FACTS AM) COMMENTS. Of the total population of the United Bttitfs 111 1880 a fraction over ninety BRven por cont. live on the Atlautio slppo, auont one'-half of one per cent, in . tlu) grcivt basjih aud a little less than two and onc-lmf per cent, on the Pacific elope. This statement will startle some who imagine that the star of empire is going westward with break-neck speed. Statistic show that sinco 1854 there ha v been an increase of risk from light ning in various parts of Germany, Aus tralia and Switzerland, while there is no corresponding incrense in the number of thunder-storms. The explanation is thought to lie in the clearing of forests, the increase of railroads, and the great, use made of iron in the. construction of houses. A recent decision of the United States supreme court is of great interest to all military officers, as it determines that they hold office as do civil officers, at the will of the President and the Sen ate, who can remove them from offico without a verdict of a court martial, which has been supposed to be a ueces sarv preliminary to the dismissal of army and navy officers in time of peace. The question what degree of heat is necessary o destroy trichinie in swine's flesh is of importance. A German ex pert says that if the pieces put into a pot to boil are large, trichinie in the middle are not cwtain to be killed by such degre of cooking as they are usually subjected to. As long as the meat retains the pink color known as "rare" it has been in sufficiently cooked to destroy the para sites. Smoking aud pickling the meat, ho asserts, are of no use whatever. A. Keene Richards, who died in Ken tucky recently, spent more than 81,1)00,-1)00- to improve the breed of ruce-horses in America. He made two long iourneys in the deserts of Arabia to obtain the pure Bedouin horse, and succeeded in getting a few of the best blood ut fabu lous prices, which he mixed with the most fashionable English aud American racers. The result, however, up to the time of his death, failed to meet his an ticipations, though many winners were sent from his beautiful blue grass park, near Georgetown, Ky. Seven men, residents of Gilboa, were j arrested for tarring and feathering one ; Stephen Cantine and wife, and were : taken to Liviugstonville, in the town of i Broome, and tried before Justice Mill- berry and a jury. John H. Matt ice and , and William H. Brayman appeared for ; the people and Counselor F. Snyder de- j fended the piisoners. The trial caused ; groat excitement in the towns of Gilboa j and Broome, some of the parties charged j with the clTense being prominent citi I zens of those towns, and tho oC'eiise being unprecedented in the county. Alter j a three days' trial three of the prisoners ; were acquitted aud four fined $20 each. Secretary Kirkwood thinks the civil- j ization of'tlie Indians a peculiar and difficult problem, and we doubt if any- body will dispute him. He enys thai : when the voung brave, ofter davs of j hard and vesatious labor, has fairly broken his w ild pony to the plow, the women of his acquaintance and f imily will 'gather about him and taunt him for doing squaws work; offering him articles of their own femalo apparel as suitable for his present occupation. He is angered and ashamed, abandons his plow, mounts his pony, rides off, gives up agricultural life, and henceforth devotes his valuable Jife to the consump tion of government rations and illici, whibky. The state department at Washington has recently issued the correspondence had with European countries for the past twelveyears, on the subject of emi gration to this country of the pauper and criminal classes of various Eastern nationalities. From this it appears that Switzerland has given cause for most of the complaint, tour-fifths of the cor respondence having been had with the outhoiities of that country. Mr. Fish, the charge d'aflairs at Berne, Switzer land, in this correspondence btates that the ratio of the cases of objectionable emigration the pauper and criminal classes was to tho total emigration in 1870 and 1880, in each nationality, as follows: One to 30,538 ; German, one to 2M.818; Italians, one to 18,080; Swedish, one to 12,510 and Swiss one to ii'i 2-3. A Buffalo grand jury found an in dictment against one Henry Weil, who keeps an oleomargarine mill in that city. Here is the indictment, which is a curiosity : It is alleged that he "did cre ate and maintain a certuin aud common public nuisance by keeping and accu mulating the fat, bones, flesh, tissues, entrails and substances of divers dead animals, and divers chemical acids to the jurors unknown, beef, tallow, offal, carrion, and other foul, noxious, filthy and putrid matter and substances, both solid and liquid, which the said Weil has cooked, steamed, soaked, mixed, puddled, fermented, stirred, brewed, converted and rendered together and separately, by which he has wrongfully and unlawfully caused and permitted to raise, evolve, emanate, disseminato and spread divers noxious, noisome, offeu ive, deleterious, unwholesome and un healthy gases, vapors, exhalations, ef fluvia, miasmas, smells, stenches, which contaminate, poison and infect the air, to the health, comfort and happiness o many thousands of the good citizens of the city and to the common and pub lic nuisance of said citizens." The farmers in Louisiana are giving attention to the cultivation of the jute plant.. So great is its consumption in the manufacture of mattings, coarso cloths and bagging that there was im ported last year into the United States seven