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In its combined comedy and tragedy—power and pathos—excit- ing acts and situations—subtle undercurrents and the strong, impelling, overwhelming tide of events it is a Most Enticing City Life Romance. Uncle Sun-Up, a Missouri cattle-man, rough, rude, honest, fearless, little by little unfolds and develops a personal history that is decided- ly strange and exciting; and when it becomes evident that He In His Own Detective the interest hightens, and to the very end the drama intensifies to a fine denozwment, in which the rough Missourian comes forth the prince of detectives as well as the noble man. The story is one of the best of the season, and will greatly delight our Good Audience of Good Readers. Tackled the Wrong Place. BY “'ILL S. GIDLEY. HE wore his pants in his boots, his hat cocked back on his head at an angle of forty-five de- grees, and he had a voice like a buzz-saw chew- in on a pine—knot. 1: only needed one glance to tell that he was a cross-roads terror, and that he had “ broke loose ” and come to New York to “ clean out the village.” Sauntering into a Bowery saloon, he kicked over a chair, upset a table, then expectorated on his hands and casually remarked: ' “ Say, fellers! when I howl you want to crawl in somewhere out of the blizzard! I’m the ra- ging Rhinoceros of the Rockies, I am, and I’m looking for some one to try my claws on!” He didn’t have to look long. A sad-eyed chap, over in the corner, 0t up in a careless, tired sort of way, and sai he had the seven-years consumption, anyhow, and he might as well die now as any other time. And then he walked across the room and wearily raised the raging Rhinoceros off his feet by a left—hander under the ear and sent him whizzing across the floor and out on the sidewalk so quick that it was all over before the cross-roads de- stroyer realized exactly what had happened. ' The ranger from the Rockies wasn‘t succeed- ing quite as well as he had expected in his little contract, but after taking a nip of forty-rod “ cider” from his pocket—flask. he felt encour- aged to go on with the good work. Perambulating into a hardware store, he gazed over the landscape and blandly re- marked: “ Hello, everybody! Where is the bald—head- ed dromeda ' that runs this side-show? Trot him out and et me aw him over! I’m a wild- eyed, Grizzly from eorgetown, and I’m going tO—V He might have thought he was, but he wasn’t. Just then the proprietor appeared upon the scene with a three-tined pitchvfork. and the wild—eyed Grizzly, as he called himself, quit howling and got outside of the store so previous— ly that the pitch-forkist only succeeded in jab- bing him twice during the operation. He ran three blocks with his coat-tail stand— ing out at right-angles, and then he slowed up and took another squint at his pocket—pistol. This braced him up so that he presently pro- pelled himself into a drug-store, and issued a proclamation to the following effect: “Whoop! Stand from under! Send for a platoon of police and forty-’leven ambulances! I’m a Steam Saw-mill from Santa Fe. and I’m going to lick every man around the ranch, then tear down your old pill—foundry and. dance a double—shuffle on the mangled ruins!” But they coaxed him not to. A slim-leg ed. clerk, with a glass eye and a bicycle muscIe, came softly around from behind the prescription desk, and sneaked up behind him, and a second later the Steam Saw-mill wassawing his way through the door, materially assisted by the energetic boot Of the slim-legged clerk aforesaid. After sitting down on the curbstone awhile in a side street to cool off and lay in a fresh supply f oxygen—and cider—the backwoods grave— yard inaugurator was ready for the war-path again. Fifteen minutes later he was seen flyin out of a butcher-shop, with his hat in his ban and his hair on end, and a leg of beef, meat—saw, cleaver and an excited Teuton in hot pursuit. The trapper ran for four blocks without stop- ei ht hour question? says she would rather go through a Civil Ser— in one case as the other. it, the negotiations fell through at the last mo— ment, I believe. because Mrs. Nufl“ was not able to show a. certificate of character from her last hired girl. pen in