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From an ex-U. S. sena tor.

"In the Spring Of 1886 had severe attack
Of inf ammatory rheumatism, viii ch in few days
oompli Gated It'll dropsy and asthma.
II had the counsel and assistance Of eight
different physicians my son among the number.
Of them counted among the best Of this
State and Wisconsin,. But l grew daily;
could not lie down bed. I did not have
my clothes off, only to change them, for sew
eral weeks; and finally, had not closed my eyes
in sleep for seventy hours.
Ut had to be famed much Of the time to get
air enough to breathe at all.
"As last resort--When 1 given less
than twenty-four hours, by two Of my most
slzi11ful and noted physio clans, to 1ive--my son,
Dr. A. ". Powers, photographed you for your CON-
pound Oxygen Treatment
Mt came on the IL. 90 train, and took my
first dose.
Mn fifteen minutes I went to sleep sound
ly for five minutes.
nat night I took another inhalation Of the
Compound Oxygen and slept twenty minutes
Mn less than a week I could undress and
lie in bed, bolstered up, and sleep soundly
and breath with comparative ease.
From that grew better.
my rheumatism has left entirely; and
last fall, at 81 years Of age, passed good
examination for life insurance.
II think my life to the Compound
Oxygen Treatment.
EX-SENATOR C. S. POWERS.
preston, Fillmore Co.. Mimi. May 8, $780,
To Drs. sTARKEY G PALEN, Philadelphia.
---:o:----
"DRs. sTARKEY C PALEN:
IT ordered your Compound Oxygen Treatment
for two OF pupils who were suffering vi tb
chronic nasal catarrh.
zone Of the girls in such a condi ton
that her schoolmates avoided her, and indeed
the discharges from her and throat
so offensive that I could not, myself, have her
near
"She has been using your Compound Oxygen
Trea tment for about three months, and she is
$50 relieved that her person is in no degree
offensive
"She is grateful for her Improvement
that few days ago she thanked ne beautifully,
and said she wi shed to do mething for
1.-THE other little girl is entirely relieved.
IT have used it myself to strengthen my
voice, successfully, and sister, also, has
been using it for year wi tn wonderfully good
results.
MRS. MARY DUDLEY,
"Matron Deaf and Dumb tute.
"Danvi11e, KY. May "a, 1882"
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have n cough at any
time, and no other
fcmedy Is so effective
as this " or1d-
prcpara-
ton. No household
with young children,
should be without it.
Scores OF lives are
saved every year by
its timely use.
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James Pyles' Pearline is the best washing
compound known. Last year it sold more than
any since it was first put on the market. show
ing that il thriyes on its merits.
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NJ A. Embrick. Secretary. Boiling Springs. Pa:
The Third Division. Ninth Corps, com posed Of the
200th 2t5th 2O7th, 20Sth. 2G9th and 2lith Pa, VIII
hold Reunion &C Harrisburg March -
The annual Reunion OF the survivors OF the 18th
Pa held At Philade pbis March !, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected President Col. ROb's
T. Dechert; V.-P.. Capt Wm. J. ByTnes; Rec Sec,
Jas, Roth; Cor Sec " N. L. Stevens; Treas, Louis
r FOrtescue.
VERMONT.
Fail in, comrades Of Co. c. 10th Vt and write to
Daniel b. Freeman. 1000 Drexel Boulevard. Chi
cagO, Ill. what you think of holding a grand COM
pany Reunion at the National Eneampmens as
Boston; also. write him the address Of such COM
rades you may know OF
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WHY COUGH,

