THE LADIES. VOWED NOT TO SfeMMMRIED. A club recently 1 ■ #4 in London comprises women twenty und forty years of ago who have made a vow not to be married. They pay an anuual subscription of S4O. Should a member at a later period wish to wed she has to pay a fine of SSOO to the club. The olub takes the principal papers, but novels L are not allowed. The members wear a I special costume, consisting of a black | dress, black kerchief, black gloves and K cuffs. One-third of the funds is used ■l for recreations; another third for women s j| charities, and one-third for building a ■ club-house.—[New York Press. I * FUR FOR SMALL GARMENTS. Wg Brown fur will be much used for small ■ garments such as Henry IV. peleiines, ■ cape collars with stole fronts, boas and ■ muffs, also for rolls and edgings to wraps I and portions of handsome cloth costumes. K Sets of gray Persian lambkin, with otter I or seal trimmings, are pretty for youth- I ful wearers. Dark grizzly boar fur is I made into capes thut have real astrakhan I yokes and collars. These are very warm I and comfortable, and can be worn all win [ ter with mutt'and long fur cuffs to match. Many women have this year had their I short sealskin coats made the fashionable j length by the addition of real black as ' trakhan basques, vests, etc. Sometimes I entire sleeves of astrakhan are added.— [Chicago Post. WEARING DUPLICATES. A large number of the women who own extensive collections of costly jewels lock their treasures up iu bank or safe kdeposit vaults, wearing duplicates in Rhinestones or other imitations. But Mrs. Hicks-Lord wears the genuine. She detests tho imitations,and says "they may do all right for French actresses." And what woman who loves to inquire about these things has not hoard of Mrs. Hicks-Lord's fan, with its fifteen raised folds studded with diamonds, so often worn in her hair? This fan has no peer in this country and is excelled nowhere in the world. The bouquet holder with its mouth a'olaze with beautiful gems has also put her friends in rapture, as does also her white point d'Aloncon fan, worn en chutelaino from a chain of diamonds aud pearls.—[New York Herald. SUCCESSFUL WOMAN INVENTORS. Among successful women inventors are Mrs. Cutharine Green, to whom is duo the invention of the improved cotton I gin. Mrs. A. Manning is the designer of a reaper aud mower and clover cleaner. IjrAnother woman took out a patent for an | improvement ou this muchine in tho shape of u device for changing the knives without stopping the wheels. Miss Maggie Knight is tho inventor of one of the most complicated machines in tho world. It is used in the manufacture of re-enforced bottom paper bags. The street-sweeper is also duo to the ingenu ity of a woman who had a dress ruined by a defective sweeper; and after all the great inventors and machinists had failed to invent a device for deafening tho sound of car wheels ou the elevated, a . woman, Mrs. Mary B. Walton, rode up and down the road a single day, caught j tho idea, and went homo to formulate j and putent it.—[San Francisco Exumi- ! ner. QUAINT HOME OF A NOVELIST. Rhoda Broughton lives at Oxford in a 1 funny little old house, in a quaint old 1 .street, with a walled garden, which seems %to belong to another age, behind her dom icile, and au unlimited number of dogs i who therein roam at will. One of the | pugs has been immortalized as Mr.Brown iu tho novel "Joan." Miss Broughton says she was inspired to novel writing by reading Miss Thackeray's "Story of Eliza- j beth," and learning that it was written by u woman as young as herself. She was thou just twenty-two, and immed iately plunged into her first plot. .She finished the story at white heat, and read it to a friend who pronounced it the worst she had ever heard. Miss Brough ton refruined from publication, but re fused to bo discouraged, and in the same ! year wrote"Not wisely,but too well,"which I was accepted and published by her uncle, Joseph Sheridun Le Fanu, editor of the Dublin University Magazine and a j novelist. Miss Broughton spends tho ! greater part of her days in tho old gar- I den, which is sweet with old-fushioiicd roses, und, like most authors, gives up j her mornings to her writing.