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The Latest Things in Fans.

There is very little difference in fans;
the latest are straight sticks, instead
Of curved. In lace fans, the new
est combines lace exquisitely fine paint
ings on silk gauze; the pattern of the
lace made with a view to answer as q
framework for the pictures. There are
generally one large one in the center,
and a smaller in the left-hand corner.
One in rocco style was seen with wrought,
pearl sticks. The fan itself was kid,
beautifully painted. This came as high
as 5000. Sticks of opal pearl are O n
sidered quite CONNIE IL tautfor lace fans
this year. For ladies in lighter mourn
ing, smoked pearl sticks, covered with
black lace, except in the center and left
side, which contain exquisite paintings
on black gauze, are all the rage. Albert,
the celebrated French fan painter, now
puts his name in the lower right or left
hand corner of the painting. in imitation
of his brother artists on a large scale;
of course the penchant for everything
q la japanese finds aready outlet in fans;
the expensive ones in ivory with raised
gold or silver lacquer work, are more at
t~ractive as an object of beauty, though
for their usefulness being rather heavy.
The tortoise shells in the same styles are
very handsome, but expensive-none less
than 100.-LOndon Truth.
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Grimes of q Texas Outlaw.

The father of John Wesley Hardin, who
was recently arrested in o railroad car in
Alabama, was a preacher, who lived in
Southwest Texas. AS a boy he was remark
ably quiet, and gave no evidence OF the
terrible passions which, in after life, made
him thirst for blood. When almost six
teen years of age, and while the state
was under military rule, a colored man
on his fathers place provoked him, and
he shot him. For this he was placed
under guard of some soldiers, who started
to Huntsville with him. AS he was
only q boy they did not watch him very
closely, and at night lay down to sleep.
Hardin rose in the night and killed every
one of them. This outlawed him. His
next act was the murder Of Jack Helm,
out of which grew the Sutton and Taylor
troubles, Hardin siding with the Tay-
lors. His father and brother got mixed
up and were taken out and hung in
Western Texas. From this time on he
was a desperate of the worst order. Mis-
sour and Kansas became the field of
operation, and before he left them he
added many more to the death list. In
those states there are at present large re-
wards offered for him. From there he
came back to Texas, and kept the border
in q state of terrorism. His last murder
was the killing of Webb the deputy
sheriff of Brown county, at Comanche.
Tt is estimated that in various parts of
the county there are twenty thousand
dollars of rewards offered. Hardin is q
young man, about twenty-seven or TWEEN
ty-eight years of age, five feet eight
inches and one-half in height, weighs one
hundred and fifty pounds, has faxen
hair, blue eyes and not an unpleasant
countenance.-Dailas (1eros) Herald.
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An English AstrOlOger.

An aged astrologer was convicted III
North Devon, England, about the mid
die of August. He was charged with
"using certain subtle craft, means o
device by palmistry and otherwise, to
deceive and impose on certain of her
majesty's subjects" Elizabeth Saunders
had been Ill. Doctors had been. Of no
avail, and finally her husband sent for
"The White witch" He went to the
house, felt her pulse, and said he did
not know whether he could do her any
good, as he was only an humble instru-
ment in the hands of God. He gave
her four or five rods in succession, with
which she tapped a piece of iron held by
her in the other hand, while lying in
bed. At the end of the rods were the
names of different planets, such as
Jupiter and Mercury. He also asked
the age Of the woman, and the hour she
was born, saying he wanted to find out
under what planet she was born. He
gave her some bitte-s to. take, but she
died a few days afterwards. The defence
was that the rods and piece of metal
we're a rude means of using electricity,
by which means the defendant had made
many cures, bnt no explanation was
given as to the meaning of the names Of
the planets. It was stated that "The
White Witch" charged the woman
twenty-five shillings for his services,
stayed in the house five hours, and had
a glass of rum and some biscuits: BE
was sentenced to a months imprison'
ment
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A Sioux War n

