Natural and Distorted Growth
True taste cultivates an admiration
of beautiful natural forms; false taste
distorts these into artificial and gro
tesque conceits. A tree possessing nat.
Ural and graceful symmetry cannot but
be pleasing to a true ami cultivated
judgment; cut or sheared into iho
shape of a stiff coue, a hay-cock, or a
peacock or bear, it bocomes at once an
object of distorted unfitness. It is,
however, quite common, all through
the country, to seetreo3, and especially
evergreens, tortured into unnatural
forms. Most common of all is to trim
the trunk up to a bare stem five or six
feet or more high, giving the appear
ance of trees 011 stilts, instead of at
lowing the gracefupsweep at the lowei
branches on the surface of the lawn.
Others, again, are sheared back into
the appearance of a solid mass, ami
where a number of trees are thus treat
ed, the door-yard appears as if tilled
with a number of small hay-stacks.
Such practices may bo titly oompureu
to pinching the human body out 01
shape, as practiced by semi-barbarous
people. If the trees threaten to grow
t >0 large, and any culling back is re
quired, let it be done with a knife and
not with shears, so as to preserve, in
some degree at least, the natural free
ou line. In some land cape gardening,
arched gailways are represented anu
commended, where trees are bent out
of shape and sheared into unnatural
tortus. It an arch of vendure in ust h
had, let it be be made of natural ollmb
ers and twiners, so as to partly but not
wholly conceal a properly and sitnph
formed structure of iron or wood. Ii
this way there would be 110 incongru
ous distortion and obvious unfitness ot
material to intended purpose,
have seen at flower shows ill-directed
attempts to build temples of roses, and
sometimes they have been made into
the shapes of human beings, eagles?
flags, etc. The mind at ouce revolts ai
the sight of solid and massive struc
tures atteuipted with so fragile and
delicate materials as flowers. Nearly
as unfit is the attempt to build solid
gateway arches of delicate foliage.
There is another practice, much less
objectionable, but still carried too far —
the abundant planting of weeping
trees. These are mostly unnatural to
some extent, and if employed at all,
the most graceful should be selected,
and sparingly introduced. They some
times assist in the variety of a sky out
line. Many of them came in the first
place from an unnatural twist of a
branch, propagated and continued by
grafting. We are glad to witness every
attempt at improving and ornamenting
the grouuds which surrounds a hotuc,
even if these attempts may deviate con
siderably irorn the rules of criticism ;
but most pleasing of all are neat, fin
ished, and tastefully plauted grounds,
with as much ot natural and graceful
l>eauiy as can be brought together with
so much simplicity that no display ol
oddity or twisted conceit eau liud a
place. Purity and fitness should be
obvious, and if much care and skill
have been used in the management and
keeping they should not be seen by the
eye of the spectator.
Ia the Sahara.
All of one's preconceived ideas van
ish before the faots of experience. The
Sahara is not a desolate plain of mov
ing sand, with no signs of vegetation,
bat a cultivated country, fruitful as the
garden of Eden. Like our "great
American desert," it has been greatly
b.l'ed, Ei Sahr, as the Arabs pro
nounce it, is indeed a vast archipelago
of oases, offering an animated group of
towns and villages. A large belt of
fruit trees surrounds each of these vil
lages, and the palm, the tig, the date,
apricots, pomegranates and vines
abound in the utmost profusion. As
cending the Atias Mountains by a
gradual slope to the region of high
ttblelands, we come to the land of the
Mozabites, or Ben Mozab, and then
comes a gradual descent for 300 miles
to the vast stretch of treeless country
known as the great desert. The rivers
have an inclination of about one foot
in 400. Many of the stream are dry,
except after rains, when they deluge
the country. Guushots are fired as
soon as the torrents appear ; all ob
j;cts a~e removed, and soon, with a
terrible noise, the flood rolls on. The
Saharian city stands, as if by magic, on
the banks of the waters which rise to
the tufts of the palm trees, but a few
days only elapse ere all disappears,
leaving the district rich and fruitful.
The inhabitants are not a migratory
people, and, unlike the tent dwellers of
the northern slop®, live in substantial
houses, with thatched roofs and ceil
ings of cane laid uporr joists of aive
wood. These houses generally consist
of but one room, and have no furniture
except mats on the floor and upon the
walls for three or four feet high. Bids
are sometimes found, but no one thinks
of sleeping on them. The walls are
whitewashed and inscribed with verses
from the Koran. The inhabitants are
made up of genuine Arabs ;nd Berbers,
or Kabyles, as the French call them.
Jews are found in every oasis, and are
very prosperous and influential, doing
much of the trading and making up of
the great caravans. These merehans
frequently dress in a very gaudy and
fantastic style, with gorgeous turban
and sleeves of different colors, one
being, perhaps, green and one red, and
the shirt a bright yellow. They are
not allowed to wear the chekla or red
woolen cap, but may w ear a black cap,
and can only wear black slippers,
which they must remove whenever
they sten outside the ghetto, and must
step aside to the left when they meet a
Moslem, and are not allowed to ride a
horse. The men are handsome and the
women uncommonly pretty, and do not
over their fr.ces; neither do the Kabyle
women, as Is the custom of other
women of the Sahara. Among the
Kabyles of the mountain region a pass
poit 'or nnnaya, from a sheik or a mar
about, brings protection and hospital
ity.
AGRICULTURE.
