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I,,r'' ' ,,.ir.i ''"' flmafafsoia. - ns-Hirno hates. r . i vi-1 r, r. in ii lv.in.-p il M tin It n.,f i.aitl within a month . 1.T& ilu " noii.u witinii a in-.ruhx . on i .1" If nut i.aitl uim tt,- jriir. : I-1 i -r. m raaiilina- onl! i.r tf t onunty 1 -iu h i event will the ,-iUivo tomm ! o Jo. ,,: .! Ir. ro, an.1 IhuM 6o clot: i s iisuli tnolr J,ai, ipti-ri':s iv paviti in a.lvan.e muni not e. w, .... r.e '.l.u-i.l nil i lie name tiaitina a thtme wtn Jf I.,.! ii. ihim t-e .lutim-ily uii,ler.t.,.i 1 irom . !:' rerwir.:. ' nv fur your iier liolora on etnii It. If .toi. JAS.C. HASSON. Editor and Publisher. 'II 16 a FRKBMAK WHOM THg TKDTH HAASS mK. AND ALL ARB FLATM BKSIDK-1 SI.50 and postage per year. In advance. VOLUME XXI. it :i ...-mi- ..in prainwivn tl OUl TW I I tc :i iii'HI iwnic lire m loo :iort. i EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, JULY 29. ISS7. NUMBER 27. iva Itt. ' 5 rrs- ! 5- !3 'SlJ I H o H i w w oH j ca iSl ph ips - H w -l I Send for7G-Pago ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE MENTION THIS PAPER. 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(lurttin nt : i inbrar.n cki trhi of Wvmirr ffi t'r' j.i'jt of 1 '.,iF i;V,i' I ii - j ni.r 'n the IVt-c-t 'ii, 1 iiK iut, an, I ii,t,ir.. of Kulilii rsnf tin; V. r. iHi ; t'LTilur w :li ii r.imi!i.i- il u-iiitou of tho aiany ir hum and t.:tiil,'t'"l r.uitriviuicre of thi: . y a'.d uu.MTi!pi:!,,un i. ilp.'raud the jiubln; ; uUo V. -r -!-- ' i ft :- V UUI.SSTIH IIIII TK KIMI DS, Ji o . . n t!i .i'f'.-c h.i.l i ii : r oliHrff ol tim pn J.r l., i of '.l.i- o ol. ii. c for the pivrrnmi-nt. t AGENTS WANTED..S3 Ii; y tn tln-ri- 'rv I'fptm:MtiT, Mrrli,nir, y i. .i 1- :i: :u- ri, I rofr-:inal Mni, an i fttin- ; .- 'f I pic wiio fn.V 6r tjii t to tt (hi thritnj b": . 1 1 : - Ut' i :); an unparalltMi tAn-; it tU at ti 'f. 't M.-n iiulWcmrn A;i'Uts nrilc:n frim UHB iuoiiI h c:i.:y. We want un nt iu , i m Uia I'. S. and uiada. ;rWe t.- .-'.''., h tnut AN Y l'tKIn(W thl.il.-pluw k .i it il t . I ; i : tr bjok.f?iti Ik coin- .v.-CJ AfiL t.i i-tr-liUi I eti'9. t LttsiiAHC 9n hini t uh wit klvti &jcittl TttinA U fhty fi'iitijht.i. h uj i:. t( wr yive yu the cxt t -:vc c.ilit of lliia K k, in t rr't"rv atut-it ya. vnt for our l.nrir? I.. . i .t t 'irrui:irH, rnt.unin full partrrnirin. U Tr tj( to A tit, etc., m at trw to ail. Ad- V l N'T I K ( M' III T. F I F. LI). MASS. ' t uriarrly uf llartfurj, Cutiu. .j .i.ii'i ti ui or jn'i i ! s i ii i x t; w.v(iox s. IrULHOLLAMO BUCK SOARS. Mo. 21 " M i.h. .I'nii I S;irli : Jo i.v w'"i f'.V I. . Mhf 1 KINto, HllH-l.'.iS k i " .' ii.'v l; ; :im u t:Mo for o.t. r r.:.- .'if" r,... I ., i. -il mirtor t 'l -' "' i ' ' f . ,!n,rf, pif.ie'ro l u.ti v f 1 .; m-j t,,.liui, U.r c-l... io t-i... ttail'.lalvl VtU 'oa Co., Ci-CIL 10.11, u (id; ..1 wW:y l na-f,, 1 -' ..".'. Iru-r.- !Ir '! nH I- . .:.'. - l y '.lo MllklJ- IV" X. . t '- 1. ' m n: p.'. nt '' 1! I1 i ,. :i.li.m k - i ! ml;cit.ri 1 ' h-o'- .rrh i iinxiirnnt ixti, 1. m ... m mm f ".ii nti1 . r iii U-liIi1, T.nv: i. C!iroiti; Jt'lf n ':!-1 " mmm jrw I ii ' D;:i'H'tiH, tn In tiiEtlj -.1.; i-r, Krirr.i s i:m ;i-u, iivs- llvr 'ouir!Aint ami M 4V3 U4 kiiU 71V.U.H o t . . .- I TllirTl t U l'Ht"l lrl'.ri:!l. i l.n of I or II . ' r a . j ri' l it. . ii ; . . t . --is t v-pt . -i-m- r.. i. ... ' . 1 . . .v I i . ki. I -rr: .. ii. f . It.- a.l iA I i t , , ,i . - ' iMi.i u.l, t) ..it I .oT'iiun. )fm SUB SHftYIHG P&RLQRl Ul'.li MIM.Ki, KrtKNSUlJiai. i'A. 1 I'. (1 VN I, I i-..ti.l..r. I 11 ' ;i.n ,n a,.,, a nul o at our I Uee j , ' ' iti I'li.iB o li.'ur.. Kv irv : hiaa atfi' Secret Siiol aril Wagon to;, TR0YAL:a.1J Absolutely Pure.' I ne (.. ;or nTrryrie a mmrvel of purity trisnwtli Kn,l h..li n. nt..K . . i I tiiitn the r,litni.ry km. Is. u,l ranut d .old In ' e.iuiitit ion with tue multitude of the low tent. ' oburt wf.ntit, alum or i.Ii.h ,liat. p.,l.r. Sold ! Olly III Mi, K.1VAL lli(l!lli I'uwiiii Ou.,l : Wall St.. Nw VhhK' I QJcan be cured Of RHEUMATISM by uslns RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE. It i not tv canIl. It utmi nHhirg but Rhrtrmtv ti-riix. rut it it a Safe and sure care U tht di-kwana. T'aiKiKmtlfl who hT brn cumd will ttmtitj u its nt Mil. a R.n vn.ofRT!V lrh St . TTiil-id . wmu f nr mnt im Attr Ue hi bwn car.! kf Ruwuui KhurriAtirii i -ur (waiiinir tn mrm rithrif ualj Ddt rvtnrn , Myini h wxi hMfrhi1n wifh thi ilinanp, ami thfiiAiht b wull hia nwnna frra th tfotij ba had to fniliirn; and insi1f of twu wmiIu br curl Sj tfrtw rtrw1y. alttmr.irb b ha! ht bona pbyvurtan. kid um1 ttir rvTfwtlmM witbuut nult, prvviuua w irvinc tbta wonderful remdj. Ma. r'njfc.n A CVvx, Amrin and MrTi St , Fbi!a . Mid - "My wif btlriddD. and hc condition mala m dipair. I Km. to m and rythmic Im laiiwd. Tb3 jv'Trvuui n.riMiintTim urn rnrxj nr in one wtH. BAS both IT BADE SARkS AJfO au- wit feu I tblsrilapk (l 101. Bcr comi.to Hjionual'on. lirarriptlTe I'mm pblrt with UitiiuoiiiaU, trrr. ' For wiln l.y nil drna-KiMs. If otio or the oth7 la Aot in i:u.u to furuiMU it to yott, do riot bo iiur. B"j vlr.1 to bike auythm b-tt evrly direct to the, t'K-ueral AL.-1-nts, f K. Kl.Z K It llltIK ifc t'O. blU tte Sl iliiurkct Bltki, fUloaclvhia. 7KE CHAUTAUQUA Gorn&Seeii Planter. A ONE-HAND AUTOMATIC MACHINE. I.1 I'm. rb. g, 1SS5. All of Metal. Litfht, Strong. Well Constructed And Elegantly Painted. Plants Corn (and pumpkin seeds), Beans, etc. UliRKk HILL IN SODPlf, LtrairY AND TON Y CKOL.M), riili'v rt-crtiiiim.nilo'l by Farmers un i Ileal.' m m all portion. 1 ii" 1 line ae't iu one iia '. u-- t. ill jay for it. PRICE, - S2.70. l.ioeral l.rfui;t to aeuLe un. I llie tiadc. C an -cn l astly ui.nke f 10.00 per .lay iu Ihc l'l:iLit n,t hiinju. St-ml f. r cirrular ! ant extra inilur?