" THSY SAT."
They my—ah ' wall suppom they do,
Bat can they prove the story true ?
ttuapexon* may arise from nought
But maliee. envy, want of thought;
Why oount yourself among the "they"
Who whisper what they dare not say ?
They My hut why the tale rehearse.
And help to make the mallei worse ?
No good can poesibly accrue
From telling what may lie untrue :
And ie it not a nobler plan
To apeak of all tlie beet you ,-au ?
They my—wall, if it should be #o.
Why need you tell the tale of woe ?
Will it the better work redeem.
Or make one pang or sorrow lem ?
Will it the erring one restore .
Henceforth to "go and sin no more ?"
They my—Oh! pause and look within ;
See how thy heart inolinea to sin.
Waloli. lest in dark temptation's hoar.
Thou, too, should sink beneath its power.
Pity Uie frail, weep o'er their fall,
Itut speak of good or not at all.
Luke s Love-Making.
nv MART RAXDOIPH.
"Oh, confound it!" said Luke Tres
saly.
Well! who wouldn't have been
templed to u-e rather a strong word, to
stumble into such a maelstrom of soap
suds. scrubbing-brushes and mop- v
Cleaning house, indeed—tlie words are
ail insufficient to express the forlornlty
of that once cheerful room.
"And this comes of boarding," -aid
Luke to himself, w hen he w as fairly in
the open air.
"If 1 wasn't such a miserable poltroon
SIHHII such things, I would ask Jenny
Hope to have me. I'll take a little house
somewhere and get Jenny Hope to re
commend some nice old woman who
know - how to roast partridges and darn
stockings, and make coffee, and iron
shirts."
And Luke Tressaly proceeded merrily
towards the brown stone casket thai
held his heart's deare-t jew el, w tiistliug
Yankee IkxHile and stroking his brown
moustache in a very enviable frame of
mind.
Now. w hat w as then" in a tall, sleader
waisled girl, brown eyed ami pink
cheeked, with a mischievous dimpled
mouth, that should reduce a six-footer
like Luke Tre-salv to speechless con
fusion? Yet the dewy light of Jenny
Hope's eyes made a coward of him at
omv!
So he sat, twirling his finger* and
watching the shine of Jettnv s needle,
and wondering w hat he had Wtter say
first, until, al length, alter fifteen min
utes embarrassed silence, he pluuged
headlong into hi- subject.
"Miss Jennv!"
• Well, Mr. I'ressaly ?"
"I'm thinking of going to house
keeping."
"Are you, Mr. T re-saly ?" Jenny bent
lower over her work to bite off a refrac
tory thread, and grew scarlet.
"Yes. The fact i*. I'm tired to death
of boarding, and 1 think it would be a
nice change, and—and —l fancied you
might recommend a hou*okeej*\r."
"A housekeeper? what sort of one,
Mr. Tressaly?"
"Oh, oiue nice old woman or another
—somebody w lu> can make a snug little
home 1"
Jenny's eyes sparklet!, and her pretty
brows contracted with a momentary
twitch. l.tike stared, and wondered
what he had said to vex Miss Hope.
"1 think 1 can recommend the very
person you want," said Mis# Hope,
i* curving iter lip.
"Can you? Oh, Mis-Jenny, I -hall l>e
a thousand times obligctl to you. I'll
engage her immediately, and 1 can look
up the hou-e afterward, you know.
Who is she ?"
"Well, it's mv aunt. Miss Zeruiah
Plant—she's staying here now. and it
lias always been her ambition to as-time
the charge of a gentleman's household.
I'll call her at onye and you cau settle
preliminaries as soon as you please."
Mis* Jenny swept out of the room
with the -ieps of a tragedy queen. Luke
followed her with his eyes until the
door was close-1, and theu leaned back
in his chair with a deep sigh.
"I'd give a thousand dollars if I only
dared ask that girl to tnarry me!"
Miss Plant was feeding her gray par
rot* when Jenny caine Into her room.
She was not young, more* ver, site was
not pretty, and -he wore spectacle* and
a "fai-e front." yei M -- Pint was -till
on the ,< rit-c for a cuanee In the lottery
matrimonial.
"Aunt, dear." aul Jenny, demurely.
"I have just received a proposal tor
you."
"For me? Oh, go 'long," tittered Miss
Plant, dropping tlie lump of sugar she
was about to regale Pretty Polly with.
"No, but Aunt Zeruiah, I'm in
earnest."
"Who is it?" said Zeruiah. putting
her handou her heart, and mfc. hanicwlly >
feeling to see if her glossy black curls
were ail straight.
"Mr. Tressalv. lie wants to go to
housekeeping, and needs some lady of
mature judgemeut to preside over hi#
household—*o go in and set him!"
"Gracious me?" faltered Aunt
Zeruiah.
"Wonder if I hadn't better put on
my green satin gown with the bulge
trimiuin?"
"G pshaw—you're well enough," said
Jenny. Besides, he is in a hurry—and
think what the consequences would be
If you were to miss such an eligible
opportunity as this!"
Mi* Zeruiah waited to hear no more,
hut made a di*e for tlie door, leaving
Jenny to fluish the ministration to the
gray parrot at ber leisure.
"You sent for me, sir." said Miss
Zeruiah, tripping into the parlor, and
sinking with girli-h confusion into an
easy chair oppo-lte Mr.Tres-aly.
"Yes," said Luke, unconsciously. "I
wished for a capable hoo-ekeeper. Do
you think you would be w illiuw to take
charge of my home?"
"Yes," giggled Miss Plant, hiding her
blushes in a lilac edged pockeihandker
chief. "That is, if you don't think me
unmaideuly in so soon giving my con
sent."
Luke started—lie thought Miss Plant
a very good woman—but, nevertheless
he went on.
"I'm very particular about my coffee
—I suppose you understand ail these
little detail*? '
"Of course I do," said Aunt Zeruiah,
"I can cook first-rate, though 1 sav it—
who shouldn't say it? My coffee's a#
clear a* wine, and I'm great on Idled
cakes."
"Areyou?" said Luke, rather puzzled
"Well, I think we may consider this an
engagement."
"I ealc'lateso," said Mis* Plant again
taking refuge In Iter lace bordered
handkerchief.
' I should like yon to come as soon a*
possible, as I wish to engage a house
immediately," said Luke, rising.
"Oh, certainly," smiled Miss Zeruiah.
"When is it to be?"
"When is what to be?"
"Why—how embarrassing—the wed
ding!"
"What wedding?"
"Why—ours, to be sure! Ain't we
goin{* to he married?"
"My good woman," said Tressaly.
turning red to the roots of his hair,
"here is some enormous mistake. 1
merely wished to engage a housekeeper
—I never dreamed of proposing to you !'
"Well, I'm sure! shrieked Miss
Zeruiah, every false curl bristling with
her agitation. "I'll have you to know
that 1 don't need to go out to service—
and I'm as good as you be, any day of
the week! And if you calculate to in-
poor, lone woman, you'll And out
you've waked up tiie wrong passenger!
I'll prosecute you, I will, you good-for
notliin', stuck up, hairy-faced dandy !
I 11 sue you lor breacli of promise—see
if 1 don't!"
And Mis* Plant rushed furiously from
tin* room, leaving Luke in a state of
astonished bewilderment difficult to de
scribe.
"L'pon my word, here's a prettv mis
understanding," quoth Luke aloud.
"Fancy me married to that old maid.
I'd rattier board by all odds, for—Hush !
What's that?"
It sounded like a suppressed giggle.
Luke walked straight to tiie door whence
the mysterious sound proceeded, and
caught Miss Jennie Hope's two little
resisting hands ere she could escape
from her ambusbade.
T„~ . 1
"lNrn't, Mr. Tressaly!" said Jenny, '
! between her merry hursts of laughter. ;
"I will!" salil Luke, undauntedly.'
"it serves you right for laughing at
me!"
"And you don't want to tnarry Aunt
Zeruiah after all?" said Jenny, her i
brow n eyes beaming with fun. "Why,
I thought you w ai.tod a housekeeper ?'*
"So 1 do," quoth the valiant Luke.
"Then why don't you marry Aunt
7x>ruiali?"
"Because 1 had rather marry you!"
"Nonsense, Mr. Tressaly ■' faltered
Jenny, turning rose-red, and trying
desperately to escape.
"N'o, it isn't nonsense, Jeutiy," -aid
Luke, stooping don n to get abetter look
into the blushing, averted face, "{seri
ously, Jenny, will you have me? No
you shan't go until 1 have an answer,
my heart's little queen. Ye* or no—
w ill yon marry me?"
"I—suppose—so," said Jenny . with a
mischievous sparkle through her down
cast lashes, "that U. if you and Aunt
Zeruiah can't Come to any understand-
ItqtP'
Luke Tressaly paid Miss Jenny on tlie
spot tor that arrow of sarcasm. How
he did so. don't particularly concern
anybody. IW* it? All that we have
auythiilg to do with t* the fact that
Luke Tressaly slid set up housekeeping
some three mouths subsequently, with
brown-eyed Mrs. Jenny to preside ovet
the coffee and partridge*.
