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A /Fisher Lot1 and a Lassie.
The village.dept in the golden light
W a drowsy summer noon.
The tipples played ma the yellow sands,
No breath on the breezy dune.
Qtipth grandsire lone by his cottage door
" A storm will follow soon !" -
But a fisher lad and a lassie
Dreamed on ill a boat out there,
While the song that the sailors chanted
• Floated faint thro' the throbbing air.
The sailors aang of the fax-offlauds
Where the skies are blue for aye,
Where the gentle breeze to the myrtle sings
Of a sempi teamed day;
And the glorious naoon-of the Southern night
Darts love with her silver ray.
And the fisher lad and the lassie
Dreamed on of the land fio fair,
While the song that thesailorschanted -
Floated faint throthe throbbing air.
Deep slumber fail on the children then,
- For a breeze sprangfrom the shore,
The wavelets lapped them a lullaby— -
" Sleep I wake on the earth neer more I"
And round the sun, as he drew to the west,
Dark storm slouds 'gan to lower.
But the fisher lad and the lassie
Knew nought -of the black despair
That smote the hearts of the seamen—
Knew nought of the sun's flushed glare. '
Ah! woeful the wailof the watchers
•
In the cottage by the sands;
Ah! the speechless grief and the weeping
The sobs and the oft -wrung hands,
The weary waiting and watching for those
Who voyaged to unknown lands.
But the
Had waked in a chine more fair
Than the region the sailors sang of
So sweet in the noontide tnere.
•
jamoss Winans.
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TRESSES FROITI MANY LANDS.
'The Gathering and Preparation MHumnn
Bair tor 'Market -Travelling Flair
Cutters...A Persuasive Class with a
• Peculiar Language.
(N. Y. Telegram.)
The production of human hair for the
--American and European markets and the
processes of ite manufacture into the braid's,
switches, waves, curls, riuglets, coquettes,
toupees and wigs of the peesent day; give
•employment to a east number of persons,
male and female, and that portion of it
' coming to this market aids in considerably
-increasing-the Government:revenue. -The.
Dutch in Holland were the first to gather
human haire,and many of them now are
pre-eminent among • the hair merchante of_
America and Europe. • The firms in Hol --
land employ large numbers of men , known
as cutters, sach firm laaving eight or ten
and sometimes fifteen. The business of
• the cutter is to travel throegle the Null
districts of European' countries, • and make
what purchases of hair they can from the.
.girls and women of all ages they meet with.
They travel principally through Denmark,
Norway and Sweden, but sonoetimes, when-
-atidegion deloTisi'atls or-th:ere-ia a 'proepeet-of-•
a good trade; they extend their routes into
Russia. Each cutter has a 'route laid out
for him before he starts, and each carries
with him •a large supply of cheap fancy
silk and lace handkerchiefs, calicoes, cheap
jewellery, etc, for which they tempt the
•country maids and matrons to barter their
tresses entire or a portion of 'them.
•Looknie )u1 CHOICE TRESSES. '
The nusiness of a Cutter is a very arduous
one and in order to be successful persuasive
powers of no mean order are necessary. On
.entering a village they go from , house to
house in search of persons willing to part
with their hair. In 1301/10 places the visit
of the cutter is anticipated and he rney find
'some ready ones anxious to drive a bargain
with him for the choicest articles in his
• stock. if he tneetsl a wonaan with good long
tresses he immediately approaches her
with a question asto whether she is
desirous of ,disposing of her hair. If.he,
receives a blunt "No " he proposes to pit-
-chase one-half of her superabundance, and
being still repulsed, renews hie attack more
earnestly for the purchase of one-third of
her tresses and finally RUC° .0d8 in securing
a switch, after persuading her that the hair
will be so cut that its lose cannot possibly
be noticed. • In the most successful tripe,
however, cutters have to be ever Ma the
alert, as they, are always in dangerthe
husbands, 'brothers, COUSiI18 and sweet-
hearts in the villages being their avowed
• .enetuiee. The Visite of the cutter are
-thereforegenerally made in the absence of
the'male portion of the family.. If by any
-Mischance he sheuld be caught in a house
by a big brother, cousin or •sweetheart, a
'severe thrashing is sure to be his portion,
• accompanied Sonaeticaes by a confiseation,
of his pack. Only, the most „trifling etims
are allowed for the hair thus progured in
• the rough. -If theshair is of a rare ciolor more
•may be given, but never more than one
dollar unless it is white or grayish white.
human heir from a -golden brown to pure
white, with a mixture of peroxide of hydro-
gen and ammonia, and the hair BO treated is
known to the trade as bleached hair. Differ-
ent shadea of gray are made with this hair
by •the addition of a certain amount of dark
colors. A very nice dark gray can be made
with an ounce of brown and one-eighth a
au ounce of white, ' and by an increase in
either the shade is changed. The hair
dealer mixes his hair to obtain certain
shades of color, just as the painter
mixes his paints, and secures them just
as surely. In some cases where a person's
hair is ofet very peduliar shade„hair of three
or four different colons MaY be used to pro-
duce a snatch for it. •
THE " PREPARING " PROCESS.
