Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 16, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 October 1885 — Page 3

EAST INDIAN CUSTOMS.

1 REFORM IN THE MATTER OF WIDOW MARRIAGES., —t

Prejudice AftlutUie Innovation fron* the Orthodox Hindoo* Persecution of TboM Bretklnf th» Ooitom—1U •nltt of Enforced Widowhood

[Bengal Cor. New Orleans Times-Democrat.) Notwithstanding persecutions of the most distressing kind, the cause of widow marriage is properin». In the coarse of the last two months there have been more than twenty widow marriages celebrated in all India: of these, one was celebrated at Ahtnedn&gore, and another at Hyderabad. In both of these places a widow marriage was quite a new thing, and the opposition brought to baar upon it was very strong, but it was ineffectual, and the ceremonies in both the places passed off successfully.

Ahmednagore is in the Deccan, and Vuovrn as as one of the centers of Maharatta conservatism. Mr Lai Shankar Uma Trivedi, a Maharatta gentleman of much respectability, has been known in that part of India for some time as a social reformer and as a esaloui advocate of widow-mar-riage. Through his exertions a marriage was arranged between an educated young Brahmin gentleman and a young widow, the daughter of a respectable resident of the town. The ceremony took place on July 1, at the residenoa of Mr. Trivedi, where he invited a large number of European and native gentlemen to witness the wedding.

WIDOW MARRIAGES.

The bridegroom was a very intelligent young man, and held the appointment o( schoolmaster at Averaoti, and the bride was a pleasant looking, modest young lady, who went through the ceremony with, says an eye-witness, "much natural grace and sim plicity." Tbe ceremony over, the bride did the honors by decorating the guests with flowers. A Brahmin lady then read an address of congratulation to the bride and the bridegroom. She was followed by Mr. JL/ol Shankar, who explained the objjet of tbe great marriage reform ho is so much interested in, and thanked those present for giving it their support and countenance.

Hyderabad is the capital city of a large native state of that name, aud I* situated in southern Indiana. On the 15th of July la*t Mr. Rayaka Lakshoni Jfarayana Shastri celebrated tbe remarriage of hU daughter, Brimati Viswerwaramma, a beautiful widow of 17, with Mr. T. Rama Row, an undergraduate of the Madras university, aud at present a teacher in the Bolarum grammar uchooL Three hundred gentlemen, almost all of them of liberal principles, countenanced the marriage by their presence at the wedding,, which was otlebra ted, according to Hindoo custom, at the residence of the bride's father, who, although not an English educated man, is a warm advocate of widow marriage.

ISomo of the relatives of the bride's deceased husband presented themselves at the ceremony with a number of policemen, with a view if possible to prevent the ceremony, but their attempts proved unavailing, a* they were not armed with any government order. There was, however, some exchange of hard words and something like a little quarrel between tbe parties, which ended in the defeat of the opponents of the marriage.

RESULTS OF ENFORCED WIDOWHOOD. I observed in my last that enforced widowhood in India occasionally leads to crime. la»«« thoi* wore three elopement* of young widows in the district of Tanjore, in the Madras presidency. One of these girlwidows was capturoJ and brought back to her deceased husband's hoxats her young lover ha'ving for»aken her aad run away. Of the other two, one was taken care of by the police, and the other's whereabouts have iiot as yot been ascertained. All these have been kept widows againat their will.

Writing on these cases of olopement, Hindoo social reformer exclaims: "May God open the eye* of the Hindoo publio, and move the government ta restore tho Hindoos their own law. and to free the Uiudoo women from the bondage of custom, is my earnest prayer."

Photographic Aerostation. (Frank Lesllo's Illustrated.]

