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ROMANCE In which Buflalo Bill, having solved the mys- tery of the White Horseman and brought to grief the Knights of the Silver Circle, is led to another trail that develops a story Of wild, weird interest—exceeding, if possible, that amused and maintained in the splendid story now running, in which The Unrivaled Scout is the central figure and “hero” inthe truest sense. He Had Them in Stock. ‘ BY WILL S. GIDLEY. EVERYBODY—at least everybody in that sec- tion of Montgomery county—knew shrewd old Uncle Abe Davis. Old Abe was a character, dry as a last year’s beechnut and sharp as a. newly-honed razor of the Wade and Butcher variety. He kept the only store at The Corners, and what he didn’t have in that rambling, old-fash- ioned, but well—packed store wasn’t worth keep- m . That is what Uncle Abe said, himself, and being the sole proprietor manager and gen- eral overseer of the establishment he ought to “know as much about it as the next man,” and more, too. Probabl he did, but the “next man” hap- pened to one of these smart young fellows who know a great deal more (in their own opin- ion) than any one else could ever expect to, and one day when he heard Uncle Abe boasting of the great variety and extent of his stock of goods, the smart young man opened fire as fol- ows: “ Keep a full line of everything in your little one-horse store, do you, Mr. Davis?” “ Yes, I reckon I do, sir; everything and any- thing that a man can reasonab y ask for; or a woman, either, for that matter,” replied old Abe, with a thump of his fist on the counter in front of him. “ All right; now I’ll bet you just five dollars I’ll come in to-night and ask for something that you haven’t got in your store,” persisted the smart young man. “I ain’t much of a bettin’ man, Mr. Sharp, but I ress I’ll have to take you up on that— provi ' ’, of course, you ask for something that is ordinarily used in this vicinity,” quietly re- sponded Uncle Abe. “ All right; that’s a bargain; and I’ll bring some of my friends in with me to-night to see me earn the money.” During the day Mr. Sharp told all his friends about his bet and how he proposed to scoop old Abe out of five dollars, but when any of them asked what particular article he was going to call for he only shook his head and replied mys- teriously: “Oh, never mind. I’ve got the finest thing you ever heard of to catch the old fellow on. ust come around to the store at seven o’clock to—night and see the fun.” Seven o’clock came, also Mr. Sharp and ten or fifteen expectant spectators. Stepping up in front of Uncle Abe, the smil- ing Mr. Sharp hauled forth a five-dollar bill and laid it down in the center of the counter. The store-keeper promptly covered it with a bill of the same denomination from the drawer, plac- ing a two—pound weight on top of both to hold them down, and then said: “ Now, young man, if you’re goin’ to do any tradin’ with me to-m'ght jest pitch right in.” Sha winked at his companions and then re markeldp: “ Well, Uncle Abe, I guess I’ll take a couple of goose-yokes tonight if you happen to have them in stock.” , “ Goose-yokes,” echoed the store-keeper, scratching his head, as if greatly puzzled. “ Yes, sir; goose— okes; that’s what I said,” replied Sharp, wit an air of triumph. “ I mean these wooden arrangements the farmers hew out and slip over the head of their geese to keep them from crawling under the fences. Everybody uses them around here, so you needn’t try to sneak out of your bet.” h Again old Abe plowed his fingers through his air. “ You’re sure it’s goose-yokes you want?” he asked. “ Yes, sir; goose-yokes or both of those five- dollar bills; I’m not particular which.” “Won’t nothin’ but goose-yokes do you, eh?” “ No, sir; goose—yokes or cash.” “All right, sonny, if you’re dead sure it’s goose—yokes you want I guess we can accommo- ate you,” drawled old Abe, with a sly twinkle inkliis eyes; then turning to his assistant, he sai : stuck under the rafters in the left-hand corner as on go in. ‘ You see, gentlemen, I had acouple of ’em left when I quit fax-min and commenced store- keepin’, twenty or thirty Odd years ago, and I stuck ’em up there thinkin’ some durned fool might come along some time lookin’ for goose- yokes—hold on, mister! Ain’t you gom’ to wait to