Mother Robin Cull* a New Mate.
A friend of -i iue baa a robin's nest
that be guards with very great ''are,
and about which he tells a story to all
i he young and old people who call upon
him.
" There is a romance," ho says, as he
shows you the nest, "about this, and If
you want to hear it, l will tell it to
you."
"It was a good many years ago," my
friend begins, "that this nest was made.
There came one morning early In April
two robins to tue big fir-tree in front
of my window. Ouo ol theui had, as
sure as you live, a club-foot, and he
hobi'led a out upon it iu a very lively
manner, and I know tiiat it was this
one—Mr Rubin, 1 call aim—that fixed
upon the precise place for the neat.
For he whetted his bill upon a bough
a great many times, and then he dancod
upon it with one foot and the other, a
though trying its strength, and at last
he flew up to Mrs Rjbiu, who was
standing on the limbabo\e looking at
him. My windov was open, and 1
heard him peeping the gentlest little
song toher thatyoucan imagine. Then
she Jumped down upou tiie limb, rub
bed i er bill upon it, and danced, while
he looked at her, and after she had
done these things she sang the llt.le
melody. Alter that they flew away
with great speed, and the next that 1
saw of them they were working with
might and main, bringing twigs, moss,
twine, and *ll sorts of things, until ai
last they bad the nest tna '6.
Now my friend, when he g ts so far
In his story, always stops a uiomerf
and laughs, thoughyou cannot see an.' „
thiugto laug.i at. But he looks closely at
you, and just as soou as he observes the
surprise that your eyes snow, he says :
ought to say right here that my
mother had a very choice piece of lace,
a collar or something of that sorr, ttiat
was washed and put out upon a little
bush that very day that Mr aud Mrg
Robin decided to build the nest in the
fir-tree. A great fuss was made that
eveuing because the lace collar could
not be found, and mother wanted the
police called, so that the thief might be
arrested aud the collar got back, for
that collar was worth, I have heard, a
great many dollars. But the police
never found the thb f.
"Now I will go on with my story,
always continues my trlend, and he
generally takes the nest in his hauds
at this time. "Well, after this nest—
this is the very one I hold in my hand
—was built, you never saw a more a*-
ten:ive lover thau this Mr Robin. lie
would hop about with his club-loot,
and seem to put his eye right upon an
angle worm's cave every time he flew
down to the ground, and you might
see him from early morning to suuset
flying back and forth with hi 6 mouth
full of good things for Mrs Robin, and
he would feed her as she sat upon the
nesi.
"One day he seemed specially excited
and happy; you could hear hiui sing
ing in the trees more loudly than be
fore, and I could see from my window
the cause of his joy. Four yellow
mouths were put up to receive the
dainties he had brought, and then 1
knew the little robins had come. Wei J,
old Mr Robin was so excited that he
did not see our cat stealthily coming,
as he was pulling away at a very long
angle-worm. Pussy had him in her
mouth before he could give a warning
cry, and the last I saw of Mr Kobl.i
was the club foot that hung out of
puss's mouth.
"By and by Mrs Robin seemed to get
hungry, and I heard her uttering two
strange notes that I nad never heard
before, and which seemed to me to
sound just as though she was saying,
'Come here! come here!' Of course
that was not what she said, but I have
no doubt that the notes meant just]that,
and that every robin that ml JUC have
heard thjem would have understood
them as a call for help. But no robin
came. It rained all that day, and poor
Mrs Robin kept up that cry, and
her young ones continually thrust
bills from beneath her body, and open
ed them. I could not help them, 01
course, for little birds would rather
starve than be fed by any one but their
parents
"Now I am coming to the strangest
part of my story," my friend always
says when he reaches this point. "The
next morning WHS clear, and I happen
ed to be up early. Oid Mrs Rjbi.r had
begun her plaintive call. Suddenly I
saw a great many robins—not less than
20,1 should say—that had come together
from some place, and rested upon the
branches of a great elm-tree, Of a 1
the noises I ever heard from birds,
those that these robins made were the
strangest. At last they wore quiet,
and two of them flew off to the fir-tree
and cautiously made their way to t.ie
nest. Mrs Robin looked at them, ami
s ing a little trill. One of the visitors,
with much shaking of the head, san*
something in reply, and then the other
one did the same thing. Mri Robin
repeated her trill, and then she hoppi d
up to the branch above, and sang
auotber note or two, and the smaller oi
the two robina took his place beside her.
Then the other robin flew away to hi?
cjmpanions, and after singing a little*
they all went off together.
"When I lcoied back to the nest,Mr?
Robin sat there perfectly quiet, and,
not more than a minute after, the new
Mr Robin brought a worm, and he was
from that time until the little ones got
their feathers and flew oft', as kind and
attentive to Mrs Robin as had been poor
old club-footed Mr
"Now isn't this a pretty love story ?"
my friend inquires, and of oourse you
say it is, and then ask him why he
laughed, and what his mother's lace
collar had to do with it, and he wLI
anwser you i i this way
"Look in the uest. See what lies on
the bottom, where the little robim
netlel. I got the nest after they all
flaw away together, and thcie In the
bottom was my mother's lace collar,
not good to wear any longer, so I havi
let it stay there ever slnoe. Do you
auppose jouug robins ever had such a
voitly bed?"
FARM AND GARDEN.
