Staunton Spectator.RICHARD MAUZY,Editor and Proprietor.

*?£S.OO A YEAR.o*Any one forwarding Frv_ newsubscriber!nd 810, will receive acopy of the paper for on tear, grtUis.

49- Remittances should be made by check,i)' 1" D '='?'' \u25a0"\u25a0d-r. or Registered letter.

-OHIO RAILROAD.THETr?-T,

L X hW E RUNNING SOLIDTRAINS TO BAL IIMORE VIAWASHINGTON.

Connecting at Harper's Ferry for all point*West, Northwest, and Southwest.Schedule in effect Nov. 20th, 1887.

-?? I 110 ; No. Ml. ; 442.

NORTHWARD. .Passes, mixed mixedisunday. ex. Sun. ex. San.

Lv. Lexington I 720am: 120 p m" Staunton j 928am: 4?spm: 530pn" Harris inburg..! 10 32am: 615 pm: OOOpn" Mt. Jackson ill 30a mi 829 pm.. .." Woodstock ill 58 am ; 9l9pm:" Strasburg :1226 a m:1008 pmi" Capon R0id,...:12 38p mill 21 p in :' Winchester 127 p _ai 69 am:" Stephenson 137p m: 10-S ami" Charlestown... 216pm; 145amAr.Harper'a Ferry 240 pm: i?' Washington... 5 15pm: ; ....\u25a0' B.ii inioi-e ii30 p m .... I" Wilmington... 9-Alp mi :"'"" Pniiadelphia,..:lo00 gmi ."""!"'.'.'.

409 i No. 411. i 413:Pass ex ; P_n I mixedSOUTHWARD, i Sun. | mixed, iex. sunlex. Sun :

Lv. Ptiila ?elpbla.J \u25a0 i" Wilmington....i '? j" Baltimore i720aiu: I" Washing 0n....: 840. mi i" Harper's Ferry: II 10 amj j 120an" Charlestown.... II SI am: : 221 a n" Stephenson... :12 01 ami i 327 a n" WiiicUe«ttr....ili2il pmi i 351ar" Capon Road,...i 108 pm: .SO*, an- St.asburj i lis pro; i 514 a n" Wo. d lock : 148 pm: j 607 at" M' Ja.iksoii.... jll6pm: I 651 » f" Harris inburg..: 321pmi5 00 ami 9.0 a n" Staunton j 130 pm: 711 a mill 30a nAr. Lexington I 62i p m:l'l4oa mi

CONNECTIONS.Train No4lo connects at Harper's Ferry wiltFaot Limited Kxpress Train l>-avln g at 4:01 ;

m,arlvingat Cinclnnaii at7;45 n, m.. St Lonls at 6:30 p. m., and Chicago at 6:10 p. m.

WHb trim leavingat 10:21 p. m , anivlng aPitt>burgat 6:30 a.m. Als ? with train lea-totat 11:1 p. m., arrivingat Cincinnati at t :3O i-m., St. Louis at 7:00 a. in. and Chicago at 5:10 iill.

Connects at Weverton with train arrlvingaHageisciwn ats:3op. m. and at. Washingi".lv ctlon with train arriving at Fre crick h3:55 p. in.i. *ft Pulaee Sleeping Cars are run throug'

to Pi t-burg, Cincinnati!. St. Louis, Coiumbus and Chicago, Ail f.ist trains run thron.iltoabove points without change ofcars.

For tickets and further intoruiatiou apply tcB. _v Agents, or to

C. E. DUDRO W, Traveling Piss Agt..Staunton, Va.,

OK Loro Gen'l A*eat,w. M. CLE.VIEMT3, Mauager.

e&ItfK*!iWSSJL UIK-CTOii-.\u2666 ?# »

tJF.i. :.i BARKXSOS. hiesk?sr. Geo. tccke.-

H.EiKIsW- A TINKER.ATrOUNEVS-AT-LA V

staudttoiv. vrsorxiA.Having for.ned a pcrtner-iiiiiforttie practic

of Law. we off-ir our professional services t-tbe publicgenerally. W-ll practice iv all thCourts held in the Cityof Stauuton and Angusta county; attend regularly the Clrcu t Courtof R'ickbiiilge aud Alfeuhany counties, an'practice, also, in tbe Court of Appeals of *iigiuia. ? sepls'B6 6in

GEO. 8. LIUHTBTFR.ATTORNEY-ATLAW,

STAUNTON, VA.Belerences:?Gen, Joseph B. Seth. Hon. I

Frank Turner, A. A. Paaeault, Esq., E.stonMaryland

Office?ln the room now occupied by HonEdward Echols, and adjoining tbe offlce oCraig A Paul. dec 14 'OT

M.. QUARLE*"

. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,feo!7,'Sti-tf Staunton, Va.

CI HAS. F. -V_ *.>.»,j attukin_;--aT-law,

(Office?Sullivan Building,)Staunton, Va,

Prompt attention toall legal business._ugl9-tf

DR. H. tf. P.-TTERSOXT offers his professlonal services to the citizens of Staun-

ton. OUce No. 113, Main Street, opposite theOpera House. may2U t.

UEAOE F. WHITE. A. C. GORDON

WHITE A MORDOIT,ATTORNEYS-AT-LAWStaunton, Va.

Courts.?Augusta and adjoining counties.Federal Court at Harrisonburg, Court of Appeals of Virginia, at Staunton. feb2l-tl

SH. S*S T_ER,__

.ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

Staunton, VaOTlce inStoat Building. Court-house Alley

ww. a. aDDsos. war. Patrick.f * PATRICK.

ATTORNEYS-AT-T'\, Y,Sl_._-._T_N, Va.,

Will practice In the Courts of Augusta aniladjoiningcounties. Special attention paid tocollections. febl2-tt

E _.. 11 -TBKWB. A__X. F. MATHEWS.

M_XKEWg m PtATHBWS,Vi'.Ol. fEYS-AT-LAW,

Lswisbubq West Va.,practice regularly In tb<? Courts of Greenbrier,Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, W.Va., the Oonrt of Appeals, and the Federal"Jourts for the District of W. Va.

«g-Particular attention paid to Collectionsad to special canes anywhere in their State.may 17?lynmuWAS o. r -«<*<\u25ba_\u25a0.L ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

STAUNTON. VA.lrtirs his professional services In the Countytnd Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the Hus-iugs Court and the Court of Yppeals held InHauutou. Will also prosecute claims else-?vnere through legal correspondents in this anditber States. may 30?ly.

i>RI.KT<».\ A S.IVLOX.ATTORN _Y-AT-_A W,

Ana Solicitor in Chancery, STAUNTON, VA.,iractlces In all the Courts of &._£_*** and ad-oiuing counties.Office?The same formerly ocoupled by his

ather, Col. Geo. Baylor, deed, on Augusta St.,ipposlte the Court-house. no 21

VV ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,Wark Springs, Va.

