At the Water Office.
lie stalked in early yesterday morn
lne. One could see that he had some
thing on his mind and that be intenled
x ll?7 Just1ca f broke his neck.
Walking up to one of the windows in
the long railing he boldly demanded :
I want to know of some of vou folks
In here if the liver dried up last nightf"
It was a long time before any one re-
uii Tlicn one of lbe el"1! Baid that
while it was barely posM bin that such
an event had taken place, ho had re
ceived no information to that effect.
"Oh, you haven't! Then, perhaps,
your old pumping works have been
blown upP"
"May be so: but it seems as if they
would have telephoned down!"'
"Well, then, if the river didn't dry
Bp and the pumping worka are all right,
now happened it that I couldn't get tiny
water at nine o'clock last evening P"
"Cold or hot?"
"Cold, of course I Who said anything
about hot water P"
"Then you couldn't get nnyP"
Didn't I say I cou'on't ? I pay mv
water tix, and as a rateoaycr, a tax
payer and a citiz-n I demand my rights.
Now, sir, why couldn't I get any water
at my house last cvenineP"
"It wouldn't rim ohP"
" Wouldn't run ! Why, blame your
ears i iiavr?n t I oeen telling you that
it wouldnt run? Suppose there had
been a fire in my house P'1
"In what part of your house P" ab
sently queried tho clerk.
' ' Tn ttnv Taif- air frntM aaiIhh 4
ret I Suppose I had wanted a pail of
wait-r to urown an incipient connaira
Hon P"
" You COUlftn't linvp ani. t.V
" No, I couldn't ; and I want to tell
you right here and debt now that I
figure my damnee9 at SKiO 1"
'"One hundred " rpnlinil itio W1-
be marked the figures in pencil on'the
"Yes, sir; and I won't pay my next
iurwr a tax I
"Won't pay next quarter's tax,
wrote the clerk.
"And you take notice that if this
iuinK uappens again this winter I 11
iuhk iuib waier Donrtt 'Went! "
" Persnire ." mioo-raiitil h niorV
' Well, perspire, then, and don't you
ivicb lb.
"No. sir "
"If it wasn't winter I'd sink a well."
xes, sir."
"And be independent of this mo
nopoiy."
" Yes. sir."
"And I Wiltlt t HVl.lnfotr.-" Un mAn
" . " 11 ' JlDU uc wits
going on, when the door opened and in
wiKeu a citizen, wno hegnn:
" What the dickens ails your old
BUm Dine-works 9
And the clerk with the far-away look
in uisejes iiaa to leave his ledger and
come forward
pumping-works wort; all rieht, the river
was all right nnd the board was all
right, and that it the water wouldn't
run it was, perhaps, because it had got
mcu. xjutom tree rrcss.
A Romance of IiciJ Life.
Grandma Hamilton bus lived for five
years in tuo Home lor the Friendless in
Cuieaso. A short time apo a lady in
sealskins and jewels rung the bell and
Balm.) 4 .-, A S TT ' .
ctolie.i iui mis. IlilUiliLOn.
" You don't mean Grandma Hamilton,
do rouP" asked the matron.
..'Y6B I,8UPPOse so," said the lady.
' I Would llkp tn opo Imr "
. When grandma and the rich lady met
in tin parlor the visitor sobbed out:
"Mother, mother 1 don't you know
Louisa?"
' Oh. nr 11 anid frvnnmn :
with her blind eyes and shaking her
uccu. aiy iiauguitrs, Louisa and
Lizzie, are both dead, and you cannot
' Rut inrlnorl T
trur. tnn? anii fnr . i i
looking for you everywhere, and now I
riava fMiM A -r-m 11 1 i i a
"uti juu, uu wniie iney wept
superintendent, and Miss Bowman, the
uitLuuu, wnuurew nu icitthcm to talk
it over. Next day Louisa came again,
and grandma, all wrapped in fur-lined
robes, went away with her, leaving the
Jltt.lo lnnm n-hn-A I. I ... J . 1 . ,
. nucic 3uv iinu bo long sat
rocking and knitting, expecting only to
leave it at flip anmniMia r.t tk
explanation is that iiftten vears ao
Louisa married and went to California.
Lizzie remained in Ohio, while their
mother, wil n cnni. ! i 1 1 ,-i
' " " ' Dung miuo i uiu J r: LL i ,
came to Chicago. Finally they lost
trace of each other. Mrs. Hamilton
lost her money and was obliged to take
p uuuc iu me nome oi tne r riena-
lesa. T.rill!aafa ViiuK..4 UA .
uvuioM a uusictuu uvunuiu i n:n in
lalifornia, and when she came back
found Lizzie in Ohio or Michigan, p.nd
after a long search found her mcther in
The Embarrassed Passengers.
YOU niAV hftvp. hiipn
j " . vu n
street-pftr ut n. timp w ion omiA
. , . , ui.u ouuic UUV
picked a half-dollar off the cushions or
a uujihr-oui irom mo straw and anx
iouslv icauired for n nsnor At on., I
a time evrry man instinctively feels in
me, pullets, livery man ieeis Hue say
ing that lie is the lucky party, but an
luwuiu voice someiiow restrains him
and he remembers that (ieoree Wasliine
ton could not tell a H Tim nMMi;, ...
yariabiy pocketed by the finder, and he
woi.ii nunu IU IHC UJJlUflJKB VI MS IG1 lOW
On a Woodward avenue car yesterday
young man purposely dropped n
greenback on the floor, and at a proper
uiuui'-uu ue piuKta ir. up ana oaserved
" Who lost thia HrtllprP"
Every one looked at him, and every
"Did any one drop this billP" con
tinued the young man, as he held up i
corner.
There was another embarrassing
pause. Then a man reached out for it
witn tne remark :
" I dropped it. sir. You are an honest
man to return it."
"Are you sure you dropped it?"
"lam. I am not a liar '
"But you see you-" stammered
the young man.
You in vp. mp. mv mnnov nr T'll nr.lnn
your neck !" interrupted the other, as he
iratucu oui ior ins victim.
