Merchandise, Production, Cost and 'reparation for Market. [.list. i “It is not a simple matter to make ilp a skeleton from a heap of dismem bered parts, except a man thoroughly understands tho human frame and can 5it the various bones to a'nicety. ' “When prepared for sale the skele tons aro bought by academies and schools, museums of natural history and of the dime variety, physicians jiud surgeons, and by others who have use-for the article, either for the pur poses of study or to utilize them at at tractions for a show. issm. j “The strangett part cjt'Cu about the pusiness is perhaps doe to t\c fact that in the skeleton trade, Mjin every other, there is a variety of qualities of the article and even a base adulteration— for what else can a spurious skeleton bo termed? “An A No. 1 skeleton is a valuable addition to any surgeon’s chbinel,” continued my informant. “As such it commands a'good figure in the mar ket—$800 is the price demanded for a first-class ‘case of bonesl’ f ‘ ‘There is another quality of a heter ogenous make-up, fonfied fr^m the skull of Tom, the ribs of Dick, the omo other un form an theatrical dis. right leg aud arm of s fortunate, and the whole completed by odd hones furnished by any num ber of individuals. “The various members thus arranged by a competent workman excellent skeleton fora play or a chamber of horrors. They are of course of but little use for purposes of study, except as a c iriosity illus trating what a man can do with a job lot of material. Tho members thus patched together are derived from in numerable sources, dissecting tables and places of that kind. Of course ““ ’fiito skeletons thus formed tioSWuuiand as high a price as the Simou Pui.o article, but if they are capped with a genuine skull they are much more valuable than the imitation variety and will bring Ut least $150.” “How about the imitation?” I asked. “The spurious article in the skele ton industry,” the dealer said, “is made from compressed paper pulp and other materials, which form a com pound not unlike papier maclie. These interesting specimens are in exact imi tation of the real articles. They are used chiefly in the ritual of one of the sccrot fraternal orders and are scarify ing enough to terrorize any neophyte into keeping the dreadful secrets of the order. Being entirdly a product of manufacture they can be made in assorted sizes. They range in price accordingly—a child’s size is sold for $75, an adult for $100, and a heroic size for $150. The range of price is entirely arbitrary with the dealer, for the skeletons are really not worth $5 apiece. Paoked in a casket, however, and suspended by a silver hook from the skull they serve every purpose for the ritual as well as the genuine article.” ' j - “Are .there any other varieties of skeletons?” I Ventured to inquire. 1 “Oh, yes,” was the reply, “bul they rarely ever find their way into commerce. The doctors watch them ■doo carefully during life, and the va riety is only to be met with in some hospital cabinet. They are the frame works of people who have in life been sufieifors from some peculiar bone dis ease. A woman now suffering from a curious complaint known asackrom egale Is now in one of the city institu " lion* The disease is ojne in whicl the hones of the entire body coutiniu to grow, skull and all. Such a skele ton would be invaluable to a dealer but we never meet with such a ran variety.”—[New York Herald. The Collie. The name “collie,” used tor th< Scotch sheep dog, takes its rise noi from any peculiarity of breed in the dog, but from the kind ot sheep he ouce drove. In Scotland there was e cfa6s of sheep with blajek faces anc legs called “collies,” from the Anglo Saxon “col,” signifying black. The dogs which looked after these sheei were called collie dogs, which in time became shortened to "collies;” hence the name which the she sheep dog non bears. —---j-• The Kaiser a Rapid Talker. The rapidity with which the Ger man Emperor talks when delivering e speech has been determined by Dr • Engel, who is one - 4if j^lie chief re porters hi the Reichstags .and who liai stenographed the Emperor’s speeche very often. According to the docto: he speaks very rapidly indeed—abou 27o syllables in eaeh minute, am occasionally tho rate at which he talk is even 800 syllables ip a minute. [Vanity Fair Making: Rice-Paper. ' The so-called rice-paper is not made from rice, as its name implies, bu! from the snow white pith of a small tree belonging to the genus Aralia, a genus represented in the United States by the common sarsaparilla aud the spikenard. ’ The tree