AGRICULTURE. PRESERVING VEGETABLES IN WINTER.— To keep beets, carrots and turnips from wilting it is a good plan to put them up in barrels with heads, or to pile them in the cellar about toux feet deep, aud cover the pile with a little straw or eoa-se litter, to prevent evaporation, it the cellar is kept cool they wui not sprout aud grow; hut this is not always easy to do, as mild weatliei approaches iu spring, at which season a good pit keeps the roots iu better order than any cellar can do. To keep squashes well very different conditions are essential. The squash is a tropical plant, and will not weli endure cold weather, even an approach to the treeziug poiut IXJIOW 40 ueg. injures Uieui lor keeping, and if the temperature can be kept uniiorui ly above 60 deg. from the time they are harvested it will be ail the better; tree cir culation of sir is essential also, especially when they arc first gathered, and for sev eral weeks atteiward. A ceilai with a furnace in it, where the temperature is uot above 60 deg. will keep them weli. But a cehar without a lire is too damp ami col d, and they will not keep long in il. One of the best piaccs to be fouuo in uuwt houses for keeping squashes is a closet against the Kitcheu chimney, iliey need looking over every two weeks to piek out the specked ones; they keep pretty well till spring if carefully watched. The hard shelled squashes like the xiubbard aud Alarblehead, keep much better thut uie tur ban and marrow varieties, which are most ly used m autumu lor pies, etc. Tomatoes • picked quite green, just before frost endan gers their destruction, aud spread out upon the benches of a green house, or uuuer the grass of a hot bed, will ripeu after several days exposure to the warmth of the suu, and prove very acceptable alter the trust has destroyed the vines. String beans may be easily dried by spreading them ou a roof or other convenient places, and furnish an excellent winter tlish; they need oniy be soaked and cooked as if freshly picked. Tnis method is uot so generally suowu and practiced as it should be, caring beans are a delicate dish in midwinter, and well worth the plight trouble of saving them. Lima beans, shelled and di ied, make most excellent stewed beans in the winter sea son, so much better than ordinary pea beaus that one would be quite surpriseu at the difference who had never belore tried it. DR. MANLY MILES contributes the follow ing on rotationof crops to tlie American Agriculurist ; 4 lu a well planned system ot farming, the subject of crop rotatious sliouid be carefully considered, as oue of the essential elements of success in Us highest and best sense. It seeuis to be the prevailing opinion that the alternation of crops, in systematic order, is a modem in vention that was gradually developed as a direct result of the applications ot sciencd to the art of agriculture. The early writers on agricultute, even from the times of the Greeks and Romans, have, however, quite unifoemiy urged the advantages of a suc cession of crops from the '.cachings ot ex pdrience. They were satisfied that a vari ety of crops in succession, all other conditions would give a great er aggregate yield than could otherwise be obtained. The reasons for the success of the system couid not. it is true, be given, but practical men were fully agreed in urg ing its importance, and many systems of rotation, more or less perfect, were planned some of which became the prevailing ruie of farm practice in paiticuiar localities. That these practical rules of alternating crcps of different habits and modes of growth are based on correct, but not fully explained, principles, bus been shown by direct experiment." SEEDING TO GRASS. Before sowing grass seed the fanner should make certain of having a good seed-bed. More mistakes are made concerning the preparation of land for grass than for any other crop. It is no uncommon thing to see a farmer sim ply running over a plot, where potatoes were grown the previous year, with a cul tivator, then following with a harrow. We have seen extreme cases where even the harrow was omitted, the seed sown imme diately after tne cultivator, then simply buahiug in the seed, leaving it to make its way as best it can. Others will use a one horse plow to turn under the corn butts, getting in the seed with as little labor as po-sible. In our experience the best prac tice is to plow a good deep furrow, fol lowed by a thorough harrowing; and alter sowing to bush the seed in and use the rol ler faithfully. OF all poultry breeding tbe rearing of the goose in favorable situations is said to be the least troublesome and most profitable. It is Dot surprising, therefore, that the trade has of late years been enormously developed. Geese will live to a certain extent and thrive on the coarsest grasses. WHEN timothy and red top are sown it is best to use a bushel of red tcp, a peck or eleven pounds of timothy, also adding six pounds of red