Tne voimff man pavp it. iin Ha Indira a
Wllltp Atin rpil nnH trropn unH hn t.t. nn
bad over it that lie eoo'n dropped off
nio var anu iook to tne icy walk. tree
Words of Wisdom,
He who is never guilty of folly is not
ao wise as he imagines.
Prosperity unmasks the vices ; adver
sity reveals the virtues.
An indiscreet man is like an unsealed
letter every one can read it.
Some persons mistake noise for argu
ment. They that govern most make least
noise.
He that too much fears hatred is unfit
to rule.
The first ingredient in conversation is
truth, the next good sense, the thir.1,
iCood humor, and the fourth wit.
Knvy is a passion bo full of cowardice
and sham that nobody ever had the con
fidence to own its possession.
The time for reasoning is before we
have approached near enough to the
forbidden fruit to look at and admire.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks a thread in the loom, and will
see the effects when the weaving of a
lifetime is unraveled.
A GOOD TEAR FOR LOCUSTS. '
Proftuor Hller Predict that the Locntt
win nwoop Down Irpnn the Conntrr
NextBnmmer-tnterMtlns; Fact About
Theief meet.
This is to be a eood vrsr for thn In.
custs. In the Southern Slates tnv will
fiArtin.n Inrlv ahlinriant. nnH ,f I.,
more than probable that the woods in
Maryland, Virginia and the District of
Columbia will n sound with their rat
tling song. This will be unwelcome
ewstotho farmers and florists, who
now. from s-id exripripiinp. tho Ao.
structivo character ot these insects. It
hi nn remembered that in the summer
18()8 MlP Wild a
abundant in this locality. Thero was
Lhrdly n foot of ground in the woods
and fields which was not fiomnlntnli
perforated w th the holrs out ol which
tllO inee.lfl linil nnmn TI.ott
everywhere and ate up everything,
catisine an amount of dimago which is
still frs'i in the mindo of agriculturists
ney win not eppear ibis season in such
'eat nuantit.;pa. hilt in tha iqo:
this vicinity will be again afflicted by
an abundant visitation.
"There nret.wn lirnnrla nf fi,n u...t
said Professor Riley, of the agricultural
dtpartmcnt, to the Post reporter, who
called upon him for information; " one
nnnpnra oiroit, 1..,i-ah ....
other every seventeen years. By aco-
nuiuence ootn oroods are to appear to-
7fl her thin tenv V,m nn i.
places."
" in What lOcalitieaP"
" The seventeen-year locusts will be
.nn,ii;wmiijr pientnui in Marquette and
breen Like pnuntino ,n wiDAn:M
j . movyuuoiu, nun
may also appear m the western part of
North Carolina, in Northeast Ohio, and
a few in Lancaster countv. Pa., and
v estchester county, New y;ork. They
will aluo be abundant in the neighbor
hood Of WllPPHniT nnH nrill n.U.LU
- - - . . mil J" xiiuui y
extend down into Maryland, Virginia
and the District of Columbia Of this,
however, I am not quite eure The
thirteen-year brood will, in all proba-
uiuty, appear in ooutucrn Illinois,
tt Arkansas, Indian Territory, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and North and South Carolina."
" What is the diilerence between the
two broods f"
" Do you mean iu appearance? Very
little, and on! is very apt to confound
them."
" Are tho locusts to be depended upon
ns recurring iu regular periods'""
" Yes, sir. Observations extending
for more than 200 years prove that they
never fail. Thi earliest appearance of
the periodical cicada, or locust, so far
as we have any record, occurred at
Plymouth, Mass., in the year 1634. Each
seventeen years thev have appeared
again without fail. The t. at uralist cal
culates as conlidentlj on the future ap
pearance ot the locust in a given month,
m a given year, for all tine to tome, as
the astronomer floes an eclipse or a
transit on Rome particular day; and he
may go back in time when none but
savage men dwelt on thi3 continent. and
feel confident that the woods of New
Jersey rattled with the hoarse cry of this
insect in the month of June, seven years
utter the birth of Christ, just as they
did in June 1877."
" Where does the locust reside, so to
Speak, durillff hia nhannnn frnvt, fho fam
' .- -. .'ii' 1 . J Ul lilt, lavg
ot the earth P"
"He is then under the earth, in the
shape of a worm, living cn the sap of
young rootlets. In following these they
penetratfl very deep into the ground,
sometimes going as far down ss ten or
twelve feet. The season for their ap
pearance and disappearance differs
somewhat with the latitude, thouch not
so materiaLy as one might suppose.
They appear a little earlier in the South
than in the North, but the last half of
3riav can be set down as the period dur
ing which they emerge from the ground,
in many parts oi the country, which
they generally leave by the fourth of
July. As is the case with a great many
other insects, the malts make their ap
pearance several days before the female,
and also disappear sooner. Hence, in
the latter part of the cicada season,
though the woods are still full of fe
males, tho song of but very few males
will be heard."
" Do not the females singP"
"No, the musical organs are pos
sessed only by the mules. This lact wus
em Domed in an ancient rhyme,
Happy the oicaJu's lives,
, For they all have voiceless wives.' "
" How i f lie milsii nrnd iinoH P'
"TIlP. rn.ttini7 Tlniua is npiuinnAil Un n
system of muecies in the lower part of
me uuuj, which wors on tne arums
under the wings by a,ternately tighten
ing and loosening them. Thegeneial
noise on approaching infested woods is
a compromise between that of a distant
threshing machine and a distant
frog pond. That which they make
wuen disturbed mimics a nest of young
snakes or young birds under similiar
circumstiincei a sjrt of scream. They
can also produce a chirp somewhat like
that of a cricket, nnd a very loud shrill
screecii, prolonged for filteea ortwetty
seconds and gradually increasing in
force and then decreasing."
" Is it true that the locust stings?"
