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■bmto mm. ■otter skates are being turned into A Mew Turk profeeeor tettooe 3,000 pmeou every year There ere eeid to be 800 opium imo- In the city ol Bo*Ion. Dime muaeumi ere epringing into popularity In Mimicbussiu town*. A mvsntoen-yesr-old boy in Bibb oouety, Alabama, u 6 feet end 9 inches Ikgh. An Irieb tetter at Moncton, Canada, U Mid to bare traveled forty tuilaa in three boura Tombstone, Arizona, merchants re turn ID accept Mexican money in pay ment for tbeir good*. A Virginia City, Nev , man offer* to plant the American flag on the north pole in eighteen month* It it claimed that within a radiua of 100 mile* around Aahrillc, N. C., every known mineral can be found. Colored nieu propoeo to raier |1,- 000,000 to erect monument* nt Waab- mfftoo to the l>uncfaru>ra of their race. "Chestnuts” ere now celled "Hi*, thorn mi . " In Ho* ton, a graceful allu- eion to lb# ULie of that author's abort ttoria* A new mineral Juet found in Miasou- ri cote eleei, yet keeps lie edge. It hits Men given an outlandish name— adaui- soobite. A deacon of a Greenville, Pa, church • ae a • trine of buttons half a yard long rhey have been taken out of the collec tion* during the part few ye*r«. The English war department has tuccee<ind in making a cannon which coat 31.OUO.UUO and uei-* 31,000 worth of ammunition every time it is tired. 'rhe most modest girl in the world reeidee *t Syracuse. It ia taid of her that when a pupil at Vasaar ahn re fused to work up lion* work upon improper frso- Peraona who wiah to avoid drowning are adviaed by an Kaatern physician to lock the hand* behind the back, fully inflate the lung*, and cloec tba mouth. M. J. Smith, a reporter on the Pueb lo /Vcja is a deaf mute. He say* that be haa no trouble in getting news, bo- cauee the people all know him and help kirn out The night-school at Sing Sing prison for Ifie benefit of the prisoners, winch Wat started by Walden Brush in Jan uary. HUM, is said to have accomplished excellent results. A talc mine hat been discovered on lb* Mercixi Iti ver, Cnlifornia. The material is far *u|>erior to the foreigu article for the manufacture of chtua- wara, fire-proof brick, etc. A Detroit wotnau bad a gn-en water tnake two feet and n hiilf long taken (rum her stomach last week. She is said to bare swallowed it ten years ugo, when It and she were small. Physical examinations are deadly to the aspirations of the small boy to be come a seaman. Hundreds of bids are rtjected yearly because of tlicir inability to pats the test* successfully. A mining company r,,,h a capital of 33.000,000 ha* been foruicil at Hot Spring* Arkansas. The syndicate owns atveral tine niU3W in that vicinity, will coimiunoe work u[>ou them nt •DO** Id aniwer to the question: “Who wu Air Weller Soott?” on one of the eu* Irmnce elimination iiujkth, e Parkhili, Oanada, boy wrote: “A celebrate*! JfcuUish novelist, who waa killed by BUI" According to a Hebrew Journal, the flLrvt Jew to visit this country was one of Golutubu*' sailor* Hi* name was I,uiii* a Parms, and be ami Kodcngo do G*rws were tho first men America s dis coverer tout ashore. The unhsppinoas that the possession of a secret frequently entails on ils |k»- sassur is thus illustrated by tho New Orleans Picoyuor. "A man knows ho is a great man, no one via* knows it, end he is miserable in oousoqueueo." The Acacia club, Buffalo, N. Y , is the largest social organization formed through the avenue* of Masonry in the world/ Its members must lie^I. M s In good sttudiug, and even with this qualification tho ballot-box is the ulti mate test A Pittsburg builder of clicsp houses oaea matched flooring instead of Inth and plaster. On this cotton cloth is gluod. and i n tho cloth wall paper is pasted. This he claim* i* better slid oheais-r than plaster, nnd thus houses euu be built safely in cold wcntliur. The Concord School of Pbilosojihy ■truck s snag in a paper forwarded by s Teias professor It was called "T'lio Plslonian Idua," amt after an earnest and hopeless search for thu idea, the aokool returned the paper to the piofes- sor with the simple interrogation. "Why don't you sign the pledge? ’ The steamers on the Pacific are all manned hr Chinose. w ho make vety food, willing, sturdy, good-natured sailors so long ss they sre well oflfosr- •d. These vessels are built for freight, •ot passenger service, and, consequent ly, the speed and equipment are dif- mrirnt from those of llie "Atlantic grey hound* " John Talbot, a