millions worth of that product. It is an annual plant; the seed is sown in April and ia ready to harvest when it begins to blossom in the bummer months. The fibers are soft and silky, and prepared for the loom in like man ner as flax, to which it j assimilates in appearance and the uses to which it is converted in textile industries. In Ori ental countries it is a staple product, yielding a handsome return to the culti vator. Its introduction here has been ' attended with great success, and as th Southern States are well adapted as jute-growing regions, the crop, which requires but little labor and commands a ready sale, will bo remunerative to the planter. It can without much trouble or expense bo raised in sufficient quan tity for home use, so that seven million dollars or more paid annually to foreign ers for the imported article will find their way into the pockets of Southern farmers. Quest t Can curing a cough with Da. Brxi'i Covoh Smut be called bullying cough ? FOR THE LADIES. ".Only nn Old Maid." Two young girls were coming toward me on the street, talking earnestly about some cno. As they passed me one said, with a curl of her cherry lip : "She's only an old maid, anyway I" My cheeks burned with indignation as I thought of one dear old maid I knew, and of how many, many peoplo who should know better thau to use these words as a term of reproach and scorn. Let mo tell you of her. She is my husband's aunt, and my aunt, too, because I love her although I have often said that when I married my husband I did not marry his rela tives also. The petted only sister of quito a family of boys, when life was just opening for her full of promise, a dear cousin of hers was married to a mission ary who was going to Armenia. She could not bear to leave all her friends, and begged our aunt to go with her to her far-olf home and stay a time, until she became somewhat accustomed to the strange land. Cheerfuly Aunt F. gave up her own hopes and plans, and went with them. Only a short time after their arrival the young wife was stricken with con sumption, anil for two years Aunt F. nursed and cared for her. Then, after they had made the long journey home and laid her to sleep in her native land, Aunt F. went back with the broken hearted man, to comfort him and care for his baby. For eight years she staid, un til he married again, and then came home to rest awhile before making a co.y little home nest for herself. Her eldest brother ami his wife were suddenly bereft of their only child, and wanted to have Aunt F. come and stay with them, for a lime at least. A the days went by it grew harder for them to part with her, aud she finally decided to make her home with tlieni, and did so. The brother died last year, aged ninety; his wile is fast following him. and Aunt i. is a snowy-uaired woman ol sixty. And what has she been doing all these years '! lu the city where she resides she is "aunt " to all the settled residents, old and youug; there is no good work in, which she docs not take a part; there is no friend of hers whose troubles are not hers, and when I tell you that a society of young girls from the ages of twelve to twenty meet once in two weeks at her home to spend tho day w ith her because they love her, you may know she is companionable and lovable. She has cheerfully devoted her life to others; and she has never hinted by word or look that it was a sacrifice. When my husband was left mother less at the age of thirteen, she used often to invite him to her home to es cort her to concerts, lectures and church telling him kindly how to per form these duties in a gentlemanly manner, thus doing more to teach and put him at his ease than ten books of etiquette. There are ninny like her; but if there were not, for her sake alone, denr girls aud women never speak slightingly o in old maid! Chunk and Home. Fcnturt'N of New Drc-hae. The shirred waists that were intro duced a year ago, are'generally adopted for new dresses made of any of the soft fabrics that bhirr well, such as surah, fine wools, foulsard and soft muslins. This shirring is not now confined to clusters at the neck and waist line, Imt covors the entire shoulders in parallel rows simulating a round yoke. It is also conspicuous iu the full sleeves called generally bishops' sleeves. In some of these it appears iu several rows around the armholes, the elbows, and again at the wrists; in others, the gathering at the elbows is omitted, so that a soft puff is formed; while other sleeves are shirred all over those for short arms in lengthwise rows, and in horizontal rows for long arms. Shirring is also seen on standing collars, "and on the wide round Stuart collar. The shirred scarf for trimming the front of the corsage remains popular, and is now much broader than it has been woin, and is longer than the basque, both ends falling below the basque, and being finished with fringe. This scarf is now shirred in clusters, with the space between folded in pluits ; five clusters of shirringare used; the middle cluster is in i tho back of theneck.two clusters are just below the throat in front, anu two more are at the waist liue. There are various ways of shirring dress skirts, the simplest of which is to bhirr the entire lower skirt iu rows around the figure. Another dressy front of skirts has two shirred scarfs, each six or eight inches wide when completed, put straight down the front from belt to toe, while in the space between may be four lengthwise kiiitV plaited frills, two on each side turned to the middle; or else there are five long