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American Newspapers an 1883.


From the new edition of Messrs. Geo p
ROvell q Co's American Newspaper d.
Tec;ory, which Ia now in press, II appears
that the newspapers and periodicals 4 ali
kinds issued IN the UnIled States and Ter
ritories now reach the imposing total Of
II, 196. This is an increase Of 5S5 in
twelve months. Taking the States one by
one, the newspaper growth 10 some is very
considerable. Tue present total in New
YORK State, for instance, is 1 .39o-a gain
OF 80 IN the past year. The increasr IT,
p, nnsYivsOil is 49, the existing numb. r
being 943. Neuraskas total grew from
i75 to 20i, aud Illinois from 500 a. 0O4
A year ago Massachusetts, had 400 papers g.
now the number is 439. In Texas th,
new papers outuumber the suspense M
by 8. and Ono now has 78S papers instead
OF 500. The m 81 remarka able chang has
occurred IN the Territories, 10 which ID,
daily papers bsve gr VII from az SO, nd
the weeklies from 100 Ia 243-DakDs b
Ing the chief area Of sciivity The uum-
Der Of monihlIes throughout the couutr,
grew from 9Ts to 1904. bile the darlie-
lesped from Sos O62 The h.uf,s
given shove are eKclusive ~ Canada.
which possesses total II 6J8 l. isif-
teresiipg 10 Dote that the newly-set l,d
regions Of the CaLsdlsD NORTH West ar,
productive Of newspapers 40 we'll a. 1
wheat, for the namber OF journals issued
10 Manitoba was nearly doubled durinp
che year,
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David PAWS asa Pedestrian.


While David Davis wa dining one day
at Wormley's with sope frieuds. smorg
whom WAS the slim Mr. Evarts. the cpn-
versa,ion drifted To athletic sports and
foot races. Mr.. Eytris, with view tn
one OF his sarcastic jas's. turned Ia the
great trunk slurg-ide ~ him. from whom
be himself NAV b. supp sd % nav ben
whtled fl - n silver, ~ sugg st"d th-t
such sports "ere = mrthiug entirely uu' If
his line. Wen, + sr's, replied Judge
Dtvis, 'prrbnps y"u ink l ruu'i ron.
N W, look here. II o,i you = case OF win,
l can beat YOU n hundred yards II you will
1t me ch '"se my " II If and will give me
ffvr yards start. I'm heavy. YOU know.
ard W nj solid 20 ing. Dir Evart- wa-
sNtisfi that he bad dead sure thing
nd 20 ibr event x advanced tue digni1rd
c mpanY resolved To uube d itself eth
further for the sport. Conn on, them
shouted The 3 naIor, follow mel s.
away they went, do n narrow alley that
runs between Twelfth aoI Thirteenth
streets. Marching mo IL for distance
OF Eve yar,'s. while bis arms touch q The
brickwork on each side, hr quietly OBJ
served Now. Ev ,rts, get ia behind me,
and take you lime; am going To- take
mine =
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT,

which il under the supervision of an ex-
perienced lady principal. Super n in
structiOn IL xiv en- in both the useful ana
ornamental branches TO any ladies' sem
mary.
ONLY PHYSICIANS
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Farms for Rent and
Lands for 5l1

Tn" undcrsig cd has several farms for
r mt. lie also offers TO soil his unim &.
proved lands in lots 30 suit Purchaser =
1t low !l2ure~ an ON liberal credit.
p.f WV = HVpyV
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Observation-Disclosures.
Robert Laird Collyer on the Effect of John
Brignt's Speech.

