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THE CREMONA SECRET. pUeovery of tli Material of Which The Violin Wert .Hade. The Cincinnati Conner, which is the ollloial organ of the College of Music in that city, has recently publ shod an in teresting statement as to the discovery of the long-lost secret of niak ng the Cremona violin. The statement is t the effect that the secret of tho mveet Des and power of tho Cremona lies in the wood of which tho violin is made, and that two viol n have been made ' in Cincinnati wh ch in every respect are fully equal to tho best spec mens of Amati Stradivarius or any other of the celebrated makers. A representative of the Telegram who is much intei-oted in tiie viol n e ipped the artcle from the Cinciniti paper and forwarded it, with a short note, to a vol n eonno ssenr of th s city who nr Am h uiself upon as valuablo a col lection of rare instruments as can be found in the country. A lew days later tho connoisseur wroto to this cor respondent, requesting him to call and spend an even ng with him at his resi dunce, near Mad son Square. The article had been carefully read and considered by the enthusiasts col lector. "It is a true statement in the main," said he. "but I should liko to make an addition to it that m iy prove interest ing not only to tho aliened discoverer. but to i:ll others who have speculated upon it. "You know the Trofcssor of the vio- rn in the Cincinnati College of MusicP Well, some years ago ho was the head master 01 I lie violin school of the Lein sic Conservatory. Ho had been a long i.tuu Biuong me enthusiastic searchers after the lot secret, and had studied the vnr.ous instruments n his own eol lection and in those of bis friends with the us iduity of a monomaniac. One day he made a proposition to ono of his fr.ei iU that for the moment was astound ii;. It was that they should take a Sin divar.us to pecis. After long deliberation and at tlie expense of many tours and heart pangs, the two friends broke up the tweet-toned treas ure whose wo;ulrous vo ce would never gladden mortal ear aga n, and the sweet secret was theirs. It lay s mply in the wood of which the instrument was mado. It was that of a balsam pine that grew in Italy in former days, but had disappeared. On removing to Cincinnati the professor fell in with an instrument-maker who ha I made a study of our American vvocxIh. and who, on exam ning the jagged pieces ot the ruined Stradivariiis, said at once: Why. this is American wood; if not. we have something so nearly like it that there is no material dill'efenee be tween the two. Ths is ident cal in we'ght, t xturo and grain with our biil-am p no, which grows in abund ance to tho north of us.' "Well, it was not long before a re quisiton was iiia'o upon tho laud of the north for a subsect on of a balsam p no tree. It was carefully and ten derly sawn into siabs. and these were cured with an earnest attention that had never been bestowed upon p lie slabs before at least in this com: try. Two violins were made in the bust style, and, a.ter having been tested, thev were played upon by tho professor, in presence of a num ber of iho - most critical connois seurs, in Cincinnati, who had ample op portunity to compare them with Cre monas. The comparison resulted in the unanimous rerd ct of the crit'es that the American-made instruments were fully as sweet and pure in tone as the Cremonas, but inferior in rower. This inf ror ty, however, all believed, would be not ceablo no longer whim tho new instruments were advantaged by time a id use. "The beniit'fid violin which the pro fessor p"i'S',iaded his fr end to destroy had a market value of S.1.60U, Hut what Is that to the valuo of the dis covery, wli ch he so nobly aided his friend to make?" Up to this point the writer had in terjected no remark to interrupt the How of his friend's interesting talk. "But." said he. "had no other ef forts in the same direction been made to discover tho secret?" "Dozens," said the connoisseur, "but there has been no sacrifices made. It is not every viol n-lover who will de stroy a M.600 handful of delight just to gratify a frond's fancy." Ar. . Telegram. FAMILY SKELETONS. The Story of Those Wlio H tve Gone Hope, lessly to the Hud. Gone to the bad! Four 1'ttle words, only four, but what words of fearful import; what a history they tell of a career blighted, 