FOB THE FAIR SEX. A CHlnes Beanlr tn Parte. The wife of the Chlnw ambassador appeared al a ball in Paris for the first time unveiled in any European assembly. Describing iier appearance a correspon dent say : A little, quaint woman.with her hair plastered down to the sides of a whitewashed face, was seen blinking in the gaslight as bats are said to blink in the sun. She tottered through the rnnma nn liof a,. .oil v..:i.4.j r-Jr donna even more than she was won dered at. Never before in Chinese his tory had the wife of a high official been eeen even by her own countrymen, much Jess by the foreigner. An American mny take credit for the conversion of his excellency to common sense, Mr. Hilt, of the American legation, having pre vailed upon tlit) ambassador to visit his i juae to see the great fete of the repub lic. The sight of this Chinese beauty was a little disappointing. She was very handsome or the reverse according to your way of looking at it.- I have heard the most contradictory verdicts from different people. Her oily skin was cov ered with powder laid on as thickly as if it were a clown's face at pantomime time. She toddled about the rooms for short time on her poor mutilated feet and then went home, no doubt to dream of what the sun and moon and morning stars would sny next day on this awful innovation of all the Confucian proprie ties. Tne great anxiety of the minister here is to do as the rest do, to follow the immemorial customs. Sitting at dinner the other day, he was observed to do precisely what was done by the gentle man who sat next to him. He ate of the same dishes in precisely the same proportions, and when the other asked the servant for another piece of bread he made a sign to h ve bread, too. The European something of an rimateur in porcelain at length turned up one of the dessert plates, just to see the mark of the fabric. The Chinese minister im mediately did the same. From Jennie June's New York Fashion Letter. The basques, jackets and the like fol low the outlines of the "Jersey," an artistic bodice of silk which is woven to nt the form, has no seam, and adapts itself to any skirt or underwaist. In England this bodice has become a rage, and it is used to complete costumes by attaching it to a short kilted gkirt and draping a scarf about it. The Jersey is simply a woven bodice of what is called spun" snk, and looks like asilk under vest in color, ft is finished w'th deep fine elastic ribbing at the throat and wrists and requires a trimming such as a circular coher of finely plaited silk or lace at the neck and wrists to cover and supplement the ribbing unless the wearer prefers, as some Jadies do, the pure outlines . The price is twelve dol lars, which h hot, greatly in advance of the cost in London, duly added. This settles the qu-vti-.n of hoops and bustles and bunchy d taper v. The styles will be varied, of course, but the natural out lines will still he preserved, and drapery will he low, caught to one side and ir regularly rathe;- than festooned on both sidi s like wind.) iv curtains. hight tints in contrast with dark rich tuffs are in demand, and the lighter, the nearer the white, the more elegsnt they are. Ivory camel's hair cloth is made into a skirt with mountings of brocaded stuff, striped in red, gold and blue, upon an olive ground. This bro cade forms the jacket, which fits close to the hgure, hss collar, pocket and cuffs of the same, nnj no contrast in color or materials earn buttons, which are of lrndescent p'jarl. Of course, popular costumes will be made of dark materials gray, brown, shades of mastic and stone, or gensdarme blue; but the combinations are always Indian or Persian mixtures, and they are used very much as last season, as baudB, pockets, vests, scarfs, diagonal folds, half eufls, half pockets, collars and the like. There is this difference between wool and cotton costume materials; that w hereas, the body of the woolen cos tume is plain, and the material for trim ming figured, the new dress cottons are all hgured and represent expensive brocaded fabrics in pattern as well us blended coloring. Among the novelties are cotton crapes ; ft cronklfcd, almost transparent cotton fabric; figured in colors upon light and dark grounds, but principally dark. J lu re is, also, a new cotton ' faille " a filkyeortof corded cotton, printed in delicate colors upon lighttinted ground, nnd exactly adapted for making up jiilv u.iii.lj summer costumes, witli white lace und ribbons for garden parses and such. It is comparatively expensive, tuough seventy-five cents per yard ; and its appearance after pass ing through the hands of the ordinary Jaurdress is problematical, lor if colors would stand such a test, texture might not. Brown sateens and " momie " cloths reappear in very much the same designs nnd coloring of last year, but theMadiar ginghams are in charming blue and white checks vr ry suitable for the wear of children and young ladies, and there is a novelty in Chambery striped cotton which is striking, and considered by some very stylhh, though the brown stripes on the unbleached white is more suggestive of bath towels than any thing else. It is, however, to be used in conjunction with sheeting, as well as by itself, and wiien cut on the bias and employed as a trimming for a " fish wife " tunic, it may seem to be quite a prt of the natural order of things. Summer fans have made their appear ance, and brown stems and fibers thrown half way across the outer edge, the tiny leaflets or blossoms, the in sects or birds flying toward it or neap ing the center. Straw bead-work and straw trimmings generally will be a feature of the spring millinery, and suit well the pretty prim rose, heliotrope, and mulberry tints which appear in silks, satins, gauze, lace and crepe. Street garments are of two kinds. They are either very long or very short. The stylish raglan reaches to the heels. The lichu cape scarcely covers the shoulders. Il f.veen these is the jacl et, very plain but well cut into the figure an with a strait Jersey skirt. It is proph sii d that summer dresses of muslin will be very simple. A single skirt flounced, a straight bodice, a safch