- nu nti. to iieats and cMii aa.'i'i. Mvi.ti -n thL pa t, and a. idre. ThsdhEuLquapiaDtErCompaniJ JAMESTOWN, ?. V. B. J. LYNCH, Tj NDKKTA KK K. A ml M-inufacturiT A IVa'r in HOME AND CIIY B III FURNITURE! fis'.:?. is: ttmVr.ii suns. LOUNGES, ISKDSTEADS, T.AUI.KH CHAIRS, Mattfosses fec, ir.o:. KLKVKNTI! AVKME, A LTD ON A, TKNN'A. It"C ill. i il linli'a(iuM) f i l (l i"li I t.. I i.;t i t-f l !!! Fl'IiNI- 'H'UK. Ac. m i i i.ii i ..i . p sir i-rtitui:y itititill ti 'r t. ,i a ';.i. I i ll. If l u i !e-wi.eii-. a? vio air n i 1. m i t Hat t- can iut-l r;i n taunt mil mil ta.t. 1'irts tl i- vtlj U vie-t. l-li. Mt-U. PATEWT OlUiufil si .1 in LNT HIMNiS At tn. Iro to m l:llJr l:A'lKrr fis. Our ..IliiV i! ci (,1'Mlr tl.r U.S. I'atPut tlfj.vr jif.il -..ii ul lain ,Tnt In tituu a'j l li,-i r-n ti f ii.m ASIIINC.1 ( N. 1 l-.-i.rt S:Ol::L Vll I'ltAW IMi. We ad- ijx- a to triii.itiirt' lnf "i i l,aiv i-J we mtkr .No HAIiOK l NLF.h l'ATENT IS 1 We i-t-i". hrrn, t'i thmt I'oslu.as.tf-r, th 1 UL'l. of Mor.e Oli.ri Ul . uil tc IL vCX eials of ll I . Vhttit DrSte. Fr circu lain. ativH'r. ! in s sr..1 rffimcrf ti actual c.ii'it'- in ji.jr in .Msttt vtiittii C. A. HXOW wz fO. p. Ialt-M( .irlirf HaililniilOB. I. t'. I NhUl'ALLKD I.N j Tone, Tcucli.Wcrlniiansliip & Dnrsliility. mi LUn K)TABE A, C I !C..34uJ '.i4 V'nt KaltlnKire Strr.. ..lilriors. Nm. iUlilUiacimu, .-- Voi a. HHrUMtTlSM Curif ii'li m 4. Ki , s.VX Oi ! ll iM g (fcT.-M l- cs5t I PR AW-POKER 1 'in- .t. .i. ; tt.s. . I. It " t. iii.i" iw-i m .. I. . t" 1 af. &ll .i I ailJ....itl I M'.nt Llaii.-, Mont tVnis, anj .St. Gotliar.l, wi'Ji tin ir miowv muU.s ami w as .f i. o, fir. t. .-11 known." St.i v-at-liomi-;.,lo v li.i l.avi- nevi-r Ij.i-u aiTiv.s th At!.ii.;ir an: fa tiiliar with tin-in, though tli- im.-.'.iimi of Uik-, i.it-tiiit-s, and pli t 'i i;ii.-s mvl travollcrs an.l f.nrists bv M i.it i.f LuiKlnil.ai UiiiIkt iij tin ir siileti, f whom a low, mure .l.trin, or fool-liiir.'.v ttian the oth.rs. wale tlifir 1. ltit-l jn-aka. Cut if tmiriat-s or trav-l-U rs wi-h t.j lhol.l the wil.l.st ami most j:i.intic Mviiorv in S a it.-rlan-l, kt thorn wander tLrouli the Canton of Valais "Whcrs tfa swift Ehone cloavoa hl way bev twaen IIiMshU thi appear as lorcrs who haTS parted In batr, wh,c nouinj 1cith o mtrrvrnr, Ihatuiey can uiccl no moro, tliush brokea hearted.' Tlm, amid mighty "jH-ak, pawv-s, and plaiirrs, anion;; s -nrs of primitive civili zation, and in view of desert plaees, w her no ono eotnvs or hath come since the making of the world," ther will see all the varied forms of nature l. ve!oj-d to t!io utrnost, an. I will meet with inn traMrt Hh.irr tlian irnr in anv other portion of the t1o1k.. The fervent warmth of Italy is aid ly side with the eternal frost il the jal:ir regions ; the ardent vine and the Oriental ju arh rrow Hide hr side with tirs and lanlis, and all the four Beaon of the y. nr may lie found prevail ing at one and the name time witLin the limits of ahinle parish. Strang to sav, thi land of wonders ha.-, only of late len adruitti-d to a place in the programme of Alpine travellers. Onr reason for thi delay may have Li ru that tlie chif f letuent.i'whif'li form the Canton of Valai are nn k, pnow, and rlaeiers, and as thoe occupy n:irly nine teiiths of jt area, there is but little spare l.-ft for those Runny pjxits of j;oll and Lrretnery n felitlL: to the wearied eves, where the vine-leaves elimh and rlin. and the cornfield wave. This Can ton ha l en diM riliod as an immense tr.oi.li. sev.-ntv miles in length, one and half miles in depth and two miles wide at the Udloiii ; the mountains on each si lc are anion? the highest in Knr'ipc, and it is r xHe.l to furious torrent.- and destructive avalandies. The Khone has shown its.. If a very faithle friend, thn.ii-h l.mvr centuries ; it lias commit ted the wildest ravages, tloodin tlie lield.s arid villages of fpjM-r Val.iis, and de stroyinv; human h.ihilations ly thethous and. In a rem..t' situation at the head of the valley of the Vis p. a feeder of the upH-r Khone, is the hrtmlet of Zermatt, whose name will I e searched for vainly in '.uett.-ers and lt ....'rajihical dictiona ries, hut it is now better known, bavins become a !) mlar resort of tourists drawn thither by the irraiidottr and subliinitv of Mont Cervin, or the Matterhorn, from which it is distant a'xiut nine miles. Sau-ssure, the celebrated Swiss phvsicist and ireolooist, and one of the tirst travel lers that over stood on the summit nf Mont I'.lauc, writes thus of his arrival in Zermatt : "We had the irreafen litli, iil ty in lindiiii.' a house where thev would take us in ; and ttie cure, who sometimes l.xl'es travell. rs, pint us word that he woulil not n.-ll us anytliinjr." Saussure found himself o'oio.'d "to h ive recourse to violent measures in order to procure a lodinjf lor the nijht from a peasant. This occurred in ITtis, but in ls:!! travel lers were introduced to a jrentleni.in who had enlarged and arr:m'ed his house ex pr.alv for the accommodation of rcsj.ee tahle wayhirers. Suhseijuentlv one irtHid hotel, to ni hhortly f.illowed by others, develojH-d out of" the oriirinal private establishment. From the valley of Zermntt the haae of the Matterhorn is seen at its narrowest, and its ridges and faces seem to be of prodigious steepness. The peak of thi mountain is nearly i".tXj feet in height; and rises abruptly by a heriet of clitls, which may properly be termed preci pices, a clear .VfH t'ect aliove the glaciers w liich siirioiind its ba-... "It wasthl:it ere.it Alpine peak which remained im tcaled," writes Ivlward Whymper, 'iess on account of the dir.i. ultv of iloin rii, than from tho terror inspired by its in vincible appearance. There seemed to le a cor Ion drawn around it nj to which one iirht tro, bur no further. The sujH'r Hitiicis natives in the Mirrotindini; val leys, many of w ;i..tn still firmly believe it not only to l the liiirhest mountain iu the Alps, but in the world, ftw.ke of a mined citv on it stinmiit, where the spirit; dwell : and if you laughed, they irr.ily shi k their heads; told you to l.N.k yo'irself to we the castles and the walls, .