7 aetOD1Dl9 i ! ! i ' HAUTEYILLE HOUSE. An Exiled Soet'i Horn. BY HERBERT BIX, B. 4. At the top of a steep and narrow treet in St Pierre Port, Guernsey, on the left-hand side as you ascend from the harbor, stands an extremely plain, not to say ugly bai;din?, bearing above its portal the name "Hautevilie House." Liike most of the houses in St. Pierre Port it is boilt of granite the granite of which the island is al most entirely composed, and which is shipped to England from the neigh boring port of St. Sampson at the rate of nearly 150,000 tons a year. Iu this Louse lived for fifteen years, from 1855 to 1870, the poet and novelist Viotor Marie Hugo. The interest of the house lies not merely in the fart of its having ten the poet's residence, but more particu larly in the fact that it does, in its in terior arrangement and aspect, reflect to a great degree the life aud genius of trie man. J. he enlargement and dec oration of the rooms were the poet's hobby, and occupied his leisure far three years, so that it is not wonder ful if his thought and fancy have le.t their impress and made the house speak to us in no nncertaia manner of the kind of man that lived there. Just as Dove Cottage, in its humility and severe simplicity, Its de lication to na ture and homeliness, is a commentary npon Wordswoitu's whole life and work 'Boof, window, door, Tne very flowers are sacred to the poor, The roses to the porch which they en twine" So Hanteville House, with its fantasy and bizarrerie, its contrasts and ro tnantio nolious, and imaginative lux uriance, are ti e very echo and expres sion o. the Work aud genius of Victor Huko. 'ibe story of Horn's life is snffici totly woll-k-iown. Hiafatuor, Geueral Hugo, fcerved under Joseph liuona purte, ia Italy and Spaib; his mother was a Koyaii-l. tutor's political yiew, influenced iu early life by his mother, u&.!erent a gradual change after hor death. A charge of disloy alty was bronght agaiust him as the author of "Marion de Lorme," and again as the antbor of "Le 14oi t'amnse," and although the poet repu diated these charges there is little doubt that the liberal l.-aven was at work. The i'.evol itiou of 1843 found him snpportmg the Kepnblio; in June be was elected to the Assembly; anil Anally the coup d'etat put his nume at the head of the prescribed. Twenty thousand francs were offered for hi capture dead or alive, and after being oonoealed for five days at the house of i Royalist marquis, he escaped to Brussels iu the uisnia j of a workman. In Brussels the poet might have spent bis life in peace aud qu.et, aud Huute ville House might never have known him, bnt pence aud quiet were not in the nature of the man. His temtio w tire, ".Napoleon lo Petit," raused disturbance which necessitated his leav ing Belgium. 1'rom Pelgir.m he fled to Jersey, and when Jersey became too not to hold him he crossed to Guern sey, where he arrived in 1805 with reatly reduce i means, it was at this point in his Listory that Victor Hugo :ook up his auode in Hautevilie innse. The house bad its tradition, a tradi tion wtiicn may, r.erhups, have been attractive for one who delighted in the ierie and revelled iu the preternatural, bnt which at any rate made it chep. The tradition was of a dark deed of murder; the house was supposed to be uaumeu; ana in contequenee nact stood empty for nine years "Yon may fancy me," he wrote at this time to Jules Jauin "as doirjg little less than build ing a house. 1 have no longer a coun try, bnt I want a home. "I have taken a house in Guernsey. It has three stories, a flat roof, a fino Sight of steps, a courtvar l, a crypt nd a lookout; but it is all being paid lor by the proceeds of 'L,es Conteni llations ' " Here then, for the CMt fifteen year ived ictor Hu,'o, and l.ete be wrote torn of ihe nio.it famous of his works. "Los ContemplaticDb" in 185C, "I.es Mieerubles" in ISO!!, "l.a Legende des Siecles" in IT.'.), "Lea Travaillenrs de ta Mer," in 18t3, and ' L'lfomme qui rit" in 1369, ail issued from Hautevilie Bouse. The interior of the house presents a tery different aspect from the plain ex terior. It is arranged and furnished precisely as it was in the poet's life time, and the hand and eye of the artist re betokened in every room. The general effect is one of repose, some would say of sombreness, the colors are dark aud rich, the prevmli 'g tone is low aud yet, along with ths there is luxuriance of lancy, a pUy of im agination, and a love of the strange and even the grotesque, which pre rents any approach to monotony, and corrects the sobriety of tone "which night otherwise become oppressive. Three or four rooms are biographio ally of special interest. The first of these ia culled the Oak Koom, and, as Its name indicates, it ia furnished en tirely with oak, very ri-bly carved, it is arranged for a bed-room and sitting room, the ponion in winch the beit Is placed being partly hcreened off. Xiis, the rictiest room in the house., has ever been used. Jt was prepared by the poet for a gsstt who never came, prepared on tLe mere chance and hope f that guest's coming. The poet en iertaiusd an idea, a isb, a pleasing !aaoy;and all tbis t libirnte prepara .'ion, tuie care and thojgiit, wai lor tha Jonuly cherished or am. 'Ihe guest bo never cuie was ii ribaldi. I The following are the vrsesin which t invitti..n couveyei: ! Tm, come, O brottrr of tha br'j1ed pim CUlOf, tbou. ti exiles we, for theo home. w gladly flnJ a 3ontvDt to com?, ami hopl'a!tTy-partako tth ua, of b'tu uo tyiant'a power sivei could make. fur Italy, for Krnnc, tc.ir.'i'iepk t m ibe promise of tbu jrtonnu . liv of libertr. ! lottether la Ibe ev. mn wi:t ibe da'walu ! light. When Nation ba!l rlbt." kuufe3 th uiiij'egty of The fireplace iu this r.voni, like tha .