—[Yankee ; Blade. AN EMPRESS' ENCHANTED PALACE. The electric arrangements in the villa of Empress Elizabeth at Corfu have been completod. The house and the extensive I gardens aro lighted by electricity, the lumps und lustres and candelabra being for the greater part adapted to the Pom- j peiian stylo of the house. Incandescent lights are used for the interior, and large ! swan lamps light the terrace and a por tion of the landscape around. A perfect network of telephones and signals con nects all the portions of the house and gardens with tho town and the yacht Miramar, which rides at anchor iu tho port. Tho Empress has mimed the house j Achilleion, and, indeed, the whole villa is devoted to tho myth. Itcontainsa statue of dying Achilles, modelled by a Berlin sculptor, which took the Empress' fancy when she saw it. Ituliun painters huve decorated the different rooms in the same style as the patrician villas found iu i Pompeii. In all the rooms the history of Achilles recurs—his happy childhood, I guarded by a beautiful und devoted mother; his youth, full of promise; the comely presence, winning manners, tho elevated mind and hot courage; his do- j votion to Polyxena; his deuth, tho sacri fice of Polyxena, and their reunion in a happier world. In the frieze over the last picture is a verse by Bulwer, written in Greek letters: "Naught of her survives but beauty; naught of mo survives but fume. Fame und beauty wed together in the isle of happy souls."—[St. Louis Republic. A VERITABLE HEROINE. The discovery of u veritable heroine is not such u common event in these com monplace days as to go unheeded, albeit she bo old and weather-beaten. Her ■ name is Louise de Beaulieu, and she lives | in a dingy little street near the Central Market in Paris, France. For years her occupation has been that of waking up peoplo who wished to get to work early in tho morning and were afraid of over sleeping. Every morning long before daylight, in all seusons and all kinds of weather, she would make her rounds, knocking on the doors of her patrons' houses or stalls, and rousing them so that they could get to work in the market on timo. For this service she got a small fee from each, and thus eked out an honest living. Her history is a remark able one. Before the war with Germany she was a lady of independent means. Her patriotic enthusiasm led her to enter the army as a vivaudiere. Thus she was ' present at eight important battles, Nun terro, Lebourget, Villiers, Bry-sur- Marne, Uhampigny.Grosluy, Draecy and Buzenfal. In these engagements, at the constant risk of death, she saved the lives of hundreds of wounded soldiers, and spent thousands of dollars of her private means in their behalf. At Chain pigny, while she was carrying a wounded soldier to an ambulance, she was struck bv a shot and lost hoi right arm. At St. Douis she was seized by some French soldiers, undei suspicion of being a spy. Her aristo cratic bearing was what made them look upon her with doubt. They put her into a hole in the earthworks and rolled powder barrels against the opening to keep her prisoner until they had time to try her. The drum-head court martial which was presently held condemned her almost without a hearing and sentenced her to be shot. She showed no fear, but when she was led out asked the favoi that her eyes might bo left free from the usual bandage, and that she might be al- herself to give the word to fire. This fine spirit so impressed one of the officers that ho interposed and had hei life spared. For her noblo services, she received the Military incdal, and eight other medals for life-saving. Yet she had lived for years in poverty and uttei neglect. She now coines to public notice through her application for a license to noddle matches on the streets of Paris, it is pleasant to observe that the license has been granted.—[New York Tribune. FASHION NOTES. Cone-shaped pieces of white onyx top a number of luit-pius now worn. Bracelets of gold wire have half a dozen diamonds strung along the center. Solid silver photo frames come in pierced work threaded through with fancy velvets. Emory bags devised as peaches, mounted with silver tops, are umoug quaint offerings. An exceedingly neat ring consists of a slender gold wire, with three diamonds, one above the other, in an inclined set ting. The fashionable shoo for winter is the Bluchor, with Piccadilly toe. This is the thing for both men and women. Seal or otter fur are said to bo the most becoming as a shoe fur, owing to their softness and richness, consequently thero will doubtless bo many seal and otter-trimmed gowns. Plain-faced cloths are still in demand for visiting gowns, and Bedford cords and rich camel's-hairs in soft finish are used by tailors. Olive-green, bright royal blue and chestnut brown are among the colors used for elegant visiting gowns of cloth. A famous rouge called bloom of roses is made with half an ounce strong liquid of ammonia, quarter-ounce purest car mine, one pint rose water, and half an ounce triple spirit of rose. Pour the ammonia on the carmine and allow it to remain four days, stirring occasionally, then add the rose water and spirit, and, after letting it stand for a week, decant the bloom of roses. Handsomo dresses of black camel's hair are shown by tailors. These are made up in combination with black vel vet, and the cloth is elaborately em broidered with gold bullion. Double-breasted reefers of navy-blue or Venetian-brown cloth, and loose coats of dark garnet or jot black Bedford cord, silk lined, are made with largo velvet collars, edged with a narrow roll of seal or sable fur. Milliners are just now showing partic ular partiality for all