8 reputation wrecked and a l fe lost, perhaps on its very threshold! Four little words, easily spoken, sometimes very carelessly ut tered, yet comprising in ono brief but terrible sentence the tale of hopes shattered and. hearts broken. He was somebody's darling once; a gentle man's son, of course, and a gentleman himself, every inch of him, ud, or rather down, to the very last; tenderly nurtured, carefully educated and jeal ously guarded from every crooked path which could possibly lead the bright voung spirit astray. Yet he went to the bad, and we instinctively ask ourselves. How wai it? And whv was it? lid had everything the world could g've him. We do not say he was never thwarted, because that would im ply that he was spoilt in early boyhood; but it was not so. Was it then a fault of education? Was the process over done? Perhaps so. At fourteen yours of age ho had never seen the inside of a theater. His parents objected. He had never learned dancing. His par ents obected. He had never been taught ffius c ' His parents objected, and though this last accomplishment forced itself to the surface and proved in h s after years one of his greatest at tract ons, his parents were perhaps the last peopl in his little world to hear or know of it . And all this was to keep him out of harm's way; and yet he went to the bad. And as the boy grew up he chafed against the curb, and kept continually sav nr to himself: "Won't IJJgo here and there, aad won't I do this and that uuum. .uosc likely he wag the eldest snn-periians tho only son; money was never denied him, aud the boon coin- mmoiH wno gathered round him on h s lirst rusu into real "1 f." imi.,1 tn ... ' Churl e doe n't seem to mind what lie mends. Cou-e pie.itly thev k ndly ucip-u M iij " in oilgli it The e were p only of other t ha i o go i g h . same way. T.ie world is v iv f I of them; society knows tliem v r, wo 1; ami uuo s own pari cuiiir than e . a "capital fellow" down to a orta n j'oiui, nneune Inn gono a lit.le too last, ana drops a l.ttlo below the Itv.d. Ho does not go down the Montmrno Ktis.se all at onee. Ho has many a e'leek ami many a rally before the eal si de uegins. rirst comes parental n iuo i strance; debts are incurred, debts nro confessed and deb's are pad; but after a time the old storv bcMis again, and, though the debts are n curre I, they are not this t n e eon tested. But now we are at the to i of the Montagno limse. Ho must lieg n tho slide soon. Th s time t was not parental remonstrance; it was parental md gnat on and anger and harsh words on the lips, w th grief and lovo in the heart The governor or the guardian, as the case might be, had dono all he could. There was a posit on to be supported a mothor to be piovded for a daughter or daughters to be considered. "No, sir; if you will go the bad, you must go your own way." Then Charlie disappears. Where is ho gone? what is he doinn-? Ho has si .1 down the whole mountain, and he picks himself up at tho bottom and looks about him for something to do! Uu: does anybody know whcri he is? his friends or his family? Has any one kept an eve on h m? Impossible, for he thinks he has successfully e.-caped tho r vig laflce by the rapidity of his descent. Hut he is not alone; some have taken the slide with him, an I some are at the bottom before him. He is in very good company, and now thev aro all starting afresh, in spite of the little drawbacks they have encou itered, and in spite of Jhe stigma wlrch they are iii te aware attaehos to their names, "Cone to tho bad." Where are those who have, perhaps, halted midway? Ask the offi cers of that smart regiment if they have not gome suspicions that tho young le cruitwho joined them tho other day was not quite of the same grade as tho other privates in theregnient Ask tho Colonel of that other regiment if he had not seen with half a glance that that well set up young soldier, cleaning his horse so energetically, and keeping h s face turned awav as much as he could from passers-by, had not always been at that kind of work. Yes, and even if aletterfrom a moth er, blisteicd w th b tter tears, had not been received by him a few months af terward, would not the Colonel have singled him out as one whom a re'ent less fa her and family bad d scarded. or as "gone to the bad." Hut bo had been "somebody's dari ng" once, and the letter or perhaps