7 AGRICULTURE. How to Gbow Bboom Cork. Broom corn should be planted in the spring, about the same time as Indian Corn, on (food ground that has been thoroughly pulverized with the harrow. Mark out your rows three and one-half or four feet apart. Sprinkle the seed as evenly as you can by the hand ; or what is bet ter, one a common garden drill. This will sow it just thick enough. Cover bypassing over a light one-horse harrow going twice to the row If the ground is hard or cloddy. Alter it is up about two inches barrow with a two-horse harrow, going twice to the row. Don't be afraid of tearing it up, as the great fault with most people is In planting too thick. This kills the weeds and gives the corn a start. After this it re quires the same cultivation as other corn. When it begins to shoot out in head, go over and bend down all that is fairly out, to keep from getting crook ed. This operation will have to be per formed several times. When the seed is nearly rioe beein to cut. First cut the brush from two rows; cut just above the last joint ; take oil the leaf, then cut the stalks from two rows; lay them crosswise, so as to make a bed that will keep off the ground ; lay your brush on this bed, which will bold the brush from eight or ten rows; let it lie in the sun two or three days, then tie it up in bun dles and stack in round stacks, putting ten or twelve in a stack; cover this stack with sulks, tent fashion, making it tight at the top, but so the air can pass through the bottom. In this man ner it should remain two or three weeks until thoroughly dry; then you may haul to the barn and take off the seed. This operation is best and quickest done by using a common threshing machine. Take off the top and have a boy to hand you the brush, taking as much as you cm hold In your hand at once. One man and a boy can clean several hundred pounds a day in this way. There are several varieties of broom corn, but the evergreen is much the best, as it yields more both in seea and brush tnan any other, and is worth twice as much in the market. From two to four quarts of good seed will plant one acre, yield ing on good ground seven or eight hun dred pounds of brush and forty bushels of seed, which is nearly equal to corn for feeding purposes, r"lat, loamy, or river-bottom land, is the best for broom corn : but any good corn land will do, giving; the preference to corn stubble or clover sod. KeepixoWixtbr Vegetables. After the farmer has raised a good supply of vegetables be often fails to realize the full benefit of his labor from a lack of knowledge how to keep them. This especially the case with squashes and that class ot vegetables which require to be kept comparatively warm and dry, It is quite'nsual for him to put them in a pile in the cellar, and then wonder that they rot. Squashes pumpkins, and all that class of vegetables require, first an absence of light ; second, a dry tern' perature, not exceeding fifty-nine or sixty degrees; and third to be so placed that one does not come in contact wun another. We have always bad success in keeping them well into spring, by placing them in a cool, dry chamber until freezing occurs, and then remov ing them to a closet lor sate Keenirj over winter. Thus the Dudbard and other hard shell varieties may be kept until May and even June, tor use until February they will be kept tolerably well in a d'y cellar, placed on shelves. Boston marrow is the first to decay The turban, to our mind one of the best of the winter varieties, especially lor baking will often keep in the cellar until March. Those only intended for use later, need to be treated to the dry, cool closet. It will pay for wben itself at the latter part of winter an early spring there Is a death of vegetable iood on the farm that makes such articles especially valuable. Cobs-Cobs. Feeders differ in taei opinions about grinding cobs with the meal for hogs; some attach great value to the method, while others reject it al together. Analysis of the corn-cob shows that there is six to ten per cent, of matter which may be rendered, with breaking up and boiling, capable of as similation by the animal in question The general belief seems to be that while there is not enough nutriment in the cob to pay for the trouble of getting it out, an occasional feeding ot coo meal is an advantage, especially In th fattening process, when a certain amoun of inert matter is required by the animal This necessity induces hogs to eat coal clay and dirt when the instinctive wan Is not otherwise supplied. It is exceedingly poor economy to allow young stock to roam over fields for the purpose of obtaining sustenance after the grasses have been killed by frost 4. Y hue there may be some bulk to the trashy matter consumed, it con sumed, it contains comparatively little nutriment, and so animals which are in good condition at the close of summer may be reduced to comparative poverty, by being, as they have been seen, kept lu the helds gnawing the ground, with only such shelter as the fences atloril till long after the ground la frozen hard and considerably into winter. Aa Ant Battle. On a sultry afternoon, the first day of July. I was lazily sauntering in the grove, when on looking down, I found to my surprise, that I was in the midst of a battle field. A powerful army of red ants had invaded the dominions of the black colony, which for three years past I had bad a kind of supervision over. I had often brought plants cov ered with aphides the immortal Lin naeus called these aphides the ants cows and stuck the plants into the earth around their dwelling, and had given them sugar, and had driven and carried toads from their nest, which were devouring them. In short, I had become quite interested In, and quite attached to this colony, but I was pow- erless to aiu them now. I could only look on in wonder and astonishment. A yard or more around the foot of the trees the battle was raging, and no place for the sole of my foot without crushing the combatants. I found in every instance, a red ant pitted against a black ; sometimes two red ones against one black, In which case the black was dispatched. For three hours I watched the conflict; all around me the combat- ants locked in close embrace, rolling and tumbling about, never separating until one was killed, and often the dead victim had fastened with so firm ahold on his adversary that it was with the utmost