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AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. A* one who cons at evening o’er an album all alone. And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known; Bo I turn the leaves of fancy till in shadowy design I find the smiling features of an old sweet heart of mine. The lamplight seems to glimmer with a flicker of surprise As I turn it low to rest me of the da/7,1e in my eves. And I light my pipe in silence, save a sigh that seems to yoke Its fate with my tobacco, and to vanish in the smoke. ’Tis a fragrant retrospection, for the loving thoughts that start, Into being are like perfumes from the blos soms of the heart; And the old dreams over is a luxury divine, W hen my truant fancy wanders with that old sweetheart of mine. Though I hear, beneath my study, like a fluttering of wings, The voices of my children and the mother as she sings, I feel no twinge of conscience to deny me any theme When care has cast her anchor in the harbor of a dream. In fact, to speak in earnest, I believe if adds a charm To spice the good a trifle with a little dust of harm; For 1 find an extra flavor in memory’s mel low vine That makes me drink the deeper to that old sweetheart of mine. A face of lily beauty and a form of airy grace Floats out of my tobacco as the genius from the vase; And a thrill beneath the glances of a pair of azure eyes As glowing as the summer and as tender as the skies. I can see the pink sun-bonnet and the little checkered dress *' She wore when first I kissed her, and she answered the caress With the written declaration that, “as surely as the vine Grew ’round the stump, she loved mo,” that old sweetheart of mine. And again I feel the pressure of her slender little hand As we used to talk together of the future we had planned When I should be a poet, and with nothing else to do But to write the tender verses that she set the music to. ’ When we should live together in a cosy little cot Hid in a nest of roses, with a tiny garden snot, Where the vines were ever fruitful and the weather ever fine. And the birds wero over singing for that old sweetheart of mine. When I should be hsr lover forever and a day, And she my faithful sweetheart till the golden hair was gr ty; And wfc should be so happy that when either’s lips were dumb They should not smile in heaven till the other’s kiss lia i come. But, ah, my dream is broken by a step upon the stair, And the door is softly opened, and my wife is standing there; Yet with eagerness and rapture all my visions I resign To meet the living presence of that old sweetheart of mine. —James liilei/, in Boston Pilot. SEVIL(.E*SBLUNDERSL BY BERTHA BEETON. A scrawl, of “not available,” across the top of a pr im looking sheet of manu script, and it was refolded and passed to the left hand ot the table, with an air that bespoke its final disposal; then the young editor gave his attention to a more interesting Mibject. That literary men, especially editors, should have time to devote to sentiment and love making, would hardly**be sup posed, when one takes into confflderation their arduous duties, and as Herman Seville sat in his cosy sanctum with a formidable pile of bulky packages before him, while at his side, and gaping like a hungry young robin, stood the capacious and suggestive waste basket, no one would have suspected that he was pen ning a tender little note, most carefully worded, and literally l rimming with sentiment and fervor. Incredible, it would have seemed, yet, | so it was: and he had sandwiched it in as a sort of relish among less delectable business. Twice he read it over to see that he had said exactly what he meant to say, to see that he had used liowery rhetoric, impassioned and eloquent language. Yes, as he carefully folded the note and laid it by itself upon the table, he felt that he had left nothing unsaid; ana well satisfied with the effort, calmly confident of its effect, he proceeded to the busi ness of the morning, whicdi was the con sideration of the vast accumulation of manuscripts before mentioned that awaited liis verdict of approval or dis approval. t here they lay in various shapes and sizes, according to the fancy and con venience of their respective writers, and through that long summer morning Her man Seville read and criticised and crossed out redundant wo ds and phrases, and into the hung y basket dropped rejected articles. A few marked accepted were pushed to his right hand, but those were for tunate ones, for the editor was extremely fastidious, and inferior articles never appeared in his columns, consequently j the aspirants to the heights of excellence contained in that paper were keot in a continued and a decidedly uncomforta ble state of suspense regarding their articles. One there was among the number tb. t particularly pleased the young editor. A eket h