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Uracil for Congratulation and Ilo4-w
I.f- 0:1 thp f'-is: pnirc of the .S'f;itlii
iiornin for lite vri l ilirmins-ion of
vrtt ul iv's upheaval f ll:o waters,
lmi will tin J tliat the tulal wave of
4-iht j ears aio w: a rmle bcsiile it.
The J i-r)p!e of Mew York jravo to
Inner ( eve ami yrt"iIav a majority
umre than tJouMe that of Mr. TiMcn in
I m7 1. more than !oul!r th'j largest ma
jority ever uttaineil 1 y a candidate for
i"ove. nr in a eontetcd election in Ill's
Mate. In this city 1 .eveJana s ma o 11)
in ri ally M0,() in Un oklvn, nearly
in s.;ch IJe;iiMiean strongholds
.n Krie and .JeTeron Counties, 0.00 )
and :0iKJ respectively. Everywhere
1 lie votes fell thick and fast for Cleve
land. At th's time of writing it seenn
certain that his ma'ority will exceed
IWWXHJ; it may reach l.'o.OOO.
This tremcniloiH result has been ef
fected by the thrown of Dcmocrat'c
liallot.i with (Iro er levelaud's name
r nted upon them: not by the with
holding of ltepuhlicati ballots bearing
the name of Folder.
The great State that are claimed as
doubtful in l'residentlat years New
York. Pennsylvania, ()hio. Indiana,
California are all strongly Democratic
in thU fall's elections. Pennsylvania
lias been carried for ltobcrt K. 1'attison,
the(iroer Cleveland of that State, by
a plurality largo enough to make hon
est I'ennnylvariians hearts hapm. Con
necticut will have in Thomas m' U'alle;
an honot and able Democrat!'? (lover
nor. And M:ts.a huet'.s. where they
have not yet ceased to talk of the ma
jority of 7,MX) for (Jaston in the topsy
turvy of 171 as a wonder and an anom
aly, elects bluff Pen Putler in IHHrJ by a
majority three fine as big. Wo con
gratulate (iencral Putler. who has got
what he has long wanted. Vc ongrat
ulritc Massachusetts, which has got
what she has long needed. Wc con
gratulate Harvard College, which will
now have the long-awa'ted opportunity
to confer upon this eminent citien the
title of Dodo of Laws and to receive
bim viih proper honors when he goes
over the Cambridge bridge to com
mencement next summer cs.ortcd by a
oinoany of lance s.
The gains of Congressmen already
repo ted, kotiic of them from Itcpublic
:in Mates like Jo.va and Wisconsin, put
the control of the next House of Uepre
entat.es into the hands of the Ameri
can Democracy. How large that major
ity will bo it is not et possible to say.
In many instances faithful members of
the present House have been returned
with increased majorities. Perry Pel
inont receives in Suffolk County alone a
majority about double his majority in
the whole district two years ago." In
Connecticut the Democrats gain two
members; in Massachusetts three, and
perhaps four; in New Jersey at least
one; in Pennsylvania four or more; and
m throughout the country, in numbers
growing larger as the returns come in.
On one result of the voting of yesler
day all good citizens, irrespective of
party, can congratulate themselves and
each other. In the Firt district of
New Jersey, Secor lloleson. the most
notorious o; all public robbers, is de
feated by a decisive vote.
In this city it appears bv about 2.". 000
majority that the true citizens ticket
was the ticket headed by Franklin
Kdoon.
On every s'du we find reason for con
gratulation and hope. Yesterday was
a memorable day. X. 1". 'mw.
A Speech bj (,'ovenior Cleveland.
At Itullaloon the night of the late
vle-.Mioti, when it had become certain
that Orover Cleveland had been elected
by an unprecedented majority, the citi
ens gathered at the club-foo:us an 1
presented the Oovernor-clect with a
niagnilicent chair. In accenting the
gift Mr. Cleveland said:
.M.v t milu. r. Hvnm r Vitus. mi:.1 tliat he hu'l
iiiii'.xir( u-.iiy Imvu ralliil ut oii tn uiiim- a
t h t en Uii this ; ihi. I can a iv, I
M4iiMit with nnifh eintv truth, tbii'. I mil tit.
