ACUCXLTIbAL. Grafting thk Peak. A correspon dent of the Country Gentleman gives some useful particulars of his experl nv in OTftinr the near '' Be says he took kindly to every near variety of this fruit offered ry nureerj urcu, . ultimately found that the soil or climate of his locality was not favorable to all the sorta pressed upon amateurs, and he hwt recourse to the kinds that seemed most suitable using the unproductive stocks for grafting on. He does not think that his method of grafting Is In common "use, but it is to be preferred to any other. He proceeds af follows: Jn the spring he cuts the scions from the trees he desires to propagate, and buries them half their length in the soil at the foot of the tree. These will do to graft from two to three months. When the bark will separate easily from the wood he saws oil the limits square from his stocks at any length from the ground, makes a slit downward on the side and inserts the scion, properly shaved off one-half and fitted with a shoulder. One stock will serve for several scions, according to its size Stocks three inches in diameter will serve for four it-ions. The grafts must .be-bound on and waxed in the usual way. It is not necesaary to make the provi sion for scions which he has described, except for early operations. Grafting according to this plan may be done nearly all summer, resort being made to standing trees for the scious. Early in the season the old wood or twigs ot last year's growth mar be used. If any growth has been made, cut back the scion to the buds which have not yet suited. Later the new crowth is ad mirably adapted to this purpose. The scions will immediately put out and make a fine growth the same season This method saves the trouble of split ting the stock, and fitting the scion ex actly is more readily periormea, ana may be practiced at any time from the latter part of May uutil August, with the most perfect success. He sometimes uses a scion with three or four twigs, or with half a dozen buds, and inserts two or more in the same stock, accord ing to its size. Any one who has never seen grafting done in this way will be surnnsed to see how effectually it works. The apple and other fruits may lie grafted in the same way. How Deep to Plant. W. J. Beal, Professor of Botany and Horticulture at the Agricultural College, Lansing. Michigan, has published the results of planting corn ana peas at uinerent depths, varying from one inch to one faot. The land was sandy an1 dry as dust at the time of planting, Dut tne corn planted only one inch deep came ud first and kept ahead of all the other lots through the season, although that planted a foot deep did tolerably well. Peas covered nine iuches deep did as well as anv. and stood the drought bet ter than those that were covered but two or four inches. Our own experi ence in planting ou heavy land is de cidedly untavoraoie to me practice 01 covering seeds of any kind more than an inch deep. The present spring while the ground was dry as ashes, oil seeds planted an inch deep, many of them failed to germinate uutil they had lain in the ground for several weeks, or un til soaked by a rain. Lhiring the height of the drought we sowed a field with millet, and fearing the seed would be a long time coming up we ventured to try an experiment, tor once, 01 wont ing in the seed with a cultivator. The result was most disastrous, as a heavy rain followed the sowing immediately, soaking and packing the soil to such an extent that the seed came up very poorly, much of it failing entirely. Most of the field and garden seeds have come ud this year in battalions, those, planted deeply coming up in good time while those near ice sunace remain dormant until after the heavy rains in June. It would seem that no definite rule can be adopted as to the depth of planting which will not require tne judgment of the planter at the time, and even then he may widely mistake the mark. Ljcchawje. Brvising Horses. The following sensible advice is from the New Eng land Farmer: "A man who will habitually take a horse through a narrow door knows verv little of what a horse remembers, or what is fair treatment to the animal. One single blow on the hip against the sharp corner of a doorway is sometimes sufficient to ruin a valuable horse. But when the blow has been several times repeated he becomes valueless, because be has become a highly dangerous ani mal. We have seen a horse whose hips were never healed after striking two or three times in passing through a nar row way. Another dangerous practice is the leading of horses out of the barn door, by tiie sides of loads of hay, grain etc. A slight blow upon the hip will sometimes so excite a high-spirited horse that the person leading loses con trol over him, and he escapes upon a jump, banging his shoulders and hips as he proceeds, leaving patches of skiu and hair as evidence that he has got through. Many a valuable horse has been ruined in this way, and many a valuable one can be saved by never leading them through a narrow space." Good Farm Roads. It Is much cheaper and more pleasant for farmers to have good roads on the place than bad ones. Teams can haul larger loads, with more safety and comfort, over good roads, from the distant fields and the woods lot, than if there be no roads. Let the stone and roots be gotten out of the way, the rough places be smoothed down, holes filled up, soft places hard ened with stones and solid earth, and the teams will haul enough more with less breakage, in a single year, to pay the trouble of rc,-'"ing good road. And besides the farm looks better; there is more pleasure and less vexation in the work to both man and team. We have seen horses and oxen so bothered and vexed by the cart or wagon getting into a hole, or in the mud where they could not haul out, and then whipped and scolded till they lost all courage and kindness aud became baulky-confirmed in the habit, so that ever afterward they would not draw loads out of difficult places all from bad roads on the farm. Fertilizers. Let every farm yard be scraped to the bottom and every scrap of material that will add to the capacity of the soil be employed to Increase fer tility. Sow plaster, scatter ashes, pound up old bones, clean the chip yard, use the earth about where the drains issue; in truth, let not particle of fertilizing material go to