Millheim Journal. (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, November 18, 1880, Image 4
On the Road. it is Only by means of comparison that one can definitely realise the great improve ments in the methods of travelling that have taken place within the last century. The changes occur so gradually they make but little impression upon us. For exam ple now that the railroad time needed to make the trip between New York and Philadelphia has been reduced to less than 100 minutes, there are already those who are predicting that in no more time than five years trains will cover the distance between these two cities in a single hour, and no one is in the least surprised at the assertion. In 1800 those who traveled in this country did so at uo little personal discomfiture, and with an expenditure of time that would greatly interfere with busi ness as it is now carried on. A man wish ing to go from New York to Boston left Monday forenoon and arrived at his destin ation Friday Afternoon, stopping all uight at New Haven, New London and Provi dence. The fare for the trip varied from sl6 to sls, and there was an additional outlay required of from $5 to $6 for board and lodging; that is, the trip took up four days of time and called for an outlay of from S2O to $24. After the war of 1812 there was an improvement, and the time between the two places was cut down to abont two days and the cost of the journey to sl4. In 1817 the fare between New York and Philadelphia was $lO, and be tween New York and Albany by boat $7, and the average time twenty-four hours. A route was that year opened between Philadelphia and Quebec; the distance 700 miles, fare $47, and time required to make the journey 108 hours. In 1826 the Boston newspapers recorded the circumstance as one worthy of special comment, that New York papers had been received in that city 24 hours after the date of their publication. In 1828 the time required to make the journey between these two cities had been reduced to 21 hours, the route being from New York city to Providence by steam boat, and from thence to Boston by stage. But in winter these trips were frequently given up in consequence of stormy weatoer and those who wished to avoid danger and be certain in their movements still prefer red the overland route. In 1832 there were two regular stage routes between New York and Bostou, but competition bad greatly reduced the fare. The slow line made the distance in about 52 hours, and charged for passage $7,50, while the fast, or mail line, took its passemrers threugh in about 45 hours, and charged them 8.50 a trip. A snort time after this the railroads came sufficiently into operation to make it unnecessary to run through trips in stages, and the latter were chiefly used to connect the termini of the slow-building railroads. Having made the progress that we have, there is not the least like'illood that the work of improvement will not go on. The history of railroad accidents shows that, when trains on some roads run at a slow rate of speed may meet with mishaps, there is relatively little danger in running at the highest possible speed on a road that is thoroughly constructed where the appoint ments are as nearly perfect as possible and the supervision constant. On this account one does not have to be unduly sanguine to think that long before the century is out we shall be able to go from Jersey City to Philadelphia in an hour's time, and from the graDd central depot to Boston in a less number of hours than the number of days spent by our ancestors, in the year 1808, in making the same trip. A Canary Bird Story. The story of the first introduction of canary birds into California is thus told: In 1844 or '45 Charles and Henry Reiche, two young Germans, having little else than the practical education that seems to be natural to young Germans, were bird ped dlers in New York. They went about from street to street selling birds from stands. Their trade was principally in canaries, which they had sent over from Germany where they were only ten or twelve cents each. They did a pretty fair business up to 1562, whea they made a daring stroke that made them their for tune and established the enormous business Qiat they now control. At that time Cal ifornia was in the flush of gold finding. Gold was plentiful there, but luxuries few. There was no transcontinental road, and the Isthmus route was tedious and costly. Yosng Reiche, knowing that canaries were unknown there, and beiieviDg they would become the rage when once seen, deter mined to carry over a cargo. He, there fore, got 3,000 of the yellow fellows, to gether, and, packing them in little cages, started fcr the Isthmus. Arriving at Car tagena, he had his birds carried across to Panama Bay, by natives, and caught a ship there, and soon reached ban Francis co. He was late in reaching the ship, and the captain was about to sail without him, but, seeing his boats filled with covered boxes, thought it was belated mail matter. When Reiche drew near, the captain