xpect !! call l upon to mv a low wor.l
ipi!i t hit ( . ih mi: atnl, in o nt or fac t. I
liai iiltniMt lorK'ttf'n h iw t :H. If rwr
a man Inn I vn In Ka-I .n Mr.iisr tho most
t. "hom tin. I tin tu t iiiivii Ming, t liuvt ttvn
tr tr.11 1 i4t tivr or ix wct'KH, Mv manager,
Mr. t2MMy nr. has IkimIIv- nil twitl iik to ak
firwhat I wantMtto il ami drink. I en 1 1
in'ttiko tnv -n in lia-vi I .tit thit he w
nfral 1 tnv hunt m w tv u I ru.iK' I. My ,r
T of mv p air (M'vrn In thought wouM i-r-lainlv
titroy all my Imnr.i. I l l not ul
ni t It t;t him iH'for.' I .lrtiol it. I mu.Ie a
fpv-h In thl tiMjrhlMrbo,,l oiuv at tho k
pnnlng or th rair.pnvn. wl.loJi arr..nlit H
r ivy Hep-ill run frifiuls to ncarf
lh. nlrn out tr tnrlr proprlotj-. It was with
tin iiltn.wt 1 n..Mor that li I niK-e ah ait
in tjonty r our xi t r t I Iipv th it
h'n wik no xery irrtvit eal in ttv Involve! In
rt rlcetioti whleu has t iken place to- tay, and
it n-:lt. Now ftomcthiiur has Ih m nai l
ilHut mv o Mirs at Mar. r, whit -h civ m an
opportunity to y jotm-thin which havn il -fii.
l ton.y. nn.l It I this: th it thrn hs U n
n 'Hi ninmyi-onrMMirpt hii a.lhcrotuv to
tho prlnc.pl n of hon .ty an t i!r?enc)', nn 1 it U
Atimiinrtitary upitn th tlmoi wnlch nhouM
inx lcotl7 In our heart, an I which nhouKl b
an a ltnoii tl n to us that a m m shoul.I ae juire.
MmnonoarMylnif thoropumtlon. I w.llmy
Iho opiv.rtuniti,.. which I hivi? arnuir d,
-Miiiplvbyl In tl h.te-Mt .luty. if 'join
UiU ba 1 MtiffiiNi m? cait, why think or thp i-on
Utlonof ihlnr whUh makes it lnnilar for a
niHn inorrlv to.lo hilnty nu niako hm 11 n
J.et or tint if ovcrl,xly u their duty
ib. ro w.miMIk. noRiK-h s niruUrltym th s. Hn f,
I ti l tHtorr, It Is hoiium urn lor nertni re-
!.'.T!iVV'u L1''1 n,0,u,,ll,,ml h'. n-nuib i
lt which th event of tho day ha put upon
,.n!0.Ul.,V",,IT,u',,mo, h frelthat
I may not tont)!oti tne -t th o riponitilll-
lVV..V' 1 hv-"J. H-motiine I have
II ml tho rxppcUNon f tin p.o,V of the
nutun.. In Iho paw when will Mlkixr
well illreetnl ml honot cfTorts to do dutr I
which tho pooplo hnvp n l sm? to-day. but I
Is-l cx c.w th hornet and iMnccre doViro to
sV.di ty. with an cyo nlmrlc to tho oM of tb
irTiPiK,T,Twl?.m 1 .m v,Ul that my path
will M. ma to plain, and thHt ir I a then to the
hno,t rndrav. r that I M.all ul in mr
sluty and p;rhn anwcr your einvt itlon
nnd Ihep-Mlnlnr fomcthln f r tbeti " J
.tin iu M ir i mo your rorow-cltl-cn.
Ihopo you wm niIoir me Will o fi t
mrmbrr ot this oluN which Mrt nurturrd tho
inovrmrnt which hus r ultcd In my Smn
lion t Hl,y. 1 h pe yet to In- yo2r feTlSIS?
r ajraln Tbepnwont 1 b.4it ful. buta "
plcious. 1 hop, tho horn ar not to remind
mo that I am t lr um the h. rns of nr
iwecn 1 an.l mt on ih;Ke boms, l how that in
firir,01 ca7r,r 1 mv "vo1'1
rrtloctlons ha they nny nusnrrM. ear in min i
i5!o JThut3V,r n,tty hlnon In tho future" I
whall rtmmnNr my associations with the mom-
iorn,ml-t-nUclUbanl aU lhat the' vedoSS
A monstrous tnmor, seventy-one
rounds in wo ght, was recently removed
irom the person of a patient in the Cin
cinnati hospital It is considered by the
profession as an unusually successful op
eration, as tho excrescence was tho laA
sest of the kind known. Cliiciigo Ikrald.
flames Silkman. of Vonkers, N. Y.
tho lawyer cont ned t rec months in the
Ltica insane asylum, when, it is claimed
Io was all the time sane, has formed a
society for the reform of the lunacy
laws. J
The Significance of the Victory.