PROFIT IN HOGS.—LI raising hogs,
In other departments of live stoek hus
bandry, the interest of the farmer is to
get the most money for his care, labor
and feed, it has been shown repeat
edly by experiments that wili-bred
Berkshire* aud Poland-China swine
will, under favorable circumstances,
produce twelve pounds of pork lor a
bushel of corn. These instances may
not be very numerous, but they show
what can be done and done without
much diftleulty. From a list of ex
perimeuts in feeding swine made in
several States, the lowest average was
five and three-quarter pounds ot pork
to a bushel of corn fed on the ground,
and the highest an average of twenty
pounds, made by feeding a pair of pig
green corn in the ear. From thirteen
experiments made, tlie average lor
every bushel of corn was 10 pounds ol
pjrk. With a gotd bried of swine
properly cared for, live and sixteenths
pounds of corn ought so produce one
pound of pork. This is a bettei average
t an is generally obtained, but it lsho.h
possible and practicable. Instead ol
six pounds to the bushel—which is a
fair estimate with inferior animals to
consume the grain—the farmer onghi
not to be content with less than ten
pounds. It Is not difficult to calculate
what one is doing iu feeding corn to
hogs lu the way of returns. If one
bushel i f corn represents ten pounds of
pork, and the price of pork is $3 per
Hundred, the farmer is receiving 3y
cents per bushel lor his corn, and it
pork is $4 per hundred he Is getting 40
cents for com.
CENTRIFUGAL MILK TESTER. — A
wheel of any convenient size is mount
ed upright and counected with some
device lor giving it a high rotary speed
by hand-power. On this wheel Is se
cured two or more radical bars, and on
them, at opposite sides of the wheel
near the edge, are fastened small test
tubes, closed at one end, or small glass
vials with the corked ends toward the
rim of the wheel will answer. This
may be fastened to the wheel by spring
clamps, or by wires, or In anv other
convenient manner. The milk to be
tested is poured into these vials placed
on opposite sides of the wheel, and the
wheel is then turned at a high speed
for about two minutes. On stopping
the wheel and taking tiie vials oil, the
milk will be found separated into its
constituent parts water, butter,
casein, etr. Pure and normal milk will
separate into its various constituents
in a certain tixed proportion, and will
give a scale or standard lor comparing
ether milks tested In the same manner.
If adulterated with water, the milk
when thus divided, will show the ex
act proportion ot water added by com
parison with the normal standard. It
will be observed tnat the apparatus is
equally useful in testing oils, honey,
lard and other liquids liable to adulter
ation.
WOOD ashes will decompose bones.
Expose to the weather a barrel tilled
with alternate three-Inch layers ot
broken bones and ashes for several
months, when, on examination, the
bones will be found to be reduced to a
jelly-like substance, forming pi osphate
of potash, one of the most powennl as
well as lasting fertilizing materials
known, and one which, when exposed
to the sun for a few days, may be easily
reduced to powder, the very best con
dition for applying to the land. Do
not hurry the operation, but save all
the bones and let time and worn! ashes
convert them into a rich manure.
MAKKEIIXO FRUlT. —Provide all the
appliances oi quick and proper market
ing before the iruit is ready. So much
depends upon the appearance of the
fruit at the market, that neatness and
care in so packing it that it will show
at its best will pay. Caution should be
given to the pickers that no overripe
irult is to be put into the baskets or
crates, if the distance to market is
considerable the fruit should be in a
less mature state than when the market
is but a shott distance away. Watcti
the market.
His favorite Si ale.
A Eureka teamster is noted for the
affection that he betrays for one of the
mules in his outfit, the most obstinate
and mangy looking animal in the
string, and his fondness for "Nancy,"
as he calls her, has passed into a pro
verb. Upon being rallied upon this
peculiarity by a chum, he discoursed
as follows : "I used to have a sweet
heart back in Injtany that I was awful
gone on, and this yere cussed mule has
so many pints in common that my
heart just yearns over her. She was
as likely a gal as ever run barefooted
in a cornfield, but she was too cussed,
obstinate to enjoy good health. You
never knew just how to take her.
She'd look you right suillin in the eye,
aud you'd think thar were more sugar
in her nor in a New Orleans merlasses
hogshead, but if you laid yer hands on
her onexpected like, she'd kick the
breeching all to p ; ecrs in less than a
minute. I reckon she's cost me nigh
onto $5OO for harness, saying nothing
about a doctor's bill for a broken leg ;
but you get into a place whar the mud's
deep, and the rest of the team kerfium
mexed, and call onto her for assistance
and hang my eyes if she won't pull
herself clear out of her hide to help you
out of your trouble. That were the
very way with Nancy. The summer
Tore 1 emigrated I were mighty sick
with the a-jer, and got tl e m lk fever
on top of that, and I were pretty nearly
ready to cross over Jordan, but she
nussed me, helped her ole dad all day,
and sat up with me nights until s e
were a sliadder, but she pulled me
through, aud then she advised me to
emigrate to Californy. I hated to go
away; it was like persuading a hungry
hosstoleavea pail of oats; but thar
war no use, she were bound to hev her
way, and I came. That war fifteen
year ago, and I hadn't been in the
country a month 'fore I got news ol
ter dying. Poor gal! She overdone
berscl' takin' care of my worthless
carcass, and I never seen no wonjan
since that time that were worth shucks
compared to her. His eyes were moist
as he closed his; fl *ctir g reminiscences,
and if any of our readers notice a
mouse-colored lead mule that can kick
i fly off her companion's ear with un
failing accuracy, or out-pull any pair
in the team, they will know that the
romance of the driver's life is centered
in that animal, and respect the tender
memories that cause him to bestow
upon her the affection that was once
the sole property of the departed
"Nancy."
