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BreiA Tp.KrMAK common. Is It Inthrfsi
JJ"r.ti,m of a1 rertiscr. .i..i-a lavon
crt.d kt tiie folio-!!!! low rlo :
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1 tn:..n.rri
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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.:.
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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 :
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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
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BAS both
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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.
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Gorn&Seeii Planter.
A ONE-HAND
AUTOMATIC MACHINE.
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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.
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.lay iu Ihc l'l:iLit n,t hiinju.
St-ml f. r cirrular
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nu nti. to iieats and
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HOME AND CIIY B III
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T.AUI.KH CHAIRS,
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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.
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mtkr .No HAIiOK l NLF.h l'ATENT IS
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c.ii'it'- in ji.jr in .Msttt vtiittii
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p. Ialt-M( .irlirf HaililniilOB. I. t'.
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j Tone, Tcucli.Wcrlniiansliip & Dnrsliility.
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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
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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.
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