the best~regulated families nowadays, so I don’t know that we’ve got anything to be stuck up or proud over, as the alderman’s son said when his father broke into the peniten- tiary. gan clawing around in his pocket for his patent reviver. It revived him so that he felt encour- aged to try once more, and about three minutes later he promenaded up to an apple-stand pre- sided over by a fiery—haired daughter of the Emerald Isle, and as he jumped up in the air and kicked the corner of the stand, he yelled: “Zip! Climb out of this lively if you don’t want to get mangled into mince-meat! I’m the Howling Hyena—” He may have been. But that made no par- ticular difference. The aroused female who Owned the stand rose up and emitted a screcch that could have been heard for half a mile, and the next instant she was rolling the Howling Hyena, etc., in the gutter. She jammed him .111 the mud, clawed the skin Off his nose, cuffed him around, and shook the filling all out of his teeth, and when she let up on him he was a sad- looking wreck. Struggling to his feet he clambered aboard Of a b0b~tail car, took a corner seat, and yelled to the driver to let him know when they reached Kansas City. The driver promptly bounced him off, and the disgusted trapper struck out for the Jersey City Ferry, with the remark that New York was “about the toughest village for its size be had struck yet.” Happy-Go-hplly Papers. Noah’s Budget. THE NEWSPAPER DUDE. IT is almost impossible nowadays to pick up a newspaper, magazine, pamphlet or patent~ medicine almanac without running across some— thing about the dude. Though there is nothing particularly attractive about him (as shown up in cold type) he seems to be contagious—in a literary way—same as the chicken—pox and the measles. When the dude mania first began to manifest itself, I made upmy mind to resist its advances and wait until I had seen a real, live, bona fide dude before I ventured to impale him on the point of my pen. Up to the present date the universal dude, who continually bestrides the literary nightmares Of other sad—eyed humorists, has failed to cross my pathway. I have met in my travels quite a number of people—as many as six or eight some days——who wore standing collars and gaudy raiment, but as they didn’t carry around a vacant stare with them and say “Aw” and “Weally ” between every other word, or wherever there was a chance to sandwich them in, I knew they could— n’t be dudes. A genuine dude (as represented in print) never neglects an o portunity to re- mark: “’Aw ”—“ “really ”-—“ ou knaw "—and so on ad infinitum et (lisgustibus, as Socrates would express it. I have never meta dude of that class. I never expect to, either. But if I should happen to run across one in the course of the next ten or fifteen years.I will have the remains stuffed and sent on by Express, so you can show people what it looks like. TEMPUS FUGIT. Speaking about time flies, and horse-flies, and other funny business of that sort, I think eight or ten hours a day (and six or eight at night) are long enough for any man (and some women, to work. But if the eight—hour rule is going into general Operation in the cities, why wouldn’t it be a good plan to reduce the working time on the farms throughout the country to, say about sixteen or ei hteen hours out of the twenty-four? I know how it used to be when I was rivate secretary to an Old farmer, out in Sc oharie county years ago, and I suppose it’s the same now. In the first place the old , farmer was troubled with a queercase‘of insomnia. It used- tocomeonhiminthe regularlylbout' four o’clock, and- he‘ would get up audio out under my window and the hogs to their morning meal (the trough bern conveni- ently located under the win ow, so couldn’t help hearing the rumpus) in a tone of voice that traveled nine miles a minute against the wind, at the lowest estimate. When I heard him raise his tuneful Ebenezer in this style, I realized that there was no use in trying to get any more sleep, so I always got up and went to work. Then in the evening it would come on him again (the insomnia I mean) so he couldn‘t get to sleep, and to while away the time, he used to go out to the barn with an old tin lantern, and husk corn till midnight