A UNDER THE HUDSON. '""Ji'ii'Vf * *• k*( Marr iHi to * Taaael Ont Paar Mil** l.ca. The Newark (N. J.) Ait7y AAnrMwrn jlL j r ® wun P^ on <*f work on the Iqii fl*wßder the Hudson between Now York ff '"*7 atu * adds: "At present we enterprise has progressed no further than the sinking of a shaft at the foot of Fifteenth street, Jersey Oity. The pro ject has a singular history.' It wss con nived by Colonel De \Vitt C. Haakms five rears ago, wheu he and a party of i friends were detained in Jersey City for four hours on account of ice ami fog on their return from a trip to Washington. On May 26 following a charter was granted by the Legislature to the Hud eon Tnnnel 'Railroad Company, and the Jersey City aldermen granted the com pany permission to erect a building and to sink a shaft at the foot of Fifteenth street. Work was begun at the corner of Jersey avenue and Fifteenth street on November 1, 1874, but within a few weeks the company were enjoined from proceeding fnrther hy the ohanoollor. Henry S, White, counsel for the com pany." then applied to Judge Pepne to appoint (wmmissioners to condemn the in erest of landowners along Fifteenth stri et, from Jersey avenue to the water froi t These owners were the Ib'la weie, Lackawanna and'Westcni and Sier ra and Essex railroad companies aud the Jersey Shore Improvement Com pany. Long and expensive suits fol lowed, but the Tuuuel Company was finally victorious. '• the expenses involved in building, working, and in oondnctingthe law suits amounted to upwards of $40,000, much to the disgust of more than half the stockholders, who forthwith forbade fur ther expenditure and brought about a dead lock. This was a year ago. Since then Colonel Raskins lias visited Cali fornia, and has interested Senator Jouee and L. C. Fowler in the scheme, and they, together with Trenor W. INirk and a few residents of Chicago and Now York, have tikxuniaed to relieve the dissatisfied stockholders and to push the work to completion. The company having tnvu incorporated in both Slates, there are two sets of directors, those on the New Tork aide of the river representing $7,- 000,000 of the capital stock, and those on the Jersey side $3,000,000. "The tunnel will run principally through tough mud until it reaches the New York shore, when rocks will lie en countered for a distance of about 400 feet, after which sand abounds. The extreme grade will be two feet to the' hundred descending from Jersey City, and three feet to the hundred ascending from New York, for 1,500 feet, the re mainder of the route being two feet to the hundred. The greatest depth of the river at low water is sixty-two feet, and . the roof of the tnnnel will be twenty feet below the river at this point The tun nel, when completed, will be a trifle over four miles in length. Three gangs of men will work eontiunonsly day aud night, commencing on the Jersey side. It is estimated that the construction will consume two years in time, ami $10,000.- 000, and will employ from 1,000 to 1,500 men. Why Flies tan Walk on Ceilings. I have no donbt that when yon have been at the sea-side you have often noticed the limpets which stick so hard to the rocka. There they stick, however the waves may beat against them, and they stick hard too, harder than the strongest cement could fasten them. Have yon ever trie,! to poll one of these limpets from its place? If von have not, I can assure you that yon or I might poll and pull away without mov ing it a quarter of an inch. Now, the the same power that enables the limpet to hold on so firmly to the rock, enables the fly, by means of those little hairs, to trot about upside down; for in principle the swelled-ont enda of the hairs act in precisely the same manner as the body of the limpet. With a little trouble, we can out of simpie materials, a very good imitation of one of theec hairs sufficiently large to see how they act. First we must get a bit of the kind of leather that is used for the soles of boots. It must be about the size of a crown-piece, and also of the same shape. We must then fasten it to a yard of string by means of a hole in the middle of the leather, a knot in the end of the string preventing it coming away. This knot should be so hammered against the hole that no air can get throagh the opening, or oar experiment will fail. Now, with this simple contrivance we shall, if we have made it properly, be able to lift stones of several pounds weight Bat before we try and do so we must take care that the leather at the end of the strinir has been soaked some hours in water, to make it soft and pliable. We will now take hold of the ! free end of the string, and drop the leather upon the stone we wish to raise. On gently pulling the string, we shall find that the leather has taken such a firm sucking hold upon the stone that we can carry it from place to place; we j shall also find that it requires some ' force to separate them. The reason why the leather "sucker," as it is ! called, acts in this way is because when we pull the string we raise up the oentre of the leather, and make a little tent shaped hollow space there between the sucker and the stone. The air cannot get into the little chamber thus formed, for the Boft, wet leather fits closely to the stone all round it. But the air tries with might and main to force its way in, and it presses so closely upon the aucker , tliat it actually sticks it all the firmer to the stone. The force that is exerted _ upon the sucker is called atmospheric pressure, and is exactly the same power which keeps the limpet on the rock and i the fly's foot on the oeiling.— Little Folks. The Wool Product eI the World. From an interesting srticle on the wool trade of the Pacific coast, publish ed in a recent numt>er of the Ban Fran cisco Journal of Commerce, we learn that the number of sheep in the world is now estimated at from four hundred and eighty-four to six hundred millions, of which the United States has about 36,- 000,000, and Great Britain the same number. From 1801 to 1875 the wool clip of Great Britain and Ireland in- i creased from 94,000,000 to 325,000,000 pounds. That of France has increased almost as rapidly, though the wool is finer, as s role, and henoe the superiori ty of French cloths. Australia produce* nearly as much wool as Iheparent coun try—Great Britaiu. The United States product increased from very little at the beginning of the century to about 200,- 000,000 pounds at the present time. Of this California has produced about one fourth, and the Pacific coast as s whole ; almost one-third. If the ratio ol growfh shown in the past prevails in the future, the day is not far distant when the Pacific coast will produce at least one half the wool produced in the United States, as not only California and Ore gon, but also Washington, Idaho, Mon tana, Utah, and New Mexico are well adapted to its production. The wool clip of Australia is about 284,000,000 pounds; that of Buenos Ayres and the river Plata, 222,500,000 pounds; other countries not previously given, 463,000,- j 000 pounds. The total clip of the world ! Ust year ws abont 1,497.500,000 ponnds, worth $!50,000,000. This when scoured would yield about 852,000,000 pounds of clean wool. Mew of Few Word". Some men use words as riflemen use bullets. They say but little. The few words go right to the mark. They let j you talk, and gnide your face and eyes on and on, till what you say can lie an swered in a word or two, and then they launch out a sentence, pierce the matter i to the quick, and are done. Your con versation falls into their minds as a river ; i in a deep chasm, and is lost from sight i by its M-pth and darkness. They will ] sametimes surprise yon with s few words < that go tq the mark like gunshots, and I then they are silent again as if they < were reloading. Such men are safe counselors aud trne friends, where they i profeas to be such. To them truth is more valuable than gold, while preten- sion is too gaudy to deceive them, t Words without points to them are like t titles without merit, only betraying the a weakness of the blind dupea who are i ever used to forward other men's a schemes. r A Sooth Africa Diamond Mine. From whatever direction one comes from the snrronuding plain, the most