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Interesrinff to PsUrona. SThw Subscriptions can commence at any tune tluriug the jear. DieooNTixuANCES. — Remember that the publulier must be notified by letter when a subscriber wishes his paper stopped. All arr«srsgej must be paid. fss Courts have decided that all lubscrib- ers to uewspupers are held responsible un- til arrearages are paid, and their paper* irs ordered to be diseontuued. This Paper la sent to subscribers until an explicit ordsr if received by tho publish- -1 -8 for its discontinuance , and all payment of arrearages is made, as required by law GEOKGE A. KING, Counselor at Law 246 Washingt on Street , Boston , Mass. «. P. HAKK1MAN , Attorney & Counselor at La*, Residence. Wdl Jlcet ,Mass . GSce at Bstnstub leMonday. *t Harwi ch. Friday. •t TVellfleet . Saturdev . DR. G. WALLACE KELLEY, Physician and Surgeon, BAKXSTABLE. ___^^Residenee at GLOBE HOTEL. SMITH K. HOP ~ KINS^ Counselor - at - Law. I' rnbate ami Insolvency crises a Specialty. CoritT U o if K , I S;i vii*t al>lo, M a s s . JAMES HUGHES HOPKINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW PROVINCETOWN . MASS. It Court House, Barustable, Tuesdays. S. A. PUTNAM, PHOTOGRAPHER, HYANNIS, MASS. Views of Houses, Groups, etc., made to order. Old pictures copied, and finished in Ink or Water Colors. T i l l I V f*£? t"^ Cl £8V 15$ I u ?-L. s (Lj i iy a a i , ti n . ; Attorney-at-Law, Bi'cwslor, - Mass. At Il:ir\v :rh every Mon ;lav. Special attention to ail b:ifi:i'js- l)rfo:e The I'rnDate Cou rts. Sl !{\ KYiNC . ami all business rdatinp; to rea- cstute pro geny. Harwich Oiiicc witn Town Cleik at the llrook e lilock . Boston Business Directory. PEARIAIK & BROOKS , MEMBERS OF THE Boston Stock Exchange 51 State Street, BOSTON. Orders by mail promptly executed. Tele- •graph Codes on application. Good Bonds end Mortgages on hand for immediate de- livery. a26 4p ly 3 . JB KL^JMEJT^IIV, Practical Optician, Matchmaker &Jeweler, No. 5 BROMFIELD STREET , ffsar Washington street , BOSTON , Fine Repairing and the fitting of Spectacelg md Eye Glasses a specialty. ALFRED HALE & CO., Manufacturers and Dealers in itUJjiiMX-i- frUUUS Has removed to SO School Street, - Boston DAVID HALS. NSW YORK & BOSTON Despa tch Express Co. New York Office , 304 Canal St.,Branch Office ,940 Broadway. Boston Office , 105 Arclt Street. idw'd A. Taft,Gen 'I manager. GREAT BARGAINS. i Large Stock of the Latest Styles of Artls tic Taper Hangings, Borders , Dadoes and ficture Mouldings , retailing one-third less than any other store in Boston. T. F. SWAN , 12 Cornhill, Boston, Near Washington St. PENSIONS. I had nine je.-irs experience in the 17. S. Pension Department. I aru now in the Pension Claim business , make a specialty of delayed and rejected cases, and have had great success. Please call or write. F. EMMONS , apr20 ly 4p No. 4, State St., Boston. SHERMAN HOUSE CO UM T SQ., BOSTON, European Plan, Rooms 75 cents , $1.00 and $2.00 p:-r day, for each person. ll-j i'ently re-fitted and re-furnished through *'it . fi ne caff , private dining rooms, ex shs-.^e and billiard hall connected with the U•> ¦**. THOS. L. SMITH ,Proprietor. M fLO H. CROSBY ,Manager. | \ WIIJEEUER'S Jf ECLIPSE WINDMILL. $\ The Great Prize Wiud-millof the } "World , Prices $30 and upwards. Sizes from 6 ft to 30 ft diameter of wheel. For railroad , water supply, in igation ,snbiirl)an and farm use they have no equal. When geared for power they become a necessity to the enterprising farmer. The New Champion Anti-Freez- ing Set Length Force Pump a specialty. Tanks, water pipe,hose, etc.. on hand. Full satisfaction guar- anteed. Address L. H. WHEELEB, 63 Pearl Street,Boston. J. BAKER & CO., —Dealers ih— Plymouth Corda gre, A nchors, Chains, JJnck, Oars,Ship Chandlery and Ship Stores. —Importers of— "cewiA Bot.t Rope.Wire Ropf ,Bwtinq .Lines, &c, : : jj«>: : ^gent for Cape Ann Anchor Work Ho. 79 Commercial Street , BOSTO N. JOSH UA BAKER . JR. \ RRiN K HARKINGTON . J Puntine is not about the same thing as other Washing powders, As perhaps yon have been told by some nn scrupulous grocers, but PUMTENE uni imk uroii Puritene Is the greatest Invention of thi 19th century. Imitated by many, equalled bj none. Ladies insist on having Puritene Take no other and be sure that you get whal you seek. See that it is manufactured by The Jinks Soap M'f 'g Co., MANSFIELD. MASS. GEORGE C. RICHARDS Importer , Manufacturer and Dealer in polished and dressed Mamie ait Granite Woft Richards' Brick Block, near Depot, MIDDLEB ORO , - - MASS. Monuments , Gravesto nes, Tablets, Markers, I'edestais. Fountains , Columns , Fonts, Tombs, Status. Urns, Vases, Curb- ing, Steps, Buttresses, Posts, etc. Prices for finished MARBLE WORK at the quarries are from 25 to 40 per cent, high- er tbau his. Work , from the plalnist tc the most elaborate, not excelli-d by auy Denier. Send for Circular, or call upon him. Dobbins'Electric Soap THE BEST FAMILY SOAP IK THE WORLD. " Itis Strictly Pure. Momfci Quality. TH R original formula for which we paid $50,00P twent y years aqo has never been modified