Explorations In Afghanistan.
For a period of forty years it has been
known that interesting Buddhist remains
existed in the Jellalabad Valley, although
little or no attention ha 9 been giviu to their
investigation. Mr. William Simpson, hav
ing been quartered for some months in the
valley, with the force under General Sir
Samuel Browne, has been able to visit most
of the remains in that region and to make
sketches of them, and the results of his in
vestigations are given by him in a paper
puHished'in a recent number of [he Journal
of the Society of Arts. These Buddhist
remains, says Mr: Simpson, are little more
than mounds. Here and there the crumb
ling remains of a stupa may be seen, and
fragments of walls can be traced in the
heaps. The immense quantity of these
mounds is astonishing; anil, as it is known
that these Buddhist establishments were
monasteries, the extent of the remains seems
to indicate in the past a population of asce
tics alone far greater than the population of
the present day. In the Buddhist period,
the country must have been under a lugh
state of civilization, where wealth abound
ed and art was cultivated. The vestiges of
art still remaining show that the religious
structures of the time were large and im
portant. A style of architecture was fol
lowed in which sculpture was largely prac
ticed. and in which the effect was heighten
ed by the use of color aud gold. The struct
ures connected with the practice of the
Buddhist faith were "viharas," or monas
teries, places in which each monk had his
cell, and with buildings lor worship. One
prominent form of the ritual was connected
with structures which are now known as
"topes" or stupas. "Dagoba" and "chajt
ya" are also terms used to designate the
same kind of structure. The Afghanistan
topes, unlike those of Sauchi, Bharut, and
Amaravati, have a square base. It is orna
mented with a cornice aud pilaster; large
and imposing stairs are made to ascend to
the plattorm formed by it above on which
the circular part of the tope stood. Among
the topes in the Jellaiabad Valley which arc
not quite reduced to the condition of
mounds, the Greek influence is very dis
tinctly marked in the architecture. The
capitals arc all Corinthian; and the more
ornamental structures have series of Corin
thian pilasters with base mouldings and
friezes. Regarding the monasteries litt'e
can be said, tor scarce a vestige of them
now remain. All throughout Afghanistan
there is an immense number of eaves. At
Batuian, about a hundred miles north of
Cabul, there is what may be called a city of
caverns. At Hada, and at almost all tl e
groups of topes, there are numerous cavis
associated with them. Nearly all of these,
as a rule, are about the same size. They
are merely arched recesses in the rock,
about twelve feet high; of the same width,
and about twenty feet long. That the}' were
decorated with color is shown by the traces
still visible in the decorations in a small
group at Hada, Enough is left also to dis
tinguish panels, in rows, with heads of
Buddha 01 Buddhist saints with the nim
bus. At Darunta fhere is a very large and
remarkable group of caves. The rock above
had monasteries anil topes of an extensive
character upon it. The most iutersting of
these caves are in a perpendicular cliff over
hanging the Cabul river. Mr. Simpson con
cludes his paper with a short account of
the excavations made by him at the Anin
Posh tope,|near Jellalabad. Of this structure
nothing is left but the lower part of the
sqiare base; and there is only a small por
tion remaining of the first course of the cir
cular part of the tope, which is eighty
feet in diameter. The base is 100 feet
square, and ornamented with Corinthian
pilasters. There had been an inclosure all
round the tope, forming a courtyard about
500 feet square. Through thia the
principal gateway entered from the south,
in a line with the original stairs ou the south
and north sideof the tope. This approach was
evidently an important construction. There
was further evidence of what it had been
in the remains ot colossal figures, which
were brought to light. The size of these
may he judged of by the size of the feet,
which were twenty-three inches long and
which were all that remained of the statue
to which they belonged. On ditrging a tun
nel into the center of the tope, the internal
wall was found to be composed of stones
and slates, so arranged as to produce a di
aper or checkered pattern —a style of mas
onry peculiar to all the remains of the
Buddhist period. In his excavations, Mr.
