Staging In Texas.
' The wind moans here like a creature in
distress. It sobs against the window panes,
and sighs and waves along the eaves like a
cohort of cats celebrating the election re
turns. There is something awfully uuieal
about it, even ghostly. 1 cannot help lis
tening to its dreary monotony —its bewil
dering plains —and sliapiug themselves
into cries unearthly. All at once a host of
demon spirits dash against the glass and
shriek out angry imprecations, i shudder
like a creature afraid, and pull down the
curtains to shut out the storm's hoarse
roar. Anon the rain dashes dowu and
sideways, rusluug with a clash and shock
against the frail wooden walls, pouring
lrom the low roof, dripping, deluging,
saturating all the earth. Oh, ido not like
those storms! For three days at a time
the}' never cease. Rivers 01 water fall,
rushing dowu the narrow valleys, teariug
away the soft earth, channelling out the
streets and tilling the streams to the very
top of their limestone bluffs. Our ban
Antonio is a brave stream and seldom uu
cqual to the emergency. The water ire
vjueutly rises titty leet in a single night,
but it rarely overflows, l.ast August it
reached over the banks tor more than fifty
mi | es aud ruiued #IOO,OOO worth of corn,
potatoes and cotton. Such a calamity may
not occur aS*" 1 in * UlcllUlL '' WUh
ii " Western rivers rise from
building of bridges extremely hazardous.
At this time there are very few bridges a
Western Texas, which renders traveling in
wet weather somewhat dangerous as well
as amusing. The crossings are effected, in
high water, by means of pooutoonsor ter
nee, and in dry weather by "fords." The
descent is not like that which Virgil de
scribes, into Avemus —"facilis but, on
the contrarv, quite the reverse. The bluff
drops off from the first, second or third
terrace, and each drop is worse than the
preceding one. The last is usually con
sidered "a drop too much." It just lifts
you out of your boots. The bluff is a per
pendicular wall of sand or adobe clay,
gulched by running water, and is appro
priately described ,by the feminiue term
I 'perfectly awful."
If you are a lady you go down with the
driver in the hack —who says there is no
danger—until you reach your final plunge,
and then you shut your eyes and pray. Yc,u
never expect to see the sun again, just as
if you lived in London, but somehow you
do, The sure-fooled mules slide dowu the
"ragged edge." the driver leans both feet
upon the brake and swears sc-ftly to him
self; the coach rocks and plunges; you feel
yourself slipping down, down, down, like
a frightful nightmare, and at length you
are on board the boat. The boatman puts
hi 9 head in, hopes you are not frightened,
and says "50 cents;" or, if he is a native,
"four bits." You hand it out mechanically,
never thinking to ask what the charge is
for. You are so bewildered that had he
said "#5" you would have paid it as read
ily and felt that you had escaped cheap
enough. He turns a crank, the ropes
creak and strain, the boat swings round in
the narrow, boiling gorge, and iti five min
utes you And yourself reeling up the red
clay bank on the further shore. You wake
up. The motion has ceased. The driver
shouts, swears, lashes the thing has
stopped and refused to move. The jehu
puts aside the curtains and says:
"You'll have to get out muia ! This old
scare-crow buzzard's carnage can't tackle
the bluffs, dash 'em!"
"Mud's purty bad ! Sorry, mum ! Got
any rubbers? No. That's bad. Kin lend
you my slicker if ye'll put it on. Kinder
keep the leak off." (Driveis are always
kind, polite and respectful to ladies here.)
It is raining furiously. The wheels are
slipping back. You feel yourself going
dowu. You realize what it means. If
nervous you scream and faint. If not you
open the curtains. The driver whips up
his jaded "carnon." The coach stops
sliding down. You leap nimbly out. The
mud catches you and holds you. Y'ou are
safe at least. Then the fun begins. Y'ou
drag a good sized farm up the awful bluff.
Your companions follow and bring up all
the mud you left. The mud is very kind,
it sticks close to you—it follows you—it
prevents you from flymg if so disposed—
it goes with you like Ruth, and stops with
you when you stop —quite out of breath
and moral reflections. Your feet are red
as well as your face. Somebody says it
seldom rains in Texas. Don't* believe it.
I never saw prettier rain in my life. Such
mud 1 Prepared glue is not ordinary muci
lage beside it. The sharpest knife will not
cut it from your shoes. Y'ou stand on the
upper bank unable to move. There are
sheets of water falling upon your spring
bonnet, torrents of it rolling from your
best clothes, waves, rivers, oceans of it be
neath your feet. Y our only solace is that
your disgusted and dripping companions
cannot laugh at you.
