t-eren Mviir !u t!;e Life r a Woman. A mthrr ta carefully putt'ng her favorite doll to bed. "With tender so licitude the carefully remotes each iainty garment and fastens on the. tiny nightgown. Then, with a fond kiss, she hugs her treasure to ber and places it !n its little- cradle. After patting it for a moment gently, she tip-toes out of the room as tb twilight peeps curiously in. A fair maiden stands before ber look lag glass adding the last touches to her evening toilet. Her lover will soon be here ! Her eyia are full of Innocent lovelight ! She looks eagerly at her re flection in the glass I How glad she is that she is pretty ! Sue frowts a littln at a crimp that will not stay just as it should. A ring comes at the door and she hastens away in the gathering twi light to meet ber beloved. A young wife 6ita anxiously watching for her husband. At each approaching footstep ber neart teats rapturously and then grows heavy with disappointment ! She will not go indoors, ii is so sweet out there ! The creeping shadows cheer her trembling soul so she waits and wi-b.es and the shadows lengthen into Marketed night. A mother is rocking her baby to sleep. He looks at her gravely while thev move to and fro, as if asking why the t right sunshine must leave and the ugly shadows hide fcer dear face from him. There is a wealth of wisdom in his great sweet eyes ! He holds tightly to her drees as If to keep her cear him ! W hen at last his eyes are closed, she disengages the loving hand, kisses him lightly be must not be awakened and arose to put him into his crib. Then she sinks back Into her chair and begins to rock him again. It la so pleasant to rest In the twilight and he is so sweet to nurse t A woman kneels by a fresh made grave. The headboard stares coldly at her and seems to say over and over again the words inscribed upon it : "He was her only ch.U and she was a widow. With tear-laden eyes she bends down lower and lower, till her lips rest upon the earth. She longs to kiss the quiet form it is hidicg from her ! And the the twilight seems to hurry past herand gladly lose itself In the darkness. A care-worn old woman sits watching the shadows come they are friends to her friends that she welcomes for they always sing the same song to her, "One day nearer home." And as she amiles to them her thanks, she, too, re peats "One day nearer borne." And so life woman's life goes on In the twi light till rest cornea to her weary body and joy to her aching heart till her spirit reaches its heme, where never a shadow can fall npoo it. A Steep Climb. For the first time for a number or years the Sigirl rock in Ceylon has been scaled by a European, the feat ou thi occasion being performed by General Lennox, who commands the troops in the island. It is said, indeed, that onlv one other European. Mr. Creasy, ever aucceeded iu reaching the summit. The rock is cylindiical in shape, and the bul ging sides render the ascent very did cult and dangerous. There are caller- ies all round, a groove about four inches oeep being cut in the solid rock. This rises spirally, and In it are Gxed the foundation bricks, which support platform about six feet broad, with chunam-coated wall about nine feet high. The whole structure follows the carves and contours of the solid rock and is cunningly constructed so as t make the most of asv natural support the formation cau afford. In some olac ea the gallery bas fallen completely away, but it sti'.l exhibits flights of marble steps. High upon the rocks aie several azures of ;Buddha ; but it is a mystery how the artist got there, or how, beng there, he was able to carry on his work. The fortifications consist of platforms, one above the other, sup ported by massive retaining walls, each commanding the other. Owing to the falling away of the gallery the ascent in parts had to be made op a perpendic ular face of the cliff, and General Len nox and four Datives were left to do the latter part of the