and invite me to come along for company. Of course I had to comply or resign, and I finally resigned. I saw that insomnia of his was fast wrecking my constitution, so I decided to quit. I left the farm without a word of regret~on the part of the farmer. He said he had no use for a man who growled about working nineteen hours a day. WOMAN’S WORK. By the way, where does woman come in on the Vouldn’t the most of women consider life a sort of rpetual picnic in full bloom if they on] ha to work eight hours a day? Thurs ago the poet told us, “ Man‘s workends at set of sun (bet two cents he never worked on a farm or drove a street—car or he wouldn’t have said it), but woman’s work is never done.” This latter remark shows that the poet’s head was level in spots, and that he occasionally col- lided with the truth. He hit it this time, any- wa . I ’oman’s work is never done. I’ve heard lots of them say so, and I believe them. A married woman, with a family on her hands,has to work harder, and longer hours, for less wages than any day laborer this side of Kamchatka: and yet you IleVPI‘ hear of her going on a strike. And you never see a young lady hesitate about taking the fatal plunge into the vortex of matrimony, either. They are always willing to take their chances, no matter how many double- decked car—loads Of toil and trouble are side- tracked ahead of them. But there is one thing about it: If I were a married woman-which I couldn’t be if I tried, thank the stars that presided over my birth l— I’d o in for the eight-hour law, and a half- holi ay every Saturday and a whole one on. Sunday. 01'. in the words of Sir Patrick Henry, I’d strike for Libbie T.——0r some other hired girl—and I’d have her, too, or I’d know the reason why. P. S.—Please print this in some corner of the paper where Mrs. Nuff won’t see it, or she may take the hint and go on a strike herself. t “ REFERENCES EXCHANGED.” But then, dear reader, when you want a hired girl, where are you going to find her? The next question (after you find her) is: “‘ill the place suit her? It doesn’t make any difference wlte— ther she suits you or not: what she wants prin- cipally is a place that suits her. The average hired girl, in the words of the poet (not the same poet I mentioned above, but another one). is “ Uncertain, coy and hard to please ”— particularly the latter. Mrs. Nufl“ has had some experience in attempting to hire a girl (she has periodical attacks of that sort). and she fi vice examination at any time than try to make a bargain with a servant—girl. She thinks she would have to answer about as many questions The last time she tried b But such things are liable to hap- d SURE CURE. The following item I find going the rounds in ping; then he gradually came to a halt, and be- the daily papers: b .andhedgpartedwithadi lama Later we; ' as , 2‘ United L V . I i i j. l . by the I ’ 0.3mm Indians. as practice as a physician. Five years later he ' laboring element of La Crosse as a can idato been anticipated, the two opponentsunited their strength in hopes of “ snowing in dent. ell receiving a handsome plurality. La Crosse has never regretted his success.” veloped into a blizzard in the. recent spring elec- tion in La Crosse—a blizzard for the“ regulars,” for the doctor-mayor was re—elected mense majority. feeling ran very high and the surgeon was un- der the heavy fire of ho publican mud batteries, his such a victory servant citizen that envy), hatred, and malice don’t pay, and that Dr. well equipped for the independent nomination for Governor, this fall. acres of wild land" near that city and liberated 200 quails upon it. women. pharmacists 2,600. of July for the accommodation of visitors to the Yellowstone Park. the cold snap the orange crop in the State will be about as large as usual. ‘ been the average value for the past three years of the Kimberly diamond mines in South Africa. in London every day, on the average, three— quarters of which come from Scotland, and half tie with no bad results. and regards it as a great economy. He thinks that horns do $1,000,000 damage annually in Iowa alone. large thorn in the flesh are now beginning to complain of the large in- flux of Italians, who are being imported by the owners of