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OF German infantry before it opens fire You
know you are in the immediate neighborhood of
nearly 1900 men, but perceive no sign of their
existence save few scattered stationary and
moving objects which the glass enables Won t tn
recognize as uhlans with lances demi-couched
peering round the corner of u farm house or
hussars and dragons (both light horse) with
saDfes drawn. picking their careful way across
potato held, OF dashing inquisitiyely up to a
mysterious clump.
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ITS SUBSTITUTION FOR CRooUEr--GREAr GAIN
FOR MORALITY THEREBY - HOW CRoQUET
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HUMAN NATURE.
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A Record OF the Case.

FLUCTUATIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS PULSE, TEN
PERATURE AND RESPIRATION
The following table gives a record of the
Presidents pnlse. temperature and respiration
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II OP L NJ ING.
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SATIN GERVEILIEUX: SIDE BAND SURAH.
ARMURE SILKS. COLORED NELNETS.
BROCADE SILKS; BROCADE NEINETS.
BONNET'S SATIN DE LYON
CoLoRED SAT1NS; ILLUMINATED vElvETB.
BLACK NELVETS; BLACK SILKS &C.
CHOICE WOOL GOODS.
CHUDDA CLOTHS, all qualities
HANDSOME PLAIDS. new stripes.
CASHMERES all colors.
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LADIES' CLOTH, &C.
NAPKINS, TOWELS, TABLE IINFNs AND ALL
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C0TTONS MARKED DOWN.
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lOc. per yd.
WAMSUTTA, full yard wide. now only l2sc. per -
LoNsDALE. fun yard wide, now only loc FER I'd
DAyoL MILLS, fun yard WIDE now only loc peryA
LoNsDALE CAMBRIA. only l2c. fun yard wide.
Also,
IN THE SAME PROPORTION
COTTON FLANNELs.
ALL-wooL FLANNEIA
IN RED. WHITE. BLUE AND GREY.
DRESS Innings. NOTIONS. &C.. 40.
COCHRANE g. CO.,
OPPOSITE RIGGS BANK. slA
JOHNSON,
7I3 MARKET SPACE
DRESS GOODS. Z, ga. Ca Flannel Sutngs. rs. n.
IS and 81.
5-4 PLAID SUITING, atsl.
ga STRIPED SUITING, all wool, at 500.
so Pieces New Style FALL GINGHAMs.
200 Dozen All Linen TOWELS. l2kc.
so Dozen Superior NAPKINS. at 81. 80.
PARLIAMENTARY DAY-BARGAINs.
SIS GEORGE J. JOHNSON.
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thousand remnants Of Dress Goods. Silks Cloth Can
ton Flannel, Cotton and many other remnants toe m
merous TO mention, which selling off
CHEAP-LEsS THAN COST.
NOW Is THE TIME TO BUY REMNANTS CHEAP.
Double White Blankets 81 so. Very fine quality IN.
da Linen only 20c. Extra large size pure White BridA
Quilts, 81. 25. White Honey Comb Quilts SO, c., 76
&c., 81 Red Twill Flannel, all wool. 25c Pure white
all linen Table Damask, 3d. 75c, 81. Pure Linen Dnnse
Napkins 5c dozen Colored Csshmeres, ali pure wool,
one yard and quarter wide, Soc sun Umbrellas -
cost Colored and Black silks only soc. black anA
White Striped Silks, Soc
CARRIERS,
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YEAS THAT WILL DELIGHT YOUR Soul

fUHN r. KELLY,
q DEA LER IN FIRsr-CLAss
BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, MUTTON, &c. CORNED BEEF
A SPECIALITY.
Stalls 62S, GO and $50 Center Market 9th street wing
Box II, City Post Office. ~ ~
city. msra1
Fair play., 1881-09-03