EMHEN II few doses Of Ayers Cherry
w roctoral will relieve You? Try 1t.
Keep II in the house. You are liable TO
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In the Senate Mr. ingalls, fKan.) introduced
Il bill providing that soldier who has lost both
eyes one arm aud one leg, may get married
al any time lac may desire to have some one
80 take care Of him, and at his death the sol
diers widow shall receive Si2 month as long
as she remains single. If the soldiers wife re.
fuses 10 live with and care for him, he may.
after her absence OF six months, procure di-
yOrce from any County court upon tho payment
of s..
A lengthy discussion arose over the problem
OF whether Executive sessions should he held
with open doors, the old way maintained.
From the remarks made by various Senators,
there is Il growing feeling that Executive SEES.
sions shall be rs open TO the public as the other
transactions Of the Senate
The Educational bill was taken up and con-
sumed the days session, the adjournment TAX
ing place ut $50 p. III.
Ia the House. Mr. Morrill, KAN introduced
a bill providing for service pension TO soldiera
Of the late war, their widows, etc.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Farquhar IN
" providing that any enlisted man now in
the service, who served either as An enlisted
man or commissioned officer in the Army or
Navy for period of three months or more
during the late war, may be placed upon the
retired list, aud receive the same pay aud allow
ance rs are paid 10 enlisted men who have been
retired after three years service
The House adj ourned at D. NJ after passing
the bill transferring the Revenue Marine serv-
ice from the Treasury Department TO the Navy
Department.
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Neither, however, had any money to
continue investigations. Apple mad
saved few pounds. He bought off the
FrenchmaD, and together with Danowitz
set about trying experiments with few
sealskins. They were eminently sue
ccssful. The furriers were quick to sec
the commercial value of the secret, and
soon arrangements were made whereby a
factory was erected and business begun
in earnest. Apple was shrewd fellow
and secured IN interest in the business.
Danowitz was rSlc foreman. He gave
the secret to Il fellow workman named
Hye:. BY him it was impaired to ore
George Simmons, who revealed it to a
man named Winchelow. With Winch
Glow its spread ceased, and the closest
of corporations was formed. So well
guarded is the secret that the owners do
not hesitate TO sell the dye at guinea Il
gallon.
After the dycing comes curious
operation OH the garments not yet made
up--the patching. An expert carefully
goes over every skin, cutting out each
defective part. TO fill these holes with
patches that cannot be detected is by no
means the work of an amateur. Dcft
fingers have heretofore been required to
do the sewing, but now the expert
matches the patch, and the sewing IS
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of which are wrapped with skins-oper-
ated by machinery do service. Then the
fur is taxed on board, and combed over
and over until each individual hair stands
smooth and straight. The long hairs are
plucked out, except in cases where fashion
demands that few be left to indicate
genuineness of the article. Imitation
seal is made from the skins of cats, musk
rats and foxes. 1t is colored and trimmed
in such manner rs to deceive any but
an expert. pUIncururr, -rrro-ovvvPvron ="
carried so far as to sew.in the long hairs
to allay the suspicious of the skeptica!.
Now comes the dyelng. Formerly the
pelt was dipped into vat, but as the
dye quickly rotted the skin other means
had to be resorted to. At present the
dye is applied with stiff brush, which
goes to the root of the hair, but not
further. The making of the fine seal
brown color is monopoly. The shade
is known to the trade as sold Apple
dye" Its history is said to be as fol-
lows: About 1884 a man named Apple
worked in a London refinery as a sugar
baker. One day two fellow workmen-
an Austrian named Philip Danowitz, the
other Frenchman, came to him. At
home Danowitz had been dyer, while
the Frenchman had been weaver. To-
gcther they had made some experiments
with dyes, and had by accident stumbled
upon beautiful seal brown.
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A Brigade's Record of Endurance.

