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ESTANTED-Mcn and ladies, to sell the new
w National picture Garied and Family eight IN group,
lust issued The Ouly authentic
artistic and pleasing design correct IN p0rtrae inc IN
finish by eminent artists. in mastery manner,
through and Suggestions Mrs Garfield size 2ZX2o
Retail prices $40 50 - aU. - 80. 81
Time past Biographies and portaitsbUt inst begun for
tonchingly beautiful AID charming family souvenir
great wear, commissions agents OUTFIT pic
ro handy roller sent without for nation
postage free. r. II. IRAN Il 60, solo publishers, II
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
On and after January %. 1889.

AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE.
Trains leave New York via Desbosses and Coanit street
Ferries n follows
Harrisburg Ptsburg the West and SOUTH with Pullman
Palace tsIs attached at a and D. daily. New
YORK and Chicago Limited Of pullman Palace Cars.
WihamspcFt. Lock Haven ga In n. m. Cory and Eric
at p connecting at Couy tor Tusviia P5troenm
TIE, and the oil Regions.
Baltimore Washington and the South: Limited Washing
Express o. Palm ParOr daily sunday
10 m, arrive Washington Regular az $50 4
$40 Z, and p. and Il night sunday, and Up
AZ nighL =, --...
For Atlantic City through car p m, except sunday.
Boats Brooklyn Annex connect with all thrcus
Jersey City anornga speedy and direct transf
Brooklyn travel. So, -, ~ 49,.
and 1910 p m. daily From Washi1gon and Baltimore $50
ESQ A M 9:3j and 1850 p m From Philadelphia $50
600 go $50 $50 9i0 1000 1870 M 1920 = $50 $50
e 90 : 40 ; 30 35 1910 ana 1910 D. m sunday 800
80 $50 ESQ llIOa m 6:3O. 3;35 I0iO and 1880 o. IN
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Business Chances.

DRY GOODS BUSINESS FOR SALE UNTIL
~ APRIL
THE FINEST STORE FOR RENT,
WITH STOCK OF GOODS.
chance for 81 experience and Address
FRED NJ. SMITH, Auburn. Cayuga County, NewYOrk.
TOR SALE-PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE
iAHGE-ESTABLIsHED 10 YEARS Regular OF Allo
pathicl rare chance for Of moderate means; only
those meaning business apply Address Post ONCE
Box 49, New Cumberland Cumberland Co, Penn.
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Citations TUanteo--femgles.

A EKSTROM Proprietress of Select Bureau
"a. for Swedish German and French servants has cap
able well girls for all branches Of household
vce male buffers foOtnen &c also several strong
willing men swedes for the country No 400 ithaye NY
A PROTESTANT SERVANTS BUREAU.
n' An kinds Of good. competent female servants Ger
an AND and 9 eeo Fsgu girls for W c Tqe ii
PROTEorANT HOME BUREAU. 1913 6th-ave, fourth
CH,AA,MIBERMAID.-By young girl. Call at
CHAMBERMAJD, &c.-By a young Protest
~ ant gr a. cbsnbermad and to do plain sewing Two
CHAMRERMAID and SEAMSTRESS or
~ ~ ksEBy very capale person or to be otherwise
hsiG Is very sap2be With growing cdrep agG PedeS
CHAMBERMAID and SEWING, Or WAIT
- REss and SEW ENTHUSIASTICALLY two girls
CHAMBEkMAID and WAITRESS.-By n
re5peeIaele Young gir IN snail family or wae''
CHAMBERMAID or WAIfRESS.--ln pri-
59th-st
COOK.-By an excellent Scotch woman nm
nefs in line style 6es; SOUPS ali Kinds Of desserts
dishes an excellent bread and bscut baker city or
store Ask Tor + ''''''N 1'
COOK.-By a strong, active woman makes
best elcn sci CAN az w S6 & greg, JAcqTfNs b.
COOK, WASHER and IR0NER in a small
~ private family; good references. l6l Last ll2thsL
H0USEKEEPEK.-By an American young
A woman working hOnsekeeper tn Christian family
Address CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Jersey city T, %
HOUSEWORK.-By Young girl, in hotel or
kitchen. Address NJ T., Tribune Uptown Office, l23s
Broadway.
HOUSEWORK or COOK and LAUNDRESS.
BY Scotch Protestant girl ready, willing and not
afraid Of work do washing and ironing IL good
family cook ready to when wanted and stay where she
by attention 10 her work and good behavior retain con-
slant home. No. 2g2 6thaye. near lsth-st.
I AUNDRESS.-A frst-claSs cOlOred laun-
IA dress with unsugrassel facilities and hrtcass refer
wishes few families washing at 10 cents per dozen
Call OF address, MARY l.. GORDON, l29 west 8"h-st
MISS l.. CAMPBELL'S Foreign ana Domes-
w tic Male and Female Emp 1yneni Bureau 50 West 22d
IT. v BeitTences Will be strictly Investigated servants
disappointing families Will De exciuded from this Office
NURSE and SEAMSTRE>S.-Bya RESPECTABLE
~ German girl growing children understands
fine handwork city references 2Os East 26th-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23