"There is h widespread lear of the
locust sting," answered the protessor;
" every time tin re is an abundance ot
locusts you hear of people being stung,
aud newspaper accounts cf such acci
dent ure by no means infrequent. I
have known people who denied them
selves the pleasure of ratin? blackber
ries and other fruits, lie-cause they feared
these Iruiis had been poisoned by the
eggs of cicadas ; while others' believe
thnt they poison water. So lar as I can
rind, all these reports are false or ereatly
exaegeiated, nm the yrent mnjority of
them are pure imagination."
" Are they not capable of doing an im
mense amount of ddmRgcP"
"Yes, sir. They have destroyed whole
apple orchards and vine ards. The
worst of it is that there is no way to
get rid of them when they make their
aDDearanee in Imvco. nnmhnru an a
attained fuil size and powers ot flight.
iuu-ijiiy puf.Hioia metuoa is to allow
poultry and hogs to devour them just
and are in a helpless condition."
"There is a good deal of supersti
tion," remarked the reporter, "about
the W on the ir wings."
" I have noticed that," Professor Riley
answered, "some ignorant persons are
silly enough t3 believe that it portends
wiir. It occurs alike, though not to
Hlioil a niHrlrpit Aoaroa .in oil v,n
cicadas, and it people must have an
omen let them take the two W's for
warm weather, and it will not be likely
to disappoint them." Wash pglonftst.
Terrors or the Snow-Slide.
the term has no terror, while those who
have seen an avalanche in the Wasatch
shudder at the very thought of it. The
mountains in the vicinity of the Cotton
woods are steep and bare. Ic is said an
Indian will not venture up Little Cot
tonwood r.anon. When nnpuHnnoH aa
to the cause of this str antra fpur nf that
particular canon, they shake their
nends and say : " No ood." Perhaps in
former years, while hunting in the
mountains, a alirln apnt a nnmkpv nr
them to the happy hunting grounds.
Of the 600.000 male adults in Illinois
400 000 drink beer, wine and whisky,
and ol these 40,000 drink to mows.
FOR THE FAIR SKX.
Spring and Bnmmar Oooda.
The first importations of spring goods
are not the light woolen fabrics that
will be worn in the earliest spring days,
bat rather the wash goods that are made
into house and street dresses to he worn
in the warmest weather. Two features
are noticed in the new fabrics first.that
fi cured goods in artistic and, Indeed,
decorative designs are most used, and
are usually accompanied by a plain fab
ric) for combining with them j and sec
ondly, the absence of all dressing in the
nne cottons, which should give laun
dresses to understand that all st rch
must bo omitted when doin? them ud
The Cotton satteens are first shown
and rank highest iu price of these new
fabrics, m they are marked fifty cents a
yardi These have closely-twilled sur
faces with a luster like saiin; the
grounds are dark, either plum, brown,
blue or the deepest garnet, and these are
s'rewn with rather large figures of some
graceful flower, such as fleur-de-lis,
mchsias or lilies, with pale-green foli
age; to go with this figured fabric,
which now makes tho over dress, or at
least the jacket waist, is plain satteen of
the color of the ground. The batistes
show great improvement over those of
previous seasons; they are as soft as
mull-muslin, and almost as transparent,
yet tuey are beautifully marked
with Japanese designB and auaint color
ing on the ralcst cream, lavender, and
pink grounds. They tre usually sup
plied with a wide border of lar er figures
man tnose in me ooay oi trie tabrio,
anu mis Doruer may De stucued on
plainly for trimming down box plaits
and around the foot of the skirts, basque
and sleeves, or else it ir ay edge wide
nounces, or ot itseit form narrow ruf
fles for trimming the whole dress. Car
nation pinks, chrysanthemums, dwarfed
peonies, and other flowers e'ear to the
Japanese are repeated in their intense
colors on the most delicate grounds of
tuese sueer sou Datistes; the price is
forty cents a yard ; the border is near
one selvedge only instead of on both
sides, like those of last year.
Scotch ginehams have come to be
staple goods for summer dresses, as ex
perience Las shown that they are far
oeuer ior washing ana wearing than
any other ginghams, either Frensh or
American, and are worth the difference
in the price. They are now sold for
forty cents a yard i i exquisitely fine
qualities, and colors that are warranted
not to fade by washing, though some of
tne dark snades are changed by per
spiration. The newest patterns in these
have wide stripes made up of many
smaner Biripes, ana aiso large plaias,
or else perfectly plain colors. The fa-
vorite combination of colors seems to be
pink with blue, and there are three
times as many blue and white ging
hams as of any other color; besides
these are stripes in new contrasts of
color, such as olive, red, black, and
buff lines forming in inch-wide stripe
beside a pale blue stripe two inches
broad, shading off into white; another
pattern has a series of alternating pink
and pale blue and a broad white line ; a
third is made up of dart red, blue and
oranae-yellow. These colors are also
shown in the large plaids which are to
take the place of the handkerchief
dresses of last year. Though made in
Scotland, these are altogether what
merchants call fancy plaids, tho
clan tartans having disappeared
for the present. The solid-colored
Scotch zephyr ginghams, espe
cially in pink and blue tho lat
ter tither dark or light will make
charming summer dresses, trimmed
with the whi e cotton embroideries that
are imported in larger quantities than
at any previous season. The furnishing
houses are already making these dresses
with a short skirt and very simple over
skii t, accompanied by the belted shooting-
jacket, with wide box-plaits in front
and back, or else with a yoke and full
basque, either shirred at the waist in
front and behind, with the belt on the
sides only, or it may be with the belt
passing all around the waist; the wide
round collar, like those worn by chil
dren, is edged with embroidery, or may
be made entirely of the French machine
embroidery on cambric that is now im
ported in half and three quarter-yard
widths; there are also square cull's ol
this embroidery worn outside the
sleeves.
Old China patterns are shown in per
cales, especially in the blue and white
patterns of old Nankin. The merchants
have shown their faith in these coltrs
and designs by importing them in great
quantities;, these goods are said to wash
well, especially in these clear blue
shades. Plain grounds with a border
iu contrasting color are also liked in this
soli-finished percale, and dark grounds
promise to be particularly useful, such
as d&rk solid green with pale blue
aribesques for the border, seal brown
with French gray b rder, or dark blue
or garnet with gray or cream-color lor
the trimming. These are thirty cents a
yard.