The driver discharges a new volume of
oaths, all neatly bound for the occasion
with Texas leather. The lashing and
cursing cause the rain to hold its breath in
astonishment. At last up he comes—the
Red Sea is crossed and you resume your
place. The thoroughly saturated passen
gers have enough to do hewing off the
mud to occupy them till the next station
is reached, and somehow the conversation
lags for want of encouragement.
Very few people are killed In these stage
journeys, few seriously injured, but there
are plenty of old citizens here who never
ride across a river. They invariably get
out and walk down. When asked if they
apprehended danger, tliey say, "No, but it
is safer.'"
But the "Concord" and "mail coach"
are doomed in Texas. Their race is nearly
run. The iron horse is pre-empting all
their valuable territory. Railroad stock is
more valuable than horse stock. The age
of progress has reached us.
The Switch ICDgiue.
Everybody enjoys a practical jcke when
it is played on somebody else. A few
months ago a young man named Stone had
BO gained the confidence of the engineer of
a switch engine on the Erie railroad at
Jersey City, that he had been able to run
up a very long bill for board at the engi
neer Gage's house. He kept him placated
and, indeed, glad to board him for noth
ing 1 , by telling Gage of the immense influ
ence he enjoyed with the Suoerintendent
of the Northern Railroad, and said it would
be an easy matter to get a first rate posi
tion for Gage. One day he informed Gage
that he had had him appointed general
manager of the New York & Northern
Road, and nothing remained but the super
intendent's signature to the necessary pa
pers. Gage could hardly control himself
with joy and obtained a three months'
leave of absence trom his employers. In
spite of Stone's precautions to keep quiet,
lie inform 3d several persons of his good
luck and promised situations to three of
his friends, who resigned the positions
which they then held. Time wore on and
the papers were still unsigned. Stone said
that the Superintendent was sick, then that
he was dead, until finally it dawned upon
Gage's stupid mind that he had been the
victim of a hoax. He raved, and cursod
and sworaso that fears were entertained of
his sanity; but it is a pleasure to know
that he kept his head level enough to give
Stone a deserved thrashing. After which
he became calm and good-natured again,
and mounted his switch-engine once more.
AGRICULTURE.
BROKEN WIND IN HORSES—The treat
ment of broken wind, can seldom be
more than palliative. Whatever in
creases the distension ot the stomach
and bowels, aggravates the complaint
by increasing the dilliculty of expand
ing the lungs. Therefore, avoid stimu
lants and promote regular evacuations.
Abstain from over-distension of the
lungs by too violent and too sudden ex
ertions, particularly after eating. The
food should be regularly given in mod
erate quantities only; but most par
ticularly it should be of such a nature
as will contain much nutriment in
small space. Hence corn is more proper
than hay, and, above all, a manger
food composed of one part bran, one
part bruised corn, and two parts
bruised oats, agree particularly well,
if given somewhat moistened. On a
quantity of this food no horse will
need hay. When they can be got, give
also carrots, mangel wurtzesl, Swedish
turnips, parsnips, or cooked potatoes,
which feeding will be found to com
bine both medicine and nutriment, and
render little water necessary. Turn
ing a horse to grass commonly aggra
vates broken wind; and a neglect of
moderate exercise also aggravates the
complaint. Water should be sparingly
given, particularly in the working
hours; at night a moderate quantity
should be allowed, but on no account
let the broken-winded horse drink his
All at a pond or trough. As such a
horse generally Is a gross feeder, u
muzzle ought to be put ou as soon as
the maugor has been emptied, that he
may not devour his bedding.
FEEDING ROOTS WITH FODDER.—The
turnip pulper is very cheaply made by
boring a hole endwise through the
centre of a hickory or maple log one
foot In diameter, fifteen inches long
and putting an iron shatf through this,
then turning the log in a lathe and put
ting in rows of short steel teeth, allow
ing them to project about one-hall
inch; hang this in a box with a solid
plank in tront, just clearing the teeth.
This is run with a pulley from a horse
power. The turnips are pressed against
the front plank aud the teeth moving
with rapidity cut the turnips into a
fine pulp as last as they cau be shovel
led into the hopper. Run the liay,
straw or corn stalks through a straw
cutter, then mix two or three quaits
of pulped turnips with a bushel of eul
fodder. Let this mixture lie in a mass
for two days, or perhaps three, when
it will be warm and in the first stage of
fermentation . In this state it is high
ly relished by cattle and is more easily
digeiUd ihan before commencing fer
mentation, and both hay and roots
are more valuable than when led sepa
rate.