MENT, AND THE FASTEST TIME CONSI5I.
ENI WITH ABSOLUTE SAFETY
Fxprcss New y-k via De.br,s.,. and To-.
landt streets Ferries, as follows. NV
40, ., 99u ~ Inlted n !, $40 34O g. ), O. 2
and z III, ana ~ ngnt Sundays 5 aud 40 a. LII, D y.
Express Trains daily except Sunday ~
and D. running through via Trenton and Cafadea
Returning trains leave BrOldsL station PhadelphiA
lZUl. sos, $40 $50, 300 $50 $50 $50 and II 0-ra-
SUNDAY, l2ol 3O8 $50 3i5 $50 m {. $50 f,3J ava
5 y. m, Leave Phladspha wa Camden am. and 4. 50
FT1ckeI 5dces $40 Broadway, Astor House .od
yn annex station, foot FuliOn-st BuOklYI Nos iL
llA llS ludron.st, HoUOken Station Jersey Civ
EnigIant Ticket Once, y Battery place
The New York Iransier Company viii cal for and check
FRANK THOMSON. J. WOOD
General Manager General Passr Asrnf
BLOOMINGTON LINE FOR BOSTON.
fAkE - Boston for nTsteass linn oil tickets good only
Us ga Tu Oh S ISeTON and NARRAGANsrrr .av,
leayedaiy Except Sundays AZ from Pier 3 N.
Tickets fo sals dcpAl uckat docs StatcrOoms
secured Vestcot- Express Co. a, No SSk aaA
Sg7 Broadway House andAI Metropolitan and kta
Avenue Hotel ticket Offices
PROVIDENCE LIN for FFeightOnl
Pier ~ loot Of Natrcast, n n, A. M.
Galy ,eXCeDt sunday BosiOn wa rrOYidonco reos
kfeighJ Ma either line takea Al lowest rates. :
VKOY BOATo--ClTIZEN'S LINE.-New
A steamers SARATOGA and CITY OF TROY leave
daily except saturday Ut Pier "a, ~ r. foot Chrs
tOphers. connecting with morning trAfs iOr NORM and
Nest, SUNDAY steamer ssaehes AZ Albany,
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TO PHILADELPHIA.

THE OLD. ESTABLISHED ROUTE AND SHORT LINE
~ TRAINS EACH WAY WEEK DAYS AND on SUN.
DAY THREE STATIONS IN PHILADEL
PHiA. TWO IN NETWORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23

DOUBLE TRACK, THE MOST IMPROVED EQUIP.
MEST, AND THE FASTEST TINE consist.
ENT WITH ABSOLUTE SAFETY
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STEAMBOATS, anb Railroads

