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Chinese BarBer.SHevs.

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A stranger is surprised at the number
of Chinese barber-shops in San Fran
cisco. But if he viii but glance at the
head of each passing Chinaman, his
wonder will be dispelled. Among them
no toilet is considered complete which
does net ingelVeEa shaving of the great
er portion of the head and neck. a
thorough cleansing of the eyes, ears
and nostrils, and even q trimming and
penciling of the eyebrows and lashes.
Razors, probes, and lahces of peculiar
construction, areamong the instruments
used By these. skillful artists. The pro-
cess of shaving and cleansing is neces-
sarily long one, and when China
man energies from one of these shops
he may be safely counted as thorough
ly clean-above the shoulders. The
tcombing and braiding OF cues con-
sumes no little time. Every Chinaman
of adult years regards an occasional
tonsoriaf experience Us a sacred duty.
The closely shaven head must be scrap
ed over often to, preserve, the appear
ance so much desired, and all this, in a
place SO popular as the "quarter" in
this city, requires the constant service
of numerous force. All the barber
shops of the Chinese have a peculiar
sign at the doorway indicative of the
occupation. 1t is a fourlegged frame,
the legs painted. green and the top
knobs red. 9'' ''1.-.lA -''.1i TO- =
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YOraciOus Tigers.

The Lewiston Journal prints the fol-
lowing extract from a private letter
from the Rev. Mr.. Eveleth, a native of
that State, now serving as missionary
in Toungoo, Burmah: "When we ar
rived at the Village of None the
people there were looking for the
Governor of the Shwaygyeen District
to see what could be done to rid them
of fierce tiger. His haunt was near
the path leading from this village to a
Karen Mountain a little to the east.
This monster had killed and eaten nine
persons, and now no one dared to go
that way. He was a great fellow, about
Il feet from tip to tip, very bold, and
afraid of no body of men. He captured
who ever came near him, whether kar-
en-, Shan, or Burman. If there were
several in the party, he always sprang
upon the last one. He was so heavy,
and sprang from so great q distance,
that he killed every one the moment he
struck him. The last party that he at
tackled contained seven men. The last one
carried spear, and said that he was not
afraid of the tiger, but, before he reach
ed the top of the hill, the tiger had cap
tured him, breaking his spear and kill
ing him instantly. A little while after
we left this village man came up be-
hind our train, riding furiously. He
was an Englishman, and wore dagger
and revolver in his belt, and was rath-
er formidable looking man. He was
Chief of Police in Shwaygyeen, and glad
to see white face, cantered on with
him 2 mile or two. He had in his peck
ct the claws of tiger who had recent
" killed five Karens. This, too, was
an old tiger, but with very little hair
left on him and very large. He came
to him in this WISE Two Karens were
ascending the mountains together, each
carrying a spear, the one pointing back
ward the other forward. The tiger
leaped from behind, and came upon one
of the spears. He was mortally wound
ed and very soon died. There was one
very sad story connected with the death
of these persons. A father and his lit
tie girl were going home from their ba-
Ear, when the tiger sprang upon the
child and carried her away. The IA
Their, crazed with the sight, pursued the
beast, and caught hold of the child's
legs, and tried to free her from his jaws.
The tiger let go his hold, and the father
placed the dead child on his shoulder
and started off on the run. The tiger
came up again, and selling the child
dragged it off into the jungle. The viii
lage was aroused by the cries of the
man, and came to the place. While
they were standing and looking at the
ehiid's blood, the tiger came up behind
them, sprang upon a man, and carried
him away. The monster who has killed
nine persons still lives, notwithstanding
that $3.50 are offered for his head.
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A Curiosity that Beats Them All.