or iibbon belt, sleeves half short, and a lace or muslin fichu with ends fastened in the belt. Window glass is a terrible perplexity to the animal creation. The murmurs of astonluhmerit a fly emits when he goes headfirst ug.tinst a pane of it is familiar to all. Jiut perhaps the most tormented creature is a friendly cat on one side of tli trlass with a hand pre tending to stroko Ubby'a back on tne other side. The oat's back will arch in the customary attitude of such occa sions and a faiut purr, suddenly inter rupted by surprise at the absence of sensation along the fur, is heard. She turns and tries it the other way, but in vain. Her pTiilosopby is not equal to the occasion, nnd she goes off in despair. What can a steady-going animal think of men's "newfangled notions?" Rochester Herald. In Indiana f irmers who signed notes for 910 to pay for hay forks are finding that the decimal wasn't there, and their notes are at the banks for 9 1,000 instead. TOM THUMB AND WIFE. An Interesting Interview wltk Tbese ell-Known Dwarf. The New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial had an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, the lilliputians, while exhibiting in a mu seum in the metroDolis. I In writ.ps- Down stairs rushed the crowd, and in a iew moments the curtain that concealed a small stage was drawn up, and a par ticularly long and lean man cantered out to announce Mr. and Mrs. Charles btratton. A man nt the piano struck up, "See! the conquering hero comes!' and the tiny couple entered. Tinv. did I sayP Then let me take it back, as far as ute general is concerned, for he has grown fearfully and wonderfully fat, rather yellow and very wrinkled. He looked, in fact, like an orange that had been sat upon, nnd his gray goatee and hair added to his evident accumulation of years. He must weigh at least HO pounds, which considering his height to tne square inch, is doing very well. His little wife looks careworn, and is hardly stouter than when she first ap peared, but she wore a charming toilet of pink satin and Dearls. and smiled the samo five for a cent little smiles as of yore, bhe sang in a voice fine as 100 thread a sone about the shamrock, and then the general appeared in his favor ite cnaracter ot Napoleon. I think the spectacle would have made the great warrior wriggle in his grave even more than Mme. Remusats "memoirs;" and when the plump exhibitor went to strike the attitude of meditation he lost his balance and toppled over on Dneside, to the amusement of the audience. Then a tall, slim young man came out as a Chinaman and danced and sung and slid round on parlor skates and the mat inee was over. After the people had dispersed I had'a little chat with the famous small couple. " How long have you been before the public, general P" was asked. " Over forty years," said he, folding his arms and striking an attitude. " People seem to have an idea that I have retired, but the truth h I can't do without the excitement of public life, though my wife is getting rather tired of it." Yes," said Mrs. Thumb, with a weary little sigh ; "we have been mar ried seventeen years to-day, and I think it's about time we stayed at home. You see, I am domestic in my tastes, and love housekeeping, but the general wants to be on the go all the time." " Well, well," said the husband, with an imperial wave of his short fat hand. " In summer I have my yacht and fast horses, and that passes the time away, but the winter seaso:i is pretty dull in Midd leUorough . " " Yes," said Mme. Thumb, with an expressive iook, " if it were not for so much yachting and fast driving our bank account would be a little bigger to-day." " My dear!" said the ceneral. Rnd nn awkward pause ensued, broken by our correspondent remarking: " People were very sorry to near ot your sister s (Miss Minnie Warren) death." "Yes," said the wee woman, with tears in her eyes and as much feelini? na a six-footer. "It was a great blow to me, and then came the loss of my dear Mttle son. A good many people thought he was nothing but an advertisement," she continued, growing a trifle inco herent; "but if they had known how I felt they wouldn't." "And what has become of little Major Newell, your brother-in-law P" " Why, didn't you see him ;iu 'the Chinese nong-and-dance?" " That tall young manP Impossible!" "fill Il,t ,.. n, V... see, about the time that Minnie died the poor feilow bpgan to prow (this very mournfully), and he kept on growing and growing until he was just like any body else. Of course it ruined his biis'i- ness, and he had to go into the varie ties." "And whore is Commodore TCutt nowadays?" "Oh, he is making his money fly out in San Francisco." Here the cairiage was announced, and with a "Come alonir. mv dear." the general led his wife and helped her in the coupe, and filled up one seat himself. The colored driver whipped up the dap ple gray ponies, and oft they went, smil ing and bowing. Learning to Write. The London Spectn tor says: We be lieve there is no single svstemofnic caniquefor writing, and that a child be longing to the educated classes would be taught much better and more easily if, auer Deing once enabled to make and recognize written letters, it were let alone, and praised or chidden not for its method, but for the result. Let the boy hold the pen as he likes, and make his strokes ns he likes, and write at the pace lie likes hurry, of course, being discouraged but insist strenuously and persistently that his copy shall be legi ble, shall be clean, and shall approach the good copy set before him, namely, a well-written letter, cot a rubbishy text on a biiiglelise, written as nobody but a writing-ma3ter ever did or will write till the world's end. He will make a muddle at first, but he will soon make a pnssuble imitation of his copy and ul timately develop a characteristic and strong hand, wliich may bo bad or good, but will not be either meaningless, un decided, or illegible. This hand wiil alter, of course, very greatly as he grows older. It may alter at eleven, be cause it is at that age that the range of the eyes is fixed, and short-siaht be trays itself; and it will alter at seven