Glass
America is learning from France and
England the effect of museums of art on
industrial and commercial interests. The
last few years have largely added to our
public and private acquisitions, and the
immediate result has been marked iu our
advanced manufactures and trade. The
Museum of Art in Philadelphia has acquir
ed several collections of glass which form
a scries of illustrations of the manufacture
from its invention down to modern times.
'J he entire collection m the Museum ranks
among the finest and most complete exhi
bitions of the history of this industry now
known. While certain European collec
tions are richer in specific departments and
periods of manufacture, the New York col
lection is richer in others, and few muse
ums now show as full and continuous a
history of the sulject. The Invention
of glass is commouly attributed to the
Phoenicians. Very ancient discoveries of
glass in Egypt have somewhat shaken this
attribution, and it will remain uncertain
uutil further discoveries settle the question.
The Phoenicians, whether discoverers ot
the art or not, did not until a late period
make useful articles to contain liquids,
The earlier products for some oeuturies
seem to have been confined to what we call
pastes, mostly iu small objects, signets,
and amulets. There art 1 a very few
bowls and other useful objects in the Ces
nola collection kuowu as Phoenician, be
cause found in PI oeoician tombs, and these
are all thick, heavy glass, contrasting with
the light and graceful work of the Greeks.
They are, nowerer, of a late period. Phoe
nician gems in paste, the early products,
are among the treasures of the Kurium
Temple in the collection. These pastes
were in large part imitations of stones, es
pecially ot Lapis Lazuli, one of the most
esteemed of the anciei t precious atones.
Down to the time of the destruction of the
Kurium Temple and the burial of its re
cently-found treasure chambers it is prob
able that no glass had been made for
househeld use or ordinary purposes of util
ity. Herodotus, writing about B. (J. 450,
seems to have known of glass only as a
costly paste in gems, and the absence of
other examples among the gieat variety of
objects in the Kurium vaults confirms the
deduction which had been made before,
that it was not till some time after this
date that useful articles were made by the
Greeks. During the four centuries pre
ceding the Christian era these wonderful
Greeks utilized the art of producing glass
of variety in form, color anil purpose. By
far the most valuable collection of Greek
glass now known is that in the Cesnola
collection, which thus illustrates the hist' -
ry ol the manufacture, Iran the early down
to Roman tunes. Here the Chauvet collec
tion, presented by Mr. H. G. Marquand,
takes up the history, .appiug over on the
Cesnola collection in a few early specimens
and giving examples of Greek; Roman and
mediaeval European wora. This collection
consists largely ot choice and beautiful ex
amples, and exhibit § practically the skill ot
glassmakers in various times.
The Roman passion for engraved gems
revived the use of with impressions
or casts of stones and other engravings,
and the popularity of these resulted in the
transmission to and through the Byzantine
imperial peiiod of the art of making and
using "opaque colored glass for mosaics and
other purposes. Among the King gems
are exao,ples of these Roman pastes wh ch
are indispensable illustrations in glass his
tory, and their mediaeval successors are in
the Chauvet collection in a few excellent
specimens. No modern chemists have fur
nished to glassmakers any richer cok rs
than some which the ancient chemists had
found and the ancient makers used. But
no workmen ever attained snch wonderful
skill ai d freedom in the manipulation ot
the ductile material, and no chemist pro
duced such varieties of colors and shades
as did the late medimvai and cinque cento
manufacturers. Glass in their hands be
came coDgealed atmosphere, with all the
hues of cold mornings, golden middays
and gorgeous sunsets; atmosphere with
filiating clouds and wreaths and tints of
smoke, drifting frosty iridescence and lurid
effects of approach ng storms. Grotesque,
fantastic and beautiful ehapes were pro
cuced at will, the material obeying in the
hand the suaden thought of the artist, and
prestrvirg it as Ireely i s the j ei in fiDgers
of swift tLinker and writtr. The collection
presented to the Museum by Mr. J. J.
Jarves shows a large number of examples
of this art of the old Venetian glassmakers
and their modern pupils and imitators, and
to these must be added a small collection
of charming old pieces presented some time
ago by Mr. Marquand. Mr. Jarves has
published in Harper's Magazine for Jan
uary a valuable article on the Venice man
ufacture. These various collections, group
ed, cover a history of one manulacture
through a period of much more than two
thousand years; and while there is in this,
as in all such collections, ample room tor
tne addition of specimens more fully illus
trating the fabric and places and styles of
work, the accumulation from various sour
ces which is now brought into one museum
must be regarded as an extraordinary re
suit.
The Museum needs what are very diffi
cult to obtain —iliustrations of Saracen
work. The Arabian civilization probably
derived the art through Persia irom the
Greeks and Phoenicians, and it seems also
probable tnat the medieval glassmakers of
Venice derived the art from the Arabs.
