A SINGULAR HOME~ STRANGE DISCOVERY MADE BY SOUTHWESTERN HUNTERS. An Indian Family In a Cave, Liv ing on Intimate Terms with Ser pents. A party of sportsmen from Fort Stockion, Texas, whi e hunting ante lopes in tke Sierra Charrote a few days ago, made a most singular discovery. Riding up a narrow gorge they caught sight of a gigantic rattlesnake trailing his hideous length along the side of the steep crag just above their heads. Several of the party fired at the reptile, but none of tlie shots had any effect beyond causing his snakeship to accel erate his leisurely movement, and by the time the party had dismounted and reached the spot, the rattler was d sap pearing down a fissure in the rock. A volley of shot was sent clattering after him, but some of his pursuers, feeling courageous enough to follow him further, they l ad turned about nnd were making their way hack to the horses, when a human head, protruding from tlie gap where the snake had dis appeared, attracted their attention. Tlie head was quickly followed by the body, and a most remarkable person stood gazing curiously after them. It was a man, i lad from head to foot in a garment evidently made out of the tough, fiborous grasses of these parts woven together in a mat. This was se cured ah. >ut the waist by a belt com posed of the pied, mottled skin of rep tiles. This strange being's long, coarse hair hung about his face in straight, black-pleated locks, giving him a most weird, Medusa like appearance. His featu es were of a brutish, cunning type, while the face was lighted up by a pair of coldly twinkling orbs hard v human in their steady gaze, and which competed the suggestion of a serpent of his entire make up. The hunters, ama/ed at this singular apparition, turned back and approached the man, who waited for them without any evidence of fear or desire to avoid a meeting. Mr, K., who was somewhat in advance of the others, called out to him in English, "Good morning," and was answered in Spanish, spoken with a guttural accent. Mr. K. then began to converse in Spanish with the man, who responded briefly in a dialect of his own, composed of a mongrel Spanish and Apache In dian. When asked what he was doing down in that hole, he informed the par ty that lie lived down there and offered to shew them his home. The gentlemen felt considerable hesitation about fol lowing the rattlesnake into such close quarters, and expressed as much, when the stranger declared there was 110 harm to be expected from the snake, but said there was another entrance t > his abode that they might make use of if they preferred it. He then showed them a large hole in the mountain's side which they had failed to notice for the b :shes tbat well nigh covered it. They found themse ves, on entering this hole, in a small, gloomy cave, in which they saw, as soon as the eyes became accustomed to the insuffi cient light, a womau and several chil dren seated, or lying about 011 skins. They wore all dressed in the same rude garments as the man, to whom they bore a strong resemblance. They took very little notice of the hunters, exhibiting a sluggishness of movement that would have seemed to indicate drowsiness had it not been for their little, glancing, watchful eyes that gleamed like diamond points in the dimness of the cave. In obedience to some order of her husband, the woman rose from her squatting position in one corner of the cavern, letting fall from lier lap some object that glided swiftly away to one of the children, about whom it twined it self, and who affectionately olasped it in her arms. To the amazement and horror of tlie gentlemen, this object was the huge rattlesnake which ha 1 been their guide to this extraordinary place, so unreal and uncanny as to cause them to ask themselves if it were not the cre ation of a dream. The woman had lighted a torch, revealing the cave swarming with snakes of every description and size. They hung from rocky projections in the roof and sides of the cavern, hissing at the unwonted light, and glided about from one corner to another. One great shining black monster lay across the throat of a sleeping infant, gently wav ing its horrid "head above the child's mouth. An o'.der child was eating something from an earthenware vessel, and n large rattler leaning from his shoulder would swing over and eat from the dish, while the child would strike it with its bare hand whenever its strange messmate seemed getting more than its share. After lighting the torch the woman returned to her coiner and the skin on which she had been squatting, and, catching up a snake