oj chan ced in the sli ghtest. Thin soap is identical in quality t o d a y tvith that made tivettty years ago. I T contains notlt ing that can injure the f luent fabric. It brightens colon and bleaches whiles. rr washes flannels and blankets as no other soaj in the worl d does—without shrin king—leavin g them soft and white and like now. READ THIS TWICE. rpHER E \s & great sa ving ot time , of labor , X. of noap, of fnel , and of the fabric , where Bob- bins ' Elect'ic Soap is used according to di- rections. OX K trial will demonstrate its great merit. It will pay you to make that trial. T IKE all best thint/ M , it is exteusivelj lml- Jj tated and counterfei ted. Beware of Imitations TNSIST npon Bobbins' Electric. Don't take X Magnetic , Electro- -Ma »ic, Philadelp hia Electric , or any oilier fraud , eimplv because it iB cheap. They will ruin clothes , and are dear at any mice. Ask for DOBBINS ' ELECTRIC And take no other . Nearly every grocer from Maine to Mexico keeps it in stock. If yonrs hasn 't It . he will order from his nearest wholesale grocer . RKAD carefully the inside wrapper aroun d eacS bar , and be carefnl to follow direction * on each outside wrapper. Yon cannot afford. Kuwait, longer before try ing for yourself tfie old, reliable and truly wonderful Dobbins'Electric Soap. 7 PER. f ^if \ YT^ Q PER OUST K j r\JJLilJ O CENT (Semi-annually 5 and 7 years.) First Mortgage Loans Interest and principal guaranteed on 7 per cent Loans, and absolute satisfaction In every case. Security three te six times the loan. Nothing safer or more desirable. 10 per cent in advance on six and nine months loans. Security ample. NE§S COUNTY BANK, Official Depository of the County. N. C. Merrill,President,Ness City, Kan- sas. For duplicate loan and full information apply to Eastern Office. 40 Water St., Boston , Mass. A. E. Alvord. Mad. [Will call on parties in Boston or vicinity If desired.] JOB F. BAILEY KEEPS THE BEST STOCK OW DOORS, WINDOWS, BUNDS, ABBBUILDING MATERIALS THAT CAN BE FOUND. 2/3s Kneeland Street , BOSTON, MASS. (A few doors from Old Colony station.) Beloir are some of the articles he keeps on band : Doors, Windows, Blinds, Sashes, Cel- lars, Skylights, (Moulding, Stair Posts, Stair Kails, Blinds one-half roll, Turned Walnut Balusters, Plain Balusters,Fram- JDgPins, iJlinil Triraniinffs.Pine Shelves, Walnut Shelves, Dowels, Gutters, Con- ductors, . Thresholds, Conductor Irons, Brackets, Single Front Doors, Pairs Front Doors, Hard Wood Doors to order, Store Doors, Store Sash, Glass, Putty, Plate Glass, I-light Sash, 2-light Sash, 3- light Sash, 4-light Sash, 2-light Win- dows, 4-light Windows, 8-light Win- dows, 12-light Widows, 15-light Win- dows, 18-light Windows, 24-light Win- dows. Send, for prices Itefore you buy, or •end for just what you want and ho will send, it to you. BABNST4BLE COUNTY MUT UAL Fire Insurance Go. OF YARMOUTH PORT JOSEPH R.HALL, Pbssidkkt. FRANK THACHER, Skc'y and Treab Omcx Hours—9 a. m. to 1p.m ,o company hasbeendoing buiinea sfne« 1833, and has returned a dividend of eighty per cent, every year from that time to tha present. Lossesby lightningarepaid, though no marks of fire be visible. Dwellingi, Furniture, Clothing, Barns, Horses, Cattle, Harnesses, Carriages, Hay, Grain, Farming Tools, Churches, School and Town Homes, Mechanics' Shops, etc., etc., insured at reasonable rates. No assessment hasever been made by this companyon its deposlte notes, and none will probabl y ever be necessary, as its risks are «> well scattered. Thickly settled places are •nly partially insured by thia office. The average net coat of insuring dwellings, furniture, barns and contents, has not been •ver one-third as expensive for the last forty- reran years as in any other company doiDg business on the Cape. Applications for insurance should be made to any of the following directors of the Com- pany: Nathan EdsnD , Barn«tab!e. Sininnn Acwood , \Vellflect. Charles C. Bearse , i. otnit. Hi-am Haruin j; Chatham. Alphonao L. \Veeke«, Ilanyick. Joseph P.. Halt. iTyanni s. James S. Howes, TJaet Dennis. Tnomns Howes, Dennis I'ort. Joseph D. Winelnw, lTalmouth. Aiex T. Newconib, Orleans. Geor£e N. Chlpma n, Sandwich. Peie:r P. Akin , Soutli Yarmouth. Frederick C. Swift , Yarmouth Port. FR A^K THACHER, Secretary. Yarmouth Port, Jan., 1887. Dr. Julia Crafts Smith, Celebrated for her many CURES can becon- sulted upon all diseases, either personally or by letter. By letter, send $1, age, r i8x and syintoms. The doctor is an educated physi- cian and a CLAIRVOYANT ; willlocate and describe diseases without asking questions. She has had a large family practice, acute and chronic, for 20 years, with unequaled success. All medicinespurely VEGETABLE and prepared in her own laboratory and sent to any address, C. O. D. A lady writes from Worcester : You saved my life, for which we are all truly grateful and thankful. One in Wakefield, Mass., writes : Your medicine acts like a charm. A man from Westboro, Mass., came into the office to tell the doctor how surprised they were at the accuracy of her diagnosis oi his wife's case, and how soon she wasrestored » hfijiith. A gentleman from Bar Harbor, Me. (a consumptive), | had gained 7 lbs. in a few weeks. The doctor gives free examination* everj Thursday to those who come to the office from 9 till 5. Address Dr. Julia Crafts Smith, Hotel " Cabe ," 8 Appl oton St., BOSTOy, MA. S 8 . Ask For Ayefs Sargnpai-illa, and be sure you get it, when j'ou want the best blood-purifier. **r~ ^ R With its forty years . I, v^!