have ’em done up?” . . But young Mr. Sharp had vanished amid the yells of the crowd, and after Uncle Abe had raked both five-dollar bills into the cash-drawer, he calmly remarked: I “ Guess you’d better take them air goose—yokes up-stairs ag’in, Jim. He don’t seem to want ’em after all.” Happy-Go-hiiky Papers. Grabville Celebrates. GRAEVILLE-ON-THE-HUDSON, July 5, 1886. DEAR BANNER :— “ Do you hear the music in the air?” “Zip! BangI! Boom!!!” “ Hip-hip-hurrah 1” “ Jingle—jungle l” “Clang! Claugl” “ Toot-toot—toot!” Etc. Etcetera. Etc. “ VVhat’s the matter?” Nothing much. The “glorious Fourth” is here, that’s all. It got here one day late this year, but it’s here with both feet at present—and with its lungs and other internal machinery in good working order, too. The petulant pop of the toy-pistol, the snort- ing Of steam-Whistles, clanging of bells of high and low degree, ban ing of army muskets, rat- tle-ty-bang of snare rums, blare of brass bands, popping of fire-crackers and the sullen boom of cannon has been the order—or should I say dis- order?~of the day ever since old Sol first squint- ed at us over the top of the Westchester bills at 4:37 A. M., this morning. It isa great day for ‘rabvillc. It is also a great day for the American eagle. The bald-headed bird of Freedom, “ first in war, first in peace, and first ”—but, no: I’m getting things ‘mixed. It was the great and good George W. who was first in war, first in peace and (as per the revised version) last to get a monument. Still, the mistake is excusable. George may have been first on the ground, but the American eagle got there very soon afterward. George Washin ton, our own immortal George, the revere Father of his Country and the unthatched but level-headed American eagle will go down to posterity together as the Siam- ese twins of Liberty, the jaunty and able-bodied old al who is running things pretty extensively on t is side of the globe at present in the name of Uncle Sam 8.: Co. She is a bummer, Liberty is, and she expects to continue business at the old stand for some years to come, in case Uncle Samuel is willing, and from present indications I guess he is. H Ban 1 1 There it goes again! That is the sound which causes tyrants to tremble and crawl under the bed when they hear it, and even wish that they were non est inventus, or words to that eflect. It is also the sound that causes the small boy to re 'oice that he was born in the land of pow- fig—dJestroying, star-spangled, Fourth-of-July rt . Eh?y Stump speech? No; not exactly. I did- n’t start out with that intention, at least; but —well, the fact is my pent-up patriotism has received such a. shakmg up this morning that the cork has popped out, and, of course, I m not res nsible for the consequences. ’ (figbville, in the language of Sir Patrick HenrRy, 's “ whoopinsg her up” to—day in the real old evolutionary yle regardless of noise or us e e. t sounds good, too. I like to hear it. .~ It reminds me of old times when the Fourth of July was the boss day of the whole three hundred and six -five, and the s read-eagle orator took down is old flint-lock, guratively 8 king, and went gunning for the British from ylight till long after dar with: “ Freedom’s soil beneath his feet And Freedom’s banner floating o’er him." Those good old days have gone. And the spread- eagle orator has gone, too—I don’t know where he has gone: but I trust he isn’t over on the Island with Herr Most—and if we’re not mighty careful the old-fashioned, glorious, lemonade- and-fireworks Fourth will eventually lose its grip on the affections and pocketbooks of the people and become as quiet and peaceable and ultra-respectable as any other day. And then—well when that time comes Uncle Sam might as wel pack up the United States and take it to the junk-shop at once and trade it off for a second-hand boot-jack. “ Boom! l” Cannon again, by jingo! Grabville is putting on her best licks to-day. I guess the country is safe, after all. I’ll give Uncle Sam fifteen cents for it, any- way, and take my chance, and I don’t know but what I might raise the offer to a quarter if some one would lend me the other ten cents. In the mean time let us go on with our pyro- technics. One reason why Grabville celebrates so vo- ciferously and with such spontaneous enthusi- asm is because