Duel With a Shark. It seems that a ship named the "Southern Trader," from Livepool, with a cargo of coal, had just dis charged her freight at a port of the Barbadoes, when the crew who had beeu engaged in the dirty work, re_ solved upon a bath, and accordingly ventured into the sea. The coral shores of Barbadoes abound in sharks, and the lirst mate of the ship who remained on board, espied one of these monsters making toward the men before they had been ten minutes in the water, and instantly gave the alarm. The sailors hastened toward the boat which the mate had sent to them, and all succeeded in getting safely on board excepting one foremost hand—lie was the last of his companions to reach the boat. Just as he was about to lay his hands upon the gunwales the shark seized him in his capacious jaws and litterally bit him in two, instautly swallowing a portion of the body and the lower limbs. The upper part of the body was taken on board, but of course life became ex tinct immediately. The crew 111 the boat were almost crazy with excitement and horror. There was one among them, however, who said nothing, but gazed tlrstattlie remembered body and then at the spot where the shark's black dorsal tin showed above the surface of the water. It was the churn of the poor victim, they had been constant friends for many years, and the bitterness of his feeling made him for the moment quite dumb. In the meantime the insatiable shark was swimming hither and thither through the blood-stained water in search of the remainder of his prey. The rest of the crew were ouly too thankful to be safe in the boat, but not so with John Hodge, the dead man's chum, who was seen to hasten 011 board the ship, where he entered the cook's gallery and having secured a long sharp butcher's knife, made his way back to the boat now along side. "Look ye, messmates," said he cool ly. "I'll kill that devil, or he shall eat uie, too!" Saying whUh he took the large knife between his teeth and leaped fearlessly into the sea. It was all done so quick ly that no oue could have interfered had they been so disposed, but all look ed at each other in sileut amazement ar such temerity. The moment that the intrepid sea man struck the water, the shark saw hiui and made for the spot. Both were equally eager, the one for his prey, the other for vengeance. The monster was soon beside his enemy and quickly turned half upon his back, after the manner of his tribe, to seize him 111 his terrible jaws. But John Hodge was self-possessed, and at that instant dove beneath the shark, at the same time thrusting his long knife deep into his belly causing the water to be dyed all about them with bis blood. He man aged to give the monster two telling wounds before he again came to the surface. The enraged fish became con fused, and his adversary avoiding hi* head, gave him repeated stabs with the butcher knife. The shark retired for a moment out of the bloody circle that now surrounded them, followed in gal lant style by the sailor. Soon the fish turned and came at him again. The men in the boat and on the ship held their very breaths in the intensity of their excitement at the strange duel between man and fish. The whole scene thus far had scarcely occupied three minutes of time, and the men were too much confused to at tempt to assist their daring comrade. As we have said, the sea-monster had turned, and was again making toward the sailor, but the latter so far from realizing any fear, seemed to have gain ed confidence during the brief encoun ter, and as the shark approached him once more he dove beneath him, and in flicted two vital scabs in the bowels. The water became red with blood in all directions, and those in the boat began to think that their comrade had been wounded. They got out oars, and were now pulling towards him. As they approached they saw that the fight was over, and the shark wa3 turning upon its back, and lashing the water slowly with its tail. It was the death throe! John Hodge wa3 taken on board, excited, and much fatigued, but uninjured. A boathook was at tached to the shark, and he was towed to the beach, where he was drawn up upon the sand. He was opened, and the lower portion of the dead man's body was taken out and being placed with the rest of the corpse it was de cently buried. Neither John Hodge, nor the crew ot the "Southern Trader" will ever forget this duel with a shark at Barbadoes. Suspended Animation. The nitrate of amyl being a powerful agent in quickening the heart-beat, a few drops of this drug have a pow erful influence in restoring the func tions of the heart in cases