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t four-erar. Whits bare deiUd their llras
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and will not get ont of
Repair or Tuna
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Ir Bwing an ORG AM don't belai Into parching
anerthat conUins pre at AHMA T OF STOPS
and FEW REEDS brrite to s
ELIABLF dealer
ULIrlULU or Mojiuraoturer
,aill furnish yon at srea aatraoney a Jlrtt-etant
i SCAN. t? Stops cost but few cents each
Write I r our CATALOGUE and diagram
winf construction of ths INTERIOR of
CANS, SENT FREE TO ALL, nd
SENT S DISCOUNTS allowed where we
1 e no Agent.
Jlcox; White Organ Co.
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?1J PTORED PERSONS! Mot n Truss.
WHAT IS DYSPEPSIA?
f
! Among: the many symptoms
if Dyspepsia or Indigestion
'Jie most prominent are: Va
riable appetite; faint, grnawingf
'eeling' at pit of tlie stomach,
fith unsatisfied craving for
6od; heartburn, eelingr of
weight and wind in the stam
ich, bad breath, bad taste in
"e mouth, low spirits, general
prostration, headache, and
SonstlBation. There is no form
3f disease more prevalent than
dyspepsia, and none so pecul
iar to the high-living and rap-:d-eatlng
American people,
llcohol and tobaceo produce
fyspepsia; also, bad air, rapid
Sating, etc. BURDOCK BLOOD
Sitters win cure the worst
sase, by regulating the bowels
Ind toning up the digestive
irgans. Sold everywhere.
4 .
work Shavings
I -9-R MATTRiESSE
wo 1.! I rfiiu-nd CORK Ml A V-
bclnx tha chnnrnt anrl mint ilurahl
! ti.i r,n '.o.1 lb. wilt fill a la e
f ' r.jle r.y ARXSTttOJIG JtROTKTBB
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IALE8MEH VA?JTED.
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reiae will bay
m ImioeaM
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Ctatorls enre O0H0, CVnaHpAtloB,
Poor Stomach, DlarrhoA, XruotaUrm, 1
lUUAormA, girt tl.., Aad pa1 -
WkWtLiarloua 'fit
CaaTAcm Cok ajt, isa rnltan Buma, K. T.
Tiers la no excusa lot tufbrlag from
CONSTIPATION
and other diseases that Follow a dis
ored state of the Stomach and Bow
els, when the use of
DR. HENRY BAXTER'S
mm mm
Will glvo Immediate relief.
AtW ouii.(ttiua follow.
Biliousness, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Diseases of
the Kidneys, Torpid Liver
Rheumatism, Dizziness,
Sick Headache, Loss of
Appetite, Jaundice, Ap
oplexy, Palpitations,
Eruptions and Skin Dis
eases, etc, U of which these
Bitten wiH poU:j cure by remoTingthacatua.
KP the Atomnri, 'gowefa, and ItifeliM Orgmmm
a good mm-kmg . drr, and perfect atemltsi
will be tVe result. Ladles snd oth.ra aue-
joct to Sick Headache will find relief
and pewnent xure by the uae of tlieM Bitters
Deing tonte awl mildly purgative thay
PURIFY THE BLOOD.
Price 3 ets. per bottle.
Tor eale by all dealers in neilicine. Send
addreai for patnplilet, free, tiring full direction
nEJLt, JORXSei LOtl, rrepa., rliarUa, ft.
SKild br v. s. liMrkerk. Bru., KlteoxburK, Pa,
RIVINiUS' BLOCJC,
ErSBURC PA
CARL RiVINIUS,
Practical f atcMaier an3 Jmto
TI AS tlsaei on ha.K) a larae. varied six! ele
L 1 an t assort men t of W A T;H KS, CLi t7KS,
J E W VXR Y, 8 P IOT ACI.KS , EVK-OLASSr,
to., which hotjers for .ale at lower prices ehau
any other rteaier in the county. Person neefitnn
anythiOK is rts Has will do well to m Its him s call
before nurrhMtrir elsewhere.
s--Promf.atteotlan paid tarenalrlna; C !-
Watchee, Je airy, Ac, and .atioaot Ion Kos-ras
eei In bo A Msi dh1 price. - . . .
sasBeawaaaas-sMa-awm I M I ill
cr.ro., y m ltitny is n-tilt. snd It M
trljr the hTM cf t A ir ir.n rov
hv-ruy pr u..r-:tKns are ia Uioin-rlt
tlMlb rtr tUt,' fi' J?-r?. stmt
NEVER. ti '
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riim-ib N K VKH fniled httiocli
l-rrjNKVKl
sfi trus -t tb root of the diftass and
rlunrsxcri tin Imra th h !xi.
If tiitfr h s Ifjon wmxl; fl and Knlcs
iinttrt?-iU t .t U -ei Uit i- atrial .
Tiw-rff . ' i"..j K-re-r.tavdir.ir
rs7ji(! r.;c.J t. this; r.nedT. r
Hott n.;4., Cpoii roc ipt ri f-
l tv statin will b by ei
rt", T-5 .X'r I O Ar I T li
m twmt)eriiitir C in Nt ir IS; mpt-rrs nnl i'tir
of I'ntnrrbs 1 ocr' t .;m m..! ( t p.tr.er;ia
snd ft-euuine c irn Icis iW.th.) l;rwt 5ttd I'rr
riflprtn ll.o c."Vi, 1;ht m 1T Ir,"jrrfc'
rrnrr-llv. Wh4iw by tSAf. F. Kx; xr:n &
CO., li-.mw-rjc. I' ; :jIt J ."VS.Ti'f IT :,i
V4T A Co., and 8m-H, Ki A Prnlvi Fa
OaigtH'i Atoad CitrrH
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"I Having wtu(aTled aoyenr. b-w
pifo and drua eith ASTHMA
-i3iIciang and rrwinit no bene liv, I '
W:coriipelled.lurrna"lhs larit live - ,
aP.of jny illneaa to n on my chair
"-'i! . w'jUl Xii J 1JIIJ
if?htfraftxTiirvr hreath: mjr ai-
wera lieyons deacripttow. 1 a
' 1 exf-runU;4 on ntyaelf l.v
t'om)ou!iiinr roots and herrai nd inhalinir lbs
hwrdinnethuaobtained. 1 frrtniteN-rti-xerei
tliia WONDERFUL CURE nr ASTHMA id
CATARRH, warranted to relieve 4 he oKt b
U.ri. cue of AHT1IMA IN FIVJt MINUTEH, so
the patient can lie down to rent and Bleep com
Torbly. Any person not tally aati-lied after
ti ;ina; -one-third of a box.cajn rr-ttim the rxmaln.
ili r t the proprietor and the money will he re
fM nded. or send me your address for a trial pat 1:
I FREE OF CHARGE. Mia. W. T. I'.rnwn,
Monroe, Teaaa.w ritea:" I .uiTied with Athma:
Vr.. Tour(irl Kemely completely oared me.