most of the citizens are personal friends of George Washington and the Goddess of Liberty. The people are friends of the Goddess of Lib- erty on principle. She never staid over night in Grabville that I’ve heard of, but George put 11 here on several occasions, so I have been to] , when he was engaged in saving the country. The old brick house where he had his head- quarters while here is standing yet. It is one of the great attractions of Grabville. People come in from miles around, whenever they happen to think of it, or oftener, and gaze in awe and ad- miration on the time-stained walls of the old manor-house, where the Father of his Country used to rest his weary limbs after chasing the British all day through the wilds of Westchester county. I went down and took a squint at it, myself, this morning. The authorities had probably heard that I was coming to look at it, as they had the building decorated for the occasion. They also had four policemen on guard to keep it from being carried away. They are very careful of their “ VVashington’s Headquarters ” up this way now. Every place has one, and none of them seem inclined to part with them. They won’t even allow a fellow to carry away a brick as a keepsake. They are very accommodating, though, in other respects. They will let you go in and look at the bedroom where Washington used to sleep, and reverently gaze on the horse-pistols that he left on the mantle when he went awa ; and in some places they will even show you t e castiron bootjack with which George used to pull off his boots preparatory to seeking his nightly couch. At other places they explain that the illustrious guest, who formerly hon- ored those walls with his presence. threw the bootjack at a prowling feline the last night he staid there, and as it was never found after- ward it is supposed that the cat swallowed it. This is the story they told me at the Grab- ville headquarters. When the attendant got through, I asked him if he knew that George Washington couldn’t tell a lie. I looked at him very hard when I put this question to him but he didn’t appear to be the least bit abashe . He said, yes, he had “ heard something of that sort ;” but he “ guessed George never tried very hard.” Then I came away. I went out andbought some fireworks and saw the “ Grabville Invmcibles,” the red-shirtcd fireman and the rest of the parade, arid- “ Whizzl” " “ Jim, jest run up in the garret and bring me them old wooden goose-yokes that you’ll MC “Zip! bangll” The man next door is holding a pin-wheel in one hand and shooting off a Roman candle with the other, and—- “ Whizz! I" There goes another sky-rocket! By gracious, things are getting exciting! Where did I leave that package of fireworks? It’s all right. I’ve found it—and now I guess I’ll go out and E Pluribus Unum a few, myself. Yours patriotically, NOAH Nurr. Personal. THE Bridgeport News says that P. T. Barnum dearly loves a game of whist, but will not r— mit a pack of cards to be used over three or our times before throwing them aside and having a fresh pack. There is a rumor that Mr. Barnum can also play a pretty stiff game of poker. COLE YOUNGER, one of those celebrated Min- nesota bandits, the Younger brothers, is said to be a man of great ability and considerable edu- cation. Since his imprisonment he has studied the Bible carefully, and now re ulnrly reaches to his fellow-convicts in the Sti lwater eniten- tiary. FRANK D. STOCKTON, the story writer, denies the published statement that he is “ almost blint .” “ On the contrary,” he writes, “ my eyes are very good. I dictate all my stories, it is true, but this method of compos1tion is so satisfactory 'to me that under no circumstances would I employ any other.” AMONG the wedding presents of Mme. Patti- Nicolini, on W'ednesday, was a massive gold tea and coffee service sent from San Francisco by Mr. Michael H. De Young of the Chronicle. Mr. De Young has long been a friend of the great singer, and no man is less likely than he to for- get his friends on any interesting occasion. THE Cincinnati Enquirer tells of two remark— able babies. One is sixteen months old, Elmer Heeter, Of Trenton, Ohio, who weighs 68 pounds, measures 28 inches around the chest, 33 around the waist, and ‘30 around the thigh. The other baby hasn’t- been named. but it