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The Washington, Monument.

A reporter of the Washington Repub-
lican, as he stood gazing at the massive
proportions of the Washington monu-
ment, was told thatit was 1872 feet high.
But after al what did it mean? How
high is "192 feet high ?" The reporter
looked around for something to make a
comparison. There..w the capitol build
ing, but the last layer OF stone on the
monument, which is 1872 feet from the
ground, is only as high as the port-holc
windows in the iron dome, which are 1 "A
feet below the crest of the Phrygian cap
on the Goddess Of Liberty, The high.
est church spire in the city is no more
than 13O feet. Yet the monument, at
its present altitude, is only a few feet
more than one-third completed. twill
require three years of steady work, lay
ing tke stone at the rate of two and one
half courses per week, before the pro.
posed height is reached. The shaft Of
marble and granite, topped with
pyramid roof of iron covered
with beaten glass, will then reach
to the enormous height of $50 feet
making it, the highest structure erected
by man on the face of the earth. Some
faint idea can be obtained of the mean
ing OF this term, $50 feet high, by citing
the heights of the celebrated structures
of the word. The Pyramid of Cheops is
4SO feet; St. Peters, Rome, 457 feet
Strassburg Cathedral, France, 1853 feet
the new cathedral at Cologne, 524 feet ;
St. Stephens, Germany, AL feet; Sails
bury Spire. England, 4O4 feet; st.
Paul's, London, 965 feet; Capitol at
Washington, 306 feet; Bunker Hill
monument, 221 feet; Washington monu-
ment, Baltimore, 1913 feet. .
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The VyayS of BARRIERS.

To any one who is familiar with the
barber shops OF some CT the European
countries the difference in manner must
seem odd. The Partisan barber, though
perhaps q trihe more civil than the
American or Americanized, is still very
luick and curt in his ways, just as the
Partisan waiter is; and in the hinge
barber shops OF London, conducted on
mammoth scale which is unknown
here-such as the establishment in
Tichborne street, employing in various
seasons of the year from thirty to sixty
men-Chesterfeldian manners are
hardly to be expected. But the Ger
mau, Austrian and Italian shops afford
amusing contrasts to those Of New York.
What American who has been in Ger
many has not been diverted by the
reverent attitude of the barber and by
the profound bow and "obedient ser.
want" (gehorsamer diener) with which
he signalizes the conclusion of his tas k
The insinuating, persuasive ways Of
Italian "artists" and the delightful
ingenuity with which they "stick" !"
foreigners with all sorts of costly and
useless toilet articles at absurd prices
are known to every traveller. But
perhaps tonsorial suavity reaches its
sublimest heights IN the two gay Aus
trian capitals, Vienna and Pesth. There,
as the customer enters, instead of meet
ing with silent and Indifferent stare,
and q rude, loud "Next !" shouted out
stentorian tone, a perfect chorus of
soft and subdued voices greets him with
cheerful "Guten morgen, ergbenster
dienerw (Most devoted servant), and
"Meine hochachting" my highes
esteem) 1t is inexpressibly comical to
hear the knights Of the razor mechani
cally sing out all together these three
exclamations one after another as if
they had learned them by note, and to
hear the similar chorus of CALCULATIONS
uttered in the same sing-song, mechaui-
cal voice at the customers exit Of
"Meine compliments" my compi-
mentsD "Ich habe die ehre" II have
the honorD "Ich empfehle mich" Il
commend myselfD ETC., to all OF which
the lofty client only responds with a
short Guten tsg" or slight touch of
the hat. The inefable and silent con-
tempt with which the aristocratic Off
Ger, glittering with gold braid and liv-
ing on $40 month, clinks hisssilver
spurs as he enters and leaves the shop
without deigning even a nod. or reply
to all this outburst of extravagant civil
ity, affords striking illustration of the
continental manner of treating the luck
less operator on hirsute chins.--Ne,c
! Imk Herald.
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\ Nigh. of Horror,