of drowning, hanging or fainting. It is suggested, therefore, that it should always be used whenever attempts are made to restore to life an individual apparently dead, or when it is desirable to settle the question as to whether a person is really dead or not. The dreadful thought of being buried alive has haunted the human race since its earl iest days, and the discovery of some means by which the risk could be, if not evaded, at least greatly diminished, would prove an ineffable boon to man kind. Dr. T.Lauder Brunton, to whom we have referred this suggestion, con siders it to be a good one. He adds that in ascertaining death the nitrite of amyl might be used along with the cord test of tying around the finger. If the circulation has entirely stopped, the ligature never becomes any thicker; but if the circulation continue, how ever slowly, the finger tip beyond the ligature will sooner or later begin to swell. —The State University at Oxford, Miss., hatf 319 students. Ast session. Catching MOM Bunker*. This fish, although poor eating, on account of its many bones, is of groat economic value, because of its use as a fertilizer for the fields, and also for the quantity of oil extracted from it. ft is found ilk immense quantities from the Carolinas to Maine, aud receives a differe nt name in almost each State. It varies in length from eight to fourteen inches, and in weight froui ten to twen ty ounces. Striking the Southern coast lu April, it reaches Moutauk in the beginning of May, and spawns soon after coming in shore, in this respect closely resembling its cousin, the her ring. These fish swarm in countless shoals everywhere on our Atlantic coast, and ffshertucn have testified to having sailed for forty miles in signtof one vast body of menhaden. Every bay and river mouth is filled with them each summer, and they are captured with the greatest ease. Swimming at the surface and exposing above water the dorsal tin, as does the shark, the schools are discernible at a great distance. They are the prey of blue fish, sharks and other voracious fish, as well as sea fowl. Many men and ves sels are engaged in the menhaden fish ery, and, in addition to sailing crafts several steamers are now following this trade. The fish are dipped out of sea, several barrelsfull at a time, by a pecu liarly constructed net, and when land ed, are boiled in large pots, the oil be ing extracted and the residue used as manure. The oil Is largely used by tanners, as it tills the pores of leather, neutralizing the excess of alkali, and leaving the skin pliable and soft. It is also largely used in the manufacture of soap, and forms a cheap and excellent substitute tor linseed oil in painting where eoarse work is wanted. It is used also, we regret to say, in adulter ating more costly oils. In addition to its various trade values the menhaden is used largely as bait, especially for eel-pots and blue fish. It is remarka ble bow the seas are stored with food for man's use, and how constaut and regular the supply is, but there is a possibility of overdoing the catch, or of driving away by careless and filthy habits the supplies which nature has furnished us. The veteran fisherman Seth Green, recommends highly the promised enforcement by the Canadian Government, within the three-mile limit, of a penalty against throwing fish garbage overboard. Fish are par ticular. A small portion of decompos ing matter dropped into an aquarium will cause them to remove as far as possible from the source of annoyance. The loss of our in-shore fisheries on the New England coast may, perhaps, be ascribed to over-fishing aud throwing oftensive matter into the sea. Denver's Fifty-nluer. The man who staked out Denver is the most numerous person in Colorado Coming out on the Kausas Pacific, j met him for the first time 011 the train. "I went to Denver in 1859," he said, sitting down in a seat beside me, "and staked out the site of the present town." "What was thereof it then?" I asked. "Two abodeliouses,three or four Spa nish women, a Mexican horse thief, and myself. The rush hadn't commenced then. I stayed awhile on Cherry Creek, and then I went South. Before I went i sold the site of the present city for an old silver watch, a sack of meal, and $2.00." The next time I met him was in Den ver. On this occasion he was a sorrel eomplexioned creature, with small gray eyes and a parchment face. He spit out a huge chew of tobacco, pre paratory to lying with greater ease, leaned back and began : "1 came to Denver in 1859, and staked out this great and bustling town ye see around ye. Stayed around here for