Riding at West Point. So far as the visitors are concerned the exhibition drilis are naturally of more interest than the examination of the "poor fellows," who are dragged one by one before the Professors and, Hoard of Examiners, in order that a test may be made ot the thoroughness of last year's instruction. One of the most exact'of these drills took place one morning at the riding academy, and was watched with great interest by the board ol visitors, young ladles, and officers. The riding hall is a large barn-like structure, with two little galleries from which the riding can be seen. The ground is covered with saw dust, and the scene as thirty-one of the first-class men went galloping about under the command ol Captain God frey was a "perlect circus." Alter mounting tbeir horses the cadets rode round in single tile and practiced a great variety of saber tlirusts and strokes at imaginary foes. The riding was good, and the slashiug was vigor ous and skillful. Then two long frurnes from which iron rings were suspended, were placed on opposite sides oi the hall, and near the corners, upon some racks of a suitable height, were placed -erne leather heads, which tlie riders hacked most viciously as they went galloping around. Ou tlfe ground were a couple more balls. Then the cadets went dashing around by twos and threes in opposite direction, trying to pierce the rings with their sabers, then to draw their pistols and blow* oil the unoffending wooden man's bead, and finally to give the poor ball on the ground a slashing thrust. The sport was most exciting, and as the heavy horse pistols were fired off in rapid succession, the "dear creatures" in the galleries stopped up their ears and trembled in fright. Some of the riders were very quick and would succeed in going through all the maneuvers in rapid succession. The same exercises were then repeated after two well pad ded hurdles had been put up. Some of the balky horses caused consider able amusement. After the saddles bad been taken off the horses the second part of the pro gramme was begun. At first one halt the men walked beside the other half who were mounted. Suddenly the horses broke into a gallop, and the or der to mount was given. Immediately each horse had two riders. This prac tice of leaping on and off a bareback horse was continued for some time, to the delight of the audieuee. Then the hurdles w ere brought in again, and the excitement increased. Each cadet had his horse, and as he came to the hurdle would leap off jump the hurdle, cling ing all the time to the horse's mane, and then leap on his back again. Many of the cadets did this very gracefully, aud showed great pluck and skill in clinging to their rather wild chargers. Sometimes the horses would refuse to jump, and great contusion would fol low. The "ring masters" as they were facetiously called, stood with big whips iu hand, so as to remind the balky horse of the danger of stopping. The cadets then varied the exercise by jumping off their horses while at full speed, and then lehpetl clear over their backs, and then on their backs again. The exercise was, of course, very violent, and the young ladies be stowed many expressions of sympathy on the "poor boys." There were some narrow escapes from accidents, and many laughable scenes. As a rule however,the riding was excellent, and showed that the cadets were thorough masters of horsemanship. Many ex pressions of admiration were heard, * and there was considerable applause at the exceptionally daring feats. A graduate of West Point is necessarily a skillful rider, bcause of his thorough training, and becomes inured to the hardships he may encounter in his future career in the army. Uoslnkable Ships, • A party of gentlemen interested in steam navigation lately met at North Woolwich to inspect a steam launch built on James Long's uusinkable sys tem. The principle consists in attach ing to the sides of the hull of a vessel a series of flat air-tight metallic cylin ders or drums, the inner heads of which are built into and form part of the framing and inner skin of the vessel. These drums project on eitliei side of the ship and are caseJ in, the under sides of the casings normally resting upon the surface 01 the waiel and becoming immersed under a load. The result is a light draught with great freeboard,and it is claimed that a great stability under canvas and a higher rate of speed under steam or sail are thereby attained, besides the advan tages of greater cargo capacity, econo my in conslrnction, and, above all, an sinkableness, however damaged by col lision or otherwise. The launch in question, which is only experimental is steel built, 37 feet in length, G feet in depth, and 5 feet 8 inches beam in ternally. She has seven cylinders fitted on each side, each cylinder being 3 feet 0 inches in