Eduard 10th, the popular but very
poor Hungarian lyric poet and drama
tist, who died some weeks ago, has left
an autobioTaphical account Of the event
which fastened his end. There seems
to be no doubt that the gifted young
man had the germs of consumption al
ready at work in him, but probably no
consumptive patient ever took less pre-
caution against the advances of the de-
stroyer, while the last stage was pre-
maturely hurried on by the circum-
stances which he has described. In a
light coat, with no companion but a
walking-stick, and with only five gulden
in his pocket, lie set off for walk
of ten miles across noun tai
path to join troop of players in a
town which is simply indicated as " K
He was overtaken by a fearful and
binding snow-storm. About twelve at
night he saw light in house, made
his way to it and found that it was a
miserable little inn of forbidding aspect.
He determined to seek night quarters
there, having no other choice, as he
thought, between that and death. After
he had been admitted by the evidently
Jewish landlord he saw two peasants,
of criminal-looking. aspect, drinking
ard playing at cards. 10th ordered
an omelette and half a bottle
of red wine. He was so dis
concerted by the evident character
= $pf his host and his fellow guests, that
be thought it better to trust himself to
HE snow-storm for the efemainder of the
light than to such companions. He
s but down his fve-gulden piece, at
which the two peasants glanced, and
received four gulden and 70 kreuzers
|in change. Warmed by the wine he
,}started off with reinvigorated force. He
baSHproceeded some distance, when,
: great good fortune, " as he says,
he'd end rolled down into deep
he could not find his way
road he made use OF the
eck. The snow had ceased
fallen SO heavily on the
be as on the ascent. In a
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nh. s,...,no Reoular I1,o.s,,Su

Is best appreciated by those who having lost,
have ultimately recovered it. To form an
adequate conception Of the horrors of dyspepsia,
one must have experienced that malady il, ;ts
chronic form. A tenn 3orary ilt OF Indigestion.
though doubtless Troublesome enoEsh, can
give no suitable idea when it has taken coii'
tinucd possession OF the stomach. To anticipate
and prevent the chronic phase with Rosteticr's
Stomach Bitters is the wise course. While tina:
incompatible invigorant and corrective con.
quers the most obstinate types of dyspepsia, it
is always wise to use it early, and thus avoid
prolonging the process Of cure. Flatulence,
heartburn, headache, biliousness, palpitations.
nervousness, loss OF flesh and appetite, an,
other concomitants of dyspcpsia are all remcd-
led by this sterling medicine. Use it before
meals afid OIL ratirinp
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The Attempt to Shoot Jackson.

Few persons remember the mad at
tempt of Richard LawreHce to shoot
President Jackson. It occurred on Jan
uary 30, 1885. On that day the two
houses of congress- convened for the
obsequies OF ". R. Davis, Represeu
tative from South Carolina, then re-
Gently deceased. President Jackson and
the heads of departments were in atten'
dance. After discourse by the chap
ain of the house, funeral procession
was formed, in which the President
walked arm in arm with the Secretary
of the Treasury, Levi Woodbury.. The
procession left the hall of the house
of representatives and was passing
through the rotunda, on the way to the
eastern portico, when Lawrence, as he
perceived the President approach,
stepped forward from the crowd, ad'
vanced to within few feet of him,
drew pistol, aimed it at the President,
and pulled the trigger. The cap missed
fire. Secretary Woodbury. and others
sprang to arrest him he, however
had time to draw another pistol, but
this second attempt to shoot was equally
unsuccessful. He was thrown down,
disalmed, and secured.
In taking aim he stood so near the
President that the latter instinctively
started forward to strike the pistol aside
with his cane; so that, had not the caps
failed, there is every probability that a
dangerous, probably fatal, wound
would have been given. The trial OF
Lawrence was postponed until April,
apparently to allow time for searching
his antecedents and Investigating his
mental condition. Both the evidence
and Lawrence's deneanor in the court,
room satisfied the public at the time
that the shooting was the act ofa lunatic.
He had for some time believed himsel
to be king of the United States and
Jackson to be en- intruder and usurper.
In the courtroom his behavior was Sc
wild and disorderly that his counsel
begged that he might be removed and
the trial proceed without him. Nc
wonder, for when the District Attorney
commenced speaking, Lawrence started
up wildly, exclaiming "What means
this personal indignity? Is it decreed
that am to be brought here? And fol-
what desire to know if I, who claim
the crown OF the United States, likewise
the crown Of Great Britain, anu who am
superior to this court, am to be treated
thus?" And the proceedings were
frequently broken by like interruptions
As the jury agreed with the medicalmen
hat he was an irresponsible monoma
MAC, he was committed to an asylum.
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The White Water of the Arabian Sel

