FOR THE FAIR SEX. Fashion Note. Very dark colors continue stylish. The ulster Is tlie leading spring wrap. New dress buttons all come in two Bizes . Spanish lace is the fancy of the mo ment, Diminutive patterns in brocaded ma terials are among recent importations. Mummy cloth, much improved, will be among the fashionable spring goods. Gilt and silver balls, both plain and facetted, form the heads of fancy pins for the hair. Yellow, red and brilliant dark colors are mingled with the faint fade colors in new goods. Small sunflowers, from one-third to half the natural size, are popular as cor sage boqucts. Bended passementeries will be largely used for trimming silks and satins used in costumes and wraps for spring. Dragons, bees, butterflies and birds in indefinite forms appear nmone the palm lrave3 and other Eastern desiens of lately imported spring goods. Violet is a fashionable color this spring, and that in all its shades, from the color of an iris to the soft Iiups of the Tormese violet and the Tersian lilac. The long overdress, which has re cently oeen rovivea, is noimng bi't a gracefully draped princesa polonaise, which requires only a flounce to com plete the costume. fashionable laise Jronts of waved or curled hair cover the whole crown of the head, coming low on the forehead ana tastcned beneath the knot with a small shell comb on each side. Dresses are still made with scant skirls bridled across the front and draped up behind. In the make of bodices there is more variety, but the basque waist prevails in the new spring costumes. The latest novelty in the wav of irmlr ing up velvet is to have the dress com posed of a perfectly plain corsage, plain coat sleeves and a plain demitrained skirt without flounces, tablier or over skirt. A clever new idea in kid gloves is the Foster glove, in which the fastening is by a cord laced around hooks, like those on a gentleman's laced shoe. The glove may be laced in a twinkling, and the iastenmg adapts itselt to any sized wrist, While all annoyance from burst, ing buttons or torn button-holes is ob viated. Feminine Superstition!. White specks on the nails are indiea- live oj goou ioriune. When a woman enters a room she should be oblieed to sit down, if onlv for a moment, as she otherwise takes away the children's Bleep with her. To met tlio cradle when empty is in jurious to tnecmid. To eat while a bell is tolling for a mnerai causes toothache. The crowing of a hen indicates ap proaching disaster. Drawing on a stocking inside out. causes matters to go wrong during the day. By bending the head to the hollow of the arm the initial letter of one's f"turo spouse is represented. When children play soldier on the roadside it forbodes the approach oi war. A child grows proud if gufl'ered to iook into the mirror while 1cm than twelve months old. Before moving into a new house lirst send in bread and a new broom. Whoever sneezes at nn early hour either hears some news or receives some present the same day. Cincinnati En quircr. Accomplished Ladles' Maids. Ladies' maids in society must be tic compjished to judge from an advertise ment in a Koman paper. A vouns lanv is wanted for that island who must he trom twenty to thirty years of age; dis on gaged, and of distinguished cduca' tion : very snillful with the needle and in making up tine things. She must be of sympathetic turn, of elegant figure una po-sess linen and good clothes, good enough tor going out with and attend ing her young mistress. She must send her photograph to a siimor in Home who will personally inspect those young lames wno present uieraseives to com pete for the situation. A young lady ot these accomplishments, beiiutv and uood clothes would not long keep a situation as ladies' maid in America. She would soon he nsked by the impressible Ameri can youtli to resiirn her position as lsul j-'s maid to become the mistress of his heart and home. A Cat's Fight With a Rattlesnal The Americus (Ga.) Republican of recent date has the following: About three weeks ago, during the beuutifu sunny weather we have had which in duced tlie trees to bud and bloom, I was walking in mv garden one morn in thinking about preparing for an early atari, ior spring vegetables, when i saw a large rattlesnake sunning. My first impulse was to go to the house, get a gun, and kill it. But looking around. I c-aw a very large house cat cautiously creep upon the reptile. Anticipating a fight, and equally desirous of getting rid of the cat, which killed chickens, I con cluded to witness his attack upon the snake. The cat crawled upon its stom ach, pulling along on its feet, whisking its tail from side to side, and every now 'and then stretching its neck to view the snake. When about eight or ten feet off the snake suddenly coiied up, sprung its rattle, faced the cat and darted its forked tongue out rapidly. The ci commenced a rapid circle around the snake, so fast in fact that the eye could hardly keep up with it. At last it got near enough and made a dart at its enemy, but through providential rea sons it went high above the snake, which also struck at the cat, thus breaking its coil. The cat went too far, and by the time it had turned to face its foe the reptile was again coiled, and ready for the attack. The same method was adopted and carried on for four or five tidies, occupying at least half an hour. The cat wished to catch the snake, but seemed aware that if it missed the neck it would be certain death. At the sixth assault they met and instantly the snake was wrapped in several folds around the body of the cat, which used its sharp claws with deadly effect The cat had been bitten on the head and neck several times, and both continued to fight. The snake was torn nearly to shreds, but did not unloosen its coil around its victim. Th poison was swift and deadly, but before the cat died it caught the snake's head in its mouth and crushed it, and fighting they died, the snake enwrapping the cat in iu coils. The snake measured four feet eight inches and had thirteen ratties. " Js there any mail for me?" said she to the handsome Ike. 