-est of the furuiturc, is of oak, anc? carved upon it, on one Ride are th words 8im -Non Sjeqvor on the other Sto Sed Flco. In striking contract with this fanci ful and poetic gne;tch-niber is the aotual bed-room of the poet himself, a tiny room at the topi of tha house, aa attic one might a'most cull it, opening into his study. look arouud for the bed, bnt do not at lirst recognise it in a cnhion or thick rug, laid in a reoe8s not three inch s from ths ground; yet this, we are informed, wia the poet's couch. In the study one 19 equally struck ty the simplicity of the poet's personal needs. This, like, the bed-room, is a tiny chamber built out npon the of; the chief peculiarity ot it being tliat it is constructed of glass Whether Vio tor Hugo was one of those mortals, who delight in a tropical heat, whether hi luxuriant fancy flourished best ia the atmosphere of a hothouse, I do not know, bnt to ordinary mortals, the temperature of his study on a sum mer s day would certainly be intoler i i 7. 7 L r r Ju " lecit'.on, lial cer , uc advantage, that ! able. The ot'jeo lon If be fonnd it an ot tainly a eompensatiu? of abundant lizht. From the sombre rinou of tba lower room nna n h -p into this study as into b region of glad- dest brightness. Sunfrhfcne, to all of ns in tome degree an inspiration, to an imaginative writer- like Victor Hugo at all time moat precious, ha hare its full effect. At one enters the room one vi- ' voluntarily smiles. The cheerinese. the stimulating hilarity of the light awakena thn naArin lir.t within awa&ens me answenog ugnt witmn. And then the view. A truly won- drous prospect And without doubt a fruitful source of suggestion to the anthor of "Toilers of the Sea." Jersey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, all the Channel Islands are spread out before ns, and in the distance, like a blue gray cloud on the horizon, stretcher the long line of the coast of France. The desk at which the poet workeu is a plain deal flap fixed in one corner of this little glass house. It bung by a hinge, and when raised was of a ; height convenient for the poet to work ! at it in a standing position. As he j wrote, he would face the north-east, with the view described above spread ' out before him. The little study, se- I verely simple as it is, contains one lux- j nry arranged with the originality which ; marks the house, namely, two lounges, ( or divans, one, a low cush on -.1 couch where one may stretch ted took np- ! ward to the sky; the otLer a settee arrange in three tiers, so that one may sit at ease at different heights and watch the islands and the vessels ont at sea. That Victor Hugo shone as a host ia recorded in every biography of him. In M. Alfred Barbon's sketch of t he poet the following passage describes him in this capacity: "At eight o'clock he dines, making it his habit to invite not only his near est friends, bnt such as fee thinks stand in need of encouragement, to join him and his grand-children at their social meal At the table Victor Hugo relaxes entirely from his seri ousness. The powerful orator, the earnest pleader, becomes the charming and attractive host, full of ancedote, censuring whatever is vile, but ever ready to make merry over what is grotesque. Punctually at ten he ad journs to the salon, where, in the midst of a distinguished circle, he joins in the free flow of conversation. Always affable, he has not merely a cordial welcome for the renowned, but a word of kind animation for tUa humblest recruit in the literary army." The dining table is of carved oak, large and square: the old high-baoked chairs are adorned with paintioes in the Flemish style, with titles fitted to them by the poet himself. At one end of the room is a large, earthenware stove and above it a figure of Liberty cherishing her nursling the People. Bnt perhaps the most noticeable piece of furniture is a very ancient looking hair or throne placed agaiust the wall and protected bv a chain stretched from arm to arm. This old family chair was an heirloom, and placed here as the representative of those who had passed away. In connection with tbis another reminder of mortality may be mentioned, a motto carved ivbove the doorway, which together with a profund religious truth con tains a very pathetio allusion to the poet's own condition when on the island, "J-.'rilium vita est." AXTM IN AFRICA. In other countries ants sre consider ed pests, but in Africa they are at once a ecourge or a blessing. Duly an aotual victim can realize the power of an annt army. Silently, deadly and irresistibly move these battalions; out of the forest, down, into, across, and up the ditch; through the wood stockade, aoross the square and in bo every nook and cranny conceivable they swarm. "The first notiet?," says a eettler in Central Africa (Ubey generally come at night), "would, be a lond yell from some of the men, "look outl' There would be no more sleep that night. After experience gained, we found it the best plan to clear out of our houses, ru'ti into the square and build rinss of fire around our persons. To put on one's clothes was to get bitten by doz ens aU over one's body, unless thoy had been thoroughly smoked over a fire. Every now aud tlen, sharp yells told how a lazy one had got caught in his bunk. 'The sides of the huls, the roofs and floor were s.mply one seething mass of struggling ants. They were after the roaches, mice and insects that had tak en up their abode in the roofs. .Now and then squeaks of young mioe told the story. "As fast as the ants found their load, they would make off down the hills in long lines. Luckily they never touched our granaries, they seemed to prefer animal food. Toward morning there would be only a few thousand lost ones, aimles-ly tearing about, a) parently looking for the main body, which had just decamped. "Next day not a roach could be found in the place, so that the ants did ns a servioe in ridding ns of these pests. 