Xwom*e to- awaquito. Not that the ■MfßtnenflM-to visits to the hue sum- Mr mma out uoui by any means, for, like the pan. we have him always vrith us, or Twwrly always; bat it is about this time *ha* he begins to take himself seriously, to ito upon hir -ell, to labor and to prey, b act lo wait by any means. There an some curious and interesting pnrat* abou* the mosquito, and now that we HUMS give him some measure of attention urtwtberw* wmhtodoeo * not, it is wet! to anar entertainment out of him. lie gets a food deal out of us. There are a ewou many kinds of him for oae Hung—genera or species, as the reader amy picimr —arnae of them active by day others by nighuand am—as anybody may torcwr for hinmell, though ibv acientiflc hooks neglect to mention the fact —ready, hkr the lower dam of restaurants, for "meals at all hours of the day or night.'' The mom curious thing about a mosquito is that he is found in some places, and not in Kbits where the oooditioas are appar ently precisely the aame. There are places when moaqunoas swanu. while in others wear at hand and similarly situated not a maaqaiso ever present* a bill. The tvaaou for this aobodv knows. Another thing about the mosquito that nobody krv* is bow he buzzes. That is to seem, and as yet he has t** rareak-d it * anybody- Enuvnohcist* have quest ion ed him cm this point to no purpose. TIHW have dimmed him. separated each of his worries fmn its follows; they have stud ied him miring frill, flying and walking, toy haw ohwrved him in the act of blood- Wvtmg; they haw counted t ja- vibrations of to wines, and learned that r stroke is fif ty lo the arevmd; but they have never dis oswwd how or why he tmzzes. They have many prrvry tbrraies on the subject, hut haw agreed among themselves ujv>u no set tled doctrine. The m**quito is a gracvful fallow in all far dm, and if be wtwki sleep ot nights wwki mu be an uupivasant companion, hut t* h laic. We should say her l*ite for it as only the fenak- that bitss. a fact front which evwy leader will argue that mosqui- Vw N he p-tiyguinisLs. with many thou •anjj. of wives apiece, for otte very rarely finds the mosqu:* ihaJ does not lute. He is rarer than the man who does in* smoke r the woman whose shoes arc avowedly tflo small bv half a size. another arm;. It is pretty certain that she fcas no occasion to do so. Vegetable JUKVS arvi SWWET> are her natural f*HHI. and it rs no* doubled whether or not she really needs* any f<a*i at ail To test this ques tion a Tennessee entomologist believing that arrangements lew scaling the state debt wen in a satisfactory stale of advancement devtWrd his span time a few years ago to the making oi experiments. He imprison ed several mosquitoes under bell glasses and kept them there w ith**ut food during the wiede term of their natural lives, and he testifies that they remained healthy, active and vigorous. without perceptibly losing fiesh. until the advent of cold weather put an end to them and the experiment at once. Their 14ood-thirst. therefore, seems to be purely maocims. aad not at all a jvart of their struggle for existence. Ar. ingenious *{*>! gist for the mosquito attempted a few years ago to set up a de fer* for her. which, if it had been true, would not only have excused her, but would bavv justified ber also, in the use of her lancer K. He declared that Mrs. Moe quit-is a female practitioner; that she lives in tuaianous regions and punctures skim there, partly to drive men away from jwatikmuai spots and partly to counteract the poison of the atmospcre by the admin- MOmtion erf an antidote; in a word this apologise IK* lei that Mrs. Mosquito bites not ftw the purpi*- of socking blood but to ad minister minute doses of quinine by sul>- eutaneous injection. If this fact could be proved, we should have in the mosquito the most Hectic of physicuuis—one who uses the old school lancet. but gives homeopathic doses. H<w the mosquito bites is much better kzxwii than why she bites. She carries six little lancet* inside her proboscis, and with thear she punctures the skin, making a hole as small that the blood cannot flow through it except under pressure . and through this bote she draws what she wants by a sort of special suction -pump stomach which is dis tinct from her stomach proper. The inflam mation and irritation which follow the bite are doe not so much to the puncturing of the skin as to the acrid saliva which dows into the wound. This irritation is sonic - limes ao great as to produce fever, a fact from which it appears that, if the mosquito is really a physician, she adheres to the homeopathic doctrine that like cures like, a doctrine which has never been followed out to its logical end in cases where men. hav ing broken their beads by falling down a flight of stairs, need to be thrown down a flight bv way of repairing the injury. Per haps this is a misinterpretation of the doc trine, and at any rate has nothing to do with mosquitoes, whose beads cannot be broken in anv such war. The usual remedv for mosquitoes is to slap one's self violently. It does not hurt the mosquito. Iwit it braces the sufferer up and teaches him to endure pain. WMan to be Taken In. There was a strapping big young fellow from ifae interior at the foot of Woodward avenue to set the shipping. Several boot- Idacfcs had tackled him for a job in vain, and they finally got together behind some hunches of shingles, and went into Com mittee mf the Whole to concoct a scheme for revenge. As a result an innocent-look | ing shiner sidled up to the stranger ami said: "See