respectable citizen of Cleveland, O, entered the station-house one dsy raceutly and astonished tin’ man In charge by aeking that his own liouac bs raided as a disorderly resort. He had Unoonarioualy rented the building to an unsavory trilie of females, and, unlike ■ qij men of local prominence, wish- ad to drive them out by "pulling'’ them. Carlyls once gave up smoking because lib doctor told him that it was not agreeing with bint. A few weeks after ward bs was walking in a wood wheu ha saw a pipe, a tobacco pouch, amt a hoi of lights lying together tt the fool of a tree. He at otto* concluded that thU wa* providential, tilled the pipe and llghlsd ft, aud became a smoker from (bat hour. ▲ husband reading, while his wife Mar him tat embroidering a pair of •Upper*, remarked: "What surprises there are in sutistios. A German phy sician affirms and proves by llgurea (hat half of ths female aex are touched with Inaanlty." "He is right,” replied ths wife, dryly, "for mors than halt ths women prove it by getting iu*r- Ths prsetios of tho law, observes tbs Philadelphia Ntco, d, broadens the minds of some men and narrows tbs minds of others. Those who study snd appreciate the principles upon which laws are based belong to the first cate- K ry. Those who rely upon precedent long to ths seoouJ. One tries to make the cate fit the law, the other trie* to make tbs law fit thu case. A Birmingham, Conn., man has hit upon a novel plan for the destruction of skunks that visit his hun-bouu. He procured some strychnine aud with it charged several eggs which he deposit ed on the ground near the opening of the hennery. Ths odoriferous animals have become scarcer since, as from Ipree to five dead ones have been found every morniug during thu past fort night. George Phillips, of Hinghampton, So lano county, Cal., has just completed an organ containing four hundred pipe* tho longest being sixteen feet All the pi|ies are made of old newspa pers rolled aud fastened with a paste made of glue snd aluiu. 'The wood work w.-is made entirely of old fenoe boards, posts, dry-goods boxes, and ths like. He was two years in building thia instrument, which is Mid to have an excellent tone Squatters are said to make olearfnga in the heavily-timbered lamia of British Columbia by uoring one large hole in tho trunk alantmg upward and another from a point well up the trunk and slanting downward, both mooting in the heart of the true. Then the upper hulo will bo filled with nny convenient combustible) and ignited. The long hole act* a* a chimney, and the tire bums furiously until the troo is destroy ed. Uh In a Circus Tent. There ia an individuality possessed by the circus man, especially In the com of tho old-timo showman who haa jour neyed on wagons and horseback through the cross-roads ami green lanea of the remotest rural district* He comes iu contact with many aorta of people, in every condition of life, and his knowledge of tho characteristics of the inhshitanla of the different parts of the country is extensive. A reporter of the Mail and kxpress recently called upon a showman at hi* residence in Brooklyn, and gained much informa tion about the up* aud down* of circus tent life. "I have been out every season for twenty-two yearn." said ho, "and I believe I am able to give aa many points about (ho business as kny man you will find in Brooklyn. A circus man who follows tho calling for any length of time has abundant opportunities for knowing tho country as well as tho habits atpl customs of the people he find* in it. Of course, there are lots of people besides showmen who travel constantly, but the majority of these merely go from one large city to anoth er. and their ideas of the country are such as can be obtained by looking out of car windows. There is little differ ence in the routiuu work of a show now-a-dsy* except, of couise. the man ner of transportation from one town to another. The first duly after unloading the cars in the morning is to gut up thu stock and dressing tent* • This i.x dono by the drivers nnd groom*. While this work is going on thu dbok* nnd helpers are employed putting up the mess tents and preparing the breakfast. The next act is to get ready for the street, parade. All have to take part except thu canvas and property men, who get up the big touts. The street paradulast* less thati an hour. One object of it is to draw the crowd away from the grounds so the men can have a better chance to work. The duties of workmen who travel with the railroad