Eating and Sleeping. Is it really true that sleep is more per fect and refreshing, the body more per fectly invigorated, by sleeping on an empty stomach than on one moderately tilled, and the appetite satished; or is it true that di gestion and assimilation are moie pertect it perfoimtd outing wcrkiug hours than if performed during sleep; or are these un pleasant feelings during sleep after a lull meal simply the effect of breakiug over a long fixed habit? Let us reason tiiis mailer, for during the whole historic period more or less ot popular opinions have in the course of time been proven to be but pop ular eirors. Experiments are recorded of dogs of the same age, size, aud breed, led alike, one put upon the chase at once aud the other lelt to rest. Alter a stated time the food upon the hunter was found scarcely affected, while iu the oilier It was fully digested. All our domestic auimals lie down and rest after their appetites are satisfied. Beasts and birds of prey are al most incapable of action during the diaes lion of the contents of a gorged stomach. Experienced teamsters learn to give their annuals their fullest feed at night alter their labor lor the day is fiuisheu, aud iu all the brute world, so far as we are able to observe, their natural habit ot digestiou induces rest and sleep. But says my lady friend of a dyspeptic diathesis, "they are but brutes." Admit, ted, but tbey don't have dyspepsia, neither do I admit that we can learn nothiug of benefit to ourselves from the na'ural habits of brutes. But let us refer to the animals of our own species, man, as near as we can find him following his own natural instincts. The Indian hunter gorges him self and lies down to sleep when he has slain his prey. The overland travelers across the plains eat their principal meal when camped for the night. Soldiers on the maich do the same. Explorers aud surveyors follow suit; and our grand fathers and grandmothers when relievtd from the cares and labors of lite are very apt to take a nap after diuuer. Your own physician, if he is orthodox, tells you it is better to rest after a lull dinner, aud your lawyer who labors with mind aud biaiu to defend your cause will tat but lightly at the dinner recess and make it up when the trial is over or sojourned for the dav. Man retires at nigut with his stomach moderately filled, his appetite satisfied, his mind relieved from the * ares aud labors of the day; he fails to sleep, his brain aud mutcte are at rest, his lungs are inflated less frtquently, his diaphragm more slug gish, his putee beats slower, for his spare blood has gone to the assistance of his stomach, for the involuntary muscles of it are at work, his sleep is tranquil, and if he has dreams tley are of a pleasant na ture, lor nature has had her own way and the man is all right. Bill}* Bumbottle'a Daughter. Not long ago a party of four buck In dians passed through .North Nebraska go ing northwest. A few miles out they stopped and arrayed themselves in war costume and put OP ominous black and red paint, thus indicating that they were on a mission not wholly peaceful. The secret of the matter was, two of the In dians were going to fight a duel. They were two young Santee Sioux, named, res pectively, Slit-lip Be b and Sam Squire. They had been down to the Omaha reser vation on a visit, and while there had both fallen in love with an Indian squaw named Sal Molly, the beautiful daughter of Billy Bumbottle, one of the chiefs of the tribe. The two lDdian beaux, Bob and Sam. went desd in love with the alluring Sal, and, according to Indian custom, each tried to buy her of her affectionate pareut. His price was twenty-four ponies, which was not high, considering that she was a stout, strapping squaw, good tempered, and ca pable of boeiug corn, taking care of pap pooses, and doing the housework, in all of which accomplishments she was well versed, hsving already had much experi ence. Consequently both the beaux were willing to pay the twenty-four ponies, and the question then naturally came up as to which one it should