teen, because then the system of taking notes at lectures, which ruins most Lands will have cramped and tempo rarily spoiled the writing, but the char acter will form itself again, and wili never be deficient in clearness or de cision. The idea that it is to be clear will have stamped itself, and confidence will not have been destroyed by worry ing little rules about attitude, and angle and slope, which the very irritation of the pupils ought to convince the teach ers are, from some personal peculiarity, inapplicable. The lad will write us hit does anything else that he cares to do, as well as he can, and with a certain efli ciency and speed. Almost every letter he gets will give him some assistance, and the master's remonstrance on his illegibility will be attended to, like any other caution given in the curriculum. Some Sew York Fits. The New York police the other day found a young fellow in a dreadful fit and took him to the station house, where a hospital ambulance was at once sent for. It came, as such things do, in a hurry, bringing two doctors. "Epil epsy," said one; "Sham," said the other, and they proceeded to test the case Tho fellow was foaming at the mouth, with eyes set, fists clenohed, and limbs rieid. Ice-water was poured on him, and he showed no sign. It was about to be ad mitted a case of epilepsy, when hot water was dropped, just "a little upon his 6kin. The patient at once jumped up all right. Both doctors were then aroused, and they threw him down and poured all the ice-water they had ov r him till he begged them to stop. Then he owned up that he was shamming, and had recently shammed his way into Bellevue for a month ana then into St. Luke's. " Whenever I want a new suit of clothes and to feed up, 1 go out and have a fit," he said. The doctors say this sort of thing is not rare, and that these well fellows in hospitals make danger, us thieves there. The "Hp" System In England. A London correspondent of the Chi cago Tribune writes as follows: To " tip " or not to " tip," that is the ques tion. It may seem a very unimportant question to one who has never experi enced the inconvenience and annoyance of the custom in full swing as it exists in England, but let me warn my fellow countrymen that if they ever allow this habit of " tipping " to wind its thin ten tacles about their social and business life, as it ha done here, they will find it as dreadful a creature as Victor Hugo's octopus. It is a creature of very insidious growth. It begins by voluntary gifts of small sums to porters, servants, errand boys, etc., either as bribes for exceptional good service to the detriment of others who do not "tip," or as ostentatious and vulgar gratuities to raiso the giver in the eyes of the recipients. It is only a step from trifles of this sort to larger gifts to ob tain business favors and wider notoriety for wealth and (spurious) liberality, until the whole business community is weighted with an incubus as deadly and as persistent as Sinbad's " Old 'Man of the Sea." The practice of " tipping" extends to quarters where one wouid least expect to find it. In the largest as in the smallest line of business the habit is universal. ThehousoofW.il. Smith & Son has a monopoly of the news agency business of Great Britain ; the head of tho firm is a member of parlia ment and first lord ot the admirality. Yet this firm will require its regular " tip " with as much vigor as the small est. The publisher of a London weekly just struggling into a paying position toM mo that he was obliged to give 5,000 copies gratis each week to Vf. H. Smith & Son to induce them to circu late his paper. Then there is the in numerable army of officials who not only expect " tips," but must have them to be able to live. The tradesman " tips " your butler and your cook ; the corn chandler "tips" your coachman and your groom; the out-aoor teacher ' tips " your in-door governess; and the doctor is not above " tipping" your footman. Every guest in your house pays his footing in the servants' hall at a rate which otten makes him speculate whether the underlings in English country houses do not eventually be come bloated capitalists. Tne nominal cost of railway travel ing and hotel Jiving is far below the actual figures, owing to the unceasing calls for " tips." At a railway station a porter tukes your baggage from the cab, sixpence ; another takes it to be weighed and labeled, another sixpence; a third puts it into the lugnnge-van, sixpence again; while the guard of the train ex pects a sixpence at least for showing you to a compartment and arranging your parcels. The same performance over again occurs nt every change of cars and at your destination . At the hotels, the porter, the chambermaid, the page, the room-waiters and the dining-room waiters all expect liberal "tips," although you are charged eigh teen pence per day for " service." And si) the system goes through every kind of business. There is a widespread be lief in the United States that wages in England are very low. Nominally so, the are, but the practice of " tipping " makes up for low wages in many cases. Of course it is irregular in its working and demoralizing in its effects; but the point where it is most felt is in tho in creased cost of doing business above the amount calculated. While many work men and employees derive little or no benefit from "tips," others get large amounts, m that the average cost of doing business is much greater than it wou.d bp, estimating salaries at the low nominal rates. Vera Snssulitch. Referring to the recent arrest in St. Petersburg of Vera Sassulitch, who shot General Trepoff, prefect of the Russian capital, in February. 