vineyards. at Cornell are girls, and Professor Jones of that institution is quoted as saying that the average scholarship of the young women is superior to that of the young men. positions under the Government. although a course of study half as long maybe taken by amateurs. France supports a single school at Nancy. asked the Mayor of that city to enforce a law of 1794, which says that no places of business shall in the Quaker City, and the Mayor is asked to see that the 1.200 policemen of the town enforce the law. order to bring about wine instead of whisky- good native wine is sold for five cents a glass. The trade is growing, and it is said that men who have hitherto drank strong drinks are pa- tronizing the wine—shop, cure for rheumatism. neighbors with great success.“ being a success. as a new remedy. New, forsooth! T hy, I saw a case of doul'lle-twistcd, three-ply rheumatism cured with that identical, selfsame application out in Montgomery county ten years ago last J unc. The cure seemed to take effect almost instantaneously, too. The name of the patient operated on was Deacon Jobbers. The deacon was seated on a rustic bench in his front yard enjoying an afternoon siesta, when a stray cow upset a hive of bees in his immediate vicinity, and about a quart of them swarmed forth and lit on various portions of his anatomy. Job- bers had the rheumatism so bad his backbone was all warped out of plumb and he hadn’t been able to walk a step in six months without crutches, but (of course you needn’t believe it unless you want to, but I saw him myself) about three seconds after the busy bees commenced operations he got up, turned a handsprmg, roll- ed over in the grass, jumped up again. ran three times around the house on a keen jump, then dash— ed into the woodshed and slammed the door shut behind him. And after his wife had rubbed the stings with salt and water and given the deacon an arniczi bath. it took the. whole family to hold him and keep him from going over to lick the neighbor whose cow had upset the beehive. Certain cure? Well, I should prognosticate! Some time when you get the rheumatism just go out and kick overa beehive (one with bees in preferred) and if it doesn’t cure you, the gate- money will be cheerfully refunded (to somebody else) and no questions asked. Yours discursively, NOAH NUFF. \ Sketch of Dr. Powell. “IE find this sketch of Dr. Powell in the Chi- cago Tribune. It will answer the inquiries of many correspondents: “ Born in a Kentucky log—cabin in 1847, de— prived of early school ad vantages. and unfortu— nate in the loss of his father at the age of eight years, he was from the very start in life com— pelled to “ shift for himself.” “'hen a’mere lad he secured employment in a Chicago drug—store, applied himself closely to the business, and be- fore leaving that city had secured a partner— ship interest in the establishment which he had but a few years before entered as an errand- boy. His mother and two brothers had gone into the Platte River Valley and located upon a ranch. The doctor visited them. The desire to abandon city life for one of Wild adventure, healthful exercise, and ever changing experi- ences was too great for him to resist, and the prairies, mountains, and valleys Of the West were accepted by him as a home during the dozen ears 01' more following his departure from Chicago. To recount his principal ex- ploits as a scout, an Indian-fighter, a hunter, his faithful service to Uncle Sam, and his many exciting hand-to—hand conflicts would form a record Of a most interesting nature. Strong as was “ White Beaver’s ” lave for excitement and adventure, his mother’s influence, shortly before her death in 1877, was sufficient to turn him from his wildlife toward one of greater useful- ness. The knowledge acquired of dru s and medicines while at Chicago had not been lowed to lie dormant. and had created in the young man an ambition which took him into a well- known medical college of the South and held him there until a full coursehad been completed, much scufiht after to care"'for"the sick and wounded, is many cures and delicate surgical operations making for him a wide reputation as a practitioner. 