Dealers after purchasing the yaw;
hair draw it by lengths which is called-
" preparing," and it is then sold to, the re-
tailers.. The greater portion of the hair of
country girls is filled' with what are
known ' as "finds?' To clear the hair
of these it ie drawn through " 'fitt-
ing" machines. All -the-hair so treated is
called first quality hair. The second
quality is nothing niore than combings.
Some •-years -ago -arr agpicherein-Neeilia con-
ceived the idea of gathering in his daily
johrneyings all the coMbings he -found in
ash barrels. He soon had a considerable
quantity, and, atter sorting,. the -hair by
colors, as the process of straightening hair
"Wes
hired one to straighten the hair for him.
Ont' of his unit lot he secured Omit
seventy-five pounds: Raw hair of good
quality in Europe, is worth' $10 a pound.
.This was worth less than $1 Per pound,
and found purchasers on account' of its
very low price. The purchasers were
• principally • speculators, who made
cheap goods for the pother .classes.
This ragpicker kept on collecting hair, an&
in a few years hie trade amounted to over
1t200,000. He erected large factories; for
• starting, straightening, tying and packing
this hair, and the rag pickers of Italy kept
himwell supplied. He soon found imita-
tors in Germany. Such hair is sold under
the name of Italian or German combings.
The German combings on account of their
lighter color, command --a better -price:-
The cheap classes .of -hair goods, sueh as
switches--that-aro--sold for -75- ceetie-are
made ' of these combings, 'and are never
sold by first-class. dealers. A Switch made
ii,ornAuch_materia,Lmay_containhairrfrom_
-the ,heads of severalhundred women, .of
all ages', from the • maiden in her teens to
the old and dearepid woman ; stray threads
from the heads of SOLOS of the most beauti-
ful of women, combined_with,...that_of_the_
moot degraded in the lowest walks of life -
, . . .
A TECULIAR LANGUAGE:
Cutters have a peculiar..language of
• their own,.. whiela none outside of the busi-
. • .nees can understand, and- when.they• meet
on their travels they. always--coliverse .in
• s this strange toogue and compare notes, even
• in the presence of ethers, Without danger -of
exposing any secrets. Immediately after,
• a severe winter, when money and food are
ecarce, theeutter reaps e•rich harvest,, hut
• in seasons.of plenty the • supply of- hair is••
.00rresponclingly innall. The popular belief
• that a -large percentage • 'of the hair seld in
,the market istaken froin persons pick in•
hospitals and the dead is not supported by
• • facts. Thequantity thii. obtained, iiiI
said, would not be-5.ner, Oent.ef the whole.
The hair taken from .clead persons can be,
readily recognized by a, dome obeerver.
• has not the sanie soft 'feeling of hair taken
.0 froze a living person; the • giose and smell
..arejobsent 'and it faele ' more like hay. In
-
France hair cutting is ,carried on to a con-
siderable extent, and exclusively by Viendla
cutters. The Holland merchants purehase
French hair, however,' in:large 'quantities,
as they need it onaccount of its.beautiful
dark- colors and waviness. •
• • DIEFERENT GRADES OP STAIR.
The principal markets for raw bait are.
Hamburg, Prague,' Frankfort and Paris,
and to the wholesale merchants in -these
places the Hollandere • sell ,their suppliee.
The very best hair is cut in. Bohemia and
• some parts' Of Austria, gnd is -known as
Marish " heir. This •commands the
highest price on ifebount ' of its' 'softness,
' fineness and excellence of coigne The,next
in value is the.Swedish hair, which is of 'a
peculiar drab,, 'blonde' color, very nanch
sought after in this country, as two-thirds-
- of the blonde heir of American.
shades on the drab. French hair comes
next in value, 'and is admired for its ,pecu-
iar gloss and waviness., The most •coetly
hair iS _natural white. 'hair. An ounce of
• this hair thirty, inehes long is at .present
worth 175 at wholesale.- •Thera are com-
paratively few -purchasere of thi, RS _ft
• switch for which four ounces; Coating _$800,
• is required, would be considered expensive,
White hair twenty-four inches long is
, worth 556 'an ounce; Hair of a milky
• whiteness, which is very rare, is worth
•e150 an ounce.' After these •shadee. come
the light steel gray,, the drab blondee, ashy
colors, and lastly, auburn.. Red and golden'
hlondeVerio-fOrinsitly -.palled- in- the -trade
extra; iitilors;"-bUt-theisare-now-proclucecl-
. by chemicals and are but a trifle higher
then the ordinary light browns, brown and,
darker colors. •Within the last six years
soience has produced -a means of bleaching
PECULIARITIES' OP' JAPANESE HAIR.
