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From WASHINGTON,

SUEGEoS-GENERAL BARNES in his annual re
port urges the appropriation Of :250,D90 for
tireproot building tor the army medical nu
scum ard library.
CAPTAIN FRANCIS IL. RAMSEY has assumed tin
duties OF superintendent OF tho naval academy
at Annapolis, relieving Rear Admiral dodgers
who has been placed on the retired list.
THE Hon. Lionel Sackville West, the new
munster to the United States from Great
Britain, was formally presented to the Prcsi.
dent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MAcvEAdn's resigna.
ton was accepted by tho President, and the
department placed temporarily in charge Of
Solicitor General Phillips.
CROP reports to tho agricultural department
from the ten principal cotton growing States
give an indicated yield per acre considerably
less than last year. Tho average yield per
aero of wheat in 1881, as shown by the returns,
is ten and one-half bushels, against thirteen
and ono-tenth in 1880, indicating a decrease OF
about twenty per cent. from last year, when
tho yield was nearly 500, 600, 900 bushels. Re-
turns show an average yield Of twenty and ono
half bushels per acre of corn, indicating a fall
ing off Of about twenty-five per cent. from the
crop of 1850, caused chiefly by the drought and
by exccssiY, rain since the crop was harvested.
Tho quality Of the corn is somewhat below the
average.
DIR. J. L. CADELL, president Of tho National
board Of health, in his annual report, says that
yellow fever appeared in only ono locality (key
West) in tho Unitel States during lastsummer.
FIFTH AUDITOR ALEXANDER, of the treasury
department, reports that tho consular service IS
not only self-sustaininS, but contributes in a
measure to the support Of tho diplomatic scr.
vice, the excess of receipts over expenses las:
year being s25, 2l3. G5.
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News,

DR.. CARVER, the American marksman, i:
winning pigeon and other shooting matchc:
right AMI Lett in England.
ALoNpo,; dispatch says that the landlords i:
Ireland arc greatly alarmed at tho heavy re.
AUCTIONS in rent made by the slb-commission
crs Of tho laud court and are demanding com
pcnsation from the government.
SIR PATRICK MACDoUdALL has been sworn il
,s administrator Of tho dominion government
during tho absence of the Marquis of Lorne.
FoR tho third timo the greater part of Wood
stock, N. g., has been lail III aslles. The .irc
believed to be of incendiary origin, broke GA
in the Mechanics Institute ut midniEh.. Scor
another fire broke ont onc-tb;.d OLA mile away,
and as 4 heavy wind prevailed the ilame<
rapidly spread along both sides Of the main
stl Tho Free Baptist church, the oh anil
now Episcopal churches and 4 large number OF
stores and othcr property were destroyed.
shire town of Carleton county. Il contained
over 1G0 stores, and had 4 large number OF
hotels, several foundrics and factories and a
population Of 4, 600 or j, 900.
4 LONDON special says that the English
farmers arc almost convinced they cannot CON-
pete i'll wheat-growing with American farmers,
and arc beginning to turn their attention to
grazing and dairy farming.
ADuBLIS correspondent says that the expert.
rncc OF extensive land agents is that rents arc
being paid i'll Sligo, Roscommon, parts of Gal.
way, Limerick, Queens county and Kilkenny
but that in Wexford, Clare, Kerry, parts oil
Cork and othe: counties there is q general
determination rot to pay.
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DnnrHEn1A, scarlet fever and smallpox

DRHTHER1A, scarlet fever and smallpox are
devastating the center and south Of Russia.
MOODY and sankey, the American evan
gelists, are holding largely-attended revival
meetings at Durham, England.
TIE following is the new French cabinet:
NJ. Gambetta, president of the council and
minister of foreign affairs; NJ. Cazot, minister
of Justice; n. Waldeck-R osseau, minister of
the interior; N. Paul Bert, minister of public
instruction; N. Bowler, minister of commerce;
NJ. Cookery, minister Of posts and telegraph;
NJ. Allain-Targe. minister Of finance; NJ. Com
penon, minister of war; M. Goujeard, minister
of marine; NJ. Profit, minister of fine arts; M.
Devcs, minister of agriculture; NJ. Raynal,
minister of works.
Hon. JONI BRIGHT has just celebrated his
seventeen birthday.
ADyIcEs from Mecca, Arabia, FAY that 500
persons are dying daily there from cholera.
By al cxplosion-supposed to DC of hidden
dynamite on board tho steamer Severn, from
Bristol for Glasgow, nine persons were killed,
several wounded, and a portion Of the vessels
deck was blown away. The Severn was towed
into Kingston harhor.
ADv1cEs from Panama state that the town o.
Manzanillo, containing about 200 dwellings
has been completely destroyed by q storm
-Four vessels wero wrecked, and every launch
and lighter in the bay was driven ashore. Tho
loss is estimated at $500, 900, Independent o.
the value of the shipping destroyed.
PRINCE BISMARCK read Emperor Williams
speech at the opening Of the German reichstag
AT the Hatton Garden Nondon) postoflice
registered letters containing diamonds and
jewelry to the value of 100000 have been
uto1an
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THE HOME DOCTOR.

