POLITICAL ITEMS.
tW Mr. Bnstow nJ Mr. Blaine have
Ix.tti acti;d wisrly in promptly meeting
and refuting the pn-1 i miliary s-lantkra
aimi'd at them. Should either of them
receive the Cincinnati nomination, tlie
failure of those early calumnies will dis
credit all which would be produced dur
ing the campaign. Harper1 Weekly.
C3f" The Confederates at Washington
have at la.st got a kernel of wheat out of
an immense pile of investigating half. It
is no less game than the I'reMdent that
they have hugged. A witness testified
before the committee that President Grant
came to his hue two years airo and or
dered him to leave the country, lx-cause
lie was Hlxuit to expo.-e the corruptions of
his Administration, lie refused, ulu n an
officer was sent, who seized him and took
him to Liverpool. Upon lx ing further
questioned, however, the witness te.-tified
that the President did not come to him in
person, hut only "in spirit"! And it is
upon buc h witnesses that the Confederates
are exjM-nding the pul-lic money and male
ing themselves the 1 ingh ng stock of the
C o u n t ry . C'i 10130 Journal.
3?" At the conclusion of Mr. Blaine's
asseveration of innocence, out-of a group
of prominent Democrats seated near the
Associated Press reporter said: "I he
litve every word of it." " And to do I,"
TesjMmdcd each of his companions. 'I his
incident illustrates the effect of Mr.
Blaine's personal explanation in the
House of Kepre&cntativcs yesterday. His
statement was biicl and to the point.
There v as no, beating around the bush,
110 attempt ut evasion cr concealment,
nothing that could be tortured into an
equivocation. He met eacli charge with
a positive denial, and supported the de
nial with positive proof. Those who heard
him could not fail to be convinced of his
innocence, and of the culpability of those
who have circulated the slanders. Inter-Ocean.
Mr. Blaine's Answer.
Mr. Blaine's speech refuting the scan
dals concerning himself, which we pub
lish in full in our telegraphic dispatches,
entirely vindicates the confidence which
we have repeatedly expressed in his abil
ity to disprove these charges of corrupt
or improper conduct. His answer is am
ple and comph te. It covers the whole
ground, and is backed by evidence of the
strongest character. We cannot see that
he has left a shred or tatter of the multi
foim slander unanswered or unexplained.
II is response to the only charge which
has taken any definite shape against him,
with even the appearance of responsible
witnesses behind it. (that the Union
Pacific Kail mad Company advanced him
$6-1.000 on $73,000 nominal value of Ar
kansas railroad bonds) is met not only by
his own sweeping, comprehensive and
solemn denial, but by the denials of Sid
ney Dillon and Thomas A. Scott, the
President and ex-President of the Union
Pacitic Kailroad Company. As the read
it will see by referring to these docu
ments, they could hardly be made more
emphatic or conclusive. That part of the
slander may be regarded as put to rest
forever.
-Mr. Blaine proceeds to irive the history
of his connection with the bonds of the
Little Bock & Fort Smith Bailroad Com
pany in a very frank, straightforward
and convincing manner; and demon
strates, so that even his enemies cannot
refuse to acquiesce in the conclusion, that
his purchase and holt! ing of these bonds
was not only not corrupt but was entireJy
consistent with even the moot delicate
and fastidious sense of ofliclai propriety.
The scandalous story tha he came into
possession of a large amount of these
binds as a bribe for his action as a
member of Congress is blown clear out
of water.
The dates of the letters of Messrs. Dil
lon, Scott and himself show that Mr.
Blaine set about preparing a conclusive
answer to the charge as soon as. it was
made public in the Indianapolis Sentinel
(on the 11th inst.), and that he made his
response in the House as soon as the nec
essary evidence had been gathered, Mr.
Dillon's last letter bearing date so recent
ly as last rsaturday. The'delay has given
time for the scandal to spread ami irrow,
and some good Kenublicans hae felt an
increasing anxiety lest there m'ght be
some tire behind so much smoke. This
leeling was doubtless increased by the fact
that the let:trs from K. H. Holiins and
Morton, Bliss- & Co., which were given to
the public by Mr. Blaine simultaneously
with the general notoriety of the Indian
apolis tntiiul' article, did not exactly
meet the accusations as maue in thai
publication. But Mr. Blaine's present
vindication is so complete and conclusive
that its verj delay vsiil prove advantage
ous to him, putting to coiifiifcion all his
enemies who have rejoiced over his antici
pated downfall, and causing a reaction in
his favor in the heart of every generous
minded man who coi'esses to himself that
he had judged the ex-Speaker too hastily
anu narshiy. Vctioit l ribune.
Barney's Torpedo.
Evcrv few days we have the announce
inent from Washington that a startling
discovery has been made involving the
1'resideut in some fraudulent practice
One day, Clyimr's committee have light
ed upon this "mare's nest;" then "the
Committee on Wnj's and Means have
found it; and finally, the other day we
had assurance that our own Barney, sur
named Cauifield, had at last unearthed the
truth and would expose it to the glaring
sunlight, to the everlasting contusion of
the Administration and its; supporters.
The Inter-Ocean did not see fit to discuss
the probability or improbability of this
i 1 1 . . 1 -. -.. .
i-ijsuic. i e iiavo nearu so muiu m
these groundless charges, which roar so
loud in the preface and coo so dove-like
in the index, that they no longer startle or
interest us. lor years Gen. Grant has
been exposed to idl sorts of inquiry and
investigation, from lriend and foe alike,
but nothing has been f.:und to cast the
slightest stain upon his integrity. AVe
were not ready to believe, therelore, that
our Barney had been able todiscover what
sharper and more experienced politicians
had failed to find, and we rested quite
easily over his flaming announcement.
Jsow the Sequel comes, and as it has been
in almost every instance where Gen.
Grant's acts have been questioned, the
revelations add to his reputation as an
honest man and a faithful Executive. The
lawoflSTl provided for the arrest and
punishment of persons attempting false
registration or fraudulently voting, and
for the appointment of Supervisors to en
force the law. The Supervisors were ap
pointed by the Judge of the United States
Circuit Court on the petition of citizens,
and consisted of two persons, " residents
of said city or tow n, who shall be of
different political parties." Under this
law Mr. John L. Davenport, of New York,
was appointed, and finding that some of
the secret-service fund had been extend
ed by him, Mr. Caulfield's committee an
nounced that the President had been
using the public money to carry elections,
and summoned Mr. Davenport liefore it
to testify. The evidence of the latter re
veals two things: First, that the com
mittee know nothing of the law; and,
second, that Mr. Davenport was instru
mental in detecting and in large manner
preventing the disgraceful frauds that
have been committed in Jsew York for so
many years. Mr. DavenjKirt presented a
great bundle of fraudulent naturalization
papers which he had obtained, and
showed how the holders thereof had been
prevented from robbing honest people of
their votes in New York. Another sig
nificant fact was brought to light. Under
the law a Supervisor is allowed ten cents
for "filing and caring for every return,
report, document, or other paper required
to Ihj filed by him," and twenty cents for
affixing his seal to any instrument de
manded by the act. Mr. Davenport
showed that he had charged fees only
where he did all the work, and had not
charged for any document offered volun
tarily, though by the letter of the law he
might have done so. The whole evidence
goes to show that the President exerted
himself to the utmost to secure a fair
election and to carry out the law
a intended, by Congress, and noth
ing more. Mr. Cauifield, balked of
his plan, questioned Davenport about
the possibilities of dishonest practices
tinder the law, as if there could be any
law that might not be abused by unscrup
ulous men; but even here he was met and
completely overthrown. "Suppose the
otliee of Supervisor should be filled by a
dishonest official, " said Mr. Cauifield,
" what would prevent the sending arouud
of five or six men to register at various
voting precincts, so that the Supervisor
could issue warrants and get pay for
them?" The absurdity of this question is
apparent on its face. It is like asking
wtiat prevents a Sheriff from getting a
dozen men to go about committing grand
larceny, in order that warrants may be is
sued, which he would get pay lor serv
ing! But in the case of fraudulent regis
tration Mr. Davenport answered that it
would be necessary for a great many
oificials, IhjUi Republican and Democratic,
to be in the conspiracy as well as the men,
and therefore detection would be almost
certain. This was evidently the first inti
mation the committee had that super
visors under ihc law were appointed from
both panics ; but, the revelation being
made, Barney and his committee subsid
ed, and the great exposure remains hid
den in the stomach of Time. Now we
are ready for the next report. What shall
it be? Chiaijo Iuter-Orctin.