short and lively and interesting, interspersed with plenty of dialogue, the language beautiful and fiowery, the sentiment tender and pure, and that was unhesitatingly accepted. A new writer, it teemed, and the rather euphonious norn de plume of “Pansy Blossom" was given,” the real name Mil lie McKay, and the editor repeated it to himself musingly. She was evidently a writer of ability, and he would just write her a little note of acceptance, with a request, also, that she would become a regular contributor to the paper. Then he thrust it into an envelope and laid it beside another undirected wrap per which contained the little poem with the fateful words, “not available,” branded upon its first page. It was almost dinner time, and editors, as well as more commonplace mortals, feel the cravings of appetite. Herman Seville began to think, of the wants of his inner man; then his thoughts went back to the sentimental note he had writ ten to the girl he loved, and glancing at the first lines, that there should be no mistake, he placeed that also in an en velope. Just then the telephone set up such a jabbering that he sprang up and answered a message; then he directed those letters and mailed them on his way to dinner. And, as he seated himself at the hotel table, and a trifle impatiently, perhaps, awaited the filling of the bill of fare, he had the calm self-consciousness of having done a big stroke of business. Yes, he had really done much more than he gave himself credit for. That same evening he called at the home of Ethel Vinton, the young lady to whom he had that forenoon penned such a tender little note. He was to be her escort to an opera, and the anticipation of spending the evening by her side was very pleasing. His surprise, therefore, may be imagined when, instead of his charmer, he found a note awaiting him. She had decided not to attend the opera, and the maid handed him a letter. Ah! that would doubtless explain Perhaps the dear girl was ill; and with that regretful thought, the editor consigned the'note to a breast pocket in the immediate region of his heart. Tiien he went back to his sanctum. A lady, tall and angular, with her head and face enveloped in a bright, green veil, that quite enshrouded her features, arose from his office chair as he | entered, with a bow which did credit to her early training. Then, in precise and measured words, she proceeded to ex press her gratification at being at last appreciated. That her little poem must be a success she had been confident, and she was delighted at his request. Cer tainly, she would furnish a poem week ly, on any subject, in any style of verse, and of any desired length. “It was so easy for her to rhyme,” she said, and she threw back the folds of vivid green that had concealed her face, and revealed the thin, lank visage of a maiden of forty-five summers, dfc- She had a sallow complexion; her j piercing black eyes were small and glit tering, and about her temples she wore short, corkscrew curls that bobbed up and down in her earnestness. Her gaze was fixed upon thewiitor’s face, and he seemed quite mystified re garding her meaning; but when at last she paused for breath, he gave utteram e to ins thoughts. “My dear madame,” he said, concilia tingly, as the elderly aspirant for poetic fame stepped expectantly forward, “I think there must be a mistake.” How, or where the mistake had been made he was still at a loss to determine. “A mistake!” exclaimed the woman, in a high-pitched tone. “How can it be? Y T ou needn’t deny that you wrote this; your own name is signed to it;” and she held before him the note which he had written to Millie McKay, the ac ceptance of her sketch, the request that she should become a regular contributor. Yes, there at the bottom of the page was his name, but the address on the envelope was to Mehitable Smith. “The dickens! What have I done?” Herman Seville ejaculated, and he drew from Ins breast pocket the note which he had been so impatient to read; the pre cious note that was to explain why Ethel Vinton had refused to attend the opera in his company. The wrapper only en closed his own note to Ethel, but inside of it instead of the tender sentiments which he had written, was Mehitable Smith’s poem, the “not available,” and he passed it to the indignant lady. “You see I have made a Blunder,” he went on, apologetically. “This, madam, was designed for you, and I sincerely re gret that I should have raised any false hopes regarding your poem; but really we have more articles of that kind on hand than we shall be able to use for a long time.” “You may spare your regrets,” Miss Smith exclaimed, indignantly, as her small black eyes Hashed fire. “Men are false, all of them, and I might have known that your word could not be de pended upon;” then drawing the green veil ovir her sallow visage, she dashed from the room, and