Mow the Bullfinch la Taught to Sing.
Boys and girls are not the only little
folks who attend singing classes, 01'
which you shall know when you hear
about the piplug bullfinch, in shape
and size this bullfinch is somewhat like
the sparrow In our city parks, but he
has a very different head. The spar
row, you know, has a trim, quick, little
pate of his own. Not so the bullfinch.
Uis is a clumsy affair—in fact he has a
sort of a "bull" head and neck; so,
you see, he is a well named. Besides,
Uis body is nearly as blacx as a coal,
and his throat is as red as if the coal
were ou Are. lie is not naturally a
singer, nor is he half so clever as our
American mocking-bird, in tact, he
seems rather stupid, but is willing to
learn; aud it so happens that if you
persevere long enough you can teach
aim to sing a tune. The country peo
ple of Germany have found this out.
There the peasants take great delight
in training bullfinches. Their pupils,
being not very bright, as 1 said heiore,
are stupidly hopping about their cages,
when suddenly they hear a tune played
on a violin. They prick up their ears,
—or would do so if they could—and
bogin to listen, quite unconscious that
that very same violin has beeu playiug
that very same tune for about a week
without their noticing it. But it is
something to catch their attention.
Day after day, for months, the patient
teacher goes over aud over again the
same tune to the listening birds, until
human listeners begin to wonder which
will get crazy first, the bullfiuch or
the player. But by and by the birds
begin to pLk up the air, piping the
simple parts at first, and takiug up
note after note until, at last, they
know the whole thing by heart, bome
times a rustic father spends half his
time all winter, teaching one little pa
tient bird, and all the children look on
with the greatest Interest. Or aboy will
undertake the task, and when he at
last succeeds, his sisters look upon him
as the most wonderful fellow in the
world; and they cry in real earnest
when the wonderful boy carries his
pupil to town to be sold; for sold these
bullfinches are sure to be as soon as
they are taught, or else exhibited by
their owners as street singers. Some
times bird teachers are known far and
wide for their skill and successs; and at
Freiburg, in Baden, and small villages
on the outskirts of the Black Forest,
bullfinch training is practiced as a
regular business. In such cases, a
small hurdy-gurdy, or "bird organ,"
is used, as being less difficult and tire
some than the violin; and, instead of
training one bird, they teach the same
tune to a class of ten or a dozen. Gen
erally, the birds are sent to London or
Paris, where, if they have learned
their lessons thoroughly, they are
bought by rich folks, put into beauti
ful cages and treated as pets, whilst
other bullfinches, having trifled away
their school-days and only half learned
their tune, live a vagrant life around
the markets, belonging to nobody, and
picking up their dinner as best they
can.
Greek Fire.
"Greek Are"—or as it is sometimes
called "Saracen fire"—was the most
important war material men had before
the invention of gunpowder. Twice
the city of Constantinople was saved
by the use of It. It is said to have been
invented by a Syrian, who deserting
from the service of the Caliph, reveal
ed his secret to the emperor. The in
gredients, if not also the mode of dart
ing the fire, were kept a secret for up
ward of 400 years,and it is quite uncer
tain row what were actually the com
ponent parts of that which, Joinville
says, "came flying through the air like
a winged long tailed dragon, about
the thickness of a hogshead with tho
report of thunder and the velocity of
lightlning; and the darkness of the
night was dispelled by this deadly illu
mination. It is generally considered,
however, that "the fire" was composed
of naptha, mingled in certain propor
tions, now unknown, with sulphur,
and with pitch obtained from ever
green fir. This mixture ignited and
blown or pumped through long tubes
of copper, which were mounted in the
prows of galleys, and fancifully shape 1
into the form of monsters, produced a
thick smoke with a loud explosion,
and a flame, fierce and obstinate,
which no amount of water could ex
tinguish. When used for the defense
of walls, it was poured in large boilers
from the ramparts, or was hurled on
javelins by means of tow which had
previously been steeped in inflamma
ble material. Against it the bravest
soldiers went In vain; their imagina
tion recoiled from a thing so subtle and
terrible. Horses fled from it in dire
frieght; snips were burnt by it, there
was no way of standing against it. The
Greek emperorß, sensible of the enorm
ous advantage which an offensive wea
pon of such a kind gave them, invested
it with a mysterious history, and ap
pealed to the superstition of their sub
jects for the preservation of the secret
of the manufacture. They eaid that an
angel had revealed the composition of
Greek fire to the Constantine, for the
express purpose of maintaining the
superiority of the empire over the Bar
barians; and that whoever betrayed
the secret to foreigners would inour
not only the penalty of treason and
sacrilege, but the special vengeance oi
the Almighty. In the twelth century,
however we find it used by the Ma
hometans in their wars with the Christ
ians; and from that time it came into
pretty general use, until the invention
of gun-powder put It out of date, and
caused an entire revolution in the art
of war.
