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j_ collcg9 man from Boston town , one sunny day of summer leisure , Wus Introduced to Betty Brown , Anil thought tliat he would try plea. 1 .? b% For Betty taught ?. villago school , Ann doubtless In her life had never .Jenrd much or otiffles and isms , In language dignified and clew. The roil-psje man from Boston tow u Or cosmos and or protoplasm , ¦fj lked like a book to Betty Brown. And or Hie late seismic spasm ; Explained tho reasons , using words Unheard before In country places , And spoke of ancient Greece spots when Kxplorcrs seek for antique traces. Of abstruse questions new ami old . Of art . Invention , progress , sclenco , (V' lth volubility he told , While Betty listened with defiant*; At last said he , \1 understand That you ' re a teacher on vacation. \ •'You ' re misinformed . 1 \ said Betty Brown \ 1 am a Uorod of IMuc&tJou 1' — Frur- .i the Uatclwt. Too teamed hy H A II A HEAET \ He has no heart. \ \ Who ? Hen Trisbee? Well , perhaps not , sentimentally speaking, but then he ia merry nml fouil of society ami has lots of courage , nnd I expect that i.s nearly as good as a heart to take ono along iu tho worlil , IIo is always ready to spunk somo p leasant words to drive tho blues away aud make lifo bri g hter for those nbout hiin. \ \ Do you know how old ho is?\ '• Well , he looks about twenty-six , but mother declares she used to go to school with him long ago , aud that he must be at least forty. \ \ Wh y, it is uot possible!\ ** Oue would not thiuk so tn look at him , it is true, to soo his silk y blonde moustache , aud thn dimp les nil the timo coming aud going in his fair face; but thero is his sister , Mrs . Wiliey, she must bo nearl y forty. I had wondered sometimes if it did uot make him feci old to have her children calling him Uncle lieu. \ \ His .sisters all worshi p him. Yes , aud well tbey may, for he is , ns the old Scotch- man says , o ' er kind to them. \ \ And yet you think he lias no heart?\ \ Well , I mean that he never loved any- body, nnd never could lovo any bod y moro than live niiuutes at a time. \ Tliey were two g irls walking along tho street of it pretty New Eng land villago aud earnestly discussing oue of the lights of so- ciety in tbe quiet p lace. Even while they talked , when his name had scarcel y left their li ps , ho joined them , this samo li ght- hearted bachelor , tho existence of whose heart was so problematic il to the sentimental young damsels. \ Good moruing. g irls , \ ho said , cheerily. *¦ You always lcofc like a p ink nud a butter- cup; what wonderful subject aro you dis- cussing now . - Ouo g irl blushed and hesitated , and tho other , more frank and fearless , said , brave- l y : \ We were talking of you. \ \Of me? Well , tbat is flattering, I de- clare. Wns it some shortcoming of mine , some sin I bave recently committed ?\ ''Nu ; but we wondere d wh y, wheu you are always so kindly aud p leasant , that you hnve uo heart. \ Thn man laug hed gay l y. \ Is it the universal verdict that I havo no heart?\ he asked. Aud the g irl answered : *' I guess so. I have heard it said a good many limes , and I havo uever heard any ono contradict the fact. \ He laug had again—snch a merry, heart- some laug h , aud said : \ Woll , well , chickens; it is alack that no ono would ever accuse you of ; only see that your hearts do uot lead you astray, that is all. \ With a merry smile he raised his hat and said : \ I must tell you good-b y as well as good morning, for I nm going away this after- noon, \ \ Oh , p lease , Mr. Trisbee , \ said one of tho girls , deprecatiug l y, *\ don ' t go away so earl y; why do you always leavo us with tho Buiumcr as though you wore such a warm weather bird you could not bear tho frost?\ \ T did not suppose you missed mo , \ he said , bowing. \ But we do miss you , \ persisted the girl , blushing. \ And we like to have you here. * \ Thanks , many thanks ; I am sure yout gentlo and graceful appreciation would tempt me to stay, if anything could , hut I mnst leave all the same; so good-b y, and don 't forget me. I will be back earl y in the spring, and ready for another campai gn. Which shall it bc—mountain or sea shore ?\ The girls wero both looking grieved and sorry. \ Oh , next Hummer is so long to wait , \ said ouo of them. \Why cau 't you stay here , now ?\ \ Don 't ask for reasons or exp lanations , \ ho laug hed ; \ tbey are stup id things at tho best. I am going down to Mrs Willey ' s to bid tho children good-b y; will you go along with me?\ \ We were going there , too , \ they said , nnd so tho trio m_ -ved on together. The good-bys were just as merry and frank as everything else that tho gay bachelor had a hand in , and soon ho went away, with many kind wishes following bim. As ho passed out of si g ht , turning at the last instant to throw kisses to the children , Mabel Hay, ono of the g irls who had been talking of him , said , discontentedly to his sister: \ I don 't see what he wants to go away for ; I should think ho mi g ht stay here all tho time—I don 't think lie minds tho oold. \ \ No , \ said bis sister; \ he does uot inind the cold , it is true , because lio has beon ao customed to it since childhood, \ \Theu what does ho go for?\ p leaded the g irl , and the lady, drawing her work baskot nearer her , said : \ I wonder if you two g irls would like me to tell you a story. I will send the children out to p iny, and we will havo n quiet time by ourselves. \ Tho g irls si gnif y ing their deli g hted assent , nestled down iu tho sunshine to listen to tho story. \ It is all about brother Ben , \ the lady ¦aid , half apologeticall y, au.l the g i rls , like two children , answered ¦ \ Oh , good y. ' Wo want to know so much abou t him. Fanny says ho has uo heart , \ ¦aid Mabel , \but I tel l her he has a merry iioul aDd lots of courage and that is nearly as good , isn 't it ?\ \ No heart ?\ Tlio lady recanted tho ¦words in a curious , dreamy voico. *' Well , let me tell yon my story, and then you shall jud ge for yourselves whether he has any heart. \Twenty years ago Hen was a boy, count- ing his first score of years ou life ' s great dial , nnd a happ ier , more light-hearted , thoug htless fellow never lived, lie was kind to every body, aud made friends everywhere. You remember the old house down in the hollow , surrouuded with great elm trees and wide , greon Colds. It was Squire Marsden ' f old p laco then , and there was not a hand* corner resiience in town. He had but one daughter , you know—Minnie Marsden , a pretty g irl , sweet tempered , child-like at>3 affectionate. She and Ben had been school children together , and perfectly devoted to each other ever since they could go alone. Tbey grew up and entered society here , and their love for each other was as much ft re- cognized fact ns that of any married coup le iu tho p lace. I thiuk Ben would have diod for her any hour , so perfect and self-for- getting was his devotion. But when he was twent y-t wo and sho ei gh teen , and Ihey -he prettiest coup le you ever saw together , there came a strauger to this p lace—a handsome , stylish mau , with p lenty of aira nud graces thit ho had broug ht from far-away Now York , and seemed delig hted to make nn ex- hibition of iu our little sea port town. He came upon oflicial business—something con- nected with tho Custom House—and did not hesitate to announce na frequently as possi- ble that ho was American Consul somewhere , had beeu appointed and approved b y hi g h official authority, and was to leave soon ou a brilliant tour that was to bring him such fame and honor , not to sneak of wealth. vvhich was a secondary consideration to him. \S quire Marsden was immensel y flattered b y tlie attentions this magnificent minis- ter p leni potentiary paid to his pretty daug h- ter , nud when the man , perfectl y infatuated , asked for her baud in marriage that she mi g ht accompany him on his wonderful tour thu old man gave him his blessing and sanction at once. \ Ho declared Ben had never said any- thing to him about marry ing his daug hter , aud I think it quite possible that he never liad , for they had taken everything so much as a matter of course that they probabl y had not paused to put it iu formal words , think- iug that it was sufficientl y well understood without such formality. \So when the old man told Minnie what he expected of her she looked at him iu