shows are leas arduous than in former years They sleep on tho cars and generally get in early enough for hicakfaxt, hut fieir lives are ill much greater danger than they formerly were. Last so anon six circus men were killed in Michigan, where two section* of a train collided. Another accident, in lot/a, caused tho death qf one man and wounded many more, and everyone know* the fate of poor Jumbo, iu t'auada. Scarcely a season passes without fatal accidents hapiH'iiing to circus trains in different parts of the country. "The boss hostler has about the most responsible position in the working force of a show. He has charge of all the horses and wagons as well as the ring-norse* ami |M>nies, together with their trappings. Hu is held account- ablgwhcn tnc show gets on the lots late or misses a train through delay in get ting away. Tho press agent is always the Ido of a circus, large or small. In a big show tnerc is always one or two cars act apart for the use of the press agent ami Ins assistants. They are usually shrewd, wide-awake, uowspa|x-r men who know how to hustle, i can't say who is the heat." Oustc/l Characteristic* Speaking of the dead and gnna heroes of the late war w ith an old Army officer, the other day, ho remarked that in aariy years fighting Joe Hooker w as tho handsomest man ho had ever aeen. Hia hearer instanced Custer as his ideal ota dashing soldier, and ho told a story about him which ia curious, as an in stance of how differently men are affect ed by circumstances, (sister, who went Into a light with perfect coolness, wvs tho victim of what sportsmen call buck- fever, which is akin to Ntagc-friglit. "Tbs first time Custer ever saw a buffalo I was with him. Ho had been very anxious to get Ins first shot at one and talked of nothing else for some day*. We were in llui region whets the Topeka, Atchison and Santa Ke Hail way now runs wheu we sighted the first herd Custer was mounted on a beauti ful Kentucky mare, for winch he had paid 33.0<ki.'and of which ho waa very proud, whilo I rodo an Indian pony, "fliers they are,' I said Vo him, and without a word, but in a great statu of excitement. In- put spur* to his mar* and was off like the wind. 1 followed some distance in the rear, nnd soon Inst sight of them In a swale (a hollow.) When I came up Custer washing on tlio ground about twenty feet uhead of the marc I nicked hint up, a little daz*d by ln« fall, and wo went hack to the mare. Mio wa* dead. Custer had drawn his re.olver aud, seized with buck-fever in his excitement and trepi dation, lustcad of hitting a buffalo, had aent ult bullet crashing through ths mare's brain, shooting her lust behind ths ear." THC CORSET. What Dv. Msry A Alisa las to Mr Afilsil Its Css, Ths Herald of BtallA it honestly en deavoring to fulfill its mission by wag ing war against the corset. One ol t£a moat tealou* helpers is l>r. Maty A. Allen, who tsll* her littls story ana fol lows it up with • moral worthy of at tention, to say die least "O, dear' I don't knew what is the matter with mo I xm to tired all tho time I can't stand anything; I can't walk thro* blocks. I hav neuralgia ovary little whil* I'm good for noth ing, nnd yot there seem* to he no dis ease about me. I wish you'd toll mo what ails me." | The speaker was a beautiful girl about 19 years old. Nature bad ioteu fled her for a magnificent specimen of woman hood. she was not less than five feet •even inches in height, but with shoul ders nnd hipe broad in proportion; abe measured but twenty-two inches around the waist. Of oourae she asserted that she did not dreaa tight; but when told that in order to have good health she must leave off her oorset she rebelled, "Why, how would I look without e oor*et?" ■he exclaimed; "I'd be a perfect fright" What reply was there to be made to so convincing a statement? But by ths light of scienoe her whole body was Illuminated, and to the understanding vision sbs was a perfect fright: < it wa* I never see such e figure that J am not reminded of Hiram Powers’ query in re gard to a fashionably-attired lady; "I wonder where eoe put* her liverr' It is easy enough to prove that the breathing capacity is actually lessened by the oorset, even wh, n not worn tight. Any one who withes to try the experiment can sit down and begin to draw in the deeirest breath possible, when the limit of the corset is retched unclasp it and ace how widely its clasp can be separated by the action of the lungs alone. Then if yuu bear in mind that these muscles have been weakened by non-use, aud that with full liberty they would increase iu strength, you will be able to imagine how much the corset ha* lessened the vital capacity. 