BILLIONS IN AN OLD CART. HOW CT78TOMS RECEIPTS ARE TAKEN TO THE SUB-TREASURY. A Modest Hand Curt, Rurronnded fcy a Dctermlnnrl Guard, la Trun dled Through Wall Slrort Dally. A liravy-whceled hand-rnrtj with a thickset little guiding wheel in front and pulied by two men from behind, rlnttered down the steps of the William Btrcct entrance to the Custom-Houso at M:4." yesterday afternoon. It was in stnntly followed by four broad shoul dered laboring men, a smooth-fared old man of clerical appearance and a stern looking man with a henvy brownish mustache, who quickly grouped them selves on both sides of it nnd in fror.tof it and behind. The little group, with thu enrt rumbling in the centre, pushed rapidly to Wall street to the noth side and then went at a quick pace up the street to Nassau, then around to I'ine street, and was swallowed up in the rear entrance to the Sub-Treasury ltuilding. All along the journey from the t'ustom-Houss to the Sub-Treasury peoplo stopped nnd gacd curiously at the group, as it hur ried along and tried to get a glimpse of theenrt. It was not a very hamisomo Vehicle. The box was literally a box iron-bound and tightly locked with a heavy brass padlock, but those who un derstood the matter knew that it might contain anywhere from $.100,001) to $1,000,000 or more, and that this money represented Undo Sam's daily tolls on merchandise imported from abroad, nnd that it was on its way to be poured into the Treasury, another contribution to swell the great surplus whi.h now lies idle thore. Kor over twenty years, nt about the samo hour on six days in every week, the cart has made the same journey sur rounded by its escort. How many thieves have cast envious eyes nt it, how many speculators on tho verge of ruin, how many dishonest bank employees with the impending crisis of discovery banging close over them, have thought that to only have for but a few weeks or a few days the contents of that ugly iron-bound box would be rescue from ruin, flight or suicide anybody can imagine. Doubtless many a gang of knaves have wasted many a long hour trying to devise some daring scheme to waj lay its guardians, rmash the heavy box and make oil with its contents. But from all this nothing has over come. For nearly a quarter of a century the old cart has trundled over its route and not au uulawful hand has been raised ngaiust it. Collector Iled den in his time did receive, it is true, a written warning that a plot had been hatched to attack the treasure cart. It was the work of some practical joker most likely. ' A little extra precaution was exercised for a time, but tho plot never do i eloped. The most daring rob ber could not fail to see the madness of such an attempt. Tho cart has carried its millions with never the loss of so much as a cent. The system by which the money is thus transferred is perfectly simple. In the cashier's office at the Custom House are kept four boxes, iron-bound and made of thick oak board. They are two feet in length, by ono foot in breadth and about a foot in depth. At each end is a massive iron handle that in itself weighs nearly two of tho tiftecn pounds at which each box tips the beam. When the day's work is completed the money is counted and placed in these boxes. It is then delivered to the custody of United States Detootive T. .1. Murtha. Four laborers then come, nnd each ono ahoulders a box and carries it to the jground floor. Here the boxes are placed in the strong box on the cart, which Itu.'cna locks. At the Sub-Treasury the money is again counted, and if it agrees with the Custom-House count a receipt is given. "The daily average of cash we carry," eaid tho good-natured detective yester day, "is about .j00,000, though, of course, there are many days when we carry over a million. AVhen we have a good deal of coin the load is a very heavy one, and this, with the great weight of tho cart and the boxes, makes it no easy thing to push. AYe always have two meu puslvug and four around it, besides myself and the messenger. I am the only one who is armed. -We go up the north side of Wall street becauso there are moro peoplo there and always some ;of Inspector Byrne's detectives about. I have only been lieie about two years, but I suppose we have cairied not far "from f :j.iO,000,(K0 in that time. What ,wealth that old cart has had in its bowels 1 jit makes a man dizzy to think of it. (The surplus in tho Treasury would be as la little chicken feed in your pocket 'compared to it. I never feel the lcait fear of an attack. How could they get away with anything? The street is rilled with people. They would have to disable ,me tirst. There would be pistol-shots before that. Then they would have to mu-h in the box on the carl, and then they would have to lug ay the dead weight of ono or more of those inner boxes. There would be 500 peoplo and a dozen policemen and detectives about before they got that far. The system is absolutely safe so far as that is con cerned, unless a small army of desperate men swept down upon us. "The place where I have feared steal ing tho uio!