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Wht preas we no airalust the door tbat Fate
ilaa barred upon "our hearts' desire?
Whr hold oar lire bereft and desolate
Because iod writes their almanac in fire?
Whr sbon'd wo sadden with dark-clouded skies,
When others make a ladder of their love.
And while we deem ourselves too weak to rise.
They've climbed above?
Why sit and dream in spring's sweet labor time
Unreal dreams, whou saduees makes them
sweet,
And since we mar and break onr life's full prime,
Ieein that we rest contented at tiod's feett
Why cry to heaven for lout and broken hours.
For faith and hope that faded lone ago.
When still within our hearts new fruitful powers
Ar budding now?
O eyes, turned inward on our darkened hearts,
Open to see God's beauty on the earth,
Self-pityine tears that flow upon His smarts
Krnctifv all our barrenness and dearth;
O folded haDd. close claspt in dull dcupair,
tirow busy with God's work of love and peace;
O heart, forget to grieve, aud rise to where
Siisgivings ceaxe.
Caroline A'ortn, in Sunday Magazine.
A MGHT OF TEltKOR IN AFRICA.
The tiualifications of a perfect terror
are three. It must be unexpected; it
must be absolutely incomprehensible,
and it must culminate like a nightmare.
Once I had a terror which so perfectly
fulfilled these requirements that no man
may hope to have a better.
This thing happened to me in the city
of Pieter-Maritzburg, in the colony of
Natal; and in order that I may tell my
tale intelligibly I may be allowed to give
some short description 01 iue pmcc
Jlaritzburg (as the name is commonly
abbreviated), is the seat of government
and the headquarters of the garrison.
It lies on a shoulder of table-land sur
rounded on three sides by an amphithea
ter of hills, which, to a European eye,
are singularly brown and barren of as
pect. In the midst of this great, ugly
basin Maritzburg absolutely blossoms.
All its roofs are of red tile, all its hedges
are rose-hedges, and nearly all its trees
are peach-trees; and thus, when peaches
and roses are in bloom, there i3 red and
pink enough to make the town
look like a gigantic nosegay. One,
two, or even three streams of bright,
clear, swift-flowing water run down each
street. A large head of water comes
downward on the town from the top of
the shoulder on which it is built, and
this water supply is subdivided as it en
ters the town into a multitude of stall
rivulets, or sluyts,&s the Dutch call them.
Thus, a street in Maritzburg is formed
In the following way: Each house stands
well back from the road in its erf or plot
of ground, then comes a thick and lofty
hedge of roses, then tisluyt, then a raised
footpath or causeway, then another sluyt,
then the roadway. Now these sluyts,
however much they may add to the
cleanliness of the place, are exceedingly
awkward to the pedestrian. Every sluyt
is about a yard below the footpath, and,
lieing bridged over by innumerable slabs
of stone and logs of wood, form in fact
a series of traps and pitfalls. If I have
drawn my picture rightly, the reader will
tee that to walk along a footpath in Mar
itzburg on a dark night, without the as
sistance of a single street lamp, requires
some care, even if the mind is unoccupied
and the senses under control; but to walk
there on a dark night, hearing behind
one the . Uut I must proceed in
due order.
On the night when the terror came to
me I was returning from the fort at the
top of the town to the hotel where I was
staying, which was at the lower end. I
had a distance of about one mile to
walk. It was midnight. The night was
dark, but not with a thick, murky dark
ness. There was no moon and the sky
was clouded over; but the edges of the
horizon could be just distinguished and
roadway and hedges made out with little
trouble. In short, the night was not one
in which a man has to grope his way,
though he could hardly walk quickly
and boldly. Everyone had gone to bed
and not a light was visible in the street
except an oil lamp hanging before the
hotel, the glimmer of which, the street
being quite straight, I could see in the
distance almost as soon as I started on
my walk. There was no wind. All was
so still that the liquid warbling of the
frogs in the uley below the town sounded
near and loud. Besides this and the
multitudinous murmur of nature, which
she never wholly intermits in her most
silent watches and w hich one hears and
hears not, there was perfect quiet.
I had got but a little way on my
journey, walking cautiously along the
raised footpath, when I became aware
that I was followed. Close behind me
the sound very soft and gentle, but un
mistakable of a footfall made itself
heard. I stopped, and the footfall
stopped also. I could see nothing what
ever, and the sound though so faint as
to be almost like an echo of my own
steps had appeared to be close at hand;
not more, in fact, than three or four
yards distant. I thought I had been
mistaken and walked on again. Yes!
again came the footfall, and no not an
echo. Whenever an echo is heard there
is a certain interval of time between the
sound and its reverberation. This in
terval may be momentary a mere frac
tion of a second but is always apprecia
ble ; or, rather, to put it another way,
if the echo is appreciable there must be
an interval. Now the rhythm the
"time," as rowing men would say
of this footfall was exact. As my foot
touched the ground so did that other
foot, in precise and unvarying coinci
dence. The character of the sound was
very remarkable. The path , was hard
and firm, with many small stones scat
tered here and there, and with gravel
sprinkled on it. My boots made a
crunching noise as I walked.
But this footfall was evidently
caused by feet that were neither
shod nor (being unshod) of a horny
or hoofy kind. And yet, on the other
hand, there was nothing of the dull thud
that would be made by the naked foot of
a man, or by any animal with a soft paw
going pit-a-pat over the ground, as Bun
yon describes it, " with a great padding
pace." There was an undoubted impact
on the gravel - of that I was sure and
beyond that I could liken the sound to
nothing earthly. Again, the supposition
that my follower was a beast was nega
tived by the too-evident mockery of the
sound. No beast, surely, would go to
the trouble of "keeping time" with a be
lated wayfarer, and the cessation and re
newal of these footsteps concurrently
with mine proved that mockery was de
liberately intended. I say no beast ; but,
perhaps, I ought to have excepted the
ape tribe. A monstrous ape, whose
mind was just developing to a human en
joyment of mischief, might have pleased
his genius with this hideous mimicry.
But an ape always walks with a shuffling,
shambling gait, and for him the tripping
levity of these steps would have been
impossible. An ape is not accustomed
towalkontwo legs, and the creature
that pursued me was so accustomed;
there was a regularity and firmness in
what I may call the accentuation of the
lread, however gentle, light and aerial
that tread might be, which left no room
for doubt.
When I first became conscious that I
was being pursued of set purpose by a
footfall 1 was startled, but scarcely
terrified. A savage beast was out of the
question, and Maritzburg was entirely
free from crimes of violence; the white
inhabitants were too well off to become
highway robbers; while to attack one of
the superior race was quite alien from
the habits and ideas of the Crolie or
Kafir population. I began, then, by be
ing more curious than alarmed. But as
the strangeness of the circumstance
forced itself more and more on my atten
tion my curiosity soon passed through
fear to horror. 1 tried in vain to con
vince mj'self that I was mistaken. I
stopped short at least half a dozen times,
and then walked on with a quick im
pulse. I walked as fast as I could; I
took short strides long strides; I
sauntered slowly (this was very diffi
cult); but all to no purpose. Exactly as
I did so did the footfall; stopping when
I stopped, and keeping perfect time with
my varied paces. Only one thing I
noticed, and that was a slight hesitation
when I suddenly changed my steps from
fast to slow, from long to short, or 'vice
tersa; as if the thing that followed me
could not instantaneously accommodate
itself to the change. But this hesitation
was only momentary. Indeed, the ver-
policy to speak
canny a ghost,
ever you meet
who seems likely
eatile quickness with which its gait was
made to correspond with mine through
every mode of puzzling alternation was
something marvelous. No drum-major
ever had Buch command over the rhythm
of motion.