be. The case was re ferred to Sal herself, but she could net fully decide, as she liked them both almost equally well. They were indeed both tine Indians, and in many respects well matched. Jf there was any advantage at all, it was probably in favor ot Sam, who was younger than the other and had already only two wives, whereas Bob was the possessor of four helpmeets. But Sal could not decide which she would make happy, ami her two swains agreed to settle the mat.er by tight ing. So they started on Sunday, bringing with them two Indian friends to act as um pires and bottle holders, and on Monday passed through town as before related. After donning their war paint, they went up to a secluded spot In the Lime creek hills, and then laying aside all weapons, excepting two stone-headed war clubs, tiiev -mounted their ponies and tackled one an other with great fury. After circling and whooping around as a sort of preliminary exercise, the combatants came to close quarters, when Bob delivered a tearful blow with bis club at Sam, who slipped to one side and the blow fell on the head of his pony and made him feel very demure for a while. Then Sam got in a blow which lamed his opponent's leg severely. They then fell to and whacked and banged away at each other, but without much effect, till finally with exhaustion both dis mounted and sat down on the grass and glared at each otner in silence. And now the spirit of peace, compromise, and con ciliation stole over them, and Bob proposed if Sam would give him hve ponies, are voiver, and two knives he would turow up the sponge and let his rival have the girl without further trouble. Sam joyfully agreed to this and then washing off their paint and dirt, they and their two friends teturned back to the agency, where they probably arrived yesterday. To-day with out doubt the triumphant and love favored Sam will be uuited to his Sal, and Bob, conciliated by his five ponies, his revolver, and his two knives, will rejoice in happi ness second only to that of the bride and groom. Niagara. A scheme to turn Niagara still further into commercial profit is being realized. The canal was originally constructed in 1860, at a cost of $250,000. It de bouches from the river above the falls, and empties into the reservoir below them, being about three-quarters of a mile in length. Its dimensions are about thirty-five feet in width by ten feet in depth; but a new company have land enough secured to enlarge it to one hundred feet wide. The new company bought the old undertaking at a mere song. They have nearly completed a wheel pit not far from the lower ex tremity of the present reservoir, forty feet long by twenty feet wide, sunk in the solid rock, from which a tunnel, ten feet by six feet, has been bored for discharging the waste into the river. The water is led from the reservoir to the wheels by huge iron pipes, The otal available head is about 220 feet. AGRICULTURAL. POT TORS. —In order to have the best success in growing potatoes, and to secure a healthy, vigorous growth and crop free from rot, says 1 horburn, it is uecesssry to plaut as early as the ground can be got ready. Select a rich soil and plant in rows three feet apart aud the sets one foot in the rows. To kill the young weeds, run a light steel tooth harrow over the field leugthwise of the rows; this will allow the crop to get the start of the weeds, besides breakiug up all lumps and levelling the ground ready for the cultivator. If wood ashes and plaster can be procured sow a good dressiug over the Held alter the i>ota- are up. if a very early crop is de sired it will be uecessary to sprout the potatoes before planting. Cut the pota toes into pieces of any size desirable and place in a warm, light room trout four to six weeks before ri quired for plant lug in the opeu ground. During this time shoots will start out stroug and vigorous, sr) that as soou as planted they will send out roots and grow much more rapidly than those treated iu the ordi nary way. Auother method is to place the sets iu a hotbed two weeks before they