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The BicycIes.


As q mere machine for transportation,
the bicycle is entitled to a high consid-
Grafton. In England, and more especially
in the large cities like London, the
bicycle has taken an Acknowledged
place with the cab, the omnibus, the
tramway, and the steam car. In London
thousands of them are IN use by men
who employ them for the same purpose
that they would a saddle-horse. They go
to their business on them In the morning
andreturn at night, with thessame regu-
larity that other men traverse the same,
routes by means of the regular lines of
transportation This is the case often
with men who live as many as from six
to ten miles from their places of bust
ness. They escape the fetid ai-- of the
omnibus, they have no fare to pay, and
as rule they make the journey in less
time than they could were they to travel
by the usual vehicles of transportation
In this direc ton the matter of economy
is of no small account The person
who uses bicycle to go to and from
his place of business in London, or in
any of the larger cities of the country,
save not less than ten cents day-a not
very large sum, it is true, but one which
pays him from forty to fifty per cent
per annum ON his purchase of machine,
and gives him the advantage of most
inspiriting and delightful method of
locomotion.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.
q $50 AsSe0DsFRvk foRyshas just been conn
1 sepletea on Alount Etna, 1871 feet above

Q FsEss AseoBsERvk foRy has Just been COM
4 spleted az. AIount Etna, 1871 feet above.
the sea level
PsRFu,fEs exert healthful influence
on the atmosphere, converting its oxygen
into ozone. ,ass
TuE- gastric juice is more acid while
t7igestion is going on than IN the intervals
IT rs claimed that railway ties saturated
in creosote will last for twenty years or
more in good condition.
SUGAR, according to prominent
= physician, promotes digestion, and may
I'D jbef prescribed in certain cases of
dyspepsia.
The locomotives on some Russian rail
roads are heated with, crude naphtha,
~ mlncli is introduced into the tender as it
zones from the wells.
I'll THE eggs of gnat are placed side
rs J lhy Side to fornthe figure of boat, so
that the gnat-boat, like the life-boat
has the property of Fighting itself when
cwpsize a.. .Ts s.~s.
9. - tricts are very injurious to trees in the
ssssaV peighborhood The sulphuric acid con-
tanned in the gases is absorbed by the
leaves. tytg tAW tftAE1 = t1t
The CLEAN of falling water attracts
certain insects as powerfully rs does
artificial light. In Iceland, moth after
moth have been seen flyiifg deliberately
into waterfall, where they disappear.
ToDEoDoRrze rubber, cover the articles
with charcoal dust. place them in a closed
vessel, and raise the temperature to
S42 T.. Let them remain for several
hours and they win be found free from
all odor.
by BREATHING for some moments o
glass goblet previously moistened with
water, and next rinsing the glass in pure
distilled water, this liquid will be found,
by the usual tests, to contain ammonia
and nitric acid
The tsetse fly of Africa, whose bite
proves fatal to domestic animals, lays its
eggs within the flesh at every bite, and
the animal which dies from. the effect
proves to contain myriads of white
worms In its stomach.
The Chinese pharmacopoeia contains
rsF Instruction for, making various kinds of
vine known mutton, deer, dog or
snake wine. The ingredients of mutton
wine afe sheep milk, brown sugar,
honey, raisins and various drugs.
n4 PLtcISe one or two bits of roast meat
on the leaves of the droserd rot,tndefolid
shows that the leaves fed were of a
brighter green than those starved The
supply of nitrogren had evidently
assisted in the production of chlorophyl.
4 NEW use of the micro-telephone is
that Of finding underground water
courses. The micro phones are buried
In the soil ON a hillsidey and each con-
~nected with separate battery and
telephone. BY listening at the telephone
ut night, the faintest murmur or gurgllng
4gs of water can be detected. f.tf
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Deteetiye,s story.