'Certainly," said he. "Where?" said she. "Here," said he, with open arms. "That's my funeral," sang the maid. Friends are invited to attend without further no tice. . So much for what the maid made hy getting the male mail. Yonkers Qa ZCUe. No more forcible argument ir needed to prove that man, in the beginning, was created out-of-doors than the fact that hot one in ten of them can learn to shut a door when he leaves a room. Middletown lYanscript. THE TERROR OF THE JUNGLE. A Urnphta Areonnt of the Peril! of TLlon IIuntlfjK In Africa, At the close of a fine Virpozv dnv in J une, a party of three Englishmen, with iioitenioi attendants. an ox team, horses and dogs, were bivouacked, after an ex citing day of hunting, on a small plain near tne banks ot the Sunday, a tribu tary of the Buffalo ri ver, situated be tween Fort Lucas and Quagga Krncl, in that part of British Catl'rana known as Natal, which, as most readers are aware, forms an important portion of aoutn Airica. The day had been replete with adven ture, and the spoils of the chase were varied ; but, although tlie prime objects of tlie sportsmen was to bring down a tawny lion or two, they did not disdain to have a crack at any wild animal un lucky enough to come within range of their breech-loading "Mantons," con sequently their "bag" comprised spring boks, gnus, wild sheep, cape rabbits, a few birds, etc. With the monarch of the forest, however, they were not suc cessful. They had sighted n nymber single nnd in pairs but in every case their majesties kept a respect ful distance, and any attempt at close acquaintance was s frustrated by their immediately turning tail nnd sneaking off in the most unroyal manner, thus refuting the long cherished idea that tho lion is tlie most courageous of beasts. There are many opinions on this subject, for nnd against, but although lions are known at times to display wonderful audacity and bravery, our hunters this day were certainly disgusted, and voted I.eo to bo both a roaring braggart and coward. It was not with the most satisfied air. therefore, that they returned to the bivouac which they had quitted in the morning, and after securinit the stock and picketing the horses, tat clown to partake ot the evening meal prepared by the Hottentot cook. But after six or seven hours of sharp riding, the savoryodor ot springbrok (a species of antelope) steaks, shewed rabbit, flap jacks and aromatic Oolong, had a won derfully soothing effect on the hunters; and, when these good things had been done ample justice to, and pipes charged and lighted, the weary Nimrods cast themselves down with perfect abandon around the fire for 11. quiet chat before turning in, their blank attendants mean while applying themselves with much address to the disposal of the remains of the feast. Although the day was fast declining, the sun had not vet gone down, but was. as it were, amusing itselt with tlie tree tops and mountains, lighting up valleys and plains with occasional hursts of golden glory beiore taking. its final c!Id, Tlie cattle were munching their g-ain and juicy grass, nnd. with the exception of the low hum of the little encamp ment and the occasional chirp of the field cricket, nil nature was hunhcd, when, suddenly, tlie echoes were awakened by a sharp roar, reverberat ing tnrough the valley below, and bring. ing uie n timers to meir leet witn a bound. 1 he roar was repeated, followed by yells of men and screams of women, and it did not take our friends lonir to ascertain the direction from wlicnce ttie sudden alaim came. They had remarked, when selecting their camping ground, a couple of Cafl're huts probably Fingoes or Gelakns about a quarter of a mile distant, on the verge of the first ment ioned stream, nnd concluded that the noise came from that quarter, and without more ado the three white men saddled up, took their arms and departed for the scene. On arriving they found that the oc cupantsof tho little kraal had fled with the exception of a youtli of about seven' teen, who was engaged in dcsncrntelv hur:ing assegais at a large lion ntnnding over a prostrate body, and a short dis tance beyond they perceived a lioness holding down a second human form, while other lions and cubs were leisurely uevoui ing a coupio oi t;anrc cows. Taking in this situation at a glance, our friends did not hesitate as to their course; so riding boldly forward, they in turn delivered their tire at the first lion as they dashed past, and, wheeling in circle, gave the lioness a similar dose. Both beasts being wounded nnd becoming furious, the hunters had to observe great caution, for the animals left their prey, and roaring and lashing their flanks with their tails, prepared to aiiacic meir assailants; accordingly iiaray, me icaaer, dismounted, sup ported closely by his friends Ferguson and Overton, and approaching to within forty yards of the lion, knelt, took aim. tired straight at the breast and stretched it dead with a bullet through his heart. They then quickly turned their atten tion to its mate, ana none too soon, for she had crept forward to within spring' ing distance; but it was luck that Hardy's weapon was double-barreled, as he had just time to cock his piece and take aim when she, too, bounded up ward. He fired the same at before but with the advantage that his two mounted friends fired also; consequently she, like her lord, was placed beyond all further harm-doing. The other lions and cubs made off. Tluy now turned their attention to tne human victims of the raid, and found the prey of the lioness to be a male Caflre, badly mangled and auite dead: that of the lion proved to be a woman, stunned and bruised, but otherwise un hurt. The Cuffre youth, now coming up, threw himself prostrate beside the woman, evincing tho niost-intense grief mingiea witn uie deepest affection as he patted iier. and in language unin telligible to his deliverers attempted to arouse uer. uverion soon ciianged Ins griei to joy ny placing uis brandy tl isk to her lips, with almost magical result ; ami me youtu, seaing ner restored, nur riedoffto the other body, butunon find ing life extinct was once more in de spair. However, savage as he was, he was a philosopher in his way ; his father was dead beyond doubt, but his mother was alive therefore he cast aside his grief ior ins maie parent ana indulged in joy uiA D.iij ji ma juutiin, alternating i, : . t i -. i ' . .