ascent alone. The top they found to be a plateau about; an acre in extent in which were two square tanks, with sides 30 yards and firteeo feet respectively in length, cut out of the solid rock. A palace is believed to have existed on the summit at one time; although time, weather and the jungle have obliterated all traces of it. Dur ing the descent the first comer bad to gnide the foot of the next into a aafe fiasnre ; but all reached the bottom safely In about two and a half hours. Many of the so-called cheap cuts of meat are preferable ; for instance, the shoulder of mutton is much more deli cate than the leg, and, as few persona know, the price is low. The EaalUb, who of all people know what good mut ton is, always give the leg to the house hold, and save the shoulder for guests or first table. However, meat Is not the only thing you mual learn to choose. Cood eggs may be quickly designated by their dull shell and clear appearance. An old, or stale egg, as a rule, has a dull porous looking shell. The flesh of fresh fish should be firm, the gill should be light red and the scales silvery and clear and the eyea full and bright. A divine benediction is always in visibly breathed ou prinful and lawful diligence. Thus, the servant employ ed in making and blowing of the fire (though sent away thence a soon as it burnetii cleat) ofttimes getleth by bis pains a more kindly and continuing beat than the master himself, who sit tith down by the same ; and thus per sons industriously occupying them selves thrive better on a little of their own honest getting than lazy heirs on the large revenues left unto them. Tut this lemon sponge. It is easy to make and is always liked Soak one ounce of gelatine in one pint of boiling water until d (solved ; then pour on it one pint of boiling water, the juice of three lemons and sugar to taste. When thoroughly mixed beat to a white froth and add the whites of four eggs, well beaten. Heat all together until quite stiff, put in molds wet with water and at on the fee. KASKi IM E THE NEW QUININE. GIVES STRENGTH, QllETNERVES, HAFPY DAY?, SWEET SLEEP. A POWERFULTONIC. that the most delicate stomach will bear. ASPECIFIC FOR MALARIA, RHEUMATISM. NERVOUS PROSTRATION, aad all Ornn IMi.ue. Tbamoat -ctantlfla and aaoeoaful Blood Partn er Suparlorto qulnln. Mr. John O. Scarborough. Sol ma. N. O.. write : '1 got malaria la th. Southern army and tor a iloien yeara auflrrad from Hi debilitating- eflecU. I wag t rrtoly run down vheo I heard of Kaiklne. th. new quinine. It helped me at one. I aralnad S3 pound, liar not had inch aood health In 20 year. other letter of a similar character from prom inent Individual, which (tamp Kaikln a a remedy ol undoubted merit, will be lent on application. Letter from the abore person. clTlnr toll detail will be lent on application. Kaaktn can ha taken without any apaetal med ical advice. $1 a bottle. Sold by all draaclfta. or aent by mail on receipt of price. THE KASKI NE CO.. M Warren SC. New York. The Filler Organ d c 0 x & It atand at tho hoad nt all arw-l nrcan. TTf"a wtaa dVair- ! ha the brt nrrau alml4 acgoauat tiwm arlroa with th. menu ft oar Inatromwiaa. 1 take nor w.d foe what we aaT.-toul - id4 test lii-trumaaaa If an atemler arlla our oraaaa ia yuur ucalily, wnee to the fartjiry. X1TJY OT11EB. Addr-aa. MILLER ORCAN CO., Oifii.wa. ,Aee. I.KII.VNOX. THE AMERICAN AAGAZINE Beautifully Illustrate j. 25 cts.,53 lYeir. IT rorE.-TTTF AMFRICA MiOAZmR IT i v arfrDe f ct iod1 U-atica and avaxl i. 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Tatalcvne. Tcrma. Pr.ce. aud full Informa tion tr maiL FieeuUlnUue.ni'iittreadrTiiof thla aper. Ourrottase TpHtflit la a mar-rel if beauty, and the hltchaat grada ef rxrelleucy. -It will pay to writ eta. AlaHtjrnox tiiiji rna ) rnnr.- Sr. Seta Arnold, i All I TWucoat. asc.. ue aad l uu. rraawl enTj t , ale. Ver.. Waa.aocaat. ML I. -.AST OPPORTUNITY! faftUMP EX( XataiOH x. ALIFORWIA. 72 f" m M. I -rnt- . Ina ..