1879. The number of orators who in 187S began their speeches with, "Fellow citizens of this glorious country," was eighty-five; the number in 1879 was only eighty-four. Let us be thankful for small favors and have hopes of the future. The kerosene, can showed a decided tailing oft' iti activity. • Only seventeen females hurried up the fire. Oi tlic one hundred and fifty-two householders who borrowed shot-guns and took dead aim at "that infernal cat," three hit the cat and the remain der knocked over small boys and other live steek, and are now wondering how on earth they could possibly have done it. Eighteen hundred and seventy-nine was a good year for deaf persons to go visiting. Thirty-four of them took tlie railroad track to save distance. The day express was on time. The last year was also notieeable for the number of persons who took a quiet smoke after going to bed, fell asleep and passed into a better land at the ex pense of insurance companies, A elaj pipe and a cent's worth of tobacco are ail the outfit needed. A number of kind-hearted people who went out hunting, mistook a friend for a wild turkey, fox or grizzly and peppered him dead was fourteen, with Rhode Island to hear from. Every one of them felt bad enough to cry, tut mistakes will happen in all families. The sea serpent was seen only nine tin es during 1879. This may influence some persons to believe that he is gra dually dying out and will soon become extinct, but there is no danger oi it — not with the present breed of sea cap tains. The number of mothers who left rat poison and other fatal doses where the children could get at them was twenty one. This is a decrease over the pre vious year, and in the dim future womankind may possibly realize the fact that children, eats, rats, cockroach es and ants are susceptible to the same influence. During 1879 only two householders mistook the hired girl for a burglar and popped her dead. There is consequen tly no demand for a national conven tion of hired girls to discuss the ques tion : "Shall we wear bullet-proof corsets and demand more wages?" Eighteen hundred and seventy-nine produced no improvement in drawing teeth; no consolation for the man who has to have his hair cut; no better me thod for breaking in new boots; no new route ior embezzlers to get into Canada; no way of getting along on the street cars except to stand up, and no new way of getting back small loans. Considered as a whole, she wasn't any thing extra of a year, even for bad weather. Marquesas Man-eaters • "Do the people of Marquesas, really practice man-eating at the present day!" was asked of some late visitors to that lo cality. "Oh, yes," was the reply; "it is still very common amongst them. We even saw remains of one of their horrible banquets in the valley of Uanalapa. I think the custom was falling into disuse a half century ago, but during the past twenty-five or thirty years the frequent visits of whalers and traders upon the islands have had a demoralizing effect upon the natives. The women nave been debauched and the men let into the secret of distilling a kind of rum from the cocoa trees. When intoxicated they commit the most revolting barbarities, and become embroiled in con flicts between themselves. While in thi3 condition they become worse than beasts; the hereditary man-eating iustinct seems to be revived, and breaks out stronger than ever. Any of their number who are killed in these druukeu boils are sure to be eaten. They also eat the bodies of their enemies killed in battle, and, if a man has a deadly spite against another, he does not teel that his revenge has been satisfied un til he has eaten a piece of his heart, stewed in its own blood. Infractions of any of the social laws are punishable with death, aud the body of the culprit, after having been cut into sections, is distributed in the mar ket place, that all may eat and be warned of the terrible punishment* that awaits the law-breaker. In fact, I 'continued Captain Bienaimc, "the worst punishment that can befall a man at Marquesas is to lie killed and eaten by his fellow islanders." Santa Dominica is situated in latitude 9 deg. 30 min. south, and longitude 126 d-g. and 40 mim east, and together with the other is lands of the Marquesas group has nominal ly been under French dominion since 1641. The natives are brave, and when they have reason to believe their rights are being tampered with are very vindictive. A number of sailors and ollicers of whaling and merchant ships have been killed by them at different times since the islands were discovered. A