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.TIMELY TOPICS,! 1??. 11 a^T?is num a icpui o lcucn cu au P^' the department of state from Consul W Baker, at Buenos Ayres, South Amerp ica, tbat some one in the United States is about to begin the experiment of |; ostrich farming, which Mr. Baker p- thinks would be perfectly feasible and I profitable. Mr. Rufus Hatch, the well-known New York capitalist, has recently returned from a trip through the North "west He took a careful survey of that vast and wonderful region of country, and came to the conclusion that it is I the richest agricultural region in the world, whose grain resources are beyond the power of computation?a vast empire of wealth, whose development has scarcely been yet begun. Acting on the theory that tor everj house there is a skeleton in the closet, o "P-iric avrm/Uor cont. rmt. a number of duplicate notes to this effect: " I will reveal all unless you send 100 francs to J. L., Post Bestante, Paris." It was evidently a good day for skeletons. 'At least ten persons promptly sent the jL sum demanded, and the swindler was A congratulating himself upon having K secured temporary affluence and a B prospective fortune when the police swooped down upon him. y A noteworthy lact, ot the census staItistics is the distribution of the sexes in city and country populations. In the aggregate of the nation the males exceed tne females by nearly a million; yet in the fifty largest cities there are several hundred fewer males than fe: males The larger cities attract women y by the amount and variety of manufactoring work they furnish, and to :. | - this influence is added that of the roving J- -.c i Ituspvs: uuu3 Ul 1usu, lcuuljilg ojucuj. fcv new places in search of the means oi livelihood. The sales of public lands by the r. United States government, for cash, during the fiscal year 1880-81, amounted to 1,578,617 acres. The sales for the fiscal year 1881-82 amounted tc 3.699.899 acres of agricultural lauds j||-_ 'alone, to which should be added sales Ip;-- of 37,064 acres under the mineral land act and 166,055 acres under the desert land act, and 7,194 acres of coal lands. The homestead entry last year covered 5,028,100 acres, while for the last fiscal year there was taken under this act the ?-enormous area of 7,347,729 acres. _ . Hon. G. A. Tucker, an Englishman from New South Wales, has recently I '. inspected the insane asylum at Salt Lake City, and pronounces it the worst he ever saw, ana he has visited all the Reading institutions of the kind in his native country, New Zealand, Honolulu, California and Nevada. He found |one man who had been confined there ten years whom he pronounces per fectly sane. He -was imprisoned on account of being obnoxious to the Mormons, and because some one high in the church wanted and took his wife. ?V | ; Science is to utilize the Washington ^monument. The signal office expects to have a permanent station at its summit, and the officers say that observation of the air and atmospheric movements taken at an altitude of 550 feet will be of great value. Observations are taken, of course, at far greater altitudes than this, but the gradual slope of even the most precipitous mountains and the presence of large masses of rock near the observa tory create surface currents, even on mountain heights, and interfere with the study of the phenomena of the higher level of the atmosphere. .a missionary in japan mentions ~ry?among the trials of Ms life the impossibility of securing privacy. He says: "At the different hotels along the way H - "we were only shnt in by paper doors. ?pL; Tired and aliaost frantic of being gazed * ;/ - at, we are still not allowed to remain unseen. They tear the paper and peep through the holes; soon on every side we see eyes, eyes, eyes. We shrink into , the corners of the room; we make screens of each other; we turn our backs; we cover our faces to get out of sight, and really, covering the face is about the only seclusion we can have while traveling through the country." Kepresentatives of the Mexican government in Washington are informed that work upon the new Mexican railway system, connecting the city of Mexico and the entire republic, will now be pushed forward rapidly. The bonds of the company are guaranteed by the republic of Mexico, and ten million dollars worth of them have recently been negotiated in England. The road ||V is now ready for the rails for a dis tance ox vwu nuuureu miies iauilli huui the city of Mexico, and at this end the rails -will soon be laid as far as Monterey. It is expected that the road will be completed and trains running from .New York to the city of Mexico by _ about the end of the year 1883. ___ Estimates of the wheat crop of the United States vary from 490,000,000 bushels to 570,000,000 and 600,000,000. It is barely ten years since the surplus wheat of the United States began to fill the granaries of Europe, barely twenty since our exports began to be serious, and a little over a generation ago the seaports of the country imported grain in bad years. Before" 1860 the "United States did not export an average of 5,500,000 bushels in a year; in tiQO lie AO wrxi jc<ua uuc c.v^ui. nac quadrupled ajid in the next had risen . twenty fold- In 1871 the product of the country was 230,000,000 bushels and C the acreage 19,943,89-3. The increase is now unquestionably twice this, and if the larger figures are reached the prodtlct has nearly trebled. ======= , The DlscoTery of Diamonds in Brazil. Often, down to 1729, the gold hunters bad noticed in the bottoms of the bowls !n Ti-hir?V\ thot* Tc-achivl rivpr sands little bright crystals to which they attached no value. The brilliancy of these crystals, their hardness and their regular form, as if shsped by the hand, hid indeed attracted the attention of the miners, and many had saved them to use as counters in play; but gold alone had any value in the eyes of these adventurers. At this epoch, according to the least uncerfcrin tradition, a monk, who had taken part in the search for diamonds in India, recognized the nature of these counters. He told hfc discovI< erytoa certain Bernardo da Fonseca Lobo, who made it known in his name to tne rortugueso government. ?ne king immediately took possession of all Mid lands where the presence of dia^ monds had been recognized and where it could be suspected. Bernardo received as his reward the title of royal notary and the command of the mUitia of the most important city of the region. The name of the monkjwas forgotten. I do not believe the name of either could have been popular at ilinas, for their discovery, 'WHICH Wirew Jiuuvucus vt iniiinni> uiw the treasury of the kings of Portugal, was the origin of one of the most desl potic rules that ;any country ever had to endure. ' The first diamonds were found in the - sands of the brooks, and these sands, y|;; or to use the Portuguese expression, g. which has passed into nearly all languages, cascalhos, still constitute the I beds that are principally "worked. But DCCLS 01 HI! cutuCJJ uu-iutuv uiwiuv, |lp\ situated, like mines of metals, in the t midst of the strata, and of correspondpiing depth, have been brought to notice ' Sf' ^ ^a^~~^?Pv^ar Science FAEK, GASES* HOUSEHOLD. Sa.lt la AjCwralttrrf. A farmer of Columbia county, X. Y., ; purchased a car-load of agricultural I salt last spring, having previously pur I cnasea in less quantity. His neignbors had pronounced him foolish for spending money for salt, but he writes that he sold a part of the last car-load to some of these same neighbors to use on their land. He also -writes that one ton on a field of oats so increased the crop that the profit would equal the j cost of the whol? car-load of ten tons.? | Country Gentle.