TWO PICTURES.
An old form -hoots, with msadoTm wid.
And sweat with alow on each side:
A bright-eyed boy. who looks from ont
The door with woodbine wreathed about.
And wishes his one thought all day :
"Oh ! if 1 could but fly SWAT
From this dull spot the world to 800
How happy, happy, happv.
How happy 1 should be P
Amid the city's constant din'
A man who roand the world has beoa.
Who 'mid the tumnlt and ths throng.
Ia thinking, thinking, all day lacg
"Oh ! could I only tiwee oaoa more
The fleld path to the farm-house doot .
The old. green meadow could 1 sec,
How happy, happy, happy
How happy 1 shookl be!"
A Cklsrw Home.
One New-Year I was invited tosncud
the day with a Chinese tea merchant
and his family; and as I was anxious to
learn exactly how they obaurvwd the
festal season. I begged them to make no
change either In their festivities or the
bill or fare, but to let me be treated just
as one of themselves. I had know n the
old merchant aud his sons for sonic
time, but had never met the ladies of
his househouid. There were three of
of them—♦'. c., the old gentleman's wife,
an unmarried daughter ami the newly
wedded wife of the eldest. The last, 1
bad heard, was beautiful, but I w as not
prepared for such a vision of loveliness
as met my* view, when, the tiny footed,
gentle-spoken twelve-year-old hrtoe
was introduced by her mother-in-law.
She was very fair, with eyes bright as
diamonds, and her long, jet-black hair.
In one heavy braid, was twined with a
wreath of natural flowers about the
beautifully formed head, and held In
place by jew eied pins. She wore ear
rings. of course, with necklaces, chains,
bracelets ami rings enough to hare con
stituted quite a respectable fortune in
themselves. Her dress was of pale blue
silk, very richly embroidered, —all ber
own work, she told me. The skirt bung
In full plaits about ber slender dgure,
and the tight-iitting jacket showed to
perfection uteexquisitely rounded fortu,
while the loose sleeve, open to the el
bow. displayed an arm that might have
served as a model for the sculptor. But
all this loveliness was only tor female
eyes, for before entering the sittlug
rootn, where her husband, father and
brother-in-law w ere assembled, she put
on the long, loose, outer garment tnat
Chinese lalles always wear when In
"full dress." This came below the
knee, its sleeves reaching to Uie tips of
her lingers, whilst its loose, flowing style
effectually veiled the fairy form, hiding
all its symmetry. She "had the tiny,
pressed teet that the Chinese consider
not only beautiful, but necessary to high
breeding; aul they were encased in Uie
daiiitiesi of satin slippers, embroidered
in seed pearls. But littery could not
hide tiie deformity produced by so un
natural a process, nor the awkward
limp of the pour little lady as she leaned
on the shoulders of her maidens in hob
bling from room to room. 1 asked her
If the feet were still painful, and she
replied that for the last two or three
years a sort of numbness hail succeeded
the pain, but that formerly, and from
her earliest recolleotiou, her sufferings
had been so intense that she would glad
ly have died; and that she had often, in
frantic agony, torn off tbe bandages,
and when they were replaced, shrieked
and screamed till delirium, for a time,
relieved the consciousness of suffering.
But after the flfth year the pain gradu
ally became less intolerable, she said,
and now she dhl not think very much
about it, except when the bandages
were changed. The the return of the
blood to the foot was such torture as
language could not describe. Yet in
reply to my question on the subject,
this gentle girl-wife said it would be
cruel in a parent not to press the feet of
his daughter, as he thereby shut her
out from good society, and made a ple
beian of her for life.
The bandages are always applied in
early infancy, aud before putting them
on, all the toes except the first and sec
ond are doubled \u beneath the soles of
the fee. The length of the foot, alter
undergoing this painful operation,
never exceeds five inches, and ordina
rily is scarcely four.
The young daughter of my host was
a petite maiden of ten, attired in dainty
robes of rose-colored satin, embroidered
in silver, and her glossy raven hair was
disposed in two massive braids, hang
ing down almost to ber tiny feet, twink
ling In silver-hued slippers. Chinese
maidens wear their braids down, and
the "crown of wifehood" is symbolized
by the coronet of hair laid for the first
time on the top of the head on the mar
riage-day. Oriental customs always
have a meaning.— St. Nicholas.
Belies of tke Poet keklller.
Wandering through the Rosenthal,
past the beer gardens, where a good
band dispense* Mrauss waltzes at a very
low figure, we come at last to the vil
lage of Gohlis, where there is the tini
est house uuder the shadow of a grand
tree and beyond a fence that i* alto
gether too pretentious for the modest
cottage within. We ring at a high iron
gate, and are admitted by a virgin with
a bunch of keys. She takes us at once
to the cottage door, as if she was used
to that sort of thing, and shows us the
way up steep and narrow stairs to the
second story. Any man can live on a
modest ground floor, and we therefore
scorn to look in upon the small rooms
that put all their door* together at the
foot of the stairs, as if they euvied that
more fortunate second story. The first
floor front uuder the roof of the cottage,
with two windows close together, look
ing out into the branches of the green
trees; a bar-room, with a waxed floor
and scanty spread of gaunt furniture;
heavy beam* over beau, beams tbat are
rather low for such heavy ones; pictures
all about tbe place, those uninteresting
pictures in plain, black, funeral frames,
such as are so popular in Germany.
A small door on this side of the room
opens into a closet under the eaves, a
closet you can scarcely stand erect in
on its highest side, a closet about big
enough for a model pigeon house—there
Frederick Schiller slept, and in the lar
ger chamber lie wrote his "Hymn to
Joy." There certaiulj couldn't have
been joy enough to write a hymn store*!
on the premise*. He had to go outside
to get it, this Schiller, who lived in a
dovecote and sang of joy. Tbe virgin
presents us with a translation of the
hymn, "written in this house," aud we
read how the poet saved a hungry and
destitute student of theology from pitch
ing himself into the river. Schiller
shared with him his purse, and a few
days later relating the incident at a mar
riage feast, where people are so apt to
be liberal, a subscription was raised for
the unfortunate student and he was sent
clear into the pulpit. "Elated with the
Buccess of his humanity," says the pre
face to the poem, "it is to humanity that
Schiller consecrated this ode." 'i'he
ode has a bacchanalian flavor that ought
to inspire any destitute student of the
ology.—Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Anecdote of Mir i hnrlet Vapler.
Sir Charles Jame* Napier was one of
the bravest, one of the most popular,
and one of the most officers
In the British service. A story of his
life, if it could be told in whole as he
and his wife and his most intimate
friends tell it in parts, would be one of
the most interesting things ever pub
lished. His career in India, for true
bravery and well-merited success, Is al
most without a parellel. He it was
who enunciated as his maxim in inili
' tary matters, never to give way before
barbarians, whatever might be the dis
eirity of numbers; and lie never did.
is soldiers knew that he wsuld never
give, way; they believed in him; he in
spired them with confidence; and as a
result, going in determined to win or
die, they always won, though often ar
rayed against more than tenfold their
own number. At Meeanee Sir Charles
overcame thirty-five thousand Beloociies
with two thousand men of his own.
The following anecdote of adven
ture, which illustrates the wonderful
nerve and coolness of this distinguished
officer, both Sir Charles and his wife
were fond of relating. His wife was a
loving and lovable woman, kind and
gentle, and in every way worthy of lier
illustrious husband. The incident hap
pened in India:
Sir Charles and Lady Napier were
riding one evening, unattended, on the
summit of the Mahablesh hills. The
sun had just set, the pathway was nar-
I row, bordered on one side by jungle,
I and on the Other by a d-fip nnvlpuv.
| By-end-by turning b> hi* wife rather
suddenly* but jot quletlv, ho desired
her to ride on at full speed to the near
out village and send some people back
to the SJHU where she had loft hint, and
he furthermore hade her not to a*k hint
the reason why he sent her. She obeyed
in silence—wonderful quality In woman
.—but then she knew her huahaud. Yet
tt was no alight trial of courage, a> well
as of her ohedlenee, for the way was
lonely and is-set with many poaslhle
perils; but she rode Uddly and rapidly
forward, and gained a village a few
miles distant in safety.
The parly whom she then despatohed
and accompanied, met Sir Charles, how
ewer, about a mile from the place, fol
low tug In his lady 'a track, and tie then
cxpluiued the reason of hU strange ami
unquestionable demand.
lie had seen, AS they slovvh walked
their horses, flrst A pair of Aery eye*
gleam at them from the jungle, and
then the head of a full-grown tiger. He
was sure. If thev both rode on, that the
terrible boast, following tiie instinct of
its nature, would give chase, and lie
fan rod If lardy Napier knew the dread
ful |M-rll at hand, that site might Is- o
•Urtled as to ho unable to make an ef
fort at escapo,or at toast, that -he would
uot consent to his own judicious plan,
and leave him alone with the danger.