The new patterns of Valenciennes lace
with plain meshes and heavily wrcught
points are imported tor trimming batiste
and lawn c resses. There are also new
Hamburg embroideries that copy the
designs of the braid trimmings that
ladies have been crocheting of late for
cotun dresses. Ear fir' Bamr.
Married After a Ducking.
Opposite Maysville, Ky., is a little
Ohio village where marriages are execu
ted with such extraordinary neatness
aud di patch that the place is called the
GietLa Green of America The other
afternoon a couple might have been
seen making their way into Maysville
'roiu the wiids of Lewis county. Annie
F. SLamper, aged sixteen, a very pretty
blon ie, was the !ady, and Leanaer P.
Scraggs, nged eighteen, six feet three in
his Slippers, was the gentleman. They
had eloped ; they were pursued by Mr.
Stumper, and they had ridocn all day to
set to the river. Now the river was
fiilcd wit t ice, and to cross to Gretna
Green seemed impossible. Two hardy
boatmei, however, volunteer
ed to row them to the
haven of matrimonial bliss, and
just as the boat was midway in the river
the elder Stamper appeared upon the
shore, and shouted to his daughter to
come back. The irrepressible Scraggs
determined to ba.chivalrio and salute
Mr. Stamper. Standing up in the skill
to do it, he gave one wave of his hat
and awav he went overboard. Mr.
Stamper pointed out Scraggs' legs and
roared and screamed with laughter at
bis dilemma. The crowd that had been
cheering the lovers now laughed at
them, too. Scraggs was fished out with
a boat-hook, and, with chattering teeth
and trembling knees, and very muddy
clothes, started off with Miss Stamper
for the nearest local minister, who
made the twain one flesh before old
Stamper recovered Irom the fit oi laugh
ter into which Scraggs' dilemma had
plunged him.
During the past fifteen years the Uni
ted Stales government has spent over
f 22.1 00,000 in fighting and watching In
dians in the Western States and Terri
tories. A firm in Boston is making a double
belt 200 feet long, thirty inches wide.
It will weigh l.lUO pounds and will re
quire the hides of 100 head of cattle in
its construction.
Austria has a Detroleum region nne.
eighth the size of that of the United
Stales.
Rnrslan EtUes.
On his arrival t.h A nrlannnr In drlvnn
Straight to the police ward, where he is
inspected by the i-pravnik, a police offl
ctr who is absolute lord and master of
tne district. This representative of the
government requires of him to answer
tho following questions: His name?
How old P Married or single? Where
from? Address nf narpnts. or relation
or iriencls? Answers to all ol which are
entered in the books. A solemn written
promise is then exacted of him that he
will not give lessons of any kind, or try
to teach any one ; that every letter he
wiiMJs win go mrouga the lspravnik's
hand), and that he will follow no occu
pation ex vrpt shoemaking, carpenter
ing, or field labor. He is told he is free,
out at me same time he is solemnly
warned that should he attempt to pass
the limits of ho town he shall be shot
down like a dog rather than be allowed
to escape, and should he be taken alive,
shall be sent off to Eastern Siberia
without further formality than that ot
the lspravnik's pergonal order.
ine poor tellow takes up his little
bundle, and, fully realizing that he has
now bidden farewell to the culture and
material comfort of his past life, he
walks out into the cheerless street. A
group of exiles, all pale and emaciated,
are there to greet him, take him to some
of their miserable lodgings and fever
ishly demand news from home. The
new-comer gazes on them as one in a
dream; some are melancholy mad,
others nervously irritab'e, and the re
mainder have evidently tried to find
solace in drink. They live in com
munities ot twos and threes, have food, a
scanty provision ot clothes, money and
books in common, and consider it their
sabred duty to help each other in every
emergency, without distinction of sex,
rank or age. The noble by birth get
sixteen shillings a month from the gov
ernment for their maintenance, and
commoners only ten, although many of
tnum are marued, and s nt into exile
with young families. Daily a gendarme
visits their lodgings., inspects the premi
ses when and how he pleases, and now
and then makes some mysterious entry
in his note-book. Should anv of their
number carry a warm dinner, a pair of
newly-mended boots or a chanee of
linen to some passing exile lodged for
the moment in the public ward, it is
just as likely as not marked against
him as a crime. It is a crime to come
and see a friend off, or accompany him
a little on the way. In fact, should the
ispravnik I. el out of sorts the effect of
cards or drink he vents hts bad temper
on tne exues; r.nd, as cards and drink
are the favorite amusements in those
dreary regions, crimes are marked down
against the exiles in astonishing num
bers, and a report of them sent regui .rly
to tne governor oi the province.
Winter lasts eiaht months, a neriod
during which the surrounding country
presents the appearance of a noiseless.
lifeless, frozen marsh no roads, no
communication wiih the outer world,
no means of escape. In course ot time
almost every individual exile is at
tacked by nervous convulsions, followed
bv prolonged anathv and nrnstralion.
They begin to quarrel, and even to hate
eacn otuer. some oi tnem contrive o
forge false passports, and by a miracle.
as it were, make their escape, but the
great majority of these victims of the
third section either co mad. commit sui
cide, or die of delirium tremens. Their
history, when the time comes for it to
be published, will discljse a terrible
tale of human suffering, and admin
istered evils and shortcomings not like'y
to find their equivalent in the contem
porary histor? of any other Euronean
suite. Lswawti o.anatra.
At the Theater in Japan.
The theaters here are probably the
most interesting sight to travelers;
everything is so different from that to
which they have been accustomed. Of
course, there are no seats: all sauat on
mats. Running down the center of the
theater is an elevated platform upon
which the actors always enter upon the
stage; tre exits are all from the rear,
and instead of shifting the scenes.
the whole stage is r.volved on
wheels (same us we turn a horse car)
When an actor is killed during the
play, a man dressed in black, with his
face covered (you are not supposed to
see him), rushes out, and holds a large
cloak in front of the dead man. The
latter rises and runs off the staee.
though just beheaded and his head lying
on the stage, looking as natural and the
execution so well done thnt until you
actually eee the dead walk you think
ne sureiy was beheaded. After the cur
trtin falls for another act. all the chil
dren in the audience rush on the stage
behind the curtain and plav around be
hind the scenes until the drum beats for
another act. iiie music they have is a
drum, file and a small string instrument,
though the players are generally sing
ing in very high and unmusical note.
