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Decline Of Professional BeautydOm.

Professional beauties were rapidly be-
coming disturbing Influences in the best
conducted London circles. TO be the
rose, or to boast the presence of the rose,
in a brilliant company was one thing;
the display of Il multitude of buds, wing
in their ambitions with the mature and
perfect blossom, was another. The
spirit of Il burning. and in nearly every
instance. most unbecemng c0quetry
was instilled into Il number of breasts.
Society was agtated by the discussion
of rival claims till it grew sick of hear
ing about them. There was not II youth
full, or n middle-agcd, or elderly beau
who did not think it incumbent upon
himself to start some lady who had been
sufficiently unfortunate To attract his
favorable opinion in the professional
beauty line. This. it was felt. was going
u little too far. There was no reason
why individual cavaliers might not have
their preferences. but there was every
reason why they should not ask society
been only one Of multitude of con-
noisserS in feminine beauty, the apple
which he gave To Venus would not have
been so bitterly grudged by the brace
of neglected goddesses. The system of
professional beautydom was, in fact,
found to be incompatible with the har-
moniouS working of the social machine.
Drawing-rooms were split up into differ
ent camps. The gentlemen who plead
ed the claims TO pre-eminence Of the
particular lady they had honored with
their championship were growing as
much nuisances rs, according to the re-
frain of Bon Gaulticr's ballad. the man
who lost his heart a short time ago.
Moreover. the absurdity of the whole
thing was patent. The professional
and not necessarily the brightest. Her
own vanity might be gratltied ut the Sc
lection, but not more than was the vani-
ty of the cavalier who selected her. The
boredom which this condition of things
resulted in provoked wholesome reac-
ton. Mothers and fathers, husbands
and lovers, began seriously to reflect on
what would he the general consequences
| of the system if it was indefinitely de-
veloped. The names of score of pro-
fessional beauties were 80 habitually on
peoples lips. their photographs were so
aggressively conspicuous in shop-win-
dows. that society wearied of hear
ing of them. 1t also began to be d
little apprehensive as to the consequent
ces. 1t received some highly practical
admonitions in the revelations of the law
courts, and 1t came to the conclusion
that on the whole. both in the way OF
enjoyment and of credit. it had more to
lose than to gain by perpetuating the
regime. This conviction reached its eli
max during the London season of last
year, and for this fact, if for no other
We may well be grateful to lSSl.-Lom-
don World
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WIT AND WISDOM.

-" It's Scold day when | get left"
Xantippe remarked when Socrates went
of to the circus without cr.-Buriiny-
ton HpWk.y'.
1t has been discovered that the
Arabic for eat is gilt. This is the
English form of speech applied to
tramps-N y. Picapanc.
a New York paper says there is no
champion billiard PLAYER now. This
national calamity should he looked after
al once ". q. PiclUHi!e.
The man who has all knowledge ut
his fingers ends should not bite his
nails; he might bite off more than he
could conveniently chew. -BOSton Tran-
script.
A priest once asked condemned
criminal in Paris Jail: What kind
of Il conscience have you?' It's rs
good rs new replied the prisoner,
" for have never uSeI il"
-Talmage says: Men of talent aud
commanding intellect are never good
dancers" That is the first time We
have seen any public alluSion to oar
awkwar,lness in dancing. -7tras Syt-
tnyS.
Lady" Marie. go and see if the
butcher calves feet haS?" Marie, back
coming =" Madam. know not. have
them not see could Lady WHAT"
Marie Ii he calves has. He has boots
on"
The Virginia Legislature has legal
lied duelling i'll that State. This would
not show Il very rapid advance in cisili-
cation were il not for the fact that duel
ling in Virginia is less dangerous to ft,i-
man life than base ball in Pennsylvania
-NorriStoWN Hyuid
The principal amusement in rural
New York this winter is Guessing at the
weight of Il hog. The gucssers pay fifty
cents Il chance, then they guess. and the
mar who glcSScs nearest the coh'ect
weight takes the hog. Alta village near
Croton Lake one hundred and twenty
three men took chances and four men
guessed the exact weight five hundred
and eghty-nine pounds. Thus does the
cultured orient gild the precious mo-
ments with the germs of intellectual
growth, while in the rude unlcttcred
West the ignorant masses hunger for
the food of thought. and pine away in
sad aesthetic hamilton. Buriin2ton
HaWkept.
"A Missouri paper tells of . farmer
who owed Walt Perkins twenty-five dol
lars. and had owed him for years. One
day he met Walt and said: Don't be
uneasy, Walt. have the thing all fixed
by which | can pay YOU Walt asked
him how he had got it fixed. and the old
granger said: well. Walt, if nothing
happens. next year hope to raise a
good crop of corn. and intend to trade
some of the corn for a yoke of oxen. and
know an old man in st. Charles Coun-
~ that OWNS IN old mare. and he wants
Ia trade her for a yoke of oxen. Now,
Walt. when raise the corn. and get the
oxen. will make the trade for the old
mare. and then will bring her home
and raise mule colts Walt. the
very first mule colt | sell you shall have
the money!
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