I v i-ih ail afflicted with Amhmaand Ontarrh to
- nd for 4t- Pnhlhh thla for the benelik of tha
i'.iiH,l. Hhould your druanri". not keep the
i.'vmedy.taa ieml it t-y mail on receipt of price
if. 00. Xor sale bv all dnifrirltts. Addrrivi
1. I.A"yEM-t Applecr gck. Obt.
PATE
OMaintr srvil all PA TENT Bl'SISESS at
irndPd to for MODKRA TE FEES.
Our i ffica ia upponiui the U. S. Patent Of
s5c, and we cai obtain Palent In Ipr time
.han thnsa mote from WASHING TON. -
Senti MODEL OR DRAWING. We ad-
as to paUnl.iitT frs of ehartr : and
w malt NOCllAli'iE UNLESS PA TENT
IH SECURED. -
Wa refer, liere. tv the ,1'ostmaalcr, the
Supt. ff fonT OrHrr D'v.. snd to officials
of th U. 8. Patsnf Ofilcri. For elTcalar, ad
rlce. tj-rms aod reff'encs to actual clients
ia your own Mate or County, write to
12. y. 8XOW & CO.,
Opp. Psiest Office. vVanihlita;teM, I. C.
news
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r: - ' icood
slfla-APIES.
I ' t Create induoeaaeoU a rot.
' Jj I fered. w'. our tiineto gtnp
ar. 7T orders for oar celebrated Teas
. Zf .-, 1 andCefleeaasdreeamsbeanti.
I . " j fnl Oold Bead orMoiw KneeiihiBa
a ii lMUMl Tea Ret. nr lUmlwm. JiecneaUid
aUiaa
VOITH ASD ACE.
Youth is the ass of romance.
Cast lea In the air we batld t
The idols that we make, perchaiioo
Of rotten wood, we rlld.
Each pretty maid's an antral,
A crystal pure, we say.
Hut aa youth's fiery spirits quell
Such thoughts soon pass away.
Aa years are gained these dreams are lost.
But it has e'er been so,
Even to things we cherish most
Cynics with are we grow.
Roes give ont their soft pcrfumo.
Women unfaithful prove:
But svery year afresh tliey bloom
And every ,e men love.
JACQUES.
He died as .e lived a hero.
I)o you remember, my friend, thnt talr
pring day -when we went to clasp his
hand la Ms little home In Clamartf
Jacques wrlcomed tis with his beaming
Sir.ile, aod we dined under tb Tine
covered lxwer, while Paris roar4 far
away ia the falling night just oa the hori
zon. Yoaver knew much about hes life.
I slept n the same cradle with fcian, and
can shew you his heart. II-ha4 lived
two jxars at Clamart with that tall
beantiiful girl, who passed jnvay bo
(rcivtly. It is an exquisite And touching
to.
Jacques had met "Madeleine the fete
oT St. Cloud. He loved her because she
was -sad and ill. He wished o give the
pexar child two sweet seasons t love, be
iene he laid her away forever in the earth,
attxl he took her there to hide -with him in
the little dale of Clamart, where the roses
lOoorn as if .they had gone -wild.
Vou know the house. Jt was modest
itmd white, lost like a nest among the
qgrccn leaves. Un its very threshold one
ould breathe the fragrance of a quiet
Jove. Jacques, little by little, became
absorbed by an 'infinite .affection for his
dyins wife. He watched her growing
;palcr every day with saddened tenderness,
.Madeleine, like a taper ia church, which
cats one brilliant eTlv before it dies,
smiled, and cheered the Jit tie house with
her blue eyes.
Dnriugtwo summers the child scarcely
ever went out. She tilled the tiny garden
with her charming presence, her fresh
robes, and her lipht step. It was she who
had planted the largeellow gilli dowers of
which she made bouquets for us. And the
geraniums, rhododeadrons, and helitropes,
all those lovely flowers lived only for her.
She was the soul of J.hat little nook of na
ture. Then, In the Au ftrmn, you remember,
Jacques camo one -evening and told with
his reluctant voice r - She is dead." She
had died beneath that little vine covered
bower, as an Infant falls asleep, in the
dim hour when the aun sets. She had
passed away among the green branches ia
the forcrotten retreat where love had
comforted her.
I had neve,r;aeen Jaenne since our visit.
I knew that , still embowered at
Clamart, living in .the memory of Made
leine, hince . the .rnening of the "elge I
had been so wearied that I had thought
no more of him natil the morning of the
13th. when, learning that there was fight
ing near Alendon. :the little white house,
hidden among green leaves, was suddenly
pictured to my memory. And 1 saw again
Madeleine, Jacques, all of ns, taking tea
ia the trarden. in the midst of the deep
peace of evening, while Paris rumbled
faintly on the horizon.
Immediately I event forth by the "Gate"
of Vanves." and nook a straight course.
The roads were inenmbered with the
wounded. At Monlineaax i learned of
our success, but when I turned past the
forest and stood on the hilltop terrible
emotion seized my heart. Before me oa
the ravaged plain where the little white
house had once stood, I saw only a hollow
darkened by flam and grape shot. My
tears Howetl as I descended the hill.
Oh, my friends, what sorrow: The
Hawthorne hedge, -which yon remember. .
had been cut to the earth by bullets. The
tall, yellow gillitlowers. the geraniums
and rhododendrons lay about bruised and
broken, so mournfttrl to see that I pitied
them as if I had seen before me the bleed
ing members of old friends.
The house is all t-orn away on one Ride.