'Tha rats had decamped also, and did not return for some days. "We have seen outside of the fort armies of red ants two and a half days long f. e., they would take two and a half days passing a given spot. ''-.During the day the march would ba incessant, every one marching at his wry best. Towards night they would huddle up in a seething mass, and, if disturbed scatter in all directions. "The width of the stream of ants wonltt Ise about two inches generally. On the flanks of this were the soldiers, fully twice the length of the workers. "On our approach these big chapi would rnn out and np our legs like lightning. No birds, but one sort, seemed to trouble them. These were little fellows about as big as sparrow? and of a dull gray oolor." ffttenrava of Arizona. Th largest and likewise the best preserved of the waterways was taken out ojf the Salt River on the south j side, near the mouth of vhe Ver le, and, us described by the Callfornian, j Is a marvel of engineering skill. For ' three arid one-half miles It passrs j through an artificial gorge in ti e I Sll hBrt rt ir.n MnuntQlnj flit rmr .f .. F . . . ..... - lne sol,a rocl 10 a "eptD Of 1UU IeeL ftiier uie uiuuiuams a e passeu it a e divides fnto foQr branches, the long est Of Wbti b measures more than forty tnUes, while all four atrgrezate a leDStb. of 120 miles, independent of the smaller ditches by whl h water was dlsrtributed over the soil Ex-rf-pt in rare instances thce smaller ditches have been flUed, and in that po tion of the dese t are obscured by the sanfistoriiis that prevail; but the larger dine Is pe.fectly distinct, an l measures sixtv-four feet in width i with an average daptb of twelve feet I arough this way tne? water for the support of tha cities between the Salt and Cii'a Rivers was conveyed and J,0i?0 square tulles of country, oow destitute of all vegetation except in Sahuara and an occasional palo verde, was irrigated by it. This caDal reached within a short distance of the GCa River, aud the water was ' taken from the river Salt for the ap parent reason that at this point the no th bank of the Gila was so high that they were unable to reach the current with a canal, and they evi dently knew of no way to raise to the level oi me suri-ounuiug This part of the descat is ., . .. . one l.lcie the residence of a level of the surrounding country. coverel have been at teeming population. Washingonu, Oerrsria. wai th fiiM J v'a to tie named for tha Father of 1 3L C.iuntry. !. A Uoston mjin i f.irrons foe hiJ fad ,of LsjQdkercnipf collecting. TELLING FORTUNES. ... . .., , . Ml tell yoo two fortunes, my Bne little lad, j For you to accept, or refuse. f he one ot them good, the other one bad. j Now her ,hem' od wnlch IOU ehoose. i t see. bv mi eift. within reach of kit hand. A fortune right fair lo behold: A house and a bondred eood acres of land. With harvest fields yellow as gold. 1 see a great orchard, with boughs banglnr down With aoples. both russet and red: I see droves of cattle, some white and soni' hrwn. But all of them sleek and well fed. I see flocks of swallows about tha barn door, ee The fnotng mill whirling so fast. Hear the threshing ot Kheat on the sounding white floor: Then I turu while the vision flits past. And I see. rising dlsma'ly up In the place Ot the house and the benutilul land, A man with a flt-ry-red nose on his face, Aud a little browu Jug In his hand. hi If y u beheld bim, my lad you woulf wNh Tht he were less wretched lo see! For Ms imot toes they gape, like the mouth o' a It Mi. And Lis trousers are out at the knee. In walking he itagcers, now this way, now hat. And ins ryes they stand out like a bug's; And be wears an old coat, and a battered In bit, And 1 think that the fault Is the Jug's. For the text says, the drunkard shall coma to be poor. And that laziness clothes men with rags; While the sober and honest bard-wot ker Is sure To put honest cash In his bags. Rosebud and the Fairies. hY iJARION SAOKETT. Once on a time more than a hun Ired years ago their lived in a pretty "village" a rich and handsome lady who had one child, a little girl who ras called "Rosebud." Everyone loved the small maiden for she was as sweet as her name, and had the loveli est blue eyes and prettiest golden hair that was ever seen. Her papa died when ICosebnd was only a very iittle ?irl. So her mamma who had no one i Iho to care for, loved her child more 'ban I can tell yon, and could hardly !x-ar to have her ont of sight. But one if'ornoon the liuly was obliged to go out making "calls," and so she left (iosebud with her nurse (a black wo man) who promised to take the best care of her, but no sooner had the lmly gone than the naughty nnrse fell fust asleep and forgot all about her lit tle charge, who thought that it would le a fine chanoo to go for a walk all by her own self, ("just like grown-np people.") Ho, taking her mamma's bonnet which laid before her on a chair, she set it a top of her curly head, and softly opening the door made her way into the garden, and standing on tip-toe undid the fat-ten-ings of the gate and started as fast as uer little limbs could carry her for the woods, which lay a short distance from uer mamma's house. Soon her small form was hidden 1 the thick trees and bushes, and she went wandering on aud on, stooping to pick each tiny flower whioh peeped up n surprise at the dimpled rosy face, iiending over them iu joyous uncon sciousness. For even the flowers won dered what such a very little girl could be doing t.1, ere all alone in that deep, lnrk wood, while the tall trees which Itosebud railed "giants," grew much excited, aud rustling their green leaves whispered to each other "That it was a terrible thing, and that she -oiild better go Lome, and soon ths child thought so too, but when she tried to nnd the right path she could u, oue ,ro lu oiaer, ana an OI a (-mnien it grew to a am tnat poor little Rosebud commenced to feel verj tired and cross, and fell to crying for "Mamma." Meantime Mamma had returned home, fnJ was roaming around the house wringing her bands and almost crazy at not finding