prominent sight is the lofty range of sand monnds, rising up from out the I center of the town, and overtopping everything. These are compose! of earth from the original thirteen surface acres of the Kimberley mine, and thrown up around the edge of the gradu ally deepening pit, just as the nut on a •mailer scale piles up a circular ridge around its hole. By diamond "mine" | in Africa, is meant a pipe of several acre* i superficial area and unknown depth, miming straight down through stratified layers of shale. Each pipe, and there am only four, is filled in to the level of the geueral surface of the plaiu with sand, tufa, aud a dianioud-bcwriog lreo- I cia or soft rock. The Kimliertey pipe or mine lias new been excavated to a depth lof about two hundred and fifty feet. Most of the streets of the town converge to it. We walk to the ilge of ruck which surrounds it, called the "reef," aud before and beneath us extends an abvaa -a hug*' ovnl-ahaptsl cauldron open full to the skies. Over its edge lies a sheer descent of two hundred and fifty feet; aoroaa it, from side to side, a stretch of a thousand feet, or a fifth of a mile. Cuming even as one does from the life and stir of the town, the first look iuto the mine is a fascinating and bewildering one. Little by little the facts unfold and stelow aud around us, in the pit and around its edge. All is iu plaiu aight, for there is no burrowing under ground. Far below, little black pigmy men—so they soeui iu the distance—are moving about, but uot aiugly or at ran dom, for closer observation allows that they are working iu groups, each group upon a certain well-defiued square patch of solid earth, at which it is picking ami delving, or walking to aud fro over it, carrying little buckets of loosened soil. | Iu their midst sits or stands a white overseer or the master himself. Spreading over the whole excavation or pit, cauldron, pot or basin, which ! ever couvevs the clearest idea, like a j spider's we\> on a dewy moruing, run innumerable white threads, so they seem as thev glisten iu the snu. Follow oue 1 such thread to our feet, anil it will be ■ found to be a shining wire tope, worn white with constant use. Aud here on the edge or brim, called, as we know, ■ the "'reef," we find a scene of life and labor even more animated than below. All arouud, but chiefly on two oppo i i site sides, is erected a strong frame-work of timber called the " stagiug," estimat : ed to have cost $250,000. It is bnilt in three tiers, like a three-story tionse, and i each tier is floured to afford standing i room for laborers. Firmly set all along 1 each tier of this stagiug are hundreds of wooden wheels, abont four feet in diame ; ' ter, with a crank on each side, to be turned by four Kaffirs. The iron ropes l ran from every part of the circnmfer ! cnee, but differ greatly iu length—some . extending vertically down the reef, Borne far out into the center of the mine, and 1 others to varying intermediate distances, i but each to its own claim. Such a rope 1 is stretched from the bearings of each ■ wheel on the staging to its oorrespond [ \ iug claim below, where it is made fast > to a post sunk firmly in the gronud. Thus a wheel, a wire rope and a " claim," ■ be it onlv a sixteenth, are inseparable, i and equal in number. On these wire ropes the "bine stuff" is hauled iu buckets by aid of the windlass, np out of the miue.— Ser timer. Fashion Notes. The small round turban is again wiyn j by young ladies. Slender gold finger-rings bearing tiny coins are among the latest novelties. Birds of all kinds, and their plumage, are ranch used for house decorations. The oval neck which is replacing the pompadour, is called the Agnes Sorcl. Indian monsselaine over white satin is the newest style for wedding dresses. The soft willow feathers tipped with gold are intended only for young ladies' hats. Ties, with three very flat bows on the instep, are the prettiest shoe for street wear. Silver jewelry still continues in favor, and the finest of filigree work can be found. Passementerie and all flat trimmings are much in vogue for trimming dresses and paletots. The most stylish visiting cards are very plain, with the name iu writing or a fac aimile of the owner's baud writing. A beautiful material for evening dress - es is the new jasper silk which ia, in ; color, a combination of delicate colors and shadings, j Breakfast caps formed by an oblong piece of fine Swiss, and ornamented with ace and ribbon, are worn by young ladies, and are fastened to the hair with long gold headed pins. Plaid dresses in those Scotch patterns combining a great deal of green and I blae, with a touch of yellow or red, are much worn; they are trimmed with gold cord, and have vests of white or buff, with gold buttons. Wide leather belts are very fashion able with all styles of dresses; these hsve attached to them the small bag, the chatelaine on which hangs the fan, and the small portemonnaie containing jast change enongh to be of service, whether one is shopping, or at chnrch, or passing toll-gates. In Eugland these belts and their accompaniments are called "passe-partouts." Light colored percale dresses for young ladies, or muslins of any des cription, are made dressy by having square-neck openings filled in with fine embroidery or lace. A more satisfacto ry way is to make a square collarette, finished with ruffle of lace which is ad justable, and that can lie worn with any dress. Very tiny bows of narrow ribbon of the shade of the dresses are nsed to fasten the collarette. - ■ . Deaf, Dumb, Blind and Insane. According to a statement published by Dr. G. Mayr, the director of the royal Bavarian statistical bureau, the proportion of blind, deaf aud dumb people and of imbeciles in the different countries of Enrope and in America is as follows: The proportion of blind peoDle is in Germany 8.79 per thousand of the population; in England, 9.35; in Denmark, 7.86; in Norway, 13 63; iu Sweden, 8 06; in Finland, 22.46; in Austria, 5.55; in Hungary, 12; in Switzerland, 7.61; in France, 8.37; in Spain. 11.26; in Italy, 10.16, and in the United States, 5.27. Of deaf and dumb people the proportion is in Ger many and Austria 9.66 per thousand; in England, 5.74; in Denmark, 6.20; iu Norway, 9.22; in Sweden, 10.23; in Switzerland, 24.52; in France and Spain, 6 26; in Italy, 7.34, and in the United States, 4 20. The proportion of idiots is in Germany twenty-three per thousand; in England, 31; in Denmaik 1 and Sweden, 22; in Norway, 20J; in Switzerland, 29; in Belgium, 14; in France, 26; and in Italy and the United States, 16. < Prince and Sovereign. Dr. Ruppaner, the well-known Gsr- ' man-American, and president of the ' Goethe Club, of New York, wag the hero of an adventure in Paris recently ' that attracted much attention from those 1 who saw it. He had bailed a cab, and as be was abont to step in ho was sur prised to see another man entering at the opposite side. Dr. Ruppaner de- , manded of the driver which of the two ( had hailed him first, and the driver de- < cided in favor of the New Yorker. He , then politely requested the stranger to - descend, but the latter answered: j "I am Prince —giving a known , name. Dr. Rupanner replied: j "You are a prince, but I am a sover- ( eign—a citizen of the United States;" j and without much more ado he gently j took the prince by the collar of his ooat ( and set him down quietly upon the side- f walk. The prince went in search of , another carriage, and the "sovereign" rod® off in trinmph. I VIM.ARE IHPKOYEIBNTB. Kilracu lrn Ihr llrcel ASdre** S Crl. Northrni*. al II aaJalarll. There is a peculiar pleasure in the culture of trees—a pleasure that never • cloys, perfect, varyiug, growing with j<■ their growth. We watch them with < pride, us year by year new lieautiea ap- > pear. Like grateful children, trees i bring rich returua and compenaate a j' thousandfold for all the cure and twins 1 they coat; for a noble tree ia oue of the |' grandest and tuiist lieautiful product* of Natim<—airy aud delicate in it* youth, I luxuriant and majestic in its prime, veu- < enable and romantic ill its old age. 1 There ia uothing more ennobling than i the conseiouaueaa of doing something l for fntuni generations winch, so far I