GLANDERS mainly affects the nose,
gradually extending to the throat and
lungs, Pustules form in the lining
membrance of the septum in one or
both nostrils. These break and leave
ulcers, with uneven, inflamed and
thickened edges. The ulcers in the
nose. Increase in number and gradual
ly destroy the membrane. There is a
discharge of variously colored, gluey
or sticky consistency, having a tendeu
dy to dry and lorni crusts on the edge
of the nostrils. There is also a hard,
nodular swelling of the gland, closely
adhering to the inside of one or both
sides of the lower jaw. According to
the progress of the disease more or less
frequent cough exists. There are two
forms of the disease, acute and chron
ic, either of which are highly conta
gious and absolutely incurable, it is
fraught with danger to handle such
horses, and the saliva or the dischage
lrom the nose of the hosse, coming in
contact with the least sore or abrasion
on the hand, or picking one's nose or
eyes with the fingers alter handling
the horse, is apt to cause fatal contam
ination.
FLEAS IN DOGS.—Fleas are trouble
some pests to a dog, and on that ac
count we will give you and our read
ers the best way in which they can be
removed, at the same time prevent
their recurrence. Treatment: Wash
the dog well with warm water lor say
about half an hoar; then rub the hair
and skin dry, alter which sprinkle the
whole body with alcohol, then lodge
the animal in a comfortable place, and
keep him there till morning; then get
some ground aloes (fine) and dust the
whole body over with ine dust. This
may be done at the least twice a week,
two consecutive weeks, and the medi
cine washed off tne second day after
its application. This is all that will
be necessary to bo done in order to
cause their removal, Still, it must be
remembered that you must prevent the
lleas from again making their home
in your dog's hair and skin, and this
can be done by having the patient
sleep on pine shavings and quassia
chips.
TIME Intelligently given to the bees
will pay as well as any other farm
work, and when too many are not
kept, most ol the work can be done
either before or after regular working
hours.
WHEN good earth is used for potting
plants seldom need any special man
ure. The best toil lor plants is found
in old meadows, and the corner of
fences where the sod has grown along
time.
Utilization of Small Streams.
In general the land bordering upon small
brooks and even larger streams running
through farms or fields is entirely useless
and in many cases is a nursery of noxious
weeds and a harbor for vermin. By the
expenditure of a little labor or a small sum
of money such useless land may be turned
to valuable account. By damming the
stream a pond of respectable size may be
made, which, stocked with fish, will be
come a source of larger income than sev
eral tmics its area of the best land upon the
farm. Fish culture is too often supposed
to be a troublesome and fussy busiuess, in
which one may spend much money to little
advantage. But Ido not propose fish cul
ture. I suggest stocking the pond thus
made with fish of a kind easily kept, which
will not require to be fed artificially; such
kinds, in fact, as will feed themselves. As
a rule, the most desirable things cost for
their attainment in proportion to their
scarcity and desirability. Trout, among
fish, are the choicest kind and the most
costly to procure and it is probable that the
man who gets a dollar for a pound of trout
grown in a pond has well earned his money.
Every one can not eat trout, as every one
can not drink champagne, but there are
agreeable and wholesome fishes, as well as
wines that cost very little, and the average
person may well be contented with them.
A perch, either white or yellow, Is not far
behind a trout in flavor and firmness of
flesh, and this fish will thrive in any pond
above the character of a mud-hole, and in
water that is too warm for trout, Eels are
easily grown in ordinary ponds, and these
are choice meats. Black bass is a choice
fish, and may be mixed with chubs and
minnows, upon which they will feed. In
fact, the kind of fish to be procured is alto
gether a secondary matter to the making of
the pond for them.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
EGGS AS FOOD.—Eggs are an article
of cheap and nutritious food which we
do not And on farmers' tables in the
quantity economy demands. They are
very convenient to take to market and
this Is the disposition which too many
farmers make of them. They probably
do not fully comprehend how valuable
eggs are as food; that like milk, an
egg is a complete food in Itself, con
taining everything necossary for the
development of a perfect animal, as is
manifest from the fact that a chick is
formed from it. It seems a mystery
how muscles, bones, feathers and
everything that a chick require* for its
perfect development are made from the
yolk and white ot an egg; but such is
the fact, and it shows how complete a
food an egg is. It Is also easily digest
ed, if not damaged in cooking. A raw
or soft boiled egg is always as easily
assimilated as Is milk, and can be
eaten with Impunity by children atul
invalids. The average egg weighs a
thousand grains, and is worth more as
food than so much beefsteak. Indeed
there is no more concentrated and
nourishing food than eggs. The albu
men, oil aud saline mutter are, as in
milk, in the right proportion for sus
taining animal life. When eggs bring
no more than twenty cents per dozen
it is much better economy to And a
market lor theui in the family than at
the store. Two or three boiled eggs,
with the addition of a slice or two ot
toast, will make a breakfast sutllcient
for a man, and good enough lor a
king. An ordinary hen's egg weighs
from one and a half to two ounces, a
duck's egg from two to three ounces,
the egg ol the sea gull aud the turkey
from tiiree to four ounces, and the egg
of a goose from four to six ounces.