that was lying near, dropped it into her lap as one might a kitten. The creature crawled up her body and Anally settled itself on her breast, reaching up to her mouth as if to kiss her. This fast exhibition of an intimacy forbidden by the prejudices of all ages and people was more than the part. could stand, so they beat a hasty retreat from that joint abode of serpents and human beings. The man accom panied them, offering in trade skins for powder and shot. While the exchange was being made the man in answer to the question re lated his history. He is a half-breed Apache Indian, his father having been a Mexican. Up to the time ho was grown lie had continued with his mother's people, but committing some offence againßt their laws —he entered into no details as to what this was—he had to run away to escape their ven geance, and his wild, roving existen e having unfitted him for a civiliz-d life, he had taken up his residence in this mountain cave. His wife, an Indian girl, had fled with him and here their children had been born. He lives by hunting and fishing, never venturing far from his underground dwelling. As to tlie snakes, he says they are gentle, affectionate creatures, which, if man would cease to persecute them, would be liis faithful friends. —[Philadelphia Times. Life's Greatest Pleasure. If asked what, as the result of my experience, is the greatest pleasure in life, I should say, doing good to others. Not a strikingly original remark, per haps, but seemingly tlie most difficult thing in the world is to bo prosperous and generous at the same time, During the war 1 asked a very rich man to con tribute some money to a certain relief fund. He shook his bend. "Childs," he said, "I can't give you anything. I have worked too hard for my money." That is just it. Being generous grows on one, just as being mean does. The disposition to give and to be kind to others should bo inculcated nnd fostered in children. It to me that is the way to improve the world and make happy the people who are in it. —[G. W. pliifds, in Lippinoott's. NOTES AND COMMENT* THE seat of the bitterest hostile > the Jews has been the city of Vienna, but vengeance seems to have come up on it at last. A great event n Vienna every year has been the International Grain Market, the great market for the continent. Lost year 6,000 persons at tended it. But Inst spring Hebrew re sentment was stirred to such a point (that 250 firms of Buda Pestli signed a {'declaration that they would not deal in A iennu, and the movement was sup ported in various towns of Hungary and [in Prague. The Vienna Association, seeing the dangerous extravagance to 'which the anti-Semitic agitation had been carried, petitioned the Emper or to allay it, but the result could not be avoided. TUG efforts of the Jews have made the corn market of this year a comparative failure. Instead of the 16,000 of 1888, theie have been but 2,000, and a proposition has arisen also to establish another international corn market in Paris. THE wonderful tales of the Arabian Nights are told aga n in New Mexico. In the Lincoln Mine, at San Pedro, long productive of very valuable ore, miners have fount! a cavern about 10 i feet by 50 feet in extent, whose s des are studded with preoio s stones and metals quite n the manner of the underground garden where Aladdin went in obedi ence to the command of the African ma g ciftn, aud tlie floor 8 thickly strewn with gems and ore bear ng pebbles, just like Sinbad's Valley uf Diamonds. The company only lately refused 0,000 for this mine, and are now huggiug ►themselves to think that they did so. The camp is crazy with excitement, and everybody fancies that he sees diamonds as big as hens' eggs hanging 011 the trees and sparkling from tlie beds of streams. MR. JAMES M. SWANK, in bis report on the mineral resources of the United States for 1888, states that throughout the world there are mined every year more than 50,000,000 tons of iron ore and more than 450,000,000 tons of coal. Of the iron ore Great Britain contrib utes about 20 per cent., the United States 24 per cent., and Germany 21 per cent., these three countries thus fur nisliing about 74 per cent, of the total amount produced. The same three countries furnish togther over 82 per cent, of all the coal raised, Great Brit ain having produced last year about 160,000,000 tons, America about 129,- 00'k00ft tons, and Germany about 10. • 000,000 tons. OREGON is beginning to push Califor nia in the honey business. Pretty soon it will begin to coine East, for already there is more made there than is needed for local