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CLIMBING "VESUVIUS,
Interesting Account of ap Ascent
of Italy's Great Volcano—A Peep
Into tne Bowels of the Earth.
"One day of our stay in Naples was
sent apart for a visit to Vesuvius," writes
Dr. Plant, of Troy, N. Y., who is in
Europe to his father. "To avoid as
much as possible the excessive heat of
midday, we had given orders to be
called at 5 a. ni. Our breakfast was as
usual. A continental.breakfast is "with­
out variableness or shadow of turning/
consisting of bread, coffee, and waiers
of fresh butter. We have, though,—
come to think of it,—been two or three
times served with strained honey. At
6:15 wo started—a company of eighteen
or twenty, in a quarter aa many car­
riages. For three or four miles, at
least, our route lay along the crescent
shore of the eit*, or, I believe, in any
other European city. Men, women, and
children utterly unkempt and uncared
for bare-footed and dirty-legged faces
unwashed and hair uncombed, all about
the streets, walking, sitting, reclining
many of them munching th iir breakfast
of black bread and figg sidewalks
unmentionably filthy, and clouds of
dust, risinsr from the unsprinkled streets
—that is the picture that any one will
recognize who has ever been in Naples.
Pailent, forbidding, plodding, little don­
keys, hardly larger than a Newfound­
land dog, were going cityward, all cov­
ered up with tbeir immense panniers or
baskets of vegetables and fruits. They
are seldom driven
vj
reins as are our
horses, but the master or perhaps mis­
tress, walks behind him and holds on
by the tail. A donkey's tail is an insti­
tution in itself. It is the rudder that
guides him. A little twist this way or
that way tarns the whole body. An ad­
monitory pinch makes him go faster. A
spiteful wrench assures him that his
master ift mud and he brays, while a
gentle squeeze, a tender pressure, tells
him that ail is well,_ and he joys con
tentedly along, willing to bear any bur­
den and endure hardships so that he
may stand approved at headquaners,
which, curiously, are at the tail end.
"Our progress was slow. The Naples
horses are poof, dispirited, and abused.
Their protruding ribs show a lack of
oats, and t-ieir seamed skins an over­
use of the lush. The Italians appear to
be very fund of using the whip on their
beasts.
"Turning at last from the long, dole­
ful street, we began to climb the moun­
tain. The scent is made by wagon and
railroad. Both are good and the cost of
construction must have been enormous.
The whole business is in charge of the
Vesuvius company, which is not the Ne­
apolitan, or eveu Italian, but Belgian.
The wagon road is zigzag more crooked
than the trail of an earthworm in the
sand after a shower. Our progress was
something like a wab's, more lateral
than forward. Still we do go forward
and npward, though at a snails' pace.
The baee of the great mountain, which is
thirty miles in circumference, is a gar­
den ©f vines and fruit trees, figs, pome­
granates, and olives abound. Thousands
and tens of thousands of people live in
little white cottages, nearer than were
Pompeii and Herculaueuru, hug­
ging the mountain, so to speak,
forgetful, apparently, of its pow­
er to destroy..The great eruption of
a lew yearn ago did destroy one lit lie
village, but hardly had the ground
cooled and the smoke cleared away
when these home-loving people began
to build on th? same site, and it is now
as flourishing as before.
"Though the base of the mountain is
lovely and rich with blossom and fruit,
we soon come to a scene aa desolate as
can bo imagined. Great fields of dark
brown almost black lava, cover most of
the mountain side. Its surmce is not
uniform, but extremeh^ irregular and
nodular, and it is easy to see how it has
become so. The liquid lava is a thick
substance, something like pitch, and
usually moves slowly. Any obstruction
as an uneven surface retards the stream
the lower edge cools and becomes
thicker, increasing the obstruction, and
there results an accumulation—a bunch­
ing up of the lava at this point. There
are multitudes of these hammocks, with
wavy outlines on the lower sid* where
the liquid has solidified The appear­
ance is much as we may imagine would
be that of solid black billows, ^s the
lava cools another ohenomena occurs
that is, figuring. The more recent beds
are full of unsightly gashes, running
cross-wise, wide enough and deep
enough often to take one in all over. But
lava is not a very stable product it tends
disintregate by exposure, and in the ol­
der beds it has crumbled down into
something like a uniform moss. I have
somewhere read that it makes an excel­
lent fertilizer, but over all these acres
of lava-covered soil there is no sign of
vegatation. The scene is the very "black­
ness of desolation.'
"The cone is stinct from the moun­
tain in the sense that a dome is distinct
from the buildinz which it surrounds.
It is very steep, and something like a
third of a mile in height. Near the base
fo the cone stands the observatory on a
spur of the mountain. In the great erup­
tion some years ago the river of molten
Java divided just above this point, a
branch running down on either side ol
the observatory. Here, Palmierl, the
hero ofVesuvious, watched and signaled
the process to those below. It must have
been a hot place, that observatory, with
a river of sulphurous lava almost grazing
it on either side.