M, Gaston Tissandier has recently made several successful experiments in balloon photography in the neighborhood of Paris. An excellent picture wa* taken at au altitudo of tW5 metre* over the city, the camera bolng attached to the ba-kst. Views at higher elevations were taken at the same "iroe when the suulight fell directly the they were perfectly clear, ntavemetn balloon appiared "rSise no effect up*.. the clearness of the

EJ. though the air -.yrent was some-

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should be a* frw from oblation po*ible. am therefore it may be doubted whether phitographio aerostation out be carried on sacoe«fully when the wind really strong. Attempts were m*u to re veree the camera and obtain pictures ot the clouds above the balloon. but, the white olouds reflectin tho rays of tbe sun with great inteni«y, did not give good results. Good pictures of the earth were obtained at at a height of 800, 1.000 and 1,100 metres, but experiments seem to show that an elevation of from 000 to 800 metres presents the best condl lions when the atmosphere to •normally dear.

Tbe Pedal Palate*.

fAa*.werp Oor. Providence Journal Many people who have visited Antwerp have no doubt seen or heard of M. Ch. fWlu, the Belgian artist, without hands, who paints with his feet. He is often to be eeen busily employed in the museum making copies, and good oast, too. of tbe mo*t f«uous pictures. M. Fella holds his palette and mahistick with his left foot resting on a low table, while with his right foot sapparted on tbe mahistick, he firmly and apparently easily enough, grasps the brush with which he works. He seems to posses* great power and nicety of touch with his toea So doubt they are as esnsative as oar fingen bat it was to a certain extent amusing to see him lift a rag ont of his inner hr*a«t pocket with his two right toes —a creditable performance—moreover, a difficult ooa.

Mast Stop Experimenting. (Exchange.]

At the Acadomie da* Sciences It Paai Bert stated that the recent experiments made in the heads and bodies of decapitated criminals at* not only a*har, but are 0legai. Th* law particularly specifies that neither moral or physical tortur* shall ac* company capital punishment, therefore any attempt to bring bao* the eriatioal to even momentary ronscioatnets is not oaiy brutal, but ia direct oontravantiea of law.

OMIOO

Fanwr'i Seoteweaa.

At bis first lector* i» t&i.

sentences SX words long, but the word* vers delivered with each itininnua« that Ma construction wa» hardly

Whan a Plate fsdiaa has acquired a fortam of tSO he Joiaa the saleot ctrda

THE GYPSV8 MALISON.

[Charles Lamb.]

•Bosk, baby! sack! mother's lore grows by

giving

the sweet founts that only thrive by wasting! Block manhood oomes when riotous guilty living

Drain th

TTundu thee the cup that shall be death in tasting. -Kiss, babyl kiss! mother's lips shine by kisses

Choke the warm breath that else would fall in blessings! Blade manhood comes when turbulent, guilty blesses

Tend thee the kisi that poisons *mid ca-

ressingi

mother'J love loves

baby! hang!

such force-

bends still to

Strain tbe fond neck that tby clinging! Black manboxi comes, when violent lawless courses

Leave thee a spectacle in rude air swinging." So sang a withered beldam energetical, And bann'd the ungiving door with lips prophetical.

LESS ACTUAL WICKEDNESS

In Being an Innocuous Dandy Than in Becoming a Vicious Young Rowdy (New York Oor. Chicago Journal

Bishop Spaulding and Judge Miner met in the hotel where both were guests. They shook hands, and inclined their backs against the wall of the corridor to chat. Tbe bihop had oome from Illinois, and the judge from Albany. They looked like men of calm and weighty mind, as though possessing imperturbability to an eminent degree. One of tbe mot pronounced cases of dandy that could have been found in an huro'i search of Broadway dragged itself inertly past, He had all the symptoms of acute idiocy so mark* edly visible that there was no mistaking the social disease, anglomania, that had pitifully altered him from the healthy, vigorous, sensible young fellow that he might otherwise have been. "Deary me, what a sad sight," said tbe bishop, heaving a sigh of genuiue regret "that young gentleman is apparently capable of better things than foppishness. It nakes me sad to see a thing like that." "Well, now, here's a thought to comfort you," the judge responded "I happen to know who he is. His family are wealthy and very fashionable. He hai been brought up to believe that work is not for him to think of, and that hii life is not destined to be perfectly idle. In that view, don't you comprehend, the best course for him to pursue is the one that is mo3t harmless, and what could have less actual viciousne'ss in it than the career of an assiduous fop! Just think of it. He might be a gambler, a brawler, a sensualist or he might even take to burglary, arson, murder! Oh, yes, if a young man is bound to be nothing useful, then by all means encourage him to be an innocuous dandy."