\ ft-T °^ unexampled suc- I { (r 'S^sP C(!SS 'u ^ 1U cure °* I j Mf r '% U'ood Diseases, you Wlf sPlM -/\ tllke iu PrefelTillS W &> M L h Ayer's §j mI Sarsaparilla :' M'^ A to a"!' otl!er- Th0 I V t$J I f iS w fi '!-i>runner of moil- i ill/ y ^ i ern blood medicines, < *> J ^ f <&~d\*Ayer's Sarsaparilla ^ 2&3 > c* ^ ^ is still the most pop- jP > J^J^S?* ular, being in great- ^^* f5g3^^ er Ueinaud than all . ! *• -©. 'others combined. "Ayer's Sarsaparilla is selling faster thapi ever before. I never hesitate to leconunend it."— George AV. Whitnialn, Druggist, Albany, Iiul . "I am safe in saying that my sales of. Ayer's Sarsaparilla far excel those of aiiy other, and it gives thorough satisfac- tio n."— L. II. Bush, Des Monies, Iowa. "Ay er's Sarsaparilla aixl Ayer's Pills are the best selling medicines in my store. I can recommend them conscien- tiously."— O. Biekliaus, Pharmacist, Itoselaiul, 111. "We have sold Ayer's Sarsaparilla here for over thir ty years and always recommend it when asked to name the best blood-purifier. "— AV. T. McLean, Druggist , Augusta, Ohio. "I have sold your medicines for the last seventeen years, and always keep thoni in stock , as tlioy arc staples. ' There is nothing so good for the youth- ful blood ' as Ayer 's Sarsaparilla."— K. L. Parker , Fox Lake, Wis. "Aye r's Sarsapari lla gives tlie best satisfaction of any medicine I have in stock. I recommend it , or, as tho Doctors say, ' I prescribe it over the counter. ' 'it never fails to meet the cases for which I recommend it , even where 'lie doctors ' prescri ptions have been of no avail. "— C. F. Calhoun , Munmimili , Kansas. Ayer's Sarsapanlla, PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer &. Co., Lowell, Mass. ¦Price $1; six bottles , $5. Worth S3 a bottle. PUHI TEM [TRADE MARK.] R. J. FAME, Inventor and Patentee WASHING MADE EAST by name See that every package bean the above trade mark, that the word Is spelled P-U-R-I- T-E N-E. Remember PURITENE will not injure the finest fabric. Never Makei the Hands Ssrs. To the Trade:—Seek frr information, it will please you. We pay freight. The Jinks' Soap M'f g Co.} MANSFIELD, MASS. mylO Iy4p Aaron R. Gay & Co., STATION US R & AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER?, ACCOUNT BOOKS of any desired pattern HADE TO OBSER. A good assortment of FINE WRITING PAPERS and ENVELOPES constantly in (tock. POCKET-BOOKS, PEN-KNIVES, GOLD PENS, PENCIL CASES, Etc , STY- LOGRAPHIC and FOUNTAIN PENS. \22 State Street, Boston, OppositeBroad Street In white, like fairest flower of May, Pure, in her cradle-bed she lay. In white—a girl in gladsome play, She lived as life were always day. In white—her lover by her side, She proudly stood a happy bride. In white, she lay on bed of pain— A lily press'd down by the rain. In white—a halo 'round her head, She lived; men looked and call'd her dead. In white, her spirit, like a flame, Uprose to heaven, whence it came. —[George Birdseye. In White. THE SOAELET CLOAK. BT ELIZAB ETH CUXHNGS. •'Tell about the borrower being the slave of the lender ! If there's a slave on earth, I'm one to the Pettigrew's," and Mrs. Holden hastily laid down her work. "Tilly's coming as usual with a pint bowl, and Pettigrews grocery's not two blocks off! It does beat all!' "You ought to be accustomed to it by this time, mother," said pretty Winnie Holden, looking up with a smile. "I don't think they can help it—I believe they are uneasy without something of ours. Last week it was the waffle-iron , and the fluter, and this week it's the rolling-pin, and the mouse-trap." A sharp rap at the door was followed by the appearance of an untidy little girl, who announced in a high, monotonous voice, that "My ma'd like to borrow nuff ginger ter put inter a ginger cake, an' some pumpkin pie3, an' Mis3 Win- nie, mayn't we take your corn-popper?" "Half the buttons gone from her frock, and no buttons to speak of on her boots," said Mrs. Holden, when she had closed the door on the small visitor. "Yesterday it was matches and mo- lasses, and to-morrow it will be eggs and bird-seed. Dear me, were there ever such people in the world before ! " "I suppose W8 ought to be accommo- dating," said Wianio, blushing. "Per- haps other people borrows more than we do." "They don't—I mean nice people don't," said her mother conclusively, and the two sewed on in silence. Winnefred Holdea was, like other pretty .girls, very fond of tasteful clothes, and her desire for thorn was emphasized by the fact that her means of gratif ying her tastes were limited. Her father had been in the hardware business thirty years, and had In pos- sessed business capacity, might have