here, Johnnie, Tve made a bet with the boys." "'Wall. I don't keer." was the cold hearted answer. "I 've made a bet that I can shine one o' them shoes o" your n in less'n than*four min itk" continued the boy. "The bet is a quarter, and I know you'll gin me a chance to win it. Jist stick out yer foot here, and the job won't cost ye a cent." The stranger slowly consented, and held his watch to time the work. The lad worked fast, and had a good polish on the shot in about three minutes. When through be rose up.packed away his brushes, and the stranger found himself in just the fix the boys had planned. TJiey expected an offer to complete the job, but it did not come. After a moment devoted to thought the young man descended to the llarbor- Master's boat, reaching out his leg for the water, and "souse" went ths shiny shoe be- JOWMK- surface. 4 *l reckon." said the stranger as he pull id in his leg and let half a gaßon of water run out his shoe. —"I reckon you boys think you re smart, but none of our family ewer mistook saieratus for saisodv, and I didn't exam- to town to have my hair cut with a buzz-saw f* ttor brape*. Xbe Equitable Life Aasnranoe Society, o stew Talk, continues to increase its business ia eoMCiqiieuoe of ita new form of incontest able policy, in spite of the criticisms of envi • a nvahi who adhere to castiron technical tana of (mind AGRICULTURE. SARI.K SHKKP. —There is no profit In black wool ur.d it brings five cents per pound less in the market than while. Some years since, when every rural household contained a splnning-wheU and loom, upon which the matron spun out the material with which the family was clothed, black wool was in demand and tilled an important niche iu the domestic economy. Now the great fac tories monopolize that business, and are able to furnish the people with yarn and cloth better and cheaper than it can be made at home. To-day there proba bly is not a yard of cloth manufactured domestically where there were a thou sand fifty years ago. The factory pre fers white wool, which can be dyed to suit their purposes, while it has been found more dilticult to control ttie ir regular shadiug of the black. The preventive against black wool is easy. There is no black blood in sheep, white or black; no pigmentnm in the skin of sheep, as in the races, only difference in the outgrowth or wool. A white ewe will more frequently a black lamb thau a black ewe, and a black ewe will more frequently have a white lamb than a black. Were there black and white blood iu the sheep the reverse of this would be true. White ewes unmixed with black will always have white lambs. Put only one black sheep with the white (lock and there will be many black laiubs; mix the black ewes with the white and they will have a majority of white lambs. The inevitable couolusion is that the marking ef the lamb does not arise from any distinctive characteristic in the blood, but from the impressions made upon the mind of the mother. She looked upon the black innovator with wonder and stamped the character of her lamb; the black ewe took in the beauties of her white companions and tixed the destiny of hers Not long siiue, Mr. T. S. Tinslev, of Missouri, writing to The Rural il'orld, inquired a to what could be the cause of his hav ing live black lambs in a flock of forty head, which had been bred toaCotswold and "had no black rams there." lie mentioned Incidentally hat "there was a black stray wether tnat took up with his flock." This accounts for the "milk in the cocoa nut" and is an illustration of the fact set forth above. Missouri is the home and birthplace of ttie black sheep. Some time since we bought 800 sheep there, in lots of from 5 to 100, and when we got through we had 240 black ones. In purchases made of those natives you have to take black ones, grandmothers, grandfathers and tiie flock through. Ovec-loaded with black, desperate measures were in or der. 'Ahey were put on strong diet, and as they were ready, a load was shipped to Chicago. "A car-load of black mutton!"—the flrst and only ar rival of the kind ever in that market. So rare was it that it was a matter of comment iu the local papers. Four and one-half ecu's per pound sufficed us, and they took them in. The black sheep is a healthy, hardy animal, but the wool being depreciated in the mar ket, they should be avoided, and when ou hand, committed to the shambles. PROTECT THE HORSES FROM THE FLIES.—A cotton sheet will IHJ found a great protection to the horses working in the harvest field. It screens them from the heat, from flies, and from dust, and the labor of cleaning them is les sened. As mentioned it will bo found desirable, when horses are washed, to use a t*oft sponge and water in which some carbolic soap has keen dissolved. This cools the skin, assists perspiration, removes the strong pungent smell, greatly refreshes the animals, and drives away files. Wherd* there is a river near by, a bath in the evening will be agreeaole and safe, If the horses are kept in the water only two or three minutes, are driven home at once and rubied dry. A scraper for the horses may be made of a piece of the scythe, with the edge dulled on the stone; with this the sweat or moisture, after wash ing, may be easily r moved. THK COW that is fleshy gives milk that is richer In butter than the cow that is poor and thin. One that has reached her full maturity gives better milk than she did before she reached thai age; a cow that is gaining flesh day by day gives richer milk than a cow that is losing gradually. The con dition of the pastures