-t is rght in the public room of the cashier's olticc. Jt is often so crowded that there is barely standing room. Kach importer fills out the blanks there at a shelf running along the wall. He then counts his ca-h there. .Not in frequently as high as $70,000 is counted out in ono pile. I have feared a quick, skilful Micak thief might snatch a bundle of bids, dush down the stairs there by the door, and out into Hanover Square. There would be a few chances of his escaping." Xeie York World. The Diamond Wouldn't I'olUli. A remarkable diamond was exhibited at a recent meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences by Sir. George F. Kuntz. It was a compound of multiple crystal, containing a large number of twiunings. It is of the class, termed "extreme durate'' by the French. It had been cut into the general thape of a brilliant, and its main lace or table was then placed on the pol.shing wheel in the establishment of Till'aoy & Co. It was kept there for 100 days, the wheel revolving at the rate of -JSO0 revolutions per minute. The diamond was held upon the rotating surface at a distance of about fifteen inches from the center, liased on these figures, a calculation shows that the surface passed over by the diamond amounted to ;.",0(JU miles, or nearly three times the circumftrenec of the earth. Vet it was all futile, as tho stone would not ac uiro a polish. The ordinal) weight placed on a diamond, while on thu wheel, is from two and a quarter pounds to two and a half pounds. This was increased by four pounds unci eight pounds without elfect, and tinally forty pounds was used. The wheel was badly damaged, the diamand plowing into it and throwing scintillations in all diieitiona. Tho diamond, eveu uuder these conditions, could not be given a commercial polish, and the wheel had to be replaced. J run. W. C. T. U. COLUMN. Conducted bg Iht Tionetta Union, Ths W. C. T. U. meets the 2d and 4th Tuesday of each month, at 3 p. m. rrmident Mrs. Eli Holrman. Vice Presidents Mrs. J. Q. Dais, Mrs, W. J. Robert. Recording 8c'y Mrs. I A. Howe. Cor. Sec and Tress. Mrs8. D. Irwin. Wo Htifo him thnt (jiveth hit nrighhor rtrtnfc, thnt pnttrnt fii Dottle to mm, and mnul Aim d run km also. Hab. II, l.i. The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but to him Miat to wet h righteousness shall be a vriie reward. ner. ji, is. KfTort of Whisky. Colonel "Hob" Inporsoll probably never ma le so prrvit a mistake as that ginn ing eulogy on whisky whieh ho wrote about a year ago, and w hich we now again repro duce: "1 scnl you some of the most wonderful whisky that ever drove th skeleton Irom a feast or painted landscapes in the hrain of mnn. It is the mingled souls of whent an I corn. In it you mil find the tunsliiite mnj shadow that eha-e each other over the liil lowy Helds, the oreath of June, tlio carol of the lark, the dews of the nig lit. the wealth of summer, and autumn's rich content nil gold en with imprisoned light Krink it, mi l you will hear the voice of men nnd maidens singing the "Harvest Home." mingled with the laughtor of children. 1'rink it. nnd you will feel within your blood thestnr-!it dawns, the dreamy, tawny dusks of many perfo 't days. Kor forty years tin's liquid joy lias leen within the happy staves of oak, longing to touch the lijis of man.' The objection to this is that, after ma';in. all due allownnce for the exaggerations of poetry, it Rive a ra licnlly misleading im pression as to the social value of even verv old whisky. If whisky produced the effects which Colonel "Boh" ascribe to it, it would, undoubtedly, be the best gift bes'owed by Providence on Buttering, toiling humanitv. But, unfortunately, it does not pio Iihv thtse effects on anv, or on more Minn very few at all events. It may possibly cause some to "hear the voice of men and maidens singing the 'Harvest Home," mingle! with the laughter of children." But wnat the creat majority of people hear when they take it in sullicient quantity to lie atTm Usl by it, is the voice of men svrearlnz at maidens, and tho yells of children under the application of th pate, nil poker and tongs. In truth it etfects different ieople in different w.iys. Some it makes hilarious and others morose. Some can take a good deal without fe sling it, while others are up-t by a mouthlul of it. It was extremaly rash of the Co onel to pre dict to any particular individual what its effects on him would lie. Very like y its principal effect on his friend was to make him feel within his blood simply a pnssionatj desire to lie down and go to sleep. Atlanta C'anMt.Untion. "I Started From Your Cider. " In a certain village of Chenango County, N. Y., there lives an aged couple. The lines nf trouble and sorrow mark the face of each. Often on a summer evening, just nt dusk, yo'.l will rind them sitting, quiet and sad. by the grave of an only son. A handsome stone marks the spot. The story of their grief is the same old sad one of alcoholic drinks. l)eacon was an energetic farmer, a leader in the church, and an influential man in the neighborhood; his wife a loving, economic, Christian woman; their only child a toy. The deacon did not trouble himself about the temperance movement The "tirade," as he called it, on cider was particularly of fensive to him. ins tat ner usea it, ana soma be. It was rolled in his cellar in generous quantities, The boy, a bright, keen, prom ising child, had free access to it, and grew to like it. The parents did not become alarmed unlil the boy, now entering into manhood, wanting something stronger. He was often found at the village