(. ..... 1 6 0 1 k C".l v .u kM.n ewia. td . r1;''; r ood forata a.oaina.Lmlled toalste daya wJ-toond p4MA. Speotal ex. ouraloe train. Rr.ir. . . , 1 "V iroa janonlata a .7; V n Ma t-"7 . 'luoyii emoaa in ta. United b..ta and Can vi will vll tik- ITm. -' Ull XTW I.I II IVWJSJ or Iimpay, Hiatal. Nerruutne'i. Hrichtf Heart. I rinarr or L.lrerdieae. Cure Ouarran teed, urhre. H Arrh Mree'. Philadelphia. A.1 rtmtiaia. Try It. a bottle, all tur . i'hsi.ii ij, iir. i . j IS T11E 1'IXEST AXD BEST, m mm The Rose aa Emblem of Lore. Tbis flower, so manreloas in forao, color and fragrance bas lnstinctlTcly won the lore and admiration of men. Tbe lover saw ia the red rote a fair ea btem of bis own feelings, and laid it secretly upon tbe altar or Yen as ; wbil the pare white loses made them a fit symbol of chaste virgins. In Italy It is a yery popular custom, all oyer tbe kingdom, tbe bodies of departed friends are covered with white roses as they are borue in open biars to their last resting places. All tbe anciant masters of med icine speak of tbe rose with great rever ence. In Chinia a small bag filled with rose leave is a tailsman to secure tbe bearer against diseases. Tbe Pope coti aecratea on the Sunday called Dominica in ruso, tbe third Sunday before Easter a golden rose, which be bestows as a special sign of favor upon a church or crowned bead. In IdoC the Empress Eugenie received this work of approba tion on tbe occasion o? the christening of ber son, aad in 18C7 Isabella of Spain was so honored, not because of ber vir tues, but as an acknowledgment of ber liberal contributions to tbe Papacy. In France rosos were once so highly revered that only certain privileged classes were permitted to raise them in their gardens. In olden times In many portions of Europe, rose water waa an indispensa ble seasoning for most delicate disbes, and roasc meats were never eaten with out a large quantity of tbst esteemed liquid essence. Tbe bnmblest citizen in former days was by law bound to present bis daughter, on ber wedding day. at lease with a chaplet of roses, though be might not be able to make ber any other present. Hoses were prominent elements of Roman Inznry. At an entertainment which Cleopatra gave, the floor was covered three feet deep with roses, over which nets had to be spread to make walking possible. Europe bad early a great variety of roses, to which the crusaders added some fine varieties, brought from tbe East, as the fragrant Damask rose, from Damascus, tbe largest and one of tbe sweetest of tbe whole family. When Columbus landed on our shores, be foend Ibe rose here also in matchless beauty. It wll be remembered by your readera that the last Napoleon abowed a special fondness for his roses at Fontaineblean, of which be knew every one. Tbe em press shared this fancy, and bence it was that tbe Prince of Wales presented ber, daring the last empire. In acknowl edgment of ber cordial hospitality, a magnificent basket of gold which con tained every known rose. There Is said to be historical facta to prove that a certain rose bush in Ger many, still bearing flowers In summer, was cberised and cared for by a noted Bishop nearly a thousand years ago. Tins Twelve Dollars a Dozen. From tbe article entitled "Hard Times in tbe Confederacy" in tbe Sep tember Century we quote tbe following : In August, lt4. a private citizen's coat and vest, made of five yards of coarse homespun cloth, cost two hundred and thirty dollars exclusive of the price paid for the making. The trimmings consisted of old cravats ; and for cut ting and putting together, a country tailor charged fifty dollars. It is safe to say that tbe private citizen looked a veritable gup in bis new suit, in spite of its beavv dram upon bis pocket-book. In January, 1S5. tbe material for a lady's dress which before tbe war, would have cost ten dollars could not be bougLt for leas than five hundred. Tbe masculine mind is unequal to tbe task of guessing