1 ■aw a tine illustration of tin* a few days siucc. 1 called upon a lady whoso library laliors are wonderful. She re ceived mo in a neat but loose dress, in which every organ of the body had full play. Mho rejoiced in her jierfect physi cal freedom. She rau up and down stairs with the lightness of a child, and felt no palpitation* of hear3 or oppres sion of lung*. l.ater iu the day she dressed to go out upon the street with me, and put on a corset. "1 do it in deference to the opiiiiouof my friends," sho explained. “They complain if 1 outrage their sense- of propriety by ap pearing without olio, but 1 do peuancc all the time 1 wear it. ' We started off at her usual Li isk pace, but in a very littlu while mIm* »:ml to me: •I can t walk no fust when l’v« a corset on. I can’t breathe, you hcc.” Am! so to accommodate her diinini>licd powers of breathing we slackened our pace, and aoon she commenced to look weary, her cheery laugh became leas fnquenf, her face begun to wear an anxious look, h»*r vital capacity whs lessen* and her whole system felt the i-ilip»!/ of iL “1 could accomplish nothing a!» ail," said she, “if 1 were compelled to«wcar a corset at my work." I asked a young lady to sing for ms tho other day. With nomo hesitation and bhiahe* she excused herself, saving. “Koally, 1 shall lie obligt d to dfcline, tho fact is, I am just breaking in a now cornet, and it hurts me so 1 can hard I v live." “Why do you woar it then? ’ **<>, I’d look ho without a corset’’ To me she would look fur better, for l could free that Iu i health was failing. j her cheeks paling, her nerves st.living for the vital breath of Hod’s pure air, which the corset waa shutting out of her lungs. I "We girl* are always glad to undo our corset* and draw a long bn-nth at night," said one frstik girl to me "We don't wear tlu-iu tight, wc can put our . hands up under them always, but it docs seem so good to get tfiem off and breathe just as big as wc can.” New t «c For rijrnaiiilte. l)r. .1. \Y Givene, of (.'hillieothc. Mo., writes to tho Kansas <bty Journal that for a trilling sum of h few hundred dol lar* and a little systematic Work by practical men Kansas City or any other place can have all the rain wanted. l ake, sav, 100 good, large, strong toy balloons, 100 pounds of dynamite in one-poll lid packages, and 1 (XI ounce* of pow der. Attach one pound of dynamite nnd one ounce of the powder to each balloon, with fuse- enough to set the tiowder off at about half-mile bight or higher. The explosion of the powder will explode the dynamite. The explo sion of the dvnaniilo at that altitude will cause a displacement of tho air for about 1,000 foot and an active agitation for a very much greater distance. These explosion* should lie made from several neighboring stations, say two or three miles apart, and for a general ruin, of oourae, at distance* accordingly; and they should take place at as roptlar successive intervals as possible. In an hour or two a terrific storm will be rag- tog in the upper element* Aerial fric tion will generate electricity, which will play its necessary pnrt, while concus sion and the commingling of maddened currents and counter currents qf warm and cold atmosphere will produce con densation of watery vapor -rainfall. '1 his random work will bring iL But if the balloons could bo anchored ami the eiplosions made by electricity at more regular intervals the result would be more certain and more effective. Thia is the idea in the rough. Expert- ment and Improvement will develop de tail* But the scheme wiil lie put Into active operation, and the man who sug gests it will probably never get tho credit for iL A Frenchman sent a circular to all his friends asking w hy they cultivated * beard. Among tlio answers nine stated, "because I wish to avoid shav ing;" twelve "because 1 diHlot wish to catch cold;" five "because I wish to conceal bad teeth," two "because 1 wish to coneesl the length of me -ose;” six "boexuse I am a soldier;" twenty- one "because I was a soldior;' sixty- fix* "because my wife likes it;" twen ty-eight "bersiue my love like* it;" Cleon aujwerod that they \\cry no beard* A Thin Man’s Watch. A tall, thin man with s cast in bis «y* boarded a Blue Line car going east on Baltimore street reoently. He looked like a person who would not be ear- prised if (he world would