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Blessed ~Benefactors.

When a board Of eminent physicians and chemists
announced the discovery that by combining some we'll
known valuable remedies, the most wonderful medicine
was produced, which would cure such o wide range
Of diseases that most all other remedies could be dis
pensed with, many were ~skeptical; but proof Of na
merits by actual trial has ~dispellsd all doubt. and toosS
the discoveries of that great medicine. Hop Bitters, arc
houored and blessed by all as benefactors. These bitsers
arc compounded from Hops. Buchu, Malt. Mandraks
and Dandelion and other Oldest, best and most vain
able medicines in the world, and contain all the bess
and most curative properties OF all other meolclne''
being the greatest Blood Purifier, Kidney ana LNsr
Regulator, and Life and Health Restoring Agent On
earth. No disease or i'll health can possibly long eIiss
WHARF tbe.s Bitters are used, so varied and perfect are
their operations.
They give new life and visor to the aged and infrm.
To all whose employments cause irregularity OF tho
bowels or urinary organs, or who require an Appeo1ef'
Tonic and mild stimulant, these Bittsrs are invaluable
being highly curative. tonic and stimulating. WtnouS
intoxicating.
No matter what your feelings or symptoms ara, Vn"
the disease or ailment is, use Hop bitters. Dont"a"
until you are sick, but II you only feel bad or miserable
use the Bitters at once. 1t may save your lilo. nun.
dreds have been saved by so doing. ~
be paid for q case they will not cure or help.
Do not suffer yourself or let your friends suher, but
use and urge them to use Hop B,tters.
Remember, Hop Bitters is the purest and best med''
cre aver made: the - Invalid's Friend and Hope" N
person or family should be without them.
II was troubled for many years with serious Kidney
and Liver Complaint. Gravel, etc.; my blood became
thin: I was dull and inact,vs; could hardly craw! about,
and WIS an old worn out man ali over. and could get
nothing to help me. until I got Hop Bitters. and now
am a boy again. My blood is pure. kidneys arc al
right, and I am as active as a man Of thirty. although
am eyentytwo." -FATHEn.
For ten years my wife was confined to her bed with
such a complication Of ailments that no doctor could
tell what was the matter or cure her. and used up
small fortune in humbug stuff. SIX months ago Isawa
U. .. flag with Hop Bitters on it. and I thought would
be a fool once more, and I tried 1t, but my ioly proved
to be vision, and two bottles cured her, she Is now a
we'll and strong as any mans wife, and 1t cost onV
Two dollsrs,n-H. W. Detroit, Mich. -
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How to Make Cloth Of Gold.

1t is a well known fact that in the
middle ages cloth Of gold was made to
considerable extent. During the SIX
teenth century the art of making it was
completely lost and until very recently
all attempts to discover the secret have
proved utter failures. The basis OF
modern attempts to initiate the ancient
article have been with a thread made
by winding a metallic thread around a
core of silk, the metallic thread being
produced by drawing from an ingot of
pure gold. Thus it was really nothing
more or less than a wire, having the
advantage of strength and at the same
time the disadvantage Of being stiff,
unyielding, unpleasant to the touch,
and when containing much alloy soon
liable to tarnish. The ancient fabric,
on the contrary, was pliable and soft,
and retained its original luster for cen
turtles. 70 reproduce these effects has
been the object of modern study and
experiment without success, until two
German savants, by chemical and mi
c~roscopical examination of preserved
specimens of the ancient article dis
covered it's composition. With special
machinery made for the purpose they
produced samples which were exhibited
in the museum of art at Munich, and
which are said to equal the original
cloth of gold. The two professors
found the Cyprian thread (as it was
called) consisted of a core thread made
of the submucose epidermis Of intes-
tines, supposed to be those Of sheep,
around which vas wound a thin layer
of goldleaf beaten out to a fineness of
from 1-2,090th to 1-ll,00Oth of a MILL
meter. , The core, around which is
wound the core thread, consists of fine
flax yarn. BY the introduction Of diff
ferent alloys, the dull old gold luster
can be changed to brighter finish or
different shades. 1t will answer the
requirements of dress material and
other parts of a lady's costume, or for
So far the discovery has
produced small results, but the prac-
ticability of the manufacture has been
demonstrated, and it only remains for
some en~terprising manufacturer, with
and brains, to undertake its
production on a scale large enough to
enable the wives and daughters OF
millionaires to delight in the simmer
Of Il golden dress.
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CHALLENGING a Consul.

