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* ^^OYSTE'RCUITURE,\ \' r* 1lltm,tveii A*e Planted, Cnlilratcd mid Itarre*t«a WUo OUxt-T CVOp». <Ene average eltt?en Wiy not kno^ that outers we plnntea,, cultivated #»d;|•prophetmoretlkn'OW .;.' harveiited IHcS spy ©.the* erojr, a pe> ? ...isft. -who; engages J» thhr'Industry be- ing:..4aiu>wnaaanpyatoi^lcmtei',£»ou- . ••$• Hfliida (>t acres of oyster? W£ under • cultivationJn gawptee ftoad?, watch! 4urln« the Jterroflttng aeaspii i? often Utei;aaij5*> alive with t&e Wanlnf nja« >•'• . cHIikes of the oyster nien* tVJien the oysters are t torn one and '. •'\ijlfeaW;toWP yew old the? we u^u. •''. - ^v'wfy- te^ee ejiaflgiji to- tie $oid,.nnd »«; a ' itiie. part of taeni are sold at «% ago • * *n<i i^o hflrance la ^e tijlrfl or foflrfti jear, aftey^ wWpii time theground, & iUowed td ?est a year before heing- planted agate, Qrfe&t*are must ^ex- orcised in the aciiectlQn of bottoms lor oyster plating If the planter -would )ja ftrjanclally successful, Th& largest packer In Hampton'opens from 100,000 to 200,000 bushels of oys . tora Jn a year, in this house as the $on open the oysters, they flvop tho shell* OR an. inclined plane, from -which • they alj&p into a trough and are carriea nlongi py scrapers attached to. a n end- Ions. «hnjti, called a \shell conveyor,\ • yrftlch takes them without further la- Dor to tho bhejl pile i n the yard. When a shnckor has fltlled his gallon measure lis cajrfoa j t to the strainer, where the oysters pre strained and measured, tfhejr are theaemptied Into large cask! kept *uli of fresh water, by means of Vhlcli any looso shell or grit Is washed out; From these casks the oysters are (lipped Into a second strainer and wuen Mparatcd from the water are again moiurorod and packed. 5?ft« shells are sold for from 1 to 8 cont* a bushel and are used extensive- ly by oyster planters for the propaga- tion pt oysters. They are placed In 1 imall piles-on grounds found suitable -* tit the.purpose, where the spat or lOfttt oygtcc will attach Itself to the •hellsK.' TUoy are also used for making (hell ilmo and for building tho exeel- lont sflwiH roads found In some'parts of the Virginia ponlnsuia.—Philadelphia North. American. \\ A Religion That Grow*. • i \ ' •Phe Idea tlmt Mohammedanism is \played out\ \would he a dangerous one for e^atosuiwa to. bank upon. It isn't, 'Mohammed began his career as a ydnrs laterthan F the beginning 6c the Christian era. At present * he fans • 17«,OQ*!,Q0O, discipWs* more thaft on^tWrd &s many as there are Christians;; in the world. Klne hundred years ago there wet* in India ao fitohammedabB. Now thejre aye 50,000$^} andtheysreIncreasing |n nunjbj^ constantly, <rhey are by all odds the most energetic subjects, in; British India, , ; . ilie western wave of Jtohammeda^. ism foiled up to the farthest corner-of Spain, up to the walls of tieuna, and then began to recede, but the, shrink- ing process was accompanied by ex- pansion elsewhere, In Africa Jiohntn- iaedanlsm is steadily proselyting.' Ktfs- sla in Europe has 8,000,000 followers of the prophet,, more than there are $n whatis called \Otyrkey lnBur#e. J * Asia, however, the realm of futufce growth, is the Mohammedan strong- hold. To less than 4,000,000 natlvti Ohristlans there ate 100,CKH2$QQ MOi hammedans.—New Xork World, *1»<> Dnlcc*» \TUlrUca (Clock.