Simpson was forunate enough to come upon
the cell, which was formed of layers of
slate, and was a perfect cube of sixteen
inches. In this repository, which constitu
ted the sanctum, in honor of which the
monument had been raised, and to which
the ritua i tl< it s of theßuddh s: weredirecb
ed, there were found two handsful of dark
looking dust, which were probably part of
the ashes of some noted holy man of the
time, deposited after cremation —the rule
of the Buddhist priesthood. On top of the
ashes lay a golden relic holder, octagonal
in farm, about four inches long, and set
on each of its faces with stones. Among
the ashes were twenty gold coins seventeen
of them Bactrian or lndo-Scythian and
three Roman. These coins, which were in
splendid condition, and the relic holder,
were no doubt deposited as offerings along
with the ashes at the consecration cere
mony of the shrine. The coins are only a
negative evidence toward the date of the
tope; but from them it is certain that the
latter is not older than the second century.
How much later it may be is rather a diffi
cult question as yet to determine.
Ice Made by Means of Kther.
It is well-kncwn that ether can be made
to vaporize so speedily as to produce in
tense cold, and if, when covered with water
its evaporation be assisted, it will escape so
quickly as to lower the temperature of the
water to freezing point, flence ether is
often used in preparing freezing mixtures;
and a machine has lately been constructed
for making ice by means of the remarkable
property to which we have briefly alluded.
The apparatus consists of an engine and
air-pump combined on the same bed-plate,
a refrigerator, an ether condenser, a circu
lating pump, and one or more ice-boxes ac
cording to the quantity required—a steam
engine supplying the motive power. The
two inlet passages of the air-pump are con
nected by a copper pipe, from which
branches another copper pipe that places
them in communication with the refrigera
tor, which is a felt-covered vessel of cylin
drical shape, the tubes being made of cop
per and riveted to brass end-plates. The
two outward valves on the other side of
the air-pump communicate with the ether
condenser, which is similarly constructed
to the refrigerator. The tubes communi
cate at each end with metal chambers, one
of which serves as a receptacle for the air
that enters the condenser. The whole is
immersed in a wooden tank, through which
a Btream of water constantly passes for
cooling and condensing the ether vapor.
A vacuum is maintained by the air-pump
iu the refrigerator, vaporizing the ether at
a low temperature. This operation causes
an absorption of heat, which reduces the
temperature of the strong brine that is
made to circulate through the tubes and
ice box. The ice box is a tank of red deal
varnished inside, with partitions with holes
in them to allow a slow circulation of - the
brine. Zinc moulds of different widths,
according to the shapes of the blocks of ice
required, are filled with pure water and
suspended between the partitions.
SCIENTIFIC.
Jacobscn'B Method for Photo Printing.—
Prepare a carbon picture in the usual
manner upon a sheet of glass, and sur
round the picture with a wooden frame
which exactly tits round the sheet of
glass. Then pour into the frame a
mixture (not too hot) one part of gela
tine, one part of gum arable, and two
parts of glycerine. When the mass has
stiffened iii the Iranie, carefully re
move the latter from the former with a
knife, and with equal care invert the
gelatine plate, witti which the carbon
picture will now he incorporated. To
Ink the picture use a ground glass roller,
aud the inking process proceeds most
favorably when done upon a smooth,
elastic support like that used for rolling
letter press forms. The printing Ink,
which must be very thick, is previously
dissolved in oil of turpentine or in
benzole, and some of the solution,
without the addition of varnish, is
poured upon the plate and distributed
over it by the glass roller. 'lite plate
being inked, a sheet of uncoagulaicd
albuuienized paper corresponding in
siz to the picture is laid upon it, and
an India-rubber roller passed softly
across the paper, which is then lifted
off the plate. The albuuienized paper,
which absorbs moisture readily, should
not be allowed to lie too long upon the
plate for fear of the albumen dissolving
off' and dirtying the plate. It is not
necessary todainp the plate with water,
a* it posessess sufficient moisture to
allow of a dozen impressions being
taken. Of course this moisture Is ex
hausted at last, but the plate is suffi
ciently hygroscopic to absorb enough
moisture from the atmosphere in the
course of a few hours to allow of print
ing being resumed. While in other
lichtdrnek processes the image is sunk
into the plate and til • ink has to sink
into the shadows, this method has the
advantage of furnishing a relief which
facilitates printing. By this process,
also, round objects, such as bottles and
vaes, can le printed—possibly with
colors, w liieh could be burn in.