looped bows of surah, doubled nar rowly, and finished with tassels placed on the flat open space. Another new feature is the use of two soft bias puffs around the lower skirl instead of plait ings. Sometimes these are very narrow, and they are always made to lap deeply. This is very effective in striped goods, as in black grenadines, and is much used on plain sewing-silk grenadines or on brocaded stuff's. Other skirts have wider pull's, that may be either bias or straight when made of plain goods, such as the surah or nun's veiling; and these extend up to tho knees, where the top is concealed under tho upper drapery. Some dresses have a series of narrow lapping bias puffs up the middle of the front breadth, where lapped knife-plaitiugs were form erly placed, while others have similar puffs up the left side, where they are disclosed by the ovcrskirt being caught up very high on that side. There arc also many polonaises shown as the sea son advances, and these are very full on the hips, in exact contradiction to the long closo basques that fit like Jerseys. Sometimes this fullness is merely extended around from the front in the usual panier fashion, but in many cases the fullness ia added in deep bhirring just below the waist line, and the part below is turned back in rovers. The skirts cf dresses worn with polonaises aro quite as elaborately trimmed as those with basques. Sometimes the whole front and side breadths are shirred, and three or four gathered rallies of Egyptian brocade, or blocks, or else of bayadere stripes are placed across the breadth to break up tho mon otony of tho shirring. The shirred squares are set on at the neck, or else inserted like plastrons. The new bows for dress garniture have as many as ten or twelve long loops that are really loops not flatly pressed and also Rome ends notched or forked ; all this is held by one small strap at the top or in the middle. Satin ribbon two inches wido is used for such bows, and often two contrasting colors of ribbon are employed, the lighter being placed in side the darker loops as a lining, The plain full skirts worn hore do not ap pear on French dresses; no materials not even tho bayadere stripes are mado tip entirely plain. The lower skirt re mains very narrow, and is shorter than that adopted during the winter, but tho long-talked-of return to simple straight breadths is confined to the flowing trains of full-dress toilets, and to bro cades that aro too rich and heavy to be draped. Very small bullet-shaped but tons fasten the front of corsages, and these are mostly crocheted, with per haps a few beads in them. The large buttons most used are of steel or other nictal to match trimmings, and those are not conspicuously placed, as they have lately been. Six crocheted bullet shaped buttons and button-holes on the outer scam of the wrists give a neat finish to coat sleeves. A shirred satin cuff is also popular, and there are folded norrow scarfs tied around tho arm, with a small bow on top, and hanging tascled ends. Dazar. Fimlilon Sotra. new Valenciennes The lace has a heavy edge, Shirrings or gagings aro everywhere, both on skirts and bodice. There is a great suppresssion in the number of seams in the bodice. The laec straw bonnets are open worked aud require a colored lining. Strong contrasts of color ore observ oble in most of the new satin costumes Very wide ribbon and yards and yards of it will be needed to trim bonne s for the summer. Small feathers ave crowded upon tho huts in Mich profusion as almost to conceal the brims. Stiiped goods with different patterns on the two sides are among the oddest material which come for combination suits. Bridal costumes are now accompanied bv sandals of white satin. omUi oidored with beads or trimmed with lace appli cation. There aro bonnets of all shapes and sizes among the newest importations; pokes of moderate dimensions are tho favorites. Shaded or ombre effects will be a ft hire in spring fashions. Shaded feathers, shaded flowers and shaded ribbons are now shown. The newest collarettes are kerchiefs with the cornels cutoff, so as to have something the effect of the sudor collar in the back. All kinds of borderings appear on the new bonnets. Besides lace, straw gimp, steel lace and rows of very large beads are all employed. l'laiu shepherd s plaid gowns nave overdresses and drapery of the shop herd's plaid, crossed by narrow silk bars in bright colors. Some of the black opeu straws m bonnets are so fine that they look like thread lace. Other designs are m lnr itation of Torchon lace. Pearl studs and sleeve buttons, with gold threads crossed in tho center and giving them the appearaneo of being sewed on, are new and odd. The waists which aro shirred all the way around the belt arc called Spencer, although much prettier than tho ugly garment that formerly bore that name. Spring flowers are generally small and delicate but sweet ; the flowers of summer are larger and more plentiful and have bright colors, and are also very sweet and load the air with fra grance; the flowers of autumn are bright and showy, but have little fragrance. Among the new pattern dresses are some composed of cream-colored foulard and the dark nun's veiling. The foulard is bordered with a plaiting of Langue doe lace and a wreath of wild roses so well stamped as to look as if painted. Sunshades and fans matching the foul ard comes in the box with the dress. It is said that Worth is now making both long and short dresses in the form of antique poplins and embroidering them with beads that match exactly tho material in color. The bodice is almost round-waisted and there is a pouf at the back. The waist-band, that commences under the arms, falls somewhat on the hips, instead of encircling the waist. One of Demorest's designs for early spring wear for young girls from twelve to sixteen years of ago is tho "Pilgrim age" suit It consists of deep basque, rallied skirt, and cape with or without hood. It is good made in plain or check ed wool or gingham. It is a peculiarly simpln and practical design, without overskirt, yet pretty and very becom ing. The " Albert ine" eostumo is for smaller girls from eight to twelve yars of ago, and is very pretty. WISE WOHDS. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot express, Surely that preaching which comes from the soul most works on the soul. The divinity of charity consists in re lieving a mau s needs before they are forced upon us. Good qualities ore the substantial riches of tho mind; but it is good breed ing that sets them off to advantage. Childhood often holds a truth with its feeble lingers, which the grasp of man hood cannot retain, which it is the pride of utmost age to recover. Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power, and consequently bhould not be any part of your concern. Old age is the night of life, as night is the old ago of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day. Give not thy tongue too great a lib erty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like a sword in a scabbard thine; if vented, thy sword is in an other's hand. If thou deshe to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue. Tho happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should give him but littio occasion to think much about it. A man who does manly work in the world is respected, but he who trifles away his time with toys receives the world's contemptuous smile. The pariot is he who obeys his coun try's laws, and if they are oppressive and unjust strives earnestly and within the proper limits to rectify them. You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful persons. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleas ure on others? You will find half the battlo is gained if you never say any thing gloomy. Unselfish and noble acts are the most radiant epochs in the biography of souls. When wrought in earliest youth they lie in the memory .of age likq coral islands, green and sunny, amidit the mulancholy waste of ocean. Antiquity at Table. They did not dine simply in the spiritual era. We have had nothing iu later times to excel in profusion and splendor the feast given in tho third year of his reign by Ahasuerus, king of all the earth from Ethiopia to the Indus, in his capital of Susa, to the most illus trious and the meanest of the Medes and Persians. We read in the book of Esther how the six months' fete wound up with a banquet in the royal gardens, to which the small and great among the citizens were invited. The description preserves the magnificence of the jubi lee. The multitude ate and drank in the shade of gorgeous curtains, white, blue and hyacinth, very probably mat tapestry of Babylon for a chamber suit of which a Roman emperor long after gave 832,000 of our money, or may have been some costly fabric of Tvrian weft. i'i - i '' -.j-.j l xiiuni: curiains were BuniJfuueu of ivory attached to marble columns. The guests reclined on couches of ivory and silver, which stood on pavements of jasper, porphyry and alabaster, adorned with exquisite paintings. They uraiui out of golden cups, the meals were served in dishes continually varied, tho wine, of the rarest quality, flowed as from fountains. Ahasuerus enter tained in a manner worthy of a mightv prince, but by all accounts tho monarch and his hospitality were completely eclipsed by Solomon in all his glory. No nation since or before was mure prosperous than Israel under the wise king. The precious metals were almost as common in Jerusalem as Candide found them to be in El Doradj. The daily consumption of food at Solomon's table included thirtj measures of fine flour, sixtx measures of meal, ten fat oxen, ten grazing oxen, 100 sheep, be side harts, roebucks, follow deer, and fatted fowl. The royal menage was, of course, in keeping with the noble com missariat, which was superintended by twelve officers, each of whom discharg ed (he duties of lion's provider or ca terer for tho king's table during one month of the year. T unity's Magazine Unknown Alaska. When tho late Mr. Seward purchased Alaska from tho czar of Itussia, says an exchange, he was not aware of the fact that he was getting with his countless fur-seals, fisheries, mines and icebergs one of the greatest rivers in tho world, and now almost demonstrated to be of greater volume than the Missisippi. Such is the Yukon This vast region in waters remains almost as much a terra incognito as the Congo. In fact, while the latter has once been explored by Stanley from the point where Living stone turned back down to the Atlantic ocean, and by Livingstone from its ex treme sources to where Stanley's ex ploration began, no traveler lias ever yet been able to enlighten the world as to its length or its source, or the region it drains. Here, then, is an opening for enterprise and ambition, more fruitful of promise than anything as yet nnrevealed in Africa or the Arctic sea, and probably less dangerous. That the country contains mines of gold and silver, we may readily conjecture from the fact that such mines exist on all sides of it. Tho river is navigable for hundreds