A war dance is described in O western
exchange, which says A day WIS set,
and the Drummer and White Shield re-
turned to their camp to tell their war
riors to get ready. At noon of one of
the warmest days a horrible pounding
and screeching was heard in the dis
lance, and going out We saw bedlam az.
vancing : 100 Indians, painted red, vel
low, blue, and green, ornamented with
feathers and strings Of small bells, we're
advancing, beating a tom-tom, screech-
ing with NIL their might, and STOPPING
over, danced from one foot to the other.
Arrived in front of the house they
stopped and walked on to the parade,
ranged themselves in q semi-circle, put
their blankets under them and waited
for the musicians to begin. The six or
eight members of their band, wrapped
in gray blankets, were huddled around q
base drum, each armed with a substan-
tial drum stick. and as they began their
pounding the dar GERS set up q strange
chorus Of shrill, chipping cries, and
then darting to the middle, began dane
ing back and forth, around and through
in a confused mass, themselves still
singing, their bells rattling and feathers
moving. The step consisted in raising
the foot straight up, balancing up and
down on the other, and then changing
positions, carrying it on to the end.
Two pauses were made to give q
chance for breaking, and they began
with radouhled vipor. A fpathered ar.
row was stuck in the ground, and around
it they circled and hoped more madly
than ever, and at the second interlude,
White Shield, q magnificent savage over
six feet in height, .broad-shouldered
and muscular as a Hercules, stepped to
the center and related some of his own
glorious deeds. AS his speech advanced
his hearers grunted their appreciation,
and when he had finished relating the
destruction of his enemy in the open
field, an %applausive Howl" came from
the red coryphees.
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Apples.

With us the use Of the apple, as an
article of food, is far moderated. Be-
sides containing q large amount of sugsr,
mucilage and other nutritive matter,
apples contain vegetable acids, aromatic
qualities, etc., which act powerfully in
TIE capacity of r~efrigesants, tonics and
antiseptics, and when freely used at
the season of mellow ripeness they pre-
vent debility, indigestion, and avert,
without doubt, many of the ellis that
flesh is heir to-" The operatives of
Cornwall, England, consider ripe apples
nearly rs nourishing as bread, and far
more SO than potatoes. In the year 1901
which was a year Of much scarcity
apples, instead of being converted into
cider, were sold to the poor, and the
laborers asserted that they could stand
Their" work on baked apples without
meat; whereas a potato. diet required
either meat or some other substantial
rutriment. The French and Germans
use apples extensively; so do the inhabi-
tants of all European nations. The
laborers.depend upon them-as an article
OF food, and frequently make o dinner of
sliced apples and bread. There is no
fruit cooked in as many different ways
IN our country rs apples, nor is there
any fruit whose value, as an article of
nutrlment, is as great aud SO little ap-
preclated>~- Water Cure Journal.
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Indian Princes and Rubies.