- , , uib tmrascs ui uer wuu grateiui de monstration toward her friends, par' ticularly Hardy. One of the Hottentots now coming up. he acted as interpreter, and soon the iiunters were in possession of the facts attending this evening's adventure. It appeared that the lions had raided their herd of cattle, and on flying to their rescue, the savage animals had turned on them with the above result; their mnre friends, instead of aiding them, incontinently fled, and had not since re turned, hucli being the cise, and see' ing now the utter destitution, the hun ters offered them the shelter of their bivouac which thev gladly accented. first burying the husband and father under a pile of stones ; and while they were tnus engaged the tiunters secured the skins of the lions, and then they all returned to the bivouac. On their way back they learned that the woman's name was Sozemi, and that of the youth Kallula; that they were of the Griqua tribe, and that the warrior had been a distinguished chief. Boston Com inercial Bulletin. "I wish you would keep your mouth shut!" exclaimed Hollemout. the dent ist, suddenly losing patience with his patient s predilection tor talking. "All right," said the latter, suiting the action to the word. And then Hollemout asked him if he would be so kind as to open it I 1 i- r i ; it ii .v agaiu luugenuugu ior mm luoiiemoutj to get his finger out. You never do know how to please some men. New York's First Great Fire. The first great fire in New York hap pened in September, 1776, just after Washington had been driven from the city. New York was then a small but beautiful town; it reached only to the lower end of the par is, but Broadway was lined with shade trees, nnd its fine houses stretched away on botli sides to the Battery. Trinity church stood, as now, at tho liend of Wall street. St. Pauls a building of treat cost nnd beauty for tlie times almost bounded the upper end of Broadway. Tlie Brit ish soldiers marched into the pleasant but terrified city, the leading patriots fled with Wellington's army, and in the hot, days of the autumn of 1776 New York seemed to offer a pleasant home lor the oflioors and men of the in vading forces. They took possession of tho deserted country seats of the patri ots at Bloomingdalo or Murray Hill, and occupied the finest houses on the best streets of tlie town. Here they hoped to pass a winter of ease, nnd in the spring complete withr.ut difficulty tlie rout of the disheartened Americans. But one night in September tho crv of fire was heard, and the flames began tD spread from some low wooden bui Id- ings near Whitchai', where now aro the Produce Exchange and Staten Island ferries. In those days thero wre no steam-engines nor hydrants, no Crolon water nor well-organized lire-companies. But as the flames continued to ad vance, the British soldiers sprang from their beds and began to labor to check the fire with all the means in their power. They used, no doubt, buckets of water brought from the cisterns and the river. Tlieyfound.it is Baid, sev eral persons setting houses on fire, and in their rage threw them into the flames. But their labor was all in vain. All night the fire spread over the finest quarter of New York. From Whitehall it passed up Broadway on the eastern side, devouring everything, until it wos stopped by a large new brick house near Wall street. It crossed to tlie western side, and laid nearly the whole street in ruins. It fastened on the roof and tower of Trinity church, nnd soon, of all its graceful proportions, only a few slut tered frngments remained. Then the flames passed rapidly up to the west of Broadway from Trinity as far as St. Paul's; houses and shops crumbled be fore them; a long array of buildings seemed to have fed the raging fires, until at last they reached the walls of the great church itself, and here, it is said, the zeal of the people checked their progress. They mounted the roof ot the cnurch, covered it with streams of water, put out the sparks that fell on it, until at last the building was saved. the flames died out. and St. Paul's stands to-day almost ns it stood in 1776. the monument ot the close of the grent fire. It is not dillicult to imagjne'the mcl- nuLuuiv v milieu niiiUKiu in inc .iiijjriu- nnce of the city. Broadway, once so beautiful, remained until the end of tho war in grealvpart a street of ruins From Wall street to the Batt-Ty, from St. Paul's church to the Bowling Green, the miserable waste was never repaired. Up its desolate track paraded each morning the British officers and their followers, shining in red and gold, to the sound ot martini music; but they had no leisure por wish to repair the ravages of war. On the wasted district arose a collection of tents and hovels, called "Canvas Town." Here lived the miserable poor, the wretched, the vile; robbers who nt night made tlie rums unsate, and incendiaries who never ceased to terrify the unlucky city. The British garrison was never suffered to remain long at ease. It was said that the great fire of 1776 was the work ot the patriots, who had resolved to burn New York, nnd drive tlie invaders from their safe resting- place. The question of its origin has never been decided. It may have been altogether accidental, or possibly the work of design. But it was followed by a singular succession ot other tires. during the period of the Jtsntisli ascend ancy, that seem to show some settled phui to annoy and discourage the in vaders, the newspapers ot the time nre filled with accounts of the misfor tunes of the garrison nnd the royalists. Harper a xoung reopte. What Puzzled the Millers. The Minneapalis IVibune relates an amusing incident that happened in the Palisade mill of that oil v. January 1. The proprietors went to the expense of purchasing a new water wheel, with which to propel the machinery of the Palisade. lliey reluctantly shut the mill down for a couple of weeks for t he purpose