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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 <ar!y *tngt> of il<mlopttt*nt. Tbo t< luL'tirv to can
ivroun humor* then* laclii-ekcd vcr/apeoCily by It* u.
It rcmov*-* fa'titnsn, rtntuVnoy, dent n>yi 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 |<i . rrd at Z3 and 2X> 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*.
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PITTSBURGH. PA.—
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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
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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®
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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
I<l 'Ty' in possession of a means
of treatment of the minor
accidents occurring daily in
the household, and which, while not dangerous
In themselves, are exceedingly annoying.
Bums, bruises, scalds, sprains, etc., are prin
cipal among those troublesome and annoying
occurences, and demand immediate treatment
with the best means at hand. In the kitchen,
the dining-hall. the nursery and the sitting
room they are liable to happen, arid. Instead of
bar and Hlarm at the sight of the eut or mashed
finger, or bruised or burned arm, or scalded
surface, a eool and quid manner should be as
sinned, and after washing away the Mood, (if
required), the Injured parts should be dressed
with that most valuable remedy— BT. JACOBS
Oil* Its surprisingly qui ck relief. Its cleansing
properties, its tendency to quickly remove all
inflammation, and its wonderful efficacy in the
above as well as In all muscular and other pains,
such as rheumatism, neuralgia, toothache,
headache, stiffness of the Joints, etc..—these
render PT. JACOBS On, pre-eminently the best
external remedy now liefnre the people; which
claim is fully substantiated by the strongest
kind of testimony from all classes of people.
The value of human life Is so supremely impor
tant that anything that tends to its prolonga
tion is entitled to the highest consideration.
Charles Nelson. Esq., proprietor Nelson House.
Port Huron. Mich . says: "I guff-red so with
rheumatism that my arm withered, and physi
cians could not help me. I was in despair of
my life, when some one advised me to try St.
JACOBS 011.. 1 did so. and as if by magic, l wipj
instantly relieved, and by the continued use of
the Oil entirely cured. I thank heaven for
having used this wonderful remedy, for iltated
my life. It also cured my wife."
I DOES WITY9U
WONDERFUL, ff ill ■ I
HeeaiiKP it arts on the LITER, 808 KI.S B
an.l kIIiNUVS at the same time.
Because It cleanses the system of the poison- Qg
ous humors that develops in Kidney and U.i- H|
nary Lijiessos, litliouaueqa, Jaundice, Const]- j*'
patiou. Piles, or ill EtmuraaUim, Neuralgia, IB
Nervous Putorders and Female Complaint*. R
PEE WIIAT PEOPLE SAT t
Eugene 11. Slork, of Junction City. Kansas. R
says, Kidney Wort cured hint after regular Pby 8m
stcians lia.l been trying for four years.
Mrs. John Aruslt.-f Washington, Ohio, apP
her bov •va. gi reti up to die hy four prominent Lb
iihvsielaiis snd thai he witi after ward* cured by
Kidney. WorL n
M. M. It. c;<vodwln, an editor In Cbardon, Ohio,!*
xsys he a at Uttt expected to lise, being bloated H
beyond belief, hut Khlney Wort cured him. pd
Anna L. Jarreit of South SsJeiii, X. T., sayslra
that seven yeai s •.uttering from kidney trouble*H
and other complication* was ended by the Use of MK
Kiduey Weit. 5V
John It lawrenec-f Jnelcson. Venn.,
for y>arfroni 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 <N cither form ■
U GET IT ATTIIF. DRUGGISTS. PRICE. SI.OO Q
H WELLS. KICIiAUDSON A Co.. Prop's. I
□ WIU send the dry poet paid.) Ut'RLIStiTO*, TT.
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Schools,—sale 20 times as large
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A members to become intejiigent.
Best aid for TKACHERS and
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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? „
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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.
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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
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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'. ? <U*e**e or diUSUty, give* you a peaeioa.
I|| / B|WM<>*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
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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.
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808 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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the Vikings of the North. Wild and beautiful.
Franz' Album of Song.
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" 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
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L mi 4 \mP/// //////fJ • ever *ttuiiesiuafew hours,
h -'Mi rr / ■ ///V- The llarp-ette i#
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N BHA /////Jar goes fVee with th one ) an i
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ifi IP''A|B9S&g both for folo music and aceompan.-
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