Trial fc Battle). The law of trial by bittle A relic of barbarism only abolished io our own csun try within comparatively reoent times was frequently applied to at a meant of determining guilt la daya ot old. not only by the nobles of the land, but even by the peasant c!as; the ordeal ol battle, wben Invoked, being always regarded at a sacred, lawful, and indisputable right. The fol lowing it an account of a duel of this na ture, recorded by the historian D'Axleuz in bit "Notice sur Valenciennes," which took place between a Ooitrgeoit named Jacotin Plouvier, and a certain Mahout Cocqueiel, who bad belonged to the army of the Duke of Burgundy, and who had been accused by 1'louvier of the murder of his cousin, which accusation be had claimed to justify by an appeal to tingle comoaL At the ceremony promised to be both grave and imposing, Philippe the Good, Oute ot Burgundy and Count of Hainault, determined to be himself present, and so on Tuesday, the 20th of March, 1445, the Grand Place of Valenciennes wat con verted into a list, around which an im mense multitude of people wat congrega ted. At 9 o'clock the champions were led in, dressed in basane, or black sheep t leather, of one entire piece, close iswed together from neck to feet, their brads naked and ahaven and their nails closely cut. They were accompanied by the Ere tons, or master! of exercises, who had been assigned to each of them alter their first confinement in prison, and who ear ned their shields and their sticks. Tnese shields were formed of willow wood covered with sneers leather, and were three feet long. The sticks were of medlar wood, also three feet long, and sharpened at eich end. J scot in Plouvier, the appellant, first entered the list, made several signs of the cross, and then seated himself on a chair covered witn black cloth at one end of the list on the side of the Church of St. Pierre. Mahout followed immediately, knelt down, crossed himself, kissed the ' ground and seated himself at toe other end ol the list. The provost then entered the enclosure and the champions then twore on the Italy Gospels that their quarrel was just. Next their drestei were greased in order that they migbt have less uold upon each other; spiced drinks were brought in silver cups to invigorate them, and two other cups containing asues, with which they rubbed their hands. When everything was properly arranged according to the usages ana franchises of the town, the provost threw up the glove, the gage or oattle, and on his crying, "Do your duty! do your dut! do your duty I ?' the combatants advanced on each other and began the combat. The champions, after having beaten each other severely with their sticks, grappled and shook each other violently. Mahout fell, but instantly got up again. Un which Jacotin rushed upon him, threw him down again, held him firmly to the ground, thrust sand into hit eyes, and so tortured him for nearly three quarters of an hour to make him confess the murder. Philippe, who had remained in the pro vost's house, and watched the combat from behind a screen, tent to inquire of the magistrate if there were no meant of putting an end to the horrible struggle. The magistrate replied that it could not be stopped without prejudice to the privileges of the city, aud that the conflict must have its course. At last, after being for this long while so dreadfully tortured by his adversary, Mahout, quite blind and crippled in every limb, cried, "Enough!' but on being al lowed to rise, he endeavored to rush upon his foe, on which Jacotin again seized him, and twUted his arms until they broke. The wrelcaed man then acknowledged himself beaten, and confessed the murder, but bad still strength enough to cry out so as to be heard at a distance: "Mv Lord ot Burgundy, pity, pityl I served you well in your war with Ghent.'' The Duke was moved even to tears, ana again tent to the magistrate to know whether it was possible to save the lite of the unfortunate wretch, or at least, when flea I, to afford him burial in consecrated ground. The provost an swered that ttie law must be fulfilled step by step, and thai he could not interfere. Meanwhile, Jacotin had completed his terrible vengeance by repeated blo-i of his stick, and then, seizing the uleeding corpse by one leg, he dragged it out of the list; after which uid this part ot the chionicle cannot be read without a shudder be went to the church of Xotre Dame, to return thanks to God for having caused justice to triumph! 1 he magistrate ijave judgment that the murderer should be dragged on a hurdle to the eallow. and be there, for form's sake. strangled and bung. The Duke ot Bur gundy, justly indignant and disgusted at tbe frightful scene which he had wit nessed, and which, in spite of all his power, he bad been unable to prevent, swore to abolish the barbarous custom in hie dominions, aad thenceforward it was never practiced in the Low Countries. Slberlaa MoaiiltalitT. Even hospitality, that true Sclavonic virtue, has not become acclimated in this mhotpitaDle region. The peasants like to visit and treat each other, especially on high days and holidays; but this hos pitality is the result of calculation. When a man is going to visit his neigh bor, be never goes straight to hit house, but walks along the road, and stops a if by chance at the window and begins a conversation; then, it the master or mistress wishes to see him, they invite him in. When the samovar is ready, they drink tea out of saucers, now and then taking a bite of a piece ot sugar, in this wty they consume about three cups, and then turn the cups upside down, placing on the bottom the remains of the sugar tbey have been nibbling at. As toon as tea is over, the guest rises te go, and then the following dialogue is variably uses plate: "Why are you in such a hurry I " says the hostess. "Time to go borne," answers the guest. "Stay a little longer." "'..hank you; you hava given us plenty to eat and drink." "There was but little." "Ho: there wat quite enough; we bad plenty." This conversation, which always takes place, and is almost mechanically repeated, being ended, the guest approaches the host, and taking his hands, says: 1 thank you for the vodka, (be tea, the cakes, the sugar,' etc. It is Indispensable, when thanking the host, to enumerate everything the guest consumed during his visit. At the end ol this catalogue the visitor humbly begs hi! host to come and see him which, alter a time, he does, and things go on in exactly the same way. 