difficulty that he could free him self from his death grip. The sun went down, and the gathering darkness com pelled me to leave my post of observa tion, bnt as long as I could see, the con flict was as fierce as when I first beheld it. I now picked up several of the war riors, but so intent were they in their terrible struggle that my handling did not divert them In the least- I carried several pairs into the house, placed them under a large oval glass (the cov er of a fernery) on a marble-topped ta ble, and watched the conflict. I found I bad ten black and ten red warriors, not engaged in a general melee, but each Intent upon killing bis own adver sary. It -was fully an hour before the first warrior was killed a red has at last dispatched bis black antagonist; and not satisfied with killing him, he tears his legs from bis body and severs his antenna;. After convincing him self that he is really dead, be looks around at the other warriors which are still closely locked in their dredlul em brace, and now he harries from one couple to another as if to see where bis services are most needed. He finds a couple whose struggles are nearly over a black is fastened with a death-grip to his adversary's fore-leg. The red hero soon severs the bead from the black soldier, and leaves it hanging to the leg of bis dying comrade. He now goes to another couple who are still fiercely contending; he slezes the black and now all three roll and tumble about together; but the black is soon killed, and as in other cases bis man dibles are locked on bis adversary's leg. Bat this time our red hero does not sever the bead from the black sol dier, but leaves his comrade to free him self as best he can, while be goes to the assistance of a third less fortunate broth er, where the black seems to have the better of his antagonist. Here a long struggle ensues, and now another red soldier has dispatched hU opponent, and he comes to the struggling three, moves about them in an excited man ner, with his mandibles stretched wide apart, waiting his opportunity to fas ten them on the black; he finds his chance, seizes him between the thorax and the abdomen, and severs the body in two; but the dying black does not re lax his hold of the first antagonist, and they die together. I now leave the fierce combatants for the night. In the morning I find that every black is kill ed, and four red soldiers are dead, while two others cannot long survive. The legs and antenna) and mutilated bodies of the dead warriors are strewn about every fragment showing conspicuously on the white marble. Out of the twen ty, fonrteen are dead and two nearly lifeless; only four have survived. I put some drops of water and moistened sugar under the glass for the surviving heroes; two find the water and drink I now repair to the battle-field. The struggle is over not a black to be seen but a column of the red invaders is emerging from a large cavity that leads to the numerous galleries and under ground chambers of these industrious blacks, and each invader is carrying a larva or pupa. I follow the column, which is from to five "inches in width, to the nest of red ants before mention ed. There Is a wide opening iu the side of this nest, down wbicb they all disappear and leave their burdens, and again start for more plunder. Ail day long these powerful marauders are en gaged in this work. They carry a lar va or pupa carefully, and drop it on being disturbed. But what does this mean ? Every little while a red war rior comes out with a black bundle, which he carries as carefully as he does the pupa or larva. I stop him to in quire into the matter; be drops his bun dle, which immediately unrolls, and lo ! It is a lively black ant, apparently un hurt, and to my eye, no way different from the warrior with whom he was so fiercely fighting. SCIENTIFIC. A Singular Transit. Astronomers are not aiways content with predicting transits ot the inferior planets visible on the earth. At the last meeting of the Koyal Astronomical Isociety, London, Mr. Marth called attention to a phen omenon occurring this year, which, though it oould not be seen here, pos sessed perhaps at least as much interest to astronomers as a total eclipse of the sun, visible only near the poles. The phenomenon in question would only be saen by astronomers on the planet Mars On November 12, 1&7, about two min utes befone 2h., Greenwich mean time, a small black body would make its ap pearance on the south following side of the disc of the sun; in six minutes it would have fully entered upon the disc and would proceed slowly from left to right in a direction little inclined to the ecliptic of Mars. About a quarter past 4h. another and bigger black body will encroach upon the disc, and would oc cupy twenty-one minutes before it bad fully entered npon it. These two were the moon and the earth, and they would be visible from all parts of planets where the sun was above the horizon. But observers placed along a certain zone or track would have the opportun ity ol seeing a third and apparently a bigger body cross the sun's disc. It was at present somewhat uncertain, at what time this thiid body would make its ap pearance, probable about a quarter to 4h., while the moon was yet alone on the sun's disc. This third body would come Irom the right hand side, in a di rection at a slant of about 20 degs. to ward the south; at which point it would touch depended on the station. but Martial observers would have to be very quick to observo all the contact. since the time for doing so would be limited at best to some twenty or thirty seconds, mis third Dotty was 1 hobos. me inner satellite, out observers on Mars would be far more interested In the transit of the earth and moon than that of I'liobos, since in the course of Martial year there were no less than about l,3t8 transits of Phobos across the sun visible from some part or other of the planet, while the number of transits of Deimos was about 133. On the other hand, transits of the earth and moon were rare occurrances, the last one hav ing taken place in the year 1800. while the next toioilow would happen in the year 11)05. About a quarter to 15h. the moon, which meanwhile had apparent ly drawn nearer to the earth, would quit the sun's disc, and the last txter- nal contact of the earth with the disc would take place at Greenwich mid night. But before external contact. about ban-past