bronze browns, and the different varieties of green, combining them with very bright shades of pink, roso, violet and yellow; and also for black iu tho shape of velvet, feathers, and some very effective and uncommon pieces and ornaments in cut jot. Very largo huts are not much worn except by small girls. One of these is of felt and has a low pointed crown and a wide brim arched iu front and turned up in tho back. They are usually the color of the cloak and have fleecy beaver brims. A stylish trimming is a huge bow of changeable velvet ribbon set iu front, holding stiff quills that point up ward and backward. Here is a suggestion which will prove a convenience to every woman who wears a veil. Take the two ends and plait them in little, soft, upturned plaits and sew them with silk the color of the veil in a close little cluster. When the veil is to bo adjusted all there is to do is to fasten each of these ends with a suitable pin. Iu this way there are no ends to float about at the back of the unconscious wearer's bead in au untidy, unbecoming fashion. There are very few walking skirts which aro not made to rest a few inches at least upon the ground. The circular skirt, inado of double-width goods, has one sonm only, ami that iu tho buck. The fold of tho goods comes just in front and the skirt is rounded away at the bot tom, just as a seamless long cape would bo cut. The truin falls iu ample folds at the bnck as it dosconds, covering the seam which joins tho skirt behind. The Tooth of the Fool* Has tho fool hotter teeth thun the wise man? asks tho Pall Mall Budget. Ho ought to have, if tho theory put forward by tho president of tho British Dental association to account for tho deterior ation of the British tooth be corroct. Smith Turner says: "Another competitor with the teeth for sustenance is the brain. Phosphorus is one of the great essentials to tho center of the nervous system. In starvation ceitain organs are the latest to suffer and are nourished and sustained at tho expense of the rest of the body. One of those organs is notably the brain, and so we aro entitled to infer thut in any deflciency of the phosphates the ever active brain, with its copious circulation and energetic metabolism, is more likely to appropriate its full, or approximately full, share of the phosphates than are the teeth, where hitherto we had hardly looked for the cataholic process." It is, at any rate, some satisfaction to reflect that if tho world is becoming more toothless it is at the same time be coming more wise. But will not tho phrase "wisdom tooth" want amending if progress in wisdom entuils not the gain of teeth, but the loss of them? A Rat the Size of a Cat. A captive ward of the United States Government arrived at New York on board tho steamship Philadelphia on Wednesday last, it was caught in the mountains of Venezuolu. It is about as big as a fair-sized cat. It is of brownish color and eats crackers, bananas, carrots and all kind of vegetables. It is to be placed in tho National Museum of Wash ington.—[Pbiladelobia Record. HE COULD OPEN ANY SAFE. Exploits of A, C. Hobbs, "the Yankee Lock-Picker.' * The story of th elate Alfred C. Hobbs's experiences in picking the safety locks used by banks forty years ago is full of interest. His triumphs in the fifties, which resulted in the great improvements of bank locks which exist to-day. Caused great excitement at the time, and it was the resolution of lock makers to stop his iconoclastic career so disastrous to themselves that led to his exploit of picking the Herring safe in New York City. The object which Mr. Hohbs had in picking locks was to demonstrate the superiority of the lock which he was sel ling, over that of all others then in use. For this purpose he made his own tools. His first notable feat was opening at Stair ford, Conn., the lock and padlock combination of the Andrews Bank lock, supposed to be invincible. This task ho accomplished in twenty-three minutes. For four years he continued his work, when to stop him a reward of SSOO was offered to any one who would open within thirty days the Herring safe in the Merchants' Exchange, New York. Hobbs accepted the challenge and picked the lock in less thun an hour. His exploits in London caused a furor. Brauuth, the celebrated lock maker of London, had on exhibition in his window a lock of his own production. He offered 200 guineas to anyone who could open it without a key. Mr. Hohbs studied the lock through the window and then went to his box and procured a few tools. He then went into Bramali's store and asked the clerk to show him the lock which liuug in the window. The clerk handed it to him, turned around and as he did so heard a click. Ho wheeled quickly and to his astonished gaze Mr. Hobbs pre sented the lock opened. The clerk sum moned his employer, who would not ac knowledge that the lock had been fairly opened. Hobbs challenged him to a pub lic trial. The challenge was