(UMULLNU UY 1'OLICr. llornre The most of tlio in p jiioy, Biijs a New lork paper, writing of gambling, is on "gigs "and "com- uiuHuons. - a "gig" i9 composed of uumu uu mey must all come out in the same lottery to entitle the pluyer to win. Besides "gigs" there ara "saddles," "capitals," "horses," " cross plays," and "station numbers." Oigs pays $100 for one, capital saddles a "ollar. "nil station numbers ffuy. xen tnousand dollars is the high- cm, piay me company will take. It is very ntuneirig to watch the players when the slip first arrives. A chorus of voices urea out with " What's first ?" When uiey ore informed their eager look gives place to one of disappointment. The running uio offleo, with chalk in one hand and the slip in the other, copies the uumbera on hia blackboard in regular order. During this operation .,..., I'luvuua. j.uere is no peeping xi.., nuuuiuer ni tno slip to learn one s fate at once, each man preferring to nurse hope till the very last. For live minutes after the numbers are up the players, with disappointment and careworn looks, gaze fixedly at them as ii iuujt wero viewing some rare old work of art. This short season of despair over, they are up and at it again more eagerly and confident than ever. There is a joke among policy plavers that the game is the best in the world, because bo many can play it at once. It looks easy to guess three numbers out of seventy-eight, and there is about one chance in a thousand of doing it. Add to this the dishonest manipulation of me arnwiugs, and the almost hopeless nesa of winning is apparent. Different players have various ways of picking out the numbers that they think will come out. Some go by dreams exclusively, some piny any chance numbers that they run across in the streets, while others make a study of the game and play by fixed rules. The dreamers are by far the largest class, and in about almost every office there will be found some oracle who will interpret visions with all the confidence of a Joseph. If players have no faith in the oracle they consult a book, to be found in every office, called "The Wheel of Fortune. " One may bo horrified to find out that his dream means death, the loss of frieuds, or very bad luck in store ; but you get the nnm bors to playall the same as if everything was going to bo pleasant. Some years ngo the Herald published an extract from this book which informed its read ers that to dream of wandering iu a graveyard played seven, eight, thirty one. Several persons invested in the ' numbers, which came out the same day. There used to be an old man who wuu dered in and out of different offices who was crazy. His clothes were threadbare and ragged, and his hair grizzled and tangled. He never spoke to any one and rarely played over five cents at a time. The slip and the old man gener ally came in together, and as the num bers were put down on the blackboard his eyes would glisten like diamonds. Every number was eagerly scauned, and carefully was his play seurched to see if he had made a "hit," a thing ho was never known to do. He would shako hia head sorrowfully, and after copying the numbers iu a book which ho always carried about with him. mid whinh said to contain the drawings for several years back, he would go away no one knew whither. That man lived simply for policy. Jiusiuess is now almost at a stand still. One dealer whoso "book" usually averages over $200 a day only shows about 850. Yet New York city is now spending 815,000 a day in policy, two tlnrds of which professedly, and really more, goes to the managers aud agents. Policy "backers" niako a great deal of money, but not aa much as most people think they do. Their expenses are heavy, and they have to pay the rent of their many offices, an army of clerks must be remunerated, their telegraph bills are very heavy, and add to this the small sums which they pay to winners aud it will be seen that" their business is not all profit. Outside of the niaiu office there are several men who " back" their own "books." They own ten or a dozen cilices and take whatever play comes along. As they pay nothing for print ing or telegraphing, depending on the regular game to supply them, their ex penses are light and they make money. The managers try to crush them out by every available means. False or "pigeon" numbers are given by the managers of policy to friends to play on "outside books." If the outsiders get an inkling that a "pigeon" number is out they promptly decline to pay any one who may have played that number. Numerous plans have been used to beat the game by fraud, and many of them have been successful. The wires have been cut, and a whole drawing tel egraphed, aud before the fraud was dis covered much money paid out. Within two weeks a clerk ia the office purpose ly translated the cypher wrong, and made 0,000 by it. The company in this case paid all " hits " on both the real and false numbers. Befoi-A Hia ti. cgraph wires were laid across the North river, a person would see the returns at Jersey City, and signal them over to this sido by means of flags. This plan for a time was only partly successful, as the party on the Now York side got the numbers so late that policy writers would only take plays for small amounts. This was remedied in rather an ingen ious manner. Disguisiug himself as a countryman, the player went into the same office every day half an hour be fore the books closed, and played some uuuiUHr preuy ncavny. tie Kept com ing a little later every day, which was not noticed, and as he always lost, when the schemer though the right time had come he had the first drawn number sig naiad over the river to him, and, going to the office, said he had a dream about a ship sailing up a hill, and played thirty-three for it for a large amount. The