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Ti>s!e in Animals.
Many experiments have been made id
?rder to find cut .what and where the
srgan of t?3ie is in the lower creation;
sut it is casid to say where it is not.
'.-rayfish aud worm-; ceem to have very
flecided prcfeiences in the matter of
'cod, thevgh do special taste organ has
pet been found. Lobsters like decaying
"ood; the crab is more dainty in its diet.
Snails and slu^s show a decided prefer?
ence foi certain kinds of food, as garden
ovcr3 know to their cost; peas and cab
oages. dahlias and sunflowers are great
favorites; but they will not touch the
white mustard. Some prefei animal
food, especially ii rather high. Spiders
have only a slight sense of taste; flies
soaked iu paiaffioe seem quite palatable
to them: though one specie?, the eli a -
ioma, is somewhat more paiticular, and
refuses to touch alcohol in any foroi
whatever.
1 The antenc;v of insects do not appear
to contaiu aoy orgau of taste, for wasps
and ants quite readily took into their
mouths poisonous and unpleasant food,
even swallowing enough to make them?
selves ill, while some bees and cock?
roaches tell a prey to thc temptation of
alum. Epsom salt*, nod other nnorcaui
foods placed m their war, These sub?
stances ware not, however, swallowed,
but were soon spat out, the creatures
spluttering angrily, as if disgusted with
the taste. Thc proboscis of thc fly and
thi tongue of bees and ants arc furnished
with numerous delicate hairs set in
minute pits; these arc peihaysconnected
with the organ of taste; but, though tho
exact locality or this sense in insects is
uncertain, we know that groups of cells
ia the tongue of animals, called taste
bulbs, form,'in part, ;he ends of the
organ of taste.
How n Snake fen at laws i\ Fivg.
The method of swallowing is a very
%mpk one, although, if the frog be
Targe, more than half an hour may be
OHSumcd in tho process. Thc two
bones of the lower jaw are separate and
? .apable of independent movement; to
'be reptile loosens it hold upon one side
of its jaw, aud, pushing that side for?
ward as far as possible, it drives the
'reth in again, aud then draws the jaw
back to its original position. The re?
sult is that the prey is drawn down by
>he movement. Thc process is then re?
treated by thc other half of thc jaw, thus
inevitably forcing the victim inward.
The snake's skij stretches enormous!/*
and the jaw is, of course, dislocated,
hut the exteu*iMe ligaments hold the
bones together. The disproportion be?
tween the diameter ol the frog and the
serpent's slender neck is indeed marve'.- j
".us, and snake? have been observed to j
split themselves open by attempting too ;
ambitions a mouthful. kitti perhapj '
bftlt an hour of laborious contortions. !
sd, that isseen of the poo; irog is a great ;
''welling that the contracting muscle- ',
are rapidly forcing down the reptile's
neck. If one liberates the captured frog
before it is too late, the wretched animal
?iften scoots so overcome by fear, or per?
haps stupefied by the serpent's s>.liva,
that it will not leap. Int crawls io a
painful manner. We must not allow
?ourselves to be duped into a mistaken
sympathy, however, for inch is the
poetic justice of the case. Large frogs
fgteem small snakes a partic dav delicacy.
?Popular Science Monthly.
The Languedoc Ship Canal, ia France,
by a short passage of 148 mile?, saves *
sea voyage of 2000 inile3 bj the Strait?
of Gibraltar.
An Important DliTcvrnc??.
To make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves ill, that they ure not affect'
ed with any dlseav, but thad the sys!-m
?imply needs cleansi.ic:, is lo iring cornford
home to astell hems a* ? costive condition is
easily cured by using Syru;> of Fi^s. Manu
**utur?d ly tho California Fis Syrup Co.
The mother tongue is probably trio lau
puage of Mars.
Mr. Wm. Wade
Of Lowell
INDIGESTION RELIEVED
Good Appetite and Good Health Re?
stored by HOOD'S
Mr. Wm. Wade, the well known boot j
and shoe dealer at 17 Merrimack St., j
near the Postoffice, Lowell, says:
" When I And a f/ood thing I feel Hkv
praising it, and I know fruin personal <-v|'*?ri
mnct tli?t Hood's t*arsaparill? h s lins raedl
'?ine. I have for n (food many years boen ?-ii
e-uslytroubled with
Distress in My Stomach
and indigestion. 1 had medical advice, pr* :
scrlptions and various medicines, bul raj i
trouble wa* not relieved. Al l*c: I thouerhl ' ;
would try Hood's Sarsaparilla and I mm
the effect tran Hurttriniiif/. Boon nft< ?
! began taking it I found great relief, and BC - !
Hood's Cures
eat without having that lerr.ble dist ress.
a.'po ra-Bt, wr-11 ut nigut and am In tool i,raith
for allof wnich I thtnk Hooil'n .tnmann
villa." Wm. Wadi
noella Pillia are ihelie?t liver tavlgorato" sm
?ethsVtte rurely vegetable.
"German
Syrup
Just a bad cold, and a hackin.2
cough We all suffer that way some
times. How to gel rid of them i>
the study Listen?" 1 am a Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. My life v
rough and exposed. I meet al.
weathers in the Colorado mountains
I sometimes take colds. ()ften the?
are severe. I have used Germai
Syrup five years for these. A fev I
doses will cure them at any stage j ,
The last one I had was stopped ir i ii
24 hours. It is infallible." Jame: *
Ji. Lee. JcCcrson, Col. C> ?*
>9
The Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sun?
day Sermon.
bubjeet, "Tb? Sunshine ot Religion."
Tk.tt* "Her ways are wayt of pleasant?
Ie*'.'1?Proverbs ii*., 1".