1n 1877 Dr. Powell located at Lanesboro, Minn, and established an excellent removed to La Crosse, where he has been still more successful in his profession. A ear ago this spring he was brought forwar b the for ma or. Neither of the existing parties saw fit to indorse the nomination, and the doctor was prevailed upon to remain in the field as an independent candidate. Finding that he was commanding a far greater following than had ” the indepen- But their efforts were useless, Dr. Pow- e may add: the “snowing” process has de— by an im- Notwithstanding partisan th Democratic and Re- popularity gave him as probably will satisfy the ob- owell is now pretty “ Focused Pacts. A DOZEN Bridgeport men have hired 1.500 a n 0.3.400 doctors, of whom 380 are The dentists number but 500, and the RUSSIA has FOI'R grand hotels are to be ready by the 1st THE Florida T i mcs- En ion says that in spite of TWO and a half million pounds sterling has TWENTY thousand pounds of salmon are sold he rest from Ireland. AN Iowa cattle-grewer has dehorned 125 cat- As though the Chinese were not a. sufficiently , the California papers TEN per cent. of the present freshman class GERMANY has eight schools of forestry. where ve years’ training is required of those who seek THE Sabbath Association of Philadelphia has eopen on Sunday. There are 15,000 such places CERTAIN wine dealers of San Francisco, in rinking, have opened an establishment where to the advantage of 0th buyer and seller. ‘.‘ A citizen of Mettacahouts. Ulster county, N Y.. says that the sting of the honey—bri- Is a celtain The treatment is to expo :e the part affected and induce the bees to sting it. He says this novel remedy has thll tried by his Don’t doubt it in the least~that is about its lint the citizen of the place— with-thc—unpronlninceable-nnnie ought to know better than to go around trying to nilm it Off afternoon to see how things were going on. and found a youngster as black as the inside of a coal mine, tied to a bed-post with his hands behind him. attendant. nig er I ever saw.” lyzing reply. paper was rambling through the woods, and be- coming tired sat down on a rock. rock was a rotten chunk which oeeded to turn over with his foot, when 10! the most beautiful refreshed ‘ ’ :ffl' as! g . stretc vued. incensed to object of dumb nature he had ever seen. After awhile he turned the snake over and he was more than ever astonished, for on its stomach the following words in the most artistic style were visible: Nacodoches (Texas) Star—News. coming donation were to be laced in the news papers, deacon, it might ten of the occasion.” I will attend to the matter at once.” you Would a viper, deacon. abOmination. ” day papers have a much larger circulation than the daily editions through the week, and a no- tice would be seen by a greater number of readers.” me, deacon. But I know little' of such worldly matters. You must use your own judgment, deacon; and may Heaven bless you. Good— morning.”—N. Y. Sun. made the following argument against Christian- izing the negroes of Virginia : therefore are not entitled to the promises of either covenant. they are born under the curse of Ham, and are not entitled to any spiritual privileges. incapable of being made Christians. would rights is at they would murder us. tians, but to raise tobacco and make money.” days. ” the Eagle, “ how do the strikers ‘ kill ’ anengine? I can’t understand it at all.” “ You just climb over the tail-board into the cab, open the blow-off cock by lowering the con- necting-rods until the crank pin is level with the cross—head of the fulcrum connections. push in the brass throttle-ratchet till it reaches the crown sheet which lets the water—glasses fall in- to the fire-box—” course that puts out the fire. But, Lancelot, if wouldn’t stand at the ribbon-counter another day. be a president of a. railroad myself.” just as soon as his new tennis suit came home.— Boston Post. ton avenue mamma to her daughter. no name for it.” Some men have to be taught how to do their courting. He’s a good catch." cannot take the most palpable hint. only last night, when I sat all alone on the sofa, and he, perched up in a chair, as far away as he could, get, I asked him if he didn’t think it strange that a man’s arm and a woman’s waist seemed to be the same length, and what do you think he did?” have done—tried it.’ “ He asked me if I could find a piece of string so we could measure and see if it was so. he horridl”—St. Paul Herald. Wlne of the Wits. TOO MUCH COMPOSER. MR. DitsENBERRY——“ “Yell, I’ll admit, dear that it was a little late when I came home. Oh sic out of that instrument. great composer.” you. “ Eh, my dear? A good deal of What?" phia Call. A POOR MEMORY. last night. overboard . ” you swim?” have such a poor memor .” your story?” Pyesnap—“ A reat deal. Rambler. MORE FALSE ECONOMY AT WASHINGTON. a bureau of pomology soon. new bureaus this year.” Mrs. Badger—“ I knew it. I told ’eni so last year. I was sure of it.” Mr. Badgei'——“ Sure of what?” Mrs. Badger (with triumph)——“ That the De- mocratic administration didn’t intend to live up to its economy. J etfersonian simplicity humbug! Ten new bureaus! They’ll turn that White House into a furniture shop before they get through. ”—Puck. SOCIABILITY. DURING a trial several days ago in Arkansas, an old fellow who had been arraigned for killing a man arose and said: “ Jedge, thar ain’t no use’n goin’ on with these here proceedin’s, fur I shot Tobe, but that ain’t nobody’s bus’ness, fur he wuz a friend 0’ mine.” “ If he was your friend, it is all right,”rep1ied the judge: “ for a man has a right to take a few liberties with his friends. The people in this part of the country are becoming too particu— ar. Turn the sociable gentleman loose, Mr. Sheriff, and call the next case.”—Arkansaw Traveler. ' NOT THE ORIGINAL GEORGE. ONE of the mana ers of a home for destitute colored children te is a funny story about the way “'ashington’s birthday was celebrated at that institution. She went out there in the “ What’s that boy tied up so for ?” she asked the “For lying, ma’am; he is the worst lying “ Vhat‘s his name?” “ George Washington, ma’am,” was the para- A FIRST~CLAss A1). A FEW days ago one of the editors of this Near the the editor pro- dsht that” .A. ran ‘ r. with i- ‘ his as ‘ °’ hed’ingraeefnl “ Subscribe for The Nacodoches Star-Neil's.”— NOT WILLING TO JEOPARD SUCCESS. MINISTER—“ I think if a notice of my forth— to the—er—glory Deacon—“ I think so myself, Mr. Goodman. Minister—“ But avoid the Sunday papers as They are an Deacon—“ Well—er—Mr. Goodman, the Sun- Minister—“ H’m. You surprise and grieve FUNNY FACT. IN 1680 an English clergyman named Goodwin “ 1. The negroes are not men. “ 2. If theyare men they are pre-Adamites, and “3. If they are the children of Adam, still “4. You can do them no good, for they are “ 5. If we should make them Christians, they et such ideas of liberty and Of their 6. We did not come out here to make Chris- And as a general clincher he adds: “ “’e should lose besides all their time on Sun- A LUCID EXPLANATION. “ LANCELOT,” asked Elaine, looking up from “ Easy as lying,” replied Lancelot, promptly. “ Oh, now I see." she said, jovously, “ and of knew as much about engines as you do, I I’d just go out to where the strike is and And Lancelot kissed her and said he would, INEXCUSABLE STUPIDITY. “ YOUR beau seems very bashful,”said a Day- “ Bashful,” echoed the daughter, “ bashful‘s “ W'hydon’t you encourage him a little more? “Encourage him!” said the daughter: “be Why, "Why, just what, any sensible man would Ain’t it was just astonishing the way he brought inu- Being himself a Mrs. I'lusenberry—“ Yes, no doubt, sir. I no- ticedflyou brought a good deal of him home with “ Of the great composer. I found a half-filled flask in your pocket this morning.”—-Philadel- PYESNAP—“ De Jones, I had a terrible time 1 was crossing the river and fell De J ones—“ Well, how did you get out? Could Pyesnap—“ Oh, yes, but then you know I De J ones— “ Well, what’s that got to do with I forgot I knew I could swim unti I had gone down twice! It was a narrow squeeze, I tell you l”——-Chicayo MR. BADGER (reading from the paper)—“ The Government at Washington intends to establish This will make ten cannot. with taste, wear the gold colors: they same of maroon and dee compromise on and be ‘in style?”’