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A Billion.

What is billion2 In the French sys-
tenn of notation, which is also used in
the United States, it is thousand mil
lions; but the English system gives the
name billion to n million millions. Sir
Henry Bessemer, the famous inventor.
who is in the habit of occupying his
leisure with curious calculations for the
amusement of his grandchildren, tried
to convey some idea of the immensity ex-
pressed in this little word. He took it
successfully rs a measure of time, of
length and of height. Selecting the
second as the unit to be used in his first
calculation, he began with the startling
assertion that billion seconds have not
yet elapsed since the commencement of
the Christian era-nor, indeed, even a
sixteenth part of that number. A billion
seconds make 81, ,687 years, seventeen
days, twenty-five hours, forty-fve min
utes, five seconds. In regard to length, he
chose for his unit the English sovereign,
coin of the size of half-eagle. A
chain of billion sovereigns would be long
enoughto pass 763 times around the globe T;
or supposing all these coins lay side by
side, each in contact with its neighbor,
it would form about the earth a golden
zone fifty feet six inches wide. This
same chain, were it stretched out straight,
would make a line fraction over 1S,
32S, 445 miles in extent. For measuring
height, Sir Henry chose for unit a
single sheet of such paper as that upon
which the London Times is printed-a
measure of about 1888 of an inch in
thickness. A billion of these thin sheets
pressed out fiat and piled vertically upon
each other would attain the altitude of
A. 34S miles. If any one doubts the cor
rcctness of these calculations he may go
to work and figure the thing out for
himself.
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"Oh, Maurice, " said a Clifton girl to
her lover, "did you know papa had
bought new dog 2"
Maurice started and looked around
anxiously, even nervouslY.
''No, darling. he replied, with slight
two-stop tremulo in his voice.
she has, Maurice, and he knows so
many tricks, too"
"Your papa or the dog, darling 2" he
inquired, in an distracted manner.
''The dog. of course, naughty boy, nshe
answered, playfully tapping him on his
chest protector with the middle finger Of
her lily white hand.
''When did he secure this valuable ami
NAL 2"
last Monday morning, dear, he
brought him home. He has been play
ing his tricks every day, and the strang-
est one is that he will 60 into the water
and catch fish,
"Your papa or the dog, dearl"
''The dog, of course. she answered,
pettishly this time
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NY w
NYNU-27
He F ell in the Streets
KENNEDY,s FAvORITE REMEDY
Cures u Terrible CnAe of Gravel,

Nothing is more urgently needed than a reliable
medicine FOR Gravel, as the disease seems on the IN.
crease, and we are glad TO say that such Is DR. DA-
NlD kENNEDN'S FANORIrE REMEDY, OF Ron.
dout, \. Y. We put In evidence the following let
ter, selected from many similar communications;
PITTsFiELD, Mass, March, 1854 b
Dr. Dduid Kennedy:
DEAR SIR You have right to know, and de-
sire the public to know my experience with Gravel
and my remarkable recovery through the use Of
your "FANORlTE REMEDY" / am cnrpent ef
living in this place, and there are plenty Of witness.
es TO the truth OF what say. My first compare.
lively slight attack OF Gravel was In the year 1873
II passed away, and had little more trouble untl
last July, 1888. One day when at work in my shop
was suddenly seized with keen and terrible pain
IN my left side l consulted two physicians at once
One said: ~ can do nothing for YOU Your case
Is lncurablel" was fright ned and went to the
second, who said little, but gave me prescription.
II did no good.
Then began series OF experiences the agony and
horror OF which words cannot depct Think uf iti
was sometimes taken in the street. and would fall
wrthing with agony, upon the sidewalk. IL was
death in life. Thank Heaven, l then heard OF
"kkNNEDYS FAVoRIrE REMEDY" through
Mr.. 7. 7. Cooley. had not used half bottle whom
passed three stones in succession, one Of which
was nearly one-haf an inch long. | persevered
with the medicine, the symptoms gradually nbated.
and have had no more trouble since | am well,
thanks TO you and "FAVORITE REMEDY"
Yours most gratefully,
JAMES d. KENNEDY.
What "FAVORITE REMEDY" did ia this case
L has done in many Others. II you deslae 70 do 81
Addiess-Dr David Kennedy, Rondout, N Y.
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Their DeIlcate sense Of Touch.