Chicago has 30. 900 girls working at
the various trades for the average wages
of 81 u week.
The production Of anthracite coal
in 1881 was about 28.500. 900 tons. An
increase of 800. 900 tons is expected to
occur this year.
There are in England and Wales
10000 women who are claSsed as ha-
bitual drunkards. The number of men
in the same category is 27,S7S.
About 10000 people in the city of
BtSfalO are supported by tho railroad
companies. The amount expended
there by the different roads in wages
alone will foot up over $3.O6,00O an
nually.
The securities held by the Hartford
Comm banks and insurance COM
panies. during the two years ending
December 81, increased in value
IS, 765.O 26, Or more than $4,000 for
every day of the Two years. Sundays
included.
1t hos already been noted that fires
were unusually prevalent and disas-
trOus last year. There was no ex-
ceptiOn to the rule in New Fork City,
where the losses by fire IN 1881 were
-. 800, 900, against 81. 1873. 900 the pre-
vious year. Tho fires numbered $50.
Late statistics show that to the &c.
100000 Japanese people there are only
about l,0OV,OOO head of cattle, or two
head to every one hundred people;
while in the United States there are
seventy-three head Of cattle to every
one hundred people.
The amount of money in ciIrula-
ton in the country at present is esti-
| mated at the enormous sum of $l,456,-
6sl. Ol6, composed Of: Legal tender
notes, 1861, Ol6; National bank
notes. 1861 900, 900; Gold, S563, 900, QUO;
Silver, 1886, OOO, 600
The Government Surveyor Of Jamaica
reports that there are at present 800. OOG
acres OF timber-producing land in the
island; that out of this there might DO
cut each year, without permanent in
jury, 4OO feet to the acre-say 320, O0O,-
OOO-as an annual timber supply. and
out OF this large quantity only about
3,5OO,O0O are actually cut for building
purposes every Year
The Chicago Tribune states the
number of private banks in sixteen cities
at III. Of which sos are in New YorI
City. 81 in Philadelphia, AZ in Boston.
"a in Chicago. ~ in Baltimore, ii in ST.
Louis. in San Francisco, 8 in Cincin-
natl. Z in Pittsburgh, in Detroit, 4 in
Washington. D in New Orleans. 4 in
Cleveland. IN Milwaukee. B in Louis
vile. 8 in Albany. Capital. sos. 53i,-
500; deposits (Sew Orleans omittedD
SS9, 996.545.
During the past year there has been
a steady increase in the number of mon-
ey-orders sent from and received at the
New York Post-otlice. The total num-
Der of domestic and foreign money-or-
ders issued during the year ending De-
cember 81, was "a. 25o. and the amount
was Sl.33S, 0S3.67. The fees thereon
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Painted Men.