—The fashion- ably prevailing rule. peculiar] generally reve ought to be able to find some one shade of yellow—- from ivory white to the beautiful orange half-red—that will suit your complexion dinal maroon, dregs-of-wine. claret or garnet-red. But if you have a complexion that is dark without being really brunette of the shades of heliotrope or purple now so stylish. They may be worn from th Bonespondenls’ Column [This column is open to all correspOndents. In- , 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 ~| Declined: "The Case Against Jonesz" "Miss Dockstaeddecker’s ‘V()Olllg;." “The Imhri~ Gem;" “To Madeline;" “The Bench Band,” " An Old Sinner:" “The Dwarf‘s Legacy;" "The Territorial Terror;” " Wild Wolf‘s Stratagmm” “The Raid on the North Fork;" “Spencer Rifles vs. Revolvers;" “Jake;" " About Deer;" " A Roman Digger;" “The Last of Five;” “ Miss Waxem’s Speech,” etc. ; “ The Better Man.” C. C. A very fair box of water colors can be had for one dollar. 0. P. K. New York Harbor is one of the best in the world: so is that of San Francisco. K. F. Paul Morphy was only twenty one years of age when he beat all the champions of Eu- rope. JINGO. Great Britain was not “fairly whipped by us in the War of 1812—14." Both parties cried “Enoughl” ANXiors. If money is asked to secure you we place. go right to the head of the firm and tell him all about it. CESAR, JR. Salvini is an Italian, and while all the other players speak their pails in English, he only speaks in Italian. J. H. M. lt is unnatural to be at war with a Iiear relative. Anything for peace. Try honey and smiles instead of wormwood and rue. It will pay. RoxEo. We see no impropriety in approaching tne lady through her brother: bur. in no event, ftflCr yourself on her acquaintance. That is a gross breach of manners and propriety. MILLY AND MOLLY. Six d-’-l|ars per week is low wages, but we would advise decidedly against ac— cepting the proffer. There 0 r. ainly must be some- thing behind it, so be on your guard. PARSON’s D. We hope soon to have a new story by the first author you name. — Bm l. 0]) Coomesand E. 1.. Wheeler write for the Half Dime Library- The two stories you indicate are put aside for the present—The song we cannot reprint. E. E. A. says: “ If used please send copy of paper containing it.” We again say we can: or possibly keep track of such orders. The eoit -r‘s room is not a mailing room,and amailing clerk never could hunt out special things to Send “ when published.” Take the paper regularly. HEIGIIO HARRY. The weather-signals are uniform throughout the country. Red is th« color for tem- perature and blue for state of weather, vizz—gener- al snow or rain, a globe or solid circle; clear or fair. a crescent; local rain or snow, 3 star; cold wave, a solid square. etc.. etc. HENRY D. E. The U. S. Government long since stopped the issue of " Fractional Currency ” What is yet in circulation is what has not yet been re- deemed and destroyed. Your better way to remit money is to inclose a dollar bill and let the parties return the change in the package. DR. D. D. We do not. know how you can obtain the Government Geological Reports and Charts. 11' your Congressman sells to the bookdealers all that are given him for distribution you must go to said book-dealer. Congressmen guilty of this con- temptible fraud should be exposed . DENTIsT SPORT. Answered recently about Paul Morphy's games and play against. the English “chess kings." In Paris,in the match with Hurr- witz, he won 5, Harrwitz, 1. Of his other games in Paris, he won 37, lost 4. drawn 3. Against St. Amant and Lequcsne in consultation, he won 3, and 2 were drawn. Mas. ELIzA G. As the post-office at NewYork city rew ighs all packages and letters, and charges for any deficit in postage. you alone must be respon- sible for the loss of the manuscript. We will not receive packages or letters and pay you for the pri- vilege. If you wish your work to reach us without doubt, send by Express fully prepaid in charges. Enos B. When gentlemen suspect that a discon- tinuance of their callswonld be acceptable“: ladies. .th ; w... cumin-ache w I m- u; {a} into ‘ me. has‘ an 1:: who ee his end nee more without DRYAs'rEs. Celluloid was not invented by Edison‘ but by an Englishman named Parkes. He sold the patent. as we understand, to the American parties who now control its use and rights to manufacture. —Bagasse is the ground refuse of sugar cane. It is of no use—hence is usually burned. About its being worked into paper stock or (pqu we know nothing, but should infer that it coul only make the coarser kinds of paper. C. C. D. The statement isa mistake. The city of New York is far removed from Chicago in the value of its manufactories. By the census of 1880 the persons employed as “ manufacnirerr- “ in New York were 227,352: in Chicago. 