Courts? Alleghany, Bath aort '"iVaad, Va.,aud Pocahontas. West Vlrginia-

«#-Special ittention given to collection olin i ins and proceeds promptly accounted for.dec21?tf

DR. JAMES .lOHSTSTON.DENTIST

MAIN BTEKET, STAUNTON, VA.Of. io_:~_ver Turner A Haiman's Grocerytore. dec 21?tfT. C. ELDER. WI, J. NELSON.EIBKK <_ MBIiSOST,

ATTORNEYS- AT--AW,and Real Estnte Aaenls.may S Siaunton. Va.

T\K. CMAS. T. LINUKET,Surgeon Oeutist,

Staunton, Va.48-OFFIOE :-Post offlce Building,sept,. 21?tim

JSA.H£L .--.?<!? K.? ATTORNEY AT-LAW,

Office on Puhlic Square,CHARLOTTESVILLE VA.Practice iv Stale nnd Federal Courts, and

regularly in Albemarle, Augusta and Nelsoncounties, Va,JES- Make a Specially of Collec'ions and

guarantee promptattention to all matters en-trusted to me. -.

nov 23-ly

/"I -XTLEMEJi'S AND YOUTHS'

FALL A-D WINTER DRESS GOODS.I respedfully invite theatteutionof my cus-tomers and friends and all in want of first-

class Gentlemen's FALL AND WINTERCLOTHING to my new stock, which hasbee.'i received.

Ir. VARIETY OF STYLES and ELEGANTGOODS, 1 have never been abletomakea finerdisplay than now. ?

SUITS or PIECE ARTICLES OF CLOTH-ING made up In tbe most approved styles,and warranted to give satisfaction. Goodsalso sold to be made elsewhere, if desired.All I ask ls a call, knowing that any tastecan be pleased.

J. A.. HUTCHESON,sept7 No. 113 E Main Street.

VALLEY MABKB.E WClithS,STAUNTON, VA.

People of Augustaand the Valleycoun-ties :

Keep yourmoney at Home is toprosperSend It away ls to become Impoverished!

Everything is at ver yA (S. low prices.and I amsell-?& TBI ing Monuments, Head

\u25a0_)-., 4jt A and Foot stones, as hjw;.., p .A, I for cash as any local ot

? i fr"ri I l\ traveling agent, or any; = ! -__l! '1 Marble dealer In the Uni-' "-V".:_;£ I ted States Don't believe3L-.L.''"^sset-?\u25a0 --

a-ythine to the contraryV ~' s^^iiipijiuX' 111 yon come and see.'-_"_'

t ,

'"*s~* I C. MARO.ins/, 3.-I also oall attention to ray Cataloguef >isi?ns of the Wonderful White BronzeI "11 Hd«A i-W-tfTTtV ir».l_R WR A I-t. Merino Vests andX) Pn'its, Scirlet nnd while, for LadiesMisses and Children, ail a_es. Nt

dec 14-. W__l_l_:___l'S,

VOL. 65.nhesapeake and Ohio Ry-

Pullman ears and Solid TrainsEAST

TO WASHINGTON, RICHMOND,AND OJLD POINT COMFORT

WESTTO _.O.ISVII_L,E AND CINCINNATI.Jonnections directfor all points 1 nthe WEST,

NORTHWEST, and SOUTHWEST.Schedule In Eflect Nov. 13, 18_7.

No.l.

-veNorfolk 2 35pm 7 00am.ye Old Point C'f't 3 10 p m 745 a m

I .ye Newport News 3 40pm 810am.ye Kichmond 625pm 1105amLye Gordons vtlle... 906 pm 223pmvrr Charlottesville 9b5 p m 325pm.ye Washington 6 30 p m 11 21amvrr Charlottesville 1005 p m 316 p m,ye Charlottesville 1010 pm 3 45pm.ye Wayuesborojc 11 15pm 4 59pm.ye Staunton 11 50 ,i m 535 p m.rr Clifton Forge....i 215 a m 810 p m.ye Clifton Forge ..am 8 30pm.ye Alleghany 3 30am 9*5 p m.v« While Mu.phur 1000 p mHlnton 5 18am 1155 pm,ye Kanawha Falls 8 00am 300am.veOannelton 818am 330am.v_ Charleston 905 am 4 36am.ye H untlngton 944 a m 820 a mvrr Ashland .._ 1021am 7 07am.v.. -.-ii land 53'ipm 8 47am>rr Columbus 11l 17 p m 300 p m.ye Ashland to 21 am 7 Warnvrr Mt. sterling iSfsfti" 1130am.rr Winchester ? 230pm 1200 n'n-.rr Lexington. 3 20pm 129pm,rr Louisville 7 15pm 715pmVrr Cincinnati (100 pml 601) p m

EASTWARD. N0.4. E, c ».p tDaily. Sunday.

.vc-Cincinnati ....._ 800 Dm 8 90amye Louisville- _ 700 pm 650amvc Lexington 1135pm 13 HI a mye Winchester _...? 11 20 p m 100p m

.ye Columbus. ? 5 30 p m 11 25 a ?i

.ye Ashland 327am 605pmvc Huntington 520 am 9tX>pm

vrr Charleston ? 645am Oi'SpmrrCannellon _ _..... 7 32am 1105 pm.rrKanawhaFalls 7 50am 1131pmvrr Hlnton ?? 1015 am 2 35amvr While sulphur 5 00amvrr Clifton Forge 1 10 p m 630 a mrrSiaunton _ 3 40pm 923 >-m

vrr WaynesboroJe Hupm 958am?rrCharlotiesville 5 10pm IJIOamvrr Washington 940pm 823pmvrr Baltimore 1125pm 1125pmvrr Philadelphia....- SQOam 3ioamvrr New York 6 20am 620ami.ye Charlottesvlle 5 30 p m 11 20 a mvrr Richmond 9 (io p m 3 in p m.ye Richmond B.ooam 3 20pmVrr Newport News 1035 am 6 55pmvrrOld Point CTt 1100 am 6 20pmVrr Norfolk 1140am 7 00pm

Lexington Division trains run by Centralime. Main Line tiains east ot Huntingtonan by Eastern time, which is one hour fasternan Central timeNo. 1. dally except Sunday, between Old

fMnt. Nortoik. and Clifion Forge. The traincaving Oil Point, Saturday morning, runsmly lo Huntington.