ot putting tins new wheel in, feeling satisfied that the increased power obtained from it would more than re pay thera for the loss of time. Without topping to consider the matter of rich and lefts', as applied to water wheels, the work progressed until, on New Year's morning, it was complete, and, with a great sigh of relief, they prepared for business, and turned on the water. Imagine their consternation when all the machinery ' f the mill began to re volve backward ! Everything moved in just the opposite direction from what it had ever done before, or was intended to do. The stores turned ba kward, the elevators ran downward, instead of upward, and well, the proprietors thought that New Year's might have a bad effect on them, and turned the mill or themselves wrong side up. The partners, after careful examinations, as sured each other that none of them were standing on their heads! Then they strolled out upon the platform and took a look at the mill building. That was right side up! But the machinery persisted in running the wrong way, from basement to attic, and threatened to reverse the natural order of things by converting flour into wheat They at first thought of going to the lunatic asylum in a body; but, fortunately, their millwright was suddenly struck with an idea! They shut the gates, lie took a squint at the new wheel, and the mystery was explained! It was a " left hand" wheel, and had been thought lessly set as a right. A Wonderful Song Writer. The wonderful song, "The Erl King," was composed by Franz Schubert in less than an hour. A friend left him one day reading Goethe's poem for the first time, and returning shortly, found the song finished. Another of Schubert's famous songs, "The Serenade," was composed one afternoon in a noisy German beer cellar, amid the noise of squalling children, the clatter ot mugs and dishes. He drew some staves on the back of a bill of fare and thus the tone-poem was pro duced. One day Schubert left one of his new songs with his friend Vogl, the siiger, who found it too high, lie had ft trans posed and a fortnight after sang it for Schubert. The composer remarked: " Really, that Lied is not so bad ; who composed it P" Schubert was a master of counter point and harmony at the age of four teen. He died when only thirty-one and left behind him nearly 1,000 com- Eositions, 600 of which were songs, iszt has called him the most poetic musician that ever lived. Tlie -first railroad car ever used for carrying passengers was built in 1825, and wag run on the Stockton and Dar lington railroad in Knclund Tt woa simply a common box-car made of wood, with three windows on each side, and mounted on four fixed wheels. The Lesson of the Bath. One of the most valuable discoveries made byArchimedes, the famous scholar of Syracuse, in Sicily, relates to the weight of bodies immersed in water. Hiero, King of Syracuse, had given a lump of gold to be made intoacrowr. and when it came back lie suspected that the workmen had kept back some of the gold, and had made up the weight by adding more than the right quantity of silver; but he had no means of proving this, because they had made it weigh as much, as the gold winch had been sent. Archimedes, puzzling over this pioblem.wentto his bath. As he stepped in he saw the water, which his body dis placed, rise to fe higher level in tlie bath, and to the astonishment of his servants lie sprang out of the water, and ran home through the streets of Syracuse almost naked, cryng,"Eureka! Eureka!" i- l nave lound HI 1 have found UV ) What had he found P He had discov ered that any solid body put into a ves sel of water displaces a quantity of water equal to its own bulk, and there fore that equal weights of two sub stances, one light and bulky, and the other heavy and small, will displace dif ferent quantities of water. Tins discov ery enabled him to solve his problem. Ho procured one lumo of told nnd another of silver, each weighing exactly the same as the crown. Of course the lumps were not the same size, because silver is lighter than gold, and so it takes more of it to make up the same weigut. lie nrst put the gold into a basin of wnter. and marked on the side of tho vessel the height to which the wnter r..se. Next, taking out the gold, he nut in the silver, which, though it weighed the same, yet, being largerj made the water rise higher; nnd this height he also marked. lastly, he took out the silver and put in the crown. Now if the crown Had been pure gold, the water would have risen only'up to the mark of the gold, but it rose higher, nnd stood be tween the gold and silver marks, show ing that silver had been mixed with it. making it more bulky; and by calcula ting how much was displaced, Archi medes could estimate roughly how much silver had been added. This was the first nttempt to measure tlie specific gravity of dillerent substances: that is. the weight of any particular substance compared to nn equal bulk of some other substance taken as a standard. In weighing solids or liquids, water is tlie usual stand or. Harper s loung Icople, The Greatest Danger of Railroad Travel. The risk of suddrn trifling compared with death is very the inevitable injury sustained by every individual who has to make a long journey by rail. The traveler really takes his life in his hand whenever he sets out. The danger is less from accident than de sign, less from misplaced switches than from misplaced ventilators, less from bad roadbeds than from bad air. We are not now speaking of the barbaric nuisance of having to smell, breathe and bathe in the smoke, soot nnd cin ders pouring in from the engine, which, until some other method is found to ob viate the dilliculty. ought to be in the rear of the train, instead of the front. Of all conductors, brakem.cn, porters nnd passengers, probably not one in tlie thousand understands the vital im portance of pure air, nor, indeed, do they know what pure air is. To the conductor's mind, as to that of the majority of his passengers, tho comfort of the car depends upon tho tempera ture it is a matter of warmth or cold entirely. A warm car, or more com monly a hot