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EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

establish tits thelrecbools. Jhe MMhJT ties are oooalderimg how to comply with sad to perform whet other duties may be •eeiered to him hw the hoard. Frofteeor Friese, who now bewmes setin g president of the Michigan uatveniiy in Mr. Angril’i absence, has been since 1854 professor of the Latin language and literature in that InstHmhin The< turf, remit? Is about to boy an equatorial, a ones which hare hitherto been need there having been loaned hr the grvf iemst to Professor Watson, and withdrawn when he left Ann Arbor. Wisconsin daring the past year has expended s££lß.3olßß upon her public schools, which hare been lams increased, both in number and efficiency. The state has 5,568 school districts, sot including the independent cities, which ansaber twenty-seven. The school population is 488~08; the attendance during the year was 283586 Addins to this the umber of childien attending otherschools, the total number reedring in structiod proses to be BB4£BB. There are 1,844 teaerere employed, the male teach era receiving in the country districts $87.75 per month, and the female teachers $25 78. The are rage, salary paid to male tsechera in the independent cities, wa* SHSI per annum, and to the le teachers . $341.89. The highest yearly salaries ]>aid\o male teach eta are: In Marine, $1,500; in Mineral Point and Oshkeeb, $1,750; in Madison, $2,000, and in Milwaukee, $2,200.- Female teachers received in sine cities SSOO and upwsids; in Racine, SBOO and in Milwaukee, $1,200. Superintendent Whit ford mentions the need of better qualified and more permanent teachers, the grading of the country schools and the-general Institution of the township system ia place of the district system. - Acting under Its “new departure” policy, the Boston School Committee has provided four special volumes of supplementary reading for the lower grades of the public schools. These consists of two aeries, of six books each, of popular fairy tales, selected and edited by Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, of the International Reims; six stories from the Arabian Nights; and a volume ot “Poetry for Children”—the two last edited by* Superintendent Eliot. So far as appearance goes, as well as in the nature ot their contents, these little, volumes mark a new school era. They have clear "type, fine and heavy paper, and many. excellent engravings, which enhance tne charm of the books for the children, and make the elders grieve that they cannot live over their school days again. All who are familiar with schools nave remarked the readiness with which the childish memory appro priates words and phrases which tiefcte the fancy, without the slightest regard to or knowledge of, their meaning. It is this habit which so often leads to a listless and fruitless use of the regular series oi school readers It is by no means un--commoo to detect a youthful pupil read, ing parrot-like, with his book held upside down. Although these supplementaryvolumes are simplified and adapted as far as feasible to tne apprehension of the ohlldran, there will yet be need ot care on the part of the tesshers to'avoid this same habit, and to see that the gorgeons suggestions of the fairy tales dp not divert susceptible minds from die simple ' meaning of the language. The volume of poetry is de serving of especial praise in that while many ot its selections are of the highest literary merit, they are all interesting—which was.an important point aimed at in the series. The success of this new system has excited attention among teachers all over the country, and, to meet inquiries and possible wants, the Boston school committee has authorised its supply agent, Mr. George A. Smith, to furnish these books to teachers and school officers of other communities. Hence it may be expected that the "Quincy plan,” as develop*! in Boston, will be widely extended.

The Usher Sometimes a Nuisance.

The tuher in church is sometimes a nuisance, A correspondent of the Preobyterian gives a caae in point: “A merchant of this city went to a strange cunrch. It was a little late and services had commenced. On entering the church they were met by an usher, to whom the gentleman said in a clear And distinct tone of voice: ‘This lady is not well, And we would be obliged to you for a seat near the door.* The usher started off. motioning them to follow. Be went down the aisle to most the front seat, and turning ironed to seat the parties whom he supposed to be at his heels, was greatly surprised to see them very quietly taking neats in the rear of the church. He immediately approached the gentleman and, stooping down, said to him in a low, hissing, angry voice: “Why didn’t you, follow me, sirT You are no gentleman; the next time I offer to conduct you to a seat In this church, you’ll know it.” The gentleman made no reply at the time, but after the congregation had been dismissed he went up to the usher, who was stand* ing in the vestibule, ana handing.blm his card requested his in return, saying to him that he desired to know the name of the man who could treat a stranger so in. aultingly in the house of God. The usher in a rage, pointed to the list of the officers of the church hanging beside them, and said in the moet defiant tone There’s my name, sir.* It is needless , to say that the gentleman has never returned to that church.** We have on several occasions seen ushers tramp pompously up the aisle when the strangers they supposed they were leading had Silently slipped into back pews. To tome people it is torture to be lead to a conspicuous seat, especially after servioe haa commenced. It may be said that all ought to oome to church in time, but there are cases in which Ibis is itapoafible. Many ushers are so accustomed to being obeyed that they never think of aeking strangers their preference, but start off at if fired out of a gun to trot a stran ger up to the very seat which he does not want. An usher who does a thing of this kind is really not as polite as if he had let the stranger alone. To be an tuher requires a good deal of solid common sense. —Philadelphia Timet.

The Chinese Emperor’s Tree.