money was paid, and the fraud not dis covered till some time afterward. This eame man became such a terror to the managers that they finally gave him a situation in the; main office, and paid him a good salary for doing nothing. There have been many pretended at tempts by the police to break up the game. Indeed, the policemen say that they care very little for police raids. Election time is the favorite season for . raiding, when politicians are plenty and money scarce. When a place is "pull ed," it is promptly opened next morn ing, and business resumed. If players would stop a while and think seriously of their ways, they would cease playing; or if they would keep a strict account of all money spent on the game lor a month or two, they would disoover that thoy had chosen a wrong road to fortune; but the poor, Mind, deluded, hopeful fools will do nothing of the kind. There is a big put in the future, a great prize that they are goii g to draw some day, and they will not allow themselves to be con vinced to the contrary. Meanwhile, the managers grow rich. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. I Domratlc Keclpei. I'OP-ovKns. rwo eggs, one pint of sweet milk, one and one-half pints of flour, little salt; bake in cups in a hot oven. Jel-lt fob Cake. One quart of cran uuiiicB, vuo pounu ot urown sugar; cook nsfor table use, then strain throueh a ociro uiu ivt Btana until cola SroNGK Cake fob Jeiat Bom,. Three egfcs, one cupful white sugar, one cupful flour, two tonminnnfnlu ing powder; bake in a drippingpan in a hot oven; when done, turn out on a iowci ana spread the jelly while warm; then roll. Oiianoe PrnniKo. Wash the salt out oi nan a pound of butter, mix it with iuu Duuio qunniiiy or powdered sugar; giaio m nnu oi inree large oranges, iiuu Hijueeze oni tnair juice; beat six iresh eggs, stir them into the butter and .. .. ii . 1 1 ii . nB'" au me prepared orange; lay a puff paste around the puddiuir Uisu, and bake from half to three-quar ters of nn hour; eat cold with sugar, T.n.An 1 1 ii " "'"uo ue useu me samo way. KOLW5D JEMiY CAKE. One rnfT.n. cupful white Powdereil niirrnr. nnomir,,... cupful flour, not prepared; four eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately; a milill rC ....It. 1 L IV fiuKu ui nun-, neat iuo yoiKs and sugar to a cream, add the flour and salt, then tiie whites, beaten to a very stiff froth; ouuum uo uiiiea quickly; butter a large MnDluii -AM .. ' i 1 I ' 1 . i"" cuht wuu wmw tea pa per, and bake from ten to fifteen min utes, according to your oven; when done turn on a towel, remove tho tinner ram. iuuy, Br'au witu currant jelly, and roll evenly. "Chocolate cake can be made in the eame manner bv snbstitntimr nv tuiwimuj iiiiiiuro ior me leliv. . ,1. , . . . , . O ""J KnuBARn Wine. Prennro tlm 1f stalks by cutting off the top an inch below tho leaf branches, aud trimming the hard white portion from tho bnf f.itn then crush or grind the stalks, extracting me juiue uy pressing; Strain into a e Wr -.,.,;., v.- . .. . .C f " r ?, J01.8 t0 V i ii ,i " mlu lureB Zilrrl VC JYf P?it0 RiT B"S iff, LlZ l to,.eac.h e?U into clean mA ,i. 'i "lMSlveu Um n . o " luiujg mo casks to overuowiug, leaving tho bum? out.. T.ot il ennui m a cooi piaco and torment, the foam and impurities world n rr mif. of 1 1, uuuKuuie Rising pains to till the casks occasionally with some of tlm 1 1 . . . served for that purpose) until tho foam ceases 10 rise. hen the vinous fer mentation nns entire v eense.l. flnco ti. cask by bunging tightly, and let it stand uiiwi you wish to rack it off. which snouid not be delayed too Ion g. To as certain when tho vinous fei mpiituf inn teeccaS'iafpffi sr? 4?. & out tho air. J.he wine ages better in woou iLau in any other substance. ureal care should be taken to use casks luui arc penectiy sweet and clean, as the least must or other impurity spoils the u.nui ui uio wine. uaskswhiob have oeen used tor alcohol aro preferable. Orchard find Nursery. The harvest of early apples, pears, ana peaches, demands attention, and mo prices received will depend largely upon the manner of packing and assort ing. If good, well colored fruit in con venient sized packages is received in good order, it will bring at any time iuuio i,uau euougu extra price to pay lor (he extra care. Have all and other needed packases. rearlv fni use when wanted. The name of the grower should be placed on every pack- ago as a guarantee that the quality is as rptirpsnntd o...1 i,-. T 1- I packages will be soueht after bv huveru and dealers. . " " Do not allow a surplus of any fruit to wu&ie preserve 11 py drying either iu iue sun or py nro neat. It is not yet too lato to thin out fruit wnero the branches are too heavily load ed. If not thinned, some will break down. iiXamine the trees carefully to see that no late worms, caterpillars, or bor ers are at work. Borers should be probed out with a wire. In reieli oreh. ards, as soon as the fruit is off, all hands are set at "worming," as this is called. The proper time for budding is when the bark of the stock lifts readily und well formed buds jan be had. Direc tions for budding have been given iu previous volumes, and, with a little in struction aud practice, any intelligent uuj mu lowru 10 uo 11 successiuuy. Hcedlings will reqniro shade if they io cipecteu 10 onaure the hot, dry wcuiuor 01 August, v7eeda can on y be kept down by fre- 4ucmiy suvrmg me son; it neglected, tho labor is greatly increased. A horse with a cultivator or a harrow can easily keep the weeds down m an orchard ex cept immediately around the trees, where it will be necessary to use the iiue. Gather tree seeds as they ripen, and biuro in eartn or saud to keep from dry ing out. jiyriouuuri8i. t'ros&iiijr Kiagara oil a Tight Rope. Signorina Spelterini. the rone walker. crossed the