EFFERVESCING LEMONADE.— -The juice
of one lemon, one-half pint of cold wa
ter, one dessert spoonful of powdered
sugar, one-half small teaspoonful ot
carbonate of soda. Squeeze the juice
from the lemon, strain and add It into
the water, and sweeten the whole with
the sugar. When well mixed put in
the soda, stir well and drink while
the mixture is In an effervescing state.
FAKM AND GARDEN.
FSKDIXO FOK MILK.— In some cases
of extraordinary yield ithasbeen found
that skim milk has been led to eows in
large quantities, and all the cow had
to do was to aetj as a sort of strainer.
Of late years the use of brewer's grains
has become universal where they could
be obtained, and the result has been an
increased yield, by some claimed to be
ot poor quality, and by others to be
lirst-olass, giving as evldeuce the con
dition of the cows, which geuerally are
in good condition, and in many cases
really fat,—those who claim the latter,
assertiug that cows in a thriving fat
condition must give rich milk. One
of the most prominent producers and
shippers of milk for this market feeds
his cow exclusively on these grains
wiuter and summer, and on a visit a
lew days siuce to his farm, we found
the cattle many of them apparently tit
for the butuher. Corn meal and bran,
in the proportion of equal weight
have been considered one of the best
mixtures while an addition of oil-cake,
either ot tiax or of cotton seed, has, in
the oplniou of many, been amply re
paid by the increased product of but
ter. The general custom of dairy farms
has bieii to depend on grass along dur
ing the summer, but ot late some have
practiced giving a small ration of meal
or bran, and with very good results
both in the yield of milk uud butter,
it is getierully taught that nitrogen
ous food adds to the casein in uillk,and
that carbonaceous compounds increase
the butter product, and the reasoning
seems to be plausible, as cheese eontai us
a large proportion of nitrogeuous mat
ter, while butter is almost entirely a
fatty substance largely composed of
carbon.
CHOOSING POULTRY.— In choosing
poultry never buy a bird that cannot
be cleaused without washing. It ought
to be so cleanly picked and drawu thai a
towel would be sufficient. Buy a chick
en that has white flesh aud pale yellow
fat. In buying tame ducks young ones
are the best, aud If you take hold of the
under part of the bill and can either
bend or break it the duck is young.
Tne breast being hard and thick de
notes that it is fresh aud sweet. No
duck, either wild or tame, is good un
less iat. Tame ducks are served with
apple or cranberry sauce, with currant
jelly, or oranges, aud frequently with
olives stewed iu the gravy about five
iniuute9 before the bird is served.
Wheu geese are young and in gojd
condition their legs are soft,yellow and
rather uowuy ; if the legs are stiff aud
dry they are bad and tainted. Some kinds
of tame birds require to be kept a little,
others ought to be eaten as soon as pos
sible; thus pigeons are best when fresh
and lo*e ail taste and flavor if ihey are
kept; but turkeys require to be hung
up for several days before they are ten
der. This condition again will vary
with the age of the bird, the state of
the weather, etc. But if a turkey be
bung by lour of its largest tall feathers,
as soon as It falls upon the towel pre
pared to receive it, i f is in prime con
dition, and will then deteriorate. In
other poultry an excellent plan to know
when they are just at their teuderest
is to Judge by the ease with which the
feathers come out. Therefore when
you clean aud hang a bird leave a few
.eathers, and wheu these can be readi
ly pulled out the bird is as tender as it
will ever be.
AN AGBICULTUKAL HIKED. —Accord-
ing to toe Canada Farmer, the agri
culturists of Canada met in convention
not long ago, and adapted lor them
selves the following creed: "We be
lieve in small larms and thorough cul
tivation ; we believe that the soil lives
to eat, as well as the owner, and ought,
thereiore, to be well manured; we be
lieve In going to the bot.om of things
and, therefore, deep plowing, and
enough of it,all the better it it be a sub soil
plow; we believe in large crops which
leave the land better than they found
it, making both the farm and the farm
er rich at once; we believe every farm
should own A good farmer; we believe
that the fertilizer of any soil is a spirit
of industry .enterprise and intelligence;
without these, lime, gypsum andguano
would be of little use; we believe in
good fences, good larm-liouses, good
orchards and good children enough to
gather the fruit; we believe in a clean
kitchen, a neat wife in it, a clear
cupboard, a clean dairy and a clean
couscience: we believe that to ask a
man's advice is not stooping, but of
much benefit; we believe that to keep
a place for everything, and everything,
in its place, saves many a step, and is
pretty sure to lead to good tools and to
keeping them in order; we believe that
kindness to stock, like good shelter, is
saving of rodder; we believe that it is a
good thing to keep an eye on experi
ments, and note all, good and bad : we
believe that it is a good rule to sell grain
when It is ready; we belive in produc
ing the best butter aud cheese, aud mar
keting it when readv."
