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About HOrse.Cars.

John Stevenson, who built the first
street-car in 1881, has lived to see
nearly 400 street railways built in the
United States, and sent his first foreign
shipment to Batavia, Java, in 1858. The
attempt to introduce street-cars in Lon
don caused riot, in which the rails
were torn up; but now American cars
are running at London, Liverpool, Not
tingham, Leeds, Wolverhampton, Hull,
and Birkenhead, in England; at Edin-
burgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, in Scot
land; and at Swansea, in Wales. In
the British possessions, also, they have
been established at Montreal, Quebec,
Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, st. Johns
and Halifax, in the Dominion; at the Cape
of Good Hope, the only place in Africa !;
at Christ Church, Wellington, and Dun
edin in New Zealand; at Bombay, the
only place in India; at Kingston, in
Jamaica; at Adelaide, Port Adelaide,
and Gamberton, in South Australia, and
are soon to be built at Melbourne, Sid
ney, Tasmania and Hobartstown, in
New South Wales. The French pro-
tective policy has shrt American street.
cars out of all that republics cities but
Calais; but they are running, and pop
ular, at Berlin, St. Petersburg, Vienna,
Stockholm, Christiana, Hamburg, Bre-
men, Amsterdam and Brussels, ON the
Continent. Like the British flag, the
sun never sets on American street-cars
which are also running in Havana, and
at the principal cities of Mexico, Bra
I'll, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic
Chill, Peru, Venezuela, Guayaquil in
Ecuador, San Jose in Costa Rica, and
are to be substituted for ompibuses al
Bogota, the capital of Colombia.
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Not Deserving OF Pity,

Beggared spendthrifts, to whom money
has no exchange value but pleasure.
Persons who will persist in dying by
inches with dyspepsia and liver diseases,
when DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and Pleasant Purgative Pellets are unfailing
remedies for these maladies.
Parents who spare the rod and ruin the
child. Fast young men and women are
generally spoiled children to begin with.
People who suffer from catarrh, when DR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a safe, reliable
and well-tested remedy for this 1oathsome
disease.
People who marry for money. and ind toe
late that the golden glitter is all moonshine
Women who suffer death every day of theil
lives, when DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
ton will effectually remove those painful
weaknesses and impart healthful tone ano
strength.to the whole system.
People who live beyond their means anG
| find that style and pride, like everything
else in this world, unless placed upon Sc
cure foundation, are subject to the law o
| gravitation.
Invalids who do more toward fosterin,
disease, by living and sleeping in the low
| unventilated rooms of the ordinary house
than the best medicines can accomplish to
ward recovery, when at moderate expens,
they can secure all the hygienic and sanitar,
advantages of the Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo
N. Y. Every physician knows how mucl
recovery depends upoa good nursing an,
the hygienic conditions of the sick room
Chronic diseases are especially subject t.
these conditions.
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For many years farmers have felt the need
of some Improvement on the old and labori
Gus two.handled cross-cut saw, for saving
up bodies of trees into any length desired
for sawlogs, slaves, rails, stove.wood, etc.
This long g.needed Improvement has at last
been invented by w. w. Giles, of Cincin-
natl, O., who, by the way, is one of the
greatest of American inventors. We see
from our exchanges that the editor of the Ohio
Farmer, also the editor of the c. Rerie,r, of Gin
cinnati, called Mr. Giles personally to the
velous saw machine. They both pronounced it a
ma chine of great merit The curiosity of these
gentlemen not satisfied upon seeing others op-
crate the machine but they both tried it themselves
crates it with ease, and saws much more rapidly
than two could with the ordinary cross.cut
saw The secret of running this machine easily
is explained by the fact that the weight of the op
orator does fully half of the labor, 1t is easily
moved or carried about BY one man, and has all the
such an implement. A very large demand for these
machines is already established, and all who see
them delighted with their superior labor saving
principles Many people are constantly calling on
Mr. Giles to the machine and test its merits for
their friends in the country. Our attention was
called to man in Colora do. who wrote to Samuel
Cary, of Cincinnati (aud. by the way, one of the
most distinguished state smen of Ohio, asking him
call and Mr.. Giles and his saw-machine, and
write what he thought Of it. MIR. Cary promptly
went to see the machine, and pronounced il good
machine, and concluded to buy two of them him
self. Mr.. Giles is said to be very wealthy, being
real estate owner of over s200,o0, and his con
dence in the great merits of his invention is shown
from the fact that he guarantees every machine tC
| give satisfaction.
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Things About Soldiers.