use. Dealers say the Oregon product is richer than the California article. It comes from wild flowers 011 the mountains, and the bees gather it into the trees with all the industry of au Eastern bee that has learned to hustle in Western fashion. Some of the sweet stuff is hard to get at, since woods are accessible only by narrow trails, but it iB found in sucli large quantities that it pays to go for it. THE sight of Japan taking long strides in advance of it in modern things has stirred up China, says an exchange. The young Emperor is credited with some ideas less than 2,000 years old. The government has decided to inaugu ate a great railroad system to cover in some measure the entire country. The Amer ican style of equipment and manage ment has been given the preference over the European. While the government will control, it is expected to enlist na tive capital aud overcome the objections of the conservatives, who want 110 inno vations. SAYS a London correspondent: "There are only two courses now open to Bou langer. He must either return to France in the avowed character of an enemy to the Republic or retire per manently from public life. If ho does the former bloodshed and disorder will mark his path; if he quietly submits to his overthrow at the polls his followers will consider him a weakling. He seems to be between Scylla audCharyb dis." THE Author states that the editor of Harper's Magazine selects for publica tion each year about seventeen manu script stories, and rejects annually be tween fifteen and sixteen thousand. The magazine is published at a yearly cost of 8260,000 for original literary matter, and the work of ariis's and engravers. This sum does not include the expenses of printing or publishing the maga zine. EVERYONE who takes the slightest in terest in natural history will be sorry to learn that the kangaroo is in danger of being extinguished. I's skin is so valu able that large of young kan garoos are killed, iMI high authorities are of the opinion that, unless the pro cess is stopped, Australians will soon have seen the last of this interesting animal. THE Germans aro distinguished for their love of titles. The climax in this direction was reached a few days ago in Darmstadt, when the Grand Duke cre ated a man "Court Sauer-Kraut Cutter." Hereafter he must be addressed, accord ing to custom, as "Mr. Court Sauor- Kraut Cutter," and he will be offended unless the title is used. Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY has peti tioned the New York committee 011 the World's Fair asking that the women of the "New World" be allowed the use of one of the permanent buildings of the Exposit 011 in which to celebrate the virtues of Queen Isabella while the men are doing honor to Columbus. EX-POSTMASTER-GKNERAIJ JAMES de clares in the Forum that the most im portant reforms in the postal service been made by men who had journalist 0 experience, the three most important reformers being Benjamin Franklin, Amos Kendall and Montgom ery Blair. Guttle-Fish and Sharks. A sword fish oaptnred in the Gulf Stream w as found to have in its stomach over thirty eyes ancl twenty beaks of the small outtle-fish, together with ft few partly digested individuals. Sword fishes anil sharks are natural enemies, always fighting when they meet, and there are accounts of fierce and deadly encounters betweon them. An ugly sword fish is a bad enemy to encounter, us ng its weapons, as it uoes, with such ease and force. One will often drive its sword through the bottom of a boat, and if it succeeds in withdrawing it without breaking it off, the boat rapidly fills with water, and the occupants, diiven into the sea, are savagely attacked and badly wounded by the furious fish. At times they are abundant on all sides, lying near the surface, with their dorsal fin projecting above. NAVASSA ISLAND. CAUSE OF THE UPRISING. A Laud Under the Jurisdiction of No Nation, but Owned by Ameri cans. Tne dispatches stating that a riot had occurred on Navassa island, in the Car ibbean sea, in which a number of Americans had been kilted, lias called the attention of the public to the fact that there are islands in the West Indies which are under the jurisdiction of no particular nation. Our Government lias sent the Galena to the scene of the disturbances, and as the land is entirely owned by American citizens it is prob able that wo will be permitted to settle the trouble. The following facts re garding the island will prove interest ing: From the head of the bay on which Port-au-Prince stands there reaches out 011 the west the long arm of peninsu'a