are wanted, auil then lift carefully aud set out on tresli horse dung, so that the heat will cause them to start at once. If the Colo rado potato beetle makes its appearance the vines must be dusted with Paris greeu mixed with about eighty parts of plaster, or, what is belter, mix the Paris greeu in water, two tablespooufuls to a pail, and apply with a small brusli or broom. Take care to stir the mixture often or else the Pal is green will settle at the bottom. Two or three applications during the season will usually suffice to clear off all the beetles. EFFECT CF Foo> ON HOGS. — It does not require much, if any, extra under standing on the part of any one, to really see how the flesh of a fowl fed on whole some food aud water should be better to the tasie thau those fed at random, and upon all manner of uuwholsome fcxKl. This applies equally to the eggs also. Any ODe can test this quite easily, if he so wishes, by feeding ou slop food, or food of an uucleau kind, such as swill aud decay ing cabbage. The flesh of such fowls will quickly taut, ami eggs will taste unsavory, at least to any one with tn ordinary palate. Fresh air has also much to do with this matter. No flesh is tit for the table which is not allowed an unlimited quantity of puie air. If auy person of ordinary dis cernment would consider the actual con dition of highly stall-fed snimals of Chiistmas aud other similar tines of re joicing. he would be quite easily satisfied that although to look at. the stall-fed ani mal, which always lacks pure air, is the lattesi, yet its flesh does not agree with the stomach as does that of a healthy, ordi narily fed animal, borne may say that the extra fat does this. I say not, for 1 have quite often kept account, and though I did uot touch a morsel of fat, was troubled atterward with a disorded stomach, which never happened wlieu 1 paitook heartily of ordinary hue beef, both fat aud lean. THE health of cowa may be promoted by studying the effect of different foods. A fruitful came of disease in cattle is the steady feeding or dry, woody, fibrous food. This produces impaction of the manifolds and a general derangement of the system. Oil meal seems to have a similar effect upon the system to tu r uips or other rootf. It produces a general relaxation of the bowels and counteracts the effect of dry, fibrous iood. In many dairy districts flaxseed is purchased at a moderate price, say lrom $1.13 to $1.50 per bushel, and it will pay the u airy men or feeder ot' cattle or horses, to buy a few bushels of flaxseed aud griud it wiih his otuer grain. One bushel of flaxseed mix d with twenty bushels ot corn aud oats, and all g-ound flue to>ielher, will by reason ot its oil, render it slightly lax ative and assist materially in giving a proper action to the digestive organs. This will answer instead of oil meal. It will show its effect by piviug a soft, mellow skin and a glossy coat. By studying the effects of foods the feeder may prevent m>st of those d's< ases that rendei the ser vices of the farrier necessary. Food is all the medicine that Is needed. WINTERING FIGS.-- We have found that it costs as much or more to wnter a young pig as it does an old hog, aud have almn doued the practice of wintering anything but breeders. A breeding sow may be allowed to have a litter of pigs in the spring which can be sold, and the oid oue will get in fine condition, almost, if not quite fit for butchering, on clover, corn btaiks and roots. And we count the in come derived from pigs as an extra gain. There is always a demaud in the spring for young pigs at from $2 to $4 each for fat tening and a higher price for breeding stock, which makes the profits on a breed ing sow equal to that of a cow with a great deal less cost of ketping. By a little painstaking and effort a farmer can make market for his pork at a price more remu nerative than what is usually paid for it in the caicass. Town people will buy and eat more pork if they know that it has been grown and fattened on wholesome food. MII.K COMES FROM FOOD. —We know many dairymen