You have all heard of God's only begotten
Sod. Have you heard of God'.* "daughtsr*
She was born in heavea. Sh* c ima down
*ver the hills of our world. She hid queenly
itep. On her brow was celestial ra liance.
lier voice was music. Her name is Religion.
Sly text introduces her. "'Haf wiys ara
"rays of pleasantness, aud all her piths are
>eacp.*'
But what is religion? Toe fact ls tint
Geological study has had a different effect
apon mo from the effect sometimes pro*
iuced, Every year I tear out another leaf
rom my theology until I hava only three or
"our leaves left?in other words, a very brief
ind plain statement of Christain belief.
An aged Christian minister said: "When
t was a yoting man, 1 knew every thins;
when I got to be thirty-five years of age, in
sty ministry I bad only a hundrel doctrine?
otreligion; when I got to be forty yean ot
\ge, I had only fifty doctrines of roli^ioa;
when I got to be sixty fears of age, I had
Dnly ten doctrines of religion, an i now I am
lying at seventy-five years of age,and there
ts only one thing I know, and that is that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save
'inners." And so I have noticed iu the study
of Goa's word and in my contemplation of
the cbarac:er of God and of the eternal
(vor)d that it is necessary for me to drop this
part of my belief and that part of my bslief
?s bein < nonessential, while I cling to the
one great doctrine that man is a sinner, and
Christ is his Almighty and Divine Saviour.
Now 1 take these three or four leaves of
my theology, and I find that, in the first
pwoe, and dominant abov* all others, is the
sunshine of religion. Wheu I go into a room
I have a passion for throwing open all the
shutttis. That is what I want to do this
morning. "We are apt to throw so mUcb of
the sepulchral into our rolig:on and to close
the shutter* and to pull down tha blinds
that it is only through here and there aere^
vice that the light streams. The religion of
the Lord Jtsus Christ is a religion of joy In*
describable and unutterable. Wherever I
jan find a bell I mean to ring it.
If there are any in this house this morn?
ing who are disposed to hold on to their
melancholy and gloom, let them now depart
this service oefore the fairest and the bright?
est aud the most ralhut being of all th
universe comes in. God's Son hii3 left our
world, but God's riaugb.?*' is here. Give her
room. Hail, princess of heaven! Hail,
daughter of the lord God Aim ghty! Come
in aud make this house thy throneroom.
In s tting forth this idea the dominant
theory of religion is one of sunshine. I
hardly know where to begin, for there are
so mauy thoughts that lusa upon my soul.
A mother saw her little child seated on the
floor in the sunshine and with a spoon in her
hand. She said, ".My darling, what are
you doing theref "Oh " replied the child.
'Vru getting a spoonful of this suoshiner"
Would Gol thal to-day I might present yott
with a gleaming chalice of this glorious
everlasting Gospel sunshine!
First of all, J. rind a great ueal of sunshine
in Christian society.
1 do not know of anything more doleful
than thy companionship of tha mere tun
makers ?f the World?;he Tho.nas Hoods;
the Charles Lambs-, the Charles Mattne-vs
ot tli' world?the men whose entire btuine-s
it is to mane sport. They make others
laugh, but if you will examine their autobi?
ography or biography you will find tint,
down iu their soul there was a terrific dis
quietude, Laughter is no sign of happiness.
The mauaie laughs. Thu hvina laughs. The
? u;mi among the Adirondacks lattin. The
Inttikard, dashing hts decenter against tbe
?ral', lambs*
Tam is a terrible reaction from all Mnfui
aums'.-nient and sinful merriolent. Sue j
men are cross tbe next day, They snap al
you on exchange, or they pass you. DO'1
recogn.sin.? you. Long ago I quit mere i
worldly society for the reason it was so dull,
so inane and so stupid. My nature is
voracious of joy. I must have it.
I always walk on the sunny side of the j
street, and for that reason I have crossed !
over into Christian society. 1 like their' mode ]
of repartee better; 1 like their style of
amusement better. They live longer. |
Cnrist'an people, t sometimes notice, live on !
when by all natural lan- they eught to nave
died. I have known persons who have con*
Mimed in their existence wheu the doctor
said tliey.ouiht to have been dead ten year*.
Every day of their existence was a defiance
of the laws of anatomy au 1 physiology, bul
they had this supernatural vivacity ot toe
Gospel in thoir soul, and that kept then
alive.
Put ten or twelve Christian people in a
room for Christian conversation, au 1 you
will from 8 to 10 o'clock hear mora resound?
ing glee, Gee more bright stroker* of wit, an 1
find more thought and profound satisfac?
tion than in aoy merely wondly party.
Now, wheu I say a "worldly party" 1 mean
that to which you are invited, because un?
der all the circumstancas of the case it is
the best for you to be invited, and to which
vc ti go because under all circumstance oe*
the case it is better that you go, and leaving
the shawls on the second floor you go to ths
parlor to give formal salutation to the host
an i tho hostess, and then move around
spending the arnols evening in the discus
un ol the weather, and in apology for
treading on loni; trails, aud in effort to keep
the corners of tbe mouth up to the sign
of pleasure, and going around with an
Idiotic he-he about nothing, until the coila*
tion is served, and then after the collation
is served going back a^ain iuto ths parlor
to rostrata the weather, and then at the dose
going at a very late hour to the host and
hostess and assuring them that you have
had a most delightful evening, an I thea pass
iug down off the front steps, the sla-n of the
dom- the only satisfaction of the evening.