which is so peculiar a feature in the geo graphy of the island. The arm-bone is a continuous ridge of mountains rising to a height of 8,000 feet and stretching 160 miles. Navassa island is locatod immediately opposite this promontory in latitude 18 min. 25 sec. north, while the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude passes right through the island. The guano deposits, which give to the rocky outline of the Haytian dominions a high commercial value, cover an area of about a square mile, and are handled by the Navassa Phosphate Company, of 22 South stree , Baltimore, Mil., and 19 Cliff street, New York. The company, which claims a concession of the entire island, is one of the wealthiest fertilizer corporations in the country and does an immense business in the Eastern States from Maine to Florida and from Balti more and Philadelphia to the Ohio river. Navassa island lies directly in the track of the Pacific Mail steamers 011 the Atlantic side of the isthmus, and is the last land sighted between Point Maysi, in Cuba, and Aspinwall. The population numbers about 500, includ ing nearly 100 persons employed in nnd about the works. The black or Haytian element predominates, and there is a considerab e accession of malcontents and "transients" from tlie mainland. Speaking of the relations of Great Britain and the United States in regard to Hayti and the present condition of that republic, James A. Fronde says in a recent memoir : " Hayti has passed through many revolutions, and is 110 nearer than at first to stability. Close to where our ship brings up, after pass ing the narrow channel between Gonaive island and the mainland, we see the Canada, an English frigate, and about a quarter of a mile from her an American frigate of about the same size, with the Stars and Stripes conspicuously flying. We (the English) have had somo differ ences of late with the Hayti authorities, and the sat atacticn which was asked for having been refused or delayed, a man of-war had been sent to ask redress in more peremptory terms. The town of Port au-Prince lay under her guns ; the President's ships, which she might per haps have seized as a security, had been taken out of sight into shallow water where she could not follow them. The Americans have no particular right in Hayti, and are as little liked as we are, but they are feared, and they do not al low any business of a serious kind to go on in these waters without knowing what it is about. Hayti is the most ri diculous caricature of civilization in the whole world. Doubtless the whites are not disinterested witnesses, for they are treated as they once treated tho blacks. They can own 110 freehold property, and exist only on tolerance. They are Vailed * white trash.' Black dukes anil mar quises drive over them on the street, and swear at them, and they consider it an invasion of tho natural order of things. No one can tell the future fate of the black republic, but the present order of things cannot last in an island so close under the American shores. If the Americans forbid any other power to interfere they will have to interfere themselves."—[San Francisco Chroni cle. The Great Mexican Monolith. The removal ot the great monolith, the Goddess of Water, from the ancient Tolteo city of Teotihuacan, in Mexico, is attracting widespread attention. The top of the statue is below the surface of the surrounding plain, and us it is over ten feet lower it is seen that the task of its removal is no ordinary* one. It is of granite, contains 262)) cubic feet of solid rook, and 160 pounds per cubic foot is a low estimate for it. Mr. Bates esti mates its lotal weight at twenty-five tons. A temporary railroad track near ly three miles long will be laid from the station on the Mexican Railway over to the place where tlie statue now stands. Its age is supposed to be about 1,400 years. Its squaro shape and severely grim Tolteo features all bespeak its fifth century sculpture. In clearing away the rubbish that had accumulated around tho goddess, tho mouth of a tunnel was uncovered. It is nearly seven feet high, und runs straight back into the mound about 60 feet, and has four side tunnels of little length. Iu its roof, sides, bottom —in fact, every where—are to ho found fragments of pottery, bones, obsidian, etc. Tho ground was covered with u smooth coat ing of pure lime mortar. Traces of stops of terraces are seen 011 all its sides. The Indians at first made strenuous objections to the removal of the goddess. They said that its mission was to guard tho treasures of the sacred city, but they finally gave a reluctant consent. The day that the statue is moved there will bo a great celebration. The President of the Republic is impressed with the importance of knowing more of the great Toltec city of Teotihuacan, and it is probable that a part of it will he un covered by the aid of the soldiers.