THE XiPOLrON OF SCIENCE. Knrlj Dat nrihp Mnrvrlnua lUna nf Mrnl I'nrk-t'nlloct l.iinntir-Airlvnl In Haw. ton-Ill Firm MkIii. Work-The llrajn. '" n rry niidrrrni Career. Tlio trmrvploiio ilinpoverie of Prof. Thoraaw A. Edison of Meulo Park, N. J., have excitnd nuiveroal intercut. His stock indicator, automatic ftud duplex instruineuts, telephone, electro-moto-grnph, niroraph, electrio pen, nnd, above all, Ins ppenkiug machine, uaavk him as the Napoleon of inventors. In deed, at the profepsor's ago, Bonannrto had barely reached the rank of First Consul. As any particulars of this ex trnordinnry young inventor must prove of more than nanal interest, the writer details a conversation with Mr. George H. Stewart, better known as'Fnttio" Stewart, nn old telegraph operator, now employed iu the ofllce of the Associated Press : ' I first knew Tom Edison," said Mr. Stewart, "in 18G6. At that time I was an operator in Tennessee. Tom was employ ed by Col, Coleman, the superintendent of the Western Union office in Memphis. He was a gawky boy, about eighteen or nineteen, and was readiBg everything about electricity he could pick np. He had a lean and hungry look, and always seemed to be under the influence of some secret excitement. He had got into his head the idea of sending duplex des patches, and all his spare time wns de voted to experiments in the ollice. Cole man stood it for some time, but at last began to growl. He allowed that Tom was crazy, and said that any blamed fool ought to know that a wire can't be worked both ways at the same time.' He declared that he wouldn't have Tom puttering around the office with snch silliness, and finally discharged him iu 'disgust. The boy went back home to some town in Michigan, and I lost track of him. "Some time afterward I was trans ferred to tlie Boston office. At that time wire No. 1, as it was then called, was considered the crack wire of the coun try. The fastest men wore working it. For some cause the operator in Boston resigned. It was difficult to find a man to take his place. A half dozen fellows tried it, but found it too much for them. One after another they dropped it like a hot potato, and sloped wiser thau when they came. There was a man in the office named M. F. Adams. He thought the world of Tom Edison, and recom mended him for the place, vouching for him as a first-class operator. G. F. Mil liken, the manager, telegraphed to the little town in Michigan, asking Tom if he would come on and accept the posi tion. Tom answered yes, and without further words started for Boston, via the Michigan Central and Grand Trunk Railroads. In running through Canada he got snowed under, and was kept on the track in one spot for twenty-four hours, cold and hungry, without a bed. As usual, he owned but one suit of clothes, and that was on his back. Uo fortunately, it was a summer suit. He might have frozen to death had he not bought an old rough roundabout over coat from a Canuck railroad laborer. But he finally got through all right. "I was in the Boston office when he arrived, and I must say," continued Mr. Stewart, bringing his fist down upon the table, "he was the worst-looking specimen of humanity I ever saw. The modern telegraph tramp isn't a marker. He wore a pair of jean breeches six inches too short for him, a pair of very low shoes, the Canuck jacket, and a broad-brimmed butternut hat, a relio of his life in Memphis. The wide rim was badly torn, and hung down so you could see his ear through the opening. There was the slightest trace of dirt on his upper lip, that ho called a mustache. His hair hadn't been combed for a week, nnd he wore the blackest white shirt that was ever seen on the back of a human being. Nervously pinching his upper lip a habit that he had he inquired for the manager, and was sent to Milliken. "Are you the boss?" Tom asked. Milliken smiled, and said he was man oarer. Tom tlmn intmiimai iiim.oif nud asked when they wanted him to go to work. Milliken stared at him as though he couldn't believe his ears, aud said ' At half past five.' It was then well along in the afternoon. Tom be gan to look around the office for a clock, and Milliken said : 1 Yonng man, yt u have to work a pretty heavy wire." Torn gave what he called his mustache an extra twist, aud with all the assurance in the world blurted out: All right, boss. I'll be here at, half prut five.' He sloped so quick that it made Milli keu's head t-wiiu. " The operators burst into a peal of laughter. They had seen and heard everything, and their remarks were any thing but complimentary to Tom. Oh,' said one of them, he won't last