West India Docks. You approach the West India Docks through the Great Eastern Railway Com pany's terminus at Fencliurch street; and nowhere in England are railway appoint ments more abominable. Greasy platforms under rickety sheds: trains like that "siring of second-hand coffins" in which Artemus Ward travelled to the south; servants who look as if they had been rigged out at ran dom by coutract with the second-hand slop dealers in Houndsditch. The mixture of your fellow-passenger is picturesque, though you may be surprised to meet most of them in first-class carriages; and already you are conscious of some reflections of the sunshine of Eastern lands. The diamond that adorns the middle finger of that shipbroker oppos ite has a barbaric look; and the talk of the gentleman in shaggy pilot cloth, with the slight gold circlets in his rosy ear, is of reefs in the Red Sea and the bars of Chinese riv ers. It is characteristic by the way that he presses a full flavored manilla on the good-humored woman who is hugged under nis arm and who is evidently his lawful wife; while as for the ladv, she bites the end of the cigar as if she were used to it, and laughingly proceeds to light the weed at her lord's! The steep descent from the platform of the dock station is like diving down the companion hatch into the fore castle, except that you emerge into space and comparative light. The sun is blinking teebly through a watery fog, and as yet the scene is intensely British. There is a cease less roll of heavy traffic on the thorough fares; the driver of the trucks and wagons and frollies are swearing with Anglo-Saxon energy as they choke in the gulf stream be fore the narrow bridges; there are gangs of laborers busy under the crimes that creak hoarsely from the dock lofts overhead. As you pass the gates where the policeman stand sentinel, the first appearances are de cidedly depressing. Considering the damp that pervades the murk}' atmosphere, you do not wonder that the adjacent public houses are doing a lively trade. Dimly through the veil of vapor you distinguish the masts and spars of the tier of shipping, while the solid cordage of their riggings shows like the delicate tracery work in a cobweb. But, in connection with the East, what strikes one most in the docks nowadays— especially in the Victoria Docks—is the en ormous number of Oriential seaman. All the stearners passing through the Sue/. Canal are manned by crews of Lascars; and the Canal and the 1-ascars together have wrought a complete revolution in the Eastern traffic. Within the memory of man it has passed through three distiuct stages. First were the goldeu days of the East India Company's navy, when happy officials were shaking the pagoda tree, and freights ol priceless value were being shipped from a country that was popularly believed an El Dorado. The very pickings of the trade were so val uable that a captain could gain a compet ency in a single trip; and we believe that, after making the fortune that three voyages insured him, he was compelled to retire in favor of his juniors. The came Waghorn and his exploration of the Overland route, and the establishingof the Peninsular and Orient al Company. The men who used to furnish their cabins sumptuously for the long voy age around the Cape, who used to victual themselves with all manner of private de licacies and lay in cases of wine and casks of aerated waters, were precisely those to whom time seemed valuable and who did uot gtudge the prices of the new route. The Peninsular and Oriental Company for years had a monopoly of aristocratic business: and, it may be said, they well deserved it. If they charged high they gave value for the mouey in the shape of switt aud punc tual passages, with every reasonable luxury. The passage paid, you travelled en grand seigneur. It gladdened the heart of the share-holder after the railway had been opened across the Isthmus, to see the crowds of passengers at the meeting of the tides that overflowed the hotel accommodation of Alexandria. And, though their vessels were built for the accommodation of pass engers, what freight they carried—in handy little packages of silks and muslins—was extremely valuable. M. Lesscpa, in his character of cosmopolitan benefactor knock ed that lucrative monopoly on the head. Henceforth the company had to compile with rival associations whose steamers had been built especially for the canal trade. It has been forced to rebuild its fleets, re duce its charges, cut down the salaries and Day of its employess, and man its ships with Lascars on both sides of the Isthmus, The public generally have cause to be grateful, except for the single drawback that the comfortable old paddle boats are done awHy with. It must be allowed, however, that several of the newest vessels, such as the Kaiser- i-Hind, with her saloon that can uiue 180 passengers, her spacious sleeping cabins, and her ten bath rooms, are magnificent. And the Kaiser, for example, is built to carry 3000 tons of cargo without in any way affecting her speed. It used to be said that the Lascars were irritable and revenge ful, so that they were generally kept in a minority in the crew, bo far, however, it has been found in practice that they are sober and