CHINESE FARMERS. Curious Modes of Cultivation Among the Celestials. The Chinese have been noted as farm ers for more than four thousand years, and, since 2,200 years before Christ, the Emperor lias started the plowing for the nation. The Festival of Spring Plow ing is the great event of the Chinese year. At this time His Majesty, 44 The Son of Heaven," after fasting and pray ing in the temple of heaven, makes sacri fices to the god of agriculture. He comes from the hall of Intense Thought, out into the fields surrounding the temple grounds, and puts his royal long-tinger nailed hauds upon the rude plow, painted for the occasion with imperial yellow. ! Princes of the royal blood assist him while the water buffalo drugs the rude machine through nine furrows, aud couriers are sent forth to the farmers throughout the land to let them kuow that spring has begun, and that cultiva tion may commence. At the same time, all over China, the same ceremony is en acted by the chief officers of the various provinces. Every official in Chiua is called upon to be" a farmer, and the gov ernors-general, the revenue commission ers, and the justices of the peace act as chief plowmen. The water-buffalo, the most ungainly species of the cow genus in existence, is the chief draft-animal of China, aud, at the opening of spring, a life-sized paper buffalo is carrieu, on a table, in a grand processioit, with bands of music anu with appropriate ceremonies, throughout the j cities of the empire, in order to announce to the people that spring has begun. A day or so later the millions of this great agricultural people are hard at work, and the smell of the newly-plowed ground rises from an area half the size of the United States. The greater part of China is cultivated like a garden, and the people are garden ers rather thau farmers. The holdings are very small, ranging in size iu some districts from one to ten acres, and there are thousands of families in China who live off one-acre farms. The people, as a rule, in the districts of North and South China, through which I traveled, do not live on the ground that they cultivate, but in villages. The men, women and children go out in the morning to work and come home at sunset. I spent a week traveling along the winding Peiho in a house-boat, through the great pluin of North China, and 1 sometimes watched the sun rise, from my front door, on the water. At this time the fields, as far as the eye could reach, were spotted with processions of big-hatted, half-naked, yellow-faced men, trotting along with great hoes over their shoulders, and of not a few bare-headed women, some of whom had baskets resting above their Chinese waterfalls. There were few ani mals to be seen. The fields were not separated by fences, and the only bound ary marks were little pieces of granite or sandstone, about a foot high and six inches square, set up at the corners of the fields. The plows in ise were of the rudest possible description, consisting of a beam-handle and a snare with a wooden stem, which was fastened to a sort of rest at the back. In some cases the share wus tipped with iron, but I saw no fur rows more than six inches deep, and in some places the plow merely scratched the ground. Chinese farmers measured the depth of a furrow as the Western cowboy docs his whiskey or the farmer's wife measures her cloth—a furrow is so many fingers deep. One of these plows costs about two dollars, and the rude rope harness, which is fastened to the neck of the buffalo by a wooden bow-like yoke, cannot be worth more than fifty cents. The work-clothes of the farmer are on the same inexpensive order, con sisting, in some cases, of a hat and a waist-cloth, which comes as far down as the knees, leaving the breast, shoulders and feet bare. Jinny of these farmers use spades, or rather the spade-hoe, a long-handled in strument, with a heavy bludc about four inches wide, and more than n foot long. Such harrows as I saw were each made up of a heavy stick, to which one row of stout wooden or iron teeth was fustencd, and attached to tho back of which was a handle, by which the harrower pressed the machine into the ground, in much the same way as our farmer holds his plow. I did not see the women har nessed to either plows or harrows, though such instances are said to be common in the more poverty-stricken districts of the interior. There were, however, many women working in the fields in every part of China which I visited, and, at Fuchau, about a thousand miles or more south of Peking, I saw women hoeing and spading, whose wages were just two cents a day. These women were as hardy as the fish-wives of Paris. They had ear rings as big around as a tin cup, and their silver hair-pins were a foot long, and often a dozen iu number. In the fields near Canton I saw a score of geese follow ing a plow held by a bare legged, pig tailed farmer, and drawn by a mangy black buffalo, and in every province I visited I found pigs, chickens, ducks and geese by the thousands.