hailed him and asked him what he had. "Canary birds," replied Reiche. "Canary birds be hanged!" shouted the captain. "If I'd known it was birds, I'd ha' left you long ago. " Rei> he's first idea of the flush tide he was to ride was caught from a homesick Englishman, who, hearing the whistle of a bullfinch that had accidentally been put in with the canaries, offered to pay the expenses of the entire cargo for that finch. As this amounted to $283, Reiche saw that he had strnck a rich lead, aad he put the price of the canaries at $25 each. They did become the rage. Hotels, saloons, private residences, all must have a canary. The little yellow birds made a craze like the tulip mania. The price soon went up to SSO, and the cargo was soon sold. Reiche returned to New York a rich man. A Bridge la Cwhmere. The bridge over the Jhelum is not two hundred yards from the Fort of Oorie, though considerably lower, and is not more than from thirty to forty yards long. The two pieces are of equal elevation (that is to say, from the water), and are constructed of wood and unhewn stone. The bridge itself is entirely made of twigs, and the bushes which are despoiled for this materi al grow ciose to the bsnks of the river. These twigs are twisted into ropes of an inch and a half and two inches in diameter, and three or four of these twig ropes form each of the sides of the bridge. The flooring of the construction is of twigs formed into ropes, and placed lengthwise from pier to pier, across the gulf. The width of this footway is about six inches, just enough for a passenger to walk across, putting one foot before the other. The side twig-ropes are about three feet high. Short ropes join the sides to that part of the bridge where the passenger walks across; but these twigs are two and three feet apart, and the trembling wayfarer has plenty of opportunity to gaze at his leisure on the roaring flood a few yards enly be neath his feet, dashing madly on! How ever, there are many worse bridges of the kind, and the one below Khokshur, in Lahoul, is twice as long and twice as fright ful. The longer the bridge is, the more sickening is the swinging to and fro of the frail construction. SON and heir—"Ma, I wish you wonldn't leave me alone with the baby, 'cause I have to eat all the jam, an' oranges, and cakes and things to amuse ber.' 7 AGRICULTURE. DECENCY TOWARDS HORSES.—A hosre cannot be screamed at and cursed with out becoming less valuable in every particular. To reach the highest de gree of value the animal should be per fectly gentle and always reliable, but If it expects every moment that It Is in the harness to be "jawed" at and struck, it will be in a constant state of nervousness, and in its excitement as liable through fear t> do something which is not expected as to go along doing what you btarted it to do. It is possible to train a horse to be governed by a word, almost as completely as it is to train a child, and in such training the horse reaches its highest value. When a horse is soothed by the gentle words of his driver —and we have seen him calmed down from great excite ment by no other means—it may be yery fairly concluded that he is a val uable animal for all practical purposes and it may be certainly concluded that the mau who has such power over him, is a humane man and a sensible one. But all this simply means thatthe man must secure the animal's confidence. Only in exceptional iustances is a horse stubborn or vicious. It he understands his surroundings, and what is required ot him, he gives no trouble. As almost every must know,if tlie ani mal when frightened can be brought up to the object he will become calm. Tne reason is that he understands thai there is nothing to fear. So lie must be taught to have confidence in the man who handles him, and then this pow erful animal, which usually no man could handle, if it were*disposed to be vicious, will give no trouble. The *ery best rule, therefore, which we would lay down for the management of the horse, is geutleness and good sense on the part of the driver. Bad drivers make bul horses usually. BUDDING. —Budding is a very simple operation, which can be done at any tune when the bar* "peels" readily and the buds are sufficiently ripened— say from the middle oi July to the last ol September. Take a well-developed single bud, cut oil' the leaf, leaving enough of the stalk to take hold of wheu inserting the bud. With a sharp knife cut oil tlie bud, with a thin slice ot bark and wood, commencing, say a third ol ail inch above the bud and ending the cut about as far below it, so that the whole forms a straight, smooth cut. Tneu make a cross-cut through the Dark ot the staik in a smooth place,and also a longitudinal on®, so that the whole lias the shape of a Rtiman cross about an inch long. Now raise the bark on the stalk with a knife or with ail ivory, and push down the bud un der the bark uuiil the upper end iseven with the cross cut of the stock. Now wrap the whole firmly ami smoothly with basswood bark or woolen thread, leaving the bud out to prevent smoth ering, Dut closing all the bark tightly beiow and above. In about two weeks ttie bandage may be taken off, and it the bud is ireshaud green,it lias taken, and tne stalk should he cut off an inch above it next Spring and only the bud allowed 10 grow. HENS THAT EAT EGGS.