amenable to discipline. But the first thing done with them is to deprive them of the knives they carry. They are berthed tier over tier in a great saloon in the forecastle, screened off from the quarter master's cabins behind by canvas that may be raised for purposes ot supervision. They include men of all the manlier Indian races Sikhs, Patlians, and Afghans amoug the rest —and no fewer than 18,000 of them have been passed already through the books of the Peninsular and Oriential Company alone. Cheap Way t Get a Will. A millionaire who lived and died in the vicinity of New York, as he felt his last days drawing nig'ii, summoned a distin guished neighbor and lawyer, who since has occupied one of the highest positions in the gift of representatives of the people, to prepare a last will and testament. When the will was drawn the dying man said: 4i l propose to makeyeu my executor, and I shall require no bond from you. Write that also."'Jhe ex-Judge complied, after thanking his client, and promised to exe cute the will to the best of his ability. - "What is your bill for drawing up my will?" asked the millionaire. 4 'Oh, under the circumstances, of course I shall charge you nothing," was the an swer. 4 'But," said the other, "that is not my way of doing business. Make out and re ceipt a bill for your services and I will pay vou now." "Well, since you insist. I will make out a bill for a nominal sum—say $25." And this member of the Bar, who seldom draws breath without charging some one for the respiration, made out and receipted for $25, a bill which under other circum stances would have been SSOO. The good man died and was buried, when the will was read it was found that the name of his son had been inserted in place of that of the distinguished lawyer. The ruling passion was strcyig in death. The man who knew how to accumulate wealth understo<xi the value of a tightly drawn will and the difference betweeus2s and SSOO. He had merely copied the words in the order they were written by his legal friend and thus obtained an executor of his own choosing. OLD maid's laughter—He Jhe! he ! How TO MANAGE CUTTINGS.— In se lecting a cutting, a great deal depends upon the judicious choice;, if the slip is too young and full of fresh sap, it will fade away from too much evaporation ; if it is too old, hard and woody—it will take a great while to strike root. You must take a cutting that is per fectly ripened and is from a vigorous shoot, yet a little hardened at she base. It is also essential to have a bud or joint at or near the end of the cutting, as all roofs strike lront it, and the nearer it is to the base the greater your chance of success. Plant your cuttings in com mon red pots, tilled half full of rich loam and two inches of sand on top (scouring sand will do, but not sea sand); wet tills thoroughly, and put the cuttings close around the edge of the pot, for if the bud or joint comes in contact with the sin face of the pot It seems to strike root more quickly. Pull off the lower leaves before you plant the cutting. Press the wet sand tightly about the tiny stem, for a great deal of your success in raising the cutting de pends upon the close contact of sand with the stent. When the cuttings are tirnily planted, cover them with a glass shade if possible, as it will greatly pro mote the growth of the plant- Mois ture, light and heat, are the three es sentials to plant lite; without them no cutting will start. Shade for two or three days from thesunlight, but don't let the sand become dry ; then give all the sun you can obtain, keep up a good supply of moisture, and you can hardly fail to root most of your cuttings. CHEAT SHEDDING FOR STOCK.— In very manv sections of our larming com munity, cheapness rules the day gen erally, and often of necessity. Where cheapness may serve the same purpose as tlie expenditure of considerable hard-earned cash, then it is best to adopt the former. In this matter of shedding, where lumber is both scarce and high priced, and where thecashou band is needed for other things, tem porary, as well as comfortable, shelters for stock can be erected at no other expense than that entailed by the labor expended. Stout timbers, six or eight Inches in diameter, of oak, maple or other strong wood, are planted about ten feet apart, and about six to eight feet out of the ground, having "crotches" or forked ends at the top 011 which to lay other timbers parallel with the ground. Across these old rails are laid about two teet apart and on them is piled the corn fodder as it comes from the field* in bundles, These bundles are laid on from Ave to ten or more in depth, and so arranged as to carry oft' the rains. These make excellent shelters lor the stock, if built with the open side facing the south, and bv the time the fodder is used off them, the warm days are upon us. We recommend the above to those who are short of stabling room for their cattle. STRAW AS HORSE FEED.