"Though the mountain-top is prob­
ably not more than six miles from our
hotel in Naples, our actual travel had
been far more than that, and it was 11
o'clock beiere we reached the restau­
rant and railroad station at the foot of
the cone. Deciding to lunch before go­
ing further, our tables were spread under
a verandah overlooking a scene of great
extent and matchless beauty. Below us
was the mountain, vine-clad at its base,
but with acres on acres of dark disfigur­
ing masses of lava immediately before
us yonder the city, with its outlying
villages on the other side of the Bay
Sorronto, sitting between hills couered
to their summitts with olive and orange
trees in the Rocky island of Cabril.
with its wonderful blue Grotto and far«
therout, but within plain sight, the
classic island of Ischia, lately the scene
of a disaster so appalling as to call for
sympathy and generous gifts from ev­
ery land. All the landscape was suffused
with a hazy azure, and the bay from
this height appeared to a part of the
sky, and some of us had to look more
than once to assure ourselves that the
boats were not huge birds. Nothing that
1 had ever seen seemed so much like an
enchantment.
"The inclined railway is over two
thousand feet long and runs nearly to
the summii of the cone. It is exceeding
ly steep, and in making the ascent tne
timid should look upward, never down­
ward. I think it must be hard for any­
one to resist the thought that with a live­
ly volcano just oyer one's head and four
thousand feet of steep mountain below
something might occur that would ne­
cessitate an unpleasant cablegram to
one's triends on the other side.
"The ascent gained, we were beset-by
the guides wn pressed their service up­
on ua to the tune of 5 francs for each
person. .Some of our party offered them
2 or 3 francs, hut this they would not
accept. So, resolving to become inde­
pendent tourists, we started out by our­
selves* or rather a part did so, for some
preferred not to go beyond the termin­
us of the railroad.
"The top oftbe cone is quite a large
space I should think as much as three
or four acres. The crater has been some­
what given to shifting its place within
this area. At present it is rather to one
side of it. Though its edges are consid­
erable higher than the general surface
of the summit, there is one point a few
rods away so elevated that one stands up­
on it and look over into the vortex
whence issue steam and smoke, and tufts
of lava, and hisses, and puffs, and some­
times thunderings. We judged the cra­
ter to be about forty feet across. Look­
ing into it was something like looking
into a furnace chimney when the heat
was on. While the escape of the steam
and Bmoke was constant, every few mo­
ments there was a spiteful puff and
noise as if something had given way be­
low, and a shower of bits of lava that fell
around the base. These the guides, still
hovering around us like carrion-birds
around a carcass, would run for and drop
a penny into them while still plastic,
and when cool put them on the market
for a franc each, I should say that the
stream of lava does not come from the
crater at present but from the side of
the cone some hundreds of feet below
it.
"The top of the cone—the area—is
not blackish brown, as are the sides it
is in a.l shades from orange red to a
pale lemon. This is owing to deposits
of sulphur coming not only from the
crater but from many fissures that
open here and there. From these hot
sulphurous gases rise that are extremely
irritating to the air passages if breathed.
Some of these fissures were so hot that
I could not hold ray hand over them.
The entire summit was overwarm to the
teet, and when I had stood looking nto
the Vortex the heat underfoot was too
great to be endured long.
"In one place I found what seemed
to be an independent crater. Though
small, it had set up business on its own
account. It was a hole about the size of
a half-bushel measure and out of it a
hot brimstone-laden air was rushing as
if it were a rent-role for the infernal re­
gions. Its sides looked like the fire-box
of a long-used stove. A large chunk of
lava thrown into it gave no answer hack,
showing that though not lsrge, it was
deep. I spent considerable time iu go­
ing over this fissured and scarred and
sulphur-covered summit. In many
places my tre i« brought a hollow sound,
showing that I was walking on a crust
and admonishing to gentle foo'.-fftlls.
"There was a cool breeze blowing, as
I suppose there a ways is from the draft
of the carter and the rising of hot air.
Otherwise the heat would have been
most oppressive and the sulphurous
emanations stifling.
"Wishing to get. something nearer the
great vortex than had yet been, I beaan
the ascent toward it. The heat was al­
most too much for my feet, but I had
got within a few 3rards of it and stood
thinking whether I could venture fur­
ther when there was a sudden loud re­
port, followed by a rush of smoke and a
shower of lava chunks, throwing some
of them to a distance beyond where I
was standing. My reception had not
been so cordial aa to prompt to a closer
interview, and I came away rather pre­
cipitately. The other members of the
company had gone down to the railroad
station some time before, and with some
chunks of warm lava stones in my bands
that I shall try to get to America, I left
rather reluctantly one of the most nota­
ble spots can ever hope to see."
Niriits With Uncle Remus.
A Giiost Story.
The next time the little boy visited
Uncle Remus, he persuaded Tildy to
go in with him. Daddy Jack was in his
usual place dozing and talking to him­
self, while Uncle Remus oiled the car­
riage harness. After awhile Aunt Tem
by came in
The conversation turned on ghosts and
after some general discussion of the
subject Tildy broke the silence.
"W'en it come ter tales 'bout ha'nt's,"
said she "I hear tell 'er one dat'll des
natal I make de kinks on yo' head on
qnite deyse'f."
"Wat*tale dat, chile?" asked Aunt
Tern by.
"link' Remus, mils' I tell it?"
"Let her come in." said Uncle Remus.