Japanese hair is of the third quality. It
cemea_hereinLgreat bulk; some firms re-
ceiving from sixty to eigl_tty oases in one
month. This hair is steeped in diluted
acids which change its color and give it a
fairer texture, and if a very light shade is
desired it is treated with chloride of lime
and then re -dyed in natural. shades of light
brown, eta. It is then- sold to dealers as a
refined Chinese hair. In consequence of
the above described treatment this hair is
very brittle and breaks while combing. It
is Bold to the worst class of dealers, who
mix it with first or second quality hair and
sell it as such. Raw Chinese hair is worth
50 ,cents a pound. When refinedand dyed
it is Worth $6 to -$8 per pound. The
Chinese hair is all.combiugs,...butitie_often
too.long and has to be cut. It is aleo made
into ,what is known as "negro goods," and
sent to the south and southwest for sale.
Of late years naturally wavy hair has in-
creased greatly in price, though hair dealere
have found a way to make hair wavy, so
that hot or cold water, or even steam can-
not change it. About 10 per cent. of every
hundred pounds of wavy hair is natural. A
good. judge of hair can tell Whether it is
taken from the head of the living, sick or
dead by the color, texture and smell, and
also what country it comes from. .
• No hair is obtained ielreland. NO reason
can be aseigned for this, except that the
cutters may fear a reception more forcible
plum agreeable. - - '
4lVADA.9S IP BETTY GIRLS.
Eloquent Testimonial to their Charm's
from a New Yorker. • 1
ROSY CHEEKS AT THE CARNIVAL.
• The correspondent of the N. Y. Sun, wbo
attended the Montreal carnival, pays a
glowing tribute to the beauty of Canadian
women. He says: To a New Yorker, who
.138,8 heard - the beauties of , Baltimore,
Brooklyn end Murray Hill girls rated
beyond comparison, the Montreal girls and
those from the other Canadian cities
proved as Interesting as anything where
each object he looked at was novel. No
woman would dare go into the street
painted BO much or with such a pronounced
red as superabundant health and spirits
has died everS' pair of girlish cheeks. It is
not likely that any drug could produce -the
flash and sparkle one sees' in every :pair of
girlish eyes; for the young women here
get the 'charms they boast of by skating
side by side with their brother, riteing
on snowshoes with the men, toboggan-
• ing wherever tobogganing can be practised,
walking-likelndians and-runninglikid
A group of them ics-of as many bright colors
.as a bunch of garden_flowers, and one gets
the impression that they dress loudly, but
this comes of the habit they have'of tying
a bright -colored worsted comforter over
their heads and around their necks when-
ever they go out of doors in cold weather.
To -day, at the SHOWS1100 race, the tobog-
gimping hills' and in the eleighs,th€ women
from the United States shivered under
their sealskin sacques, while the Montreal
girls stood knee deep in snow, sat on the
snow banks, or stood on the hill tops half
hours at a stretch. " I must tell you how
• theeegirlaciress," said a New. York-wornan
to her husband. "First, they start with
flannel from head to foot — and
• such flannel! Why, it's an ,eighth of an inch
thiek. 'Then they go on like other Women,
except that they put on 1210T8 skirts, and
usually a quilted one that's as warm as a
wood fire. Then they put on a dress, and
Over that a chamois jacket that fits like a
shoe in the mud. . Then they put ribbed
woollen stockings over their stockings,, and
arctic% over their shoes. They dotal (mere
any more about the looks.ofetheir.feet than_
the St. Louis women do: T.hen the Y put on.
knit wristlets, then gloves, then a fur or
cloth dolman, then a fur cep, and finally a
es -sit -est worsted-forters. • When theT
• are -dressed, if they are hurled at a speed of
a, mile a minute from a. toboggan, they are
unhurt. If they fall through the . ice they
are not wet. If the thermometer _drops to
-1-5-loslOW-they read -Font next dayandwish
•they_hen, known it at the time."
Tricks.
A tack is a einople, unpretending sort of
a young nail, noted for- its keen repartee'
whenpressed for a, replyiand possessing the
Peculiar power, when standing ,on its head,
of caueing the cold shivers to run down
the back of a mamin mere anticipation of
what mighthe. Tacks are in season all the
year round, but the early spring is usually
the time eelected-by them for a grand com-
bined effort, and then they flourish every-
where for, at leaSt a month. Since the
inauguration of ithe time-honored cere-
monies of housecleaning; every thorough
housekeeper, with long . experience in the
line of duty, so takes up the carpet as to
retain all the tacks in their original places,
thus, preventing it slipping f rona the shaker's
hand, unless the tack breaks or his fingers
give out. But'the triumph of the tack is
not ..complete at, this early stage ; it
patiently abides its time, and on the re-
laying of tile carpet issues forth with
double force. ' • After searching the
entire house for a'paper of tacks without
succeds; • the unfortunate num drops on
his' hands'and linea to begin, .and
immediately discovers four tacks at least,
and, as he rolls over and sits down to
extract these, finds the -rest- of the paper
directly under him, -and then. wallies he is a
rnan accustomed' to putnp stoves and. join
stove -pipe the chances of laying the carpet
on that evening' ,are slight. In selecting
tacks from a pauper he, always inspects the
points with hits , forefinger, as' the tack
instantly, loses hi S head when they come to
blows. In argument the tack is sharp and
pointed, but the- display of eithe'r orboth
depends largely on the amount of pressure
enaployed by its opponent. In direct con--
• traet to a good joke, the amusement begitii
before you see the Point, ,and this fact is
easily demonstrated by walking the door
in your stocking feet, a well -kept room en
such in etieesion averaging two tacketh the
squarelObt. The future of the ,p Etc k gives
great promise of. more extended,tniefulnees
and unlimitedpossibilities'," as several of
our most eminent college professors having
carefully studied the -effect of a eharp tack
of reasonable length placed' properly jets
chair or under a cot, are about to introduce
eacksi and do away with spring-boarde in
nueoollege gYmnasiums.