grows in For mosai and, so far as is known, no where else. Tho stems are transported to China and there the rice paper is made which is used by nalivo artists for water-color drawings, or dyed of various colors and made into artificial flowers. Mr. Ilosic, in liis “Three Years in Western China,” describes the process of making the paper. I was invited to visit a worker in pith after nightfall. Although some what surprised at the hour named 1 accepted the invitation. Oii arriving at the house, I was ushered into a • badly lighted room, where a man was sitting at the table with his tools in front of him. These consisted of a smooth stone, about a foot Square, and a large knife or hatchet with a short wooden handle. Tho jblnde was almost a foot long, two inches broad, and nearly half an inch thicli at the back. It was sharp as a, razot Placing a piece of cylindrical pith on the stone, and liis left hand on the top he rolled tho pith backward and forward for a moment until he got it into the required position. Then, seizing the knife with his right hand, he held the edge of the blade, after a feint or two, close to tho pith, which he kept rolling to tho left with his left‘hand until nothing remained to unroll; for (he pith had, by the ap plication of the knife, been pared into a square white sheet of uniform thick ness. All that remained to be done was:to square the edges. If the reader will roll up a sheet of paper, lay it on a table, place the left hanp on top and gently unroll it to the left) he will have a good idea of how the feat was accomplished. If seemed so easy that I determined to have a trial. Posing as a profes sional worker, I succeeded in hacking thejpith and in nearly maiming my self. A steady hand and a keen eye are required for the work, and hence it is that the so-called rice-paper is manu factured only; at night, when the city is asleep and the workers are not liable to be disturbed. | How Wolves Huut in India. One strongly marked characteristic conimon to dogs and wolves is their, skilj in hunting, sometimes in couples, soirtetimes in packs. Such a wolf hunt in India is described by a-writer in Temple Bar, who, while with bis telescope watching a herd of antelope feeling in a large field, observed si|x wolives, evidently concerting how best to Secure their own breakfast. Having decided on* their plan of campaign) they separated, leaving one stationary. Four crept stealthily round the outer edge of the field, and one lay in am bush at each corner, while the sixth crept through a farrow in the middle of the field, and there lay down unob served. When all wore thus posted, the [first wolf suddenly showed liiin sell}, and charging the antelopes, drove them right across the great field, when they were headed off by another wolf, who chased them in a fresh di rection, while the first hunter lay down to rest. Ifo sooner had the frightened herd reached the further corner pf the plain tliatr up sprang a fresh wolf, who again turned them and took up the * pursuit, leaving his panting accomplice to take breath preparatory to another chaser Thus the luckless, terrified antelopes were driven from corner to corker of the great plain, till stupefied and exhausted, they crowded together, galloping in ever-lessening circles round the centre of tho field, where the; sixth wolf lay hidden, evidently waiting till they should be so effec'u all^ tired out as to fall an easy prey. His calculations were, however, at fault, not having reckoned 0:1 the human presence, and just ns he was preparing for the final spring, a well directed shot proved fatal to the nearest wolf, whereupon all the confederates took the hint and took the selves ofi with all possible speed. ' Co-Operative Farming is Unprofitable. Co-operative farming on a large scale lias never yet been found profit able. Many attempts liavo been made to carry out such enterprises, but all hate failed disastrously. There are many serious difficulties in the way.of success which seem to be insurmount able, and the fundamental principle upon which these enterprises are or ganized are greatly opposed to human nature. * ,It is impossible to gather 1 evbu so few as a hundred persons who are all animated by the same spirit or possess the requisite self-control and congenial habits to work together smoothly. Differences are sure to oc cur which cause divisions, and the com pact soon falls apart and the enterprise disintegrates and fails generally with disaster to all concern!. Much more is it injudicious to undertake such en terprises in a foreign country. One case