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i c? -- 'v-- W. l- K .fi I i ri I'; I. 1 '.1 i f t h ! JR f m M HI ti . , . 1 if c s? b- w if ire ff. il I 4 Hv KJ I tip SIMIM SERVANTS. DOMESTICS TO BE RECRUITED FROM THE MONKEY TRIBES. Am Xatarestla. Froblm Dlseasse by a Fr-saca Natarallst Net a New Idea. Seme Very Interesting Casea Tka Next Qasstloa. Can monkeys bo domesticated and made as seful to man as the Uorse, the ox and the ass are useful, but in a different way! Such la the in -esting problem discussed in a book Just issued here by M. Victor Meunier, who has made a study of these curious specimens of the animal kingdom. And this problem, according to the author, will in timo receive a successful solution. Maukind will in the future draw from the tanks of the Simian tribes servants skillful enough to perform tasks now only discharged by reasoning I hod almost said "reasonable" beings tasks that require only strength of muscle, bkill of hand and ordinary intelli gence. But M. Meunier draws a very distinct line between the higher and lower orders of the monkey race. Among the latter he places the fiarbary ape, the pouched, the striated and other varieties; among the former the chim panzee, the gorilla, the orang-outang and the 'gibbon," or long armed species. And it is only from among the last named that the ser vants of the future will be recruited. NOT A BAD IDEA. Nor is the idea of Simian domestics a new one. Safforr, in the last century, staked his great reputation as a naturalist on the follow ing statement: "I have seen a chimpanzee that always walked on two legs, even when carrying heavy burdens. A word or sign was suffi cient to make him obey, and his temper was equable and gentle. I have seen him offer his hand to lead out those who had been calling on bis master and walk with them like a com panion. I have seen him take his seat at table, unfold his napkin, wipe his lips, use a spoon ail fork, pour out a glass of wine and pledge a health when invited, lhave seen him take a cup and saucer, place it on the table, pour out tea, put sugar in it. let it get cool before drinking, and all without other instigation than the signs or words of his "He never injured any one, but always ap proached you carefully, and as if wishing to be petted. He was prodigiously fond of can dies, everybody fed him with them, and as ha had a cough and his lungs were affected, it is supposed that the indulgence of this appetite shortened his life. He only lived one summer in Paris and died the following winter in London." Another learned savant, Camilla Flam marioo, points out that all the chimpanzees that have been brought to Europe have been similarly docile. One that had been brought to the zoological garden in Antwerp was taken into the family of the superintendent He showed affection for his master's children, shared their games, went with them into the garden, picked cherries for them, dragged them about in a little carriage and even some times dined with them, when he would empty a glass of champagne to the health of the com pany. A TRAINED F-UALB IfONKET. A female monkey, described by Capt. Grandperret, had been trained while on a voyage to America to heat the oven, and per formed her duties to the satisfaction of all concerned. She was careful not to let the burning coals tumble out on the deck, and was evidently pleased when toe proper degree of heat was obtained. She would then go and inform the baker. But this was not her only specialty, or, to speak more correctly, she hod no specialty. She could turn her hand (rj to all and any of the ordinary em ployments of the sailor, such as weighing an chor, taking in sail and making everything taut, and not only this, but what she did was so well done that the Jack Tars came to re gard her as quite one of themselves. At Loango a chimpanzee was trained to go for water to the river and wood to the forest, sweep the room, make the beds, turn the spit, etc. Having fallen sick a bleeding set him on his feet again. Nor did he forget what cured him, for being again attacked a year afterwards, and seeing the doctor come into the room, he held out his arm that the process might be repeated. An explorer, M. Poussielque, traveling in Florida, was one day entertained at San Geronimo by Gen. Lloreute. The latter several times referred to his servant Antonio, and striking u tall Antonio appeared. He was u monkey about four feet in height, dressed in white trousors and a red vest and wearing a cap. At a signal from his master be stuck a napkin under his arm and laid the table. "And," adds M. Poussielque, uhe waited on us doing everything himself, more rapidly than four negro servants would have done it'' Antonio was 12 years old, having been born in the Gaboon and brought to Florida by the negro who had educated him. The question then recurs, can the monkey be domesticated and made subservient to man, as the dog, the horse, the ox has been made subservient. The dog has been trained to hunt and be a faithful guardian of man's interests; the ox has been taught to drag heavy loads, but the intelligence of the ape far surpasses any of the &o called domestic animal.-;, in that be alone has a hand and can become a workman. Paris Cor. New York Graphic. A WARNING TO SMOKERS. Seasons Why a Maa Should Not Loaa Ills Lighted Ciar, A placid and callow looking young man, who wore a silk hat, a fur trimmed coat, light overgaiters and patent leather shoes, tripped nimbly up to a well fed man seated in the Liudell hotel lobby yesterday and raised a mutilated "snipe' to his lips with: 'A light, if you pleasef" The well fed man continued to work bis half smoked cigar while he made a careful search of seven of his pockets for a snatch. The placid, half fed dude kept an uneasy gazo at the burning cigar. Two min utes passed in that way, and the well fed man was tired, and be showed it. "I haven't a match, but you can probably get a light at the cigar stand," said he, rising to point out to the young man an alcohol blaze not ten steps away. "Begy'r pawdon," gasped the callow one, while a flush of indignation chased over his face. The well fed man resumed his seat and puffed away serenely at his cigar. "That was right," observed the first to speak, "and, though it is a little innovation of the popular custom, it is a common sense act. I always carry matches for the benefit of my friends, as well as for myself, that 1 may be able to smoke my own cigar, but if I chance to be caught without a match I never have tho courage to refuse to turn over my cigar when asked