Hals and Bonnets.
Thk spring openings, which are now
ended, have brought the most decided
change in the shapes of bonnets. These
are 110 longer worn 011 the back of the
bead, and have not the llaring brim of the
last two years. The shape resembles the
close capote worn in Paris during the
winter, the front being raised to admit of
lace trimming, Instead of the fail of lace
which in the capote fell on the hair and
gave the close-fitting apjearance of a cap.
The new shape is becoming, sensible and
modest, and is essentially different from
the styles in round hats. Last year a bon
net and a round hat were one and the
same. The turban, tho-English walking
hat and the Derby' are the favorite styles
for round hats. The French milliners de
sign round hats lor the American market
with narrow brims, because of the general
use of veils in this country. In Europe
the large flaring rim hat is Used at the
seashore, but it can in no wise be encom
passed by a veil.
Flowers are used on bonnets chiefly,
w hile feathers are restricted to round hats.
Even on these the small wings or heads
and breasts of birds are spai:ngly used.
Ostrich feathers sometimes completely en
circle the crown of a bonnet, but a full
wreath of fine flowers is the newest form
of trimming. On less dressy bonnets
sprays or bunches of large flowers are
usvd, in combination with silk (basket
woven or soft tw illed silks being pre
ferred), frosted crepe and gauze. These
almost always harmonize with the color
of the bonnet; cream, ecru and fawn col
or are the shades most in use in straw.
Black nraws, which are also very popu
lar, are trimmed with light shades of pink
and blue, pale yellows and brilliant scar
lets intermingled. In many cases the
crowns of the stiaw bonnets are cut en
tirely away, and solt crowns of silk,
gauze or crepe de chine are tubstituted ; a
shiiring at the back draws in this
crown, and forms a little still" cape
of the material; these crowns are olten
made of gaily-striped gauze scarfs, which
also furnish the face trimmings. Net
work, which enters largely into all this
year's trimming, is also used on hats.
The crown and face trimmings are entire
ly covered with soft open-meshed nets.
Lace, cream-colored, as a general thing,
is used on dressy bonnets; Valenciennes,
tinted, or of its own creamy whiteness,
forms a handsome style of trimming, but
it needs to be genuine, and therefore is
rare. Long lace streamers are either al
lowed to hang pendent lrom the back of
the hat, or taken round to the front and
knotted loosely on the breast. Tulle or
lare bonnets are so completely covered
with leaves ami fruit, or fine flowers, as
to leave very little of the groundwork
visible. A striking example of this was
-ccn in a hat recently imported, in which
leaves and berries covered the entire
rrown, and a wide blue watered ribbon
formed ends and bows, with chantilly
lace for face trii.iinings anil streamers.
Almost all ideas :.rv admissible in trim
ming, if perfect harmony and tastelul
combinations are allied to what is becom
ing. -V. Y. L'teiii ij Port.
lost a fortune.
years since he
and
lost
. ve..t t work to
his mil io:w. His
Peculiarities of Three Famous Sena
tors. Senator Sharon, the lode-star of the
C 111 stock Mine, as he is poetically called,
w ill " go West" a week from next Satur
day. The lasc ini'tion of the Pacitic coast
lures him, and nrning interests are dear
er to his soul (1 a 1 " Legislative honors.
This man's success hasbein rapid and
wonderful. He, like most stock specu
lators, lias maoe ai d
it has only been a fev
al mo- o ry': : :i .
'A in back and add bi
fortune is now estimated at about $13,
000,000, with magnificent promi-is of
millions more. He has about $1,000,000
invested in the Palace Hotel. He issmall,
thin and w iry, possessing a vast amount
of nervous energy. His tntire manner
while in the Senate indicates excessive
freedom, though he says that he is inter
ested in the proe-ee-dings. " AVe diel not
come to remain through the session," he
says, "and next winter we will bring our
knitting w ith us and take a house." A
Japanese servant keeps guard at the door
of the Senator's parlors, ami there are
comparatively few cards brought in dur
ing an evening, forming a marked con
trast to the manner in which Senator
Jones is riddle el w itli pasteboard. Frejm
morning until night the Senator's elegant
home is besiegeel with men who want
ejflices anel women who want subscrip
tions. " I can get rid of the latter by grat
ifying them, but w hat shall I do w ith the
former? Do they want me to buy offices
for them?" wonders Jones, Senator
Jones is exactly the opposite of Senator
Sharon in appearance. He is lair, fat
and fifty, w ith a broad expanse of fore
head, ruddy complexion, and a little,
sharp, thin nose that is almost lost amid
the vast amount of cheeks that he possess
es. He likew ise is lioreel with the Senato
rial routine, and his thoughts are tar
away In the mining regions or absorbed
in his great ice project, anel he restlessly
roams about. The two Tuillionaire Sena
tors are often seen in close conversation
during the session of the Senate. A cu
rious contrast to these men is Senator
C'hristiancy, of matrimonial lame, whose
desk is adjoining, although rarely does
the thin, sparse figure of Christianey oc
cupy it. Backward and forward around
the outer eelge of the Senate Chamlier this
dainty eld gentlemen, in his old-fashioned
vest and quaint stock, wanders. He is
keeping order in school, his manner and
apjearanee indicate, anel we almost look
tor the birch in the closely clasped hands
as the Senator goes on his ceaseless tramp.
Waxhiit'jt"H Cor. Philadelphia, Times.
Dr. Smith's Patient.
A paper on "Bowdoin College" in
Scibiwr for May centains the following
anecdote of Dr. Nathan Smith:
"Dr. Smith's name is especially emi
nent in the profession, anel gave to the
school at the outset a prominence which
it has never lost. An incident shows of
what stuff" Dr. Smith was made. When
be began his career as a Medical Professor
(at Dartmouth), certain indivielualsplanned
a practical joke which it w as expected
would entirely demoralize the young in
structor. A messenger summoned him to
set a broken limb, but on reaching the
house the Den-tor found that the patient
was a pooe, whose leg had been broken
by some sharp-sheniting gamin. The
"friends" of the "patient" lookeel to see
the Doctor beat a hasty retreat; but he
gravely examined the fracture, opened his
case, set and bound the limb, promised to
call the next day, and bade them good
evening. The Doctor duly appeared in
the morning and for several succeeding
days, till he pronounced the "patient" in
a fair way of recovery. At his last visi',
Dr. Smith produced a bill of considerable
dimensions, anel the "family" found that
their little joke had cost them dearly.