Ob, young roan, come from the country
to sptnd yo'.ir days in city life, where are
you going to spend your evenings? Let me
tell you, while there are many places of in?
nocent worldly amusement, it ts most wise
for you to throw your body, mind aud soul
into Christian society. Come to me at the
close of live years and tell me what has bean
the result of this advice. Bring with you
the young man who rafused to take the ad?
vice and who went into sinful amusement.
He will come dissipated, shabby in apparel,
ind sposed to look any one in the eyes, moral
character eighty-five per cent. off. "i ou will
come with principle settled, countenance
frank, habits good, soul saved and all tha
inhabitants of heaven, from the lowestanjel
lin to tue archangel and clear past him to
the Lord God Almighty, your coadjutors.
This is not the advice of a misanthrope.
There is no mau In the u..?.i->') to whom the
world is brighter than it is to nie. lt is not
tho advice of ?. dyspeptic?my digestion is
perfect; it is not the advice of a man who
cannot i ' iwsuwa a jone or wno preter* a
tuneral. I is not the advice of a wornout
tuan, buc the advice of a man who can see
this world in all its brightness, and. consid?
ering myself competent in judging what is
good cheer, I tell the multitudes of young
men in this house this morning that there is
nothing iu worldly associations so grand
and so beautiful and so exhilarant as in
Christian s<>ciety.
1 know thero is a great deal of talk about
he s-f If denials of the Christian. I bave to
tell you that where the Christian nas one
cit Menial the man of the world has a thou?
sand self denials. The Christian is not coai
nanded to surrender anything that is worth
seeping. Cut what does ?? man deny hini
>elf who denies himself the religion of
Christ. He denies bJuuvlf pardon of siu;
ie denies himself peace of coastdeaoa; he de?
nes himself the joy of the Holy Ghost; he
lonies himself a cnnfortahle death pillow;
ie denies himself the glories of l?eaven. Da
lot talk to me about the self den'als of the
"bristian life! Wnere there is ona io tho
Jhristian life there are ? thousand in tbe
ire ot the world. "Her ways are ways or
?leasantners "
Azain, I find a great deal of religious sun- I
thins ia Christian aud divine exolanation.
Po ? crreat roany people life is an inexolica- |
)\o tuttle. Things turn out differently from j
vliat was supposed. There is a useless wo* i
nan in perfect health. There is an indus
rious and consecrated woman a complete
malM. Explain that. There is a bad man j
vit'i to I.OOO of income. Thors is a gool man
vith*800ofinco'iu\ Why is that? There is
l foe of society who lives ou, doiuj all the
he damage beean, to S'v.nty.fjre ye*rs of
.ge, and here is a Christian father, faithful
d every department nf lifo, at thirty-Iv*
tars taken away bv death, his fatiily left
ielples?. Explain tint. Ob, there b no
entence that oftener drops fro u your lips
han this: "Icannot understand ft, Ic*U
ot understan-J li*
Well, now, religion comes in just at that
point with its illumination mid its explana?
tion There isaburinass mai who ha3 lost
bis ent re fortun?, The weak before he lost
his fortune there were tweuty carriages that
.topped at ths door of hu mansion. The
week after ha lost his fortuna all the car?
riages you count ou one fin?er The week
before financial trouble began p>oplea!l took
off their hats to him as he pissed down the
street. The week his financial prospects
were under discussion people just touched
[heir hats without auy wise lien drag the rim. i
rheweekthtdrhewas pronounced insovlent
people just jolted their heads as they p issed
not tipping their hats at, all, and the weet
the sheriff sold him out all his friends were j
looking in the store windows as they went j
lown past him.
Now, while the wort I {joss away fro n a
man wheu he is In financial distress, the re- j
ieiou ot Christ enos to him and savs: ,
"You are sick and your sickness is to bo ,
noral purification; v ni are bereaved; Gol
wanted in some way to take your family to
leaven, and He must begin somewhere, an I
=o Hetcok tbeoaa that, was most beautiful
md wan most ready to go." I do not say
.bat religion explains everything in this life,
out I do s?.y it lays down C3rtaiu principles
ivhich are grandly consolatory. You know
ousmess meu often telegraph iu ciphers,
floe merchant In San Francisco telegraphs
to the merchant in New York certain infor
nation in ciphers which no other man in
,hat line Of business cm understand, but
.he merchant in San Francisco has the key
0 the cipher, and the merchant in New York
las toe key to the cip'ier, and on that in
or.nation transmitted thara ara enterprises
uvoiving hun lr j ls of thousands of dollars.
Now the providences ot life sonetimss
seem to be a san laless rig nu'ole, a my.to.n
)us cipher, but God has a kay t)thit cip'ier,
in 1 tlie Christian a key to that ciplnsr, au 1,
hough he may hardly be able to sp ill out tao
ueatiin.?, be gets enough of the meaning to
liderstand that itis for th3 best. Now is
here notsun3iine in that? Is there nit
Measure in that? Far b?yoad laughter, it
s nearer tile fountain o! tears thia boiste.
)us demonstration. H iva you never cried
'or joy? There are liars whico. ara ot-jrnal I
'apture in distillation,
There at'e hun ireds of people in thia housa I
vho are walking day by day ia the sublime !
satisfaction that all is for the best, all things
working togethar for goo I for their soul, j
How a man can get. along through this life
vithout the explanation is to me a mystery.
lVhat! is that child goiu forever? Ara you j
lever to get it bael;? ls your property goio i
iorever? ls you.- soul to be bruise 1 and to |
be tried forever.; Have you no explanation, !
no Christian explanation, an I yet not a j
maniac: But nrbso. you have thc- religion of :
Jesus Christ in Tour (OUl, it explains every- |
thing so far as it is host tor you to un ter
-;taud. You look off in life, and your soul
is lull of thanksgiving to God t tat you are
M much better off than you might ba.