— The be9t way to break hens of egg-eating is to break their necks, and restock with birds that have not acquired the habit. Fowls that are expert in egg eating first attack the shell with their bill. If it is a thin shell a tew stroke® will break it, and the rest is an easy job. If, how ever, the shell a thick one, they gen erally tail to break it with their beaks; they then begin to scratch in the nest, and with their feet throw the egg against the hard side of the box until it is broken. First of all make hens lay hard-sl elled eggs—so hard that they can not be readily broken by a neu's bill. This can be done by feed ing freely with slacked lime, ground or brokeu bones, oyster shells, etc. To prevent breaking against tne sides ol the box the nests should be high and lined upon the sides with cushions tilled with hay or other soft material. 1 heir only ctianee then is that they may throw two eggs forcibly against each other. To prevent this, lake the nest egg away and gather the eggs several times a day. it is a good plan to leave n lew china eggs near the nest Tor them to work at, which will make their bills so sore that they will strike the real eggs with less force. LOOK TO YOUR BUTTER.— Reference is not made to your goat, but to the unctuous substance obtained by churn ing cream. A Cincinnati firm,the "Cin cinnati Facing Company," is engaged in mauuiacturing a powdered soapstone which finds a ready sale in supplying legitimate demands, but now the tarm and butter-paekers are using it to adul terate their butter. The soapstone is white and perfectly tasteless, and is sold at twenty dollars per ton. From six to eight pounds can bo mixed in every tub oi butter in such a manner as to render detection immpossible. This greately increases the weight, but Goes not atteoc the bulk very mueh. This increase of six or eight pounds in every package occurred,it was noticed, only in Western butter, but the most experienced buyers were unable to de tect any foreign substance in this "heavy weight" article, and relin guished the problem as a mystery. Re cently, however, a prominent dealer discovered the fraud. In view oi the above tacts it would be well for fami lies to give their milkman a rest and look alter their butler lor a while. A DISCOVERY ABOUT Corn.—An ex change te.is ot a man who plants, two or three weeks after the the crop is planted, a new hill of corn every fif teenth row each way. And this is the reason : If the weather becomes dry alter the filling time, the silk and tas sels both become dry and dead. In this condition, if it should become sea sonable, the silk revives and renews its growth, but the tassels do not re cover. 'lheu for wuiit of pollen, the new silk is unable to fill the office lor which it was designed. The pollen irom the replanted corn is then ready to supply pollen, and the filling is com pleted. He says nearly all tne abor tive ears so common in corn crops, are caused by the want of pollen, and, he has known ears to double their size In this filling. IN plowing it I 3 never a good plan to turn up a mass of crude earth of sev eral incnes in depih, never before ex posed to the sun-light and air. It will unless heavy manuring is given as a top dressing, result iu loss. In deep ening a soli it is better to plow up an additional inch each year. THE BEST soil for wheat is a rich limestoue clay loam well plowed and harrowed and made fine. Wheat needs lime to stiffen the straw and give the berry a clear, clean, bright Jook, and -the lime opens, lightens, and warms the soil. BLEEDING at the nose can be stopped by vigorous action of the jaws, as 11 in progress of mastication, in the case of a child a wad of paper should he placed in the mouth and the child instructed to chew hard. It is the motion of the jaw that stops the flow of blood. DOMESTIC. PHI'ROLKUM FOR RUSTIC WORK. —Here is r-orn for great improvement. We see on every hand handsome rustic work falling to decay and becoming distorted by age. It Is commonly made of a kind of wood which does not last long. Soak it thoroughly with crude petroleum when new, and it will re iijiin unchanged indefinitely. A rustic summer-liouse on a shaded part ol our grounds would have been unusually exposed to dampness and decay had it not been prevented, a dozen years ago, by petroleum. The peculiar brown color imparted by a mixture of the heavy o I remains unchanged; and a lattice- work of pine lath, a fourth of an inch thick, fully exposed to damp ness and weather, Is as sound and un worn as ever. The oil is now so cheap that there is 110 excuse for omitting its application, and it may b i rapidly and easily brushed over the surface and sunk into the pores with a whlfewa>h brush. Apply it heavily. BKKK