Tobacco Culture.
AtTHot'onlt Is jrfinerally understood
tlmt tobacco Is one of our staple Rjrrlcul
tural products, thff'tinpregslon prevails to
a fjrent extent that the culture of this
plant Is limited principally to a few of the
Middle States and the cultivated lands
bordering on the Connecticut river. This
Is a great mistake. The larpo profits at
tending its production tinder favorable
conditions have attracted the attention of
farmers In all parts of the country, and
led to Its cultivation in almost every one
of the Northern and Western States where
the climate and soil will admit of its plant
ing with reasonable) expectations of suc
ces'. The cultivation of tobacco by the New
Englanders on an extensive scale was
only recently begun, but the Increase lu
the product of their tobacco Holds has
been remarkable. In all the New England
States the yield of tobacco from 1840 to
1S45 amounted to but 0,000 cases. A case
contains from 3G0 to 400 pounds. At that
time it sold lor about six cents a pound.
In 1850 the product of the same States
amounted to about 15,000 cases, while in
froduct being nearly doubled the follow
ng vcar. In 1SG3 the yield was 110,000
cases; In 1864 it was 88,000; In 1800 it
was 70.000 : In 1870 It was 84.000 : In 1871
It was 180,000 ; and in 1872 It was 145,000
01SPS.
The stock of New England tobacco, old
and new, now on hand Is about 100,900
cases. Of this amount nearly 90,000 cases
will bo used at home, and the remainder
exported. Last year 79.9S1 cases of seed
leaf were shipped to Bremen alone. Like
the Kentucky. Virginia, unci Marvlsinfl.
New England tobacco is eagerly sought
in European markets, ana especially in
Germany. It is highly esteemed abroad,
nosscssins dualities as a wranner for ci
gars superior to those found in any other
description of the leaf. This is the great
peculiarity of New England tobacco, and
It is this which gives It so high a market
value.
Owing to the loss by rot and sweat, to
gether with the disastrous effects of un
timely rains, the growth of 1872 cannot be
called a successlul crop. In Ntw Ens
land the crop suffered more or less from
pole rot and'sweat, and throughout the
entire country touacco planters are com-
plaining of the same misfortunes. But
while the weather was unfavorable for
curing the crop, that which has been
saved uninjured is of a quality rarely if
ever equaled. This Is especially true of
Connecticut; seed leai, tne color ana tex
ture ot which Is very line, having, in an
unusual degree, that soft, silky feeling
which is a special characteristic of this
description ot tobacco in its finest form.
The following statement of the average
yield of tobacco per acre for 1872 in the
States named, witli the price of leaf tobac
co on Decetuoer 1, is interesting and sug
gestive :
Alterant
yield.
Pound.
1,7N)
l.t'viO
l,o;U
1,3(10
two
7,v
w
... . .Ml
'.'Ml
T4
rt7"i
77S
1,0-V)
71(1
(W0
l.PiA
1,000
Price
per lb.
Ctnlt.
2(1 .
3-2 8
s
14.6
1(1
M.4
10
17. S
Id. rt
11.7
lO.O
8.4
S.l
7
8.5
8.(i
9.S
Massachusetts
Conner tiont
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
West Virginia
Kentucky
uhio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
It seems strange at first that there should
be so extensive a demand as there is for
American tobacco In Europe, where it is
cultivated on a very extensive scale ; but
the reason is found in the fact that the
American plant has qualities which the
European growth does not possess. The
flavor of the American tobacco is much
more powerful than that of any raised
cither in Holland, France, or Germany,
in all of which countries tobacco is a sta
ple product. The tobacco of Germany is
so mild that it may be used continuously
in any form to an extent which would be
likely to result seriously were the Ameri
can article substituted for it. The essen
tial qualities of our American tobacco,
such as color, texture, and strength, have
established a reputation abroad which
will always insure a constant demand for
the different qualities. The only tobacco
that can compete with our own is that
produced in Cuba and Paraguay.
jc may anoru satisfaction to those who
have acquired the very bad habit of using
tobacco to learn that the best produced in
the United States is consumed at home,
and that the most of the damaged and in
ferior leaf is shipped abroad to poison the
inhabitants of less favored countries.
The Kondcin l'hooi.
Thare iz two kinds of phools, at the
date ov this article, laying around loose
in the world ; one iz the natral, and the
other iz the kondem.
Thare iz sum other kind ov phools be
sides these, wh.h I shall tutch lightly
before I get thru.
The natral phool kant help It, he iz
born like the daizy,bl the side ov the road,
just to nod, and to lie sport for the winds.
He haz no destiny in phlll, tht wo
know ov, but hiz Heavenly Father will
care for him, for He cares lor the koarse
weed and the rank thissell.
The kondem phool iz a self-made man,
and iz entitled tew all the credit ov the
job.
Natur turns him out loose Into the
world, iist as she duz her other works,
with all hiz fakultys in good order, but
like a ram in a bak lot, he undertaiks tew
knok down a stun fence with hiz head,
and finds the stun fence too much for the
ockashun.
He often haz a hed phull ov branes, but
like a swarm ov beeze, they keep up sich
a buzzing they bewilder him.
The kondem phool generally lacks but
one thing tew make him all the suckcess
he could ask for, and that one thing Iz
common sense.