The opinion of a member of the New York court of appeals is not to be lightly regarded, and I esteem this one sound. The fellows whose airs and graces are the study and employment of their worthless lives, and of whom we are so fond of making fun, are certainly less objectionable than they would be if vicious.

Skeleton's for Physicians. [Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.]

Every physician must have a skeleton as part of his outfit, and therefore their preparation is an important feature ia the -i— iMwftr*.**** neither the time nor tho faeilities for this work, and henoe it naturally falls into tha bands of the college janitor. Skeletous are with him an article of merchandise, the quotations being $50 for a very fine specimen, while an ordinary article is offered for $Si.

The important but difficult task is to clean the bones without marring them or leaving the mark of tbe knife. It is not necessary to tell how tbts is done, but the process is very simple. Each janitor may get up twenty-five skeletons in a season, sometimes more. This forms a very important perquisite, and. indeed, if rightly improved, his berth can be made very profitable.

There is also a constant importation of skeleton* from Paih which ia carried on by the dealers in turfical instrument!. The French have tht ait of whitening tbe bones in a way never attained in this country, and the price is general^ from 100 to 1100. The Parisian establishment* excel in turning out tho best skebtens of children, and even of infants, and swm of the latter look like dear little doll si ale tons that one might want to dandle in lis arms or rock in the cradle. They are very cunning-looking thing* these deat lil le baby skeletons.

Cost of Gild's Atlanta. ICIici Times.]

Jay Gould's stem yacht Atlanta was built by Cramp, of Philadelphia, and cost $500,000. She ii length over all 250.3 feet, on tbe wafcr-1 le 3S&3 feet, 5S6 feet 4 inches bsam. $ et deep, and IS feet draught of watir. tier engines are of the compound invetedjype, with two cylinder* 00x90, two cylitieipteel boilers 11x10, with a hone power 1,

00.

A Sua I -Pox Scare. (Nor 1 rk Journal] I wonder!" murmured

"Well, what ax I

a meek little nftnjwho sat in the barbershop reading ai (beount of the small-pox scare. "You're next?* khouted the barber, in such »tentorial tmes that the little man jumped from In chair and rushed out of tbe shop to gefcvaicinated.

A Cart Swindler's Marks.

A man in 3e* York, who has been the victim of a csrd swindler, went into court and described k-oC memory thirty separate marks that ha bean put on as many cards by tbe tfcumtauil of the sharper, eaah of which identiOei ito particular card.

Value 4t ^nr Milk Product. [BUUttelphia Call.) If the value *t *1 toe mds produced ia the United SMasbonU be utilised for the porpose it woad pay the national debt in twoyaara

Tra4*4Jlsr Match Dazee.

ANew Yort frm has split 2,000 trade dollan and tane) each dollar into a pocket match-box-—a holiday article to catch the eye of parson taisearch of cheap things to giVSk. *Vo»a«e- Legged Cow*.

Ohio has no las* than fifteen cows which are stumping arofctd on wooden legs. They get used to tbs navelty after a bit aatf the quantity of »i!k rather increaosa.

Sp»tik

Xubsm

ta Parte.

Spanish politic* and manners are so rnuah in the ascend mt in Paris that even the waiters at cafes are learning to speak Spanish. and to with Arm.

l*n*d«lpfc»» BHNauai manager say* nature has

reporters with growa till genuine odditiee stand no show.

I The ra«e now la fturt*. says a correspond, eat of the St Loais KepabUoan, is *to be' •arrled at midnight*

MODEM COOKERY.