The following case is of peculiar in
terest to the consuls of the United
States in Europe, andt the action of the
Wurtemberggovernment has furnished
a valuable precedent. A furniture
dealer Of Stuttgart, feeling himself
aggrieved by a remark said to have
been made by Mrs. Catlin, the wife of
the United States consul at that capt.
tai (but which she denied demanded
a written apology from Consul Catlln,
and failing that, challenged him to
fight a duel, naming pistols as his IA
vorite weapon. Mr.. CatIin declined to
accept the invitation, declaring that
he had been sent abroad by his gov
eminent to respect and uphold the
laws of the country to which he had
been accredited, and not TO violate
them by dueling. Thereupon the fur
niture dealer sent him a grossly in
sulting communication, which the
consul forwarded to the foreign office
of the Wurtemberg government. The
authorities at once caused the offender
to be prosecuted. and he was brought
up for trial, found guilty and sentenced
to a fine of eighty marks and to pay
the full costs Of the proceedings
Paris Continental Gazette.
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SELECT STRINGS.

An entire set of bedroom furniture
made of glass is the freak of a Spanish
'gralldee.
A paper steamboat, capable of car-
rying twenty-five persons, is a recent
triumph of a firm lear Troy, N. Y.
Under the illumination of the cleo
trio lamp photographs have been made
of the human vocal organs in the act
of singing.
Mississippi has peach trees with
blood red leaves, the first Of which
grew on the battlefield of Baker
Creek on the spot saturated with the
blood of General Tighlman.
French silk manufacturers are re
ported to be very hopeful As to the
capabilities of a big spider lately dis
covered in Africa, which weaves a yell
low web of great strength and elias
ITCHY.
In the days when round slices Of
bread served for plates, it was custo-
mary after great banquetsto distribute
them to the poor, who in this way had
IL chance to learn the flavor of the meat
which they seldemtasted.
Many persons who purchase eggs
show II decided preference for those
that have dMrk-colored shells. They
think their contents are richer. In
some Eastern cities retailers sort their
eggs and ask a higher price for those
having inely-colored shells.
The perpetual clock which has been
running in Brussels for a year without
stopping, is wound up by a draft OF
air through tube, which operates on
Il fan connected with the machinery
The draft is made to pass upward by
exposure to the heat of the SUN.
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Hospitality of the Dutch Beers.

When II Traveller arrives ut Il llalita-
ton ne aIights from his horse, enters
the house, shakes hands with the men,
kisses the women and sits down with
out further ceremony. When the table
is spread. he takes his place among the
family without Whiting for in invita-
ton; this is never given, on the sup
position that Il traveller, in Il country
so thinly inhabited, must always have
in appetite for something. Accord
ingly, What will you make Use OFF,"
is generally the first question. If there
be II bed in the house it is given to Il
stranger. If none, which is frequently
the rasc among the graziers Of Groar
l{cynct, he must take his chance for Il
form, or bench, or Il heap of sheep
skins, among the rest Of the family. In
the morning, after Il solid breakfast,
he takes his sopic, or glass Of brandy,
orders his slave, or IIOttcntot, to sad
die the horses, again shakes hands
with the men and kisses the women,
wishes them health, and they wish
him Il good journey. In this manner
II Traveller might pass through the
whole country.
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Diplomats and Their Wives.