It reveals, through gaping wound, Mad
eleine's rormi, that modest, Tewe-tinna"
chnmlier, whose curtains were always
seen -closed from the . highway.- That
chamber, brutally tern open by the Prus
sian cannons, that amorous alcove now
visible from the en tire vaHcy, made my
heart bleed, and I txld myself that I stood
in the burial place at our yon th. The
ground, covered with debris, furrowed
with shell, resembled earth freshly stirred
by the hpades of digeers, in which one can
discern the shapes of newly-made graves.
Jacques must nave abnndonecl the house
F3 ruined by shot. I atill went forward
and entered the bower which, by a mira
cle, remained almost iattact. There on the
earth, in a jxx1 of Mood, slept Jacques,
his breast pierced with more than twenty,
wounds. He had not left the vines be
neath whose shade he bad loved: he had
died where Madeleine had passed away.
I picked up his empty cartridge-pouch
at his feet, and I saw that his poor hands
were black with powder. For tire hours,
.alone with his weapon, Jacques had
.fiercely defended Madeleine's pure shade.
The C olored Race.
Twenty years ago," said the Secretary
of the Freedmsn's Aid Society before the
Presbyterian General Assembly in Cin
cinnati recently, "there were In the Sonth
cra States S,SH7,000 colored people, and
now there- are more than 7,000,000. Then
there were in Mississippi 220,000, negroes,
and now 650,000. Then there srere in Jeor
gia 154.000 negroes, now 725,000. Then
there were in South Carolina 400,000. and
now more than coo.OOO. live hundred
colorevl babies are born ta the United
folate every day. .The colored population
of the United States doubles every twenty
years ; the white population only once in
thirty-Age years. Eight years will not
have paased before the nefrroes will he In a
numerical majority in some of the South
ern States. At the preMcnt rate of in
crease, in 19S5 there will be iKi.000,000
white people In the United States, and
192,000,000 colored people.: The day is not
far distant when it will be a physical im
possibility ta continue the present practice
of disfranchisement of the colored people
of the Southern States. In Sonth Carolina
be has bought and paid for 2T0.UOO acres of
land, a hirh he cultivates. In the South
he pays taxes on more than tJl,o0t,oO0 of
firoperty. lie is eJitinsr, printing and pun
ishing 10 newspapers. And vet of the
7,000.000 colored people of this country
more than 6,txK).ouo cannot read nor
write."
How tlie Qatcn Traveled.
"How did the Queen of Sbeba travel
when she west to aee Solomon f asked
Miss R of her Sunday-school class of
litUegirla. .
No one ventured an answer.
" If you had studied your lesson you
could not have helped knowing," said their
teacher. " Now look over the verses
again."
" Conld she have gote by the cars T"
asked Miss K , heginniug to lose pa
tience, as the children consulted their
booka but appeared to arrive at no conclu
sion. " Tes'm," said a little girl at the end of
the class. ' She went by steam-cars."
" IMd she, indeed"' faid Miss It .
"Well,! .rmisa, we would like to know
how yo.i found that out."
" In the second verse," reaponded the
child. "It says, : ame with a very
great train.
TUB H0TT6EM0THEB.
Storeroom, Pantry anal Dlsfiee Aa
OMFahlened Kitchen Gardens
and Herbs.
To maintain order In the kitchen depart
ment there should be storeroom and pan
try, and to save the table from a disagree
able monotony both should be well sup
plied. One cannot be expected to make
something ont of nothing. In the store
room, most especlally.there should always
be "a place foT everything and every
thing in its place," bo that should an ar
ticle be needed at any time of the day or
night, when moments are of importance,
it can be instantly found. The storeroom
should be as cool and dry as possible. A
window opening out of doors and a small
one over the door will secure a draught of
fresh air. There are some table supplies
that may be bought In quantities with a
certain saving of expense, others which
require to be frequently renewed from a
liability to become musty, some that will
spoil in one kind of vessel and keep per
fectly well In another kind. A good
cookery book will enlighten the young
housewife on this subject and give her the
courage of theoretical knowledge, while
she is learning practically. Domestic
economy requires constant study and at
tention: the smallest relaxation of atten
tion and the income, if limited, is liable to
be exceeded before one is aware of it.
One should always buy for every nse the
very best articles. If for wear there will
be not only profit by the saving of money,
for they will wear three times as long as
the cheaper goods, but there will also be
the comfort that the wearing of the best
grades of goods always produces. Be
sides, every one knows the refining influ
ence of good and well made garments. To
exemplify: Years ago at a certain military
post near a village, the men who were al
lowed to 50 to the village were sure to
drink aad get into disgraceful rows. The
long-headed commandant issued an order
that bo mm Bhould go to the village ex
cept ia fall-dress uniform. The effect was
marvellous; no more drunk, no more rows.
The full dress was the man's safeguard.
I wander from my immediate subject,
but the housemother allows herself the
privilege of making everything a part of
hertbnme. all conspiring to one end, the
faithful representation or exemplification
of tfctrig to be pondered in the heart or
mind -of the young housewife, who has,
perhaps, not yet attained to the dignity of
hoarscmother.
lnrng in the kitchen department to-day
I wi a give the young housewife a glimpse
of nvhat in my very childhood was to me
the-very beau ideal of a kitchen. It was a
lairce, airy room, with deep window seats
and with doors on either side; on one side
opening on a broad veranda, beyond
wihic.h the grass sloped down to the edge
rf a brook bordered with pine and hem
lock. On the opposite side the same deep
aet windows looked Into an old-fashioned
Jlower garden, where tufts of larkspur,
sweet William, and all the old-time favor
ites luxuriated, and where bunches of
ipeppermlnt, sage, thyme, pennyroyal,
chamomile, catnip, fennel, and other
-2ierbsgTew and - flourished. Within the
kttchen cool shadows lay across the pale
igTa-y floor, an old-time looking-glass, a
tall clock in a corner, above its face a
snip tossing restlessly on green waves;
behind glass doors were shelves of bur
nished tinware aud shining china, and in
a large open fireplace was always a great
bed of coals ready for Covered spiders and
.gridirons.