for a 'light' I consider it impertinence toacaman for a light off his cigar, but custom has established that imper tinence ao firmly you are criticised if you at tempt to inaugurate a new era for smokers." "It is an old, meatherbeaten and foolish Idea that courtesy makes it necessary to let very stranger, without consideration of his ccBpatkm, handle your cigar," offered a gentleman on the other side of the well fed man. ' If I am smoking a cigar and it is half or three-quarters burned, lam not going so let a stranger handle it and then return it to my mouth. A gentleman who thinks be fore be acts would not expect me to, and when I happen to be without a match and do not feel flush enough to buy another cigar, I politely inform the man that I am without a match. It is only occasionally you run upon a man who is so rude as to ask you why you don't give him your cigar." "It was only yesterday," interrupted an at tentive listener, "that I saw a physician stop catting the diseased flesh of a patient and light a cigar. Three minutes later a man dropped around and asked the physician for a light. He gave it to him. I would not have touched his cigar, nor would I have al lowed him tto touch one I was smoking, for snaa is naturally a careless animaL There is aa iBuneass number of persons whose business it is to handle poisonous substances, and in a4min to these there are not a few who ac cidentally touch a matter of which a small particle will taint a cigar. The most minute speck of poison will cling to the moistened part of a cigar, and, touched to a chapped lip, asay destroy yoar comfort and the beauty of year face for weeks. The drug clerk, com nmiadinr pssscriptions in which are deadly runs out o get mm ut we lagreoienu corner, and while on the way con- i it his UBqaestJoBed privilege, under the ,fo ask you lor a.ught. The rkanlrs -rmVmirl ia csrt-ta kinds of labor areeoullydaageroiismea to give or reeeiv a 'light from. One workman may have brass dost oa ads fingers as he goes home from work, bat he doss sot consider that J I will, and hereafter say cigar will be inviolate." St Lonis Republican, DAUGHTER OF TEN MILLIONS. Little Mlnoa la a Jewelry Store Select lag a Watch for Her Small Belt. A little girl came into the leading jewelry store the other day to select a watch for her small belt She came with her mamma and the footman lifted her out of the carriage, while a demure little French maid walked three steps behind the child, ready to do its slightest bidding with alacrity. The little 10-year-old was clad in sables from her jaunty cap to a pair of tiny fur overgaiters that covered her boots; her cloak was a marvel of beauty and she carried a natty little gold tipped umbrella in one of her gloved hands. She walked down the long corridor of the store beside her mamma with her juvenilu nose held high in the air and her eyes moving from side to side with the calmness of an old sightseer. Presently they came to the coun ter where the little watches were on show, and one of the clerks threw open the show case while another hurried down to the shop to get a chair for the little miss to stand upon. She handed her umbrella to the maid, drew off her gloves with great deliberation, mounted tho chair and began looking the watches over carefully one after another. They cost from $100 to $600 apiece. Each one was scrutinised with the utmost delibera tion and there was not the slightest expression of childish wonder or delight Her scrutiny would have done credit to a Jewish pawn broker examining articles on which he was asked to advance a pledge. "I wish you would be quick and select ono, Miguon," said the mother, moving wearily from one foot to another and innocently re fusing to notice any suggestions of the sales- ' men; "you certaiuly have had time enough j to make up your mind. Why don't you take that pretty one with the sapphire set in the j back of the casef j "I dont like sapphires," said the child j calmly. "They are unlucky." j "No, miss," interposed the salesman pleas antly. "It is the opal which is unlucky and J not the sapphire." j The child raised her gray eyes to the sales- j man's face for the first time and stared at him j calmly. Then she said with a manner that t very much resembled her mother's, "I don't j think I'll trouble you to tell me what stone is ' or is not unmcky. l am quite able to decide myself and I much prefer doing it without having any outside interference." It is impossible to describe oa paper the cool effrontery of the child's manner. The sales- t man blushed like a school girl and held his tongue, while the daughter of $10,000,000 stood calmly on her chair, flanked on one side by her languid mother and the other by her silent maid, criticising tho watches slowly and carefully. She complained of the chasing on one, the shape of another, the beveled edge of a third, the size of a fourth and so on until everybody in the vicinity was wearied by the spectacle. Finally she decided to order one, and was carted off upstairs where she could give her opinions in detail to an expert in the manufacture of watches. Take her all in all she was about the n.ost unpleasant type of a New York girl that I have ever seen. Blakely Hall iu New York Mail and Express. A Kansas Preacher's Scheme. The following is a copy of a letter recently received from a man in Kama in the office of a prominent claim agent of this city: "Srn 1 want to ask you to find me a boy. I am willing to enter into duplicate contract with you, allowing you $25 for your trouble. I want a boy, strictly whits, not over 6 years of age nor under 18 months. I wast him to be of good blood, though he may come through a disgraceful channel as, indeed, that is the source from whence I expect him. I want his parents or those having him at their disposal to invest at least $1,000 in a good piece of western land, let the title be in any party they may select, but allowing me the free use and benefit of it (by keeping taxes paid up) until the child (boy) is 21 years of age, it being stipulated in the agreement that, should the boy live to be SI years of age, then the land be his; Lut should he die in his minority, then the land would revert to some ono else, and I would give possession. I be lieve these are about the conditions I am will ing to take the child, raise it as my own, treat it as my own, educate it as my own. I have but one child; it is a girL I am 40 years of age, am a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church, and have no home, and I think this is a lawful and Christian way