her baby. By and by, when it had become (fuita .lark in the silent woods, and thou sands of twinkling stars came trooping out in the heavens, while the great white moon played "hide and seek" through the silver clouds, their lilit hone down on tired little Itosebud, who had fallen fast asleep, wilh the tears on her cheeks looking like dew- drops, and her flowers still held in hei small hands. A perfect picture of one of the "babes in the wood." So passed the bonrs nntil midnight, when out in the moonlight Rosebud aw a band of fairies, dressed all in white, with beautiful golden crowns npon their beads, while one of their number played soft and low on s music-box which she held before her. On and on they came, dancing lightly to the sweet music, when suddenly the Fairy Queen, glancing downward, spied the steeping child, and holding up her hands cried: "HolJl here is an angel that har fallen from the sky." ".No," said another, "It is only little Rosebud who has lost her way in thr wood." "Poor little mortal," Rosebud heard the Qneen reply," "We will carry it with us to Fairyland." Then Rosebud began to shake with fear while the Queen commanded her subjects to make a litter from the branches of the trees, and all went to work willingly, for they had all fallen in love with golden-haired Rosebud. Just as they were about to lift her. and poor little Rosebud was trembling in every limb, she saw, way off In the distance, several dancing lights. then tbo fairies cried quickly: "Eook, On, Queen, we are too late. Yonder come mortals, who seek for the littlo one." "Away, away, then!" commanded the Queen. "But first, one kiss I will have from this dainty darling," And stooping over Rosebud, the pressed her lips lightly to the little mouth, and then quick as a flush all the fairies were gone, and it was Rosebud's dear mamma who was so sweetly kissing and sobbing out l:er great delight at find ing her Ios.t darlirg. But to tbis day, in spito of her fright, Rosebud regre s that her drc-am did not last a little longer. AT DAYBREAK. Across the ky the shadowy troops o n ght, From day's brifiht legions flying, break and pass, Far down the west. Thick on the bend ing grass A mvrind dewdrops glitter, diamond " bright High overhead fie Icrk escapeo th sight, And fills ti:e air with music. Fold on fold, Crimson and aznro deepen ito goll With Iroadctiing ct.iy; and all is life and li,;h Press npwar.ls cow, by broken paths ' tliut wind Aloft through yillow gorsoand frocrlcd fern. And leave tlie Eofur valley far behind, And suck tbe viud-swttit mountain, alill and ritoin; Tb ere find anew bow hope and strength nro torn. Araid the fullest frebaess of the morn! Firkltesss 'Whenever an an nt.nl chows signs of oeinj? sick do not u'ic.v it to remain with the others, imt remove It where it caii be qimi.mtii.eii, and there will be less risk of contagions diseases in the docks cr herds. Farm er do not observe tbis piccauiion as strictly ai the should, but wait until two or more animal are affected beforo sepuritinic the nick oua fiotm loci (bad ait well COMFORT AT SEA. BY MRS. TALBOT COKC Perhaps 1 bad better begin by say ing that, though a very indifferent sailor, I love a sea voyage, paitlv be cause, to a busy woman with always naif a dozen "irons in the hr," the enforced idleness on shore is in itself a treat, and partly because, to my mind, tne utter absence ot tne conven tionality which governs society on shore is not always refreshing bnt in structive to one whose delight it is to study the "little ways" of her fellow creatures. But it is not of board fhip manners and customs, not of the muny kindnesses met with, not of the pleusant friendships made when "afloat," that 1 would write to day, bnt of prosiio precautions of various kinds which shall insure comfort, as far as "rude Boreas" will allow, in me s cabin. And here let me say I write for b sailors; for to t ho e happy people who "rather enjoy rough weather most o I my hints will be regarded with pitying i contempt, isat l am sure 1 touch responsive cord in some of my readers when I recall the hopeless despair of having on a morning when there is good roll on" to hunt wildly through one's c ibin trunk for "a set of clean clothes," or even one's collar, cuffs, handkerchief, or what not, the very fact of fctooping to draw the box from beneath the berth being often quite enough to make one feel squeam- isn. The great point, then, is to arrange matters so that yon need go to your cabin trunk as seldom as possible, and never in rougn weather. Aow as my sea-going readers know, it is only in the newest "floating palace steamers that one can hope to And even tiny drawers for one's odds and ends, aud one's refute is therefore the old-fashioned insufficient "cabin-bag l'his was supposed to hold brush, comb, hairpins, and such like, but experience has taught me that, to be of real service, it should be made on much more comprehensive plan. i. e. with three tiers of pockets, the depth varying according to requirements. For instance, lot ns take the size of the whole affair to be 2 ft. across by 2 ft. b in. long (1 would run a bamboo oaue through the hem at the top, to which also firmly sew a brass ring at each end, so that you can hang it stretcned "taut from the wall race which is fixed in each cabin), l'ou can make a bottom row of deep pock ets for brush, eomb. clothes brush. shoes, andtwo or three pairs of stock- . lugs, me next row of pockets can : hold collars and cuffs, handkerchief. I hair curlers, a bottle of salts, a tin of mustard leaves, invaluable on a reallv bad day, bottle of eau-de-Cologne, or any other special fad of the owner. This collection once started should be renewed when necessary on a calm lay. ir'or our first long voyage I invested in a most beautifully tit ted "lady's companion," little guessing the time would oome when the having to nndo a fidgety steel spring, unwrap a packet ot needles, and, after