No. 2. daily except Sunday. The train leavng Louisville and Cincinnati on Saturdayuns only to Clifion Forge, where lt lays overNo. 5 leaves Clifton Forge dailyat7;ooa. m.

No. 6 ie ives Ashland daily at7.10 a. m. for Ilifio i Forge.Pullman Sleeping Cars on all through trains.Old Dominion Ste. roshlps have Mori ilk

londay, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and-aturday,U:3O P M., for New York..'or Bates, Tickets, BaggageChecks, apply .a;nyoffice of C. AO.R'y ; or Depot or ticketifflce of connectinglines.V. O. WICKHAM, H. W. FULLEIt.

E Receiver. Gen'l Pass'r Agent

.KTDOAH TAI.LEY SAII.BOAD.S. F. Tyler, Receiver.

> Table in eflect JUNE 19,1887.

'ABD, Daily.

Time, Express. Express,ridian. _io. 3. i No. 1.E.vn 8.00 a. m. 2.00 p.m.

8.34 " 2.38 "

-ihepherdstown.. 8.41 " 2.59 "

Shen. Junction... 856 " 2.55 "

\u25a0harlestown 9.08 " 3.07 "

iiverton 10.24 " 4.16 "

Luray 11.81 " 519 "

vlilnes 12.22 P.M. 025 "

iVaynesboro June 205 ? 757 *-*

Matural Bridge... 4.17 *' 10.17 "

RoaMike 6.00 " 12.00nightARRIVE.

ARRIVE.Bristol 1215 A.M. 905 A.M.Cleveland 7.40 a.m. 4.15 p.m.Hemphis 9.iop. m 6.10 a.m..tlauta - 3 30P M.

I Montgomery ...... 7.1" p. m.

ELY' S CATAgHHCREAM BALMB^V&tSJIc'cnßseßth ?Tro'H^^sEs?.-_lPai___«lln_a ma-P*^;?r£o (4« -7_|tion. He..,, the IWF_V_R||£ #JSores. Reslnren BfcL, *^^^i___i

liipjtcasooi / vv_fi_Biand Stneli. .\u2713 C^^BIS

__ HAY-F_f_VS_RCATAKRH

Is a disease of the m ueeus membrame, generally originating in the nasal passages andmain'ainingits stronghold in tbe head. Fromthis point it sends forth a poisonousvirus intothestomach and through thedigestlveorgans,corrupting the blood and producing othertroublesome and dangerous symptoms.

A particle is applied into each nostril and lsagreeable: Price 50 cents atDru. gists; by mailre-ief-red, 60 cents. ELY BKOS., New YorkOffice 235 Greenwich St. octs?l>7?;tt-|~> a "DC! {or Ladies, Misses andVV Jt\./\JL i_>» Children, toclose out ataSACKIFICE, at W __

I_T-__1.'.3.

X A T-I ITQ WELL Klt is: JLjXJ-?-' E ?_10. closing out balance oi

DRESS GOODS<\u25a0 at prices to astonish you. Do not fail lo ox-! amine his bargains.

; iHMiillKfi iPrettiest and largest stock of French Em-

. bi oldered. Pure Linen Clear Lawn, Plum a>m1 Brocaded Si.k Handaercblefs for Christmas,* t

I WELLER'S.

JLinens. -Linens.[ Satin Damask, Wine Cloths, Napkins, Day. lies and Towels, very low, at

, WELLER'S

LOOK! MilBAKER BROS.Wishing to make seme change in our busi-

ness we have decided tosell our stock of

HARDWARESO LOW FOR CASH that the prices will AS-TONISH you, so DON'T FAILto see us beforebuying. It will pay you well, for we mean tosell if at a sacrifice

HEADQUAKTEBBFOR

Choice Groceries,ROUND TOP CEMENT, CALCINED PLAS

TER. COAL OIL, and FERTILIZERS.Crystal, Sea-Foam, and I.lly FI.ODR.

We iuarantee every barrel and deliverin thecity tree.

NAILS, IRON, AND HORSE-SHOES.Doors, Blinds, and Sash.

ATTENTION7FARMERS! INEW AND IMPROVED

TENNESSEE WAGONS,HAY HA.__l_S.

BISSELL CHILLED PLOWS,LIVINGSTON PLOWS

O_iVER-oHr_i.ET\ Po_»*D Chilled. andLivingston Plow Points on hand,

and for Fale CIIEAF, byjulyll m

lIAKEK BROS.

Xoum.i^BM)(sflE!^103 *.. Alain £?(.. Stannlon, Va.

With ihe opening of the scholastic year, theattention ot parent* guardians and pupils,teachers, and all otter fjurcbacers olSCHOOL BOOKS, SCHOOL STATIONERY,

ANDGeneral ** oliool Supplies,is invitee'to the fact that with increased fa-cilities and greatly ENLABUF.D KTOCK.we are ottering unequaled Inducements to oarcustomers aDd the public generally to maketheir purchases ofus. In his recent flpto theNorth our buyer saw many opp'rtunities tocut coiners and save money, and being con-vinced that a caret v I serving ot the public notonly serves them, but himself as well, graspedat them each ai d all.

THK KKSBI.I" ls laid before you in theshapeof Ihe best, nd largest assortment olKerninl Sim.tl School BoufcN at the mostlinptceecit-.nienly low figures r lhe finest lineof Blank Books Tableis. Fens. Pencils, Piaies.InKS. Note Boobs, Portfolios etc. Our joblot oi Scholars' Companions drives everythingbelorv it. Come early, they are going rapidly.A full line of all boohs used in Academies.Col-leg-s. Seminaries, High Schools, Primary andPublic schools.Jobbers' discount to dealers.

Save money by buyingatOlivier: s PopnJar liook Store,

sept2l 102East Main Street.

No. 3 has Pullman Buffet sleeper New Yorkto without change, via Hatris-ourg. i-iagerst.iwn. and Roanoke; also m- kesconnection at H .geistown with fast mail fromBaltimore.

No. I has through connection from Philadel-phia via Hain.-tiur. and C. V. Railroad, andirom Baltimore via W M. R... R.

CONNECTIO VS.AtHagerstown, Md., with the Western Mary-land Railroad to and from Baltimore, Freder-ick, Emaiittsbuig, Gettysburg, Penmar,Waynesboro, Pa., andpoiuts on the WesternMarylandRailroad and tirauclies.