Common sense iz nil greek tew these
kiiki ov pneuows ; tney Kan oiten rite po
etry that reads az smooth and sweet az ile
and molassis mixt together, and kan even
deliver lekturs all around the kuntry, but
one dose ov common sense would take all
the starch out ov them, and leave them
az Iinisey az the nek ov a ded goslin.
The kondem phool iz the kauze ov
most all the truble thare Iz In this world ;
he ain't ahvus malisbus, but iz alwug a
pnooi.
I divide the populashun ov the whole
world into 2 heaps and out ov respect for
tne parable ov tne virgins in tne bible, J
call 5 ov them wize and 5 ov them phool
ish. It is verry easy tew be a kondem phool ;
enny boddy kan be one, and not suspekt
it.
Thare iz a large invoice ov phools just
pressing upon the market, but the market
for them iz stiddy, the demand alwus be
ing phull up tew the supply.
I rekolekt ov oust saying, upon a mem-
orabel ockashun, (i don't rekolek the oc
kashun now,) God bless the phools, and
don't let them run out, for if it want for
them, the rest ov the world would be
bothered tew eit a trood living.
Among the list ov prominent phools, I
take the liberty to introduce tne follow
ing: The "Professional Phool," one who
travt Is for a living.
The " Wag Phool," one who Is a phool
on private ackount.
The " Bizzness Phool," one who either
Bulls or Bears everything In the market.
The " liadikal l'hooi," one who kant
help it.
Hie " Conservatiff Phool," one who
kan help it, but wont.
The " Meek Phool," one who sez he
prefers kodphish bawls to porterhous
stakes, or even quale on toast.
The "Hipreahure Phoal," ono who,
like the hornet, alwus keeps mad In ad
vance, so az tew be reddy for the ocka
shun. The " Silly Phool," one who think. ,
the whole civilized world Iz In luv with
him. f
The " Wlzo rhool." one who thinks
ho knoze all things and luvs everyboddy.
And four thousand. 3 hundcml and 30
other distinkt kinds ov phool", which I
haint got the pashunce tew elucidate now.
losn JMUngs.
A Lesson on Fishing.
Fishing: teaches perseverance. The
man in Punch who on Friday did not
know whether ho had had urood snort, be
cause he only began on Wednesday morn
ing, is a caricature, dm, like an carica
tures, has an element of truth in It. To
succeed as a Usher, whether of the kingly
million or the diminutive gudgeon, an ar
dor is necessary which Is not damped by
repeated want oi success ; and he who is
hopeless because be has no sport at first
will never fully appreciate fishing. So,
too, the tyro who catches the line in a rock
or twists it In an apparently inexplicable
manner In a tree, soon finds that steady
patience will set him free far sooner than
impetuous vigor or ruthless strength.
The skilled angler does not abuse the
weatner or tne water in impotent despair,
our, manes tne most ot the resources
which be has, and patiently hopes an Im
provement therein. Delicacy and gentle
ness are also taught by fishing. Look at
the thin link of srut and slisrht rod with
which the huge trout or "never-ending
monster of a salmon" is to be caught. No
brute force will do there ; every struggle
of the prey must be met by judicious yield
ing on the part of tne captor, who watches
carefully every motion, and treats Its
weight by giving line, knowing at the
same t me none Detter wnen tne lull
force of the butt is to be unflinchlnsrlr an-
plied. Does not this sort of training have
an effect on the character? Will not a man
educated in tlv fishinff find developed in
him the tendency to be patient, to be per
severing, and to know how to;adapt him
self to circumstances? Whatever be the
lish he is playing, whatever be his line,
will be nor know when to yield and when
to hold fast ? But fishing, like hunting,
is solitary.
The zealot among fishermen will gener
ally prefer his own company to that ot
lookers-on, whose advice may worry him,
and whose presence may spoil Ids sport.
The salmon-fisher does net make much oi
a companion of the gillie who aroes with
him, and the troutcr does best when ab
solutely alone, and nothing is so apt to
prove a tyrant and an evil one as the love
of solitude. On the other hand, the fisher
is always under the influence and able to
admire the beauties of nature. Whether
he be upon the crag-bound loch, or by the
sides of the laughing burn of highland
countries, or prefer the green banks ot
Southern rivers, he can cniov to the full
the many pleasures which existence alone
presents to those who admire nature. All
this exercises a softening influence on his
character. Kead the works of those who
wrote on fishing Serope, Walton, Davy,
as instances. Is there not a very gent le
spirit breathing through them ? 'What is
there rude, or coarse, or harsh, in the
true lisher? Is he not light and delicate,
and do not his words and actions tall as
sottly as his flics 1 English Paper.
"No 'ose Clnb."
An eccentric gentleman, having taken
a fancy to see a large party of noseless
persons, invited every one thus alllicted,
whom he met in the streets, to dine ou a
certain day, at a tavern, where he formed
mem into a nrotneriiood. so he ordered
a very plentiful dinner, and told the land-
lntvl tvlin U'oro tr Yn lifa mmcfa tliaf Ka
might be a little prepared for their ap
pearance, jno sooner wa3 the hand ot
Covent Garden dial upon the stroke of the
hour prefixed than the no-nose corananv
began to drop in, asking for Mr. Cramp-
ton, wnicn was tne ieigned name oi tneir
host, succeeding one another so fast that
the waiter could scarce show one up
stairs before he had another to conduct.