THE PR-VCTICAL RESULT OF CENTjj.^SLS OF EXPERIENCE.

IVtw Simple and Uneompounded Tastes IXl to Civilised Humanity—1.1st of Insipid Edibles Pleasure of

Pungeuey and Aeldity.

[Oornhill Magazine.]

In our existing modern cookery very f*w simple and un compounded tastes are still left to us everything thing is so mixed up together that only by an effort of deliberate experiment can one discover what are the special effects of special tastes upon the tongue and palate. Salt is mixed with almost everything wa eat, and pepper or cayenne nearly equally common. Butter is put into the peas which have been previously adulterated by being boiled with mint, and cucumber is unknown except in conjunction with oil and vinegar.

This makes it comparatively difficult for us to realizi the distinctness of the elements which go to make up most tastes as we actually experience them. Moreover, a great many eatable objects havq hardly any tastes of their own, properly speaking, but only a feeling of softness or hardness or glutinousness in tbe mouth, mainly observed in the act of chewing them.

INSIPID EDIBLES.

For example, plain boiled rice is almost wholly insipid, but even in its plainest form gait usually been boiled with it, and in practice we generally eat it with sugar, preserves, curry, or some other strongly flavored condiment Again, plain boiled tapiosa and sago (in water) are as nearly tasteless a« anything can be they merely yield a feeling of gumminess but milk, in which they are oftenest cooked, gives them a relish (in the sense here restricted), and sugar, eggs, cinnamon or nutmeg are usually added by way of flavoring. Even turbot has hardly any taste proper, except in the glutinous skin, which has a [faint relish the epicure values it rather because of its softness its delicacy, and its light flesh. Gelatine by itcelC merely very swallowable we must mix sugar, lemon juice and other flavoring* in order to make it into good j9lly.

Patent Medicine Stamp.. [Chicago Herald.]

In England the government stamp on patent medicine bottles causes many ignorant people to believe that there is an intention to guarantee tbe excellence or efficacy of tiie compound. For the future, therefore, tbe stamps used for the purpose will bear tbe words: "This stamp implies no government guarantee." ... ,* »4

Kather Irreverent. [Exchange.]

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL

THE PLEASURE OF PUNGENCY. Salt, spices, es^nce-*, vanilla, vinegar, pickles, capers, catsups, sauces, chutneys, lime juice, curry and all the rest, are just our civilised expedients for adding the pleasure of pungency and acidity to naturally insipid foods by stimulating the nerves of toach in tbe tongue, just as sugar is our tribute to the pure gustatory sense, and oil, butter, bacon, lard and the various fats used in frying to the sense of relish which forms the last element in our compound taste. A boiled sole is all very well when one is just oonvata'cenc, but robust health we demand the egg and breadcrumb, which are after all, only the vehicle, for tbe appetising grease. Plain boiled macaroni may pass muster in the nursery, but in the pampered dining room it re« quires the aid of toasted parmesau.

MODERN COOKERY.

Good modern cookery is tbe practical result of centuries of experience in that direo* tion—the final flower of ages of evolution, devoted to the equalisation of flavors in all human food. Tbink of the generations of fruitless experiments that must have passed before mankind discovered that mint sauce (itself a cunning compound of vinegar and sugar) ought to be eaten with a leg of lai that roast goose required a corrective ip shape or--vpptor *--i established narfnony exists between and lobster, oysters were ordained beforehand by nature as the proper accompaniment of boiled cod. ——_________. |t

A Keal Volcano. [San Francisco Ietter.]

The volcano discovered two months ago in the Sierra Nevada mountains has been located. Parties who went to investigate the matter report finding on Bald tnoun tain, about teven miles from the Mammoth mine in Mono county, within 150 feet of the eummit, which has an altitude of about 13,000 feet, an extensive fissure from which comes a heavy volume of steam. Rocks thrown down the fissure are heard for quite a distanoe, and loud rumbling sounds oome from below. The ascending vapor can be seen for many miles. -vi

A Substitute for Cocaine. [New York Times.]