In the surprise and terror now gradu
ally stealing over me it will easily be
imagined how difficult it was to kep a
footing on the raised causeway. More
than once I all but slipped into the sluyt,
and whenever I did stumble a feeling of
insurmountable alarm came over me
that, if I fell, something would be on me
and at me. It was better to be upright on
two shaky legs, which might be called
on for instant flight, than prone in a
ditch, helpless, and with I knew not
what stalking jauntily around. No; I
was sure I could walk no longer on the
causeway. With a sudden resolution I
jumped a floundering, stumbling, head
long jump from the path, over the sluyt
that ran on the roadway side, and get on
the broad road itself. HaviDg gained
the middle of the road, I stood still and
listened. At first there was a silence.
Then I heard my own jump exactly re
peated in faint, ethereal mimicry. I
heard the same stumbling jump, the
same long strides, the same little run of
recovery on the road. I could bear it no
longer. " Who's there V" I shouted.
The only certain theory respecting
"The Night-side of Nature" at which,
after diligent study of Mrs. Crowe and
other approved writers, I have been able
to arrive is that it is bad, fatally uau,
to anything un
for instance. If
with a companion
to turn round the
corner of bogeydom, remember mat
" Silence is golden," and that speech is
exceedingly base metal. By
speaking you personify, where it is
for the interest of your sanity that per
sonality should be out of the question.
Treat, then, a ghost with the insular
pride of an Englishman. Consider him
a foreigner and therefore a suspicious
character, of whose social status you can
not be sure. Domineer over him by not
saying " How d'ye do?" If you so much
as " pass the time of day" with him
your acquaintance ripens with awful
rapidity into intimacy of the closet.
I had made a shocking blunder in
speaking. And yet I almost think I
should have been relieved by an answer.
But not so much as a Hem! was vouch
safed in reply; there was not the faintest
whisper of a voice; it was nil, et pnv
terea nil absolute nothingness, made
sensible by a footfall. There was noth
ing for it but to talk on. But now I had
not the smallest remnant of reason left;
that ditiniB particula aurm had quite de
serted me. I now pursued my way, as
Coleridge says:
Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread.
And having once turned ronnd, walks on.
And turns no more his bead.
Because he knows a frightful fieud
Doth close behind him tread.
Just so I walked, and the lootfall pat
tered softly behind me.
The question " What is it?" had by
this time tenfold horrors. It may, per
haps, be suggested that I was no longer
able to follow out any inquiry; but I
was; only, by my insensate rashness of
speech, I had sent myself out from any
natural explanation. I he thing that
dogged me was," i was compelled to
think, either, first, a visitor from supe
rior regions ; or, secondly, a visitor from
the inferior (very inferior) regions; or,
thirdly, no visitor at all, bift a lingerer
who ought to be elsewhere when the
cock crew. Oh, for the welcome sum
mons of an ear-splUting cock-a-doodle-
doo! Oh, for asteam-hrc-engine fed by
a river of noly-water! I was
thus reduced to the last hypothesis,
namely, that a ghost was dogging me. I
do not mean, of course, to assert that in
the rush of excited surmises which
passed through my mind I actually rea
soned as consecutively as I am now set
ting down raj thoughts. I only wish it
m . - . a . a t f . 1
to ue unaersiooa mat, auer tawing leave
of mv scientific senses bv the unniirclon-
ablc folly of speaking, I came finally to
some such conclusion by some such
method.
1 was now walking with all my speed,
but my utmost speed (though 1 have al
ways been reputed a pretty good step
per) seemed that awful no-speed of
dreams, when one is agonized with an
imaginary need for haste or flight, and
is yet ridden by the inexorable night
mare at a snail's pace. I was very warm
in front, but cold chills shivered down
my spine. The distance still to be trav
el sed seemed interminable and hopeless.
What with the darkness, and what with
the dire necessity of turning my head
every moment to look backward, I
walked a dreadfully zigzag course. The
footsteps I never ceased to hear; regu
lar when mine were regular, irregulai
when mine were irregular. Again and
again l called, out no response ever
came. Once, in a fit of desperation, I
stopped, flung my arms about, stamped
violently, and shood with all my might,
like one attempting to trighten away in
truding bats or birds. When 1 had made
this silly demonstration there was first a
pause, and then the footsteps disdain
lullyand olowly danced round me in a
half-circle, from right to left and back
again. When I proceeded they followed,
as they had done, directly behind.
alking in this way 1 came to a part
of the road where it became a little
wider, and also there being fewer trees
to overshadow it. Now for the first time
1 saw something. In one of my terrified
backward glances I saw that the foot
steps were accompanied by a globular
apparition. It seemed about a foot in
diameter, and of a dusty gray color
This dim, undefined ball of misty hue
moved with the footsteps, but not, as
far as I could distinguisn. having any
other connection with them. On the
contrary, it moved through the air at the
distance of about a yard from the
ground, as if self-supported. I Bay
" moved," because I could just discern a
sort of undulatory rise and fall, and be
cause I could not but notice that the in
terval between me and it was never di
minished by my greatest efforts. The
arry phantom neither approached nor re
ceded. Soon after I saw this apparition
I also heard something I had not heard
before. It was a rustling noise, repeated
once or thrice, and most like a quick
snudder passing through stiff drapery.
If any doubt remained, if any accession
of terror was possible, that doubt now
fled, and that accession of terror now
came.
It occurs to me that some reader may
ask why in the name of fortune or mis
fortune, there being houses on both sides
of the street, I did not seek shelter and
protection. Pride, my dear reader,
pride, stronger than all terror, strongest
of all human feelings. What would you,
my reader, say if you were called up at
midnight by a gentleman with a scared
look and an incoherent story of a spec
ter? Would you not take the strongest
horsewhip, unchain Pincher, and (while
your spouse's eloquence flowed " sweet
er than honey" from her chamber-window,
and all your children screamed in
their cots) go forth to drive the intruder
from your curtilage? Of course you
would. Would you not tell the dis
tressed suppliant to go to him-from
whom and from whose emissaries and
shadowy liegemen he was seeking de
liverance? Of course you would. If you
happened to know the disturber of your
peace, would you not reproach him the
next morning, hint at soda water, and
generally wonder at him? Of course
you would. And if you believed his
story what then? Hospitality has its
limits. Could you be expected to open
your door to a friend who mitrht be arm
in arm with " the Black Man," as Mat
thew Hopkins would have called him?
Human sympathy docs not extend to
helping one's fellow-creatures against the
supernatural.
I had walked perhaps two-thirds of the
distance when I became aware of the ap
parition, and how I got over the remaining
ground I can hardly tell. I did not dare
to run. I felt that, if I ran, all self-control,
all resisting power of will would be
gone. 1 had a sort of suspicion that, if I
even appeared to hurry, I should be over
powered by some force which could only
be kept in check by the exercise of a
defiant volition.
I was now within a very short distance
of my hotel not more than 300 or 400
yards away. But I had a foreboding
that I should never reach it before an
other phase of the horror ias disclosed.
The thing was growing on me. Some
denouement must come. It did come.