We have heard of many curiosities
and freaks of nature, but the one about
to be spoken of beats them all. Mr.. W.
w. Turner lives in the southern part of
town, and is the owner of large par
fridge cochin hen, weighing twelve or
fourteen pounds. 1t is but one year of
age, and is in appearance similar to
other hens. @
1t is peculiar in this respect that,
when it lays.an egg there is something
strange about il. About four weeks
ago, in a single day, this hen laid four
eggs. For whole week thereafter, not
an egg was laid. She then took one of
her peculiar freaks and laid an egg
about the size. of a goose egg. Before
reaching the shell, there were three soft,
fine layers similar to buckskin.
Since then, up TO day before yester-
day, she has laid no eggs. She then
produced an egg within an egg, which.
was truly marvellous. The egg was ex-
traordinarily large, and by some mere
accident the shell was broken. Under
this first shell was the white and yOlk
rs in other eggs, but under this was
another shell Enclosing q con1mon-sized
egg. The outer shell was very thin,
soft and white, while the inner sheIl
was hard, and the color that of a guinea
egg. We saw this specimen of the hens
ability yesterday, and we must confess
that it beats al we have ever seen of the
kind. - ,51.f .lsfr- 'rf
This last freak occurred day before
yesterday, and in a week or so we may
look out for something else of a start
ling nature. 1t may be that before she
gets through she will hatch ont whole
brood of chickens without first going
through the process of laying the eggs.
This is what might be termed a Cen
tennial hen, the like of which comes
but once in hundred years.-St. 10
seph (N0.) Gazette.
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An Ingenious Contrirance.

An apparatus has been attached to the
rear of the pay-ear used on the Middle
Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad
which is expected to be of important
service TO the officers of the road when
on tours of inspection. A roll of white
paper TOO feet in length encireles 3
cylinder, from which it is paid out at
the rate of three feet to the mile run by
the car, its forward movement being
regulated by the revolutions of the near
est axle under the car. A led-pencil
placed about the center of the paper in
dicates by its mark the condition of the
track. The more uneven the track the
longer will be the mark which the pen
eli will make. Another way of show
inp the inspecting parties that the track
Is uneven is by a horizontal piece OF
iron or steel, which oscillates like the
penaulum of clock as the train moves:
when very defective point Is reached
the pendulum comes in contact with a
metal on each side, circular in shape,
and creates a sound like that of beH.
This new invention is expected to Work
mucn more satisfactorily than the tele-
graph apparatus formerly in operation.
Inquirer.
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The True Medical Philosophy.

The remarkable cures of dyspepsia, con.
stipation, general debility, Intermittent and
remittcnt fevers, nervousness, mental de-
spondency, and host of other ailments, by
that popular botanic invigorant and altera-
to ytdEte, not deplete, the sick, is the true
medical philosophy. Under the old system
patients underwent course Of treatment
that often had the effect ofexhausting their
few remaining energies. Drastic purgation,
and the administration of violent remedies
with a weakening reaction, were frequently
and most unnecessarily resorted to in cases
where IMMIGRATION combined with mild reg
ulhtive treatment was the sole desideratum
That this unwise mode of medication has
been to a great extent abandoned is in no
small degree due to the success which has
attended the peerless remedy above named.
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DIR. SCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP, SEA
WEED Tonic AND MANDRAKE PuLs.-These med
icines have undoubtedly performed more cures Of
Consumption than any other remedy known to the
American public. They are compounded of vege-
table ingredients and contain nothing which can
be injurious TO the human constitution. Other
remedies advertised as cures for Consumption
probably contain opium, which is somewhat
dangerous drug in all cases, and, if taken freely
by consumptfve patients, It must do great injury;
for its tendency is to eonne the morbid matter in
the system, which, of course, must make cure
impossible. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is war
ranted not to contain a particle of opium. 1t is
composed Of powerful but harmless herbs, which
act on the lungs, liver, stomach and blood, and
thus correct all morbid secretions and expel all
the diseased matter from the body. These are the
only means by which Consumption can be cured
and as Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Sea Weed
Tonic aud Mandrake Pills are the only medicines
which operate in this way, it is obvious they are
TIE only genuine cure for Pulmonary Consump-
to.I. Each bottle Of this Invaluable medicine is
accom- uied by full directions. Or. Schenck is
professionally Al his principal Office, corner Sixth
and Arch streets, Philadelphia. every Monday.
where all letters FOR advice must he addressed.
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Which Shall Take9