OF late years the intelligence of the
American ministers, and the charm
and elegance of their wives. have. says
the Paris Messenger, furnished themes
for frequent and favorable Comment.
There arc legends still existing, it is
true. of how, in bygone years, the wife
of an American minister at the court
of st. James Mortified all English
sticklers for etiquette by recommend
ing catnip tea to Queen Victoria as a
sovereign remedy for the collie in ba-
bies. and kissing all the royal children
when she met them taking an airing
in the park with their nurses and gov
ernesses. There is, too, a story extant
of one of these transatlantic DANES
who, on being presented to the queen,
did not kiss her majesty's proffered
hand, but shook it heartily in her own,
declaring, at the same time, "that she
was happy to make her acquaintance"
But these days have passed away,
never to return. When Mr.. buchanan
was minister to England he made a
highly favorable impression, in a social
point of view. His drawing-room was
presided over by one of the loveliest
women that ever graced a court-his
niece, Miss Harriet Lane. She was a
blonde, of a regal and superb type; her
profuse, golden t~resses, large blue eyes
and exquisite complexion, the fine pro-
portions of her graceful and dignified
form, and the queenly carriage of her
beautifully-shaped head, rendered her
a noble specimen of American beauty.
Her manners were perfect in their
subtle blending of cordiality and dig
nifty. She vas greatly admired in Lon
don, and the question, "Are all the
American ladies as beautiful as Miss
Lane?" was one that was frequently
asked.
One of Our representatives to n of
the minor courts Of Italy, in the days
when that country was an agglomera-
ton of petty royalties and dukedoms,
once wrote home to a friend an ac-
count of the social life of the capital
to which he was accredited, and passed
some sweeping structures on the NOR
ais of the ladies at the court. The
friend to whom this letter was written
committed tho unpardonahl" error Of
giving it for publication to a prominent
local newspaper. The tidings of the
letter and it's contents crossed the sea
and brought a very storm of indigna
ton upon the head of our unfortunate
envoy. His recall was at once de-
manded by the government to which
he was accredited, but the United
States authorities refused to take such
action in the case, as they held that
the obnoxious letter, being written for
private circulation merely, was not a
sufficient cause for his removal. Per-
haps this victim of Il friends indiscre-
ton would have done well to have
taken the matter in his own hands and
retired, for his position thereafter at
the court of Y was anything but a
pleasant one. All official and diplo-
matte business was transacted with
him as usual, but socially he was
wholly ignored. He received no invi-
tation to any of the court balls or Off
cial entertainments, neither could he
procure any for his country people.
And this unpleasant state of affairs
lasted till the expiration of his term of
oI1ion
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SONG OF THE
Away from the roar and the rattle,

Away from the roar and the rattle,
The dust and din of the town,
Where to live is to brawl and to battle,
Till the strong treads the weak man down.
Away to the bonnie green hills,
Where the sunshine sleeps OH the brae,
And the heart of the greenwood thrills
To the hymn of the bird on the spray.
Away from the smoke and the smother,
The vale of the dun and the brown,
The push and the plaSh and the pother
The Wear and waste Of the town!
Away where the sky shines clear,
And the light breeze wandcrs at will,
And the dark pine wood nod near
To the light plun!el birch ON the hill.
Away from the whirling and wheeling,
And steaminG above and below.
Where the heart has no leisure for feeling,
And the thought has no quiet to grow.
Away where the clear brook purls.
Andt the hyacinth droops in tho shade.
And the plume of the fern uncurls
It's grace in the depth of the glade.
Away to the cottage, so sweetly
Embowered meath the fringe of the wood
Where the wife of my bosom shall meet III
With thoughts ever kindly and good.
More dear than the worth of the world
Fond mother with bairnies three,
And the p,ump-armed babe that has curled
Its lips sweetly pouting for Inc.
j. Stuart Bidcktc.
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Gambling Mt the CaDital.