THE HOUSEHOLD.
CHICKEN POPPING.—Cut up t "ondor
fowl Into small pieces and bol! olowly
one-half hour. Season w h pepper
and salt, rut the pieces ln< • a dish to
cool, and set the liquor asidi for gravy.
Make a batter of a quart of milk, three
cups of sifted flour, two t&blespooufuls
of melted butter, four woll-heateii
eggs,two tea-pooufu sf baking-powder
and a little salt. Put a layer ot chicken
into the bottom of a baking-dish, pour
a cupful of butter over it, then another
layer of chicken ami butler until full.
Uave batter for the upper crust, Unite
in a moderate oven lor about an hour.
Skim the gravy saved, boil down, thick
en, season, add a litt'e cnopped parsley
and pass with the pudding,
Advrtl*tng Cheats.
It has become so common to write
the beginning of an elegant, interest
ing article aud then run it into some
advertisement that we avoid all such
cheats and simply call attention to the
merits of Hop Bitters in as plain, hunt si
terms as pussibie, to induce people to
give them one trial, as no one who
knows their value will ever use any
thing else.— Providence Advertiser.
CRANBERRY ICE C REAM.— Stew a pint
of cranberries in a very little water,
add a teaeupful of grauulatek sugar,
and strain througn a .sieve. 'Take one
pint of sweet cream, one quart of ral # tk.
and boil with one small cupful of
sugar. Add to the cranberry Juice the
beaten whites of tliree eggs, and Un
beaten volks to the boiling cream and
mi k. Let lite cream cool, and just be
fore it is to be frozen, stir in the cran
berry juice and the juice of one lemon,
adding enough sugar to make it to
suit the taste. The superfluous
sweetness Is extracted by tho process
of freezing.
A GENTLEMAN gives the following
advice iu relation to dogs: "If you
enter a lot where there is a vicious
dog, be careful to remove you hat or
cap as the animal approaches you, hod
the same down by your side, between
yourself and the dog. When you have
done this you have secured perfect im
munity trout an attack. The dog wnl
not attack you if tills advice is followed.
Such is my faith in this policy that 1
will pay ail doctor bills from dog hite,
and funeral expenses for deaths from
hydrophobia."
THE ladles will llnd Dobbins' Elec
tric Soap, (made my Crag in fc Co ,
Philadelphia.) the best ol all soaps for
general washing, from blankets to
laces. It Is pure, uniform, saves tinio
and clothes. Try it.
CELERY CREAM SSOCF. — l'o make
celery creaui soup, boil a small cup ot
rice in three pints of milk until it will
pass through a sieve; grate the white
part of rwo heads of celery (three, it
small,) ou a bread-grater; add this to
the rice milk after it has been straiued ;
put to it one quart of s rmg white
so k; let it boil until the celery Is per
fectly tender; scan n with salt and
cayenne, and serve; it cream is obtain
able, substitute one pint of it lor the
same quantity of milk.
To BOIL BEEF. —Corned beef requires
Ave or six Lours of boiling to be g'od ;
if too salt, pour oil' the water auer it
has boiled half an hour, and put on
fresh, hot water. Fresh beef requires
about ihe same amount of boiling; let
the water boil out alter it lias become
quite tender, and li there !s not much
tat on it, put in a piece of butter, set
the kettle on the top of the stove, auu
let it dry down," turning it occasion
ally. To be nice the tnca' should be
b ited so that it lalls tpb-evs; gi avy
may be made of the sediment t adding
water and a little flour.
THE Baby's cries are its only method
of Jetting yon know that it suffers and
needs Dr. Bull's Btby Syrup, l'rhe
25 ceuts a bottle.
ORANGE CAKE Take 2 cups sugar,
1-2 cup butter, 1-2 cup water. 2 cups
tiour, yolks ot 5 eggs, whites of 4 beat
en separately, and 3 teaspoonsfcl bak
ing powder. For the other .ayer, take
the juice and grated peel of one orange,
the white of one egg and sugar < n >"gh
to make it stiff. Put together like
jelly eakc. For the recipe of this de
licious cake we are Indebted to a lauy
in Wes field, Chautauqua County,
where good housekeepers prevail.
RAISED MILTON M UFFINS. —One quart
mUk. a liitle salt, two spoonfuls yeast,
two eggs, piece of butter size of an
egg melted in the milk, which must be
w armed; make in tho morning and
:*aise until night, or viav erna; eggs to
bo put in just before cooking; flour,
bake in rings in a spider over a slow
fire; split and butter lie fore sending to
table.
BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING. —But-
ter the bottom of your pudding-dish
and stew with currants; then a layer
of bread, cut very thin and buttered;
repeat until the ilish is nearly full;
make a custard of one quart of milk,
two eggs, seasoned with vanilla and
salt; pour on the bread, and let it stand
one hour, and bake.
SWEEP carpets gently. Even a rag
carpet should be treated with consider
ation. A severe digging with a broom
wears the warp and scrapes out the
lint of the rags quite needlessly.
VEGRTINK is acknowledged by all
classes of people to lie the best ami most
reliable blood purifier in the world.
To keep dried beef: Do up in thick
brown paper each piece separate; take
a box, put in a layer of dry ashes, then
a layer of beef, then alternate; cover
the top with dry ashes; set in a cool,
dry place.