-nan. Jnot a Hint. In Holland they have a way of plant! ing potatoes that may have importance j i._- 1 euvugii to rewnuiueuu iu> tn<u uex e. The land is first thrown into beds by the spade or plow. These beds are from ten to twenty feet wide, and are crowning in the middle, with trenches upon each side. Upon these beds the potatoes are planted with a heavy punch or ground auger, from four to six inches deep, and from twelve to fourteen inches apart each way. During the season the surface is kept free from weeds, but no hilling is ever done. The various kinds of grains are always sown upon similar beds and kept equally free from weeds. Onions are usually sown broadcast. The j tilled lands are kept as free from weeds j as our best kept gardens in America. Greasing Wakens. An ordii ary farm wagon, one which, j while it may be used nearly every day for heavy hauling, is seldom driven faster than the walk of an average farm team, should be greased well I every Monday morning, as should be the cart; and by making a set time to do it it will rarely be forgotten. A farm. wagon, a spring one, which goes to mill, to market, and to divers other places at an ordinary jog-trot, should be greased after it has run forty or fifty miles, according to the speed, while a light carriage, being driven faster, and having less surface or room for th.e grease, should be greased after it has run every thirty miles or so, always wiping the spindle clean and bright before applying the grease. For carriages use only sperm or castor oil, and only a few drops on each spindle; but for heavy business or farm wagons use the common axle-grease, free from salt. Decomposing Raw Bone. To decompose bone by means of quicklime and sulphate of potash, the bones may be placed in ajpit and mixed with a quantity of quicklime, enough at least to envelop every piece of bone in a quantity of lime. The sulphate of potash is then dissolved in water, and the solution carefully thrown upon the lime, so that it is all absorbed, and none is wasted. The bone and lime may be heaped above the surface and covered with leaves and earth. and the solution may be poured upon the bone and lime through holes in the covering until the whole is moist. A considerable heat will be produced, which should be kept in by renewing the covering of earth as it is burst open by the swelling of the lime. The effect is to form sulphate of lime and acustic potash and to soften the bone so that after a few weeks it can be easily reduced to powder. The whole may then be shoveled together and mixed, making a valuable and convenient and rich compost. Food for Heifer Calves. For the first three to six months skim milt is nr?e> of t.hp nf all frwta fnr heifer calves. This is rich in casein and albumen to grow the muscles and nervous tissues, and also in phosphate of lime for the bones and in other mineral constituents of the animal body. It is better than whole milk for this purpose, for that contains too much fat to gjve a full development to the muscles and bones. "When the calf is very young the oil in new milk is very serviceable in keeping up a high degree of animal heat and also to n. lit/Hp ripp/Ip/l f?f tn thp lpnn bodv of a new born calf; and for this : reason it is well to add a little boiled flaxseed to skim milk, a tablespoonful of flaxseed jelly for a young calf, and increase it very gradually as it gets older. The flaxseed will prevent constipation from the skim milk. After two months old, if milk is not plenty, that may be reduced, and ground oats and bran substituted in its stead. New ; process linseed meal is also excellent for ; a heifer calf?say one-fourth of a pound ; at four montlis old. A little early cut ciover snouia De iaia ov ior winter j feeding of calves. Heifer calves should j have free exercise in pasture to assist1 in developing a healthy, robust constitution.?Farmers' Advocate. A Pica for the Pig. There is nothing more positive than that the present condition of swine in the list of live stock is undeserved. The result of judicious breeding and good care is a product of wholesome pork, fit for the most fastidious taste. It has been the rule to ignore the rightI fnl rwiition nf t.hp hnmhlp rvifr arid t,o j generally relegate him to a condition i where he becomes simply the farm j scavenger. When other stock has been i allowed to eat all that is nutritious in a field, or has exhausted the contents of a corn crib, the swine are turned in to eat up the remains and to mingle with this refuse the dirt, and in many cases germs of disease left by their more fortunate fellow candidates for the market. If the farmer has anything abont his premises which no other class of stock will touch, because of its repulsive character, the swine are called on to regale themselves with the unsavory mess. Whole droves of swine are fed in this way for two-thirds of every year, and just before killing time, in order to present good round bodies and get all the lard possible, they are stuffi?d with decent food and called corn-fed hogs. The germs of disease, however, have been planted previous to this time, and the unfortunate "scavenger" goes to the block or packing-houses, in altogether too many instances, with his flesh full of parasites caused by viawholsome feed, nasty pens and other ~/V TTrkinK fhCk OUjtfCtlUilctUiC xcai/uico nu*<*u <u? uuv result of a system of almost criminal neglect. To insure wholesome pork, cleanliness and good, wholesome feed are necessary, and the apparent carelessness in preparing s>vine for the market is, to say the least, very censurable. Pigs, from the moment they are weaned, should be afforded clean pens, good airy runways and feed that is something better than the refuse of an obnoxious swill paiL The breeder who conducts his business upon tins principle is the man who secures the best prices aud makes for himself an extended reputation.?Chicago Tines. Farm and Garden Notes. Old orchards can be renovated successfully by the use of ashes. Vegetables make good feed for hogs, j and they ought to have all they will cat. Always keep a piece of salt in your horses' mangers. They will never eat too much of it. I It is said a dip, of water one gallon, benzine eight ounces and cayenne pepper two ounces, will kill vermin on sheep. Xever buy cheap seed. The best seed is the cheapest?cheaper at any price than poor seed that can be had for the ; asking. One cow, horse, sheep or pig well ! mnrp nrofitable than two keot on the same amount necessary to keep one well. Charred corn is one of the best things which can, be fed to hens to make them lay, not as a regular diet, but in limited ' quantities each day. Experience shows that the farmer fvho raises his wheat, his corn^ his ; - - I . mules and pork at home succeeds better than the one who raises only one article. Probably no fruit is more certain 01 more easily grown th%n^ie plum, ii the slight labor of jarrit>^Be trees and destroying the curculio is faithfully . attended to. Thin out sprouts from trees