clover, which amounts to very liberal seeding and should yield a fair crop of hay about the first of September. THE editor of the Gettysburg Compiler suggests to the farmers of Adams county that instead of applying phosphate to corn in the Spring, they make a trial of sowing bioadcast and plowing it down in the fall. The editor tried the experiment with satis factory results a few years ago. The day of brute force in tbe machine - shop has gone by. The entire operations to-day are more of the brain than of the muscle, and since some one must furnish the brain work, it is a pertinent question for the individual machinist whether he shall educate himßelf to suppiy the larger part of it, and get paid for it, or whether on the other hand he shall put Himself nearer the level of the machine he operates, and allow some one else to gat paid for thmking. This is a matter the mecfianic has to settle for himself. The light-house board want to introduce the electric light into several of the more piomment light houses, and in their annu al report they ask for $50,000 for this pur pose, The propored lamps have been tes ted to thorough satisfaction, and prove much more effective than the lights now in use, The board now control about 700 light-houses along the coas t , besides 80i) or more lights on interior rivers, and their estimate for new work and for the mainte nerarce of the service the coming year is about $3,000,000. Messrs. Galloway and Abel have found coal duet to be an important factor in ex plosions of the gases in mines. A mixture of coal dust and air is not explosive, but a quantity of fire damp too small to produce any effect when mixed with air alone cau ses the mixture to become violently explo sive. Prof. Abel's experiments fhow that any kind of dust mixed with air contain ing a small quantity of fire damp converts tne mixture into an explosive compound. The labors ot the Seismological Society of Japan have established the fact that there is a chronic center of disturbance within a radius of a few miles from Yoko hama. DOMESTIC. HOT AIR BATHS. —Now that the hot air bath has been fairly naturalized, it is nec essary to examine the institution critiealy. One of the most obvious sanitary condi tions of the bath, but, unfortunately, that which it is the most difficult to secure, is the purity of the atmosphere in which the breathing organs of persons in a peculi arly susceptible or physiological state are immersed. The breather of impure gasses, under ordinaly circumstances, takes his poison largely diluted. If the air of a lurkish bath is laden with germs of dis ease thrown oil by the lungs of a fever or a consumptive patieut, there are no cur rents to carry the particles away. It is a physical certainly that others breathing IU the bath must inhale them. This is an evident source of peril, and suggests the wisdom of taking measures to insure the frequent changing of an atmosphere which may be thus easily polluted. Care is also required to compel tbase who conduct these baths m the way of trade to provide attendants who not only can but will do what is necessary for the bathers. Far example, when cold water is ordered for a patient, he or she should not be deprived of the full benefit such an application may be likely to afford because the attendants are too indolent to procure the requisite appliauces, as recently happened at a weli knowu bath. HINTS TO POULTRY EATERS. —The reason why poultry kdiedpit noiuc, though young, is not as tender as that bought in the market, is that the former is not generally killed until wanted, and when eaten is still rigid with death, while that bought at the poulterer's has been killed at least hours —more ofteu days. Poultry ought to be killed several days before eaten, dressed at once, aud with a few pieces ot charcoal in it, hung iu a cool place. If poultry are kept from foot! ami drink at least twelve hours before killing, the tlesh will be juicy and the fat firm. If left three days without food or driuk, though in good condition previously, the tlesh will be dry aud tasteless, and the fat soft. Never buy an undrawn fowl. The gas from the crop aud intestines will taint the tlesh, even though retaiued tut a sort time. PLUM CAKE. —This is a ginxl school cake, ,aiid, i! covered with sugar lciug, is rich enough tor children's birthday parties, make two pounds of flour into dough, with two ouuees of German yeast and three gills of tepid water. Lot it rise for an hour, then work iu a pound of dis solved butter, six eggs, well beaten, the rtud of a lemon, halt a small grated nut meg, a pound of stoned raisins, a pound of currants and half a pound of candied peel, shred finely. When all the ingredi ents are mixed beat the cake up weli, aud let it rise in a hot place for an hour. Then put it into a greased tin and bake iu a good oven for two hours. If made in more than one cake il will not take so loug to bake. LOBSTER CUTLETS.