As the number increased, the surprise
grew the greater among all that were
present, who stared at one another with
such unaccustomed bashfulness and con
fused oddness, as if every sinner beheld
his own iniquities in the faces of his com
panions. However, seeing the cloth laid
in extraordinary order, every one was cu
rious, when once entered, to attend to the
sequel.
At length a snorting old fellow, whose
nose was utterly swallowed up by his
cheeks, as-if his head had been troubled
by an earthquake, exclaimed: "Well,
friends, if by chance we should fall to
gether by the ears, how long might we
all fight before we should have bloody
noses?-'
" Ads flesh," said another, " now you
talk of noses, I have been looking this
half hour to find one in the company.'1
"God be praised," said a third, "though
we have no noses, we have every one a
mourh, and that by spreading of" the ta
ble seems at present to be the most use
ful member."
Wine was called for. and eenerouslv
furnished, with the simple restriction cf
tne 101 tenure ot a quart it any one should
presume to put his nose in the glass.
This club met every month for a whole
joyous y-ar. when Its founder died and
the flat-faced community were unhappily
dissolved. Kate A. Sanborn in Galaxy for
April.
Skates In War.
Skating is an accomplishment, but like
many other accomplishments, can some
times be put to a practical use. Indeed,
while it amuses the boys and girls, it
gives them wholesome exercise, makes
the muscles supple and strong, and devel
ops a natural grace and ease of motion.
More than this, journeys and long jour
neys, too have been made on skates at a
rale of speed unknown before the days of
railroads. Some very good skaters have
been known to keep pace with a railway
train for a short distance; but steam, of
course, wins in the long run.
mottling would seem more unlikely
than that the art of skatintr should be
made useful in time of war for military
purposes ; and now that railroads have
covered the country everywhere in the
northern temperate zone, where wars are
likely to occur, it is very possible that not
a regiment of soldiers will ever again be
mounted on skates. Nevertheless what
has happened may happen again, and this
deiignttui winter sport may some time
make many a boy ot the present day one
oi an army oi conquerors instead oi a sol
dier in a defeated army.
The most noted instances in history of
tne use oi SKaten in war occurred almost
exactly two centuries ago. When the
French invaded Holland In 1G72, the
Dutcli opened the dykes and flooded a
large portion of the country with water,
The winter closed in, the weather became
very cold, and a great part of Holland was
coveted witu a glassy sheet ot ice.
The Duke of Luxembourg, who em-
manded the French, took advantage of
mis. ueing in possession 01 Utrecht, he
placed a large body of his men on skates,
and accompanied by a force of freshly
shod cavalry, he proceeded toward tfie
Hague. If he had been able to take that
place, Holland would probably have sur
rendered to France and been joined to
that kingdom.
But this stratagem, brilliant though it
was, failed. He took several places on
the way, but before lie could reach the
Hague there was a change mine weather.
A sudden and rapid thaw threatened him
witu the late ot pnaraoa and his host.
Greatly and properly alarmed for the fate
of his army, he turned about instantly,
and the riding and skating French army
got back to Utrecht just in time to be
saved.
They would have all been destroyed, in
spite of their prompt retreat, if it had not
been for the cowardice of the Dutchman
who commanded a certain fort. This
fort, If it had been held, would have cut
off the retreat of the French, but its
commander ignominiously ran away. So
In this short campaign, the history of the
entire world might have been changed by
tne use or snnt.es. youth' Companion.
The Slavicl'nlon Advancing.
Tin Moshow Gazette prints a very In
teresting letter from Michael Czaikowskl,
a pardoned Polish rebel of the Revolution
of 1830, who has recently returned to Kug.
sia and published his political confession
of fnith. A pensioned Turkish Lieuten
ant General, better known as Sadyk Pa
sha, Czaikowskl now confesses that, In
spite of his former hatred of the Czar's
Government, he" realizes the necessity of
reconciling the Poles with the Slaves, and
of weaning them from their partiality for
West Kuropean ideas. The older he has
grown the more clearly has he recognized
tne propriety oi a reunion between ail
Slavic races, and the more fully has he
been convinced of the justice of the say
ing of the Polish King, Johnj Kasimir:
that the Russians and the Poles, the two
leading Slavic races, should, unite in one
State under the Russian scepter. For the
sake of greater harmony between the
Poles and the Southern Slaves be founded
a Polish colony in the neighborhood of
Constantinople, and later organized the
Polish-Slavic Cossack Legion, with the
view of making it tho nucleus of the Po
lish emigration. Tho Slavic tongue and
Slavic customs have been zealously culti
vated, and Southern Slaves, especially
Bosnians, have been attracted by these
communities. Since the accession of Al
exander II. to tho throne, and particular
ly since tho appointment of the Marquis
of Wieloposki to the post of Civil Gov
ernor of Poland, he has felt friendly to
ward Russia and indulged In the most
sanguine hopes of a Russo-Polish recon
ciliation. The insurrection of 1803
not only bitterly disappointed him, but
influenced his whole subsequent life. The
numerous Polish fugitives who escaped
after the failure of the insurrection to
Turkey were filled with the most Intense
hatred toward the Czar's Government.
They Intrigued against hlra on account ot
his Fanslavistic views, and finally pre
vailed on the Porte to reorganize the Cos
sack Legion, which was placed under the
command of Turkish officers, and thus
robbed of its Slavic characteristics, es-
fiecially of the right of being commanded
u the Slavic language. Under these cir
cumstances nothing remained for him
save to tender his resignation to the Sul
tan, which was accepted, with the tender
of a pension corresponding to his rank.