had the best trade in tho village. But he was a timid, conservative man , and had never moved from the narrow shop in which he began, though the business centre had shifted and left him on a back street. Mrs. Holden had that rarest and most telling of gifts, "fac- ulty," and nothing went to waste in the little brown house, whose snug comfort was the envy, by more than one neigh- bor. Winnie had received a careful education, and wanted to teach, but she had no aptitude for the work, and her father knew it. "You weren't made for it," he said to her. "Stay at home and learn housekeeping and homemaking; your education is not sufficient for you to start out yet." Winnie obeyed, but her allowance was small and she often thought long- ingly of what she might earn, were her father willing. Scarlet cloaks had just come into fashion, and now she never looked into the glass, that she did not think how becoming one would be to her dark eyes and hair. Carrie Pettigrew, a red- headed freckled, plain-faced little thing of fourteen had one, made with a white silk lining and white silk tassels. Winnie felt her deprivation more keen- ly than ever, and did what she had never done before, asked her father to observe the coveted garment. "I've seen it," he said in his quiet way. "A fool and his money soon parted. I'm afraid Carrie'11 wish her turkey -red cloak a blanket when snow flies." It was the last day of June, and that evening, Dr. and Mrs. Grannis, the heads of the Dorking Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, gava a reception to their pupils and patrons. Winnie and her father and mother had received special invitations, and to Winnie it was a great occasion in itself, and because the Doctor's nephew, Jonn Burt, was up from New York, where he had been hard at work at a medical school. She had compassed fresh glove3, and a new fan, besides the new tarletan dress she had worked at for a fortnight. There were exquisite crimson roses opening by the dining-room door, and creamy one3 by the sitting-room windows, and with a bunch of these at her belt, Winnie thought her toilet would be per- fect, if only she had a scarlet cloak in place of her old white shawl. As she stitched on the last rows of satia ribbon on her flounces, she slowly came to a decision over something she had de- bated for days. It was very hard, after that unlucky visit of Tilly for the gin- ger, but there was the coveted scarlet cloak. "Mother," she said, when her task was done, and the new dress was carefully laid out on the spare room bed, " I don't believe it Would be any harm if I asked Carrie for her cloak to-night. It will harmonize beautifully with my things, and will just fit me." For an instant Mrs. Holden hesitated, a fact which was not lost upon her daughter. "I don't blame you for wanting the cloak," she said gravely. "But we can't afford to buy you one— and what your father can't afford to buy, you can't afford to wear. Besides," she added as a sort of vindictive anti- climax, "I never have borrowed of 'cm —and I won't begin." ' ¦ About fiva o'clock an anxious mes- senger from the parsonage begged Mrs. Holden's immediate presence, as the minister's little boy was very ill Between a sick child and a reception there was no room for choice to that good woman. "I shall stay all night, maybe," she said hastily, as she rolled up a pair of slippers, a small shawl and an apron." "Nora'll help you dress, and ril stop in and ask the DeLongs.to -call for you. Yaur father can't go." ¦ "Nora," said Winnie, with nervous haste, "Go over to Mrs. Pettigrew's, the back way—and ask her to lend me Carrie'3 Ecarlet cloak. Tell her I'll be very careful of it." Hiding her astonishment by looking at the floor, Nora started on her errand as if borrowing were one of. her daily duties, but she shook her head at the bushes, as she went through the garden. ''It's the avil communications, jist as Father O'Farrell was tellin' us last Sun- day,"she said to herself. "It's caught it she has,-loike it war the maysles or th' itnh." As Winnie went down the street at John Burt's side, she was conscious that all the Pettigrew children, save Carria and the baby, were gazing at her through the fence, and she heard them whisper, one after another, between their mouthfuls of molasses and bread, "That's Carrie'3 cloak ; our Carrie's cloak." It was little comfort to her that her companion did not appaar to hear them, but talked busily of his work in the hospitals. Every house she passed seemed to echo derisively, "Car- rie's cloak, that's Carrie's cloak"--and she gladly laid it off. Dr. Grannis lived in a rambling, old- fashioned house,standing away from the road, in a fine oak grove. As the par- lors and wide hall were thronged, the younger guesta drifted out to the spacious verandas to enjoy the moon- light, and the quiet chat possible in the shelter of the great stuccoed pillars. The night, though warm, was damp. John Burt was a medical student, and he was very fond of Winnie. Noticing her thin draperies, he compelled her to wrap herself in her cloak. The re- freshments were in