waste. There is money in it, and the study of methods for the employment of manure upon the soil is everywhere needed. We complain of the poor grass and clover seed, not talking of wheat winter-killing and hundred other trials that may be won derfully modified by a higher system of farming, which in every instance means more manure. A correspondent of the America Ag riculturist says : Feed horses liberally, work steadily and clean thoroughly to my motto in the management of horses. My great trouble is to have the horses rubbed dry and clean before leaving them for the night. When horses are worked six days in the week thorough grooming is absolutely essential to their health. The more highly they are fed the more important it is clean them. Most men use the curry-comb too much and the whisk and brush too little. It to stated as a fact for farmers that seed of the sunflower to the best remedy ever discovered for the speedy cure of founder in horses. Immediately on dis covering that young horses are found ered, work about a piut of the whole seed in his rood, and it will work a per fect cure. Savx the soot that falls from the chimney, when the latter are cleaned. Twelve quarts of wot to a hogshead of water makes a good liquid manure, to De applied to roots or plants. . MMXSTIC. Rm a la Mode. Beef U a mods to a dish readily prepared, but one which, tor some reason, to not as popular In private families as it should be. A writer In the New York ftme gives the subjoined receipe: Procure a juicy and tender round or part of a round 01 iresn beef, according to the size of the family. Cut an onion in two and with each half rub the beef thoroughly oa both sides. After removing the marrow bones, make a stuffing of bread crumbs, a little melted butter, a little salt aud pepper, a Dlnch or two of thyme, sweet mar joram and summer savory, pulverized and mixed together, a small half tea- spoonful or ground cloves, and two or three tablespoonsful of water. Just enough to moisten, but not to pack the bread crumbs. Have ready some strips of good solid salt pork about half an inch thick ; score the beef by plunging a knife clear thtough and cutting Both ways ; score as thickly as possible, and fill the places alternately with a strip of the pork and the bread crumbs. Re serve three or-four tablespoonsful of the crumbs for the gravy. Aext Dinu the beef several times around and tying tightly, taking up and fastening with a skewer any loose or irregular point; spread slices of pork over the top, and place the beef upon a wire rack that will sit noon a dripping-pan ; allow the juice of the meat to fall through; put about a hair piut or water into tne pan, and place all in the oven; have boiling about a hair dozen or onions, ana wuu the water baste the beef very frequently, letting the water run down into the pan. When done, place the gravy-pan upon the range; add more water from the onions, (if much gravy to desired), the reserved crumbs, another pinch or two of the mixed herbs, ditto ground cloves, about two tablespooufuto of vinegar, and browned nour enougn 10 impart a rich, dark brown color; blend all well together; boll for a minute or two, and serve with tne meat, a lew SDOonfuls poured over the meat when dished to an improvement. Serve the boiled onions either in a dish by them selves or upon the meat dish. The mar row from the bone, chopped nne anu added to the stuffing of crumbs, en riches it, Thc Hands. In order to preserve the bands soft and white, they should always be washed in warm water, with fine soap, and carefully dried with a moderatelv coarse towel, being well rubbed every time to secure a brisk cir culation, than which nothing can be more effectual in promoting a transpar ent and soft surface. If engaged in any accidental pursuit which may hurt the color of the hands, or if they have been exposed to the sun, a little lemon juice will restore their whiteness for the time; and lemon soap to proper to wash tbem with. Almond paste to of essen tial service in preserving the delicacy of the hands. The following to a ser viceable pomade for rubbing the hands on retiring to rest: Take two ounces of sweet almond; beat with three drachms of white wax, and three drachms of spermaceti; put up carefully In rose-water. Gloves should be always worn on exposure to the atmosphere, and are graceful at all times for a lady in the house, except at meals. A Cracked Wheat Pudding. Take oue auart of unskimmed milk and add to it one gill of cracked wheat uncooked, and one gill of sugar and a small piece of stick cinnamon. Place in an oven of moderate beat. When about half done stir in the crust already formed, and leave it to form another, which will be sufficiently brown. Try when it is done by tasting a grain of wheat, which must be very soft. This, when cold, makes a delicious creamy pudding. The addi tion of a handful of raisins to an im provement. A Good Chow-Chow. Boil in one quart of vinegar a quarter of a pound of mustard, mixed as for table use, two ounces of ginger, two ounces or white pepper, a very little mace, with a few cloves. Take one dozen large cucum bers, peeled and sliced, place in a sieve with a handful or salt, let them stand ten minutes, then put in jars. When the vinegar to cold enough pour it over and tie down tight, it win te lit tor use in one week, and will keep good a year. Cakaukls. Grate one-fourth pound of common chocolate; add one cupful of milk, one cupful of molasses, two cupfuls of sugar, and butter the size of an egg. flace in a vessel and oou, carefully stirring until quite crisp when dropped Into cold water. Spread thin on slightly buttered tins, and when partially cold diock on into smau squares. r hen tnorougniy coiu tney will be found delicious. Liquid Blue. Take half a pound of best double oil of vitriol, mix oue ounce of Spanish indigo, pounded very fine, and scrape in a littiecnaiK; nave an iron pot half full of sand, set this on the fire; wheu the sand is hot, put the bottle in, and let the viriol, Ac. boil gently for a quarter of an hour; take the whole off the fire, and let it stand for twenty-four hours, and then bottle it for use. Gelatine Apples. Peel and core your apples and cut them in halves; put in .a kettle with a pint of water, sugar, sliced lemon and green ginger, a little whole mace and six whole cloves; boil until tender, then remove the