Ramsdell," in a Washington letter
to the Philadelphia Press, says: I have
been in Washington nearly twenty
years, off and on, and l have an idea |
know pretty nearly everything that is
going on here. That army and navy
officers gamble is in %undeniable fact.
They do it in every country in the
world, but that does not make it right,
of course. But there is not the pro-
miscuous gambling here that the out
side papers would make you believe.
There is not gambling-house in WASH
ington to-day--rXcept it may be some
little place where c"lOred men and
newsboys play policy" All the big
gambling.houses are closed, and have
been for the past year. The law OF
Congress is very strict, and the author
tiles are enforcing it. There are no
clubs in Washington where gambling
is carried on to any great extent. In
deed, there is not Il city of its size in
the country which has so few clubs.
There is only one organization in the
whole town that deserves the name OF
club, and | am very sure there is very
little gambling within its walls. There
are, it is true, several little social clubs,
in which the alluring poker is played,
and l happen to know several high
army officers who get together every
day or two, particularly rainy days,
and indulge their passion for "draw."
But the Letting is limited to 81, and
so the risks are not great.
Time was, however, lin the golden
days of the empire" when the old
Washington ring was in its glory,
that gambling here tlourished most
prospcrously. Gambling-houses by the
dozens were open and above board.
Every hotel and restaurant had its
poker-rooms. The clubs were little
else than polite gambling-houses. and
there were poker parties in many of
the handSomest private houses. AS |
look back on those days it appears to
me that every n played poker. l
know cabinet officers. bureau officers,
army and navy officers, senators and
members of Congress played, and l
think they all played. At the time |
speak of the famous gambler John
Chamberlain, now retired from the
cloth, occupied the residence Of Sir
Edward Thornton, the British min
lister. Sir Edward moved out OF his
beautiful house one day, and Chamber
lain moved in the next, with al his
gambling outfit. He gave glorious
suppers. and some of the best people
of Washington visited his pla"e and
enioyed his hospitality. But they
never were permitted to join in the
play, and never saw what was going
on in other parts of the house. have
seen senator's, foreign ministers, and
society gentlemen in the highest ranks
in these same parlors, where the Brit
ish minister entertained his company.
a newspaper man may 90 anywhere
you know.
l very well remember a poker party
whose members sat for twenty-five
hours on a certain occasion. OF the
party there were three United states
senators, and one Of them left the
table $4,000 winner. 1 do not know
that he ever got the money: One OF
the members of the party is now a
senator Cat the time l speak OF he was
State treasurer of a Western State),
and was elected within the past year.
The senators 1 speak of are all now
out of Congress and are rich.
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NOTES.

Ribbons are used to excess on white
dresses.
Large round collars are worn by
children.
There is talk Of reviving the red
velvet and rosewood furniture of the
past.
Kerchiefs of null, plain, dotted and
embroidered, are as fashionable as
ever.
Braid and chain stitching combined
are again introduced in fashionable
needle-work.
Lace collars, with a plastron at
tached, which forms a kind of Mollere
waistcoat front. are much worm.
Gathered lace runles are the
trimming used on null muslin dresses,
whether white, tinted or printed.
White Swiss muslin dresses are
trimmed sometimes with bands of
dotted embroidery in bright colors.
The latest freak in linen collars is to
have a narrow rolled-over edge ut the
top of the high Dand, and this edge is
finely embroidered.
The new printed null muslins have
white grounds, on which are flower
designs fine Us hand painting by the
best artists in that line.
An easy way to make pretty white
dresses for small children is to make
the upper part Of white goods, which
is woven in such a way that it has the
appearance of insertion and puffs.
The bottom may be a rutlle OF Ham
burg. These dresses arc 50 easily
ironed, and it takes SO little to make
them, that they are highly recon-
mended.
A beautiful garden party dress, de-
| signed for Il Newport belle, is of olive
satin surah with very deep RULES OF
olive Spanish lace nearly covering the
skirt. A narrow scarf Of olive satin,
brocaded with tiniest red moss rose
buds, beginning at the throat,i is brought
down, caught lightly atthe waist, forms
paniers at each side, and is carried in
and out among the lace trimmings in
the back. The capote bonnet is made
of olive lace yelling, a semi-wreath of
red roses and moss buds, and the para
sol is Of olive satin, edged with olive
lace and lined with coral red mer-
yeilleuX.
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EpndiNp Ilnrc