CHARCOAL powder Is good for polish
ing knives without destroying the
blades. It is also a good tooth powder
when finely pulverized.
To roast meat properly, the air must
have free access to it. This is the rea
son why meat roasted before an open
fire is more palatable th in that roasted
(bakod) in a r'o* .
THE e rthly MUUIU TU uld never be
washed from potatoes, carrots or other
roots until immediately before they aie
to be cooked.
COLD boiled potatoes used RS soap
will clean ttie hands and keep the skin
gift and healthy. Those not over
boiled are the best.
PARSLEY eaten with vinegar will re
nt ve the unpleasant effects of eat ng
uuions.
Catarrh Sometimes
commences with a cold, but its cure
always commences with the use of Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This old, reliable, and
well-known remedy has stood the test
of years, and was never more popular
than now.
HUMOROUS.
A MAN In Lehigh founty was scolding
his children, the hired girl, the neigh
bors, and his (leg, when his wife inter
posed a mild word. He opened his
mouth for an angry reply, but a spasm
contracted his cheek, Ms lowe'* jaw
tell, anil he WAS unable to answer a
word. The effort to paralyza his wife
with a stinging reply dislocate l his
juw-boue. 1\ 8 -We have got this
wrong. It WAS the woman who was
dislocated. We might have known it.
A man may come home out of humor
and j iw and Jtw and jiw until the cat
deserts th* premises, the plAstcr falls
off the walls, and the roof Hies off the
house, without dislocating his jaw
bone.
A PKNNSYI.V ANIAN has applied for a
pension because no lias the "rcrolula,"
which, lie says, he "inherited" in the
army, lie will probably get a pension,
while tlie man who crippled him-ell
lor life in orilei Co escape the draft may
starve to death for all Hie government
cares. And the lUHII who "inherited"
a love for whisky in the army, and
now has the delirium tremens every
week or two—lsn't Ills suffering family
entitled to a pension ?
DANIEL WEBSTER was onoe dining
with a snobbish Bostonian, who had
the ill manners to boast of the quality,
age and cost of his wine, lie even
went into a computation of the lntere t
011 the costtiiat Had accrued since the
purchase of the wine. Webster listen
ed courteously, ami when ttie compu
tation was euded, lie held 011 his glass
to his host and quiety remarked : "Let
us stop that accumulation ot interest."
A Losing Joke.
A prominent physician of Pittsburgh
said Jokingly to a lac y patient who was
complaining of her continued 111
health, and of his inability to cure Iter,
"try Hop Bitters!" The lady took it
In earnest and used the Bitters, from
which she obtained permanent health.
She now laughs at the doctor for his
Joke, but lie is not so well pleasevl with
it, us it cost him a good patient.—Har
ris burg Patriot.
JONES pronounced the following, the
other evening, after sipping of hit
alleged tea: "Why is this drink like
milk?" Ot course nobody could guess
and after he had divulged bv saying it
wa a lack tea-al fluid, nobody dared to
siuile. They know tha; thu landlady'*
eyes were upon tlieni.
TEACHER —"What is a score?" l'upll
—"A ba-e ball record." Teacher —
"No; uo; what i mean is, how much
a score signify numerically ; what idea
does It give you? That is to suy, if I
were to tell you I had a score of horses,
what would you think?" Pupil—
"Please, marm, I should think you was
SlliHlu'."
"WEIL I'm glad my house-cleaning
is over," said Mrs. Brown witla-a sigh
of thankfulness. "It must be a relief,"
observed Mrs. buiith, who was calling.
"But then, how soon you will uecd to
go through it all again." If she hadn't
looked around in a critical manner air
would have been well. That call wilt
never be returned.
AVOID using those remedies contain
ing Opium, Morphia, etc: but when
tlie Baby is sick use Dr. Bull's Baby
Syrup—perfectly safe and always re
liable. Price only 25 cents a bottle.
SOME of the new clocks on the Place
do I'Opera, instead ot one lace ouly.
h .ve three. "Why three?" Madame
Gulbollard asked her husband. Re
sponded Guibotlaid: "it is in case
three people should be parsing at the
same moment. Each could see what
time it was."
THE busy bee is held up as an exam
ple of industry to boys, yet what a
terrible example he is. Ii boys were
like bees you couldn't stick your nose
into a school room without gctiir.g it
thumped.
PRETENTIOUS boy,determined to find
some point ot difference between tnui
>ell and the inferior beings who live in
the same street: "Yah! I'm color
blii d, I um ! For all I know, your hair
is green and your eyes are pink."
M. MIBS:ONIER, theg ea: French ar
litt. "paluia very slowly." The same
may be said of a house-painter work
ing by the day. but this doesn't make
him a great artist.
A CLOSE observer of human nature
remarks that a boy who won't take us
big a bile as lie can from another boy's
apple is disguising his real leeiings
anu should be narrowly watched.
CLASS in Roman history : Professor
—"What important personage was con
fined on the island Of St. Helena? Mr.
ll.—"Robinson Crusoe."
THERE ought to be a lightning-rod
invented that would ward tiff a dona
tion party.
CARBOLINE, a deodorized extract of
petroleum, cures baldness. This is a
positive fact, attested by thousands. No
other hair preparation in the world will
really do this. Besides, as now im
proved it is a dclightlul dressing.
IT only takes a popular song three
weeks to get twenty years old in this
country.
A \VA(J got hold oi an editor's whiskey
bottle and labelled it, "To be continued
in our necks."