Hyoneof the deep windows was the
ihouse-keeper's easy chair, her table and
work-basket. Inside, the deep, flaring
window and Jrtst above the reach of small
bands hung what might be called a series
of pockets, made of blue and scarlet a
strip a!oiit half a yard long and fonr or
five inches wide, with a small pincushion
at the top and a few flannel bits for nee-,
dies; below three or four pockets for
thread, tape, buttons all the little things
aa constantly needed. The white TOflled
curtains were looped back, and a screen
ehiel.led the spot from the heat of the fire.
No odor of cookery pervaded the place ;
the wide-throated fireplace took all to it
aell save when the old-fashioned oven was -opened
and the cakes and pies were taken
out and set upon the long table. A very
small child then loved to sit in thoee deep
window seats aud read tales of fairies or
books of travels: things unknown, wheth
er fanciful or real, always had an especial
charm.
Aad I would say now, and hero that I ,
believe in cultivating the Imagination.
Nothing so helps the honsemother, amid
the cares and troubles and turmoil of her
life, as a well trained imagination, one
cultivated to see beauties where none ex
ist, rather than to see the disagreeables of
life. Imagination is a good thing to have,
and a judicious mother is of all the one
most needed in its cultivation for the cul
ture is most successful in the early days
of childhood.
In a city it is somewhat difficult, often
Impossible, to have a kitchen such as one
wonld like or as one wonld desire to have,
for the reasoa that houses are ordinarily
built more for show than for comfort;,
but much may be done to remedy the
builder's faults. Should there be a nice
pantry, a good range, a good sized window "
and the outer door half giass, one may do
wonders with taste and care. Two screw
eyes, a brass of iron rod, on which a cur
tain may be drawn, will serve to hide the
water faucets and the sink when not In
nse. Wire screen to door and window for
summer and with skill it may be made
very comfortable place to work in. But
beware of a dark underground kitchen,
such as are too often provided. The best
kind are on a level with the ground open
ing into the ear-den plot, with flowers and
greenery to rest eyes that are wearv over .
a hot range. Then it can be pleasant, and
whatsoever gives pleasure brings happl
ness, and happiness in the kitchen .
department means comfort In the house
hold. New York Oraphic.
The ftelf-Posaesalon wt" the Bride. ' '
' A bride even the plainest is interest
ing for the bonce. It ia astonishing, too,
how self-possessed she ia The man looks
sheepish, frightened, half ashamed, half
sorry; hut tha very importance of the mo
ment gives the bride firmness ; her heart
is in the service- she forgets all petty con
siderations, and she goes through It grace
fully. This is an inherent gift in the sex,
not only In weddings, but in all solemni
ties where any display is required. After
the ceremony the husband regains his
composure and begins to look as if this
would te tne nappiestday In his lire. He
takes pride in his choice ; you see at last
that his was a free-will offering that he
was not the victim his doleful, nervous ap
pearance had led yon to suspect. His eye
beams as it rests on the sweet companion
by his side, and for that day, at least, he
is sincere in his promise that, as far aa in -him
lies, she shall never have cause to re
pent her trust.
. Potato Caltare .
Try our method, says Farm and Fireside,
which Is to cultivate altogether with the
ordinary double shovel, commencing as
soon as the tops are an inch or two above
the surface, and covering the entire plants.
They won't stay covered but a dav or two,
but will soon peep forth, green and strong,
while the small weeds which had started
in the rows will be eiTectually discour
aged. Ths Climax of Agony.
Perhaps the utmost extreme of Intense
agony has been reached when a woman
dislocates her jaw, and her obliging
neighbor comes in and informs her that
Mrs. Jones tsvs "he's , a mean, spiteful,
gossiping old lrridan, St. jfiui lieruUi.
coTnrTEKFXiTnro.
Jlrtch and Ballard Tha IMoat No tad
Bosun Floner alters 1 u
America.
In the Treasury Department at Wash
ington the visitors can see copies of all
the counterfeit notes that have been made
Blnce paper money aud bonds were first
issued by the Government, as well as pho
tographs of notorious counterfeiters and
some of the tools that have been taken
from them. There is one note of large de
nomination in the book of counterfeits
which looks like an exceedingly clever im
itation which even expert bank tellers
might be deceived by. The whole thing
was executed with a pen. So marvellous
is the delicate workmanship on it and the
drawing of the faces that it Is almost im
possible to believe that one man should
have had the patience to sit down ' and
copy a genuine note so accurately. As
the Treasury men relate the circumstan
ces of its origin, it was done by an expert
penman as a pastime with no idea of
making a counterfeit, yet when it was
finished it was such a wonderful imita
tion thnt he concluded to get the testimo
ny of others as to the accuracy of his work
by passing it upon them as a genuine
note. It was a long time in circulation
before the fraud was discovered. The au
thor of it must have done ti"0 worth of
work upon it, whereas the face value of
the note is not above 30. The Treasury
officials know the histories of all the fa
mous counterfeiters, and speak of them
with a degree of admiration such as a po
liceman feels for a prize fighter. They
will show you the photograph of " Char
ley " Ulrich, the most expert counterfeit
engraver who ever plied his art in this
country, and who eventually found his
way to the Penitentiary. There is a set of
plates made by him on exhibition in the
department upon which he was at work
for fifteen months. They are for Govern
ment bonds, and at the time of his arrest
he had In his possession nearly $200,000 in
counterfeits which he had taken from the
plates. The work on the plates Is in some
Instances superior to what the Govern
ment engravers have been able to do.