to get one. The $25 1 would pay out of my own pocket. If you will undertake to find the boy send blanks for duplicate contract Respect, fully, Rev. ."Washington Star. A -acky Mistake. "Talking about druggists' mistakes," said a druggist, "I'll tell you a funny inistako I made about three years ago. A young Ger man came into the store one morning and said be wanted fifty cents worth of arsenic to feed to some rats. I sold him what I sup posed was the poison, and would have thought no more of the sole if the fellow had not come round the next day and berated me for sell ing him quinine for arsenic. I learned later that the German, who had become despondent over some money matters, bought the 'arsenic' with the intention of committing suicide. He took the quinine to his lodgings, put on his grave clothes, shaved himself with a dull razor, and then lay down upon the bed with a teaspoon! ul of the alkaloid in his stom ach. When he woke up the next morning and found himself alivo he came to the store and relieved himself of his bile. Three weeks later he got a good job in a downtown cloth ing house, and is now earning a good salary. He comes around about once a month to tell me that some of the mistakes druggists make are not so bad, after all.' Chicago Herald. At a Masquerade Ball. We have had another of those big masque rade balk which are annual orgies for decency to blush at Bnt some of the freaks of impro priety are so funny that they really ought to bo described, especially when they require no shocking of the reader. On this occasion the advertisers of wines and other things were permitted to get then- work in. The manu facturer of a new medical plaster celebrated his ingenuity by parading a pretty young woman, whose figure was perfection. She wore a dress no lower than those seen at the opera, but that isn't saying that much material was used betwixt belt aud bareness at the back. Ths exposed surface of the skin was white and smooth, save for the portion covered by one of the plasters, which was lettered with the announcement of its name and purpose. The animate and comely bill board seemed to enjoy her comical distinction. A second hit in advertising was impromptu. Along toward daylight an intoxicated woman careered through the hall in a wild waltz. Her partner was the agent of a certain brand of champagne. On her back be had fastened a large placard, inscribed: "I am jolly drunk, and I got so on champagne." New York Cor. Chicago Herald. Mrs. aagtry'a Gold Mine. Miss Jeannette Gilder writes of Mrs. Lang 7 in a much more kindly fashion now than she did four years ago. She probably knows little better what she is saying. Tins k from a recent letter of that clever woman: Mrs. Langtry fe a shrewd woman of busi ness as well as a beauty, and she does not hesitate to take a "flyer" in Wall street on oc casions. She gave an account of her latest bit of financiering to a friend of mine. It seems that quite by accident Mrs. Langtry overheard two gentlemen discussing the big strike in a certain Arizona gold mine and its probable effect upon the stock of the same. Without consulting any one she quietly sent an order for several hundred shares. To her interne disgust she saw in the newspapers a day or two afterward that the mine "my mine," as she called it had been suspended from the stock exchange. "I made up my mind that I had been done out of my money, and said nothing. A lily for luck," she con tinued, as she showed a quotation with the mine, which was quickly replaced in the ex change, quoted at $11.85, nearly double her purchase price. New York Graphic. Importance of Crops. If crops were estimated commercially in proportion to their value, corn would be first, hay second, wheat third, cotton fourth, pota toes fifth, and tobacco sixth. The production of eggs and poultry k nearly equal to that of cotton and largely exceeds in value the com bined crops of potatoes and tobacco. Young society DarwhuT is the LITERARY NEW IfORK. THE NEWSPAPERS SAID TO SUR PASS THE MAGAZINES. The Periodical Literature af the Me tropolis The New York Press Remark ably Comprehensive la Its Scope aud Character Modern "Crab Street." The literary product of New York naturally falls into two general classes, one comprising the new books said the ether the press, taking that word in its comprehensive meaning. Far be it from me to confound the press with literature, but the two overlap each other, there being a literary side to the press and a periodical aspect of literature. In analyzing the literary life of New York it will be found useful to observe the above classification and to consider the two parts separately, taking first the periodical litera ture of the city. There are 643 newspapers and periodicals in New York. And taking these fint in the mass, without regard to their literary character, this great body of printed product includes 33 daily newspapers, 25" weeklies, and 234 monthlies. There are also no less than 22 quarterlies, a name that cer tainly Las a literary sound. The remainder of the 042 appear at various intervals. The New York prestAs remarkably com prehensive In its scope and character. Nine foreign languages are represented, the Ger man having a long lead, with a total of 03 iieriodicals. The Spanish are next with 9, InrtheFrechrit7,theScndina: vion aud Bohemian with 4 each, the Italian with S, the Hebrew with 2, and the Polish and Hungarian with 1 each. There are 80 periodicals designated under the head of the religious press, representing the following list of denominations: Hebrew, Baptist, Spirit-1 ualist, Catholic, Methodist Episcopal, Evan gelical, Reformed, Unsectarian, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Swedenborgian, Free Thought, Congregational, Undenominational, Re formed Catholic, Methodist, Religio-Scieu-tide, Christian. Free Methodist, Wesleyan. TUB EDCO&TIOKAL. PRESS. The educational press, so called, includes fourteen college papers, three journals of , education, and periodicals devoted to pen manship, phonography and deaf mutes. There are eight law periodicals, twelve de voted to insurance, and twenty-two to finance. Eight treat of science in all her aspects, aud mining, electricity, and engineering have three special organs each. "Sport" in its wide sense inspires fourteen, music nine, the drama seven, art four, military life four, and the fashions sixteen. Various social organizations publish thirteen more. There are four tem perance organs and one voice for woman suf frage. Finally may be mentioned the trade journals, though few of these