So he tested her oltudlcuce, a> we have
seen, iitivstdiillv. He remained him
self, with only his hostler-pistol*, con
fronting and controlling the monster
with the steady, unflinching glance ot
his eagle eye, and after a short gaae and
a muttering growl, the tiger turned
hark Into the jungle, leaving lilui free
to follow his wife.
Inrttleul of Llbb) I'l-ISOM.
While IMckett's division was before
New-hern, tJen. I'iekett recelv<*l, b> flag
ot truce, a letter from a gentleman tu
Boston, accompanied hv a package of
money containing $2,000. in which the
writer slated that lie had a brother, a
federal officer in the Libby prison; that
his brother was a former comrade ot
llekett In the Mexican war, and ap
pealed to hiiu by the friendship of their
old days to forward Uie money to hi
brother. The appeal touched tiie gen
erous heart of the brave soldier, and tie
at onee dispatched an orderly with the
money to the officer. I'he orderly,
templed by the unusual tight of sotnuch
greenbacks, ba-rly de-crtcd to Uie lines
and escaped with the booty. As soon
as l'ickctt hcanl of tiie dosertlon he ini
mesliately went to Kiclunoml, and, by
■uortgage u|>oii his Turkey Island prop
erty, succeeded In burrow ing $2,000
which he carried to the prisoner with
an apology for the delay. The officer,
when he learned by what means the
general had raised the money, declined
to accept one dollar of it; but with Uial
nice sense of honor w hichdistinguished
the true Southern geuilem.iii. lien. Pic
kett compelled hitu to do so The two
soldiers then talked over the brave old
days of the j>at, when together they
fought under the same flag, ami a the
conversation ripened into a friendly
confidence, the prisoner frankly tolil
the general tiiat his object was to esca|*>,
if possible, and that he intended using
some of the money he had paid him in
the effort. The general checked him at
ouoe by telllug him tiiat be could not
receive his coutldence In such a matter.
That the money was his own. and that
he had a right to do as he pleased, but
it would be improper for him to become
a jcarty to his plans. He then left. The
prisoner did escape. The war ended
disastrously to the South, and lien.
Pickett's estate was sold to satisfy the
mortgage which lie had executed to pay
a Federal prisoner iu his hands tbe mo
ny which had been stolen from him by
the connivance of an euemy.
Charles X. and Antony lugger.
In the sixteenth century, Charles V.
ttia.lc a considerable loan of Anthony
Fugger, at Augsburg, before entering
upon his uot very successful campaign
against the Algerian*. When the
mighty emperor passed through Augs
burg after the unsatisfactory issue of
that campaign iu 1541, Antony Fugger
received and entertained him superbly
iu hi* mansion there. The vast talon is
still shown in the picturesque and fa
l tnous old iun of the Ihri M-'hren, into
which the splendid financier ushered
his imperial guest. In the huge tire
place a pile of faggots of costly eastern-
Wood had been built upon two enor
mous andirons of massive silver, and
the banker kneeling on one knee liefore
i t'jesar, asked the imperial pleasure as
to lighting up the pile. The day wx*
chilly, the hall was immense, and Cae
sar graciously admitted that a blaze
would be agreeable to him. I'|K)H this
Fugger drew from the mysterious rc
j cesses of tbe multifarious garments then
! worn by people of importance, a roll of
paper*, being neither more nor les* than
the im[>erlal bonds for the African loan
before mentioned, thrust one end of the
roll into the flame of a wax candle,
lighted tbe sandal-wood, and tossed the
bonds into the cracking blaze. The
courtiers stood aghast with admiration
at such uuheard of magnificence, feebly
parodied in our own time* by the elder
Baron Kothchild, when he lighted a
thousand-franc note and held Tt near
the floor to help a parsimonious French
I>ake pick up a loui* which had rolled
under the whist table. The Einperor
Charles, who combined in himself a rich
vein of 3|>ani*h humor with his strong
Flemish good sense, rewarded the lav
ish financier on thes|iot by making him
a count of the holy Roman empire, but
added, with a tw inkle of his cool gray
eyes, the decree that the Fuggers should
bear forever in t heir eocti tch son a hand
some pair of "asses' ears."
An 0111-Fa*bior<l RanliiriA
Shoe making is of great antiquity. The '
instrument tor cleaning hides, the shoe
maker's bristle added to the yarn and
his knife, were, as early as the twelfth
century. He was accustomed to liawk !
his goods, and it is conjectured that 1
tliere was a separate trade for annexing
the soles. The Bomans, in classical
times, wore cork soles in their shoes, to
secure the feet from water, especially I
in winter, and as high heels were not '
introduced, the Koman ladies who
wished to anpoar taller put plenty ot j
cork under fttetn. The streets of Koine,
in the time of Homilian, were blocked
up by cobbler's stalls, which he there- :
fore caused to be removed. In the mid- |
die ages shoes were cleaned by washing 1
with a sponge, and oil, soap and grease
were the substitutes for blacking. Buc
kles were worn in shoes in the four
teenth century. In an Irish abbey a
human skeleton was found with marks
of buckles on the shoes, in England
they became fashionable many years
before the reign of Queen Mary; the
laboring people wore them of copper,
other persons had them of silver or cop
per gilt; not long after, shoe-roses came
in. Buckles revived liefore the revolu
tion in 1789, and finally became extinct
before the close of the eighteenth cen
tury.
An Irish Jury.
Here is a description of the proceed
ings of an Irish jury which may possi
bly throw some light ou those of other
juries. A young man was ou trial at
the quarter sessions at Tralee for em
bezzlement. The jury acquitted him,
"believing he had committed a mistake.'
The chairman asked for an explanation.
"We believe," said the foreman, "it
was all a mistake of the poor man, your
worship." "But," rejoined the chair
man, "the case was fully proved, gen
tlemen." 'lt was." remarked one of
the jurors, "his flrstofTense of the kind,
your worship." "Wedid not like to be
hard upon the poor fellow," added
another juror. "But," replied the
chairman, "that will not do for the ad
ministration of justice." "Oh, sir,"
exclaimed a third juror, "do let the
poor fellow go now." Of course, under
these circumstances, the further deten
tion of the prisoner was impossible, and
so the "jioor fellow" was accordingly
"let go."
Example.
Pause before you follow example. A
mule laden with salt, and an ass laden
with wool, went over a brook together.
By chance the mule's pack became wet
ted, the salt melted, and his burden be
came lighter. After they had passed,
the mule told his good fortune to the
ass, who, thinking to speed as well, wet
ted his pack at the next water; but bis
load became the heavier, and lie broke
down under it. That which helps one
person may hinder another.
AMEirt irtiiuu
. MAKIMI MAY ASRSI IATTV The stu
dent of agrloiiltural statistics cannot
. fail to notice changes in any given lo
cality in the amount and variety of Its
agricultural productions. ('hystcal
cauaes embracing modifications of
climate, exhaustion of the soil by In
cessant cropping. Insect depredations,
A c. —bs\e something to do with this re
sult. Kallroad communication everts
a marked Influence on the agriculture
of any region, stimulating to the In
creased prod net lon of standard crtqw,
and giving rise to the Introduction of
I new crops. Otsego Co., N. Y., which
has enjoyed railroad facilities but a few
j cars, is already shipping to the Fast
! eru market considerable quantities of
hay, |H>tatiM<s, apples, and other gra--
articles, hitherto apaiiugly produced
and oHiMituel at home. Some of our
enterprising farmers are discussing the
; expediency of attandoulng the manufac
ture of hutter and cheese the leading
interrst in this section —and making
the production of hay a sjwH'lultv.
Tills w lil pay better a* price* now rule
than dairying, ami less help will la' re
quired II|HMI the form. The onli pro
blem to lie sol veil Is the possibility of
sustaining the fertility of the ->oll with
out the aid of iiarn-yard inauurea, (I)
tt is with us a question, practically un
settled, how far the aftermath if left
upon the ground w ill keep the soil in
good condition, and supply it with
plant baal. it the aftermath Is not
sufficient, what outl.iv tor artitleial ma
nures w ill renair the waste* (3 for
aging U|KUI mown lands in Spring
or Fall is highly injurious, but is prac
ticed from necessity in dairying re
gions where large nuuitiers of cattle are
' Wept. I'lic meadow - under ibis system
-<HIII "run out," ami need to lie plowed
and re-ceded. In some of the Kastern
portion- ot till- State enlire tartus are
kept in tbe production of grass for bay
without any appreciable diiuluiitloti In
yield or appuretit lm|K>vcri-hmrnt of
the soil. ,t I'lie e\|M'rilnelil of mak
ing iiay the leading crop w ill soon tie
tried here, and, 1 doubt not, uuvrsi
fully.
I believe the grow iug lacilities for
comiiiunicatioii witii the great markets
ot the M-al-ord w ill revotuliouice the
s\ .-.tciu of agriculture in New York and
the New Kuglaiid .states iu the uot dis
tant future. The Important staples of
butter aud cheese will be produced
many hundred miles west where now
grain and cattle are the staple, and
the*.- in turn w ill lie produced in the
Mill more remote West.— t M. In#ill*
Ottfj/o Co., .V. T.