— Take a tinned lob ster, miuce finely and mix with a little fresh butter, salt, pepper and cayenne ac cording to taste, a blade or two of mace, and a dessert spoonful of anchovy sauce. Add one egg and a little flour, or, if you have it ready, a small quantity of cold boiled potato mashed. Divide the mix ture julo email crescent-slmped cutlets, brush them over with egg, dip them into bread crumbs ai d fry them a light browu color. If eaten cold they should be gar nished with parsley or arranged around a dish, the centre spaces being filled wifli water cresses or small salad ; or, if served hot, with melted butter and anchovy sauce. 8 ricED GiNGKRHRK AD — Excellent.—One cup of butter, one cup of browu sugar free from lumps, one cup ot molasses, four eggs, soda, four cups of sifted flour, a lit tle salt, a teaspoonful each of ground cloves and cinnamon, n teaspoouful of gin ger and a tabltepcoufui of grated lemon peel. Mix tbe salt and soda with tbe fl' ur. Beat the yolks of the iggs, then the whites, a* d then both together, mix tbe molasses, sour milk and spice togeteer, and cream the butler and sugar. New drop the butter and sugar into the flour, add the milk and molasses, and stir quick ly uutil in a smooth mass. Bake iu shal ow tics iu a well-heated oven. 1 PUDDING.— An excellent apple pudding can be made from the remains of a rice pudding. Arrange well swe*etencd and flavored apple sauce in alternate layers with cold rice pudding ; add a little butter and sugar, sift sugai over the top and put jn the oven to heat through aud brown on he top. Any sort of flavoring may be used for Ibis pudding. CHARLOTTE.- The ordinary apple char lotte is not nearly so nice as this, which is simply more elaborate. Line a pie dish with buttered slices of bread ; fill it up with layers of apples cut very small, pla cing between eachlayer a little apricot jam, some grated lemon rind, and plenty of brown sugar. Cover the dish up with slices of bread buttered, aud bake it till the bread is well browned. PICKLED MUTTON HAMS. —Three gallons of soft water; one pound of coarse swgar, two ounces of saltpetre, three pounds of common salt. Boil and remove the scum, and when cold pour over the meat. In two or three weeks the ham will be excel lent for baking or boiling. It may be smoked if preferred. - , How TO MAKE TEA GO FARTHER.— A method has been discovered for making more than the usual quantity of tea from any given quantity of the leaf. The whole secret consists in steaming the leaf before steepiDg. By this process it is said 14 pints of good quality may be brewed from one ouuee or tea. GRAHAM BIEAD. —One pint of sour milk, one egg, one small tablespoonful of soda, one half cup of molasses, one quart of Graham flour; mix well together, bake one hour, Experiments on cotton-seed oil, which may be found aseful in the application of their results for the detection of spurious olive-oil, have been conducted by Prof. Wideman. Cotton-seod oil has at 0° the specific gravity of 0.9,406, but at 30° of only 0.9,206. Treated with vitriol the oil assumes a violet tint, which is deepened by stirring; aDd after the lapse of 24 hours the mixture thickens and becomes deep brown in color. W hen sulphuric acid and potassum bichromate are applied to the oil a violent reaction ensues with an evolution of sulphuric acid; tbe oil then taking a blood-red color. Caustic alkalies af a spe cific gravity of 1-24 thickens the oil and makes it strawyellow, while the alkaline solution separates and takes a deeper color and when the mixture isstirred with a glass red the upper layers appear blue, passing gradually into a violet color. , T Thr rapidity of the motion of the wings of some insects is almost incredible. It has be#'n estimated that the common house fly moves its wings 330 times in a second, or 19,800 times per minute, w'hi.e the but terfly's wings move nine times per second, or 540 times per minute. WIT ANI) HUMOR. A WOMAN found her husband lying in n state of Intoxitcation in an all y. 1' stead of being exasperated, she gently turned him over to a comfortable position, and running her hand into his vest pocket she extracted a s'2o bill and remarked . "I reckon I've got the dead wood on that new bonnet I've been sufferin* for." She made a straight streak tor the millinery shop. Strong men wiped the moisture from their eyes at the heroic devo'ion to a husband who had, by strong driuk, brought himself so low as to negb'Ct to provide his wife with the common necessaries of life. [W&usau Central Wisconsin.] Being asked concerning the Oil, Mr. Aug. Kiekbush informed the questioner that M. Jacob's Oil had proved an excellent and most useful remedy in every family that had ii-ed It. A large majority of eases pronounced incurable have been en tirely cured. THE other night, when a citizen was reckoning up his accounts, his wife spoke to him several tunes, and receiving no an swer, said : "You treat me cruelly. 