th.3 care of Chris- topher Cruncher, the best caterer of tha city of N , ten miles away ; and being a great admirer of th<3 Doctor, he had come to superintend things him- self. Pompous, nervous and short- sighted, his presence usually brought such a train of consequences with it, that his chief waiter called him. "Old Calamity." This time an evil genius prompted him to carry a tray out on the veranda, Upon it was a large pitcher of coffee, and a little pitcher filled with cream. Hearing the jingle of crockery behind her, Winnie nervously started. Mr. Cruncher started in- his turn, struck his long foot against a board which had been warped by sun and rain, and in a moment the scarlet cloak was ruined. "Your dress is not hurt," said John Burt, as he snatched the dripping gar- ment from her. "I' m not sorry it's this thing, instead of that pretty white shawl I've seen you wear." "It will cost fifteen dollars to replace it," said Mrs. Holden the next morning, when Winnie had made her confession, and they had come to the question of replacing tho red cloak. " I really don't know how to ask your father for tho money, and we must not wait." " Wad ye believe it, mum!" said Nora, putting her curly head in at tho door, "Mr. Pettigrew's big grocery's shut up, an' it's failed they're sayin,' ho has, and ruined entirely." "Dear mo!" exclaimed Mrs. Holdcn, almost with satisfaction. " It's just what I've been expecting this long while." "The baby's sick, and Mrs. Pettigrew asked me yesterday to let Ann Eliza Markham know that she want's a month's sewing done," said Winnie thoughtfully. "I believe I'll go over there directly, and have this done with." Mrs.Pettigrew was sobbing and weari- ly rocking a fretful baby, while Carrie was trying to mend a small stocking. "I don't want you to pay a cent," said Mrs. Pettigrew tremulously, when she had heard Winnie's story. "I can't see how it was your fault." "It was all my fault ; the fault of my careless disposition, and my weakness for borrowed finery. I hate myself for" —Winnie was going to say "borrow ing" but she closed her sentence ner- vously by adding— "for being so fool- ish." "It isn't foolish to love pretty things," quavered the tired woman. "It's few enough my children will have now. I don't wan't Ann Eliza now. I don't want anything," and she bent over the cradle sobbing, till the baby, finding he could not make her smile by clutching at her with his tiny fist, puckered up his lips and roared too. "If you do not want to take the price of the cloak, I am going to come and sew for you," said Winnie reso- lutely. "You shall not lose by me. I can sew as well as Miss Markham, and mamma will advise about the cutting out." 'Td feel paid for tho cloak twice over if you'll teach me to sew," said Carrie, lifting her head. " I want to learn to do things." "I'll teach you all I can," said Win- nie, bending down and kissing her. For four long weeks, the pleasantest part of the summer, Winnie went daily to Mrs. Pettigrew's sitting-room, and made new out of old, and stores of undergarments for the little Pettigrews. But what can be told was not the best part of the work she did. The sense of disaster and failure that clouded the house gave place to helpful activity. The children woke up to the pleasure there is in warm water and soap, and things in their places, and Winnie's success in making every scrap of cloth useful inspired even tho cook to be saving of flour and fuel Mr. Pettigrew's creditors made a com- promise with him to go into business again. But even when their prosperity returned, the Pettigraw family never went back to all their old ways. They occasionally borrowed, but what Mr. Holden called "Winnia's missionary month"had wrought agreat change. Winnie is Mrs.Dr. Burt now, but she never, borrows. She h very kind and considerate, and once lent her hand- painted china, but she has never -bor- rowed anything since that June-day when she borrowed the scarlet-cloak.—* fThe. Examiner. , ;;v ^° ..-.-' The Work of Planting the Trees Done by Birds. What is allspice? Most people would hazard the answer that it is a mixture of spices in which there are several in- gredients. Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and cardamons are supposed to bo min- gled in it, tho result being a flavoring mixture of special merit. It is true that allspice docs combine a very agreeable variety of flavors, but it is a simple and not a compound product. We are in- debted for it to the tropical islands of the west ; but practically all that comes into commerce is the growth of one island—Jamaica. Allspice is a name given to the powdered berries of what is known elsewhere as pimento, or Ja- maica pepper. The plant yielding these berries is a near*congener of the pome- granate and guava , and is known to botanists as Pimenta vulgaris. It is a handsome evergreen tree, something like the arbutus in habit. The bright glossy leaves have quite a spicy odor when bruised, and recall at once the allspice ot commerce. The flowers grow in dense clusters, almost like those of the hawthorn, but greenish in