where new branches are not needed, especially j on the trunk or near the ground. The J injury to trees from leaving such : sprouts till fall is considerable. t A good preparation to marK sneep | without injury to the wool is said to be ' thirty large spoonfuls of linseed oil, : two ounces of litharge and one ounce ' of lamp black, all boiled together. Feed the stalks of sweet com to milch cows after the ears have all been pulled. Cut them and sprinkle with meal and bran. An Iowa farmer says they are worth the cost of growing the crop. To preserve fruit stuff the skin of a cat until it looks like life, then set it on the limb of a cherry tree, or in some natural position on the strawberry-bed; u me position is cnangeu every any n will effectually frighten away birds. Cut away promptly on the first appearance any limbs or shoots of the pear and plum affected with diseases. The pear may not be cured, but excision will do no harm; the knot may be kept off the plum with entire success, if promptly attended to. Don't forget to lay out a little garden plot for the children and encourage f.h<vm tn rsico q fpw flnwprs nr vegetables, it matters not which, if the children can thereby be interested in garden-work. Let them have the best of soil, good tools, and the best seed the market affords. The time and money so spent will be well invested. The Garden Monthly says: It has only recently been clearly demonstrated that a dead "branch on a tree makes almost as great a strain on the main plant for moisture as dpes a living one. This is one of the most important discoveries of modern botanical science to the practical horticulturist, as by this knowledge he can save many a valuable tree. Any dead branch, or any weak- nnp ohrmM hp at. rmop awav The essentials for getting a sure and good crop of potatoes, according to thd Country Gentleman, are a fresh soie well tilled, deep planting, avoidancel, of rank fermenting manures, the use of good wood ashes, potash, salt, lime and plaster of paris?the last up to the time of blossoming. Then, with good culture and seasonable applications of paris green to the head of the Colo rado beetle, a profitable return may be reasonably looked for. The Efgpe Stock JRccord says colic in horses is often brought on by feeding hay passed through cornstalk cutters, mixed with meal, middlings or bran, then wet up. The horse eats this food, thus prepared so rapidly that it is not properly masticated, and consequently becomes so clodded in the stomach as to cause indigestion, followed by colic, more especially if directly after eating he is allowed to drink heartily of water, 4-V? a /?/%! <1 fV\ie if f c ( LIU. IUC V/VlUCi WUIO 10 OU U1UU1 iUViC 10 it liable to bring oil colic. There is no more healthful method of keeping the stables, sheds and pens clean than to give them a good coat of limewash. The wash is easily and quickly made as follows: Slake a bushel of fresh lime in a pork or other barrel, with water enough to make a thick paste, after which fill up the barrel with hot water, and let it staid for a few hours. This wash may be applied in various ways. It may be spread upon the walls with a large whitewash brush, and no pains need be taken to do a neat job. Y?'hatever wash falls upon the floor in the operation is not lost, but helps to sweeten the stable or stalL The quickest and most satisfactory method is to use a force pump, by wMch the limewash can be thrown into every crack iUlU CUIUCi. Recipes. Legion Cream Cakes.?One cup of butter, one and one-half cups of sugar, two and one-half cups of flour, two tablespoonfuls of baking powder, onehalf cup of milk, three eggs. Bake in layers and spread with a cream made of the juice of two lemons, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one cup of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one egg. Stewed Carrots.?Boil i;he carrots until they are half done, then scrape and cut into thick slices; put them into a stewpan with as much milk as mil naraiy cover mem, a very utue salt and pepper and a small quantity of chopped parsley ; simmer them until they are perfectly tender, but not broken. When nearly done add a piece of butter rolled in flour. Serve hot. Sour Kraut.?Thoroughly scald out your barrels and the cutter, tubs, etc., to be used in making the kraut. Strip off the outer leaves of the cabbages, halve them, remove the heart and cut as fine as necessary. Pui some clean leaves in the bottom of the barrel, sprinkle over them a handful of salt, fill in a half bushel of the cut cabbage and stamp gently with a pestle until the juice appears in it; then add another handful of salt and more cabbage, as before. Proceed until the barrel is full; then cover with cabbage leaves and press down with a board just fitting inside the top of the barrel weighted with a twelve or fifteen pound stone. Set away in a cool place and remove to a cellar when danger of hard freezing is nigh. In six weeks the kraut is fit for use and the barrels may be headed for market. Pickling Cucumbers.?" How did you put them down ?" " By what is called- the 'dry salting method'?that is I did not make a brine, but I covered the bottom of the barrel with salt, then poured in a bushel of pickles, poured on them half a peck of salt, gave the barrel a shake and repeated till it was full. In twenty-four hours they would make brine enough to cover them and would settle down till the barrel would be scarcely half full; then I would fill up again, and still a third and fourth time, and then fit in a loose cover or follower and put a stone on it to keep the pickles under brine. A forty-gallon barrel will hold from two thousand five hundred to four thousand pickles, according to the size, and put up in this way. I have kept them two or three years. I think that they make a much better and wholesome pickle if iiiino ic /IroTvn nnt nf fViom with UiiV J tiiVV AtJ V?A * ?? u v\*W VA v**v*u t> AV<> salt than if made up at once."?Rural New Yorker. HonnehoM Hints. Rancid butter can be made sweet if worked thoroughly in sweet milk. Shells can be cleaned by washing them in cold water and then boiling in milk. Powdered borax will drive away ants and cockroaches if sprinkled where they frequent. Gold lace may be cleaned by rubbing it with a soft brush, dipped in rock alum burnt and sifted to a very fine powder. The best tomato for pickling is the size of a large walnut. It should be of a good healthy green, with one side j just beginning to show a tinge of red. i To keep seeds from the depredations of mice mix some pieces of camphor with them. Camphor placed in trunks or drawers will prevent mice from doing them injury. An ingenious way to make a pair of vases appear to be larger than they really are is to get two blocks of wood, in size and shape about like a quart| bowl, leaving a space large enough to i set the vase in and have a little mar; gin; cover them with plush, and put | one at each end of the mantel Curious ; vases of bronze or brass show to good ! jirivantage on these little nedestals. The i C? " " a base must be large enough to give an I impression of strength and safety. A round piece of plush may be used to k i if in rvl Alf O ItrViQrA 44 ; | WVCI V-UCJXi, itm j~uaa.ua nuviv is necessary. MASSACRE OF SAX CHKISTOI AL. "The Bloodieat Picture in the Book of TiKie," ait Described by m.n Eye-\Vitne??. On the evening of January 