llh., i'hobos would again cross the sun's disc for certain stations, after having meanwhile per formed a whole revolution round the planet. Another Xarcotic Plant. Major Stuart writing from Port au Prince, notices I plant growing there of such strong nar cotic power that, in the hands of a skil ful practitioner. It will produce coma of any intensity or duration, or even death itself when so intended. The knowledge of this plant, he says, is confined to a few families, who transmit the secret as an heirloom from generation to gen eration, and the heritage Is highly val ued, connrmmg, it is thought, the power of miracle-workers and priests ior trie plant is in many ways used in aid ol solemn imposture, superstition and crime. The power thus exercised is called "wanga," a word that inspires the African with awe and dread. The wanga priest can throw Into a death like coma, and, knowing the moment of consciousness retiring, be will make a show of racalling to life; or, if a burg lary is to be committed, he can, by means of his art, cast a deep sleep on his victims. Major Stuart thinks that this plant would prove a valuable ac quisition to medical science. Tht Euealyptu in Algeria. Some time since a systematic investigation was undertaken in Algeria to ascertain the relation of eucalyptus globulus to the public health. Keports, it appears, were received from some nrty localities. where the number of blue gum trees reaches nearly one million, and from these reports the following conclusions are drawn : It Is incomes tably proved that the eucalyptus possesses sanitary Influence, for wherever it has been cul tivated intermittent fever has consider ably decreased both in intensity and frequency, and marshy and uncultivat ed lands have thus been rendered heal thy and quite transformed. Similar results, it is stated, have also bean ob tained in Corsica. .... - , , DOMESTIC. Modes or Cooiinq Potatoes. After boiling and peeling them, divide them and lay them on a gridiron to brown. Or when cold, the day after bolllng,cut them in slices, and cook them on a grid Iron, with just enough lard to make them brown.or you can brown them on a gridiron. Another pretty mode for a fancy dish is, to peel Urge potatoes, and then cut them round and round in shavings aa you pare an apple. Fry them with clean, sweet lard in a frying pan, till brown.stlrrlng to brown alike, drain them on a sieve, and after sprink ling a little fine salt on them, place them on the table. Another tasteful mode is,after boiling and peeling them, to flour them, then dip them in the yolk of an egg and roll them in fine bread crumbs; fry them till brown. Fry them without this preparation and they are very nice. When potatoes be come old, mash them fine, season with salt and butter, and a little cream of milk, place them on a dish, smoothing and shaping the top handsomely, and making checks with a knife ; then brown them In a stove or range oven ; and they are excellent. These also can be made into balls, dipped in egg and crumbs, and fried as directed above. Potatoes, when roasted, should be very carefully wahed and rinsed, and then roasted in a Dutch oven, or stove oven. Notice lest they be put in too soon, and thus be made watery by cooking too long. The following is a very nice way for preparing potatoes for breakfast. Peel them, and cut them in verv thin slices into a very little boiling water, so little that it will evaporate when they are cooked. At this point, add salt to your taste, some cream, or if you have not cream, put in a very little milk and bit of butter. A little practice will make this a very favorite dish in any family. The art Is, to cook the potatoes with very little water, so that it will be evaporated by the time the potatoes are done. They must be stirred occasionally while cooking. Another mode is to mash the potatoes and add salt, butter and a little cream, and set them away. Then cut them in slices, and fry for breakfast. cheese 1'CDDiKO. Melt hair an ounce of fresh butter in a saucepan stir into its tablespoon ful of flour; when the two are well amalgamated, put in a small quantity of milk and about three ounces of grated Parmesan cheese. Stir the mixtureoli a slow fire till it assumes the appearance of thick cream, but be careful not to let It boil ; then add some white pepper, mix tho roughly, and, if required, add a little salt; keep on stirring the mixture at i very moderate heat for ten minures take the saucepan off the fire, and stir the contents occasionally until quite cold, then stir into them the yolks of the three eggs beaten up with a little milk, and strained, and finally the whites of five eggs whisked into a stiff froth. Put the mixture Into a pudding dish, and put into the oven at once. Serve quickly as soon as the pudding has risen and the top is well browned. Ragout of Tcbkey. Cut the cold turkey that Is left over from a roast or boil into bits an inch long; put Into a sauce-pan the gravy left from the roast, adding a little water if the quantity be small ; add a tablespoonful of butter. teaspoonful of cloves, a little grated nutmeg, and a little salt; wben it boils put in the meat; stew very gently for ten minutes, and then stir in a tablespoonful of cranberry or currant jelly, a teaspoonful ot browned flour wet in a little cold water, and a wine glassful of sherry or Madeira; boil up once, and serve in a covered dish. A ragout without spice, jelly, or wine is generally preferred. Roast Fowl. The German Way. Truss the fowl for roasting, stuff the breast with veal stuffing and HU the body with chestnuts boiled tender. peeled and roasted ; spit it and put it to roast at a brisk are ; have a dozen more roasted chestnuts peeled, stew them in a pint of gravy, season it with pepper and salt, and thicken with a piece of outter rolled in flour; boil until It is smooth; fry half a dozen sausages. pour the sauce into the dish, place the lowi in it, and the sausages around the fowl ; garnish with slices of lemon. Lemox Fik. Peel two good-sized lemons; cut in halves, press out the juice, chop fine; add the lemon and juice to one pint New Orleans molasses; nau cup water; stir well together; line a tin with a rich crust; bake In a mod erate oven one-half hour. If the oven is too hot the juice will ran out. This will make two pies. Cranberry Jellt. Put one quart of cranberries, covered with boiling water, in a close-covered vessel, stewing