F1A1sEED TEA.-Put two tablespoon.
fuls of whole laxseed in pint Of boiling
water; let it boil fifteen minutes cut
up one lemon and put in d pitcher with
two tablespoonful of sugar; strain the
tea boiling hot through a wire straine,
into the pitcher and stir together.
Good for cough and sore throat.
PHYs1o FOR CH1IDREN.-Rhubarb and
magnesia: Mix one drachm of pow.
dered rhubarb with two drachms OF
carbonate of magnesia, and half a drachm
of ginger. Dose, from fifteen grains to
one drachm. Use rs y purgative for
children.
CURE FOR DYsENTERY.-Take new
churned butter before it is washed and
sailed !; clarity over the fire and skim
off all the milky particles; add one
fourth brandy to preserve it, and loaf
sugar to sweeten it. Let the patient
(if an adult) take two tablespoonful
twice q day. The above is q sure cure.
10 REMOVE CoRNs.-The american
Medical Journal tells how to remove
corns Saturatc a small pieco of cotton
with alcohol, apply it to the corn for a
minute, then with a sharp scalpel or
knife carefully separate the corn from
the healthy tissues, which is easily
done by g careful handling of the knife
and gentle pulling with forceps while
the parts are being immerged with alco-
hol. If the alcohol dries away while
operating, apply the saturated cotton
again, and l frequently find it neces-
sary to apply this several times before
the operation is completed. The alco-
hol not only lessons the sensibility of
the parts, but it facilitates the separa-
ton OF the hard corn from the soft and
tender tissues. This cures, and that
without drawing a drop of blood or
producing any pain, except what results
after pulling on the corn with the for
ceps. After raising one edge, it is
about like removing a piece of adhesive
plaster.
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Phosphorus WAS accidentally discov.
cred in 1869, by Brant, while engaged
in the process of transmutation. On
account of its scarcity it was first sold
for its weight in gold.
Some fine carvings in ivorydiscovered
at Ninevah, and showing signs of crumb-
ling on arriving in England, Professor
Owen concluded the decay to be caused
by loss of albumen in the ivory and
therefore boiled the articles in q solu-
ton of albumen. The experiment was
o success and the ivory became as firm
and solid as when first entombed.
It is found that 2,OS2 cubic feet of
fresh air per head must be supplied
every hour, so to dilute the products Of
respiration from the healthy human
body as to keep the air always pure
and fresh to o degree of wholesome
ness. In mines, to keep up the physi-
cal health of the laborers, it has been
determined that 5000 feet are requisite
per hour.
The earliest attempt to obtain light
by incandescence in a vacuum was made
by King, in 1S43, who applied con-
tinuous metallic and carbo.. conductors,
and heated them by the electric current
in O Torricellian vacuum. He was fol-
Lowell in 1S48 by Static, who used an
iridium, or all iridium and platinum
wire, and envcloped the holder in glass
CT some other non-conductor. In 1872
Konn employed graphite and rendered
it incandescen5 in an atmosphere OF
nitrogen, in which there was no wasting
away OF the carbon. The same prin.
ciples have been followed, but with
greater promise of success, in the more
recent attempts of Edison, Maxim and
Swan at producing illumination by
means Of incandescence.
Some recent experiments by Herr
Stebler show that the views held by
some botanists that light has no direct
effect on termination must be modi
fed. He finds that the germina'
ton of certain agricultural grasses
such as meadow grass, is much more
favored by light than by heat
An experiment. made with two
groups, of 400 seeds each, showed thai
there terminated sixty-two per cent. in
light and three per cent. in darkness
Similar results were made with some
other grass, showing tifty-nine per cent
terminating in light and seven per cent
in darkness. Sunlight being a very
variable force, experiments were further
made with gaslight, aud with the came
result, viz, that light favors the germi-
nation Of certain seeds, especially grass,
and that these terminate either not al
all, or very scantily, in darkness. The
fact was verified by Herr Stebler in
O whole series of seeds. In the case Of
seeds that terminate quickly and early,
such as clover, beans or peas, Herr
Stebler thinks that light is probably
| not advantageous,
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Fashion Notes.