car, is the one desideratum, albeit the warmth is the product of ani mal heat from fifty bodies, mr.ny of them not very e'ean, and of exhalations froni fifty pair of lungs, with little chance for the escape of vitiated air or the ingress of pure air a condition of tilings tending to produce a state of ' blue blood " not contemplated by the hautton. When the life current comes up to the lungs to be changed from blue to red, to throw off there the car bonic acid and take in oxygen and the whole volume of blood makes this cir cuit once in every half minute, or over one hundred times an hour if there is a lack of sufficient ventilation in the car or sitting-room or sleeping-ioom. the blood cannot undergo this vital trans 'ur ination. It goes back to the heart, and from thence is pumped through the ar teries frcui crown to sole, throughout the complicated mesh-work of the ca pillaries, in a stale entirely unfitted to perform its functions ot supplying oxy gen to nil parts of the body, of carrying off the waste particles resulting froni the "never-ceasing death " of the atoms composing the body, nnd of replacing these with fresh, living atoms, or, ns it is usually put, "repairing the waste." Journal of Chemistry. The Colonel Surprised. On one occasion, I believe it was at Murireesboro, Tenn., Colonel Doan, of the One Hundred and First Indiana, made an effort to have all the regiment fire their guns off together. After tak ing great pains to dress them in line he rodo down tho front and gave special instructions for erery man to he slow aud deliberate. He said he would be careful to give every one time and ho wanted every man to fire at the com mand and see how near they could all come to discharging their guns together. When he was ready he rode back, and after taking a calm survey of the regi ment he gave command. "Make rondv!" fa Inn? nxuisei: "take aim!" (another long pause, during which someone by accident fired his gun; next, two or three morewentoQ'; then the whole regiment; some of the boys supposed he had said "tire!" and thev had not heard it. So it was spot ! bang! then bang! up and dovTn the whole line. bang ! bang ! going oil, one at a time and eight or ten at a time.) The colonel sat calmly on his horse until the last gun was lired ; then with a loud voice he yelled : " Great Scott ! have j ou done already r it there was not 'so blamed jmany of you I'd arrest the whole regi ment, uo to your quarters, every cussed one of you ! You ha'n't got tlie sense of a mule!" A soft voice at the rear end of the line was heard to say, "Grab a root!" and the parade was dismissed. Detroit Free rress. The Largest of Laud Animals. In the American Journal of Science awl Arts, Prof. Marsh describes the largest land animal yet known to have existed on the globe. Its name is Atlantosaurus immanis. The thigh bone of this creature is over eight feet long, with a thickness at tne larger end of twenty-hve inches, though the bone has no true head. A comparison of this bone with the fe mur of a crocodile would indicate that the fossil saurin, if ot similar propor tions, had a total length of 115 feet. That the tf ptile was 100 feet long when alive is at least probable. The other bones of this animal that have been lound are proportionately gigantic caudal vertebra has a traverse diameter of more than sixteen inches. All the bones of this reptile yet discovered are in the Yale college museum. They are from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado There are five Chinese students in the Morgan school, at Clinton. Conn., and one of these. Wing Ho, at the last ex amination stood at the head of his class Syracuse (N.Y.) University has eleven students from Brazil. Annual Assay of United States Coins. The Philadelphia Record tells how the annual assay of United States coins struck off at the various mints during the yenr was made in the mint in that city under direction of the special com mission appointed by the fresident: The coins tested were the representa tives of all thse issued during the year. From each delivery made by the coiners in tho several mints to the treasury a certain number nre taken indiscrimi nately from tho mass, sealed up in en velopes in the presence of the assay er and treasurer and deposited in a box nnnW a "pyke." This box has two locks to it, nnd each of the officers named above carries a key. ' It can only be opened in the presence of tho officials named. At the end of the year these boxes are forwarded to Philadelphia from the other mints and opened in the presence of the assay commission by the director of the mint. Each of the coins in the boxes is carefully weighed, and any diminution from the standard weight carefully noted. There is al ways a tolerance allowed in the weight of tlie coins, which varies from one fourth to one grain on-each piece (the smaller tolerance on gold and the larger on silver). After the weight of the single pieces is ascertained the commission has a certain namber of single pieces assayed separ ately of all denominations from the dif ferent mints to ascertain if the fineness thereof conforms to the standard of the law, which is one-thousandth on gold and one and one-half one-thousandth on silver. Any deviation in fineness from the legal standard established by law is noted. The coins are then melted in a mass and assayed, for the purpose of learning whether the fineness of the mass conforms to the standard. There have been but two cases in the history of the government where nny deviation has been found, and in both coses it was mere accident. Any willful attempt to debase the coinnge or belittle the standard weight would be discovered by tlie commission nnd reported to tho President. The punishment for such an offense would be imprisonment and disqualification from ever holding office In tho United States. A fler the standard fineness and weight hove been tested the commission exam ines the dillerent weight and balances, and the balances not only in the receipt of bullion but in their operations from no office to another. All the weighing is done by a pound Trey weight, which is in the possession of the