When Chunche, the first of the Manchu emperors and the founder of the present or Thing dynasty, ascended the throne ot -China he planted a tree in the court-yard of the temple called Tanche-ssu, which is situated in the hills a short distance west of Pekin. It is believed that the .ruling family will remain in power so long as this tree exists. At present it shows no stns of decay and has apparently a long life before it. Bat there is a still nkort extraordinary superstilntioo attached to tt; saplings sprout out periodically from .the root, and with the death or each prince one wither* away while a fresh one appears in honor of the new emperor. Bach sapling bears the same relation to ihe individual prince that the tree does to the dynasty, and not unnaturally the Emperor fat the time being watches with considerable anxiety the growth of his particular sapling. The tree Is named ‘The Emperor’s tree,” and it may be worthy of noting that the sapling of the present Emperor is takl to be exiremely vigorous and flourishing. This superstition finds very general credence, and the Chinese come from considerable distances to make their reverence to this famous tree. ADOtber of the costumes peculiar to the present dynasty is that no ‘emperor can be bnriedf id the same place as his predecessor. Consequently there are two stated burial places—one at Hsi-llng and the other at Tnng-Uog. Chunche was varied at the former, both Kaaghi and Mem Tung at the latter. Ihe psesent Emperor will also in his torn occupy the same place of sepulture ss the two greater of his ancestors. Pilgrimages are made

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Planting of Tress.

A lecturer upon horticulture considers that there is a tacit compact between the horticulturist and his trees, shrubbery and tiidnu md that tkflf should consider themselves enraced in a copartnership business, each having their part of the contract to fulfil. The conditions nt this contract should be about as follows: The horticulturist, when taking his trees or plants in his possession, agrees to properly plant them In good, deep coil end give them daily care and cultivation that they need from year to year. He agrees to protect them from ail animals, the whiffle trees and the plow. He also agrees to praae, keeping the tops in pace with the roots and body, all of which he agrees to faithfully perform as long as they remain his properly. In consideration of the party of the first past having faithfully performed ail the conditions named, the trees therefore agree to appropriate the soil furnished to its growth, and throw out fibrous room each way from its body, and take on a vigorous growth from year to year, throwing oat leaves annually from each twig to inhale the chemicals the atmosphere produces, until it has gained strength or root and body end limb, to bear fruits of Its kind from year to year during its natural life (elements permitting); otherwise the contract is annulled. Let us as horticulturists see to it that we do not annul our cop tract with our trees, plants and shrubbery. , Except for evergreens, which can be put out this month, it ts too late now to plant trees, but there Is work to he done which should be attended to at once. Many young trees require supports. Procure stakes, the length to be governed by the height bf trees Have them long enough to cross the tree, after being driven into the gTound at an angle of 45 degrees, at a proper distance from the ground to stay the tree. Procure strips <3 stout cloth, pass one around the stake and cross it where the stakes comes in contact with tree, then pass it around both stake and tree and tie firmly, using one stake to each tree. It The same lecturer gives some hints upon planting trees, which we subjoin: Should it be necessary to plant trees in grass plats, where cultivation and plowing beiore planting must be dispensed with, I would dig a hole four feet la diameter, taking the sod away, laying it one side. I would then take out the fine earth, put that ia another place, digging the hole deep enough to receive the sod in the bottom of it, covering it with fine earth, raising it to a proper depth to receive the tree. I would. then, proceed to plant the tree, using soft earth about the Toots. If the natural, soil it good, there will be earth enough at Land; but, if poor, good earth should be substituted. If manure is used around young trees, it should be worked into the soil from the surface. No manures should be used around the roots of any tiee. Peat or swamp muck is good, If used with other soil, to put around roots, and put into the bottom of the hole before planting.

Exiles in America.

The popular idea of the fate of prisoners sentenced to hard labor in the mines of Siberia is a somewhat exaggerated one. It is generally believed that & man condemned to ,woik in the Siberian mines is virtually condemned to death; that when he descends into bis mine he says good-bye to the light of heaven forever, being kept under ground until he dies; and that living as he thus does, amid unhealthy fumes, death is not long in coming. The correspondent of the London Times, having heard these statements before he went to Sibei ia, appears to have taken some trouble to ascertain whether they are true or not. After many inquiries, “common fairness,” he Writes, “compels me to say that every one denied that there was any foundation for them. “Even,” he continues, “the few Poles who spoke to me so bitterly of the government did not bring this to their charge; nor did I meet any of the convicts who said so much.” On the contrary, tLe silver mines were, so far as he could learn, worked on the twelve, and sometimes even bn the eight, hour system; while ia the gold mines, wlrch he himself visited, the men worked In summer from 8 in the morning till 7 at night, with intervals of rest .for meals. In the coal mines also, the men only worked' twelve hours a day, and an of. fleer informed the writer, that the amount of work allotted to each man per day ought to be got through by an energetic workman in about two hours. On the other hand it appears that flogging is not infrequently Inflicted In a bartarous manner in Siberia. At three stations, but apparently at three siatipns only—at Kara, Nicol&ievsk and Sagbalien—an instrument called the ”tlt)i<*atka, 0 or jJlait, is used. From twenty to thirty strip*) are usually administered, though the number may be made a hundred; and the writer adds that “when"the heavy* numbers are inflicted, the punishment must be little short of an execution. ’ Sometimes, in.fackr, the convicts do not recover from its etfects.”