GROWING HORSK-KAM.SU.— L WO look
through our markets and see the cliun ky
stuff sold for horse-radish, it is clear
that not one in a hundred knows how to
grow it. Horse-radish well grown is
as protl able as any garden orop, but
wo think there is not much profit 111 the
scrubby start" referred to. To have
good horse-radish, a rather heavy soil
diould be chosen, but bv no means
wet, though one which gardeners would
call damp and cool will bo by no means
objected to. It cannot very well be
made too rich, and if subsoillng the
ground is to find favor it will surely be
111 favor with this orop. Now the ob
ject in raising good horse-radish is to
nave long, clean, straight roots, and
good culture is to get these. In raising
noreo-radish every piece of the root
what a little ot the crown grows. Gen-,
eratly pieces an inch or so long are set
just beneath the soil, and one or more
ouds start up to make crowns with
leaves, and others go down to uiako a
root or roots. These are then forky or
.wisted and give ttie wretched roots we
ee. The proper way is to make holes
with a dibble, postspade or crowbar so
ts to let the small pieces which are to
make plants go down a foot or more,
then till in the holes and wait. Tue
result is thus in a couple of months a
sprout will start upwards to the sur
• ace, and this sprout in time becomes
die straight, cl a 1 root we have spoken
.bout, l'ne second season after plant
ing they will be 111 marketable condi
tion, and should be all taken up and
marketed tuat season and a new plan
tat. 0.1 made in like manner 011 the same ;
ground. From the pieces let in the
iio aid by the digging ot the old roots ]
many will come up, ami these are gen- j
•raily relied on to form the succeeding j
crops but these sprouts should be iioed
oil as they come and be regarded as
nothing but weeds, which everything
couies up wheie it is not wanted is.
to setting out. the lOWS must be made
about 1 lguieen or tweuty inches apart,
Iml the pieces to form roots be planted
ibout four or six inches apart. The
listance, however, between the row is
to be regulated by the method of cul
.uie. Where the plow is used to clear
up between tiie rows they must be
wider than when grown as a garden
crop. The richness of the ground will
also regulate the distance to put the sets
apart, if these simple hints are
followed, one need never be without a
good relish tor fish, roast beef, or any
of the multitudinous dishes where a
little pugeuey is not to be despised.
But liovv few persons follow them,
and indeed how few have even horse
radish enough to supply family needs?
In trucking, however, it can oe raised
with other things for the market,
and as we say above, will be found as
profitable as anything they can take to
market, when the amount of labor and
profit is reckoned.
PLANTING POTATOKS. —NearIy every
rule which has baen commonly laid
down needs some modification accord
ing to circumstances, and different ex
perimenters often come to partial or
conflicting conclusions as external in
fluences may have varied. For exam
ple, in the use of large and small seed,
and of cut and uncut potatoes, the
widest difference may result from con
trolling causes. In nearly all condi
tions it is better to cut the" tubers, and
thus obtain fewer stalks in the hill than
by whole planting. But it the plant
ing be done late, and the soli happens
to be unusually dry in the time of a
drouth, a cut potato may dry up and
fail to grow, at a time when the im
pervious skin of. a whole one will pre
vent wilting, and sufficient moisture
and nourishment be afforded irom it to
•r-art a good growth. The continual
rule may thereiore be laid down, to
plant whole potatoes only in a dry soil,
or in time of dry weather, which all
good farmers will know how to avoid.
For similar results from smail or large
seeds vary much with circumstances.
Very smail cut potatoes should be em
ployed only when the soil is in line,
moist condition, and early in the
-pring. With these favorable chances
we have obtained as large potatoes Irom
eu l seed of tubers as large as a robin's
egg as from those weighing a quarter
a quarter of a pound, an 1 with a slight
ly email product per a;re. The email
seta were kept molec by a fine soil
which surrounded them till they had
sent np strong shoots. But as these
favorable conditions are not likely to
occur very often, it is always safer to
employ seed of fair size, and to plant
deep enough to escape surface drying.
In view of these general principles it
will be seen that there is little advan
tage in the frequent practice of cutting
tea few eyes and dropping two pieces
in a hill. These would be more likely
to dry up In a soil not quite moist
enough, than if the same number of
eyes were allowed to remain on a sin
gle piece. These remarks are made
from many trials under the varying
conditions mentioned above.
FRUIT TREES ON LAWNS. —The ques
tion is often asked why fruit trees are
not more generally planted on lawns
and in gardens, instead of purely orna
mental trees. The idea seems to pre
vail that fruit trees unist be confined
to the orchard or kitchen garden; yet
whit can be more beautiful than the
pile pink and white of the apple blos
som, the pure white of the cherry and
par, and the deep rose of the peach?
Cherry trees literally white with blos
soms are of no rare sight, and what is
more eharming„ than the graceful
branches clad in spotless purity ? Then,
too, the ripe fruit, in thtek clusters
upon them in no less pleasing to the
eye than gratifying to the taste. These
are many varieties of trees which are
planted in yards and lawns which have
no mere sightly appearance than an
apple tree, without its wealth of frag
rant bloom, or its showeis of luscious
fruit. On the continent, fruit trees
are planted along the sides of highways
and lanes, and the fallen produce is
looked upon as common property, pro
vided the traveller does not trespass
lor it. Even in suburbs of cities and
large towns, where but a lew feet of
land are allotted to each home, and
where one would suppose that each
inch of room would be made available,
the front yards are planted with ever
green trees, or purely ornamental
shrubs, to the utter exclusion of apple,
pear or plum tees —any of which would
he far preferable in every respect.