BTRWKD WITH SNAP BEANS. — Take four pounds of rath*r fat brisket, two finely-chopped onions, a table spoonful of salt half a teaspoonful of white pepper, a9 much cayenne pepptr as you can take on tlie point of a pen knife six cloves and a quart ot water; have the water boiling before putting in your beet and seasoning; let it come to a boil after putting them in, then set it back on the stove to simmer for three hours, skimming occasionally; keep your pot closely covered, and be careful not to let it stop stewing; string and split lengthwise cross the seed two quarts of beans; put them in with your beef, adding a tablespoonful of sugar and a gill of vinegar, and let them boil for half an hour. DIPLOMATIC PUDDING. — Decorate a plain mould with a lining with cur rants and pistachio nuts, and fill the outer part with jelly; when tlie jelly is set remove the lining by putting a 11 tie warm water iu it; make a custard with a pint of milk and four yolks of eggs, flavor the milk with vanilla, add half an ounce of isinglass, stir it into the custard when hot: break up one or two sponge cakes and macaroons, cut up a few dried truits, put a layer of each nntil the mould is full, pour in the ci s ard,leave it in a cool place until wanted, then dip the mould Into tepid water a second, turn it out on a cold dish, and serve. Nut a ltcwrnj;*. " fliey are uot a beverage, but a medicine, with curative properties of the highest degree, containing no poor whiskey or poisonous drugs, I'hey do not tear down an alreauy debiliuued system, but build It up. One bottle Contains more hops, that is, more real strength, than a barrel oi ordinary beer. Kverv druggist in K>ci#ester sells them, anil the puysicans prescribe them. Lvcniiiy Expn s* on 11 >p Hit crs. UNIXFLAMMABLK FABRICS. —Many substunees are known wliieh will ren der even the thinnest wearing fabrics uninflammable, chloride, sulphate and phosphate of ammnium, alum, and many others salts have been proposed, but neutral tungstate of sodium mixed with three per cent, of phosphate ef sodium is better than anything else. Those salts afford perfect protection to the fabrics, and, unlike most others do not render them harsh. They are in expensive without action on colors,and the solution keeps well. The solution should contain twenty per cent, of the mixed salts. CHICKEN MAYONNAISE. —Cut up some ohickens and try them nicely in butter. Let them get cold, then trim into good shape aud put them in a covered dish with salt, pepper, oil aid vinegar as for salad; add a few pieces of onion and a little parsley. Let them stand thus two or ihree hours. Then drain the pieces of chicken,place them on the lettuce in your salad dish, and spread a nice mayonnaise dressing over all. Some of the chicken when fried can be saved for the tomato stufling. COFFEE ICE PUDDINO.— Pound two ounces of freshly-roasted coffee in a mortar, just enough to crush the ber ries without reducing them to powder. Put them into a pint of milk with six ounces of losf-sugar, let it boil, then leave it to get cold, strain it on the yolks of six eggs in a double sauce-pan and stir on the fire till the custard thickens. When quite cold, work into it a gill and a half of cream whipped to a froth. Freeze the mixture in the ice-pot, then fill a plain ice-mould with it. and lay it in ice till the time of serving. USEFUL HINTS. —The white of an egg a piece of alum atxu the size of a walnut has been stewed until it forms a jelly is a capital remedy for sprains. It should be laid over the sprain on a piece of lint, and be changed as often as it becomes dry. A lump of fresh quicklime the size of a walnutdropped into a pint of water and allowed to si and all night, the water being then pourtd off from the sediment, and mixed with a quarter of a pint of the best vinegar, forms a good wash for scurf in the head. It is to be applied to the roots of the bair. it takes but one triai tu snow the purity and merit of Dobbins' Electric Soap, (made by Cragtn & Co., Phila delphia.) For your own interest give it that one trial. All grocers keep it. A STUFFED BEEFSTEAK —Prepare a dressing of brea<l, scalded soft, and mixed with plenty of butter and a lit tle pepper and salt. Lay it upon one side ot a round of steak, cover with the other, and ba?te it down with needle and thread, sale and pepper the out side of the >-teak, and place In a drip ping pan with half an inch of water. When baked brown on one side turn and bake the other. SAUCE PIQUANT K FOB FlSN —Make a brown sauce by frying a chopped onion in a little butter, adding a large tea spoonful of flour aud a tumbler of stock. Simmer a little, strain,and put in a teaspoon!ill of vinegar, one ol vinegar, one of chopped cucumber pickle and one of capers. DISH FOR LUNCHEON. —Take pieces of cold meats of any kind, chop fine; sea son with pepper and salt. Just a iit'le onion; break over the meat two or three eggs; add a small piece of butter; stir all together; pour it upon nicely but tered toast; serve hot; garnish with parsley. GUMBO. —Take