Th? significance of yesterday's elec
tion wilftc variously interpreted, opin
ion depending mainly upon the school
to which tho observer belongs and his
interest in tho events to bo intluenced
by it. It is not possible for an- one- to
view current history without something
of tho Mas of selfish interest and pride of
opinion. It is also certain that no one
knows what tho intlucucc of so sweep
ing a change may be. because its full
etlects are contingent upon the uncer
tain actions of men in the future into
wliO'C motive so many contlicting factors
enter. A great battle which might be
decisive of the fato of armies and the
power of nations often proves, ifrom the
course of subsequent events, of little
consequence and of no real value to the
victors. What has 1 ecome of tho 11c
ptiblican majorities swept away in Penn
sylvania, Xew York and other States?
The voters who contrit u!ed to those
majorities in other years are still in the
tfesh and all but a margin of them are
still Republican It will not do to con
clude that States lately Republican
have all at once become Democratic
It would bo easy for the Democratic
party, by an unwise and injudicious
course, by a failure to appreciate the
responsibilities now thrown upon it, to
cause a reaction and even a revulsion
which would place it further from per
manent victory than it has been since
1872. 1'n t this is a supposition of ex
treme incapacity in tho party which has
again teen put in control of the popu
lar branch of tho Legislative Depart
ment of the Government. It is
not assuming any great presci
ence to predict that the RepublTc-
an party w.ll now le thoroughly reor
ganized or abandoned. Tlfo avowed r
lorm clement will take possession of tin
orgmization or the party will not stop
short of utter disso'ution. This much
with re pect to the grand old party"
is forcca-st in yesterday s sweeping Dem
ocratic vi tory. It docs not se possible
that the broken fragments of the Repub
lican party, now seen in the shape of war
ring factions, will bo able to compose
its antagonisms, mollify its enmities
and reform, and consolidate strength
enough to resist tho triumphant Democ
racy as it sweeps on to victor v in 18S4.
'Tho immediate etlcct upon tho Demo
cratic party will bj exultant happiness
and perhaps over-confidence, but later
there will be a closer definition of prin
ciples, especially with reference to the
reformation of the revenue system and
tho future financial policy of the coun
try. Conscious strength will beget in
dependence of merely local and neces
sarily irreconcilable interests. Incon
gruities which have been tolerated in
the leadership and in the declarations
of party beliefs will have to give place
to frank and consistent avowals of pur
poses even at the risk of temporary
and partial defeat. A party without
distin t aims respecting fundamental
National questions cannot hope to hold
together when it has won power, and
continue for any length of time to
wield the Government through jarring
and discordant agents. Tho nature
and the basis of the reorganization of
the clashing elements of the Repub
lican party will have much to do with
any modifications of the Democratic
position on vital National questions.
St. Louis Ilcpnblican.
Account 'n? for the Result.
It is idle to attempt accounting for
the result of yesterday's election ii7this
St;ito by any causes local to the State.
It is true that the Republican maeh no
in this State has Icen a remarkably
compact and efii ient machine, and that
it has 1 een managed by very able and
unscrupulous machinisfs. They nomi
nated a good candidate for Governor b
que-tionable ir.eans as they had before
by means e jually que ;t.onablo nomi
nated bad candidates, but be!o the
beaten fact ons had always turned in,
a ter more or less grumbling, to help
elect the 1 ad candidate, and had
elected more than one of the bad candi
dates. Th's time thev have refused to
sup ort the good candidal, and have
helped to bury him under a major.ty,
whatever its proportions m iv prove to
be. which is utterly unprecedented, and
utterly overwhelming. The causes of
this latest and mot memorable revolu
t.on in American t lit cs are not far to
jcek. The scandals of Grantism' were
less influential iu the elections of 1874
than the scandals of Robesonism have
been in the elections of 18 i. It has
been anew demonstrated that the Am ri
can people, in hard times or in lluh
times, are not willing to bo ruled by
robbe;s. The time comes when they
can no longer be rail ed to the support
of a party by its name and its past
achievements alone, when the name r nd
tliL achievements have evident'y be
come the cover for incompetency and
corruption. That the Republican party
saved the country and paid the debt and
pew the crops, even it it had been true,
has finally ceased, to the average Ameri
can citizen, to bo a valid reason why he
should vote to prolong tho reign of
branded thieves and perjurers because
they cull" themselves Republicans: It is
to the crimes and follies of. the leaders
whom tho Republican party has accept
ed that the Democratic party owes this
wonderful success. The great vietorv
of yesterday will be happy or disastrous
for the Democratic party as the partv is
or is not found to bo ready to turn it to
to tho best account for the party and for
the country. All that can be said of the
victory now is that it brings a great op-
V- " , u a Kreai responsiDilitv."