Tom Ilallard was one of the great coun
terfeiters of this country, and a man who
caused more trouble to the Treasury of
ficials at Washington than any other Indi
vidual. He was a very dangerous man to
be at large, not so much from the excel
lence of his engraving, but from the suc
cess with which he imitated the banknote
paper which the Treasury officials had
been flattering themselves wns not possi
ble of Imitation. It may be said that of
all the criminal class the counterfeiter Is
the most dangerous to society. Secnrity
and stability, the foundations of govern
ment, are undermined by him. What is
the use of having a government currency
if one man can tro to work and upset the
whole thimrr The counterfeiter maybe
called the king of criminals. Indeed,
bank robbers, highwaymen and murderers
are mere dabsters compared to him, and
he is such a dangerous character that
there Is a disposition to class him all by
himself as above the criminal mass. He
is a sort of an intellectual, a higii-toned
out-law, a sort of modern Claude Duval,
only his power of evil is a thousand times
that of such men as Duval. Well miaht
our ancestors issue notes with the legend
"To counterfeit is dnath," for they know
that no penalty conld be too severe for
such a crime. Tom Ballard then, when
he was at large, was one of the most lnsid
lons enemies of society. The? paper on
which the ordinary bank note is printed is
made by the Government, and the secret
of its manufacture was regarded as one of
the safeguards of our society. A man
might engrnve ns well ns the Government
engravers, but where was he to get the
paper to print his spuricrns notes upou t
This was such an obstacle in the way of
the counterfeiter that the Treasury at
Washington was at one time robbed of a
lot of this blank paper, which could In no
other way be obtained. Ballard, however,
hit upon a plan of making the paper, and
his lirst notes carried consternation into
the Treasury and the White House. They
caught him at last in his den at Buffalo,
through the efforts of ex-Superintendents
of Police Wolfe and Cnrtin. He is now
Berving out his term in the Albany Peni
tentiary. Three or four venrs ago he com
municated with the Secretary of the
Treasury at Washington, and offered to
tell the Government how to make an nn
connterfeitable paper if they would let
him go. The offer was refused, aud ho
attempted suicide.
BASE BAILS.
How the Instruments or Fun and
Torture Are Ilade Hard aud
Firm.
At lc-st ten million base balls, says the
Philadelphia Times, are made and sold In
this country every year. Perhaps very
few persons know the process by which
these balls are manufactured or the nature
of stuffs nsed in const tcting a standard
ball. The most err pert workmen are em
ployed. First there is a little hard rubber
ball, and around that the wrapper wind
a strong, bine, coarse yarn. The balls are
then placed in an oven and baked until
all the moisture is taken out of them and
they are reduced In size. This makes
them solid. After this they are coated
alth cement. This causes the balls to re- "
tain their shape, and they cannot be
knocked crooked.- Then conies some fine '
bine yarn, and around the whole is placed
fine white gilling twine. The balls are
weighed, for each must be of certain
weight, and are now ready for the covers.
These latter are made of the best quality
of horse-hide. The cover consists of two
pieces, each cut in the shape of the figure
"8." By bending one section one way and
the other in an opposite direction a com
plete cover is obtained. That was the dis
covery of a college boy. Por years the
balls were oovered with four pieces of
leather, but the genius of a college chap
had proved a great benefit to the manufac
turers. At one time two covers were
placed upon a balL That ia the ball was
half made when it was covered, and then
another ball constructed over it. But
even that did not prevent its being
knocked out of shape. 1 Thev cannot knock,
the ball as now made, though, because the
cement holds it. A little machine owned
by a Philadelphia firm is used for winding
the balls. It Is the only one in the world.
It wraps two and one-half ounces of tha
American association balls in a minute,
and the rest is finished by hand. That
apparatus is a little wonder. - It does its
work as neatly as if it had brains, but is
capable, say9 its owners, of a good deal of
improvement. - -
- Sheep. .
It will surprise a farmer who has never
seen the results, to cross the merino
sheep with a buck of the mutton varieties.
Country Home says : We have made such
crosses, using in one Instance a Cotswold
sire: and In other instances, a pure-bred
Leicester and a Southdown. This year,
we have made a cross with the Oxford
down. The Merino peculiarities are al
most lost, except that the fleeces are more
compact and the bodies are cut down to a
mora medium size. Such cross-bred
sheep are hardy and shear large fleeces.
hen a pure-bred sire is used again, of
the same breed as before, the otl'spring
will be three-fourths of the same blood as
the site; and the next cross will be seven
eigbthe, the next fifteen sixteenths. A
sheep seven-eighths pure-bred, will be es
sentially the fame as the purebred in
form, wool, and general peculiarities. It
will lack one important quality, a heredi
tament power which ia broken by the ad
mixture of the one part Merino, to perpetu
ate its own kind in thoroueh-bred form.
This does not make much difference in a
practical sense, where sheep are kept for
wool and muttoD, and not for breeders.
Wildcat Cattle Oaaapanlea.
The Northwestern Trades Gazette think
that it Is high time that the public r,
warned against inventing money in the
stock or bonds of cartle companies.
There Is a sort of rattle raising craze
spreading over the country, arid the Im
pression l::.s g.me out that the sure road
to wealth is to buy cattle and turn them
on the pi in t shift for themelves. The
excitement create! by the cattle craze has
given an opportunity to speculators to "
form stock companies for the alleged pnr
poseof raising cattle. Cnnningly devised
tables showing the increase In ten years
from 10, or 50, or 100 cows, have been circu
lated widely In pamphlets, in newspapers,
and in magazines. To read one of these clr
en nrs a g!i:!tl. s 1 p.-rso:i would think that
the cntfle roamed all Wintcr.throngh Flor
ida orancegrovfs.and thnt such alhing as
a blizzard, freezing catile to death, never
swept over the plains. The Trades Ga
zette says thst many of the companies of
fering their bonds for sale in the Fast are
not a whit more reliable than the wildcat
mining companies of Colorado. A Chica
go gentleman, who has probably been
experimenting with one of these wild cat
tle companies, is quoted as saying: "I
know of no business on earth that the
managers can as absolutely clean out as
they can a entile company. A property
worth a million dollars can l-e stolen and
nothing left. When a railroad is wrecked
the iron, cars, locomotives, and buildings,
though mortgaged, remain. A bankrupt
mining company can show a hole in the
ground for money expended. But a cattle
comi any can be cleaned out so thoroughly
that there will not remain property to the
value of a calf's tail on the ranch. The
bonds and stocks of cattle growing compa
nies that are ollered for sale on the mar
ket are mighty good things to keep out
of."
HOW L0H0 TO BLEEP.
TThnt the Proverbs and modern
Philosophers Sy on the
Subject. .
The latest authority on this vexed ques
tion. Dr. Malins, says that the proper
amount of sleep to be taken by a man is
eight hours. So far ns regards city life the
estimate is probably correct. Proverbial
wisdom does not apply to modern condi
tions of social existence. "Five (hours)
for a man, seven for a woman, and nine
for a pig," says one proverb; and a second,
quoted by Mr. Hazlitt in his English
Proverbs, declares that " Nature requires
five: custom gives (allows) seven; laziness
takes nine; and wickedness eleven "
These conclusions were, however, drawn
from observation of country life. Physi
cal fatigue L more easily overcome than
Intellectual. Which of us when traveling
In the country or abroad, or in any way
separated from the ordinary processes of
thought and anxiety, has not found that
he could, without difficulty, do with a
couple of hours less sleep than he was in
the habit of taking t Men, however, who
follow any Intellectual pursuit nre excep
tionally fortunate if the processes of re
storation occtfpy less than seven hours.
