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VOL.X. JABOUT CANCERS. THEY ARE PRONOUNCED INCURABLE EXCEPT BY CUTTING. Two Great Ciaaaea, the Benign and the Malignant Cancer Cells Fibers and Fluids -Not Contagious But Often Hereditary. 'lndianapolis Journal Interview ] “I* cancer of the tongue very fatal?” ■lnquired the reporter of a medical friend. “Yea. since seeing the article on Gen. ■Grant s sad condition in runday's paper, 1 looked up the statistics in the new edi tion of '..gnews Surgery.’ Os seventy ‘two < nets of cancer cf the tongue ana lyzed by Dr. Agnew, forty were mule* and thirty-two females. Must ol the cases occur between 40 and bU, and most die within a year. " “i o many esses of cancer recover?" “That depends on the kind of cancer, its degree of malignity, and the time of operati- n, if removal be resorted to. llost tongue ancers are of the epithelial form, and gem ai. are primary. There is no agreem.i I in the c aasiticatiou of cancers. All tumors and morbid or ab normal growths are best regarded as forms of strucliftal degeneration, or vitiated nu trition, Ail such growths are referred Io me or the other of two great classes There are the benign, or harmless, and the mal guant laity fibroin. and bony tumors are examp.es of the benign tumors. I.y malignant tumors we mean such as arc prone to uu limited grow;h in i.e. '1 hey are dis astrous in effect or result, and di ! cult or impossible of arrest or cure. I atholog.c ally, ail malig ant growths are essent ally cancerous—their subdivisions are merely clinical or surgical. Can er is an Anglo >axou word which means to eat away or corrode i auk er and chancre are other forms of it lienign tumors attach them go one kmd of l.S'Ue—they ate simple accumulations of tame, lit. or muscle, and do not include the adjacent tia.uea, ueriev and blood vessels. • ancer ous growth are’ a.ways rich in connective tissue fibers ami enormous production of cells variously shaped, but of the ipilbelial type .hey involve and de stroy all tin- tissue, ii the way of their growth the r. d y lend to molecular death, often inc- ing bloody, gangren ous, and putrid they are more likely than not to return after remo ai 1 suppose from what mis lei u wii-tin about Gen. Grant • . ase .1 <--nie.s under Waideyer s terse de! mtu.n eta earner—-an at pical epiti.elial ueop.as li. cy have a good deal ot Laid i brutiatis m- in them little of the s<» called *eai c r juice,’ ami but few cv-l.s, they are c.i * d cii rrbus.’or hard cancers, it oraue * ■ * iiy ike, 'colloid if of a net wm k<4 l«r- nd with agreat variety of cel * cy ure called brain like cancers, ’eu* epsihi./id, or medul lary. “May n cancer lie known by its micro •Copic app< arnuce?" “ Yes. at d no. The microscope con firms rather than d ti.-.mines thediagom-is. Pathologists ami m urologists no longer believe in a di.stin< i: > cancer cell.’ The .cells, fibers, ano l.uui- of cancer are va jriou* and abnormx : In- cells arc of va jrious shapes and si/<s, averaging the 1,0.0ih of an ircii a: uii.nerer. I‘lie cells .are like the ceils of g.audular structures generally, but the. an- longer. Hie. are lawless in their growth, and do not norm ally belong to the part where they grow. • They are not foreign implantations, but rather distortions ot the natural elements T of the bouy. " “What makes them so painful?" “They are not always so; the physician •ometimra recognizes uterine or other cancer before the patient is aware of its presence by pain or discomfort Th. pain comes when the ..ancer extends to a Ihwue well endowed w.th nerves. They bleed, or not. according as they have or have not intuited vuacular parts. " •What causes them Are they conta fiou* or hereditary?" “They are not contagious; they are ffen hereditary, There e ists in soon amilles a cancerous cachexia,’ or ten deucy, but it has not much significance (. nicer* follow after in.uries a* of the hip or kue«. from tailing, fr -tn pressure, as tobacco-pipe cancer *«f ihe lip, and often in the uterus at the change of life, or in ury. Ao part of the body is exempt. There is no cure except removal; all treat ■rnent is palliative only, and all so-called •cancer doctors' are. without ex caption, quacks ami impostors. But the legend. ‘lancer cured with out the use of the knife,’ at tracts many. The < harlataus sometimes nmove b*-uign growths and swear the. are cancerous, they a.o cure cancers which do not exist Dr. l.liss, of Wash ington, D. C., brought forth condurango' as a constitutional remedy and cure, much to his own chagrin, we may hope, and certainly to the mortification of those of the pro ession who tried it <ur consul at Pernambuco has se t samples of a new Brazilian plant, 'alveloz.'to the medical department nt Washington for trial, but it will go the way of i:ss’ ’condurango, very probable. Cancers caused 200deaths last year in fndia—reported as such in the health board statistics—probably many more. They cause over 1 per cent, of the total mortality Forty-five were reported cancer of the stomach, twelve of tin- liver, and one of Hie tongue. Such statistics amount to but little without the evidence •f postmortem examination, howe'er.” “How long do patients survive