'Well, den"' said 'Tildy, roiling her
eyes back and displaying her white
teeth, "one time dey wuz a 'Oman en
a Man. i?eern lak dey live close ter one
n'er en de Alan he shot his eyes on de
'Oman, she des went ':ong en ten' ter
bizness much toll she tuck'n
tuck sick en die. Man, he
up'n tell de folks she dead, en de folks
dey come en fix'cr. Iey lay'er out, en
dey lightsome candies, en dey sot up
wid'er, des like folks does now en dey
put two great big roun' shiny dollars on
'er eyes fer ter hoi' er eye-leds down."
In describing the silver dollars, 'Tildy
joined the end of her tbumos and fore­
fingers together, and made a figure as
large as a saucer.
"Dey wuz lots bigger den dollars is
deze days," she continued, "en dey
looks mighty purty. Seem like dey wuz
all de money de 'Oman got, en de folks
dey put um on 'er eye-ieds fer ter hoi'
urn down. Den we'eu de folks do dat
dey call up de man en take'n teli 'ira dat
he ions' dig a grave en bury de 'Oman,
en dey all went off 'bout der bizness.
"Well, den, de Man, he tuck'n dig de
grave en make ready fer ter bury de
'Oman. He look at dat money on 'er
eye-leds, en it shine mighty purty.
Den he tack it off en feel it. Hit feel
mighty good, but des 'bout time de Man
look at de 'Oman, en he see 'er eyeleds
open. Look like she lookin' at 'im, en
he take'n put de money whar he gic it
fum.
"Well, den, de Man, he take'n git a
waggin en haul de 'Oman out ter de
bury-in' gioun', en w'en he sit darhe fix
ever'thing, en den he grab de de mon­
ey en kivver up de grave right quick.
Den he go home, en put de money in a
tin box en rattle it'roun'. Hit rattle loud
en bit rattle nice, but de Man, he ain't
feel so good. Seem like he know de
'Oman eye-lid stretch wide open lookin'
fer 'em. Yit he rattle de money 'roun',
en hit rattle louden hit rattle nice.
"Well, den, de Man, he take'n put de
tin box w'at de money in on de mantel
shel-uf. De day go by, en de night
come, en w'en night come, de win' 'gun
ter rise up en blow. Hit rise high, hit
blow strong. Hit blow on toper de
house, hit blow und' de house, hit blow
'roun' de house. Man, he feels quarc».
tfesetbv defier en listen. Win'ssy
-jsuzz-zoo-o-o-o-o!" Man lis
sen. Win'
holler en cry. Hit blow toper de house
hit blow und' de house hit blow 'roun'
de house, hit blow in de house. Man git
clyste up in de chimbley-jam. Win' fin'
de cracks en blow in um. Bizz, bizzy,
buzz--zoo-o-o o-o!"
"Well, den, Man, he lissen, lissen,
lissen, but bimeby he git tired er dis, en
he low ter hisse'f dat he gwine ter bed.
He tuck'n fling a fresh light'd knot in
fier, en den he jump in de bed, en quite
hisse'f up en put his head una' de kiv­
ver. Wm' hunt fer de cracks—bizzy
buzz, blzzy-buzz, buaz-zoo-o-o-o-o-o!
Man keep his head und' de kivver.
Light'd knot flar' up en .flicker. Man
ain't dast tei move. Win' blow en w'is
sel Phew-fee-e-e-e! Light'd knot flicker
en flair.' Man he keep his head kiwud.
"Well den, Man lay dar, en git skeer'
der en skeer'der. He ain't dast ter
wink his eye, skacely, en seem like h?
gwine tar have swamp agur. W'iles hf
feyiji' da* shakin', en de win'a bio
wis?
ten ae tier llicberih', he year some yuth
er kinder fuss. Hit mighty kuse kind
er fuss. Clinkity, clinkehnklel Man
'low:
"HeyI who stealip' my money?"
"Yit he keep his head kiyrud w'iles
he lay en listen. He year de win blow,
en den he year datyuther kinder fuss—
Clinkity clinck, clinkity, clinkalinkle!
Well den. he fling oft* de kivver en sot
right up in de bed. He look, he ain't
see nothin." De fire flicker en flar' en
de win' blow. Man go en put chain en
bar 'cross de do'. Den he go back to
bed, en he sint mo'n to tote his head on
de pillar tell he year de yuther fuss
clink, clink, clinkity, clinkalinkle! Man
rise up, he ain't seen nothin' 'tall.
Mighty quarel
"Des 'bout time he gwine ter lay down
gin', ver come de fues—clinkity, clinka­
linkle. Hit soun' like it on de mantel
shel-uf let 'lone dat, hit soun' like it in
de tin box on de mantel-shel-uf let
'lone dat hit soun' like de money in de
tin box on de mantel-she l-uft." Man
say:
"Hey! rat done got in box!"
"Man look no rat dar. He shet up
the box, en set it down on de shel-uf.
Time he do dat ver come de fuss—clink­
ity, clinkity, clinkalinkle! Man open
de box en look at de money. Dein two
silver dollars layin' in dar des like he
put um. W'iles de man dun dis, look
like he kin year sump'n say' way ofi
yander:
"Whar my money? Oh, give me my
money!"