from ita being ephemeral in ita infln- < en lie, shall prove a great I >enef action in 1 distant y. ara. Trie planting ia a very ! delightful way of perpetuating one's memory long after he has paaaaal away. Even the poorest can in tins way pro vide himself with a living monument grander than the loftiest shaft of chisel- i ed stone aud more beautiful thau any statue of storied marble or classic brnuse — a monument which will uot only adorn the walks of daily life, but continually suggest duty to the living, while it happily commemorates the past. Such associations grow ui interest from year to year and generation to generation. It is a matter of ixwgratnlatiou that more than fifty associations for village improvement have already been organ ized, which have done great good in i cultivating public spirit, improving social and intellectual life, and enhancing the value of real estate. Theee associa tions promote improvements and en courage tree-plautiug iu the streets, sidewalks, roods, public parks and buildings, the village groeu, the burial ground, and, most aud beat of all, pri vate grounds and dwellings; aud, if only private taste, public spirit, towu prulg can tie duly eulistod, iu co-operation with the certainty of pecuniary profit, our streets mid public roads, our ceme teries, and especially our homes, beautiful, as they already are, j might become far more beautiful and inviting. Now this wrork should go oa until uot a siugle school-house, dwelling or street is left without the simple aud grand a.lormneut of shade ! trees, and shrubbery of creeping vines, flowers and lawn. " A wise foresight is shown iu the results which have grown from our village improvement associa tion; for in this way the public spirit of the people becomes orgauixed.and efforts for improvement are not merely stimu lated, out conformed to some intelligent plan —knowledge of plans and details for improvement, the cost of trees and shrubs, adaptation to soil and position mav be secured, and wise concert of action and symmetry of effect—and pre vent the helter-skelter planting and | various mistakes of which so many illus trations are to lie found. Car farmers and mechanics, our thrifty and thoughtful wives, are beginning to realize how easily and economically, and even without any cost in money, they can surround their homes with flowers and trees, aud thus mcrease the value of the homestead and lift their home life to a higher plane. Every cottage is made more healthy and inviting by shrubs and shade trees, provided they [ do not stand near enongh to shut out the sunlight; and yon who have these homes, adorned by* this stately elm, or maple, or tulip—you have all blessed the memory of those who planted them, it may be a ceutury ago. In traveling some thousands of miles every year, my own experience has led me to look for kindness and culture among those people who cultivate the taste for arboriculture. In Switzerland they have out of four hundred and eighty-five households four ' hundred and sixty-five householders. You can't match that even in favored America. The Swiss very early under stood that principle of John Adams, of Revolutionary fame, that the ownership , of laud is essential to individual thrift and dignity aud uatioual strength and prosperity. I say: Let ns encourage our people to buy homes, to adorn their grounds. These outward adornments of the house are bat examples of what von find in the higher attractions of its inner life, realizing the highest beauty in the unwearied and delicate attentions of each to all. Let the sunlight of generoas love illuminate oar homes. It is a divine institution, the only earthly paradise, the best school for the Paradise of Hope above. The most loved spot on earth ia the holy gmnnd, consecrated by flowers, shrubs and trees, each tenderly associated with a mother's love and a father's care. Let Thanks giving gather the scattered family, and light the Christmas-tree for the children. Let the birthdays be duly observed and the marriage anniversaries enjoyed. The house should lie the first aud chief place to produce the love of flowers, of culti vating them; and thus produce a love of the beautiful in Nature and art, and still more in character. We need more carefully to cultivate home affections and courtesies and the observation of the amenities of life. As flowers seem little things, so are the morning and evening salutations in the family. They seem little in themsclvi s; but when fitly observed are mighty in their influence. As the sunbeam is composed of myriads j of minute rays, so the home should be illnmined and brightened bv winning smiles, cordial greetings, loving looks, gentle words, sweet laughter, and name less little kindnesses. Such beauties of hand and heart, such amenities aud af fections should be the sunshine of every home. They refresh and pnrify the social circle. Like the clinging vine, they twine themselves around the heart, calling forth its pareftt emotions. Such a home is worthy the name, ordinance of God. Such a life is worthy future life. Snch a home will help prepare us for a home hereafter. Then let me say to the parents here: Make the home-life beautiful, without and within, and they will sow the seeds of gentleness, trne kindness, honesty, and fidelity in the hearts of their chil dren, from which the children reap a harvest of happiness aud virtue. The memory of the lieautiful and happy home of childhood in the richest legacy any man can leave to his children. The heart will never forget i'a hallowed in fluences. It will lie au evening enjoy ment, to which the lapse of yearn will only add new sweetness. Such a home is a constant inspiration for good and an oonßtant a restraint from evil. Snch at- j \ tractions and enjoyments will invest home-life, school-life, the whole future 1 of life with new interests and with new ' dignity and joyousnean, for life in just j what we make it. We may by our blind- 1 nesn live in a world of darkness and 1 gloom, or in a world full of sunlight and 1 beauty and joy; for the world without 1 only reflects the world within. Also 11 the tasteful improvement of grounds 1 and home exerts a good influence not ' only upon the inmates, but upon the community. An elegant dwelling, snr- 1 rounded by sylvan attractions, is a con- 1 tribution to the refinement, the good j order, the taste and prosperity of every ' community, improving the public taste J and ministering to every enjoyment. On the other hand, people who are con- ' tent to dwell in lints and cellars grow bar- ' barons in their ideas. They become 1 dirty and ragged in their dress, uncouth in manner, coarse in habits, brutal in character, without aspiration for a bet ter life. There can be no progress in ] civilization but improvement in their ] homes aud grounds accompanies, if it , does not directly produce the advance J iu civilization. Improvements, s beau- ( tilul village, a fine park, are effective in- j strnmenta of civilization and education, ( and there ia protection, as well us edu- ( cation, in a fervent love of improvement. f with its multitude ol associations. Hummer Kings. The ancieut Romans had t>oth summer 1 and winter rings. That will not seem so c strange to you when you know the size f of the winter rings. They are simply f enormous. The thumb ring—for thoy * wore them there—was often four inches e in diameter. The side intended to go ' next to the hand was an inch thick, aud c the otLn r side at least three inches. One can easily §ee that fingers full of rings * like that would be rather nnoomfortab'e j 8 in warm weather, whatever they were in 8 cold. One of their writers sings of some a one that i " Charged with light summer rings, his finger* '' sweat, | 8 Unable to support'a gem of weight." I p Historic Sketch of H Famous Hem. Mingling iu a crowd standing in front of the show-wit dow of a Chicago jewel) y r establishment, an Intrr Oocon nqiorter < caught a glimpse of tlit' attracting eitri- I natty, and saw there u either a golden i calf nor a braacit image, hut a great, i magnificent, glowing emerald the larg- I rat of it* kind in Anient**, tin* placard i HMV*. At any rale, a* it on IL I txvl of suowy cotton, sjiarkiing in the i aim like an enormous globule of water i and tire, set in a broad band of Roman i goltt, studded with twenty four glittering diamond*, it formed an ornament as i large as a trade dollar and Imrlaurio 111 its splendor, aud seemingly bettor tilted . to clasp the gorgeous mantle of some dusky Oriental queen or gleam from the crown of a Persian potentate than to shine in the window of a prosaic store in prosaic, matter-of-fact America. One of Uie firm kindly gave its au thentic history, as follows: When the emerald was discovered in its bed of limeatoue is uukuown, but its historic account tiegius in the year A. I>. 