IRON FOR FRUIT TREES.— The scales
which fly oil'from iron being worked
at forges, iron trimmings, fillings, or
other fearuginous material, if worked
into the soli about fruit trees, or the
more minute particles spread thinly on
the lawn, mixed with the earth of
flower beds or in pots, are more valua
ble. They are especially valuable
to the peach and pear, and in fact sup
ply necessary ingredients to the soil.
For colored flowers they heighten the
bloom and increase the brilliancy of
white or nearly white flowers of all the
rose family.
WARMTH save* feed, help* fattening,
an# prevents liekne** among live stock.
DOMESTIC.
THK WARDROBE. —Willi®ostrich feath
ers may be cleaned by taking four
ounces of white soup, cut small, dis
solved in four pints of water, rather
hot, in a large basin. Make the solu
tion into a lather, by beating It with
rods or wire, then Introduce the leath
ers, and rub well with the hands lor
five or six minutes; after this soaping,
wash in clean water, as hot the hand
can bear, and shake well until dry.
To color feathers blue, wash well in
soap and water, dry in the air, thou
rinse In warm water, and then dip in
hot alum wale**; after this dip them in
a sol"tlon ot indigo composition called
cliemio blue, ami immerse the fqathers
in the alum ami the dye water alter
nately, till the requisite siiade is ob
tained. A small piece ot paper or linen
moistened with spirits of turpentine,
ami put into a wardrobe or bureau for
a single day, two or three times a year
is recommended as a sufficient preser
vative of every description of dress or
wearing apparel against Injury from
moths. Sandal wood or pieces of coder
also answer a very good purpose in this
way.
.shrwilutN umi Ability.
Hop Bitters, so freely advertised in
all tlie papers, secular and religious,
are having a large sale, and are sup
planting all o.her medicines. There
Is no denying the virtues of the Hop
plant, and the proprietors of these Bit
ters have shown great shrewdness und
ability in compounding a Bitters whose
virtues are so palpable to everv one's
observation. — Examiner ami Chronicle.
OMELET. —Tiiree eggs, white and
yolks beaten well and separately, one
half cup ot milk,one tablespoonful flour
one-halt tablespooiilnl butter, pepper
and salt to taste; divide the milk, stir
ling the flout in oi e-half put the other
ha f where it will git just warm enough
to melt the butter. Butter the lrylng
pau, have it hot, then pour in the mix
ture, alter stirring all together, into
the pan. Tbe omelot is inuen nicer to
stir the whites in the last tiling belore
putting on to cook, fold when brown
011 under side.
WINDOWS AND WINDOW SU.I.S
Throw open your bedroom windows
top and bottom every morning before
you leave your room ; order your sit
ting-room windows to bo similarly
opened before breakfast. The fresh air
comes in at the bottom and drives out
the bad air at the top. When a carpet
is being swept, have the window open
at the top and bottom, for the fresh air
coming in at the bottom, drives out
the dirt and dust at the top. Every
cleaning day lor a room, have the win
dow sills outside well scrubbed with
soap and water and sand, also tlie
sockets of the window silts.
POTATO CROQCITT. —One pound mash
ed potato; one egg; one tablespoonttil
of milk; a little pepper and salt; a few
spoonfuls of bread crumbs and cracker
dust. The potatoes must be mashed
when thoroughly dry. When mashed
throw in a small quantity of salt, a lit
tle pepper and tue yolk of an egg.
Stir the yolk with the potatoes over
the fire till thoroughly dry. Flour the
board well, take a little of the flour;
make them into any shape. W hen the
croquet is well up the white of one
egg; roll the croquet in it; throw over
ad a little bread crumb or cracker dust.
NERVOUSNESS, and all derangements
of the neryous system, are usually con
nected with a diseased condition of the
blood. Debility is a- frequent accom
paniment. The first thing to be done
is to improve the condition of the blood.
This is accomplished by taking YKGE
TINE. It is a nerve-medicine, and pos
sesses a controlling power over the
nervous system.
GOOD YEIST. —In two quarts water
boil three potatoes pared and cut. tip,
and a handlul of fresh hops tied in a
cloth; boil till the potatoes are done,
takeout and mash, put back in the wa
ter, add one cup salt, one of white su
gir; let c -me to a boil and, when milk
warm, add one cup o • les> of baker's,
or other good yeast. Set in a moder
ately warm place to rise; when light,
put into a jug or jar and set in the
cellar.
OLD -FAsniONED TAPIOCA PUDDING.
—Two eggs, one quart milk, one cup
tapioja; spices of nutmeg and cinna
mon to taste; also, sugar and bit of salt
and small teaspoonful of butter, melt
ed. Wash and soak the tapioca in very
little water till rather tender; then
put it in the milk, and place 011 back
of the stove and soak one hour; then
melt butter in dish and pour in the
beaten eggs, milk well sweetened, and
spice; bake one hour quite slowly.
—A COUGH, Cold, Catarrh, or i>ore
Throat requires immediate attention,
as neglect oftentimes results in some
incurable Lung Disease. li ßroicn's
Bronchial Trochee " will almost invari
ably give relief. Imitations are offered
for sale, many of which are injurious.
The genuine " Brotcn's Bronchial Tro
ches" are sold onl;/ in boxes.
