AMONG THE GLACIERS. st mm rnamm. I And of tbe beacon hills that flame up white. And spread as from on high a word sublime. How is It that ri|H>n tire roll of Ume Thy sons hsve rarely writ their name in light ? Lend where the voioes of load water* throng Where avalanches strike the mountain aide Here men have wrv'd and toil d, have wept and died, And all in silence hearken 4 to thy song. Is it the rastnees of the temple frowning On charming symbols of the artist's faith ■' Is it the volume of the music drowning The ntteraiice of his frail and fleeting breath? That shames all forms of worship and of praise. Save the still service of laborious dvys An t'silneer*e SlS'j . In the autumn of 1886 1 WAS an engi neer on the Galena and Chicago ITulon railroad, now the Galena division of the great Chicago and Northwestern railway, was sent one Sunday from the junction—thirty miles west of Chicago —to Harlem, to bring up several cars loaded with railroad Iron. On arriving at Harlem 1 found the turn table broken, and, therefore went down to the limits, then llalstead street, to turn my engine about. At that time there were no houses between the city and Oak Hnlge, nine miles out, it being a smooth, level prairie all the w w, and hut little trawl except on cars. The road was an air line, and w hen I hail got half over the distance, 1 saw. walking on the track, a young man and a young woman, each one carrying a small parcel, and having the appearance of fugitive*. That was long before Mr.Greeley had instructed the young men to "go west," am! this pair iiad really got the start of the Trib une SOT, for they were going west a> fast a* they could walk, and at the time of my meeting theu), had a long stretch before them that promised no pleasing company except such as they ton ml in each other. After turning my engine I started hack, and in a short time overtook the wanderers, when 1 stopped the en gine and invited them to ride. At first they teemed a little timid, hut I quieted their fears, ami having got them nicely seated in the cab. I started on. By severe questioning 1 learned that the man had been in the employ of a farmer, in Chautauqua county, N. Y.; that the girl was the only daught er of the farmer; that they had deter mined on getting married agaiust the will of the parents, and had ran away, seeking the haven of rest, Chicago. Here they got out of uiouoy, and. as the youug man failed to get work they had started out to look for places among the farmers. 1 took them to the junc tion, w here his story awakened a good deal of interest for them among the railroad men. resulting In placing him at lie kalb as a night wiper of locomo tive*. Here they continued all w inter, and, as 1 used te see them at times, 1 think 1 never saw two persons better or more lovingly mated than they. The following spring 1 lost sight of them, hut subsequently I learned that they had returned east. A few day* alter Christmas, 1873, 1 went into Everett's dining rooms. Wash ington market, New York, and ordered dinner. While waiting to be served, 1 saw a well-to-do farmer-looking indi vidual enter and take a seat at the next table. He was in conversation with a butcher, and I thought 1 recognized something familiar in the voice and features of the new comer. So im pressed was 1 with the belief that 1 had seen him before that on flubbing my lunch I approached and asked him if we had not met somewhere. He failed to remember ever having seen me, and I was about going away when 1 asked if he had ever been on the Northwestern railway. At first he answered in the negative, hut quickly corrected himself and said, "Why, yes, I was out there years ago." "Did you work for the company?" "Yes 1 wiped eugines at De Kalb one winter." Then, for the first time, it occurred to me who he was. and 1 ashed if he re membered being picked up one Sunday between Chicago and Oak Ridge. "I shall never forget that!" said he; "and I know you must be the man who befriended me then. How my wile would like to see you." And he crx-ped my hand in token of my former kindness and his remetnberance of it. 1 learned tiiat his wife's parents had sent for them to come back the spring that 1 missed them; that he had finally come into possession of the farm on the death of his father-in-law; had been very successful and was at that time de livering two car-loads of stock to the butcher at his side. Bracelets. Perhaps the history of no other arti cle of jewelry can be traced so far hack as that of the bracelet. This may be owing to the fact that it was more ea sily manufactured, being in the earli est times but a rude band of flexible tuetal wound around the arm. Brace let*. we are told, have been used by both sax age and civilized nations from the farthest back ages down to our own. They are mentioned in Genesis as worn by inith men and women. The Medes and Persians were noted, even amongst Asiatics, for their love for ornaments of this class. The Gauls wore bracs-lets, and the Sabine*, a* early a* tbe foundation ef Home, bad ponderous golden armlets on the left arm. The same a* true of the Sami ans about the same time. Now, judg ing from these fact*, it is very evident that the Luman race, ever since its cre ation, has had a natural hankering af ter adornment* for its arms. This be ing the case, it is not to be wondered at that the designs and styles and ma terials employed in the construction of bracelets since their invention are in numerable. The Grecians even wore bracelets in the form of a snake. The Emperor Nero adorned his right arm in a golden armiila, which enclosed the skin of a serpent. Roman ladies wore bracelets, not only for ornaments, but for the purpose of containing amulets, which were supposed to effect miracu lous cures. However, tbe snake period, and the amulet period, and the serpent peroid are among the things of the past, and only the plain, substantial designs born out of a healthy, refined, cultivated nature have come down to us through long ages. Thus we find among the elegant assortment of brace lets of to-day several specimens which in many respects bear a strong resemb lence to the heavy, chased bands worn in tbe middle ages. There are the Ro man gold banns, ornamented with a unique design in gold of many colors, and there are the mas*i ve bands formed from links of gold, all of which savor* strongly of ancient days. One of these bands l* particularly chaste. The de sign is a small section of swamp, edged, with a few reeds and a crane. The work is raised, and the gold employed for the different parts of appropriate tint; the smalt portion of water visible glitters in sunshine; the silvery wings of the bird tiash in the light. Another is Roman gold, has the upper surface studded with three balls. Each ball is embellished with a tiny branch deeply chased. Upon this branch is perched a bird worked in delicate tracery. In tbe way of diainoud bracelets there is nothing especially new. This may perhaps be owing to the perfection of tbe old styles. 'I here is the usual va riety of bracelets ornamented with the cheaper gems and precious stones. For the present, chain bracelets are obso lete ; and all band bracelets fasten at the side with a patent clasp. Intermarriages In berinany. In the upper classes marriage ig de termined, if not chiefly, yet perhaps decisively, by means. It is" part of the prosaic, practical (and yet how fatally unpractical) programme which seems the law of the modern German nature —the money, if in a family, shall not be allowed to go out ot it. Hence, both in the case of gold and land, marriages and intermarriages go on generation after generation,the relationships grow - ing ever nearer and nearer, more and more confused, and the results, as may be readily immagiued, ever more and more disastrous, in no other country does one meet with the same number of goitrous throats, scarred necks, spin al disea - hip disease, bad teeth, and generally defective bone structure, as iu Germany. No hesitation is felt in speaking openly on matters that one might without hypocrisy, be justified in biding under any available bushel. "Who is that frightfully disfigured person?" asked my neighbor a brilliant young Lieutenant of hussars, at a fami ly dinner. " Ich leide *ehr an Skrofeln," said the young lady in question on the other side of me, sjK-aking in the same level, emotional tone that she might have lisol In asking mo to pan* the salt, .Max! she ha>l no need to toll the terri ble tale; hut In a week, neither more nor lose, she wax engaged to the critical I.leutenant(he waa over head and ears In debt),who though he had not IKKMI too delicate to attcor at her defect.