fast until dry; rub the pulp through a sieve; All molds half full of pulp, the remaining half with sugar; stir well, and set on back of range to harden ; wben cold your moulds will turn out fine. Qui.nce Saow. One- third pound quince marmalade to whites of two eggs and a quarter pound sugar; pile in a pyramid in a dish and bake a pale yellow. Four Meal a Day for Children. The idea that four meals a day are necessary for the young will be new to most readers, but experience shows the wise and kiad physician who says this is quite in the right. No less an author ity than Dr. Thos. K. Chambers, in the new "Encyclopedia Britannica," is re sponsible for the advice that "up to at least fourteen or fifteen years of age, the rule should be four meals a day, all varied, all sufficient, which hardly seems to point to any lunch of cookies and crackers as one of these repasts. The same opinions are held by the best physicians here and abroad. It is cer tain that the delicate, thin-armed boys and girls, exhausted with their growth who fill our schools would have their chances in life improved by a tempting meal spread for them four times a day of the most nourishing kind, and suffi cient rest from study and engrossing occupation allowed to give them time enough to get up an appetite for It. Study and use of the brain often sharp ens the appetite more than bodily exer cise, for the d'rect waste of nerve and blood is often far greater, a waste which requires the most stimulating and sus taining food to supply it. rVhen a child at school begins to lose appetite. it is a sign the brain is too much worked to leave proper strength to the stomach for digestion a state of things that must be stopped at once, till they re gain their balance. The weakness and languor often seen in growing boys and girls shows the want of more sup porting food, which should be Just what would be given a fever patient to keep up bis strength, broths and soups, meat extracts, and oatmeal or wheaten grits, with cooling fruits and vegetables which fever would not allow Nor should pudding and cake be left out, for young people need sweets and flavors and variety, as, for that matter, does every son and daughter oi Adam who eats at all. It is irr Wbitcbid Policy to allow tinrwl to drift into an Incurable disease br neglecting the ear test aud must tractable KvmDtoins. Rt contentedly walling Ior a cold to get well of Itself, maar a one has so damnirevl i he MnvtnM ot bis Lungs, as to rut himself beyond tbe reach ot medicines, before being conscious of danger. Bow much safer on the a rat ind ention ufa. Cold, to resort to Dr. Jajnel Expectorant, an emcacloua remedy for Coughs, Asthma, and all Bronchial Affections, and sure to exert a bene ficial Influence on the organs ol the cheat. HUMOROUS. Thomas, th Teocbadoce.- Thomas T. Jackson, a young man of twenty six, having dreamy eyes and long hair, and weighing about as much as a Thanksgiving turkey, was seated be side the hot stove in a Fort street sa loon, when a stranger came in and laid his fiddle on a table while he went op to high "C" on a third-class whisky. Thomas Y. seized the opportunity and made two steals. He first stole the fid dle and then out doors. He was soon heard of up the street. Seated on a door-step he tuned his fiddle and sang : Strike the harp gently. In mem'ry o' those Who frost-bit their ears And frozen their nose. The man of the bouse eame to the door and said he'd strike Thomas Y. and his riddle, too, if they didn't light out, and they lit. At the next house the ma had the toothache, and he was lust thinking who he'd kill when the fiddle struck up and the song began : " My love ia on the deep, blue sea, ' She's gone far, far amy ; My heart ia sad " He had reached that point when the man with the toothache opened the door aud laid hold of him. For one brief moment the air was black with Thomas Y. and his stolen fiddle and his deep, blue sea, and the next there was not even a note or a groan. Then the man from whom the fiddle was stolen came up and rolled the stealer in the snow, and pulled bis hair and pounded him, and thus ended chapter first. "Is It a crime for a citizen of this country to love muster" Inquired the prisoner as the testimony was all in. "The man who steals a fiddle and then forces his music on the suffering public is a law-breaker," replied the court. "Beethoven stole fiddles," protested the prisoner. "Well, he didn't play them in De troit." "Mozart went out serenading," con tinued Thomas Y. "Perhaps be did; but his hearers didn't have the toothache." "Well, poets have been sent to prison for their love of the muses, and 1 don't object to thirty days," remarked the poet. "Don't lay this off to the muses I" sharply replied the court. "I'm send ing you up for drunkenness and dis orderly conduct, and 1 want it so un derstood." "1 will write an ode and a poem while there," said the prisoner, as he turned away; but be probably won't. After a prisoner has made two or three meals on mush and molasses, the muses give him the cold shake. The property advertised In to-day'i p&p;r at Oiney,22d ward, Philadelphia, is dnely located just outside of the built-up portion of the citv, and will soon be wanted at a large increase of price, for building lots. It can be pur chased now at one-half the price will bring for building lots in the next nve or ten years. A naughty little New York girl looked at the flushed face of one of her young admirers the other day and asked. "Were you painted before you were baked, or are you one of those horrid, cheap, American faiences !" "And you are going to marry again, after losing that dear husband of yours and you so young and pretty yet!" "My love, it's simply out of respect to the memory or the late. This is a scan dalous world !" It is astonishing what whooping lies young folks will give and take during courtship. The trouble with good many marriages is, that the parties quit lying when they enter matrimony There Is this difference, that in re questing a lawyer's opinion he gener ally charges pretty steep for it ; but if you force her, a woman will generally give hers pretty freely, and without any expense whatever. "Maria! Maria, please let me in. sa'd a man to his wife, who was look ing out of the window matching him trying to open the door with a tooth pick, "1'sh tread on my key, and it's ail nattened out." The Cornell crew challenges the