A man pissed down the street without ;
any saoaa and sard: "I have no shoe--. Isn't !
itahardship that I have no shoes? Other pao- j
pis have shoes; no shoes, no shoes,'' until he
saw a niau who had no f >et. Then he |
learned a lesson. You ought to thank God j
for what He doe.-, instead of grumbling for
ivhat Ile does not. God arranges all the
weather in this world?the spiritual
weather, the moral weather ns well as the
laturil weather ''What kind of weather
?ill it be to-day V said someone toa farmar.
Ihe farmer replied, "it will basUch weather
is 1 like;' "iVhat do you mean by that,"
tsked the olhen "Well," said the larmer,
'it will be such weather as pleases the Lord,
ind wbat pleases the Lord pleases me.*'
Oj, tha sunshine! tha sunshine of Chris*
dan explanation! Here is soma one bea nag
jver the grave of the dead. What is going
0 be tbe consolation? The flowers you
strew upon tue tomi? Oh, no! The ser?
ries! read at the grave!' On, no. Tne
?liief consolation on wat grave is what falls
rom the throne of God Sunshine, glori?
es sunshine. Resurrection sunshine.
Again, I timi ;i great deal of tne sunshine
ll this idible aud of our religion in tho
diinacteric joys that are to cone. A man
vac gets no ani goei out from a cou
?ert right after tho opening voluutary
las been p ayed, aud before the prima
loons sings, or before the orchestra
M^lBsV, has a better uea of that coiicart
jan that man bas who suppose; that the
;aief joys of religion are in mis world. We
lore bave only toe first note of the eternal
irchestra. We shall in that world have the
oy of discovery. We will in five minutes
itch up with the astroaoraers, the geolo?
gists, the scientists, the pnilosopher*. of all
iges, wno so far surpassed Us in this world.
Vocau afford to adjourn astronoaiy and
geology and many cf the sciences to the next
vorld, becausa we shall there nave belter ap*
laratus and bettar opportunity.
1 must study these sciences so far as to
selp me in my work, but beyond that I
mist giva myself to saving my own soul
nd saving the souls of otners,knowing tnat
n one flasn of eternity we will eaten it all.
Mi. what an observatory in which to stu ly
stronomy heaven will be, not by power ot
eieseope, but by supernatural vision; and
I there be something doubtful 10,IM),(X)'J
liles away, by ooo stroke of the wins ye1-'
re there, by another stro.te of the wing
ou are beek again, and all in less time thin
tell you, catching it all in oieflisaof
t amity.
And geology I What a place that will ba
0 study geology, when tho world is baing
iuked to pecos as easily as a schoolgirl in
otanical lessons pulls the leaf from tho
orolla I What a place to study architecture,
raid the thrones and the palaces and the
ithedrals?ot. Mark's and St. Paul's rook
ries in comparison.
Sometimes you wish you could make the
our of the whole earth, gong around as
thers have gone, bat 70a hava not the time;
ou bavr not tbe means. You will male
liat tour yet during one musicil pause in
tie eternal anthem. 1 say these things for
lie comfort of those people who are abridged
1 their opportunities?tho,e people to
mom life is a humdrum, who toil au i work,
nd toil und work, and aspire after knowl
dge, but have uo time to get it, and say:
If 1 had the opportunities which other peo
le bavi*, how I would fill my mind and soul
nth grand thoughts!" Be not discourage 1,
ly friends. You are going to the university
et Death will only matriculate you into
he royal college of the universe.
What a sublime thing it was that Dr.
'hornwel', of South Carolina, uttered in his
tst dyiug moments! As he looked up he
aid, "lt opens; it expands; it expands."
Hr as Mr, Toplady, the author of "Rock o'
Lges," in his last uioaient,or during his last
ours, looked up and sai I, as though he saw ]
something supernatural, "Light!" ani than j
s he came on nearer the dying moment, 1
is countenance moro luminous, he cried,
Light!" and at the very moment of his de
artur* lifted both han ls, something sn ier
atural in his countenance as he cried,
'Light!" Only auotber name for sunshine.
Besides that we shall have all the pleasures
t association. We will go right up in thc j
ront ot God without any frignt. All our
ins gone, there will bs nothing to be fright
ned about. There our old Christiati friesds
fill troop around us. Just as now one of
our sic* friends goes away to Florida, the
and of flowers, or to the south of Franjv,
,ud you do not see him for a loug wuile, aid I
fter a while you meet him, and the hollorvs \
mder the eyes are all fit led, and the appetite
sas come bac..-, and tbs crutc'.i has been
hrown away, and he is so changed you bard I
y know him. You sav, "Why, I never saw
ou look so well." He says; "I couldn't
ielp but be well. I have been sailing these
ivers and climbing these mountains, mi
hat's how 1 got this elasticity. I never wa*
0 well."
Ob, my friends, your departed loved ones
re only away for their health ina better
limate, and when you meet them they will
>e so changed you will hardly know them
hey will b? M very mu'-'i changed, and
ft-r awhile, when you are ass'ired thal
hey are your friends, your dei * rte! frien I--,
ou will say: "Why, where is that cough'
Vhere is tba' paralysis? Where is that
neumonia? Where is that consumution?''
ind he will say: "Oh, I am entirely well!
'here are no sick oues in this country. I
aye been ranging these hills, and hence
his elasticity. I have been here now twenty
ean. and not one sick one have I seen?we
re all well in this climate."
An 1 then I stand at the gate of tha celes
ial city to seo the procession come out, and
see a long procession of little children
ith their arms full ot flower.-, and then 1
?e a procession of kings aud priests moving
1 celestial pageantry~a long procession,
nt no black tasseled vehicle, no mourning
soup, and I say: "How strange it isl
""here is your Greenwood? where is vour
aurel Hill? where is your Westminster
bbey?" And they shall cry, "There are
0 graves here."