They were in the grocery store. Said
Brown (seeing blind man about to en-
ter: .'Were you aware how delicate the
touch of blind man is When nature
deprives us of one sense she makes
amends by bringing the other senses to
extraordinary acuteness. Let me illus
trate by this gentleman. I'll take scoop
of sugar and let him feel of it, and
you'll see how quickly he'll tell what
it is"
The blind man having entered, he was
put to the test. He put his thumb and
finger into the scoop, and without hest
tation said ''That is sand"
Everybody laughed but the grocer. He
made three several attempts at blushing,
and then went into the back shop and
kicked his dog.-Pec6's Sun.
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AnrOpOs.

Apropos of the season when a young
girls dreams gently turn to thought Of
creams:
"My sweet he murmurs soft and low,
As sank the sun in crimson glow,
Come, tell me, now, thy souls desiref'
Deep in her eyes he saw the fire
That sealed his fate.
Close to his side she nesting pressed,
He felt her heart throbs gainst his breast,
While tIustful love shone in her face.
~ WANT she said, with blushing grace,
"Another plate"
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The rTen With the Pir.

A few days ago two men, who were
afterward found to be Detroiters, arrived
in town about fifty miles to the west of
this, leading pig. 1t was perhaps big
enough and heavy enough to be called
hog, but they termed it pig, and as
they turned it over to the care of the
landlord at whose inn they proposed to
rest for the night, one of the men ex-
planned:
''Be awful careful with that pig. He's
daisy-a new breed Just from Scotland.
We've sold him to a farmer out here for
$50, and we don't want anything to hap
pen to him.
The landlord took the pig up, and
then began to think and cogitate and sus-
pect. When the strangers had gone to
bed he called in some of the boys, and
said:
'Tve twigged the racket; them two
fellows are sharpers and that's guess
ing pig. Tomorrow they will give you
chance to guess at his weight at ten
cents guess, and you'll be cleaned out
only you won't AS the fellows sleep
we will weigh their pig and beat their
game"
Nobody slept until the pig was taken
over to the scales and weighed. He
pulled down 170 pounds to hair, and
the villagers went home and hunted up
their nickels and dreamed of pigs and
scales and sharpers through the remain
der of the night.
Next morning the pig was led around
in front, and, before starting off on his
Journey, one of the owners remarked to
the assembled crowd;
Gentlemen, Pm going to weigh this
pig directly. Maybe some of you would
ike to guess on his weight2 I'll take
all CUES ses at ten cents each, and who
ever hits it gets fifty cents"
This provoked a large and selected
stock of winks and smiles, but no one
any one person could guess as many
times as he cared to, provided dime &C
companied each guess. Then a rush sci
in. Three or four merchants put up fifty
guesses each. A justice of the peace
took thirty. A lawyer said about
twenty would do for him. Before there
was any let up in the guessing about 60O
had been registered and paid for. Every
soul OF 'em guessed at 40 pounds 1t was
curious what unanimity there was in the
guessing, but the pig men didn't seem tt
notice it. When all had been giver
a chance the pig was led to the scales,
and lol his weight was exactly ia
pounds
"You see, gentlemen" explained the
spokesman, "while this animal only
weighs 40 pounds along about II O'CLOCK
at night, we feed him about five pound
of corn meal in the morning befor,
weighingl You forgot to take this mat
ter into consideration
Then somebody kicked the landlord,
and he kicked the justice, and the JUS
tice kicked a merchant, and when tn,
pig men looked back from a distant hill
the whole town was out kicking itsel
and throwing empty wallets into tn
river.-Detr0it Free Press.
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Don't suffer any longer with the pains and
aches Of rheumatism, which make life bur
den TO You. Relief speedy and permanent
can be procured az The nearest drug store, IN
of West Bath Maine, SAYS: 81 was complete
~ prostrated with rheumatism and kidney
troubles and was not expected 10 recover.
The first dose of Kidney-Wort helped me.
Six doses put me ON my feet Il has now en-
tirely cured me and / have had no trouble
simon
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-30

A London correspondent has discov>
cred that one may say either gown, dress
or frock, when alluding to woman's outer
gear, without being voted either old
fashioned, vulgar or slangy. More vital
questions are being cleared up this year
than during any similar period since tho
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SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT WILL RAISE RIPPLEs
OF LAuGHTER.