after re moval of the cancerous tongue?” • Dr. Clarke is quoted by Agnew as to thirty nine cases, of which the average duration of life was eighty-six weeks; twenty-live were operated on anil life was prolonged on an average of forty five weeks more—enough to justify the opera tion. ” For A c ic ! xp oration. ;C!:ic g i b ne. A present object of curiosity in San Francisco is the steam launch building for the use of Lieut. Storey in ex ploring the rivers of Alaska The boat will lie about fifty feet long, with twelve feet beam, and a uniform draft of twelve inches. The null will be of seasoned fir and the craft throughout built somewhat after the style of one intended for Arctic exploration. It is probable she •will be taken to Alaska in sections, not being intended for a sea voyage. She will be a stern-wheeler and will have ac commodations for ten men. .'-peculators are awaiting the result of the expedition with interest, an impression pre ailing that discoveries mav be made of rich mining-fields and coal Leda A Horseshoe of Horn. I Excha ? re. A horseshoe made entirely of the horn of sheep has been tried in Lyons, i- ra 'e, and is found particular y adapted to horses emp oyed in towns, and known not to have a steady foot on the pavement In Montevideo and Buenos Ayres all the horse cars come from the United Btatea Os img dunes. QHOST3. .. 1 [H. K. Munkittrick in Atlantic.] Out in the misty imionlight The fir»t snow-flakes I s.*e. As they frolic around the leafleas Limbs of the appl»-tr»e. Faintly they seem to whisper, As round the boughs they wing, “We are the ghosts of the blossoms That died in the early spring.” Progress in Forrestry. IThe Century.] Tree-planting is be. omlng almost uni versal on the great prairies of Minnesota, | Dakota, Kansas and .Nebraska, where it once was believed no tree would grow Many causes have contributed to this re markable result, prominent among them . being the timlier-culture act passed by congress ten years ago, amended iu ISI4 and again in 1878. Already 93.246 entries Lave been made, the area covered by them being 13,677,146 acres Nearly one-filth of this vast area was “entered” in 1883, which shows the growing influence of the princely premiums ottered by congress and by many of the Western states to eu courge tree planting. The timber act may need further amendment to prevent frauds, but recent inquiries of those who have had the largest experience and observation in Min nesota. Dakota, lowa. Nebraska and Kansas convince me that its benefits have beeu so manifest as strongly to commend it to the people iu those states. Many settlers have planted much more than the required ten acres in their 160 acres, oi "quarter section,” Said a Nebraskan "de have thousands of trees, thirty to forty feet iu height and eight or nine inches in diameter grown from seedlings or cuttings planted less than ten years ago. The fuel problem is settled for many farmers The trees and land are already worth three times their cost. ” Mary and William as Names. ;Good Words.) Mar* was shown to be the commonest name of all. it distinguished 6,819 girls out of the 50,000 called as witnesses, and designated a larger number of individual than airy other appellation, male or fe mala William came next, naming 1),950 out of the number* mentioned. The pre dominance of these two names may ere this ha e been rendered somewhat less striking than it was, but it is unlikely to have been largely modified. A statement of the chief cognominal derivatives of William may interest some readers There are Williams and W ill iam.son to liegin with. Then the abbrevia lion Will has produced Willes, Willis, Wills, Willson and Wilson. The dimin uti.e Gui'lemot or Gwillot hassled to Gil el. Gilliat, Glllet, Gillott and other forms, while Willamot, the more English version of that dim nutive, has gi en Willatt, Willet, Willert. Willott, Wilmot, Wiimott. etc. Again, in connection with lhe pet shapes of the name are the sur names Bill. Billson, Bilson, Weeks, Wick ens. Wickenson, Wicker-on, Wickeeon, Wi cock, Wilcockson, Wilcox, Wilcoxon, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Wilks, Willcocks, Willey, Willy and Woolcock. Wm Sorry He .Spoke, (Chronicle “Undertone#.”) At Fort Bayard for a long time there* lay an old spiked cannon, waich bad been rendered u-eiess for some reason or an other. The Apache chief of that district fell in love with that cannon.’ He used to < nine every day and beg the command ant to give it him, At length Gen. -her miin was announced as coming ami the officer told the Apache that he must ask him for it He did. The general looked at it, saw it was of no use and presented it to him. “I uui afraid,” said the general, with mild jocosity, “you want the cannon so that you can turn it on my soldiers and kill them. ” “l inph! No. Cannon kill cowlioys. Kill soldiers -club. & The general was sorry he spoke. G«n. (“Gath’-*' Washington Letter.] Yonder is rather a venerable man, with mind iu his countenance and silence for his guardsman, who passes along in his carriage unnoticed. It is Quartermaster General Meigs, who hauled the Army of the Potomac, and, indeed, the armies of the whole I nion, out of the mud