1191, when Richard, e"rnatued the Liua liearted, waged the third crnsadc against the uifldele aud the Sultan Salad in, who fonglit*ao bravely under his black ban ner. During tho two years' siege of Acre the stoue shown from the hilt of a scimetar worn by an officer high in eotn maud, and one of the Sultan's favorites. Hut in oue of the many battles fought and won by the stubborn English, Hassan was takeu prisoner and confined, with 2,71W of hiacountrymen as hostages. When the crisis came, and Richard dic tated las terms of surreniler, they in cluded the giving up of the fragment of the true cross, the fretvlolu of the Chris tian priaonera, aud the payment in forty days of 40,000 pieces of gold in redemp tion of the iutldel captives. Saladiu agreed, but the forty days panned away, and neither the |toitiou of the holy erooa nor the gold piMN were forthcoming, and Uiohard resolved at any cost to im plant the principle* of iwHgion, and put the 2,700 prisoner* to the sword ai sight of the camp of Saladiu. When th* bodies were rifled the emer ald was discovered on the dead officer and conveyed to Urn English king. S > delighted was tlie mo&areii with the prerions bauble that he knighted its Under on the spot, and promt* i him on their return an estate in Merry Knglaud. fioon after, it waa sent toyueen lh-reu gia as a gift from her vovul aiamse, and she in turn shortly afterward aold it in onler to raise funds for the continuance of the crusades. It waa purchased by the royal house of Spain for £IO,OOO sterling. In 1501, with princely aud Spanish generosity, it was sent to En gland as a welding present to the mag nificent Catharine of Arragou, Queen of Henrv the Eighth. On her death it re verted to the Spanish jioeaession, and in I 1735 waa re-cut by a lapidary into its present carbnncle chape, reducing it in use nearly one-hall, leaving it in its prcseut weight of twenty-three aud three eighths carats. For a time nothiug was heard of the gem, but at last it was offered for sale at the Paris Exposition by an agent of the dissolute ex-Queen Isabella of Spain. There it was pur chased by a prominent London jeweller, and after several transfers came, through the medium of a New York firm, to Chicago. Havarian Superstitions. A large proportion of the Bavarian peasantry, unfortunately, entertain the superstitious notion that Are kindled by lightning is not to be extinguished. When such au accident happens they are discouraged, and ito scarcely any thing to check the progress of the flame*. A fuueral must never pas* through a tilled field, not even in win ter, though it might considerably short en the way. The peasant is fully per suaded that a field through which a fun eral iiaa passed become* barren. Except on extraordinary occasions, no funerals 'are allowed on Mondays and Fridays. A peasant who is in search of a wife never I goe*, except on a Thursday or Hunday, into the house where he expects to make his choice. The bride and bridegroom are not to give their t>are hand to auybody ou the day of their marriage except to each other at the altar, otherwise they are threatened with poverty during the whole course of their union. It is also a very boil sign if, when the bride re turns from church, she finds anybody on the threshold of her door. W lieu a young girl finds a leaf of trefoil divided into four instead of three part*, it is a sign that she will be married within a year; at all events, she carefully pre serve* this leaf to her wedding day. On Christmas Eve the countrymen are ac customed to frequently drive out in sledge*. They think that this will cause their hemp to be more abundant and higher. They do not fail to viit Co ale house, and to drink heartily the same evening; being mnrinced that this is the way to make them look well till the following Christmas, They never de stroy crickets by fire, being persuaded that those which escape will destroy their linen and clothes. When a jieaa&ut lose* his way in the wood after sunset he avoids calling any person to show him the way, being convinced that in any such case the evil spirit of the forest would cause him to plunge still deeper into its recesses. Eating Customs of Indians. The Oocapah Indians, of Arizona, will uot eat pork, though they have aoqttircd a taste for salt beef. They are very fond of fish ami will eat them at any time. The Mono Lake Indians of California eat soup made of nngle worms thickened with grass seed flour. They also gather bats from eaves and roast them in hot ashes, without removing either feathers or entrails. Wasp nests are roasted aud eateu; the more young tbey contain the better they are relished. The young Indians, in order to find their nests, capture a wasp, place a straw in the abdomen, light it and let the insect go; they then watch its flight, follow it and secure the nest. The Miarua Indians are very fond of the yellow lily e oome inflamed, producing death. The Indiana remove the viscera and eat the remaining portions of the wolf. On Crow Creek, in Kansas, in 18(15,1 saw the carcasses of hnudreds of wolves that had been eaten. The Wiohibi and Comanche Indians will not eat fish that have scales, b"t ar fond of those that have no scales; they catch both kinds, and sell those they do not like to the whites. _____ United States Medals. There are eighty-aix medals in all be longing to the national history of the United Htates, seventy-uino of which 1 were struck by order of Congress, and in addition to the historical value of the ! j aeries, a considerable num'ier of the i medals are of very rare artistic merit. i Of the eighty six, aeventeen belong to < the period of the revolution, twenty- ' seven to the war of 1812, four to the 1 Mexican war, and two to the late war < between the Htates—one of the two hav- < ing been given to Gen. Grant, and the i other to the late Mr. Vanderbilt in re- cognition of his gift of a vessel to the t government. Five medals only ltave 1 been given by vote of Congress to for- ' eigners, namely, one in the year of 1779 to Lieut. Col. de Fleury, a French f ffl- ' cer, for gallant condnct in the Battle of < Stony Point; one in tho year of 1858 to t Dr. "Frederick Rose, a British naval 1 surgeon, for a deed of kindness to the 1 sick men on an Amerioan man-of-war; 1 and three in the year 1866 to CaptainH 1 Creighton, Low and Stonffer, who went t to the aid of an American ve-sel and ! 1 saved the lives of about five hundred f persona. 1 1 Age. J " It is hard to grow old gracefully," I some authority tells us, and when we see the atrnuuoua effort* made by maliy ' to reaist tin* incursion* of time, we r readily agree to the proposition. But ' t it ia like fighting against the stars in I their courses, and perhap* the struggle 1 only rend era the ravages of year* more J apparent. People are constantly grow- jt ing old, aud vet uo one seems to get , t used to it. Doubtless we ought to accept every change age brings as an I incident of the journev merely, aa we ' accept the change* of the seasons, t*k 1 ing part in the pleasures peculiar to ( each without hankering unwisely for , those Iteyoml reach and unseasonable. , Wrinkles should not appall or gray hair* I afflict, uor the loss of bloom sodden, 1 since we would not barter our expen- 1 eutitML ottl memories, the fruit of yeara, for all the beauty youth etui coast. j Those who earn their* bread have a feel- , ing that age disables theiu ill the eyes of the world, and tbmiutohee their chances j i of obtaining a livelihood; others, who have la-en used to being merely t the old persou weathered many a dangerous point f lias she not survived many a vanity, many a heart-acne? lias she uot learned to live from day to day, to find pleasure* in trifles, to ShtTer with out winning? Has she not the monop oly uf giving advlee I Is not her eon vernation a* mt<-renting as a historical romance? Could any other make the pant defile before us a* iu a magic mir ror? \VIM> can tell us ao faithfully ss alio of the man tiers and customs of fifty j years ago— bow the hair was worn, the | gowu out ? Is she not an encyclopedia of tlie details which go to make up his tory ? Does any oue elbow or contra dict her, or tell her that her problems are all unproved, and her eiitliu lastus only unripeness? No precious possi bilities keep her restless. She is ac quainted willi youth no less than with age, and claims the advantage of lmviug s-eu them faith, near at hand and in ucr *|>ective. Her work is done and har vested; and though she may regret the time when she bore the burden and heat of the day, yet what has she to dread from frost or blight ? Moreover, does not age have the arm-chair, aud the seat in the burse-cars ?