who give their cows a small grain ration all the season, and keep ing a strict account of the yield of milk, show that they make money by this liber ality. One who feeds fifty cows told us lately that he fed four pounds of middlings per day through the season, finding that he was fully paid In the extra milk ; and the cow was in so much better condition in the fall that it saved him the whole cost of this extra food in wintering. He has fol lowed this system for ten years. He called our atteniion to a neighbor of his keeping about the same number of cows, who fol lowed what he called the economical plan —let his cows pick for themselves—both taking their milk to,the same factory. Good feeding produced $45 per cow; poor, $27, a difference of sixty percent, m favor of liberality in feeding. This illustration can be found in almost any dairy town. Let every dairyman ask himself to which class he belongs. ECONOMY IN FEEDING. —AII food beyond such auicunt that is properly digested and assim'Jated by toe animal is a source of loss to the owner, aud that in two ways: First, the food is lost; and second, the animal is not kept in the best condition for get ting the most out of its feed—its stomach is overloaded aud its digestive apparatus more or less disarranged. Just inside the limits of assimilation is the point to have in view in feeding; in this way the animal will hnve a good appeiite, and, other things being equal, is sure to give the best returns for food consumed. WHEN a horse suffers from the heaves the fteding stiould be very carefully man aged. The food should be of small bulk, moist and very nutritious ; oate steeped in boiling water until cold, or if corn is given it should be ground aud steeped in the same manner; carrots, potatoes or wheat bran and a very little hay may be given daily until some relief is apparent, and then five grain doses of arsenic daily for a month or six weeks. THERE is no crop raised which yields so so large anamount of food and with so little labor as Indian corn. FROM "Mary, the Little Missionary."— ''Mary's uucle Charles came to see her, ami pave her a bright gold dollar. Then Ma ry taid, "Now I will buy some can !y, and some chewing-gnm, aud a pickled lime; and give Sarah Jones two cents, and the poor woman with the littlo baby three ceuts.' But A. M. Sleek, that good man, heard her, and he groaned and said: "Ma ry, remember the Pottawottauiiesl" So she gave her dollar to the good Mr. Sleek for the Pottawottamles; and when he took it he was kind enough to say that ho wish to the Pottawottamies might get it. And Marv was made a life member of Mr. Sleek'a society. Was that not better than a pickled lime?" SCKNK —Augusta's boudoir. Lucy holds an opeu letter in her baud and says: •'Well, you see, dear, 1 only mot hhu at Mount Desert this summer, and we did flirt despeiately; but It's too absurd, his wntiug to me now and proposing, now isn't Itf" Augusta—"Awfully bold, I but then, it's just like a man. Shall you accept him?" Lucy—"Well, 1 don't kuow what to do. lie don't deserve it, but, then, he's awfully handsome, and, besides, 1 really think I would be a good wife. I eau make splendid corn bread." inncitiiiitti Irish Citizen.] Mr. Thomas Lewis, 62 Butler street iu forms us that for seven years ho was atllic ted with tlmt dreadful malady, Sciatica, uud being iuduced to try St. Jacobs Oil, found almost immediate relief therefrom, and is now perfectly cured. ••BRETHREN," said the Leadville clergy man as he breathlessly eu'.ered the pulpit twenty minutes late, "1 know I'm behind time. But here is my excuse. I had a flush royal and Deacon York had four queens, aud though he bet low I knew he would put his entire pile in, and I couldn't bear to break up such a good thing by call ing him. So I stayed aud scooped his pile. Can you pardou me for the dela>?" And the congregation shouted "Aye," and gave three cheers for the preacher, and then the services wore begun. VKKT strange indeed: "I suppose there never was a woman who had sucti trouble with her stt.niach us 1 have," remarked Mrs. Dosewell. I've taken more than titty kinds of bitters the last year, besides pills and other uiedlciues that I could not begin to remember the uaums of. Aud if you'll believe It, my stomach is in a worse state than when I began. "1 can readily believe it, madam," replied Fogg politely, "but I think your trouble Is of the head rather than of the stomach." [Kansas City Times.) Mr. William Hadelt-r at the Marathon Hotel, W'ausau, after extreme sufferings with rheumatism, without any benefit from physicians or various preparations, was cured by St. Jacob's Oil.