Har- vards. At the Cornell school, in addi tion to boat racing, no extra charge is made ior teaching reading and writing, What an effect climate has on natu ral development! In California they make alcohol out of beets. Here we make beats out of alcohol. "I don't like that cat. Its got splin ters la its feet," was the excuse of a four-year-old boy for throwing his kitten away. The sun hiding his face with his pocket handkerchief.'' is how a little four-year-old describes the passage of cloudlet. Queer, but It's a fact, that a horse can eat without a bit In his mouth. A sham-poo Affected contempt. A joist affair Rheumatism. Made of awl work shoes. A thy thing a fork. The MUk of the Cow Tree. No tree aroused the imagination of Humboldt so keenly as the Broximum galactodendrom, or Palo dt leehe, or cow tree, which grows npon the slopes of the Cordilleras of Venezuela. As the nutritious juice of this tree is allied very closely to tbe rubber tree of Bra zil and. Indeed, may yet come to sup ply a rubber to the European markets the following accounts of its compo sition, communicated to the French Academy of Sciences by M. Boussing- ault may not be without interest. The cow tree grows to a height of from 15 to 20 meters; its leaves are oblong, al ternate, and terminated by points. The cream juice Is obtained by cutting into tbe inner bark. It is used by tbe natives In place of cows milk. The analysis of 100 parts of the milk, con taining 42 parts of fixed matter, is as follows : Wax and saponaceous matter 45 2; sugary snbstanees, 2-8; caseine, albumen, 1 7; earths, alkalies, phos phates, 0-5; Indeterminate substances, 1-8; water, 58-0100-0. The cream of tbe cow, according to an analysis of M. eannier, contains: Butter, 34-3; milk eugar, 4-0; caseine and phosphate, 3-5; water, 68 2100-0. It will be observed that wax appears In the vegetable milk, In about the same proportion as butter in tbe animal. Step Drinking- Vinegar. How many young women who have inherited a predisposition to embonpoint have ruined their health by drinking vinegar to reduce their forms to grace ful proportions. Allan's Anti-Fat Is absolutely harmless. It promotes di gestion, and accomplishes its work simply by preventing an undue assimi lation of the fatty ingredients of the food. Excessive fatness is a vexatious burden, and there is no longer any ex cuse for enduring it, since Anti-Fat is an effectual remedy for this abnormal condition. Colorado Sprixos, Colo., July 15, 1878. Botanic Medicine Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. : Gentlemen I lost three pounds while taking one bottle of Allan's Anti-Fat. Yours truly, - Mb. M. B. MYERS. - - ---- - -iammaami'fm'm'-mm''mmS' YOLTTH'3 COLUSItf. Willis Winter' White Xiu.- Willie, Willie, look here! If jou leave your mice about like this you'll have them die, you know. The Idea of your leav ing the poor little thing out in the gar den, and in the rain too! Whatever could you have been thinking about? Why. if I hadn't happened to go out just as I did, they would have been left there all night I do believe; and If the cold and wet hadn't killed them the cat would I" .... The speaker was Willie's elder sister, Rachel, who now banded him the cage all dripping wet. "Oh my!" said Willie; "I forgot all about them. But I should have thought them presently; besides, it didn't rain when I was out there." "Well, but rain or no rain, how care less it was of you!" returned his sister. "And as to you thinking of them pres ently, I'm afraid you would have gone to bed without another thought about them. You really ought to be more careful : you ought to indeed !" Willie felt that he had no answer to make to his sister's reproof, so he took the cage without a word, and put it safe ly away In its place for the night. Do you think his sister's rebuke made him more thoughtful in tbe future ? I am sorry to say it did not. It was only a few minutes after this conversation that, just before he went to bed, after playing with his mice all the evening, he took them out into the outhouse to place them on the top shelf as usual, out the way of the cat. But when be got there, he found that the chair which he used to stand upon in order to reach the shelf was covered with chips of wood and tools that bad been doing something with earlier in tbe evening. He put the cage on the ground to clear the chair, aud having done so, went away with bis usual thoughtlessness, and forgot all about his mice. His sister and his mother were both busy upstairs, and it was not until a good while after Willie had gone to bed that Rachel said "I wonder whether Willie put his mice away safely I sup pose I had better go and see : he Is so very careless." She took the candle, and went down And what do you think she saw ? The cage upon the floor, and the cat with mouse in her mouth, and another lying dead beside her. She must have slipped in as Willie went out, and finding the cage on the floor, scratched at it and knocked it about, until she got tbe door open and secured her prey. When Rachel found that both mice were killed, her first thought was to beat the cat well; but before she could catch her, she reflected that puss bad only followed her natural instinct, and that it was Willie who was really to blame for carelesssiy leaving tbe p jor little things in her reach. Of course, Willie was dreadfully shocked when be discovered tbe fate of his pets. He felt that he had been guilty of grevious fault, for tbe little creatures had been taken uniler his care and protection, and it was his duty to see that no barm befel them. Whether he ever had any more pets I do not know ; but if he did, let us hope that he was more thoughtful, and care ful of tbem than he was of his white mice. Sounding Eustta. Last week was ex amination week in most of tbe schools, and tbe boy who "passed" can easily be selected from the boy who didn't. One of those who didn't was intrenching himself on Ledyard street, Detroit, be hind a snow-bank, seemingly awaiting for some one's arrival, and a man who had observed his preparations inquir ed : "Making ready to have some fun, bub?" "Well, it may be fun for me, but it'll be tough on the other feller," was tbe reply. "Then you are expecting to have a tight?" - "I just am that! The school teacher marked me down to fifty-seven because I said Kusaia bounded Lake i-rie on the west, and now when her brother comes along I'm going to bound him on all lour sides with the biggest licking a white-headed boy ever got," A little girl of three, wanting to help set the table was given an article to car ry, but doubt was expressed as to her ability to reach high enough to place It on the table. By standing on tip-toe it was done, and running V her mother she cried out: "1 did it, mamma; but I bad to stand on my bind legs." "Bill Rob." 