Freed from his military duties he resolved
to devote his whole attention to a recon
ciliation between Poles and the Russians,
and applied for permission to return to
Russia, which the Emperor's mercy
promptly conceded.
This letter, communicated by the writ
er to the Moskow Gazette, has produced
the greater sensation because Sadyk Pasha
was engaged during the Crimean war to
instigate an insurrection of the Poles,
Cossac- s. and the sectarians of the an
cient faith in Russia, and had been gen
erally known as one ot the most violent
foes of the St. Petersburg Government.
lhe laisian press appears to attach spe
cial stress to the conversion of this man,
especially as many other signs indicate
that Panslavism is gaining adherents
steadily among the leaders of the Polish
party. Last year two political pamphlets
openly advised the Pole to escape Ger
mauization by a reconciliation with their
Russian brethren, and there is now a Po
lish committee in Paris favoring the same
idea. Inter-Ocean.
About Rattlesnakes.
An American correspondent of Cham
bers' Journal furnishes interesting in
formation concerning rattlesnakes :
The bite of the rattlesnake, according
to this observer's experience, is neither so
rapidly fatal nor so incurable as most peo
ple suppose, ut tiurty persons bitten by
the rattlesnake, he states that all recov
ered but one, and he lived twelve days af
ter the accident. Of tho whole thirty,
this was the only case which received sur
gical advice; but whether it was the bite
or the advice that killed the patient we
are not informed.
Whisky the writer regards as a specific
for the bite of the rattlesnake, and relates
numerous instances which illustrate the
wonderful power of this agent when ad
ministered in sufficient quantity. It is
well known to physicians that persons
suffering from diseases attended with se
vere pain will often tolerate much larger
doses of opium or other narcotic than
could otherwise bn borne. Persons pois
oned by the bite of a rattlesnake manifest
a similar tolerance for immense doses of
whisky, quantities sufficient to make a
well person stupidly drunk, or even to
destroy life, often producing no visible ef
fect upon tho sufferer from snake-bite.
Yet, to be of any service to the patient.
it is asserted that he must be made, thor
oughly drunk before it is safe to suspend
tne administration oi the remedy. A
quart or more of raw whisky is frequent
ly required to bring about this condition ;
but when once it is attained, no further
danger need be apprehended.
While the rattlesnake is found spread
over a large portion ot North America, it
is much more abundant in some localities
than in others. Texas probably holds an
lnnniteiy larger proportion oi these rep
tiles than any other State in the Union,
The district lying between the Rio Grande
and the Nueces, two streams which flow
in the same direction and some sixty or
uiiicn tijmi t, isnueeiL region, lit
erally swarming with poisonous serpents.
"In summer,1' savs our writer, "one can
not go fifty yards in this locality without
seeing a rattlesnake. In other parts of
the State the moccason is the prevalent
snake ; while centipedes, scorpions, tar-
raniuias, ana angators lniest various lo
calities, and are each a terrible scourge."
All writers have hitherto concurred in
saying that rattlesnakes are never met
with at an elevation of more than 6.000
feet above sea level. The surveying par
ty of Mr. Morlev killed numbers of them
last year at an elevation of about 8,000
leet; it is added, however, that they were
never found so high before. The moun
tain snakes possess more vivid colors than
their brethren of the prairies, and of the
two are more dreaded on account of their
supposed ferocity.
The Greatest of Hangings.
This greatest hanging that ever occur
red in the United States took place In
1803 in the town of Mankato. Blue Earth
county, Minnesota, which Is situated near
the southern border of the State. In the
previous year a great Indian war had
raged on the frontier, during which over
seven hundred whites, mostly women and
children, were massacred, and on the de
feat of the Indians and the end of the war
three hundred and three of the savages
were tried by court-martial for murder
and condemned to death. President Lin
coln interfered, however, to prevent such
a wholesale infliction of the death penalty,
and respited all but thirty-eight, who
were hanged 'together in the presence of
a vast crowu wnicn nad assembled irom
all directions to witness the execution.
. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial has recently conversed with wit
nesses of the terrible scene, who gave him
a full account of the affair. When the
death warrant was read to the thirty
eight condemned Indians they received
their sentence very coolly. Not fully
comprehending the import of the instru
ment, at tho close of the first paragraph
they gave a hearty grunt of approval ;
but as the reading proceeded and they
discovered the drift of the document they
refrained from further manifestations of
approbation, though they smoked their
pipes composedly to the end. Nearly all
of them maintained a stoical demeanor up
to the time of their execution except
when the caps were placed on their heads.
These caps were made long and looked
like meal sacks, but, being rolled up. only
covered the forehead, allowing their
painted faces to be seen. When they had
been adjusted on a few of the Indiana, so
that each could see the undignified and
grotesque effect on the others, they ap!
pearcd to be exceedingly humiliated and
disheartened. But they are described as
having gone cheerfully to the gallows,
some even Jostling and crowding the oth
ers In their eagerness to be first. Ai they
ascended the scaffold the death song was
started, and when they had all got up the
noise of their deep, swelling voices was
fearfully impressive.