More frequently they extend to eight or
nine homes. Kant. I see It stated, took
never less than seven hours. Goethe
owned to requiring nine. Soldiers and
sailors, on the other hand, like laborers
do with ranch less quantity. I am afraid
to say how few hours the Duke of Well
ington regarded as essential. A school
master under whom at one time I studied,
a bard-working man at the acquisition of
languages, proclaimed loudly that he
never took more than five hours' sleep.
The hour at which he rose in the morning
pave some color to this assertion. Only in
after life did I discover that a two hours
post-prandial siesta was not included in
that allowance. The Gentleman's Maoa
em. The Game of Names,
Each player takes a long strip of paper
and lead pencil... Toe eencher then com
mences by calling out: ' "Girls' names
beginning with two letters two minutes
allowed." Each player then writes down
all the girls' names beginning a 1th two
letters that he (or she) can recollect, and
At the expiration of the two minutes
" time " is called. Then the oldest player
reads from his (or her) slip all the names
he or she has written down say Amy,
Amabel, Alice, Annie, Armenda, Alleen.
etc. All the other players, as the names
are read out, cancel any name read ont, If,
for Instance, all have written Amy, and
count one mark. Say six players have
Amabel and four have not, each of the six
count one mark ; those who have not
thought and written down Amabel get
nothing for Amabel, and so on through
the list. The object of the game is to
teach the children all girls' and boys'
names. When the marks have been al
lotted for all the names the total of marks
are read out and noted on each slip. The
players then proceed in similar manner for
all boys' names commencing with A, such
as Alfred. Abel, Adam. Andrew, Arthur,
etc. The game can be continued till all
the letters of the alphabet are exhausted.
Hot practically voting players rarely care
to "do" more than thirty sets, or fifteen
letters consecutively. Various names
crop up, and the memory is well exercised,
and children generally vote it great fun.
Any one introducing pet or fancy names
forfeits two marks.
Take Plenty or Oat-door Exercise.
- A good deal is being said at present abou t
the comparative beauty ' of English and '
American women. Ijord Coleridge gives
the palm for both beauty and Intellect to
the Americans. Sir Lepel Griffln, on the
other hand. Is strongly In favor of the
English. He is Inclined to attribute a
great deal of his superiority which he at
tributes to English women partly to cli
matic influences, and still more to the
habits of everyday life generally prevalent.
He says that English women take far more
outdoor exercise In a variety of ways
specified, do a great deal more walking,
and busy themselves more in the activities
of benevolent and religions exercise.
There is a great deal of truth in all this.
American ladies shnt xtp for the ' most '
part of a long, cold winter, in hot and
comparatively ill ventilated houses, with
scarcely anything but what, as if in mock
ery, is called "carriage exercise," must
soon have a pale and delicate appearance,
which passes speedily from the attract-
iveness of youth to something anything
but attractive. There can be no denying
the fact-, however, that the general healtn
of American women . and girls is much
better now than it was ten years ago.
They are much fonder of walking than
were their mother, and many outdoor
sports are now fashionable among them,
and are in consequence being freely culti
vated by them.
X Not "egleet the Poultry.
Poultry cannot be kept to advantage
unlets ' they have a properly arranged
house for their accommodation. This is
Just as necessary to their well-being as it
is that horses and cattle should have a
good stable.
Tent Caterpillar.
Destroy the disgusting tent caterpillar
In the orchard by rubbing off his nest
with a swab saturated with spirits of tur
pentine. Choose a cool morning when all
the worms are in their ucsls.
Tanker Weim
If the canker Worm should appear upon
the apple-trees, he may be destroyed by
spraying the trees with water containing
Paris greeu or London purple.
A Hew Rxeoae Tor ."turdererm.
The acquittal at St. Petersburg, of Mile.
Samenovo, accused of being implicated la
the murder of the child Sarah Becker, has
been the cause of a scene closely resem
bling that witnessed at Paris when Mme.
Clovls-Huiues was restored to her admir
ing friends. The reason, however, for tha
acquittal of the Russian lady differs great
ly from that which saved Mme. Hugues.
The evidence all through the trial was
dead against Mile. Semenova, and it
wonld hare fared badly with her but for
the declaration of an exp-rt, M. Ballnsky,
a Russian mad-doctor, who, pointing out
to the jurjjtbe hysterical bearing of the
culprit, persuaded them that she was suf
fering from "psychopathy," and there
fore morally Irresponsible. For the .ben
efit of those who areas yet ignorant of the
meaning of psychopathy a term which
will before long be naturalized in our
courts we give M. Balinsky'sexplanation
of the new malady. " The psychopathy,"
he says, "isa tyye which has only recent
ly come under the notice of meclical sci
ence. It is an individual whose every
moral faculty appears to be of the normal
equilibrium, lie thinks logically, he dis
tinguishes good and eviL and he sets ac
cording to reason. But of all moral no
tions lie is entirely devoid. . . . Be
sides his own person and his own interests
nothing is sacred to the psychopath, etc.,
etc." The short and the long of it seems
to be that if egotism is fully developed in
a human being, he becomes "morally ir
responsible" a very convenient doctrine,
to which, however, mankind will have to
add as a corollary that whenever a fully
developed psychopath Is discovered he
shall be immediately hanged. I'all Mall
Gazette
An Infant vionkey.
The New York papers announce the
birth of the first pure-blooded monkey
born in the United States. Its mother Is
a full-grown East India Bees monkey,
weighing about twenty-five pounds and
rejoicing In the name of "Suse." She is
between five and six years old and has
been in this country a year. The patern
al ancestor of this six inches of monkey
mortality is one of the snme breed, but the
family ties were broken about three months
ago and separation, following his purchase
by another dealer, left the heart-broken
"Suse" in the unpleasant losition of
grass widow.