Endless Bails. —The idea of making a
train lay down and take up its own
rails as it moves along is not a new one,
but an inteiesting realization of i: is
now to be witnessed in the Jardin des
Tiuleries, • aris. The system is that
of Clement Ador. Tne rails on either
side of the carriages consists of a
series of joined pieces of rail, with flat
supporting pieces; they enclose the
system ot wheels, passing down over
tlie front and up over tne end wheels,
and all the wheels have two flanges to
prevent any derailment. In front the
trains of rail are guided by two distri
buting wheels, which are governed
by the traction, so that 011 pulling obli
quely, right or left, the endl ss way
automatically follows the same direc
tion. At the end of the first train,
again, are two taking up wheels, pro
vided with differential motion to meet
the difficulty of going in curves, which
involves an extension of the rail 011
one si :e aud a contraction ot that 011
the other, so that whatever the curve
(to six or seven metres' radiu the way
is regularly put down and lifted.
From the mechanical point ot view one
is struck with the smallness of the
force required to move a train thus ar
ranged. lu the Jardin des Tuileries
the train consists ot three carriages,
capable of containing in 'all thirty
children, and often lull. These are
drawn by two goats, which work tints
lor seven hours. The total load is
about 1,000 kilogrammes, or rather
more than a ton. To draw a like
weight in three carriages on ordinary
roads would require a dozen goats,
tour for each vehicle. (This is the
number harnessed to the small carriages
for children in the Champs Elysees.)
The economy of carriage, ttien, is in
contestable, The normal speed is four
miles, per hour. The system is, of
course, not designed lor passenger
traffic, but for goods, and in many
places, with bad roads or none, might
be very serviceable.
A Substitute for Gutta-Percha. —Ac-
cording to the Polytechnic lltvieio a rival
to india-rubber uiui gutta-percha has
been found in a new elastic gum which
has been named Balata. Tuis is the
Milky sap of the bully-tree, that flou
rishes on the banks ol the Orinoco and
the Amazon in South America. The
operation ot winning the gum is simi
lar in every respect to that employed
with caoutchouc and gutta-percha. It
resembles gutta-percha so closely in its
general properties that much of It is
shipped from Guiana and sold yearly
for gutta-percha—although it has many
points of superiority. It is tasteless,
gives an agreeable odor on being
warmed, may be cut like gutta-percha,
is tough and leathery, is remarkably
flexible, and lar more elastic than
gutta-percha. It becomes scft and
may be joined piece to piece, like
gutta-percha, about 120 degrees Fab.,
but requires *270 degrees Fall., belore
melting (higher that guta-percha). It
is completely soluble in benzole and
crbon disulphide in the cold. Tur
pentine dissolves it with the application
of heat, while it is only partially solu
ble in anhydrous alcohol and ether. It
becomes strongly electrified by friction,
and is a better insulator of heat and
electricity than gutta-percha, 011 wlieh
account it may find considerable appli
cation for electrical and telegraphic
uses. Caustic alkalies and concentra
ted hydrochloric acid do not attack it;
but concentrated sulphuric and nitric
acid* attack it as they do gut -perch t,
wiiieh it closely resembles in ail other
Di operties.
Glass Insulators with which most
lightning rods are provided are useless.
It there is a path of least resistance
from the lightning rod to the ground
through the house the discharge will
take this path without regard to
the glass insulators. The ordinary
lightning arrester in telegraph offices
is an illustration of this. The dis
charge leaps across the short air inter
val provided between the telegraph
wire and an earth connection, this air
interval could be replaced by a plate of
glass and the spark would still leap
through it. All lightning rods should
he connected with the system of gas
pipes and steam heating apparatus,
furnaces, and large masses of metal
about a house, and them carefully
grounded in moist earth. The best
ground can be obtained by connecting
thj lightning rod with the water pipes
if there are such about the house.
.Results Tell the Tale.