I had by this time arrived at a large
Duilding used as a Kafir chapel by those
natives who had been brought by various
civilizing agencies to wear trowsers and
sing hymns. Turning the corner of the
chapel I came upon a party of devotees
seated round a fire, and even at that late
hour in full tide of song. How it was
that I had not heard theni ibefprc, nor
seen the reflect ion ,"f their Are, I cannot
say, but When 1 did hear and see I felt
with a thrill of conviction that the Zulu
is indeed " a man and a brother." They
were a party of bLx or seven. One or
two were Hottentot wagon-drivers and
the rest Kafirs. As soon as I saw the
absorbed group I jumped across the
sluyt and rushed toward those dusky
brethren. As I got within the light of
their fire I turned round.
Out f the darknees there stalked sdr
erunly, with a grave and self possessed
alr a large crane not one of the ordi
nary sptxies, such as is seen in Europe,
but the great, gaunt "Katir crane," as he
is called in Africa (I know not his scien
tific name), which is at least twice as
large. He did not seem in the smallest
degree abashed, nor was he disconcert
ed. If anything was discernible in his
bearing, it was, perhaps, a little conceit,
as though he felt that he had done a
clever thing in keeping pace with me so
long; but 1 cannot say that he displayed
much emotion of any kind. As I came
to the fire he walked up to my side, hold
ing his head absurdly far back, though
he gave one or two drives or ducks for
ward with his long neck, as if saluting
the company. lie then stood still,
rubbing his beak a few times
against his legs, and regarded the
Kafirs with great contempt, evidently
not thinking much of their hymnology.
Meanwhile the Kafirs looked at me and
also at the crane, which they knew quite
well. I tried to mutter that I wanted a
light for my pipe, but something in the
nervous haste of my manner gave them
an inkling of the truth, for they all with
one accord rolled over on their backs in
agonies of laughter, and I was derided
by sets of black toes in ecstasies; and
therefore I withdrew with that dignity
one of the higher Aryan race can always
assume, and sought my hotel, Btill ac
companied by the mimetic crane. When
I reached the door of the hotel, I grieve
to say that in a sudden wrath I shied a
6tone at the crane, who went off again in
to the darkness with a hop and a skip of
offended pertness and a flourish of his
leathers, much as an ancient dame of
r uality might trot over a muddy street
ho. dine up and shaking out her flounces.
1 emple Bar.
A Raffle for a Beautiful Young Lady.
One of the most novel as well as excit
ing rattles that ever took place in Sey
mour came oft on Saturday evening
last. Miss Minnie Clarence made the
novel proposition of putting herself up
to be rattled off at fifty cents a chance.
At first the matter was treated as a joke,
but when it became known that the offer
was a bona fide one chances went rapidly,
and in less than one hour every chance
was taken, and heavy premiums were
paid by young men anxious to win the
beautiful and lovely prize.
Miss Minnie is" a most bewitching
beauty of eighteen summers, an orphan,
of respectable parentage, and a member
of the best society of the State. She
was decidedly the belle of Seymour, and
was loved and admired by all who ever
ueciimu ucquaimeu wiui jier, ana prooa
bly envied just the least bit by the young
ladies. She is a bright blonde, perfect
in form, fair complexion, and has most
ravishingly beautiful eyes. Ever since
she came to Scyrnour she has been the
center of attraction and the admiration
of the men. In justice to Miss Minnie
we should state that she gave the winner
the privilege of accepting or refusing
her, and reserved the same privilege for
herself. lucre may have been several
in the crowd whom she would have re
fused, but there were none, we venture
to say, who would have refused her.
How could they?
The hour set for the raffle came and
found all ready to try their luck. Miss
Minnie was there in person, dressed in
the height of fashion, to lend a charm to
the scene. She stood leaning gracefully
against a show-case, never speaking a
word nor betraying the least emotion, or
showing the slightest preference lor auy
of the contestants, excepting there was
a perceptible twinkle in her ees w hen
some young and handsome "lovier"
would shake the dice.
Name after name was called and each
one in turn would shake the box with
nervous hand until all but three had
thrown and nothing higher than thirty
eight had been thrown. Then came
iynn raikconers turn. Liynn ;s a
blonde himself and a clever, hard-work
ing young man, and perhaps the twinkle
of her eyes nerved him to the work. At
any rate he tossed the ivory with steady
band and the scorer called torty-six
The other two throws were made amid
too much excitement to be counted and
the prize was awarded to Lynn. Minnie
came forward and took Lynn's arm and
the two went out together amid the
cheers of the crowd. She accompanied
him to his father's hotel, where she was
presented to his relatives, who had not
had the pleasure of her acquaintance
before, after which she was escorted
home. We of course do not know, cer
tain, but as Lynn is a good, clever 3 ung
man, and she would be an honor to any
household, we are inclined to think
neither of them will back out. Seymour
Una.) friar.
After all the virtuous comments of
the newspapers on that young lady who
put herself up to be rattled for at fifty
cents a chance, at Seymour, Ind., on
Christmas night, it turns out that she
was only a large-sized doll. Cincinnati
t,nquirer,Jan. 10.
Habits of the Alligator.
A Southern naturalist has made some
observations on the habits of the alliga
tors. Among them he records the fol
lowing: " I hat alligators swallow their
young I have ocular demonstration in a
single case. I was engaged in making a
survey on the banks of the Ilomochitto
Lake, near the Mississippi Kivcr. The
day was warm and sunny, and as I
halted near the margin of a pond nearly
dried up to pick up some shells I started
a litter of young alligators so that they
scampered off, yelping like puppies, and
retreating Borne twenty yards to the
banks of the La Ilomochitto I saw them
reach their refuge in the mouth of a
five-foot alligator. She evidently held
her mouth open to receive them, as in
single file they passed in beyond my ob
servation. The dam then turned slowly
round and slid down beneath the water,
passing into a large opening in the
bank beneath the root of an ash
tree. Doubtless this refuge is tempo
rary.and the young arc released at their
own or their mother's pleasure; the de
scent being but partial, and in no way
reaching or interfering with the process
of digestion."
The police of Nantes have been in
vestigating a curious matter, namely:
the discovery in the river of a hand, cut
off at the wrist, holding a violin. The
explanation is as follows: An old
teacher of the violin named Sotta lived
at Villedeuil-sur-Seme, and used to argue
that the left hand was more honorable
than the right, because it manipulated the
strings and was served by the right hand
holding the bow. When on his death
bed, the other day, with his violin in his
band, he begged one of his old pupils
who used to visit him, and who resided
at Nantes, not to allow his left hand to
be separated from his violin (a Guiseppe
Guarnerius of the year 1725), but to anni
hilate them together. The young man
imagined that the best way of carrying
out the wishes of the deceased was to cut
off the hand at the wrist and to throw it
with the . violin into the river. He
seemed surprised at being interrogated
by the police, and has been discharged.
But he is nevertheless closely watched,
some doubt being felt as to the state of
bis mind.
A Mammoth Care In Aetada. j
A correspondent of the Winnemucca
(Nev.) Silver State writes to that journal
a description of a mammoth cave which
has recently been discovered in the Hum
boldt range of mountains.
The entrance to the cavern js located
about three miles northeast from Star
City, and about 2,000 feet higher than
the town, in the Humboldt range, eight
miles from the Central Pacific Railroad.