\ An Ingenious tlmeteoplng arrange- ment exists today which was: designed by that famous Duke of Bridgewater who laced South Xancphlre with ca- nals and died a hundred years ago. The duke w%s a great stickler for punc- tuality, and %e was annoyed that the workmen on his estate at Worsley did not return to work after dinner as promptly as thoy left off -when the Clock struck 12, When lie remonstrat- ed, he was told that while the work- men .always hoard the clock strike 12, they often failed to hoar tho single stroke of J. Tho*0uke of Brfdgewater quickly found a remedy fer this diffi- culty, Ho had a clook made that would strike thirteen times an hour after noon, and that clook proclaims 1 I o'clock with a baker's dozen of sopo- rous strokes to this day, 0»» \tldn- teen\clock\ is one of tho curiosities of Wctfsley 9all.—Westntlnater Gazette. TOLD IN A DREAM. - th» MfoiiRKe fcbitt • Drinsr Girl Co»- Yojrea <o Hey Brother, Hero )« an Interesting, if somewhat 'Vsteepj',\ Story which reaches us from * correspondent upon whoso good faith WO am rely: A certain young lady, \ilflipni W* will call Mary A., was re- CoviriQg from illness, Tho doctor had dool$r«d hor to bo out of danger, and Jtor' friends and relatives wero rojoio ing I n th» fact Noverthelcss, Miss A., !!^!±^ 0 ^^f.^*. 8 i^!:|nud \the pther^ielemare; \but the Sex ot Gem, The Romans, following the GreeJc mlnoralegistg, divided gems tetp males and females accnrdlng to tho depth or lightness of their color,, Theso terkna are thus alluded to by Thepphrnstus: \Both theso (berj'l, carbuncle, omphax, crystal and mnetliyst) oini,tho sard are found on breaking open certain rocks, presenting certain differences, but agreeing In name with cacb other. For of tho sard tho transparent and blood red sort is called the female, whilo the less transparent nncl darker kind lax termed tho male, and tho oya- 1111s also Is named one sort tho male \\\ Cle>rT«; at tl»e \sjignfcer's tjeslf, The speaker's right hand man Is call- ed ''elerlrat the speaker's d«si?\ nnd 19 one of the most useful men in the house of representatives, it is, his busi- ness fp lt»pw things, all thing*; to fact, everything cpnnected with legls.- latlon. He must know parltementary. law, precedents pf the house ona must ,haye them ready at a second's Rotiee, So that they may be elted by the speate- er or the ehaftman of'the committee of the whofe house whenever n point ol order i s raiseder a parliamentary point Js to.be decided. He must haow all the (Hombers.' of the house and from whad stftte they come in, .order to -tell the speafeer or the chairman how to ree- o?nlzo them, \when they address the presiding officer. He must know ail the Secretaries of tlie president an«J elorJcs pf the sonate, so as. to tell the presiding officer when there Is a mes- sage from the president or the senate tp be received by tho house. He keeps the time on men who are addressing the house, and the \hammer\ falls When he says that a man has consum- ed his allotted time, Of all these tasks the greatest is to bo well ta- formednpon parliamentary law. There Is no index to pnriininenta;ry rulings, and many points aro found by tb» man who will delve aud dig and study the subject all tho time.-Washington Post Infant G^plUde*. When he was but a schoolboy In the Jesuits' college at Dijon Jacques Bos^ suet was tnown as ono of tho best classical scholars in Europe. At eight Louis de Bourbon, prince of Condo, was a perfect latitt scholar*. Three years later be published a worls pn rhetoric, and at seventeen ho was appointed governor of Burgundy. Fenelon displayed so much precocity that ho won fame aa a preacher of rare dlpanonce when he was hut flfteejn years of age. Toscal wrote treatises on acoustics at twelve, at whleh nge he Was busily occupied in eonstruetlns elaborate eirculntlug machines, and at Blsteeri he published his