CURIOS FEATURES OF ACTUAL LTE.
An Englishman Nailed to a Flagstaff and
Exposed to a Tropical Sun.
A story that has just ' reached this
country from the Niger illustrates the
cruelty and lawlessness which prevail in
that region, and we fear also -ib other West
African rivers not under the goverionaent of
any civilized. State. It appears that Mr.
U. H. Bennett, who is described as an
intelligent and educated netive' of Sierra
Leone', acitedeas the representative of a
French licnise it a place called Loko,
where he had purchased large quantities of
ivory from the natives, and carried on
other profitable businees.
• The general agent for the French firm- in
the Niger, M. Mattel, is also the French
Consul in that river. It is said that he
• entertained eome Susi-oh:lion as to the exist-
ence of irregularities in ellr. Bennett's
mode of ponducting business. He was
of 'course perfectly entitled to inquire
into the proceedings of the sub-
agent, ard if he thought fit" • to
-prosecute him in the consular courts.
--El utsancording-to-the-IsagoeTznie-S;7Boif7
nett, was arrested by a party of four French-
men,a,rmed with revolvers, and in a state
of seini-nudity beaten and carried on board
a; French ship, where be •was handcuffed
andanade fast to one of the masts. On the
arrival of the unfortunate man at the town
of Lokoje he was lashed to a flagstaff. His
handcuffs were not removed, and his suffer-
ings under the fieree -heat of a tropical sun
were so great that, in the language of an.
eye -witness, "alt who saw pitied him, and
not a few of the natiyee wept."
The Mohammedan Governor of the town
was so moved by indignation that be com-
pelled the Frenchmen to remove their
prisoner to a elle& where, however, he was
denied the protection of a mosquito net
which a friendly native desired to place at
his - disposal. It further appears that,
although these events occurred during the
first days of Oetober, six week( later he
still remained a prisoner, without having
undergone either examination or trial. For
years past there have been many com-
plaints of lawlessness on the part of
Europeans tradipg in the Niget,-inid
disposition to punish priscmers first and
irk th-ehiaf -
It is,- however, unfortunately, very seldom
that the pubhc reCeive so clear and con-
-neotedsasstaternent-of-the-facte-airieforth-s-
coming in the present instance.--Londoni
Daily News.
Threatening the Prince of Wales and Mr.
• Gladstone. '
----jobnerunden,-47-,-laborens--was4ndictecl-
at the Central Criminal CourtiLondom the
other day for feloniouslY writing and caus-
ing to be, delaver7d a letter containing a
threat to murde H. R. H. the Prince of
Wales and Mr. Gladstone. When the
prisoner was calledhpon to plead, he merely
replied sent the letter," and upon this a
plea of not,guilty was recorded. The .letter.
that was the eubject of th-faarge was in
the following terms, and was addressed to
Mr. Gladstone at his (official residence :
Sin, --Professed head of Liberalism, whstt. have
you done for the country ? Liberal, indeed. to
those who are not in want of it, but under your
liberal guidance what have you done for the
hard-working classes of the country, hundreds of
thousands of whom are striving and .ready to
• work for a miserable pittance, but are unable to
obtain it? If I should ever come across either
you or the Prince of Wales or any such that are
Petted with thousands, you* would have a rough
time of it, 'or I would do something. So take"warn-
ing, for I do not care. The letter was signed by the
prisoner, and it also contained his address.
Mr. Poland, heOpening the case for the
prosecution, read the letter, and he said
that_Lie'wais bound to admit that there were
very grave doubts whether it contained
anything. that could -be construed into a
threat to murder.
• Mr. Justice Hawkins said it appeared to
him that the letter did not contain such a
• threat as was contemplated' by the statute:.