year ago a convoy of provisions, while en route between two" set tlements of the French colony, on the is land of Caledonia, was captured, and the men who were accompanying it, twelve in number, were taken prisoners. Fearing lor their fate, the Lamotbe Piquet, being in the neighborhood, was dispatched along the coast to obtain tidings of them. They effected a lauding at the point where the tram had been captured, and surprised the savages while about to least upon the bodies of the Frenchmen. The would-be banqueters lied at their approach, but were pursued and fifteen of them killed. The scene upon the beach, Captain Blenaime says, where they landed was sickening in the extreme. Several large blocks, simi lar to those used by butchers, were stand ing a short distance back from the shore. These were reeking with blood, and near them were massed the trunks of their coun trymen, denuded of their heads and iimbs, and their bowels torn open to got at the heart, which is esteemed a delicacy. Piled up near by were the skulls, and bones of the arms and legs, scraped clean of the flesh. The flesh from the lims was cut in to streaks or roasts, and broiling and siz zling over the coals of huge fires kindled for the purpose, sending forth a smell that wa3 fairly sickening. The flesh of the head, together with the brains, they had placed in a large kettle taken from the stove in the train, which was boiling over the fire. The provisions, wines, etc.. were scattered about in the greatest confusion. One of the men who accompanied the French crew recognized among the bodies by portions of the clothing still left upon them, two of his own sons, and such was the impression made upon his mind that he never fully recovered from the shock. Iran railway sleepers are said to have proved, both in India and England, much cheaper than wooden ones. Their gradual adoption is predicted. AGRICULTURE. EQG-EATIXC. BY PULLETS.—A a gen eral thing, this habit Is Introduced by the accidental breaking of an egg. It, may be induced by throwing egg-shells from the kitchen into the poultry yard ; they should be broken into small pieces before giving them to fowls. Some times eggs crack by freezing in cold weather, and thus expose a portion of their contents. Eggs are very delicious morsels to hens. If one fowl acquires this habit, all the others in the same llock will soon learn it too, if confined where they see what is going on ; and they always make a rush at whatever one" of their fellow Is eating. The habit is one v r\ hard to kreak ; killing the whole flock seems to be a desperate resort; but if the brood is not especially valuable, and the flock a small one, is is really the best possible method saving time and money in the end. The fol low ing method may be tried first, how, ever: Let the fowls have free range in summer, or draw them oft" to a locality at some li tie distance front the nests in winter, and let the nests be so cov ered as to be quite dark, and prevent the laying liens from seeing the eggs. Hens will not stay in a dark nook to scratch and peck, although they prefer a ratlmr dark place to lay in. Scatter wheat screenings nnd pounded chand ler's scraps, or other attractive food among straw, or some such light stuff, to induce them to spend their time scratching for it. Their visits to the nests will then be only on the legiti mate business of laying. J flow Is have an unrestricted range, the insects and other attractions of the fields will answer the purpose ot an artificial seratching-plaee in summer; but In rough,wet weather, or in winter, the fowls must he employed in-doors to prevent forming bad habits, or to euro them if already formed. All the grain remaining at the scratch!ng-place ac night very likely will be devoured by rats and uiice. However, by ex ercising a niodearte degree of calcu lation, one will contrive to throw down just enough in the morning to last till the middle of the afternoon, and the remainder of the day's allowance can be given before dark. The harvesting of the carrot crops can be facilitated by running a plow on one side of the rows, when the roots arc easily removed by hand. The tops are then cut off, and surface moisture lrom the roots dried by ex posure to the sun a day or two, when thej' may be stored in a cellar, out of doors, or in pits like turnips and po tatoes. Garrots having a greater ten dency to decay than many roots, should never ba stored in great bulk, hut placed in small heaps only, and kept at as low a temperature as possi ble above the freezing point. On tie approach of