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New York Undertakers.

The Graphic has undertaken to get at
the profits of the metropolitan under
takers, and has found new members of
the protest. ion willing to talk. One of
these says: "Your New York under
taker is shrewd man. He measures
his customers with his eye. and knows
about how n uch to charge by the cut of
their clothes If the parlor he enters
has a rep carpet and is furnished with
bronze his bill will be 500 for an in
FAINT, or $3.50 for an adult. If in satin,
$50 more, etc. Among the middle or
wellto-do classes, plain covered cohins
with bars, nails and handles, are
the favorites. The wood composing
these coffins are usually chestnut, pine,
or whitewood, and cost, including their
putting together, from $6 to 81 so;
cloth, satin used for Innings, nails,
handles, ETC., $22 30, or about $50 ali
told. For ice he will charge between
81 80 and $2; hearse, SIS; attendants,
$l5 to $25, and round sum for car
riages and the use Of stools, making an
aggregate of about 5000. Some un-
.dertakers own carriages enough to answer
for small funeral, but as a genel al
thing the majority of them do business
with certain liverymen, who divide with
them in the matter Of the carriage hire
A goodly number patronize n the wood
coffin manufacturers, of which there are
six or seven in the city. They can pur-
chase at these places cloth-covered coffins
for $l5, for which they charge their pa
irons, after lining them and arranging
other necessary details, from $l00 to
$780, The plates bearing the name and
date of death, etc, cost them but 50 so;
for this they tax their customer 80.
They charge enough for the use of stools
at one funeral to buy set. Even for
the box for the coffin, which costs them
only So, they charge Sl5. You see by
these figures wherein the profits lie.
You may think it curious that /, also an
undertaken, should speak thus freely Of
the craft. The fact is, have long been
disgusted with the way in which under.
takers Of this city have been conducting
business, and live in hopes TO see a
change
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The Heaviest, Tallest and Oldes
Men. ,sqyoY ,oH

The tallest men of whom record is
made were, a German named Hans Bar
and Hungarian soldier, name not Civ
en-, each of them being eleven feet high;
their weight is not known. The heavi-
est man of whom record is made Was
Miles Darden, the Tennessee giant, whr
was seven and one-half feet high and
weighed over one thousand pounds; he
died in 1857. Daniel Lambert, the En-
glish "maSs Of Aesh," was five feet and
eleven inches in height and weighed
seven hundred and thirty.nine pounds,
In 1865 there was buried az Bengal, In
dia, a man named CuguA, who claimed
10 h. thre hundred and City years OF
age. The oldest person who died during
the present century, sas FruneAman
in Paris, named Jean Colcmheski, Who
va one hundred and twensy-six years
oh A man namod David kurnisun
died In Chicago Ia 1881, wbo ciaiiped b
10 one hunared and siKtscn years Old
ChioAwo Jourani
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Military Of the United states

Themes .irrau & tir Ear.vaI d.
Eutianric. u .r ths ar'i.. -AwN
ha, the following -Tb, ui1faN hi~tury
af the l'urr. state !. a, srfaH-r a, fa.
rise and rapid .r1efh ut 'la ua'l.l in
1890 the rauk and h.s Il Obj. armv, 49,
fixed hy acc q tu.r-ss. amHuHtrl 'u
I.2lG men; and iu lSl4an Ea- lh ~NTt
dItiun ~ on'y 3.S0 men ~a, ah.e a.
seize aud buu Washiu-'ou, 'as caHtl
Of a country which even then NUMBERED
100000 OF inhabitants IN lN6l,
at the commrncrm mcut oi thr wsr
of the secession, the Nho.s re-
ular force amounted q only
$4,000 men. In April Of that,
year the President called out $1,000
volunteers for three months 10 defend
the capital, which WAS threatened; aud
in May further call for $4,000 was
made. In July two calls for 500 600
each we're authorized, and, AS even this
vast force proved insufficient for the g.
gantic struggle which America had now
embarked in, it was found necessary to
introduce the conscription. In October,
1858, levy of 100000 men was or.
dered, and in February, 1864, further
call of 100000 was made. Finally, in
the beginning Of 1865, two further lev
les, amounting in all to 100000 men,
were ordered, but were only partially
carried out, in consequence of the cessa-
ton Of hostilities. The number called to
arms by the Government of the United
States, between April, 1861, and April
1865, amounted to 2,759,049, of whom
2,653,053 were actual embodied in the
armies. If to these be added the |, l00,-
/ 600 men embodied by the Souther
States during ths same time, the total
armed forces reached the enormous
amount of nearly 100000, drawn from
a population of only -, ,000,0 0,0O0-fgures
before which the celebrated uprising of
the French nation in 1898, or the recent
efforts of France and Germany in the
war 1901 sink into insignifcence.
And within three years the whole of
those vast forces were peacefully dis
banded, and the army had shrunk to
normal strength Of only 10000.
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BEGINNING AGAIN.