FAIUNO TO CAHH —The failure o(
timothy seed U \cry often due tuau iin
(•overlshod condition of the soil. All
plants after germination are nourished
tor a short time by the seeds from
which tliey germinated ; and the smaller
the (| so mueh the sootier I* this
source of supply exhausted, and the
plant forced to draw on the soil for
its nourishment. It follows, then that
If the soli is sutllcieut in nourishment
tor young plants, they will (>eri*h from
mere starvation. In a ease like this, a
libera! application of barnyard manure
on the surface of the soil before seed
ing, is the only tiling that w ill insure a
good catch ot any variety of grus seed.
Another anil very frequent cause of the
uncertain seeding of gra* Is drouth.
We have w hat we CUI good seasons
and poor seasons for seeding to grass,
which un-ans that in one season a suc
ccssiou of warm refreshing shower*
after seed time, insure* a g***l catch of
grass with onlinary seed, and on the
poorest soil; or that a period of dry
weather after seed time, reduces the
seed (>ed to the condition of au ash
heap. The carele-s, thriftless farmer
Is more apt to experience these had
seasons than the good farmer. The
remedy for drouth is always a |art of
the good farmer's plan of operations.
Good thorough cultivation before seed
ing. and rolling immediately after will
enable soil to withstand drouth and re
tain moisture to a great degree. Sow
grass seed as early as p-s*ihle in spring
with some grain crop to shade it. and 1
think no trouble will be experienced
from drouth.—Or. ('"untry (ntletnan.
LH>\'R I'SK TIIK HATCHN OK SAW .
Of all the blunders, says the (iartlenrr's
Monthly, that the common farmer and
some others make with trees, none is so
common or so hurtful, and which be is
so long finding out, and of which he
might know so certainly, a* ttie prar
tice of the cutting of lower limbs. AII
over the country nothing is more com
mon than to see mutilated ire*s on al
most every farm. Big limbs cut off
near the body of the tree, and of course
rotting to the heart. This is a heart
sin against nature. The very limbs
necessary to protect the tree against
wind and sun, ami just where the
limbs are needed most, they are cut
awuv. But the greatest injury is the
rotting that always take* place when a
big liuib is sawed off too big to heal
over it must rot, and tieing on tha body
the rotting g>e- to the heart and hurl*
the w hole ti>e. It is count on all over
the country u> s*e large orchards muti
lated in this way. W O often see hole
ill the tree* where big limbs have been
cut away, where squirrels and even
raccoons could craw 1 in. I'erlia|>s the
on I v reason these tri miners would give
is tiiat the lower lliiili* were easiest got
at, and some would say they wanted to
raise a crop under the tree.
I'KKSKRVINU MINI nr..—The Boston
Journal of Chemistry states that the
sources of ioes iu the storage are two:
First, the escape of volatile ammonia
and other gases; and, second!)', the
loss of valuable salts bv leaching. The
first difficulty may be obviated by cov
ering the dropping* with eight or ten
inches of good soil or loam, which will
absorb all escaping gases. A bu*hel or
so of plaster may lie advantageou*lv
scattered over the heap before the soil
is thrown on. The whole mass should
be perfectly covered, leaving no "chim
ney" for gaseous exudation. The dan
ger of leaching may lie avoided by cov
ering the heap w Ith bay or straw suffi
ciently thick to shed off the rain. If
kept in Uil* way a sufficient time the
manure will undergo a S|Mintaneous de
composition, the product* of which
w ill be ready for immediate assimila
tion by plants. The usual process in
vogue among farmers is carting manure
to the fields in the autumn, where it
wastes, iu the way shown above, some
of its most valuable constituents.
MAXIM* rou FAKMKHS. —It is worth
while for all farmer* everywhere to re
member that thorough culture Is lietter
than three mortgage* ou their farm.
That an offensive war against weeds
i* five times less expensive than a de
fensive one.
That good fence* always pay lietter
than lawsuits with neighbors.
That hay is a great deal cheaper made
in summer than purchased in winter.
That move stock perish from famine
than founder.
That a horse who lay* his ears hack,
and looks lightning when anyone ap
proaches him. is vicious, lrou't buy
iiini.
That scrimping the feed of fattening
hog* in waste of grain.
That overfed liens won't lay egg*.
That educating children properly 1*
money lent at 100 per cent.
That one evening spent at home iu
study is more profitable than ten loung
ing about country taverns.
O.V THK CL LTFRE OK CABIIAOK. —The
question is of frequent occurrence—
why cannot private families have head
cabbage us early as the market gar
dener'' Simply lieeause of the ini|>er
fect culture and insufficient manuring.
The market gardener feeds his cabbage
crop without stint, and with the rank
est food; frequently ploughs in the ma
nure in the autumn, turns it up in the
spring, ami thoroughly iticoriterates it
with the soli—plants early, cultivates
deeply, not simply tickling the surface
with the hand Ins*, but uses the plough
and the iiorse hoe; thai cannot always
is- done in the comparatively small
family garden, but the spade can be
used, and that is the next best thing.
Use it freely, dig deeply, ami the re
sult will surprise those who have here
tofore relied upon the hoe alone.—
Landreth' lleg.
AKF. farmers aware that half a cup of
kerosene turned down the throat of
their hogs will save them from the hog
diphtheria ?
—llerr Waehtel is said to have
cleared $40,000 by his late o|ieratic en
gagements in this country, while his
manager, Mr. Neuendorf, lost $15,000.
srituirir,
I <lnne*e Rtyrr Hit< ii. \ ChitU'se
scientist lias estahlislieil at Shanghai a
scientitle InlMiratory, w hieli w ill strong
l\ tecal I lie famous workshop of linger
Bacon. With an extraordinary energy,
ill the |H>nseastoii of which he seems to
dtiler greatly from the geucialitv ot
Ins compatriots, this w ie Celestial, at
ter pnrcliasiiig the apiutratna merely,
Inia taught himself photogtaphy, lie
lias 11 k wise studied medicine with a
Kurnpcan doctor, and iuveiiteil a new,
and it In said IMI efficacious, antidote
fot the opium haidl. In hia Inlmrutorv
are elect tic 1M lis. a pi luting press, and
a huge variety ot ingenious philoso
phical apparatus, mainly ot Ins own
device and construction. The principal
object ot his investigations, however,
is to tiud away of printing Chinese
hooks in muvabm type. With tin aid
ot the machinery at the I'reshytertan
mission, lie lias already begun the
mauufactuio of the matrices or molds
tor the type, an immense undettaking
when It Is coiisideled that, tol each
single sort or variety ot character, no
less than d/sil matrices are required.
Moreover, theieare uvet 'AM*" I Chinese
character*. Kach matrix taut IM- cut
troiu wood and el etioty ped. it will
require, it ts said tout teen years' woik
ot the mission machinery to make vH,
000 diileirnt cliaiactera. in the stv
years in wliieii this IM-iicfaclor ot tils
race lias Iwoii at work, lie has pimiucerl
"1.0110 matrtecs ot little characters ami
li.ikMi of target ones. \\ ith what he has
alreadv ot small type, he has piloted a
llltie volume. lie does hot t'lM'i t to
live long enough to complete Ins tin
meiisc task, ami therefore is educating
Ills children to the proper degree ot
skill in order tfiat they may continue
t he uudei taking.
The Sfitmhiiieiius I 'omhuntion itfl 'mil.—
I'he fiVl He ImluttrtelU nay a that, out ot
all tbe nilifin laden with cargoes i t coal
exceeding "ssi tons, which sailed from
Ftiglnml tor legions Mouth ot the equa
tor during the timt nine month* ot t*?3,
ami during tin Miimlai |MIIK1IU l-.'l.
were destroyed hv spontaneous com
bust tou of the coal in tlie th*t year,
and sl> in the second. These figures
indicate $ per cent of all the vessels in
one case and 4 |M r cent in the other.
It Appears that the casualties are not
imputable to any one da** of coal, hut
to all ctasnen without distinction, Tbe
theory which attribute# spontaneous
combustion to the presence ot pyrites,
in the coal may exulaiu, up to a cer
tain limit, tiie increasing uumlK-r of
accidents; because, before the aug
mented demand of late years elm led,
it was customary tr tree the coal more
carefully from this impurity than it is
at DIMS ut done. On the other hand,
Kiel!ter ban shown that, for various
coals ex|M-rimc!ited upon, those which
contained the most pyrites were not
the most excised to spontaneous com
bustion. According to huu, air is rap
idly absorbed by the coal, and ttie oxy
gen if the air tireri combines with llic
orgamc compoiicut* to produce car
IMIIIIC aatd with a development ot heat.
According to all probabilities,however,
the heat which determined the sponta
neous combustion is due both to flu
oridation ot tiie iron and to tiiat of the
cart>oui/.<<d matters. 1 bis, con lined in
badly veutiiated holds, speedily readi
es a tcmiH-tature sufficiently high to
produce combustion.