have also much to do with the quality of the production. Regular feeding, It not generous, is better than food giveii in excess for a few days, and then stinted, r food giveu plentifully, but at irregular per iods. Animals do not thrive unless perfectly contented, and never permit ted to get hungry. The same hours for feeding should be kept regularly throughout the whole season. WHKN cattle chew leather, wood, and old bones it indicates a lack of phos phate of lime in their food, which is re quired to supply bone material. A teaspoonful of hone meal given daily with their grain will correct the habit and supply the deficiency which in duces it. Phantoms of the Stage. Three nights before the death of George Frederick Cooke he was playing Richard 111., and in the scene where the coffin of the dead king is brought on, the actor start led with a fright so intense that the audi ence roae perfectly thrilled by the look and manner. He declared that he read plainly inscribed on the walnut pall his own name. Macready was so morbidly afraid of a toad that he almost fainted at sceng a cari cature of two frogs doing the fencing scene in Hamlet. Lucille Western had a vision of her sis ter's deatii, which she recounted graphically before the death occurred and all the par ticulars were afterward verified. One of the most famous managers of the present time is extremely superstitious, and gets in a nervous state for weeks before ha brings out a new play. On one occasion he saw a coffin in the flats, caused by the bad work of the scenic artist in letting the moonlight slune through the trees in the shape of a coffin ; on another occasion the fall of the old horseshoe that was nailed over the stage door gave him an ominous fright for a week. The elder Booth and many other great actors believed in those airy forerunners that come in from out the vague and boundless dreamland. Ilie Products of Indigestion. In bi ty of the stomach to act upan the ood is productive of serious and speeds mis •b:ef to the entire bodily economy The cir cuiat on languishes and grows poor; leanness. allor, and a loss of muscular and organic power supervene but. worse than this, the fuDctioLs snociated with and depend nt upon dictation eucli as evacuation and the secre tion of bile, grow irregular, and the organs whoee business it is to discharge those func tions become badly disordered. This disas trous s ate of things is more readily and thorough y rectified with Hostetter's Stomach Hitters than any known medicinal agent. The stomach being invigorated, tlie life-giving principles of the blood are increased, the "SB tem properly nourished, leanuess and debility overcome, and the bowels and liver thoroughly and promptly regulated. DOMESTIC. CAKK. —Before commencing to make eake, bo sure that you have all the in gredients in the house, and all the im- [ dements at hand, such as trays, bowls, arge dislres, large, strong iron spoon, egg-beaters, etc. Use none but the best family flour In making eake. It is u good plan to sift It before weighing or measuring it, and to let it air and sun several hours before using it; as this makes it much lighter, it is a great mistake to set aside rancid or In different butter for cake making. The butter used for the purpose should be good and fresh. Always use granu lated sugar or else powdered loaf or cut sugar, las pulverized sugar is apt to have plaster of Paris or other foreign elements iu It, Never use brown or ever elarifled sugar in eake making, unless It be for gingerbread. Do not attempt to make cake without fresh eggs. Cream of tartar, soda and yeast powders are poor substitutes for these. A fresh egg placed in water will sink to the bottom, in breaking eggs, do not break them over the vessel iu which they are to be beaten. Break them one by one over a saucer, so that, If you come across a defective one, you will not spoil the rest by mixing it with them; whereas, If It is a good one, it will be easy to pour the white from the saucer into the bowl with the rest of the whites, and to add the yolk which you retain in the egg shell to the other yolks. ENGLISH GINOKU BE Kit. —Two aud a quarter pounds of loaf sugar, one ounce of cream of tartar, one and a half ounces oi ginger-root, two tablespoon fulls of fresh brewers' yeast, two lem ons, and about three gallons of water; bruise the ginger, put It into a large earthenware pan with the sugar and cream of tartar; peel the lemons, squeeze out. the juice, strain it, and add, with the peel, to the other ingre dients; then pour over them three gal lons of boiling water. When it has stood until it is only just warm, add the yeast, stir the contents of the pan, cover with a cloth, and let it remain near the lire for 12 hours. Then skim off the yeast amlpour the liquor oil' into another vessel, taking care not to shake it, so as to leave the sediment; bottle it immediately, cork it tightly; in three or four days it will he tit for line. CUKKI) ov DRINKING.—" A young friend of mine was cured of an insati able thirst for liquor, which had so prostrated him that lie was unable to do any business. He was entirely cured by the use of Hop Bitters, it allayed all that burning thirst; took away the appetite for liquor; made his nerves steady, and he has remained a sober and steady man for more than two years, and has no desire to return to his cups; I know of a number of others that have been cured of drinking by it."