ap ples, and put into the syrup one table SDOonful of gelatine and allow it to boil down about three minutes, then pour the syrup over the apples. Tapioca Pcddino. Only greenings or Newton pippins should be used, one dessert-spoonful of dry tapioca to each apple; core the apple and fill the open ing with sugar and butter; strew sugar around them and fill the dish nearly up to the top of the apples with cold water. Bake aud serve with cream. The water in an aquarium may be kept clear as crystal by putting in a few tadpoles. Gold and silver fish are beau tiful ornaments, and the aquarium may contain aquatic plants, shells and rock work. Keep it always shaded. If the glass becomes discolored, rub it with coarse brown paper. A ilitiiu and safe Summer drink ftr nut itmr workers la water of the natural temperature sweetened with mnluiM. All mot heera are nernicious. for being without appreciable nutriment they cannot add to the strength of the body, and their value is deceptive. Lime water will remove worms from lawns, flower beds and vases, it must not be too strong. Let the lime settle and stand twenty-four hours; then pour off the water and sprinkle the ground with it. A pint or lime to rour gallons of water will be sufficient. Hard Gpcoeerread. Four pounds of flour, three of sugar, one and one-half of butter, one-fourth or a pound or ginger, ten eggs, one teaspoonful or saieraius; seeds, h you live. Ir tod have a kick which has become rustv. pour oil over it, and heat it until the oil bolls; in a very short time you will find all difficulty removed. To cut India rubber wet the knife blade. Soon after a meal to eaten the tem perature of the stomach to slightly in creased, digestion goes on healthily and wen, and in rour or nve noars tne stom ach Is empty again. Plain Ccp Cake. Take one cup of Dutter, one cup or milk, rour eggs, two cups of sugar, and soda and tutmeg ac cording to judgment. A little strong soap lather mixed with the starch will prevent flat irons tucking to linen. irooEors. Hajcrt (whose papa has just gone b the English school for yeomanry officers at Aldersbot) Mamma, what will papa learn at this school t Mamma He will be taught how to command a troop and a great many things you could not understand ; but there is one thing. Harry (impressively) which ail soldiers must learn, and which I very much wish I could teach you to do ex actly as they are told. Harry (reflec tively) Papa won't mind that much ; he always has to do it at home ! Mrs. Shoddy (to shopkeeper:) Show me a thermometer one of your very best. Shopkeeper: This, ma'am, is one of our finest Venetian g'ass and the best quicksilver. Mrs. S. : Silver? That would be very nice for the kltch ing, but I want one for my boo-door. Haven't you one with quicn-goiu 7 (me shopkeeper is dumb stricken.) A musician, in calling the attention of his house-builder to a piece of music, remarked that its pitch was the highest he bad ever seen. "If you'll come upon the roof of the house," said the builder, "you'll see pitch a great deal higher ror the roof ers are jusrnow putting on tne tar. "Toe cannot keep me down," shouted a somewhat windy orator at a public meeting iu New Bedford ; "though i msy be pressed below the waves, I rise again ; you will find that I come to the surface, gentlemen." xes, saiu an old greaser in the audience, "you come to the surface to blow." 'Come, Pete," said a merchant to a gentleman of the colored persuasion, "what 11 you put that loan or wood into the cellar for?" "In de fuss place, my name is not Peter, sir; secondly, I 'se a profeshnai carpet-cleaner and white washer; furdermo, I doesn't compete ror sich joos, san v A little bot, on returning home from church, was asked by his mother to give the text. After a thoughtful pause, the little fellow replied, "I don't hardly remember, but it was something about a hawk between two pigeons." The text was, "Why halt ye between two opinions?" A poor soldier, whose person is sup ported by two wooden legs, was met by a friend, who thus accosted him : "My dear fellow, I congratulate you upon having two wooden legs." "Why so;" said the veteran. "Because you can never catch cold iu your feet." Scene in a horse-car seats all occu pied. Lady enters. Elderly geutleman rises. Lady "Don't rise. I beg of you. I much prefer you should keep your seat, sir." "Should be very happy to accommodate you, madam, but I want to get out here." "Madame," cynically observed a gen tleman to a leader of fashionable society in Washington, "woman doesn't seem to be as much of a 'clinging vine' as she once was." "That's because of the extreme Insecurity of the manly oak," she replied. A bashfcl young clergyman, recently rising to preach for the first time, made a terrible mix of it, announcing his text in his wise: "And immediately the cock wept, and Peter went out and crew bitterly." Obtrlin (College) Jte view. He smiled beautifully, and said, "How 're Sarah ?" Sarah replied, "You can't fool dis gal ; I know you ! How's your wife and family i" As he silently walked away, he remarked to himself, "at ar gal does know me." Am agricultural journal advertises a new washing machine under the heading "Every man bis own washer woman." and in its culinary depart ment says that "potatoes should always be boiled in cold water." Customer: How much for the lilies of the valley? Florist: Five shillings a bunch. Customer: Too much. Florist (blandly): Well madame, if you will have the lilies of the valley, vou must pay the vally of the lilies. The chief difference between the nice little Sunday school boy and the nice little cannibal island boy would seem to be that the former keeps a cent for the missionary plate and the Utter a plate for the missionary sent. "Are you a Christian?" asked one of Mr. Moody's assistants, at an inquiry meeting, o'f a bard looking customer who had taken a front seat. "No," he answered, sadly, "I'm a plumber." it was a hopeless case. An exchange says : "We are In re ceipt of two poems, one on the 'Throb bing Brain," and other on a 'Bleeding Heart,' We will wait until we receive one on the Stomach-ache, and publish all three together." "What do you wear specks for, boy ?" said an old gentleman to a little boot black who was polishing his gaiters. "Cos," responded the boy, "I puts such a shiney shine on gentleinens' boots it hurts my eyes." "Where shall I put