A PhenOmenOn-Their Delicate Sense
of TOuch--Seaside Music-Mcn
With the PiR-A Romance.
"Papa, what is phenomenonW
IA phenomenon, my son, is something
out of the ordinary course of nature"
81 don't quite understand it yet,
papa"
"Well, my son, when you know a GER
tain thing ought TO happen, but the re-
verse actually does happen, that is a
phenomenon.
''Give an illustration, papa, and then
! believe 1 can understand it."
"Well, if David Davis should steal a
circus tent and IL for a shirt, that
would be natural; put ~ circus
should steal his shirt for a tent, that
would be phenomenon. Paris Beacon.
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Ash the most eminent physician
OF any school, what Is the best thing In tho
world for quieting and allaying all irritation
OF the nerves, and curing all forms Of nervous
ing sleep alwaysl
And they win tell you unhesitatingly
Some form Of HopsilFr
CHAPTER I.
Ask any or all Of the most eminent physi-
clans:
What is the best and only remedy that
can be relied ON TO cure all diseases Of the kid
neys and urinary organs such as Bright's dis
case, diabetes, retention, or inability TO retain
urine, and all the diseases and ailments pecu-
liar TO Women
And they win tell you explicitly and em
phatically, BuchulPn
Ask the same physicians
what is the most reliable and surcst cure
for all liver diseases or dyspepsia, constipa-
tion, Indigestion, hiliousness, malaria, evor,
ague, &c. and they will tell you;
''Mondrdke or Dandeliod mr.
Hence when these remedies arc combined
with others equally valuable,
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such .
wonderful and mysterious curative power II
developed, which is SO varied in its operations
that no disease or in health can possibly exist
or resist its power, and yet IL is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weak
est invalid or smallest child 10 use.
OhAI lEh III,
"Patients
"Almost dead or nearly dyingn
For years and given up by physicians, Of
| Bright's and other kidney diseases, liver COM
plants, severe coughs, called consumption,
| have been cured
Women gone nearly crGsylUl
From agony Of neuralgia, nervousness
wakefulness, and various diseases peculiar to
| women.
! People drawn ont Of shape from eXcruciat-
ing pangs OF rheumatism, iniiammatory and
chronic, or suffering from scrofula.
Erysipelas
"Saltrheum blood poisoning, dyspepsia, in.
digestion, and, in fact almost all diseases frail"
| Nature is heir TO
Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof OF
which can be found in every neghborhood In
| the known world.
Izts- None genuine without bunch Of green
| Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile,
| poisonous stun with Hop or Hops" in their
| name.
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Seaside Music.

Guest--"I did not know you had a
band here"
Landlord" oh, yes, 1 have one
every season."
Guest" How often do they playp
Landlord" Only once day-in the
afternoon or evening""
Guest " Wouldn't it be better to have
them play in the morning9"
Landlord" Why in the morning2"
Guest" Because then the guests,
rested, refreshed and invigorated by a
good nights sleep, are better able to
stand it. t."-PhiLad6lphia Call.
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The best salve used in the world for cuts,
bruises, piles, sores, ulcers, salt rheum letter,
chappcd hands, chilblains corns and all kinds
of skin eruptions, freckles and pimples. The
salve is guaranteed TO give perfect satisfac-
tion in every case. BE sure you got Henry's
Carbolic Salve, as all others are but imita-
tions and counterfeits
Get the hest dyes. The Diamond dyes for
family use have no equals Allpopular colors
easily dyed fast and beautiful Only 10c a
package at druggists Wells, Richardson d
Co, Burlington, VI. Sample card, 32 colors,
and book of directions for &c. stamp.
"Buchu Pnibu."
Quick, complete cure, all Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary Diseases, Scalding Irritation,
Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of bladder. 81 Druggists.
The short, hacking'cough, which leads to
consumption, is cured 10y Pisos Cure.
FIFTEEN hundred watches are now made
daily at Waltham, Mass.
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Ladies of all ages who suffer from loss ofa
petite, from imperfect digestion, low spirits
and nervous debility may have health renew
ed and life extended by the use of Mrs. Lydia
f. Pinkham's remedies for all complaints
specially incident to the female constitution.
THE ice cream business is experiencing the
long-expected boom.
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The Colonel never made success OF the Eye
Water business, but Carboline struck bonan-
"a with Petroleum as its base. If your hair is
thin and falling out, try it,
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Is your wife daughter nsrvousg Conquer al nerve
troubles with ZoAJAx Only remedy for dread Of
lightning formulated. ~ yeArs' test. Keep it
in the house pocket. Is oenta By mail. Druggists
supplied b. Crittonton Address The ZoA5AL Cox,
FAE1. 81 John St., New York.
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Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by
"Wells' Health Renewern
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The Russian government has borrowed
$50, 900, 900 to build railways.
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Are Won AfrnId OF IIahtaInrg