The young monkey, which resembles
that "amnsin' little cuss," the Infant
kangaroo, whose fame Artemns Ward
hnnded down to posterity, has a perfect
bare white face, with larc;e, bright, wide
open eye. On bis body there Is a light
growth of hair, but none on bis limbs, aud
with his slender, tlexildc nnnd, he claws
his mother's eyes and slicks his fingers in
her mouth in a way that does much to
strengthen the siectators' belief in the doc
trine of evolntion. During the few mo
ments when (he infant la not trying to
satisfy its ravenous appetite, it cries with
a faint squeeky voice. The mother has
not dropped her ' toot sey wooiscy-darling "
from her breast since its birth and the
owner says thnt he does not expect that
she will do so for the next six weeks, or
that she will wean it for a year. One or
two attempts have been made to breed
monkeys in this country, but Mr. Burns
claims to have scored the first succes.
The baby has been christened Roosevelt,"
from the fact that the birthplace is situat
ed on what was formerly the Roosevelt
farm.
A Dog With a errnntlle Tnrn.
I was sitting one day in front of a shop
In the old Etruscan city of Fcrentlno.
Presently an Ill-bred dog of the pointer
kind came and sat down in front of me,
looking up ia my face and wagging his
tail to attract my attention. "What does
that dog want "' I asked. " Signore," he
answered, -lif wants yon to give him a
soldo to go and buy you a cigar with." I
gave the do the coin, nnd he presently
returned, bringing a cigar, which beheld
crosswise in his month until 1 took it from
him. Sunt again and again, he brought
me three or four clears from the tobacco
shop. At length the dog's demeanor
changed, and he gave vent to his impa
tience by two or three low whines. "What
does he "want now " I asked. " He wants
you to give him 2 soldi to g' to the baker's
and buy bread for himself." I gave him a
2-soldo piece, and in a few minutes the
dog returned with a small loaf of bread,
which he laid at my feet, at the ame time
gazimr wistfully in my face. He won't
take it until you give him leave." I gave
the requisite permission, and the animal
seized the loaf and disappeared with it in
his mouth. " He always does like this,''
said the standers-by, " whenever he sees a
stranger in rerentino."
The Doctrine or Evolution.
M I shall not be with yon many more
years. It will not be long before another
voice will be instructing you. For more
than fifty years I have been influenced by
the great doctrine of evolution. Years
ago I saw that the spirit of true religion
was represented by the mustard seed.
Later I came to understand the larger
Tlew which science holds, and that this
was only one application of a great doc
trine. To-day there is not an educated
man under 50 years of age who Is not
substantially an evolutionist. I propose
to make the application of the truths of
evolution to all forms of doctrine the clos
ing work of my life. 1 am going to dis
cuss the questions of the divine nature, of
sin and atonement from the standpoint of
evolution. These discussions 1 will put in
a book and then die. Your children will
read the book and wonder why people
ever differed from what I shall say. The
new theology has risen in the horizon. It
will regenerate the world and be more
powerful than the old." from termon bu
lien. 11. W. BetcKer.
Religions Advertlzlna. .
The Christian Register says the reck
lessness of patent medicine advertising In
the religions press is hit off In this West
ern way in a secular jonrnal : " An Arizo
na man who subscribed for a religions
paper some time ago sent a letter to the
editor to stop It, In which he said : ' We
find the Gila Howler, our local paper,
much livelier than your old milk-and-water
affair. Besides yon haven't played a
square game in your ads My wife
bought a pair of the corsets you adver
tise, and blamed if they didn't burst in
three weeks : and we nse them now to
mend the chicken coon. I took half a doz
en of the dead-shot pills von puffed np in
a reading notice week i-efore last, and the
next day I was so sick that all the doctors
ia the town published bulletins about my
approaching death, and the boys said I
had jimjams. For these reaoiis I have
determined to quit fonr paper and read
the Howler only. As I know it always
lies nnleFs it Is paid to tell the truth.it
can't load me into temptation."
Turned to Scientific Vee.
- Professor Simeon Xeweonib has been
using the top of the Washington monu
ment for measuring the velocity of light,
and believes that he has obtained more
accurate dnta fcr estimates t e distance
and macnitude of the sun. The velocity
of light is measured with a degree of ac
curacy never before obtained. Professor
Newcomb telis a reporter or the Philadel
phia Times that he thinks the error :n his
calculations canno? exceed me four hundred-millionth
part of a second.
Tame Grasses In Kansas.
Prof. Shelton, In a recent Industrialist,
sy : " It Is only ten or twelve years since
tame grasses have been profitably grown
in the state, outside of a few eastern conn
ties. In 1ST4 the toral nnml er of n: res
was only "S.sTM., but. in ISM the nnmVr
had Increased to 7:-Ci,N.t, in the Ut ti.ree
years the increase bc-i.-g r.t the rate of ) i
(.fo acres per annum.
TASKEE HOTIOKS.
Taunton has not 1 ad a public celebra
tion of the 1 o-irtb f July since 176.
The members of .he i.ior-t active charit
able society in Providence, R, 1.. are
known as tlie Irrepressibles.
A Maasa' huartts city po'nts with, pride
tothe lartre nrunl-er of nrrests by the po
lice as an indication of the city's growth-
A colored lad. named Cbsrl-s Stewart,
confined in the State alrnshou.e at
Tewksbnry. stole tl.n0 from the vest pock
et of a workman, to buy food with.
Chelsea. Mass , has the queerest sewer
age system of any city in the country. It
was started lorty years ago without a
plan, nnd now there are twelve dITerent
svstems, with an average length of less
than two miles each.
A Boston Cutom House officer whoa as
ca' irlit fi ling pntnte bottles frorn wine
ca-ks be'onging to im;orlers ha- been
reiriroanciel. During the investigation
one man acknowledged that he had tx-en
dr-ltig the same thing for e gbteen years,
and when prevsed hnrd to leil how "mtich
he tho-itht be had taken, be concluded he
had taken perhaps l.ve bct:ls.
The Lafayette Street Church In Salem 1
to have an "suction of veiledi beauties.'
Each lady will be wrapped in a gossamer
wa'crj-.riH-f and veiled, nnd wi;l m-rr a
lunch basket filled. 1 bey will le sold at
auction to the highe.st bidder, and the pnr-cr-.i-cr
will seenre the lady's company as
a partner for the evening, nmuvul -diare
i'l the contents of the lun h basket.