And he says he likes it better than
• boarding.
a*rt) Ins |h* a row H Wsiusu
Haskell ha-been mailing a pretty girl
up town, who is very wealthy; and
with an eye to business, thought he
taaild marry tier and handle the ftind*
I when the old man died; an he worked
hard to line III* ne-t with feathery
greenbacks. The girl told him frankly
that she did not love him. hut ••faint
heart never won fair ladv," and lie |>er
, severed. Again the young lady told
him her father would object to a niar
, riuge w itli hitu; theu he boldly proposed
an clo|tement, and there seemed to be
so much romance in this proposition,
that tlie girl at last yielded to his im
(Hvrtunities. and agreed to run off with
him and get married.
No tin* pretty girl, M plump as a
dove, had a penniless maiden aunt, as
- uglv as au o i ami a* scrawny as a fence
raif. w ho was very anxious to marry—
an unusual thing tor a maiden aunt of
thirty-five.
Tlie nigiit at last arrived for the
elopement, ami everything waa pro
pitious, dark and rafuy. It was ju-t
*uch a nigiit a* was needed for a *afe
escape. The clandestine carriage drove
up, li.-t-kell hurried tii- blushing fair
one into it and rapidly they sped away
' to tlie shores of Jersey to be made one.
Haskell was in ecstasies; his golden
dream of wealth was to be realized; he
could see ii all iu his itu tgiuaiiou—first
k the oi-pleasure of hi- father-in-law,
then the reconciliation, ami then he'tl ,
fa* received into tlie bosom of tlie fauiilv. !
and wouldn't d-> any tiling but live oil
the old man and have a gay time.
They drove up to a little parsonvge in
Jersey City, ami stood up by the light
of a flickering candle, with the inini-tci
and requisite witlifsse*, and were made
one. Then Haskell, in Ids delirious joy.
turned and raised the bridal veil to ki*-
hi* fair, young bride—when, oh. horror!
he found that he was married to the
penniless maiden aunt. The roguish
girl had played it flue on him; and. i
knowing in* mercenary motive, had
substituted the aunt in tier place—and
to add to Ids misery, cards are now out
for the young lady'# marriage with a
well-known young man uptown.
The whole family stood at the window
that night watching Haskell steal tlie
tnaidt n aunt away, aud tiie oi l gentle
man, her hr 'ther-ln-iaw , say* he'll sot
them up for housekeeping in a (dot tip
town, aud then they inu-t scratch for
themselves.
Name* of Countries
The following countries, it i- said, .
w ere originally named bv the Phcene
cians, the greatest commercial jwople
in the world. The names, iu tlie Phce
nccian language, signify something
characteristic of tlie places they desig
nate. Kurope signifies a couulry of
while complex lea. so named becati-e
the inhabitant* were of a lighter com- ,
plexiou than those of Asia or Africa.
Asia siguifie- between or in the middle,
froui tlie fact that geographers placed
it iu between Enropeaud Africa.
Africa signifi--* the land of crops, or
ear*. It was celebrated for its abund
ance of corn, ami all sort* of grain.
>iberii signifies thirst or dry—very
characteristic. Spain, a country of
ral>hit# or conies. It was once <> in
fested with the,*** animal* that they sued
Aiigu-tu* for au army to destroy them.
Italy a country Of pitch, from it* yield
ing great quantities of black pitch.
Calabria, aiso for the same reason. >
Gaul, modern France, signifies yellow :
tiaired, as yellow hair characterizes its
iuliahitants.
Tlie English of Caledonia is a high
lull. It WHS a rugged, mountainous
i province in Scotland. Hibernia is ut
most, or last habitation; for beyond
this westward, the I'ho-neeians never |
extended their voyage. Britain the
country of tin, great quantities being
fouud on it and adjacent Isiaml-
Greeks called it Albion which signifies
in the Phceueclao tongue eitlier white
or high mountains, from the whiteness
of its shores, or the high rocks on the
western coast.
Corsica signifies the footstep# of men
which It resembles. Syracuse signifies
bad Savor, so-called from the uuw hole
some marsh on which it stood. Rhodes, j
•erpeut# or dragons, which it produced
iu abundance. Sicily, the country of j
grapes. Scylla, the whirpool of de
struction. Charybdls, tlie holds of
destruction. .£tna signifies a furua<*e,
or dark or smoky.
< ItmbliiK Ibr Tower of Plu
The tower ha# #uch a str.nige effect
upou you. You begin Weil enough;
you see that the stairs are very steep in j
some places, and tnat the inner wall
crowds down U|K>II you in an unpleasant
way. The eflect Inn little like being iu
the cabin of a ship at *ea; you realize a
kind of undulating motion, without
having the visible cause of it before
your eyes. We -Uqqied to re#t: a small
. window was at hand; we looked down
into tlie interior of tlie tower. It was
like a deep round shaft that had been
sunk slant-wise; there was just enough
siant to it to IK; unpleasant. IVe trudged
on and on, and looked again. The tower
was hegiuiiig to move a little; we faith
saw it and telt it. Tin* wall# sagged
very much ; it was with some difficulty
that we kept from slipping out of the
door level with tiie stairs when tlie
tower reeled over on our side. I wonder i
that we had the courage to complete the
ascent. Tower* have fallen tiefore now;
leaning tower# are not expected to '
stand any longer than they choose to. i
Tiie earth has sank aliout tlie I'isa
tow er, so that you go down several step* ;
to get to tlie d'oor on tlie ground floor.
We were near the top; the roofs of tiie j
city lay far below us; we caught giddy I
gii mioses of the world from the openings
in the wall—the tempting door# that in
vited us to step into eternity without
waiting our turn. By this time the
hollow of the tower looked like a mon- ;
strous funnel. We were stumbling over
tin* stone stairs In an unpleasantly sug
gestive manner, w hen we came up to
tiie top chamber were tlie great iadls j
hang. Here we breathed more freely, i
The big bell, weighing six tons, hang*
on the upper side of the tower, "to
windward, as it were; the smaller I
hells take their chances on the down j
grade. This little fact relieved us, tor i
we were still affected by the unsteadi- j
ness of the long, spiral stairway. While
we were looking off upon tlie country |
from tlie turrets above the bell chamber, j
lo! all the bells began ringing right j
under our feet. Tlie sensation was as
if tiie tower were about to la* shaken to
pieces; every stone trembled percepti '<
bly; tiie air was whistling about our
ears; one mail did it all! He sprang!
on to one of tin* bells and set it swing-
ing, theu leaping gaily on to another, |
ami at last caught tlie big bell to wind- ! i
ward and got its thick, black tongue in j
motion; so he skipped lightly from one ! J
to the other, dodging tlie roaring mon- i
sters as they heaved about him. Escape j i
was impossible while this concert was j '
in progress. We had only to wait ami i i
stop our ears, meanwhile trying to get ! (
interested in the landscape. The green ;
hills were about us on the inland side; I I
the country was as flat as a floor from | i
Pisa to the sea. Away off in the corner <
by tho shore lay Inborn. HliouM we
not go to I .reborn when li Hon but an
hour hence by rail? Wo thought It
best, and a* soon a* tlio hell- were quiet
wo went down that corkscrew stairway
and eaitie to thv outer door lit capital
onlor. I bad thuuflil t receive the
finishing touch on in# **>' down, but,
on tho inntrarv, having become aoiuo
what tangled during the ascent, I had
only to descend to unravel It all, and
oomo out precisely aa I had entered
T'Aiirlr* H'AT'IOA .VISFDUNI.
4 I • llr> l.wawiiUlr Works.
It la only alnuit tlftv yeara since tlio
first locouiotiv* puffed along tlu> tir*t
i railway, drigging tlio itft clumsy |aa
i aetiger oar. During rich of those titty
, vNn more than two thousand mile# ot
i ail* have lo on laid, and In England
and tlio l ullod Stale# eteiy day ol
those fifty year* ha* *een the cowple
tlon of of tuio locomotive and two |>a*-
aeugvr cars, lintnonao workshop# are
kept busy hulldliig hkxiuiotlve* and
oi. Tliov aro generally noar the
principal ilc|i| ol tho groat railway
lino*, and I know of no more interest
lug place w bore one can *|H<nd a put
of hit day lu tha depot. Each and every
part of a locomotive must be made with
the grentt-at preclslou and delicacy, and
great mac blue* are etuuloyed for ham
mering and cutting and puuchlng and
planing tho irou luto shape. You will
tiud In the*o railway work#, a* tho Kng
llsh *av, or "locomotive woi k#," as tboy
are called lu America, immense ma
; clilno*. po--e*aing almost resistle**
power, yot diiviugonly a little steel
|Hintod instrunient like a chisel not
bigger than one's little finger. It seems
almost a waste of oower to use audi a
giant to drive -• -light a tool, lint this
! delicate chisel dig* it- way little by
Ultlo through tho hardest of cold Iron
or steel, and planes it as -month a* over
tho carpenter -piano trim* wood, and
it produce#, too, shaving* f irou as
delicate as tln>so of soft pine. Little
shears, hardly bigger than a tailor's
cut through iron as easily aa through
j>aper; and delicate steel punches drive
their way through Iron plates. Inmost
i of these work- you will see al-,> tho
Nasiuyth steam-hammer, a mighty
giant in (tower, hut as docile a* a luiuh
. under the touch of a master hand. It
Is an immense shaft of iron, sliding up
and down in a great wooden frame,
and regulated tu it* moveuieiws so that
it can strike a hard or soft, a quick or
slow blow, as the engineer w 10 directs
it may wish. A heated shaft of irou a
toot thick can be crushed, or a lack u>ay
1*? driven, by it* blows. About twenty
vear* ago, I lie Prime Minister of Kng
land, laml John Kit-sell, visiting the
railway works at .Manchester, was in
vited to eat a boiled egg for luncheon.