NUTIIHs'E
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns. nl5c Com
plete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts, bunions
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Twenty-Five Per Per, Cent; sIEopger than any

BURLINGTON, Vt, May 3, 1882 hereby
certify that have examined the Butter Color
prepared by Wells, Richardson q Co., and
that the same is free from alkali or any other
substance injurious to health; that l have
compared it with some of the best of the other
Butter Colors in the market, and find it to he
more than twenty-five per cent. stronger in
color than the best of the others l am salts
fled that it is not liable TO become rancid, or
in any way TO injure the butter. l have ex-
amine1 it after two months free exposure 10
the alr in place liable to large changes of
temperature, and found no trace of rancidity,
while other kinds similarly exposed became
rancid A. II. SABIN, Prof. Chemistry, Uni
versity of Vermont
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viii buy TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND HIS
DISEASES Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. NEW YORK HORSE Book Co.,
l34 Leonard Street, New York city.
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Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. l5c Drgts
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-01
NEW YORK.
Special Telegram 70 the Globe |

New YORK, Feb. 29.-There was no change
for the better visible when business opened
this morning. A few properties made slight
gains but there was a lack of support, and it
looked as though the leaders in the late up
ward movement had fOrsaken the cause, for
a time, at least. There was a squirt in West
Shore bonds about midday, and the market
generally looked brighter all around. There
was quite a fight in st. Paul during the morn
ing and preferred was depressed also
Business was well distributed, with total
transactions up to noon of nearly 400 900
shares The coal stocks were firmer. with
heavy trading in Delaware & Lackawanna
Changers and Union Pacific came next. The
sudden collapse of yesterday was not forgot
ten, and operators were somewhat skeptical
snd slow to believe that the Improvement to-
day was but covering by shorts who ap-
peared dissatisfied in the strength exhibited
in many stocks which they had disposed
of during the earlier hours. It was quite
evident before the day ended that there was
purchasing for long account as well. There
was excellent buying of West Shore bonds at
least, with indications that they will 90 still
higher. The whole market showed consider
able strength, and prices were about at their
best when the exchange closed. About
S1,10O,O00 in gold was engaged for ship
ment tomorrow. Slayback and the room
traders were sellers of the list. Vanderbilt
brokers were buying Lake Shore and were
heavy buyers of Lackawanna. Mark Strong
& Co. were buyers of Union Pacific Granger
stocks were suspiciously steady, St. Paul hold
ing between SS35 and SO with large trans
actions. Dividend stocks were strong all
day, noticably Rock Island and Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, and there seemed to be
quite demand for Northwest and Lacka-
wanna. There was good investment buying
of Omaha preferred in the afternoon. Van
derbilt is reported to have said this morning
that he has not solda share Of stock this week,
and that he has full confidence in the situa-
ton, and that the bears who sold Lake Shore
so heavily yesterday, will be unable to cover
without loss.
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The Eastern Storm,

