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Slaves in Western Australia.

The method of procuring these slaves
is simple, but effective. The settler who
desires the labor of native man, woman
or child, draws up paper, in which the
native is made to say that he offers him
self for employment for certain period.
The master signs this document, and the
native makes his cross in presence of a
policeman, and the thing is done. From
that time the native is as really slave as
though his master owned him body and
soul. He is generally ignorant of the
contents of the paper which he has
"sigued," but it places him absolutely in
the power of his master to do with him
as he pleases during the term of the "as-
signment, and at its close he is fright
ened into signing again. Most of the
natives thus assigned arc Kidnapped ard
brought in from the interior, and when
once they have made the cross, whose
significance they do not appreciate, they
are held by the magistrates a; sub,e to
the Masters and Servants act of Great
Britain, and punished under its pro-
visions if they run away, although that
law was never intended to apply to bar
barous people
Mr.. Gribblc relates many instances of
the cruelites practiccd on the Australian
slaves, of the manner in which they are
loaded with chains for trivial oflenses,
and of the indignities which are heaped
upon the women and girls. Most of the
slaves are used in working the pearl
fisheries, and the punishment for steal
ing pearls is in many cases instant death,
the master acting as Judge, counsel and
jury. In one day sixty of the unfor-
tunates-men, women and children
were thus summarily executed and often
the natives are shot for running away.
Men make q regular business Of kid
mapping the natives for assignment
Neao York Times.
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

EDWIN BooTH's tour has thus far proved
unusully successful and bril- liant.
The first nateur theatre in New York
was opened l33 years aGo by Lewis Hallana
Mr.. F. JEHIN-PRUME, the celebrated Bel
gian violinist, will shortly pay visit 10
America
RUBINSTEIN the pianist. says he will not
undertake any concert to RS during the CON-
ing season.
CHARLES SANTLEY tho famous English
baritone. has been enga eel to sing IN con-
certs in Berlin.
NINE PATTI N1coLINI will give farewell
concert at Albert Hall, London, October %,
lust before she sails for America.
MANAGER Henry T. Abbey and Miss
Florence Gerard. the :tr.Ss, were married
few days since in Dston church.
A NEW tenor with phenomenal voice has
been discovered il Austria. He is Prague
policeman AMI his Eane is knockmann.
IT is now announced that the new Gilbert
and Sullivan opera will not be ready for pro.
duction before the lst OF January, and posi-
bly, not then
M1LLocKER has just completed new
opera, entitled 18th, Vice Admiral" which
will be the chief novelty OF the coming sea-
son at Vienna.
PHILADELPHIA lueIJIeS duu OtileF p.dCco
of amusement are said t. he better provided
with efficient fire escapes than those of any
other city in the Union.
W. H CRIPPESDALE. for many yelrs re-
garded as the best "ull man" on the English
stage, is now, at the age of eighty-tive years,
an inmate of an insane asylum.
M. DIVIDE MUSIN, the celebrated French
violinist, has again turned his face toward
these shores. Ameri an dollars eXerta pow
erful magnetic influence upon European ar
lists.
THE scenes in the new play that Mr.. Bron-
son Howard has Just written for Miss Dau-
vray are laid in the Adirondacss. The first act
takes place on summer hotel piazza in the
mountains.
In Normandy, last summer, Council, the
eminent composer, amused himself by max.
ing for one of his little friends Il huge kite,
ON which he inscribed brief sonata con-.
posed for the purpoS;.
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Curious Effect of the Earthquake.