*, wax not slow to discover that the ' • iw i de so c.iturtle made up for aw ant of eye laxhex, and that sixty thousand thaler* covered a multitude of sin*. In anoth er family, w here cousins had Intermar ried with cousins apparently since the iLhhl. the sole Iteir to a \a>t pro|Hrtj was a delicate spineless boy, a olilld whose I tones had a cruel tendency to work through the skin, and so to slough away to the agony of the little sufferer. It xxas not possible that he should live, and, x\ hen after twelve year* of terrible existence, death came, and tnorcifuly set him free at last, the childless father, looking around, picked out another Cousin, took her to wife and lived to have three more children, xx hereof tw o xx ere grieveouslv afflicted In mind and body, hut the third, a hectic Uyx. Mir vlved to inherit the estate.- > • - Jhwtt'M. A I x-rut Tree. Consul Morgan, In his supplementary rejort on the trade and commerce of Brazil for the year 1574, just Issued, makes *|ieeial mention of a most useful tree, which would N- a valuable acqul allien to any country where It would condescend to grow. The tree In ques tion is the carnouha ;co|ieruicia earl ier*'-, a palm tree, which without any culture develops Itself In Ceara, Rio Graude del Norte, Hahia, Ac lVrhaps in no country, say* Consul Morgan, i a plant applied to *o many and varied purposes. It resist* the most prolonged drought and preserves itself constantly luxuriant ami green. It* r\H>ts jio*<-s the same medicinal effects as the *ai*a paritla. From the trunk are obtained strong fibre-, which acquire a beautiful lustre, as well a- corner pieces ot lim ber and excellent jall*adc- for enclo sure*. The palmetto when young serve- as an appreciable and nutritious food; and therefrom a!-o wine, vinegar and a saccharine matter I- extracted, a xx ell as a kind ot gum similar iu Its taste and properties to sago. This plant has often served during the period of excessive droughts a* the means of su|>- port to the populations of Ceara and lvioGrande del Norte. From the TTTHH! and trunk of the tree musical instru ments are made, a- also tubs and pumps lor water, l'he delicate fibrous sub stance of the nith of the stalk ami its leaves make a good substitute for cork. The pulp of the fruit is of a pleasant taste, and the nut, oily and emulsive, is, after being roasted and reduced to a powder, often used as coffee. Front the trunk of the tree a specie* of flour sim ilar to utaizena is extracted, as well as a liquid resembling that of the Bah la cocoanut. Front this dried strax*. mats, hats, baskets and brooms are made, and of this straw large quantities are ex ported to Europe, where it is employed iu the manufacture of flue hats, the whole value of which ex|K>rted and of such as is utilized by national industry amouutiug now to about A117,500 per annum. Finally from its leaves is pro duced the wax used in the manufacture of candle*, the annual exportation of which exceeds in value -LIU:!,500. — Pall Malt triUtUe. Provera*. It is Lord Bacon who says "The ge nius, spirit, and the wit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs;" and Karl Russell defined a proverb admirably w hen he called it the "Wisdom of many, and the wit of one"—that is, the xvis dom of many having observed a fact, one wittier than the rest puts it into some happy phrase. So also I'ope: True wit is nature to advantage dreosed - XVhat oft was thought but ne'er ao well ex pressed. As for the wit of a nation beiug dis covered in its proverbs, this is true with the reserve that almost every proverb worth repeating may be found in many languages, indicating a common origin I>erhaps, certainly showing that all meu are of one kin. A proverb, in fact, should be that touch ot nature which will make all feel alike and all accept it. The following are a few proverbs, some of which combine much shrewd observation with can-tic w it, and which are all deserving of being treasured in our memories and taken as a guidance in life. Life itself is so short and so near to us all that we do not wonder at the sum of wisdom being to the Babylonian, "Eat, drink, and love," or, a- some say, "live." It is the old materialist idea "Enjoy the present hour." The Syrian hits this off admirably when he says. "The egg of to-day, anil not the hen of to-morrow." We say, "A bird iuthehaml is worth two in the hush," calling iu alliteration to aid us to remember that promised happiness is uncertain. "To-morrow never comes, we are told;" but there are others who have turned the good of waiting into words of wisdom as true as thev are poetical. Apropos of eggs. JerrolJ has said with sweetest poetry, "Fatience wanted a nightingale; I'atieuce waited, and the egg sang." A parallel piece of poetry is a French proverb, "With time and patience a mulberry leaf beeome* satin." Another writer tells us that "Pa tience and Faith alone can conquer Time;" and the French have a beauti ful line, which the poet Lougfellw has thus Englished, "All thing* come mund to him who w ill but wait." Finally lie would rather have the egg than th, hen may consider himself "sat upon'e by the mighty Shakeqieare and his weighty pity, "How poor are they that have not patience!" "Wait—that is the lesson of life," says one; but, answers another, "A setting hen never gets fat." "Ay, ay," rejoins the first, "but a 'rol ling stone gathers no moss.'" Both thrust an|j parry, lunge and riposte are good; a setting hen does not want to get fat, but she hatches her chickens; and the rolling stone, we may supjKMc, sees Hie world. There are some excellent Ryrlae pro verbs. The Moslem Syrian laughs at the "Jew beggar who neither enjoys this world nor the next;" and, while we say "Hard words break no bones," he put* his view (the same, in more ap propriate words— "A thousand curses never tore a shirt." "Speech Is of sil ver, silence Isgold," made popular here by Carlyle, Is German, hut tiie original is Syriae, and is manifestly Eastern. "I had many friends w hen my vines gave wine," embodies the common experi ence that prosjierity beget* friends and adversity tries th*m; so we see that what is true in the West is true also in East. II -Tint-ahalt I ii( "Who is be that will strike hands with met" asks Job. "A man void of understanding strikes hands, and be cometh surety in the piesenee of hit friends," aaith the wise King of Israel. In this old-world custom of striking hands, hand-shaking, no doubt, origi nated, for, before it became a mere friendly greeting, a shake of the hand was accepted as a pledge. When Fer dinand and Miranda strike their ten der bargain he says, "Here i my band," and she replies, "And mine with my heart on it. ' Dunbar. Lord Treasurer of Scotland, congratulating Yelvertoo upon having made bis peace at Court, said to him, "I will desire your friend ship, as you do mine, and 1 w ill promise to do you my best; whereupon as pledge 1 give you my hand !" And so, shaking Velverton by the hand, he bade him farewell. Nowadays a shake of the hand may mean very much, or nothing at all. The strong, hearty grip for grip of two old, lotig-parteu friends, meeting unexpectedly, is one thing; the nerveless, loose, indifferent clasp of aquaintanccidiip another. Syd ney Smith attempted to classify hand shakes, dividing them into high official, the sepulchral, the digitory, tin- shakus rustic-US, and the retentive. The first was practiced by the then Archbishop of York, "who kept his body erect, carried your hand aloft to a level with his chin, and gave it a rapid, short shake." Sir John Mackintosh affected the sepulchral, "laying his open hand flat on your palm, so coldly you were hardly aware of its contiguity" The digitory—in favor with the high clergy —was adopted by Brougham, who used to put forth his forefinger with. "How are yon?" The shakus rnsticus was having "your hand seized in an iron grasp, betokening rude health, a warm heart, and distance from the metropo lis, but producing a sense of relief when your hand is released with the fingers unbroken."