amazement. I think the g irl was flattered b y the stranger ' s attentions , but she had not thoug ht tbat anything could possibly inter- fere with her love for Ben , aud sho had u> thought of g iving him up. \ But Bou was proud aud sensitive. He knew that S quire Marsden was wealthy antl was inclined to look down upou his poorer nei g hbors , stilt he had put up with this as best ho could for Minnie ' s sake ; but uow , wheu the old mau came and told liim that but for him Minnie could make a briHumt match and be received iu forei gn courts as the first American lad y of tho land , Ben made up his mind iu an instant and expressed it accord - ing ly. \ ' Minnie is the dearest thing ou earth to me , ' he said; ' hut Heaven knows I will uever stand in the way of her happ iness , ' and so , with ouo brief farewell , he left her. \ I saw them together that ui g ht. I heard him talking with her in tones that h^ tried vainly to make calm and firm. I knew that with Minnie Marsden he gave up all hopo for the future. I saw him hold her in his arms for one minute , ami then—ah , well , I oug ht not to talk of this to yon , g irls ; but Beu went away and soou afterward Minniu wns married. \ If her bri g hc d ream of pride and wealth, and forei gn courts was ever realized , there was certainl y uo evidence of it in the pale , sad faco she broug ht back to our native vil- lage , scarcel y a year later. She weut home to her father ' s with herhusbaud. He proved to bo an idle , speculative mau , his head al- ways full of some great p lan—Komejiimgnifi- cent prospect—soou to be realized. Ha in- volved the old man iu speculations that took his broad acres to li quidate , and who then died , leaving Minnie no homo and uo for- tune. \ It was then that Ben came back here , and I told him how poor Miuuie and her children were. He gavo me mouey for them , but he refused to see her. Ho has never seen ber siuce; but every y ear when her husband goes to Washing ton and sho comes back here alone , with her little ones , Ben g ives mo money to see that sho is well cared for throug h tho winter , and he goj_ away , that lie may not see her face. \ The two g irls were weeping quietl y aa the lad y ceased to speak , and Fannie , clasp ing Mabel' s baud , whispered softl y : *' He has a heart. \ \ Yes , he has , \ said Mabel , stifling a quick little sob iu her throat. She did not guess why Mrs. Wiliey hod told them this storv. * itio discovery ot xylonite lias mnrKoa an era of improvement in tho art of making talsencses , \ said Dr. Jonathan A. Kennicott , who supp lies unfortunate peop le with pro- bonces when accident or the ravages of disease have removed that very prominent feature. \Before thut time , \ ho continued , \ we had to make noses out of rubber and paint them to the ri ght color. Rubber is not a flesh color , aud wheu the paint began to sc.de off the effect was not at all good. A rummy nose was a beauty besides one that needed a new coat of paint. But xy lonite cm bo made to take color vory easil y, and wo get it in all shades of p iuk , to correspond with the skm of tho face. It is li g ht and very hard. It is almost impossible to break it. See here , \ and ho took a blank cf the material nud dashed it ou the floor with nil his mi g ht. It was not iu the least affected. \ For a nose , \ said the repairer of facial damages , \ we find out which way tho flesh and blood nose naturall y curved. There isn 't a man living, I suppose , whose nose w. - j js exactl y in tho middle of his face. We find out from his friends what its proper appearance was , and then we make a wax model as near like lifeas we can. A plaster c.mt is mado of tho model , and then the blank xylonito is heated so as to soften it and pressed into tho mold b y au Archiiuv dean screw. That forces it int.) tho proper p lace. It is then polishc 1 np aud attached •either to springs or a sponge cut button shape so it will erowd into the cavity aud on with enoug h force to keep it from falling out. ¦* If the flesh shall havo become sunken ft round the nose so much as to cause the eyes io havo a staring look, spectacles are worn to offset it. Of course you understand that this is not a practicable nose , as th* . stage carpenter would say. It is for looks onl y. It will last forever , nnd that' s as long 03 any one would want it , \ and thn olil doctor chuckled at his joko. \ A bod y wants to bo careful how he goes into a roug h and tumble fi g ht with oue of them on hi* , faco , for he mi ght get his no.o knocked off. Ha oug ht to holler:— * Here , yon jnst wait a .pell till I put my uoso in my pocket 1 -Chicaaa Mail -V OSCM . flail - * la Ortlc*. In the realm of disease tho fact3 of inher- itance are most numerous and are daily ac- cumulating. Hero they are no longer , alas , carious aud amusing, bat terrible , fateful , overwhelming. No fact of nature is more pregnaut with awful meaning than tho fact of the inheritance of disease. It meets the p h ysician on his dail y rounds , j jar al yzing his art and filling him with sadulss. The legend of the aucient Greeks p ictured the mali gnant Furies pursuing families from generation to generation, and rendering them desolata. The Furies still p ly their work of terror and death; but we have stri pped them of tho garb which superstition th row abound them , and tbey now appear to our eye. , in tho moro intelli g ible but less awful form of hereditary disease. Modern science , which has cast illumina- tion iuto so many dark corners of nature , has shed a new and still more lurid li g ht on the words of the Hebrew Scri pture : \ The sins of the fathers shall bo visited upon the children unto the third and fourth genera- tion. \ Instances of hereditary disease abouud on every baud. Full y fifty percent, of cases of gout are inherited. The propor- tion is not much less iu that fell destroyer of families , our national scourge , consump- tion. Cauccr and scrofula run strong l y ia families. Insanity is hereditary to a marked degree , but fortunately, liko many other hereditary diseases , tends to wear itself out. the stock becoming extinct. Nearl y all de- fects of si ght aro occasionall y inherited. Sir Henry Holland says trul y that \ no organ or texture of the bod y is exempt from tho chance of being the subject of heredi- tary disease. \ Probabl y more chronic dis- eases which permanently modify tho struc- ture and functions of the body nTe more oi less liable to bo inherited. The important aud far-reaching practical deductions from such facts—affectiug so powerfully the hap- p iness of individuals aud families and thz collective welfaro of tho nation—will ba ob- vious to reflective minds , but caajtiot be dwelt upou in the present article. — Qturiotu f acts of inheritance . Inherited Diicn . ct. BnDKi.EN ' a ARNICA SALVE. —Tue le st salve in the work! for cuts , brai-^s. sores, ulce. -s , salt rheum, tever sores, tetter , chapped hands , chilblains, corns , and all skla eruptions , an I positively cures piles or no pay required, ll is guaranteed to cive perfect satisfaction, or D-oney refunded. \Price 25 cents per box. For ale by M. W Beechcr. Babyloa . UOT3 3git . fgisbom attb $|infcr \Ali , jou mako mo tick T \ said the small-boy as lie threw away a half-smoked cigar. Ayer ' s Sarsaparilla , opera t ing thr o u g h the blood , erad icates the scrofulous tali t. \lsay Jim , if a fellow took sulphuric acid what would iou uive him? \ \IMglve lum The bod y is mon; susceptible in bono- _h, ' r 1 *i^in: ,d T. S:,r? ; i, ' ,;,rlll;i nmv \«¦« »* ¦ • * ¦ ••* other season, riierefu rc t. krit now. \ Uneasy lies the head that wears a eroun . - -¦¦ „. , * Ls why j .,,,,,, . .. . . .. ^^ - „.. ., _,.. , \is - . ,, . - i .. . ,, niyHiib . ou briort- tliey yo to bed. . Ayer ' s A»ue Guru is warranted to cure nil malarial disorders , when taken uccArdliii. to directions. Sold by all dealers iu medicine. 1, \Ah , my friends , \ said tbe good priest to his mo,,*, W ho had heen mixed up in a Unlit . you should have more toleration . '' Vis vmir nverence \ replied a spokesman; \ we hjoked lor some , but then; was none to be lound . and S O \\L' llS.'fl Pli.li.- p \ DO.V T EXPERIMENT . — You cannot afford III iv-u i .. . time in c_|icrImenti.>E when Sum- I IIIIBS are In il. -iiiK.