of miles. It is free of ice from June to September. Its banks are flanked be low with Indian villages. Its waters ore filled with fish for the support of human lno and its woods with game The mountains in which it rises ore un known to white men, but, as they are generally believed to be stored with that treasure which lead to the rapid settle ment ot Calilornia, and to the expansion of commerce on tho south and Central Pacific, there is tho strongest sort of temptation on the part of thousands to t ue them, test them and dig them up, if the treasure can be found. The government has manv vessels lying idle and uselessly rotting for the want of action. Why not fit one of them up for a two or three years' cruse on this great unexplored river of the north? The discovery of gold mines there would lead instantly to a largo migration from all parts of the world, aud in a few years contribute millions to the commerce of the Southern Pacific States and Torri tories. A Itat in the Telegraph Service. A telegraph inspector recently pressed into his service a rat under the follow ing peculiar circumstances : It was necessary to overhaul a cable of wires inclosed in iron tubes. A certain length of tho cable had to be taken out of the tube, and the men commenced hauling at one end without having taken the precaution to attach to the other a wire by which it might be drawn back into the tube after inspection and repairs. The question arose how tho cable was to be restored to its proper place, and hore the ingenuity of the inspector was manifested. He invoked the aid of a rat catcher, and, provided with a large rat, a ferret ond a ball of string wound round on a Morse paper drum, he repaired to the opening in the tube. Tho "flush boxes" were opened, and the rat, with one end of the string attached to his body, was put into the pipe. He scampered away at a racing pace, dragging the twine with him until he reached tho middle of the length of pipe, and there stopped. The ferret was then put in, and off went the rat again until ho sprang out of the next flush box. One length of the cable was thus safe, and the same operation was commenced with the other; but the rat stopped short a few yards in the pipe and boldly awaited the approach of the ferret. A sharp combat here com menced, and it was feared that one or both of the animals would dio in the pipe. But, after sundry violent jerks had been given to the string, the com batants separated; the ferret returned to his master, and the rat, making for the other extremity of tho pipe, carried the ttnng right through, and so relieved she inspector from his anxiety. The four seasons spring, summer, autumn and . winter should be thus classified: Cartmen, coalmen, farmers, plumbers New 1 orh Dispatch. Pittsburg Ooiumorcial Gazette. The Bt. llev. Bishop Gilmour, Cleve land, Ohio; Chas. S. Strickland, Esq., 9 Boylston street, Boston, Mass. ; Capt. Paul Boyton, the world-renowned swim mer; Prof. 0. O. Dnplessis, manager Chicago gymnasium, Chicago, III Wm. II. Warciug, Esq., assistant-gen- geral superintendent, Jew York post office; Hon. Thomas L. James, post master, New York; Stacey Hill, Esq., Mt, Auburn Inclined Plane railroad, Cin cinnati, Ohio, are among the myriads who have experienced the beneficial effects of that most remarkable remedy. St. Jacobs Oil, and who have testified to its efficacy in unqualineu terms. There are 100.000 commercial travel era in this country. Among such an army of drummers there must oeds be many sticks. potion jrantcry. (New Albany Lodger-BtanrUrd. Speaking of governors suggests the mention of an item wo received from Mr. Henry. A. Knisrht, foreman at Ohas. Waters h Co.'s Governor and Valve works, Boston, Mass.: have used St. Jacobs Oil among our emploves, and find that it never fails to cure, i'ko men are delighted with the wonderful effects of the Oil, as it has cured them ol bruises, burns, etc. A curious fact has been noted by Pro fessor Von Tieghcm. The cells in the roots of an apple tree underwent alco- holio fermentation when the soil was very damp. Tho tree then presented a very sickly appearance. MOO Itewnrd. Thoy cure all disi asos of the stomach, bovrels, jlowl.'livcr, nerves, kidneys and urinary organs, ir.d $500 will bo paid for a cabo they will not si.re or help, or for anything impure or injuri jns found in them Hop Hitters. Test it. Sou " Truths " or " 1'rovcrbn " in another column. Before marriage she was dear and he was her treasure ; but afterward she be came dearer and he treasurer, and yet they are not happy. For over thirtv.four vrnra Pit. TOIIIAS M VKSi-TIAS MNIMF.NT lias Iktu wjimnlefl to euro :phh, Colic, Spasm., Piarrliea atl'l P H'-utrr.-, taken illtrrnailv. Mid S-tre Threat. Pain in tue Limlia, Clironic Itlieiiii'tttiHtii, Old Str', Pimpl lilim-h" HT)1 Kwellinj:H. extttr-imlh-, ami ii't leittli ha- Ir-r n r"tnnic,l, many lutii Ilien etntilitf tlii'y w.nilit ji-t h without it even If it was 10 a liottlc . So!. I In- .Iruri-m at vi.f aud .0 reuts. Depot, I'i Mtirr.i- lilnvt. New York. THE MARKETS. KEW YOJ1K. Beef Cattle Med. Nat. live wt. 11 5 11 ft 171 ' Calves l'oor to l'riino Veals. . Sheep 5 i, am on Hogs Live Di-es-el. citv 6 Flour F.x. State, good to fancy 4 70 ) 6 50 extern, food to lauey. 5 CO ftfi uu Wheat No. 2 Hod 121 & 1 No. 1 White 1 2i'i 1 21? Kye-Stuto 1 OW'-J -J 1 Oliy, Uurlev Two-rowed State H'l e4 HI n t i : , koS'. r.ul wim l iiKi uuem enieni jLi.eu u.i ,iyi Southern Yellow Si; f)5jj uatHvt lute state 4'J (Li i Mixed Western 44 (M) 45 flay Me, limn to Prime, Tim'y 1 00 fta 1 15 Straw liong live, perewt 1 Oil Hops State, last) 12 Pork Mess, old, for export... lrt 00 (. 