and on ward to the last ditch; and he has put up the patent office, the flew pension build ing, and although a character of the past, his integrity has kept him alive and active to the present He built the ball-room for Cleveland, as he built many a year ago the great arch on the Washington aquduct, which contained the name of Jefferson Davis till Simon Cameron, or somebody, had itcutoutuf the stone, mak ing it rather more prominent by absence Ilian if it had remained. Nothing IJke It. [Arkansaw Traveler.] “ I went to see a French opera whfle I was in .New Orleans, ” said an old fellow who had just returned from the exposi tion. “Very fine, very fine indeed. I tried to catch one of the tunes, but as I don’t understand French, I couldn’t get hold of it. Oh, yes, opera is very good but I can stagger along very well with out it If I ain’t particular about seein’ a shrrw, I’d just as soon go to an opera as a funeral, but when 1 want to lay right down and enjoy myself, I go to a circus. Ah, there’s nothing like a brass horn and * boss. ” Some of Thein Do. [Boston Times,] “Ma, aren't people who have crests and decorations of that kind supposed to be , rich ?” I “ Yea, very often. They belong in old English families, who have coats of wnis. ” “Well, if they are rich, what do they want people to give them old clothing for?” “Why, they don’t What put that in your head ?” “Oh, because you said they have coats »f-alms. ” A Luxury. i Life. J “Father, what is a luxury ” asked little Johnnie the other night as he wrapped himself round the parlor stove. “A luxury’ Why, its something we don’t really need, you know —s thing we can do without ” “ Well. then. ” replied the logical youth, “what a luxury a mosquito net must be In winter. ” Morning-Glories All Winter. A lady in Indianapolis has had morn ing-glories blossoming in her parlor all winter. She pla ed, by ac< ident, a small plant in a pot with some other plants and it continued to grow in the bouse. It soon blossomed and has been in flower every morning during the winter. Cultivation of Madder. The cultivation of madder was under taken by a farmer in Erie county, Ohio, in 1842, ami was reported as very profita ble No one seems able to give a reason why Its cultivation has been abandoned. COLrjMBv , GEORGIA, SAi URD vY VC * MARCH 21. 18H5. SUPERSTITIONS. HOW CREDULOUS OLD PEOPLE IN* TERPRET COMMONPLACE EVENTS. Some of the Weather-Wisdom Handed Down fr<*m Generation to Generation —Various Other “Old Wives’ Fables'* —Their Origin. [Baltimore Herald.] Scat—whackl There was a sudden howl as if a fog horn had beeu seized with a nightmare, anil a something that bore a decided re semblance to a cat’s tail disappeared over the back fence ol a I. lain street resi dence like a streak * f yellow lightning. “1 don't like to see a cat lying in the sun in February, ” said the old gentlemen, as he slammed down the window and re sumc-1 his chair by tin fireplace. “M hy?’ asked tux incredulous visitor. “It forebodes a stormy March. ” was the response. “Why, thins a pr verb Ive heard since I was a child, and I've never known it U» fail. But here in the city, and parti 'tlarly here in ‘St. Paul street, they laugh at a fellow when he hauls out his country saws. That shows their ignorance, lor goodness knows a farmer knows more about the weather in a week than they do in the city fi r a month. There’s another true saying, that when the north wind does not blow in February it will have its re venge in Man h. Aud for ever thunder with rain iu ibis month, UiCn- will be a cold spell in May. The old proverb says that when the snow lies in the ditches it is waiting for more, anti when it fails in the mud it remains all winter. Look out for rain when the flakes grow huge: as they fall. Os course, you remember the time-honored remark about Ihe white 1 Christmas and the lean grave aid. You people never pay any attention to these signs, but the farmers, the truckers, the milkmen people whom you brush past every day on the streets of in the markets —believe in them, because their lathers langlit them to do so. "1 suppose every month lias its own signs?” ask.6d the inertilulous visitor, ns h ea.'i'ii inereduli usly at a nickel plated boise ..in suspended over the iii.iiil “Every one of them,” was the reply, “aud a lew ol the most ancient and least known 1 will recite for your ben-lit. It is aul thjit il grass grows in -lauuary it will grow Inuliy during the rest ot the year. The original saw lor March suys that if the month < omes in With an adder’s head it goes out with a peacock's tail. It was beliertd. too. that a bushel of March dust was worth u king's ransom, though tiiis was a rather poetical adaptation, nf April it is -aid that ’a co d moist April tills the cellar and fattens the cow.' A dry May I.rings nothin :. "A dripping .lune sets all things to tuna When it rains in Au -n-t it nil, - ho.ioy and wine. If the first, day of reptember lie fair the month will be a good one A warm < tuber brings a cold February. Ice iu .November forbodes plenty of lent and bad weather during the winter, aud a warm hristmas indicates ac*>ld . aster. i he first three days of any season rules its weather. When it clears on Sunday il will be clear until Wednesday and if it rains on the first dog day there will lie a flood for forty days thereafter. In spring a tub of rain makes a teaspoonful of mud, but in autumn a teaspoonful of rain makes a tub of mud. We heard a thunder-peal two weeks ago. That was a prophecy of a poor year lor maple sugar but a good year for fruit “no you know howto foretell rain with certainly, ” he asked, "and without going out of doors?” Just watch the cock roaches. When they fly gi t out your umbrella Crickets chirp lively ami spiders come out of their m sts also 1 . fme ruin. I’ll tell you a curious old saw about frost. The first frost, so run the i.v, * omes exactly six k aftei we lu-ai-1 .