belongs to Mrs. Steve Boyer, of East Hill, Pa., and was born in the middle of June. It hasn’t been measured, but it weighs 19 ounces. MUNDAY, the Georgia revivalist who is try- ing to convert Nashville, is a reformed am- bler, circus juggler and variety actor. e is thirty years old, straight as an arrow, and good looking. At a recent meeting in Nashville it is reported that “ two gray-haired sinners, with both of whom the (preacher had previously play— ed poker, professe conversion and wept bitter- ly at the memory of their errors.” J OEN CABOTHERS, while burning brush near Akron, Ohio, caught his foot in a brush heap, and was in danger of being burned to death. His yells brought a man, who said: “Pay me the five dollars you owe me. and I’ll help you out.” Carothers insisted that he didn’t owe any five dollars. “All right then, burn,”st the man, and he walked away. Carothers then by frantic efforts released himself, but not before he was badly scorched. FERDINAND FONDA, Ja., sixteen years old, has just reached Albany after walking from St. Augustine, F1a., a distance of 1,300 miles. He started from St. Augustine on the 19th of April, accompanied only b a young bloodhound. They were on the road fifty-four days, took the railroad track the entire distance, and slept out of doors eve night. The dog was completely layed out w on they reached Albany, and the boy was pretty tired. CAPT. J onN PAUL J ONEs DAWSON, who died in Georgetown, Cal., on June 6, at the age of 98, was probably the oldest Mason in the world. He was in the United States Navy in the war of 1812, was with Decatur in the Mediterranean, was in the Mexican Navy fightin against filain, and served in our us. again urin the exican war. He Went to alifornia in 848. He was a Master Mason for over seventy-five years. Ca tain Davison was six feet four inch- es tell, an until a few days before his death had the smooth face of a young man. ' Focused Facts. In Montrose, Neb., there are three newspa- rs two variety shows, twenty saloons, two figtels, one jail and plans for a church. THE 233 cities and towns in the United States that/have horse street railways use 16,843 cars, 84,577 horses, and have 3,340 miles of track. OVER 300 volunteer observers are now investi- gating thunder—storms in New England in con- nection with the United States Signal Service. THE four most importanttowns of Australasia are now Melbourne, population 282,947: Sydney, 224,211; Adelaide, 103,864, and Auckland, 60,- 000. THE bootblacks of San Francisco have organ- ized a protective union. Ten cents is to be the uniform rice for a shine, and destitute mem- bers will Be taken care of. THE excessive dryness of the atmosphere in Dakota and Montana is said to cause rheuma- tism, and many persons are obliged to seek a change of climate on this account. THE orange crop of Southern California is es— timated at about 500,000 boxes. The crop of Florida was estimated, before the freeze, at 1,800 000 boxes. The foreign crop received in tl.e Western States is likely to reach 2,000,000 boxes. THE colored Methodists have now the largest church in Washington. It is on M street, be- tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, north— west, in a fashionable neighborhood. It cost $116,000, of which all but $40,000 has been raised, and seats 2,800 people. MORE than 350 shiploads of firewood are land- ed annually in the port of London, giving su port to 100,000 men, women and children. I; making the halfpenny bundles of wood £250,000 is paid annually in the shape of wages, 20,000 persons bemg actively employed in the work. OREGON is rejoicing because a great many native Americans are coming into the State. Portland has gained 2,000 in population in less than a ear, and other places are gaining ac- cording y. The Oregonians begin to look with pity on the worn-out little patches of land on the Atlantic coast which call themselves States. REPORTS from Cuba state that the sugar crop now about to be gathered, and which has been mostly cultivated with free labor, will probably equal that Of 1873. The crop of 1873 was the largest ever made on the island with slave labor, and just before the law abolishing slavery went into effect. The crop then was about 775,000 tons. ON an average each inhabitant of London consumes each'year thirt -two