—I have fed many horses all winter 011 straw and grain—no hay —with entire satisfac tion. I have even fed so, with great advantage, when the horses have been steadily employed at neavy work, and in other instances when they have had only occasional light road work. It lias been said that nature made two animals glutcons—the horse and man. It is true of the horse. But fed on straw the horse is not likely to eat too much. The nutriment shouli be sup piled mainly by grain, the purpose of the straw being mainly to distend the stomach and aid the animal economy to maintain thrift otherwise than by the nutriment supplied in the straw. In taking horses from hay to straw, are likely to show un< asiness for a few days, but not long. They soon become contented and thrive just as well as when stuffed with the best hay, and they are far less likely, when kept idle, to become injured in wind. 1 believe most cases of heaves are caused directly by over-eating when the horses are kept with insufficient worn. A WASTEFUL INTEREST PAID BY FARMERS. —There is no disputing the fact that any farm implement, be it wagon, plow, harrow, reaper, rake, or what not, if left exposed to rain and sun for ten years, will be practically good for nothing. We might say at five years, but if any choose to cavil lit five we will say ten. This is ten per cent, per annum. At a cost of less than one per cent, these tools can be kept al ways housed, or under cover of some kind, even it but rough boards, that will shut out sun and rain. Because we do not see the sile<t, slow but steady waste, we are apt to forget that it is ever going 011. Ir is unnecessary to suggest the "application" of this short sermon. Xine pet cent, interest saved is not to be despised, even if better times are at hand. TREATMENT OK FROZEN PLANTS. —In times of severe cold, the more ten oer plants in the window will some times be chilled and frozen. Such plants should not be put near the stove, to be thawed out; but kept wheej the temperatu'e is a trille above the freez ing point that the thawing may be gradual, and in the dark, that deleteri ous chemical changes may not take place. If severely touched with the iroot, it is best to remove the ftozen pirts, that new steins may be forced out from the buds below. Water free ly, and finally bring them to the ordi nary temper tore for house-plants; sixty-live to seventy degrees. CATTLE AND THEIR FODDER.—Some times cattle get the liubit of tossing their fodder out of the manger and under foot. This- generally happens when they are too well-fed or have too much room. There was no trouble of that sort in the old fashion of tying thein close together with their horns knocking together, almost on the barn floor. Animals are not likely to poke their feed toward one anotheryou will observe, but they are very apt to draw more hay toward themselves —if there is any chance —than they can possibly make use of. A slat or two nailed across a manger stops all that flirting of the head and holds the hay better than mere sideboards will. If they are going to rebuild the bridge of Tay, as expected, wouldn't it be a goqd idea to use something stronger —coffee, for instance. Correot Your Faults Of digestion with Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters, a medicine which removes flatulence heart burn, irregularity of the bowels, poverty of the bl od, and all shifting, harassing, per plexing symptoms of dyspepsia, as well as their cause. A conspicuous change in the ap pearance as well .is in the feelings of those who use the Bitters takes place as the distres sing symptoms disappear, and the stomach, liver and bowels reassume their function in full foree and activity. The haggard appear ance of the countenance and sallowness of dyspep ics are supplanted by a healthier look, and as the food is assimilated, the bodv ac quire substance. Appetite, without which food does comparatively little good, is re st red, and the nerv us system refreshed with much needed slumber, through the use of tiiis medicine, wh cli is also beneficial to per sons of a rheumatic tendency, and au inesti mable preventive of fever and ague. DOMESTIC. SEASONING —The excellency of the French cooking is due mainly to the fact that they season everything well. They use a variety of herbs and spices by 110 means costly. They get a small quanti ty at a time and keep adding by little and little till they have a good variety, in the season when sweet herbs are plentiful in market it is easy to get sage, mint, sweet majorani, thyme, sweet basil, bay leaves, parsley, celery seed and tarragon. From one bunch of tarragon a gallon of that desirable sauce could be made. By rubbing the dried leaves ot herbs through a sieve and corking them up in air tight ves sels, they will retain their llavor for many months, and by drying the leaves and roots of the celery and pars ley in a cool ovcii, grating the roots and rubbing the leaves through a sieve, and then corking them up tightly, tin v can be kept as a flavoring from season to season. Parsley and tarragon are best dried in June and July; thyme, marjoram aiul savory in July and Au gust ; and basil and sage in August and September, Window boxes are often made to supply flavoring, and even through the winter months some house keepers manage to keep growing many sweet herbs which they have always at hand to flavor with. COUGHS AND COLDS are often over looked. A continuance lor any length of time causes irritation of the Lungs or some chronic Throat Disease. "Brown's Bronchial Troches'" are