A PI Till I. K OF OLB WATER.
"Il i Bueb a pity," eui Mrs. Lee,
and the turned her jes from tbe
window. Kate, her little daughter,
E'.ocd tear her lookicg out upon the
road, a saiall, blne-fjed, cberub-like
creature.
A man had just passed, and it waa
of him the lady said, "It was ench a
pity."
"A greater pity for his wite and
children," replied Mrs. Lee's sister.
"Oh, Jear! It's a pity for all of
tbcm," caid Mrs. Lee, in quite a
troubled voice.
"Why doesn't the man drink cold
water when he is dry, and not pour
burning liquor down his throat ? I've
thought more than once of meeting
Lim with a cool glass of water as he
came by, hoping he would turn back
to his bhop and not keep on to Ho
ber's tavern."
"That would be too pointeJ," said
tbe sister.
"It might do good," Mrs. Lee went
on. "Suppose he did feel a little an
noyed, he would berdly refuse the
cool drink, and oace taken be might
not feel so strongly drawn toward
Huber's tarern. the next time I
taw him coming I'd offer the drink
again, and with a pleasant word. 1
could ask about bis wife and children,
and show that I felt interested. I'm
sure, sister, good would come from
it."
The sister did not feel sj hopeful.
"It will take more than a glass of
water to satisfy his firry thirst, and
then, you know, that Barclay is easi
ly offended. He would understand
just w hat you meant, I lear, and grow
aDgry and abusive." j
"I don't believe it would make him ;
aupry to offer him a cool drink of wa-j
t?r." j
The child, who had been listening;
to her mother and aunt, said this
quite earnestly.
Tbe two women looked at each
other but did not answer ber.
Mr. Barclay was a carpenter. He
had been very well off, but would
tae a glass cf liquor now and then.
This led bim into the companv of
those who visit taverns, and by them i
he was often drawn away from shop
and home. So neglect of business
was added to the vice of drinking,
and the carpenter's way in the world
turned downward.
Mr. Barclay bad seven children.
The youngest was named Fanny, and
she was just four years old. He was
very fond cf her, and often struggled
with his appetite on her account.
Many times had be gone backward
and lorward before the tavern door,
love fjr Fassy pleading against love
for rum, and urging him to spend the
few pennies in his pocket for a toy,
or sume candies, instead of beer. But
the dreadful thirst for drink had al
ways got the mastery. Toor man.
On tbe morning alter Mrs. Lee and
her t-ister were talking about bim, it
happened that Mr. Barclay was with
out a penny in his pocket. What was
he to do? Not a single glass of li
quor could be had at II uber'6 tavern,
for he was in debt there, and they
had refused to trust him until the old
scare was paid. But how was he to
go through all that day without a
drink? The very thought quickened
his craving thirst.
lie opened a bureau drawer to get
a handkerchief, when something met
his eyes that made him pause with a
strange expression of face.
He stood gazing with an irresolute
air, and then shutting the drawer
quickly turned away and walked to
the other &ide of the room. For some
time he remained there, his back to
the drawer.
A bitter struggle was going on in
his mind. Alas ! be was not strong
enough for this conflict
Slowly, step by step, listening,
1 joking just like a thief, Mr. Barclay
returned to the bureau, and opened
the drawer.
What did he bring forth ? It was
a little wooden boxonly a few inches
square ; he had made it himself of
fine dark wood for his dear little
Fanny.
Tbe pennies were few, but all she
Lad received for many months were
ia this box. She was saving them to
buy a present for her father at Christ
mas. A desperate look was ia Mr. Bar
clay's face as he clutched tbe box.
Hurriedly fie took trom his pocket a
Ftii all screw-driver, and in a minute
or two the lid was off.
Half tbe pennies were emptied in
to bis pocket, and then tbe lid replac
ed and the box returned to the
drawer.
He had scarcely taken a breath
while the hox was in his hand. Now
he sat down, like one suddenly rob
bed ol strength, and panted. Tbe
dark flush went off his lace, and he
looked pale and guilty.
Tapa!" It was Fanny herself.
The loving child came in and put her
firms around his neck. He felt as
clasped in a vice. It was as much as
he could do to keep from pushing her
with strong arms away.
"Are you sick, papa ?" The child
had caught a glimpse of his pale, dis
turbed countenance.
I uon t led very well," ne an
swered. His voice had so strange
a sound to his own ears that it seem
ed as if some one else were speak
ing.