—From a leading R. It. Olllcial, Chicago, Ills. BAKKD INDIAN PUDDING. —Pour enough boiling water on two cups of meal to wet it thoroughly; then add one-half cup of butter,' well beaten with one cup of sugar, til like a cream; two well beaten eggs, a tittle salt, two cups of milk; two tablespooufuls mo lasses, nutmeg and cinnamon to suit the taste; one tea-cup of stoned raisins, slightly chopped; bake slowly three hours. Jf preferred, use two-thirds of a cup of finely chopped suet instead of butter; instead of raisins a cup ami a half of dried whortleberries are very nice, or two cups of finely chopped sweet apples instead of any other fruit is excellent. CUANBKKKY JKLLY. —Put one quart of cranberries, which have been care fully picked over, to boil in one pint cold water; have ready in a bowl one pint white sugar; when the cranber ries are perfectly soft mash tbetn while hot through a colander into the bowl which contains the sugar, and stir un til the sngar is dissolved; then pour into moulds and set in a cold place for at least twenty-lour hours. If the cranberries are good and no more water is used than the recipe calls for, this way of cooking them makes beautiful molds for the table. To BAKE EGOS, —Butter a clean, smooth saucepan, break as many eggs as will be needed Into a saucer, one by one. If found good siip it into the dish. No broken yolk allowed, nor must they crowd so as to risk breaking the yolk after putting in. Put a small piece of butter on each, and sprinkle with pepper and salt, set into a well heated oven, and hake till the whites are set If the oven is rightly heated it will take but a few minutes, and is far more delicate than fried eggs. AN ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. A dose of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup will assist your Baby in teething, and prevent it from being attacked by Cholera Infantum, Colic or other diseases with which Babies suffer. IN baking buckwheat and other grid dle cakes, a piece of fat bacon as a "greaser" is by many thought to be almost indispensable. Those who are of this opinion will, on trial, soon learn that a turnip divided in two answers tiie same or a better purpose, an the odor—the most unpleasant part of cake baking—comes from the greaser in eon tact with the hot iron, whereas with the turnip very little of this is percep tible. FOR CHOCOLATE CAKK. —Two small cups of sugar, half cup of butter, three e KS B one of mijk, four ounces of chocolate, three cups of flour, one table spoonful vanilla extract, one teaspoon - ful soda, two of cream of tartar; mix the cake flrst, and when it Is well beaten, take the chocolate and stir it in carefully. This makes an excellent and sufficiently rich cake. The addi tion of an extra egg and a little more butter will be an improvement to some tastes. FARMER'S JELLY CAKK.— One cup sour cream, one cup of sugar, one egg, one small teaspoonful of soda; beat the egg and sugar together; add theeream, and flour enough to make a thick batter. Bake in round tins and spread jelly be tween. AMMONIA is a good remedy for tooth ache. Apply a small bit of cotton sat urated in a strong solution of ammonia to the defective tooth, and after a mo mentary nervous pain, the aching will have ceased. Two teaspoonfuls of tinelj'-powdered charcoal Jrank in a half-tumbler of water will often give relief to the sick headache, when caused, as in most cases it is, by a superabundance of acid in the stomach. F EKP IT HANDV, tli .t you may use IT promptly in all sudden a'tacks of Cramps, Cholera Mor bus, Diari cea. Colic, or any Bowel Affection, for which Dr. Jayne's Carminative Balsam Is a sure remedy. At this season of the year es pecially. every family will And It a useful and reliable medicine. HUMOROUS. > Music has not the game charm for all ears, it is not an art which requires to be cultivated for a correct apprecia tion of it. There is a spontaneous out> burst of natural melody the soul of every created being; but this is not the harmony in which the excellence and delight of the opera consists. The harmony is the produc tion of an artificial combination of sounds founded upon natural princi ples, but so intricate in their arrange ment, and so scientifically accurate, that the individual who has not made the art ids special study, or who has not acquired sufficient delicacy of taste by hearing repeatedly the best Illus tration and examples, is very likely to be disappointed witli operatic perfor mances, though conscious himself of his subjection to the influence of sweet sounds. WICK KD FOB CLERGYMEN — "I be 1 lev# it to be all wrong and even wicked for clergymen or other public inen to be led into giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article is made of valuable remedies known to all, tiiat physicians use Hiid trust in daily, wo should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily com mend Hop Bitters for the good they have done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will not be without them." Rev. , Washington, D. C. A KKKI.NKD BUTCHER.— Harkins' daughter came home from the butcher shop, laid a steak down on tlie table, and said: "That's the most refined butcher I ever met. I asked him if ids steak was tender, and lie said, oh, so beautifully; "tender us the maiden in the first blush of love; a steak tit to be classed with tender and hallowed as sociations, and one likely to be flattered at being devoured by so beautiful a maiden." The old man pushed ids glasses up on the top of ids head, looked at the girl and thundered; "What under the canopy was that fellow giving you?" And as her color came and went, she replied : "Giving me taffy, I suppose." NOT GIVEN AWAY.