an effectual COUGH REMEDY. - How TO SELECT BLACK SILK. —Look carefully at the evenuess of the ribby, holding it up to the light. In that way you caii see if the texture is close and even. Crush a haudlul ot the silk in your hand, pressing it with all your force, then release It and see it it will crease. It it does, the silk is of poor quality. A good Bilk will be elastic; it will have erve, and when released from the grasp of the hand will show little or 110 trace of creasing. Gros grain should he light, though full in the hand. The grain need not be ex amined so closely as the floss pulled outofitr When no opportunity offers for doing this,-the specimen should be pinched 011 the cross, then pulled in a contrary direction. If the crease looks like a fold in paper, that piece should not be selected; but it it readily smooths out, the silk is good. The presence ol iron in the dye can be detected by touching the sample with the tip of the tongue. These are rules laid down by an authority on the subject of black silk, who farther says w th regard to color: *'A black, singularly enough, and without the slightest desire to ap pear ridiculous, should be blue. The raven's wing has a blue haze over it. It is very difficult to get a glossy Jjlue black. The price of soap is rapidly advanc ing. A year's supply of DOBBIN'S' ELKCTKIC* bought now at old price will be a very judicious puachase. XOODLK Soui*. —<Jut line all THE flesh from the bones of rvo fowls, and to gether with the frames put the meat on to boil; about half an hour belore dinner take out the bones or frames ; at the same time put in tome noodles made, as follows: Four eggs well beaten, mixed well with flour and a pinch ot salt, stifl enough to roll very thin ; make two hours belore you are ready to use them; cut into the thin nest possible strips; season the soup with salt and pepper. ANSWER THIS. —Did you ever know any person to be 111, without inaction of the Stomach, Liver or Kidneys, or did you ever know one who was well when either was obstructed or Inactive; and did you ever know or hear of any case of the kind that Hop Bitters would not cure?— Ask your neighbor this same question. OATMIAL BLANC- MANGE.— Take cue quart of nulling milk, slightly salted or boiling water will do, and tw o heaping table-spoonfuls of oat liour, mix in a paste, and stir into the boiling milk, and continue to stir it twenty minutes. Turn it iuto a mold. May be eaten either cold or warm, with sugar and cream. Total expeuse, 14 cents. AMBROSIA. —One-half dozen of sweet oranges peeled and sliced; one large cocoanut, grated. Alternate the layers of cocoanut and oranges. Sprinkle powdered sugar over each layer. PEOPLE LEARN WISDOM by experience. A man never wakes up his second baby to see it laugh, but always keeps Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup handy. To STAIN WOOD A MAHOGANY COLOR. —Take half a pint of nitric acid, a piece of alum about the size of a Spanish nut, and as much logwood as will give the desired color. CREAM SAUCE.— HaIf pound sugar, one tablespoon butter, and flavor to suit the taste. THREE or four bushels of corn ineal with a quart of salt, in a hog-head of water, stirred occasionally for three or fodY days until it ferments, is much better and far cheaper tluin feeding either meal or corn to growing pig. You can add bran or middlings or slops to it; and, when half irsed. till up with water, and s* repoat, adding meal when needed, and a little salt. This will bear a good deal of thinning, and it is the cheapest method known of making pork. FENCE posts or timber cut for other purposes, in September, will be more durable than if cut at any other season. Many farmers give it as their experi that fence posts cut in August or Sep tember will outlast by many years others that are cut in Winter or Spring; and if the ground ends of gate posts are slightly charred before sinking they will not rot for years. THE most thoroughly seasoned wood contains at least one-tenth of its bulk in water. A BUBSTITT7TK for chewing tobacco is in the market. It sells flrsc-rate the first two weeks in January. A MAN having fallen down in a fit in a tailor's shop, an envious rival sain, "That's the only fit ever seen in that establishment." 53.00 Made From 25 Cents. 25centa' worth of Gilt-Edge Butter Maker will increase product and market value of butter produced $3.00. Gives butter a rich golden color the year round. Increases product 6 per cent. Increases qualitv 20 per cent. Prevents butter from becoming rancid. Makes July, August and Winter butter equal to best June product. Sold only in boxes, by druggists, grocers and gen eral storekeepers. Send stamp for "Hints to Butter-Makers." Address, Butte* Improvement Co., Buffalo, N. Y. HUMOROUS. "WELL, how are you?" inquired a doctor, as he stood by the arm-chair of his patient, an old man who was troub led with deafness. "Oh, very bad," was the reply} "I can scarcely hear a sound." "Well," remarked the doctor, "you know how often I have Impressed upon you that you must give up spirits. Do that and you will get all right." And uway he went. A fortnight later he paid his patient another visit, and inquired after his ailment. "You don't need to shout so, doctor," said the old