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J UAJLY BJSE OMAJELA SATUKDA * MARCH. 24 OhJyBack ! That's a common expres sion and has a world of meaning. How much suf fering is summed up in it The singular thing about it is , that pain in the back is occasioned ' by so many things' . May be caused by kidney disease , liver com plaint , consumption , cold , rheumatismdyspcpsiaover- work , nervous debility , &c. Whatever the cause , don't neglect it. Something is wrong and needs prompt attention. No medicine has yet been discovered that will so quickly and surely cure such diseases as BROWN'S IKON BITTERS , and it docs this by commencing at the foundation , and mak ing the blood pure and rich. V Lccansport , Ind. Dec , i , 1880. For a long time I have been a luflerer from tlomach and kidney diiease. My appetite wa very poor and the very imill amount I aid cat disagreed with me. 1 wai annoyed vrry much from non-retention of urine. 1 tried many remedies with no tuccesi , until I used llrown'i Iron Bitten , blnce I used that my stomach does not Lottieme any. My appetite Iiilmply Immense. My kidney trouble l > no more , and my general health It iuchthat I feel like a new man. After the use of llrown's Iron Bitters for one month , 1 have gained twenty pounds la weight. O. II. SAKUBKT. Leading physicians and clergymen use and recom mend BROWN'S IRON BIT TERS. It has cured others suffering as you are , and it will cure you. FALLEY&HOES , Western Agento , Lsfajotto , Indiana. REVERSIBLE HEELS -FOR Rubber Boots and Boots and Shoes OF ALL KINDS. 50PEROTS The center pieces ara Interchangeable and re versible. It prevents the counter from running over , requiring no hcol itlflonon. The Agency lor these goods In this town ha been pin tr Others cuinot procure them. Callind 'X&mlne a lull line ol Leather and . .Candeo" Rubber Dooti and Shots with the lie erslblo Hcol. MUB. M VKTEhSON , 31-3m Loulivlllo , Neb. B AL L'S CORSETS Every Oorsot is warranted satis factory to Its wearer in ovorr way , or tbo money will bo refunded by the person from whom It was bought. T&onlyOonetprononne l l > y our leading phyildvu > t Inlurfoui to Ihenrearvr , unilcnilorwilliT ladle * l Ut * 'imoitcoaitorUlile ana perfect Oltlnit Conet ITU with PrttcrrlnK. 1.00. Bcir.AOJatUn * , ! > AMMlntl ( eitrn hc.Ti ) S.OO. Nar ln , * 1.BO tilth PrewrTlnB ( DM eoBtll ) .00. I'vacom Bklrt-MupporUnc , 1.00. W r Mle by Irtdlac lleUU Uulen ( Ttrjrwhu * . CUIOd.au COUSliT CO , , Chicago , HI. APUHUr VEGITABU TONIC COMPOlNOlLUISOr REMEDY % # & POKE ROOT. PRICKLY STIMULANT . . ASK.P CUI9MlltriU. SYSTEM RENOVATOR AMO ITHCNGTMIIItTNC IT4IOI OICIS1ION.ST1M- Dicunvi FONCU ULATtSTNK HVKN4NO TKCItlTKMOWNIUMt . IDHtrt.OMIK THI FOR OK iiU r HONEY FOB THE LADIES Satin has not gone out of vogue , StrlngloM bonneU are much worn. The tournure or bustle grows larger. Chenille bonnets will be much worn. Altetnato chene and plain stripes ore In favor , Bonnet strings muct be very n rrow and double , Tailor-made cloth costumes are as popu lar as ever , Tan shades are exclusively Jwhlonable for ladles' gloves. . A modified Matqucrllo dress Is much in fayor for young girls. Violets and Jacqnfinlnot rc es tcmaln the favorite corsage flowew. B Rqucs with battlement finished at the bottom tfrow in popularity , Chenille bonnets are trimmed with flower - or * , blrdc , lace , and ribbon. Allihott wraps are decidedly shorter this pring than they were last. The Wattoau and Pompadour ftyles of dress'cannot bo worn by stout women. Time Is a return of favor In Paris to short mantle.