TILLERING OK WHEAT.— Mr experi
ence and observation, as well as ex
periments, all lead to the conclusion
that wheat does not tiller; that one
gr.dn briygs to perfection only one
stalk beating from twelve (the lowest
wee/er counted) to eighty-six perfect
grains found on one staik last season.
PROFESSOR PROCTOR, the eminent
English astronomer, says that lie finds
the interest in scientific m itter much
more widely spread ru America than
in England, more people attending
lectures here, and reading and think
ing more upon such subjects.
SEVERAL caso j arc reported in which
scarlet fever, measles and other infec
tious diseases have been spread by cats
and dogs.
To clean lantern globes and lamp
chimteyg; rub briskly with a soft
cloth and dry ashes from grit.
Women HA Lanycri
Though Old Mr. Fogy has long ques
tioned woman's fitness to practice law,
and her opinions concerning legal mat
ters, no one has ever questioned her
opinion concerning Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription Is a positive cure for
those "dragging-down" sensations,
and the many diseases and weaknesses
peculiar to their sex. The favorite
Prescription Is sold by all druggists
under a positive guarantee.
PITTSBURGH, Pa , March 14th, 1579.
Dr. K. V. PJKRCE, Buffalo, N. Y.:
Dear Sir. —1 was treated by four dif
ferent physicians without avail for dis
ease of the livei and uterus. Some
time ago 1 commenced the use of your
Favorite Prescription and Discovery,
being at the time, confined part of the
time to my bed. At first my improve
ment was slow, but I now find myself
well after the use of four bottles of
each qf the medicines. With many,
maiy thank*, I am, very re*pectfully,
MART S. GRACE.
HUMOROUS.
"Axn I can't understand this doctor
business at all," one of them .was say
in* as two women passed into tlio post
olHoe yosterday.
What's tiie trouble now?"
"Well, the old man's groaning
around again."
"With what?"
'Heaven only knows, but it lias cost
me ttUy cents tor the prescription.
1 hat's where the mystery comes in.
"hvery time my old man is a bit ailing
the doctor he comes and leoks at ills
to igue, counts ids pulse, ami orders
gin-slings and chicken soup."
"Is it possible I"
"And when i wake up with a chili,
a backache, a bad'mouth and a dizzy
head, and 1 faint away over the break
fast, the doctor he comes in, tracks up
my clean lloor, scares my canary Into
a tir, and goes away saying. "You
don't exercise enough; maybe you'd
like to wash for our family!" 1 tell
you 1 believe them doctors is all one
sided, ami after this my old man has
got to put up with smelling at the
camphor bottle, while 1 drink the
slings!"
TUKY were playing a game they call
euchre. She held both bowers and the
king, anil two aces of oilier suit, but
site was a novice at the game. A young
man who was teaching her looked at
her cards and warmly exclaimed,
"What a.lovelv hanu!" .She looked
him i aiglit n the eyes and murmured,
"You may have it, il you want it."
All the rest of the evening lie wonder
ed if he was the victim of" a leap year
proposal.
TRK ofr and ailkv appearance given
to the hair by the use of Carooline, the
natural liair restorer and dressing, as
now improved and perfected, is the
subject of ueneral *emark by all who
have witnessed its effects upon th*#
human head. Sold by all dealers In
drugs.
A YANKEE came running down to a
pier just as a steamer was sterling.
The boat moved off some four or five
yards, as he took a jump, and coming
down ou the back of his head on deck,
he Ity stunned for two or three min
utes. W hen he came to, the boat had
gone the best part of a quarter of a
mile, and, raising his head and looking
to the shore, tiie Yankee said: "Great
Jehosaphat! what a jump."
A TEACHKR was endeavoring to as
certain the extent of her children's
knowledge of numbers. On the ques
tion being asked, "Would you rather
have three paper bags with twooranges
in each,or two naper bags with three or
anges in eaoli ?" all but ei e itt'.e f llow
expressed themselves without prefer
ence. The teacher asked this pupil for
his decision, and ho was persistant in
liking the three bags; his reason It r
this w is, "So I could have more bags
to bust!"
Maine Swi.
Hop HI tors, which are advertised in
oui columns, are a sure cure for the
ague, biliousness and kidney com
plaints. Those who use them say they
cannot be too highly recommended.
Those afflicted should give them a fair
trial, and will become thereby enthu
siastic in the praise of their curative
qualities.— Portland Argus.
A SOCIETY journal gave a prfzs tie
other day for a jheee of poetry, to be
twenty lines in length, without the
letter "s" once occurring In it. The
Honorable Hilly up all night with
his head in a linseed-meal poultice,
pegging away like anything, and by
daylight lie actually pulled it off, and
took the result rouud to Popsy for her
Oj i don. "You might improve itstil!,"
she said. "How?" "By leaving out
all the other letters, 100.
Johnny wanted to go to I lie circus,
and his lather said: "Johnny, l'u
rather you'd go to school, and study,
and may be vou'll be President some
day." Said Johnny: "Father, there's
about one million boys in the I'nited
S;atcB, isn't there?" "Yes," "And
every one of them stands a chance ol
being President?" "Yes." "Well,
dad, I'll sell out my chance for a circus
ticket.
A YOUNG uan with an extremely
poweriul voice was in doubt which
branch oi the art to adopt. II t went to
Cherubinl for advice. "Suppose you
siuir me a few bars," said the master.
The young iellow saug so loinl that the
walls fairly shook. "Now," said,
he, "what do you think I am best flttid
for?" " Aucti meer," dryly replied
Cherubinl.
