GREEN GRASS UNDER THE SNOW. The work of the un i* alow. But as sure M heaven, we know ; So we'll not forget. When the skin* are wet. There's green grass under the * now. When the winds of winter Wow, Wailing like voice* of woe. There are April shower*. And hud* and flower*. And green graea under the snow. We And that il' ever no In this life'* tine ran flow ; We've Old* to wait. In the face of fate. For the green gram under the mow. - NproepioM RZJ'MNhwh. A *e*r fisetarj In Mpnln. The scgar factory presents a most an imated and interesting sight. Imagine four thousand tlvr hundred—such is the number at present employ ed—girl* and women, of ages varying from aWut fourteen or fifteen, up to forty, but most of them young and pretty, women all dressed in the gay costume of their province*, their rich black hair being their only head dress. the superintcu dent* (moat of them very pretty and lady-like young women moving alnmt among them in a vain attempt to keep an amount of silence and order. Imagine such a gay, chattering crown their nimble fingers working with the regularity, the swiftness, the whirl wind whirl of machinery, all crammed close together, their little haskcts ol food hanging over their heads, occu pied in making ;xa|or cigarettes, puros, or government scgar- ot various classes and paper hags for the cigarettes. They sit in long corridors with open windows; the air is oppressive, but laden with tobacco dust like snuff, tin Spanish tolvuvo being the triturated leaf, not the birds-eye and shag, which are unknown to Spanish smokers; as you jias.- along, joke after joke is lev eled at you; half a hundred baskets of salt rt-h, bread and fruit are proflert*' you; peals of laughter go up around you as you venture to Inquire whether the close atmosphere is not prejudicial to health. Vain are the matron's re monstrances; the good-humored light hearted, vivacious crew will not come to a halt until stranger, matron and all are fully convulsed with laughter. Those girls, if skilful workers, can earn even as much as fifty cents jwr diem, but this is rare. Alamt forty cents perhaps would be the average. Children- of whom they are -oarcely any, it appears to me. earn a le— amount. The women are jviUl, of <\>ur>e, bj tin* amount of work done—i. •., the number of s<-gar> or cigarettes turned out per diem. To corner a further idea of the magnitude of the trade, it may IK* noticed ttial 400 larreN of to bacco leaf from Havana lay in the court yard, each barrel weighing, we were told, 900 kilogrammes—i. e. at>out I3(k> or lota' puuuds. The sheds below w here 24 men, naked to the waist, their -kin. beard, hair of a brown color, begrimed with sweat and tohscco dust, chop up and run through iron -ieves the leaf, earning thereby from four pesetas to ♦ 1 i>er diem, are a study of themselves. One man had worked here for 24 years and said that he found the work healthy and that the atmosphere had no effect on the lungs as a rule. These men, owing to the severe nature of the labor, work short hours. Who Wrote "Damon ana Pythias?" This isa question which has beenask etl by some forty-odd correspondents within the past two weeks, but we have refraiued from answering it, partly because we did not like to an swer it definitely, partly because we thought these tersons were trying to fool us. and partly because we did not know. This last admission the drama tic editor makes with a certain degree of quiet satisfaction, knowing that be has been in the same box with a good many people who ought to km>w bet ter. lie has found that out of fifty well-posted nun in literary matters not one could lay their finger on the name of that illustrious obscure play wright. Such a well-known play . and no author to it. Everybody snaps a redective thumb and finger at your head and says. "Why of course, I know who wrote that.'' and then ends up. like the second grave-digger, by the remark: "By the mass. 1 can not tell." Alas! what is fauu* ? Here is a play whicft has been on the stage for more than seventv years, and only a imok w orrn can tell von who wrote It. Now, who wrote "I>amou and Pythias V Hive it npf His humble name was John llanim. of Ireland, "who," says the introduction of the acting edition, "became celebrated by a series of nov els under tho title ol 'The O'Hara Tales.'" The famous Irish orator, Shiel, revised the play, and many have supposed it to lie his production. The author acknowledges the assistance he roceived from Shiel. saying that his alterations and arrangements entirely pervade it, sotne scenes being entirely (lis. This piece was first produced at Drury as Damon, and Chailes Kembieas Py~- tbiaa,Miss Kootc,who played Herinione, speaking the epilogue, it was first produced in America at the Park The ater, New York, in 1836, with Forrest as Damon and Dyott as Pythias.—Chi cago Infer-(Area*. r.nalish rnnerata. The British funeral arrangements are it must tie admitted, in an uusatisfac torv condition. It Is not only the opin ions are divided on the questions of cre mation, burial in wicker Collins, and other modes of sepulture, but there is an agitation to be observed in the burial classes which is unusual ami, to a cer tain extent, alarming. We hear of gravedigwers suddenly throw ing down their pieks anl shovels and refusing to work without higher remuneration, and now a strike of undertakers is re ported from Gateshead. This "rather serious occurrence" as it is termed by the relieving officer in a report to the guardians of the union took place un der the following circumstances, it seems that the Gateshead undertakers have hitherto, lor a fixed charge, re moved all corpses from the workhouse to the cemetery, hut they now complain that the weight of some of the bodies which they have to carry is so unreas onably heavy that they cannot do it for the price. They therefore threaten that, unless the guardians make new anil better arrangements, they w ill be coui|>elled to refuse carrying any more bodies. The guardians have resolved to leave the matter In" the hands of the relieving officer, with the view of com ing to some compromise with the un dertakers, and here the matter rests for the present. In the nieantiriie, if it is really tne intention of the undertakers to charge in future on the burial by wreight system, [x-rsons with any con sideration for tiieir families should avoid as far as possible eating them selves to death. There can lie little doubt that the dinner-table as a rule is more deadly than the battle-field, and that, if the history of the world were truly written it would be found that gluttony has been far more fatal than patriotism.