The Musetim wil|doubtlers in time acquire
these, and what is now also JackiDg, lull
illustration of the use of glass for windows
and this chiefly in stained glass, an art in
whtch modern artists have never equalled
the men of the dark ages. Among the
collections are spe< imeus of glass made in
Egypt and in other countries than those we
have named. What has been done by
other people can be and probably will be
done again. American skill, industry and
money are more and more directed toward
beautiful products as cbj'cts whereon
to employ capital and labor and tustain
trade, and the practical benefits ot muse
ums of ait are thus realized. At the same
time the mere beauty to the eye of these
glass products is a sufficient reason for their
collection and exhibition. It is a good in
vestment of money for one who has it to
expend it in things of beauty, in art or na
ture, and, strangely enough, in old glass
art and natuie must work together to pro
duce the highest beauty. While in ancient
and modern work the splendor of color in
this translucent fabric attracts and pleases
the eye, it is a melancholy fact that no art
has ever attained either the gorgeousness
or the delicacy of color and tone which the
old Greek glass has taken on in the process
of disintegration and decay. Modern
glassmakers have made but a faint approx
imation in their efforts to imitate the fiery
iridescene which natural causes have given
to the bowls and goblets and cups ot the
old Greeks ot Cyprus
Prof. G. (le Btiineisen, the distinguish
ed Russian geologist, nas issued an elabo
rate report on the little-known coal fields
in that empire. It appears that the pro
duction of coal a year in Russia is uiucn
larger than it is usually estimated. It
amounted last year to 200,000.000 puds,
or 32,000.000 English tons. The mines i t
Kauenskoe are said to be the starting
point of a vast region in Bibtiia r'ch in
coal seams.
AGRICULTURE.
HOT WATER FOR PLANTS.— It has long
been known that the roots of plants encas
ed in earth would stand water so hot as to
be quite uncomfortable to the hand. M.
Willermoz, in the "Journal of the Society
of Practical Horticulture, n of the Rhone,
France, relates that plants in pots may be
treated with hot water when out of health,
the usual remedy for which has been re
potting. He says when ill-health ensues
from acid substances contained or genera
ted in the soil and this is absorbed by the
roots, it acts as a poison. The small roots
are withered and cease their action; conse
quently the upper and youuger shoots of
the plant turn yellow, and the spot with
which the leaves are covered indicate their
morbid state. In such cases the usual re
medy is to transplant into fresh soil, clean
the pots carefully and secure good drain
age, and often with the best results. But
the experience of several years lias proved,
with him, the unfailing etllcacy of the sim
pler treatment, which consists in watering
abundantly with hot water at a tempera
ture of about 145 u F., having previously
stirred the soil of the pots so far as might
be cone without injury to the roots. Water
is then giveu uutil it runs freely from the
pots. Iu lus experiments the water first
came out clear; afterwards it was sensibly
tinged with brown, ami gave an apprecia
ble acid reaction. After this thorough
washing, the pots were kept warm. Next
day the leaves of Ficu* elartiea so treat
ed ceased t* droop, the spread of the black
ou their leaves was arrested, and three days
afterwards, instead of dyiug, the plants
bad recovered their normal look of health.
Very soon they made new roots, immedi
ately followed by vigorous growth.
CHEESE FAOTOKT FI-OOKS. —Cheese fac
tory floors arc generally places prolific in
foul odors. The whey spilled upon them
gets into cracks and crevices, or into the
grain of the wood, which becomes soft by
much weltiug, aud soon sours aud rots, to
fill the room with unsavory fumes. These
do the double mischief of affecting the
health ot the occupants and the duality cf
the cheese they manufacture. Iu the work
man they produce a feeling of lassitude —a
sense of dullness, heaviness and exhaustion
as if excessivi ly fatigued, though the work
has only been moderate and light. In the
cheese, they produce a flavor corresponding
with the characteristics of the fuuies from
the floor; and when pretty intense, the
cheese acquires a sort of sour aud metallic
tasie, as it the milk ha 9 stood in rusty ves
vessels. To avoid these disagreeeble effects,
the floor should be made perfectly tight,
and inclined to a fixed lire of depression,
so that all slops shall be quickly drained
away, aud, as soon as the work of the day
is over, the whole floor should be wetted
over with a weak solution of copperas we
ter, which should be kept on band aud
dissolved iu advauce, to be ready for use.
Copperas is one of the most powerful anti
septics and disinfectants known, and a
very weak solution only will be necessary.
It will preserve the flo- r j as well as disin
fect the room.
SEED POTATOES. -Dampness undoubtedly
favors the growth the potato disease,
and therefore, where there is any rhauee
at all of the disease existing in the roots,
they ought to be stored as dry as possible.