—[American Agri culturist. CATTLE STEAMERS. Tribulations of the Sailors—Cruel Treatment of Cattle. The wretched sailors on board the aver age cattle steamer suffer but little less than the brutes that incumber the decks, and on many vessels it is impossible to persuade the same crew to ship a second time. A tramp steamer in the business is a hell upon the water. Not only does overloading endanger the ship by making her top heavy and unmanageable, but it so blocks and obstructs the deck that the crew are unable to attend properly to their duties. So greedy are the agents in their desire to increase the carrying capacity of their vessels that they have been known to raise the lifeboats high nbove the deck and build stables beneath them. In such a case what would become of a crew if it should be necessary to abandon the ship hurriedly? It is said that the captains are opposed to these risks, but the companies keep them in subjection with threats of instant dismissal if they refuse to obey orders. Common sailors can say nothing. Theirs is a dog's lot. Ouee sigucd, they are at the mercy of their employer. It would fill you with pity, indignation, shame, to see the loading of a cargo of cattle. Jlost of the contracts between shippers and steamship companies pro vide that the loading shall be done be tween sunrise and sunset, but the agree ment is broken nearly every day by one Company or another. Recently a vessel was lying at Brooklyn, where she had been taking on a general cargo, flour, grain, cotton, etc. At 2 o'clock p. m. the agent sent word to the shipper that he was ready for his dcckload of cattle. Tho day was cold and stormy. At 3 o'clock an old ferry boat, with 175 cattle on board, left the Communipaw Stock Yards, and half an hour later lav alongside the steamer. The rain came down iu tor rents. a cold stitumi" rain. The hoods of the old boat had been torn away and the cattle were without shelter. The agent was not ready to receive them. Four o'clock came, and 5 and 0, und still he was not ready. Darkness set in, and tfre poor, shivering brutes continued to stahd therein the pitiless storm. At half-past 9 the great man gave permission for the cattle to be driven on board. The drive was a torture. The gangway, owing to the difference in the level of the decks, was steep and the rain had made if slip pery, but after much belaboring and prodding, and with many a fall and slip and scramble, the miserable creatures were forced to ascend it to their prison. —[Nevy York Tribune. ORIENTAL JEWELRY. The Natural Glare of Jewels Subdued by Inimitable Workmanship. The reason why the colors in an Orien tal brooch or bracelet are so perfect is precisely the reason why an old Oriental carpet is better than any other. An Asi atic hates to be dazzled, to be blinded with glare, to have his eyes hurt and his brain heated by unsubdued effects of light. Consequently, though he dyes his wools in intense colors, having few others, he so combines them, so mixes them with black and with that dark cream which Europe lias never caught the secret of, that the total result is restful, and the very idea of glare or of full daylight on the patterns is entirely absent. It is pre cisely the same with the Orientul jewels. Their natural glare is kept down by com bination and want of polish. The Asiatic who carved in jade and sunk deep in scriptions on the sapphire could have face ted precious stones just as well as the cutters of Amsterdam, who till lately used no machinery; hut he did not want to do it. He wanted subdued effects, and made of the garnet a carbuncle—which is a miracle of color without glare—or he cut off, as in many emeralds we have seen, a mere corner, so that the beholder, instead of being bothered with flashing green in his eyes, should peep at will into green depths. We do not say he was altogether right—as regards the dia mond tye was altogether wrong—but we may rely on it he knew his business, and wheu he failed iutended to fail. His in tense appreciation of turquoiso was due not only to admiration for its color— which, after all, can be matched only by one or two flowers—but to its being the one gem that, for all its brilliancy of color, does not flash. To this hour the high-class Asiatic loves the cat's eye as the European can never do, because the light in it gives no pain, but reveals itself through a sort of dusky shade. The European has made lovely jewels, and will make lovelier, but he will never make the same jewels as the Asiatic, who with inimitable art will take from gold all its glitter without diminishing by one iota the perfection of its shade of color, and will hand you a bit of enamel in which the green is as bright as the cmeruld, the red as fiery as the ruby, and the whole a? restful to the eye as a piece of turf. The Oriental jeweller has another merit, too, and in it lies the secret of a possible great development in the demand for European jewellers' work. He always gave to his jewellers certainty of value. Ilis gold was gold of unalterable purity, his silver truly silver of the standard, his stones the stones they professed to be. his work paid for at an understood and in variable rate. Thr consequence was that he made little, but that the market for his commoner wares never ceased, jewels being as much 44 property" as English sovereigns now are, equally portable, nearly us capable of concealment, and as fixed in value. A great noble could fly from province to province with nothing but a casket, and not only always remain rich, but always be able to raise cash at a few hours' notice. So could a peasant, though his jewels would only be neck laces of silver and narrow bracelets of gold. Any money changer would take them anywhere in Asia; and even if he traded on the applicant's necessity, he would not attack the quality of an arti cle known to be unimpeachable.