1 10 (in 23 Cu lt! 50 Uiru Lltv isteam , ltelinel Petroleum Crude .1110 ft1110 .11 -ny, tn 87i l.( lined Butter State Creamerv, new. H f;0 s 15 (,ti I'i (.4 20 f(f) 10 , !V' 0 Co 10 (it. 17 H 31 21 27 20 l:l H 1:1 is Hairy Western Iin. Creamery l'actorv Cheese State Factory Skims Western Kscrs State and Peiin Potatoes State, bid Early Hose 2-5 BI'FK.U.0. dii 2 50 Steers- Extra 5 75 I.Klulirt Western Sheep Western 5 25 5 HO 0 10 ; 5 25 1 25 SS 37 bo ?) 66 10 Hogs, (,ood tot leiiec iurkers. Flour ("v Ground, No. 1 Kprin Wheat N'o. 1. Hard Duliith... Corn No. 2 Mixed Oats State liarle- Two-rowed State.... BOSTON. Beef Western Mess Hogs Live Hogs City Dressed Pork Extra Prime per bid . . . (C 0 25 Uf. 5 75 (it 1 25 OA 3.1 On i'.s Q 'JO .10 00 . 6'. 10.50 7 tt'-i (ii) t'-. 12 50 (f13 00 6 50 C'i 8 0 ) (11 (iu 02JJ iVSib 52 1 05 (it 1 10 Flour Spring Wheat Patents. . Corn Mixed and Yellow Gate Extra White live State Wool--Washed ConilnV lHlaine 41 (it 4'i Unwashed 30 (iC WATFJiToWN (MASS.) CATTLE MA It RET. Beef Cattlo Dressed weight... 4 Or, '. Sheep 1yt Lambs XH 0J , Hogs 6 ti 8 Pmi.AIlKM'HIA Flour renn. good and fancy. . 6 00 tit 5 12' Wheat No. 2 lied 120 (fi 120 ltve Htate 1 15 IW, 1 (ia Corn State Yellow 61V,''C BIVJ Oats-Mixed 43': J'.fl 43' ; Putter Creamery Extra 3 (it H5 ( hoc.o Now York Full Cream. lSV'iS Petroleum Crude IK; Hot mod 8'im fck age 9 or mw mm crops IH SILOS. Civing My Practical Experi ence. Also the Practical Experience of Twenty-five Practical Farmers With Ensilage and Silos. rTvINO fbMr exjwripnc of fce.iina Rtock of diii'1 with EuKiluL'p. and tho r.w ticul rrMiMs lusivfly Minwintf tinMiinloiilttrd nuv-tw ut tlii1 . . tbn iluiliie ut' tiv u J'orav l'r!s. Ii prnc--KK tlm trirnuT c;m r- alizii iivo il.iliar ii. ul uni ilnllur, us practio l li- thf old fr-r-twu n. iiul'. Al" woiid- riul ow-t Tini'-iiN ot i'linlm- hi tiltrv ut om-h:ui thu umhi ro-i, mi I'.iiwuiit'P. JhiR .otk contains ihiui'm, i-k-xuutly boun.' .-loth. Every One is Pleased With It m boiiiR tho mnnt thorough and prartiral work c 'UhHhbi'ri n tbih ttubjuct, aud all are niiririwed at tin Fur wile at fill bonkwtonn, all Rpnoral stores ami a'3 lews (v-polK in uvtry city ana towu IN THE UNITED STATES. If the work cannot be obtained of tbem, send fur t uy man. Price of Book, 50 Cents. Ily Mail, 60 Cents. Send Potitcifflce Order if convenient. Addrei II. It. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. DIRECTIONS. For Catarrh, Ha ert-r. CoM in lb &r ELY fJlATARIW i lOftti, ptc, iuB rt witb ; hub- ftnt'cr. u i.arrieh' H m of tlio litflni into tbe nostrils; draw strong Lrvatu through ihu Dufe. It will be ab- MHl ftl.t-II-allH II.ttllll Lralinir tho ilia ami ! membrane. I Apfly ft parllclo Into Hi iYrrriiir 1 1 ue t ar. ELY'S CREAM BALM Effectually cleanses tbe nasal pa-sba-H of Catarrhal viniH. MLUMiiu health v BcrroliouB. aIlrtH inflamma tion and irritation, j'TOteetH tin-, lm-nibratml liuiujis (A the hf alirmn auhtional culiih. coiijiileW'l v lion I tht BorfM and ivHton-b tbe s rise of tttf te aud tnvll, n.ii!cO(ual rpsullH ure realized bv a lew ai t liratu A tboroiiflh treatment a directed will rare Catarrh, Ah a hftiiw bold rem dy for cold in the head It in uu equaled. The HuIlq ib eaay to use ana ugrtf4ibi. lrice 50 cents. On receipt of fit) cento, will mil a package free. Bend for circular, with full information. HLY'H CUKAM BALM CO.. Owrgo, N. Y, Sold bv all IiwsiHts, At Wholesale in Nt-w York, I'hiladclpliia, Syra cuse, jioHton, Chicago ana oiuer ciuh. AfJFAT WANTED lrOR Ol'lt CENTENNIAL t,aSti5Sd VAN HuusekeeierB cannot afiord to do without it. 11100, y.l eta. AlBoonr Donipftlic ( lot lies ritriiiuirr. a new, novel, nelul, nii'id-bellirjg art kin, 1'rice. SO cm. A rare om-orlu. nity uhere offered A vrutu to make in one v. 8end lor our lUuntrntil Circuiart aud our Dmeatw boale Co., JOi W. 5th Bt., Cincinnati, O. uuufcuauv unerai ic-rma. 6QQQ ayvarto Apfntu, and expense. 0 Outfit ts is is re Aarrt v. is wain u . a nam $66 a tek iu your own town. Terms and outfit fro. Add a H. MALLt-TT k CY.,rormna.MiTin. lKlTK71il2 a dav U boim- eubily ntfulo. (Vlly Oullit tree. Add'. Tn. k Co.. AuuL,MaUie. Ensil iifi A stock broker returning to his office the other day, after a substantial lunch eon with a client, Baid, complacently, to his head clerk: " Mr.Putkin, the worn looks different to a man whon he hi... hod a bottle of champagne in him." "Yes, sir," replied the clerk, signifl cantly, " and he looks different to the world." Puck. - nrnffhrtorn. Whon a board of eminent physicians and chemists announced tho discovery that by com bining some well known valuable remedies, tlir must wonderful niedicino was produced, which woui.i cure cuen n wuie raugo ot umeaws that ninst all other renic.lir-s could ho dispensed Ih. many were pkenticul but tiroot of it niei its hy actual trial has iliwpellod all dnul. , anil to-day tho dim-overers of that great met!'- mo. Hep Hitters, are honored and blessed bv all as benefactors. A solemn old scientist printed the fact that bv bathing the feet in tepid water a man could increase his circula tion, and now all the editors are having tanks fitted to their office stoves. tfAnv Rrmler els tired, lias a sevcro headache or lack ol appotito, it moans that something is the matter witn the kMiievs, wmcii Warners Sale Hiuuey and Liver Citro alone cau help. Enerlish mourning dresses are made up with a slight drapery, and have one deep tuck ut the edge of the skirt. Have YoC Kicad It? II. It. Stevens' Book on l.tiwilu)-''1, tne preserving or green lorage crop in silti giving bis i.n experience and the practical experience ot puirtieai uiTnein; 120 pae,i, eleg.indv liouiid in cloth; price, 50 n's; "iit bv mad, (10 rents. Address II. li. STE KN.