What m&v we reasonably infer from the suc
cess of a medicine which is sent far and wide,
not onlv in the land of its disco.erv, but in
foreign oountries, which hus met with the in
dorsement of medical men, the annual prepa
ration and shipment of wh ch employs a small
army of employes, and the outlay upon which
in var ous ways, is simply enormous. We
must, if candid, award to such a remedy the
meed of well deserved success. Huoli a medi
cine is Hnstetter's Stomach JJittiTrs, the lead
ing American remedy for fever and ague, liver
complaint, dyspep-ia, debility, nervousness,
rheumatism, and various other p .ysical trou
bles. It early took precedence among tomes
and alteratives, and has steadny maintained
it. Persons of a weakly physique state its re
cuperative properties to be remarkable, both
in decree and the matter of promptitude, and
the bilious give a particularly good account of
its effects.
AGRICULTURE.
HORSE CATARRH OU COl.D.—This dis
ease may bo considered under two
points of view, either as an inflammation
of the mucous membrane ot the nasal
cavities, accompanied by slight fever;
or as an ephemeral fever of three or
four days' duration, complicated with
tills condition of the nose. The latter
is perliaps the more scientific definition,
but for common purposes it is more
convenient to consider it a simple
eatarrli or Cold. There is invurluble
some degree ot feverishness, sometimes
very considerable, at other, to slight as
to be easily passed over. Usually the
pulse is accelerated to about fifty or
sixty, the appetite is impaired, and there
is often sore throat with some cough.
On examining the interior of the nos
trils, they ar more red than natural,
at first dry and swollen, then bedewed
with a water discharge which soon be
comes thick, yellow and in some cases
purulent. The eyes are generally in
volved, their conjunctival coat being
injected with blood, anil often some
flight weeping takes place, but there is
always an expression of sleepiness or
dullness, partly to the general impair
ment of the health. The disease is
caused in most cases by a chill either
In or out of the stable, but sometimes,
even in the mildest form, i' appears to
beepidetnie. The treatment will great
ly depend upon the severity of the
disease; usually a bran-mash contain
ing from six drachms to an ounce of
powdered niter in it, at night, for two
or three consecutive doses, will suffice,
together with Hie abstraction of corn,
and if the bowels are confined, a mild
dose of physio should be given ; such as
six drachms of finely powdered barba
does aloes, two draenms of ginger, and
one pint of linseed oil (raw). .Should
the dheuse extend o the bronchial
tubes, or tlie lungs, a competent phy
sician must be called in.
DR. BULL'S Cough Syrup gives BY
far the best sati>f tcuon and takes the
lead of all cough preparations on our
shelves —Carpenter fc Paliueter, James
town, N. Y.
FKCUXDIT YOF G RAIN.—A >ingie plant
of coin, either wheat, barley, or oats,
by being allowed proper time and am
ple space for the full development of
Its roots, leaves and branches, is natur
ally capable of producing eighty ears
or lour thousand fld. Anomalous,
however, as this may appear, yet it is
certain and as strictly true, that not
titty-fold, or one perfect ear, is obtained
trout each grain planted throughout
the entire bieadth of the United
Kingdom; and it would require a
countless number of its, and outs, *0
prove the contrary, though but lew
words to substantiate the truth of this
assertion, namely, "That were it so, as
a necessary consequence luff bushels
per aere would be an average crop, viz :
titty times as much as is sown, say at
two bushels only per acre as seed for
wheat, barley and oits; but it is a laet,
not too much to .iffirtti, that scarcely
half this much—incredible as it may
appear at tirsi Fight—is actually ob
tained; about 32 to 51) bushels per acre
being a lair average crop of all kinds of
grain, so estimated by the most able
and trustworthy statisticians."
VEOETINK has never failed to effect
a cure, giving tone and strength to the
system debilitated by disease.
LAMPASS IN HORSES.—Lampass is an
imaginary Utsease, being nothing more
than a swelling and tumefaction of tfie
bars in the roof of a horse's mouth,
communicated thereto front inff tmuiiou
ot tiie gums when the animal is shed
ding his molar teeth, and often pro
jecting so far as to be on a level with
the upper incisor teeth, and become so
painful as to prevent the animal from
eating. At times, however, it appears
in aged horses, the process of grow th
in the teeth of the horse continuing
during the whole life of the animal;
but lit a majority of such cases the
swelling will soon subside without any
medical treatment, a few mashes an.l
gentle alteratives being all that is
ne*.es-ary to relieve the auim.tl. In
the case of a young animal a few
slight incisions across the bars with a
sharp penknife will relieve the inflam
mation and cause the swelling to sub
side. The brutal custom of burning
down the bars with a redl.ot iron is as
unnecessary as it is cruel, ami should
therefore never be practiced.
