gaudy colors, ornamented xvitli
the name and address of the purveyor
on tho outside nnd lined xvithin xvitli
satin or somo other comfortable and
pleasant-looking material. A live corpse,
xvitli a sheet about him, did duty in this
luxurious tenement.
The Leather Medal.
And noxv it is tho loathor trade that
Americans are making their oxvn in Eng
land. There has boon hold recently n
leather exhibition at the Agricultural
hall, London, in which various foreign
leathers ns xx'ell as the British homo
produeo competed for tho prize. Tho
result xvns that tho United States litor-
ully boro off tho leather modal. Wo ex
port onormous quantities of leather to
England, ns also does Australia; leather
of tho honvier kind, solo leather, ready
tanned. It xx-as found on inquiry that
American firms actually bought up polls
and hides in the English market,
brought thorn over here, tanned them
nnd sont them back to England in (lie
form of finished leather. All this
causes John Bull to rub his eyes, open
liisl mouth and belloxv. The Ynnkoos,
he found, do more yet. Tho American
tanners buy the hides of tho lix-ing ani
mals oxported from hero to England,
and when the animals nro killed in
England tho hides aro brought back
hero to be tanned. Tho explana
tion given is that Amoricau opera
tors xvork on a very largo scalo,
xvitli n largo and cheap supply of
hemlock, which gix-os groat woiglit, and
gix-os it quickly, tho tanner being paid
by weight. The Australians have an
abundance of hides, and send shiploads
of solo leather. As a consoquonco of
this fierce competition against txvo con
tinents, tho .English tanner finds him
self driven to tho xvall. Tho home
trade in England is being ruined, tan
neries aro being closed, and capitnl re
fuses to xvaste itself on a profitless
speculation. Even in light leathers,
America compotes xvitli the British. Tho
kind known ns Lex-ants, Momols and
Cordovans aro capitally imitated nnd
equaled, if not surpassed. Germany
does the same. France supplies the
chief stock of xvnxed calf for boot up
pers of tho finer quality. The exports
of tanned leather from Franco to Eng
land in the interval botxveen tho exhibi
tions is a great increase. In tho United
Kingdom thero are 40,000 persons em
ployed in the various departments of
the loathor and skin trade. The value
of tho hides and i.kins manufactured in
the kingdom is about £6,000,0(10. Tho
value of the imported skins and hides
exceeds this by £3,500,000. The im
ports from Franco have more than
doubled since 1867. In round numbers,
tho increase in x-alue of tho imports into
the United Kingdom ox-er the exports
is equal to £4,000,000 since 1867.—
[Noxv York Graphic.
Provontion excels cure every timo. Always
keep Dr. Hull’s Cough Syrup convenient; take
it in limo and you will bo Iree Irom coughs,
colds, oto. So d everywhere. Price 25 cents
a bottle.
Are You IVnt Ilk Good Health T
b iho laver is the source ot your Iroublo,
you cun find nn absolute reinody in Da. San-
Fonu’s Liven iNviaonATOit, tho only vegeta
ble cathaiiio which ac:s directly on the Liver.
Cutes all Bilious diseases. For Hook address
Da. Sanford, 162 Broadway, Now York.
I)r C. K. Shooniako-, the well-known aura!
surgeon ol Reading, Pa., oilers to send by nu.il,
lieeol charge, a x-ahmblu little book on dewi
ness and diseases ol the ear—spociullyon run
ning car and catarrh, and their propor treat
ment—giving relereneos nud testimonials that
will satisfy the most skeptical. Address ns
above.
The Voltaic licit Co , Marshall, Midi..
Will sei d their tidedro-Voltuc Bel s lo tho
utllietrd upon 30 dnys’ trial. See their adver
tisement in this paper heudod, “On 30 Days'
Trial.”
V'f.oetine will regulate tho 1 towels to healthy
action, by stimulating tho secretions, cleans-
irg and purifying the bloc 1 ol poisonous
humors, and, in a hcnltldul nnd natural man
ner, expels all impurities without weakening
the body.
[Rochester Sentinel.]
‘•Buckwheat Cakes and the Measles.”
When a young husband had gone from
home, and with fond solicitude tele
graphed his little wife,— ‘ what have
you for breakfast, and how’s the baby P”
■be received the brief, suggestive reply,
Buckwheat Cakes and tue Measles.