—All the Year Round. timuTimtk IFAKTTM ION GMAM No crop GETS loss attention than grass. It mann ed at all It U only Incidentally with another crop, rarely for itself alone, t'orn.wheat and barley get the manure, and when seeded, the young elovoi lakes w hat is left. After that, If the tield IH< pastured, the droppings ol uni mala left in lumps over the Held, are all that the lauds get till ploughed again. This is considered Improving the soil; and It Is. \o matter how mi*, managed, clover Is a benefit, atid w bat ever else, be may do, the tarinei who sow * and grows clover, Is making bis farm lctter. M hat, then, might not the result la*, If the same care were taken ol the clover hill as o( othei crops! It does not need cultivating. the long, deep reaching roots mellow and pulverise the soil as nothing else can. If the clover grow s thriftily, the top acts us a mulch, shading the ground and keeping It moist, V crop ol two ton* or more of clover, whether ploughed under or cut for hay can hardly tall to leave the soil better than lu'tore. We advise him to grow the lar gest crops of clover. A slight dressing of gy psuui—one hundred |H>unds JKT acre in earlv spring—often produce* wonderful results. Hut if a faiun-r ha* a little rotted manure, the scrapings ol barnyard*, fall I* the lime to apply It. t lover is often Injured by free/tug and thawing In winter and a very slight covering of tuauure w 111 atloid a great deal of protection. Kicb earth from corner* of the fence*, Ix well worth drawing a short distance on young clover, provided the ground ix hard anil firm. If the field Is not to he moved ne\L season courser manure AN IK- U<N!. — < l USFRJF (AMITE "Kin. I MOIUNTOI ND Uxors. Generally speaking, only that is counted a crop xx hlch appear* above ground. We do not refer now to root crop-, a they are termed, but to grain and forage crops, especially grass ami clover. Science has demonstrated, that while health) clover plants, iu a good soil, are form ing a bundled pound* of stems and leaves, which collectively wo term has, I lie root* below, cleared from dirt, will weigh filly-six pounds. Most of this underground grow th is obtained from fertilising material li-bed up from the subsoil by rK>t fibres. Half as lunch weight of product as appears on top of the ground, when a hay crop i- gath ered, may lie transmuted into a future grain yield, by b itig ploughed in, ami converted into plant IIHKI. Thus re garded clover is a mighty agent in maintaining and increasing the fertility of the soil. A hundred pounds of land plaster to the acre wonderfully increases iK'th the up|>er ami uuder-growth of clover. It ha* a double effect In attract ing fertilizing gases from the air, and drawing up agricultural salts from the subsoil in water that rt-cs and enters tin* long roots making them both longer ami thicker, at the same time promoting the grow th of leaf and stem. The water evaporates from the plant, but the fertilizing salts and gasc- do not. This 1- the wav to improve bar ren soils. I'oor laml may l>e led and fattened just the same as a lean pig may be made to take on flesh. Clover and grass may thus he made to work for the intelligent farmer, not only during the day w hen he is busy and active, hut during the night when he is fa*l asleep. STOCX I'OXDS. —Many laruiera living in the prairie districts have suffered greatly tor the want of water for their : stock the past fall and winter. There j is, at this season of the year, ample time for making |>oml* of sufficient strength and capacity to afford water for all the stock the farmer will have UJHJM his farm hereafter. The work can be done chiefly with the plough and scraper. It is lietter to make a deep |Hud at once, so that there may never be any fears of failure of water. There should I*- provided a safe con duit for the surplus water, so the dam cannot be destroyed. By making a deep and large pond, several other ols jects are obtained. It can be stocked with tish, and it is astonishing with XT hat rapidity they propagate and and grow . The rearing of ti-h is made a profitable business in some parts of this country and in Europe, and far mers, with a little of foresight in mak ing ponds, could alw ays have tl-li for the table. The pond will also afford i ice to till the ice-house, and no farmer -hould be without one. for ice is agreal luxury in summer, and lnd!*|>eiisible to keeping sweet, cool milk and butter. The advantages of good |>onds are -o many and great that farmers who have not got them should go to work at once and make them. There is hardly a farm in the West that ha* not ground upon it adapted to making half a dozen good-jiond*. A few days of hard work ami the job i- done for a lifetime. We know that all farmers' wives endorse i our views on the subject of good ponds. I l.'urol WurUi. Livn DRAINAGE. —There Is scarcely a farm on which drainage Is not re quired, and o|en weather In winter and spring should he taken advantage o( to collect materials fur the drains. Tiles are the most uniform and iirta ble material for drainage, vet in many cases other material may i- used. In I Great Britain and Ireland millions of acres are drained by stone-drains, that is with drains tilled tu a certain height with small stones, over which green soda are inverted and a perfect cover ing made to prevent the entrance of sand or earth. The drains are then filled up with the soil that has IK-CII thrown up in forming them. On some farms small stones exi-t in large quan tities and their removal from the sur face of tillage fields, meadow s and pas tures Is necessary. These may be used xvitb good effect in draining low and marshy place*. The drains should fu made in the sha|>e of a blunt wedge from four to six Inches at the bottom, about fourteen inches wide at. top and thr-e feet deep. These should be filled with stones to the height of 10 or 12 inches, the smallest -tones being placed on the bottom. A main drain with a good outlet should IK- construc ted la-fore the smaller drains arc made. EXPKKIMKNT* IN PRUNING. — James Redpath, of Buchanan County, la. tried an experiment to determine tin time of the year at which wounds made In pruning are covered U-st and most speedily. A branch one inch in diam eter was cut from a tree of Rawle's Janet on the first day of each mouth in the year, and at the end of five years, when all were in-aled over, they were opened and found to have decayed tin least in those cut in February and March for just before tin- swelling of the buds) and most in those cut in June and July, or during the grow ing sea son, while the latter had the advan tage of being closed one year the ear liest. Another similar experiment was tried on the Yellow Bell-flower, and at the end of four years all were healed over; on o[>cniiig the places where pruned, the same result was found, ex cept a slight difference in favor of F<-I>- ruary ami July. In these experiments the decay from summer pruning was about three times as extensive as from that performed in the winter months. Knot pruning for dwarfs always ruined the constitution of the tree. AI-I-I.ES FOB Cows.—L. B. Arnold, in the New York Tiihune writes: "In the fall of IWS7 I fed 400 bushels of apples to my cows, giving a peck at a tune onoe a day. 1 am satisfied now it would have been better to have fed one-half of that quantity In the morning and the other at night; but as It was,a daily record of the increase of milk they <H-- casloned showed a product of 17 ounces of cheese for every bushel of ap ples fed. Unlike potatoes, fruit i- la-st fed without cooking. Iu its raw state a small quantity of fruit aids in the di gestion of other food, and gives vigor and health to every kind of stock con suming it. It gives a lively and glossy appearance to the coat of horses ami cattle, and is an excellent safeguard against the attacks of disease. I have never seen anything so good for ahorse with the epizootic, as a daily feed of six quarts of ripe apples." FRUGALITY in the kitchen, and econ omy iu the out-of-door and tield opera tions, will render farming a paying business. Without economy, a farmer will soon lie trotting "over the hill to the poor house." Were I but free from sin, and the world around me free of it, I would crave no better state and no finer heaven than that into which 1 w as born. M 4 IKITiriC. f>p(NH /kl Hijll V It IN It I'UIMUslj suggestive f<%<-( tlnil very lew of tlifi weekly journals,especially of it literary nature, winch godirrrtly lulo families, can now in I.'UN be examined hut that HOUICU lll'lt' 111 then tlll\ CI t iNlltg col II 111 UN me fouuit niinouucciuMUlM olicriiig nt tlicitl cures lot the O|IIIIIII habit. W E Imve ton li it I lifKc tttl v ert im-incut H it hull ihtnt 111 fltNhlOll llllttttt/ItICN , lllltl 111 tlct'tl NO widely spread me they, MUtl NO pel NIN(CUU) it re they kept Itofole the ptltilie, I lull it stranger might seriously itek IliniHclf whethei the lunula tot the ill UK' IH> not TIN strong in thiN civili/eil count tv HN 111 ('hlutt. I MO HI HI SON, ot those who have liecottlc aihllcteil to (he UNe ot optutil thiougli its etlt ployiuent a* a niciln ine IIUIIUK* acute illness, have lately hci'll hlouitht to out knowledge . ituil Nome fuither iinjutry leads IIN to helieve that (tie large ma jjoi It > of otutliu cute IN tint* acquire tliell haueful taste. lr. .1. 