There is a story told OF a lady and gen.
:, tleman travelling together on an English
Railroad. They were strangers to each
other. Suddenly the gentleman said:
= Madam, will .treuble. yeu to look
but Of the window for asfew minutes /; t
am going to make. some changes in my
wearing apparel"
Certainly, SIR" she replied with
great politeness, rising and turning her
back upon him. In short time he
said
"Now, Madam, my. change is COM
pleted, and you may resume your seat.P
When the lady turned she beheld her
male companion transformed into DASH
ing lady with alheayy ven over her face.
Nov, sir or madam, whichever
trouble You to look ont of the window,
for also have some changes to make IN
my apparel. A
sdertainly, mos.suis' and the gentle
man in lady's attire immediately CONS
Nov. sir, syo,. may resume your
Ta4Is Ereat surprise, on resuming his
seat, thet gentlemah I'M female attire
found his. lady cpgnpai1on transformed
into. a mans He lsaghed and soill: n
Wit appears tfat we are both anxious
done y I1have robbed a bank ?"
And /, hsaid tliewfilo1n lady, as he
dexterously fettered <his companions
wrists with pair of handouts, 81 am
Detective J-.of Scotland Yard, and
in female apparel have Swallowed yon
for two days-now," dfawing revolver,
keep STILL
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HENRY WARD BEEcHER's habit of
reading while travelling at railway speed,
says the Hartford Post, favors both his
eyes and his brain. He does not pore
over book constantly, but satisfies him
self with leisurely references to it.
After reading not to exceed a page and
a half, he drops the book into his lap,
and rests in reflection and window-gaz-
ing for few minutes before he resumes
his reading This process of book
study is gone over with uniform exact
ness. When he has enough "inwardly
digested, he goes into doze till re-
freshed, and bends to the book again.
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"A RETURN issued by the German Post
master General shows the number of
postcards used in Europe in the year
1878 to have been $40, 600, OOO Of that
number III, ass, 600 were posted in the
United Kingdom, los, IA 900 in Ger
many, and 80, 522, 900 in France.
In the 9o75 United ted oS States aos during the
dispatched by the postofice, and it
is estimated that during 1880 the figure
will rise to 300, 000, 600. The German
postal authorities estimate the number
of cards in use throughout the postal
union at about ZOO, 100000
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A Model Sexton.

Josiah H. Haywood, sexton OF the
Church of the Unity, Boston, has re
Gently celebrated his silver wedding.
Among the incidents of the festive oc-
easion was the reading of letter from
Rev. NJ. J. Savage, his pastor, IN which
he said:
81 propose entirely for your
own good to suggest few faults. Ii
you can only manage to cure THESE you
will have become the ideal sextons and
you can command salary OF SlD, quo
year, or perhaps more than that, by
travelling with Barnum as the greatest
curiosity of the age. The faults Iallude
to are such as these:
'sEirst-YOu have not yet learned how
to make the church hot and cold at the
same time. You must learn how to
make one pew mark seventy-fve degrees
Fahrenheit, while the next one to it is
down to a point where It would be I'M
comfortable for an esquimaux.
ss'Second-Y do net seem to know
how to have a free circulation. a plenty
of fresh air, and yetnet have any draught
anywhere. You must invent some way
to make all the draughts skip the pews
where rheumatic and bald-headed people
sit
lnlru-1Ou nave not yet acquired
the art of having the church flooded
with light while the blinds are shut at
the same time. This should be attended
to at once, and you should not offer any
such poor excuse as that it is impossi-
BILE.
+ ssFonrth- You must find out some
way of giving everybody the best seat,
right in the center of the church, no
matter whether the pews are already full
or not.
sFifth-You must learn how to fill all
the pews with strangers without making
anybody mad about it, and. at the
same time, have plenty of room left for
the regular pew-holders.
'sSixth--And finally You shall spend
your leisure time in inventinp a patent
church that shall be just warm enough,
and not too light, but just light enough,
where all the people, whatever their
mental, moral or physical condition, viii
be perfectly comfortable, and-crownine
achievement of an-that shall have al
| the seats in the mid die.
s'What is sexton for, anyhow. if ht
can't please everybody at the same
timer" =
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Fast Indian Snakes and Valves