warm weather they incline to sprout, if lelt in bulk : hence, when it is desired to preserve them longer, the crown ought to be cut off and the roots spread in a eool dry place. Horses thrive cn carrots given ju diciously with other feed; they are also excellent for working cattle. SURFACE DRAINS. — If not already made, : mole drains should be provided to free tiie fields from surface water. Drains what have been plowed out, may need clearing in places with spade or hoe, that the water may pass oil read ily. In laying out open drains, the the slopes should be so made, that the water will not flow off too rapidly, with a gentle inclination only ; in this ease much of the water will soak into the soil ; and will not wash away either the soil, or any manure that is on the slopes. HARROWING WHEAT. — Harrowing wheat in the spring will increase the yield at least Ave bushels to an acre; it wont hurt the timothy, and the clover seed can be sown after the har rowing is done. It i 9 an easy matter for auy farmer to prove the truth or falsity of such a statement. Try it on one acre in the spring if yon do not want to ris tne whole lieid, and watch tiie result. It is only by experiment ing that the farmer advances. REQUISITES FOR GOOD BCTTKK. First: Good cows, Second : Good feed. Good sweet liav and corn meal will do it if you cannot provide any better. Third : The utmost care and neatness in every manipulation from the milking to the marketing; skill to put up an attractive package. If the producer is not able to attend to these matters, the bu>iness of butter-making may as well be given up, for it will not pay. "Fisherman, Blister." He wpi tqll, lean and a stranger. He didn't seem to care a cent whether his rela tions saw him or not, hut when he faced Justice Duffy at the bar of tue Jefferson Market Police Court he sought to dislodge the mud that had gathered -in inseparable masses the ends of his flowing locks and made ineffectual efforts to straighten out the tails of his coat, which the boys had cut off while he lay in the ash box couch at night, a sigh escaped his lips, his jaw dropped and he murmured: "I ain't bin yar long, Mister." "Don't mister the Court, sir," ordered Ilis Honor. . "Is this yar a Court?" "Yes, sir. and 1 want you to respect it.'' "Let's look 'roun' a minit', mister, will ye. Durned ef this don't beat all I've ever seed. Say, mister, how much d the fish when it is brought to the table, and may make it, If it is for boiling, watery. The sound, which adheres to the bone, must be left undisturbed, but cleansed; the hard and soil roe must also he left in their places; and care must be taken not to injure the liver. Especial care must bo taken not to break the gall, as tiiat, renders the llsh very bitter. BLACK PLPIMNG. —For black pudding the method in Ghent, Belgium, is to take one pound ot fat of pork to one quart of blood, (which must bo rapidly stirred while pouring out of the ani mal to prevent congealing,) and a num ber of Onions, to be chopped to a pulp, as well as the fat; put in pepper, salt, summer savory, and sweet marjoram, mixed all together, witli as union flour as will make a thiu batter; then put it in well cleansed skins, tied every few inches apart with string; put them in a well-tilled boiler of cold water, and let it come near to boiling; then take them out and put in Iresti cold water, and they may be suffered to boil an hour, unless the skins show signs ot bursting; then cool oil" the water a lit tle before they are done. They are a feast for an epicure. The English method tor black pudding is simply the fat pork chopped Into small lumps, with a very small quantity of onion, and groats for consistency. 1 suppose they should be boiled previous to mix ing with the blood, add a little salt, and boil as directed. Ax AUTICLK OK AIKRIT.—' 4 HIOTCN'* Uri'iicJucul '' arc the mo.-t popu lar article in this country' or Europi for Throat Diseases and Coughs, ami tins popularity is based upon real merit. Imitations are offered ior sale, many of which are injurious. The genuine "JBroteu's lironcUUil Ti ches" are sold only in boxes. D KIN KINO water excessively in warm weaiher weakens and debilitates the Coffee taken when thirst first anuroaeb proaeheswil! often allay it nut lthedin neror supper hour. Tea, Vinegar and water, or lemonade, arc excellent; finger, molasses and vinegar, with wa ter, is refreshing, as is also cool sweet milk or buttermilk, frequent baths allay thirst. 