Herman Seville be gan to pace the fioor. It was an unfortunate mistake, but he would call at Mr. Vinton’s in the morning and Ethel would laugh at the ludicrousness of the alTair. But he was not through with trouble; for although he slept that night, h's vi sions were haunted with elderly maidens, maidens with piercing eyes and huge bundles of poems, and he arose an hour earlier than usual and aided his digestion by a morning walk. That forenoon he called at Mr. Vin ton's residence, but again Ethel sent ex cuses, and he returned to his sanctum with the uncomfortable feeling that he had not been guided by heaven's first law in his literary work of the previous day. Another surprise awaited him. Seated at tli ■ street window oi his office was a ladv, young and bright, and piquant in expression, with large ha el eyes, and fair thoughtful face; her vivid lips had a bewildering, fascinating curve, though they seemed a trifle too firmly set, and in her cheeks was a tint like the lining of a rare seashell. She aro-e and met him with an open letter in her hand. “I do not think that this is intended as an open insult,” she said in a low,musical tone, which the editor thought was in expressibly sweet, “but I cannot put any other construction upon it. Perhaps you can explain;” and the beautiful hazel eyes looked up questiouiugly to Herman Seville's face, as she placed in his hand the note designed for Ethel Vinton. That note, which he had penned so carefully, which he had read and re read that mistakes there should be none; and what a mess he had made of it. “Have a seat, Miss McKay,” the editor said, as he drew forward the most com fortable chair of which his sanctum ‘could boast; and the young lady settled down to listen to the untangling of mis haps that Herman Seville had brought upon himself, through his own careless ness, and in spite of all eiforts to retain herself, Millie McKay’s amusement at his misfortunes found vent in a low, musical laugh, at which, notwithstand ing it was at his expense, the editor took no offense. That explanation, however, did not make it appear that Ethel Vinton was anything more than a good fr end, nor that the tender, little note which had so awkwardly fallen into Millie .ucixay’s hands was aught but sheer nonsense. May that editor be forgiven for his untruthfulness, for he seemed to be verifying Mehitable Smith’s assertion regarding the falsity of mankind. That it was exceedingly gratifying to Millie McKay to learn that her sketch had been accepted may be believed, and also that she was desired to become a regular contributor to the Weekly Jour nal ; for she was dependent upon her own exertions, and from her indifferent success in the past she had about de cided to relinquish authorship. When the young authoress left Her man Seville’s office it was with a lighter heart than when she entered it. The note, that she had felt as insulting, had not been designed for her; indeed, it had meant nothing at all, .or so that handsome editor had made her believe, and she went bade to the small, third story room, that was kitchen, parlor, sleeping-room all in one, and commenced another story forthwith, And when she had gone Herman Seville leaned back into his chair and fell into a reverie, the burden of which was, that he did not much care if Ethel Vin ton was offended, or Mehitable Smith, either, and because a certain article was not available, he was sure he was not to blame; (was man ever known to be since Adam's day?) and of one tiling he was certain he had secured a fine writer for the paper. She was a very agreeable girl, too; she would be a pleasant acquaintance, and so she proved, in time, more than acquaintance, or even friend, for Millie McKay finally the became the editor's wife and was not obliged to write sketches for a living. And thus the mishaps that were caused by Mehitable Smith’s unavailable poem, resulted, also, in bringing to Herman Sevilie true love and happiness. Yankee Blade. The Mood Buffalo. There still remain some of the wood buffalo. This is an animal larger than the American btofcji of the plains. They are larger, coarm -haired and stronger horned. I mention this peculiarity of difference in the horns because it is be lieved that the shape aud the broken and the crooked nature of the horns of the prairie buffalo has been caused by the habit of digging into the gravel, whereas in the more northern species they had to contend with other con- < ditions, where straight horns would be of more use, for instance, they me them there for clearing aside from their path way the brush and luxuriant under growth. These animals would weigh at least 150 pounds more than the buffalo of the Saskatchewan plains. In the northern regions the vetches and grasses are so high, and the snow falls not being unduly heavy, they have not had to paw and break the crusted snow, as was the