"I'm 6t sorry," and Fannr drew
l:er arms tighter around bis seek,
kissing him.
This was more than the wretched
man could bear. ILi.sing hurriedly,
and almost shaking off his child, he
left the house and started for the
shop.
He did not go to work immediate
ly, but sat down on his bench. He
had co heart for work just then.
4 Oh, Jim Barclay !" be cried out
at last, in a tone of mingled shame
and auguish, "that yea should come
to this!"
lie got up and walked about like
one bewildered. Just then a man
rode tip to the door of his shop. "Is
that ehutter ready lor ine ?" he ask
ed. "It will be dono to-morrow," an
swered the carpenter, hardly notic
ing what was said to him.
"Just what 50a told me yester
day," said the man roughly.
"The fact is, Jim Barclay," he ad
ded, "there's no dependence in you
any longer, and I f ball take my work
pome where else."
He was in co mood to bear pa
tiently a bard speech from any one;
so he replied as roughly and the cus
tomer rode off in anger.
Barclay stood looking after Lim,
his excitement gradually cooling un
til .the blindness of passion was
gene.
"t ooliah every war I he mutter
ed, turning slowly to his workbench
.and taking a plane.
"It wasn't so once. Xo depend
ence in Jim Barclay."
He was hurt by tbe accusation.
Tbe time was when ao mechanic in
the neighborhood could be more de
pended npon.
If Barclay promised a pieee of
-work, it was sure to be ready. Alas
bow changed! He was just as fair in
promise now just as sincere perhaps
when his word was given but in
performance how slow ! He would
start in earnest every day and getoa
very well ontfl tbe desire for liquor
grew strong enough to tempt him
off lo Huber's tavern for a drink. Af
ter that no one could count on him.
Some pannels of tbe unfinished
shutter lay on Barclay's bench. He
began to grow worried just as it hod
been with him many times. But
where to begin bis day's work
which of his neglected customers to
serve first, he did not know.
His hands were unsteady ; a sense
of heaviness weighed down his limbs;
in body and mind he felt wretched.
He thought of Huber's tavern and a
refreshing glass. Just one glass and
his shattered nerves would be stead
ier for tbe day's work. Then he
thought of the peonies in his pocket,
tbe treasure of cis dear little Fanny,
stolen from ber that morning ; and
such shame fell upon his heart that
he sat down on bis work bench and
groaned in pain.
" 111 get one glass," he said, start
ing up, "for I mast have something
to pnt life into me. Tho pennies are
only borrowed, and I'll return them
two for one. Just one glass to make
me all right," and off he started for ;
the tavern.
Between the shop and the tavern
was a pleasant cottage. Mr. Barclay
was nearly opposite this cottage, when
out ran a child, holding in her little
hands a small glass pitcher full of
water, ber golden hair tossing in the
wind. She was about Fanny's age,
And beautiful as a cherub.
"Won't you have a cool drink, Mr.
Barclay ?" said the child, stopping
before him and offering him her pitch
er, while her earnest, tender eyef,
blue as violets, were lifted to his
face.
Surprised and startled by this sud
den vision of innocence and beauty,
Mr. Barrlay did not hesitate for an
instant, but took the pitcher and
drauk almost at a single draught ev
ery drop of the pure r Id water.
"Thank you, my aear," dropped
from his lips as he banded back the
empty vessel, and then he stooped
and kissed the child. She did not
turn from him and go back into the
house, but stood between him and
tbe tavern, gazing up into his face.
He took a step forward. The child
caught his hand.
"Oh, don't Mr. Barclay!" she
cried eagerly, and in such a plead
ing yoice that her tones went down
further into her heart than human
tones had gone for a longtime.
Pon't what, little darling?" he
asked, bending toward her in new
surprise.
"Don't go to Huber's any more,"
answered the child.
Mr. Barclay drew himself up and
stood as still as a statue. The child
looked at him with a half scared ex
pression, but she kept firmly hold of
bis hand.
Suddenly catching bis breath, be
stooped quickly and touched tbe
child's fair forehead with his lips.
He said not a word, turned resolute
ly, and went striding down the road
in tbe direction of his shop.
From the window of tbe cottage
mother and aunt looked on tbe scene
in surprise. The act was her own. ,
They had no hint of her purpose un
til they saw her crossing the road
with the pitcher of water in her band.