The level -headed Professor escaped fur
ther intrusions."
A lady of rank complaining that her
husband was dead to f ashionable amuse
ments, he replied, " But then, my dear.
you make me alive to the expense."
The Butchers' Baptism An Incident
of the Carnival Season.
Charles Dudley Warner writes from
Munich to the Hartford Vourant:
One of the old ceremonies of the carni
val time, which eneled in a blaze of half a
dozen balls and masquerades nightly, wa
what is called the " Metzger-Sprung"
the Butchers' Leap. It has nothing ex
cept its antiquity to recommend it. You
are not permitted to kill in this country,
not even in the army, without apprentice
ship. Butchers serve three years before
they become journeymen. Some three
centuries ago the custom arose of a sort of
profuse baptism of the apprentices who
had served their time, and it is still con
tinued with all the old forms. The other
elay- an immense crowd gathered in the
Marian Platz to witness the ceremony,
w hich took place in and about the pretty
fountain. Although a tempest of rain
swept the square every ten minutes like a
volley of musketry, it diel not clear it ex
cept of a few who retreated into the neigh
boring beer-houses to restore the equilib
rium by getting wet inside; for more than
an hour the pack maintained itself with
all the aspect of people who expected that
something worth seeing would appear.
At two o'clock a mount el gend'arme
If reed his w ay through the crowd, anel
rode around the fountain, followed by six
butchers' apprentices on horseback, clad
in scarlet and leather, and a half a
dozen mites of children, who coulel
scarcely sit a horse, clad also in scarlet
anel otherwise adorned, sons of butchers,
and hopeful, incipient killers, dedicated
in the bloom of babyhood to blooel and
tallow. Then there was a long waiting,
which the boys about the fountain, w here
buckets were to be had, improved by
spattering the crowel, and drenching with
water the packed men as far as they could
throw the fluid. This caused a great com
motion and shrieks of laughter, and ap
peareel to be enjoyed by the spectators
who filled all the windows of the tall,
gaunt houses of the square.
Sueldenly appeared standing upon the
edge of the fountain the chief of the
butchers' guilel and the six lads who were
to make the spring into full butcher life.
The master wore a cocked hat anel a scar
let coat. The boys were clothed in caps
and coats and trowsers made entirely of
calves' tails, variegated in color, and so
sewed together that they all Happed loose
and gave the wearers a horribly fantastic
appearance. I do not know w hethe r each
boy made his garments from the calves he
had personally slain, but if he did his
prowess must be great. It must need
hundreds of tails te cover a boy when they
are thus stuck into him like feathers. I
can see now where the ted comes from that
forms so large a portion of the meat eaten
in Germany.
The master made an address to the boys
upon the momentous plunge they wire
about to take, cautioned them to uphold
the honor of butchers and never to give
poor meat, nor short weight, nor to cheat
in the price. This the boys, by a bold
oration iu the mouth of one, promised to
look to. This public dedg between
butchers about excellent meat and good
weight was most edifying to the spectators,
and was received here, as I Know it would
be in America, with the most perfect con
viction of its sincerity.
An attenelant then opened some bottles
f red wine, glasses were filled, ami, all
still standing upon the eelge of the foun
tain, the master gave the " Health" of the
ancient Duke of Bavaria, who had been a
protector of this ceremony. The boys
with a " Ho! Ho!" and a hoctdeben sipped
of the liepuor anil tossed the remainder
over their hcaels into the fountain; the
crowd huzzaed and swung their hats. They
tilled again to King Ludwig, raided a
" Ho! ho!" and a hochleben, sipped anel
tosseel, and the crowd huzzaed again.
With a regular dip and "Ho! ho!"
and sip and toss the process went
on lor several minutes, the master
calling out the lull title of the
royal person toasted, and hunting up all
the Bavarian family, male anel female, to
the youngest, and finally ending with
Kaiser William and the Crown Prince.
This done, the bold youths gave a wild
spring and soused into the water, where
they flopped about like a lot of seals, and
deluged everybody within reach. They
climbed out and dived in again, two dip
pings being thought necessary to wash
away the stains of their blootly appren
ticeship. When they finally emerged,
each was decorateel with a broad collar of
blue silk thickly sow u with ancient silver
money. These are heirlooms in the fami
lies which have killed for geneia'.ioii after
generation, anel some of them are worth
500 er G0 guldens.
The rite was over. Before coming to
the fountain the canelidates had mailt; a
procession through the city and calh'd
upon all persons of royal or princely
blood, and received presents. Some of
them may need all they obtained, for this
barbarous custom is occasionally followed
by the death of one of the lads. The
fountain is filled with warm water, but
that may increase the .'aiii- r from the
subsequent contact with the cold air. The
Munich newspapers protest every year
against the silly anel dangerous perform
ance; but custom is stremger than sense.
Voiuiliug Up a Snake.
The heroine of this remarkable occur
rence is Mrs. Sarah Linderner, who lives
on lieserve street, Vancouver. Sne came
there in September last from Camp
Bidwcll, Modoc County, Cal., where
she had previously resided with her
husband on a ranch. She relates the
stfry substantially as follows: "One
day in the month of -March, a year ago,
she had been washing during the elay, anel
when night came was thirsty. Not hav
ing any water in the house she took a cup
and repaired to a spring, or hole in the
ground, where her husband had sunk a
barrel, near a small creek. The dusk of
evening had laded into elarkness, render
ing it impossible to see what might be in
the cup when she drank. She elrank a
deep draught from the cup anel felt some
thing wriggling dow n her throat, seeming
ly about the size of a horsehair and two
or three inches long. She attempted to
raise it up, but could not, and thinking it
woulel, if an animal, be unable to live in
her stomach, for the time being dismisseel
the subject from her mind. Three or four
months thereafter she began te manifest
symptoms similar lo aggravated dyspep
sia, terrible burnings and pressure in the
stomach, and constant cravings for food,
and yet never satisfied, like one afflicted
with tapeworm. She was treateil from
time to time for hertroubles, but for a long
time would not think that she had a snake
in her stomach. She came to Vancouver
with her husband last fall, in the mean
time her troubles increasing, anel for the
past three months assuming the most
frightful symptoms. She coulel feel-the
animal moving about in her stomach,
clearly manifesting its presence by un
mistakable evidences, such as biting her
stomach severely, and rendering her al
most besiele herself w ith pain and horror.
The animal would seize hold of the lin
ing of her stomach and bite until some
warm food or drink was administered to
the patient, w hen it would subside anil be
Uttiet. The poor woman was kept almost
constantly eating anel dosing for the
benefit of his snakeship, and it may easily
tie imagined that her life was one round
of unmitigateel horror. Despairing of a
cure, she wrote to a California physician,
who sent her a pr script ion, which was
simply to starve herself and drink nothing
but brandy. Friday morningof last week
(March 17), after having suffered fearfully
the day previous, she begun the new
regimen. Building up a hot fire, she
dosed heavily with the liquor, and re
clined em the floor, with her face close to
the fire. Along in the forcnoem she be
came deadly sick at the stomach and
vomited violently. After several severe
retchings she felt the snake coming up
Its head was so near her mouth as to im
pede her breathing, when, rising to her
feet in her agony, and leaning her heael
against the mantelpiece, directly over the
fire, she thrust her fingers down her
throat, stretching it to its widest tension,
and the snake glided from her mouth and
fell into the hot coals of fire below, and
was burned up. At this moment there
was no one present but a girl twelve years
old, and she did not dare to take the ani
mal from the fire, and the woman faintcel
away. The snake is described as closely
resembling a common garter snake, and
was about sixteen inches in length. It
thrust its tongue from iu mouth as it
came forth, and squirmed in a lively man
ner when it fell into the fire. One or two
of the neighbors w ere called in, and they
say the coil of the snake was plainly
visible in iu entire shape upon the ceiafs
of fire. The woman who has pined away
from 180 pounds to a living skeleton, feels
a wonderful sense of relief" in getting rid
of the loathsenne reptile. Vancouver (W
T.) Independent.