A. 1. HorM.
m m
M'ss Faith flmv rf lti,-i:..
t., about eight months ago married
an old man of sixty and worth 2 -
WV.VW. zio nau me reputation of bcin
the meanest man in tho stitn nZ
some means sho got the better of him.
mm iiv maue a will leaving her his
whole estate, and then died. This is
another instance of Faith working won
ders, although she had to wait until
alter she was graV to do it.
To many Americans the maic
word imported ' coming from a sales
man a month is suflicient to cause them
to choose tho foreign article in prefer
ence to an American article of equal
merit which could be obtained for two
thirds the price, Philadelphia Commer
cial Bulletin.
Quill pens are fashionKble. and the
old peacock bluo and brick-red rape
and envelopes have been revived.
How to rinck an Ostrich.
Mr. J. Protheroe. the young English
man who has in Central Park a herd of
twenty-two ostriches, recently imported
from Buenos Ayres fcr breeding in
America, went yesterday morning with
his herdsman, an ebon Cape Towner,
named Johnson, and a Sun reporter, to
the deer hut in which the birds are con
fined. When Johnson opened the door
ho was greeted by a series of sounds
suggestive of the noise made by a fo
horn.
That's what the Dutch natives of
Cape Town call bromming.' said Mr.
Protheroe. 44 It expresses the same fccl
iug with an ostrich that cooing does
with a dove. Til show you how we
pluck an ostrich. Johnson, bring the
stocking."
The dark herder, whom the birds re
garded with mild-eyed affection, pro
duced a long, white stockng. He
caeght ono of the birds by its neck, and
inserted the head and neck in the stock
ing. 'Xho result irresistibly recalled the
pictures of Bernhardt in Bernhardt
glomes. The blinded bird exhibited
some nervousness.
This herd have been so long in con
finement.1' said Mr. Protheroe, 4'that
they are comparatively gentle when the
stocking is pulled over their necks.
They tight and kick vigorously some
times when they have been accustomed
to the liberty of a largo farm."
Johnson led the bird up to a side of
the hut, against which with one hand
he held his neck. He held up a wing
with theotherhand, while Mr. Protheroe
held the other wing and with a pair of
shears clipped oil a white feather one inch
from the rlesh under the wing. 44lt
would not do," continued Mr. Protheroe,
to pull these feathers out. In lamina
tion might set in. We pull out the tail
feathers and those on the outside of the
wings. One month after we cut oTthe
large feathers under tho win new
fcai hers push out the old quills.1"
While Mr. Protheroe was speaking
the long-necked birds were making
friends with the reporter. One of them
seized his shirt collar, but was frustrated
by Johnson in his attempt to swallow
it. Another tried to gulp down the re
porter's cane, but finding a stU' neck the
result, desisted.
44 If you will stand belrnd me," said
the young Englishman," we will open
the door and let the birds out for their
morning airing. They arc dangerous
when let at liberty."
Johnson pushed back tho sliding door
of the hut. 44 Now," continued Mr.
Protheroe, 44 3011 will see something
that you have not had the privilege of
seeing in America before." Johnson
gave a low, peculiar whistle, resembling
somewhat the brommingM of tho birds
as he walked out of the door into the
grassy enclosure. The ungainly bipeds
rushed after him pell-mell. Their
necks were craned out and theirmouths
were wide open. They ran about the
enclosure in a break-neck fashion for
several minutes, occasionally bumping
into ono another. Then they began
Happing their wings and waltzing. It
was a veritable waltz, and is so termed
by ostrich farmers. The birds turn
rapidly round and round, dipping their
necks and swaying their bodies at each
turn. A rhythm that could be set to
music pervades their motions.
44 It would be unsafe to go among
them now, unless, like Johnson, vou
were familiar with them," said Mr.
Protheroe. Two of the male ostriches
began to fight at this point. They faced
ca- h other with distcnefcd mouths, Hap
ping wings and glaring ees. Then
they 1 egan a pecking match, which was
followed by some high kicking, for
ward, backward and sidewisc. 4 While
the are too tough to bo much hurt bv
their own kicks, they have been known
to break the arms and legs of men by
them," said Mr. Protheroe. The
birds will be taken to California soon.
Mr. Protheroe thinks his ostrich farm
ing in America will Le entirely success
ful. A'. ) Sim.
Did the Comet (Ure the Sun a Black
Eye?
