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| w 6R1 TTLE~BON?S^ STRANGE PHYSICAL PHEXOMENO.V OF A SAILOR. Sustaining Fracture After Fracture ?The Bonos of His Body Little More Than Dust. Held Together by an Oily Fluid. A V? f +rv flio Pinrinnnfi XI. 1XCW lUia IVliVl vvr k>4V Enquirer describes tlio extraordinary condition of John Hughes, a sailor undergoing treatment in the Charity Hospital oa Blackwell's Island. The writer says: Hughes has had an eventful career, though he has only just begun to climb into the fifties he has passed through enough variety of scenes, pleasures and hardships to make decent histories for a half dozen men. He was born on a NewBedford whaling ship, and has ever since trod the deck of a vessel of some sort. The particular portion of his busy life which may be said to throw some light upon his present disease was that spent upon a little island in the Southern Pacific Ocean. It was through no choic e of his that he visited this island. It was all the work of one of those terrific cyclones that loiter around the Southern Pacific waiting for something to 1?4 r 4 cVi i n nn run agaiasu it ^ n utiv mg v * which Hughes was sailing as mate, and when the vessel turned a double back actioc hand-spring, Hughes was thrown iuto the life boat and set adrift in the fury of the storm. How long he was in the boat he lias no knowledge, but he thinks it was several days, and the first that he remembers was finding himself upon a sandy beach, with the sun pouring full upon his upturned face. His clothes were dry, showing that he had been on shore some time, and his emaciated form indicated that he had been days without food. He was much further inland than the boat. As soon as he collected his senses, he crawled to -x sheltered sjiot in the woodland, which fortunately was near a spring. After 4-V. ?n 4 K ft ClKI tT-ll |V\T* gcillllg WUlCIf UIl'U VXS-14rc iuv ovwiv*< -v. food. It was a dreary hunt, but finally Hughes found some birds of large size feeding upon a peculiar vegetable or plant having a light yellow flower, and concluded he could stand what the birds could. He ate freely of this plant, and soon there followed a pleasant sense of exhilaration or stimulation. The food was nourishing and he gained strength. He made trips over the island, but save the half sunken timbers in the sand that marked the burial-place of many a good ship there was nothing to show the foot of a human being had ever trod the desolate place. He varied his vegetable diet by killing some of the birds. He built a little hut out of the trees and boughs and prepared to spend the rest of his days on the island. He had hopes, as is natural to the follower of the sea, of being rescued some day. There was ever a chance that a vessel might be blown his way. In order that the attention of auy passing ship might be attracted, he fastened his red shirt pverv clear dav to the ton of a dead tree. Days, weelrs and months passed, and never the sign of a sail. It was a monotonous existence; but it was finally broken by the appearance of a long, black streak on the horizon. This indicated that a steamer was passing, but would it come near the island? was the question that racked the mind of the castaway. It did, and the look-out's eye caught the waving shirt. The steamer was stopped, a boat put off to the shore, and Hughes, crazed with delight, was taken aboard. The rescued man, after a few days, recovered the usual tenor of his mind, and worked his pa-sage on the vessel, which ?roved to be an ocean tramp, to France, he day after the vessel got to France Hughes shipped on a brigantine for New York. Three days before the vessel got here Hughes stumbled over a stool and broke his right leg. It was a bad fracture, and it was thought strange that such a serious result should have followed so slight a cause. tt?i? ? hugllco ?<io iuivuu iv buv viiuixi j Hospital when the vessel got to this port. This was months ago. Both the tibia and fibula bones in the leg were found by Dr. Willetts, the attending surgeon, to be fractured. After some preminary treatment, the leg was done up in a plaster of Paris bandage. It was supposed that the usual icsult would follow, and that in a few weeks the patient would be able to hobble on a crutch for a while and then leave the hospital. At the end of six weeks the upper portion of the plaster bandage was cut away. This gave the patient the liberty to move the leg, and it proved decidedly unfortunate. The foot and lower part of the leg being heavy, the patient, in getting out of bed, let his leg fall heavily, ana it struck the edge of the bed in the middle of the thigh bone, which snapped as if it were a pipe-stem. This fracture was thought to be due to the weakened condition of the bone and muscles from inaction. The pain was so great that Wno-Vioa hpfnmf delirious, nrirl after liis entire leg had been bandaged he threw* his right arm around wildlv, and fractured both the radius and uina and the collar bone. These were put up in plaster. Soon after this the patient to get relief from the position in which he had been so long, threw his left leg over the right quickly, and the shock broke the thigh bo:ie near the knee. The last fracture was of such an unusual nature that, taken in consideration with the others, it was thought to demonstrate some defect in the organic structure of the bones. Such a case had never been seen before. In experimenting by pressure upon the uninjured arm, the ulna was broken near the wrist. This led to a practical examination of the bone. An opening was made in the arm, and a piece of bone taken out. It was found to be very fragile and crumbled like calcined bone. A chemical and microscopical examination showed that .11 1: ? ???? ?