It has been known td the Indians per
haps for ages, and they say that many
years ago it afforded a passage through
the mountain to a point opposite where
the Humboldt House now stands. A
Piute legend says that it has been the
home of the evil spirit for many genera
tions, and the bravest warrior of the
tribe will not venture near its mouth for
any purpose whatever. They 6ay that be
fore the whites came among them they
put bad Indians in the x&je to appease
tb? wrath and hunger of the 6plrit that
inhabited it.. The last Indian put in
there was hot as bad as represented, and
was guided to the opening on the other
6ide by the spirit. The cave was par
tially explored in 18G3 by Capt. Prescott,
James A. Banks (who was since killed
by the Indians near Camp Scott), and A.
J. Simmons (now an Indian Agent in
Montana Territory). Some time ago a
party of four, of which your corre
spondent was one, proceeded to explore
the cave. We had heard a great deal
about it, and were anxious to see a little
of it ourselves. On arriving at the place
we discovered, to our surprise, that the
entrance was fifteen feet above the
ground rock on which we stood.
The rock rises almost perpendicu
larly 150 feet above the mouth and
for several hundred feet on each side.
Having been provided with ropes, one
was thrown over a point of rock which
projects over the mouth of the cavern,
by means of which the entrance was
gained. Lighting our pitch-pine torches
we proceeded cautiously in single file
about 100 feet in what appeared like a
large mining tunnel. The ceiling was
from ten to fifteen feet high in this dis
tance, after which it narrowed down to a
crack iust large enough to get through.
Suddenly we came to a square jump-off
or perpendicular drop of thirty feet.
Again the rope was brought into requi
sition, and by means of it the bottom
was reached. Immediately under the
road we had traversed we found large
chambers, the largest of which I should
judge to be forty feet square and sixty
feet high, the entrance to which was
scarcely large enough to crawl through.
Here in this chamber we noticed a verifi
cation of the adage that "constant drop
ping will wear away a stone." In several
places drops of water from the ceiling,
which continually fell in one place there
being no air current to change their
course had worn holes in the solid flinty
floor from hve to seven inches deep. Ye
explored the cave to a distance of a mile
from the entrance, and our lights burn
ing well showed that the cavern is well
ventilated. We did not find a passage
through thofrgh we traveled for three
hours and a half by the watch, and ar
rived at the entrance very much fatigued.
Wc started two bats at about three
fourths of a mile from the entrance, and
they screamed like wild cats when they
saw our lights.
Hydrophobia.
A little over two months since Tommy
Kelly, a boy of fourteen years, while
playing with a puppy only a month or
two old, received a bite that barely broke
the skin just such a scratch as per
sons receive every day when playing
with dogs. One week later the puppy
died in spasms, but as this scratch had
healed and disappeared nothing was
thought of it. Tommy went on with his
work and his play the same as usual un
til Sunday evening, when he came in
the house complaining of a high fever.
He was at once put to bed. A glass of
water was brought him, as his lips were
parched. The mere sight of it threw
him into convulsions. Dr. Frayser, the
attendant physician, was called in, and
at a glance saw that he had a genuine
case of hydrophobia before him. Dr.
Willett was sent for and a consultation
was had. There is no cure known for
this horrible disease when it is fully de
veloped, as in the case of the boy. All
that could be done was to administer
powerful soporifics and sedatives, so as
to deaden the paroxysms as much as
possible. The poor little fellow lingered
in untold agony until Monday evening,
when the kind angel of death came to
his relief. One of the physicians, who
has had years upon years of practice,
sajs that the scene was ' the most heart
rending that he was ever called upon to
witness. A negro was bitten at the same
time the boy was, but no symptoms have
shown themselves as yet in the case.
Memphis Avalanche, Dec. i0.
The Steain-Haiumer.
This was invented by Nasmyth about
man, and patented in l&i'j. it is true
that there existed a description of Dev
ereau's hammer in 1800 which recited
the main features, but it seems to have
excited no attention and to have been
followed by no hammer. To Nasmyth
we are indebted for it; even he had to
work against prejudice which prevented"
its being used in England until after it
had been tried in France by some more
appreciative persons whose attention had
been in some way directed to it.
The helve of the steam-hammer is the
piston-rod of an overhead steam engine,
by winch it is luted, lo drop it, the
steam which lifted it is allowed to escape
from below the piston, and the force of
the blow is, in some hammers, increased
by admitting the steam above the piston,
which adds the force of the steam to
that due to the weight and fall of the
hammer. The 6izes vary, having a very
wide range, the weight of the hammer
varying from fifty pounds to 80,000
pounds, the stroke from six inches to six
feet. 1 hey arc single or double acting,
have single or double frame, according
to size, and ail nave a capacity for giv
ing a blow of any required fraction of
their full power and using any part of
their range ot stroke, ihc anvils are
made as heavy -as 250 tons weight. E.1I.
Knight, in Harper's Magazine.
Ants Enemies to Caterpillars.
The Belgian Official Journal, referring
to the ignorant conduct of those who de
stroy all kinds of birds and insects indis
criminately, insists on the necessity ot
children In primary schools being taught
to distinguish between useful and nox
ious insects, and thus to exercise their
destructive faculties against the latter
only. The writer proceeds to say that
the ant, which is very disagreeable and
inconvenient in many respects, docs ex
cellent service in chasing and destroying
caterpillars with relentless energy. A
farmer who had noticed this fact and
had had his cabbages literally devoured
by caterpillars at last hit upon the
expedient of having an ant hill, or
rather nest, such as abound in pine for
ests, brought to his cabbage plat. A
sackful of the pine points abounding in
ants was obtained, and its contents
strewn around the infested cabbage
plants. The ants lost no time, but im
mediately set to work; they seized the
caterpillars by their heads. The next
day heaps of dead caterpillars were
found, but not one alive, nor did they
return to the cabbages. The value of
the ant is well known in Germany, and,
although their eggs arc in great request
as food for young partridges, pheasants
and nightingales, there is a line against
taking them from the forests. The ant
is indefatigable in hunting its prey; it
climbs to the very tops of trees, and de
stroys an immense quantity of noxious
insects.
Science in Sweetness.
Prof. Tykdaix writes in the Popular
Science Monthly: "A few years ago 1
paid a visit to a large school in the coun
try and was asked by the principal to
give a lesson to one of his classes. I
agreed to do so, provided he would let
me have the youngest boys in his school.
To this he willincly assented, and after
casting about in my mind as to what
could be said to the little fellows I went
to H villsige hard by and bought a qua'
tity of sugar-candy. This was my only
teaching apparatus. "When the time for
assembling the class had arrived I began
by describing the way in which sugar
candy and other artificial crystals were
formed and tried to place vividly before
Ihelr ydutig dl3s the rrchitctural proc
ess by which the crysiali wef c built Up.
They listened to me with most eager
interest. I examined the crystal before
them, and when they found that in a
certain direction it could be split into
Ihin lainlnct) with shining surfaces at
cleavage their joy was at its height.
They had no notion that the thing they
had been crunching and sucking all their
lives embraced so many hidden points of
beauty. At the end of the lesson I
emptied my pockets among the class and
permitted them to experiment upon the
sugar-crtndy in the usual way."
SS
An Ingenious Philologist.
An English missionary found himself
amid an extremely remote and savage
tribe, who conversed with each othet
by means of hard and rude sounds. The
missionary tried long to get hold of the
sounds in such a way as to represent
them in signs. Having, after a year or
so, obtained a clew, he had neither pen
ink, nor paper; but he had a wooden leg
and a knife, and he cut on his leg t
letters which he thought corresponded
to the signs. He then taught the savages
the art of connecting sounds and writ
ten signs. The missionary, I believe,
died or left that region, but he left his
wooden leg, and after a time the savages
worked out from it an alphabet and
a written language. By some mysteri
ous means, to they got hold of a printing
press, and an English traveler got hold
of a few printed leaves, which he could
not understand, but brought home to
Mr. Norris. The Orientalist examined
them carefully and was struck by the
fact that the sentences were printed m
single and paragraph style.