Dr. Albert Rosenberg, of Berlin, has found in a solution of method a useful substitute for expensive cucains in cases re* quiring local anasthesia of the mucous membrane of the nose, pharynx, larynx, etc. It is said to be more transitory in effect than cocaine, and, on repeating the application, to give evidence of cumulative action.

Of College President McCosh an exchange says that although his gray hairs seem about to be brought in sorrow to the grave by tbe Princeton boys he has smiled soores of times when told that the secret and se--julchral midnight password of the students •as "Jimmie McCosh, by Gosh!"

Imitation Cod I4v$r Oil* ,v [Exchange.]^ It Is stated that Paris manufacturers an mitating cod liver oil by soaking herrings a olive oil, which quickly takes up tbe dshy odor and closely resembles light cod (iVer oil. The brown oil is produced by allowing the fish to soak for about ten day*.

Tbe Pope's Income.

Papa Leo is said to have an inoome of f1,900,000 annually, and it is stated on the authority of Moosignor Capel that the pope's personal expenses are limited to IS a day.

Rev. Sam Jones: I dont believe ia Darwin's theory unless you invert it invert it* and my jodgibent is it's a fact. We came from the bleieed hand of God perfect. But I look about me and I think tha world is running to monkeys.

Some people think tbe injunction on the face of the postal aud should be: "Poetmasters will read only this side."

It was a witty Frenchman who, on visiting Germany, exclaimed ia horror: *Hme hundred religions sad only OM gravy!"

Tbe mm at artificial fertilisers is said to be deteriorating the quality of CBba*s tobacco bam

ft takes a sirffleii sirtma two a fine bemboo rod.

Tha

ere said to be swarming ialo

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BURDETT-COUTTS.

VISITING THE BARONESS AT HER HOME NEAR LONDON.

Her Personal Appearance and Ieadlin Characteristics—Holly I«odge and Its Farnlihlnp— Pets and Their Pictures—The Young Husband.

[London Cor. New York Sun.]

To Americans, the Baroness BurdettCoutts has always been a person of singular interest Her wealth, her generous tonefactions, and romantic nature all appsar to us, for our sensibilities ttre doubtless keener and finer than those of the English.

At me of the very last receptions of the season, sitting somewhat apart in a fashionable drawing room. I saw a slight stir and then everybody arose to their feet There was not that quiet and obsequiousness in the attitude which are shown to royalty, but a voluntary and almost affectionate respect The hostess advanced with smiling/ face, and said, "How good of you, baroness," and the hum of conversation was resumed again. Songs were sung by a great siuger, and recitations delivered by a well-known comic actor, and tbe most interested and amused face—the most enjoying face in all tbe assembly—was that of the Baroness Burdett-Coutt*.

PERSONAL APPEARANCE.

When tbe people thinnsd out a little and I bad an opportunity of talking with her, she stormed my heart She has a very small, sweet face, deep blue eyes, soft, dark brown hair, without a gray thread in it, and her complexion, free from all artificialties, is perfectly fresh and healthy. Her manner is very quiet, simple and unassuming, and she is an excellent and sympathizing li tener. We made famous headway together, and she said q)ie would be happy to receive us on Saturday at her place near London, Holly Lodge.

It is a lovely drive to the Lodge past some of the model dwellings and through green lanes. We were met by a footman and asked if we had an appointment with "my lady." We said no, but gave our cards,and a short walk on inlaid marble brought to a long room covered with matting and draped in red and white bunting. The large, French windows close together opened to the ground, and wicker work chairs, tables, and settees of every conceivable shape and design furnished the room. At the back was a line of cases filled with geological specimens, all labeled and numbered in the neatest manner. This room opened into a small, light, well-filled conservatory, and this again communicated with the drawing-room. Such a pretty, quaint, restful, old-fashioned room it was, A carpet with a white ground, strewn with roses, covered the floor the furniture was encased in bright, fresh, flowered chintss. Several uncovered chairs, in dainty embroidery, bore on their faoes loving gifts to the owner.