recently occurred in which a colony of farmers we;e induced to go to Mexico under illusive promises of wealth to be acquired with great rapidity. The unhappy victims are re timing, with the loss of all their money and time, at the expense of their friends, who are called upon for assistance. In other cases Govern ■ ments liavo had to come to the relief of the disappointed colonists and bring them home, at the public ex 1 pense. If a score of neighbors cannot * successfully -enter into simple co operative enterprises which promise to 1 be profitable among themselves, it is 1 far less probable that more extensive * project^hould meet with success aud " still less those in foreign countries.— / [New York Times. What They Knew. The ancient Gauls used a reaping ma chine. Hobbs gave Bis name to a loci found in the tomb of Egypt. Coins were stamped with engraved die! so far back that we have lost the record, and movable types are said to have beer known to the Romans. In all that pertains I to sculpture auc painting the ancients knew so much thal their superiority has I never been ques tioned, and their work remains as unsur passed-models. j ah me mecnamcai powers, me screw, lever, pulley, incline plane, wedge, wh&d aud axle, were known to the an cients and used; in every day life. Thej were expert builders, as existing relic! testify. | : ■ In our schools at the present day Wc use ‘-‘Euclid’s Elements of Geometry,’ writ en by Euclid 2,200 years ago. Eu clid also wrote on music and optics, an tedating much which j we think we dis covered. ' 1 Natural gas e inveyed in bamboo tubes was ut lice i ih GhinaScenturies ago, and one of the Mongolian authors writes of boxes which repeated jthe sound of voices -of men long since dead- an approxima tion to the phonograph td Edison. The people of Tyre'were such experts in dyeing that the Tyj ian purple remains un xcellcdto this day. The Egyptians were also wonderful dyer-1, and could produce colors so durable that they may be called imperishable. The indents’ were wonderful glass workers, and discovered a method of making it malleable, which we have not beencible to do. They coiild spin glass into garments, dye it! in every shade of the rainbow and etch ] it with marvelous skill. J Layard found in the- ruins of Nineveh what Sir David Brewster pronounced to be a “magnifying glass.” and nearly 4000 year ago the l gyptiaus and Assy rians observed the stars through a “slid ing tube,” which we have reason to believe was A telescope. Twenty centuries before the birth of Watt, Hero of Alexandria described machines whose motive power was steam. He also invented a double force pump, used as a fire eng ue, and anticipated the modern turbine wheelby a machine he named “Ncolpile.” ! The science of optjes must have been pretty far advanced in the days of Alex ander the Gre-t, because we knoyr that he l ad a copy of the f ‘Iliad” inclosed in a nut-hell, and it is quite certain that it could not have been vVritten without the aid of a microscope. \ In medical skill the1 oriental physicians of India practiced vaccination 1,000 years ago. Anaesthetics were know n in the days of Ilomer, and the Chinese 2,000 yTears ag > had a preparation of hemp, known as “uua yo," to deaden pain— something similar to the modern cocaine. The Art of Being Entertained. Let everything dark; melt away before a sunny nature. If youigo to a home foi a social visit, he mcrrjl, be easy of man ner, ready to join in vvjhat has been pre pared for you. Learn the great art of adapting yourself to your surroundings. Don’t forever expect yjour friends to ac company you, or show! you* around. Go off by yourself, even tjiough you have no special errand. Showy your hostess that .you do not expect hep or her family to continually wait upon; you. Enter into the family circle, be j ‘ one of them in spirit, so that, when after a hearty band shake at the station, ft may be said of you: “What a p’easure she has been! How easy to entertain- The Ladies Home Journal. ' ’ Insuring Cattle. _ —f . - \ Michigan has a cow insurance club, of which the Dairy World says: On joining each person pays into the treasury 75 cents for each cow in bis possession, and when a cow belongingjto a member dies an assessment is made and. $40 is paid to the loser. After the initiation fee the members are required tb pay nothing ex cept the assessment-', laud as the clut already numbers 130 members, a compara tively insignificant sujn is levied ’upor each. Three claims have thus far beer paid. _|_ The Light of She Sun. The sun gives 600,000 times as mucf light as the full mobn, 7,000,000,001 times as much as the brightest star in th< sky and 36,000,000 tibies as much as al the stars in the heavenf combined. In sizi the sunequals l,3o0,000 earths, butowiiq to its smaller .density jits weight equa ; only 300,000 earths.