1 fear you no longer love me," and the hus band and father replied : A 'l love you pas siona'ely, devotedly, frantically, in illy ; but if you don't hold ycr jaw till 1 get these figures added I'll give you a clip m the eye." "PRAY, sir," said a pers UWII had pre viously ix-en the most backward ot a crowd, to another who had just joined it, 'pray, sir, have the kindness u R to press upo i out*, it is unnecessary siuee there is no one behind to press upon you !'' "But there may be preseuly,'' said the other; besides, sir, what's the good of being iu a crowd if one mayn't shove (" MONSIEUR PKOUDII >MMK lauds the ad vantage of gymnastics. " I'here is n uliing like it for health," he says : "it increases a man's strength, prolongs his days'' "But," interrupts u pupil, "out anecsto s did not practice gymnastic , nod yet - "They did not," retorted M. Proudhom n •, "and what is the cousequeuoo f T.uy aie dead, every man of them !" (ML Clemens, (Mich.) True KecorU.) VV. T. Lee, Esq., of this paper says : Being convinced of the efficacy of M. Jacob's Oil in curing rheumatism. L have uo hesitancy in recommending it. LORD X., whose popularity was not ex cessive in a certain Scotish town, having refused an importan&te beggar, she renew ed her applications with "Now, me lord, if ye'd just give me one little sixpenc , I could treat every lrieud ye have in the toon!" A in OR of a college, lecturing t> U young man on the irregularity of his con duct, added with givat pathos: "The report ot your vices will bring your father's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave." "1 beg your pardon, sir," replied the pupil, ,4 my father wears a wig.'* Kiiiim-ut I'liyaiclitUK. are prescribing that tried and true remedy, Kidney-Wort for the worst cases of bil housness and constipation, as well as for kidney complaints. There is scarcely a person to be found that will not la* greatly benefitted by a thorough course of Kidney Wort every spring. If you feel out of sorts and don't know why; try a package of Kidney-Wort ami you will feel like a new creature. — Indianapolis A initial. "THE last time 1 saw Miss X.," said a nobleman, speaking ot a well-known ac tress to a witty dramatist, "was at a morn ing performance, and she had grown so stout that she almost filled the box." "Oh, that's nothing !" said the witty playwright, "Theie was a time when she filled tne the atre. " A CITIZEN of New Mexico, being in formed that a panther bad attacked bis wife, and that she beat off and killed the animal, mereiy shrugged bis shoulders and said: "Ef that panther had knowed her as well as I do he'd a never riled her up, you bet." As a tonic and nervine for debilitated women nothing surpasses Dr. Pierce's "Fa vorite Prescription." By druggists. A LITTLE girl was eating green com by gnawing ii from the cob, when her teeth became intangled with the corn silk. 4t Oh, dear," said she impatiently, "1 wish when they get the corn made they would pull out the basting threads." THE idea ot the biggest head knowing the most is all nonsense. The mastodon had the biggest head of his time, yet he didn't know em-ugh to go into the ark out of the rain, and be saved. The uiusquito, with scarcely any head at all. was wiser. The only physician we employ is "Sel lers' Liver Pills," and we always enjoy good health. r l ry them. THE editor of a scientific journal asks : 4 'flow did we come to posssess our present dress? 4 " How sfaonld his contemporaries know l Perhaps he procured it in ex change for advertising for tbe tailor. Or he may have won it at a ralll i. Or prob ably. w hat seems more plausible, he told the tailor to "charge it." Thousands of women have been cured of the most stubborn cases of female weak ness by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, bent to Mrs. Lydia E. Pmkliam, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass,, for pamphlets. 44 You haven't opened your, mouth du ring the whole session," said a legislator to a fellow member, "oh, yes, 1 have, i yawned through the whole of your speech," was the complimentary reply. A HOTEL on the European plan has Asiatic laundry men, Africrn waiters, ami a North American elerk with a South American diamond in bis shirt front. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 31, 1879. GENTLEMEN —Having been aiiicted for a number of years with indigestion and gen eral debility, by the advice of my doctor I used Hop Bitters, and must say they af forded me almcst instant relief. I am glad to be able to testify in their behalf. THUS. G. KNOX. A REVISION of the birth dates in tbe fam ily records of tbe Bible would make the book more popular with maideus of uncer tain age. OUR ancestors, the monkeys, were not so ignorant, after all. They were all ed ucated in the higher branches. For a Christmas present buy one of the Mass, Organ Co.'s Harpettes, and your children will be delighted and give you music in your own home these long winter evenings. THE man who was injured by a burst of applause is recovering. DID the horseman who "scoured the plain use soap ? or BULL'S • S.YRU.P Has. LYCI& L PIKKHIM. 