< Ivuc ui-euse wits uu cAiimuuuiiuj loot ui fragilites ossium. The brittleness was caused by an undue proportion of earth}' matter; and the quantity was so great in this case that the bone was, in some places, but little more than dust, held together by an oleaginous fluid. The bones of the entire body were found to be affected. In order to stiffen the spine and protect the ribs a chain shirt was put on the body. This consisted of a tight-fitting network of wire, and stiffl j1 . iL-i aL. _ _ Ienea me uouy so mm u was uic same us if it was all incased in a solid bone. Internal remedies were given to counteract the crumbling tendency of tlic bones and the removal of tissue from the body. A good result followed, and at the end of two months an examination showed a perceptible hardening of the bones. Fortunately, the skull was least affected. The fractures united rapidly in the legs and arms, and the plaster was taken off at the expiration of three months. In order that there might be no strain upon the bones, Dr. Willcts constructed an ingenious piece of mechanism of steel bands. These were fitted tightly to the legs and arms lengthwise on both sides, with a movable attachment at the joints io admit of natural motion. The bunds were very stiff, t'~oiigh elastic, oi>d took all the strain of the body from the bones. The patient could stand, and the harness sustained the weight, and with this relief there is a possibility that the bones ' may, with proper treatment, be restored | to their normal condition. It is esti- j mated that two years will be consumed at least in doing this, and it may be that . the patient will never get well. - - t r 1:?;? | Hu^Jiesatirunues nis wuuvu u> wiitig the vegetable food on the island where he was cast ashore. He says that he noticcd that the bones of the birds he caught crumbled in his fingers without being subject to heat, and broke easily when twisted. Dr. Willets has no con- . fidencc in this idea, but thinks that the j disease was caused by the repeated at- j tacks of scurvy which Hughes had in his ! seafaring life. Scurvy is known to ren- i | der the hones brittle in those who have | j the disease. The name of the plant i j Hughes ate is not known. A Hired Man's Romance. A dozen or so years ago a young man j ! in Harrisburg was employed by a gentle- | nma as man-of-all-work about the house, i | He was a comely youth as to face and : ! shape, and he was intelligent. There | , was something in him above the menial, j ! and, as subsequently transpired, all that ; he wanted was a chance, and he would i go up higher. It happened that in the ! ; gentleman's house was a pretty daughter i (tetat twenty-two), accomplished and gay, I quite a society girl, but sensible for all j , that. Seeing her every day, it was the j ' most natural thing in the world for the . i young fellow?the "hired man"?to fall j in love with her, and one blight day he j i braced himself and told his love. But j I the <jirl was not looking with favor on ! I hired men just then. She was shocked. ! She told her sire. After reproving the ' young fellow, the venerable parent tired him. But the young man had blood. : He gathered together his earthly posses1 sions and faced toward the West. He | took Greeley's advice and landed in one of the mining towns of Colora lo. There he went to work as a prospector. ])o you know what the life of a prospector means ? It means hope deferred?it me ins continued disappointments?hard work, toiling and digging and hunting until death itself would be a welcome release. The young man went through it all. ! He didn't miss a trick. Many a time he j i wanted to lay right down and pass in his checks right then and there, but the | sand iu him wouldn't let him. He kept digging away in a perfunctory sort of j way, until one day he struck pay dirt, and all at once he found himself the possessor of great riches. Struck it fat, just j like many another poor devil, in the l ist j ; ditch. He sold out well, and then sat I j down to think. His first thoughts were of the Harrisburg girl who refused him. Ah, the old love was still there,brethren, : still there. He resolved to try again. ' Gathering together a nice wallet full of ' boodle he hied him East, and at last ' landed in Harrisburg. The girl he loved 1 l was still there, but turning the corner of ' | old maidism. Father was dead, and things had not gone right. She was poor. The young fellow hunted her up. | j There was a scene that I hope you will 1 not insist upon my describing, and last j week there was a quiet wedding that did not^ get into the papers.?harrisburg (Petin.) Telegraph. A Ride Down a Flume. I A. G. Mason left the mills at 12 o'clock yesterday on a raft in the flume i for a ride to C'hico. He expected to make the trip in three and a half hours, j but met with several thrilling mishaps j that delayed him until after dark and ' effectually cured him for a raft ride to ! C'hico. The ride for the first fifteen i miles was novel and grand?scenery as i magnificent as any in the Sierra Nevada. But when the raft struck the deep canons ! and mountain gorges, with the flume stretched aloncr looking like a silverv ! thread from the bottom, the ride began j to take on dangers, for the lumber that i had been shipped in the morning was ! here met with, and the real trouble commenced. In one of the deep cuts the t V-box ran onto a board, up ending the raft and throwing Bert high into the air. In falling he grasped a small board nailed to the flume and hung suspended j fifty feet from the bottom of the canyon. | Bert, having but one arm, found himself in a dangerous position, and, too add to ; this horror, the board he was hanging to began to break. About twenty feet below him was a small platform between the joists, so, just as the board gave I way, Bert swung out, let go his hold, and dropped. He struck the platform, but the rebound threw him thirty feet : to the bottom