- H'is. Exchange. ALL things comparative: "1 maintain,' snldMr. excitedly, "that no man has been in such a horrible predicament that he could not tie iu a worse one." '•That's all uouseuse," answered the blonde young man; "a relative of mine was once on the sea in an open boat for ten days with nothing to eat; on the eleventh day he was so hungry that ho had to eat his own shoes. What ould be worse tliau that?" "Well," said Mr. Q., slowly, "he might have had to eat sou e one else's!" The blonde young man wilted. PRACTICAL arithmetic: "Vou can't add different things together," said an Austin school teacher. "If you add a sheep aod a cow together it does not make two sha Debility. IsI.RSHUKO Me., Deo. VS. 1£77. MR. STEVKNS—PKAK NIH. 1 had had a Cough for IS yours when | euuinn ucetl hiking the V. g aiine. 1 was vary low; my s\st IU was detail a ted bv dlsaise. I had the Kidney Com dainl, aud was v ry nervo is—cough bad, lungs sore. Wnen 1 had taken one but lie. 1 found It was helping me; It has helped my cough and It itreiigitu us me. lam now able to do my work. Never have found anything hke tbeVegittne. I know t Is evetyihlr.g lis l ecommemie i to bo. AIKS. A. J. PliN DLU 1 ON. Vegctine. DR. \V. ROSS Writes: Wrrofuln, 1.1 ver Complaint, Dyspepsia, It lie nma 11 sin, XX eaU iii'MN. n. R. STEVENS, Houoi: I hav be n prr tlslug inealclne tor m< years, and as a rimed* tor ->crofuU, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, KIM U inattsm. weakness a id ab dle H sof the blood, i have never round Its equal. 1 have i-ol i Veg etlue o reveu years, au l have never had one botiie reiurued. I would heart ly teeommeod >t to those in need of a i loud purl ier Dl(. W. UllHs. Druggist, Sept. Vegi'tlne In Powder Form Is sold by all .iiiu genera, so(•• -. i you cannot buy L of them, tnolose Boc. In po->iuge stamp for oue package, or fl for two packages, ami 1 will seud u by reiuui mail. A'pnfcl i iu> f rkih'AhKn nr 11. K NTF.FF.VS, Ho*lo, Mnaw. /egetine is Sold by all Druggists. • - • -- DTBULLS COUGH SYRUP - ■ BBS. LTDU L PIMHII, OFLTM, BASS, r J>y &<&' // LYDIA E. PSNKHAM'S VEGETABLS COMPOPITII. la a Positive Curg Per all lkM Painfol Cnmplnlnu in< VukvutM idcoHMOB lrarWlfruU p"pulitii. Tl wilj car* Mttnlj the wont form of Femjue Omb plaints, all araftan troublea, lolUmnattoo and Cloara- Bon, Smiling and Die placements, and the consequent Bplnal Wnkiiw, and U particularly adapted to tki Chang* of Lifa. It will dlaaolT* and expel tumor* from th* uterus la an aarly stage of development. The tendency to a serous hamort thara la checked very rpeedt 1 y by Ita aaa It rrnnoTM falntneaa, flatulency, destroy* all or* ring for atlmulanta, and relieves weakness of the stomach. It cocoa Bloating, Headache*, Nervous Proetretloa,. Sonera! Debility, Bleep! eaaim*, Depreealoa and Indi gestion. That foaling of bearing down, renting pain, weight end backache, la alwaya permanently cured by Ue uae It will at all tltnea and under all clrcumitanraa act la aarmouy with the lawa that govern the female system. For the eureof Kidney Complaints of either est Utla Compound la unsurpassed. LTD!A K. riNKHAMU VEGETABLE COM POUND la prepared at US and Ui Western A'eone, Lynn. Mass. Price $L Six bottles for Bent by mall In the form of pUla, also In the form ef losengsa, on receipt of price, |1 per box for either. Mrs. Plnkhaaa freely anawere all letters of Inquiry. Bend for pasnpfc. tat. Address at abore. Afcnlloe (Ale f-uper. Be family thoaK be without LYDIA K. PIBKHAMt LITER