man, irascibly. "1 have followed your advice, have given up my grog, and can hear perfeotlv." A week Inter the medical man paid his patient yet an other visit, and found him almost stone deaf once more. "Ah," said the former, "I suppose you have been In dulging again.'' "Well, doctor," an swered the pal lent, "1 must confess I have, lor I didn't consider all that I heard worth a single glass of brandy and water." CiKNERAL DKHII M Y. — 111 this COlll plaiul the good ell cots of the VKGKTINK are realized Immediately alter com mencing to take it; as debility denotes deficiency of the blood, and VKOKTINK aeltsdirectly upon the blood. There is no remedy that will restore the health tr4>ni debility like the V ROUTINE. it is nourishing and strengthening, purifies the blood regulates the bowels, quiets the nervous system, acts directly upon the. secretions, and-arouses the whole system Lo action. It lus never failed in this complaint. AN official who has lately returned to Washington from a trip down the Mississippi, tells the following story: On a Mississippi steamer, as on every railway or steamship line, a passenger is allowed a certain amount ot baggage. One day a man lrom Texas came on the wharf at New Orleans with his bag gage. lie was a wild-looking fellow such as only Texas can produce, lie went for a man to check his baggage, and coming back polnte 1 o it Ins valu ables to tne b ggago-master. "You will have to pay exit a baggage on some of those boxes," said the baggage-man. "Why, I should like to know?" said the Texan, beginning to look belliger ent. "Because a passenger is only al lowed a certain amount of baggage," answered the obliging baggage-mast -T. "How much Is that?" inquired the Texan. "Sixty pounds." was the re ply. "Sixty pounds!" thundered the Texan, "why, my God, man, a gentle nan's 'weapons' would weigh that much?" A MAX was arraigned in Little Nock on a charge ot carrying a revolver. "Haven't you got better sense than to carry a pistol like this?" naked the Jildge, holding up a pepper-box pistol. *"Yes air." "Don't you know that the law says you shall be tlnetl $25?" "Yes, sir; but I didn't know it was any harm to carry such a pistol." "But it is, sir. Any man that would carry such a pistol ought to go to,the penitentiary tor life. Suppose /Von were to get into a light, having such a pistol. While you were trying to shoot, the other fellow would run away. You may go this time, but it 1 ever bear of you carrying such, a worthless pistol again I'll get up a petition to the Gov ernor and have you hung. No wonder we are slandered at the North when such trilling men as you are carrying pistols that could Only hurt a man lying on ids stomach and refusing to digest." WE often hour people pay, there is only ore good cough medicine and that is Dr. Boll's Cough Syrup; it is cheap too, only 25 cents per bottle. "WILL 'OO know me, mamma; when we get to heaven v " said a little three year-old. "Oh, yes, dear, of course; v e shall know each oilier there. Do you think you will know your mam ma?" "Oh, "es, I'll know 'oo by'oo wed hair." "Toe are my treasure, after all," said au old reprobate, striving to pla cate his wife after abusing her for an hour or two. "Oh, yes," she sarcasti cally answered, "that's the reason, I supppose, you wish me dead so often ; you are seeking to lay your treasure up in heaven," PROFESSOR: "Can you multiply con crete numbers together?" The class are uncertain. Professor: "What will be the product of five apples multiplied by six potatoes?" Pupil (triumphant ly): "ilash." "THE moon Is always just the same," he said languidly, "and yet I always find some new beauty in it." It's just with the circus," she answered. He took the hint and bought tickets for two. FATHER IS GETTING WELL.— My daughters say, "How much better father is since he used Hop Bitters." lie is getting well after his long sufier ing fro in a disease declared incurable, and we are so glad that he used your Bitters.—A lady of Rochester, N. Y'. ART EMU B WARD once said gravely al most sadly, "1 have done too much tooling; too much trilling; I am going to write something that will live." "Well, what, for instance?" In the same grave way, he said, "A lie." IN sixteen months forty-six mission aries have been sent to the Mouth Sea Islands, and twenty more are going. It is not expected that any report of famine will come from the islands this year. PHELEM (to touristy who has taken shelter in a leaky shebeen): "Dade, and its soaked to the bone you'll be glttln' wid the strames through the roof. Gome outside, sorr; its drier in the wet!" A CHAP made himself sick by riding five hours in an English railway coach with his back to the engine, lie said he couldn't change his seat with any body because there was no one else in the car. MURDER will out, so will the fact that Garboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, the natural hair renewer and restorer, is the best preparation ever invented and excels all other hair dressings, as thousands of genuine cer tificates now in our possession abun dantly prove. A SENTIMENTAL young man thus feelingly expresses himself: "Even as nature benevolently guards the rose with thorns, so does she endow women with pins. Avorn A COSTIVB HABIT