He was afraid that ahnost everybody was
occasionally to have a relish time. (Laugh-.
ter.) The jury accordingly returned a ver-
dict of not guilty. •
The Way to Light a Firer.-
' MosepeOple inlighting afire, pursue the
old methodof paper first, then wood, and
coal last. Now, if they will place the coal
in first (up to the second bar from the top),
then the paper, and wood laet, with just a
few small pieces Of coal, they will ,find
-Several,- advantages...-. will-- -result. ----For
instal -10e, they' can death° fire at once for
cooking purposes, and as the fire is com-
pelled to consume nearly all its own smoke,
they have no hand in helping to choke
their neighbers or themselves. • It is a cure
for a smoky chimney . also, thehearthile_
clean all the tinad the fire is burning, tile
fire wants no attention as to stirring, and
lait -for-hours, -as-there -issno...hollosi
There is, only one objection to people
Who" mean well," and that is{ they neyer
find time to carry out their meaning.
neeP Out oiGovc,unusut Service.
t (Neiv-YOrk--S-rni.)- -
Her is a young man to whose request
for information we vvill respond with some
very wholesome advice •
•
• r am emplOyed in the custonas service at thi's
port. My salary is *1,400 per annum. What
effect will the hill recently passed by Congress'
have upon the tenure of Office? would marry
if I thought my tenure of office would' be -stable
during goodbehavior.,
Would you.advise young man of moderate
ambition to remain in the Government civil
serviee-?-.---•- - -
If this inquirer really hats any wish to
make the most of his ability, vie tell him to
• leave the Custom -House and go to work at
• alICIOSt any.other sort of -reputable calling.
Serving the .Government as a clerk in one
of the departments or in the Custom -House
as a means of liyealihoed should be shunned
by every one-. who ever hopes fill any
position more important or honorable. .
• , A man who accepts such a Peet •Muet
abandon the idea that it May be the step.
ping stone tolurther advanceinent. If by
a change in the Administration he loses
,the office, he LallSt begin life over again at
the point where he left itbefore' entering
upon hie new duties ;. or if ,the tenure of
office' should be during geedbehavior,he..
may be sure that he will liveand die in the
department. Once a clerk; he beaornee like
a chronicinvalid who loses even the desire
to have his strength. back again.- -11 is the
endof ambition-. andthesdestruction of
enist
rgY.o this young --Man's marriage, we
should be very -reluctant to advise any
young woman' to marry a Government
olerk.• Better .marry a -peddler, for he still
has a-obance to rise in the world.
'TAN E1GL/S1( VIETERINA_ItY, SLY/3GEON AND CHEMIST, now traveling inthis country,
says -that mostof the .fforse and Cattle Powders bold here are werthlesci trash. He' Says
that Sheridan's.- , • „ will make hens
ConditionPow.! . lay like Sheri.dors ,ard dan's Condi.latelypure and tion Powdere.
immensely val. Dcfs-e---ene tea-
, ,
cable. Noth.'' spoonful to one
lig ois euthl _pint teed. Sold
everywhere, or,sent by/nail for eight letter -stamps. 1. S. JOHNSON & CO., s' °Brox.
A Stream Driver's Beedarkable Recovery.
'I'he occupation of stream driving as is
well known, entails great exposure, and is
a dangerous one to life and limb withal.
For the evil effects of exposure the lumber-
men ofthe,St. John RIver,-IsTevrI3runswick;
have one grand panacea, as is shown by the
following from a letter by Mr. E. B. Gillis,
Milltown N • "From exposure while
stream driving I took a heavy cold which
in a short time brought on night_ sweats,
sunken chest and every symptom of deep
seated ccuisurnption.- I took medicines
Without relief until-. I tried Dr. Wilson'
Pulmonary Cherry Balsam, when I was
-oured:"--Sheh evidence as this is incontro-
vertible, and it is therefore no wonder that
in New Bitutswick, and Nova Scotia, where
this remedy first v,Stia introduced, it has
gained a firm hold' on •the confidence of the
people. ••
Teacher—" Define the word, excavate."
Scholar — "It meane to hollOw out."
Teitcher—il Construct a sentence in which
the word I is properly used." Scholar--
‘. The baby,exoavates when it gets hurt."
An Enormous Loss to the Country.
A Novel Swindle.
The police of Manchester have unearthed
a novel swindling echerae. -One George T.
Kemp advertieed in the newspapers to the
effect that persons were "wanted in every
town to make aprons and pinafores at their
ovvn.honaes of a certain material. Three
months' constant work was guaranteed,
together with 8 pence for each apron,
which could be finished in less than an hour.
The bait as eagerly caught. AS "-an
earnest of good faith " the small sum of 1
'shilling was required from all who wanted
to do the work, and the money came pour -
bag in by the cart.loads. The euspicions of
the police. were aroused by seeing sackful
after sackful of letters delivered at a com-
paratively mean -looking private house, Mad
they. arrested Kemp just as he was Opening
• 900 letters from all parts of the country,
with a shilling in stamps or postal order in
each. Since his arrest the letters have
continued to pour in at the rate of 1,000 to
1°,200 per day.
, A good action is never thrown 'away, and
perhaps that is the reason why we find so
lowof them.
n'ts-have --bee 6---any-ra
the cocoa -mit if some of _our.dairymen had
the original construction of it.
He hath good judgment who does
not rely, entirely uponhis own.