1 often refresh myself in the heat ot the day by bathing head, jieck and arms in a cool spring brook— not by dousing the members suddenly, hut by laving them with the moist hand first. During the hef.tod term it is profitable to takt longer noon rests, working more in lite cool of the morn ings and evenings. TABLECLOTHS. —TabIecIoths are often a source of disputes between mistress and maid, but much of this may be obviated if the servants will w ash out each spot carefully with a damp cloth immediately after meals. A piece of stone or of some heavy material,, the exact size of the tablecloth when fold ed, should be kept in the dining-room closet, and the cloth should be kept under It when not In use. This keeps in the creases. ALABASTER ORNAMENTS. —There Is nothing prettier than graceful little vases and caskets of alabaster, and few household ornaments more trying to one's temper, because of ihe difficulty in keeping them clean. They may be thoroughly and easily renovated by cleaning them with a weak solution of aquafortis prepared in the proportion ef two ounces to a pint oi filtered riin water. Apply with a point brush, wash thoroughly and dry in the sun. STOP coughing at once by the imme diate use of l)r. Bull's Cough Syrup; 2") cents a bottle MUSHROOM PUDDING.— Cleanse a quart of fresh mushrooms, cut tlieni in smallpieces, mix them v ith half a pound of minced ham or bacon, season with a teaspoonful of salt and half a saltspoon ful of pepper; spread them on a roly poly crust, made by mixing one pound ot shortening, and a teaspoonful of salt, with about I pint of water, roll up Llie crust, tie it lightly in a floured cloth, or salted water; serve hot with bread or vegetables. To PURIFY WATER. —Pulverized alum possesses the property of purifying water. A large spoonful stirred into a hogshead of water w ill so purify it, that in a few hours the dirt will sink to the bottom, and it will be fresh and clear as spring water. Four gallons may be purified by a teaspoonful. FAMILY VINEGAR.—A cheap vinegar consists of twenty-five gallons ot warm rain water with four gallons of treacle anu one gallon of yeast. Let ibis fer ment freely and it is then fit for use. "COFFEE CAKE. —One cup strong coffee, one cup molasses one cup of sugar, one cup chopped raisins, four cups flour, one cup butter, one teaspoonful soda. Stir up the soda in the molasses. The price or soap is rapidly advanc ing. A year's supply ot DOBBINS' ELECTRIC bought now at old price vviil be avery judicious purchase. RAILWAY CAKE —To cupfuls of flour, one of sweet milk, two eggs beaten, one teaspoonful of soda, one of cream of tartar. Mixaliintoa batter and pat Into a buttered tin. Bake for twenty minutes. EGG BREAD. —One quart of butter milk, three eggs, three tablespoons flour, lump of butler size of an egg, half teaspoon soda, corn meal enough to make a thick batter. FOUND CAKE. —Fourteen eggs, one and a half pounds each of sugar and flour, one-fourth pound of butter ami one teaspoon baking powder; bake one and one-half hours. AFTRR War, Pestilence and Intemperance, Colds lead to the greatest destruction of hu man life, mainly In consequence of their being systematically neglected—"left to go as ihey come"—until a simple, curable affection is con verted Into a serious ana generally fatal dis ease. Ins better to take e re of a Cough or Cold from us inciplency, by n-lng promptly Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, a remedy thoroughly adapted to remove these complaints, and equally effective in the primary stages of Con sumption, Asthma and Bronchitis. HUMOROUS. "Ci.avavi Profundo." —'The pro prietor of an oyster house, in Provi dence R. 1. was astounded during the last rain bv the entrance intoj'is estab -1 shmcut olw plucky rosolu e little hi low, who was lugging and lugging at a three-bushel basket, tilled heaping full of long clams. He sat the basket at the feet of the proprietor with a slam, shook his lists furiously and shouted: '-This must never happen again ; never sir 1" ••What?" demand ed the bewildered proprietor. "Why, these claims have stood out for more than a half hour in the drenching rain. I held an umbrella over their heads until 1 could stand It no longer. Look at them, heads out, and ladies among them at that, wearing low-neck dress es! 11 nve you the Ural instincts of a gentleman about you? Put your ear down to the basket and listen to the wild wail of matchless sorrow that proceeds therefrom, their inconsolable clamor for relief, it I may be pardoned the apparent j otioseness of the expten sion." "But it don't hurt clams to be out in the wet," argued the dealer. "1 declare it does." said the fiery man. "I know