of the canyon, striking on his shoulder and the side of his face. I He was stunned for a moment, but when , he came to, he hurried down the flume and caught the raft. "When twelve miles . from Chico he was again thrown, but this time he struck in the flume, with a narrow escape from drowning. His hat | j was lost and he was wet through. As | soon as he got out Bert concluded that he ; did not want any more raft-riding, and 1 walked the remaining twele miles to I town, arriving at 7:30 o'clock.?Chico (Col.) Enterprise. The Harvest Moon. The harvest moon is the full moon which falls on or near September 21. Its peculiarity is that its rises more closely after sunset for a number of nights after | the full than any other full moon in the ! year. This results in four or five sucj cessive nights being almost moonlit, and ! the opportunity thus given for evening I work in harvesting has led to this full I moon being distinguished by the name of | harvest moon. The difference between | the moon's times of rising on successive ! nights averages about fifty minutes. The | greatest difference occurs in the spring, when it may reach an hour and a half. I The harvest moon may rise over half au | hour late each night, while under the most favorable conditions the difference . is only about ten minutes. The full moon following September likewise rises but ' little later from night to night, and is ...11 ..,1 . 1.? rri... I i?ui< u me iiuuili d iiiuuu. l uu muwu s orbit makes the least angle with the liori1 zon at the autumn equinox, and as it becomes, in advancing one day's motion : along its orbit, less depressed below the horizon than at any time, it has but a little greater hour angle to travel over each succeeding night after sunset to bring it into vit-w. Hence the full moon for so many successive evenings in the last of September.?Popular Scicncc Neirs. Superstitious Steamboat men. Says an old deckhand on a steamboat: "There is one peculiar superstition among steamboatmen that does not lose any of its interest by age. Whenever a minister and a white horse happen to make the trip at the same time on a steamboat, 1 there is always an accident oi some kind to follow. It may not be always to the steamboat, but it is certain to be to the boat or some of the passengers. This superstition is so strong among the deckhands that they will positively refuse to go on a boat which carries a minister and a white horse."?New York Tribune. Dogs are paid to kill $5,090,000 worth I of fh-epaLnuallv in Te.\a& J THE HUMAN RACE, j " INCREASE AND CHANGES OF | POPULATION. |h The Habitable Area of the Globe rf and the Possibilities of | ?' Over-Population?Some Curious Facts. | l!c n During the last fifty years the civilized a nations of the globe have taken much | pains to determine the number of their 1 f, inhabitants and the character and extent ^ of the industries in which they are en- j. paged. For the following statements we ' f, have consulted the most recent accessible t] authorities and estimates: : tl THE EARTH'S LAND SURFACE. \* The earth has about forty-eight mill- si ions of square miles of land surface, and i sixteen millions of these square miles are bi m.aII ?-?mAn Af enff]nt\ nnn- 1 < ^Cll UUilJJlUU. IV VUC ULUV40 V* ovuivu |yw|? lt, ulations, and portions of the vast remain- s| dermay be occupied by the nomads for d pasture lands and by game. To people a the sixteen millions of square miles as a densely as Belgium, Saxony and Eng- r: land are people;!, say IJOO persons to the p Square mile, would require a population j of 0,400 millions, or somewhat more than ^ four times the present population of the ^ entire globe. The United States and ? Territories, if as densely populated as ; w Belgium, would contain a population ! _ equal to the present population of the world, namely, fifteen hundred millions. 1 S1 The State of Texas alone, if as densely peopled as Massachusetts, would have a : population equal to the present popula- I tion of our whole country. Few realize 0 that Texas is a third larger than France. ?< The question of the earth becoming b overpeopled has alarmed some writers, " but there are reasons for believing that this is an exceedingly improbable dan- e< gcr. The more intelligent and cnlight- 81 eued a nation becomes the less rapid is a its increase in the number of children. ! Tiie tendency is to smaller families, and c !is the race is steadily improving the in- b ere isc in its numbers will be proportion- D ately less. Our best thinkers have no s; fears that population will ever exceed a the number which can comfortably sub- I f' sist up9n the earth's products. Ad- I A vances in science and improved methods , a of agriculture will easily provide for the ' *1 increase of human beings as it comes. j ^ rOPCLATIOM OF THE WOULD. | * The present population of the world is ' ? 1,500,000,000, aud it is increasing to-day ? at the rate of 12,000,000 a year. Forty v years ago the estimate of the number of ^ the world's inhabitants was 1,000,000,000. Better modes of life and the facilities with which food products are transported everywhere have not only much . increased the average duration of human * if e, but so lessened the death rate in the P better care of children that population is steadily increasing. It is now gener- i* ally believed that the population of the a Chinese Empire has been overestimated. Conceding the overestimate to have been l 50,000,000, we have the following for n the several continents: v Population of Europe SoO,000.000 Pnniilnfinn nf A?in WJrt OOO.OfX) Populationof Africa 200,(XX',COO * Population of North America.. 78,000,000 t( Population of South America... 