*■ first katydid. There will bi- as many frosts in June as there are frogs in 1 elirm ary, 1 forgot to tell you also that rats and mice make much noise before a rain, and horses snuff the nil noticeah;. *1 of these signs of which I have spo.-en have their origin in experience and ob servation, and there is in them much of truth. I The T mo-Worn “Madonna.” (Norristown Tieraid. | Just how many “Madonnas” Raphael painted, has never been ascertained, per haps, but whenever u new art journal ap pears, it is not long before it discov rs a new “Madonna”—and begins to print a dozen old ones that have already been seen hundreds of times in such journals. It Raphael had never painted a Madonna our art journals would be more attract ive. _ Probably a Libel. [Norristown Herald.] It is *aid that -ince sewing has been in troduced in the girls’ schools in Philadel phia, married men in that city frequently find the opening in the back of their shirts sewed up to the collar button, their daughters having mistaken the necessary rear aperture for an unseemly rent But this may be a libel on the school girls. yuite Shallow Birnugh. [Detroit News. “I trust the current of my discourse last Sunday was not s uiiciently formidable to . hopelessly engulf you, ” jocosely remarked -a young Detroit clergyman to a lady mem ber of his congregation the other evening. “Oh, no! It was quite shallow enough I for comfortable wading, thank you!” Limit* ol Heamm (Scientific Exclian -e. Recent results on the limits'il'hearing ' were arrived at by using a powerful metal stem, actuated by steam. The vibrations reached 72.000 per minute, which proved to be the highest or rather faintest sound that could be heard. Grass But N*> Water. The governor of Arizona says ihat ter ritory has grass enough for .*,o* 0.0 0 ucad of cattle, but fully four fifths of it is not xvailab e because of "no water. He thinks, however, that most of tlic country ; may be made productive r-i the ' utile in terests by means of artesian wells. I Blizzard and Th i The Washington Post observes that the thermometer at Savannah, Ga . fed to 3'j I degrees and it was called a “b iz.zard. ” The thermometer at Pierre, D. 1 , rose to zero, a d the Pierreitcs congruulated themseives on a “January thaw I low J ><»ct or-i ! ai. Although doctors, as a ruh-, are par ticular in warning others not to I’t.vk too many large dinners, there is probably no other body of professio la) m- i who nd as much honest pleasure in gather*ug around the festive board. Grrai Britain's < It is estimated that Great Britain’s c<nk supply will be e.vhau-ied in about 105 years if the present increase in the rate of consumption continues. WORK OF THE PARIS POLICE, Pbe Late Prefect Tells How Every Class nt . Society is Watched. 'Artt-le hy M. Anilrieux.] The secret agents of police in Paris are provided vvilh cards, which, in cases of *.. iger. will insure them the protection of the regular police. They frequent clubs ami oilier meetings, the wine shopsalt the exterior boulevards, ami houses aud streets of ill fame, aud also attend at the senate ami chamber of deputies during the parliamentary session. In the morning they prepare their reports, generally spun ing at the pre fecture. in the archives of which is to be found detailed accounts of the career and character of hundreds ami thousands of individuals in i ranee. Tin se records form colossal pyramids m the lumber rooms, and are a(|.liai>eiicaiiy arranged according io the mum s oi the persons whose histories thev chronicle, so that when any one comes sudmmlj to the front or is compromised iu any criminal affair the librarians can Lavi no din cully iu laying their hands on the o.iici-d summary of his or her antece dent--. .