letters had b 'en so imploring that an eye in ght bo kept on b in, And a kindiv word given'him if possible, that the old Colonel's heart had turned toward the lad. though he never showed it As for those at the bottom of the' nil. we w 11 not descend lower than necessarv. '1 hero a-e depths deeper far than we care to dive into tales too harrowing and ends too painful for pen to touch upon tho s!ory of tho-e who have gone hopelessly to the bad. N. T. Herald. SHE WAS GLORIFIED. How a Poor Dntrnlt Colored Woman Passed Away. You d dn't heed the funeral proces sion the-other day. Indeed, you could hardly have realised that it was one. A wagon with a coffin 'in it another carrying an o.u man ami a weep ng daughter. In the village it might have been difercnt. no matter how poor and lowly tho dead, but in a city tho rush of bus ness makes us selfish and hard hearted. If we can not lose an houron a legal hoi day, our no ghbors can not expect us to follow their dead to the narrow home. "Wasn't sick w'errv long," said the old man, as he turned lrom the grave to make his way homeward. ".She had dun got too old to stay w d us any longer." Did she crave to l ve on.- " 'Deed she didn't, boss. It war list like de sun gw.ne down arter a lonv summer day. She sunk away, an sunk awav, an' de Lawd he dun took her at de ias' an' w didn't know it" "How d d she die? "She jist glorified. We war' chillnn together back iu do olo times. V e growed up on de same plantashun, an wo'db n mar'd ober tiftvy'ars. She bid eved in do Lawd an in lleabnn. l'e hearn folks mock her an' scorn her bekase ob dat bel ef, but she nebber let go. ruin nor noon uor nutinra uim hnnirer could shako dat belief. Sonie- t mes, when de liah went out an' we crept clus up to each odder to keep do cold awav. I d whisper to ner: 'Linda, do vou still believe dar' am a Lawd who watches ober sich poor creetcrs a' us? "An' she would answer me: " 'Moses, ho eben notes de sparrows wh:ch fall to de srronnd.' " "And she died believing?" "Hel ebin' ! Why, boss, she jist glor ified! When de summons como an' she telt she'd got to go her ole face lighted up wid do sunbeams of Heaven till I d dn't know it. We gathered 'round her and sung of de beautiful sho' an' den she prayed. She axed de Lawd to take her home arter all dese y'ars of tribulashun. an' she axed Him to bring mo an' de little one safe frew de dark vallev, an' den her face lit up some mo', 'an her eyes sparkled wid joy. an a crown of glory was laid on her brow. When we got de tears outer our eves de Lawd had done took her." Detroit Free Press. Alare business is done in old hats between n?land and America and the Xicobars. The savages there consider it a mark of affluence to possess as many old bats as possible, and a good tall white hat with a broad black band w 11 fetch from fifty-five to sixty-five cocoanuts. Boston Budget AT APPOMATTOX. The Apple-Tree llminem Authorltatlrel? Hot tied. General Grant in his personal mem oirs, describes the Wilderness campaign, and estimates Leo's strength at eighty thousand men. The latter, he says, was operating lu a country with which his army was thoroughly familiar, while t.i the Federal forces it was entirely un known. Hs tells of General Leo's sur render, and takes occasion, in the course of it to explode the famous story of the surrender under the apple-tree. He says there was an apple orchard across the little valley from the court-house, one tree of which was close to the roa l- sido; that General Habcoek reported to mm li rani) inai ne nuu found ueneral Lee sittinir under this tree, and hnl brought him within tho Federal lines to the house of a man named McLean. where the Confederate General and ono of his staff were awaiting General brant Of their interview he savs: "When I went into the house 1 found General Lee. o greeted each other, i . . , , . . nun, oiler snaKing lianas, iook our seats. hat his feelings were I do not know, 1 eing a man of much dignity, and with an unpenetrable face. It was impossible to say whether he felt in wardly glad that the. end had finally como, or whether ho folt sad over tho result, and was too manly to show it. Whatever h;s feelings were, they were entirely concealed from observation. But my own feelings, wh'ch had been quite apparent on the receipt of his let ter, w ere sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe that had fouirht so long and gallantly, and had suffered so much for a cause which I Relieved to I e ono of iho worst for which a people ever fought, and for w hich there was not tho least pretext. I do not qiie.tion, however, the sincerity .of the great mass oi tnoso wno were opposed to us. General Leo was dressed in full uniform, entirely new, and wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely tho sword that had boon presented by the State of Virginia ; at all events, it was an entirely different sword from the one that would ordi narily be worn In t!io lield. In my rough traveling suit, which was tho uni form of a private, with the straps o: a uenerai, 1 must nave contrasted very strongly with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet higii. and of faultless form. Hut this was not a matter that I thought of until afterward. General Leo and I soon fell into a conversation abmit old army times. He remarked that he remembi-red me very well in the old ami)', and I told him, as a mat ter of course, that 1 remembered him perfectly, but owing to the difference in years thero being about sixteen years difference In our ages- and our rank, 1 thought it very likely I had not attracted his attention suthVieiitlv to ie remembered afior so loug a peiiod. Our conversation grew so pleasant that 1 almost forgot the object of our meet ing." JEWS IN THE CAUCASUS. A Colon of Inriielllea Which .11m Noth ing In Common with Other Jew Kicept Their IlellKlnn, A colony of Jews called Dagh Tchou- font live in the mountains of the north ern Caucasus. The D.igh Tehoufont livo in several small but distinct com munities in the provinces of Dnghestan, Terek and Kouban. They say that they are the descendants of Pcrs'an Jews who arrived in Daghestnn In tho fifteenth century, and who estiblislied themselves somo timo later among the Kouiuyks, w hose prince greatly valued their commercial aptitude ami, their skill in the cultivation of madder, rice aud the vine. Considerably b'.'foro the Hussian conquest of the Caucasus the e Jews were e.tillishe.i at the aoul of Andreh'vsky, on the plateau of Koumyk, and it was after this that they came into tho Terek, where they set' led in a plaoii named l'ortytch, between the present stanit.as of Schelkazavodkaia aud Stchedrinsknia. With tho view of more successfully resisting tho attacks of tho mouutaiiiee s. they wer t then installed in the aouls of Andreicvsky, Tasch ketchi, Kizil-Yuit and others, which they occupy at tho present day. 'J hey number about five hundred families. They speak different dialocts of tho Circassian mountaineers, but they prefer wr ting and talking the language of Farsistan. which they brought with them from Persia. Their Talmud is translated Into that language. They have nothing in common with Russian Jews except their religion, which, how ever, possesses some distinctive feat ures. Their rabbis are subordinate to the Chief Babbi of Derband. The Dagh Tehoufont are engaged both in com merce and agriculture. They were the first mountaineers of Terok to visit the towns and distant fairs of Russia, and their example has contributed much to the Industrial development of the mountaineers. Thev now enjoy the same rights as the other Circassians, they can possess lands and pay equal taxes with the real London limes. Inventor Edison's Wealth. How much is Edison worth? I do not know. But ho is what most people would call a rich man, even in these modern days. Ho has a regular annual income from the Western Union Tele graph Company of $20,000 in royalties on old patents. He is the principal stockholder in five manufacturing companies that bear his name, with an aggregate of .!'JOO,000 capital, aud all of them paying large dividends every six months, lie has put fcNU.OOO in cash into the Downtown Klectrical Illumi nating Company, which bus earned a dividend, notwithstanding the large expenditures such experiments required. Since the death of Mrs. Edison he has moved with the three children into a tiat on Eighteenth street near Broad way, where the inquisitive could prob ably ascertain that be pays his rent with scrupulous regularity. In fact Edison has a very practical side, and probaldy receives an tncomo of from 75,0OO to ft 100, 000. A". Y. World Napkins are made from the bark of the paper mulberry in Europe. FINE CHRISTMAS CANDIES. For choice