bar, and, with a fast horse, often at the county seat. tine night the village people were startled by the furious galloping of a runaway horse through the main street. Near the middle of the street they found the remains of a sulky, and the insensi ble form of the deacon's son. He was horribly mangled, having been dragged quite a distance by the heels, which had been caught and held by some part of the sulky when he fell from the seat. They earned the stilt unconscious lad home to his sorrow-stricken parents. The doctor was sent for, but pronounced the case hopeless. After a few hours of nursing, ana the ap plication of restoratives, he came to his senses. He knew he was dying. His father bent over him in agony, wringing his bands, while the poor mother, half ilaeufwitb grief, wept in anguish. The boy, after several attempts to speak, said : Father, it is too late to weep now. I've been a bail boy, but I could not live without drink. I learned to like it at the table and in the field. If I go to hell, 1 started from your cider." That night he died. The poor old couple carry this terrible reproof to the grave. The heavy burden has crushed them into old age before their time. Good l'imes. Rum's Myriad Victims. Not less than K,000 victims go annually tc to the drunkard's grave from the homes ol this land. Pestilence end war combined do not, in this country, equal its destructive nergy. The waste of human life wrought every five years by our 20; ,00( saloons, ii equal to the destruction of life by both armies, numtiering millions of armed men, during the entire war of tho rebellion. In their hands strong drink is a weapon so fatal that the .MKJ.Oo.J drunkard-makers are able to accomplish more in the same period than four times their number could with Bhot and shell, tire and sword, and all the appliances of modern warfare. The cruelty of war is not measured by the numlier of those who full in battle, out by the unutterable wo and bitter anguish of broken hearts and desolated homes. Most em phatically is it true, that the mere destruction of SO.OV) lives last year affords no measure of the relentless cruelty of the liouor tiower in its war against society. To realize this you must go to the dishonored homes, question the broken hearts, read the voiceless misery in wan and haggard faces, hear helpless children cry for food, see them stricken down by drunken and infuriated fnthers, and sometimes eveu by besotted mothers, witness the dolwuchery and ruin of youth, and the utter degrada tion, ignorance, poverty and misery which everywhere and always accompany the vic tims of the saloon. Alas! how true and terrible is this indict ment of the saloon. Oh, that from every bill top and valley, from mountain and prairie, from city and hamlet, from lake to gulf and from sea to sea, there might this flay arise the united voice of our sixty mill ions of p -oplo in most solemu Declaration of InileieudenoB of this cruel King, whose in juries and usurpation threaten the destruc tion of our free Government- Clinton U. Fisk, in Independent. A Specious Argument Refuted. M. de Flaix asserts that nations with the Itrongest vital powers, the greatest wealth Slid the lest morals, consume the largest ituouut of alcohol; but the 7em rtuce liecord reminds him that, eveu if his stut aients were strictly correct, it would not necessarily follow that the inhabitant of those nations would tie less healthy and wealthy if they abstained mtlrely from elcotiul. The editor of the Heme Sc iuf iftiue declares that "alcohol and alcoholism mean the same thing at the present duy, uud alco holism is the plague and danger of our ?pocb." This effeetuully disuse of M. de t-laix's contention that although alcoholism m bad, the agent that produces it is superla tively good. Mild I'uiiislinient for a Count. The Cotnte de Villeneuve is a fortunate ferson. Ho is a wine manufacturer at tyeres and seems to have used considerable quantities of arsenic in the composition of his de octions, with the result that so.neMJJ people were poisoned, of whom M ciiud. Last week he was tried at Toulon and found guilty of causing grievous bo-lily harm to his vic tims, though he was acquitted on the more serious churg) of manslaughter, but the court let him off with tha absurdly inade quate sentence of a) davs' imprisoiiment and a tine of bo francs. (If course lain aware that in Knglaud, where jioisouous adultera tion is lookel upon as perleclly le'itlmitle trade, he would probably have es -ape 1 with eveu u less severe ieiiiiity, hut 1 was under the nupiessiou that they iiiunagnd these thiugs better in France Luntun liutli. Princess Yirnque, of the Mohawk tribe. Six Nations, uiade an interesting and instructive temperance address at a recent meeting of St. 1'utrick's Total Atistiuviiee boeietv, Washington, D. C. The Prioress wore a rich sutiii dress, the skirt of which was hand, paiuted with Mowers in a Sue style of art. FAKM AND WARDEN. Insect rests Among the Squashes, AH tho squash tribe of plant are in fested by a large variety of insect pests. Their extreme succulence seems to attract a host of sucking parasites w hich bv their numbers often destroy the cron and render the bet care of the culti vator futile. Tho worst of those pests nro the squash bug, which oorcs into the root near the ground and saps the vitality