—[Lon don Spectator. Horseshoes for Luck. "Never take the horseshoe from the door" is the advice given in a recently popular song, which precept is followed >y the injunction that while there the bit of iron will surely bring good luck. Be this as it may, there are certainly many thousands of people who to-day, while perhaps not superstitious in other things, are either believers in the adage, or else, for the sake of effect, iu orna mentation employ the horseshoe as an emblem of good luck by giving it a prominent place in the household decora tion. The great fad is to pick up a horseshoe in the street, and he who is thus 4 'fortunate" is supposed, according to superstition, to secure extraordinary luck as long as the shoe remains in his possession. But all are not thus favored; and in order to secure a shoe a visit to the blacksmith or junkman is found to be necessary, making it especially profitable to the latter. A visit paid to a junk-shop at the West End a few days ago showed to what an extent, this craze has reached. Among the odds nnd ends there classified were exhibited some hundreds of horse shoes in various conditions. lii reply us to the final disposition of the shoes the junkman said: "I um not in Ihe habit of selling them to black smiths or foundries, for the reason that I can make more profit in selling them to private parties for the purposes of orna mentation. In that pile there are many shoes almost new. They are brought to lue by boys who pick them up in the street, by my collectors and others. I sort them over and get, on an average, 10 cents apiece for them, according to the shoe. Who buys them? Why, from the nuinbor of people who have patron ized me I should say almost everybody. One man to whom I sold a shoe keeps it in his money drawer and says that it lias made his business good, but I guess that his own strict habits have had some thing to do with it. It is funny how a superstition will take hold of people. Rich as well as poor are believers in the horseshoe. Go into the home of the former mid you will find the horseshoe in its place over the door, handsomely gilded or other otherwise ornamented, while a visit to the latter will find the shoe over the door, but in tho sum* con dition as when purchased. Another thing übout the horseshoe, according ta tradition, the shoe must be liung with the open side up, so that luck will fall into it from above and find a safe resting place. Should the shoe be hung open side down, it will not catch luck as it falls. So it goes, my particular luek iu the possession of so many being the handsome profit which I derive. I know of a former 'old maid' who had waited long anil patiently for a husband, but, up to a certain point, without suc cess. She bought a shoe one day, hung it over her door, and to-day is a wife. Have a shoe?" said the junkman us the writer turned to go. "Thanks," was the reply, "I have two hung up at liotno." —[Boston Herald. AMAZONS IN ACTION. The Story of a Fight With Female Warriors in Dahomey. A firm of Rouen, France, has received from a traveler, who is actually at Kot onon, a letter, containing the following particulars about the attack by the Daho iniaus: During the last few days there had been about fifteen sharpshooters wounded. Something was expected, but gradually the watchfulness had become rather weak. The consequence was that the sentinels were fast asleep at 5.80 in the morning when the Dahoinians advanced in snake like glidings. They surprised the senti nels and cut off their heads. In the same manner the watchman of the battery was butchered. The artillery quartermaster endeavored to defend himself, but an Amazon, a fine girl of 16, stabbed him with a poniard aud cut his throat. The same fate happened to a brigadier, and also to a nou-commisioned officer of ar tillery. Meanwhile the alarm had been given. The Senegalese riflemen arrived on the run and swept off the first rauks of the Dahomians. The bold young Amazon was caught, thrown to the ground, and her neck cut. At the same moment Governor Boyatt signaled to the gunboat at anchor off the battlefield. Immediately a hail storm of bombs and Hotchkigs balls rained over the Dahomians, and caused them to take flight to the underbrush, leaving from 500 to 600 of their people on tlie ground. The amazons still constitute the best part of the Dahomiau army. This