— Pall Mall OazeUf. Books ana Dinner. There is still a jiopular belief that it is less extravagant to spend $lO for a dinner than to spend $lO for a book. A festive person out on a holiday will sjxoul 25 cents for a quart of fx-a nuts which he did not need ami which he eats up in an hour or two (to his in ward damage) who would never think of buying for the same money some cheap edition of a standard book which would furnish him solid enjoyment for many days, and add materially to the value of iiis life. Such a reluctance is thereto buy books, that a whole neigh borhood, eager, perhaj>s, to read a new work by a jiopular author, (hungry for it,) wili wait for months to borrow it, and gnatch the reading of it, rather than spend half a dollar to own it, and satisfy the intellectual appetite at once. Every day, in the city, people gpend $5 and $lO for elaborate lunches which i they do not need, when the money would buy some fine edition of a work i that would entertain them for a month i or two, and enrich their minds forever, i They are prodigal about eating and i drinking, spending liberally for dvs- I pepsia, but trust to chance and borrow- i ing for what the mind wants. The sample loom is more attractive to thein than the news room, and they pass by 1 the bookstore for the restaurant.— i Hartford Courant, i Thr Titalhrnl arnlptnr. Otic morning, more than a luuidrrd years there wa* a man in the little town ol i'osagno, in the ancient Vene tian States, who wa> in as great jer plexity a* ever man couhl lie. lie vva* head cook In the household of one John Falieri, a mighty Senator of Venice, ills master was to give a grand dinner that evening to a numlier of licautlfitl ladle* a id gallant gentlemen whom he had invited to hi* oountrv-*eal to pa-* the shooting season with him. lie had charged upon his cook to do the very best and allow himself a credit to Ids country. The jaHir cook tried hard, l*H\au*e he was a faithful ami conscientious servi tor. But at last Ids invention had failed him. The table would not be complete w Ithout an ornamental centre piece iiatrlotie and allegoric ami the cook, not lying a man of much imagination, was sunk in the blackest kind of despair, lie really did not w hat he should do. bo he *l down ami began to cry, as Italian* often do when they are in trouble. Just then a very small boy slipped into the kitchen. He saw the o>ok in tears, and stole quietly up to him to find out w hat the matter was. lie was on very grant terms with the lord of tin* kitchen, ami many a idee hit of pastry had found lla way l>ctweeii hi two rows of shining white teeth through the kindness of the cook, lu fact, lie and Ids pareut* subsisted to a certain extent upon the crumb* that fell lmtu John Kaiierl's table, lor they were very |Hor. Antonio'* clothes were old and torn,hut he didn't mind that,because he was only ten years old, anil hail not yet reached the age of frivolity. Besides, he had his talent to comfort him, so that on the whole he was rather happy than otherwise. "O. my dear Antonio," cried the cook, wiping his eyes with hi- sleeve, "I am in such trouble' It you could only help ute now ! 1 must have a grand orna mental centre-piece for the dinner-ta ble to-night, and I don't know what to do about It. Ju*t help uie, like a good boy, and to-morrow morning I'll give you the nicest piece of floated cake you ever saw, raspberry jam between the layers, two." Antonio thought a moment in silence. "I ought to he able to help him," he s:id to himself. "If I could only turn tuy modeling and wood-carving to-omc account now ! M bat's the use of know ing how to do thing* if you can't help other jieople with them* I have It' Hurrah Antonio was decidedly Inspired, lie rtishcd thaough t lie dour like a triad bov, crying only to the astonished isKk, "keep up your courage! I'll be back in ait hour!" And all the cook did w as to roll up his eye* and clasp his hands and say, "Mercy on us! That boy will la* some body yet!" True to his word, Antonio came hack in an hour, with a large lion carved in wood uiuter Iti- artu. The noble beast was reclining with his tail curled and the tablet* of the Venetian law or the writings of St. Mark, whichever you choose to take them for. under his right paw*. Of course you know that this was the emblem of the He public of Venice, and therefore the most appropriate centre-piece imagi nable for the table of a \ euetian N-twa tor. The eook wa- delighted w itli the model, and gave Antonio a red apple on the spot. "Only, of course, you dou't mean me to send up this wooden tiling to the ta ble? You must mold it in something eatable." "Of coarse, stupid!" rejoined Anto nio sharply. "Butter is the tiling I want. Give me all the butter in the house. Before night you'll have as pretty a lion as any In Venice." At dinner that night ail the guests remarked the cleverly-carved i-entre piece. They found it an excellent -üb ject to fall hack upon when conver-a tion lagged, ami at last the rumor of the aduiiralitMl it excited reached the ear- of the master ol tin* bouse. "Why it i* a tine liea-t," said lie, no ticing it for the first tltue. "Who can have done It? Can it be that my cviok has developed a talent for sculpture? 1 must call him up and compliment liiiu on it." The cook was sent for and came. The Senator began to praise hi- work, in quired if it had cost hiui much time and troulde. and assured him of the satis faction it iiad given him—John Falieri —in commmon with alt his guests. The cook was overcome and began to cry. His nerves had been heavily strained by the excitement of preparing the banquet. *'Why, what is the matter?" asked the Senator. "Are you crying for joy ?" "No, my lord, but for grief to think that I do not deserve the praise yon be stow* on me." "What? You did not carve the Hon?" "No, my lord." "Who did. then ?" "A little |easaiit boy. my lord—one of your lordship's subjects, called Anto nio Everybody at*mt the place know - him." '•N'nd for him. then. My lords and ladies, would it not please you to see the little prodigy?" Antonio was called up from the kitch en, where he had been regaling himself with cold fowl with a pleasing con sciousness of having earned his *up|>er. He was not at all frightened w hen he heard that be waa to appear before the mighty John Falieri. Your true ge nius never doubts himself. He only took the time to wash his face and hands upon the motherly suggestion of one of the women-servants. Then he went up stairs into the rooms full of glittering light* and jewels and tine clothe* with a proud a step as though he hail been a king. So in truth be was, king of tin realm* of geuius. "Are you the person w ho carved this lion ?" cril the Senator, much amazed at tin- *ight of such a very small boy. "Yes, iny lord." "And bow old are you, pray ?"' "Ten years." "My lords and ladies," cried the N-u --ator, ri*ing ami