of tho plant at its source, and tho small striped beetlo, which in it mature state devours the leaves, and in its infancy, as a small white grub, suck tho sap from tho root and causes the decay and death of tho stem just below the surface. Thtse two pests are easily kept at a safe distance by putting some tobacco stems around tho young plant or by placing a few corncobs steeped in keroseno nonr the stem, or by the appli cation of the well-known kerosene emulsion to the root. A spotted beetle much like "ladybird'' greenish yellow in color, with twelve black spots in tho wing covers, is destructive to the leaves, and the too familiar cutworm is a serious enemy to the young plants, which are cut otT at tho stem and wholly destroyed. A safo way to avoid several of these pests is to make smallcylindcrs of straw board two or three inches in diameter,' And two inches long, and dip these in common tar or crudo petroleum, setting them around the young plants as soon as the first leaves appear. These are a great protection, and where no moro than a score or two of plants are grown these sro a practicable security. In tho field the best device is the kerosene emulsion, mado a follows: A pound of common brown soap Is dissolved in a gallon of hot water, a pint of kerosene is added, and thoroughly beaten up, or shaken, to make a fine emulsion. This is poured around tho roots, a table- spoonful being sullicient for a small plant, or quarter of a pint for a lanro one, and being applied so a to saturato tne sou ana cover the stem and roots with a film of it. This is an effective remedy against those troublesome pests, which will destroy a largo number of unprotected plants in a night without any previous warning. The leaves are found wilting and banging down on the stalks as the first indication of the mis chief. Tho kerosene emulsion is the best remedy for the plant lice, which intest not only melons, but cabbages and many other garden crops, as well as plum and other fiuit trees. It is easily applied by means of a large syringe with a fine spraying nozzle. We have found it to destroy the shellbark lice upon applo trees and to be the most cosily ap plied, as the small twigs can bo covered with it very quickly. All theso lice multiply with wonderful rapidity, hence they should be attended to as soon as the first of them are seen. A few dav's de lay will result in their spread from one melon plant over a doren or more, and after this the spread is still moro rapid. every infested plant being a centre from wiiicu they spread to the ad mining ones. There are so many of these insect pests and the damage they may do is so seri ous that every farmer and fruit grower should be on tho alert to discover their firsfc-appearance and to open war upon them without delay and pursue them without rest until they are utterly de stroyed. Jete York Tuna. Farm and Garden Notes. Tar sheep's noses to prevent the gad fly. Feed the plant and the plant will feed you. Don't feed the pasture or mow the law a too close. Peas and outs SDwn together is a crop increasing in favor. A little hellebore dusted on the cur rant bushes keeps off the worm. Some farmers are all brains and others all elbow-grease, and neither succeed. ' Slowly and gently, ia a fine spnty, is a good rule for watering garden plants. Though the season be late nothing is gained by planting in poorly prepared ground. Jso animal kept on the farm will pro duce more fertility or be better for the feed than swine. A number of successful fruit-growers report in favor of thinning fruit on over loaded trees while it is young. A man who seeds correctly and intel ligently will save from 10 to 30 per cent, over a man who follows only a haphazard method. ' Garden soil for tomatoes is commonly much too rich, according to American Cultivator, which recoromends'only mod. erately fertile soil. "A a rule rocky, hard-pan soil will give a better keeping apple than a clay soil or one tending to loam," says a well known orchardist. Now is the season when butter taints very quickly, and none more quickly than the choicest article. It is a time for special care in manufacture, and for the earliest practicable consumption. For breaking heifers to be milked, patience and gentleness are the only requisites. If the udder is handled oc casionally from calf up to cowdom the heifer is already broken. This course works charmingly. . So long as the milk is warmer than the surrounding atmosphere it i throwing olf vapor and is thereby purified. It will not then absorb odors, but the germs of fungi and other microscopic life may fall into it and do it injury. Corn and potatoes may often be top dressed to advantage after planting, pro viding fine manure is used. The culti vation of these crops during the season will mix the manure with the soil much more perfectly than it could be if plowed under. Persons who keep fowls and sift their coal ashes, as many do, will not be1 troubled with poultry lice if they will do the rifting in the hen houte. The coal dust will penetrate every crack and crevice, and the vermin cannot live among that. It is generally acknowledged that win ter dairying pays best, and for this rea son farmers should give more attention to this part of the business. To attempt this next winter suitable feed ma t be raised this season, and good warm