Those which are to be kept in this general
way should be especially seen to in case ot
seed potatoes. Since the potato beetle came
among us, it is clear that we have had the
very best results from early planting, aud
by the use of the earliest varieties. Now
these early kiuds are more easily affected
by warmth than the late ones. They sprout
easily, and coolness is therefore, more es
sential for them. Some people think that
it makes but little differerce whether seed
potatoes sprout or not before planting. VV e
have RDOwu people to tear off sprouts sev
eral inches long, and cut up the tubers in
full faith that they will sprout again and
be aone the worse for it. They do gener
ally grow, but there is little doubt that they
i re constitutionally weaker and much more
liable to disease than those which do not
sprout until ready to go in the ground.
FEBRUARY should be quite a busy month
with the gardener in ])rcpariny for tLe
coming season. Besides the hotbeds there
are many things lo be done to put them in
a proper state for repair. It is true the
ground is not often in a condition to go up
on, on account of the moistness of the soil
on the one band or hard frozen on the
other. But neither will interfere with the
preparation of pea-brush, bean -poles, put
ling new handles in rakes, hoes, forks, &c.
'making flower trellises, supports for plants,
raspberry, and blackberry stakes, grape
trellises, &c. These should be all ready to
use when the time comes without a mo
ment's delay, and they will prove a great
assistant in pushing things forward at a
time when work is pushing the gardener,
Pruning of grape-vines, where it has not
already been done, is ot courfe in order;
and so with apple and pear trees, Grape
vines should be left sprawling over the
ground after pruning, in order that they
may sprout low and produce new leaders
for the following year.
COFFEE GROCXJ S FOR FOWLS. —It is well
known that in many Eastern countries,
and especially in Arabia, where we get our
very best coffee, Mocha, (unless we except
the African, of which there is but little
yet in the market.) the entire bean is used,
and in some instances the pericarp, or out
er covering ot the bean. also. The reason
of this is that when the infusion is made
and drawn off only a portion of the nutri
tive properties are extracted. What we
get are chiefly tne exbiliratinp and refresh
ing elements of the bean which are calcu
laled to diminish the wear and tear o! the
animal frame, while we too often throw
away the major part of the positively nu
tritious substances which remain in the
grounds. The chief of these is legumine,
(vegetable caserne), but there are others in
smaller quantity, such as sugar, gum, fatty
matter, etc.. all of which, if saved and giv
en to our poultry, would be eaten by them
to advantage.
Mow is an excellent time to put in order
tools and all kinds of farm implements
that may have become damaged during the
summer and fall. The rust which collects
on steel tools in damp weather can often
be entirely removed bv submerging them
in kerosene oil for two or three days,
which loosens it, and if not of too long
standing can easily be rubbed from the
steel with a rag. Rust that will Dot yield
to this treatment can be rubbed off with
emery paper.
A GOOD way to serve T yeters to tempt
the appetite of an invalid is to make a stew
wnerein cream is substituted for mi'k; salt
it well; then line a small vegetable dish
with thin slices of buttered toast, and pour
the stew ir.
LAOE curtains that shrink when they
are washed can be lengthened by lottirg
out the hem and facing with thin mus
lin.
PROFESSOR Kiley says that kerrsene oil
is sure death to insects in all stages, and
the only substance with which we may
hope to destroy their eggs.
DOMESTIC.
VENISON STEAK. —To wash a venison
steak is to ruin it. When you slice the
steaks from the haunch they ought to be
clean. The outside cut may be soiled
from transportation; then you may rub it
clean with a damp towel. A veuison
steak should be broiled ou a clear hot fire,
well salted aud with a very little pepper,
and eaten plaiu v/ith a very little hot but
ter in the dish. A good sauce Is made
with two teaspoon!uls of currant jelly,
a niustard-spoonfu' of celery seed, and
some of the gravy from the venison steak,
served as hot as possible. Hot plates—
very hot ones—are a necessity for game of
all kinds, and most especially venison.
THE followiug directions for mixing
mustard may be found useful: Tne water
used should be previously boiled, and
should have become nearly cold. Hot
water destroys the essential qualities of
the mustard, while a mixture of cold
water is likely to ferment; vinegar should
not be used. It is best to make oue day's
supply at a time. And it Is falseecouoniy
to keep over what is left. The fresher the
mustard the better. In mixing the urns
ard should be stirred until every lump has
disappeared, and the mass resembles thick
cream.
ORANGE FRITTERS. —One pound flour,
one pint of milk, with a teaspoonful of
salt iu it, and a quarter of a pound ot melt
ed butter, ami three eggs beaten very
light. Prepaie four oranges by removing
the rind and every particle of waste pith,
divided into small pieces without break
ing the skin. In each spoonful of butter
put a piece of orange and fry a golden
brown; sift powdeied sugar over as soon
as taken from the pan.