3FLYNH. IMS*. ■ r . y.- /-■' .• / _ V C? S9* SJ* c-ASO. . LYDIA E. PINKHAM'ff VE&BTABLS COI.irOfJITP. I-i a i'cwjf i>'• Cu.s for m! 1 I'nlti-ul Uomplulon. and V fnt i ru* •u tnnilDllM tuour bc.l f* mutt- iti.i. It will curt* rntlreiy thu nvolft lormt-f Fcaiut* Cow p.ahu nil t'Turi.in trouMr*. Inflammation luid Uteeiw ft >u Falling ami IH*i•liuvmento, atidthc e-maejuent Spinnl Wmkncan, M1 is lirt uuL.r.y ,>Uii to Uu ( 'l.un]-' 1 of Life. It *lll Uimtolve and VTjyl tumor* 'mm the o tor a* in *n of ilyi all era* tug tore, aulant*. .i:nl rvlii'ca wraknesa of the Ktonuu-b It run* Blof.Un*, Nervous I'ro.tralion, <}>!> ral Debility, Hlwj'lwnna, Deprs—lt>n auu livll irr,-t ion. Tlrnt feeling of hearing down, causing pain, weight and iMu'Uaelv. i* ai-ay* pormnmatly cun-d hr tu. um. It will :*. all t it;* * and under allcireumstanea*act la hanno-.y t'icliiw* thatgovern thefemaleHyatoj*. V .-tin.* curvof Kidney Complaints of i*itl-r seitiis Compound is ui surpa wl. I.YIUA 1. I'INKKAM'rt VI.U FTABI.F. (OH POUND is | Wi lcra Avenue, Lynn, Mas-. 1 m£L Slbo*tl*afor S.V Scut by mail in tli, form of pil,*. alao I*. the I- rtn of iocril4c*, on receipt of pr.re. $\ per bo* forcithar. Mr*. J'ink ham fr-vly aji-woi-s nil l-U<-rs of Inquiry. Rend for |*uupk let A*t*in - a* &lr*vc Mm!urn thi J\iytr. No family Soub*. witboiit LYDIA E. PIMiIIAS 'S LIVUH I'll 1 iry euro eoimtijaition, blhouaae h, ~ad torrMity of I iicvnt* wr U*. I F Rolil bv tilt hru*;fu. *4a ■a s coo^ PITTSBURGH. PA.— ft t JiiVJd'H'ij I HOP BITTEES^ (A .Uodirinct not n Driuk.) CONTAINS HOPS, IlUCIir, MANDRAKE, L" AN DELI ON, H AjfOTnK PVRKST ANT Br*TMEPICaI,QUAU* I Tit# or *LI. OTIIEK BITTEUS. THEY CUKE V All Disease* of thr Stomach. Bowel*. Blood, I ■ I vousut***, Sl' '-and I*l,|M . ially ■ Fetnuie Coniplaiuta. s:ooo m COLD. I will be paid for a case they will not cure H help, or lor anything Impure or injurlou* ■j found In them. 9 Auk your tlrupglst for Hop Bitter* and try I 3 belli before you sleep. Tiltt* no other. I B I> I. C. I* an abunhitcand Irresistible euro for I gj Drunkenness, urn; <>f opium, tobacco and H &■: mSJtTXXm Fend row Ciim-tlaf. ESsraUEaa® All abuv. „.M h, HfUk.'.tU. aS IL*r I'ill.r, V. \ Ttf<;r,l*\ Otil, i hVI "111 H i PHI W 1 il "111 li T-A.IZE3 THE ; Miiij THE CREAT Jil JfLTXGTOy ROUTE. 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Steel Track and Superior Equipment, com bined with their Great Through Car Arrange ment. make* this, above all others, the favorite Route to the South, South-West, and the Far West. Try it,, and you ./ill find traveling a luxury Instead of a discomfort. Through Tickets via this Celebrntcd Line for side at all offices in the United States and Canada. „ Ali Information about Rates of Fare. Sleep ing ( ar Accommodations, Time Tables, &c. will bo cheerfully given, and will send 11>< t*. any address an elegant County Map of United States, in colors, by applying to PEUCIVAL LOWELL, Gen. Pass. Agent, Chicago T. J. POTTER, General Manager, Chicago. A Powerful Light. —A. new electric revolving light, to lie placed on Bouth Head. Marquario Ilarlior, Sydney, Austra lia, was recently exhibited by the makers, Messrs,- Chance Brothers, of Birmingham. It is called a first order, dioptric, revolving light, with the electrical arc. The lamp has a special arrangement of prisms tor sc. curing vertical divergence of the beam. It is over six feit in diameter, and the height is about nine feet, and it is said to be the first time such dimensions have been ap plied to illumination by the electric arc. The lamp or regulator has a power of about 12,000 candles in the focus ot light, and the merging beam baa a luminous intensity exceeding 12,000,000 candles. 'lhe light, will give Hashes around half the horizon at intervals of a minute, and will make a complete revolution every sixteen minutes. On an average the light will he visible a distance of forty or fifty miles. Its makers claim that it will be the largest and most IKJwerlul light in the woild. A new "sea messenger" the invention o* Julius Yanderbergh of Portsmouth, Eng.. was recently tested with gratifying results during a cruise of the British reserve squadron. It is a copper vessel three feet and a half long, pointed at both ends and lined with cork uud composition to resist external pressure The inner ease will carry a weight of 60 pounds, and is meant for the conveyance of letters and Other pa pers finm wrecked or disabled vessels. The vessel was thrown overboard at sea, and was picked up by fisherman oil the coast of Jutland. It had boen in the* water 25 days and traveled 1420 miles, but was louud to be uninjured. We believe it is the style to affect con tempt for things that are old. Not so, however, with i)r. Bull's Cough Syrup, which has stood the popular test of 84 years' use, ami is more thought of than ever before. AN