Professor n. S. Shalcr, in his ethuo-
graphic researches, sought the record of
a body of troops whose ancestors had
beer for many generations upon Ameri-
car soil, and he found it in the First
Brigade of Kentucky troops (Confeder-
atc). In Scribner's be says: "On May
Z, 1864, this brigade, then in the army
of General Joseph Johnston, marched
out of Dalton 1140 strong, at the begin
ming of the great retreat upon Atlanta.
before the army of Sherman. In the sub
sequent hundred days, or until Septcm-
ber l, the brigade was almost continu-
ously in action or on the march. In this
period the men of the command received
1860 death or hospital wounds, the dead
counted as wounds, and but one wound
being counted for each visitation of the
hospital. At the end Of this time there
were less than fifty men who had not
been wounded during the hundred days.
There were 240 men lett for duty, and
less than ten men deserted. A search
into the history of warlike exploits has
failed to show me any endurance of tic
worst trials of war surprising this"
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collected before they can be shipped to
London. In London they arc plucked,
dyed and made ready for the manufac-
turer. A cargo OF sealskins is very
valuable. The steamship st. Paul on one
trip took 10000 rated at S1,000,- =
300, making the average worth Of each
skinS10.
The process Of preparing the Skin for
market is difficult and delicate one, re.
ouiring long experience, cunning hands,
strong muscles and some brain power.
Furs gain in value by manipulation from
twenty-five to sixty per cent, and very
slight mistake on the part of the work.
men will cause very serious .deteriora-
tion in value. The proper curing of the
fur consists merely in exposing the skin
to the air. The first process is known as
3 feshing. The skin is stretched on'a sort
of bench, and gone over. with the flesh.
ing knife, which removes the flesh and
grease. The skin is next soaked in
a tub of clear water for eighteen hours,
or until sufficiently softehed. . Then fol-.
lows another feshingl During these
operations the fur loses much Of its
gloss, which IS restored by thorough
treatment with oleaginous substances.
Next comes the tanning. A mixture
of mahogany, rosewood, ebony and cedar
sawdust is sprinkled over these skins and
pressed in by being trod upon. This is
called the foot process. In the case OF
the coarser furs. small bcams-thc ends
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bear, sable. sea otter, chinchilla, martin
and crmine come from Russia and her
Siberian possessions. But these regions
do not supply all that fashion Graves for.
In every furrier'ss store are skins from
South America, Australasia, China, Iu-
dia, Africa, ThibSt and the wo,ld-famed
vale of Cashmeres
The fur trade;4 the far eastern coun-
tries is a pecuiarF one The fair at
Nizhnee Novgoref is the Mecca toward
which many caravans wend their way.
1t is held during Che month of August,
and willie ALMOST every conceivable
article of merchandise is dealt in, furs
form the crest bulk of the trade. At
last years fair tthe whole offering of
720, 600 Bokhara OK skins was taken for
the American market at advanced fig
ures. Novgorod,f too, is the mart for
Astrakhan. -
The great European centre of the
trade is London, whittier nearly all the
the furs 90 at some stage of their exist
cncc. The busy season reaches its
height during March, and at that time
dealers from all parts of the world are to
be found in the British capital, The az.
grcgatc OF the trade is enormous, one
house alone being credited with doing
-b,,-it,vr,a- Of S2S; ;oVay ayooo-----~---N Noxt
TO London comes Leipsic, which is the
chief depot for the Russian trade.
The fur seal is now found in but few
localities. Alaska furnishes the greater
portion by far of the worlds product,
ard London dyed Alaska sealskin is
bcauty's pride. Early in June the shores
oi the Pribylov Islands resound with the
voices of the seals, which gather during
the breeding season. The history of the
discovery of these islands reads like a
romance. For years Russian vessels had
searched for them. Captain Pribylov
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spent five summers trying to ind the
i:ome Of the seals. During the sixth ne
was at one time driven from his COURSE
bv 4 violent storm. AS the tempest sub.
sided lie heard most welcome sound
the roaring of the seals. He returned
with his ship loaded to the gunwales.
He tried 10 keep his secret, but other
captains followed him and were soon
sharing the furry treasures.
The islands arc about fifty miles of AL
aska Cape and in summer are wrapped
in dense fog, which probably accounts
for the fact that they were so long un-
discovered. They are rocky and barren
and surrounded by shoals. During the
breeding season the seals congregate
there in countless numbers. 1t is said
that no less than 5000, 900 have been
seen on ST. Paul's Island at one time.
The breeding season begins about the lsC
o.. June and continues until August. The
purs are brought forth singly and When
4 few Gavs old are left on shore Ill
charge of the fathers, while the mothers
go a.visiting. They return in about three
oavs and below about until they find
their husbands and children. They re.
main long enough to nurse the Young and
then are off again for another three days
gossip. The <ealcrs go down to the shore
early in tie morning, cautiously get be-
tween the seals and the open sea and
drive the victims inland half mile or
SC.
Great care has to be taken not to alarm
the seals, Tor should they get heated the
skin is of no value. Only the males be-
tween two ard four years of age should
be slain, but often great numbers of
Younger ones are killed. One blow on
on the head is sufficient TO cause death,
and almost before the animals arc done
breathing their skins arc off. An expert
will remove Il pclt in from three to five
minutes. The skins are taken to the
sailing house, salted, laid in piles aud
counted by the United States Govern
mcnt officials before shipment to San
Francisco, where they are again counted
by tie Collector of Customs, and the tax
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A Wolf in O Snakes Embrace.