82,000,000 t< Population of Oceanica 40,000,000 0 Total 1,500,000,000 The population of North America by ^ countries may be put us follows: P The United States 60,000,000 Mexico 12,000,000 B Dominion of Canada 4,00 J,000 Central America 2,000,000 ^ Total 78,000,000 si Berghaus, in his Physical Atlas, gives P the following as the proportions of the 8 eaath's population which may be fairly 61 grouped under the great religions: ? Buddhists 407,000,000 f Christians 400,000,000 I( Mohammedans 235,000,000 J Brahmanists 2)0,000.000 il Heathen 130,000,<H)0 <] Jews 8,000,000 Total ' 1.500,0000,000 c Classed by races the world's popula- u ion may be "distrib uted as follows: a Caucasian or Ar}-an race 615,000,000 i: Mongolian 610,000,000 v African 200,000,000 1< Malayan 60,000,000 f Tnr^iar. IS IkAfl (lllfl a Total 1,50 J,000,000 ? OUR CITY POPULATION. There are now 750 cities and towns in this country having a population of 1,0C0 and upward, and nearly one-third of our entire population resides in these cities and towns. In 1880 there were d 580 towns which had a population cach ? of 4,000 and upward. Over 1,200 cities, 6 villages and smaller places now have e public waterworks, and a majority of 6 them gas-works also. Public improve- a ments and conveniences of this class p have grown up almost entirely within n the past thirty years. k FAMILIES IN T1IE UNITED STATES. a The gradual decrease in the average 11 number of persons composing a family 0 in the United States is as follows: In ^ 1850 the number of persons to a family * averaged 5 50-100, in 1800 the average J was 5 28-100, in 1S70 it was 5 9-100, J] while in 1880 it had fallen to 5 4-100. ^ rr? ...n.r l-ta I P jlu'uclj 11 iicioviio illilj umgu uo 111u : cj average number for each family, anil & the number of families is twelve mill- c ions. In 1880 we had one million more 6 families than houses, showing that one ^ million houses were occupied by two ^ families each. J the world's deatii rate. v The average annual death rate of the u world is for every 1,000 persons. The 8 average death rate for the hading cities n of the United States is 22? in every 1,000 s persons. Old cities like Paris, Vienna | E and Berlin approach the world's average 1 . in their death rate. In 1855 the death f rate for the City of Mexico was 58 for r every 1,000 persons; in Vera Cruz, 90. rumors facts. In a single year the number of deaths s of human beings is nearly 50,000,000. j c During the time?an hour and three- ^ fourths?of an ordinary Sunday morning J c church service about 10,000 persons (lie. c In the hours of a single day the number of deaths in the human family equals that r\ i f an rtf o /tlf v 11 lr n t^/if /\!f K'l i/ii^ vi tv v*ij ai\u jl/iliuii* In one week's time as many die as make j the number of people in Cook County. ! 1 The time elapsing between one new j j moon and another witnesses the death of c as many human beings as now compose j s the population of the State of Illinois. ! a Every two seconds of time see three <: human lives pass into the " dark valley." j t Notwithstanding the vastness of num- c bers of the earth's population, the entire j; 1,500,000,000 could stand upon a tract of a land ten miles square and be comfortably ' I seated upon a tract twenty miles square, a or on less than a dozen townships, or on s half of one of our larger counties, and i t with a proper arrangement of telephones i a one man could address the vast throng as 1 one audience. The township of Hyde ' i Park is large enough to make a cemetery 1 in which to bury the entire present popu- i lation of the United States and leave ample room for walks and drives.?Chiaino Herald. j 4 HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. ! ^ Rccipcs. i Soda Cake.?One pound flour, one- I alf pound currants, one-fourth pound e lisins, one-fourth pound butter, six j unces sugar, two ounces orange peel, ! ,vo ounces almonds, one tcuspoonful j irbonate of soda, flavor with essence of ;mon; add milk enough to make cake ! ^ ither stiff, and put iu onc-lialf a nut- j leg. ! To Can Grapes.?Pick them carefully om the stems, taking care not to tear . le skins much; put them in a porcelain ettle, with a little water; stir them care- j illy and only enough to make sure that ley are well heated through: then put j lem in the cans. The pulp will then be hole and the sauce not all seeds and j iins. | Tomat?es and Onions.?Prick the nail ripe tomato skins and lay them in ; tycrs, cover with small onions and crinkle with salt, let it stand a week, j rain oft salt water, put the tomatoes in j jar and cover with strong vinegar. Boil | pint of viuegar with red pepper, horse- | idish, spices and mustard; add to the ickles. Stuffed Peppers.?Slit the peppers, j ike out the seeds, and stuff with cab- : age shredded very tine and English ; lustard seed in equal parts. Put a small rViifo nninn onfl fivn f<1rn'PQ in fifLf'll nftD er. Tic them firmly up and put into t aid vinegar. The cabbage should be * prinklcd with salt and hungup in a bag ^ > drain the day before it is used. Buead Pudding.?One quart of milk, ! dc pint bread crumbs,the yolks of three 1 ?gs, one cup of sugar, a small piece of 1 utter; flavor to taste; bake twenty | r linutes; when cool spread jelly over it; ' eat to a froth the reserved whites of i !jgs; mix with one tablespoonful of i I igar; pile on top of the jelly and set in i r hot oven until slightly browned. ^ Pot-roasted Beef.?Take a piece of ! r heap beef, say from the round, boil two i ours in about enough of water to al- | lost cover it; season with pepper and i lit. When the water is almost boiled1 way turn the meat often, to keep it < c rom sticking to the bottom of the pot. j ( .t last the water will all be evaporated, ; 1 nd then let the meat brown a little; take c ; out and add to the hot fat flour and i rater; this will make a rich brown gravy, j f t is best to have a tablespoonful of floui 1 lixed with a quart of water ready to 1 our in as soon as'the meat is removed, so j 1 s not to have the fat scorched. Pork, j 1 eal or mutton is equally nice cooked iD i his manner. < Useful Hints. . Tn_..!A il.t i" +A V.a mflV hf ' ^ r run mat is iu ptviivi * w% ?