covered with that Queen OF the Prairie,
and your shady front yard and choice
small fruits, than Mr.. Buckland's big.
bald-looking house over there with its
mansard roof and colored glass, and not
a vine or 4 flower to be seen. and weeds
as high is a mans waist If they had
yOur improvements, il would be the
most desirable place in this part OF the
country. but they've lived there seven
years. and so far IS | can see. they
i;vn't much else but mustard stocks
and burlock to show for it.
Every word tina, the farmer spoke in
eulogy OF his property was a stab to the
conscience-smitten Birnev, for h. real
ized, what he had never done before,
that to his stricken, suffering wife he
was indebted for it all. and as he
watched the retrcaiing figure of Farmer
Doyle Is he rode away. he made a new
resolu ion that if poor Kate was spared
to him he would enteavor in future not
TO add to, but - save her every step he
could. Let lis hope that he kept his
res Jlution. C0r1.iy Gc5!t!cniGH.
Fair play., 1881-09-03
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Be sure when YOU boil corn in the
ear TO drain il well, so that no wa.er
will be soaked in TO run down one : arm
when eating the corn.
There are more than twenty nat
ural enemies OF the potato beetle, which
destroy the mature insect. the Young
grubs or the eggs.
1t IS said that the persians draw
earth over their melons at ii certain
stage, and that the fruit. ripenIng il
the dark. is improved i'll quality there
BY. |, has long been known 20 hot
house grape growers that the fruit IS
much improved in favor by shading the
glass Is maturity approaches
TO utilize the feathers OF ducks.
chickens ami turkeys. generally thrown
aside as refuse. trim the plume from
the stump. inciose them in Il tight bar.
rub the whole Is if washing clothes,
and you viii secure Il perfectly uniform
and light down. excellent for quilting
covcr.ets and not :, few other purposes.
-F%aityy N'tri.
Sweet Potato Pie Boil until two
thirds tender then skin and slice. Line
a Tin pie plate with 4 good crust, pat IN
layer OF the sliced potatoes, sprinkle
abundan,iv with white sugar, dust with
cinnamon aud then alternate until the
dish is iull. Add little water. two
spoonfuls of melted butter and Il tea
spoonful OF lemon extract. Cover Will,
paste and bake.
A farmer who has had much ex-
perience III draining land. SAYS that
when quicksan,! or t!nSound ground oc-
cur> drains should be cut wider and ii.
some cases deeper, with their sod>
trampled down along the bottom be-
| fore either tiles or stone conducts are
/ introduced. Sods thus placed always
admit water freely and the s.Ih-trata,
/ in conseqt;cnce,yer soon become solid.
" alu:,ble Table.-The following
table will show the number of checks
or hills contained in al acre of ground
nj certain distances:
Fair play., 1881-09-03

Lee Rainev. one of the Oldest and
best known professional prospcctOrS il
this part of the country, has just re-
turned from :. trip To the head of the
Eagle River. above Breckinridye. H-
journey was repete with exciting incl
dents. and none more interesting and
thriiing than that he passed through on
the divide above Middle Park. on OF
near Park View Mountain. He had
been for some ten DAYS prospecting in
this le-known portion of the State.
and succeeded in discovering some Very
line veins of decOmposcd quartz. rich
in free gold. He staked oil several of
the claims that seemed TO him especially
valuable, and pushed his investigations
up seyer,! Of the smaller creeks III hopes
OF finding placer diggings. In this he
WAS disappointed, and started across =
spur Of the range to return TO the fertile
and level Middle Park. On the sunth-
crn side his route lay down SO st"cp
and PERCEPTIONS an incline that several
times he meditat"i turning around aus.
going back. but finally decided tu push
on. In one place the mountain side de-
sccniei III almost i smooth plane some
Cvp ' tti'iN W .ti'l st' titlN tht
water course of some dried up stream.
In this he descended, bu, when about
! midway down happened TO look around
| and Witnessed Il spectacle that made his
! blood run cold and every limb stiilen
with terror. High up above, nearly at
| the summit. Il gigantic mass of rock had
| become detached and started on Il ter
| rifle descent toward the valley. With
every bound it gathered a mass Of dirt.
| smaller boul,icrS and debris, and from
one mass OF granite il became. in the
. twlnkllng of an eye, Il hundred. and
| then vast avalanche sweeping down
the natural channel. Recovering him
| self on the instant, and realizing his
dreadful peril. Raincy saw tina: hi- only
| chance for life lay in his getting out u.
the track before the avalanche reached
| him, ;.u,; darted toward the nearest
side. There was hut IN instant OF time
and. although he seemed for the instant
given wings. he dcspaired of ever reach
ing 4 place of safety. In L second he
! reneh',i the side OF the channel. clam
nciiig irdniicaiiy Tn 4 rar~ei heap OF
I"cks. \ pinone shrwb va, Jus: above.
and seeing it in desperate clutch he
ara'd himself up the side. Small
ooni,a ars We're already flying down be-
20" hiil the ground tremb!el and the
Is [ocks shook to their foundation.
off his feet. With roar
nat rrror',|ftfed 10 the heavens, the
avalanche swept past. 1t WIS Il wild,
strange sight-onc that filled the pros
Inector with awe rs he lay prone I'm the
rrouud, scarcely daring To breathe. For
Ian instant the channel was filled with II
rushing river. but a river OF stone and
earth. roaring. kissing and sufging Ike
swing water Huge rocks. masses oj
,..rti, and great pine trees would rise 10
1.-The surface arr! then disappear again
IN the surging torrent. The mote That
poor humanity would have been in such
a stream the miner could well realize
and il is needless to say that in the re-
mainder of the trip he avoided the
channel, and prefcrrcda rough scramble
over the rocks 10 the incurring of any
such risk again. LcadcJijs fourier.
Fair play., 1881-09-03
The Press and the New and Great Sont,,-