It struck him that they might be copied
from the Bible. He counted the number
of paragraphs or verses in one of the un
meaning chapters, and then searched
for a chapter in the Bible which had the
same number of verses. He found that
there was only one a psalm and on
comparing the words of the savage
writing with those in the psalm, he made
out the alphabet ot the tribe, and laid
complete translation of the pages before
the Oriental Society. Cor. Cincinnati
Commercial.
Facts Concerning the Horn-Ail In 'eat
Cattle.
Most farmers recognize the " horn-ail"
in neat cattle as a disease of common oc
currence, while intelligent and scientific
veterinarians aver that there is no such
disease. At a meeting of stock-breeders
and larmers recently held at Amherst,
juass., tne subject ot horn-ail was
brought up and thoroughly ventilated.
A number of dealers in neat cattle, who
are advocates of the belief of the exis
tence of the horn-ail, gave the prevailing
symptoms of the disease, which are loss
of appetite, loss of cud, coldness of the
horns, dry nose, cough, fever and wasting
away, and in fact almost any unfavorable
symptom which the cow-doctor cannot
account for is referred to horn-ail and
treated accordingly ; but the sure indica
tion is the nnding ot the horn hollow
when boring into it with a gimlet, and if
it doesn't bleed upon boring into it that
is another sign of the disease, but if it is
found full of matter, which ruiis out of
this hole, this is still another symptom
The treatment usually consists of boring
the horn and stuffing it w ith salt, vinegar,
cayenne pepper and spirits of turpentine,
and the correctness of the diagnosis is
mi erred from the fact that horns arc hoi
low and the liquid runs out at the nos
trils. Some get better and some die.
One gentleman stated rather a hard story
to believe, but he said it was true never
theless. He said he knew of a case of
horn-ail where the cow was taken by
shaking the head while being milked,
and she shook it until she shook both
horns off close to the head. Mr. Dillon
described two cases which had come
under his notice in which most of the
symptoms described were present and
he had great difficulty in preventing
zealous cow-doctors from boring their
horns. But upon examination after death
it was found that one died from tubercu
losis and tne other irom the euccts ot a
hair-pin in the reticulum.
Prof. Noah Cressy, M. D., took his
place at the desk, on which a student
had in the meantime placed several
scores of horns and a skull of a steer
He said he was glad ot the opportunity
of showing the farmers how prevalent
the disease, called horn-ail, is in this sec
tion of the country, and many of the old
believers in the disease Bat in the most
breathless horror as the doctor took from
the basket horn after horn, and every
one of them hollow. ' Imagine," said
he, "the consequences of eating beef
from cattle diseased with the horn-ail!
and every creature that is killed in the
Connecticut Valley, according to your
symptoms, has this disease." Then
taking up the skull with one horn entire
jnd the other sawed down the middle,
he sali: " This is a skull of a two-year-old
steer. This animal was never sick in
his life, yet you see his horns are almost
entirely hollow." In stating that he
never met with horn-ail, he wanted it to
be understood that he never met with a
disease for which the name seemed def
inite and approf riatc. Had known so
called horn-ail ever since be was a boy.
His father always doctors for that dis
ease; but instead of stuffing the horns he
pours the medicine down the nostrils.
The doctor here exhibited the formation
of the skull of the ox, illustrating his re
marks by his specimen, calling attention
to the position and use of the frontal
bone, sinuses, diploe, etc., and the inner
and outer horns. He then proceeded in
detail to account for the symptoms of the
believed horn-ail, and to demolish the
impression drawn by them. The hol
low horn was a natural, healthy condi
tion; the presence of matter he attrib
uted to catarrh: the failure to bleed
when bored was the result of the tearing
process of the gimlet: the running of
the liquid out, of the nose a matter of
course ; dryness of the nose was a symp
tom of fever; loss of appetite and cud
indicate dyspepsia, cough a sign of pneu
monia, while coldness of the horns
would indicate a lack of free circulation
of the blood, and losing flesh might re
sult from a thousand causes. About
shaking off the horns, he said he would
rather see the case, but if such an inci
dent did occur he attributed it to a
disease called nwltitie ossum, or soften
ing of the bone, caused by the reabsorp-
tion of the phosphate into the system.
This is quite a prevalent disease among
cattle on poor farms; it generally afl'ects
them in the form of " cripple-ail." The
best remedy is to furnish the animal
with phosphate of lime in form of bone
meal, but the surest way to be rid of it
is to keep the land well supplied with
phospnatic manures. Speaking of tail
ail, he said he could conceive of many
ways in which the poor animal might
have this important organ injured, such
as twisting it by an angry milker or
teamster, or being stepped on by a neigh
boring animal while lying dorn. In such
cases the bones might be and often are
broken apart, and never grow together
again, which leaves the part below the
fracture a dangling nuisance, and in such
cases it may as well be cut off as not ;
but he considers it cruel and even wicked
to cut off this handy appendage if sound.
N. r. Uerald.
A lady in the Treasury Department
reported to Gen. Spinner that she wanted
to marry Mr. Smith, in the department,
to which the old watch-dog consented.
Presently came another young lady who
wanted to " marry Mr. Smith." She was
an old young lady and wanted another
Smith, but Spinner did not see it. He
sent for the first Smith and ordered him
to marry the old young lady or be dis
charged for bigamy. Next day the two
Smiths married the two yourg ladies,
and Spinner discharged them all four to
make sure that he had no bigamists in
his office. Chicago Tribune.
Keep the romp from Freezing.
Ose or to nights recently Jack Frost
gently hinted that we ought to be ready
for him when he comes in earnest. On
going to the pump in the morning I
found the water frozen inside so that it
required quite an effort to break the ice.
But I am ready for him and I want to
tell the readers of the Farmer how I
managed it. , ,
At home on my fathers farm we bad
no wells or pumps good springs belUg
abundant. Hence it is 1 got caught the
first winter after 1 had married and
moved on to a farm of my own. I was
not used to freezing pumps,, and so one
bitter cold morning I found both pimps
the one at the house and the barn
pump locked tight. I will not describe
the annoyance that followed every
farmer who has a pump has had some
experience of the kind at some period
c-f his life.
It took three, days to thaw those
pumps out, and I wds compelled to take
my stock to a neighbor's, half a mile
away, to water them, and also had to ob
tain water at the same place for house
hold rise. I never get caught the 6tcond
time oh the same trick. As soon as the
pumps were clear of ice I procured two
good brass faucets, and boring holes in
the pumps, five feet below the platform,
i inserted the faucets in them securely,
then procured a narrow strip of board
of sufficient length, and bored a hole in
one end large enough to slip over the
handle of the faucet. With this I could
turn the handle easily, either way; and
I have never had any trouble since.
Some have a plug, simply, within
reach of the hand, below the platform;
but this is insufficient in the coldest
weather, besides being inconvenient.
The faucets are better every way. Care
must be taken to provide enough water
before turning it off to start the pump in
the morning.