1878, the New York World gives the following sketch of her career: Few thing which of late have: occurred in Russia, wiiere stirring events succeed one another with startling rapid- ; ity, created so great a sensation as the 1 Vera Sassulitch episode. The woman was born in 1850, and at seventeen yearn i of Hge felt the justice or suspicion with i which the "Empire of Discontent" is ; swayed. She was the school friend of the sister of Xctehaieff, the conspirator whom Switzerland refused to extradite. Miss Netehaieff was turown into prison for the offense of being her brother's sister, and Vera Sassulitch was likewise imprisoned for being the friend of tho conspirator's sister. For nine years she was a prisoner, and as such whs sub jected to brutal indignities. In 1876 sho was liberated. A little over a vear later all liberal-minded people in Russia were shocked by the brutality of General Tre poff, who had ordered the severe punish ment of apolitical prisoner, Bogoiinhoft who was guilty of the grievous offense of not having uncovered in Trepoff's au gust presence. Vera Sassulitch, it is said had never heard of Bogolinhoff, but she felt that bv attracting attention to Trepoff she might end his tyrannies. Accordingly sue sought an interview and shot him in the side. The wound was not fatal, but the woman was tried for her life. The jury embraced six mcijbers of the civil service, two mer chants, a school inspector, a nobleman, a student and an artist. The audience of six hundred persons was a splendid one, admitted by ticket, and was com posed of people in high station. Though the offense was admitted the sympathy of the audience and the general public was so great that she was acquitted. The audience greeted the verdict with cheers, and there was an attempt at a Nihilist demonstration, but the police interfered and promptly killed several persons. Vera's brother-in-law Bred on the police and then blew out ids own brains. The woman escaped and several months later was at a banquet in Geneva, where, sitting at Henri Roche fort's right hand, she made so violent a speech that the Swiss authorities po litely asked her to move on. From then until now her movements have not been a matter of public record. A Man's Month Sened Up. The Syracuse (N. Y.) JTerald Fays: There is one of our city physicians who is sometimes in the habit of imbibing too freely, and when the trials and tribu lations of the busy world bear down heavily upon him he drowns hit griefs and drive dull care away in the flowing bowl. It was while in this condition that one day he was called to one of the suburban villages of Syracuse to attend a man who had received severe gashes ' on his face. The patient was put under i the influence of ether, and after a fashion the doctor proceeded to ew up the man's wounds. When he had completed the operation, as ho supposed, he ob served a large opening in the face just below the nose, from which the blood was oozing. Afier swallowing another Sotation from his now nearly empty ask, the doctor proceeded with renewed vigor to the task of sewing up the man's mouth! and after he had finished, ban daged the man's face and departed. Not many minutes elapsed before the man recovered his consciousness, and " Um ! urn ! um !" was heard from underneath the bandage, and "Ural uml um!" was repeated as emphatically as it was possi ble for the man to ejaculate under the circumstances. Another physician was called and the bandages and stitches were removed. The United States as a Wheat Country A little over thirty years ago the Springfield Republican notes. that grain was imported to this country from the Black sea. During the crop year on which the country is just entering, it claims that it is certain that 160,000,. 000 bushels of wheat will be exported to Europe, and the amount may reach 800,000,000 bushels. The grain is in this country; the only question is one of demand. The demand last year from Europe was for 159,000,000 bushels out ot a crop estimated at 420,000,000 bushels. The production this year is larger. It is one-fourth larger in Kan sas; in Minnesota the production this year is 40,000,000 bushels, a large ad vance over Inst year; the grain fields of Southern Ohio show an unprece dented yield: so do those of Iowa; and in Indiana the crop will, in some cases, pay for the ground on which it stands. The wheat acreage of the country is put at 31,000,000 acres, an increase of onw fifth in two years. The average yield is placed at twelve bushels an acre, and the acreage at 31,000,000 acres, by Alex, ander Delmar, who wrote to the Times in the close of July, afteratrip through the wheat fields of the West, ending at Ogden. Tho statistician of tho New York produce exchange puts the aver age yield at from eleven to twelve bushels ; other more sanguine estimates carry it up to thirteen or fourteen bushels an acre. The lowest estimate yet made places the crop at 360,000,000, t he largest ot 440,000,000, and a crop of 490,000.000 may be reasonably counted upon. This is an increase in ten years of 133,000,000 bushels in the annual wheat production of this country, and an increase nearly equal to the total wheat harvest of twenty years ago. Out of this year's harvest, reckoning the population in this country at 48,500, 000 persons, 194,000,000 bushels will be needed for consumption and 50,000,000 for seed, in all 244,000,000; leaving, at the highest estimate, 196,000,000 for ex port, to wliich may be added 20.000.000 leftover from last year's crop. Whether the European demand will be equal the amount of surplus wheat in this country is considered by the Republican as doubtful. It will unquestionably equal last year's demand, and the value ot the breadstuffs exported during the coming year will probably reach $150. 