— "Is Charley a very good boy?" said the new minis ter, as lie stroked the golden locks of a brigtit 10-year-old youth. "Oh ! yes," said the loud father pa tronizingly, "lie's very good indeed. I know lie will grow up to bo a credit to his father," "K'rect, old man. You're a solid Muldoon," said the boy. "I was afraid yer would give me dead away ! A LADY remarked to a populur divine that his sermons were a little too long. '•Don't yon think so?" said she; "just a little?" "Ah ! dear madam," replied the di vine, "I am afraid you don't like the sincere milk of the Work." "Yes, I do," said she; "but you know the fashion nowadays is con densed milk." A LADY, a regular shopper, who had made an unfortunate clerk tumble over all the stockings in the store, objected that none of them were long enough. "1 want, she said, the longest hosu that are made." "Then, madam," was the reply, "you had better apply to the next engine-house." TUKKK is nothing in modern discovery so wonderful and meritorious, as that great labor-saver, Dobbins' Electric Soap, (made by Cm gin & Co., Phila delphia.) It tells its own story on the first trial. Ask your grocer for it. "I AM afraid, said a lady to her hus band, "that 1 am going to have a stiff neck." "Not* at all improbable, my dear," replied her spouse. "I have seen strong symptoms of it ever since we were married." THE pleasautest way of being hung, says the Christian Jleyister, is in a ham mock. The whole laxly is then hung at once. This assertion is as positive as though the writer had tried both ways. "I would box your ears," said a young lady of Belfast to her stupid and tiresome admirer, "if"—"11 what?" he anxiously asked. "If," she repeated, "I could get a box large enough for the purpose." OUR system of thought, Is often only the history of our heart. Men do not will so much according to their reason, as reason according to their will A FRIEND told SSnodgrass that he was just oil' a sick bed. "Indeed. And what alls your bed?" asked our friend?" "A PATCH on the seat of a boy's trowers is something new under the son." When we were yourtg it was always something old. We are offering a cliromo now to the woman who doesn't think her baby nicer than any other woman's baby. WHY is a girl who is driven to finery like a sea captain during a gale? Be cause she is on the deck. No elderly lady should be without a sewing machine, now that a feller ac companies each one. THE highest mountains give the finest view but Jg* ve us a little one for ascent. WHEN a farmer takes a pleasure trip, why not write him down as an agricul tourist? IF your tongue is coated or if you have a bad breath, take a dose of I)r. Ball's Baltimore Pills. WHEN a lobster gets into hot water he turns scarlet with indignation. A DRAFT will bring on a cold, cure a cold, and pay the doctor's bill. THERE'S a wide difference between "printing" a kiss and "publishing" it. POLITICAL advice, if at first you don't succeed; lie, lie again. THE wasp is a stem winder. Lost Seven Founds In Three Week *. Allan's Anti-Fat is a genuine medi cine, and will reduce corpulency Irom two to five j>ounds per week. Purely vegetable and perfectly harmless, act ing entirely on the food in the stomoeh, preventing the formation of tat. It is also a positive remedy for and dyspep sia and rheumatism. BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 11th, 1878 BOTANIC MEDICINE CO., Buffalo, N. Y.: Gentlemen —The lady alluded to lost seven pounds in three weeks, by the use of Allan's Anti-Fat. Yours truly, •SMITH, DOOLITTI.E & SMITH, Wholesale Druggists. A Joyful Announcement to suffering millions is the glad tidings that a| laat a certain cure for pilea has been discov ered. 000,000 persons who have used Dr. Hilsbee's Anakeeis, pronounce It infallible. Doctors of all medical schools prescribe it in practice ; empirics aud nostrum venders coun terfeit aud imitate it, and all, without excep tion, admit that it is entitled to the name of "Medical Miracle." Nothing in medicine is more simple, rational, prompt aud certain. It is uot an accidental blunder of inexperience, but the soientiflo solution of a most difficult problem, by an accomplished physician of 40 vears' practice and study. Anakesis is a happy oombiuation of a soothing poultioo, supporting lnsirument aud curative medicine. It alleviates at ouoe the most excruciating pain; it holds np the raw. sensitive tumors, and by firm, continued pressure and medica tion applied to the swollen veins is able to cure the most inveterate cases of blind or bleeding piles. The inventor of 4 'Anakesis" may well be regarded as a publio benefactor, and sufferers from this terrible disease will thank us for calling attention to a discovery so worthy. It is not less singular that the circular concerning Anakesis, full directions are given for TIULVKRITNO PILES, a fact never before observed in any medicine the propri etors wished to selL "Anakesis" is Bold by druegtst* everywhere. Bent free on receipt of price, SI.OO per box; aainplea gratit by 1\ Neustaedter A Co., Box 3046 New York, sole manufacturers of "Anakesis." The Mocking lilrd. This bird possesses faculties which ren der it one of the great objects of curiosity aud admiration among the fcathtfed tribes. Its natural notes are musical and solemn. It likewise possesses the singular power of assuming the tone of other birds and ani mals. This extraoadinury bird is peculiar to the new world, inhabiting warm cli mates, and low country seems most, con genial to their nature; they are more numerous in