treatise on \Conic Sections,\ which Descartes re- fused t o believe waa not. the work of a great master. John Stuart Mill was studying Clreet: at three, had prnetienlly mastered tho language at seven aud a year loiter was acting; na schoolmaster to his younger brothers and sisters. John Ruskln actually produced & manu- script worlt in three. Volumes before ho reached his seventh birthday. • A Ch*uawan»« Smoker, In Persia and in Japan pipes about the size of a baby's fhiinblc are used, providing two draws, a great waste of time, It is me .Ohlnainan; however, who i n smoking gets endless work.oni of pfaetiealiy nothing, at all; He. esrries, a • little box ubont twice the size of an ordinary silvers cigarette case\ SChis is half piled with water, In one end is a removable tiny tube to seyve, aa pipe. At the other end Is the pipestem. First of all, he removes the tube And blows through it to re- mare all blpekage. iJTten- he fumbies through his awiward clothes, search^ Ing £pr tphacoo and produces a bit of rag in.wbtoh, it l a wrospedi Carefully he extracts a wad of tobac- co, puts away his rag and slpwly plugs the tnbe». wliicb balds perhaps the tenth part of ftn ordinary cigarette>. JJut he never has apy inatches- So he has to horro-w or hunt out a- brpwn paper stem nnd ligbt iWt glows for a longtime »ndcnn he puff- ed into flame ngaiu^he gives a long draw; slowly, _ appreciatively, the smoke oozes from between his Celes- tial lips; he spits; ho draws again and gets small result, The smoke la over. Ho removes the tube, blows through it,, and the*, proceeding begins all ever again. \ / •CJxe Heetrt. The huuiun heart Is practically * ferce pump about she inches in length and four Inches In dinmetor. It heats 70 times per minute, 4,200 times per henr, 100,800 times per day\ and 80,- 702,000 times per year and 2,5754*0,- 00O times In seventy years, which Is \roan's appointed threescore yenrs\aud ten.\ At each of these bents it forces 214 ounces of blood through the. sys- tem, 3J5 ounces per minute, 05<1& pounds per hour or T03 tons per day* All the blood In the body, -which Is about tldrty pounds/ passes through the heart every three* nulnutes, This Utile organ pumps every day what is equal to liftoff 122 tons one foot high or one ton 122 feet hlgh-that is, one ton to tho top of a forty yard mill chimney or sixteen persons seven score each to tho same height Dur- ing the seventy years of a man's life this marvelous little pump, without a slnglo moment'* rest, night or day, discharges the enormous quantity of 178,850 tons of blood, .\ - lately Assured her that she was going to\ die. The sister poohpoohed tho idea and treated it as on invalid's fancy. Hits JL., however, with the utmost calmness, repeated her statement. She IMI certain that she would die that night and bogged her sister to fetch her ipsronte and other relatives to say good- t>y, Thinking to humor her, tho sister compiled. One person was absent fram ihli itrjtngo family gathering—a broth- er, whe* was at sea and was expected boms 1B a week or two. \But It does met mattef,\ Miss A. quietly observed, \3 uvt him last night in a dream and •aid goodby to blm in hts cabin.\ Bo ton the sun rose again Miss A.'s pre- diction bad come true; she was dead. SMiar, however, is not tho strangest part of this vfelrd story. When in due thus the sailor brother reached port he •WM met by his other sister who bo- «on to toil him the'sad news. \Ah iio interrupted, \you need not tell me! Slaty Ur.doad. I know it, for sho came to mt cms night In my. dreams and told mo sh* was going to die and wanted to «*y toodby,\ On comparing dates it \Wfts found that tthe dreams wero droimad on the selfsame night—Lon- flon. Naws. Tk» Bmu -Interrogation Point. \Mamma.