000,000, and may rise to a higher figure. The unknown quantity in the wheai sup ply of the world is Russia. Its harveet has been pronounced far under the average for weeks past, but recent ad vices tell a different story. At best, however, nothing more than an aver age surplus for export is to be expected, not over 50,000,000 bushels; and if this is supplemented by the usual Eu ropean import, 20.000.000 bushels from Koumania, and 5,000,000 from Canada and Australia, the total wheat supply which Europe is likely to receive irorii points outside of this country may be placed at 75 000,000. The current defi ciency in Europe is placed at from 225, 000,000 to 275,000,000 bushels. Who Took the Money Over in the State of California, in the town of San Leandro, there lives a man named Neil Haast-asingularname, bo cause "double a "is not used very often. This Mr. Haast kept !a boarding-house nnd there lived with him inny men who worked on a railroad not far from San Leandro. Now as the boarding house keeper does not own an iron sate he lias been in the habit of hiding his bag of money under a barrel in the cel lar. One day recently he went to the cellar to make some change and at that moment noticed that the buckskin moneybag contained two hundred and eighty dollars in gold and silver. An hour or so later ho again had occasion to make change, for on that afternoon his boarders were settling their bills, and down he went for the money b ig. Loand behold ! the bag was gone. "There was not a tractf of it not even a penny left. Mr. Haast was troubled. Two hundred and eighty dollars was a big Finn to him, as it is to many other per sons, and it almost broke his heart tc ' hink that it had taken wings and flown. Mr. Haast tapped his forehead witli his Crrer. "Aha!" he said, "Brampton, the butcher, is the only body who's been in the cellar. I must arrest Brampton." But he held his head down and thou a lit for awhile. Mr. Brampton was said by every one to be an honest man ; ho had a cheery laugh, a hnppy " good morn ing " for all, and was never known to give bad weight in making a sale. Could it be Brampton P Thus our boarding house keeper reflected and at last sadly shaking his head made up his mind that Mr. Brampton should goto jail. Mean while Mrs. Haast had entered the cellar. "Look around, Neil," she said, "per haps you dropped the bag and didn't know it." The husband and wife then began to look around boxes were re moved, barrels rolled away and things cleared up generally. Not a clue could be found. " Let's poke a stick into that big rat hole," said Airs. Haast. " Oh, it's no use," replied Mr. Haast; but the wifo got a long stick and shoved away. " I feel something funny in there," she exclaimed. " If we only had a stick with a hook on the end." So they got a stick with a piece of bent wire fastened to the end and pulled out the obje. t. It was an empty ginger bottle. That was discouraging, but the two reasoned that if a rat could carry oft' a ginger bottle ho could carry off a little bag of money also. Again the stick was worked around in the rat-holo and again a hard object was felt. "That's the money," said Mrs Haast, and sure enough it was, for a bad old rat and not good Bramp ton, the butcher, was the thief. Mr. Haast got all his coin back us the bag had not been torn. Typhoid Fever. Typhoid fever is, of all diseases, pre eminently a filth disease, traceable with as much certainty as fire from smoke. Wherever it exists it points unequivo cally to unremoved filth, and is a disease therefore altogether and wholly pre ventable by proper sanitary measures. Notwithstanding, during the census year of 1870, there wero in thn United States 22,187 preventable deaths from typhoid fever. But had there been the same ratio to the total population of tho United States as in Philadelphia during centennial year, the mortality from this cause would have been over 37,000. And this was far from being all as regards Philadelphia. All over the country fatal cases of typhoid lever, and other diseases nearly allied to it, were attribu table to the csntennial visitation the neglected drainage, criminal insuffi ciency of water-closets and bad plumb ing. These conditions, so prominently manifest at the centennial, and appar ently -to an extraordinary degree in Philadelphia even yet, us judged by the prevalence of typhoid fever, are, of all causes of mortality, the most criminal, because the most easily preventable: Universal experience attests that water closets inadequately provided with means for speedy and complete cleansing and aeration are proline sources of typhoid fever and kindred affections in all temperate latitudes, and, with pre vailing high temperature and moisture, ofthestili more deadly disease, yellow fever. And all the more dangerous are these conditions because they are not infrequently the means of spreading that disease to distant places. The exist ence of typhoid fever or allied diseases in any place is prima facie evidence of filthy surroundings. Bantiarvin. The largest packages of mail matter delivered from the New York postofflce to individual establishments in the city go to the First National bank. Fourth National bnnk, A. T. Stewart & Co., and H. B. Claflin & Co. To these estab lishments an average of 3,000 letters is sent on tho first delivery every morning. A Boston inventor has made a ma chine which makes thirty seamless paper boxes a minute. Physicians say that there Is no remedy ten consumption, and possibly in some onset the assertion may be correct. We know howevet ot many euros made by Dr. Bull's Congb Byrup and will guarantee positive reliei to thi sufferer in every instanoe. A Fonnjr Mistake. The other day an old country woman drove np in her wagon to a well-known shoe store, and entering the same, thus aocosted the urbane proprietor: " I want to see them 'ere ' Ninety-five ' Kubber Boots advertised in all the papers. I'm thinking they must be cheap at ninety-live cents, and I'll just take home two pair to the old man." It was difficult at first to convince the old lady that the figures " 95 " referred to quality, not price, and that the boots were 95 per cent, sterling pure; but when she was ahowu a sample cut opon to display the interior, and jnw that the soles were halt an inch thick of solid rubber, and that the upper nnd legs were double thick, sho was contented" to pay, not ninety-live cents, but several dollars, (or a single pair ol the "C'undee 95 Per Cent. Boots," believing they would be the cheap, eat in the end for the " old man " Tho storekeeper punched the date ol sale in the logs so aa to fix tho expiration ot the three months' warrant, and assured her in case they did not st nnd the warrant, he would give a new pair free ot charge. Dr. C. K. Shoomaker, the well-know aural surgeon of Reading, Pti.,oiT'3rstosond by mail, tree ol clinrgo, a valuable little book on deal n ess and disensos of the ear specially on runuing oar and catarrh, and thoir proper treatment Riving relerenccs and testimonials that will satisfy the