as long as that Jerseyman that tackled the wire the other day.' Why, that fellow can't read by paper, let alone by sound,' shouted another. A third declared that Tom was the worst he ever raw,' and when a fourth wondered whether the walking between Michigan and Boston was very good ' there was a general roar, "Well," continued Stewart, "half past five came, and so did Tom. Every body was on the qui vive. Milliken was just taking from the vault the sup ply of blanks for the night operators. As Tom came up he pointed to a pile of them, saving, Take what blanks you want and I'll show you your table.' Tom innocently picked up the whole bundle and followed Milliken to his table. The operators began to grin and snicker. They all thought that he would get bounced after trying to catch one mes sage. It was the No. 1 wire to New York. Jerry Borst, then considered one of the fastest senders in the coun try, worked the New York end. As Tom seated himself he heard the call B.' and turning to Milliken asked if that was the call for Boston. Yes,' re plied the manager, watching Tom's movements with intense curiosity. Thereupon Tom opened his key and ticked the answer, I, IT Jerry began to whoop 'em up ' in his best style, aud every eye was turned on Tom. He displayed no anxiety, but kept right nlong at his work as though he had been taking Jerry all his life. For four mortal hours did Jerry keep it up a hundred pounds to the square inch, and four mortal hours did Tom take it down in handwriting as neat and plain as re print. For the first time in his life Jer ry had rushed it until he was tired with out a break from the receiver. He was astounded. When he had finished, the following messages passed between them : From Jerry. Who the deuce are you, anyhow ? From Tom. I'm the uer man. My name it Tom F.dinon. From Jerry. Well, you're the man' I've been looking for for the fast ten year, and you're the only man I ever found that could take me without a break. Shake. " And they shook. The astonishment of the boys in the office was unbounded. There was no more jibing nor smoker Ing. Everybody was Tom friend at once. The next day Milliken picked np a sheet of Tom's manuscript, and re flectively stroked his long beard. I never saw such pretty copy,' he said. He's as good an operator" as I ever met.' " At the close of the first night's work, Tom's friend Adams took him home with him. The first question was : ' What kind of a man in this Milliken I Do ynu think he'll lot me experiment in the office when I'm not on duty V Adams replied that Milliken himself was some what of an inventor, nnd he thought that he would not only let Tom experi ment as much as he pleased, but that ho would also take a personal interest in his experiments. The very flrnt trial was the duplex despatches' that gave Tom the reputation of a lunatic in Mem phis, and caused him to lose his situa tion. Milliken, unlike Colemnn, en tered into the spirit of the thing, and i a short time Tom had so far perfected it that he worked it quite successfully be tween New York and Boston. But to accomplish this he spent every dollar he earned for material for his experiments, and whenfthe grand secret was dis covered hadn't money enough to pay for filing n caveat for a patent. New York Sun, Worth, the Man Milliner. Kate Field gossips about Worth, the celebrated man milliner, of Paris, as fol lows: Worth is a tallish man, with a big clever head and a very prominent forehead, His brown eyes are singular ly shrewd in expression, and their seiz ure of detail is surprising that is for a man. As a rule, men have no more eye for detail than owls have for the sun. Worth takes you in ot a glance, and knows what your style ought to be, which is stich a comfort. When I go to a dress-maker, I don't care to " work my passage." I went to order my harmony iu one or two colors, and to encounter brains aqual to the occasion. Worth's taste, when allowed full play, is irre proachable. " I prefer simplicity to anything else," he says, " but there are women who don't believe in the value of a dreas unless it is loaded with trim ming. They drive me mad, for they can't take advice. Now, what is becom ing to one person, is hideous when worn by another. I study to make the best out of a subject given me, as, unfortun ately, we can't have people made to order, can we ? If I had my own way all women should be slight, graceful and pretty, Then, dressing would be an ar tistic pleasure. A dress should never overpower the wearer. It should merely De an appropriate frame for a charming picture, bringing out the beauties of the picture but