The solid matter and the oil in the
duck's egg exceed those in a hen's egg
by about one-fourth. According to
Dr. Edward Smith, iti his treatise on
"Foods," an egg weighing an ounce
and three-quarters consists ot one hun
dred and twenty grains ot carbon, and
eighteen three-quarter grains of nitro
gen, or 15 25 pei centum of cii bou and
two per ceutuui of nitrogen. The
value of one pound ol eggs, as food
sustaining the active lorces of the
body, is to the value of one pound ol
lean beef as 1 584 to 000. As a flesh
producer, one pouud of eggs is about
equal to one pound ol beet.
UUCS OK A SAND BAG. —One of the
most convenient articles to be used in
a sick-room is a sand bag. Get some
clean, tine sand, dry it thoroughly in
a kettle on a stove, make a bag about
eight inches square of tlaunel, till it
with dry sand, sew the opening care
fully together and cover the bag with
cotton ot linen cloth. This wllll pre
vent the sand from silting out, and
wiil also enable you to heat the bag
quickly by placing it In the oven, or
eqren on the top of the stove. After
once using this you will never again
attempt to warm the feet or hands of a
sick person with a bottle of hot water
or a brick. The sand holds the heat*a
long time, and the bag can be .tucked
up to the back without hurting the in
valid. It is a good plan to make two
or three of the bags and keep them
ready lor use.
THE following oil is recommended
as an excellent compound preparation
lor restoring and strengtheuing'the
hair: Take of purilieu beef marrow,
say lour ounces; purified lard, two
ounces; concrete oil of mace, four
ounces; oil of aloes, lavender, mint,
rosemary sage and thyme, each two
drachms; balsam of tolu, lour
drachms; camphor, one drachm;
alcohol, one ounce; place the alcohol
in a glass mattress, and with the heat
of a waim-water bath dissolve therein
the balsam of tolu; add the campher
and essential oil. On the other hand,
melt together the marrow, lard, oil of
mace, and as It congeals add the
alcoholic solution made, and stir the
whole until it is entirely cooled.
Lubricate the head with oil once or
twice every twenty-four hours.
How to clean silk is of interest to
all wearers. This is the French meth
od, Tlic silk must be thoroughly
brushed and whiped with a cloth,then
laid on a Hat board or table # and well
sponged with hot eofl'e e, 'thoroughly
treed lrcm sediment by being strained
through muslin. The silk is sponged
on the side intended to show, it is al
lowed to become partially dry, and
then ironed on the wrong side. The
coffee removes every particle of grease,
and restores the brilliancy of silk,with
out imparting to it either the shiny
appearance orcrackly and papery stiff
ness obtained by beer or indeed by any
other liquid. The silk really appears
thickened by the process, and this good
effect is permanent.
To keep a stove free lrom rust in
any atmosphere you have only to rub
off all the rust you can and varnish
It with the common varnlsk.
In the autumn when you wish to put
it UD again the varnish will all burn
off in a very short time and all odor
from it will go with it.
THE parasites which effect canaries
may be got rid of by merely placing a
clean white cloth over the cage at
night. In the morning it will be
covered with very minute red spots,
almost invisible without a microscope.
Those are the vermin so annoying and
so fatal to the birds.
IK water in which quassia chips have
been boiled in is put upon the exposed
parte of the body and left to dry there,
mosquitoes and flies will not trouble
the surface so protected. Quassia
water is harmless to childi en ar. d gi own
people but death to insects.
LEMON ZEST. —Rub loat sugar over
the surface of lemons. The friction
breaks the oil-ducts and the sugar ab
sorbs the oil. Put into fruit jars in
the lump, or pound fine. Keep tight
ly corked. This is very tine for flavor
ing custards, creams 1 etc.
To RAISE THE PILE ON V ELVKT. —
When the pile is pressed down cover a
hot smoothiDg-iron with a wet cloth,
and hold the velvet firmly over It; the
vapor arising will raise the pile of the
velvet with the assistance of a light
whisk or clothes brush.
To remove lime from teakettles boil
potatoes in the skins in the kettle till
the deposit of lime shells off, then to
keep it off boil a kettle lull once a
week.
A CEMENTED cistern should be left
for a week or ten days for the cement
to set and harden before tlie water is
let in. If the bottom leaks after that the
cement must have been of poor quality.
To cleanse ivory ornaments, rub
them well with fresh butter— i. c., with
out salt—and put them in the sun
shine.
LAMP-SHADES of ground glass should
be wasned with soda and water, which
will not discolor them.
WIT ANT) HUMOR.
LITTLH JOHHNT got himself Into a
scrape last week. De Smith, Johnny's
father,does not like his mother-in-law.
There is a coolness between them.