DR.. B. F. Wyman, of Aiken County,
South Carolina, makes the following
statement concerning the peculiar effects
of the last great earthquake upon the
Rev. w. H. Mosely, Methodist minis
ter of that county:
Between IL and o'clock on the eht
of August 81 I was called to visit Mr..
Mosely, who had been taken suddenly
sick during the first shock. I found him
in bed, talking cheertully. lie tod me
1T Gnce that he was not sick; that he
never felt better in his life; that just
prec .ding each shock Of the earthquake
he would be seized with peculiar ting
Ing sensation, beginning in his toes and
feet and gradually extending to his limbs
and whole body. While speaking he
suddenly screamed out: Another shock
is coming" At the same time he grew
red in the face, and all the muscles Of
his body became convulscd and drawn,
and he appeared rs one under a great
strain, or receiving an overchargc Of
electricity from an electrical battery. A
singular fnct connected with all Of these
attacks was that he becumc aware of the
approach of shock q considerable pc
riod of time before other members of the
family. Another singular fact that I
observed was that while the shock was
at its height, and the house and furni-
ture were rocking and rattling, his mus
cles became relaxed. the attack passed
off and he declared himself as feeling all
right, and was calm and che eerful. He
was certainly suffering from an over
charge of electrical fluid upon an excit: d
and Oyerstrained nervous system.
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Lead Poisoning.
A writer in the St. Louis Globe-De

A writer in the St. Louis Globe Demo.
erut says Of lead-poisoning:
The commonest of all the poisons which
are accidentally taken into the human
system is lead. This metal is used so
freely and constantly in every civilized
community that the only really remark
able think about lead poisoning is its
rarity. Still, as before stated, it is the
conlmonest poison to produce decidedly
dclctcrious effect. Pure lead is not poi
.sonous, but it enters into many chemical
combinations with facility, and all of
these which can he dissolved in water or
digestive juices arc poisonous. Fortu-
nately, some of the commonest lead salts
insolub!e in ordinary drinking water.
1t is also fortunate that such waters are
not very pure, otherwise the lead would
be more easily dissolved and taken into
the system The lime in ordinary "hard"
water forms with the lead hard, inso.
luble coating upon the inside of l. ad
pipes that cffectually prevents the lead
dissolving. If the water flowing through
pipes be extremely pure, like that from
the Denver artesian wells, or if it have
plenty of carbonic acid gas in it, as that
from soda fountains, lead and its ordinary
salts are readily dissolved in it. Conse-
quently, lead pipes should never be used
when such waters for drinking purposes
have to flow through them. Rain water
is free from lime, hence the same eau
tion about the use of lead pipes applies
to cistcrns unless the reservoir is lined
with lime cement. If water of more
than average purity has remained in lead
pipes over night it is apt to con-
tain considerable of the metal. Hence
people who drink much of acoholic
liquors in the evening are apt to drink
freely of water from the hydrant in the
morning to satisfy the intense thirst due
to overnight potations. Consequently
drunkards are liable to lead-pcis-
oling to greater extent than
the abstainers, and this from an
unsuspectel source. The pipes in
soda fountains should be lined with tin.
This is generally done, but if they are
broken by accident and repaired in the
usual manner, by soldering. they may
become dangerous, for the solder is COM
posed chiefly OF Lead. Numerous cases
of poisoning from the habitual drinking
of soda water first drawn in the morning
have been observed.
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Barn Stables.

A writer in the Chicago Tribune, on
the sub ,,ect of barns and stables com.
bined, holds that there is no more un-
sound idea in the building of combined
barn and stable than in allowing the
breath and other effluvia to pass into the
fodder and other food of the stock. In
other words the ventilation of the stables
. should not pass through TIE NOW or the
barn. In the building and arrangement
of the stable warmth is the essential in
tegcr; and, the ventilation being cor
rect, the stable cannot be made toe
tight.
Probably, says the writer, nine stables
out of ten are built with the toors raised
above the earth, and so the wind has full
sweep beneath the floor. The effect is,
the animals are constantly being chilled
as to their feet and limbs, reacting on the
whole body. All stables should be lai
on solid walls, and the stable floor, in
stead of being laid upon bearings, should
b, let into The stills of the structure,
upon bearings laid directly upon the
ground. The scantlings thus Lid will
last as long as the floor, and, as q rule,
fully rs long as when let into the sills.
Upon the question of drainage it is
held, if drainage underneath is intended,
| this must be done before the floor is laid.
and the pipes for the drainage should
! not be les than six inches in diameter.
1t is worse than useless to lay such drains
unless there is considerable fall and am
pie means for flushing when necessary.
In fact, as a rule stables in the country
arc better without drains, except along
the floors. 1t is preferable that the
LIQUID manure be absorbed with dry clay,
or other similar ma erial, for thus the
most valuable portion of the manure is
saved.
The floors of stables are also consid-
cred. These are usually made of thick
plank. They are by no means the best.
it is advised that the foundation may be
six inches of broken stone, thoroughly
pounded and solidiied. On this is a
thin layer of gravel, laid and pounded
smooth: on this again good cement of
sharp gravel sand and cement is laid.
When fini,hcd it should he kept moist
for some time b:fore it is used if fol
three months it would be better. On
such floor comparatively little water
will keep all sweet and clean. Now. il
the stable is laid with well matched
floor alone of seasoned plank thoroughly
driven home, and ii it is ceiled in from
the rest of the barn, where only por-
tion of the floor is used as stable, there
will be no danger of contamination OF
food of the animals by any etfluvia the: e.
from.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