An East, India paper says One
thousand two hundred and sixtv four
persons were killed by wild animals and
9,5l5eby smokes in the Presidency of
Bengal last wear, In the same period
the number of cattle destroyed was up
ward of $4,000. This, SAYS a Bombay
paper. is considerable bill of mortality
for one Presidency, but we suppose in
this, as IN all other matters. as is so
often asserted. the sIainor Presidencies
must admit the superiority Of Bengal.
Compared with the returns of 1873. the
figures quoted from an interesting state
ment Just issued by Mr.. Counsel, the
Acting Registrar, show considerable
increase, In one respect, however. there
was O falling off, namely, in the number
of persons killed by wolyes-eighty-
three. against 152. in 1873. Probably
wolves are less voracious in Bengal than
they used to be, but the shikars, anna
teur. and profession.J, have not shown
more consideration for them than for.
merly. Indeed, the sportsmen have met
with greater success than ever, for
nearly 500 more were killed than in the
previous twelve months. Altogether
5.543 wild animals were destroyed dur
ing the past vear. FfoIn the statistics
sent in to Government it appears that
81, 102 snakes were killed, against "a, ZIG
in 1878. but the actual number was
probably very much larger. The re-
I turns relate oaly 20 the snakes for the
obstruction Of which rewardsewere paid.
These rewards are only given for Co
bras, dabOras, and keraits destroyed
within the limits of towns, municlpali-
ties, and villages in which the Village
Chowhdaree act is in force, andjt seems
that many persons who destroy venomous
! snakes, even within the limits for which
rewards are gwen, never ask for the
money to which they are entitled. The
total amount paid in rewards last year
was %, $40. IL rupees
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Say !" would rather walk, :" and not
/" Il had rather walk.
Say "I doubt not but I shall, y and not
al don't doubt but shall.
Say :. for You and me, )" and not "for
You and /. !" - l.es.s
Say whether 1 be present or not, :"
and not present or no. y
Say "not that 1 know, and not g that
/ know of. :"
Say return it to me" and not "re-
turn it back to me. ;" =
Say Il seldom see him." and not
"that seldom or ever. see him"
Say " fewer friends, " and not "less
friends. -
Say g if l mistake not" and not off
/ am not mistaken"
Say ssgame is plentiful, and not
"gameis plenty" so
Say g am weak in comparison with
You, and not " to you.
Say sit rains very fast" and not
'svery hard" So = p stsf W
Say "ini primitive sense, and not
primary sense. ~ .s~i
Say /" he was noted for his violence
and not that g he was a man notorious
for violence. ssa
Say "thus much is true,p and not
"this much is true" -
Say 81 lifted it, (" and not =" I lifted it
up" aes
And last, but not least, say CT take
my paper and pay for it in advance"
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"A MidoMer.

A Western man having lost his wife,
a sympathizing friend remarked upon lis
woe-begone appearance.
"Wells j guess You would look thin,
too,i' was the melancholy reioinder, . If
you had to get up before daylight, make
the fires, draw water, split wood, and
feed the cattle before breakfast. l tell
you what it is, if don't get some one to
fill poor, dear, sainted Maria's place, L
shall be resting by her side before many
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s"As THE American" says the Rev.
David Swing. of Chicago, g can out
chew and out-spit and out-talk the rest
of the world, SO can he out-swear the
residue of humanity. Sitting behind
two gentlemen for day, as our train
Rlided along from ST. Paul toward Chi
cago, the words 8 by God came back to
me 200 times, when bedtime made me
quit counting.
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Language cannot Describe It.

Mr.. Robert Gould, book-keeper for
Walker d Maxcy, who are lumber deal
ers, recently said to our representative, !:
'About one year ago L was taken with
the genuine sciatica. / employed the
best physicians, but they gould only
relieve me for the moment Finally l
used St. Jacobs Oil and it effected a
complete cure. "-Kenne6ec Reporter,
Gardner. Ne
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Indian Courtship.