never detracting attention from it. So few women understand this. Why, when I find I can make a costume for less money than had been agreed upon, I actually annoyad clients by tell ing them so. They thiuk it cannot be as handsome as it ought to be, and the would rather have more material added, however much the design might be marred, than pay less. I assure you tins is a fact. Consequently, when I meet ladies who know that dressing is an art, I take very great satisfaction iu them as patrons. It isn't every woman who knows how to wear a dress. When I have done my best, I try to make my client do her best by seeing her walk and sit down. To walk with style is rare enough; but when it comes to being able to sit down iu a dress properly well, there is not many equal to that I can tell you. Then, women think they ought to have a number of dresses, and would rather bo seen every day in a new toilet, however hideous, than wear one dress however becoming. There never was a greater mistake. If your frame is appropriate, stick to it. Don't be getting out of it, and trying experiments. I nave ust mime a dress for Madame Hill son, iu which she appears better than I ever saw her before, and I have begged her to wear that dress constantly in Russia, if she wants to produce a most charming effect. As she is sensible, I think she will take my advice, which, you perceive is against my iuterests, but, gracious mo, money is not my only ob ject. Art is intended to beautify nature, nor, to oerorm it. You'd appreciate how fine an aitist Worth is, by going to his villa at Sur esne. It is one of the marvels of Paris ian suburbs. I never taw snch harmony of enaemble, every bit fitting into every other bit as though it were a mosaic. Worth has been his own architect, gar dener, designer, upholsterer. There's not a carpet nor a curtain that he. did not invent. Stuffs and chairs have been made for him. and for him only. The hangings in his library are works of art in the way of embroidery. The rare old china, which is Worth's particular frenzy, and with which many of the walls are inlaid, would drive Mr. Glad stone mad with delight. The eye is per petually gratified, and when you step into the garden, the view of Paris, the Bois de Boulogne, and the country for miles around, is a dream of beauty. This villa lies directly beneath Mont Valerin, the finest sight in the neighbor hood of Paris. Then there are ruins in the garden, made out of stones, pillars and statuary, brought from theTuillories, and bought by Worth after the Com mune had done its worst. Seated on a lovely terrace made out of the imperial wreck, listening to an Miliaxi harp, gazing at the city of splendor at my feet, and breathing air steeped in glorious sunshine. I passed one of the most charming afternoons of my life. Worth, in a quaint, flowing gown and skull cap, that made him look tremendously like Hogarth, entertained the Duohesse de and ourselves with stories of the Commune, and when we left we were firmly convinced that one of the cleveret t men England has produced in this cen tury is Worth, the dressmaker. Spiders Traveling Around the World. At a recent meeting of the Philadel phia Academy of Sciences, the Rev. Dr. McCook contributed au interesting essay on spiders. One species, Sarotes venatorius, is distributed with little variation in form or color, all around the world. From cabinet specimens, ho could trace it, going Westward, from the extreme Eastern limit of this con tinent to the extreme Western coast ef Africa. He has found the line of dis tribution to coincide with the belt of Northern trade winds. He thinks the spider migrated from point to point by throwing out fine threads aud suspend ing themselves so as to be carried by the wind. So far as he has been able to prosecute the inquiry, there is a corre sponding line of distribution for these spiders iu countries swept by the South ern trade winds. The theory needs further facts as to the presence or ah. scenoe of these insects on islands in the ocean, before it can be fully accepted ; if verified it may help to determine the open questions as to missing continents, siuoe it eaunot be supposed that spiders could crow spaces of water. Seventy-five dogs afflicted with kvdro- phobia have been killed in one ooUftty m Georgia, The New Silver Dollar. In accordance with the provisions of the silver bill receutlv passed by Congress, a new silver dollar is in pro cess of coinage, Tlie above cuts are a faithful representation of the new coin. Two designs were submitted to the com mittee having the matter of selection in charge, nud they chose