tlio South. The berries of red cedar, myrtle, holly, gum-berries, and an abundance of others, with which the luxuriant swampy thickets of these regions abound, furnish them with a perpetual feast. He builds his nest in different places, according to the lutitude he resides in. A solitary thornbush, orange, cedar or holly tree are favorite s[K>ts. Always ready to defend, but never anxious to conceal bis nest. During the time the female is set ting, neither cat or dog, animal or man can approach the nest without being attacked. His. whole vengeance is directed against bis natural enemy the hiack snake; whenever this reptile is discovered, the mate darts at it with the rapidity of an arrow, striking it violently aud incessantly against the head; the snake soon becomes insensible, and the bird redoubles bis exertions, lie seizes and lifts it from the ground, heating it with his wings until the business is com pleted ; lie returns to his nest and pours out a torrent of song in token of victory. The mocking birds is so called because it can imitate with the greatest ease, not only the songs of other birds, but the sounds ami cries of animais. In confinement he loses a little of the power and energy of his song, In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is ini |x>Bßiblc to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog—Ciesar starts up, wags his tail and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like u young chicken and the lien runs about witli outstretched wings and bristled feathers clucking, to protect her hrrod. The harking of a dog, the mewing of a cat. the creaking of a wheel barrow, the grating of a grindstone and the rushing of a torrent of water, follow with gread truth and rapidity. In regard to food we give the following: Take two old potatoes (never give them new ones), pare aud boil them, also boil two good sized eggs, remove them from the shell, innsli them tine with the potatoes, then put away in a cool place; give a large spoon ful every hour or so, feeding him by hand just as you would an infant. In the month of August or September, a bit of a sweet apple may be accasionally added. A table spoonful of ant's eggs soaked and mixed with tins Ivjou wiii prove beneficial. In the cage place plenty of river sand, sprink ling it freely on the liottom; also give them plenty of water to drink, and a batli once a day in the morning; never allow the bath tub to remain long in the cage; after the bird lias bathed, remove it, as there is probable dangnr of the bird leing drowned. IF YOUR Liver to Disordered HooflantTa Ger man Bitters will set ft aright. IF YOU are Dyspeptic Hoofianda German Bitter a will core yon. IF TROUBLED with Constipation, taXeHoof anda German Bitter a. A GIRL wrote to her lover, "Now, John, don't you tale to be at the sing ing school to-night." John wrote back that "in the bright lexicon of youth—Webster's Unabridged—there's 110 such word as fale." "I)in you ever see the Catskill Mountains?" asked a young lady of her lover. "No," said* he, "but I've seen 'em kill mice." A LITTLK boy, proud of his new jacket, informed his sister that he was a six button kid. IF YOU Would Enjoy Good Health Take Hoqflanda German Bittera. HieakelTa Tetter Ointment Will cure ever} form of Tetter. FOR PIKPLES on the use HieakelTa Tel er Ointment It never fails to remove them. Oakland Female Institute, NORRISTOWN, PA. WINTER TKRM WILL COMM KNCK SEPTEM BER 9, 1879. For circulars address J. (1 It I Klt RALSTON, Principal. JUST PUBLISHED, THE VOICE OF WORSHIP, FOR CHOIRS, FOR CONVENTIONS, FOR SINQING SCHOOLS. Prtet 51.00. $9 90 r rpHE VOICE OF WORSniP.by L. O. EMERSON, I ia like ather Church Music by the aame au thor, pro-eminent for graceful and benutiful music, and for the fine skill and judgment displayed in se lection and arrangement. XAs First Hundred Pages include the SINQINO SCHOOL COURSE, in which are found many floe harmonised songs or glees for practice aud enjoyment. The Second Hundred Pages are filled with the best of Hymn Tunee, Sentences, &e., a large, new and fresh collection. The Third Hundred Pages contain a capital set of ANTHEMS. Specimen copies mailed post-free for SI.OO. EMERSON'S VOCAL METHOD, (Just out) has a novel arrangement of syllables, and other im provements which are sensible and useful. Please examine. Price § 1.60. Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston. J. E. DITSON A CO., W8 Chestnut St.. Phlla. ka PEWEHWIUj A CO., Advertising Oa Agents, SI Park how. New York, and 701 Ch-stnut Street, Philadelphia, leceive adver tisements for publication in any part of the world at lowest rates. ADVICE as to the most Judicious advertising and the best mediums and the manner of doing It-—ESTIMATES for one or m re lnserilons of an advertisement, in any number of DaDers forwarded on application. 193 When Trade is Dull, Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO advertise. W See FETTEMGILL WHEN TO advertise B*e pgrrrwmu. WHERE TO ADVERTISE. w smpettemuill WHOM TO ADVKBTINB TllßOL'illf. IT fc^PETTFWttILIj. GO TO 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK, and SoeTKJTTIJENftAIILI^ EXODUS To th Ixwt lands, in the beat climate, with the beat markets, and on the beat terms, alone the line of K',. 