~
A PRODUCTION OF FARE.
~ FALL RIVER LINE
New.YOrk 10 Boston, g.
Newport and Fall River 81
Limited tickets Corresponding reduction To all Eastorn
Points
Magnificent Steamers
NEWPORT and OLD COLONY
Leave Neys.York daily. Sundays excepted
At p M, from Pier 81 North ilyer foot 81 Murrsye
Connection by Annex Boat Brooklyn At $50 M ys
sey city Tickets and saterOOms may be secured ~
e principal hotels transfer and ticket Offices az the obco On
Pier % aud steamers GEO. L. COMMON.
BORDEN q 10 VEIL. AgtA Oenl Pass Agf.
SPECIAL NOTICE
The renOwnel steamers Bristol and Providence VIII 70
sumo their trips on this line Monday, MarcI q. so
A LBANY BOATS, PEOPLES LINE
n DEAN RICI8OND and ST. JOHN lesye pier 81 North
River, foot Of CaDaLst. every WEEK DAY at D. coz
Meeting Albany (sunday morning excepted with trains
north. west and east Staiero0ms warmed
tickets Albany return good 80 daysf2 6G
W. W. EVERETT, President
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23

CHAMBERMAJD, &c.-By young Protest.
~ ant girl a. chambermad and TO do plain sewing two
years city reference. No PAS East 3ist-sL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23

CHAMRERMAID and SEAMSTRESS or
~ NJ kSEBy capable person or n be otherwise
usoti Is capable with growing children aud perfectly
trnst~orthyi city Or country Inquire for MARY. 202 9TH
ul.lr .sthhf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23
Sinaneiai.
OFFICE or THE MERCANTILE TRUST CoNPAsi
No. 40 BROADWAY, NEw-YoRK,
THE Mercantile Trust. Company will issue

TT'HE Mercantile Trust Company will issue
certificates of first preferred stock of the Manhattan
Railway Company Tor tho Temporary already issued
and for the stock OF the New.York Elevated Railroad Com
pany 20 be exchanged for frs preferred
haitian Railway Company 'rrdance agreement
between ne Manhattan Railway Company. the New.York
Eeynted Railroad Company and the Metropolitan Elevated
Railway Company dated November H. 1881 Upon the
yery oi the certificates 10 the Trust Company viii Ton
Dollars share In cash
Upon the delivery the certificates Metropolitan Flo.
waited Railway Company the Trust Company will issue ceta
eatos Of second preferred stock Of the Manhattan Railway
Company therefor York Elevated making
the exchange since tho closing will tho
dividend Of a per tho preferred Of the
n lnhattan Railway Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23

Il5 HaoADwAY, NFw-YoEB, March H. lsS5
fINHE coupons from the SmlthtoWn ana folt
Letter. m atruad bonds viii be paid on presentation
AZ the once o. the Cvrbn Banking Co. 10 Brod%H New"
York city. r. ". ~ - -
rpHE INTERNATIONAL AND GREAT
4 NoRTTIFRN RAILROAD CUMPANY.-lntesc6t az
lie rate Of FOUR PER CENT per annum ON he Unssrned
Income Ronds of this Company this been dec JARED
payable the earnings Of tue year e9l the company
cnce 80 New YORK. ~ iol1Wst
TNo (2) per after this oaJe l0i MaIeh l. IooAh
Two i2 per cent september !, lss3. ..,
IL -. HENSON, Assistant Treasurer
New-York, March 90 1882.
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5itua.ious iuanieo-- 1tlaIes.

RCTLER and COOK.-By French couple /;
40 butler, and wife cook highly recommended
az nrstclass servants. 332 4thaye.
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\ ,1nv have this day declared QUARTERLY DlNl-
DENbOfONE AED OSE-H ALE PER CENT on Inc ntse
and second preferred stock, o. tins company payable AT
1rrcautle trust Company 10 broadway, on April l.
.,..., ,t .,.t,ct
AMI vii be reppcnod 10 o'clock a. on Aulil -
W anu " d ". McWILLIAAS Treasurer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23

No. 20 NAssAU-sT. NIw. YORK. March 81, 1882
T'HE SEVENTH (lasO INSTALMENT Of
tSeny go per Of the subscription the pur.
chasing syndicate w be ue and payable April 1882 at my
Office Checks should be the order H. Willard certified
and accompanied by the original receipt
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Appearances of Arsenic Eaters.