London Cores pondence New York Tribune
The speech was powerful and pungent.
Mr. Bright is simply magnificent orator.
He is quiet, reserved, without action, and
with little gesture. He has a sweet calm
sincere voice, and his language is simple
well-chosen and academic He marshalS his
facts with military precision, and reaches
climax after climax and always closes his
speeches with well-studied and nervous SEN
fences.
But with the great men of the English peo-
pie the speech will not weigh feather. The
great mass OF the English people are not
doctrinalre. They look upon their church
part of the history and life of the nation.
They, moreover, believe that the union
of state, and church has worked well, and
they have good reason for so believing. 1t is
positively true taken all in all, and all
around, that the English is the most Chris
tan nation, the most honestly religious ma
ton on the earth! The Established Church
is the stronghold of religion. Its endowments
and resources are so vast; its machineries are
so minute and multiform it's spirit is so toll
Grant and catholic, that by these intrinsic
reasons it directs and dominates the religious
life of the nation.
The Church of Scotland and the Church of
England in Wales will be disesta blished and
ought to be speedily. The Scotch and the
Welsh have no genius for the maintenance
of an established order of religion. The
Scotch are a hard-headed people, and the
Welsh are harder-headed people, and they
are by blood and race dissenters; they are
always suffering for fight on any dogmatic
or metaphysical question. The English are
exactly unlike their Scotch and Welsh
neghbors; they are conformists in all mat
tiers where no moral principle is concerned.
The English hate 'Philistines" This in
born dislike of "Philistines' is very fairly
portrayed in the writings of Mr.. Matthew
Arnold. The Church of England is just
about the sort of church the great mass
of the people want; it is never very languid
and positively never fanatic. 1t is a dig
nifed, conscientious far-reaching adequate
Christian organization and it was never
stronger or surer of its place than it is to-
day.
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Graduates Dresses.
Brooklyn Eagle


For young girl graduates white organdie,
India null, French nainsook, white grena-
dine and nuns vailing are used for the COM
mencement-day dresses. dress of white
organdie is prettily trimmed with plaitings
of the same and gathered ruffles OF Valen-
ciennes lace. The sim plewaist, too, is trimmed
with the lace in full iabot, which passes
around the neck and down the front A
dress of India null has several rows of fine
plating on the lower skirt, full overskirt
and basque or pointed jacket. The waist
and overskirt are trimmed with Oriental lace.
Sprigged mulls are also made up for simple
dresses of this kind. One style for these has
several gathered ruffles edged with lace for
the lower skirt; the double overskirt, with
deep hem is also edged with lace. Others are
made with length wise plaits in the lower
skirt, with broad insertion between the
plaits with these skirts short apron over
dress is most stylish. The vest in the basque
is made of rows of insertion. White satin
ribbon, arranged in long loops and ends, is
used at the side of the skirt or to ornament
the back. The white grenadines are made
over satin surah or silk, and are trimmed
with lace or fine silk embroidery. The sleeves
of the grenadine are not lined, making them
transparent. Dresses of white nuns yelling
are trimmed deliberately with lace or the
embroidery which accompanies the pattern.
The Grecian folds used on the front OF these
waists are very effective and becoming.
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A TERROR IN TALL TIMBER.
A WebfOot Hunter Tells Wonderful Tales of
His EXPLOITS.

A. J. wyland in Oregon City Enterprise.
A short time since, while hunting in the
woods came across a she bear standing erect
on a log. She looked savage, and had her
ears laid back on her neck. l put bullet in
her skull, an inch above one eye, and she
rolled off like bundle of chips AS the gun
cracked, up young cedar climbed couple
of cubs. loaded the gun, and found the
mother stone dead. / looked up at those
two young whelps, and concluded that
wanted 'em for pets. So, putting down the
gun, started for Them and as the climbing
was easy, was soon able to reach them. /
grabbed one by the back of the neck, when
he let go all holds and went to work scratch
ing with vengeance. The blood flew, and
you bet gave him welt that knocked him
as timber as mop-rag. l then stuffed him
inside the bosom of my shirt, as he was
senseless, and grabbed the other by the head,
and he set up yell that could be heard for
mile. l quickly knocked him senseless, too,
and put him on my shoulder and commenced
to descend. Just at this point the one
inside my shirt crawled around onto my
back and dug his hind claws into my back
just above the belt and put his arms around
my body, when both commenced to fight
me. You bet got to the ground in a hurry,
threw the one on my shoulder to the ground,
put my foot on his neck, choked him sense
less until could tie him, the other one all
the time trying to tear all the meat off my
back. grabbed him by the fore foot and
pulled, but he held on with his hind feet.
then pulled him by the hind legs, but he
held on by his front claws, and couldn't
pull him off either way. 1 then opened my
collar wide, and lay down alongside the one
that was tied. Presently he came out and
made for large tree that was near, but l
caught and securely tied him, too. His long,
nice silky hair felt nice to my pelt, but his
claws-Oh jiminyl They were about the
size OF a raoeoon, but could outscratch seven
wildcats. One would imagine that they were
so small that they could be handled without
any danger, but they can turn themselves
around in their hides and be always facing
you. 1t was about two miles from home,
and after awhile got tired of carrying them,
and they followed me like two little dogs
My advice to all young hunters is that if you
catch young. bear don't put it in your
bosom, as l shall carry the scars mine gave
me as long as live.
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THE MANDATES OF FASHION