| Onion seed sown now, and protected
with litter during the winter, will give
early onions next spring.
As soon as the ears have been taker
from the sweet corn the stalks should bc
cat up and fed to the cows in as green
condition as possible.
To kill moles an Illinois farmer puts
strychnine in pieces of liver the size of Q
hickory nut, placing the pieces at differ.
ent points in their runs.
Every dairyman should be prepared to
fe d green grass or green corn fodder in
the stable night and morning as soon as
the pasture begins to fail.
Do not let the blackberry and raspber-
ry canes grow up in grass, but cultivate
them thoroughly so as to secure greater
growth and stronger canes.
A COW calvlng IN the fall, if properly
! fed and cared for, will bring more profit
in q year than if she calves in May, if
! milk or butter is to be sold.
All things considered, the largest flow
of milk is the most profitable, unless it
is secured at too great expense. Reason
must be used here as in all other things
Sheep will eat nearly all kinds of
! weeds and may be made to do good SER
vice in some fields. They should, how
ever. always be given feed of grain at
night.
The currant worm should be destroyed
while small with dust of hcllebore or
pyrethrum. The latter, being perfectly
harmless, is to be more highly recon-
mended.
Destroying beetle is equal to killing
! fifty grubs. When meadows become in
| vested, it is we'll to turn in hogs aud LET
them root They will destroy thousands
of grubs.
A few trees, evergreens and Towering
! shrubs planted among the hives help to
remove the sameness of the scene, and in
summer give grateful shade to the bees
and their keeper.
To protect watermelon plants from
bugs, Sonth Carolina grower recon-.
mends chare eoal d. st or coal k In dirt,
busting about pint over each hill when
the plants are young.
The farmers Of this country waste
enough feed each year to winter as many
animals rs they keep. That is, by saving
all food and feeding it judiciously they
would double their focks and herds.
! Plow the wheat land early, so as to
get it in good condition before seeding
: time. Many crops OF wheat arc injure,
| by hurry when preparing the land. A
fine seed bed is of great importance
! with wheat.
The best time to tackle weeds is whcr
they are young. One man, with hoe OF
scythe, while the weeds are green, can
! do more execution in conquering them,
than fifty men can after the pests have
gone to seed.
In the care of eggs while waiting for
hat:hing place is preferred that is
neither hot nor cold, damp nor dry. II
the eggs are to be kept but a little while
turning them every day will answer, O
box or casket being sufficient.
For crossing on the common sheep, if
good, choic mutton is the object, no
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mr.. GLADSTONE has but three fingers on
the left hand.
SIR REGINALD HANSON has just been
elected Lord Mayor of London.
SENATOR SAWYER, of Wisconsin, has Just
celebrated his seventieth birthday.
Ex-ArroRHEY BREWSTER is going to re-
sumo his law practice in Philadelphia.
DIR, EDWARD AvEL1NG, the English social.
ist, now in this country, is cousin OF Henry
Irving, the actor.
MINISTER PENDLEToN is going to return
to this coudtry shortly, and will he accom-
panied by his daughter.
E W. BULL, of Concord, Mass, who orig
mated the Concord grape in 1S49, still -four
ishes in his vineyard in that town.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY. the Irish politica
leader and man of letters, is in Now YORK.
He will deliver 100 lectures in this country.
JOHN A. LOGAN, Jr, the son Of the Senator,
is q slender young man OF medium stature,
with light complexion AID engaging man
ners.
EX-SENATOR BRUCE, of Mississippi tcor
oredl, is going to lecture, and will taXe 10.
his subject his experiences IN the Uulted
States Senate.
THE King Of Greece has purchased large
mansion ut Copenhagen. 1t is generally Do,
returning to Denmark.
JEROME INCREASE CASE, the owner or
Jay-Eye-See, is worth 5000, 0oo and began
life as blacksmith. He has just married
the divorced wife of mechanic.
Mr., BARTHOLOMEW, tho Hartford de-
faulter, was man of very simple haolts.
He lived modestly and economically, and was
q man who never smoked nor drank.
PHILIP D. ARMOUR, the Chicago lard king
and railroad manipulation, weighs go pounds,
and at pinch could scare up S2o,OOV,oU.
He is heavy weight in double sense.
The Representative of Great Britain at