PIIXA. The r cure constipation, and torpidity of tb User. U oents per boa. aor- Meld k - all Dreerlere *gi ■ HOP BITTERS?! (A Medicine, not a Drink.) , HOPS, fcrCIIU, MANDUAILE, I DANDELION, ® And mr IVrkst and Bft MedicalQpai.i- R Tl ta OP Abb OTUKU lUVIKKS. TIIEY CUBE I All Diseases of thePtomnch, Bowels, Bl<>d. ■ ■ l.lver, Khlncvs, and Urinary Organs. Ner vousness. Ssleenlrssncsannd especially Jl Female Complaints. i|r|)^ SIOOO IN COLD. AVIII he paid for a case they will not cure or jj "4 help, or for anything Impure or iujurioua found In them. J AMc your drugpfst for Hop Bitters and try I 3 them before you sleep. Take ro other. I I J> T. P. Is an nhsoluteandlrrealstlhlenim for I 9 Drunkenness, use of opium, tobaeco and S*eee*HK sknd loh Ciimtlii. brsmobmbk All x>.nvs oM by druggist*. I H"i HIM." Mf*. (' , Knrlio-trr, V. iA "! -mate, Onl. I 111 I4jbW H • 1111 M • I• JH ri>murnw& R. E. SELLERS & CO. —PITTSBURGH. PA— '.'S5 10 Fancy Written CAHDS for 25c.; 60 for Pile.; 100 A* for $1.75, hy mail. O. K. BF.KG. Oreaoo. lowa. Tliuse itnsuering *u Hdveriisement will confer a f.ivor u on the advcrtl ser it it (I pnbifMher by stl •••*£■ that they saw the ndvertisement fn this journal uaiuluir the paper. A New Electric Lamp. —La larapeso leii, as it is termed, is a new French elec tric lamp of considerable promise and some nove.ty. The light formed by boring two converging holes into a small block or brick of marble, and inserting into these two carbon rods. The rods are separated at their points by a partition of the marble, and they nearly penetrate through the block. Their upper ends are connected to the dynamo-electric machine, aud the current in traveraing the wall of marble between their points makes it white hot. The carbons are slowly consumed, the gas escaping by the bare holes, which are wi der than the rods, and they are fed to the arc tiy their own gravity. The light is emitted by the botttm of the brick, which Incomes calcined, aud is of a mellow lus tre like the sunshine. The cost is said to be only a sou per hour, the carbons consu ming at the rate of a centimetie in that time. Already the new lamp has been introduced into several places in Paris, in cluding the Mayor's residence, and it will form a feature of the forthcoming exhibi tion. It is the invention of MM. Clerac and Huieau. It lie lliiiatle_ l>Ueaft-n. These ailments follow from torpid liver and costive bowels; the skin, bowels aud kidneys failing in their proper work, an acrid poison is formed in the blood, which is the occasion of these acute diseases. Kidney-Wort produces healthy action of all secretive organs, and throws off the rheumatic poison. Equally efficient in Liquid and l)ry form — lnter-Ocean. mm* Many , if not nust, people have suppos ed. cr, rather, believed that the method of teaching deaf-mutes to sjnuik had been quite a modern invention; but every one is not of that opinion. A congress on the education of the deaf and dumb was lately opened at Bordeaux, and during the sittings M, Ciavcau published a series of articles in which he endeavored to prove that the art of leaching the dumb to speak is as old us the latter part of the Ninth century; that it was invented and practiced by St. Johu, of Beverley, Archbishop of York, England, ami that it was explained in the writings of ihtVenerable Bede. THAT slight Tickling in the Throat and disposition to slight Cough may be the pre cursor of years of suffering unless you take l>r. Bull's Cough Syrup which never dis appoints. Priee 25 cents. In 1870 the total coal production of the world was 193,970,088 tons; in 1880 it was 294.468,000, an increase of 100,497,317 tons, or fifty two per cent. Taking the growth of the coal industry asa measure f u nation's eeneial industrial progress, Rus sia makes a very good showing, the per centage of coalouiput there having increa ate 275 jn*r cent., ami Spain nmkee a poor appearance, the percentage being only thir ty-six per cent. The various specimens of celluloid that were lately examined by M. F. Boaiunan did not coutain true gun-cotton, but the