rapids below the suspension bridge at Niagara on a rope stretched from shore to shore. This is the third sinco Blondiu. She appeared on the American side dressed in low neck, ouori eieeves ana sun tights, car rying a balance polo weighing forty pounds. Crowds thronged tho bridge and the inclosures at the ends of the rope. At o:dl) Spelterini ventured on the rope, advancing in a slow walk to me center over the boiling caldron. A tumble would have been death. Still this fair girl, not over twenty-two, had ucrve enougn 10 sit down on the rope, and make the ladies on shore turn their backs on her in painful suspense. Then a sprinkle of rain came up, when she re sumed her dangerous j'ourney. When sue came off the rone her brow covered with big drops of perspiration uci uiuw was sue Beemea aizzy. a large man re ceivuu uer uer employer. "Ze rope es sleepry," she said. " I mos fall. Za contrao says 1 go back again. Sail I V she asked, in broken English. The people all said "no, no 1" and so the manager was satisfied. A Four-Armed Child. Ellen Skelton, colored, was committed to jail in lUizabeth, N. J., for murder ing her infant, one year old, by throw ing it into a well on the farm of John Miller, one mile from Westfleld, where the body was found. The child had four arms and three legs, and was thus recognized as the one to which the ao- cused had given birth a year ago. The child had been missing since last Sep tember, and the mother said she had sent it to a doctor to have 'the snpetflu- ous limbs amputated. She now denies ever having seen the child. This well has been constantly in use, and the poo- 1 lW.. lfll I .1 . fib oi wesiueia are greatly excited over me discovery. iiusma THE WALRUS. How the H florae In Killed n the Nenh Sena bribe Hardy Morwrilno Nnllora. The crew of a vessel outfitted for the season in the Spilzborgou seas must con sist at least of a captain, a couple of men to act as harpooners or mates, and six or eight experienced seamen; and the vowel must be equipped with har poons, linen. 1anAO final l.A,-itr.. A-wna blubber knives, oars, shafts (for' lances buu narpoonsj, casus lor blubber, salt for skins, and ample provisions for the crew. A couple of boats are indispensa ble A well constructed walrns boat, for five men, is about twenty-one feet long, with a five-foot bentn, having the main breadth one-third from the bow. It must be bow shaped at both ends, and easily turned upon its own center. The harpooner sits in the bow. A deep notch is cut in the sternpiece of tho boat, and three others in a piece of hard wood on each sido of it; these are for tho lines. which must be prevented from slipping further aft on the gunwales than the noiones, ns, ii thoy do, the boat may up set. The bonts are painted white, to re semble the ice. Each boat is nunally provided with six harpoons, used for both seal and walrns. A line of twelve or fifteen fathoms is grummeted to the harpoon head, and when the harpoon is thrust into an animal the struggles draw the Hue tight; the largo outer barb takes up a loop in the hide or flesh, aud the smaller inner barb, like that of a fish hook, prevents it from becoming disen gaged. The harpoons are thrown from shafts of twelvo or thirteen feet in length, and an inoh and a half iu thick ness, the ends bein? roinfr1 tr flfr itifr. the sockets of the heads. The harpoons are placed and fixed on those shaftn, and are used in this manner for eitherthrust ing or darting. A skillful haroooner will throw ono with sufficient force and precision to secure a seal or walrn thirty foot distant, Four or fl l,Dn l , . . j '"uotb, wiiu lurife "2 1 to dispatch the sea "urse. in mo case of seals a lnnco is U.ot usod- ns tt BPils the skin, and here hf B5,al ok. driven or stuck lluo ,ue Dralu 8 bad recourse to. Two axes ore Eeeessar v. oma laron ,i capuatiug dead walruses, and another small, handv ax. for enl.linw 1,a Unn should the maneuvers of the walrus threaten to capsize the boat. Blubber knives, half a dozen or so, aro needed for flonsinsr. that is. strii-minc tlm aiiin and blubber from tho animnlo wlmn caught. An ice anchor, purehosn blnekn etc., are also emuloved. A tity of food should nlso b Ft.nwflfl in flirt oom oeioro Icuvinsf the shin for a chase. ft9! as circumstances, such as floating ice, or Java bOmetlmeS a herd of. nnrhnna n linn. urcn roaring, bellowing, blowing, snort ing, and slashing walruses, accompanied by acres of foam, aro encountered. The harpooner stands with nnn fnnt. in ti,A thwart; the other on tho front locker of his boat; the line is coiled in his right u.iuu, uuu ine jong siiatt of the harpoon Kiuawcii m ooiu. me weaoon Imlminoil ready for a dart. In this position he di rects the course of the crew, as he can frequently, standing upright iu the bow 01 me ooat, seo the walruses under wa ter. The herd keep close together, and dive simultaneously. One moment a hundred grizzly heads and lone eleam- mg white tusks are seen above the wav?8; one spout from tlioir Mow-ho!cs. ye brBntu f fresh air, and then they dlsaPlear- On goes the boat, np come , D ea iiorses again, xuey are pretty ClOSe thlS time, and beforA thfiv nnn a breath the boat is in the midst of er m; the harpoon whizzes throueh the uu, uiio is urawn iiguiover the gun wale, and a walrus is " fast." The wal rus struggles madly to draw the boat under an iceberg, but after a while the linos are drawn in. and a vigorous annli- cation of the lance soon settles the busi ness. The skin and blubber are then flensed from the animal, an.1 thA paw-ash sinks. The walrus is said to bo an InnlTnnnivn beast, but huntmer him is far from child's play. Instances are relate.! whore sailors have been uroreil ami torn to pieces upon their tusks. TIia bwIbo 01 boats have also been considerably and, in many cases, irremediably dam