Hie above, known as the " Morgan dollar " because it is the work of Mr. Oeorcre E. Morsran. nn English eugrn vtr, who has been in the employ of the United States for about two years. The new dollar is lighter in weight than the trade dollar, bv two per cent., but there is no apparent differ ence in the two coins in either size or weight. The coinage of the new dollar wLl begin at once at the various mints, but some time must elapse before it can get into general circulation. The size of the new coin is accurately given by our cuts. A Governor of Lepers. The San Francisco Chronicle savs: Our Honolulu exchanges announce in brief the death of Wm. P. Ragsdale, governor of the leper settlement on the island of Molokai, Sandwich islands. The decease of so noted and remarkable a man in the prime of life desorves a more extended obituary. Bill Rags dale, as he was popularly known, was a umvauan oy oirtn, ins motner naving been a native and his father an Ameri can. By profession he was a lawyer, speaking English as fluently as Hawai ian, and the most noted orator of the Hawaiian kingdom, whites and natives included, and among the latter there are many conspicuous orators. The manner in which Ragsdale discovered that he nad tlie leprosy, as told by himself, is most interesting, and especially from a scientific point of view. The deceased resided for a uumfcer of years on the Island of Hawaii, nnd linct an ofllce at ido, capital of the island. One night he was studying up a law case in which h .was deeply interested, when the chimney from his lump fell on the table. Although the chimney was hot as fire, " Bill," in his excitement, picked it up and set it in its place without ex periencing the least inconvenience, such as would naturally result to a really sound person handling a red hot lamtj chimney. He reflected for a moment, looked at bis hand, but could not dis cover the least sign that he had been burned. He then took off nnd put on the chimney repeatedly, nnd with the same result. This experience convinced him that he was among the afflicted, and he lost no time in communicating with the authorities. An examination was made nud medical authority declar ed that he was afflicted with leprosy. Dr. Trousseau, for years a physician at Honolulu but now a resident of the island of Hawaii, made the principal ex amination. Up to this time no person on the islands ever dreamed that Bill Ragsdale had the leprosy, and some doubted even after the examination if he was so afflicted. Bi'l, however was personally convinced that he was so afflicted. The police did not arrest him, however, owing to his exalted position, as was common with those sus pected of being lepers ; so he voluntari ly delivered himself up as a victim of the terrible disease. He was then sent to Molokai and installed governor of the leper settlement, which position he held for a number of years up to the time of his death. Soon after his isola tion from the world and his friends the disease made itself more apparent, and there were none so incredulous as to be lieve that he was not forever afflicted with the leprosy. During his adminis tration of affairs he was as successful es he was popular. There were and are about eight hundred lepers on the set tlement, but by his tact and kindheart ednesa Ragsdale made the most extra ordinary and saddest community on the face of the earth as cheerful and as happy as the unfortunates could be. By his advice the government made many reforms, and the lepers recognized him as a father. The leper settlement is under the taboo ; that is, no human being is permitted to enter the dreadful locality without a special permit from the board of health at Honolulu. It is very difficult to get this permit, so that not one foreigner in a thousand can visit the leper world of Molokai. Among the presents at a recent fash ionable wedding in Baltimore was a horseshoe set in silver, and engraved in gold was this text : " Luck to thee and thine." The bride, while riding not long ago, saw the horseshoe lying in the road and declared it a luoky omen. The groom elect, jumping from his horse, secured tne memento and nad it decora ted as described. In Brussels, Belgium, the milk carts are drawn by women. " Radix," in one of his recent New York let ters, makes a good point apropos of life insur ance investigations and troubles generally, bv calling attention to the fallacy of judging of the reliability of companies according to their bulk. Many such institutions seek to dazzle the publio eye by printing their large gross as sets iu the heaviest tvpe, and by laying great stress