A Grecian Tribute to Dr. Howe's
Memory.
The King of Greece has sent the follow
ing letter, occasioned by the death ef Dr.
Howe, to the Greek Consul at Boston,
and the latter has conveyed it to Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe: "The death of Dr.
Howe, one of the most ardent anel extin
guished Philhellenes, whose nainp has
been identified with the regeneration of
Greece, caused not to me but to all the
members of the Greek Government, the
most profound sorrow and emotion. The
same sentiment has been shareel and man
ifested on this occasion by the press and
people of Greece, w ho have thus borne a
worthy testimony to the gratitude and ap
preciation which the country undoubtedly
owes to the departed Philhellcne, old in
years, but always young in fervor and en
thusiasm. Dr. Howe came to our country
in his youth, during the great struggle of
ly-Jl. "Having then taKcn part in the
conflict which gave freedenn to our na
tion, he did not hesit ite, in his advanced
age, to revisit the soil of Greece during
tlie Cretan struggle ef isotj, returning
after an interval of forty years, to bring
relief and crmfort to the hungry anil nake d
women and children of the heroic islanel.
For these reasons, entirely approving the
graceful manner in which, at the funeral
of the distinguished Philhellene, you, as
the official representative of Greece, gave
expression to the National feeling fo his
death, we beg yem to communicate more
distinctly to his family the profound sen
row of the Greek Government for the loss
of so emine nt a man, making known to
them also the sympathy evine eel by the
people of Greece in the bereavement sus
taiueel by them."
The Use of Gias hy the Chinese.
At Ihe last session of the Commercial
Geographic Ceimmission, of France held
in Paris, M. Edward Uenard, a former
delegate of the Dep rtinent of Agriculture
and Commerce for the extreme Eastern
countries, made the following interesting
communication: "The product of manu
facture which I submit to the Commission
is as little known among us as is the proc
ess employed in its manufacture, which
requires great dexterity. The specimen I
exhibit consists of a thin layer of colored
glass, which appears to have been cast
over a sheet of lead. Its productien is a
branch of industry which flourishes iu
many parts of the great and industrious
city of Canton, and "is practiced in many
places, even In the streets and in front of
the houses, on a small scale.
"While in India and Burmah I was
often surprised at the lustrous appearance
of the domes 011 the Buddhist temples,
which were covered with curved plates,
colored violet, green, etc., or white and
yellow, loeiking like bright silver and
gold; and at a distance show ing, with sur
prising brilliancy-, a light having the ap
pearance of an electric light, especially
when seen from the sea. 1 was alst often
surprised to see the Chinese glasblow ers,
whose labor is ill paid, and who, notwith
standing this, show very remarkable re
sults in their exercise of this curious in
dustry, and who make these brilliaut and
mulii-coloreel plates while exposed to
wind and weather.
" A lew days ago, I sent specimens of
this singular proeluet to M. ltobert, the
able elirector of the Sevres porcelain
weu-ks, and also to the savant M. Clemen
dot, whose thirty years service in the di
rection of our principal glass manufacto
ries has made him the most competent
man now in this line. I am confident
that, thanks to these men and their inves
tigations, we will b able in a short time
to see the effects of such retlected ' lights
in the ornamentation eif kiosks and elomes
of various buildings, in the manufacture
of reflectors lor he .dlights, coast light
houses, street lamps, and several other
uselul and practical purposes."
An Elopement.
The landlord at the Iligh-Bi idge Hotel
was rous.el the other night at an incon
venh nt hour under rather peculiar cir
cumstances, carriage was driven to
the front door, and the occupants, a laely
and gentleman, Lustily alighteel. The
lady was evidently greatly agitated, but
the gentleman me ant business. He es
corted his companion to the parlor, and
ordered a hot supper. Then he sought
the landlord, and ask eel him the residence
of the nearest clergyman. The answer
was: "One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
street." He then wrote a note, and paid
a handsome fee to enc of the employ es to
take his ewn carriage anel go after the
clergyman. In about three-quarters of an
hour tlie clergyman arrived. Before this
the woman paced the parlor floor in in
tense agitation, which the reassuring
words eit her companion fail eel to cal-n;
but when the cle rgyman ariiveel she took
the gentleman's arm anel announced her
will nguess to be immediatvly married.
After a bri'-f consultation the minister
proceeded w ith the ceremony, and with
the landlord's family as the only wit
nesses, the twain were made ene. The
couple then separated, after rewarding
everybody present with a handsome sum
for each. The next elay this couple " re
ceiveel" at a hotel fronting oa -Madison
Square. The bride's parents are well
known society people, anu had opposeil
this match because of a prior engagement
on tlie part of the young lady to another
man, anel whom they were determined
she should weel. 1 hey were unprcparcel
for the Gretna Green business. Perhaps
the most interesting part ol this romantic
episode is that the couple will hcnccfoilh
nsitle iu Chicago. A'. Y. Cor. (Jlucuyo
'Tribune.
A Frog for a Barometer.
Out at the Lafayette Park police-station
they have a weather-prophet which eclipses
Tice and all the barometers in the neigh
borhood. It is a frog of the genus .''",
more familiar to the general reader as the
tree toad. Hunt, the supe-rintenelent of
the park, was mildly abusing his barome
ter cne day l"er misleading him, when the
officer on the beat, an old f rontieisman,
said he woulel show him a trick. He took
a glass jar and threw into it some stones
and a couple of inches ef wate-r. Then
he whittled out a little wooden ladder and
put it in the water. After some lively
scrambling a trec-toael was caught, chue keel
in, anel a t in top screwed on. The weather
indicator was complete. When it is
going to be fair weather that toad roosts
on the top rounel of the ladeler, solemnly
blinking the hours away. From twelve
to filteen hours before a change to bail
weather " the General," as they- call him,
begins to climb down, anel hours before a
storm sets in he seiuats himself on a stone,
and, with his head just above the surlae-e.
of the w ater, peers aloft at the coming
storm. Let the weather be changeable
and "shitting," as OKI Prob says", anel
the toad goes up and down that" ladeler
like a scared mieldy. When it is fair and
the tead roosts aloft his skin is ot a light
grayish green. When the change comes
tlie skin turns black as the toad goes down
the ladder, becoming a jet-shining blick
by the time he reaches the bottom. The
fame of the toad has spread through the
Lafayette I 'ark neighborhood. t.Aruis
1'irnes.
To every man their are many dark
hours, when he feels inclineel to abandon
his best enterprises, w hen his heart's dear
est hopes appear delusive, hours when he
feels unequal to the burden, when all his
aspirations seem worthless. Let no one
Jiink he alone has dark hours. They are
the common lot of humanity. They are
the touchstones to try whether we are cur
rent coin or not. Churc't Union.