When, sometimes, our feet grow N'aIl'
On the rugged hills OF life
The path stretching long and dreary
With trial and labor rife
We pause on the tollSome journey
CHANGING backward in vale, tsa glen,
And sigh with an infinite longing
To return and begin again.
For behind is the dew OF the morning,
In all its freshness as a gift,
And before are doubts aud shadows,
And the chill and gloom Of night
We remember the sunny places
We passed so carelesSly then,
And ask, with passionate longing
To return and begin again.
All, vain, indeed, is the asking
Lies duties press all of us on.
And who dare shrink from the labor,
Or sigh for the sunshine that 5 gone
And il may be. not far on before us,
Wait fairer places than then,
Life's paths may yet lead by still waters
Though we may not begin again.
For evermore upward and onward
Be our paths on the hills OF lie,
And soon with a radiant dawning
Transfgure the toll and the strife,
And our fathers hand will lead us
Tenderly upward then;s lr
In the Joy and peace Of fairer world
He'll let us begin again. s..
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Iu. p0ar. IH.I.fr, sr. tla U1l ra1u.,,
ami from tNr frun' ai f.. fpHr springs
ID ia.r,r,. 'hs ,H.a fran ~hi.. l- a. HHs
ami a, .,ru.I,, ~ t.a' lr.I uar
tuargL G.,t.H I.r san l.
ruHHHH
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The exports at the port Of Boston for
the week ending September 18th WERE
valuei at ss27 800, Agains, e7l5,saf
tor the corresponding week has, year.
The value Of imports far Shs year 10
same date wss e3l, 2as,5ss. agsins,
s26, 81 ,62i for the corresponding Feri0i
iAst year, showing an inerrese 1As prrs
eut year q fl,s75,sls
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Port Townsend
40 ..3 4uO. .Jn
PORT TOWNSEND, w. T. s...s -ss.

u The above Institution having been placed on
q permanent footing, as the United states HOS
pital for Marine Patients on Puget SOunh, the
proprietor takes pleasure ~ ann''nnclns mat
no pains or expense will be- spared IN minis
tering the comfort and convenience of pri-
vate patients .,...
This II the largest General Hosptni north OF
San Francisco, and by far the lnVsi complete
In equipment. IL has been thor uBhly rettted
and refurpished, Its general wards have no.
com mOdatons or about one hundred pHtients
and ars psnuIiarly adapted tor CASES requiring
the most car fn treatment aud constant u"
pervislon at limi:ed eXpensn. 1hose wlIu dc.
sire them will be furnished with private rooms,
entirely separate and distinct, AZ asilght audi
tiOnal cost.
Ayfhe attention OF MIL uwuerS, and those
Interested IN rhippi <, n called H. le lacl tina!
Eeamen suffering from con agiOns Diseases ~!lI
be- treated outside the Hospital without ex'
penns 20 ans vessel.
Thomas Il. Minor, NJ. D.,
a-If Managing surg on.
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Since the new tramp iaE ueut into
shega The harvest ~anR a psunsy ivauia
81 ~Tmmp TrNmP' I1my Tie hays
arr marching -strNixat orvs yae borsisr
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RECIPES, ETC.