or BODT, not only be cause • f the attending discomfort, but lest it engender more serious consequence!. Dr. Jayue's Sanative Pills we either Laxative or Cathartic, according to the dose, and, may be depended upon to produce Meal thy secretions ot tbe Liver and StsouWh- LLNW TO titer A II I*HR AND —Take OF modesty & large i>oMioii; unite It with urbanity &ud good humor; to which add good sense and ptenty of love, \A tth a virtuous heart and a pretty face. Bet ter than a cosmetic to make the skin fair and clear, to brmfe bloom to the Checks and light to the eyes, and re move Pimples, Boils, Eruptions, Bill low Complexion, thick, yellowish ap pearance of the skin and eyes, Bad Breath, Irritability and low spirits. Take Simmons' Liver Regulator in tune. "I was so greatly troubled with Boils on the neck and body that I was hardly able to move my head, and suffered great pain without being able to cure them, until I was induced to try Sim mons Liver Regulator, which entirely cured me, and I have had no return of them since, now over a year. "JA.MKS M. CLEMENT, Agt. for So. S. S. Co., Phila." A Tmpl ut MUHOOW. Next, August at tiie tilth anniversary of the Emperor's corona lon, the new Temple ot Our Saviour, at Moscow, will probably be dedicated. It was be gun in 18J3 us a commemoration of the retreat of the French from Moscow. Nearly 4,000 laborers were employed in dlgiug the ground for the foundations, but after a while the worTc ceased. Then It was resumed again, and at intervals it has since gone on with greater or less rapidity. The architecture of (lie build ing is Kusso-Byzautlne. It is surmoun ted by tlvc cupolas, one at each corner, and a large one, or dome, in the centre. The roof ami framework of the cupo las has already consumed, it is said, more than half a ton of gold-leaf. Above the centre cupola is a massive bronze cross, which can be seen lrom every part of Moscow. The bronze frames of the windows, each nine yards high, weigh nearly three tons, and the hinges of the bronze doors have to support 5> 4 ' tons of metal. Inside, the walls are gorgeously deco rated in tlie usual style ot Russian churches, and contain a number of jasper pillars, each ot which cost up wards of SIO,OOO. The total co.-t of the structure is estimated to exceed $13,- 000,000. CouiuinpHon Cured. Ax old physician, retired from prac lce, having had plaeed in his hands by an East India missionary the 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 Debility and all Nervous Com plaints, after having tested its wonder ful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it know to iiis suffering fellows. Actu ated by this motive and a desire to re lieve human sufiering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it, this re cipe, in German, French, or English, with full directions lor preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with ♦stamp, naming this paper, W. W. SKKKAK, 149 Powers'* Block, Rochester, New York. A Alchu Man. Almost every city and town lays claim to the meanest man, but we be lieve that about the smallest eptclmen of a mean mau resides In Newburyport. A few days ago he called at a hard ware store and represented that he was troubled with a noise in his pantry at home, at the same time asking the clerk for the loan of a mouse trap to catch the animal. The clerk replied that was hardly the way business was dona at that establishment, but informed the gentleman who was being impove rished by the mouse that a good trap could be purchased for twenty cents. After some dickering, the bargain was concluded. A few days afterward however, in walked the. owner of the trap with the imformation that he had been successful in catching the mouse, and that the article would be of no fur ther use to him. Tills was followed by a request that the store-keeper take back the trap and return hun the origi nal price. This was rather a staggerer in the way of check, but the man be hind the counter quietly took out twenty cents, passed it over to the M. M., and remarked that he would refund the money, and at the same time present him wiph the trap. Gracefully thank ing Uiiu, the M. M. quickly pocketed the cash and trap, and walked out with the satisfied air or conaficus rectitude. yuack XoHlrutna are pronounotd by thj medical profession "The bane or society" but tbe Bible ♦-ays "To bun who is afflicted p tv should be shown" and Dr. Hilabee, tbe discoverer of "Anakeaia" the only infallible pUScnre knbwu to medical art. deserves a monument kt the bands of affl.cted millions as a benefactor of the human racei if a Jean i'aul Rich tor sav#- "Happiue-gr ia the absence of pain." what shall be aatd of a remedy that .will relieve instantly such pain ae those endure who suffer from piles sndof how mi.oh happiness must "Anakesia'' the author. 