aged by them. Some time ago a captain was seized by an infuriated cow walrus and twico dragged to tho bottom of the sea, ana very narrowly escaped drown ing. They frequently &eht anion c them selves npon the ice, and use their tusks wun considerable execution, as game oocks use their beaks. These tusks are enlargements and modifications of the 4 Al. J , - icciu ana Bre embedded six or seven inches in the hard bone of th front part of the head. Thev om naorl for plowing the sand at the bottom of the sea in 6earch of food. The enlf wal. rus has no tusks the first year. The sea norse has a terrific mustache of strong, inches loner and thick as a erow nuili- viuuouuiuut. orisuv nair. nnnnt hit the eyes are fierce lookinc nnrl hlnmi. ouut; anu me head, as seen above water, preaunm somewhat oi a demoniacal ap pearance. An Audience Mith the Pope. Our cards told us that tho an,1i eneA would take place at twelve o'clock. noon, says a traveler in Italy, civine- an account of an interview with Pope Pius '1-1 we were to oe at the palace at 11 :30. As the clock of St. Peter's struck the half hour we alighted and werA pr. corted by a soldier of the Swiss guard w me grana staircase leading to the Pope's apartment. At every landing we ivuuu suiuiers in nrnimiir, imifnrma miH halberds standing ready to direct us through the labyrinthine passages of tho palace. It was well they were there, or we should surely have lost our wav. T7r. up, and on we went, counting the stairs iu our progress and finding when we reaunea me door of thA flnte-nhamhr ... . . fT? 80aled just 235 steps. At the end of this wearisome climb ing we came to a magnificent room, long and lofty and gorgeously frescoed. Here and there stately footmen in the Pope's lively were rnovino' ahnnt fino looking men in crimson velvet aud bro cade. One of the "fine gentlemen" relieved US of OUV wranmnca nml hat helped us to arrange on our wrists the dozens of rosaries and other articles we had brought to be bless d, and ushered us at last into the audience chamber. This room was no mnrn np Iahu than a long corridor, with rows of chairs on either side, and a comfortable armchair at the end opposite the entranen. A people, mostly French and Italian. were already waiting, and by the time for the audience every chair was nnnn pied. St. Peter's bells had hardly fin. ished chiming for noon when the crim son curtains at one end of the room were drawn aside and Pius IX. appear ed, surrounded by a small suite of car. dinals and other dignitaries. Everv. body knelt instantly, while tie stopped to make eorue remark to lowers, which wo wore not near enough to hear. An old man, whose more than four soore years have not rested so very heavily npon his shoulders, and whose troubles have not given a single line of bitterness to his handsome face. lie is olad in a soft, white garment reaching to his feet, a sash of heavy, white wa tered silk about his body; on his heaa a white skull cap, beneath whioh one could see his still whiter hair; on his leei red shoes, embroidered with golden crosses, and on his hands thick knitted half-gloves that reach to the fingers and leave the pontifical ring exposed. The Topo walks like an old man, leaning on a stick, with which staff he emphasizes his words as he talks. At a signal from one of the secretaries in attendance all the company rose to their feet. Then the Popo, with as pleasant a smile as I ever saw on an old man's faco, walked down the line at his right, stoppiug to speak to each person as ho passed. One by one the company knelt as he npproacned, and to each ho gave his hand, that thoy who wished to do so might kiss his ring. Most of the as semblage kissed this symbol of power devoutly; for all the Popo had a pleas ant word. Two sisters of charity, who had come all the way from Poris to ro ceive a blessing, prostrated themselves aud kissed the embroidered goldon oross npon ms snoe. Having made the round of tho cham ber, he returned to the place from which ho had entered and, raising his hand as a signal, all knelt down while ho, with upraised right hand, pro nounced a beuedition, in a clear-voice and purest French. long and Rapid Rides. An English journal, commenting on the feat of & Mexican iu London riding uuy mues inside of live hours, gives in stances of Englifhmen riding kjng dis tances in a short spaco of time, such as that of Cowper Thornhill, who, in 1745, rode two hundred and thirteen miles in twelve hours. Another famous horseman was Bernard Calvert, of And ovi r, who in 1G2I loft Shoreditch in the morning at three o'clock, rodo to Dover, visited Calais in a barge, and by eight next evening was again in London, the riding portion of the journey being 142 mile-t. A much more celebrated man than either was Sir Robert Cary, who in 1603 rodo 400 miles in three days, in or der to bo tho first to convey the news of Queen Elisabeth's death to James I. iu Jbdinburgh. Finally, no less a person age than Cardinal Wolsey is said to have owed his first rise in life to a rapid ride. Iu 1507, when chaplain to Henry VII., ho went on a mission to the Emperor Maximilian, then at a town in the Low Countries, and returned to London in two days from the time of starting, it was accomplished chiefly by rapid riding on tho land portion of the route, but the ride carried the wily churchman along the road to greatness. It must also be remembered that all of these rides were ordinary potting, on bad roads, aud mostly unprepared for. In 1831 Mr. Osbaldiston, at Newmarket, rode 200 miles in eight hours and fortj two min utes, using no fewer than twenty-eight nurses ; ana in uctooer, lYUl, Mr. Wilde iuuo ixi nines at me uurragu in six hours and twenty-one minutes, using ten thoroughbred horses. Thus the feat of the Mexican, though remarkable, has been several times