-u I warned one .Uiainst a rash ap pr i:.ch, lest the infuriate demons from their iinpiejiiable he'prhts miht hurl down vengeance f.ir or.i s derision." Af ter many unsuccessful attempts by many experts t r-ach the peak of tho Matter horn, the feat was accomplished hv Kd war l WhynitH-r and his party," who started from Zcrmatt on the l.:th f July, - and reached 'le summit on tile forenoon of the following dar. "The atMo.-phere was fwriet!y fctilf and free froi i ail clouds and vapors. Mountains fifty -nay, a hundred miles oil looked aharp a:id near ; ridjre and era?, enow and glacier, stool out with faultless defi nition." On their descent the snowy Alpine wa-tes claimed their tribute of ri'-tins. Of the four that constituted Mr. Whvn.per's party, he alone was left to till the tale. t'rixm f I lie l;xir. nau.u t.ayllial.' 4 .1 s, iii ii k tliii !. U..' said Oen er I M .! a r J. W. iirn.-t) ol the Erie e A pies. ft:e r tla.V a 1 tdouiit in a ji.ii .i to LeKa. . New ioik. " Vou you to a ileaaeud a- a newspaper ma.i a . . it uu t co t you ui:y iliin.-' ii.nl i.i ut ut.proHLuale ti dead l e t, 1 . i, o' " N, :,.,t at .ill. A deadhead id allot h r ki:.l o. a:i individaal. Vou knoA Low tlic i'r,i:i..iKl:i:i'i.M. No? Vou"velicurd ol All. 1. U. Coihe, o; t'hlcao?" "i; ho waa Uiayor or Itxa town once." - That Is Iho u.ati. il was a: one time) apeut for tho United Siato Expr-e Cotupany, mid he useu tu rvwiiie a rn: nuiiilK r i t per euuiil n'A.g a, winch weid. of coarse, tree. Wcl:, lie g 't io niany :lit the ci.i (Jul tlted i r writing on them, 1. Ii. C llie, Iree," and tlley would just cuiila U wu, 1. 11." .Lei,)lody around Hit vl!icc ne.v that that meant 11 Wd for ill. I. ii. Coville, auu that uuthlu was to bv chaiisl. ' l-'lna y u!l fietj packages Caiuc to lo Ii.araeU ' I'. II.,' ana Al l.-!St fKUiie sumi t cap liv-ii9ia. U the lcilers ad t-Umdihg ioi 'iic.-i.iaJ.' It It u very expre&ilvo term, too, iiii'l ml:" iC'L.i lumtU TUacs-Star. A Nrw ("a fur lite Trlrphone. An iriirenious liel'.'ian has hit njain n new wav if utiliiiir the telephone.- llollSi holders in l.iee who sleep toa fhimi liv, or whose MTvanls have not an quired the difticult art of e.u iy iiin, a 1h' SU.pl.ed with it little hell .It the head of their beds, which is iu commiiiiicatio' w ith the telephone oiiicc. I'.v jiving an order at headipir.rt.-i-s, the fuIisci ii.er can be aw:ik-;i;d daily, or ii.n any spei :.il occasion, at any hour which be mav de sire. I ll'- bed is not like ail a!. ll m. w i. i 1, ,i!;.-t ii-:.s t'.ie slcejK r f-r a : , ii:-:.;n:,. and linn i. 's b.iu p..t. iiU ti.:' .i-.'a.ll. It p-s oil tiukVlig it !: ,i t . es.-.i tiou iiiitil the sul;setiir iiriio.ites to hia-iouiiiieis thut he Laa had unite enough 1 it. ZfRMATT ANQ THE MATTERHQRN. A SPOOL OF THREAD. Wbatt 4 1 Ion nan to r Thrsnao before- i t HeMily Ur ibe .rwlle. Few people ever stop to think of the twistiijoB and turuinLrs and the various proci-saes that cotton fibre pons thnm;h afer it is taken from the pod licfore it is wound upon a sjiool and ready for the housewife's needle. The whole etory i told, however, in a small space in one of the cases in the hall in the National Mu seum, given up to an exhibition of textile fabrics. This is one of the many object lessons in the museum, which combined are intended to tell tho story of man aa he exists on the earth. First is shown a sjiecimen of cotton in the pod just as it irf picked, without hav ing the See' Is removfL Next is shown a specimen of the same cotton after it has la-en ginned and the black seed have been removed. The Sea Island cotton is used for thread on acinunt of the length of the fibre. A sample of the sacking in which the cotton is baled is also shown. Then the cotton is supa.sed to have leen baled and shipa-l to the thread factory. Here the first thins tliat is done with the Cotton is to subject it to the '"picker"' rroccss, by which the cotton from several ales is mixed to secure uniformity. lHirinn tho picker pna-ess much waste, in the form of dust, dirt and short tihres, by the picker. Next the ""picked" cotton is wound on a machine, iu ohcels or laps, into a roll. The next process illustrated by a pract ical exhibit is the carding, by which the sheet of cotton are combed or runout into Ions parallel til ires. The cotton is next seen drawn through a trumjiet shajMil opening, which coiiden-as it into a sinsli' strand of "silver." Then ciyht such silvers are run together into one, MX of the strands thus produced ate drawn into one, and again six of the strands from the hist drawing are -oiu-binel into one. Then comes the slul hing or fast '"rovins"' process, which con sists of winding the strand and lajbbiu. Two strands are twisted and again Wound on a bobbin. Alter a number of other twistings and winding, during which the strand is gradually reduced in si.e until it begins to asuuie a threadlike apcarance, two strands of this tine "roving"' are run to gether and twisted, under considerable tension, on a Ixibbin that makes 7'KHl rev olutions a minute. Two of the -or.ls thus produced are then wound together on a spool, and then twisted from that to an other spool. The tWi-cord thread thus produced is transfem-d thence to another sail, and then three threads of two cords each are twisted together, forming six-cord thread. One who has followed th process sees the cotton gradually transformed from a wideband or sheet ol loose cotton toa compact thread that will pass through the eve of a needle. The six-cord thread is at fast txkcu from a lvibbin and reeled into a skein, in which form it is bleached or dyed. Then it is wound h.u k from the skein upon a ' ig spool, from w hich it is supplied to little white birch smsi1s, upm which it is wound in regular courses, and is then ready lor market. The machine that regulates the last wind ing measures the nuiula-r of yards wound on each spm.il. The siols are made of various sizes, to hold from "no to l",0u) yards of thread. The lalwlsthat decorate the ends of the sjxiols when they are sold are la-st put on. They ar cut and pasted on by machinery w ith great rapidity. H'ti'u'i7foii mStar. - Tbe Irare Farm Lai tbe World. Eastern farmers mayobtain a new idea of large farms from the description given below, furnished to the St. Louis Kcpiib lican by a corresjiondrnt. It is located in the southwest corner of Louisiana and extends 100 miles north and south and many mile oast and west. It is owned and operate 1 by northern capitalists, whose general manager, J. 1$. Watkins, gives the following acnunt of its work ings : ;-The 1..S00.1 ) acres of our tract," Mr. Walkinks taid, '"was purchased in 1.SS.5 from the state of l-ouisiana and from the United State government. At that time it was a vast grazing land for the cattle of the few dealers in the neigh Ur hood. When Itmik laissi-ssiiin I found owr ."