With th* Cumberland Valley Railroad tosndfrom Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensiiurg,Chambersburg, Mercersburg, Martinsburg.andpoints on the Cumberland ValleyRailroad andbrauches.

Also io and from Pittsburgand tbe Wrist andNonhwest. and Boston, New York, Philadel-puia, and the North and East.At Shenandoah Junction, w. Va.,with MainLine of Baltimore <6Ohio Rallroaa to ,« ja fromKesl.3 makes c ose connection at Waynesboro'

on *itb C. & O. Ry. East- and West-[ trains.Al Loch Laird, with Lexington Branch 01Richmond & Alleghany Railroad.At Buchanan with Main Line of Richmond

* Alleghany Railroad.At Roanoke, with Noifolk A Wes'.ern Rall-

STAGE CONNECTIONS.At Boyce, for Millwood and Winc'.ester. Va.AtTroutviile lor h'incastie

NOK.THWARD. DAILY.

Standard Time, Express. Express,liilb Meridian. No. 4. No. 2.

LEAVE.Roanoke lOOp. i_. 1.50 vm.Natural Bridge... 2.29 " 3 17"''Loch Laird 258 " 34& ??

Waynesboro Jane. ISO " 6,1« ?\u25a0 jMilues 5.57 " 639 ??

Luray g f,5 " 735 .. j 42t>avRlverton '5.02 " 8.49 " j 513"ferryvi lie 5.46 " 1)36 " I 618 -

Charleßtown.....". 9.14 " 10 07 "

6- 44 "

Sbe".Junction... '.12.- " 10 29 ?<\u25a0 655"Shepherdstown.. 9.40 " 10 45 " 711"Antletam 9.41 " 10.52 «? 7 17"Hagerstown 10.20 " 11.2 a ?» 7,50" \

Ar Baltimore, 2 15 r> »rB * O. R. R. ? M 'Ar. Baltimore,W.M.R.R. 2.4Cp.m. 11.40amLe. Hagerstown ill) 25 p. m 12 2 up. m 8-o*a._Ar. Harrisburg 12.50 a.m. 3.V5P.M! 11.15"Ar. Philadelphia 4.25 a.m. (i.sop. m 3.15P.M

KewYork!.. 7.30 a.mj935 p. m. 5.50"4 makes close ecOMotion i.t, Vv nvneshoro

bound "trains'1 °: * °' Bali Way *"* and West

-KN,?' 4 haß PoJlman Buffet Sleeker fromChattanooga, to New York (withouteh "inge) viaRoanoke. Hagerstown. and Harrl^mn"No. 2 makes through connection v'aßhenan-doah Junction and B. A o. R. R fnr Wp.-iine-t°n<}b.i Baltimore, and »t wirbW. M. Railroad for Baltimore and C V Bail-YoVi. Pfiladelphra arr_ New

___..- _!__ (, ° n,necti °n at -Jiverton for Alex-SS-h ,nte? med

,

ia,Fj Points; at S lenan-doah Junction for MarMnsbure- »t n a»ers-_£?£«__ >

.W

_-i

-R ' P- »r BalUm-r. _, .3 lE

burg- Pbiiaclel hla ßnd C' V" R ' "' forfl arrls'

Tc-.rTT.-_r _-.?pn-Pass, aud Ticket. Age nt.DAVID W. FLICK WIR, Roanoke, Va.

flfWfllTffiTßW Htts revolutionized t'ne w irhlULlll! I 1 19 dl,rirjg the last half century. Not

3!1 I Ssi SSaat leavt ninong tbe wonders 01 in-ventiveprogress is a method and Isystem 01 work that can be performed all overthi-country without separating the worl ;ers

Irom their bonus. Pay liberal; anyone can ino the work; either stx,young orold ?no s pc Iclal ithlli!-required. Capital not needed 1 00 Iare staried free. Cut, this out aod return to u« iand we will send y.u five sonieililr.g ol eri »t fvalue anrt imporiacca to you itat w ill su in Iyon in business, which will lirinir you In mc remoney right away than snydiing else In tl le Iworld Grand outfit'free.

dec7'S7-ly

Singing Books, Rewa_d_£_j- «.Class books. Secretary's \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0Books, Bibles and \u25a0\u25a0 is____________\u25a0

- UKEQUALED LINE OF GOODSRead. Tall and S©e for Yonrselves.

i

-___-_--,

ENGINESHKBIS

Clover Hullers,BESTSTTI.F.S.

? LOWEST PRICES.

STLDEBAKER CHAMPION§\u25a0 j. and ot her W A G;<» Sf S .M^R|ft^S' r 's'^'asy running, neat and.. .sag! Strongly Bnilt.

,9 Liilc-.: Improved

_ nUFPHANwHiKffi W|,EAT DRI1' 1"

Forced Feed Fertilizer.4>_lt i'ei'i« >tual Hay Presses.NOTE THI-).? NVe are general agents lor the

Vnlle> and West Virginia for DEDERICK'SHAY PRESSES.

tWI-'D EMM. JlPUMPS

Oliver Chilled Plows\Genuiue Points, H

2_a_>d->icle_», etc. I \u25a0 ?

Eesieds the above, many other carefully 6 .c "

lected Machines »ud Implemei.ts are fumisL' *ed by us. Write or call on us for any luiorma-tion desired.

__Y-*JM -fe <ro.luly2o Staunton. V»,

! ESSENTIAL OILS.SAI SS4FRAS PESKYRATAL, WISTEB-

QKi ES, RPEiKIIST.Ate.Bona ht for net Push c%\ receipt and npprova!,\u25a0KLhc iv' «hB»-e f..r bri'Berage.etc.

\u25a0L lIOIKj^oLt'OTT,

otntttifonI ' '\__:",£ 1

CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.11 We dohereby certify that we supervise the ar-

rangements foralltht Monthlyand Stmi-AnnuolDrawingsof Ihe Louisiana State Lotleiy Compa-iy, and inperson manage and control the Draw-ings themselves, and that the same are conducted>mth honesty, fairness, and in good faith towardillparties, and weauthor ?ze the Company to use

'.his certificate, with facsimiles of oursignaturesittached, in its advertisements."

Comussfcscioneirs.

We the vndersioned Banks and Bankers will\u25a0tay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana SlateLotteries which map be presented <tt ourcounters.I. 11. oiil.lHllt. "res. ImbfOM Nat'l R-nltI'IIIKRK I.ANAVX, Prc-s. Mote Nat'l Bank\. li.\l.l>Wl ». Iris. '?en Or _»<\u25a0« Nat'l Bank11.-K-. HIIHX, Pies. Union National Hank

UNPRECEDENTED A i TRACTION!tIVUI A _ILI.III> i.'IMRIBUTKD.