bow great a sum might have been bad for bonnets brought in the lines ; for in spite of patient self sacri fice and unfaltering devotion at tbe bed aides of the wounded in the hospital, or in ministering to tbe needs of relatives and dependents at borne, the Southern women of those days are credited with as keen an interest In the fashions as women everywhere in civilized lauds are apt to be in times of peace. It waa natural that they should be so inter ested, even though that interest could in the main not reach beyond theory. lthout It tbey often would bave bad a charm the .esa and a pang tbe more. Any feminine garment in the shape of cloak or bonnet or dress which chanced to come from tbe North, was readily awarded its meed of praise, and repro duced by sharp eyed observer, so far as tbe scarcity of materials would aomit. But fashion 'a rulea were necessarily much relaxed in the Southern Confed eracy so far aa practice went when even suco articles aa pins biougbt through the olockade sold for twelve dollars a paper, and needlea for ten, with not enough of either. Care af Horses. Hmember that oue of the most im portant point in the care of farm horses is to feed regularly. If you drive your horse until mid afternoon before be gets bis noon meal yoa may expect a lank looking aoima! the next day. A thorough rubbing and a currying is as a-ential to the well being of a bone as a feed. It ia an old saying that a good grooming is equal to four quarts of oats. The horse might think this not more than half true, but unless your animals are at pasture or where tbey can rub and roll themselves, grooming is neces sary. A writer in tbe Rural Xevs Yorker aays few farmers kow tbe value of pea straw as a wisp to rub with. It Is aa nearly an equal of the currycomb aa anything. He feeds carrots at noon during the working season, and attri butes to this cause tbe fact that be bad not bad a sick horse for years, lie salts twice a week and feeds nothing at noon, but regularly at six in tbe morning and at the same hour at night for ten months of tbe year. Tbe two hardest working months be feeds at noon also. Many of the best fashion pSaUs are now engraved from actual photographs of models who pose in the rarmenta. tn make the pictures as life-like as possi ble. We have at last found out why rretty things are called knobty." Its be cause tbey are sotnethins to a door. A PERFECT COMBINATION Of harmless vegatable remedies th jt will rtore tho yIic!8 system to healthy action, is absolutely needed to cure any d.seise "for the disease tl.at af iacts one organ weakens aa,- Paina's Celery Compound is THIS PtHFECT COMBINATION. Reaa the proof I I hare i(T".-ret t.-rril.lT from nerrnnn and kMnew tronbJe. I boupht two NtW- f Paine a tV-k-rr 4 tnuiil. and oh. how It did help mr ! 1 have an much tilth 111 ywur medir-inr. ft 1 know a hat it did for me." Outario Centrr, Ji. Y. Xxa. J. J. A Toif. PAINE'S fr CELERY COIY1POUND For See year I aufrervJ with malaria and nervownea. I tried l'aiue-a Ifelwrr t 'ntuiil. and 1 tan trulhfully aay that five botllea eum'.leu-l- cur-l u.. I eliti-rfiilly rwotn- xm nd it. for I know it to be a poi-d mrdlHne." .' CM. U fclkaims LctUT Carrier, rlatiuu B, Brooklyn. N. T. CURES ALL NERVOUS DISEASES, Neuraleia, Rheumatism. Paralysi,BiIiousness.Drspei3si.Costieness, Piles. LiverCom . , . t - r li. r..i. ri;nft nH all riitnui arisinvfrom Imnura Blood. ptaini, ".loney l ruuuni r ainaia wii.(...