a nice fat chicken,cut up and put into a pan, and when tried brown, put in two quarts of finely sliced okra, lour large tomatoes and two onions, peeled and chopped fine. Keep covered with water, and have the kettle tightly closed. "Ah, how well do I remember—lt was in the bleak November." when I caught the Cold that was wearing me surely and Bwlftly away; but I heard of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup; took it, and am as well as ever. HUMOROUH. A DASHING young fellow was recent ly very attentive to a young lady who did not secretly favor his attentions, and who is blessed with an observing little brother of only a few summers growth. The lady's admirer was visit ing her a few days ago, when the little chap broke Into their presence, and, mounting the dashing young man's knee, said: "Haven't you got a fine room?" "Oil, yes," proudly replied the dashing young fellow, whose van ity was evidently touch ed by the re mark. Seeing, as he thought, in the circumstance an opportunity to make a favorable impression on the sister, he gaye his moustache an extra twist and reiterated his reply with emphasis: "Oh, yes, a very fine room." "I thought so," ssid the young hopeful, musing ly. "But what made you think so?" said the young lady's admirer, his curiosity by this time fully aroused, "Beeauae," was the crushing reply, "sister Mag said your room was belter than your company." "1 SAY, Cap'n," cried a keen-eyed man, as he landed from a steamer at Natchez, "1 say, Cap'n, these here arn't all. 1 have left somethln' on hoard, that's a fact." "Them's all the plunder you brought on board, anyhow," answered the commanding otllcer. "Wal, I see now; I grant It is all O. K. aecordin' to the list; boxes,three chests, two band-boxes and portinauty ; two hams, one part out; three ropes of inyena and a tea-kettle. But see, Cap'n, I'm dubersorae; I feel there's somelliiu* short tlio' i'ye counted 'ein nine times over, and never took my eyes olfum while on the craft; there's soniethin' not right, somehow." "Wal, stranger, time's up; them's all I knows 011; so jest fetch your wife and five children out of the cabin, 'cos I'm goin' to put off." "Tnem's urn I Darn it, them's am! I know'd I'd forgot somethiu' I" "It's growing i n right rapidly. My head can now be seen Like other heads, in silken looks, Thanks to my CARBOMXK." A BTRAKGILK In Bodle one day last week, In eating a plate of hash at a restaurant, being very hungry, un guardedly neglected to chew It well, and swallowed a large coat button. They doctored him for the pneumonia three days before he was able to ex plain. Then, they fed him a big but ton-hole tied to a string and fished it out In no time. He screens all his bash very carefully through a cane-bottom ed chair now before he eats It. "WELL, Father Brown, how did you like the sermon yesterday ?" asked a young preacher. "Ye see parson," was the reply, "I haven't a fair chance at them sermons ot yours. I'm an old man, now, and havotoset pretty well back by the stove; and there's old Miss Smithie, Widdor Taff 'n Rylan's darter's in Xabby 'n all the rest setting in front ot me with their mouths wide open a swallerin down all the best of the sermon, 'u what gets down to me is putty poor stuff, parson, putty poor stuff." A WOMAN employed about the house by a lady recently brought her mistress a letter from her husband aud asked her to read it for her. She did so, and at the bottom of the page, below the signature, she saw a number of little scratch marks resembling bird tracks. "Why, Alice," asked she, "whaton earth are these?" pointing to the stars, or scratches, or crosses, of which there were torty or fifty. Alice answered, shyly; "Them's kisses." A LITTLE boy, four years old, having often been told that it was wrong to ask for anything at the table, was down atdessert. After waiting patient ly for some time, without being noticed he exclaimed : "Mamma, please, uiav I have an orange if I don't ask for it?" "Yes, dear," was the reply. But, after a considerable interval, the little fellow, not getting his orange, again addressed his mother with: "Please, mamma, I'm not asking for an orange." This time he was duly rewarded. VKGKTINE —The gre;t success of the Vegeiine as a cleanser and puriticr ol the blood Is shown beyond a doubt by the great numbers who have taken it and received Immediate relief, with such remarkable cures. You may dress a bad habit In the costlie.