-r Ctiii.umiiiinii always seems , at li rsl mily a cold. Im uo! nennit an ilealur- lo Imuose uinm ytm wiih j-mne ilu-m llllllallon ul I) . KI IIK ' S . * ,_»¦ Ui-e.,.ery („r , , , ! Plilii plli.il , c.iiwlm anil colds . Imt In* sure you 7 ,.7T I\-\\- '\ 5 ,; I' e.'ause lie ean imiKii mure lm.l t lie may tell you he has • , -iiiietliii,-; jusl as jsooil . nr just lhe same. I lon 't he ile. -.- i v. ,i , but lis Ut miun K elllllK Ilr. Kinu ' s .New Ins,-.,.,-,-,- , whieh is Kuaniiitced lo Kl ve rellel in all throat. Illlie and chesl iu -lecliniis. 1' riai bolll.s I rco a il . «. ileeeher - s ilrus Klore. hargebol tles , »'• lit! Policeman ( to new resident)-Say i. ' , *!* ?. * , J, * ' *\ 1 ! • '\\ «?'\• . \¦' ¦•'I' 'o p-iuii thai leiier liinithe lire alarm box for? NewKeslileiitliraii- llcaliy ilanciiiK around the hoxl-R- wav Tlu*.e * i tefiSr ' - ' ' \18\1-*1\ ¦*••'••• \\ \\• A S OUND L EGAL O PINION . — ]; . B. - * in- bridire Mundav . Est- * .. County A tly. clay Co Tex. says: \ Have used Electric Bittersi wiili most happy results My brother also was veiv low with Malarial Fever anil .laiindiee , hot wai cured by timely use oi this medicitu* . Am sat- Istled l- .tectrie Kilters saved his hit* \ Mr. l) I. Wilcoxsnn. or liurva Cave . Kw. ants alike testimony, saying: Ile po»itiwl . hell ves be woill'l l.avodfed , had it not i_eeu lor hU'ctne Bitters. litis great icmedy will wanl off. :• - well n-* cure all malarial disea »-s , and for :ih kidney, liver ni d stomach disorders stands i.u- •uialeu. 1 rut ).i cents aim 3 lat M A . lit; ••i.. .« s. mi \ How is it , my dear , \ said n hu*band to his wife , -mat , wl|he you nnd your sKter Kl- len are so much id ike in nrt_ tt respt ' eu, yoa are married and sin* prein-s to rrni.im si!ig ; e? Sorely she has had oilers enonph ' ** Ves, love; but Kllen was always More diii, - ¦ ' . ' to please than i . \ ADTIO* TO BOTHERS. —A c /Ol *tre -airbed* at-night and broken of your r_*i by a Hot ihlld suffertue and crv<nK wltb paia oi-cut tint «et-i? If - .o. iena at once and tot a bottle tv Ana , WINSLOW'S EMiUTUINtf fWRUF POn JJ1ILDKBN TEETHING Its value li Incaloo Jkbla. It will relieve the Door Uttla tuffernrt t _» .aedlat«ly. Depend upon It , mothers , cher* It no mistake about Ik It cures dysentery tn* llarrbcea , regulates tbe stomach aad bowsl* , oure-t wind c«llc . softens tbe gums , reduce** In- flammation , and gives Una aud energy to Chi whole system. M RS . WINS-LOW'S SOOlUINt. JYKUF FOR CUIhORKN TKKTHINO Is ptoM *nt to tbe taate, -Q4 I S the prescription of one • ' • tbe oldest and best female curses and physio* tans In the Ualted States , and Is for sale by aK irufff.su throughout tbe world. Frits 90 oeafr a bott___ twemi lie dropped on hia knees other (Vet and bngau the speech he had so long heen rehears- ing, \ barling love , I hate vou—I—mean , dar- ling, hat** . \ love you, uo—no—tmvau \ llert. his face assumed a vivid hue antl began to lie itself hi hard knots. \ What is it—paraly- sis?^ she asked frantically. \No , love , \ In* whi- 'pcred hoarsely, *' 1 um kneeling on utackl\ The remarkable cures which hnve ben effected hv Hood' s Sarsaparilla nre sulHc- i. -nt proof that this medicine does possess pe- enlfal- enrailvs-power 1 In P»e SftVerpst en e*i nt scrofula or s.dt rheum, when other prepa rations had been powerles..; - the use of Hood' s tiarsapa nila has brought about the happiest results . The case ol Miss Sarah t;. Whither , of Lowell , Mass , vim suffered . err.My from se-rofuloo-* sores: that of Charles A - Roberts , of Kast vv,|. son . N; Y., who had thirteen pbscesse. * . on his face and neck ; that, oi Willie Dull , of Walpnle . Mass., who had hip disease and scrofula so ha<t that p hys . eians . snftl lie could not recover . *are a f-w of the manv instances iu which woiiderlul cures wt-rl* effected Wv this nieitl due. lin.HK. Just before vii-itin- .; tlie\ - menagene, Johnnie had a ' passuge. at arms wiiji Uie joting aunt who assisted at his toilet, aiid with whom he Hew Into a rage. Arrived, at Uie menagerie , Johnnie was immensely interested bv a foreign animal-with njoiie-hrhe-itoity. • '* WMat annual isihtt . mamma * . '\ he asked. \* It is called au ant-ehter. my son . \ Aft i'r a 'long - .(knee— '¦ Mamma , can 't v.e bring Aunt Mary here some day. '\ 11 It Makes Me Tired\ to r ead aT these t.d vert i semen ts of medicines upon medicines— when tliev enumerate with such partlcularity tind in In ni en ess of d* tail , all the diseases man- kind, womankind , and even \ baby kind, \' an. heir to I low cheap one feels to COIIIUHM ce what she supposes to I M * a tragic or tender love-story, read until her sympathies are so Lho roughly aroused that site can scarcely ' sleep without knowing whether they were married . r nut , and then have it end ' something *-like this: \Dr . IMeti?* ' H *Jj ' »vttriit»*i' *escrijt.un is. *he only posi- tive cure lor all classes of \ ot female weakness ' , *\ such as prolapsus, hit!animation, periodical pains , etc. Kor sate by aU d ruggists*\' Dr Tierce ' s I' eJlets are l»ixaliv , e or CalharUc according to size of dose , \Papa lias got hia appetite back nsai.1 , hasn 't lu- . mamma? \ asked a tlve-year-ohl the olher dav. ** I' m afraid not . my child . \ rcpl -ed the gofttt mother. \He didn 't eat any thing to- day. \\ hy do yo i askv Cause l heard lum tell Mr. llrown that he came home fuller ' n a goat. last, night. 1 didn ' t know hut .*' \ Run along.iuto 'lie next room like a good little gin. I think I hear your papa conuugiio ' .v , and muit. - uia wishes to sneak toluin \ C URED OK M-U- AKIA . '12 F LORI DA S T .. K I.IZ AU I.TH. X. J. , - March IT. IN -4. i I have been using Allcock' s Porous \Plasters for ibe last live years. S OIIIP . two^ curs J*go . al- ter having been sick for upwards ol ^fx won ttt-t will* malaria. 1 found myself with an enlarged spleen , dvspeptic, and constahrly troubled with a headache , a-id my kidneys did not act very well either. Having spent most of my money lor medicine and medical advice . I thought , to save expense , I would use 'AJlcock' sl' oious Plas- ters. 1 two on the small , of nv hack, one on the spleen or ague cake , and one nn the pit of lhes ' ouiach * , ju>l ui tier thu-Jmastbone. 1 continued using the plasters about thirty days , changing them every week; At the end of that lime 1 was i.erlectiy well and have remained so ever since. .iKnittlK DlXO . V. There 1ms grown.up nmong'^feQ . fiirmors of a county iu Michigan a .telegrtp h sys- tem t which mi g ht be generall y extended throughout tho rural distnclf. everywhere . Tho system began b y two farmers connect- ing their houses with a wire for their own convenience , and operating their line with \he ordinary Morse instruments. Graduall y other farmers extended tlie line to their houses , aud after a tiui\ the wire was run into the. nei g hboring village. Seven years ago tho combined farm . rs and a few villago merchauts organized tliemsclVo * . into a com- pany, and it has ^ iuce beou extended , uut * ;l now it has sixty-five miles of wire and ninety offices , two-thirds of t ' ie latter being in farm houses , aud nearl y nil the rest iu stores , where these farmers do their trading. Oue or two newspaper offices , as many more railroad frei g ht offices , tho county tele- p hone exchaugo and the larger post offices are all connected. Every farmer is his owu operator , battery man and lino repairer. Of course , auy quantity of private communi- cation is kept np between tho stockholders of- this independent syst'-tn. There are two or three independent Bysteuis of fheso lines in operation in the couuty, arranged so that thoy can bo connected with each other at intersecting poiuts , and the wholo schema is being woiked very cheap l y aud success- fully. Not Eaijr Cor a Thief to Escape. ¦* It is not such an easy thing as some peop lo suppose for a thief to make hie escape in a crowdecT thoroug hfare , \* r e- marked one of Inspector Byrnes ' men at the Central Office this ~ _noYnib g \ after he had searched a p ick pocket caug ht at Broad- way and Fourteenth street. \ Onl y very flensitiro persons hesitate about yelling * stop thief !