REST BETTER THAN FHYSIC. —Rest
would cure half the accidents that
horses receive, but people will not give
it them because it costs money. A pet
liorse of mine had a very bad sprain
consequent on a grooms' disobedience;
his leg was almost as useless as though
it were broken; he was seen by many
veterinarians and pronounced incur
ably injured. 1 was advised to sell him
or to kill him. I did neither.
I had his plates taken oil', put him
into the largest loose box I have—one
eighteen feet by thirteen feet —with
straw up to his knees, and then, giving
him no treatment except cold water
bandages, kept him doing nothing for
a year, gently walking him about on
soft paths ot mv woods when it was
fine weather. He recovered entirely
alter twelve inontns's rest, and now he
is ready to jnmp over the moon, and
the only hard task is to make him not
gallop.
THE FARMER oi the future must be a
man ot resource; he must be ready to
adapt himself to new circumstances,
and to adopt new crops when he finds
he is undersold. He must look upou
the air and soil as his agents for the
production of vegetable and animal
forms, the precise type of which must
depend upon the supply and demand.
If an ironmonger finds he has a strong
competition in the sale of locks, he
turns his attention to lamps, or some
thing else, and so must the farmer.
WH read that "types are beimg made
of toughened glass, and they are said
to wear well in the case, t© hand le
easily, and to give a good impression
without cutting the paper."
IT .would seem tbat the entire ab
sence of sunligh: on the deep-sea bot
tom has the same effect as the darkness
of caves, in reducing to a rudimentary
condition the eyes of its inhabitants.
THERE are hundreds of entertaining
writers who would be good historians
if they did not know so many things
have never happened.
WHEN a Chinaman was saved from
drowning by being hauled from the
water by his pigtail, he feebly mur
mured : "L thank queue."
DOMESTIC.
THE CARK OF TnicTlAiii.— A fine head
of natural hair is certainly a very great
adornment. Wall-brushed, glossy,
smoothly-banded hair used to be the
ambition and the pride, or perhaps the
envy and despair of every young lady.
In latter days we havo seen strange
changes in feminine opinion on this
subject. All sorts of wild and pict
uresque confusion, crimps, fluffs, ring
lets, lalse pieces of every description,
have deformed heads which might els®
have been graceful. Hut bangs and
moutague curls hava capped the very
climax of ugliness. The prettiest and
most piquant face grows commonplace
under their spell. The brow, noblest
part of the countenance, Is concealed
beneath a straight or tangled mat, and
undue prominence is accorded to the
lower parts of the face. We wish our
girls would resolve never to wear
banged hatr or moutague curled hair,
unless they wish to bo taken for luna
tics on a tramp. To keep the hair in
good condition, eschew pomades,baml
oltiie and unguents. Brush It frequent
ly with a clean, dry brush. Cleanse
the brush once a week with borax, or
a few drops of ammonia. Let the hair
be loose and free at night, aud In the
daytime coll it in some loose and easy
way, fastening it with as low hairpins
as possible.
RKD DYK FOK WOOL. —Coarse woolen
stalls are dyed red with madden or
archil; but tine cloth is almost exclu
sively dyed with cochineal, though the
color which it receives from kermes is
much more durable. Brazil wood is
scarcely used except as an auxiliary,
because the color which it imparts to
wool, is not permanent. Wool is dyed
red by first impregnating it with
aluraine by means of an alum bath,
and then boiling it in a decoction of
cochineal or madden, till it has acquired
the wished-for color. The color will
beflner if tin-mordant be substituted for
alum; indeed, it is usual with dyers to
add a little nltromuriate ot tin w eu
they want fine colors. The addition
oi archil and potass to the cochineal
both renders the red darker, and gives
ft more bloom; but the bloom very
soon vaulshes. For paler colors, one
half of the cochineal Is withdrawn,
and madden substituted in Its place.
Wool may be dyed scarlet by first boil
ing it in solutiou of murio sulphat of
tin, then dving it pale yellow with
quercitron bark, ami afterwards crim
son and cochineal; for scarlet is a com
pound color, consisting of crimson
mixed with a little yellow.
Feeble Ladle*.