accepted, and before a selected committee Hobbs opened the lock in a few seconds. He was given the 200 guineas. One day he strolled into the office of Brown, Shipley & Co.. bankers, who were supposed to have on their vault doors the most secure lock in all England. Taking advantage of au opportunity he opened the lock while the member of the firm with whom he had been talking stepped out of the room for a moment. When the bunker returned and saw the vuult door open his surprise was complete. The result was au order for a set of the locks which Hobbs wus selling. Mr. Brown, of the firm mentioned, was the inventor of the lock and had written an olaborato description, showing how many million combinations it had, the various ways to lock it and only one way to open it. It presented no ditticultiesto the Yankee genius, however. In fact, before Mr. Brown had recovered from his surpriso, Mr. Hobbs locked the vault door and then turning his buck to it again unlocked it in less then ten minutes.— [New York World. What the Vigiluntes Accomplished. The Vigilance Coinmittoo was a now departure in the jurisprudence of the world. It may be culled a compromise between the regular course of law, and the action of the people without regard to officers of the law. It was seizing up on the forces of a mob, arresting them in their mad course, harnessing them quiet ly, and utilizing their powers in regular form, systematically, coolly, and deliber ately. It was a demonstration that had never before been made, and it was left to California to make it—while the law was lying dormant on the one hand, and trampled down and disgraced on the other, the peoplo—the power of all gov ernment in our system —determined to execute in legal form what their servants had neglected or ignored. While they loved and revered the luw. respected, uphold, and applauded its faithful ser vants, they contemned the faltering, and scorned the false and faithless admin istrators. In 1851 it cleared the country of Sydney ex-convicts and all the worst elements of the criminal class. In 185G it saved San Francisco from the rule of a mob of political outcasts, bal lot-box stutters, and a recent immigra tion of other criminals. In 1877, in the same place, the same people under differ ent conditions, and yet in some regards similar, finding danger from much the same elements, but on a more formidable scale, determined to act under the law. The State government was in better hands than in 1851 and 1845; the city government was in better hands; the country generally was in better condi tion. The influence of the Vigilance Committee in 185G had continued and prevailed ull the time. The ethics of the Stato were of a higher order than at the earlier date. Tho early experi ences were valuable to individuals as well as to the masses, and when called up for self-government tho people again demon strated a capacity that hus few parallels. A Tulk on Tacks. This country beats tho world for tacks, aiul sends them by the billion to house wives in overy quarter of the globe. Tho tack-making machinery, too, is u wonder of semi-intelligent mechanism. It would be even more wonderful but for a single difficulty that has not yet been overcome. An intelligent observer in a tack mill conceived tho idea of utilizing electricity in such a manner as to increase the out put of every tack machine tenfold. His idea was to pick up tho metallic blanks from which tho tucks are made, ten at a time, by means of a series of magnets. When he had his idea perfected he showed it to tho greatest of tack makers. The manufacturer looked it over carefully and said: "That is extrnmoly ingenious, but do you know that the blow which cuts out tho metallic blank converts it into u magnet, and that your magnet would not pick up the magnetized blunk uniess you could be sure of getting opposite pole together?"—[New York Sun. The Curavel Santa Maria. Among tho exhibition attractions at the World's Fair is to bo a facsimile of the caravel Sunta Maria, in which Co lumbus sailed. It is proposed to have this as nearly exuet as possible. It will be manned by Spanish sailors in tho costume of tho time of Columbus, and it will be rigged with tho sumo sort of rig ging that he used. Thero will bo on board copios of the same charts that ho had; facsimiles of the same nautical in struments. Tho crew will bo of the same number, and it has been suggested that to carry out the truth of history thero should be in tho crew an English man and an Irishman, for according to Nuvarrote, tho eminent Spanish historian. Willium Harris, an Englishman, und Arthur Lake, an Irishman, were mem bers of Columbus' crew. There will alie be a notary on board wearing the ancient costume, nud repre sentatives of all other functionaries who accompanied Columbus. It is proposed to have this vessel make its first appeurauce at the grand naval review which is to take place in the har bor of New York, where the little ship will be saluted by the monstrous cruisers of modern invention, representing all the navies of the world. At the close of the naval review it is proposed to have this vessel transferred, with ceremony, by the representative of the government of Spain, to the President of the United i States, and then have it towed through ! the lakes and Welland Canal to Chicago, where it will be one of tho most interes ting features of the exposition.