A dog should be fed tmice a day. l
purposely italicize the word twice."
for, although the breakfast should be
but a light one, it is a necessity of
healthful existence. II it be not given
the bowels become confined, the bile is
elected into the stomach the dog
seeks grass and relieves himself in a
natural way of what nature designed
as an aperient. A bit of dry dog-bis-
cult or Il drop of milk, or d basin of
s~heep's-head broth, is all my own dogs
ever have for breakfast. A dog should
have his principal meal-with a run
to follow-at + r. NJ. in winter and 5
in summer. Variety and change from
day to day are most essential. Dog
biscuits, dry or stepped, and mixed
with the liquort that fresh meat or fish
has been boiled in, with now and then
oatmeal porridge, make Il good staple
of diet. Bread-crusts stepped may be
substituted once week. Meat should
be given, but unless the dog has album
dant exercise too much does harm.
Boiled green's should he mixed with
the food at least twice Il week, but they
should be well mashed, else OUT friend
will edge them on one side with his
nose and leave them. paunclies are
good as a change; 50 are well-boiled
lights and sheep's-headand broth. The
head should be boiled to a jelly, and no
kind of meat should be given raw, ex-
cept nov and then Il morsel of bul
locks liver or milt, to act as a laxa-
tive. Never give raw lights; they
carry down air into the stomach and
may produce fatal results. Potatoes,
rice, and most garden roots are good,
and the scraps of the table. generally.
Much caution should be used in giving
bones. On no account give a dog fish
or game or chicken bones. Milk, when
it can be afforded, is very good for
dogs, and buttermilk is a most whole
some drink for them. Let everything
you give a dog be clearly and well
cooked, and do not entertain the now
exploded notion that anything is good
enough for Il dog. Whatever il dog
leaves should be thrown to the fowls
and not presented to him again, for the
animal is naturally dainty. If you
want a dog to remain healthy great
pains must be taken that both person.
ally and in all his surroundings he is
kept clean. His food and his water
should be pure and fresh; the kennel
he lies in should always have clean
bedding and be periodically scrubbed
and disinfectcd. Even the inside of his
leather collar should be kept sweet and
clean. He ought to be brushed, if not
combed, every morning with an ordi-
nary dandy brush. This not only
keeps the coat clean and free from un-
slightly mating, but encourages the
growth of the Feather" as it is called.
Chambers Journal.
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HUMOR OF II DAY.

At last woman has been sunstruck
while shopping (Cut this out and
paste it in your wife's hat).-Puck.
The effects of love: AMY cousin
lost his reason through love-" B.
"That isn't saying much. A friend of
mine became a postman only in order
to get his letters from his sweetheart
sooner"
Among the new colors are strained
gooseberry' and mashed dude TIE
latter, il is presumed, is a sort of sick
ly green. Grit may be a soft-very
soft-shade of cigarette smoke-Nor-
ristoWn Herald.
First student: elbow stupid! Here
my uncle sends me twenty marks as a
present." Second student: Il should
think you would be delighted" mot
at all; l was just going to ask him to
lend Inc fty."--FVigende Blatter.
A Vermont man bet a neighbor that
he couldn't walk half a mile without
looking to the right OF left, and just
us the MAJ started on his walk set two
dogs to fighting about half way down
the track, and won his money as easily
as could be Boston Post.
The people of Northwestern Texas
are very much puzzled what to do with
the prairie dogs that are eating up all
the grass. We have not given the
subject very thorough consideration
but it seems probable that if such &C.
reals as cabbage, lettuce, green peas
etc., were planted in sufficient quaint
ties in the vicinity of the dog towns
the prairie dogs would cease to fill up
like ACKNOWLEDGMENT, on grass, an(
would devote all their time to slowing
away the more %succulent garden truck
-Teaas Siftings.
THE SMACK U OF sCHooL
The sun shone in through waving bough
Of elm-trees by the door,
Across the row of feet that toed
The chalk mark on the floor.
Down at the foot of that long limo
Of spoilers, standing there.
Was Allan Dean, with quiet face
Framed round with stiff tow hair.
The fair young teacher called this boy
"The Ounce of Wheaton SCHOOL,.
But Allan's wits, though slow, were keen,
And since to Lawyer Poole
This same fair teacher gave o kiss,
So slyly, as she thought,
The boy, with mischievous delight,
A cunning plan had wrought:
Next morning Allan charged his class
To learn their lessons we'll,
For young Squire Poole that afternoon
Would come to hear them spell,
And this was all; they never knew
What else was on his mind,
Until the teacher gave out smack"
To be spelled and defined.
Twas Allan's turn: he raised his eyes
To watch the lawyers face,
And spelled the short word slowly through
With calm and steady grace.
"Defne it, sir" the mistress said,
For, courage to acquire, .
The boy had paused-"Why, ma'am," sal
he,
OTIS what Won rave the Squire"