One morning who should come In but
Mrs. l)e Smith's mother, with a dray
lull of baggage, with the avowed pur
pose of staying a few months, stating
that Johnny had been to her the day
before and Invited her to do so. John
ny's ma took Johnny aside and asked
him what he meant, as he had never
been requested to convey any sucb In
vitation.
"1 know you didn't tell me to invite
grandma to come over," responded
Johnny.
"Then why did you do It?"
"You didu't let me go to the suckus,
did you?"
"What has that got to do with It?"
asked the irrate mother.
"It's got heaps to do with It. 1 made
up my mind then to bring thing to a
crisis, and I've done it. We will have
a suckus in the bouse now three or
four times a day. "I'm a kind boy to
my parents, but it wou't do to trample
011 me. I'm not much of a .Sunday
school boy either, but 1 am a terror to
plan."
SOI. SMITH KUSSKI.I. tells the follow
ing story of his experience as an en
tertainer; At a small Ohio town,
where he had given his performance
the previous night, be met at the depot
the following morning au elderly
granger, who, while lie peacefully
munched a huge quid of tobacco, in
tently eyed the humorist and Anally
said: "Say, mister, ain't you the fel
low wot giu the show up to Smoot's
Hall last night?" "Yets," replied
Kusseli, "1 did give an entertainment
at Suioot's Hall last night." "Wall, I
thought you was the chap. I wanted
to tell you 'bout a boy of mine; you
ought to have him; he's just the fel
low lor your show; he's the biggest
fool I ever ess."
IN a North Carolina town lately two
men were disputiug about the relative
merits of the salve ihey had for sale.
One of the men, in order to demon
strate that his salve was better than
any other, cut oil' a dog's tall and ap
plied a little of the salve to the stump,
and. ID the presence of the spectators,
a new tall grew out. But the other
man, who also had salve lor sale, took
up the pieee of tail that had been cast
away, put a little salve at the end 01
that, a new dog grew out, and the last
heard of those parties they were quar
reling as to who ow ned the bicoud
dog.
THKKK are none as deaf as those who
won't hear. "Father," said a young
reprobate, pitching his voice so the
old gentleman would be sure to hear,
"let me have one hundred dollars
' Eh t" sall the parent, inclining his
ear. "I.et me have two hnndretf dol
lars V" "1 heard you quite distinctly
the first time, my sou, quite distinct
ly."
SOM K youngster recently dropped
the following note,written in a sprawl
ing hand, 011 brown paper, into one of
the letter-boxeh at the Post Office:
"My dear rianta Ciaus: Won't you
please bring me for cnsuias a nice
tourch lite prossession 011 horseback
so i can ride myself."
•
THE Kev. Mr. (we omit name foi
obvious reasons) begs us to say that he
has slippers enough to stock au army
hospital, but that he is mighty short
on toots and hats. He is not a popu
lar preacher, but a very go*Kl and use
-lul man. People will readily find
him If they choose to hunt liiui up.
There are manw of him.
PKOFISSOR examing a student—What
is "a virgin forest 1"'
Student —A lorest where no one has
ever been.
Professor (severely)— Shall 1 never
be able to inuuee you to express your
ideas elegantly and classically V Why
couldn't >ou say "a 101 est wiiere the
hand of uian has never left its foot
print?"
IT IS a singular tact that a snow-ball
thrown by a boy at a lat man misses
the mark eight times out of nine, but
if tired at a lamp-post every shot
crushes through the glass with uner
ring precision.
THK water is very low in the springs
and rivers all over the country, it is
said that in Florida you can "Wade
down upon the Suwanee River."
ONK of the inexplicable phenomena
of nature is the effect the emptying of
a pan of ashes has in suddenly rever
sing the direction of the wind.
THK man who was confined in the
attic of a jail swore he would bring an
action against the keeper forgarroting
him.
"SAM, why do you wear your pants
so short?" "Why my mother-in-law's
dead and I'm wearing em half mast."
WHY is the letter r the most hopeful
in the alphabet? Because it is the end
of error and the beginning of right.
A CHILD seeing a bill on a telegraph
post: "Oh, mamma, look! A mes
sage has fallen down."
WK are always told to put our best
foot lorward. A mule always puts
his backward, and he puts it strong.
"IT'S easy enough after you get your
hand in," was the reply of the crimi
nal with the fetter on his wrist.
WHAT IS the best way to prevent wa
ter coming into your house? Don't
pay your water-tax!
WHY are Addison's works like a
looking-glass? Because in them we
see the spectator.
TnE reason that they call them dog
days Is because the dogs gets dazed ill
the summer time.
'lll K butcher complacently smacks
his chops as he meats the demands of
ids customers.
WHY does a dog go round and round
after his tail ? Because ha can't go
across lots.
THK higher the bridge to a man's
nose the more easily he goes to sleep
In church.
