-— Poisonous Flowers. There are many plants whose leaves, flowers and seeds contain virulent poi- sons, which every one should know, so as to avoid them and keep the children from them. Buttercups possess a poisonous pro perty which disappears when the flowers are dried in hay ; no cow will feed upon them, while in blossom. So caustic are the petals, that they will sometimes in- flame the skin of tender fingers. Every child should be cautioned against eat- ing them ; indeed, it is desirable to eau- tion children about tasting the petals of any flower, or putting leaves into their mouths, except those known to be harm- less, The oleander contains a deadly poison in its leaves and flowers, and is said to be a dangerous plant for the parlor or dining room. The flower and berries of the wild briony possess a powerful purgative ; and the red berries, which attract children, have proved fatal. The seeds of the laburnum and catalpa- tree should be kept frem children | and there is a poisonous property in thelr bark, Theseeds of the yellow and of the rough podded yetches will produce nausea and severe headache, parsley has tuberous roots which have been mistaken for turnips, and produced a fatal effect an hour after they were eaten, Meadow hemlock is said to be the hemlock which Socrates drank ; it kills by its intense action upon the nerves, producing complete insensibility and palsy of the arms and legs, and isa most dangerous drug except in skilful hands, In August it is found in every field, by seashore and near mountain tops, in full bloom, and ladies and children gather its large clusters of tiny white lowers in quantities, without the least idea of their qualities. The water hemlock, resembles par- snip, and has been eaten for them with deadly effect, The water-dropwort resembles celery when not in flower, and its roots are also similar to those of the parsnip, but Fool's poisonous or cow bane, they contain a virulent poison, produe- ing convulsions which end in death ina short time. The vine-leaved water- dropwort and the common dropwort are also dangerous weeds, The bulbs of the daffodil mistaken for leeks and boiled with very effects, the whole household intensely nauseated, and the children did not recover from their effects for several days. were once in soup, disastrous making a tragical story is told of an adventure thad happened to the monks of St. Bern- ard, when the breed of their celebrated dogs was at its full perfection. No less than thirty robbers, to whom the sup- posed possession of the monastery offer- ed a rich booty, had, by degrees intro- duced themselves into the retreat, arriving in parties at intervals, and were always received in the most friend. ly manner, As soon as the whole band was assembled they threw off their con- cealment and summoned the abbot to produce the keys of the treasure. The monk was, fortunately, a man of more resolute character than usually occured in those places of seclusion, and did not lose his presence of mind. He observed to them mildly that their con- duct was unworthy and an ill-return for the hospitable attention they had re- ceived. The robbers, as may be sup- posed, where deaf to the appeal and continued their demand. ‘‘If it must be 80,”" said the superior, “as we have no means of defending ourselves, I must submit ; follow me, therefore, to the spot where our treasure is kept.” He led the way and was tumultuously attended by the eager band. He placed his hand on a door, but before he turned the key he turned back and made another appeal. He was answered with execra- tion, and no choice being left him he threw the door wide open. It was the den in which the dogs were kept; he raised his voice, to which a loud yell responded, then gave a rapid signal, and in an instant the powérful animals bounded forth upon their prey, tearing some, strangling others, and sending the few of the robbers. who escaped their attack flying for their lives head- long down the mountain in frantic ter- ror, fo be dashed to pieces over the precipices which yawned beneath their feet, Home Economies, To CLEAN VARNISHED PAINT, Boil a pound of bran in one gallon of water at least an hour, and wash the paint with the bran water, Wasn Bu Frax~xeL.—To — red or scarlet. flannel, when soiled, mix a handful of flour in a quart of cold water and boil ten minutes. Add this to some warm suds and wash the flannel gently, rinsing rather than rub- bing it, Rinse it in three or four warm waters, and the brightest scarlet will soap should be used for Woolen goods in preference to bar soap, To REMOVE PAINT ¥ROM WoOD, — Where it is necessary to remove paint entirely, this is generally done by serap- ing. Another way i8 to soften the paint passing a flat flame over a portion of the surface at a time, and it can then be very easily scraped off while hot. But another and the method most recommended, is to lay on a thick coat- ing or plaster of fresh slacked lime mixed with soda; the next day wash it off with clear water, and it will remove the paint