-t broadcloth and endow it with all possible graces and fascinations, it Is only a bad habit nevertheless. The French have a proverb, "Wash a dog comb a dog, still a dog is but a dog." IT is a bad rule to blame your for tune rather than yourself, when mat ters go ill with you. "If your sword Is too short," said the wise Roman, "you can make it long enough by tak ing a step forward." The Italians say also, "A good knight is never at a loss for a lance." Ir you are determined to do a certain thing the worst excuse seems better than no excuse at all. In Madrid they put this fact into the pithy sentence: "If you want to flog your dog say he ate the poker." BISHOP (reproving his delinquent Page) "Wretched boy! Why Is it that sees and hears all we do aud before whom even I am hut as a crushed worm?" Page: "The missus, My Lord '" NOBODY knows better than he who ha 3 tried it tnat from saying to doing is a long stretch. If saying good things Instead of do ng them were a saving grace the worst of us would easily get to heaven. ______ WE should have thought of this a few days earlier, but a man can't eat a peach without feeling down in the mouth. .THB best church bells are those who make no noise during the service. AN undertaker gets his living where another man dies. "Made New Again." ST. CATHARINES, Ont. R. Y. Pierce, M. D.: I have used your Favorite Prescrip tion, Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, for the last three months and find myself—(what shall 1 say)—"made new again," are the only words that express it. I was re duced to a skeleton, could not walk across the floor without fainting, could keep nothing in the shape of food on my stomach. Myself and friends had given up all hope, my immediate death seemed certain. I can never be too thankful to those who recommended your medicines, for I now live (to the surp*us a of every body) and am able to do my own work, i desire to make this statement in order that those suff ering may not despair until they have given your remedies a trial. Yours resp'y Mrs. Wu. D. BTC*MAJT. CLERGYMEN, Bankers, Book-keepers, Editors ami oilier* thai lead sedentary lives, will llnd much relief from Head aches, nervousness and Constipation engendered from want of exercise. by taking Simmons' Liver Regulator it Is a harmless vegetable compound, and numbers who have trleJ it will confi dently as-<erUhat it is the liest remedy thati an be used. it< xpt 1- tie poisonous humors of the blood, cleanses the liver, restores the kidneys to healthy action and drives out the despondency and gloom of 111 hculih. The patient soon leels as if he had taken a new lease of life, and Is overjoyed lo lind the de pressed feeling aisslpated, the costive habits corrected and new streams of health coursing through his veins. "Simmons' Liver Regulator Is a very valuable remedy for Dyspepsia, Sica Headache, Torpid Liver, Constipa tion, i'iles and such like diseases. "W. S. Holt, i'resiUent of £>. W. li. R. Co., ui Georgia." "HXLLO, Billy," shouted a youngster In clean linen Knickerbockers to his friend ot the gutter. "Ain't you run ning for plcnlt'H this year?" "Haven't been nominated for any yet. But my letter of acceptance Is ready." "Come along with me then ; my ticket holds two," and halt a tub extra of lemonade had to be stirred up. A YOUNG ragamufllu, on being askeu what was meant by conscience, re plied: "A thing a gentleman hain't got who, when a boy finds his purse and gives It back to him, doesn't give the boy ten pence." "LIZA JANE! Liza Jane!" said the old lady; "you take In every stitch of that washln' to-night for I se by the paper that there's three delegates at large in this parl-h." "IF Jones undertakes to pull my ears," said a loud-mouthed fellow on a street comer, "he will just have his hands full." The crowd looked at the man's ears and smiled. Pr'fHullf rullt'iiu. The most wonder'lil ami marvelous success in cases where persons are sick or wasting away from a condition of mlserableness, that no one knows what ails them, (profitable patients for doc tors,) is obtained by the use of Hop Bitters. They begin to cure from the first dose and keep it up until perfect health and strength is restored. Who ever is afllieted in this way need not suffer, when they can get Hop Bitters. —Cincinnati Star. THE Loudon Spectator asks: "Can anybody suggest a stifl' bit of work for English capitalists to do?" O j*es. Let them erahark in the laundry business. Starching shirt bosoms and collars is pretty stiff work. "WOULD you like to wash your hADds before dinner?" asked the host, pointing to the conveniences. "No, certainly not,'' responded the guest. "Great bcott. man ! do you sup pose I eat with my fingers?" A LADY inquiring as to the I est way of marking table-linen, the Chicago Tribune replies: "Blackberry pie is our choice, although a baby with a gravy dish is highly esteemed by mauy." JT is sad to think that so many well meaning and naturally joyous spirits are compelled to go through life with out owning a steam yacht. LOVE pleases more than marrlsge, for the reason that romance it more in teresting than history. THE Princess Louis is said to be un able to sleep. The poor lady must go to church occasionally. Tlll9 Is a world of strange contradic tions; one woman is unhappy because she isn't married, another because she is. COULD not the doctor's fee be justly called 111-gotten gains? ILLEGAL kissing on the high seas must be muzzled by the strong arm of the law. DR. R. V. PIERCE. Consulting Physi cian to the World's Dispensary and In valid's Hotel, of Buffalo, N. Y., has -eslgned his seat in Congress, that he may hereafter