\ paid the human interroga- tion ipoint,\ **who knows the mpst— tefteh«r or papal\ \Why on general topics your father i> better informed, Johnny.\ \Well does papa know more than the nlunabBrl'* \Of things •worldly, yes. Torn? father, Johnny, i s a very well informed man, ii I hope yon Will be some day.\ \Do«« papa know more than you, nimniat\ \Jebmny whin will you ever got over thi-Jtakbit .of asking a long string of ftdUah questions? ttun away and have your tea it once.''—New York Press. mnlo Is tho deeper In color of tho two.\ The cyanus, or cyanos, of the an- cients Is said, though probably incor- rectly, by many modern mlneraloglita to bo identical with our sapphire, Tho Letter «M'» IM Motfc«. It has been pointed oat as a curious fact that the letter \M M In almost all known languages—English, French, Latin, Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, Chi- nese and the others—Is to be found In tho word which stands for mother or nurse. Perhaps this Is owing to Its representing a sound wblch exists In every spoken speech nnd has the same Pronunciation In them all. It is also exceedingly easy to utter and is ono of the first sounds that children make, and It therefore nnturally enters into tho appellation given to the nursing parent in the first cries of recognition and affection. There Is no doubt at all that \ma\ and tho otber baby names for mother originated directly from the child. An Onaervtmr Child. One man In Hew York had social as- pirations which somewhat warped his admiration of his homespun father. The father actually sometime*, relapses into tho barbarism of eating with his kaUfe But the jnan l^a n little son whose eyes seek and find out the truth. The other day tho little boy Itched Home mashed potatoes from his knife, and his mother chided him. \Sammy dear,\ she said, \enly stupid people eat with their knives.\ \How can you. say thnti mamma?\ cried the child, \drandpa cats with bis knife. And he made all our moneyl\ tJnneeei»»ry Worry. '•Whttfe the matter with you?\ asked tht political boss. ''Tin worry ti i<t about what my con- , iutufeBts will say to me about my tote on that bill you made me put through last night\ \Say when did yon become response ble to> your constituents? I wa!nt ypu to understand tbat I'm the one Who Is oirpected to do the explaining\ Wheb therefa any to be done.\—Chicago tRecord-Hemld. Launched on IH« IiXtcrurr Carter. \I understand your son has decided to go in for literature.\ \Yes and he's made a splendid Btart already.\ \You don't say.\ \Yes; he went to an auction this morning and bought a secondhand writing desk;\ for only $4,88.\—Catholic Standard and Times. - Tho foneh of Kinantp, Olarlcs-Wby does all the world love a lover? Olaronee—Ob, because he makes as big & fool of himself as all other men have made of themselves.—Detroit Free Press. Tick- Weaxtiome Topics. 1 Eodrlck—Md you enjoy Mrs. erift receptidB? Yan Albert—No, Indeed. The men talked shop and the women shopping, •-CJbicago News. X.octo andi iiovtt, Dejoetfed Suiter-If yeu intended to lay \DO\ -why \did you let me prpposeK B-wsetairWWhy, how coUld I say \no\ if y©u didntt An Inviting? Field. \They say there's an island in th« Pacific Wltb 000 inhabitants where drunkenness, crime, jails, police and courts are unknown.\ \la that so? It's a wonder some- body hasn't started in to civilize It\— Brooklyn Life. Solving a BIr»tery. Little Tommy—Papa, what la a bi- ped? Papa—An animal with two tegs; For instance, a man is a biped, my boy. *.3jittie Tommy — Well, what's Ilhcl* James ? He's only got one leg.'