corps of about 2,500 women is mainly recruited from young girls of the best families in Duho mev, designated by the caprice of the King for military service. They live in barracks like regular soldiers. One company of the amazon regiment bears the name of "razor virgins," because they arc armed with razors nve feet long, which are terrible weapons in African fights, and are usejl in time of peace to decapitate men sentenced to death by the Dahomian King, who also usee his ama zons as public executioners. Another company is named "the big muskets," each woman soldier being accc npauied by a slave, who carries a heavy flint-lock. The "sure to kill" company is formed of the best sharpshooters. There arc also "carbincrs" and "bayonet" companies. The "arrowbearers" is composed of gjrls too young yet for actual fighting, but who are employed as reconuoitering par ties and in tne ambulance corps. The "el ephant" compauy is not destined for the battle-field, but for hunting elephants and procuring ivory for the royal treasury. The most daring, agile and athletic girls are admitted into this compauy, which might be called the civil or private ser vice of King Kondo. Monkey and Bull-dog. Some species of the monkey fumily are held sacred by the Hindoos, with the result that the naturally mischievous i animals become extremely familiar—so 1 familiar, indeed, as to be really a uuis- I ance, at least in the eyes of European ! residents. The author of " Thirty-Eight j Years in India" gives an amusing account j of au experience of his dog with one of j these sacred mischief-makers: " The monkey took up his position \ day after day on the lower branch of a large mango tree, and there he remained, ! indifferent to all threats and intimida tion ; and this led to a delicious result. "I have already mentioned Toby, my unparalleled bull-dog. When the nuis ance of these sacred monkeys began to be annoying, Toby interested himself in making occasional raids upon the in truders, but with little effect, and he seemed quite distressed by his failures. 44 One day I was standing with the dog by my side when he observed our defiant old friend take his seat as usual on the branch. As he allowed his tail to hang down it struck me, aud I verily believe it struck Toby also, that, although his body was out of reach, his tail might be j grabbed. 44 1 spoke in a low tone to Toby; he I seemed to understand, crouched, and ' very gradually approached the tree, i The monkey remained immovable and : apparently unconcerned, and the tail | continued to hang temptingly down. 4 4 Suddenly Toby made a rush for the tail. Everything bespoke a triumph long delayed. 44 Alas! alas! The venerable monkey never moved, but as Toby's open mouth turned upward to seize at least the tail, he quietly, but at the proper moment, lifted it up with his left hand, as a ! gentleman would raise his coat-tail to | enjoy the fire, and, stooping slightly for-1 ward, gave Toby a pleasant box on the j ear with his right hand, looking at him I as he passed with calm and satirical in-1 difference. 44 More amusing still was the fact that after this rehearsal the experiment was repeated more than once. I can still vividly recall the calm, philosophical indifference of the monkey, the calcu lating advance of the impassioned and yet bulfied Toby, the repeated rush, the quiet elevation of the tail, and the in sulting put on the gasping cheek." Happy Men. The old Persians, who had many authors of singular penetration, gave the world the following proverb: "There are two men in the world who are perfectly happy; two men wlios. minds may be at rest. The first is the wholly ignorant man, who is happy because he thinks that he knows every thing. "The second is the really learned man, who is happy because he knows that thero will always be something for him to learn." This proverb suggests certain maxims which were the favorites of a Massachus etts clergyman, now dead, and which were as follows: "When a man knows not and knows not that he knows not, he is a fool; shun him. 44 When a man knows not and knows that he knows not, lie is simple; teach him. 4 'When a man knows and knows not that he knows, he is asleep; wake him. "When a man knows and knows that he knows, he is wise; follow him." Drinkers of Alcohol. Did you ever see an alcohol drinker? Not a man who drinks whiskey with al cohol in its makeup, but a man who drinks the straight fluid without a drop of water to cool his case-hardened throat. There are men in Kausas City who driuk pure alcohol every day of their lives. They reach a trembling hand for it when they open their eyes in the morning, and the last gulp at night carried to a fiery stomach more fuel. These characters are few. As compared with the whiskey drinker the man who driuks alcohol is something awful. It does not matter if the whiskey drinker indulges to excess— let him be the worst sot upon the oarth and the moderate alcohol drinker will surpass him in genuine depravity. The eyes of the man who has used al cohol as a beverage for a year start from their sockets, all