—4 Current Literature Beware ol Ointments ifor Catarrh Thai Conta.u Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the sense ol smell and completely derange the whole sys tern when entering it thnjugb the mucous sur faces. Such articles shotfld never be used ex cept on pre eriptions lr^m reputable physi cians, as he an.age they ytll do is ten fold t< the good you can possibly derive from them Hairs Catarrh Care, maiiufae ured by F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo, (X, contains no mer cury, and is taken internally, an : acts direct ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tin system, in buying Hall's Ca'arrh Cure hi sure to get the genuine, lit is taken int- rnal ly, and made in To.edo, Qhio, by V. J. chtone & Co. Sold by Druggists, price 76c. per bottle Oklahoma Guide Book and Majssent any when on receipt of 5U ets.Tyier & Co., Kansas City,Mo Beecham’s Pills cure bilious and Nervou Ills. Prepare For Spring By Building'up Your System So as to Prevent That Tired Feeling Or Other Illness. Now Take i Hood’s Sarsaparilla PENSION BIO lfl(| feMIm, theli |«U| Ptled to $12 a mo. Fee 110 when yon get*jour money* Blanks free. JOSEPH H. KClTtt. 1 D fr TAPAIfli Bl»0or $1000Car«naij IiTMleJhtr* I A AO lAUUmAbrb; AXXLILLY from TWISTI ulUUo IMi a*. TACOMA i.\Vt£STlk.\T CO.. TACOMA. WASH. ALLIANCE MEN! Owing to the hearty support and the large trade we have received from members of the Farmer*’ Alliance, we wiil hereafter allow 5 PER CENT. DISCOUNT On all orders received from members of the Farmers’ Alliance. To sec are this your Lod.ee certify tp I55.S? discount in sending ias orders always have the Secretary or President of yonr membership. Y-5 m Withot! 95 GO.. CINCINNATI. OHIO Words can not express the known success that onr World Renowned; i6 Murray £55.95 Buy vie* have met with. They ive stood the of rough roads, hard clf mate and toagb driving, and now STAND AT THE HEAD Withont • known competitor. Beware of Imitators Of onr Murray Buggies and that yoar Baggy h"» onr ns guarantee on (Cud I YOU ARESAFE WIIsBBR S, MORB AY Without a doubt the excellent quality of our Celebrated uMurray” $5 05 ness has caused more commentated received more praise than anything that has been placed on the market for years. Our plan of Selling Direct to the Consumer And declaring ourselves openly and above board at/ainst all Pool* and IruKt* has also made us many friends. IFrife rtf- ome for our /»•«« M1lu*f rated t alaloaue, containing full description and net cash prices of onr work. ; 'T I Big inducement for Druggists. The druggists throughout the ctJttnlf making a specialty of handling Hawkes' tallizel Lenses. They write that they 1 more money, in proportion, out of this than anything else they carry in stock. 1 fine glasses hare been advertised eiitens for many years, and have received the ' dorsement and approval of thousands of ; best citizens of the United States. They . eagerly sought after by spectacle-weai1 everywhere, and it will pay dmggists and t oral merchants to put in a stock of these got Exclusive sale is given to one nrmiueach tor The trade tail bo built Up, and the enq spectacle business of a large section can < monopolized with there goods. Factory,® catur St., and salesroom, Whitehall St,, Ajj lanta, Ga. For terms and prices address K. iiawkes, 13 Whitehall St., Atlanta. We take pleasure in callingjthe r ttent'on of our readers to the advertisement of the Chef e brough Manufacturing Company, whith a pears in another column. This company a !'0 the original discoverers and only manufa c turers of Vaseline, which IS knowh all ov er the World as the best emollient, and theme st valuftbife family reihedy in use. Their goo Is are sold by druggists throughout the counti y, but Wo wish to talition our readers, when bu y ihg, to accent only goods in original packar. Kline, C31 Arch St., Phila., P, I re Wa’s Chinese Headache Cure. Harnh itsin i fleet, quick and positive in action. f O.I.I I... I_rv,.,.i nostrils. lists or sent by mail. . Hazeltine, Warren. Pa. Address. Diamond Brand CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH, RED CR0S8 THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE. The only Safe, gore, JJidreftoWe Pill for «le. VwK? Ladle*, ««k Druggist Tor Oucftnfer't Engliilt Diamond Brand in Ked end Gojd nieullio W boxes sealed with bine ribbon. Take no otker kind. Refute Substitution* andIm\tatione. Ill pills In pasteboard boxes, pink wrappers, are dangerous eoanterfclta. At Druggists, or send as 4c. iu stamps for particulars, testimonials, and “Kelief for^JL^dles,” *n.lettar,-by return Mali* 10,000 Tctlmouiil.. fame Paper. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO., M»dt.bii SfliJ»re. Hold hr .11 Local Dmiurf.u.' :_PHILADELPHIA. PN. u a Cough? You a Cold ? r Consumption? lor’s Cherokee Remedy of Gum and Mullein WILL CURE YOU I Ask your Druggist or Merchant for It. Take nothing else. IF YOU WANT A P | j^j Q Write us. We will SEND our 100-PAGE CATALOGUE FREE, sivins valuable Information. We make It easy to deal with us WHEREVER YOU LIVE. Our prices are MOST REASONABLE for strictly FIRST-CLASS PIANOS. WE SELL ON EASY PAYMENTS. , EVE^k* THOUCH* YOU '"l^tTo I THOUSAND MILES AWAY. Weguar I antee satisfaction, or Piano to be ijceturned to us AT OUR EXPENSE for _ Jrailway FREIGHTS BOTH WAYS. IVERS & POND PIANO CQ.^tom.maIs: KING OF ALL C0U8H CURES; DOCTOR ACKER'S ENGLISH REMEDY SOLD IN ENGLAND for Is. l%d.» and In j AMERICA i for 85 cents a bottle. ilT TASTES GOOD* Wr Concerning the matter of diamonds. Do you know that we are the only direct import ers in the South? Do you know that.we e.vado altogether the New York importers’ profit and give our customers the benefit of this advan- , tage ? We can sell you a fine stone at the same price that many others charge for imperfect goods. , We keep only flawless diamonds. Conte and see us about it. J. P. Stevens & Bro., 47 Whitehall Sts, Atlanta, Ga. Send for catalogus. ^VASELfflF FOR A ONE-DOLLAR BILL sent us by m&Q ire will deliver, free or all charges, to any person to the Unit 'd States, all of the following articles, care fully packei: One two-ounoe bottle of Pure Vaseline, - - 10 ota. One two-ounce bottle of Vaseline Pomade, - lfl “ One Jar of Vaseline Cold Cream,.if “ One U? ke of Vaseline Camphor Ice, - - - - 10 u One Cake of Vaseline Soap, unseented, - - loa One Cake of Vaseline Soap, exquisitely seen ted,28 * One two-ounce botte of White Vaseline* - - 25 * ^ _ $1.10 Or for postage stamp* any single article at the price named. On no cLccount be persuaded to accept from your druggist any Vaseline or preparation therefrom unless labelled with our name, because you will cer tainly receive an imitation which has little'or no value Chesebrough Mfg. Ca.# 24 State St., N. Y. SALAFAGLEFA! Tlio Indian Herb Remedy. Nature’s great cure for Indigestion, Sick Headache, Constipation, Bilious ''Attacks and all Troubles of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels. For years this herb has been the only rem edy used by the celebrated Hescalero Indians, noted throughout the country for their remarkable strength, vigor and length of life. Thousands of testimonials on file. Only 23 cents for a box of this great househeld remedy. For sale by all druggists, or sent on receipt of price by the SALAFAGLEFA HERB CO., Eddy, New Mexico. (No postage stamps accepted.) Reference, First National Bank.__ ED.'L. HUNTLEY’S 13,°,'“SI"™ jive, universal satisfaction. Why should you pay mid ilemen’s profits when you can buy direct from us, th* jjanufacturersf Send us *10 and the following measurej ir.d We will guarantee to lit and please you or refund rou\ money. Rules for measurement: breast measure, over Vest, close up under arms, waist measure ovei pants »fti waist, and inside leg measure from crotch to heel. -F Jisrt Six Cent# for 12 samples of our $10 Men’s Suits. Akhion plate and tape measure. Boys* Saits. $5.50; CftiJcLR V>uits, *3. ED, L. HUNTLEY AUCO. ailors. 181 Ea*tv Madison Street, Chicago, ID. Thf universal favor ao ,OTl ''i.edJtoUNGF#OT’S Puon —C n a le^vlB offer a TV 8. Gkowh Onion,fhbJluXil Yellow Oljbs A in existence. To introduce it wand show its capabilities I t|w1U pay $100 for the best J yield obtained from 1 ounoe t of seed which I will mall for ’ 30 cts. Catalogue free. Isaac F. Tlllingbast, La Flame. Pa. dAppy wsuirsrcpositivelyremedied pAbb? Knr-cb Greely Pant Stretcher Adopted by etudents ut Harvard. Amherst and othar Colleges, also by professional and business men_every u here. If not for sale in your town send 25c. to B. J. GREELY, 715 Washington Street Boston. lAf A IITPn CANVASSERS—For an It Pa u P 88 lust-rale l New York weekly giv VI Fvl w 8 a# ing subscribers $20.60 worth of I terators for $5.50. ital reqnirad. A part or “ON4E A Atlanta. Ga Easy work, big pay. part or all WEEK,” 1 of yourVime. Address 128 Marietta Street, QUAINT AND CURIOUS. t>. A. Slaglit, of