!), J liead of half-wild horses and cattle. My work was to divide the immense tract into convenient pastures, establishing stations or ranches every fix miles. The fencing alone cost in the neighborhood of J.VI,ih0. The land I found to he best adapted to rice, sugar, corn and cotton. All our cultivating, ditching, etc., is done by steam-power We take a tract, say half a mile wide, for iustatn-e, and place an engine on each side. The engines are jairtable, and operate a cable attached to lour plows, and under this arrangement we are able to plow :I0 acres a .lav with only the lalar of three men. Our har rowing, planting and other cultivation is done in like manner. In fact, there is not a single draft-horse on the entire place. We have, of course, horses ior the herders of cattle, of which we now have lt;,lkl head. The Southern Pacific railroad runs for 'M miles through our farm. We have three steamlaiats ojerat ing on the waters of our own estate, umn w hich there are :lot miies of navigable waters. We have an ice-bouse, a bank, a ship-yard and a rice mill." To Help Toot Town. Talk about it. Write aUnit it. FK-autify tbe sfreets. Fe friendly to everybody. Filect good" men to all offices. Keep your sidewalks in good repair. See all you can and buy all you can at Lome. If you are rich invtat in something employ somebody. De courteous to strangers that come among you, so that they go away with good impressions. Always cheer on the men who go in for impi- vements. Your portion of the cost will le nothing but what is just. Don't "kick" at any proosed improve ments In-csuse it is not at your own door, or for fear that your taxes will be raised fifty cents. to lirnT yora tow jr. Oppose improve menus. Mistrust its public men. Kun it dow n to strangers. Go to some other town to trade. Refuse to advertise in your home pat-er. l'onot invest a cent: lay your money Out SoineW here else. Iioii.iitirui.tr to discredit the motives of public-spirited men. Lengthen your face when a atranger Fpeaks of Im'ating in your place. If a man wants to buy your property charge him two prices for it. If he wants anybody else's, interfere and discourage. Kcfuso to see the merit in any scheme that does not directlv lieneiit vou. Tiik following measurements of live pigs iridic ite the dead weight of v-rk, savs aii Kngiish a;i:hor:ty : 4 feet 1 inch girth of a !.il pig repleseuts L'lM ajunds; 4 feet i l-.i.lies. '!, jt;u.ls; 4 feel 7 llu In-S. 2m.) p-i.uds . 4 I; 1 1 1 UK In., :Wl poiin !.- ; 5 lei I '' .in hes. : pounds; 5 f-ct 7 inches, 4iki pounds. This varii-s however, accor iLiig "-' i ne length of the ia.ni "i-Ij LEGISLATIVE BODIES. There is no one name for the Imperial Legislature of Germany ; the l'.undesralb is composed of representatives of the dif ferent states of the empire, and is therefore, equivalent to our Senate. The Kelcbslas; is composed of representatives of the Ger man people, nnd thus corresponds to our House. In France the Corps Legislatif, the Senate, and the Chambre des lh ;m tea com-s)ond to our terms. The legisla tive body of the Austro-H ungarian em pire is known as the Delegations; it is composed of 120 mendiers, sixty sent bv the Hungarian Ileichstag. The Delega tions of each State sit and vote scperately, and there is no division into I'pjier and Lower Houses. The Legislatures of the two States, however, are divided into two Houses: the Austrian Io i lisratb into a Hcrrcnhaus (House of Ixrds, Senate), and Aligeiinlnetenhaus (House of com mons, Representatives), and the Hunga rian Reichstag into a Iloii-e of Magnate? and a House of Representatives. Switzer land has a I'arlement, with aStacnderath (Senate) and a Nationalrath (House of Repr.-setitativi-s). The 1-egislature of Italy is called the Parlamento, and iseom jaised of a Senato and a t'amera de De Iutati. Spain has a Cortes, composed ol a Scuado und a Junta. Norway has a Storthing or Great Court, comjiosed of a 1-igthing and an (Idelsthing ; the dele gales are chosen not to either one of these houses, but to the Storthing, and decide lietween themselves who shall sit in each hous -. The Odelsthing has the power ol our House, while the laglhiug has much the same ower as our Senate. Sweden has a Diet, comtHised of two chambers. th.- l-!rste Iv mriiiir ami lli. yi&-citM W Q,n. i mer. The law-making laaly of Holland (the Netherlands) is called "the General staatrn, or States General, and has two chamlK-rs, the Erste and theZweitc Kaui mere. I'a'lgium has no one name for it legislative lodv, which is composed of a Chambre des Rcpresentants and a Senat, the latter Ix-ing the Upier House. Shu. Slmnp Spraken. To succeed upon the stump, one must possess a good supply of words. To shine upon the stump, a shrewd knowledge ol human nature w ith a touch of humor ano a store of old jokes are necessary. Tho orator ambitious of such distinction is not called upon to posess vast stores of infer mation, nor any profound study of pailti cal questions. Such knowledge is not only wasted, but is a positive injur-. 