IK the grave robbers keep at their
work Garbrlel will blow his horn lu
vain.
No Irishman ha 9 a sinking heart so
long as there Is a bit ol Cork in him.
WHISKEY is about the only enemy
man has succeeded in really loving.
THE only people who really enjoy
bad health are the doctors.
EVERY fflog has his day, but the
nights belong to the cats.
PARTRIDGES are among the things
that whirr.
MEN whose business is looking up—
Astronomers.
A MANAGER is not known by the com
pany he keeps.
STRAPPING fellow The school
master.
YOC MAY ESCAPE all danger trrm attacks of
Dlarihce ■, Dyv nierv. or Cholera Morbus, by a
little lorethi ught, in providing yourself With
Dr. Jay ne's Carminative Balsam— an old remedy
and entirely sale.
HORSE NOTES.—"For Colic and
Grubs in my mules and horses I give
them about half a bottle of the liquid—
Simmons' Liver Regulator—at a ritne.
I havo not lost one that I gave it to.
You can recommend Ittoevery one that
lias stock as being the best medicine
known for all complaints that horse
llesli is heir to. K. T. TAYLOR.
" Agent for Grangers of Georgia."
"My mode of using Simmons' Liver
Regulator for horses is as follows: G..e
teaspoonful of the powder, Simmons'
Liver Regulator, in a mash three times
a week. For Cough, Hide Bound or
Pneumonia it will bo found Invaluable
in such complaints as above named. In
using it with my chickens for Cholera
1 take a package of the Regulator, tnix
it with the dough and feed it to tlieiu
once a day. By this treatment I have
never lost from Chicken Cholera or
Gapes a single chicken in the lust live
years.
" T. G. BACON. Edgefield, 8. C."
Lo LULLED.
"Those little insects that sit up aloft
in tree tops 011 hot summer days, and
make that Infernal din, remind me of
the nation's ward—the Indian,"
thoughtfully remarked Boggs as he
settled bin.self baek in his red chair
on the stoop, and, contemplatively
watched Brown's boy next door wet
down passers by with the law n sprink
ler.
"Of the Indians? Why, Jeremiah,
what do you mean ?" queried Mrs. B.
"I see 110 comparison."
"Well, that's because you never
studied grammar," replied Boggs va
cantly, without oueo taking li is eyes
from the stream of water, which just
then struck a young man faultlessly
arrayed, full in the center of his cir
cumference. "Now there is an appli
cation there that would do justice to a
mustard plrs er. Let's see." (-otto
voice. )"I was thinking of that infernal
din," "Yes—well, now, my dear, fol
low me: The difference between tbo
author of that noise and the remark of
the finisher of the nation's ward is very
slight; one is a simple locust, while the
01 her is a compound Lo cussed. Bee?'
But Mrs. B. was too mad to see. and
flounced otf just too soon to hear BoggD
quiet chuckle, and just too late to save
the milk on the third shelf of the pan
try, which the cat was interviewing,
and which Mrs, B.'s sudden appear
ance nearly paralyzed with fear.
Carbon is the name given to the pur
par', d charcoal. I* Is present in al"
most all combustible bodies and is it
self completely combustible. Carbon
Is not decomposable, an 1 therefore
ranks roong the chemical ele
ments.
The i)\etho<i adopted in Germany for
preventing the slipping and fulling ot
tic rse? on the public road Is as unique as
it is simple. The smith, when finish
ing the shoe punches a hole in two
ends; as soon as the shoe is made he
taps in a screw thread and screws into
the shoe, when on the horse's eet, a
-harp-pointed stud an inch in length.
With shoes thus fitted the horse can
travel securely over the worst possible
road. When the horse comes to the
stable the pointed stud Is unscrewed
and a bottom screwed in ; no damage
c at then happen to the horse, and li e
s rcw holes are thus prevented from
tilling up.
A MUSICIAN was once seeing the sights
at Donny brook lair, when he was at
tracted by the sound of a very loud vio
lin in a tent. He entered and said to
the player, "My good friend, do you
play by note?" Never a note, sir."
"I>o you play by ear?" "Never an
ear, your honor." "How do you play,
then?" "By main strength, be ja
bers!"
"MY boys and girls are growing so
fast, 1 don't know what to do with
them !" said a mother to her batchtlor
brother. ''Dear mt* 1 he exclaimed.
"What! becoming fist, while still so
young! *\las! for the future of our
country !" and he went out, leaving
the mother in a sad state of mystifica
tion.
PRIDE and poverty usually reside In
the same house.
▲ A'trade.
Anthony Atwocxl, retired minister of the
M. E. Chinch 809 Nonh Seventeenth street,
Philadelphia Pa . : "Hunt's K*me>dy has
cured my wife of Dropsy ic its worst form.
All hope bad left us for months. All say that
it is a m.race. Water had dropped from her
ri ht limb for months. hours had
taken ad the eitra water from her system.
All other means bad been tried. Noo'e suc
ceeded but Hunt's Remedy." Trial mze, 75
cents.
A Valuable Gilt Free.
A book on the Liver, its diseases and their
treatment sent free. Including treatises upon
Liver Complauts, Torpid Liver, J&undioe,
biliousness, Headache, Constipation. Dyspep
-ia. Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sauford 162
Broadway, New York city, N. Y.