the nature of a clam, sir. lam conscious that there are chords in their make-up that vibrate exquisitely to violcnteinotions. I know the secret sorrow of a clam's existence. What saith ttie poet: '< lamuciprofunda.' That menus clams calling for Help from the mighty deep. Clams weep, weep, weep. Their affairs get at a low ebb, and then, clam-bank utter clam-bank goes up, and there is nothing left for the clams to do, but to fritter away their ex istence. Ah ! weep, poor tilings. I mingle my tears with yours. Both ol us have grit, but fate is 100 hard upon us. 1 shall now resume my . station across the street and watch, that your needless infliction of cruelty upon in nocent clams be not repeated." AN old farmer out in Indiana NAYS , thai for his part lie don't know where ; the present rage for trimming bonnets with birds is going to end. Only lour or live years ago he bought his daugh ter a humming bird: next year she wanted a robin, the next a pheasant, i and this season he declares he had to chain up his Thanksgiving turkey or j she'd have had that perched on top ot ! her head. Oli \. lectures his nephew, a con firmed gambler. "Then you never played did you, uncle?" "Yes, ouce, in 1547, at Baden. A gentleman whi m 1 didn't know proposed a game 01 oca tie at ten francs. 1 was weak enough to agree; he lost ten games." "Then you must have won a hundred francs?" "Yes, I won them, that is so; but 1 might have lost them, and 1 have never touched a card since; it was a lesson." AN old lady wearing a pair of green goggles stepped on the Sacramento 1 train at South Vallejo and knocked at I the car door, and actually waited till i: was opened on the inside by a passeng er. For consummate politeness this has no parallel. THERE was a young man -o well bred. That the hair would not slay on his head, But the Carboliiieoil Put new hair on the soil. And now with an heiress he's wed. "You are my treasure, after all," ; siid an old reprobate striving to pla j rate his wife after abusing her for an hour or two. "Oh, yes." she sarcastic ally answered, "that's the reason, i suppose, you wish me dead so often: { you are seeking to lay your treasure l cup in heaven." BROTHERS and Sisters on tiie ice: , Grown-up Sister—"Ob, Charley, it you ! must go away, can't you intioduce me to one of your school-fellows, to look after me till you come back?" Charley —"Oh, no! it wouldn't do! It would be so rough on a fellow to fag him out like that!" | * TrtE man with a headache has a faint recollection that she usked him to call i again—next New Years Day. He i should have commenced sending his : card in as soon as he became unfit to { compliment the ladies with his actual i presence. ♦ i "I HAVE a theory about the dead lan guages," said a new student. "What is it?" said the professor. "That they are killed by being studied too hard." GUARD —"Now miss, jump In, train going on." Child—"But I can't go be fore i have kissed mamma." Guard — "Jump in, miss, I'll sec to that." N EVER tlefer until to-morrow what should he attended u> to -day. A slight cough ought be neglected when a25 cent bottle of Dr Bull's Cough fciyrup will prevent it Irom be coming chronic. MEDICAL MAX —A..d then, with re gard to the swelling at the hack of your head, I don't apprehend anything serious, hut you must keep your eye on it." GOOD THINGS. —'Now, hoys, I cannot have you playing cricket on Sunday?' Boys—'Oh grandmamma, we are not playing cricket, hut' lily allowing cous in Charles how we bowl on weekdays.' "WHY, Willie, you can't possibly eatanother plate of pudding." "Yes lean ; one more plate will just fill this Bill." THE aerial quickstep is what they call hanging in Kansas. WHO can tell tiie value of a smile? The bartender. 500.000 FrioiiN *'ire island or appreciate the significance of such an auuouueoinent. Only those who have wasted time, money and neaith on ointments, lotions, electuaries and the innumerable worse than useless uostiums and catch-pennies put forth to deceive the lgnor&ut, or what is even more unsatisfactory, suffered from the em pirical and routine practice of careless or ig norant doctors, can realize how great a boon mi infallible remedy for piles must be or how great a bonefactor to t.ie humm race the discoverer, Dr. Silsbeo is. Anakosis is not the chance blunder of iuexp rieuce. but tho result of 4 J y. ars' practice aud study of Piles by an accomplished and scientific physician. It is now eudors ;d bv tho intelligent physicians or ail school < and a tmitted to bo tho nearest to an infallible remedy known. It is -loiple, safe and easy of