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PITH AND POINT. THET that govern most make the lees noise. Dn > you ever hoar a bed tick , or ceo i needlepoint ? TRUTH is simple , requiring neithe study nor art. HAVE not the cloak to make when i begins to rain. " BLESS their dear little soles , " sayi the ladies' shoemaker. A WASHINGTON correspondent saysi is eight years since a Senator was seei in his Beat intoxicated. No CONVENTS , either for men or women are to bo found in Norway or Sweden They are absolutely forbidden by th < laws. , the teacher says all peopli are made of dust. " "Yes , my dear , s < they are. " "Well , then , I s'poso ne groes are made of coal dust. " " WHAT is your wife's particular little game ? " asked a friend of a henpeckec husband. " When she gets thoroughly mad , " ho answered , " it's draw poker. ' DOCTORS say that in large cities the night air is healthiest The appearance of the fashionable young man of the pe riod does not go to bolster up this the ory. ory.THE THE man who thinks it foolish to re ward his wife's devotion with kind wordt and caresses is the same one who won ders why it is that women sometimes gc wrong. y AN exchange says it's a very bad thing to get rich too rapidly. We novel thought of that before. Here's another danger to worry about and strive to guard against. THERE are now more than 1,300 wom \ en in the departments at Washington , the majority employed in the bureau ol engraving and printing , and in the Gov ernment printing office. THE "Poets' Corner" of the Mitchell Public Library at Glasgow contains at present the works of 1,222 Scottish poets and verse writers , of whom 1,022 are named , and the rest anonymous. "LET Mo Dream Those Dreams Again " is the title of a new song by Will Hayes. All right , Willie. Ju/t state what kind of pie you tackled be fore dreaming them the last time , and we will fix it for you. A PHOTOGRAPHER acted as master of ceremonies at a friend's funeral , and , as he lifted the coffin-lid for the mourners to look at the remains , whispered to the corpse , "Now , look natural. " Force of habit. Brooklyn Union-Argus. " 'TwrxT the Gloaming and the Dark " is the title of the latest novel issued in New York. A Chicago young man is thinking of getting out one en titled " 'Twixt the Old Man and the Bark. " Ho called when her father was at home and the dog untied. A COUNTRYMAN from New Hampshire , who had never heard of a bicycle , came to Boston , and , whqn he beheld a youth whirling along upon one of those airy vehicles , he broke out into soliloquy thus : ' ' Golly ; ain't that queer. WhoM ever 'spect to see a man ridin1 a hoop skirt. " American Queen. A LONDON scientific journal says the cucumber is known to have been culti vated for more than 3,000 years ; that ii was extensively grown in ancient Egypt. Perhaps it was the cucumber , and not the asp , that Cleopatra took to her bosom , with fatal results. We always did doubt that snake story. THE 8-year-old daughter of a family who has the decorative craze the worst way was discovered with the big album , daubing the faces of the photographs of her parents , brothers and sisters with water colors. When the little innocent was scolded , she replied that she was "only decorating family mugs. " IN the United States fish culture dates back barely a quarter of a century , while in Europe the industry has been system atic for more than 1500 years , and iu Asia for thousands of years ; and yet the United States , at the International Fisb Exhibition at Berlin , Germany , excelled all other countries in their exfiibit of ap pliances and methods pertaining to fish culture. IT is said that there is as much differ ence between a cultivated oyster and one taken from its natural bed as there is between our best Bartlett and the com mon pear. The cultivation of the mollusks - lusks also greatly increases the supply , as the oyster raiser watches his beds and koepa them free from the depredations of the starfish , the drill and the peri winkle all enemies of the oyster. A NEW "HAMPSHIRE farmer agreed to sell his farm for § 2,000 , but when the day came he told the expectant pur chaser that his wife was in hysterics about the trade , and he "guessed he'd linvo to back out. " The purchaser com plained , and finally asked how much more would induce him to sell. "Well , " replied the thrifty , son of the Granite State , " give me $230 more , and we'll lei her cry. " _ _ "Adrertised. " Putting her head into the postpffice window , she shouted at the astonished custodian of the mails , " Advertised ! " " Marm , " said he , after partially recov ering his self-possession , " what did you wish ? " " Advertised P she repeated , louder than before. By force of cus tom he managed to ask : " What name , marm ? " Again came that same reply , "Advertised ! " but this time supple mented with the demand , "An' how long widyezkapeabodyshtanding here while yez be a garruping loike a moon calf in ash table ? "Wud yeziver give me me letther , I soy ? " "But what is jour name , my dear woman ? " " Och , don't yez 'dear woman' me , yez ould sinner I Don't yez mane to aboide by yez own dirictions entoirely , yez ould bald-headed devil ? Didn't yez put intil the papers 'Persons calling for letthers will plaze say "Advertised ? " ' And haven't Oi made mesilf hoarse wid saying 'advertised ! advertised ! adver tised ! ' Give me me letther , Oi soy ! That iver Bridget McSbaugnessy should ha' been trifled wid by the loikes of yezl" The letter was forthcoming ere she had done , and the Postmaster sank back into the chair with a sigh of relief , while Bridget left the office with a very red face and a perfect cataract ef 28 * escaping from her mouth. Boston Transcript. _ Oaxsica , Mex. , has ordered twenty more electrie lights. Fancy Soaps. Fancy soaps , which are made in greal variety for the toilet , are usually scented with nemo aromatic oil. For this branch of the trade the ordinary commercial eoaps are used , after undergoing a pro cess of refinement , or a soap is specially made for the purpose from almond oil , or the like. Much taste is shown by the best makers in the selection and combi nation of the perfumes , which , along with the coloring matters , such as ver- milliou , yellow ochre , aniline , etc. , are usually boiled up with the soap. To fa cilitate this operation , as a well-dried soap does not readily melt , it is usually cut up in fine shavings , and after boil ing is well worked under rollers until it presents a uniform appearance. If the soap is intended to be highly scented , or very expensive perfumes are to be em ployed , the cold process is adopted , as much of the strength of the scent is lost by boiling. In this case the soap is shredded as before , and the perfume and coloring matter well amalgamated with it by being worked in a mortar with a pestle. It is then divided into lumps , and roughly molded with the hand into something near to the shape it is finally to assume. After "being left on the rack to dry for about a week it is pressed into a mold , -which imparts to the cake the form and device which may be required , and when taken out the edges are trimmed , and the surface polished with the hand. Transparent soaps are pre pared by taking an ordinary hard soap and dissolving it in hot alcohol , after having stored it for the purpose of driv ing off all the water. Soap being com pletely soluble in this medium , any ex traneous matters which it may contain can be readily separated by filtration , care being taken to keep the solution hot during the process. The alcohol is then evaporated out of the filtrate , and on cooling it hardens into a transparent soap. These soaps are colored , accord ing to fancy , with vegetable colors dis solved in alcohol. In the Coils of a Serpent. One of the most intrepid wild-beast tamers in Europe , Karolyi , a Magyar of colossal stature and extraordinary physical strength , feli a victim to his perilous profession. He was perform ing before a crowded audience in Madrid on a certain day one of his mcit sensational feats , which consisted in allowing a huge boa constrictor , over twenty feet in length , to infold his body in its tremendous coils , when sud denly a piercing cry escaped him which was greeted by the public with a round of applause , under the supposition that its utterance constituted part of the performance. It proved , however , to be the outcome of a strong man's death- agony. The gigantic snake had tight ened its coils , and crushed poor Karol- yi's life out of him with one terrific squeeze. As his head fell back and his eyes became fixed in a glassy stare , the plaudits died away , and were succeeded by the stillness of utter consternation. The snake and its lifeless victim swayed for a second or two of inex pressible horror , and then toppled on the boards of the stage. But the boa did not in the least relax his grip upon tha corpse , which remained for more than an hour imprisoned in its hideous thralldom , nobody daring to approach the lithe monster , of whose powers such appalling proof had been given. At length it occurred to one of Karol- yi's attendants to place a bow ! of