KEY, . tr um,nti Nat C fond of ;!"" i'Ih. ' .e til llie women at home ii sit, nor ihu i: fit thi-ii: :h i.-i;5:iV: r a louse r:ir- ..!! nifule of glossy calico in .-;: wdv s, tied Rhmnd the waist with a bolt, and wadded and padded hi T: like a mattress. Under neath .::) a fchul of wius pantaloon, .; 1 r.f ibe ankles. On their feet ;'.n- low shoes without heels of lb fa. t.. - v ,.';(, iii.-. .V f ytilow morocco. Their .p.!.cear consists of a kind of cttibroi-di-red c-i'oCc, around ivhk-h is wonnd a etrip c.f very line, muslin, allowing; one to see the embroidery and the color of iViti pap. "When women belong to wealthy Turk, thc-U ears, necks and f'.:rers are loaded with jrold jewelry or i:v!-it-iiS stone. Ii their owners are not very wfU ofi", their vanity does not rive tip its rirht, but it h;i4 to content i!elf wiih similar jewelry and psst diamonds. All of them stain their eye b'vvs, powder their face with riee v m ;lrr and eo;it their nails with a red- i.-ili pnlitanee. kcnnc, makinsr their b.- ".(is lock iike thoe of children that h.ne tt'.u-k their fii):rei-s iifto a can of ijverve3. 2eUher thi? rich nor the jxtor nmong Turkish women own watches; they do r ot ltnow how to uc them. "Neverthe- lo-. t-ince commereo has been able to extend its influence to the harems evon tlockmaters have succeeded within r- e-'ut vravs in ;re!.tinj their ewxt3 into t'se haremliks of a few wealthy Pashas. It is hardly reeeswary to say, however, Vr.it trie beautiful inmates do not use tr.rm except as itlavthinsrV The dress that the Turkish women wear when they ro ont is simple, unl form and absolutely free from caprices of f ihion. Moreover, it is, with very L'-Uo chanjre. the same to-day that it h as a hundred veal's nro- It consists of a kind of simple cloak, .without t'.i'. ks, folds or ornaments, and almost wiihout any other seams than the Lcrai This cloak, or fcredje, which is almost alwaj's of a light color, falls like a sack from the shoulders to the st'kies, and conceals entirely the clothinr mider it. It is impossible to recosrruze a woman in this ungraceful sheath, hieh e races every line. Their vc il, or yac?t'-ntJ:-, is made of two musl'iii bands more or less thick,' one of which covers the forehead, and the other the lower and upper part of the face as far as the eyes. Therefore, the only part of a Turkish woman's rice that can be seen is the pupils of i:e eyes, which roll' between the two vr;-,, and which, on this account, ei libit a wonderful sweetness or a won derful brilliancy. It is noticeable thai the young: and pretty inmates of harems usually wear veils milch more transparent than the ujrlvand old. -l ave niysidf often admired but very discreetly the marvelous beauty of these terrestrial honris. The veil floating like a thin vapor before their face, jrnve them a new charm, effacing all the imperfections of feature and color. They smiled behind their whiU eloiid. wi-ji & litile provoking air, as if to thank mo for my admiration. Jin; heaii-ores tiiat the young m- rirtes of tne harems wear when they o out Ot.r.-?i6t5 01 a small iigiit ami frraecfrd cap. whicii fcolds the edges of the ve 1, und varies but little in fortu and color. Here aain fashion, which has not been able to s;ive a month's rc-svite to the hats of our Christian companies, has been a3 powerless as elsewhere. The only victory that it has gained over the toilet of the Turkish women, pertains to footwear. There ;.! but few women of the lower classes that wear yellow Turkish slip pers on the street. Most of them im prison their little feet in graceful and quite civilized slippers, and even in hih Parisian shoes with pointed toes and hi 2h heels. The Turkish woman is neither senti sacntal nor corrupt- neither passionate nor cold, neither good nor wicked; but she is a g-ourmand. She is fond of sugar-plums, comfitures, sherbet and especially tobacco, which she rolls into siender cigarettes, and the smoke of which she en-allows with delight. She is inquisitive, indiscreet, greedy foi things that glitter rins. necklaces, bracelets and beads. She is vain, but not coquettish. Indeed, of what use would coquetry be to her? From the aire of thirteen or fourteen she belonss to a hu-band, who is her master, or rather her owner, whom she obeys passively, whom she fears but does not love. Cosmopolitan. The Young Man Waited. A West Virginia farmer and father, who was asked for his daughter in mar riage by a young man in Wheeling, thought it over for awhile before reply ing: -Cfcrge, .you'd better wait a few days.'" "For why?" "Wall, as it is now I kin only give Savah a cow and a feather bed. Some fellers from New York are looking at my hill to see if there's coal there; some chaps from Cincinnati are goin1 to bore in the meJder for natural gas, and a party from Pittsburgh are explor in' 'tether hill arter iron, (iuc-ts I'll wait and see if I can't also buy her a kaliker dress and a pair of calfskin shoos." Wail Street Heirs. No Escape tor the Baron. : At last Baron Von Adelsheiru had pronosed to the daughter of a wealthy plebeian family. Laura' 3 parents were discussing the situation. "io-morrow they will exchange rings," said Laura's mother; "on Tues day we will have a grand family dinner and reunion: on Wednesday we will give a ball; on Thursday " "Ain't you overdoing it?" queried Laura's father. "Overdoing it! Of course noc, yon old fool: don't you know if we give the Baron a chance to regain his senses he may back out?" Fliegcnde Blaetter. J. lie man who wears glasses -can sympathize with the wearer of a newly polished pair of boots. The former can not pa ;s the vender of chjjap lenses without, being assailed with the refrain, Glasses? spectacles?" and