Those languid, tiresome sensations,
causing you to feel scarcely able to be
on your feet; that constant drain that
is taking from your system all its elas
ticity; driving the bloom from your
cheeks; that continual strain upon
your vital forces, rendering you irrlta-
Dle and fretful, can easily be removed
by the use of that marvelous reme
dy, ilop Hitters. Irregularities and
obstructions ot your system are reliev
ed at OLCJ, while the special cause of
periodical pain is permanily removed.
Will you need this? — Cmci/malt Satur
day Siyht
HINTS ABOUT WATEB.—-NO water
that has stood in open vessels during
the night should be used for drinking or
cooking. By exposure to the air it lias
lost its "aeration," and has absorbed
many of the dust germs floating in the
apartment. If convenience requires
water to be kept in vessels for several
hours before use, it should be covered.
Filtering alwavs adds to the purity of
the water. Drinking water should not
be taken from lakes or rivers on a low
level. Surface water, or water in lakes,
pools or rivers which receive the sur
face wash,should be avoided as much as
possible. Do not drink much water at
a time. More than two tumblerluls
should not be taken at a meal. I>o not
drink between meals unless to quench
thirst, all ex -ess of water weakens the
gastric juice and overworks the kid
neys. Excessive potations, whether of
water or other fluid, relax the stomach
impair its secretions and paralyze its
movements. By drinking a little at a
time all injury is avoided.
CURE FOR DRUXKKNNKSS.— Take one
pound of best, iresh, quill red Feruyian
bark, powder it, and soak it in one
pint of diluted alcohol. Afterward
strain and evaporate it down to half a
pint. Directions for its use: Dose—a
teaspoonful every three hours tlie first
and second day, and occasionally
moisten the tongue between the doses.
It acts like quiuine, and the patient
can tell by a headache if he is getting
too much. The third day take as pre
vious, but reduce the dose to one-half
teaspoonful. Aiterward reduce the
dose to fifteen drops, and then down to
ten, and then down to five drops. To
make a cure, it takes from five to fifteen
days, and in extreme cases thirty days.
Seven days are abou; the average in
which a cure can be effected.
POTATOES A LA PAISAIENNK.— Cut
from peeled potatoes with a vegetable
cutter as many little balls as the size
o. the vegetable will permit. Fry
them in boiling lard, being careful
that they don't burn. Skim them out
and drain, and sprinkle with salt.
These balls may also be stewed in milk,
slightly diluted with water and thick
ened with a little fl >ur. Season with
butter, pepper and salt.
Chemical analysis fails to find tho
east trace ol adulteration in Dobbins'
Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co.,
Philadelphia. Pa.) For sale every
where. It is tor your iuterest to try it.
To CLEAN STEEL ORNAMENTS —To
clean steel ornaments, dip a small
brush Into some paraffin oil and then
into some emery p >w<ler—such as is
used in the knife-machines—and well
brush the ornaments, and all the rust
will soon tome oif; polish with a dry
leather and duster.
APPLE FLOAT. —Prepare twelve ap
ples as for sauce; when cold add the
whites of two eggs well beaten, then
beat the whole till stiff. Make a soft
custard with the yolks of the two eggs
and put the apple mixture on the cus
tard.
To SOFTEN HARP WATER FOR AULU
TIONARY PURPOSES. —A table-'poonful
of powdered borax to a quart of water
is sufficient for the purpose. We have
It in constant use at home and else
where when required. It is thorough
ly efficacious,and is perfeotly innoxious
to the most delicate skin.
MOLASSES should be kept in a cellar.
Xever keep pickles in glazed ware, as
the vinegar forms a poisonous com
pound with the glazing.
WEIGH and measure all purchases
when they are brought home.
Tickling induces laughter, exoept
tickling in the Throat, whleh causes
oaughing,—at onee removed by Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup. 24 cents a bottle.
HUMOROUS
AMiANun women walk over rough
mountain pathways with sixty pounds
of fagots on their backs and spinning
with their distaff and spindle as they
go, while the men shoot at a mark and
indulge In other games of pleasure.
Up to the hour of going to prem the
Albanian women have not organized a
woman's rights society. They enjoy
more of the rights of man now than is
healthy for them. But while the wo
men are carrying fagots and spinning
and the men shooting at marks, who
are sitting down at corner groeeries
discussing politics and saving the
country? is this important work en
trusted to the hands of the Albanian
children ? It is hoped not.
"Boa BROWN, did you say that my
father had not as much sense as Billy
Smith's little yellow dog?" "No, I
uever sahl any such thing. 1 never
said thai your father had not as much
sense us Billy Smith's little yellow
dog. All I said was Billv's little yel
low dog hud more sense than your fa
ther; that's all lever said." "Well,
It's well you didu'tsay the other, 1 toll
you."