11. MattiNoti, in ail article 111 the Mrilintl A'wunl, strong ly advocute* this view, uml le-lntoiccN hi coticliiNiou with a timely caution to physician* legai dlllg tlio careless lire scribing ol the drug. It appears that, wlnle alcoholic intoxication IN dix'tcu* IIIK' tlnoughout tlu< I luted Stale*, opium di uiikenneN* ta increasing, and the dealer* 111 crude oUIUIII and the uuuiufacturera ot it* alkaloid* aNHert that (lie importation ot die one and the pi*wlnetlOllN of the other are Using lap idly year h\ yeai NO much NO icgard itilt nmrphia, that at one ot oui iaigest manufacturing ceuter* the aupply IN nald to he lUNUllicieUt for the ilelliatlll. 1 >r. MattiNon adduceN a moat Intel cstiug array of iiiNtanceN in proot of hta view*. Cases are meiitioiied ot pet NOUN i who previously took opium to K'alll relict trolll the pain ot nclatica. ol neuralgia, ot similar acute maladies 1 Incoming contiimeil inehriateN, utterly uuatde to diNeiithral themselves, and swallow nit; their daily potion not as a mean* of ((ratification out IIN a physical necessity. Legislative enactments pro hibiting the refilling ot au opiate pre script ion, ol the diNpeiiNiUk'ot opium in any forui, unless in pursuauce ot a pre Hcriptiou from the attending physician, would, 1 r. Mattiaon eoiiiler accomp llNll an immense amount ot pood. It would not wholly check the vice, hut would greatly in I titrate the same. "In carrying out the reform," lie adds, "it should he the aim of every practitioner, w hen called upon to preset tin- thin most valuable medicine, to sec to it that he exercises a discriminating care in NO doing, h.v careful inquiry as to the neu rotic Ntatus of his patient from the standpoint ot hereditary tendency and. if lu-cesNity demands a somewhat prolonged adtuinstratton, to watch tnoNt warily and guard most streuu oiisly against the earliest indications of an appetite that, thoroughly cstab lished, will scarcely lie ileuied, and which eulails upon its unhappy posses sor a darkness so dense, a honor so indescribable, that death, at times, seems preferable." l'*t of Aniline ' 'olort. —An account is given in I'tnylrr'ii Polytechnic Journal ot tiie ingenious process by winch alt aniline colors are now employed in the dyeing ot felt, and the means by which the coloring matters can be repeatedly applied when a dee|>euing of the tint is required. The coloring matter is dissolved in boiling water, the solution allowed to cool littered, and the nitrate mixes! with some water at thirty degrees u-m --perature—the quantit) of water to la added Uepeudiug. of course, on tlie deptli of tint winch is desired. The substance to be dyed is then placed moist in a basket, the latter suspended in tiie hath, and the liatli heated to sixty degrees: the fia-ket is kept iu constant agitation until the hair ap jteam to have absorbed a certain amount of coloring matter, when it is removed for au instant for tin- sake ot introducing fresh coloring matter into the liatli, ami then replaced, after which the heating to sixty degrees i repeated. When the dye nig is com pleted, tiie hair is left to cool, aud then Well rinsed. As brown is a color frequently used in tiie operation described, tin- fact is mentioned that line shade* of tins co lor are now obtained bv using certaiu live-products from magenta - know u in tiie trade as cerise, maroon, etc.. mixed with indigo carmine, picric acid, and a little sulphuric and. tin- appear ance of the material treated in tin* uianner being, it t- said, all thai could in- dealted. Sun-Spat* .in./ Frijahty.- The atron omen have been noting that the mill of late has been retnarksblv free from spots, and during the |*-nod there ha* bceu very warm ami spring-like wea ther. Alxmt two week* ago, however, the suu wa< found quite spotted again, ami at the name tune the thermometer tiegan to fall. This was the cane not only in thi* country, hut in Kurope, ami the Paris correspondent of the New York Tunes wiitc* that the wea ther suduenly changed tliere to the coldest. rawest and most disagreeable weather of the season. Thin fact liaa again given life to the theory that there is a relation lietween the nun spot* and the temperature upon thin planet. Mr. laK'kver. the Fuglish as tronomer, reported alMuit the tiist of .lanuary that he found the nun perfect ly free from sjstts and inferred that it might indicate a period of very mild weather. The very name day Father Secci made the name olnmrvatiwn in Koine. Neither astronomer asserted that there would be mild weather on earth liecauiW' the 111111 wan-potion*, but l*th inferred that Una might I** the case, ami audi lias Im-cii the ease in taet. T'lie difficulty about the theory is to afford an explanation how the trieater heat of the sun, presutuahly indicated by tile alieenre ot the spots, is so quickly transmitted to the atmos phere of the earth. fiat r*. (hi. —The reluctant yielding of the gas companies through the country to public opinion ami the fear of competition luta brought out the following comparison of the relative value and cost of gas and kerosene, allowing that gas is the dearest of alt our luxuries even at the reduced rates : An ordinary "student's lamp." burn ing oil, was compared with a nnt's wing burner consuming six feet of gas in an hour. First, the amount of light was compared, by tioldiiiK a lead pen cil at a distance from the two flames and obaervinjr the two shadows. Ity push ins' the gas burner farther hack than the lamp, a point waslfi length reached where the shadows were equal ly dark. The gas was then seven feet from the pencil ; the lamp was 5 :t feet. The comparative light of the dames was as the squares of these distances; i. e., as 40 to if*, or 7:4. The lamp humeri oil mis was ascertained by weighing it at intervals) at the rate of alsmt one gallon in seventy hours. To get as much light from oil as from tlie gas burner,one gallon would, of course, last only forty hours. This oil was Irought at retail for thirty rents. If gas costs i?:f per 1,000 feet, the six-foot burner would consume neventy-two cents' worth in forty hours. Ii the price of gas were reduced to $2 *>o per 1,000 feet, if would still cost twice as much, light lor light, as the oil. Coating for Isiin /> Shulm.— A < • eruian chemist has suggested the following comiKisitioii as a coating for lamp shades, ceilings, etc., as preferable, in respect to beauty, permanence and cheapness, to ordinary oil paint, since it adheres firmly, remains of a brilliant white at high temperatures, contains no organic matter, and by the use of suitable mineral colors, can have any shade imparted to it. Pure zinc white —oxide of zinc—thoroughly pulveiized, is added to a solution of silicate of soda of forty to fifty degrees, until the mixture lias the consistency ot or dinary oil paint. The metallic surface to l>e coated must l*i thoroughly cleansed—zinc and some other metals to !