-i ei. -i-si.w. I ei.sfj For tho Nervous, Tho Debilitated, Tho Aged. via ai a. aUarwa- liuniuaTMi. v v i - PROTECT YOUR HOMES I MARLIN -A. GOOD KEVOLVER no longer cueta DOUBLE a Fortune aV .a-w" Si -aaaaaa FULL NICKEL PLATED, RUBBER HANDLE. waaArraa aoaat. ia ztkst caaraoT to Tarn Baczrax ab wvaaoiT. For aole by Hardware and Qua Dealers evcfywheco. KaaaJaetaree Vy TUB MAiLTS FIRS ASMB 00 Hew HaTea, Cm. ar -w-aaaa3awaaaTJ a mjisS -u MAT.T.TJT Maiailno Tw Uw ae ill fay all ataw. Tk. a. n at aan.aa nta - - "in pewliil, aa te av aiwaaatf aala aa. a. aa Willi lJALI-Alt 1) ciurtf. netmo fr tartst aa a ca -l a. rmje aliin IDEAL EELOADIHG TOOLS WILL SAVE ONE-HALF THE COST OF AMMUNITION. Maa. far all aaaea of Cm 'h.a W are we4 ta aay of th foJloa lite '. UtfUaoe rwteM: MarHa. toli a. w lactieaier. HalWd, aterena. KeniiOKWu, Wattaey-li aeinaxly. aaaitb a Waaaaa ; a aa tar aal maaa aad aiw ftt IKOT 1.1 IHEllI, iparaal aeatar aay ather. aard ajWaaa-awai T7-- raffV- r . TSic American Live - StocK Wagron For tt. Dss of Bntchen aui Stocliaei Sares Time, Mur M Eijense. No dancer to She tmimal yon are eonveyina;. or to your horse. The animal doea not ret he tod p, but ia ready So kill aa aooa aa it ronchea the alaoshta. , and yor meat ia aoucd. and JveeJkby when it 1 brought to the tlook. oe-CwAolav For prieea, term aad eimaan, addnaai aVilirnAN BRADT aV CO . XeataWa, iwk m & tor ItlU. will ba aan Pa? Ea- ta nH !l T f o-a witn Cotorad PMtaa, and 'Jt' t erar oTaraa. Our Qtrr-r ( aa.ou.Ky is auoplylns rlflnntl : ' a(i.Af. aMI aa llini K MMaMMWA m ll.tafuraan. If you (row VECETABLES MARKITi tell ua so when you send for JCH.1S0H& stokes: 2IO ottst oast Tbs Standard OH Company, r Pitubarvb. Pa, made a (peeialty of maaatactarlag; tor tbs 4ones tle trade, tbs finest brand st Dlmniinatiii. : and : Lnliricatiii : Oils, NAPHTHA AND GASOLINE THAT CAM BE MADE PatUM PETKDLICM. II yo wlh tbs aort enlformly a tl factory slla la tbs naarke aak for our. Trade for Ebensburg and Vi-! cinity Supplied by V. S. Barker & Bro., Ebensburg. Pa. NOT DEAjj YET! 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KENTUCKY MULES Tfce only firaa la r.aa a woo auk a apoaiahtr of alaa. taaky Saddle aad Iineinc Uere.a, Irai(kt aad Pia, Mmim aad bars coaaiaatlr la Lb air stable ens hand red head of Melee, all aiaea. from fonr foot to tbs large mule weiflunc 1400 lbs, are I), arakalm Caw S Saeaad iraaaa, PIMabarfh, Fa. afuaaabhv rxn 10 an paria 01 ina otaio on ord.r. Xt4laiiax bar aT" lorre.noDS.noe aoliated. Important to Canvassers. WANTEn-LlTt CaneaerK In eeerr ooenty In tbs United State to aell "UX'8 PATEIT Kt VEKS1BL.E SAD IKON, whim combine two Sad Iron. Pollsber, Fluter, fcc. one Iron dolna; the work ol an entire et of ordinary Iron, la aelf-beatlBeT hr or alcohol 'aiap. IK) TM AW A W VIT1I HOT K ITt'TI F.M. Price moderate. A larrsand lacuna; Inoome Insured to araod caneaaser. Addron. for circular. Ae FOX SAU IKON CO.. Heads St.. N. T. AGENTS To ranraa for ons of ths lanreat. eldest estab. Itched. BfcST KNOWN NUKSER1KS n ths country. Mnst lileral term. I'nenualed laclll. tie. UENKVA KUHSKKY. Etatlxhxl 184ft. W. A r. SMITH, UtNtNA, N. Y. Alt. it. 3m. f4 r ft E "! SALESMKN ererjwbers, local V f and rlin. to aell oar arooda. Will 1 ft f r irood (alary and all azpenae. Writs W W lor term at one, and (tats (alary want ed. STANDARD S1L.VEKWAKE OUUFANY. Boatea, llaM. ' Oet.SUMPTEOES I a e-iti-. rrmau U 1m. un uar. .a thM.,uta of -.- w id. wnrat alna aa-l el loa. al.n1u.c mv. I. cur.4. ln-W-. 4. . alrnar n.y t.Ha a l a rlti-nr ., Ih.llalt, n i l;i!TY!.:.a FKr l, !.. W llh a r 1 tTATIt-K Tt:fe.lTT.K o. rftarac. to mtiiflrm. flVM frm mi r. U. arcaa. lli 1. a. tUlCC Jl. 1st I'aaii bi., Ji.V. twOlpr The Longest and Shortest Livers. It appaars that the most reCned aud polished nations bavs no iTOLtiinancc over savage tribes in longevity. Lear- ng out caases of destractioa insepara ble from the habitudes of barbarous races, tbe A.fricaos and Indians often attain extreme old aire. Humboldt gives native American Indians long ives. He speaks of an Indian woman who died at Cbiquata aired 143 years. and her husband died at the age of 117. lie also speaks of a Peruvian who, when 130 years old, walked daily fonr leagues. Fnchard, on the longevity of the ne groes, speaks of Robert Lynch, the property of Sir Edward Hyde East, who diedat Sc. John's at tbe age of 130. Numerous other instances are given of the great age of this race In the United States. Dungleson's "Human Tlf.alth" says : "Throughout tbe United btates tbe number of colored people who are reported to attain tha age of 100 years and upwards, bears a large ratio to tbe whites." Kings and Emperors are not char acteristically Ion? livers. Out of two hundred Roman and German Emperors only four lived to the age of eighty yef r '. Tbe same holds good with Ecclesiastic al representatives. Out of over three hundred Popa only five arrived at the age of 80. Monks and hermits, on tbe contrary, by temperance ond rectitude, j strict regimtn and prayer, including the Baving virtue of starvation, arrive at patriarchal ages. Foets and artists, it seems, bave long leases of life, be cause of their occupation which leads them to be conversant with tbe sports of the fancy and self-created world, whose whole life is an agreeable dream. Philosophers, tt seems, atu'n great age, especially such as are occupied with the study of nature aud the discovery of new and divine truths. It appears from tables that miners and doctors are among the shortest livers miners from long exposure to poisonous efiluvia ; physicians in serving others are con sumed, in healing others are destroyed. Tbe rate of mortality among practising physicians is grbater. .perhaps, than among men of any other profession. Tbe most extraordinary instances of longevity are to be found only among those classes of mankind who, amidst bodily labor and in tbe open air, lead a simple Ufa agreeable to nature. Each as farmers, gardeners. Hunters, soldiers and sailors. In these situations man still attains the age 140 and even 150 years. Frankenberg, a Dane who was a aaaman. lived to be 14G years old. Effiirjgaam, an Englishman, born poor, brought up to labor, and who ended his days as a laborer, died in tbe 144ch year of bis age. It. Glenn, a shoemaker, who lived at Tacony, Dear Philadelphia, lived to be 114 years old. There are many thousand instances of simple, laborious children of nature who bave lived to a great age. It is not tbe rich and great, not those who take gold tincture and wonder-working medicines who be come old, but laborers, farmers, mari ners, and such men as, perhaps, never in their lives employed their thoughts on tbe meana which must be used to promote longevity. How to Xake Cucumber Tickles. Tbe first pickles are always the best. Select plump, freshly picked cucumbers, of any size desired. Take water enough to cover them well ; add salt enough to make a brine that will bear up a potato until it can be seen above the surface of tbe brine, about the size of a ten cent piece ; pour this boiling hot over tbe pickles do not cover them, but when cold lay something on that will keep them under tbe brine, as those that float will become soft ; leave them twenty-four hours, then draiu them and cover with boiling water ; let them stand also twenty-four hours, keeping them under tbe water. Tbe third day drain and pack in stone jars. To a three gallon jar put in enough pickles to fill about one-third full, then a layer of sliced onions, then a cheese cloth bag about eight or ten inches square, in which put a small tablespoon ful of black pepper, two ounces stick cinnamon broken rather small, half tablespoonf ul of cloves ; mustard seed mace or any other flavoring may be add ed. Horseraddish cut in strips, and three or fcur red peppers may also be added. Then repeat pickles, spices, etc. Cover all with boiling cider vine gar, as weak as will keep the pickles. I generally add half water to tbe vinegar or more. If too sour, tbe pickles are not good and they become soft. Tbe scalding hardens them and also makes them green ; the spices preserve tbem from moulding. As soon as they are cold tbey should be covered to keep them well under the vinegar and the jars also covered to keep out dust, and they must be kept in a very cool place. Do not wash tbem at first, as handling breaks the skin and they will not keep as well. Stirring tbem once or twice a week is a good plan, as