PARSNIP FRITTERS. —JScrape Riui wash
the parsnip (pick out and throw away
any little woody bits), boil them until they
are tender, then wasu them until perfectly
smooth; for three large parsnips allow two
eggs, one cup of rich milk, one table
spoonful of butter and three of flour; beat
the eggs light, stir in the mashed parsnip,
beatiug hard, then stir in the milk and
butler, salt it well and fry in hot lard, just
as you fry griddle cakes or flour fritters.
To carve a turkey, place your fork in
the lower part of the breast, so as to have
the turkey at perfect command, if you
understand your business, the entire carv
ing of the fowl may be done without ex
tracting the fork. First remove the leg
and wing on one side, then the other wing
and leg. Then slice off the bjeast, re
move the "wishbone, ' the neckbone, and
the neck itself. Then cut through the
ribs, and the job is fairly done.
SUGAR BISCIITS. Dissolve one teacup
of white sugar IU a quart of new milk;
then stir in a piut of lively yeast with
sifted flour enough to make a stiff siK>mrt;
let it rise until very light, then work into
the sponge three-ipiarters of a pound of
melted butter, with sifted flour enough to
make a stiff dough; work the dough thor
oughly, cut into biscuits, let them stand
on buttered tins to rise, silt sugar upon
each, aud bake in a quick oven.
TIIR following is given as a cure for
burns. Sprinkle the injured surface with
the bicarbonate of soda —the common ba
king powder —and cover it with a wet
cloth. When the hum is only superficial,
the pain will cease instantly, and but one
application is needed; where the injury
extends deeper, longer tiuio and more ap
plications will be required.
BROWNED POTATOES.— Mash your pota
toes with milk, butter and salt; heap as
irregularly as possible in a dish, and hold
a red hot shovel close to them. They will
brown more quickly if you glaze theui
with butter so soon as the crust is formed
by the hot shovel; then heat it again and
repeat the browning.
POTATO SURPRISE. —Scoop out the mside
of a sound, good potato, leaving the skin
attached on one side of the hole as a lid.
Mince up fiiiely the lean of a juicy muttou
chop, with a little salt and pepper, pi t it
in the potato, pin down the lid, aud bake.
Before serving (in the skin) add a little
hot gravy if the mince seems too dry.
BUTTER SCOTCH CANDT.— One pound of
crushed sugar, three ounces of butter, put
in a stew pan or kettle, and stir often to
prevent burnrng. Try a little in water;
if brittle it is done. Pour out on the top
of a battered pan, and mark in squares.
They are as good as those you bu)\ A
little grated lemon rind improves the fla
vor.
To REMOVE GREASE FPOTS. —'Take dry
potters' clay, fiuely powdered, scatter it
lightly over the spot, taking care to cover
the spot thoroughly with the powder.
Hang the garment near the fire or expose
to the eun's rays lor an hour or more.
Brush off the clay and all traces of the
grease will have disappeared.
CLEANING TINWARE —An experienced
housekeeper says the best thing tor clean
ing tinware is common soda- She gives
the following directions: Dampen a cloth
and dip in soda and rub the ware briskly,
after which wipe dry. Any blackened
ware can thus lie made to look as good as
new.
HELEN CAKE. —Two cups of sugar,
three cups of flour, one cup of sweei milk,
one half a cup of butter, three eggs, two
spoonfuls of cream tartar, one teaspoonful
soda. Beat the whites of eggs separately.
Bake half into fruit cake by adding spices
and fruit.
To WASH CALICO. —To prevent calico
from fading while washing, infuse three
gills of salt in four quarts of water: put
the calico in while hot, and leave it Mil
cold. In this way the colors are rendered
permanent, and will not fade by subse
quent washing.
REMEDY FOR CATARRH. —Take half a
teacupful ot blood-warm water, and dis
solve sufficient salt in it so that it can be
plainly tasted. Then pour in the palm of
the hand and snuff into the nostrils. Two
applications a day will soon produce good
results.
BEIM MILK and water, with a little bit
of glue In it, made scalding hot, will re
store old rusty black crape. If clapped
and pressed dry, like fine muslin, it will
look as good as new.
A PASTE made of whiting and benzoin
will clean marble, and one made of whi
ting and chloride of soda, spread and left
to dry (in the sun if possible) on the mar
ble will remove spots.
WHEN carpets are well cleaned sprinkle
with salt and fold; when laid strew with
slightly moistened bran before sweepirg.
This, with the salt, will freshen them up
wonderfully.
Two testhetic couples were playing
euchre, when one pair remarked, "we two
are two," whereupon the other pair re
torted, "we two are two too."
By experiments upon the absorption of
radiant heat by gases, E. Lechler finds thi.t
a layer of carbonic acid 917 millimetr s
thick absorbs ninety per cent, of ihe h -
minous radiation. The ca'boDic acid of
our atmosphere is. therefore, sufficient
fully to account for the atmospheric ab
sorption of the sun's rays.