_
, Kat, Cat and Puppy Pie.
•In Centel:ewe visited a' restaurant where
cats, rats and dogs were served for feed.
Dog steak, fried rat or cat stew were to be
had at any boor. It has been often denied
and many affirm that it is only one of the
old Peter Parley's stories that the Chinese
seat-theeethingee—Betsit-ietrue. We -ea -We: -
Whole puppy stewed itt a large kettle. We
saw a table full of men satisfying. their
• hunger with dog meat, and they ate it with
a -hearty relish. We saw oats and pups in
cages for sale, and rats hung up waiting for
purchasers; -The dishes looked savory,
and the prie of a meal was " dog cheap,"
lont_see_did_n.o.t.indulge_in_an_y_ILbowswow.
soup or feline -teak -or- roclent_pot-pie. We
weren't hungry just tiler,. The Celestials
will tell you " rat number one good
eatee," and show you rats skinned, rats
salted, rats Idried, rats hung up by the tails
and rata strung on strings'. If you doubt the
genuineness of the article ,the proprietor
will show you the meat with the hair and
tailattached for identification. Cat meat
is said to be a fine tonic and rat is good for
bald-headed men. Puppies and kittens are
generally preferred; old dogs and Tom
eats are apt to be rather tough. Black
oats are supposed to be more nutritious
than white "ones,' hence the ' following
advertisement ,seen in a shop window:
'Black casts served hot at all hours ; also
' snakes, rate and degs."—Chisia letter to
Troy Times: '
An inamigrant is not as -valuable to the
country as a, native. Yet hundreds of
thousands of dollars are spent in bringing
immigrants to Canada while our grave-
yards are being filled with ,those whose
lives might have bei saved to their friends
and country formatO years. How n'any,
also, are like fading bowers, a care to their
relatlyes and no' assistance. Many now
dead might net have died had they but
ust9(.1 Dr. Wilson's Pulmonary Cherry Bal-
sam, a truly wonderful renledy.. It is so
' Chief illyt7 4iiiiiintinde &ilia it is relished by
'those' who usually •deteet the name, of,
- medicineThiitsrso-powerful iu its action that
it strikes at 'the root of all lung diseases
• and eradicates'them. Let, the weak and
-spirit lesihinvaltd-tliett-take-c-bge and
Dr. Wilson's Pulmonary- Cherry Balsam
•and cheat the graveyard for many years to
flow it Came About.
' "My dear," said a. grieved parent'in
•private parlance with, a daughter whose
calculating Iworldliness of sioeeeh and motive
. had just shocked her, "1 cannot conceive
how you came, by such unchristian senti-
ments." "'Nor 1 either, Mamma," was -the
prompt reply, ' unless their seeds. were
• somehow Sewn in 'my early teaching to.,
know my proper place in life. Do-you,re- •
member that five times in my childhood
day,s Yon talught me how to pen five different
fibbing eine'tleel to•Minnie Blank in excuse
,f6r not ,being able to attend her parties; .
when the., oely reason was that you didn't
Want her- family to claim acquaintance
-With-ours-V"- - - • -- - • .
To Best Me.'Color.
Whennotor--cin a been accident-
ally...or otherwise. destroyed .by acid,
ammonia is applied to nentralize the sande,
after which an applioation• 9f chloroform
will,.in almost all °noes; restore the original,
color. The. application of ammonia is corn -
meta, but that of., chloroform , is but little
known: 1 •• •
[Kew to be efeasei.init.
Whatever the intereal applieation of hot
water may,effect„ .girls desirous of having
a good. ConOplexion wotold dolmen to apply
'it to their:faces: • !They should •either. dip
their facet( into a basin of very .hot water •
�r apply the -Water With. a Sponge. At first
they.are' I die lObsters; but. in a few Morten ts.-
this.is,replaced by the, tints Of Peachee and,
lilies.—London Truth. ' • '
IV the Mistake of a Philadeltiloia physi-
cian a girl With the measles was gent to a
small -pox hospital, where she coutracted
the more serious disease.k
Young, middle-aged or old men suffering
• from nervons.debiliey or kindred affections_
should address. With two stamps, for large
treatise, World's DispensarylledicaLksao;
ciation, Buffalo, N. Y.
•
' Out West they call whiskey " coffin -
varnish." There's a chance here for some-
body to work in a little one about "dead
drunk...".
Come.
A muskrat perfectly ,white with pink
eyes was oaught recently by William
• Davis, of Hancock's Bridge, Salem County,
Ne'w Jersey.
- largely the cause of much of the morolie-
nese and itl nature which mars the har-
mony of the social -relations of- all of us.
Dr. Wilson's Anti billions and Preserving
Pills cure, dyspepsia, and set the liver,
'stomach and kidneys right and thus make
us better natured. -
--A-hiacliTsl -reef
flowed note Brandywine Creek last week.
Shich & Tice, brewers, of- Lebanon, Pa.,
did not wish to pay the tax on the- beer to
• move it to their new quarters. So in
• presence of tile revenue collector the bungs
were knocked outs
"Gin mina genius," says a contemporary.