79.714. We )resume the discrepanc in 1886 is still greater.— 0:: and beef slaughte mg is “manufacturing.”—Kansas City we think is now abreast with Chicago in the slaughtering and shipping of meat BUCKEYE BENCH. The area of the State gives no idea whatever of its relative value to the Union. Massachusetts ranks 43 in size (or area) but is 7 in order of population. Texas is by far the biggest State in quantity of acres, but by the census of 1880 was No. 11 in population and No. 7 in the value of its farm or land products alone. In 1880 Illinois led in the value of its farm or land pi oducts, New York rating NO. 2. Pennsylvania No. 3. Ohio No. 4, and Iowa No. 5—tbe Southern States all standing low down on the list. D. D. G. The Battle of Antietam is alsoknown as the Battle of Sharpsbur£.the Battle of Boonesboro’ and the Battle of South Mountain. but as there were really three battles the names are all cOrrect. The first day’s fight was on South Mountain (Sept. 14th, 1862) for the pOSSession of the Boom-shoro’ Pass; the 2d and 3d days’ fights were along the little stream called the Antietam Creek. McClellan was in chief command. The battles were only victories in the sense of staying the Confederates’ onward movement to get north of Washington. ZAaRISKIE NO. 2. The old “ Mason and Dixon’s line “ is the southern line of P» nnsylvania and the northern semicircle of Delaware. Itdid not extend west of the Ohio River, so that Kansas was not and never was a “Southern State” by virtue of being south of that line. Kansas was organized as a Ter- ritory in May. 1854, and its own citizens had the right to determine whether or not slavery should be legalized. Missourians were determined that it should be a slave State and tried to force the “in- stitution " on the Ear sas settlers— or rather to sup- press free-State settlers—hence the “Kansas war ” in which old John Brown was a leader L. S. K., JR. We do not advise any boy to seek the West for employ as a cowboy. Only men of hardy character and experience are successful in that pursuit —Buffalo Bill will "show"’ again through the Northern and Eastern States this sum- mer and go to Europe this MIL—To get steady nerves for shooting practice first at a rest. Your arm evidently is not strong enough, yet.—Your weight and hight are above the average for a boy of fifteen. We presume you will be a full-sued man. and probably will reach the stature of 72 inches—As to "fighting weight." only a rufi‘ian would think of that qualification. ~There are no pony expressmen now in the West. Expresses and mails are not now carried in that rude mannersave on a few isolated routes where it does not pay to run coaches or hacks. TOM M. D. You have no right to ask a lady to accept you as her exclusive company. when you have not decided that you will ever marry. or that. if you should do so, you would marry her. It would be a contemptibly mean act. The fact that you think she. cares so much for you is no argument in its favor. Rather. since you do not intend to en- gage yourself to her. you should seek to disco r- age her liking for you. giving her distinctly to in- fer that your feelings are merely those of ordinary friendship. and leaving her free to accept the at- tentions of other gentlemen For a gentleman to pay such constant attentions to a younglady whom he does not intend to marry that casual acquain— tanCes would be likely to draw the inference that his intentions were serious and matrimonial, is scoundrel ly behavior' MRS C. C. H says: “ As my complexion is dark I prevailing yellow and make me look like asquaw. The red. What color can I colors of reds and yellows are, as a . becoming to dark people. Brunettes in these rich hues,and we think you hue that. is ; or a car- you may be able to wear one e palest lavender to a clear d ark heliotrepe purple.