I use these faucets also in warm
weather, when the pumps have been
standing undisturbed in the hot sun half
day. The water above the platform is
then unfit for use, but it is usually
pumped into the trough for the tired,
thirsty horses, when the owner knows
that a sip of it would be as good as an
emetic for himself. Cor. Ohio Farmer,
Won we Treat Onr ItodJes.
Our bodies grow slowly. Develop
ment is the work of time and the result of
conformity to the fixed laws of diet, rest,
etc. Now if growth is a slow process
disease is none the less so. But when
once a large part of the organism Is im
paired the abnormal processes go on very
rapidly. When checked in some impro
priety how often we hear people say:
" Oh, this never hurts me! I have done
it thousands of times." But I tell you
there is no margin allowed to any of
Nature's laws, nor exceptions in favor
of individuals. All throughout the ma
terial universe we have laws capable, of
mathematical demonstration that the
lapse of aires never varies; so in the'gov-
ernment of our bodies there is an equal
ly demonstrable code of action. A slight
exposure now may not be felt to-day;
but the system has been shocked,
its equilibrium disturbed, and ex
penditure of vitality must occur for its
restoration to normal action. But as
only a given amount of vitality is fur
nished at the outset these exposures
finally result in total loss of strength
and action, and we talk about "acute
attacks," or sudden cases of disease, and
seek in vain for the cause. The cause
has been a series of wrong-doings, ex
tending through a long period of time.
and showing the effect of the whole by
one grand manifestation of suffering
to which the wise (?) irive some wonder
ful name that savors more of supersti
tion and alchemistic empiricism than of
common sense or even reason. Now,
while habits of body and euccts thereof
may be perpetuated from generation to
generation, it is never too late lo begin
the remedial efforts of reform, and often
the victims of prenatal ignorance or
willful abuse may, by strict observance
of legitimate rules, greatly modify evil
tendencies, and perhaps utterly remove
them from the system. Science of Health.
Frlniitlve Plowing.
A Mexican correspondent of the Louis
ville Courier-Journal writes:
"On our way back to Temisco we had
an opportunity of observing, more close
ly than diligence or railroad can permit,
the process of plowing as commonly
practiced in this country. I be plow it
self is almost a fac simile of the pattern
used by the Egyptians in the time of
Abraham, and certainly commends itself
to all agriculturists on account of its
great simplicity and cheapness. It con
sists of a wooden shaft about four feet
long and four inches thick, armed at its
lower extremity with an iron point,
slightly flattened and sometimes pre
senting a feeble forward curve. I he
other end is provided with a round stick
passed through a hole to serve as a han
dle. The pole, consisting of the stem of
a small tree, from which the bark has
been peeled, is fifteen feet long and at
tached to the shaft bv means ot mortise
and peg. The implement thus consti
tuted is fastened at the extremity of the
pole to the middle of a very light wood
en voke about seven feet long, which
rests immediately behind the horns of a
pair of oxen, and is fastened there by
thongs of rawhide passed around the
roots of the horns. Not less than fifty
such contrivances were crawling at a
snail's pace over the field which we
stopped to notice, scratching up the
ground to the depth of two or three
inches certainlv to us a very novel
sight."
a
Winter Treatment of Stock.
Lireral feeding is now needed. No
stock should be allowed to lose now
what they have made in the summer.
On the contrary, they should be kept
growing. And they may be by proper
leeuing. "lie becometli poor that deal-
eth with a slack hand" is very true in
this respect. There must be close atten
tion to this matter or money is lost in feed
and in weight of stock. Don't trust too
much to hired men or boys. Have exact
measurements for the feed. A box to
hold three quarts should be in every feed
bin. This makes a fair allowance for
one ox. or horse, or for two cows, or four
calves, at each feed. A bushel basket
of fine-cut hay is an average for one
horse orcow, or two calves, at each feed.
There should be no waste but as much
feed given as will be eaten up clean.
Give salt regularly, in small quantities,
or have it accessible to the animals.
Stop at the Sherman House when in
Chicago. With its superior advantages
and recent reduction of rates its claims
for public favor are unequaled.
OriNTONs ok the Pkess. The Texan
New JVvfcrrays: "An old Scotch phy-
hteian once said 10 one oi ma inuiuiu.
Keep your feet warm", your head cool,
and your bowels open, an' t.iere's little
"ilsc" can harm ye.' This aphollrm is
full of wisdom, and expresses exactly
what Dr. Walker's California Vinkhak
Bn'TF.ii3 will do for you. We speak of
what we know fiOtn nearly two years'
practical experience in tliC tjo of this
indispensable family medicine. Its oH'cc
is to attack a lazy, torpid liver and im
part nev life to this vital organ a
proper flow of bile and a prompt dis
charge of effete matter.- A good diges
tion and appetite are restored to the suf
ferer. Pure blood, the ' life of the flesh,'
is secured, and the paiicn'. soon feels
himself a walking electrical battery. Good
health is more precious than fine gold
ViNKiAR Bitter" restores it, aud is,
Ihercforej above price. The man who
discovered it is a philosopher and a
benefactor of his race." 18
ITIoderri IVomefi
It is a 6ad commentary uion our blasted
civilization that the women of our times have
degenerated Hi health and "physique until
thev nre literally a race ot iiivabits kiW, nerv
ous, feeble and'biiek-achy, with mil litre, ami
there a few noble exceptions in the jhtoiis f
the robust, buxom ladies eliaraeteristie of Miss
6ex in days gone by. By a very larire ex
perience, covering a period of years, and em
bracing the treatment of many thousands of
cases of those ailments peculiar to Women,
Dr. Pierce, of the World's Dispensary, BuH'a
lo, N. Y., has perfected, by the combination
of certain vegetable extracts, a natural spe
cific, which lie docs not extol as a curc-itll,
but one which admirably fulfills a singleness
of purpose, being a most positive and reliable
remedy for those weaknesses und complaints
that aillict the women of the present day.
This natural specific compound is called Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The follow
ing arc among those diseases in which this
wonderful medicine has worked cures us if
by niugie and with a ecrtiiinty never before
attained by any medicines: Weak back, ner
vous and general debility, falling mid other
displacements of internal organs resulting
from debility and lack of strength in natural
supports, internal fever, congestion, inllam
mation and ulceration and veiy many other
chronic diseases incident to women not prop
er to mention here, in which, as well as in the
cases that have been enumerated, the Favor
ite Prescription effects cures the marvel of
the world. It will not do harm in any slate
or condition of the system, and by adopting
its use the invalid lady may avoid that sever
est of ordeals the consulting of a family
Shysiciau. Favorite Prescription is sold by
ealers in medicines generally.
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Wilhoft's Fever and Agi e Tonic. This
medicine is used by construction companies
for the benefit of their employes, when en
gaged in malarial districts. The highest tes
timonials have been given by contractors and
by the Presidents of some of the leading rail
roads in the South and West. When men are
congregated in large numbers in the neigh
borhood of swamps and river., Wilhofi's
Tonic will prove a valuable addition to the
stock of medicines, and will amply reward
the company in the saving of time, labor and
money. We recommend it to all. Wheelock,
Fini-av A Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For Sale bv all Dkl'goists.
We were pleased to see, not long since, in
one of our exchanges, some pretty severe re
marks addressed to several persons who, dur
ing an interesting lecture by licv. Jno. S. C.
Abbott, kept a continuous coughing, whicl
prevented many from hearing. People who
cannot refrain from coughing had better stay
away from such places, or else take a bottle
of Johnson's Anoilync Liniment with them.