*• treated with hydrochloric acid— then washed with water, and the above compound laid on several times, by means of a brush, until the surface is well covered ; only n short time is re quired between the coatings, for the previous one to di y. Mineral Wool. —The method of man ufacture at the Krupp Works, Ksaen, Prussia, is as follows: The pig iron furnace is provided with a tap an inch in diameter, out of which a continual stream of slag is allowed to flow and to fall a distance of 2 feet ft inches, at which point the falling stream ot slug is met by a strong blast of cold air, the ell'ect of which is to separate the slag into myriads of liairlike threads, as white as snow, resembling the liuest wool. These fillers like spun glass, if handled, will penetrate the skin. The mineral wool is used for parking steam boilers, etc., and is a valuable product. miiumu I NK OK S*l IIN I'O KINU MMH. The Muvu'litlNCtl* l'l,iu,jhii>nn puhliNlicN the follow ing interesting and valuable fact* about the IINCN of salt and tin* kind* of KMII to UNC In packing meats. The incut packer diM'N not aim at a mere preset ra tion of liW heef and |M,ik Ills main ■•(>- Ject will ulw ay * lie to secure the keeping ut Ills meat ill the most pulutuhlc (Hindi (lull, and HN much SB piiN-lhle ol tie natural color, Chloride of NIHIIUIII, or vv hat means here about the same, a g>>d commercial salt,answers INIIII ends satis factorily, ll iro|H*i ly applied, ll IIIM-S not necessarily change (lie coloi ot the meat, trot does It alleel It* tenderness L'Volul reasonable IllllilS. I( IN also a good antiseptic, for it prevents. It present in n sulllcleut quantity , the development of organism* o( a lower onlet which lit Hull giowlli, a* a nalu- Isi consequence, will haoloti the dlsin tcgratloii ot (he meal mas*, and thus it* II HI* I putrefaction. Practice recommend* the use of the coarse and hard qualities ot salt for meat packing, tor the follow lug reasons; I'hey dissolve gradually, ami contract the meat by degrees to a desirable com pactness; tlicv keep the nail pickle wilhtli a certain moderate cuiicelitTS tlou ; the\ cannot enter mechanically Into (lie meat, and t!iu overcharge it, ami may therefore Is- applied ill a nufti cieul excess so as to eum|ieiisate for the losses ol pickle by leakage, etc., with out endangering the tenderness and the flavor tisi prematurely. I'he common line salt answers for a slioi l period of keeping Very Well, and is consequently used iu the packing of meat tor immediate family consump tion. Fifty to titly-six jMiumls of coarse -alt are usually taken for the salting dow ii of one barrel ot meat; the (Milium and top of the barret are al w ays care fully covered with a layer ot coarse -alt. i'hc coarse qualities of salt which are used in our country are cither maii ulactured from brines or from sea water. The purer Hie salt the nicer is the flavor ol the meal. A salt which contains large quantities of foreign saline admixtures, particularly of chlo ride of calcium uml of chloride of mag nesium Imparls a pungent ami disagice able taste, ami injures also the color of the ureal. < lIK'hKN SAI 4l>. —Take the meat from <it pair ul boiled chicken*. Chit ken, a It* ell a* celery, should he cut a* laigc it* it emu berry. Have equal quantities uf cliupj-cd chicken* ami celery—u any thing, more oi the celery, 'l ake a letel tabb-spoonful of dry mustard antl ruh it very smooth with the ytilk, f four hard-boiled rMK, ami the yolk* of two raw egg*. Then jiour on very slowly, stirring nil the time, one-third of a large bottle of salad oil, alternating with tiie juice of one large teuton, or two smaller ones; then ado a large lablespoouful of salt and two or three lalile|ioon!uls of rich cream, dust before serving, mitt lite chicken weli through litis dressing ; then add the celery. You may garnish . the top with the tender leaves of the celery, very thin slice* of lemon, a lew cajwrs here and there, and half a doren 1 stoned olives. Some add half a U-a*j**ui tul of cayenne je|ijM*r to the dressing, j while others obiecl to It. A TuxsrooxFt't., x WinkUl is* Ft'ix, iMi xlt i- FClA.—Tiie •Scn-nii, Ameri can say* that when s leaspouuful of any medicine is prescribed by a physician it I should t>e borne in mind that the quan ; lity meant 1- equal in volume to 45 , drop- of pure water at 00 degress Fab. it i a g>**l plan to measure off this amount HI water in a small wine glass, and mark on the latter tin- exact height : of the fluid, lid- will give an accurate i and convenient standard for future use. lea]s>oli- vary SO milch ill site that Uiere is aw idr margin of diflcruucc in their ca|iacitv. It is well to remeuibt-r also that four teaS|iooiifili equal one table siMMiufUi or iisif a fluid ounce. A wine glass full uieatis lour tablcspoon fuls, or two fluid ouuees; and a tea cup full, a directed by cookery tsmks, indi cate- four fluid ounces, or oue gill. i-rinrr* or AMMONIA.—A farmer's wife in the Country trrntleman say* she got a green sjsg on her carjiet, which -lie could not remove until site tried amuiouia, a tra-poonful iu s tea cup of hot water. The SJMII was wet with it thoroughly and gently rubtied with a cloth till it was gone. >be finds it a nice thing to clean silver with, also looking glass*-* ami windows. A few dro|M of ammonia in warm water will clean coal collars, lists, etc. Due part of ammonia to two of olive oil make* an excellent external applh-atiuu for sore throat. Applied to tiie nostrils it re-tores from fainting. If u-ed immediately, it is the le*t antidote to pru*-i< acid, it is itself a poison In large doses. The readiest rem-dy is vinegar. Ammonia exist- in the aluios phere iu the form of a carbonate. Amu r lit IIIR. — It take* no longer to —el a table neatly than it doe* to et it carele—iy. Now lii regard to butter. We have it iijHiii our table three time* a day. therefore 1 think it is iiiqioMaiit that it should look inviting, liut a* we -o frequently see it, in l*>lh large ami -mail broken pieces, surrounded bv numberless crumbs, as i- the ease w hen taken hurriedly out of the jar or tub. When wit purvha-c butter, the !-iter plan is to take out of the Jar, tub or lirkin, five or ten |MIIIIIII- aud work it over in a wooden bowl into -mall roils. Then you will always have a neat look ing plan- of hlltler to set tl|io|i your table; a smooth, round slice, instead of a "j u 111 bit* I iua*," a* my mother called an unsightly butter plate. Goon Son- FOR Cot.ii WF OHKII. — Have an earthen pipkin, w itli a close fitting lid ; put Into it any pieces of cohi meats, roa-t fs-ef lame*, tin- remains of any kind of game or |Mtiliry, (which may la- easily saved in winter time for a few days ; then add enough water to cover it. a few vegetables cut fine, a little barley, a Made or two of mai-c, and Jicpper and salt. This soup will la found delicious; and in Uii* nothing i* wasted, a* it can la- renewed from day today. Bv having this pot-au-feu many a cold am) hungry child may lc com for ted. To I'RKVIM flat irons from rusting, melt 'A or. camphor and 'll.. fresh hog'- lard over a slow fire, take off the scum, and mix a* much black lead with the coui|io*ition as will bring it to the color of iron. Spread this over the arti cles for which it is intended, la-t it lie for '2l hour*, and then rub it well with a dry linen cloth. Or smear the iron over w itli melted suet, and dust thereon some |Hiunded tuislackcd lime from a muslin icq;. Cover the irons with baize iu a dry place w In-u not iu use. BKAXHV MN A in.—Take one |mtiml of (lour, half a pound of coarse brown sugar, quarter of a |Kuiml of butter, one dtUM'rl-s|MHiuful of allspice; two of ground ginger, the grated peel of half, and the juice of a whole lemon ; mix all together, adding halt a pound of treacle; lieat It well, butter some sheet tins, and spread the paste thinly over them, bake in rather a slow oven. When done cut it into squares, and roll each square rotind the tiiig.-r as it is raised from the tin. PICKI.KII MITTON HAMS.—Three gal lons soft water, one |MIUIUI of coarse sugar, two ounces salt|ieter, three ponml* of common salt. Boil and re move the scum, and w hen cold pour over the meat. In two or three weeks the ham will IM- excellent for baking or boiling. It may In- smoked if preferred. DUTCH PANCAKES.—One egg, one large *|HM)III'III sugar,one cup milk, two lahle spoonlill* melted butter, one teaspoon- TII 1 cream tartar, one-half tcaspooufiil soda, a little salt, and flour enough to make thick, bake one-hall hour; slice and eat warm with butter. BEEF STEW.—Mix pound* of the llauk of beef, cut In small pieces; boil in two quarts of water until tender. Then put iu a dozen |>otntoc*, a dozen onions, and four turnips; cover it so that the steam shall not eacape; pepper and salt to the taste. FRIED CAKES.—One pint of buttermilk or sour milk, one teacup of sugar, two tahlespooiifula of lard, or pork-drip pings, which are better, one egg, a little salt, one tablespoon fill of suleratus. Very good plain cakes. ('HEAP PUDDING.—Mix well in a pan or dish half a pound of well soaked rice, four ounces ol sugar, two quarts of milk, two ounces ot clean drippplug and a quarter of a pound of currants. Bake it with the bread. Nl lOKOt'S Tin FIIKM IIMVN'N W*n u.