suddenly come to an end and leave him alone In the universe. Tbs seats of the car were full but nobody was standing. Most of the passengers were ladie* The tall, thin mau pulled out his Wsterbury wstch rfhd compared it with the big ■hronometer near Light street The two lime-piecee did not agree. The tall man proceeded to open bis Weterbury welch at the rear. Hu pried open the outer case and on the inner case saw the ominous inscription;. "Dou't remqve the cap unless you are a uractical Whloh-repairer." ’This diil not scare thu thin mau a bit. lie got out his penknife nnd pried the os-e off with the little blade. Great i'a-sar! whut a revelation there waa in that cap! 'The moment the cep canie off a steel spring sliout forty yards long |>op|*ed out sud uncoiled itself up to the ceiling of the car. it was like the devil cofiling out of Ilia band-box. After touching the roof the spring recoiled and theu uncoil ed, and then became wound up in n mo*i horribly confused way. It would dart out like a serpent’* tongue all ovor the car, around the necks of the passen gers, up their trousers’ legs, under the seek out the front door and around the driver’s stool. Then it would ourl about tho thin man and run out of every window qn that side of the car. lhe female passengers shrieked, and the perspiration gathered in great beads on the tall nisn's alabaster brow. lie tried to throw the watch out of tho window, hut it would not go. The spring dragged it back and it flew into the conductor's faoe, and in his excite ment he trod on a fat passenger's pet corn, and the fat man bowled as though his liver had struck for shorter hour* anil higher wages. Tho conductor tried to toas ths de moniacal watch tbrougu the door, but it returned ami went whistling through thu car like ond of Kilroy's not balls, ami hit the door so violently that it left the exai-t time of the day indelibly *tnm|ied on thu panel. Finally the tall man, with the aaiist- iiicu of the conductor aud several of tlio passenger* succeeded in gathering ojgctuer wfiat appeared to be ten bush els of wire springs, and the car stopped and they gently carried it out into the street and sain; "Now, then; all to gether!" and dropped it and ran for their lives. Wheu the thin man looked at his Waterbury watch after the excitement had subsided be found that there WM absolutely nothing left ia it—not even a wheel or a pivoL The spring bad been running the watch entirely and exclusively on its own responsibility, and wheu it tied nothing hut the case remained to tell the mournful story.— /laltniwre American. Ii’e Olrl-v.tur*. Now the propensity Vr wading, which Is deeply implxn d in the female bos om, is inexplicable. Unless a girl has tho influonza or a bunion, .ho can not resist the temptation to paddle about in the salt water and get her clothing un comfortably wcL This is a subject full of interest to me from the casting aside of the shoos and stockings to their re sumption. It Is a fact pretty generally known in male circles that ladies prefer sitting on the ground when pulling on and off their stockings to occupying a chair or bench. But having my doubts as to tbe inflexibility of this rule, I bad determined to convince myself by ex- jierimenL After tho setting of my traps, to-wit, the benches, 1 had not long to wait. A bevy of young ladie* one or two of whom 1 recognized, canto troop ing down the bench, chatting and laughing merrily. They evidently won dered who had boon kind eno 1 r h to place the benches there for tlicir sconi- modation, took possession of t n at once gleefully, confessed that th,_ were just too dolightful for anything, and seemed perfectly and unrestrainedly happy, 1 was rejoiced at having .dis proved a moldy tlioorv. buL »!** my satisfaction was short lived. When nty guests made up their minds that it waa xtnio to wade they sprang from the benches, sat on the beach and tugged •way at shoot and stockings in the old fashion. On tho following day, retolv- ing to givo tuy experituentevery chsnoe, 1 had my hireling bathman strew s quantity of broken bottle* empty oyster emus, end rubbish of various kinds along the beach and sat under my um brella and watohod. The girl* came down ebout the same hour, seemed n little dismayed at first, but rallying, aet to work Industriously and aoon had n clear spaoe upon which they squatted, not taking the least notice of the benches thia time. Then 1 pul up my umbrella and moved sadly away. The habit la an incurable one. Eve must have Mt