Before giving him the egg, the master
of the works put it in a small stue
, gla— and placed both under the great
, steam-hammer. Ihe engineer set the
i giant at work; down rushed the shaft
, w till the rapidity of a hghUiiug flash
' Sud struck file egg, hut *operfectly a
the hammer regulated that the Mow
merely chipped the shell, crushing
neither gla-- nor egg.— St ,\ . lotus.
How They do It
The waiters at a prominent hotel
much affected by new lv-married couple
have hit U|K>U an ingenious plan for in
crea-lng their revenues. {standing he
hind tiie bride's chair they ptoiV-a in
respectful dumb show the most un
, bounded admiration of the bride, and
the mo-t chaste envv of the bridegroom's
happy lot. By the judicious use, in a
stage-whisper, of such remarks a*:
"Iton't she everlastingly lie over the
Countess de I iii-utn that they used to
consider the beauty av the Frinch
< "ourt?" "You're talkiug,—she's the
handsomest woman ever wriggled Into
this dining room." "Ami as v\ itty and
' gissJ as she is beautiful, too. - ' " that's
so, — 1 tell you that fellow is in luck,"
they manage materially to swell their
income#. One has already bought a
, block of houses on Ashland avenue and
the other thinks of taking the hotel a*
soon as the present proprietor goes to
join the innumerable caravan of in*ol
' vent ho*ts. Their wives, who are em
ployed as chambermaid* in the -amc
house, have al-o organized a co-o|>era-
Uve association, and w hen they see the
bride tripping along the hull iudulgs
an tibly in such remarks a these; ">.iy,
Kate. lita has got an awfully handsome
bus baud; hasn't she? Lord how the
other girls must have envied her when
*he cut theui all out!" "Ye#, Jane, ud
he Is so devoted to her. He seems to
worship the very carpet she treads on,
, and never takes his eyes otf her." Then
they, in theatrical (variance, "discover"
the bride, and retreat with confusion,
waiting long enough, however, to have
their cttrrencv inflated.—t'Afc.i , Tnl,une.
t
It i* certain that this uinrtieuth ceu
j tury i* to he a century of blondes, like
| the sixteenth, ju*l as the seventeenth
was that of the wig, and the eighteenth
that of powder. All w omen are blondes
nowaday*. Brunettes make themselves
blonde by the use of fairy waters, or
simply by bathing their iuilr in ainttio
' nia. Some of them color, others dis
color—it i a miracle of chemistry.
When, twenty-five years ago, a young
actress tirst had the fancy of making
herself Monde, "for a change," as she
said, she never imagined she was intro
ducing a fashion. Now, both the New
World and the Old have gone mad over
j it—all wouien want to be blonde, <•#(**-
cially those who are gray. Silly viola
tion of nature—for what is more sacred
j than a crown of white hair? And lias
I not dark beauty its characteristic attrac-
I tion as well as the fair? Probably this
j inordinate admiration of golden hair
j arises from the fact that light Is the
j ideal of all beauty. Apollo was all dls
beveled with light. Homer compares
[ all his goddesses and mortals to the
golden Venus. In history and in fash
| ion, therefore, we see the blondes tri-
I ompbant, until such times as the bru
nettes regain their empire.
Preaeare of Mind In Aerfdenta
Profe-sor Wilder gives these short
rules for action in case of accident: For
j du-t in the eyes, avoid rubbing, and
dash water into tliem; remove cinders,
• etc.' with the round end of a lead pencil.
; Remove insect# from the ear by tepid
i water; never put a hard instrument
into the ear. If an artery i 8 cut, com
press below. If choked, get ii|>on all
fours and cough. For light burns, dip
the part in cold water. Smother a tire
| with carpets, etc.; water will often
; spread burning oil, and increase the
danger. Before passing through smoke
take a full breath, anil then stoop low;
, but if carbon is suspected walk erect.
! Suck poisoned wounds utile-* vour
j mouth is sore. Knlarge the wound, or
I belter, cut out tiie part without delay.
| Hold the wounded part us long as it can
; he borne to a hot coal or end of a cigar,
in case of poisoning, excite vomiting
by tickling the throat, or by hot mu*-
! tard. For acid poisons, give acids; in
| ease of opium poisoning,give strong cof
fee and keep moving. It you fall into
! water, float on tiie back, with the nose
and mouth projecting. For apoplexy
j raise the head and lody ; for fainting,
| lay the person flat.
A l.sinf Herd.
And then there was the goose-rancher
i —a fellow who drove a hundred geese
! tiefore liiin about tiie city and tried to
I sell them. He had a pole ten feet long,
1 with a crook in tiie end of it, nud oeca
; sioually a goose would branch out from
the flock and make a lively break around
the corner with wings half lifted and
MMh stretobod t<> the imni.-t. Did the
goose merchant get excited? No. He
took liis (Mile and reached after the goose
with unspeakable sangfroid, took a hitch
around ids neck, and "yanked" him
back to liis place in the flock without an
effort. He steered his geese with that
slick as another man would steer a yawl.
A lew hours afterward we saw him sit
ting on a stone at the corner, in tlie
midst of the turmoil, sound asleep in tlie
sun, with his geese squatting around
him or dodging out of the way of asses
and men. We came by again within
tlie hour, and lie was taking account of
slock to see whether any of his tloek had
strayed or been stolen. The way lie did
it was unique. He put tlie end of his
stick within six Inches of a stone w all,
and made the geese inarch in single file
between it and the wall. He counted
them as they went by. There was no
dodging that arrangement.— Chiun Xeutt.
AhHHTfTt'tUI..
RNKHI HV*NON ( SWM POTATOR*.—
A Nvw JerMy ixirmiKiiiilciit of tli
fVra.iat't f- FsldgfWpA Willi's tilll* : ll
Is very desirable l<> have the iwm'l po
Into crop mature us early in (he rail a*
i possible, * tlf \ aro better and more
apt to keep well To fit them lor pre*,
ervatlon tio'v must in' Hitod brfor* tin"
! weather Indicates n large degree of
! oultl nullltflKul la frrrnthr ground, or
j lu (Ills latitude, Is-lore the 15th uf (Mo
l*r. Those intended for winter stor
age should IHI galheiuti bofol 1' au> frost
J wilt* the vlui'*, or alantt the laal of
Septeinlter, or flr*l of (Molwr, put up
lu ItarreD or shallow IMIXCS, ami placed
j lu a dry, warm nutrition. W lien placed
In barrel* lu the O|K>II field, and care
fully handled, they will lie more readily
preserved during the w Inter, other i ll
eiiillstatlce* Ix-lng favorable slight
I hitilslng from rough carriage proving
| Injurious to them it designed for w Intel
use. Wlieu large quantities are re
! served for spring les, houses are
erected expressly tor their protection.
I'heseare generally two stories high,
built ,>l wood, and o arranged that the
l>tat,ies may be stored theieln In boxes
aUuit two leef deep, placed in tiara,
with space of a fow Inches between tor
rvuttlaUou. and extending from able to
side of the bott*e to within a foot of the
wetli#r-boardlng. The boxes are
framed toget er at the ami# with ke\s,
ito be taken ajwrt w ben not In ua.. The
j source of heal la a tire in the cellar,
j front which warm air la caused to cir
culate equally ami freely throughout
the building. Thl# arranged ami care
fully tended, maintaining a nearly uni
form moderate beat, sweet-potatoes
may IH preserves! unlit late in the fol
low ing spring. No chalt, shavings or
other material Is needed ; careful pack
ing and handling ami uniform moderate
beat or keeping in an even temperature
and not too low —say front M to 115 de
; grees—being the only requisites tur the
■nainlainuioiit of perfect succesa in tlie
i preservation, for the entire season, of
' this admirable tuher.
Loss or Yocsu l'tus.—Sow* with
heavy litters, especially young wow a,
1 ami with winter titters, aotueUmea lose
i their young, the milk fruui the sow
seeming to IK- |H.ISOIIOUS. A thorough
hrctl Hcrksliire sow threw a flue litter
of pigs, November la-t, some ten In
i number. The sow was hi excellent
' rtc-h, not tint fat, ami there was every
pro>>|N<<-( of the litter well. She
M fed liberally, and until aU>ut a
: week old, tiie liiUe |x>rkers grew finely.