Happening to look at the sun one day
last week through a pair of those very
dark spectacles which are used in the
manipulation of the electric light, the
reporter saw a distinct black speck on
its disk.
44 That must be a very large sun spot,"
ho thought, and immediately betook
himself to the observatory of his friend
the astronomer.
44 Yes," said the astronomer, "that's
a truly remarkable spot. It's the black
cvo that the great cwnet gavfc the ruler
of the solar system! At least there is a
theory which says so, and, as tho sun
has shown black eyes before after
great comets have been engaged with
him at close quarters, perhaps the the
ory is not so very far out of tho way."
44 Do you mean that the comet hit the
sun?"
No, not exactly that, for if it had it
would have been the end of tho comet
But it undoubtedly passed through the
atmosphere of the sun. and if it had
gone much closer would have touched
what appears to us as the sun's actual
surface. You know that one of the dis
coveries of recent years is that meteors
follow in the tracks of comets. The
tremendous spot that adorned the sun's
face after the perihelion of the comet of
1843 has been ascribed to the fall into
the sun of a huge meteor following the
comet, and the present sp t. or rather
spots - for there are several which made
their appearance about the time of the
Eerihclion of our great comet may
ave had a slmil-r.r origin. There is
another view that can be taken of it.
It has been shown that a comet going
very close to the sun is liable to be torn
to pieces by the divelient for es oper
ating on it. The present comet, you
know, has a divided nucleus; in fact, it
ha3 probably thrown off several
cometary masses of considerable
magnitude, and the work of dis
integration appears to be still
go ng on. Now, it may have parted
with a portion of its mass when it was
nearest the sun, and the fall of this may
have produced the spots. There is yet
another way of looking at it which does
not involve the fall of anything upon
the sun, and that is this; the exceeding
ly cTose approach of the comet may by
itself s,te caused the spots. It is true
no comet has ever shown that it pos
sessed mass enough to effect by its at
traction the motion of any planet near
which it passed, but the gaseous surface
of the sun is in a condition far different
rom that of the solid globes which
revolve around it. At af rate, the
greater spot which vou noty see on the
face of the sun, and some of the smaller
one3 too, undoubtedly made their ap
pearance when the comet was at its
perihelion; and moreover, they ap
peared on that s'de of the sun which
was then turned toward the comet.
4So vou see there is really some
reason for saying that the comet gavo
the sun a black eye. In return for this
pugilistic salute, however, if all the ob
servations arc to be trusted, the King of
Day reduced the comet's head to frag
ments." Ar. Y. Stin.
The Later Geography.
Q. Where are the Poles located?
A. At the school-house, town hall or
some empty store.
Q What is a circle?
A. A gathering where the "gossips
sew for the heathen and tell all they
know.
Q- What places have noon at tho
same time?
A. Factories and boarding-hous'i-?.
Q. When are tho nights the longest?
A. When you cannot sleep.
Q. Is there a plain in you neighbor
hood? A. Wc should think not by tho Way
ours is borrowed.
3. What disadvantage in haviug a
bar at the entrance of a harbor?
A. It would take away trade from
the saloons in port.
Q.What is a strait?
A Five cards following in order of
denomination. (Hoyle.)
Q. Where do we lind the largest :md
fiercest animals?
A. At the menagerie.
Q. Where do we lind the greatest
number of insects?
A. Out of town on a hot night.
. Q. Into what races are we divided?
A. The Horse race, the Bo:it race
and tho Human race.
Q. How are the inhabitants of a civ
ilized country generally cmploj'ed?
A. The men in working and tho
women in shopping.
Q. What is mining?
A. Finding out how much you have
been cheated.
Q. Name some substances now
manufactured for food?.
A. Oleomargarine and boarding
house hash.
Q. What is commerce?
A. Selling your neighbor goods at
three times their value.
Q. What do merchants do with
products of the surrounding country?
A. Gather them together and form a
44 corner" in the market.
Q. How are the commercial towns
connected with the towns of the in
terior? A. Bv 44 drummers."
Q.What is fishing?
A. Sitting in a boat all day for noth
ing, and having to lie all the evening
about what you caught, and what got
away. Detroit Free fress.
The Havre Docks.
The avant-port, or entrance harbor, is
nearly dry at low water, and our ten
der, even with her light draught, stirs
the mud as she proceeds, hut when
the t de is in, the largest steamers and
sailing ships can safely proceed to tho
docks, that have been dug from tho
land with an enormous expenditure of
money and muscle. The docks and
basins of Havre arc all of man's crea
tion, and owe their e vistence to his in
dustry and perseverance. They aro
eight in number, and a ninth, and per
haps a tenth, will be added before long.