SAID THE Nurse to the Doctor: "Sure
sir, I only know ot one good medicine
for the Baby, and that is Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup."
EFFECTS OF DEW UPON PASTURES.—
The heavy dews which areu ual 111 late
summer and early fall, and the light
hoar frosts which occur as the cooler
weather arrives, are unwholesome to
cattle and sheep. It may be that the
well known effect of dew in this direc
tion gave rise tojhe old-fashioned idea
that due was 111 itself injurious and
causetf various diseases. Tnere is noth
ing in the character of the- dew itself
which is hurtful; but it is the tilling of
the stomach with wet herbage ibut is
unwholesome. The stomach becomes
distended with the products of the de
composition of the wet mass, and in
time the animals suffer. Danger may
be avoided by keeping the stock, espe
cially young animals, freni the grass
until the dew has dried oil". The dan
ger is not so serious until the shorter
days and longer nights of the fall cause
an excessive deposition of dew, when
care should be exercised.
To find the number of tons of hay in
long or square stacks, the following is
given as tlie rule: Multiply the length
in yards by the width in yards, and
that by half the altitude in yards, and
divide the product by 15. To find tlie
number of ton- in circular stacks.
Multiply the square of the circum
ference in yards by four times the alti
tude in yards, and divide by 100. The
quotient w ill be the number of cubic
yards in the stack. Theu divide by 15
to get the number of tons.
MRS. WISE. —No doctors' bills for the
past year, and less than five dollars for
medicine, and eight in the family.
MRS. JONES.- -Would that I could
have a like experience with my family
MRS. WISE— You can, if you will
make Simmons' Liver Regulator your
household remedy, From the youngest
to the oldest, we take the Regulator
whenevor we feel Dyspeptic, Bilious,
Feverish, or out of sorts, and it always
relieves the Stomach, regulates the
Bowels and quiets the Nerves.
"I have used your family medicine,
called Simmons' Liver Regulator, for
several years, and find it the best medi
cine for a family to keep in the house.
1 can eat anything I wish at night, and
take a dose after it, and sleep as sound
and sweet as ever. I have not spent
one dollar for my family for medicines
in five years, only for your Regulator,
and must say it does all it says it will.
"J. A. NELSON, Merchant, Macon, Ga."
DOMESTIC.
COFFEE ICK CREAM.—This recipe is
reprinted by desire. Make a custard,
without any flavor, of a pint of cream
uml four yolks of eggs. Put Into this a
quarter of a pound of 1 resitly. roasted
mocha coffee berries; they should, if
possible, bo used hot. Cover up the
stew pan closely with its lid, putting u
napkin over to keep In the steam. Let
the custard stand for an hour, strain
and sweeten, and when cold put it into
the freezing pot. Cream thus prepared
will not take the color ofl' tho coffee,
and when carefully made is very deli
cate and delicious. Coffee lee ereatu is
also made with a strong infusion of
coffee. To make the infusion, put two
ounces of freshly ground coffee into a
French coffee pot and pour over it a
gill of tast-hoiling water. When the
water lias ali run through the strainer,
take out the coffee grounds and replace
them with two ounces of fresh coffee.
Four the coffee infusion In the bottom
ot tho pot over these fresli grounds.
Then pour the coffee Infusion thus ob
tained into a pint of sweetened cream,
and freeze.
Sing a song of hair oil.
Pocket minus chink,
Four and twenty editors
Spilling printers' ink;
Now the pen goes faster,
Wonder what they mean,
Guess they must lie writing ads.
For the improved Carboline.
FC Mm AT ION IN ASTHMA —Great bene
fit lias lately been found to attend a
proper process of fumigation in asthma.