unwinding smart pearl winder, thread one ("with I a sea on") would make eveu the sewing ! of frilling into a gown a veritable weariness to the flesh. I Experience surest of teachers has ' shown me that the best plan for com iort. is io nave a reel of blaci cotton ' and a reel of white, shut in a little box jU8t large enough to hold them, with ' four needleB threaded on to the end of ! each reel, so that you can, by pnlling , through as much cotton as vou want encb t me. alwavs have a n. din ren.lv 'or duty, at any rp.te fr some d iv. I And here let me tay thit really bad ; sailors should keep cU9 or two "sets ; of underclothes tied up reudy for use, . and should never attt mpt to wear col lars and cuffs; anything tight round . the neck is conducive to sqneamish ness, and the changing of stnds and putting on of a collar, etc., causes vexatious delay on a rongn morning when you feel "the one chance" is to ' get on deck as quickly as possible. As to scissors which have a knack oi vnnisning even on shore a wise woman will hnve a pair "nickellod (to prevent rust; it is a comfort also to have some needles thus treated) and tie them by a ribbon of convenient length, to the stem of the swinging lamp, where also tier iincustuon should lang. As regards food on a rouh morning, anything kippered, or smoked, with dry toast no butter aud either iced or very hot water instead of tea and eoffee. is tafe; and while on the sub' ject of food, too great stress cannot be laid on the fact that there is, curiously enough nothing so good as well-made hot auchovy toast and a glass of ;ood champagne. A word as to dress. I often think in realing articles, or ; inswers on " dress at tea," how m s : le I'ling to bad sai ora are the words, ; "any smart tea-gown will serve you for 3 inner wear," for we know that too i often such a garment "takes a lot of getting into," wheieas the perfection ! jf all boardship garments stioul.i lie in the quickness with which they can be ; lonued and doffed. j A tea-gown should therefore, bow j aver lovely in coloring aud drapery, be arranged to fasten easily; moreover, ! suaart tea-Jacket for rough nights is a I great comfort, bensible women, young ind old, usually wear navy blue or black seige gowns with loose coats on board ship, and on a rough night the fact of not having to take off and hang up one skirt, and take down and put do another, may just make all the lifferenoe of being able to go to dinner r not, and, with a plainly made dark ikirt, a handsome yet quiet tea jacket with full black lace sleeves does not ook at all bad. For girls, quite the prettiest substi tute for a tea jacket is a variety of well-fitting and totted silk blonses, with broad folded Charles II. waist belts, and large frilled collars, or rovers. I cannot too strongly warn bil or even indifferent sailors against going to sea without a long deck chair. Never be persuaded that "au ordinary sling canvas chmr is just as good, and you can, always put your feet np on a ship's carpet etooL" The long curve shape of the proer dock chair supports the spine as noth ing else can, and I can recall the day when we "ran into rough weather" i. e., on which f am sure I could never have dressed had the day begun thus badly, yet lying as flat as possibly on my deck chair (the latter being lushed to the brass rail outside the saloon to prevent "sliding with the roll"), and getting a trusty friend to bring np my luncheon, I have qnite enjoyed an amount of motion which would have "fluislied me off" in a half an hour had 1 been in a less favorable position. of a warm llKut rn B wa(llle(i cir Utner necessities lor a voyage con- cular cloak (anything wpti bleeves (anything even sling slet-ves becomes a nuisance when one ia not at one a Lk at), a ghady bat, for tbe glare in writing and read ing for bonrs on deck is very trying to tbe eves, and of conrse no one would think of starting without a fair-bized cushion, in a preit. frilled cover. A Hood-sized brocade bag, with double drawing-string to hold one's book, work, sketching things, a Halinn board, etc, is a great comfort and saving of trouble and journeys when bringing np "bag aud taggige" for tbe Ut. Avoid elaborate writing boards; they have always so much on them on would rather be w.thont. A simple cloth covered board, with sling of rib bon to pass round the netk and save holding, ia, however, great comfort to worker or scribblers. It ia better for writing on deck not to nse ink, nnles in a reliable fountain pen, bnt to rest content with a good lead pencil, and the invaluable "cartridge" pencil sharpener the only thing of the kind I ever new fufil its mission. Hoping these common sense hinU may be of use, I conclude by wishiug such of my readers who are about to travel as much comfort and pleasure as has been mv own lot while at sea. Cbeap Hydrogen. An engineer In Milan, Italy, ha. succeeded in discovering a process of making hydrogen on a large scale and so cheaply that In producing 1,300 cubic meters a day this gas will cost only 1 cent per cubic meter. Con sidering the fact that the substance, the lightest of aU known and very inltamuiable, admits of coniplet com bustion, emits no smoke while burn H ing, leaves no ashes or other ducts, gives the most Intense obtainable and surpasses in power the electric light, one may easily com prehend the importance of this dis covery if true. The carat, u-ed in estimating th weight of gems, is a grain of Indian wheat. A new Chicago apartment building u to contain 101 flats. WILL WE IIAVK CHOI KRA? If such Is to le the deplorable state of atlatrs. It would not be wise to overlook anv precau tionary measure. The cheapest and "be-.t w;iy to Improve thf s inttaryenndit" n of your home is io scrnpp on imp oiii paper ana n:tve new put i ii r. r i wr.L.1 1 i wall, rArr.n of VI .North hh-venth Street. I'hiladelp hiladeibhla. ard selling gold embossed papers for 12 aud u cents. Send 4 