—[Scien : tific American. A Military Monster. Ono of the objects which most deeply excited the interest of the officers of tho French fleet, which recently visited Portsmouth, was a specimen of tho new Elswich quick firing gun of forty cali bres length, which is to bo adopted gen erally in the British Navy. It is a six-inch gun, mounted upon an entirely new car riage, which is so arranged that tho line of recoil is continuous with, and not merely parallel with, the axis of tho weapon. It can be worked in case of need by three men only, one of whom may keep his eye continuously on the sights, and tire at will. Tho rapidity of fire is seven aimed shots per minute, and with cordite as tho explosive a muzzle velocity of 2.G69 feet per minute has been attained. The projectile weighs 100 pounds, and is capable of piercing about fourteen inches of wrought iron at a distance of 2,000 yards. The powder charge is introduced into tho chumber in a inetal cartridge case, which, it is found, materially reduces the wear and tear of tho inside of tho breech. The projectile is independent of the cartridge, because, if, as in small of quick-firing guns, it formed part of it, tho combination would bo nioro than one man could readily handle. But the sep aration, it is claimed, does not much de lay the rapidity of fire, and the gun as it stands is declared to bo tho most conven ient and formidable weapon of its weight in the world. —[New York Post. A New Lawn Game. Terna is tho name of a new English lawn ; game, and Cuspun W. Whitney thus describes it: "A screen of wood or canvas [ fixed on a light frame and having in the center a circular aperture eighteen inches in diameter is erected. Behind tho hole is fixed a bag not, and the main object of tho players, who stand some distance away, is to throw a number of colored bulls, by means of the wand, into this bag. The wand has at one end a pecu liarly shaped crook for holding the ball, buy some little skill is necessary to retain the ball in it for tho purpose of making the throw. The number of 'pot balls' to be scored by each side botore it can complete the first stage of the game corresponds with the number of players on each side. When either side has scored the number of 'pot balls' agreed upon it enters upon the second stage, and it at once obtains a single 'zoned ball.' Whichever side then first succeeds in scoring its 'zoned ball' wins the game. As a matter of fact, there is nothing new about this game at all, ex cept the name and a few changes. Indeed, it is extremely old, being nothing more or less than a modified Japanese polo without tho horses. There is nothing now under the sun—that's old, but trust worthy."—[St. Louis Star-Sayings. Facts About Artificial Ice. A simple and interesting fact—not generally understood—is stated by Mr. Femald, as that on which tho production of artificial ico depends, namely, that when the liquid evaporates it uses up a great deal of heat, which it draws l'rom anything that happens to be around it— if a can of water is at band its tempera ture is reduced, and if the action goes far enough the water will bo frozen; this cooling action can be felt by pouring a little ether or alcohol upon the hand, the liquid evaporating rapidly, and the loss of the heat which it takes up cooling the hand very perceptibly. Again, if a bot tle containing water is kept wet on tho outside with ether, the evaporation will chill the water, and eventually freeze it, this being essentially the process bv which the "carafes frappoes" of French restaurants are produced; that is, t' do canters filled with fresh water are et in tho shallow tanks containing brine, which remains liquid below the tempera ture ut which fresh water freezes—in contact with these tanks being receivers, which can be kept charged with newly formed other vapor—the chilling vapor cooling the brine, and then in turn tak ing heat from the water in the decanters, which soon freezes. In making ice on a large scale, either ammonia or sulphurous oxide is used instead of ether, being cheaper and uninflammable. —[Boston Trauscript. "Lo, the Poor Indian." Tho three noted Indians, Joseph, Moses and Lot, now iu this city, are specimens of a physical manhood that will soon be lost to their race. Sturdy sons of the mountains and table-lauds of tho continent are thoy, with leathern lungs and sinews of steel. The vices of civilization have not tuiuted their blood, nor its luxuries sapped their strength. The past of their ruco is represented in the persons of these warriors; the present is mournfully told and the future patheti cally foreshadowed by the words of ono of them: "The majority of our young men have been attacked by pulmonary consumption and tho race is dying out."