Altogether the existing docks will ac
commodate two thousand vessels, and
by crowding them closely another hun
dred or two might be taken in. The
largest is the dock of the Eure, and it
has a superficial area of lifty-three acres,
with a mile and a quarter of quays. The
water in this basin has a depth of thirty
feet, and a dry dock opens from it capa
ble of holding any of the ships that visit
the port. Think of the labor necessary
for making this dock and building the
massive walls that form its sides, and
then say if Havre is not deserving of all
her present prosperity. An older and
smaller dock than this in the Bassin du
Commerce, which is generally filled
with sailing ships, and sometimes has
held as many as two hundred of them
without impeding circulation. At one
end of this dock is tho square named
after Louis XVL, and on pleasant even
ings we will find a dense crowd there to
en;oy tho military or other music, and
tr lounge under the trees. Beyond tho
square and in full view from the dock
rises the principal theater of Havre, and
at the water's edge is the machinery for
removing the masts of ships or restoring
them to their places. The oldest dock of
all is tho Bassin dn Boit or Vieux Bas
sin, and it is also the smallest; it was
made in 16G9, and has latterly been en
larged so as to adapt it to the ships of
the present day. It is difficult to ascer
tain the cost of the docks of Havre, as
the old accounts no longer exist, and wo
have only the modern figures to guide
us. Within the last twenty years more
than fifty millions of dollars' have been
expended on them, and the work is still
incomplete. Thomas W. Knox, in Har
per's Magazine.
Mr. Proctor, the astronomer, is
making all manner of speculations with
regard to the comet, and among other
pleasant things assures us that by next
year, he thinks, or certainly within two
or three vears, this erratic sky-wanderer
will pitch into the sun, and then we
may look for the wildest high jinks be
tween the occupants of the heavens and
the earth. For a very short while how
ever; for Mr. Proctor says the comet
will make it so hot for the" sun, or vice
versa, that in a brief space of time tha
inhabitants of the egjrth will rival Egyp
tian mummies in dryness, and literal iy
be burnt to a crisp. Christian Union.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury at
Tunbridge Wells, on the death of a
child, was: The child was suffocated,
but there is no evidence to show that
the suffocation was before or after
death." Medical and Surgical Reporter.
A Montreal young man attempted
to kiss the pretty daughter of a corner
grocer. She dipped her lily white hand
up to the wrist in a gallon of molasses,
and passed it rapidly across the ardent
lover's ambrosial beard. .
There are six coal mines working in
Arkansas
Water for Stock In Winter.
The importance of a liberal supply of
pure water for stock during the winter
is not appreciated by most farmers.
Many are inclined to think that animals
require but little water during cold
weather, "and that it is not necessary to
bo at much pains to bring it within easy
reach of them. Farmers who live tol
erably near a lake, pond or stream often
compel their stock to go to it to obtain
water during the winter. The distance
,13, in may cases, so great and the ex
posure attended by so much discomfort
that the animals prefer to suffer thirst
rather than travel the distance and be
subjected to the severe cold. Often tho
banks of the natural body of water aro
in bad condition zo that animals find it
difficult to stand on them. During
warm weather they are covered with
mud. and during very cold weather they
are covered with ice. There is often
ice on the surface, which prevents them
from drinking. When this is the case the
water is too cold for drinking purposes.
Ice cold water is never a suitable drink
for stocv, and especially is this the case
during the winter. The water in lakes
aud streams in some parts of the coun
try is of excelieut quality, being chiefly
supplied by springs. Such, however, is
not likely to bo the case In the West.
Most of our streams are sluggish, and a
large proportion of our lales are littlo
more tnan collections of surface water.
It contains portions of everything that
is soluble in the soil over or through
which it flows. Though it may be clear
it may contain large quantities of im
purities that cannot be detected by the
eye. It may emit no offensive smell
during cold weather though it would
most likely do so during warm weather.
Ordinarily, the best drinking-water
for man or beast is obtained from
springs or tolerably deep wells. It is
generally free from vegetable and ani
mal impurities and contains salts of
lime and other minerals that are useful
in building up the animal structure.