MANY a man who doesn't smoke in
this world will have to in the next.
THE sun is the oldest settler in the
west.
KIFLE club3—Gangs of pickpockets.
A PRICKLY pair—Needles and pins.
A TAKTNG person—The policeman.
LAW'N order—Keep off the grass.
A M-ISS Is as good as a smile.
Jeff*r*on ■ Republican HI in pile It jr.
With the introduction of the purely re
publican ideas of Thomas Jefferson, when
lie rose from the office of Vice President to
that of President, the pomp of the 'court'
came to an end. He abolished at once the
weekly levees. Fashionable society rallied,
but the great republican was inflexible—
the levees were not restored. As to the
dinners, he preserved the old Virginia
style of free and easy hospitality. He
kept at the Presidential mansion about
eleven colored servants and a French cook,
a French steward and an Irish coachman.
His bill in the Georgetown market aver
aged #. r > a day for the use of his table. The
President's 'mansion' was converted into a
general rendezvous and free club. No
etiquette was required or observed at these
dinners beyond the forms of ordinary good
breeding. The whole code of procedure
was abrogated. The second rule of repub
lican etiquette laid down by Jefferson was
this: 'When brought together in society,
all are perfectly equal, whether foreign or
domestic, titled or untitled, in or out of
office. He further ordered that to main
tain the principles of equality, or pele
mele, and to prevent the growth of pre
cedence out of courtesy, the members of
the Executive will practice at their own
houses, and recomuieud an adherence to
the current usage of the country,of gentle
men in mass giving precedence to Indies in
mass, iu passing from one apartment into
another.' The lacies of Washington re
garded the abolition of the levees by Jeff
erson as an invasion of their vested rights
and put their pretty heads together to con
sult what they were going to do about it.
The result of their deliberations was coer
cive, and they determined to apply it upon
Mr. Jefferson. 80 on the usual day for
holding the levees they took possession of
the White House iu force. The President
was taking his usual horseback ride. On
his return he was told the circumstances.
He entered the room where the fair inva
ders were assembled, booted, spurred and
dusty and recived thein in the most court
eous and graceful manner, but the levees
were ended, nevertheless. "Mr. Merry,
the English Minister of this time, was a
fanatic on the subject of etiquette. He
was thoroughly outraged and indignant at
the manner of his reception by President
Jefferson. He wrote as follows to Josiah
Quincy: 4 L in my official costume, found
myself, at the hour he had himself ap
pointed, introduced to a man as President
of the United Staees not merely in an un
dress, but actually standing in slippers
down at the heels, and both pantaloons,
cravat and underclothes indicative of an
utter slovenliness and indifference to ap
pearances. "
A <i ettt EuterprUe.
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing
Company is one of Koehester's great
est business enterprises. Their Hop
Bitters have reached a sale beyond all
precedent, having from their Intrinsic
value found their way into almost
every household In the land.— Graphic.
Points about Welding. —The scarf
should be sufilcently larger than the
finished side to permit the weld to be
well drawn out after welding. The
joint surlaee of the scarf should be
slightly rounding, so that, when the
two pieces are placed together to weld,
there will be 110 air inclosed between
them. They should be heated in a
clear fire of bright and not gaseous
coal. Thick pieces should not be heat
ed too quickly, or the interior m >tal
will not be brought up to the required
temperature. They should beirequeut-
Iy turned lu the fire, to insure unifor
mity of temperature, and made as hot
as possible without burning them.
They should be withdrawn rom the
tire occasionally, and sprinkled with
sand, which serves to exclude the air
from the surface and prevent oxidation,
and a: the same lime cools the outer
surface aud thin edges, giving the In
terior metal and thicker pirts time to
become heated all through. When the
pieces are placed upon the anvil to
weld them, they should be quickly
cleaned with either a wire brush or a
pieee of w<.od made ragged by having
been hammered. The scarls should be
placed to well overlap each other, and
should receive light and quickly suc
ceeding blows at first, and neavieroues
afterward. As soon as the pieces are
lirmly j<lined, the hammer bows
should be ueuvered with a view to
close the edges 01 the scarf, so that the
joint of the weld shall not show where
the Job is finished. It requires preci
sion and quickness to do a nice job of
welding. The metal must be handled
while still hot enough to join well un
der the hammer's blows and the work
should be thoroughly finished during
that time. A perfect weld is seldom
obtained in the ordinary shops.
Card collectors please buy seven bars
Dobbins' Klectric Soap of any grocer
and write Uragin A Co., Philadelphia
Pa., for seven cards gratis, six colors
and gold, Shakespeare's "Seyen Agea
of Man." Ordinary price 25 cents.