milk in a cage within sight of the mighty serpent , which slowly unwound itself from the dead body and glided into its den , irresistibly tempted thereto by its favorite dainty. A post-mortem exam ination of the unfortunate athlete's re mains discovered no fewer than eighty- seven fractures of his bones , effected by the constriction of the serpent's coils. His death must have been al most instantaneous , as the spine was dislocated in several places. London Telegraph. i fc The Cat and the Bees. Charles Kaiser , who has the only hive of bees in town , says that when he first got his colony , his old cat's curiosity was much excited in regard to the doings of the little insects , the like of which she had never before seen. At first she watched their comings and goings at a distance. She then flat tened herself upon the ground and crept ilong toward the hive , with tail hori zontal and quivering. It was clearly svident that she thought the bees some new kind of game. Finally she took up i position at the entrance of the hive , md when a bee came in or started out made a dab at it with her paws. This went on for a time without at tracting the attention of the inhabitants af the hive. Presently , however , old Tabby struck and crushed a bee on the 3dge of the opening to the bjbre. The onell of the crushed bee alarmed and jnraged the whole colony. Bees by ; he score poured forth and darted into ; hefurof the astonished cat. Tabby rolled herself in the grass , spitting , spluttering , biting , clawing and equali ng as a cat never squalled before. She ippeared a mere ball of furs and bees is she rolled and tumbled about. She ras at length hauled away from the live with a garden rake , at the cost of leveral stings to her rescuer. Even after she had been taken to a iistantpart of the grounds the bees ituck to Tabby's fur , and about once n two minutes she would utter an nn- jarthly "yowl" and bounce a full yard nto the air. On coming down she vould try to scratch her ear , when a iting on the back would cause ier to urn a succession of somersaults and jive vent to a running fire of squalls. Like the parrot that was left alone with he monkey , old Tabby had a dreadful ime. ime.Two Two or three day s after the adventure Cabby was caught by ihe owner , who odk her by the neck and threw her lownnearthebcehive. No sooner did she trikc the ground than she gave a dread- ul squall , and at a single bound reach- id the top of the fence full six feet in leight. There she clung for a moment , nth a tail as big as a rolling-pin , when , nth another bound and-squall , she was > ut of sight , and did not- again put in n appearance for over a week. Fir- rinia City ( Nev. ) Enterprise , The production of raisins in Califor- 5a now reaches 100,000'boxes annu- Toaof Mai , Don't Be Helped * Dr. Prime has very little sympathy t waste upon young men who get thei education by forced loans from relative * Ho says to an earnest young fellow wh wants an education , but cannot afford t pay for it : "The way of the world now is for yoi to look about and see who will help yoi to got it. That is not the right way Look about and see what you can do t help yourself. Grind your own ax Support yourself by honorable industry and earn your bread while you improv the odds and ends of time in study When you get something ahead , use it to support yourself while you learn. Tei thousand men ore now serving thei generation with usefulness and hone who never asked anybody to grind au a : for them. " This is very sensible advice. Th < young men of this country , as a rule are helped altogether too much. If the ] have the right stuff in them they cat get the educatidu they need without begging or borrowing. The Younger and the Elder Booth From an early age Edwin Booth wai associated with his father in all the wanderings dorings and strange and often sad ad ventures of that wayward man of gen ius , and no doubt the many sorrowful ex periences of his youth deepened th < gloom of his inherited temperament. Those who know him well are awar that ho 1ms great tenderness of hear and abundant playful humor ; that hL mind is one of extraordinary liveliness , and that he sympathizes keenly and cor dially with the joys and sorrows of oth ers , yet that the whole man seems satu rated with sadness , isolated from com panionship , lonely and alone. It is thii temperament , combined with a sombei and melancholy aspect of countenance , that has helped to make him so admira ble in the character of Hamlet. Of hi fitness for that part his father was the first to speak , when on a night manj