equaled, though not wim me Bame kind ot horses. The TeU-Tale " D.' Early one morning a gentlemanly look ing fellow, with evident marks of hay ing been on a " tare," found his way up stairs in the United States army recruit ing office in St. Louis, and introduced himself to some of the "boys in blue.'W ne luvueu mem oui to drink, and de clared his willingness to buy a wholo whisky store for them. He gloried iu being a newspaper man, as special cor respondent, and feeling a patriotic do sire to avenge Custer's death burning in his breast, he wished to doff citizen's attire, don the uniform of a soldier bravo, and be dispatched immediately for tho far Northwest. Ho was told to call again at nine o'clock that morning. He did so, having fortified himself with several driuks. Iu order to undergo the doctor's examination, he took off every article of clothing except his undershirt. He had a fine physique and appeared in first-class general health. He passed the doctor, aud was just laughing with some of the soldiers at his good fortune when the man of medicine (who had been given the "tip" by one of the offi cers) approached our friend and asked : 'What havo you got on vour left breast?" " Nothing," the man replied. "Let's see," said the doctor, and he lifted the undershirt up, when the fatal brand "D " showed itself unmistakably. The man protested that the mark was not a " D " at all, but the remains of a disease he had contracted. He was dismissed, however, as incompetent to join the American army. He was a de serter from the British army. A Romantic Lore Story. A recent French paper relates the fol lowing : In the oasis of Feriana, in the regency of Tunis, dwells a wealthy cadi, who possesses a lovely daughter, Miriam, or, as the Arabs call is, Meryem, by name. Her a brave young Arab sheik, Ahmed- Bon-Merizan, belonging to one of the best familiesof the Aga-lik of Fez, desperately loved and asked in marriage. The cadi consented and the day was fixed. At the appointed hour the ardent bridegroom made his appearance, ac companied by a brilliant retinue of his iriends and followers. To his utter astonishment and indignation the cadi coolly told him he had changed his mind about the marriage. What the cadi's reason were, whether he had mere ly heard something to Ahmed's disad vantage, or whether, as in the case of young Lochinvar, another suitor had bid higher for the damsel's hand, does not appear. At all events, Ahmed-Bou-Merizan was no more disposed than young Lochinvar to take no for an answer in such a case. "He drew his trusty cimiter, called upon his retinue to follow him to the death, charged upon the people of the cadi and the defenders of the " danor," cut his way through the tents of the women, seized the love ly Meryem, placed her before him on his faithful steed and went off like a whirlwind to the land of Djebel-Mandra, leaving thirty-two doad warriors of Feriana behind him to testify to his prowess and that of his friends. The whole region is up in arms, aud a 'goum"of 600 flerea eavali. is. at the last advices, was in hot pursuit of the eloping pair. These are the times when canary birds get loose, and the man of the house scratches his legs climbing from limb to limb and tree to tree id thj nimble pet. An accomplished Indiana irirl nullu hay "grass a la mowed." Mlilte Suits. White suits, says a fashion journal. though seldom seen on the street this season, are as popular as ever at the wa- Kinug piaoes ana ior house dreses. victoria lawns and nansooks are most used; piqne has lost favor, except for morning wrappers. The simplest suits e maae witn sacks shaped by darts, long round OVOrskirtS and dnmi-traina They are trimmed with tucked ruffles or embroidered flounces, headed by clus ters of tucks. Very dressy costumes are trimmed with duchesse lace and fine needlework. The Spanish flounje on the lower skirt is cut in points and filled in with duchesse lace. The long upper skirt is draped mwh shorter on one side, and has an apron front. The basque has Mane Antoinette sleeves, Long-looped gros grain ribbon bows are worn with such dressos. For more dressy costumes there are princesse dressos of white organdy, richly trimmed with laoo, and worn over slips of colored silk. The silk slip fits the figure like a glove, and is buttoned be hind. Tho overdress may also bo fast ened behind, but is more usually open in front, and has a Wattean or lace jabot down the back that conceals the buttons of tho silk under dress. There are many narrow flounces alternating with lace, aud arranged in Vandykes up each gore of the skirt. The neck is cut out square, and is filled in with a lace chemisette. A wide sash of silk is worn aronnd the hips very low down, and is knotted behind. Tho silk slip has a lace and muslin flounce around the small part of its edge that is not conceal ed by tho overdress. The riague of Rabbits. Some years ngo a colonist, with the idea of benefiting Now Zealand, took out a few pairs of rubbits, and turned them outiu tho country, forgetting how quickly these auimals multiply, and what little means there are in a laud so thiuly populated of keeping them in check. The conseqnence is that farms aro devastated, crops are destroyed and the earth overrun with increasing swarms of these destructive rodents, and all tho efforts of the colonists have betn futile to keep down their num bers. At last a happy idea struck some ner- sons who had suffered from this curious plague; they determined to import some weasels, thinking that by their help they would bo able to accomplish tho desired end; and they have offered as much as $25 a pnir for healthy weasels. weasels, however, object to anything like confinement, and ns t.hev mM probably die on the voyage out, Mr. iucklaud, to whose care tlio has been confided, has