auctioneer, by birth a native of the Oieeu Isle, of course, caused to be ptinled on Ins haudbills at a recent safe, "Every article sold goes to tne highest bidder, un less some gentleman bids more." LITTLE Johnny was visiting at a neigh bor s house. He was offered a piece of bread and butter, which he accepted, hut with no great amount of enthusiasm. "What do you say, Johnny?" said the lady, expecting hiui to say "Thank you." "1 Hay it ain't cake," was the response. Poverty ami Dintren*. That poverty which produces the great est distress is not of the purse but of the blood. Deprived of its rich ness it becomes scant and wa tery, a condition termed anemia in medical writings. Given tus conditiou, and scrofulous swellings and sores, general and nervous debility, loss ol flesh and ap petite, wjak longs, throat disease, spitting ot blood and consumption, are among the common results. If you are a sufferer from tlim, poor blood employ Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery," which en riches the blood and cures these grave af fections. It is more nutritive than cod liver oil, and is harmless in any condition of the system, yet powerful toenre. By druggists. SOME men, when tlioy go to church, never think of studying the frescoing on the .ceiling of the edifice until the collec tion box is being passed around. WHEN a man told his wife that he had just trailed for new a spring wagon, she re plied, "You dunce, you! why did jou get a spring wagon in the fall of the year ?" MOTHER* DON'T KNOW How many children are punished for being uncouth, wilful and indifferent to instructions or re wards, simply because they are out of health ! An intelligent lady said of a child of this kind ; "Mothers should know that if they would give the little ones moder ate doses of Hop Bitlere for two or three weeks, the children would he all a parent could desire." "MY dear," sa.d a lonl mother to her child, why do you not play with the little Jones boy ?" "Oh, he's horrid. He says h%d words like papa does." Reform will begin at home in that family. Th Power of The Press, In no way is the power of the press more surely shown than in the universal knowl edge that has in less thau a year, been dif fused throughout fifty millions of people of the wonderful curative properties of that splendid remedy Kidney-wort. And the people from the Atlantic to the Pacific iiave shown their intelligence and their knowledge of what is in the papers, by al ready making Kidney-Wort their house hold remedy for all disea°es of the kid neys, liver and bowels.— Herald. MANY preachers seek to impress their Hearers with the fact that life is short, but forget it in their sermons. CAKBOLIKK, a deodorized extract of pe troleum, cures baldness. This is a posi tive fact, attested by thousands. No other hair preparation in the world will really do this. Besides, as now improved it is a delightful dressing. WHEN a bank "goes up' it generally fails to conic down. AMBITIOUS man: Is there anv fixed rule for writing poetry! There is 1 Don't Important to Travelers. SUECIAI INDUCEMENTS are offered you by the BURLINGTON KOUTE. It will pay you to read their advertisement to be found elsewhen* in this issue. THE new coroner has pppoiuted a col ored mau as one of his deputies. He will be handy for blackburyiug parties. S. M. Dukes, Colfax, Ind., states that his wife had a tumor ou her neck five years, and "Lindsev's Blood Searcher" cured it right up. THE Itesl railway for a bridal trip —The Union Paciffc. Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. THE height of coolness —the top of Mont Blanc. riles and Mosquitoes. 15c. box "Rough on Rats" keeps a house free from flies, bed-bugs, roaches, rats, mice, Ac. MKSSKS. MUKUAN & HEADLT, Mutual Life Building, Tenth and Chestnut streeis, brye on hand a superb stock or extra fine quallit^,Dia monds, which they offer at as low prices as stones of the first quality, perfect alike In color and shape, can be sold for. On Thirty Days' Trial. The Voltaio Belt Co.. Marshall. Mich., will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to any person afflict©', with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee ing complete restoration of vigor aad man hood. Address as above without delay. v P. B.