Her own act did I say ? Let me lift
your thoughts higher.
Uod s love and pity for tbe poor
drunkard bad flowed into tbe little
child's heart, and moved her to do
just what she did.
So it was God acting through her,
just as lie acts through every one of
us when we try to do good to others.
Think of this. Qod working through
us making us angels of mercy.
Mr. Barclay returned to his shop,
took off his coat and went to work.
The cool water, but more the good
resolutions, the child had awakened
in his heart, gave tone and refresh
ment to body and mind. His nerves,
all unstrung when he started for the
tavern, were steady now.
No tremor ran through his hand as
he grasped the mallet, chisel, or plane.
He worked with a pleasure not frit
for a long time.
After an hour this feeling began to
wear off, and the old heaviness and
thirst for liquor returned. His mind
went to Huber's tavern, and the
tempting liquor there. But there
was something in the way he could
not pass ; not fierce lions, but a pure
and innocent child.
He felt sure that when she saw him
coming along the road she would
meet him with her sweet pleading
face and pitcher of water, and that to
pass by would be impossible.
"Go around by the old mill," said
the tempter, "and the child will not
see yon."
He hearkened a moment, and then,
with an almost angry tone, said :
"No, no, no I God's angel met me
in an evil path and tamed me back.
I will not go round by any other
way."
There was a spring not far from
his shop. He drank freely at this,
and, then refreshed, took up his work
again.
How clear his mind was clearer
than it had been for a long time.
Like a beeutiful picture was the im
age of that lovely child meeting him
in the road and offering him her pitch
er of cold water.
It was always before him, and the
longer he looked upon it the softer
bis heart became, and tbe stronger
bis good resolutions. ;
For the first time in months Mr.
Barclay came home that evening -ber
and in his right mind.
What throbs of joy his puis gare
as he saw the look of happy surpru3i
in his poor wife's face, and felt the
delight of dear little Fanny's heart as
she sprang into his arms and hugired
him in a way that told what a new
gladness was in her soul.
Not nntil be had returned th.e pen
ties to her box did tbe red spot cf
shame fade of from his manly coun
tenance. Mr. Barclay was never seen in Hu
ber's tavern again, aor in any ctber
tavern.
"If," be said to a friend, years af
terward," "tbe old desire came back,
and my thoughts went off to Huber's
tavern, it uever got past the white
cottage, for ovtfrom ie porch I would
always see coming to meet me, pitch
er in hand, that heaven-sent child,
and to have passed ber would hare
been impossible."
Good nature more agreeable in
conversation than wit, and gives a
eertain air to tbe ountenaor e which
is more aimiable than beauty. It
ebowa virtue in the fairest light j
takes off in some measure from the
deformity of rice; tad makes even
folly and impertinence supportable.
aalaa:ra Pais.
Some people suffer for rears with
kidney or liver disorders, not know
ing that Kidney-Wort can relieve and
core them It strengthens tbe bow
els, purifies the blood, drives out the
pain, and renews the sufferer's life.
Sold by Druggists.
A leaiMi7lvikala Blaaa.
Tioga oanty, Pennsylvania, has
furnished a romance Such a thing
was hardly to be expected from the
backwoods lumber region that Tioga
is, but the e'.ory is well authentica
ted. Klijah liaison is an old and
respected cilizeu of the county, and
the owner of some of its wootu. His
daughter Katie had been reared amid
scenes and surrouudit.fr that gave
her many masculine ways. She had
free range of the lorests, and grew
up healthy, blooming, and brown.
She became skillful with rifle and
rod, and spent much ot her time
hunting and fishing. Her parents
let her run, well knowing that she
was abandaL ly able to take care of
herself. She bore an unblemished
reputation in II the woods around,
and was chas as Diana. Such was
her life and cL iracter until she was
18 years old. At that ege she had
an affair of the heart of which ber
parents did not approve, aad told her
so. She was dutiful and respected
their wishes. The object of her at
tachment was a worthless young man
named Johnson, the son of a neigh
boring woodman.
Johnson often roamed with her on
her hunting and fishing excursions
and the liking between them was
mutual. At last her parents posi
tively forbade her to meet him. This
order shut her out of her range cf
woods, for he was always at her
heels. The next day she left home
with ber rifle aid did not return.