For tins purpose the powder to be
burned is composed of two and one
half parts of nit rate of potassium, one
half part of belladonna, ami live parts
of powdered stramonium leaves, inti
mately mixed with a small proportion
—say one-half part pulverised white
sugar, the latter being added to
prevent the compound from burn
ing too freely. The saltpetre may
be dissolved In just enough water
to form a saturated solution, which is
mixed with the leaves, add subsequent
ly the mass dried into a coarse powder,
sugar being then added. A small
quantity is placed on a brick or tin
olate and ignited, when it burns, giv
ing ofl'a cloud of smoke. Good r suits
follow also from spreading sheets over
a clothesliorse, to confine the fumes.
Two ORGANS.—Regulate first the
stomach, second the liver: especially
the first, so as to perform their func
tions perfectly and you will remove at
least nineteen twentieths of all the Ills
that mankind is heir to, in this or any
other climate. Hop Bitters is the only
thing that will give perfectly healthy
natural action to these two organs.
A PRETTY DISH OF APPLES.—Take
ten large apples, boil them till quite
soft; peel and pulp them, mashing
them till there are no lumps. Mix in
half a pound of powdered loaf sugar,
and beat them up lor half an hour;
then beat the whites of two eggs with a
whisk, and mix with the apple; then
mix with one half a small pot of red
currant jelly, and with the other any
e9>ence or flavor which you may ao
prove. Now, It it has been well mix
ed, one portion will be quite pink, and
the other still and white. Then pile
them on a glass dish, taking a spoonful
of each alternately.
CNOPPED BEEF.— l'wo pounds lean,
raw meat chopped fine, one teacup
ro'led crackers, one of sweet milk, one
teaspoon salt. Put in a pan, cover an
other over it, bake one hour. It is im
ptoved by a dressing of bread or cracker
crumbs spread over tlie top: wet the
crumbs with milk or water, season wiih
butter, pepper and salt. The scrap
may be used for breaktast by taking a
spoonful and covering it with mashed
potatoes mixed with egg and fried in
butter or spet.
The price of soap is rapidly advanc
ing. A year's supply of DOBBINS'
ELECTRIC bought now at old price
will be a very Judicious puachase.
THE KITCHEN.—If you find it neces
sary to have the floor bare, oil it well
with linseed oil, and you will save
many a weary hour. One thing always
spoils the looks of a kitchen, and that is
old clotnes hanging in 't. Make a
cupboard. Curtain it, driving nails in
side lor all clotliing which has to be
kept in tne kitchen. Paint all the
woo lwork in the kitchen, if possible.
Lead color would be handsome. Do
not forget that curtains are nice for the
kitchen as well as the parlor.
GRILLED FOWL.—Take the legs of cold
fowl, score them well, and rub in
plentifully some French mustard, salt
aid cayenne; broil ov\r a clear tire and
serve with grill sauce. Take one gill
oTgood gravy, add to it one tahlespoon
ful of mushroom ketchup, one tea
spoonful of French mustard, a few
chopped capers and a little grated
lemon-peel; add a little butter rolled
in flour, a few drops ot chili vinegar,
simmer until quite hot, pour over the
legs and serve.
LAMB OR VEAL CUTLETS. —Wet in
beaten egg. roll in .bread crumbs, and
fry in butter. Cook veal in tfie same
way. Both need to be thoroughly
cooked.
Origin of the Dewert of Sahara-
A M. Largeau in 1874 visited the valley
of the Igharglmr, with the intention of
branching off to Rhadames to study the
commerce of that oasis and test the practi
cability of diverting to Algeria the caravans
ttiat come there by the central route from
Soodan. lie questioned the ehambas on
the causes of the drying of the great Saha
ran streams, and found that all agreed in
saying that these dead rivers once ran full
through a country more fertile than the
Tell (the region north of the Atlas Moun
tain's crest), hut could only explain it by
legends more interesting than satisfactory.
M. Largeau gives the following explanation
of the change: "It is known that pastoral
people have always been great destroyers
of forests, for they need large spaces of
clear ground to feed the flocks that form
their wealth and to promote security
against the wild beasts that lurk ia forests.