TnE Canadians are determined not tobc
outdone by their neighbors. They have
seen the report of a meat show er in Ken
tucky anil retaliate with an authentic ac
count of a shower of goose eggs at
Niagara, Ontario. As the eggs were not
broken in the fall it is sate to assume that
the shells were very tough. The ttory
ctTUinly Ls.
USEFUL AD SUGGESTIVE.
To Drive Away Ants. Put red pep
per in the places the ants freque nt the
most, and scrub the shelves or drawers
with strong carbolic soap.
To cleanse articles from tar, resin, or
any ceimpounds of a resinous character,
the use of flaxseed meal moistened with
water, is recommended. Scientijic Ameri
can. How to Take Spots Out of a Calci
m in ed Wall. Spots which show are
generally of a greasy nature. First moist
en the spots with strong alum water.
When dry, apply prepared calcimine of
the consistency of thick cream. - - Ex
change. Magic Cake, or Cake of Faith.
Ke-cipe fer cake, with hartshorn (over fifty
y ears old.) One pound and one ounce of
flour, one pound of currants, three-fourths
pound of butter, one pound sugar (w hite),
halfdozcn black pullets' eggs, half-pint
sour milk, a piece of hartshorn the size of
a sixpence.
The Gardener's Monthly says that a tem
perature of" 55 deg. w ill give more flowers
to the common" w indow plant than a
higher temperature, and names such old-
fashioned sorts as Mignonette, Sweet Alys
sum. Zonale Geraniums, Cupheas, Fuch
sias, Violets, Hoses, Chinese Primrose,
etc., as among the best for this purpose.
To Kemove " Red Mites" from Cana
ries. Put into the cage as a perch one
or more hollow sticks, with holes cut into
them at short distances, as in a cane pipe.
The insects crawl into these, anel can eas
ily be knocked or shaken eiut, or de
stroyed by letting hot water run through
the sticks. This should be done every
day till the bird is relieved.
As the use of skim milk for the manu
facturing ed' cheese is very unprofitable,
we would suggest that it be condensed fer
use in the cities, where a large demand
for it would undoubtedly sprin; up. The
skimmed milk ef a farm er creamery is
vastly better than the milk produced at
those so-called dairies of the towns and
cities, where distillery slop is the food of
the cows. It is pure, wholesome and
agreeable, and lor cooking purposes and
feir children's fooel, would be very accept
able. It could be afforded at somewhat
less price than the pure condense d milk,
anil if honestly sold for what it is, ami
labeleel "Condensed Skimmed Milk," it
would not enter into unfair competition
with pure condensed milk, although it
might in many cases be used as a substi
tute for it. Any use of the skimmed milk
would be better than that ol making it
into cheese, which " goes a begging" in
the market at one or two cents a pound,
bringing decent cheese into disrepute.
Amtricai Agriculturist.
Mock Turtle Soup. Split a calfs
heael and take eut the brains and tongue;
put the head on the fire with five quarts
of cold water and some salt, and let it
boil until the flesh will come oil' the bones
easily, but not in rags. Take the flesh all
off", and put the bones of the head back
into the water in which it was boiled,
with lour or five pounds of shin of beef,
two carrots, one turnip, a leek, some cel
ery tops, a sprig ot thyme, two of parsley
and one-half a bay leaf, and let it simmer
very slowly for four or live hours, skim
ming carefully. Then strain and set it
away. This stock should be made the
elay before the soup is wanted. The next
day chop two onions anil fry them in two
large table-spoonfuls of butter, anel three
heaping tablespoont'uls of flour, and stir
until it is a bright brown; then add the
stock from which you have taken all the
fat, six peppercorns, four or five cloves,
the same of allspice, anel two or three
strips of lemon peel pared very thin with
out any of the white. Let it simmer an
hour and then st-ain carefully through a
fine sieve. About fifteen minutes before
serving add some et the heael cut in small
slices, and when it is in the tureen add
leinein juice to taste. If egg balls are
wisheel in it mash the yelks of two uard
boileel eggs with one raw yelk, salt and
pepper, anel make into balls the size of
hazel-nuts, using a little flour to mold
hem. Drop them for a minute or two
into boiling water, and put them into the
soup after it is in the tureen. The re
mains ol" the head, tongue and brains
make a very nice entre e served with to
mato, mushroom or white sauce. N. Y.
Times.
Evidences of a Good Farmer.
In trave ling about the country one need
not have to exercise any great amount of
critical observation to satisfy himself at a
glance w ho arc the enterprising, prudent,
successful farmers along the route he
tiavels. The evielence of thrift and pru
dence is to be found in the general ap
pearance of the farmer's residence, his
out buildings and fences, which, of
course, do not need very extended observa
tion in oreler to form a very (juick mental
conclusion as to his tact and energy.
It is too often the case that in journey
ing through the agricultural portions of
the country- one's observations lead him to
conclude that many farmers are retrograd
ing, insteael of improving, that is, if the
general appearance ef their residence's
and outbuildings is any criterion. The
thrifty, go-ahead farmer takes pride in his
occupation, shows that there is a profit in
farming and that it pays to keep every
thing about him in " ship-shape" order.
On stormy days he is not found down in
the village talking politics in the " corner
store," but he will ie found at home,
busy at work indoors making needed re
pairs. To him a w-t or stormy elay- isone
of his busiest. He has plenty of work
laid out beforehand for just such an
emergency and does not propose to lose
any time, as on such occasions he can per
form some needed job that can be elone
without interfering with the regular work
of the farm on pleasant days.
The thrifty farmer so husbauels his re
souices, anel pays such prompt and strict
attention to details, constantly seeing that
the littie necessary fixings of his farm anel
buildings are attended to, that he is en
abled to keep his work well in hand ; he
is never over-hurried, and can find time
for a day's leisure w ithout being driven
byr his business. His lielels are smooth
and productive, his fences and buildings
in good repair, and everything about his
premises conveys tlie impre ssion that the
owner intends te have as far as possible
everything about him in good oreler.
It is this attention to little things about
one's farm, this "fixing up," that counts
in the lemg run. Of course a farmer is not
expected to make these things the main
object of his attention, to the detriment of
his regular farm-work; but a thoroughly
good farmer will see lo the one as well as
the other. It is evidence to our mind that
tine is a successful, energetic and thor
oughly good farmer when we look about
his place anel linel well-built gates instead
of bars, barn-doors on rolh-rs instead ot
hinges, anel loekler-racks fer she ep instead
of feeding them upem the ground or floor.
It will also generally be found that closets
are provieleel for harness, carriage robes,
etc.; also that there is a tool-room, con
taining everything that is neeeled to make
the general repairs about a farm; and,
last, but not least, a room for the storage
of larger farm implements. Nothing is
lost in the end, 111 fact much may be
saved, by providing hooks in the out
buildings lor lianging up old pieces et
reipe, chains, shovels and the like, and
boxes should also be provideel for the re
ception of old iron and every sort of
waste material. Header, you little know,
until you make the trial," how much you
can improve the general appearance of
your buildings, both outside and inside.
and how much you can add to tlie con
venience of everything alwiut you, by
taking advantage ef the spare moments.
It is thU attention to little things that
marks the really economi-al successful
farmer. A. Y. lorld.
A blacksmith in Humboldt County.