Wo have tho report ot a case in our
midst, not where Measles was in the
bill t f fare, but where Sciatic Rheuma
tism confined Mr. J. D .wson, the well-
known druggist, to his room for a long
p. riod. It was stated to our reporter in
the following words: The senior of this
firm was attacked with Sciatic Rheuma
tism December last, and for four weeks
could scarcely leave his loom. Ho used
Si. Jacobs Oil, and is now able to be at
his place of business, feeling no worse
for bis recent affliction. The inference
Is convincing.
The pleasure of having a thing con
sists in knowing that somo one else
wants it. This accounts for the alloyed
joy of possessing a sore thumb.—[Bos
ton Transcript.
[Monroo (Mioh.) Commercial.]
Mr. Clarence B. Stoddard, the drug
gist, informed us that Mr. Louis Hope, a
lufferer with rheumatism for a number
ot years, obtainjd tho greatest relief by
the use of St. Jacobs Oil.
‘ Make a note of that," said ono busi
ness man to another xvho oxvod liim a
balance and xvas not manifesting much
enthusiasm about settling.—[Steuben
ville Horald.
A Happy llastoratlon.
lean truly say that l owo tny presont ex
istence ami happy restoration to the hopes nml
joys ol lito, to tho use ol Warner'a Safo Kid
ney and Livor Curo, and 1 any to every ono
Buffering from nny manner ol kidney, liver or
urinary tronblo-U o this lemedy and re
oovor. W. K. SANFUHD.
Holley, N. Y., February 25, 1880.
That xvbicli a man usually lays up for
a rainy day is a spito against the
woather.
Get Lyon’a Patent Heel Btlffenera applied
to thoae new boots butore you run them over.
l)aniihttn,WlTCi nml Mothers.
Da. MAIuTIlISiS imillNKOATIioi.lOON will Boat
lively cure Female Wc.kti w, surli ai Fall ng of th<
Womb, Whites. Chronic Inflammation or Ulceration 01
the XVomU, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful
Suppressed ami Irregular Mon.hustlon, Ac. An ohl nnt
ro i.io e remedy. Send portal card for a pamphlet, will
Pediment, euiea and renllleatea from phv.lcl.n. am
K llen.a, to IIOWAKTII k HAI.I.AHD, I'ncA, N. T
Id by all I>nigglita-fii.50 per bottle.
THE MARKETS.
hew ions
DeeiOelt!®— Med. Natives, live wt.. 11 <4 10K
Halves— l'oor to l’rlino Veals 04‘,4
Sheep *«>44 USX
Sheep
Lamia
UogB—Live
I)resactl
rioar—Ex. State, good to fancy..
XVeetorn, good to fancy,...
Wheat—No. 'J lied
No. 1 White
Rye—State...
Ilarloy—Two-ltowod State
Corn—Ungraded XX'i etern Mixed.,
Southern Yellow
Data- White State
Mixed Western..
flay—l’i line
Straw—Long Itye. por owt........
Hope—State, 1H8J
Pork—Moss, new
Lard—City Steam
Potroloum—Crude .....
liutter—State Creamery
<0*
Ud)44
05 (A
06 4
on
4 (15 4 6 75
6 H 4 g (IS
1 IT, 4 1
1 1(1 4 1 17
1 05 4 1 (>S
H7M4 HI*
65VJ 4 601*
64 4 65X
44 4 41*
4 41
05 4 1 15
Oil 4 05
1H 4 'J1
10 5 410 0)
H (11*4 Sgt
IHD440H u fined 1J
4 01
Dairy ill 4
Weeteru Imitation Oreainory 1H 4
Factory,,.., 10 4
Oheeao—State Factory 10?.' 4
Skims Id 4 1014
Western Id 4 1. 1 *
Eggs—State and Penn * 21 4 'id
Potatoes—State, bbl 1 00 ® l 75
UUkVAbo .
Flour—City Ground. No. I Spring.. 5 00 46 76
d'4.4 1 13>tf
dak, 4
70 4
00 4
05 4
no 4
Wheat—No. 1 Hard buliith
Corn—No. i XVextern
Osts—Stale
Barley—Two-rowed State....
BOSTON
Beef Oattlo—Llvo weight.,,.
Sheep
Lambs
Hoga . .