awhile and then sold it for an old sil ver watch and a mustang, aud if I'd held 011 to it, I'd been a United States Senator or suthln' of that sort now, but so luck goes." I looked at him a moment but he did not wince. The lie was so old that lie felt a certain confidence in its health and vigor. Two or three days afterwaul a man came into my office. "I came in," he said, "to see if you would like to have the experience of a pioneer. I'm more than a barnacle; I'm a pre-Adamite. I've been in the mines for thirty years and I'm the first man that came to Denver. When I struck in here from the South, there were only two abode houses in the place, and I staked out the site of the present town to work as a placer claim. I worked " "Did you come here in 1859." "I did." He answered. "Did you sell your claim for an old silver watch and a broken down mule I inquired. He looked at me for a moment with an injured air and asked, "Hez aotne somebody been working up this story?' "In a manner," I answered. "If you've got any spare time on your hands you can find the man on every street corner and in every saloon in town. If you are in the least success ful you will see three or four of him to gether. Some of him is dead, some of him has gone to Leadville, more of him thinks of going to Gunison, a dozen of him are in Sari Juan, but there are still a number of him around the place. He is of all sizes, shapes, colors, and ages, and the only thing he agrees on is that he staked out Denver and sold It for a silver watch and any other article he happens to think of at the time." Tue pioneer departed. £.ansuor, Its Cause and lteuieUy. The cause of languor, when it is not the im mediate r indirect consequence of positive disease, is traceable to a debilitating tempera ture. Persons living in a warm, moist climate are peculiarly subject to it. Diminished phys ical vigor and an indisposition to active exer tion are its characteristics, Sometimes it is accompanied by undue relaxation of the bow els, and by dyspepsia or bi ious symptoms. A reliable remedy is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a strengthening aod alterative medicine de rived from the purest and most effi acious vegetable sources, with a pure spirituous basis, pronounced by eminent physicians a mild and wholesome stimulant. The Bitters, foremost of American Tonics, is largely used in the tropi* s, where the climate is very productive of debility, malarial fevers, and disorders of the bowels, liver and digestive organs. AGRICULTURE. THK CORRECT WAY TO HANDLE SHEEP. —There is a right wly aud a wrong way, a hard way ami an easy way, an awkward and a skilful way to catch and handle sheep. A great many men will seize the sheep by the wool 011 the back with both hands, and lift the animal clear from the ground by **he wool only. Barbarous! Let some grasp you by the hair of your ead aud lift you from the ground by Hie hair only! Would you not strug gle and squirm worse than the mute sheep uoes when lifted by the wool? And would there not be a complaint of a sore head for a week or two? If you do not believe It, try the experiment. We have slaughtered a great many sheep '.ll years past, and when remov ing the pel's of such sheep as had been handled by the wool, we never failed to observe that beneath the skin wher ever the animal had been caught by the wool,blood had settled. In many in stances the skin had been separated from the body so that intitiinmutton was apparent. We have known proprietors of sheep to be so strict in regard to hand ling them, that they would order a hel per froui the premises if he were to eateh a sheep by the wool 011 any part of the body. Some owners of sheep di rect their helpers thus: "When about to catch a sheep, move carefully to ward the one to be taken, uutil you are sufficiently near to spring quickly aud seize the beast by the neck with both hands, then pass one hand around the body, grasp the brisket, and lift the sheep clear from the ground. The wool must not be pulled. If the sheep is a heavy one, let one hand and wrist be put around the neck and the other pressed against the rump." Wo have always handled sheep in the way al luded to. We never grasp the wool. Others seize the sheep by a hind leg, then throw one arm about tho body and take hold of the brisket with one hand. Bat ewes with lambs should never be caught by the hind legs, unless they are handled with extreme care. When sheep are handled roughly, especially if their wool is pulled, the small bruises and injuries will render them more wild aud more difficult to nandle. RECENT investigations threaten to