* when they feel any of the li g ht fingered fraternity togg ing at their watch chains or pocketbooks.. The cry is taken up u_4 every man and boy in the immediate ficinity. it %ure to g ive chaso. It is ten to ono that tho fellow is caug ht whether a policeman is about or not. •'Onl y yesterday ft sneak thief was pursued throug h Twenty-third street , from Seventh to Ei g hth avenue , just when * tho atorcs were closing for the doy. - There wasn 't an officer on the block , but a citizen grabbed him , and the crowd sttrseted by the cry of *Btop. thieL- * irom tho lady. whoso house hod beeu rpbbed , helped t o march him off to the station house/' --- .iV* \w York Telegram, * - : **- A Fiiriii-T* . * Telegraph I-ine. L o ng Tslaa t l Fi rst , List and All the Time cmc siGS.th, At OCA1 R KC'iUIIOF I UK I' Jtl. -Kvr , I NTK . V ORO I .iIC PKOIM.K S<>\V 1.1 V IN' l . is Pl 'UI.ISII Kl> KvKItV SATUU1»AV, AT lUr.VKlN . L. I. lE.VTKJOP sl'l. - *' -:•!'! ION -PO-JT PAID: o .-r. - ' -'i v. , .: . . \ ¦ ' . \ i ' r. - . ;¦ I\' r . ¦?_ -; 2 Ytm : \ . . IV. - . i tii-i ; - . n\ 'K - , K vit . -jl.VOO ir v<ir P wo - M. . ¦ ' ¦• -. ¦ • IN Ai'VAM'i:. nr, per ri .it. wii. \)y added to the above rates. —On ve..rly subseripl ons only, itllsuouut of _ t5 per cent, will be a lowed , where renewals arc actu- ally received at this olllce liKFOiiK expiration of Uio time already paid tor. N' o papers will he seat without payment , miles, arrangements bave been made tu that effect. \No Pay—No Paper. \ CHAN -: KS OK ADDRKS H can only be-mad e when old as ' well as new address Is stated. I.m *Ai. tTKMS solicited. AnonymoU- commu- nications will not be used. J OB PitixTiNo-r-ooU Work at . l-ow Prices. 'J Y KRMT . — Prompt Cash. All hills subject to draft after SO days. Medicinal. Hi gh - Pressure Living eharactcri7.es these modern days. Tin* result i.s a fearful increase of Brain untl Heart Diseases — General De- bility, Insomnia , Paralysis , and In- sanity. Chloral and Morphia augment the evil. The medicine best adapted t\ do permanent good is Ayer ' s Sar- saparilla. It puriUcs , enriches , and vitalizes tlie hlood , ami thus strengthens every function and faculty of the body. \ I have used A yer ' s Sarsaparilla , in my family, f.>r years. I have found it invaluable as A Cure for Nervous Debility caused by an in- acl ivo liver and a low slate of the blood. \ — Henry Uacon , Xenia , Ohio. \Kor some time I havo been troubled with heart disease . I never found any- thing to hel p me until 1 began using Ayer ' s Sarsaparilla. I havo onl y used this medicine .six months , but it has re- lieved me from my trouble , and enabled rne to resume worlc. \ — J. I' . Carzanett , Perry . 111. \ I have been a practicing physician f.-r over half a century , ami during that time I havo never found so powerful and reliable nn alterative and blood- purifier as Ayer ' s Sarsaparilla. \ — Dr. M. Maxstart , Louisville , Ky. Ayer ' s Sarsaparilla , I'lTITI-AREIf HT Dr. J. C. A yer A Co., Lowell , Mass. I' rlc. il ; alx boltlt-l , $5. -Wtirlh »5 > bolUc. j» Sgn___ _S- -a5_ --- _ _3 -^^ ^^ ^ § l/€HErVrVr | I WALT ~J IpHOSPHfrB] jl ^-^^ A BRAIN . NERVE 61 | A ND LIFE'GIVING TONIC m \% rrxr*f *iArmiW^ PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE TO THE TASTE , Acta on tho stomach and liver . Increases th * * apjrt-tlie , aT- .j* . st3 dtscstlon , builds up lho ¦weak frail and broken-down. Useful ln Dysjyepsin I AI . IM nf Appetite , Headache, Insomn ia. Gen ¦ eral IhbHity, Malar in , T.aehaf YtiaHlty, iSer - rtttts Prostration nud Exhattatirtiia CHERRY MALT contains bk-od-maklnff, Uf* nustafntngproportlos. Itlsfrlondlj and health fnl tu ibo Btomach . ' nnd cau bo used by tin dullcnto lady. Infant , iho n_:od <*r Inllrm . Fe. pr-..plo with sodeutary habits and fiver-workoU Kieu it Is a valuable tonic SI.OO per hottlo. J' or Sale bt j all ttrutftj intg. \ j B E g All Dru/uiiil* , - Lie., ttt-c., anil $1 00 . l' /, -[) _r-(! otdj bj Dr. Both Arno ld , Med. Co rp., Wooniockel , K. 1. ^ffi ^ SICK HEADACHE |9& M J|L CONSTIPATION [¦!38ffi^MIMW--B EFyEcTUALLY CURUJ tv vaBras sSf Tnrrnnt ' n \i6_9Mf -_& Seltze r Ap erient. ^SJB^^P W ^ SnldbyTnrrantACo..N. V. , ^5^ *™^*^ *a\ J -*TUb' _ ;i3ta everywhere, W ___ *. ¦¦¦ -«¦**_>- - -- ^. ....... Miscellaneous GOOD NEWS —ro TIII :— PEOPLE —or— LONG ISLAND ! A. PEARSON , 59 , 01 &G3 MYRTL E AVE., i.JiOOKLYN , Wlm in iln* past I ISH fiiniisln'il . *.. many linusi 'S .. II I. 11^ ' I-hu.i! , i. < nj_ -:iii. in Lis olil s!ai. .l , wii.'ii- vim ran liml _ vcry t Iii ng i tin- lim- ul \ FURNITURE , CARPETS , BED- DIKG AND ST0VE3 In _ r.-a! variety :it cxci- 'Oiliiiy ly !-.»¦ I> - ut- . - . < lui' stuck i* mav .mil ol llu* lall-sl i!.- -i. !l- ' . (l. -n Is |U!I kl. * I Elll'l Sllippuil IVi e ol ' i 'liiiri'i* . I' olliiwing ma* :i hw t.j - ..III' iiri.a-s: Plll« .ll I' li rllU - alll l.-* ¦?! \ • •\ Ii..ll- 1 ' l llll . -allllfP ' - ' .. * > A*li . dak ..rl'lt.-ii 'j It. .li ...i.i Suit. ' '-¦¦ * . 1- .M.-..P1,.:. !' .... ..- T. . U ll riispi 'lp r- .ii'i I. l> -r > mil 1 } li. _i- .unp , vi-r> lii'iivy, |. _ r \ar. l :i (x All g.iuils a! .-i|ii.illy lnw |ince. i . Give IIS II . 1.1' . a- Hi- CiHl.iil-l* It II\ lr.Mll.li ' t.i . •lll.W L'.Mala . 4>V 'JSS A. PEARSON , 5. i , 1:1 ANI i fi . MYUILl - : AVENUE , . \ itli ilonr \ve?l ol Jay street, Kl' .OOK I J YN , \GOOD MORNING\ COFFEE PERCOLATOR. RICHEST , PURE8T , BEST *^^ ARE YOU A AND AdOMA , BUT HIS ^^*^___B5^^r I I F Y OU C ANNOT P ROCURE IT IN Y OUR T OWN , WRITE TO MANNING , BOWMAN & C0. 57 Beekman St., New York. Circulars and Price List sent Free on Aoolication. by all dealers on L. I. Estab. 1SS0 . None genu lue uulesa be aded LtaT*£U BUOS . Ink la variously composed , according to the purposes to which it is to bo applied. Common writing ink is tho pertannate of iron , mixed with a little gallate , held in sus- pension in water by means of gum or soma other adhering substance. The gum also preserves tho ink from being too fluid and also serves to protect tho vegetable matter from decomposition. Blue ink has of lato years been much in demand. Tho coloring matter is said to be sul p hate of indi go and tincture of iron , or , according to another reci pe , Prussian blue disolvcd in water by means of oxalic acid. Red ink is usnnll y made b y boiling in the proportion of two ounces of Brazil wood in a p int of water for about a quarter of an hour , and adding n little gum aud water. This ink is not in demand now , carmine having superseded it; this color is attained b y a solution of carmine and ammonia , also adding gum. The great merit of our com- mon writing ink is iu tbe freedom with which it flows from the pen , allowing ox rap id writing, aud the manner in which it bites into tho paper , so as not to bo removed by spong ing. Tho great defect is in the want of durability. Such inks partake of the nature of d yes. Tho writing ink of the ancients , on the contrary, is characterized by great permanency ; its basis was finely divided charcoal mixed witb some mucil- ag inous or adhesive fluid. Indian ink is of this character; it is formed of lampblack and animal g lue , with tho addition of per- fumes , not noccssary, however , to its use as an ink , nud is made np into cakes. It is usod in China with a brush , both for writ- ing and painting upon Chinese paper, and it is used in tbis country for making draw- ings iu black and white , the different depths of shade being produced b y vary ing tbe dilution with water. \ Writing ink , \ said a prominent manu- facturer , to a reporter , ''is now made in large quantities in Ne** York , nnd whereas in the past we used to import largel y, \n o\r export to almost every country, \ lnli . «f All Color*. I' llUt ' I>.irU!H'S.S VUU 11 JlVl'll .. 1-U uei parents on thoir estates just out of Berlin. One son wus un oflicer , stationed in the city proper ; hu met among his comrades a cer- t'liu Herr vou H , who ho considered would be an excellent mutch for his lovel y sister. The parents talked it over , discov- ered tbat tho youug lieutenant was of snit- able birth uud brains ; and little Baroness von B • appeared at our pension one day with ber mother. Herr vou H also ap- peared ou the scene , and for a week haunted the bouse. He bad also , ou the sly, learned the young lad y ' s dowry, rauk and accom- p lishments , wliich facts hu bad laid before bis brother ollicers for their approval— which is the custom among thoso men—and had received their encouragement to pro- ceed. At the end of the second week he came in ono morning and presented himself before the youug lad y, who was in my room , aud asked for a few 111011101118 ' private con- versation. I stepped out to give him tho floor , and this is what , sbo afterward related , trans- p ired. Tho young man advanced toward his beloved aud handed ber a note , in which were written a few hues from her mother say ing that the hearer was about to propose iu good form aud for her to accept him. As Bho finished reading an ag itated voico from the vicinity of tho door was heard , for tho young mau was exceeding l y nervous on this occasion. \ Most gracious and respected fraulein , I have the honor to offer you my heart (and he clapped his baud over that organ) and hand in hol y marriage. \ Here emotion choked him , but not tho young lad y, who was twenty-uiue years old. \ Most esteemed Herr von II , \ sho said , \I thank you for a proposal , wbicb I do myself the honor to accept. \ Herr von H bowed , kissed tho young lad y ' s baud and retired , and the latter came out nnd throw herself on my neck , exclaiming, \I am en- gaged , \ iu a voico which p lainl y imp lied, '* at last , at last. \ — Berlin Correspondence Boston Transcri pt. Courfuliip In (-(LTinany. T :..!