The States o. tie South. actin- after the
manner u the great railroads. have OF er'd
q bureau for Information 2> 10 iEelr r.
sources and attT.eti i0us, IN New ioEA- anu
London sri other European cities. !He
buresu viii have sample, - the -Gricn.'Cf-,i
and maLufac:.I -iu- Interests " the SCUM
AMI West to- free exhibition, and foE the IN
formation of Iniendin.. emI-rants-
The rr->s D. the South ami " e. owe II 10
themselves 20 note the growth OF their re-
spective centers. and the special exceilence
Of its manufactured products. This l. Z duty
which the press fuinl> al over the world
and one o: its highest II >Sioas alli sers iee> 10
the people. Ihe supremacy Of the We., IN
agricultural machinery 5 Low conceded al
over the world, snt the CHAkTE. OAK
STOVE WORKS hss pushed =. LOUIS IN ne
front in this industry; bIt This superior ' Is
attended with ther good results. he h"s:
skiIl will in the future i1CS-c Itself 'h'Ce.
and act indirectly Oh tie ucshhuring states
IN supplying them with skilled labor and
building up 9TH industries. Tns vas the
plan the Wr-T-rH states adopted IN building
~ their rr~u.H' iye agricultural AMI IN ,nl-
featuring Interests. tO-S)
Fair play., 1881-09-03
.. TILL DEATH US PART"
APoEN BY DEAN STANLEY.

I'VE have received permission, sas-s ehe Lon
don Spectator, TO print the foiIo~inS beautiful
line. " the laIe Dean of Westminster. whicn
can harffy. we think, 30 read without, TO some
extent, aileviatiEg the pain which attends 50
great IA ioss:l
Till Death as part.
So speaks i:ie heart
when each to each repeats the words OF doom !;
Ihro' blessing and thro' curse,
For better and for worse,
We viii be one. till that !reaI hour shall come.
Life, with its myriad grasp,
Our yearring soTis shall Gasp,
By ccIsclesS iove. aid stii! expectaut wonder:
In bonds that Shall endure,
indirsO.utiy sure,
Till God IN death shall part our paths asunder.
Till death rs join.
o, voice yet more divine.
That to the broken heart bredihes hope sub
lime;
Thro lonely hours
And shattered powers
We ST i'll are One, despite of change and time.
Death with his healing hand
Sh:tit once more knit The band
Which needs hut that one link which none may
sever:
Till thro' the Only Good,
Heard felt and understood.
Our life III God shah make us one forever.
Fair play., 1881-09-03

A delicious dish. either for dinner
or supper, is raw tomatoes. made cold
with ice. dressed with 4 M;iyounaise
saucc. Peel the tomatoes before size
iny. 70 make the sauce, place ;he
yeik of an eyg iii Il Soup-pla'e; beat 4
few strokes. add half Il trasponn.ul
Of mustard. salt and pepper +"
taste; stir IN the best olive oil, :,
few drops al time, until quite thick
and firm Then a,id 4 small quantity
of vinegar. and stir again till ii is thor
ough!y Incorporated. remembering the
rule. "a miscr i'll vinegar, a spendihriit
III oil.' Four this over the tomatoes,
and You have L dish ITO set before q
king"
Fair play., 1881-09-03