3,000,000 ACRES Mainly In the Famous RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE NORTH. On lone tlma, low prlcot and maj payment*. Pamphlet with fall Information mailed free. Apply to P. A. MoKINLAY, Land Com'r, P. M. Jt a. M'T. ml Panl, Hina. TO ADVERTISERS. tw W will fnruiali mi Hppllcntlun, ••llmisten for Adverflwinir lu he bent and largest circulated Hrwapapera lu Ibe (lulled ft intra aitd Cauadas. Our facllltlen are uuaurpanned. We tuak* our C/'iinlouiern* I liter rein our own, and •tndy |o pleane and make (heir Ad vcrtleliig profitable to tlietu. as tbou. lauda wlio bare tried un eau testify. Call or tc-Wdrean, ft. 11. PETTI MUILI, A CO., 8T PARK ROW. New York, TOl CHESTNUT street, PMladelphia. bittersJ CA Meddaa aet a DHak.) omm ■on, mttchu, RAiDEAiB dandelion, Kftft m bmw ajtb Bur kwmui Quaimt or mmn Brrma TLUUJ V AJTJ j-gw AS Ptimn of the Stomach. Ltrer, ■Aftk ea4 Urinary Orpni, **ti —mm nan. fl'-iy M|ift especially Female CompialnU. wfffhepeid tor e eeee Cheyxrfll not oare or help, ar tor anything Impure or lnjortooe found tn them. Aak year drugglee for Hop Bitter* and tr/ftoi before yon sleep. Take aa other. korOonnCnafetlw r*Mtk afM oai knot. Ask Children the Nor B fmr Stomach, Ltrwr end EMam It —parlor to ell other*. Ask Draggui* MUO. In afceotute and ti 1 tatainao e—e fn TOWftft *— af opium, tohaooa and naroodei ■■H* Bead for drenlmr. mm— a U i '■ Tifn-imiifb r - - -|_n.i BWgpyrwftft 1 rtlLTfaT?' Breech loadlnt Shot >un at fIS pp. Jouble-barrel Breech loaders at 21 •Le,i J *? d Bp "* b -l'>nd!M Onna, Rifle* and i PP rore<l , Eniltah and American 5 All kind* or * porting implement* and artl br iporTsmen and tnri-maker*. COLTS £ KECM-LOADINO DOUBLK GUNS at 430 "ppllcatlou <ran " >#t m the prion. Price* on JOS. C. GRUBB &. CO.. 712 Market St., Phllad*., Pa. OPIffTR' 1 SEND POSTAL FOR PRICK I Liat and Instruction fo FINE I. Self-Measurement, to rTinrr i H R ARTI.ETT, SH K\| 29 South NINTH street, JIIUL J J Philadelphia. Pa. AGENTS, READ THIS I We will pay Agent* a aalary of fHO per month sad expense, or allow a large c.immih*ion, to Mil our New and Wonderful ltrr<-ntlons. We mean what We nay. Sample free. Addree* SHERMAN A CO., Marshall, Mich. wiAias Qkrank TTLP'MMa frT * ' #t * ll "*r ■* gEpipMi coress^.ZS rnßmf IhDpsEDß.'i: fn iKt.l AnrHtrm, H.n. Moxrreoimx Bun. —I MMrn who have ueed thl* TreatmeaL BLATCHLEY'S PUMPS IThe Old Reliable STANDARD PUMP For Wells 10 to 75 Feat Deep. New Price list, Jan. 1, 1879. ADDRESS C. G. BLATCHLEY, 44ft KAKKKf Btreet, Pbllndu. I I I I I I I Plica that Dolling'* Pile Ua I I I I I I I Kcincdy failxtocure. Given ■ X ■ immediate relief, cure* caae* II ■ I of long standing in 1 week, ■II ■■■■■■■ and ordinary case* in 2 days. U ■ W W CAUTION unPr'te'vell^u vrapper ha. printed <m it in block a rile qf S-s.M C.mi J)r J p. Mi tier'i eignahnre, Chita. 81 a bottle. Sold h, .11 druKCists. Sent by mail by J, r. Mii-i.ek. M. D., Tenth and Arch SUI. Philada. .Pa. rflTI Ifl —Choicest In the world—lmporter* 1 IP, Q X price*—Largest Company In America —staple article—plea* everybody— Trade continually fncreaalng—Agent* wanted every where—b,-*t iudueeuienta—don t waste time —send for circular. Koi'T WKLL*. 43 Veeey *t., N.Y. P. 0. Box IS7. Those answering an Advertisement will confer a lavor upon the Advertiser and the Publisher byntatiriK that they saw the adver tisement In this tottrnal (naming the paper). o. o. o. CIMRH'M CANCER CITRE.—This extraor ) d nary specific Is a epoedy and never-failing Cure for Canc -r. The wondrous properties of Clark'* Cancer Cure I* attracting attention tn both hemi ph-ree,by virtue of its wonderful success and n --periorby over all other methods of fronting thia die e**e. No Knife. Caustics. Salve.' or Plasters Follow directions cl>*ely and the Cancer Cure will never full restoring the patient to perfect health. Each package is accompanied with full and complete printed directions. Pric,ftß.so. CLARK BR'8. "■ole Propri tors and Manutacturers, Chatham Vil lage, New York. Q£TH YEAR OF OO TREEMOUNT SEMINARY, Norrlstown, Pa D . ... Begins September 9th. Patronised by p<ople dewi iug their eons thoroughly * prepared lor College or business. For Circulare, address . JOHN W. LOCH, Ph. D., Principal. A RARE CHANCE FOR AOENTN. THE COMPLETE HOME! By Mrs. JULIA MCNAIR WBIQHT. The theme Is one upon which the anthor brings to bear the fruitg of years of research, observation * n <i travel, both in this country and the old world. fh® fu colored plates, illustrating Auctenl and Modrn Homes ar- marvels of eleganc* s/id good taste. No work treating thU subject in detail, has heretofore b- en offered, and hence Agents will haveacleir fl-Id. Competent critics prouounoe it th, great book of tbe year. _ . For full description and tei me, address the Pub lishers, j. c. McCURPY ft CC>., BO 8. Bxtkxth St., Philadelphia, Pe. LANDBETIS'SEEDS ARE THE BEST. D. LANDRKTH & SONS, 21 ft 23 S. SIXTH Street JjPHIA, (m tbe Huorable MY VeeA, £■ DOMINO DX. XADWATIX. X. RXMKDIXfI AFIBB WDM TDM FOB SSTMAI. YBABB. Nbw Tom, job. S WTT. Dbab Bm.