two cent stamps for samples. The dally snpplv of milk for the New York City market amounts to about 19,000 cans of milk, 170 cans of con densed milk and 403 cans of cream. POSTAL CCIDR FOR 1893 Contalnlnlnv all the Oust offices arranged al phabetically. Iu States aud tommies, with ill' oilier matters relating to p'si office aff.ilrs c:ui I be ordered from B. Salisukk. r. o. Box. llsj, ! Phil.ideli'iil.i. 1'a. No busi.ii ss man should Ie 1 uwi i.. j i tv-c iaper cover wuu iiiouiiny J 60 cloth cover with monthly. A good specimen of President Ar thur's autograph is quoted at $7.50 by the Philadelphia collectors. There are people uvnx Dobbins' Electric S ap to-iav who commenced its use ia ls5. Would this be the e.ise were it uot the purest and no-f 'Cunmical soap made. Ask your urocer for it. Look out lor Imiiallous. Dobbins'. The tomb of Mohammed is covered with diamonds, sapphires aud ruuiei' al-;ed at $10,000,001. For streutbeninc anil clearing the voice, u-e 'llrowii'a lirouchiitl Troches." ! have com m ndrd them to friends who were pnMlc speak ers, and they have proved extremely service able." Act). Utnry H ard Beechcr. It is said the United States liai more than 9,1 0 ,0UO young iieu Ul- for mili tary ouly. M. I.. Thompson & Co., Druu dsts. C'ouders port, l'a., say I all's tat air li Cure Is t'.ie b't and onlv sure cure lot calairli they ever sold Druug sts sell it, Tic. Pierce Cit-, Id.iho, now deserted, had 20,000 inhabitants m cold days. Cftnir Mitiiiey Cnre Tor Dropsy, Grave!, ilabetes, Brlght's, Heart, L'ri nary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, Ac. Cure guaranteed. S31 Arch Street, Phliad'a. a bottle, for (S, or druggist. 100U certificate of cures. T(T lu A new cl.ilm is made? f ji olivea they are a h-.lp tj digestion. thai Beecham's rilH cure Indigestion and consti pation. Hi echain s uo olheis. 25ci. a box The average time a derelict remain afloat is atiotit t drty dass. erman 55 yrup I am a farmer at Edoui. Texas. 1 have used German Syrup for six years successfully for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds. Hoarseness. Pains in Cheat and Lungs and Spitting-up of Blood. I have tried many kinds of Cough Syrups in my time, but let me say to anvone wantine such a medicine German Syrup is the best. We are subject to so many sudden changes from cold to hot, damp weather here, but in families where German Syrup is used there is little trouble from colds. Joh u F.Jones. & i Deceived "1th Pistes, Enamels nd Paints which st-.la the han, Is, Injure the ina and hum red The Plsln Sun Stove Polili u Brilliant, Odor less. Durable, and the consumer pavs for no un or alaM package with every purchase. ffltND YOUR OWN HARNESS WITH it -sk m: i ni icvi i ira i- - ,m iiivhisjuii gH'ffl 4 SLOTTED CLINCH RIVETS. So tool r-na.-vl. urtl a ham mar nMHlrd tn dHv and c iDcb th m ei.y and qnick.y. lTinff til clinch t,o ut. ly ffloitb. K-jui;i;f no hoe tobe m.i m ti- tarhr nor nurr for turn it i vet. ThT are itronr, louifb and durable. Mii ion now in t. AU AmU. your dealer lor .bent, or n1 40c lo 9Utup for a tux lw, a.sori-i aiXM. 31 an id 0y JUDS0N L. THOMSON MFQ. CO.. I.TIIAM, nxss. Watfnbi PubtTdAf'ont I WITH MAPS, -fn(MH MitiMou. Wsirta ifakstta. Moataf PRftS COVfRNMENT vw Emm PACIFIC a-T Wert Arriti fnu lnsls tMHr. MMa HFB. AiArn G Jg Treated free. rmonir criuts J w-.th Tmtabl al BVaHkp. Hav Q cured mtnj thou Botinred hoo-less. From flr dose wmrtoms rjptdly disapper. -. :s-n dy,atleatsnj.ih!rtiof llsynjptomsrereTr.. .ed. HOOK of te.m"-'!', ft mi'v,!o-il curts lent FRCE, fit 0T TBATMETFURKI8HtD FREE i mail Vli. Iv. U. tiULli--i d, aO-S, ieclallua. AUauata. tia. OR WILL 3AT2 0 IH XB.'S ETLLS- t-UC.Sluoh lunVriuB. V'tf perhaps life, s It buys the best prmcrifiiionsforrhe cure ore HO I.r RA C ATAKKH. l:h H1ATISM,K1I)M!V 1J1S avAkK and 1'II.I-X. Send 29c. for the Ore, Co t.enesee Pharmacy, Rochester. N. Y. WOKlt COLIMBIAS EXPDSITIOSf POSTAL CAKI).A?,VfLww. Solo Ac nt. San pie set of 12, different s:)les, by mall, 25c. storekeepers' discouut. AGENTS WANTED ON SALARY ! or commlssinn, to handle tbe New Patent ('hemic il irk Eras ns Pencil. Avnts making ." per ww-k. Monroe Eraser MI'g Co., Box x.17 l a IT ss". is LARGE PROFITS Wasted. Men and Women In every ton a and cUt to mannftmiire and sell Btioky Fly l'a per. Kecipe and iMri'Cilons how t" conduct tbe bust ness. 00. 8. F. P. CO., H cran too. Pa. JADIK-. TO I WRITIXO AT 7 ft kith t Hon es. Good w aires truaranteed. Enclose stamp 1 adles' Co operative loilet Co Kale Btasoo, Ulua. . "G Spring Medicine i. n-..,!..,! hv nrarlv everybody to purify the blood, cleanse the s stem of Ihe winter's accu n ul Hon ol Impurities, aud put the whole body i i.. f.,r the summer. Such nnl- ersal satisfaction has Hood's Sarsaparilla g-lveu for this purpose that It is the m st suc. esslul and most populift Spring Medicii It rou feel weak and tired. Hood's sarsapan... n lust what you need to restore your strength uid make you feel perfectly well. Th- fuliowinir Is from Hon. Wm. S. Warnr i gentleman highly esteemed by all who know urn : I can truly ay that I corslder Hood s Sarsa arilla the best nn-dlcine for purifying the blood tniri rnn irixid when uhi sicians and ot)ier medl slues failed. It bat Increased ray appetite and Hood's ssl Cures denied to renew my youth. Th s is absolutely aue." W.S. Wkner. Fond du Lac. Wis, Hood'. Pills cur all Mver Ills. Biliousness, Jaundice, Indigestion. Slok Headache. An agreeable Laxative ana N'rsn Tokto. Bold by Drug-gists or sent by mail. oC-, 60c and 1.00 per package. 