years ago , in Sacramento , they hac dressed for St. Pierre and Jaffier , ir "Venice Preserved. " Edwin , as Jaf fier , had put on a close-fitting robe oi black velvet. " You look like Hamlet , ' the father said ; "why don't youplaj it ? " The tune was destined to come when Edwin Booth would be accepted all over America as the greatest Hamlei of the century. In the season of 1864- 65 , at the Winter Garden Theater , New York , he acted that part for a hundred nights in succession , accomplishing thus a feat unprecedented in theatrical an nals. Since that tune Henry Irving , in London , has acted Hamlet 200 consecu tive times in one season ; but this latter achievement , in the present day and in the capital city of the world , seems lesa remarkable than Edwin Booth's exploit was , performed in turbulent New York in the closing months of our terrible civil war. The elder Booth was a short , spare , muscular man , ' with a splendid chest , a symmetrical Greek head , a pale counten ance , a voice of wonderful compass and thrilling power , dark hair , and blue eyes. Ed yin's resemblance to him is chiefly obvious in the shape of the head and face , the arch and twist of the heavy eyebrows , the radiant and constantly shifting fight of expression which ani mates the countenance , the natural grace of carriage , and the celerity of move ment. Edwin's eyes are dark brown , and seem to turn black in moments of excitement , and they are capable of con veying , with electrical effect , the most diverse meaning the solemnity of lofty thought , the tenderness of affection , the piteouaness of forlorn sorrow , the awful sense of spiritual surroundings , the woful weariness of despair , the mocking glee of wicked sarcasm , the vindictive menace of sinister purpose , and the lightning glare of baleiul wrath. In range of facial expressiveness his countenance is thus fully equal to what his father's was , and to all that tradition tells us of Garrick. The present writer saw the elder Booth but once , and that in a com paratively inferior part Pescara , in Shiel's ferocious tragedy of " The Apes tate. " He was a terrible presence. He was the incarnation of smooth , specious , malignant , hellish rapacity. His exul- bant malice seemed to buoy him above blie ground. He floated rather than walked. His glance was deadly. His slear , high , cutting , measured tone was the exasperating note of hideous cruelty. Be was acting a fiend then , and making the monster not only possible but actual. He certainly gave a greater impression > f overwhelming power than is given by Edwin Booth , and seemed a more for midable and tremendous man. But his face was not moire brilliant than that of lis renowned son ; and in fact it was , if tnything , somewhat less splendid in power of the eye. William" Winter , in Harper's Magazine. Taking Care of Caesar. "Late one evening Col. Don Moni- ion , of St. Louis , and a party of boon jompanions wera returning home from lown-town , where they had been enjoy- ng whist and wine. Pausing in front if his elegant residence , Col. Doninsisted ipon the party's coming in and taking a > arting glass. ' No , no , Don ; we'll go lome. It's very late , and we won't keep rou up. ' These and similar expostula- ions were made , but Col. Don kept on nsisling. At last one of the gentlemen uggested that mebbe Mis. Morrison aight object. The Colonel seemed [ eeply offended at this. He drew him- elf up proudly and said , scornfully : Now you shall come in , for I intend to how you that I am Csesar in this house ! ' Scarcely had he uttered this proud declaration than a second-story window aised , and a feminine voice , cold and utting , rang out on the pale air : ' You re right , gentlemen ; go homo to your rives. I'll take care of Csesar 1' Of ourse , the party went home , and CoL ) on pensively retired. " JONES , who goes to the " lodge" quite ften , says Mrs J. could give the Nihil- jts several points on blowing up. OLD railroad conductors say the num- er of people traveling on Friday is less ban that of any other day in the week , nd they ascribe the cause to the super- tition entertained by a great many per- ons against beginning on undertaking r setting out on a journey on Friday. CHUTNEY SWEEP is the name of a trot- ing horse. It is said that at his hut ace he fairly flue. The debt of Bostonlias increased $1- 35,677 during the year. "Proposing" Im Texas. They manage these things different ! ; in Texas. This is ho w a fond couple com to an understanding , according to on who pretends to know. Hesitsononesid of the room in a big white rocking