That was 22 years ago. The woods
and streams were searched for ber ;
her father advertised for her; de
tectives were looking for her in Phil
adelphia and Xcv York and other
cities. So she was nowhere to be
found dead or alive. Her parents
finally gave her up for dead, or lost
to them, and at the end of two years
discontinued the search. Johnson
frequented his old haunts in the for
ests, but the woods of Tioga knew
Katie Hanson no more.
In the winter of 1STC, Col. Grant
Wilson, of Philadelphia, met Major
James Hopkins, formerly of Ohio, in
Cuba, Maj. Hopkins served in Gen.
Thomas' division during the war
of the rebellion, and had become the
owner of a fine plantation in tbe inte
rior. Col. Wilson accepted Major
Hopkins' invitation to visit him at
his home, and become acquainted
with Mrs. Hopkins and ber two chil
dren. They made it pleasant for
Wilson during his stay in Cuba. Mrs.
Hopkins was a handsome, bright wo
man and the little Cubans we e beau
ties, and all were happy. When Col.
Wilson was about leaving the IIop
kinses took him into their confidence
by revealing some passages of their
history, and entrusting him with a
message and an errand to the United
States.
Col. Wilson recently visit.-d Tioga
county and bunted up the family of
Elijah Hanson. He asked the old
man if he had a daughter Katie. He
bad, but she was dead. They lost
her 22 years ago. Then Wilson had
a tale to tell which caused a great re
joicing among the Hansoas, old and
young. He told tbem that Katie
Hanson was alive aud wel' that she
was tbe wife of Major James Hop
kins, a rich planter of Cuba, an 1 the
mother of two beautiful children, and
was even then preparing to visit the
old homestead in the Tioga woods
during the present Eummer. So the
Hansons must make ready for tbe
Hopkioses. But how did Katie Han
son ever get to Cuba and become a
Hopkins, was a question that puz
zled the old folks and young folks,
and Col. Wilson was fully empowered
and prepared to answer it. lie bad
tbe story from Katie Hanson's own
lips, in substance as follows :
When her father ordered her to
cease associating with Johnson, she
rebelled ia her heart but resolved to
obey. She could see no way but
away from home, and she took it,
with her rifle on ber shoulder. That
night she slept in the woods. Tbe
next day she came to a hunter's cab
in, and tbe hunters were out. She
took a suit of their clothes and dress
ed herself in them, and her 6hort hair
and bronzed face favored the disguise.
She wandered on her way aimless of
her future, save to put miles between
herself and her home, and reached
Dunkirk. Some occupation became
necessary, and she took the position
of cook on a boat running between
Buffalo and Detroit. She liked the
life for a time, but was frightened out
of it by reading an advertisement of
fering a reward for any information
concerning Katie Hanson, and min
utely describing her features. That
was in Buffalo.
Making the trip to Detroit she left
her position and went to Cincinnati
still farther from home. She had a
fancy for boating and engaged on a
Ohio river steamer, where she remain
ed nntil the breaking out of the war.
As no one had ever suepected her sex
she resolved to enlist and joined an
Ohio regiment, and participated in all
the engagements cf Gen. Thomas' di
vision. She was promoted to ser
geant in her company in ISC3, and
a9 a soldier behaved herself altogeth
er well. But she had attracted the
attention of her captain, and it is alto
gether likely tbe captain had attrac
ted ber attention, too. At any rate
one day when be met her alooe he
told her that he suspected her ta be
a woman, and the suddenness of the
insinuation caused her to betray her
self in the answer she made. She
begged the captain to keep ber secret,
bu; he evidently wanted her a wom
an and out of the ranks, and reported
the facts to the general, who sent her
to tbe rear and ordered her to resume
her propper attire.
Tiiis change in ber condition and
position was made in good t'nie, too,
for she became a hospital nurse, and
soon had the care of the wounded
captain, and all was well. Tbe cap
tain was promoted to the rank of ma
jor, and at tbe close 01 tue war Ma
jor James Hopkins and Katie Han
son were married. Major Hopkins
family in Ohio refused to recognize
his wife on account of the peculiar
romance of her career. She had sa
ved $'.00 from her steamboat earn
ings, which she drew out of a Cin
cinnati bank, and with this .they
went to Cuba and prospered. Ma
jor and Mrs. Hopkins and the children
will sail for Jeew lork in August,
and the Pennsylvania Diana, after
many strange adventures, will revis
it her home in tbe woods of Tioga.