—XhTißf tor terersl y—ra tued yoto Reolcineß. doutytinglF at first, but after expert enoißg their emcacy, with full conodenee, ltd no leas a pleasure than a duty to thankfully acknowledge the advantage we have derived from thi m. The pi u are retorted to at oftei aa occasion rt quires, and always with the da aired effect. The Keadv Keller cannot be befe ter detcrihed than it la by Its name, we applff the llnlmeat frequently and freely, almost tow variably finding she promised "Relief." Truly yours, (signed) Dm. aapway. THURLOW WXXBk R. R. R. BAD WAY'S READY RELIEF CURES TEX WOEfIT PAINS Ixi frmu One Am SO Hlnntmxe MOT oil HOUR after reading this advertisement need any eft# buffer with pain. Bedways Beady Relief la ■ Care fev every PAIN. It wae the drat and la The Only Pain Remedy •hat instantly stops the most excruciating pains, aliaya Inflammations and cures Conges tions, whether of the Lungs, Htomacb, Bov ela r other glands or organs, by one application. IX FROM ON* TO TWEMTI MINUTES, ao matter how violent or excruciating the pat a, the RHEUMATIC, Bed-ridden, infirm, Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with (lisesae ■ay suffer, ' , BAIYAY'S READY DELHI WILL AFFORD INST J NT EASE. INFLAMMATION OF THE BIDNKYB. INFLAMMATION OF THR BLADDER INFLAMMATION OF THE ROWELB, CONGBftriON OF THE LUNOfI, SOKE THROAT, DIFFIcULJ BREATHING. PALPITATION CF THE HEART, HYSTERICA, CROUP. DIPHTHERIA, CATA RKH, INFLUENZA, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE NSUKALOI A, RHEUMATISM. OOLD CHILLS. AGUE OUILLH, CHILBLAINS and FROST-BlTia The application of Che Kerdy Relief to the part or parts where the pain r difficulty exists WUI afford ease and comfort. Thirty to sixty drops In half a tumbler et water will In a few moments cure Cramps, Bp&sms, hour Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Head ache. Diaprhea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind in the Bowels, and all Internal Pawa. Travelers should always carry a bottle et ftadways Reedy Relief with them. A tew drops in Water will prevent sickness or pains from change of water. It ts better than Branch Brandy or Bitters as a stimulant. FEVER and AGUE. Fever and Ague cared for Fifty < ante. There ■ not a remedial agent In the world that will cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious, Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid. Yellow and other Fevers (aided by Puis) so quick as RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF. Aft eta. a bOtUte Dr. Railway'* Sarsasaiiiai Braolrat, . fUE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER* FOE THE CUKE OF CHRONIC DISEASE, SCROFULA OB SYPHILITIC, HEREDITARY OB CONTAGIOUS, belt seated tn tbe Lungs or Stomaeb, Skbsee Bones, Flesh or Nerves, eorrupting the solids and vitiating the fluids. Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Glandnlai SweWnr. Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Ad no tions PvpQhltic Complaints, Bleeding of the Lungs, Djspepsia, Water Brash, Tic Dolaraax, White swellings. Tumois. Ulcere, Skin and Hip Diseases, Female Complaint-*, GOui, Dropsy •alt Rheum, Bronchiua. Consumption. Liver Complaint, Ac. Not only does the SareaparUlian Resoiveaft exoel all remedial agents In the cure of Chronic, Scrofulous, Constitutional and Skin Diseases, hut it la the only positive cure tor Kidney & Bladder Complaints, urinary and Womb Dteeams, Gravel, Diabetes. Dropsy, Stoppage of water, Inoontlnenoe of Urine, Bright* Disease, Albuminuria and In all cases wiie.e there are brick dustdeposits,or the water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an egg, or threads like white silk, or there is a morbid, dark, blliou- appear ance and white bone-dust deposits, and whea there Is a pricking, burning sensation whea passing water, and pain in the small of the beet and along the loins. £ ■old by druggists, PRICE ONI DOLLAX. OYABIAI TIT HOB OF TEN YEARS' GROWTH CURED BY BR RADWAY'S REMEDIES. Dr. SLADWAY & 00., 82 Warren Street* XEW YORK. DR. RADWATS Regulating Pills, Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with rweef gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse and stre gt.hen. Radwayb Pills for the cure of all disorders of tbe Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kid neys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases- Headache, Constipation. Costlveness, Indigestion, Dyspep sia, Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all derangements of the in ternal viscera. Warranted to effect a positive cure. Purely Vegetable, containing no mer cury, mineral or deleterious drugs. tr observe tbe following symptoms, result ing from dlsoiders of the Digestive Organs: Constipation, Inward Plies, Fullness of the Blood In the Head, Acidity of the Btomaoh, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust of Food, Fullness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Fractions, sink ings or Fluttering** in the Pit of the stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Difflcuu Breathing, Fluttering at tne Heart, Choking ot Rumcatlng Sensations when in a lying pastura Dots or webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in Head. Deficiency of Pereplration. Yel lowness of Skin and Eves, Pain In the Bide, Limbs, and budden Flushes of Beak Burning la the Flesh. A few doees of RADWAY'S FTLIJI will tree the system from all of the above named disorp ira. Fries at oenta per box. Soto by Druggists Read "False and-True." Fend a letter stamp to raDWat E. CCk.. Ne a Warren treet, New York. Information worth thousands will he <teav yua THIS MEW TRUSS Tjng'j-li Hu ■ Pad differing from all other*. It cup-ah.pe, with Salf-Adjtutlay Ball KTSFNCIbi rnr ' n e * nter , d P' ltlf toall malUoet m Vr,. #of the body, while the ■ ALL In the iht Hern!* Is held securely dxjr *ua ni*m. xnd * radical cure cer- It ije*sT, dMr*hie and ehep. Sent br mail. Circulara Eggleston Truss Co., Chicago, 111., HUrilaJS'lCrD Our*isgunranteedtobeth* IvLLL MUUL VI l cheapest and best in the woriu. Also nouiing can beat our SAAVJNO MA- V HINK. It lawa off a 2-toot log in 'i minuteH Pictorial books free. W. CiILKS, Chicago, lal tSUBLISHKB IMS. MORGAN & HEADLY, Importers of Diamonds AND Mailtos of Spsctaclei •IE IftSHOK Street. PhllaaMsMa, Illustrated Frioe List seat to the trod# on application.
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