A large photograph of a beautiful and distinguished lady in a gilt frame hung close to the door, and on the white margin, in a careful, pretty hand was written: "Mis-t Coutts, from her friend Sophia" (queon of the Netherlands). Tbe grand piano in the oenter was covered by an immense and very ugly piece of fancy work. The facings of cloth used in the soldiers' uniforms were shaped in small diamonds and sewn together red, black, blue, yellow, lilac, green, «11 toppled against each other in the most fantastic manner. This, too, was doubtless a gift from grateful bands to tbe ever open-txxu-tod owner, largo looking-glasses and many pictures covered the light walls, and tables laden with priceless bric-a-brac stood here and there about the room. On one was a beautiful specimen of Belluk china, a rose-tinted shell resting on the graceful necks of three swans.

IH^PETS AND PICTURES. We had waited fifteen minutes when tbe baroness appeared. She had been some distance in the garden, and haul walked hurriedly, so her cheeks were flushed with exercise and her eyas were bright with health. She seemed unaffectedly glad to see u, and, after a few moments' conversation, said she must show us a little moro of her house. The billiard, room was large, and delightfully arranged. Tha wall pictures were especially interesting to a lover of animaK All the baroness' pets, done by famous artiste, adorn the walls. Cows, birds, cockatoos, dogs, donkeys, and sheep live amicably together. Upon tbe mantelpiece is a singular-looking black dog with an almost white head. "Yes," the baroness said, "he was very strange in appearance, and very accomplished. My sister bought him from some German players. One of his tricks was taking a red-hot coal in his mouth, and bis teeth were quite worn down." He had a heroic faoe, a square jaw, and intense eyes that spoke of past suffering. It is pleasant to think of his last days, prosperous and happy, with nothing harder to do than to carry a lady's dainty beaded bag in his poor scarred mouth. "Ben," a small fox terrier, that had not left the baroness' side, listened jealously to tbe conversation, for he sneaked away, and presently triumphantly returned, carrying a round white stone in his mouth. The baroness says ber friends frequently send their pete to her when ill or troublesome, .or she is as kind to animals as to humanity.

CHARACTERISTICS.

In the second drawing room there are some wonderful pale aquamarine windows, with graceful etchings on them of draped and rounded female figures the hangings are all of the same pale tint, and the whole room is a suggestion of the earliost and tenderest spring days. Out of this room is a fernfcry, and then into the garden, where we had tea in the beautiful old-fashioned flow* end china. Her gardens she loves, Tbe flower beds are more unstudied than ours— roses, pinks, geraniums, lilies, larkspurs, all Jostle each other.

There was a great political discussion go* ing on, in which tin baronea was animated and interested like every true woman, she looks at ber husband's opponent from a purely personal view. Mr. Bordett-Coutts was away laying a corner stone or opening a railway. She speaks of him with a sursnees that indicates tbe complete congeniality between them. Indeed, she is a woman whoee age no man or woman would stop to consider. Intelligent and conversant with a great variety of snbjecte, she has gotten the best that life affords, for she has been always busy and kind and useful. Her intensely occupie I mind has taken no notice of time, so time has passed her lightly by, going on to tease those women who watch with heart-breaking anxiety for crows' feet

Vitality 0f Seed*. [Exebaage.J

Tbe Michigan Agricultural college people are testing the vitality of seeds buried in sealed bottles six years aga Tbe seeds which thus far prove to have most vitality are thoee of common weeds, their percent. age befog from 90 to 100, while pint seed did not geraainate freely.

It is a cuiious fact that since the dark agwLonf Salisbury is the first bearded prime minister

Some Optical lllnslone.

In the last number of St Nicholas Mr. Arlo Bates shows up some curious facts in optic ?. Tliey prove that our eyes really do not see itraigbt, and that therefore they cannot bo trusted. For instance, in the picture below observe the two sete of up-and-donn linos, with the diagonal short lines joining them. Do not the linevs ia Fig. 1 swail out slightly in the middle, while those in Fig. 2 come together in the same place? Of course they do, you will say instantly.