A firntal Ontrace.
Cincinnati, June 2J A dispatch
from Frankfort, Ky., says that on
Saturday night, at Sawdripple, 12
tiles distant, a party of unknown
men attacked the hoase of Samuel
Faulkner, Eejrerely wounding Faulk
ner as he ran from the house. They
then set fire to the dwelling, which
was consumed, with its inmates
i Harry Eussel, aged lj, who was also
j shot, and two children of Faulkner,
aged 1 1 arid 3. No cause is given
lor tms brutal anair.
;7"SubHcribe for the Herald.
What Tim l IL
When an ordinary man wakes cp
in the middle of tbe night the Erst
thing he does is to wonder what time
it is. He geuerally wonders for two
or tbre minutes in vaia ; then he
arouses his wife and asks her if t-be
knows. As a general thing bt doer
not. This only whets bis appetite to
ascertain the exact hour and minute.
It does not matter whether he has the
whole of the next day to 6leep, or
has to arise with tbe lark, be wants
to know exactly where he is chronol
ogically located.
"Hare tbe cars stopped running
yet, Maria ?" he asks.
"Don't know," she grunts bleep
ily. ''1 think it must be near three," he
continues.
"Oh, go to sleep!" she snarls
b3ck.
"The first thing you know, you'll
wake Ocar Jeremiah up; he's kin
der restless now."
Thus bombarded by- his wife's
rhetoric he remains silent for a short
period, but the desire to know what
what time it is returns and gnaws at
him like a mental tapeworm. He
can't rest; every time he closes his
eyes they involuntarily fly open like
roasting corns, and the terrible agony
is kept up.
Finally his wife gets out of pa
tience and yells :
"Do vou want to know what time
it is?""
"I do," he replies, with joy.
"The exact hour aud minute?"
Ho answers in theaflirmaiive.
"Well, then, you had better get up
and take a look at the clock. That's
the surest way."
What a world of light this uxorial
revelation throws upon him. And
now he lies there and wonders why
he didn't think of that himself. The
bed is nice and warm, and it is pret
ty hard to get up, but he does.
He wants U know what time it is,
that's what he want?, aad he's going
to Gad out, and when ho ets back,
and bis wife asks bim the result of
his trip down stairs, he'll tell ber to
stop her clack, or she will wake Os
car Jeremiah up, that's what he'll do.
He'll just show her whether she
owns ail the satire of the establish
ment or not
So he gets up, draws ou his trous
ers, and feels his way down stairs.
When be reaches the hallway he in
advertently steps on a marble which
tbe aforesaid Oscar ha3 lost, and is
speedily transformed lrotn his feet on
to his back.
This doesn't deter him in the least;
it only stimulates bim with a Gxed
determination to reach that clock
dead or alive. He strides along like
a warrior, and finally reaches tbe
match safe.
For a wonder it is lull ; as a gen
eral thing there is not a match to be
found wbeu it is wanted, but he has
one now. He strikes it and it does
not go out. This is another mystery.
Finally it is blazing up brightly, nnd
he sticks it in the face of the clock !
The clock has stopped. He is no
wiser than before. The feeling which
steals over him cannot be adequately
described. Then he crawls back to
bed and worries himself into a sleep
which remains unbroken until his
wife calls bim to make the fire.
Xorrixtoicn Herald.
Too Much Irani iu lug.
One of the crying evils of our time
in America is a fundamental iriscon
ception of the true functions of edu
cation. It is very geuerally assumed
among us that education consists
chiefly in the knowledge of facts, and
that all facts are valuable for educa
tional purposes. Early in our nation
al existence we took up the educa
tional hobby and have ridden it long
and vigorously. No commonplace is
so dear to tho popular orator as that
which "points with pride" to the
vastest system of common schools
the world has ever seen, and traces
an intimate connection between our
free institutions and our free schools
In no respect is the superiority of
republican America over the effete
monarchies of the Old World sup
posed to be more incontestable than
in tbe quantify and quality of the
education imparted by our public
schools.
As the natural result of this wide
spread and pernicious error a system
of uuuatural cramming has made its
way and now reigns supreme in our
schools, colleges and female semina
ries. During the first half of the
century the evil was confined within
narrow proportions, from the fact
that the recent gigantic achievements
of scientific discovery had not then
been made, or at least had not been
popularized. But since the close cf
our civil war our educators have
taken a new departure and proclaim
ed all knowledge to be their specialty.