and pure Candy, tn to Ceo. llass, who U a practical manufacturer of French and Homo-made Candy, who has the last twenty years enjoyed a reputation of manufacturing only the most wholesome and pure goods on this Coast. Siicci .Ity Gem lion Hons, Piiiranlo and Hrar.ll nut Cream, Walnut Panic, liiirrnlda, Qua ker Creams and soft Chewing I'upixriuiut Drops. Just received a choice lot of Nov elty ilaskets fer candle, ld I'rem h lion Hon boxen. Don't forget u eetiii (nr a box of 1 1 has' Holiday Candy, put uu in tin for mail er express, C. O. D. lieo. Haas, tU MarkelSL.l'helan HullillnKnn Francisco. Trade suppliod at lowest wholesale rate. Wheat is lower In Englaud than it has been for a century. A VALUABLE VESICAL TREATISE. The edition for 1SSS of the itorllng Medical Annual, known as Hosteller 'i Alumnae, la now ready, anil may be obtained, free of coat, of druKKUla and Krneral country dealers in all paruof the I'nltud State, Muxico, and Indeed In every clvilin-d porUon of the Wcatcrii Hem isphere Thin Almanac hu betn ImiiikI mru- Jhrly at the commrnceincul of everv year lor - ............ 1 l' .i.L the oumlct practical advice for tlie preserva tion and reatoraiiim of health, a large amount of intfreKtiiigaiid amusing light reading, and the calemlnr. astronomical calculation, chro nological Heme, &c aro prepared with great care, and will be round entirely accurate. The luu of HoHtc Iters Almanac for 1SM1 will prob ably be the largcat edition of a medical work ever published In any country. The proprie tors, Mt'twra, Hosctter & I'o., rittahurKh, I'a., on receipt of a two-cent ulanip, will forward a copy by mail to any Hion who cannot procure one in bis nelghliorliuod. Captains of French steamers are usually of noble birth. WHAT IB CATARRH 1 CaUrrb 1 a muoo-purule nt dlK-harye oaumsl bf the prm-nve anil dtirvluiuut-tit of Ut vwtable tttnullv aunt)! In the Internal llnltif inrmliriuie of tliv uote. T1S uitrMlte la ouly dertloKHl uuiler favnntMtt clrcuin Unix., and Uinw an: Morbid iUt n( U blood, u Uw hliflitnl corpiucle of tulwn'le, tin trnu pulton of tyiilil IU, mercury, tunrluu, from th rrU-nllnn of Iho flirt luittltr ot the tkln, miiiirvwd portJrnttou, bully vvq. Hiatal ilwtug aiMtrtuivntft, and otliur polaona that an rnulnau-d In Uw blood. Tlivar potion kovii Uie Inwrnal lining nwniWaua of the now III a mutant itatc of Irrt Ution, ever nwly for Um UeptttH of tlta attNli f Utew Jtiruia, which iprMvl up On nortrlla awl dowa Uw ikm or back of throat, earning ulorratlun of the Uiroat;upU eunUchtan tulx. miultig dvafinaa; bur rowing lu the vooaloonU, cauiuiig hoaraeneM; Uiurpltm Uie proper tnicturt of the bniiiclaal tubua, ending In pulmonary ooniiunptton and death. Many etu-uipta have been made to dlaoofer a cure for Uili ultrMliui dlaraee by the uw of InhalenU and oUier Ingenlnue dt-viere, hut none of theee trvatmenu ran do a particle of good urtil the paranlua are either deetroyed or ranoTed from Uw muooua tUnue Some Ume alnoe awed knoen phyaldan of forty yeart standing, after niuca eiperitueuliug. eucoetsled in dlt oove ring the neottaaoy ooluhliiaUon ol lngrvdlehta whioh Deter falla In ebaolutely and permanently eradicating tlili horrible dlmwae, whether standing for one year or forty year. Thuee who may be suffering from the abort dlanaae should, wlttuut delay, oniumunlcate with Uie managera, Meears. A. 11. ptiuna Son, King Street West, Toronto, and gtt full particulars and treniiae free by enolosiug stamp, i Leprosy has bten detected amongst the Swedes in MinnrKota. Try Gkhmha lor breakfast. Lyon's Paten! Metallic. Stiflenera pre vents boots and ihoea from running over, ripping in the seams or wearing unevenly on the heels, i 3 months' treatment for 60c. I'iso's Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists. The best Ankle Hoot and Collar Pads are made of sine and leather. Try them. When Baby was nick, Ve Rare her CA8TORIA, When aha was a Child, ahe cried far C ASTORIA, When ilia breams 11 las, ahe clung to OASTifKIA, When ana bad Cliildrea, ahe cave thou CASXOJUi FRUITERS' HlXt The best evidence ot Its efficacy Is the startling rapidity with which the r,STAu" brand is sold by Palmer & Key. HUMILIATING ERUPTIONS ITCHING AND BURNING TORTURES AND KVKRT BI'KCIKSOKlTCIIINO. Scalr. Plniulr. Inherited, Scrofulous, and Contagious Dixeaaea of the Blood, Skin, and Scalp, with Umt of Hair, from