Solar h'nettrcke*. — A more careful
fxamiuutlou of the surface of the sun
ha* led MIIIIC ol the most eminent
aetioiiomcrH to the conclusion that *aid
surface, even near the centre where
neither facuta- nor spot* are visible, is
not absolutely uniform, but is made up
of fleecy cloud*, whose outlines ate all
but inextinguishable, and that, under
more uatustakiug scrutiny, with tiie
most powerful Uisliuun-ut* now avail
able tor tiie purpose, numerous faint
dot* on the white ground are OIMM-IV
able, prvwlueiug the impression of a
moss-like structure in tlic rlouils.
With high magnifying fiowers, used
in favorable moments, the surface of
any one of these fleecy patches is re
solved into a congeries of small, in
tensely bright liodio*, trregtilarlv dis
tributed, W Llch seem to be *u*LM-tldod
in a comparatively dark medium, and
whose definite tie** of size aud outline,
although not absolute, is yet striking
bv contrast with the vagueness of the
cloud form, which vagueness is ix-r
--ceived to tie due to their aggregation.
The dots referred to are considerable
openings, caused by the absence of the
white nodules at certain points, and
the consequent exposure ot the gray
medium w Inch forms a hn.kgi. uinl.
Itiese dots or ofieiiiugs have l>eeu
called (Mires. I'he diameter ot the most
conspicuous varies from two to four
seconds. I'he bright nodules are neith
er uniform in shape nor in brightness.
The outline is lin gular, but, on the
whole, effect* nu oval or elongated
contour. They are called nee grains,
or granule*, and from them cornea Lpr
tar the latgest portion of the sun •
light ; aud their urea is such that the
properly luminous an a of the sun is
less than one-fifth of the solar surface.
Cin tiers. — It would appear that the
effort* of utilizing cinder* tor building
purpose* have not realized the results
until united, and attempt* to hum them
have proved unsuccessful, ou account
of the melting sing which chokes the
draft in a short time. Its* ems, from
these attempts, that when condensed
air is passed over glow ing cinders m a
furnace, (lie carbonic oxide formed af
fords a flume several feet long, suitable
for heatiug boilers, Ac., and the expe
riment*. so tar a* they go, indicate a
heating power in the cinders —from
which tbe larger pieces of slag have
situplv been separated bv hand —equal
to thai ot halt their weight of coal. A
convenient method of m parating the
slag seems to lie (he gi eat desideratum,
in order that the cinders may lie rend
ered porhtahly serviceable. Washing
tbe cinders require* too much room for
drying, aud even tlien will be found to
retain considerable moisture. A cur
rent of air in some mode, would proba
bly effect the object in view.
Artificial flutter m Copenhagen.—lt
•eeius that our friends in Northern Eu
rope are not to be outdone in the but
ter market by tbe French nor ourselves;
and one of tlieui, named Diduiichaen,
has devised a new method of making
suet butter, which differs in some of
it* details Iroui that employed in tins
city some two years since. I'he suet is
lirst washed in cold water, and cut uii
in tine pieces, then it is placed in wood
en vessels and melted by aid o! steam
heat. lM>ut 1 pet cent of soda, dis
solved in some water, is udih-d to the
melted fat, which is cooked fqr a few
hours. Fiesb soda is added, and the
boiling repeated, after which the nutss
is washed with iMiiling water and
pressed through flannel. I'o this mass,
while still warm, but not above 140
deg. Fall., J per cent of olive oil is ad
ded, and V or 4 per cent of sour milk,
and the whole is then churned.
The Lighting of Jjondon. —The streets
tif London Imvr an aggregate length
of 2,500 miles, lequiriug uliout 5,000
mile* of gas main*, ami upward* ot
54,000 public lump*, winch consume
something like 1 ,000.1 HPO,(**l cubic feet
ot gas n year, or about 8,000,000 a day.
'l'hc irax supply of the entire metropolis
is about 14,000,000 cubic feet a year, or
88,300,000 cubic feet a day, requiring
for ita production the coking nt 1,000,-
000 tou* of Newcastle coal. The cost
of the coal is reported to lie $m,?50,000.
The value ol the ri'Slilnu) products,
such as coke, breeze, tar. and ammonia
liquor is, as much as j>>:i,.V)u.obo. The
gas rental of the city is $ 15,000,000, of
which $1,250,000 goes for street lamp*.
The Secret of fcilurating Fleas. —The
editor of IAI Mature lias been mvestiga
tilig llefts. with a view ot discoy entig
where, in those aggravating insects,
resides the capability of In-ing educa
ted. ills conclusion is radical; lie say*
they cannot bo educated, and that all
the tricks HO ingeniously exhibited by
self styled trainers are ntwli caused
by the natural ellorts of tlie insect to
escape. Any one can make tiieni draw
minute wagons or go through similar
performances, if care tie taken to se
cure them to their work so that they
cannot jump. It seems to us, however,
that it must require considerable skill
and ingenuity to hold the lively crea
tures while the securing operation is in
progress.
Falitnj tints. —An Lnglish contempo
rary suggests that the health of sailois
ami the comfort of lite on board ship
would lie promoted if the practice were
introduced of eating the rats which
swarm iu most ships. There is really
uo reason why rats should not be eaten
as well as rabbits and squirrels. They
are clean feeders, and extremely par
ticular as to keeping tlieir bodies free
from dirt. Hats which have existed in
the hold of a grain-carrying ship might
be a toothsome delicacy.
IHIXKNTIt .
t'IUITM) Not U few tlieil
have rliM|>|H<il nr rrickwl baud*, llmm-
I'riu'ki appearing on nil parts of tin l
Imiiilk, Inconvenient, hot ami irouhle
>•01110. 1V people liavo any lilon of the
onl lno or causes, ami simply regard li nn
accidental, or not no still, providential
Now llirro In no aooliloul In lid* matter,
imtliliiK bevotid control, If wo will but
pay tlio printof exemption. The cause*
may not Im> tho name In nil canon,
tien.-rally It wllll>e found that tho
victim* aro carelm* nlmui lilii|{ tln<
haiidn.aoMoiu wiping thoin dry and exjsi
slug thoin unnecessarily In tlio cold air.
A tittle caro, byway of drying thoin Im
lore going out, might nava much trou
ble and suffering. Again, tho froo use
of #i>uj> causes at leant a pall of thin
cracking and serenes*. 'I lie aoap de
aim) " too natural oil of the skill, v* hlch,
ot course, becomes dry and hard and
then crack*, an a natural consequence.
If, alter the necessary une of noun, ur
the action of lime on the nklu, a litllo
vinegar nhould bo applied, dentroylli*
tho alkali, a part, at leant, of the result
mould la< avoided. Ililt, alter the rr
woval of thl* oil, and after the 11*0 of
the vinegar or some other acid, a little
oily niitwtaiice, a* glycerine, aweel oil,
etc., nhould lie applied, rcntorlug the
—* n uonn of the nklu, thin cracking would
be reduced.
Still again, the free iim- of salt ban
much to do with thin condition, pro
ducing an Inflammatory action nearly
allied to the *<ilf lAftn*. Rut shall we
cat 110 salt? I hut Is not demanded, and
yet it is believed that 1110*1 person* use
tar mora thuit nature require* for health.
A moderate u> of it w ill not produce
this cracking uf the hand* or an un
natural thirst, as excess manifestly
does, at leant in most If not in all cases.
|*i sen Jat.t.v.—Take two calves' feet,
chop them Into convenient pieces and
put them In a saucepan with rather
more than two quart* of water, set the
saucepan on the tire; directly the wau-r
holla throw it away Slid wash tlie pieces
of feet carefully, then put them on again
with two quart* of cold water. Slid let
them IkH slowly for three hours, re
moving the scum carefully during the
process; then strain the liquor Into a
basin, ami when quite cold and set, take
off all fat and wash the top of the Jelly
with hot water no a* to get rid ot every
vestige of fat. I'ut the jelly ill a aauce
|wn on the tire; directly III* melted add
sugar to taste, the juice and rind of a
lemon, and the whites of three egg*
whisked to u froth, th at up the mixture
till it boils. I'lace the thin rtnd of a
lemon at the hot Pun of a jelly-bag, and
l>our the mixture over it. The bag
nhould have l>ecn previously rinsed In
ladling water; ami the first balf pint of
jelly that comes through must be re
turned to the bag. If the jelly doe* not
come out quite clear, the o|N-raiioit of
straining muni be repeated; add sufll
cienl ruin to the clarified Jelly to flavor
it w ell, pour Into a mold ami place U on
Ice to set. At the lime of serving dip
the mold in hot water and turn out the
jelly.