Constantinople. who su, ceeds Sir Edward
Thornton. is Sir William White. He IS an
accomplished Oriental scholar and speaks
twenty-five languages.
Rev. JOHN RODNEY, Of Philadelphia. Is
the oldest living graduate of Princeton Col
legs, having graduated in 1916. Born in
1705' he is also the Oldest clergyman of the
Episcopal Church in America.
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"0 AppcHl 10 ExperlcuCes
For long time We steadily refused to pub
lish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion
of the public generally, the great majority
were manufactured to order by unprincipled
parties as means Of d:sposingo Of their worth.
less preparations.
That this view Of the case is to a certain e1-
tent true, there caa be no doubt.
At last, several years ago, we came to the
conclusion that every intelligent person can
readily discriminate between spurious and
bona fde testimonials, and determined to use
as advertisements few OF the many hundreds
Of unsolicited certificates IN our posses
In doing this we published them as nearly as
possible in the exact language used by our cor
respondents, only changing the phraseology,
smaller space than they would otherwise occu-
py, but without in the least exaggerating or de-
stroying the meaning Of the writers.
We are glad to say that our final conclusion
an article having true merit finds favor with
the people.
The original Of every testimonial published
by US is on file in our office, an inspection OF
our assertion made above, that only the facts
are given as they appear therein, is true;
But as It would be very inconyenient, II not
for that purpose, we invite those who doubt
Gf there be such), to correspond with any of
the parties whose names are signed to our tes-
timonials and ask them If we have made any
misstatements, SO far as their knowledge ex-
tends, in this article. IN other words, if we
have not published their letters as nearly ver-
batim as possible.
Very respectfully,
e. Z. HAZELT1NE,
Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumption
and PiZo's Remedy for Catarrh.
We append a recent letter, which came to
us entirely unsolicited, with permission to
publish ii: - ,oeo
You may add my testimony as o the merits
of Piso's Cure for Consumption. took
severe cold last February, which settled on my
lungs. They became liberated and were SO
paint ul that had no rest for two days and
nights got bottle of Piso's Cure. for Con;
sumption, and was relieved by the time had
taken half OF it. Since that time ! have kept
Piso's Cure in the house, and use it as pre-
yentive both for lung troubles and Group, for
which can recommend ii as the best medicine
lever used: and that is saying great deal
for have used at least twenty others, besides
about as many physicians prescriptions;
Piso's Cure for Consumption has never failed
to give relief in my family. ,a
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This is, however, says Carp, only a
small amount of what there Princes re-
cc We, but this sum is enough to send a
cold chill down the back of the Ameri-
can taxpayer. Our President gets, oil
told, fo: his White House expenses and
salary, less ttal 100000 per year.
Queen Victoria does half the business on
nearly twenty times the salary, and her
sons get from 100000 to $4,000 a
year apiece, and her daughters from
$50, 900 to $4,000 year.
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For impure blood The best medicine known. SEQ
WILLS SARSAPARILLA. OR BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP.
moy be implicitly relied on when everything else
falls Take 1t III the spring time especially for the
impure secretons OF the blood Incident to that
son OF the year and take It at oil times for Cancer
Scrofula. liver Complaints. Weakness. Boils TIL,
mors. swelings, Skin Diseases. Malaria and the
thousand Ills that come from impure blood. To
Insure a cheerful disposition take this well known
medicine which will remove the prime cause, and
restore the MUD to its natural equilibrium.
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MIRA. Fueger, COS Walnut Street, st. Louis,
Mo-, suffered for two years with lumba2o,
and was confined to his bed for several
months. He was entirely cured by the use OF
st. Jacobs Oil, which he says is also the best
cure for sprains and all other pains.
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MENsMAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, TIL