OMELET.-To four well-beaten eggs
add one teaspoonful of corn starch dis
solved in half tea cup milk, one table,
spoonful sugar, salt and pepper. Fry
as any omelet.
GINGER CAKE.-Take three pounds
of flour, one pound of sugar, one pound
of butter, two ounces of ginger, and
one pint of molasses; add q quarter of
q pint of cream and little nutmeg.
Mix warm, and bake in slack oven.
BREAD OMELET.-Put into a stewpan
teacupful of crumbs, one teacupful
of cream, one teaspoonful of butter,
with salt, pepper and nutmeg Gf iked) ;
when the bread has absorbed the cream,
work in two well-beaten eggs; beat
them little with the mixture; fry in
an omelet pan and roll up.
HERR GRoTE reports to the Hanover
Agricultural Society that an owl nest
ing in q gentleman's garden destroyed
during fourteen days more than 1000
field mice, by actual count, "besides a
large number of dung-beetles (Scara-
bgus stercordrius," the wing-cases of
which were found scattered on the
ground. is.4 u s4
GROUND RICE PUDDING.-Pound fine
in mortar twelve bitter and twenty
four sweet almonds; break four eggs
into a basin and whisk them to froth
crate the peel of lemon some nut.
meg and cinnamon. When these are
all ready, put quart of milk into q
stewpan. with a quarter of q pound oi
ground rice, and put it on slow fire
keep stirring it till it thickens; ther
take it from the fire and put in two
ounces of butter, with your almonds
eggs and spice, and as much loaf-sugal
in powder. s...f ..-.
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COIN HONE TO-DAY.

MY business on the jury's done-the quibblin'
I've watched the lawyers night and left, and give
But now the courts adjourned for good, and
I'm loose i II last T and. thank the Lord. I'm eoin'
home to-day.
I've somehow felt uneasy like. since frst day I
1t is An awkward game to play the gentleman in
And this ere Sunday suit of mine. on Sunday
But when wear the stuff week, it somehow
Ralls and frets.
have NO doubt my wife looked out, as well as
A. we'll ss any woman could-to see that thing.
But nothing prosper. half so well when 60 of
And i. win put thines into shape when 1 get home
to-day.
The mornin' that come away, we had little
Iooolly took my hat and left before the show
But then, shes fr.t one to give up. when she h..
And she wliI @sss me with kiss. when GU
Ny little boy-rn give 'em leave to match him
It. fun to see him strut about. and try to be .
Ths s.@sss, oh.erie.s little chap you'd ever want
And then they laugh. because think the child
resembles me.
The little roeueI he goes for me like robbers for
their prey; rrr H.#
He'll turn my. pockets inside out, when get
home to-day.
Ny little grill can't contrive how it should hap
pen thus
That God shoald pick that sweet bouquet. and
fling It down to us
My wife she :ays that handsome faoe will some
And thes, laugh, because she thinks the child
resembles her.
Shell meet me halfway down the hill and kiss
me, anyway;
And light my heart ~ with her smiles. when ]
60 home to-day.
If there's . heaven upon the earth, fellow
knows it when
He's been away from home . week. and then geta
back again. - -a -
- -K. 4 carlaos. In Detroit zrssxse
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Spring Narrowing of Winter Grain