diameter and 1 foot 8 inches deep, and which giye her a width on deck of 9 feet over all. She draws 2 feet of water without her load, and has a freeboard of 4 feet. A. short run was made with the ve-'sel, a fair rate of speed being attained, while its unsink able character and other points were demonstrated by Mr. Long by means of a model vessel. Kleclricity from Kiver Currents. An inveuter proposes to utilize the swift current of rivers by systems of anchored floats carrying current wheels connected with electro-dynamo machines. The electricity thus gener ated might be conveyed to factories on the shores and set to work by means of electro-motors; or it might be used for lighting towns, or even for running trains on railwavs. CREAM DRESSING.— Take a large tablespoonful of sweet cream and whip to a stiff froth ; add two tablespoonfuis of fine sugar, and nearly a half cup of vinegar; teat and use for cabbage dressing. AGRICULTURE. HINTS ABOUT HEN-KEELING. —To prevent hens from scratching their nests, make the nest of sawdust. Do not have the boxes too large—only long enough for two nests, with a partition. Place a little hay on the sawdust until the hens get accustomed to it; also sul phur to prevent vei miu. Lime rock, partially burnt in he stove or "brush heap," "is a good srbstitute for bone, oyster shells > retthenware. Quartz roek will an er in place of gravel. Cider vinega •.1 h ir feed —half a pint more or less, rsllful —is highly re lished by he, and 1 think conduces to their heal v. They seem to need acid, and wh <et hey have vinegar are not apt to to eddie with tomatoes. Chicken seem to do the best hatched in May or September. We let the liens have free access to at all times. When they aro confined, we feed it in the ear, broken in pieces, with plenty ot oats. A mow of well-cured ferusor hay, where they can scratch aud eat, will give exercise; and the refuse makes good bedding for tho stable. In the morning wo mix wheat shorts with hot milk, then add the vinegar, and about two parts oi meal to one of shorts —iu ull as much as they will eat iu-Uie course ol the day. Give milk for drink in freezing weather two or three times a day, hot, in their feed dishes. We teed no meat scraps or pepper, unless for medicine. Feed chickens the same as the hens; but tiie corn must be ground, coarse as possible. Give theiu also sour-milk curd. We seldom have a "drooping" chick, Close the coops at night, and open wheuttie weather is lavorable. liens can be made to pro duce twice as much by regular feeding with a greater variety oi feed, care, etc. Diseased feet should be dipped in a mixture of equal parts pine tar, kero sene oil and souie other oil, as warm as they will bear it. Kerosene oil will cure most cases of roup, colds, etc. llalf a teaspoon!ill is a large dose. The past year we gathered about 1200 doz ens of eggs and raised towards a hun dred chickens from 140 hens. It takes about the value of half a bushel of grain per day—profits not far from $1 per head. How CALIFORNIA FIELDS AUK FLOWED, —The fields are plowed with what they call gang plows, which are sim ply lour, six or eight plow shares, tastened to a stout Iraine of AOOU. IU the lighter soil, eight horses draw a seven gang plow, and one such team is counted on to put in 040 acres of wheat in the sowing season, or from eight to ten acres per day. Captain Grey, near ees with five such teams —his own land Mercer,has put in one season 4,000 acres and his own teams. A seed sower is fastened iu trout of the plow. The plow has no handles, and the plowman is, in tact, only the driver; he guides the team ; the plows do their own work, it is easy work, aud a smart boy, it his legs are equal to the walk, is as good a plowman as anybody—for the team turns the cornels and the plow is not handled at all. On the heavier sqii the process is somewhat different. An eight horse team moves a lour ang plow, and gets over about six acres per day. The seed is then sown by a ma chine which scatters it forty feet, and sows from seventy-live to one hundred acres In a day, and the ground is then harrowed and cross-harrowed. FLOURING WHEAT. —Farmers who do not purchase theii family flour will find it to be a very good plan to get their year's grist floured at one time. This has been my practice for several years,and 1 could not be induced to go back to the old way. There Is a sav ing of several days' time in going to mill, a better grade of Hour is made, and then the flour improves with age if properly kept. I generally wait un til about the first of November, and then go to mill and put in the day, see ing the grist ground and sacking the flour, myself. Have your miller make an extra good grade ot "middlings" for you, and sack that also. It w ill make an excellent addition to your buckwheat cakes next w inter,and come