it prevents mould from gathering. Fall Chicks. Now is the time to get broody hens in order to get a supply of pullets for early spring laying. Pullets batched during the next few months will begin laying in February and March, and tbe first to begin will want to sit by the last of March. In sitting bens in hot weather it is best to make a nest or. the ground, or if this is not practicable line a box with sod, dire side up. Sprinkle with water containing a solution of carbolic acid. Make the cest on top and sprink le with sulphur, and you need have no fear of lice. If you have any newly batched chicks that seem droopy, and you not taken the above precautions against lice, examine their beads at once for the so-called botcher lice. To destroy them anoint beads with your fincer dipped in lard. Repeat the third day and treat the breast, body and wings of tbe mother hen to a like process. 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I A aura and aafe specific for luk na and d.hilitv nf il. trm, and general cxhauatiua anaim; mna yuuinrui nnpruueace.eaccaaa and overwork of body aad brain, causinc. phyaical and menutl woak ncaa. )wa oi mrmory and arvnal ia I capacity. CURES OLD and YOUNG. frtcc f , rarr bix. l'rrpared and fur .L. 1 l LJ L v , So. -Ot K. Zil Street. Fhila. Scud lor urcuUc SALESmE WAITED Ji Solicit Orders for srr Cbolei Ksr-crg Stock Wa hav ataady Vldrk for honeafc. aobar. IBtlunnoui man. Salary and Expenaa. or Commiaaion, if Prrfcrrad. W craw a full liaa of frail aud hardy aruamnlal ihjL. b aladiaa tha aaw aa4 raft aorta. EvaryUtia ainotly rtrawclaaa. Saliafactioa Guaranlaad to Cualoanra and Agant. Tba aaaiaaaa ia aaaily and q n ickl v laarnl. 8tat aa. friaaa Muaparac Addraaa. IV. i. C'HASK Ai '.. laSO SooUi rcaua Soan-e, 1'Uila.dtaiihia. Taw dr. Din; CEI.FBR 4TFH FF.M LE IHV- drr- mrm iua arul avl wat v a c-tuavl. (aNfl tuvaistr hw ht.niNi AiitMit-mn jrni. i -iuu-ftiit4-id mi-frirr ( U thr rrir. ffiMwIbN, or Mvli rt.funtwt. M-iit hr ntatl. $1. FavrOo iavr c Ir. Itx. SI Timtmni tat., lMat(n, Mrva life of KENRY W&RQ BEECHER ISMi; ly HluatraUHl, giving tit luo Inni Jiin tiirtU iu bi deatb. i'raca Ctva IUar. Kpn-mm& prapaiU. tlailun ta.. Hroofclyn. . . PATENTS JTENB.Y WISE UARNETT.Attorney-at-Law, WASHINGTON, D. C. K- f-.l-K tn M Stttioii.il P i.U. Wasluni-t.-n. 1'. L. a-SEKD FOB, lNVtliTOIi'S aUlDK."- EfTL.r-f3 I H M R fc J - M r )'- OSf Tobacco rJwfrT:- KSYSTOKES Pvf GLCD SO. V-VJ-SKV J eatnut V., VT'il V'V I'. O. J'ot'. Phil. Pw V S f,5 '.V V.-c rafta-te an-CV.m-1 fiCLhTS V- ' il 'il . j- li.i.i. T!l" i tht t-XCU:.- (1 t ) !. lV.- ,., Idleness is tlie buria! of the :iv; man. b Hearts can be younu ic spite o' Pr hair. h ' l'raisrt a man while be lives if uH , serves it. .Show is not substance; rdliiie, g. ern wi.se men. To a Rentleman every woman is lady in right ot her sex. Every Ihonght which piety (U(.W) into tbe world alters tho world. He who take? the child by the L-,i taken the molher by the heart. True nobility scorns to trample nxni a worm or sneak to an eiaperor. One must Btudy to know, know tr understand, understand to judpp. Great good is often rjccompiis;. merely because it is not attempud. Ability is of little accouut within' opportunity. Make the opportunity industry has annexed thereto tia fairest fruits and the richest, n-wardi AdlUttion 13 the marshlins of ;B coriscience of a Nation to mould j-. laws. The pleasures of understand.;; preferable to those of imagination o: , r sense. There i3 nothing so strong or p?.f,. any emergency or life as the : itu ... truth. Sometimes a noble failure serves tU world as faithfully as a diiitiit;:-1!. j success. It takes very little brain ar,J rauch lets piety to constitute a .'irst-el.; grumbler. I) jst thou love life ? Then d i int squander time, lor that's the s'lifl ; id made of. Kind words are the brightest f.jwers in earth's ex:steace tLty make a dise of the humblest Louie. All virtue lies ia iudivdual action, ia inward energy, in 