Cal., offered himself as bail for a prisoner
whose tria was put off" till the next term.
" Are vou surely worth ifoOd above all
your debts?" inquired the Kecorder.
" W hy, sir, 1 hold my wne 10 oe worm
5'K( without counting the property."
" The Court is satisfied ; taiicine nan, re
plied the Kecorder.
For the first time sinee Washington's
,i.o!i un ulniinisir.'ition approaches its
close w ithout there being one ex-President
alive; usually there have been two, or
three, or lour.
Money can't defeat justice, but it can
generally beat the eipposing counsel, and
that's the next best thing.
Removing "Life' Heaviest Burden.
To remove the burden of disease, the
heaviest that poor humanity is compelled to
bear, is certainly a grund object, a glorious
mission. Assuredly the discoverer of a rem
edy which accomplishes this result Is enti
tled to the gratitude'and respect of mankind.
Such a remedy is Hostetter'a Stomach Bit
ters, whose great success is attributable to
the fact that its restorative anion upon the
debilitated and disordereil system is In ac
cordance with the principles of common
sense. It invigorates the sick, and, as their
strength increases, the burden of disease
grows lighter. It reforms those physical Ir
regularities which render w eakness clnouic,
and thus eradicates the evil at its very
source. Liver complaint, malarious fevers,
constipation, urinary troubles, uterine weak
ness, und niuiiy other causes of general de
bility and ill health, are completely removed
bv the combined tonic and alterative opera
tion of the Bitters.
Tlianka " From tlie Depths of tlie
Hert."
Wellington, Lorain Co., O., Aug. 24, 1ST1.
Ir. li. V. PiEitcE, Bufalo. X. T. :
JJfur Sir Your medicines. Golden Mc.ll
cal Discovery, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Keinedv,
have proved of the greatest service to me.
fsix months ntro 110 one thought that I could
possibly live long. I had a complication of
diseases scrofula, manifesting Its-elf in
eruptions and great blob l-.es fn eiylieiid that
made such sores that I could not have my Mir
combed without causing me milt h suffering;
also causing swollen glands, tonsils enlarged,
enlarged, or " thick neck," and large and
numerous boils. I ulso su tiered from a ter
rible Chronic Catarrh, and iu fact I was so
diseased that life was a burden to Inc. I
had tried many doe-tors with no PenHit. I
finally procured one-half deizen bottles of
your Golden Medical Discovery and one
dozen Sage's Catarrh Keinedy and com
menced their use. At first I was badly dis
couraged, but after taking four bottles of
the Discovery 1 began to improve, and when
1 had taken the remaining I was uell. In
addition to the use of Discovery I applied
a solution of Iod ne to the Goitre or thick
neck, as you advise in pamphlet wrapping,
and it entirely disappeared. Your Discov
ery is certainly the moot wonderful blood
medicine ever" invented. I thank God and
you, from the depths ef my heart, for the
great good it has done me.
Very gratefully, Mas. L. Chaffee.
Most medicines which are advertised as
blood purifiers and liver medicines contain
either mercury, in some form, or potassium
and iodine variously combined. All of these
agents have strong tendency to break down
the blood corpuscles, and debilitate und
otherwise permanently injure the human
svstem, and should therefore lie discarded.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, on
the other hand, being composed of the iluid
extracts of native plants, barks and roots,
will in no case pioduce injury, its effects
being strengthening and curative only.
Sarsnparilla, which useef to enjoy quite a
re putation as a blood purifier, is a remedy
of thirty years ago, and may well give place
as it is doing, to the more positive and val
uable vegetable alteratives which later med
ical investigation and discovery have brought
to liirht. In Screduhi or King's Evil, W hite
Swellings, Ulcers, Krysipelas, Swelled Neck,
Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent
Inflammation, Mercurial atl'cctions. Old
tores, Eruptions of tlie iskin anel bore Eyes
as in all other blood diseases, Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has shown its
great remedial powers, curing the most ob
stinate and intractable eases. Sold by all
dealers iu medicines.
To all, particularly invalids, spring is
a trying peason. Indications ef sickness should
at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may be
caused by allowing the bowels to become consti
pated and the system to remain In a disordered
condition until the disorder has time to develop
itself. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure, is an old and truthful saying. Therefore,
we advise all who are troubled with the complaints
now- very prevalent headache, indigestion, disor
dered liver, want of appetite, nausea, or feverish
tkin to take, without delay, Pchenck's Mandrake
Tills. We know of no remedy so harmless and
decisive iu its action. It at once strikes at the
root of the disease and produces a healthy tone to
the system. People never need suffer from any
disease arising from a disordered condition of the
liver if they would take this excellent medicine
w hen they feel the first indications of the nia!::dy.
Families leaving home for the summer months
t-lionld take three or four boxes of these pills with
them. They have an almost instantaneonsefTect.
They w ill relieve the patient of headache in one or
two hours, and will rapidly cleane the liver of
surrounding bile, and will effectually prevent a
bilious attack. They are sold by all druggists.
The Intand Maoazike Centennial
Kinribcr. Charlone Pmith, for five years editor
and publisher, at C'hictico and St. Lonis. of the
Jiilan i Jfarjazine, announces in the April nuin
ber that she will bene a grand illa-ti nteel Cen
tennial number of 10 .000 copies of the maga
line, wnich number wi'.l embody every peculiar
Ity of Western literary talent, and will contain
a; tides from the best female w riters in tlie great
Valley, besides illustrations of Western scenes
and '.ife. (She desires to make this a success and
therefore calls upon her country-women from all
t-ce-tions to aid iu the tindcit iking. The entire
work on this publication, including composition
binding and e diting. I done hy women. Th" sub
scription price is f-1.5-1 a year. Address Cuau
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Any subscriber to this paper (old or new) who
will take tu tremble to scnu 111s name aim aa
dress, with twenty-live cents, to pay for po-taire.
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er. Mr. C. b'.Veiit. 88 West fourth street, eincinnati.
Ohio, will receive l y mail, tuaraute'ed in perfect
order, a copy or llodinan s frumilv Al nm: a full
description of which may h-j seen in our udvertis-
liijr columns, it will be observed that this allium
Is not in the usual book form. It is in tlie form of
an engraving, which is as sensible and uiihiue in
riesie-n as it is beautiful and artistic in execution
Iu 01 ricr that stilisci ihers only shnll reap the benefit
of this oiler, the publisher s proposition. 11s it ap
pears iu another col'imu. clioiild he cut out and sent
witu tue name anu audre-s to Mr. ent, as ubove.
Economy. You will save money by using
'ri'ctrr fc Gambit s Ornnnal Mottirrt Uernum
Soor. It will not waste nor become 60ft
likt ordinary yellow soap when used in warm
water, nor is it cheapened with articles inju
rious to clothes. Ji'eiiirriifjcr, you obtain a full
ouf-jmund bar if you purchase their brand.
To protect their brand from imitators
Procter fc Gamble patented it, and the patent
was susfaineel in the United States Court.
Kjcattun me stawp on the Oars vilun you
bun. Take thiir Hi an aUu-
Ask vour druggist for "Dr. Svkes' Sure
Cure for Catarrh," or send Ten Cents to Dr.
C. K. Sykcs, hi!) K. Madi-on St., Chicago, 111
Ft RViTt'RE is sold bv liolton it Hihlreth,
2''5 and '.M7 State St., Chicago, lower than any
house in the u est. (roods are tirst-elass.