this paper so as to be sure of seeing it to-uiorrow ?" in quired Mary Jaue of her brother Charles. "On the looking-ghus," was her brother's reply. We once asked the veteran punster, Catlin. why it was that a certain point on the Mississippi was called Maiden's Bluo, ai)d he innocently answered: "Because it's a vergln' on the river." Brooklyn Argus. A Kn Oklxass firl who Lad an offer of marriaire from a Mr. More, wrote him a note asking time to consider the matter, and closed her communication with, "No More at present," A fashion journal says "waists are to be longer this year;" but as long as thaw ant mt hrnulpr vaunr men with short arms will manage to get around in em. .yorrisuncn ueraui. Servant "Please sir, we ain't got no bread, and the baker says he won't trust you any longer 1" Irate Hibernian "The mane baste! No bread? Bedad, then, 1 must have toast!" "Wht don't we ro to Florida?" savs Miss McFllmsey to an enquiring friend. "Simply because it is as much as we can do to star here, my dear!" Oh, times why thy hardness ! A Negbo was scalded to death from a boiler explosion, and on his tombstone they chiselled deeply: "Sacred to the memory of our 'steamed friend." animals? Because he always carries a spare rib or two about him. How does a butcher express his affec tion? By sending a "tender-line." The hairs of what mane can never be plaited ? The ocean main. Cent-imkntalum Putting a penny in the contribution-box. Offerings of the season: Twenty cents on the dollar. A man always feels put out wheu he to taken in. Woman? rites; those performed a the toilet, - Sudden welth seldum comes by honesty. Bocnd of pleasure A promenade concert. . Favorite jewelry of horse fanciers Stud. SCIKSTIHC. 1 ,,r . C-nm Pmt nf tha World. Dr. Engel. director of the Prussian Statistical Bureau, has been making estimates, on such statistical data as is available, of the total horse power of steam enEines in uw wviiu. country has tolerably correct railroad statistics. Dr. Engel thinks that the following return with reference to lo comotives is not far from right: Tkab. KntBca. Cnited States 1M7S....14.X23 Great Britain 1872.. ..10. 933 ZoUTerein 1871.... 5.W7 BaaaiA 1H73.... 1684 Austria 1873.... J 369 Hungary 1869.... 806 Franc.. 1869.... 4933 East Indies 1872.. 1323 Italy 1872.... 1,17a Holland ......1872.... SU Belifiom 1870 371 Switzerland 168.... 25 EeTpt 1870.... 212 Sweden 1872.... 185 Denmark 1865.... 39 Norway 1871.... 34 Total -5,467 1. l. ...... tl.nf iTtoT. .M lb may iro wnuuicu " still four or live thousand additional locomotives in countries iroui auicu no statistics have been received, so li-jt aAtnAthinar HLta rift-r trinnaand en gines of that description, of an aggre- grate OI IU,uuu,uuu none iwwer mic uu in use. Dr. Engel estimates all the en--ina. in 11 a liwi,m,,iii, marine, and stationary at about 14,000,000 horse power. Assuming that the above statistics are approximately correct, it would appear that one third of all the steam eBgines and steam power in the world .mnlA.aJ in tliA ITnitJtti States. This will, in some degree, account for the extraordinary lnuusxriai pruicress of this country and the high rank it maintain, in Sill i,T1 ft fllPP tM of nr&C- tical engineering. The population of ..nri,ttt nnnnlAtion of the other countries above named exceeds 300,- 000,000. A Foliations Tettor Lead in Tin- An item has been widely circulated, both here and abroad, in which it was ..nJ I.a -K a vociAknA faf lsAOll III tin auaiArU. Lira i iu3 ii cuji v. uwu could eAily be detected by putt id UroP Jl Ultl IC sWJlU UU lUC iirou buiksvv of tin plate, heating gently to c&ue it 4A .rtttfllr t-liA moral sjnH VftfW.rAfA fllA W DUIVn WUW v aauw excess of acid, and moistening tne white spot witna nve per cent boiuuud of iodide of potassium ; if lead were wkMaunf rKn annt vnilM WnmA III ft If or less yellow from the formation of ... v v a ii l.l iodide Ot lead. IT. a. ruerauauer calls attention to the fact that tin, free from lead, will also yield a yellow spot when thus treated, evidently due to the liberation of iodine by the presence of ! .tt.il ..nallMl f ruin tin tfvpn when the tin is heated to its melting point It may be easily proved that the yellow spoti formed on tin which is iree rrom lead, is uue ro me nueiatiuu of iodine, by touching the spot with starch paste. The above mentioned reaction can be made reliable by touch ing the white spot made by nitric acid with very dilute caustic potash before applying the iodide of potassinm, when a yellow coloration will not fail to in dicate lead. mH Superiority of French A'ailt. A wri ter, asserting the superiority of French over English nails, argues that the fault of the latter is their being made in the shape of a wedge, which detracts from their holding power and makes them more likely to split the wood. The French nails, on the contrary, are of the same thickness all the way down, and have a sharp point, which is an improvement that the English manu facturers seem to think quite unnecesa ry. The French nails are made of wire, they are less brittle than the English, and can be used over and over again withont breaking, thus proving far more economical. The French , nails have alBO another peculiar advantage, which is this ; when n English nail is drawn out of its hole to a certain ex tent, it loses, owing to its wedge shape, all power of holding, whereas the French nail holds to the last. All sorts of glass vessels and other utensils may be purified from long-retained smells of every kind in the most perfect manner by rinsing them out well with charcoal powder, after the grosser impurities have been scoured off with sand and potash. Kubhing the teeth with tine charcoal powder, and then washing out the mouth, will ren der the teeth beautifully white and the breath perfectly sweet, where an offen sive breath has been owing to a scor butic disposition of the gums. Putrid water is immediately deprived of its bad smell by charcoal. When meat, hsb, AiC, from intense heat or long keeping, are likely to pass into a state of corruption, a simple'and easy mode of keeping them sound and healthful is to put a few pieces of charcoal, about the size of an egg, into the pot or saucepan wherein the desh or tish is to be boiled. Underground Telegraphy in Xeie York. The Western Union Telegraph Company have begun the laying of the telegraph wires in that