'Jare must be taken that the viands provided are of equal quantity and quality. It at any time a man eats or drinks more than his host, wben a guest, on a former occasion, did, quarrels, up braidings, or sarcastic remarks are the result. "I gave them tea and sugar, and they gave me nothing but tea;" or "I gave them cake and had nothing but bread in return Earomctrrt, Paper trarometers were first introduced from Paris, and can be made by soaking the paper in a solution of chloride of cobalt. It then beoomuc hygroscopic. If it is now exposed to a current of air it will change from blue to pink, according as the air becomes mout, regamiug the bine tint as the moisture decreases. Etching. An Austrian scientist nse india.rubLer stamps for etching on f.Ia . The stamps are Uiped Hint iu etrr mi as to better keep the fluoric acid. Fr: u ten to fittetn impressions uay be ol taineJ, it is said, from one dippiyp , after a little practice. Practical men say that wi1 we'I filled with grease and potash does not need the same process in washing as polled wool or a wood uiat lias a smaller . proportion of yolk. To Fit Trade of Alalia. For years Spain, by her possession of Jlexico and Central America, dominated she Pacific and enriched herself with je commerce of the Indies. In vain laglani and other powers songat for tome other route into the Pacilie than lie long and dangerous one around Cape Horn. There existed at that time a general belief among geographers that from Hudson's Bay or the Aorth Sea, as the Arctic Ocean was then called, and which was considered easily accessible from the Atlantic, there must be a passage into the Pacific, which was known as the Straits of Anian. Diligent search on the Atlantio side, and occasional voyages in the Pacific, failed to reveal auch a geo graphical feature. At last, in 1728, a liuasian expedition under Bearing sailed thiongb the straits which bow bear bis came, without being aware that tbey were out of the open sea. In 1741 Bearing, after a long voyage in search of the American coast, sight ed the snowy crest of a giant peak, the first glimpse the great explorer bad of the continent of Amerioa, and named it St. Elias. With bis crew afflicted with scurvy, engendered b improper food and exposure during their long voyage, and himself failing rapidly in health. Bearing sailed tor home without exploring the discovered land. For months the vessel wanderod aimleaslj about until it was wrecked upon a small island of almost barren rock rising abruptly from the water. Here the crew passed the winter, subsisting upon tub. aud the f ur-beariug seals and other amphibious animals they were able to capture, un mis oieaa isie, wnere mo roar of the surf beating against its rocky clifla never ceases, the spirit of Behring took its flight. He and many of bis fill toted crew were buried there by their surviving comrades before the retnrn of spring and sunshine gave them renewed vigor and hope. Con' strnotinz then a rade craft from the timbers of their wrecked vessel, the few survivors launched it npon the un known waters, and, turning the bow to the westward, finally reached the Bay of Avataoba, from which they had started a jear before. With them they took the skins of the animals tbey had slain, using them for clothing and blankets. These proved to be very valuable, leading to the dispatch f several vessels to the islands ot the Aleutian group in search ef more. Thus began the far trade to the Pacific. The little sea-girt island is known to the present day as Behring's Isle. This was followed by the establishment of stations for the far trade on the islands and at various points on the mainland. These furs were chiefly procured by purchase from the natives, and were all sent by vessel to the town of Petro- pavlovski, in Kamtschatka. from which tbey were forwarded by dog sledges to Irkutsk, a distance of 3,4o0 miles. From there seme were sent south 1.300 miles to Pekin, China, and the others were forwarded across 3,700 miles of ureary waste to St. Petersburg. Ihe poorest navigators and least scienttho explorers of the Pacitio were the .Rus sians and Spaniards. One English voy age was worth a dozen such as they fre quently made. Kassians occupied the coast and islands of Alaska thirty years, entertaining the belief that from Mount Sl Elias westward and north westward to the coast of Asia was a vast sea ot islands; while the Spaniards, af ter several voyages from Mexico to A:aska,were nuab e to draw a chart of the coast line with the least approach to accuracy. It was left for the celebrated Contain Cook, who was dispatched by England in search of the Straits of Auian, to demonstrate to the Russians in 177S that Alaska was a vast north- w-tern projection of the continent, Iringtd with thousands of islands great aud small, and to enlighten the Span iards npon the character of our coast line, though only following the course pursued by theu own vessels a few years before. The Alaskan far trade was concen trated in the bands ot the Rusaian American Trading Company by royal charter in 17S1, and was expanded un.il there were forty stations estab lished on the islands and mainlands, with headquarters at New Archangel, or Sitka, as it is now called. The charter was renewed in 1S39, and ex pired finally in 1SG3, and four years later Alack, was purchased by the United States. In lb70 the Govern ment le&sed to the Alaska Commercial C ni,;aiiT the exclusive privilege bf catching fur seals in the new territory, confining them to the two iclands of St. Paul and St. George, aud limiting the number of seals to be killed annually to 100,000. This lease was for twenty ye irs, and has six years yet to run. The v early rental is 55,000 and $2 tax upon each seal taken, not enough to pay in the twenty years the purchase pi ice, though the company has realized that sum mauy times over. The North west Trailing Company has stations at various points, where are collected furs oi all kinds, and where tbey are largely eLgagcd in packing fisb and manufao