— [New Orleans Pieyuno. Chinese Immigration. Writing from San Francisco, a corres pondent of the New York Tribune says: The statement which has often been made that the Chinese Government is not encouraging the emigration of its people to tho United States, is indorsed by Chae Kwok.Yong, the now Chinese Minister. Thisstatement, which was made without hesitation, furnishes a strong refutation of the assertion recently made that trouble was brewing for Americans in China on account of the 1 assago of the Restriction Act. The Minister re ferring to these laws, said: "Though not speaking officially for tho Imperial Government, I can safely say that it is my opinion that this measure is quite satisfactory. My government does not approve of extensive emigration to this country or any other." Tin; now Minis ter also declared that his government felt kindly disposed toward tlie United States, and would endeavor to open up larger commerce with this country. He expressed his tlianks for the aid that had been extended by Americans to Chinese flood sufferers. THE COTTON CROP. Significant Facts About the Great Southern Staple. According to the carefully prepared figures published by the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, of New York, the cotton crop for the current season— -1888-89—is the largest ever produced in the South. It reaches six million nine hundred and thirty-live thousand bales. The crop of 1887-88 was something over seven million bales. But in weight this sea son's product exceeds that of last by thirty million pounds. To appreciate the magnitude of these figures and to realize the progress in ado by the Syuth in the culture of cotton, it is only necessary to glance backward. The greatest crop known in the days of slavery was that of 1859-60. I amounted to four million eight hundred and twenty-three thousand bales. Dur ing the war the industry was paralyzed. After the war the annual yield increas ed, with some fluctuations, from two million two hundred thousand bales in 1865-66 to four million six hundred and seventy thousand in 1875-76, and six million five hundred and fifty thousand in 1885-86. The progress is even greater than appears from these figures, since there lias been a marked increase in the average weight of bales. . As the Southern States contribute about four-fifths of the cotton supply of the world it will be seen to what extent English and Continental, as well as American manufacturers, are dependent on them for their raw material. Still more remarkable and insignifi cant is the advance made by the South in the manufacture of its great staple. For some time after the war it was a producer, but not a consumer. In 1879- 80 the number of Southern mills was a hundred and sixty-four. Tlioy had five hundred and for.y thousand spindles and consumed that season eighty-seven million pounds of cotton. There aro now two hundred and fifty-nine mills with one mill.on four hundred and fifty thousand spindles running. The amount of cotton consumed during the past year exceeds two hundred and twenty mil lion pounds. That is forty mills and two hundred thousand spindles more than the South had two years ago. It is nearly fifty million pounds more of •cotton than wa taken by Southern mills then. It is believed that the cotton crop of the coming season will exceed that of the past. Indeed, there appears to bo no limit to the productive capacity of the South. If the annual yield keeps on increasing as it has the time is not far distant when the c op will be ton million bales.—[New York Herald. The Burglar Couldn't Frighten Him. Five years ago, says tlio Chicago Herald, a burglar effected an entrance into the house of a wealthy c nnmission merchant and succeeded iu getting away with a lot of valuable plunder. It so happened that the merchant had been attending a college reunion that night, and did not get home until early morning. Upon ncaring the house he nearly ran into a man who was hurry ing along with a heavy sa'chel. A neighboring gas jet enabled him fo take a good look at the midnight traveler, but ho thought no more about him uut 1 he arrived home and found tl a he had been robbod. Of course he ret al'ed li s meeting with the man, and the description ho pas e to the ptdice enabled them to spot the fellow