_ -i. T _ \:..r..i * .__ . _. - .« in tue nouseaoia or iiajau j vauuanan , 01 Dar-ot , there was a full grown tigor , which used to go about loose on tho premises. When this poor creature was quite young chloroform had been recently introduced into India , and possibl y b y way of a crucial experiment of the strength of cbloioform a doctor , who was really one of the most kind- hearted in the profession , extracted all the teeth and claws of the young ti gor under chloroform. The auimal thenceforth was treated as a bi g cat aud was petted and p layed with during the day, while at ni g ht he was chained up outside the entrance to the ladies ' apartments in case any one Bhould wish unauthonzedly to enter or emerge from that part of the house. This ti ger had , of course , to be fed on soft food ; boiled goat' s flesh and rice and vegetables were tha \ chief of tbe diet. \ In an evil hour the men who had fed the ti ger thought to amuse themselves b y letting him kill tbe goats which wero broug ht for his food and this he was easily able to do b y a blow from his huge forepawa , though deprived of their claws. Having thus learned how to kill a live being, he , unhapp il y, one night jumped ou a small boy who had come within reach of his chain and with a stroke broke the child' s neck. He was found in the morning apparentl y very sorry and surprised at what bo had done. Bat , of course , he had to pay tbe penalty of his crime aud was immediate- l y shot b y the rajah' s orderfl. *— Kansas City Journal. The . llnkir.iuutiiiff Color. It 13 suiil that railroads in this country are returning to lemon color for tbe bod y of passenger coaches. Tbe Providence and Worcester , and the Philadel p hia and Read- ing roads are making tbe change. Experi- ence shows that yellow outwears any other color. A Tlffer Will bo a TIffors A correspondent says thnt tho codfish fre- quents the \ table lands of tbo sea. \ The codfish no doubt does this to secure as near- ly as possible a dry, bracing atmosp here. This pure air of the submarine table lauds g ives to tho codfish that breadth of chest and depth of lungs which wo havo always noticed. The g lad , free smile of tho codfish is largely attributed to the exhilaration of . this oceanic altitoodleum. Tho correspondent further says that'\ tho cod subsists largel y on tho sea cherry. \ Thoso who have not hud tbe p leasure of see- ing the codfish climb the Ben cherry tree in search of food , or clubbing tbo fruit from the heavil y laden branches with chunks of coral , have missed a very fine sig ht. Tbe codfish , when at home , rambling through tho submarine forests , does not wear his vest unbuttoned , as he does while loafing around the grocery stores of tbe United States. Would Prefer a. Change. \ Maria , \ Baid Mr. Dunks , as he came in and threw a folded document on the table , \ I have just insured my life for $5 , 003 in your favor. There is the policy. \ 4i Thank you , my dear , \ s aid Mra. Punks ; ,l I bope it will be many years beforej 'it will be of any use to me , if ever. \ \It , -will be of mu ch use to you if yon wish to msxrylagain , \ he growled. \ With $5 , 000 in cash you can pick ont almost any fool you _ ike. ,r *' -N° t my dear , \ she rep lied \ affecti onately, \ I think I shonld want a change-next time. \ — Lo^i lle Insurance aUcr<Ma . Habits of the Codfiwb. . -I u- . i _ - . ui * .;n t-i : IULTU ix uu uuuui in IUJ mind but that the belief that human beings should sleep with their bodies l y ing north und south has its foundation iu truo scien- tific fi.cts. Each human system has mag- netic poles—oue positive and one negative. Now , it is true thut some persons have the positive pole iu the head and the uegativo pole in the feet , and vice versa. Iu ordor that the person . sleep ing should bein perfect harmony with tho magnetic phenomena of tbe earth , tho head , if it possess the positive pole , should lio to the Bouth , or , if tho feet possess the positive pole , tho head should lie to the north. The positive pol o should always lie oppo- site to the magnetic centre of the contiuent and thus maintain a magnetic equilibrium. The positive pole of tho person draws one way, but the magnetic polo of tbo earth draws tho other way and forces the blood toward tho feet , affects tho iron in tho sys- tem , tones up the nerves aud makes Bleep refreshing and invi gorating. But if tho person sleeps the wrong way .ind fails to become magneticall y en rapport with the earth , he will theu probabl y be too mag- netic , und ho will have a fever resultiug from the magnetic forces working too fast , or he will not be magnetic enoug h and the great strain will cause a feeling of lassitude , sleep will not bo refreshing, and iu the morning he will bavo no more euergy than there is in a cake of soap. Somo persons may scoff at theso ideas , but tho greatest scientific men of the world bavo studied tbe subject. Only recently the French Academy of Science made . ex- periments upon tbo bod y of a guillotined man , which go to prove that each human system is in itself au electric battery, one electrode being represented by the head , the other b y tho feet. The body was taken im- mediatel y after death and placed on a pivot , to move as it mi ght. After Borne vacillation the head portion turned towards the north , the bod y theu remaining stationary. One of the professors turned it half way round , hut it soon regained its Ori g inal position , and the same result was repeatedly obtained , until organic movements finally ceased. —*' St. Jjouis Gto be~2) em0crat. Your ESc.ut Toward the North. A .i.__ .i T - I . * _ —_ . u..u :.. ..... Of hot milk as a stimulant tho Medical Record says: \ Milk boated to much above 100 degrees Fahrenheit loses for a timo a degree of its sweetness aud d.- ¦ • .U y. No one wbo , fati gued by over-exert. .1 of bod y or mind , has ever experience. , tbe reviving in- fluence of a tumbler of tb! * beverage , heated as hot as it can be sipped , will willing ly forego a resort to it bj uuuse of it. , being rendered somewhat less acceptable to the palate. The promp t iess with which its cordial influence is folt is indeed surprising. Some portion of it se 'ins to be di ge.itod aud appropriated almost immediatel y, nud mauy wto now fancy they need alcoholic stimu- lants when exhausted by fati gue will find in this simple draught an equivalent tbat will be abundantl y satisf y ing and far more en- during in its effects. She WAI Anturc-1. \John , \ said the wife tenderly, \ prom- ise me that if I should be taken nway you will never morry Nancy Tarbox. \ \ C er- taiuly, Maria , \ rep lied the husband reassur- ing ly, \ I can promise you that . She re- fused me three times when I was a ranch handsomer man than I am now. \ — Chteagm Tr ibune. Iflot -Milk ait a Stimul-tiit- mc _. cw ltcMiintii-iig- A nniiali Are IVo-iv Penned up in Ilchrivi*; Sca~ Tho buffalo has become in the lust dozen years almost an extinct animal • elep hants are getting scarce ; whales have been harried nntil both sperm and ri g ht whales are too few for profitable whaling voyages. It is a disputed question whether the United States can make Behring Sua a closed waterway and savo from speed y extinction another animal , tbe fnr seal. It was reported some timo ngo that to avoid tho ug l y question of closed seas Secretary Bayard 'had proposed to Russia , Eng land and Germany to agree that their people wbilo using Behring Sea for navi gation should not kill for seal there. To this proposition it now turns out n broader onejhns been suggested , namel y, that these nnd other powers shall agree to make a close season on fur seals all over tbe world. This animal was onco very abund- ant in ninny p lace. *- .. It is now found onl y on tho Alaska coast , ou the llussiau Islands in Behring Sea and at tbe Lobos Inlands , belong ing to Buenos A yres aud vi g ilantl y guarded b y that government. Hunting for senl rookeries was earl y in tbo present cen- tury a favorite venture among Now Eng land seamen and Bomo of tho most important discoveries of seal rookeries wero made by tbem. But tbey very quickl y exterminated the valuable animals , though the lirst dis- coveries made large fortunes. From the South Shetland Islands , off Capo Horn , 3.000 ,000 akiiyi were taken in two years , aud that closed out tbe rookery. An American sealing schooner got the first 3'ear 1 , 200 skins ; the second year two ves- sels of the same owner took U0 . 