upon the nominal millions nnder their oontrol to win confidence and prevent any close analysis of the whole statement. He points out (he plain, bnt often forgotten fact, that even oooediug the equally good quality of the aeseta of two companies, it is not necessarily the one with the most million which ia safest for the' policy holder, bnt the one whose net surplus bear the largest ratio to its whole pro perty. Judged from thi sound and searching urinciple, " Radix " Muds the .Etna Life Insur ance Company of Hartford, to be one of the strongest, if not the vtry strongest, institutions of the kind iu the oonntry. With a little over twenty-four millions of asseta, it has about four and a quarter millions of clear surplus. The special commission appointed by the Legisla ture of Connecticut a year ago to investigate all the life iusuranoe companies of that Htate, say of the .Etna that it u"uot only solvent, but financially sound, and nnder the management or omcers ana directors or large experience, sound Judgement, and unblemished character. and entitled to the entire ooutidence of policy holders, and the Dublio." Tallinn the above facta and this official indorsement together, it is evident that the writer's estimate of the .Etna is t)ie that can be everywhere safely in- dor sea Discover; ot a Lout Art. A method of reproducing the famous, because rare, fire gilded glass of tho Egyptians has been recently patented, and from the results Attained, it would appear that the inventor, if he has not discovered the ancient process, has de vised an excellent substitute. Fire gilded glass ia glass into which gold is so worked that many hundreds of years have failed to effect any change, or to tarnish the gold. The trustees of the British MuRoum, were so pleased with the results of the modern process, that they accepted from the inventor, M. D'Hnssey, specimens of his recovery of a lost art. The process consists in in troducing gold-leaf or platinum into the bodjr of the glass, and amagamating the precious metal with the glass by means of a blow-pipe, nn operation which also serves to produce a perfectly indestruc tible covering to the metal and tho de signs traced. The product so much re sembles the ancient work that the method is likely to find a tolerably wide field of usefulness or, at least, of profit to its inventor. The Catholics. The spiritual subjects of the Popo are scattered nbout as follows : Italy 2fl,000,000 Spain a 16,009,000 France S5.000.0nn Germany 14,000,000 Austria and Hungary 44.000,000 Belgium 8,000,000 Ireland 5,000.000 F.ngland 2,000,000 I'ortugal 8,000,000 Netherlands 1,000,000 Switzerland 1,000,000 Canada. 1.500,000 Mexico 9,500,000 Bonth and Central America 24,000.000 United Btatea 8,000,000 Other parts of the world 4,000,000 Total 198,000,000 The total, usually reckoned at 200,000, 000, has undergone much change during the lifetime of the late pontiff. The church has gained most notably in the United States aud England. A Sew Beverage. Brazil has made a liberal appropria tion for the introduction to the people of Europe of sterva-mate, nn article largely cultivated in Parana and used in South America to produce a popular beverage, but as yet unknown abroad. Mr. O'Oonor, of the British legation, says it will be a capital substitute for tho far more expensive and too often adulterated tea and coffee, being more fortifying nnd alimentary and much more wholesome, and an article that can be sold at a price so sioderato ns to place it within tho reach of all classes. Mother! Mothers'! Mothers!!! Don't fail to procure Mrs. Winalow'g Hoothing riyrup for all diseases incident to the peri d of teeth ing in children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wiDd ca.io, regulites the bowels, and, by giving roliof and healthto the child, gives rest to the mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy. Renovation, not Prnslrntion. Did any enfeebled human being ever become strong under the opera tfon of powerful cathar tics or salif ants ? It is sometimes necessary to regulate the bowels, bnt that cannot bo dono by active purgation, which exhausts the vital forces ana serves no lood purpose whatever. The only true way to piomote health aud vigor, wnjen are essential to regularity ot tne organic functions, is to invigorate, discipline and purity tiio system at the same time. The extraor dinary etlicacy of Hoetetter s cstomach ttitters in cases of debility of irregularity of the organs of dieestiou. assimilation, secretion and dis charge, is universally admitted. Appetite, goou digestion, a regular naoit or body, active