handy about the house in various ways. The flour should be put in paper sacks, and corded up in some eooJ, dry place out of the way of rats and nnee. If jou have a good miller, try my plant otherwise, buy your flour. A LAND ROLLER —One of the best economical field rollers is obtained by buying sections of old steam boilers which can easily be fitted with skele ton heads, and can be bought cheap and answer the purpose. My experi ence in rolling wheat on certalu soils containing clay is as follows, where fall rolling causes the formation of bcale that eventually kills the wheat: On sandy or light soils fall rolling is generally advisable. A roller is a dangerous tooiin inexperienced hands. We give the following rules: Roll soil that you wish to compact, but if not, let it alone; never roll in wet weather. Clay soil may be rolled in the spring out not In the fall. A MixiUKS of one-third clover hay with timothy and redtop is recomnien del for any kind or stock. This mix ture,it is said, will produce more milk, more growth and more fat in stock than clean timothy and redtop, EVERY dairyman should bear this in mind that poor butter or cheese is al ways the first to feel the effects of a dull market. The best products are always inquired for, even on the poor est markets. Harrowing is the best way of culti vating small corn, because the teeth go right through to admit the air and to enable the soli to absorb moisture from the air for the benefit of the rootlets of the corn. HOP YEAST. —Tnree large potatoes, one handful of hops; put in a small bag; put the potatoes and hops into two quarts of water and boll down to one quart; take out the bag of hops and potatoos; mash the potatoes fine and throw back into the boiling water, stir flour into this while hot until it is quite stiff; let it stand until it is near ly cold, then add half a cupful of yeast half a cupful of sugar, one tablespoon ful of ginger; set in a warm place to rise; when light, put in a covered jar and put in a cool place. IRONING OUT SUNSHINE.— There is another side to the ironing question— the sanitary one. When garments are brought from the clothes yard they are fresh, pure and fragrant, filled with sunlight and magnetism which the ironing process dissipates; thus is this most valuable health-giving element lost to the wearer. Nurses are learn ing the value of vitalized clothing for the sick, and one who understands her business will remove the heated, fever charged bed clothing as often as the patient is moved, substituting fresh sheets directiy from the sunlight. A PROFANE pastor says the tele* hone is a hello of an affair. TIJK language of flowers—Anthologic for "My dear Jim." Jas. mine. DOMESTIC. ALLEGED CURES FOR NEURALGIA.— "The only permanent cure for neural gia is to improve aud confirm the geu eral health by proper diet and exercise. Oxygen is as important tin element as proper food. When a person suffers from neuralgia, the blood is in a low vital or vititted condition, and needs oxygenizing. Persons subject to neu ralgia can often tell by their feelings in the morning whether they will suf fer during the day. Let such a person take a morning walk of a mile and back, walking rapidly, and he will, general ly, go through that day without pain. The reason is he has vitalized the blood by absorbing a large supply of oxygen. To render this relief more permanent,lt should be attended aud followed up by proper diet. As an immediate tempor ary relief there is nothing so sure as the Inhalation of a dose of laughing gas. This produces a profound impres sion ou the nervous tysteui,and affords instant relief, which may last for days and weeks. An Albany physician found upon Investigation tnat mucli neuralgia ot the face arose from mal position of the eyes, by ' which the nerves of the eyes were strained and neuralgia produced and communicated to other sympathizing nerves, llis cure for the disease, said to be uni formly successful, was simply a pair of glasses with their lenses udjusted to the badly placed eyes. Another person writes of cures effected by TurkUh baths. Another was cured by tbe tin id extract of yellow jasmine, to ten drop doses, in a litile water. The reliel is almost instantaneous. Aud still ano.her gives this prescription : Take three drachms ot hydrate of po tassu, and mix with one pint of Hol land gin; dose, a dessert-spoonful three times a day when severely at tacked, or a spoonful when needed; stop taking when the pain ceases. CIIOW-CHOW. —Two heads ofcabbage cut line; one-half peck greeti tomatoes; one half peek onions; live dozdii eu eumbers, slice the large ones; three quarters ot a pint of small red Mid green peppers; sprinkle with one pint of salt, and drain all night; pour oil all the Juice and add one ounce pep per-grain; one ounce white mustard seed; one ounce