most skeptical. Address as above. A Household Need. A book on the Liver, its diseases and their trentmont sent troe. Including treatises upon Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundioe, Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspnp eia, Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Banford, 162 Broadway, New York city, N. Y. Wanted. Sherman A Co., Marshall, Mich., want an s'ent in this county at once, a salary ol t'lO't per month and expenses paid. For full particulars address aa above. Nervous St'FFERF.R. A dose of Voxetino, taken just bclore going to bed, will ensure a comfortable night's rest to the nervous su (Teror. The most comfortable boot in town is that with Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel StiDbners. For sore throat, gargle with Piso's Cure, mixed with a little water. Belief is instant. u. Gilbert's Put. Gloss Starch for fine fabrics. rnnirhrr, Wives and mothers. Pn. UAilClll.M S I IKltlNliCAllIOI.K'OX will po. lively tire Fenmle Wcukii'Ni. muh as Falling t,t the V.'oni'', Wliit' P. I'Lroui,: Iiill.iuinviUon or n-wiitlon ol the VVomt,. In, l.li nttil l!elii"rrh.ii:e or Flootl'ni:. 1'nlntiiL b;il'prt-iul un'l lrr.'Kulur M'-uyhudtinn, tc. All oltl auj relinl'le remedy. S"nJ .Mnl cm! for a vuiipli!cl, with treatment, cures anl lertillcaten fn,?n ilif;u'liiiis oiitl niti-!iu. to linWAHIII A I'.AI.I.AUU Cue, . Y bold l,y All lnlgKiit-$l', per bottle. THE MARKETS. saw TORE, Peef Cattle Med. Natives, Uvewt.. 07 in I'alvoe state Milk 044 M Kiiee.p CS(4 MS LiiuM 00 ,'..(, 071. I ct Llv (.4 -, 4 0 Drccied 4 (', rio.ir Ex. SUto, good to fancy. ... B R i 1 a) Wostrru, koocI to fancy IW f.i R 25 Wheat No. 1 Hail 1 BBy, 1 a No. 1 AilIkt 148 3 1 4S P.y Stute HA (4 s tarley Two-Howei Biate 65 4 75 Corn Ungraded Western Mixed ... . 60 14 (Ui) Poulhefl Yellow , 60 (A 60 Oata White mate , M Mixed Western., 4K (4 4ti Hay Retail friadrs 90 14 90 Straw LoDg Ryo, per owt..... 1 00 C4 1 05 Hops State, 1079 7 Q 87 Port Mesa 12 DO (415 60 Lard City Steam 7.60 (4 7 .as Petroleum Orude OfljiisWkf Refined 07'i Wool State and Penn. XX 48 4 GO Batter State Creamery 20 (4 89 Diary lg (4 ! western Imitation Creamery VI 14 w factory 17 A '.5 Cheese State Factory 12 (4 us Skim 10 Q 11 Western 14 14 Eggs State and Peun lajtfu 1310 Potatoes, Early Rose, Btate, bbl . . . 1 00 (4 1 6 B'OTALO. Flour City around, No. 1 Spring., t M (4 6 75 Wheat Red Winter 1 us (4 1 4.1 Ooru Nuw Weutern 4Sk; 4 48)4 Oats Htate 48 (4 40 Barley Two-rowed State ft 4 70 BOSTOll. Beef Cattle LlTe weight.....,....,, 05 is CSV "eP 05 ,4 oa !;,k8 06 1414 oe lour Viaeonaiu and Minn.Pat.... 1 00 04 8 no Corn Mixed and Xellow... 89 (4 61 Oats Extra White 63 14 64 Rye Stale aj ,4 04 Woo! ffmlml ( insililng It Dttanie.. 4 57 Uuuu&Ut-d, 41 44 Ei.M.iroN (aim ) cattle khkt Beef Cattle, live weight 0f: 0 h"? W 1.4 Wis, Ijmb ol 4 07 Eol (,. 06$ PHILADELPHIA, fernr...?f:::::: J f IU Butter Creamery extra ,k 85 (4 87 Oheiwe New Tori factory 14S 14'i Petrolepjn Ornde 07 a07j Reflned 57 Is it Possible That a remedy made of such common, simple plants as IIops.Buehu, Mandrake, Dandelion, etc., make so many and such marvelous and wonderful cures as Hop Bitters do ? It must be, for when old and young, rich and poor, pastor and doctor, lawyer and editor, all testify to having been cured by them, we must believe and doubt no longer. See other column. Post. Kidney-Wort effectively acts at the M.metimnWneyi,Jiver and bowels. TRUTH IS MJS.HJVJ laiitIW'llltiiauC4nt)i K. . . mxI I mmi w BMtam at Jt Falir tuav I Wa4 r ! fa, I !) f , name ft pita i tarn will fliaa BhI aod 4taU mt aaaf - nM.ikU'M.ri MAkTmez.4:p WE will furnish the Mutiiir an. I hiuiuie.r oybier Uauc ' with KKKM1I ii HTlCttM.at price a fol loHd: StnU., ,V tin. uuil 0," t'U. Selects, tto civ, and 91 prr SnllillialtoD. Onlerit not acruuipaiiied with utiafao tory Hefert-nceh or Cash. ilunrK d C. . J). Addregt nrUen to J. L.HLAKI IS A CO., bl Michaeli, Talbot Co., Aid. VOUNC (VEEN month. Kverr iraduau fui Hop Addreat K Talgptipt. Mi Learn Telajtraphy and 1HMUI(SU DBTIIIM eMlMT . W ...... WL. f ri MI'MC. M hv lay hlh prirwf Xlwly print. X cd -ti ififf.t miw. MM'ir-, Vocal and lutminf utaL Kud for 'ala)ni. Willi t ! t 'S. fwl SiMU Ae.. X.Y XX TAT lit K.M-IO to l". Write for rataloiriMi to dUuuroAuieriiau w auii t-o., yittaburg, fa. $66 A WEEK In your own town. Tenni and tt, llulttt free. Addle U. Haixztt 4 Co., Portland, Maine $72 A " r. r. rv . .1. m umj ujuiv uiib. imjmij OuUU free. Addrtia Ttua t Co., Auguala, Malue. SiTTT YKAH and upenw U Agents. Outfit fre. G4 4 4 Addieas T. O. VlCiJUJak. AHftuta. sUsm. NATURE'S REMEDYT'V Tut &bt BtDon Vegetine Cured His Daughter. Callip.rhtii.lk, Chilton Co., Alt., May 15, 1878. Dear Hir My daiiRhter has been afflicted wits Nasal Catarrh, Affection of Bladder and Kidneys, and is of Scrofulous Dlatheaie, and, alter taiTlna eiuanated my skill and the most eminent iitayal etnna of Splrao. I at lant reported to the uee of youl VsnKiriMB (without confidence), and, lo my great surprise, niy daughter has been restored to bealth. I write tlila aa a dimple tot of Justice, and not as an advertising medium, Keappctlnlly, , T. B. OALLIEB, M. S. Worked Like a Charm Cured Sail Rheum and Erysipelas. W OotmT St., Komi, M. T., Jnly 10. 1870. Mr. H. R. SricvKKft! Dear Sir One year ago last fall my little boy bad s breaking out of Kr.vntpelaa and Salt Itbeum, hit face being one mattered sore of the worst descrip tion. Noticing your advertisement in the pajiero, I purchased two bottles of the Vioktikb, and, with the two bottles, my sou was cured. I never saw auything like the Vkoftinr; It worked like a charm. I have been city watchman at Home for years. This testimonial Is gratuitous. Tours, respectfully, HOBA.TIO-GBIDLEY. Remarkable Cure of Scrofulous Face. Wcsticihstks, Conk., June 19, 1879. Mr. (I. K. Stkvens: Dear Sir I can testify to the pood effect of ynui medicine. My Utile boy had a Scrofula tore break out on bis head as laree as a quarter of a dollar, and it went down his faoefmmoue ear to the otiier, tinder his neck, and was que solid maps of soies. Two tiottlee of your valuable Veoktikk completely cured bim. Very respectfully, MBS. O. R. THATCHER. Tcgetina Is Sold by all Druggists. NATRONA 7 Is the best In the Fn-M, It Is alisnlntolv pure, u Is the best for Medliinnl Purposes. It Is the best tor Unking and all Family L'bos. Sold by all Drucitlsts and Hroeera, PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phlla. HOW TO HE I'0'' tluslncss Men. Farm- - era. Mechanics. Worklnx- YOUR OWN ?L,?