— lUisar. ———— - - A Venomous Water Insect. The Norriatowu (Pa. I U> raid *ays:( A curious little animal was recently ! caught in a pond of water at Mr. Frank Ramsey's, in Plymouth township, and presented to Dr. C. 8. Baker, of this borough, who placed it in his souarinui. It it about two inches long, and less than an inch brood, with aix crooked legs. Its color is dark brown, and large, promi nent black eyes. The back is marked as though undeveloped wings were hiddeu beneath its hard outer coat. It swims readily, but generally fixes itself to a stone or some other object, to which it clings with its two hinder pairs of legs, holding it* head downward and the fore leg* raised. It lias a sting or lance lik a mosquito, which is only thrust out wheu attacking its prey. After having l-cen placed in the aqua rium it remained quiet for several days, during which time it was not seen to eat anything. On a recent Friday it made an attempt npon a little terrapin, maeb larger, however, than itself, which it caught by the head with it* forefeet, running its lanoe into it* neck, lie soon died, aud his destroyer dragged him to a brick in tho center of the aquarium, Then fixing itself on the brick in its favorite attitude, it held the terrapin for twenty-four hours, and seemed to be sucking its blood. Hw much longer he would have held him is uncertain, for it* prey was then taken away. Wlieu it is remembered that the weight of the terrapin wtut several times its own, the strength of the insect may be imagined. On the following Sunday it sprang npon a water snake eleven inches long. { The battle wa* brief ami exmtrag. The insect pursued the former method of attack. It made a dive, caught him sideways near the neck, twisted his head around and thrust its lance into his throat, quickly kilhug him. Then as before, it sought a resting place, aud held its prey suspended nntil compelled to give it up. Since that time it ho* made no farther assault*. There are a number of gold fish, frogs, tadiHilea aud little fiahea in the aquarium, but it take* no notice nf them. The name of the voracious ter ror of the water ha* not been learned definitely, but it is supposed to be a mantis, a devouring insect which near!? answers to tho description, and which ha* a habit of folding it* five legs in an attitude of prayer. A Remedy fur Consumptive*. Medical men have known for a long time that the best remedies for consump tion were plenty of pure air, sunshine, and exercise, aud also food that con tained much carbon. Cod-liver oil haa lieen a favorite remedy, aud has done good in prolonging the lives of con sumptives, aud putting off the approach of the grim monster. The virtues of I Other remedies sre in proportion to the smount of carbon they o*u infuse into the system to feed the consuming flatne that waste* the liody. The theory ia that the internal fever bnrns up the car bon in the bl.xsl faster than the food eat en can replace it. The disease then preys on the fatty snlistanoe* of the body, and destroy* the lungs, and event ually life. In short, there is not oil enough in the lamp for tlie wick, aud the latter is bnrnt ami the light goes out. i The Chicago Tribune prints an inter | esting letter from Dr. D'Unger, of Minneapolis, Minn., on this subject, in which ho makes public a prescription which he declare* lias produced excel : lent efft>eta, to his personal knowledge. This ts his prescription: One-half pound finely-cut-up beef- ' steak (fresh); * One drachm pulverized eharooul; Four ounces pulverized sugar; Four ounces rye whiskey; One pint of boiling water. , Mix all together, lot it stand in a cool . , place over night, and give from one to 1 two teaspoonftils liquid and meat—be- 1 | fore each meal. I, 1 have used this preparation very fre- ' i qnentlv, and have never found it act i otherwise than beneficially. The dose 1 | should be small at first, until the stomach \ become* used to it, and then gradually 1 increased !1 This remedy lias, at least, the merit 1 of simplicity. Any one can try it A Remarkable t ore. A remarkable cure by blood trans- 1 fusion has been wrought in Boston. ! Cecilia Merkel, a child of seven years, , was attacked first by diphtheria, next by reflex paralysis, and finally by nan- i guinea purpura*, aud her life was de- ' apaired of. Her father, who is a pbysi- J cian, consented to have the experiniens , of bldbd transfusion tried. Hlood was I taken from the veina of a young man of ' eighteen, and injected with a syringe ' into the child's system. Subsequent)- [ the little oue took oold and began cough- ! j ing, with a mucus rattle in her throat, so that the father was compelled to afford i artificial respiration. He then took blood from* the vein# of bis servant, a 1 healthy girl of nineteen, and the effect J of tlie transfusion was charming. The , child fell into a peaceful sleep, and a re- ■ in ark able change came over her. When ' she awoke she asked for her playthings, j * and from that hour her improvement was rapid. Her father has mode this * remark to a (Jlobe reporter: "There j, she was, growing gradually worse aud 1 worse, her nervous powers getting weak- a er and weaker. She was sinking, and wiih evidently beyond the roach of a'l s human aid, and at one time life its df {' had almost fled. The respiration was j, not to be seen, her forehead icy cold. * her body purplish, and the beating of r the pulse could not be distiuguislbd. 1 Yes, sir, without doubt, it was the tram- fusion of blood thit resto:ed my daugh- L ter. " z SUMMARY OF NEWS. laators **4 M 1441* IUU. Knsrnnv, the California labor agitator, who mwutly MOM l'-a*t to organta* a |*rtjr, and (i.'iit.ru! llntlar liava hail an UiUwvlow at llrlgMon, Ma**., during which an aichanga of u|tinlou* look |ila> u|m tha labor qotwtiou. | railroad*, o*Uoual (luwmw*. oU. Aooordlug lo th* |illhllahad raport of tha Hilar via* • Unani mity of opinion upon moat or all of the topioa diacnaaad Iwdwoan thorn. On the oloalug day of the trotting mooting In Buffalo, N. Y., the hor*o llaru* trotted a mile In a 13'j, latlug the faato.t Ume ovar mad*. Itoval B. Oonaat, eaotilor of tlia Kttot Na- Uoita) Hank, of lloalou, aUiOiht the dlrnc lore of the Institution by calling a meeting, roeigulug Id* IHMIIIOU and ack now lodging Umt ha had nonappropriated 470 <*Kl of Uio hank * inoiioy. He had uood Uo uiuuey lu poculat lug iu mluuig etuoks. John B (Mark, a aiita*n-T*ar-otd hoy livtng lu New Vork city, waa bitten by a dog aomo time ago. In about a mouth later he waa M-Uad with eviuptoiue of hydrophobia aud iu a fr day* died after havlug shown all the tor- j rlblo pbaaa* of the dlaoaae. Mrs. Kmitb, widow of tho Jarooy Crty (N. J.) murdered puis*, idhoer, ha. been arreoted, charged with t>eiug implicated in her * (IvAtii. Now York nfiaak tblove* entered John 0. King e bouee and carried off Iki.tiW iu bonds, Utl* aud gold. A tout in Philadelphia, filled with Hnuday •rhool eckolar*. was utrock by lightning and a little girl was Instantly killed, two more chil dieu wor* fatally tujnrod, and severai olhar (icreuu* were |votrled by the thundorlsdt. lleunU kearnav, Hie CaUfurul* labor agi tator, made hia tlrel forma) pubtie a|f>earsixaralJeied in vtoiauot and iu the aim of the stonca, and the tobeoro crop in many places waa greatiy injured. Tlie Delaware Democrats met in convention at Dover and nominated John W. Hall fur governor and Edward I- Marun for Congress. The platform .dopted deciaree that **ln ac oordaocw with the tnne-houored and oonatltn tionai faith of the Democratic party, we hohl that the only houeet and lawful money of the people of the I'til ted State# la gold aud stiver oulu, or a paper currency convertible into such coin at the wlli of the holder , charge# that the Hotmblicau party is responsible for Use de proiMd oondltiou of business , denounce* "the couspiracy which, through oorm|Sioo and fraud, gave the electoral vote# of South Caro lina Lmisiaua aud florid* to Hutherford B Haves for I reeidetii and William A. Wheeler i f.