bloodshot and revolting, a perpetual leer is upon his face, his com plexion is blue and red by turns, hpihole frame quivers, and all sense of moral duty is away from him. The ordinary drunk ard is not to be compared with tbs alco holic slave. The im-mer has oh more than one occasion been redeemed; but who can point out the drinker of straight alcohol who has lived to become a man again? Of the alcohol drinkers in Kan sas City none is more conspicuous than an old fiddler, without any name in partic ular, who frequents the hotels, saloons, and public corners. This old man never wears a shirt. He keeps his tuttered coat buttoned. He unbuttons his coat occa sionally to take from its inside pocket a fiask of pure, white Alcohol. The old man holds the bottle in his hands for a moment, raises it to his bearded face with an unsteady hand, and before he lowers his head and replaces the fiask in his j coat, the fiery fluid, in a dose that would j kill an ordinary man, has gone to hie stomach. A grimace—that is all. The old fellow never thinks of drinking wuter before or after these alcoholic draughts. -•-[Kansas City Times. WORKING IN HIS SLEEP. I A Peculiarity of the Lata United I States Senator Beck. ; 1 "It was overwork that had much to do 1 with Senator Beck's death," says a writer in the New York World. "His mind | was the best example of perpetual motion j that ever had a place inside a human i skull. It worked even iu his sleep; and ' one day when the subject of brain-work was being discussed by a party of sena- j tors in one of the cloak-rooms Senator . Beck is said to have told the following I story concerning a peculiarity of his brain which he said he believed had done him a great deal of harm during his life. He said: " T first noticed it when I was a boy ( going to school in Scotland. I had a 1 strict old preacher for a tutor, and, with a number of other boys, went to the par-1 sonage to be educated. One night I was very sleepy and still had a long Latin les son to get off. I tried hard to learn it, but before I was aware of il I was doz ing. At length I read the lesson through in a half dreaming condition, and, with the Latin all in a jumble in my head, I went to sleep. I awoke the next morn ing with my head perfectly clear, and, strange to say, all the ambiguities in my difficult lesson were made plain, and I read the lesson without a balk. The same thing happened a second time, and I again found tnat when I went to sleep with a confused idea of my lesson, learn- ! ing it while half dozing, I awoke with ! all the knotty points unravelled. It bo- 1 came my custom after that to read my tusks over just before going to bed, aua I never failed to have them iu the morn ing. My strict old tutor saw that I never studied, and he thought one of the other boys must be helping me. At length he gave me a page of Livy to translate and told me if I did not have it for him the next morning he would flog me. He then forbade any of the hoys to go near me, and watched my actions. I read tha lines as usual that night before I went to sleep, and the next day I had them as pst as you please. He never bothered me after that. Well, the year passed and I found my faculty still clinging to me tiu I began to put too much faith in It and depended almost entirely on my myste rious helper. I found it grow weaker as 1 grew older, and, though I have such spells sometimes now, they are not fre j (juent. While in them I seem to see the ! lines and words of the subject I am stud | ying before my mind's eye, and without knowing the process, I work out the problem, I remember that a phrenolo gist examined the heads of my family some time ago, and they then wanted me to have my head put in hie hauds. Fin ally, more to oblige them than anything else, I consented. The man said he j would examine my head and give me a j chart of it for $5, or he would tell me my main characteristics for I told him worth was enough. He then felt all j over my cranium and said that I would j have made a good spiritual medium, and j he told me that my mind was capable of I working separate from my body, and that I solved problems in my sleep. I gave the man $5 for his knowledge, and nave | had more faith iu phrenology since then I than ever before.'" Feathered Pirates, A pair of robins, as has been theix j j custom for several years past, recently : commenced building their summer hoo}s j in an elm tree on the sidewalk in front of i my house, and the work went bravely j i on, with Song and rapid flutter of wings. Suddenly the songs ceased and work on j the nest stopped. But it was not len i . alone, for a band of miserable sparrows j ' attacked it, and, if possible, were mors active in its destruction than the robins had been in its construction. A few days later the robins began an- i other nest in a tall maple tree near by. and the work was pushed rapidly. But a few days since it was evident that some- j thing was wrong again. There was a great outcry on the part of the robing | and an unmusical chatter by pugnacious sparrows. The latter were again