William j. Co.lS..Isn. o, S-nc.EIle, Mass.
SAYS: LA the i'll %! l>.u WIS taken Win .
t.ots1t! b'-eii.E.t thsll.Hgs to.lOwctb b. sev-rs
cough. MAS sdmi-tei 10 the City Hospital.
" hIe there tie doctors -i... had .Hic IL nay
lett .tns as big As hrit'.nllar / Szvt N hoe,
but friend t1'l NE of DIX. NM. Han Ball
SAN FOR THE Lr>Gs- | Goi bottle. wien -
nv surprise commence - fee. better, ,ud -
Gay | feel in better iri,s than have the past
three wears. Iwrite tins hUriu-:h4t eve-y ,'ue
afflicted with - s-aSc.: lI..g- Viii take IL V ".
Halls B.ISsN Tor THE !-C;,Gs, and D." T. Il
viiced tEa, jONsj NFfI'N CAN BE CURED ="
A'So asUre reI-.!s :ar Co.'s, o.. L.. AND all
Chest and Lun:, Diseases. sod ty druggists.
Fair play., 1881-09-03
A Life.Saving Lesson In Physics.

1t is well known fact that any per-
son of average structure and lung ca
pacity will iioat securely in water if
care is taken to keep the hands and
arms submerged and the lungs full of
air. Yet III most eases persons who
are not swimmers Immediately raise
their hands above their head and
scream the moment they find them
selves in deep water. The folly OF
such action can be impressivcly Illus
trated by means of :. haltempty bottle
and a couple of nails: and the expert
ment should be repeatedin in every house
hold until all the neutrality-suspicious.
larly the woman and children
that the only chance for safety in deep
water lies in keeping the hands under
and the mouth shut.
Any short-necked, square-shouldered
bottle will answer. and the nails can
be easily kept in place By rubber band
or string. First ballast the bottle
with sand, so that it will just float with
the nails pointing downward. then by
turning the arms upward. the bottle
will either be forced under water at
ence or will be tipped over SO that the
water will pour INTO the open mouth.
AMI down it will 90. To children the
experiment is 4 very impressive one
ana the moral of it is easily understood.
The vital value of this precaution was
strikin.iy Illustrated near Accomac {.
H., Virginia few davs ago. \ niece
of the Hon. John Nicely. while bathing.
was swept off intothe ocean by strong
current and soon disappeared i'll the
high breakers. As she could not swim
her companions gave her up for lost.
Two young fishermen who Were cn!-
ployed some distance away thought
fully set ont with small boat i'll search
OF her. and when mile OF more from
shore. found her floating on the water.
She had been drifting nearly an hour
and was greatly exhausted. but soon re-
covered. Unable 10 swim she had
pluckily foa;ed. thereby making her
rescue possible. Scientific american.
Fair play., 1881-09-03

One thousand two hundred en-
ployes of the Old Colony Railroad nave
been examined for color blindness, i'll
compliance with the Massachusetts law,
and over forty engineers. .fremen. con-
duc.ors and others have been Dismissed
because they have defective sight. vi
this nnms,er is Conductor Gown. wao
has taken tickets for thirty-,wo Yeas
and never had an accident happen to hii
train.
Fair play., 1881-09-03
or twenty-c1e cents per cow.

or twehty-one cents per cow.
This experiment. it will be observed.
shows what may be done in New En-
gland In other paris of the country.
where the relative values may vary con-
siderablv from Mr. Boutwells figures.
the results may be very different. But
the statement has q, least this value
everywhere. that it shows how import
ant TO the farmer are careful ohserya-
ton and intelligent experiment in order
ro'ascertain vaat is the best method Of
feeJ.a-,s t..r- -S,isll 70 pursue. The best IS
always The cneaf
irser and Csr5l.ic.s.
Fair play., 1881-09-03

81 UNDERSTAND that yaur son j. bach
eior o! sst>.'' said Mrs. Brown 10 Mrs.
Homespun. whose son has Just been sratu:
aret Al Harvard. Vel, yes. repiieI
Mr.. HON spun, "yes. he's 4 Nacheior-oGt
he's engage i. ."-Bo,tJa I'rILs-rff..
Fair play., 1881-09-03
Total