very quickly. When the ease came up for trial the evidence was so overwelilming that the burglar saw he had no chance to escape unless ho made a bold bluff, so he asked permission to speak to tlio broker alone. It was granted, and when they faced each other the thief hissed: "do help me God, if you prosecute me and I am sent up, I'll have your li e sooner or later, if I have to swing for if, so I gi\o \ou far warning !" But he had mistaken his man; instead of scaring Ihe merchant this talk only incensed him, and ho replied: "You miserable wretch, I'll put you through now, and keep you thore just as long as I can for daring to threaten me in this way." And he did, too, for tlio burglar received a heavy sentence. I.ast month the broker was accosted by a seedy ind vidual wlto called him bp name and wanted to shake hands. But the merchant didn't know the fellow, and refused the salute. Then the man spoke up and said: "I guess you don't remember me; my name is Hendrickson, whom you sent to State's prison five years ago." "Oh, yes," replied tlio brokor, "you're the fellow that threatened to kill mo on sight, whenever you got out; when are you going to start in?" The man frowned. "That was a bad break, mister. I hare learned bet'er since then." "Oh, you have, eh; and now 1 suppose you want to borrow $lO, don't you?" "No, sir, not a cent; I'm in earnest, I've reformed." "Well, then, here's a #5 bill; if you had asked mo for a nicKel you wouldn't have got it; now go about your business, and lot it be honest," But the man didn't reform. He was arrest*d in Milwaukee a week after, in the act of lifting a watch, and will do timo at Waupun for awhile. Phonographic Wonders. As a supplementary to Edison's im proved phonograph, a Mr. Guoroult proposes to introduce a small up apratus that will represent the face and the gestures of the person speak ing through the instrument. Mr. Gueroult suggests that, while the cylinder of the phonograph is being turned to register the speech, instanta neous photos of the sneaker should bo taken at equal intervals of ono-b ntli of a second. Supposing, for instance, one revolution of the cylinder to last thirty seconds, 300 photos will bo obtained in that time, which, after being s read out, arc attached to the small apparatus and made to rotate at the same speed as tlio cylinder. As the photos pass iu si occa sion before the eyes of tlio spectator, the apparatus reproduces the movements of the speaker, simultaneously with his words, owing to the flxiety of the iin pressions made on the retina. More over, the precision of tlioso sue essivo images is secured, as there is not a syl lable that can bo pronounced in less than one-tonth of a so that the gestures and facial expression will cor respond with tlio sentences uttered by the phonograph. In this way it is pos sible to reproduce the text of a speech together with the gestures and physiog nomy of the orator. SAYS Joaquin Miller in, the Indepen dent: "The copper mines of Montana to day arc the most extendivo, produc tive and profitable in the world. 'The deeper we go the better they git,' is tlio laconic and ungrammatical statement nil along the top of the Kooky Mountains away up here to tlio north. And this applies to copper mines, silver mines, gold mines, and all aorta of mines, in deed, in Montana." Umpires Lead a Happy Life. ©T AM a base-hall en* I tliusiast, and I am not a bit soft in my upper story either. J delight to revel in tin luxury of hot balls, ant foul tips, and sky-scrap ers, and grounders, and all the other little nick nacks which take up so much of the at tention of our amateur base-ball read ers. One peculiarity of the national game of this country is the fact that you can enjoy a good game of base-ball without participating in it. There is much pleasure in reading a versalite and humorous report of a game of ball. Some read the report for the humor that is in it, and others prefer to have a hand in the game themselves. Others prefer to play ball from the auditorium, as it is not so fatiguing, while there is less danger of being shot by hot balls. All that is required of those who play ball from the grand stand is en thusiasm and applause and a little free information frequently. If Kelly isn't half running, advise him of it in a loud tone of voice and in a boister ous manner. You must tell Kelly to slide at the proper moment, and if he makes a three-bagger applaud vigor ously, and if he makes a home run shout until you grow weary. For the benefit of those who don't know anything about playing ball I will explain the modus operandi of