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FINGER NAILS.
Diseases chat Afglict Them and Cnuss
MaIEOrmntiOn.


Diseases That Afglict Them and Cnuss
MaIsOrmntiOn.
The nails, like the hair, are notifications
IF the cells which compose the skin. They
may show an excessive growth, or be defec-
tive in development or formation, grow toe
fast or too slow, or be altered in color OF
texture. Overgrowth to an extent TO inter
fere with the comfort Of the owner is quite
rare, but does occur in consequence OF
injuries or certain diseases of the nervous
system in rheumatism and rheumatic govt.
Overgrowth is more common in the nails Of
the toes than those of the hands. Innamma-
lion is often excited along the edges of the
broad, thickcned, incuryated nail, so the
necessity of treating such growths Is some
times imperative. Cutting and scrapine
the nail so MS to render it flexible and plac.
ing bits of lint or cotton between the edges
and the flesh below is often sufficient to
secure relief In bad cases that have gone
on to liberation the entire nail should be
removed. This can be done without pain
by first freezing the part by application Of
piece of ice moulded to fit it and busted
thickly with powdered salt 1t leaves
pretty sore place, which should be treated
like any other wound. Defective forma-
ton Of the nails does not require any ex.
tended description. II follows injuries,
burns, frostbites, feyers and chronic vast
ing diseases. Deformities and discolora
tions Of the nails are either to be let alone
or treated in the best way the ingenuity Of
the surgeon may suggest.
The vegetable parasites, achorton AMI
trichopbyton, which affect the hair, some-
times attack the nails. When they do SO
they prove more obstinate and rebellious to
treatment than in other localities. The
best treatment is to remove the nails affect.
ed at once and entirely, then apply the same
remedies to destroy the parasites as before
mentioned.
The nails grow in two directions at the
same time from the "bed" below they
increase in thickness, and from the root OF
"matrix" they gain in length. An acute
inflammation may begin in the bed :"
under the nail or in the root Following
some slight injury, often too trivial to be
noticed and remembered, an Inflammation
begins In the tissues under the nail, nexi
the bone. In three or four days the nail
is found tender on pressure, and, as the
inflammation advances, the pain is constant
ly present. Recovery may occur any time
before matter Is formed by the going down
Of the inflammation After pus forms, If 1t
io deeY, seated and under the centre nj fha
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A Fali~Crickv View Of the Earthquake.
kin hump my back and take the rain,
And don't keer how she pours;
kin keep kindo' cam In a thunderstorm,
NO matter how loud she roars;
l. ain't much skeered OF the lightnin',
Nor hain't SIGH awful shakes
Afeared o. cyclones--but don't want none
o, your dad-burned old earthquakesi
As long as my legs keep stIddy,
And long as my head keep plum,
And the buildin stays in the front lot,
still kin whistle somel
But about the time the old clock
Flops off'n the mantelshelf.
And the burro SHOOTS for the kitchen,
I'm g0in to sKoot myself
Plague take CT you keep me stabbed
While any earthquakes is round
I'm jlst like the stock--I1l heller,
And break for the open ground
And low you'd be as nervous,
And in jist about my TX,
When yer whole farm slides from thunder you,
Ana on'y the mortgage stlcksi
Now cars hain't a-gon' to XIII you
Ef you don't drive 'crost the track!
Creditors never'lI jerk you up
Ef you go and pay 'em back;
You can stand all moral and mundane storms
Ell you'll only just behave
But a. ELECTROMAGNETIC Ell It wanted you,
1t 'ud husk you out o. yer gravel
James Whttcono Riley.
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yesterday morning carpenter who was
engaged in reshingling shed on Randolph
street fell off the scaffold and was rendered
unconscious by striking on some beams on
the ground. His boss thought him dead,
and he called the three or four men on thu
Job together and said
"Now, boys, this Is sad case. Joe's
wife lives over on Adams avenue, and some
Of us must go over there and prepare her for
the great shock, Tn too excited to CO."
That was the case with two others, but the
third man agreed to go and put on his coat
and set off.
"Now, mind you,p continued the boss,
don't rush in and yell out that Jim ia dead
and scare the poor woman into fits. Come
10 the point gently"
The man returned in about twenty minutes
looking very cheap and crestfallen, and re-
marked
"We'll have to take the body over there
on board to get into the house. ! rang
the bell and was thinking I'd take seat in
the parlor and talk about the earthquake and
the frosts and the Presidents vacation, and
gradually work up to shingles and sheds and
sudden deaths, but the minute she opened
the door she yelled out; " Want to enlarge
our photographs to life size for 80 apiece,
do your Now you skip or I'll crippl
your And she showed me broom handle,
into which she had driven file two feet
long and sharpened at the end"
They were hunting for board when Jim
revived and discovered that no bones were
broken. He was assisted home and the
errand Of the caller explained.
"Oh, that was 1t. ell n she replied. "Well,
why didn't you say SO and done with It, IT.
ray baking day to-day, and Il haven't any
time to fool away. p Detroit Free Pysss.
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NO. 731
Playing sick for a Friend.