14,1881, ; the Chilian army had succeeded in advancing from the camp at Lurin to a ! line in front of Lima, -which embraced, : frc 1 Chorillos on the left to San Christobal on the right, a distance of six 1 miles. The intrepid Colonel Patricio : Lynch, of the Chilian center grand envision, naa conceived me idea 01 as1 saulting the almost inaccessible heights of San Christobal, on which were mounted some four heavy rifled canon at such an altitude that they could be made to sweep the horizon at a distance of four miles over an area of sixty degrees. This, then, was the grand point of attack". The Dictator Pierolahad held the center of his lines as the keypoint, and in consonance with his many errors of judgment left his fianks unprotected. The Chilian army had been promised the loot of the city in case of success, and as their plan of action on all other occasions was indiscriminate murder, the Peruvians hoped for little from them. "What there was of bravery in the Peruvians was at fever heat. Even the priesthood came out in force, and by their counsel and advice sought to raise up the drooping spirits of the weaker ones in the trenches. All through that night, in the heavy and Vt /I Vv/V Vl /iO r/1 ucd.L-uij' XTiuviau uc?, wmu uc the sonorous Domnius vobiscum o;: the priests as they went from point to point to pray with and encourage the men. Afar off and for miles out on the plain below could be seen the Chilian forces at their fires, their ribald shouts and songs floating back on the still nir, a strange contrast to the holy effort s of the besieged forces on the hill. A great number of women and children had sought protection on the hill, fearing the capture of Lima, and knowing the fate which awaited them in that event. Their pitiable plight would touch the heart of a Cromwell. Patrician ladies who had been nurtured in ease and affluence, were sharing their hastily-caught coverings with the poor Creole and Indian, a mutual danger breaking down the barrier of caste, which in that country is very stronsr. Such food as could be ob tained was distributed, and hunger forced the rich and poor alike to eat. All .through the night alternating hope and fear possessed the men and would reflect themselves upon the fc elpless women and children, who would pour out such touching prayers to "Mary" that the onlooker involuntarily doffed his cap and knelt in reverent attitude to assist in the prayer. A beautiful sight was the heroic conduct of the sisters of charity. These good women moved about among all, with}\r f hoir uuu icai, aix\x \x sx juv/av gvvu cool action than all the pronunciamentos promulgated by Pierola. Thus the night wore on, and It will forever live in the memories of the surr viving participants as a night of horror and misery. At 4:30 in the morning the bugles of the Chilian army sounded " boots and saddles," and instantly the plains below were in commotion. Bodies of troops, horse and foot, could be seen taking position for action. The final hour had come, and with a tremulous Jip the Peruvian commander, Montoro (on the hill V saw the fearful odes he had to combat. The Chilian General Lynch advanced on the center and attacked the troops under Dictator Pierola. A short, sharp and deadly struggle ensued, in which a heavy loss was sustained by the Chilians?and lo! the Chilian line falls back. This is witnessed with breathless interest from the hill, and as soon as the Chilian line could be seen in retreat the whole garrison, including women and children, knelt in prayer lor uieir uenverauce. -a. icvuxaiuii ui the feeling of fear came over all, and they shouted in glee. It was a shortlived joy, however, as in ten minutes the Chilians reformed under cover of artillery and again came to the assault. The Peruvian forces were over confident, and ere they knew the movement of Lynch were broken in the center and driven back a full mile into their intrenchments. This move left the flank of the hill uncovered, and more open to attack. Joining both wings of I fJm irmv frvrrpfh pr npnprfll T ATI nil I moved to attack the heights. The I large guns were trained on him, but alas for the lack of skill on the part of j the Peruvians, the guns overshot the ! enemy. j The Chilians advanced and easily I drove or killed the small force at the [ approaches to the ascent. Up these ap[ proachcs the Chilians flew in a "column j of twos" until they reached the barrii cade. Here they were met by a mur| derous fire from the Gatling guns and checked. Shells were lighted and rolled among them, missiles of all kinds were brought into uso, still the Chilians held th'e position. A momentary lull in the fire, and the venerable archbishop of i T.ima n/lvflnrw] toward the barricade. accompanied by a number of clergymen, and in tones of supplication sought protection for the women and children, promising a surrender of the hill. This short time gave both sides an opportunity to recover their senses, and, true to the treacherous nature cf both countries, they began the assault again. This time the Chilians tore away the barricade only to leave a holocaust of death in its stead, so hot had been the fire. Up they clambered, each forming a - ' - v dead stepping-stone xor ins iouuwa, until the top of the hill was gained; here a fierce hand-to-hand fight ensued, but the Peruvian troops, never brave in battle, had caught the national fear, and were clambering down on the opposite side, leaving their defenseless countrywomen a prey to the Chilians. Then began "the bloodiest picture in the book of time." The Chilians shot and stabbed indiscriminately women and children, rich and poor, churchman and layman, and, to crown tneir aemomac aumevemem,,, five sisters of charity were found among the slain. Having vented their satanic temper, they ceased, and a parley was held with the few who were unhurt, but the bounds of reason had been passed, and the heroic band of priests and soldiers made a last plunge for God and country, and fell victims to the unerring rifles of the infuriated Chilians. The sun was just above the horizon, rising in all his glory in a bright clear sky, and looked down upon this ghastly scene as 11 to mocK tne lmiuuuuuijr ui man. A stray newspaper man present was reminded of the grand hue * Coriolanus" Act IV, Sec. i\ where his mother comes to plead for Home. "The heaven* dp ope, the gods look dowti, and this unnatural scene they laugh at" It was a victory for the Chilians, yet what a puny thing it was to the immortal victory achieved by the godly men and women who laid down their lives for the defense of helpless women and children who were forsaken by their natural protector*. The history of the Chilian war has manv blots, but none so damnable as the massacre of San ChristobaL?Correspondence Baltimore Saturday Night At a village near Lyons a bear and its leader were admitted at an inn, the bear being placed in a pig-sty. In the pen a very fat porker that the owner intended killing on the morrow. ' Cries for help in the night revealed the fact that the bear was in close com. munion with a thief, who had entered ; the sty with the intention of stealing . j the pig. The bear held his prisoner !! firmlv until his master told him to let i j go, and he was banded over to the : I police* _ FOE THE FAIE SEX, Pretty .">Iericans. The Mexican women are wonderfully graceful. This is partly due to their mainer