Flour—Wisconsin and Mlnu.Pst 0 50 4 8 01
Corn—Mixed and Yellow 1010,4 64
Oats—Extra White, new 4 5 4 40
Rye—Btsto 05 4 t>8
Wool—Waehod Combing A Delaine,, 47 4 ro
Unwashed, “ “ 35 4 dll
WATKIITOWN (HASS ) CATTLE MAIIKRr
Beef Cattle—live vroigiit on 1 , 4 O',
Sheen u:P, .4 Ill's
Lambs 05 4 05
Bogs 05 V4 05
P1III.AIIEI.FI1U.
Flour—Penn, good and fancy 0 51 4 0 St
XVheat-No. a-lted 1 10.1*4 1 la
Rye—State ux 4 95
Corn—State Yellow..,, 60 4 50
Oats—Mlxod ih 4 39
Rutter—Creamery Extra do 4 31
Cheese—New York Full Creem Id 4 l;jq
Polroleum—Crude 00144(171* K.Mlnnl 111
rjummnmnniit BBSftygnin,va
EErBedY.
Vegetine.
More to Me than Gold.
XVai-polk, Mats., Mxi'o'i 7. lesn
Mn. B. It. Btevbns : ’ '
I w sli to Inform you what Vkoetinb has dono
for mo. I have been troubled wllli Erysipelas
Ul ""»r for mo 10 tbuu thirty yours, In my IIiiiIh nml
other pans of iny body, mid have boon n great suf-
, rer. 1 u nmi.euord ti.klug Vkoktink one year ul>o
Iasi Align t unit onn (inly Bay it him done more for
me than any other medicine. I seem to he perfect.
(> li‘J.’ f iom ibis humor uud can recommend it to
everyone. Would not ho without this medicine—
lls iLOroto mo man gild-nml I feel It will prove a
Id' suing tu others ns u Ims to mn.
Yours, most respco! fully,
Mas. DAVID CLARK.
J. BENTLEY, M. D,, says:
It Inn (loud jiioj-4! uootl than all
Medical Treatment.
„ Newmamcet, Out., Feb. 9, 1SSU.
Mu. II, R. Stevens, Roslou, Muss.;
SI.-- -I hove sold during tin, pest year s oouslder-
ahle qmiiility of your Vkoetink, and I believe In
all C.sis it has given sntlsfsctiou. In one CAB-, :i
delicate young lady of about seventeen years win
nmoli benefited by Re use. tier parents lnlorun d
me that it had done her more good than all the
medium treatment to which she bad previously
been subjected, 1
Yours respectfully,
J. RENI’LEY, if. D.
Loudly in its Praieo.
„ „ 0 , „ Toronto, Out., March 3, 1830.
Dea. Sir—Considering tho short time tlint Vkok.
tine has been before tho public here, it sells well
na a blood purifier, nud for troubles nrlslng from a
Sluggish or torpid liver 11 is a first-class modiciuo
Our customers speak loudly lu its praise.
J. WRIGHT & 00.,
Cor. Queuu and Elizabeth Streets.
VEGETINE
PREPARED BY
H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
Veg tine is Sold by all Druggists.
For Catarrh,
Hay Fever, Cold in the
J/ead. etc.’ insert with
lmie Anger a particle of
the Halm into the nos
trils? draw strona
breaths through the
nose. It will be absorb
ed, cleaning nnd heal
ing the disoiiBed mem
brane.
For Deafness,
Occasionally apply n
particle into nnd back
or the ear, rubbing in
thoroughly.
A Cure at Last.
Specifies without number for the cure of Catarrh hiv
been extensively advcrtl-ed. nml ilonlil,. c ,7 e
virtue in all of Ihem, butfte evidence isVv'.rwi**
UXi>7 Fmn ,he m ^«rre, !■«., Vni
packttge"frie. C< Seud *
ELY’S CREAM RAI.M CO.,
Oweyn. ii. Y.
N°Lt liy all llruggluu.
RHEOMIT!
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Dackacho, Soreness of tho Chest,
Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell
ings and Sprains, Burns and
Scalds, General Bodily
Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted
Poet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
No Preparation on earth equal* St. Jacobs Oil
a aure f tltnvlo ami cheap External
ltemedy A trial entnila but tho comparatively
trifling outlay of 50 Cenl*, and ev«*ry one auiTering
with pain can bavo cheap and positive proof ot it*
clainiB.