Colin: \ iHsiMwri.M.-Numerous
experiment* with roasted coffee prove
that it la a most powerful mean*, not
only of rendering animal and vegetable
effluvia in nocuous, but of absolutely de
stroying them. A room in which meat
in an advanced state of decomposition
la tw-eli kept for some time may l>c al
most Instantly deprived of all smell by
placing an ojien coffee roaster in it con
taining some new ly roaied coffee. W r
have known of the most disagreeable
odors fruui cesspools completely removed
by the employment of a little coffee.
The true way to prepare it for tills use
is to bleak the berries into tine particle*
In a mortar and roast afterward on a
smooth surface until it assumes a dark
brown tint. Then sprinkle it into drains
or place it on a plate in rooms it is tie
sired to disinfect. Coffee, acids or oil
act more readily in minute quantities.
Win m St'ccoTaaa. —This may lie
made with I.iuias, horticultural*, garden
beau* or w hlte lit Id bean*. 'i"he latter
are seldom used for succotash, but they
make it very nicely. The method of
proceeding in each case 1- the same.
lloU the ix-an- without soaking until
three-fourths done. In the meantime,
put an equal amount (dry) of dried
sweet corn with three part* water, and
let it steep on the stove for two hour*
without boiling, then add to it the
beans, and let them cook together gently
until the tieans are done. Nerte warm,
and do not break the beans.
A WI.MAX who raised it large family
recommend* hou*ki*|ifni t take a g**l
quality of unbleached cotton. run tip the
breadth* for top and lining of quilt, and
then eolor it with any eheap domestic
dye, Mich a* JnjHmlra, annatto, white
ouk hark, or any such thing. (Jullt
theui coarsely, and put uioro rMten
lulling In than would he needed for
ordinary lied quilts, 'l'hey will war
ye.tr* longer than ordinary new calico,
and are especially to be desired in large
families of boy*. If dealrttd, out-ide
spread* may be made of uiore fauciful
material!.
KipNtrs WUII MSIXAKOXI. —Cook two
Otiucea of niarearoiil broken Into con
venient piece*, ill trolling w aler; tkin
two or three mutton kidneys, remove
tlie fat, and cut tlieni into thin slice*;
season with salt, cayenne, and finely
minced herbs; fry thein on liolb titles
in butter; tben itew thou: iti half a pint
of gravy, well flavored with fresh or
canned tomatoes; dish with a layer of
the niaccaroni over thein, the gravy
jtoured over; add pepper, salt, ami tome
grated cheese; brown with salamaiitier.
Ax Exiiusa BRXW OF Com ROAST
BEEF. Cut the meat in small and
rather thin slices, season them liighly
with sail ami pepper, and dip each
lightly in hread-crunihs moistened In
gravy or melted butter. I're** them
neatly on n dl-h, ami lay over them a
thin layer of cut pickles, ami moisten
ihe whole with a glassful of piekle
vinegar and the preserved gravy of the
roa-t tieef; heat in a Dutch oven, and
garnish with fried sippets or potato
balls.
ROAST TI MKY. — Pluck, singe, draw,
vripe thoroughly, ami truss a line turkey,
stuff it, pack it up in some thin slice* of
fat bacon, and over that a sheet of
buttered pajMT, roust before a clear fire,
basting frequently with butter. A
quarter of an hour before It Is done re
move the patter, and slice* of haeon.
Sprinkle w |th salt Just before serving,
tiarnish with pork sausages, and serve
with a tureen of gravy. Time of roast
ing two to three hours, according to
sine,
DoroiiNi'T*. —One coffees-cup pulver
ised sugar, lour eggs, tw o small densert
*|HK)iifuls uielted butter, two cups sweet
milk, six tJ-HsjxionfuW baking powder
that has been mixed with the flour.
Uae flour enough to roll them, taking
care not to make them atllf, as they whui
Itecoinc dry and hard. Cut with a bis
cuit cutter; then cut from the middle
with a smaller cutler, leaving a ring of
the dough. Flavor with nutmeg or
cinnamon. If liked. Fry in hot lard,
turning frequently.
OYSTF.II SAUCE. —ParIH.iI the oysters
in tiieir own liquor, bread them, and
reseyve all the liquor. Melt a piece of
butter in a saucepan, add a little flour,
the oyster ibtuor, ami enough milk to
make as much sam e as Is wanted. Put
in a blade of mace and a hay leaf tied
together, |M-ppcr and salt to taate, and
the least hit of cayenne. Jad.the same
boil, add the oysters, and as soon as they
are quite hot remove the mace and bay
leaf, stjr in a few drop- of lemon juice
and serve.
('IIAHLOTTK RI'SSF —(St•pK|oR.)—' ONE
quart rich, sweet cream, four eggs, half
package Coxe's gelatine, quarter of a
pound powdered sugar. Keut yolks ami
sugar together. Add whites beaten
stiff. Whip th ••cream light and smooth;
flavor with vanilla- Stir ail together,
and strain in the gelatine thoroughly
dissolved. Serve fii glass djshj orna
ment with lady-lingers or macaroons,
or ]K>ur into a dish lined with sponge
cake.
J low TO rKKVENT Juice from running
out of the pie while baking.—When the
pie is prepared and ready for the oven,
take a strip of white cloth about tin inch
and a half wide, dip it in cold water,
and place it like a binding around the
edge of the paste and the outside of the
plate, letting the two ends of the cloth
overlap an inch. Remove the cloth
when the pie is taken from the oven.
■uaoaotm.
lit Wot uia'i Koiun lint.- lie was
aw on.lor fully practical man, nay* lite
/tinfiniy AVinn, ami she wan marvellously
poetical. To hor life had lieon a dream
edged with gold and filled In with the
lovclient of roseate hues, lint to him
hal ap|M<ard everything lit the hoine
npuu garb of every day life, lie I* a
country merchant, and buys his good*
In New York. Ill* partner alw ay* went
to the city oil Inialitena connected with
the gitn-cry, bill the partner wan re
centl.y taken 111, and our extremely
I practical frbutd wan obliged logo. It
wan Ida first visit to the great city, ami
tie wa*to be gone three nays. It wan a
momentous event to his l<url|w it-. |t<>
the la'st she could her ml ml w>a* Iron
i bled willi forelMMtingn. It I* difficult to
| tell Junt exactly bow he felt, but while
It win* evident he realised the itu|K>r
lance of the tttep he wan a!*out to take,
ntlll he never lost lght of the fact that
a mighty ren|Miii*ihlTity wan renting on
bin shoulders, and that all private emo
tion mimt tie subserved to public In
tel em*. Ills carjiet bag wan packed,
and lit* baud 011 the dool to pann out of
the house, when she hade htm good-bye
She nut tioth arms alniut hi* ueck.
■•John," she nobbed, "you sre going
aw ay."
Thin wan no palpable that It would
have tiecu madness (o attempt a denial,
o he merely observed:
"book out for tuy collar, Marls."
"You will think of yuur wife while
you are gone?" she wlii*|cred, huskily.
lie wa* s trifle nervous under the
prendre uf her arm* upon bis collar;
but be spoke reassuringly :
"1 will bear it in mind, my dear."
" You w ill think of rue an mounting
yuur absence and auxtously awaiting
your return 1"' she murmured.
"You can trust ute to attend to it,"
he replied, with as much firmness as if
It had been a request for six barrel* of
mackerel.
"And you'll be very careful of your
self for my sake ?" she suggested, ill a
broken voice.
"1 will see it attended to, uiy dear,
but tt It almost time foi the train," and
he gravely sought to remove her arm*
from his neck.
"John, John!" she convulsively
cried, "don't forget me, don't forget
me!"
"Maria," he said, with a tinge of re
proach in his tone, "I have made a
memorandum to that effect."
And then she let hitu go—still tear
ful, hut confident "It Would be attended
to."
ll*i> Site "tioj tiaiTt"—lt wan mid
night. Tlie young man had fare welled
himself out, and Kuielllir had locked
the door and was uulyiug her shoes
when her mother came duw u stairs with
a bed quilt around tier aiul said:
"Wanted to creep upstairs without
my bearing vou, eh? Didn't think I
knew it wan an hour after midnight,
did your"
The girl had no reply,and the mother
continued:
"Did he propuae this time?"
"Why mother!" exclaimed the
daughter.
"Vou can 'why mother!' all you
want to, Imt don't 1 know that he has
lieen coining here for the last year?
Dou't 1 know that you've burned up at
least four ton* of coal courting arutiud
here?"
Tlie girl got her shoes off. and the
mother stood in the stair door ami
asked:
"Erneline, have you got any grit?"
"1 goes* no."
"1 guess you haven't. 1 just wish that
s feller willi false teeth and a mole 011 |
his chili would come t|tarking me. l>o
you know what would hap|ieii, Em-I
ellue ?"
"No."
"Well, I'll tell you. Ile'd come to;
time in sixty day* or he'd get out of this !
mansion like a goat jumping for sun
flower seen*."
Kuieltne went to bed to reflect over
It.— Jhhxnl Fret Prtit.
ANKXOIUH traveller arrived atone
of those comfortable inns in the north
of Scotland, and told the landlord be
feii mi well, at which the latter cx
pre-sed his regret. "What medical
officer." said he, "have you here?"