This Is often serious question with the
invalid. He finds the market flooded with
proprietary medicines, scores of which are
recommended as certain cures for his pecul-
lar ailinent. He reads the papers, circulars,
and almanacs, and finds each sustained by
plausible arguments setting forth its virtues
and specific action, The recommendations
are as strong for one as for another. The
cures claimed to have been wrought by one
are as wonderful as those claimed tc Save
been wrought by another. In his perpleXity
and doubt, the sufferer is sometimes led to
reject all. But it should be borne in mind
that this condition of things is one that can
not be remedied. In Land where all are free,
the good-the truly valuable-must come
into competition with the vile and worth
less, and must be brought to public notice
by the same instrumentality, which is Gdyer-
Using. In such case, perhaps the only alb
solute proof that remedy is what it claims
to be, is to try it. The test of pudding
is the eating Of it," "Prove all things, hold
fast that which is good" is the apostolic in
junction. There NAV, however, be stronger
presumptive evidence in favor of one RENE
dy than there is in favor of another, and
this should be allowed its due weight. A
due regard to this may save a vast amount
of experimenting and a useless outlay of
money. As presumptive evidence in favor
of DR.. Pierce's Family Medicines, the
Proprietor desires to say, that they are
prepared by new and scientific proc
ess by which the virtues of the crude plants
and roots are extracted without the use
of particle of alcohol. Not particle of
this destroyer of our race enters into the
composition of either his Golden Medical
Discovery or Favorite Prescription. This
consideration alone ought certainly to rank
them high above the vile compounds satu-
rated with alcohol, Jamaica rum, sour
beer, or vinegar, which are everywhere Of
fered for sale. Again, they are of uniform
strength, and their virtues can never be i'm
paired by age. They are also made from
fresh herbs and roots, gathered in their ap-
propriate season, when they are flush with
medicinal properties. In support of these
claims, the following testimony is offered:
R. V. PIERCE, NJ. D.: NEWARK, N. j.
Dear Sri have sold a great deal of your
excellent remedies, and prefer to sell them
before others, because they give good salts
faction to those who use them l hear
such remarks as Sage's Remedy complete
ly cured me; it is a splendid thing" or,
" PierCe's Discovery is just what / wanted;
feel better than | ever did" One of our
celebrated singers uses it for Strengthening
her voice, and says " there is nothing equals
it," and so ] might give scores of remarks
said about your preparations A colored
woman was using your Discovery, and after
taking three bottles was completely cured.
She, being in the store, said to me, Il don't
want no doctors round me so long as l can
get the Discovery; it beats all your doctors"
And so / might go on.
l am, most respectfully, yours,
ATHA B. CROOKS
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A 6nnIPLICATEn DISEASE.

There is prevailing, at the present time,
very generally throughout the country, a
strange disease, involving, as it were, the
welfare of the American people. The dis
ease makes it appearance with bad taste in
the mouth, pain in the back, sides and
shoulders, dizzy sensation in the head, a
sort of whirling when rising up suddenly,
a peculiar distressed feeling at the pit of the
stomach, an all gone sensation, with dis
tressed feeling after eating, like a load on the
stomach, the countenance has haggaTd
appearance, eyes sunkenr and tinged with
yellow, bowels are eostive at times, urine
scanty and high cOlored, with sediment on
standing, hands and feet cold and clammy
at times, the skin after while has dark,
dirty appearance, with brownish colored
spots; after death the liver, kidneys, pan
creas and absorbent vessels are found 10 he
diseased. OF late remedy has been found
that removes this complication of diseases
from the system. We refer 10 the SHAKER
EXTRACT OF Roofs mot patentmedicine)
It is sold by A. j. White. Si9 Pearl Street,
n. Y. Agents wanted.
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MISS YoNGE, the novelist, has pub
lished remarkable essay upon Court
ship and Marriage for the young people
of England, especially for Christian
Young women. She maintains that the
thought that a woman Should have a
personal affection for q man before
marriage is comparatively modern
notion, and that in old times the
daughter was disposed of by her parents
as if she had nothing TO sayfor herself
in this matter Miss Yonge believes
that our modern freedom of choice
should make young women. serious and
careful, and that a marriage of mere
obedience, without previous love, which
was no sin in the maiden Of former
times, nor is so in some countries now,
is sin in the English girl of our day,
who ought to know what she does.
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He was very young man. A few
stray hairs upon his lip attested thefact
that he was engaged in a deadly strug-
gle with a moustache. He went into a
variety store on Main Street, and said to
the proprietor, "Have you Charles
Reade's Lost Heir?'" "No, 1 haven't"
replied the storekeeper "But," he
continued, looking into the young man's
face, ,'I've got something that will make
that moustache of yours start out like
boils in the spring time"
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How He Screwed Him Up.