of carrying baskets and bundles, begun in early childhood. i watched a .Mexican girl carry an immense basket of clothes home to be laundried. First she selected from the basket a cowl, and twisting it tightly, wound it round and round until the circumference was the size of her head, on which she placed it; then, helped by a companion, she lifted the basket, weighing at least thirty pounds, on top of the roll. She balanced it by touching it lightly, first with one hand and then the other. After she had gone a short distance she folded her hands in her shawl, walking with the greatest ease ana unconsciousness.? Philadelphia Times. A Cow and a. Calf as a Dlarriage Foe. The Austin Siftings, ii its comic history of Texas says thai; in the old colonial days "there was very little money in Texcs. Cattle were the circulating medium of the country. A year-old s~eer was the basis of circulation in all matters of trade." This is pretty ne<j the literal trutb. Paschal Borden, a brother of Gail. Thomas, and John P. Borden, once told a gentleman now connected with the News that when he and his bride rode to the parsonage of Padre Muldoon to be married they drove before them a cow and a calf as t-he fee of the Driest. In the early days of Virginia tobacco was the medium of exchange, and in some of the new States of the "West it used to be said that raccoon skins were a legal tender.?Galveston Texas News. Autumn and Winter Bonnets. Small capotes, others of medium sizes, and the large Recamier pokes are the bonnets found in the importations of autumn and winter millinery. Very small bonnets similar to the Alsatian capotes worn here are the favorite with Paiisiennes, and will probably be the leading style for use in city streets during the approacliing season. The newest note bonnets are hnwpvpr so quaint and picturesque that they will find, favor with young ladies, while their appearance of warmth and comfort will commend them to those who are older. The small bonnets are of velvet for nice occasions, and of felt for general wear. The frames are lifted slightly in front, and the crowns are large and square, and will fit the back of the head snugly. The velvet is laid close and smooth on the frame, and its edgings may be relieved by narrow piping folds of the same or of lighter shade, or several rows of gold cord are placed around the brim. Another fancy is that of shirred tucks of velvet, four in number, covering the outside of She brim. The facinc inside these small brims is usually smooth plain velvet or perhaps ridged plush, and there are still many bead ed edges of brims, while others have colored beaded lace drooping over the brim. Trimmings are very simple on such bonnets, consisting merely of a thick, very tightly rolled, twist, of satin around the crown, or else a flat band of doubled Ottoman repped silk, or of ribbon and some smjill prim bows of repped rihbon or of doubled velvet, with an antique gilt or silver buckle in the bows. The ornament usuauy is a, single large Dini on tne lert side or two or three smaller ones in a cluster near the front, or a panache, or an aigrette of ostrich feathers. The strings are velvet or else repped ribbon three or four inches wide, and these are each a yard long. Two cocks' heads with some of the breast feathers are placed far forward on the left side of a dull green velvet bonnet, while a white bird, either a dove or pigeon, is a favorite ornament for bonnets of any of the new colors. Small pompons male of fp?t.hf?rs arp nlnr&f] in a nlnstpr on t.hf left side of a small bonnet, and 011 the opposite side will be velvet plaitings; there are sometimes ten or twelve of these pompons, each of a different shade.?Bazar. Fashion Note?. Continuous rows of souttache braid trim the newest cloth jackets. English gloves have a small pocket in the palm for holding silver change. Shoulder capes of guipure lace are the most stylish black fichus now worn Small bonnets and large round hats are announced ior tne next season. Very curious effects are produced in the sporting style of brocfided. handkerchiefs. Gold straw, gold beads, braid and cording trim many of the new imported bonnets. The newest ribbons for trimmings are velvet on one side and corded-like sicilienne on the other. Printed stuffs will, it is said, supersede those with brocaded figures that appear LU UO i<uaeu irum tnc auiiaue. Tlie old fashioned dolman mantle with pointed sides is revived for a jaunty wrap for walking and traveling suits. Coques' plumes and small birds will rival ostrich feathers as trimmings for autumn hats that are half of velvet and half of straw. Pepper-and-salt mixtures, mottled cloths, and undefined stripes and plaids are the rule in the new woolens for traveling dresses. Elastic cloths like those used for Jerseys are made into the straight pelisse that is the rage of the season at European seashore resorts. "Wool embroidery in bright red shades fVi?* nrtvol nmamonf A-f 1 nrrrn cnnqta_ lO UUV JUIVT V4 VAlAWmVUV V* crowned straw hats imported for late summer and fall wear in the country. Handkerchiefs that were formerly tucked in the front of ladies' Xewmarket coats are now thrust in a single pocket made across-the back of such garments. Hepped plush, resembling corduroy, is used for skirts' of checked wool dresses imported from London. Dark red suits of plush and cloth arc very fashionable. Demi-season bonnets and round hats are made with the brim of dark straw and the crown entirely of velvet of the same shade as tho straw, and put on almost as smoothly as if it were molded there. Dark-green riding-habits with narrow vests of cream white military cloth and silver buttons are matched by a dark green felt hat trimmed with a cream white gTenadine scarf and a silver buckle. New York milliners have imported bonnets designed especially for the intermediate season of autiuun, which in this country lasts so long that summer bonnets loose their freshness v.*hen the weather is still too warm for heavy winter bonnets to be comfortable. Necklaces have become so fashionable that the necks of dresses are shaped fKoir /3icyV?*JV Wir n IWA * V iViVAAVV/ WV VIAWA. A v* rural toilettes Florentine and cloissonee beads are admired, and there are also necklaces of dainty Venetian glass beads encrusted with minnte dots and stars of gold. A handsome skirt which any one may make upon a cambric foundation has a kilt-plaited flounce about nine inches deep placed upon the foot. Above this the breadths are laid in perpendicular box-plaits, the outline at the foot being cut in deep notches, each plait forming a point. The whole is trimmed with a scant ruffle of needlework or lace. The Bazar says: "Round hats that have a velvet crown and straw brim are very large, but are not particularly new in shapes. The walking hat, as it is called, has a nearly straight brim about four inches wide, slightly curved upward on each side, and a high square crown of velvet, iGather hats have only j ! ^Tr.Tr'o rA in Clo irt aTv^rmi rrTi UUC OIUC JLVii^U U^; tr uiu m \a um>;vvivugu style." Pompadour lace is the new lace for wearing in the neck and sleeves of dresses, for trimming fichus, Pompadour collarettes, frills and cravat bows. This is a darned lace with purled edges, and its novelty consists in each scallop having a raised figure made of applique muslin wrought on the edges like the designs of Irish point. Sleeves are exceedingly short, and gloves correspondingly long. jjress skirts are shrinking upward, being short enough all around to display the handsome tinted and embroidered stocking, as well as the shoe. Boots are seldom worn with evening dress, and satin is the favorite material for the very fashionable Beatrice sandals, many of whom have floral designs painted on the front, and occasionally /\1 AM ~ A n' Art ?" 