A Nocturnal Ramble and Wliut Came
or it.
"Some genius—wc suspect him to bo
long to the jovial order of humanity—has
said: "The day to drone and dream, tho
night to learn and ramble." We do not
propose to dispute this worthys view of
tho matter, but present herewith the ex
perience of a Philadelphia journalist, Mr.
William 11. Cunnington, 1712 North
Twentieth street, one of whose nocturnal
rambles he thus refers to, beginning his
narration rather peculiarly, however: "1
am not n rheumatic, and have been trou
bled veiv little with bodily pains. Last
Tuesday morning I experienced a very an
noying stillness of the neck, which grew
worse as the day wore on. Toward eve
ning it became very severe, ami I could
scarcely turn my head in any direction.
Arriving homo at tea time it was with
difficulty that I could eat my meal. My
wife wanted to rub my neck with St,
Jacob's Oil, but I refused, sayig I thought
tho hlllictiou would soon pass away. Tea
over, against tho remonstrances of my
family, 1 left h me to ramble toward the
new Chestnut-Street Opera House, about
two and a half miles from my residence.
1 started in the midst of a heavy snow
storm, aud remained at the theatre until
the close of the performance, although 1
could feel my neck gettiug worse and be
coming very painful. Leaving the play
tho trouble came to reach home. The
storm continued; the car in winch I was
became blocked in uearly every square, a
colli current of air swept through the car,
and I did not reach my home until toward
2 a. m., by which time my neck had be
come absolutely rigid. Then I consented
to the use of St. Jacob's Oil, which my
wife applied two or three times before 1
aiose. 1 continued its use that day and
by evening 1 was free from pain, aud the
next morning I amused myself by twist
ing my neck in any direction that suited
me, and not a vestigeof stiffuess remained.
—Boston Herald.
< '/ifondr of Gold. —The mode of proce
dure is to dissolve the gold, throw it down
to obtain pure gold, wash the precipitate,
and redissolve. A solution of the salt is
then obtained. To dissolve the gold, a
mixture of pure nitric and hydrochloric
acids in the proportion of one to three is
used. The usual manufacturers use an
ounce of gold to four ounces of the mixture
though in our own practice we usually find
double that quantity needed, aa a consider
able loss of chloriue takes place during the
prolonged digestion. A porcelain or glas>
vessel snould be employed, on account of
the value of the contents, l'hc kind wr
have found most useful :s one that can be
obtained fioui aay dealer in chemical appa
ratus; in shape it may be likened loan egg
with one end widened out. A useful
glass vessel is made specially for such pur
poses, though we prefer the porcelain, par
ticularly when the operations may not all
tie carried on by a principal himself. This
glass vessel is a bulb blown at tne end of a
long tube, ami is so constructed with the
object of avoiding waste through splashing.
We place the gold in the porcelain vessel,
pour over it the mixed acid, and put the
whole in a bathr a tin canister almost filled
with sand will answer all purposes. The
whole is then put in a place whiie the
fumes will not do any harm. The hob of
an open fireplace is very good for the pur
pose. as the draught from the tire take up
the fumes, and the heat facilitates the dis
solution of the uictal. If sucli a place be
clioteu, care must betaken that no officious
housemaid knocks the vessel and its valt -
able contents over. lu a few hours the
gold will be dissolved. Should it not be,
however, the liquid must be poured oil
and a fresh supply of acid put upon it, and
a gentle heat*again applied, When all is
dissolved the liquid is next to be transferr
ed to an evaporating dish, which should
again be placed upon a sand bath and heat
ed till the bulk of the liquid is driven
away. It must not be made dry, or tbeie
will be a loss of gold by the production of
an insoluble salt and, further, for the af
ter operations it is desirab e to have some
quantity of acid present. The solution be
ing thus brought to a small bulk it must be
transferred to a precipitating glass, water
added to reduce its strength, and a tilt .r
--ed solution of sulphate of iron poured in.
For safety two ouuees of sulphate may be
added for each sovereign piece. A deep
brown precipitate, sometimes appearing
green when looking through the vessel, is
then produced; it is pure metallic silver.
This must be allowed to settle till the su
pernatant liquid if quite clear, and when
this happens it may be poured or siphoned
off, fresh pure water added, the precipitate
stirred and allowed to settle, the lluul
again poured off, and water added, etc.,
till all the iron is washed away. The pre
cipitate then may be transferred to the
porcelain holder again, and either heated
to drive off the water or allowed to stand
till the precipitate occupies a small spaa',
when almost all the water may be remov
ed. All that is now required is to retlis
solve this precipitatejn the smallest possi
ble quantity of acids and slightly to evap
orate, when a solution of acid terchloride
of gold, or chloride of gold and hydrogen,
is at hand, and it may be kept, with a
little water added, with far more conve
nience than if it were in the solid state.