times as much fish as each inhabitant of erlin,and Paris con- sumes more fish than the whole of the German Empire. Efforts are now being made to pu- larize the eating of fish in Germany. To ring this about, a German paper suggests that fish be made into sausages. THE Ex‘gmition mania is spreading. St. Louis, Chicago. ashington and Minneapolis arethink— ing of having one. The City of Mexico wants to have one. One or two are now in full blast in England, with several more in contempla— tion. Australia promises a big show in 1887, while France, Germany and Austria are also to hold international exhibitions within two or three years. A STATISTICAL expert calculatesthat if 1,000,‘ 000 babies started together in the race of life 150,000 would dro out in the first year, 53,000 in the second, an 22.000 in the third. At the end of forty-five years about half of them would be still in the race. Sixty years would see 370,- Omgray heads still at it. At the end of eighty years there would 97,000 remaining on the track: fiftee2iégears later the number would be reduced to , and the winner would quit the There goes the first sky-rocket. Wine of the Wits. NOBLE SELF-SACRIFICE. “ “’ILLIAM, I am ashamed of on.” “Ashamed of your husband, ‘lara ?” “ Yes, sir: you have been drinking, “’illiam. Think of your boy. How can you expect him to go the right way when you don’t?” “ Clara, I am the signpost to warn our boy not to take the road I am traveling. I am %c;;ificing myself to save him.”——C'alifornia a . / HOW TO MAKE A YOUNG WOMAN HAPPY. GIVE her a dozen moonbeams set to waltz music, twelve yards of silk dress material, a canary, a ood-snzed bag of chocolate creams, a couple of arlitt‘s novels, as also a copy of Julius “'olfi’ in fancy binding, a warm shake of the hands by a young man to whom she is not totally indifferent, and who shall, moreover, present her with a rose tree to plant in her gar- den, assure her that the dress of one of her rivals fits very badly, promise her a new spring bonnet, and the sum and substance of human happiness, as far as attainable at the age of six- teen to twenty-two will thus be realized—Bun- tcs Allerh'i. A FAT TAKE. HE was a tramp printer, and behind the bar he espied a former fellow-typo dealing out the ardent. Both shook hands and warmly greeted each other. “ Have a take, old pard?” asked the bar- tender. ' ‘° You bet,” was the joyful reply: “about three sticks of solid agate.” The bartender set out the whisky. “ Have it leaded Fasked the bartender. lifting a pitcher of water. ' "None of that.” he replied, raising his hand to guard the fluid; “ not even a space or an em quad. He turned it off at a swallow, sat down the empty glass and remarked: “ It is ‘locked in my form,’ and I‘ll ‘ go to press ’ your next neighbor for a little ‘ pi,’ ” and he was gone.— Whitehall Times. CHAMPION LIARS. THE Galveston News tells the story that “ a farmer in that State recently cut down a maple— tree 100 years old and found imbedded in the cen- ter a live toad.” This leads the New York Commercial Advertiser to observe: “ We should doubt this if we had not ourselves seen a live codfish taken from the center of an anvil that was melted down after being used continuously in a. blacksmith shop that was es- tablished in the earlty days of the colonies.” This reminds us 0 a story told by an Oshkosh minister. He caughta sturgeon Off the bridge weighing a hundred and fifteen unds, and, on dissecting, there was found in its crop a yoke of oxen With a sled and on the sled were sixteen saw—logs that won d cut a hundred thousand feet of lumber. The Texas editor ma ' think he is something of a liar, and the New ork editor may hold over him but the Oshkoch man wants to be heard from, always, before the returns are all in.