Fro. 1. FIG. 3.

And yet they don't at all. The fact it that the liuc3 are perfectly straight all tho way down and parallel. It is tho nrrangonwnt of the small diagonal lines that makes the long linos in Fig. 1 look as though they were bent outward in the middle, and those in Fig. 2 seem inclined inward. Your eyes deceive you. A

Another interesting experiment is mentioned. Turn a book upside down aud look at the letters. You will see that every S will seem smaller at the bottom than at the top. Turn it up right again and each S will seom the same size, top and bottom. The letter is actually made smaller at tlia top than at the bottom. Our eyes naturally represent things a little larger at the top thau they really are. So the S is cast to remedy this defect in our eyesight. When it is roally a little smaller at the top, the eye enlarges this part just enough to make it appear right Next observe the lines in Pig. 8. Look at the horizontal line* a and d. Guess which is longer. Oh, a b. of course, again you will say. Well, get a thread and measure them. You find that a and are exactly the same length. It is tha placing of the diagonal lines that fools the

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The Greeks understood the?e illusions of the eye so perfectly that they made allowanc3s for them in building. Tho Greeks were the most skilful architects that have ever lived. They knew that if columns which were intended to look perfectly straight were really made so they would have looked as if they were hollowed in at the center. Sothor made them bulge outward just the least bi., at th« middle portion, and 'then they looked exactly r.ght. In a beautiful Greek portico thi columns are not put precisely straight up and down. If they had been they would nave see mod to our dec ivtpg oyes as if they leaned outward. So tfce-y were made to slant a little inward, and so appeared upright and symmetrical. It was so with corners and angles as well. They were changed a litUc from the direct line?, so they would look right. Lines wore curved slightly in order that they might appear straight Yet so skilfully was all this done that p^P1® oi our time would never have found it out, except by actual measurement

Head Work.

A half-naked Indian was looking cn at some workmen in tbe employ of Governor Dudley, of Masiachusjtt'. "Why don't you work and get yoursoif some clothes T' asksd the governor. "Why don't you work'" retorted the sou of tee forest. "I work head tvork," said Dudley, pointin? to his bead.

Tbe Indian sail he was willing to work, and agreed to kill a calf for the governor. Having done so. he came for his pay. "But," said the governor, "you have not dresmd tbe calf." "No," said the Indian "I was to have a •hi ling for killing him. Am he no dead, governor?"

Finding himself outwittel, the governor gave him another shilling for dressing it It was not long tefore the Indinn came bade, demanding a good shilling in placa of the bad one which be declared the governor bad pail hiiu. The governor paid uim another.

Returning a second time with still another trass piece to be exchange I, the guv* ernor, convinced of bis knavery, offered bim half a crown if be would deliver a letter for him.

The letter was directed to the keeper of tbe prison, and ordered hint to give the bearer a certain number of 1ashes.

Indian, suspecting that all was not light, aad meeting a servant of the gover* nor, induced him to take the letter to its address.

The result of tbe Indian's stratagatu w*s that a severe whipping was administered to tha unfortunate servant Th? governor was greatly chagrined at being a second time outwitted by tbe Indian.

On falling in with him some time after, be accosted him with some severity, asking him how he had dared to cheat and deceiva Mm so many timm "Head work, gori—r,

ttinladoainrir.

A NEW KING ON THE THRv "Malaria," as a "popular aik has given place to a new potentate.

If you nave Rheumatism now, medical wiseacres exclaim—"Uric Acii If you have frequent headecbes, tht gely remark—"Uric Acid"!

If you have softeuing of the brain, tbey insist that it is—"Uric Acid"! 1 Sciatica or Neuralgia make life miserable, it is—"Uric Acid"!

If your skin breaks out in Boils and Pimples, it is—"Uric Acid"! If you have Abscesses and piles, "Uric Acid'" has set your blood ou tire.