whenever you clap your eyes on a
woman as plump as a partridge, with a
milky wilderness. of complexion, puffy
eyelids and swollen skin, you've found a
victim of the habit" said a physician to
a reporter, in abiding to the growing
use of arsenic among ladies. elf there
is a delicate tinge of red on the cheeks,
don't be deceived. Paint, not Nature, is
responsible for the bloom, made hideous
and CHASTITY by contrast with the corpsey
Wilderness of the rest of the face. The
arsenic eater is seldom downcast or de-
spondent, come what may, for the drug
not only affects the skin, but produces
mental e~xhilaration. The plumpness
produced by arsenic is not natural
plumpness, but rather a dropsical cuadi-
ton of the skin. Cessation of the habit
causes this water distended skin to col
lapse, and wrinkles and sallowness are
the inevitable results. OF course, no
woman is willing to submit to this ordeal
when it may be prevented, at the mere
sacrifice of health and intellect, by a
continuation of the use Of the drug. The
inevitable results of the arsenic habit
are hideous and incurable cutaneous
eruptions, loathsome diseases of the
scalp, falling out of the hair, dropsy,
and oftentimes insanity. But what care
the footlight favorites or the society
belle for those trifing after-inconven-
fences SO long as they can borrow illu-
slve charms and fictitious beauty by the
use OF the deadly drug?"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Where the Tax Falls.

The Formers Journal directs attention
to a significant fact, that seems to have
cutie escaped public attention, in cor
ne3tion with the tax on distilled spirits,
viz. that whisky which is used as a bev-
erage, and is at best but a luxury, pays
but about one half the tax per gallon
that is paid by alcohol, which enters into
the arts and manufactures and is a
chemical agent of inestimable value.
The explanation is that whisky is only
about one-half the strength or proof of
alcohol.
Many seem to think that q high tax
tends to lessen the use of spirits as a
beverage. This view, however, does
not seem to be sustained by the facts or
the statistics of the Revenue Department.
Before the tax was put upon spirits fully
SO per cent. of all that was made was
used in the arts and in manufacturing.
Now nearly all that is made appears to
be consumed as abeverage. Before the
days of the tax alcohol was extensively
used in preparing dyes for calico, car
pets, etc. 1t was also largely used by
furniture manufacturers, varnish makers,
matters, druggists and in many otherin in
dustries. Now wherever it is possible
substitutes are employeu, sucn as WOOD
spirits and fusel oil, which have IN OBJ
jectionable odor and are rank poisons.
1t is estimated by those most compe-
tent to Judge that if the taw should he
reduced to 30 cents per gallon that at
least $4,000, 600 gallons of alcohol would
be used in the above industries. This
would create a market for over 4,00O,-
600 bushels of grain, while it is further
claimed that the Government would
suffer no loss of revenue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Uncle Noses Testimony.

A colored man named Bob Tompkins
was on trial before a ,Justice for assault.
Old Uncle Nose was one of the leading
witnesses for the State. The main point
was whether or not Tompkins had given
any proyocetion to bring on the row.
1Now. tell this iury all YOU know
about the aff,ir % said the .Justice.
@Kin I ten de iur ali I knows in my
own way?" asked old Nose.
eyes. tell the Jury what you know in
vo,,r own wav "os
IA Mose, Turned solemnlv to the ex-
nactant ;nrvmen.
GGamnoens oh do ;nrv Won am de
anos IooL;n nrowd aher 7 saed-n
e"S.eSM ho1,,ad d. ottornav for The
stst p :
w. uono. I'm ;,coroto +bo ,v;t.
,osa Gu ,antau,nt 81 oor-tj" howIad tha
nttnr ro for tha nr;soner
a'.TTh TIL sor u m IF the ;nrv cot mn and
,.,-aJ oioonr4 N nrctect tbe i,,ry from
nssu
"W;lno.s 90 Won ;,srlt tho inv oo.;n
T shoTI oa,ta;1In rasort 10 cytrema
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
A Romantic Episode.