devote his whole time and attention to those applying to the World's Dispensary Medical Associa tion for the treatment of Chronic Dis eases. EVERTON TAFFY. —Put one pound of powdered loaf sugar and one teacupful of wxter into a brass pan ; beat one quarter of a pound of butter to cream; when the sugar is dissolved add the butter, and keep stirring the mixture over the the fire until it sets, when a little is poured on the buttered dish. Just before it is done, add six drops of essence of lemon. Butter a tin, pour on the mixture and when cool it will easily separate from the dish. LITER HASH. —This hash is delicate and appetizing, and nice as a change from the liver and bacon known to all < cooks. Boil the liver until thoroughly tender —there must not be even a sus picion of hardness a' out Then mince it finely with a chopping knife. Heat the mince very hot in a sauce or roux of butter and browned flour. The seasoning is pepper, salt, a dash of lemon or a little piquant sauce, such as mushroom catsup. To keep insects out of bird cages tie up a little sulphur in a sila bag and suspend it in the cage. For mocking birds this is essential to their health, and the sulphur will keep all the red auts and other Insects from the cages of all kinds of birds. Red ants will never be found in a closet or drawer if a small bag of sulphur be kept constant ly in these places. THE following remedy is said, on good authority, to greatly alleviate whooping cough, and if applied in the eailier stage will modify it so that the patient will suffer no more than an or dinary cough. Evaporate slowly over the gas or a spirit lamp a weak solution ot carbolic acid in tne room (closed) where the child who already lias the cough, or who may have bee i exposed to it, is at play or asleep, for half an hour twice a day, while any symptoms of whooping remain. WHEN you drive a nail into a wall, clothes press or closet, to hang things on, drive it through a spool up 10 the head. The LHxiui' 1 oid Me to tak a blue pill, but I didn't, for I had al ready been pt isoned twice Oy mercury. Ihe druggist toid me to try Kaiuey-Wort. and t did. It was just the H iug for my btJioußness and oons ipi t on, and i now am as wen as ever. — Advocate. Those answering an advertisement will oonfer a flavor noon the advertiser and the publisher by stating that they saw the adver nsement tn this! ommal (naming the paper Yegetine. More to Mo than Gold. WALPOLI, MAM., Maxch T, UM. MR. H, R. STEVEN*: i wish to inform you what Tegsttno has don forme. I hive been troubled tilth Erytlpelai Humor for more tb&n to year-t in my limbs aad other p.irts or mr body, and bavs been a great ■unerer. I eommenced taking Vegetine on* year ago last Augua> and caa truly aay it baa dune more for me iban any other medicine. 1 seem to i>e perfectly tree from this humor aad can recommend it to every one. Would not be without this medicine— I 'tis more to me than gold—and lfeel it will prove a bieselsg toother* as li baa to me. Yours, most respectfully, MRS. DATID CLASS, J. BENTLEY, H.-D., layit IS baa dome nor* wood Ibaa mil msodt* eal troalanomL w _ NswuaaEET. onL, Feb. S, ISM. Mr. fl. R. STIVER*, boston, Mass.* Hir— I have sold ourtug the past year a coa alder.iLle quantity of your Vegetine, and I b Heve, in all canes it ban given a >tUfacilon. in one c.ise, a delicate young lady of about IT y-ars wan much benefited by its use. Her pa reins informed me that it had done her more good ihunall the medical treatmsnt to which aha had previously been subjected. Yours, rebpocUully, i. BENTLEY, X. D. Loudly in its Fraiio. Toaotrro, Ont., March , ltss. H. R. STIVIN*. Boston: Di-ar clr—Considering the short time that Vegetine has been before the public bare. It •elli wei; as a Mood purtoer, aod ror troubtvs arising from a sluggish or torpid liver. It is a first-class medicine. Our customers r—v loudly in Its praise. J. WRIGHT A 00., Cor. Queen and Elizabeth Streets. Vegetine. rasrAaao *v 11. R. RTCYENS, Boston, Mows. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. (OSMfift kifrins The accumulated evidence of neurly thirty years snow that th'- Hitters U a certain remedy ror m&i&rlal disease, aa well AS Its surest pre ventive ; that it eradicates dyspepsia, omstL ration, liver complaint and nervousness, counts erac's a tendency to gout, rheumatism, urinary and uterine disorders, tnat U lm arts vigor to the teehle. and cheers the mind whUe It Invigo rates the body. For sale by all Prugglstn and Dealers generally. HOP BITTER^ (A medicine* not a Drink,) OONTAINS nops, urcnc, SLANDSAKM, DANDELION. AXD TO* rr**srr kso BCRT METITCAL QTALI-B TIM or ALL OTHIB BITTKBS. THEY CURE All Dt***es of the Stomach, Bowel*. Blood,l Liver. Kidney*, and Urt nary Organ*, Ner- I vouanees, Sli'cnie*ne*Btnd espedalTy Female Complaint*. SIOOO IN COLD, Wtll he paid for a ca*e they wtn not enre org help, or for anything impure or lnjnrioo* B found in thenw A*k your drnpjrlkt for Hop Bitter* and tryß them before you lerp. Take no OtherB D.I. C. f* nn absolute and