During the war about twenty Confederate
prisoners were at Fort McHenry, stored
away in fodder loft under guard. One
morning Capt. Ned Bridges was playing an
innocent game of cards when the sick call
was sounded 1.-The signal for ailing soldiers
to report at the surgeons Office and be ex-
amined.
Lieutenant, said Capt Bridges, turn
ing to young soldier, answer sick call
tor me and let me finish this game. &C
down there and personate me and tell the
doctor You want another box of his liver
pills."
The obliging lieutenant marched out and
proceeded with other soldiers, under escort
of the guards, to the surgeons office. When
the name of Capt. Bridges was called, the
lieutenant's face appeared at the little Office
window.
+" Doctor" he began, them pills You
gave me helped me up considerably, but J
want another box think another box will
fix me up all right
Didn't them pills cure yous' asked the
doctor abruptly, looking over his spectacles
at the bogus Bridges.
No, but another box will fix me, 1
Think
Well, we'll, said the doctor half to him.
self, " I'll have TO change the treatment on
your
Thereupon ie picked up a graduated
glass, and from various bottles mixed the
most internal mess that mortal ever saw.
The lieutenant shuddered.
When the villainous compound was made
up the doctor stirred it vigorously and vi
ciously, and handing it out, said
Drink that"
The lieutenant toos~1old of the glass.
Cold chills ran up and down his spine,
Doctor" he stammered, "rd--pd er
heap ruther take the pills"
"Drink it y stormed the doctor, and in
the excitement the medicine went down the
lieutenant's throat.
When the lieutenant returned to the fod-
der loft he was very glum. When the game
of cards grew monotonous Capt Bridges
turned and asked
Lieutenant, git them pills :"
"Nawp
Well, said the captain, you needn't
be SO snappish about II. What did the doc.
tor say ~
" He said he was going to change the
treatment on me, and II you don't git we'll
II amt my fault for I've taken the nastiest
id dose for you that ] ever saw. atlanta
Constitution.
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wonK ron NsnaLE rnNcEns.
supplying fsuslness Houses with fste
mOgrapAers and Typewrfsers.

supplying business Houses with Hte-
ncgraphers and Typewrisers.
One Of the most energetic and successful
business women in New York manages a
big institution for supplying and training
stenographers and typewriters. She is an
expert in both arts and understands them
thoroughly. A few years ago she started
out alone to earn her own living by sucl
work whenever she could find it to do. Now
she has sixty or seventy pupils in her
ichool-rooms, q score of busy typewriters
in her copying offices and directs bureau
Of operators and shorthand writers that
embraces good share of New York and
Brooklyn. She has built up her business
by sagacity and persistent industry. OF
both qualities she has great deal more
than any number of men possess.
Few people have any idea of the extent
to which stenography has grown to be an
adjunct of ordinary business within yer,
few years." she said to reporter the Other
lay. II have more applications from
competent photographers and typewriters
from business houses than can we'll sup
ply. They have got to be as much neces-
sary part of the outfit OF big house nova
days as safe. Every firm must have one
keep book here in which every stenog-
rapher is at liberty to register. II has
grown to the size of an unabridged diction.
airy, and contains the names of thousand.
of good operators and writer's. The over
whelming majority Of them arc steadily EN-.
ployed at fair salaries. OF course, every
body can't learn the art. But most of those
who can need have no fear Of lack of en-
ployment, judging from present appearances,
for the uses of their services are becoming
more widespread every day. Women ordi-
narily make better operator and are much
more satisfactory to business houses than
non. Why? Well, in the first place. II is
women's work. It requires patience, quick
apprehension, steady industry and deft fin.
gers which women often and men seldom
have in combination. Then women are
more trustworthy with the firms secrets.
Now, don't laugh. know all about those
hoary jests on the inability of women to
keep secret just the same, it Is fact
that they can hold business condolences
better than men. have heard that again
md again from business men who have
some here in search of clerks who are STE
nographers. They have told me they would
not dare to trust men with the inside secrets
OF their business which it would be neces.
sary for such clerk to know. But they
would be perfectly willing to risk them
with woman. In many cases firms have
fitted up private Offices for women stenogra-
pliers who objected to going into big whole-
sale stores and such places where men only
were employed, rather than hire man in
the position. In this way new avenue for
the employment of women is rapidly de-
veloping. think il promises to become
more and more profitable source of liyelI-
hood for them.
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s.eamboa,. mo-, rucl. rmprerea.