".Medical officer, did yesatr.slrf" "1
wish to see s physician." "Whiten
kind o'man is tieh" "Confound it! i
want some medicine." "W'w-1, sir,
we've only tws medicines In this jart
o" the country—tar for tiie outside o*
the sheep, and whiskey for the inside
o' tur*eive."
WAXTEO PKOOF. —An English gentle
man was -trolling out with a cockney—
a genuine cockney —wheu thev fiually
approached a tueadow In which was
standing a glorious crop of hay. The
cockney gazed at it wouderlugiy. It
wasn't grass, it wasn't wheat, it wasn't
turnip torn. "Vy, caterer doe* you call
this stuff?" said he to his companion.
"That, why hay to IK- sure," was the
reply. "Hay!" exclaims*! he, "come,
that'* cutting it a little too thick. If
that's hay just show iue the hay-corns
—come now."
Tint EFFECT OF Mtoxtxq.—"Mary,"
-aid an old Cumberland father to hi*
daughter, when she once asked him to
buy her a new dreaa, "wbv dost thou
always tease me about such thing* when
1 am quietly smoking my pij? '—"Be
cause ye are always best tempered then,
fey ther," was tne reply,—"l believe,
la**, thou'rt reel," said the farmer;
"for w hen 1 was a lad. I rememt>er my
poor fey titer was the same; after he
had smoked a pipe or twee, he had £i'en
Ids head away if it had been loose! •
. A Narrow Escape. —A tramp, after
the daughter of a New Loudon gentle
man, had given him some food the
other day asked her for some money,
adding that the gilt of a little money
would -ave him "from something aw
ful." This was a cJincher which lu
duced the young lady to Itirnlsh him
with a little legal tender. Then she
j asked him what the awful thing was
from which her IH>eraUty had saved
him. Ilereuiied: "From hunting up
work t"
"Will. It please the gentleman to buy
this* canary?" said a Highland hoy.
newly iinjtorted Into (Hasp.w, hut as
sharp a* the North wind, w bile attempt
ing -onie time ago to sell a canary to an
English gentleman. "I* It ahe one?"
"<>u, sir." hesitatingly replied young
Donald, who was at a loss to know
which of the sexes the (pent letnan would
prefer: "(hi, sir; she's a kind of a he,
and she's no very he either."
As AX illustration of how busy every
one Is now in Washington, Mis* Grundy
tells of n lady who recently went into
of the largest dry GIMWIS emporiums and
asked for glove*. "I want," she said,
"a pair of white ki<|*and a pajr of black
kids, and 1 w ant them quick. lam
foing to a wedding at 12, a funeral at
, and a reception to-night.
"WHAT will you have?" asked a
waiter of one of the Indiana editor*, at
the dinner in Philadelphia, as he handed
hitn a hill of fare. And the Hoosier
with the high forehead leaned back In
his chair, wi|wd his forehead thought
| fully with a napkin, and ejaculated
sternly; "Gimme all!"
A Mtss of 10 or 11 years, on her way
to school, was heard saying to herself:
"A noun Is the name of any person,
place, or thing, and if any of the girls
have hooked that apple from ntv desk
I'll raise a fnss with the whole school."
"M> P K *M Mrs. Mlffkins, your darl
ing Emilia is a perfect seraph, dbe ha
yoiir eye* and her father'* hair." "Now
1 see," said the darling Emma, ''lt's
because I've got pa's hair that he has to
i wear aw ig
"IT JM.KHX'T take me long to make up
my mind, 1 can tell you!' said a con
ceited fop. "Jt'a always so where the
sloek of material to make up is small,"
quietly remarked a young lady,
A yorxo MAN was yesterday asked
why tie did not marry, when he
promptly replied: "My dear sir, I've
! been salesman in a dry goods store for
j ten years."
| •
IF TP want to llndout the utter weak
ness ov mutiny, just try to hire a dubble
tooth to stop akeiug.
Gn ACE before meat A handsome
woman at market.
A SOUTH CAKOLINIA gander talks like
a parrot.
Til* ValM ml Jewels *nil wrlMlllea
('ulterior* must lie curiously-minded
people. Due can understand a man
collecting pictures or Jewels which are
really Imaiitiful in themselves. Did
aruior and old weapons are Interesting,
and so. to a ret Lain ex tent, Is any old
relic. Hut the pasaiou fur old cliina
and old Iseik*. and other such thing*,
la Irrational and perfectly inexplicable.
The eWie>priscr/i* of Anatolic ta worth
any price almost that its fortunate
posaoaaor may choose to ask for it, Imt
tr is no tietterfor any practical purpose
than tin* second or llule edit ton of
15.V, which can tie isiught anywhere
for a tew shillings. This ie-tng so, the
only |MMudhle value of an rdi/iopriacep#
can have must lie due to the fact that
very few other collector* have it; and
the mail who buy* anything, whether
it lie a Isaik or a teacup or a Chinese
monster, simply because other people
have not got It, must have more money
than he well knows what to do with.
In a rich country, however, there
wtll always lie such people, and a pro
li-saiotial dealer and collector ran eas
ily make a fortune out of thrui. Jew
ellers, it is said, do Uii* to a very groat
extent, for people have already begun
to put artificial prices upon precious
stones with reference to then rarity
and not to their tntrtnaic beauty. A
diamond with a fly in it, if there was
such a thing, would lie ot groat inteiest
(4t the rhenuat, as settling the question
•if the circumstance* unu< 1 which the
diamond originally crystalltsod. lint,
apart fiom this, it would fetch literally
any puce as a curiosity Fashion, too,
lias a good deal to do with these
things.
Home few years ago the i'rtucesa
of Wale* took to wearing sapphires,
and a demand for aappliire fxireres
sprang up at once, happhiiea, of
course, roue enormously in value, but
they have since, we believe, fallen al
most to their old price. It is said that
the next atone likely to come into
fashion will be the jaciuUi. and that,
foraeeiiig the probability of ibta, the
leading I,xiidon jeweler* are "tusking
a corner." as Americana call It, in ja
cinths. by buying them up and putting
theui by, in the *er-ue assurance that
the money thus laying idle will ulti
mately earn its interest and a good
deal more. When the Ume rotar* at
last jacinth* will be no prettier than
Uiev are at present, but their value
will, for the time tieing. be doubted or
quadrupled.— London Etaminer.
I biirrh (aU
A church is <ll into two parties.
What onr lik- ihc Wtwr abhor*. Tiiey
feel it their duly to (tick to it. In the
devuUouai HiM-tIUK tin*)' pray at each
other'* devotional inconsistencies,
hoping that the prayer* may fp> to
heaven, but by the way of Ik-aeon Kaf
ferty '* pew, Just slopping a moment to
(five him a ►baking. It one want* the
church built on the bill, the other waul*
it down by tin- taw mill. If one waul*
the uiibi*t<-r to avoid jsdilles, tiie
other would like to have hiiu get up on
tlie aide of the puljdt and give three
cheers lor John (frown's knapsack,
which i ►aid to lie Still "►trapped to Ills
lau'k!" When Klder Hang* sit* still in
prayer, Elder Crank stand* up to show
ids conU'tnpt for such behavior. If UM
puts ten cents on the plate, the other
tlirows a dollar on the top of it, to show
111* abhorrence of such parsimony. The
w hole church cat'lies tiie uuarreiaoine
spirit, and begins to go down. One
half the choir eats up tiie other half.
The |>ew devours the puipit, and tiie
pulpit swallows the pew. The session
lake down the trustees, and the tiustee*
masticate the session. Tiie Sunday
school and Sewing Society show their
teeth, ami run out their claws, and get
their back* up, aud uit tire. And
church councils asm-mme to stop the
(juarrel. and cry "scat! scat!" to the in
famous how lers. Hut the claws go on
with their work, till there stand* the
old church by the wayside, window ies*
and forsaken—nothing more or lea*
than a monument to tiie memory of the
dead ecclesiastical cat* of Kilkenny!—
Her. T. It. Tuli*iiye.
tskaik*
The delicate crow* hairs say# Apple
to n't (yrkifxrrfin, in tiie telescope* uf
surveying instrument*, an- tine weha
takru from spiders of species that are
especially seh-cted for their production
of an excellent quality of this material.
The spider, wiien caught, is made to
spiu his thread by tossing him from
hand to hand, in rase he is itidispo-ed
to furnish the article. The end is at
tached to a piece of wire, which i*
doubled into two parallel lengths, the
distance apart exceeding a little the
diameter of the instrument. As the
spider hangs and descend* from this,
the web is wound upon it by turniDg
the wire ronnd. The roll* are then
gummed to the wire, and kept for use
as required. Ahont a century ago, iioa
of l.aiiguodoc succeeded in making a
pair ot gloves aud a pair uf stockings
from the thread of a spider. They
were very strong, and of a beautiful
gray color. Other attempts of the
same kind have been made ; but Reau
mur has stated that the web-of tiie
spider was not equal to tiiat ut the
silk worm, either in strength or lustre,
The cocoona of the latter weigh from
three to four grains, so that i.JKM
wotmt produce a twiuiid of silk; but
the (tags of the spider, w hen cleaned,
do pot weigh over the third part of a
grain.