>r* Ylee-i'reeldeut, against the dearly ea preoaed will of the voters of thoee Slates aseerts a firm convict lOU that " the refusal of the Itepublican members of the Electoral Com mission to iuveetlgate the charges of frond, whereby the ccrtiflcate# of election were given to the Hayes electors iu the said State*, was a violation of public duty aud a Iwtrayal of the trust reposed lu then and indorses and approves the investigation instituted by the House of liepreeentalivea "for the purpose of exposing to the whole country the means by which said fraud, were perpetrated and the will of the Americanjwopb- defeated in the election of their Chief Executive." During a storm at Pho-nlxvi'le. I'a , liobert Towusend and Edwin llolwrta took un der a tree, which **. struck by lightning. Towusend waa Uirlanlly killed and ltobswta fatally injured. A alight wash-out occurred on the New Ixindou Northern railroad near North field Farms. Mas... and a train was stopped until the track had teen re laid. The train hod gone forward again but a short distance wheu the track suddenly caved in, throwing the engine and tender down a gorge about forty feet deep. M. J i'stee. engineer . George Arnold, ftraman, and Itolph Uoot were killed. Ktjous A Ives, dry goods dealers of Hart ford, Coon., hare failed for over 4100,000. John D. Candor, editor of the Bridgeport (Conn.) Now bird, w*s .hot while ecu ffl lug with a burglar who had entered the rooms where he was stopping with hia family at Korahiga, N. Y. Mr. Candse waa not danger ously hurt. At West held. Mass.. 11. H. Ktmptou. late flnanctal agent for Mouth Carolina, was ar rested upon tlie charge of having tweu o- Caged In swindling operations white in office, T which the Hlalc lust thousands of dollars. 1 Yanion Brothers' p*|-r mill near Northamp ton, Mass., was burned to the ground. The Are threw ISO men out of employment and entailed a loss of 4113 ; partially insured Dennis Kearney made an oddrees at an o[ien air meeting on Boston Common. Western and Be* the in Itatas. Great damage by a terrific tornado was done in portions of ludiana, Ohio and Illinois. At Libert r, Ind , the Mrthodtat church was badly injured, and (he residence of J. SI. Darco was (tartly burned. At Eaton, Ohio, the corn was flattened out over a large area, and apple, and pear* covered the grounds iu the orchards A rejsvrt from Iecatnr, lIL. says a storm passed through that section, blowing down corn and fruit trees, and wrecking two chnrchee. Kev (gal dwellings were also unroofed. At CKutou. IU.. the damage done to buildings is estimated at 4-JO.OOO At Hopedale, 111, au extensive file factory, railroad warchouoe. a hotel audaevera) residences are in ruins. A number of persons were senoßsly injured. The Democratic State ticket in North Caro line was elected without opposition. Both houses of the legislature are Democratic by decided majorities. At Mount Vernon. Ohio, the Democratic Congressional convention balloted 1.2&& limes before a candidate was nominated. The boiler of the tow-boat Brilliant exploded while near Gid h poll a, (Ihlo. and three of her crew were killed outright, while several other* were hurt more or lees severely I The Martin Bank of Kansas City. Mo., has suspended. The Democratic campaign in Indiana waa ofe-nrd by ex-Governor Hendricks, in a speech at Indianapolis. A boiler in a sawmill at Enterprise, on the Kanawha river, W. Va., blew np. killing J. Tarr. George Avery aud Frank Dilworth, and fatal lly wounding four men The mill was blown into atom*. Loss, 4-3,000; noinauranoe. The disaffected ravage# in Oregon and Wash- ; ington Territory are continuing their depreda tions. killing and plundering whenever they . get en opportunity. A Boise City dispatch ays Ave men and two women were murder.-! by Indians on Bounean river. At Anna, 111., three ladtra—Mrs. Smith. Mies Miller and Miss Matthias while seeking shelter from a storm were instantly killed by the top of a large tree which fell upon them. A dispute at s picnic hear Frankfort, Ky.. led to a desperate shooting and slabbing affray [■etween two parties of men. three on a side. About thirty shots were tired and three men were seriously wounded before a atop was put to the row. The Louisiana Democrat* held their conven tion at Baton Ttonge, nominated candidates and adopted a nlatfnrra which favor* • green back enrrnnoy. demands the repeal of the re sumption act, approves the Hottee presidential election iuvestigatiou and exjvrease* sympathy for the labor claeae*. * The Topeka National Bank, of Topeka. Kan fa*. has suspended payments. The most appalling railroad accident that has taken place in the Went for some time nernrnid on the I'au-Houdk' route, at Miigo Junction, Ohio, a few day* ago. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning an eastern oxprves train which was behind time aud was running at lightn ng speed collided with • freight train coming from the west. Both engine* were completely demolished, while a passenger car filled with em mi grants and two mail car* wen rolled down an embankment and smashed into splinters. So terrific wa* the *hock that per sons asleep in their bouses nearly a mile off were awakened. I'he scenes that followed the accident are described a* heartrending. The injured passenger* were buried under the nuns of the car*, bnt a* it was very dark then whereabouts could only be distinguished by pitiful groan* and cries for aid. Help *oon arrived from Mingo station, about one mile dirtaut. and the work of reacuing the wounded and extricating the l>odies of the dead egan. The men toiled hard, but it wa* not until after daylight that the last victim wa* recovered. The bodies were in many cases, blackened, torn, and unrecognisable. The dead and wounded were taken to Hteubenvilla, where the old railway hospital, which had recentlv been discontinued era* brought into use. It was •oon tilled to overflowing, and aeverol adjacent houses were thrown o|hmi to receive the maimed and suffering. The citison* vied with each other in tlieir effort* to t>c of assistance to the unfortunkt* victims. Fifteen persons were killed and about forty injured. Tho accident is attributed to a mistake iu time. The South Carolina lb-publican convention was held in Columbia. No State ticket was nominated. The platform adopted charge# Uio Democrat* with being ''unfaithful to the pledges of 1*76, ' denounce* tho House presi dential eleoti n investigation, asserts a belief in the fair election iu South Carolina of Hayes and Chaiuiierisin. aud declare* it inexpedient to nominate candidates on account of the dan ger involved in organizing or voting. Tlie Texas Greibackers, in oonvention as sembled at Galveston, have nominated a State ticket aud adopted a rosoluti'-n In conformity with tho principles of the party. Tlie Colorado Kepublicana have nominated a State ticket, headed by K. W. Pitkin for gov- 1 ernor, mid adopted resolution* opposing sub- 1 sidies by Congress, asaerting that the govern- 1 incut should provide and be responsible for ( honest national money sufficient for all the legitimate needs of the country with gold, . silver and paper equal in value and alike ' receivable for all public and private debts, and ' that the iuUirest-bearing debt of Ihe nation ' should be, as soon as possible, reconverted j into a popular loan, represented by small , bonds or notes within the reach of every citi zen ; accepting the resumption of specie pay- 1 mania a* practically aocomptlabed, and colling for aoouomy In national expanses, Frew Vaaklkltra. internal llevoona Comtulaalouer llautn ha* j rant eojdes ufa letter to the collectors of all the i district* lu Ui* Hottth where Ironolra havw arisen au account of Ulldt distilling. *"tUng forth the willingness of tha government to ' deal leniently with all who will abstain from violations of the law. The Congressional oommiarton appointed b> reorganise th# army, disbanded for the sum mer after belug hi saas'-rak etgbl days at Wbtta Kalpher Hpriugs, Va It Is rt>orted that the commission baa agreed upon a bill reorganizing th# army and making changes in th* conduct nf military affairs. It wa* agreed to bold the next meeting In New York on November 14. Lite rioeas of United Htales export* over Imflnrts for Ihe teat llacwl year amount to 4166 MK.IH7. Waahlugtou ha* I-sen runted by a flame wind aud rain *turtn. wbieb completely luundatssl th* lower part of the city, uwuoted trees, un ruufad houses, end did ouoatiioraiAe damage. Tha total number of pieces ootued at the I'uited Htates mints during July was 3,038.100, and their value 48,637,1*8. I A detailed statement of the raortpU of In- ' Israel revenue fur the fleoal year ending June 30, IN7B, ahow* that the 4lU.