the game. The club on the outside, or the "outs," as they are called—that is, those who play in the field—take their position, each in their respective places. The twirler twirls the leath ern sphere to the man at the bat, and if the sphere is fickle-minded and shoots off at a tangent from its original direction when it arrives at the home plate, the man at the bat fans the wind. If the sphere takes a straight course the man at the home-plate sends a sky-scraper away out into the dim distance over the fence, and if the audience does its duty and cheers vociferously, the man who smote the leathern sphere will probably make a home run; if not. he will surely make a three-bagger unless there is an im pediment in his locomotion. If the batter does not fan the air, and if he succeeds in sending the sphere squarely and with exceeding great force, he may send it far out into the field. If he does not get a satisfactory whack at the ball, he will probably send it with great swiftness—like unto t cannon ball— iuto the yearning grasp of the pitcher, who clings unto it with exceeding de light and feverish hands. The twirler then fires the sphere to second or third, as the case may be, and the urfipira informs you that the runner is out. The position of an umpire is a very precarious one. There isn't much money in it, but lots of abuse. The poor umpire tries to do his duty and give correct decisions, and does pot merit the abuse that he gets. He is only human, and was not born with eyes that can sec east, west, north, and south at one glance. He some times makes an erroneous decision be cause his eyes are not gifted with om niscience. Then, again, the spectators are not all infallible. Some people are cross-eyed, some are laboring under undue excitement and liquor, and oth ers are not well read in the literature of the game. So there are mistakes made on both sides. In Pittsburgh and other trrwns, where the "tough" element is numerous and pre-eminent, the umpire does his umpiring in a little, strongly built house, constructed some what in the shape of a small-sized flag-house, capable of holding only one man. After the umpire has made his decision he retreats into his little fort and awaits developments. When the storm has subsided he comes out again to attend to the umpiring busi ness.—Chicago Ledger. A Day of Rest. Sunday-school Superintendent—Cau any of you tell me why Sunday is called the day of rest ? Little Dick (holding up his hand)— I kin. It's 'cause we get up early and hurry through breakfas' so's to dress in time for Sunday-school, and then hur ry to Sunday-school, so wo won t bf late, and then skip inter church 'fore (he bell stops ringin'and then gohom6 to dinner and get fixed up for after noon service, and then get supper an go to bed so pa and ma can get ready for evening service. That's all we do. —New York Weekly. A (HHHI Investment. "Can you lend me $5?" "Can't do it." " Why not ?" "I never lent you any money, so I don't know whether von would pay me or not." "Well, great Scott! isn't it worth $5 to find out what kind of a man I am? I might striko you for a hundred some day, " — Harper8 Bazar. J The Laziest Man In the Comitiy. One of the laziest men in the coun* try is John Curtis, who is serving a three years' sentence in the State prison at Salem, Oregon. Curtis worked in the foundry, and about three months ago took off his l>oots on the plea that they hurt him, and then burned his foot so severely that ho was laid up. When the burn was healed ho put vinegar on it, and aggravated it to prevent its getting well. The prison physician treated him, and managed to cure the wound. Curtis was set at work again. He worked four days, ami tln-n vith a hatchet cut off his left 1 id It toN < !. .•<• IS to the soul what healt > t ) body; it preserve^ constant ■ md serenity within us, and more t i" • . i tor Nails all the cal 5 ami ties at - afih linn which can pos sibly befal ULIVEK \v si.run LMEB recently remarked that dent boars as pleasing a face to an old ui as sleep to one who is tir d. A Great Famine. Recent researches into the Chinese annals find reference to a drought which prevailed in that country in the year 1764, 15. C. In the Chinese account the number of years mentioned are the same as in the biblical history. Are Your Ilena Moulting f Many people have learned by experience that Sheridan's Condition Powder given once, daily, in the food, will supply the needed ma terial to strengthen and invigorate sick chick ens or moulting hens and got them to lay ing earlier than unythingelse on earth. Mrs. Edwin Brown, East Greenwich, li. 1., says: "I couhi not do without Sheridan's Coudi- ' tim Powder when hens are moulting I use it for gapes aud diarrhoea; for when chickens are small thoy often droop and die. To a pint of clabbered milk I add a teuspoonful of the powder, mix well, and let the chicks cat all they will once a day; it does seem to be ! just what they need, they soon become so - vigorous. People laughed at me when I be gan to use Sheridan's Powder, and I had no | idea I should win a premium. 