$Sl!LV 1 A VSVETO lmim w. Se!Mi. fiist. Low BmrW w I rke. Uri-.it ti4:fisH. One aponi Mitt 5- tn on' (own, .inotlicr 152 in of. diivR, tinotliT 7 ) in 13 liny, unnilifr 11 In one ty, nnotlicr 10 in a iVw liuur. Kverybody wants it. Saves ten timt-s It cunt, vo otitrr Itk It, A4itMVlS tVANTJUlK $?n tT iliru Hm ami ti-riiM. P. W, Z!f:;LEH & CO., lOOO Arch St., Phlltvlf Ipiiia, P, FARMERS FRIEND & GUIDE. A vnln.tHe livA of 20 jxtufB, aollil rentflnv niat f r if.if, l-'x-s ItirJii'Bi, fttuu the jx'ng of the bcbt wrtOrt of the day. tlcvi-twl to the lntervstR of K .timers. Sloe irfMrs, Poultry pAmlrm, Dairymen, Hep CultuTt&ts, ;r.riip,T?, the riri'itio. ttc. Price only 50 cant, postpaid (cither P. O. ontor or poKtmre stamp.) Chcapm au l l.fsl bfitk ever cnbllrlunl. Ir yu have a frlt-iM tn N'i w York auk him to stfi tn our ofiVe ami examine thli valuable wnrk. Ant VTAMtcct. Ad.iress all orden to FRANK KJttSO.N' 1 CO., PuMtahers, ttOO and IftOt itruadway, N. V. Mailed Free for 35 Cts. Four for $fl. AfO.OOO will be pftM to ftny pion 11,-hovnn explode a t,mp fitted witli our PATEN i'KD HAFKTY AT TAOHIIKNT. Hay utfl toy Unrip or boroar. Prevent dripping and heatlnjc. Bend for fumples. with size ofcolUl $10,000. SAFETY LAMP. ACSKT hi and doptb nt your lamp. 8. S. Newton's Safety Lamp Co.. Factory and Office, Binghamton, N. Yi r.KTAJtTInED 146. TufTts promred in tho T.H. nnd'a.llfnreifm countries, in the quickest time and best man : ner. All patents token through thin cfPce , recelre a gratuitous notiro in the t-Hmtitie Amermin, wnicti nas a larger circniation than all papers of its ola-ss published in the V. combined. Trm MouVrat. Pamphlet of Information, and commutation: fren. Address MUNN & CO., 37 Paak How, hEW York. AGENTS WANTED l.it pi e ar'l authentic Imiuiy uf thr gtvut tour jf GMT AMID B WW It .levriUM itnvaj f.nn-n. IMr- Curios'tUy, HValth aM W w! T cf (Ik- iiMt.'sj, china. .Upui, rtc A uitiiiuii pt-opls wr.r.t it. This '.s the i-t li:ir: ot vr.ur lift, to make trwii-y. !?Hjror " aMi-j. inv " tuis'-.tiorts HenU for ciiiU'-iintiu: 1 xtu U nn to Azi ni-. A.J lr. i!l.T''',L' ruiiWi.phia, Pa. This rialm-lfonaa KatblUhd 1000. PFew Iaw. Thousands of Soldiers and r.Ura entitled enslon dale back lo discharge or death. Time Umlid Address, with stamp, liKUUOE E. I-KtTOH, P. O. Drawer aan. Washington, p. p. SBEATTYl Now OruMuM 1 btopa, Uitt Uoldtn Tongue UreiU. 5 ort't 9 LDeeswellii, walnut eatt,w ami's O ?, utool k i. 8tP XwPloio,8ttol,ov'rl"oh,t-3 o&3&5, ttVfort you bay heaur to wrlto ni. Jllufctratrd NtWHuaurrarnt froo AUdrtas UAMKL F. UEATTY- Waahtartun. Now s1. i-.vy. Per Cent. Interest Secured by FIrat ftFortimire on Im proved Ileal Kntate worth at leaat three ttmrs the money loaned, lu the bert fan ni hi,' u.untry in Iowa lriiK-ipul and Inl'Tot cuanuiP'M hv in! and pavu(.!e at your bank. PoMt.wly a Safe J nv rut in rt, Lou fripvrU-na and r hidi-me Niltsf.t-1 try ref.'iviite fu;niibfd Write to J 11110 IsV '1'.. V It .iiLcr. nt Rtorin Iakc and AUn, Iowa. A'hu join1 veiy it' ll nib ie Lan.Ii.ror sale, ii lima tunc, .nt low rate of hiUTfst. N 30 DAYS' TRIAL. We will send our KlrvCo-Wnle Bella and other Ele trtc AppiianrrK upon tnai lor m ihiys to thou atflt-ted with JVVri' "iu Iki'tiity and Wwj tj a ptrwu'l tutfm. Also of the l.ivi. KJnevf, Kueuiuttt'tu., Paral) ws, C A nue cure yuarttHtcnl ur Popuy. Aadretw VolUlc ito U ., MauUmlJ, Mlt UAHKOPPO KT V N I T V f or Cnpi tVdste or Col outfit. V' propow to ik-II IO.OOO Aries i1 iaiid lying ou Hroud Klver and the 'Air Ijiue K. K." lu York County, 8. i). 'J hit tract embrace m.e "f the fluent IVtiirrpoweru, Veius or Magnetic Iron Oris and Iiiiieetone, In the Union. Aiao a uumlerof small Fanna. For terut, pri. , etc. addresa T. J. Itell, Att y at Law.YorkvUlt. C.or Wm.W. GeJEuey.Gafluey City, a. Q. PENSIONS ! NEW I. AW. Bolitiers however slightly ill.-abled vy wounus or UIS i entitled. Eiptres July 1. Write Immediately, en ingtwo Hami J. iU P01.KIMIOHN t CO., llox Ms. Washington, D. 0. IK Cent Violin Italian Miluars. Vlnlln. . BoJ. Hook , el. f 4 tlMiirelo Instruct youi chil.lreu at Iftlle coat. Mjo., Patent In.Me Bcrew. beats old style, A ccorileons, 'itraian, two setts Heeds, one Slon. B.1.TA. t..Um V by mall or Mpreas from a Jew's-harp to a Cornet, and warranted. I. H. bheeh.n. Wai 1 1 u gford.C t. E WANTED kTiJV r"trtm t-. sa ' ' '' F""". Jl..ofto, tum u . kj MopU, u. tola WANTFI) '"'H ik.-Cj.lS.rfT.lMWw. iNTiaxATiunn. nil, oo., iZ, i.wm. ai. lm. y i UKNTIfor Ma.hlii.,Soperrent commission. LIO years county ruht HalauuusCo.,3B .Nsssau ht-.N.Y. Well, Richardson & Vo'H PERFECTED siMiwr in. an. T.'"'r rouna. PENSIONS. m-visana-or iwirvirerj say i r in sr.Kr Kt T. I scd bysllthebeet ( rea.nvrles. Awur.'. I th polorijll'tploniaai Y. Dairy Pa . Ash vour drua-glster niert-hant for its or write loask l ii ttb.vhat It to.ts, xbeu.es H, wbore SO gU IU lLLf, UICUAJUMiO.1 as C ?re,rictVs, BarUaat.a, ru Pom i Mil Pill's Mil INFLAMMATIONS and HEMORRHAGES. NOTE-Ask for POND'S EXTRA CI. Oennlna sold only In on bottles I TAREJiO OTHER UlIPirMATlM. Koother known prrr,,n has ever perrormed such wonderful enres of this flmtresslnK disease In its var ious forms. SufTerers who hare tried every thing else without relief, can rely upon he Ine entirely cured by using Pond1 Es trae.t. N'EUHAI.GIA. All neuralfrlc pains of tho head, stomneh or howels, are speedily cured by the fro uo of the Eitrnot. No other ineitioliio will cure as quickly. HKltrOHRIIAOH. For MAin-hiiif;. bleexlln(r, either exttii nal or inte'riipl, it is always reli able, and is used by Physicians of all schools with a certainty of success. For bleeding; of the lungs it is Invaluable. Our Nasal Syringe and Inhalcrare material aids in caes or internal bleeding. CATARRH. The Extract istheonlyspeclflo for this prevalent