"Man, he sot de box back on de shel
uf, en time he put it down he year
de money rattle—clinkity, clinkalinkle,
clink —en dem fum
1
way off yander
sump'nsay:
"Oh, gim me my money!, 1 want my
money!" _,-x
"Well, den, de man git skeer'd sho
nuff, en he got er flat inn en put on de
tin box, en den run en jump in de bed.
He des know dey's a booger comin'.
Time he git in bed en kivver his head,
de money rattle loud er, en sump'n cry
'way off yander:
"I want my money! Oh, gim me mv
money!"
"Man, he shake en he shiver money,
hit clink en rattle booger hit hooler en
cry. Booger come closter, money clink
louder, Man shake wusser. Money say
'Clinkty, clinka'inklel' Booger" cry,
'Oh, gimlme money, money. Man holler,
"Ob^ Lordy, Lordv!"
"Well, den, hit keep on dis away, tell
dreckly Man vear de do' open. He
been fum und' de kivver, en in walk de
'Oman w'at he done bury in de buryin'
groun.' Man shive! en shiver, win' blow
en blow, money rattle en rattle. 'Oman
ry en cry. 'Buzz-zoo-o-o-o!' eez de
srin* 'clink, clink!' sez de box 'Oh, gim
me my money!' sez de 'Oman 'Oh, Lor­
dy" saysde Man. 'Oman vear de money,
but look like she aint can see, en she
grope 'roun' wid er han' h'st in de a'r
des dis away."
Here Tildy stood up, pushed her chair
back with her foot, raised her arms
over her head, and leaned forward in
the direction of Daddy Jack.
"Win' blow, fier flicker, money rattle,
Man shake en shiver, 'Oman grope
'roun', en say, 'Gim me my money! Oh,
who got my money?"
'Tildy advanced a few steps.
"Money, look like it gwine ter t'ar de
tin box all ter flinders. 'Oman grope en
cry, grope en cry, tell bimeby she jump
on de man en holler:
'You got my money!'
As she reached this climax. 'Tildy
sprang at Daddy Jack and seized him,
and for a few moments there was con­
siderable confusion in the corner. The
little boy was frightened, but the col­
lapsed appearance of Daddy Jack con­
vulsed him with laughter. The old
African was very angry. His little eyes
glistened with momentry malice, and he
shook his cane threateningly at 'Tildy.
The latter coolly adjusted her ear-rings,
as she exclaimed:
"Dar, now! 1 know'd I'd git even
wd de ole vilyun. Come a-callin' me
pidjin-toed!"
"Better keep yo' eye on 'im, chile,"
3aid AuntTempy. "He 'witch you, sho."
"Witch who? Ef he come witchin'
'roun' me I lay I break his back. I tell
you dat, right pine-blank."
Copyright^ 18S3, by Joel Chandler
Harris. All rights reserved.
A Jewel of Servant.
From Texas Sifcings.
A gentleman in Austin hafc anew ser­
vant, and the other day he undertook
to teach him in regard to certain credit­
ors who invariably hounded him the
first of each month with aggravating
bills.
"Now," said he to his servant, "if a
man should call for me to-day, you tell
him I am not at home.'5
"Yis, sor," replied the man.
"Fearing a misunderstanding in some
way, fie again said:—
"Now, Pat, what will you tell the
man when he calls?"
"Tell him I am notat home, sor."
"No, no, blockhead, tell him that I,
myself, am not at home."
"All roight, sor."
"Now, what will you say to him?"
"I, myself am not, at home."
"Pshaw! Tell him your boss is not
in. Understand that donkey? Now,
what will you say?"
"Your boss is not in. Understand
that, donkey?"
"Fool! That's not right. Say to him,
"I am out." Can you do that?"
"Yis, sor?"
"Well, let's hear you."
*'I am out."
"Thunderation! Can't you under­
stand? Tell him your master is out.
Now, what will yoti sa*
"Your master is out."
"No, you don't say anything of the
kind, you ignoramus. Tell the man
that I nave left the house."
"Certainly, I'll tell him that I have
left the house, but he won't belave me
when he sees me in the house."
"Pshaw! Can't you simply say I have
gone out for a walk?"
"Thin he'll think I am a lying, sor."
"How so?"
"Why, whin I tell him I have gone
out for a walk—"
"Great Potiphar? You are the stupid­
est fool I ever knew. See here, I fdon't
want to see any of the people that will
call to-day, and I want them to under­
stand that there's no use of them calling
as they won't find me at home. Can
you give them an ambiguous answer in
your
OWH
words?"
"Is it an ambiguous answer? I should
say I could, if you jist lave it to me?"
"Well, what will you say?"
"I'll say, when they ax me if you are
in: 'Yis, the boss is in, but he has com­
mitted bigamy and gone off on a wed
din' tour wid a widdy woman, an' if they
don't arrest him for the ambiggity rez
'ill niver see the color av his hair again.'
That'll fetch 'em."
The Luzerne Legal Register says:
"The new law in Kentucky, fixing one
mile a3 the legal distance between a
church and saloon, was passed for the
purpose of ascertaining now rapidly a
iventuekian can get over the ground.
Some great bursts of speed are reported
as having occurred."
They kiss and stand on the doorsteps
twenty minutes in the rain. "Sarah,it's
so good to see you how have you been?"
"0, ever so ni^e have gained twelve
pound in seven weeks." "And how is
your husband?" "0, he's ail right out
every day the very picture of malaria."