turiug oiL The fur-bearing animals that abound, such as the wolf, fox, beaver, ermiue, marten, otter, squirrel, bear, aud the numberless multitude of seals that swarm about the rocks and wlar.ds of the coasts, furnish an annual supply of far that is exceedingly valu able. It was at first feared that the de traction of 100 000 seals anuually would result in their practical extermination, but observation proves the contrary to be the case. Hllked Again.' "I owe a man such a grudge!" he whispered to a druggist "such a deep, never-dying hatred that I want to mur der him In the . most horrible manner ever heard of." "Ah 1 I see. That's a good idea." "Have yon any dynamite?" "Not a bit; but 1 can give yon a first-class article of arsenic or strych nine." No, they won't do. I was eoiBg to bribe his shoemaker to put dynamite in the toes of his boots, and the first time he struck the end ot a fUg-stone or fell over a brickbat he would be a goner." "Sonny, said the druggist, "but couldn't yon work prnsaio acid in on him some way, or throw vitriol in his face?" "Those wonld burn and kill, but I want to shatter him blow him to atoms scatter him all over a square. Do yon keep gun-cotton?" "No." "That's too bad. I could bribe bis tailor to wad his coat with gun-cotton. and then hire some one to slap him on the back." 'Why not explode a keg of powder under his honse?" "I'd thought of that ? Is that ginger ale?" Tee." I ll take a glass." He was served, and after draining the glass aud wiping of his chin he went oat saying: T'll ttiink it over and consult yon again. Perhaps the best wsy would be to get him wound up on a shaft or caught in a threshing machine." And the druggist hunted all over the counter tor the nickel, failed to find it, and softly whispered to himself: "Bilked sgain." If any one is fatigued, the best restorative is milk. tumbler f the I beverage as hot as it can be tipped, a restorative than rija u far Bors of aaj aloohlM drink, AGRICULTURE. How to Transplant. There is no rait of gardening that requires more care and skill than the transplanting of plants so as to retard their growth as little aa possible As a preliminary to this operation, the young plants shonld be uncovered if in hot-beds and exposed to the fall power of the light and air that they may be hardened and ready for the change. The ground about the roots should be kept thoroughly wet for a short tune before the plants are re moved, as this causes the earth to cling to the roots more firmly, and gives them life and vigor. More plants do better if transplanted in cloudy or rainy wea ther, but if this cannot be done they shonld be set ont at nightfall and shiel ded for a few days f.-om the direct rays of the sun. The cavity for the roots should be made large enough to admit of their insertion without cramping or crowding together. Let the soil around be thoroughly loosened and pulverized so that the new roots to be formed will have a free growth. When the roots have been set in the cavity pack some line soil directly about them nearly to the surface and fill on top with rioh, loose earth. Water frequently until the plants begin to grow again. By exer cising a little care such plants as cabba ges, celery, rutabagas and tomatoes may be transferred to the open ground with no perceptible change in their rate of growth. Black Flos. A good horse may be of any color," and so may a good pig. But swine breaders have thought other wise, and a pig that is net black baa no friends. It is mnoh the same with short-horn cattle, whioh must now be red, and everybody has heard of the popularity of solid-colored Jerseys. A few years ago it was a rare thing to see a black pig. and yet there were good bacon and ham in those days; but in recent years the fashion has all run la favor of black twine. The demand now seams to have been supplied for these black pigs, an4, fani-y having been satisfied the human passion for change will soon assert Itself again and the white pigs will become popular. The coming event already casta its shadow before it, for there is a grow ing fanoy for the red hogs of New Jer sey, and these are masses of fat, with a very small proportion of lean muscle to carry the great load of fat. The red Jersey breeders pride themselves on the weights of their pigs, and unless these average near 700 pounds per head they are not happy. It ts an easy transition from red to white, and it may be a change for the better, for since the black hogs have been in fash ion we have had all those troubles about trichina) and hog cholera. Ltks their fellows in many other parts of the West, California sheep owners are now obliged to own or rent laud for their ranges. Formerly they could invest all their money in sheep and pasture them on Uncle Sam's land. However, lands suitable for sheep pas ture at the foot hills are still low priced. The large flocks are being broken np and the smaller flocks kept on smaller ranges and on cultivated farms. The wool product of California has Increased wonderfully in thirty years, aggregating in ISM but 151.000 pounds, in 1860 3.- 055.325 pounds, 1870 to 20,072,600 pounds, ISoO to 40,071,151 pounds and in 1883 declining to 40,881,500 pounds. Fob years, writes a correspondent, I have cured warts very easily on animals. no matter where located, by applying butter of antimony nth a feather two or three times, at intervals of two or three days. If the warts are dry scalded, I scrape them lightly at first. It simply dries the wart down to hard ness, when it drops on witnont leaving soreness or irritation. The best milk- irg cow which 1 own I purchased out of a drove of beef cattle on account of her superiority in having all the ex cellent milking points, and the discov ery that her teats were literally cov ered with pointed warts, which I had no doubt was the reason why she had been fatted and sold. Tousu f'Ecrr Trees. Fruit trees that have been lately planted should be at tended to. A few minutes will only be required to see if they are loose in the ground and need the dirt trod hard around them again. If they look as though they would die, pinch off all the leaves from the tree, not strip from the tree, for the wounds you make at tbe tree will dry the feeble stock; but if you leave a part of the