1 A VVWA+f IT <uuug me siwcs vvc.u. xx. yiGH/j looks far better with a flat0 decoration than to be heaped up with bows, rosettes, and huge buckles. But when there is little or no instep, and the foot has no arch, the addition of these loops and clasps is, of course, an improvement. XIFE IN THE LAGOOXS. Stories Told by Southern Alligator Fishers and Turtle Hunters. The St. Louis Olobe-Democrat says: In conversation with a reporter, Mr. Will Smith, who was for a long period keeper at the jetties when they were in course of construction, told some curious stories about alligators, wliich were very numerous there and through the marshes. The men became so accustomed to them that they would hardly turn aside to avoid the largest, and on Sundays it was quite a common amusement to shoot them, sometimes half a dozen or a dozen being secured in an afternoon. It is a mistake to suppose that a rifle ball will not penetrate an alligator's hide, as one from a "\rin/>VtA??for if in fKa fho TT XAXl/AltTOl^X XU XXX UilV UVUV4) VUV toughest part, will generally take the whole top of the skull off. Northern people visiting the jetties were anxious to see alligators, and one icunense fellow, apparently seventeen feet in length, was encouraged to stay in the river in the vicinity, and was known as Colonel Andrew's pet. The colonel was quite incensed at one time by the fact that one of the men fired at his favorite with a revolver, and by discoverin<r nn nnntlior n^paainn tlmt. "Wnllrpr who was said to have hooked a whale, had made preparations to catch the alligator by means of a rope, a huge shark hook, and twelve pounds of beef. Although the bait was shoved invitingly under the reptile's nose as he lay on the bank in the sun, he was too shrewd or not hungry enough to be tempted. " The pet" remained about a year or two, and may still be there. One evening as some men were at work unloading a barge of rock|a huge alligator arose out of the water alongside, and one of the men pitched a fifteen-pound stone at it which, from a height of twelve or ^AAt- 1 ? ? /llFAAfllf An ifff jluaiuccii jlccv, lauucu uiicli/ij vjll iw head. The head must have been smashed, hard as it was, for the saurian, after turning half a dozen somersaults and going through a number of antics, sunk slowly and seemed dead. Mr. Smith was coming down the river one Sunday in a perogue with another man, a late arrival, when they saw an enormous alligator asleep on the bank. Smith proposed having some fun with him, and without disfiiWKin/r liic clnmKora tytiIIo/? nn a Innrr 1/U.Jl KJXi.X?y ViXiJ UAUllliyVAtJ ^/UiAVU UJ^/ side, and crowding the boat ashore, stood up in it and began a vigorous attack on the sleeper with paddles. Contary to their4*expectations, the sluggard started toward them in his hurry to reach the water, and crawling over the boat, upset them into mud knee deep and filled the boat with filth and water. Their clothes were ruined, and they were pretty thoroughly disgusted on ascertaining that the alligator had lost an eye. They had attacked him from the blind side, and he ran over them before he found where the trouble started. There are numerous individuals in the South who make a living by killing and catching alligators. The hide of a large one is worth from $1 to $2; but it is very hard work to take it off, and is almost a day's task. From the flesh a very strong and quite valuable oil is made, which is used for many purposes, but principally as a remedy for rheumatism. It has, however, a most unpleasant smell unless properly treated. Many fisherman have been known to eat portions of the meat, that of the tail being said, when cooked, to have much the appearance of veal and taste something like pork. Quite a lucrative business is that of capturing alligators alive frycond flwiiv fnr exhibition. Colonel Williams, when Spanish Fort was made a summer resort, made a contract with a fisherman to fill the hole known as the alligator pond for him, and in the course of a couple of week he had it stocked with thirty or forty, ranging in length from six inches to seven or eight feet. The man who caught them showed no fear in handling the huge reptiles, and for $5 offered to get into the hole and throw the largest one out over the paling by which it was surrounded. They are said to exhibit a wonderful alacrity in " going for " a colored person, and dogs are their favorite diet, while they will, as a general thing, endeavor to avoid a white man. The man who supplied the pond and his companion have been known to bring into camp in a small skilf an alligator sixteen feet long and furious with rage. oor*r>r\mr\l 1 ir? or fhia JL IIC lllcillJLl^l ui vAuy feat was, as ke explained, quite simple. The old are savage and will fight for their young, and this fact is taken advantage of. Some of the young are caught out of the spot in which the old one is lying, and a stout-noosed rope is then placed where to emerge she must thrust her head through it. "When all is ready the young are allowed to cry out, and the old lady thrusts out her head to have her neck caught in the noose. She is dragged around in the water until pretty well choked, when another noose is secured on her tail, and she is firmly strapped, stomach downward, as her powerful muscles in not nnlv in o rl!rpr>t.inri uic i-au cw/u vuij *** *? ?Iler head is then fastened to the boat, the noose about her neck is removed, and she is towed away after her young have been placed in the skiff. Young ones are bought by dealers for from two dollars to four dollars a dozen, if not over a foot in length. When they sell them they get a much higher price, I jus they arc hard to preserve alive. The large ones are sold differently, there being an increase in price of fifty cents to one dollar for every additional foot over a certain length. Alligators sixteen or eighteen inches long are frequently found by the dozens in shallow water and can be handled I tivdildn nr.'wirTinrr fchp old one I WllrlXUUU v.? w.?, i who is generally near, does not take j the alarm. Most alligator fishers are I usually turtle hunters also, and search j along the shores of bayous and lagoons ! for the holes of the animals. "When the hole is discovered it is explored with a long pole with a big hook set in the end, and if the unfortunate resident is at home he is promptly dragged out in spite of his struggles and quickly appears in market. The eye of a young alligator, when closely examined in a strong light, is a queer and rather pretty sight, having all the fire ;ind much the appearance of an opal of a similar size. Young man: "Aim high," says i Emerson. " Aim low." said General Jackson. Which is right? Depends j on whether you're aiming at the moon or at a melon thief crawling off on his hands and knees.?iSomerville 1 if VW a Jinsaio Jttooe mtn a uisiory. "Yes," said a well-to-do business gentleman of Atlanta, Ga., to a Constitution representative, "th^t buffalo robe is old, worn, faded, ^tgly