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-The storm which
swept the Atlantic coast last night and to-day
was severe along the New England coast.
Many smaller crafts were driven ashore but
the crews were rescued as far as is known.
Westerly winds made the tide so unusually
low at Sandy Hook, that the steamship Ar
cassian grounded in entering port, but later
hoated uninjured. In the interior of the
state the snow interfered with the running of
trains. In Newport harbor the steam tug
Cohasset, attached to the United States train
ing ship New Hampshire, struck on a rock
not known to exist The accident was
caused by the water being blown out of the
harbor. Montreal, Quebec, and St. Johns,
n. B., report fierce snow storms and a block
AIDE OF trains and country roads.
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Newhall House Monument.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 29.-The committee hav-
ing in charge the erection of a suitable
monument over the graves Of the victims of
the Newhall house disaster who are buried in
Forest Home cemetery, held a meeting last
evening and awarded the contract
for furnishing the monument accord
ing to the design of H. O. Avery, the
New York architect whose plans were accept
ed, to Brown, McAllister 81 Co., of New
York It is expected the monument will
cost about St, 900, exclusive of the founda-
ton. By the terms of the contract it is to be
finished next July, when it will
be set in place. The working
plans have already been sent to the New
York sculptors, whose bid was the lowest.
The design ofthe monument, while not very
elaborate, is quite handsome. 1t will be a
stately column of Maine granite about
twcnty-four feet in heighth and octagonal in
hape, and on it will be inscribed ITO the
memory of those who persisted by
the burning of the Newhall house,
January IS, 1882 The names Of victims
will be cut in the monument near the base.
1t will be placed over the graves of twenty
four of the 100 victims of the fire, whose
bodies were unclaimed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-01
FR0LICSOME FRESHMEN.
How they were Euchred out of a Feast
by the SOphOmOres at Cornell.
Special Telegram to the Globr

Special Telegram to the Globe.
ITHACA, Feb. 29.-One hundred and fifty
freshmen of Cornell university are crashing
their teeth here tonight. They made elab-
crate preparations for big class supper to
be served up by Rochester restaurant keep
er by the name OF Teall, but by a very adroit
arrangement the sophomores secured the ban
quet on its way here and appropriated the
spread themselves. The facts are as follows:
1.-The sophomores held a class supper in
Elmira one week ago tonight and were
annoyed not a little by freshmen
taking their programmes and at
tempting to kidnap some of their
number To retalate the sophomores laid a
very ingenious scheme whereby the freshmen
would be deprived OF their feast which was to
occur tonight. The sOphomores to the num-
Der of nearly 100 took an afternoon train for
Trumansburgh, about twelve miles from here,
stopped the caterer with his load of delica-
cies, and having secured the Opera house
sad havoc with the luxurious repast
which was to have tickled the freshmen's
palates. The sophomores represented them
selves as freshmen, and succeeded com
pletely in deceiying Teal. Thirty-five fresh
men left here this evening to secure, if
possible, the supper, but they found that the
sophomores had secured the coveted prize
and were engaged in deyOuring it,
first having taken precautions TO
picket over dozen policemen. So complete
has been the success of the scheme laid by
the sophomOres that the freshmen, while they
are boiling over with wrath, cannot help but
admire the keenness and shrewdness of their
older student brothers. The 'S7 men had
garrisoned house last night and had placed
guard of nearly fifty men over their class
officers to prevent kidnapping by the 'S6
boys, so that the caper of the
sOphomores tonight was an entirely
new movement and hence a great surprise to
the freshmen. The doings of tonight will
be the cause Of much trouble hereafter among
the two above named classes. The freshmen
vow that they will revenge this heartless act
by doing all in their power TO modest and
annoy the sophomores when the latter take
their trip down the lake in the spring. Class
feeling is quite intense tonight, and rustica-
tons will be the order of the day before mat
tiers between the classes are placed on an
amicable footing once more.
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Chicago Financial.

TNpcCINI ItItgFlIIl 10 me NIODt.
CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-There was the usual call
at the banks to-day for loanable funds which
were in sufficiently plentiful supply to 90 around.
The highest grade of call loans were made at
5la@6 per cent. and ordinary business time pa
per at 61a@T per cent. 1t is reported that the
Merchants Loan and Trust company were on the
street to-day trying to buy 100000 worth. For
eign exchange was firm at S4S51a for sixty days
documentary sterling. Associated bank clearings
were SIS, 100000 against $6,774,OOO yesterday.
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whether political or other complications are
likely to occur in the near future calculated
to influence the market value
of American products or their coal.
The subcommittee of the house elections
committee decided to report the Manzanare-
Luna contested election case, New Mexico,
in favor of Manzanare, and unseating Luna,
the present delegate