"MAMMA," said Henry Thorn is, a
bright little fellow living over in
Alui-us —'Mamma, have my toes eyes ?'
"No, my darling. Why do you ask
such a feolish question?" "Becuuse
ray foot's asleep."
As one pound of Dobins' 'Electric
Heap, (made by Cragin A Co., Philadel
phia,) will do the work o{ live pounds
of any other, it is really the cheapest,
though it costs a little more pe r pound.
Try it.
BBIDGKT (to caller): "Will ye kape
still a minnit while 1 look at ye v No,
missis hain't to home. She told me, if
a woman come with a wart on the
ind av a red noso to say she wasn't
home; an' ther's no niistakin' that
wart."
THE way dentists get patients into
their oilicc9 is to hang out a gigantic
imitation tooth with roots six inches
long. This settles the business with a
timid woman at once.
"WILL yon have cream and glucose
in your coffee?" is the question now
p/opounded from the maternal end of
the breakfast table. "Yes," answers
the pater familias, "and pass the oleo
margarine."
A VERY weak tenor In Dublin sing
ing freely caused one of the gods to
shout to an acquaintance across the
gallery. "Corncy, what noise is that?"
"Bedad," said Coriiey, "1 believe it's
gas whistlin' in the pipe."
A CTNNINNATI widow sued a doctor
for cutting up the body of her husband
and not saving the pieces, damages
laid at $5,000; but the jury held that
dead husbands had had damages
enough.
A BOSTON paper thinks there ought
to be a law in this country to compel
every girl who is engaged to wear a red
bow at her throat. That wouldn't do a
bit of good. Every girl would wear one.
"SPEAK to me only with your ice,"
will be a popular song this summer.
WnEN Mind and Body are out of Sort*, with
coiq extremities, a yellowness In the skin, cos
tiveness, ami headache and an indisposition to
stir about, be sure you are in for a Bilious at
tack spmjng from a more or less Disortered
Liver. Dr. Jayne's sanative PL is will bring
the Liver to a healthy condition, and apeedtly
re Move all biliary distress.
"I WISH I was dead," is an expres
sion not unfrequently used by tbo
Dyspeptic and sufferer from Liver dh
ease; the depressed spiritsunflttlngthe
mind tor anything and almost driving
him to despair. Be of good cheer,
tliero is life and health leu for you yet.
Take Simmons' Liver Regulator. It
regulates the liver, dispelsdespondency
and restores health. Look well that,
you get the genuine, prepared by J.
If. Zcilin A Co., enclosed iu a white
wrapper, with a red Z on the trout.
"1 caH recommend your medicine.
All the health I enjoy, and even my
lite, I may say, is In consequence of
the Simmons' Liver Regulator. 1
would not take $1,000,000 for tny in
terest in the medicine. "W. II WIL
SON, Lecturer State Grange, and Presi
dent Florida Co-operative Stock Co.,
P of If., Welborn, Florida."
GKKKN Bt'TTKK.—Well mash and
pound in a mortar four anchovies;
b.ll some parsley, run It through a
seive with two ounces of fresh butter;
mix the whole well together, and
serve. Anchovy piste will do as well
as anchovies. To be eaten with thin
crisp toast.
To neutralize the sting of a gnat or
mosquito, rub the part affected with.a
little ceruman—that is, ear-wax.
EVKKYTHINO conducive to the bet
ter condition of the baby is sure to at
tract attentiou ; and hence it is that
Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup is becomiug
more and more appreciated, as its wond
erful influence in subduing the diseases
of babyhood becomes recognized.
Price 25 cents.
THE eye is the index to the soul.
When a man asks j'ou to get off the
ruins of his new plug hat, you can tell
by looking in his eye whether he wants
cash down for the damages or will take
an iudorsod note runuiiig six months.
BOSTON has the champion mean man.
lie was •bliged to have a large sale
hoisted from the street to a third story
window, and caused it to be done at
night, when the crowd that always en
joys such a sight couldn't haye seen
the affair even if they had known about
it.
THE time lias passed for the'Kllxlrs,'
'Cordials' etc. for the Baby, and Dr.
Hull's Baby Syrup is now the establish
ed and reliable remedy. Price 25
eents.
TUE rooster crows when the egg is
incubated, because he knows the hen
likes to have her lay set to music.
"Now this Is what I call business,"
r 'marked a Brooklyn undertaker, as an
unfortunate gentlemen stepped into
his store and died.
Some Europ an scientists have diap
ered that wheat will retain its genera
ting powers even when subjected to a
temperature of eighty degrees below
aero,^centigrade.
Tdlal waves are often caused by sub
marine earthquakes in apparently fine
\\ e itber, without any relation to hur
r cnea, although often accompanying
them
Guard Agttlust DtM>aM.
If you find yourself getting bilious, bead
heavy, mouih foul, eyes yellow, Kidneys di--
ordend, symptoms of piles torment.ng you,
take at once a few doses of Kidney-Wort,
l ee it as an advance guard—don t wait to get
down sick. — LKAOER.
A Valuable Gift Free.
A book on the Liver, its diseases and their
trcatmeut sent flee. Including treatises upon
Liver Com plaint a. Torpid Liver, Jaundice.
Biliousness. IT adaehe. Constipation. Dyspep
s.a. Malaria, etc. Addresser. Sauford. 162
Broadway, New York city, N. Y.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
Will aend their oelebra'ed Electro Vol tale
Belts to the afflicted upon SO daya'a trial
Speedy cures guaranteed They mean what
they aay. Write to tbem without delay.