The soldiers are the seasoning of the
Government, for they are mustered in
its service. Fhey are great slovens, for
they dress up only when ordered to do
SO. They are not sown broadcast, but
are drilled in straight lines, and they
are sometimes moved down. They
mark time so that, while it slips
away from other people, they keep it;
they are very cruel to time, however, for
they beat it frequently.
Soldiers have napsacks, but they do
not sleep in them. They never slum-
ber. for their sleep is in tents. They
pitch their tents to make them water
proof. As rule, soldiers are water
proof when camped near a distillery
of course soldiers will frequently take
a cold, but they will more frequently
take drink, if they can get it as easily.
They have always welcomed the month
of April after they left bleak march.
Soldiers are fond of dancing, and
have many balls in their camp; but
they are awkward fellows, for they fall
into line. Those on the inside belong
to the corps, while those on the outside
stand there to picket.
Some weapons used by soldiers are
never paid for bayonets are always
charged; they are frequently out Of
order, too, and the soldiers ordered to
fix them. The cavalry soldier goes
slay riding, and it is hoss-pitable sight
to see the charger shot from under his
rider.
IF you treat the officers to much bad
whisky before the battle opens, the sol
diers will likely retreat before the battle
closes. Soldiers frequently take only
the heart of city-that is where they
shell il first.
The soldier discharges the order o1
the officer, and the order of the officer
discharges the soldier.
Many an old veteran has been caught
in lynn of battle, after the war was
over. W. J. NILKNoc.
| CELINA Ohio.
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A Disease that wreck. lhe system

Every Junction Is deranged, every nerve
uHstrung, every muscle anu nDer Weakened
by lever and ague. Ii is, III TACT, a disease
wnlch, II unchecked, eventually wrecks THE
system. In all It's types, IN every phase,
1t Is dangerous, destructive. Stupur, oenr-
lum, convuisIons, often attend 1t, ana cause
swit III solution. But wnen comDaLeu
with hosLctter's Stomach Buffers Its Ioot-
hold III The system Is dIslOdged, ana every
That benign anti
vestige of it eradicated.
febrile specific and preventive of the
dreaded scourge is recognized not only
within our own boundaries, but in tropic
lands far beyond them, where intermittents
and remittents are fearfully prevalent, to
be sure antidote to the malarial poison
and reliable means of overcoming disor-
ders of the stomach, liver, and bowels, of
which vitiated torrid atmosphere and
brackish miasma.tainted water are ex-
iremely provocative. All emigrants and
travellers should be supplied with it.
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Cemmanders.in.Chiei.

The following is complete list of the
various officers who have commanded
the armies of the United States since
the foundation of our military service
to the present time, giving the rank
held by each, with the period of their
command:
General and Chief,
George Washington, from June 5, IT'S,
to the close of the Revolution.
From that date to September, 1889,
the army consisted of eight companies
of infantry and battalion of artillery
| (act of September, 1850, when Brew.
Brig. Gen. Josiah Harmer, Lieutenant
Colonel commandant of the infantry,
was assigned and held until March,
1871.
Mai. Gen. Arthur St. Clair, from
March, 1871, to March, 1892, when he
resigned
Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne. from
March, 1892, to Dec. Is, 1886, when he
died IN hut on the banks of Lake Erie,
in Pennsylvania, while en- route from
Maumee to the East.
Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson, from
Dec. Is, 1896, to July 2, 1898.
Lieut. Gen. George Washington,
from July 8, 1889, till his death, Dec.
4, 1899.
Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson Iagain),
from June, 1903, to January, 1912, when
he was promoted to Major General.
Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn, from
January, 1912, to June, 1915, when he
was mustered out.
Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, from June,
1915, till his death, Feb. "a, 1928.
Mai. Gen. Alexander McComb, from
May, 1928, till his death, in June, 1s41
Maj. Gen Winfield Scott, from June
%, 1S41, to November, 1861, being also
breveted Lieutenant General from
May, 1851.
Maj. Gen. George B. McCiellen, from
Nov. 1, 1861, to March II, 1862.
Maj. Gen. Henry ". Halleek, from
July %, 1862, to March II, 1864.
Lieut.. Gen. .. S. Grant (appointed
July 25, 1860, from March 12, 1864, te
March 4, 1869.
Gen. William T. Sherman, from
March s, 1869, to the present time.
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THE Pulvermacher Electric Belt is recon-
lsi - e<assa,eal fa, tha lallfau nj