000 ; the third year six vessels got onl y 1 , 700 between them. Kerguelen Laud , iu tho Indian Ocean , in twenty years y ielded a million skins , but tho animals were then extenuin- nted . M' -ssufuero , near Juan Fernandez Island , y ielded 50 , 000 skins per annum for several years , but was then abandoned , there being uo seals left. South Georgia Island , south of Cape Horn , y ielded during n few years 1 , 200 , 000 skins , but this island is no longer visited b y fur sealers . The world' s supp ly of sealskin jackets now comes eutirol y from our owu rookeries in Alaska and from thoso of two Russian islands , aud au auimnl which seventy yean ago was found by millions in many parts of the world bus ut last beeu penned up iu tbe Behring Sen. No doubt with such care for their preservation as the United States nud Russia have g iven , new rookeries would bo established iu timo in the Faulk land Islands , which belong to Eng land ; ou tho sbores about aud south of Cape Horn , whicb be- long to Buenos Ayres and Chile; on islands in tiie Japan Sea , on Desolation , Kerguelen Lund and other islands south of the Cape of Good Hope , claimed by Eng land , und else- where. In that case reg ions now desolate ond worthless would become important sources of revenue to tho government owning them , as Alaska has been a source of revenue to tbe United States. It is this consideration probabl y which hm led England to g ivo consideration to Mr. Bayard' s proposition for an international protection for tho fur seal . The seal ou tho Alaskan Islands havo in tho ei g hteen years since we boug ht Alaska repaid almost its entire cost. Kussia re- ceived from tbo United States $7 , 000 , 000 and the company to «hich tho Government leased tho solo ri ght to tako seal , with tho restriction to kill onl y males , and ouly a certain number each year , has paid the Government in ei g hteen years §8 , 000 , 000, — Cincinnati Timea-Star . PROTECT TIIE SEAT, VarlouH Methods o[ Robbing (he Gov- ernment. \ Tho cattle trade of tbo central plains , Which haa f ot v ** -ost four years suffered a great depress., . \ said VT. A. Lane , of Cheyenno , \ is now on A basis whero ranch- ing at a profit is again possible , and within tbe next year or two I expect to soo this great branch of our national industry as- sume something like its former importance. The busineee would be a profitable OJO to- day were it not that it is called upou to face tho most fatal kind of competition—that of bankrupt herds. Tho moment that a pro- perty passes into the hands of a receiver , or thai ib e owner sees that ho must bavfiTOon 'dy \ at any price , a season of disaster for all sol- rent ranchmen sets ic. \ One grity source of profit to the cattle men , \ continued ilr. Line , \ has been cut off , nud tbat is tho old system of Indian contracts. Iu the old days no such lucra- tive sales were made as thoso to tho Indian ¦Departmer.t. The price paid per pound was hi g her than it is now , but this p layed but & small fi gure. The chief return was duo to dishonesty on tbe part of lho agents , who combined with the cattle men. The con- tractors always chose tbe very poorest cattle on tbo range for the use of the Indians , and had a habit of keeping tho cattle without water for twenty-four hours beforo they wero turned in. Just beforo they camo to the scnles they would bo driven to tho river and allowed to drink as much water as tbey p leased , thus adding from fifteen to twenty pounds to their wei g ht. Then at many of tho agencies , notabl y at tho Red Cloud , in tho years between 1870 and 187G, the scales wouM be set so as to show at least oue hun- dred pounds more than tho real wei ght, aud any fraction over ono hundred pounds , were it but five , was credited in tho account as a full 100 pounds. \ Besides this , the tr.tders would allow tho cowboys to cut out cattle that had air-lady stood on tho scales and wei g h them over agnin , thousands of head having thus beon paid for twice over. There was no means of detecting this fraud , for as soon as tho cattlo were turned over to tho Indians a great hunt would bo inaugurated and half a season ' s supp l y killed iu a sing le day. Tho si ght ' jt the Bed Cloud agency on tho day of a cnttle issue usod to bo very p icturesque. Tht Indians would form a long Hue at tbe end of the corral , and throug h this the cat- tle , 100 at a time , would bo driven. Terri- fied b y tho shouts and prodded b y spears as they rushed throug h tho lane , they would nrrive iu the open prairie in a condition ap- proaching madness , and would rush at full speed in all directions. \ At a g iven signal tho mounted Indians would dash out iu pursuit , armed with bows and speara , aud would commence a regular buffalo hunt. At the cud of tbo day the whole country would bo covered with the bodies of tbe cattle , the Indians taking onl y the tongue and leaving the rest to spoil. Of course it was impossible to keep any check ou tbe dishonesty of agents uudor this sys- tem , aud both they aud the contractors mado fortunes out of tho savages. But of lato years moro careful supervision bos been exercised , and these illeg itimate profits have been cut off. The Indians still receive thj scourings of tbe herds , but the diffierence between tbe actual and reg istered wei g ht is very small. But thero is still a good profit in Indian contracts , nnd tbo Government bas been tho best customer of the solvent cattle men since tho depression , which is now about coming to end , Bet in. \ — St. Louis P ost-Dispatch. CATTLE CONTRACTORS* TRICKS. Tii. vntkC .\umo-er ot rcopic tiinpioreu by the iiovcrnment, Few peop le realize tbe vnstness of num- bers of the great army of civil emp loyes of tho Government of tho United States. It comprehends u force moro numerous than foug ht the battles of the \Wilderness nnder Grant. Its streng th is greater than tbat of the armies of Napoleon the Great when be won tho brilliant victories of Marengo and Austerlitz and occupied tho capitals of Ger- mnny and Austria. The strength of the personnel of the vast army of tho occupants of the places under the Executive foots up 171 , 746 officials and emp loyes , of which 28 , 272 are in the ..zoili __ tary and 11 , 402 in the naval services aud 132 , 000 are ou civil duty. Tbe larger sbaro of this groat executive army is tlie Post Office Department. .Its corps commander , under tbe supreme direc- tion of the President , has 05 , 000 men under bis control. The Postmaster General is im- mediatel y surrounded for administrative purposes b y COO emp loyes , including three assistants , a number of bureau officers , serv- ing ns chiefs of staff departments , and tho balance clerks. Of tho entire strength of this department , 55 , 000 are postmasters , 75 iu first class cities with reg iments and companies of clerki and letter carriers , 400 in second class towns , 1 , 884 in third class villages and 52 , 415 of (be fourth class distributftd among the peo- p lo at post hamlets and cross roads. There are 384 assistant postmasters , 5 , 781 clerks in post offices . 222 m esse tigers , janitors and laborers , 5 , 206 curriers in free delivery offices , 122 inspectors , 15 , 000 contractors emp loy ing, directl y or indirectly, scores of thousands of persons among the peop le; 8 , 000 special carriers nnd mail messengers and 5 , 000 men in tho railway mail service. Tho next \ corps d' armeo \ of the execu- tive force iu point of numbers is the Treas- ury. Under the direct command of its chief officers aro 15 , 000 emp loyes , distributed among 2 , 500 officials , assistant secretaries , bureau and division chiefs and clerks Jn the department proper , 4 , 400 in the customs Bervico ou duty at every port of entry, 13 , - 200 iu tho internal revenue service , 225 in the sub-treasuries , 918 in the mints aud asse y offices , C55 in tbo publio buildings seruce . 