have any rela tion to literature. There are altogether 100 of them, of which forty-five deal with com mercial interests, nine with railroads, fifteen with dry goods and clothing, and six each with the book trade and with scientific inven tions. Now, perhaps a third of these periodicals have a literary standard, and make their editors, contributors and correspondents live up to it And in many cases tbk standard is high. Nor k this so only with respect to the press that k deliberate in its periodicity. When all k admitted that need be as to the slovenly characteristics of daily, journalism, it may safely be contended that the thirty-three daily newspapers print a vast amount of good literary work. Indeed, if I may be permitted to free U-yself in the matter, I believe there k a higher literary standard in the newspapers than in the magazines. The necessity of hasty publication in the case of the daily press results m much tJopwork. I MATTER OF MERIT. j But where "copy" can be prepared with . any leisure, as for example, for the Sunday issues, an almost dit rtening amount of real literature is produced. The daily papers, too, as everybody knows, have the help of the ablest writers of the age in their critical ' functions and special literary features. Urged by rivalry, tho leading newspapers are eager to buy matter that has graphic merit, ' and many of the brightest mi nds are exchang ing a solid fame for an immediate mess of pottage in tbeseductive guise of "space rates." , 1UO weejujr kuu uiuiiuuj pivascuouAuiuajJfc to assume a virtue of "fine writing" if tbey , have it not But many' of them are war ranted in calling themselves literary. Out of the entire 450 there may be 100, or certainly fifty, that have a right to be included In the literary life of New York. These periodicals , attract to the city and encourago to effort a ! very large and interesting body of keen : minds and trained pens. The modern "Grub ' street" is as crowded as ever, but it k the ! back writer's own fault, generally hi these j days, if be or 6he cannot make a decent living. ' We have seen that the field of work is aa wide as human thought itself, and in each path eager rivals seek the best that k offered. Hera in this city, beyond dispute, k the great literary market of the country, and if one has literary wares of merit they are pretty sure to tlnd a customer. But because it k the beat market it k a cruel one. Itk the place for the good, not the poor; for the strong, not the weak. So let young David be sure of bis sling before he pushes forth to defy the Philistines. Cor. Boston Advertiser. IN THE HEART OF AFRICA. Mo-asamedaalsm la Central Soadaa The People Not Unwashed Barbarian. When I reached Central Soudan the sights and scenes I there witnessed burst upon me like a revelation. I found myself in the heart of Africa, among undoubted negroes, but how different from the unwashed, unclad barbarians it bad hitherto been my lot to meet iu my travels in Africa! I could hardly believe I was not dreaming when I looked around me and found large, well built cities, many of them containing 10,000 to 30,000 in habitants. The people themselves, pict uresquely and voluminously dressed, moved about with that self possessed, sober diguity which bespeaks the man who has a proper re spect for himself. I saw on all sides the signs of an industrious community, differentiated into numerous crafts, evidence sufficient to show how far advanced they were on the road to civilization. I heard the rattle, the tinkle and the musical clang of workers in iron, in brass and in copper. I could see cloth being made in one place, and dyed or sawn into gowns or other articles of dress in other places. In the markets, crowded with eager thou sands, I could see how varied were the wants of these negro people, how manifold the pro ductions of their industry and how keen their business instincts. Almost mora remarkable than anything else, no native beer or spirits, no European gin and rum, found place in their markets. Clearly there were no buyers, and therefore no sellers. Outside the towns, again, no forest covered the land; the density of tho population and its numerous require ments bad made the virgin forest a thing of the past, and its place was taken by various cereals, by cotton and indigo and other vege table productions which minister to the inner and outer man. What could have produced fhk great change! for that a change had occurred could not be doubted. Certainly contact with Europeans had had nothing to do with it The character of the industries, the style of art, indicated a certain amount of Moor ish influence, giving them the direction which tbey had assumed. How had the first great steps been taken! No Moors or Arabs were to be seen among the people. No such races held the reins of government, and by their powerf ul influence caused the introduction of new arts and industries. Evidently, what ever had been done had been done through the free aspirations of the negroes toward higher things. I was left long in ignorance of the agency which had thus transformed numerous tribes of savages into semi-civilized nations, ruled by powerful sultans, who ad ministered justice of a high order (for Africa) and rendered life and property safe. That agency was almost exclusively Moham medanism. Joseph Thomson in Contempor ary Review. The New lavaslea. The new Invasion of the south continues, and not a day passes without a party of northern visitors invading thk section for the purpose of inspecting its advantages. The other day the western lumbermen's excur sion, consisting of several hundred of the largest lumber dealers in the west and north west, were examining the splendid forests of central Alabama; another party, from New England, was being carried diagonally through the iron districts of Alabama and the pin region of MisaWppi; wke a third party Iowa, Illinois ad aorthwesteni capitalists was ininsctlng the resources of the Yasoo delta- This k the story of one day, and includes only the larger parties backed by large capi tal, making these Investigations with a view to possible investments. Oursouthernspecials give account of numerous smaller parties touring through the south with a combination of business and pleasure In view; and as for single individuals, there Is scarcely a southern paper which comes to us without a number of personals telling how Mr. A, of New York; Mr. B, of Boston, or Mr. C, of Chicago, is in town inspecting the lands or water powers and seeing the adaptability of the surround ing country for