A CARP —To all who are naflfiitis trom ttio errora
■ n<: indiscretion* of jonib, nervous weakness erly
decay 10-a of manhood, etc., 1 will aend a Recipe
that will enre von, FREE OK ChAKi.K. Thin Brent
remedy diacovered by mi-al nary i" South
America. 8 1d n aelf-mldrcpaed eiiTeb. pe to th- Uev.
JOSEPH J. INMAK. Station D.New York City.
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates the whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alterative, Tonic, Solvent
and Diuretic.
Vegstlne la made from the Juices
of carefully-selected barks, roots and herbs, and
so strongly concent rated that it will effectually
eradicate rrorn the system everr t <lnt 01 Scro
fula, Scrofulous lluuior.Ttimora, 1 n
-cer ('Hiircrott, Hitinor, Yrj*l|clia,
Suit It lie n til Syrhilltir lUacnae*, tan
ker, F.ilntiiea* at Hie Stomach, and all
Uis- a-es Unit ans<- from impure blood. Sd
niicfi, I it H >iiiinntory a;;d i'hronlo Itlien
iii,it lam, Nfiir.. Ik Id, Gout anil Spinal
iuuijiliiiiilN, can only be efltciutuijr cured
tUrougli ine blX) I.
Fo- I leers and Ernpllve Dlaeaae* of the
Skiti I'll si u I ca, FlinplM. Blolctoen.
ItollM, Toiler. Se.*lilleaU aud King
worm, VKGKTINE Uda never failed to effect a
i enuanent cur.'.
For Pains t the llick. Kid eyComplaints.
Dropsy. Female weakness. Leu oithna, srlsiug
r ini Internal ulceration, and uu rlne dis .uses
and Geneial De iHlty. VEGETINE acts directly
upon tne causes or tiiese complaints. It l..vigo
rs lea and strengthens the whole system, eta
upon tin's cretiveor ans. ail-iys inflammation
cures ulceration and regu.atcs the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, H ibltual Omtlveness,
Palpltailou of t.. Heart. Headache. Piles. Nerv
ousness and General Pros raHou of ibe Nervous
bvstem. no mediclue has ever guen such per
iect a.ili&tacllou as ibe VEGEIINK. li puiiflca
the blood, cleanses all oi ti.e organs, and pos
hesses a coutiolltiig lower over the nervoua
system.
The remarkable cares effected by Veget ne
have lniuced many physl dans and apotheca
ries whom we know, to prescribe and use It In
their own famines.
In fact, Veget Ino Is the best remedy yet dis
covered for the ab >ve dl-eases. and Is the only
reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed betore
the puoilc.
Vegetin©
IS THE BEST
SPRING MEDICINE.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
THE FARMERS' FOWL,
PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Hich cU- and purs br d Pass, $1.25 per 13 or $2.00
ro 26. Chick* S pt. Ist. D 'Bfriptivc Circulars aud
prioe free. S.J. ISRAH,
Beallsi llle. Monroe Co., Ohio.
SMiral's Great Catarrl Remedy 1,
LI the safest, moet agreeable and effectual remedy In
the world for the cure of CATARRH. No matter
lrom what oause, or how long standing, by giving
STURDiVANT'S CATARRH REMEDY
a fair and Impartial trial, you will be convinced of
thUfaci. This nudicine is very pleasant andean
be taken by the most delicate stomach. For sale by
all Drugylsts, and by HOLLOW AY A CO., 602 Arch
Street. Philadelphia.
Those ansmruis an A.o.vertuemeut ml
confer s uvor upon the Advertiser aud the
Publisher by stating fhatAhey saw the adver
ttemenl An ttlliloanw if naming the paper)-
U
1 KIDNEY DISEASES,
I LIVER COMPLAINTS, |
□ Constipation and Piles.
Dr. R. H- Clark, South Hero, Vt.. Mjn, "In imm H
M of KMwj Trouble it hM acted ilk. a charm. It I
U haa cured many very bed cases of Plla, and haa c J
H norrr failed to art efficient!/."
Nelson Palrchtid, of Bt. JUDuna, Vt., Njn.lt la I
J of priceless value. After sixteen years of great H
■ suffering from PUm and Costlvonesa it oom- U
■ pletely cured me."
H OL 8. Hogabon, of Bark*hi re. says, "One pack- I
U age haa done wonder* for me In complete)/ oar- f
■ lair a aevere Liver and Kidney Complaint.''
IT HAS nrmrn
■ WONDERFUL Will • U
POWER.
Btcua* It Aeti ob tha LITIS, the BOWILB ud
tha XZSUS73 at tha urn* tin*.
Because It cleanses the system of I
H the poisonous humors that develops H
□ In Kidney and Urinary diseases. Sll- U
I [ouness, Jaundice* Constipation, ■
I Piles, or In Rheumatism, Neuralgia I
n and nervous disorders,
KIDNEY-WORT la a dry vecetoUe com- I
■■ pound and can be eat by mail prepaid. ■
U One package will make six qt* of medlclaa. M
■ THY IT NOW !