A Mastodon at Loup River.

During a recent trip up on the Loup? Mr. U. L. C. Beard discovered a curious formed bone protruding from a sand bank in the river, which very much resembled a suag, so frequently *6 be found in streams’ liable to Uuddeta freshets. Upon closer examination ki* curiosity became excited to that extent that he resolved upon -an immediate investigation, and, anningkiniself tklth thb necessary instruments, fell to the task of nnearthing whet,‘Upon'inftMigMiai),. Jfflgfd. jo. ba_jbc lo.rerJ.fc historian is at a loss to more than estimate. That it was once a living, moving monster, whose sue, when compared to that of an elephant, would make the latter appear but an insignificant pigmy, requires but a glance at the hideous pro* portions or the brute exhumed, mi*. Beard brought relic of the past to the Commercial House, Kearney, Mnday lsit, where it attracted many visitors. Dr. E. W. Northrop examlLed the curiosity and pronounced it the lower Jaw. bone of some huge animal, whose race is not extinct. The boue is nearly three feet long,.and a portion of It had been) -rotten off. It has a hideous molar firmly imbedded in it which is perfectly preserved, measuring seven and one-naif inches in length, by four inches wide. The Jaw, when perfect, evidently contained two of these monster teeth on the upper and lower Jaw, with the smaller ones,or tusks, which would complete a pair, which for strength and-ferocity, no animal upon earth clutM present a comparison. - ~

How Texas Cattle are Utilized.

There are beef-packing establishments at Rockport and Fulton, Texas, both of which places are in the centre of cattle ranges, in which one hundred thousand beeves are slaughtered every year. Every part of the beef is utilised, even to the tofts of the tails, which in preserved aad sold for the making of ladies* friezes. The blood flows into tanks aad la dressed? aad sold at two cents a pound for the making of fertilizes. The tongues and lean beef are boiled and canned. The hides are rted and sold again. The fatty matter | extracted and goes to tallow. The bone* are boiled to a pulp to extract this fatty matter, and the dir boast, mainly phosphate of time, are sold at oae oeat, a shin botiaand knuckle bones are sold (hr the manufacture of domestic ivory. The horns are piled up until the pith beSomee loose, aad this is added to tbe fertilisers, and the hone are sold for manufacture. Every atom of ■ ■ ' ■ l }', ■ m Mr C« There is something wrong. Lithographs of .Ole 801 l are up in the a mdowa of De troit and yet the announcement “Farewell Concert" appears not oo them, . . p~*

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

a iHMiiWlii auta spherical aaotaagU, each of which h marked wtlh a number corresponding to a gale. A brass rib®£“ne' r’dian running front pole to pole at the EwW v* “iguiCvii uoicfi ana ETSXI& Each flag corresponds to one of tin pnfi cfpnl states of the world, from China the most populous to Holland the least populous. To play tbs game the globe Is set rewol ving, and a placer, commencing at the sooth pole, plants a flag into sack hole one after another at each revolution of the globe, and advances northward. The ■core of the player, which may be either a gain or a lose, is determined by the nature of the facts indicated on the rectangular space above which a flag may stand when the globe stops revolving: and this ia,of course, the interesting and humorous part S&.sss iajjsarassaGS to population. A coal mine, a Manehester cotton factory, a grain mart, all are reckoned rains; but an encounter with a Zulu or a lion in Africa, a storm in the Atlantic, a polar iceberg, a crocodile on the Nile, naturally go for serious losses. Twortcnntns krom lot. ' Once upon a time I was in the dining room of a great hotel, when I saw a little girl enter with her father and mother, and presently they were shown up the room and sat down at the same table where I was. The child might have been ten or twelve, and was very beautifully dressed. Nature had made her very pretty, but no beauty of feature or complexion could overcome the mixture of fretfrilness and pertness which appeared in her look and manner. * * There was ontjle bill of fare every luxury that any one could wish, but such a piece of work aa that little girl made about her dinner! She wouldn't have this. She oouldn’t bear that and she whined and snarled, with no other object than to makr trouble. (t did not seem as if she were a spoiled child either for her parents tried to check her in a quiet fashion, for naturally they did hot want to have a family contest in a public place. The whole comfort of their own dinner was spoiled, but they went on managing the matter as well as they could until the dessert came. How it happened Ido not know,but there were no ratal nh, and the moment the little girl found that none were to be had she would be content with nothing else. Neither pie, nor frait, nor dainty of any sort would she touch, and finally when her father bade her be quiet and eat what was set before her she burst out into a .loud, passionate crying, exclaiming in a ..voice audible all over fa great room: , .“I wish I was dead. I never can have anything I want?” —That same afternoon I went up to Fairmount Park, and there I saw another family party. There was the father, a Mttle girl about the age of the child at the hotel, and two little bits of boyar * Each of the children and the father had a slice of bread and butter for their dinner. That was all, and it looked like very stale, coarse bread and butter, too; but they seemed as contentedas if their provisions had been quite delicieusr It was such A pretty picture that X could not help watching it, and contrasting the Httle elder sister with the child at the hotel. She was not quite so pretty as the fretful girl, but though she was very poorly dressed there was such an air of innocence and joyfulness about her that she was like a little sunbeam in the shade of the trees.