Alsuit Ibis lime, without any apparent
cause, one WM found dead. Sin* iiud
1 not laid on it, for guards or fender*
j were placed all around the pen, ami
there were no Uiirk< which would lead
one to up|Hse it had been crushed.
I Soon another drop|>ed of!, and yet
another, until four of the little dai k
j swiuers had gone. I'hr remaining one
i were four weeks old now , and entirely
removed from the sow , and at once did
well. While with the sow, they re
mained veiy poor, notwithstanding
they had a trough to themselves, at all
limes supplied with milk. Iter tlrl
j litter (this ts-iiig the second) did splen
i didly. There are several reason* foi her
milk proving Injurious. She had Is-en
j bred entirely too yotir.g, had too heavy
' a litter for so young a sow, and the pen
I faced the north. IH-spile cleaning It
out twice a week, It would remain
damp. The sow was coiisli)Miled. The
remedy Is, having the |s-n facing the
south, ami keeping the sow from ts-ing
constipated. Sulphur is an excellent
remedy for constipation In animals and
i purifying the blood. The dose consists
of one tea-pooillul daily, given in a
bucket of slop, front two to four dose*
Iwing gem-rally sullicieiit; or, what is
t>eUei , give laxative food, such as (toiled
rtax seed, or even oil llieai. These will
cure constipation.— Lire-*t<*-k Journal.
I'oi irar.—Poultry breeding ha now
come to In- regarded as iiu|Hirtaul a
branch of farm industry as the raising
of swine and sheep. In one -eu.se it Is
of more iui|K>rtanee, in that it is not
every farmer wbo can keep sheep or
swine with advantage, hut every one
whoow n or rents a plot of ground, If
only the sire of a city l--t, eau keep a
few head of poultry w h Null pleasure
and profit. When lak-i.g into consider
ation the vast IIUIIITM-r ol eggaconsumed
111 the I'uited Mates- -the c ity of New
York alone using doing llu year ls?2
upwards of SP\ooo,oou. costing at
wholesale, about ♦li.'a W.ik* 1 — and when
we note the imuieusc number of tons of
poultry sold in all tl.e large -iiie* of the
I'nioii, we cannot call the poultry In
terest one of minor im|M>r tauoe. Yet it
la but a few years since the name of
poultry seemed to convey the Idea of
insignificance. Now, however, the
proprietor* of large stork farms have
their fiis ks of pure bred fowls, which
get their share ol attention and study,
as well a* lite horned cattle and horse*;
and the net income from a well man
aged poultry yard is no small addition
to the farui receipt*.— PtmUry /iV-ord.
SHELTER FOR WHEAT. Although
there is a division of opinion as to w iiat
constitutes the best protection for fruit
farms—particularly for peaches—there
l*. however, no question of the value of
•heller l>ell of woodland or lie Ige* lor
the protection of wlp-al. Mr. Car|>euter
a prominent farmer ot Oakland county,
many years ago planted a hedge of
white w iliow along one side of hi
fartn. He i now reaping u advantage
from it not contemplated in setting it
out. The hedge having grow uup very
tall, and by judicious uiauagaineiit well
thickened, form* all abundant shelter
for wheat. The snow which otherwise
would be blown off from the field is re
tained, and forms a mantle of protec
tion. Without ihe growth of similar
shelter tielts the production of winter
wheal will become more precarious and
soon we shall have to follow in the foot
steps of our neighbor further west, and
depend upou spiing wheat for bread.—
[ /srfruiT Frtr I'rrtt.
POTATO CITLTCRE.—The Tellies pro
ct s* of planting potatoes, horticultural
rather than agricultural, consist* in
being able to have new (Hitaloea iu Jan
nary ami February, equal to those or
dinarily produced in May and June.
Having selected a light triable soil, at
least 12 inches in depth; make a hole
10 Inches deep, place a little manure
therein, then fill In tin- soil. The holes
ought to two feet apart. The seed
|>otatoes should IHI preserved in char
coal du-t, till the first of August, the
moment for planting, and be stee|n-il
for one hour la-forehand, iu a solution
of half a pound of salt and one quart of
water; a!>ut. the middle of JSeptein!>er,
mould, and at the same |*-riod hi Octo
ber weed, and earth lip Irrespective of
the faded stems; the tubercle# will in
crease under-ground, inde|iendeul ol
all exterior vegetation, ami may !>e
gathered in the early part of January,
although they will not l*e fully ripe
till the close of February.
GROWING SFECIAI. t Hors.—One of our
exchanges having been asked for ad
vice with regard to embarking largely
into the production of two special
crops to the exclusion of others, gives
the following sensible advice, which we
commend to the attention of any of our
readers who tnav have the "special
crop fever." "We have seen so many
failures result from undertaking to
grow special crops to the exclusion of
all others, that we must discourage you
from attempting to cultivate either of
the articles named. In growing any
one crop largely we must first ascer
tain if it is suited to our soil and
climate; next, where can we dispose of
it readily ? and then, w ill it pay t Our
advice Is to start in a small way ami
learn gradually an answer to all our in
quiries. Experience is the la-st advi
ser; as what might prove the most
profitable In the vicinity of New York
might easily be a losing crop with you.
CARE OK IMCI.EMK.NTS. —Don't leave
your implements out in the weather.
A great many farmers are too remiss
about this im|>ortaut matter. They do
not often see beyond the first cost of
new Tools, forgetting the constant accu
mulations of Interest which roll up into
vast sums. C'oatly machines and tools
are often injured more by exposure to
sun ami storm than by use.
SMAI.L BOY in a grocer's store—"How
do you sell these tigs?', "Two for three
cents." "Well, le s see; that's one for
two cents and one for one cent, ain't
it?" "Yes." "Well, I'll take the one
cent one." "Yss, yes, young man, eat
all you want."
•K-irrirtQ.
limln in lly i/irnr. From a niuulter
of that most excellent journal the
llrruld of tlailth, we compile the fol
lowing practical hint* for the preser
vation uf health . C'lrbunir (txutr la a
colorless and almost inodorous gas,
containing vine pat tot m v gen le*s thuii
cat home acid, It may lie seen binning
with a beautiful blue tlame on the top
ol newly ted coal lite It is much Wore
poisonous than catbonlr acid, and
must lie guaided against with caie. It
tortus nliuudautlv in out coal stoves,
and piehHcs Lit lough theti clacks and
joint* into out room*. It eacatms fiom
the ga* Maine when the pi ensure Is so
gieai that mole g.v* llow* than can In
humed, It furnia and escape* from
charcoal burning iu the open air ot in
fireplace*, and may escape into sleep
lug looms through open stove jil(H- ot
luokeii tines in chtmueya, ot bail bum
Itlg wood behind tile telling, 111 tills
great Iv Inju I Itig those sleeping theletll.
Kven the ordinal) smoke that eaeapea
tiom smokv stoves ami fi Icp luivs may
contain it. and |< toons lliua bieaitiing
It IN- ilijutt d iheiebv. <hie ot the el
tret* d carlMiutc oxitle on the blood is
tliat its power to lake in oxygen I*
gicatly h'ssenetl, and flu- separation uf
catlNttiic ucttl lioui the blood retarded
CaniHt ictt A pus 1 heioinpoaltlou of
this smoke I* carbtirreted hydrogen,
carbonic oxide, burnt olein. etc. W hcti
putting out a candle light IK ftue going
to IN tl. always tin it so that their shall
IK- 110 buttling wick left to poison the
alio! the UK. in.- Bakni tur.- When
tin- air is pa-M-tl through a hot furnace
aud heated to a high d< gtee, ami then
pa*M tl into a its mi, such an should be
call* <1 baked ail, Ulid It Is alHiilt a* hail
a lot ill lit I.nig liKttl a* can lie taken.
Nolhtug hut headache, faintuess.dtow
*iiiess, ntol tlullness can come from its
Use.
I'hr H'r Aib.-Mr. Simmons, the
aeronaut, who i* the luveulot und pa
tehtirot a tnailiiue uameti the pain
kite, lately made a somewhat sUtvesa
f All expel Willi this invention tit
the Alexandria Palace, 1-oodou. Ihe
imtchiue Used oil lltl* iK'citsiou was.iU
feet liigh and HO leet wide. A# *oou a*
the B.nl wa* tiled over the fiwuiewoik.
ami the trout or wiiulwaul point of
the parakite vvas rai*etl so an to alhiw
the wuid iO touch tue machine on if*
ttudei * irlace, it was instantly run
v el tetl tutil a com MV e tin Ml utnl *lioWt d
aytuptuua of ii*ing. The wiud was
hhiwtug at the late of not tuore than
I vv o miles an hour -.but w itb this slight
lutetf Mi. Simuious was cat tied into
the all. We llhdel stolid that these eX
peillllt-ut* Will he lepealed M few liuit n
previously to public dt umiisttatioua;
and should they continue to ltd *ucce*s
ful, the invent ton can IK- put to piac
tical uttlitv lor war pui|>o*cs. engi
neering. aud signaling, vv heir it la nec
essary to attain lofty elevations. Ihe
ma-hint- above r Icrred t covers an
area of 7W sii)K-rrti t tl feet,and it* eutirv
vvt lght isiuoiti*. I tie lll vt ulol assert*
lit it it can i>e used successfully tn any
wind tanging Itctweeu 4 and 4b tulles
an lu-ut, ami an altiiutle of froui MX) to
I.OUO feet can be attained.