stabling provided. A vigorous opponent of the practice of dehorning includes among its demerits a marked deterioration of tho animal for. breeding or butter purposes. The Jlli-S noit ; I'efVriiiir.ai is reported as re garding dehorning as a cruel act, especial ly when practiced on cattle over a half year old. When spokes and felloes shrink and the wagon tires become loose in conse quence, it is the custom to have the tires reset, at the usual expense of fifty cents each. It is far cheaper uud better for the wheels to bat urate the entire wood work with hot linseed oil. It can be ayplicd wih a rag tied to a stick. This tills the pores and causes tho timber to swell und till the tire as when new. With a coat of hot oil once in a year or two there will be no loose tires, and tho wheels will last very much longer. Ants In the Garden. , A writer in the Country GentUmtn says: Kor years my garden was tho stamping ground of an enormous army of black ants, and though I fought them in all sorts of ways I could not get rid of them till I tried naphtha. I made in each ant hill a half dozen holes with an Iron bar, pushed a few pieces of straw or Jiay to the bottom, poured in tho holes ana on the ground about them two quarts of naphtha, and set it on flre. W'hcn the fire begins to dio down it is a good plan to throw two inches of earth over the wholo ant hill. I do not guess this will clean out ants; I know it. There are many things that will drive ants from their nests, only to turn up near by in a few days, but this prevent ive cleans them out for good nnd all. It also makes your neighbor's ants hate you so thnt they will not set foot on your ground. Tho Care of Growing Graft. Even before grafts open their buds, says "An Old Grafter" in tho New York Trihinr, there will bo found other shoots issuing from tho stock below the graft. The tislng sap enters theso channels moro readily thnu in tho somewhat dried up cells of the graft, with tho lino of separation left by the knife to bo bridged over; and if the volunteer channels are not suppressed or reduced in time the graft may starve. Vsually, however, if in good sound condition and well set, it gets some share of tho sap, its buds open, and its amount of growth depends largely on its being protected from its greedy competitors. In order to securo its full growth nnd tho proper ripening of its wood, tho wild shoots should bo rubbed olf ns soon as they first show themselves and before they nre in leaf. To let them grow to some length and then suddenly break them off is an injurious violence a shock to circula tion and growth which is very apt to prevent the full ripening of the new wood in timo to safely endure the trials of the next winter. Tho Applo Treo Ilorer. Tho Country OmtUman gives this ad vice to a subscriber who iwlf r. a for destroying tho apple-tree borer: "The apple-tree borer may be prevented from entering the trees to a greater ex tent by the use of nlkaline washes. 8oft soap reduced to the consistence of thick paint by tho addition of a strong solu- . : n r i. : i .... iou ui nnsumg sou:!, applied totlio bark of the tree late in Mnr nr nrt. in and again in .luly, will dry in few hours uu a wuriii uny, ana win exclude the in sect more or less from lnrin. ..., The gttiiio effect will be produced by uniMug; a inuuiiu oi iresn manure around the base of the stem, eiirbt or in ; !,., high, or eveu of earth, but if done later in ine season mese preventive remedies will be of little deposited in tho bark. After theiusects 1. .. .... j ... uuiv uuiniuuii possesion, and their pres ence is shown by the sawdust-like cast ings, clear their openings with the point of a knife, nnd punch them to death with a flexible wire or small slender twig. After some experience, an active haud will go over hundreds in a day. The Sheen Tick. The tick is a wingless, broad, plump, dark-re 1 insect, about a quarter of an inch in length and covered with a very tough and leathery integument. It is known scicntilically as Melihiginori,un. The legs of the tick are short and stout, and it adheres with great tenacity to the wool. By means of a proboscis as long as its head it pierces the skin aud sucks tho blood of its victim to such on extent that, when numerous, they have been known to almost entirely empty the veins and deprivo a lamb of life. The draft upon the vitality of lambs infested with ticks is very great, and sullicient to arrest their growth altogether. To rjd the flock of theso pests is, therefore, a necessary labor in tho spring or early summer, nnd, if need be, again in tho autumn. Tho easiest way is to dip both sheep and lambs as soon as the sheep are shorn, and aga'n in September, in a decoction of tobacco mixed with sul phur. Coarse plug tobacco, or tobacco stems, which are chcapor than the leaves, and equally effective, are steeped in water at a boiling heat, but not boiling water, at the proportion of four pounds to twenty gallons of water. One pound of flowers of sulphur is then stirred into tho liquid, which is brought to a tempera tuie of 130 degrees 1- ahr., nnd kept so during the dipping by the addition of fresh hot liquor. While dipping the mixture is kept stirred to prevent the sulphur from subsiding. The dip may bo conveniently placed in a trough or a tub large enough to allow of the immer sion of the