- A short llllie SGU, Ml', Islisw , tlllie kec|N'r OF THE t 'OIINIDIDATED Virginia Mine, found a watch tying in the snow, where it hsd evidently l'li dropfted by some one w'u king in ornlMiiit the mine. Mr Shsw wrote a notice to the following effect, posting It by the side of the window to which the men come to give in tlo'lr names w hen going on or coming oil their shift*: "Kill m| \ Vfttuilitr ftlrb, wll li Itfp utiinr rn lit I") *ll\ug • t I III* iHhc •ul Umn rlidiiN (lit Several men called and described wlutl wit-, sccortllug to their ideas, s "valuable watch," nearly all making It gold, with a line chain of tin* same metal. Some NC( a number of licaiiliful pieces of gold quart/ into the links of (he chain. Hut ll was "no go;" not a man came any w here near deHerlhlng the watch. At la-t a little Frenchman came to the window and said : " A oil tlud one vault, Mkitaii slia w "\-s sir," said Shaw. "Have you losi aw alclt f" "Acs, sare, me have lose me one val'h." "Fan you describe III 1 " "Ota, yes, sare, me can describe hiui ver' jH-rtcc'ly," "W ell, w hat w as it like?" "My vatch he vas a silver vatch." ••Very g<"xl. \V liat kind of cases?" "Veil, lie have lie's face wide open." " \A lint kind ol chain I" "One tootle hias sit.,in." "11 liat kind ol key woolilhe chain?" "Veil, lot key he on *e shalll. He have no key at all, I wind hiiu by *e tall." The watch wa* a stem-winder, and the Frenchman had given a jterfect de scription of it, even down to "tw Util." As rtnuxilK Nay* that Conductor M. deary, ol the t hlcago, Hock Island ami I'acitic railroad, in taking up ticket* after his (rain tell Ires Moines, a few days ago, w as soinew hat surprised when a lady handed him a paper on which Ills eye distinguished the words; "Take one cup of sugar, three egg*, and two i I sinuds of flour; stir up well, add a iitlh' saicraliiH, and hake for twenty minutes in a hot oven," "l*o you ex- I mx' t to pass on tliis'r" asked M.-hleary. ''Certainly, sir, said (he lady in a sur prised manner. Hut when site glanced Iter eye on the pajM-r she smiled and ex plained, while Mctileary took up her regular ticket and willingly handed hack her receipt for inakiug "Boston I cookies." It is told of a map agent that on a re cent trip he was attacked by highway robbers, who demanded his money. As j he was too prudent to carry mouey in the country, they failed to make a haul j out ©I their victim. "Hut," said the agent, "1 have some splendid map* of | the country along witn me, which 1 should like to show youand in a tw inkling he was off his horse, had a map stuck upon a pole, and explained it so effectually that he sold each of the bandits a map, pocketed the money, and resumed lit* journey. Tax two Slieridatis were supping U gether one night after the <>|era, at a |M-riod when Tom expected to get into Patilauient. "1 think, father," said ! lie, "thai insnv tuen who are called great patriots iu the House of Commons are great humbugs. For my own part, if 1 get into Parliament, 1 will pledge my elf to no party, but w rite upon* my ! forehead, In legible characters, "To lw let." And under that, Tom," suggested i hi- father, "write 'Unfurnished.'" "Flan are caught by measure and sold Iby weight—that is, are caught by the gill aud sold by the pound, liut they are sometimes caught by wait— : w ait till yon gel a bile." Frequently they are caught by weight, as when they are caught by tiie pound, aud they furnish their own meaus to weigh themselves when they are weighed in their own scale*, lloil ' est Ashcrmeu too often steal w hen they 1 hook the fish. * Journal. FOR A straightforward plea to the question of "guilty, or not guilty?" commend us to that Missouri chap on trial for murder: "If your Honor tilease, lam guilty. 1 killed the man because he look my gal from me. She wa* atioiit the only thing 1 had; an' I didn't want to live alter -tie went, an' I didn't want him to live neither. Air I should lie much obliged to \ our Honor if you would hang me a- soon as |HMSI bIe." HK itAti made a hearty meal at a n-siraurant, and, rising up, he said to tiie cashier: "1 declare, if I haven't forgotten my w.ilh-i." The cashier fired up, and hurled big word* at him fur lull three minutes before pausing for breath. H lien a chance catue the stranger continued:—"But 1 have fifty dollars here in my vest poeket." The cashier couldn't smile to save him. SOMI TIME since a man In Maine wanted to exhibit an Egyptian mummy, and went to the court-house lor a lioen-e. "What I* It?" akcd the judge. "An Egyptian mummy, may it please the t'oiirt, more than three thousand years old," -aid the showman. "Three thousand years old?" exclaimed the judge, jumping to hi* feet, "and is tiie critter alive ?" tlx * cold, dark winter night, when a young married man is taking in the clothes, witli frozen linger* and a mouth lull ol clothespins, nothing gives liiin a greater feeling of despair than to hear hi* wife o|ien the hack window and say. •-'.lo-eph, you may tiring your* in, but I gtie** you can hang mine back." I r is related of Sidney Smith that I once, on entering a drawing-room in a West End man-ion, he found it lined witli mirrors on all sides. Finding him self reflected In every direction, he said that he "supposed he was at a meeting of the elergy. ami there seemed to la- a very re-ja-vtahle attendance." THF year 177' i is noted for the numlier j of Interior people w itli long Uvea who were bom in it. The year 1X76 will, of course, undertake to set a lietter exam ple. A people who are distinguished for nothing but old age might as well lie Mini vegetables.— Courier Journal. Ir WAS a diplomatic liu-band who protested to Ids wife: "My dear, if it doesn't make any difference to you, don't say 'brute' ami 'dolt !* Use terms milder, if not h-** incisive. If 1 must have curtain lectures, let them at least is- damask curtain ones." "Win you have it rare or well done?" said an Englishman U> au Irishman, as he was cutting a slii-e of roast beef. "I love it well done iver since I am in this country," replied Pat, "for it was rare enough we used to ate it in Ireland." A PHILOSOPHER.—Some robber having broken into a gentleman's house, went to the IMSI of tiie servant ami told him if he moved lie w as a dead man. "That's a falsehood," said lie, "for if I move I'm sure that I'm alive." "IT W AS Ben. Franklin who Intro duced broom corn culture Into this country." But thousands of suffering husband* would prefer to see the man w ho introduced broom handles.—.Vorris- Uorn Herald. "CAN I seen lawyer?" inquired a w oman who had just lawn sent up for thirty day*. "There are four or five where you are going," replied hi* honor. A MAIXK merchant rejoices that this is centennial year, lor he says he lias a num!-r of customers who settle their accounts only once iu a hundred years. A I.AUT wants a recipe for lieef soup. 1- ir*l hold the cow over tiie lire so as to singe oil' the pin feathers. Some people like to add a little rice. ISN'T UII aim w itiiout a name synony mous witli an ominous Anonymous? WHKN birds soar they warble, liut when a throat's sore it doesn't. Mono for a yeast factory—"Early to bread and early to rise." KKI> n.ANNKi. neckties are very gener ally worn—at night. WHKN the spider left the ark, did he walk or take u fly ? OFKKIUNOS of the season Twenty cents on a dollar. Motor ■•olnls In Jtslth • lisrsrlrr Tina Jew jsh egotism la shown in some peculiarities ol their ancient tongue Foe the pronoun "I," the Hebrew has two forms. For the pronoun "we," three forms. The word "self has *ev etnl equivalents. Words expressing subjective qualities are rich in synon yms. There are twelve words which mean to "think," twelve words which mean to "hide," eighteen woids which mean to "see," twenty-one words which mean to "s|teak,' k while to "apeak," and to "think" can lie expressed by the same word. 11l every tiling which be longs to personality, to individuality, the Hebrew language is redundant. On the other hand, the language is (tout in conjunctions, in words which seem to join men to the uien or things mound tlieai. Ami this linguistic pe culiarity is seen in the literature of (he Jews, which deals with personal foiluucN more than with general ideas. I he Jew ia into rested in the illustra tion of his own experience, and rates little for mere philosophy. That slur ot the w INC Preacher upon mere wisdom suits the Hebrew people still. Slid they have route mot for metaphysical prob Ictus. The Hebrew would know alsiut himself, whence he cauie. what lie is, and what will become of hint, and has Pot much heed of the philosophy of oilier tilings. He rejects, however, most energetically, the tualetiallst theory of mind aa the ptoduel of mere aeusatioti—a sheet of paper on which the senses iusrribe all that is writ leu. The Jews prefers philosophy which is Is.uml up in the events of a human life. other illustrations might he given of tins egotism of the Jews, such as the imputation in debate with rivals of personal motive*, or the teudeury to Uml the ideas ot tieutile writers in their own hooka, which sometimes be trays them into anachronism*. Hut the objective character of the Jews, their uuscllishiic**, is equally marked. First, there la their family love, the love of parenta with children, of brothers with sisters, as strong now as tu lire day* of the uatriaicliH. The liueat style ot taiiufy lite is aeeu in Jewish house hold*. Then there is their hospitality, the virtue of an Israelite aa much a* of an Ishmaelite. Then there is their spirit of couipaasiou for the jM*or and suffering. No people care so well for those of their rare who are sick or old or wretched as the Jews. The ayua gogue i* not more important than the hospital. Christian mercy ts only bor rowed Irom the Jewish virtue, empha tically enjoined iu the Sacred Hooks. There are no Jewish beggars, not only liecauae the people are too proud to beg, but because the want of the poor is met so well by brotherly kindness. l'niUiruiM J iff tew. An I.Mg I lab Soldier's Mlory. "You tell me Sir, that you were in the Army during the Crimea? Well, you must reculiecl how-, in those days, everything French was admired, and how many French customs were adop ted in the service! 