^Coluid- bus Dispatch. Better Than Detraction. \There are WQjtee things than ego- tism,*' says the ManayUnk philosopher. \It Is bettor, t o talk/y4ufself up than to run other people down.''—Pbiladoiphla Record. • - . trader some conditions a man can make more noise in the world by keeping his mouth shut than in any other wa^^ighgo NSW*. I Milrte Twain In a. Fojr. Mark Twain's former lecture man- ager told this story of nn entertain- ment given by tho humorist to London, daring a heavy fogi \One night tho queen's, concert rooms were like a smokehouse, nnd I saw- from my chair In the royal box a shadowy dress ocat, supported by a pair of shadowy trou- sers, girdled by the fnint halo of the ineffectual footlights. A voice was in the air, but it was difficult to locate it with any degree of certainty. Tho ap- parently headless trunk of the lecturer told -what he knew, of our fellow sav- ages, the Sandwich Islanders, nnd at intervals oat of the depths ascended the muffled murmur of an nudlence In- visible to the naked eye. Mark began his lecture on this occasion with n del- icate allusion to the weather- and said, •Perhaps you can't see me, but I am here/ \ XmnrovInK on Hone Potter. In Venezuela many years ago a wealthy agriculturist was appointed minister of marine. Being a li.itxl worker, he asked at once for particu- lars of the fleet The secretary brouglrt klm particulars about the only war ship. The details gave length, toniiagw and horse power. At this last tho min- ister stopped the secretary and bade him write down.quickly an prder to tho chief of customs, \Take out these 120 horses at once, and I will send yon gopd mules In their places,\ esplntoing that mules were much more: econom- ical, both as regards food and ability to WitbBtaml fatigue. The twrentlaft. ot the Plana, The honor of Inventing the piano is claimed by the English, the French and the Germans. Esther Wood, an Eng- lish monk at Itom^, is said to have been the real Inventor In 1711 and to have manufactured oae, which he sold to Samuel Crispt,- the author Of \Ylf- ginia,\ from whom It was purchased by I'alke Grevllle, though Count Ceall claims tbe credit for Bartholemnteo Chrlstlforlo.of Padua during his stay In Florence some' three years latsr (1714). The French attribute the \in- venttpn to a Parisian named Aiarltis, Who, they alleged, produced In 1718. a harpsichord in which hammers had been substituted for.the old plectcuma or quills. The Germans are the last in the field with J. O. Schroder of Dres- den, who claimed (1717JT«vhen eighteen years of age, to have \constructed aft- er much consideration the model 'of* a now clavier wlthhammors, upon Which ho could play, loudly or softly.\ Get On tbe Earth. You never heard of a wild animal that had rheumatism until it readied captivity and was kept off the earth. Yon never heard of a horse that bad rheumatism until it was shod with iron and kept off the earth. You never heard of a dog that bad rhouinatism Until it became a household pet and- Waspampered-ket>t.oft'the earth. The heathen of Africa and the Pacific is- lands never had rheumatism, so far as Jm know, jinttl tbey get to wearing sandals or shoes,. 1 once know a fool man who, whenever ho got sick, wenld ;dtg a trench in his garden, lie down In it and have his wife cover lilin with iresh earth, as far up ns bis chim He would remain there for an hour or two, then got up In fine spirits. Mother earth,! Jfho contact! It looted like th.