habit of the buffalo, anti that may account for their superior size. In the country where these are found horses can not be used in pursuit, and they are stalked in the same manner that the moose and the other large animals are. It is difficult to form an accurate estimate of the number of these animals that may yet be left, but perhaps investigation may show that 500 or (500 may yet remain in scattered bands. OwiDg to the fact that the horse can not be U3ed in pursuit, it is more difficult for the Indians to hunt them, and, indeed, to find them, than it was in the old days of hunting upon the plains. So rank is the undergrowth of this rich country, and so difficult is it for the Indians to get at these animals, that perhaps just now any attempt on the part of the Government to afford protection to them would he useless. If, however, some regulation would prevent wffiite sportsmen from deliberately com ing into the country to hunt these ani mals for mere pleasure it might result to advantage. At pie ent it would be vexatious to the Indians, and of no great use, as the animal lias become in its habits so much like the moose that he is liable in a great measure to protect himself. Why a Baseball t urves. Lovers of baseball may find it con venient to keep in ffiiud this explanation of the pitcher's curve from Mr, R. A. Proctor; If the ball is advancing with out spin, or is spinning on an axis lying along its course, the cushion of com pressed air carried forward by it is coni cal —or rather conoidal—and therefore resists the progress of the hall equally on all sides, affecting only the velocity. But in the case of the curve, where the ball is spinning on an axis square to its course, the air in front of the advancing side of the spinning surface cannot es cape so readily as if there were no spin, and escapes more readily on the other side. Hence the resisting cushion of air is thrown toward that side of the ball where the spin is forward and removed from the other side, and the ball is de flected from the region of greatest re sistance. An Indian and a Panther. A short time since a bloody fight oc curred between an Indian and a panther twenty miles south of Mercer, Texas. A party of Indians from a neighboring vil lage were out hunting wild turkeys. One of the party who had strayed away from his companions met a large panther and shot at it, wounding the beast and greatly infuriating it. The panther was in close quarters and rushed upon the Indian before he could reload, and a bloody fight ensued. The Indian drew his kuife and when the panther sprang upon him cut the beast’s throat from ear to ear, but at the same time the animal fastened its fangs in the throat of the Indian, and a death struggle com menced. When the other Indians reached the combatants both the Indian and the panther were dead.— Globe-Democrat. NATURE'S MEDICINE CHEST. INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING IMPORTANT MEDICAL PLANTS. The Poppy that Grants Man Forget - fulness—Deadly Nut Vomica ami Cinchona the Febrifuge. In a lecture before the St. Louis Botan ical Society, Dr. Yasey made the follow ing statements concerning important medical plants: The Opium Poppy is a native of Asia and the south of Europe, and is still found wild in the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. it is an annual plant, two or three feet in height, or higher under favorable cir cumstances. The process of procuring the opium as practiced by the present inhabitants of India and Persia is said to be nearly the same as that described by Dioscorides nearly 2000 years ago. A few days after the fall of the flower, men and women proceed to the field where the plants are cultivated, and, with a suit able knife, make several horizontal in cisions in the capsules, lakingcare not to penetrate the cavity. A whita juice flows from the incision and collaats in the form of tears on the surface. The field is left in this state for twenty-four hours, after which the thickened juice is scraped off with blunt knives. Each poppy head yields opum but once. The juice, when removed, is in the state of an adhesive granular jelly. It is placed in small earthen vessels, where it is beaten, and moistened with saliva. When of the proper consistence it is made into masses of variable size, wrapped in poppy leaves, and placed in the shade to dry, alter which it is ready for market. About seventy years ago chemical in vestigations of opium led to the discov ery of morphine, and subsequently of several other alkaloids, and of late years morphine has become the principal form in which this important medicine is em ployed. The only obstacle to the profit able cultivation of the opium poppy in this country is the high price of labor. CINCHONA. Nothing was known of this drug prior to about the year 1030. At about this time it is stated that the bark of the