stem of the leaf on, it will not dry ont. It may appear a small thing, but it is a very important one. jIa.vy farmers, where apples are a profitable crop, are utilising the road side by planting some of them near or on tbe road line. The roots, of course, extend to the road, get the wash from the droppings of hoives dnyen thereon, and otherwise fare much better than trees planted in fields kept in grass or grain. Another advantage tne apple- tree by the roadside has is plenty of room to spread its branches and ample sun- light to color and give flavor to its unit. Tub dew which condenses on the leaves of plants is from the vapor of the lower atmosphere and is highly charged with ammonia. It is this which makes it so invigorating to plants. As the water aries off much of this ammonia passes away, but what drops on the soil is saved. The moral of this observation Is that in plowing grass land the team hould be got in the field early in the morning to plow under as much dew as possible. This science confirms the conclusion of practical farmers. Luubeb fob Fakii Use. On every farm where there is a wood-lot it is a good plan to keep a stock of boards. planks and posts sawed and seasoned ready for use. Many farmers for lack of a little forethought are obliged to buy at high prices the 1 amber which they need to use, and which might just as well be cat from their own timber lot Soil. Ammonia and nitric acid are the results of the decay of organic nit rogen in the soil and manure heap, and are tbe most part active forms of nitro gen. The former occurs in sulphate of ammonia, and the latter in nitrate of soda. About 17 parts of ammonia, or 67 parts of pure sulphate of ammonia contain 14 parts of nitrogen, while 85 parts of pure nitrate of soda contain 14 parts of nit rogen. A Connecticut peach grower thins ont his lru.t, cultivates his orchard, manures with commercial fertilizers and trims his trees every year. The result usually is that he gats better crops than before, while the extra quality of the fruit brings higher prioes for it In mar ket Ktte Clock. The latest thing in docks comes from Rossis, It is a little timepiece about eight lnohes high on a base five inches in diameter, and cov ered with a glass globe. All the works are plainly exposed. The pendulum is a solid brass wheel supported at the centre, or hub, by a sleuder wire. It does not swing, but revolves from left to right and right to left. Being a 400 day clock, the winding of it is a small item. It will not vary five minutes in running 400 days. No temp Mature affects it The noblest mind the best content meat has. DOMESTIC. Am old-fashioned and Most delicious way to preserve strawberries is to scat ter sugar over the fresh berries; sprinkle them bountifully with sugar as if you were to serve them at the table; let them stand two or three hours, then drain off the syrup which has formed, let it boil np for two or three minutes, put the berries into it and let them re main there until they are thoroughly scalded; then remove the berries, draining them, spread them on plates, and set them where the son and wind can find them. Bring them in at night and set in the oven; if this is warm, two or three days will harden them sufficiently so that yon can pnt them away in glass jars, sprinkle a little dry sngar over each layer; cherries and plums may be prepared in the same way, and if any syrup is left in the kettle it may be boiled until thick and be poured over the fruit after that is on the plates. To Fbbscbvk Plums Without the Skins. Pour boiling water over large egg or magnum bonum plums; cover them until cold; then poll off the skins Make a syrup of a pound of sugar and a teacup of water for each kind of fruit; make it boiling hot and pour it over; let them remain for a day or two, then drain it off and boil again; skim it clear and pour it hot over the plums; let them remain until the next day, then pnt them over the fire in the syrup; boil them very gently until clear; take them from the syrup with a skimmer into the pots or jars; boil the syrup nntil rioh and Ihiok; take off any scum which may arise, then let it cool and settle, and poor it over the plums. If brown sngar is used, which is quite as good except for green gages, clarify it. Stuffed Pkftebs: Gat the large bell pepper, ont ont the stem end carefully, take out the seeds, then fill with the following: One very small encumber, a spoonful of pioaiilh, - and a tiny green tomato, then place the end cf the pepper back and ran a common wooden tooth-pick through the top of the pepper, thus securing its contents, place them carefully in a jar or firkin, heat sufficient vinegar to cover them with a small piece of alum to each quart of vinegar, when boiling hot tnrn over them and close tightly, and when cool place them in a cool plaoe. Cakbots axd cbeasi, Choose very small carrots, scrape them well, out them in halves, and blanch them for two minutes in salted water; put them into a stew-pan with some butter, add a Utile salt and sugar, let them fry gently until the moisture is reduced sprinkle a httle flour over them, add a small quantity of good white stock; let it boil and remove to the side of the fire; when the carrots are done, thicken them with the yolks of two eggs beaten smooth with milk or cream and add pinoh of grated nutmeg and a piece of butter; as the batter dissolves dish them up. A most excellent dish for dessert is made of a cake about an inch and a half deep after it is baked. Tne cake shonld not be rich. Pnt a light meringue on the top; brown this in the oven; cut tbe cake in square pieces and serve warm with wine saace or with lemon sance. The sauce must be at the boiling point, and it should be poured around the cake so that it will penetrate it readily. Ii properly made this is delicious. Ai-pli Jelly. Wash and quarter the Iruit without paring, and pnt in kettle and cover with water. Boil till perfectly soft, strain off the juice and to every pint allow a pint of sugar, Don't put in a spoon after the sngar dissolves. Boil an hour or more, or until it j'ellies. When done strain through a flannel bag. 1 prefer strain ing when the jelly is about half done. following directions aa given in plum jelly, then when my jelly is ready to congeal I