determined to send out some polecat ferrets, which he imagines will be even more valuable farmers' friends. A Boy's Com position. Hens is curious animals. Thnv .Inn't have no nose, nor no teeth, nor no ears. They swalier their vittles whole and chew it np in their crops inside of 'em. The outsido of hens is generally put into pillers aud made inter feather dusters. The inside of a hen is sometimes filled up witn marbles and shirt buttons and sich. A hen is very much smaller than a good many other animals, but they'll dig up more tomato plants than any thing that ain't a hen. Hens is very useful to lay eggs for plum pudding. Bet yer life I like plum pudding. Skinny Hates eat ao much plum pudding once that it set him into the collery. Hens has got wings and can fly when they are scart. I cut my uncle William's hen's neck off with a hatchet and it scart her to death. Hens sometimes makes very fine spring chickens. Somebody Blundered. An English baronet, Sir Simeon Henry Stuart, wrote a letter to his daughter and another to Miss Blanchford, and by mistake misdirected tho envelope. Con sequently the daughter received and handed to her mother a missive contain ing such passages ns this : " My own darling : I was so pleased to see you last night. How good of you to come over I I do love having you here, dear est. It seems so nice when I wake up to bo able to say to myself : I shall see my darling to-doy.' What shall I do when you aro gone, dear ? You will come to me again, and soon." Sir Simeon, upon discovering his blunder, telegraphed to his daughter to bum the letter, but he was too late, and is now being used in a divorce suit. Inclined to be " Slippery." A little squint eyed Chicago pranced i.p to his mother one day boy and emu ; " Ma, hain't I been real good sinco I've begun goin' to Sunday-school f " " fes, my lamb," answered the ma ternal, fondly. " And you trust me now, don't you. ma?" " Yes, darling,'! she replied again. "Tlwn," spoke up the little inno cent, "what makes you keep the cook ies locked up iu the pantry the same as ever ?" A strange look entered that mother's eyes, as she endeavored to solve her lit tle son's deepness with the heel end of her slipper. Pimples on the face, rough skin, ohapped handu, ealtrhenm und ill cutaneous affections enred, tae ekin made soft and smooth, by the nee ot Jdnipeb Tab Soap. That made by Caswell, Hazard 4 Co., New York, is the only kind that oan be relied on, aa there are mauy imitations, made from common tir which are wcrtbleas. Com. The "Housekeeper" of our Health. The liver is the great depurating or blood oleaumug organ of the sjstem. Hot the great housekeeper of oar health at work, and the foul eor.uptious whioh oeudor in tlm 1,1Wi and rut out, as it were, the machinery of life, pi.muMij oiimiioa iruin me Bytiem. tor this purpose Dr. Pierce's Golden "Medioal Dis covery, with small daily doses of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pelleta, are pre-eminently the artioles needed. Tliev Glira ovnrv kinrl rf humor from the worst scrofula to the common pimple, blotch or eruptiou. Great eating ulcers kind y b-al auder their mighty curative in fluence. Virulent blood poisons that lurk in the system are by them robbed of their terrors, and by their peevering an4 somewhat pro tracted lias the most tainted system may be completely renovated aud built up anew. "En larged glands, tumors aud swellings dwiudle away aud disappear under the influence of their great resolveuta. Sold Ly all dealers iu medi cines. Claude, a child about three vai&ra nlH n. greatly afflicted with sores on his W unrl feet, so that he oould not wear his shoes aud stocltiuRS. Had a great deal of trouble with him. Had tried tnanv remedies iuefTaatuallv. At last we tried the Golden Medical Di.nnvorv and in about three weeks he was entirely cured, his sores were all healed, and health muoh improved. Bet-peotfully yours, J. W. Eotf.r. Yebmiluon, Edgar Co., 111., Jan. 2'Jth, 1875. A want has been felt and emreRsp,! phyaioians for a safe and reliable purgative. Such a want is now supplied in Parumm' P,if. gatim Pill. Henry K. Bond, of Jefferson. Maine. as enred of spittinz blood. ForeiiAMM a it1 o rf br Ktuiuacu. bv the use of J,.hn. ton i Anudym Liniment internally. MBRIDEN CUTLERY COMPANY. Tb "fxTXirt Itobi" Hawph Tabl Kwira. ... j MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF TABLE CUTLERY. KiclnMr Mkr-,if lh PATKT IVOH V or OollnloM Knlfn, the mort dnmble WttlTK H ANOMC li, i.?5,! lV.TrI1e MI.r1!,;. MKUtDRN OUTI.KKY CO." on the blurts. V'rrnt-d and Hold hjr all Dealer In IntleiT, and brine l HH i h TTI.KKY '.. 4t Chnmhrrs Hirr.t. Iew Yt.rk. The Machine was Worn Out. Why? Not becantie It was not well built, but It was wrongly run. Thousands of men who have run down long before their threescore and ten years are accomplished, might have been renewed Into snrigbtliness and vim If they had tried the well known Peruvian Hyrnp, t xide or iron, so combined that it assimilates Titb the blood and invigorates the whole sya- --"""r, 1 " wuiWWUUUB bllB IU U- toui. j. ins Byjup nan provea emcaoious In thousands of cases, and will do everybody gwu nuu uses IU oil uruggisis Keep It. - We notice Leland's Sturtevant House, Droadway, 2St.h and 29th streets, Now loik, haVA Pfwlllrtivl thAv nrtnn. 1 1 mA.. 1. .1 J - . ..v... p. au, .1113 UU 111 nUU of the times to 3.50 and ti per day, besides they give their guests the option of' living on the European Dlan. oharcinu 11 nor riv mnA upward for rooms. Being located within .ull.I.. J . 