The importance of giving. Shrritlun's Cavalry
Condition J'twylrrsto horses that have been out
in the rain, stood in cold wind, or drank too
much eotd water cannot be over-estimated;
no man should be without them who owns a
good horse.
The Northwestern House-Nail Co.'s
" Finished" Nail is the best in the world.
Dr. .1. Walker's California Vin
egar Killers aro a purely Vccrefabf
preparation, mado cliielly from tiiO na-'
tivo herbs found on tho lower ranges of
the- Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, tho medicinal properties of which
aro extracted therefrom without tho uso
of Alcohol. Tho question la almost;
daily asked, ''What is tho causo of tha
unparalleled success of Vixtoau IJit
TEiisf Our answer is, that they remove!
tho causo of disease, and tho patient rc
tovers his health. They aro tho prca'
blood purifier and a, life-giving principle,
a perfect Keuovator and Inviorator
of the pystein. Never before- in tlui
history of tho world has a medicino bent
compounded possessing tho remarkable
qualities of Vinkoa r DrrrKna in healing th
tick of every dUea.so man in heir to. They
aro a pent'o Purgatives as well as a Tonif ,
relicVi:: Cotiyrcsiion or lullaminatinn of
tho Liver and Vh;ccral Organs, ia Uiliou
Diseases.
Tho properties of Pi:, walker's
Vi.nkoar Uittkrs aro Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Fedativo, Counter-irritant, Sudorilic, Altera
tive, and Anti-L'ilious.
It. II. .tIrIOVI. CO..
fniprri"t nnl i"ii. ActH.. S:m Frarieiseo. ('ntif'im'u,
und cor. f W'nuhinirtoii nnil Chitrlton SIh.. N. V.
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lu IhU paper.
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o Agents. . now article and fhfl
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lI Xlir'i: 'Ik 'tin llr.iiflu..v v v
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l.ao pr ax., l JS bj am. u. U. o. Cast, ZaoeiTiLlo,
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it I U If Sm I Outfit. 'at.-iloiicN.K.-iinidfM und full l:ir-
llc uUrs ikkc b.M.; i-i:.N Kit, 1 1 i llanovi r M., Hot-ton.
vtero
$5
TO $20 TFTK DAY twllf mud by
any onn. We want nitn, women. by una
irirls all over th country t'i iwli mir Kine
Stil Krifrravinffii, Chromrtu, 'rnyim Iraw
lntrs. Ilium iriittim. I'htafrniihf.tc . t.
We now publish tho rinMtaHortinnnt tr ilfic-l b-frT
the public, and our pricm are murk,! down Ion aa to
dtffjr all competition. Ttiim nh canmt icive tiie bunl
ora6 ttiHr whtl tlin.or r fr away firm tn tint, ran add
a hfindsorno littin unin to ttwir Iricomn ty working for u
iu their own localili" durintc tlu-ir nnie time.
Wt bavn many old nKta at work for nn who ham
mado raiivaftrinj for tfcmkj. pnjtr, tc, tbnir bnfifs
fur yearn, and they all report t hnt t b y run mnkmnurh
morn mony at work for u than at anything tlw. Our
prices am no low that all can afbrri to piirchnae, and
therefore the pi ft tin sell ateiuht at nluioM every houao.
New leirinnera do am w1I an iitrif w ho have hud larci
ex imrimire, for our Iwani iftiJ subject and lw p'tres ar
appreciated by all. To ninke tirjr sal -vryiinre, mil
an armit ha to do Is to show the pti-tur fmrii l'U) tn
honae. lMri't look for work elrwhro until yoti iie
aeon whit threat inducements we onVr you to make
money. We have not spare to ex pin tn all hnre, but snd
ns your address arid wo will w-nd f 1 1 particulars, fren.
by mail. DoiVt delay Ifyou want pmtit.-.f'le woik for your
leisure hmrs, or for your who! time. Now Is t h favor
able tinif to enace in Uibt business. Our idrluma am
the finest and most pleaiiur In thin country, and are in.
dorsed by ail the baditif papers, lurludiruc th New York
Her ah I. Those who cannot jcive the binMmss thir entirw
attention, can workup theirown localities and rn.ikn s
hand Home sum without ever being awny from ln-ru over
nicht. ljet all who want plraant. rotitahlrnployment.
Without rh-kinp capital, send mtthnr address s at mire,
and Jfarn all alxiut the bui'iMss for tln-niP-Jvts. l'loane
ftate whnt paper you saw this advertisement in.
Addrts
GEOLtiilZ HTION cV TO.. Art I'ublUhrr,
1'orllHnd, ?luiue.
COll KT II I Mi FOR VOT.-iM-nd btanip and
O got it. Free to all. Address
ii l ntl & io.. ij Missal! street, ew J ork.
TvTPJ-: ASKS of Women, C't-rrtt. riles, Fistnlt,
At lllindnew) and all DKKOK.MITIKS cured.
rW-ml for Free Illustrated 1'umi.hli t. to CEHHlAL
KLiUlilCAIi INSIITUIK, Decatur, Illinois.
4 'Wl'I'ltf 4 VriUiIlfortho fatest-
ever publudied.
tra terms to A
CO.. Chicago, 111.;
Send for specimen paTesand otiro.
tra terms to Afrents. NATION" AL
and St. liouis. Mo.
i-UJiliSUISU
$) ff Trar. Salary and expensed pidd. Out
wx001fit free. A viiluanlepaokaire sent for I.'irts,
return postage. o.n.urBWY,tttcrboroceDU:r,.Me.
(OXSTAVT EMPI.tMTlK T. At liome. Vain or
J I'lnalo. t.Ha week warranted. Norapitaf reoidred.
Particulars and valuable sample sent free. Ad ires.
with 6c return iiUuiip.U r.oss, 'VViilUuat.burg'i, 1. "
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My ILLUSTRATKDSEEDCATAIKJIT for 117
is now JtEADV and will bo mailed, HII.K "K
(If AIIfJK, to all applicants. Euk''"'' aud German,
LdiUun. Address
JOHN KERN,
21 1 Market St., St. Louis.
t IP'S talc where you saw thin advert 'wmeut.
CATARRH
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Pen-lBt;itiiprr
lltiil lnforuirt-
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.T.P.lUILI.i,'iaoi, .1111)11 c ol . .
MORPHINE HABIT fiKKtlily
riiicl ly lr. 1 leek's only
known t Mire llenieily.
riiAi;i:
fur treatment until em oil. Cull on or aildnss
DR. J. C. BUCK, Cincinnati, O.
PAIVTKR'S Mannnl. Tfoiisn and slpn paint"
inn. graining, varm-lnni;, p-ilii-liintr. kalnoininiiHr,
papering, lettering, vtamiug, loi'iini;, i'ia.intf, anver
ln, pla-'S-staininK, analyiHot colors, harmony, con-
traL etc.. ftl cts. look of Aliiliahets. S)i. Ilook fd
Scrolls and Ornament, tl. Carpenter' Manual, .V).
N atehmaker and Jeweler. .10. TaxidormtM's Manual.
50. (Soap-maker. . Oulde to Authorship, W. 1 . 1 1-1 1 1 -
nintf alculator, 25. Tlimter and Trapper Ouido, an.
line Trainlne. 2.1. Secrets Worth Knowiuz. l.tXIm.in-
nfi..lM.nii i. .1 l.,.u(.lw.l,t .-. llf ...... 1 ..11....
or b niaU. .'SSbKHAKEY & to'., ii9Naau-sU,X.V.