heat my jelly glasses, first with lukewarm water, then boiling and pour the jelly right in. After it cools fasten them up. Quincb Jelly. Take clean nice parings and seeds. Put them in your porcelain kettie, cover with water aud cook until very soft, drain through flannel bag (without squeezing), boil the juice from twenty minutes to three- quarters of an hour; you cannot tell when it is boiled enough unless you cooi a little ol tne juice; do not pnt sngar in until the juice begins to be thick; skim off all the froth that rises. for on this depends the parity of the jelly. a selicats and nourishing dish is made of one pint of perfectly sweet cream, one heaping tablespooufol of gelatine dissolved in a little water. wine-glass of port wine or of brandy, with sugar enough to suit the taste. Heat gradually and when almost at the boiling point, or indeed, just after bubbles begin to rise remove and pour into a bowl, or mould; flavor with lemon or vanilla unless you prefer the brandy flavor. A teaspoonfcl of borax in tbe last water in whioh clothes are rinsed will whiten them surprisingly. Pound the borax so it will dissolve easily. This especially good to remove the yellow that time gives t white garments that have been laid away for two or three years. Lima Bkans are now in market They must be dropped into water that has been salted and is just leginning to boil. A tables poom ul of salt to every two quarts of water. Cjok till tender. ooms one asks how fruit j utiles can be preserved from mold. Ii the sur face is covered one-fourth of an inch deep with loaf sugar, finely pulverize!, they will keep in goed condition and ne mould penetrate. It is not known to every woman, bnt it la a fact that matting can be sewed together; a stout thread is needed, and the edges must not be drawn too clurely together, as of course there most be no seam, but simply a joining of the edges. The livers ofehickens and turkeys are nice fried with a few thin slices of bacon. Cat the liver and bacon very thin; season with Deooer and salt This is a good breakfast dish. Coffee pounded in a mortar and roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned en hot coals, and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and furniture of a aick room are excellent deodorizers. The body burns, whether placed in the earth or fire; in one ease it takes ten to twenty years, and in the other so many minutes. Cremation is the proper snd scientific way to dispose of dead organic matter. When the body is cremated, there is no further fear from disease germs in the body. Tbe only plausible objection which has been offered against cremation is that in ease of homicide through the admlubtration of deadly poisons valuable evidence might be destroyed, bnt this Is not a serious objection in the face of the many advantages gained. AU innova lions in sanitary science have had to fight their way itch by inch. Vaccina tion had a hard straggle, bnt came out triumphant, and so we prediot for cre mation a glorious viotory, a triumph of good tense and saenoe. HUMOKOU& A Littls Previocs. They were talking across the lunch table about prominent Eastern man who married his cook within six months after his wife's death, and one of the gentlemen observed: 'If that is the case I want nothing more to do with him. "Bat he was pinched, you know," protested a second. How?" "Why, he had been cleaned out by a deal in oiL while the cosk had made SCO.OOO in wheat." "Oh ah I see. That alters the case. One mutt protect his commer cial integrity, even if he marries his washwoman with the crape on his hat. Still, 1 shonld have advised him to pnt up a reasonable margin on pork, and held the cook off for three months longer." "Ma," said the small boy, as they were taking the train out of town a few days ago, you'll see something funny when we get back." "What will it be?" inquired his mother. "Why, all the building's will be a different color." "Nonsense, child, what gave you that idea?" "Well, pa told Mr. Smith last night that when you and me went away he was going to paint the town red," and then he wondered why his mother wouldn't let him stand up on the seat or buy him any candy. impvrtaac. Wbea too nail or leave New York cttv. sets Bacxas Expresaasa and Camara Hire, aiitl Mop at lae feraaU Caion Hotel, opposite iiraud Ceo- inu uepou KlKut rooms, fitted op at a coat ot one million dollar, reduced to tl and upwards per daj. European Flaa. Elevator. Keaiauratil supplied with the beat, Hurne can, stag-Be aud elevate! railroad to all depots, Kamllee can live better for lees money at tbe Grand L:aioa llutei Ulaa at aar uUer ant-clasa botel in tbe cuv. Pastor "res, my dear sir, there is high authority for believing that riches, if not a sin, are at least a bar to en trance into enternal bliss." Wealthy Bachelor "Dear! dear! I did not suppose that passage about the camel and the needle was to be taken literally." Pastor "Bat it is." Wealthy Bachelor "I must reduce my wealth; allow it to be returned to general circulation and once more be come poor." Pastor "Noble man! Will you found a memorial church?" Wealthy Bachelor "Oh, not I shall get married." Ul(ber rnoe for Butter. All dairymen who use Wells, Rich ardson Co's. improved Butter Color, agree that it increases the value of butter several cents a pound. It is pure and harmless, convenient for instant use, has no taste or odor, and gives a clear, golden richness to the bntter. It is the very best bntter color obtainable, and is not expensive. In every state in the Union the demand for it is increasing. Am house Steward "What was your former occupation?" New Inmate "I was a barber, sir." "A barber? It certainly should not take much physical strength for that work. Why don't you keep at it in stead of coming to an almshouse? Are you not still able to shave a customer?" "Tee. bat I wonld starve at it" "That is strange!" "Yon see I am balj " "What has that to do with it?" "I can't sell any more hair restora tives." Carbo-llnee. On every banner blazon bright, The motto strong for which we fight. Of all the oils that e'er were seen. There's none that beats our Carboline. If yon happen to notice a young man with a merry light in his eye, and a rou oi manuscript under hia arm, en tenng the omoe