celery-seed; one ounce turmeric; one ounce cloves; three tablespoon tills of ground mustard, two pounds brown sugar; enougn horse radish, grated line, to make a pint. Cover all with strong vinegar and boil 30 minutes. In laying the pickles put a layer of pickles and a layer of spices. Halt the above quantity will make plenty tor a family of three or four. OATMKAL. —Give the children oat meal at least once a day. It is geuuiu* bone and muscle tood, and tliey must lhrive. Could our girls make the morning and night meals on real nour ishment, not pastry, take more to nout ish the brain and nerves, we should have less of tue neuralgia among our women. Indeed, this oatmeal mush would afford ample food for the last meal, which should ordinarily be the lightest, simple and easy of digestion, securing good sleep, while it may well form a part of the morning meal. Its extensive use would do much to pro mote health among us. WOOLEN flannel is, beyond question the best material iur clothing next to the skin. The worst is linen. Next to linen is silk. This is especially true of the fall and winter months. The objection to linen and silk is, that, in case of actual perspiration,the material gets damp, clammy and cold, which is not the case with woolen. After wool cotton is best. A muslin under-gar mcnt, if worn next to the skin, is al ways healthier than a linen, or silk one. OIGNONS GLACP.S. —Trim some small onions, such as are used for pickling, put them into a well-buttered sauce pan, and sprinkle them with powdered loaf sugar; shake the pan gently, and as soon as they begin to color moisten with a little stock, add salt, and let them stew geutly till well colored. The pan must be shaken now and then, but carefully, lest the onions break. BEANS WITHOUT Tonic. —Soak the beans over night. In the morning put them 011 to boil In cold water, having first strained them. When boiled ten der, skiui them out into your baking dish; stir in butter the size of an egg, a littie salt and a tablespoonful of mo lasses. Then turn a cupful of rich milk over them, er enough to cover them. Cooked In this way the top besns will be nicely browned, and at the same time be soft. This Is a good recipe, and beans cooked in this way are excellent. IRON RUST STAINS. —Squeeze lemon juice into a cup, add a pinch of salt, and rub the fctaiu in this. Then wash in clear, tepid water. Sponge goods that cannot be rubbed. Lately 1 saw a black cashmere dress badly stained with yellow spots of iron rust, on the black silk trimming as well as upon the cashmere. The color was entirely restored by sponging with lemon juice and salt. [With some blacks the mat ter would be made worse. A piece ot the material having iron rust should be tried first.] CHOCOLATE CUSTARD.— Make a boiled custard with one quart of milk, tbo yolks of six eggs, six tablespoonfuis of sugar, and one cup of grated vanilla chocolate. Boil until thick enough, stirring all the time. When nearly cold flavor with vanilla. Tour into cups, and put the whites of eggs beat en with some powdered sugar 011 the top. FAVORITE MEAT TlE. —Take cold roast beef, or roast meat of any kiud, slice it thin, cut it rather small, and lay it wet with gravy, and sufficiently peppered and salted, in meat pie dish. If liked, a small onion may be chopped fine and sprinkled over it. Over the meat pour a cup of stewed tomatoes, a little more pepper, and a thick layer of mashed potatoes. Bake siowly in a moderate oven till the top Is a little brown. BEEF SALAD. —Cut in very thin small slices and put on a dish with chopped parsley; mix in a bowl some vinegar and sweet oil—one part vinegar to two of oil, pepper, salt and mustard; beat together and pour over the meat. BROWN-TOP PUDDINJ.— Take slices of any kind of rich cake without fruit, make a custard ot lour eggs, one quart of milk, sugar, and flavor to taste; pour over the cake, which will rise to the top; bake like custard. CUOCOLATK PUODINO —Scald togeth er one quart of milk and three ounces of grated chocolate, and set aside to cool; then add nearly a cup of sugar, and yolks of five eggs; bake,and when done, spread whites on top, beaten stiff with sugar, and brown. HUMOROUS. AN intelligent.Chinese merchant in this country says : "There la no such thing as courting among young people in China. The bride and bridegroom never see each other until they are to become IURO and wife. Their courting is all done by their parent®." That more yotiug heathen don't emigrate to the home of tho free and land of the brave is a marvel. It is better to be a f cireut than a lover in China, llow n the world do the young peonle kill time on Sunday night? American lovers cannot be too thanktul that they were not bom in China. A PTOUV is told ot one of the respeot able farmers of Georgia, -who never took a newspaper in his life, aud with