When the scaffold fell and left the thlr-ty-'elght
bodies dangling in the air, several
of the condemned were seen endeavoring
to clasp each other's hands. Ono young
fellow managed to get a cigar under his
white cap, and smoked It to the last. The
Indians respited by President Lincoln
were taken to an Island in the Mississippi
near Davenport, where they were closely
confined for a year, after which they were
transferred to a barren reservation in an
extremely cold region, where they were
turned loose to freeze or starve. if. Y.
Sun.
Mathematical Gratitude.
Tn 1833 a vminr meelinnle Of St. Louis
became ambitious to rise above manual
drudgery by essaying one of the learned
iiuiessious ; ami, niiviujt
lealing art, proceeded to supplement his
mechanical trade with the study of medi
cine. As might be Inferred from this ten
dency, he was not a very efficient work
man in the former vocation, nnu lounu u
so difficult to earn enough money thereby
to pay for tho completion of his profes
sional design that he must have renounced
the latter at last but for a friend's gen
erosity. In his strait he wrote his story
and an appeal for help to a benevolent
gentleman of Louisiana, m tne same oime,
and received in return fifty dollars. This
enabled him to complete his studies and
graduate ; and after that he moved into
Northern Iowa to practice. Several years
passed away before fortune favored him
sufficiently to make him feel able to re
fund the sum, which, while not large In
itseii, nad been ins sole means oi escaping
from the workshop, and In tho meantime
his benefactor died. The new vocation.
however, was is true bent. The early
and protracted struggle for its triumphs
brought golden victory at last, and then
the doctor was eager to pay his debt. If
the creditor was dead, there must yet be
snma 1 1 . , ! nvi, .iitni. rr naulorn nf lila
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living ; and the honest debtor could not
rest until, after long trying, he found a
brother of his old friend in needy circum
stances In SL T.onis. and "anneared to be
greatly relieved and satisfied when he got
the receipt" of that thankful gentleman,
as a newspaper letter says, for the debt
and Interest. With the whole story of the
affair thus told, the case still seems to be
one of not unusual mercantile honor,
without merit of the h roic celebration
that local journalism appears disposed to
give It. In the first plane, the interest
alone unon the original w lor lorty
years at 7 per cent, would have been.
nearly $150 : and since the first sum was
certainly more a benefaction than a loan,
and as certainlv was the beginning of the
receiver's intimated present wealth, the
now prosperous physician's voluntary
presentation of such a sum as has been
named to his generous old benefactor's
aged and needy brother looks rather like
tne mathematical compulsion oi i me
cli.diical kind of mercantile conscience
than in heroic keeping with many a less
published nobility ot gratitude. jx. l
World
Promiscuous Charity.
The statistics of benevolent societies
show that throwing money at sidewalk
beggars is not the onlv form of " promis
cuous almsgiving" that large organiza
tions have their own ways of doing ran
dom work. The great need oi modern
charities would seem to be a sort of " civil
service system." As in politics we see
the necessity of a civil administration ma
chine, "run" not by the most deafening
orators and trickiest wire-pullers, dui oy
ready reckoners and routine business
men, so there is room apparently for a
new trade, whoso masters, journeymen
and apprentices shall know now to man
age charities.
Widow Sponge, of blessed memory,
used to have her rent paid by her church,
and ner living lurnisned nv other cnan
ties. The ice-man in summer, the milk
man the year round, found her a reckless
customer; while the two young ladies,
her daughters, Miss Sponge and Miss La
vinia Sponge, swept the streets with trails.
and wore thread-lace veils and Courvoi-
sier gloves. The contributors to the
Sponge fund were kind in heart, heavy
in purse, pitied the fatherless and the
willow in their atlliction, and had no time
to mint up Detter objects ot benencence,
A fruitful source of hypocrisy is the prac
tice of hiring people to attend worship, or
to listen to a homily lor a soup ticket or
other bribe. A methodical beggar might
earn nis ioou, shelter, and clothes tnrougn
sheer mental docility and infinite capacity
oi cnuunng sermons.
Save in urgent want, true charity gives
the healthy and strong only an opportu
nity to earn their livelihood a more
grateful gift than soup and garments, un
less pauperism is ingrained, and the beg
gar a connrnied sluggard or sot, in which
case there is the workhouse, asylum,
vagrant act.
Detectives, acting not irresolutely, Ig
norantly, and at random, but with skill,
mutual help, and contribution of knowl
edge, can gauge the criminal classes and
each member of them. But the visitor or
superintendent of a great charity may
himself be appointed out of charity ;
having broken down in a dozen different
employments, he is for that reason
assigned to one reoulnnar great canacitv.
Or, his genius may lie. in preaching, or
uifjfj'ng neorew roots, wnue in Knowl
edge ot tho world he may be a baby. But
i ions as societies regard witn unques
tioning satisfaction their prodigious sta
tistics ot suras of money, tons of coal,
loaves of bread, barrels of flour, nounda
of meat, pairs of shoes, and suits of cloth
ing uisinDiueu during the year, so long
men- worn win contound tne sick, neip
less, and temporarily destitute with the
lazy Mid undeserving. In the annual re
port it makes a greater show to distribute
a million pounds of bread and three mil
lion cups of tea or tickets for soup, than
to help a thousand unfortunate neonlo to
become self-supporting citizens ; and the
labor for managers is infinitely less. It is
because their agents do not take thought
and trouble, that chaiitable societies be
come aids to the very evil thev are de
signed to remedy. Exchange.