When the bread and butter was all gone the little elder sister rose, and, with an air of great satisfaction, put up an old, Trayed, green parasol, with a long slit in it. “Come, boys,” she said, “now I will letyou walk under my parasol.” Then as she danced a way with the children by her father’s side, she looked up In his face with such a delightful smile as she said: “Isn’t it nice to he me, and be alive, and have a parasol ?,' HOW AHUf SUB FLAYSmall birds chase each other about in play; but perhaps the conduct of the crane and trumpeter is most extraordinary. The latter stands on one leg, hops around in the most eccentric manner, and throws somersaults. The Americans call it the mad bird, on account of these singularities. Water birds, such as ducks •nd geese, dive after each other, and clear the surface of the water with outstretched neck and flapping wings, throwing abundant spray around. Deer Often engage in sham battle, or trial of strength, by twisting their horns together and pushing for the mastery. All animals pietending violence in their play stop short of exercising it; the dog takes the greatest precaution not to injure by his bite; and the ourang-outang, in wrestling with his keeper, pretends to throw him, and makOs feints Of biting him. Some animals in their play carry ont the semblance of catching their prey. Young i-cats, for instance, leap after every small and moving object, even to the leaves strewed by the autumn wind. They crouch and steal forward ready for the spring, the body quivering and the tail .vibrating with emotion; they bound on moving leaf, and again spring forward to another. Birds of the magpie kind are the analogues of monkeys, full of mischief, play and mimicry. There is a tale of a tame magpl- that was busily engaged in a garden gathering pebbles with much solemnity and a studied ai., burying them in a hole made to receive a post Alter dropping each stone it cried “Cur-ack 1” triumphantly, and set off for another. On examining the spot, a poor toad was found in the hole, which the magpie was stoning •r his amusement.

Persecutors of a Poor Old Woman.

Mrs. Delia Little, an aged woman who had amassed a fortune of $15,000 in San Francisco, has been for two yean striving *o Obtain Justice in the courts of New Yoik against her nephew and his wife. In 1878, when Mrs. Little was 65, she was taken Tery ill, and her nephew, James E. Williams, was sent for, when he came and look charge of her business. In her weak state she signed papers making him her agent. Becoming better, she was induced to come tp New York, where she lived with her nephew and his wife. Bbethen found that Williams had Axil control of her property and she was pannflem. She was also UMreateq, and demanded to be sent back to San Francikco. Williams accompanied lier'fti a carritte, burinstead of going to the depot She found he*’ self lodged in the Toombs, and committed forsix months to the Island as a habitual drunkard. She served these six months and afterward took refugee with a colored laundress. The poor old woman sued Williams for the theft;of valuables from her tmnk, lathe.was acquitted rut a.tech> nicalily. Tbe nephew and his wife are now sued for conspiracy spikperjury in •wearing that Mrs. Little' was a drunkard. Sougk WI SS£ 101116 con t™ 1 7, inesa with hS. I

To keep milk clean while in the act of drawing it, the cow must be clean, her bag and teats washed and wiped before •training and setting, see that no foul air ly careful, for such is often borne on a fttODg breeze fully a mile off or more |h>m the place where tt originated. It is, of course, presuppoeedlthat all used for holding the milk al#kept clean nd entirely clear of every sort of odors. ,s*jr tsz isss jouse, and, what is foulest of all, a dirty •ig pen. No wonder where this is the JttJrssgSgtetW

HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.

at better prices. ▼ ICKI IS tOOUI V,wU t UW pOQIKIB, WOYttl fWO,OOP, or about an aTenge allowanoe of thirty pounds for each inhabitant. The Eaton county, Mteh, Petra— at but if not, they will chip it to Boat—, as they have Am the past two year*. « r \- The culture of the caator bean ic attract ing oonaiderable attention in Loe Angeles county, OaL, thia year, and a larger ana of this valuable product has been planted than erer before. The Azusa and Los Nietos fanners are giving special attention to the industry. London Purple.— A new insecticide has been Introduced which is likely, from its cheapfa Loess, to supersede the Paris green for potatoes and other plants. Ills highly recommended by Prof. C. V. Riley, of the United States Entomological Commission, Dr. P. Collier, of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, D., C., Prof. O. E. Barney, at the lows Agricultural College, A. R. Whitney, of Franklin Grove, 111., and other prominent scientists and orchardists have tested its value. Its destructive power is very great, while, at the same time, it is very cheap. Among its advantages are Its extreme fineness, adhesiveness, its color and its cheapness. Inoolortt is, as its name implies—purple. its presence being readily detected whenever used, thus being a safeguard against accidents. Tho experience with it last year was eminently satisfactory. It proved effectual on potato viaee in destroying the potato For this purpose it lg mixed with water into a smooth paste, water then being added in the proportion of three gallons to each ounce, or forty-eightgallons to oae pound. Ilia applied to the plants in fine spray by means of a waitering-poL Or it may be uaed dry in the proportion ot one pound ol purple to six pouhds of plaster, the two-' materials being thoroughly mixed by passing them through a fine sieve. When used on trees to destroy the canker-worm, it is applied with water as for the potato vine, except that a force pump is employed if the worm has got into the tree. A band of tow, well saturated with London purple, and bound around the trunk of the tree before the female insect (which*cannot fly) bas ascended, has been recommended, as the insect would be killed by crawling over a portion of the poisoned tow. The Joumai of Forestry briefly sums up many of the uses of lime when applied to the soiL The effects of lime, as will be seen, are In part mechanical and in part chemical. . s v<