- . ept from turning a dark color by drop- j j ing it into cold water as fast as peeled. ' Never let metal touch fruit and handle j j t as little as possible, is the rule of an ( uthority in all sorts ot fruit preserving, i ^ It is generally a pity to cook fresh fruits; J , >ut inferior and hard pears may often bt \ , lade very palatable by stewing them ] rith a little sugar. ! i To clean decanters pour the refuse ol I he teapot leaves and all into the decan- 1 er, and shake it well. The tannin of the ' ' ea has a chemical affinity for the crust 1 n the glass. To remove paint and putty from win- j ow glass make a strong solution ol ^ earl-ash with hot water. Apply with a ( rush to the paint or putty, and when j early dry rub hard with a woolen cloth. To scour tins, coppers, etc., wasn id , ot suds, then dip a wet rag in tine j ifted coal ashes, scour well and then j olish with dry ashes. Coppers, if much < tained, can be cleaned with vinegar and j alt, or oxalic acid. Put ten cents worth [ f acid in a quart of water and bottle. ,abel poison in large letters and keep t or use. It is a dangerous article, yet i ery useful to have at hand. Keep it by ] tself in some place inaccessible to chil- c ren. c Of all vegetables, cabbage needs to be t ooked quickly and thoroughly. It u 1 sually halved or quartered and boiled, i fter lying for a few minutes in cold, \ alted water. This will remove insects f ?hich may have found refuge in th6 j I ;aves, which should be closely examined j c hen plunge in boiling water, and cook t least three-quarters of an hour. Hall | teaspoonful of cooking soda netitalizes, } a a measure, the disagreeable odor, or a f rifle of red pepper. Frofossional Window Gazing. Professional window gazing is a Phila- J ;elphia idea, according to the Neios ol t hat city. It says: Two young men who ' pend the day and a large part of the j vening on Chestnut street are paid to do J o. They are both well-known figures t nd generally travel together. They are I irofessional window gazers. The young I len in common with everybody else, :now that to attract a crowd to a window 11 one has to do is to stand and gaze fV,?+ minrlnw Tn a shnrt time ton r a dozen people will be gazing with 1 iim. They were down to hard pan?on J heir uppers, so to speak. One of them f rent to the proprietor of a men's furnish- ' ng house on Chestnut street and told . iim that for so much a week he would 1 uarantee to attract more attention to lis window than all the displays that f ould be laid out. The proprietor was i truck with the idea and gave it a trial. c Ls a consequence there was a crowd at ,is window nearly all the time. The n oung man would walk up to the window rith his friend and stand gazing there ( intil a crow of a dozen or fifteen were 'J tnnding with them. To keep the crowd J aoving he would walk away and that .1 tarted the break in the crowd. The * >erformance was repeated every ten or ifteen minutes. The young man went I o other stores along the street, unfolded lis plan and pointed out the success of t. In a short time he had the whole trect from Ninth to Broad on his beat u ud he had to take his friend into partner- I u hip, and he makes plenty of money. If n ithcr window gazers do not get on to ! f he idea and get into business these two |fl iriginators will shortly establish branches 1 >f the "Gazers" in other cities. k i ? A Bill for $15,000. i [ The fees demanded by eminent New fork lawyers arc seldom small. A j >rominent lawyer relates that in a matter , if litigation lie re-cully cdled in the ? ervices of a distinguished Wall street ittorncy, whose career in public life has riven him gre.it prominence. The alTuir . erminated in a settlement outside of the :ourt, pending which some dinners were riven, at which the principals and their . ittorneys carne together. When the >anker asked for his bill from the ! ittorney the figures were $1.">,000. It truck the man of money that this was a rifle high, and lie asked for an itemized iccount. The itemized bill read as fol- a ows: I j [*o retainer *5,000 ro attendance on five dinners at ; Delmcnico's, ?2,000 each 10,000 j ? ? Total $15,000 IJ The I anker is not likely to invite ' \ awyeis to dinner hereafter.?New York p Tri'june, An Absurd Bird. Kiwi-kiwi is the creature's real name, )ut scientific men call it apteryx, which s a Greek word meaning wingless, bc ause though a bird, it has no wings. That is absurd enough, but it docs not atisfy the kiwi, who seems to have tried ;o be as unbirdlike as possible, and, in >rder to do so, has gone to very ridicuous extremes. It not only has no wings, but it has no ail?not even so much as an apology for >nc. And, as if that were not enough, it ihs no feathers worthy of the name. Its pulls are covered with soft down for tbout one-third of their length, and then ire fringed with hair-like webs out to he ends, which are sharply pointed. It s only as large as a common domestic owl, but it has much stronger and touter legs and bigger feet. Of course you cannot be surprised to earn that such a bird looks at first light like a quadruped. It carries its lour! Inw nnd liohhtas lilonir in a most in couth fashion, moving so swiftly vhen pursued, however, that it is very lifficult to capture this ridiculous bird. When it sleeps in the daytime?for mturally it is odd enough to choose the vrong time for sleeping?it rests its ong bill on the ground, and so mak' S tself look like a str.inge sort of timeegged stool. Most other birds use their )eaks or their wings or their spurs to iglit with, but it would be foolish to cx)cct any such natural proceeding from he kiwi; and, in fact, its plan of fightng is to kick. It is very