tilling hi- gl.i--. "we pray you, bear witness that we take tlii* youthful genius under our protec tion henceforth, lx-t u* drink to the health of iiiui who twenty year* from now will be the !ir*i sculptor of the age." Antonio wa* not aha*lied—he was on ly overjoyed: and as soon as jM>--ihh- lie ran home to tell III* parent* of the good fortn.'ie that had Is-fallen him. Ilis pa tron procured admittance for him into the studio of the first sculptor of the time, where he made rapid progress. Two years after, he carved two baskets of fruit, in marble, for hi* kind friend, which still adorn the vestibule of the Falieri i'alace in Venice. As he grew up, he received orders for statues from the rich and distin guished of bis own country and of others. Every gallery sought to pos sess a specimen of his handiwork ; every academy of art was proud and happy to offer him a mcmtiership. it is said of liiin that he received more honors than any other sculptor or painter since the time of Raphael. Opposite the window at which I am writing at this moment there stands a house which bear* the following In scription: "Antonio Canova, the prince of sculptors, breathed his last within these walls, and consecrated them to immortality, A. D. 1322. l>h In Chins. The I'ang tou you, or perch, measures 35 in. long, 13 In. girth, ami weighs 7 lbs., but it often attains a weight of 20 to 24 lbs., and 4ft. in length, its tlesh is rattier coarse and flavorless, which is the chief complaint of most Vaugts/.e flsh. It is sold here at this season of the year (May) for forty cash, say one and three-quarter pence, per catty, equal to a pound and a third. This is, of course, river caught flsh. Keul yn (perch) or "Mandarin flsh," as "boys" often call it, from the fact of its being the best fish u> he found in the market almost at all times of the year, grows to a large size, and is of excellent flavor and very Arm if full sized. The prices range from forty to sixty cash, equal to two jience to three penee per catty (1 :, 4 pound), according to season and tlmeot day; hut even at the latter price "Man- i darin" flsh would not be a very expen sive luxury, yet the lower classes sel dom indulge in it. After the Keui yu J the Lien yu bream ranks next, being a rich and tinn fish. It often grows three feet long and 20 lbs. In weight. The Huen yu, though a coarse-look- ; ing flsh, lias an excellent flavor, and In the proper season Is a very acceptable j change at one's table, after the ever- I lasting perch with which our c<>k continually supply us. The fry ol the Mtlli yu, or shad. w tilt h ascend*the river In May, to spawn doe* not nppe.tr to ho caught or bred til pond- or lake*. It b iprratly i'7.*>, will ho long rememliered In South Durham. It was a day of holiday-making ami fes tivity; ami from all parts ot the moth of Kugland.a* well a* front places more distant, crowds of welt-dressed people, bent on making the occasion memor able, poured into the district. It was the greatest gala day Darlington had ever known. Fifty years before, the first railway on wldeh the locomotive engine ever traveled had l>eeu opened in the district, and the jubilee of I lie ratlway interest which lias developed Into such coloaa.il pro|tortlous, had COTUE, ,\ new force, the |M>WC*I ol wlt CLI was hut feebly estimatill by the most sanguine, had then arisen, creating new industries and developing old one* a hundred fold, calling town* and villa ge* Into existence, and changing the w hole face of the country. I'lie Tittle Stockton and Itarllllgtoil l.lhe, opened on the '.'7 th of Septemlier, Is.'.'i, .e tin* herald of this revolulioii, and the |H-O ple of the North fell it w as tilting thei should celebrate, w Ith all the emblem o* local rejoicing, the greatest landmark in our modern industrial history —a landmark which the world owes to the sagacity and perseverenco of a handful of north-country Quaker*. The idea of celebrating the fiftieth aituuivei-m yof the opening of the Stockton and Dar lingtou Hallway originated with the Director* ot tlie North-eastern t'ouipa lll*, whose system Is the direct re-utl ot tlie little line. Its twenty-live mile-, constructed with a Capital of t'|is,ol, and bringing in a revenue of tts. fo.l, owning two locomotives, the carriage, and a few wagons, was the niicleu* of of an agglomeration of local and oilier line- now extending over fifteen huu dred and eiglit mile*, and ha\ lug an authoriceil capital of £37,Si'J,>tM. I'he one engine which first -tarted, baptized " Locomotion" by it- maker, fJeorge Mephenson, and known as "I'utHng Billy" to the simple country folk* of South Durham ha* grown into thirteen hundred, and the passenger carriage and wagons have dcvelo|>ed into seven ty-seven thoufaud uiue hundred and forty-nine carriages and wagon- of all -orts and sires, which if spread out in a straight Hue would extend over nearly two hundred mile*. The success of the North-eastern system was her tided by that of its flr-t progenitor, which paid a dividend the tir-t year, ami after ten years wa.- returning fourteen and fifteen percent, to its shareholder*, l.tke the rest of the railway , the North eastern ha* had its evil day: and in the time* when the over-sanguine "King Hudson" controlled its fortunes, tin y were at a sufficiently low ebb; but it has ioug since taken its place a- one of the l**st paying and best managed lines of the i nited Kingdom. In voting t'i,UOO to help to commemorate the o|K-nitig of the first railway, the Di rectors of the North-ea-tern wen', therefore, only mindful of their tine rr s|iou*ibililies. Their -uggestlon was warmly seconded not only in Ninth Durham, hut throughout the North of England, and the interest of thr rail w n jubilee spread far and wide. It would have la-en strange had it la-en other wise. In tifty years tiie railway sys tem, of which the foundations were laid ill the Stockton and Darlington, ha* attained enormous proportion-, ami by lu conquest* overtime and -pace, has, with its relative, the electric tele graph, revolutionized the manufactu ring, commercial, and social conditions of :he civilized world. In Ureal Bri tain the twenty-live miles of ha i lieeome, in 1874, more than sixteen tiiolisaiid miles. The same vear the United Mate- could bon.-t of over -cv on ly-four thousand miles. All the cotiu tries of Kuro|ie. in greater or les- de gree, have followed suit, and the iron horse amfirou road have won further triumphs in Asia and South America. The railway-of the world embrace a total mileage of more than one hundred and *ixty-iuc thousand miles, tin- con struction of which has been estimated by Sir John Hawk-haw to have cost tJ,"Jun.t*K.t*<>. or alanit four time- the amount of Knglaud's national debt.