5 0.000 of the millions afll.cttd with piles gladly testify to its healing virtues! Doc tors of all sohools prescribe it and in 20, years no 1 ehave.used it without beuetit Combin ing the virtues of a poultice, an instrument and medicine eaav of application, -safe .and usefulinallcases.it relieves pa n at once, „ bolda up tbe tumors and ultimately cures the worst cases of piles and what is equally worth knowing, by following tbe Doctors printed in. •tructionn as to diet, habits etc., keeps then) sored. Samples of 'auskesia" are senfc/restc all sufferers on app icattou to P. Neuar*edt< 1 It Co.. Box 8946 New York. Sold by druggist* lv> rvwheift. Price tl 00 per box. 1F WuUU) Bi£ PtvUpiwCL v_iaC suited with spectacles, apply orrespond to DR. N. C. GRAY. Optician, SS N. TWELFTH street, Piuladelp la. Pa. AGENTS WANTED ftSdSSLS complete and authentic history of the great tott of GRANT AROUND I WORLD It describe* Roy . 1 Palaces, R ire Curiosities, Wealth and Woitd.-rsof the Indies, Ctiini, Japan, etc. A million people want it. This Is the beat chance of your life to make money, beware of "catch penny" Imitations. Price only $3.00. bend for circulars and terina to Aleuts. Address NATIONAL PCBLI-HINO CO., Philadelphia. MTHERTAT Johnson's Anodyne liniment will posi tively p. event this terrible disease, and will post lively cure nine cases la ' en. Informs ion that will save many live- sent free by mall. Don't delay a moment. Prevention Is better than cure, soid everywhere. 1 S. JOHMSO-lf A CO.. Bangor. We. THERMOMETERS, Microscopes, (•lassns. Kyo Glasses, Rpao tacles, Barometers, at Greatly Reduced Pncet. R. & J. BECK, Manufacturing Opticians, Philadelphia. Bend 8 stamps for illustrated Catalogue of 144 pages, and mention this paper. LANDSETIS' SERBS ARE THE BM D. IATOKKTH A MOMS, n AttHMlh UXTB ■*- FhlMelpbla VEGETINE. ' - - ' mf I>■ - - A Homa in the Celestial City. Minnrapolis, Minn., Deo. 18,1878. Mk. H. R. Stkvrks, Boston s About nine aud ati .lt years ago I had a fever; the d ctorirave me some poisonous medicine, drove the disease into iny leg, and It broke out, andhasbeen romtwotot n running sores ever since. 1 could not sleep a fourth of a night once in six months, and a great many nights was compelled to got up and take o turn—a piece as large as a pea—to dead, n the pain. 1 have triad everyth ng I could hear of, In f ict, I have ptld out hundreds of dollars, and found no relief until I commotio d taking Veg tine, and now I can go to bed at 8 o'clock at night and uleap u itil seven o'clo k In the raor dug. and no oc ean on to waken from p.dn. I was med up, per fectly dead inwardly, and frequently when I w .aid fret up. would be dlz/.v, and have to put iny hand n s to keep me from falling; but since I commerced taking Vegetl e. It has all dl appeared, and f feel like a new man. My lion.-st. conviction s that it will cure my leg en tirely, from th.- presen'. looks and feell gs. I hall continue taking Vegetlne, and recommend It to all whom I come a rose; and I hope the man who introduced Vegeilne into the United States will have a home In the Celestial CI j. Yours, moat sincerely, W. 8. LEACH. Mr. Le&rh is a gentleman well known here, and la the owner of the celebraied inrbiue viaier Wheel. Completely Cared Me. NswrosT, Kr., Feb. 26, 1877. Mr B. U. Stbvrns: Dear sir.—l write to say that seven bottle-* of your v.-g tin'* have completely cured me from a veiy a vere case ..f hcroiuia, of many yea.s' •standing, aftei trying many medicines and doc toring a great deal. I am n>w free from all sores, and can w.irk as well as ever, and ihlnk the Vegetlne la a god-aeud, aud no one ought to do without it. I remain, respectfully yours, J. A. PATRICK. Vrortiwr Is now prescribed In cases of Scro fula, an ioh r dlae .ea of the blood, by maby o. the be-t pi.y-ucUu-*, owint to tta great suc cesa in curing all dlaeasea of this na ure. VEGETINE, FKKPAKRD BT U. K NTEVEXB, Boston, Hsm. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. Rep.r*n' eelebr ited B'ngt B-arch-loading Shot ■'en at f.6 up. D<>uble-barrol Breach loaders it f up. Mutili and Rr*eH-l >adiut Gnus, Rifles and F.itl..i mm: appruv—l Kngliah and Americjui makes. Ail kind, of ap >ritnc iiiipl-mnt. aud artl el a rftnir'd by ijortmei a-id ?un-inab*r*.— COLT a NKW BREE H- LOADING DOI'BLK Qi NSatJ'Onp—the be*t guna rat mad. far tba prica. Price on applies ion. JOS. C. GRUBB & CO., 712 Market St., Philada., Pa. SAPONIFIER T thr Old R"'iab'a fioncentrate 1 Lye for FAMILY SOAP MAh I ■<.. PI act on* arc">mpariV each can for matting Hard. 5..11 aud Toilet Soap quickly. It ia full weight .ud Btr<-n*th. ASK FOR KAPONIFIER, AND TAKE NO OTdKR. PF.AX'A SALT 91 AN ITU CO., PHILAD'A. THE SOLE QUESTION la, what aball wa do to preserve health f On aniwar ia: he-p yonr faet warm, dtp aud fraa frep rheumatism, by w.arlud a pan of JOHNSON'S SILK INSOLES. Being tb n.aro ea.il y worn In tba shoos of any person, with great comfort. Aeenta wanted every where. 1 niorrontion by writing for it. Sample. • mail for It cent*. State aiaa of .hoe worn. D. W.JOHNSON, 323 Aacit St., Philadelphia, Pa. THIS NEW TRUSS Ho ■ Pad differing from all otbn, a cap-Wi.fM, with fi*lf-Adjut!nj; Hall k<i*rticiDi rfi l ' colrr, adapt, tualf to ah pmlUoo* (T> W of tk. body. wkll. tb. BAIL In th tbt Hrnta If bfld woortlf fay uid n^tit, tad a ndiol ciit otr- Ula. it If C*sy, durable and cheap. Bent Lr mail. CutuUri ' r " f Eggleston Truss Co., Chicago, 111., '4A BEARD ELIXIR ff —'-i* M ' mmems IW < d."