'-HarWord Journal.
THE FATHER OF H8H GttLTIJEE.
Seth Green's Ideas About the Fijmy
Tribe and. Some of His Varied Ex­
periences.
(Tsrf, Field and Farm.)
"How did you ever come to devise this
scheme?"
"I have been working at it ever since
I was large enough to bend a pin."
The above remark was addressed to
Mr. Seth Green, the veteran fish cul
tunst, who is known to the entire world,
and his reply indicates the extent of his
labors. ./
"When I was quite young," he con­
tinued, "I would!
ie on the limbs of trees'
that reached out over the water entire
afternoons watching the movements oi
the fish and studying their habits. In
this way I discovered many character­
istics which were before unknown. I
saw, a« every observer must see, the de­
structive elements that are warring
against fish, and I realized that
gacJs.
unless
something were done, the life in the
streams of this country would become
extinct. To counteract this disastrous
end became my life work, and I am
happy to say I have seen its accomplish­
ment."
"Wei you successful on the start?"
"No, indeed. Up to that time all arti­
ficial attempts to hatch and raise fish
from the spawn had failed, and 1 was
compelled to experiment in an entirely
new manner. The work was a careful
and tedious one, but I finally -succeeded
and to day I am able to hatch and raise
fully seventy-five per cent, of all spawn."
"Enormous! Why that is a larger per­
centage than either the vegetable or an­
imal kingdoms produce in a natural con­
dition."
"I know it, but we exercise the great­
est care in the start, and guard the little
fellows until they become able to care
for themselves."
The foregoing conversation occurred
at Caledonia where the representative
of this paoer was paying a visit to the
state fish hatcheries. It has been his
privilege to report very many interest­
ing sights within the past twenty-five
yearB, but the view presented here ex­
ceeds in interest anything ever before
attempted.
"How many fish are there in those
ponds, Mr. Green?"
"As we have never attempted to count
them it will be impossible to say. They ex­
tend way up into millions though. We
shipped over three millions cut of the
pond this year and there seemed to be as
many afterward as before. We have
nearly every variety of the trout family
and many hybrids.
"You speak of hybrids, Mr. Green,
What do you mean by that?"
"I have experimented for years in
crossing the breed of the various fish and
I am still working upon it. We cross
the female salmon trout with the male
brook trout, and thus produce a hybrid.
Then we cross the hybrid with the brook
trout, which gives us three-quarter
brook trout and one-quarter salmon
trout. This makes one' of the finest
fishes in the world. He has all the hab­
its of the brook trout, lives in both
streams and lakes, develops vermillion
spots on his sides, rises readily to a fly,
is far wore vigorous and fully one-third
larger than the ordinary brook trout of
the same age. The possibilities of de
velopmnt in the fish world are great aud
we are rapidly ascertaining what they
are."
As the man of news watched the coun­
tenance of Mr. Green while he was giv­
ing the above account, he could not out
feel that he was in the presence of one
of the Jew investigators who, from a rich
and life-long experience, bring great
benefit to the world. Let the reader i:n
a gine a strong and stalwart fiame, sur
mounted by a head strongly resembling
that of Socrates and covered with a white
silky beard and luxuriant gray hair. Seth
Green, the father offish culture, is a pic­
ture of health, and the reporter could
not help remarking so.
"If you kad seen me the last winter
and spring, young man, you might have
thought differently," said the veteran.
"How is that? One would think, .to
look at you, that sickness was something
of which you knew nothing."
"And so it was until last winter. I went
down into Florida in the fall to see what
kind of fish they had in that state and
study their habits and was attacked with
malaria in its severest form, and when I
came home I realized for the first time
in my life, that I was sick. My symp­
toms were terrible. I had dull, aching
ains in my head, limbs and around my
My appetite was wholly gone, and
I felt a lack of energy such as I nad oft­
en heard described but had never ex­
perienced. Any one who has ever
had a severe attack of malaria can appre­
ciate my condition. I went to bed and re­
mained there all the spring, and if there
ever was a sick man I was the one."
"It seems hardly possible. How did
you come to recover so cornpletly."
"My brother, who had been afflicted
by a severe kidney trouble and threat­
ened with Bright's disease was com­
pletely cured by a remedy in which I
had great confidence. I therefore tried
the same remedy for my malaria and am
happy to say I am a weil man to-day and
through the instrumentality of Warner's
Safe Cure, which I believe to be one of
the most valuable of medicines. Indeed,
I see it is endorsed by the United States
medical college of New York, and that
Dr. Gunn, dean of that institution, has
written along article concerning its val­
ue."
"And are you now as well as former­
ly?"
"Apparently so. I keep the remedy
on hand all the while though and do not
hesitate to recommend it to others."
"One question more. How many
ponds of fish have you here and how are
they divided.