upset some popular notions, it has long been supposed that early cut hay is more valuable than thatcutlater. If the judgment of the cows were a test, there would be 110 question about it. Tney will leave the riper hay, and even refuse to eat it at all, if they can pro cure that which is cut earlier. In the writer's dairy the milk falls off more than 10 per cent, when the young hay is changed lor that cut two weeks later This is sufficient to support the general opinion, in spite of chemical analyses, which goes to show that ripe hay is heavier, more bulky; and contains more nutritious substance than thatcut earlier. Perhaps the operations of the chemist can extract more nutritriuient from ripe hay than can the cow's stom ach; but as young hay feeds more pro fitably, it seems best to cut early. SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS TO IIOKSK TRAINERS. —Never try to beat a colt in to doing a tiling, lor it' nervous he may turn out a vicious horse, and if stupid he may become stubborn. Ke inember that by patience and gentle ness he may be got to do anything that will not hurt him. When the horse shows signs of shying at an object, do not beat hiui but lead him up to it, al lowing him to stand and look as he comes closer; and alter lie examines it a few times he will not fear anything of the kind again. In passing by hedges with a colt, throw in stones and stop him until he takes no notice of the noise. Before putting on any article of harness, let your eolt smell it, and then rub against his head, neck and body. Always start a horse with the voice, never with a cut of the whip. In starting, turn a littie to one side, and in stoppiug when going up a hill, do the same. HARNESS GAI.LS.— It is a cruel thing to work a horse that has a neck worn raw by a badly fitting collar. It put ting horses that have been compara tively idle during winter to the hard work of the plow and the harrow, pain ful and unsightly sores are often caus ed, which, unless cared for at once, prove of long duration, permanently disfiguring the animal. When the abra sion first appears, give the horse a day or two of rest. It is better to do this even if important work is somewhat de layed. Chloride of zinc diluted with fifty parts of water and applied with a soft sponge, is a good astringent, serv ing to harden and toughen the skin. But after all, the best way to prevent galling is to have the collar, and every part of the harness touching the horse, a perfect fit. Keep it well oiled and pliable. Then inure the animal to hard work gradually and kindly. STRAW FOR FOOD. —A small quantity of straw might be led to working horses without injury. Straw fed only once a day to a working horse is an en tirely different thing from straw morn ing, noon and night. And it is the same with fattening animals. With milch cows it is different, and they may be fed a considerable quantity ot straw and not affect the flow of milk. The most important thing, and something that is usually neglected, is to keep the appetite of the stock always good. This is easily accomplished by judiciously feeding straw and hay together. To CURE SCABS AND MANGE. —To cure scab in sheep rub with plain petroleum with a sponge three times a week. Dogs can be cured of mange in the same way. " ANA HF..NIN" Is nn Infnlllble Cure for Piles. Mr. Wm. J. Andrews, of Columbia, Teun., writes the following: Messrs. NECSTAEDTER A Co., New York: GENTS —For upward of '2O years I have been afflicted with the Piles. When I first took them they were biind and very painful. For about ten years they coutluued as blind, then commenced bleeding. The hemorrhoids con tinned to increase until I was losing at every stool fully a gill of blood, and frequently, while standiug at my desk,the blood would run down into my boots. I Lave had these hem orrhoids to last for aeverai hours. In the meantime, like a drowning man, 1 was grasp ing at everything, trying to lind relief. On one occasion I had them cauterized, which, after iutense suffering for over a month, effected temporary relief, for a short time only however. About ten mouths since, while at stool, my eye fell on an advertisement headed in large letters, "Piles," "Bend 2 cent stamp and get circular." I did so and received a few "Plain Blunt Facts" in reply, after reading which, I concluded it was such plain common sense that I would give "Auakcsis" a trial. I did so and the result was, that aft* r a few days use, tbe bleeding ceased and 1 have not Buffered a moment's paiu since, it is said that "& fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind." So. knowing quite