Directions in Eleven Language*.
BOLD BY ALL DRUGGI8T8 AND DEALERS
IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER Sc CO.,
llattimorc, Jlfd., l r . 8. A.*
Full particu
lars ami -pe-
(iiuenfi ee.
rnn p - trifkt,
H I M '-'7 School St.,
I wll Hostou,Mass.
50c.
£5 tO $20 Samples worth Uf
^ Addna* SiijuoH k (Jo.. Portland, M*
One Five Thousand Dollar I'nltod States H -g st red
Four Per Cent. Hond will he forfeited and paid by tho
Malt Hittehs Company to nny indlv.dualor t<> any hoclcty
of physicians or druggist* If Mai.t HiTTr.ru. a Family
Medicine prepared by them, doc* not ext-1, lu n fa r com
petitive ex imlnatlon, all other medical compound* now
before the public called " Hitter*," In the follow Ing
lieu Inn:—
1. Digkstivk Power.
2. Nkhvr Powkr.
3. Hlood Pltont’CtNO 1*0WMl
ft 1*1
h’l.KMl Pit.
M> III.
C1.no Pi
r Ai r.
Wait Hirrr.ni, i i
unfermeine i Kxirart of Alnit, Hops, raiisv a. Iron ,
i i- the Pure t. in st Kcoiiom cal ami H. hi M.drlne
all age* nnd both *txc» ever cjI'c.I •• H.il i*. M
.Unit Dltters Company, lip*ion, Mm**
NOW READY!
Tho Id 111 Semi-Annual
MME. DEMOREST’S
Port-Folio ot Fashions.
A larg*» and beautiful Hook of fti fo’lo page*. PuMIsho
In March nnd September. « tailaln'ng over 700 l.n rg«
Hill tration* or the I ntest an 1 H *st Styles, Incli
all kite standard and ugcfu design* fur Ladle*' uud Chil
dren'® Dies*, with French ami English descriptions
• mount of nmtmlal required, etc., etc. Every lady wanb
thit book. Price, 1IJ conta, post-free.
ALSO,
The 20th Somi-Annual
MME. DEMOREST’S
WHAT TO WEAR.
Full blit'il In Morch anil Ssplsmhor. Onnlalnatha latest
Information on every dcpartimi i nt i.itUh s' nml CUI
dreu's Itrcsa. Inc u llng Material., 'Mmmlnsi, Traveling
Weil'II. g ami Mom nine Oulllls, Costumes of al. ilescrip
Hons. Jewelry.Comtiies. Millinery, etc., etc .with eniual,
hifoimatUrtfc fot Meielntiito. Mi liners, Rieaemukeis, in
Ltdles gene tl.y. Lu pages, large 8vo. 1'rite, It} cent
post-free
Adilresa
MME. DEV? ORE ST,
The Only Remedy
( THAT ACTS AT HIE SAME IIS"/nvl
THE LIVER, 1
THE BOWELS,^*?
and the KIDNEY8.
This combined action pives itwoil
[aVr/tiZ power to cure all diseases
Vhy Are We Sick?
Dccause ice allow these great, organ*
to become clogged or torpid, a tide
iwisonous humors are therefore /orecrfl
into the blood that should be expelkA
naturally. *
I uTlk»lsnkss7iTlks^ox^pato5.1
1 K1RNI V (0X1 BLUNTS, URINAUv ’l
I D1S1.ASKS, FKJ1ALE XVKAK- C
KESSKN, AND NERVOUS
DISORDERS.
] by causing free action of these organ \
I and restoring their peicer to throw ojj
1 Why Suffer Dlllntta pains anil arlieat
IlYhy tamenteil with Files,Constliiiillontl
IXVlij- lYI -Meni'il overtlisorileretl Klilneys if
XVUy en me m nuns orstek lieailnclieil ^
Wuy linvo sleejiless nlglits I
Use KIDNHY WOltT and rejoice ( n |
j health. It is a dry, vegetable compound and I
no rnelrnge will iniiko six qtsor .Xleitlclne.f
r t U of yonr Drtgnhr, he trill order it I
for you. Ptice, $ 1.00. |
wxu.3,'r:c3Ar.3:oiT 4 co„ Prcprfstcn,
J A (Will end p«.t pai l.) llurllngton, YU
REMEDY FOR CURING
Comte, Colds, EromMih is'li,
CONSUMPTION,
And nil Thioat an ! I ung AITccilons. Indorsed by thi
nyidclan*. Clergy and .uillctcd Pe. pie.