color. Fol- lowing these, we have small, green, aromatic berries the size of black pep- per. If allowed to ripen they become pulpy and Io3e some of their pungency. For commercial purposes the berries are gathered whea green, carefully dried in the sun on barbecues or platforms, and, when well cured, are packed in large bags holding about 160 to 180 pounds, and shipped. Pimento-trees are natives of many parts of tropical America, but nowhere are they so plentiful or thrive so well as in Jamaica. The properties devoted to the growth of pimento are called pi- mento "walks." Several hundred of them are dotted over the limestone hills to the west of the island ; but, strange to say, tho trees are never actually planted, nor do they receive any cultivation worthy of the name. Tho whole industry is one in which man does little except reap the results. But ?.nmany year3, owing to low prices, the results are not worth reaping. Hence the pimento-grower has often to fall back on his cattle and horses, raised on the rich pasture beneath the spice-trees. In spite of low prices, however, the pimento industry is, as a whole, of considerable value. The grower seldom gets more than 2 pence per pound for it when cured. It is certainly more mild and innocent than most other spices, and it is largely used in various dishes, so that a better time may come for the grower. I mentioned just now that pimento trees are never planted by the husband- man. It is all tho work of birds who fe%d on tho ripe pimento berries and scatter the seeds over the land. The seeds soon germinate, and tiie warm genial rains and tropical sun do the rest. What man does is to thin out the trees where they are too thick, clear off other trees that interfere with the pi- mento, and then a "walk''is established. The surplus plants, taken up with good roots, are shipped to make walking sticks and umbrella-handles. The wood of the pimento treo is very close in tex- ture, takes a good polish, and is of a fine rich color. A few " malo" or bar- ren trees are sometimes cut down; but otherwise pimento wood is too valuable to be used for commercial purooses. The pimento "picking" is a time of great excitement and activity in a dis- trict. Troops of negroes, the women dressed in bright colors, collect togeth- er. The men break off the branches laden with green berries and pass them to the women, who, sitting in a circle, strip them by hand. The berries are carried to the "works" at night, piled in a heap and left to undergo a certain amount of fermentation before being dried in tho sun. When cured they are dull brown little balls, very light, fra- grant, and possessing the well-known allspice flavor. A liquor known as ''pi- mento cordial" or "pimento dram" is made from the pimento berries; this is a specialty in Jamaica country houses. Visiting a pimento property while " crop is on" one would fancy that the birds as well as the people had imbibed " pi- mento dram." Flocks of parrots and parrakeets shoot from tree to tree screaming discordantly; but as Gosso re- marked they are intelligent enough to be as quiet as mice directly they alight to feed on the pimento berries. They are then well concealed by the green- ness of their plumage. They deserve some share of the profits, for to them we owe the very existence of the pimen- to properties. —[St. James Gazette. ALLSPICE. The Fragrant Product of the Pimento Tree. The newly-mvented pipe of wood fibre for water, gas, and electric wire conduits is made under the enormous hydraulic pressure of the material, and, alter the pipe is thus formed, it is thoroughly saturated with a liquid that makes it water and acid proof and in- destructible by natural causes, and then it is finally baked. Pipe of this char- acter will stand a pressure of 125 to 175 pounds to the square inch, though it weighs but one-fifth as much as iron. Its tensile strength is enormous, and it will endure heat up to 400 degrees. It is a non-conductor of heat, and protects its contents from freezing, unless at a very low temperature. The pipe is suitable for mills using water and dyes, and is said to insulate electric wiresper- fectly.—[Paper "World. Pipe from Fibre Wood. "Where is the island of Cuba situ- ated?" asked an Austin school teacher of a small, rather forlorn looking boy.. 'Idunno, sir." "Don't you know where sugar comes from?" 'rSTea,; sir, we borrows it from the next doorneighbor."