never saw but one formal steamboat
race. That was--it is not necessary now to
say how many years ago-=when George
Law ran his Oregon against the Q. Wander
biit, owned by the Commodore, from New
York to Sing Sing and back for some thou
sands of dollars. The contestants made a
good part of the voyage up as il lashed to-
gether, but coming down the Oregon left
the Vanderbilt well behind. A thick vol
ume of black smoke which rolled from the
formers pipes rs she hurried past Yonkers
was afterward accounted for by the state
ment that Mr.. Law, in his eagerness for
victory, had torn up Joiner work and costly
fittings to feed his fires. Perhaps this pic
turesque story needed verifcation. The
Oregon was afterward lost or burned or
otherwise put an end to but the Wander
bilt is good illustration of occasional
steamboat longevity. Though built nearly
forty years ago, after transfer from the
Sound and long service on the Troy route,
she still, sturdy, though dismantled as &c
passenger use, makes her way up and
down the river with unimpaired vigor al
the head of procession of canal boats.
II is rather surprising that so little ad
vance in swiftness has been made by Hud.
son River steamboats,. The Mary POWELL
which il any can beat none have formally
beaten--has claimed the first place for
more than score Of years. But the real
test is not m occasional and doubtful burst
Of speed Of which we hear now and then, but
actual business sbedule time. The records
show TINT the running to Albany or to
nearer places is little If any quicker than
II was in the days Of the Reindeer and
the Aida and still further back, Of the
South American and her old rival, the Troy.
An age Of remarkable progress in other d.
rections seem to have done oil II can do With
river steamers, unless some sudden and un-
expected device Is presently Forthcoming.
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Inc authorized Lie OF isimcOlms
To this day the life of Abraham Lincoln
has never been told. Many biographies Of
the President, Of varying value Of interest,
have been written; one of the best, con-
sidering the promptness with which it was
prepared, being by DR.. J. G. Holland. DIR.
Hollands work is to be classed among those
prepared by accomplished authors who en-
joycd no personal acquaintance with the
subject, nor any unusual means Of access to
authorities; several interesting books have
also appeared bearing the names of mon
personally acquainted with Mr.. Lincoln,
aud giving details of more or less value and
authenticity, particularly as to his early
career. But only his private secretaries,
John George Nicolay and John Hay, have
had the opportunity and the authority to
tell the complete story Of Lincoln's life, and
particularly of that part Of il which pertains
to the Presidency. When Lincoln died,
these two returned TO the White House,
where they were still living, though already
appointed to Paris they gathered together
the Presidents papers, and handed them to
Robert Lincoln and David Davis, who
sacredly guarded them till the return of the
secretaries from Europe. They were then
redelivered to the latter, for the purposes of
this history, and have never been in any
other hands. They have served as an inn
portant PARTLY no means the whole-of
the data preserved by the biographers for
the purpose of presenting to the world the
record Of the illustrious chief, in all its
truth and fullness. This history includes
not merely the personal career Of Lincoln,
but graphic account of the events which
led to the civil war, and history of that
war from the point of view Of the White
House, the point of view, in fact, of the
commandment Of the armies and
navies of the United Suites. The first in
stallment Of the authorized life of Abraham
Lincoln will be given in tho November
number Of the Century.
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German photographers have succeeded in
photographing projectile in the course Of
its al sht, and same Of these photographers
show the head of condensed air which pre-
ceeds every shot. It is said to be this
head which prevents evon skillfnl rife
men from hitting an empty egg shell when
hung on o long thread The air blows the
shell ont Of the way Of the bullet.
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There Is boy in Dover, Me-, born with
out eyes or eyelids. The part Of the face
In which the eyes ought to be, according to
all presidents, is as smooth as the check.
The boy is IA years Of age and his name is
Stimefore. His parents have repeatedly
refused offers to have the child exhibited as
curiosity. The lads mother is very near
sighted. Boston 1rausler.
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w,llimg % Sec a Iscnl Poet.