J IFBar II at tha DragfltU Prtee, 81.00. r
WILLS, iICHABD3ON * CO., Proprietor!, ■
W I 2 (WW -nd poit paid.) Bartlngtoa, Tt I
HOSIIUEB^
'TTEi*
Fortify the Nji ,m
And vnu are arms I siren e di-*-e The flneet tonic
for this pnrp >e i- Ilostettere Stomach Bitters, which
render* digestion easy and complete, counteract*
bl ou-ne-h. and keeps the bowel, in order, side
genial and t-enefl •< nt are its effects, that not only i
tho body in-iaorat -d an I regu'sted by its u- but
deipondeto y bnMnd 'rm the mint.
Foi sale by all llruggieie a .d Dealers generally.
MAKE HENS LAY
km ICngl Is . Veternary Sargaon and Chemist, now
Iravaling in this country,**) a that most of tha Horse
and Cattle Powders here are worthless trash. He
•are that .-heridan'e Condition Poadere are sbeo
lutely pure and luitnrfieely valuai Is. Nothing on
earth will make bens lay like Hheridan's < ond.tlon
Powder*. loee, one teaspoon to on pint oi fa-si.
fold avarywhera. or sent by mall tor eight leuar
stamp*. I. 8. JOHNSON A CO., Bangor, Me.
UNITED STATES
Patent Brokers' and Inventors'
ASSOCIATION.
Patent /tight* aild at pnva'e gale and by Pnbllc
And n. P •tent* obtained and eoarcne- made on
the Lowes: Crrr -poudnce aulicited. Oi
cuUri Miut on applicati u.
wn. CRIWSIIAtr, nanater,
•39 Arch Ntrr*l. PHIL iDELPHIA.
AVIIIIia Jloiyhlne Habll Cured In lO
IIHIIIIVI "*<>"?. (HI Cured.
VI | VIVI Uk. &r struts*. Lebanon. Ohio.
OI h ndid 0 rom Vial ting Cnrda. wlib name,
iUMcta. J MINKLER ACo ,N*san N. Y.
PDCAT BARCAINS in
llltCA I WATCHES and CLOCKS.
Nick'e Ctae Stem Winding Watch 0
S lid Silver Stem-Winding Match (Hunting
0*l . 16 A'
Fine Nickle Caee Htem Wind tig Clock *OO
Fine Gdt Bionze C >*e Mem-Windm: Clock 2/0
gent by mail on r ceipt ot price, Be"d f r circular.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS,
No. lIS Liberty lltreel. New York City.
4 RT OF FLIRTING. Eaaay. 10 c-nta poa;pid.
i\. Addreaa ELBKKI ELLkRY.63 E 9th at ,N.Y.
(>ni)V I> \ IA RKCKIPE (with-nil
J\ f I 1 X I"• direction* to make
one erjuTl to those a -Id f r J2 to fd, lor on* lhi rd
th-m ney), and K-cipe* for 30 kinda of Ink. all
colors,, 3ic nta. bv r'turn mail. Addreaa
U. BLEHSOK, F M.. Alvarado, Texa*.
fIPERA CLASSES,
W M croaeopea, Therometera, Eye Glaaaea,
Bpectacl -e, Barometer*, as frrsaJly Ht lurtd frxcts.
R. & J* BECK.
Mannfactnring Optician*. Philadelphia. Send 3
atampa for illuatrated Catalogue of 144 page*, ar.d
mention tliia paper.
\ ELGIN WATCHES !
> *J All -tylv* Gold, Silver and Nickel. ©4
*J 1o gls'. Ch tina. etc.. tent 0. O. l. to
be examined. Write tor Catalogue to
i-TA.NDAKD AMERICAN WATCH
CO., Plttabnrgb, Pa.
A Y'KAR and exp<-n* ato agta
Na fit Outfit Free. Addreea P. O.
W I f I VICKERT, Auguata, Maiiie.
_f— IF YOU WOULD BE PROPERLY
TNC suited with spectacles, apply oi
correspond to
DR. N. C. GRAY, Optician,
*S N. TWELFTH Street.
Philadelphia. Pa.
■ | 9l
THE F BUREAU N CREAMERY.
Surpasses all others to quantity and quality at butter mda. It eecures matured and ripened cream,
wfcteh makes butter of the best texture, flavor, and of unequslrd keeping quality. It excludes fiiea,du*t
and adore; Inconstantly at the correct temperature (38* to6u*);has room for the cream and hotter, and
•area three-fourths the labor. It can be used with either Ice or water, and both rammer and winter.
THE FERGUSON CONCUSSION CHURN lathe beat, rtcomblneeaclentlflc principles with
the beat labor anting devlcea. No float. or paddlea. Brings the hotter In granular form, and aeeurea the
largestyleld. Befor busing any other Churn or Creamer) or any pan a. arcana, aend foi laiwe lllna-
circular to THE FERGUSON MF*U CO M Burlington, Vu ♦ Kellable Agent* Wanted.
BUY FROM THE MAKER-AfJo MAKE BY IT.
CARPETINGS AT RETAIL!
JOHN & JAMES DOBSON,
800 d 811 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
THE QVAI.ITT ID Till! BEST.
THE TnE I.AR6EST.
IUE PATTE>S ASil> t OI.ABIXGS THE HOST VAJRICD.
TIIE PRICES Tlli. ROW EST.
Oarftulea toilntr hnvc greatly *urvnaaed (hote off any prev iomyear, aafontumertol
CARPETINGS
Mara and are Inking advantage of onr UXDER-HAIIKET PRICES.