In a Cincinnati daily we notice that
Mr. Tim Gleeson, ex-member of the Coun
cil from the Fourth Ward ot that city,
says he Buffered terribly with rheumatism
all last winter and spring. He tried all
kinds of liniments and medicines without
any benefit unlii he used St. Jacob's Oil,
the first application of which insured a
full night's repose, and its subsequent use
entirely cured him. It is a great remedy.
—Akron (Ohio) Beacon.
Paper Hanging on Damp Walls.—
A mode of banging paper on damp walls
has been patented in Germany. Lin'ng
paper coated on one side with a solution
of shellac in spirit, of somewhat greater
consistency tlian ordinary French polish,
is hung with the side thus treated towards
the damp wall. The paper-hanging is
then performed, in the usual way, with
paste. Any other kind ot resin easily so
luble in spirit may be used in place of shel
lac. A layer of papir thus sa*united with
rrsin is said to be equally effectual in pre
venting the penetration of damp. It is not
stated how long lining-paper prepared in
the manner described will adhere to a
damp wall.
Jiirds and Ventriloquism. — Many
birds, according to Mr. E. E. Fish, appear
to possess powers of ventriloquism. A
cuckoo, not a rod off, can make his voice
appear to come from a farloug away; the
thrush, singing from a Jow pirch, seems
to be m the tree tops; the vesper sparrow
and field-sparrow on the roao-side fence,
as if singing from a distant field. The
robin has a simi'ar power of throwing its
vo ice, and the cat-bird can sine in a loud,
volub'e sound or in a low, toft, sweet, and
tender warble. The oven-bird, the smal
lest of the thrushes, singing from a dis.
tance, can throw its sharp, ringing no f es
in such away as to cause the listener to
believe that it is almost within reach.
THERE is but ODe thing to make the
oyster soup at a railway station perfect,
and that is oysters.
HUMOROUa
A DKADWOOD man saw another reach
for his hip pocket, thought the fellow
meant to draw a revolver on him and
so shot him dead. Then he found that
the man was about to draw a flask to
treat liiin, and he much regrcttedi his hasty
act. But he remarked that the last wish
of the deceased should be carried out and
took a drink from the flask. Huch a
touching example o' respect for the wish
of the deceased is seldom seen.
Complaints.**
Dr. It. V, PUML Buffalo, N. Y. :
Bear tSir —l was sick for six years, and
luuld scarcely walk atiout the house.
My breath was short and I suffered from
pain in my breast ami stomach all the
time; also from palpitation aud an in
ternal fever, or burning sensation, aud ex
perienced frequent smothering or choking
sensations. 1 also suffered from pain low
down across my bowels and in my back,
and was much reduced in flesh. I ba/e
used your "Golden Medcial Discovery"
and "Favorite Prescription" and feel that
lam well. Very respectfully,
DKUI.AII H. MU.MILT.AN, Arlington. Ua.
"Is this a good country for sheep?''
asked the truveler. "Kirst-rate," said the
settler, with great enthusiasm: "every
man in the country owns lour dogs and
whenever you miss a sheep you know
where he is gone." The traveler decided
to take a cattle ranch and go in for Texas
steers.
Little Johnny writes to know if there
are some hen cows that lay the cans of
condensed milk, and if so, where they get
the cans from. Condensed milk, Johnny,
is the product of kine that are put to pas
ture with bells about their necks, and the
cans are made from the tintinnabulation
of the bells.
• I
Cfincefri and Otlir Tiimora
are treated with unusual success by
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y. fcjeud stamp for pam
phlet.
AN Austin clergyman, whose name we
suppress on account of his sacred calling,
was absorbed in thought a few Sundays
ago, just before divine service began,
when he was approached by the organist,
who asked, referring to the opening hymn:
'•What shall I play?" "What kind of a
hand have you got?" responded the ab
sent-minded clergyman.
AN Ohio woman while repeating nur
sery rhymes to her child, stopped in the
middle of a verse, stepped into an adjoin
ing room and shot herself. This little
occurrence shows most conclusively that
when Repeating nursery rhymes we should
uever stop in the middle of a verse.
For weak lungs, spitting of blood,
shortness of breath, consumption, night
sweats and all lingering coughs, Dr.
Pierce's "Golden Med cil Discovery" is a
sovereign remedy. Superior to cod hvei
oiL By druggists.
THIS is the season of the year when
mince pie comes to town, and the citizen
comes down town after dinner trying to
pry a raisin out of a hollow tooth with a
buckskin uiitten, and he stops in the drug
store and orders another box of those
powders for indigestion.