circulation of the bbod, and purity of all tho animal muds are induced ty tins superD tonio and corrective. It hss no equals, moreover, as a preventive of chills and fover, and other lype s of malarial disease. To immigrants and travel ers it is particularly serviceable as a medicinal safeguard. Fnle Economy. Is it true economy to use cheap, adulterated baking powder, which is highly injurious to health, merely because it is cheap? Common sense and experience say no 1 DooUy's Yeast Powder, which baa been known for twenty years as an absolutely pure, wholesome, and in every respect, reliable article, is within the reach of all those who practice true economy in mis respect. CHEW The Celebrated "MaTOHLMS" Wood Tag Plug Tl'BAOOO. Tub Pioneeb ToBteoo Oompakt, - New Yoik, Boston, and Chicago There are probabh a hundred or more per sons in this and neighboring towns, who daily suffer from the distressing effeots of kidney troubles, who do not know that Johnson a An odyne Liniment is almost a certain cure. In severe cases, great roller may De outamea, lr not a pertoot cure. Wa notice that agricultural newsnanera al over the ooun'rv are now exposing the worth lessness of the large packages of horse and cattle powders. We put the hall in motion and claim the credit of it. Sheridan's Powders are absolutely pure and are the only kind worth paving. The Markets, mw xoaa. Beef Cattle Hatlve U (9 w'i 1'axaaanauueroKoa.. vsia us;. Mllnhnowa UOU (STOW Hcii! Live r 04 V4 Wi Sheep " "X Lambs.. Oft fi 06V Cottons Middling.. U ( 1H airoeara...M..t "i9 Flour s Western : Good to Ulioloe. a 35 (4 o i State: Good to onoice. . . . o w i Wheat I Bed Western 13 (A 1 Mo. 1 alilwauae ui i Bye: BUts 4 75 Barley: State s 9 Barter Malt f (4 3 Oata: Mixed Weatarn SS (4 Corn: Mixed Western al " Hay, perowt & ' Straw, perewt 4 61 Hops 7C'a 01 U ......76 a 13 14 Porkl Meaa 10 l.-HftlO 40 Lard: Olty Steam OljiO Flab I Mackerel, no. 1, new sa uu wai uu ' No. a, new 00 QltOO Dry Ood, per ewt. 00 ($116 Herring, Scaled, per box.... 17 a 18 Petroleum: Crude 0X(a09X Beflned...H Woo' I California Fleece. M 8 Texas Flew 2 C4 M Australian Fleece...,. 9 State XX..... 41 & Batter: State 18 24 Western: Oboioa H l Western: flood to Prima. 81 & S5 Western t Firkins H IS Choose: Bute Factory .....a 10 A 14 Btata8ktmmed I" (4 11 Western H Eggs: Blate and Pennsylvania.... laJtO 14 aoa-VALO. Flour.......... (76 S SCO Wheat No. 1 Milwaukee X 81 1 84 Corn Mixed 8 s a Oata M ( t7 Rva ., 98 O 08 rley 8J 9 88 Barley Malt 80 & 81 rHXLiDZi.rHU. Beef Oattle Extra.. M 9 0H bnesp Oft 06 tiofra ureaaea.. vo( us Flour renuayivauia&xira in (4 T 3a Wheat Bed Western 1 81 9 1 14 Bye... 71 Q ',s Oorn Yollo ....,. CO Q Bl Mixed tn a tl Oats Mixed 89 (A 41 Petrolaum Orada....v...tn4w' lueowi, 11),- nwir-wiunMu,,,,,., j.7 a as Texas 34 (4 g Catuornls...,, 37 gt 88 obK. Beef Caul r CO 9 ufw Bbeep J.. ....... D6H14 07V Hogs 0.(4 07 a 9o Corn Mixed..., ,....... H Oata 87 Wool Ohio aud Peuiuiylvaaa XX... California F-Tl ....... BaiaHToa jauae. Beef OatU 1 Uhbta I LaiuUa. ...... Hog WaTBBTOWt. Maae. Beef Oattle Poor to Uhoioej (4 89 let M US 4 14 08 4 to 100 100 9 10 9 7(.0 too neaep... lasts. ..... ...... "jj When Dr. 11. V. rieroe wai a candidate for State aenatnr, bin political opponent published a pretended analyaia of hi popniar medicine, hopingtliereby to prejudice the people against him. His election oy an overwhelming majori ty aeverely rebnkod bis (traduoers, who Bought to Impeach hi bualnnM Integrity. No notice wonld have been taken of theae campaign lies were it not that some of hla enemies (and every sncceaeful bnaineaa man baa his full qnota of envious rivala) are republishing theae bogus analyse. Numerous and most absurd formulas have been published, purporting to come from high authority and it is a aigniflcant fact that no two nave been at an alike conclusively proving the diakoneety of their author. , . I Never Felt Hotter. Snch la the verdict after taking a doae of Quirk's Irish Tea. Mold in packages at 25 cts. The Greateet Discovery of the Aa? ia Dr ToblH' celebrated Venetian Liniment I 90 jmti before the publlo, and warranted to ear: Diarrhea, DreenUrr, Oolio, and spurns, Uken Internally ; and Oro.p, Ohranie Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Onts, Braises, Old Bores snd Pains In the Limbs, Back and Ohest, asternal!. It ha. never (ailed. No femHr will aw be without it after onee airing it a fair trial. Prise 40 eenta. Dr. TOBIAS VENETIAN HOR8R IJNIMKNT. in Pint Battles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to ant other, or NO PAY, for the enre of Oolie, Outs, Brnlaee, Old