whom the agent of the Telegraph Com pany staid all night, aud to whom lie explained for au hour or more the whole operation of the mysterious wires. Wnun he had concluded, much to his own satisfaction, in enlighten ing his host on the subject, he was met wlih the query trom the farmer, "llow many bales of eoitou will it carry to market?" "A bwut iorty," was the an swer of the dUeeuitited superintendent, as HP r jtired from tlie premises. A PITIBBUBU man smuggled a set of false troth luto a parlor where a lot of ladies were collected, aud, pretending to llud it on the Hour, he asked who owned it, and every woman present had a different way of twisting her lips to show her own teeth when she spoke to say it was not hers. "THIS IS the healthiest place in America," said the landlord 01 a Ni agara hotel to tho tourist. "Nobody ever dies bsro." "No," said tho trav eler. in the tone of a man who was thoroughly convinced of it. "No 1 reckon not. Nobody would stay here long enough to die." FAKRKK Giles: "He it crew what 1 hear, sir, about the Squire a seudiu' you to college, sir?" Young Squire: "Yes, Giles, I'm going to Oxlord to read hard." Farmer Giles: "Dear, dear sir! Just as you was hlmproviu' in your shooting aud getting on so well with your riding; 1 call it reg'lar spiliu' a good eddicatiou." Tux story is told of a youug man who went to the Black Hills to seek his fortune, and wrole ouck to his fa ther that he had done well, but added : "1 will be heme on Wednesday even ing. Meet me at dark just out of town and bring a blanket or whole pair oi trousers wiih >oil. 1 ha\e a hat." "Two ulsters at GM-gow got mad at a plumber and threw him out of the tilth story wluwlow." Hut he got even with the sisters. lid charged them double time from the iniuute he left the wiudow until he struck the s'.dc walk. AN Irish Bull. The iollowing dialo gue actually oocured auent the recent open winter; Pat—"M<ike, did lver ye set a winter ioikn this wan?" Mike —"ludade 1 did." Fab—"Whin?" Mike —"Lasht summer, share, and be gone to ye!" ArrKAUAKCKB are deceiving. We kiiuw of girls that look as augelio, delicate, aud moderate au a dewdrop on a rosebud, who, when they get sweetly settled iu the arms of Mor pheas, will suore with au energy that will shake the button on the outside cellar-door. BKHTIR had half a biscuit buttered, and a whole one unbuttered. He gave Grade the whole one and kept tke buttered. A remark being made about his giving away the larger piece, Graeie said: "Yes, he gave me the hlggerest, and kept the builerest." A BOSTON firm advertises: "Wed ding shirts, with collara and cuffs at tached." It i .well. Some extra in ducement must be offered the young men of Boston to make them commit matrimony—with Bvston girls. A SIAMESE nobleman has just been beheaded ter marrying an English girl. When American girls are be headed lor marrying English noble men, there will be lewer unhappy wo men in the country. "ZEPHANIAU," said his wile, with a chilling severity, "1 saw you coming out of a saloon this afternoon." 'Well,' replied the hearties man,"you wouldn't have your husband .-laying in a saioon all day, would you ?" THE sick man hau oeen brought back as ii by a miracle from the very gates ol death. "It's too bad, too had," said the olerg/mau; "he 11 never he hall as ready .o die as 1 had him this time. L never look such pains with a sinner before. Sen JOLBOY with a big apple. An other buy without any: "O Bill! give us a bile, won't ye?" "No, 1 won't." —"Well, then, give me the core." "H'm! h'ml I tell you there ain't going to be any core." A YOUNG man went into a restaurant the other day, and, remarking that "Time is monejV he avlded that, as he had a half hour to spare, If the pro prietor was willing, he'd take it out in pie. AN Ohio paper says that a girl In that State "sued a man lor breach ol promise, and proved him to be such a mean scoundrel that the jury decided she ought to pay him something for not marrying her. Tnu Klmira Free Press man loves to look upon a bLycle when some other person rides it, which is probably the same view that he takes ol the gallows. SCMK time since a prayer meeting In Binghaiapton was struck by lightniu £ , and people will safer now as the elec tric fluid like death does not strike twice In the same place. TIIE Brooklyn Eagle calls Miss An thony "Sara, old girl," and we want to know if this familiarity is induced by hobnobbing at the bars. ONE of the comical sights of leap year will b a gill whispering a tale of love into the ear of a deaf man. ONE of the problems which puzzle a musician, is how to strike a bee flat without getting stung by itsdemisemi quaver. MIGHT not the act of extinguishing a fire in a book store, although no joke, be called a play upon words ? THE fireplace is a grate thing, but an old oyster can punched full ol