-—[Portland Oregonian. An Egg Like a Dumb-8011. Will wonders never cease? This is about the twelfth time that we have chronicled strange eggs, but this is an eggs-traordinary town. We were shown an egg last Wednesday, taken from the hennery of Mr. W. J. Norton, that takes the dilapidated linen from tho shrubbery. It was two modiuin-sized eggs joined by a tube about the size of u lead pencil, and two inches in length. It resembles a dumb-bell, and was, no doubt, intended for the bens to develop their muscles with. —[Crawfordville (Ga.) Democrat. CHILI is a great country for newspa pers; there are more than forty of them in Valparaiso and Santiago, and there are others in all the head towns of de partments. Chili has many literary men, including a regiment of poets, and also many scientific men and a multitude of statesmen and generals. The schools are free and the educational system provides for provincial lyceums, normal schools, an agricultural school, Bchools for the urts and trades, military and naval acad emies, and a national university, all sup ported by the government. In some yeurs there have been 1,000 students at the Santiago University. John Bull's fVsy. It is not surprising to learn that England heads the list of foreign -laimants against the Chilian Govern ment for damages incurred by the late war. says a Washington paper. Over #50,000,000 indemnity will be asked for losses on nitrate works, and there are individual English claims amounting to $10,000,000 or $20,000,- 000 more. The Spanish and Italian claims amount to $3,000,000 each, while the United States, notwith standing the fact that Minister Egan was insulted, the American Legation policed and the war-ship Baltimore mobbed, only puts in a modest bill of $25,000. English interests predominate, how ever, and English cupidity always has way. John Bull evidently intends to put both feet on the nitrate beds and foreclose his lien at the earliest op portunity. Between a big war debt and its foreign creditors, Chili will' have a heavy load to carry. She may sooner or later realize that the United States, of all the powers, took least advantage of her necessities and will prove her staunchest friend and ally In the work of her commercial resto ration, y~. -- - . Dltl You Know This? It is well known that a smooth disc of steel driven at a high speed will cut in two a file held to the edge of the disk. The principle does not' seem to have been practically used.' save in one instance named by Mi. Richards, the well-known engineer, who states that it was employed in the United States Armory in Spring- Held, in preparing a tenon, or reduced section, on tlje ends of tempered steel ramrods, such as were used in ldading the muskets of twcnty-ilye years ago. The material was hard and could not be cut, so small wheels of iron, about six inches in diameter and one inch thick, were used. They were driven at 6,000 revolutions per minute, and melted or abraded the metal away instantly, at the same time drawing the temper, so that a screw thread could afterward be cut on the end of the tempered rod. Too Much. A little boy had his first pair of rubber boots and could not be con tented till his mother went down to the brook with him to see him wade. With loving care he dragged a board across the brook for her to walk upon while he waded beside her in water which came nearly to his boot-tops. Suddenly, as if he had just realized what she was deprived of in being a woman, in shoes, he took her hand and said with affectionate tenderness: ♦'lndeed, mamma dear, I will not wade another minute where you can see me. It must be too temptationy for you to bear." oHlin en <III it u*. All claims not consistent with the high char acter of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided by the California Fig Syrup Company. It aote gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels.cleMs- Ing the syßtem effectually, but it is not a cure all and makes no pretensions that every bottle will not substantiate. London returns fifty-seven members to the House of Commons. Net u Nostrum. Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure, the tested prescription of an eminent physician in reg ular standing and prutioe. Positive, swift, sure. Sold by druggists nr mailed on receipt offiOcts. 