And then listen for the tolling of the old
dirks of heaven, the old belfries of
;ernity. I listen to hear them toll for the
aad, but they toll not for the dead. They
dy strike up a silvery chime, tow^-r tb
iwer, east gate to west gate, as they ring
JS& J.The^ 8ha'i hunger ac more, neittir
thirst any more, neither shall the sun light
on them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall lead them
to hvinz fountains of water, and God shall
wine away all tears from their eye?."
Ob, unglove your hand and give it to me
tn congratulation on that scene! I feel as if
I would shout. I will shout halleluiah!
Oear Lord, forgive me that I ever com*
plained about anything. If all this is be?
fore us, who cares for auything but God and
heaven oni eternal brotherhood? Take the
crape off the doorbell. Your loved ones are I
only away for their health in a land am- I
hro3ial. Come, Lowell Mason; come, Isaao j
Watts, and give us your best hymn about '
joy celestial.
What is the uss of postponing our heaven ;
any longer? Lit it begin now, and whoso?
ever hath a harp let her thrum lt, and wbo
cosver hath a trumpet let him blow it, and
whosoever hath an organ let him give us n
lull diapason. They crowd down the air,
spirits blessed, moviug in cavalcado of tri?
umph. Their chariot wheels whirl in tha
Sabbath sunlight. They conn. Halt, ar?
mies of Go.lt Halt until weare ready to
join the battalion of pleasures that never
die.
Ob, my friends, it would take a r.ermon as
long as eternity to tell tho joys that are j
coming to us. 1 just set open the sunshiny
door. Come in, all ye disciples of th3
world who have found the world a mockery.
Come in, all ye disciples of the dance, ani
see the bounding feet of this heavenly glad?
ness. Come iu, ye disciples of worldly
amusement, and see tho stago where kings
ni? the actors, and burning worlds the foot
ligate, and thrones the spectacular.
Arise, ye dead in sin, tor this is ten mora?
ine of resurrection. The joys of heaven
submerge our soul. I pull out the trumpet
stop. lathy presence lhere is a fullness of
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasure*
forevermore.
Blefscd are thi saiuts beloved ot God;
Washed are their rob3S ta Jesus'g bloed;
Brighter than angels, lo! they shine,
Tbcir glories splendid and sublime.
My eO'il anticipates tho day,
Would stretch lier wine and soar away
To aid the sons, ths palm to bear,
And bow tbe chiuf of sinner* there.
Ob, the sunshine, the glorious suushino,
the everlasting sunshine!
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES
Tau twenty-niuth victim of the oil ex?
plosion at Alton Junction, III., ii dead and
three more of the injured are at the point of
death.
A leaky service pipe cause 1 an explosion
o' natural gas in I.lysses S Branson's hou?e
st Anderson, Indiana, and five persons were
seriously injured.
"While Dennis Sulihau and John F.nk
Wore charging the g .* pant of n parlor cir
in the Lake Shore Depot, at Toledo, Ohio,
an explosion occurred and both men were
probably fatally injured.
A freight train on the Chicago end East?
ern Illinois Railroad Ml ihrough a bridge
crossing Spring creek, near Atherton, Indi?
ana. "Nearly every maa ot the train crew
Was Injured,
An explosion occurred at tbe Deihl fire?
works plant at Reading, ? sulerb of Cincn
nati, and Ho iry Horne, aged 18, was ki led;
Gus Girwin, 24 j-ears, latnliy injured, and
other employees seriously burned.
Stewart's factory, at Pontiac, Midi iga u.
Wes wrecked by the exp csion of the boiler
and four employee* were injured. The fac?
tory had not started for the day or the lo9S
..if life would have been great.
A collision between a coal train aud
work train on the Chesapeake and OhioRii'..
road, near Augusta, Kentucky, caused by
an engineer falling asleep in tbe cab, re?
sulted in the death of one mau and serioti"
Injuries to eight others.
Wa B. Smith, bookkeeper of the St. 1/ nih
Car and Foundry Company was killed by
l>eing thrown from thertrivcr's seat 01 a cab,
by the sudd-n starting of t e horses e nam
by him stri ting them with a whip. He wr*>
drunk at the time.
A despatch from Peru, Indiana, sav?
that moving ce caused a break in the malo
supply pipi of th? natural gas company in
the mid le of the Wabash river. Tin town
has to depend on small pipes on tlie bride*
all larg" consumers ai e cut off, and t hei e u
litt e prof-pect of th'? break being repaired
short of 60 days.
J*\a. Boyd, aged IP years, sn 1,lames
Moore, aged 15, of Latrobe, Penna., were
killed, and "Wm. Mooro was probably faally
Injured by being struck by a west-bound ex
press train on th* Petiusylvanii Railroad.
They were walkiog on tbe track with a
party on their way to a dance.
CABLE SPARKS,
The Westminster Gazette is a new venture
in London journalism.
Great Britain's reply in the Bering sea
case has been sent to Washington.
The bank troubles in Rome indicate that
there will be startling developments.
Edward Parker Deacon, it is said, has
been granted a divorce from his wife.
The Chevalier Anton von Schmerting,
Austrian statesman, was stricken with para?
lysis.
A oreat coal strike is impending in Sooth
Wales. Journeymen bakers are oa a strike
in Marseilles.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Aus?
tria was received with royal honors by the
English in Calcutta.
The reception given James Egan in Limer?
ick was the most remar-.able demonstration
yet made in bis honor.