—New York drinks $106,000,000 a
year.
Dr. Ikkr*rk'i •lanSatrd RtmsdlM
The standard remedies for all diseases
of the lungs are SCHKNCK'S PULMONIC
Stirr, SCHKXCE'S SEA Woo Toxic,
and Scnxxcx's MANORAKS Purs, and,
if taken before the lungs are destroyed,
a speedy cure I* effected.
To these three medicines Dr. J. H.
Schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his un
rivalled success In the treatment of pul
nionarv diseases.
The Pulmonic Svrup ripens the mor
bid matter in the fungs; nature throws
it oil hv an easy exjeotoration, for w hen
the phiegm or matter is ripe a alight
cough wit) throw- it off, the patient Via*
re-t and the lui.rs In-gin to heal.
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do
this, Schenck'* Mandrake Pills and
Schenck'* Sea Weed Tonic must be
freely used to cleanse the stomach and
liver. Setback's Mandrake Pills act on
the liver, removing all obstructions, re
lax the gall bladder, the bile starts
freely, hud the liver is soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Took is a gentle
stimulant and alterative; the alkali of
which it Is com|Ksed, mixes with the
food and prevents souring. It assists
ihe digestion by toning up the stomach
to a healthy condition, so that the food
and the Pulmonic Syrap will make good
blood; then the lungs heal, and the pa
tient w ill surely get well if care U taken
to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck,
either personally or by letter, can do ao
at his principal office, corner of SIXTH
and ARCH STREETS, Philadelphia, svery
Monday.
Scbenck'a medicine* are sold by all
druggists throughout the country.
PTFRT adelphia, Jan. 1, 1876.
Messrs. Setli W. Fowle A Sous:
Gentlemen Miss S. Burn*, of 17th
and Coates Streets, has long been a suf
ferer from a severe cough and hoarse
ness, which I considered chronic. She
wa* treated by some of our most emi
nent physicians, but they were only
able to afford ber temporary relief. I
prescribed Dr. W'ihtar's Uai.ham of
Wild Chkrkv, the use of four Inittles of
which entirely cured her, as it is now
four months since she took the last of
it, during which time she has had no
return of the complaint. For the good
ol suffering humanity, Ml-s Burn* has
requested me to lay the case before the
public. Yours truly,
T. I>. Medium. M. !).,
Druggist and Chemist,
S. E. cor. 7th and Wharton Streets.
i0 cents and $1 a bottle. .Sold by all
druggists. 1
(•(topics. Eruptions, Hough Skin.
The ay stem being put under the In
fluence of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery for a few weeks, the skin be
comes smooth, clear, soft and velvety,
and being illuminated with the glow ot
perfect health from within,true beauty
stands forth In all Its glory. The effects
of ail medicines which operate upon the
system through the medium of the blood
are necessarily somew hat slow, no mat
ter how good the remedy employed.
While one to three bottles clear the skin
of pimples, blotches, eruptions, yellow
B|>ots, comedones, or "grubs," a dozen
may possibly be required to cure some
cases where the system Is rotten with
< rofulou* or virulent blood |>oi*on*.
The cure of all thcae dlaoaae*, however,
from the common pimple to the worat
acrofula la, with the u*e of thl* moat
potent aij. ni, only a matter of time.
Sold hy dealer* In medicine*. 17
Good Ci.orniNO at Kramimahi-k
I'hu rm.—The well-dr*|ied man la every
where a welcome gue-t, ami a clothing
houae which enable* him to ilreaa well
at *inll <<oat la a public hle**ing. Such
an eaUhlialimcnt I* the Towkk II u. of
Meimr*. IStxvrj i ft Co., No. sln Market
Street, w here vlaltora are alw aya aure
to (Iml a large aaaortmetit of Men*',
Youth*', lloya" and Children'* < lothlng
of all grade* of good*, marked down to
ItgurM lower than tliey have imeti lor
twenty year*. They will aend -ample*
of any good* on their ahelvea by mail,
with direction* for inr-aaureinent, una
forward made-up garment* by ex pre**,
lieylng tbe expr*age | M itb waya If they
do not lit and give |ierfct sati*fa<*tlou.
All they a*k I* a fair trial. Itm tried,
they feel *alUtl< d that tlteir fair mode
of dealing w ill aectiTß you aa regular
ruiUiffluy,
C. AGENTS WANTED FOH THE
ENTENNIAL
' HISTORY the U.S.
Tt graal ini.i a (• the thrilling bi*W) ,4 mu
rmmutn t <m*ml ~lliag tnk var mn
Uaha* If rwataiM • 1U ana* of IU tjrsnd On-
Icfihia! Kfthlbilbrii
CAITIOV iad Inr.aafiM* aad Cat-iteUe
• .a*. • iwiaa rlrraWud u.i iu <.* ,w l,
r-..,naila lurrairatlagt.
taud Iw .'lhtaii •ul nm latw* a Ag.uu Ad
dtaw, M*rta*Al Ct njfmttt fa . r*iudtjAu. r.
MMT
The People's Remedy.
The Universal Pain Extractor.
Note : Adk for PO*l EXTRACT.
Take do otb'or.
•• llrai, tut I Mill •rall al ctrrllrMl
IklM*." * *
Wl l IITBACT rite ji**! rrn.Mer.i.
llMiitirr. Ilu kii la um- ow thirty
yratrw, (ltd I <t t IctiliMH ajt.l cut*,
lit* virtual **uacl tm rariM.
CMLBttl. * - an iM to ha without
r4' txln>l. Arrlirsu, drum
( mimlm., Cats, r*f.ratwa t *r reHrvol
aliwota Hun emir I.y <t tarsal a;*ii'at 'tt-
Promptly relieve. pilot or Haras loilda,
LtrarUllaas I Iwltfa, OU Hart-*,
Hals I rlam, t oroa. tit, Aimii la-
Bamal lit, miner* aertili.rr. a'ojal t, .-cdiug,
iranrai unalarttlmi*tbd head. rowMlv.
riMAUVUIIUm. It *!•*>. rata *,ala
in lit-Ti.. k .!.,((. \n<tr and |tt'-aUiC lam
tti Ua* kead. iitiara, nruru.
II liaCOItMU " lat bo-natl. AH kind. .* aU
rrrallrai la tflilrk Udira are )>**! *
jrviapll) raited. KuiMr drlaile la laMv xmt
ja-irir * tail btllr.
PILU *twd w klrrtlat-mo-: frarj'< reflr#
t.hd ready mm. H ■ **e>- liaat rr <ltl ai Uf
.vhwnaler.ti lotuf natal it* reyaUr urn.
vAiicati vuwl-Tt la Mat aaty tune rata (or
Utl* (lle'teaaitw and <-. ad Ihm.
KiMit OIKAHS.-H h*a no wjUi.l (or {n-na*.
IjeT.t <re.
tHiatal <ron any rantr. For Hue la a >n -
alar. 11 baa aa.ad lioudred. u( tatta !* aU
tatter renardna BUM |o arm* Nnlbt boa
Mar, MMnarh, lain*a, and Harwhrn*.
tSUMATISM. liBIAHU, TaMtba.be aad
lararke an- all alike rriated, and oiteai per
■aaiiet.lty rated. •
PMTIiCIABt of all Kho.il* aim an.
Willi l'.a<t . I. tira.i of 44 n> b liar. I
ttmtntait! 11 :n (i-tr|martirr. Urlni.taleeaat
ctnimeinlauua tram band redeof I'h.et at...
tuauj at whom order lilac oar la their oat
pntrurr. la additbia to ib* 1 arMdlmL liley
order IU aaa (or Haaeillaaa uf ail k inla,
t|alu.. . n*rr Thraal, ladaaa. d Taaalla,
dimple and cbnoaalr lllarrkaa, 4 alarrtk.
"Eur "habit lea.,-<<. I4.ilbli.laa, Iran
rd IVel. Kiinji* ef I nee-eta, .4>a*aiiaea.
riit bapfs d llaats faie, aaa itxl ad
nil mtkk rr of tklu <1 .twianaa.
T 1111 l IK. —Keantwroe itarrteaa. RnthHrat,
and Batanla* | ktala I ats trayliam,
a lid Platklea. II mai. iaya*o, vd re.
_r .Li.ei, a hile aroodrrtaily imjnvvta* the
11 fAl£il"" EMMtafV* Sfnffc
bivrJrr.tia Ijewrv Maa raa aßurd to hr without
It. It ta aaed by all Ua- Lmadlay livery WaW<*.