city under ground. Experimental sections, made of iron pipes of a capacity of 135 wires each, are being placed in position, be tween the Cotton Exchange, the Tele graph Company's buildings, and other points. At the same time, pneumatic tubes for the transmission of written messages by the air blast are also be ing located on the line of the telegraph pipes. The pneumatic tubes are made of brass. It is greatly to be hoped that this system of underground telegraphy may be extended throughout every city, to the exclusion of the present unsight ly poles. That the plan is fully prac ticable has been amply demonstrated in London and other European cities. A Sete England man of science is said to have invented a curious appa ratus, which is thus described in a Massachusetts journal: It consists of a small drum, with a very delicately sen sitive elastic skin stretched over it. A stream of gas passed through this drum will burn as usual till some one be gins to sing near it, when the flame, under the influence of the vibrating skin, commences to shake in a manner which is varied indefinitely, according to the notes of the tune, so that, under certain conditions, it will be possible to photograph these movements of the name, and this, of course, will be equi valent to photographing the tune." A nete printing ink is made by first dis solving iron in sulphuric, hydrochloric, or acetic acid. Half the solution is oxidized by means of nitric acid, after which the two halves are mixed, and precipitation is produced by oxide of iron. The precipitate is filtered, washed, and mixed with equal parts of tannic and gallic acid, which produces a black bordering on blue. The black is washed and dried, then mixed with linseed oil ; and the ink obtained is suitable for either letter-press printing or lithography. A light that will burn on or undei water has been made, to be used upon the sea. A small box. weighted at one end. and ending in a small copper wire at the top, is tilled with phosphate of calcium. V ben thrown overboard, it stands upright in the water, and on re moving the nib, water penetrates the box. and pbosnhuretted hydrogen escapes through a perforated tube in a urmuint jet oi uguu A good welding composition is made of borax fused with one sixteenth its weight of sal ammoniac cooled, pul- - , i i i . i i venzeu, anu comoineu wuu u equoi weight of quick lime. The compound is sprinkled on the red hot iron, aud lue latter repiaceu in uie nre. Wax flowers, if left out in the drizz ling rain, will be throughly cleaned in a short time. Jones says that for a friend in trouble he would go bail for all be to worth, and more if necessary. Taxidermy for the parents. If you want to preserve your children do not stuir them. London faper. YOUTH'S COIXIS. Wluift O'clock. When I was a boy, my father one day called me to him, that be might teach me to know what n'lwlr it woa Ho Inlfl mn th nae of the minute finger and hour bands, and described to me the figures on the dial- al -plate, until I was pretty perieci iu my part. No sooner had I gained this addi tional knowledge than I set off scam pering to rejoin my companions, but m f athercalied me back again. "Stop, Humphrey," said he, "I have some thing else to say to you." Back again 1 went, wondering what I had yet to learn, for it seemed to me that I knew all about the clock, quite as well as my father did. "Humphrey," said he. "I have taught vou to know the time of day ; 1 must now teach you to find out the time of your life." All this was Dutch to me ; so I wai ted rather impatiently to hear now be would explain it, for I wished sadly to go to my marbles. "The Bible," says he, describes the years of man to be threescore and ten, or fourscore years. If we divide the fourscore years of an old man's life in to twelve parts, like the dial of the clock; it will allow almost seven years for every figure. . AVhen a boy is seven years old, then, it is one o'clock of his life, and this is the case with you, when vou arrive at fourteen years, it will be two o'clock with you; and then at twenty-one years it will be three o'clock, should it please God thus to spare your life. Iu this manner, you may know the time of your life ; and your lookiug at the clock may perhaps remind you of it. My great-grandfather, according to this calculation, died at twelve o'clock; my grandfather at eleven, and my father at ten. At what hour you or I shall die, Humphrey, is only known to Him to whom all things are known. Never since then have I henrd the in quiry "What o'clock is it?" without being reminded of the wortls of my fa ther. ... I know' not what o'clock it may be with yon, but I know very well what time it is with myself ; and that if 1 mean to do anything in this world which hitherto I have neglected, it is high time to set about it.' The words of my father gave a solemnity to the dial-plate of a clock which perhaps it never would have possessed in my es teem, if these words had not been spo ken. "What o'clock is it with you !" Xieknames. While you are thinking of these things pray make up your mind to drop the stupid nicknames that girls seem to delight iu. I say stupid ones; but you are not to think, as some good people do, that all nicknames are senseless. When we are familiar with anv one, it is an instinct to soften and shorten their names, and nicknames often express some peculiarity of a person, with a good deal of pith. Tru die is a softer name than Gertrude, Geilie is a shorter one ; and, somehow, it is the nature among all the nations in the world to turn a friend's name, shorten it, aud pet it, to make a special name of it for those who love him. Pet names and nicknames are pleasant lie cause they belong only to one's family and intimates ; but there are some names so harsh and uncouth, without any meaning or fun, that there is no excuse for uting them. I know girls whose favorite nickname for Gertrude is "Toot," or "Tute," as you like to spell it. Besides making one think of a fish-horn, it isn't in the least like the name it is taken for, any more tbau Caddie, or Cad, is like Caroline, or Wede is like Louisa, for which I've had the unhappiness of hearing it used. The worst and themostsickishly-silly of all is Mamy for Mary in any but a very little girl who cannot speak plain. Are names any sweeter for being spoken as toothless babies might mumble