Among the Northwestern tribes of
Indians innocence Is as marked among
- the girls as their color. The impression
dat the red maiden does.not entertain q
high standard of morality is error,
50 for,sho is Taught as other girls are, aud
- " grows up witt well-developed ideas of
the responsibilities of life, and firm
resolution to discharge them. Educated
in the faith that she ordained to
work she trains herself to undergo hard
labor. and at sixteen years of age Is
sturdy and strong, brave against fatigue
and a perfect housewife, A =
She may not possess New England
notions of cleanliness, but she takes not
a little pride III her personal appearance,
aud in the arrangement OF her lodge she
displays some crude IDEAS of taste and
a certain amount of neatness. If she
marry white maa She makes him
good wife rs long she lives with him.
His home Is her sole comfort and his
comfort her whole ambition. She thinks
of him and for him, and makes it her
study to please him and maze him re-
spect and love her She recognizes In
him one of superior race, and by her
dignity and devotion endcars herself to
him, and struggles to make him happy.
At the agencies of the upper frontier
thousands of men are employed, and it
IS not an exaGgeration to say that the
majority of them have Indian wives and
live happily. They are not sought after
Dy the nlaluenS, LOT tile -lndlan
custom is to remain quiet until after the
marriage contract is made and the mar
riage portion paid over. The husband
Z, must have the .sdowry, with which he
must invest his proieeted mother. in
y law before the ceremony takes place
The process is little out of the usual
f,ysr ,rllns aud "a description may be of, inter-
" ey5 alskk, Atsfs ILL.,
~ 4 Ihe aspiring bridegroom must be we'll
known in the tribe before he can hope
to wirSa wife, Her4people want to
thoroughly understand him., and know
II he'can support not only her. but also
her relatives In the event of pinch.
He must be a kind-hearted man, with 9
- temper warranted to keep in any domes-
TIC climate, and he must have a good
lodge, and atleast half dozen. horses
x If he be, and have all these, he can
~ a-wooing go. Selecting the lady, he makes
application to her mother, and at coun-
Gil the price is fixed upon.
Ii the girl be especially pretty, her
~ mother. will demand gun, two horses
and lot of provisions, blankets and
cloth A-gun is valued at $50, a horse
at $50, and he must furnish material to
bring the amount up to from 300 TO $3.50.
Then lie tries to beat the dame down,
and II he succeeds he hnows there is
some reason for letting the girl go: if
not, he understands that he is getting a
good choice. The courtship is left en-
-se!y' 70 the mother Montreal Star.
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.Dra~xy,rr pn,ns ;. -

DIR. r. V. PIERcE, Buffalo, n. Y: Dear Sir
Ny Wife had suffered with .femaie sgesknesses
for nearly three years. AT times she could
hardly move. she had s,Ich dragging pains. We
often saw your - Favorite Prescription adyer-
tised, but supposed like most patent medicines
it did not amount to anything, but at last con-
Guided to try bottle. which she did Il made
her sick at first, but itbegan to show its effect in
a marked Improvement, aud two bottles cured
her. Yours, etc, A. j. HUYOK, Deposit. n. Y.
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As we look across the broad expanse
plain which lies between our fair city
pd the Medicine Bow range, whose
fty peaks are crowned with perpetual
bows glance at the cone-like fornf of
diamond Peak in the southwest, beyond
hlch we know lies the roaring Cache la
oudre, in whose cool waters sport myr-
lds OF speckled trout, and along whose
Inks the deer, elk, antelope, and festive
PIN rabbit are sporting; then turn to
he hills on the east, whose cool canyons
I'D towering pines seem to murmur
come" we feel as though we would
Ae to leave the city and get out among
hem. Other people can go out for'sum-
ler trips. The over-worked' preacher,
no gets up one sermon a week; the
prnout lawyer, who has had one case
nee Christmas; the merchant, who
sends four hours a day IN his office
1e gentlemen of leisure, and old maids,
ad young maids, and lovers, and every
bdy except the hod- carriers and news
Rper men. They must stay at home.
hey have no right to look at the hills !;
p rights that other people are bound to
spect. No right to think of babblng
BOOKS, rod or gun. The newspaper
Ind must stay within the sacred pre-
Gcts of the city where his Journal is
painted, and be cllled liar, free lunch
dhpenser, theater deadhead, an inces-
sat noser, roustabout, and deck hand
gaerally-a victim of the walls OF. pub
Eedisfavor. Must receive and digest
All the abuse of humanity generally. and
several counties to hear from be abused
# he publishes the news, and abused if
he doesn't person who is regarded as
a necessary evil, and at the same time
one to be feared. Must forget his OWL
troubles and lay before his readers eacl
evening a newsy, spicy, readable paper,
even though he may fs-l-4nore like enter
ing lunatic asylum as a regular boards
than writing for others amusement. =
Laramie boomerang.
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KNowLEDGE addresses these alarming
words to the modern burlesoue writers
who made horfid puns and their equally
mculpated audience who enjoy them:
1t is not, perhaps, commonly known
that tendency to make puns is regarded
by many students of mental physiology
rs sign of cerebral disease"
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THEY tell story of Brazilian bandit
that would make the James boys feel
that they had just begun to learn the
.r,ldiments of the business After listen
ing awhile to an organ grinder he step
ped up to him, cut off his head, and
placing it on top of the organ proceeded
to turn the handle himself, while the
bystanders looked on with horror.
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Mr.. Gan. b. JOHNSON, business man.
ager of the Houston -(Texas) Post, has
used ST. Jacobs Oil with the greatest
benefit for rheumatism, says the Gal
weston (Texas) 1NetCS.
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DR.. PIERcE's %Pellets," or sugar-coated
granules original :. little liver pills Che
ware Of limitations )Acure sick and bilious
headache, cleanse the stomach and bowels, and
purify the blood, To get genuine, see DIR.
Pierce e signature and portrait on Government
stamp. rs cents per vial. by druggists.
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send Dr. Dve's ceIebrated Electro-V oltaic Belts
and Appliances, on trial for thirty days, to men
1young or old9 who are afflicted with nervous
debiity,-Iost vitality and kindred troa tsIst1
guaranteeing complete restoTaloii u 'A'- -
and manhood. Address as above. ~
N B-No risk is incurred, as thirty Gays
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Dying.