cinchona tree was administered by an Indian for intermittent fever to a Spanish official, living nearLoxa, in Peru. Eight years later the Countess of Cinchona, the wife of the Governor of Peru, was cured of the same disease by this rem edy. She then caused large quantities of the bark to be prepared and distribu ted to the sick, and it was soon after ward introduced into Europe. Tlie rapid increase in the use of cinchona finally threatened to exhaust the supply, so that about twenty years ago the peo ple of Peru and Bolivia began the culti vation of the tree, and it has since been introduced into other parts of the world. Its culture lias been so successful that the supply of the bark is now greater than ever before and the price greatly re duced. No section of the United States is adapted to it. BTItYCHNOS NUX VOMICA, the tree from which strychnine is ob tained, is a native of India and adjoining countries. The horny nuts, which are the part employed in medicine, are fiat, about an inch in diameter, and covered with short velvety hairs. The use of ihe-e nuts is said to be very ancient.* They were certainly known in Germany in the sixteenth century. A London apothecary in 1(540 remarked that their chief use was for poisoning dogs, cats, crows and ravens, and that they were rarely given as a medicine. The alka loid strychnine, which is the active prin ciple of this nut, was obtained by Pel liteurand Caventau, two French chem ists, in 1818. In small repeated doses nux vomica, or strychnine, acts as a tonic. In large doses it causes weakness and trembling of the limbs, then rigidity, spasms- and death. Its marked action upon the muscular system led to its use as a remedy for paralysis and muscular de bility, in which it is very successful. \ BELLADONNA. Atropa Belladonna is a perennial her baceous plant, native to Central and South America, the Caucasus and Asia Minor. It belongs to the nightshade or potato family. The name belladonna, which is Italian for beautiful lady, originated from the practice of using the distilled water of the plant as cosmetic. All parts of the plant possess active properties, but its part principally em ployed is the fleshy root, which is a foot or more in length and an inch or two in thickness. It is generally gathered from the plant growing in its wild state, though in a few places in Europe and this country ,the plant is cultivated. The chief use of belladonna at the pres ent time is iu the treatment of nervous diseases, as a sedative, and for the pur pose of producing dilation of the pupil in certain diseases of the eye, and in surgical operations upon that organ. In 18b,-} several chemists prepa ed from the plant an alkaloid called astropine, and it is in this form that the drug is now generally used. RHUBARB. The root called rhubarb is one of the oldest known medicines, and much in vestigation has been made by naturalists to determine the plant which produces it, but it can hardly be said that we yet know definitely what is the botanical species. There is reason to believe that it is the root, not of one, but of several species of the genus Rheum found growing in Russian and Chinese Tartary. The common rhubarb of the gardens is thought by some botanists to be hybrid between two of these. From a very early period rhubarb was brought overlaud by trading cara vans from Central Asia aud taken to Turkish ports, whence it came to be known as “Turkish rhubarb.” In 1081 the Russian Government obtained full control of the trade, and appointed in spectors to see that none but genuine aud well-prepared roots were imported! The overland trade to Russia was finally destroyed by the opening of the northern ports of China to foreign tra lie. Since that time these ports have been the chief source of supply. COCOA. This drug, obtained from the plant known as erythroxylon cocoa, ha- hardly yet found a fixed place in our materia medica. There is great hope, however, of its future usefulness. The plant is a small shrub, three or four feet high, somewhat resembling the tea. The leaves are somewhat aromatic and bitter. It is a native of the mountains of Peru and Mexico, and has been used by the natives of those countries lrom time immemorial, fora purposes similar to tea aud coffee. Large quantities of the leaves are now exported to Europe and the United States for medicinal pur poses. Probably the most important use when future improvements shall be made will be for producing local amesthesia in cases of surgical operations. If it cau also be applied successfully in capital operations it will prove to be oae of the most important contributions to the amelioration of human suffering-. St;' Louis Sayings. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. In the State of Maine there are 84,000 pounds of ground wood fiber and 188,- U 0 ) pounds of chemical wood fiber made daily. A society has been founded in Paris for the scientific study of the mouth and its accessories in their various affec tions. The National Telephone Company, of Scotland, has several submarine cables of seven, eight and nine miles iu length, which give perfect satisfaction. In the new process of making watch springs the steel wire is first treated to an oii bath, and is then brought to the proper degree of heat by electricity. With the old method the wire was heated first aud then plunged in oil. The smallest known flowering plant, scarcely visible to the naked eye, is Woltfia microscopia , a water-weed of India. Two species of the same genus, the larger about one-twenty-fifth of an inch in diameter, grow in the eastern United States. One of the chief industries of Bul garia is the production of the attar of roses. The sheltered valley of Ke'.anlyk, known as the Vale of Roses, is the center of this production, and the product of this district was 1,100,000 francs iu 1884. Steps are being taken to en courage the industry in other parts of the Bulgarian territory. Dr. N. A. Randolph, an English phy sician, states that minnows which thrived in brook water, and remained alive in it without food lor many days, died iu a few hours when placed in distilled water properly aerated. He holds that one of the chief dietetic advantages of salads and uncooked vegetables in general is that the mineral elements have not been re moved from them. Dr. Underwood, the customs medical officer at Kin-Klang, China, attributes the comparative immunity of the Chinese in that region from typhoid fever—not withstanding that most of the factors favoring the disease are present in abundance —to the fact that “cold, un boiled water is rarely or never used when tea can be had.” The explanation is simple: A boiling temperature de stroys the typhoid poison. Poison for some animals is food for others. Hogs can eat henbane or hy ocyamus, which is fatal to dogs aud most other animals. Dogs aud horses are not easily poisoned with arsenic. Goats eat water hemlock with impunity; pheasants, stramonium; rabbits, belladonna; and morphia is said to be innocuous to pigeons. There is some truth iu the old saying that “what is one man’s meat is another man’s poisou.” This is due to habits and idiosyncrasies. There has been an official inquiry into the loss of the Rritish ship Athelstan, which was burned from the spontaneous ignition of her cargo of coal. According to the account given by a London con temporary, during the time the fire was confined below the deck, the Captain and chief mate were surprised to rind flames issuing from the tops of the iron fore and main masts, which were hollow, and had a number of perforations in them below deck for the purpose of ventila tion. They operated like two chimneys, to make a furnace of the ship’s hold. A telephone transmitter by Mr. .John M. Graham, of Pittsburg, Penn., says the Scientific American, consists of two pairs of contact springs, arranged to press opposite ends of electrodes carried by springs bearing on the diaphragm, one contact spring of each pair being connected with one terminal of the in duction coil, the electrodes operated by the diaphragm being connected with the terminals of the local battery, whereby the current in the local circuit is re versed during each vibration of the diaphragm. The World’s Largest Tunnel. An engineering work that has taken over a century to construct can hardly fail to offer some points of interest in its history and illustrate the march of events during the years of its progress. An instance of this kind is to be found in a tunnel not along ago completed, but which was commenced over 100 years ago. This tunnel, or adit, as it should be more strictly termed, is at Schemnitz, in Hungary. Its construction was agreed upon in 1873, the object being to carry off the water from the Schemnitz mines to the lowest part of the Gran Valley. The work is now complete, and it forms the largest tunnel in the world, being 10.27 miles long, or about one mile longer than St. Gothard, and two and a half miles longer than Mont Cenis. The bight is y feet 10 inches and the breadth 5 feet 3 inches. This tunnel, which has taken so long in making, has cost very nearly a million sterling, but it appears to have been well spent—at least the present generation has no reason to grumble, for the saving from being able to do away with .water-rais ing appliances amounts to $75,000 a year. There is no further point, however, worth notice, for if we have the advan tage of our great-grandfathers in the matter of mechanical appliances, they were certainly better off in the price of labor. The original contract for the tunnel made in 1782 was that it should be completed in 30 years and should cost $35 per yard run. For 11 years the work was done at this price, but the French Revolution enhanced the cost