or a newspaper, and shortly alter emerging with a haggard expression of countenance, but stifl cungiug to mat manuscript, you can wager your existence that he is a col ege graduate, who was going to spring upon tne public a grand and moral theory, and also that the theory had no spring in it 'Kongh on rain" Plaster. Porous and atrenirllienloi. Improved, tbe best in wum-uc, pain iitien or eiie, rueauuluoi, neuralgia, Druga-ia: or mall. "Abb there no times." said a man. en tering the office of a busy editor, "when you can write better than at other times?" "res." "Ah. I thonaht so. That men who write must consult their mental condition I have no doubt. Now, tell me, when can you write beet?' -vrnen a am atone, tne editor re plied, but the bore, on whom the hint made no impression, continued to talk until the exasperated newspaper man suggested that a section of the wall swung on hinges. A Remarkable Cure of Scrofula. William S. Baker, of Lewis, Vego county. Ind. , writes as follows: "My son was taken with scrofula in the hip when only two years old. We tried several physicians, but toe ooy got no reuei irotn. tiieir trattment. noticing your dcovill s Sarsamrilla and Stilliueia, or Blood and Liver Svrun. re commended so highly, I bought soraeof It of you in tne year 1HL', and continued taking It till the sores Dually healed n n. fie is now tweuty-one years ot age, and,, being saiuneu mai your medicine did biiu so mucn eooii wnen ue used It, we want to try again In another case, and write to you to gut some more." "What is this?" asked a bore of western editor, as he got up to examine a long strip of paper pasted on the wall; minutes for a new dictionary of proianiiyr -un, no, replied tbe editor, nonchalantly; "that is only list oi aujocuves to oe applied to my esteemed contemporaries daring the election campaign." Rouga oa rata." Corel colic, erasiDa, diarrhoea: ertrrnaiiv fn aches, pains, spraiai, nea-laona, oeurairta, ruou luainm. t'ur toau or beast, ai aud Sue IT . -ajiDKKD. a a use to see a woman who would blow me ud as HDricir'a wife blows her husband np," remarked Cottage llill man on Tuesday. "I know of a woman who micht ." suinrmt- ed a bystander. "Who is it I'd like to know?" "Dinah might" Da. ainmi Great Nerve Rearnrer i. . marvel of the age lor all nerve rim ... n ah lie sloDDed free. Send u ui a r.-- u, l auaduioua. Pa. "What do you think of Brown's case?" ssked White. "Do you think he'll win? "No," replied Bass ; "the result will be a disagreement of the jiry." "What makes you think so?" why, Brown, you know is a confirmed dyspeptic. Nothing sgreea with him." Might fewest. Headache, fever, ehllla, malaria, rlnwna. cured lu "Weils' ileal la Kf newer." tl. "Yes. my boy." said Mr. Malaoron to hia son, "animals that eat meat are carboniferous, while those like our selves, that eat both flesh and vege tables, are amphibious." Piao's Remedy for Catarrh is a certain cure for that very obnoxious itftttr Phtsiciaks say that medicines given to an infant to make ii sleep are exceed ingly icjuriouf. We don't think so; the rest of the family are much more comfortable. This Is the season when fie men have their hair cut so short that their wives can use the top of hubby's head tor nutmeg graters. Am rica "Do you mean to say that you have actually abandoned your i,. totj. in Ireland and come to Amerioa to begin life anew?" v.. Arrival "Yes. it is true. nut T nndarstand that you ownei a croat many acres, and that the land is very fertile. What did you raise prin cipally?" "Hal ha! I forgot that in Ireland the land-ownors don't do their own farming Rat what did vouT tenants raise?" "Cain." First New Yowcbb "How did you hnrt vnnr arm?" Second New Yorker "I missed the laat hnnt from Kedloe's Island the other nicht and while wandering around in the darkness I stumbled and anraintvf mw wrutt Flint Naw Yorker "An. 1 see. iuu must have fallen over the Bartnoiai pedestal." Am atk us Tbaoedias "Yea, sir; claim that th mantle of l orrest Has fallen on me." Uusympathising Stranger "Indeed! How you must suffer. Amateur Tragedian Saner? Unsvmoathiainir Stranoer "Jfes, it fed from snob a height, you know. "Whak von been?" he asked as the other bov suddenly eame around the corner. 'To the doctor's!" "What ails von?" Tonarue all coated see there?" "What does that mean?" HeaDs!" chuckled the other. "That means rhubarb to beau on. and Joaf- amrar. aweet oaks, a velocipede, roller skates and a jack knife belore I get through! Don't you wish you was met Althouoh a treat improvement was made in the ferro-prussiate process for the reproduction of drawings in giving bine Unas on white (rround. it was never Quite satisfactory. It has been superseded by a process which, indeed, requires a lithographio press for print ing off the copies, bat which otherwise is effected by means of the same appa ratus as the "blue" oopiee. This pro cess, which is now adopted by the Bel srian department of Ponts et Chanssees, affords black lines in printer's ink on a white ground. A zino plate is coated with Jews' pitch, thinned with organic acids. The tracing is placed over it in a frame with glass above, as in tbe fer ro-prussiate process, and exposed to the sun. The pitch becomes hard, except where protested by the black lints ot the tracing. The plate ia washed, which has the effect of removing the portions still soft that have not been protected by the lines. Aotd is then poured over the plate, which bites into the lines, as in ordinary etching, and the plate ia polished to give sharpness to the lines. Any numoer of copies may then be struck off with printers' ink, as in copper-plate printing. The plates may be prepared in the office, and sent to a copper-plate printer for the requisite number of copies to be struok off. A Smyrna letter says: "The horses of Palestine are shod with a shoe that covers the bottom of the foot except a slight opening sometimes in the centre, without calks and turned np behind. This flat shoe is nailed on with three nail having largd, projecting heads answering as calks on each side close together near the toe. This method of shoeing the horse is necessary to protec tee whole foot from the endless confu sion of sharp rocks or stones which till most of the roads. The horse picks his way