H'omilen of ('kemuti-y. —Tle tomato
vine, wlilt b turiiialies tood mi palatable
tw alutosi cv r> oue, beltMigi to the
same lauill) ot plants as the deadly
nightshade which attains such a rank
growth in the edge of swamps anil by
the shady ttiadstde, and which all
children are cda< ated so cautiously to
shuu.
Aquafortis and the air vie breathe
are made of lite same materials.
l.utrU, sugar, and spirit* of wine are
so much alike in their chemical coni|m
sititin that an old shirt can IK- conver
ted into itsovvu weight in sugar and
the sugat into spirits of wiue.
Wine is made of two substance*, one
of which is tbc cause of almost all com
bust ion, and (be other will burn with
more rapidity than anything else tu
j uaturi".
The famous Peruvian hark, so much
used to strengthen weak stomachs, ami
the IMUMIIMHIM principle of opium, are
found to lie composed ot tile same
, materials.
Itettthoo of Arsenic in the Air of
fioows.—H. I-'lock has *liow ii IB a ~ei le*
ot interesting and important experi
ment* that there is arsruiurettod hv
drogeli in the ait of rooms, the walls
or tlie carpet* of which arc colored
with S hweiufurth gteeu. The dust
ot arsenic median i- ally diilusesl in the
all 1* therefore not the only cause of
chronic arsenical poisouing. We must
add the arsetiturreted b)drogcu gas
evolved Iroui the decomposition of the
fiee ar*< niuus acid existing in the
green. The expel imeuta of Fleck
prove that this ga* is hlw-rated under
the joint action of organic matter and
moist air, and its presence is tlierefore
|M>a*ihle wherever free arsemous acid
cornea in contact witli organic matter.
—Xeituchnft fur Hwlogie.
lMtinq /V.—An ingenious little
apparatus for aaaistiug tu mccbauiral
drawing, has brcu pateutcd by it* in
ventor, E. O, Richter. a watchmaker in
I'heuinitz, Saxony. In machine draw
ing, projections, und the like, the dtaw
itig. of dolled, halt dotted, or stroke
line* is a mechanical task, the weari
soniene-s ot which tins apparatus is
designed to relieve. An uptight Plate,
sliding on the paper, lias on it* lower
edge a toothed w heel catching in a l-eul
lever winch carries the (wti point. A
spring keeps the j en clone to the pa
per. The wheel i- kept in position by
au adjustable plate. W heels of vari
ous patterns ran IK- used for produc
ing a mixture of dot# and stroke*, the
length and variations of which corres
pond to t lie indentations on the circum
ference of the wheel.
Cure for Lore <>/ Liquor.— At a festi
val at a icformatory institution, re
cently, a gentleman said, of the cur*
of the use of intoxicating drinks:"!
overcame the appetite by a recipe glteti
to tne by old Dr. Hatfield, one of those
good old physicians who do not have a
percentage from a neighboring drug
gist. The prescript ion i* sttuply an
orange every morning a half an hour
Itefore bleak fast, 'lake that.' said
the tlocter, 'and you will neither want
liquor nor medicine.' 1 h are done so
regulator, and find that liquor has Ite
cotne repulsive The iaste of the
orange in iu the saliva of my tongue,
and TL would IK- as well to mix water
and oil as tutu witli my taste.' 1
School Uoom Drformitie*.— The bod
ies ot growing nNnaan isfkaa4
tender, easily made to grow in either a
normal or abnormal shape. Now to
grow mutually requires constant
change of jHtsition and freedom ol
limb. It also requires exercise to make
the blood flow and load it with fresh
air. Now confinement in a school
room, unless sunt attention ia given
to air and exercise, prevent* their free
development and causes deformity.
The only remedy is to make physical
culture as prominent as mental, a
thing rot yet done by any means in
even the beat schools.
Method of lncreoninq the lirillinncy
ami SilkineKn of Ityeil thuxl*.— MM.
(tillet et Ftls. ot Belgium, have adop
ted, and apparently patented, a simple
process for this purpose. In addition
to the ln-Mting by hand or by mechani
cal power of the dyed silk when in a
wet state, they lieat, it again when
dyed and dry, and say that the effect
is surprising. They use the same means
as in the former case, hand power,
Ihe Dashwell machine, beaters,or even
fulling mills. The method is said to
IK- equally effective for silk ami any
other textile material whatever.
Counterfeit f/rahatn Flour. —Nearly
all the Graham flour sold in New York,
and perhaps in other large cities, is
bogus. It is made by mixing the coar
sest of the bran with either spoiled
dour or with white flour which may
nut Ih> spoiled. This flour is made itilo
luead by linkers and sold to dvsprctic*
who think it wholesome, but it is a
poor substitute for the genuine arti
cle. Those who want a genuine arti
cle in..#t either make it with a home
mill, or have it made to order by an
honest miller.
M'Jirn the air moves at the rate of
two feet ill a second, most people will
be sensible of a draft, and if the air is
cold it will IK- felt at a less rapid rate.
Now a draft is where a current is felt,
and in ventilating our rooms in cold
weather the air should move through
the roomssoits not to be tmi much more
rapid than this. In hot weather it may
move more rupidly.
Cavenilifh showed that nitrogen and
oxygen iu air formed a mixture only,
but that the passage of electric sparks
produced their chemical combination—
nitric acid being the result.
MIMIt;
How to Sw AM*. ~ .Sweeping, for a well
woman, la one of the beat kinds of ex
erclse. ll call* 111 play eapeelally (be
muscles of (he up|>er exiteuiltles and
chest, ami, Indeed, it u a pretty good
"thoiough exerciser," aliuoat fnostrung
tor any woman with a weak haek,
iliongh this di|M-ui|* vet y inmli on what
is to be swept. A painted tlimr and
Canton iiiattlug aweepesaily ; aulugralli
carmu is harder; a rag carpet harder
still; while lliussela and velvet are
"awful." Well, then, In any case, cover
your head, and, If In the parlor or
sluing-room, cover your furniture and
Imoks, dam|H'ii your hriMnil, let it stand
ten to twenty minutes, and then sweep
carefully, hut persistently, lu the coi
ners Insert vour binuill tepealeillv (hut
not frantically) until quite clean. Ileavv
carpets are best swept with a quick,
short stroke. In any case hrlug the
brtMun tow aula you or even with you;
do not lllrt It in ft out of you. That
motion kicks up a dust whb h Is had for
the lungs. Some thiugM, like straws,
raveling*, and hits of paja-r, are best
picked up w lilt the hand or w itb a small
broom, to which they readily ellng, and
may be removed with the other hand.
To conclude, have a* lew carpets as
possible. They are dirty, unwholesome,
aud expensive. Painted or oiled floor*
and Canton matting are lwtter.—S tem*
of HcUllk.
How in W vu Bi.t.vuru.—Tu wash
blankets, have an abundance of hot
water ill which borax has been dis
solved, ami soap without a bit of rosin
lu It, as rosin always hardens the fibre
of the wool. I'ul the Mid* 111 the washer
or |Miumiiiig barrel, ami thru put lu it
(lie blanket; after all the dlrl has been
removed, wring through the wringer,
ami then put into a tub of sea hllng hot
water, with a little blueing in it. Wring
frotu this, and hang at uttce in the open
air to dry. If (he water is abundant
and soft, aud the soap of the right
quality, blanket* thus washed will not
shrink, ami w ill be a* soft and fleecy as
vv lieu they came from the store. Asa
general rule the cleaner lied# and bed
ding* are the more warmth ami oomfort
do they possess; hence siring and
cleansing are of constant service, and
tlie flr*t should not be neglected evert
for a day. The custom of making one's
bed as stvon as one is up I* as filthy a* it
is unhygienic. It should be left open
until at least a portion of the |Humt of
in*eiisible perspiration that lias been
absorbed by it during the night has had
time to pa.-a away.
NuiuiiiMi l.isr v.—The follow ing is
recommended by a Herman Journal:
Make a liquid |m*te with good flue
w heat atarch and cold water, aud then
stir lu boiling water until a stit! paste
is formed, aud immediately add while
w ax, or stearine, say about one ounce
ot wax to one jsjutid of starch .the ex
act proportions, however, In any ca*e
can only l>e determined by experience).
If it is desirable that the liueu should
la* Very slid, powdered gum arable may
lie added to the cold water with which
the starch is mixed. The strained starch
should t>e thoroughly rubbed Into the
articles after they nave leeti well rung
out, after which they should be placed
between dry cloths and pa-sed through
the mangle, ami then rubbed on au
irouhig-tioard in oue direction witli a
soft rag, to distribute any lUIU|MI of
tarch. Collars, etc., should le iroi ed
dry witli a hot Iron and considerable
pressure. The sticking ot the iron may
be prevented by drawing it while hot
over wax, am! wiping it with a rag
dip|ied in salt.