.sThc poet Is born, sir,p said o man
haughtily, as he received roll Of manu-
script from the editor with shake of the
head. "Oh, Is he?" replied the editor,
with smile. g Well, when he gets old
enough to write something tell him to come
aud see me.n
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MISS EMILY PIERSON,
Teacher of Piano q Organ,

coRYELL STREET. EAST OF UNION.
LAMBERTvILLE, Nj.
Feb IS, 1881,
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THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Facts and Figures Showing Marked
improvement.

Facts and Figures Showing Marked
Improvement.
An important document has been issued By
the New York Mercantile Agency Of r. G.
Dun & Co., showing marked improve
ment in the national business outlook. Not
withstanding the severe strain iu all co m.
mercial and industrial circles recently fir om
labor troubles and other disturbing factors,
it is shown that for the six months JUS.
closed there has been marked decrease in
the number Of failures in the country.
For the first half of last year thi
number Of failures was twenty per cent
greater than for the six months just ended
Then they amounted to 6,004; for the first
six months Of 1886 they are only 5,156. For
the first half Of 1885 tho aggregate amounts
involved in failures was S74, 722 900; for the
same period this year they aggregate only
$50, 433, ,0O0-a difference showing that last
year the money involved in failures from
January to July was nearly so per cent
greater than for the same period this year.
Comparison made by the mercantile agency
III the same report shows also the pleasing
fact that as this year goes the conditions
show continued improvement. The numEe'
of failures in the country for the first quar-
ter of this year was :, 203 involving S29, $751;
726; for the second quarter Just ended the
number falls down to l,953, with only So
152, IA involved.
These figures, says the report, indicate
that the trade of the country is in state Of
surprising prosperity, considering the strain
that has had to be borne incident to the loss
of confidence because Of the widely extended
labor troubles of the last few months The
country received this strain "in q condition
of preparedness" and, continues the report,
''ln some respects the six months under re-
view have been fruitful of good results. Til:
labor-capital conflict has been in q measure
decided. The labor organizations and their
power OF resistance against the ordinary laws
OF trade are not SO seriously estimated rs
they were six months ago. Confidence has
been largely re- stored, and there is q manifest
The foundations of the business fabric ar.
solid For the remainder Of the year
even better things are probable; the
prospect is more than usually good.
There seems to be fewer disturbing ele-
ments than ever before, abundant har-
vests are we'll assured, and the autumn
season is now looked forward to as likely to
yield very liberal returns in trade and bank
ing circles" 1t is pointed out in the rer ort
that the earning power of great corporations
has been largely increased, and the railroads
have ended their famous wars and have now
larger tonnage and better rates that yield
fair returns
Cheap money, the natural outcome of the
growth OF wealth and money-earnlng ca
pacity in the country, and the consequent
decline in the rate of interest, is quoted as an
important and influential factor in the i'm
proved situation. The conclusions Of the
report are upheldby comprehensive synop-
sis of the condition of business at all the lead
ing points in tho country.
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In Germany, says the New Haven Jour-
nal, the hours of labor average per week,
in textile factories, 70; in machine fac
tories, 60. In France, in testile factories,
n; in machine factories, 60. In Aus
tria, 66 in each. In Russia, in textile
factories, from 72 to 81; in machine fac
tories, ~. In Switzerland, &C in each.
In Belgium, in textile factories, -; in
machine factories, G2. In Italy, in tex
tile factories, 67 to 90; in machine fac
tories, 70. In Holland, in textile factories,
72; in machine factories, Ga. In the
United States, 60 in each. In Great
Gritain, in textile factories, Sc; in ma
chine factories, SO, In England factor
les generally close at 5 80 o'clock in the
evening and at 1 o'clock on Saturday af-
ternoon. while in the silk factories of
Northern Italy the factories are open from
5 o'clock A. N. to 10 o'clock P. NJ, the
hands working o. 1-2 hours per week, OF
Is 3-4 hours per day, exclusive of meal
hours.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

