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
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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.
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1'axaaanauueroKoa.. vsia us;.
Mllnhnowa UOU (STOW
Hcii! Live r 04 V4 Wi
Sheep " "X
Lambs.. Oft fi 06V
Cottons Middling.. U ( 1H
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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
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Flour.......... (76 S SCO
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Corn Mixed 8 s a
Oata M ( t7
Rva ., 98 O 08
rley 8J 9 88
Barley Malt 80 & 81
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Beef Oattle Extra.. M 9 0H
bnesp Oft 06
tiofra ureaaea.. vo( us
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Wheat Bed Western 1 81 9 1 14
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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. Y.
aPTTflTPT CPrTsC f I will nnd for trial o
lOc and frreen stamp thin month, 4 packnta Flower
NrilM includintr tha choicest Double I'ttrtulaea. ftriv
ed 'rtunia, and Air Japan Coxromht mixed colors of
each. Catalogue fret. L, W. OooDKLL. Amherst, Mas.
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THE CLAIRVOYANT !
'The Clairvoyant" ia the result of over 10(1 silting) by
one of our lending clairvoyants, arranged in tablets and
tamers nnu
Hent poM-
it can be easily aaapwa to any oompiex.on.
piiirt for 2i ote. riKK uu., ruiiiisners. iu
Street, Boston, Mass. V. O. address, Box If Ol 3.
Higfc
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t lied VVIil.ky and Kim-Ic nndjr.
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la
A ItOTARY, VEUTIDAIj PLATE WHEEL 1IAUBOW
ITS VALUE ESTABLISHED BY ABORTIVE IMITATIONS.
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IT IS THS ONLY
made. Cao be uhanaed from a iointad
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doa. not Involve a Laweuiv roa iMraiauauaa
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Heud lor Deeoriptive Circular to
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TDIV Noroltlea, Wotlon., llln-treled O.ulwree fr-a
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rtllHAfl Retail price fH) ""J- TT
$350
Month. Aa-enta wanted. 8fl be at
IS article. In tne worm. y- fnp
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f0 r f narrar. Agents wsntwlefjrj wliei a. Btn
f 1 H 1 1 1 llnea. strictly leRitlmate.Partlonlsr frra
fcaJHAilUrnaJ.WoaTBt:o. Bt Ionia, Mo.
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V AJS X JCilJ tectire Berrloa, and to report
enme. Par liberal. Indole stamp and address nw.
e.m and European georet Berries Co.. Oineinnn,.u. .
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Aak jronr Jeweler for them.
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ia llnmmiiMnni tn AvantH. '1 Arms ana (jutm rrow .
rTdrese P, O. VICKKWYa Augn-.tR iMnlne.,
$10 to $25
A DAY M RKmadelvy
Apatite selling our Uhromoe
Crayons, Plotnre and Chre -(
mo O.rda. 1 3 samples
worth 5. nt, poet-ooid
for Onta. IHastrated
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and children. Wnr 1 8 1 Pensions to anr.iror8 .nd
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not paid. ADDITIONAL BOUNTY to 8 and S years
vol.. and widows. If only flixl has been paid. Now
Orleans PRI7.K WONKY. ERNKST P. BROOK,
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ji I j i laUnrlTalM for tba
fit 1 fci 3 Toilet ami the fiath.
1 I N artiticlal 4o4
f rJvV'V , l"?jtivif oaloit to
aiver coinuvott so J
deletei-ioui ltrrwM
enU. Aftcrvewiof
scientific exrritntt
ths nisnnfwtnrer of
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Sop b jwrfectc
kiiiI no offer Ui Ibf
iwblls The rnfWT TOIIjET SOAP In the Wort a.
Uniw A purttl ttfHablt pfh md in it mmnuftvrt.
,f or use in the Nursery it hasNo equal.
Wohd ton limei tU eotl to evry mother ana immlly InCnrtPivndonu
RampI box, containing S cake nf t as. ucht teat frve to ary ai
dr) OB receipt ol '! cnti. A Air
B TlJBB TT.N9W YOTK Cltjf.
WTTM
mLBOE'8 COMPOUND 0?
PUBE COD LIVES
OIL AND LIME.
T alii i 'n.ainiillvi WlUlfil'M ('nniDOIlD.
OP tkji Livkb Oil and Limk. without pofeeeesmg the
very nauseating; flavor of the article aa he r to! ore used,
ia endowed by the phosphate of lime with a healing
property which renders the oil doubly efficacious. R
ro ark able testimonials of its efficacy shown to those who
don ire to see them. A. B. w iLnon. unemiac. posion.j"n
Sandal-Wood
A. potlUta ramadf for all diauaoa of ttb. Kldnej.
Bladder acd-Urlnary Orcnna ; alao good in Drop
sical Complaint. It Barer pradsoaa .ickiiMa,
eerUin and apaodyu itt'aotion. It 1 faattnpraadlii
ail ether nmedlaa, Hiitj eapsale. onre Inalx or b
daya. No other medicine na do thia.
Uewa.ro ( Imitation, lor, owta to IU are
1DC4MH, many her been, offered t mas are moat dance,
rat, cansine; rilea, eto.
DCNU.4S DICK de t'O.'d em4M So1 Cup
mUt$ 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. Maatanc Linimanl
.areawhra DMhiD( elaewilL
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