It is understood that anus will be shipped
from New York to aid the revolutionary
movement in Hayti.
Deroulede and Pichon, of the French
Chamber of Deputies, fought a duel with
swords. Pichon was wounded.
The Parliament of Great Britain opened.
The Queen's speech was read. Speeches were
also made by Gladstone, Salisbury and
Balfour.
Victims of hunger and privation gathered
on Tower Hill, London, so as to attract the
attention of Parliament, but were dispersed
by the police.
A severe earthquake visited Stromboli,
in the Mediterranean. Tho island of Zante
was also shaken by earthquakes and a num?
ber of persons were killed.
The French cabinet bas prepared a bill
providing for the punishment of persons
who circulate unfounded rumors regarding
tbe safety of financial institutions.
The British ship Gladstone rescued twe'.ve
?survivors of the crew of toe German sh p
Felix Mendelssohn. The Amer can ship
Rotert La Belki.ap, from Yokohama for
New York, was lost at sea, but all on board
are supposed to have been saved.
WORK AND WORKERS,
A large meeting of representatives of ths
different railway brotherhoods were held at
Lehighton, Pa. The question of federation
was discu sed, but r.o action was taken.
The Schuylkill Coal Exchange issued n
circular fixing the wages of miners of that
region for the 1 st two weeks of .Jami nv
aDd first two we-k? of February at live per
cent, above the $2 .50 basis.
THERE.was no trouble nt Dunkirk. Maw
Yera, growing outof tbestrike in the Brooks
locomotive Works and no troop* were sent
there, lt is said that tho strike is broken
many of the old men having returned to
work.
A NEW wage scale was postedatthe Edgar
Thompson Steel Works, of the Carnegie
Company, at Braddock, Penna. It reduces
the wag s of all employes in tho converting
and b.oomini department, about WO in num?
ber.
There is great excitement in McKe^sport,
Penna , over tlie striking of a natural gas
well in the heart of the city. ' Tho well has a
st addy increas ng pressure, grant enough,
it ls calculated, to supply the entire town.
The gas was struck at the depth of 2.00
feet.
The striking boiler makers in Hie Chicago
au I Alton shops at Bloomington, UL, havo
surreud.rei unconditionally aud appliel
iud.vidua Iv for reinstatement. Oily one?
il alf of them obtained work, the i laces of
the rest having been tilled some time ago.
Twenty five br, aker builders employed
lntheconstiuction of Otterbain & Cum
noiugvs targe coal washery at Phteuix Park,
near Al inei sville, Pa., are ou striwe. One of
their mini ter bad ben discharged for lunch?
ing between meals, and to have him rsin
ttstei al went out.
'Kepal^ra il?3>an Cwsloins.
"The Datives of Southeastern Alaska,"
,aid ex-Goyernoi A. P. SwinferJ, of
Aliiska, to the Stat representative, "are
rapidly falling into thc customs of
Anglicans, particularly as to their dre3S,
eome of the tetter class of Datives dress?
ing even batter tbau tbe American resi?
dents. It was formerly the custom iu
Southeastern Alaska foi the women to
wear a ?labret' or short piece of bone or
steel In their lower lip by way of orna?
ment. Now one observes it only among
the old women. Along the Bering Sea the
men thus puncture their lips. They
begin with a small piece of steel or bone
no larger than a needle and gradually
increase the size until it measures nearly
an inch In diameter. The bigger the
'labre.' the more pleased and important
feels the Dative. Men and women alike
plaster their faces with a thick coating
of black paste obtained from grinding a
sort of soft rock. They say it keep? the
features warm in winter aud protect?
them ia summer from the attacks of in I
sects and troublesome flies, As a race I
the people are under size and not per- j
sonally attractive, though at Sitka one ;
may see some splendid specimens of j
muscular development among the mee,
while some of the youug women aro
good looking. There are now four
newspapers published in the Territory
and lt is progressing satisfactorily. My
?tay there wai very pleasant and I made
many warra lriends.""?Washington
Star.
"Thc Help Yourself Hotel."
Americin ingenuity and enterprise
have invaded the staid old towu ol
Frankfort on the Main, Germany. A
-yudicate has purchased several lots op?
posite the chief mil way depot with the
intention of hui! Ii>;? a large hole', which
will be cond icted on a unique plan.
There will be 106 compartment?, all
equilly Urge and lurnisicd in the same
style. An excellent name for it would j
be "The Help Yourself Hotel." Each j
guest will be required to attend to nh
wants in peison, thus doing away with
fee hungry servant?, wailer-? and others
of their ilk. As thc hotel is intended
for the benelit of those who are not
blessed with financial plethora the guests
will have to brush their own clothes and
shoes in a spacious courtyard, or, if they I
so prefer, they may have it done for j
them bj plying the small sum of ten
pfennigs. On tbe ground floor will b;;
a restaurant, containing one large cir?
cular table, where ten,coffee or chocolate
with cake may be obtained for less than
fifteen cents. Tue hotel is now in pro?
cess of construction, :>nd will soon be
ic?dr for nrrupation ?N'ew York Press.
lr fights torilla
An A^e Gotre.
A Tennessee inventor ha? pateateel a
gage for determining thu agc of hor^e?.
The device consists of a steel plate, hav?
ing a tapered body portion, one of its
longtitudinal edges being' marked by
lines and figures. By applying thescalo
to the teeth of a horse, its approzi nate
age is said to be determined.?American
Farmer.
btati or onto. t'iTT cr toledo, *,..
LtCAS COCNTV
Frank J. Cheney make* oath that he 'a the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A
Ca doing bunine?*) in the City o* ?.nedo.