"Well, we have 43 ponds which are di­
vided up as follows: 22 ponds of brook
trout, 2 ponds of salmon trout, 4 of Mc
Cloud river or rainbow trout, 2 ponds of
German trout, 3 of California mountain
trout, 2 ponds of hybrids, 4 of one-quar
ter salmon and three-quarters brook
trout, 2 ponds of gold fish, and 1 pond
of carp. Then we have what we call the
centennial pond or 'happy family,' con­
sisting of crosses of different fish, inclu­
ding Kennebec salmon,Land Locked sal­
mon, California salmon, brook trout, sal­
mon trout and hybrids. These fish range
in size from minnows to 18-pounders,
and in age from one-and-one-half months
to eleven vears.. I f^rzot to sax also,
that we have a 'hospital' pond, wnicn is
entirelv empty, which speaks pretty
well for a community of many millions,
Indeed the whole secret of fish culture
can be summed up four things. Im­
pregnation,—using no water. Plenty of
food. Plenty of pure water and cleanli­
ness."
The numerous fish exhibitions which
are taking place in all parts of Europe
and the unusaal interest which is being
manifested in this subject throughout
the world all owe their origin to the
process above described as originated
and conducted by Seth Green. It is
certainly cause for congratulation to ev­
ery American that this country produ­
ces so many men whose genius brings
value to the wsrld, and it is proof posi­
tive of the greatest merit that a remedy
even with such high standing as Warn­
er's Safe Cure is known to have should
be so strongly endorsed and recommen­
ded by one so reputable and reliable as
Seth Green.
A Cowboy's Reckless Race With a
Fiying Train.
It was early in the morning that the
pilgrims were favored with an exhibition
of
horsemanship which is rarely sean.
At one of the stations at which the tram
topped there appeared among the knot
of natives a veritable cowboy, mounted
and fully equipped. He wore a broad
brimmed felt hat over an honest, pleas­
ant face deeply tanned byj&gt sun and
atmosphere, a woolen shirt, and ehoit
gray jacket and crav/pants. Over his
legs, from his hips to his knees, extend­
ed a wide piece ofoeather, the object of
which is supposed to be to protect him
from rain and^brush. He was asked if
he owned ythe herd of sheep grazing
near, anj^indignantly responded that
he did nst—that he was a cowboy.
"L^t us sde you lasso that cow.
'iluh! that's nothing' the boys 'd
$kin my head."
"Then let us see vou catcb the train."
With a word the little pony was urged
to the other side of the track, and, as
the train started, horse and rider made
a dash going ahead of the train. Grad­
ually, as the tram got under way, it
gained upon its opponent until it and
the horse stood 'neck and neck.' Then
as if to tempt the richer to his fate, cigars
were handed to him from the car win­
dows. Without a moment's hesitation
the little pony was headed for the road­
bed, which it reached by a plunge from
the higher ground. The tram increased
in speed, and the cowboy, being intent
only upon the prizes offered him,gave
the rein to the pony and his attention
to taking the cigars from the hands of
those inside the cars. Over washouts
and uneven grounds, through cuts and
over elevations the animal dashed, and
so close to the train that the rider's feet
came in contact with it. The animal
was left entirely to itself, and one mis­
step or a stumble would have thrown both
horse and rider beneath the wheels.
For fully three-quarters of a mile the
race was kept up, and at the end of it
the daring rider was greeteb with shouts
which he ackowledged by a wave
Catarrh and Hay Fever—For twenty
years I was a sufierer from Oatarrh of the
head and throat in a very aggravated form,
and during the summer wilt hay fever. I
procured a bottle of Ely's Cream Balm and
after a few applications received decided
benefit—was cured by one bottle. Have
had no return of the compl int. CHAB
LOITE
PAEKEB, Waverly, N. Y. (Price 50
cents per bottle.)
The glory of a man is his strength. If
you are weakened down through exee?E.ive
study, or by early indiscertions, Allen's
Brain Food will premanently restore all
lost vigor, and strengthen all the muscles
of Biain and Body. $1 0 for $6.—At drug­
gists or by mail from J. H. Allen, 315,
First ave.,N. Y.
Straighten your boots & shoes with Lyon's
Patent Heel Stiffeners, and wear them again.
Our home trea ment positively cures all
diseases cost small write for pamphlet—
Home Health Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
$10,000 would not purchase from me
what Swift's Specific (8. S. S.) has effected
in my case. It has cured me of Malarial
Rheumatism. Archie Thomas, Spriagfield,
Tenn.
Pure Cod-Liver GU made from selected livera,
on the sea-Bliore, by CASWJKLL. HAZABD & Co.. New
York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who
hav« one# taken it preter it to all others. Physicians
have decided it superior to any of the other oils in
market. .—
Chapped Hands, Face, Pimples, and rousrh
ekia cured by using JUMPEB TAB SOAP, "WL* BY
CASWSIX,
ILTZABD Co., New York.
New York county doctors are in the midst
of a code war.
"HOUGH
ON
RATS"—Clears out rats, mice, flies,
roaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin, chipmunks. 15c.
The Panama canai is to fee done in 1888.
iM^i Hfrj"
FLOBBNCE, GA.—Dr. W. B. Prather, says:
"Brown's Iron Bitters have given satisfac­
tion ia every instance I have known it used."
Wise's Axle Grease never gums.
"Brass
AND
SCALDS.5'—It you are so un­
fortunate as to injure yourself in this way,
we can suggest a remedy that will soon re­
lieve you otall pain and quickly heal the
wound it cost but twenty-fiva cents and is
old by all druggists. Ask for Perry Davis'
Pain Killer.
A street railway company has been or­
ganized in Wabasha, with $10,000 capital.