Xailroad Esthetics.
The ajsthetlcs of the railroad form
an interesting subject of reflection. To
any one who has ever given much thought
to the matter, it must be evident that the
railroad station and the railroi d car fur
nish the first opportunity for the growth
in America of that great American school
of architecture, of which we have heard
so much and seen so little. The railroad
station is to a commercial people what a
Chllreh la tn a vtllri-isiia rr,t.imnnlftrthA
great center of the focul life of the country.
Why should not the station in America be
what the cathedral has been in Europe?
Magnificent arches, noble surfaces for
s nibture and omamentuti n of all kinds.
What a much greater scope for a really
native school of architecture than In the
initation of Gothic churches and Doge's
palaces and Egyptian tombs I Such a
school might be smoky, but it would at
all events be real. The railroad car itself
promises even more than the station.
There we have a clear advantage over
Other nations. Europeans and Asiatics
have had their schools of architecture;
but they have never combined them with
locomotion. The Idea of building seems
to have been in the past always connected
with the idea of a fixed position. It re
mains for America to give the world ar
chitecture on wheels. There again we
have a noble conception; but execution
lags far behind. Almost all the car now
In use are ugly, and tho drawing-room or
paiace species peculiarly so, irom tne iaci
that they make an ambitious Attempt at
beauty. " But In these cars we lee an Im
provement on the singularly barbaric
taste for display with wlilch the internal
ornamentation of the river steamboats
first made hk familiar. Visions of a hap
py fnturc, in which tho American public
win cease to nreicr dirty lace to cienn
linen, ten unnecessary mirrors to one that
is needed, twenty inharmonious colors to
ono simple and pleasing effect; when
bridal chambers shall be things of the
past, and the New York stoop but let us
not be sanguine. Galaxy for April.
A Good Reason.
A NKOno minister who married rather
sooner after the death of his wife fhan
some of the sisters thought proper and be
coming, excused himself as follows: "My
dear brethren and sisters, my grief was
greater than I could bear. I turned every
way tor peace ami comiori out none cuiuw.
I searched the Scriptures from Glnlseo to
Kiverlations. and found plenty oi promises
to the widder. but nary one to tne widerer,
And so I took it that the good Lord didn't
waste sympathy on a man wnen it was in
Ids power to comfort himself; and having
a first rate chance to marry in the Lord 1
did so, and would do so gam. lsesides,
brethren. I considered that poor Patsey
was just as dead a9 she would ever be."
Galaxy.
The New Postal Law.
The new postal law. which is to take
effect on July 1, Is not the original bill for
tne reduction ot postage. Known as tne
Farnsworth bill. This bill failed in the
Senate after having passed the House,
The manner in which the present, or soon
to be postal law was passed was this : An
amendment was added to the Postofllce
Appropriation bill abolishing the franking
nrivilcu-e and repealing free postage gen
erally. The eflect of this law is to abol
ish the circulation free of postage of news
papers in the county in which they arc
published as well as tne tree exenange oi
newspapers. No other law relating to
postage beMdes this was passed by Con
gress, and to think otherwise is a mistake.
From the first of July next, the new or-"er
f'l things w ill ue in iorce. iv. r. vrapnic
Consumption. For tho cure of this dis-
tressinf? disease, there lias been no medicine
vet discovered tlmt can snow more evidence
of real merit than Allen's Lung liiilsiun
Tliis uncquulud expectorant for curing con
sumption, and all diseases leading to it, sucli
as affections of the throat, lungs, and all dis
eases of tho pulmonary organs, is introduced
to tne sullorinij public utter its merits lorine
cure of such diseases have been fully tested
by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, con
sequently, recommended by physicians who
have become acquainted with its great suc
cess. IJlooil Will Tell.
No lady wishes to have it said that she
looks pale and emaciated, and she need not,
lor she can liavo rosy cheeks, bright eyes
and a healthy appearance by the occHsional
use of Maguirc's C'undurango Bitters, the;
greatest blood purifier extant ; also acts spe
cially on the bowels, liver, kidneys and stori
ach,'promoting a healthy circulation of the
blood and cllects the restoration of color and
appearance in a natural way without re
course to poisonous cosmetics. -St. Louis
trfr'hf.
Send for Circular to J. C. Maguire,
Chemists and Druggists, St. Louis, Mo., and
see testimonials.
On what a trilling matter great results
sometimes hang. Some merchants, while
traveling, were overtaken by a storm, aud
kindled a tire on the sands of the sea shore
to warm themselves and cook some food.
They used for fuel a plant they found in the
neighborhood. Next morning tbey saw
some shining particles among the ashes, and
an examination showed that the ashes of the
plant combined with the sand had produced
a hard, yet transparent, solid. This was the
origin of the discovery of gla's. ,So with
Jiuchu. The Hottentots had lor years used
the leaves of the plant in thcirrudo practice.
As soon as tho resident English and Dutch
physicians found out its value, the knowl
edge of its virtues soon spread over the en
tire civilized world. I'arkkr's Compound
Fluid Extract Uucnu possesses all the
virtues of the plant, in u highly concentrated
form, combined with I'vu Cr.-i. Juniper Ber
ries, uncos and Acetate ot 1'otassa, all
united in such rare proportions as to obtain
the proper medicinal effect of each, while
neither too much predominates. Sold by all
uruggisis, evcrywnere.