pvroxyline of collodion, perfectly soluble st common tempcratur* s in a mixture ot etl - er and alcohol. C.lluhi l, be bolus, is not a true, definite chemical combination. HOI.II> men admire the beautiful, and this accounts in some measure for the thousands upon thousands of bottles of C&rboline, the deodorized petroleum hair reuewer and dressing, which have been sold yearly since its invention by Messrs. Kennedy A: Co., of Pittsburg. Pa With regard to diastase—that peculiar ferment developed during the process of germination—M. J. Kjelahl maintains iliat a smatl quantity of scid increases, but that a large quantity diminishes, its action. A very little amount of alcohol checks the efficacy of the disastuse altogether, and is, therefore in his opinion iuiurious. i r is ini|M)sible for a woman after a faith ful course of treatment with Lydia E. Pmkluui's Vegetable Compound, to con tinue to suffer with a weakness of the ute rus. Enclose a stamp to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for her pamphlets. MAKK haste, if you are constipated, dizzy, pain in the hack, or headache, take *'Sellers' Liver Pills." 25 cents a box. Atco/tol)<■ teruientation generated in the r.vits et apple trees has been found by Dr. Van Tiegheni to be often the cause of dis ease in such trees. As the roots do not sometimes receive enough of oxygen in wet weather, drainage is the remedy re commended. Foil loss of appetite, nausea of stomach, ami indigent ion, " Lindwy's Blood Search er" has no equal. Sold by druggists. It is probable that very soon the south ern part of the territory of Utah will sup ply enough of antimony for this country and render unnecessary any importations of that substance. The ore, mined aoout 140 miles from Salt Lake City, yields from sixty to sixty live per cent, of anti mony. VKOKTINK does not act as a cathartic to debilitate the liowels, but cleanses all the organs, enabling each to perform the func tions devolving upon them. Thix is M. Bo> veau's method of testing the elh< real oil of bitter almonds:- The spurious oil has a specific gravity of 1.029 to 1.030 while that of the genuine oil is 1.043, or according to other statements, 1,045 to 1,060. When the genuine oil, however, is mixed with an equal volume of sulphuric acid it turns red, but remains limpid and clear; on the other band, the spurious oil turns dark red; it then be comes brown, dull, and tiiick, and, last ly, it congeals to a brownish mass. Vanilline, when pure, M. A. Yver finds, melts at 80 degrees to 81 degrees, and is very soluble in boiling water, alco hol, ether chloroform, carbon-bisiilpuide, and the fatty and volatile oils. Iu cold water it is slightly soluble. It decompo ses carbonates and neutralizes alkaline bases in the cold, aud eartbv bases with ttie aid of heat. It is turned blue by fer ric chloride, and yellow by sulphuric acid in the cold. If it contains traces of nitric acid there is a scarlet coloration. A SrNDAY-SoHoei. bov, upon being ask ed what made the tower of Pisa lean, re plied: "Because of the famine iu the land." —i lleil-lliigD, Roadies, Rats cats, mice, ans, flies, insects, cleared out by "Rough on ltats." 15c., druggists. Cast-iron Fellows, Men of endurance have healthy kidneys and liver. No aches in the back, no piles or const ipatlou. The euro for these dis eases is Kidney-Wort. This great remedy keeps up the tone of the whole body by enabling the liver, bowels and kidneys to perform their functions perfectly. Both he Liquid and Dry are sold by druggists. —Pioneer Press, MKSSKS. MORGAN & UKIULT, Mutual Lit* Build.ng, Tentu. and Chestnut streo s, hiye on hand a superb stock oi extra line quality Dia monds, which they olTer at as low prices as stones oi the tirst quality, pcrrect alike In color antf shape, can be sola fox. "WHAT is the moon good for?" asked the teacher, ''what are its principal uses?" And the smart boy looked up from the foot of the class and said: "To rest the gas companies." "80 she refused you, did she? ' asked Pingry; "why didn't you press her, my boy?" "Press berl' 1 exclaimed