victor- j ions, and at once proceeded to demolish the nearly finished nest, which work they j | soon completed, strings, grass, feather*, i etc., being scattered promiscuously | about. This was not all, nor the worst | for the male robin was seen hanging by a cord fastened to its neck and one wing, dead, and not ten feel from the pla?c ' whore the nest had been. The sight at- ' tracted the attention of passers by, but it; was so high that none cared to ascend the tree to get the bird. Being anxious to know the facts as to the reason of the bird's death, I splicej mv stiff trolling rod, with a knife ab tached to the tip, to a long pike pole, and ' with the help of a ladder and the assist j uuce of a neighbor I succeeded in cutting the string above the bird. An examination showed that a string. I common wrapping twine, was pasWq j through the wing quills, around tM! neck, and knotted so tightly thatoonsid erable patience was required to remove i it, so that death must have bseu socA | clYccted. I The male being dead aud the nest de j strayed, the female lias departed, so that j we are no longer favored with their sweet ! morning and evening songs. I The question now is: "Who killed ! cock robin?" Was it suioide from re peated defeat*, or was he acoidently caught in the string? Or was it pre meditated murder on the part of piratical sparrows?—[Forest and Stream. PBOPLB living in the southern part of tht CQunty, near San Andreas station, on the railroad to Watsonville. Cab, were. : astounded one day recently by a shower | of worms during * light rain. The worms j resembled grub worms, and were about an inch ana a half long, white in color, and had red tyes. Koa* who found them 1 ever saw the llks before. A Homely Virtue. Cora, when she married Frank Boyce, was earnest in her anxiety to please the family, aud to win their love She was an orphan and alone. His mother, she felt, must love her as a child, and his sisters take her in as one of them selves, or she would not be happy. She bought her gowns of the color which Frank said they preferred; she practiced her songs with fresh zeal upon hearing they were fond of music. She was an affectionate, generous girl, and eager for love. But when the wedding was over, and Frank and his wife arrived at his mother's house, there was a look of dis may in the eyes of her new relatives which they could not conceal. They tried to meet her appealing glances with a cordial welcome, but they could not be blind to the tear in her j dress which was pinned together, or to I the grease spots on her elegant cloak. When she came down that evening I in her bridal dress to meet their friends, ! her face was bedaubed with white pow- 1 I tier, and the skirts that peeped from beneath the satin gown were soiled. Cora Boyce never overcame the un tidy habits of her youth. All her warm affections, her beauty, her gay wit, , could not win the respect of her new " kinsfolk for a woman who came to breakfast in curl-papers and a dirty 1 wrapper. Her husband, who had seen ' her before marriage only in the draw | ing-room, was shocked, distressed, and jat last out of patience with her sloven- * i liness. E j She is an old woman now, and has ; married children, but she nevor has been able to understand why the love | which she has given so generously to ~ those dear to her never has been repaid i jin kind, nor why her children are ■ ashamed when she meets their friends. | She has undoubtedly made many efforts to change her personal habits in this regard, but such habits, when Dnce firmly established by an untidy | childhood and youth, are almost incur able in manhood and womanhood, i She does not know, perhaps even now, that she lacks that homely qual ity of which Strebling says, "It is a 1 necessary virtue, the presence of which we do not notice in a woman, though its absence drives us mad." i Cleanliness assuredly conies next to godliness in winning respect for man ! or woman. The memory of good Sir "Walter is ! more sweet and wholesome in the • hearts of all men when they read of his j scrupulous personal nicety, and who I floes not love Charles Lamb better for ' | hearing that he "always looked as if lie | | had just come from the bath?"— Youth's Companion. | , Tact in Managing the lloys. A quaint story is told about Master , Tommy Anderson, an old-time peda gogue. Once lie taught a school in Farmington,where the bovs had driven out several teachers He found that the chief conspirator was a good-look- r ing grown-up girl, saucy and proud. The schoolmaster wore his hair in a ( cue, as was the fashion in those days. ; < When he was "doing a sum," with liis head down, she tossed his cue back and forth as if it were a toy, much to the amusement of the scholars. Uncle Tommy said nothing but kept up quite a thinking. He knew if lie called out the guilty girl and punished her, the big boys would rise and carry him out. So he adopted unusual tactics in con ducting his campaign. He found a lot of long hair hanging up in a barn. From this lie selected and smoothed out a bunch resembling a cue, and tied it up nicely with a ribbon. Taking , this to the school-room early the next morning, he suspended it from the peg where the girl always hung her ( cloak and hood; then he commenced to set copies as usual. When she came in and spied the curious contrivance she looked surprised and puzzled. Quoth Master Tommy, in a mild tone i of voice: i 1 "Mis", I have brought that bunch of hair for you to use as a plaything i instead of my cue." I j The proud-spirited girl was humilia ted before the whole school, and could not help crying. Uncle Tommy had won the victory by stratagem rather ; than by force of arms, and had no fur- I ther difficulty with his scholars.