The Indian princes and mobiles are
greedy of diamonds beyond all people,
and there is but one country in the
world in which any product of nature is
held more precious Than this wonderful
combustible gem, whose nature indeed
We know, but whose genesis is still a
moot question for science. That country
is Burmah, the land of the white ele-
plant, where the finest rubies sheltered
in earth's breast are found. and arc rated
far above diamonds. AS the King of
Siam prizes his cats, so the King of Bur-
nah prizes the rubies of his country,
iealously prohibiting the export of them,
so that the beautiful aluminous stones
which do but glow with q clearer and
richer color when they are exposed to
fire in which the diamond would be con-
sumed and disappear-can only be pro-
cured by stealth or favor by private indi-
viduals. No European has ever been
permitted to see the kings wonderful
ruby, "the size of a pigeons egg and of
extraordinary quality" and the sale of
the two magnificent rubies which were
brought to England in 1S75-the finest
ever known in Europe-caused such ex-
element, that a military guard had to
escort the persons conveying the package
to the ship. Five days journey south
east of Ava lies the home of the blood
red gems, the jealous earth in which the
people believe that they ripen, becoming
from their original colorlessress, yellow,
green, blue, and, last of all, the match
less ruby red. Next to these rank the
rubies which are found in the Tartar
Willis of Badakshan, and which the
people there believe are always found in
pairs. When one of the seekers has DIS
covered a. he will frequently hide it
until its mate is found.
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And during the year 1876 and 1877 there
were sent from Philadelphia 4,677, $50
pounds of fresh meat, and from Boston
1887, 04O pounds. Also n cargo from
Baltimore, which was a total failure, and
other shipments from Canada.
The vessels leaving New York and
fitted with the refligerators for carrying
fresh meat include fire steamers of the
Williams & Guion line, with an aggre-
gate measurement used for ice, ma
chinery and meat of 1880 tons six
steamers of the National line, with
1856 tons five steamers of the White
Star line, with 1923 tons; four steamers
of the Inman line, using 1874 tons !; two
of the Anchor line, with $40 tons two of
the Cunarders, with 800 tons, and one
of the State line, with about ITO tons.
Since April last, owing mainly to the
advanced cost of cattle here, but partly
to the lack of adequate cold storage and
facilities for a prompt distribution and
sale of the beef on arrival in foreign
ports, especially at Liverpool, shipments
of fresh beef have materially decreased
while the exports of live cattle have
correspondingly increased. In some
cases the refrigerator boxes have been
taken out of the steamers, but the great
er part Of such as have not been used
for fresh meat have been filled with but
ter, cheese, etc.
The expectation of live cattle for
British markets was begun from this
city by the Samuels Brothers in 1874,
who sent over twenty-six fat prime bull
locks in their first shipment and lost
twenty of them on the yoyoge. Other
shipments followed with better success,
and very recently they sent in one week
upwards of 200 fine cattle from New
York and more than 800 from Montreal.
Mr.. Eastman has sent over q few live
cattle, MI. Bushman about 500, Fleishaur
& Edelmuth several hundred and q num-
Der of cargoes have been sent from Phil
adelphia, Boston and Montreal. Up to
April 1 last the shipments from New
York amounted to 1866 head !; from
Philadelphia, 1,029 from Boston, 849.
Since April the business has been in
.creasing weekly, and exporters are con.
fdent and hopeful of fair profits and
assured success for the future.
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A Fortified Rosebud.

The Portland Orcgonian, contains
this story ; Judge E. G. Bronaugh has
attached to his watch chain O little anu
let or charm, which, aside from its
peculiar history, is very pretty in itself.
1t is nothing more or less than a petri-
fed rosebud. During the war, a
young nephew of Judge Bronaugh,
while in one of the Southern States,
wrote home to his mother and inclosed
in the letter q rosebud. The letter
arrived safely ct it's destination, and,
after having been perused, was laid
aside with the rosebud in a drawer,
where it remained for eight or nine
months. When the drawer was over
hauled and the letter again brought to
light, the rosebud it contained vas dis
covered to be petri6eds The judges
aunt recently sent the stone to him at
this place, and he placed it in the hands
Of a jeweler for the purpose of having it
fitted to carry on his watch chain. The
petrifcation is so very hard that while
trying to drill q hole in it two or three
tools were broken before the object was
accomplished. It is a perfect rosebud,
and SO we'll preserved that the finest
fbres are to be seen. What peculiarities
of air, earth, or water could have
changed the tender rosebud into a hard,
almost diamond-l like substance in the
short space Of nine months is a mystery.
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Matrimonial Advice.
Marry in your own religion.

Marry in your own religion.
Never both be angry at nee.
Never taunt with q past mistake.
Let a kiss be the prelude of a rebuke.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
Let self-abnegation be the habit of
both.
A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing.
II forgot" is neve an acceptable ex-
cuse.
If you must criticize, let it be done
lovingly.
Make a marriage a matter of moral
judgment.
Marry into a family which you have
long known.
Never make a remark at the expense
of the other.
Never talk at one another, either alone
or i'll company.
Give your warmest sympathies for
each others trials.
If one is angry, let the other part the
lips only tor q kiss.
Neglect the whole world beside, rather
than one another.
Never speak loud to one another un-
less the house is on fire.
Let each strive to yield oftenest to the
wishes of the other.
Always leave home with loving words,
for they may be the last.
Marry into different blood and tenn
permanent from your OWL.
Never deceive, for the heart, once mis-
led, can never trust wholly again.
It is the mother who moulds the
character and fixes the destiny of the
child.
Never find fault unless it is perfectly
certain q fault has been committed.
Do not herald the sacrifices you make
to each other tastes, habits, or prefer
ences.
Let all your mutual accommodations
be spontaneous, w~hole-souled, and free
Us air.
The very felicity is in the mutual cul-
t~ivation of usefulness.
Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation, or
sphere of the other.
A hesitating or grum yielding to the
wishes of the other always CRATES upon q
loving heart.
Never reflect Oh a past action which
was done with q good motive, and with
the best Judgment ct the time.
The beautiful in heart is a million
times of more avail, as securing domestic
happiness, than. the beautiful i'll person.
They who marry for physical charac-
teristics OF external considerations will
fail of happiness,
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Prairie Dogs.