A CAKO.-TO all who are suffering trom the er
rors andlnularretioim of youth, nervous A- ikisw,
early decay . loss ot manhunt, etc. , I will s<-n>T a Re
cipe that will cure yon. FKKK OF ( BAHOI. This
great remedy W ASDISCOV' red by A missionary in Bomb
America. Send a self addres-eil envel pe to th- Her.
T JOSEPH 1. IN MAN. Station D. New York City.
AN OUNCE of prevention Is worth a pound of
enre. sixteen ounces of prevent on in ea h
b xof Kidney-Wo L Try it. Kidney-Wort ia
the ene.uy of iuoiges<inn and b.honsncsa. It
is sure lo oonquer them. Why not try it ?
GAZETTE.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
Will send their oelebra'ed Electro Yoltale
Belt* to the afflicted upon 80 daya'a taiaL
Speedy cures guaranteed They mean what
they say. Write to them without delay.
THERMOMETERS,
I M'crnscopea, Opera GIAIXM, Eye Qlaeeee,
Spectacles, Barometers, at Greatly Reduced Freest.
K. & J. BECK,
Manufacturing Opticians, Philadelphia. Send 8
stamps for illu-tratod Catalogue of 144 pages, and
mention this paper.
TINUIH he swindled. Before >on buy eny Elactri
lIIN I eel he. T, Battery "r Medical Appliance,
ifUil 1 Address Dr. Dye, Bo* IW9, Boston, Maw
ELGIN WATCHES
IMH \ ALJ All MyWe Gold, Silver and Nickel, 9>
io JFLFR'. CHlns. etc. .sent O. O. D. to
be examined. Write for Catalogue to
T-TANDABD AMERICAN WATCH
CO., Pittsburgh, Pa.
?LPR B* utiful Carls, Gold, Chronip, etc., with
IO iiHine, LLLO.. postpaid. A. L. ILI' feudort Lo.,
ort Plain, N. Y.
C.\NK and UMBRELLA combined. Patetrt for
sale cheap. Addr ss Box 269, R .Chester, N. Y'.
NEW YORK BANKING AND MERCHANDISE
00. Gnaren ee N .eto ten per cent, a mouth
on sums from JL. oto SI 000. Address
176 W A ->ll INGION street, New York.
Those answering: an advertisement wil
confer a favor upon the advertiser and the
publisher by stating that they saw the adver
tlaement In this journal (naming the paper.*
ON t-pleidii I broir oVisitiag CARDS, with rame
<£UIO TS. J kIINKLLIi A CO. .Nassau, N. Y.
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates the whole System*
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARC
Alterative* Tonic* Solvent
and Diuretic*
VAjetins it murtf exclusive!*- from the Juices
t carefully-selected barks, roots and lirhs. and
u strongly concentrated that It will elTe. tuady
radicate from the ay-tern evrrv t .|nt 01 Sera,
tula, ftcrofnlonn II innor,Turaora,
err t'niit-erou* Hmnor, Krytlpelu,
Nail It hen in Nyi>t> llttr lllaaaaea, Can
Iter, P* lnlaws* al Itia stomach. aid all
oiM acs thai a'lMv fr<un lrup' re l<l< od. Krl
al lea. I n fl.tiiiiiin t try a-id liranle Rltwu
ninliMin. Srur l|la, Uoitl and Nplnttl
Complaint*, can uuly be eilcciuatty cured
threugh me blooJ.
For (. leeraand Ernpitww Dlaeaaea of th#
■ Ulu, Fuatulaa. flmplea, Hiolrhea,
Holla, Tetiar. MealdlaraU and Hliif
*rm. VkuETINK Ujl lit vat failed DO aliecc a
pei maoeut cur.:.
For Pains in the Bvk. Kidney Complaints,
Dropsy. Kiina e area-- nesa. Leu oirliaaa, arising
'roin Internal ulceration, and uitrtue diseases
andticDaial DeoHlly. VKtiKTINE acts directly
upon Uim caus*-f of tlieae complaints. It 1 vlgo
i*tes aud strengthen* lite whole H.vHiem, eta
upou ib" s cretlve or ana. ad <ys inflammation
tures ulcerailuu and regu aus ibc bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual OosTiveness,
. alpliailoh of tie Heart. Headache. Piles, Nerv
trusties-* and General Pros radon of lha Nervous
fystem. no med.clue has ever gMeo such per.
reel s •tsraiTioti as ha VEuKTINK. It puaOes
the Mood, cleausea all oi tcs organs, and po>
•eases a coul.oiuug tower over the nervous
System.
The remarkab'e cures effected by Veget ns
have In need many physl litis and ap itneca
rlea wnom we kn <w, to prescribe and use it la
their own faint lea.
in fact, Vegetlne Is fhe best remedy yet flls*
covered for tli- ab ve dl cases, and la the only
reliable hLOOD PUUIKIKK yet placed beiors
he public.
Vegetinc.
PREPARED BY
11. EL. NTCVKMN. Boston, Hass.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
ErThe Only Medicine H
That Arts at the Same Time OB
H Tbi Liver, the Bowels and the Kidneys. T
□ These great organs are the natural cleans- pa
H era of the system. If they work well, health fl
If will be perfect; If they become clogged, E<|
1 dreadful diseases are sore to follow with n
Y TERRIBLE SUFFERING. M
H Blllonsness, Ueadaehe, Dyspepaia, Jinn- ||
M dice. Constipation and Piles, or Kid
-11 Bey Complaint*, fJnivel, Diabetes,
KJ or Rheumatic Pains and Aches,
■■ sre developed because the blood |e poisoned
Q with, the humors Oiat should have been
M KIDVEY-WORT
II will restore the healthy action andalltbeae
BE destroying evils will be banished ; neglect
RE th-rti and yon will live but to eufTrr.