them in trying to talk T Don't make dunip lings,ont of your friends' names or gnaw them out of all shape. Boys have their whims that are past endurance. Geordie always sounds like a babyish nickname for that manly name (ieorge. To hear a bov called Dode, when his real name is, Theodore, gives most peo ple a disposition to think little of the speaker and of the boy too. In the country, 1 believe, it is the height of manliness for a boy who goes to a dis trict school to be called Hank, if his name happens to be Henry. For what reason I cannot tell, unless because it is the least like it of any name in the spelling-book. Vou must have the least grain of sense in your foolishness to make it fun, just as we LaVe to put a piuch of salt into ice-cream to make it taste right." WUle A rake." A tforn-Book. Have you a school book there under your arm, my boy T Well, there's a tradition in my family that littlefolksused to learn theirletters from a horn -book. A curious-looking thing it was, too, I've heard. A frame something like that of a small slate, with a handle on one end, and where the slate should be, a piece of paper, with letters and figures on it, all nicely covered up from meddlesome little fin gers, with a sheet of very thin horn, so thin that thelettersshowed through. .No pictures. no nice little stories like "The Cat can Bun." or those in your old primer ; no gayly colored big let ters with A was an Archer," to tempt the very babies to learn. Nothing but the alphabet, and figures. .Sometimes they contained a verse of a pretty hymn, or perhaps a copy of the Lord s Prayer, but this was not very common. Yet the voungsters in those times did learn to read, I've heard ; and they went through some pretty hard books, too. Ht. MulioUit. Fovertu't Sunshine. The other day. when a white-faced, sickly-looking child was playing at the curbstone, its mother appeared and cal led : "Come into the house : "Do the police own the sunshine T Will they make you pay if I sit here!" queried the child. its mother lett it there, l'erhaps ber poverty was not so' hard to bear, as she remembered that God's sunshine was as free to the poor as the rich. Crying Treet. "Yes, sirs," said the Deacon to the little boys, "I've seen tbem of ten crying trees: that is, trees that shed tears. The tears are not salt like yours, bnt they are very re spectable tears, and the poor tree weeps from morning till night, and from night till morning. It's called the miningo-tree, and you can find out all about it if you look into your ency clopedia. St. Siehnla. A little Kentucky boy said to his mother. theother morning: "Ma, 1 had the beautifulext dream last night, you ever saw. 1 dreamt that I wouldn't go to school, and that you went out into the yard and cut a great long switch, but just as you was going to give me an awful dressin' the world came to an end! Didn't I get out of it easy though f " A smart answer. A minister in one of his parochial visits met a cowherd, and asked him what o'clock it was. "Abont twelve, sir," was the reply. " ell, quoth the minister, "1 thought it had been more." "It's never any more here," said the boy, "it just be gins at one agaiu." OrlgtMllty. It is only the shallow critic who mis- tikes the meaning or the phrase origi nal, and is forever detecting quotation or plagiarism. There are more parallel passages, and there is less plagiarism, in the world than most people dream of. The simple fact is, that all truth Is one; whoever has the genius to break through the shells of things and make his way into their very centre and heart, brings back the same report of his deeu-seeing teljrhbor. lhe character of toe report varies with the individual ; but sometimes it happens to vary a lit tle or not at all from his neighbor's story and then comes the unwise critic wuh his charge of larceny. Scribner' Monthly. A Lara far BrMekltla. ADAJiiitia, Snyder Co., P, July 10, 1809. Messrs. Seih W. Fowls & Son, Boston: Cents: About two years ago I had a se m H.k ar nrohuhitia. Ht throat was very sore, aad at oa tiBM I eouM not speak aoovs a wnisper. neaumg in jv.i pamphlets of tha cures that had ban ef- k. n. Vti.h'i iiuia aw Wild Chbsbt, I was induced to give the artiela a trial, the result M woica wa quim aww f.nra Tka nmm af ana bntlla rcalaNd SM so mock that I thought then was as Bead of taking mors, but upon takiag a slight cold, I felt the trouble returning. I then took half a bottle of the BatsaK, which has entirely cured me I bow with pleasure . - - ii . , li. : i recommend mis reaiiy ranuuuw w all who an suffering from similar diseases, and am confident that, after a single trial, they will speak of it in tha terms 1 bow do. Respectfully yours, Mas. 8 asa a Smith. Cadtios. Beware of preparations bear ing similar Barnes. Examine the bottle Mr..ll K.fnM nnMhaoiaa- and be SUTO you get Da. Wistab's Balsam or Wild Chikbt, having the signature or -i. onm on the wrapper. 50 cents sad $1 a bottle. WacBtwiTH Shall w Clothed? Ever since the time when Adam and Eve made themselves aprons of flg leaves this has been a question which has puzzled the brains of man and more especially woman kind. But since Messrs. Bennett ft Co. have opened at Tower Hall, No. 518 Mar ket St. Phils., (sign of the big clock.) their extensive stock of ready-made clothing, all trouble has been removed. All sizes, all ges, all shapes, and all pocket-books eaa be suited in any kind of material, and the satisfied purchaser can go on his way re joicing. Dr. Schesck's Pvlmosic Sx-ruf, Ska Weed Toxic akd Maxdkakx Pills. These medicines have undoubtedly per formed more cures of Consumption than anv other remedy known to the Ameri can public. They are compounded of vegetable ingredients, and contain no thing which can be Injurious to the hu man constitution. Other remedies ad vertised as cures for Consumption, pro bably contain opium, which is a some what dangerous drug in all cases.and if taken freely by consumptive patients, it must do great Injury ; for its tendency is to confine the morbid matter in the system, which, of course, must make a cure impossible. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is warranted not to contain a particle of opium : It is composed of powerful but harmless herbs, which act on the lungs, liver, stomach and blood, and thus correct all morbid secretions, and expel all the diseased matter from the body. These are the only means by which Consumption can be cured, and as Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills are the only medicines which operate in this way, it is obvious they are the only genuine cure for Pulmonary Consumption. Each httl nf this invaluable medicine Is ac companied by full directions. Dr. schencK is proiessionaiiy at uis princi pal office, corner Sixth and Arch Sts., I'hil ,.iu1r.l,li norr Mnnilav where all letters for advice must be addressed. TkAAkiTreni ffee Depute 1st Bwrt WaiuxGToa, Lorain Co.. O., ) Aug. 24, 1874. S Da. R. Y. Pi zees. Buffalo, N. Dear Sir : Yoar medicines, Goldea Medi cal Diacovery, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, have proved of the greatest service to me. Six months ago no one thought that I could possibly live long. I had a complication of diseases scrofula, manifesting itself in ernptions and great blotches on my bead that made such sores that I could not have my hair combed withont causing me mack suffering ; also canting swollen glands, tonsils enlarged, enlarged or "thick neck," and large and numerous boils. I also suf fered from a terrible Chronic Ciiarrh, and in fact I was so diseased that life was a burden to me. I had tried many doctors with bo benefit I finally procured one-half dozen bottles of your Goldea Medical Dis covery and one dozen Sage's Catarrh Remedy and commenced their use. At first I was badly discouraged, hot after takiag four bottles of the Discovery I began to improve, and when I had taken lhe remaining I was weu. la additioa to tae nan of Discovery, 1 applied a solution of Iodine to the Goitre or thick neck, as yon advise in pamphlet wrapping, and it entirely disappeared. Tonr Discovery is certainly she most wonderful blood medicine ever invented. I thank God and you, from the depths of my heart, for the gieat good it has done me. Very gratefully, MRS. L. CHAFFEE. Most medicines which are advertised as blood purifiers and liver medicines contain either mercury, la some form, or potassinm and iodine variously combined. All of these agents nave strong tendency to break down the blood corpuscles, and debilitate and otherwise permanently injure the human sjstem, and should therefore be discarded. Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery, oa the other hand, being composed of the fluid extracts of native plants, barks and roots, will in no ease produce injury, its effects being strengthening and curative only. SaraapariUa, which aged to enjoy quite a reputation as a blood purifier, is a remedy of thirty years ago, and may well give place, as it is doing, to the more positive and valuable vegetable alteratives which later medical investigation and discovery has brought to light, hi Scrofula or King's Evil, White Swellings, Ulcere, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflamma. tions. Indolent Inflammation. Mercurial affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin and Sore Eyes as in all other blood diseases Dr. fierce' Uoldea Medical Discovery has thown its great remedial powers, euraig the most obetinate and intractable eases. 8old by all dealers in medicines. 27 PaxTa Extract. AXOHG THS MAST - KXCELLMT FaMILT Mbdicixis which have from time to time appeared before the public, there is not oae to generally useful, to simple, and to truly curative as Pom's Extract. A glance over the long catalogue of ills and diseases which it it reputed to cure, will convince us, if any faith can be placed in human testimony, that this is one of lhe rarest and most useful medicines, if not the most truly valuable remedy ever made known. For nearly thirty years it hat been in extensive use among the people and profession ; sad though its claims have been a thousand timet subjected to searching scrutiny, yet in every instance these claims have been triumphantly vindicated. The people, to whom, from long use and experience it aat become indispensable, have universally given it their approval ; and the medical profession, though generally slow to admit a new medicine, or to endorse anything bnt their own practice, have in thousand! of instances adopted it, and not only use it freely, but cheerfully recommend it. Like a true friend, the more we use it and know it, the better we like it No Stock Breeder, bo Livery Mas eaa afford to be without Peso's Extbact. It it nsed by all the Leading Livery Stables, Street Kailroadt and first Horsemen in New York City. It has ao equal for Sprains, Harness or Snddlt Chafing; Stiffness, Smelt, ings, Serotekes, Cuts, Lacerations, BUedutf, Prumenia, Colic, Diarrherm, Chills, Colds, tie. Its range of action is wide, sad the relief it affords is o prompt that it is inval uable in every Farm-yard as well as ir every Farm-house. Let it be tried one and vou will never he without it .-mcTrt rriD onv wrr t inn n B1UU1U 1UU ItlU OiuLIUn. eoaalar Sb Mwic ami to any ad-lram, aa nmnc af SI, by S. C. Ira, 2 Soata Sta 8L, rUhW'a. 1 cu. nr tw specimen sad catalogae, 4-17-4t BROOMS! BROOMS! JOBS J. HEUKB a CO, 1SS Washington Bt, Hew York. Principal Ttonet m Saw York aw the seat Broom AauSKtana m um Uattat States. Broosu tnu IXN per iaiea ! lawari. e mwast trUsmaad gnateat erietr ha fceas Aba an antra snekjek at WOOD nut WILLOW wua, an as rum, Tata, Baaiata, Mats, "." ststether with alaUaaeaf Apple naee o mum, vmv7, ao. aagani anaa el ss BW per A mn na of the haw eaamy etTHWAAm, ' We sail oar asast at artae mat ao aat rank "7 Snmmima a ta raaa. Oraara k? mmu will fa taW anaaat MSaattga. aat lata. S4U, The People's Remedy. The Universal Pain Extractor Note: AA for HMD'S EXTRACT. Take no other. U tfamr, ias I will aacahi ef calami tklmga. Flll'l ITTaaJTr-Tna great TeaWtahleMa aoZtHfrir Has been in one orer thirty yeaura, and for eleanlineae and prompt - tir Tlrtn eanaot be exclW. CJ anu Na family eaa afford to be wiiuout fmmiu Katrmat. ArcMeata. B"ir. taataalaa.. ( . barmlaa, an """jf' ahaoet instantly by external application. Promptly relieves peine or Baraa, NraMa, Earartatleaa, CbaSaca, Old Ham, Bella, Faiaaa, t araa, etc Arre.ta In redone aweUroea, atope bleedmg, TrauTwdlmlaratiaa and beala rapidly. rnaLEWUIIEWU. I always reUewopaia In the brad, aaaaea, vertigo. . ' Lf IIIIIHCA It baa no equal. All kind of aU ""liaaUu. which Mies are an b ret ra promptly cared. Fuller dotalla In book accom pany In reach bottle- Bfjit-llador bleenaw-meet promP "Hef Zd ready cam. Nocaae, however ehiouieoc ohrtinale, on lonr reaautta reipilar aje- falMIII "til. the ooly aore care for thia diVrreaaine and dangerooacooditkia. KIMET IISUU.