Infancy to old age, are positively cured by the I'l l 1(1 KA IlKMKDIKH. C'l'THTKA ItKHoi.vKNT.tlie new blood purifier, cleaiuM'S the blood and peinplrtttlon of iiupuri tics and poisonous elements, and removes the CAUHK, CuiiCURA. the great Skin Cure, Instantly allays Itchingand lullamnialion.clears the Hkln and ricaip, licais Bore, ana restores me Hair. (,'UTict'KA rkiAP. anexutilnlle Skin Heautllier. Is indispensable In treating Skin liiscases, llaby liiniKirs.fKin iiiemin!ie,inapaaiiainyBKin Hold everywhere. Price: (Ttutha. ofto.: II K- Solvknt, til Hoap, 2.V3. Prepared by the PoT TRK IlKl'O AND ClIKMICAL Co.. llOHTON. MASS. iiTHend for "How to Cure Skin Diseases." ... I, ...... .. . l'.HUn .. 1 1. Q,,JJ. TV rharpandnervousialns,lnstaatly relieved I A by Uie UUTict'KA Anu-rain i-iasmr. inc. Scrofula of Lungs. I am now 49 years old. and hats nitTerM for the last fifteen years with lung trouble. I have spenl thous ands of dollars to arrest the march of this disease; but temporary relief was ail that 1 obtained. 1 was unfit for any manual labor for several years. A friend strongly recommended ths use of Hwlft's Hjieclrtc H. S. 8 , clalmluf that he hlmwlf had been greatly benefitted y Its use In some lung troubles. 1 reaolred to try It. The results are remarkable. My cough baa left me, my atrength baa returned, and I weigh sixty pounds more than 1 erer did In my life. It has been three years siiioa I stopied the ue of the medicine, but I have hail no return of the disease, and there are no Dalits or weakness fell In my lungs. I do Uie hardest kind of nieotiautcal work, and feel as well ss I ever felt since I was a boy. Tnese I know, ar wonderful state menu to make, but I era honest when I say that I owe my existence and health to-day In HUH. I would be recreant to the duty I owe to humanity If I failed to bear this cheerful testimony to Uu merits or una won eerfu medicine. T. J. UuLT. Montgomery, Ala. June 9, 1885. Swiff Knoclfln is entirely reiretahle. Trea tise on Blood and Hkln Diseases mailed free. Ths 8 wtrr Rprcipio Co.. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Oa., or 167 W. 1M Ht, N. Y. R. U. AWARE THAT LorlUard's Climax Plug bearing a red tin lag ; that Iorltlanl'i Hoe Leafflneeut! tlt Lortllard' KTT llplna. aad that Lorillanl'a Haalf,ar lue beet aiut choapeat, quality eoaakieraa I I GIIHE FITS! WheiTaay cure 1 do iw men mereiji to step ti.oi ro Ume s4 theo hare them retor i.l.l ' jw cal cur. I bare mule the disease ef FITS, Krll.KrMl er Fil.UKO HICKNJtHSa Ute-long slody. I warraa m, remtily is car the won eaesa heaus ethers bl failed no reasna tor not sow reeeUlng a eere. ne tat a treatise aad a free Ikxiie of my Inralilbi tenMdr. O.re iipres and rust Offlo. U cast jv SKAUl&g tir a trial, and I will ear yow. lililises In, IL O. SOOT, in rwl It.. Xew Tar. CUHii MHlltl ALL tLSi fAlLi. Bctt Ortiifh Hynip. Twti iph-kI. in iirn. roin nv nnitrirr-iM, 0 I tilt II A I .OaUer, hoeniah Piano; BurW orgwei, band Instruments, largwsl stock ef Stora atusH auS hooka Hand sui plwd at Eastern inoat at. UkmT. me Host Street, Baa raociico. FOREIGN GOSSIP. It is stated that 4,l"0 mrn co.nr in everr year from the country to Lon. don. Hon. John Nit' li, tlio new lord Clinnt'illor of lr land. a Komiin t'litlidl c. thu see nd oi iliat f 1 th who Inn In en apio nicd to that ulllou nee tbu lto.oniiiii Oil. -At the annual nicctnj: of the trtitoi! of Sliiik-pf .uv's b r hpl.ici) ai Mratiurd-oii Avon t wai rem lei iliitl litini'.g the lat tear over l.i.iKni per sons had s pned thoir mtiiio-t in the visitors' book. Professor Arpnd Imkai, of t!i l'n' vers ty of Klauseiiburo;, hits luitdo the imiorlnnt discoverv of an antitlote foi slriclinine. wh ch (sVa'd to have been fully corroborated by a ner.cn of suc cessful tests on animals. A recent traveler in a C'orsicnn vil lajjo savs ho saw a troop of young girls carrying on their heads jarscontit u n?; live or s x LMillons of water. Itefors tliem marched their male relatives bcarintr tlaming torches to l ght the bunion bearers on their way. 