Jim had been working in the country,
and, on coming to town, was RECALLING
his friends with his experience on the
corner. "You know de man dat Invent
to work wild? Well, you see, he told me
he would do better by me dan any of his
neighbors was doin' by der hans; he
would give de third of de crap, and I fine
myself. Wen, you see, went to church
and gifts iquainted-w de neighbors'
hans. Oars Mr.. Washington, he's work
in on young Billy Smiths place and he's
gittin' de fourth, and find hisself; and
dars ,l1r. 1inkum, he's workin' on old
man Jones,place, and is gittin' de ftth,
and is found bersides. ar Well, yer see,
when | git, home, and was aworkin' in
de crap, I got to studyin', and de more
1 studied de more come to de eonclu-
sion dat de Hfrd wasn't gwine to do me.
So goes TO de boss, and says IL says,
Z GU told me you was agwine TODD bet
ter by me dan any de neighbors was by
dere hans He says he's been talkin'
to 'enl, and dat be was, and l says dat
Use been havin' some eonstination wild
de neighbors' hans myself. Dat Smiths
mans was gittin' de fourth, and Jones'
hans was gittin' de nth and found, and
wasn't gwine to stand no third. So
ne says we weuldresinge de old one. and
make a new contrack, and we bof come
TO town fore Esquire Robinson and
made it, here'sde paper now, and dats
de way I SereWed him up to de fourth.
| tell you what's de fact, boys, you can't
trust none of dem white folks" And
Jim mounted his mule and rode Off
Jackson Hiss. Plot. -
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sac. rssm...as1sAss Iq4atsstwn

hofs's F Tonic eS cures tfiirs Eid ftTtt, Dumb
Chills and Bilious Fevers-those Titans that
Kill their thadssads where atlsis rensedy is
unknown. : " cures seplargenent4 Of IRE
Spleen. Itcuresz HyperbophF Of The Liver.
its effects Try Wiihoft's Tonic, The great
infallible ChiA Cure, ts.R. EISL&x& Co,
Proprietors, New Orleans .v-I4fs
FoR SALE BIZ al n.u6GIsrs. - u =
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ivory BofyPIeased.

Every body who examines or Uses The
CHARTEK Oak Cook SToyE is pleased With
its great capacity, superior construetlon,
neatsappearanee,-e cleanliness IN opeIauon;
and the, ooastruetion. Of lbs reservoir and
closet. and say ais nIleq ualetl IS a aperfeef
Cooking Stove.i4 rssr q. ~ - hils--I - sea
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SHALLENBKR6ER,sreA gue -Piiis' do not
sicken the stomach, or act ON the ooWeIs'I
OnedOse stops the ehihs.a and Vigorous heaA
follows. Nothing in them 70 injure an infant.
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AT Covington, Ca, on a banter. a
boy ate Is hard boiled eggs, and on be-
ing told by the proprietor that there
were no more eggs, remarked that he
was going home TO supper.
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cVQpHDiQE for the ST. Louis Commercial Ga
OUDOOniDE sette The best and only strictly
commercial paper published in st. Louis. Every
body should keep ii ON file for future reference one
sample COPY free. one COPY one year. 81; 10 copies
one wear, 5 Is. Address, KICKER Il THOMAS,
224 Walnut Street, st. Louis. Mo,
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CLOCKS Br NAH, 7 And good ones, teof
See the ADVERT senlent Of ), B. Jerome *
To, of New Haven, Conn. They are rec
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Miraculous Escape of an Infant in a
Railroad Smash-up. -