a number of friends who were suffering like myself. I distributed quite a number of them, aud from every one re ceived a favorable report I would not be without "Anakesis" for a hundred times itH coat To all who are afflicted with Piles I would say : "Give Auakcsis a trial and you will no longer be a sufferer." WM. J. ANDREWS. "Anakesis" is sold by all first-class drug gists. Price SI.OO per box. Bent free by mail on receipt of price by P. Neustaedter A Co., sol© manufacturers of "Anakesis," Box 3946 New York. Samples will be sent free to *ll sufferers- DOMESTIC. FOOD HOU THK SICK. —Roust mutton, chickens, rabbits, calves' feet, game, fish, (simply dressed), and simple pud dings are afl light food and easily di gested. Of course these things are only to be partaken of when the patient is recovering. In making toast and water never blacken the bread, but toast it only a nice brown. Never leave toast and water to make until the moment it is required, as it cannot then be prop erly prepared—at least, the patient will be obliged to drink it warm, which is anything but agreeable. A mutton chop, nicely cut, trimmed and broiled to a turn, is a dish to be recommended for invalids; but it must not be served with all the fat at the end, nor must it be too thickly cut. Let it be cooked over a tiro free from smoke, and sent up with the gravy in it between two very hot plates. Nothing is more dis agreeable to an Invalid than smoked food. Never serve beef tea or broth with the smallest particle of iat or grease on the surface. It is better, after uiakiug either of these, to allow them to get perfectly cold, when all the fat may be easily removed; then warm up as much as may be required. Two or three pieces of clean whity-brown paper laid on the brotli will absorb any greasy particles that may be floating on the top, as the grease will cling to the pa per. ELEGANT AND EXCELLENT ROLLS. — Two quarts ol Hour, one-half cup of su gar, a piece of butter or beef drippings the size of an egg. Scald one pint of sweet milk and let it cool; then make a hole in the middle of the Hour and pour in the milk and halt a cup of yeast, a teaspoonful of salt, and set to rise in a warm place over night, or until very light. Then knead it and let it rise again. When well risen cut the rolls half an inch thick, shape round, spread over each round a little melted butter, and double it over so the roll is a half (Mrele, then rise very light and bake. Flace the rolls in close contact in the baking pans so that they may keep in shape. BE WISE AND HAPPY.— If you will stop all your extravagant and wrong notions in doctoring yourself and fam ilies with expensive doctors or humbug cure-alls, that do harm always, and use only nature's simple remedies for all your ailments—you will be wise, well uud happy, and save great expense. The greatest remedy for this, the great, wise und good will tell you, is Hop Bitters—rely ou it. See another col umn. SOFT SOAP. —Three-quarters of a pound of washing soda and a pound of brown soap cut in small pieces; put them in a large stone jar on the back of the range, when the range is not very hot, and pour over iI a pailful of cold water; stir it once in a while, and after some hours,when thoroughly dissolved, put it away to cool. It forms a sort of jelly, and is excellent to remove grease from lloors or shelves. To WASH SILK. —Silk will wash as follows: Mix a quarter of a pound of honey, a quarter of a pound of soft soap ami a gill of gin; lay each breadth •f silk on a wooden table, and scrub it well with a brush and this mixture; then dip it successively in two pails of soft water; do not wring it, but hang it thus to dry, and iron between paper when sufllciently dry. CHICKEN IN JELLY. —Skin a large chicken, cut the meat oil the bones as close as you can, season it as you would for a pie, put a meal crust over it ami stew it in the oven for two hours; boil the bones down to a strong jelly, sea son, strain oil'and add a little gelatine, line your shape with a little of the jelly, and then cut hard-boiled eggs in slices, together with pieces of ham, and lay around the mould; fill it up with'chicken; pour the jelly over, and when cold turn it out. MEDICAL men often puzzle them, selves over the large sale that Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup enjoys. Its great popularity is due only to the excellent qualities possessed by this household medicine. 