-Peck’s Sun. _ A ann'romcrAN. PROFESSOR (to his wife)—“My dear, I wish you would speak more carefully. You say that H Jones came to this town from St. Louis ” Wife—“Yes.” Professor—“ Well, now, wouldn’t it be better to sa "that ‘He came from St. Louis to this town. Wife—“Indon’t see any diffmnce inthe two ons. — Frofessor—“ But there is a difference, a rhetorical difference. You don’t hear me make such awkward expressions. By the way, I have a letter from your father in my pocket. ” Wife—“ But my father is not in your pocket. You mean that you have, in your pocket, a let- ter from my father.” Professor—“ There you 0 with your little nibbles. You take a delig t in harassing me. on are always taking up a thread and repre- senting it as a rope.” Wife—“ ‘ Representing it to be a rope,’ you mean.” Professor—“ For goodne sake, hush. Never saw such a uarrelsome woman in my life. ”— Arkansaw aveler. HE WAS N0 HEATHER. A STOUT-built Chinaman was riding down- town in a Madison street car yesterday when an overgrown newsboy jumped on the rear plat— form west of the bridge. “Hullo, John!” sung out the youth. “ Had an rats ter-day ?” he Chinaman gave no sign of understanding a word. “ xmme me a kiss, John; I’m stuck on yer shape,”continued the newsboy, at which several men on the car laughed. The Chinaman gave no sign. “ e’r‘ no good John,” said the bully, swing- ing off the car. ‘ Bar that Chinaman out. Put him 011’ l”he yelled, as the car struck the bridge. “ Boycott der heathen!” 'That was the last word he said to his victim. Quick as a flash and without a word the Celes- tial slid off the car, and before the young rough could move was upon him. With a skillful swing of his right hand he caught the bully and slagped his jaw. As the boy staggered back a hincse fist struck his stomach, and the next instant an Oriental sandal hit him in just the right place to straighten him up. The car- conductor considerately pulled the bell, while the men passengers gave a cheer and the ladies clapped their hands. Leaving his tormentor in a demoralized heapin the street, the Chinaman was back in his seat in an instant. “ The Slunday-schoolbloy,” he explained, “ he callee me heelen. I lickee white boy heelen evly timee.”—Chicago News. HE HOLDS THE FENCE. SEVERAL weeks ago a Detroiter purchased a piece of land in the west end of the county. After the purchase had been completed he en- gaged a surveyor’s services to see if he had been cheated. The discovery was made that a line of fence was over on his land ei htinches. When he went to the owner of the adjoining property with the statement the man replied: “ Stranger, the row about that fence began twent eight years ago. It was then five feet overt e hue, and the two men fit and fit until one was killed and the other crippled. After a while it was moved a foot, and then the other owners fit and fit until the lawyers got the two farms. The fence was then moved another foot, and two new owners spent half the year in jaw— ing each other and the other half in lawing. One died and the other got sold out on a mortgage, and when I got this farm the fence was moved over another foot. And then I fit and fit and two years ago was kicked in the ribs and was laid up for three months. During that time the fence was moved to its present line. So it’s still on your land f" f y’es n “ Well, I s’pose the proper thing is a row. If you’ll go out b the barn with your revolver I’ll come out and nut for you with the shot-gun. If you git the drop on me don’t let go, because I shall shoot to kill.” It took the Detroiter some time to convince the farmer that he didn’t care for eight inches’ of land, and that he wouldn’t have the fence moved for $50, and when he had succeeded the old dman' drew a long breath of relief and re- p ie : “ That’s kind 0’ you, and it leaves my boys a chance to fits and fite after I’m gone. I hope you”ain’t comin’ out here to live alongside 0’ m?‘?No.” “ Glad on’t. If you lease, get some man who’ll want them other eight inches. The boys and I track forever at the age of 108. I is lonesome.” Correspondents’ Column. [This column is open to all correspondents. lu- quiries answered as fully and as promptly as cir- cumstances will permit Contributions not entered as “declined ” may be considered accepted. No MSS. returned, unless stamps are inclosed.l Declined: “ The Best Man ;" “A Neck on Trial;" “ Investing in a Herd;" “The Bones of the Cache;" “Failiiig on the Way;" “The Cimmarone Crush;" “Old oadley’s Peuance;” "The Patent Mam" “ The Squaw‘s Secret;" “The Second Run;" “A Curse Come Home;" “Old Days No More;" “A Sonnet;"‘ “The Stoddard Tragedy;" “Heroes to Order;” “A Quiet Game;" “The Boonton Belle;" “John’s Legacy;” " A Congressman‘s Honor.” D. P. Only skilled sailors are employed on the yachts. JOHN C. We know of no volume containing the lives of Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill. Yocno FERRET. The National Police Gazette and Police News are both devoted to what you term “ police matter.” C. H. T. The posters now up in the two cities answer your question. The show, we understand, remains for several weeks. FmExAN. Address Schuyler. Hartley and Gra— ham, Maiden lanc, N. Y. City. Theydeal in badges. fringes, etc. Thank you for 'our appreciation of our WEEKLY. We aim to ma c it as entertaining and good as possible. ALBERT D. Eggs are as nutritious as meat, for one-third of an egg is solid nutrimeut. Eggs are best when cooked four minutes: make a. sandwich of egg and home bread and you will find it very nu- tritious and wholesome as well as palatable. IGNonAMUs. A name can be changed before ma.- jority. Middle names are often changed after. A man is known legally by the name he has used le- gally, and that usually is the name given by the parents at christening, or which they have entered on the birth record. DAN chx wants to know what is “machine poll- tics,” that he hears about. It is a combined reap- er, thresher and bagger, run byafew smart fellows expressly for their own honor and emolument. An occasional brickbat gets in the machine, then it has to lay up for repairs. NEDDY E. Figs are not hard to grow, by any means. The fig-tree, it is announced, will grow, thriva and fruit well in an of our Middle States. Any good nurseryman wll supply the stock. Fig culture bids fair to become popular with fruit-grow- ers in the central line of States. CEAENCEY D. asks “ what men do to make themselves able to walk very long distanct-s?" They must first be of strong frame, sound constitution and excellent habits. Then they go into long con- tinued and severe training. It. is a vast waste of time, money and energy for any except a “ sport- ing" man. HENRY CLAY. Nothin willremovethelampblack from the ceilin . You'l have to wash off the bbck as well as poss ble and then rccolor the wall with kalsmnine. Mold on paper is also very dimcult to remove without destroying the: texture or colors. Best get chalk of the color of the paper and touch the mold spots with it. So of fiy-opecks. GEO. E. W. Simplybo polite. There arenas lal rules in such cases. Ask the My: “May have the pleasure of escorting you hom_ei"- We know of nothing to prevent the perspiration—At the last census there were 242,371 lndlaus in the cut ire coun- try, which is about the number now. Some au- thorities say there has been an increase in their numbers. - SANDY E. Thesizes of paper, as“ cap," “crown,” “ demy," “medium,” " royal,” etc.. etc, are stand- ards in the trade indicating a specific size of shoot, viz.:—small cap. 13116 (inches); cap. 14x17; crown, 15x19: demy. 16x21: folio post, 17x22: double cap, 17x28; medium 18:23; royal. ; super-royal, W. Note and letter sizes are simply come one of these sheets folded small and cut. SAwNEx. Cannot. say where you can and a his- tory of the clans. ’ See Walter Scott’s “ Antiquary." Also several of his novels. See also Chamber? Enc clopaadia, which gives a full list of the clan. Eac clan has its dis motive badge. Therbadge of the Campbell: is myrtle, and of the McLequ red whorileberrles. The thistle is the badge of tho Stewarts- not of the Camerons. EAaLv Gnu. Hair falling out or turning gra implies a dry scalp, and absence f oil in' the capil- laries. Rub scalp daily with rasmns Wilson’- lotion. which any druggist will compound. The same lotion is good to make whiskers grow.nPep- per is irritant g m the stomach and ought not to be used except in very limited quantity. Bed pepper (capsicum) is safer to use than blac ., ‘ GEORGE. Excessive redness of skin in f ears. noae etc.,is usually Produced by great thin- ness of skin. We know 0 no “remedy.” If the redness, however springs from congested veins the remedy is to restore equable circulation. Try oc- casionally. at night, a poultice of poppy leaves and glycerine. and wash of! each morning, uithaut rub- bing. using a little borax in the water. Miss Hum. If authors will continue to use scraps of paper and to send illegible MSS., we shall continue to "respectfully decline " even to be bothered to read. As paper is cheap. use a size which will at lent permit you to write leginy and withoutinterlineation. Note sheetis nnfa proper size for poetry. It