An expectant nephew took one side
the physician who visited his uncle, and
demanded to know the whole truth con-
corning that beloved relative.
HE is dying" said the doctor.
The nephew howled with piteous lam
entations. But the old doctor. who
knew Inimn nature, and expectant
nephews in particular, exclaimed
q You misunderstood met did not
say lac was recovering 4 sad he is dy-
ina -
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ONE greasing with Frazer Axle Grease VIII
last two weeks, all Others two or three GUY s-
Try it. 1t received first premium 81 the osA7
tennial and Paris Exposition.
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PURE cod-liver oil, from selected nyers; 0n
the sea shore, by Caswell, Hazard 20, ~ =. se
Absolu,elv pure and sweet. Patients who nave
once taken K prefer il to all others. Physicians
declare it superior to all other oils =
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!. :. Toni. Wan. statement.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, April 29, 1881.
H.H. WARNER & Co.: Sirs-I was cured OF
,,aiuful kidney disease by your Safe Kidney and
f;var Cure. J. B. REYNOLDS
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~uT-,d. gvade Fn.v.


Let your liver complaint take its own course
md Don't take DIR. Pierce's q Golden Medical
2 Sold by druggists.
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K1DSEY-WoRr radically cures biliousness,
piles and nervous diseases. t
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If contemplating Building or Painting, SEM
for the new Architectural Catalogue pnblishee5d.
by VIM. I. Comstocl1, 6 Astor Place. New \ ork'
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lydia e. PlNKHAM,S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Is a Positive Cure

Is Positive Cure
for all those Painful Complnints and Weaknesses
z eocommon to our best female population
It will cure entirely the worst form OF Female COM
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Spinal Weakness, and Is particularly adapted to the
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It viii dissolve and expe tumors from the uterus IN
"a early stage OF Development The tendency to can
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removes fafntness, atulency, destroys all craving
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IA s~res IIfoatfn, cauacnes, Nervous Prostration,
Gneai Debility, sleepessness, Depression and Indi-
gstion-
that feeling OF bearing down, causing pain, weight
and baekache always permanently cured by its use
It VII all times and under all circumstances act in
harmony with the laws that the female system
Forthe cureof kidney Complaints OF either sex this
/ Compound is unsurpassed.
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of pills. also in tho form of lozenges, on
receipt price, 81 per box for either Mira Ptnkhaa
freely answers letters OF inquiry. Send for parnph
let Address as above. Mention this RGper. ~
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CHArrEp hands, face pimples and rougn * SKIN u
cured by using Juniper Tar soap maue :, -
well, Hazard Co., New York
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1T WAS French woman Who exclaim-
ed, holding up glass of SPARKLING fresh
water: "Ah if 1t were only wicked to
drink this, how nice it would taste
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AGENTS wanted for our Indian Hemed e
Mandan and Usage Medic KeytesSile' aio.
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.."Roneh ON Raf...

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants,
bedbugs, skunks, chipniunls, gophers. l5cs
Druggists. $3.50