- , short jackets , and short Haveloelis , Over two tons of hairpins are wide dally by the factories In this country. What be- comts of them ? The short Havelock with deep dolman cape falling over tight sleeves is destined to great popularity , Stripes may bo either wide or narrow , but they must bo of equal width to be in the highest fasblon , Watteau and oithetlc morning wrappers , made with yokes on which a full skirt Is shirred , will be worn. Paris ball dreusos are mode Indecently low In the neck , both back and front , and almost or quite sleeveless. The | best tonrnures are a part of the jnpon , and composed of flounces or ruflles falling one over the other. None but tall and slender women can wear tome of the styles which the Inven tors are trying to introduce this spring. Flower and figure designs In vanishing n fleets are produced in some of the checked ntufTn by the shading of the checks or blocks , The latest mathematical question runs as follows. Two girls met three other girls and all kissed. How many kisses were ex changed. Sensitive Indies are shocked to learn that many of the soft and beautiful gloves now sold for their wear are made of the skins of young pigs. A Syracuse woman has invented a ma chine for tightening corsets , and husbands will no longer b required to strain themselves - selves to pieces to get their wives shaped for a "high tea , " Braiding Is made permanently popular by the richness of the new deilooH , the del icacy of the work , the combinations of soutache and cord , and the fine efleets In relief produced by the use of square braid. They are now telling a story about a Chicago eirl who insisted on throwing a shoe after a newly married couple. The carriage is a total wreck , a doctor bos the bride and horse under treatment , and a large number of men are searching the ruins for the groom , Tha pistil which "a Cincinnati woman swore was the one with which her husband threatened to shoot her proved to bo a beer faucet. The husband was discharged , of course , but 'twas five minutes before the court could quell the laughter which the exhibition ct the pistol caused , The question as to whether the husband has a right to exact that his better half shall build the fire Is to be settled soon in Indiana. A minister s wife has raised the itsue in a lult for divorce. The jury In tbe case have a solemn duty to porfortn. This Is a time when married men should stand togot ! er , _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ An excellent novelty ( or ladles who do not need a bustle or toumure is a skirt made with two deep ruflles or flounces fall * ing one over the other in the back , set just a illttle above the bend of the knees. Those , when starched , keep the dreis skirt from flapping in around the heels in walkIng - Ing , and also give good outline twhen the wearer is standing. She said that she wanted a ticket to Wyandotte and return , and the pale , gen tlemanly agent with the dark mouitachi asked , as he took up tbe pasteboard , "Sin- git ! " "It ain't any of your business , as I know. " she answered , tartly ; "I might have been married a dozen times If I'd a fflt like provldin * for some poor , shiftless wretch of a man. A woman of one of tbe interior towns o Pennsylvania has introduced a startling , innovation Into the time-honored custom of giving birthday parties. She Inslsto that each guest , instead of purchasing present at random , should contribute 5 ( enU , and that she should bo left free tc mrchase such presents a * she might want ivory minister's wit In Pennsylvania ise up and call this woman blessed. Mrs , Frank Loilie , the lady manager o ten periodicals and 400 employes , has jus * returned from a tour in the south , where , as she is of southern birth , she met a cor dial welcome. I wonder now many people ple know that the elegant house nt Sara toga was built by Frank Leslie in three weeks In consequence of his fiance's promise to marry him as soon as it was done. The workmen tolled day and night , and at last , on the arrival of the bride and groom , nothing was lacking but candles , theto not being a llght.in the house. At a congress of worklngmen in Lon don Mrs. Blunt described as a "sewing machinist" said she would like ladles to know that the "ulsters and jackets in which they and their children wete so neatly clad were made up by poor classes of girls and women , who were paid at tbe rate of two shilling * per dozen. Not onlj this , but they had to find their own sewing machines and cotton , and carry their wori to and from the city. Often sewing ma i chine needles broke over the rough In and there was more than tbe price gone It a moment for making ene ulster , which required quired hours. " re0. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC Effie Elleler Is studying "Juliet. " Tom Keeme has made $ 0,000 In tw years. Laura Don baa returned to New Yorl from Mice. Bandmann's professional experiment ii | India Is reported a failure. "lolanthe , " with Its fine singing , capita acting and rich ocstumes , has made a bl at the Fifth Arenue theatre. llobien and Orane have leasad a lot ap- polite the Central Huslo ball in Ohlcsgc and will build thereon a theatre at a cot of 8100,000. The fairies in the ballet nt the Save sheatre , London , now carry olectrlo stat la their hair. Very pretty effect , but little risky. A drama on M. Gambetta's llfu is no' , being played at an Amerlcin theatre The piece proper is In four acts , with pn'lopue in two scenes , ' Gambettr'a Kin Love. " Kuima Thunby , who goes to Ban 1'rat cisco as the leading soprano of the Thoma concerts , will be accompanied by Maurk : Strakosch. The programmes for the fc tlval are being arranged by Mr. Thoma " "The Maurice drau opera Lou lie an oomlque company Includes Mine.Tbeo. K Oapuul , and a complement of 115 ! person > Ninety performances of thlrty.fiveQlUerci operas were given in Mexico , Bout America and Cuba , One of the reasons why the manager a theatre near New York will not pi LeBtr Wallack S7M ) , claimed to be di him for pUyine "Itosedale , " is that tl receipts fell oil became Wallack , whl playing on the itage , tried to open flirt tions with Udles In the audience. An opera founded upon passages In tl life of Louis Quatorze has been compoM by Homer N. liartlett ; the libretto fun lined by * New York Journalist. Its title will be "L Valllerc , " and thoco who have seen the neatly finlihed cooro agree In reorramendlnK the work. It will no prA- ncnled to the public this spiinc * or early next autumn In New York. The amount required to build Mtulo Unit In Be. Loult , $5.0OiO ha * been sub- scribed. Clara Morris will play Emilia with Hal. vlnl In "Othello" nt the Philadelphia opera boust on the 4th of April. With the conclusion of his Brooklyn en gagoinent Emmett will have put In three solid months around In the rivers and bays of York and Jersey. The Minnlo Hauk opera concert com nany appeared In Klchmoml , Ind , , on the Oth instant , Two acts of "Carmen" wore to finish tha programme. At the close of the first act theaudlenco roio en masse and left the house , leaving the people on the utago In stupefied bewilderment as to the cauio. Iho boosters thought the "show" was over. Speaking of the performance of "Fran , cesca Hi Kimlnl" in 1'hIladoIphU laat week The Tress of that city aayi : "Mr. George II. Boker fairly divided the honors with Lawrence Barrett lant night at the opera boutc , appearing before the curtain at the end of the fourth act in response to re peated demands , and making a neat little addreis , which was received with pro longed and hearty applause. " Mile. Ktolka Berry , the leading lady at the Imperial theatre , St. Petersburg , In tends starring In this country next season. Mile. Berry is a Hungarian by birth , is youngr , of commanding presence , and has a good European reputation. lier English is said to be remarkably good , she having studied In Londnn with Herman Vezln. Her season will begin with a preliminary tour in April , wjen she will play "Adrf. enne" and "Camllle" in Now York at the Flfth-nvonuo theatre. PEPPERMINT DROPS. Old tomato cans always look bestinyour next door neighbor's back yard. A Detroit barber has the lockjaw. None of his customers are willing that he should find the combination , "Tho Black Hand" In Faris means a secret order of agitators and assassins. In this country it means a spade flush , That was a very mean republican who kroke up a democratio reform convention by sticking his heed in the doorway and yelliug , "Come out and take a drink. " After all , there Is a vast deal of common sense in the remark of the deserter when he said : "I'd rather be a coward all my life than be a corpse for fiteen minutes. " Sitting Bull says he would not return to the warpath on any consideration , but he feels as if he