compels cramped chirography —just what is to be avoided in copy where a wrong word may spoil a whole stanza. All our poets will please consider this as meant for them. 001. CURIOUS. The special information on ask for in regard to the number of Irish in uglaud we cannot give. Ireland itself has (or had in 1881) a population of 5,174,836. The country's area is 32.531 square miles, or less than Indiana by over 1,000 square miles. Its population, therefore. is less than 160 persons to the are mile—a very thin proportion. Scotland has t lfilnhabfiantc to the square mile, but fully three-fourths of that country ls sterile land, consisting of mountainabar. rens. morasses and uninhabitable forests. SOBERSIDES. The first great- exhibition was that of the Crystal Palace in London, in 1851; it. occupied 23 9-10 acres. The Crystal Palace, New York. 1853, covered 2 7-10 acres. Paris. 1855. covered 22 110 acres. London. 1862, covered 25 1-2 acres. Paris, in 1867. covered 31 acres. Vienna, in 1873, covered 53 1 2 acres. Centennial, at Philadelphia. 1876. cov- ered 73 acres. Paris, in 1878, occupied 45 1-2 acres. The American Exhibition. in London next year, 1887 (Queen Victoria’sjubilee ear), is to occupy grounds measurin 22 l 2acres. be main building will be 1.900 feet ong, the breadth varyln from 120 to 210 feet. The grand gallery will be feet long. The restaurant will be 900 feet long and two stories high, and there will be an observatory 200 feet high. PERCY writes: " If I am traveling a lot: distance by rail. and a lady shares my seat, thoug she is a stranger. must I sit beside her for hours and not ad- dress herf And if we were to speak, how ought I to treat her if I should ever meet her again?“ Per- sons occupying seats together ln a railway car may always speak witho' t an introduction; and it would be rude for one not to respond when address- ed, if addressed in a lite manner But such ac- quaintances are not b nding beyond that particular time and place, unless so stipu ated by the partiea. Unless the lady should express a desire or a will- ingness to continue her acquaintance with you, the next time you meet her you must look upon her as any other utter stran er. If. however, she hows, you of course return t e courtesy, but must make no other advance unless encouraged to do so. SPICER. Whisky is not “ ure" when it comes from the still and is pure on y when it is washcd of its fusil oil (amylic alcohol) and butylic alcohol. When the grain is ground and fermented, that is called the saccharine fermentation. and the liquor is alcohol. largely infused with the amylic and butylic “oils.” T ese oils have to bewashed out by rectifying, and whisky is " pure " in proportion to its freedom from these oils. Usually it is evapo- rated three times through the co per coil before it ls deemed ready for commerce. ut low grades of whisky—the “ rot-gut" and “Jersey lightning "— are slm ply the unrectified liquor, or the pure liquor again doctor-ed with the fusil oil to make it burn or “take hold." The pure or best whisky contains fifty per cent. of alcohol. Almost all liquors of the. trade—brand . gin, rum, etc —are but proof whisky, doctore by s ial preparations. well known to all dealers. I men will drink spiral/om beverages they are safer to use pure whisky. BELLA writes: “ I am of American birth,and ve retty; but I am poor and live out as a nurse-mai . here is a young man in the family. a nephew, who is handsome and rich, and he and I love each other dearly. He saysif I will let him send me to school two years he will marry me: but ‘I want him to marry me without, and if he truly loves me, don‘t you think he ought to? I don’t 1 ke to go to schoo where I shall be so behind other young ladies. What shall I say to him?" It is quite natural that he should desire to have you some- what fitted by study and associations with young ladies for the station to which he would raise you. If you “truly love" him, instead of desiring to fet~ ter him with a wife whose ignorance mi ht dia- grace him, you will be glad to make use of t e term of probation he sets in zealous study of literature, orthography etymology, grammar and etiquette. Say to him that at the end of two years you will have become a student and lady whom he need not. be ashamed to introduce in any circle as his wife.