'They best who laugh last,' however. I got more I eggs than any of my neighbors, ana some of ! them had over 100 hens." For 50 cts. I. S. Johnson & Co.. Boston, Mass., will send two 25 cont packs, five packs for $1; or, for $1.20, one large pound can of Powders, post paid; six cans for $5, express prepaid. For T a best Poultry paper sent. I post paid. j An interesting discovery is stated to have been made In India. This is nothing less than the lost, books of Euclid, of which a Sanskrit translation is said to have been found at Jey pore. A Family Gathering. Have you a father? H ve you o mctfcir Have you a son or daughter, sister or a brother who has not yet taken Kemp's Balsam lor the Throat and Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for the cure of Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Croup and all Throat aiu! Lung troubles? If so. why? when a sample bottle is gladly given to you fret by any druggist and the large size Co9t# only 50c. and sl. Christian science is said to have gone quite out of fnHhion in Philudelphin. All that we can say as to the merits of Dob bins's Electric Soap, pales into nothingness bo fore the story it will tell you itself, of its own perfect quality, if you will give it one trial. Don't take imitation. There are lots of them. Jay Gould hns ail orchid in his conserva tory at Irvington that is valued nt $5,000. j Old smokers prefer"Tansill'sPunch"cigar. A plain gold ring was found by a Washing ! ton (N. C.) man imbedded in a large block of i ice. If ifflictfil with miro eyoH nso Dr. Isaac Tliuuip i ion's Eye Water. Druggist* sell 25c per bottle " ; A silver bell has been hung in a tower in ' the village where the ruilrond accident to the Czar's train happened, and it will he tolled every duy at the hour of the accident. A Wonderful Food mid Medicine. Known an I used by Physicians all over the j world. SCOTT'S EMULSION not only gives flesh ! and strength by virtue of its own nut ritious j propo t * but creates an appetite for food I that bu tis up the wasted body. "1 have been using Sett's Emulsion for several years, and . am plemcd wi li its action. My patients say it I is pleusAiil and palatable and .ill grow s rang er aud gain flesh iron: the use of il. i use it in ail cases of Wasting Diseases,and it s special ly useful for children when nutrient medica tion is ncedrd, as in Marasmus."-T. W. Pikuck, M.D., Kuoxville, Ala, Gen. M. C. Meigs says that we shall he found by the census of 1890 to have 07,240,- 000 people in the United States. Oregon, tlie Paradise of Farmers. Mild, equable climat .certain and abundant Wops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun try in the world. Full information free. Ad- Iress Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, Portland, Ore. An English lady hns left $50,000 to he de- 1 voted to the photographing of stars, planets and nebulrn. Ull. | Weak Women Owe to themselves a duty to take llood'H Sarsapa rllla, In view of tho grunt relief It hns given thoso who suffer from ailments peculiar to the sex. Uy purifying tho blood, regulating Important organ*, I strengthening the nerves und toning tho whole : system. It rnetorcs to health. "I have been for years trying to get help for that 1 terrible general debility and weakness HO common to women. Within a YEAR I have taken ton to twelve bottles of Hood's Sursaparllla and the bene fit derived from Us use has been very great I am J now feeling like a new creature."— Mus. P. 11. Boss, Moriln, Texas. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for SS. Prepared only \SF CL L HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IQO Poses One Dollar OKF LATEST IMPROVED HORSE POWER Midline* for Til ItEKHINO .4 II.KAMN!; ilrnln. aiu SAVV I.M^VV.HIU ETSYDRAFT. DURABILITY £ QUAN TITr OF WORK A.W. GRAY'S SONS, pATKMTKKS AND SOI.E M ANUYACTt.'IIKItB JHDDLHL o\\ > SPRINGS. VT f 'sg BRIL^LJXL Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Fr". A. J. Tower. Beaton lOT If yon ar® thinking of buildings house F® U ®"*JJ* fo buy the new book. 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