Brown; "she wouldn't let me get near enough for that." HKII.I. IN TIIK WORKSHOP. —To do good work the mechanic must have good health. If long hours of confinement in close rooms have enfeebled his hand or dimmed his sight, let him at once, and before some organic trouble appears, take plenty of Hop Bitters. His system will be rejuve nated, his nerves strengthened, his sight become clear, and the whole constitution be built up to a higher working condition. A LADY watching by the window for her husband, late at night, sees a masculine shape approaching through the darkness. "Is it you?" she says. "No, iuadame, it is not L" IK you wish to know the climate of any high mountain, why go to it and climb it. A FAIRY AFLOAT. The following description of the fairy vessel represented on this page is from tlie Cincinnati Commercial : The hull is of the lineal seleeted white ouk, braced, bolted and riveted in the moat skillful and work manlike manner, and is 04 feet in length, 14 feet breadth of beam, 2 J leet depth ol hold, and draws twenty inehes of water. She earri-s a tubular lioil er,and two lieuuti ful little engines, made expressly for her, by the Ohio Machine Co., Middlcport, O. The dining-room is situated between the boiler and engine rooms, and is artistically grained, with frescoed ceiling. It is fur nished in the Anne style, and the silver, china and table linen are of the finest character. The pilot-house, cabin, main mlon and Captain's office are on the saloon deck and are luxurious in their furnishing and decoration*. The saloon projKT is frescoed and gilded in Easthake style, and the flooring is covered with Turkish carpet The furniture, in raw silk and walnut, of the Queen Anne pattern, like that of the. dining-hall, .and rieh curtains of daniask complete the Impression of a \eritahle float ing palace. The four atate-rooms, contain ing two berths each, are alsorarpetedwith Brussels and handsomely furnished. The l>oHt belongs to and was built under the directions of Messrs A. Vogeler St Co., Baltimore, Md., for their own exclusive use U|>on the Ohio, Mississippi and other West ern rivers, and is run by a picked crew ol officers and men in their employ. Tin object ol this little steamer is to carry neither freight nor passengers. She wu< built for the firm above named, to be used exclusively by them for distributing their printed matter in the river towns for ST. JACOBS On., the Great German Remedy for rheumatism and other ]iainful ailments. I DOES WUVO>! WONDERFUL ff||l { I CURES! hhE [HWUM It art* OW tli> LIVER, BOH ELS I | uil KIRNLI'S at the NAME time. Because it cleaneee TBE ayatem of the poiaon- H oua humor* that develops in Kidney ir.J UN- H BMry Biliouaneee, Jaundice, Uiniti. |J pafion. Piles, or in Rheumatism, Neuralgia, flu Nervous Disorders ana Female Complaints. ETA SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAT s Fngi-ne 11. Stork, of Junction Clly. Kanaas. *> . Klilnwy- Wort cuivd laint after regular Phj- RM aiciaits had been trying for four yearn. Mr*. John Amall.of Washington, Ohio, aav* H her IKJJT man gires iiii to die hjr four prominent IJ t>hy eii'iniia and that lie wan afterward* cured by H Kidney W'ort. ■ M. M. It. tiood win, an editor In Chardon, Ohio Km "ays ho *.** not ciixv-b d to live, lienig bioateu beyond belief, but Kidney-Wort cured him. ■ Anna L. Jarrelt of South Salem. N. Y., MTIU that wren year* nulTeriiig from kidney other compUcaliuiis w as ended by the use of Iv JQUney-Wort. |A John B. Lawrence of Jackson. Tenn., suffered Ht for yeenifroiii liver and kidney troubles after taking "Imriels of other medicines."! I Kidney-Wort made him well. MlchaH Colo of Montgomery Center, Vt..l suffered eight year* with kidnev difficulty and CA was unable to work. Kidney-Wort in arte himflfl " well as erer." 1 PERMANENTLY CURES KIDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS,H Constipation and Piles. LF" It Is put un In Iry Vcgrtahle Form In M tin can*, one package of which iiiakntaii quarts ■ of mtslicine. 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