'Bill Rob was a carriage maker, and would occasionally get tight." Driv ing along down the hill leading into the villiage called White's Mills, he met a team in a narrow place in the road, and In tbe endeavor to get by, his horse became frightened and sheered around, backing the gig containing Bill and his bottle off down tbe rlvi r bank, where it brought up against a tree, with the horse down, and strug gling on his side, while Bill lay curled up in the bottom of the gig! A neigh bor happening along, and recognizing the occupant, asked him what he was doing down there. Bill was perfectly happy and replied, '-Gad ! I see where she was bound, and I cleared the car riage capital quick." One rainy day, Bill with' a dozen others was enjoying a cosy resting time in the colonel's store, wben the colonel thinking it would be a good time to col lect a store account, banded out Bill's bill from his desk, saylngto him in his polite manner, "I think it was about time Mr. B., that this bill was paid Bill: "Colonel won't you be kind enough to read the items?" The Colo nel proceeded to do so. After he bad 40 or 50 items, among which the charge for "1 qt. of rum" came quite often, he came to this "To your cow breaking into my corn and damaging the fence and corn, $5.00." "Colonel, wont you read that last Item again ?" The colo nel repeated it. Bill responded, "Col onel, jou may take the cow and my tools, and when I get able, I'll pay tbe oaiance I A Good Una. During the first year of the war, says Vermont paper, when change was scarce and some large firms were Issu ing currency of their own, a farmer went to a store In a neighboring town and bought some goods, and gave the merchant a five dollar bill, of which he wanted seventy-five cents back. The merchant counted It out and handed It over to the farmer, who looked at it a moment and inquired : "What Is this?" "it's my currency," said the mer chant. 'Wall, taint good for anything where I live," said the farmer. "Very well," replied the merchant, keep it until you get a dollar's worth, and bring it to my store, and I will give you a dollar for it." The farmer pocketed the change and departed. A few days after he went to the same store, and bought goods to the amount of one dollar, and after paying over the identical seventy-five eents.be took out a handful of pumpkin seeds, and counted out twenty-five of them and passed them over to tbe merchant. -Why," said the merchant, "what's thlsr" Wal," said tbe farmer, "this is my currency, and wben vou get a dollar's worth bring it to my'place, and I will give yon dollar bill for It. j Creettlaaid Cottrtahlp. When the Danish millenaries had secured the confidence of the Green landers, marriage was made a re igious ceremony. Formerly the man married tie woman, as tbe Romans did the Sa bine women, by force. One of the missionaries, writing in his journal describes the style of present courtship MThesuitor, coming to the m-ssionary said, "I should like to have s wife. "Whom?" asked the missionary. The man names the woman. "Hast thou spoken to her?" Sometimes the man will answer Yes;shei3 not unwilling, but thou knowest womankind." n More frequently theanswer is No. "Why not?" "It ia difficult to tell ; girls are prud ish. Thou must speak to her." The missionary summons the girl, and after a little conversation, says : "I think it time to have thee mar ried." "1 won't marry." "What a pity! I have a suitor for thee." "Whom?" The missionary names the man who bad sought his aid. "He is good for nothing. I w on't have him." , "But," says the missionary, he is a good provider; he throws his harpoon with skill ; and he loves thee." Though listening to his praise with evident pleasure, the girl answers : "I won't marry. I won't have him." "Well, I won't force thee. I shall soon find a wife for such a clever fel low." The missionary remains silent, as though he understood her "no" to have ended the matter. At last, with a sigh, she whispers: 'J ust as thou wilt have it missionary" "No," says tbe missionary ; "as thou wilt; I'll not persuade thee," Then with a deep groan, comes a "yes," and the matter is settled. A Mill' a Reserved fower. This mule looked as if he was 138 years old, and was dead standing upon his feet. He was hitched to a pine- bodied spring wagon, with a high dash board. The "team" was standing on the levee in mute silence, while the old darkev who "drove" it went aboard tbe wharfboat. A tramp could make barrel of money selling pictures of that mule, labeled Patience." His long flabby ears hung down each side of his head like wiudow awnings with the rods out of them. His face wore a so ber look while out of his mouth hung a tongue eight inches long. His taill swung down from the rear end of his body huricane roof like a wet rope. while his whole body seemed as motion less as death itself. Presently a red headed urchin, with an old boot in his hand, walked up in front of him, and looking into his face, saw that the mule was asleep. He walked around climbed in the wagon, leaned over the dashboard, lifted that mule's tail, and let it come down in time to catch death-grip on that boot-leg. That mule woke up so quick that he kicked the boy and dash-board twenty feet into the air. He didn't saop there. He changed the position of his ears, hauled in his tongue, planted his fore feet and his head between bis knees, and from the fore shoulders to the tip of his trunk was in lively motion, and.he didn't look as if he was more than two years old, the way be was kicking thatold wagon- body into kindling-wood with his heels. He had it all to himself, and was doing finely, when the old darkey rushed up the hill, got in front of him, and grab bing him by each ear, shouted, "Whoa ! I tell you. What's de matter wid you? Whoaup!" and looking around at the crowd, yelled, "Will some o' yer gem men git dat ere boot-leg out while I hole him? kase de wagin's mine an , borrowed de mule!" But no one ventured, and when we left his heels had almost reached the tail-gale, and the old darkey was still vellin Whoa!" Nre Inqnlrtmle and its Kemedr. Rextlnw nerves, at least those that are con stantly so, are weak onea aa ifMfc The true way to tranquiuza them thoroughly ia to Htrengtnen them. It may be, nay it Terr often m. nectasary to have recourse to" a sedative or even an opiate, in tiangerooa caaea of nerrona inquietude, but the continued nee of such mi- natural pall atiTea. u irreatly to be deprecated. Though not, in a restricted sense, a BDecihc for nerrouaneea. Hon tetter's Stomach iiittere u eminently calculated to allay and eTentuaUr overcome it, a fact which tbe recorded exper ience oi many goes to eamiantiate. Itua in estimable tonic, by promoting digestion, aanim- uaiton ana secretion, tonchee the three key- notea npon which the harmony of all the bodily organs depends, and the result ia that ireen stores of viniitv are diffused thrm.