fond of earthvorms; and one of its ways of procuring hem is worthy of so odd a bird. It humps the earth with its big feet, and f there are any worms in the vicinity, lp they come to discover what is the natter. It is a cousin of the ostrich, and hough its plumage has 110 such value for is as its large relative's has, it is very lighly valued by the natives of New Zealand. The kiwi has a very tough kin, which, when it is properly dressed, nakes irood leather.??t. Nicholas. Cologne. Cologne is chiefly interesting to visit>rs on account of its G'athe.lral and its Cologne water. To see the one and to )uy some of the other are the two great > ejects of travelers here. But, apart ;rom these principal attractions, we shall ind the city very interesting. Most of :hc streets are queer and old, some of the louses dating from the thirteenth century; and the Rhine, whic h is here crossed >ya long bridge of boats, presents a rery busy and lively scene with its craft >f many kinds. The real Colrgne wafer is made by lohann Maria 1 arina, but when we go >ut to buy some, we may be a little perplexed by finding that there are some ;hirty or forty people of this name, all )f whom keep shops for the sale ol Cologne water. There are a great many rJcsceudants of the original inventor ol :his perfume, and the law does not per nit any one to assume the name wlic 3oes not belong to the family; but the joy babies of the Farinas are generally >aptized Johann Maria, so that they can jo into the Cologne water business when :hey grow up. There are two or three ihops where the best and "original' water is sold, and at one of these we juy some of the celebrated perfume, gen:raily sold to travelers in small wooder. joxos containing four or six bottles, ivhich we get at a very reasonable price :omparcd with what we have to pay for tin America. We cannot take much nore than this, beeause Cologne water is classed as spirits by the Custom House luthorities in England, and each traveler s allowed to bring: only a small quantity jf it iuto that conntry.?St. Nicholas. Good for Hard Workers. It is fully claimed and pretty well sustained ,h:it hard workers can accomplish almost wicc us much and save themselves from illtess and loss of time if they take eight cents' vorth tier day of the extract of the Moxic S'erve Food Plant, now creating so much dis:ussion. The dealers say its sale is the largest iver known. If a nervous woman gets hold of l bottle she gets the whole neighborhood to alking about it, and a woman's curiosity has o be gratified if it costs the price of a bonnet. Louis BoYDEX.who recently died at Worcescr, Mass., at the age of eighty-five, had been jlind for eighteen years, and in that time his icnse of touch had developed in a marvelous nanner. He could tell the denomination of a >\11 l?y feeling it, and he planted, weeded and :ared for his large garden entirely by himself. l.lfe In the Paris Sewers s possible, for a 6hort time to the robust, but lie majority of refined persons would prefer mmediate death to existence in their recking itniosiihere. How much more revolting to Imj n one's self a living newer. But this is actually hecase with those in whom the inactivity of he liver drives the refuse matter of the body ,o escape through the lungs, breath, the pores, ddncys and bladder. It is astonishing that ife remains in such a dwelling. Dr. Pierce's 'Golden Medical Discovery" restores normal mrity to the system and renews the whole be"g. In London, with all its numerous interests, vith nearly 5,000,000 inhabitants and nearly 00,000 houses, there is no delivery 01 leuers on lie Sabbath. The same tiling may be said of nore than 4,000 country districts in Great Britain. "Her face so fair, as flesh it seemed not. Rut heavenly portrait of bright angel'* hue, Clear as the sky, without a blame or blot, Through goodly mixture of complexion due, And in her chceks the vermeil red did show." This is the poet's description of a woman vhosc physical system was in a perfectly sound ind healthy slate, wilh every function acting Hoperly, and is the enviable condition of its air patrons produced by Dr. Pierce's "Favortc Prescription." Any druggist. The population of Great Britain is increasng at the rate of 1,000 a day. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, shortness ?f breath, consumption, night-sweats and all ingering coughs, l)r. I'iorce's "Golden Medical )isi overy" is a sovereign remedy. Superior to :od liver oil. By druggists. In the city of Akron, Ohio, CO.OOO.OOO matches ire made daily. In every community there are a number of nen whose whole time is not occupied, such as eachers, ministers, farmers' sons, and others. Co these classes especially we would say, if you vish to make several hundred dollars during ho next few months, write at onco to B. K tohnson & Co., of Richmond, Va., and they vill show yon how to do It. 'Royal Glue' mends anything! Rroken Chi. ia, Glass, Wood. Free Viala at Drugs & Gro Tired All Over I the expression a lady used In describing her oondlon before using Hood's Soraaparllla. This preparaon Is wondorfully adapted for weakened or low tate of tho systom. It quickly tones tho whole body, Iras purity and vitality to the blood, and clears and (whena the mind. Take it now It you feel "tired II over." " Feeling languid and dl*zy, having no appetite nd no ambition to work, I took Hood's Sarsaparllla. r'th tho beat results. As a health Invlgorator and icdlclne for general debility I think It superior to uythlng else."?A. A. Hiker. Albuuy St., Utlca, N. Y. N. B.?lie sure to get the Peculiar medicine. Hood's Sarsaparilla old by all drutr^Uts. 81; six for ffi. Prepare.1 only y C. I. HOOD ? CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Poses One Dollar ?* ? ftnri i m rtnrnn jryjm a iikmi mm. k I A /tSptm We cnll nttentlon of our lailv rend IV/A iT?