—No risk is incurred, as 30 days' trial I* allowed. A CUTK Yankee has invented a nest, in the bottom of which there is a kind of trap door, thiough which the egg, when laid, (mediately drops, and the hen, look ing around and peiceiviug noue, soon lays another. l)r. Pierce's "Pleaaant Purgative Pel lets" are sugar coaled and inclosed in glass Lotties their virttms leiug thereby pre served unimpaired for any length of time, in any climate, so that they are always fresh and reliable. No cheap wooden or pastel>oard boxes. By druggists. TUB man who tries to slop another's hat wheu It is blown off generally "puts his foot in it." HOUSEHOLD ACCIDENTS. \/\ /j jj| i not deslgn- VCTSXIL \ —-■ - ed to induce \ public to s Nnr 1 attempt the du ui/kiliit ties of the rugu- W&plar surgeon, but, i> i merely to place the i \* V X Urn'!' readers of these pages Iarfroni liver and kidney trouble* ancM, after taking "lierrel* of other medicine*.' Ijt Kidney Wort made him writ. Micha-d Coto of Montgomery Center, Vt..aß suffered eight year* wllli kidney diffleuliy B'M|ET was unable to work. Kidney Wort made hiiu|R " well as ever." ■ PERMANENTLY CUR%S □ KIDNEY DISEASES, Y LIVER COMPLAINTS,! and Piles. ■■ |g It 1* put up in Dry Vegetable ?arm in R[ RH tin cans, one paesoge of whicii makessts quart* rj of medicine. Alan In Liquid Form, vers COB- PW M ecutruled, for those tlial cannot reaaily pre M R; jr It act* trith equal efficiency ' in helping its A members to become intejiigent. Best aid for TKACHERS and SCHOLARS, in SCHOOLS. Y llf ft Most acceptable to Pastor, I'ar- Ijl X JL cut. Teacher, Child, Friend; for Holidays, Birthday, Wedding, or any other occasion. Published by G. & C. MERRIAM, Springfield, Mass. SO YOUNG MEN and be certain of a situation, address VAXJb.NIINK BROS. Jauesville. Wisoonsm. TIIK SOLDIERS' FRIEND. MR. B. F. InuTCHARD. Of Washington, D. C., is cer tainly entitled to gnat distinction oil accoiuit of his goodness to the soldier. His long experience—and ex perience i* everything—enables him to bring about a speedy settlement of all class of claims. The fee for obtaining a ]-n*ion is only ten dollars, while the pen sioner frequently dr*WH>everal hundred dollars at ni*t payment And the tension laws are so very lllieral that a pension is given for any kind of a wound, dis ease, or disability, even if caused by accident or other wise. And it should lie known by every one that Mr- Pritehard makes rejected pension eases, and such other claims as have l>een unskilfully and negligently prose cuted by incompetent attorneys, a specialty. All such cases can yet be favorably settled. It is not uncom mon Tor him to secure the allowance of a pension claim alter more than one rejection. There an l thousands of Just and meritorious claims for pensions that were re jected during the five years that "Mr." Bentiey was Commissioner, all of whom should apply again—and we say apply to Mr. Pritcharu and know the double ad vantage of liariug a good attorney, and one at the Capi tal. where he ean ana will give such cases his personal attention. He makes no charge for advice. His ad dress is box 34, Washington, D. C. TT7HATISIT? „ YY Hoo-lah! Hoo-lah! The East India, or Sacred Hindoo Liver Cure, re moves gall stones, cures all liver diseases, malarial and billious fevers. ALFRED MAURICE, Proprietor, Post office box 2,061, New York. .CHEAP GUNS for THE PEOPLE.* E CATALOGUES 4 Rtlh-s, Shot Gun*, Revolve*, Ammunition, Seine*, Finding Tsokle, Kaiom.&c. sen' O-O. D.for examination. P 5,000 A pen fa Wanted for Life of GARFIELD It contains the full history of his noble and eventful life and dastardly assassination. Surgical treatment, death, funeral obsequies, etc. The best chance ot your life to make money. Beware of "catchi*;nny unlta tions. This is the only authentic and fully illustrated life of our Martyred President Fine steel portraits. Extra terms to Agents. Circillars free. Address, NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.. Philadelphia, Pa. those answering an Advei'tiseujeiii u confer a favor upon the Advertiser am* fh( ifubllshor b vstatiiuc that they saw the wtver. tUeeaant lathlsio?rna llnamlnt ihe paper) STOMACH _ 0* B|TTEB s In Hosts of Families Hostetter'g Stomach Bitters is as much regarded as a household necessity .% sugar or coffee. The reason of this is'that years of experience have proved it to lie perfectly re'iable in those cases of emergency where a prompt aud convenient remedy Is demanded. Constipation, liver complaint, dys pepsia, indigestion and other troubles are over come by it. For sale by Druggists and Dealers, to whom ap ply for Uostetter's Almanac for lstfii. Wmlf and Hreech-Loading Gnus, Rifles end FIHIOIM > f mint approved JSnylieh and American make* til kind* of Sporting Implements and article txiutred by B|girtmcu and tiunmakers. Colt's New jreecb-Loading Double f Jans at S3O up. JO*. C. Git I III! Ac CO., 71 2 Market Ht. lend for PhMndelnhla* Pn. TO ALL -■4>!i<-r* tti.i were dl**lil4 by *uund, dlaem or otberwlw. th too* of s finger OT tM, W { f/j/Riiila. v*rt*o cttmi, rbrvak duurbaa, raptara, V I LUR ' wvioiiwit. k ot *i*bi of DM or both sye*. or I *o, knm ot tteariDg. dlasawof the heart, A.V z <*s™ fßillo ß l**<*k of tbe me**lot, rheumatism, or any Mb'. ? *l, cbiblmi, feUturs, and mother* of aokUefS m \ iu the eerrire, or afteroard.of dteeaeeor K. / pcHw"""4* ooti true ted in the eenriee are entitled to a Eat ESSpetK-ios. I jaoruru peaaioo* ohere diaeharge H ' sea las. Kew dl*ri>*rgoe obtained whore HHi.ai. Pa*i.i* I<•< *(*•* i.. Sew law* give ku of tram SH OO to ITL.OS nor aaastL Set dfll NS .'• charged *llll detection erdUbooormbly dia .