THE Pulvermacher Electric Belt is recon-
mended to general use for the following
reasons: First, of course, for its wonderful
properties for the cure of all diseases of the
kidneys, stomach, liver, and blood Second,
for its extreme simplicity, and the fact of
its being applied outside precludes all
possibility OF any injury being done to the
patient, as an external remedy is universally
acknowledged to be safe. Another adyan-
tage of the Belt is the facility with which
the progress of the disease and cure can be
watched, and if the Belt be not quite in the
right place, it can be very easily readjusted
SO as to cover the parts affected.
The great principle of this cure is system
of mild, continuous, and prolonged currents
of electricity, method which, though long
known to the medical fraternity as an eff
fective remedy, could not be used on account
of the inability of any one to perfect an
arrangement for its application. This diff
Guilty has, however, been overcome by the
invention of the Pulvermacher Electric
Belt, and its perfection has been hailed
with delight, not only by the sufferers who
have regained health, enjoyment, and new
lease of life through its benefcent qualities,
but by the medical profession, who very
frequently prescribe its use to their pa
tients.-The Baltimore American, Dec. q,
1878.
For further particulars regarding these
noted curative appliances, address the Pull
vermacher Galvanic Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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A Warming to Girls Who Chew Gum.

Late last Saturday evening an Incl
dent occurred on Portland avenue that
may serve as warning to hundreds of
young persons who have entered upon
career of wax chewing. A girl named
Lida Smith had been a chewer for
nearly year. She is about IL years
old, rather bright and intelligent, and
chewed about the same quantity of the
material that was used by neighboring
girls along the avenue. On Saturday
evening she took her wax from her
mouth, stuck it under the edge of the
mantel until she. could go to the kitchen
and get swallow of water, and on her
return her parents were horrified to see
her jaws moving rapidly. She was told
to throw the wax from her mouth, and
on investigation it was found that she
was not chewing anything; still her
jaws kept moving at a rapid rate. The
parents sent for a physician, who came
and attempted to hold the jaw in proper
position, believing it to be only tempo
rary, but he could not stop the regular
movement. The child grew nervous,
and the excitement only increased the
action of her jaws. The physician put
a tight bandage over her face, and this
partially relieved the movement, but
then the twitchings of the muscles ex.
| tended all over the face. AS a last re.
sort moderate dose of morphine was
administered, and the little girl kept uE
incoherent mutterings, accompanied by
a general disturbance of the muscles Of
the upper portion OF the body during
the early portion of the night, and to-
ward morning the little sufferer was
restored to her normal condition. The
physician says he never heard of sucl
case before, and thinks it was brought
about by spasmodic action of tht
muscles of the face, caused by over
action. The little. girl, after enduring
night of suffering, is now restored
but nothing in the world could induc'
her to again chew wax.--St LoaIi'
| Ne1DS
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RLEARLHGS FROM THE MUSE
THE cHAMnER OVER THE GATE.
Br uRxRr LoEoTKLLov.