-o complete is the collection that the name of the. most obscure rag pickei iu l ari Ims its ehrone.le as well as the president of the republic. In regard to these secret agents of the se o. <1 category, M. Amirieux is us ex I licit as he is indiscreet " \ man s coueli mill), lie says, “a man s mistiess, a man’s burl er, n man’s valet may belong to this battalion." Many saioon-k re; ers and in un porters are actually cos-ijielled, uu dur i-iuii of forfeiture of then licenses and positions, to a* t as the spies of the pre ieeiu.e. Several journalises who are the bitte est political opponents in opposition newspapers of the powers that be, ami not a lew frantic orators who "do' the stump at socialistic gatherings ami denounce the criminality of capital amid the cheers of the workingmen, are in tiie pay of the'po lice authorities. The high born aud re spectable Imperialist, who mixes in i rim® Nupolions society ami calls-him “.My Lord. ” “ i our Majesty, ” and sporty a vio let ut lii- button hole on the pcoasioti of the anniversary mass for the re]>o-e ol the soul of Napoleon Hi. at the Church of St. Augustine, keeps up liis gorgeous equi pages and pays for his Uonapartist dinner * ut of the public funds. The siiuiiering ..oyalist who carries about with him over his lieutn a tattered fragment of one of the old white i ags of France and who is gushingly tender and enthusia tic in his ilel'enk'e o. the throne and ultnr, is rigged out 'at the expense of Hie state, ami is paid to :py >n the movements and actions of the l oyalists, just a: bis ; otmi artist colleagues to look alter the impcriati*ls. in Ii of i hese agents must have some ostei.s.b e trade or piol’craion ai which lie may occasionally cnq.loy an hour or two i I his lime in order to avert any suspicion that may be. entertained of him. Thus ■ *,erv class ol society in I aris is under the most active, although the most insidious, vigilance. Knocking nt tbe New York Entranee. J i- >v A' ii er in Np.w York Grupluc,] 1 think I do not exaggerate when 1 say tli.it it is waste of time for any one with out money to try to iio I’iisi.ionubie, at least if he knocks at the New York en trance. If he has money and knocks Im ally he can be, no matter who he is. Intrinsic value is set on nothing but money. There are a few who pul in a faint plea for f'.uuily, and liny try to keep together to form a clique, but they do not impress anybody but themselves, unless thev have money; then they can be arro gnnt Talent, and cle.ernes - never cun do it. Beauty alone cannot do it. but money will make beauty more beautiful. A large number can into society, but they cannot b<- fashionable. They may give balls, but the cant, publish a list of cremes at them. 'I hey may give dinners, but no m i; will struggle io go to tliein. f those wit out money would realize tins it *>ou.d ci.'C years ol <t<.able, let tin re are families in .New York who have Im ii made fashionable in sjiitc. of them selves, because they have money. They have never shown a desire to lie conspicu ous or to be publicly known, ami yet their movements are always of interest, their sayings impressive. There is one tyi e ot motherhood and fatherhood within that charmed circle which will ex plain the whole matter to us. The reign of self is acknowledged; it is tacitly ad milted there. Nothing else could be un derstood. Self must have very good man tiers, though—must personate all of the virtues, but self continues self still; it is alone the fashion all the same. What She Needed. [Ban Francisco Chronicle.] “1 am going down to f*anta Barbara,” said Mrs. Verdiver. “My health has given way completely aud I must re > uperate. ’ “Why do you go to Santa Barbara?” said her friend, Mrs. Malaprop. “The sea air and the quiet and the change will do me good. ” answered the invalid languidly. “Now, my dear, you take my advice, ” burst, out the voluble Mrs. Mmaprop. “ You don’t go to any Santa Barbara, or Monterey, or any of those seaside places, you go straight away up to the springs. I'm an old woman. I’ve had just such tits as you ve got now’, ami what you want is a course of some water that has some strong analysis in it. ” Sunday School Lozeiig«;s, [Exchange.] The secretary of Mr. .- purgcon s Sun day school re ently made tin following suggestion; “It would be a very good thing if the Scripture texts given to the infants were to be printed on 10/.enges in stead of tt on the little bit.-, of pa-telmard, as at present; for not only woulii the gifts be more highly valued, but ii might be truiy said: 'How sweet are thy Words unto my taste.’ ” The Slate Industry. < lilcae.i eralJ.l The magnitude of the slate industry in this country can be imagined when it is staled that the total amount produced of rooling slate alone is uUO.OOO SqUaies per yea . A “s, uare” is about 100 square leet, or suJicient to Cover a space 10x10 feet when laid on the roof. It covers the same area as 1,000 shingles. ”<.'o<oa’* Gunpovnl r. ' hicag • Jieral-i The British war department has Just in troduced tiie “Cocoa” gunpowder, recom mended by a committee sent to Germany to examine various qua iiles of explosives. Jt has a mean pressure per s t u., rich of sixteen and a half tons, and a velocity at the muzzle of 2,010 feet per second iluH.sia's Siiljilnii-. lExchange. The attention of the Russian govern ment has just been drawn to thi- existence of extensive deposits of sulphur in west ern i-iiieria, ami an expedition is to be sent to examine them. Europe's supply of sulphur is now chiafly obtained from ANCHORS AND CHAINS. A Hchvn I .1 In Tluunnelvcs and Why Heron . i tnd Ones Are Preferred. • ' .»r’; Mail and Express.] Sevrr.