*3? JTL "xT X .
YOl'll It KM HI) Y IS
_&o'll by jOI Medicine »>«aicr».
FRAZEK AXLE GREATER
t«*r.t i.iktutraftfri
l'’l* It SALK ItV XI I l>'\I,ll,'..
A,rani, il tin Mt.iiAI. iif llliSOK at II,e Oufin.il.il and
far Is />/ initi at
Chicago FlUZtrt LUDrt.CAIOIt CO. NowYork.
mm
jisTEYL c: nnV.Tti rnoeeVi
The Koran.
A cm loulty to ev«iy <»• r. nml a m ceas'lf
in nil wtmlnitk nf «.r l<« liul mi
'i’ll K KOUAN OF Moll A MM i.l); t aiisat.-l fioiii Hit
Aiutdc by George Sale. Fount ily pu.- Islied at 7ft; i
lew, bpuutirul t pe, neat, clotli-l.oun I edition; |»rM
H • cent <4, an I l» rents for pu.it.tge. C. tab mi-• of man;
“* —‘ — ’ i.u kiddy low n price, wit’ ‘
dul *, fit
l ist 11 ■
• Iiuiidin,:, N. V.
iik
El-CARJ
SODA
li Flout I4th Street,
A'Cir York.
nVMFl, F. BEATTY’S
ORGANS!
n stops, sun iiass & ocT
POUll SET
14 «' »J ,1 H
PIANOS
S1S5 U1.V4IU1 \y V I
Neill Oil Trial Win-runted. (Jatnlugu,, Free
A'ldi'tss DANIEL F. HKATTY, Waslilnet'ni s. J.
BEFORE BUriNG OR RENTING AN
ORGAN
s I'd for our I.ATtiSI’ Ii.m stiutkd Catai.ouuk (32 pp.
**<•». with m:\vkst sTri-K* ■>’ *ftl and i pwnr ; or $i> flsnty
QiuifUr, and up. frnt/rte. M -ON & HAMLIN’ OKGaN
>>. I"l I'ri-mont st„ HOS’JON; in Knit I 1th St..
L\\ \oltk; 1-11* W aim AVt}., Oil It AGO.
ON 30 DAYS’TRIAL.
w,/ will sen.! our Klectro-Vullalc Iteits nn.i other
Elo':l!i. '-pi' iam'eaucon trial fordo .laysto those uiili,.|'|
IM'IJ Aetvouv hrhililu and (limit s of u be/sunul ntiiurt>
6 so or the I OT, Ivilllleys, Itheuilllltisill. 1'iUul.bi , ite!
a sure cure yuarunt ed or no jurj.
A.lUrest Voitolu Belt <jo„ Xlurolm 11, Mich.
FKqiRJVS TK t C(J., Itux 5025. St. Louie, Mo.
Je— F.O MIBriNK roriU
bl ** at. IWtOB.ltME. rue ,< etkumkufl
’’'’ tsl'eil (iruniff Slouiiiiients from
i •' r, ‘* "" b«nnl ship to miv part ,.f Aiin.r-
lea. lose Iniionsmaura enml l eamfm. Mans at .1 nr
free, JoiIn W. LsaUs, SanStorVAbor'leem Smtg
A I.l. Persons wanting Employin', t la Mercantile
House*, Hotels, Stores Olllccs. etc a» d iv l, „ ,
yI e ? p !' Kenu ‘ , . ,t8 ' cal .or audio s with stamn
AIAMIAII aN AGENCY, 7.GI llroa Jway, N. Y. Uity]
A Jiovrni AGENTS WANTED!
7., Rest Selling Artie es In the world, >
samplc/ree, J<v Rbo«9o.n, IJetiolt.Mich
^ VBAB and expense, to agents,
outtitlrei*. Address
1.0 VICKKHY, Augusta, Maine.
I* the best in the Wo”1d. It is atuminteiy pure. It fa th«
best for MedMuul I’m pose*. It i» the best fur Hit king wvJ
all Family L'sc*. Sold by ail Hruggiala and Grocer*.
PENN A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phila.