, 1- Upon deep alluvial and clay soil It increases the crop of potatoes, and renders them less waxy. Sprinkled over potatoes in a store-heap it preserves them, and when riddled over cut sets it wonderfully increases their fertility. 2. Lime eradicates the finger-and-toe disease in turnips, and gives greater soundness to the bulbs, 3. It gives, when applied to meadow land, a larger produce of more .nutritious grasses. It also exterminates coarse and sour grasses, destroys couch grass, and acta powerfully upon rye grasses. - . 4. Upon arable land It destroys Weeds of various kinds. 5. It rapidly decomposes vegetable matter, producing a large amount of food for plants in the form of carbonic acid gas. 8 It destroys or neutralizes the acids in the soils; hence its adaptability : to sour soils. ~ '

7. It acts powerfully upon some of the inorganic parts of the soil, especially on the sulphate of iron found in peaty soils, and the sulphate of magnesia and alumina. 8. It proves fatal to worms and slugs, and the larvae of injurious inserts, though favorable to the growth of shell-bearersr 9. Slacked lime added to vegetable matter causes it to give off its nitrogen in the form of ammonia. Upon soils in which ammonia is combined with acids, it sets free the ammonia, which is seized upon by the plants. 10. Its solubility in water causes it to sink into and ameliorate the subsoil. When the soil contains fragments of granite or trap rocks, lime hastens their decomposition and liberates the silicates. 11. Its combination with the acids in the soil produces saline compounds, such as potash, soda, etc. 12. Strewed over your plants, it destroys or drives away the turnip fly. I - 18. Worked in with grass seeds, the beneficial effects of lime, chalk, marl and shell-sand have been visible for thirty years.

Salt vok akimals.— Many farmers are very stingy in the matter of supplying animals with Bait They seem to think that the money invested m salt for animate j 8 virtually thrown away, and they study how to avoid this loss as far as possible. Occasionally a farmer will find that some sheep will live six months without eat ing salt, and he loses no time in making his discovery known to the world. A large proportion of farmers furnish salt to their animals but once a week. On these occasions they eat so much of it that they feel uncomfortable during the following day. Stock of all kinds should have salt constantly within their reach, whether they are in the yard or pasture. It is very easy to keep a supply of salt In an open box in a shed where cattle have free access to IL. It requires but little ingenuity to direct a salt-box in a pasture so that its contents will not be wasted. All that is required is a hanging roof, that can be moved by the heads or cattle and sheep. When cattle have a supply of salt always within their reach they will never eat so much atany thnnss to render thorn w, comfortable. Salt is not a'loxury, btwk neccessity, and it should be supplied without stint Animals know better thaw their owners do how often they require salt Any stock owner would object to be ing allowed to taste salt bnt. once a week.

A Clever Kabul General.

Here is ha extract from the Punjab: "There is fc very fine fellow here, a sort of State prisoner, Daood Shah, the Kabul General who, they sayi * tried to stop the massacre of poor Oavagnari. He is six feet four inches high, and a handsome, 1 Jewish-lookingman,like all Afghan*. The officer in whose charge he is Mings him to the club to read the papers to him some times, for ha is the most interested student Of events, and veryeager for telegrams. His comments on ’ 'Jsaropeai‘> polities are amusing, though it is hard to make hits fsirly understand Radical and Tort, and Russian Nihilism. Still, he Is wonderfully well informed, and a striking contrast for meatw activity and general 'ngor to Indian swells. We wftnt togethim*irr«efipM,»r war game, for he is an enthusiastic soldier, and a great student of battles and plans thereof. We make a mistake in underrating opponents like these. He is eat of it now, or course; bathe freely criticises Gen. Roberts, and points out hfs mistakes, f fTit is a pity to keen a mountaineer like him down herein the*heat We all say he should be sent to Simla, to teach our Commander in-Chief the art of war. These Afghans are a queer folk.! He Is the muuestmannerod man that, ever cat m throat, and yet throatcutting would come as sasy to him « saying his prayers. He five times daily.’’—

A Young Guardian.

Among the emigrant* arriving at the in Pittsburg a few days since, was •a Interesting quartet oi German,ehiU dren. They were orphans—two boys and two girls—all of one family. Their parents had died since their elder mother had .*tE I ones under bis charge. While awaiting . . -*, , 4 -’j. .3%

r 11 111 which he tucked in each child’s Docket

Good and Bad.