Ribbons will be used to excess in dress gar
niture.
Silk-worm green is soberly announced as
the latest tint in that shade.
Velvet ribbons of bright colors will be used
profusely on summer toilets
Sleeves of dresses and wraps are worn ex-
ceedingly high and full on the shoulder.
Black velvet necklets are worn high about
the throat and fastened by diamond studs.
Pinked-out lounces of silk are used as a
trimming for nantes, bonnets, gowns and
parasols.
Fashionable ladies do not wear watches,
since they are supposed to be oblivious of
the fight OF time.
Pointed bonnet fronts, the large tournures
and high-shouldered sleeves are three fea-
lures OF spring toilets,
Tinted linen lawns in gray and ecru
grounds with figures in white are among the
novelties for summer wear
Silk jersey gloves in strawberry red, pale
yellow, nuns gray, and black will be more
in vogue this summer than kid gloves of any
sort.
Fans are to be worn suspended from the
waist and en- suite with the costume. They
are made of figured Saline, foulard or Chinese
pongee, and are mounted on bamboo or
colored wood.
White null morning dresses are made with
vatican plat from the shoulders, and are
trimmed across the front with alternate frills
of lace and embroidery. Salmon or dark
blue changeable satin ribbons are tied in
front in many bows.
Millinery for mourning shows little change
from season to season. Hats are worn only
for neglige toiet-seaside and country, and
perhaps for travelling, except for children
and very young ladies. The proper shape is
the close Quaker bonnet or capote.
A person with large nose will do well to
wear much hair at the back of her head so
as to re-establish the balance. A long face is
improved by something on top of the head
short one by a small and fiat headgear The
dressing of the hair ought, if necessary, to be
modified somewhat, so as to be in harmony
with the attire.
The newest red parasols are trimmed with
tcelle lace, the lace being put on each gore in
fan fashion. Many of the satin parasols have
flower-brocaded Innings, with lace arranged
on the outside, to be carried with vatican
costumes. Others are of chine silk or broche,
edged with marabout. There will probably
be more novelties presented before the sea
son is over but the fiat Japanese-shaped sun
shade has quite disappeared from good So
ciety.
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Mourning Costumes.
Philadelphia Press


Purple has fallen into disfavor since all the
and Judic shades have been added to the list
of fashionable colors. Only lavender pur-
Piles come under the head of legitimate
mourning shades, and even these are best
avoided. Dark purple pansies, lilacs, vioets
and heliotropes are worn for mourning flow
ers it is true; still, white blossoms are bet
ter choice. A great deal of white is worn in
mourning, pretty robes of snowy lawn or
null, trimmed with tucks and ruffles of the
material, with footing or with the old-fash-
Toned revereing, which is among recent re-
vivals Hemstitching, done by hand, is the
expensive garniture used ON very handsome
white dresses intended for mourning. Such
dresses are hemstitched in blocks, like the
well-known null ties, and the expense of
such trimming confines its use to the favored
few.
Pure white is worn in the deepest mourn
ing, and for this sashes and belts of the dress
material are preferred to black ribbons
Black stockings are, of course, the correct
choice, and are worn with both black and
white dresses, with low and with high shoes.
The soft black surahs and lustreless Ameri-
can silks grow constantly in favor for mourn
ing, and no better travelling dress can be had
than one of these. They wear WE'LL are
easily brushed free from dust, and the lack
of gloss, which, with ladies wearing colors, is
a common objection to them, is in this case a
very strong point in their favor. Sewing
silk grenadine is favorite fabric for summer
mourning dresses, and these are always made
up over lusterless black silk, surah or satin
meryellleux
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English Church and Temperance.