-r[Siftings. Where It Came From. PEARLS OF THOUGHT Destroy ignorance and let progression progress. Every utterance creates some kind of an impression. Calumny is like coal; if it does not burn it will soil. Real glory springs from thesilent con- quest of ourselves. Avoid temptation through fear you may not withstand it. Never speak evil of any one. Be ju3t before you are generous. Colors are extensively used in the decoration of black toilets. Our acts make or mar us; we are the children of our own deeds. It is an irrefragable law of mind that moral efforts become easier by repetition. He who does not engage in the quar- rels of others will have1 few of his own. Every man has three characters—that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Irresolution is a worse vice than rash- ness. He that shoots best may some- times miss the mark, but he that shoots not at all can never hit it. Irresolution loosens all the joints of a state; like an ague, it shakes not this nor that limb, but all the body is at onco in a fit. Some interesting discoveries have re- cently been made in the excavations at Pompeii. Many silver vessels and three books were found, under conditions which lead to the conclusion that the owner of those valuables, a lady named Dicidia Margari3, had packed them at the moment of the catastrophe in a cloth, in order to save something more than mere naked life, but that she perished in the attempt. Her name we learn from the books, important documents and title deeds which she would not leave behind. There are tho usual wood tablets, 8 inches by 5 inches, coated with wax, and several of them are fastened together in book form. For the first few day3 after their discovery they were perfectly legible, except in a few places where damp had destroyed the wood ; after that time, probably because the jvood had began to dry, the layers of wax peeled partly off, split- ting up into small portions. The con- t.riints nrn nil between thfi owner mentioned and a Poppoea Note, a liberated slave of Priscus, and from tho names of tho consuls referred to in two of them tho year (61 A. D.) may be fixed . In one of them Dicidia buys of Poppaea two young slaves, Simpli- cious and Petrinous ; another also has reference to a sale of slaves; thi third contract mentions a sum of 1450 sester- ces, which Poppas* Note undertakes to pay to Dicidia Margaris in case tho slaves should not turn out profitable. The silver plate of Dicidia formed a set of four persons, but, as it was gathered up in haste, it is incomplete. It com- prises four goblets with four tray3, four cups with four handles, four smaller cups, four others, four cup3 with feet, a cup without a handle, a fil ter, a small bottle with perforated bottom, a spoon, and a small scoop. Tho total weight of the articles is 2943.70 grammes (not quite 127 ounces troy). There was also found a silver statuette of Jupiter on a bronze pedestal,as well as a large bronze dish, with raised edge and inlaid with a finely chiselled silver plate, and finally, three pair of ear pendants. The excavations at Pompeii have yielded abundance recently also in other ways. Numerous surgical instru- ments (mostly of bronze) have been found, which appear to have been kept in a wooden box; also a small pair of apothecary's scales and a set of weighty equivalent to 14, 17.5, 21, 249 and 25.8 grammes respectively. Among variom domestic utensils may be mentioned as noteworthy a beautiful stewpan of bronze, the silver inlay of which repre- sents a head in raised work, and a bronze lamp, still containing the wick; finally, various glass vessels,terra cotta, gold rings and ear pendants. Excavations at Fompen. Any one can prove tne rotary motion of the earth on its axis by a simple ex- periment, for making which an educa- tional journal of Frankfort, Germany, gives the following directions: "Take a good-sized bowl, fill it nearly full of water, and place it upon the floor of a room which is not exposed to shaking or jarring from the street Sprinkle over the surface of the water a coating of lycopodium powder—a white sub- stance which is sometimes used for pur- poses of the toilet, and which can be ob- tained at almost any apothecary's. Then, upon the surface of this coating of powder, make, with powdered charcoal, a straight black line, say an inch or two inches in length. Having made this little black mark with tho charcoal powder on the surface of the contents of the bowl, lay down upon the floor, close to the bowl a stick or some other straight object, so that it shall be exactly parallel with the mark. If the line hap- pens to be parallel with a crack in the floor, or with any stationary object in the room, this will serve as well Leave the bowl undisturbed for a few hours, and observe the position of the black mark with reference to the object that it was parallel with. It will be found to have moved about, and to have moved from east to west-—that is to say, in that direction opposite to that of the movement of the earth on its axis. The earth, in simply revolving, has carried the water and everything else in the bowl around with it» but the powder on the surface has been left behind a little. The line will always be found to have moved from east to west, which is per- fectly good proof that everything else hasmoved the other way." Proof of the Earth' s Botary M otion Pawkins—Do you know that my wife and I were born on the same day? Jawkina—No, indeed 1 Why that re- mindsme that Mrs. Jawkins and Iwero married on the same day.