© fesorreciion-^and It was,—New York Press. X>a«t ri*». What becomes of pins? It would really scona reflecting upon the dally disappearance of pins that tho earth would ho covered with them and that the annual fall If measured would amount to soveral Inches. Wo- men .who start out with pins playing a useful part In tho details of a gown will tell you tbat titey never can find a pin; that they are always buying pins; that they aro eternally loaning them. In the dressmaker's rooms the expenditure for pins Is no small Item. The average dressmaker uses and loses twelve papers,of pins a. month. Yet tho floors of her rooms aro not matted with them, and ^frequently her wall goes up, •'What has hocomo of all tho pins?\ Where indleed do they go? Is there a crust ot pins subtly forming under the everyday sweep tbat will puzzle explorers in some far ago to come?—Philadelphia ledger. The Victoria. Medal. The Tlctoria nsedal la made out of bronze from Russian suns captured in the Crimean war, Tbe design Is the work of t^e prince eonsdrt of Queen Victoria, The medals are made sep- arately nnd only when one is needed Thus when some soldier or sailor, no matter what bla rank may be, has Bbown \conspicuous bravery dr devo- tion to the country to the presence of danger,\ a s tbe act reads, tho war office sends to tho royal jewelers the brottep needed for the metal. It Is carefully cast, filed smooth around tbe edges and then the design is brought out by chasing. The soldier's medal Is sus- pended by a red ribbon and tbat of the sailor by a blue piece of silk. A Letter to Mother. \Son promised SJotfief a letref. Write It aoW,\ Is one of the mottoes oh the walls of the Nagasaki -Home Ifor Sea- men, a motto that, it is asserted,' has restrained more men from going wrong- than almost any other Influence of the place. Wanderers over the globe are not the only ones who need stteh a re- minder. Indeed they might be able to .give lessons in filial cluty to many who have never realized how fortunate they .,!-.',.. . .^^ ... ....... » »- MMM«MWMMWNM9«MH«MMta^WppMWi I'.-\\ - ' \f\ • • •• \ •\\«,\ n 1 .„«» . «• rj'Iia Ftnt !»*» **•»»> The first lion, ship has \more reputed birthplaces than Homer, nc'cordiJfjg to Chambeiii' Journal. Bath the Clyde tndthe Mersey claim pre-eminence in this respect «Jlr 1S,.J.;.^obisps Of jEdln* , burgh dssignea;*nljpOit-*gggfell-fe-:l$t!i;-- I which was not launched «#!,, three years later, and It Is said' that an jfon-bpat' war •*!orkea en t}# §e>er*t even as : far ba«K as 1787,- Steel was not used fei the epnstraotlon 0 f merchant ships' bulb) Until 1S59, Old salte were Apt alo|»e<it. their belie' that ffood. was mean* by Providence to -flpati but Won |q go, ; t o the bottom, A, naval constructor pf some repute once saidt \Don't- taHs«? me o f Iron, ships.* They aro\eontrary to nature,\ flow \none ;httt sninlloraftiare: built of wood in Bnclatidv' :' * ', The Pillow, of HteK»|*an l'?ft*»n». The Itojlan peasant girl as soon.a? she has learned to WP'h and sew begin* w make her wedding trousseau, Tbeiiee Piece by piece it grewa, and she has. put into it all her finest stjtebery and sweetest thongbts. As soon as sbe hi a bride sho mahes a bag .af line mnslln. This she begtnsMQ fill with rose leavts. Each year adds its share. When she dies, perhaps, an old woman full of years, It Is this rose pillow that hot head rests on,. In this calm acceutaUce of and preparation for the* great ©venti. of life, such as marriage and death; there aro time and-soll for the blos- soming of fancy which we, stntnltfiiigi hit and-miss, through life, dp not fur 'jrw<» conr«<-» Open. Bonnveuture de Foure«>y, a elevei society poet <?t