SENT FREE
A book exposing! he inyhtertes of li' 1 W" rjl
and how any one may oja-rate TT JY IJIJkl 1
ft Tjel A s ncH
VTJl TJ Sjf.JJ
I X2f-X
This pew Trims is worn
rlth perfect, comfort.
Tdi--tif and day. AdnplH
itscif to every motion of
thebodv, relainin l.'Mp
t re midi I lie 'liard"-t
exercUe or severest
Mrni ii lint 1 1 permanently
fund, fvil'l cheap hj IIm
successfully with a capital of $. or I,MM.
piere lnsirucTjnn ana
Tl'iMJIJtllMiK V
oni-
lllustrations to iinv address.
CO. Backers a n o Riuikeiu.
2 Wall street, ,Ntr iork.
ELASTIC IRKS CO..
no liM uromiw n , j. . ny.
and 6Cnt by mail, t all or send lor circular and be cured.
.Moore, Werksj V c:o. O'ro
, Mttrtfttrd, vy.' Seia,
aiattoiiM. Onr m r toiir-luM what
tlx v witk a r ". All Ilk It,
I:infort h. KetuMr r V t'o..
G'rtw. r, yvoi. '.' 'Have sold
yuur hra a- oui t'.r tli it ltii
rears wlti p'Ttv -tuMi fart Inn t" "h wlifl
iiavi lMi,:fit U." ltv-norfiy 1 won
lerfnl ; om yra vlnr will l"jr
ow." b u lr Clr-ular lo f
rixrt w iiivT'fll.. '
47l?OOuane St.. ew York.
Vc wil pay you a salary of litjier weoic In rash If
you will fiifr:ixK with usat'once. Horse and t'arriugo
XurnisUcd and exp' ii s i. iid. Address
1). i hTAX-Lf-.-i & CO.. J.ilrhflcl(I,Micll.
KiKT.KKSiioT-r:n:vs.risTOi,sy rkvoiai:ks,
Wr"tiraf ill TflimfMiiiiit'riii
fifanvinil svr.rvlrtnrL Hcnd Hf .nun
..... M.i.t.m aT. a kt- -
as4 V iat WrU. f TMBt'Ulill, P
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Nobody wears patent-leather boots or
ehoes for full dress nowadays.
How to Barn a House.
Rra your furniture with linseed oil
and preserve carefully the ola greasy
rags used for this purpose m a paper box
in an out-of-the-way place.
If the fire in the stove does not burn
well pour benzine or kerosene on it
from a well-filled gallon can.
When you light your cigar or gas
throw the burning match no matter
where and don't look after it, even if it
cets into the waste-paper basket.
Put a burning candle on the shelf of a
closet and forget all about it.
Always read in bed until you fall
asleep with the candle burning near you.
Especially for builders: Put the ends
of the wooden beams into the flue walls;
and if j'ou build hot-air furnaces be care
ful to use as much wood as possible in
their construction.
Always buy the cheapest kerosene yo.
can get.
Pianos and Organ.
Fine new rosewood ianos for $:00.
Fine walnut organs, six stops, f 135.
Good sorond-hand pianos, 150 to 300.
lieed'8 Temple of Music, Chicago.
Baked Potatoes. Have a hot baking
oven, select and wash potatoes of uni
form 6ize, and put them moist into a
clean oven. Do not open the oven if
you can avoid it for half an hour; try
if they are done in a toweL Eat them hot.
The most stylish collar that is worn now is
the ImDroved Warwick. It fits better than
any other on a low-cut shirt. An the cdjrcs
beinir folded, and the surface looking so much
like linen, we recommend all to try it. Ask
your gents' furnisher for the Improved War
wick.
FASH!Oi!SJ Smith's Illustrated Pattern Bazaar."
1 riWI Ii VlUWiThe nlr Magazine 'that IMPORTS
YLES and SELLS Patterns of tnem. Only $I.IOa year, wltU
pieuaia premium.
Dip nCCCD TWO f SMITH'S INSTANT DRESS
DIU J r r C rVl ELEVATORS, aud the I'aitein otthia beau
tiful OVERSKIRT with Clotli Model, wUl be given FREE, aa a l'rr
IUium, to the j-erfon who will CUT THIS OUT, and send it with their tol
scriptioa to the BAZA AR." No poatas on the Magazine next
year! "CRANCERS1" wndroranrtermi. Sample copy. 25 eta.
Smith's lliatructloii Itook, or Secret of Ircmak,llic,'
10 Cents Catalogue mailed for one Stamp.
Address, very plain,
A. BURDETTE SMITH.
rrs p. o. doi r.or.r.. un Ri.ii.. j -v .
. j y AVf A VllI
L X
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CfJIKAM
tM, la 11
I'wura. wil CM Mold SO Ct
hmt laaml. tm til Ot-mm BO
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KNIVES AND FORKS OF Al B If IfllDS
OKIOEfALLY EXCLUSIVE MAKERS OF alanlU iVBIUaVVj
T"
vxEl PATEM
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And rxclimlve maker of the "Patent Ivorv or Trlliilold Knlfr. The moM Iirall Wtiitrlfana
lle known. The Hundlra niTfr trrt loose, arc not afTo-fod by Imt wnlrr. Alwuvf. cill for th I ratio
Mark" 'MF.ItiriKV ti'TI.VHV tiiMP.t 1 "on Hie hhtilc Warranted and aold hv all douicnt 111
Cutlery, aud by the MilUtiEN CUTJLEIiY CO., 4'J Cham her Rrect, New York.
t VPStVi'i?SaVTi 1 &s?miTl WIRE RINCS.
i Xfl 5 1 n rJ 1 a.Tl 1 V! VV .wniKtKatermUUe
The American Xewepaper I nion numbera aJ-iiL V Vw?mrdwa.T,Ba4cr,n ,bMn-
-,er 1,X papers, aeparated into aeven nubd.Tis- : !T V"f i11' 1 ,n ki"f,"- pr
tons. For aep.rate l.ftt.and eo.t of adTcrti.insr, iijy?.1
addrea. 8. P. E ANBOBii . 11. Monroe fit., Chicago.' lclkl'fr '
1 tyraw -u.M.UUlAt.Peciur.m.
CDCC I Pjwolmen Copies of the best Arri- " 1
rnkE. cultural Taper la the world.
uiFDiniii rinii iniinaoi vo more ArciDEvrs.-nmxD'srATEXT
AMERlCAli FARM JOURNAL. tU'VUMI'. Kxllnut1..nb.-!nirui..lor
nifikiuwnil a nilUI fUUnilHkl railing fr..in the Utile, b.-fore hreakli K. and nn..t ha
Klitrtn Iiarte Paces for only 73 rent per filled hil- Uctitrd ; no blowing down Ihe chimm-v.
year, have your money, bpecimen Copiea frcu to Prlcef'J. i'atenr extinguisher burner rt., n t iM.t-
any addre. K-nd PiMal Card to paid. Agent wanted. eiid for rlrrtilitr. Addrena
i- i l !K lV JO.KS, Toledo, Ohio. lusromuaBmsioi, jimaday, 2cw l ork.
ou will like the paier.
A. N. K. 4Ut-n. V. K.
IV,; II I das. Partirtilars sent free. Addresa T, f,. i jIlI l hlot
lLllv JOHN W OHTH & CO. fct. Louis. Mo. 1 or aale by A. I. Kxmrttii, 77 wH.koaoU Chicago.