County and State aforesaid, and that ?aid firm
wffi ray the sum of $10C for eacn and every
case of eatarrh that cannot be cured cy the
use ot Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Fba*s; J. Che.vev.
Sworn to before me and subscribed '.B m7
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. -??*>>.
. ?-'? I A. W. Gleason
? "-Kai >
'*--r?' XotaryPublif
Hall's Catarrh Cure ts taken internally aird
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. crenev & Co., To'edo, 0.
\W bold by Druggist*, 75c. . a^.
When one woman praise- anchor, lol ka
think she is sarcastic.
Fon i'okjh* AKPTtmoiT Disorders ass
r.R0WK'?i BaoKCHt.M. Tkoc 'ts. "Have never
rhatiged nix rninrl respec'ina: them.except I
think better of thai v.li 'li I fagan by think?
ing well of." tier. Ileum Tara fi"'Uer. Sold
only in b >x<^.
( 'lollies may not make thu man, but suits
wake he lawye .
Disease is unnatural and is but tte proof
that we are abusing Nature, lt ls ela IBM that '
(iarfie il Tea, o simp e lici u remedy, heirs Na- i
lara io overcome this abu><e.
What is done cannot be undone, especially |
if it is a bard*! oded egg.
If afflicted \s\\\\ nore eye.* Maa Dr.Naac Thomp?
son's Eye-water.l)nio-(ri,.i- ?oil ?t Zttc.vcr bottle.
Fame is a bright robe; but t soon wears
rani r I th ? e'hnwR.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER imparts that pccul
iar lightness, sweetness, and flavor noticed in thc
finest food, and which expert pastry cooks declare is
not obtainable by the use of any other raising agent.
Roval Baking Powder is shown a pure cream-ot
tartar powder, the highest ol' all in leavening strength.
_ir S. Government Food Report. ?
Royal Baking Powder is superior in purity,
strength, .aid wholesomeness to any other powder
which I have examined.?New York State Analyst.
Justice to All.
lt is now apparent to Ihe Directors of the World's Columbian
Exposition that millions of people will be denied the pleasure of becoming
the possessors of
World's Fair
Souvenir Coins
The Official Souvenir
of the Great Exposition?
The extraordinary and growing demand for these Coins, and the de?
sire on the part ot ihe Directors that equal opportunities may be afforded for |
their purchase, have made it necessary to enlarge the channels of distribution.
To relieve themselves of some responsibility, the Directors have invited
THE MERCHANTS
Throughout the Nation to unit' with t' e Banks in placing Columbian Half
Dollars on cale. Tnis is done that th, masses of the people, and ihose
living at remote points, may be afforded the best possible opportunity to
obtain the Coins.
THE FORTUNATE POSSESSORS
of SOUVENIR COINS will be those who are earliest in seizing upon these
new advantages.
$10,000 Was Paid For The First Coin
They are all alike, the issue is limited, and time must enhance thru
value. The price is One Dollar each.
HOW TO GET THE COINS:
Go to your nearest merchant or banker, as they are likely to have
them. If you cannot procure them in this way, send direct lo us, ordering
not less than Five Coins, and remitting One Dollar for each Coin ordered.
Send instructions how to ship the Coins and they will be sent free
of expense. Remit by registered letter, or send express or post-office money
order, or bank draft to
Treasurer World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 111.
gav, L8CHTN8NC The 60 Day Cabbage.
slr t!i? earliest cai'Mfe ia f ? worW. S?ed
Ter/ ?<?*.!?<!?. T\i, lie.; J, sw , Wc; !?? lb., fi, po*tr?id
THE EARLIEST VEGETABLES
Will b? in grMldomind tin* ipriig ind will fetch big price*.
To hiv* iii* eyli??l. p!?*t Salier a mit,
S-*? pkg*. l.?r!V-r Yegi.) nhl* Katetltw, fl. poilpud
FOR 14--. 'WITH CATALOGUE, 19c'
To rntr'ilr.fo our Med* f>erT*rher?. ? ? iend.poetpi.ld, upon
ti-.eipt nf H :
1 p?ck?4?8'J Weolij Ra-lisb. 10r.
1 ?' Mtf?r State l,*t'uc?. ISe.
1 " Ci?r,t l'rolifrc Tointio. Vt.
1 " I. ir? tiinn-. l'ricuinb:r. I"1!.
* " Uiillu?t Flower S??d?,3Je.
SALZER'S 8EED CATALOGUE
If the finest pribriih'd. Cost* ni e-Ttr fVl.UOO! It is e-.?rily
* tnillcrl npnn r ceiptof Se. pillage.
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis.
I* sil S Tli>a*|l .
Hslart.-.srkar*
ALL FOR 14c
The Marked Success
of Scott's Emulsion in consump?
tion, scrofula and other forms of
hereditary disease is due to its
powerful food properties.
Scott's Emulsion
rapidly creates healthy flesh -
proper weight. Hereditary
taints develop only when the
system becomes weakened.
Nothing in thc world
of medicine has been
so successful in a is- i
eases that arc most
menacing to life. Phy?
sicians everywhere
prescribe it.
Premired by Scott k Rowne, S. Y. Aildrigemt"
MERCURIAL
Mr. J C. .Tones, of
Fulton. Arkans3?,
Mys of I
'About, trn years jiro I COO*
i a Bevan rise of Mood poi-'
lon. Leading ph>ite*an? prescribed medfelne
after medicine,which l took without any relief
I alan tried mercurial and potash remedief,
with nnsuceeMful iesi.it*. tat which brought
on an attach of mercurial rheumatism that
made tay life
one nf agony.
After mitering
four yean I gara up all mnetttea and tofu
tiaing p. ss. after taking several bottles i
wai entirely rared and aldo to retntau trork.
i * tho greateat medicine for blood
poisoning to-day on Mic market."