One dgy little Robert's father saw him pi lying with some boys who were rude and unmannerly. He had observed for aoese time a change for the worse in his aaa, and now Jm knew the ca—e. He was verson* but he said nothing to Robert " In the evening he brought from the garden six beautiful rosy-checked apples, put them on a plate ana presented them to Robert. - He was much plaaaed .at hia father’s kindness, and thanked him. “You must lay them aside a few days, that they may become mellow,” said the father; end Robert chesrfully placed the plate with the apples in hia mother’s storeroom. i ' . | .• Z t Just aa he was putting them aside hia lather laid on the plate a seventh apple, which was quite rotten, and desired hfaa to allow it to remain there, “But, father,” said Robert, “the rotten apple will ipofl the others.” “Do you think sos Why should not tbs fresh apples rather make the rotten one fresh r* said his father And with these words he shat the door Of the room. Borne days afterward he asked his son to open the store-room door and take out the apples. Bat what a sight presented itself! The six apples which had been so round and rosy-checked were now quite rotten, and spread a bad smell through the room. “O papal” cried he, “did I not tell you that the rotten apples would spoil the good ones t yet yea did not listen to me.” “My boy,” said his lather, “have I not told you often that the company of bad children will make you bads yet you do not listen to me. Bee in the condition of the apples that which will happen to you it you keep company with bad boys.” Robert aid not forget the lesson. When any of hia former play-fellows asked him to join in their sports, he thought ot the rotten apples and kept himself apart from them.— Children't Record. "

Relie of Wilkes Booth.

Mist Mary McHenry, of Philadelphia, has sent to General Dunn, to be placed in bis Linooln collection, a curious relic of Wilkes Booth, with the following statement: In August, 1884, Mr. J. Wilkes Booth registered as a guest at the McHenry House, Meadville, Pa. He was there on the 13th ot that month. After his departure it was found that he had, with a diamond, Inscribed upon a pane of a window of his bedroom, these words - Abe Lincoln, Departed this ; - Life Aug. 18th, 1884, By the effects of ' ‘ Poison. The glass remained in the window undisturbed until the country was shocked by the murder of Mr. Lincoln on April 14lh, 1886. A few days alter that event Mr. R. M. N. Taylor, proprietor of the McHenry House, cut the pane from the window, framed it over a backing of velvet, framed with it the autograph of Mr. Booth, which Mr. Taylor cut from the hotel register, and sent the whole to me, just as it now is.

A Dead Man Claimed as a Husband.

At Cohoes, N. Y., the coroner in charge of the case of Thomas Brennan, who waa killed by jumning from a moving train on the Delaware and Hudson railroad, was notified that deceased was married on April 18th to Emma Depamel, and that she claimed his personal effects. She produced a marriage certificate, signed by the Rev. Father Peter Haverman, but the father says the girl, called upon him on Tuesday last ana by‘ her lies procured the certificate, though he did not remember the marriage, and there was no proper record of it. The alleged bride is willing to relinquish all claim to Brennan's property, but she still claims that the marriage took place.

Tha abandoned Oxford mine at Scranton. Pa., has caved in. Several baildings in the vicinity were badly shaken.

rOhloago Tribune.]

A Prima Donna’s Voice.

Nothin* can compare with St Jacobs Oil as a prompt cure lor neuralgia and rheumatic pains, says Mme. Marie Salvotti, Prima Donna, Wilhelmj concerttroupe. AS A RELIABLE REMEDY for coughs, colds, hoarseness, or any affection of the throat and chest, use, according to direqtions given on each bottle, Madame Zadoc Porter’s Cough Balsam. It is always reliable, and the possession of h single bottle may, in case of a sadden attack, prove to be worth fifty times its cote. Sold by druggists everywhere.

TELE MARKETS.

Oiaeiasatl MarkstFlour weak: family, 4 90@5 80; fancy, 0 40@6 CO. Wheat scarce; firm; No. 2 red, 1 14. Com active, higher; No. 2 mixed shelled, 40*(341*. Oats dull; No. 2 mixed, 86. Rye dull; lower at 83. Barley firm; extra No. 8 fall, 88. Pork dull at 10 50. Lard fair demand at 0 05(36 67*. Bulk meats in fair demand at 41O(»0 25. Bacon easier at 4 75@6 75@7 87*. Whisky active; higher at 107. Butter weak; choice ,Western Reserve,l4(9lo; choice Central -Ohio, 11(319. Hogs dull; lower; common 8 25(38 85 1 lignt, 8 9504 20; packing, 8 90(34 35; butchers’, 4 35(34 80. Receipts, 1,594. Shipments, 393. Hew York Market* Flour dull and heavy; Superfine state western 3 0004 80; common to good extra 48004 40; geod to choice 4 00(97 00; white wheat extra 4 0505 00; extra Ohio 4 90(36 50. Wheat unsettled and feverish; cash firmer No. 3 red May decidedly higher and cornered: No. 2 red 1 84(3185; No. 3 white 1 95*01 87. Corn stronger No. 8 51*; steamer 53058*; No. 2 53* 054 Oats firmer; mixed western 42044; white vrtsterfa 44(348. Eggs dull and unchanged. Pork dull; buyers favor new me* 1110. Lard easier; prime steam 7 07*07 10. Batter dull and heavy 70 17. Cheese quiet but steady 10(3It*. Whisky nominal 1180115. i->t< jl?