<*tMlV collected during the year were from til* following euurcee, the oullectlone from Ihe seei* sources for the | ■receding fiscal year belug given for purposes uf nmiparisou IBT7. 1878. Mlrtrll*. 487.46*,480 430,4*0,503 Tubaoco 41,106.547 40,0*4 530 Fermented Uqn-.ra 0,4*0 70 9,*37 043 Hank* and bankers 8,6X11,73* 3 403,081 Hlamps, penalties, etc 7,10H,0 7,144,301 Total. .4110, **s,lM 4111,0**,81* Foralga Mews. The Liberal party In the British Parliament has sustained a signal defeat upou the rote of Ird IterUugtoii s resolution of aeusnre uf the government a at made and Lord Beacunsfleld * pulley in the peace congress. The resolution was rejected by a vote of I*4 to S3fi. Isirds Beacunsfleid and Kaltebury have been presented with the freedom of th* oily of Loo dim. The proceedings nere followed by a grand banquet. Presenting an individual with the freedom of the city of I xiudon 1* regarded to England as one of the highest enrnpllmmit* which can be paid a public toon There hare been put*uiar rising* throughout Herzegovina. The Mebomedan governor and other official* at Mortar have beau oeeeeeinated. The Austrian troop* sent to occupy Bosnia, Ut accordance with the terms of the Berlin treaty, hav* been mealing with armed resist once b th* inhabitants. At on* piece seventy Austrian hussars were killed by the insurgent* and at various other points engagements have token place. The international pigeon shooting match be tween Captain Bogardu*. the American chant ptuti, and Aubrey Goran try, the beet shot In England, .came of near IXjodon, and was was by Bogardua, who killed 7* birds to hi* Oppo nent's 7S. Th* match wa* for the champion ship of the world and 44,000 a aide. There are'47,ooo rtck Russian* ia Bulgaria, and oonstaut reinforcements are needed to keep up an army. Cardinal De*oon I/treuxo Nina ha* been appointed to suooeed th* late ( ordinal Franchi a* pajial secretary uf stale. Wa-tr I'rwducte. The glycerine ituluatry, which hue ob tained ootluuaai proportion*, ia a notable illustration of a great manufacture liaeed entirely upou the earing of a product that until lately waa a waste- result with the aoap boiler. Even more important in magnitude, we may t*lunate the m duatriee oonnected with manufacture of the aniline oolora and artificial aiiaarine from the refnae coal tax that was former ' ly the curse and the nuiaauce of the gas works. The waste blood of the abat , loiroa is sought after by the sugar refiner l and the manufacturer of albumen. Old i boots and shoe* aud leather waste are 1 turned to good account by the chemical ' manufacturer in produaing the cyanides ferro and fern cyanides, ao indispensa ble in color printing and photography. . Sawdust mixed with blood or other ag glutinative substance, and oompepaeed I by powerful pressure, ia moulded and ; turned into door-knobs, buttons, ana a " thousand decorative and naelul articles; or as ia the case, too, with the a pent tan of the tanneries, and the spent bark of , the dyeworka, it ia utilized for feet Oya . ter shells, of which our barbarous ances tors made the shell-mounds that delight > the aoui of the archaeologist, are burnt to lime. The waste of linseed uti manu ' fact are is eagerly sought for aa food for 1 cattle. Tlie waste ashes of wood fire* are leached for potash. River mud ia i mingled with chalk burnt and ground to make the famous Portland cement, and the ruthless hand of utijitariaatam haa , not even spared the brickbat, that from t time immemorial haa served only to r crack the heads of opposing factious, ' but grinds it op to make cement with | lime. The fluent glue size ts made of , the waste of parchment skins, lite wash I gaaex of the blast furnaeea are now ent -1 ployed to beet the bleat, to generate the steam that drives the engine that makes j the blast, to hoist ores, machinery, etc.; • and even the slag that had for years l served to decorate the hill-aidc, ia mat ' into building aud paving blocks, granu lated for batidmgz-and, or ground for ; cement, mixed with appropriate cbemt , caj*, and made into the common grades of giaaa, or blown by a steam jet into i the finest filaments to form the canons i mineral wool used largely as a heat insu lating protector upon eteam pipes, boti l era, roofs, etc. So, too, the enormous hill of antiiramte coal-dust that have for years borne silent testimony to the cru dity of our methods of ooal mining bid fair to disappear in time beneatn the , boilers supplied with ingenious dust i burning devices, or in lumps of artificial fuel. Even the anthracite itself but a > few years ago was a black atone, unap preciated and useless. Tlie waste beet of the hme-kiln is made to generate ithvun and warm immense public build ing*, and tlie "exhaust" of the steam engine must do duty in hearing the feed water. Inetsuccs like the above could be multiplied almost indefinitely to demonstrate how iuveutioo haa enabled aa, with the moat beneficial results, to reap advantage# where uoue wera sup posed to exist, or where, if they were snsjHvted, they were undervalued or un available, or simply neglected. And now, having endeavored to illustrate what modern invention haa done and is 'doing in tlie direction of utilising the waste products of nature or those of the industrial arte, we shall'be perpared to consider the question whether there are not waste forces of nature that can and should lie turned to useful account, and whether we are not guilt* of the crime of neglecting to avail onrael*es of exhaust leas and incalculable stores of power that could lie made to do our bidding.— Polytct hmc Review. Fosdl Discoveries in the West. The Omaha lire gives an interview with Prof. 8. W. Wtlliston, of Yale College, abont some remarkable fossils which itsve been discovered by l'rof. Marsh in the vicinity of Oomo, Wyo ming, Colorado Kjmugs, Canyon City and Morrison, Colorado. He said : Of course, you are aware they are all petrified. The hones found exhibit ani mals of the reptile species of nearly all sixes, from thai of a cat up to one sixty feet iu height. The name of the animal fonnd at Oomo is what is termed the dinosaur. •It belongs to the reptile species of tlie crocodile order. The re mains give evidence that the animal stood np on its hind legs, somewhat like a kangaroo, and of oottrae its head must have been about OH high as the Grand Central Hotel of your city when Ihe stood up. There were a large nnm bcr of these giant reptiles. We found one in Colorado that Prof. Marsh esti mates must have been, about one hun dred feet in length. We found and col lected a great many different remains of the same general" clans, bat belonging to different ajtecies. We must have shipped from Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas from 300 to 400 specimens of the dinosaur and shout one thonnand of what are known by the name of ptero doctyle. The latter are a apeciee of fly ing reptile or dragon, that existed about the same age at the dinosaurs. We found a specimen of one whose wiugs were from thirty to forty feet , from tip to tip. We found seventeen i different species of this kind in the cre toceons or chalk formations of Western , Kan HAS. We also fonnd remains of six > species of toothed birds. Most of these ' name character of fosails are found to a lesser extent in the cretaoeona forms- i tions of England and also in Germany. J The time when these animals existed i must, of oouree, have been hundreds of i thousand* of years before the age of j j man. *ll Art AAvertlaeiaraU Read! Hon. John Vorsyth* th vßUrmn alitor of the Mobile Jieffi*trr, u—i io tell a good etory to illnetrmte the valne of newnneper mlvertieing m • roeene of getting liefore the pnblie whenever yon wiebed them to know of your wnnte or vinn. Mr. Fureytlio wee eoridentelly drawn j into the diacaiMiuL of tliie subject with a mere en tile friend, who cjpreseed m --phetic doubts thst so advertisement benefitted s man's busineas at all and closed his side of the debate with the common remark: " It's all money given to the aid of the newspapers. Nobody reads mv ad vertia>meut, or thinks of it, or looks after it, eioept your foreman and col lector. " Mr. Foraythe replied: " Let us teat the truth of your assertion. Hit down and write out so sdvcrtiaenient such as i dictate, and we will put it in the smallest tyjie the oases contain, and in arrt it in the remotest corner of the Roy isltr thst you can select." The ueit morning there appeared in ngste, without a bit of display, and in the most out-o'-thr-way place in the ;taper, the foliowuig: " Wanted —To buy a dog. Apply at No. Blank street Daring the day of the first appear ance of his experiment, the merchant celled at the Revisit' office several timet. He looked as though be wae in trouble, appeared nervous, looked over his shoulder like one who is pursued by a terrible bore or persistent don. Finally, late in the evening he met his editanai friend, and before the latter had time to open bis mouth, the merchant said hnr 1 riedly, and excitedly, " Far heaven's sake' leave thst advertisement out of your evening edition. There's five dot j Is re for it and five dollars more to nay I you for saying, No. Blank street,Ws j got e dog. I'm nearly worried to death." Heatrthiag Hew. " dot anything newt" inquired a Chi cago reporter of a city official, in the City Hall, one morning, recently. " I should say I had," was the reply, as the official ri**|Ki hie hands to ilia faoo and rushed off as if in agony. "What is it!" anxiously inquired the reporter, following up his man. " Ob, please ' don't bother me j'nst now, sir," pleaded the functionary, as be tore around the hall. " I guees you better let me have it," urged the item vulture. "I wish to heaven I couid," mattered the official. " Yes, yea, do; what is itt" said the ; newspaper fiend, gaining hope. " Weih | if you must know, I suppose you must," j said the victim, as he buried his jaws hi | lus hands again: "Til tell you what i I've got new." " What is itf 1 * "I've! got the neuralgia!" And the ungrateful reporter, listing learned what it was, said that he did no< want it. The mistake we all make is in think ing to buy the highest treasure at life at an easier rate than the lower ouea— in imagining that the thing typified can be won with leas travail than the type; ItMrlSr War For the Mcape from the sysMn of its wart* and delrta. which. If retained, would vitiate the bodllv fluids and overthrow health. That important channel of exit, the bowel*, ma* be kept permanently free from obatructioo* by si lt* the ntm-grintaf. gently erting and agree able cathartic, Hteltttari stomach Bitten, which not onlv liberates tmjjurioee, bat invig orates the lining at the htteetiual canal when weakened bv ronetipauao or the nawiee nee of violent purgative*. The domach ltveg. and nrinarv organs are hkewtte reh forced and aroused to healthful action by thw brAeftoent tonic and corrective and every organ, fiber, muscle and nerve experiences s share of He Invigorating influence. I'noh)ectmnahle in flavor, a most genial and whoiooaaa madwsnal aUamlant. and owing itt efficacy to botsnle eonrcea exclusively, it it the remedy beet ad apted to household use an aseoant of itt safety, wide scope and epewdy action. Menu at Bit i.sii will be pleased to learn that the FaruHv of the Louisville Medical College (Louisville, KT„) now give* three oom plr la ooureee of lecture* in seventeen month*, and so arrange their trices that a student cave* *397 in hie medical education, and gain* , , hi* third cours* of ledum*; all other oollagw* give in ihi* ume only two ooureea Beneficiary . privilege* are Honied, we see. to five per cant. of th* Oaw. Next mnno begin* October 1. 1 im. Htudeott should at onoe apply, a* shove, i for catalogue*. ' Evcrrbody know* that so long a* there I* prood is i nor* or wound, U wfll not fcictl. ( i The obstacle is speedily removed and the Aetfc rerouted tv Bsvur eCasaaucfiaLvx, the finest embodiment in existence of that eupreme nfl- i fler. carbolic acid. Itt emoUient ingredient* modifr It* pungent said beats. so that it never cauteriaM, ating* or ecurlfloe the diseased part Bare* and eruptkms of all kinds are cured by , it All I>rufgito sell tt Net HI teas Cash a* y. Nothing i* so well oaiouiated to promote good health and good humor as light, easily Fow le A Bona, Boston, is becoming more and more popular every day, and itt aaie* are rapidly increasing. It cures Cuts, Bum*, Scald*, Felon*. Bait Bbeum. Kaaid Head, Hoars, Flesh Wound*. Ac. S3 cents a box. By saail 35 oeala _ . We have a list of s thousand country weak lies. in which we can inaart a ooe-ioch adver tisement one year for two dollar* and a quarter a paper, or for the same price we can insert flftv two reading Dotdoee (a new one every wuekl. averaging seven line* each. For list of paper* and other particulars. address BXALS A Fiirrr.u, 10 Sjwnce Street, New York. CHEW The Celebrated "MovauW Wood Tag Plug Tosaooo. Tub ) Visum Tokaccq Coatrarrr, New York. Boston, and duoago. For nnwarcu of Ihirtv year* Mrs. WINSLOWB BODTHINOHYRCP ha* been used few children with uevwr-failmg sucoesa It correct* acidity of the stomach, relieves wind cotio, regulate* the bowels, cares dysentery and diarrhea*, whether arising from teething or other ceases. An old and well-tried remedy. 25 eta. a bottle. The evil consequences resulting from impure blood are beyond bnman calculation, so arc the vast um'cxpended in worth's* remedies Parsons' Purgative Pill* make new rich blood, and taken one a night for three months will change the blood in the entire *y*tem. The Markets. saw seas. ueefO.ttl* 8a1ive.....M ffi MM fata* au Oberokee.. id # C*j MUeh Ct* MOO MB' Kcgi: Uw.. MM* MM Drama*..... MM* AEEAED ('NHEMAAA OEMHEMEE Bmeedvegea <* . PUT tar vswrruit uiimgirr Itoknma. ti F guowre Beowcmax NFAS'SMNT WISII.'TR.WVY.D-TTTVISI.Y (jetreatft" G MO JU|G_ HehbetdMee KM* WIMPI.K. KArtY, Mlflttil* EVERYBODY HIS OWN PRINTER CHAPMAN'S CHOLERA SYRUP CLOCK I etlefteie end < WMMEERTEL t leml Benelf* *<>ii*l. Be# H*'e. 'jeoe. yeer. riwpa.FW*ur> to RIUW, HRP-.TIUE BEEW-W. " Its tW fCjUfi imih mmmm UH*RI>99UH9 —- - far OlfVfllkf I# JMUJT ItUA 41 Xmmt It iTTo *** W 11 1 76. $lO 2 $25 Novelties '• U TT? Outfit Free 5*eSL Z 1 Be I rVm 11 ■IB I* MTT seem. FFIOF. 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Quarto, Ikomtoxi, Mas*. The LEREEEL Oheepwt and BAM Family L%Spapr ■ KeeKneiaad ItAted wfto apaamt fetanam U> Uw rarwd twM ud raawirrenafi at th* home circle. AH the faratge eed teed eeeapahhthed prwmptti. A aapme le ens eddaaaa.) STUN) par EGYP FOBITAMPLEOOPT. PENSIONS aMßrAlttevmraaUlmdtmMadttßae DK MJ jLuTsifif' Bidew kr Feed HTT LM sadM net* ft* a tdpy af Acts txVru!u Chtalar*. IB WM. r. tmuxua a cm.. a a / 1E33 \ \ / X \ KCLOCKS7 \\ \BIIILI, viamy J \ \KNEPFLOOD /* // \ \ tme. / ,y FOR $750 Wa will inaart a one-inch advert ■eraant, thirtea titns*. in ooe thonaand Amarican weekly newtpeper* advertasunent mat appear three moath* ereiy eee avery utoer seek tot ataelba. HALF INCH FOR SD'-A KOCH I.IN KM FtlK BtrO TIIHKB I.INKM FOB B*M For eeth payment entirely le advance, flea per eeet discount No extra oharpe (or making and aaodtna cat*. For cataiagna of papain and other tnfnrmatooe addram BEALS A FOSTER, 10 Spruce STREET New York Co . Bnfleic.N. T BTBU . BB