it is also a well-known, though unexplainable fact that the bootblack can never see a pair of shiny boots without crying out, Have a shine?" ii;-. Goiham Gray writes of the project of telephone communication between this country and Europe: 'Telephoning through a wire being onlj- and simply a wave of reproduction eirmlar to an airwave or sound, or I might sav a wave of the ocean, is per fectly practical for 3,039 miles, and in fact ni.ti-e sounder water than aerial, for dinhirbances atmospheric do not ootmr Kii.ler water, nor do disturbances occur at a depth b-A w a given sounding i'sce below tne surface of the water, j&s t'e wi;r at that deuth is at rest. ..... Tir VIGOROUS Xot on tH $ fiv.riil !a'i'Mj of Good, i!S.y H'sW. it Ii. is. not si c:; -y a t;i;-k as niar.v Msts- p if? to sitccpovi n rvau'iiir: a nice lot of heaithv chicks five fiom the many diseases which are so common among both the old and young chickens during the spring and summer, .as there are many points which bear to a greater or less extent upon this subject of the suc cessful hatching: of good healthy chicks. The condition and thrift of the parent stock has an iniportfintinfluer.ee on the quality and thrift of the offspring pro duced, and for this reason the breeder should be verv carefnl to see that his stock is in the best possible condition for breeding when the time comes, if he wishes to secure robust constitution and vitality in the prospective flock. The mating of the breeding stock is an important part of the work, and it would be a good idea to have the sexes at least a year different in their ages Good, well-formed pullets mated with healthy, two-year-old cocks, make about as desirable a breeding pen as can be obtained, and if such stock are used and they are fed on good, strength ening food, and not allowed to become too fat, the chicks are bound t be thrifty and vigorous and will grow tip in excellent shape to take the place of the parent stock in the breeding pens the following season. The little chick needs attention the Erst thing-, as soon as it emerges from the shell and nntil it is well started and growing nicely. There is nothing Ton the farm that will show the dillerence between good and bad management, and quicker, than a young chick, and any extra pains taken by the breeder during the earliest part .of the chick s life will be amply paid for by the bet ter condition and quality of the chick after it has become fully developed, and tf course this will materially increase the profits realized from such stock. In feeding the little chick the breeder should remember that its crop is very sm'dl and the food digests quite readi lv, and for this reason it should be re filled frequently, so that no time will be lost in tbejrrowth of the chick. Farm, Field and Slockman. TENACITY OF PURPOSE. A Mental AHrltrate l'oMad by Compart tiTBlT Fw Wotoob- Werarelv find in woman that fcenaeitj of purpose and determination to over come obstacles which is charactensti of what we call a manly mind. "When a woman is urged to any prolonged ot powerful exercise of volition, tha prompting cause is usually found in the emotional side of her nature, whereas in man we may generally ob serve that the intellectnal is alone sufficient to supply the needed mo tive. Moreover, even in those lesser displays of volitional activity which are required in close reading or in studious thought we may note a simi lar deficiency. - In other words, women are usually less able to concentrate their attention; their minds are more prone to what is called "wandering." and we Seldom find that they have specialized their studies or pursuits to the same ex tent that is usual among mem This comparative weakness of will is further manifested by the fre quency among women of what is popu larly termed indecision ot character. The proverbial fickleness -of la donrux mobile is due quite as much to vacilla tion of Will as to other unstable quali ties of mental constitution. The ready firmness of decision which belongs by nature to the truly masculine mind .is very rarely to be met with in the fenii nine; while it is not an unusual thing to find anions women indecision of character so habitual and pronounced as to become highly painful to them pelves leading to timidity and diffi dence in adopting almost any line of conduct where issues of importance are concerned, and therefore leaving them in the condition, as they graphically express it, of not knowing their own minds. G. J. Romanes, in Nine teenth Century. THE FLY PLAGUE. KeesitT of Protecting UT-Stock From the AttmcUs of Insrcts. The annoyance caused to animals by files and mosquitoes often amounts to positive agony, and at all times, in what is called good corn weather, it is sufficient to prevent the stock eating enough to keep them in good condi tion. The animals will stand in the water or pass the greater part of the day in the shade rather than expos themselves to -the sunshine, going out to eat only when driven by hunger. They quickly lose flesh, the . flow ol milk shrinks, and a loss is incurred that can not be easily made good again. At all times a good feed of grain Is beneficial to stock, but it is especially so when flies are very aa noying, since it will do much to pre vent shrinkage of flesh and milk. Horses and milch cows may be pro tected, in a great measure at least, by wiping them all over wuh a sponge dipped in soap suds in which a little carbolic acid has been mixed. k Bulls confined in stables often suffer enough from the attacks of flies to drive them half mad, and there is no doubt that the continued fretting caused in this way develops a savage disposition. The most satisfactory results have fol lowed from sponging, with soap suds and carbolic acid mixed, a Jersey bull confined in a stalL Chicago Tribune. "1 see,"- said a man to the editor of a Dakota paper, that you said nothing about that suicide yesterday." "Certainly not," replied the editor, "if the man who killed himself didn't have enterprise enough to come around be forehand and leave the particulars why he can't expect it to be mentioned.