Louisiana State Lottery Company.incorporated in IBbB for 25 years »j theLeglf-

laturetor Educational andCliarilnble purposes?with acapital olll.ooo.liot'?to which a reservtund of over (550,000 has slue- been added.By an overwhelming popular vote its fran-

.hise was made a partolt.bepresent state Con-.tltution adopted December 2nd. A. I>.. 1579

Theonly Lottery evervoted on and endorsed fc.vthepeopleof any Stale.

1 never scales or postpones.Its Grand Slnirle Nntnlier lirnv.-fnic*.

i»«e place Momhly. :\u25a0__ the Kenil-innnnl Drawlnn- r*gnl»riy every -sixiiionilm (Jane and Decrnilitr.)

A SPLENDID OPPoai'I'SITT TOWIN A FORTUNE. FIIt * T GRANDDRAWING, CLAN* A. INT.IE ACADEMYOF MU 10. NEW ORLEA.VS. TUESDAY.Jan. 101b, 1888-aiath Monthly Drawing.

Capital Prize, $150,000.SSf Notice. -Tickets are ten Dollars mily. llalres,

$5. Fifties. S_. Tentlis, $1.LIST OF prizes:?

1 CAPITAL FRIZE OF $150,000 5150,0001 GRAND PRIZE OF 50.000 50,0001 GRAND PRIZE OF 1:0,000 20,0002 LARGE PRIZE-OF 10.000 26.0004 LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000 20,000

20 PRIZES OF 1.000 20,000iyi .. 000 20,0<0

inn " "00 30,000inn " MO 40,000500 " I" 50.W0

APPIIO-IMATION -BIKES.100 ApproximationPrizes ol JsSOtl 5.T0.000

Jno .. " nx> 10,00(1 .1,000 Terminal. 50 50.000

? 179 Prizes, amounting to 5555.000AnpHualion torrates to clubs should be made

only to theoffice of the Company in New Or-leans. , ,_

For further information, write cisorly,giv-ing full address. POBTA I. NOTES, ExpressMoney Orders, or New York Exchange in ordi-nary letter. Currency by Express (at cur ex-pense) addressed DAtPII ,-,

New Orleans, Ln.or M. A. OACPHIK,

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THE OTHER SIDE.A --BODY.

BY INDA BAETOJt HAYS.

Twas a coldChristmas rrorning.and just be-

fore day,(I was weary with working the night half

away,In doll-baby dressing, aud cedar adorning,)So I tucked up to sleep this cold winter morn-

ing;When over my head there rose such a clatter,I said to myself: "I know Just what's the mat-

ter."Cllt-a-clat down the steps, came the tramp-

ingfeet.Like forty wild reindeers weie crunching the

sleet,And back on its binges the door opened wide.And -'Christmas-gift, Christmas-gift!" yelled

on each side,"Now Bobby, now Johnnie, came Hnnter and

Nell."How many, old Santa Clans onlycan tell!"Down Tannieand Mollie, go Tom, and you

Paul 1""Come, get away, go away?out of here, all!"They jostledand pushed,and rushed off with

asbout.To each "dear little stocking," Us sides bulg-

ing out.And ctiatter'd and scamper'd, and danced

'round with glee,Tl.l the "house-top was falling, it seemed like

to me;And papa, he was laughing,tbo' tried to look

glum,When ihebaby got choked with a big sugar

plum!

And the toot-born was there, and got down loits work,

Line a motor propelledby the furies to Jerk,And the pop of fire-crackers were fizzed atmv

nose,While the hot stubby ends burnt 'round on my

toes.There were wax-dolls and wagons, and skates

shiningnew,And I thought as they came, will they never

get thro'?For ihe Santa Claus stocking, like nothingbe-

fore,Tho'you emptyit fast, lt contains as much

more.Merry Christmas to all, with our memories

bright.We pile up the yule-log, and dream In its

lightOf our childish days gone, when as happy our-

selves,"And we joyIn the mirth ofour frollsome elves;Then as gladly we hallow this brightest of

morns?(Hark! I hear in Ihe distance the tooting of

hoins !)That st.Nicholas brings with the frost and the

snow,?(Bombardmentofpop-crackers firing below 1)Yet the best ofall blessings sent down to this

sphere.Is, OU Santa, like Chrisimas, comes but once

in a year.

I was too much mortified to ask any far-ther questions just then. I felt that I hadbetrayed my greeness and perhaps a shadeof nervousness,and didn't care to pursuethe subject.

Nothing was heard but the tread of tbehorses, moving over the hard, cisp turf?distressingly suggestive to my mind of'?muffled drums and funeral marches."And to their lugubrious measures camesolemn thoughts, and went my martial en-thusiasm.

Just then my attention was attracted bysome sounds on our flank; and I looked tosee several dusky froms gallopping towardus over a bill.

'"There tbey are," I cried in an excitedvoice; and in a twinkle my carbine wascocked and at my shoulder. Nick's bandwas on my arm, with no gentle pressure, asbe.hoarsely growled:

"Don't be sech a tarnal fool?them's ourscouts. What the devil did you leave yermammy fui?"

Tbe question was a pertinent one, that'sa fact; aod one that my own heart echoedwith considerable unction. But I was notin a frame ofmind to go into a critical self-examination?mnch less tomake confidencesto mv blunt friend So I stammered outsomething about "I didn't know," "com-mand being surprised" &c, &c.

Tbe new comers pushed to tbe front andmßde their communications to the Colonel.The line of march was at once changed,andwe struck, at single file, down through tbethickest, darkest, loneliest pine forest inallthat dreary country. This move was notveryre»sunng to me. At once, every darktale of ambuscade I had ever heard recur-red to me with a force tbat nothing but mysarroiindings could bave given them. Nordi'l the weird wail of a whip-poor-will, tbatevery now and then came moaning up outof the pines, tend much to soothe my nerves.Bnt when tbe dismal hoot ofan owl sudden-ly boomed out on the nigbt, I well nighjumped from my saddle. I could not define the impression it made on me at first.E'er long it was heard again, and just infront of the van guard, as before. Thistime my fancy identified it, and I reoognized in the hoarse "Whoo?hoo" the B'gnalof a Yankee vidette warning his fellows ofour approach.