-
T. It 80 far from thee
Thou cans't no longer see
in the Chamber over the Gate
The old man desolste,
Weeping aud vailing sore
For his son, who Is no more7
o Absalom, my soni
Is II 20 long ago
That cry Of human woe
FroIn the walled city came,
Call ng on his dear name,
That IL has died away
In the distance OF io-dayf
o AbsLom, my soni
There ID no far nor near,
There 10 neither there nor here,
There Is Doither room ror late,
in that Chamber over the Gate,
Norany long ago
To thli cry OF human woe,
o Absalom, my sonl
From the ages that are past
The voice comes like a blast.
Over seas that wreck and drown,
Over tumult OF traffic and town;
And from the ages yet 10 bo
Como the echoes back 10 me,
oAbsa ON, my sonl
Somewhere at every hour
The wacbman on the tower
LOOKS birth and sess the feet
Approach Of the hurrying feet
OF messengerr. that bear
The tidings Of despair.
o Absalom, my soni
He goes forth from the door,
Who Ahall return no more
With him our Joy departs;
The light goes out In our hearts;
In the Chamber over the Gate
We sit disconsolate.
o AbsaloIn, my soni
That It's q common grief
Bhngeth slight relief;
Ours rs tho bitterest loss,
Ours IA the h.aviest cross;
And forever the cry will be
Would Gsd had died for thee,
o AbaaiOm, my soni'
Atlantic Monthly.
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HENRY was sitting in the parlor with
Laura, and, in attempting to turn the
gas down dim, he extinguished it.
"There!" he exclaimed. "The gas has
gone out" "Yes," murmured Laura,
and wish somebody would follow its
example," Then Henry went out, too.
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The above three operas are alike In being easy to
sing, and all very pleasing They need but little
professionals. The soReERER Is jolly English OPP
LITTLE DUE has carefnly revised wordsa and i n
already famous. So - ! :
Mason's Pianoforte Technics contains thou
sands Of exercises Of the most useful nature. The
good Piano instruction book. By VIM. Mason and
w. 8. B. Mathews. 81 so.
is the best, easiest and most thoreugh method for
Music of any kind. Sl.oO.
The Weekly MUSICAL RECORD is the most success
full most interesting and useful Musical Weekly
published q. 90 per year. Send &c. for sample
copy and get SOC. worth of music, in any number.
n Carols
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EXPERIENCE HAS CoNCLUsIvELY SHOWN
that for cutaneous eIuptions, open sores,
leprous exfoliations, and rheumatic conn.,
plaiuts, HENRY's CARBoLIC SALvE is more
eficacious than any ointment, lotion, or
embrocation that has ever been devised.
Physicians admit this, and the popular YER
dict confirms and ratifes the professional
dictum, and assigns this salve the foremost
place among remedies of its class. Sold
by sll Druggists.
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BACH maker of Cabinet or Parlor Organs
adver ises his own as best. But the exam.
nations at the great worlds exhibitions
have but one result. At every one for a
dozen years Mason & Hamlin Organs have
been found best They are awarded the
gold medal at the Paris Exhibition this year
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OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston,
C. III. Ditson q Co., J. e. Ditson Il Co..
III A3 Broadway, j. Y. 81? Chestnut St., Phila.

COMMON PRAISEi CaORAL RRAIsEi
The above names belong to two singing books Of
more than average beauty, compiled by Rev. J. =.
Waterbury. COMMON PRAISE provides very abund-
antly for the singing Of all parts of the Episcopal
good Psaim Tunes, go Hymns 100 Chants, and about
so readings Of the Psalms. arranged for chanting,
CHORAL PRAISE is Sunday School Song BOOK with
50 good tunee. 60 cts.l
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IT is no wonder the ivy clings so
tightly to the rocky wall. It probably
makes holes to climb by. It has ten
drills, you remember.
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EXERCISE that has no fun nor profit
in it liz about az hard to take az dose
of castor oil.-JoSh Billings.
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Valuable and Reliable.-"BrOwn's BrOn-
CHIAL TRoCHEs'' are invaluable to those ex-
posed to sudden changes, affording prompt
relief in Coughs, Colds, etc 25 cents box.
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In a London theateryou pay 10 cents
for programme.
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An ASiatic Trick.

One of the tricks practiced here
abouts is to bury all the grain of vii
lage when there is danger apprehended
from the approach of an enemy. and
then to construct tomb on the sur
face, SO as to give it the appearance of
holy place; and Mohammedans have
such reverence for these zlarats or
shrines that they would scarcely touch
them even if they knew that there were
stores concealed at times of danger, and
often the proprietors are killed, or leave
the spot and never return, SO that the
treasure is lost forever. It is known
that immense wealth was thus concealed
in Delhi during the mutiny, and but a
small portion of it has as yet been
found, but it would not pay to dig all
over the ground inssearch of such lost
valuables. The usual plan of storing
grain here is in large jars, buried under
ground in the houses. In the bazar in
the fort here, left vacant since we came
to it, are many of these jars. I tried
the other day to feel the bottom of one
of them with stick, and it must have
been about five feet deep at least-sug-
gesting strong resemblance to the
buried jars found by DR.. Sehliemann at
Hissarlik, = Afghan Cor. London
NelOs. ...s.4 ss..
AMERICAN cars are already running
on several British tramways, also in
Hull, Swansea, Wolverhampton, Glas-
gov, Edinburgh, Leeds, Aberdeen, Lis
bon, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Am
sterdam, Christiana, Stockholm, Vienna,
st. Petersburg, in nearly all the South
American cities, the West Indies, and
in Adelaide and Wellington. An order
is in negotiation for the Cape of Good
Hope. .-....5 ...-..
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Threecomlc operas.