- We keep a notice standing asking people to come in and leave the news, and if they don't do it it isn't our fault. " "Mrs. Jones, can you look me in the face without a blush and say yon haven't squandered that fifly cents recklessly?" asked Jones, who Jiasthe reputation of being the meanest man in the country. "No; I don't think I can. I can't look anybody in the face without a blush." "Ha! see the re sults of a guilty conscience. So yon can't look people in the face without blushing?" "STo; when, ever I try I am overwhelmed with the mortifying consciousness that I have got you for a hnsband " Merchant Traveler., A great marble deposit has been found in Inyo County, Cal. The mar ble is of superior quality, hard, solid and free from flinfi, A recent test re sulted in cfushing an inch cube of the Inyo marble at 26,900 pounds pressure,' while Vermont marble was crushed at six thousand pounds and Italian mar ble at ten thousand pounds. The varieties are of almost every color known in marble. ' Y. Sun. LOVELOCK'S TS'UNK. A ;ooit IVoTtum' 5 riinr Ktrrlvor With i'lie ebtini-ngi r.t i;f the I'r:i Hound Ila:.!ro:td Company snt in his fi!;ccv his Jeik piled Mgh with correspondence, lie had disposed of sixteen claims for cows killed, thirteen sheep claims and several personal injuries about the usual daily average of accidents when the otllee-door opened, and a tall, an gular woman entered. lje you the claim-agent? she de manded, with a voice which sounded like a cross between a buzst-saw and a steam whistle. 'I be," responded that official, brief- ly. "I come up here to git pay for the trunk I lost in the Coon Creek collis ion." There had been a bad smash-up on the road a few weeks before, and this was one of the claims growing out of it which remained unadjusted. "What is your name? asked the agent. "Mrs. Lovelock, of Geneva," she it- plied. "Ah, res, said the claim-asront, I remember now. How much do you think your trunk wasworth, Mrs. Love lock?" "Well, I dunno exactly, but sh't! think abaout .wo hundred dollars would be nieh the value of it, and 1 wouldn't want yon should pay any more'n it was worth." "That's pretty steep," mused the claim-agent, looking at his note-book. 'Let's see how you make it. What was the truufe itself wortli, lor in stance?" 'Well, it was a fine, large, new trunk, an' I had jest paid fifteen: dol lars for it before 1 started."' The claim-agent made a note of the fifteen dollars. "Well, what was in the trunk?" he asked. "Lemma see there was my best Sunday dress a black silk the ma terial in it cost, twenty-five dollars, an' the makin ten that makes thirtv-hve. Then there was an alpaca dress, worth about fifteen dollars, an a new our.uit I had just paid fifteen dollars for." -The claim-agent kept track of the items. That makes seventy-eight dollars; now what else?" "Well," she said, "there was con sid'able other clothiaV ... "What was that worth?" 'I dunno exactly, but I guess about fifty dollars." W ell. what else now?" Her memory seemed to fail her at this point, but after a moment she con tinued: "There was about seventy-five dollnrs worth o jewelry in the trunk. That makes something over two hundred dollars," said the claim-agent "Well," she said, magnanimously, "I don't want to be hard on th somp'ny. so we'll call it jest an even two hundred. "Trunk have any marks on it?" asked the claim-agent, casually. "It had a kyard with my name on it," she answered. "Got the check?" She produced it. ."Seems to me yon are a little hard on us," said the claim-agent. "Don't yon think vou could reduce the amount a little?" "Xo, sir," she said, "an' if you don't pay, I'll sue." ' "Sorry to go to law with vou.ma'am. but we won't pay that claim." She flounced out of her chair and started tor the door. "Wait a minute," said the claim agent, soothingly. "I guess we ean make some arrangement." She sat down again, and the ciaUn agent stepped out into the halL When he came back a porter followed him. bringing under one arm a small, yel low trunk, tied about with a rope, and somewhat the worse for wear. ' It could have been bought anywhere for a dol lar and a half. The claim-agentlooked at the card and compared the checks. Is that your trunk?" he asked. Her face was red as a beet, as she icknowledged, with very bad grace, that it was. "The trnnk hasn't been hurt at all," aid the ?laim-agent, "except by the wetting it got when the baggage-car fell into the creek. If you ve got the key here, we'll open it, and see what the damage was." "I I've lost the key," she stam mered. "Oh, well, then, we'll break it open," said the claim-agent, cheerfully. "Oh, no, don't do that," she remon strated. "It it ain't my trunk 1 bo ire red it from my sister, an' she wouldn't like that I should break the lock. I'd ruther take less money." "I guess you wotita," said the claim agent, with a chuckle. "I ain't been claim-agent on this road for five years without meeting lots of people like you. We'll give you fifteen dollars for what damage the r.ater may have doue to your baggage or, I'll open the trunk, and yon can bring your lawsuit." "J'll take the fifteen dollars," she replied, quickly, but snappishly. ' And when she had got the money and signed a receipt, she relieved her mind by eay- ii