fine holes is a grater. WHY is it that the circus elephant never kills the clown or the lemonade man? THE postmaster sometimes stamps his feet. •John Randolph. While In the United States Senate, from Virginia John Randolph attracted the most attention on the part of strangers. He was at least six feet in height, with long limbs and an ill-pro portioned body and a small round.head. Claiming descent from Pocahontas, lie wore his coarse black hair long, parted In the middle, and combed down on either aide of his sallow face. His small black eyes were expressive in their rapid glances, especially when he was engaged In debate, and hts high-toned and thin voice would ring through the Senate chamber like the shrill scream of ail angry vixen. He wore a full suit of heavy drab-oolored English broadcloth, the light rolling collar of his surtout coat almost con cealing his head, while the skirts hung in voluminous folds about his knee breeches and the white leather tops of his boots. He used to enter the Senate chamber wearing a pair of silver spurs, carrying a heavy ridingwhip, and followed by his favorite hound, which crouched beneath his desk. He wrote, and occasionally spoke, iu rid ing gloves, and It was his favorite ges ture to point the long index finger of his right hand at his opponent, as he hurled forth tropes aud figures of speech at him. Every ten or fifteen minutes, while lie occupied the floor, he would exclaim, iu a low tone,' "Tims, more porter I" and the assistant door-keeper would hand him a foam ing tumbler of Wliitebread's potent matt liquor, which he would hurriedly drink, aud theu proceed with his re marks, ofteu thus drinking three or four quarts in an afternoon, lie was not choice in his selection of epithets, and as Mr. Calhoun took the ground that he did not have the power to call a Senator to order, the irate Virginian pronounced President Adams "a trai tor," L)auiel Webster "a vile slander er," Johu lloiuies "a dangerous fool," and Edward Livingstone "the most contemptible and degraded of beings, whom uo man ought to touch, unless witu a pair of tongs." One day,while lie was speaking with great freedom of abuse of Mr. Webster, then a member oi the Uo isc,a Si n itor luf raied him in au undertone that Mrs. Websier was in the gallery, lie" had not the delicacy to desist, however, until lie had fully emptied the vials of his wrath. Theu he set upou Mr. Speaker Taylor, and after abusing him soundly, he turned sarcastically to the gentleman who had informed him of Mrs. Web ster's preseuee, and asked, "Is Mrs. Taylor present also. fthrrwdutthb auu Ability. llop Bitters so freely advertised in all the papers, secular and rellgous. are having; a large sale, and sup planting all other medicines. There is no denying the virtues of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of these Bitters have shown great shrewdness and ability in compounding a Bit ers, whose virtues are KO palpable to every one's observation, — Ejuiminer and Chron icle. The Science of Walking. —By means of an ingenious clock-work apparatus, Marey, the French biologist, has ob tained a number of exceedingly inter esting graphic illustrations of the man ner in which man walks. The Instru ment is a vertical barrel, cover ul with linely ruled paper, and as the barrel is made to revolve by the gearing within it, a little pencil makes a mark on the paper, as the person whose walk is under Investigation steps along with the registering device. A little alr eoinpresser, worked by the foot of the walker at each step, sends a current of air through a fl-x.ble pipe to the in strument, and gives a more or less up and-dowif movement to the pencil. It has been found that the step in going up hill is longer than in going down hill; that the step is longer for an un burdened man than for a burdened one, and that the step is longer when the 6ole ol the boot is thick and prolonged beyond the toe than when it is short and flexible. When a person ascends a hill he quickens hig pace, but dimin ishes its leugth, and he does just ex actly the opposite when descending an inclination on the ground. It would seem that Marey's observations points to the advisability of pedestrians in general adopting low-heelod boots,with thick projecting soles. SCROFULOUS HUMORS.