mining, factories, farming or stock raising. We are evidently in the midst of an era of great investment, which must be Inevitably followed by an era of great devel opment, infinitely greater than tho develop ment now under way. Now Orleans Times Democrat A PLEA FOR "CASTLES IN THE AIR." i Amid the myriad troubles that meet us day by day. Who would not from the conflict a moment turn away. And in a far off fairy land, where men no burdens bear. Forget awhile our tears and toll la "Castles In I the air" When many a bright hue. prospect fades fast beyond our view. And hopes which neared fruition prove shadowy and untrue; May we not In that dreamland, beyond all clouds and care. Behold our paradise restored in "Castles in the air!" 01 there are lonely chamber. In every home and And in life's song of sorrow each one must bear apart But hark! what mystic melodies soon hush tho voice of care. As parted hands are clasped once more in "Castles In the air." Then never grow discouraged, though fortune favors not. And we pursue life's pilgrimage unnoticed or forgot; We have an hour of victory and lustrous Isurcte wear Far all are kings and conquerors in "Castles in the air." Jacob Gough. Too Attractive By Far. In a school section in Northumberland sounty, where a young lady is engaged as a teacher, there has been quite a dispute as to whether it would be prudent tore-engage her or not It was claimed that she bad too many admirers of the ottposite sex, and that the section had thus been deprived of a ior tion of her time that should have been spent in the discharge of her duties as a teacher. Accordingly, at school meeting, the trustees bad an agreement drawn up to the effect that 6he should not keep company during the coming year with any man during school hours, as her undivided time should bo de voted to the school. Upon hor refusing to sign this agreement it was decided to leave it to a vote of the meeting as to whether she should be compelled to sign it or not A show of hands was taken, which resulted in a tie, when the chairman, being a young man, gave the casting vote in her favor. Toronto Globe. Bohemias Oats Swlndlera Outdoae. A South Middlcton farmer, who was in duced by the agents to buy twenty bushels of Bohemian oats and gave his note for $200, after maturer reflection rued his bargain and sought a way to escape the consequences. Ha invited the agents to call and see him, inti mating that he might buy more grain. Tbey called to see him, of course. He said his wife had been bothered about the old note and be wished they would let him show it to her to convince her that it was only for $200. This they did cheerfully. When the farmer got the note in hk hand he hastily threw it into the stove. Then he turned to the agents and said: "Now, you scoundrels, leave the house," and without listening to any of their protests or arguments, he made them go, and be is glad ho k rid of the whole business. Carlisle Sentinel. The Steel Pen and the Quill. Tho steel pen is an exceedingly modern in vention. Any person past middle ago can remember when its use became general in Before that time the quill pen was universal, and to make or sharpen it for his pupils was one of the chief tasks of the school master. Many persons still employ this archaic instrument, driving to madness all who are within hearing of its more harrowing sound. The utter inability of the present generation to listen to tho scratching of the quill pen k one of the moststartlingevidenccs of the Increase of nervous disorders among us. The pretended preference for it is generally an affectation. The name of the person who first used a quill pen has not been preserved, and the loss has not been seriously felt It was probably some monk or 'learned clerk" of the middle ages who found that it could usefully supple ment tho stylus with which be was illuminat ing a manuscript The quill might have easily been suggested by the bodkin made of the bone of a bird or other animal transmitted from the Romans to the medieval monks, or by the sharpened reed, also used by the Romans and still In use among the Arabs. The Chinese and Japanese use a sort of brush in writing, and when well instructed write rapidly and with artistic skill. 8an Francisco Chronicle. Central Africa's Trade Center. There k at but a little city in central Af rica. Kasongo has become the great center for the ivory and slave trades. Dr. Lenz says its houses are arranged in streets. About 10, 000 people inhabit the place. Here uro fitted out all the caravans that start for L.ik Tan ganyika with slaves and ivory. Hero is tho distributing point ft r all the goods from Zan zibar, which the Arabs scatter over tho coun try among chiefs, who sell them ivory or slaves, or who help them on their slave raids. Caravans are continually coming uud going. Provisions are abundant and cheap. Many of the houses are large, and are very well built with sun dried bricks. The hills around the town are covered with rice fields. The Arabs have also introduced cattle since Stan ley was there, ten years ago, and now large herds flourish on the plains some distance from the town. New York Sun. A Cool Proposition. "I think," continued the railroad man, re flectively, "the meanest man I ever met in tho matter of passes was a member of con gress. All one winter he had bored us for pa wi upon one pretext and another. One day be wrote us to send him a pass for him self from Pittsburg to Washington and an other for hk sou from Pittsburg to Balti more. The lad, he explained, was going there to schooL It appears that he subsequently changed bk mind, and kept the youngster at Washington with him. He wrote us thk in formation, in fact, and inclosed in the letter the boy s pass and asked us to send him in money the fare from Washington to Balti more. He explained that the pass entitled him to the ride, bnt that be would take the money instead. It was the coolest proposi tion I bad ever beard." Washington Letter. How President Washington Lived. The style of living of President Washing ton's family would not be tolerated in a presi dent of these democratic days. Hk servants were all in livery, and thk livery was white, trimmed with scarlet The general kept a chariot and four horses exclusively for Mrs. Washington, and for thk he had black pos tilions in livery. He rode himself in a cream colored, six horse coach, and he appeared at hk receptions with a sword at hk side. He did not shake hands at his receptions. The guests were arranged in a ring, and he walked around and spoke to them with dignity. Only