1 , 173 in tbe coast survey, 1 , 321 iu tbe li g hthouse service , 1 . 242 in the life- saving service , 1 , 1C_ iu tho steamboat in- spection service , 1 , 007 in tbo revenue mar- ine , 40G iu the mnriuo ho.-p ital service and 40 iu the shi pp ing commission service. Tbo civil corps d' armee of the Department of the Interior has iu its service 9 , 154 men. which includes 3 . GOO officials and emp loyee scattered over tbe wholo country, who arc appointed by tho President , and 5 , 554 em- p loyes outside the department not appointed b y tho President or secretaries. Next in strength of members is tho civil list of tho depar * 4iient of tbe navy, which musters -1. 027 effectives , which includes 257 civilian officers and emp loyes iu tho depart- ment proper , and 3 , 770 civilian emp loyes at yards and stations. Tho active and retired list of the navy nnd marine corps adds 11 , - 402 to lho force under tho Secretary 1 of the Navy, making a grand total of 15 , 429. The War Department adds to the Grand Army of tho It, -public iu tbo civil-list 3 , CSC effective oflicers and men , including 1 , 53G civilian officers and employes of the Depart- ment proper , 27-1 iu the offices connected with tho department in Washington , 1 , 563 in the Quartevmaster General' s Department in the military department.* , and 313 in the civil branch of tho Medical department. — A lbany Journal. I.NCI. K SAM'S CIVIL AltflT. oue aav on tno poren m me sunshine As I went down the street— A woman whose hair was silver . But whose face was blossom-sweet , * Making me think of a garden . When In splto . of the frost and snow OI bleak November weather , Late , fragllo lilies grow. I heard a footstep behind me . And the sound of a merry laugh . And I knew the heart it came from Would be like a comforting staff In the time and the hour uf trouble , Hopeful and bruve and strong; One of the hearts to lean on . When wc think all things go wrong. I turned at the click o. ihe gate latch . And met his manly look; A Ii-c*-HKe-hIs gives me pleasure . Like the page or 11 pleasant book . It told or a steadfast purpose , Of a brave and daring will; A faco with a promise ln it That , aod grant , the years fulfill. lie went up the pathway singing, I saw the woman ' s eyes Grow bright with a wordless welcome , As sunshine warms the shies. \ Hack ag-aln , sweetheart mother , '* He cried , and bent to kl»3 The loving race that was uplifted For what some mothers miss. Thr.t boy will do to depend on; I hold that this ls true— From lads la lovo with their mothers Our bravest heroes grew , Earth's grandest hearts have been loving hearts Since time and earth be^an ; And the boy who kisses his mother Is tVvery inch a man I — Christian Intelligencer. Every Inch a Irian. i ' in erroneousl y supposed b y many thai 4 self-winding clock must obtain its motive power from electrical action nnd thereby ha subject to tho mauy objections and hin- drances resulting from au entire dependence on a coustaut current. \ The motivo power of our clock , \ said the genial agent of a largo concern on Dey street to a reporter , \ is derived trom the action of a fine spring, as iu tho ordinary clock. Tbo term self- ' winding results from the following : Two small cells of a battery tre p laced iu the top of tho caso and con- nected with a motor secured to the lower part of the movement. As tho centre wheel , driven b y tho unwinding of tho spring, makes one revolution around tbo hub it brings up n looso arm whioh Bli ps under a stationary projecting arm fastened to tho train p late. The moment tho contact takes placo the circuit is closed , and tho action of the little motor rotates the barrel containing the spring ono revolution from left to rig ht , and winds np just as much of the spring IXA has boen required to run tho clock daring tho last sixty minutes. The Bpring barrel itself carries an arrr. which slides tho loose arm from under tho projecting arm , th u** breaking tho circuit ; tho same action U repeated every sixty minutes. To IbO 1 * .' \ familiar with mechanism it will be quit , apparent bow simp le and practical is thi * device. \ \ The invention lies in bring ing a moto* and elockwork together iu a timep iece , and is not limited to auy particular device. Ex- periments prove that a motor as oonstructec 1 for the purpose can be run for ono year at an expense of less than 25 cents ; hence a clock may bo sealed up and left to itself for a period of at least one year with a certainty of closer timo during that period than can bo secured by any other known method of g iving time. In short , a common clock con- structed on this princip le has been found to keep as accurate time as oue of tbe hi g her grades with gravity escapements , run by the >ld methods. \ Self-winding clocks aro in great demand by railway corporations , some of which now have them In operation , notably the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Tele- graph Company, in their offices ln this city. — lYtto York Moil and Express, Scli-Witiflln? Clock*. \ Whnt did yon drink?\ asked the doctor. \ Nothing that could have made mo sick , I am sur e , ' , rep lied the patient \ Ouly a g la.s of milk. \ \Did you drink it quickl y?\ \No quicker than usual. \ •' I thoug ht so. Now Jet me g ivo you a word of advice. Many persons comp lain tbat they cannot Jriuk milk without being * distressed b y it. * Tho most common reason wby milk is not well borne is due to the fact that peop le generally drink it too quickl y. If a g lass of it is swallowed hastil y it enters the stomach and then forms iu ono solid , curdled mass , difficult of di gestion. If , on the other band , tbe same quantity is sipped , and three minutes , at least , is occupied in drinking it , then , on reaching the stomach , it is so divided that when coagulated , as it must always be by the gastric juice wbilo di gestion is going on , iustead of being in one hard , coudeused mass , upon tho outside of which ouly the di gestive fluids can act , it is more in the form of a sponge, and in and out of the entire bulk the gastric j uice can freely p lay ond perform its functions. Milk may be rendered more di gestible , and , for many, of a more ogreeablo tf-ste , if prepared by slowly adding a few drora of dilute hy- drochloric acid to it , drop by drop, while stirring it at tho same time. B y this menn_ _ tho curd is broken up, and it Is iu a more favorable stato to bo acted upon b y tho di- gestive fluids. You follow my advice and you will have no mora attwks of Bickness guch as the one you are ti-tubled -with to- $i>y. Two dollars , pieose. Good day, 1 ' lite Proper Way to Drink ' .mitt. Uow tho man aud wifo wbo rent tno top floor Lack get along is s eldoin known to thi occupauts of the top floor front. How the old woman who sleeps in the kitchen manages to exist is likewise un* known to her nei g hbors. In fact tho woman on tbo second floor may be dying, and tho peop le on the floor above know nothing of it. A reporter visited a largo tenement houso in East Fifty-ninth street , one evening. The sidewalk swarmed with dirty faced children. There was crape on the door—black and white—nt which the children were gazing in solemu wonder as it fluttered in the breeze. Somebod y in the house was dead , but nouo of the children knew wbo bad died. A p hysician attached to a dispensary in the nei ghborhood came to visit a sick woman on a top floor , and the reporter went with him . From one of the front rooms came cries. It was the bereaved wife weep ing for ber dead husband. From another room came sounds of laug h- ter and. the music of an accordian. A lot of young people were gathered in tbe rooms directly over where the heart-broken w was weeping. On the next floor lived the p h ysician ' s patient. She was very sick , he Baid , and should have perfect rest. As the doctor and reporter were leaving the sick woman ' s apartments , two boys entered with pails of coal , which they had stolen from passing . co al carts on tbe streets. —iV. Y, Telegram In a >civ Vork Tenement House. 