The White Water of the Arabian Sea.
With reference to the phenomenon OF
what is known as the "white water" of
the Arabian sea correspondent writes
as follows: If the call of duty or
pleasure should at any time induce any
of your readers to undertake the over
land Journey to India they must moi
fail to give instructions to be called
from bed should the nocturnal phe-
nomenon OF the "white water" occur.
It is more frequently seen in the
months of July and August, and is prin-
cipally confined to narrow belt to the
eastward of the island Of Socotra, known
in the charts of that sea as the Line of
the Strongest Monsoon, and wherein
the clouds on quitting Central
Africa on their passage eastward are ap-
parently confined. Should the moon
be above the horizon an undisttirbed
nights rest may be anticipated, as the
writer has never known the phenomenon
to occur in the presence of that orb.
To give the reader some idea Of this
remarkable and striking appearance,
we will suppose ourselves in steamer
about $50 miles to the eastward of
Socotra, in the position named, and in
the latter end of July !; time, l A. II.
The monsoon is blowing strongly and
steadily-the night, starlight and clear
"a light feecy scud occasionally pass
ing rapidly 10 the eastward, and the
good vessel bowling along at the rate
of fourteen or fifteen knots an hour.
Suddenly we discover a light hue in
the water, which in o. short while as
sumes snow-white aspect, and in the
course of a quarter of an hour extends
to the horizon in all directions. The
transformation of the water is perfect,
the usually green color of the sea hav-
ing been replaced by an appearance OF
whiteness like that of milk. And yet,
if you draw bucket of the water for
inspection and analysis, you will find
hat it is beautifully clear, not vestige
of anything white being visible; nor
can tie microscope discover anything
over and above the ordinary quantity Of
minute life always present in sea water
within the tropics.
The deception seems to me to ad-
NIT of easy explanation, it being the
result simply of reelection of color.
The vessel is passing through light
misty atmosphere, inappreciable to the
eye while within its influence; and the
white watery vesicles held in suspen-
sion are, in some favorable condition OF
air and water, reflected on the surface
of the latter Chambers journal.
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few moments he heard the voices OF |

few moments he heard the voices OF
the two peasants whom he had left in
the inn. "He must have come this
way" said one, "he Cannot escape us"
"Bah !" replied the other, "it IS not
worth freezing all night to get four gull
den and seventy kreuzers. I shall GO
back" 10th says that he kept himself
quiet and motioniess on the frozen
ground for two or three hours before he
dared to again move. "That night,
he writes, "killed me, for since its hor-
rors I have scarcely passed an hour
without incessant coughing ."-TorontQ
Globe.
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REsCIrED FRHN DEATH.

william j. Coughlin, Of somerville, Ma:sT say: Id
the fall of 1876 taken with bleeding OF the lungs
followed by severe cough. lost my appetite anu
fesb and was confined to my bod. In 1877 Twas ad-
mitted to the hospital The doctor said had hole
in my lung as big as half-doar. At ole tine re.
not went around that was dead. gave up hope,
but o friend told me Of DR.. WILLIAM HALLS BALsAA
FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle. when, tony surprise,
commenced to feel better, and to-day feel better
than for three years past Iwrite this hoping ayery
one afflicted with diseased lungs will take DIR. WI
LIAM HALLS BALsAM, and be convinced that coS-
SUMPTION CAN IT. CURED. can positively say 1t has
done more good than ~ the other medicines have
tlken since my sickness.
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The bridge disaster on the Moreles
railroad in Mexico was frightful calam
ity. The Eriiae gave way while train
was passing over it, and 21t officers anG
soldiers on the train We're killed on,
right or roasted to death by the flames
which burst over the wreck when ION
barrels OF brandy, forming part of the
freight, caught ire. Only sixty persons
escaped alive, and OF these forty were
more or less seriously injured, man,
fatally. Efforts to rescue the imprisoned
victims were useless. and the dead an6
living were consumed by the remorseles'
flames before the eyes of the survivors
The bridge was not only weakened b!
recent floods, but seems to have beer
imperfectly constructed by Incompetent
Mexican engineers. No such casualt.
has ever before occurred in Mexico, an6
the effect upon the ignorant and super
stitious people undoubtedly will be te
unreasonably prejudice them against
railroad enterprises.
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TMuscatine Gova) Daily journal. I