and distresstngconiplaint. qulcklv relieves cold In the head, c. Our Nasal Syringe is of essential service In these cases. For old and obstinate cases we recommend our Catarrh Remedy which combines the virtues of Pond's IC tract with other ingredients, making it the best known remedy for Catarrh. DIPHTHERIA AND SORE! THROAT. Used as a gargle and also applied externally redirected in the early stages of thediseas i'. will surely control and cure them. Do not delay trying it on appearance of first Rvmptoiiis of these dangerous diseases. SORfcS, ILCK1I8, WOUNDS aVBKVISES It, H healing, cooling and cleansing. The most obstinate cases are healed and cure with astonishing rapidity. I1URJIS AND CALlS. For allaying the heat nnd pniu it is unr lvalled, nnd should be kept in every family, ready for use in case ot accidents. LADIES find it their best friend. It assuages the pain to which they are peculiarly subject notably fullness and pressure in the head, nausea, vert igo, &c. It promptly ameliorates nnd permanently heals all kinds of Inflammations and lilcera lions. Our Toilet Soap for bathing, and To let Cream for the skin and complexion have proven of inestimable advantage to HRMOItlillOIDS or PILES And in this the nnly immediate relief and ultimate cure. No case, however chronic or obstinatocan longreslst its regular ime. Ourointmentisof grcnt wervii-e wiiere the removal of clothing is inconvenient. PHYSICIANS of all schools recommend and prescribe Paul's Extract. We have letter from hundreds, who order it daily in their general pra' ticj for Swelllntrsof all kinds, ti"y, Sore Thioat, Inflamed Ton sils, simple and chronic Diarrhoea, Ca tarrh, (for wliich it is a specific), Chll. Main., Slings of Inserts, Mosquitoes, etc.. Chapped Hands, Face, and indeed all nmnwr of skin diseases. ro K A II M U R S.-Ni block Breeder, no Liv ery Man can atTord to be without it. It is used by all the leading Livery Stables, Krect Railroads and flret Horsemen In New York ('ity. It has no equal for Sprains, Harne.i' or Raddle Chafing, BtlrT. tie.., Scrutches, Swellliifi.. Cnt Lacerations, llleetlinp;. Pneumonia, Colic. Diarrhoea, Chills, Cohlla, etc. its range of action is wide, and tho relief it affords is so prompt that it la invaluable in (-very Farm-mrrU aa well as ia every Jarm foue. Let it be tried once, and you will never be w ithuiit it. Ft; It VK'l t'.ltlMAllY I7SE Our special I'.i'i-jiaratlon for uku on stock is offered at tho ver' ion priee nf Hi.M PEU GALI,. (Package Extra.) This is no Met. boiled teakettle preparation. It in prepared with all Ibo care all of our articles receive. Sent b' express on receipt of price. special pncpanA"-'oK or pond extract com- IUNKO WITH THS 1 ''HEST AND MOST DKUCATE rKUKlHE-S KOK i.AIHES' noCDOIB. ' POXD'S KXTR ACT.. 1,0.-.. $1.00 asd1.76. Toilet ( ream 1 00 (iiianM tare !5 Dentifrice 50 l.inSalv 25 Toilet ScmpOeakes) 60 Oliiliuont 0 Plaster i& Inhaleridlaas. 50c.) 1 00 Nasal Kyrinxe SA Medicated Paper... 86 Any of these preparations will be sent car riage free at above prices, in lots of $5 worth, on receipt of money or P. O. order. CAUTION. Pond's Extract, is sold only in bottles, enclosed in bnrT wrappers, with the words, 'POND'S EXTRACT, blown in the glass. Ir. is never sold In bulk. No one can sell It except in our own bottles as aliove- described. (vr- Orn New Pamphlet wiTn IIibtory or our pHKrAUATlONrt, SENT FHEE ON APPLICATION TO POND'S EXTRACT CO., 1 8 Murray Street, New York. KOT.n TiY ALL DRUGGISTS. Ntl t;-.Nu lO DON'T DESPAlIt beeanse all other remedies havt failed; but try this reme'ly an l you will not be deceived. It will cur. when all others rail. DIRECTIONS FOB L'SINO ami lu ACCOMPANY KACH BOTTLE. Por Sale by all Medicine Dealers. FRAZEB AXLE GREASE, FOR SALE BY ALL DEALEKM. Awarded thtMEDAB OF JlOSOlt at Uia (JtuUw.U ami Ptlrit F.Xf'fititiont. Chicago. FRAZER LUBRICATOR C0..ITow7.rlr Acme Library of Biography. Twelve standard books, at one time, published at ai.aa earli, now issued In one beautiful, (rood t pe, neatly clotu bound volume, for tvtl(-ta.,and iiosnwe, S rta.; contalnins: " Krederk k the Hn at," by ila.air.ay; " Robert Hums?1 by Carlyle; "Mahomet," by (iibbon; "Martin Luther," by Chevalier Huusen: "Mary.gueen of Scots," by Lamar ttne; "JiMinof Arc,"by Michelet; " Uaunibiu," by Tlioa. Arnold; "Ca biu-," by Llddell; "Cromwell," by Lamar tine; "William Pitt," by Macanlay: "Columbua,' by l-mnartlne; "Vlttorla Colonua," by Trollops. Send lot "The Literary Revolution." free, and mention this panel when yuu write. A .11 Kit I CAN HOIIH LX. t II 4IVil'. Tribune Bnlldlnir, New VorW, CAKLEl'ON'S HOTJSEHOI.B ? ENCYCLOPEDIA. Th most valuable aegis Book ever pdoted. A treasury of knowlednt. Tbare has asrer Mfor. be pubh.riid in ous voiume, so luuca useful Informatios s every su"'ert. B-.ut fully Illustrated, sru. a sa. A Wools CibTsry In ()u Volume. .n.,Tl poid only by snbacrlatloni the ea I U AUt.it I Of "no to sell ever knowa. t.rms.aW. J address O. W. CAHbtlQN t CO.iMbllshsrs.M.T. Oily. PONIFIER lathe "Original" Concentrated Ly and KelUble Family Soap Maker. Directions a.v.nilny e-h Can for making Hard, Noft and Tll' aoP q'llckly. It Is full weiKht and strength. Ask your grocer for HAPONI FI Kit, and lake no otherr. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phlla. PETROLEUM (irsnd atclal at PiiilaielpUia pt'lllou. VASELINE - J JELLY Stiver Medal at Pari. Exposition, This wonderful substance Is acknowledged by physt cuos throughout th. world to be the ist remedy die cohered for the cur of Wounds, bums, Hbeutnatiam. Skin Diseases, Pll.-S, CaUrrh, Chilblains, tc In order Uiat .very on. may try It, It Is put up In 111 and ii can! bottle for household use. Obtain it from your drniiist. awl yon will tail It superior to aio tuuui you havt t 2 PER CKJIT. IHJTK.K!'iTI Honpel a Lou and farm on time, at p-r cent IntareaL For partkuUr. send 1 it. cents ( siiverl to TJ uiied fctaUa llouieatead Conipaui liblna, "at .v. $5 tO $20 !"v "J hom- Ple wort !i fre.. y Add'fssbiiasoa 4 Co.. Portland. I THiT IS JUST I I koulouh I , I WHAT I SHALL I VRMtBSAxLC I k J pe f ytR TK'jjf CREASE SA BUTTER COLOR i ne larirest Butter Ilurera rreommeed lis use