Even now the Algerian Arabs are seen fir
ing the woods to enlarge the narrow limits
imposed upon them by colonizatior. So,
although the great Saharan streams have
not been explored to their sources, yet it is
known that they commence on the bare
plateaux that are but the skeletons of
heights once wooded and fertile. All ac
counts of the inhabitants of these regions
agree on that point. Consequent upon the
destruction of the forests the periodical
rains were replaced by rare and short
though violent storms, the waters from
which, instead of soaking in as in past ages,
slip by on the rocky masses, carrying away
the rich surface mold, and bring about the
drying of the springs, and, as a direct con
sequence, of the rivers."
WHILE waiting r r a cough to go is It came,
you are oiten laying tne loundaton lor some
Pulmonary or Bronchi 4 affection, 1< is better
to get rid o. a Cold at once by using that sure
remedy. Dr. D. Jav ne's Expectorant, which will
cure all stubborn Coughs and relieve any aaati
ety as to dangerous consequences.
HUMOROUS.
iMPKCPNiors Person—"Jones, my
hoy, you haven't got huli-a-crowii
about you that you don't want, have
you?'' Jones—"Well, if von promise
faithfully to return it." Impecunious
Person—"Thankee. But—eonlound it,
this is a bad one." Jones—"Of course.
You asked It 1 had one I didn't want.
Should 1 be likely 'not to want' a good
one ?
A LITTLE boy being asked by another
boy what he was doing now, replied,
"I am cashier in a clothing store."
"You cashier!" raid the other in
amazement. "Yes," said the little
chap, 'that's what the clerks call me.
A hundred times a day they holier
Va-liier!' " "Ca.h, here!" was wtiut
the clerks said.
MR. TKMPI.AR: "Mrs. Glupplns, you
are now old—let mo implore you give
up drink ; set an example to your fami
ly, dash the vciiomed gotdet front your
lips, and refresh at that limpid stream,
crystal, white and clear, soft as the
balmy .Summer breeze, pure as a mo
ther's love—water ! water!!" M rs. G.
" 'Kes, stir, it be mighty convenient
for billn' taters in."
"GIVE me a sou, mister," said a
Paris gamin, the oilier day; "1 have
had no dinner." "No more have I,"
answered the gentleman, who was
rushing to his restaurant. "Well,
then," said the boy, "givu me two
squs,and we'll dine together!"
MRS. PARTINGTON SAYS.—Don't take
any ol the quack rostrums, as they are
regimental to the human cistern; but
put your trust in ilop Bitters, which
will cure general dilapidation, costive
habits and all comic diseases. They
saved Isaac from a severe extract of
tripod fever. They are the m$ plu
utiunt of medicines.
ALL a sleepy tramp lias to do in Troy
on cold niahis is to hitch up his mo
squito net any where along the track of
the steam heating company's pipes and
lie down to pleasant dreams and a com
fortable midsummer snoize.
Ax English coachman was ashed to
tie up a dog, ami lie resigned on the
ground that It was the butler's duty.
The butler declined and resigned, and
after six servants had left the earl tied
up the dog himself.
"No, sir," said an Albany man:
"J'm none o' yt r fellers as wastes his
time learniii' other folk's languidjies.
1 don't speak English; American is all
the tongue 1 know."
POPE says that beauty draws us with
a single hair. They don't nowadays.
When a beauty gets so bald-headed
i hat she has but one hair lett she don't
draw much.
To keep a resolution, base it firmly
on good and sufficient grounds, Hnd do
not forget either the preamble or the
resolution.
"DOES yes kape uothin' but dry goods
here?" "Yes. ma'am." "Thin where
will I be after goin' for a watered
silk?"
FOR BRONCHIAL, ASTHMATIC and
Pulmonary complaints, "Brown's Bron
chial Troches' ' manifest remarkable cur
ative properties Like all other meri
torious articles, they are frequently
imitated, and tnose purchasing should
be sure to obtain tho genuine "BRON
CHIAL TROCHES."
IT IS easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a sewing machine
needle than lor a man to swear off at
New Year's and keep his word.
"MY little Lill. which do you love
best, uiamnlt or this big bag of candy ?"
"I love best mamma—who gives me
this big bag of candy."
A DETROIT vagrant went into a
police station tiie other day and asked
the blue coats to give him a rest. So
they gave him arrest.
IF you have a pretty daughter you
will have a brain full of anxiety, and
a bouse full of scented note-paper.