carefully and lifts and plants his feet delicately and yet quickly amoug the rocks, rarely hitting his toe or fail ing to find tbe one secure footing within reach. He is a perfect mountain horse wben under the saddle and pnt dowu to work, but the moment he reaches camp and is left whjre he can get close to his associates he is ready to try his teeth or his heels. Oil Mar!:), Good housekeepers are frequently annoyed by oil marks on papered walls, against which careless or thoughtless persons have lain their heads. These unsightly spots may be removed by making a paste of cold water and pipe clay or fuller's earth, and laying it on the surface without ruobing it on, else the pattern of the paper will then likely be injured. Leave the paste on all night in the morning it can be brushed off and the spot will have disappeared, but s renewal of the operation may be necessary it the oil mark is old. A man during a life time of 50 years, according to a paper recently read be fore the Academy of Hciences, Paris, sleeps away an aggregate of 6,000 days, works awsy the same period, eats away 2.000 days, walks away 800 days, is ill during 500 days, and amuses himself with the remainder of his half-century on earth. An electrio railroad will soon proba bly be finished, uniting the Hotel dea Alps, at Terntet Chillon, and the Hotel de Mont Fleury, which is situated on tbe steep mountain-aide immediately above Chillon. It is intended to drive the dynamo-electric machines, as the supply of available water is abundant So satisfactory the trial of tbe electrio light in the portion of the British House of Commons where it has been intro duced proved itseelt to be, in the experi ence of members and othe-s, that there is an intention on the part of the author ities to extend the new system of illu mination to the whole of the building. Only the Goulard-Gibbs system for transmitting electrical energy to a great distance from the generating source was entered for the prize of 10,000 lire off ered by the Italian Government in con nection with the exhibition held at Tu rin. Too little was proferred for the magnitude of the performance demau ded. Mer. Ramsay and Toung find that tne decomposition of ammonia by heat commences at about 500 decrees and that it is nearly in extant with porce lain, glass, iron and asbestos, but at 00 degrees ammonia is almost com pletely decomposed by passing through an iron tube. Copper wben heated, is not to active. According to Professor Loomia. of Yale College, the averaire diameter of violent storms ia the United States is 15S7 miles, and iu the Atlantic Ocean 2022 miles. Severe storms in the interiors of Europe have nearly the same geographical extent aa those which oocnr on the Atlantic Cherry stain for fine wood is thus prepared: Boil nntil dissolved four on n ees of annatta in three quarts of water In a copper kettle; pnt in a piece of potash of the size of a walnut; keep the whole on tbe fire half an boor longer, and then the stain is ready for use. ' The Hop of Ihe Matloa. ChiMren. aiow m teveloDment. and deilcale. tue -Wells' Health Keuee-er An International Industrial Conrrreaa will be held in Brussels on the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniver sary of ths commencement of the Bel gian railroads. Dried leaves of the bitter oracee tree are much nsed bv the inhanitanta r South America as a household remedy. An infusion of the leaves ia regarded in oraau aa a apecmo lor sick headache, flatulence, indigestion, hysteria. Bnaama' reoent eolds, and chilis and fever. Its fres use ia considered to promote pe.-s-iratioa. ouve-oll raetry- AV Ureek From the churches L--tS inspect an oU'cti there are several in f&J&Zfr frown .tream which Tte" VaKeed by pressing tne out J aometimes -black-faced heifer which A?oa"tJ wood " as tbe Chiotes, in their flgursUve ws 'are wonr to describe their ovens. Jhe'sack. are then placed one over the other in the press, and two ost which puIU a rope, which drags Stick, whioh tightens th pre, and ths oil oozes into the reoeptacto prepared for it with water inside. The oil and wltir o? course do not dregs sink to the bottom, and the pare oil flows into jars prepared for it It is impossible to realize the affec tion people have for olives in a pure y olive-growing country. "An olive with a kernel gives a boot to a man, is a true adage with them. It is the princi pal fattninir and sustaining food in a r i ii f ia aat.n country wnere naruiy muj i thA nlaea of the potato in Ire land, and on the olive crop depends the --if-,- f manT. An olive yard is pre- .i t: f'l.nmh bv way of glebe, and the peasants collect on a staiea uj mother thM aaorea ouvae. W""J" they buy from the Church, and always at the highest maraes vaiuw. v h rrnch metrical unit for length if the meter; the ten-millionth part of the distance from the earth's equator to the pole. The unit of bulk is tne liter; it u the cube of a decimeter side. The unit of weieht is the gramme; the weight of mhifl oentimeter oi aistuiea waier 40 dee. Fahrenheit. The unit oi ioroe is the kilogrammeter, being the force required to raise one kilogramme weight one meter high. The unit of electric rttfustaaoe Is the ohm; it ia the resist ance which a current undergoes when nasainc throueh a oolamn of mercury on mater lonir and one square millime ter in section at the freezing point of water. Tbe unit of electromotive force u ihe volt it is the amount of electro motive foioe produced by one Uauioi oelL The unit of electrical intensity is the ampere; it is the current produced by one volt through the resistance of one ohm. The unit of quantity of cur rent hi the coulomb: it is the quantity of electricity given by one ampere iu one second. Enaineera hsve been sent from the Caucasus to Teheran to obtain permis sion to unite Bakn with Besht by a new railroad running for 350 miles along the shore of the Caspian Sea, Dxsrm the attempts of the agricul tural journals to urge the improvement of stock over 75 per cent of the cattle n this country are scrubs, and yet there is no investment that makes a surer re turn than stock improvement The first step to virtue is to lov virtue in another. Sires ISBTI rr.y ,ST Rr.LIEr. anIMALLIi3a.K C1KE f. HLR". Price SI. at draauiata. or tent pivtavd bv mail. Sample t'KKK. AJdraes, "ANAKh-Hls" Maker, BOX MH, Ntwy.BH. 