V T Pinvciv-i! A- ti r'liiroir midii twrt
million gallons White Wine Vinegar in 1M5.
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Those who like tn pee a rnfftred
tue and rtirtv Mc-klir will not
cure Id buy SI . Kit Tl PI'Mt
Shoes. Hut liiu-e who tuM
railu r lmve a neat Silver "I i r
shouid insi-t th-tt tV'ir- shoe
de.der should aiuays keep them.
To have com.'urt ami health
weiir Hoots aod Ma es ihat will
not lc.ik nd are pliable such
oulv are made with the
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Is an elementary treatise on tlie IM-.omot vc, written
in the form id' question- ;0-l aa-wvi-s. T ;e i.mIc eon -tains
frfia panes and '" en-T ivi n -s. tue'ridl- Pi fu.l
paue plale of tlillerent -tv. - of locomotives.
No popular treatise on tne locomotive 111 tae tilij-lisli
lfttifruiure irivea so clear, simple an-1 complete a de
scription ol the construction und workm: of i ne cirri
motive engine, and no work ol' anv k'lid. however ex
tensi e. pives so full an account of modern A meni-au
practice in locomotive construction, and of the late-t
se enlitle discoveries vouch h ive application to the
operation of tlie locomotive, e-pec iallv thos- relailnj
to combustion, heat, etc., all of w hich Hi' author
endeavored to make plam to th--e -i.o have not eveu
the rudiments of ascientidi: educa'ion.
1 he principles of op r t . i. ir and details of coiistuc
tlcn are so cle.iriy expia'ned as to enable any Inteili
cent person to thoroughly understand them. The
book is written w ithout the use of technical terms or
abstruse mathematical ca.cuiatioiia, and U intended
for all clasaes of readers.
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u:s mi: in 1 1 IT r iir.n. Andres
X tti.'),. .iui:a!a. .v.mne
v,TT -nnd Morphine Habit ah'oiu'rij niai
Bf 111 T-Jl speeuilvcurei . i .inncssin. ,
r S 13 ffl IV. s.en,l stanl, lor palllculars I r
JL A U JL-'arlton. IS! V asliinntou-M.c hlc.iK'-
PRAiP.E LANDS.
fnfi vour s-Mrr-i ft I'OSTA 1. CA HO K Und Com'r
H&M i: l: , li'iiii!'!'"!". i"a, nil ri-five 1 l.Kr
(opt of lows .1. Neb Farmer. !!?( rt a r o I. a Mi
ALL ABOUT GARDENING.
F .r Home te -ut for Market, (n HOOT'S SH
PKV tiAM lb. ( ot.tsins t.a'f as much u J:.'0
book on the subject, tsent p-stpa'd for Iti ffnli.
J.B. KeltlT, !etl (irowe-r, K" kfoiel, III.
VEGETABLE Li ' U '"1
and Flower & ri TU 3
UTCataioiiues Free. IIOVKY .(..
141 State street, Chicago, 111.
. ANN
ELIZA
YOUNG.
APENTS WANTED tWtisw
5ook l-y Drlpliam VounR'i
Wlta No.19. 23.C"0o 'y t-lJ.
lilrr.U.i ,.' ...li-!, it tic DuStln,
ilii.. Cim-lauli. evniN KicliuMWiil. Vs.
)". nv-t . ,c,..n,,,p..-
I i. .,-..., r-' ) ; I ..UHits.
1 be rotri ure t Uv !. t -1 - -
HEA.LTHFUL AND ELIGIBLE HOMES
In a Pleasant Climate.
(:, oponine for VaiitaUst. Afanu'm-ttirer, Uuter.
Jjr fuuuralt.-ttand t't.-r$. A i t .piesl. bv postal card,
an tressed to lion. W. Moo.lv. I u-calo.isa. Alshama,
wi.l secure pamphlet ol reliable lul'oruiallou, tree.
Mr T!!atrtfl Flornl Catlrnsfsr 1SJ6
1- "-.w rn.: I'rie.' p) i .-r.!s. l i ll:au half Ihe eoi-t.
Villi ax i.. 1owuitcu.04o Warren bt.. Huston, Maaa.
REVOLVERS S
New I'utTuIo Hill Itevolver
Sent with 1()0 ("artridires for if 3. Frt.T. NICKI.F. Pl.ATF.
SHTist.-i4-i"n iju.-erHTifeed. '.ii-ti 'iutlrue i'h'h.K
W'KilKS il YVOKKN, lliicaijo, 111.,
6'J Ijeaxborn-st. (McCormick lilock). P. O. Uox 5IU.
aY PORTABLE
jiTyuJ ennn rniiHTmuc
ouum ruuu 1 HlllO.
S3.00
$40. $50.
CHEAP &
n
$75. $100.
DURABLE.
-t.t I'l
-tit.
Kit IS ,.!
i: i-:iy Fii i kk.
. 1 ci- - . -ti V .inif., 'uj.rs
a afl 31a lison,
! Ind.
Garden
Flower
FRESH ANO RELIABLE. Catalogue Free.
IvlNO SAVAbli, 17 fctate bl.. Cuiroigo.
i 0
gAY DERRICKS
AT uAnnicnd
ORSE MY FORKS. Etc.
THE VZRY BEST.
"Write for ill'e-tr-ited ratalopio
to C. II. kllfKI'AIKltk,
1. 11 fr'uye tu, lull.
S4Watch!I
Jttjllur
h. G. Ml-
cnM I n-
tii for
Rnti ol.e:ir-ijf-. Tlicv have all tlie appear-unc' of, iitnl
rui. not bv fold from, a Solid silver at Hi cot-tin four
tin ): thi- prire mm! tIkmd fur. Th-e Watch can
ri'adily bv Mild for double the price we ali for tin in,
and art' tie bvst "WfirHi inun for tnnlinwr purpose-. ;
ti.us ntakii; the most dchiradle Watch er otlercd to
th -;iiiio. are th' only company euppivin a
hTANDAKP W atch at $4. Sent . o. I. on receipt
of to frriiaranten express char, which will t. !e
(lin ttil from price. Add re all ordTH. HI Al0
"WAIXii ANUtluCK CO.,bW iiaudoiph-8t,CUiCatfo,Iil
Madame FOY'S
Corset Skirt Supporter
Increases In Popularity every
year, and
Fr HEALTH, COMFORT .nd "TYI.EIs
srkn llr d IHE UtaT AitTICLtt al
ti.s kind mads.
I'T l y ali d in j. j' I, U4
tsil.r. Bwars of ituii.liutis sad tnfrtc
m,a'a. MsvrFAcrrcnBD aoi.ri.T bt
1OY fc IIAK.-nON,
New IJaven, Conn.
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
EfJTENWIAL
HISTORY of the U.S.
Tlie crest Interest In thn ttirilllnir hfstorr of our
country makes tills tlie fiintest-selllni; liook ever pnb
lislied. It contains a lull account of tiie Grand
Centennial Exhibition.
0 Al'T ION. Old. Incomplete and Unreliable work
are l.elnt- circulated : s-e Unit the book you buy cou
UiiiiH -I 4 4 hi tie Ktltfru v i iiu and ft 4 5 pu.gr.
S'nd for circulars and extra terms to Atrent-. Ad-aret-a
Nihuml l't'BLiui.u to., e liua.i. 111.