Again, and yet again, at regular intervals,and just in advance of us the ominous croakwas heard; and each time I became moreand more fully convinced that the next io-terrupion to the gloomy silence would bea volley of musketry from the bushes; andeach time, Nick's last question repeated it-self to me with increased force.

At length we reached a deep hollow in jwhich was a little glade. Dismounting, we idisposed ourselves about upon tbo grass to ;rest; for it was past midnight. I had begunto feel something of relief, when aSergeantcame around calling for Carbineers to gowith the Colonel on a reconuoisance.

Now you must know that Carbines werevery scarce among Mosby's men. Nonebut very new rescruits, who had not yetleused better, and older ones whose ver-dancy was constitutional and who wouldnever learn belter, carried them. Possi-bly I would fall with equal justice intoeither class. At any rate, I was one of avery few who had Carbines that night; andhad the questionable distinction of gettingon the detail.

Leaving our horses behind, some halfdozen of us set out upon the scout. Aftertravelling some distance through the woods,we struck a high-way; and turning into it,moved briskly along. The moon had gonedown; but we had not proceeded far beforewe distinguished some meu coming towaidus, also on foot. I felt the iciest nervouschill crawling up my back; and, despite thewarnings I had already received, my handwas on its way to my gun-lock, when thecolonel whispered.

"Keep quiet, boys. We'll show them atrick."

Then a voice from the approaching partycalled.

"Halt! Who comes there?" i"A detail from tbe New York.

Who are you?" the Colonel replied, with aperfect Yankee twang.

"Patrol from the Michigan Caval-ry. Let one of you raise his bauds and ad-vance."

'\u25a0Suppose one ofyou advance?you seemto be the larger party."I will state, by the way, th.t we had

been marching iv single file, and but twoor three of us were visible to the approach-ing party.

Without more ado, an unsuspecting Yankcame promptly forward. When he cameup to us he found a revolver presented tohis breast aud was greeted with the encouraging injunction.

"Give the alarm, and I will bIOT yourheart out. Turn around and tell tbe otherstbat "its all right, to come on."

And so he did; and five more of UncleS-tm'a gallant defenders marched confiding-Iv up to the muzz es of six carbiues andquietly surrendered.

Our captives, as they had slid, were apatrol from a neighboring picket post, ontheir regular round. With a little persua-sion ot'a certian kind they were induced todiscover to us tbe location of the reservepost and the positions of the videttes. Tak-ing one man with bim, tbe Colonel wentoff to verify their report, aud sent the restof us ba.k to the troop.

It was not far from day-break, when hereturned and ordered us up. Our sabres,spuis, canteens aud everything tbat mightrattle and make a noise, were left with ourhor.es and the prisoners in chargsof a smallde'ail. As I moved off with the rest, Icould not but own to an unfeigned regretthat the selection of the "horse detail" badnot been determined by the same considera-tions, as the one that had boen made earlierin tbe night.

I shall never forget that grim and stealthymarch, Creeping along in Indian filethrough the deepest hollows, and darkestshades; never a sound, but the dull, smoth-ered tread of the men, or the frightenedscream of some bird as we scared it from itsroost, or tbe rustling through tho bushes ofsome varmint aroused from its lair; movinga while iv one direction, and then ia another, to avoid the vider.tes, we kept on?slow-ly, but, surely, approaching onr prey.

Suddenly I was awakened from mymeditations by the coughing of a borae, andlooked toseeadaik mass looming up inthe centre of a small clearing whioh we badjust reached. Fortunately, the horse'scough was a stubborn oue, kept up for sev-eral moments, and effectually drowned thesound of our foot falls as we circled halfaround the glade, still keeping the cover ofthe woods. Then it ceased, and all wan assilent as the grave. I distinguished severalhoir-es out of tho dark pile in front of us;and at ones took in the situation. This wasthe picket post.

Just then one of our men trod upan astick which cracked bene.tb his foot. AhJat once a quick, excited voice called to us.

"Who comes there?" aud almost simul-taneously with the challenge, the sentinelfired his piece.

"Charge them, men 1" the colonel cried.

[For the Washingtonian.]MY FIKST RAID WITH MOSBY.

A GRAPHIC PEN-PICTURE OP A NIGHT AT-TACK AS TOLD BY A NEW RECRUIT.

BY A MEMBER OP COMPANY A.

On the 22nd of April, 1864, some forty orfifty Rangers met at Hooper's shop, nearMiddleburg, in response to a hasty, call cir-culated the night before. It was 1 te inthe dey when we moved out on the road;for tbe Federal camps were but a short day'smarch from therendezvous, and our enter-prise was to be one of those nit'lit adven-tures which have made Mosby so famous asa Partisan. Except, that the head of thecolumn was directed toward Alexandria,we had no intimation of the charaoter ofthe service we were going upon. But ourchieftain himself rode in the van, and noone entertained any misgiving as to the re-sult of whatever venture he had in store forns.

As we moved along the dusty highway,or made a short cur, across the fields; overhill, through dell; now in the broad glareofthe evening sun, now beneath the delicateshade of rbe woods, just putting on theirspring verdure?l sat silent on my horse,endeavoring to lake in the thousand ideastbat crowded ou me. The situation wasnovel and full of romance to my boyishmind. Each man as he passed and repasssd roo?now moving to front, now fallingback to tbe rear, in ihe helter-skelter march?or sir pped to crack a joke or quiz the newrecruit, was a study to me.

And a motley crew they were in thosepaily days of tb. Command. There rodean aged sire whose reverend grey locks,straggling from beneath his cocked andplumed hat, seemed to utter pitiful protestsagainst the companionship in whioh tbeywere. Beside him was a boy, whose youthful looks were far more suggestive of thenursery than of the war-path. Sirle by sidende the planter's proud son and tbe over-seer s boy; the banker dressed in fine softofficers' gray, r-cbly trimmed with goldlice, aud the poor adventurer whose suit ofUnion blue betrayed how dependant hewas upon the "spoils of the chase."

One spirit, seemed to possess them all?thatof devil-may-care hilarity. The merrysong, the jovial laugh rang out along theline. Jest and j.ike followedamusing anecdcte; and now a group crowded togetherin tbe narrow road to listen to some oldveteran's tales of the Regular S-irvice. TheColonel seemed to encourage this disposi-tion, and frequently would summou somedistinguished talker to the front and callfor such and such a favorite yarn.

Tbe levity struck me at first as singularlyout ofplace. Here rode these men on themost, serious business that ever engagedhuman enterprise. But a few short hoursat most, were between them and the terri-ble charge, the deadly encounter and, foraught that any knew, death. Yet theyrode on to it.