6amplea free. tm 'ETr T?he Favorite TOOTS POTtll iW JXS.V9fortheTeethandIlreaUi.2oa. R. R. R. ADWAY'S READY RELIEF. CCl ES AND PHEVENTS Colds, Coiisrhs, Mire Ihroat, Influenza flroiichitis, Pneumonia, Swelling of the J'!s Lumbago, IiiflauiniiUlous, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, I'roslltites, Chilblains, Headache.Tooth achi'. Asthma, DIFFICULT BREATHING. CtKEsTUE Worst PAINSln from one to .wenty minutes. NOT ONE HOUR after read, me tins advertisement need aiiy ou bL'F 1EK WITH 1-AlN. lidwuy'v Keady Keller Is . Surt Cure for tviry I'hIii, spr Ins. Ilrulses I'Min io Ibe l.a. k. ll.r.l or i.iinlM. It vraa Ilia irl aud Is Hie on.y rAIN KKSIfcllY fhat Instantly stops the most excruciating f ains, alhivs Inflammation, and cures 4'ouues ons. whether ol ihe l.uncs. Mninach, Bowels oi other glands or organs. Dy one applic-.tiou. A half to a teas;-.oaif(il In hall a tun, bier of wa'er will in a few minutes cure Cramps, S'as:ns, sour Moiuai n. Heirttmrn. Nervous ness. Sleeplessness, sick Headache, Diarrhoea. Iiysi ulery, C'oilc, r'latu.ency aud all internal pains. '1 here Is not a remedial sgent In 'a world that will cure Kever and Ague and all ottiir Mai inous, Hllmu atd other fever, aided ty HIDtVAV's I ILLS so Quick U KAUWAI'S lU.lbl KIXll.l. Fifty cents per bottle. Sold by Druggists BE SIItE TO GET M IDWAY'S. Perfect Baby Health ought to mean glow ing health throughout childhood, and robust health in the years to come. When we see in children tendencies to weakness, we know they are missing the life of food taken. This loss is overcome by Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophos phites, a fat-food that builds up appetite and produces flesh at a .ate that appears magical. Almost as palatable as viilk. PTPpais-'l hy Soft ,tr R.wno. V Y AH d-ngrlstm. THE BEST Is the best Blood Medicine, because it assists nature to throw oil the im purities of the blood, and at the same time tones up the entire organism. This 1 just contrary to the effector tba various potash, nip r :ury, sarsaparilla mixtures, which bottle up tne impurities in the svstem, thus producing much iickness and suderiiig. Therefore, for a BLOOD MEDICINE ou cannot do better than take 8. S. S. "As a physician, I have prescribed and used s S. S. la my practice as a tonic, and for blood 'roubles, and have teen very successful. Iiever ied a remedy which pave such general a&usfac ion to xuyaelf and atients. L. 11. Kitcuv, M. D.t Macltey, Ind." Treatise on blood a-idstcin diseases) mailed free SWIFT SlKi li ir )., Atlanta, fia. ' A Skin of Beauty la a Joy Foravar. EH. T FEL3 G0?3ATO'S OBIEHTEL CBEBin, Of P13GICBL BEBDTiFIEH Remosres Tan. Freckles. Pin? fl e s. M o t h-rfU-hes, itasb ana sitm aia- ases. and everr htrn. Ishon beauty uuuenes de tection, o a Hs virtues It has ilrvsa testol lyn.; no oilier nas, and Is so harmless w ta-te It to be sureitlsprnp. erly uiada. Accept no counterMtof onlha. un,f li every dav. Also Poudri aubtii 1 or ule by all Druk-Klsis and Fai.rv .h1s DeJ.1; throj1gh..m the JT. .. C.t,d... .no f'ur..p? ! Hetrarr oT B;ise Imllall.ms. SKjuuHeward fnr arr.t and proof of any one sll,f the sLiu? FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP i be ned by MIMIene af Mathers feLfhs?'r children while Teething rr over Fifty lean. It soothes tbe onild. aoftona the rums, allays aU pain, cures wind oollo.luul aUxbssU remedy furduurbcea. i vno-in veata a Bottle. i i 2s - h tS n ! Bemedy tor Catarrti is Qm I Beat. Easiest to rse. and CTieam-. I I ON A HUNT ro""-:" " AB Adv.nr.r Wh. V"' rortnr... on the Sew G-loe. Co-- j. McCanlay, a tall. Jron SanTranclsco Examiner. Mr. M baulay is attracting attention, not only bv his striking appearance, but by singular news wheb he brings, as well as ny a queer box, the con tents of which he discloses when ut- also sailed aloait it hl! unvisited by other English-speaking travelers The box he has contains ambeSs, and Mr. McCaulay states that there was a large amount of it in the pla es he visited along the Vw Guinea coast lie says there were many sperm whales there from which tbe ambergris comes. Lumi s and chunks of it are found in the water and washed ashore, varying in weight from a few onres to a hun dred pounds and more. It is very nigh, and a few pounds of it makes a very comfortable stake to the finder when he gets where he can market It Mr. McCaulay is preparing to go ambergris hunting. He will cruise along the coast in a whaleboat, with natives to pull the oars, and collect what he can and forward It to S?an Francisco and London. I know one man," he said, "who found a lot of ambergris not long ago, took it to England and got o0,000 for it. Other men have made from $5,000 up, and others have made less. Mosomen don't know what It is, and they are as liable to push it away w.th the foot as do anything else with it. I am satisfied there Is his money In going into the business of hunting for it, and that Is one of.the things I am going to do when I get back." Ambergris is used In perfumeries, for certain kinds of cooking, and in pharmacy. Fabulous stories aie to d of its being worth from $2.50 to $3 a grain. This seems to be an error, however, for at the San Francisco drug stores the price is said to be 3.25 an ounce for black ambergris and $5.75 for the gray. It is '.he latter which the New Guinea ex plorer has brought with him, and he says that is the kind generally found there. "There Is a curious thing about it," said ha. -'Toucan put a little ef it on a bunch of flowers and it will preserve them perfectly for a hundred years. If there are several different kinds it will preserve thetu all equally, and each will retain its odor, fmi nr, m-it tjr hnw 1nnuF it mav be. AVben it is picked up out of the water the air causes It to crumble to a powder that is. if it Is exposed to it ; and, on the other hand, if it is ' placed in the sun it will turn to oil, I shall be here several weeks, and when I eo back it will be with a full 1 equipment for gathering all the am bergris I can Bnd. As there are as yet no regular hunters the new Uelds for ambergris being yet hardly known, 1 expect to make considera ble of a fortune." j As to Baskets. I Among the many homely things around the house, which may be con verted into th ngs of beauty, are or- j dinary baskets. Common, every-day baskets, we