WHY IS the pellet you give your sick
wife like a thief Because it is a pill
for her.
A SHIRT has two arms, just as pan
taloons have two legs, yet one is called
a pair and the other is only one.
AN economical Louisville girl ha
knocked the bottom out of an empty
cheese box and now wears it for a belt.
THE green seal keeps Its head far
above water, but not without corks.
INGRAIN eloquence—Cornstalks.
Where Surah WBI.
A Wayne County farmer had some wheat
stolen a few nights since, and he was so
sure that he knew who the thief was that
he came into Detroit and secured a warrant
for a certain young man living near him.
When the case came up for trial in Justice
alley, the defendant said he could prove an
alibi. In order to do this, he had brought
in "his girl," a buxom lass of twenty-two.
She took the staud and swore that he sal
up with her from seven o'clock in the even
ing until broad daylight next morning.
"People can very easily 1% mistaken,"
observeil the plaintiff's lawyer.
"I don't care —1 know he was there,"
she replied.
"What did you talk about ?"
"Love!" she promply answered.
"What time did the old folks go to
bed*"
"I give 'em the wink aliout teu."
"Sure he was there at midnight, are
you ?"
"Yes sir."
"Why are you sure ?"
She blushed, loosed over to her lover and
laughed, aud getting a uod to go ahead, she
said:
"Well, sir, just as the clock struck twelve,
the old man jumped out of bed, up stairs,
and hollered down• 'Sarah, ver mar wants
some o' that catnip tea!' And we got such
a start that we broke the back off the rock
ing-chair aod went over backwards ker
plunk."
"Then the jury must understand that
seated on Samuel's knee ?"
"I object," put in Samuel's lawyer, and
his honor remembered the days of his youth
and sustained the objection.
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Is the title of a valuable little pamphlet
sent free to any address lor one stamp.
Address, Butter Improvement Co..
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amount of cream 0 per cent., improve
quality ot butter 20 per cent., make
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Consumption Cored.
AN old physician, retired from prac
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
B)>eedy and permanent cure for Con
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
ami all Throat and Lung Affections,
also a positive and radical cure for Ner
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plaints, after having tested its wonder
ful curative powers In thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it
knew to his suffering fellows. Actu
ated by this motive and a desire to re
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cipe, in Oerman, French, or
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A LADY hud a premonition that aa
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VEGETINE.
For all l attice*
WHO ARE SUFFERERS.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March as, 1877.
MR. n. R. STKVKNM
lie r S r.—l have taken several bo ties of your
Vegetlne for Female Weakness, and In Justice
10 me medicine, ana 10 all Indies wlio are suf
ferers from SUCH complaints, I will recommend
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160 SYSTEM AV HUP.
FKMAI.K WEAK.VB.-S.— Vegetlne acis directly
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tt u.r gu aus the bnv lb; 10-adache and palna
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c mplaiat where the vetgpune gives so quick
reliei, and is soetTecUve fi It cure, sin wiiat
is termed Female Weakness, it has never
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VEGETINE.
It is What is Needed.
FEMALE WEAKNESS.
DES MOINES, lowa, Sspt. 6,1578.
n. R STEVENS, Boston:
bear sir—r or a long time I h -ve been troubl- d
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feeling at ihe stomach, aud 111 ougu (he advice
or a mend. I tifod ,our Vegetlne, and fin J It
Jutit what Ls needed. 1 can recommend It to all
suffering irom those conip alats.
\our. respe t ullv.
M s. A.NNABKLLA HARWOOD,
Six Fourth street.
Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyapepala,
Kbeitintiilau), Weakaen,
n. R. STEVENS. Boston:
I nave been practising medicine for 85 years,
and as a remedy lor Scrofuia. Liver Complaint.
Dyspepsia, Rheumat m, Weakness, an 1 nil 41s
oa> sotl ue blood 1h• ve never tou'd Its equal.
1 have sold Veg tine Tor 7y ars, and nave never
had one botue teiurU'd I would heartily re
commend it to th se in need or a blood purifier.
Dr. w. KOSS, Drugget,
Sept. 18,1S7?. wlton lowa.
VEGETINE
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