—XLowell Citia*- . Coincidence. Russian Soldiers who do About as They Please. A letter from Moscow to tho Kansas City Times says: I see here and at St. Petersburg only a few soldiers in the streets, and the dashing Cossacks rid- ing like mad on horseback are the life of the military for the winter. The Cossacks are the life guards of tho czar, and are the most interesting of tho many characters in this strange country. A genuine Cossack has no more ap- preciation or dread of danger than ho has of his vodka, a terrible rum, which he drinks like water and which makes intoxication at sight. He was the original soldier of Russia, the patron detective and the prime spirit in mak- ing republican institutions what they are. He is devoted to the czar, and for his devotion has bean knighted in tho highest degree. The acme of the Rus- sian soldier is to become associated with the service of the crown and to bo located about the palace. When a sol- dier is stationed in tho vicinity of tho palace and it becomes known to that ho has been recognized by tho czar, his reputation has reached tho zenith, and he instantly becomes tho admiration of the entire people. To got a promotion en suite—that is, into tho direct servico of the czar—is to *acquire tho highest honor a million Russian soldiers aspiro to. In all the wars Russia has fought from her organization, tho Cossacks have figured most conspicuously. They especially did tho blood y work when Napoleon came over from France in 1812 and attempted to conquer tho empire. The great French general found his men falling like hail when ho was unable to striko back, the enemy always being under shelter. It was con- tinuous bush-whacking till the retreat began, when the Cossack3 ro le ' out 40,000 on horseback and shot down in cold blood almost twico their number in Napoleon's ranks. For centuries these people have been tho predominant inhabitants on both side3 of tho Volga, and tho first to take up arms in all tho Crimea against intrudors. Nearly half a century ago tho czar rewarded tho the tribe by making all Cossacks in his service his special lifo guard. Alto- gether tho most brutal and ignorant, tho Cossack is thus given the most con- spicuous position in all this great army. Whenever youseo Alexander III. you soo a swarm of Cossacks about him, riding over pedestrians, slashing their sabres in the air, and holding high and arbi- trary authority. They have complete privilego and exercise it to tho fullest extent. A Cossack soldier is granted com- plete immunity against punishment for all but tho highest crime, which is mur- der in cold blood. If he wantonl y mur- ders an innocent and unoffending citizen or companion ho is court-martialed and probably imprisoned for three or six- months, but it is extremely difficult to convict him when once arrested. He i3 furnished a horse, clothing and lations when stationed in a city, but is given no salary, and rations only when ho cannot forage. About one-fourth of them are thus supplied by the hands of the czar, while nearly a hundred thou- sand of them aro privileged to go about the country and in tho name of the czar pillage and plunder. They hold up strangers, commit burglary sometimes and demand at the hands of tho pcoplo the best there is to livo upon. It is useless to make complaints cf their dep- redations, as they are legalized. Tho people have to keep the czar and guard his life ; they must protect him and all his interests, and he holds that they may just as well do some of their acts for tho empire's preservation directly, by maintaining a band of marauders, a3 to do it indirectly through the chan- nel of the treasury. It does not follow that because a soldier is a life guard hu must bo at the side of the one he is cm- ployed to protect. His field is in any spot he can locate effort to injure the empire or its czar. He is a secret or public detec- tive,or asoldier,according to hispurposes or desires. Ho goes about, when not under direct orders, in tho uniform of a Rnldipr or the drp.sa of a civilian. At St. Petersburg, not many days ago, I saw a CossacK in private citizen's dre33 on the street, walking in hot haste. Ho wore a long ulster, buttoned up to tho chin. He was in the role of a detective. In a little group of men he espied his game—a slender youth. Hastily un- buttoning his great coat he drew forth a bugle. A. single, short call, and at hh side were three or four of the fiercest- looking Cossack soldieH I ever saw. They came in a twinkling, wore coat- of-mail cap?, and at their sides and in their belts were pistob, knives and maces sufficient to start a band of high- waymen. The arrest was not resisted, and the display seemed entirely un- necessary. THE COSSACKS. The Lawless Men who Compose the Czar's Body Guard. Says the Harrodsburg (Ky.) Demo- crat : Two brothers, not living moro than fifty miles from Harrodsburg, look so much alike that when one of them joined the Baptist church, and was about to be immersed, he found that he had no clothes suitable for tho occasion, as he expressed it, and paid his brother tea cents to be baptized in his place, which was done. This story seems incredible, but it is nevertheless the fact, and would never have been found .out had not one of the brothers gotten angry and gave it away." 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