— Good r*. A rrnrltrnl June an Henry < Iny The Carli-le Kv.) Mercury has this story: "A relative ot Governor Met calfe has furnished tt with the follow - ing incident*, which will illustrate the habit 'Old Stonelianimer* had of play ing practical joke* . Num- time In-fore the introduction of railroads Governor Metcalfe represented in ( ongre-s a dis trict of which Nicholas county wa- a part. Mr. Clay was Secretary of State under President Qulncy Adam*. It was tlie enstom to make the trip to the National Capital in private conveyance. It was in advance of Mr. Clay's great- . est popularity that the two di-tin gtiishetl politician* agreed to travel to Wa-hingtmi iti Governor Metcalfe's carriage, and all the arrangements per fected, the v started together from the latter'.* 'Forest Retreat* home in this county. While pasiug through the State of Pennsylvania Mr. Clay told Governor Metcalfe that lie had received intimations that in a certain town they were approaching lie would lie honored with an ovation by the citizens they like thousands of his fellow country nien, loved him, hut had never seen him.) Just before coining to town Governor MeU-alfe, who had all along been driving, suggested to Mr. Clay that lie take the line* an I drive, a- he himself was tired. Mr. Clay readily consented, whereupon the Governor took the hack scat in the carriage. The honored statesman drove the team suc cessfully into the town and they were met by a large concourse of people. Governor Metcalfe alighted from the carriage and being asked whether he wu Mr. Clay answered yes, that lie was glad to meet thein, etc.,; and at this the crowd fairly hoisted htm upon their shoulders and triuinphiitillv -farted with him to the plaee of recep tion. l/ooking hack at Clay, who stii) sat in the carriage, somewhat non plussed, toe Governor cried, 'Driver, take those horses to the stable and feed them.'" Thf Frailty ol HiMtrrn Art. The old masters made their own colors. The material which entered into their pigment* came to them unadulterated, and the excellence of the paint depend ed oil the brain mixed In it. Heme, their paintings to-day, though lacking somew hat freshness of color, have a mellow lie** which age (-au only give to pigment* of the highsst excellence. Modern picture* will not ripen, their colors fade, and the mellowness of the old master* i* unattaiuahle. Ilolinau Hunt, of England, In* called the atten tion of lovers of the tine art* to thi* de plorable fact. And the reasons are given, 'l'he artist's colors are no lon s ger inafle by himself. Their manufac ture i* a business from whose secrets he is shut out. Artist's color* are subject to fearful adulteration. Even the oil* cannot Is* genuine, as things go. The material.* of whh-h they are made go to the maker in a sophiseated state. I.ln seed and poppy-seed are adulterated be - fore they reach the oil-makers'* hands. So too. is It generally with rude material for the pigments. A high priced Vermillion from an eminent dea ler, IIFHIT) analysis, yielded twelve |ier cent, of red lead. So the artist, uho puts his whole life and soul into a painting that should be "a joy forever,' has this immortality of art quenched by the use of dishonest paint.— Popular Si l ence Monthly. True Wisdom. To comprehend a man's life it is neces sary to know not merely what he does, but what he purposely leaves undone. There is a limit to the work that can lie got out of a human being and he is a wise man, who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted, and he is a still wiser man who, from among the things he can do well, chooses and resolutely follows the best. tulltl'l M K 11. Si *I I I IIIUMI t I TI I. Si.ill 1.-c.l itig, when .mo I* picparo.l li>r It, I* UIMHII H |■ l otitnhlc IT hiaiicli IF IIIII' can mulct take in winter. I lio requisites mi' warm, w I'll v> 11111:iIi-iI. well lighted Mall*; plenty i'i riNim, froth (Kittling nft I'll, mill IIHHI lli.it !• rli'iiu ninl inwl. , tirmi oml bnri<\\ 111111. ill ixiurn", tin 1 1 1' mutt Ik' |iri'|iHi iiliuii lie lnii' limul. It I-will to Mart In a >niiill may. I'here an* doubt l>-- thou-ami* v>f farmer* w liu could ti'ixl a IVw ani mal* to a large prollt wlm will sell oil' their i n iif hay, turn. rnnU,etc., w hleti ought lo IH- I'OIII I-I toil 11110 manor*' ami ini'al on 1 In- farm. It la a taof thai thai tho-o w ho um'ot tako -lall ftxxlllig oa Ido ami ahoop, \oit aoldoiu giro II up, Irr.uit tho |irotl(a aro m. largo, Ix.th In M rdlUorn ami oa-li. I'lioro are larutor- In * 011- noolU ul who liato Iwo n In the r.-gulai pra. lioo ol ntall feeding eattle, -1.0. p ail.l ItOI -en, lot Ihetr whole lit on nllieo I hoy IM-gait hii-iue-- lor thoui-ol vo. \e...r*lil.g lo the > p 111 ■ li* I I Jit 1 ' t.-o. M . J.. lion, ot old I toot I , ha llow In hi- Maiden hull wvott head ol oven, till I'urhaui-. ami -o largo that thoy .an hardly ■ tuoxo their gi.-at Weight. III.' hoa*lol Voko Weiglin 4,tH>ti |M.tiudn, the whole lot averaging |,o**i |-oitil.l- to tho yoke. Tltoy are o.teh led eight <|tiart ol lue.ll ami hran dailv, ami all tho hat Ihov want. Watoi in Mippllo.l in tho iiiaugor* in pi|M--. Almtlt t hltntiiian lho.ni- will go to li> •- ton, ami then Mr. .lone- wilt -to.k up lot tin- winter, hi- ii-ual nuuilxr tioiug aUiut eighty to ninny eattle, ta*' to Tho -lo op, and aln.ol a d.uten 1101-0-. 1...-1 year lie out 200 ton- ol hay , wlileh with novonty live ton- piirehu-e.l, he foil out. Il in plain to nee that w hero an much in fed out lo ntcong, fattening aniin.il a farm may ho very noon brought up to a maximum condition of fertility and prodiutlvene-n. Tlio eatdo ixvupy a i'Mnciucut well veutllatod. It It wa not, the gta-ai heat generated hy no many animal* would make th-' place oppi -nively warm. Tin- -In . p are ts| on tin- thmi above, and Mr .Join-* itne ail ti..- eiiortiiou- .piautitv ttiauuro pr.Hluee.l ul tin- -table-, lie in al-<> n t*il>as-u rai-.-r to tin- extect ol twelv.- to lourteeil acre* atlliually, and die to bacco lie glow- I.ring- a better price than that grow 11 by lining commercial fertiliaei*. Here i* one lurim-r who ban found dial tut tiling pay*. SIOKINO Al l'! i-* rink and lieconie tough and s|oiigy . though It* keeping qualities are en liitneeil. 1 have lor many year* kept apph* in barrel* in the cellar with i*-r --ftvt success in alrUo*t all ea*e. The exception* were where the teui|ierature varied, or the fruit was grown rapidly, either through the agency of manure or showery, grow ing weather. If I can *vcure a uniform low teui|iei ature, jtti avoiding the trust and that doe* Hot exclude the actual precuce ola little frost in the eeilai . 