1 Le crowd asks mainlv to be entertained, Dot to be enlightened. Like St. I'aul, uiucL learning makes them m:.d. A runmtiv acquaintance with the political events o! the day, w fth a readv knowledge of news paper editorials added to tbe old stories and humor, are all the orator needs. It is necessary to have an eye to dress. If one indulges in fashionable garments he is apt to be regarded w ith suspicion as an aristocrat. To part tbe hair in the middle is fatal. If the crowd remain: ala-iut such a senseless innovator, it wiii be to put dead cats and old laiots into ac tive circulation. Even bricks and stones have been resorted to for the purpose of emphasizing an audience's disgust. I knew an orator once, and he is a dis tinguished politician, who exasperated a crowd by looking at them from behind some diamond studs in his shirt bosom. His attention being called to this blunder, he cunningly turned the obnoxious studs so that plain gold apeared, which the scamp assured his hearers was brass, and so his popularity was restored. Nor must one go to the other extreme, and affect very plain apparel. The American people, we all know, are too enlightened to be humbugged in this way. Tlie Jews. Altl tough Jewish citizens pay liberal taxes to build and support prisons and eleemosynary institutions, they are sel dom occupants of either. Charged with devoting themselves entirely to the ser vice of Mammon, the imputation is dis proved by the circumstance that the money kings of America, the great mono polists, tho Jay Goulds, tLe Vanderbit& the Russell feBges. are Christians, no! Jews. Greed for gold haa eidom led them, after the fashing of de!au.un back cashiers, to betray trusts reposed in them Nor are sharp practice in ii nanc e sjkJ fraudulent schemes fot ga:nlna wsstn chargeable in any large p'o;Krtiori t Jews. The ministers who bring- Jistfare and scandal upon rehsnon are Chrunan clergymen, not Jewish rabbis. I te Joi are noted, says Parton, for belli "th chastest seven millions of peop.e cndei the 6tin." They are also among the fore most of the advanced thinkers of tbe age. In n'.'m lands, they champiou the right of humanity to an equal enjoyment of human liberty. The kind.iest of al'. the nation of the earth, they bear no malice for the wrongs indicted on them, either in the past, whic were great enough to have ex terminated them or reduced them to a nation of idiots, or in the present, w hich are intended to humiliate them. Their paramount kindliness expends itself fur ther in charities, which, like those related of the Sultan Osman, '"are bestowed on ad alike who are needy, regardless of creeds." The Forum. At tlie Theatre. It !s generally supKjed tbat people go to the theatre to bo auius-d. M.-n do as a rub-; they reli.-h nothing la'tter than a hear y laugh. Rut it seems to be d.fTerrul. -.villi women, many ol tl.eiu at leasi. They e:ijoy what they call a good cry, aiii are apt to crowd ton ea play of the lr liydr.iu.ic Older. They ure not sat isfied to go mice for a Lath o. tears; t.-.e. go ug .in and again, and each time they weep more and more. They must revel in the luxurv of wo.-. A ixm-i says: Nature, who gave wo man more tour to shod, gave her more cruise to shod them." Whether this Ikj truo or not, she often appear to seek a lachrymose cause at ho litlie trouble to h. rsei.'. This is in c. .wpivheu ihlo to men, who do not, as a rule, hko to pay lor the privilege, ol fuel ing badly. Rut then so many .eculiar'.ties of the othoi sex are hicoiupielionsiblo to men th;t it la useless for thTU to attempt liielr un. le; .-tan lug. They should siui plv aeeepi the fact, and ceaso to Simu late as to 011103. Tin; only safe generalization id that tueu are men, and women are wouieu. IN. . Commercial Advertiser. How Kalinon row. " The clerk to the A we Fishery Board vouches for the following: "In April, ISSo, the fishermen employed bv Mr. David Ilairl, tacksman of' the fconaw fishings, landed in their net a kelt, judged to be about 10 lb. in weight. Ik' fore re turning it to water, one of the men in serted a common pin in the dead fin, twisting it round, so as to form a ring. On Friday, the 21st of Mav, the same men landed the same fish, with the pin still fixed in it, and it now weighed 22$ lb. The pin, which has been show n to me, bears evidence of having been long in the water, lieing a good deal corroded and worn away where exposed, but that part of it inserted in the dead tin lieing unin jured and quite clear. The men are posi tive it is the same fish, as thev recognise the pin from tbe peculiar way It had oeen lient. I have just further "to state that the tih was to some extent a hybrid ol the buil-tivut. and not a pure salmon, al though this w a not obsci vable w hen first landed as a keit." A CASE OF DIVORCE. The following memorable sja-ech of an English judge, made in .sentencing a man who had la-en convicted of higamv is a Hiaster-piei-e of ironical w it, as it refers to the clumsy state of former divorce laws: "I'risoiier, you have leen convicted oixm clear evidence ; you have intermar ried with another woman, your lawful wife being still alive. You have commit ted the crime of bigamy. You tell me. and indeed the evidence has shown, that your first wile left her home and her voting children to live with another man. You say this prosecution is an instrument of extortion on the part of the offender, lie it so. I am lamnd to tell n that these are circumstances which "the law does not iu your case take notice of. You bad no right to take the law into vour own hands. Immediatelv you heard of your wife's falsehood, you should have prepared your evidence," instructed coun sel and proved the case in court ; and re collect that it was imerative that vou should recover I do not mean actuallv obt aiu sulistantial damages. Then vou should have instituted a suit for a divorce from table and bed. Your case is a very clear one, and I doubt not you would have obtained your divorce. After this step your course" was quite plain; you had only to obtain a private Act of Parliament to dissolve your marriage. This you would get as a "mat ter of course upon payment of the