There was q great commotion near the
wolves cage in the Philadelphia Zoo one
night. A long, deep chest teppled over
on it's side, the lid flew open, and big
yellow snake, with open Mouth, glared
around. Seeing that no enemies were
tormcnting him, and recovering his lost
temper, he dragged himself lazily from
the box.
With the dim Pickering light of the
Pickering gas-jet glinting on his shiny
back, the snake made his way toward the
wolves den. Embracing one of the
wheels, he gradually made his way up
ward, and was just dragging his tail
across the iron bars to the top Of the
wagon when one of the wolves spied it.
With snarl, he leaped for the bars and
took firm grip of the snake with his
teeth.
In an instant the. scene changed from
quiet to pandemoniunl, the other wolves
bowling and dashing themselves against
the bars in fury ofrage, while the long,
1.-THE body of the snake waved and
twisted like willow wand in the hand
of q drum-major. Its body was useless
below where the wolf had grpped it, but
quickly looping itself around the iron
brake-rod, it managed to get a coil
around the VOLTS neck.
By this time, which was not more than
three seconds from the time the first noise
was heard, the head keeper cried
Bring the ethcr!" to the watchman.
There was no time to be lost The VOLTS
eyes were protruding from his head, and
the bones could almost be heard to crack
as the snake exerted its great strength.
The snakes eyes glittered and its jaws
moved nervously from the pain the wolf
was inficting, but both were nearly
motionless. A sponge saturated with
ether was applied on the end of pole to
the nostrils of each combatant, and in a
few seconds the snake fell i'll au inert
heap on the floor, just rs the wolf re.
leased his grasp, reeling from side to
side.
The snakes wounds were dressed and
he was hustled back into his box, and the
wolf, who was weak but unhurt, was
allowed to recover at isure.-Ns,0 York
Lourndl
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mustn't mind what said to you when l
was vexed; for an old woman's tongue
can t always be held responsible. LA,
Ia, ha.' .:. .. .i.,
"Oh, am so happy! so thInkful!'
gasped Pearl, while Miss Thorburn trotted
around to rhe side of Katic's bed, to ask
her string of kind, motherly questions,
whose trend they understood better an
hour later, when a basket Of fruit arrived
from the nearest grocery, cold roast
fowl from the restaurant, and a pail OF
oysters from the tishmonger. :,:' :
"How good people are--how very
good !" said Katie. "And I was just
beginning to think that. heaven had for
gotten U.S." o. :.... :.... .., g.. .
She was well enough, under the sun
shine of all this kindly remembrance, to
90 to the Vail homestead within very
few days. :.. ..
jamie accompanied her thirther, 'just
to settle her." aud Of course Joe had to
60, too; while. Pearl was taken into
Miss Thorburn's own family during her
sisters absence.
81 can't have her staying all alone by
herself" said Miss Thorburn. "She's
great deal too pretty; and what's the
best of it, she don't even know it. I've
taken great fancy to that child. l
shouldn't wonder if l some day adopt
herw
But when Katie Playfair came back in
May, with cheeks as pink as the mount
ain daisies themselves, and Miss Thor
burn broachcd her ideas, the elder sister
refused the offer, with many thanks.
81 couldn't spare Pearl, " said she. 81
Il am going to settle on a farm in
Orange 'Hounty-the great butter-making
region, you know-and l want Pearl to
enjoy the buttercups and the roses and
the young lambs with me-"
"Going to settle, ch?" said Mis- Thor
burn. "Oh, it that's the case, l make
no further obiection!"
eyes," said Katie, blushing charm
ingly, "lIr. Vail has contract as car
penter to railway repair-sLop there,
and Pearl and l are to live always in the
beautiful country"
"Well, my DEAR" said good Miss
Thorburn, II hope you'll be very happy.
And mind, you're to take no thought
about the wedding bonnet. I'm going
to make you present of one, all
trimmed with white lilacs." "
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Remarkable Lakes.

The deepest lake in the world is Lake
Baikal, in Siberia. Its area of over 5000
SO, are miles makes it about equal to
Lake Erie in superficial extent; its enor.
nous depth of between 1000 to $500 feet
makes its volume of water almost equal
to that of Lake Superior. Although its
surface is 1880 feet above sea level, its
bottom averages over 5000 below the
same level.
America has lake which, although
its waters are not as deep as those of the
Siberian wonder. also bears a unique
distinction. 1t is located in the Yose-
mite Valley, and is called Mirror Lake.
On account of the height and sheer de-
scent of the surrounding mountains, the
sun does not rise upon it until 30
o'clock in the morning and sets seventy
three minutes later.-S. Louis RepHb-
ican.
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. o.
done by an ingeniously coatrived ms-
chine. Fox, raccoon, bear, monkey,
chiuchilla, beaver, coney, lynx, squirrel
and any long fluffy fur can be scwed at
will: The pretty effect Of the tipped
furs: is obtained ny sewing in" long white
halrB at regular intervals throughout the
pelt. -B'ooHya Citisen.',:''": 80. .-.....
1.-The United States Life Saving Service
is under the control of the Treasury, not
the War Department. The headquarters
are:at Washington. There is corps of
inspectors, superintendent, station keep
ers and crews extending over our entire
coast line, together with aboard of Life
Saving appliances, composed of experts
selected from the. revenue. marine .seE;,
vice, the army, the life saving service and
civilians. - ~ :. .H". 80 -. ...,...tt
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inc to test the metal of the hunter. The
member of Mr.. Corbin's boar colony that
IS depicted herewith is not full grown.
!e stands 2 feet high in front and IS
inches in the rear. He is 8 feet long.
lis bristles stand out on his body like
.:uills. Their color is a mixture Of dirty
elbow and dark brown. The eyes are
large and dark brown, and the snout is
rs black rs coal This is the first attempt
TO introduce the wild boars of Germany
into this country. and is undertaken in
the spirit OF sportsman who, now that
the panther has become scarce and the
bear almost extinct in the American
forests, thirsts for game that will be
worth the hunting.
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SINCE SHE WENT. HOME.