i g, as she lett the olhce: "I wouldn't a thought a rich cdmp'ny like this would insult a lady that way. But all men nin't gentlemen, an' cor porations am t got no souls nohow. Charles V. Chesnutt, in Tid-Bita. , THE LONDON EXCHANGE, Difficulties and Restrictions in the Way of Obtaining a Membership. The sworn brokers of the city of Lon don are only admitted to the stock ex change after the most careful inquiry as to their an'ccedents: according to the rules, candidates for election mus! be recommended by three members ef not less than four years standing, each one of whom must have personal knowledge of tho applicant and of his circumstances, and who engage to pay five hundred pounds eaeh to his cred itors in ca e he becomes a defaulter within four years from the date of his admission. The entrance foe is one hundred and five pounds, ' and the annual subscription twenty-two pounds one shining. If, however, the can didate has been a clerk la the stock exchange lor lour years previous to his application, in which case his character is well known, he rquires two sureties only for three hundred pounds, and his entrance fee is re duced to sixty-threo pounds, the annual subscription being the same. The members are divided into brok ers and lubbers or dealers, the former buying and selling for the public, lh latter speculating on their own ac' count. The brokers have also to take out a license from the corporation of London, under very heavy penalties but this does not give them a right ef admission to the exchange. Default ing brokers are mo-t severely dealt with, Leing'expeled from thestoek ex change, and their expulsion is adver tised in the daily pyu's- A THREE TIME WINNER.' Ka Sanlaa Lost Hi Grip 1 rhiloscpl lrain tig Eemaackct. ical The defiat of Ned" Ilauhtn by Tcemcr at Toronto in August indicate the " end of the glory " of the dougbt j champion. . . He has sustained bis record with admirable pluck and success, but the tremendous fctrain of years of training must certainly some day find its limit. Apropos of this we recall the follow ing interesting reminiscence of aquatic annals: ' On a fine, bright day in August, 1871, an excited multitude of 15,000 to 20,000 persons lined the shore? of the beauti ful Kenebecassis, near St John, N. B., nttracted'by a four-oared race between the famous Paris crew of that city and a picked English crew for $5,000 and the championship of the world. Wallace Rosa, the present renowned oanraan, pulled stroke for the Blue Nose crew, and "Jim" Itenforth, champion sculler and swimmer of England, and of the world, was stroke in the Eugli&h shell. Excitement was at fever beat. But three hundred yards of the course had been covered when the Eng lishmen noticed that their rivals were creeping away. " Give us a dozen, Jim," said the vet eran Harry Kelly.ex-champion of ing land, who was pulling No. 3 oar. "I can't, boys, I'm done" said Ren forth, and with these words he fell for ward, an inanimate heap in the boat " He has been poisoned by book makers," was the cry and belief. Everything that science and ekill could tsuggest for his restoration was tried : but after terrible struggles of ncc ny, the strong man, the flower of the athletes and pde o! his country men, passed away. The stomach was analyr-ett ton no sign or trace of poison could be found therein, though general examination shewed a very strange condition of the blood and the life-giving .and health preserving organs caused by years of unwise training. While the muscular development was perfect the heart and kidneys were badly congested. Ibe whole iytm was, therefore, in just that stale when the most simple departure from ordinary living and ex ertion wrjg of momentous const quence. His wonderful strength only made his dving paroxysms more dreadful and the fatality more certain. llanlan is now in Australia. Beach champion of that country, is a powerful fellow, who probably understands the liability of athletes to death from over training, the effect thereof being very serious on the heart, blood and kidneys as shown by poor RenforthV eudden death. Within the past three years he has taken particular care of himself, and when training, always reiuforces the kidneys and prevents blood congestion in them and the consequent ill-effect on the heart by using Warner's safe ture,tlieBportman's universal favorite and says he " la astonished at the great benefit. Harry Wyatt, the celebrated English trainer of athletes, who continues him self to be one of the finest of specimens of manhood, and on of the most suc cessful of trainers, writes over his own signature to the English Spnrting Life, September 5th, saving: "I consul Warner's safe cure invaluable for all training purposes and outdoor exercise. I have been m the habit of using it for a long time. 1 am satienea turn it pulled me through when nothing else would, and it is always a three-time winner! Beach's and Wvat's method of train ing is sound ana should te toiiowea by all. A M--chanicsbiir fill boy ol fonr.e-n shot a wooden box two and ha'f inches square off the top of his brother's head at a distance of twenty- liye feet, ming a Robert air-rifle. While Richard Lyman, of Lock port, was in the act of throwing a ball to a baseman his arm snapiieil like a pistol explosion, and a physician who examined it pronounced it a complete fracture of the bone, produced by a peculiar twist. BOSTON "iN LUCIt- At the drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery in New Orleans, Oct 11 three of the big prizes were captured by Boston men. Mr. Israel Ginsburg, who held one-tenth of ticket numbered 13.646, drew one-tenth of the capital prize of flat) ,000. Mr. Gmsburg