would be a success as a railroad ticket-scalper in Denver or Omaha. When a doctor is caupht digging up a corpse they kick up an awful row and put him in prison , and all that. It seemi bird to punish a man for dinging where he planted. The telephone is in the Sandwich Islands , and as "hello" In ths native dialect is ' ' " 'kalakalholkaubalholhaukol , yon can imagine what kind of a time they have at theJVentralLr A.n Albany man invented a fire-escape which , on his attempting to try it , actually knocked him down m his room and broke his leg before ho could get it to the win dow. Somervlllo Journal. Whfn a California school-ma'am can seize a 3-year-old steer by the horns and wrench bin neck six inches out ot true , what earthly enow would a biy 14 years old stand of cleaning out the education f undry ! Maine- alone made and sold 90,000,000 sticks of gum la t year , and at least seven- eighths was chewed by women. A cotton rag with a little peppermint essence on It tastes better , lasts longer , and is far cheaper. The visiting Knights Templars will please bring lanterns and blnnderblusses with them , as the city of San Francisco no longer lights her streets and shows a dispo sition to relapse into barbarism. Ban Francisco Report. An Oregon paper shows the danger o sudden interferences in scientific pursuits. A lot of brass buttous and colored beads lying with certain bones led to the con elusion that "the old rooster had sulcldec by swallowing a soldier. " "No , " he said , "I'm not a bad-tempered man , but when somebody takes my toot' brush and puts In place of It another tha has been used to apply hair dye , and I ge hold of it In the dark and use it. I think it's not surprising that I said . 'Gosh dura Thirty years ago a mac could only ge bis portrait In the illustrated papers b performing great deeds of valor ; now th s me end can be achieved by eating tw quail a day for two weeks. This is anothe evidence of the rapid strides this country is making In the industrial arts or some thing that way. Many Philadelphia business men now use type-writers , and not long ago a whole sale nouso sent a letter of this kind to small dealer in tbo far west. The wester man returned it with the Indignant com ment : "I just want you to understan that I ain't no schoolboy. I can rea writln' as erood as anyone. " Five men leaned up against tbe bar fo a night cap. One drank whisky becau the doctor ordered it ; two othert drank a hot scotch couldn't because they sleep a wink without It ; a fourth drank brandy for his cholera morbus , and the fifth man drank whisky because he liked it. And there were only four liars in the crowd. If there is anything in this wide world that makes a man tborougly tick it la to ran half a block with might and main to catch a horse-car whhh ho hears but can not see , and to arrive at the corner out of breath and in a lather of perspiration , only to discover that the car in going the wrong way. a- , While a doctor was visiting a sick wo man In Rowlands * Hie , Pa , , two children - poured a pint of molasses into his silk hat which he didn't notice until he put the tile on his head. Language cannot describe his feelings ; but It Is said that he will peti . tion the next legislature to pass a bill making it a criminal offense for a child to be born under 12 years of age. Norrls. town Herald. TO SINGULARITIES , irk Pickerel weighing twenty-one ponndi n was recently caught In Fox river , WIs. Henry Tuliemau , of New Jersey , re cently caught a very large black bass In rea . bit mnskrat trap at Ilancocaa creek. Seven million rabbits have been killed li - Australia in less than year , and yet then , Is no sign of diminution. The have becomi est an intolerable curse. Mips 'Marian ' , of Germany , Is 17 year roy old , 8 feet 3 Inches .high , and weighs ISO ars pounds. What a mother-in-law that glr a will make when the gains experience. In a Bethlehem , Pa. , shop window ire a pair of silk ginve made in 1783 ow spun , , nn . they are almost a fno simile of ucotbe a pair lying alongside and made In 1883. irst The Ilartwell ( Ga. ) Sun says that lob Curry's eander has