As compared with the temperature of
the atmosphere it is warm in winter
and cool in summer. It is nearly free
Irom the noxious gases that abound in
the air, and is well supplied with car
bonic acid, which renders it exhilarat
ing. It is greatly to be preferred to
the rain-water stored in a cistern, which
is generally contaminated with vege
table and animal substances and is de
ficient in lime. If a farmer can obtain
a supply of spring water he will find it
economical to br.ng it to his feeding
yard and stable, even though the
trouble and expense may be consider
able. The water of a spring, if brought
through a pipe, is always available
without trouble. It saves the cost of a
pump and the labor of raising. Tho
cost of bringing spring water through
a pipe half a mile is often less than the
'expense of a deep well and a raising
apparatus. For the spring water, the
first cost is the only one. To .keep a
supply of rain or well water where
stock can use it, constant labor and ex
pense are required. A pipe for con
ducting spring water should be laid
deep enough to be out of the danger
of frost, and should be without de
pressions other than a gradual declen
sion the entire distance. If it is not
nearly on a strarght line the lower por
tions are liable to become filled with
sand. If spring water,can be conveyed
in a pipe, it can generally be brought
into tho barn or stable with little diffi
culty. By having water in :the build
ing where stock is kept during the win
ter, much labor is saved and all ex
posure to storms is obviated.
A well for the supply of - water for
stock should be for convenience tolera
bly near -tha barn -yard, but not so near
as to allow filth to run into it from the
surface of the ground or to pass in
through the soil. The planking around
it should bo l.tted tight to tho curbing
so that impurities cannot enter the well.
It -should be supplied with a good
pump, and if the amount of water to bo
raised is large the pump should be op
erated by wind-power. The drinking
trough should, if rossible, be located
under cover. If it is, the snow and
sleet will be kept from it, and tho force
of the wind broken. The trough should
be provided with a plug so that tho
water can be drawn off when the stock
is through drinking, ihis will save the
formation of ice, which will make the
water too cold. If the trough stands in
the middle of the barn-yard and is un
protected by a roof, snow will be likely
to drift round it, and will help cause
the formation of ice. Young animals
will be pushed about by the older ones,
and many will be injured. The more
exposed the supply of water the colder
it will be, and the greater will be the
reluctance of animals to go to drink.
They will often hesitate to venture to it
till they become very thirsty, when they
will drink more than is beneficial for
them. They will take so much water
into their stomachs that they will be
come completely chilled, and suffer in
consequence. All kinds of animals
should be encouraged to drink frequent
ly during cold weather, so that they will
drink but a small quantity, at a time.
Animals that have but little to eat but
straw, hay and dry meal require con
siderable water, or food will do them
little good. There is no danger of ani
mals drinking too much water during
cold weather if it is furnished so thai
they can obtain it. when it is desired.
The custom o: some farmers of allowing
an opportunity to get water but once a
day is barbarous. Chicago Times.
Locked His Pockct-Book Out Doors.
There is a man in this city who is
considerably given to speculation; goes
out into the country and buys a few
car-loads of potatoes or anything else
that he thinks he can turn to advantage.
Tho other day he gathered together
every cash dollar he had, and borrowed
all the spare cash that a merchant friend
of his had. the whole aggregating quite
a large sum of money, with a view to a
speculative trip with plenty. That
night he was very careful to see that
all the doors and windows in the house
were securely fastened. When he arose
in the morning he threw up the window
to see if the milk-man had" got around,
when, much to his horror, his eye lit
upon his pocket-book in the grass near
the garden walk. The first idea was
that it had been stolen, rifled and
thrown there, lie rushed down stairs,
and much to his joy found the pocket
book all safe, with contents intact. It
seems that he had stepped into the gar
den the previous evening to get a plant,
and in stoopinz the wallet slipped from
his pocket Portland (ie) tfess.
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h ki: I -fclitiJTT
urcnCHANTS GATtGUNG OIL Is the
oldest and the standard liniment of the
United States. Largo size, $1.00; medium 60
cents: email, 25 cents; small size for family
use, 25 cents; Merchant's Worm Tablets, 25
cents. For sale by every druggist and dealer
In general mercnanaisc.
For Family Use '
Tho GanrUnsr Oil Liniment -with wnrra
wrapper, prepared for human flesh, is put
up In small bottles only, and does not stain
tueBkin. iTice cents.
The Gargling Oil Almanac for 18S3
Is no-w In the hands of our printer, and will
be ready for distribution during- the months
of November and December, 1883. The Al
manac for tl.M coming- year Mill bo more use
ful and instroctlvrtthan ever, and will be
sent free to any address. Write for one.
Ask the Nearest Druggist.
If the dealers in your place do not keep
Merchant's Garcrlinir Oil for sale, insist upon
their sending to us, or where they get their
medicines, ana get it. Keep the bottle well
corked, an 1 shake It before vIng. Yellow
wrapper for animal and while lor human
ucsa.
Special Notice.