This powder make* " Batter the year round. Cam.
mon-aeaae and the Science af Chemistry applied ta B>tto*>
making. July, Aagat and Winter Butter mada equal ta the
f . . heat Jane pred act. Increase* product • per cant. Improves
WB* sal qnallty at least 80 par cant. Kedncaa labor of akarnlng am
half. Prerenta Batter becoming rancid. Improves market
ifppji value tto 6 cent* a pound. Guaranteed free from all injartami
ingredients. Gives a alee Goldea Color the year rood. M
it Mats' worth will prodaea $B.OO In Increase af prodnet and
market value. Can yea make a batter tnveetmcmt! Beware
of Imitation*. Genu two sold only In boxes with trado
mark of dairymaid, together with words "GILT-EDO*
x Butter Maker " printed on each paokage. Powder aold
by Grocer* and General Store-keeper*. Aak your dealer tor
oar book M Hints to Butter-Maker*," or aend stamp to BO
tor alaa, X lb., at Bft cents; Large sUe. %H *e
tLOO. Great saving by baying the larger also 0
BUTTEB IMPROVEMENT CO, PrtF
M*kr igWrnaU |i^
For Sunday Schools I
For Temperance I
TIME BEST DEW BOOK* t
Temperance Jewels, 5/;"'. V 2
Ilolfiiiaii.has every qtmiiß-ati n to be a stnndsrd
temp runre B<>ng Ho, k Choice htmn* and songs,
and music in exc< llent taste, are foun I throughout.
There aie nearly a bund ad songs. Specimen copies
m.lled or 3ft cte. #3.01) per dozen.
(The oder •nd lnrrer b ok, Hall's Tfnpe
raise* ill** Book. (40 eta. J retains i.s great fp
Uiarity. ).
Wbile Bob** I Tha purest, White Bo bos ;
sweetest and beat
* Kobe*l or Sunday Vl'bit* Bob**!
School Song Books.
Wblt* Bob**! Mailed Whit* Bobcat
forSU cents.
White Bob**! #3.00 per dot Wblt* Bobeel
Temperance Light, k
I perfect -'electric" light f r radian-a u..d beauty,
lias 32 of tha very beat song, by J7 of the v ry nest
*uth-n, ai.d sells for #lO per hundred. Mailed fur
12 cents.
(New High School S -ng Book, THE WELCOME
CLioiiUS,is nearly through tha ptass.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston,
J. E. DfTSOM. A CO ,
im Cheat*at Ntr*t. Philadelphia.
S " '
a
UM£D WIIH WMQMXICTING
1 4 RETAIN fife HEAT LONCCfcp,
L v
m 4JROH BOTRWAYsjp Jg|
SAPONTFTER
la the OH Reliable Ooneentrated Lva for FAMILY
SOAP MAMSO. Directions acoomnany each ens
6r makius Hard, Aa and Tailed Maap gmiexly,
is tall weight sn<i str ngth.
▲HK FOR HAPONIFIBB,
▲ND TAKK NO OTHER.
PIN BP A SALT HANVre IW_ PHILAD'A
Tntprr^tandßeanrdSoTwMSfc
AcolmbtnatioQ of Hops, Buohu, Man*
drakleaud Dandelion, with ail tuabeat and
mostclun Uveproperties of all other Bitters,
make\tbe greatest Blood Purifier, Liver
Rog u l\a tor, w>d Life and Health Baetorbq
Agent onWHHRHHI earth.
No disease possibly long exist where Hop
Bitters are varied and perfect are thair
operationa^HE
Thay give aewllwettivlfortaihmedaadlafla.
To all whose %mpiqy menu cause Irregulari
ty of the bowelsor% urinary organs, or who re
quire an ii (n n Tfi"'* and mild BtlmnhaL
Hop Bitters are Without ilttOJt*
icating. aniL
No matter what your feVcUngs or symptoms
are what the disease or .ilVnsci is use Hop Bat
ten. Don't wait until you ■%>* siclr but if you
only foci bad or mucrable,M oa *t.Mtn at once-
It tnxy aava yourlife.lt hasl® **ed hundreds.
#5OO will be paid for a raise they will not
euro or help. Do not suilerM 01 kt your friend,
sutler.but use and urge Hop B
Remember, Hop Bitters Is drugged
drunken nostrum, but the B d Best
Medicine ever made ; the UTtuniiWt IMB
and HOPS" and no person Or *■
should be without them. ■MNBsiiiHiA dCBB
O.I.O.l an absolute and Irresistible cure 1
for Drunkenness, use of ottiam, tobaooo and 1 |VH
narcotica All sold by drugrista Send £ L tH
for Circular. Bep Bitten Big. J Bjfl
P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
ICTORIAL
HISTORY-raWORLD
Embracing fu 1 a d a ihentic accounts of every
nation o< ancient and m--dern times, aud ii.eluding a
history of ih rise and fall of th Gr*ek and K man
hmplraa, th* m -.dl- ages, th<- rru-aries. the feudal
systrm, th* reformat on, the discovery and seitia
ment of the i ew W-.ild. rte.,*tc.
It eoutaiii*A7S fine his r on! enfravlßgs, and k
t em* c mpiete History of thaw rid a ar pub
lished. 8- nd tor specimen pages and extra t ma ta
gents. Address
NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.. Philadelphia, Pa.
PEXNBYLYANI A MILITARY ACADEMY, Chaa
tar. Pa., re-opeus Januart 7. Civil augiaeerlng.
Chain, stry, Claeeics and hnslish. Degrees con'erred
Col. THAU. HTAIT. Pre,.