The pray generally begins at ten o'clock
in the morning and lasts until one or
two o'clock at night, and the audience
alwavs take food enough to last twenty
four hours, besides Which men with
rice, tea, peanuts and oranges are always
passing through the audience, very
much like our circuses at home. The
theater is lighted by gas, very dimly,
however, aud as the audience men,
women and children are smoking pipes
all the time, the atmosphere is not very
pleasant. Teddo Letter.
A Wonderful Mood.
The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
says: We have in this State a wonder
ful wood knon as "mountain ma
hogany." The trees do not grow large.
A tree with a trunk a loot in diameter
is much above the average. When dry
tho wood is about us hard as box wood,
and being of a very tine grain might, no
doubt, be used for the same purposes.
It is of a red rich color and very heavy.
When well seasoned it would be a fine
material for the wood carver. In the
early days it was used in making boxes
lor shafting, an i in a few instances for
shoes and dies in a quartz batterv.
Used as fuel it creates intense heat. It
burns with a blaze s long as ordinary
wood would last, and is then Jound
(almost unchanged In form) converted
to a charcoal that lasts about twice as
long as ordinary wood. For fuel it selis
much higher than any kind of wood;
indeed, a cord of it always brings the
same price as a ton of coal. The only
objection to it as a fuel h that it creates
such au intense heat as to burn out
stoves more rapidly than any kind of
coal, however bad.
A Pin In a Child's Tongue for Eleven
Tears.
Miss Harvey, of Candor, when eleven
or t welve years of age. was one evening
making hurrried preparations to attend
a party. Sl e had a pin between her
lips, which passed into her mouth, and
was supposed to be swallowed. Dr.
Miller assumed such to be the fact, but
the girl insisted that it was under her
tongue. The physician made search for
it there, hut failed to discover it, and
treated her protestations as the work
of imagination. Recently Miss Harvey
had a large lump come upon one side of
her tongue, increasing in painfulneas.
Dr. L. D. Farnham opened the swell
ing. The next day, after eleven years
of hiding, the pin came out of the open
ing. It was two-thirds covered with a
lime formation and was much corroded.
lthaaa (N F.) Journal.
Unnecessary fives cost this country
$10,000 an hour, i
Wanted Him to Resign.
A capital story is told of one of our
publio men a man who had fcr many
years held a lucrative office, whioh
many other fiealous workers in the
political field ereatlv desired to fill. The
office of judicial character, and requir
ing considerable capacity in its incum
bent was not only an excellent paying
berth, but it was honorable, and bad
considerable patronage connected with
it.
Once upon a time, when the anxious
waiters had fully made up their minds
that old Hartwell had held the office
long enough, one of their number was
deputed to wait upon him, and request
tiim to resign. The man found the old
judge in his ctu.ee, with his ooat oil,
and surrounded by papers of all sorts
nnd descriptions. . The usual greetings
were exchanged, ana the visitor opened
his business.
Out in the open court an organ-
grinder was discoursing a very excel
lent selection ot Strauss' waltzes.
" Want me to rcslcn. do they?" said
Hartwell, throwing back his bead, and
Dassing bis fingers through his plente
ous silver locks. " And for what reason,
pray?"
"I ll tell you, judge; we think you
have been here Ions enoush. You are
growing old altogether too old for the
manifold duties and responsibilities of
the place."
"uuoi loo old, am if Now look
you : J ust you get up here, and spin a
waltz with met' Hil There goes the
Blue Danube 1 Just the thing ; come I"
And he seized his visitor by the two
arms, lifted him to his feet, and began to
whiri him about the room, keeping
step himself to the notes of the distant
organ
But the man, breathless and dizzv.
broke away and begged off. He didn't
know how to dance.
"NoP Not dance? Then trv the
gloves, we must have exorcise in
some fashion."
And old Hartwell went to a small
locker, and broueht forth two nairs of
boxine eloves. one of wnich he Dut on.
and offered the other to his visitor. But
the man would not take them. He de
clared he had never boxed In his life.
"Never boxed? Then it is time vou
had a lesson. And i' faith, 1 11 give you
one. ixowi stand ny. Here is the po
sition. One. two. three! "
And he tapped the messenger, first on
the forehead ; then on the chin ; then on
tuo oreast; and ttion, with a blow
-itraieut irrm tho shoulder, he knocked
him clean across tho room, and aerainst
tuc wan.
" Ho! I'll soon teach vou tho nidi.
ments . Let me now show vou the true
knock-down blow. It is given in tuis
nrinner."
But the breathless, bewildered and
utterly demoralized visitor did not wait
for the finish. He caught his hat and
made his escape, and later reported to
his a'sociates that Judge Hartwell was
not disposed to relinquish his office at
present.
Care or Nails.
Some person insist that the finger
nails are signs of character. The slender
tapering nail, they say, iudicites a re
fined nature wh ch is sometimes accom -panicd
by a shrewish temper. 'iie
broad, stubby niil suggests natural
coar.-ei.ess which may be allied to good
nature. Whether these are signs or not,
it is true that the ca-e of the nails re
veals personal habits tis to cleanliness.
Nails may be greatly improved, both
in shape and color, by proper attention.
The best appliance is a nail brush used
in water softened by the addition of a
little borax nnd really fine toilet soap.
In well-brushed and well-cared for
nails the little curtain -like rim which
snrrounds them is well pushed cr rolled
back, displaying generally a delicate lit
tle crescent at ti.e root. The skin ot the
finger should never be allowed to grow
up on the nail.
in paring and trimming the shape
given should always be as long nn oval
as possible. To cut a nail squirciy oil'
gives the finger-end a stubby look. The
corners should be carefully and closely
cut, and the center left rather long, so as
to give the long oval shape.