4 romantic episode in everyday life
has just come to light in Dedham. John
Finn resides with his wife and a portion
Of his family Ia D. neat cottage, OF which
he is the owner, located on or near the
boundary line of Dedham and Boston.
Here he had lived for at least twenty
five years. He had three sons, one of
whom, John, enlisted in the army, DUR
ing the "late unpleasantness," and was
killed. The other two sons were named
Cornelius and William. Cornelius was
o lad of seventeen years at the outbreak
of the war. He suddenly left town, and
his parents hearing nothing of his where
abouts concluded that he, too, had en-
listed, especially as during the war they
read of one Cornelius Finn, attached to
q New York regiment, being killed. The
family mourned for him rs sincerely as
they did for john.
Recently, William went to Colorado to
settle, hoping to better himself. While
Of the State, one afternoon, soon after
his arrival there, a minor entered and
announced to the company present that
Cornelius Finn had opened a new mine.
William, taken aback somewhat by the
name, said he had had a brother once
whose name was Cornelius Finn. To
which the minor responded by looking
at the stranger and. declaring that he
resembled Cornelius Finn, the miner,
and might be his brother. Subsequently
the miner met Cornelius and informed
him of his encounter with William.
Cornelius became greatly agitated upon
learning the name of the stranger, and
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
The Fall.

Here is a boys composition on fall
This is fall, because it falls on this sea-
son Of the year. Leaves fall, too, as
well as Thermometers and the price OF
straw hats. Old topers, who sign the
pledge in summer, are liable to fall when
fall cider-making opens, for straws snow
which way the cider goes. Husking
corn is one of the pleasures of fall, but
pleasure isn't good for boys. 1 don't
think. Old men want a little fun ; let
them husk. A husky old man can go
through a good deal of corn, sometimes.
Digging taters is another of our fall
amusements. The way I like to dig ia
ters is to wait until they are baked
nicely, and then dig them out of their
skins. Most winter schools open in the
fall. The best winter school I went to
didn't open until spring. and the first
day it opened the teacher took sick, and
the school house was locked up for the
season. Once in a while we have a very
severe fall, but nothing like the fall Of
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Summer is misnamed. It should be
called pride, for doesn't pride go before
a fall?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
Affection in the ROYAL Household.

When the Princess Louisa returned to
Canada and her husband, after an alb
n of a year or two, the meeting be-
tween her and her husband was affecting.
She permitted Lorne to kiss her hand.
Well, if he is that kind of a fellow, who
can be separated from the one he loves
for so long a time and her be stood off
with simply kissing her hand, that is all
we want to know of him. He can't slide
on our cellar door. The idea of kissing
her hand What kind of an ice cream
freezer can he be, and what sort of q
refrigerator is the Princess, for heavens
sake. II he was one of our Wisconsin
fellows, and she another, he would have
rushed up to her and put both arms
around her and squeezed her until there
would not have been a whole bone in
her corset, and he would have taken one
look at her blue eyes and seen them
twinkle a couple of twinks, and then he
would have found where she kept her
mouth, without the aid of a grand
chamberlain, or anybody, and he would
have kissed her right before the whole
of Canada, on that steamboat, until she
would have forgotten whether she was
in Quebec or heaven, and he would have
hung on until the Princess would swal-
lowed her chewing gum and made up her
mind she would never leave him again
the longest day she lived.-PecE's Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
some Rolling Stones.