is young man, nineteen years of age, and lives with his fatbei at 57 Salem street in quarters that betray a life of hard ship and moderate if not extreme pov erty. He is a Russian Jew, a peddler by trade, and has only been in this country a few years. To few men therefore, could the smile of fortune have been more welcome. The morn ing the lucky numbers were published Mr. Ginshurg looked them, as he thought, carefully over, but failed to discover that his ticket bore the luck iest number of all. When his friend Mr. Finberg congratulated him later in the day he naturally thought he was joking, and it was no easy matter to convince him of his good luck. How ever, the pleasant truth sooner or later dawned upon him. and if he shout ever doubt it again all he will have to do will be to visit the Blackstone and Fourth National Banks, where he will find that last week he deposited i them $7,000 and f 0.000 respectively The remaining $2,000 the grateful son presented his father. Little eleehan Mr. Ginsburg's good fortune has been talktd of in the neighborhood of S .4 lent street since the drawing. Mr. John F. Sullivan and another Bostonian each held a tenth of ticket 58,4S0 which also drew a capital prize, the amount in cold cash received by each being $ 2 ,ouo. Mr. Sullivan is a poor man perhaps, thirty-five years old, who dur ing the past few years lias been with out any permanent employment. though during the most of his life he was a more or less successful junk dealer. He has been a staunch believer in the lottery and has found it a profit able investment before. The other gen tlcman, whose name we are not at lib erty to publish, is the cashier of one of the largest and wealthiest companies in the United States. He has drawn prizes before though none were so large as me last, tie expressed nimsett as perfectly satisfied with his experience and considered the Louisiana State Lot tery Company as one of the fairest and most honest financial organizations in the country. Boston ( Mass. ) Couner, Oct. SOth. I! row ii V lironc liliil 'I" roc tie" have a direct Influence on the inflamed parts, giving relief in CouKh, Colds, an- the various Throat troubles to which Singers and Public Speakers are liable, Sold only tn boxes. No Opium ia Piso's Cure for Consump tion, c-ures wnere ot nerremerties tau. se, Tbt GraMEA for breakfast. FOP.EIGN GCESli -Nine London theaters nro mannye by women. Thcrn was an increa?i1 area of nr less than 7(1 9S"3 acre undor cultiraM&n In Ireland last yoar. A new "plaza de toros" it to b? built in the City of Moxloo which will equal any of, the most celebrate! plazas do faro !n Spain. The buibl- tng wjll be covered with glass, that the bull-fights may not bo Intorrnja'ed by rainy weather. -Irom their earliest youth the Burmese men tattoo their less from the thighs down to the kuces with do signs both floral and animal, and putieturo tho upper part of their bodief with numerous round . holes. Into which they rub vennllliou powder. This operation Li s ich that opium fi often adndnlstered to deaden the ago nizing pain that it cause. A'd the government dcp-irfment of France, liic'.u ling that of agricult ure, have had to submit to a reduction f. the stuns proposed for their ns during the year The agrirnltor- al department will have 2. 82H57S trances less than the sum oriHi! Hv asked for. The most general regret Is occasioned by the reduction of the vote for agricultural education by 36. 620 francs. Partly with a view to the develop ment of agriculture In Mexico, a pro- ct for making Vera Cms a free port of entry is being discussed with great Interest. I he idea is that Luroppan merchants would open branch e'l tishments in tho country, and thai agriculture would b promoted in ordet to stimulate trade. Europe favors the pro! ;ct os the best means of helping them to meet American competition. In IS) there were only almut five hundred miles of railway in M x'co. while by the close of the present year the total will exceed throe thousand six hundred niils. with a capital In vested ol about siaawaum ut this two thousand Seven hundred nils is owned and oi erated by Americans. The revenues of the country hare b"eri also a.lva-ced from l?.80O (V) in 1S7 to $33.0X),UOO In 1886. Evidently the advent of the American has not l"on fuch a bad thing for Mexico after alL St. Paul I'ioncer vei. The Parsee community in Iadia it fast undergoing a radical ehang. ac cording to a native writer ia the Time of India. As the younger genrratioa grow up under European influences they bceo ne more and more Angli cised, think that a government berth Is the only employment worih having. and despite the commercial calling ol their forefathers. Ths Farsea yesng ladies are partly answerable fr this opinion, as they value a htuband ia proportion to his success at the nnl versity and his "genteel employment." Anew game called ringo.