THE liest si rmon in the world never yet
reconciled the proud man, trying to curl
his feet up out of sight under the pew, to
the painful, obtrusive and evident fact that
the wife of his bosom had used his black
ing brush 10 polish the kitchen stove.
A Sure Cure for Pile*.
Do you know what it Is to suffer with
Piles? If j'ou do, you know what is one
of tl e worst torments of the human frame.
The most perfect cure ever known is Kid
ney-Wort. It cures constipation, and
then its tonic action restores health to the
diseased bowels and prevents recurrence
of disease. Try it without delay. The
dry and the liquid are both sold by drug
gists. —Globe.
A TOLEDO musician "just for
the fun of the thing," to see how near he
could bring his fingers to a revolving buzz
saw without touching it, won't give any
more lessons on the piano until he has a
set of false ones made.
A PKKTTT woman in black passes the
window. "Looks like a pretty young
widow, doesn't she? Don't you like to
see a pretty young widowf" "A pretty
s'oung widow is always a pleasing sight."
"Yes; so long as she isn't yours."
PITTSR RD, Mass., Sept. 28, 1878.
SIRS— I have taken Hop Bitters and
recommend them to others, as i found
them very beneficial.
MRS. J. W. TULLBR,
Sec. Women's Christian Temperane*
Union.
"I DON'T like that cat. It's got splin
ters in its feet," was the excuse of the
four year old for throwing the kitten away.
"Wm.t,," said an Irish attorney, "if it
plaze the Court, if lam wrong in this, I
have an other point that is aqually conclu
sive." ' o •
LET it be understood once for all CAR
BOI.INB, a deodorized extract of petroleum,
will positively restore hair to bald beads
and there is no other preparation under the
face of the sun that can accomplish this
work.
TKAOHRR asked of a Jittle boy, •'what
is a reptile?" "Don't know,'* said the boy.
"Oh, yes, you do, something that crawls."
"Oh, a baby."
A OAMK cock ought to be good eating.
Does not the poet say "the bravest are the
tend orest?"
A. M. Doyle, of Columbus, Ga,, says
that from experience he knows "Sellers'
Pills to be the best in use.
AT last we have fathomed the depth of
the mystery. The Keely motor is run by
a "crank."
A CORN dodger—the man who wears
easy shoes.
"Kucliupaibn.*
Quick, complete cure urinary affections
smarting, frequent or difficult urination, kid-,
ney diseases. #1 at druggists. Prepaid by
express, $1.25, C for $5. E, 8. WELLS, Jersey
City, N.J.
MESSRS. MUHUAK At H BAPI.Y, Mutual Life
Building, Tenth and Chestnut strreeis, haye on
hand a superb stock of extra line
monds, which they offer at as low prices as
stones of the flrst qualMy, perfect alike In color
and shape, can be sold for.
On Thirty Days' Trial.
The Yoltaio Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will
■end their Eleotro-Voltaio Belts and other
Electrio Appliances on trial for thirty day* to
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Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee
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Address as above without delay.
P. S.—Nn risk is inourred, as SO days' trial
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"MAN and wife are all one, are they? ,T
said she. "les; what of it?" said he sus
piciously. "Why, m that case," said his
wife, "I came home awfully tipsy last
night and feel terribly ashamed of myself
this morning." He never said a word.
"THKKE," said Miss Dashie, as she seal
ed a letter addiessed to her lover, "that
isn't very bright, but it will do for him.
Lovers are all alike. If you only write to
them they don't care a snap about what
you say."
When you have a thing to do, do it;
and when you have a Cough to cure, cure
it by using Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, the
safest and best made.
AN old man who has been badly hurt in
a railroad collision, being advised to sue
the c mipany for damages, said: "Well,
no—not for damages. I've had enough of
them; but I'll just sue them tor repairs,"
"1 on are now one," said the minister to
the happy pair he had just tied together
with a knot that they could never undo.
"Which one?" asked the bride. "You
will have to determine that tor your
selves," said the clergyman,
Ba Sensible.
You have allowed your bowels to be
come habitually costive, your liver has be
come torpid, tiie same thing ails your kid
neys, and you arc just used up. Now be
sensible, get a package of Kidney-Wort,
take it faithfully and soon you will forget
you've got any such organs, for you will
be a well man.— Albany Aryus.
A CHIC AGO man has been sued by his
mother-law for his wife's board. He
could not have lived long in Chicago, or
he would have got a divorce before the
board bill became due.
A Professor Gunning, up in Michigan,
is lecturing on "After Man, What?" A
Fort Wayne editor, who has been there,
rises to remarK that it is "generally the
sheriff or some wuian."
SOIPIO, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1879.
I am the Paator of the Baptist Church
here, and an educated physician. lam
not in practice, but am my sole family
physician, and advise in many chronio
esses. Over a year ago I recommended
your Hop Bitters to my invalid wife, who
has been under medical treatment of six
of Albany's best physicians several years.