'\u25a0As some gudelia companieTo a midnight revelrle."

Bnt my young spirit soon caught thecontagion, and I too laughed with the loud-est, and jested with the merriest. Surely,soldiering with Mosby must be the jolliestlife in the world!

As tbe shades of night fell, "a changecame over the spirit" of their entertainment. Tbe jest was still bandied, but itseemed to be put with more delicacy: thetale was still told to eager listeners, but itwas more fitted for a lady's bower. Thesongs, that, had rolled forth all the day inquaint medly from knots here and there ora solitary siuger down the line, were bush\u25a0d, and from the choir that had now assem-bled at tbe head of the column came float-ing back upon the night plaintive music,inspired by thoughts of home and lovedones. Soon all other sounds had ceasedand every ear was set to catch the notes. Ithought I saw more than ono tear upongrim faces glisten in the moonlight as thevoices of those who waited for our cominghnme seemed to echo the words of tbe song,now suog with a pathos I never heard elsewhere."We shall meet, but wo shall miss him"

The song ceased, and a great sigh ofrelief seemed to go up trora the movingm iss of men. Then a merrier strain wasstruck, tho chorus caught up along theline; and we were tbe same light heartedfellows as before.

I recollect that we had just emerged fromthe sbaoows of a forest t.hrongh which wehad m..rohed for some miles, and enteredan old field, when the sounds in front hush*d or rather sunk into a murmur, and thewords came down the line:

"Silence! pass it back."Ob 1 mv heart jumped into my throat.

That, began to look like business. Instinc-tively, my hand sought my gun. A grumold Regular, who rode by my side, and of»bom, by the way, nothing was known butbis euphonious n*me?Nick Skeldou?sawthe movement and said. L

"Pshaw 1 we're jest gitting ia hearing «d'em. Don't be skeered."

And there were shots, and yells an run-ning men and snorting horses, and?and?well, that's pretty much all I knew aboutthe fight. Out of a hazy sense of uncer.taiuty as to whether I was on my feet orhead, there comes to me the recollectionthat I Btarted in the charge with the others;that as I started a bush knocked my hatfrom my head; that half stopping to pick itup, the thought occurred to me tbat itwould be eminently judicious to let it liethere and lay myself dowu quietly beside it;that by the time I had abandoned the ideaand started on, a few straggling shots werewinding up the fight. And then, withshame I realized what a record I had madeiv this my first engagement; and determinedthat it would never do in the world to saythat I had passed through it without firinga ran. So raising mycarbine and directingit toward the quarter where I thought theenemy ought to be, I fired perhaps the lastshot ofthe skit mish.

The surprise bad been so complete thatthere had been little opportunity for resis-

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slumbers. A few of them were shot by tbeflrst volley before unwinding themsevesfrom theirblankets. I bel'eve none of themescaped except the sentinel, who must havedashed away into the darkness before hispiece was fairly exploded.

We supposed there bad been no casual-ties upon our side. But when we all gathered together again, my old fiiei.d _»ick re-ported one wounded in the following char-acteristic style.

"I come through the fight all right. Butwhile I was standing on tbe bank after theYanks had caved, some denied greenhorniet bis gun go off behind me and shot me in

I didn'tsay anything.

Mr. and Mrs. Bowser.We heat our house with coal-stoves. It

isn't tbe best and most convenient way, butwhen Mr. Bowser was building tbe housebe got an idea tbat furnace heat warped allthe woodwork, and that steam was a dangerous and sinister enemy. A. few daysago, when it was time to pert np base-burn-eis, he said to me:

-'Mrs. Bowser, do you know what makesbeat ?"

"Coal and wood, I suppose.""Has combustion anything to do with it ?"

"I suppose so.""Don't youknow so? If not, why don't

you find out ? There 'is no excuse forignorance in this day of the world. If com-bustion causes heat what naturally fol-lows?""It naturally follows tbat it does.""Yes, and it naturally follows that you

lon'tknow enough to come in when it rains![ was going to talk to you abut the pur-chase of a coal-stove?two or three of tbem,tiut it would be useless. Some minds can't:ompiehend anything beyond _n old crazyjuilt and a bias-eyed baby !""I know a coal stove when I sec it, Mr.

Bowserl""Ob! you do ? What is the principle?the

rreat fundamental principle?of a base-auiner?"

"Why, you put iv the coal, and the fireleats the room."

'?I'm I Very smart! What causes the3oal to burn 1"

"The fire.""Mrs. Bowser?" be said in bis most

solemn manner, "it was a good thing youmarried me! Ifyou badn'tyou would nev-er bave known a sand-pile from a circus.?Don't you kuow?tbat is, can't I make youcomprehend?that there must be draughtsflues, checks, over-currents, under currents,combustion, anti-combustion, cogs, ratch-ets, shakers, dumps and a dozen other thingsabout a base-burner?such a base burner aswe want ? Ifwe have perfect combustionwhat follows ?"

"We?we are glad.""Oh, we are! Well,* it's no use to waste

further words on you! Ifyou were a widowyou'd rush off and buy the flist base-burneryou set eyes on, and you'd never give athought as to whether it consumed three orthirteen tons of coal for the winter. I shallpurchase such stoves as I see fit."

They came up in a day or two, three of'em. One was for the sitting room, anoth-er for tbe hall, and the third was to go upstairs. A man came along to put them upand start the fires. He showed me aboutthe dampers and checks, and when Mr.B iwser c_me home everything was brightand cbeorful, and the stoves had not givenme a moment's uneasiness.

"Who started these fires?" demanded Mr.Bowser, almost before he had crossed thethreshold.

"Why the man who put up tha stoves.""_Us did, eh ? And what does he kcow

about starting a fire iv a oal stove, I'd liketo know. He ought lo be discharged forhis "

"He seemed to know all about it.""Weil, seeming to know and knowing

are two very different things. It is a goodthing I arrived as I did, or the house wouldbave been blown up or burned down. Letme at the stove."

And he began shoving and gulling at thedoors and checks and dampers in the sit-ting room stove and then went the roundsof the house.

"The combustion was hardly ten percent.," as he went back to the sitting-room, "while the waste of fuel was fullyuineiy. Didn't you notice the imperfectcirculation of the hoc air current t"

"No, dear.""That's because you never notioe any-

thing until you hit it with your nose. Ihave everything nicely regulated now, andwant to see if you have got brains enoughto?"

1 'Mr. Boweer, the gas is leaking ! Can'tyou smell it?" I interrupted.