Bread italimada Mid Era* 1! ntmrit In New
VurkClty. II baanoeQualfur > (train., liar,
ana w raadd Ir I bat.a*a. Mllhras
Mrtalrbea. bat rtUa*a,( ala, Urenubias
Bleed!a*. Ptraaaali, t wltr, liarrb<rw.
t bills, I utile, etc. Ilta rat ,-e af atal n la a ita,
and lae relief si afluitta la an J.taopt Hot U la
invaluable to every Firm- v*id aa well t la
rrery Farm P.mar. i#t W uvd uoon, and
i :••.!' i : . el •!.
CAU T. St. PemdN t atrart hae hnra ImiM'ed.
The imiaia* ir** l,< • lt.e * ..nl, Ka-
Iran Mo* a la awrh tab lie. It la vemnal by
tb. *at|i ptrtaai llTlag wbo eeet knew
b.'W to |*wpar* promaii. Eetuaa all tabor
i ntanikatdVlUli Uuet. TUta w tbe only
arutda aaad by Pbyalctana, and In tbe boapilata
at Ibi* OtainCrv aad Kaioae.
HlatuEl A*D Isßb OP KXTEKT,
■a haamtilet lerm. aal (n oa aofdawiliw to
ItiM.-v k\TKA(T I'JErA.M, m Maotaa Lata..
New lurk
CORRUGATED IRON BUILDINGS
a KOOFR.
t -V- ~
p*PftaHWag'lff'"iTa m>oiw Door*. Ac.
Matter IncßriAft
fc seijj for circular*.
1-7-Ma
ff-C c tOnp' ••? > ■■ Trmt uwa. *mim
fj fZUu tritwi * Co.. Nitlul, Ma.
BROOMS! BROOMS!
. JOHN J. REIVER k 00..
OSS k nahluctaci Nlrrrl New York
Pnotij*! lw-p.it •* N. York tor Ik hat Bmm Maaa
ktara. la Hi* Lot I*4 Mala*.
Broomi from $2.00 per dozea sad upward.
Tb liM prtrat and |mlal iuwlj to W InW
unkn
At*, aa rirtir* raw Mark <4 WOOD ad WTLIiOW
WARS, aur* aa hilt Tnba, Baakata. Ml (a, Ywmaa,
ft rlagr W i< ka. Ac., t tctUM with a fall liar of A {-pi*.
Briar 4 aa! 11a; Plptw, Faarr Anapa. Taaka* Mo-
Uuaa. CaUarjr, Be |W(i treat |U I ftu par Mill.
A Ml liar of Uir (*■ qnalltj of TIN WARS.
P. ft.—W* rati ant (otMh at prtoaa that <1 not mjslra
aar tSrammtnf oa th. read (Wm bf mail will tw
cwtrr prwwtpt lUaaOt*. btaUaM IMB. .VJA lJt
ftrrr Prrww raMi( tow or atari r
NMKEP *ll r.t\ Will Had a taat aatnuat til
■wort rinllrtL plain, practical ioh-naa
INEEP Una. all atomi 111aada. Ptvtu. F—Sit.r
CMr*. Dttwaaaa. in atari. KYKRYTUINO
NHEF.r ABOI'T fHKKT, MaMtß I l pal
tala*. Ink larqad. ru : the "MlEl'
NHEEP HERD'S MAM AL" XfPaf** W*U
Hound I! art rat*,! with M An* So
NHEEP (tarinir* Prior rail H An. aaet port
patd oKANtIK Jl I'D COMPANY . Pub-
NHEEP lirtirm, SAi Ih-oadwar. N. Y. M4-II
AS tn BOA ■* , " 0 " , Raraidrw w<wta SI
OO [U &4&J ma Mi wot A Co, I'.arianJ.MaiOa.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS IN CLOTIHND.
MEN S, YOUTH?, BOYS AMD CHILDREN S—Fine, Medium, and Low
Priced, in large Assortment
PRICES NEVER AS LOW—for twenty years. Large Purchases of
Goods for Cash, at present very low prices for Woolens, have
enabled us to effect this.
SAMPLES SENT BY MAlL—for any kind of Garment, with prices
attached on printed ticket, with plain Instructions for Measure
ment.
GARMENTS ORDERED—Sent by Express, Fit and Satisfaction guar'
anteed; if not we pay Expressage both ways on goods returned,
and on return of Money to us if kept
GiVE US A TRIAL ORDER—on these terms if "unable to come to
Philadelphia.
MOT ]W Half °°.
rßlfail CLOTHING BAZAAR,
I 1 rfiißl '* * * <5lB Market Street,
* Large Street-Clock Orerhaßglag Entrance,
Half- way bet. Fifth and Sixth fltreets,
View of Tower Hall. PHILADELPHIA.
liavv Yon Wfk Itwngy
Hvo l'oti h Cnngh or Cold 7
it>v> You I'aln In Ymir llrcamt ?
Have You any Threat Dlmof?
Hare Voti (VwuutmpHon ?
PSBDB.L.O.C. YIBHARH
POffi TREE TIR CORDIAL
Arw Yon Weak and Heblllteted 7
Do Vou Huffier from In(llgetton7
!><> You ro<mtrp a Tr>tlr 1
Ilttvc Ymi No Appetite?
i>o You need Building Up ?
I>j Ytt w hh t be Mt rong aixt Healthy?
DSEDe.LQ.O. VISHAOT
PINE TBEE TiR CORDIAL.
Hold by all Dnigglml*.
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IPrtßd£alDf£<il,
Vl I'llberl M., I'tailadrl|thia.
BHOW CASEBI
BHOW CASES!
Ah *tyw*. auaw annua aad Wnwm. an aa
I Wooed Utii. oowdj sacUd Tot tlilMN*
oouirraitM. hAJu/fjilcviao. ftutk ru
Hocaa a*i> orrloO-i itsnt aa an tan
Wa*B. a*w aaA
LEWIH * BHO, All*
tatt. iMt. lata ud iarf aiaoc ail. mu*
Oi I IAP YKAii CARM. MteatA Pna fur the
■CU Ladle* Addm* t. B. Bt*TEH. Koaaaa.
Hatitrn Co., Si. t. Mt-U
Ann • •* a Ag—ti. Old aat Tnh, BWmI
\ I I IWN, k> M lattt. taw md OCTTTT
iff I I ail AdMrw* P. A VICE RAT A OU.A.
" ' f**A Hew UdMa
FURNITURE AND BEDDING!
COOPER, HALL <& CO.,
MAMJFACrriJHEUH
AND WHOLNBAUI AND ENTAIL DEAUU&B,
119 and 121 IV. SECOND STREET.,
rORMERUV TMI MOUNT VERNON MOTEUP
PHILADELPHIA.
THE LAKtihST AN'D MOST ELEGANT STOCK IN THE CITY.
TRICES AND gUALITY GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY.
FACTO BlEli KU* and THOMAS STREETS, FIANEFORD, FA.
*ii
A1 Q a day at araat. A.eel. waadad. Owtdl tad
OLtC wm (raa. TIVI A 00, *lll*lll*ll, Mala*
Ul
ItDCfEI) TO A CBSTBIXTT.
t taw aire |o Wat* at
SIOOOOO
Without nak. Stdtd for areolar at ooca. No
UnctokiM. ALIXN d CO., 19 Naaaan strw
NEW VOIUL 4-7-ly
iAciJSSFIK'tv!
*-n.ly
****** km aw, Utataa
AJkF _ m mmmrnM frawaaa bo abail
xTdi? jipatatnaa I'ma ad aa<b. El par !b
JIOEWTEtIIIIAt. FRCMtUME.
/A * .kMMllllß la ka awardad tor ihr beat
fuck *arST W oata
tad,7kF jitaea inetiaeedbraaauaia MR.
■ *."-0 I • .he beat jnaw
*nd preramm* anß ba aeaadad ly Ibe^ raaVM.
Iraoadiii-m ud tjU naiueaiamatMlaroar Ftaata
IVemiam (NeaUr. mat lad (tea kn *H
Btlaa's Hiatal rated bawd "aWUaaai ill 1JL....
"'• Ooida ta UtaTk aer and Kikbeßttaralak, eaaa
latmadMrrtpt.M iM otam vartataaaadUaatoaTPtald
e< '' i * oerST
EEttaw a liar*.a>i a 4 laaaaataaa aata' ibdflaw
WAWa IWiwrtaoitta IMnMoaTbawait.
hlhilbejaiai. mailed to alt *ni areata imlw* Mkka.
lHwblllMi'*n d "~n 11 f aialanai rewtataa
#*le-tarnp **. laaE *if aU I4r awpwi yr>tNi rwcwntly snevs^
dwwd with 1. taker daataahta aabitaawkwaiaJ
1 alurmwlwa npoa Uteir oulu*atatk apwatlMMk
B. K. BLISS A SONS,
P.O. B Na. ATI A 3d BaHayEu H.T.
KM
AP r UITINU CARD*. 10 atytaw. with ma 19
M •. a- W Aaqmuatanea It) ceota. ibilfit IE
X. _ I mita Samptaa for * rant atamp Addraaa
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