application, relieves pain at once, helps up the sensitive tumors, soothes, compresses and medicates the dis eased parts aud ultimately cur s the worst cases, and any oue who will follow the advi-o of Dr. Silsbee iu the printed coculir need uever have Piles again, it w ou 'y Pro prietary medicine we ever saw that not only cures but tells its customers how to prevent the disesse. Sufferers with Piles should write to P. Neus'.aodter A Co., Box 3946 New York, for a sample of '"Auakesis, wiuoh will be seat free. <;oiiftum|>tiou turoa. An old physician, retired from prao tice, having hud placed in his hands by an East India missionary tlie formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for Con sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Ner vous l>obility and all Nervous Com plaints, after bavin# tested its wonder ful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it know to his suffering fellows. Actu ated by this motive and a desire to re lieve human Rullering, 1 will send free of charge to all who desire it, tills re cipe, in German, French, or English, with full directions lor preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with slump, naming this paper, VV. Vv, Khkkak, 1J& Powers' Uluck, liuchesltr, New York. Pentisylrania Coal Fit-hls. —the fearful loss ot good material involved in min ing and preparing anthracite, though greatly to be deplored, seems to be al most inevitable. The disposition ol the coal in large, soiid beds and highly inclined positions involves strong sup ports to keep the superincumbent mass troin crushing and closing the avenues of tlie mine, and these supports must consist of heavy pillars wrought out in lhe solid coal Itself. Some of this pil lar coal is ultimately, removed, but much of it is inevitably lost, especially in the larger beds, which are frequent ly found from twenty to sixty feet in tihckiaess, and often incPned at. a an gle of from forty to [seventy degrees it is estimated thst no more than six per cent of opal is ever taken out of t lie mines. That which is brought itu the surface is run through very prop erly called a "breaker," ingeniously devised for the destruction of coal. I'his process Involves a loss of gold coal equal to twenty or twenty-five per cent ot the qaanity mined. For the amount of coal wasted in mining (say forty per cent) and preparing (say twent-flve per cent) no one is paid; it is a dead loss to the landowner, miner and shipper. Plans for utilizing the waste coal dust or culm of atnhracite colleries have been frequently suggested, but none have come into general use. The An thracite Fuel Company at Port Ewen, on the Hudson, in 1877, used ninety per cent of coal dust and ten per cent, of pitch, and made 300 tons of fuel per day, consuming f>o,ooo tons ol culm anuualiy. The Delaware and Hudson Company also use, at their mines, GO,- 000 ions per #nuuin. They now ship all their coal down to pea sizes, and consume the culm for generating steam. It all companies would follow this ex cellent example it would enable them to sell over halt a million tons more coal and burn the same amount of re fuse, thus earning or saving one hall million dollars per annum, The Phil adelphia and Reading Railroad Com pany has recently introduced a method of burning coal dust in the furnaces of its engines, and the plan appears to meet with entire success. WHY WILL YOU WHO ARE SUFFERING HESITATE LONGER? The d&vsoi health ful liie are golden, and they are cease lessly slipping from you. You cannot aflord to doubt. It is folly to delay loi ger to accept these facts and profit by them. Simmons' Liver Regulator is >o simple and harmless and yet it has proven itself A sovereign remedy for Dyspepsia. Costiveness, Sick Headache, Bilious Colic, Sour btomach, Diar rhoea, Biliousness, and other like evil ofa disordered Liver and Stomach. How can we find words adequate to embody these facts. They cannot be too often reiterated until they have car ried conviction to every household in the land? Try it. The first trial will he satisfactory. "I certlliy I have used Simmons' Liver Regulator in my family lor a number of years for Sick Headache, Biliousness and Liver Complaints with great sad-faction. B. F. TIGXER." White Sulphur Springs, Ga., Nov. 10, 1876. Concenrtated Food for llor set. —lt 1? known that the Russian and Prussian (J overmen ts have adopted a kind of biscuit for horses containing much nu tritive matter in small volume. Ac cording to La Nature , the biscuits are termed of the meal of oats, peas, and linseed. The various combinations have