SKISX'Y MEN—"Wells' Health Renewer" restores
health and vigor, oures 'lyspetiaia, impotence. $1.
Real estate valuation ©i the city of Austin
$465,313 personal property, $233,500.
An invaluable stxengthener for the nerves,
muscles and digestive organs, producing
strength and appetite,is Brown's Iron Bitters.
What We Ought to Do.
A wise man being asked what boys should
learn answered: "What they ought to do
when they come to be men." They aa well
as men should learn that Allen's Iron Tonic
Bitters purifies the blood, assimilates food
and cures dyspepsia. AU genuine bear the
signature of J. P. Allen, St. Paul, Mian.
A saloon was recently burglarized in Min­
neapolis to the amount of $13.
W Etxs* "KOUGH
ON
WWW
COBKS."—16C. Ask for it
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
Mrs. Caroline Fossum of Manchester
died recently, aged ninety-three years.
Ee^. W. B. Smith, Grafton, Mass,, saysr
"I have derived benefit from msing Brown's
Iron Bit'era (or alow state of blood."
I have taken Stilt's Spacific (3. S, S for
Rheumatism, and found pwect relief. It
is lhe best tonic and Blood Remedy known
to science. D. P. Hill, Attorney at Law,
Atlanta, Ua.
Haftie Olmsted, 15, mar-ied Henry
Philips, seventy-five, at (ireig, Lewis coun­
ty, New York.
"BUCHTJ-PAIBA."—Quick, complete cure, all annoy­
ing Kidney and Urinary Diseases. $1.
We recommend Wise's Axle Grease.
In 1850 "Br own'a Broiichv.il Troches" werein
trodi'cfd, and their success as a cure for Coldn,
Coug'ua.
Asthma and Bronchitis has been unparalleled.
[Ax -FEVE
In chronic dyspep­
sia aud liver comc
plaint,and in chronid
constipation an
other obstinate dis­
eases Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is
beyend all compari­
son the best remedy
that can be taken.
As a means of restor­
ing the strength and
vital energy o£ per­
sona who are sinking
under the debilitat­
ing effects of pain
fHl disorders, this
standard vecjetab
invigoraat is con­
fessedly uncqu&led.
For sale by all
Drugg'S's and Deal­
ers generally.
CatarrH Ely's Cream Bell
when applied by the
Soger into the nostrils,
will be absorbed, et
iectually cleansing the
head of catarrhal vi
rufi, caueinf? healthy
secretions. It allays
inflammation, protects
the membrane of the
nasal passages from
additional colds, com­
pletely heala the sores
and restores taste and
smell. A few applica­
tions relieve. A thor­
ough treatment tcill
positively cure. Agree­
able to use. Send for
circular. Prico, 50
cents, by mail, or at
drute-ists.
BIT BSOTHEBS, Owego, N. X.
AN OPTICAL WONDER
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Por pleasure1
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A NEW, original,,
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DIIfiGiCC work In the U. 8. for the
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AGEZITSWANTBD
for the beat and fastest s#U-
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per cent. National Publishing Co„ Chicago, SI.
An Open
Secret.
The fact Is well understood
that the MEXICAN MUS­
TANG LINIMENT Is by far
fiie best external known for
man or beast. The reason
why becomes an "open
secret" when we explain that
44
Mustang" penetrates skin,
flesh and muscle to the very
bone, removing all disease
and soreness. No other lini­
ment does this, hence none
other is so largely used or
does saeh worlds of good*
wn
%of
his
hat as the horse mounted the embank­
ment.—Cor. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
PERRY DAVIS'
Pain-Killa
SAFE AN» sum
REMEDY FOB
Rheumatism,
Neuralgia,
Cramps,
Cholera,
TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and lUIALARBA.
From these sources arise three-fourths ol
Che diseases of tlia human raee. Thes«
symptoms indicate th^ir existence: Lioec oi
Appetite, Bowels costive, Sick
r£UTT:S
PILLS have no equal. Their action on tha
Kidneys and Skin is & so prompt removing
all impurities throagia these three scav­
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tite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear
skin and a vigorous
body. TSJTT'S PIIXS
cause no nausea or griping nor interfere
with daily work and area perfect
AOTSSbQTE TO K9ALAR3A.
Sold everrwhere,£5«J. Ofl\ci?,44 Murray St.,N.Y.
TUTTS HAIR DYE."
GHAT HAIR
OT?
WHISK.nas changed ia.
stantly to a GLOSSY BLACK by a single ap.
plication of THIS DYE. Sold by Druggista,
or sent by express on receipt of 81.
Office, 44 Murray Street, Mew York.
TON'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FBES.
HUNT'S
REMEDY
THE 33JEST
KIDNEY and LIVER MEDICINE.
NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL.
HUNT'S REMEDY has saved from linger
ing disease and death hundreds who have been
given up by physicians to die.
HUNT'S REMEDY cares all Diseases
of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urinary Organs,
Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, and Inconti­
nence and Retention of Urine.
HUNT'S REMEDY encourages sleep, cre­
ates an appetite, braces up the system, and
renewed health is the result.
HUNT'S REMEDY cures Pain in the
Side, Back, or JLoins, General Dekility,
Female Diseases, Disturbed Sleep, Loss
of Appetite, and Bright's Disease.