'Mystery gold," a compos'tion of platinum, tin and copper, whica stantU ordinary acid ti-sts. uml is said to weigh ns much as puro gold, is in favor in Kngland for articles ot jcwrlrv, and has been availutl of by counterfoiters (or tho manufacture of sovereigns. Tho Argentine (iovoi nnitnit is mors successful than that ol';iny oilier Siiin-ish-American cotiutry in securingj im migration from the Mediterranean countries. It pays part of tho passage money and a s gns each family Immi grating to the. confederation arming lands, to be paid for on instalments. (iorman students of photography re making considerab e progress to vard the perfection of a process whereby negatives may be obtained in ill thu colors of tho original. Prof. V'ogel, who has leen experimenting uany years, has succeeded In repro-liteln-r blui's vcl'ows. rods and preens. tail Absolutely Pure. This powder arrsr warlea, A wtarvsl ef purltr, strength and wheloaomeaoa. ' Mor ponondral tlian the onlawy kkids, ai d cannot b sold In ooinneti. tloa ita tlie niuiUtud of low teat, short wsigiit, alum or phoaiihate powder. Sold only In cans itoTAL kUina fruwuia Co., Its) Vail street, M. T. California Wire Works, 329 MARKET ST., 8AN FRANCISCO, i MASUFACTIIKBIS OP WIREEVERYTHING IN WIRE We offer for sal at lowest (hptr tii point roirular and tlikk set being- ruirulsrly Ucenwxl we miarantua nur eustotuen aindnst 6Minasv Baling Wire': tVlfle " brand of very ut steel, alius w kiwost Biartet rate. j All rseshe a width, (ralvanlsea ( aiwr uiada, lor poultry yards, V Ufira Plnth S 01 ln1' tr"11 dl7on thra' IIHC UIUUU srs, barveeUiat, riddle, eta. Hop Wire! far training hnia, made from steel Is long leiigUu spodally lor Uie purpusa Gopher Traps! and ad other kinds ot trap for nolo, sulmla, rats and udoa. Vineyard Lines for laying- out vineyards, di vided in distance aad wads vf steel wire. Ornamental and Useful Wire and Iron Work. SOTKW aneet Kajefrrw evmfsefftjca bt home muBatmriarv, and an! jvm twtaer good as Juwrw print. LADIES! Do not rub jour clothe when you ran wash without tubor washboard, hatisfau- tl.in cr,m euril.u.l n, ninhnv HKLL It CO., Somerset, Mloh. Kent wanted. flD DirPPC'fi ELKOTKO-MAONETIOBEIT. If its rltlsbt O A WouilerfiU liiTentlon. Ills- ease and W'eakntMe of Male or Female eured Without Meiilclne It acta like niaele. Ker uartlettlar Mldreat 1HH. I'UHct Hon, 7u4 Han'to St., Han fraiuaaou, Cal WILLIAM BECK & SON, Wholesale and Retail Dealers In GUNS, FISHING TACKLE Sporting- GJootln, 160 tt 107 SECOND STREET. Portland, -- Oregon. To the man who will make a specialty of sell ing our new Blblea, Albnaasi, Wrbatrr'a Itlrtlosiary, Atlasj, Haps), t'harta, Kn- ryrloptrdea Brltanalea, and other fast- selling work. Bend fur our list of books, And terms for the holidays, A. L BANCROFT & CO.. San Francisco, Cal. UI Wlia To Regulate THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY Is warranted not to contain s tine! nar tide of Mercury or any injurious sub stance, uui purely yrgeiauie. It will Curs all Diseases earned by Derangement or th Liver, Kidneys and Stomach. If your Uver it out of order, then your whole tyMem It derangrd. Th blood impure, ths breath orferuiv ; you hsve heauach, feel languid, dispirited end nervous. To prevent a mora serious con dition, uks at one Simmons TTTTTO REGULATOR. If you lead a 1,1 If t. K sedentary life, or suffer with Ul I JJlIf Kidney AfTeetiona, avoid stimulants and lak Simmons Liver Regulator. Sure to rliv. If you kv enlen anything hard of digestion, or feel heavy after meals or tleenlet at night, lak a dos and you will feci relieved and sleep pleasantly. If you a oiiaerabl sufferer with Constipation, Oyspepaia and llllluuanea, seek relief at once in Simmons Liver Regulator. It docs not require continual dosing, and Costa but a trine. It will cur you. If you wak up In th morning with a bitter, bad last in your mouth, R I If H Simmons Liver Regulator. It cor I Q K Ti rtcu,n Bilious Stomach, sweeten A AsIhVJJ the lireath, and cleanse the Furred Tongue. Children often need some safe Cathar tic and Tonic to avert approaching sickness. Simmons Liver Regulator will relieve Colic, Head achCj Sick Stomach, Indigestion, Dysentery, and th Complaints incident to Childhood. At any time you feel your system needs cleansing, toning, regulating without violent purging, or sliruuUung without Intoxi cating, tan PRtPARKO BY J. H. ZEILIH A CO., PhiladeIphia,Pa. I'ltlCR, s)I.OO. ENTERPRISING PUBLISHERS, Sent! tn your ortleni for Latkmt Job Ka( ks, rant tipntt lnterchanii'ii'ile limlles. "llorlxontal Shade." 