tbe seventeenth. cen- tury, a aplondld orator, an eminent ad- vocate nnd an Intimate friend off Mo- Hera to hoot, on belnff asluHl one da? by a magistrate what he mount to do with his son replied, \If there h* iny« thing In him I'll make him a barrlat*r If not I'll make Mm » Ind**\ Quantities of oraamentst ate lost esch year at the tbmwlng rooms or courts at Buckingham palace, and enly a, very small proportion is recovered, A very strange story Is stni toW about a diamond nccWace'whlcbt was found nt~one*of tho sjtato balls some years ngo, It happened, that one of Queen Victoria's ladles it* waiting; pick- ed up a diamond necklace from the floor. As she stood .with it In her hand a lady came * quickly forward and claimed it. Tbe finder was very firm, hovrcTor, and declared it was her aury to dvSit In to tho lord chamberlain's office, as this was the) rale With! regard u> «ny« thing found la the palace. The lady protested in vain, hut the eddest thing was that litis necklace never tfa» claimed and la probably still at ths lord chamberlain's office, Tbe Reporter »aa tise Iloctor. The followlns conversatlm between a doctor nnd a newspaper man *ai overheard the other day! ' * \ \I've mot same newspaper mon^stdd tho doctpr. \and I don't'llko thefr ^ways. They're always trying to pry into other people's busineg3.\ \Weil responded tho reiKirter, \There's but 0110 difference hetwica newspaper men nnd doctors that I can see.\ \And what's that?' asiced the Sector. \Son- fellows dissect bodies and >ws dissect brains. For niy part I USa ih» brain end Of It.\ Then tho doctor sat down and thought for several mhasttes. |i«U HOLWOOTSIONS. Ghrislmas and Nevy Year's pxcursfan To and improve the -appotite ptrengtlion tlie digestion, try « few dwes ot Chamberlain's Stomat-R and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. HSeifcS, of Detroit, Mich., says, \They restored my appetite wlienimpaired, relieved mo of a 'bloated feeling and eaufcei a pleasant, unit satisfactory moVo- ment of the bowels.\ There are people in this community who need just such a medicine. For sale by Charles A. Mack, Druggist. Every box warranted. . * „ afford to do It. Her first order •earned ...» ii.aV^***. ««A «»„«,„> „_« «^t »J.« commissions amounting to |n.B3i You are that home and mother are not taH,,,,,, *„h„ teB n w w«^ w™ , away, but near at haad.-^Yonth'S'Tjorn- panlbn. g< HakJaB- Matters Worse. Amateur Critic (In tbe studio of IS,, the great painter)—Splendid picture, rea^yl Allow, me to compliment yon. But Why did you «lioose Sucb an ugly mpdel? \She's my sister.\ \Ob pardon! How- foolish of me! 1 ought of course tdnave noticed the resemblance.\ Alter It. A.—-Let me see! Scmowhere I read of a bppk entitled \A Young Girl's fifeart;\ Do you know anything of it? B.—Yes! It came out Just after **A Young Man's Purse.** The Pool** \War. The Barber—The. fools are not all deadyet. The Broker—No, but there are a lot Who dye every day* aren't there?— Yonkers Statesman, $5.50 Pocket Money in one Even- ing, and Y0I1 get your Pay at Once* \Really I do not see how you can afford to doit\ That is what: MrS. Ahviltla JacksOn, o f WolCott, Ind.., said when she received oar proposition, \fen I not represent yon. in this local- ity V was the first aaesiiottBke asked, and when we explained Our offer she could Sot understand, bow we eonld- can dons well or better. No capital required. Tbe woick is pleasant and re - - fined, and will not interfere witk Jour present duties Write today for full particulars to The Red Book,- lS8-i6i State Street, Chicago, El •%^%%'%^»^%^^%V%^?V%'» 5<f GIQARS ^JU ind JiiiiuV :ajyMtK. On. above- dateschr Mm- •Ytijfc .,-0wfi# 'will gel!