-i, Boston, M.w. PriiE Cod Livkb Oil made from selected livers, on the seashore, by Cabwkli, Hazard V i)., New lork. it ia absolutely pure an" overt. PatientH who have once taken it pretcT it to all other.-!. Physicians havo decided i1 niperior to any of the oilier oils in market. BAt.tiHEADF.n men are informed that there e ut one avenuo of csrnpe from their pfllictior nd that is Caiidolinf., a deodorized cxtracl o i,-trolcuiii, the great hair renewcr. which behu. ervntlv improved, is more ellieaenutban eve. A GOOD FAMILY MMffl STRICTLY PURE. mm ll1 R. (TtlienfTTAVtniri-prngcntsttn Loncstn healthy state.' What tho Doctors Say! Tin vt.vrt'llFil. of T.nxine!on. Miouri. ia:8: "1 recommend eee tin ls.mii in iT"tVri n.'u to any tlier ineitieinc lor cunt: h ana cold. DR. A. C. JOHNSON", ot Mt. Vernon, UN., write of nm w,mt-r;i c'urep ot f iniiiniu inn in uwrucr by tun line ol 'MIlfu'N I, una Hull PR J. B. Tt'ltNKH. Wountiivillc. Ala., a prneticlnn 'reparation fur CoiiMimi'ti.ni in the world. m'1 i." ,":!!! ,ii T v, 1 1 T - ii ' i':irn. is r 11 if. mr uvm or nil IHenei4 of the Tlirnnt. I, mum mul I'ii liiiiiiitiiv llru.-iiiH. II nil Uc lull ml l! luom excellent Iteiiieilv. AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL! IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY FORM ! N. HARRIS & CO., Proprietors, CINCINNATI. O. For Hnle by nil Trni8:ists. mill by McKASHON & UOBHINS. New V, rk. spft riULfl I 6 Wrtll I tU run IHt J2CTORIAL HISTORYwAR Thin in tbn cheapen and only complete and reliable ist.MV oi theuiviit ( ivii war mi-nnea: ii tiooumu i n.irratm ut .crsouai ad yiiiiiri', uinuuiK ijh-i- nt.-, itariiiK expioiiH, ncr-nr uei-uis woii'ieniu t-ii , cte.; uud contains lite-like portrait of 100 a lin' p'in-niN. S.-nd lor tii-einu n i u?-''n aud extra mis to At nU. National Co., l'bilu., 1. EYE-GLASSES. lipprcHciitiiiir the clioii'Put wleetfcil ToitoihO- Sln 11 nnci AiuImt. 'i'liu li;;htoht, linmlKomiMt, anil idruiiOTHt known. H"M by Opticiunn mid .wobiH. Mudo liv Sl'KNl'l'.H Ol'TIC'AL M'FO. CO., 1 :l Sltidon Lane. Now York. Payne'3 Automatic Engine: S J!s. 9 $ r. -li.ilil- . Inir:ibti. :i'irl f-Vmioiiiical. iritl furtilyi c hurw ht -I.,- tiit't N hut and uuh-r than any uih . t.ifjiuf hu.lt, noi iitt. il with an Automatie ;iit-o:'. ml itir liiii-irati'.l fataio 'n tor Inlornntioi. .4 I'ritrta. ii. W. i'AYNi: & Hunu, liux tWW, Corning, N-V, IIairlye ibtheSAPKSl ..11 I I'.LM ; it ai ts iliBl.llH 1 ueiisi .pr'(uiini; the n.i tiiiti:;:t! r-hit'le of llm Vo: liruwni tltx N.T STAIN 1 lie Stvl.N. en 1 U -Jl-l!i PP ifi. It :n a (ta-ii!artt P iition Hu t u i.ir-rif oni-wrv w..l! iipp-ilnlt (li ! letior ).n yor G.-ntieni'iii S.tUi h 1MU u ;W a:i l .ip p.iwl I V If.ttr I -ream rn 1 ! t.O Wil iamSt .N'.Y V, X. CHllTKNYO.N, A4t 14 Varieties of NEW COLEUS Hv mail for $1.09. K ml for Catuloue of Kfcda, I'lalllM. IO, J'Mittllin tueti o III Litunei n. K. C. ll.MM'.S. Unliord Station. Yo-t-riistorCo.,N.Y LADIES ! HuncrfluouN llnlr lennaneiitly removed with out lujiinnt: the -kia. rito Jr, M.( l'lynioutL, 11., lio lej. im curuH aitswt roa. I UM I ffl uj" I'nf. MAK1INU ibr Urt tnr.l.h n.r to I h.uri II for JO MBU W.lli jf. t.i U 1,1 t)tf, Ink -J tlAir, Mttd ft flbKKai T rt TUlit tf iuf fjiutt I'UBt-u'U Or LWtChO.OllMlTj' j o riii ;ct til. wAU Dtmr. ti-j-.t iu-1 Kttusa of tnuatior. av-.d .:: ltf of tnam.ct. hmtj rviurotd to til not Miltnod. f OCALORTroTcII.. JJS A lo 5 A LA ltVpr monl VDermontti. All EXPF.NSEH ai.M-tl. WAt-l H urnmnUv ual l. KLOAM u'o. a 00 (ft'eorge HU Cluclunuii. t. 3300f A MONTH ! ArtKNTH WAXITD 1 75 BeM. Selling Artirli in tho worM. a auipieyr. Jay wrou'jn.Leir"M,Micn. $7771 A yr.ili an4 tit ' rise to Agents. aunt rive. Auuri' o. v u:k J'J v , a iivitvta. Maine. Bllftll I I L 7 If. tx. ' kf feffUSTADcIo'S ClOOn pii.lp.nipn Vanteilto aell our first.el.isa VT inet-seiliDg ((Otls tn rcuniiiUt-ion. A splendid rhanffttotraaenionev. Se-.iflsienii'fortcrnifiHml i ar liculara m oi.ee. Fliocnix hteam 1'nh. Co. .Warren. I'o. MAKRIAI.E A f; FAX V. All com.,ioDlenro atrii'tly cojiflilfiiii:il. Fur rartioulani, a. t drift, wit h Hump. H. TlLWiN. Ouawa. ! A I.ENTH WANTED for tha Beat aud Fastest J tv-lliun tu torial l" kaiiiiil llilil,... Prir.re.lu.l Sa int. NatiouaJ f uhliahiug Co.. l'UUaileltbla. Pa. MAH Y1AM FARMH, r to pet Acre. W bort iuters, tiit ejy unnnit-re. bfali by cliiuatn. uialoyue fno. 11. P. C'UAMBKHH. Federalsburh'.MJ. YDlINft K F N l Telegraphy. F.arnitoll( I uuiiu lllt-H ft ruoutb. Gradual. gurautivl pa1ny orUeea. Add'. Valeutlcc brju., Jaue:iille,V is. IPISO'S CURE HiKS'Stt. nnnniOTAniiowr Mi Neuralgia, Sciatica,' Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Soro Throat, Swell' ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, Genoral Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Wo Prepnrntlon on earth equal, St. Jacob, Oil u tnfr, sure, tlnipte and rhrap Eiternal Itinirdjr A trial entails but the compamtlrelj trifling miliar of 50 (Vnta, end every ona uflerlnn Kith pain cau bare cheap aud vuiillTt proof of lu claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. 80LD BT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN JfEDIOINE. A. VOGEIEH & CO., liiiltlmitrr, Aid., V. 8. A. KIM U 0 mm Su-Viic Julfnmmotion, Vuiilrvb alt n. mnrrlmcm, A'.utc and Ciu onic. lXVAU'AM.K FOB Sums and 5 Colds and Coughs, MaiMalions Nasal & Throat Accumulations uiscnarges, U Ul tn iDiains. IUIF.VMATISM AND NKUISAI.GIA. No rein.'