chair she on the other aide , in a little whit oak reeking chair. A long-eared dee hound is by his side , a basket of sewinj by hers. Both the young people roc ] incessantly. He sighs heavily and look out of the west window at a myrtle tree she sighs lightly and gazes out of th east window at the turnip patch. A hut he remarks : "This is mighty good weather for cot ton picking. " " 'Tis that , " the lady responds , "if w only had any to pick. " The rocking continues. "What's your dog's name ? " asks she "CoonyP Another sigh-broken still ness. "What's he good for ? " "What's he good for ? " says he ab stractedly. "Your dog , Coony. " "For ketching 'possums. " Silence for half au hour. "He looks like a deer hound. " "Who ? " "Coony. " "He is , but he's sort o' bellowaed , ar gettin' old an' slow , an'he ain't no'conn on a cold trail. " In the quiet ten minutes that ensue ! she takes two stitches in her quilt , i gorgeous affair made after the patten called "Bose of Sharon. " "Your ma raiding many chickens ? " " . " "Forty-odd. Then more rocking , and somehov the big rocking chair and the littli rocking chair are jammed side by side and rocking is impossible. "Makin' quilts ? " he observes. "Yes , " she replies , brightening up , fo : she is great on quilts. "I've just fin ished a gorgeous 'Eagle of Brazil , ' i 'Setting Sun , ' and a 'Nation's Pride. ' Have you ever saw the 'Yellow Boso oi the Prairie ? ' " "No. " More silence. Then he says "Do you love cabbage1' "I do that. " Presently his nand is accidentally placed on hers , of which she does uo1 seem to be at all aware. Then ho sud denly says : "I'se a great mind to bite you. " "What have you a great mind to bite me for ? " "Kase you won't have me. " "Kase you ain't axed me. " "Well * now , I ax yon. " "Then now I has you. " Coony dreams he hears a sound ol kissing- and next day the young man goes after a marriage license. Cham- bers'Joumal. Dower and No Dower. After the Franco-Prussian war , a law was passed in France' forbidding any officer in the army to marry a woman unless she had a dot , or dower , which was to be settled upon her and her chil dren , and which would yield an income of at least § 250 per annum. The hnr also rules that she must be comme il faut , that is , of respectable birth and virtuous conduct. This law was sug gested by the large number of officers' wives , widowed in the war , and left without either money or education to provide for their children. Americans condemn , justly , the mer cenary marriages common in France , and a universal rule that a girl is unmarriageable - marriageable without a dot. The poor est peasant's daughter knows that she must haveher little sum laid by , before she can wed , and her plenishing of bed ding , linen , etc. , with which to begin her humble housekeeping. Marriage , says the American , should be wholly a matter of feeling. He holds a man unworthy of a good woman's love who is not willing to take her for herself alone , without a penny of dower. This is very generous and magnan imous for the husband , but is it the best way for the girl , or the girl's father to look at the matter ? The French father , knowing that his daughter's dower must be furnished , as well as money for his son's start in life , is forced to practice and teach his children thrift. There is no nation as habitually econ omical as the French. The French girl's dot is largely the result of her own saving , and the habits and prudence thus taught her are a solid capital , bet ter than money , with which to begin married life. Very much the same custom was ob served by our forefathers. Seventy years ago , no girl was considered ready for marriage who had not an "outfit" chests of table and bed linen , and under clothing , sewed and often spun and woven by her own hand. How is it with us now ? Our girls , as rul , grow up like flowers. No hint is given to them that money , or anything more gross than love , is necessary for married life. Their doting parents ac custom them to luxurious or idle habits , to elegant dress , to dainty fare ; furnish them with an expensive trousseau , and , as they live to the full extent of their incomes , have not a penny of dower to give them , to insure them or their chil dren against misfortune. There is certainly much to be said on the French side of this question. Youth's Companion. To Fix SEAWEEDS IN BOOKS. If not too fine the weeds must be soaked in salt and water , then dried in a towel , laid on a table or suitable board and pasted over on one side with a camei's- hair brush or pencil dipped in a solu