sheep, which is taken by the feet by two men and plunged into the bath at tho temperature mentioned, where it is held for a minute or two until the wool is thorougly saturated. The ani mal is then put into a pen with a raised floor sloping on each side to a trough in the middle, along which tho superabun dant liquor escapes iuto a pail or tub ipla.ed to receive it. This method of luipping is calculated for almost any nam ber. If in their struggles a Jittle of the ilip should enter the nostrils of the sheep, no harm will re.ult, but the hot tobacco water is, on the contrary, often beneficial to those sheep affected with catarrh or grubs ia the head. -V ui i' rk Worlil. A Father's M irvclotu Feat In the forest of Fstercl, France, a man and woman were at work, recently, and not far olf a babe an infaut (i months old was lying in its cradle, which had been moved to the front of their cottage in order that the little cherub niiyht in hale the fresh air under tho watchful gaze of its food parents. Suddenly a noise was heard, aud an enormous eagle, swooping down from the cerulean sky, sci ed the babe with bcuk and claws and began to soar once more toward the sun, when tho distracted father, lushing madly into his hut, took up a gun. Without a moment's hesitation the man pointed his weapon at tho cruel bird and lired. The englo dropped earthward as dead as a door nail, and its slayer now achieved another feat which would have won him any amount of app'ause at Lord's. He held out his hands and caught the child as it fell, the little one escaping without so much as a scratch, and returning from its journey into mid-air as "bright us a button." JmiiJoh Telegraph. A Freak of Nature. The Cincinnati Kmjuirer is responsible for the following story from Stoverton, Ohio: "A most remarkable freak of nature is reported from the farm of George Sevingle, who lives near this place. He has among a flock of sheep a llatiib over two months old which has tho nose and feet of a dog, but is in ull other respects a sheep. Instead of hav ing the ordinary teeth of the sheep-kind thu aiiiiiiuls mouth, both upper and lower jaws, is filled with long aud sharp wolf-lilie fangs, rendering it extremely dillicult to pick grass like the other sheep, consequently it prefers to chew aud masticate twi'-s aud shrubs. It is regarded a one of the greatest curiosi ties ever seen in this neighborhood," A Eagle and Salmon. Tho common eaglo is a bird of won derfully keen sight. At a height of eighty yards it ran see a grass mouse or a stoat, end having onco located its ptey, it will swoop down with tho speed of an arrow, and riso with tho victim in its claws. Jlr. Snmuel Wilmot, the superintend ent of the Canadian fish hatcheries nt Newcastlo, Ontario, Canada, told me the following story about an eagle: A pair of eagles built their nest near our house well up in a largo pine treo year in and year out for many seasons. One autumn tho cold weather set in earlier than usual, and tho smooth parts of tho stream that ran by our house were fio.cn. Hut the eagles still remained in tho big pine, save when they Hew abroad for food. One morning, as I lat at tho win dow looking in tho diroction of tho pines, 1 noticed ono of tho birds leave the tree and poise directly above a rough part of tho river which was not frorcn. Then ho went down like a bolt, and dis appeared under the water. I watched with great interest to see what he would fetch watched one- two, three, four seconds, buthe did not appear. This was something so unusual that I becamo intensely interested. I stood at tho w-indow for half a minute watching where tho bird had disappeared, and then, sure that something had happened to h:m, I snatched my hat and ran down to where lay my little boat. After some dillicnlty I managed to get it into tho open water, and then po'cd to the spot where tho eagle had gone under. Look ing down, 1 saw tho bird, hi wings partly extended, and held fast to the bottom in tome unaccotmtnblo way. W'ith a grappling hook I drew him out. Judge of my surprise when there csme to the surface, beside tho cnlo, nn enor mous salmon. It was for this splendid pri.o that the eaglo had made this plunge. Of com so ho had buried his strong sharp talons in tho side of tho f'sh, but when ho wanted to riso he could not lift his prey. Js'oither could ho withdraw his talons from tho salmon's side, and so had perished. Tho fish weighed a tri!le over thirty pounds. 1arjer'i Younj lopI. An Organ of Paper Tulp. A very original musical instrument has recently becu constructed at Milan, Italy nn organ whoso pipes, instead of being of metal, nro of paper pulp. Its history is quite curious. Father liiswum-" nl Crisp! Hignhixo, having learned that the parish dcll'Incoranntn, at Milan, was destitute of music for tho o I'ccs, con ceived tho idea of devising a cheap ma terial that would permit of constructing orgnus under such conditions that tho most unpretending communities could purchase one of these instruments. This monk, who had passed his lifo in poverty, was confronted hv lack of money, and, notwithstanding his effort to carry out his undertaking, was begin ning to despair of success, when he had the fortune, to meet an artisan, Luigi Colombo, who understood the construc tion of tho instrument and was good enough to aid him in carrying out his