This is the portion of J. B. Han nay's
paper in which he describ s how, after
many failures, he crystallzed carbon :
"A strong seel tube, 20 by 4 by %
bore was tilled, using four grammes ot
lithium and a mixture of bone oil care
fully rectified, niuety per cent, and
parutline spirit ten per cent., using
proportions because 1 had never had
any result with a high percentage of
bone oil. the tubes as tilled having
burst. The tube was closed with great
difficulty, being three parts full of
liquid, and then heated to a visible red
heat lor fourteen hours, and allow to
coal slowly. On opening the tube &
great volume of gas was given oft", and
only a little liquid remaiued. lu the
end of the tube which had been the,
upper end in the furnace, the tube
lying obliquely, there was a hard
smooth mass adhering to the side of
the tube, aud entirely covering the
bottom. It was black, aud appeared
to be composed principally of iron and
lithium. When i, was pulverized in a
mortar, hard resisting substance was
met, aud this turned out to be artificial
diamond or crystaliine carbon."
Those who use Carboline, as now
improved and perfected, the great
petroleum hair renewer, are always
distinguished by the beautiful soft
texture of the hair produced by the
use of that most exquisite of all toilet
preparation"
Dr. Comes , of the Naples Academy,
finds in his later researches that light
favors the transpiration of plants
which attains its maximum shortly
after mid-day; that, other things being
equal, the organ transpire* most which
is the most highly colored, and that it
emits most water when exposed to that
part of the solar spectrum where it ab
sorbs most light; and that only these
luminous rays which are absorbed
favor the transpiration of an organ.
Thirty-tour years of constantly in
creasing use have established a reputa
tion lor Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup sec
ond to no similar preparation. It re
lieves instantly and cures all Coughs,
Colds, etc.
No Hospital Needed
No palatial hospital needed for Hop
Bitters patients, nor large-salaried
talented puffers to tell what Hop Bit
ters will do or cure, aa tnej tell their
own story by their certain and abso
lute cures at home.-— New York Inde
pendent.
The Siemens-Martin steel is greatly
used in ship-building and boiler-mak-
Ing, Mr. Sergius Kern, of St. Peters
burg, stitei that la the manufacture of
plates he has noticed that the Siemens-
Martin ingots stand better heat and)roll
more softly than ingots, con
taining the same quantity of carbon.
Moreover, Siemens-Martin ingots con
tain, as a rule, less manganese than
Bessemer Ingots, and as plates con
taining much manganese and more
liable to oxidize, the 91emens-Martln
plates are preferable for the above
mentioned purposes.
V ILOKI INK does not deceive invalids
iuto l&lse hopes by purging and creat
ing a fictitious appetite, but assists
nature in clearing and purifying the
whole system, leading the patient
gradually to perfect health.
Under the direction ola chemist, the
fatty matters contained in the suds
frein Taris laundries are collected and
utilized in the manufacture of toilet
soaps.
M. Muntiijuy finds that a very vivid
scintillation of the stars indicates agi
tation or a tall of temperature In the
upper regions of the air, and conse
quently the approach of bad weather.
Yon Mum Try 1L
Do not despair even if you have suffered
for years from weak kidneys and torpid
bowels. The celebrated Kidney-Wort hoe
cured hundreds of cases of from five to thirty
years standing. It is nature's great remeey.
—Pre**.
VEGETINEI
GREAT RELIEF,
Siclc Headache.
HARDIS, Miss., April 84,157A
H. R. STEVENS, Boston:
Dear Sir.—l certify that my wife has fre
quenily used your Vegetine for Sick Headache
and experienced great Relief from its use
L. A. DORR.
WIM GOOD SUCCESS.
Dropsy and Kidney Complaint.
DRS MOINES, lowa, Sept. 10, 1373.
H. R, STEVESS, Boston:
Dear Sir—l think very highly of your Vege
tine, having used It for Dropsy and Kidney
Complaint with good success. 1 have arso re
commended it to others who have beeu greatly
benefitted by its ue.
D. E. EGGLESTON,
No. aoi Walnut St.
Vegetine.
Female Weakness.
PHILADELPHIA, July 81.1377.
n. R. STEVENS:
Dear Sir—l have been afflicted with Female
Weakness and womb Disease for many years.
Last March my husband got ine a bottle of your
Veg tine, aua before I bad finished taking It I
found relief; the second and thiid bottles gave
me still further relief, and I h -arttly recom
mend it to ail females suffering from Female
Weakness.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. ELIZABETH H. JOHNSON,
North Seventh street.
I am per-onally acquainted with the above
persons and sold them a number of bottles of
, Vegetine.
J. O. EBERBARD, M. D.
Vegetine has never failed IO effect a cure,
giving toue and strength to the system debl.l
tated by disease.
Vogetino,
PREPARED BY
HA R. STEVENS, BOSTON, Mass.
Yegellne is Hold by All Druggists.