MENsMAN's PEProNIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutri-
fio,ls properties. 1t contains blood-maklns
force generating and dlife-sustaining properties;
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
also In all enfeebled conditions, whether tho
result Of exhaustion, nervous prostration,o over
work or acute disease, particularly II resulting
frompulmonary complaints. Caswell, HaZard&
Co.. Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists
II yru feel as though water was gathering
around the heart (heart-dropsy) or have heart
rheuuat ism, ,palpiation Of the heart with suffo-
cation, n,sympatheti heart trouble-Dr. kilmer's
OIEAN-W EED regulates. CnrreCtS and cures.
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THE ,ate Prof. Stowe was much more

learned and profound than his wife,
but she was probably known to 100
people where he was thought of by one.
She wrote novel which happened to
strike the current of politics at the
right moment to carry her on to fame
and fortune.
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THE rabbit seems harmless enough. but he
has been the dsturber Of nations, In Heligo-
land he is eating his way to the German
Ocean, and in Australia he has made the coun-
try a network of holes.
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Mrs. F. w. Ingham, AZ w. Madison street,
Chicago, ILL.,, recommends Red Star Cough
Cure, a few doses Of which gave her entire re-
lief from a violent cold. Price. Is cents.
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Mr.. ATKINSON estimates the annual loss of
in the United States by fire Mt S1CO,.
GO, ,0OO the cost Of maintaining fire insurance
companies at S35 900 OO0: and of fire-extinguish-
jig appliances at $25, ,OOO,0 900, total Of $780,.
mn M
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WELL DRILLING

Machinery for Wells Of any DEPTH from 70 5000 foe
for Water, OIL or Gas Our Mounted Steam Drilling and
Guaranteed to drill faster and with less than any
other. Specially adapted to drilling Wells in earth
rock % to feet Farmers and others making e4x
10 $40 per day with our machinery and tools splend
largest Ssnufscturers in the buasess Send cent? n
Stamps for illustrated Catalogue 81. ApDEEss,
Pierce Well Excavator Co., New York.
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The man who cannot blush, and who
has no feeling of fear, has reached the
acme of impudence.
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The Price of ROYALTY.

1t is interesting to note just what
England pays royalty in cold money
every year, in addition to free house rent,
and "Carp" gives it to the Cleveland
Lealer and Hemli in American dollars:
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A Sufferers Cry.

A pathetic story of the sea is told by q
Noyes Beach correspondent of the Boston
Transcript: 4 weather beaten portman-
teau, with some old newspapers protrud-
ing from it, attracted my attention lit
tie farther up on the lank, and all the
time the Clio rceled and groaued and
made m ost plaintive moan. The port
manteau was not inviting, but Glasgow
paper of September. 1887, proved per-
feet gold mine of interest. On the mar
gin, written in pencil, in a plain, bold
hand, were the following verses, strong,
desperate and pathetic enough to move
the heart of stone:
"Almighty God-if God there be,
One favor would ask of thee;
Nor health, nor peace, nor hope have ],
And many times have prayed to die
But if we die to live again,
Who knows shall es ape the pain,
The anguish, sickness, shame and fear
That all my life pursued ME here
And so I humby beg and pray
That you will wipe me out to-day!
Then cleanse the place where have been,
And make it. fit for other men,"
This may have been the work of a
"minor poet" but it came from no COM
mon sufferer. There was no name, no
title, no nothing but this foreign paper,
Of an old date, to throw the slightest
light on this mournful history.
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GET Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied
to those new boots and they Will never run
over
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When singers voice fails he cannot
take up his notes.
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Ia Your Blood Pure?

The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure for
Sold everywhere. 2jc.