I'xjcsEHviKu Fat it.—For the preser
vation of all kinds of fruit UM> g)a*s
bottle* or Jars. Select those of even
thinness, for they are often ex|M>*ed to
considerable iieat. To ck>c thetu air
tight, cork* will not do. We recommend
waxed cloth, lied over the Jar. a* a sub
stitute at once cheap and effective.
Prepare in this manner: Melt together
some resin, beeswax and tallow, in
equal parts; tear the cloth in slri|M four
inches w ide, at at least wide enough
. conveniently to tie over the mouth of
the jar, and draw there through the hut
wax. Alter the jar * tilled with hot
! preserves, and w Idle still hot, close the
mouth and biu<l It with good linen cord.
Trim off a* much of the cloth as is de
sirable and dip it iu Miuir melted wax.
utade with only aliont half a# much tal
low . Sealing wax may be used Instead.
If desired. The jars should be pot
w here the wax w ill eool at once, so that
the exhaustion cam-d by the cooling of
■ the preserves and the condensation of
the steam tnay not cause the wax to run
through the cloth.
TREATMENT or SORE THROAT.—In case#
of ordinary sore throat, the simplest
and be*t treatment is the wet pack,
using a linen cloth wrung from cold
water, and over this a knit or crocheted
yard hand, four feet loug and four
Inches wide. Apply this two or three
nights in succession, unless U l* a very
serious case, when the pack should lie
j kept on during the day. If taken off in
| the morning, wash the throat in very
i-old water, and rub dry w Ith a coarse
towel and with the hand. This will
prevent taking more cold. The more
; friction used the better; let It be a sort
1 of squeezing of the jmrt* so a* to affect
the deep-sea led tis-ue*. Sore thioat*
may be prevented by these mean* from
( becoming chronic.
A PARASOL PITN-WirrH.—A very
pretty pen-wiper can be made in the
form of a closed parasol. Sharpen a
thin wooden lead pencil that ha# an
ivory tip. Cut a circle of silk, and an
other, somewhat smaller, of thin htack
cloth. Point or scallop the edge* all
around, pierce a hole iu the center of
each circle and run (he point of the
pencil through, leaving the silk circle
,on top. By a little ingenuity you can
' now crease, fold and secure these circles
j close to the handle, so that the whole
j will look precisely like a closed parasol;
I by experimenting first with a piece of
pajier you can is-st get the size of the
circle required to suit your pencil.— St.
Xich- i(at.
BAKERS' BENS.—Mix 1 pounds sugar
with 'J pounds of flour, make a hole in
the center of the flour and pour iu half
a pint of w arm mil* and two tuhle|ioou
fuls of yeast; make the wbole Into a
hatter and set the dish lielore the Are,
covered up, until the leaven begins to
ferment. Add to this, half a |tound of
of melted butter and milk enough to
make a soft paste of all the flour, and
let it rise again for half an hour. Shape
the dough into bun* and lay apart on a
buttered tin iu rows, to rise for half an
hour. Bake in a quick oven. A few
currants are added with the butter.
A Dcuoirrrt'L CONIUMEJVT.—Urate as
much horseradish a- will till a breakfast
cup; mix with it two tcaspooiiful* of
IMiwdered white sugar and our each ol
*alt and |ep|Hr; a desert spoonful of
made mustard, and enough vinegar to
m ike the whole as thick a-a rich cream.
A small cupful of cream i- also a great
improvement. To use with roa*l is-cf,
the sauce Is heated by la-ing placed in a
jar in the oven till warm, but it must
not boil; and it is very g<*al cold, to
eat with various meats. Double the
quantity can l>e made at a time, and It
will keep for some weeks if bottled.
YKAL CtTtjrrs.—Pound tlie veal well,
cut it into small pieces; la-at up two or
three egg*, into which dip the veal, then
into crumb* of bread or pounded ei acker
(add, if liked, herbs with the eggs and
iH-pper and salt). Fry the cutlets brown
iu lard; when done, take them out and
(Hinr Into the |ain a little milk or cream;
dust in, also, a little flour; pour this j
gravy over the veal and send to table;
stew some tomatoes, seasoned with
(topper and salt, pour them into the
gravy and let It stew together a few
minutes; pour over the cutlets and
serve.
CoRN-KEtt hens do not lay in winter,
for the simple reason there Is no albu- !
men material iu the corn. When wheat
is given to them, there is fat enough iu i
it to supply all that is needed for the
yolk, and albumen enough to make the
white, and lime enough to furnish the
shell; It does not thus aeetn difficult to !
understand why corn-fed hens should
not lay, as they do not, and why wheat- j
fed hens should lay, as they do.
WKHIMNO PriJDiso.—One cup of mo
lasses, one cup of chopped raisins, one
cup of milk, one-half cup of butter, oue
teaspoonful of soda, one desert spoonful
of mixed spices, one egg, four cups of
flour. Steam three hours.
IIIWHHM.
FINNKOAN'* PamwD.—-On tonal Finnn
gau was a Florida plauter, Very wealthy
aud hospitable, 'towards the poor he
was always kind, and even the shiftless
lo- Would not turn ootdly away. A man
who bad often been the subject of his
iKiuiity HIS named Jake llartrufT. Jake
was a squatter in the woods, where lie
had a log cabin and a small clearing.
Upon this ground lie aoiiieiime* raised
corn and with tils gun captured game.
Of tlie game, lie ate the flesh, and the
skin* he traded for whisky, lenig be
fore tie- winter w as over he was sure to
lie out ot corn, in which emergency In
would bring his hag to the <'<>loiiel for
a supply, ami the supply wa* generally
furnished.
(tore upon a time Jake came with hi*
hag very early In the season-—-In fart,
the winter hail just set in.
"Why, how I# this, Jake?" demanded
Finnegau, "Seem* to me you are rather
early lit your call for com."
"Well, Colonel, fact I# my rrot failed
this yer season."
"tailed* Hw Is that* 1 thought It
hail I teen an iincouiuiooly good season
for ooru.
"Yaas— I s'*|**e it has, Colonel but
—ye see—l foryot lo />/<!( "'
How HK RAISED HER How.—There
wss a woman passing the pust-otßoe
slowly, ve*hrtlay, say* tlie lAtnbuiy
Srut. Her head was bent, and she was
eyeing the pavement inoet intently. An
elderly man accosted her!
"I.ot anything?"
"Yes, sir, a breast-pin."
"Hold breast-pin ?" he anxiously in
quired.
"Yes sir," she eagerly replied.
"Pretty good slae?" [je sugge*iet|.
"Oh, yes, sir," sahl she, catching her
lireatli in painful ex|iectatiou.
'Well,' said the elderlv llidlvitltial 111
a tone of sympathy, "| never lost a
breast-pin myself, but 1 imagine it'a no
joke to lose one," and he walked thought
fully on.
THE UOVAL ROAD TO ELWAICL—
Utile Split kius (who can only afford
one new suit |ier annum, but paLrouises
a faahlonahlt- West Kmi Tailor.) "tl,
by tin? bye, Mr. Hrow it, can you suggest
any nseaas by which 1 com Id prevent
lay trousers from hogging at the knees?"
Mr. Brown. "V\t-11, sir, there's only
one way 1 know of, and that's what
most of my customers do!"
Utile .SplrTklus. "Tell me! What is
It?"
Mr. Brown. "Well, they order twenty
or thirty pair at a time, eir!"—Putuk.
TUE WA* IU (IN KVEX. —There is
only one way to get square with this
Atlantic cable extortion, ami that is to
use tlie fewest possible words aud the
longest ones you emu think of. Don't
say, "1 will come;" "father isaick;"
"your draft is accepted," or use any of
those terse expressions. Say "expedi
tiously 1 circumumltilate;" "father
pleuroperipueuinoniacally degenerates"
or some little aiuiple thing of that na
ture, aud theu you'll get you moneys
worth, even at seveuty-flve cents a
word.
As cosn. a persou, under the circum
stances, a* was ever heard of sit a
young nobleman, who, It* a frightful
railroad accident, missed his valet. One
of the guardian* came up to htm and
said, "My Lord, we have found your
servant, hut he is cut in two." "Aw,
is lie?" said the young man with a
Dundreary drawl, but still with anxiety
depicted on his countenance, ''Will you
be gwood enough U> see it* which half
he has gw ot the key to my carpet bag?"
"FAE*. I want a new Bunker Hill,"
said a Wrsi-ahle girl yesterday morning.
"A new Bunker Hill! What under the
sun is that?" "Why, that's the name
ot the latest fall style of tioiiriet." ••ft
la, eh? Why do they call It that?"
"Oh, I don t know, |>apa." "Well,
what doe* it coal?" "Onlv >50." "Oh,
I see now why they call it 'Bunker
Hill.'" "Why, papa?" "Because it's
so high. ""Oh, you horrid, dear papa.