tion of gum dragon ; the gummed side must be applied to the paper ; when this is satisfactorily achieved , for which pa tience is exceedingly requisite , stretch a piece of clear muslin ever the specimen - ; men , and then put eight or ten pieces of blotting paper , cut to size , upon it , : afterward placing a heavyweight on the top. Leave it for twenty-four hours , ' then remove the top , gently take the blotting-paper and muslin and replace them by fresh pieces , taking great care not to disturb the specimens in the least degree. In three or four days , if the weather be dry , the specimens will be dry also. They will retain their color for years , if prepared as above , directly after they come from their briny home. On the Mariposa road , near Tuo- umne , , Cal. , there are two snow drifts sach a mile long and 150 high. The Amerkaa'8 England. It is upon the pages of Washington Irving that wo must look for the most fascinating picture of the traditional and ideal England. His imaginative fondness for old English customs and life led him to describe them with charming grace , and to decorate them with quaint allusions and quotations , so that ho throws & delicate- glamour over England , which makes it to the half-English American heart the most romantic of lands. The very warmth of jealousy with which we often speak of England is due to the family feel ing. With the advent of universal suf frage , and the Irish immigration , it has been part of the politics of a great American party to appeal to a hostile sentiment which has a mixed origin. Indeed , politicians of all schools find it convenient and easy to stir the British lion. That kind of appeal is the stock "gag" of the political scene , but 'tis as innocent as "Thisne , dear. " Irving , indeed , was reproached with unpatriotic fondness for the old homo. This was natural enough , for he lived long in England , and his favorite themes were often characteristically English. But a little reflection shows that they are thoroughly American sketches both in their spirit and their point of view. England is not roman tic to Englishmen in Irving's way. In deed , it can be so only to the descend ants of Englishmen in other lands , who with perfect satisfaction with their lot , and pride in their own career , turn with sweet pensivene'ss of reminiscence to their father's country reminiscence which is tenderly imaginative , and which invests its subject with faery hues. An American who finds Ins own coun try inspiring and ennobling in its op portunity and its prospect often con fesses that it lacks a soft poetic per spective , and sighs for ivied castles and ancestral trees in whoso shade Sidney's sister walked. But , were he born among them , they would have lost the spell that he now feels , and his life would have lost the richness of that re gret. As you look up the Val Anzasca : How faintly flushed , how phantom fair Was Monte Rosa hanging there t A thousand shadowy penciled valley * And snowy della in a golden air. But it is only so from the Val Anzas ca. It is not so when you try the terri ble ascent. Indeed , itis one of the advantages of America that with the modified En glish blood in our veins we have En gland to go to. The consciousness of being in London is second only to that of being in Borne or Jerusalem. Is it second ? Is the soul of the American more stirred by St. Peter's , by the yel low Arne , by the Coliseum , by the tomb in Arqua , than by London , by the daisy in the field , the hawthorn hedge , the lark in the sky , Westminster Bunnymede ? And the fond regard , the surprise , eager delight , the pathos of pleasure , do not weaken , they do but strengthen , that loitering scion of kin beyond the sea. The stronger and deeper his romontic reverence for En- land , the better American is he , because less narrow and prejudiced. Generosi ty of soul is greatness of soul. With gratitude and sympathy and joy the sincere American wandersthrough Eng land ; and yet , childof his country and time , he still murmurs , wistfully : I like a monk , I like a cowl , I love a prophet of the soul ; And on my heart monastic aisle * Fall like sweet strains or pensive smiles ; Vet not for all his faith c 11 see Would I that cowled churchman be. Untamed Shrews. "Look here , " said a man to his busi ness partner , one day , "we have stood ' our fault-finding , when there is no cause or it , about long enough. If you can not live with your wife without quarrel ing , why , then , quarrel with her and be done with it ; but do not bring your quarrel at hem < 3 to the store with you , and