Treatise rm Blood and Skin I?i:;ease' mailed
free. Bwirr 6PECin< <?>., Atlanta, Ga.
Cures Consumption, Coughs Cronp, 8or*o
throat. Sold by all Ltaftutt cn a Guarantee
Do Not Be Deceived
wit'i Pastel, Enamels and Paints which stain tile
bani*, injure the iron and burri red.
Tho Rlsln,- San Store p..!|sh I* Rrllllant, Odor?
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with every purchase.
YOUR OWN HARNESS
WITH
THOMSON'S
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No lenis required. Onlf i hammer nettled t"?drl?-e
?n i c Inch ih. m rasiir and qiii< kl?, li it ft il* ewell
?tsfoutely smooth. >? hoe to be nutU la
to leailnr nor hairr for l ? '?' ala They are aironr.
lonah and rtaiiublo. Mill un* nos) In OM Al!
enattit. uniform rr dst. rted, I Bl IP Iii "oxe*.
Ash your denier for thoi--. er sen<i 40c In
? tamp? for a box .1 109, aseortaal sleet Alan'ld b.v
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO..
WALTHAM. MAS**.
IftlPEF^ Illustrated Publications,
'Ullala Wi TH MAPS, d-soribln*
W% M~ W^ MirroMota. North Dato.* Mtn'sna,
| UfeM MM Wah'-. WuiiiDfirn ned Ureton, th*
FRIE GOVERNMENT,
*N0L0W PRICE!
NORTHERN
PACIFIC R* R.
IVERNMENT jg***.
LANDS
*3?*Tbe, b?*t Arrtcnltirjl Gr.TiB* ard Timber
I Lands now urea to i*vle.-*. Mtded FREE. Addre's
UtiS. a. I.AdBOH.N, l.r* 1 ('tia*., H. I'. '?'<?. I'.., ti. r*?l. Ulm*.
Garfield Tea
PUN. PetnpieiYe*. fi*Rrif! i.Tr* Ca ?J9W
Cures Constipation
OTeieonei
T><rUlt8 Of
bad eatinp.
orr>pl?xicr s raves Doctor?'
"HW *Mh8t .NV
PlfSfiriTS2PERSH?RE
ftj|lb| I Par-niue. $:>. Thc at." -
Ha B ff 8 I I* rf bono-flrl*- offer and i*
II V I 8 I "itiurlcd to Induce yon !-.
write na for particular* \
1 tl iitrlal uteri rise tn will h yt x mb
wake 4(1 per cent, au I < in vi atora attar
anteed dividend or k per ?.?(-ni pei annum. Address
- ' I B Irv.l.V.N.H Yrrrkf'itV
ATI AS 0fU'^. and World 9Rr
t\ I RajHtJ Ul rap*, n rWkti 1st-*, ak WWI
r*J?n.\ r f them colored. a\ho ? y*rt amount of inTorina
tion relative to different bute* and Count ric?, Vorm of
fkiTrmiiK-iif, Kami IVod'H-t* ami V?lue. *e. Only ?e. in
Stamp*. .lrMi-ew Hook I'm. House, \M I eon ard St.. N. Y
J Pian'* remedy for Catarrh ls the |
Ref. limiest to I'se, and Cheapest.
GATARRH
Sold by druggists or sent by mall.
Mc. K. 'J', nazcittne. Warren. Pa.
RHEUMATISM.
I'OKIM". iii"* laatanl relief andi* i qntck.sett
cure for Rheumatism ni Ita many forms. Addi ea*
W. TafHEATHAM. Jtt.s H antler? n, K. Ci
MOM.Y IN CHICKENS.
I Or IV. al00|?ar book, experience o'
, practical poidtry r?l?er daring *.?>
rewa lt teaches how to detect and
- rnr.i ?-i--i <"- ? to f~d foi eifja and
_ J . .foi fatten nj- . **hi** to*** to save fo.
Wjh^StffbireJ O'. r?C , Ac Addrcm
?O0S ri I. MVM U? a>*i*rl Mm "a T. ?**/.
TO YOUNG MEN.
Maadkl opportnnlt) te Mern a bualneai that ???in
Kive 1-tendv employment and a Miaryof |I000 a year,
sa-nd 8e. stamp for circular, rontalnina full Informa"
ti<'n Address Geo. H. Lawrem e.ME [Oth.X.i city.
ll N L' 6
MM IT TRKE*..
Irarceai ?nd R* WStock In I'nlted fstatea. rianten
aud I'ealns -.hoi.id get >( I! I RICKS before niacins
ORDERS. ' '
ito o m i a lue A't11'' r"M ]Mf" Ro,!*>ni4
JA5iOiBLAiNt cn-Hvnit*. outm 'mu i
! .{ f iohnson*Co Ko iBo 11 tb St., Richmond va
AND BOYS!
1 Wan! to leam all about a
Bone iio? lo Pie* Ont a
\ OoodOnol Knowlmpcrfec
| lions ami so OwH asa'?i
i Fr..m.'..' Peted D;nea?e and
; Ffte.t a t'tite *rbM satneU
! pofst'e? Tell thc age by
j the Teeth' What to tall the MfTerent Tart, ol the
i Anlna'? How to Shoe a Ho: se Properly AH th's
and oilier Va uab'.e lnfo-inatlo:i 'an 1 e Obta'l 11 hf
j readiig our 100-PA(*K II.I.IsTIt TED
: HORSE ROOK, whl'.i we will for .vant. poi*..
, pa d, on recelptof only '2!i eenie in atrtmpa.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE,
134 Leonard St*, Naw York City,