Some rolling stones do gather moss.
James Harris tried his hand at many
things IN various parts and one day took
it in his head to plant q few orange trees
OF Ocala, Florida He 10Y owns $4,000
Of the trees and has an annual income
from them Of $50, 600.
Henry Meyers worked hard for many
years at Bodie, California, but gathered
no moss to speak of. In 1880 he cut his
tether and began to roam around the
rockies. He tried farming in Idaho last
summer, but gave that business up In
disgust. On Wednesday, two weeks
ag.,, he struck q quartz ledge of free
gold in Shasta County, California, and
now is rich.
Charles Newall's mind always ran upon
farming, but neither on the Atlantic
coast nor in the Mississippi Valley could
he DO anything for himself. After rolling
around the country for several years he
struck out for the Pacific coast. His ad-
ventures were numerous. In 1871 he
reached the Pleasant Valley, Washington
Territory, with fifteen horses and eight
dollars in money. His ranch of 1000
by the handful.
ft OduOI OhCh 1tOOu btdrtoQ Oub IL
his youth with the purpose of making
q great deal Of money. In spite of the
adage often repeated by his mother, to-
wit ga rolling stone gathers no moss"
Flood roamed over sea and land for
many years, now ON this continent and
then on the other, OF eating salt grub in
the f~orcpstle of a ship. A month or so
ago Flood struck it rich nea Colma,
California, and now Owls "The Sailor
jack" Q quartz lode of alleged rich
ness.
Josiah T. Walls, colored, tried farming,
fishing and politics. His only success
was during the reconstruction period,
when he secured a seat in Congress.
When the Democrats regained the as
cendancy in the South, Walls sought in
various ways to make a living. A few
years ago he struck the cucumber idea
and began to raise that vegetable II
Alachua County, Florida. Now he ii
well-to-do, shipping 400 crates of cucum
bers and tomatoes q day during the earl.
summer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
A Strange Story.

A very strange discovery of q lost
woman was recently made at the Lam
caster County (Pa.) Almshouse Hospi-
tai. The woman has been missing for
eighteen years, and was finally found in
carcerated in the insane department.
She was not insane, but simply slightly
weak-minded. Jane Fay was the daugh-
ter of a wealthy farmerof Fulton County,
Ohio. She was wooed by a young farmer
named Billings, from Lancaster County,
Pa, who was in Ohio prospecting.
Against the wishes Of her parents the
girl married Billings In 1856, and settled
in Flatrock, Seneca County. In 1860 the
couple moved to the husbands native
county, Lancaster, Pa, and settled in
Adamstown. At times the woman was
weak-minded, and in 1854 she was taken
to the county hospital for the insane.
Her husband wrote to her Ohio friends
about it, and they directed him to send
her home at once. Billings says he
never received any word from them, and
concluded that they were satisfied to
have her remain where she was. She
says that she frequently wrote letters to
her parents in Ohio, but that they were
either not sent or received. At
length she gave up all hope, and earn
estly prayed for death. She told her
simple story hundreds of times to
strange visitors, but they thought she
was crazy, and paid no attention to it.
Finally a new steward took charge of the
place. And Mrs. Billings, wrote a letter
and asked him to mail it for her. He
did so, and the letter found its way.to
the woman's friends in Fremont, Ohio.
AS speedily as possible her brother,
Joseph A.. Fay, and her sister, Mrs.
Deal, went on, went to the asylum, and
there saw and recognized their long lost
sister. The meeting vas an affecting
one, and all were in tears. Mr.. Billings
Joy on being assured she was really going
home was unbounded, and she could moi
express herself for weeping.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22
How Nutmegs Grow.

Nutmegs grow on little trees which
look like pear trees, and are generally
not over twenty feet high. The flowers
are very much like the lily-of-the-yalley.
They are pale and very fragrant. The
nutmeg is the seed of the fruit, mace is
the thin covering over the seed. The
fruit is about as large as a peach.
When ripe it breaks open and shows a
little nut inside. The trees grow on the
islands of Asia and tropical America.
They bear fruit for seventy OF eighty
years, having ripe fruit upon them all
the seasons. A fine tree in Jamaica has
over 1000 nutmegs on it every year.
The Dutch used to have all this nutmeg
trade, as they owned the Banda Islands
and conquered all the other traders and
destroyed the trees. To keep the price
mp they once burned three piles of nut
megs, each of which was as big as a
church. Nature did not sympathize
with such meanness. The nutmegs
pigeon, found in all the Indian Islands,
did for the world, what the Dutch deter
mined should notsbe done-carried those
nuts, which are. their food, into all the
surrounding countries, and trees grew
again, and the world had the benefit
Leslie.