The Rev. J. W. Ilr.m'itr.ti o' P...st..n. In
rpeakineof the drtty of the clergy, says :
"My nn Is to pet at the p- pie who are
not In the churches, and to see w hat meth
od is best to bring them in. I aim to
make the service attractive. Interesting,
and devoid oT monotonv. If the pulp't
does that, let it : but if' it doesn't as It
never has in any age; brighten up the
choir ai:d the sexton."
Deacon K. S. Converse was the first
Mayor of Maiden, Mt He is now
bul'd'ng a public library ediflre at a cost
of IIPO.'juo, which be offers to give to the
town ns a memorial of a deceased on.
There is a dispute, however, abont the
conditions. He proposes that the mem
bers of the present City Conned 6hall con
titnte the mernbershtn of the firt Board
of Trustees, which shall then In-come a
perpetnal body, with full power to fill all
Vacancies which may occur by d-ath, or
resignation. These terms will be ac
cepted by the Aldermen, but the Common
Conncilmen are very equally divided, and
some are as yet non comrrlttal. Mr. Con
verse insists urou the conditions, and if
they are rejected by the city It is thought
that he will devote the building to soma
other purpose.
Harry Ball, a Nashua. N. H., mechanic,
hns constructed during the winter an old
fashioned tall clock, of the English pat
tern. In addition to the usual non dial
giving the age and sire of the moon en'-h
month, the face of I be clock Is provided
with live hands, which indicate the d iv of
the month, dav of the week. hour, minute,
and second, lu the dial also appears a
small hemisphere, at the edge of wi icb a
mniatnre snn rises enrh morning and
traverses its course, disappearing again at
evening. Figures marked over Se half
circle above the snn also indicate
the correct hour. The clock has a pipe
organ attachment, so arranged as ti play
a tnneeech hour just before the clock
strikes. The tunes, three in number, p
arranged to follow each other in aa mauy
hours.
FAKIXT MATTERS.
Never prononnre a man to oe wnrnilr
&h?(?nrd nntil yon have -en the contends
of his purse. " Distribution should he In
accordance with receipts.
There is a respect d tie to see, but there
Is also a respect due to youth, the lack of
which accounts for many a failnre In the
household and in systems of education.
Marking-Ink can be removed by repeat
ed treatment with iodine solntlon.
1 lio woo oy eoaiuui nyp- sulphite. II It is 1
kiiverinK. ilana'ioel irk, voi
, you will find
that it cannot be remov- 1.
Ireee7ta are useful, but practice and
Imitation go far bevond them: hence the
Importance of watching early habits, that
they mav be free from what is objection
able, aud of keeping before onr mind as
much as possible the necessity of imitating
the good and the wise.
Gratitude Is a short cut to sincere and
lasting friendship. Soma people complain
that they have no friends. Have they
never had a favor done them W ty.
every man has had a score of favors dr.no
him every dav of his life! Those who
bear it in mind, who say a word of hearty
thanks, who watch a chance to do a favor
in return, never lack friends.
Happiness Is not only a privilege, bat a
dnty not a mere outward good thst may
perhaps come to ns, hut an Inward posses
sion which we are bound to attain. When
we remember the contagious character of
happiness, the strength, courage, an I
hope it excites by its very prese ice, and
the power forgo.d it exerts in every di
rection, we ennnot doubt our obligation to
attain as much of il as la possible.
There is nothing more insidious than
the spirit of conformity, and nothing more
quickly paralyses the best parts of a man.
A gl'-am of tr.ith illuminates his mind. and
forthwith he proceeds to comp.-rre it with
the iwevailing tone of his commnnitv or
bisect. If it atrree .not with that, he dis
trusts tnd perhaps disowns it: it is left to
perkl', and be. to that extent, perishes
with :t. By and by, when some one mors
independent, more tr'ith loving, more
courageous than himself, arises to pro
claim and urge the fame thing that ho
was half-ashamed to acknowledge, he
will regret his inglorious I-ar of being in
the minority.
More ieople than the concenitally
blind are born without eyes. Thev have
the physical organ certainly blue or
brown, gray or haul, as it may chance ;
and anatomically these organs are as com
plete as their neighbors . But they nse
tbem for the mere snientrv pi rt.e f
life, toe house their way and' guide their
steps, to discern what they eat, to deter
mine what they shall wear, to ver.fy a
colour, to judge of the comparative sires
of things and where they 6hall place)
their chairs and tables. 1 hey f ee nothing
beyond the broad outside, and not al wave
these ; and. when throe who have eves ln
the true sense look deeply into strange
and secret worlds, those who have not
stare at a blank wall where not as much as
a leaf of ivy nhows the mystery of growt
or hides that of decay.
As a means of influence, the habited
bringing faults and weaknesses to the
front cannot be too strongly condemned
It kills sympathy and fosters a repellent
attitude that rejects all overtures, how
ever well intentioned taev mav be. It
actually increases the ve'rv evils it de
? lores by keeping them constantly in view.
'srents and teachers often rr.nke"tv.'e fatal
mistake. Anxious to cure a fault, but
thoro ighlv unthiloo; hlcal la their meth
ods, they harp cotitlntinl'y ipeti it ant
keep reminding the child of its preser.ce.
its enormity, and its danger", unt l at
length he comes to regard it as a teces
aary part of himself. An experienced ed
ucator snys that an infallible way to make
boy irreclalmablv stupid is to assura
him constantly that he Is so : and the sr.me
is equally true of most other faults, only
through good can we produce good : and,
lf we would truly help or improve another,
we must find ont the best thing thst is in
him. and from that point mast we trv to
develop that which Is backing. ljt ns
ever bear in mind that goodness and trnth
go hand in hand, and that to discover, to
welcome, and to emphasize the one is tha
surer way to attain the other in its f uil
baaw Ska tins !Iade a Gloomy Fare.
Has Stroble been joining the church ?
"No; what mule you think so t"
" Why, I notice that he loks ns gloomy
here lately as a boarding-house gas-jet,
an 1 I don t know how else to account for
It."
" rhaw '. That's only because his wife
can bkaie. and"
" And what "
"He can't." (7 trnjo lAdyr.
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