entirely, leaving the surface clean. Wiex 10 Arriuy Paint, — Paint, to last long, should be put on early in winter or spring, when it is cold and no dust flying, Paint put on in cold weather forms a body or coat upon the surface of the wood that becomes hard resists weather, or an edged tool like slate. To MexND much better broken glass, with schellac even, GLASS, — A process for mending china and earthenware than heating them is to dissolve the schellac in alcohol to about the consisteney of molassas, and with a thin splinter of wood or pencil-brush, touch the edges of the broken ware. In a short time it sets withoutany heating, which often inconvenient. It will stand every contingency but a heat equal to boiling water, - Health Hints. BROKEN is Of skimmed milk, those who are jecting to its legalized sale in New York, say that a large proportion of the tions have been takenaway, thus creating a low grade of food, Agricultural, re ® Strawberry farms in the vicinity Little Rock, Ark,, of $154 per acre, In Hudson, Columbia county, N, Y, is the largest apple orchard in the world 30,000 trees on 300 acres, of pay an average profit A pear orchard, in Georgia, Thomas county, was sold five years ago for $650. It was next sold for $1,800, the $0650 baving been recovered from cuttings in the meantime. A month afterward, $2800 was offered for it, and now it could not be bought for $25,000. Pigs need a run at grass, is a fine place for swine; it affords good grazing for the pigs, while the trees are benefited by the destruction of insect pests. Young pigs may be fed at an early age with profit. Much de- pends upon the early start that the ani- mal gets, F. D. Curtis says that twenty years ago he treated a stunted Fameuse apple tree with a wheelbarrow full of leached ashes, and the tree shows the benefit of it to day. Mr. that two many varieties An orchard Curtis also of fruit amount this BAYS are an endless of work, Remember when setting out plants of of age, particularly during the trying summer months, A doctor from Cases rheumatism has found total He declares acute articular cure for an in abstinence food. that of care- set them level and plants with earth ; just press the earth y about them, A Colorado ranchman has sold 124 cents to five cents per pound been to him was the cost of , averaging one was also alleviated. patients lemonade in but could and doctor given, have water The is only a moderation, rheumatism and, states that phase of indigestion, therefore, and continued rest to all the di- A new remedy for the headache has Dr, Haley, physician, who says that for some ¥ been found by an lian iodide of in heavy, of rise potassium of frontal headache ; dull headache, great ser- that is, a situated the brow, and accompanied by languor, chil of comfort, for food, which sometimes approaches to nausea, liness and a great with distaste feeling be completely removed by th this the whole quantity water, and quitely sipped, being taken In many cases, n about he has been ten minutes, the effect of these small doses simply wonderful- for person who a quarter of an hour fore, was feeling miserable, food, wishing quietness, would now take and resume his If this cure of Dr. as, instance, most refused all only wonted cheerfulness, Haley's is in reali discovery the millions. Tie MEDICAL VALUE OF VEGETA- BLES. — Asparagus.is a strong diuretic, and forms part of the cure for rheuma- tic patients at such health resorts Aix-les-Bains. Sorrel is cooling, form the staple of that gratitude of soun They were high grade shorthorns brought more than the ordinary prices for wild steers, For very early peas the ro but for the south, The drills should be nd The at the be 1 The large better for being sown three During hot, d ws range east and west, crops north depth of the and & shaout two hes for small sorts a larger kinds, drills s Mad made wide and flat bottom. seeds may witer SOILS are inchesa ry weather late peas derive ing and water- ing. A he Ohio Farmer in reference to many are ignorant of, writer in t is one fact pears which and succeed when ince root than it does upon the isthe Duchess. of all dwarf pears sent ut by Us iy now-a-days are of tl 80 man iis variety. is this sold that many there is but one hyo pose that variety of the and know the Duchess dwarf pear. A grade of wheat wheat in all the wheat tate known Uregon, 18 80 of that k from the craw It has a very coarse called of shell came and No wheat like it is known in this country. The people of Oregon have wondered from whence it came, The wonder From samples of foreign at the agricultural depart- for herself after a long and tiring jour- ney. Carrots, as containing a quantity of sugar, are avoided by some people, while others complain of them as indi- gestible, With regard to the latter accusation, it may be remarked. in paasing, that it is the yellow core of the carrot that is difficult of digestion— the outer, a red layer, is tender enough. In Saxony the peasants have recourse to an infusion of carrots as a specific for