1 . .... . .... noiniuK utuuiHi oi iuo j nnnpai tneaters aim stores, it is a very desirablt hotel for Strang' ra Tioiuug i-tuw iuik io siop ac I'll ft i 11 1 ,111 QO ifsiniVlr nnnanA 1. diHoases of the skin is spredily allayed by Gir.NN's 8ou-ucr Hoap, which entirely re moves t vrry species of ernption, is perfectly safe, and far Cloa -er and more effective than any ointment. Depot, Crittei-ton's, No. 7 oixtn avenue, new xork. Ladies of forty who use Hill's Hair Dye eot m ten years younger. Do not suffer with nervous headache or any form nf tinrvtillBlir.ne IVTra T. Kf T.... cured and has cured hundred". Send 10 cts. ror uer circular. P. O. Box 4550, N.Y. City. Man- who are ufferln from the effects of the warm weather and ara debllltttod, ara advlmd b- physicians to tike moderate amounts of whisky two or three times darlna- the dsjr. In a little while those who adopt this adrloe frequently Increase the nnmberot "drinks," and In time beoomo confirmed Inebriates. A benram hlnh will not create thlrit for intoxicating llqnors, and which la intended espeolal j for the benefit of debilitated persons, whether at home or abroad, Is Dr. Scheock's Sea Werd 'I'onto. Containing lh. l,.i.. c j. . ' W.U, UIVU1 clna. hnrbs, this preparation does not oreate an appetite for the Intoxicating cup. The nourishing and life sup porting prorertles of many ralunble natural productions contained in it and wi.ll krnB.n in , " w.mMi ui.u U.IB , most strengthening influenoe. A single bottle of the uu.o .ui urmonuiraia iu raiaable qualities. For debility arising from Mrk-int. cause whatever, a wlaeglassful of Sea Weed Tonio taken nor luaais wm sr,rengtiin the stomach and create an appetite for nholesome fnr.H Tn nil . leavl -g their hime, e deilre to say that the excellent effucts of Or. Ruhe ick's seasonable remedies, Sea Weed onio ana Mandrake Pills, are particular evident when taken by those who ara Injuriously affected by a ohawe of water and diet. No person should leive home "" iaKin a supply oi these safeguards along sale by all UrugKists. Tor Tin; SiarKois. 7t TOBI, Bref Oauii-.-I-rlijie tc R ti i Bullocks Jouimca to Good TrtxaLS Milch (lows , ......'to Hone Live..... ....... Vrehf.ts& hS6p. ... l.'.ll ki ..,... o.-ttou-?.T;a-ji;;,(, Flow tsr V(Wie;rj State EKi'rfc,,,...,,," g "rVhftar lied Western No. st,i,r!aS ;;;;.;.'. P.ys nteto liarley inate.. "11."" 3ar!cy Unit Jsta Mlx?fl eetern...... " CU.rn Mixed Western...... day, per cwt Straw, f r cwt " ' 18 ia, 00 0 00 M63 t OSJf a) l'4.J re 4 l i A 6 so MS o 7' 1 IA 1 10k 18 IX) 0'v is 19 1J 7S d" IS 78 25 41 67 80 !0 01 75 11 oo ro 50 28 i7 2H 25 40 29 27 2) 15 09 V M4 08 20 00 87 51 P5 7J 9 28 t 1 ia fp- f0 (4 Ltor8........7C,o 10 (gi; Fish Maoaerel, ii:rj" "l ninj; " No. 3. nr.v 41 ....19 0 19 .,..15 00 17 eo us i) !( HI 50 Ktancd, U i Try Ovid, perewt 6 Horriiifr, Scaled, per box . PotruleuiT Tr.de Oi1 V -A 9V Wool Os:iforr.J Fleece......".. Au',t.-llan ' Butter-nuts 14 t$ 85 !0 it 18 Weitbrn Ialrj- .' Western Yellow Wwteru Ordinary Obeesv State Factorv State auintrted. .,.." Western .-" Skkb State 1 ' e on 18 ft i a 15 StlO I 1 f"Xt e & 7,1 04 (ft 0i'4 Flocr Bnrai,o. Wueat No. 1 Rrr!nt; 1 Oom illxod. ............. Oms ,,.,..,,... .v.'"""; FSILATE:.rHIA. Beef Cattle Extra Sheep. Hnga Dreened " 1 Flour t-"iijlvaii Sxrra e Wheat- ".rst.-rn K1 ' i Ry Oorn Yellot. ...... Mixed Oat-4 Mixed Of 0-V I9is HI J7 M 19 58 41 17H 78 M) 79 OH 8 H I Pstrolemu P re de. ..IS-JfiiiSli r-eflaej. Cattle Poor to Choloe.'. ' a Sheep " , Lambs..... WITTDTnn.u 00 7 (0 8 0j u 6 m.& h"i' ,a"V : . ?r bnx by " miiBwi, appie ureelt.o. '2 0 Ra!?rT ranted to male female. Send f stamp foi Iroulsr.. V. M. LBMlne.lndlanap'Mnd. II.L.OATAUKJUROF ARTKII.KS KOR A IT Fife. BOSTON NOVKlTrV CO "Ma." AgeTltS Protlenhle, Pleasant Work;hundredsmoweinploy-1 hnndreds more wauled. M. N. Lovkll. KrieVPa.' GSI'My WtA' NRW ART101.KS for iwl,, V(rM by J. O. 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TJRUITand Jelly Press ! j'ftiM, I I tar I n A 1 SI rA aatsa 1 rl ultk . A a - bsv i Int, Jra TO A(iiir-. with Umi, Am. F A J P jellv, J. P. OPIUM and .Iforphlns Habit absolutely and speedily oured. Paiiileeaj no pabltotti. Send stamp tor Partloulara. Dr. OiBt, ton. maahlngtoo St., Ohlost!!! P It B. N I X ""''i10""' Bropert, aavd by tt-fortuo' l nm.iMM A'1. Waot It thonaauds of lives and maae witn lt-parllnula-s free. O. LlKlMOTOS A BDQ.,NewYoikA Oh c M, $250 A niONTH - Acenu wanted every. "0,r. Bustneas honorable and tint. nSm.Par,'0Dln' sent free. Addruss WORTH A CO.. St. linls. Mo. bonl Ohanmlng, Ala.iurlsm, and Lovers' Onldl! Sbowtng how either sex mr v faaoinaU and gain the love and afleotlon ol any pa. n they ohooae InsUntly. 4 1 HI nires. By mall SOc. nt A Co.. 3H 8. tn 8r Ph"l XTOL'K own Uks ... in ah . J. palnlad on Jw vaa.Kx7Sa. from a nhotur.h ... tin- Samp. tyne, free wl:i the fio Journal, a year pie of utiier. ; terms to ageuu.eto., 10 ...D. I'. HO IJUUIJ. J-fc. PENN.x. . VAIA nill.lTAKvXlDiiinv ( hn.ter, IVllli., Reopeua Sptmber 13. Thorougj Inatruollou io Civil and aiming Kugtaeerhii the Claries, and Knglish Branohea. lor Ciroulara apply Cul. THKO. HYATT. Pres.. P. M A. MERICAN A HtMady Ktoforttuue MsumtU of jNatiocul P ROCRESS. Kdlted bv hev.K it II.. ven.D D.LLD.ChanoeU lur hyraouiieUulveifity. lata Pres. Mloh. do. In addition to the many attractive features of this new book. It will oontoia complete N"N PaK'hsam lives of It IlKULEIt, I MIKMtHll KH. AgenU Wanted. 60 oan Is will aeoure the outtit, and cUuloa of territory. M. B..TEJ1AT, Publisher, 80S Broadway. N. Y. Everett House. Worth side Union Square, New York Olty Cooleet and Most Central Location In tiia City. Kept on the Knmpean Plan. KKKMlH A WEAVER, Clarendon Hotel, Fourth Arma,, oornar Rut 18th HtrMt, Nw Yorl Olty. Tabte tTHot. Q. H. KKKNKR. SIS PreiidtnUof 3, ami Tnuw (ol Plr 'Irtnr 1 "-k' '"I'I' triiiNS.'lxinlu.N'.MA.