Bores, eto. Sold bj all Dracciata. Depot lO Park Plana. Itrw Vork. USE TIIEg"""?: WWlei IIIIaiKI BUTTKR COLOR Is wmm aajs reoojnmended by the aarionl. UK II Is 1ST tnr.' "?" and need bj taoo I Ell bill aands of the rery beat Dairy. " " men In this oonntry. It sires a BIITTtll perfect June Oolor and Is sa Kill I P If parmless as salt. Warranted W V I II to add a eta. per pound to it - selllnt rains. Auk your Drne fl fl I n II I aistorMerohantforlt, or writ UULUII I Wells, Riohahdsoh Oo WW War 0. war Pronriatnra. Rtirlintan. Vf r , 1 . - The Great Limestone Belt of Kansas, The Attractive Eegion of the West. Xty Blnjor IX. Inmnn, The " Oreat Central Plains" are a geograph ical feature of the State of Kansas. Covered with a remarkably nutritious vegetation, for centuries they were an immense pasturage for countless herds of buffalo, antelope and other ruminating animals, whose habitat was the far-stretching green prairies that to-day form one of the most beautiful agricultural portions of the Mississippi Valley. Less than ten years ago this region was beheved, by the mass of tho people in the East, to be an unprofitable desert, bnt it is now the nckaoivledged gardou of the Continent. This truly magoilioent conn try can cltim the most luxuriant soil of all tho 'Oreat Wes:," and a climate that approaches perfection, at least. Dr. B. E. Fryer, one of the most eminent surgeons iu the Army, and who was stationed for years at fort Harkcr, four miles from the Town of Ellsworth, de clared this to be the " most perfect climate in the world." Tho whole country is traversed by a series of constant stt earns, sweet and wholesome springs and spring-fed pools. De licious water Is also always obtained in well, by digging, at easily-accessible depths. It is already conceded that the United States is rap idly becoming the granary of the worU, par ticularly in the production of wheat. KansaB, an Empire iu itself, is taking tho lead in the culture of this cereal, and iu a abort time will bo acknowledged quoen of all the States in the production of this great staple. The State, especially her peculiarly wonderful fertile cen tral area, comprised in what is now known as the " limestone belt," under the test of only a few years, has proved to the world the im mense average its soil is capable of. Each year increases the limit of the wheat-belt, as the lroulier is pushed toward the mountains, within which aro found the greatest possibili ties, agriculturally. It is a remarkable fact that nearly all the lands of the Kansas PaciAo Railway are in cluded in the limestone rerfbu under consider ation, and that south of this limit, in that di rection, it ceases altogether, and the country presents another geological formation, the soil of which is very Bandy, and which, though at present, from fuXlmens of Us very primititvnea is capable of producing good crops in reasons of abundant rainfall, lacks the inheren. quali ties of aelf-feriilb.ation, anil must rapidly d,-tc-riorate In this particular the Smoky Hill Val ley is immensely superior to the arcnacious lauds of the region south, which is drained by the Arkaueas and tributary streams. It is well kuown by every fanner that lime, in some of its combinations, constitutes the essential in gredient iu all tho more valuable grams and grasses. Its presence in the soil is consequent ly to be oonaiuerea as a cimi ion ot tenuity. ft also acts as a constitutional amelioraut. of much power, and, when mixed with or under lying tough or viscid clay, it rendors thorn tri able ana consequently more guscepiiDie to me action of atmospheric forces. Soil in which there is a due admixture ot calcareous matter, is not so liable to be injured or rendered plaa tio bv au exoess of moisture while nnder crop. The quality of tho wheat raised in this great "limeHtonebelt" is conceded, in all markets, to be the finest grade known. It produces the familiar brands or so-called Houtbern nour. for which St. Louis is Justly celebrated. This is easily accounted for, from the fact that the soil in which the wheat is grown possesses a due admixture of calcareous matter, which has a tendency to make the hnll of the grain mnch tliinuor. and the farina itself in much great- r qnautity, and in richer quality, than in train in-own on ttie lands which exhibit a de ficiency of this earth. All our millers will tes tify to the peculiar flour-making properties of our wheat, iu this essential, surpassing that . . 1! . .1.