At the Grosvenor Gallery observed a
young man with unmistakable rouge up
on his cheeks | am told that the fash
ion OF making up the complexion is by
~ means unknown among our gild1d
youth. While young women initiate
men in the masculinity of their attire,
empty headed young men perhaps deem
it advisable To endeuvor to maintain the
true balance of things by making their
faces resemble those OF girls. 1t is a
noble and knightly enterprise, chivalric,
and worthy of all praise!-London Truth.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Tho great British war-ship "In.
flexible" that cost $4,000 900, is pro-
nounced failure.
The success of American horses on
the turf has caused Mr.. Leopold Roths-
child to import some.
An inventory of the property in
Paris belonging to the city estimates its
value at $500, 100000.
The freedom of the City of Dublin
has been conferred upon Mr.. Parnell.
This is q good deal like handing a glass
of water to a Kentuckian. 1t is doubt
less fine thing, but he has no Use for
it.-Chica9o Tribune.
"A Partisan genius has invented a
method of making horses step high. He
fastens pair of magnifying spectacles
to their brides. The sticks and pebbles
appear enormously magnified, and the
horses throw their feet up tremendously
to avoid these imaginary obstacles.
The railway up Vesuvius, known as
the Funicolare, is French undertaking.
1t was started with capital of f12 900
and costs "a 900 year TO maintain. In
fifteen years the company expect to
realize the entire capital, and as the
lease from the Government runs thirty
years there will remain fifteen years for
profits, which are estimated at fifteen
per cent. after the working expenses are
taken out. The company is insured in
five French houses at four francs per
1000. No English house was willing to
insure it under ten francs. Everything
about the road is said to be we'll man
aged. At the top there is restaurant.
and a good one.
The development Of the coal re-
sources and industry of Germany has
recently received much attention, due,
in great part, to the encouraging char
acter of the Hamburg exhibition of that
mineral held some tins since. 1t is al
legged that the Westphalian coal IS SUI
perior in heating power to English, and
the Investigations carried ON by some of
the most eminent biologists make it ap-
surprising, that Germany is in posses
sion Of coal-fields incomparably more
extensive than any that England can
show. The Westphalian coal-basin,
alone, it is said, is capable ofproducing,
for seven centuries to come, the same
quantity of best coal annually that Eng
land now yields; and not only this, but
the basin is not yet fully explored, and
is believed to be capable of material ex-
tension.
Mr.. Robert Robson, of Newcastle,
England, retired policeman seventy
two years Of age, has come into posses.
sion of fortune estimated at $780,
600, and which has been, it seems, 10
the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commits.
sioners since his grandfather was muir.
dered, in Manchester, 140 years ago.
Mr.. Robson has been staying of late ai
q Newcastle inn, and has been pestered
beyond endurance, it is said, by the
troops Of relatives and friends which his
sudden fortune has been the means oil
disclosing to his knowledge. Many oil
these relatives he did not know to exist
Others he had entirely forgotten. Among
the number were three or four women
who persistently affirmed that Robson
was their lawfully welded husband, and
when he presented to them the woman
who is truly his wife, they still refused
to abandon their claim. Mr.. Robson's
lot thus far has not been any happier
with his money than it formerly wa.
without it.
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were 81 l.G70.j5. Drafts were paid on
letter of credit account To the amount of
cirn orders paid and repaid numbered
SS3, Sn9, and the amount $500, SCI. 02.
There were 3G2 Gj2 international orders
received and certified to Europe for So
l79.7lS.15. which. with other items.
makes the total business of the wear
SIS. 992. 76s. II, an increase over 1880 of
81 .6l Olq7I
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Twenty wears ago the exports Of y

Twenty years ago the exports of Pc
can nuts from Indianola, Texas. were
reported at Sl00.000; now it is estimated
that the amount annually gathered ex-
ceeds S2,O00,0O0 in value. No care,
however. has been taken of the trees; in
fact, in many localities, trees from fifty
to 100 years old have been cut down to
secure the nuts. With proper care of
these trees and systematic gathering Of
the crop, it is believed that $4,000, 600
could be annually realized.
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Shan't I Take O Blue Pill?

No, don't take it and run the risk of mcr-
curial ro- on-, but when bilious and consti
patcd get Il package of the celebrated Kidney
Wort, and ii will speedily cure you. 1t il
natures great remedy Cor constipation, and
for all kidney and liver diseases 1t acts
promptly on these great organs and so re-
stores health. strength and yigor. 1t i, put
up in liquid and dry form, both acting with
equal efficiency. Price 81. See adv.
.CoLpEN'S LIEBIG's LIQrID BEEF AYD TOXIC
lNHIGoRAToR is endorsed by physicians. Ask
for fnttrn's. take no other. OF druggists.
OBNoNIuUS skin diseases are completely
cradicated 10y GIENN's SULPHUR SOAP
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IL GETIN <
Kidney Complaints.
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS,

The symptoms Of an acute attack of Inflammation OF
the kidneys are as follows Fever pain in the small OF
the back, and thence shooting downwar: numbncss of
the thigh. vomiting. usually at first deepred color OF
the urine, which becomes pale and cooress the dis
ease incrtascs and Is discharged very often with pain
and difficulty; cosveness and some degree OF collie.
La chronic Diseases OF the kidneys the symptoms
pain In the back and limbs ryness OF the skim frequent
urnations especially at night. general dropsy head
ache dizziness OF sight indigestion, and papitation
the heart gradual loss of strength pacness and puti
ness Of the face, cough and shortness of breath.
In diseases OF the kidneys the WIG gives imme
dlate relief Ii has failed to when IL
regularly and directions followed. In many cases IL
may take several bottles especially cases OF long stand
ing IL acts directly upon the secrections cleansing
and STRENGTHENING removing all distractions and i'm
purtties.A great many testify to cases Of long
standing having been perfectly cured BY the NsGErINK.
even after trying many of the known remedies which
are said 10 be expressly for this disease.
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attention 10 the first symptoms of disordered
health before disease becomes fixed and hope
departs. They show how this can success
fully he done. and that the dangers which
await neglect can only with difficulty he re-
moved
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Advice to CONSERVATIVES.