Buffalo, N. Y., baa a cat which weighs twenty-eight pounds. Within sixty-two years Mexico has had fifty-four Presidents, one regency and one empire. It is a curious fact that all of the girls in Wellesley College Who lead their classes are blondes; Dalmio persimmons Weighing eigh teen ounces heve beeri grown on' the place of Colonel Church, just east of Orlando, Fla. In England’s Australian properties the sale of opium to the aborigines and kanakas is very large, and the drug is even given in wages. biduey Ann Wilhite of bcdalia,Jtto., , is ono hundred and six years old, weighs 250, and was a slave to George Boone, a brother of Daniel Boone. „ Reading cars, fitted out with the most popular periodicals and books, will be attached to the passenger trains of the St. Petersburg & Warsaw Railroad, iu Russia, . “Limited” as applied to partner ships and placed after the name of a firm means that the members compos ing the firm are not responsible for more than the amount of shares or stock that tlioy hold. According to the Chinese legend,the virtues of tea were discovered by the mythical emperor Chinung 2737 B.C., to wh im all agricultural and mechan ical knowledge is traced. A Maine debtor has been lying in jail several years, the creditor being resolved, as alleged, to pay his board and extend his term to imprisonment for life, if necessary, the man being unable to pay. f In the 10 years after he passes 30 a man’s foot grows in length nearly an inch. In the case of a woman, how ever, her foot is generally smaller at 25 than it was when she was 18. If a No. 4 will fit her at 18 she can usually wear a 3 at 25. Henry Wlighter, a blind veteran, who was lately allowed a pen sion of,$72 a month and nearly $16, 000 arrears of payment, promptly ac quired a $5000 farm with the money, and proceeded to stock it with twenty two horses. He has a weakness for the animals. The Carthusian monks, who make the famous liquor, lead most abstemi ous lives. They are not allowed to eat meat. Eggs and cheese form their food on two days of the week, boilod herbs on three others and bread and water on Wednesda5rs and Fridays. One meal a day is their allowance. The cost of a grave in the Paris cemeteries is uniform, and has been raised of late to $145; this, of course, is in perpetuity. At most of the cemeteries ground can be rented for five years at a charge of $10 for the term and can generally be renewed at the end of this period for at least a second term. There are some interesting figures about the horses of the United States arriiy. Those of the cavalry average about 10 1-2 years, stand 15 1-2 hands high, with a girth of 6 feet and weigh about 1010 pounds. The artillery horses average about half a year older and 150 pounds heavier, with corres ponding increase in height and girth. Indian Cunning. C. H. Russell,an old resident of Ari zona, was at the Palace yesterday. In speaking of the trouble among the Indians ho asserted that in his opinion the most intelligent, and at the same time the most cunning, of the West ern savages are the San Carlos Apa ches. To, them, according to Mr. Russell, is due the invention of the centre-fire cartridge. “During the outbreak, some eight or nine years ago,” he continued, “their arms were all Winchester rifles of the rim-fire pattern, and they soon exhausted their supply of cartridges. They had plenty of powder, bullets and percussion caps, but they were not available for breech-loading guns. The cunning rascals had saved their' brass shells, and, with surprising ingenuity, they altered the hammers of their guns, drilled holes through the centre of the shells for the caps, loaded them and used them during the rest of the war. It was discovered when they ivere cap tured. They were, I believe, the first, ef the kind in use.” Cyrus W. Field’s Start in Life. . I was fifteen years of age. when I came to New York, with only a few dollars in ray pocket, writes Cyrns W.Field,the father of the Atlantic cable. That was in 1834, as I was born in 1818, at Stockbridge, Mass., where my father was a clergyman. I first entered the employ of the late'A. T. Stewart, and for three years devoted myself to the dry goods business iii liis store. I saved a little money there from very meagre wages, and went thence to Lee, Mass., where I found employ ment iii a paper mill belonging to my brother. There I added to what I had already, saved a sufficient-sum to make, my first $100. After tbeJapse of two years more I had saved enough to become a partner with E. Root & Co., of Maiden lane, New York, in the paper business an industry