1 consider lii\ell safe—ouly, however, when the fruit i* found and dry when stored away. A little bruUe will not hurt an apple, provided tin* -kin i* not hrokeu •> a* to give am to the |->n w hieh w lit thus enter and destroy the fruit. Ileum the lid can In- pie**c,| down well, liit t< iilug the fruit some, yet without harm leaving on I) a small, dried, leathery sj>ot where pre**ed. In Imrrcl- there will lie -iirtieiiut moisture to prevent •trying or shrinking the fruit. When there i* ail exce-sot hllttliditv , of cot|re truit i not inli'iiiliil in !*• k |.l tli* - m-i < --I tiling tin- hautiliiii; ul it, I hate iiovn |irai ti-iil it iltu tin- initr or *{trlnf lull with tiu'l ri—iilt. Il.itiilltil i';r fullr wlifti ilrjr, an I with ilrv haml*, ihi-n* i-!" - liarui. The Mlitht rnal *f oil, which t- I protection to (lie apple, should not Is* di-mrU-d, and >•■! the wiping <>f fiuit U indulged in. An i|e pie with the outside Intact is safe! among fruit affected, even if considera bly rolled, tl.an if removed ami tlie fruit w i|-.l or only bandied. Where the air is -iitlicb nt moist, ami not hi c\. ••.., there is m- dry lug or shrink ing ■•! the Iruit w hell pla> itl on the shell, tin- she'll plan |s pref'ratile, ls'-t :il-o revt-tl* the Irtilt ami make- |**rce|* tihh* the aroma. Tin- pleasure ot enter ing a (filar with the Irnit In view ami the old-time fragrance present. making a *|ol of summer in winter, I* some thing, and may induce to the keeping of *oiiie of the fruit in tin* way , even with the chance of -hilnking . '.idle.— for. .V. r. Tnt.nnr. Srrn* (ii I.WINATLMI IN I . Highly - interesting restilu U'.iring upon tin* germltiatiun of -eed* have retvntly !M*CII tlevclo|H*t| hy tf r lin eX|M*rhnltt* mil ducted by M. I loth. Groove* w ere i tit in a cake of ice. Into w hlch -ced* of variou* specie- were placed ainl then covered over hy plate- of ice. The whole w.i- then removed to a cool cel lar and allow e.l to remain from Janu ary until the May following. At thi* time It wa- found on examination that many of the -eed* had -prouted ami |M*iieirate.l the ice with their root*. It i- the opinion of M. 1 loth that tin- heat need*.l fur the prore-- of growth wa generated hv the seed* themselves iii the progr.--- of tln*ir development, and that thi* heat wa- -utll. lent to liu-ll tin ice alHtut the r<*>t-. and |>eritiil them to extend llieir axe*. The subject ha* given ri-c to much enntrnver-y and oj po-ilig theories. W (tiniM! I'm ITRV, —It Is the ln-llef of tin* witter that many ol the e incident to (Hitiltry are dm* to neglect in providing them with pure water; particularly do I believe such to IM* the case In the majority of lu-Lain-r* where chicken cholera prevails. The omis sion to furnish fowls with suitable drinking water i* one of the worst features of cruelty to animals. It is • neglect that i* decidedly adverse to sne eess, heme tends to diminish individ ual fancy for fowl-, and work* detri ment to poultry intere*t*. Those whom we occasionally hear *••"" that "there l* no profit in poultry" not qualified to have the management of tlie same, and In their attention* may IM* classed with the thriftless mid neglected parties who keep fowls that get drink w hen it rains.—f'linrii ' J'Kiiii tl. *n:vw VNI HAY. —Good clean straw, carefully stacked, i* *upp<>-ed to repre sent a value in comparison with the ls*-t meadow hay, of three to one. That is, an animal must eat three |iiiiids of straw to get tlie same subsistence as would lie afforded by one |H>und of hay. Now, since ft i- required that cattle must consume all the hay they can eat, to tiring them through the winter in 111. same condition they were in at its commencement, it i* evident that if vv intered largely on straw , they imi*t Si|h-|s| largely 111 m• 11 the fat and tiesh previously stored up; hut If fed with corn or other concentrated ft**!, tin* ease liecoiiie* widely diflerent, since il acts a* a divisor to the other I'INMI, and at the same time furnishes whatever nutriment it may |ssess to the animal. H'MI. rn Former. KAI I. I'utwtxii.— A eorresjwindent of the h'aml Ihrnu argue* tint" about fall plowing: If laml where there I* no sisl is plowed in the fall and a heavy allow comes upon It liefore lieing frozen It Is found alauit a* hard as land not plowed and no gi*sl comes of it; hut if a elay soil is plowed when dry In the fall, and IN frozen hard during winter it will lie tlner, and work up lighter for spring seeding. < lay -oils not well drained and sositnated that the surplus water eaunot get oil will la- injured by i throwing them up loose in the lull, for the rains w ill so saturate them that j they w ill he as hard as a bed of dried mortar, and no after culture can bring | them into condition for a spring crop. Hut with good drainage the opposite conditions prevail. SAVK hog manure now , AS it is espe cially valuable from fattening hogs. As nearly all the nitrogen of the flMhl is contained in the liquids voided, none of it should he allowed to waste. I.it ter the js-ns with tin absorbent—dry earth or muck, or cut straw. Much of the net profits of stock comes from the manure, hogs included, and yet not one farmer in ten saves half the hog ma nure made. This is the kind of econ omy that makes hard times. It is esti mated that if all the manure a pig makes was saved properly, it would add, on an avVrage, about two cents to the value of each pound of pork.— Ohio I Farmer. KltMTirir. .WoTOM O/lir I '/(/* in l,\Ull I *III IIIIX II lain NTIII 111 in ILIO Vll'iniiv UL KI'IIOHIIA, \\ IW„ drop" of A jelly like alt (.Stance LI II 111 quautilU'A VNI yiii| F 1 11111 (Illy dropa on a aqtutr* foot in A tIr|IILI ul an Hltlitli ul MI ini'li. I'LIO drop* woie IILIOIII 1110 NI/N of a lm Ul' CUT 1 MTIL. iitul 1 I'IIIH IIJMI U|HIII the ground *NIUC (MIIO. A 1111IL 11111 \ wna gathered In |'. \V. How. a, I'tincipi.l nf h m tinol, w ho. liy 1 V :111 1111 TI I INN under tlio mil 1 IINI olio, found I lint each drop of IIN .aiiigillat aiilinlMlli-T' riilitmili'd w ha' T*ll| ll 111 111 In IN egg*. Ill' ST lit 11 ain't illicit NF I III' MllmUim-L' 111 II I NIL 111 the rilllnl 111 till' Chicago lutri Ih ctm, in ordt'L thai it IN 1 IN' submitted LII aoini' scientific InvcMigattir*, ami it was accordingly divided among aovi'inl gentlemen ol thai < ily , lino nf whom, I'l. If. I', i'l |ior, hi" niiiToodod MI hut.hmg nut UlO egg* Iho LRV 10 mo of two kHole, having 1 ho AUUIO general form, UUI dif fering 111 anuio palllctliatn. The) LO soluble \oty 111 M h 1110 lm vto UL Iho niiirtiiMlii lainily, 1 Ll<>llH many limoa smaller. I'l. I'tjM'l AAYS ho Hl" liirnuv • tod MIIIIO latvte voiy ltko tin in in TOI m ami NI/O in Magnail T witit I In I'IN <'S|(II. lio IT it MT ti|- to ill-tor initio what (ho croMluio really f. lint IN not dis posed I.i tlnnk I hnl if toy have come f ruin any oiloi sphere. 