vent the spleen you gather there on the unoffending clerks here 1" This man's remonstrance was well- founded. The partner had been a pros perous young business man until he married a fair-faced , well-educated girl , who turned out , in practical , wedded life , on untamed shrew. Then his fort unes began to fall ; the patience of his partner at length became exhausted ; the firm was dissolved , and the young man went into bankruptcy , and found the reproaches from his shrew-wife's tongue , for lus mismanagement and misfortunes , much sharper than those from any of his numerous creditors. A curious scene occurred in the course of a trial in court in this city. A man had sued his wife for a divorce on the ground of cruelty on her part not a very common allegation in behalf of the husband , in proceedings lor divorce. Unexpectedly there appeared upon the stage , at this juncture , another man who informed the complaining husband that the woman had previously been married to him and had never been di vorced , so that a prosecution for bigamy would lie. The two men conversed to gether , aside , for a few moments , when the second husband , turning to the court , said : "I have no doubt of the truth of this man's story ; for he has re lated to me particulars of the woman's persecutions such as I do not believe any other woman was ever guilty of. " It was a remark which , while it illus trated his keen appreciation of the evil spirit of this one woman , who had oc cupied to him the relation of wife , at the same time testified his unshaken confi dence in women in general , notwith- itanding his own bitter individual ex perience. And this general confidence was right and well founded. The conclusion of the most profound student of human nature , on the subject of women , that they are better and worse than we are , is entirely sound. But , fortunately , the srooked-tempered , though considerable in aumber , in comparison with the amiable md good are but few. It is true , as we said at the beginning , the career of many a husband has been blighted by his having unwittingly married an un tamed shrew ; but in reference to a far greater number of men it may be truth fully said : "His life has been expanded md sweetened by the companionship md devotion of an angel-wife. " New York Ledger. Twelve million dollars will be paid mt in Philadelphia next month as semi-annual dividends and interest , $1,934,180 of the amount being interest ) n the citv debt. STOCK DIPECTOKY DENNIS M'KILUP. Ranch on lied Willow , Thornburp. Ilayea County , Neb. Cattle branded "J. M. " on loft. Hide. YOUIIK cattle branded name a * above , also * 'J. ' ' on left Jaw. Under-nlope Tight ear. Horses branded "JS" on left shoulder. WILSON. Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; aluo dewlap and a crop and under half crop on left cur , and a crop and under bit in the right. Ranch on the Republican. Post- office. Mnx. Dundv cnuntv. Nebraska. HENRY T. CHURCH. an over crop on right ear and under crop on left. HorHes branded ' " 8" on right shoulder. SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO. Indianoln. Neb. Range : Republican Val ley , east of Dry Creek , and near head of Spring Creek , in Chase county , J. 1) . WKUIOKX , Vice President and Superintendent. THE TURNIP BRAND. Ranch 2 miles north of McCook. Stock branded on left hip , and a few double cross es on left hide. C. D. ERCANBKACK. STOKES & TROTH. P. O. Address , Carrico. Hayes county , Nebraska. Range. Red Willow , above Car rico. Stock branded as above. Also run the lazv ci brand. GEORGE J. FREDERICK. Ranch4 miles southwest of JlcCook , on the Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the left hip. P. 0. address , McCook , Neb. JOHN HATFiELD & SON. McCook. Neb. , Ranch 4 miles southeast , > n Republican river. Stock branded with i bar and lazy a on left hip JB. . MESERVE. Ranch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman liver , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded is above ; also " 717" on left side ; "V on ieht hip and "L. " on right shoulder ; * L."on left shoulder and "X. " on left aw. Half under-crop left ear , and square- irop right ear. JOSEPH ALLEN. Ranch on Red Willow Craek. half mile .bo ve O born po tonlce. Cattls branded on. ight side ana hip above. 3.4 FOR SALE Improved Deeded Farm , .nd Hay Land. Timber and water. Two arm houses , with other improvements. Convenient to No. 1 school privileges. Sit- lated "n Republican river , near mouth of led Willow creek. Call on J. F. Black , > a premises , or address him at Indlanola , Nebraska.