* i?. til.- iiAxDSOMK i*lc i>JtfL'x Vfc. f KNT that Is IicIiik prepared fur <ALWJ tin-til. Hv special arranifeineiif with '*? KKMOltKST'S .'WONT II 1?Y. f \ Jrentest of nil Family Magazine*, f I \ "* 1 .'i' will print In our next issue an II \ li 'KI'EK entitling every one of our I l\ 1 IJ enilcis to n pattern of this handI f\\ \K -ome Jacket (froo I. Lookout for It, I J) ] Jul for it Is worth 2!> cents. While Ukm ^1 r / 4J: otEST's Is not a Knshlon M.ignz tie [Bk l Li <fi -'any sinitKiso It to be. because lis jrJLUT F 'aslilon Department, llkenllltsother ii'pnrtnients, Is so perfect, f PWN Don't snbscrHie for another mairn4 LiiA \ \ \Vf ilne for next year before sending for *' this pnttern, for the pntu-rn's decrlptlve envelope will contain full Information bout DEM Oil EST* S MONTHLY, which Inbllohed bv W. JENM\<iS DE.HOR Ef?T. 3 Enot 141h Street, Xfw York. nOM> worth $TM per l?j. I ettlfs Eve Saire T wuri.i but Is sold at .JSc. a box lit detv.crs. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY For Liver, Bile, Indigestion, etc. Free from Mercury; contains only Pure vegetable Ingredients. ( Agent: C. N. CllITTENTON, New York. I found it a specific for Hay mwCRFAM RFever. For ten years!havebecn j a oreat sufferer from August Oth j VlillfrMt- K,V'* Cream Dalin is d K/A\?TFVFPWS jSci"14 on/i/ preventive I leave ever r L found. Hay F-ver sufferers I B* / ihould know of its efficacy* : Frank B. Ainsxcorth, Publish r, P Indianapolis, Ind. K^^^uluJ Apply Balm into each nostril. KIPPER'8 \ rV^fflMTl?Bwnrfw i A SURE CURE FOR , INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. ; Over .1.000 Physicians hare sent us their approval of PIGKSTYLTN, saying that It is the best preparation ror Indigestion that they hare ever used. We have never heard of a case of Dyspepsia wher? DIGESTYLIN was taken that was not cured. f FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM. * IT WILL CURE THE MOST AGGRAVATED CASES. IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PREGNANCY. IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION. T For Summer Complaints and Chronic Dlarrha-a, 1 which sre the direct results of Imperfect digestion. u, DIGESTYLIN will effect an Immediate cure. e' Take DYUESTYLIN for all pains and disorders of P. the stomach; they all come from Indigestion. Ask " your druggist for DIGESTYLIN (price $1 per large bottle). If he does not have It send one dollar to us _ and we wHl send a bottle to you, express prepaid. " Do not hesitate to send your money. Our house U reliable. Established twentv-flve years. S WM. F. KIDDER A: CO.. J Manufacturing Chemists, S3 John iSt.i N. Y. ?? The Original f ? ilr \? as i .LV*D {' Mvfea^v? LIVER J ??Bke\\?XS PILLS, s BEWARE OF I3IITATIOS9. AJOTTATS ' ASK FOR DR. PIERCE'S PELLET8, OR ? LITTLE SUGAR-COATED PILLS. Being entirely vegetable) they operate without disturbance to the system, diet, D Or occupation, ruiup in glass vims, ncrmcu- cally sealed. Always fresh and reliable. As P, a laxative, alterative, or purgative, , these little Pelleta give the most perfect <j satisfaction. y SI HEADACHE, gv | Bilious Headache, f Dizziness, Constlpa- AS+- ^ n tlon, Indigestion, yvV t|B b Bilious Attacks,and all it , derangements of the stom- . ach and bowels, are promptly relieved and permanently J?|\ xs* I cured by the use of Dr. * Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. 1 In explanation of the remedial power of these _ Pelleta over so great a variety of diseases, it may truthfully be said that their action upon the system is universal, not a gland or tissue escaping their sanative influence. Sold by druggists, 25 cents a vial. Manufactured at the Chemical Laboratory of World's Dispensary Midical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. O$500H! Hy offered by the manufacturi Mr ?1? of *\r' Sage's Catarrh Qf \ ^ Kcmeay, ior a ease ut PiM jf.y- Chronic Nasal Catarrh which they cannot cure. SYITIPTOiWS OF CATARRH.?Dull, heavy headache, obstruction of tho nasal passages, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are weak, watery, and inflamed; there is ringing In the ears, deafness, backing or coughing to clcar the throat, expectoration of offensive matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the voice is changed and has a nasal twang; the breath is offensive; smell and taste are Impaired; there is a sensation of dizziness, with mental depression, a backing cough and general debility. Only a few of the above-named symptoms are likely to be present in any one case. Thousands of ca^es annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, rebuIt in consumption, and end in the grave. No disease Is so common, more deceptive and dangerous, or less understood by physicians. By its mild, soothing, and healing properties. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst cases or Catarrh. "cold In tlie bead," Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache. Sold by druggists everywhere; 50 cents. u Untold Agony from Catarrh." , Prof. W. Hacsner, the famous mesmerist | of ltlxaca, N. Y., writes: "Some ten years ago i I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal catarrh. My family physician gave me up as j incurable, and said I must die. My case was such a bad one, that every day, towards sun- | set, my voice would become so hoarse I could barely speak above a whisper. In the morning my coughing and clearing of my throat would almost strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, in three months, I was a well man, and the cure has been peruiauent." "Constantly Hawking and Spitting." Thomas J. Rushing, Esq., !90! Pine Street, St. Louis, Mn? writes: " I was a great sufferer from catarrh for three years. At times I could hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking and spitting, and for the last eignt months could not breathe