11 in opiuniti in dial tln-* aloof riiiiiiil.iiiooiiiriii.ink.il up. pi 1 Imp*, In aw hit Iw iinl. and ai • 1 toil with 1 lio rain .'loud until tlio) on mo down in tin* nliou < 1. I'lio null |ool in line that miirhl III' nlu.hod liy naturalists with profit. Aeif .V- lh.nl u' Ut iHul iHO llilli JIMM 111 tit* ntll quite leeelitiy ihounltal lit. III.HI of teuiovillg hall trout lil.len an f.teluuitiary to tannins, emmi-teii ei ihel in iudueius a nlow putrefaction, winch liM.M'lia tlo* epidi t uiln and ten del* the halt - easily M-patuhlc. 01 clue pla.-tiig th. hid*-* in a lars*' vat eon taiiiing mtlk <>f lime. Att.-i a number o? day i the hair was readily removed hy a hi lint ncia|M-r. At preneiit, liowr cvrt, in mauy paitn of Uunqte. thoac met ho.ln have IH-CII alHiu.lotied MI favor of one 111 which the nttlphl.le of liuie IK the mailt agent - thin nuit, in a cr.vM.ai litio foiiu, tu-iug now maiiufattni.d lor the purjuHM in Some tlllieM, when i' in il. nlte.l to l.tllovo the tlttllM a* quickly u* ponnllil*-, an Ml the eu* of Hole leather, die hid. n ate pain ted with a pa-tc cotiHtHliug ol one pail ol eiy ntallire.l nulplii.le ol nodtuiti ami dirt* parts of Jtuir. i lie htdea are covctcdwid* dump mailing to prevent diediyttigot the pant*-, and in lior 'jn hour* die prtH-t-nn IH com|ilete, and (he hair can tie rtuu*vv-*i. In other cae<*, w hen mot*' time i allowable, the akina ate Mrcpcd Ml it MillltHiti of Mtliphlde of aodtuiu—l pound to IOM quarts; the ef fect being ae-.*mpltfieu in two or three dayn. Where the fiair Into l. r* moved from the litdii. tty flu- hand, it i* tiee* a-ary that they In- well riufced in water; ami the itu-n employ. *1 in laving on tlx pinto uaually went tndia rnbtuvr gloves while hacdiiug thu hide*. l.jcprrimrutt with Sttcl.— Some import an I investigation* made in Fiance into I lie nature ami foiee of steel* have tieeii made, w itli a v lew to am ett tilling, more definitely tbnr iliilereiit atlap tat tons to t iduxtrial purpoara. Fifteen h.ltsoi steel, Utv ld< d Itilo live setiea ot three each and dillereiitly out boniscd, each liceived a peeuliat fetufier ; they writ* then magneton d In satut at ion. itid their magnetic force deter mined by tile method of deviation*. A bat containing tv'm pet cent of eariioti and tempi led 111 cold water gave a tuavt ilium deviation, repreaeu'ed by i*; anolhot hat. with a *tntdar |Hi.riitug. ot carbnu, but tempered HI Imiitiig vva ter. gave 44; ami a tin d bar. with a like plecetifage a* tile pieeeilittg. lull teni|H-mt in oil, al all degrees Fall., gave 43. 1 !■• effect of the- pretpnttinii of car* bun rtiliUlunl in different liter* wari also very iinuknl. Thus, a bar con tinuing UV|M-r •••lit. gave a maximum •>(47 . aiuuhct, w 11li 2-V |>e-r cent.. gave bat tintliy describing the curie* •if variatiutit for tin* *li(l**r*iif win * ( xiin- in Spain. I'lic ex -iMenee nl the *ul*tame was revealed li> -j* < trul analj Kii.t uo line* appealing which i-.mlil nut Im* trat-ii! to an I other dement. I'lu* line* ate situated :ti the vi.>lft. tin* region in which tin* bright **t Mm* line* are found; one t* very brilliant ami Luke*, in tin* Lahle of wave length*, the 117 th plate; the other ami weaker one ha* it* wave length rvprencllt'-il by 4H">. The lii'W metal ha not Iweti reduced tiom it* combination*, an tliut it* physical cha ralteraitic* remain ainleterinuieil. It lia* In en obtained, however. 111 the *tate of hydrochloride and sulphate, mill it* ilinfilled l e feature* have IM*U > clearly recognized, allowing it* marked iiiflereuee tiom either zinc or eadmium, (hat there i* console red to IM* im re*onah|e ilonlit a* to it* cxi*U*iice. rill* discoverer pat not it ally name* thi ne w metal gallium in htmoi of France. Kfftrr t* ii f Unit on Steel II inw ami A'nili. —t*role**ot .i. Barrett ha* l.oiud tiiilt, if uteri of any thick fn-ft* IM* hea ted hy any iiieatis, at a certain temper ature the wire cense* to cvpaml, at tlioiigh the h< at IM- continually (toured in. Ihmng tin* period also the wire diM-s not lncteam* in temperature. The letigllt of time during which thisab noimal condition lasts, vatic* with the thick ti** of the wire ami the rapidity with which II can lie heated thioiigh. It cease* to expand, ami no luithcr change take* place till the heat i* cut off. When this I* done, the wire IN* gin* to eMl down regularly till it has leached the critical point at which the change occur*. At the moiiieut that the expansion occurs, an actual in crease in temperature takes place, *uf ticieutlv large In cause the wire to glow again with a red hot heat. It i* curious that this after-glow had not been noticed long ago, toi it i* a verv conspicuous object in steel wile* that have Iwen rained to a white heat anil allowed to rool. .1 Mien *Ci>)tical Soiree. —At the re cent micioHcoiuciil soiree ot the British Ans.M-iat ion, 110 nil. rosceoti previously calcined i* lioal in .It 1.'.l In an o*oll mid in I x f with sufficient IM'U/1110 1.1 fin 111 a noli friable •liana. 11l 1 Ilia at; lo It |n put lulu a W hlo I til 11 1 1 h I glass l*i|t|c, Well Mop pete. I, ami kopt for itno. It la npr.-a.l pretty llilokly over Ilio aLalim, ami 1 IIIIIH .1 woil to ami lio w IT h tlio tip of tho linger. The small roll- of earthy uiallor -o forum.l are tiruatied oft ami tiioro mugm-slu la laid on and loft until Ilio bouailio ha- 01 afMiralril entirely. Malorlala dial will Lttsr waidihig at. dioll oloauod Willi WNloty 011 nllkn, al.olio) or iM'tufuo "html.l lie iiw.l in atoii.l. I lio prooeai uiav In* ppllol lo tovith- fabric* of every .10-orlpifou, ■* Oopl 11|. m<- Containing VOTY IlllU'h M.M.I, low hi. h tho mugnc-la adlioroa vory tenaciously. Il may alno Iw used for nialua, old or new , on all nort- of woo.la, Ivmy , |Mir.'liim iit, oio, without rlak 01 injury, llrdinary writing Ink la not all. , to.) liy it, hnt loitorproan Ink quickly dlaaolvoa, owing lo tlio ahnorpliou of tlio fatly niatlor in tlio Ink. li..'.in is \\ * 1 111. A r*>rrrn|Miu.l*-ut of th.* huli.iHii / ..eiiifr w riton; "I have ntoo.l In in ltd 11 ml water two or three inch.'* deep, lot ten holM'n a .hil for a week, without looting any daiiilnio-- or having any difliotilty in getting my IHM it n oil or oil. It you Wollhi IH- •• 111 it 11 v -il.-con-fill, Ix-fore wearing the lmtn give tlio IM.MOIII- a g.xnl OO.ilitlgOf (allow ami lar and dry it in; then oil tho Up pet - with cantor oil, .IIHIIII one lahl,-- n|KMll|ful will IH- mi nt clout. If die weather nhoul.l IH- rainy or y.ut arc *-. 1111 jio|le*l to work In water during the day , wash y.ntr IHHII* el.-an at night' hold litem hy the fire until quite warm, ami oil (hem while quite wot, ami you will have 110 troo hlo UIM.UI your IHHI getting hard ami nhrinkiiig up ->> thai yon cannot get them on. It the leather nltottld 1 10* 'oilto rod, give a eoat of ordi nary >h.n--l>laekilig IH'f.iro oiling. The ert.