those that had the proper introduction, or the proper social standing, came to hk lovecs, and it was necessary to appear in full dress. Frank G. Carpenter. Beecher Among the Britons. Henry Ward Beecher said to a Philadelphia reporter the other day: "Holmes, Longwell and Whittier are all that remain of the aboli tion party of the past. As for myself, I found the British people bad the most absurd idea of the importance of my work in the cause of the emancipation of the slave. My services in that matter were always dwelt upon at length by those who introduced me when I lectured. I finally got to believe that twe people were alone responsible for the emanci pation of the colored people. I was one, and my sister, Mrs. Harriet Beecher 8towa,waf the other." Xot Well Aeaualated. Squfluib Dilby, bow many books are there in the Bible? Dilby Blest if I know I Find a new one vary time I look Into It CAUSES OF COLDS. mi nnc-Dvra r.i aims they are PECULIAR TO CIVILIZED LIFE. A Soldier's Experience la the Field No Colds Caused by Exposure la Active Service -agar of Excessive Comfort. Oh the Plata. Reading recently an article of Dr. Brown Sequard on "Taking Cold," it occurred tome that colds are peculiar to civilized life, and to our comfortable, warm rooms. I have bad colds perhaps as frequently as any one, but during one period of my life I was entirely free from them, with one exception. I served through the war in the Fifth Ohio cavalry, beginning at Shiloh, and ending my service with the march to the sea. We were an active regiment, always at the front, and therefore remarkably unencumbered with tents or comforts. We were exposed to all weathers and all seasons. Many a time we were rained on for a week or more. When tho sun came out the next week or the week after, it dried us. Many a time, long after dark, after a march in rain and mud all day, wo have been filed, into miry woods, where wo slept in the rain with the running water wushing between us and our blankets. I Lave seen men waku in the morning with their hair frozen in tho mud. But none of u3 caught cold. We swam the Tennessee river after midnight, when the mercury was at zero, and among floating ice, and came out with our clothes, to our armpits, frozen llko sheet iron, and then marched till morning. In the cold winter of 1863-64, we were in the mountainous country of East Tennessee, where it is as cold as Ohio. We were there from November until March, without any tents or shelter of any kind, moving every day, and sleeping in a different place every night, with the temperature frequently below aero. I have, with my comrades, ridden upon the skirmish line when I could not lift a cartridge out of my box, nor even pick up a carbine cap. I havs been on night pickets, mounted, when the pickets had to be relieved every fifteen minutes, because if left longer the men could not load and fire. But we never caught tho slightest cold, nor did I ever in times of cold aud exposure to wet see a sol dier with a cold. FROM EXCESSIVE COMFORT. But I did catch one cold iu the army, and I never had such a one before or since. It came from excessive comfort, or what seemed comfort to iu. Wo were at CampDuvios, Miss., the southern outjKwt of the great fort ress of Corinth. Having been there some mouths we began to build neat log cabins, with openings for doors and windows no glass or doors, of course. Ono of our mess being a young bricklayer we thought to surpass cur neighbors in style and comfort, and we sent for brick, and he built us a large chimney and fireplace, and we built a good fire. That settled us. Four of us had to go to tho hospital with tremen dous colds on our chests and in our heads. We never had such heavy colds in our lives. Thk was about the middle of our three years of service, and before and alter that I never saw an exposed soldier with a cold. (Of course a few days after our cabins were finished we got marching orders.) I believo all old sol diers will bear me out that in active cam paigns whet e there was great exposure to the weather, no one had a cold. And come to think of it, iu my experience in Colorado and Utah in lecent years, I nover saw an Indian with a cold, though they stand more exposure than our cattle da It k our hot rooms that giu uh our colds. If a person would camp out from fall till spring, exposed to the weather of a severe winter, he would never take either a cold, pleurisy or pneumonia, and would be absolutely free from them. But when you are iu Rome you 'must do as the Romans do, and take warm rooms and colds. Andrew Van Bibber in Scientific Amer ican. THE DRUMMER DID IT. A Class of Honest and Kathasiattte Nuisances Who Haver Die. All Investigations by archaeologists into the various races mid their history break on an inexplicable influence that seems toconnert widely different places, periods and peoples. They find old jars in use in India that the mound builders had here, and they come across iron teaspoons in the primeval forest beds of coal They are astonished to find the gridiron of tho north of Ireland figuring in the social life of China three or four thousand years ago. Tho Bedouin Arab has the nrmv blanket of the Esquimaux, and in the ruins of Pompeii they come across peanut sheik like what the sweeper sweeps out of the gallery of the theatre to-day. Well, why k this! Archae ologists cannot telL I can. The mysterious ubiquitous influence that leaves no track save tho article k simply the drummer. It was the drummer who did it all. He left those curious Grecian scrolls in Egypt; he carved those hieroglyphics on the rocks of ancient Britain ; he k the man who introduced French sandy into Herculaneum and stuck the mound builders with Iron teaspoons. Do you over know what becomes of a drummer Not that you care, but have you ever seen a dead drummer 1 I dont believe drummers die. I believe they simply talk themselves into gas. uGas thou art, to gas returnest," was written ot the drummer. I have met one or two men who have been drummers, but they do not talk much aboat it When a drummer gets tired of talking he just disappears. I do not see how thk country survives the existence of drummers. You go into a small country place; you step iuto the hotel; you find in the office sixteen coats hanging up on the wall and sixteen valises in a row on the floor, and sixteen men sitting with their thirty-two feot up on the stove, tolling sixteen lies about their business and tboir adventures, all at one time. You can't get what you want in that town. The drummers have made the store keepers buy what