There."
A TRAVELER, being at a coffee house
with some grtitlcmeii, was largely draw
ing on the credulity of the oouiprny.
"Where did rou say all these wonders
happened, dr?" asked a gentleman
present. "1 really can't exactly say,"
rep l led the traveler; "hut It w*a some
where in Europe—Russia, 1 think." "I
should rather ihiuk It-a-iy," returned
hi* opponent.
THE advantage of having a dreas
reforin woman ft>r a wife: Time, mid
night; scene, a hed-chatnher; two pair
of |snta hanging over a chair; enter
bloody-minded burglar; sees pauta.
"A'ha! curses on 'em! one man I would
carve, fv. 1 will not face!" Exit bur
glar Lit alarm. Burglar deceived : ouly
one man in bed; other pant* belong to
the wife.
TIIK daughter of a clergyman in a
parish not far from New Haven, after
having charge of a baby all day while
the folk* were renovating the house,
asked at night if she might pray for
w iiat he wished. The request t-elng
granted, she said her usual prayer. su|>-
plemcntiiig it with, "And please, I/ord,
don't let us have any more house-clean
l"K"
IT is not always safe for the laity to
prescribe medicine. A lady writes to
the Conner ./..a rn.il that her husband
having heard that whisky was good for
a snake bite, has been using it ever
since a cow was hit. last Spring, though
the poor thing died, In spite of It, six
weeks ago!
A I-ROFESKOK asked his class. "What
Is the aurora?" A student, scratching
his head, well, professor. I
did know, but I IWVe forgotten." Well,
that Is sad, very sad," rejoined the pro
fessor. "The only man in the world
that ever knew ha- forgotten it!"
"A xtoitr'a SLEET reduces the human
weight alxiut one pound." Ergo, a man
weighing one hundred and twenty
pounds after enjoy inj; one hundred and
twenty one nights' sleep, would weigh
one pound leas than nothing —or
wouldn't he?
RAILWAY HrMO*.— Scene, Coatbridge
Station. Late train. Two ladic at car
riage window (age an unknown quan
tity). Ladies—"i'orter! Porter! Our
lamp has gone out." Stately Guard
[looking down on them) —"Foolish vir
gins !"
As ELDERLY MAIDEN, who had suffered
•onie disappointiiN'iit, thus define# the
human race: "Man. a conglomerated
mass of hair, tobacco smoke, confusion,
•oncett and LOOU. Woman, the waiter,
perforce, on the aforesaid animal."
WHAT arrangements have vou for ex
tinguishing tire?" said Mr. Timidity to
the landlord of a hotel out west where
he proposed to spend the night, "There's
a pitcher of water in every room Mr,"
responded Boniface.
"WAS THE crowd tumultuous?" In
quired one man of another who hail Just
come from a ina* meeting. "Ton tintl
tuons," replies I the other. "Oh no,
just altoitt mutinous enough to comfort
ably till the hall."
MAX (with hands lu pockets):—Seen
anything of a job o' work lately, John?
Other man * with hands in other*pockets •
—Saw oue t'other day, but didn't like
to ask, 'cos they might 'a said yes.—
; London Fun.
Ax KXCIIANQE say# fa-hlonableyoung
|M-ople are calling U|>Oti Minelssly to In
vent anew dance. Mip|io*e "somebody"
invents one wherein the young lady
dances around the house and looks after
everything.
Mits. I'ARTINOTO.N desires to know
why the captain of a vessel can't keen a
ineiiioratidtim of the weight of his
anchor, instead of weighing it every
time he leaves port.
A Yorxo I.ADV went to the photograph
artist recently and wished iiim to take
her picture with an expression as If
composing a poem.
WHY is a printing office like a well
regulated financial institution? Be
cause there are plenty of quoins in the
hunk.
"UNION IS not always strength," as
Sir Charles Napier said, when he saw
the purser mixing his rum and water.
THE coming key—turkey.
TV Oorr—C—"lt Appeared
m If the current, on lU Aral riuh
through the primary wire, sought a
purcbam In the reoudarT one, and by
a kind of kick, impelled backward
through the latter au electric wave,
wldcb atihnitietl an aoon tut the primary
rnrteut waa fully eatabliabcd. —'/ V
eda If.
1 J!. JL . -
International Exhibition of 1876
tl. a. Cmtkiul Ooa*i!ow, )
raiuhiuiiu, Pa,, Nor. 24, 1876. )
Morn Jao. H Negla A t.'o . having coa
treated villi the Outeanial Board ml H
fiauoa, by nn-l with the consent and appro
val of the United 8 tale* Centennial Cta<
mission, for lha reclusive right and privl.
!rg of publishing and selling tha Ofleial
Catalogue of ib International Kibibition of
IMTSauil ef inserting ndverttsemrnts therein,
and said rouiraoi, together with ibe Copy
right of aaid Official Catalogue, baring boon
transferred to the Centrnuial Catalogue
Company, therefore raid company and it*
•(• ate are alooo autboriiei to publteb and
eell the eaute, and no other catalogue o>
guide book of the Kahthinon abstaining ad
vertiae taenia wilt be permitiad to be eolo
within eaid Kibibition Grounds.
(Htgnnd) JOHN WKI.HH,
Free t Centoaulal Hoard of Finance.
A. T OOHHOItH.
Director Oea'l U 0. Centennial Commission
Orru ■ or CanraiteuL Carabooca Co., >
Put LauiLruta, Pa., Dae. 1, J876, \
koei 8. M Ttttmgdl $ Cm., Advertising
Ag U e/ I'kUaJtlfikta, AW York and Boston.
Gentlemen : Thin ie to certify that we
bare (hie day appointed yog our etcluaire
ageqte for the United Htotee and Canada for
the AdrertUing Department of the Official
Catalogue of the Centennial Exhibition of
1870 Your*, respectfully,
JOHN H MORTON, If resident
8. M. Pnrrtaatu. tCo'i f
Auvsavietna Aoaarr, /
Naw Yuan, Dac. 2, 1876. >
*t are now ready to receive applteatione
for apace in the Official Catalogue of the
Centennial Eahibiton of 1876. A* the ad
rertleing spec* ie limited to fjlg-mmt pagoo
to the body of each book, tboee who want
apace ehou'.d apply without delay to
8. M I'ETTKNUILL A CO,
701 Che*tnut St., Philadelphia
87 Park How, Near York.
10 State 8t , Boston.
Advertising received for all the Newepa
pert in the United Btales and Canada at the
100 est rates.
J. K SAOLK & Co . of PLUada!
phi*, having itrvrrd the exeluaiva right to
publish and aatl tk* official catalogue ud
guide book of tba International Exhibition
|la 187b, aad transferred a ]| their privilege*
]to tba Cabtattaial Catalogua Coiipany ; that
( '"umpany baa appointed as a<>!* agents to
solict' edvemson.e U for tba Mat in the
United Mate# and Canals. Mrnn 8. M
i fet'tngill Si Co, of 7<l Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia. and 87 Park Row, N-w Tork
cuy. Tba apace aat at.art for ait. rtiaer* i
| limited to fifty-ou* pagca in tacb book, and
iho-e who daeire to tat a adtaotage of tba
■r.de Arid tba* afforded tbaoi, should make
ratiy application for apace to that popular
Advertising Agency.
A rameaa Mrdlral laatilaliea
{Prom the "Chicago Tiwuw
••The tiamo ot Dr. H V. Pierce, of Buf*
falo, N Y. baa become aa familiar to tb*
people all oeor the country aa -household
wolds.' Hi. wonderful remedies, bis pain
pbiets and book a, and bis barge medical **
(wrience, bate brought him m'o promibraoe
and given him a solid reputation. The
/Wt, in the preeeat issue, pretests a
wbolt page communication from Dr. Pierce,
and aur readers may gain from it tome idea
of tba vast proportion* of bis business and
be merits of bis medicines. He baa at
Buffalo a mam mo' b establishment, appro,
priaitiy nxmod 'The World's Dispensary,'
• here patients art treated, and the reme
dies compounded. Here nearly a hundred
persona are employed in <be eeeeral depart
mm to, end a corps of able and ku od phy.
Mctana stand ready to alleviate the sufier
inga of humanity by the most approved
methods These physicians are in frequent
ronseliatien w.tb Dr Pierce, aai their com
bined rgperience is brought to bear on tba
succaaafal treatment of obstinate cases. The
Do tor it a man of a largo experience, and
hit extensive knowledge . f materia medics
ties been acknowledged by present at ion* of
degree* frem two of tba first Medical Cal
lages n tba land."