Messrs. J. r. Bennett & Co., Mus
kegon, Mich, thus speak st. Jacobs
Oil is the best liniment around here.
We sell more Of it than Of any o,her
proprietary medicine we have in our
store. Our customers are continually
praising its effective qualities +; and we
think that it is the best remedy for
rheumatism, neuralgia, ETC., We have
ever had in stock.
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honor.
HSaarnhlnupsG-

Tho most T5hdcffui and marvellous succe.s,
in cases where persons ere sitk or piniDs away
from condition of niscrablencso, that no ono
knows what ails them profitable patients fer
doctors), is obtained by the use Of Hop Bitters.
They begin to cure from the frat dose and keep
it up until perfect health and strength is re.
stored. Whoever is afflicted in this way need
not suffer wien they can get Hop Bitters. See
"Truths and "PrGvcrhan in another column.
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SoIne old violins were sold in Paris
the other day for large sdrds. A stradi-
ysrius dated 1713 fetched $3.50, and an
other of lila, 1920; Guarnerius OF
1883, S40O, and o Bergenz, 500.
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II Spcus TuIpDssible
tune

Thata remedy made Of such common, simple
plants as hops, buchu, mandrake, dandelion,
ETC., should make 50 many and such marvellous
and wonderful cures as Hop Bitters do, but
when old and young, rich and poor, pastor and
doctor, lawyer and oditar, all testify to having
been cured by them, You must believe and try
them yourself and doubt no longer. See other
column.
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Burglars arb evidently great rail
road speculators, because We always
hear of somebody being on their track.
Huy Fever and Rose Cold.


at is no exaggeration to say that ELY's
CREAM BALM is a cure for Catarrh, Hay Fever,
etc., for many crres have been made among
M customers. Cream Balm. should be re-
sorted to by every one thus afflicted. With me
no other remedy has ever equaled the Balm
either in good results or sales. A: J. Odenwel'
der, Druggist Easton, Pa, October 2, 1881"
"Being seriously troubled with Hay Fever
and Rose Cold lat the solicitation Of friend)
tried Ely's Cream Balm, and was surprised in
obtaining almost immediate relief heartily
indorse and earnestly recommend 1t to all SINH
larly afflicted. ". p. Andrus, Druggist,
Metuchen, N. j., August 20, 1872" Il not sold
by your druggist VIC will mail it for so cents
package. ELY CREAM BALM Co.. Owego, n. Y.
INDAEsT1oN, DYSPEPSIA, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MESsMAN's PEpToNIzED BEEF Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. Itcontains blood-making,
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties
is invaluable in all cnfecbled conditions, whether
the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration,
overwork, or acute disease, particularly il
resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell,
Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
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Look Out for Sudden Changes
of weather, and guard against them by using
Warmers SAFE Kidney and Liver Cure.
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EDITORIAL APPROVAL

Mr.. ". J. Melvin; editor Warren
(NIass.j Herald; was CURED of neuralgia
by the use of st. Jacobs Oil.
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A population as large as Chicago ha!
been added to London in ten years.
Ok f,en., VIII Rny

& Tresiisa upon the Horse and bis Diseases.
Book of 100 pages. Valuable to every owner
of hGrses RSsgS ssmgs tTEeH iea Sent sn post
Street New York.
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Sir Edward Watkins is president
nine English railway companies, and
------saerata salary amounts to $780,
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he heat of the BEARS stomach thaws