Yes; but geniva ruins a good deal of gin, so
it's'about a stand off.
• estassara, Peruvian or Jesuits' Bark,
medicinally a- tonic, febrifuge and. ague
Cure, if3 Combined in WHEELER'S PHOSPHATES
AND CAITSATA, to counteract malaria, a fre- ,
quent unsdspeetedcause of -extreme -lassi-
tude and ' indispositiOn to exertion. It
exeites in the stomach a eense of Warmth,
which is quickly diffused over the body,
creating an agreeable exhilaration of mind
and buoyancy of feeling by lifting the
Erainfog, so peculiar to zyrnotici poisoning.
i
This s the only oonabination of Tissue
Phosphatee, Wild Cherry and Peruvian
Bark in existetiee, and the substitutes arid'
imitationoffered by druggists willnot do
its work. '
•
"Golden medical, Discovery
-000.-been-used-swi
iipti�ifot'thd1ifSg9, night-
sWeats; a -bitting of blood, shortness of
breath, weak lunge., Coughs, bronchitis and
kindred affections of throat and chest.
Sold by driaggiats. .. • •
•
Important. ,
When you visit or 1 aye New Yorg city, save
baggage expressage and carriage hire, and stop
at the GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite Grand
Central Depot. Elegant rooms, fitted up at a
cost of one million dollars, reduced to $1 and
upwards per day. European plan. Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cars,
stages and elevated railroads to .all depots.
Families can live better for less money at the
Grand Union Hotel than at any other firstclass
hotel -n the city.
All women can talk with their eyes,.
.The tongue is; therefore a useless aPpeu-
dage to the sex ; still there are women
who have found something for.it to do.
RHEUMATINE
..1SE ORTCURE FOR
HEUMATI.
And all complaints of a Rheumatic nature,
• RINEUMATINE il not a sovereign remedy for
"all the ills that flesh is heir to," but for NEU-
RALGIA, SCIATICA, RIIEUMATIRM... and
complaints of Rheumatic nature. -
ITIIS A SURE CURE
Captain 111. Sutherlaind ,Writes to -Elio
• Brother Concerning the Great Sue.
ems of Ithenmatine in England.
"I have cured Our OuSin, Dr. Maitland Ocilla,
and he is -now using the remedy successfully
among bit patients in London I have also mired
Dr. Baird, of the Charing Cross Hospital, and he
is" also ming it on his patients. I have also 'in-
numerable testimonial's from first-olass people,
ladies andwentlemen, ,,vhose word beara weight, - -
and are well-known amdng the English public."
ST. CATHARINES, ONT.
J. Winer diz Co., Wholesale Agents,
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGIST5.
noIlheumatine_Nasufacturing •Ce
London is at present paying for fireein-
surance over $6,000,000 ft year -40 per emit.
• more- titan the (net of maintaining 11,00o,
metropolitan police.
• Deserves 'it Well.
•Nothing ever introduced for the cure Of
any ailment deserves :the highreputation
it has so rapidly gained as Putnain's Pain-
less_Corn Extractor, thegreat and only sure
cure for i Corns, 713Tinions, eto. 11
rirenoptly,I it acts painlessly, it acts
efficiently, it acts in the most radical
manner. No pain, no discomfort.- Put-
nam's (Join. Extractor is the acme of per-
fection nett safe mire aud painless, remedy
for COMM. Beware of imitations -and-sub,-
• stitutes. A. p. Poison & Co., props.,
}Kingston, Ont.
It was a thoughtless Michigan physician
who laughed while eating catsup, and' SCI
got some of the etuff into his windpipe,
where it chocked him to death. '
Greatest Diecoverv Since 1492.
For conchs 'colds sore throat bronchits
laryngitis' and consumption in . its ^early
stages nothing equals Dr. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery." It is also a great
blood -purifier and strength -restorer or
tonic, and for liver complaint and costive
conditions or the bowels it has no equal.
Sold by druggists."
Electric Oft Not EclectrIc 011.
...The two words have very different signi-
• fieationa, astsil1 be seen by _reference to
Webster. , Eolectric Oil has no claim to
Electric properties only by the picture on
the Wrapper, Which looks, like begging the
question. The popularity 61 Briggs' Elec-
. Inc -Oil is such as to induce unprincipled
persons to appropriate all the law will
allow them to do. Theproprietors of the
'original Electric Oil have no °learn to the
_words_ Ehleotric, Thom.. ; but to the
words Briggs' Electric they do lay claim hy
right,as they have made them of value to
themselves.
An English doctor, who lived for along
time at Hong Kong, says that happily for
the Chinese their medicines are inert, -such
as pearls,, tiger's bones, rhinoceros hOrns,
fossil belles and other articles having no
niedicinal value.