design. They both went resolutely to work, nnd finally, in Juno, H, finished the instrument in question. I nfoitun nntely, by reason of lack of funds, they could not exceed twenty-two registers, forty-four pedals nnd 1400 pipes. The final result, however, Is extremely inter esting, since it is generally Hgroed that the instrument possesses great power and a sweetness of tono not lound in organs hitherto constructed. Aiis York Tleijrim. Ther Krvrr Vail. No.3Fvt.TON Muikkt, New Youk Citt, I January Hi, ISM. f I have been using UiiAMiiurru'.s Pills for the last te i years. Theynrja wonderful medi cine. There Is nothing equal to them as B'ood 1'nrlnera and I leer Kcgula or. Hut I wish to state how re a-kably they cure rheumati-m, and how ea ily; I was affected by rheumatism of the les. My business ( wholesale fish dealer) naturally leads me to damp places. I was so bad lc uld not walk, and at night I suffered fearfully; I tried Bala ms, tarsaparillas and all kinds of tinctures, but th-y did me no good slid I was af ra d of beini a cripple. 1 tinally lommenc d using D.ia.miiik; n's Pn.r.s. Itook two every night for ten nights, then I liegan to Improve. I continued tak ng them for forty days and I got entirely well. Now, whenever sick, I bike Ilii.VNtiHBiH s l'll.l.s. They never fall. .T. N. ll.uuus. The Government decides to build two thou tnn t miles of ruilwas in southern Ituly. A Narlw Kseape. "Yes, I hod a very narrow escape," said a prominent citizen to a friend. "I was con fined to my bed for a year and my friends gave me up for a consumptive's grave, until I began using Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, and here I am, sound and hearty." You will find It for sale by all drugglBts. Price 50c and $1. Sample Hot lit fret. Queen Victoria h is the finest herd of black doddies in ticolland. Yon sturdy oak whose branches wide Boldly the storms and winds defy, Ki't long ago an acorn, small, lay dormant 'neath the summer cky. Not unlike the thrifty oak In its germ, devcl opment and growth, is consumption. Itiit even this migliiy foe of mankind, tositively J'icUls t the wondertul r in ative priiertieB of r. I'.eree's liolden Medical lliscovery if taken early, l'on't lie btiiel tn jour own in terests and think yours a hopeless ease. This remsrkalile remedy has rescued thousands. Of ilruifgistSj The celebrated Princess de Metternlchlsher husbuud's nieeo. lu I.ovrs Harness. Most women naturally look forward to mat rimony as their proper sphere lu life but they should constantly hear in mind that a fuir, rosy face, hrighl eyes, and a healthy, well-iie-veloicd form. are the test passports toa happy niarrisg-'. All those w aM niu disoulerii, wi ak-!icses,"draKldi-itiiwn" sensations, anil func tional ii renl .1'ilies p. -collar to l he sen, have hii unf.iilini; Bp i-iltc in Ilr. Tierce's Favorite I'reseripiiou. It is the only medicine for wo. men, sold by druKtcists, under a ptwiriir (u,ir inr' from t' e leanufaclurers, that it will Kive sal l-faetion in every ca-e, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the boule-wrapiwr, and faithfully curried out fur many years. 1'rlnce Henry, of Prussia, will have supreme command of the German fleet. Hull Yeuraelf But there Is no other remedy for sick head ache, (li.iiiess, constipation, biliousness, or to restore u regular, healthy aetion to the liver, stomach and bowls equal to ttiose reli able 1 i i tie "Tli-.-isant l'ui-L;atie Pellets" pra-pm-cd by Dr. Pierce lujmuttfjsts Texas has 4(10,101) acres in w heut, yielding 4, 17,i, Too hushi-ls. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Issao Thomp son's tJye-water. I JriiKtrisls sell at 25c.!er bottle. are cured by fre&s (to according fa J I RECTIQNS witrt, each, BcTTLeM K UIRECTIONS with, eacri, BCTTtE; HPTiYPERiTCTLL' DnilcGISJS AND DEALERS EviYV!e!E TheChas-AVdgelerCo-BaltqMq- miv'f Dili Creat English Gout and Dlall S rlliSs Rheumatlo Remedy. iiox.uti round, H fill. Try I A Un 3.000,00 serM besl nMcul I KAn LHIIll turl ana smclhir Und (ur Haiti. A4ji.s.,i.()ULtv VJouTtH.l.llM,T. My Laura's hands are smooth and soft, : I love to feel their touch ; Yet how she keeps them so I oft Have wondered very much. "Tis Ivory Soap," shcr archly cried "I use no other spell, And as I clean all else beside, ; My hands improved as well." ' - A WORD OF WARNING.' There are mny white io.ps, each represented to be "Just at gooi ai the 'Ivory'j" they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for " IV07 " Soap and insist upon Retting it Copyright, lHM, by ProcMr Osmbls. Silk and Satin Ribbons FREE! Ladii;4,tiii is f oil you fr th Initios). Hv tnnn sinri tws-tir Krat I Krrrjr J.f iwanftatitrr-itil. lit pptlli (rw of hftr In ST frw tvinnatita ot tbbon. hamty fi.r tkm thiMJMiiit naj on tef dud ii err fmriM- fix n tiM sm li t o t 1 a bar.!, and whir thrri I ha lall bar to sut h ailrasi tr. To pun ti wti il lanrrntad at tit uaual pt ir t tu It Rood ftr uld fb, won I 4 crt a Unjt In 1 1 ef aien. and thvfriur Urban a lam tHpirtij buara,il AHirrt- bit li lh would wllllnit to tHapos f In Imlk, fhrftfinafl fH- Most ih'lrwwi, In any otirutllaf purrhaairtf lontf Iv, wr loadlulrd aarch. rtitliisr lit iir olitiitt'utt mure aio a. tf hlllt and Mm tin KlMmn Krmnmili of ml "f tsWIanr-M r !he huuara, wliu iiiiiilrl ilir tturat eooda. Tt - Hht HIM JT ftciilM Mtni" il"r ! nut llilitsr lQ fi'untl, pt In lh "rr brat ln-a uf Amrrlri. Yet ihrrar fit in anraf IVfMt n nl lima: UVr ii rtrr immn. A frxiiil lirnrtll tr all ik U'lirat IrMiillful. rlrpaitt, clii'C ST.hmI al.ltit.ly fl-. W tut tvprmtVtl lliuanla if it Mar In this tirrt tltm, and ran Hi-run Immrnarlr, tari'il, flml nt ri-n)lrlr ainiii tsl of rile txm. In rifirfiiiii li aMtt i,lratnl unlili, mtl all of 1 it N nt ejnalliT. a tit.il ir ih-i k-ttmr, Itounn iiisr,kt iritn'iiiiu. ..wa, avarfa, ilrraa triintnlni-, silk quill Htirfc, He, rtv. Hutu Af th rvintiani runire Hint) Janlanil Uwanla In linpth. I hourh mniiant. I1 th ttnllomt r nrw aixl laic si Ira, mtti may Im iI-m iii.