jaundice. The large sweet onion is very rich in those alkaline elements which counteract the poison of the rheu- matic gout. If slowly stewed in weak broth and eaten with a little nepaul pep- per, it will be found to be an admirable diet for patients of studious and seden- tary habits, The stalks of cauliflower have the same sort of value, only too often the stalk of a cauliffower is so ill- boiled and unpalatable that few persons would thank you for proposing to them to make part of their meal consist of so uninviting an article. Turnips, in the same way, are often thought to be indi. gestible, and better suited for cows and sheep than for delicate people ; but here the fault lies with the cook quite as much as with the roof. The cook boils the turnip badly, and then pours som butter over it, and the ester of such a dish is sure to be the worse for it. Try a better way. What shall be “aid about our lettuces. The plant has a slight narcotic action of which a French old woman, like a French doctor, knows the value, and when pro- perly cooked is really very easy of di- wheat of Oregon has been found. This wheat comes from a small province in Spain, the only place where it bas been grown. F. D. Curtis says in the Country Gentleman of carrots and their culture : A great many farmers do not raise carrots because they think they cannot be grown without great labor. They narrow rows, and be hoed and weeded by hand, and they do not have the time or the disposition to undertake such a disagreeable task. They reason that carrots ‘‘won’t pay ; there is too much work.” All this is a mistake ; carrots will pay, and will pay better than almost any other crop. They will pay in more ways than one. They will pay as food, as appetisers and as medicine ; and bet ter than all, as preventives. Let us take up the last point first. Three Jersey cows, which calved in cold weather, and two sows, which have farrowed, were put into such a healthy condition by being fed carrots, that they have done as well as if it was summer, Conditions of fever and constipations have been avoided, and full secretion of milk, with a vigorous condition in the young, have been se- cured. : AM A RS The Alpine Horn. — The Alpine horn, which is so contin. ually heard in some parts of Switerland, has many legends attached to it. The following is one story of its origin A young herdsman, sleeping in his loft, was one night aroused by wonderful music which made him weep for pleasure, Peering down he saw three in making cheese, After they had separated the curds from the whey, they poured the whey into three buckets, In one it appeared red, in one green, and in one as white as snow. Then they called te the herdsman to come down: man standing by the red bucket, who was of gigantic proportions and had a voice like thunder, invited him to choose and drink the bloody liquid which should give him strength and and ener- gy above all his companions, The stranger who held the green bucket, who was of a milder aspect, bade him drink and inherit the finest pastures of the Alps. The third offered only the in- strument to make such music as he had listened to, The herdsman still under the influence of the enchanting strains, chose and drank the white liquor, Immediately the three men vanished, the fire which they kindled, went out, but from its expiring spark sprang a horn, which the herdsman seized and played upon till morning. He took it the his flock, and with it pretty shepherdess whom he had loved from his childhood, and who returned hi After- wards, he learned oneday that her father had promised her in marriage to a rich citizen of Berne, {to mountains with saluted a 8 affection. and in a fit of despera- tion he resolved to quit his native moun- tains. He hid the rocks, and became a soldier in a for- After years had passed, a great home-sickness fell upon his precious horn among eign country. many returned to his native val- He wandered forth to by a gave him a letter. It was from his be- whom he had thought false to “1 leave this letter to tell thee I I know eturn to thy the mountains, Wis mel foved, him. thou wi day r home.” Wild with grief. he wandered on. not went, till he espied his horn in he had h cally put it to his ice where idden it. chant lips, and. 1 echoes rej jcied that it was He blew ountais ied to nim, the voice of his again a blast so the heard the fort his Vale wondered, but in and his spirit passed away. a - Notes. Horse-flesh is sold in some parts of im as beef, Neariet is still the favorite « sunshades in London. When Queen Elizabeth died, twenty- in her boasts O56 and Crermnany poelesses of fame, COW-Lroe sresses on the roll The quid with Venes the ruela flavor of cream. attached to the wll clocks are ipal lamp-posts in Amsterdam. i Leprosy has caused sixteen deaths ited States in the census year, There is said to be thirteen one physician families in the States, Portable houses are coming vogue in England, especially at the sea- shore, An entire suite of bedroom furniture made of glass is the freak of a Spanish grandee, A million feet of lumber, it is said, are annually turned into base-ball bats in this country. A Hungarian Jew sent to a Vienna paper a grain of wheat on which he had written over 300 words, There are now 191 cotton factories in the Southern States, and most of them are making money, In the year 1830 there were only eight insane asylums in the United States, Now there are over ¥, The richest gold mine in the world is in Transvaal, South Africa. A ton of ore gives 1000 ounces of metal, Rev, Josiah Hensen, said to have been the original of Ms. Stowe’s “Uncle Tom,” died recently, aged 94 years, One of the latest Parisian schemes is a tunnel between that city and Rouen, to be 73 miles long, and cost $25,000,. 