She has become thoroughly cured of her
various compli&ted diseases by their use.
We both recommend them to our friends,
many of whom have also been cured of
their various ailments by them.
RKV. E. R. WARBFN.
A DEVIL fish with arms thirty-two feet
long has been caught on the banks of
Newfoundland. What a cashier he would
have nr.ade.
"THE Unseen Hand," is the title of a
new book. Hrobably the other maj
didn't have anything better than a pair of
trays, and didn't dare to call.
Allen's Brain Food
Cures Nervous Debility and Weaxnesa
of Generative Organs, $1 —all druggists.
Send for circular. Allen's Pharmacy, 811
First av.. N. I.
"WHAT is the worst tiling about riches?"
asked the Sunday school superintendent.
Anu the new boy said: "Not Having any."
"MARRIAGE. ' said an unfortunate hus
band, "is the churchyard of love." "And
you men," replied hu wife, "are the grave
diggers. "
What is more precious than good health?
You can enjoy it if you will only try
"Lilidsey's Blood Searcher." It never
fails.
"How is your business?" asked one
tailor of another. ,4 Only so so." was the
reply. "How is yours?" "Mineismend
-IDg,n .
"MARK how plain a tale shall put you
down," said the cow to the milk maid, as
she switcned her off the stool into the
mud.
Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
"THERE is no accounting for tastes."
Nonsense! What is the work of a book
keeper in an eating house, but accounting
for tastes.
BALDWIN still holds a long lead in the
Newark "go as-you please""embezzlement
race.
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BaeaiiM it olaanMa U> ayatam of thapofaon-1
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nary Siaaasaa, Biliousness, Jaundioa, Const!. Q
pation, Piles, or In BhaumatUm, Nauralffia, ■
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SEE WHAT PEOPLE! SAY*
Enireae B. Stork, of Junction City, Kansas. W
says, Kidney-Wort cured lilm after regular Phy- IM
aiciana liad liesii trying for four years.
. John Arnall.of Washington, Ohio, aaysH
ner bo* tas given up to die by four prominent IJ
physicians and that he was afterwards cured by
Kidney-Wort. ■
M. H. B. Hood win, an editor In Chard on, Ohio U
says he was not expected to lite, being bloated ■
beyond belief, but Kidney-Wort curedlilm.
Anna I* Jarrett of South Salem, If. Y„ sayikA
that seven years suifering from kidney troublesH
and other complications was euded by the use of MB
Kidney-Wort. |J
John B. Lawrence ->f Jackson, Tenn., suffered
for years from liver und kidney troubles aniiflH
after taking "barrels of other medicines,"Q
Kidney Wort made him well.
Mlcha| Coto of Montgomery Center, TI I
suffered eight years with kidney dllllculty andaj
waa unable to work. Kidney-Wort made himl>
"well as ever." ■
PERMANENTLY CURES L
iJKIDNEY DISEASES, Lj
LIVER COMPLAINTS,!
nConstipation and Piles.
I I#" It is put up In Dry Vegetable Farm in M
■ tin cans, one package of whicli makes six quarts
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ened by the strain of ter*toilingoverniid
your duties avoid night work, to ma
lt lm a lan t and uaa W tore brain nerveaad
Hop Bit tors. ■waato, u* Hop <7^
If yon are young and I suffering from any to
dtacmtion or diiudpa ■ tion t if you are mar
ried or single, old or ■ young, suffering from
poor health or languish ■ Ing on bed of tiafc
neea, rvly on Ho p ■ Bitter**
Whoever yonare, Mk ttonaandsdie as
whenever yon feet ■ | Dually from some
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needs rlrmarir ton- KV disease that might
Ing or stimulating, bave been prevented
without intoxicating, 1 by a timely use of
take Hop jKv Hopßittens
Bitters.
Have yon Ay
pepsin. kidney flgg— Q I A
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i ■ nur
Y^i7 nl b# ■ nTTmn tobaeco.or
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A "remedy wirn roch a reputation as TToateuci a
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I wul both build and cheer you up; If you are con
stipated, it will relieve, and if bilious, healthfully
stimulate your liver. Dou't despond, bat tasks
this effort in the right direction.
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FROM AM. JOURNAL OF MKDICIN*.
Dr. Ab. Meeerole (late of Loudon), who makes a
specialty of Epilepsy, has without doubt treated ana
cured more cases than any other living- phyglHun His
success u simply been astonishingTwe have heard of
ff** 8 of over Si years' standing suix-essfnlly cured by
him. He has published a work on this disease, which
he sends, with a large bottle of his wonderful cure, free
to any sufferer who may send their express and post
omoeaddresa. We advise any one wishing a cure to
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