her feir form down in the garden mold of Eden when adjusting her first gar ment from tho historic ng tree, and left the habit aa an inhoritanoe to her daugh ters for all time. — San la Barbara Cor. BacrameMo Be*. When tfir Bomba Were Flying. Col. John K. ’lowers, principal keep er of the penitentiary, aided and abet ted in one of the most cruel jokes ol the war. Tho federal! wore leisurely firing •hells into somo confederate work* and tho bombs were falling and bursting in such unoomfortable nearness that ths soldiers had dug holes in the ground and were hiding aa boat they could. The colonel and some friends got hold of an unexplodod shell and stuffed It full of fuse. Whyn tbs next report was heard the fuse (Ms touched off and aftsr a moment tho bomb was dropped into thu mouth of one of the "gopher" boles where several soldiers were sheltered. "Zip-zip-zip-z-z.-z-zip-ziz-tipf” went the fuse for several minutes. Howl after howl went up as tlio soldiers expected to be blown to atoms. After a timo the ■puttering fuse burnt out aud things quieted down. When Col. Towora concluded his re cital of the above story a private who was minus an arm remarked: "One day a boat opened on us with canister, and tho boys were sorter ratt led, until,* big fellow shouted: *Bliok to 'em boys; their ammunition’s gin cut and they’re shootin' dlunor'buckeU at u*!Atlanta Constitution, MINO APRON* « In addition to tbe •Ive euchre this winter to n large ex tent, there is another novelty which bids fair to be oopuler. It ia styled tbe "rainbow" patiy and takes iu naus from tbs bright hues of tbe ribbons which play an important part. It will undoubtedly bo popular with tbe ladte* as it gives them an axoelleDl opportuni ty to air their superior knowledge and •kill before the lord* of creation and ts laugh heartily nt the awkwardness which they are sure to exhibit to aa amusing cxfi-nL Ths first sues is lh. passing of Ixiws of ribbon to tho msn who fasten I hem U> their buttoubolos aud proceed to find tbe yoti 'g wontai whose color matches. This will bs found in tho suing* of -x pretty am* coquettish aprou. and the airings them •elves are tied alamt a trim waiaL Th< men having thus boon provided with f iartucrs are further provided with need- e* thread, and a thimble, which they are obliged to .select from a heap on tbe table. It ia then explained to the men that they are expected to hem the bot tom of (he apron nnd that prizsf will be tbe reward of good v ork. Tbe young women is to keep o’ her apron an? give no assistance whatever, either by advice or by lending n helping band Notwithstanding ths restrictions d>* young woman usually cannot resist bslp Ing her partner, especially if abe bap pen* to be the least bit interested in him; but if she geU caught at It by hi judges she forfeits her apron. Ths temptation, however, is very strong, tor he is obliged to sit reasonably dose, since tho apron occupies tho position / . which it was intended, nnd it come* very natural for skillful wnite hands tc touch awkward brown uands when there is such a good excuse; aa- 1 here I' may be remarked that sotue of thv knowing men, eftor being ouoe aided in thia manner, are inexcusably stupid au< make the same mistake over and ovet again. Even when the tyros are doing their best there is room for a vast ainout i of amusement Nearly every man in tbe room is as awkward iu his'general atti tude as can be eMily imagined, n* most of them look as though life aud death depended upon their effort*. Here Is a chap in a high collar; he can bare - ly see over it when his head is erect anu his efforts to focus bis eyes on bis work without cutting his throat are decidedly funny. Next to him sits a man who has been trying iorteu minutes to thread hi* uocdle, ana, judging by the way ha goes at it, the merriment of the com pany will be prolonged for aome time. On the other side of toe room Is a left- handed man who ia making heroic at tempts to make progrea* and working backward as well as left-banded, to the inti rue amusement of every girl within seeing distance. The degree* and vari eties of awkwardness are limited only by the number of sewer* Probably out of the whole number there will be not more than oue or two who go at tbe work with aoytbinglike method or skill, and even their efforts are so nearly on a par with the little girl taking her first lesson that the exhibition is usually more amusing than the out-and-out awkwardness of the other* When nil are don* the aprons are handed to the judges for inspection, and after tbeir decision the prize* are awarded, Matoh- ■ale* acarfpins, etc., are the proper thing for tbe first snd second prise* while the booby prize is usually n treat ise on embroidery or something equally interesting to the masculine mTnd. As souvenirs of the occasion tbe Indies keep tbeir apron* and the gentlemen their thimble* — Chicago Triton*. _ Bbtainf tree with pn i quickly site cornel,-t. . „ . , can.