-U has come into favor In E igland this snm mer. and forms an addition to tenni at garden parties and fashionable tit door gatherings. l"he game requires two goals iu the shape of nets, grass hoops, and sticks. The hoop Is throws to and fro between the players, the thrower scoring one point each time that he succeeds in sending tho hop past his opponent into the goal. This the other player tries to prevent br catching the hoop on one or both of Ids sticks, and if he is successful he throws it back at his opponent, io order, if possible, te get it into his goal. A British major has been, on hit travels in Japan, and is as delighted with the tea-house maids as he is dis gusted with Japanese art. He is "wholly repelled by its ugly, niggling details." A famous Steeping Cat. by Jiugoro, is to him "a very vnlgfir graymalkin caterwauling on the titles," and the decorative art Is doe to men who are "ignorant of the prio ciples of perspective and the merest rudiment of anatomy." Concerning the stataes In temples he bursts out: I am sick of these B add has, with their satyr-like grins and sensuons complaeency. their obese stomachs, and their flabby, foul features." Pub lic Opinion. ROAD CONSTRUCTION. Tha Old Way of Worklnn Roada Snper- eded by the Contract Syateia. The annnal gathering of farmers to work out their road tax with pick and shovel "as the law directs, to ue an old phrase, is fast giving way even in the West to better methods and imple ments. Lven the plow and dnme scraper are now beiug largely super seded by machine labor. , And the con tract system, by which township trus tees form roads through firms owning machines, is now not rare. Acconlin to an Jbastern paper the old way is no less objectionable in the East, and in relation to the better way there says: The prevailing arguments against the contract system are that persons not owning real estate or personal prop erty are, of course, exempt from taxa tion, and consequently from road-work ing; under the old sj'stem they are as sessed one day at least, and mut work or commute. And taxpayers, already burdened, it may be, object to the pay ment in cash for labor which they can periorm themselves without great in convenience. Here the objection to the old system may mentioned, viz. : that labor on the highway is one thing, on the farm another. Every one knows that, as a rule, the day's work on the road is "cut short at both ends; that boy's labor often count as man's labor; that the roads are worked once in the spring for all the year, and at a time when such work may not be most needed; that the day is often nothing more nor less than a holiday. If perfwd roads are the desideratum, the old system fails to furnish them, or only in exceptional cases. The con tract system is more expensive until the road-beds aro oneo more put in good order, then less money need be expended upon them. And yet, if r man values his time and labor r.t the low price of one dollar per day, the ei neuse objection is largely overcome. Where Lite contract system is adopted and once fairly tried it is not trtten r iected. Farrt, Field and Siock;:i. About five hundred thousand cans of French sardines are consumed in this country every year. A Texas steer picked up Miss Louise Danforth, of St Louis, on his horns, tossed her over a fduce into a yard, and she stood there and cried because one of the ribS of her parasol was broken in the tos. There are in Arkansas one hun dred and eight spring local! tes, con taining four hqnired and fifty-nine individual spring-, ot which tire only have been properly analysed. The number of spriugs used as resorts i$ twenty-four. .T. 11. l'ot.er. a c " 1 i!!.-d vJihfi a t sis j -i an :iy near t'i!'-jeiii,?. Vr, wis le-ifsntiy to eppture a ru:i- TiTE SfLCUETC. With every 'H anee of emferratinu in'o the fur V est, a new demand U created for llcsitet ter' Btomach IMiters. Newly peopled regrloas r frequently kas pjilubrifiM ttuui older set tled Usra!itUs, oa acr-otui'.pf the miam winch rises from recently clearad land, particularly atoni? the banks of rlvn that aro subject to freslu ts. The agricultural or reining emigrant soon laarns. wtn he (imi not nlrrady know, that the Haters ati w-d the only ure ur)'.t, tion Kint malaria, and those of the Uimacb, liver and bowel - which climate ciianjsea, exposure, and u-. - ; .i.-,..id or tin hwiia,r water or diet subject him. Ctwis ciuot.t.y, lie plao8 estimate upon tills grwvt hoiiwihold specific and preventive comm. aa raa wilii its intrinsic merit and isc.Fvf,iJ to kwTB on hand restorative and promoter of health bo implicitly to be relied upon iu tiuie of Texashssqttadropledita population since 1S7U, and doubled it, va uation ain-e 168 . ' 'WHil A CHiSeil A few short weeks ago tht young lady wal the personiflration of health, visor and beauty. The blu-h upon her cheeks rivalled that of the rose : her sttp was llKtit and bnoyant. her every movement was a revelation of perfect phvuical heal h. Yet now she is paiild and fuursrard, and her ut eraband'tit vitality ha Riven place toastra pre dallm-ttanri laii-nitud What has caused this change! Functional irreg ularities, which tan be cored by Dr. t icrce'n Favorite Prewrintion.' a rem d r to which tho-i&andu of women to-day owe Gen. II. J. Vahiaglon. .Ha t U la the service at A perfect speciflr Dr. Remedy. Sage's Catarrh Two Inibecila prirls were burred to death at Spencer, O., and murder is auspectd. IT T0TJ fl'AITT A nice holiday pnpnt don't faT to call on FelJpnheimer, the leading and reliable jawek-rof Por:l nd. Wakele-'s Squlrr I and Gopher F;x termi nator. Try i. and pro"e the best la the cheape&L Wakelee & Co., Stn Francis-o. The bodies of twenty-two victorns of the Te nori disaster bav been recovered. i "risx-PEocr papeh hat be made,- Says a sdentMc efchanjre. "from pulp, com.iHtlnir of one part vecetab'e fibre, two parts anlseatos, one-tenth part bcrrax. and one fifth part alum.' It ia a pity that Mtich facta as the one foliowin x cannot be writ tea, printed or otherwise preserved, uptn some sort of indeatrurt itIe naner. "Hf wtia suuereu terei years anrt was oeet- rldden, too, sai l W. E. Hae-tK of Etn poria, JxanxaA, a number of physicians fat'ed to help ber. Dr. 1'ierce a 'tijlden Medical Discovery cured her." Alt drufr- pists se!l thi remedy. Everyrody ought to teep it. it only needs a trial. Gen. Alfred il asouton lives in Phila delphia. IT StJFTEJLEES FROM COHSUKPTIOS, FToftilx, Brotsrhitia, and General Debility. wTQ try nrolt Kmaiolou of Cod Liver Oil with Hynophoopliitem. ihey will find immediate Ih'f and perniinate benefit. The Vertical I re Pro- fUMou universally declare it a remedy of tise reatest va.'ue and very palatable. Head : 1 ri ti t S.ntt ' KmnKimi in MranlnsMflf S-rof and DebilUf in children. Results tnon gratifying. 