-kj fiUdfll MukaL Flour Jdall nominal. .Whsat unsettled, bat generally higher; No. 2 Chicago spring 114 cash May. Oorb steady with fair demand and firmer, 87% cash May. Oate steady and firmer, 81% ®Bt% cash. Rye dull and lower 82. Barley steady and unchanged 78. Fork thirty settee and a shade higher, 10 00 cash June; 10 00%$ 1015 July: 10 22% bid tor August. Lard firmer 6% bid cash, June; 6 67% July. *Bulk meats fairly acttee and ahade higher 0 49; short rib 080; short clear «50t Whisky gbod demand and prices shade higher, 109. . t . .. .. Tolodo « Wheat weak; No 1 ,white Michigan, 118; amber Michigan spot May, 1 18%; No 2 red Wabash spot May 110% ; No 2 wiber Illinois, 117. Com weak; No 8 42%. Oats firm; No i 86. ClosedWheat steady and firm; No 2 red Wabaah May held, 117%, 117 bidy amber Mlchi! gab, 110%; No 2 red mixed, 115; wtttera amber, 1 . by- •*. a. rh* VoKale BA 00., MsnkaQ, KUk. Win sort their NttnM ■sstw-Yeltalt Belt* to theofllieted opon 3S days' trial. Spoedy SsF wb * ** s—.. For son throat, garglo with Pi»o’* Curo, mixod with a little water. Relief la IneUat, Conramptiree gain in Oesfa, strength and spirit* anew » daily ose of Matt Bitten..

y tbSurty tk»Ba lbs to MiMMUMdrtioa of th« man oom»»cahjr tel thurestiros prepared to undertake •vsa ths most dieoouraging easts. They resort to aH tbs bwt remedial mesas known to modem medical science—neglecting nothing.' Address, World’. DtspoaaaryMeißau Amortation, Bufa£ or great Baaoell Street Buildings, Lon-

A Household Need.

A hook on the lirer, its Aiseeess and their treatment sent free; iidadiu treatises' ——— liver onoeplal.its,ton*dlim)*jeMdioe, bilW ta Broadway, Hew York City, N. Y. [Topeka (Kaa.) Daily Capital.] It is said to ba unwholesome, in all months that have not an R in their name, to eat aa oyster. However.it is eminently proper and always teasonable to oae Hamburg Drops the great liver and blood purifier. Mr. Jacob Hass, Normanville, Kan., writes: During the last year I was scarcely aide to walk along. I suffered with serious derangement or the liver sad tried many different preparations without benefit My neighbor, Mr. Adams, told me of Hamburg Drops. I bought a bottle and after its cootihned use I became better daily, and regained my former health. I shall always speak a good word for Ham burg Drops. '■?,

Grant improvements have recently been made I in Carbotine, a deodorised extract of petroleum, the great natural hair raoewer, and now it is ab•olately perfect aa an exquisite and delightfully perfumes hair dressing and restorer. Everybody is delighted with it. Sold by all druggist*. A CARD.—To all who are suffering from (he errors ead IwKscretlon* of youth, nervous weakn re, early decay, lo sos meat ooc, etc, I will send a recipe that will cure you free of charge This great reui dy was discovered by a missionary in South A meric*, toad a self addressed envelope to the KKV. JOHXPQ T, INMAN «- -Hoe D, New Tort City. A writer in one of our standard medical journals says: “1 was cured of dropsy in one month by using HUNT’S REMEDY. AU diseases of the kidneys, bladder and urinary organs are cured by HUNT'S REMEDY. “Dr. Sellers’ Cough Syrup” will ensure yon a good night's rest. It is the best cough medicine in the market. Prioe 25 cents. ' Be wise. Simply call on y >ur dnggist for Dr. Sellers' Cough Syrup when you hare a cold or oongh. 250 a bottle. As is the high school to the grammar school,so is H. B. Bryant’s Chicago Business College to the other business college* of the country. Nervous, sleepless and overworked find rest nourishment in Malt Bitten.