^^^Reharaodare entitled to recei.e a pesaioa, ir die ■MKJDBVabIrd in any manner, tame aa other soldier*. P*rawr* procured for ail aew inteotiooa- rejeeted patent claims taken op. Anaaoowsn awn Jtaiacrns pentioo elalms a epoci ally. Caah paid for all kind* of iaad warrant*. Circular*, nu AddlCM (with MMiue) h. V. fritebard. boa S*. Waahinifum. 0.0. Engines. Reliable, Durable and EoonomicaL w(ttfumih a Mf/rne poicer tciik H hmfued ami *aer tkan (Imp otket Engine Ouftt, not fitted with an Automatic Cut-off. Semi tor Illustrated Catalogue "J," lot inioruiauou m Prices. B. W. Patkk k BOKS. Box ttiu Conung, N.Y. AANvw Yfar Cards. New Stylea With Name, 100- GEO. L itE£D $ Co.. NassamlTV. FTYin? OOCBTHHIP and MARRIAGE.-- lj\/\ Vj Wonderful secrets, revelatioua and dLooveriaa for married or eingle, eecuriug health wealth and happtnesa to aIL This handsome book of 1> pages mailed for only lu oeats, by Tbe Union Pub hahiug Co., Newark, NTj. YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY PUMP with Copper. Porcelnla f or Iron Lt it iiic*. Each one stenciled with my name aa manufacturer is warranted in material and 0011- •troction. For sale by the best housea In the trade. If you do not know where to get this pump, write to me as below, and I will lend name of agent nearest you, who trill supply yoa at my lowest pricea. CHAB. G. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer, 808 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. CHRIS MAS MUSIC. Christ the Lord. w* it ' liama. For Mixed Voicea. Easy aud attraebve music. Choirs and Societies can easily learu it for a Xrnne per formance. Suceuts. (tend for Llat of t hr lamas Carols. Beauties of Sacred Song. $3.; CloUi $2 bo ; Board* #2. A uob'.v present for thoee who love the Iwut. bX of tbe moat mioeeMsful songs of the day, by 4U famous oompoeers. Rhymes and Tunes. sougs, lullabies aud Kiudergarteu Piaya tsl 60.) Gems of English Song. $3. gilt. The uew and most favorite collection. Norway Music Album. the Vikings of the North. Wild and beautiful. Franz' Album of Song. $3. gilt. Frauz's owu edition of his fatuous German songs. Christmas Cantata. Choruses, Quartets, Solos, etc. Sacred words and spirited music. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. C. H. DITSON A CO., ' J. E. DITSON & CO.. 843 Broadway, N. Y, 1228 Cheetnut St., Phila. \KlnlrxUe\r> Catalogue free. Address Standard YV aicnes American Watch Co.,Pittsburgh,Pa fb ymr fmr pmr A YEAR AND EXPENSES Ma i j I Agent*. Outfit free. Address, P 4> • i • YH HI KY. Angaita. Me. 4 BEATTY'H PIANOFORTES -Ma<„lficeni ii. houday pre*nta;square g.aud piauofoi tes foui \, ly handsome tound corners, rosewood cases. thrj uaisoi a. Bestty's matchless lreu frames, stool, book,cover, boxes, s'£'£•£ 73 to S-JD7 30} catalogue prices. $S00b>flOOO; satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded, alter one year's use; Upright Pianoforte* $124 to $'255; caa logue prices SSOO to $800; standard pianofortes of the (in - verse, as thousands testify; write for mammoth list of tes timonials. llcauy'n Cabinet Olti* A SS catheur.!, church, chapel, parlor, &30 upward. Viattos welc n;-; free carriage meets passengers; illustrated catalogue (holi day edition) free. Address or call upon DANIEL F. BEATTY WASHIMGTOK,Nw JERSEY. " The Harp that onee through Tara'a Holla-'* THE HARP-ETTE, :ffiPw 51.60. Ob ■^2i6ot MW AMJ3&ICA2TEITHER, tfj The Bert Low Price 1 mßw Vla A. String Instrument* In th J (WKk JR /r World. The eaaiesy MT\" 1% ///L. liutriment to I ear 1 1 1 r? \ k\ / /'Jr to ply and aa swet ; \ v MfllW v /////Jr and melodious as a \|i IBkU ////V r* flue harp or violin. M Ww% ///////V. By mean* of the lnstrue ll 'lq Ilw//y//L tor ' anyone with an ear fcr ■ d"' I'h iA jw*-'.-. '/'y'/T muaic can learn to pi*/ L mi 4 \mP/// //////fJ • ever *ttuiiesiuafew hours, h -'Mi rr / ■ ///V- The llarp-ette i# ii SfltPmAW//'// //f////\L played with the thumb and St / ?/§&&//■ ///Jmw ///*• lbreflnger.Biuneßsaregul: .- fif ATjTOax z&& ///r harp. You can learn Uo\/ \ IrwfT \ to play it in FIVE OTX. >. yjf V ////// /fit key, Bame as a piano, ( a key N BHA /////Jar goes fVee with th one ) an i if W Itisadjustobletoan^pitel.; ifi IP''A|B9S&g both for folo music and aceompan.- |{ ilfl K menu to voice, or; an or flute. Ajij if iiW lift wlfYsl rood for dance music. You cai i i I*? 1i RF3 u-arn one ot the eary waltzi* In a " ~ I tf IT 1 ' fft lew minutes. They arc very hand " I ™ll v V 0 tome in appear*: ce, being thor oughly made of hard woods, highly finished, and I* an ornament to any room. It is a great fkvorite With the ladie-i, and thous an s are leamlng to play it. Frire. JO string* and key, only Hl,.'.®. 1 atrinca. only S3.AO. Instructor and 14 popular airs, set "to rnudc for the Zither, free wiiheaeh. N. 8.-DO not confound this superior instrument with^ cheap Imitation, advertised at Mine, or lea* Priee. TJi i; AI \SMA('HI'!SyTTS S*K<4A.N CO., sole mauu dress on reoeipt of priee. ,