People say sometimes that angels
guard the helpless infants from harm
and danger. And to notice the many
wOndrous escapes made by infant chill
dren from almost inevitable death one
might readily believe the assertion so
often made. Yesterday morning a not
able incident of this character trans
pired on the line of the Kansas City, St.
Joseph 81 Council Bluffs Railroad. Pas
senger train No. 3, going north, was
booming along the track quite lively
about 4 O'Clock, when it bounced a
broken rail on the track and amoment
afterwards the ladies car and a Pullman
car were skipping and jumping over
the rails. A woman seated near one of
the open windows in the ladies' car
had her baby torn from her grasp by
the shock, and before she could
prevent it the child fell out of the win
dow just as the ear rolled over on its
side. The car was dragged 10 or Is
feet after it had fallen over on its side.
1t was thought that the infant must be
ground up and crushed to pieces as it
had fallen directly beneath the capsized
car. But when the debris was cleared
away and search was made for the re-
mains of the child, it was heard crying
near the rear of the coach. When, with
the aid of shovels, the child was dug out, !
it was found to be almost miniured. 1t
had fallen into hollow place near the
track, and had lain there safe while the
car was dragged over it. Seven per-
sons were injured by the accident, but
none fatally. Two young ladies re-
celved serious injuries in their hips, but I
as they declined a medical examination
before reaching home it could not be |
definitely ascertained whether their in |
juries are dangerous or not The acct
dent occurred near Phelps, station
north of st. Joseph.-KanSGs City
Times. -+i7 s-.Er--A
THE following brief rules for prompt
action in case of accident are given by !
Professor Wilder, of Cornell University:
For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing !
dash cold water in them = remove Gin
ders, etc., with athearound point Of
lead-pencil. Remove insects from the
ear by,tepid water = never put "a, hard
Instrument into the ear. If an artery is +,
cut, compress it above the wound; if a I
vein is cut, compress it below. Ifchok- |
ed, 60 upon all fours and cough, For !
slight burns, dip the part in cold water;
if the skin is destroyedy cover with var-t
nish. For apoplexy, raise the head !,
and body. For fainting, lay the person /
fat. 20 -, -. - - -;
THE Aberdeen Miss. E7dn,i,ser says
A child of Nh. c. NJ. Jones was bitten
by highland moccaSin, and perfect
cure was obtained by external applica-
lions of kerosene-oi. A valuable dog !
was bitten by ''cotton- month"; and
was dying when the first application of
the oil was made. but obtained instant
relief, and was up and running about
in two or three hours.
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-,-, 80 A. :, D az - ,,v.v

Formerly the lancet, esleEek busters ard sfarya7
tion were the treatment Of the sick. DR.. Tut
Pills have done away with this. Beng Tegetaoie
they require no change Of diet or Oecupatton-asafe
family uedicine. Is Murray Street. Ny ~
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TEAS The choicest in the world-Importers'
Il L[ALJs priCes-Largest Company In Americas
staple STtiCle-peases eyerybOdy-Trade continually
lncreasing,Agents wanted syerywhere-best induce.
ments-dOu't waste time-send for circular to ROBT
WELLS, AZ Vssey St.. N.Y. p. o. Box last.
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ST. LOUIS MIDLAND FARMER FREE.


4 The ST. LOUIS MIDLAND FARMER will be sent three
months free 10 those who viii send threecent stamp
| 10 pay postage. Address g. W. MATTHEWS Il Co.,
Publishers, No. 2l2 North sixth Street., StLOuis Mo.
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fuel labor time and hot rooms and requires only
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