." TM WW hmm the art final. and ah am * pe*dto rush VL df * V am W rtsaiuma It workoliho magW a*4 aw*e* Aula. Mi V/ 1 jfmL srT tOBM *Bmr\ a*u—h mi . Office, of Dr. M. W. CASE, 933 Arch Street, Philadelphia. gk ■■ JN ' ■—lh BUl** l>vrfM Disease. Its fearful effects— ■* BB ■ afm corruption running down U> throat, weak eyas, deaf- B" Ni'Agß I ' BUB neat, lorn of vctee, Us* of smell, disgusting odors, naaai fl ■ Btl ■ Bl ■ ■ ■ deformities, and fiually consumption. From flnt te 'IIJIL. lust It is etrar aggrewtivw. Ordinary trwtmeoa are worse than nseleaa. If neglected while a care ie poeaible, it may rapidly develop into quick oonsiunpUoa. The meal dSN thorough, euoceeetul and pleaeant treatment ia m*#|Br.i*.Cm CAEBfIUTE i TAB UHiLIM i'*.~.-|FOR CATARRH. ASTHMA, utu to demonstrate the value of Carbolatc of Tar, CAe matt html. If\ f\ aioi |mm DTI M two rtmtdial Harm Imotm to cimct. Balaams and Cordials of Iw*V/ is O WIVI ■ I IV/ls the moat healing and aootblng properties are eo combined with Pine Tree Tar. that the mere breathing converts them into a dense smoke I BrODCIUtIS & Tjflfl.f'nflgg ' or vrpor. This is inhaM —taken right to the diseased parte. No heat, Lasaansssmmaßßeeamaei no not water, simply inhaling or tirtalking it, and yoa feel Its healing power at one*. This treat ment ia endorsed by physicians every where, and highly oomoiended by fl—t * thousands, who have need it with perfect satisfaction. FI LL TREATS KM viriulars, fIC, rnlt l Pff mat. Satisthctioa Always Guaranteed. Addiwea, DR. M. VU. CASE. Mi Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. sa—ee—m—saw———am—————————— — O Thispowder makes "Gilt-Edge" Batter the year rounds" Com mon-seuse and the Science of CJu'iiiktry api lied to Butter- SKiJ making. July, Aucn t and Winter Butter made equal to the / any . best June product. Increases product 6 per cent. Improves Jf T. quality at least 20 per cent. Keduces tabor of churning one • half, rre vents Butter becoming rancid. Improves market * BLJk . j ' value Sto 5 cents a pound. Guaranteed free front all injurious ?' ™ _ A i'xjjf Ingredients Gives a nice Golden Color the year round. 26 I cents' worth will produce SB.OO tn Increase of product ami *Si' * market valne. Can yoa make a better iuvestment! Beware t| '{% of Imitations. Genuine sold only in boxes with trade- J\ ; . ~ I >: mark of dairymnid, together with words "GILT-JSDGE | BUTTKK MAKER " printed on each package. Powder sold our book "Hints to Bntter-Makera," or send stamp to us TOrrw " tor Smft D B * ze > K Ih., at 25 cents; Large size, 2M lbs., SI.OO. Great saving by buying the larger size. * Address, BUTTER IMPROVEMENT CO., P-op'rt, y^rST r \r*<KU+*a# 'BMtr-Makf BUFFALO, N. T. ADVERTISEMENTS R nserted in ANY OR AM of the Newspapers named in the Dira ir tory for ONE TIME, or for ONE YEAR, in the beat positions, which are carefully watched, at the LOWEST PRICES, on application to S. M. PETTENCULL A CO., at either of their offices In ESTIMATES MADE s For Advertisers without charge, for insertion in a CHOICE BELEC TION of Newspapers, or for the BEST Newsoa6er in ANY City, Town, County or Section, f Advertisements iu the Best Positions, at Very Reasonable Bates. S. M. PETTENGILL & <CO. 70X Obestnut Street, F^illada. Emerson's Antliem Book. gnwrma. Price #1 IS, or 912 par doc. 11 la a pleasure to look throngh thin flue hook, and Choir t.eaib-r* will all be pleased with tba gen em! beauty of the music, ana the gre.il variety. Ther -are mora th n #U Anthem*. Moteta, Sentences, etc.. including an Anthem l><x >loy and some flu. htw Hy hi Anthem*. AI 018 R-*p>n.e* and Chant*. Music forChri* ma*. Eaat-r, and all other special occa*iOu* 1* provid d. QUNKN, (80ci*.). Fine Ope HAVE YOU SEEN " WHITE ROBES," the new Sabbath School Book f It l a grand, good book, and I-meeting with unexampled .ucce** Onlr puLimited two mntlta o, U "take* to well that the publisher* are forced to ia*ne edition alter edition t. keep puce with the demand. Te state It tersely, WHITE ROBES ha* gone straight Into the heart* of all lovere of rabbiith School Music, ami th* fact la due to its pn rity, frr.hues* and origiiinlity. Bend 3D eta. iu .tarnpa for a .ampi* copy. #3 per dosea. Temperance Jewel*. f.38 eta.) hr J. H. Tenner, •houid be ueed by all Temperance ami Reform club*. Any hook mailed, p wt-free, for the retail pries. Oliver Dltson & Co, Boston. J. K. DITftON A CO, 12M ChMtnnt (SC. Phlla. L I O JBL. 4iWE LIHEfI wilH MW-CONDUCTING CEMPIT^* t 4 RETAIN THE HEAT LONGER!^ ti | iff, - -CCH± AR> >,! TIOF BITTERS^ (A Hedlel**, mi s Drlak.) •ORAOM ■•PI, BUCHU, HAIOKAUI DANDELION, Ajg lan Piuii m But Uxsmu Qnmai •F axx ores* Brrraaa. m m xr oxTZUi Afl StasaoM of tho Btotnack, Lfvwr, Kidneys, sad Urinary Organ*.- r - nu fln^ '"niii nil Btr"'iir rim*li r—gisisis tim IB GO LB. v ib So paM for a eao* they wm not war* or kotfl, w for anything taper* or iajnrlow fa—A tnjh—, Aak yonr druggist for Hop Blttera sad feytkH ■Mfor* y— sloop. TakaMMhe*. dar Oovws Ctms ts tho tweetoas, ata —d But, Ask Children flw Bar Pa for BtomndC Lfver and BMaam k —portor to all other*. Aak Drogglata. O. Y. O. la an nhaolnto and irreaUtthta at* M Drnnkeaaa*. iu of opt ana. tobaoeo and urnotfa ■■■m • Send for dnta ■HHi ' kfldwidltrtaP* jpMn*l%flMaha^M.T, t none iEtwertng an AdvarttaoMßt vtl confer a favor upon the Advartfsar and tho Pttbliohor by "tattng that Utoy onwtho adwer thraunt In thin locrnal (naming tba paoei
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