HUNT'S REMEDY quickly induces tho
Liver to healthy action, removing the causes
that produce Bilious Headache, Dyspepsia,
Sour Stomach, Costiveness, Piles, &c.
By the use of HUNT'S REMEDY tho Stom­
ach and Bowels will speedilyregain their
strength
and the blood will be perfectly purified.
HUNT'S REMEDY is nurely vegetable, and
meets a want never before furnished to the pub­
lic, and the utmost reliance may be placed in it.
HUNT'S REMEDY is prepared ex­
pressly for the above diseases, and has
never been known to fail.
One trial will convince yon. For gale
by all Druggists.
Send for Pamphet to
HUNT'S REMEDY CO.,
Providence, R. I*
Prices, 75 cents, and $1.25 (large size).
(|R.H6RNE'S ELECTRIC BELT
Will core Nervousness
Lumbago,Rheumatism, Par
alyMS, Neuralgia, Sciatica
Kidney, Spine and Liver
diseases,Oout,Asthraa .Heart
disease, Dyspepsia, Consti­
pation, Erysipelas, Catarrh,
Files. Epilepsy, Impotence,
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Pr.
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J. HOltNE, tar
tutor, 391 W hash A v..Chicago.
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ft I» Bloody'* Sew Tailor Hystom ot
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(Weak,
V/:'
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TAKE ALL THE
l%
872
$66
Sprains
AND
Bruises,
Bums
JLNL
Scalds,
Tooihacha
AN9
Haadashs
For Sale by all Druggist.
TOTT'S
PILLS
Medicines,
BLOOD
PURIFIERS,
RHEUMATIC
Remedies,
And Indigestion C^res,
Ape, Fever,
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Force Revivers,
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IN SHORT, TAKE AIX THE BUST quali­
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the best Medicine* of the Wovltl sinil you will
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all of tliese, singly or combined, fail. A thor­
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PATENTS:
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rull uuiunctiona and hand-book oo PAWashington,
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Is Very Profitable!
$25 to $40
Jh. DAY
Often Made!
Machines Made to Hun by Horee,
Hand or Steam Po-wer.
Sand for Catalogue. Address
LOOMiS & NY1MN, TIFFIH, 0HI9,
O
saw
BAD, BAB, BAD BI*OOD.
Some blood is bad because it is poor and weak. Some is bad because
xt contains impurities* Some men have such bad blood that the wonder is
it does not poison the mosquitoes who come to bite them.
The rich red color of good Hood is owing to the iron which is present^
Blood which has not enough iron in it is always unsatisfactory. The per­
son in whose veins it circulates cannot be said to enjoy good health.
The efforts of expert chemists to produce a preparation of iron which.
can be assimilated with the blood have resulted in that perfect preparation,
which is an important part of Brown's Iron Bitters, ft is the only one
which freely enters into the bloody It is the only one which accomplishes
the desired good
poor, tmn Diood may De maae ncn and strong, and impure
blood may be purified by the use of that Great Iron Medicine, Brovs^
Iron Bitters, 3
UJLVT rua
& •vvoei in your own town. Terme *nd $5 cut8
free. Address ILHALLErriECo., Portland.Me.
THE OLDEST MEDICINE IN "HE WORLD, IS
J. probabiy Dr. ISAAC THOMPSON'^ CEJaEBRATl6l
EYJS WATER, Till a article is a careiullv prepared
physician's prescription and has bec-n jn constant
use for nearly a century, and no:\v 'h-tanainc: the
mtiny other preparations thai- have been introduced
into the market, tho sale of tbi.s article is constaiitiT
Increasing. If tbe directions are followed, it wj'l
never fail. We particularlr invite th6 attention
physicians to Its merits.
JOELX la. THOMPSON, SONS & CO.,
Troy, N. T.
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N
the t'if £t Family MuSt-
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TO $20 per day at home. Samples worth $5£roe
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(eilver(. International Ageue7, Box 74,Chatham,Out
Boring Weils
Hetsdi*
ache, fullness after eating, aversion to
exertion of body or mind, £ractatfon
of food, Irritability of temper, XJOVV
spirits, A feeling of having neglected
lomo duty, IHzziness,Fluttering at tlie
HecrtDota before tike eyes, highly col*
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mand the use of a remedy
tliat acta directly
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Wei Boring anil Rock Drilling Machine
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SUN NT SOUTH CO., (6)
Brownwood, Texa».
Swift'specific
Is a comr-let# anti­
dote to all kinds of
Blood Poison
Skiu Humor,
INHERITED IT.-My family all have Scrofula
—florae mildly, but my case was o£ the worst tvjje^
and resisted all treatment until I usf-d Swift's Si*e»
ciflc, which cured me sound and well by forcing atS
the poison out through the pores of the skin, it ia
the greatest medicine in the world, and I hope any
who doubt wlil write mo here.
C. HAWliS, Jn., Clarksviile, G*.
After suflferinir twenty-five years with a painfa
Dry Tetter, and trying many physicians, I was a*
last relieved by the use of Swift's Specific, and 2
cheerfully commend it to all Mmilarly afllicted.
REV. B. BRAN'HAM, Macon. Qa.
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed trr*
to applicants.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
N. W. N. U. No. 41
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