.ly so rca Illy and i nYoluaViy arrests tl.e Irrita tion an.l tliscliiirKCS from Catarrhal Aflcotlons as POND'S EXTRACT. i iirciis. corns in thr iikad. narai. and ttiroat IliSCIIAUliK!. IXr'l ANIMATIONS and ACIH MI1.A ll(IX; in the l.rvm, KV:'.S K A IIS aud TI1KOAV, K11KI MATIS.M, NUl UAI.I.IA, Iccmnnt be cured so ona ly by nnydlier melu-;na. l-'or fu-nlt!vc and eevpra i-M-t of CATAHKIl uae our CATAIIUII CI KK uV). In all cases nse onr MASAI. SVIIINHK (JS.). Will Iw sent in lots of i worth, on receipt of price Note ti, .4 lON D'S EXTH ACT Is put up only In lK.tf.ca with p:.-tur Trade Murk on outside wrapper and w ords " Pn.N D'S KXTIIAOT " blown in class. fr- Our New Pamphlet with History of our Prepara tions, sent free. LAUIKS Head r-WI I. ,ni1 3. PUSH'S KXTUACT COMl'AXV, 14 Went Mill Ktroet, .Veil York. EIGHT REASONS WnY VR NKVKU SELL VOXDS KXTUACT 15 liri.K, 1UT APIIKltK TO THK 1U I.K OP BELL IN; ONLY IN Ol'R OWN HOTTLK8, IN CLOSKUIX HI'fK WKAllKH,(tX WI1UUI IS PHINTKI9 OrK LANDSCAPE THADK-MAUK. 1 It initnea the puicHaser obtaining tha .im'IM article, 'J II .irolccla tlieronounicr In buying P. nd' Kxiraci not weakened with w iter, which we fonn.l was (ine a few yeap ajro, when we were inlutel tu furnish If tiers with the Met. nine artkle in bnlk. , .-it p tetatlie continue from uncrnpti-iu-p.irtle selling crude, chejp dero tlnns to him as Pond's Kxtract. for any perboucao Wll tbe geuuios from the Itott.e i.nd w upper. 4 It p'ncrta 1 He enn timer, tar It Is nor safe to utu any other ti ttile accordii g to the (lire ttoi stflvcn in our Look, which turioumls each botil ol ?olU's Kxtrmt. A.It protect the coiuuiner. for It Is not vrveuMe to be deceived and perl.a,w Injured Vy mius otlwr articles un er theuire tions for Ponu's Kx tract. O.ootlier a tlc-e. muDur.icture or tiiiltutioo lint tlit etlev-t claim-.d for and alwjja produced 1J Pon i'ii Fx tract. 7 It ft prejuftlclnl to the reputation of Pond 9 Kxt act to brt pe pie use a eotmtirreii b lievlij It in te th gfMiine.f r they will tunly be duiij-j'fint.'d ifni. Injured by Ust'ttW ts. 8.-JuMf'ce to one of the he t mrdleliir In the wo cl. aud the hundreds of thour-aiids B-iins? it, di iu ii.-ib eve y pr. caution asali.nt having weak a n injur tout prc-paratioLs pilnicd !f as the emi-iif. The 11M.T way th: can be accoiuplabea is b bed the ce.ncini put up in a unHopii in inner In oi n own bohiks, com plete wttli imfl wruppera, trmie markt, tc Itl-,.IL.I iH'iU- he irrmiiiie Pomla t'.im tat t tt I'henp. because It is stioog. uu'.? rui und reli.ihlc. Our bKk of directions explain when it can be 'liluted witti Witter and when to he used full s.ruiut'i. IIKH l-.niKU Thut all other prepiiitious, if colo'leRb, are tner decoctions. boiltu;;8, or produced s mply to obtain 1 he odor and without the ci- mirk or p iteitcal knowledge of tbe mutter which uiuy years uf labor has tiiveu u tll 11 IZH ttKlf, Oil KUW IV iV That all preparations purjuirvlHg to be superior to Pond's Kx tract because tlicy h tiv color, are colored simp y b-cauM I hey haw crude, und to uup.ofossloiut: people unlng them, perhapi daneruus maUer in them, and n'tvuld never br usetl except uuder Uie advice and precrij'tiun ot a physician. li MRF.lt A!VD I4IVOW Tlut our very expeiis.ve uiachinery is the resu t of thirty yrars of ex perience (the most of which was entirely given to this work), aud coubtant attention to the production of a 1 forma of II. 1 manic in, and that therefore we bhould know what we aMk-it, that Pond's Extr rt Is the best, purest, and contains niure virtues of the shrub than any other production yet made. Our New History and Uses of Pond's Ext a, t and other preiwations s-nt free. l.A Hi ICS Heal paes 13. 18, 21 and 20 In our book, which is found around each bottle, and will be s-.ut free on application. POND'S EXTRACT COMPANY, 14 West 14th Strret, NEW YOltK. Hop Bitters. If you are youn and discrttum or ui-umi ried or Binteln, old oi poor health ur laokruith nesd, rciy on Hop W&tler MM) HOP B. ftutTerirtff from any In lioa , it you orv mar yountr, sulfertn front mil uu a bed of aick Bitters. Whoever you are, whenever you net thut your system needs cleanstnir, ton liitr or eti)niii.Ttitf, wit h oat in toxical mil. 'iiiouuands die an nnaltyfrom some form of Kidney JC3 H l,i.vliM'iiiir,tc..i,i.,rf A by a timely Ubeof take HOP Dlttirit nuiBiivar S) rare 701 ffys pepua, taunry ot urinary oom f tlut ntt disetse of the stVxjuicA, iVtir.-U. biootl hver or nerve J Tou will he D. I. C la an abeolnte atiii IrrHHiirliL. ! ble e u r e for arunicnneaB , UHO Ui Olallim. euredif you usei lotisooo, or Hop Bitters If yon arp aim nlv weak and Boldbvrirntv. IrlsU budfur lowsjdnU'd.try it 1 It may s ave you r UUP BITTU8 B'rti co., RoeasbtertH.f. I If e. It has suved hun- iteae & Toronto, Oat. HOUSE- AND FOP'S EX 4 r;, If you are a roan Vy." jj it you are a ''fcv':: Sje of Da-unetRwcak- man of lt- ad&sa. Q ened by the tttiain if Vr,- t'itoili"oeerm.d- V Q y.,ur duties avtd nii.'lit .rb. to res- E H atimulantHand use Vl t.ire Iti-ani rierreauu HOP . i mm a i I It I Kl L. 111. Lf lilC-AII f f7i hll Ell HOMI? f - ON 'f rii!"" For .1e ill eo4 tiovhr. anu Ilosse two montlia nn trial, with oua 30e. lauuipKi OH Cbromo. ltelial.le Amenta wanted, biucleiopy, 5e. Mtrnoi-oLiTaK 1'cb. ysmCoMPiiiriJjA Broadwav, New York Ciiv illliiKtrl.l Wh.1.1, iTTl.T.7. ' 7 SUFSMEN A llQath and Ii-penae mm S 5 tO $20 JTJy aomij. Sumple worth I ' - - suunw . - W VV.A M I1MJU,