of labor and materials to such an extent that for 30 years little progress was made. For 10 years following much prog ress was made, and then the work dropped for 20 years more, until the water threatened to drown the mines al together. Finally the tunnel was com pleted in 1888, the remaining part cost ing $lO5 per yard, or more than threo times as much as the original contact rate. — Omaha Bee. The Clay Pipe. “The clay used in making pipes, Jg obtained chiefly from pits located in New Jersey, although there is a large bed of clay being worked at Glen Cove, L. I. The clay Costs $3 a ton at the mines, but, with freight charges, Ac., it amounts to about $5 per ton before it is landed at the factory. As soon as it arrives the clay is spread out aud seasoned by being exposed to the heat of the sun, which generally occupies several days. It is then mixed with water and passed throu gh a mill, which-crushes it and removes, the stones aud grift which cling to the crude clay. It is then kneaded with the hands in the same manner iu which bread is kneaded, and carefully freed from all foreign substances. “After the clay has been brought to the proper consistency it is carried to a workman called a ‘roller, ’ who sits before a bench, on the top of which lies a a smooth, square board. In making a pipe tlie Iroller’ takes in each hand a small lump of the fresh clay and deftly rolls it out to the desired length and thickness leaving a knob-like lump at the end of each piece, which latter is form ed into the bowl of the pipe. “At this stage of its manufacture the half-made pipe is laid upon a measure, which marks the regulation length of the stem. If the latter has been made too long it is then clipped off. When a dozen pipes have been thus formed they are passed to another workman, who sits at a complicated machine, in which the pipes are further manipulated. The man at the machine first oils the clay, after which he places the rudely-shaped pipes in a mould and inserts an oiled and polished wire through the stems, mak ing tlie aperture through which the smoke is drawn in using. The mould is then placed in the machine and the su perfluous clay is forced out. “The pipes have now taken on their final shape and are laid in the sun to dry, after which they are polished and put in a large earthen receptacle called a ‘sagger,’ which is covered and arrang ed with a dozen other saggers in the kiln. The door of the kiln is then securely fastened, and the fire, which is fed with charcoal and coke, is started and kept at a white heat for fifteen or twenty hours. The fire is then allowed to die out slowly and when quite extinguished the doors are opened, the saggers allowed to cool and their contents examined. The pipes, which before were of a dull blue color and very limp and soft have become per fectly white and bard. The finished pipes that have been examined and found perfect are carefully packed iu barrels aud boxes, and are then ready for shipment. Valuable Find. Hitherto all the lithographic stones used in this country have come from Bavaria, where the mines have long been' worked aud are fast becoming exhausted. Now a perfect lithographic stone, in large sheets, has been discovered within a hundred miles of Au-tin, Tex. This will add another important iudustry, and aid in the prosperity and development of the South. From the Ex-President of the New Yorl* State Senate. State of New York, Senate Chamber, I Alabnt, March 11, lbS6. ) I have used Allcock’s Porous Plasters in my family for the past five years, and can truthfully say they are a valuable remedy and effect great euros. I would not be without them. I have in several instances given «ome to friends suffering with weak and lame backs, and they have invariably afforded certain and speedy relief. They cannot be too highly com mended. Edmund L. Pitts. Bowtloin College, Me., conferred the degret of LL. D. on M. \V. Fuller and Gen. Howard A Pill in Time. Stives Nine ! Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pel'ets are preventive as well ■ s curative. A few of these ‘•Little Giants,” taken at the i ight time, with little expense and no inconve deuce, will ac complish whai many dollars and much sacri fice of time will fail to do after Disease once holds yon with his iron grasp. Constipation relieved, the liver regulated, the Blood puri fied, will fortify against fevers and all con tagious diseases. Persons intending traveling, changing diet, water and climate, will find in valuable, Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pel lets. In vials convenient to carry. A walnut grove planted now would make i good twenty year endowment. If all so-called remedies have failed, Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures. Absinthe drinking is said to be the latest alarming “fad” in New York. 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