1 Some Colonels of cavalry went In for leather overalls. The infantry never ceased agitating till they got leave to w ear the mustache. In some regiments the forage cm|i* of the officers were fashioned so as to look as much like the French kepi a* possible. The Zouave dres* was i-oplod and adop ted in our West India regineuls. Near ly all Uie Younger officers shaved off their whiskers as soon a* the campaign was over, and Frenchmen like, wore the mustache only. In short, the Ar my got for s considerable period the complaint of 'France on the braiu.'and suffered more or less from it until INTO. During and after the German-Freuch war many scores of our officers visited the Prussian armies and head-quarters, and the form uf professional Ulnea* was changed. They caught 'Germany on the brain,' they brought it borne with them, imparted it to others, and it is at present very prevalent indeed. Now , one of the most decided symptous of the illness is that of s|eaking roughly, and even brutally, to those of an infe rior rank. -1 have heard tell that in the Prussian service, when an officer is in *|iecting his men before jisrade, or when about to mount guard, it i* by no means uncommon to see a Captain or subaltern slap a private soldier on the face for not being up to the mark in cleanliness of himself or his arms. Now, an English officer never has gmir, and never will go. so far as that. It would not lie allowed for a moment In the ser vice, nor would our men put up with such treatment, liut there can be no doubt of the fact thal.in a milder degree-, this symptom of 'Germany on the brain' has seised many w ho bear commission in the Army, and the disease has -pread to the non-<v>ramissioued officers."— All thr Fotr // uad. Thr riBMSPIs. The history of the pineapple dates hack for several centuries. Columbus found it growing ou the Island of Gaud - altipe in li'.tt. The Ja|>aiiese cultivated It as early as IW', and it Is *uii|oM-d it was brought to Kuro|te from .lava. It ap|tears thai this fruit was trau-planted from South America to Asia and Africa, for in ISitt it wa carried to Bengal and China; from that country It passed to Brazil and, according to Humboldt grow* wild in the forest of Oronoco. They spoil very easily and sometimes during Hit* voyage here a whole cargo of a vessel is spoiled. It is considered a good trip If three fourths of a cargo is in order when the vessel arrives. This de|ieiid* not only i on the length of the voyage, hut also ii Is tn the weather experienced, thunder showers ltelng particularly destructive to them. It i- estimated that four mil lion two hundred thousand pineapples are brought into New York annually. The husinrs- of canning this fruit is lie coming quite extensive and likewise profitable, and at least a million pine apples Is put up In cans every year. California may yet come in for ashare of this trade, for we believe our hot Southern countries will yet produce this delicious fruit in quantities, if not our nearer Counties then Ixiwer California and Mexico w liicli w ill soon be added, will give us Fines. XlarflUsMSa Wallers. Taking a donkey towards his onlinary place of residence is a very different tiling and a feat much more easily ac complished than taking him from it. It requires a good deal of foresight and pretence of mind in the one cae to anticipate the numerous flights of his discursive imagination, whereas in the other ail you to do is to hold on and place a blind confidence in the animal. There Is little doubt that troubles nv exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and Hying in flocks are apt to jierch ca priciously, crowding on the heads of -otne poor wights until there is not an inch room left on their unlucky crow ns, and taking no more notice of others who offer as gM*l resting-place* than If they had no existence. It is curious to consider what a cheap article ink Is, and how far It may be made to go. As a grain of musk will seent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its orig inal weight so a half-penny worth of ink would Mot a man to the root* of his | legs w itiiout ap|>eariiig to diminish in ! the inkstand. None of us clearly know to whom or I to what we are indebted until someatop- j page in the whirling wheel of life brings J the rig lit perception with It. It conies witli sickness; it comes witii sorrow ; it comes with the loss of the dearly loved; it is one of the most frequent uses of ad versity.—[ Dick? as. An eminent physician of a Western city says lie has cured ninety-nine out of every hundred cases of scarlet fever by giving the patient warm lemonade with guiu arable dissolved in it. A cloth wrung out in hot water and laid ii|>on the stomach should lie removed as rapidly as it becomes cool. Poverty is in want of much, but ava rice of everything. W here Does II oil Com* From T Pints and quarts of filthy Catarrhal I discharges. Where does it all come from? The mucous membrane which j lilies the chambers of tiie nose, and its ; little glands, are diseased, so that tliey draw from the Mood its liquid, and ex |H>sure to the air changes it Into corrup tion. This life-liquid i* needed to build ; up tiie system, hut it is extracted, and the system is weakened by the loss. To cure, gain flesh and strength by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which also acts directly upon these glands, correcting them, and apply Dr. Sage's Catarrh Keinedy witli Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the onlv method of reach ing the up|er cavities, where the dis charge accumulates and conies from. Tlm' liialrumrnt aim! IhKli iiinlli'liii'i mid by tlrugglH aim! (Icklere In medicine*. 15 lir trkmrk'* Ilail<lltr4 The tUiidaril remedied for all dMemaet of tins lung* are Bi:ilJUC*'* Pulmonic Hrki r, Hi HUic'i'i *xa Wiceb Tonic, kik! Aciua'i Mam>uab I'iuj, and, If taken before the lung* are destroyed, a speedy cure I* rfMtM. To thewe three medicine* I>f. J. H. Si hi-iick, of Philadelphia, owea Ida on rival led nii'iTM in the treatment of pul monary dim-awe*. The Pulmonic Hvrup rl|cn* the mor bid matter In llie lungs; nature thmwa It ufl by an aay esjieeturalloii, for when the phlegm ur matter la rip* • alight rough will throw it off, the patient had re*t and the lung* begin to heal. To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do ltd*, Srheurk'a Mandrake Pill* and Hrhriirk'a Sea Weed Tonic mnat be freely u*ed to cleanse the abonach and liver. Hclieitek'a Mandrake PHI* act on the liver, removing all oh*trurtlon, re lax the gall Madder, the bile alarta freely, and the liver ia ouon relieved. Seheuck'a Sea Weed Tonic I* a gentle totimulaiil and alterative; the aikall of which It 1* ootnjioaed, mime* with the lood and prevent* souring. It aaalat* the dlgewlioti by tuning up the atotnach to a healthy condition, ao that the fool and ibe Pulmonic Syrup will tnakegood blood; then the lung* heal, and the pa tient will aurely get well If care 1* taken to prevent freah oohl. All who wlmli to moduli Dr.Schenck, either |>er*wually or by letter, can do ao at hi* priuci|ial oAoe, corner of Sixru and Aa u Mniucia, Philadelphia, every Monday. hclieuck'a medicine* are aold by all druggiata throughout the oouutrv. toUditwom Uki MI Ul ft -were alu KhkJ: Jit'.V^aWhX ~pf\w j n—U-s Frwt* of astet, #1 |t In fftI CENTENNIAL PkEMIUM*. AAMtNt&f9 etta ok. tauM tar (tea Ist* ! •*— '<**. a** I—l sari. si put*- ' ' . dl , ffittokiffishs --< **dt—• tual ths ** (n— --rriafto R| krUlM* faww o*. Hsrhrtsnl assds *•-s ilT— *!