A very interesting meeting was held few
days ago at Lambeth palace, the city resi-
dence OF the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1t
was the annual meeting of the Church of
England Temperance Society There was a
large gathering Of bishops, and as was be-
occupied on the occasion by the primate
bishop. The twenty-frst annual report was
read by the secretary, Mr. Sargent. 1t showed
that during the twenty-one years of its ex-
istence it had made very satisfactory prog
ress. The report this year covered twenty
seven dioceses, as against twenty-five OF last
year, and indicated an increase of member
ships during the twelve months from $3.50,
6S7 TO 432, 675. 1t was claimed that mainly
through the agency of the society 20,019 sea-
men connected with the mercantile service
had become total abstainers and that in the
royal navy they could now boast of some
- 900 The Cunard company at the instance
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TWO FISH STORIES.
A Knowing Savannah Bass-What g Cat
fish Did with a MOccasin Snake.

A Knowing Savannah Bass-What g Cat
fish Did with Moccasin Snake.
Southern Newspaper Liar.
The Doctor recalled very fishy reminis-
cence of days sport on the Savannah river,
and told how a slx-pound bass engaged his
attention for two hours, and how, having
carelessly allowed the line to become slack,
the bass, who had evidently been watching
for an opportunity, gave the line two or
three bitches around cypress stump and
then coolly, at his leisure, gnawed the line
until it broke above its point of contact with
the stump, the fish unhitching himself and
swimming of, wagging his tail as if he were
accustomed to indulge in such strategy every
day. This suggested some piscatorial lying
on the part OF the Colonel, who gave US an
experience he had with catfish short time
after his arrival in Texas in 1886
81 had been down to the crick," said he
land found it was in good condition-just
been a freshet; enough to discolor the water.
| went home and got my tackle and some
worms, and before had been at work twenty
minutes had got fine string OF young cat
and perch. l knew that thar war some
whoppin big catfish in that hole, so bated
with piece of chicken liver. and caught
mudcat weighing about ten pounds. Now,
what L m goin to tell you may think mirak'-
lous but it is as true as the fourth chapter OF
with the rest, end went down the crick bit
When l returned thar was big moccasn
coiled around the string of fish. The string
had broke and the old catfish was hoppin'
and a strugglin' like mad. He got loose, and
what do you think he did? Well, gentle.
men, you may think it mirak' lous, and
can't hardly expect you to believe
it, butt is gospel fact, and 1t occurred down
to that thar crick in the fall of 46. That old
cat, sir, just wiggled up to the moccasin as
he lay coiled around the bunch OF fish, He
took two coils of the snake in his mouth, and
shuck her like dog shakes a rat. Fur about
half minute it rained small catfish and Cog
gle-eyed perch all around whar stood. The
snakes back was broke in two places,
and he was chawed up considerable Gem
tlemen, you hear me, it was boss sight'to
see how mad that old mud-cat was. His fms
and stckers stood straight out and there was
a bow in his back like figure 5. was so
pleased that histed him back into the crick;
and he is thar now. for all know. Now, you
may think tia ak'lous, but it's the truth
Pm tellin you gentlemen. Won't you walk
out on the galery?"
We walked out The Doctor was oppres-
sively silent; he seemed to need fresh air.
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The Last DAYS of Bishop Peck.

George W Peck, in Western Christian Advocate:
Nothing that could be called complaint
escapes his lips; while, on the other hand,
the sunshine of Christian peace and hope il
Eliminates his soul and sweetens his limited
conversation. To some members of the
family who manifested considerable emotion
in his room over his increasing helplessness,
he said, You are becoming alarmed" l
said, you are not alarmed, uncleT' No"
said he, II have with me the Prince of Peace
Pm the child of King" On Sunday last,
in the midst of physical suffering and bodily
wants, which we were trying our best to re-
lieve he said very deliberately, my soul
has no lack" On overhearing US express
some concern lest his pains and Affections
should become unsupportable, he looked up
with surprise and asked, Where are my
afiiictions?" Brave and beloved bishop
His trust in God is so complete that he finds
no Affections in the piercing shafts of the
grim monster death. He finds that
these light Affections are as nothing COM
pared with the eternal weight of glory"
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Tints, Fabrics and Patterns.