TIio Enemy of Disease, the Foe ol
Tain to Man and Beast,
la the Grand Old
MUSTANG
LINIMENT,
WHICH IfA STOOD TIIK TriT OF4M
vi- aiin. tiii.uk is -osohi:i T1VII I,
4t v III-:.. I.. II,AMKKSS IT Mil l,
eOTI I l(K,.NOAt lli:, :o Pan,TIIAT
AKH.ICIS 'I'HK III'MAN IIODV, OK
J III: ltoV OK A IIOHSi; OK (ITIII II
lMKi1 l: AFMAI,. THAT IK)I OT
VI ILK TO IT J MA4.IC TO! til. A Itnttlc
tinlllliJ.-.c.. .Illr.nrtl.OII. Iiari- ari
Ihr lite nfa hmnsn Itrlne.aiitl rrnlmril to
me auauiciuiucM inauy a valuable Iiurac.
ill Hi
G12, 614, 816 & 518 N. MAIN ST.
ST. LOUIS, SO.
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IV -i-'rf i fc'i'i pfrv v.. : j
riM-PJ-iVTE, I'JbSJE,
SHEETS" iRorj
Have nltvajM in Sto-!c u cnmple to
assortment of every )iii ol
good unc1 or no11 hy
TIM AND STOVE DEALERS,
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FAMOUS WHEREVER USCP OR KNOWN
FOR ECONOMY IN PRICE,
SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION,
QUICK &. UNIFORM BAKING,
AND PERFECT OPERATION.
Orders from I lie trade to pol full J
solicited, Kuarunteeiiiji
riEGT-cLASs co:rsf
CAEEFUL PACSIITa.
peolspt :iip::e:tts, a:ti
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
SEND FOR MEW LIGTS.
ADDRESS :
EXCELSIOR
M
mm
ST. LOMIG, Frit
mm
VANBUSKIP'S FRAGRANT
V' - t '4
' A ' i ''" ffc. -l -iaT i -'t
77Z1 ZT7
AND INVIOOHATFS AND
HARDENS THE GUMS!
It imparts a delightfully refn-hhing
taste and feeling to the mouth, rr inov
ing all TARTaK ami ( L'I!F from
the teeth, completely arn sting the pro
gress c-f decav, and vhitt r.injj Buch
partg aa have become Mark hy decay.
IMPURE BREATH
caused by Bad Teeth, Tobacco, Spirits,
or Catarrh, is neutralized by the daily
use of
SOZODGRiT.
It is as harmless as water.
Bold by Dmggisti ard Dealer! la Taney Qooi
One bottle will la.ct six months.
Puipfinn 0
U 1 1 IS UK III 1 H S
FOR S1.00, POSTPAID.
In order that evrlxly mny lie nnnlil-cl n t ikfti
great Story and Faintly NHwiaKr, we hsvo i1.-ti mi : !
to oHer it till Jan., 1T7, for t l.i), iKisipslil. It Is tun
LARCEST, HANDSOMEST, BEST,
and inoat widely clrculatel N;r-r In the V-rU
bend money J dressed
THK I.KTWiFH. finrs.. .) I: r
EXPOSITION !
'I'KVTS-Kvi-rvl'Ofly Is r "r tocsn P''"t'
KIil(iS-( mi'l'i ' it ' i'l lit t'li- .-t.ir S tH T. i .-! 11,1 PUT.
Ai 1 ires O. K. fo.llK!!. 'JS ill., f-.r I i' d
rri - l.i-t - f rnts. KIiik, llsnnrn ami
gulia i Market fctrect. t IllLAO'.
tf1lMrr-T-lii,i1sl
J is.ssiuslf11
r ian 1 1
:ac31
On the r'C.-ipt of Tssnl r-flsts ( 'rnls, I will s-nd, iirv it n
nf tins i.-r. s ent-i (.f II OTinM A W'C V A XT T T.Y A I. HI! TVT .
-'K-'j wli:'-tl is not m tile lurm ol i 6-.. lull ol a ui.iati.- nl . I ui ! -.n. ITii.l.-l ou a .-.it c
t.ht"-t of very beAVT piste 1'Oard of t lie fiue-t q'islitT, suitable l.r fiaiiiiti; fc" 1 .ii
mrheM. In the ceuter is a Famxlv Ktcor.l. which is siirroui.-l' -l I v a ln.-l.lv - n .i.
ineiil'il, very srti-tic and ni.rotriHte design, iu wlnrh are sf.:w-!- lor IH Ii4l4--ritltt.
The ore-it alvunlhre (if tins arr4li;enieit over the tMk form of slO'ii" " '' I-- " "
ai'psreiit. Kverv one kuows how soon the likenesses of the Imel on. wrrs-n-e-i in k '
f..i um lecome iMiw!, and in many esses rvmrd, while l.r this fiUn ol air in -n..r them
tn. era f;'n, Slid ml frnmr. t heva i-ra, hut ytnl A iwi"'. and l.eti.- wi.l l--r
KI'SriHll, I fix no I-tail rlr "con this Alhum. l ut wilj (W'.rjn'i-- that It co.'i
more lo irod'ir-e. and will flv Ixlt4-r sullslirlln thsn any ir lillum, of
ll.lU'S r lis me. ever J.i.-enle l.. me ml .nl-iril"-r- of sny j.er.
..-e y.t.t.irt'it ,nr,cr or aiinotuieernent of iihiiher of I his K.rr, i mnH'r fnlutun.
C. r. Vi..ST, i-ublisiier, iKstuhlished Hi. SH W. -Ill SI., I liirlnnnl', O.
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.AJUL. KnOW THE NAE1E!
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
Famous frr Its weekly batch of Kood thinRH. will be aont to your nl Jhm onn vsr posnai 1,
with Illustrated Free I'rt.63 Almanac, for $2. For Bale by ail Nrw,,.!, iik-rs. ' '
SOMETHING GOOD SOMETHING NEW
ALL THE TIBK. I OK EA wi'I'K.
uiu i. ivm i r itttu iti-SS CO., DETROIT, MICH.
Selected French Burr Mill Stone
..'i an sizes, an,i sutiermr
woiknansliin. Ioi'lnll
4'riliiiii MIIIa, urr- i or
nml-r -tinners, (or I'arui
or Ms-i-rtiunt stork.
-llllt,l- IttiK-li n.
k'r lUtlliim lotli. Mill
li-k. Corn Miclleis nnd
I letiiu-rs, OhHiik, Mi.fi inii
I'liliit-s, Flsiirers. etc.; itll
kinds of Mill Mii' lii.iiei v ami
-Millers' supplies. Vend for
I'.iinpliler. Mranb Mill
4'tkifrtknits-. t I lilt),
I i.ti Immii, lt.
STOP
I sss tpss. saa
nC iV C."n' 'cure territory. Saslonsi C opy-
liii LO..SJW. VJlson-L. i.h-.tA
Cantmnlal F.xpoalt Ion mt
.Vnier'.pan PreMI A -nti fi.-t m .
tent and sa'iHhle picture ever otfered
i'j s is. eenn inr our special circular
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alat 4d M.tra- t - f ti" f U ir I . . r- , . : I ,.
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4 rilllTlTVI1 f"f l'0"" Sirenfs to .e'l t'i
j 1 lilt I IJ il Ii F.l-l-.l-KS Ul KI.IM! I ltoi I.
6auip!cs by mail ioc. 'fa) lor M;n. i o.. New lint.-im. CU
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