000, . John Blizzard, colored, died at Cen- treville, O., a few days ago, at the al- leged age of 125. Blizzards are gene- rally pretty healthy. The novels of Miss Evans, Mrs, Southworth, and Mrs, Holmes have been banished from the Cleveland pub- lie library as being too trashy. The largest merolite in the world is in | the British Museum. It weighs nearly two ‘tons. The largest one in the Smithsonian weighs less than one ton, oo — To Crean MarsLe.~To clean marble mix quicklime with strong lye, 80 a8 to form a mixture having the consistency of cream, and apply it im mediately with a brush. If this com- position be allowed to remain for a day thongh it were new, Lime Juice in the Treatment of Diphtheria. M. Czartoryski, M. D., California, writes London Lancet : During a prolonged residence in the interior of China, 1 became acquainted with the fact that the Chinese place great reliance during epidemics of diph- theria on the internal use of the fresh juice of limes, and of the fruit itself, which they consume in enormous quan- tities, in every conceivable form—as lemonade, with native spirits, cut in slices, ete.—during attacks of this dreadful disease, with apparently most successful results, it hardly ever failing to effect a cure, The and will, in case of do anything to obtain a supply of Stockton, as follows to the it a specific, Since 1 have come back to California. as also in Louisiana, I have used and their juices in my practice as physician with most successful results in cases of diphtheria, even in the most des- perate cases. As soon as I take charge of a case of diphtheria, I order limes to be administered as freely as possible, in any manner the patient can be prevailed upon to take them form of hot lemonade, white especially in sweetened with SURAT Or honey, or cut in siices with powdered white sugar. Besides lime juice (which I suppose acts by imparting to the prevents and an excess of oxy gen and thereby of “a formation vibriones, ete. 80 has almost specific effect on disease), 1 prescribe whatever drug mas indicated 10 they dev Approp lants and nourishment. : —— De re- lieve symptoms as elop, and impart strength by ate stimu- A Successful Year. The Managers of the A NOC just presented their merican Bibie ely have Report. During no prey {f the Society ous year of the history have Bo many pages of sacred word been issued : and only: ingie year-—the last the great civ I wa ranks the ust closed in ane mie f vol fiat vi Fora tend moer of volumes distributed. Fourtl 1 AUS] ¢ Ousiy inaug- wi States the (ren i supply bas beer rated, and in sign lands the fields, while in coun- i the work ished it has been prosecutes and success, ree h Th heve undred and eleven colporteurs labored in this country, and two and seventy-six ands, The receipts for the were $0 general JOR 651 91 Of year Bias: Cs = $2R7 Mes 55 for $184, were received b wiks an d on Pp i urchase account : 179 20 from $60.367 33 In SFR eg + legac 198 1 from societies, 204 47 teat 233 viduals ; $32, auxiliary and indi from rentals. and the balance amd other sources. $58,000 have been added to the erest of which alone is applicable for general purposes, The disbursements for manufacturing other general purposes For the to be expe were work of nded during the $5405 206 RO, foreign the Society, coming veal, has been appropriated. The number of copies of the ures issued during the year is 1.679 the amount of 2 The issues of the Society during sixty- seven years amount to forty-two mil- lions, eighty-three thousand, eight hun- dred and sixteen. (42.083 816.) il Where to Gun and rish. Perhaps the most practical, cenven- lent, and complete publication on gunn ing and fishing, and their various aux- illaries ever printed, is the one recently issued by the Passenger Department of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti- more Railroad Company. Practical in that it not only informs in concise terms where the several kinds of game fish and birds may be sought to best advant- age, but how to reach such places in the cheapest and most expeditious manner, including not only the rail but. where necessary, the stage and wagon lines, with cost. Convenient in being reduced to pocket size, and in the arrangement of the mat. ter under different heads, so that the reader in search