and worm-eaten, but I wouldn't take $5,000 for it." " Then you are not as sensible as I thought you were," replied the reporter, as he eyed the buflalo robe spread upon the floor. " Sensible or not, I mean it. I have been offered $100 and $200 for it repeatedly, and once had an offer of $500. see," continued tne speaicer, pointing to the faded hieroglyphics on the inside of the robe, "that was painted by a Sioux Indian artist seventy years ago, and for many winters kept warm the body of one of the greatest chiefs that tribe ever produced. That robe was his treasure, and for it lie fought and many of his best braves died." " That's a good speech and well delivered, but it sounds like a snake story," remarked the cedar shover, as ttie gentleman paused, out of breath. "Xo, it is no snake story, and I will show you why I value that robe so much. My father was a Georgian, and when Georgia sent her soldiers to the Mexican war he shouldered his gun and went along. From the time he left home till the treaty of peace was j signed he staid with his regiment, and j when at last he came home that robe j was all he brought with him. He put j great store by it and always kept it in his j room. To his family he told how he ***.+ /-J OT7 /lllT-in/* Tl'Or Vio 1 gut 1U VHC UUllli^ VUIV/ IIUA "v j was scouting with a detachment of his ! regiment and came upon a band of Indians. A fight was the result, and after a few volleys the Indians retreated, or rather those who could do so. Among the wounded was an old chief, and when the soldiers came up to where he lay on the battlefield there was some "talk of killing him, for he was recognized as the most heartless, cruel and fearless Indian on the plains, but my father interfered and from his own canteen put water between the wounded chief's parched lips. But his wounds were mortal and soon all knew that the cruel, heartless chief was dying. Just before death he beckoned my father to his side and by signs gave him that robe. That is , how it came into the family." " And that is why you wouldn't take J $500 for it ?" "jxo, not exactly, wnen tue i;ilc | war came on I enlisted, and when ! my old father sent my tricks to the j camp he sent that robe. I did not want to take it, because it was so cumbersome, but when he insisted I yielded. Well, I went to Virginia, and while trotting around after Stonewall Jackson, lost the robe. I was greatly worried over my loss, and used every exertion to recover the old robe. Everybody in my regiment j knew of the robe, its history and its j loss, and every one kept an eye open , for it. "Well, about the time of Cross j Keys and Port Republic fights, I learned one day that my robe was in ; Stonewall Jackson's tent. I went to; see, and sure enough it was there. { When I entered the tent, or rather j looked into the tent, old Stonewall! was lying upon the robe. Finally, I mustered courage to tell him of my i loss. He heard my story with patience, j and then said that the robe had been brought him about a week before by \ an Alabama soldier. He offered to sur-: render it. but I couldn't take it and j told him to keep it?at the same! time giving him its history?and I! would get it after the war if he did not j lose it. Well, he kept it. At the battle of Chancellorsville he received his death-wound, and when he died he died on the robe, and I believe some of that red which looks like paint is some of the hero's blood. After his death j I claimed the robe, then doubly dear ; to me, and sent it home. Now, would j you take $5,000 for it? lean prove; every word of my story true." A Belie of Ye Olden Time. Talk about the olden time being oetter than the present! A man couldn't even sleep in church undisturbed, as witness this under date of June 3,1646, appears the following delightful entry in the " Journal of ObadiahTurner" (1630-1681): Allen Bridges hath been chose to wake ye sleepers in meeting. And being mch proude of his place, must needs have a fox taile fixed to ye end of a long staff wherewith lie may brash ye faces of them ye will have napps in time of discourse; likewise a sharp thorne wherewith he may prick such as be most sounde. On ye last Lord, his day, as he strutted about the meeting-house, liee did spy Mr. Tomlins, Bleeping with much comforte, his head kept steady by being in ye corner, and his hand grasping ye rail. And soe spying, Allen lid quickly thrust his staff behind Dame Ballard and give him a grievous prick vpon ye hand. Whereupon M. Tomlins did spring vpp mch above ye floor and with terrible force strike wth his hand against ye wall, and also, to ye great wonder of all, prophainlie exclaim, in a loud voice, cuss ye woodchuck; he dreaming, as it seemed, yt a woodchuck had seized and bit his hand. But on comeing to know where hec was and ye great scandall hee had committal. hp seemed mch abashed, but did not speake. And I think he will nut soone againe go to sleepe in meeting. Ye women may sometimes sleepe and none know it, by reason of their enormous bonnets. Mr. Whiting doth pleasantlie say yt from' ye pulpitt hee doth seem to be preaching to stacks of straw with men sitting here and there among them. 1 Half Dollar Trial. Mr. Ernest King, editor of the Fall River (Ma*s.)Sun, thus discourses upon the merits of St. Jacob's Oil: "SulFrring with rheumatic pains 1 was Didymusaa to remedies I read of St.J?cobs Oil and said here goes for a half dollar trial I bought a bottle and before it half used the screw-wrench Daina had gone and troubled m* no longer.''' ]\Ir. Mulhall, the English statistician, estimates that the wealth of the United States amounts to $50,000,000,000. This is at the rate of $1,000 for every human being in the country. Col. C. W. Herbert, of the Forest Park Restaurant, St Louis, Mo , waa entirely curcd of rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil, eajs the St. Louis I\*t-l)iBpatch. A young man in Toronto, Canada, who took a pledge not to drink at a public bar, has his liquor sent out to him and drinks standing on tfte sidewalk. WhRt a Learned Doctor Say?. Cos. Bkoad-wat and Pbatt Stkests, ) Baltimore, Md., Aug. 5, 1881. j H. H. Wauneu <sr Co.: Sirs?A publication appeared in the Baltimore papers somo months ago, purporting among other things I to set forth the particulars of my cure from Bright'* disease by the rise of your Safe Kidney and Liver cure. That card represented only an outline of the facts in the cape. F. A. MoMawtjs, M. D. Viegixia has 172 tobacco f/ictories, which consume over 48,000.000 pounds of the weed each year. Msnsman's Peptonized bect tonic, the only preparation of beef containing ite entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-making, forco-generating and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion,dyspepsia,nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility;also,in all enfeebled conditiona,whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostrntion, overwork or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co.,prop'r!.,N.y. Sold by druggies 25 Cent* Will Bny a Treatise upon the Horse and his Diseases. | Book of 100 pages. 