IrrwalatfW* enre forfl Druhkeueaa, use of opium, tobacco and narootiea. HHB SBJTD roa CIKOTLA*. MBR All aIMT* told by dmgjrtft*. HOD liavtr, Co., KocbwWr, If. T..A Towu.Oell SAPONIFIER I* th* Old Reliable Concentrated Lye fOr FAMILY SOAP MAKING. Direction* acoompany eaoh can for making Hard, HoA and ToUet Mnnp quickly It la lull weight and em-ngth. ASK FOH SAPONIFIER, AND TAKE NO OTHER. PEVE'A HALT MAKRRS LF„ PFTTT,*V'A ISI 3 MONTHS ON TRIAL for S three-cent stamps: Thb PKOTLZ'B JotjRWAL. Hngeintowp. Md (> £T RICH nedtng onr Bobber Statnne and Mnaic. T Sample* ire*. Cock A Biaaell. Cleveland. O. n_„l_ | _,__i_ I Mall u*a Pu*Ul with your Boot Apilslsss. $T| "T Tl A * KAK anu expettee* to ageate Iff Outfit Free. Addreaa 111. O. VICKERY. Augnata, Me. KIDNEY DISEASES. C AND T, PILE3? N a*a quickly and rawty oared h? tbs oas of KDCTY-WOBT. nk adw and wonderful remedy whlah to having roohan Imw—As hs eU ports of Ike ooouSij, workoon aturul prtnciploa. St reetoree strength and toaa to tha dlaaaaad wg—, and dmgk Itiaa alaaaaaa the ajiw of raanikted and poisosouo kuasora. Kidnap itimiadttWy jwnlaiiWgkw bsua sorod, also POaa, Constipation. Rheumatism, Which ban rtlsti —a ft i hill sis tor yaaaa TTi >ITI -rnmiaw irfmrrUiinny rrfirs -n-rmlnrfnl nnratlm power. Ko loaf— aaa llahotls BtWw, wUIiA da —on karat than good, or drastic puis. bat aoanatursa waady. JtXbinnr-WOBT. ondhtaHh wfltkeqatafcly regain I, Oet It of jrour Drugs I at, Prion, ft I. _ emu wad peat paid.) Wtlu. RIPHAJMWOIf m CO., HarUagtaQf A The remedial management of thse diseases peculiar to women has afforded a large experience at the World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel, in adapting remedies for tVn-lr eure. Many thousands of cases have annually feen treated. I>r. Fleece's Favorite Prescription Is the resnlt of this extended experience, and has become Justly celebrated for lis mtuiy and remarkable cures of all those chronic dis eases and WEAKNESSES PECULIAR TO FEMALES. Favorite Prescription Is a powerful Restorative Tonic to the entire system. It Is a nervine of un surpassed efficacy, and while It qnlett nervous irritation, it strengthens the enfeebled nervous system, thereby restoring It to healthful Vigor. The following diseases are among those in which the Favorite Prescription has worked ceres as if by magic, and with a certainty never before attained, vlx; linear rhoen; excessive BOWIRC! painful men.tn.atlM| unnatural suppressions; weuit bark | prolapsus, or railing of the utrrna; antevrmton; rrtroveralon; bearing-down acnaalioa;chronic congestion. fnflam mwtlon, and u lor rut Ion; Internal brat; aervoua depression: nervous and slrk hcoduebe; drbUlty and barrenness, or sterility, when not caused by stricture of the neck of the wonib. \V hen the laltei condition exists we can, by other means, readlfv remove the Impediment to the bearing or odaprlng (see Invalids' Guide Book, simt for one stamp, or the Medical Adviser). Favorite Prescription is sold under a ponitlve guarantee. For conditions, see wrapper around bottle. "DO "LIKEWISE." Mrs. E. F. Morgan, of New Castle, Lincoln Cfu, Maine, says; "Five years ago I was a dreadful sutlerer from uterine troubles. Having exhausted tle skill of three physicians, 1 was completely discouraged, and so weak 1 could with difficulty cross the room alone. I began taking your 'Favorite I'rescription' and using the local treatment recommended In your' Common Sens*} Medical Adviser.' 1 commenced to Improve at once. In three months I was perfectly cured, ana 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 for them and mclosina a stamped envelope for reply. I have received over four hundred letters. In reply, I have described my cae ami the treatment used, and earnestly advised tliem to 'do likewise. From a great many I have received second letters of tlouiks, stating thnt they had enmmen red the nse of Favorite Prescrip tion, sent for the ' Medical Adviser,' and applied the local treatm. Nt so fhlly and plainly laid dbwn therein, and were much better already." DrTPierce's Favorite Prescription is sold by all druggists. EVERT HTVaEJ© LAIY strrrtrid read " The PflWß't Common Sense Medical Adviser." in Which •Ver flfty pages are dev rted tb the consideration of those diseases peculiar to Women. Sent, post-paid? <bgfLa& Addrssa, WOSUFf MSPEMJ3CT MEDICAL 4SSOCIATIOI, BUFFALO, X. la- ||Th^Onlyßemed^l IV That lets at tk* Suae TIM <m H ■The lifer, Tie Bowels end The Kideeng I Thie combined action givce it trondetful BR power to curtail dieeafft. _ yWhy Are We Sick ?U ■"HsDcauw ire alUnc these great or gang to 6-ll wWcome clogged or torpUL, and poiioncmi hu-WW f\more are therefore forced Into the UoodUi should be expelled naturally L B HlUllootEMi*, Pile** Con*tip*tlWi, Kidneyß II Complaint* and D Urate*, Weak- M f V nease* and Herrooe Disorder*. miby causing jrto action of theteorgans o*dß mreetoring their power to throw of diteate. U kM WhjWer Billon* pain* and ewshe* I ■ m Why tormented with Pile*. 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