proper fees and proof of the facts; you might then have lawfully married again. It is true that 'a hated woman when she is married is a thing that the earth cannot bear,' and that 'a bad wife is to her hus band as rottenness to his bones.' You, however, must bear this great evil, or must adopt the remedy prescrilied by the Constitution of your country. I see' you would tell me that these proceedings would cost you JC 1,000, and that all your small stock-in-trade is not worth 100. Perhaps it may be so. The law has noth ing to say to' that. If you had taken these proceedings, you would have ln-en free from your present wife, and the woman whom you have secondly married would have been a resjK'ctable matron. As you have not done so, you stand there a convicted culprit, and it' is my duty to pass sentence upon you. You w ill be" im prisoned for one day." Scene In the Slbrrlnn Tflnesa The exiles who live in the mines of Russian Siberia are i-onvicts of the worst type and jioliucal offenders of the best. The murderer for his villainy, the intelli gent and honest Polish rebel for his pa triotism, are deemed equallv worthy of the punishment ol slow death. Tlitv never tee. the light of day, but work and sleep all the year round in the depths of the earth, extractingsilver or quicksilver, under the eyes of taskmasters who have orders not to spare them. Iron gjl.-s, guarded by sentries, close the bxles, or streets, at the lxiltum of the shafts, and the miners are railed off from one another in gangs of twenty. They sleep within rock-hewn recesses very kennels into which thev must creep on all fours. Price Lumlxjniiro-ki, who was authorized to visit one of the mines of the Ural at a time when it was not sus pect"'! that he would publish an account of his exploration in French, has given an appalling account of w hat he saw. Convict racked with the joint pains which quicksilver produces; men whose hair and eyebrows had dropped off, and who were gaunt as skeletons, were kept to hard labor under the lash. They hava only two holidays a year Christmas and Easter and all other days, Sunday in cluded, they must toil until exhausted nature robs them of.their limbs, when they are hauled up to die in the infirm ary. Five years in the quicksilver pits are enough to turn a man of thirty into an apjieront sexagenarian, but some have litrii known to struggle on lor ten veals. No man w ho has served in the mines is ever allowed to return homo. The most he can obtain in the way of grace is leave to come up and work in the roadways, and it is the promise of this favor as a reward for industry which ojierates even more than the lash to maintain discip line. Women aie employed in the mines as sifters, and get no better treatment than tlie men. Polish ladies by the dozens have been sent down to rot and die, while the St. Petersburg journals were declaring that they were living as free colonists; and more recently, ladies connected with Nih ilist conspiracies have been consigned to the mines in pursuance of a sentence of hard lalxir. It must always be under stood that a sentence of Siberian hard labor means death. The Colorado rU Miss Jessio A. Cole is a Colorado girL. She has -written a yolunie of poetry which is purely Coloradon. Boundless expanse, lofty mountains, beetling crags, dark caums, rushing cataract, filtered snnshine, waviug grass, and sturdy, honest Western Sowers, w ith hero and there a glimpse of cactus aliouniL The first poem in the look, " Colorado," is replete w ith gom of thonght. Here is a gem: " Colorado has poured into tho world's currency Over 1 1 n t.i too. 000 In silver end gold. Its mine embrace lead, copper and gold. And heaven only knows what they yot hold. Too. liosides its being a land for health. And Itesidos all lt.s mineral wealth, Colorado holds out a promising re ward for The farmer and stock grower." Tlie description of Denver is con tained in a lioem of 100 lines of four line stanzas, and is aa clear cut aa a cameo. The following stanza will give one an idea of the cameo: " Denver's inhabitants are 70,000 up to date. The largest, thriftiest city of Col orado, And the capital of the State, And county seat of Arapahoe." Miss Cole sorrows but little, l nt Borrows deeply when she docs sorri w. In the Kiem entitled a " 15rol n Lift?" she doscruVs the feeling of a young girl who haa been jilted. She says: " lie told me that be loved me. That w ith me he'd never part. All at once h changed bis mind. 1 And tr;i tuples on my ery heart, t If I should live a t hoiisHinl yeurs Of course none of us can I'd never forget those broken vows, Nor love another man." Denver (Col.) News. I Biblical lyoarniiir. A Baptist pronchor, well known In Macon. a-kod four other preachers of other ueuomina lions whether Zodekiah w as one of the minor or ouo of the major prophets. They all agreed that he was one of the minor prophets, and were much disgust ed with themselves when they discovered that he was no propuet at ail. bavao iiah licwii. CLEANING OLD BOOKS. Bar Book ftpator- il to Their T"ormer airaitt? lr a Se rrt C'l.rni -al Irocea. "William. Doo--cleaner and Re storer," is tho sign on the door in a dingy room in N.issau street. The room, as a usual thing, contain only two tables, two chairs, some glass trays, a nnmlier of bottles and an im mense pile of look of all sizes and ages. Mr. Durkitt.aweazened littleold man, of English birth, enjoys the reputation of being tho best book-cleaner and re storer in tbia city. In conversation with a reporter be said: " It is far better never to Lave a valu able work retouched than to have it badly cleaned, for an iui'iierfectly washed book contains seeds that wiil sooner or later caue its destruction. There are very few good cleaners, for the reason that each cne has a peculiar method of wcrkiag, which he keeps secret, BDd so the knowlego is confined to a very small number. " When I get a book which requires cleaning I remove the cover, cut the Btitches and divide the work