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The money is yours, and the misery is yours; and until you are willing to believe, and spend the one i for the relief of the other, they will stay so. John H. Foster, 1122 | Brown Street, Philadelphia, says: " My wife is a little Scotch woman, thirty years of age and of a naturally delicate disposition. For five or six years past she has been suffering from Dyspepsia. She Vomit became so bad at last that she could not sit Every Meal, down to a meal but she had to vomit it as soon as she had eaten it. Two bottles of your August Flower have cured her, after many doctors failed. She can now eat anything, and enjoy I it; and as for Dyspepsia, she does not know that she ever had it." ® iLY'S CREAM BALM QUICKLY CURES ■Co^ri A, HEA O I 1 COLD HEADP^L Apply Balm Into each nostril. ELY M Warren SL. N*. Y. UA V ECU CD CURED T0 STAY cured. llAl ICw ClI We want the name anil ad dress of every sufferer in the & HOT II MA U.S. and Canada. Address, MO I niflH P. Harold Hayei.M.D, Buffalo. N.L The pai '-up capital of all the railroads in Great Britain amounts to about f 4.500,- 000,000. The Lovell Safety. A NEW BICYCLE WHICH THE PUBLIC LIKES. While thousands within the last decade have enjoyed the sport of cycling, the tact is nevertheless obvious that many thousands moie have been deterred from enjoying it in consequence of the high prices demanded for a really good wheel. It remained for the John P. Love 11 Arms Company of Boston to change this state of af fairs. It was last year that the public Ant he came aware that there was a new low-priced safety bicycle on the market, a wheel strictly high grade, ami equal in every particular to any-manufactured in America or Europe. As previous to this all manufacturers had charged a very large price for a first-class wheel, the John I*. Lovell Arms Company is | therefore the first house that has ever offered i the public such a wheel at a price that does not place it beyond the reach of the average person's purse. The company that mnnufac- 1 tures this wheel (the Lovell Diamond Safety) is one of the oldest of all the iii'inutactur ing and meicantile houses in New Englund, hav ing been established in 1840. Besides being now one of the leading bicycle firms in the United State-, the John I'. Lovell Arms Company is and has been for years a j well-known manufacturer and denier in fire arms and snorting goods of every description. On June 13 of last year, the firm celebrated Its half-century anniversary. The founder of this enterprising house, Mr. John P. Lovell, although over 70 years of age, is still an im- j portant and active member of this world- 1 famed house. A league has been formed in Paris looking to the establishment of a Socialist republic. Big Fish Are not caught in a cistern; yet how many [ men nre spending their time clay after day fishing in a raiu-barrel. The man who works month in and month out on a few acres of , ground, trying to make it produce enough to : support himself and family, when common ; sense and his past experience tell him It I won't do it, is one of them. The man who I works year after year in a shop at M 0 a month, when his family expenses are f3'i, is another. My friend, you cannot buckle a seven-and-a-half foot saddle girth around an eight-toot horse—you cannot bring the ends together and keep them there without killing the animal. If your income is not large enough to keep you and your family, or if you ; want to save monov and can't do it on your j present salary, write to B. F. Johnson & Co.. Richmond, Va., and they will show you how ; to add S4O or $"0 a month toil; or if you can give them all of your time they will put you in a position to establish a paying business of your own where you can make from SIOO to s.jo) per month. Don't wait to turn it over in your inind a few days. "Procrastination is the thief of time," and many a golden oppor tunity slips troin our grasp forever through the want of promptness. Write them at once. The 46,000 oil wells of the United States produces 130,000 barrels of oil per day. STATE or OHIO, CITY Or TOLEDO, f LUCAS COUNTY J* 8, Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the I senior partner of the firm of F.J.Cheney <fc i Co.. doiug business iu the City of Toledo. I County and State aforesaid, ami that said firm I will pay the sum of $loi) for each ami every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the Use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and si inscribed in my presence, this oth day of December, A. D., .bStt. I . - i A. W. C REASON. SEAL - rr*7~ Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. .Semi for testimonials, free. _ F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. The new public library iu Chicago, 111., will hold 50,000 volumes. U4B I3NT A DAY. LAWRENCE, KANS., Aug. 9, 1888. /4r* George Patterson fell from a second-story \m Ti w * nc^ow striking a fence. I found him using I ST. JACOBS OIL. He used it freely all over his bruises. I saw \UVMLUfIFYff 1 him next morning at work. All the blue spots rapidly disappeared, leaving neither pain, scar nor swelling. C. K. NEUMANN, M. D. "ALL RiGHTI ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT. PATENTS " 1 1 -10-paae bault free. PKIVSIOIVS l>ur nil KOLDIKRfIt H disabled, fl fee for Increase. years ex perience. Write for