"It must be," he replied as ho sniffedarouud; and he at once made a tour of tbehouse, Before be bad got back I had toopsn tbe door, and baby was deathly sick.

"It must be coal gas from the stove, Mr.Bowser, see bow blue this flame is. Aieyou sure it is regulated ?"

"I am sure that I am a human being,instead of a goat!" ho indignantly ex-claimed, "There's a dead cat iv thishouse.

However, we had to throw the Windowsup, and the question settled itself beforpwe had finished supper. Each fire wentdead ont and the odor abated.

' 'You see, you shutoff all the draughts,"I ventured to observe as Mr. Bowser gotdown on his knees to peer around.

"I did, eh ! Maybe I didu't know how torun a coal stove before you were born ! Isee what's the matter."

He fixed tho shaker and began shaking,and inside of ten seconds, he had clumpedthe fire-pot.

After an hour's work he started thefire anew, but it refused to burn. Herushed around talking about combustion,currents, vacuum and so on, and when Itold him to drop the damper and open thedraughts he fairly left his feet as ho re-plied :

"Never I Never ! I'll knock the blastedthing in the head with the axe first."

From 7 until 10 o'clock that evening Mr.Bowser was engaged in pouring coal intothe feeders, dumping it out of the fire potsand scattering it all over tbe bouse, andwe finally weut to bed in the cold. He de-clared that tbe chimneys were choked up,the stoves constructed on wrong principles,aud the coal full of slate, and when he lefttbe house in the morning it was with theassertion :

"I'll send a boiler-maker up hero to lookthose infernal things over. I don't believethe dues are large enough to furnish theproper pressure."

When he bad departed, cook and 1 soonhad every fire lighted and burning nicely,and we badu't touched the stoves again.When Mr. Bowser came up to dinner, hemade an inspection of each stove, cameback to the Bltttttg room with a self-satis-fied smile on his face, and giving baby achuck under the chin said to me :

"Mrs. Bowser, let this be a great morallesson to you to cultivate the virtue of per-severance. Soppose I had given up ihisfight in despair and acknowledged that Icouldn't run a coal stove? What sort ofa picture would this house have present-ed to-day?"

"My love, what magic spell is thrownUpon yourface ? lis charm I own.Whence came thy pure and pearly teeth 1Thy rosy lipa 7 Thy perfumed breath I"she said In accents sweet and clear,

" 'Tis only SOZOOONT, my dear."

The Atmosphere of LoveIs a pure, sweet breath. This desideratumis one of the results of using SOZODONT,which not only invigorates and preservesthe teetb, but renders the month as fragrant as a rose.

"Spalding's Gute," will mends any-thing bnt a broken heart.

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Pneumonia explained.?lt is generallysupposed that pneumonia is due to the ac-cidental penetration ofspecific microbes in-to the system, but the observations of M.Jaccoud, a French student of the subject,show that the disease really results from thedevelopmentunder favorable conditions ofmicrobic germs permanently present in thesystem. A chief condition of such develop-ment is a sadden chill, whioh explains thefrequent coincidence of lung affections withabrupt changes oftemperature.

A developing! art.?Probably no antiU_ ,cation of science is advancing morethan photography. Among recent appS|auces are a detective camera in tbe form fla watch, with a charm to bold a supply eHminiature dry-plates, and a telescopic cam-Jera in which distant objects are broughtnear by telescopic aid and photographed.?Modern dry-plates have made the cameraquite available at night, and exquisite pic- 'tures are now takenby moonlight and evenby starlight.

DwELLEits in dakkness.?The cave ani-mals of North America, according to Prof.A. S. Packard, comprise a total of 173species ofblind creatures, nearly all ofwhichare mostly white in color.

Tracing the circulation. ?Startingwith the idea that the haud varies sensiblyin size with the amount of blood present iait at any moment. Prof. M. _so, the Italianphysiologist, has made some most interest-ing in vesugations. In liia first experimentsthe haud was placed in a closed vessel ofwater, when the change in the circulationproduced by tbe slightest action of b idy orbrain, tbe smallest thought or movement,was shown by a rise or fall iv the liquid ivtbe narrow neok of the vessel. With a largebalance on which the horizontal humanbody may be poised, he has found that one'sthoughts may be literally weighed, and tbateven dreams, or the effect of a slight soundduring slumb.r, turn the blood to the brainsufficiently to sink tbe b t'.ance at the bead.When tbe brain of the balanced person isrelaxing from thought the flow is towardthe feet, with a corresponding oscillation.The investigator has continued his studiesof the circulation until it seems tbat he mayalmost read one's tbounhts and sensations.A tracing from a single pulse-beat showsbim whtthcr a {Mtson is fasting or not; twobeats serve to determine "bother the sub-ject is a thinking or a lieedle»soue, whetherasleep or awake, cold or warm, agitated orcairn. Tbe changing poke even told bimwhen a professional friend was reading luli-an and when Greek, tbe greater effort forthe latter duly affecting the blood-flow.

Wokk o- five jEiiis?Prof. J A. Flem-ing, tbe Bugliah electciciau, shows that in1832 an e'ee'rio dynamo for 1200 lightswei«h<-d 44,820pounds, thearmature weigh-ed 9 800 pounds, the space occupied was3.0 cubic feet, tbe horse power required was155, and the commercUl efficiency was 67per cent. The 1887 m.teh iuc, with an arma-ture of 1,558 pounds, weighs 11,760pounds,occu.ii? about 180 cubic feet, requires about113 horse-power, and has a commercial ef-ficiency of over90 per cent. A given cur-rent costs one-fourth as much as ia 1882.

A curious discovery.?ln the tartar ofteeth from skeletons of tbe stone age, Mr.Charters White, of the Odootological So-ciety of Great Britain, has found ipeeimetisof the food eaten by oar prehistoric* ances-tors 3,000 years or more ago. The frag-ments identified include portions of cornhusks, spiral vessels from vegetables, starchhusks, fruit cells, the point of a fish's tooth,and bits of wool, feathers and cartilage.

Surgicalprogress.?At two of the lead-ing hospitals of Paris the death rate fromamputations of all kinds has fallen from B0per cent in 1880 to about 15 per centat pres-ent.

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Young Air. Sissy (to his pretty oousiu)?3say. Maude, how did my sot g "Home _.*ai_lfrom a Foreign Shore" seem to impress the!company? Pretty Cousin?Well, -C*n&-«dthem, Charley, looked as if they were sorrjthat you got back."?New York Sun. "1

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