-i ivn as hraniiftit. r flunl, falilnabl ail f)t. linwln B't 11 Ins rniitnltilnsE tt 'iitilct A orl mrnt f llirn ln.itiil rn " I- rrc. 'I hi I'rMctlnal II Hivk-'M,r nistl l.ntllt 'trall 'iiinilksill tiMiali-tl niontlily brua, tsae kttowh ilci-ri, liy I niwnil I" JmlpK. In lb tsral t-rU txlli-at of 1 hi hi ml 111 flu' uoild, Vrry Ura ami ha nil "!, il iuMraff1 : ri-ularri.r (Aria. xrrr( s Mil HA rruta ami wilt tviirt U i iiu i-r a trial ir, ami wtll also scixl Crrr boinflltr rillna; l !. Hi. iiaaml If twara, OA cla.; 4 uliavtl) linns aixl 4 I'oxi a.K I . Ihni nl aktut stamia Wmf Ix-srnl for Iras Hian (I. Ix l 11 fiinula lo ).in .u lltrti l (rvt tinar 4mi1. rit'iloua I 4 tioara l..r i-nti 1 ; can do ll In a fi t Hi mut in. 1 In- nnt I'lN't l Im!m-i1 on IliK tsti I lliip Hlniad thr fH riiili. nl tvfirmt lo, for una yiar, want II tb rraft'f, and tay ua li full i.t for It ; ll ia hi after Vtars. ami 'l nw, thai we make iin-tirr. H ninkf tint frr tlfr-r In Otdi-r to I one arciirr '.W.itU nrw auux Miera, not new, hut neat jrar.anil In yrara Uiri-rancr, st.atl mtanl ua Mliti a n(ti. tra vail III tiialorilj 'f thrill Wtllwlfa lurinrw th tr snlisrhp tions, ami ml) iloo. 1 he inn'jr rrqiiirrri ia bul a small fra tin of the 1 rl )"U won hi lm to jv at any aur li nu h malkr .avtlinrnl oi far lnf. rlor rltihon. lit 1 hraatn mf hnoit n : you mil nol fully a.rrruti' 11 unlit alVr . u sra all. (Hnti .lrli't tv ffuaraiilri-il al'-iM'.v rvliiiMl. l loany oai' nol nr frrtlr saiiarird. It.-in r rut i)i iit, ir scud at voct, for prwb ftbly It "on l BriTar.ija'11. Aihln ts, ll I1ALU.I l ii., rt iit.iMit.itft, roRriasTTJ. Main. THREE 16 PACES. PACES. IfutitlrcM Thrnnmn.t nw sniharrih.-rn for Thr Fntnilf Journal anl I.aih. H" t 'mi:tnim tvftntnl. It 1 IU mmt intrfstiiisf an I tiistru. tive -T ever IrwiinL bubatcr.Oei-B will na'iVfl dun a the coniiUaT twnlv MONTHS nrvvrla; writ tin liy Amtirnn Author., nnmplptu in PsU-n thr o numb.-)-. l ho Mory f tvuUr wurkp of tic turn will lm rrUil.l lir n r-l rvaili-r. tho inu-l in-tt-rwiinir mud iuhmup frntnrt rvrr mtrodurM tunny liMi Htion. mviu tlit fuhstauct uf impulax mi l taiifUnl tiook hy famoua writer iu ft spa. nattily rrad by ihm b 1140 t ioo;ilt. We Uv cnkafwi FOR this, work a widely known unr. popular writer. Tom Hu nts on curr-'iii Kvr-nt, Fvthinn, NVw mnd OriKt IKtl Mum ami n-i;trn-i f.r f.a.luV Knry Work mn UmifcehoM m-ciirntion. lttcm from Ovrrfj-iHtndcliU ml tht-ir Anwi-r. 1 v rollf' an-1 tmiininin of th riiittM. 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I BIMlllA.li'l'UN. N. T. I" WELL (DRILL All enttln. of the drill In clay. aand. araTal, iwk. Aa are ill.rlmr.i'il nt .urliu e without ri-iiiiTliid loil. Noted for luooaaa wliHTe uthera fail Prill li iiiia TO lu DO llmra n miiiulr. Tmnta Utsi UaXalofue I'rrr. J.OO.UIS iV NYHAN, TIFFIN. OHIO. Every Farmer's Wife Feei some of her Poultry die each year without know lug what themntUfi whm or rmw to erTei'l r inedy If nhedoca nx) nice the LUtM OAe. Thli U not rltfiit, iut at au es eiiHe of '4$ ceuta U ktunipxl nhe cmu jproeiirj a IUO-Piiu HOOK HIUUk' the lirnviieal rVmltry lutlaj lU"t uii sniHIrur, bill a m m wnrkniK for unllara mui i.,.iiii ilurin a iw.rln.1 tit J.'i Vfii T. ll Ipnrhra v.. howl llrlirl mill ( art llUriaarai how l Kred ur Kuua null Hln lur KiiHriiliisi lil. h l'ula lo Mn lor llrrrtliiis rur. tonrNi mill rvrryihiiig, luili-ril, yaH auotil4 u.w.. .bi.-ufcij... 131 l.iunurd Miffl, N 1 ( Ilr. SI60 FARMERS SAW MILL ll.a.'a Itnpr.v.d li cul.l tKMr Hill ll V. ith lni,r.al JU Heaiu Kertl- inrar hinailli- T ntn.ua Kt wurkl and Douli Ke- rrntrlc V'rtction 8A l,E M jBOQ'OBKH, HAU.d, N. p. ASTHMA CURED i .rrinun Aalhmu I m e never fuiU Uiari e iw.- 1 mriia: riiJ lu Lue worxl cajet'.niauroiicxuufuii:t-l I l lo alecp ; ffecturaria tirread 01 hen f all A 1 iriat eurnf4 "W av4( (icac. I'ricti .M". inn 1 iI.H,illrwwni:t'orliV mail. Hniuvle tu i-.r. 1 m it ni nirr'n..rn 1 i -i in FRAZER AXLE GREASE ltKH'P 1l THR WOULD 1 Ar uqi iuq ueuumu. ouiu Averywuej-Q AGENTS WANTED iV(ia.iMis!by.!n.Hv M !. author of "l;t-n Hur." only authoii.ai Liouiui'liy. AKeiitu ai'u iiiMkiuif VIO u ilu. btiid HHv, for out hi, etc. t A. I.Uoi.hiuh, IiolIu 3ur, N. Y. UrlUM nAjll rajfa. hauiui-ium or IJou.s livAlnieiiL Inal r res;. Noi'uia. No Pay. Thai lluntnutj Keinedy u., I.u Ku . c I u .1. ((OLD is wortti i jr II). iMtit'uKye Slv.i i M worth tl.uxi, but ia aoid at Mk: a Ui by deaitsra. IPIIIII HIIT !a,fiiiy "irrd in 10 to GC1B.! Lira at aoaaa aa4 kiks aaara mj arklaff tot u Hue al aMTialnar alaa In Itt world Hihr act I'oaiW out a UkaiMlllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIMIIIIIILIi A ja kxuim., n.w rharn iU- A 1 II