1' robabl y the largest undertaking yet, at- : uipted in the way of transmitting power I. 'Ctricall y is tbat now iu preparation b y lho S prague Electric Railroad aud Motor < - impany for tho Bi g Bend Tunnel and . ' . . lining Company, on whoso property iu • uliforuia the p lant is to bc installed. Tbe mining compauy owns somo fifteen miles of tbe bed of Feather River , in Butto county, California , tho river describing a Worseshoe around Bi g Bend Mountain for a distance of about fourteen miles. Tho streams which supp l y tho river havo for ayes carried down from tbo nei g hboring mountains rich deposits from the auriferous strata , and tbe bed of tho river bas become a veritable store houso of gold. The river is in a narrow canyon and can- not b y ordinary means bo turned from its t-ed to make tho deposits accessible. The mining company have therefore constructed .1 tunnel two aiid one-third miles long throug h the mountain across tho horsc . hoe , and with tbis tunnel and a dam in the river at tho beg inning of the bend they divert the entire volume of water and leave the four- teen mile bend dry, excapt tho still water pools hero and thore , and along this bend operations will be carried on at the surface. Tho generating dynamos will be located below tho exit from the tunnel and will bo operated b y water wheels under a head of over 300 feet, and the current will be sup- plied to electric motors stationed at fourteen different points on a circuit pxtending clear around tbe bend of tho river, tho motors supp ly ing power to various kinds of ma- chinery to be used in pump ing and hoisting and any other class of apparatus that may be renuired. The undertaking ia one of great magni- tude , and the total power transmitted will be something far beyond anything hitherto attempted in thin line. It is another illus- tration of tho fitness of the electrical trans- mission of power for many different classes ot work called for In tbe Far West and other p laces where the uso of steam power on the spot h ont of the question , or so expensive as to mako its use prohibitive. — Chicago Tri- b u ne, — * *•—- r«wrf by Klec-riclty. Entered for MailiDc at Second Class Rates ; ; • SIGNAL ADVEUTlis .s.x jQ^ A CBTTTTg.j 8w. \W, I . M . 1 ijjfTTc M T 7V^ ta words., z .a \ yF _35|f .Ts f ~ \ i . T . * .' ~ . K , l ^TiH SSWmds..] .p. * . * - . - *» . Ml .651 J If.) 17. ^1 't CO \ -f inch.... M'l .76 1 .»* 1.3K jQ0! .I OO .111 1 Inch.;.. 1.0m 1 V: . £* , 0u iv i .uo , b.uo 100j 2 hieh. *- .. 1.7* . -in ' .: . *i- * i . ii o - .. on ' » : NI -»O ' OO it [uche-v. 8 -50 373 5., *a» rfWl ia. .Ki ' Mr* * :«iV 4 laches.. . _. :£•! . . -v. e.Vi e_00 * IS.W _ ¦ _ 00- -10 i-z 5 Iticli. -i-. l. i- iit K .0. 8.0 1 1000 _ i). ' - V -li ft\ 00 oO i* . Inclu-* ... liO i- . -\'/ • . . ••¦l . ltfUO ! M- -X ' M.0* . (- -i -r iy Inches: . S. ti' l'/ nn l(i lM|* .ail M. 'iv a -3.0ul _30.Up. * • • inci.Ki . 'ii su i'i ;a fc- . i-o-ae -is ' iiM. . - * iv. . _ _ .i _Mtn. o Sl'KCTAL OR \KKADIXO \ NOTK KH . .set 1U large or small type , double the above, rates. ;' F AXTLT K KCOHIMI *' free . Itemarks , resolu- tions , etc . ' . Jc, [»er word . In advance. HD I SC OUSTS ;o?r ADVAnCK . FAYMRXTS. -OP orderstff $10 . 10 Hct.; on $2S,15 fi-t ; ou |50 , 70 __ ct. ; op SI00, or over 25 T-ct. 3Y EAKLV _ __ DVBRTisixo _ payauie * quarterly when charged eonarttes o known \ rcsponsibill ty. Otherwise payable in advance. THE S IGNAL , Having a larger circulation man any other patter on l.ong Island (Brooklyi not excepted), presents superior ad vautaxes as an advertl- ainc medium. A common cockroach was trained to act as a letter carrier between Willi-tm Rodifer and \ Starli g ht Jack \ R yan , convicts in tho Sou thern Indiana Penitentiary. It is prob- abl y the first instance ou rbcord , too , whero thero was any uso found for this littlo crea- ture. Rodifer occup ied a cell in tho tier just above the one where Jack was coufiued , aud for a long time they had no means of com- muuicatiug witb ouo nnother. Rodifer was n daring fellow , but he had uot sufficient imagination to get up a p lan of escape , and ho relied on tho bri g ht mind of his frieud '* Starli g ht Jack \ to suggest au idea. One evening Rodifer noticed au innocent lookiug cockroach running about on the floor. After watching its gamboliugs for a time, ho concluded ho could uso it. So , writing a short note to his friend , he tied it to the cockroach' s wing, nnd , kneeling down on the floor , ho put it out ou tho wall under the iron balcony tu frout of his cell. Ho calculated tbat it would run into tho cell underneath. And it did. Jack noticed tho paper , caug ht the insect and rend tbe note. Then he answered it , und poking tho littlo creature out on the wall from tho ceiling over the door he re- leased it. The roach went into Rod tier ' s {•ell and was caught. Then they fed and cared for it and used it in tbis mauuer for iii nne months. In fact it grew to understand its business. It mii3t havo boon a female cockroach , however , for one day it stoppod to chat with a frieud aud was uoticed b y a warden. Tbo note , which was written iu BOIUO sort of ci pher , was taken off , and the hosp ital stew- ard , Dr. Sid C. McGure , read it. Then the beetle was put on the balcony floor , and it inn into Rodifer ' s cell. Thus tho officials were kept postod as to the p lans of the two famous gaol breakers. After a time Jack began to suspect that something was wrong, and ho added a post- scri pt to his letter something liko this : \ If everything is ri g ht you will liud a hair from my head in this note. \ The Warden rend it as he did the others , but dropped the bail and lost it. \ Never mind it , \ said Captain Crai g, whoso hair was red ; *' put one of mine in it. \ The answer camo back , '* Thai last whi pp ing must havo been an awful one , Jack , for it has changed tho color of your hair. \ The scheming of theso two worthies camo to nnug ht , however , and they served their terms. — Tid Hits. Cockroach Letter Carrier*. Wheu the meeting bad beeu calleu fo or- der Brother Gardner- requested Whalebone Eowker to coins forward to the deskj and when lie had him there he continued : \ Brudder Howker , I nr ' gwine to send you to Toronto on a mission conrarnin ' de welfar ' of dis club. Befo ' you go I waat to speak a few ftirder words to you. \ '•Yes , sab . \ *'In gwine among strangers doan ' be so di gnified dat people will euiag lno you own Jfanlf of Detroit , an ' y it on do odder band doan 'be so free an ' easy dat anyone will d.vro poke you iu the ribs. Seek fur de happy medium. ^\Doan ' bo too fond of talk. De less you say do mo ' you will be credited wid know- in ' . \ Many a man has broken his leg on de sidewalk bekaso he was ashamed to take a safe path in do middle of de road. •'Treat ebery man liko a gentleman. De cost is a mere trifle , du ' it tickles dier wan» it y. \ Koep cl' iar of argyracnt. If fl stranger wants to bet on his gnmo turn from him in silent contemp t. If ile Jk yurs run off . de track trus ' in ile Land. \ Be keerful of yer manners nt table. Our likin ' fur a man kin bo killed as dead as a dooh-nail by de way ho eats. \ De uso of cuss words ar ' to be dep lored. A man wid a clean mouf will be respected , eben amoug rascals. If you fall ober a wUcel-barrer or saT your neck on a clothes line; devote five ininits to expressin ' your foelins. Don : Btop short bi.. \ Doan 'be ashamed to carry yer money In yer shoe. Many a member of Congress has come to grief b y pranain ' around wid bis wallet in his pocket. \ If you meet a man who says he doan ' believo in de fucher stato doan ' w as te yer breaf to argify do matter. He may. b« ¦> pusson whom de Lawd created wldont a soul , jist as an experiment. \ — Detroil'Frm Press. \ ' * * ¦ How to Ventilate n. Cellar. In the ventilation of cellars the mistako la frequently made of introducing air from without which is considerabl y warmer tha? that contained within them. ' InBtefld of making them cool and airy, which is tho desired object , they aro thereby rendered warm and damp, for the worm air , although raising the temperature of that in tho cellar. Is itself cooled and deposits its moisture which soon makes itself evident as palpable dampness. Consequentl y in warm weather tho ventilation of cellars should be carried on at ni g ht, the cellar being kept closed be- tween sunrise and sunset. — San Francisco Chronicl*- I-ln.c I. 'ln Club f - tlvle..