of advice regarding a certain fish, duck, or bird will find it in a special chapter describing its haunts, habits, and peculiarities, Complete from the fact that it takes in the entire peninsula, which contains Delaware and the eastern shores of Maryland and Virginia, from the Chesa- peake to the Atlantic coast, The kinds and cost of bait; proper and legal sea- sons of the year, cost of wagon or other transportation, location of principal hotels and boarding houses, and all in- formation, such as those unacquainted with the country would like to know be- fore leaving home for such a trip, have been carefully exmmined into and noted. The book is profusely illustrated with cutsof fish and birds, and also contains a splendid map of this territory, Copies may be had free by addressing Mr. J. R. Wood, General Passenger Agent, Palidelphin, * i i } { i Early Potatoes. A correspondent of the Coundry Gentleman says: The earliest potato, as far as my experience goes, is the Farly Electric, Last season in order to test the comparative earliness and yield of the new varieties alongside of well known kinds, 1 planted at measur- ed distances a definite nutaber of hills of each of the kinds giv table, They were in the midst of a field of potatoes, and given the same cultivation the whole field. mingle were planted, in a hill the 15th May. en in the following all planted ak eyes one § on Gay of Name lectric, Aug, Ohio, Aug. 1! A ug. 15 Rept. 4 Sept. J Aug. 15 ep Met . Sept. ep, Clark’s No. 1, Beauty of Hebron, Hose, | Magnum Bonum, Late Rose, snowflake, | White Star, ephant, Matchless, Pride of America, Belle, ance, . Patrick, lose’s Seedling. Roger's No. 4, » Queen of the Valley, Champion of Am. Chet. Sept. net, Sent. Sept, Sept, 25 Cook's Superb, Siverskin, Mammoth Pearl. The dy ) ing of the tops was taken ast will be seen that Early Electric lier ths t vile Had I presurne Weeks “al plan would have been an Early Rose, beer ited very early, the yield The De- Dest producer The handsomest potato satisfactory, | lance was far the by | quality good. was Rose's Seedling ; all large, Great care was necessary in making the ex periment, which those who grow seed will appre Clale, -lp What Boys Wish to Become. When a a clown he boy wish 10 be drive an engine, has passed his It is curious of has ceased desires to | and when that ambition Want is 10 go wo sea. observe the | next i WO | among uniformity opinion matters, We { never hear of a lad passionately anxious lawyer, and hiding himself in to read about the law, small lad-- ho devotes his days and delightful it a clergyman. To lea a broker, a farmer, even a Member of boy 8 Ob these {to be a corners in order nor probably is a lad--a often found w nights to thinking how must to be stock broker, be to be Parliament ambition of boys They willing shine as actors, indeed, but on condition that they ap- | pear with whitened cheeks and with a | leg of mutton and a hot poker in their | pockets. Of engineering they have few { ideas outside the notion that an engi- | keer, whether civil or otherwise, is an | individual with a grimy face—a distinet to boys, most of whom | abhor soap—who stands behind a loco- IS DOL the alnong i would be to | advantage { motive and makes it go along as fast as he pleases, not to mention whistling whenever he takes it into his head to | enter a tunnel. The sea, however, | usually the boy’s longest and most earmn- est dream. And it is not a little extra- ordinary that the hardest, the roughest, and, having regard to the routine of its discipline and the character of its mem- bers, the most prosaic of all callings should stand at the very head of the professions as an inspiration of senti- ment, of poetry and of romantic fancies. The sea has a charm for the young which men can only understand by be- coming boys again in fancy, and think- ing out of the minds they had when boys. Were it possible exactly to deter- mine all that a lad dreams about the sea, the impulses which move him toward it, his ideas of life on board ship and the wonders of the world into which the mariner sails, we should find the picture wanting neither in humor nor in pathos--humor in the utter un- likeness of the truth, and pathos in the genuine, child-like imagination which flings its wonderlul light over one of the harshest and most unsympathetic of human facts, enriching it to such a degree that even the mature mind is. captivated by the boyish fancy, and regards the sea from the standpoint of the dreaming, enthusiastic lad. * ie Herr Bretzel (who has just had a tele phone put up, calls for the repairer next day)-"* Look a-here, my vrent, tidn't you dole me dot dellervone shbeak Cherman and gonverse in Cherman ¥* Repairer‘ Yes, sir.” Herr B. — “Vell, py chiminetty ! I dalk Cher man to dot dellervone yesterday, mit Yolidenga, unt py unt py it say, Helio, phat air ye jabberin’? Come off, ye ould Dutchy? 1 ton'd allow no dellervone to sass me do! vay, Donner bimmel | Dakelit avay !"— Life,
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