-iS. Kstablithel lata. ' A HIV Yonr name printed on tJr y ' fjJU I I. 60 TrrniMinrent l .n r.le. containing a scene when held to the light (Ml designs), sent pn.t.pald W 2,5 .,, . packs, 8 names, ! . y,"."1,0"!? ''r'nterhasthe ssme. Agents wanted i QUI tit IQo. Card rrlnter, Lo.ik Box I, Ashlsnd. Mm, 'I1 A M TH h"st in the World Importers' .7T Jtr1 1 Ijrtoes Ijireeat Company In America filSl ."rt'ele please everybody-Trade oontlnnally "Ing-Agents wanted everywhere-beat induce. 13 RTVCl nrU Snldlers and ssllors, however I Jl I t y l slightly disabled In the Unl. ted States servi. e or their widows and orphan., oan ob tain pensions. Brmnties alw niitalned. Advice free. Aridre-sTHOMAS MrMICHAKL, Pension and Bounty Claim Aiiurney, No. 7C7 Kansom tit., Philadelphia, Pa A B 0 OK for the MILLION. MEDICAL ADVICE tl Calnrrli. Hiiplnre. (Jpium llubit, Ac, SENT 1UEL on r ceirt otitaiiip. A'Mri-ii., lr. nuru Dupcn-ary No 12 N. 8th st. St.Loms. Ma Z AGENTS WANTED FOR THE GREAT CENTENNIAL HISTORY I hcIIb faster than any other book tpt published. One Airpnt eold (H ooplr-n In one !..y. 8end for our nttra tnti to Anent. .National 1'ublisuino Company . Phlldvlfir'o, IIC. .. A. Mil It MA n'f.tftfuHy n.itiflestlie a(lilcT'il to 1m wan or tr.ivciini: ittijiostftrs win are koIiik about ttic country M'.linj.' iniiiiition itniiliiuicrB and mi 8U11011R mixture as ciirativiToiniK'iiiMt.triiiiilulpntlv pri' loinlinpto furnish lits liictliotL nml thus riidiiiigfrtt'ifrtlie lives and caustnn irreparable injury to the urilortutiale. lie has no aentfl, nor has he ever Itintrncto'l any one In his buinefB. Dr. Shpritian is now in CiitniKo, whero thoBf interested may consult htm In person, and reap t lie benefit of his experience ami remedies. For Ills address, see ( fitcnKo papers. I'rlncipiil ofiiee, 1 Ann Street. New York. Jiooks, with likenesses ot cases before aud after cure, mailed on receipt of lucent. Cn PimprrcAL Hv Prku bsvlot buy twice mt tut m Krlcfw in any mrkt; hne it chfiiffr k I tU iTict thin any other pi en trt nift Atdtrru forcaUlutiUP, P. K. LtBDButcK A Co., AM-any. N Y Mnn treal.t'Q N. 165 Went Ititb St.. C'lliCHttO, 111. VlUiUiOU ny otueT freu, pun ten vodi in grmn car, mrj . M. isOUlt, AlO. TUB . Dcdirtck I'mtr ktl al Mat 1bbu. liedcriik's Wire B-ile Tin are Ihf rheapett and bett ST0NINQT0N LINE Between New York, Boston, aud all New England Point. The only reliable Ine luntilnjr, Avo dlnx the daubers and ta rSiclstiHUB ot Pi iut Juditra bluest lltet of twain nrs nn lutng Island Sound. I.ihvo inw York from i'ii-r .ill -rth IUv. r, lnlv (oicept (Sun days), til it t M. nri'ivinu in IIunIoii hi ft a'rioc.i nrxi inr-MihiK. Ltmvt. Itr-stnn from Himton A PiovidHnce K. K. U-p .t. at ( l '.rrlvlntt In New York at It next mnralnir, aliead of all otber l.uer. As for Ticket via Stoplufrt-ou l.lne. Ia. W. l'ii,K1.4-, Oen. Paes. Agt I. R. BABCOrK. Pmf't. A bad brcnlli may mult 'r.-.in acMlty o( tlistom ach or from blllousno-ts. In cither cse a few doses of Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient, administered soooidlcn to dheallors, will supplant tula unpleasant oorupauioit with a sweet nud hejlthful one. It Is a sallneoorre "tlv. nw :lal!y s lit il In for warm weather, and leaveB tae l:t,m etn.i g to do i's woik ef recupera' ion. hold nr M.i. ii:rn(,isTs Sulphur Soap EltADK'ATI'8 AlIj Local ijici.v Diskases; Permanently 15i:autikieu tub COMPLBXfO.V, I'UEVHSTa and ItEME DIES KllKUMATlSM AND CiOUT, IIbai.s Souks and Injuries of the Cuticle, and is a Reliable Disinfectant. This popular and inexpensive n-iiie-dy accomplishes the pamis hesults as costly SuLrnun IUTns, since it permanently removes Khuptionb and Irritations of the Skin. Complexional Hi.EMisnEs are al-whj-s obviated by its use, and it ren ders the cuticle wondrously fair and smooth. SonES, Sprains, Bruiser, Scalds, Burns und Cuts are speedily tikaled by it, and it prevents and remedies Gout and Kheumntism. It removes Dandruff, strengthens tho roots of the Hair, and preserves its youthful color. As a Disinfectant of Clothing and Linen used in the sick room, and as a Protection against ContaqiousDiseases it is unequuled. Physicians emphatically endorse it. Prices, 25 and 50 Cents ter Cake, Per Box, (a Cakes,) COc and $1.20. H. B. There ! economy In buying the large cakes. Bold by all Druggists. "Hill's Hair ami AVhisker Dye." Black or Urowu, 50c, C,N. CRITTEXTON, Prop r, 7 Sixth Av. NT. C VOLTAIC PLASTERS An Electric Battery Imbedded in a Porous Strengthening Plaster. Oar Rheumatism ; Selatlca ; Neuralgia ; Nervous Pains ; Ppatma; Eplleptio Kits; Hharp Pulns In the Bide, Breast, and Back ; Inflammation of the Lancs.Llver and Kldnejs; Pain and Weakness of the Sldnsand Baok; Strains Braises: Soreness and Weakness arhan all other Plaatets fall. Warranted. 45 Years of Mlehael Kntn, of I.1dt'v. TWa Oo., Penn , wrtta that h baa autfered from Wa.t)a.M an I Puitji la tha Back for forty tiv viara, nnd. all hi -nu mw an old mao, hat bea ablf.by the uo i.f ( oixihs' Voltaio Plas ters, to wulk erct tid do s hird d'i ork. No plasrr la I ha wrld, w repeat, c&a u&nipars with Oox. UNA1 Voltaio Plabteus. " WELL AS EVER." Mr. N. 6hlverlek, in chsrve of the adrerttslna depart, menc of the Ifiwutlritt, writes that he was for niaov reara a great sufferer from relaxatiuu of the abdominal belt, produtlrg gieat rain and aenkress across tha bowe s ao aa to render blm nnablelo lift the smallest welfbtor to WHlk mnub, and obtain, duo relief until ha used tbe Oollins' Voltaic PLaa rEH H d prevlnn.i, worn all other piasters without benefit. Believes him. self as well as ever. For local nalns, lameness, aorenaes, weikneaa nnmh. ness. an.t lntlaiiimalluu of Oia Wu. iiu- auleen. bewtls. bladder, heart, and wi.'eoles, it la equal to armies of ducton, and aurea ol ulauta aud il,v,. Prlr23rrnla. Hold Even whero. .Ill.j oa receipt or Price. 85 cpbi. tar one, mi.g.i for ilx, er 84.25 Tor lwlve. by WEEK fe rrswnrisri. Itsnisn, Wln. M K U ajT7 11 Ii r n HHiTltia liiniedM fit 0 Pi d HSrO