Thi* Claim-House lCstnbllshed 180ft.
PENSIONS.
New I.nw Thousnntlsof soldiers and heirs entitled.
Fi nsloii* date hack to discharge or death. linuUnnUd.
Address, with s'amp,
GKoitum £. LLftfonr,
1‘. (). Drawc WiiHhlitKtnii, I>. C,
TIIK IIO!V %I1IZ Y FOll noOH-A«F4HT<
I* selling our two hi l rutiilh illudruied books, Life of
llP^l 3 .1 0 3 m ?I luuj 111 n l, ioil.
UlalMo J IV I orney
(nn aiitlmr of rwtiuivil fnmn, h-‘j'.dy indorerst by 4«cn
lliiiicoclit the j"irly IftnlfH, ami prcamalso Life of
6EW. GARFIELD
Iti'ishtn Lm nutlio of wide c Mirltu), a'*, bhunjf
Indorsed. 15 >J!j (.fHciol, .nun n ilj popular, 8'dliitf
ov/t libudnn week I Atinils making 191 <> a dny!
tnifiis each. . i n.d liaoloi an t nns. uddrutf
tiuiek, in i’.t.Ai.D iut s., I’hUndcYnbla, Pa. ^
PETROLEUM
Grand Medal
at IMilladelptila
Exposition.
Till* WOUdO'fUl Ulbnl.t . .
Ilclan* tin. ugln.nt Hi ■ wt.r d u, he the best remedy dis
covered for the mie id Wounds. Lu ih. Hhcinnatisin.
Bklti Dls-ase., Plies, (.'at rrli Chl h'ains Ac. In order
that . very on • may i y it, u L j uj u i in t r> and 2~> cent
bottles for hcusidio .! u-e. til t du it from your drntf6‘«m
and you will Uud it superior to uuj thing you have ever
Uhed.
S350
777
A fexv fk-ett scliolm'shlpH. r " lliun
TOJfiJl'fX.yA! n'ML'i I .if o. motion
As l!j. Cirailaitt free.
S o • m rm a * ■ . 11
for MAUHIKU Pc. pi.i,- rjinni.,™ #,v«
Isaac Mouse k Co., 41 West Hu* St, NewYork cit?:
BOOK AGENTS
Mall ua a Po.-tal with you- ri.Lircsa,
" ';ay you. A. GORTON A
• ), ‘ l Lornmerce st„ i’lii i,,I’a.
A W™'* Wrftln Food—ores N T ervor* Drhiliti
A Weaknca* of Generative Grgan.s, SH—nll dnii/cUti
Demi for Ulr 1 r to Allen's Pharmacy, ;ti;| First Avef.N. Y.
OUWC M E N i’eiegrapny anc
earn $40 toSloo*
month. L \ ery graduat - * guaranteed a l aying *itu-
Aodresa U Vmoittiiio HI,,,T '. Y. .... u
EYE-CLASSES.
represorting the . hoi . si $ e ted Toi tidse-Shell
Amber. The llghteat, ban Isome.d, and strongest knowtt
Sold by Optician* nnd Jeweler*. -Made by Sl’E.N'C'Kfl
(). M. CO., Id Malden Lane, New York.
Ik the “ Original *' Coneontmtcd Lye nnd Itellahlc Family
•Soap Maker. Directions accompany each Can for maKuw
Hard, Si ft and Tulle* nohd quickly. I: Is if
weight nnd strength. As'- your grocer for fcf.il
FI Kit, and take no otl err.
PE,'ilN'A SALT MAfl'JFACTURINO C0-, Ph'U;
E NCYCL0P/EDIA Hi
TIOUETTESBUSINESS
Till* la tho cheapest and only complete and
work on Etiquette and Husinosa ami Social r omi®. .
teds how t.< perform all the various duties of life» fln
Qow to appear to ihe be*l advantage on ail occasions-
ftgent-i Wanted.—Send forci’culura conuiinue
fu I uvdcnpt on of tue work and • xira term* to *
Addrtsa National Pubusuino Co., PUila iciphia,LrL-
G-ET “ion sc Hug our Rubber StamiMon' 1 , Ml Af
Sumplca Free. Cook L I31** p lk ClcvelanUiJ^
672 A XVKBX. $121 day at hom. tartly made. CoM
ohutt fre*. Altai... TaiiaAOo.. Augtula.