Red crepe lisse and red Spanish lace
are favorito materials for collars in Paris
at present.
Brooches are now used to fasten not
only skirt draper;cs and kerchiefs, but
also the plaits with which elbow sleeves
are trimmed.
The fashionable combination CT cream
and dark red seems made especially for
bright blondes, to whom it is marvel
ously becoming.
Spiders and their webs form the de-
signs embroidered on the lounces and
waistcoats of some Paris gowns. Gold
thread is the material usually en-
ploved for this work, but sometimes
silk is used.
Flannel petticoats are made as nearly
pretty as possible in London by the de-
vice of s~calloping them around the
lower edge, and basting a deep frilling
of imitation Valenciennes lare under
the scallops.
Some English women have reversed
the usual arrangement OF material fol.
lowed in making gowDs, and wear
cashmere waists, with plush skirts; but
there is nothing which an English
woman will not do.
Black velvet pokc-bonnets are pref
tily relieved by bright-colored Innings
chose OF crimson or doe-colored satin
being favorites), supplemented by a
pair Of narrower one neatly tied above
and matching the colored lining chosen
fer the interior Of the bonnet itself, the
bouillonnc crown of which has gener-
ally n bow Of the bright material placed
upon Il side.
One of the New York brides OF the
coming season will wear 4 gown unlike
ar in which an American bride has
appeared for fifty years. The material
is white satin, covered with carnations,
roses and forgct.mc. rots outlined in
gold aud worked in color, and this is
! shared into a petticoat AMI basque,
with which o white satin train is worn.
The basque has a collar and border OF
gold, anal the petticoat is slashcd about
the hem to show cascades OF gold lace.
A handsome mantle for the fall is
made Of lunar dotted black satin. This
wrap is slirred from shoulder to
shoulder and down the middle Of the
back. 1t is trimmed with o narrow
plated draperv, fastened down at regu-
lar intervals with fine shirring. 1t is
fitted to the waist by an inside belt.
The side-pieces form great sweeping
sleeves. The hack.piece and sleeves
! are trimmed with three rows Of quilted
Spanish iare, aud a full rrcEe G; :he
same encircles The neck. 4 bosder OF
rich ~jet-beaded passementcrio is put
on as a heading 20 the lace qEills.
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South and West.

THE North Elkhorn stock farm, near Licking.
ton, Ky, with n great stable OF racers belong.
ing to N. H. Sanford, has boon sold to D.
Swisert. Tho sum paid for the land (547 acres)
was eco, 600.
TIE Metropolitan Iron works, Richmond,
Va, hs.vo been almost totally destroyed by
fire. The works gave employment to $50 nell,
and the loss is about 500, 900.
THREE men suffered death on tho gallows tho
other Gay in different parts of tho South. Al
Frederick, Nd, Felix Munshour, aged thirty,
was hanged for tho murder Of his cousin in
1879; at Fayetteville, Va, Henry Jenkins, q
miner, met his death ut tho hands of the law
in sight OF 10000 spectators for numbering
anothc: miner, and at Greensboro, Ca, Joseph
Harris. 8 colored convict, met a similar fate FOL
murdc:ing q young man named Langston.
PRAIRIE CREEK broke through into a coal
mine at Streator, ILL.,, doing damage to the ex.
tent of about 500, 600.
Low water caused m explosion OF ten boiler.
in o large lumber manufactory near East Sagi.
nav, l1ich. Four lremen were killed and
properly worth s25. 900 was destroyed.
SNOW has fallen in large quantities in West.
crn Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, and
trains have been greatly delayed. In Other
portions of the West very heavy rains have
fallen.
A FURIOUS storm on Lake Huron has done
great damage to shipping.
THREE men were overtakcn by a heavy snow
storm near Gunnison, COL, lost their way and
were frozen to death.
Two boys, aged respectively ten and four
years, quarrclcd at Shelbyville, Ind, over a
game of marbles, and tho older stabbed the
younger, inflicting a fatal wound.
JESSE BALDWIN, Of B%oardman township,
OHIO, who recently crealed q sensation by ap-
pearing in the treasury department at Wash
ington and demanding gold for $1,000 in
bonds, was robbed Of the money by five bur-
glars at 8 o'clock in the morning. Baldwin
kept his money in an old-fashioncd safe, which
was blown open. The robbers were fired upon
by Baldwin's son-in-law, and returned the
fire, after which they escaped in Baldwin's
two-horse carriage.
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C0urtShin at q Long Eancc.