L? Thousands have been cured. Try ltend yon
Q will add one more to tije nmnUcr. Take It
■| and health wllloncemorogladdenyonrhcart.
fl Why Qmfrr leeeer free, the teraant sf s SrMaa hAI
I 84/ b*ar *wc dlelrws fr* tesMl(alia sag Hlrnt
U Kn>irxT-tVoBT will cure you. Try a pack
p| age at once and be satie&ca.
It it a dry vegetable compound and
H One Package males six quart* of Medicine, raj
If }'our iPruggUt hot ft, or wdH yet U for B1
II you. Insist npan having it. TYice,
|| V2LIB, EI3Li2SSO3 A CO., |i
uIO (Wtu **B-i po*t |wkL) Borlfngtoa, Ti. H
Sv If von sre a yoo aie ■
V of f.Ufcinccs,v,-ak-YKSf man of let
eced by the strain of Wf tcrntodingovernild IB
your dutioe avoid VtS night work, to res ■
stimulant* and use fu twre brain r.ervesno ■
Hop Bitter. |j Hop B.
If von are young and B suffering frcm any In- I
•liscivtion or dl*si|>a ■ tlen ; if v<u an-insr H
iTed or stnglo old or II young, snflertng fiooi H
poorbeaUh or ianguLsli|B ir.g on a bed of sick |fl
nesE, r*l) on HopH Bitters.
Wboc-ror ;oui. ,r9fk TUpassndf die an- ■
whenever yon feel ffTfl nnally fr o m some ■
that your ys:cm JjEy fwm of Xldney W
ni>cds tW*nidng.toa-fjßVcitoea#e that m?.ps-t H
lng or rtiniulaticg, W ~ Have been pre* out, d V 3,
withoutoitorir xting, wK , A by a timely ui.- of B
iT'tt *L° P Hopßitters H
peprna, tul O. I* C.
SH rr r ri §
HOP I
u 1 iiso o. opium, fl
Ton wl 11 be .< niTTrnnß toi> eco, or fl
cured If TOU use JJJ , y j I Hl' ■ ajj-totica.
Hop Bitters I K fKA Q
Ifyoaares'ra- 3"* LIU* Mdhrdrng |
■ Ply weak end ; giewrn headier ■
I frWwanted, try NIYIR JCireuUr.
■ ttt ft may*;—.. .. I QOP Btrmg I
|w:.v°hS. r |FAIL i I
E saved hun- ix, a*ebetr, B. f. ■
I drcdSe
IF lul HuUU> bJIFKOF&KL
JC_/ \SC sal iad with apscUales. apply t
•orrnapond ts
DR. N. a teRAT, omietaa,
W N. TWKUrTH itresL
rhil&dslp.iia. ra.
UOSHT%
fefcw w STOMACH
ITTER S
AppMltc, refr'nhln ilwp. the craafcttfna of flock
and o dor, ere bloHsina* atte ritntupoi the repara
tive pr > too- wh rb tnla prlc< !*• >nyi*.i ai.t ci-eed-
MT initial M and carrim t a aueceeeriil copolualan.
D K-o'i in 1* roat .r-d and unit-nance afford*' tt
• eh llte-MMitaluliig orcn br be Biit.ru w Mob la
iD'iff<4ii'* "<'•l to ihe fvmi In* palate. tabla la
eon position nod h >r -imply fa. . „
For calc by all Drnit*i> and Pcalcra f eneralljr.
SThh powder make* 44 Gilt-Edge" Batter th* year roond. Cam
mon-sease and the Science of Chemistry applied to Butter
making. July, Angnst and Winter Batter mad* eooal to the
best Jane prod net- Increases prod act 6 per cent, Improves
quality at least 20 per cent. Bedoces labor of chanlng soe
half. Prevent* Batter becoming rancid. Improve* market
value 4to S cento a pound. Guaranteed free from all Injmrlem
Ingredient*. Glees a nice Golden Color the year ronnd. 26
cento' worth will prodnce $3.00 In Increase of product aad
market raise. Ban yon make a better investment! Beware
of imitations. Genuine sold only In boxea with trade-
IR ark of dairymaid, together with words "Gilt-Edgs
Butter Maker" printed on each package. Powder sold
by Grocer* and General Store-keeper*. Aek your dealer for
otrr book " Hints to Butter-Makers," or send stamp to aa
for it. Small site, X ft., at 25 cento; Large site. ft a*
41.00 i Great taring by baying the larger site,
f Address, BUTTER IMPROVEMENT CO.. Prop**,
rn* r- 1 -" >i Borraio. w.
KIDNEY DISEASES, c °""pilS^
are quickly and surely cored b7 the ose of KXDNEY-WORT. irfito now aad wonderful remedy which to
having such on immense aale In all parte of the country, works on natural principles. It restores strength
and tone to the diseased organs, and through them cleanses the tysteii of accumulated and poisonous
humors. Kidney diseceesof thirty years standing have been cured, also :.*iles, Constipation, Rheumatiwa,
tsa., which have distrecacd the victims for years. We have volumes of testimony of its wonderful curative
power. No longer use Alcholic Litters, which do more harm than good, or drastic pills, bat use natures
remedy, KTDNET-WOBT, and health will bo quickly regained. Got It 3f your Druggist, Price, f|,
(TV 111 end post paid.) WELLS, KICHARPbOydcCO., PrwPgßnrbtogten,Vt
THE
Welcome Chorus.