plumed its wings for * its eternal flight. It was hatched In .he 1857 and J5 old when nas year , was yeara lce died.A . A larce sperm whale Is ashore on Smith' Point , Obesepealto bay. The tale of tb whale , as it I eat the water with terrifi M. force , kept the oyster pungles at tall us. length. ent The fiist piano was made at Padua , , i utL Italy , in 1711 , by Ohristoforl. The fin one seen In England was made by Fatbf i Wood , a monk , and very few were mad pay there until after 1760. due The mongooses , to which the farmers ( the New /eland look with hope and more c bile lets confidence as the meant ef eitermli rta- atlng their plague of rabbUhave ! ( arrive in the colony , after a comfortable voyag the from Calcutta. used A half starved cat In New York , o irn- being placed before A generous mchl , ate little , went away from thebowl , nat down , washed herself , waited for digestion to set In and do Its peifec-t work , then ate a Itttlo more , retired , did the same thing over gain , and so occupied A couple of bouts. A perfectly formed and healthy child , weighing lew than one txmnd , wasi recent- y bom to a woman In Athland , Ohio. An effort I to be made to raise BM- ztllaa red antlchokei in Florida. It is said that from 300 to 1,500 bushels can bo produced to the aero. Mr , Marlon Pool , of Chattanooga , has given birth to A child which weighs one anl one-half pounds. A common finger ring will go over its arm to the elbow. Thr Charlottsvllle ( Va ) Chronicle says that a turkey with thirteen legs , three heads and two gizzards , came Into pos session of a minister In CharlotUville. Such a monstrosity Is preferable to a do nation party anyhow , although Its capacity for eating and toirlng up things is about Ibesstne. A man in Santa Rosa , Cal. , has a hen with a very progressive turn of mind. She has scratched around and laid for her mas ter a pair of eggs of entirely new design. One egg contains the yolk , the other the white. Both are Joined together by a legumentous membrane , something after the style of the Siamese twins. A white qu ll w s killed near Gallatin , Daviets county , Mo , and sent to Mo- Quown & Co. , Browning , M. , by William Hlldlman , a traveling salesman from St. Joseph. When it was received it was In the flesh. They took It to a taxldermlit In New York , who stuffed anJ mounted it in nice shape. It is considered quite a cutioslty , and beats Polk Miller's bird of Illcbmond. The great grand-daddv of all the tuttles was cauiiht out at the Hpcnco lake a few days ago. by Mr. S. J. Harrell. The Qultman ( Ga ) Free Press says that bo weighed 82 pound * , measured 4 feet and 3 Inches in lenetb , 2 feet and 10 inches in width , and 13 Inches between tha eyes. In his stomach was found three big cattiab , two moccasins , and old fish banket , four lightwood knots , an old pair of boots and a gallon jug. The boots and the jug are supposed to have been lost by a seining party last summer. CONND BI AL LTIES. It is said that David Davis gave his bride $500,000 in cash and bonds. A lively accident insurance agent Issued policies for 8700,000 on a single wedding party from Denver to Chicago , Senator Harrison's son , who has grown rich in the Montana mines , will soon marry the daughter of Senator Saunders , of Ne braska. Kletorl's daughter received a dowry of a million lire upon her recent marriage to B&court , the former secretary of the French legation at Rome. . A young Baltimore woman , actuated by no matrimonial considerations , has re nounced Methodism and made a formal profession of the Jewish faith , A young lady living near New Orleans has chartered a steamer end is to be mar ried on board. After the ceremony the boat will take all present up the Missis sippi for a protracted tour of which she bears all expenses. ! IMin ' How n man may be divorced legally om a woman to whom he has never been nrrled legally , haa been demonstrated by St. Paul judge , who granted a decree of bsolute divorce to a single man who had een "married" to a woman whose undi- orced husband ia still living. The court dmitted that tlfo first-named marriage ras no marriage