-.'t of cantor oil In to ni.ftell tho leather, while It till* the |Mir*a and pl'o vetita the water from entering. I'KACIII'AI NI ...ii nttos-. Kvery little while We read of one who ha* -tuck H runty nail In hi* foot or nono* other j*r tion ot liin | m i —HI, and tM'kjaw ha- ro- Mlltot tll.-relrom. All SUCtI wound* call hi- healed W iItI.HIL any fatal collneqUcllccn following them. The remedy in siui|i|e: It I* only to amok** -ueti wottml, or HIIV wound or brulne that is Inflamed, with hurtling wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minute- in the Mitoke of W.H.I will lake pain out of tho w>r*t cane of Inflamma tion ariniug front u w. .1111.1 we ever aaw. In earing for your fowl* provide them with a vessel of lime water for an mva -loual drink. It t pr*q*are*l by |*uring hot water over qnieklime, and after the time i* M-tded and tin- water covering it itan ltecouie clear, pour It oft. it will keep fit for u-e a du-idcrablc time Woont x resteia for containing arti cle* of food and wine, and wooden vess.-U for culinary pur|Mi*ri>, may lie tendered lit for Immediate u*e by treat ment with a solution of wa-hiug-*oda. I'lius an ordinary turrel should tie half tilled with water, and a solution of utxMit two pound-of soda In a* much water a* will dissolve it; then lirad up the liartcl and thoroughly mix the liquids to shaking (lie harrel, which -lioiilil then he filled to the hung with w ate i, and allow rsl to I email! for tvv elv e or fourteen days. Then after the dis colored liquid ha* t**cu withdrawn, it should lie well rinsed and tilled with pure Water and allowed to remain several days, when it will IK- til for uc. til her w oodeu V<--*el* may !*• triausl with a similar solution ••( soda. It.il i UNO < 11 j kjl.—A writer in the \.t- f./ij'iM.f /'inwrr fiu-i iliU (Jrioe bi Isittfe eiiler that will kc-p AW eel ami line lor year*: Israeli ami filter the chirr through pure sand, after It has worked ami fermented aitd before it ha. soeired. I'ot no alcohol or other *ub tance w Ith it. It.- sure that the In j>u put it in are perfectly clean ami sweet. After it is lea.'he.) or filtered put ill barrel* or cask* titled, leaving no room for air; hung them tight and keep them where It won't fre. re till February or March, then put it into champagne Unties till.at. drive the cork* ami wire litem. It should IK- •lone In A cellar or risnii thai is comfortable u> work in. The best dikr is late made, or made w hett it U a* cold as can lie and not freete. < it ii K i l> I U-lll*. —A* soon a* a ptale get* cracked part way a> 10--, etm k it the n-t of the way; don't wash it after breakfast. hut tvment it at onoe. 1 have found nothing Setter for tlii* ptirjMMe than white leail mixed In oil. The pre pared may IM* pur< luuuvl in t*>titid ean* am! kept al w ay* ready for use ,fier the ean ha* been o|>erie.| keep a Utile liti-eed oil on the annate to prevent the had hardening.i Paint both edge* of the part* with tin-jead mixed to a con sistency a little thi. k.-r than it usually I* when *ptva-ihle. I'his, when perfectly liquid -liould IM* cast into thin cakes, nu a flat surface very slightly oiled, and a* It CMII* cut up into piece* of a convenient sire. When re quired for u*e moisten one end. A piece kept in the dek or w-ork-b >x i exceedingly convenient. PARSI.IV AM Itirrrß.—Melt one ounce of butter, nud add to it a dessert spoonful of flour, salt and white |M*p|M*r to taste; *tir on the flre for a couple of minutes, add a little more than a tiim blerltil of tioiling water hv degrees, and a small quantity of pat *lev. blanched, and lltielv < IIOP|MNI; *tir Ave minute* and do not let tha sauce boil. To PRIVE away rata, an English jour nal give- the follow ing reei|M*. which it savs has proved very successful t Take *oine glass and (mwiler with JM**tle ami mortar, then mix with some lard into pills and drop into the rat-hoie*. It will drive rats and mice out of tin* place; they die of decline. I, AMH STKAV. —Take half a shoulder of lamb. I .oil In two quarts of water for two hour", then |>ut in potatoes, onion-., turnip'* cut In quarter*, two teaspoon fuls of salt, ami |>ep|ier to the ta-de. Ten minute* before serving put in the dumplings. FAXOY CA'KKS.—lteat the yolk of four eggs Into half a js-und of white sugar, add a little less than half a pound of Hour. Heal fifteen minutes; flavor with lemons, and add the whites of the eggs wll beaten. Hake in small patties and put sugar plums on top. DrsTtsu articles ol steel, after thev have IK"CU thoroughly cleaned, with un slaked lime, w ill prevent them from rust. The coils of piano wires ihus sprinkled will keep them from rust many years. FINK POIOHXI TS. —Three eggs; two cups of sugar; one tablespoon fu I ol butter; a large cup of sweet or sour milk; one nutmeg; scant teaspoonful of soda; Hour enough to roll thin. A CURAT FAINT.—CoaI ashes, sifted very finely, thoroughly ground, and mixed with oil, are said to make a good, cheap paint. Any coloring matter may be added. I'T.AIN Ct'P CAKK.—Take 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of milk, 4 eggs, 2 cups of sujjar, and soda and nutmeg according to judgment. J I'M BUBS. —(hie cup of sugar well sifted, one scant cup of butter, two cups of flour, two eggs; flavor them with lemon. ei'Boeet*. 'l'm < nilr iiiriN.— l'ho olltor day, mo of tlio I lotroit union M-IKNII glrla osllo.l to a foiutut 11 ton : "Say, Nellie, did you know (list Kittle liariM'r'a pa had iHiughl a house?" "No; la dial so? la It 11 nloo house?" "fires! tilg firiok limino, with tho aw 1011. M higg.'-l pane- of gho." ton ovor aaw !" "And Imy windows?" "So; Ju-l nlralght window"." "Well, thai settle* It," nal.l No. '2, an alio fit rued away. "VVo have two hay w ludow a on our hollas, ami though Kitty ln a nlue girl, alio can't In-long to our •el," li in n.ti.l of Xorhury that tio would at any tlmo rathor low a ft lend than a Joke, (to otto ... < anion ho iM'gail Ilio aoitloiioo of doath ill tlilawino; "I'rla ouor at tho liar, you liavo IH-CII found guilty, hy a Jury of y our own oountry -110-11, of tlio i iuio laid to your t hargo, ami I titiial nay 1 entirely ugroe with iho vordl. t, for I -00 'aorHindrol' written In your fa*." Iloro tho priaouor Intor rupto.l with ••"t hat'll a atroug r< fl.otion —■front your Isordahip!" whoreit|MHt tho Ju.lgo, k.-.Tiily appro* iatlug tho joke, coinitiiMotl tho noiiU it.-o into 1 rai."jotla lloti f.r neveu yoara. Iwo . ..li.iitt* 1 ill/run, on Saturdayt had a little ti'oiif)|o on tile I'o-t < trtleo eorner. • - '*ir. I ntigutatiae you an a faUehintdllol eVelailli.