- urn* IknsaoaZ ZHuslgts. It Waa nakillns mav-ljr (ur Useaastuf i! - uitMW Uvw. II Is Invaluable toe Plasma psruliar i WaoMS, sod sit who M asdsatvy lire HdoasaoHajarsUistsstb.csussbssUsetu- ' endues conMIpstlon—other lr.ee mtditimm - It swrtsass oad pwiiteis tbs Moos, at I in u lotos lha spuetlts, side U» aalwllai, , of food, istlsvsa Heartburn and Bstcbti*n*..,i otfcnctncna tbs mnseli-s and uarvso. ■ at Parses, Lsaatti , ate.,It baa no squsl. .... hso above tiuda stark an • on wrapper. Take aootli STEEL PENS. PATRONIZE NOME INDUSTRY. Ws are now offering to tbs pabBs fflEtt WU of ear swb msaafeotuiw. Our Plowboy Eagle b ths best business pen tn tbs market, 71 et-nta par iruaa. postpaid to any address aw reesipi • prie* And fur One writing oar Plowboy Favorite Surpssare sny pen yat mad*, 31.00 per g> •• postpaid, on reooipt of pria* Haiaplaa on .p- plica tiuu. THE PLOWBOY CO., East Point, Ci. ntGloteCtttnui Con nan i Ftrtillztr Distributor. , Atl eta. Os, Iks Arkansas guts F air ksstkare EsaeatUan, Leslavlila, ky., and i Weald's BxpoalUaa, Maw Orlaasa. U, and wh • tallaS la say solicit, haa boon *i sw follj adopt** ts . Arabi a* a Oandy-Uaker. "Do you know who Arabi Bey l»f" asked Mr. F.. of his friend Mr. A., ea they stood on the deck of the New Cameiia, bound for Mandeville. "Arahi Bey is no other than Dtimon- tell, who used to keop a confectionary establishment at the corner of Bourbon and Cana! streets. Dumoutell wu a major in the Orleans artillery and a gallant soldier—an adventurous, daring fellow. After the war he engaged in business, succeeding Bellinger at tha corner of Bourbon and Canal. He ran into debt for 340,000 or 360,000, and went to Franco about 1869. Durnontell fought in the Franco-Proasian war, and wu distinguished for bravery, receiving the cross of the Legion of Honor. The next I heard about him, from a mutual friend In Paris, wu that ha had gona •to Egypt Several Tears ago the vague rumor reached me that the Irresponsible Dumontell had entered the army of tha knedive and risen to a position of rank. It is said that he stood in high favor with the army, and wu regarded al most in tbe light of a native. I recol lect him," continued Mr. F., "u stall, swarthy fellow, with large features, but clear brilliant eves, and a heavy black mustache. In fact, h* bad a rather Oriental cut of countenance, ant! ten years’ residence in Africa would nave oertainly Increased the resemblance^ Dressed in ths Egyptian garb ! eaa Im agine that Dumontell would make a fine-looking Arab. "Tbe other day I saw a picture oI Arabi Bey, and wu startled at bis strik ing llkeneu to Dumontell. Indeed, no one who knew the latter would hesitate in identifying the picture u that of tba quondam confectioner. There wu a peculiar expreuion about Dumootell's mouth which is closely reproduced In the picture. This resemblance, coupled with the fact of Dumontell's presence in Egypt assures mo that be is the yptian leader who is juat now giving tbe English so much trouble." The abor* conversation wu repeated to the writer yesterday, and is repro duced u nearly u possible from memory.—Nate Orleans heayun*. kmxrVEB iaIMIs say fsrtkw ImprereS, lit la sew tally oSaptoS to > teanalat *1 toll aa* IX. Boat ankUloS laker, >• stylos aa* ilM. Mm esw aata It Is the msstSarebls Plantar mo4a,u4 * - Save iU Cost Three Time* Ov.' IN A SINGLE SEASON. As tt siaats tram sight to Mp acres par with Sim than sa* and ewe-half bushefo • seed per am*, end open* drop* dlrtrlbutm f- Mllairi end revets m eu operation, mvi^ TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAr ffh* prim Ms base redueod to suit tha ttw-- jams for ifoewhr giving ftdl description a.1 Olobe Planter M’ffc Co., (96 Marietta Street, Atlanta. O*. For Handsomest 1 Cheapest! Beat IRON ROOFING. SIDING, CEILING, Bsed for IllMtretsd Cblotoges sad Fttam sf CPtClXMAH (O) OOMDOAniO Oft Adgsg&cz’z eSr-3&wcsasu THE PLOWBOY 00 m rUTAKU TO M NEWSPAPER WOBK 3f (very Discrlptloa la THIBET POSSIBLE lAfflfir AM at tha n.rtst Natisa. 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