at all , and yet hegranted he decree , But the thirty-eight letters * hich the Sari of Dalhousle will get from bachelor , jenedict and widower governors , giving heir observation * upon family quarrels what curiosities of literature 1 VYe almost egret that Claiborne F. Jackson is not ow governor of Mlsionrl , so that he night make the response to Dllhoutio for iur state' He could have written bis ex- lorience , for he married four sisters , all .here . were In the family , and it is related hat when he asked the father for his con- ent to marry the last one. the old man ippedoutan oath and said , "Yes , take _ ier , but for God's sake don't cone after the old woman when Sally Is gone. " Stllson Hutchins , the editor of j the Washington Post , was married a few days ago to a Miss Brady , for some time a clerk "n one of the denmttmenta at Washington jtndalso * ' HiflRkJlPi'l correspondent of some ability. Mr. Hutchins was sometime since divorced from hie first wife , from whom he has been separated for fifteen years. Two sons lived with him , and a daughter with Mrs. Hutchins. On the wedding day Mrs. Hutchlnc , from her home in New Hampshire , sent a letter to her former lord , wishing him all the hap piness and prosperity , together with that contentment In his second marriage which he had failed to tind ia his first. A Nodaway county jury ordered that Mr. John Martin Brodrlck should serve three and a half years In the penitentiary for seducing Sarah Leona Launing under promise of marriage. But Brodrlok's father put 31,000 in the hands of a trustee to be invested in real estate for Sarah and her heirs , on condition that she would marry his son and thus save him from the penitentiary. The trial had fully vindi cated the young girl's cbaracterand under the advice of friends she consented- In stead of dooming the youth to a convict's fate , the judge performed the ceremony which made them man and wife : and now. if the young man does not made a good husband. Sarah will at least have a little home of her own. EDUCATIONAL NOTES. New Zealand has introduced the American common school system , and has 3G schools and 64,400 scholars. Columbia college , which was started in 769 , on the proceeds of a lottery , > now has an endowment of $5,000,000 , and 1,857 , In the kingdom of Slam , all college students are allowed but two wives. This s shameful They are putting more rules on every year. After a while they will probably be limited to one. The fresh men should certainly kick. College Mer . cury. rt cury.The The mayor ot Brooklyn recently at tended an exhibition at a kindergarten and In closing his address to the children quoted that classic rhyme , "The rose it red , the violet is blue ; the pink sweet , and so are you. " And he didn't quote it right either. , - The Philadelphia school boys are Invet > a erate cigarette smokers , and It is estl mated that 76 per cent of the male puplli In smoke. Moral suasion Is uied to break nj ths baneful practice. A circular settlnj forth the abominations and hurtfnlnea of tobacco especially of bad clgarettei : Is pasted Inside the cover of every texl book , A boy paid his first visit to one of thi public schools tbe other day as a scholar and ft ho came home at night his mothe < inquired : "Well , Henry , do you like go ing to school ! " "Oh , " he replied , In loan excited voice : "I saw four boys licked : one girl got her ears pulled and a bl | scholar burned his elbow on the stove. ; don't want to miss a day. " .heI I Two school teachers of Lyun , Mass have shown the world how to admlnUte ; to scholar. Oneo ' ' an artlMio whipping a them held him , an elght-veor-old boy , nd the other pounded him "up and down , all around , " with a sharp.edgod ferule , untl his body bore a striking reiemblance to barber pole. For this piece of amusemen in tbe young ladies have been invited to seel new worlds to conquer. PKlndergarten methods ore making pro gress. The legislature of conservative Mas sachusetta has before It a bill to provid o for Instruction in the elementary use o o hand tools in public schools. NVhethe the measure passes or not , the