Tho Merchant's Ganrllmr Oil has been in
ue as a liniment for half a century. All wo
ask is a fair trial, but bo suro and follow di
rections.
The Gargling Oil and Merchant's Worm
Tablets are for salo by all druggists and deal
ers in general xnerchandiso throughout tho
world.
Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y by Mer-
nhanlo nll oil n-
Secretary.
YOUMJMRICA!
As regards musical compositions of note. America Is
undoubtedly young. A great deal has, however, dur
ing the last few yetfrs, been accomplished. The follow
ing are all by native comnoarrs:
70nflhlA Cf2 By 8. 0. Pratt.
(CllUUUIa A grand Opera of much merit.
Is reiuri -Awellknown Oratorio.
Rodomption Hymn. 8rfito) Br J & D
A abort, but complete and impressive work.
ChriSimaSt (Sicts). By A. C. Ontterson.
A sacred Cantata for Christmas time.
Fall ot Jerusalem, ffig 1L rrk-
m m An Impressive and musical Cantata,
dfifrl Palm cents) By Dudley Duck.
fUIII rdalliii A first class sacred composition.
PralSp tO G0d. ByCr. Bri.tow.
An Oratorio. Noble words and music
BOlSnaZZara (if.) By J. A. ButtcrUeld.
Grand and beautiful scenic Cantata. '
Joseph's Bondage, ww..
A splendid oriental sacred Cantata."
Chris! the loid.Z?!!!i2L'-
DOtl MunlO. (I1.5O) By Dudley Buck.
A legend of the crusaders, act to music.
Plrtllr n BJr J- n- Thnmns.
ribilllM Will do (ln-doors) for a winter concert.
Hew Flower Queen. GsctoByo.r.Root.
New arrangement of a famous Cantata.
DUllling OI1ip (ss cents). By B. F. Baker.
Easy and striking Cantatas.
LTON Ss IIEALY, Chicago, TIL
OLIVER DITSON A CO. , rtoston.
Old fashionable
remedies are rapidly
giving ground before
the advance f this
conquering specific,
and old fafchloncd
Ideas in regard to de
pletion as a meant of
cure, have been quit
exploded by the sue
cess of the great ren-
ovant, which tones)
the system, tranquil
Izes the nerves, neu.
trallzrs malaria, de
purares and enriches
the blood, rouses the
liver when dormant,
and promotes a reg
ular habit of body.
For salo by all
Druggists and Deal
era generally.
IN6TOMACH
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are certainly best, having
been so do-reed t every
Great World' Is
dliall nl .f'nmil linn
81 jteea Yearii no other American organs
i'u ueen iouna equal at any. Also cheapest
fetyle i09;8h octaves; sufficient compass and power,
with best quality, for popular aaered and awilar music
-i? ArI,1(, !" ST, J m n 1 e at only 9Z9. OXK II UN
1UKI OTIIEtt NTYLE8 itm t 7. $66. $72.
t; to. tioo. i ,4 to 9uo and up. Th larger ityiea
are wholly unrivaled by any other organ. Also for
eaay paymenta. New Illustrated Catalogue free.
fTTs Tl A HII fH& Tnl 9onPny have com-
U UirUUu VLlV introducing Important 1m-
Srovements; adding to power and beauty of tone and
urablllty. Will not require tuning one-ouarier as
vtnch at other Piano. Illustrated CTlreulars
FIXER. The MA HON Se UAJf E.IN Orsan
Plan Co.. 1S4 TremontSu. Boston: 4U .
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I If f 1 to send for our fall rice
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This U.Y. Staffer. &20
With tl set of Attachments Prea-
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on test trial-plan whrn desired,
"rer Org.mi ets
Reeds, It stops. Mechanical Sub
Bass, octave coupler, t knee swell,
with S3 stool and tl Book, only t7&
Abo sent on test trial-plan if de
aired. Elegant ease, magnificent
tone, durable inafete snd at. Clr.
rur.withtestimofiisls,free. Ask
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An English Veterinary Bargeea and Cham
mTigJn this eenatry. ears that most of the
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pure and iaamsaesly valuable. Nothing en earth wiJ
Sake hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powders,
eee, ease teaspeonral to one plat food. Hold every.
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Fajuo PcxoATrrx Fax make new rioa blood.
I hare a poeJtfje remedy for the above dteeaaei by its
use toosiiids of case of the worst ind3f U
tanoine have been cured. Indeed, eo .trone is my fsitu
to its etfWy, that , I will send TWO BOTTLU lE. to
gether with a VALUABLE TREATISE en this disease, to
any sufferer. Oive Express and P. O. addresaw
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