-il la? piles of rusty iron anchor chains liiiiug the sidewalk in front of a shi()sniitlii:>g shop caused a reporter to step w.thiii the building and ask how im - pounds of iron a vessel usually cm rm IS a part of its outfit. “Man vessels, ” said the proprietor whoso shop is one of the oldest in th, city, ’ai ry as many as 48,000 pounds each. To a latalsimiu this naturally i ins a[ i, tj big load in itself, but it lonns an i ssential pin tof a ship's make up -•! tu.s ■■ ■ 000 pounds are usually in chains ami 12.000 pounds in anchors. The llenrj .11 de, a large ship built in Maim-, i-arries two anchors, one of which weighs ~■■ id pounds aud the other (i.OOo pounds. Every vessel, as well as steam ship, is obliged’ to tarry five anchors, a spare one ami two stream anchors besides the one iu regular use Our largest anchors weigh 8,000 pounds each, while >. e have them as light as twenty five pounds. Some of the largest chains art composed of links Ihe iron of which is two aud a half inches iu diameter. " ) es, vve only dual iu second hand ma teriuls. but we have fitted up some hand some vi ssels al! the same The George IV. Curtis, a new clipper ship of 1,800 tons, has our anchors, as also has the Al bert <j. . o e». -.500 tons, aud the Henry I!, llydt M i make a specialty of second hand nal.-riiil of this kind because we find that there is a big demand for it. One reason is that, freights are low and ship owners are obliged to economize like other people, and another and more important one is tl,:>i a t-apiain prefers second hand aiiehois and chains because they have been I’nlly tested. It won t d* on ship board to hive defective rigging of this kind, ui.il i-.ierc is no real way of testing attclio -. .< .-pt by use. t'onttequeully we find it a rule that thoroughly tested second hr.ml anchors and chains find a ready -a e “. ( Yorkers would open their eyes iu surpi is! wt re they to know to what ex tent, the btismi-ss has grown. Why, we an,ne have on hand at. this time 115 tons of inch i-;. .ins ami between GOO and 0 I ii -.i a iiors, besides tons of other eeo..d l. ut l iron material used on ship board. ihe stull’ you see in here and out i the vva k. urge ns it seems, di es not onipri-e nt a small part of the stock, i rorci• a . tooklvu we have a lot 100 i el s tin e tilled with it. I :o in- a -nice men have anything to do viih a ..p's outlit? 1 should say they dip. Why. iii anchor can be put aboard clips m w ;r; ■. unless it sibts the require cm - t t: -pci t rof insurance. They . e \ cry | i-.iticulnr about this, and a ship in -.l* ami-r tm.s have ust so many shots I*. chai . ami u-t so many anchors, of wi i Ti> mid -J e to compare with the size I the vi -iI, or things are no go. A ember <-i' ■ ---i'ls have lately taken to the . of . ;at n ,-utchor which the insur u e coi... ai, !• allow This is one third ,i- wi -ii; .i .I.: uiiimary anchor and lias more p-vver, I n the crown is movable, i ng' i i a swivel. 'i lie ri-u. on an am hor s . .tin i, a w .-. t. in sections of ninety feet io i.-m.iie tiie i iqiluin to know just how much oi ii, in- nit. cast out. ” '-<•%s I so of Celluloid. Ndw i ork Sun.) As a down-town printer, who had just (.■omiileli.il the printing of a lot of illus trated eircu atwas washing Hie type and cats with ocn/iue, a young man no icetl llmt the cuts were white instead of tin- oidinary copper color of electrotypes “. ew kind of metal lor electrotypes?” asked the young man. I*. I hesi-are celluloid stereotypes it is a new us* tor celluloid. The plat»s an-e.a 1... made. Tne engraving or the form of type to be stereotyped is first used to make a line paper matrix, just as if a eoniimm im tai .‘itereolype was to be made. 'I hen . s ninirix i> pa- eri iii a form, aud over it is laid a sheet of celluloid. The two are pul in a hydraulic press, the temperature is raised to 300 degrees i nlircnheil, the celluloid is pressed into the matrix at a pressure ol’ 400 pounds to the square inch, and then the thing is done. When taken out and cooled the celluoid plate is an exact counterpart of the original form, aud wiien cemented to a suitable wood backing it is good for four times as many impressions as a copper stereotype, liesides that, it is not easily damaged. . “Another use made of celluoid ii In fac ing w >od type Th sis done by laying a thin sheet of cylluoid over the face of a big block of wood, and the two are shoved into the hot. press. t\ hen they come out the celluoid ha- been forced into the pores of the wood an eighth of an inch, and has made a surface that is simply beautiful The block is then cut up into wood type by the ordinary wood-type machine, or it may be sold to wood engravers, who find it equal to box wood. " How to Catch Sharks. [Foreign Letter.] The sharks which abound on the east coast of Madagascar, and make such ex tensive depredations upon the catlie in course of shipment, are occasionally cap tured by the people. The young men - nu-tinu- g >on a shark-hunting exjiedi loit. I lav.n g discovered a shark they c.ve un ,< a. ami, before it has time to turn on i.s ba 1., use the long sharp knife they cariy. it is affirmed among the Malagas tlim some of their people can go into the waler on discovering a shark, and, with nothing in hand but a piece of slick about a foot in length, armed with an iron , oint at each end, can accomplish its destrui tion. Watching till one of tile monsters, with its two or three rows of teeth, is just about to atiacx him with its wide-extended jaws, the native