$5 to $20 per day at home. Samples weir h
free. Address STINSON ft Co
Portland MaiL5.•
r •
3fLI 74)-A--WEEK-:$4;2-a-day-at-hiame-easily-mide-
Cdstly ,,ufit free: Address TRETE .&"Oo. ' •
Augusta, -Maine '
NERvouS PROSTRATION, Vital weakness,
debility from overwork or indiscretion, is
radically and promptly cured by that
great nerve and brain food known as
Mack's Rfanetio Medicine, which is sold
by all responsible druggists. See adver-
tisement in another column.
While the wife Of a Miner o.t Tarbelton wa.s
filling her husband's powder flaelt by the
light of the-fl,it exploded, severely
ing both her 'and him, and knocked down a
partition.' Three children had a marvelloue
escaPo. •
Lord Dufferin will probably return to
Constantinople in March for a short stay.
The soeiety young man is like bria•ct•brac
—lornamentalin some places and a nuis-
ance in others. ' ' '
____,Ittatiesaisea9mith_lient_Margsra sat aegory,
to -jail for -drunkenness- at-Washingtons
Ind., as a noatter of official duty. ,Then he
went to the prison with a clergyman and
wedded the woman in her cell as a matter
of pertional choice.
BEFORE —AND -.'..'AFTER.r,
.; Electric. Aplillarices-are sent on 30 •Days'-'frlal,r
TO mEtt ONLY, YOUNG °VOLD"'
virlici aresuffering, trim, NErtyous Dituarrr,'
LosT ,VITALITT, Tacit or NrotvE 'Porton AND..
RIGOR, WAsTIE0 WEARNESers, and all those dizetizes
gf sePERsoNAL NATURE resulting from ABUSES and
OrtrEn CAusEs. Speedy .rellet and complete resto-
ration Of HEALTII,VIGORand M4Nne0D GUARANTEED.
• The grandest discovery of tho Nineteenth Century..
• Sendat °nob for Illustrated PcuPphlotiree. Address'
VOLTAIC BELT CO., MARSHALL, MICH._ •-•
. , . .
MY ILLUSTRATED 'CATALOGUE FOR IBS&
cmtaining deecripitodand Daces of the choicest kinde"of
. Garden, and Plower Sodas
mailed fr�etO all Vntending parobasers neon application.
It is the handsomest Catalogue published in Canada, „Did
to-all.who.wish_talan.y.RenitireEMLSEEDa.
Special ,attention
given to preparing illoren•Ortiediii fee'
.• PERIRANTENT ,PASTURE.
Prices and f00 particulars will be found in Catalogs%
W.ENN1B Seedsman, TORON'TO)
DY81.3EPSIA
And the severerforms of INDIGESTION. A'
small pamphlet on the above most distresaing
maladies and their complete cures, post .free, 5
cents in stamps. By R. EiNG, ESQ., . Sl'APP
Stmotton, Row:. NAVY, RNGLAND. -
Apply_to CALA on 14.1./Ssz,, isoV 3 SO
- • WAN lisSOIC, 'ONT.
••
big a'week 10 your own town.' . TerniS• and ,
..P00.•011tlit free. • Addres IL HALLETT d Co
Portland Maine
itTIG,CNE
711
„
ese.
TRADE
MARK.
• BRAIN erNRVE FOOD:);1‘r-r5,4:
'For glihd mail Ironing. 'Wile . and . Fentitle.
Posit'vely cures Nervousness in .ALL it stages
Weak Metnor, Loss of Brain Power,Sexual Pros-
tration Niebt Sweats, Spermatorrhota, Lencor--
rhpsa,. Barrenness, Seminal 'Weakness and
General Loss of.Power. It restores Surprising
Tone andvigor to the Exhausted Generative
organtit-With each order for TWELVE packages. '
accompanied with live dollar,, we will send our
'Written Guarantee to refund the money if the .
treatment does not effect a cure. It is the
CheriPePO. 41.8(44 Medicine in the market.
P,amphiet Bent free by mail to any 'address. Sold. -
'by druggists at 50e, per' box, or 0 boxes for ,
$2.50, mailed free mf...postage, mil receipt of
Muck's Magnetic' Ill IC CO.
'Sold by all druggists every where.
,
ED I GI N
ONSUMPT I
I _OMRDeSi_iyoremedy[OVA_ _boa_
diseite_,; _y its'
neo tharthandli of MOS Of the Worst kind and•of long •
standing have been cured, Indoed;•so strong Is my bath -
in 115 efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE, •
together with a VA LVABLE TREATISE on this disease.
to.any sufferer. Give Express and r. 0, address.
• DR. T. Ae SLOCUM, 1St Pearl St., New Vora
, ,
YOUNO: MEN 11,ril.%',',gg,anillteeelga%
fa 'ffitlIftti013. address Valentine ores. Janesville
RIVIA.N5 S
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EAST, %DROSTE,
"--NEENOUS DEBInITYi,-Pheunaritism,_,Lam
Rack, Neuralgia, Para ysis, and all Liver 'and -
Chest Complaints immediately • relieved and
Pertnanently efir.d by using these BELT
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