If you have dull, languid feelings, backache, kidney or bladder troubles, gout, gravel, poor blood are ill at ease, threatened with paralysis or spoplexy, vertigo are bilious, dropsical, «.-onstipated or dyspeptic—"Uric Acid" is the key to rhe situation, the cause of all your difficulties!

We do not know as madam Malaria will take kindly to this Masculine Usurper, but he has evidently come to stay. "Uric Acid,"—this Monster, is the product of the decomposition—death—constantly taking place within us, and unless he is every day routed from the system, though the kidneys, by means of some great blood specific like Warner's safe cure, which Senator B. K. Bruce says snatched himfrom its graap, there is not the least doubt but that it will utterly ruin the strongest human constitution!

It is not a young fellow by any meana. It has along and well-known line of ancestors. It Is undoubtedly the father of a very great family of diseases, and though it may be the fashion to ascribe ay to it that are not directly its own, there can be little doubt that if it once gets thoroughly seated in the human system, it really does introduoe into it moat of the ailments now, per foroe of fashion, attributed to its baleful influence. i'

The elephants that kill their

are generally females.

keepers

An fcntorprislnv, Reliable

House

Cook A Bell can always be relied upon, not only to carry in stock tbe best of everything, but to secure the Agency for such articles as have well-known merit, and are popular Willi tbe people, thereby sustaining tbe reputation of being always enterprising, and very reliable.. Having secured the Agency for the celebrated Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, will sell it on a positive guarantee. It will surely cure any and every affection of Throat, Lungs and Chest, and to show our confidence, we invite you to call aud get a Trial Bottle Free. (I.)

An Answer Wanted.

Can any one bring us a case of Kidney or Liver complaint that lClectrlc Bitters will not speedily cure? We say they can not, aa thousands of cases already permanently cured and who are dally recommending Electric Bitters, will prove. Bl ight's Disease, Diabetes, Weak Back, or urinary complaint quickly cured. They purify the blood, regulate the bowels, and net directly on tho diseased parts. Every bottle guaianteed. For sale at 50c. a bottle by Cook A Bell. (1)

llneklen's Arnica Salve. The Most Salve in the world for Cuts,Bruises, 8ores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and

per box.

TRADE MARK.

Free from Opiates Emetics antt

SAFE. SURE. PROMPT.

AT DRUGGISTS AND DBA LRU*.

THE CHABL1S A. VOUKHR CO.. BALTIMORE, MP.

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For the THROAT

AMD NEBVKS.

Cure Sore Throat, Neuralgia, Nervousness, Headache ana HleeplemneMi. A benefit fo Elocutionists, Public Hpeakers and Singers. her strengthen the Vocal Coras and prevent Hoarseness. Send for Pamphlet. Price, 1254

send for famphlet.

60c. a Box at Druggist* or by Mall. ALLEN COCAINE MFG. CO., Broadway New York,

TUTT'S

PILLS

25 YEARS IN USE.

Tbe Greetett Jfsdicaljrriunjjjh of tha Age!

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TORPID LIVER.

Dowels costive, Pain

the head, with a 4ill sensation la Mo *art, Pain noder the shoulderMade, FallaoM after eating, with adlotncllnntloa to exertion of body or mind. Irritability of temper, Low spirits, with a feelincor having neglected some dnty. Weariness, Dizziness, Flattering at th» Heart, Dots before tbe eyes, Headache ever tbe right eye. Restlessness, with fltfal dreams. Highly colored Urine, aad

CONSTIPATION.

TWIT'S PILI-S are especially adapted to such case*, one d»se effects such a change of fee! npr to u«tin Ish the sufferer.

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produced. Prfreaflc,,'

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TUTTS HAIR DYE.

GKAT HAIR or WHIWRRI changed to a GUssr BLACK by a single application of this DTK. It imparts a natural color, acts instantaneously, gold br Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of 11. Office* 44 Murray St., N«w York*