Throat Affections and Hoarsf-xhss,
All Buffering from Irritation of the Throat mid
Hoartentet will bo agreeably surprised nt the
almost immediate relief a Horded by the use
Of " Brown' 't Bronchial Iroches"
T.i"ng Complaints, IlitoNciiiTis, Asthma. Ac.
are speedily relieved, mid it' taken in time, per
manently cured by Dr. Juynu's Kxpcclorant.
You will find it also a certain remedy lor Coughs
nnu thorns.
The Atmosphere or jir!ng;.
Willi every change of sea'.on we have a change
In the hygienic character of the air. In the spring
t Is Impregnated, especially In Ion lying, wet dla.
trtcts, with mephltlc vapors, which generate chills
anil fever, rheumatism, indigestion, biliousness
and diseases of the organs of respiration. It Is
therefore particularly necessary at this time of the
year to invigorate and regulate the system so as to
enable It to repel the morbid Influences to which
It Is more or less subjected. The stomach should
be toned, the bowels freed from obstructions, the
blood purified, and the nerves braced and strength
ened. This can easily be done. Hostetter's Stoiu.
ach Bitters are everywhere procurable; and In the
whole range of remedies and preventives pre
scribed by tne raculty or recommended through
the press, there Is not one that combines In such
an eminent degree great efllclency and perfect
harmlessness. it Is a positive antidote to malaria.
Whoever takes It habitually may breathe the at
mosphere of the worst fever aud ague locality
without danger. Damp and chilling winds make
little or no Impression on the organization rclu
forced with this powerful vegetable Invlgorant.
and consequently It Is a good safeguard against
asthma, coughs, colds, and other pulmonary com
plaints. It Is not recommended as a remedy for this
latter class of mkladles, but simply as a means of
strengthening the system against the airial con
ditions and changes wtllch so often produce them.
As a spring Invlgorant and alterative It will be
found extremely beneilclal to persons who are
peculiarly sensitive to unhealthy atmospheric in
fluences. Beat and Oldest Family MedllnM
ard'4 Livtr Ineiijuriitor a purely Vegetable Cnthirtic
Hnd 1'iBif-wr uyspepsia, J tnsiipalion, ueuillty,
tiick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derange
ments of Liver, feloiuach and Bowels. Ask your
Druggist fur It. lu-vnre a imitntiunt.
Old lingering cases of Fever and Ague are Just
uie sinu 10 lasu Biiauenoergt-r'S nils. A perniau
ent cure Is Immediate. K.ery drugvlst kevps them.
WHSN writing to advertisers please mention the
name of this paper.
lhe great J uveullc Magaslne, a splendid $1 00 Chromo
and girls wanted, to raise clubs, l'leasant work and
splendid nsyl Specimen, 8 cents. Ageuts' outfit, lu
cluUlugChroino,25ceuts. Bend at ouce. day where
yousaw this. Joiui B. Aicas.i'ubUshor.Chlcago, III.
uu mcroBcope mat uiagniiies kukai times!
M n II C V Made ravtdly with Stencil Key Check
munii outtiu. f:an.T,iiii. ,:i ,,n
ticulurs K ai. B. M. BPiNuaa, 11 f Hanover bt., Bus ton.
JKtST PHOTO'", s Buperb Beauties. 85 cents,
'ida k.. A. b lit AIT, blepucatowu. M. V.
Cheapest
Flrat-Clasa Kerning Machine 1!
hen tou can buy one for S4U. duiiiff all the varl
tMiiy su.
(iFuu-i pay a anu do nr a macmue.
same kinds of work.) Ask for THE CENTEN
NIAL," warrauted. Ad"res " Oeuteunlal" bew
lng Machine Co., 1. 04 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Ageuu vt anted mrough the united hUlcs.
THE GEEAT FIRE AT BOSTON I
A suleudld colored iLiufiavinir. size 13x16 inehni.
taken when the tire was at lis height, will be seut
ost-paia, oy leturn man, anu also tub homi
Companion, a larve and interesting t'amliv miner
for a year, all fir i5 cis. Address liUMI COM
PANION, Troy, N. H.'
DR. tittl'lTlER, "iSSMIffiMK"
Lonjwt ogRirred, d4 most uoceaitful kiyhiciu Qf tb 9tf
OosUuliAiioK or iuuphlt fn. C&U or vrii.
00
BEWABD
For any cste of Liind,
Blsediug. Itching or 11
cerated Piles, that PE
BINQ'S PILE REMEDY
fails to cure, frepare
xnraaslv to care Piles
and nothing tli. Bold by all Druggist. Price ft.
ID
Eplzooty Cold.
Eplzooty cougn.
If negleoted, will result In
CONSUMPTION!
YOUR REMEDY IS
ALLEN'S LMfi BALSAM!
What the Doctors Bar.
Amon Wonlly, M. P., of Konclnsco Co . Ind., nyst
1'n.tliT.nvciiri nnsf 1 hnvn ti(il Allen Luilff llal
mm extensively In my practice, bmI I am smulUtl
there Is uo octtermcdlclno for Itinit (Uncases In use."