-U has nominal 1 perma nent cure. ... lifJIII from any eanae. Forthle it a ape. Te. It has asved handrrd of Uvea when aU other remediee failed to amt bleeding from a awe, at nana r a. laawra, ai ii'hVwm'r Teetharhe aud relaeved, and often Der muuiently eared. , . . lYSICUM of au schools who are acqminted with KSd'e Entrees o WHefc Hazel rem omroend it in their practice. We have letters oc caaamewUtionfrm hundreds of Fhyaiciana, many of whom order U lor nee In their earn practice. In addition to the foregoing, they order tta aso for Mwelliaea of aU kinds, Saianry, Hare Threat, laSaaaed Taaaila, mpie and chronic litarrba-a. Catarrh, (tor which it at a eperiftc) t biiblaiaa, Kraat. cal feel, Htiasa af lair tta, MaaeaHaea. etc. Chapped Haada, race, and indeed ail manner of akin d:i TIIUTML- Raaa-bavae, aoa ratai I bean) (a la, ajapliaaa, and nmnlra. It rannoL larMaraua, and re. Jntkm, while wceadcrfnuj improving toe t'eaaplenleav Tl f AIMEIS. Feede Kitraet. No 8tork Breeaer.no Livery Man can afford to Hrt without h. It hi nsed by all the Leading Uvery Stab lea, Street Railroads and Sret Uurarmeniia New York City. It hae do earial for riaraiao, Har. eaa or Saddle iaaSaaa, rMiaaraa. Krrmtabea, Hwelllaaa,CaIa, Lareraiiean, lam, IMarrbara, ChllM, 1 nlda, etc luramreof action ia wide, and the relief it affords la ao prompt that it is Invaluable in every Fann-vard aa well aa in very Farm -ooore. Let it be tried once, and too will never he wit hoot H. - lAlTIOI. rede Extract has been imity.WI The genuine article has the worda Pewd'a Ea tract bkma in each bottle. It ie prepared by the aaly pi laaaa Hviaa who ever knew how to prepare it properly. Kefuae all other pre parations of witch BaarL Thia is the only article need by Pbyairian. and In the bcnt tl- of this conntry and Knrope. IISTMT All IIU IF rilO'h HTRACT. '"fiJe. fell'iL e0"'IT $12 a day at boaie. Agenia wanted. Outfit and terata free. TUCK A CO, Angnsta, Maine, S-t-ly ITTLMH YIMITIXU CARDS I 50! FINK TINTED OS WHITE, by aaul, S3 cent. 8KND STAMP far 8AMPLKS, dr. Na araalear AftESTS wanted, t U-'K AKD CO., Brre- LXMEM. Furs'. - --3m ROOFS Save tin. sad BMney by arnding far eatimate far new er old baildings Send far onr IN page Book (few if yon write to-day.) and learn bow to ateB leaka sffectaally and earanly. aatv re-ahingling. ate Oormapoadenca iBVltedL N. T. SUta Booflag Co., Limited, Cedar SL, X. T. Mima this Mm. Cb C tn Ann per day at home. Samples worth 11 w0 10 OaVU free, hams A Co, rortlaadJUioe. MI0S QILLBOM & 0., 21 and 23 ISX. Tenth Street. PHILADELPHIA. HAYIfib VERY UUCH ENLARGED OUR STORE, lure low as eaapUU and wcll-sclectei a Stock f FURNITURE, BEDDING, BED CLOTHING, CAN UU FOTJTfX CHEAT inDUCEnEHTS in CL0TIIIUQ. BZirSrYOUTHSr. BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S Fine. Medium, and Low Priced, in large Assortment PRICES NEVER AS LOW for twenty wars. Large Purchases of Goods for Cash, at present very low prices for Woolens, hare enabled us to effect this. SAMPLES SENT BY MAIL 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, these terms if unable to come to Philadelphia. V n Tiww ot Tow HaH. i (IPs "i "MATITS Cr.EAT REMEDY." This Cardial la a CERTAIN CURE for Coeuama, CoMe, laaaaaaatlaa of turn Lauatm, Saro Threat amel Breaat. Breach!. tie, sad U taken Ik tlaao, will arrest that feted dlareas Caeseenmptim. The baaia .1 thia aweaUelwo la a preparation at Tar eb. talae-a by a peeaUlar proeaaa fraaa Ua aap, T the Ptwo Tree, tlae Maklaal proper, atae mt which are well kwenraw W 1th lab pwwertml alaaaawt are there m-aly iatror. sweated ewveral oehor vegetable taurradl- eaita. each a which ')i n eaethlwa; ad heeJtme; attrlbaeee, than aaaktna; M the saeea POTENT ANTAGONIST to .11 d tae aat a mt the palaeoaary ergaaa that haa wet heea latrealaeeai. ;iB..L.O, C. TCTATtrS PINE-TREE TAR CORDIAL la bo a are reamed' that hae aevrr beea heard af before, bat aa' OLD, RELI ABLE, AND WELL-TRIED aeealeiae that haa heea ta daily aaa by taaaUlea aaal attelligeat Bhyatehaaa Car the laat atxtewa Fears, am el la apokea mt ta tha, highest teraaa by nil who kavaaaal It, aa thaa. aaada af . UNSOUtCITEIi TESTIMO NIALS prase. If yaaaffrr" fraaa any dlaeaao for which thia Cordial la reeommeaded. wo aaheeltattaaly aayt "TRY IT. WE KNOW IT WILL DO YOU GOOD." A eiagle battle will aVeraoaetrate tta valai SILI IT ILL BEQCCinS 11. STIBEILXPEBS. PRINCIPAL depot, 916 Filbert St.. Philadelphia. 0 AGENTS WANTED FOR THE EIMTEIMI.IAL HISTORY ofthe U.S. Tb great intrart fa th thrill id Bitorr of omr etMiilry Mkef this tli twMttmrt Hlinc btk ever pub-.MlM-i. It contauiM a fall awrcotuu f U Gra&ti Ct tftinral ThiitrOftL CA IT103I. Old, Tmplrt um. UorvHiahW work AT ivennr aixnlattwi; eae that tha hook worn bov fxmtawnn 444 A eaf rarlac and aA pm. 8ruJ fur ciixulavrii ami extra, terraa to Airaau. A4. drew, X atiosal Pcbusulw Cx, Pbilaiilpliia, Pa. a-aC-tr SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! an ety!aa,S1rNe SomM aad Walmn, mew ad Seoond-haad. Secqreiy packed for abippino. OGCSTKHa, BAluMkXVlata, SXUal FIX HOD8B AJD OrTiOK rCK.NrTTjRS an kmt Tba lareeat and beat aatortad aloes, sew aud aaoond-bend la the Oitj. LKWIH Jr. BRO. 11 li lOtl. ISO. ISx. aad 107 Bintit ATl Pblhv. 25 FANCV CARDS, new atvlea. wha aanM.lnreaM, tac-pai. J. B.UCIlU,.Naaa,Beaaa.Co..Jl.y. i-a-ll $77 a week to Airenta. Old and Younir. Male and Female. In their locality. Terms and Outm frm. Addr- V. U. Va'tiav k CO., Augusta. Maine, 11-e-am lly cUIb.'-Wwi, Lw,i y Jm.ii i Vn-i Ci-I I..r bvi.a I m.CI ru. imlfc"). riji- I 17-ly lEDCCKD TO A CIITAI.1IT. t'hmmee ta Vol a Withont risk. Rend for circular at once. No time to lose. ALLEN A CO., 7a Xaaeaa Street. NEW XOKK. 2-7-lv 40 MIXF.D CARDS. Name rilded, enlv 3 renin. J. MOORK, 11 Ptine Street, lnvilea-e, K. I. f For Parlors, Chambers, Dining Booms, Libraries. Feathers, Mattresses. Spring Cots, Beds, Bolsters, Pillows. Ticks, &c, &c. Blankets, Quilts, Counterpanes, Comfortables of Cotton, Wool or Down, Sheets, Pillow Cases, &c. I J T TTTT A T tTT .PTTf A, HOD Clothing Bazaar, 518 Mjarket Street, Half -way bet.jptth and Sixth Streets, XOTJTH BIDS, PIUlJaI)LPIlIA.
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