As the years ordinarily devoted to
education prove inadequate for the
maetery of the constantly augment-;
ing list of sciences a growing pres
sure is exerted upon the oupils to in
duce them to pursue many studies at
once aud to devote nearly tLeir whole
time to their books.
The unfortunate pupils are distract
ed by the multiplicity of tbe tasks to
be memorized and are weakened phy
sically and mentally by the strain up
on their faculties. In some rural
districts it is not uncommon to see
babes of four and five years of age
confined for six hours within school
rooms, and the chances are that thev
are expected also to attend a
Sunday school and hear one or two
sermons each week. All tbis is
wrong, thoroughly and radically
wrong. K'ducation does not consist
in the accumulation cf facts, and it
may be safely asserted that three
fourths of tbe facts taught in our
schools and colleges prove absolutely
useless to the pupils in their suhse
quent careers.
A pressing necessity of the time is
an "Association for the Suppression
ot Useless Knowledge," which shall
eliminate from our coarse of study
more than half the branches which
are now taught therein. Every t tudy
which can thus be suppressed isaclear
gain to true education. The best
educated man or woman is not the
one wto ha? the largest assortment
of facts at command, but the one who
bas mastered the problem, "What
knowledge is most useful?'' and re
maius contentedlv ignorant of a thou
sand things ia knowing which the
half educated weakling takes e?pa cial j
pride. 1
The great want cf our children us-j
der seven years is to be let alono, and I
not troubled with fects or maxims to
be remembered. We must change
our ideas in respect to education and
recognize that a bsalthy, hearty boy
or girl of eight or nine years who m
an adept at all the sports of childhood
is fax better educated than the infant
prodigy who knows the boundaries i
and capitals of eery country in the
world, but caras nothing for the bail
or boop. J. force hours' confinement
in school, say from cino to tyelve in
the morning, is amply suftcient for
tbe children in onr primary schools,
and if aoy afternoon attecdance ia re
quired i: might advantageously tcke
the form cf opea-air rambles with
their teacLers. This method, once
established tvould dsvelop the focal-
! ties of teachers as well as pupild and
i lay the basis of a Socratic instruction
I by fcl'jfcct It'S-iona a:id familiar con ver
nation which wllU 1 rt'-lr? tLepeiliid
of education urte of in
terest and delight.
Amprlran Tobacco.
Daring February Congress reduced
the rate of the tax on tobacco thirty
three per cent. from twenty-four to
sixteen cents per pound.
The late convention of manufactur
ers at Cincinnud decided, however,
not to reduce the price of manufac
tured tobacco more than six cents a
pound for the best, and uot more than
half that amount for inferior qualities;
but expressed the conviction that the
government will lose less by tbe re
duced tax than any cna has appre
hended, and that production and fab
rication will be greatly increased.
Tho commercial importance of tho in
terest concerned is rarely considered.
It is very great, and holds its own in
spite of the rivalry of other countries.
Tbe plant, it ia generally known, is a
native of tropical America. It first
entered Europe from tran Domingo
through Portugal, in I"i20, and was
known in France in l."72, or quite a
dozen years before Sir Walter Ral
eigh's second culony, under Sir Ilich
ard Greenville, enabled its promoters
to win the glory tf introducing the
potato and tobacco to Europe. From
that time the cultivation has spread
around the world and the use has ex
tended very far beyond tho cultiva
tion. The cultivation on this continent
reaches from Canada lo southern
Paraguay ; in Europe from northern
Germany to the Mediterranean ; ex
tends over much cf Africa acd across
a large part of Asia, and reaches to
tho contiguous islands- cf each of
these great territorial divisions.
Notwithstanding this vast spread
in production and use, passiog that
of the potato at every poiDt, the cul
tivation and fabrication in the Uuked
States have grown almost as though
the plant was limited to our geogra
phy. The yield varies with tne soil,
climate and attention given from
six hundred to a thousand pounds
per acre ; averaging about eight hun
dred, and aggregating 50,000 hogs
heads of 1200 pounds each, or 420,
000,000 pounds, of which we export
about 250,000 hogsheads end con
sume tbe residue.