'nf theeaeaora- Ive enan ca.r.i ui Lit t ! I VTALf. IS ii. Adoi'totlin a.1 Ui- U MtU! 'A Fran. Prompt raro -Jt Vio lectrt-OL etna Keuhtl Axaoc Hale's Honey lTorchou n rl saxxd Ti VOR OF ALL AOKS A WONDF.RKCL Or RE FORCOCuHS. COLDS.C KOfP.WHOOi'lNO COCO II. BRONCHITIS, aSD COSCMP-. TIoS. IT BANISRm (XIUOIH ferule or rhronlo and BREAKS CP ( (I.i)S like aiaclo; IT CI KES. Id fii'-t. where ut&vr remedies ha a rnUrd. Kres it 111 n-wlinM, Of .11 nm4iti . - ....I -larrp-t. rh .- t T .. mik nr-r m tviririA.. a TnlhMh DraiMl'Hr la mm miim. ate. liwiuau lorn lleruover killOa-uaaud Bauiuue. DR. LINDSEY'S BLOOD SEARCHER Tbe Great Remedv, cares Bolls, Pimple, Sore Eves, scrofula, jlalarta, aud all Blued Dtaeaaea. R. E. SELLERS & CO., Prop's, PITTSBURG PA. CatarrH ELY'S Cream Balm Causes ne Pain. Ives "Relief at W S -mW 'aaaa, - af "t'.rilVl Dr,:.rS Once. Thorough Treatment will Cure. Not s L!q nid orSnutr. Ap ply with Finger. ilte It Trial, HAY-FEVER or.." H-iml rmil. t. n..J i -- . BRoTlIKR-S. lltJAi.Omn N HUNTS Tklrtv Tears Beeer1. vni.i -vi-."LIVFET- EMEEVj NEVER KNOWtJ T0rAIL3f tViniri'iYiTfr? 'T ' A83aEC,FI Sf ,T ""LIABLE 4 Live, Troe,. Ul SLaLa BltW Urinary anrl .1,W BaoS, Loin, or SMx sol.i. bk ALL Mll7irrJM-" DOES WONDERFUL CURES OP DISEASES AND I IVFO rnusi P""" " rt- Uvia. BOWELS aad KIDSEIS at Ike t'a... Tteearae It rlaaaa-e the rrargrfo. aary , Baion. J, cZZmi. tton. PHaa. or in Baeamatiaa. Kenralaia. KiaH vaia Siaurders and ail frraai. CompSiW UT SOLID rllitf, tui re win. scraixr crma CONSTIPATION, PILt. "J RHEUMATISM. By eaarinc ACTION cf ail toe areaal aNam aaaasuanra. TJlaTTwtlJ' CLEANSING the BLOOD ravuarm, the aormal power to throw off diaaeaa. THOUSANDS OP CASES SvJtJa'aeiatSS PERFECTLY CURED. '" '" aarscms. Dv-v A- t,Li 0i R. LCTZK-S HPtCiriO FO mall. B'E.V LL IZiS ft .lad.pi.ta. Pa VTi,.' L'i" aqviua rra u omoe or uv ,tr. raoauz Pectoral wiQc oossrts. fTsoa eta Ljitrf AfMfl mm . ww rmM aftattjc Joi I KM. i'l.a -....T rrrsTn?!rf-: TAMIJAkl SG0.5T0II WAGON SCAXES. Pale. ri Prka Li limu S i. PILES Ea.lerua) r eiane. i. St (5 a--" -wV -V -Jl. 'f aTaa. rj - al ULis-ffMa. rn-mmi " CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lav sago. Backacse. HeadaUie. loota-cat, aa aia. oiaia auDii.1 ria s xaa. . .. UrttflM. my4 t.r,w,rT.i. Hr, t.uca i'1"- ,,.,u. la 11 Ln-4a. T, r i-Htttl.E A. vetri.ra re. "' . ..-aiaaaco.. -". ll.CU. . .LVDlA E. PINKHAM'a. VEGETABLE COMPOUND 13 APOSlTIVCt'RrO.. AU tbn-e aa'aral CsaaUlata asil Waaaeee to rnaaaa lo ear Mt rta ilk ropriTioi.. rrlMfl taSaM. ni ar kan, Kb i ths r-'F ' P1"- "t it all a. tAASttAArtrf cum iily tittif 41 aidirM tAAJ--" I - cum .uWJu tattf af, uim aasati i It wlU cvrrnnrrlj .-! n tr-'.nr, Ir,!U;nm U.inaU Llrrmiwa. fr-vlliJMf and liticr.nt. Ii2lU chtua in. r. tC mMTJ FUntnra p'lafTrT, eVejtrv.w-.llfTTawlrt fur wUnwalril-i. nod -It W.-ir !. f ih- rtom!. It rurt BI -afiits. K-wl-v--ax. S-rvona JV-trti..f, Ov-tMntsl Pwtil.f. ; !- f''-rpr-eai. n rand lud sws-tlot-. Tb- fliirf brlny -lows,, m :wqsj pa:, mini l?fcckhviw. i ' -T" r't''"Btlv -.'ir-d by iu un. SUHJ rsBraT"" ai av.a v- - IffVI-rT ronfldifl?1ily nw-srs-J. Krmtln Thi porrm plMtsyr t jrwdo, eomtuoitaif thu TirtoM f hops with rnma.nJmi sa4 - HOP PLASTER list ymml MM wrwsrirynUl UI CTirUJJf fll'efa.V aTlUffa Athatr p!eThfA timely rnIivo. Crirsr ia tbe I'-av k mai ftVck, Pavin In tb Sid or Limbs, Stiff Joint and S 'Mtr, EHloey TroLlw, Khournjatirn. NuraUia. r Oh-, aliXtMrUow of tins Fltiart mJ Liver. nda.J psunatorrrrlvta ia fejij prart car! liiarfxtn y iy to I!"j yiAirr. &"lrj LAME it. mtviJ ronu or ns z r fit. 3faUi1 un TTCtrtiX of pri--. sl bf ail denm and cMntty ttut-m, Trvpnutor, Boatuu. ttosm. BACK (B5rForm-t.iwa.f. U-i f ptsru;3 ami hi lmc:tcatt DICTIONARY. l Pare. Price 51 '. Cil 1CMCV POCKET-DICTIONARY. 6-4 Taj-a. Pric 51 1. Xfeaiera. TAKE SO OTniR. M'M-witi A I'm.. I'hitsHphia. Pa b tbe BrramboJv rBAIirrrf bvor.nv PA?: WORM SYRUP! An eM-riinn reait-d v. ale a a Sena, al ia lUacIma. I'ri.-e 2.V rent- a tteul. Se-FOU MALE IIY DKl(.(;i1T.-U 1 H W htai Pat-twit KftorJ 1 M FjDr.IaIJrE GklUT 3 U Nerve ResTOREif IrVTALLIBLS if taM M Stirvja-twa, flt el'tsw' sua. l"iHs taavi srmi tmrn wm m rV partsrmia. iT TpwyTasr raajssjati a-wj f mm bmm sss reccivsMi. ftd ia.r. O. ftad ijiwa md6nm mi tMatet-CsTlftfaw. SSMYmlmtM iMITATUm fJLil&S, CAMPAIGN BADGES flni-la, poad-Hati. wtn NoruineM' f-iie pDrt'rriaiiasv i.cu, ir jiir lin. 4 ir it . SOvl portc-a l of N'suaiuij-i jj1u. si. e.cu; 87 it Vj A-Tf-u.:. ntk.nsj 1 to -r-la ly. S-n 1 your or it-rst aariy .jur ira braraie. JS- VVilleK ?9 U-rk'uati Ht. Sw r.irk. I IM ie mJU JH W3W V HYES arSaaa a eVBaW' awa aWasrs awasr a"rWT" a. T7I-EL-T.io-VOT.TAIC FTCLT and ome F.rrrrr.io ytSOSLI TOL'VG OR OLT. vbo are aulT-r. Ing from Nuivors litunjTv, Ut v.t.i nr. J. waK!ressra. am all those dlmxi of a PJHMOSM, tuh rvKiiitlsK from Au-sn anl Othcs lacaxa. rellC and rmrM rertorarlon ut R"iiTH. Xm a ana Kiwud OrarrrrB. 8rn4 at ooce lor niuirauA Pami'hirt free. A hlrras VOI,T.lO BF.I.T -Q.. TtTavahelt. Ml-H. KENT TRIM AS T I C TRUSS Improved K ttclo Trta. a-.ni u,,-tu day- Prwct vrjy ourae Kill-tnrv. Set hv liiaa evry wser. V r te f tf ftal iMcniuvi circa.ara Seav X. T. FLtHTM' TKI'Sa r Br.a.ly. Now 1 -k. BLAIKE &. iclfvfi im & ..ivA??AtMT .-HENDRICKS, Ak.2. 5 . .v"1 T Vol h, II..-. 1 B...ia Z?t ia " ,s ' ".,!, ,..L UAUllolto PI LIMI1; ,, H.,, (.. HOTH and kaarS for S t 'IIUK nt-li I.mi. -a S :y I., tab - .,rik-rH l.r t: BLAINE & LOGAN. A.I lr. p. w. Zikih ra A fa. Hmla. Both h .l n tan-u tvx -,,-,(. .ion ind v,iw. A ljti iwrfsvtlw1 N r. Olltrlfla' 1 Dm t-aiiiMiy -il I" f r si ' We i K not, wir 'i" r r.r.r., t , i-,:, lH. , - , , tpiv Trt ilcuifn t:n. mi r K:vt:uMni.e: rottta 10. r llirOKV: 1 AVBtllHUC M. lfi WAVTEn a.a.mn IaT w tauHl. IO, Imim, (aa, bb ...ii.au,. trni hn.va 4dM. Ur ML k a.A'ta.Pai.Pa.. ad CJ.cfcJLis "n" " " tne neat Lwimeat. nm AGENTS jfJH'ioyDidui lid j trrrrruaoaii. J-Ulnr , ,,rWala.4 . "kl" oeortrra ete. (4am Vleoutlitfrer. Addr.TrM SVf H aviuut .-'-- GOOD NEWS Ig LADIES! tadaMMMtMW a. How-o jawuaa. la "i CafWaaad ann ! wadaaadat SaaaaiUaa. 3? 1 a. a? m i vr lav Irs. Ttil I'l If lSsi a-i ij a n with Brr I .7 ? 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