25 cents. • m To PRESERVE EELS. —Cut them in pieces and prepare them as for cooking, then lay them in ajar witii good strong gravy, half stew them, tie them down closely, and they will keep for six weeks. They should be well seasoned,* in the flrst place, and a little wine put with them. The jar must not be opened until the eels are about to be used, when they should be stewed until done, _ RANCII> BUTTER MADE SWEET. —To one quart of water add" fifty-five drops of the chloride of lime; then wash thoroughly 'in this mixture of rancid butter. It must remain in the mixture two hours. Then wash twice in pure water and once in sweet milk; add salt. The preparation of lime contains noth ing injurious. To BLEACH CLOTHES. —CIothes can be bleached by putting six cunts' worth of oxalic acid into a gallon of boiling water, and pouring it over them. Stir them up and let them remain in it till the water is cold, and then lay out on the grass to bleach. No Goon PRKACIUNG.— No man can do a good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a law suit well, doctor a patient, or write a good article when he feels miserable and dull, with slug gish brain and unsteady nerves, and none should make the attempt in such a condition when it can be so easily and cheaply removed by a little Hop Bitters. See other column. SPONGE PuDDtNG. —One pint of milk, one cup of flour, one tablespoonfui melted butter, one tablespoonfui sugar, six eggs, yolks and whites beaten sepa rately. Heat the milk, then stir in the flour and butter until it thiekens. When you take it off the stove add sugar and yolks. Bake till done, and serve with a rich sauce. MOCK MINCE PIES. —One cup chopped raisins, one cup of molasses, one cup of vinegar, one cup of water, a piece of butter the size of an egg, one teaspoon ful ground cinnamon, one of cloves and a little nutmeg; let this come to a boil; roll fine eight small crackers and stir them in. This will make three common sized pies. SOFT GINGERBREAD. —One cup of mo lasses, a spoonful of saleratus and one of ginger, a tablespoonfui of butter or lard, using a pinch of salt witii lard; stir and add a eup of boiling water and a pint of flour, making a thin batter. Bake one inch deep in a sheet. A GOOD way to settle coffee : when it is cool, after roasting, stir in the white of one egg, which settles the whole batch. Try it and see if it is not better than putting one In whenever made FOR SCROFULA IN ALL rrs FORMS, wheLl ei Oceratlous of the Fle.-h or Bones, Ehuirgv. faeuta of the Joints, Glands. Swellings, Erup. lons, Tumors. Ac., Dr. Jayne's Alterative has een found preeminently successful. By its ctlon on the blood, It destroys tne virus or olsonous principle from which these diseases rlglnate, and drives It from the system. nUMOROUS. COULDN'T STOP HER. —The gates at the passenger depots which ghutout all people not having tickets lor the trains were recently closed at the Union de pot against an elderly woman wearing spectacles and using an umbrella for a cane. "Can't pass without a ticket," said the man at tiie gate as she cume up. "I want to see if there's anybody on that train going to Fort Huron," she answered. "You can't pass without a ticket, madam." "I've got a darter in Fort Huron, I have." "Can't help it, please. My orders are very strict." "1 tell you I want to send word to my darter!" site exclaimed, adjusting her spectacles for a better view of the official. "Yes, but we can't help that, you see. Flease show your ticket." "1 wan't this 'ere railroad to under stand that I've got a darter in Fort Hu ron, and she's got a baby four weeks old, and I'm going to send her word in spite of all the gates in this depot." "Flease show your ticket, ma'am." "I tell you once more " "Flease show your ticket, ma'am." She gave tiie old umbrella a whirl and brought it down on his head with all the vim of an old-fashioned log raising, and as he staggeied aside she passed Idm and said : "There's my ticket, sir, and I've got more behind it. Mebbe one man and a gate can stop me from sending woid to my darter to grease the baby's nose with mutton taller if the weather changes cold but 1 don't believe it." And she walked down the train, found some one going to Fort Huron, and came back carelessly humming the melody of the "Three Blind Mice." THE stuck up excluslveness of some | of these English noblemen is positively reireshlng. '1 he other morni ngj while Lord Lol'tus was breakfasting at the Palace hotel, a solemn-looking chap across the table suspended operations on his section of broiled rubber and ejaculated: "Lord!" The English stranger supposed the sad man was about so say grace, but instead of that the latter repeated, "Lord ?" "Are you addressing me, sir?" inquired the new Colonial Governor. *'l am, Lord. I want to make a little business