Vendors of prairie dogs are OCCASION
ally encountered on tie Union Pacific
railroad, says a writer in Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, with their living
prey carefully boxed up. And these
quaint little animals deserve moro than
a passing notice. Their little villages
are seen on every side for many miles
after leaving Sydney, and are never
failing sources of interest to travellers.
The animals are always fat, and arc
about sixteen inches long, and of 4 gray
ish-red color. The Indians eat them,
protesting to prefer them to squirrels.
They live undergro,>-.n extensive com.
munities, in slanting burrows, termi.
mating, after a descent Of six or eight
feet, in wide chambers, These latter
they sagaciously excavate at a little
higher point than the bottom of the pas
sages, whereby their larger apartments,
which they sometimes share with rattle
snakes and owls, are not subject to be
overflowei by rain -storms, The little
fellows squat like rabbits on their plump
launches at the entrances to their bur
rows, peering inquisitively about them
in every direction. At the approach of
IN intruder they give a quick, sharp
yelp, hot loud enough to be called a
bark, and disappear headforemost into
the earth. But their curiosity is more
powerful than their timidity, and in a
short time their little noses are acen
emerging from the holes as they peep
cautiously out to discover the source of
fhayr n lorp, 'Nhn- n~a c,.,N--lo4 l.GE
cult to shoot, as they are as rapid as
swallows in their movements, and for
the m reason it is not always easy to
capture them alive. Mr.. Leslie bought
q couple of the little fellows on the
homeward trip. The boy who offered
them for sale had secured them in a box
with three thin stats of wood, and il Was
not long before they set vigorously to
work to gnaw their way out with their
sharp teeth: A handful of grass was
given them, which they ate with avidity.
and so long as they were plentifully fell
there was no further effort on their part
TO work their way into liberty: They
ate grass ravenously, showing an especial
prediction for clover. They kept in
good condition until they reached Sara
toga, where their history suddenly and
u%nhappily ended. The box containing
them was deposited temporarily on the
sward, near Mr.. Leslie's summer resi-
dence, until a servant could take them
in charge, but when he arrived they had
disappeared from the cage. The little
creatures doubtless enjoyed 80 greatly
the smell OF the freshsod and the glimpse
of freedom from which they had so
long boon debarred, that they attacked
the imprisoning Stats with determine
ton, and gnawed their way to liberty.
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4 Remarkable Suicide,