*< isiaa Urn shie* ta I— i- J-. -...urn. of tsM at. >#<ir**iUtaeUUlaai o.< •atsaatal I thllwUus. ia I'L ;Ud*i|.t.is. ia < w-udsr f'.J pram luaaa aill t„ ...r.l.d l* tin* esw—HMa. tie tuadn ~.<># and full parttrntatt aaad tut out Futoto C'-miaia I 'maW, m ifl trtw u.aa Ml**'* lllaerair* Itr* t aialna# an* A ma tt .< , Ouwtt U> lb* V-k.aar as* ICiUte-a Imilhl aas laina a <l.■**.* n# tan td JMO trt*us* ul tea—aOnwtd aad Ktaw a-u ith aifbrM InwiHia tat Sahara, at-tat™ aatarai i.**,ir-.l .iti..,.,t. aad a tsaautolte cuinrsd hU><w**ph Aral t—tm rsala Ma**'* <.. it. a,r*a llaaaa* ultaieeiha- Jwutsta, haiuerUuMi. IM latni kMWi. I a!n , la.t*.i*d. t—s&sd Is all *|>i **aat* larkst— lusts. WaMllahnur* Paaulaialafar nwuu ■ Inmiiiiu u*h all tla sua arwitM isom), iauo dassd • ih nuti . i h-r d-sral.U ,ta lta wai h an fa I i aiurtuauta Urtt amnua. J3 jat-t. lluc-als B. K. BLISS A SONS. r.O. Ila* *e. 3IS. 31 Barclay* . VY. S-il-M 6c tn oonr* <u ' ■ bum * "oru,t< VU iU ln'i I Oi, h>nlui|,ll>tM My FURNITURE AND BEDDING! COOPER, HALL & CO., MANUFACTUREHH AND WHOLES A LB AND RETAIL DEALERS, 119 and 121 IV. SECOND STREET. (FORMtRLY THI MOUNT VIRNON HOTEL,) PHILADELPHIA. THE LARGEST ANT) MOST ELEGANT STOCK IN THE CITY. PRICES AND QUALITY GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY. FACTORIES: KIMS u4 IHOMAN STREETS, FttASkFOHI), PA. !<!* $ 5 £ ■V"*** MM* SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! 411 HjltiWHw M jiitort Bad Wainoi, mm nt •ocmod-ufcoA tkrlu7 tiarAM li* •til pUgf UUUMTUUI. UKIV Mrxvuu, irruitt ru Triusa. M. UOUMK 4WU ORNCK KUKWITK* au una. rtM itrto 88.1 tMM 4Mun*d *IOO4. DB 41*4 luail ta uw UK*. LKV4 IM * HKO.. 4Hj IMI. I*. IMA aa4 IM7 KIKt ATIL. Itlb ,)< 1 *\KCV CAKI>S. T auto, nth nam*. lOmb ' AJdrn. J. tt. lil.-Tklt, Nuw.ti.hi. turn. IV. k V 14U ft 1Q a <la, at h i ***<• wabtul Oatft aatf OIZ twin* |fw. TKIK A CO, A Mailt* M-l* IPM'I'HINJ-WMgM V ■l PC- arUl. OB IWIJM >4 abmtoU* in**, U, II I- art MM••. tof-ato. an.l dataw* fO II IM&AttttWSZZI n 'lf u ok* < rw tot ihaatti 'aw aft ctw la ifaat" A ** allow A lAW CASH MMNHM I hum oar* ihaiwf I* tatw amainmilf m I wfa*raii*rawn.MtrhwttMi (, r. wlagata W " I •.(ttouMi.atlniaxi* , SX *'"i "S ■ CORRUfiATESi IRON IBUILOINBS _ BOOFft Wrmgkt Iron Btl(le<*s (\trrn*uJ Iron Shwtt., | shut toni, Doora. to. ■ Mailt' It* locf:.-, Sr&d tor t irculara. I-MD <\ x 1 W- -<T ■ J?! GREAT INDUCEMENTS IN CLOTHING. f S, YOUTHS', DOTS AND CHILDR Medium, and Low Priced, in large Assortment. PRICES NEVER AS LOW—for twenty years. Large Purchases of Goods for Cash, at present very low prices for Woolens, hare enabled us to effect this. SAMPLES SENT BY MAlL—for any kind of Garment, with prices attached on printed ticket, with plain Instructions for Measure ment. GARMENTS ORDERED—Sent by Express, Fit and Satisfaction guar anteed; if not we pay Expressage both ways on goods returned, and on return of Money to us if kept. GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER—on these terms if unable to come to Philadelphia. ])xtr ||aH "Q WM CLOTHING BAZAAR, 8 Bj* |i|i|fj i 518 Market Street, • Notice Large Street-Clock Mason Entraice, Half-way bet. Fifth and Sixth Streets, View of Tower Hell PHILADELPHIA. ■ ~ •** The People's Remedy. Tha Uoitsnsl Pain Xztra.tor. Note: A*k for PtiMPS KITSMT. Take ao other. • • flrai, lat I wl!lMk •Iritrilaal tkiaew" FBMBB IITHBI Tb' *raat VeseiaMe pale ileal raver. lUa ban la * iwr thirty > eara. abtl ft* rlraniutwae aiul prntu(.t tana lit# vlrltM I annul ka nwM. BNI LBRtS.—"* fcatllr '.*.< towtttow Vsd*a Krtrarl. iiwM.au, Uralses, ( suuet..., aia, Mara la*, *r* r!i * nlmoal laataßtljr bf ellenial *|tj- : ira<itai l-r -mprtv rrileaoa Ml*, or llama, Meaifc, I.ararlallaaa, I h.Hae*. Old Mare*, list Is, gelaaa, far—, etc. irmti la- IWiueiaoi. red area • s •Ulßga e ela|i* !■ •stling, rwmoTtm dtoetoral ioaa ltd tanla tar* .'lt. f IMAII VtAKSOSis. ■( ahr* rHv> a r at o 11, tkaTat k tad ltba,f*ltfMa> atitl praeeihg ;*o I*, lb* It <-<!. aauata, rsrneu. ■ KBCBBIIHtA II bae no anaal. All klßtl. < t at ratal's—Tu which *kim am aal-r-t are j.rem oily ratsd. Faßer deuii. to hook *<*—. u*BV(B rath haute. PILES hllad or hlradl—-Bat peOßlpr relief aod rrady ran. suim however cfiowicof otadlaato, can Urt>g rsatet It* rsgatar ■. tkiUBII thaealyamw em, .,r till# fl MR MMMhf iftfl utO(Wn*IB cotwH k<i. KIBBIT BIIiAIU. u b BO -* l to* f• Baal caea. Biflllll '""a aar raaa*. Forthl* ia a ear. Tier. II hae aarrd hoadttd. of Ilea. wUu . I tAbct maedtea faited to at—a bUaetof liou ■est, atS.rh, Inaam ami iteewhm-. BiUftiliy rttrvd. FNYSItIARt all erboote whoa— arqaotoxl " 'l-ssh a Kaltmst gW htk Maori r -. tmunrad 11 IB IBetr ptartlrr. W r h*t* tetlrrat f c*—-tad*! i- tram baodrada at lit jaw tan , ma lt} at Vfctaa oater I: tor aar to M.rtr on pimeurr. 1B oddltton to the furryt*t>a. thev tirdrr ue oar tat wwHlha*, of *ll k.iwte, SI— V, Marr Thrsal, ladawmd Toaslls. inis and ih rot k IHtrrWa. falarrh. tfat shkhH m*neMte.)fhMkdala Krsto #4 Feel, Milaga af laserta, Vdsaa,atlsem. at, fhagard llaada. Face, and katosd all raaaarr of *kto dte—a ml Tllll* IIL HtWtoVt*Harrar—, lawk*.m, sod satsrllae | haate feta, KraflkNa, and riaairl—. U rmfm aanprwtm, *ul r. y-tatea, white wtatoeffcßy tefawnag tha TB ffJMIVi. rmmVa F.uraet. So ek BosAsr bo Li—ryMaacmaflardloltswm out It. It la ua-d by si) tha Lewdtog UvareJtteMta, hlrnrt Kallrowd* ahd drac II twurAn Wew YtahCar. It bam— aaltor Wprwlas, liar, a— or waddl* (-—tola—. Mt.rs. Meralah—. M w adteaga, <-W*a La—il *an. Htredl—. I'sraaiawto. fekt, IMarrhea, ( huts. ( wo, nc. liaetagcafaaU to-ide. aod (ha relief k ago—a u ao prompt chat It to toratoahte to racrjr Parm-aard a* well a* to iwj Farm huam. Uin W trtod aw, and MM will Berer ha wltott H. BAultS. —Faatfa Kt—M hm htm km**.— Tu-ir-aator arUete ha* (he worda Famd'a Ki i— htoam la rath bottte. H te prepared I * IB- sal? pi ni.ii UvtawattoererkaewUnr toptepaer tl p-operlt. Kafaar all otfcrf prr. jaraiw,!,. of WMrh Haw!. Thlrta the attly a—tie nerd by Ftyairiao.. aod la Ute H . late of thte ooaattv and Kent, f NIBTBBT All It IS tf FBWBS UTRACT, ■M tsatit.M form, at-I free oa applies'u*> ia FB^jM r CBMFABT, • Hud- AfTfT • w AgaaU. Old and Tawag. Hate asd V I I Parnate, te Ihait ktalK;. Tam sad OCTTIT in I I FKBK Addraa. F. & VK KUf OX. Ae j ▼ ' ' gam*.Katas. ÜBte This r*rdtel te • CERT AIM CURE dor rwagfca. feld*. latoaiw—a •* a— Lam. tor* Thraai aad Brnd, Bnatol Ua, tad If takra la lime, will trr— Ikal fstsl die— f iannr"— Thr h—da f ■hit aadli*a. tea ptqaialtea af T*r *h> (siasd by a pnwlter pi ai.aa ftram U*e p of (tea Flat Tim, (tea wdktoaJ ar.p.r- Uia of wkkh *r wall hmwarm. WKte (tela powrrfal sl iii iwl aaw ttearamarfUr larnr. psrwtsd —trrrml sdtesr rig—klr imgredU rau, rath *f whirl. |i>atan WMMteUag 1111 Ikiallm adm 111 will, (tewa mtkiaf M Iter awl POTEKT. AKTAGOICIST m tl dterasts sf (tee palmna.ry wg*a> (A—* haaas. W ted Mawm LSNSMNMI ti f C<l US. L. & C. VnSHAST'S PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL la mmt a msw remedy (test tea* atrri tesew termed sf terdtere, hot OLD. BEIJ ABLE AMD UXLL-TRIED mdwa. (teat te— has. I* datlp was te* Ihßlllte aad Iniriltgrnl pkj dttaa. fce like tea ante* year*, aad la mmteem sf te (tea hlfbad una bp all whs hare —sd H. fte— —-te mt UMSOLICXTED TESTIMO NIALS pro**. If yea whi from aaj d.r■■* tor whte-te (tela Cordial te m.oo.adtd, wo ool,*-.. ummij my. ~ TUT IT. %E KNOW IT W ILL DO TOD OOOD." A atls horde wIU dra.adrau to* il*j 'mmm m stuoiikis. PRINCIPAL DEPOT. 916 Kilbrrt St., l'hiJaitrlph fti. kIDITID TO A CagTAIKTT. (ksart • (.tela SIOOOOO Wilboat rwk. Rend for ttrrnter *1 mat. No time to km A LLPS A Ul>., ?k Nurtn Str—i, NEW YOKE S-Mv DON*TVOWESTI Mat* Usd Par— Xart raid* aalt water, aad K K. tt tew. 11 tesr* l-. ia S V. Writ* tot (Uakgwe. J C. Itl WMt A ouahrtdc*. M l S-T-H BROOMS! BROOMS! JOHV J. EEIMES & 00., *U WteßtelMgtWß telrssl New York Prt t|ol tVsol te New Turk it (he ha IrtM. Msnw hrtam la Ih* I'Mlsd Mat*.. Brooms from $2.00 per dotes sad spwtri Ih* hiweM prkw* aad grioteat rate; a* ha teal aaywhar*. * Atef tea aollr* aew atsck of WOOP asd WIIXOW * AKK. awrk m PUIo. Til tel. fcltf. M-te. Ta tots. C->rvtac* YWn dr..torsih*r with a toll Ha* of Amde, knar w txd aad Clay hp,. Pasr* top. Yanks* Nu ttea*. Cwltery, Ac hyin (tea Hi ki f. Ps MtU., , A toll Ua* of (he te— quality of Tt.XWAkK. F. A—W* aril oar r>*>d si prim that mi rstinlr* tea* dramatize tta the road Onter* by mail will rs eaire prompl atlsanoo. Rataisiabsd tk'te i-ii l j
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