fact that lit I is seriously discussed Is Interesting. Legli lators and Instructors are beginning t learn that the "three Re" and some Iry on grammar and formal geography are not the whole of education , even for common school children. Tbli Is something gained , It the high ichools attempt too much , a * there us region to bollevo they do , thocom- iwm ichooln err In the other direction. Not that they Impart too little book learn * Ing : , but that the * fall to cultivate habitfl of observation In the absence ol trained perceptive faculties accurate knowledge It out of the question. Mr.Oeorge Darwin , the scientist's eldeit ion , who has just been made professor of astronomy in Cambridge university , is aid to possess mere than his celebrated father's venality , all t/f his father's love of thorough work , and no little ihare cf his father's power of exposition. Though only 30 years of ftice , he In a Fellow of the Koyal society , lie Is not merely an as * tronomer he Is a geologist , A biologist and a chemist , and Is distinguished In all , RELIGIOUS. The Khode Itland Unlrersaltst conven tion was held in First church , Providence , on the 8th inst. The Wesleyan Methodists of England have expended nearly 825,000,000 in the erection of cbapela during the last twenty. Cvo yean. The two hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Presbyterianlsm in Maryland will be commemorated at lleho- both in June. The Baptists have opened a now cbnpel to accommodate about 300 worshippers in the Trastovere , or the part of the city of Home beyond the Tiber. The statement was made at the Baptist minister's meeting In Chicago , that one hundred and four ponons had been re- celvd into the Baptist churches of that city during January , The efforts of Bishop McNatnara , of the Independent Catholic church , have at last been successful , and he has secured the establishment of the "First Independent or ' Reformed Catholic Church of Chlcagj. " The Swedish revision ot the New Testa * ment U to be published next year. The Swedish Lutherans in this country have , it Is said. 300 congregations , 150 pastors , and 70,00) attendance upon their services , and their strength is growing rapidly. The leader of the Episcopal ritualists in Cleveland , Ohio , is "Father" Hinkle , rcc- tor of Grace Episcopal church. lie has juat added to the modern Improvements of his ritual a confessional and the granting of absolution for sins. Bishop Bedeil and the congregation are yet to be heard from on the subject. The supply of acceptable ministers la below the demand , and the religion * jour nals are quite serious ) ) discussing the sit' uation. It is reasonable to expect a lack of candidates for places in the far west , but The Congregationalist makes the state' ment that twenty-five of the "lending and most c.mmandlng pulpits" of 1U denomi nation in New York are vacant. In New York there are 489 churches , 81 of which are Protestant Episcopal , GO Presbyterian , 59 Roman Catholic. 59 Meth odist Episcopal , 43 Baptist , 29 Jewish synagogue' , 27 Kef armed ( Dutch ) , 20 Lu theran , 8 African Methodist. 7 United Presbyterian. 7 Congregational , 5 Reform ed Presbyterian , 4 Unlversalists , 4 Friend ? , 3 Reformed Episcopal , 3 Unitarian , 2 Mo ravian , 17 Union or undenominational , and 45 miscellaneous churches and missions. Statistics show that the growth of the Roman Catholic church in Eaglishspeaklng countries is constantly on the Increase. The number of Catholics in the British empire and the United States Is 10,000,000 souls with93 bishop ? , 15,000 priests and 13,000 churches. In Great Britain , ex clusive of Ireland , the Roman Catholic statistics for the years 1840 and 1880 com pare as follows : churcho622 In 1840 to HGl in 1880 ; colleges and schools , 40 to 514 ; clergy , G14 to 2282 ; laity , 539 SCO to 1,381 , . 