Laws. A.VT . MCCORMIOK HONK WAHHINTON. I). C. V < IKCINNATL O. PAPER CUTTERS! IF THIS MEETS THE EYE OF ANY Printer, Bookbinder, Lithographer, Paper Maker or Paper Box Maker, WHO MAY BE IN WANT OF A FIRST-CLASS I PAPER CUTTER, I HE WOULD SAVE MONEY BY WRITING TO THE HOWARD IRON WORKS, BVFFALO, A*. Y., FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES. | GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. EPPSSCOCOA BREAKFAST. " By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutri tion, and by u careful application or the fine proper ties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with n delicately flavoured bev erage which may save us mnuy heavy doctors' bills. It Is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating nround us ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our selves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."— CMl .Sendee (iazette. Mude simply with ladling water or milk. Sold only In half-pound tins by Grocers, labelled thus; JA.IIEB EPPS V CO., HomieopathlcChemists. LONDON. ENGLAND. BEST BROOM HOLDER. in the ijk JA Holds a broom either end ft | bampl ° 1 Sc., postpaid! '* other articles/re,* EXGLF. <1 N CO., Hasleton. Pa. Stnrrips taken. CANVASSERS WANTED, BAKER AND ROASTER. latest lmprovi d and mWperfect f nil. Many GOOD COOKB do not J*- iJr > hiAj know the value of this Pan foi X jA HREAD and CAKE BAKING. *U str.es, made of polished steel. A .no- VMRUF diutn size sent prepaid on receipt of ••i.oo. Circulars free. Address i M. Koeuig & Co.. Hazletou, l'a. Agents wanted. Big, but bad the old-fashioned pill. Cad to take, and bad to have taken. In efficient, too. It's only temporary relief you can get from it. Try something better. With Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the benefit is lasting. They cleanse and regu late the liver, stomach and bowels. Taken in time, they prevent troußle. In any case, they o ure it. And they cure it easily; they're mild and gentle, but thorough and effective. There's no disturbance to the system, diet or occupation. One tiny, sugar-coated Pellet for a laxative three for a catlfertic. Sick and Bilious Headache, Consti pation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels are promptly relieved and permanently cured. They're purely vegetable, per fectly harmless, the smallest, and the easiest to take but besides that, they're the cheapest pill you can buy, for they're guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is returned. You pay only for the good you get. This is true only of Dr. Pierce's medicines. £is. Juhusou<si Co., WciiMtom ilou.se St"', Bustcn, UM. T *rnl\l®i P CONDITION POWDER Tlltrhlr concentrated. Dora small. In quantity cost* less than a tenth cent a day. Prevent* and curee all disease® Good for young chicks and moulting hens. Sample for Met® in stamps, five packs Al. La ire 2 1-4 lb. can, by mail, $1.20. Hlx lanre cans, ftf/express pn pald. harm-Poultry one year (price fiOc>, and large con >1.60, I s. JOHNSON Aw Custom House St.. Boston, Man® BALDNESS PREVENTED KS3 In registered package on receipt of two dollar®. Send M< ne Order or Registered Letter. A complete Ptop pi tti (irnwiiu liald alter three days' use. KAoiLV APPLIED WITH A URL'SH. Painph let sent with the Compound, giving full information how to stop and how to avoid baldness. W. W. WOOD, Elbridge, Onondaga Co., New York. ('oDum|>tlT( ami people H who have weak lungs or Astb ma, should use I'lso's Cure for H Consumption. It has cured H| thonannds. It has not injur ■■ e<l ono. It is not had to take. It is the best cough syrup. JKI Sold overrwhere. 86c. yg Sl5O to S2OO man or woman In every county H A rle nobody will do *tlhnul. Adapt- MONTH edto town or country. No pat Ml "■ww ■ ■■• ent medicine or cheap Jewelry. K Splendid otM-nlng for the light person, bond job* ■ con spare a few hour* n week, write at once to ft. F. H JOHNSON A CO., Kichinond. Va., fur informant 11 H aitout the blirgevt thine 111 eartk something that will ■ I open yourevosand keen them o|wn. The Change of Life. The sole aim of women nearing this critical period should be to keep wcil. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is peculiarly adapted to this condition. It cure* the worst form* of Female Complaints, Bearing dnwn I'eelins. Weak Hack, Leucorrha-i, Falling and l)ia. (ilaceinent "I the Womb, Inflammation. Ovarian Trouble*, and all Organic Disease* of ttic Utenia or Womb, Bloating, and i invaluable to the Change of Life. IHwolvet and expel* Tumors fro in the I term at an early stage, and checks any tendsncv t<> Caneeroua llumor. subdurs FalntneM, Excitability. Nervous Proitratton. Ex hnuMioii. Kidney Complaint*, and tone* the Stomach. All Druggists sell I'., or ent by mail, in form of Pills or Lounges, on receipt ot Wl .. Liver Pills, Ac. Correspondence freely nnwere<l. Addreia in eonfldenee LYDIA L. ITNKIIAM MUD. CO., LYNN. MASS.
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