Ic cleaning the nails the knife should
never scrape oil' tho inner substauce oi
the nail, as this renders the edge opaque
and muddy in appearance, whereas it
should be transparent.
The nail is susceptible of a high degree
of polish by rubbing with the towel
when drying the hands.
The habit ot biting the nails is one
against which children should be care
fully guarded. It is ruirous to the very
structure of the nail, and once acquired,
is one of the mo-t diflicult habits to
break. This is evidenced by tho lact
that some men and women, but more
especially men, have a habit ol biting
uieir nans wuen reading or studying, ol
which they are pertectly unconscious,
Here are sixty four cities in the Uni
ted States having a population of over
30.000.
Walla Walla Watchman.
Wise Words of a Willing Witness.
At the close of a mas meeting, ao
iS irdinj; to the report of the same pub
lished in a La Grange paper, reference
was made to the phenomenal ill'icacy of
St. Jacohs Oil in the many paintul dis
eases to which mankind is subject. We
refer to the above as showing how
strong a hold the Old German Remedy
for Rheumatism has on the experience
and good wishes of the great publio.
That part ot the countrv known as
the Northwest, composed of nine States
una o-ie territory, has a population ot
12.164,664 Of the increase since the
:i-t census one-third of the amount
lies in these States.
(Uanville(lll.) Mews.
John Stein, Esq., City Brewer, refer
ring to its valuable qualities, said to a
ore s representative: 1 have uued 8:,
Jacobs Oil in nij laruiiy and recom
mend it to my acquaintances. It has
always given the best hhtisfuction. and
i truly a wonderful remedy.
The American dollar contains more
silver than the like coin of the British
empire, Germany, France, Russia,
Austria. Holland, Belgium, Italy,
Spain, Switzerland, Greece and others.
A Mingle Stone
Irom a running brook slew tue giant Goliath,
nud millions of Lolile men since that time
have died Irom a sing e stone in the bladder,
wbicii Warner's Butu Kidney and Liver Cure
woul l 1 ave ditsolvud an t earned away.
San Framisco contains 31,000 more
men than women in a t?tal population
oi zoj.uoo.
Haw tm tit mtmU.
BxnoM vourMll day and night! eat too
mooh without exroie( work too bard with
out reit; dootor all the ime) take all the vile
nostrums advertised, and then yon wul want
to know .
How to wet .
Whioh is answered in turee words Take Hop
Bitten I See other column.
Mr. Meeban, botanist of the Pennsyl
vania board of agriculture, states that
trees grow much faster in America than
in Europe. The oak in England has
been known to live a tnousano years,
but after two hundred years in this
country a tree of that species is fit for
nothing but to cut nown ior nrewood.
The decay is as rapid as the growth.
T
rtmuken Stan.
How many cMldn-n and women are slowly
and surely flyin, or lather being killed, by
exoessive doctoring, or the daily use oi some
drug or drnnken stuff called medicine, that no
ouo knows what It is made ot, whu can easily
be cured and saved by Hop Bilteis, made oi
Hops, Uurlm, Mundinke, Dandelion, etc.,
which is so pure, simple and harmless that
the most hail woman, weakest invalid or
smallest child can trubt. iu them. Will you
be saved bytliemT Sop other o lnmn.
V.ven an in flammable a thing as cotton
can now be used for the construction of
firenroof build nas. V is converted
into n. nantp hv chemictl treatment
which becomes as hard as stone. It is
molded into large slabs, and designated
as architectural cotton.
i he ol eauest method to olieal the under
Ibker (who is (joneialiy around when Coughs
and Co ds p evi.il), is to buy and use Dr.
tiutls Congu Syrup. It Hlways oures.
A new use for iron and steel has been
found. In Germany quite a number of
strei s cecersare in use. and in i.ngmna
the advisability of substituting wrought
iron for wood sleepers is being seriously
discussed
Ivor dtspepbia, imjiuestion, repression CS
spirits and general detilny in the various
lorms, also as a pieventive aiciinat lever and
ayuo and other intermittent levers, the Fekro
1'IIOSl'IIOKATED hXIXIR OF UAMSATA. BARK,
Hindu by Caswell. Hazard A Co., New York.
Hil l sold by all druggiHls, i the bust tonio:
an I lot patients ler.overii g iromfover or other
sieknfw if nan nn v-'
WHEAT HKE MEIUCIHE.
nn minis1 vkvitthv rtOHSK LIVIMSVT In
Elnt bottiM attlO'ttintt .12 yrt ot ih:i!iert. Hlttlic
i-it Id Hip worlil fnr ti-iu eof Colic. Old Siri,Rnr'nt,
Bruises. Sore Thro. etc. TOIHAS' Condition
POWUKKS are wuiriiiteil to aire Ulitemper, Fever
Worm, H ti Klve a flue coat! mere -e me appenie ana
.-lena., fh nrlmirv nr..n Ortinr-d to liT Ool. D.
Mchiiiilel. owner of o,ne of the fasten runnini hortet
tn the world, ari l 1, li utlier. .- i-eiim. sum j
For Catarrh,
Mend, etc., Imort with
little firmer a particle of
the balm into the nos
trils; draw strong
breaths through the
Dose. It will he absorb
e'l, rlramlriR ami heal-
inff tne aueasea mem
urane.
For Deafness,
f krjitatnna!1v amrfT i
panicle into nnl back
'tf the ear, rubbing In
iDuroutcuiy.
ELY'S CREAM BALM.
VrMin. Klt Bros.. Dmcaistt. Oweco. N. Y.! We find
Cream Uuhn tuMun front rank tn the 11 at of successful
piulirii'tary anion-. I ne swob are cunstaiuiy mcreusintf,
uml wt' frequently hear where the Cream ltalm has elltt
eil thurtitmu cures of very ohitinute ami long existing
cases of Catarrh. We congratulate you In having put
upon the market so vaiuanie anu niucn desired an article.
U. 1. SMITH C JiELL, UOieSBie UTU CRISIS,
Newark, .N. J.