3Hf Uttla patients take it with coarsuxraoH surely cubed. To the Editor : Please inform TOnr readera that I nave a pos itive remedy lor the above named disease, tsy its timely use thousand of hojx. lws eaaaa have b-n wrnewenUv curt d. 1 aiiail be iriad to (Mn(l two bottles of my remly kkkk to any of your readers who ha-rs eonKttmption if tcey will Bend me their r-rprew and 1'. u. address. Ktiectfnllv. T. A. SIjOCUM. M. CL. 1SI Pearl SU New York Camehgne impnrrm aa4 the evan1exna. Beauty SkiriSt Scalp Restored by the CUTICUr 1TOTHING IS KNOWN TO FCIKKCE AT all comparable to the CrTirTR Kkmembs in ttieir niarveuotia properties ot cleansing, ourifTinr and beutifrinir the skin and tit curing tortartnjy. diKrtKUriiig. itching, ftcaiy and pimitiy dtje of the akin, aeaip and blood, with loea ot hair. CtTiovRa, tho great 6kin Cure, and Ctnt CT HA Soap, an esqnteite rkJn Beautitter. ptw pared from it, eiternally. and CtrrtcvRa kb wjt VEWT. tho new Blood Portoer, internally, are a positiTe cttre for every form of akin and blood dLoeaso. from nimnlt-s to scrofula. CTtt- efR.v(REMKDii8areabso!ntelypnreand tbeonly infa)lit-l akin beautiftera and blond pnriSera. Soideverywbera. lrioe: Coricrw, 50c Jin soLvsrrr. $1; Soap, 5c. Prerared by the Put ter UKi a AND V HEXtCAL I O., MOSTOH. t AS. r"Send for - How to Core Skin I'wwi hiy IKi-ut no dove'e down, and aa white, by llilttUU l;mH -l-VICT-RA mjrptCATEP i-OAP. XXALL'S XULftONARY - VTm Ai tvt A Trperior iraedy for rttth."i, oIl, Inrtpient Cmrampilan, and ail Xhroat and Lung TroublcSL Sold 6 an DruGsists for 60 Cents. ELY'S CREAM BALI Cleanaea the Tianal Psif. Catarrh A llay'H Palai and A parilclv Is App1!- into rnoti tiostH sod i Hml, Prloc St at drugeiat! by cnil. rfirI, i cents. ELY mitiTiiKKrf, 336 UrecDwicJi Street, ew York, The Oregon National Cank, - - OF POBTbASD. ISttcoeonrs to Metropolitan Ravtsfi Bank. I CAPrrAb PAID IS, - . Aioo.000. rrxniMicta a General PunVirg BusLneas. ACCOFNTS' kept puhje. to cbk. HKl.IJI KXt H KHK on Ban TtKico aBdSTew York. MAKWJ OtJl.LT (.TI m on fvorble terms VAN B. IHtLAKHMUIT, OKO. U M AKKXK, Ja.. President. Vioe-F-rasitioni. IX f. "HKHMAir. Cashier. SELF-PLAY'WS Plays ClsssJosl, BacrM. THtnca and all riomilur mnsla omwtly. 1'rico 15 to sWS. W-lte ivOULt.lt. A CHAttK, Saa i'ranclKeo, fnr oataJogna. . sf?i If By return mall. Fall DeaertpHoa MmmI's rw Tailor tyt ,.f Wpwm (;aUtB. MOODY A O0, Cineiiutati, 0. OOIflfJ Habit Curedui7tii,Mw. II U f I Pms, a. a. as BT a, sm taiMwa, f.namn.tt... fVl?)i llraln theHore. 4cT Bestores the y 47 jf Sense af Tate f -KJi and Smelt. ,. , ,rtSf'ft'"A U.S. HE YOUTH'S GOnPAIlIOIJ-GFSGSAL FREE TO JAH 1, at ence this Twenty page tacit, with Colored Covo rs and FnU-psire Froii.tivicce Fk-tnr.;s, Tbty Addrew PZHilY MASOfl & CO., 3G Temple Flac 1 Lx f r y;i..i:vl i roi!aiv'7nTir?n v , 'I? ?l If I v Absolutely Pure- Th! jwtH.er tterer tbt: A ir-rre! t T,'T trei?-Oi and icscmenns. Siare economjo.1 t:.w?. th ,r,j uia ry k.n.la, arid cumot be aoii in coi".i'-i-t--41 anal io tn::!t;t'jl of low 'mrt tre-.S.t, ahjra, cr phosphate pointers. , .fVj'a only fei co.ua. Xotab BAStse 1-ovnu Co., 108 all &-ei, M. Y. ta eoccessfal cperatioa since tt'A, patron' ted trota ail ect i-r. ol tne ortnwet, emiwea tif bminesa am and leading eiacatori. THE HOST rEBTECTtT IQriPPE9 ECHOOt of its clasa oa the Cot, ft effwa private or clas initroctlon, day and evening thrcKSgHoot he ye"-, in Farms and ail Common School Braoche. faaa I of all apM and both sexes admitted it any tire. ; CatakE free. Armitroaj and Wesco, froprietora. OLD SORES AMD ULCERS f ? suaaluc ky ll.U Ji'srU fckiMI J4L f. ftartr s. By MaU.ttia. laada fcj J. f. Aiia. St- Ial. .Mian. Or woman tbat doe sot annredate a gaod articla of fdtordaOy wb- ft -bWnedat a fair prioa. Jos aow w are offering tsrisht Pry readier new. at tic; fancy rality, lS-i; peeled, IS t 90c; Aprioots, 1J and ISc; aed tsneyevafflfaicd, 90c; Kectarinea, I to 10c; Prunes, best Carman, Sc; best French. 10 to 13c; good Cooking Kaistns, Sc, an 3 oa np to l!He far Sa table; Pears, bright, fc; very choice, Sc; oraporatod, Kfe. CamBta, Tht, Iate3, CStron, CSjriea, Raspberries, Blaekfaerrica, every. thing la the Dried Froit line, and generally at Car load Bates, as we rewive tea tisws as ma -h on m eigmnetit as wa em sell at usual retail prices. W hf to dark or fciiarior Pears, Peaches, Apricots and If ectaxtoes as low aa 3 asd 6c, but not guaranteed. It la always best to boy a Sne article la Dried Fra:t We eannot warrant above moes to oatstferae f ttm-er. Better ortier at once for all arintar. Ask for foil lUi. SMITH'S CASH KTOBE, 1ZS aad 11T Ca. Street, Saa Franc; so, CaL SELEY FlTTT,TE?fJ AMD LEA3 CO, 8a n Francisco, SI SHOTGUN CARTRfCGl LI . SiinA f iir iirinfr Ttr-" liiiiTiiiiii BUEtL LAM8ERSON, Gent Agent. T Mtark tt Portlaad, Or. Tho Van Ilonckcai DYSPENSARY, FOBTLAKLX OB Tomsg; waSdiKA wot 14, em iCAJTVrvl aatf Kid mii who sccffei' vitlk LvOST MANHOOD J' - orp, y ewe ijacK or 7 ErTij,oraL Hrr r a., to I Bone Fmtna, S wnxi& Sfte Thrr, TSoers. IU fees ot MvarcaTf, " mad Bddtai' lirobtrt mv for iif l Bats C'eatralt trleat!ail ttpytpg J8 M 184 THIRD M. BUSINESS CSILECE, 24 Post St, S.F, GO. Bhorthaad, Type-wrlthw. Pen mans 'tv Book-keectng and rkiaphy all for SCHOOL OP PRACnCAt. CIVTi. Hechsnical teid Mining Fa einriKac Snrvirinff AtcJ. ,tectnre, lirawHia and Assay tag. BANCEOFT BVIXDISU, 723 