000 , At present the Roman Catholic popu lation in Great Britain have one church or convent to every 45 square mile ? , as com pared with 1G2 square miles in 18-10. IMPIJ0TIEB. Connecticut has 1,055 clergymen and 1,189 bartenders. The Hottentot question in the Sunday school and missionary meeting was thus settled by Dr. J. G , Holland : The woman who makes fUnnel shirts for the Hotten tots is very apt to have Hottentots In her own house whose shirts nAds mending. "Yes , sir , " "says thas f lwood man "PaKoa Bounder is aws VgWa's alway willing' to sacrifice himielr.7 He threw down a straight flush band the other nigh to go and pray with a dying man who sent for him , I call that true martyr dom. " Rev. Mr. Talmage says the eye wink 30,000 times a day. When the owner o that eye enters a drug store , the clerk be hind the soda-water fountain can pick the right wink out of a hundred the first time Mr. Talmage falls to explain this wonder ful mind-reading power on the part of th clerk. A Brooklyn man , in an address before the Young Men's Christian Association of that city , said that tbe traveling salesmen were the best missionaries In the service of the society. This may be true as to Brook lyn , but in any other community such an assertion would be regarded as the most delightful atheism. When Dnbufe's celebrated paintings of Adam and Eve were on exhibition , Mr. MoNab was taken to see them and asked his opinion. "I think no great things of the painter , ' said the great gardener. "Why , man , Lve's temptln' Adam wl' a pippin of a variety that wasna known until about twenty years ago. " When he had called the meeting to order , Brother Gardner arose and said"Gen - 'Jen , if it wasn't for de wheels on a wagon de wagon wouldn't move. When de wheel is on , den what ? " "Grease. " solemnly ex claimed an old man , "Kerrect , " whis pered the president , softly rubbing his hands together. "We hez de wagon an' de wheels. We will now pass de hat aroun' for de grease. " In a certain church Mi winter attempts have been made to take up contributions for four different objects , but in each case the collection has been postponed on ac count of stormy weather and small attend ance. Oodman , who Is a parishioner , saye ha is abont to change his tactics. Here after he will stay at home pleasant Sun days , and be moit scrupulous in bis attend - ance en the most disagreeable. , "Mary , my love , do you remember thai text this morning ? " "Noi papa , I nevei remember the text. I've such a bad memo , , ry. " "Mary , " said her mother , "did yet notice Suite Brown ? " "Oh , yes. What fright ! She had on her last year's bonne1 - done up , apea green silk , a black laci - mantilla , brown gaiters , an imitation Hon ( ton collar , a lava bracelet , her old ear drop * and such a fan ! " A clergyman , in a so-called relifrtoui weekly , says the secular press "knows ai much about religion as it does about th ( man in the moon , " For Simon-pure rell gion we must consult the columns of thi average religious weekly ; but keep clear o its advertising columns , or you may be in ; vlegled Into Investing your mbney in bogu mining stock , pinchbeck jewelry , "tei beautiful steel engravings for 81 , " am , other questionable schemes indorsed by th editor. They had different Ideas as to wha would "break the Sabbath " Their gar , dens joined. The wordly man , to checl of er the fast-growing weeds , used the hoe 01 quiei Sunday afternoons. The strict- straight-laced deacon before meeting wouli take the watering-pot and give the plant ! a refreshing sprinkle. Not btllevlng for i a moment that no could sin , the good mat lost patience with the worldly tiller of thi soil and asked htm if he did not fee ashamed of working on the Lord's day The reply was meek , and yet it was savage . "The Lord sprinkles your garden , deacon but never hoes mine. " Turner's Fal \ of Reporter. - For Throat Disease * and Conglii to BEOWN BRONCHIAL TEOCUES , like a , other really good things , are frequent ! | Imitated. The genuine are sold only i mboxes. . STEELE , JJHNSON & CO. , WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS IN Flour , Salt , Sugars , Canned Goods , and * All Grocers' Supplies. A Full Line of the Best Brands of mm m MAMFAGTUBED TOBACCO , ignnta for BEHWGDD HAILS AHD LAF LIN & BAND POWDER CD. DEALERS IN BALL'S SAFE AND LOCK 00. 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