-h tbe system, of which tbe nerves receive their due apportionment, and grow tranquil as they 1 Torm Liver is Disordered Hoofawlt Ger man jtuurm wui sec it angnw HieslcrVTt Tttter Otntment Will cure everv r.ivm r.9 T-., . J A Hesaacsi or Cold Should be erected in memory of the inventor oi "AuaaeMis. - tne great external rile Uem- euy. air. James j. xsaeeett, of ine, Penna.. writes aa follows : Mesrira. Xhthtaedteb ft Co.: l.tmaM-tnoloeed find P. O. older for i LOO. for which send box Anakeeia. I have used two boxes and feel it mv duty to say to --uoo ui jour simple remedy I have been raised from the brink of despair to the joyful nope of soon being able to declare myself entirely cured. One month's tnaL at the small expense of the cost of one box of Anakesis has given me more relief than two years doctoring with oar best phvsiciana here. Surely a monument of gold should be erected in memory of tbe inventor of Anakeeia. Send at once if possible. I shall be pleased to reply to any one who inquires aa to the merits of your valuable med icine, should yon see lit to publish this. Sincerely your servant, .. . .., J- fcAssm.Erie.Pa. "Anakeeia" ia sold by all drugguita. Price il per box. Samples sent free to all sufferers on application to "Anakeaia" Depot, Box 3!H6 New York. Ton Would Enjoy Good Health Take Boofiamt German bUters. not. of this, and send for areolar toHskS Ir Tor are DvsMDtis ffimur. n Bitter will core joL KANTXER'S ninstraied Rfc r m... for Children. ooDtaiuinr over TO .n.J; of every day objects.wUh their names making the simplest, most aereeahle and effective method for the preliminary instruction of vUuu.cu. nun uDora lw, cloth SL 5a. Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 1113 Ir TaotmLio with Conatirjalinn t.b- n... Ask and Ts Shan tr If yon araaufficieatly interested v. know the wonderful iZZT? wish to Herndon . Gypseya Gift iTbad iToflte malum, enquire of Lieut BiesTThiJS If" District. PhiladelDhim. HlnX1Vml pn magical influence on members of thTi "" and others. It atnke. the dLl .VP0'" ana anves it from the svstem- aTi v Drng;t, in PhUad.Tp'hin.nd fc?LI"B o 0. Grindall.Box 620. P. oTbJSL Fob Pdipus on tbe Face, nas BialvTr. r- to- (ritUmetti. It never fails to remov th. T...f..T moo ftwPt J" w.Iaakl the United state a Church. jegetine is SoldbyTrglsl Km Emtai Ccnsemtori Method for the Pianofore. I4MhrsftM- maris f Tare Parts Book. V-ABT I. forth. Fir- flrjW jnj kM as e. Studl". " tad few duncuit rw Fries f sses fart, L- CoswltW, SUS. Tn. MUSICAL BECOBD, ltb. ?',!? mailed fur c-w- Circulate - r- Muwc,a-,ae. r ' Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. j. i. D1T50S a co.. m Cbam St.. ran. THE ORIGINAL & ONLY GEKUIHS "Vibrator" Threshers, MOUNTED HORSE POWERS, And Steam Tbmber Jjgl, Hade only by NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO,, battue: creek, Mien. TDK Mntrfclc- Jiin-in.T Tlm MTtAC. aahl M'vry-SaviBC Ihrnosri of in aul raTf la. IVyvtvl aJt Kimry law RtM WsmJs, ! ttei nsMiBii. sussl lor bstvtavc tnm Wisc ARATTT Ra.er will not 8abn.it to tbe xx tftACatoi 'rsuat m. i..w in - - y THE F.XTIRE Tkmblnf Ixpfi land "Ilea toil tm tU SJumul mi t .. If US kjttS fimim tUtVkl B tiC AaBpSVvW fcjaynina,. NO ReroWlnr Pfcafta Inid tfco rtr. IsUrti frr. IkulS IULsri, rlr.-r. lU-hiM. mlan nra) tuns sTWinc rriawsBtrn . rwtl N r--t' I to .11 K ' TV-a aivl Cn. W Wei I;, Lutf mt a t, II 1 1 Hi f awlj, JOT onlr Tastls1 PwBrvlsF for Vrf, UU, JW . .jr. .-XI u.- u'um i.-.t , a. u.li ati -rrwf til TSrwM-la F)u. TtvMMH. M 'tof. CWvrar. ar-l Hh .!. B.lr-tv H lRTELOrS for Slma-llrlir of Part. u-i.C I. l.n mt-( I in.nl ii.lu in i vmi. a-. m l,lltoliM.g8r.ll1acfc ForR -lxe of Hepsmtsr Mnde, rar- TF.AM Power Threshers a Pprrlaltv. urn i.yi if Mr M.i.i nf.v 0 t'K TJariraletl fttenss Thrrshrr Tw- i dm. ' i.mm iaipnvctMti. .11 U-aUkc L. Ftuna, bbM.ritfiwutTki4 If Tfcorosa rnimn. l-.f -i- Tboroazh Vorkasamhlp. Xleranc FOR Partlratar-i. ewll war Pralrrs WA TtT 'f t'T ttf-au on a reanlar . tlAS AilJJ ,r and axrenaea oftMIl month, tn aelloDr Cigar to ltalr. fam- B'M frM. S.ml .V. .tanin for rtnlv. C- ME VTI hi -ti ll ALL A CO., brookljn, -N. V. GF.STS WANTED FOR TBI XW HISTOBI L CALWUKK, Our Western Border. A Comnlets and Grannie 11 i.tnr. at 4 imtv.ii Pln- n-r Lite, with fnll tec ant ot G-n. Girn Kotrors nark lamona Kafk.Miia k.snlirion.luu raa-ra ao. Ita thrilling conflict of RM and While toe. Excit ing Advcmur. Captivities, KontTa.cout., Ptonr w om-a and K--T. Indian War-Fetha, Cams Life andSsorte. A book fi-r Old and Young. Notadnll sag, no s m petition. Knormon aalc. Agent wanted ererrw her. I llmtrated circular free-. J.i:. aUClRDlf A CO.,2g B.SoTenlh St.. Fhilad a. Pa. I Blatchlev's Pumps ! I STANDARD PUMP For Wells to 75 Feet Deep. New Price List, Jan. 1,1879. ADDRESS C. G. BLATCHLEY, 44 AatKET Street, Fk Hauls. ISTlBLISnED 118. MORGAN & IIE4DLY, mrters of Diamonds AND Mannficturers of Sjectack SAXSOX trt, Phltadslnhlav Illustrated Price List sent to the trade on application. . FOR SALE. . a UUISIBLI FRnrrHTV a fioan ...... "r-ri.