been studied with care, and a mixture lias been obtained such that one kilogramme of it is equivalent to live kilogrammes of oats, it has been found that horses bear fatigue better and are more vigorous when fed with these biscuit than when fed with oats. The biscuits can be threaded together bv means ot an iron wire; thus a horse may carry his own food for four or five days. louring the late war with Tur key, Russia, used 20,000,000 of these biscuits, and the results were so good mat the authorities have continued their use in time of peace. A foreign apparatus, shaped like a gun and about as long, has recently been devised for nailing down flooring boards. The contrivance can do, it is said, the work of six men, and the in ventor expects ultimately to render it self-feeding. It is kept in position by the loot and knee, and the nail is placed, point down, in an aperture at the top of the device. It slides down to the bottom, and then the operator draws up a rod, and, by one downward stroke of this, the nail is cleanly driven into the boards beneath. VKGKTINK. —The great success of the VKGETINK as a cleanser and purifier of the blood is shown beyond a doubt by the great numbers who have taken it, and received immediate relief, with euch remarkable cures. GUILTY OF WRONG.—Some people have a fashion of confusing excellent remedies with the large mass of "pat ent medicines," and in this they are guilty of a wrong. There are some ad vertised remedies fully worth all that is asked for them, and one at least we know of—Hop Bitters. The writer has had occasion to use tlie Bitters in just such a climate as we have most of the year in Bay City, and has always found them to he lirst-class and reliable doing all that is claimed for them. 11 onsen ol Stockholm, has patented a process by which biscuit war" can be coated with so thick and adherent u layer of metal—copper, gold or silver— that the articles have every appearance of massive metalie ones, and can, like them, be engraved and chased. Prof. Schmidt suggests that the process is nearly related to the galvano-plastic. (irocei's and storekeepers pay .1 to 5 cents a pound extra for but ter made with Gilt-Edge Butter Maker. It increases the production 0 to 10 per cent. RMluees labor or churning one half. Gives a rich golden color the year round. Sold by druggists, gro cers and general storekeepers. Send stamp for "Hints to Butter-Makers." Address, Butter Improvement Go., Buffalo, N. Y. No Mork Hard Timmb. —lf you will atop spending so much on flue clothes, rich iooU and style, buy good, healthy food, cheaper and better clothing; get more real and substantial things of life every way, and especially stop the fool ish h.bit of employing expensive, quack doctors or using so much of the vile humbug medicine that does you only harm, hut put your trust in that simple pure remedy, Hop Hitters; that cures always at a trifling cost, and you will see good times and have good health. See another column. VEGETINE. FOR SKIN DISEASES. Toronto, July 26,1819. Mit. 11. I{. Stkvbns : Dour Sir— Hiving been troubled with a bad skin aisoa.ie, breaking out into little aore.a over my face, et'„ 1 wm recommended to rake Vege tlne. I am happy to inform you that It h 8 completely cured tue arter taking three bottles. I can highly recommend it to any one who 18 troubled with skin disease. Youts. fulthtully, CHAS. E. BUTT. We hereby certify that the above testimonial Is true, the man being lit our employ at the lime he was sick. Whitman A Bar eh, 119 Bay t.,Toionto. FIVE DOCTORS DID NOT CURE. Tokonto. Ont., Sept. 18,1879. Mr. H. H. Stkvknb; Dear sir.— l hereby certify that 1 have been blek for three year.\ unable to get any relief whatever. 1 have been under the cure of Ave or the best physicians, each one giving my tu rn hs a UiHtrout name. The nrst .-alii General debility; the r-ecoud, Female Debility und Im po veil shed blood; the third, ldver Complaint and Dycpep-ua; tho fourth said I was In con huwpUon; the fifth said Neuralgia on the Lungs and was certain Iw.uil never enjoy good health, so 1 concluded to give up doctors and com iuence'l Likli Medicines. At this time 1 wai very weak. 1 had pain In my side, back and Chest, slept very little, and the food 1 ate Caused me pa;n. 1 was a burden to myself and inends. 1 was p rsuaded to try Vegetlne. A trie rid gave me u bottle to try, not thinking it would do me any good, as l had no hope of ever getting any better. After using the first nottie my head was Le tter and 1 could sleep better. 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