which I subsequently car ried on alone with such success that by 1853 1 had acquired a competence. — [New York Journal. His Compliment. Miss Do Pretty—I don’t see bow you w histle through your fingers that way. I could never do it in the W'orld. ;. , i V oodheart (wishing to compli ler delicate little hands)—No Mi^De Pretty, if you should try it whole hand would slip into your V— [New York Weekly. w Postal Figures. The postal appropriation bill, recently approved by the house of representatives, carries a little beyond $77,000,000. Some Of the items that go to make up this princely sum are interesting. The amount estimated for the transportation of the mails is $29,711,000, divided.as follows: Inland by rail routes, $22,550,000; star routes, $5,893,000; steamboat routes, $525,000, and -for foreign mail service, . $753,000. | The salaries of all the postmasters of ' the United States equal $14,900,000, and that sum is given. The largest salary, $8,000, is awarded to the postmaster at ! New York, and the smallest, 29 cents, to | a cross road official in the state of North i Carolina. All the clerks in all the post- 1 offices cost $8,000,000 per annum, and .1 the thousands of mail carriers, $10,092,- ; 000 more.' The cost of the railway postal I system is $2,731,000 for car service alone, j | and $6,353,000 is necessary, to pay rail way postal clerks. ' j The sum of $208,000 is appropriated * i to pay for the manufacture of postage 1 t stamps, Stamped envelopes and news f ' paper wrappers cost $933,000 more, and \ I postal cards $214,000 more. Mail bags ( I and mail bag “catchers” cost annually j | $260,000, while wrapping twine calls for j $145,000. These are big figures, but ! great as they are they do not cover the 1 cost of the postoffice department in ,« Washington with its hundreds of cffici- i als, clerks, messengers, etc. That is 1 provided for in the sundry civil bill. ] Fok impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Ma laria, Neuralgia, Indigestion, and Biliousness, i take Brown’s Iron Bitters—it gives strength, 1 making old persons feel young—and young j persons strong; pleasant to take. The Kansas Legislature has passed a bill to prevent the holding of lands by aliens. Do You Ever Speculate? % - * Any person Eending us their namo and ad dress will receive information that will lead ■ toafortune, flenj. Lewis & Co., Security Building, Kansas City, Mo. . j ■ V ' Taken away —sick headache, bilious headache, lizziness, constipation, indigestion, jilious attacks, and all derange nents of the liver, stomach and )owels. It’s a large contract, but he smallest things in the world do he business—Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They’re the smallest, but he' most effective. They go to vork in the right way. They :leanse and renovate tne system horoughly—but they do it mildly ,nd gently. You feel the good hey do — but you don’t feel hem doing it. As a Liver Pill, hey’re unequaled. Sugar * coated, asy to take, and put up in vials, ,nd hermetically sealed, and thus ilways fresh and reliable. A per* ect vest-pocket remedy, in small dais, and only one necessary for & axative or three for a cathartic. They’re the cheapest pill you can >uy, because they’re guaranteed to rive satisfaction, or your money is eturned. < You only pay for the good you ret. That’s tho peculiar plan all Dr. Pierce’s medicines are sold on, hrough druggists.____ S£S3. W® § gi §• ® ’■ p o g £** .®o ^wg* g H- * I ™ 5f ^?>a 1 p 2 3$s» erg, 2." E 2 a.zlwS Sogf Vlllsi f|l®3ft |£*8,el szsr 3- S' S a> a • "* o 3 » 2©B* & E B-n’S 1 WORTH reel*1™'' WOMAN. DOLLARS PER BOTTLE. n 3 m as —I 5 30 C/1 &I.3-? 1 My daughter suffered for years with Female Disease and had the best medio il attention without relief. I was persuaded to let her try one bottle of Bvcidfield’s benidls lleflul'i tor, and she began to improve at once. Knowing what I (Jo of the remedy, I would have it if its cost was 50 dollars per bottle. It cured my daughter sound and well after all other reme dies bad failed. H. D. Feather stone, Springfield, Tfenn. Write Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga., for par.iculars. Sold by druggists. stant state of siege. It seems as if the elements sat down outside the walls of health and now and again, led by the north wind and his attendant blasts, broke over the ramparts, spreading colds, pneumonia and death. J Who knows when the next storm may come and what its effects upon your constitution may be ? The fortifica tions of health must be made sfrong. 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