A raw days ago a party of pleasure
seekers wiio were returning from a
visit to the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky
were robbed by high way men, who
forced their victims to take a driqk of
whisky. Hereafter the Mammoth
Cave should become more popular as
a summer resort than Niagara Falls.
The hack-drivers and other highway
men at the latter place never invite a
visitor to take a drink of whisky alter
robbing him of all his money.
A BLACKSMITH named Kinghorn is In
jail at Hartford for wife murder. Just
after his commitment by the Coroner's
Jury a reporter tried to question him,
but somebody claiming to act as Ills
lawyer promptly iuterferrod, saying:
"Don't answer. Remember you are
crazy." Kinghorn took the advice,
saying, "1 shan't answer; I'm crazy."
I'ossibly he will be acquitted o i the
bogus ground of Insauiiy. It will be
just like a Cou neoticut jury to do ao.
A DANBURY young man offended one
of the 1 idy clerks in a fancy store at a
party a few evenings ago. A day or
two later he went into the store and
inquired if she hud "gentleman's
gloves."
"Yes," she answered.
"I want a pair," he said.
"Who are they for?" she asked,look
ing hiui straight in the eye*,
"Why for me," he gasped, turning
scarlet under the insinuation in her
iuqury.
No hired help can ever make up lor
the lack of knowledge and qualifica
tions in the mistreat of a household. A
mother who has allowed her daughter
to grow up uninstructeJ in the myster
ies ol housekeeping has beeu guilty of
an unkiuduess towards her own child
which will be life-lasting in its un
happy inlluences.
A UKMUINK incident: Dr. L. called
upon a lady acquaintance the othei uay
and was met at the door by the lady't
little girl. He asked her to tell her
mamma that Dr. L. had called. The
child went up stairs and presently re
turned. "Did you tell your mamma? •
asked the dootor. "Yes." "And wliM
did she say?" ".She said, 'O pshaw?' "
A* anti-teetotaller, who had his load
on, "fet*-hed up" agalust the side of a
house which had been newly painted.
Shoving himself clear by a vigorous
effort, he took one glimpse at his shoul
der, another at the house, a third at
his hand, and exolaimed, "Well, that
is a darned careless trick in whoever
painted that house, to leave it out all
night for the people to run agains-t!"
XOT to be Done. Farmer Styles
(reading) —"Alexandra Shilling lea:
Tea, bread and butter and ottke, ad lib.
That's jam, Is'pose, Maria, but I don't
pee none. I say, young man, you just
I ring a pot of a lib [Chuckling.]
They shan't come their London w iys
over me."
VEGKTINK.— The great success of the
Vegetlne as a cleanser and purifier of
the blood is shown beyond a doubt by
the great numbers who have taken it
and received immediate relief, with
such remarkable cures.
THE trouble about taking a medicine
warranted to cure all diseases Is lhar It
may not know exactly what is wanted
of It, and in that case it will go fool
ing around In the system trying to
cure you of some disease that you have
not got.
A LADY engaged to be married, and
getting sick of her bargain, applied to
a friend to help her untie the knot, be
fore it was too late, "Oh, certainly,"
she replied, "it is very easy to untie it
now while It is only a beau knot."
GRACIK'S first experience in eating a
peach. "I've eaten it, cloth and all,
mamma; now what shall 1 do with
the bone?" !•
No Core No Pay.
Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines are
guaranteed to cure, for particulars see
wrappers and pamphlets. They are
reliable, have not sprung into popular
ity in a week or month and gone out of
favor as rapidly, but being sustained by
merit, have won a world-wide reputa
tion, necessitating a branch in Lon
don, to supply foreign countries, while
the home sales are enormous through
out the United States. Golden Medi
oal Discovery, purities and enriches the
blood, preventing fevers, and ou-lng
all skin and scrofulous affections,
stimulating the liver to action, reliev
ing biliousness, and curing consump
tion, wlUch is scrofula of the lungs.
If the bowels are costive take Pierce's
Pellets (little pills). Both sold by drug
gists.
CHICAGO, 111., May sth, 1879.
WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSO
CIATION : Gentlemen—For years I have
been a great sufferer. My trouble first
started with terrible ague and chills
and constipations. This left me in 1878
with a racking cough and frequent
bleedings from the lungs. Since this
time I have been continually doctoring,
consulting physicians without number.
From them I received no benefit or en
couragement. The most noted phy
sieans of our city who last visited me
expressed their opinions in the brief
but hopeless words, "Take good care of
yourself the few days you have to live,
we cannot help you." 1 grew steadily
worse under their treatment. One day,
through reading your Memorandum
Book I learned of the Golden Medical
Discovery. With but little hope of re
lief, I purchased a bottle and took it.