the heat of the BEARS stomach thaws
out the pork it releases the spring,
which flies out, and the bear soon dies
from pain in his side"
"Maior," said Mrs. Max, with much
warmth, II don't believe that story is
true"
"No, my dear, and you won't, until,
in few years, you see it in some fash,
ion paper, and then you will swear by it.
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From two to three hundred yards OF
narrow lace is frequently used by a fash
ionable dressmaker Oh C summer cos
tune.
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What is beautiful Why, CARBoLINE, de,
odorizcd extract Of petroleum, as now improved
and perfected Clear rs spring water, delight
fabric, Makes the hair grow on bald heads.
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25 Cents will Buy Treatise npon the
Horse and his Diseases BOOK Of 100 pages valuable
to every owner OF horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpsid by NEW YORK NEWSPAPER UNION,
$50 Worth Street. New York.
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The department of agriculture ct
Washington from July l, 1877, to June
80, 1881, inclusive, has published 7,479
pages of books and pamphlets, more OF
less valuable. The number of these
printed WAS 2,36S,525, and the total
pages printed were S5s, ,3S1,675. Taking
the population of the United States at
$4,000, 0,0C0, here are nearly eighteen
pages OF printed information for every
man, woman and child in the land. MOI
is this all. The department during the
same period has distributed 4,432,S7
packages of seeds and 673, 1892 valuable
plants.
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WARRANTED FOR "a YEARS
AND NEVER FAILED

To CURE Group Spasms, DiarrhGa Dysentery and
Sea Sickness. taken internally. and GUARANTEED
perfectly harmless; also externally, Cuts, BRUISES
back and chest. Such remedy Is DR. Tobias
VENETIAN LISI31ENT. - ;,
NH
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Since 1877 the school population OF
Denver has jumped from LAO to 5,70Q.
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Keely's motor is now known as the
stramp." because it won't work.
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"Rough on Rats"
Ask Druggists for it, 1t clears out rata, mice,
reaches, bed.bugs, flies, yermin, insects. 15c. :
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Archer, the Jockey who won the
Derby for Mr.. Lorillard, is quite q
character in England. In 1876 he is
said TO have earned 100000 profession
ally. In 1875 lie won 172 races in
1876 be won 207; in 1877, 21S; in
1878, 229; in 1879, 1877; and in 1880,
l20. He is petted like prima donna,
and is the companion Of sporting lords.
He travels from one race meeting to
anothoc in frst-class carriage, has
only 10 ride his appointed horse, and
keeps valet to assist him in changing
his dress. His yearly income is greater
. than that of prime minister.
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The arrivals Of emigrants at Castle
Garden, New York, during the first half
of this year have been unprecedentedly
large. The total arrivals since January
l have been 2443, ,925-an increase Of co.
600 over the same period last year. The
record of the nationalities represented
by the arrivals is as follows: Germany,
"a, 142; Ireland, It'll; Sweden, 1909;
England, 5000; Austria, $500; Nor
way, 1885; Scotland, 2,0G7; Switzer-
land, 1,4O5; Italy, 1899; Denmark,
1,159; Holland, l,135 Poland, 621 ;
Russia, Coz; Bohepia, SIS; France,
Z $50; Hungary, 305; Belgium, 1876
Wales, s4; Spain, OF; ether countries,
6s.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Yusif Arbeely, who, with his wife and
six sons, came to this country from Da-
mascus, Syria, nearly three years ago, is
delighted with the change: He ex-
plains that more of his countrymen do
not follow his example because the
fkish governwent not only discour-
ages emigration but takes measures to
prevent it.
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Length of days is wisdoms right hand
blessing, typical of eternal life; but it
is in her left hand that are riches and
honor.
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Exodus.

C. II. Ms Notes on Exodus. Splendid helps
for the Sabbath-school lessons. Price rs cents.
Address J. A. Whipple, publisher, No. Ham
ilton Place, Boston, Mass.
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A witty New York society woman was
standing before Zols's greatly admired
picture of Lot and his daughters, which
was on exhibition in an art store On
&Efth avenue. ooh" remarked friend,
dolorously, "what do you suppose Lot
thought when he beheld his poor wife
turned 10 pillar of salt" 81 suppose
replied our wit, with admirable gravity,
she thought how he could get him.
self-a fresh one"
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VEaEr1SE is now prescribed in cases Of Scro-
fula, and other diseases of the blood, by many
of the best physicians owing to its great success
in curing oil diseases of this nature.
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FEMALE WEAKNESS. .---yrGrrI:;E acts directly uron
the causes Of these complaints. 1t inrigoratcs aud
strengthens the whole system, acts upon the srcre,
liberation cures constipation. regulates the bowe.s
headache and pains in tho buck cease: IN fact there
i no disease complaint where Ill" IEGErlSE gives
so quick relief and !s elective III lts ciiTc, n: III
what is termed Female Weakness 1t has never failed
in one instance.