THE SORCERER. By Gilbert & Sullivan. 81. M
II. ~ = fsNAEORE. :. Loo
SSCliyan,............ :, ..n"s oo
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MASON & HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS,

Demonstrated best by HIGHEST HoNOks AT ALL
viz: at PANS, lS67 vienna, 1873; SANTIAGO, 1875;
PnILApELPMIA, 1876 PAeIs. lsss; aud GHANp swED-
awarded highest honors at am such. Sold for cash
instalments. Illustrated Cdatogues and Circulars
LIN ORaAN Co.. BosToN. New YORK. or CHICAGO
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CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
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HE 4TEST TRITIMpH TN Cutlery.

Poe es Finger Nail Cutter and Einiaher
COmbined. Made of the Beat of steel and
Handsomely Nickel-platesi. Patented June
Is, lS5S. Its compact form and size, unique design,
its usefulness and it's superiority over the knife will
at once Re seen. 1t IL n1ne of Coined Gold
for Agents. adapted TO every body, and sells at
sight. Address for terms and circulars to AGENTS
AND THE TRADE, and send 25c. for sample a.
w. ANDEKSON, Post Office Box no. 2A57.
New YOrk City.
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Dakota: Plenty of work and Government Land:
Full information given Will questions about
soil, climate, prices of land teams. Homestead land
etc: for DOC. Of Osceola Co Iowa.
Address G. W. KETCHUM, Sibley, Osceola County.
Iowa. Will give the unvarDished truth.
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IAs5sIsIlIa IIls

Has found its ay into high places the world
and Medical Journals and Physicians give it their
approval. WOOLRICH & CO., on every label.
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For further particulars regarding these
noted curative appliances, address the Pull
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A Model Confession.

Several years ago, in Western town,
a Young LAWYER. a member of a LARGO
ohuro,, ,,o+ d.,,,- Tho h,ot,,:Ir
0''>'' >'' W ~ ,li' nv IH '','' TIC
must confess. lie oemlrfed. lie knew
the members to be good people. but they
had their faults. such as driving sharp
bargains, screwing the laborer down to
low wages, loaning money at illegal rates
disappearing articles they had for sale.
| etc. But they We're good people, and
pressed the lawyer to come before the
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SUCCE1SSF'U
WHEAT GROWING

If asked define growing
To accomplish this good
yield
The
the fertilizer applied
good results No fertilizer that does well
all the
An the and
mercial convinced that portion of the fertilizer
applied to wheat should prepared that time furnish
nourisment the plant. Delay here
Should Fall be the Winter
fertilizer Bone the growing
is properly fed and the and ck with
slender We believe this
experience during the
With scarcely Supephos-
phae S. Rock being applied along of Ground
in favorof
be the the individual
Bone and Supepospate believe
the wisdom of applying few hundred pounds of
possible drill. 1t giving
good thrifty growth and does all fertilizer
place the
given chance other seldom yield
unfavorabc.
prejudice
Supeposphate
holds which applied
be expected from it the future This prejudice does appear
by the The
In this connection refer of John Carter
pmena Farm, West Grove Pa giving the comparative
different fertilizers during rotation of four
applied the at
of $500 this the succeeding crops:
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"A Glasgow minister was recently call


in TO see Il man who was very ill. After
finishing his visit, as he was leaving the
house, he said to the mans wife: " My good
woman, do you not go to any church at
all" "oh, yes, sir, we gang to the Barony
kirk" "Then, why in the world did you
send for me? Why didn't you send for
DIR. Macleod ~ "Na, ma, deed ma; we
watlna risk him. Do ye ken its 4 dangerous
case Of typhus? -
-Gramma-" Yes, children, when I was
young rs you are | used to walk in my
sleep" Tommy (eagerly)-" Say, gram
ma, what time did you make"