ora owM-ro. to. * (hop bittersJ (A Medicine, not a Drink,) oostaixs HOPS, BCCIIU, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, axd rax Purest and Best Utbicai. Qualettes or au. other Bitters. Tsm’sr cure AH Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Nervousness, Sleeplessness and especially Female Complaints. . 81000 IN GOLD. Will oe paid for * case they Trtll not cure or help, or for anything impure or Injurious found in than. Ask your druggist for llop hers and try them before you sleep. Take no ether. Her Cough Curs la the sweetest, safest and best. AitaChlidfen. The Hor Tad for Stomach, Liver and Kidney is npe Her to sB others. Cures bf absorption. Ask druggist. a La is an absolute and Irresistible cure fnrdrnnV. •aassa aea of opium, tobacco and nareotiaai ■■Bl Send for circular. ■■■■ Abov»«oldby<lnmhti.Hopi>lti«wMf t .Co.Bocb<»«w,N.T. The Blood is the Life. LINDSEY’S BLOOD SEARCHER U rapidly acquiring a national reputation for the cam of Ronfulni Affection, Canewrons P*r* atioa, Erysipelas, Boils, PimIplos, Ulcers. Sore Eyes, Scald Tetter, Salt Rheum. Mercurial .lad all Skim Diseases. Tbit remedy it a vegetable compound and cannot barm the most tender infant. Ladies who suffer from debilitating diseases and female complaint* will find tpeedy relief by u-ing this remedy. 0. W. Linecott, of Mes .opotamla, 0., says It cured blm of scrofula of thirty years Two bottles cared Mr*. X. J. Dukes, of Colfax, ln<L, of uloerated ankle and big neck. Lindsey’s Blood* Searcher cored my •on of erysipelas—Mas. I. Bhxltxxb, Larimer Station, Pa. The Blood Searcher ti the safest. surest and most powerful purifier ever known. Price SI per bottle. B. E. SELLERS A CO., Prop’s, Pittsburg, Pa. TO REGULATE THE LIVER Oae only Selleis’ Liver Pills, the beet and only true Uver regulator. |,tsb’bhed ovrr SO ears. They care beedaehe. biliousness, cost Irenes*, lirer complaint. fever and ague, end all similar diseases like magic. Get the right kind. SELLERS’ LIVEB PILLS, 25 cents.

i mnn— ean te ciuaw us, hwmtm no in pummm. -g. Hi rit»ed*her from* he? ■ ll J I 111 I m or four hundred dollars doctors’ bill*, two bottle* U ill. fit k IsowToinc did her more good than all other medMg’S” co - HICHOLS.SHEPARD A y a \ ORICINAL AMP ONLY OEMUIkg* *" Threshing Machinery Portable ■—*. ***** n—m •«p«toc rooNjaud SsSl2 KIGHOL3, SHEPARD 4 C 0„ Battle Creek. Mich. Wi ■ - —.— .. . . _ nereewrnuc nut-case mamruereerimu. Cbm. JShjr iMSEits MtaefnW. Is ere— predict 4 per eMb fapns Reality st least 80 per eeat' Bedneee laher es churning «ne> hK Prereats Bitter 1 — m. Imprsvm artM sales tte 6 cents s poind. Gwaiaateed free from all fagerieni Ingredient*. dim n nice Geldea Color tee year tend. 91 anV worth will paednee okOt in Isns nee es prednet and market seine. Qn yen make n hatter insettnmntt Beware es lmitatlene flrmninr aedd only in boxan with trade rnyHr of dairy-maid, together with words "GxzawSMm Bcttbb Maxkb” printed on each package. IMnnll hjr Groeers and Geoeral Store-keepers. Ask your dealer ter ear book “Hints to Batter-Makers," or send stamp to us forth Small else, X 3., at 96 cents; Large etna, SK Ms* OLOa Great earing by baying the larger eisn. ■ F? AddT ***’ BUTTER IMPROVOIEIIT 00. Ptrtrt + p)wd> smrit" mmr M»e>* ifiesifi V'H’lnMHllw'

| S 7 T. * sad kidney djeeaesa. For circa are, Ac., address Dr. rejr an, .m. 111119 IAM rllrnlri filirtol MOTHERS, Chi'dr— die by thousands worms the causa whoa* Urea ra cot hs-e beea reared had they used Ta* Dxusxw’s Warn Cokvkction*. Children are as toad of them as they are of candy, Sold by druggists. X ’“•’KMsafpasiSs.s. “*. Mlegstna.llf toniKto.lt. Y. PENSIONS. cgEf&SgAghL '1 ELASTIC 81 _Tbe Genuine ELASTIC M TRUSS ms ) TKDBB Is wore with perfew cemfc-rt, night and Whfte|||BSteßE92h£f day. rstsloibg rupture under the hardest exercise or \ rn severest strain. Sold at V Y W J OaRATLT BXDUCXD raioks, and wot by mall to spaassr It will coat you nothing to try it. Send us your 1 address, and we will mail yon onr prices and circulars drecribing our plan of sending machinct for trial. We want acure agents in all unoccupied territory. Address, JOHNSON, CLARK A CO., ta State St., Chicago, Ills. ■^PENSIONS! p&BBSKSU&Sm EdPTPRZ, TAMtOKK TEIkV fovSci sss.? Psosions in er eased. Bend stamp for sites iar sr MeaaU for Book. w. r. ciiiumrM Ace. ■treat, Ctaef nsM. w *““ wt 8 -H. P. Mounted, IHPMP U: : Send for our Circulars Q 8 B, Y* A tpedfic for Goughs, Cold*. Asthma, Brea, chitis, Croup, Whooping-Cough and Incipient Consumption. Will cure a Cough ta less time than aay ether koown remedy. It is prepared by a regular physician; is perfectly harmless, and se pleasant to the taste that old people like it aad children cry for it. Fifty cents per bottle; large bottles one dollar, and every bottle warranted. If you are Bilious, or have bad Blood, Lives Complaint, Kidney Distasc, Rheumatism, or Con. supation at the Bowes use Dr. White's Dam delion, it will cure you . It is purely vegetable, perfectly harmless and pleasant to take. Pint bottle* only sx.oo, and s very bottle warranted. Fttr sale by

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