To my surprise and satisfaction it did
me more good than all the drugs I had
taken the year around. 1 am now
steadily using It with benefit and re
oommqnd it to all to be Just what it is
advertised, binoerely yours,
JAMX# P. MOGRATH,
0J Wight Street.
THE dally experience of every one in
that neglect of the bowels is the prime
cause of 111 health. It Is so easy to be
come irregular and so difficult to re-
Store the system to its natural health
that many despair and doubt every
remedy.
Hut when right at hand Is to be
found Simmons' Liver Regulator, there
is no excuse longer to delay. It acts so
naturally that the gystem hardly seems
under the influence of medicine, and
after awhile all remedies can be dis
pensed with, for this medicine estab
lishes the health and permanently
creates regularity of the bowels.
"1 have never seen or tried such s
simple ellicacious, satisfactory and
pleasant remedy in my life us Simmons'
Liver Regulator.
11. HAINES, St. Louis, Mo,"
llovo to l'rentrvt a Carriage. A carriage
should be kept In an airy, dry coach
house, with a moderate amount of light,
otherwise the colors will be destroyed.
There should be no communication be
tween the stables and the couch house.
The munure heap, or pit, should also
he kept as far away as possible. Am
monia cracks varnish and fades the
colors, both of painting and lining. A
carriage should never, under any cir
cumstances, be put awav dirty. In
washing a carriage, keep out of the sun
and have the lever end of the "setts"
covered with leather. Use plenty of
water, which apply (where applicable)
with a hose or syringe, taking care that
the water is not driven into the body to
the injury of the lining. When forced
w iter Is not attainable, use for the body
a large soft sponge. This when satura
ted, squeeze over the pannels, and, by
the flow down of the water, the dirt
will soften and harmlessly run otT;
then finish with a soft chamois leather
and oil silk handkerchief. The same re
marks apply to the underworks and
wheels, except that when the mud is
well soaked, a soft mop, free from any
hard substances In the hea-', may be
used. Never use a 'spuke brush,' which
in conjunction with the grit irom the
road, acts like sandpaper on tne var
nish, sc-atolilng It, and. of course,
effectually removing all gloss. Nev.r
allow waier to dry Itself on the car
riage, as It invariably leaves stains. Be
caieful to grease the bearings of the
fore-carriage as to allow it to turn free
ly. Examine a carriage occasionally,
and whenever a bolt or slip appears to
be getting loose, tighten It up with a
wrench, and always have little repairs
done at once. Never drag out or back
a carriage into a coach bouse with the
horse attached, as tpoye ao identaoccur
from this than from any other cause.
Headed carriages should never stand
with the head down, and aprons of
every kind should bp frequently unfold
ed or they will soou spoil.
Que rltMur trout Mttuj.
"I had beeu sick and miserable so
long and had caused my husband so
much trouble and expense, no oue
seemed to know what ailed me, that I
was completely disheartened and dis
couraged. In this trame o! mind i got
u bottle of Jiop Hitters and used them
unknown to my laiuily, 1 soon began
lo improve and gained so fast that my
nusbaud and family thought it strange
iitd uuuuiurai, bui wuen 1 told them
A hat had helped uie, they salu "Hur
rah for Hop Hiiters! long may they
prosper, lor they ha e made mother
well and us happy."—The Mother.
-Home J (Air ml.
If seeds (barley, corn, etc.,) be placed
between moist pieces of litmus paper,
the roots stick to the paper and color
it so Intensely red that even on the
back of the paper their course can be
traced in red on a blue ground. If
tincture of litmus be repaatedly added,
the intensity of the red color is in
creased. _
An Italian Antarctic expedition is
proposed by I.ieut. Bova, who was one
of the officers uutler Nordenskjold on
the Vega. It is to sail in the spring of
1881, and touch at Monte Video, Terra
del Fuego, Falkland, and South Shet
land Islands, and pioceeding in a
southwestwardly direction, commence
explorations, expecting to be engaged
lor two winters in the Antarctic region,
atid return byway o! Uobart Town.
The expenses are estimated at 600,0i>0
lire. •
"My worthy friend and neighbor.
Whe..ee comes that smile serene?"
"O, 1 am now thrice happy—
I've found it— CARBOLINK.
TUB applications for pos tlons as en
umerators to takf the census of the In
dian tribes are not very numerous.
While a man is taking the census cf
the Indian, the Indian may retaliate
by taking the scalp of the enumerator,
and the price ola new head of hair
would Cake all the profit off his job.
And then a man couldu't write, in a
whole day, any more than a dozen such
names a* Hukinokihugemsmuggerpan
kiwanki.