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Get the Original., . ,#iil Dr. Pierce's "Pellets"?the original Tuittlc Liver Pills" (sugar-coated)? jure sick and iilious headache, sour stomach and bilious lttacks. By druggists. ! A spotted beast, weighing over 7Q0 pounds, ! devoured a little girl near Brookville, Miss., | and was afterward killed. Nono of those who ; saw the animal could tell what it was. Ycnng men or middle-aged ones, suffering ! from nervous debility or kindred weaknesses, j should send three stamps for Part VUU of "World's Dispensary Dime Series of books, I Address World's Distexsabt Medical As; sociation, Buffalo, N. Y. Pensacola, (Fla.) parties have senttoGer many for 200 servant girls, to t>e neia unuer i a year's contract, with the privilege, to employers, of two years. Tho Scicnce of Life, or Self-Pre?ermtion, a medical vrork forcTerymau?young, middle-, agod or old- 123 invaluable prescriptions. 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JOHNSON dfc CO., Uottou, Mass., for- ' mcrly Bangor, Me. ?19^^ GOODtoNEWS , pjj Sjjt Get up Clubs for oar CKLt 1 W?r>fil JRA.1ID T*A?, *nd ncoro a Wa?tlf?l 1 "iC?? S?s? e? Sill 2ia4 Te? Sit,'1 ; ' uT(4* p1? ?if) o?r owa importation. Ga< j 1 ibrit ?HarMEmlw af tA?s? fcxaallfal Toa &eU tiTen awa? | to U>? p*rt> Itadinc a CI?b for $?4 00. f?v?r? of th? ! I * OMIAP TEAS" Oiat arc boia; advertUed?th#7ar# d?n(n*u ! 4td <Mrt??ntal to health?olow paitnn. D?ai nx'.j with rellakU I Kvaui ai<t with lint fcm^? If pv??INft No hun?bajr. Tlia Great American Tea Co., importer*, i , r. O. Box tt?. ? * 3> VMiKT sr., Now Tort ? Ki5 # 3 S ^TT*J<,,iu Oi,az*t m % i. si TliK AULTA1A.K A 1'AX LUK CO.. Maniflald. Otuc. ; 1 Pk?m>era|iiir, or Plimirtic s>u?> i<inu?t. Catalogue -JI ?oik*( nitu I'uoiiofup'.iic ixtjet and ! 1 i!in>trnt;onii, for banners, sent no application. Ad drea* Uv-ia Pitman, Cincinnati, O. ' K?uTru MAKK A FORTUNE, only 10c. C. B. ! nil W THUKBKIt. Box 41, tiny .Share, X. Y. A. TREATIS A*!D HiS D Containing *n Tndei of Disease#, which Klvoe th* 8yt Table Riving all tho principal drug* need for the IIor?*. a poiwm. a Table with ?n hlrwri^vlnf of the Horse's t< A valuable collection of Receipt* and mnch other raltu 100-PAGE BOOKS CXiTDT3 JB FIVE COPIES $1 00 I' TEN COPIES 1 701 < Ona. Trro and Thre*-Cent SUmpa recelrtd. Addro HORSE BOOI 164 WORTH 5TR1 |HASBEENPROVED^ | 3 ? The 8URE8T CURE for t I KIDNEY DZSEASES.P fl Do? A hockcr tt ?n* rrptrw B S ' II cat? tSiat you aro ft victim? rpu< mn IX) JFOT * I HESITATE; w KHUfZT-WOBT U aaot, A i (druggists reoormngnd it) and itwill speedS2j 9 I orcrooaiotliodl.yiaaoandicstorehealthyoMcOi f It Is a 8URECUREfor all (' DISEASES of the LIVERS It ha* specific action on this meet lmportBt >' organ, enabling it to throw off torpidity and ta? i action, stimulating tile healthy secretion of the Bile, and by keeping tho bowels la?ro?ocndi. I Uoa, effecting its regular ri Inch urge. ^ ' Molca?io If youaro eaAiinj flrom - ,-fl tWIglQI 1J T^alnT^n, h?Tnt)i?fW1i^ f* aro Mlioca, dyspeptic, cr cocntlpatod, Xidney. ] I Wort xrtllexirelyralievoaad QuiclUy euro. ( ; la the Spring, to cleanse tie System, cveiy ? one shcruldiaiet thorough oot^sc of it ' n ( I orllOC Por complaints pccnliarto ' . | End V8iC2Jb yoursex, such as pain and a arcahacsses, KIDNEY-WOET is unsurpassed. f 3 las it will act prompter and safely. II Tifhtrram. incontinence, retention of urine, k 6 brici dust or ropy dcpoaita, flcd dull dracglag IB J; pains, all epccdily yield to its cura^ve power. ? 6\ t^t Acta at tho tarns time on the KIDSJrTS, | 3, Iilvjji AivB BOWXL3.X3 ForConitipatiea, r - ~"^4R J Piles, or Khcumatism it is a permanent cure. lj SOLD BY DRUCOSTS. PrIco?(. (M) | IgyMM ^ UNB^ENT ' ffor human, fowl and animal fleah, ?U first prepared and introduced by Zir. Geo. VV. Merchant, in Lociport, N. S. A., 1832, since which time it has steadily grown in public favor, and is now acknowledged and admitted by the trade *o be the standard liniment of the country. When we mate this announcement we do so without fear of contra * ^ nofnHthiitandin? we arc aware. ttii?re arc many who are more or less prejudiced against proprietary remedies especially on account of the many hnmbega on the -market; however, we are pleaded to state that ouch prejudice does not exiat against GARGI.ING OIL. We ao not L-iaim wonder* or miracles for our Jinlment, bat we <2o claim it is without an equal. It is pet ud in bot>e-g tics of three sizes, and all wo ask is that yon fflve U a fair fKaT trial. remcTcbcring that tbe OQ put up with white wrapper (small) is for human and fowl flesh, and that witlv yellow ^^*^->2228^ mapper (three sizes) for animal flesh. Try a bottle. As these cuts indicate, the Oil is nsed successfully for all diseases of the human, fowl and animal ieth. Shake well before using. Cannot be Disputed. /* One of the principal reasons at V*r-<gythe wonderful success of Mery chant's Gargling Oil Is that it is " apn 'tit'Z? manufactured strictly on honor. Its proprietors do not, as is the case with too many, after making for their medleine a name, diminish its curarlre properties by nsing inferior com pounds, bat use tne rery beat goods to oe Doagnt n Mthe market, regardlesaof coet. For half a century Merchant's Gargling Oil has been a synonym lot ^sSs honesty, and will continue to be so, long as time endure*. For ale by all respectable dealers ihronghout the United States and ether countries. MpufrnM^S. Our testimonials cue from 1383 fir ^S> Jto the present Try Merchant's 1. M Gargling Oil Liniment for internal and external nee, and tell your ?3ESt53&*$ neighbor what good it has dons. Don't fail to follow directions. Keep the bottle well corked. . . PI IR PC Sums and Sprains and Brntees, OUnCO scald*. fimnrhalt, WlndgiSs, Chilblain?, Froet Bites, Foot Bot ia Sheep,, Scratch en or Groan?, Foundered Feet, Chapped Hand*. Roup In Poultry, External P?i*>na. Sore Xipules. Curb, Sand Cracks, Poll Kril, Cracked Heels, Old Saras, Gall* of all kinds, Epizootic, Lam# Bick, Swellings, Tumors, Hemoorboids or Piles. Fle*h Wounds, Sitfast. Toothache, Bheumatisa, Bintbone, Foul Ulcers, Spavins, Sweeney, Garjret in Cows, Faxey, Corns, whitlows, Oracked Teats, weakness of the Joints; Callous. Lameness, Contraction of Muscle*, u^^r, TMittrmwr- Crampe, SWelled Legs. Cirownscab, Qviknr. FIstal*. Matkc, Thrnsn, Abscess of the Udder. Caked Breasts, Bolls, ie. f1,000 REWA KD for proof of th# exJstfiv Jk. ence ot a b?ttcI liniment than ragBjrr "Merchant'* Garbing OH," or WZ&W better worm medicine tkaa "53a "Merchant's Worm Tablets." Xaa* wHBaffiK&2> factored bj 3L G. 0. Cc^Lockport, N. Y., (j. S. A. JOHN HODGE, Sec'y. Hi H 0 38 "HAINES" >1 PIANOS LEE USED AND INDORSED BY THE GEBA1V EST ARTISTS IN THE "WORLD. ,{> ?ATTI! GERSTER! MARIMON! /ALLERIA! KELLOGG! LABLACHE! CAMPANINl! GALLASS1! RAVEL LI! BRIGNOLI! ABBOTT! MARIE ROZE! 3LE BULL! PEASE! CASTLE! WABESOoilSi I 97 FIFTH ATEMJE, KEWTOBK. >3 For Sale by all leadlnar Piano Honoea. CATA [POPES MAILED FREE OF CHARGE. i<^En^ines. _ Reliable, Durable ud Economical, teiU ftcntitk ktk pouer tcith }{ Uu fuel and wotrr than any otJut Engine built, not fitfed with an Automatic Cct-off. Send or Illustrated Cataloga* "J," for Information ana >rioca. B. W. Patax k Boga, Bos 890. Coming. H.Y. FRAZER AXLE GREASE 1 B'at la the world. Gee tk? area nine. Ererr ?ok?g???? ?ur rrnd?.TOark n.nd ti marked rraxer>?. SOLO EVEIIYWHERE. eft Jn &baadax>o?^-8S MDHob pooads V imported last yw^-Piloes lower hT^ erer.-Apeata wanted?Dgo* ^ va?te time.?flead for circular. LO lbs. Go?d Black or Mixed, for f 1. 10 lbs. Fine Bluett or Jfflxed, for LO lbs. 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