(osiireits
SIfTERS
bleep. Appetite, Strength
Return when Hostetter's stomach Bitters Is
systematically used by a bilious dyspeptic sui
te rer. Moreover, since the brain sympathises
closely with the stom&oh and Its associate or
gans, the liver and the bowels, as their de
rangement is recalled by the action of the Bit
ters, mental despondency produced by that
derangement disappears.
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195
SIDMT DISEASES,
ptajpriakly aadaaraly ovad by the aaa of XHMTT-WCrRT. ttt* m and wmdarfol rmady vmh
IntagnohutaißaMHtotai all par* of th*m*rr, warksm aatwal priaalpta* w t rmtcrm atnaytH
pad taaa to tlu dlataaad omul, and ttiraapk them Tltm-fi the npa of ioieil and poiacaawa
wm. TiOnay djaaaaoa of thirty j<wn standia*hara beam earwl, alao Pllaa, OnMttpatioa, tUMonattm,
hart dlrtrmtd thorlodau for yi—■ *Tt%n nlmroaa nflaaWiiiij mflf irmnlarfiil imitni
longer map Alahollo Btteaw, wklak da wan ham ttu food, a* dnctie pCle, bed naa natawaa
T-S.*STZZ2:?- KSSKsCBtt
jffil^OniyW^dicinejl
[J Tkt let. it Ut Buin n ■
H Th Unr, tb Bowels ud th IMnys. [
These greet ornna are the natural eleant Kg
fl ere of the ajstcA. If they work well, health PI
pl will be perfect; If they become slogged, U
1 dreadful dleeaeea are sure to follow with Bf
y TERRIBLE BUFFERINQ.
n BUloasatn, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jaea- m
U 41ee, Conatlpetioß aod Piles, er KM- rl
fl aey Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes,
IJ er Rheumatic Pafaa sad Aches, l|
IB are developed becaoae the blood la potaoned K
■I with the bumora that aboold have been W
U expelled naturally. ■
H KID^ET-WORT
Fl win restore the healthy action and all these V
If destroying erlis will be banlahed; neglect |
BP them end yon will live but to suffer. 1.
■ Thouaanda hare been cured. Tryltandyon la
J will add one more to the number. Take It M
■ and health willcnoe more gladden yonr heart. U
fl W|tfcftrliif flwaiilui—lifihM|hdl I
I Why bssssS llWrswlr—OsnßtysHsasadHlsst fl
|p KroanT-Wowr will cure yon. Try a pack- K
B age at onoe and be satisfied. m
Ittsa dry vegetable compound and
I Oae Package makes six quarts of ledielao. I
fl Tour DruggUt ha* tt, or v*n gf* for W\
11 you. Jntitt upon, having it. Prtc*, sl/XX ,
II WILLS, SICaiXDSOV h 00., FwpUtw*. |i
|| O (WUI Mai post pali.) Berllwgteu, Tt. P
Wlftoo are a lf lf you
V of tiuslnaan.wMtlr. man of lot
ened by the strain of tirstoilingover mid
your duties avoid uncfat work, to rea
stUnulantaand use W tore brain nerve a&a
Hop Bitters. ■ warn*. use Hop B.
If you are young and ■ suffering from any In
discretion or dlseipa ■**<*>: jnuarejnar
ricd or single, old or ■ young, suffering fr< m
poor health or languish ■ Ing on a bed of Bck
nern, rely on Hop| Bitter*.
Whoever you are, MM Thousands die an
whenever you feel ■! ntully from some
that your system jloyl form of *ld n• V
.- .•*.'ch-anslnp-, ton- BCawdisesm that gugnt
insr or an mulattos h*beM|*eeLd
without I ntonoU' no, W I fay a timely use of
take Hop Hopßltters
Bittorß. iMk yggßum
Have you dye
peptia, O. I. C.
a£u ai"" *■ 1111 absolute
K (I np
m ' Ma oae o opium, fl
isiaK-**!
HOP Bin.™ | J |
If you are sim M " Bold by drug I
low Kjlrlted, try ! NEVER Ift&uT 1 "' I
it ilt may w#- si hop srrmt I
•fj.VthSil FAIL I
saved hun- If, BisWw, n. t. H
dreda. a rOpt. |
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Ktalncr and Barrett's Dictionary of
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Kicbter'a Counterpoint. (92.00) Rich*
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Temperance Light (19 eta), Tempe
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PUMP
UnNnedfOr with Copper, Porcelain,or Iron
Linings. Each one stenciled with my name as
manufacturer is warranted in material and con
struction. For sale by the best houses in the
trade. If you do not know where to get this
pump, write to me as below, and I will send
name of agent nearest you, who will supply you
at my lowest prices.
CHAS. G. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer,
' 308 Market St. Philadelphia. PA
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