Isnao A. Pornn, M. P., of Loean Co., O., says:
"Allen'a l.nnft nnlsam not only sells rapidly, but gives
perfect aatldtacllon in every caaewimin my kiiowi
edge. Having conndeneo In It, and knowing tliat It
possesses vaiuaoie menicinai proprum, i ireeiy
use It In my dally practice, Bud with unbounded suc
cess. Aa an expectorant, It Is most certainly far abend
of any preparation 1 have ever yet known.'
Nathaniel Harris. M. P., of Mlddlcbiiry, Vt., saysi
" 1 have no doubt it will soon become a classical rem
edlal agent for the cure of all diseases ol tho Throat,
Bronchial Tillies and l.ungs."
I)r, Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon In the army during the
war, from exposure, contracted consumption, lie
says ! " 1 have no hesitancy in saying that It was by
the uso of your Luug liulsum that 1 am now alive aud
enjoying health."
Pr. Fletcher, of Lexington, Mo., says; " I recom
mend your llalsam In preference to any other inedl
cine for Coughs, and It gave satisfaction."
Prs. Wilson & Ward physlclnns and druggists, wr to
from Centrcvllle. Tenn.: " We purchased Allen's
Lung Palsam, and It sells rapidly. We are practising
physicians, as well as druggists, and tAke pleasure In
recoinmendl ag a great remedy, such as we know this
In he."
tw Physicians do not recommend a medicine
which has no merit. What they say about A llenf
Idling Hnlsmn can be cakon as a fact. Let all af
tllctcH test It at once, and bo convinced of Its real
merits.
It Is harmless to the most delicate child.
It contains no Opium In any tbrm
Directions accompany each bottle.
Call for Allen's Lung a1sam.
J. N. HARRIS Sl CO., Proprietors,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
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VALUABLE FARM SEEDS ANU BOOKS
4-IYkN A WAV. Three speitm. n cupU of
the Auehicax Stock .Ioi-bnal, containing ovtT 100
rum's of valuable read. matter. ImiuUt.inelv lllus
rated with Engravings "f Farm HuildinKU. ltlooded
Stock, fuultry, Dos, Hlrrtu, 4c, and a packutre. of
C'liEHTEK Coi nty Mammoth CoiiN. Imported WlltO
Oats and Ai.sikk or l.t ckkn i'lovck, will be nviit
I'liEK to till who fend two stamps fur pestape. Ad
Urtbs N.P.llOa'Ea & Co., I'arktsuUTiji Chester Co., l a.
$500 IN PRIZES.
EXTRA EARLY VERMONT.
Teu Iays Earlier than Karly hose.
Enormously ProHiirtivp and of
EXCELLENT FLAVOR. 41 per
ft.; 4 pouuds by mail, postpaid, lor
83.30.
COMPTON'S Hl'RPRISE, 826
Bushel to the Acre, A little later
ttmu Early Hose. Equal In quality. $J
per pound, by mall, postpaid.
8500 will be awarded as PREMIUMS
to those who produce the Largest Quau
tlty from oue pouud. leseriptlve Circu
lars of the abore, with list of 300 varie
ties of Potatoes, free to all.
Illustrated Seed Catnloaue, 500
pages, with Colored Cbr.uio, Taeeuts.
A New Tomato, the "AH LING
TON." Early, Bolld and productive.
Prico, 350 per packet.
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B. K. BLISS II SONS.
33 Park Placet New York.
tilVLN AWAY uIkj
uron.fr Hlxe, V by laiao&ej, worm f 10, m u every pur.
ehaner of Dr. Foote'a wondu-rul work. W "PLAIN
UOMR TALK.1 No competition th moit i-umts Coml.tn.
Uod ever offered. Agenta are meeting wltb uoptr&Ueled mcctst.
Books and Cromoi reniv od delivered together. Bead 9'l.Ot
far froipectu.ai.Qd Cromo rKAint a com flit outfit, fiend
early to eeoure territory. Pull table of ContvntJ mod Terms
ent on application. Addreaa The UNION PUBLISHING CO..
Chicago. KTary Cromo completely m""Dtfit
RPF4TF5T P.IIRinSITV Intheworld. Useful
uiii.il I i wwiiivwi aud Instructive. HMMI
selling weekly. Price 50 cents. Ho humbug. Address
(jr.ui(ur, A, ii r.rtivi.. at k,ki uosuiu. A1U8S.
BOOK
of Medleal Wonders, fcliouiri
'1 reed by
au. peui tree tor 2 srniiiiK. a.-
DLi. HUSAfAlff K-1 IneuuU, O.
Luxuriant Whlsavra. MwuMaehloa, Kya.
uiade Iorce. Whiskers and Moustaehlos to s row on
the smoothest face without lnturlaa the skin a
sure remedy for baldness. Bent free on recelntu
1 00 and 1.60. LOUIS MAK1INA CO . P
ia tJiara atreet. Chicago, m. Aifents Wanted.
Write for Larpe Illustrated Descriptive Price List to
(jKtAl Vt5lLKN
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Double slnele, Muzzle and Breeeh-Loadlne Plfles Bhi.t
Guus.ltevoTvers, Pistols Ac.,of every kinS. for men or
boyyt very low prlces.O uns,i to 3W; Pl.tuU tl tXj
tofcjg
PpVFRURKF.NN i to U Inches. IVoiinWd
U to .dollars per 100. bend slamo T3S(
live list to BAKNEs A CO.. Youuk Anierle. i i "
A.NJt., B.L.
R i-aua
DR. WHITTIER, "sW&folV!?"
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