-1 . . . raisea in oiuer Beuiious, iuu it is aiu-iuuuxj entirely to tho fact which the analysis of the soil confirms that this so-called " limestone belt " possesses all the requisites of the best wheat land in the world. Sand, it is well known, is injurious when it enters too largely into the composition of cultivated soils j in other words, it is useless beyond a certain pro portion. That the " limestone belt," or " won derful wheat region of Central Kansas," as it is sometimes called, has the amonnt of silei or silica the basis of sand fixed in the proper proportion, is evident, from the fact that it re quires peculiar conditions to " lodge " the grain in the field, even after the most terriuo showers. Considering the question of the rel ative fertility, partioolarly in its connection with wheat oulturo, present richness of soil aud endnranoe must enter as essential ele ments of success, and the capacity of the self fertilization of the land, an ingredient not to be overlooked. The latter quality a limestons region alone can possess, as only a limited knowledge of agricultural chemistry clearly demonstrates. Viewing the subject of wheat culture, then, in all its aspects, so far as Kan sas is conoerned, an inspection of the Smoky Hill Valley, aud the arenaceous region south, coupled with a fair idea of what the culture of wheat requires, the conclusion ean lead only iu one direction to the infinitely superior ad vantage of the " limestone belt. Prospectively, from purely physical causes. this great inlaud region must reach the xsi tion of one of the richest agricultural portions of the Uidted Btates. Only a very few years ago not a decade husbandry here was pure ly tentative. From absolutely no dew, eight years ago, this region is as favored in that fiartioular as any that can be named. From yiug outside of the "rain belt," so termed, thia region has had to be "taken In." The qnantity of water in the streams has aug mented, springs have burst forth where noue existed before lo short, Just the converse of that meteorological phenomenon baa been evolvtd here, under the march of t-ivii'Z ilion, which takes In a heavily-timbered country nn der the same social oouditions. The foUowing statistics of the rainfall clear- B5SH? ly prove the accuracy of the foregoing state ment 1 The Fall of Rain and Melted Rnow, In Inches, at Forts Hays, Lamed and Dodare. for the last five years, as shown by the Dally Sfe'e orological llecords kept by the Uulled States Oovernment at the Posts named : CF.XTnAL KANSAS. SOCTHEHK KANSAS. YEAH. Fort iAirned. Fort Dodge. Fort Hays. 1873... 1874... 1875... 1878... 1877... 81 62 87.06 83.08 19.23 19 00 23.0S 10.36 21 65 81.48 27.73 17.80 18.49 86.90 85.40 81.81)1 Total..... Average per annum, 162.90 115.14 111.41 S2 59 23.03 22 29 These are some of the facts In relation to the agricultural possibilities of this region, and these, coupled with tlie story of the pant harvest, are sufficiently confirmatory of the Inducements this portion cf the Great Plains offers. Under the liberal policy of the government, and theA'anm Farlfte Railway Company, im migrant are invited to this really superb re gion, with the assurance that its beauty and in ducements cannot be exaggerated by any pen picture. For farther Information about Kansas, and especially the region described, address LAND COMMISSIONER KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY, HAMNA, KANSAS. Browns Bronchia!, TR0CWF8, for eoogha and oolds EYE It KHTOREHS better than Hpeetaolea The bent reduced to 9 1. Ciroulara free. Addrena Una 7SH, New York. 100.000 IttKSi. TEAS at 14 S A73ftr. in qnnntitipB to suit frTntt bnrffains. importers' & HrokerirAsrnt I4 Uhamnera nt , K. 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R ro ark able testimonials of its efficacy shown to those who don ire to see them. A. B. w iLnon. unemiac. posion.j"n Sandal-Wood A. potlUta ramadf for all diauaoa of ttb. Kldnej. Bladder acd-Urlnary Orcnna ; alao good in Drop sical Complaint. It Barer pradsoaa .ickiiMa, eerUin and apaodyu itt'aotion. It 1 faattnpraadlii ail ether nmedlaa, Hiitj eapsale. onre Inalx or b daya. No other medicine na do thia. Uewa.ro ( Imitation, lor, owta to IU are 1DC4MH, many her been, offered t mas are moat dance, rat, cansine; rilea, eto. DCNU.4S DICK de t'O.'d em4M So1 Cup mUt$ oontatni'4 (Ml AindalaMAl wfaT al all Va alorat. Aik ft ttreuiar or m for om to it aaal THE GOOD OLD JsTAND-BY. Mexican Mustang Liniment. FOR MAN AND BEAST. maauiuxo 35 Tun. Alwara nm Alweia eadr. aVlwaj a has dr. Ua. new rot failed. TAfc-ro eidUoM hart f..iJ it. Td. wool, world approval Lr e floriona old Mnrtana the Beat and Ohaapeat Lmlmet.1 in eilatenca. its eent a bottle. Th. 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