Upon this estimate the daily cost of
than sixteen cents.
AZ the time the experiment was made
l had twenty-three cows in milk OF va
rious ayes and conditions. and On
Wednesday. the sth of December. the
aggregate yield was 5..3 pounds. On
SUNDAY. the 9TH of December. the best
OF English hay was substituted for the
cornfodder. pound for pound. but in
all other respects the food was the
same. The hay-that is. 46o pounds -
was cut. mixed with the same quantity
fodder. and subjected in every par,icu-
lar 10 the same treatment. The same
quantity of dry hay ia before was fur
niShed in addition
On "Wednesday, the 18th of Decem-
Der. the yield OF milk was ;.5J pounds.
4 loss Of fourteen pounds. On Thurs
day. the 10th. the Use of corntoiier
WIS resumed. and Oh the 22d OF Eecem-
Der the Weld Of milk was ;i>2 pounds. i
gain Of tweniy-thrcc pounds. One eX-
pertinent is not sufficient to establish or
overthrow :; theory. and submit the
result in this c;,,e rather Tor the purpose
OF provoking inquiry anl encouraging
the application Of other tests. Ii il
shall appear in the end. - I think II
will appear, that well cured corn-fodder.
properly treated for animal food. is
equal pound for pound with good hay.
there viii no longer exist even a pretext
for neglecting the cultivation OF corn in
New England.
The daily cost Of supporting forty-six
cows upon hay was:
For 80 pounds hay a. Sd per 500
For do pounds cob-medl :-3-
Total .,-..... g. IS
Fair play., 1881-09-03
Haby saved

We are so thankful 10 say Thai our blI'y
was perna II u,iy cured Of a dangerous ana
prUtracies irrc.,iI.lr.jy y the bowels y the
U.s. Of Hop Ei'trrs - il mother, which Al
the same time restored her % perfect health
aud streu-,h.-The parents. Rochester, y.
Y, see another culuuu.-B- @+-J E1:TsSs.
Fair play., 1881-09-03

THERE Is scarcely a person to be found
who vii! not be- greatly benefited hv thor
ourh course u hi'iEeN-N uTt ever! sPF!h-.
II YOU cannot prepare the dry bus tie hG-.d.
IL ha, the same Rehabilitation.
Fair play., 1881-09-03

Travellers by rail say tha, the rail.
road hog is fast becoming & r,lic Is tn.
past. He had 10 be hauled sut Of the
seat and mopped on the floorfor years
before he would learn that no railroad
passenger paying one fare has right
to two seats. but he has Learned il 4,
last, and even smiles good-nauredly
when asked 10 remove his luggage and
his feet and his hat and make rom for
six people TO sit down.-Datrois Frea
Press
Fair play., 1881-09-03
Don't DIE In the House.

Ask Druggists Tor = Rough Oh fats II clear
cut rats, mice, reaches. Il t.: ieI-Ju.s, IJc.
Fair play., 1881-09-03

REDDISG'S EI-SS'. S,I.Vs meets with Won
der:ul success IL 81 cases OF saiu diseases.
Fair play., 1881-09-03
The Value Of Corn-Fo,ltIc- for Cows.

Ex-senator George :. Boutwell,, OF
Massachusetts, who has rel;nGuished
the cares and excitcments If pubic life
FOR the more peaceful and We doubt not
more satisfying pursuits of agriculture.
not ion. ago reported To the Farmers
Club OF Groton. Mass, where he re
sides, the results nf some experiments
made by him Ia ascertain the compare
tive value Of corn-fud'ier and hay rs
food for ...'"S He does not, he says,
claim that a sinI.e experiment i, 90"
.,i"sive upon - Question of value. but
warrant further Investigation. and 10
stimulate the cultivation of the corn
crop in New England.
Mr. Boutweil's method has been TO
cut the corn at the ground IS soon rs
: the seed is partially hardened, SET it III
stocks and allow it IT, stand until both
the ears and stalks are ripe and fully
seasoned. The corn is then huSked IN
tine field and, with the fodder, put nn-
der cover is quickly as possible. For
feeding. the fodder i> cut into pieces
about an inch in length. placed in large
boxes. and there mixed with cob b-meal
and saturated with water ut the boiling
point. The boxes are then covered 50
As to be nearly air-tight. and allowed to
stand about twelve hours before feed
ing. The following are the results as
reported by Mr.. Boutwell,:
The experiment was made last De
ccmber. At that time nv stock con
sisted of forty-nine animals of v;riouS
sizes, bu; estimated TO b. equal 10 forty
SIX cows. A. the time the experiment
WAS maie the feed of the stock per day
for The preceding three weeks had been
as follows, viz:
Corn fodder i,;l pounds. yalG"d st....S s. -
Hav, 30 pounds, ttcd dry Waived at. 3.nl
Cob meal, 30 puuua.s, valued at........... :