Dou't Get llie Chills.
If you are subject to Ague you must be sure
to keep your liver boweia aud kidneys in
good free oouditiou. When so, you will be
t-aie from all attacks. The remedy to use is
Kidnoy- \S ort Blade.
Vegetine.
lllore to Mo than Gold.
WALPO LE, Mass., March 1, IMS.
Ma. H. it. snviNa:
I wish to inform you whst Vegetine has don#
for me. 1 h. ve been troubled with Erysipelas
Humor for more than to yearn in my limbs nod
otner parts of m v body, and have bees a great
sufferer. I eommenced taking Vegetine one
year ago last August and can truly sty it has
done more for me than any other medicine. 1
seem to r>eperfectly free from this bumorssd
can recommend It to every one. Would not be
without this medlclDe—'tis more to me then
fold—and 1 feel It will prove a blessing to others
ss It has to me.
Yours, most respectfully.
MRS. DAVID CLARK,
J. BENTLEY, M.'D., lays:
IS baa done more tood than nil medi
cal treatmeut
KIWHARKKT. Ont.. Feb. , ISSO.
Mr. H. R. STIVERS, Boston, Mass.-
sir— I have sold during the past year a con
siderable quantity of your Vegetine, and I b.'-
Ueve, in all cases it has given s .tlafactlon. in
one case, a delicate young lady of about IT
y ara vraa much benefited by Its use. Her pa
rents infotmed me that It had done her mpre
good ihan all the medical treatment to which
■he had previously been subjected.
Yours, respectfully,
J. BENTLKY, M. D.
Loudly in its Praise.
TORONTO, Ont., March 8,1888.
H. R, STEVENS. Boston:
Dear Mr—considering the short time thai
VegetlDe has been before the publto here, ft
aelli well as & olood purlder, and ror troubles
arising from a sluggish or torpid liver It Is a
Qrst-class medlciue. Our customers speak
toudiy to lie praise.
J. WRIGHT 4 CO.,
Cor. Queen and Elizabeth Street#.
Vegetine.
raiPARID BT
H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
fegetine is Sold by all Druggists,
in fifin TO GOLD Given Away. Send 8-oent
17 mill •tampfor particulars. Addreea Tßß Ms-
IBUJVUU MMER, Lewlabrng, PBIOU 80., ?*.
1 KIDNEY DIBEABEB,
■ LIVER COMPLAINTS, H
Q Constipation and Piles. Q
Dr. R. BL Clark, South Hero, YL, says,*Tn oases H
H of U4mrj TTMUM IthM acted Uka* charm. it I
KJ has ond IBUT nrrbtd oaays ot rum, nd baa II
■
jtoimrn FalrchUd, of St. Afbans, TV, say*. "It la ■
| E
■ pletcly cured me.*'
R 0. ft. Bo(bon, of BtitaUn. nn "Om ptdt- I
U age ha* done wonders forme In completely our- C
■ log a etrrure Llrar and Kidney Computet'*
IT HAS |l||| VO □
■ WONDERFUL Will ■ I
POWER, mummm B
hmalt laU n tta U7II, at lOTtLI ul
ths ZHHX7B >1 the urns time.
■eoauee t oleaneee tho eretem Of I
M . tPO(onou humors that develop* n
|J Jn Kidney and Urinary diseases, Bli- U
I LSV ,ne, *t Jaundloo, Constipation* I
■ Pllos, or In Rheumatism. Neuralgia ■
n ant nervous disorders. L
■ JSSE2ZVZS&2, swsa— I
Kg Onepaekags will makestx qts of nod Ida*. Q
TRY IT row i
J OTBwy Hat the ftranbta Mm, ll.ee. L
WILLS, SICSAIDBOH A CO., Propdston,
112 (WlU.Uf.tjol.) B*rU(tw, TL I
j^pSTETTf^
6ITTER s
Thongb Bhaklasr like an Aepm Leal
wuh tue chilli and fever, ihe victim of malaria
may ail l tecov -r by u lng this c -libra; e<l ape
ottlc, which not only breads up the n ost aggra
vated attacks, but prevents "their rt-currenoe.
It is lnfliil-ely pr< f ruble IO quinine, not only be
cause It does ine butlness far more thoroughly,
but al oon account of lt-t pere t w hoi-• me
nes and invigorating ackrn upon he entire
system. For aa eby all Druggists and dealers
generally.
MAKE HENS LAY.
An English Veternary Furgeon and Chemist.now
traveling in this country. B*> S that most of the Hone
and Cattle Powders here .re worthless trash. He
says that rheridau's Condition Powders are abeo
lutely | ure an<* immensely valtia' le. Nothing on
earth will make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition
Powders. Done, one teaspoon to one pint of feed,
hold every where, or sent by mail for eight letter
stamps. I. H. JOHNSON A CO., Bangor, Me.