mean. Let us begin with : tbe ordinary potato basket. .Neatly covered with a gay figured but cheap chintz or cretonne, and lined with plain chintz, it at once becomes a re ceptacle for smaller articles of soiled linen, or even the family mending. A step higher in decoration of tbis homely but useful article, is to enamel It, let us say cream color and line It with pale colored satine.either plain or wadded. If used for mend ing, a number of useful lockets, large and small, may be added. In these may be kept the implements necessa ry to the weekly mending. If a cov er Is desired, It may be cut the de sired size, from card-board, covered with cretonne to match the basket, and finished with a full rucblng. Another basket, which Is mor& suitable for lancy work, may be made from one of the Japanese waste paper baskets which are to be purchased at a low price. The trimming put upon them is a matter of individual Uste. A piece of white matter (which is, perhaps, tbe next thmg to a basket,) may be converted Into a very conve nient holder for daily papers and like periodicals, by making of it a "catchall" for the wall. It should ! be Cms tied with embroidery tor hand painting in bold designs. A most Convenient basket for those inclined to literary tastes, and one which makes a charming gift, is what is known as the basket fitted up in the following way: Line the interior throughout; with brocade or satine. Attached to the sides at intervals, loops of wide rubber for holding pen holder, paper-knife, lead pencil, scis sors, eta To each of the four sides, attach a flat pocket for writing mate rials, unanswered letters, and the like. Across each or the four corners is a small gathered pocket, fulled in at the top with a narrow rubber, io which the closed inkwell and muc l age bottle may be safely tucKed. They also serve as a place of safe keeping for rubber, paper fasteners, pins, pens, sealing wax, etc. As a finishing touch should be aaded a blotting pad which fits the bottom of t,uc uitoaeb. Roosters It. ' uo u" waiioweU frt'ln.l? " m"ch difference between the uS Kt ESS To Get at tha r.r. Regardlni Hood's Dl. often publNhed in thl, Taper Tbey wiU oonTlnc- you that HOOD'S CURES. Hood's Plus cure constipation. H WAS A HEARTLESS WRETCH. 'Mary." he aaid itl. . v: wife. ..will . u. , 'oun? . - uie just one of your bucuiUJ" "Oh, Harry," ,he murmured, throw ing her arm. .bout his neck. 'I'm . ciaa. i thm.,.kf l . . . i , - when I mada tha 1o. . - .IvtLU WD1I Wrtl. t. . like them. ones jou didn't t..at-?rr-'n he hesiUted. auu u. ruoae Ior breakfast. I want i "Though.1.,, Folk, Hay, Willed PeapU u$8 SAPOLIO EWLEDC3 Brings comfort nnd improvemnt and tends to personal enjoyinmt when rihtlv used. Tbe many, who live bet ter thin others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liijuid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial projiertics of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it i3 perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druj. gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man. ufactured by the California Fig Syrup ("lo. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Fij, and being well informed, vou will not accept any substitute if offered. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT -ri,M-sw-s.v .t -.'s--' - e , MS v. I 7.'-, fi'pJj6.PBl JS V D. H. B1LGER. Fji. Hulmeville, l'a. CURED WHEN ALL ELSE FAILED'. La Grippe Baffled! The After Effects Cured READ WHAT Ma. BlLGFR SavS: "I had a bad attack of Grippe; caught cold and It lodg ed in my kidneys and liver, aud OIi!sujU pain and ml aery In in y back and lejj. The Physician's medicine and otbur tutu- that I used made no impression, and I continually grew worse until I waa a physical wrek and given op lo die. Before t bad takes the second bottle of Swamp-Hoot I felt better, and to-day am Just as weU and strong as evr (not a trace of the Grippe Is left) Swamp Hoot saved my life." D. H. BiLOsa. Ccirsmtre TTss contents cf i'aa tt. tt Toil are not baoentd. Drw- e!-Sts ul retund to you tba price pall. "InTalld- 6aMa to Health" aa Coaaulatlaa Fra. St f0 Ol At Drac-Elsta, 60a. mr (ISO glaa. Dr. Kilmers Parilla Liver Pills AT.E THE BEST ! ii PUla, 25 oacta. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE not'VTi p. -i. Do you wear them? Wen next In need try i pair, tfc.y will give you more comfort and service for the mr,ij than any ctiier make. Best In the world. J $3.00 9 Cft 3.50 A n w n S2.09 FOR LAlliCS $2.00 11.75 FOR BOYS 1.75 a..OU m Kt, . Vls- W. L. Douglas Shoes are made In aM tt Latest Styles. If you want a fine DRESS SHOE don't pay $6 t t 3, try my $3.50, J4 or $5 Shoe. They will fit equal to cut tom maoe and look and wear as well. If you wlh to economize in your fnctwear, you can do so by purchaiirj V. L. Dcugl2s Shoes. My name and prlc Is itampad on the bottom, look for It when you buy. Take no sub stitute. I send shoes by mail upon receipt of pries, postage free, when Shoe Dealer cannot Supply yu. XV. L. IOt GLAS, Brockton, Mass. ba.J a TAI1 T Homes Need TAI1 Dealers for all boms uss a carton of Home Nails all sizes, a carton of Home Tacks all sizes for all home uses Tlic Best Wateriiroof Coat in the WORLD f lnr,. ... , 7, , fl-lt-Ktlt IS wirrantsl water PrKt. aild Wilkin Vot.H -w i.. . ... Th. 3ii.L SLU Ktiilap..rt.tridiTigcoat.aiiJ I. , s .iu, S.1.1U tt. ticwareol imitations. Vvrt way a coiit il li.e i in Braiid" Is nut on It. I!!ost.-a-M f al l, m.g tn-e. a. J. TOWER. Host. ,n. Mall. ll'eaduchj, to.,..paU..i,. itni toiaiM--ln. tlUra-I.e l:enlh III? i" tU5urJe' tl BuJSacK !.-. BAP.ANS TASULES .Lfxl:s,.or'r- tyiuill. B.ix i t'i'5'- 'Wji.boiealfst L- V,V.i . ili ' b a-l,u-3 Ht WICAt. CO., ?f i. i,, r, R . . CaowiliauifttTpIl : noofr","M'r MAYER, iui. ajprwol Ml rJL Mamhlna TT k4 rH.ui f ?J"t !i5I"- -N'' Jr till cup ',' 'ij !if iiiKl sfl - 2 FOR Vf.il J S,. I .r'J ! L"r" . a? 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