— ! Farminaton (Me.) Chronicle. now iu tnoose a novei. "I siient a whole hour to-day at the Public Library trying to choose a I novel. It's such a nuisance." I "Oh, I think it easy enough. I just j look at the last chapter. If I find rain softly and sadly dropping over one or two lonely graves, I don't take it, j but if the morning sun is glimmering | over bridal robes of white satin, I get j it marked at once."— Toronto Grip. To DIHPOI Colds, I Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system ; effectually, yet gently, when costive or bilious, : or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy ac j tivity, without irritating or weakening thein, ■ use Hyrup of Figs. The present is the time in which to live and 'to work, iho past iu & recollection and the I future a phantasy. J FITS stopped free by Da. KLINE'S GIIKAI ! NKHVK KESTOKKIL NO Fits after first day F , | use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline, W1 Arch St., I lula., 1 a i The construction of a tunuelnround Niagara Falls, to Utilise itu water power, is soon to be I carried out. I M. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists, Con dersport, Da., say Hull's Catarrh Cure w the I I best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever ; j sold. Druggists sell it, 75c. N i man iu bom into this world whose work j is not born with liitn. . If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac j j Thompson's Eye Water. Diugidsts sell 25c. j per bottle. Let us he cont- nt in work to do the tiling I we can, wnl not presume to fret because it's little. r 21- | You Need it Now To impart strength aud to give a feeling of healtn and vigor throughout the system, there is nothing equal to Hood s Sarsaparllla. It seems peculiarly I adapted to overcome that tired feellug caused by j change of seanou, climate or life, and while it tones and sustains tho system It purifies and reuovntcfi j the blood. We earnestly urge the large army of I clerks, book-keepers, school teachers, housewives, I operatives and all others who havo been closely con- I Sued during the winter and who need a good spring I medicine to try Hood's SarsapariliA note. It will I do you good. ••Every spring for years 1 have made it a practice to take from three to Ave bottles of Hood's Sarsapa rllla, because I know It purines the blood and thor oughly cleanses the system of all Impurities. That ' languid feeling, sometimes called 'spring fovcr,' will j never visit the system that has been properly cared for by this never-falling remedy."—W. H. LAW ' A&NcK, Editor Agricultural Epltomlst, Indianapolis. Hood's Sarsaparilla - Bold by nil druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. I „ 100 Pow One Dollar Oar Hannah Jane* *?" r , Hannah Jane was thin and weak, And ashy white her lip and cheek, •• We ' ho "f ht nod thought with pain. mustToee our Hannah Jane.''^^ ith chauge of doctors, change of air. AnVf healing everywhere. Dr Pie roe's VI v i" * * s2°* ™ new medicine for f* only fully carried out for many yeara. faith Dr. Pierce's cleanse t**d regular* stomach, bowels and system genenUfy oiw. dose; purely ve-getable. rt Canada propose-i to nlaco a duty on foreign books and pictures, and the London papers are protesting. Dr. Tobias's Venetian Horse Unlment. I This invaluable remedy has only to be used to be appreciated. It is warranted superior to any other article, or no pay. In pint bottlee at 90cents. For the cure of lamenees, sprains, galls, slipping, stifle, scratches, cuts, bruises, over beating, wind galls, splints, colic, sore throat, nail in tho foot, etc., etc. All who own or employ horses are assured j that this Liniment will do all and more than ! is stated in curing the above namod com plaints. Upwards of forty years it has never failed to give perfect satisfaction in a single in stance. Try it and be convinced* If your druggist or store-keeper does not keep our goods, send to us and we will forward promptly. Depot 40 Murray St., New York. The population of Brooklyn is estimated at 850,612, an increase of 282,023, or very nearly 50 per cent. Bince 1880. We recommend "Tansill's Punch" Cigar. Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it rush to it, it may soou run itself out or breath. SURE jJlll® CURE. CURES PERMANENTLY RHEUMATISM. The Cripple. The Cure. Lowell, Mass., July 9,1887. The boy Orrin Robinson, a poor cripple on crutches, who wns cured by St. Jacobs Oil of rheumatism in 1881, is well; the cure hos re mained permanent. He is now at work every day at manual labor. G EO. C. OSGOOD, M. D. AT DRUGGISTS AND Dkalerb. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Ml. ELYS CATA RRH Cmi Balipgll .js-ES, liKfeta 1 ®! Allay* Pain anil ' FHAYFEVERVS GA I Inflammation, W/X no**,i ° *?A'L FRFF and ship goods to he ft j I /ffiSHV niTici in, i m paid for on delivery. (Hi W rS i/aV " lagu®. A omtgoodtdmirtA. DEUTIBL L4IJHJKU MFG. CO.. 146 N. nth It. ™ PAINLESS, f £ 1- R— i3W~ WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.'*® > For BILIOUS & NERVOUS DISORDERS Such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Fullness and Swelling after Meals, ( Dizziness, and Drowsiness, Cold Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, ( Shortness of Breath, Costiveness, Scurvy, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed c Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, &c. / THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. / BEECHAMS PILLS TAKEN AS DIRECTED RESTORE SEHALES TO COMPLETE HEALTH. ) For Sick Headache, Weak Stomach, Impaired < Digestion, Constipation, Disordered Liver, etc,, ) they ACT LIKE MAOIC, Strengthening the muscular System, teetering long Ir Com- Y ptexion, bringing buck tbo keen edge of appetite, anil arouelng with the ROSEBUD Oh t HEALTH tbo whole physical energy ot tbo human trame. One of thebej' gnnriuilnue / to the Nervous and Debilitated Is that BEECHAM'S PILLS HAVE THE LARGEST SALE OF ) ANY PROPRIETARY MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. , .. K „„ > Prepared only by THUS BLECHAM, at. Ilel en. • ( Solrl b,, TTruggtsle generally. B. F, ALLEN CO.. 365 end'3B7 Canal J S BVEciTAMVwM ; s'<>riß}^ EVERT WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF THAT CAN BE RELIED ON BE UP ivot to Split! TO Not to Discolor! THE MARK " „„„„ BEARS THIS MARK. NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. "Oh, So Tired I" is the cry of thousands every Spring. For that Tired Feelillg take Ayer's Sarsaparilla and recover Health and Vigor. It Makes i the Weak Strong. Prepared by Dr, j. c. Ayer & Co., Lowell. Mass. W ANTED—lteluble men to sell Nursery Stock. 1 vv call or traveling I i.(liiekny('o. , Syracuse, Vi.'. UOMF MTI'DV. Book-kMptng,Bastae*Vonai ll umc Penmanship, Arithmetic. short-Hand,etc. ■ ■ thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars fres | Bryant'* <" l ac. 457 Molti .•>.. Lhiflolo. N. Y :SOLDIERSh!§§s McCormick 4 Bona. Washington. D. C . 4 Cincinnati, a HOCKWOOD'H PORTRAITS. A carte de vislte, tlntyfA or daguerreotype can be copied to a life sine portrait for TEN DO I. L A Its Send for circular. 17 Union Suuare, N. Y. FRAZERg^fM BKSTJN THE WORLD U R L HO C IF* Qet the Ueuulne. Sold Ererrwhero. DCWQIfIMC w tHthm rcWOIUWJ gjs '* WAWIiINOTON. U. fa tufeiaai'i'i.ni'i.dh CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS. BT Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use R1 in time. Hold by druggists. Hi MMfiMHrtl-kiMrßgl / TON SCALES \ / OF \ S6O [BINGHAMTON] V Beam Box Tare Beam / N. Y. *./ V ALL SUM % / 0 &y l.r ARB THE OLDEST FAMILY STANDARD. A Purely Vegetable Compound, without mercury or other injurious mineral. Safe and sure always. For sale by all Druggists. Full printed directions for using with each package. Dr. Schenck'a new book on The J Lungs, Liver and Stomach SENT FREE. Ad ; dress Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia ' GRATEFUL—COMFORriNa. EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. "By . thorough ku >wloilge of tin- uaiaral law. which govern tb • operation, of digestion Mil nutrt- Hon. and >y acaiorui application of the tine properj ties of well-seleetod Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided jur breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bev erage which mav save us many heavy doctors bills. It Is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gra tually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies ar-' floating around us ready to attack wherever then- Is a weak iKilnt We may escape manv u fatal shaft by keeping our selves well forttfled with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."— I "Clrit Sri trice Gaxette, Made simply with boiling water or mlUt. SoM only in half-p -und tins by Grocers, tbus. JA.MKS EFP9 A- CD., Homoeopathic Chemlstt, t>ot.AND. W. L. DOUGLAS O QUHP AND $2 SHOE . 90 OnUtforCENTLEMEN Aud Other Advertised Specialties Are the Best in tho World. None genuine unless nuiiu- and prieo ore stamped on bottom. SOLD EVERYWHERE. If your dealer will not supply you. send postal for Inst ru-tions bow U> buy direct from factory without extra charge. W. L. DOUtiLAH. Brockton. Mass. B 1 preserve ftnc tuiiyew dorse Big <4 ft* the only W specific for Die certain core \ TO ft of this disease. i#i Ml Q. H. I NORA H AM. M. D., gjftj qmHrtetw- Amsterdam, N. Y. cfl tirs fcy Um We have sold Big G tor Calm.... rxlAAl (V many years, and It has .iT.n lh, i.,it of Hilt- faction. Ohio. VC D. R. DTCHE A CO., Chicago, ih. I fI.OO. Bold by Druggiita.