into sheets. I then pick ont those sheet which are merely dirty, and separate them from those which have stains of ink, oil, or any of the many stains which fall to the lot of books. Those that ure simply dirty I place in a bath composed of half a pound of chloride of limeand thesamequmtity of soda to a full quart of water. In tl is bath I allow them to soak until all dis coloration has died away aud the paper Las regained its proper tint. 44 When this change takes place, I re move the leaves with the greatest care and lift tLem into a bath of running cold watr. In this bath I allow them to remain from six to twelve hours. This removes all trace of the liaie which, if allowed to rennin, would in time rot and dpstrov the leaves. "After taking tlie leaves from this second bath, I leave them to tborough lv dry on that flsnnol-covc-red table, 'then I immerse theni in a bath of size and water, and again dry them well. After that they are pressed between glazed boards over night, and that finibhes the job. " If the sheets are oil stained, dilute spirits of salts with five times its bulk of water and allow the oil -Ptained sheets to souk for four minutes, after which thev must be treated to a thorough Lath of cold water. "To remove ma ttalns uso a sol.oion of oxalie acid, but great care should be exurci-ed in tho after washing with cold water. " If tho grease is a mere sfot on tbe laf, place the pug" between two sheets of Ll ttir.g pflp.: r and pro-s a lie iron evir t:i,- place. This mdts the greas,., vl.ich is absorbed by the Llotting-l-;:;ier. ' ben tlie grease is rmov.-d ki thi ir;,r p.ii.t tin- cpr.t with a l:ttle li 1 t'l: ; -;.ti;.( on a divel'- h i i ." 1 rti-h. Si. nild the pap-'r, as is n b al -. , Ins.- is oloi l iri::g this t j:..ra tinti then r r-'ss tbe place w :th n v rv fine har.lkt i.d.ief soaked in I.-jt 'd spirits of wine, aaJ tho color will re turn. BLASTING STUMPS. Easy Way of Getting Kid of Theae Ob struction. It is almost impossible to get at the exact cost of blowing ont stumps with Hercules powder, as it de pends npou the siz? and condition i of the stumps. j By condition I mean: First, if the i stump stands on a firm or mucky, j sandy soil. Second, if it is solid or i partlv rotten. I 1)1 course, it manes a great oeai ot difference as to the size of the stump; a large stump will take from one to one and a half pounds, while a small one only requires about one-half pound, and ierhops less. In handling the powder one can not nse too much precaution, al though if handled carefully the powder is safe. I got my powder for alout twenty-five-cents per cartridge of one-half pound, with cap and fuse complete; but by buying large quantities I f "resume it could be purchased for ess. There is a book of directions that couits with the jowder, and these should be carefully followed. Now if the ground is solid, the powder can le used by drilling down under tho roots of the stump, and as nearly under the centre as jKwsihle, placing the charge there and banking it np some, so that the full force of the powder will be against the stump. Always use fuse after lighting you enough, so that can get back ont of the way. If the ground is soft, the lest way is to bore into the centre of the stump and place the charge, for if it is placed under, as iu the other case, it will only blow the dirt out anil leave the stump standing. It can also bo used successfully on bowlders, and thus rid the ground of these troublesome things. - Farm and Fireside. The shin of fti Earth. We talk a good deal alaiut lairing and digging into the 1 mwels of t he earth. It is a mistake. We have never reached the laiwels of the earth any more than the bill of a groat gnat that pricks you on the ab domen reaches your bowels. The human skin is aliout one two hundredth and fiftieth of the diameter of the Imdy ; allow the earth a skin projatr tionatcly thick and it will lie SO miles through. The deepest borings have lieen aliout a half mile, not through the false or outer layer of skin ; not near to the cutis vera. The highest mountains have onlv shown us what may la- brought atalxmt one ti teenth tin; thickness of the earth's skin. Could we go through this I hick bide into the real fit sh and blmxl of the earth what wonders might la- discovered ! At the last session of congress there wa a movement to get an appinpriat'on to lxre h bole as deep as it could siliv la made under the direct ion of the best engineers, but it l.nl'-.l. Money so ap propriated would lie spent to much la-t-ter purxisi: linn that appi'opriat.sl for explorations to the north -Mile and many Other objects. The lien' .liid g.isses of th.- caith's interior ar.- io be 1 be forces of the future for m. ill -r bhvit, lighting and heating. A lxire 10, 1"), :0, ."'( miles ileep m.-iv be iin iKissible, but In- is not wis-1 who says im aasible of anything within bii"i.m en deavor. We simply mean that, since so much has laen tliseov. led by m-T'-ly s-i ati-birig and puncturing the false skin ot the earth, might Hot wonderful results la- obtained by reaching through its skin ? FA I 'MING NOTE o lra luut: a Ilor- tu htautl. It is v...'- ii'.,.;1n-i :: t I l ! Vl t biro tl.c actions of au iri i'-ible, ii-'p h'-i-se. A p. !-..ri is j- iKiVl bark i se;tt. or ja-ioat s throw ii against a n wheel wlieil prepa. ll.g u li.J' in : ri.ige, by tbe Jin,;:. ;il t- i:si,ig to st.ir. this unp'.-asart habit l-.-aJj not . queiulv to a degr-e f wxatioj; caus.