A NEW SONG BOOK FOR
HIGH SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES & SEMINARIES
BY W. g. TILDLN.
Fries $3.00, or s•.#• per Paaas.
A era d good book, of 288 pages, well gtl*4 with
the beet F*rt -eong, a large collection of becred
Music for practi w, and optoiing and < losing exer
ei ea. al-o ih-eiei. ente on a n<-w plan. Specimen
oopiee mailed, poet-free, for $l.OO.
T wjth you to the Seashore or tha Mosntafsa,
one of Jitts-n A Co s splendid vein net at jj aotl
Mnalo. More tuan thuty at* published. Some of
thi-m are |
Arthur ■wlll-vwn'n Taeal Alhmwa gijg
Uemaof Kngllah Sang. M Songs .... a.OO
Urma of Ufrman Kong. 7t Bona. SO#
Nanaiilne oftong. U Songs
o*m of Sfrauuc 80 * alt see, Ac...
4 lii-tler of Clem*. 43 Piece. <
Home Circle Vol. 1. 170 Piece* g <##
__A'ao. take for tha lotnmer THE MUBIOAL
RM UKIt. which will bring new mneia ev< rr weak
$2.00 per year.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.
J. E. DIT.HOK A CO. 1238 Chestnut St.. Pbfla.
I Of*'
liWrSft.
Q Q
itoiiwiwiA
4ilt£llHaWirH>tolKohodCTllG CEMEHpI
Ld MTAIfi THE HEAT IOHCEIOL
I
S-OQIWt BURN THE HAHO> 1
FFO AISON MTHWAYTA M
PClMSEl^e^i
SAPONIFIER
Is the Old Reliable Coaoaatratad Lye for FAMILY
bO\P MAKING Directions accompany anah eon
for maklne Hard, Kofi and Toilet feap itiolr.
It le lull weight nd atr nrth.
UHK FOR BAPONIFIKH,
AND TAKE NO OTHER.
FEIII'A EAA.T gAHirg CO, PHILAR'A
1M
iiuituLii.'s ureal warm temsay
la tb* safest. most agreeable and eff -crnal remedy tn
the world for the core of CATARRH No matte*
'rem what eaee*. or bow long euuding.br giving
STIIRDiVMrS CATARRH REMEDY
a tali and impartial trial, yen will be convinced of
*bf. feet. Tttie m-dicine Is very pleeeant and can
be uken fcy tbe non dellente stomach. Far sale by
all Druggists. and by HOLLOW A Y A CO , <O2 Arab
Itrvet.rbilede pbia.
For 50 Cents,
An addressed enre'o-e and a 8 cent stamp. I will
tend a Ku'S Core tor Neolda nd Rnrna.
Quiokly en eti ap y male. W. H. BLKKCKKat,
13011k Park Aveone. ML Loals, An.
P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE T .
ICTOBIAL
HISTORY™WORLD
Ftribrsdug fo'l and anthentlc aoeennta of every
nation o • aurien.t and*m"dem HDN. and including a
hiet'-t yof tb- rise and fall of th Or— k aad Roman
Kmpirea. tlie tn-ndl-egea, tbe mindee. tbe teodal
system, the reformation, tbe dlacvvcry and net He
me nt of tbe New World, '-to., etc.
It conuln* $7B floe his: rical engravings, and Is
t'-.emoc c-mpletc History of tbe W rid * cr pnb
llehod Btd for specimen pages aad extrat mat*
Agent* Address
NATIONAL PUBLISHING fX>.. Philadelphia. Fa.
MAKE HENS LAY.
An Engl Is Teternary Mnrgnen and Obeys Ist. now
traveling m thi*coantry,aa>c that most of the dors*
and Cattle Powder* bar* arc worthies* track. Ha
•ess ti at eh< riden's Condition Powders are nbeo
lulcly J-ore and immensely valua< la. Nothing on
earth will anaka hens lay like Sheridan's condition
Pcwdars. Poa*. one te*snooa to on pint of feed,
cold everywhere, or sent d? trial- tor eight letter
stamp*. 1. g. JOHNSON A CO., Banger, Ma.
COPY PAD. SKui" IT'tlS
oneeqai) to those ■ -IT I r $2 to |l, lor on* .bird
th* m<>ney), and Iteceipe* for 98 kinds of Ink, ais
eelees,, BUc nts. bv r-turn mail. Address
M. BLEDBOK, P. M., AlvaraAa. Tnxna.
PKNNPYLf ANIA MILITARY ACADEMY.Cbee
ter, Pa.,re open* January 7. <ivll engineering
Chemistry, ClAMiceaud Knll h. Degree*eon erred
Colonel THEU HAITY. Pres.
$ A YE AR and expenses to agents
111 Outfit Free. Address
I I I P. O. VICKEBY. Augusta, Me. .
UNSTfcO STATES
Patent Brokers' and Inventor? 1
ASSOCIATION,
Patent Bights sold at private Sale and by Publta
Auction. *Piten:s ebialued and bearehe. made on
ths Lowest Terras. Oerrwpoudenoe solicited. CI"
•alars seat on appliostl n.
WW. CntWIHAW, Hasager,
MB Arab Mlivet, FMll. bBELPHIA.
AIMIIXfI Horehlne IlwhltCured la 1$
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