Perhaps the most remarkable suicide
on record has been committed in Sweden.
a government official in the district of
Ripsa, wearied by p~ecuniary difficulties,
took a row with his wife aud two children
upon a neighboring lake, ostensibly to
pass a few hours in fishing, but after
getting to o distance at which he could
do no harm to others, he applied a match
to a quantity If explosive material, sup
posed to be some form of dynamite, that
he had, unobserved, taken with him, and
blew the boat and its occupants literally
into FRAGMENTS,
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Gen. F. A. Walkers article in The Iternd-
tionai Rerie,c, just published, upon the display
Of goods and wares at the Philadelphia Worlds
Fair, last year, points out the gratifying fact
that in several prominent mechanical specialties
the long established supremacy Of this country
is easily shown to be u~nimpsired. In reapers,
locks, sofas and sewing machines America leads
the world, while in scales for commercial use,
Gen. Walker says that "time and recent inven-
ton have not impaired the superiority Of
american goods. The great house which was
founded at st. Johnsbury forty years ago, not
only maintains the positive merit Of it's nroduc-
lions, but ships its goods to every quarter Of
the GLOBE
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Rapid Increase in the shipments Of Fresh
Beef md Mutton 10 Great Britnin.-
When and BY Whom the Refrigera,ius
Deueess was Introduced-.The Exporta-
zion of Live Stock.
From the New York World.l
The expectation Of f'rsh beef and NUT
ton in refrigerator compartments was be-
gun in.OHtober, 1875, byMr. T. Eastman,
Il director Of the Sixteenth street stock
yard company, and for the last fifteen
years a prominent cattle broker of this
city. His first shipment was put on the
English market in pEinaa order, but had
to he sold ut low figures and ut some
]ass, Sihce then he has been shipping
almost constantly and regularly uptot the
present time, using as many Of thirty
nine refrigerator boxes, Which cost up
wards of $1Q0, 900. He lost three empty
boxes by the wreck of the steamer
Dakota, otherwise he has been fortunate
and generally successful. Following
Mr.. Eastman were the Samuels Brothers,
of this city, and Martin, Fuller & Co.,
of Philadelphia md afterwards were
added in the order named-Sherman &
Gillett, Geo. Toffey & Sons, Morris &
Allerton, Snowden & McConnville and
Stahlnecker& Co., Martin, Fuller & Co.,
and Morris & Allerton shipped from
Philadelphia, the Samuels Brothers
shipped mainly from this city, but were
interested in shipments from Montreal !;
the others shipped exclusively from New
York. All use ice in large quantities,
and all, except the firms of Sherman &
Gillett and Morris & Allerton, keep the
meat cool by either forcing or drawing
air through layers of block ice and thence
V and around the hanging meat. The
"craven " process used by Sherman &
Gillett and by Morris & Allerton, cooled
the meat by means of pipes, through
which is forced by pumps q mixture of
broken ice and salt.
The progress of the trade from its in
ception to April l, 1877, is shown by the
subloined official figures:
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A Lesson Taught by Experience.

Among the many valuable LESSONS taught by
experience, there is not one Of greater moment
to the invalid portion Of the community than
the following, viz: That alternative treatment
is only permanently successful when aided by
invigoration. When the functions Of the body
are disordered, the use Of a genial tonic with
which corrective properties are combined is
the speediest means Of regulating them. Such
most popular, as it is the best article Of its
class. For more than twenty-five years it has
been used with signal success as a remedy for,
and preventive Of malarial fevers, as a means
Of imparting strength to the debilitated, and
as o curative Of dyspepsia, biliodsness, consti-
patton, kidney troubles and uterine weakness.
Not only have multitudes Of those whom 1t has
cured borne testimony in its behalf, but it has
been repeatedly commended by the medical
profession and the press.
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For Severe Coughs md Lung CompIainfs.
CANTON, Pa, Nov: 20, 1873.

MeBSfS. S6Ln VI. TOWIb q CUH5j DObIOH.
Gentlemen-About ten years ago, after hay
ing had a severe attack Of measles, I Was
troubled with q severe cough and was threat
ened with consumption. My father having
died at the age Of thirty-one with consumption
Of the lungs, and my aunt having been carried
off with the same complaint, it seems to be
hereditary in our family. At the time alluded
to, I was induced to buy q bottle Of Dr.. Wistar's
Balsam of Wild Cherry, and can. say conscien-
%tiously, I believed-it saved my life. I was
blacksmithing at the time, and often felt pains
in my chest and lung, which the Balsam re-
lieved. I cheerfully give this statement, and
hone YOU may have success with so beneficial a
preparation. Yourstruly, A. J. Merritt.
SO cents and Il 8 bottle. Sold by druggists.
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The cost of the Pittsburgh riot to that
city alone is estimated at 81, 500, 900,
which is more than ~one-fortieth Of its
entire assessed valuation. This is equal
to q tax of $32. Is for every man, woman
and child, supposing the city to be held
responsible. .
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We are told to place no faith in ap-
p~earances, yet it will be found a wiser
course to Judge from the human counte-
nance, rather than the human voice;
most men place a guard over their words
and their actions, but very few can bind
the expression that is conveyed by the
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Physicians Of high standing INTERESTINGLY
give their Endorsement to the use Of the Graef-
enberg- Marshalls Catholicon for all female
complaints. The weak and debilitated find won
derful relief from q constant use Of this 7alu-
able remedy. Sold by all druggists. S1.6o per
bottle. Send for almanacs, Graofenberg Co.
Naw York.