It is calculated that more than
522,000 acres are constantly devoted
to this crop, and that every U'.ate
raises sume. More than a quarter cf
a niiilicn persons are employed in the
agriculture alone ; over ono hundred
thousand are occupied in the various
stages cf preparation, and a third
more are employed in the retail trade
than ia the cultivation. Three years
ago the Statt'3 north of the Ohio riv
er acd cf Maryland hud a crop of
105,000 cases cf Eecd-leaf, valued at
$5,758,000, cf which Pennsylvania
produced 30,000 cases, estimated su
perior to the residue, and worth $1,
800,000. The value cf the leaf exported is
placed at $25,000,000 annually. The
internal revenue tax derived from
1050 manufactories has amounted to
$20,000,000 annually, excluding the
sum derived from segars and licenses;
and altogether all the advantages to
labor, transportation aad domestic as
well as foreiga !rade cann jt be ex
actly computed, it is evident from
the facts recited that they ore numer
ous. The superiority of American tobac
co has been established everywhere.
The Cuban, a limited amount, is pre
ferred for fine segars, but this prefer
ence has caused a large importation
of that leaf, which, after fabrication,
is now exported to Europe, where it
vies with the best of the fomons Vu
elto Abajo. For general use none
grown anywhere else is at all com
parable. The Manila leaf, like the
overpraised Latakia, is weak, and
wunts essential virtues. The action
of tbe Cincinnati convention shows
the conviction of manufacturers that
the demand will grow. That belief
rests upon good grounds, and as the
country derives more than $25,000,
000 annually from its export of leaf,
and is increasing its export of manu
factured qualities, and bas such ad
vantages for making that increment
more ropid and more influential in its
f.raign exchanges, as well 83 in its
domestic industries, we may reasona
bly expect practical results from this
reduced taxation at an early day,
which will be seen and felt over a
very broad field.
The tffect in Pennsylvania should
and doubtless will be considtrable.
Fltila. North American.
I on for all Concerned.
In Plymouth avenue the other af
ternoon a boy aud girl held a rope
across the sidewalk, aai accosted ev
ery one with, "won't you jump, sir,
before vou go naat?" A eotleman
settled his hat rm!v ca us lf
locked around to see that no one a3
near, measured the distance with a
practiced eve, jumped the living rope
with all the eise and accuracy of
youth, and then marched on with a
smile on his face. Not for behind
him was a popular Main street grocer,
who ob.-erved the performance, and
at ouce caught the humor of the
thing. Ho is bulky in form and short
in wind, but when the inquiry came,
"won't you jump, sir?" he replied.
"Of conrse 1 will," and forthwith
spread himself ia the air with an
abandon that threatened to burst his
coat, but which cleared the rope, to
tbe infinite delight of the children.
The next was the critical test. She
was young and sharpiy, bright of face
and btylibb of apparel, and she bad
admired the :t rial flights cf her pred
ecessors. It was her turn, and to
tbe honor of the sex be it said she
did not shirk the responsibility, The
trail was picked up and firmiy grasp
ed, the body swayed for a moment in
time with the rope, then a swing, a
flash of cardinal hose in the sunlight
as she swept through the air with
tbe greatest cf ease, and she pursued
her way without n misplaced ru!l!e to
tell the story of her daring.
Found Urad In a 1'octl.
POUGIIKEEI'SIE, N. Y., Juoe 23
Edard Lee, a farmer who resides
near Burgall, Dutchess cjunty, wts
fouLd dead in Shaw's pond tester
day, Tyjth both eyes blackened" a te
vero bruise cn the cose, and a cct
over the eyes. It is believed he wes
foully dealt with and an inestigatiun
is in progress.
"All of wfcich I taw," sa-d the big
steam driven '-circular" to a pile of
lumoer. "ran or which I was," re
plied tbe scantling
Veiy fe men acquire wealth ia
uch a manner aa to receive substan
tial pleasure from it.
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UCHU,
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Delivered to any address free lrom ob
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answering the following questions :
1. Give your name and Kist-olliee ad
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express oltice ? .
2. Yonr a?c and sex ?
3. Occupation?
4. Married or single ?
5. Ilight, weight, now and in health?
(I. How long have you lccn sick ?
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Philadelphia, Pa.
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leiu imm tu to tatHldnvuut nil hin-1 di..ea.u.
lt. cures ara Koo krlul an I oertitic i to bv ilwri.ri.
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FowcrtuI Tnuic. K.ir sale i.y all irn.".'i.--.s. S. L-'
that ourname N en the lMttm ef the r:i!nT (
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