proposi tion to you. I've started about the red hottest little watering place in the whole State up in Sonoma county. Everything way up. Sulphur spring, bowling alley, piano in the parlor— everything. All I want is to advertise it a little. Now 1 notice you Lord fel lers are first-class cards for hotels. S'posin' you come up and spend a few days at my lay out. You can stay a square mouth, if you like, and it shan't cost you a cent —'ceptin' for drinks, if you are much on the imbibe. What yer say ?" "Well, by Jove!" said his lordship, putting up his eyeglass. "I know it's a square-toed, liberal oiler, but I'm giving you the straight tip. All yon will have to do 4s to help to carve, and mebbe sing a little with the ladies and play billiards with the boys. If there's a hop we'll make you floor-manager, and—" Hut the purse-proud autocrat had or dered tlie rest of his meal sent to his room and walked frigidly out. These airy English never had any snap about speculation, and that's a fact. Nothing removes an Incipient Cold more quickly and pleasantly than a reliable cathartic medicine, such as that old and tried remedy. Dr. Bull's Bal timore Pills, used* by thousands of families throughout the land. Price only 25 cents. WIT oftentimes Amis a similarity where plain common sense only sees a difference. Some one has asked what is the difference between an ulster and a baby, A Scotchman, into.whose brain a joke never enters except by the help of a surgical operation, would reply, perhaps, that the two things are not in any way to be compared; but the rest of us can sec plainly enough that the one 1 wear audthe other I was. THEY .occupied artistic seat 'neath the spreading elm, the pale moonbeams fell gently through the leafy boughs, and shed o'er each their soft and silvery ra diance. "Darling," whispered the poetic jeweller, "thou art like the matchless diamond, you are so brilliant and so pure; and what gem do I re mind you of, dearie?" "Theemerald," she softly murmured, "because you are so green." "PROFESSOR," said the cheeky soph, "is there any danger of disturbing the magnetic currents if I examine that compass too closely?" And the stern Professor, loving his little joke, promptly responded : "No, sir; brass has 110 effect whatever on them," thereby scoring three again the unsus pecting man of cribs. i 11 1 HE has never been found a person who tried Dobbins' Electric Soap,(made by Cragin & Co., Philadelphia,) that did not say at once, it was the best soap she ever used. Try it once, you'll al ways use It. "THERE," said the shopman, point ing to a beautiful epergue, "that's a tine centre-piecc." "Cent apiece?" gasped old Mrs. Bagster, who stood near; "cent apiece? You may wrap up two of them for me, if you please, Mr. Smith"—adding, sotto voice, "I'd no idee them tilings was so cheap." "I'M a rutabaga, and here's where I plant myself," said a tramp, as he en tered a farm-house near Freeport, 111., and seated nlmself at the table. "We allers bile ours," said the farmer's wife, and soused him with a dishpanful of boiling water. WHAT can you name without break ing it? Silenca. WHY is a book like a tree? Because it has leaves. "I'racUcjU Sclencft." Under the above heading, the St. Croix Courier, of St. Stephen, N. 8., in referring to the analysis of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's Catarrh liemedy, recently made by Prof. Chandler, of New York, and others, says: "Nothing was discovered which we think objectionable, and the published analysis should increase, rather than retard, their sale. To us, it seems a little unjust to call a man a quack, simply because lie seeks to reap as much pecuniary reward as other classes of inventors." The English Press is conservative, yet after a care ful examination of all the evidence, it not only endorses but recommends the Family Medicines manufactured by Dr. Pierce. No remedies ever offered the afflicted give such perfect satisfac tion as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage's Catarrli Jlemedy. HIKHKKLL'S TKTTKK OijmiEjfT win onre sore Eyelids, Bore Nose, Barber's Itch on the faoe, or Grocers' Itoh on the hands. It never fails. 60 oents a box, sent by mail for 60 oenta. Johnson, Hollowair eh coll -ctiou. The Third Hundred Pates contain a capital NET of AN I'll TI MS. Specimen copies mailed post-tree for 61.00. EMERSON'S VOCAL METHOD, (jnT out) has a uovet arrangement of syllables, aud other Im provements which are sensible and useful. Please exaiuiue. Price 61.50. Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston. J. E. 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