'Stuli, ''Souvenir all good styles. For sale hv , Falmkk & Uky, l'nrtland. Or. niroRTKii IrmananiPerclieron HorSes Foirhii.tii iml Wibey lnt Impvut.on nf tm Iwt arrival frnin t-HiKf. It It foiniMise) t f tU Urvrt nt tn-st rr ilicnNM, I'rvmh Ciwih autl Norni-ina. Iltey ar from lh tiMtxtat ikI nKnt etiiiry m Hm hum Mtuky tW.tft ami ra Inrtfrly fil irk i -r. All 4 fine n itn mitl U.intiftit ftir nt, haveinilieind htrtdtittrr-k-ct O-mt. Ttirrc yrn'loll iin-ntliimt At tlie Soinniwintl Minn Ari iilMmt I lr. Aiwfor Swffatjke nvrr all (iruft. bl wvrfl Awank! rtiiiuiii at Im St.it 1-atif t S.str4iiM'iilo. v W ill Iw tttlil on rretiat'h tt rni whh attrivirl Mcnrliv, will tell ilti-.iin.-r tlun Uie jhhc cww i4 lUstiua b UhivM for, iiivlu t rt4? lit Uw l.T. H. I'tttK wnliiiikT l1 iHtrtrliAt will tlo wHI tn titLl at our Urg K.ilc4 Si iltle in I't l ilinin And ei.inunv mtr Uk It. iirxcmi f..r ( .'ntnbeviM. A.i.lrrvs . T. FalrUnk. or He Wathcy, PtfUluiikt, KtllkUlll.t Ca,. 14. Th BVlKhS UUIUni U Isanrtl fteut. and March, i each year. MM page. tiki 111, lnchr,wlthover '3. BOO Illustration. - whole PUture Uallery. UIVK8 Whuleaala Prlcea Hlrrft tn eoNHner on all floods for personal or famtly use. Tells how to order, and glvea exact cost of every thing you use, eat, drink, wear, or have fun with. Three INVALUABLE BOOK! contain Infarmatloia gleaned from the markets of the world. Wt will mall a copy KRUK to any ad dress npon receipt of 10 eta. to defray expenae of mailing;. Let tt hear from you, Reapeotfnlly, MONTGOMERY WARD A CO. m V iW Wabash Avrnne, thteatto, lit 1 wi hv.LT or KcutiKfaior i H.aila esfcwJy ft if ilia cute of dcrangum-m-of Uie KrnertUlv vruaiit. 1 lit tommuoui Mfcai nfitLlXTKICI 1 V nifliii( thrtruh the p trt tiiiit rcaiura the in to ht-Alihy attu Ia lit it cunfuund thiawitb l-.ledilc llrltt nlvcrtHeU to cur ail 111 frt.m hral to l4. It ( lor Uw ON K aiei-iAc riirpn. hot cir(,uUn ivin(f nin m fttrut rtiort, atltlftt livcr J-K-ctrte Iklt ( .. H Wahhluir Itm Stwat. Cuictiifti, liL REJUVENATOR TlilsCreat"reiihe Ins Urme.iy ami lervo onle t ares Mllkaat rnii.tervou.aim iij.kw li.lnlitr. L' f Vitality. Weaklier, Virile Urcllns, Oundltliina.rroatsUlls, "i oey anil Waddon naitiiainw, lllseaaiaot tlie Wloo.(,r.rup. tlous, and all the eill rflecUl of youthhil follies and a oeae pennan-ntlf pre. Touting all luvi4unirp .uku,,lne drain Buna ilia . I...h lli rwnr Irestoriiig lxsst Manhood, oowerer rnp'."'. w esse may be, and wher all other rameuioa has failed. A rermaacBl Cure AUolutrly tiaaraateetl Pno ft go per bottle, or v bottles HO, Bent npon rrwlntof urica, r C.q.U..U aaaildija Stok lyurlvate.lr lK. aa. ns.rsr.s.ir. . . mi a a a uuaa .ssaaaalaiasA 1 sal m Kearay aireet, aai IMStcaray wmhs.. ".; merit, will besent to any on aprlylng l lettes. .l.li....,IT.lJlML. Klul U. I eiuuiitaiiuus, tuutUf euuliuenua, uy wsw m as offlo.rKXS PSSMANSNTLT LOCATKD AT IS and 184 Third tN rortlaad. Or. I a regular gradaal in nwda-lue, be been looser an gasr.1 in til special trat nent of all ve aenal, Hetual and OhroBl dlsjeaaea tbaa any other Vbi nclaa in um . VtMl, as slti paper Sbtiw, iu. old reai ornta kouw. ItXrw re ward f' any caae which h lal I to eure, eoniing niKter ... J l. I J? . by fol i direol tiratnient. llowinghi direoUuoa. Tin vieiVik. mMi.unea.f nl Luna and Throat T)oe- tir la America, lie will tell yen your troukl wtthout asking ym a slniile question, ana Harrant lrrmaaet r In the following dlaeasee: Nervous IlehiHty. hrrraalnr. rh.ea, rkinliwlloesea, Hriuel llecav, ' ailing stmiory, Weak Kree, Htunted lvek.nment, Laek ol r.neiy.Im- . povcrishnl HIikkI, PlrnpUja, Impediment to atwrWe: al,, MmA and Hkla lase, Kyplulis, KnipOouj Hair Falling, B.ine Palna, Hwellinga. M..r Thrl, I kra. Kltecuof Mereury, KJdney and rllauilrt Tn.il. VV eek hack. Hurnlng L'rlne, Incnuunenos, liooorrtKea, Uleet, Htnctur. reoelve searching treatnieat, prut.pt relMf and cured for life. . , NEKVdl a UIHF.AHK.S (with or without dream.) IX seated Dtachargua eured promptly without hlodrano to Imslneaa. , . . . , BOTH HEXEfteonanlt eoeMentlally. If la trouble eaM o write. Uelara are da' aierous. Ulseaar of th. Kje and rr, I lorratl.vo or Cstarrb, biternalorntenisl: Deafneea or l'aralysia, Huwing or Koariruj Nuires, Thickened llrum, etc., aemianently eured. ' Htiee hours, I A a to T .at. Oail er ad drees IU and LH Third St., Portland. Oregoa. N. P. N. U. No. 10t-a r. N. U. No. 18L Siimon. Liver Regulator. u If W fftU r-il PICf Pl'A!rV ii iiuonur CL.U vkv i 1 J ft v