-d the flrnl. "Ami you, air, are a .autoriug IOJH-I --erllo!" replied the second. "Alt, talk av\uy!" rrowlcl the fimt; "but uty character in IM-y.tn.l diaproa. It." "And your Influence don't ueuo-lt from my reputation one Iowa!" growled the other. And thiln they parted. "Vot nrr , grati.liuoiher, we (H-rforate an aiH-rtur*- io the ajn-x, and a oorrem pon.ling a|H*rturo at lm- bane; and, by forcibly- inhaling the breath, lite egg i entirely di-eharg.-.l of it> couU-nta." "Why, bl*-n my Mail!" cried die old lady, "what wonderful improvement* they do itiak.. "Now, in my younger day*, wejit-t made a hole in both end- ATL.L MLCKCL . A I if Itt'l !H# I llHft. t,'i ii re*ently a -liort—lghted tin*- hand nt a large bouquet of flower* on a chair, and wUltiug to preaerve thi-ui froiu fading, pla. I'd them in a tia*lu of wafer. W hen til* w If.-*aw the "bouquet" hall an hour afterward, he gave one piercing -cream ami fainted on the |H>(. Ilt-r defective vinloiicd llUnbami flail mUtakeii her new bonnet, with it* abundance of flower*, for a frostily culled btHiqitel. A 'l'Kt sItJIU JriTMjtt.—Some people ate too trusting for I hi* world. At a recent trial, tlie priotier entered a plea of "Not guilt) ," w lieu one of the Jury men put on hi* hat and started for the door. The .fudge called him back and informed hiui that he couldn't leave until the ease was tried. "Tried I" queried the Juror, "why, he acknowl edges (hat lie it not guilty." *M!K, a girl of seventeen, walked under the maples a luunth ago and gatheml tlie gulden leaves and said: "till, leaves, you remind me of crushed hope* and scattered plans." He, her father found tiietn iii a nail-keg the other day and shook them down In a corner of the wood-thed and *aid: "There, that dog lias got a lwl as good aw any canine in this town J" "I* rut* the way to Aberdeen?" asked a gentleman of a matt who was breaking aumea. "Xoo; wbanr did ye I'OUIC frae ?" w a* tlie thoroughly Scoicii answer. "What business is it of yours where I conte from?" returned the gentleman, angrily. "Ott.Jist a* mucklc as it is whaur ye're gaiui," replied the iapldarv, quietly resuming hi* otvupa lion. A taw rt iu visiting a cathcilral was shown by tlie sacristan, among other marvels, a dirty, opaque glass phial. After eyeing it sotlie time, tlie traveler said: "lkj you call this a relic? Why, it is empty. ' "Empty!" retorted the sacristan. Indignantly. "Sir, It contains some of the darknes* that Mo*e spread over the land of Egypt." "Kuixr, my de-ar," aaid |oor Mr. Jones to ids Utter half, "you have sjully iiitiug to the cofliu, solemnly said : "Ah, doctor, you're a fortunate man ; you never have any of vour had work returned on your hand*!** V is, women are unreasonable, and you may have remarked that w hen one of them sit* .low n in * new silk dress on a chair w here a neighbor's child lias carelessly dejxvifted two cent*' w-orth of tnfly, she will go on HIMMU it just as had as if it were two dollars' worth. "BIT why do they call it 'crooked* whiskey f" asked Martha Jane. "Be cause," answered Fltzho.Mlle, gravely, "although It I*generally taken straight, those w tioeonsume much of it are nearly alwavsoua 'lieuder.'" She was satis fied. IT W AS Daniel Welister, wasn't it, w ho said that "there was always room at the top?" The man who counted 40 cats on the roof ola Chicago tenement says there wasn't room at the top for another one. "Kisstvo by the Sea"—"That must Is* nice," quoth Martha Jane, Inno cently. reading a music publisher's no tice. "Pooh," said Fit* boodle, "they're nothing but fishing smacks."— Urnphir. "N ATVIIK lias AA rltteii 'honest man' IIJH.II his faA-e," said a |iersoii trying to make interest for his friend, w ith Jer rold. "Then nature must have had a very bad pen," was the prompt reply. A CHI STY old bachelor explains that the ii'ason a woman puts her ringer In her mouth when she thinks Is because she can not talk and think at the same time. MK. Brim inked her, "Row, will thou Is* mine?" Itose answered, "1 am sorry It cannot lie—but a rose cannot be turned into a bud." IK YOI* become famous, beware of the fools, for they always gather around the |>cople w ho are stared at. WHAT is the next tliingto a ben steal ing?— Why, a cock robin, of course. ALWAYS liappy to meat bis customers: The butcher. A SOI*NI report: That of n cannon. I aara nf Wlslakrn Ideality. (inn of my Inquiries u for aurcilotM I a regard* the iiiUtakc* made by near relative*, between tli twin*. Tliy Rre numerous, hut nut very varied 111 I har- Whan the twin* are cblldrrn, , they have commonly t he dUtiiiguUhfai hy rlhhmi* tied round their writ or [ nerk ; nevertheless, tlieone 1* wiinetlme* led, |>liy■lrked,and w liip|ie>l liy IllUUke for the other, and the ost jaid) on receipt of price. Address the author, R. V. Pierce, M. D., World". Dispensary, Buffalo, X. Y. /Vi IKt LafnyrtU IXnly Omrirr. A VALI* AB L K WOR K . Dr. R. V. Pierce. of Buffalo, distin guished in surgery, and the general practice in the profession he honors.ha. made a valuable contribution to the medical literature of the day, in a com prehensive work entitled "The People's Common Suise Medical , Adviser." While scientific throughout, it i* singu larly free from technical and stilted terms. It comes right down to the com mon sense of every-day life. Dr. Pierre is a noble specitneu of American man hood. lie ha* sprung from the people; ami, witli many sympathies in comuiou with the masses, has sought to render them a substantial service in this the great work of his life. S Consumptives. Take Notice! Every moment of delay makes your cure more hopeless, ami much depends on the judicious choice of a remedy. The amount of testiinonv in favor of I>r. Schenek's Pulmonic Syrup, as a cure for consumption, far exceeds all that can la' brought to support the pre tensions of any other medicine. See lr. Schenek's Almanac, containing the oertlflcaufe of many persons of the high est respectability, who have been re stored to health, after being pronounced incurable by physicians of acknow ledged ability. Schenek's Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many, as these evidences will show; hut the cure is often promoted by the employment of two other remedies which I>r. Schenck provides for tiie purpose. These addi tional remedies are Schenek's Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. By the timely use of these medicines, according to directions, l>r. SohenMt certifies that most any case of Consumption may be cured. 1 >r. Schenck Is professionally at his ptincipal ottloe. Corner Sixtli and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice must l>e ad dressed. \| T ANTKI) AfIKNTS! canvassers should secure 1 T territory at once tor The Life and fntdic Her ■tret t\f Henry intern. bv Rev. Silas Mason. For Terms aUtU> f J t- 3)ZU&. Ittnoi a Co., 'Wt -u4, *• MM} The People's Remedy. 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