through the nostrils. I thought nothing could be done for me. Luckily, 1 was advised to try Dr. Sage's Catarrh "] Remedy, and 1 am now a well man. I believe J it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now ' manufactured, and one has only to give it a ? fair trial to experience astouiiding results and j a permanent cure." a i Three Bottles Cure Catarrh. ? Eli Robbins, Runyan P. 0? Columbia Co., i Pa., says: "My daughter had catarrh when a she was five years old. very badly. I saw Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro- cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it helped her; a third bottle effected a permanent cure. She is now eighteen years old and sound and hearty." ) DALY HAMMERIESS. I DALY THREE BARREL. t MANHATTAN HAMMERIESS. IPIEPEB BREECH LOADERS f SCU OVER LI \<1, DAI.T^?fc CALKS, 04 and 88 Chamber* Street, New York., One Agent (Merchant only) wanted In "very townf >t j My re all sole*or your "TaiMiir* l'uneh"5 ent clear Tor last y nr (lSv?>) were 18'.V*0, Tills year I < x pict tosellat It-MR -.SJ.IUKJ. f thisJuntly |M>i?ularbrand. Ciias. S J'uowifT, Drug-dst. D liver, Co . Address It. \V. TAXii>I LL <Sc CO., Chicago. ! II, , GUNS, i; RIFLES . REVOLVERS ; ndSPORTINC COODS. ^o'.nr. r ? very l.iw prlri-s on RollnblO Coods. Send . two ccnt Stamp for tl*o finest sixty jmge IIIub- ^ y trutPil CatHloirue in tlio tra?Ie. C. ?. OVEBBAtTOS t CO.. 265 ft 267 Broadxay, 11. 7. J'j Meiltliu. l...s |iape>. fl " " . . al 41 V B A V" AI > 1 unemployed men vn t( SALESMEN s&x smrsys Hurglar A.arni. aii article needed in o>cry family p, for a protection from burglar-- and sneak-thieve?.. Neat, reliable ami cheap. Sample by mail, posta note, Address I Common Sense Mfg. Co. 46i Vesev Street. New \<>rk. Semi for circulars. J mniMHi i BEST IN THE WORLD UN k H O k> * ! jy Oct the Oei:i! no. Sold Everywhere. F" | K>3 V V" V S w li rover Hil'K.W?>liln>ft'li.lM' In _ t<? Sold !.?rs ft Heirs. Send statn:- rf MdffcfIC f,,r I'lreulars. COL. L. BIXo ,t , rCIIOiUHd HAM. Att'y. Washington. D. C. ! nniOBPJI Mortihlne Habit Cured In 10 ||D|8 IbSfl ?? aO dnv*- .No pny till cured. UrlUm llr. J. Stephen., Lebanon, Ohio. ' PALMS' liunineMH C'ollegi'? Wiliu., I*a. Situ;. I Hons furnished, l.lfe tH-nolarnlilp. S i 0. \\ rile ,1%f"toSS a day. Samples worth *1.50, FREK f %ll Llues not uuilor the hurse'fl feet. Write L : ijlf Brewster Safety Kcln Holder Co., Holly, Ml h I I*--, Vuh'ttd ?"!l? Don't ^"^6 jroor money on i 1* tb'olatr ly vatrr and vind rn tiupi King. ArkIcrtlio FISH Ei'.AND" e - - ' ODD "ffi m n.li.n. "Im a Bgg-. Mnm hi frTTiTPT.Htl 3UREM THE WORST PAINSIn IVin (h io twenty initiates. Not one hoar * "iTFElfwiVlSpVlT"" BOWEL COMPLAINTS It will In a few moments, when taken iccordlMfto v irertlons, cure Cramp*. Spasms, 8onr 8tom?ei. learthurn, S?ck Headache. Snmmer Complaint* >iarrh<ra, D-senter*. Oolic. Wind In the Bowel* nd all other Internal Pains. IIALARIA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS CURED 'VAND PREVENTED. There In not a remedial aeent In the world fkaft rill cure Fever and Ague and all other Malaria* . .';5J lillous and other fevers, aided by RAUWAY*fl 'ILLS, so quick as UAOWAY'S READY IEL1EF- ., R. R. R. not only cure* the patient seized with lrla, but If people expose i to the Malarial polaoa rill every morning take '20 < r 30 drops of Ready Lellef In water, and ear. say a cracker, before gotaf ut, they will prevent attacks. . "-i It lnstAntly relieves and soon cures Colds. Ban Tiroat. Bronchitis, Pleurisy. Stiff Neck, all Coax** Ions and Inflammations, whether of the Lung*, Kid- ' j cys or Bowels. RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA^ n?viiio*,iic, vtcujluchs or rauu. iu wloowft 'best or Limbs by one application. 'Ifty cents per bottle. Mold by drag slat*. DR. RADWAY'S iARSAPARHJJAN RES0L7EHT! 4 The Great Blood Purifier, For cure of all chronic disease*, Scrofula, Btoil alnts, Syphilitic Complaints, Consumption, Glan4lar Disease, Ulcers, Chronic RneumatHm, EryiJjh ySi las. Kidney, Bladder and Llrer Complaint!, Onf-psla, Affections of the Lun^s and Tliroat, purliw vS :e Uloo<l. rest ->rlu { health an 1 vIa-ot Sold by UruuviMt*. SI por Bottle. RAD WAY'S PILLS jjf The Great Liver an J Stoma:h Remady 'or the enre of all disorder* of tho Stomach, TJret. owels. Kldueys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Female omplaliiU. Loss of Api etit<-. Headache, Constlp*- risa on. Coatlveuess, I idlxcstioi). Biliousness, Fever, iflamiuation of tho Bowo's, Pile? and all aeraturalentsof tho Iuter.ial Viscera. Purely vegetable, eon- ;2S lining no mercury miner Mi o- deleterious ilrnm. ERFECT DlGESTiCti l.y tuklng one of Baday's I'ltls every mornln about 10 o'clock, as a diner pill. By m ilolu.< SICK HEADACHE, lyspopsla, Foul Stomach. Illllousness will be avoided. nd the food that Is eaten contributes Its nourishing roperties for the bupport of the natural waste of no oody. - tSS , I- UOStTVr IIIO lUllliniUh r;ui|/i?uu . ? l^aseof (he Digestive Organs: Constipation. Inward lies. Fullness of the Blood lu the Head, Acidity of ie Stomach. Naufoa, Heartburn, Disgust of Food, ullness or Weight In the stomach. Sour Eructations, ? V#*? Inking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or Suffottting sensation* when In a lylngpostur?. Dlmnesgof Islon. Dots or Webs before the Sight. Feverand Dull TP* 'atn In the Head. Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellower of the Skin and Eyes. Pain 111 the Side.Chest,Llmb? nd Sudden Flushes of Hent Burning In the F ob. --rM A few dosei of HA DWA Y'S FILLS wl.l h? sv-tem of all the above named disorders. Price25 cents per box. 8oldbr all droreUta. t7-Send a letter stamp to DR. RADWAY A *1? ;0.t No. 3'i Warren Street. New York* for )ur Boole of Advice. VilK SLUE TO GET R A I) WAY'S. 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