mint in this city. This weightwas produced by our United States minister in London in 1827. It is the standard of all the Troy weights in the country. Why arc White Cats Generally Deaf! This is the question which nn earnest inquirer sends to the New York Sun, and which is thus answered by the philosopher of the Graphic: Assuming the statement ot tlie Hun s correspondent to be a fact and. tie says lie can prove it we bes; to intimate that it results trom tneir being nit on tlie tiead by bootjacKS oftener than any other kind of cats. A white cat. standing and singing on a board fence, is a discernible obiect, even In quite a gloomy nir.ht. ft constitutes a sinning mark, and nny fellow in tolerable practice is very likely to hit the animal before he has tired away the Inst piece of portable property in his bedroom. Concussion of the brain, as anybody knows who has felt a watermelon or a washbowl drop on Ins head from a fourth-story window, is certain to be followed by a temporary, if not permanent, deafness, nnd there is no reason for supposing cats to he an exception to tne rule. .Now, a grav car. a brown cat, and especially a black cat, at nn evening concert o a riuskv nm it. or when solo serenading, like " Romeo" under " Juliet's" balcony, is much safer. The enraged citizen who hits any of these must do it just a? a Fulton terry boat Hits its slip in a tog, by a good calculation ns to the location of the noise. How difficult it is to knock over a cat with no better guide thnn her music, varying as it does from an almost inaudible legato Diano to a Ingli and rapid staccato, is understood by ail who spend their nights in trying to sleep in back bedrooms. If it is thought the above explanation, which in ouropinion contains the sour, 1 horse sense of tho deaf-cat question. should be held to be insufficient. another occurs to us which can be used by itself, or cumulatively, as the court may decide. Now, in comparison with the grand aggregate of all other colored cats that is, cats of all other colors white cats are rare. They are also gentle, and hence much sought after as household pets. The children cry for them, and they will stand more pulling and hauling at the hands of the baby than the darker kinds. But nature will not permit the white cat to suffer all things, so she defends them against the crowning indignity of the "domestic pianoforte by leaving out their ear drums. An Open Letter. West Winfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. ) October 23, 1879. 5 L. Candeb ft Co., New Haven, Ct. Gentlemen : Out of the case ot " 95 " Rub ber Boota sent me last April, I sulci one pair April 4, to Alvin Bliss, " 6, to Geo. KeuBch, " " 7, to GiU W. Randall, " " 8, to Albert Mnilory, " " 11, to Milo H. Brown. Those boots bad constant wear through April and May, and since that time they have been worn every morning through the dew to get the oo ws and do their milking in, anil I have soeu tour pair ot theui. and they are ap parently as good as when I bold them. Milk whey and dew on a rublier boot, or any other boot, tor six months, nre as good tests as can be had. The pairnt "95" boots sent me March 17, 1 put on a tanner who is one ot my lmiil cst customers. They have not cracked at all, but the one marked S. C. on Iront ot leg, has worn through the f rat layer ot the sole. Yours, in haste, M. M. Jqsltw. Dr. C. E. Shoemuker, of Reading, Pa., is the only aural surgeon in the United States who devotus all his time to the treatment of deaf ness and diseases oi tho ear and catarrh; es pechtUy running oar. Nearly twenty years ex perience. Thousunds testily to his skill. Con sult biin by mail or otherwise. I'qiiiphlclrrf. A Household JVeed. A book on the Liver, its diseases and their treatment sent tree. Including treatises upon I.iver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dys,p p sia, Maluria, etc. Address Dr. 8autord, 162 Broadway, New York city, N. Y. " Wanted. ' Sherman A Co., Marshall, Mich., want an agent in this county at once, at a salary ol ftlOU per month and expenses paid. For full particulars address as above). Vegetine thoroughly eradicates every kind of buwor, and resturea the entire system to healthy condition. For sore throat, gargle with Ffao's Cure, mixed with a little water. Relief is instant. 25o. buys a pair ot Lyon's Heel Stifleners aid maKe a boot or shoe last twice as long. Gilbert's Laundry, Pat. Gloss aud Corn btaivh. Klflei Seven-shot Iterating, 13 ni 32 calibre, to curate up to gmi r.ls, lrau dcw, ooly sMadO. UiKKt-4 bargain ever oftfivl in Firearms. Hue-trHted catOtue an.l ti btinimiialB in full. A14nt.h Cilll'KSTKK Jtiri.E C' m l ANY, :1 Montgomery Street, Jency City. N.J. Iniiuhirr. M Ives ami HI others. Da. MAHCHISIS I 'IKKINK CAillOUl ON will posi tively cure I- eiii.tltj M taking ihU ms 1- a.ltiig ot tlie Womb, Whites, Chronic hill iiiimatiou or I'lceratlon ol ttie Womb, lhcidtuul llemnrrli.iiie or Flooding, Psuilul, buppressi-ii and lingular Mcjisinution, Ac. Au old and rehuble remedy, heud postal card fore pamphlet, wltb treatment, cures aud cerliucates from lib) sn. iuisi und patleuls. to HuWAKlll A liAl.i.AKU UlUA, K, V, told by all Uro6aU-tl.M pf boiUa. A joung man named E'mer Sever artco, who was working at Smith A Carter's camn. at Princeton. Minn., bet one of his companions a quarter that he could place a dipper of cold water on the stove and hold his finger in the dip per until the water began to boil. The wnger was accepted. Severance held his finger in tho dipper quite a while, but was obliged to withdraw it before the water had reached a boiling point. hence he lost his bet. On examination it was found that the finger was completely cooked : it pained Severance so that he was obliged to quit work and come to town for medical treatment. The prob ability wns that the finger would have to he iimpntnrrd. THE MARKETS. w rorna Beef 0ttle-MM. NktlTM, 1It wt.. OsWea 8tttllk Sheep UmH BOgl LtT6..,,,. .... .., Tl rnaanrl ... . 101 MS 07 H MX 08 06 m Floor Ex. 8Ute, good to fancy.... 5 TO T 00 Wettern, good to fancT 6 S0 T 7 Wheat No. 1 Red 1 8.Vd 1 No. 1 Amber I tl Rje Stite VS 4 99 Dirler Two-Roired HLte a 79 Oorn Ungraded Western Mixed.... (7X9 MM Houthern Yellow... 