they have to sell, and you've got to take it or go without It seems almost impossible to believe that a drummer should ever be able to disguise hk identity. He is, as a rule, aggressive and runs things. If you see a man come into tho office of a hotel and step up timidly to tho counter and ask the clerk if there are any letters for him, please, you may know that he's a bumble private citizen and a plain guest If you see a fellow bang open the door, stride in and leave it open behind him, go and hang hk coat on a peg and jam hk valise on the floor, walk behind the counter, take out all the let ters and read the addresses from every box, open the drawer and look in, then you'll know it's a drummer good for one night's lodging and several drinks. He generally lets every body know that he's sold a lot of stuff, and be talks very loud about the fun he's had some times. But they told me of one druaer who called himself a count, and wore a long fur lined ulster and an imposing foreign look ing mustache. Ho came in the summer sea son and stayed a long time. He was the rage; the girls fell in love with him; the mammas admired him; he was on the eve of getting engaged to a haughty San Francisco belle, when a lady walked into a drug store one day and found him with a lot of samples of soap. trying to stick the proprietor with hk stock. That let him out and he disappeared. But the profession disowned him, for as a rule the drummer k a straightforward, open, honest and enthusiastic nuisance. San Fraackco Chronicle. Gen. Grant la 183. I And in my notes a description of Gen. Grant written behind Vktksburg in June, 18G3. It may be of interest at this rscaota date: Almost at any time one can see a small but compactly built man of about 45 years of age walking through the camps. He moves with bk shoulders thrown a little in front of the perpendicular, hk left hand in the pocket of hk trousers, an unlightsd cigar ia hk mouth, hk eyes thrown straight forward, which, from the haze of abstraction which veik them, and a countenance plowed into furrows of thought, would seem to indicate that be k intensely prsoecupisd. The sol diers observe him coming, and, rising to their feet, gather on each side of the way to see him pass tbey do not salute him, they only watch him curiously, with a certain sort of familiar reverence. His abstracted air k not so great while be thus moves along aa to prevent hk seeing everything without appar ently looking at it; you will discover thk la the fact that, however dense the crowd in which you stand, if you are an acquautaace, hk eye wiU for sn lostant rest on you with a glance of recollection, accompsnkd with a grave nod of recognition. A skin hme suit without scarf, sword or trscysosaveaoc4itsTeji zsaz, 52Z srmr i fa close to fcLd,fu beard between light aaa -way,- a square cut lace, waose Unas a-dcoator-UV-leextreai endurance and detsrisBaiton. cossplsts the external ap pearance of thk small man, as one sees him passing along, turning and chewing restlessly the end of akuuligatsd cigar. Hk oounte nsacem rest has the rigid imssobil itaof cast iron, and while thk indicates the unyielding tenacity of the bulldog, one finds In hk gray eyes a smile sdoMr evidences of the pos sessko of those softer traits ssea upon the lips and over the entire faces of ordinary people Oa horseback he 'loses all the awk wardness which distinguishes him as be moves about oa foot Erect and graceful, be seams a. portion of hk steed, without which the full effect would be incomplete. Along with a body guard of the general rides hk sou Fred, a stout lad of some la summer He endures all the marches, follows hk father under fire with all tho coolness of an old soldier, aud k, in short, a "chip of the old block." "PoUuto" in Chicago Times. DISENCHANTMENT. 4f' I know they are ended, ended. The wsdneae. the folly; the pala; With the past but a dead recollection. Your face shall not vex me again. All the years of my waiting aad hoping. All tho years of my faith and my grief. All the years that beheld you exalted To the shrine of my highast belief " I know they are ended, ended, Tbey have supped to the void of the Tho eyes of the blind have beea opsawl To behold the dear heaven at last I know it k broken, broken, The image Ideal you wore, Yet over as haadful of ashes I welcome contentment once saore. .f The soul, that fancy embodied In the light of ite beautiful eyes, '? You have chosen to drag from its attar To the depths where It suUenlyues; But though it k broken, broken, I'm glad the delusion Is o'er, T For over Its handful or ashes I welcome coateatmsat once more. I know they are over, over. My youth, and the hopes of its prime. And yet, like the robta of the angels Were the dreams of that airect am suser-time; For they fed on the manna of heaven. Aad eashrlaed your name In iu light. Aad beckoned you upward, aad upward. To the verdure clad hilltops of right. But now they are over, over. The madness, the folly, the pala. In the calm of my life, and Its future, Your face shall not vex me agala. Birch Arnold la The Current ON HELEN'S CHEEK. Oa Helen's cheek wss once a glow. An arc of dreamland glimpsed below, A silver purpled, peachy beauty A Ia tidal swaying to and fro. O flush of youth! outvelveting The butterfly's Arabian wing! The very argosies of morning Bear not from heaven so rich a thing. On Helen's cheek a springtide day. Fragile and wonderful it lay; From Helen's cheek these twenty snmmera Child lips have kissed the bloom away. Nay, Time ! record it not so fast. The reign of roses overpast; All victor pomps of theirs encircle A loyal woman to the lost. So true of speech, of soul so free. A Of such a mellowed Mood is she. That girlhood's vision, long evanished. Rounds never to a memory. No loss in her Love's self descries ! Up trembling to adoring eyes. The sweet mirage of youth and beauty On Helen's check forever lies. Louise Imogen Uuiney in The htdependeas. A visit to the sewers of Paris was a feature of a press festival recently held in that city. Five hundred persons availed themselves of the singular progranune. The Verdict Unanimous. W. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind., testifies: "I can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bottles, aud was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years' standing." Abraham Hare, druggist, Belleville, Ohio, ntBrms: ''The beet sell- ing medicine I have ever handled in my i 20 years' experience, is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unani mous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar u bottle at Dowty & Becher'8 drug store. Mine. Nevada Palmer has goue to Kuis to remain until October. Worth Your Attention. Cut thi out and mail it to All A Co., An gesta, Maine, who will send you free, somatlunjc new, that lost coins inoer for all workers. Aa wonderful aa th electric light, as genuine aa pars cold, it will prove of lifelong valao and importance to you. Both sexes, all ages. Allen ACo. bearezpenHeof tarting- you in business. It will bring you ia morn own, riKht away, titan anything else in tbia world. Anyonu anywhere can do the work, and livo at hooit 1h. Better write at once; than, knowing all, should you oonclade that yoa don't care to engage-, why no harm is done. 4-ly Mrs. Langtry's 7,000 acres of Califor land cost her just $100,000. Vise) selleMt Mam I si Celaaa hv. As well as the handsomest, and others sre invited to call on Dr. A. Oeiatz aud get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is selling eutirely upon its merit aud is guaranteed to euro and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 60 cents aadSL Dftcl- Mrs. G. M. Hutton, the richest woman in Baltimore, inherited 820,000 from her father, Thomas Winans. A Wobmb'h Discovery. "Another wonderful discovery has been made and that too by a woman in this county. Disease fastened its clutch es upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and was so much relieved ou taking first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has been miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write W. C. Hamrick Jk Co., of Shelby, N. C. gel a free trial bottle at Dowty & Becher's drag store. And now they say that Mine. Etelka Gerster has hopelessly ruined her voice by indulging in fits of furious anger. SOMEBODY'S CHILD. Somebody's child is dying dying with the flush of hope on his young face, and somebody's mother thinking of the time when that dear face will be hidden where no ray of light or hope can brighten it because there was no cure for consumption. Reader, if the child be your neighbor's, take this comforting word to the mother's heart before it is too late. Tell her that consumption is curable; that men are living today whom the physicians pronounced incurable, because one lung had been almost de stroyed by the disease. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" has cured hundreds; surpasses cod liver oil, hypo phosphites, and other medicines in cur ing this disease. Sold by druggists. Miss Cora Blooomb, who is to marry an Austrian nobleman next Booth, is bow in Paris purchasing an elegant trousseau. Neither whiskey, ginger, blackberry hmndy r m to equal Cb-Uitarhii-'s Colic, Cholera and Diar- " xveinoay lor Dowel complaint. It is the only nedicino that ulays cures bloody flux, cholera morbus, dysentery and diarrhoea, aud it never fails. It costs 25 cents and is worth '" dollars when needed. Mr. A. i'iuiov of Bain bridge, Putnam county, Ind., writes that Chamberlain's Colic, Chvilera and Diar rhoea Remedy cured him of a severe at tack of diurrhcoa, the first dose quieted and eased the pain aud the second dose cured him completely; ho also says that he cured :t bad case of bloody dux with tho sjimo lwttle. Sold by Dowtv Jfc Becher. Miss Chestnut is the name of one of tho most beautiful holies j.t Atlantic City. She ought to be able to change it before the season is over. Cood Wages Ahead. Goorjp Stinaou Co., Portlntid, .Muiiw. can ive you vor tluit u can il. tmd lit ut hiuu, making; givnt pay. Wti tire Ktnntii tre. t'avi tal not uvlrtl. Mo'li svavs. All :i-.Tt. Cut thia out and write at ouc-j; u-j iin.ai will ! dotxt if you concludo not to ku to work, utter u Wrn all. All particulars fnv. lJest puyicK work in this world. j 4-ly Mrs. Crawford, Paris correspondent of tho London daily AVirx and Truth, is said to earu SlO.DiMI a year hy Jut en the lurest stun made lr. ;t woituin out of journalism. S;nt- b-"ioI;-1j l"le? Allow u tou-h to run until il uet- beyond the iravbul mrtlieiiie. 'lln-y often cay. Oh, il nii! Ut-ur :iway, hut in most enses :t wear-. tL m away. Could I he be in lucril (o try the sm-cekatul medicine .-!l-tl K inpN t'.ul-Mtn. which we sell on pnsitiw jju.irautte to curt:, they would :mmedi:ttev ee the e.xrcilvut effect after t-kini? the tirt dose, r.-ico flUc and $1.00. ' Trial size free. Dr. A. Iieiut. Mrs. Hiiumol llitss, of Nov.- VorJ:. who id now at tho Clarendon hoto!. Saratoga, hands $.t),0o0 worth of diamonds over to the hotel rlerk for snfo keeping every night. English Spavin Liniment ror.iovcH nil Hard, Hoft or Callou-Jod Lumps and Blemishes from lionet Blood Spavin. Curbs, Splints, Sweenuy. Stilies. Sprains Sore aud Swollen Throat, Coughs, cte. Save C0 by use of one hoi tie. Even bottle warranted by C. li. Stilhuan. druggist, Columbus, Neb. Sirs. Cleveland took her tirst dip into the waters of Bu.Uir's bay on Friday morning. She outwitted the observing nutives uud mauaad lo enjoy the water alone. BKArrilTL WOMKN are made pallid ami mi'iitra-tivo by functional irregularities, which Dr. Pierce's ''Favorito Prescription" will in fallibly cure. Thoudiiids of testimonials. By druggists. Mine. Etelka Gerster has sojurjdod from her husband, tho doctor, and is making ready for a concert tour next wiuter in the United States. Bi'rklen'n Arniea Sale. The Best Sve in tho world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dowty & Becher. july7 TM OH ON KAOTHi ASK YOUR OROOER FOR THEMI Fiaa : ooixF-srr. ex.ooia.ia $1,500! ! Vse-sUBUe of Patent Chess and Checkerboard. ad vsrtlsl aad a tstng the celebrated Synvlta Block Remedies leoies mil to st for aEWs or siiaaa. If voa fall to and Uoa this small board caff on yourdru, drusslst for rall-te, BraimlrUKgTapnedtoaru7FRK; Tsu-sue. aaaaomeiriuogTap or send ) cents for postage to us. COUGH BLOCKS. From Mason Long, the Converted Gambler. Fobt WATNS. ImL. April 5. IBM. I have given the Synvlta Congo Blocks a thorough trial. Thar cored air little glrt(3 years' old) of Croup. Mr wife and BOtaer-tn-law were troubled with coughs of long rtandlag. One package of the Blocks has cureu them so tbey can talk as only women do." MASOS LONO. WORM BLOCKS. nf. C Jan. 25. 1887 The Synvlta Worm Blocks acted like a charm in expelling worms from my lit tle c lid. The chUd Is now well and hearty. Instead of paay aad sickly as before. Johx G. Robbixsok. MICKIEIIY ILOCKS. The Crest Msrrhaa sad Brseaterr Caterer. Dsxpros. 0 July 7th. "86. Our six-months old ehild aad a severe attack of Bummer Complaint. Fhyslelans could do nothing. 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