-A TTIMTT-lirr.. n.ll ' -i". '"' LASn. with ll r, lt7..reS.,,.!"'If-r"ta WIS ri.r,o.n,, I,.Vo.!;i...Br." -Vd Car- the. .n,.. L. " .7 ' " " n tal In . ik. irani ilh ii.. .i.w , -f- r-jruos. and ioi.a wr,, v, siili. n.Sr J". Twenty- . - - nnii i -. - foa4, adjoiai,,, thA?liA ifnr4 ,B t on. on th. Pk.7V,.5 of Plnr and Olnev St.. aM half . mi """'""a Ka.ln rod aucUv. mttd th' Park Ka. v.. York. , J i CUM K S- Nv s FUiiJiiJ;.yj,J4K a v sUnfU BAROMETEPJ trs aiam. Tel., . st niAtxi ..nrjc,,, ,EICtA K- V J. DECK, au rHTvn.f. J1tlolns. tllt-trateH wt L '"U.A. or Id rm,JTi. " . TraTT,'..",? Arti. p""f"r l America- '.rso-x sar wK. The sw are ret TOE COD LIVE rr on .L"I "a of - Mrik. t-,,, i ".r "! vw.i - YIBBATOa fe.MsrAB. i l sTi Wf,i;a!s. toJW . " MS. 1 1 LI UT St. T-TT. " 1 Mraim From tie iMoraile Mi dDORSIXO DR. KADWAt-S ft. E. HtMEDlQ, : arras csine tm fob srrsaAt tbaes. Ksw Tons. Jan. 4, irr tmab SIB. HTtn '-r several years twa ji. medicines. donbtins'ly at Drat, but alw expert eaclDK their emcucy. with rull couodenc. it no lesi a pleasure than a duty to Uuikrmi, icknowlede the advantage we hata den.-ei Jrum th. m. The plila r" resorted to aa orii m occasion rtq'ilres. and always with tne de. aired effect. Thau K-ady Relief cannot be bet. ler described th n It h by lis MB'. w9 appl ii. liniment frequently and rreely almo iirlably Uudlnif Ue promised "KeUet." Truly yours. Da. Kad adwaT. THUKLOW WEED. R. R. R. fiADWAY'SEEADYEELEP CURBS THE WORST PAINS In from One to hot o. 20 Minutes. BOCK after reading this advertisement need any one bUFFEB WITH PAIN. Bsdway s Beauty Keller Is at Car Car EVK&Y PAIS. It was the flrst and is The Only Pain Remedy that Instantly stops the most eicrodatlnr pains, aliaya inflammations and cures Conge, turns whether of tiie Luo(f. stomach, Boeia, or other glanda or organs, by one application. IS FROM OSK TO TWENTY, MLM7TE3, no matter bow violent or excruciating the pais. tneKUKU-wATIC, Bed-ridden. Inflrm. Crlppim. Kertous. Neuralgic, or prostrated with duCAie may suffer, BAHWAT'S BEADY BELIEF WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE. INFLAMMATION OF TH B KTDNETS. INFLAMMATION OF TUB BLADDER. INFLAMMATION OF THK bOWBLH. CONGBsriON OF THS LUNGS, SOKE THEOAT, DIFFICULT BKBATH1NQ. ' FALPITATION cf tub H&ABT, HYSTERICS, CKOUP. DIPHTHKRIA. Bl CATARRH, LNiXCESZA, HEADACHE. TOOTHACHE. NEl KAUilA. RHEUMATISM, COLD CHILLS. A.l"K CHILLS. CHILBLAINS and FBOST-BITIi The application of the Beady Relief to the part or parts where tbe pain or dmiculty exists will afford ease and comfort. Thirty to sixty drops In half a tumbler ot water will In a f-w moments cure Crump, siwam winr stomach. Ht-artburn. Sick Head- acne. Diarrhea, 1 senwry. Oollc, Wind la lad Bowela. and al1 Internal Fains. Travelers should always carry a bottle ot Radway's Ready Relief with them. A rew drops In Water will prevent sicknnd or pains from change of water. It la better than Freucu Brandy or Bitters as a stimulant. FEYER.and AGUE. Fever and Airue cured for Fifty rents. There IS not a remedial agent la the world that will cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious. Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid. Yellow and other Fevers (ahle-l by Radw:.y Pills) so quick aa RADWAY'S READY KEL1EF. SO CIS. a botU. Dr. Radway's TIIE GREAT BLOOD PCBIFIEK, FOR THE CURE OF CHRONIC DISEASE. SCROFULA OR SYPHILITIC. HBP. EDIT ART OB CONTAGIOUS, be It seated In the Lunfrs or Stomach, Skin or Bones, Flesh or Nerve, corrupting tha solids and vitiating' the nulJa. Chronic Rheumatism. Scrofula, Glandular SwelUr a-. Hacking Dry cou?h. Cancerous AQec tlons bvpbliltic Complaint. Bleeding of thd Lung. spepsla. Water Brash. Tic Doloraux. White swellink-a. Tumors, Ulcers. Skin and bp DL-ea.-H8. Female 'omplalut-. Gout, Drops. Ball Rheum, Bronchitis, consumption. Liver Complaint, &c. Not only does tbe SmaparMlaa Resolvent excel all remedial atrenlaln the cure ot Chronic. scrofulous, Con-tliutlnal and t-klo. Diseases, j but It is the only positive cure for kKidney & Bladder Complaints, 'urinary and Womb Diseases. GraveL Diabetes. i Dropsy, btoppatre of wati-r. Incontinence ot Uiine. Brgbt s Disease. Albuminuria and In ail cases where thf re are brick dust deposlts.or tae I water Is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an eirg. or threads like white silk, or there Is a morbid, dark, bllioui appear ance aud white bone-dust deposits, and wben there la a pnemnur. burning sensation wHeu parsing water, and pain in Uu) small of toe back and along the Runs. Sold by drug-tst3. PRICE ONE DOLLAR. otaeias tceob of ten tears growth cured by dr- KAD WAV REMEDIES. I Dr. EADWAT & CO., 32 "Warren Street. SEW YORK. I . Restating Pills, Perfectly tasteless, eleirantly mated with sweet gum, punre, regulate, puiiry. cleanse and strei.irtben. Radway's Pllla for the cure ot ail disorders of tbe stomach, Uer. Bowels, Kid neys, Bladder. Nervous Diseases. Ueadacbe. Cootlpatlon, rostlveness. Indigestion. Dyspep sia. Biliousness, Fever. IncammattOQ ot the Bowels. Piles, and all derauKemenls of the in ternal viscera. Warranted to effect a positive cure. Purely Veict-iabie. containing no mer cury, mlneial or deleterious drugs- 7 Observe the following svmptoms, result ing from disorders ol the bigesuts Organs: Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood In the Head, Acuity of tbe btomacn. Nausea. Heartburn. Disgust of Food, Fullness iu un aiumacu, sour .rut lions, sink ings or Fluttering in tbe Pit ot the stomac h iwifnm.",t i'. tne Head- Hu"1ed and Dimcuil Breathing. Fluttering at tbe Heart. Choking or Sumcatlng Sensations wben In a lying posture. Dota or Webs before tbe sight. Fever and uull Pain in Head. Detlclenry of Perspiration Yel- m",??8 i Ees- p"Jn the Side, Limbs, and sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in , fe doses of R ADWAT"8 PILLS will free the system trotn al) of the above named disord ers. Price a cents per box. bold by Druggists, Read " False and True," Fend a letter atamn tn ninviv a- net Warren street. New York. iMurmauoa worth thousands wBl be sent you. PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION! CKNTKMAI, GnoCMiS um"SCW" Children, IS Cnt. 1 KStaSi" " i-"- of bPEUAL MUSICAL ATTRACTIONS DAILY. A too. th Lariert OrM eak W - rromltTn "T- r rrom A. M.toKW 4JD p. Jj f toai.w o'clock TH' TILPIMO IS HrATED. DR. M.W. CASE'S Liver Remedy BLOOD PURIFIER PIIBCe ?t &t.mi,a, n"-Bilion. Fa aso aTS l- ..Hkaua-'h3. Kkl"Al-ol. PPEPsrA l-ed. a. otbfaK aJJr1 " MOW TO BE K,'I TOW H-rer srrir U UR OWH ?'",' ""V anve y..ur dw Caas from his faTJrjTt. b;" l'rlarel by Dr. M. w . tBaiT. Pnetin tlZill?a- UJL hi. own IHlJi..,T!!1. " Wait!. J,..tf,.l H?i; .SfJniiH? CO., Philadelphia. t I ,77?" ""re., anj A--vnuc LANDRETHS' SEEDS .LAJroEJrr THs: BFsrr, aiLADJwLPHlJ 8. SIXTH 8U " Hwule Ir-? bvpri.. - iau I m r - 9
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