0U Wh ite St te i"4 4 so a M 48 9 Mixed Western., . . . Bay Retail grades Straw Long Rve, per cwt Hons State, 187 , Pork Mess, Lard City 8tam 1 oo l IS , 80 9 37 11 7S, (112 01 7.60 7.A2X Petroleum Oinile , n,X Kenned 07 Wool State ttidPcuu. XX 48 (0 8 Butter State Creamory , 20 Diary IS Weatern lmltntion Creamery 73 Fr.otory 16 Cheese State Factory 19 Skims 10 87 i 54 It 11 is 62 Weatern...... 1SVA Eggs Bute and Peun.... 1 (4 Potatoes, Early Boss, Stnte, bbl... 1 M 0 BtJITAt.O. FlonrOlty Ground, No. 1 Spring., t 9 S 7JS Wheat Red Winter ......118 (4 1 4S Corn New Western 48)i$ iM Oats State , 48 (4 9 Barley Two-rowed State II 10 BOSTON. Boi f Cattlo Live weight 0V9 t Sheep 01) 4 CA Hog l'G,4 OS F'onr Wisconsin and Mlun.Pat ... 1 00 4 8 80 uorn 51 ixc a and xollow t'J 19 Oats Kit ra Whito en a 54 f as 45 Bye State.. CS Wool Washeil Combing as Drianle., tl Unwashed, " " 4'i 0 BRTOHTOK (MASS ) OATTLI BfABSST Boe' Cattle, live weight Oo.V Wl fibscj,...., , 06 9 tAxj Lambs 00 9 07 Hons ; 0''X raiUD,rsu, Flour Penn. choice and fancy t TS 9 7 0i Wheat Perm. Red 1 fili 1 7V Amber 1 89 1 80 Bye State 00 & 90 Ooru Htato Tellow 87 3 (7 Oats Mixed 4'i,tf.S X Butter Creamery extra ,, tl 8S Cheese Now York Taotory 1V 18 Petroleum Crnde 07 ia07X Rsftned 07K ' Oh, how I rio wlsn my kin whs as clear ttmi soft as yours," said a lady to her friend. " You can easily make it so," answered the friend. "How?" inquired the lirst lady. "By using Hop Hitters, that makes pure, rich blood and blooming health. It did for me, as you oosorvc. neau 01 it. isulictm. In regard to the method of coloring butter. The theory is that cows when well fed and cured tor will make yellow butter; the fact is that not one in ten will, except in tunes of flush pasture. This isjust the reason that the very hi st dairymen in tins country use Wells, Richardson & Co.'s Perfected Butter Color. Moore. Itnml. The Talk in ail Cities ! NO SPECULATION! A Pl1Zl- l'Ptli-i-clnvlii4, itil'-Miii. 'I'lr.-ss. )km pai l. f!i:n Hi" iem. more Ititcrrati i thin inms.v iii'-nl tor nil, N-nt in nm 11 iiveihl tt 'JO ecu.!, or Hirer N f.n ft' 11 IP, Ml tdfcH t-uiipK, Kvt.'iy bvI r ri'in Ii i-.lt-lil' tui-1 UnlE-licd by ('Npi'ik'iwu'l wuikuiLii. SatlsiU' tioi. nuiir- atiteuii. A'liiiccb Boston Fancy Wood Carving Co., 418 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. WW organ BEiATTYP'ANO knt-c .nrlU, ':.l4Hl eMHf.v. ntlttM y"M,fctnl k bok ft luuiin.i.in- i, rotor hook. 8-: 095.. wiii-tij Uexitrpf n Mr-ii-irtf. ll'titrnt-rt Nowe.iiaitors.rnt Free ai a ! 'I..I i:n1it( Tntiama Itooila. ft Of I iiANU.L. r . JitaATi X, Wetfcmnnnisia :r tvt. AGENTS WANTED aMSS'-ft complete- and authentic hiituryof the great tour ot It tlerilirs llnyul Palace. Hare (uriumtics. Wealth on. Won lersut the. Iri'Mi , China. Jaiv-in, etc A million neonl) nar.t it. This I tlif hot i kniie of your lite to make Money. iip.v.irMir " rati nny imitation, bend lor uriuuirti uim t Mia trnih to Aut nts. A'Mn'Ps Xatimnai. 1'cr.usiiiM. Co., lliiialelphia, Pa, VpM U I M2LriJ PETROLEUM (irarvl MMul I I'hlla '".p':ila hxl'f tlnll. fusun tm JELLY ilU Silvw Medal at Par! Thi wnn-Vrful cul f-iiin -e I a Us-mlc teed by phM- riiiiis t ';.i.h. ut t'te w.mI' to the 1tb( mnedy hs- n: -! fo: tt.i -ure of wm.ii HuriH. HlieuinatiMn, ii I!. .i i'r-s. r.itinti, ClnllilaiUB, 4c In order t'Vciv i-i'c I'M- f v; il. il if put up In 10 and aft cent t it ;-s for het's. !,.., i tisv. OU.tri tl from your druggist. uni cu will tin i it superior to aty thing youbava aver TUIm ClAliu-Hoiiaa Katabllahctt 1109. New Uw. Ttaonaandi of Soldiers and heirs entitled Pengiuus dale back to discharge or death. Time limits Addrena, witn kmiup, . l'.OUUE . I.EMOU, r. Q. Drawer 34.1, Washington, P. 0 Mailed Free for 35 Cts. Fraf (or . $10,000. 10,000 will Iw pftld to ar SAFETY LAMP. i.i.iu m iio.-Mit .rr'i'f i. i,'iwp mt. a Willi our PA IKMKI1 SAPKTV T TAPHMKNT. M.y u". any Unii r Imrnr. I'rtveiii ill If) in..' iiml In. tin;;. iceir I buiiu mi n'tniit'a, wiiii .iv oi con., ? I D! ttenth of yuur Imiiji. HA 8. S. Newton's Safety Lamo Co.. IS Wi'.t ti.o.'tw.r, New York. Factory and Office, Binghamton, N. V. OH 30 DAYS' We will sind our Electro-Voltaic Bella snd other Electric A)i iuncfii upon trail f"r mi davr. to thow afflicted with A'.iT"i D,Milu and iIiViism o ii onnl aulura. Ali of tlie I.Ivit. Ki ui'v., IUicuin.it siii, raralysit, c A mrt cure yuarunteitl nr iw pay. Address VultMic licit i u., Marshall, Mlcn. I?iriiTTTTS "a1 LAST.-ronsainption. 'UUit f Broin litlln. Asthma and all l.tlhiX tllMa t. t6'livciy curi-il, li Dr. UrlluUi'. Utrw dia t-nviTV, rotle l'elrolcum fl.la. In actual XxtA Willi lliU lii'incly twenty ciw. out of twenty-five are cured, fackiutes of iiaj Pills scut post-paid for ttl.ttO Scud stamp for full ivirtlculurs. Address J?. 0. Uakdmui, Maiiul.u luier, Box is, uuconu, . s ...Tfvtlaf. to Hi! ir. Coff... UiVlig itini EiUMt., (....; ,Mplc.tu UlBll Uutnt fir.. VtlOl'IX'S TLA CO.. Box WfA, SI. UuU. Mil. f a ajTlTn lilll'.t M. to wH tbc'-Cfrlucrll. TblnmWorl. WAlSl LMJ Knevmi," bj (ubKnplio.. T.ra, crj ItbmL OixSt frN. l.MiHATIOAb ft?M. CO.. Suits. Kausw. Bu Ma, , . VmOK of all tlie latert R fl F,I Ci R 8"rS of the day, Utc.! sheet of UP -a choice music Included. Cata logue fret J. L. PA TIEN CO., 47 Barclay St. N. Y. Ci in Rfi Pit diiy at Imine. Samples worth ! flee. P-JPU Adilati Snnsoa A Co.. Portland, Maine. BEIT rilANC'E en odered to make Moiiey Sample, etc., free. AlarshaU Co., Loclport, ' Alt I'M I' LOVE. How tol'harin and Kuntuote.liy mail, lHc. luioo Pub. Agency, Bpencertowu, S. . SRR A WEEK Id your own town. Terms and l uuiul H00 free. Address U, Daustt k Co.. Portland, MaJlie. an AM AMI paid for F.nrlowmtnl Iiiaurance Vl'ulteles, Address r. u. lioa sj-ars.jiamorijuuu. 7 A WEEK. 12 a day at home easily made. Costly Utitiit tree. Address Taus Co., Augusta, Maine. ""Try A YEAH and eapeiises to Annuls. Outfit free. 4 4 4 Address P. O. VlCIUilOf, Augusta, ilalus. Wells, i:!clinrlson & Co' PRRFKCTED ftWes ll'.itl. r tlirl!t-eil--efl rjlor the year rnuna. PENSIONS fi 1 1 . 