The finest null and silk muslin bands Of, "a
delicious creamy tint are simply usedsas
headings to wide applique of the delicate
fabric on lace heavy with the richest silk
embroidery. Pongees also have the same
style of trimming in the applique on net.
One of the new designs of this work is called
the windmill, being made to initiate the
shape of wind-sails when turning round
That the passion for Oriental fabrics is con-
stantly increasing is no marvel when dist
played in these charming dusky olives and
pale creamy or rich amber grounds covered
with delicately embroidered flowers, as the
glowing ponegranate, water lilies, the pyra-
midal foliage of the lotus, or the simpler
toilets for tea gowns and matinees at home.
Black has by no means lost its prestige. In
fact few toilets are so becoming or so sue
cessful as elegant black fabrics. Silk, satin
and satin mervelleux combined with the new
superb brocades from a street toilet charming
in its simplicity and absence of color. The
jetted net is used over colored silk or satin
or black with the addition of several lace
fiounces OF either silk, Spanish or French
lace. Henrietta cloth and exquisitely fine
black cashmeres present a striking appear
ance in some of Worth's inspirations when
combined with white silk with the graceful
addition OF quantities OF lace.
That polonaises are as popular as ever Is an
evidence of not only good but economical
taste. A fine black cashmere polonaise
should be considered among the indispens-
mistake TO cut brocades and other heavy
figured satins into flounces or plaitings or
other trimmings The simplest styles Of the
sixteenth century are artistic and elegant in
their graceful beauty. The brocaded skirt is
plain, opening in front over a brocaded
breadth Of another color or shade; the waist
is cut half-high with fall Of lace, long and
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reach North America by autumnal move.
ment, by way of Iceland and Greenland.
being caught up, in part, by the reverse cur.
rent of winds blowing from northern Europe
to northern America. And so we find the
birds subjected to the great winds of heaven,
which, like mountain chains, forests, river
courses, moisture. altitude and temperature.
modify the unerring impulse which, acting
alone, would probably lead the bird to fly
due north in the spring and south in the fall,
as the sun moves north or south across the
line, with the awakening train of animal life
and vegetable growth on which the life of the
bird depends ever in his rear.
ALEMBERT w BRAYToN
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rounded behind; the sleeves reach to the
elbow with ruffies Pulled and slashed sleeves
are not only artistic but picturesque; or there
can be puff at the elbow and one at the
shoulder. Nothing can be more becoming to
the arm, especially if not well rounded, as
six horizontal puffs from the shoulder to the
wrist graduated, finished at the wrist with
ruftle and at the top by small epaulet.
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OF the society had substituted coffee Cor grog,
and had ceased to provide intoxicants for
crew or passengers. In the army, it was
claimed, there were 10000 abstaining SOL
diers., Great good it appears, has been &C
complished by the establishment OF coffee
taveins, street stalls and bar-rooms reading
rooms, workingmens clubs, and such like.
The society had raised during the year for
its own special objects COS. S27-$114135.
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What's Saved is Gained.

WorkinRmen will economize by employing DR..
Pierce's Medicines. His pheasant Pnrgativo
Pellets" and Golden Medical Discovery" cleanse
the blood and system thus preventing levers
and other serious diseases, and curing all scrOfu-
lous and other humors. Sold by drugglsts.
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A neat lambrequin for the mantel of
common sitting-room is made of strip of
crash about ten inches deep; fringe the edge
to the depth Of two or three inches, and
then, after overcasting the edge where the
fringing ceases with thread of the same color,
may consist of rushes and leaves alone if
you please. If these figures are woven in
the crash, it is very simple matter to out
line them; ii not, they may be stamped on
the crash itself or on paper, over which you
may work 1t.