Mr.. WIN. M. SINGERLY, of the Phila-
delphia Record, gives the following ad-
vice, based, as will be seen, on note
worthy experience:
"Just as soon as the ground is dry
enough to get on in the Spring, run the
harrow across the wheat and the rye
fields. Don't be afraid of narrowing
too much or pulling the grain out. Run
the harrow along the drill rows, and
then back again; or, if you run first
down and then across, 80 much the
better. The tillering of both wheat
and rye will more than make up for
any plants destroyed. After narrowing,
SOW the grass seed, clover and timothy,
of the usual quantities; after which go
over your fields with the roller, and
you will not only be surprised at your
grain crop but, will be even more at
your Fall clover in the stubble. If the
Record could only induce every farmer
in Pennsylvania to harrow his wheat
this Spring, it would by that one item
of knowledge increase the grain prod
uct of this State to the extent of hum
dreds of thousands of dollars this year
and forever after. Our own experience
in narrowing the past two years has
been a yield of seventy-five bushels of
wheat on two and a half acres in 1877,
and three hundred bushels on eight
acres in 1873. This plan of culture will
increase the yield all the way from three
to ten bushels to the acre"
To the same effect is the subjoined
paragraph from the Country Gentle
man:
"Harrow wheat in Spring as soon as
the ground is dry enough to bear the
team. This breaks the crust, destroys
small weeds and gives the plants q
start. 1t may be repeated every week
or two, until the wheat is foot high or
more, if the smoothing harrow is used.
Timothy sown with the wheat last Au-
tumn, if several inches high, will not
be injured, but rather benefited by the
passing of this implement. 1t is only
small plants and weeds which are de-
stroyed. Clover seed sown at the last
narrowing and slightly covered will
usually germinate quite as well as when
sown earlier without narrowing.
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The City of Cape Town.

THE City of Cape Town is by far the
most populous of any of the towns of
South Africa. The population of the
city and suburbs is about fifty thousand,
of whom two-thirds are of the city
proper. This embraces both white and
colored races, with all their varieties
of nationality and gradations of blood.
from fairest Saxon to the darkest Ethi-
opian. The Government gardens serve
the purpose of a public park. The
central walk extends three-quarters of
a mile through an avenue of grand old
oaks, affording grateful shade. These
gardens embrace fourteen acres in ex-
tent; are laid out with grass-plots, and
contain upward of eight thousand
varieties of trees and plants, embracing
rare productions. The surroundings
of Cape Town are very pleasant, in
cluding the villages of Mowbray.
Randhasch, Newlands, Claremont, and
Wynberg. There are many pleas
ant sylvan retreats, where the city
merchants and Government officials de-
light to dwell. The beauties of the
landscape. heightened by the art and
industry of the residents, have made
these places the best of South African
scenery.-Cor. Hartford Times.
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come around to my opinion that young
Peter never could have put out in such
q sea, when we were startled by q mes
sage from Lal. She had sent to say she
saw driftwood it might be
still it was something.
Never, as long as live, shall I for
| get the horror which clutched at our
hearts and blanched our faces rs, for q
moment, Tom and stared at one an
other while Ted breathlessly delivered
the message.
OF course we followed him at once
and stood again peering out into the
fog and spray:
Whereabouts is it nowP'
| Lal for answer tnrust out her long,
bony arm. "There 'tisr' she cried;
land 'tis-Lord have mercy!-'tis our
boatr'
Not one word did anyone say. Some
half-dozen men, we stood there help
less, watching the little spot grow and
grow till we could make it out as Lal
did, to be our boat. Now she is down
in the trough of the wave, now she rides
on top, now she's near enough for us
to make out the six dark figures in her!
They are all there, thank God for that!
Now we loose sight of her again, and /
shout hoarsely to Lal: "All right"
she pants; they are safe past Split rock
and they are going to beach the boat. "
l Chamber up on fallen mass of rock
and can see Lal is right. They are
coming in on the breakers, and will let
the boat drive ashore. She will go to
pieces, but it is their only chance.
We watch breathless, and no one
speaks, although old Peter stands be-
side me, and he has two sons in peril.
One tremendous wave dashes them al
most within our reach-not quite-they
are swept back, and the boat goes un-
der. A moment later, and she reap
pears bottom upward among the boil
ing waters, and with wild shrek Lal
springs from her watching place into
the water beneath.
MAD foolr' 1 cry, breaking into
womanish sobs, and rushing forward
with an idea of doing something-any-
thing. But old Peter lays a shaking
hand on my shoulder.
Don't Zee throw your life away, sir
She've got him by the hair, and if any
one can live in such sea, I'll back Lal.'
"But your boys, Peterp" gasp
completely knocked out of all self-com
mand.
II be Watching" said the old man
giving me a little shake in his sup
pressed excitement. Nobody ham
come up yet but Master Clint, and La
have got he tight"
, There isn't much more to tell. Ou
of all the six, only Fairfax was saved
though the bodies were washed ashor,
next day.
Lal, whose love gave her superhu
, man strength had kept Clint's heat
away from the rock which crushed tn,
, life out of the other poor lads, and al
most the next wave rolled both to on
: feet.
, 1t took us long time to unclasl
/ Lars hands, and l don't believe sh
, ever knew that she really had saved tn
, man she died for.
, She was buried, when Parson Hope
came over the next Sunday, in Clint
little garden, with Peters two sons an
| the other poor fellows; but it was man
, months before Clint could crawl out s.
, far, or hear how his life had been saved
All the Pear Round
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The Value or Tiuse.