1 1 1 nf l. Ir , .i siv ii I fc.icrr.UT. t sod uy all the bci 1'reamcrica. Awarded tne inter Ii i i':i.ili 1 ', :.i ; t N-V. Lcily ratr. A'k votirdruirlstornierrhantforlt;orwi-lotousk what Itls.what I ti coi ls, vl.'g usee lu tu to get II. WKLI.lt. Kit II AUDhO.i At CO.. iaprletrs. Uwrllsurten. Vi. NATURE'S REMEDY. Tut 6ntT Bioob Piminrs, MB. ALBERT CROOKF.R, the well-known drnf 1st and apothecary, of Sprlngvale, Me., adrises erery one troubled with Rheumatism to try VKOBIINK. Read His Statement: Btbinovale, M., Oct. li, 187S. Mb. H. R. Btktkjis: Dear Sir Fifteen years sgo last fait I was taken sick with Bheumntlsro, was unable to move unm the next April, jrrora tnai Time unm iurw j ago this fall I suffered everything with Rheuma tism. Sometimes there would Le weeks at a time that I could not step one step ; these attacks were quite often. I suffered everything that a man ronld. Over three years an Init spring I com menced Inking Vkof.tikk ami foi:owed It np until I bad taken seven bottles j have hsd no Rheuma tism since that time. I alwjs advise every one that la troubled with Rheumatism to try Vboktikb, and not eufTnr for yeara as I have done. This statement Is gratuitous aa far.aa Mr. Stevens is concerned. Yours, etc., ALIU'.RT 0ROOKEB, Firm of A. Crookor & Co., brugqlnts aud Apothe caries. VEGETINE HAS ENTIRELY CURED ME. Boston, Oct., 1870. Mn. II. R. Stkvens : . , Diar Sir My daughter, aftor having a severs attack of Whooping Oougli, was left in a feeble .tele of health. Biiua advised by a friend she tried tho Veoetink, aud after using a few bottles ws fully restored to healtli. I ve been a great sufferer from Rheumatism. I hsve taken sevi-ral bJttles of tho Vkoistine for this complaint, and am happy to say It lias ennreiy cured me. I have reconunouded the Vkqktin to others with tho same gooi results. It is a great oleanser and purifier of iho blood j It Is pleasant to take and I can cheertuiiy recommena n. JAMK8 MOUSE, 36 Athens atreei. Vegotiue," says a rioiton pbysiciin, "has no qnol as a blood pm-lller. Ilearii'g or its many ftr ;l other. nmedles have fulled, I visited the lal orator.v aud convinced my- si-ir oi ii a genuine merit, it is jr,-ii,T3 Iwrss, route and herbs, each of which la highly iff clive, and ttiey are compounded in such manner as to produce aBtoulsnuig reBults." Vege iue is Sold Uy nil IJrnprBlsts- IMG snm RT ALL U KUBEISTS. gAPONJF1E Ii the Old Beliabl Concentrated Lye, FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. Directions accompany each Can for making Bart). Soft and Tot I a Soap iutcstly v IT tULL WEIGHT AND 8TRENQTB. The ruantct Is flooded with (so-called Concentrated Ira. hid- adulterated with salt aud rosin, and won t maJk SWf.. ya r a m a i , aiiu hum a aa APORJIFlEi - MADK BY TDK Pennsylvania Salt MannTg Co., FHIIAIEI.PnlA. CTNTS A YEAB. THE CKICAUU WEEKLY NEWS. ( HKAI'KST weakly newspaper In the U. 8. Rkvknty-FiveCbntb a Ykak, postage Include!. Seventeenth ear of pul llratlon. It is specially eompiet as a nru'f paper, publishing ail tha dis patches of both the West ern An Ron tated Press anrl the National Associated i'resn, besides ait xtcnstv avstein of special dis- f latches from ai important points. It Independent in Polities presenting political newt free from partisan coloring, without fear or fayor. Every number contalnsNtJM'ompIett'rS Stortfi. A favorite family paper. It Is the Cheapest Weekly In the IT. H. 75 eeiits a year. A dollar bill pa) a for Sixteen months. Address, CH1CAOO Wkkkly Newb, llid Flltb At.. Chicago, I1L FRAZER AXLE GREASE, FOR 8T.K BY AM. nEAI.EKS. Awardtd tin UMJAL OFJiO.YOt at the VaUtnniai awt J'aris ExjiniitiitPK. CMcago. FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO.TowYsrk. FITS-EPILEPTIC FITS. Epileptic Fits, Spasms, or Convulsions. Having tlie utmost confidence in this preparation, we guitruntee to any who are alllicted with Epilepsy, imme diate relief, and by sclulm; their addn s. dt s.rll.iiin case, we will send a small bcttlc uratls. In order thai they may give it a trial. Address till .MAit A SON, Chemists and Drueiilsl SlUt Court Street, Urooaljn, N. V. REWARD StVlsaz Blind, lU'lunif, or UUerntt d I'll - t) at DcmiiK'ti I'ilo If t lIM'tly fail foe urn. Gun iimncdiuto rclicl, cuivi cotif n of Ionic etf i nd in 1 wwk. and ordinary cat-fB inSdayn. r.flllTin?. r has printed on it "i liiiirle a t'tl ot S mts anrf lir.f.l . Mill) tur. 1'hil'i. Ill I tMittln. Kulii Bent by mail by J. 1'. M M i l 11. M. !., "row.. 8. w. cor. Tenth aud Arch bla., s'ui'adn., Pa. All rxi.i'iktJL The Koran. A curiosity to every ssne, aitt o nereaalty fo all atiitlenta of Mi-lory or Hcliul"l TIIK K.OKAN OK MOHAM.MEII-. translate! fo ul the Aratnc uy eon;e ouie. new. beautiful true, n Formerly published at S-".i5j s st, cloth-lwuil'l e'Mtiolll pries forpo.hwe. t'uta'o-uc of manj stand ml works, remarkably low in price, with c.stra terms to rlul flee. Ray where y. u saw tr.ls advertisement. 11 .-. i fl . .Hi 1 Hi .-nt. l..r IV..I..-. JiaKKICAA I1UDS CXCHAriGE, iriuuuc .. -. .y CAiUETOiTS HOUSEHOLD Hflf. ENCYCLOPEDIA. Tne most YeluaWe !! Boos ever nnrite. A SKasery of knowledfe. Theie Itjs sever Wlore sarea fMibllsutU. In one volume, to loach us. fill laforaiatloa so every subject. Il autifully iliutrattd, price a)ii.&s. A Wsoie iabi.ry in One Volume. ' -i Sold only by subscription; tbe eastee. TO AGENTS f"0'1, telisnr known. Teisss,cic - - I sunresa Q. W. OARLKTUN A CO., ruMtswert, W.T. Oa. , TRUTH B.BM CHTY! Grasiih her, far aUCis.wiV. roar s. ksMflkt, slor e ;. sad lock rf kskir. sHiaiiri'sblsZs!liSHst vteee snll A tat mm. sjJ data taas '". rW Ul.ETIKM.UFf... VOUNC MEN molilh. Kvery graduate s-i Learn Telenraphy aud earn aVto ton I, a i. Kvery graduate guaranteed a ijuik-s,i.u-es H. Valentine, alananer, JajicbYiue, wis. aUon. Addn IJIIH.SCHIPTIONS fr the speedy and permanent . cure of feuiofula or t'oiiMiimpitoii si in many address for !. Address K. J. IIKHTAIN, M. 1) , Esq.. iiox at (twenty-nine), New Galilee, Heaver Co., Pa! ntEE I A Musical Journal. Add's Urchin, Kriei Pa. B rVa-J f f 1 f DICKS VW " THAT IS JUST I mouLotu 1 I WHAT SHALL J I FRAZERSa!-' I BUTTER COLOR The larKeat Butter Huyers rccoii.tnend lis nse.