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W elgha accurately up to 88 lb*.
Ita handsome appearance Sells it
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w sighing 28 lbs. canuot be bourbi
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178
The Ipurrst and Beat Medicine ever Hade.
Acolmbination of Hops, Buchu, Marc
drakmeh" ll Dandelion, with ailtne best and
most o%ura tire prop* rtiee of all other Bitters,
make *\the greatest Blood Purifier, Liver
Res U l\a tor, and Life and HalUi Restoring
Agent earth.
No disease possibly long exist where Hop
Bitters arc vaiuel and perfect are their
operationagElim
They give aswliVe afli vigwto tie g4 ai lafira.
To all whose •%ploymcntscauso Irrepnlarf
tyoftbobowrhorV ul ' lniiry ors i* n^ < !L wh ? T
quire an AppetizerV Tonle anU nilld Stimulant,
Hop Bitters are inval^ bte Without Intox
icating. HHIiL
No matter what your fewMnge or symptoms
are what the disease or is use Hop Bit
ters. Don't wait until you sick but ir yon
only feel bod or miserable.® 1180 t.iem at once-
It may save your life. It Uasß* * v ®d hundreds.
SSOO wIU be paid for a cafce they will not
cuie or help. Do not suffer your fr^lends
suUer.but uae and urge them^g® 0 080 Mop B
Remember, Hop Bitters Is dJTiggvd
drunken nostrum, but the n d Best
Medicine ever made ; the "WV FBIBID
and HOPg" and no person or RH
should be without them.
0.1.0.Han absolute and Irresistible
forL>runkenniss,uv ofonltiru, tobacco
narootica Ail soi lby dnx—jtstß. Send At J■
for Circular. Bop Bitter* 1(|. Ce., / BMj
KIDNEY DISEASES,
are quickly and surely curod by the use of KIDNEY-WOBT. itls new and wonderful remedy whiohls
having cuchan immense sale in all parts of the oountry, works on natural principles. It reetorea strength
and tone to the diseased organs, and through thorn oleanses the, system of aooumulated and prisonous
humors. Kidney diseases cf thirty y cars standing have been cured, also Piles. Constipation, KheumatiHiu,
fco.. which have dirtressod the victims for years. We have volumes of tostimony of its wonderful curative
power. No longer nse Aloholio litters, which do more harm than good, or drastio pills, but use natures
remedy. EXDNTY-WOKT, and health will be quickly regained. OetJt of your Druggist, Price, SII.
(Will stud postpaid.) igELLS^jllCHAKDSON^^^O*^^*oi^*^iurllngion^ljk
The remedial management of those diseases peculiar to women has afforded a large experience at
the World's llispcnsan and Invalids' Hotel, In adapting remedies for their cure. Many thousands of
cases have annually been treated. Dr. I'lerce's Favorite Prescription Is the result or tills extended
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WEAKNESSES PECULIAR TO FEMALES.
Favorite rrescrlotiou Is a powerful Restorative Tonic to the entire system. It is a nervine of un
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falling of the nteniat uiitevernlon; retroversion; boar!ng-doww nciiMUlonf chronic confcttlon, tnflam
mat lon, and ulceration; Internal heat; nervous depression; nervous and alck headache; debility;
und barrunacss, or sterility, when not caused bv stricture of the neck of the wonili. \\ lieu the latter
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"DO LIKEWISE."— Mrs, E. F. Morgan, of New Castle, Lincoln Co., Maine, says; "Five years ago!
was a dreadful sufferer from uterine trouhlek Having exhausted the skill of three physicians, J was
completely discouraged, and so weak 1 could with difficulty cross the room alone, I began taking •
vour 'Favorite Prescription' and using tiie local treatment recommended In your 4 Common Beuse
Medical Adviser.' I commenced to improve at once. In three months J was perfectly cured. aud
have had no trouble since. I wrote a letter to my family paper, briefly mentioning how my health had
been restored, and offering to send the full particulars to any one writing me fbr them and encloHna
a stamped envelope for reply. I have received over four hundred letters, hi reply, T have described
my case and the treatment used, and earnestly advised them to 'do likewise;' From a great many 1
have received second letters of thanks, stating that they had commenced the use of Favorite Prescrip-
Son, sent for the 'Medical Adviser,' and applied the local treatment so roily and plainly laid dtora
lereln, and were much better already." Dr. Pierce'a Favorite Prescription Is sola by all droggtsts.
EVERT INVALID LADY should read "The People's Common Seme Medical Adviser," In which
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