Price 50 cents. On receipt ol 60 cenU.
will mail a package tree. Send lor circular,
with lull inlormntioa.
ELY'S CREAM BALM CO., Owe4?o, N.Y.
Sold by all Druggists.
PI
fSSlRsflSSEB?
If tou are s man
If you are a
man of let.
nf im siiuf. weak
ened by the strain of
teratoillniroTeTniK
Our amies hvoiu
Btimulantsand use
Hop Bitters.
Dltrht work, to res-
tore oram nerve ana
waste, us Hop B
If you are your and
riairi-tinli Or d 1391 UK
nufTertng from any In
tion if you are mar
youuff , sulTerlug from
mtf on bed of nick
Bitters. rlud or ulntfle. old or
poorneaim or iarKuu
neas, rely on H O
Whoever yon are.
whenever you feel
that your system
rwxwla f li'Rnilnir. ton-
ThouA&nasaie an
nually from some
form of Kidney
disease that mlulit
havo been prevented
by a timely use of
Ini? or tUrrjulating,
Wltnouunroxjcam
t a It HOD
Bitters
noptf inert
Have 70a tv
pepsi a, kidney
or urinary com
plaint, disease
of the gtomach,
bowtla, blood,
Uvtr or nerves 1
You will be
cured If youus:
Hop Bitters
If yon are sim
ply weak and
low spirited, try
it i It may
D. I. O.
Is an absolute
and lrresistu
ble cure for
drunkenness ,
ufo of opium,
tobacco , or
uarcouca
Bold by dm
irlstd. Keudfur
Circular.
HOP BITTDfl
rro co.,
RAcketler, B. T
save yvur
life. It has
saved hun
dreds.
h Tnmntn, OnL
Mciitl us your Address
ON A POSTAL CARD,
AND WS WIl L SKfJD YOU Ol'R INTERESTING
AND VALUABLE PAMPHLET FOH LADIES ON
"Shopping MewYork"
EHRICH BROTHERS,
285 to 295 Eighth Avenue,
NEW YORK.
NOTICE !
AS BLUE i LANNFl C .MENTS
Of Inferior llutiUy of Goods
are sold u tbe "iftnuine Mldcllex." which sre not
uiMur uj mm mm, i in aiiuuLl'-K-x uumpany, la onler to
protect tlu ir cuiloinim ami the ruhllc. Klve notice, that
hereafter all Clothing made from T11K MIDDLESEX
5'-iA.!r?.!SDl,i0 "UK t'l-ANNKIS AND
1 ACIU' OLOTHs, must bear the trail, mark ticket, fur
nished by the Selling Agenta to t-1 parties ordering tti.
WENDELL, FAY & CO., Selling Agents,
MIDDLESEX COMPANY,
86 c M Worth Street. New Yorki ilT Franklin Street,
Hoi-Uini a 14 Cuntnul Street, Philadelphia.
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This Is the cheapest and oaly complete and reliable
work on Etiquette and Justness and Social Forms. It
te Is how to perform all the various duties of life, and
bow toaip-ar to the be-t advanut) on all occasions.
A cent Wanted Send fur circulars containing a
full description of the work and extra terms to Agents.
Address National Hp sub mm Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
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EYE-CLASSES.
Representing tbe choicest selected Tortoise
Shell and Amber. The lightest, handsomest,
and strongest known. So d hy Opticians and
jewelers. Made by 8PKNCEU OPTICAL
M FG. CO., 13 Maiden Lane, New York,
fl Fill ItS RfIT ' IliBI l lurtd
wl UI ldlle.e It-iiicofv. Sent, tiostuald
cm recent of hy dk. E. C. 11 ALL. Jon'ity'l" '
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WANTED
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Expenaos
: CIGARS
eAHPLXS PKKft.
Srad tu. rtkuv m
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Tnfnrmatinn a to VI -stnia Lands Minerals
iiuormauon tai otier prep,lfe iven by
BUHKAU OF lMMlUHAiliWr OP VlKlil.M.
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fit Ileal HelllDK Aru- rs In the world, s
aamp sra. i.t L:kuno, Detiolt, Mich.
S350
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A Weakneaa of Uenerdtive ui ti.tn. a I all diuggltta
btud for (ju-Yr to Alleu'a Puanuacy, Hit Flrat Ata. Jl ,Y.
$777
A YEAR and xpenaes tasfanta
Outdt Free. Addieaa
P. II VK.'KKRY. Aiuiuta. Malna.
YOUNG MFN Learn Ttiegraphr. 1-arn 4u to II 00 s
monio. ii i aauait-Bguaiunieeu paying
ofocca Addraas Vjiaauits Baoi Jmelllt. Wia
RK-- FOX, "Skunk, Kaccodn, Mlnk, bought for Caahi
ilktieal Price . Bend for Circular, lull particular
a, l. nuuuMiua, o Howard St., N ewjtork.
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IfX bbort wioteri- teetiy ummvrt, hlibr dlnuU.
Ui.ou fro. H. P. CnAMUh.ua, rtKMliitWf mX
wsm
I i.HiiiJwa ssnrlhlirimil
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sl'niTTrnnl
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iEMie E8Y.
FOB
MEUMiiTISM,
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Backache, Soreness of the Chett,
Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell
ings and Sprains, Burns and
Scalds, General Bodily
Pains,
Tooth, Bar and Headache, Frosted
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
Ho Preparation on earth eouali St. Jicnts Ot
aa a nfe, ,urr, simplf and chtap Ei ureal
Itemed;' A trial entails but the eomparatlTaly
trifling outlay of 50 t'enta, and ry ouawSeririg
with pain can hare cheap and potttiv proof of Its
claims.
Directions in Eleven iAnsnatje.
BOLD BT ALL rEUGGISTB AND DEALERS
IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.,
llaltimnre. Bid., V. S. X.
ST Ni'o
POND'S EX'MAOT
oV-d" un hiflammation,
A itt ami Chronic
Qmirott all Hcmmrhaef,
Venom and Jfuowa,
INVALUABLK FOB
Burns and Colds and Coughs,
Inflammations -b Nasal & Throat
Accumulations Discharges,
Lungs.Eyes and Tliroat chilblains.
RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA.
No remedy so resdlly and effectually arrests ths Irrita
tion and discharges from Catarrhal Affections as
POND'S EXTRACT.
CODGIIS, COLDS In the IlKAD, NA9AT. and TITTtOAT
DISCIIAKGKS, IN'FI.AMM VTIOXS ami ACCUMULA
TIONS In the LUNGS, KYliS, EAH3 and THROAT.
U11KUMATIS-V, NEl KAI.OIAtc, cannot be cured so
easily hy any other me llclne. For st'unltlve and sever
cases of CATAHH1I use our CATAUHII CU11K (7Sc).
In all cubosuso our NASAL SYKINliU (2Sc). Will be
sent In lots of $2 worth, on receipt of price. Note that
POND'S EXTRACT Is put up only inbctilcswlth picture
Trade Mark on outside wrapper and words " PON D'
EXTRACT " blown In glasa.
far- (jOT xcw l'umphlct with History of our Prepara
tlone.sent free.
LADIES Read pages 13, 18, 21 and M.
POND'S EXTHACT COMPANY,
14 West 14th Street, New York.
EIGHT REASONS
WHY WK NEVER BULL POND'S EXTRACT IN
HULK, HUT ADTTKRE TO THE Rl l.K OF SELL
ING ONLY IN OUR OWN HOTTLKS, IN
CLOSED IX HUFF WHAI'PER.ON WHICU
13 PRINTED OUR LANDSCAPE
TRADE-MARK.
1 It Insnras the purchaser obtaining ths
Gairuinx article.
is. '-It protects t lie conanmer In bcylng Pond's
Eitract not weakened with w.iter, which we found was
done a few years aci, when we were induced to furnish
dejlers with the genuine article in bulk,
;I.-It p,- tectstlie consumer from unscrupu
lous parties selling crude, cheap decoctions to him ai
Pond's Extract, for any person can tell tbe genuine from
the bottle nnd w-npper.
4. Ie pvotects the consumer, for His nor safe
to use any other article according to the dlrcctlonsglren
in our book, which sunounds each bottls of Pond's
Kxtract.
ft. --It protect- the consumer, for It Is not
Agreeable to be deceived and pcrliaps Inlnred by nsing
other articles on ler tbe directions for Pond's Extract.
0--fto other a, tlvle, manufacture or imitation
has the ellecl claimed for and always produced by
Pond's Extract
7 It la prejudicial to ths reputation of Pond's
Kxt act to have people nse a eoonterfett be llevlng It to
be the genuine, r r they ill turdy he ditap pointed, if not
Injured l,y ltd ele cta.
et Justice to one of the bet medicines
In the world, and the hundreds of thousands using
It, demands eve: y pr. caution against hating weak ana
Injurious preparations pilmedi'ff aB the gcnulua. Ths
om-Yway this can be accomplished Is to sell tbeaufsua
put up In a uniform manner In oca own sottus, com
plete with bun wrappers, traue marks, etc
ItK.ll KM llli It I he genuine Pond's Ex
tract is cheap, because It Is strong, uniform and
reliable. Our book of directions explains when it can be
diluted with water and when to ba nsed full strength.
Ittcmcnltl-:!! That all other preparations, If
colorless, sre mere decoctions, bolllnca or produced
siuiply to obtain the odor and without the scientific or
practical knowledge of the matter which many years of
labor has siven ua
KbMK.VIHKIt. OllKUV NOW--That all
preparations purporting to be superior to Pond's Ex
tract because they kuvt color, are colored tlmp'y because
they have crude, anil to unprofessional people using
them, perhaps dangerous matter In them, and aAould
never be uanl except under the advice and prucriptiiM of
a physlclau.
IfKlHi-MRKlt ANI) HIVOW-Tbat onr very
expeusive machinery is the result of thirty years of ex
perience (the most of which was entirely given to this
work), aud constant attention to the production of all
forms of Ildmumells, and that therefore we should
know what we assert, that Pond's Eitract is the best,
purest, and contains nore virtues of the shrub than any
other production yet made.
Our New History and Uses of Pond's Extract and
other preparations sent free.
I. II l;sKead pages IS, 18, St and ts In oar book,
which is found around each bottle, and will be aant fr
on application.
POND'S EXTRACT COMPANY,
14 West 11th Street, HEW YORK.
RED RIVER VALLEY
2,000,000 Acres
Wheat Lands
best la the world, for sale by the
St. Paul, MmneaiJolis & Mauitolia R.R. CO.
ThrM dollar ptr Mrs allowed thasatiler for bratvk
lag aJkd cultivation, t or punk iiUr apply to
D. A. Mc KIN LAY,
.Land Coramlaalonvr. fet, Paul, nlnn.
llali-Dye Ic IheSArKST
iui-1 It LSI; It aria ltutant
wt'Vi!" prod iic nr id moat
h iiurai t-haileaof b ack or
liruwni Uoea NuT STAIN
Ih fcrClM art, I 1st o.l-
RISTADORO'SKXion,ndV
onevei y well unpointed toi
let rsr Lady or Gentleman.
v:d by i)iu ut:s an,! ap
p ,led ly 1 in Ir lie. a
UepoMs S M il lanmt N.Y.
U. N. OMIT ' KVi'ON, AgL
TEXAS!
The
Southwestern
Immigration
company.
It Is the pnrpoae of thia Companr to snpply the
need of a State Burcauof IuuiJr&tion, and not to
subservethe puriKikesrf any imuvidual railway,
or other corpcralion. irHolamhbouuhtoraold.
Iiiioruiation t arnii-heU tliobowinhu.K to betUe in
uuii, niiuuiicinv wiui'iiru. nuoren.
W-WNG.PrBa.tnteJaetera'KiaafcrwtetrroTifle)
E
PrOYMENT-tSSTra
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aevaeaee. w
WlfilC. r.eiptlr said. SLOAN
!.) Umtf kl. tlusluaaii. u
. -w- .w.eMi
i taa best conea Daedtou