A comical matter has been made pub
lie in Montreal by some legal proceed
ings. A retired major Of the British
army had four daughters who moved in
good society in that city. They all en-
tered into correspondence with q re
tired clergyman of London, whose mind
was somewhat enfeeblcd, but who en-.
joyed an income of $4,000. The let
tiers became sentimental all round, and
at length the man proposed marriage.
But which OF the four should he take?
He had never seen any of them, and it
was arranged that each of them should
send a photograph to guide him in his
choice. Now, the Oldest vas a widow
of forty-fve, aud therefore the younger
and prettier ones were astounded when
the decision was promptly announced
that their sister was to be the bride.
The truth was that she had employed
an artist to remove the hard lines and
otherwise beautify the picture. But
this trick did not help her. When she
went to London and presented herself
to the clergyman he could see no like
ness etween her and the fraudulent
portrait, and refused to marry her. He
gave her SIS, 900, however, and she went
home. But she does not consider that
sum a sufficient compensation, and has
sued for damages.
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Link forms, Hollow cheeks and lack-lustel
eyes plainly mark the debilitated. They show
tint the blood lacks richness and the frame
vigor, that digestion and assimilation, twin
functions, without tho vigorous discharge Of
which there can bo no such thing as stamina
are disorder cd and weak. To the feeble, in.
firm and lean, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
specially commends itself. Proofs, were sucf
necessary, might be multiplied ad intinitum
to show that waning vitality is but the preface
to cxhausting disease, and that, in order to in
tcrposc q bulwark against the latter, vigo
must be increased, not only by judicious M
tri:icn and the selection of easily assimilabl'
articles of diet, but by removing that no
easily snrmounted obstacle to health-imper
feet digestion. For faulty digestion the Bitter
is the most popular and amply tested of RENE
dies, strengthening the stomach, fcrtiIizin;
the blood and banishing every dyspep'i
symptom. Moreover, it is a standard remed.
for chil!s and fever, rheumatism, constipation
and biliousneSs.
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Wearing the Beard.

This fashion of the apostles, now
almost universally resto1e ed among men,
says the Boston Adre,tissr, was regard
ed with deep detestation by n Of the
merchant princes Of Session, whose
name for three Eenera&ions has been
held in high honor. &c had once made
an appointment With 2 vonnC G-!!a',
being himself confined to his house by
iniirmity of increasing years. When
the artist appeared, his handsome face
decorated then, as now, by q full beard,
the gentleman gazed upon him with
amazement for O moment, and then,
forgetting his business snd his iufrm-
ity, and with exceeding warmth Of man
ner, ordered the young man out OF his
presence.
In 1850 q Young man, who had con-
tracted with a highly respectable Pine
street New York; gentleman for twelve
months service, was seized with . de-
sire to let the hair grow on his upper
lip. His employer treated it rs a
breach Of contract, insisting that it
would ho a great damage to his trade
for q clerk "to exhibit such O hea!hen-
ish face."
This vas the feeling in banks, insur-
ance companies and like institutions.
But it was especially fcrvent and intol-
Grant in tue church. Gao of tho men-
bers of Rev. d.. Bethune' church, in
Brooklyn, having met with an accident
which interrupted his usual habit CT
shaving for two or three weeks, found
so little discomfort from tho growth Of
that timo that he decided to give it
further trial When ne appeared at
church there was commot;on amongthe
good people, men and women. Several
uf them waited upon the doctor, after
service, to enlist him against this dar-
ing innovation. To their astonishment
he had already gone over to the enemy,
and quoted Scripture and the church.
fathers in support of the heresg. But
imagine" said n old lady, ga Chal-
mers or a Newton with such an urI-
slightly growth" Tho doctor gently
answered: "When you como to exam
pie, my dear woman, imagine st. Paul
or our Savior without it, if you cen"
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Mates.