-s a snle. j;i n s 'croi. v. "f an wise valuable animal, r r oerliaps t by damage to vehicles w'iie pumsl is being ii'f icted. Hefus'ng to stand is a'l a habit, c by striking tbe horse Hi "ioie of sta Or by allowing it to practice that irii of action until it l.s- bcome a s nature! A iter unhitching th- ba! an animal tb:t is inipaliei.t l n- should be quiet, that is move leis; and be in no hurry about getiing iu'i carriage, lithe horse si arts, ciivck . once, and then ui.iv about quietly ag get in and out, not drawing upon lines unless to stop its movements, short, do not allow it to go until . bidden, if ha'f an hour is r qti'.r, ! u; quer the first t'nio. A horse wiii I learn what is desired, and will stau stolid as if made of Ktone until it is c manded to move. It is always a good plan to have lines within reach, but not to draw bi tijain them until you are ready to st The silent bit signal is as good s Word of mouth it riuhtly managed. After getting into t he ca-na re take the lines gently, and ' hen prpc:ly hand draw iu until a pleasure is in: UKin the lips, and give a quiet stjn word, always the sme, and there wil prompt obedience. Brantllna: Cattle. The range business, it would seet t another sin to answer fi r, and it is c which affects everyljody. It appears th by improiier branding thousands oi" bid are so injured that they a.e compatati'. ly Worthless. It is esliiua'e 1 Uiai the le from this source at Chit ag---alone ih i 000,000 a year, and that through mt l entire country it w ill re:.c'n ;", '0.( i. I Coilsideiable leather that i.- J.-" iiuii., '.! . this way gets into tbe le it ie-r articles th we use, and, of course, is iv t so servlc able. The cattle men say 'hat thev cu not remedy the evil. They : inst t iai. and brand practically a they now ;o to protect their projierty. They cnu;i'-'. thev say, use smaller brands, ior toe could not be distinguished in lour, 'in up. They can not brand on a I'-so vaiiK able part of tbe hide, for tho rr-.n would not 1; prominent enough. '1 na may all ba true, but that does not hel; the tanners, or the purchaser of an ii.. perfect leather article, l ivo luil'ions o dollars, tmi. is a pretty high est for k method, and to save that uuu.it to bt sufficient motive to -attempt to dcw some less objectionable means to tmu h tbe desired e:i 1. P.ut there is cue fa t that is plain enough to anybody who 'viil examine these branded bides. Many of them are not properly done. The depth of the brand is oftmi powerfully sugges tive that the brute who did the work be came augrv with the animal for some reason, mci br.mded it lor jmni-hi.'-oi.t. In one conclusion all will agr.' and that is there is no necessity for burning the animal tlear through. A little sense aud humane feeling would do much to modi fy the evil complained of. Therk should be dairy schools attached to most af tho agricultural colleges w hero girls as well as loys could attend au 1 learn how to make butter and cheese. Why should not the women of the land have a chance to get some of the abund ance of information to be ha 1 at our agricultural colleges? Surely the women have to work on farms, and hard. tixj. Li.mh is not only essential to ti.e soil but also to st'a-k, and should the fxd supplied be deficient in bone. For every 100 parts ot phosphoric acid tn bone there are 120 parts of lime. A herd of cows in Germany having only soft water to drink Were affected w ith a disease called bone brittleness, but when the herd was sup plied with hard water the disease disap peared. l.ti nn ac! n and glycerine, mixed w ith water in the proportion of one pound of each to eight pounds of water, make a soldering mixture for tin cans in which fruit, tlesh or vegetables an- to Ins con tained, which is reported harmless from a health point of view. It has been tried successfully in cfominglisb and has none of the 'misoiious properties ol the chlor ide of zinc in common use. ClY is perhaps the most difficult of all (-oils to woik. 1 1 cult i val.-d w ic-n too wet it liecoiiies lumpy and liar I when dry. If plowed wb'-n very dry a consid erable power is ii't-de.1, and then tin work N xirly pel forme. I. l-'or this rea son if ior no other, clay lands should be thoroughly und.-rdrained lhat they may be kept, iii proper condition to wok at nearly all sr:is ms. "A la-sum. of corn, wh. ii compacted into lard. i-cheese or bntlel." says the New Orleans 7Vm.-.-Vinoo of, "can find Its nun k - t any w b'-n- iu t be w m Id w here t he cost of sending thecorn itself would make a market for it impossible. Resides this, in the making of the lard or but'er a makurial residue is left on the land, in stead of being carried away to fertilize foreign fields. This is tie- kernel of tho argument for mixed farming instead of grain farming." Si-cash and melon seed wlnich have la'eu grown iu coiiliguiiy are never trustworthy. All the go in't tri'a- are no closely related as to inlei-l-M-ed with great facility, a. id the seeds which are icallv the truit, become mixed aud impure. Melons grown from see 1 thus adulterated have a coarse and disagreeable llavor and are wholly worthless. As the mixing is due to 1 he effect (if insects, which carry the aillon from one plant to another, the Seed should la gathered only from plants which are grown in the centre of a field or patch. To KEKr Hies out of th stable r.othiug is Ix'tter than soft soap and earlw.ii.- acid throw n on the tlixii once or t w ice a day. Tbe mixture may l made ol crude car bolic acid, which can la- obtained erv j cheap, and ordinary s. .ft soap. The amount of the acid ib pcnds on the I strength of the soap. This can be easily i t"ld by o'llilig the two together ;tnd Ict ! ting I brin stand, after 1 ho: oughly reining I for an hour or two. Then mix a little j with soil water. If tmi much acid is i present it will be shown by panicles of ! "il floating on the sin lace Two or three i lahli-spooiisful of acid to a ipiart ot soap ' will tls'.l.lI'V suffice. Art at tlio UalK An artist who give les.sous in thu city has for eoino tluei eou discouraged over tho fact that he cannot make LijS pupils " fel." Tho other day when one of the most attractive and promisine; was giving the fiul-hirig touches U th pomait of a voting man w ho had been siUiug lor her, the toucher suddenly lnieiT.ipted her wors !o sa i'hj 1 Vim -ni nover piut t'.u.t lip unless you foel it." Her pi. tuie io finUh.xl m l hi evIJ Way jati.slaevory. ( llo&lou Record. if- i J n n 00 00 ir
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