The annual four-mile, eight-oared boat
race between crews representing Y ale ana
Harvard Colleges, rowed at New London,
Conn.,, was won easily this year by Yale III
the fast time Of 20 minutes Az seconds.
The New York authorities have stopped a
contemplated open-air smuggling match be-
tween John L. Sullivan and Charles Mitchell.
FOUR persons-John Measures, Mrs. Fred
erick Measures and two children of the lat
ter-were all instantly killed at Wakefield,
Mass, by a train which struck their wagon.
THE five New York workingmen found
guilty of boycotting and extorting fine of
$1,000 from a concert hall proprietor have
been sentenced to terms of imprisonment
ranging from three years and eight months
to one year and six months
SECRETARY MANNING arrived in New
York n few days since on his way home from
the Hot Springs, Va, where he has been
slowly getting over the effects of his recent
severe illness.
The total assessed valuation Of real and
personal estate in New York city, is 81 ,420,-
96S. $50, an increase of S49, ,S5l ,2S3 over that
of 1885
For the first time in America incubation
as a preventive of hydrophobia was per-
formed few days since in New York, ac-
cording to the Pasteur method, by DR.. Valen-
tine Mott Harold Newell, seven years old,
was the subject Of the operation. He was
bitten by pet dog ten days previous to the
operation.
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WASHINGTON.


DURING the fiscal year just closed 81 ,422
pension certificates have been issued by the
Pension Bureau, larger number by 6,72l
than was ever issued in any previous year.
THE Senate Committee on Pensions in its
report recommending the passage of the bill
granting a pension to Mary j. Nottage
charges the President with an unwarranted
use Of the veto power, declares his vetoes
were sometimes "rudely expressed" and as
serts that the motives Of Congress in passing
the private pension bills have been misrepre-
sented.
H. A. WHITNEY, cashier of the United
States Treasury, dropped dead Of apoplexy,
the other day, at his residence IN Washing
about twenty-one years.
nominations: J. w. Romeyn, Of Detroit,
Consul at Valparaiso; j. L. Camp, Register
Land Office at Prescott, Arizona.
THE President has signed the Pension Ap-
preparation bill
AT meeting of the House Ways and Means
Committee it was ordered that the Randall
Tariff bill be reported adversely. All the
Democrats voted in the affirmative.
THE President on the 9Th vetoed twenty
nine private pension bills and the bill pro-
viding for the erection of public building
at Duluth, MINI. The last-named bill is We
toed because in the Presidents opinion the
building is unnecessary. Theprivate pension
bills were vetoed mainly because, the Presl-
dent says, the claimants are not entitled to
pension A statement Of the result of the
Presidents examination into ca:h case ac-
companies the vetoes.
THE Senate on the 9th confirmed the nomi-
nations of Governor Hugh Thompson, of
South Carolina to be Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, and H. j. Wyn to be Post
master at Birmingham, Ala.
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Professor Lesley, of the Pennsylvania
Geological! Survey, estimates the amount
of coal in the Pittsburg region at S0,-
900, 900, 600 tons. About II, 900, 900 tons
are now taken annually from its bed, of
which two-thirds are bituminous coal
and onc-third anthracite. Professor
Lesley believes that the oil and gas sup
ply will practically cease ten or twenty
years hence. To which the gas journal
of Light Heat and Poper says: ''Let it
cease. If the gas supply of nature holds
out at a fair rate for ten years there will
bea dozen different methods of making
as good a gas just about as cheap on the
spot as the natural gas can be piped for,
and if preferable to pipe the new gases
from place to place the cost will not be
much. A sudden stoppage of the natural
gas supply will uot Danish the general
use of fuel gas"