As in fire, the loss greatly depends upon
the time required for efficient aid 10 arrive, 90
speedy use of efficient remedies. For over
quarter of . century, DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy has been the standard remedy. The pos
tive cures 1t has effected arc numbered by
thousands. Each year has witnessed an In
creased sale. Its reputation is the result Of
superior merit II the disease has extended
to the throat or lungs, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery should be used with the
Catarrh Remedy. These two medicines win
speedily cure the most stubborn case Of ca
tarrh. See the Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser, q work OF over 900 pages Price,
Sl.60 Address the author, r. v. Pierce, n
D., Buffalo, N. 7.
CHxv Jscksou's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
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A CHINESE almanac tells when to
shave, when to dig a well and when to
make an arrest. But unless it gives
diagrams of all the best free-lunch
routes, and tells how q married man
may enter his house at midnight with.
out waking his wife. the almanac will
not have very large sale in this coun-
-NorristotOn Herald.
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"To SUN It up, SIX long year. Of hsd-rid-
year, total, 81, 1,2O0-an of which was stopped
BY three bottles Of Hop Bitters, taken by my
wife, who has done her own Homework for
Q year since without the loss Of day, and I
want everybody to know It for their benefit.
"JoHN WEKKs, Butler. N. Z"
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An exchange says: Kerosene will
make tea kettles shine as good as
new" "Yes," remarks another paper,
kerosene will do wonders; it will
can be seen for miles, but it is dread
fully destructive to paint"
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IT must be good, for everybody recommends
It, and the doctors prescribe 1t. We mean DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup. Price Is cents. ------
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DOCTOR SHOREYS
KID NEY
vESTleAT0R!

Ths failure oe action q tho Mdpeys b 2 soures q
many distressing diseases and induces RheumAsasns
aoaN a6ecton. Pains r. the back and loins &c n
disorderod stale Of the Kdneys-indgnositdon 70 e3
don, Loss oe poWeR. o. memory dimcu1p IN BEeefninS
nees Pain n the man q tho bach. Musculsr 49, %
pIexion etc tudci0us and prompt use ct this Drepe
ration may be relied upon to give tone to the Organs 70
male diseases and egulArities there 2 no remedy -
rollable q DOCTOR SH0REY,S KIDNEY lNv8SII6Ar
TCR - ben proven % b o the gTeate0t value n
6eatnG diseases Of the Urinary oIgane such e R1GneS
tauon, Mnsmmat1on oe UlceEasion g the Blsdder g
KfdnGJa ChrQ0Ae OnfnzIh q eho B3Ao1a4, 90 OIgeA
Nsease6 Prostate Gravel OF Stone In ne 11dde..
Drop0icN SWelineS, etc, for Weaknees arising rom e
insanity, md early mental and physical aecay IN yo1nf
m0u aud women can often b traced to diseased coooA
dom of the Kidnoya Fleahy persons and perSons who
sTe fond q high living and who force tho Kidney1 .
undue exegtann, Win derive eIeeS oenenS I0m n 49,
donal use of 6HOREYS KIDNEY lNvESI16AIU3
@W EasdinE e spopleU anG moe Is1.A :"
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THE MARKETS.