with his iron-pointed slick seizes his opportunity, and inserts his band into the mouth of the creature and tiausoxcs its jaws by implanting the slick cross-wise in its mouth. Tbe more tbe shark tries by snapping to disengage the weapon, the more deeply it enters, and in painful fury it seeks the bottom. But it fails to obtain relief, anil al lastdiea Its bod is washed ashore and the inhabit ants divide the canass for food. Convenient Post-Card. [Chicago Times.] An enterprising country publisher in England, who has reniarkedtliatimmen.se numbers of people suffer from an almost unconquerable repugnance to letter writ ing, lias i repared a special post-card for the use o; lazy correspondents. Tbe back of the card is divided lengthwise into ten unequal spaces, and the energies of the reluctant scribe are spurred by the follow ing suggestive headings, one of which is conspicuously printed to the left of each of the di i ions. 1. irate. 2. Excuse for not having written sooner. 3. (state of Ju ;, th a of self, (b) of family. -I. The writer’s recent experiences. •>. News. 6. Family gossip. ~ educations to be an swered in your next. 8. Love to . 9. ..ove from . 10. Signature. The freehold farms in New Zealand kw estimated to be worth $170,000,0(10. Poor, Distraught Carlotta. [Londo'i World.] The recent death of Col. Vandevelde Is k great misfortune to the poor distraught Empress ( arlolta of Mexico, who baa been under his care for many years at the (Chateau Rouchout. The empress was ! greatly attached to Col. \ nudevelde, and ins death has not been announced to her. he has been told that he has taken a long journey on business for her brother, the king of the i elgiatts. She passes much of her time al the piano aud at her easel, but since she began to notice tin- colonel’s absence the cm | iress has neither played a note nor touched her pencils. One of the characteristics of her malady, however, is lack of memory, and it is therefore hoped that in a short time she will have forgot ten her guardian, even ns she seems to have forgotten the whole of her past existence. She never speaks of Maximilian of Mexico, nor even of her father, Leopold I, whose favorite child she was. of late years she has become absolutely indiffer ent to dress, although In the earlier yeats of her insanity she was constantly occu pied with her toilet, and even while she was living at the Chateau de Tervjneren showed a marked tendency toward co quetry. Sometimes she would arrange her smartest dresses on the chairs, seem ingly imagining tliatshe was still the < enter of a court, and would address tbe gowns alternately in three or four dilTerent lan guages. When a little while ago Maximilian’s valet—who was with him to the last— himself became insane aud was taken to Miramcr, she fretted about the poor fel low lor a lew days and then completely forgot him. The afflicted lady receives the kindest treatment from all about her, anil is frequently visited by the king and queen of the Belgians and the Comte de i‘ landre. Jay Gould’s C orrespondence. ( hicavo Tribune. | It is rather remarkable, but it is true, that Jay Gould does not employ an aman uensis. He writes all his own letters. The word “all” does not signify “many,” for Gould replies to very few letters, and the communications he does write are brief. He is always in a hurry when he writes, and it seems as if his pen could not travel fast enough to suit him. Gould puts the little be lias to say in as few words as pos sible, and his pen races over the paper like a steeplechaser in tracing out (he charac ters. Vlorosini opens all of Gould's letters and throws away all that do not actually require to be read by Gould or replied to by him. Gould would not have lithe to look at the tape once a month if lie; read and answered all the letters that came to him i’eople address him on all sorts ot; sub jects, but a good share of them want to know how they can make money. Moro sini drops tiie messages containing the solicitous inquiries into the waste-basket. Gould is much like the czar of Russia, who tries food and mysterious packages on his underlings to see if they survive them. If Morosini is not poisoned or blown up Gould will risk taking things sent to him. But the wily Italian, if he has any suspicion of a pannage, will send a clerk out in tbe hall to open it near Russell .rages door, if the bqy cpptes, back whole Morosini will go through the eontents without a tremor. Slaughtering the Song Birds. [Chicago Times.] The song birds of New Jersey are slaughtered in such numbers for the sake of their skins, which ure sold to New York parties lobe used iu trimming ladies’ bonnets, that an effort will be made by ; parties interested in their prote tion to i have a law passed by the legislature mak | ing it a misdemeanor to kill or capture any song birds for the space of several years. If such an act is not passed in a shortXime, there will be no song birds left , in west Jersey. The pot-hunters use all kinds of devices |to capture the birds. <me ol the most es fective ways, which does not in any wise destroy the beauty of the plumage, is the placing of bird-lime on the limbs of trees where they are in the habit of roosting. The sticky stuff, adhering to the birds’ feet, makes them fall an easy prey to the hunter. When birds are shot tiie skin is perforated. This detracts from their market value, and shot is only used when the hunters are hard pushed to fill orders. n>« Telephone In Mexico. [Exchange.] In his very pleasant account of “A Trip to Mexico” Mr. J. Margati tells as follows how a telephone conversalion is con ducted in the polished < astilian tongue “The regular response from the central office to a telephone call is ‘jVlande usted,’ which is equivalent to At your com mand.’ Then preliminaries arc gone through something as follows: 'Good morning, senorita; how do you do? ] ‘Very well, 1 thank you; what service ■ may I render you?’ ‘Will you kindly do me the favor of enabling me to speak with Item So-and So, No. 857?' With much pleasure,’ eta, and when th. con nection is made the usual polite introduc tions are gone through before proceeding i to the business on hand. ” Dt lictcies of a siege. [New Yoe . Graphic.) A charming French lady who passed through the painful days of the siege of : Faria was relating in her graceful way to a friend some of her experiences. She said that rats aud mice, however disguised by intelligent cookery, became quite dis tasteful; Hie fattest cats palled upon the palate. If however, a stray pigeon hap ]>ened to settle upon some roof, the street instantly became full of people seeking to entrap the delicacy, it often happened, however, that, tbe pigeon turned out to be a messenger bird, and hence as sacred as the ibis of Egypt. “In fact, " said the story-teller, “this was so often tiie case that to this day I can never bear to eat a pigeon. I always feel as if 1 was devour ing the postman. ” How Their Money Goen. (New York Ixjtter.] The sons of some of the very rich men j of New York are said to be living at a , tremendously extravagant rate, and are ; likely to see the bottom of the fortunes 1 acquired bv economy and thrift One gilded youth recently chartered a palaeo car at SIOO per day and took a party of friends to New Orleans, this being but one item of the expenditure Another is touring it around the world in a yacht. A third, who is “no end of a swell, " cuts his father dead when they meet in Fifth avenue. The Latest nt this Sort. LTi-xss Siftinvs.l “Buckle my shoe. Egbert, dear, said a Chicago belle to her near-sighted fiancee. Egbert went down on his knees like a true knight, but as he had lost his eye glass his vision was a little uncertain. “Is this your foot, darling?” he iu quired. “ You bet, ” she said “Aw, pawdon, I—l1 —1 thought it was th* lounge. " j Egbert is now disengaged. .u«KMHasas**l IVO. 281 TEta. CtiußßAlsn N 'A ■ •” A',v -,r; y V-■' N BTOMACa FITTER 5 For te»er and ague, and r< mitten*#, tr* tho d®- bihtatod, bilUou and nerv as. suehjer* •ong, 11 t«t"Lt r’t ■ <>” »eh B • rs r g ade jiist pro'ectlon by it or anii gvif I grana in* and the rt-«iet»* t powf rof he oo a* <1 by ' lecklng irr< gnigrttiog 01 t*-? rtonagoh and bo*e]g Mo.eov r it erirkat*B malarial c « pl»fnfH o' oi; o‘ gttnate ty'-e and stands alor ‘n. • qua’>• d aii 'ing ou«* narton* I Fur . ait- by *ii . .sts and Dea'eit aeneraiiy. FIFO! PIT*EBH ntMIII Sure cure 'cr Bin il, BieetltiiK and Itch tn Files One box In ■ eur"t the woret nee or 20 yeati ’ : tar illniz, No one need suffer five mtnut.e Hirer using William's >tntlai P;b ()lui it. It *ib»< rho tumors, •ill-'.- -ili!' . op'tlee, gives In- ' reliet. Fi-t-Hi-e.-t m,tv for Flies, .■■a: o'ttie nrli't.. I '-pur! ', u< thing else. I'on. J. M. Coffee, in ; , i (Itevelund, says. 'J J■* ve us«d ’ ecri-e o: Pin elites, and it ■ | rde me pl re to try that. I have *.i ver round anything which gives such Inim iq.it ii in*, rent rollel as Dr, William’- - ~ * T’: I'lut’i ■ ■ t, ’’ Mold by itq g ts im' mutiei) oi ri elp' oi? price. «1. , t deb i. i-o r. r ,t- Cere n, B. trier. J hnP, But : :.d Gt A. Brad id, Columbus. Ga Hr. Frasier** Beot Bitter Frazier’s 800 ll' rt-ut not, e dram ,p beverer i). hut .;titc'!j- modlrlna) n every tele,', 'ir-.-y ,-ct ft it. ngly ii por lie Liver i- d Kiducyt, keen the bowels '••t* >egu)-t > I'ethi- weak strong. ■Hit.. . it. -.hili' up ir- tietvhs, ano a *-. tht-iiiood nd --', ’< l-i ot'‘very tm tirity, 8 Id bydrugghts. fl.oc. Fot sat.'fly I Hcnon it. Car-on and Jno, P. Turner. CnUnnbus, Ga. . Dr. F raster ■ SliiKie Olritmeat. A -uu ■(' . Lt'; Gtu' e lit the Skin, U opt Skin .t jt will ’ remove that iiighuess I’riH the hr di and face and I iiu 80c. Rent by ' ■■'•l For ■- y Bls n’itiiu At Careen and John I’. '1 ti'riet. Cohuubu-. Ga. o- * it-. E G Het tui teello, Mexloo. Ii y 16. 18»‘l, aj ; “I take pleasure In 'lift ei-sh u > it ■ , * n i re, lor you have L'- •tlt el . t : 11’’ i‘ J n . I* Wiota to vi'tt t’h * ,> e , o' -l- v< era ago, tn n* A z r , tot D* WIH-ni’s Indian Pile Our ruer r. ! i-tved t irl It cured mi-ei,• v. 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Tbe Hhest remedy o> ii'por yJed for the cure oi Hthat digtroaoii. .-mal fy. ?r:re 81 and >2 per Hbottle. Ask y onr (irngwlst for it. fiend ‘2-c«ei Ba tamp for treatise to Il>r, Trniple Medicine Co . ' OMPOUND HEKS HAMILTON, O B Whohaa'ebyJ. Ii Band, Atlanta, Ga. . \