On the appearance of the first symptoms
"a general debility. loss of appetite, pallor,
chilly sensations, followed 10y night-sweat-
and cou2l-prompt measures for relief should
BE- taken. Consumption is scrofulous disease
of the lung. therefore USE the great anti
scrofula or blood purifier and strength restor.
superior 10 C"d-livcr oil us a nutrtive, and
unsurpassed a. pcctOrnl. For weak lungs,
>pltl" of blood, and kindred affections, ii
ha, no equal. Sold by druggists the world
over. For DR.. Picrcr's pamphlet on Con
sumption, send two stamps to WORLDS DIS
pENsAEY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo
New York
When you are seated between Il lawyer and
n doctor you are in avery danwtrou, position
fnr IL i either y,,ur money ar vnur lif,.
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POULTRY : STOCK BOOK.

complete manual and reference book all subjects
connected with successful Poultry and Stok Raising. on
the Pacific Coast. New Edition. iuU pi,ts. pro-
fsely Illustrated with handsome eike illustrations OF
the different varieties of poultry AMI live stock Price
by mail, 81 cents. Address WILLIAM NILES, Los
Apr..I Iai
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Solid men admire the beautiful, and thi,
accounts III some measure for the thousand.
upon thousands of BOTTLES of Carholine, the
drodoriacd petroleum. hair remover and dress
ing, which have been sold yearly since lis in
vcntion by Mes>is. Kennedy " Co., of Pitts
hurTh Pa
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-26

Lydia +. Pinkham'I Vegetable Compound
rcNi'cs the dropping spirits; invigoratcs and
harmOnizes the organic functions; gives elias
ITCHY and iirmncss 10 the step, restores The
natural lustrc To the eye, and plants on the
puie cheek Of beauty the fresh roses of life's
spring and early summer time
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-26

NEGETINR IA now prescribed in cases of
Scrofua, and other diseases of the blood, by
many of the best physicians, owing to its
great success in curing all diseases of this
nature
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MEssRs. BRODIE s. co.

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The huge, drastic, gripping, >irkening pills
are fast being superseded 10y DIR. Pierce's
" Purgativr Pellets" Sold hy DRUGGISTS
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Kfdney ComplaintS

Of all descriptions are relieved at once, and
speedily cured by Kidncy-Wort. 1t seems in
tended by nature for the cure of all the dis
eases of the kidneys caused by weakness and
debility. Its great tonic powers are espe-
cially directed to the removal of this class OF
diseases. We know of persons that have suf-
fercd for thirty years that have been perma.
nently cured by taking Kidney Wort a short
time. Try it, either liquid or dry.-Sun.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-26

DR.. Picrce's "Favoritc Prescription is
everywhere acknowledged to be the standard
remedy for female complaints and weak
nesses Ii is sold by druggists.
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PIXIES TooTHACmE doors cure in on
minlItc
Preventive Of Malarial Disease.

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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-05-25

some more chickens Got some C2 H6 o.
25. Nellie went 10 Sunday school. Had
chicken anddumplnp Ioiled some shelves,
Papa fixed him place TO write Laura
rode with Papa. oI7.
20. Papa got two mocking birds and
cage. made some ammonia Had oyster
soup for supper. Fixed up my desk.
~. One of Nell.es hens is setting Tried
TO crack bo, tie. Sold some more Lake
sides.
20. Cherry didn't come up; Papa went af-
ter her. She came up in the evening. Bid
dy commenced setting. Made hydrome'
ter. Scientific came.
29. Fixed my hydrometer better. Sent for
some eggs TO set the hens. go went
down town. Victor killed a chicken.
30. Jennie Fry was here Mrs. Fry Dor.
rowed Nellies cook books Papa got load
of oats. Nellie plated Haw's name. Papa
got a cabbage.
81. Sidney was here awile. Laura went
to school to practice some. went down
town. 1t blew pretty hard-knocked down
the corn. We went in bathing Mrs. Dur
ham was here.