Last year the capital stock invested
in the slate trade in the United States
was nearly SO, DOC, 600, ard the produce
was 600, 900 squares, Pennsylvania
alone producing $1,000. The harvest
ouarrv contains sixty acres and employs
900 9 It was opened in 1855 ::and
in 1886 turned out 40, 900 squares. The
most durable states are from Pennsyl-
vania and Maine, ind arc dark blue and
blue black. Green, red, purple and
yarieaated do not keep color well, and
the red kinds are the most expensive.
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Deep in every mind there dwells for,
ever a witness to the truth whose clear
eye and steady voice will see and re-
spond wherever it is known. We do
not need to implore men to believe the
truth; We require only that they shall
apprehend it, and then We may defy
them to deny it. ..
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Among the Romans it was not I'M
usnal to adopt children by will.

The coming holidays will be more generally
observed than any for many years. and We
would remind our readers that a bottle Of DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup will prove = most accept
ablo holiday present
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The London Economist estinats s the
importation Of food into Great Britain
at present as forty per cent. Of the to-
tai imports of the country,

An indianapolis exchange mentions that
ST.. Jacobs Oil cured Mr.. J. H. Mattern, a
letter. carrier Of that city, of a severe Spain,
contracted in the war Detroit (Mich J
Western Home Journal.
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For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression o
spirits and general debility in their various
forms, also as q preventive against fever ant
ague and other intermittent fevers, the FERRt
PIIospuoRArED ELIXIR OF CALIsAYA BARE, mad
b. Caswcll, Hazard & Co., New York, and solo
by all druggists, is the best tonic; and TO
patients recovering from fever or other sickness
II b,s M np1o1
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From the Wilmington (Del.) Republican:
Mr.. J. NJ. Scott, corner Third and Madison
streets, had q remarkably fine horse cured
OF the scratches by St. Jacobs Oil.
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clergyman of Cardiff, Wales, preach.
ed upon our national sorrow from the
text: 81 am distressed for thee, my
brother Jonathan"
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Young, middle-aged or old men, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred weak
ncsscs, should eend two stamps for large treat
lie, giving successful treatment. WORLDS
D1spESsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo,
~
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Pnsty, CoIorlcas Faces,

Cyrus W. Field proposes to erect a
memorial window at Williams college to
the late President Garfield.
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DR.. R. Y. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear Sir
Il have advised many ladies' to try your "Fa-
voritc Prescription" and never see it fail to do
more than you advertise. Yours truly,
Mrs. A. NJ. RANKIN,
141 Bates street. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind,
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II find that with light meals my
health improves" said the Esquimau;
and down went another candle.
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A BEATTY'S OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
n. holiday presents; square grand pianofoIl tes four very
handsome rount corners, rosewood cases. three unlsons.
Bca,ty's mncN!e>s iron frames. stool, book. cover, boxes.
Sl22. 5 10 S297 so; catalogue prices. $500 10 $1,000;
satisfaction gnn'antced or money refunded, after one
loguc p:!rcs $500 to $500: standard pianofortes Of the uni
vc.sc. as tho,ls lnds testify write for mammoth list OF tes-
timonials. Deaity's (nbinet ORGANS, cathedral,
church. chapel. patlor. $50 upward. Visitors welcome;
free carriage meets pasSt n:ers; Illustrated catalogue (hol:'
day cditonl free. Address or cal! upon
DANIEL K. WASHINGTON. NEW JERsEY
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King Kalakaua has subscribed $4,000
to the erection Of an Episcopal cathe-
dral in Honolulu.
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Colouci John G. Whitner,
OF Atlanta. Ga, says he Yves his life to War
ncr's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
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There is but one way to cure badness, and
that is by using CARBoL1NE, a deodorized e1-
tract of petroleum, the natural hair grower.
AS recently improved, it is the only dressing
for the hair that cultured people will use.
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Is Cents Will Buy,
q Treatise upon the Horse and his Diseases.
Book of 100 pages. Valuable to every owner
of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent post.
paid by New York Newspaper Union, $50 Worth
t.,.k Nou, Tor1
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En- gland received from the United States
rom the crop of 1880, 1,3tS,SO6 barrels Of
fapples.