If yon would pa iron it# Medic nea. scien
tifically prepared by a skilled Physician and
Chemist, use Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines
Golden Medical Discovery ia nutritious,
tonic, alterative, and blood-cleansing, and
an aneqaaled Cough Remedy; Plena nt
Purgative Pellets scarcely larger than mus
tard seels constitute aa agreeable and re
liable pbyaic; Favorite Prescription, a re
medy for debilitated females; Extract ot
Smart-Weed, a magical remedy for Pain,
liowol Complaints, and aa nnequaled Lini
ment for both human and borse-fieab ;
while bis Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy Is
known tba world over as the g real eat spe
cific, for Catarrh and ••Cold in the Head '
ever given to lbs public. They are sold by
Druggists 2
The Onteaatnl Tear
open* with a Grant Centennial Concert at
Fort Scott, Kansas JattCaßT Ist, 1876.
Tickets f2. First Prite, Davidson's Opera
House, worth $30.000; fee and Prite.
S'-i'.tAW; and 7,686 priiea, from ffxOoO
down. The enterprise is endorsed by the
best cit nens of the State, and is the most
literal ever offervd to the public For par
tieulars address J. 8. FMMf.'RT, F.,R
Scorr, KAKSAS,
iehaaek a Masdrak* Pitta
will be found to p ewes those qnniiuea neces
sary to the total eradication of all bittona at
tacks prompt to start the secretions ot the liver
and give a healthy tone to the entire system.
Indeed. It ts no ordlnarr (Recovery in medical
■science to have Invented a rstndv for these
stubborn complaints, which develop ail the re
suits produced by a heretofore free one uf calo
mel. a mineral justly dreaded by mankind, and
acknowledged to be destructive In toe extreme
to the human srvtem. That the properties of
oertniu vegetal..e- -mj"ie ah the virtues of
calomel wuti.-ui lis Injurious tendencies, is now
an admitted fact, rendered indisputable by scf
v nunc rraran to-v. and those who use the Man
ilrake Pills will be fully satisfied that (he beet
medicines are those provided Iff nature la the
common herbs sod roots nt the fields
There pills open the bowels ano correct all
btilous derangements without sail ration or any
of thh injurious effects of calomel or other p-d
--■ons The aecretion ot Ule la promoted bv
bese pUK as will be seen bv the altered color
or the stools, and dlatppcar.tig of the sallow
complexion and . le-tun tie of the tongue.
Ample dirccUoca tor use accompany each box
of pllla.
Prepared only by J. H. Schenck A Ann, at tbetr
principal offioe. corner Sixth and Arch Skreeu.
Philadelphia, and for rale by all druggist* and
dealers Price m eeoi# per box.
a )A FARCT CjRhJ T rtttai. •Itb BIM. 10c. Ad
"dwJ I, 111 JTKIi. Nuuii. lUu. Co. K. Y
lit lilt
I\KK%I INKXT *u<l |ofttahU Mpinrnwiil raa W
J Mvurvi lt >.U l*tj in fTBTi ivu in Ito. I'tutmi
9tl* .U!r J liKNRt LVMOSItf M I>l
TOWMIM t, B>w, Dm li lt-4<
FURNITURE JAND REDDING!
COOPER, HALL & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS,
IJ9 and 121 IV. SECOND STREET.
FORMERLY THE MOUNT VERNON HOTEL,)
PHILADELPHIA.
MIL LAKwi.M' AN!) MOST ELEGANT STOCK IN THE CITY.
PRICES AND QUALITY GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY.
FACTOR I EH: IIAN and THo >1 AS STREETS, FRANKFORD, PA.
4-13 L*
A FORTUNE NOW !! Seven dollar* worth of B0BJ
making. 8a in pie* aeut by mail for ten cent* and
one postage stamp. Address J. T SMITE, 437 B. U7th
ft., New York. I* 10-lt
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The People's Remedy.
Th Unirarcol Pa!n to;tor.
Note.- Ask for NEWS EkTMUT,
Take no ofh>r. ;
ftNear, IwirT w ill week f A"dfSl
thing*."
and fwrleiil;<* and pmaapt n,
•• vlrtoMweaaeot beeicctled. . ...
•MlttUL~ No fnmHr ma a ßm4 to he with—
■nKStli Ketrwet. Acrldewm. h
t efdwi <"*e, Mgvnla*. are nlWl
•moat instantly by efternal eppfkiOeta,
PrompOr relieves t.dntnr #m* Mrwldai
KararUiilewe, C banns*. Ota Mere*,
■eWe, Veleeu, (were, ete, Aiwie in- K
damatem. rodinwe ewu:w., mure beUftg,
removes di*cokiriinu *nd hei'.e rstildly.
fEM AU WtAUfStti. It etwav. reflrvrepato
1 1, ir.-Tjclt •.Ti^n.,( nltmnm endpmrengpel*
Ie the heed, aenem, vertigo.
II L|BtI|INCA hw> < h H a * , - Aa kio4nf oft
"r ".™ wbkh 1 Jim em eubjert ore
urempt IT cnrb Patter detail* Lb booh eeootn
uanrlti* rorO bottle.
PHit -hllodor blo—i—-meet prompt relief
and reedy rare. He tree. bamoror ewmdeor
otMt naie, tut tore meiet be regular neo.
YARICOII VUii. Mb <boonif en re core far *
tb.• CMrredm knd daigiM*rend l Men.
Cltaif •llttill.-H forpenoe
rt cure.
■ LEIBIRI trn U y oeoee. Per tHle ie aew
ciuc. It bia >cd boi<dr<l of i'Ltre* wfieo all
other rrmediee fathd to alwt hi raging frwo
Mje.etmoorh. tone*. eo.t ehawher*.
mewetly enmd.
BMY 8181A IS * >li wl ode who are
Wtu, fond a lunul wf Witch lloaei ram
oawoeiidit la t *lr pract •. W abereftorratd
rummrtideiiijw tmtm fasadrvdeof ftyairlaoe.
mnmy of whoet nrdrr Uior aee La Ibew own
praruoa In addition to the fur-wot—, they
mftr it* n>e lot *•iltooa of all atoda,
Uwlmt.Here Throet, lwdamrd Tooella,
auatOa and thwie llimke*. ( nterrh,
(tor wak'B it l* a lcp.) t-hUMolna, Krwt
•d fort, mini* mi Iwmee, MeoaaiMdw.
etc, I'll n—l 8 liwode, Puce, and Indeed
all manner of akin dteo*.
TOtI.IT ttr-Uiaanwn h*iewrae, Boeahatma
end nawttlmt hmb l at*. fWjpOH—
and Piweba. ft twnatanrme,and ia>
ffmtm, ohfta waederCoay UnptuatOg (he
< nlrit*e.
Tl f AtMftl.-Powd*e Kat ran. No Week
fi IT.I. varrMan can atnrd to ha wtthoM
tl. It ft nerd br nil tftr fteadmg Uwy btm.
Atreet itaitmadt aad drat II -roa nin New
York City. It ba*ao aunetfiw hitreiaM, How
era. or waddle tTueOeon, Wtlkhewa,
rfe r oe tl mi' Mid Uw ere* - * wta. f erernlUl—.
WTBin—ti NW—■pNa^—idKrerß—rb|
Htneftb rwewleedw. tafl.. laierrbwe,
t bttft, t oUndt. lu rangaof actfuo ta wide,
>ol t'j* rrbeTti edmd* fteo pmoipt that tt la
lura whie 1U erety Fe— jatl a* web ae La
oreryParmxemm. Let k Iw Ukad ••, aod
roa aIH nrerr be wtth<t *.
gAf 1 lit. - rowd'e I airan he# hem lodWtad.
. Begansloe art it k ha* the word* PoodPaXo*
trad hftrwa la aarb houka lite reparad by
theowly getnew. Uaioo who rmr knew how
(0 geepaer U omnerl,. Hefnor 3 other pre
parauoaS ot Vi'ch B*r L Thft la the uwly
arucU nerd hy nwlriiii- and In the knegrt
left at Nik country end fco-ute. ,
HIBTBVY Alt MCI IE PWI 8 fXTIAfT.
in Oamh'.lrd f<." r.. en I In* no eMUKwtiae Id
t IMP ART, B-I6
Ann a a~k te Agaaa*. *4 a., tuaai. Kaaraad
tP'l I Panda, Ie Iter .rJar term aed UTrit
/ I FRkr. Addrani P. 3 rtCAttV A CM.. *■
Y ' I gone. Mate. -SMm
BROOMS! BROOKS!
JMI J. KKIIEt A ft,
MS Woafalagton ti. How York.
Fnectgel betwi m Mn* Tt far the tael traem
henwfararea i* th* t'eJUd Mala*
Broom* from H.W prr doirt
atd upward.
The bam grfan tot powt rarlecy to W thee I
aoywhem.
am ae nmttn torn eta** o# WiOO aol WILLOW
w aa* *ork a* pre*. Tab*, Uwlaia, Mela. Tie*
Aw*ng-. Wksha, fa , tMgetnn witt. • fall line ef **■,
Hrtar Wt*A aed Ct> f faun fttapa Tanks* We
mm. Cfaftry. 4a. ftfin nam fU to fO pw ailU.
A fall Ow*al thft twet gerety ot TIJt W A ML
P, A—W***ti oer gefa et eeiewdredcew taeelre .
aey it ra reel if eo the reed, ty wen wtfl to
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