— The YEGK TINK has cured many eases of Scrofula of live, ten and twenty years' standing, where the patient has had many phy sicans, tried mauy of the known reme dies; and, alter trying the VKGKTINK, the common remark is, "It acts differ entlv, works differently, from any medicine I have ever taken." VKGK IISE will cleanse scrofula from the sys leui. Try It. • The art of etching upon glass was dis covered by a Nuremberg glasscutter. By accident a few drops of aquafortis fell upon his 'spectacles, lie noticed that the glass became corroded and softened where the acid had touched it. That was hint enough. He drew figures upon glass with varnish, applied the corroding fluid and then cut away the glass around the drawing. When the varnish was removed the figures ap peared raised upon a dark ground. Il every one of our readers would trv Dobbins' Electric Soap (Cragin & Co., Philadelphia,) they would, like us, become firm believers in its wonder ful merit. Have your grocer order it The process of whitening sugar was discovered in a curious way. A hen that had gone through a clay puddle went with her muddy feet into a sugar house. She left her tracks on a pile of sugar. It was noticed that wherever hor tracks were the sugar was whitened. Experiments were instituted, and the result was that wet clay came to be used in refining sugar. "And in the happy aftertime, When coines a change of scene. With a little dear our hearts to cheer, We'll call it CARBOLINK," "AFTER all," said the baker, when he walked home from an astronomical lecture, "after all, the world is only a big turnover." IN marching on the corn-fields the strategy of the army-worm sharp shooters is first to pick off the kernels. War kills its thousands, but a Cough its tens of thousands; Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup however, always kills a Cough. Price only 25 oents a bottle. WHY suffer longer the torments ot dyspepsia? Why bear such distress from Constipation, Dull Headache and Piles? Why allow the blood poisoned by Inactive Kidneys? Take Simmon*' Liver .Regulator, ani rejoice in health. 'Fake it ami you will add one more ui the thousands it has cured. "1 certify that I have been afflicted for many years with Dyspepsia, Con stitution, Sick Headache and Affections of the Kidneys caused by a Torpid Liv er. i have had a great many remedies and physicians' prescriptions without succefcs —my health failing me all the time. I was induced to try Simmon's Liver Regulator, and have had more real good health since than for years before. The Regulator relieves it at once and Is more satisfactory in its effects than anything of the kind 1 have ever tried. 1 have also used it with good success in my iamily to ward off Bilious attacks. "Jos. C. WHKELKR, Cumberland Presbyterian Minister, Lebanon. Mo." WHEN A b&ahtul Hamburg lover be gin* to hitch hi* chair a little nearer the idol of his affections, can It he pro perly called "Hamburg edging?" SJUIIiM AWI. Hop Bitters, which are advertised In our column 4, are a sure cure for ague, bilious and kidney complaints. Those who use them say they cannot be too highly recommended. Those afflicted should give them a fair trial, and will become thereby enthusiastic in the praie of theii curative qualities.— Portland Aryut. WHEN are stockings like dead men? When they are men-ded, or. perhaps, when their soles are departed; or, again, when they are all in holes. WliMt Alls You 7 Is it a disordered liver giving yon a yellow skin or co*t ve bowels ; or do your kidneys refuse to j>e f •rm their functions ? If so, take a few doses ot Kidney-Wort aud nature wip reet-irn #ach orean ready for duty.—St AH. VEGETINE. DLT C'AI.LRKK MURPKIMED Vegellne Cured Ilia Daughter! CALi.iitßßvn.Li. Chilton Co.. Ala., May lfl. l*T§. Lmaii KIK.— My aatighter has been artilcted with uasal csLarih. affection of the bladder and kliiteys. and is of S' rofulous dlatheßia. and, after having exhausted nty skIU and tbent 'St rrnmeui phy -iclans of Selina I at last rtSjrted to the use of ) our Vetjetlne (without con id'-uce) ana, to nty gr-at turprlse, my daughter bos been restored to health. I write this as a sim ple acL or Justice, aad not as an advertising medium. Respectfully, T. E CALLJKIL M, D. VEGETINE Worked Like a Charm-Cored Hall Kheum and Erysipelas. 7B COURT ST.. Itoag, N. Y., July 10,1579. Na. n. R. STRVKNS: Dear Sir.—One year ag? last fall my little boy Itsd a breaking out of Erysipelas and Salt heum, his face being one mattered sore, of the kvor-it description. Noticing your advertlse nen lu the papers, I purchased two ootlles of ine Vegetme, and wit h the two bottles my son was cured. 1 never saw anything like the Vegatlne : it worked like a charut. A have been 1 y WAtclttn in at Rome for years. Ttr.a testi monial is gratuitous. Yours, res;ectruily, IK) RATIO QRINDLKT. VEGETINE. Remarkable Cure or Mcrofuloaa Paea WBSTMINSTBE, Conn., June 19,1979. Mr H. R. STKTKNS: De ir Sir.—l can testtfv to the rood effect of vour m-dlclne. My little boy had a Scroiula ore break out on his he<td as large as a quai ter of a doiiar, and it went down his face (rum one •ar to the otuer, under h s neck, and wag one t olid mass of sores. Two bottles of your valo* kble Vegetlne . ompletely cured him. Very repectruuy, MRS. Q. R. TDATCHIR. VEGETINE, PRBPAtLgD BT H. B. 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