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. arSead fcedrcttlsr. A. YA3TDEB XAXLUy, PteatdeB. Tao BC GtlDa ta iasiied Sept. and March, , sack year. a 31 pajrea. S'ixll1, tsea,wttB vn 3,8 OO Uloatvatioas a wbom nctar suy, . (1IVKS 'WkoJesale Price slteect In tssmv oa all scooda foi peraoul or taiAtlly as Telia how to rder, aad give exact eost of everTr thtr yen wan, eat, drtittc, wear, or hawe fw wtth. These IXTAXrAJlLK BOOKJS contain taformatiea f-Hesuaed from the murkrtl of th vstls. We wilt aaaU a oopy FBKB to aarad slreaa apoa neetpt IO eta. ts defray cipcan saatllag. bet a heaa Croaa yoa. Respectfally, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. -r dc t2 Wabaak Aveaaa. CbJeauna Ala. STE1NWAY KKAlflfH BACH. t Ul it it n , 0H.bler, Hoenteb Piaaoa: Mnr det Otvars. band iiiBtrantents. Lrgen stock of Shoot M nio and Books. Bands supplied a; Kastera urioea. M. 6KAi CO. Poet street fmn Frsuw!icn. t t i r a v s ' i i f i i t til Li V i .i. . Uf. ... -A - lute's k im 1 i r HJ t 1 1 v-a t If 11 Bee Large Advert Iscmi-i.t Is PrerUms Nmnher of ;i:is Paper. To any New Subscriber who will CUT CUT and sond us this Slip, with name and P. O. address and $i.7s in Money Order, Express IWaney Order, Registered Letter r Cheek, for a year's subscription te the Companion, we will send the paper free each week, to Jan. tst, IGS3, and far a full year from that date to Jan. 1st, ICCa. If ordered oner wni include tne Double Holiday f lumbers For Th;i!is:iv!ne ami Chri-tims. jLg.T ... tr. !.;i .j fct.-iircJ r.'tfhrevn f i!-ri' ."! aim! ct f.it I'bj-ItUii' a'A Karzrrah Pot nuts treated Uere ore b:h bom. laoy tt'fc '.-I i t i.OIS', I .i-.-.!--'! t -r..'. 1 , K ii.;. - ,Ti'y fc- i.--r? . t f' , " " " i S s i:"-. or (-"ii c-s '1 :n :':': t ' ' inrabda GuadaCooti, whicb sivt ail f-:f.rrji til-ui. AC 3rr V (.;' S 1):.-pi.sa:iT M t.. t 4 v y 1 i I 1 1 Tor "iron-n!,t, "rui-iwV d" rm-1v?1 school tearfje-rs, tniniji. aeanstresspt. w. ..j t r lr. l'i.'n'- Fv .rit ff ail J, r;.-.T. r- i, . J ' -'It'll hi i a -1 .! C tn-i.-io ri,an.--- a;ii IHm-i5 it -i.' r to Tn:itti. 'i;ie tr".i-' ' t ' r" ?--.ti;'' r..."i .i.. til i':-'.: eoi, ;.t lis.- !i ; .; si' - -J ' - till Ti-: t.t'ti h-vs r.r' ,r ; X a J- ti; .L.L-i tti trhijjiir.g rc:reii--s ivr tt- r (-:,:,;, f.r: J e I,""WJ'e ITi-pi";?!--1 4 ll.i i .ivu.i I i tr i-i-.i fet t'.e T-v'i c.f vr c fTrr-:n-.-?. ITr jiterri:il ranz'.r'-t ' 1 it I is ?-i r-: ..ti,i :t Kill wl:crs8lts. It rr'iie. it i a pCTVi-rf'ii p -ft' T..I. T?c j fn i t .... .f , e?id nervine, find f:- ,tur" vt.-r t'i T'.rs"! to the whe'f cf-t J..i. tr c-.' : ;;:--; ? SE.-n:!Ch, jti.i. 'ri-..n. !!'-.' i , v . ;,k Xj--.-, Dt rvcis pr-art-ratwin, exbaosrfon, crbniy 9T.it . 1 ,s;'l..:i .if,iiir :. rs T. :-vt i-r. ?-, lttoo is S-4'l by tlrniiymf tinJcj. ,nr jwtstiss ; SMrtr&uLix. Lje wraip--r arr. '.;,.! t-,-. ; Ppi, r ". !s rr.rri.!., itueii f4j4jy fi'.'l JiO.GO. FiTi'l 13 ct4 i sr.t'nx "; f'-" Tr. 1-y r "C- - Jjvr Tresra"' on rjijLi cf V.""-n (J.'j piTw.r-r-irerc'1'. .si-:r, WO""t . I.' -h -'-trT :i"-irij, Aia(.lAjlo:.', tij Ji-ia r-fi-.r, Ifutfalo, N. T. ASTI-tSH-IOrS tnl C.1TH ACTIO." I msmur it!" a, W S i P'.Ilnni Wft-al.-ttie, - . rtio. iKiijr-siloos . - . . nf;lltOB.Al(;it.',i "-r - ., promptly nl by fr. ''A T. 71 f- S-'ierce'a IMesi.nt f " . - Pitnrrirlve S--lie. si 1 t -sent a v:ai,by ItniJTs. - ; w' ttm i m Ifa i-: t t EngliahSpecialist.C; Fhjslcias, Suri Eearsy Etj Eaa Tri-icisca CtTKFS E:E"v FAII. V-T?I1TTE2 what doctors Ure b,o. vr:: t- f a bi.-a be';! srtvia np fc.-.p. y.Lr c-ie. and vrtto fir c:rcti:?tr a' d KL r-i r :pi- ; tiona. Nttohs I bility, 8m: t3al Ijt.e.. I'.' : rtc , 1 nr.tr is-to-jsf, tv-r.-fnla, Ji rrsipe-aa. ti? - , : TW - Kidney Trnat:, W--S Kick. V-"a.-,T of i H-tr., j in Jiaieor f 'vun u aafeiy,perniaE: .s ! i" ' ptftnT I B A 1 1- a v--v 1 llllKIV d. Vaiaaie sm rartMuds j 1 i St 1 1 1 p. o. ViC'KEr;r, Am, Mfc S a.i. f; -J Is Beet Kv-e on Iwff pre-' ; to per a-rs, X 4 1 i,'tJria a, L. ' r$L CHICHESTER'S Ef,GLSSH," Tfe risfiaal nil O-ssiy-Cjiciri. K risLraa5c!-r httmr hf Ttrt m-ct . aiM by jr-fW- vmrf: esv At f i LejCawA JfCMnj rojFU i'lLl!. Tur 23 nn . rvy cirr l p-. timf ariri t.-a i-!.'.- . IWI 'I t.t:lit. ,N;M ; warrant w ; r- -y v- c r r. - , . ' j nw, I.-r. i a ,n fir a tfw.:,?i a b- '" cf ny ir.r: rr-.w. v. ,t-e F '.--c- a-. j Th- j li'M' T yl'- I --j.. .New Ts i ficma Elsctric Bali firtencv m Fourth Stw. V-t, Moyrisn ADV1Q5 AKD ,1 iDICJ?tH S t .CO. AS Www aumv-:; hwi,-.! nt-nte r.r T -r vmis ltnow a M-p.. !-y. t.a.airti.tr. t-euciV, ami Kv-' ti.Mii,, Kaih..; -"t tast MJ..h.. scw-te.j.:.y t. i i m. AM , , . , ttBtUTSB Ac, 1 i S. W h" hntM-'o.jf,- -. a!.j.;,rHv rv(i l'is.-ae litt e-i . -t.. c- at . . ..x rci.ae ratwa. A c aip. ..t pr,.w-v.J,1, atlli trwwa m aeiianre n, jy. .u iz,tjy H,ija , ... aympttisas acciras as wi'ul v. onati! u s.tK4wd. Xtwaas swi eask. 300 eats aTKeetal ritseaa. 55. trri irrairtt sswutiily, wiftt ate f kniK aitaia ta.t iws Jiisitw several Interior fnw. . tmr rirralsrs. J. It. kin$rtos. . f Wfksa a aaitaias. fertlats. tr. i. P. ?f. V. Vft S-7-S. T. X. 11. No. 4. ttiTCEES CF ALL AMt ifi.Ui-tJ, I Ooid or Si rer. J twtLRY i m a jt & m - Of All Styles. flocks, Sflverware, C?ES, KID UD S GLASSES. Coantry Orders SoMciteti. Uaods aeat JEbJret to Inst-ci; e. WATCHES KrA:r5rt, JCWELSY IWAKLTACTURSD. t i i - i t ? A V3 1 a a V RAP bat t 4 a c, eastern ! 1 tz.'sr m i r ""l-. "Shk. l rS ' 1 TO mtv ', t - J kffleril. s j. f natimM. X . XVTizY T" r- IT I j ' fra. I'ev jv5 cswirf 5r," .4-1' -ll; . j liiaJI VmC L..Jsl 6i.tU.ll I R in II fv7trli'f' 1 1- II II ii l $ f ; v i m y tJ il L&9 u m u i j - m JwattaWaMti'SvMB kftlTa .:f4rf.:-!Ui g&aa&m a4-t ft-. fr- - ----