6elf-Irteru;D;ai,a ; the beht books have most Oeauty. If your wifo wants ai "ailowarpc." give her your whole income. save more oat of it than you can. To most men experience is !ike l!.e stern lights of a ship which il'urtira only the track which has been ;a .v over. The greatest obstecle to being hero c is the doubt whether one may not t going to prove one's self a fool ; tLt truest heroism is to resist the douot. It is wrong usa of your understanding to make it the rule aud measure j! another man's, a usd which it is neiiber Ct nor capable of. You may depend upon it that I:e ia r. good man whosa intimate friends are ai! good, and whose enemies are character decidedly bad. Civilization is to have solved the pro blem how we may best avail ourselws of our opportunity aud enjoy the beauti ful world iu which we live. No man has a prosperity bo hih r firm but two r three words ca-i hearten it. There is no calamity w h:en light words will not begin to redress. Teach self-denial and make its prac tice pleasurable, and you creata fir the world a destiny more sublime than e?T issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer. We should rule ourselves with a firm hand. Being our own master Liit. often that we are at liberty to be ue slaves of our own fol-ies, caprices aJ passions. GtueraiJy speaking, a roaa cannot bave a more tyrannical nutter than himself. Let no man in despair say, "1 but one." In his unity, as in the uriin of a sword, lies his might. If b:sif.A, true, his slDg'.eness is strength ; !. miy be mulipled, indeed, but he crno'. ba divided. Minorities of onp, hive erally done the real work of innrikiuii. Iu all our'eiTorts to suhdue ipneraure and vice, to aid the feeble, to raii-e the fallen, to restore the erring, to i!;eT? the oppressed, wo need to look far denp er than the surface facts or the iiCui. evils we would banish. "What is t'e source ?" aliould be our Cu-.stant ry ; and aaltift that, when wn found it, feiiouU our chief eiTirt.'i So -J-ways directed. Gloss for I'ollais. To starch and iron collars m have a gwd gloss requires the aW.l !.':-: comt-s Iroci practice. Adda li:'.: -i water to two tablespoonf uis of 'i starch aud rub to a smooth pusti- ah a 6poon ; pour boiling watpr s'c.v'y ";--n the starch, Stirling briskly to ;,:v-!.t lumping. When mixed suio.if; ; 1 a little salt and a piece of trr.!"t' ri ta'.'.ow or white wax the siz- of a v.-. ilacy good laundresses add '.S', t;'j'- spoonful cum arabic solution injuring wuter upon white 2U!U and lettiug it stand till clou the starch taveuty minutes i through three minutis. I s' scaldice Lut and rub it, t ! - . by ,t,c ..n ' .v through tbe linen so that no la" 'rs left on tho 8utf:ici'. Afier cry z collars, dip tbem, a:i Lour or m h-i ironing, into cold starch mAn by solving; a tablespoonful of fturih ' : pint of water, warm, but not I;ot iv:.zh' to scald the starch. Itdll turai up in clean towel and before ironiriz n:b t'V;r with a fine damp cloth. Itch T"itv.v and polish with a polishing iron em bosom board. Tek process of makins the wooJ c-ir-pet now coming into common u- 13 comparatively simple, although it n:u' lo done with exactitude. Cati-'u adjusted saws strip the lumber into t f desired thickness and width, the l l'r differing according to tne work ed. The stuff it then snbjecteJ t.i l -saws that cut it out in proper sbai fl'r inlaying, to form tbe fabric ami of the cariet. This mut be doi.e much particularity, as such of t'-ie u"!--tiform piecee must exaollv lit. . ..1.,.,.,..n.!t;:e ClC" rauKeuJtrub ui u incita l ... . . . . . . i i 1 l.,Vs li or tneui is aone iy iaus, nu oinar wnrt hut vxnLs are thus yrD wilh fair celerity. Canvas is jr'j one side to give strength to the iaK The cariet Is then subjected to paper, and Is finally finished with Da oil. Heroine" is perhaps as rc"!lr word aa any in our laneuage. two letters of it are male, the urs. f. male, the first four a brave nun, tae Hhole wcud a braye wouiao.