\ ex('Ui8;oh iiieketft ta-Bilff^ri *nd xeturiY nt yate ft Sfe mi Wis mKhffim W0smi(\ >i»turiii tjelteta- giwd gohig and x^ tei-niiig op' date'of sate' vn 'regular I except linntedfjlraina; M ni'm^y«iEk^r9, Palls is mit!>tl,UU'ejlt lit, . tills .SMlK«ui. nf 11„», ;year'-.. Npfelal.lioltdny attraction* at all the.Kuit'ii itipwi'm. ' , -.-\*'•- (,%Hon^tnv Vnr-Jf <%itoil t'h-Tv'it a-gents tor tickets autl nii iiuofwii- tioft, . . . « • Ghri§tmas arid Mvt tear's excursion - to Rocnesterrfrlfty Dec, 23 and frMa&JuM, • On almve da\t«s^the 'New York Central will sell qk5iirsi«n tickets to Boehester nnd return at xa.t© of 0ao, deketa good gtwa and wtoniing on replar except iimited .trains ott date df sale, • Special nollda-v aitraotjons at all Rocliester theittres, botft afternoon and evening. \ * Call on bm York Central ticket agonis for lieketsaiid all informa- tion THE o NEW yoRK. WORLD . THEICE-A-WEEIf BDEEfON, ' The TUric© a-\\*«ok World long ago established itself In public favor, audit la now recognized aa the strongest puoltcfltitia ol its kiud in tho United StnteB. Advertisera and publisher* twoklng clubbing combinations-^wdE they know best —unjvereaUv testify to this. It te widely circulated in oirery Stole *nd Territory of the Tlaioa, aud even ia remote South Africa and 0|i tha gold fields in the desorts of Australia. Tlicso are the things that u II. Kext year %vo- liavo the ( t'nsiden- tial campaigo, in •wltiek ijll Aiueri- cauu ate ddoply interested. A Iraidy tbe issues aro being discui&tid ami t*te two great parties am preparing for the first jncn'fa. You will riot want tomiss my details, and if yr»u subscribe now $\«IK\ »ubscrlption. will eovor tf*o csmpaign from »be- ginlngtoeud— Tne Thiice-iHWfiek World i**t»o~ talety fair in ila political new*. In ndditioa to nil tha HOWH, tho Th«t»-8*\Vcek \World futfiM8ltea*dit* beet Berial fiction, clalwrnte ronrkrt repotlanndotlterlealarea of interest, Tho Tbfire s Veok World's teg- ular subscription price ia o«Iy\$yiO per year, |md litis i»y* for IlifJ papers. We offor ttia tmo^aajled newspaper and the AIEMJU i)ktut JfoonKAt together ana year fof t&fiS. ~* « ? (J. & B. 10 GENT GIGARS Grow in favor evflry day. * They are rhndo from tbo laet Stock; and by first dlara msrhmru *!&$? a» a rich smoke, rind are making customers every day, Sold by all The Leadiiifl Dealers, Quite a Difference. \-VVTiat is tfic difference between a gown and a creation?\' \I can't give you the exact figures,- but It's a Brhali \fortufie.\—Oliicago Bo3t A Novice. Photosra^her-DId you ever sit for a photograph before? IiittlB Girl—No, sir. I»va alwa*a •tog* . . • .-'. ^'' Are growing in favor every day, They are made from the -besfciobao* Cos- by- fifsfe-class Tyo#fe> men. A rich smoke and the last puff as good aS < the first. Like all good cigars yoti will\fiild theili At tlie Leading Dealers? \ 'i t HUDS0H RIVER R. R rHE FOUR-TRACK TRUNK LIHE. B!T 2TOBOT NOVSHfiEB I5j 1S08. . TnOniptosMcdli.MfoHowi: : «A85t!»B0QM»«; 4:09 s.m. ar.Koch. 7-i36«. in, *r. % Y. rj-ss •> .«- *8».'••• \ 6*0pm *3>.Q « -••' '41 IB » \ 8SO \ la^p^nu'' » x. iiOQf,ifi. \ t . »:» \ 3«S .\ ' !j * .<!»•-«* , ( O180S m. '•7JS !'' »• fiilfi „•« « . *45 •' 8atttta«* ont*. .^Sliil*»vesBii««lo«tt;:SO lCni. r »rrtTe«liuM?eUiipi. 18 i«,Bniia»r morning. OS^s.ln. -lf.|«ls ; !i|»a.in. •738 !'*T.BiUt«iloS:68*,lni *9i« 'I \\• 'U:1S \ ;•• M5tB.# - .•»»', .aES5*i')ffi. :tSWp,jnv, ' •?*!ltt r :«. * , ; • JQ^<«te&trMniiru^4(iU3', \8:« ' •B 26 •' \W^A^CCltaBrat Agent, GEO. H. DAOTELS, .•• Qeaei«,I^e«k*A^i,WCT'?'orfc b