'i-T: i'r'.i ..'.'.!' !j:.c ola: ~!
-; ,.;,., Since she went home ''' =" : -
The evening shadows longer lihgar Here ';n'7'''"
The winter days fll SO much Of the year, l" ''"'
And even rs issurntner winds are chill and arearT;"-
- ''"'' Since she'went homel ,-s'i n'.i!..i
." '', Since il si she went sidth5 home- II "a" i'
The robins note has touched minor strain. "s''
The old, glad songs breathe but sadrsfrain. '::
And laughter sobs with hidden, 'bitteEpain q, .".i
= - '''""Since she;weuth hone." .iaa :,',.l:j
s 49," IS SINCE ii1Ss she went honeGi. s''':'' 't
How still the empty rooms her presence il"
. blessed. - 81 ''i-'. g. Al i'l," H. ua,u sGj
Untouched the pillow that :fier dear head5,I
pressed, ~: lG' i.i"ri. .:,i, .Ir ;i..;.; &
My lonely heart hath nowhere for,itsEest 81! ii
:" Since she went home, .,:, ,,.:t,.,- -,
:. t. :: o Since She went home-i>... '."i,i II
The long days have cFept away hke'gears.I "ai
The sunlight has been dimmed with .dophts.ii
'':a and fears, st:iL ":.ir,. Ian sai.sr
Andtie dark nights have. .rained in iB!.il lonely
-'s' 'tears =! - .."ir i,!.,l::i.: ii.If ':1
.,.r ,,.rI Since she went home. 49,; 49,.
... The Round Table.
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Girard College.

Girard College, in Philadelphia, was
founded by the bequest of Stephen
Ctirard, who left 50, 900, 900, besides the
proceeds of certain portion of his es-
tate, for the erection and establishment
of college for orphans. This editice,
Of white marble, built in the Corinthian
style, is admitted to be the finest specl-
men of Grecian architecture in America.
1t was begun in 1888 and opened in 1S4",
having cost in its construction almos;
So, 100000. A marble statue in the
lower vcstibule covers the remains o. the
founder. r.-Bro0klym Citizen.
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CSUALIN THE GRAVE.

Crusus is dead: remove his robe
And strip him of his gold;
The Reaper grim has come for him,
His form is still and cold. . g..
The crimson stream has ceased to flow,
The naughty head is lying low,
Hes done with worldly pomp and show
Here rests his pulseleSs mold.
Upon yon bier pauper lies,
His soul has taken flight;
His senselssS clay wears no display.
Ah,'tis sorry sight.
His unsuccessful course is run, ..
With tribu!ation he is done.
His perfect rest is just begun
The rest of death'slong night.
Lay this one in his marble tomb
And yon one in the ground; ....
Ger this stately shaft uprear,
Der that simple mound.
But which snail sleep the sweeter sleep
Whirh hrSt shall break the silence deep?
All, they are equals IN Deaths keep, :
Till Gabriei's trump shall sound.
PRANK u. IIeich. liz BRAKES Magazine.
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A Mammoth Cotton Tree.

The royal palm is the most beautiful
tree of the tropics, but there are not
many of them in Nassau, and they do
cot there reach the great size they attain
in the Caribbean Islands. The monarch
of all trees in Nassau, however, is the
mammouth Ceiba, or silk cotton tree,
standing in the yard of the public build
ings, says a writer in the Illustrated Amers-
can. Nature has made this tree evidently
with reference to the hurrican zone, its