cuxw J.ckson,s Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
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Don't croak, Tom," I retorted;
"besides, the weather may mend be-
fore midnight, when they'd be starting,
and then Mr.. Clint will be there, and
he's sure to wait if there's any danger" !"
But as Tom still shook his head and
persisted in calling to mind all the ship.
wrecks he had ever been in, l gave up
the argument and went to bed, telling
him to call me at six O'Clock. if wasn'i
stirring before.
1t seemed to me that 1 had only just
dropped asleep, when his voice at my
side awoke me next morning. "Mr.
Westcott, sir, it's six o'clock, and an
twice to the beach, and can't see moth.
ing of the boat"
"Get out, you old foolr' l roared
You don't for one moment suppose
they are anywhere but safe in Nelson
harborP' --
Tom vanished, but got up thorough.
ried down to the beach without waiting
for breakfast.
The sea looked nasty, truly. A line
of white breakers thundered over the
rocks, and threw their spray high inte
the air; thick fog hung over Nelson
and hid the outlines of the coast, bu
here and there a white swirl of water,
showed dangerous spot to beware of
After look round l was returning
when 1 spied a little figure sitting
perched halfway up the face of thu
cliff. in little shelter formed by q pro
jecting ledge.
"Lal, you silly girl, come down
There's not footing for bird there
and what good can you do? They'v,
never started, I'm sure. Come ant
have some breakfast with Tom" Blu
I might as we'll have shouted at the
sea-gulis, for she never moved.
When came down again she wa
still there. deaf to everything excep
the thunder and the roar of the sea
The storm seemed to increase as tn,
morning wore away, and even Tom ha'
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from the station, where Mrs. Mahaffy's 8
peculiarities were less obtrusive. 1t
would have seemed wretched place,
perhaps, to many an English cottager,
perched on hillside, roughly built of
planks half an inch apart. and thatched
with towigrass. But. such as it was,
I've known people to live happily there,
and make 1t look neat and pleasant,
too. Pretty it could not fail to be in
such situation; and it always seemed
to me sin to poison such a view with
cabbage-stalks, and potato-parings, and
heaps of sinking mussel-shells.
Did the miserable, shock-headed imps
who sprawled among the fern, hatless
and shoeless, never see the yellow sands
below their hillside, and the restless,
never changing sea? Did they never
look up and learn anything from the
peaks overhead. which, clothed with
dark shrubs and LEAKAGE, lowered above
till they set q sharp CLEAN of snow
against the blue Of the skyP
These are some of the questions
used to ask myself when first went to
Wyke; but, you see, had other things
to think about, and, like most reform
ers, after had removed the blot q lit
tie further from my own door, / forgot
all about the needs, material and spirit.
ual. of the young Mahafys.
In fact, felt half amused at the con.
cern and disgust Clint expressed the
| first time his wanderings brought him
in contact with this interesting family
"Ah, my boy, at first I felt just as
you do; but l found it was waste oi
time, as you will"
However, whether Clint was more
persevering, or whether he found out q
better way to go to work. Z! can't say
but, to my amazement, on Sunday aft
ernoon. when the Rev. Mr.. Hooper, 9
right good parson, rode over as usual
to preach to US. and the station hands
were mastering in our veranda, uI
came little procession. with very clean
and shy faces, and new pinaforss, which