Uncommon Focd. We have condonsed from Good Health the following upon the food of different nations and races. After briefly discus sing the use of horseflesh as food (in France during tho late war) and stating that 30,000 horses were eaten at Meta during the siege of that town, the writer goes on to say : It is now about fourteen years ago that the late Isidore Geoffrey de St. Uil aire published a series of letters on ali mentary substances, and the flesh of the horse, which was pronounced to be highly nutritious. The Faculty of Paris declared it to be in every respect equal to the flesh of any other animal, with the advantage, that the proportion of fatty substance was less than that of the bullock, and a strong gravy soup might hi made, much easier of digestion, and in every way superior to that of beef. In 1858, what might be termed a " horse" banquet was given in Paris at the Grand Hotel du Louvre, which was presided over by the famous gastronome, M. Che vet, who had given the advantage of his culinary genius to the preparations. About sixteen persons partook of a va riety of dishes, and they were pro nounced excellent. In 16(15 and the fol lowing year, equine banquets on a larger scale took place in Paris, and en thusiastic speeches were made by several well known naturalists, with a view to popularize the subject ; and the sale of horse meat in the butchers' shops was permitted by an imperial ordinance. In the retreat from Moscow, horse flesh furnished the French with the daily rations from the commissariat. In this matter the French have simply fol lowed precedent of Germany, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, and other countries. In Austria, during 18G3, nineteen hun dred and fifty-four horses were slaugh tered for food, and horse flesh has been eaten by different nations from remote periods. A superior distinction in taste seems to be accorded to the flesh of the donkey, great numbers of which animals have been and are still slaughtered for food by the French. M. Darcol declares, it is to the horse that which veal is to the ox. Monkeys' fleBh is by no means to be despised, though this iu.iy seem to some persons a near approach to cannibalism. Mr. Bates, in his " Naturalise on the Amazon," describe the nn-.it of the spider monkey as the bert flavored he had ever tasted. It reseniuled beef, but had a richer and sweeter taste. The predilection for dog eating is by no means confined to the Chinese, the Esquimaux, amongst others, vastly en joying this food wiien the animate are young. A Danish captain who had ac quired the dog taste, provided some of this food for t select party of guests, most of whom highly praised his mutton. Captain Sir. J. McCliutock, who relates this story, adds that baked puppy is a roal delicacy all over Polynesia. "At the Sandwich Islands, I was once invited to a feast, and had to feign disappoint ment as well as I could when toid that puppies were so extremely scarce, that one could not be procured in time, and a sucking pig hud to be substituted." The same writer bears unqualified testi mony to the excellency of seal steaks when cut thin, and deprived of all fat. The Malabar coolies are very fond of the " ooffue rats," which they fry in oil or convert into curry. The pig rat is in similar favor. It attains a weight of two or three pounds, and grows to nearly the length of two feet, ltat pies are eaten in various parts of England ; rat suppers used to be given periodically at an inn near . Nottingham. The porcupine is esteemed a delicacy in Ceylon, and in flavor much resembles a young pig. In Siam the flesh of the crocodile is exposed for sale in the markets. Alligators are sometimes eaten by tho natives of South America, Africa, and South Australia. The taste of musk is, however, so strong that few strangers can cat them without being sick afterwards. Elephants' hearts, we are told by Baldwin, in his " African Hunting," are very tender and good. The feet, baked in a largo hole between bricks, are very glutinous and not unlike brawn. In Peter Martyn's account of the voy ages of Columbus, he mentions the dis gust experienced by the Spaniards when at St. Domingo, on being invited by the Indians to taste their favorite delicacy the guana, considering it a species of serpent. This dislike was, however, soon overcome. "These serpents are lyke unto crocodiles save in byguess. They call them guanas. Unto that day none of owre men durst adventuro to taste of them by reason of theyre horrible de formitio and lothsomness. Yet the Ade lantado being entysed by the pleasant ness of the kings sister Anacaona, de termined to taste the serpents. But when he felt the liesh thereof to be so delycate to his tongue, he fel to amain without all feare. The which thing his companions seeing, were not behynd hym in greedynesse, iusomuche that they had now none other talke than ot tho sweet nesse of these serpents, which they uf rirrue to be of more pleasant taste than eyther our pheasants or partriches." Partiality for raw food seems to pre vail in many countries. Haw fish, thinly sliced, formed one of the delicacies placed before Lord Elgin at a Chinese banquet. Baldwin tells us that the Kaffirs eat alternately a lump of roasted bull's flesh, and an equal quantity of the inside raw. A species of salmon, un known iu Europe, called in Siberia the nelma, is esteemed by the Kussiaus more delicious in its raw state than when cooked, and is eaten to provoke un appe tite. Email, in his " Travels in Siberia," says that during intense frost, raw flesh loses its repulsive qualities. Wrangell adds bis testimony to tho superior flavor of raw frozen tish, sea soned with salt and pepper. Captain Hall says : " My opinion is that the Esquimaux practice of eating their food raw is a good one ; at least tor the better preservation of their health." Eating meats raw or cooked is quite a matter of education. The natives of the Sandwich Islands eat turtles, dolphins, flying Ashes, etc., raw, considering that the flavor is lost in cooking, and the richest possible treat they can enjoy is to haul a fish from the water and literally eat it to death. Sir Francis Drake says of the Patago nians, that they feed ou seuls and other flesh, which they eat nearly raw. Davis, in big second voyage to Greenland, in 1589, describes the natives as eating all their meat raw, drinking salt water, and eating grass and ice with great delight. Captain Hall, in his recent ' Life among the Esquimaux," found the natives ma king a meal of smoking hot seal blood, and on tasting it, found it excellent, much to his surprise. In new Guinea, the tripang, and sim ilar marine slugs, are cut up into small fiieces and eaten raw with salt and lime uice. Locusts have been eaten from remote antiquity ; the Arabs mix them with dough, and make excellent cakes of them. The Hottentots get fat npon them, and prepare from their eggs a brown or coffee colored soup. In the Mahratta country they are salted, and in Barbary they are preferred by the Moors to pigeons. The latter usually boil them in water for half an hour, throwing away the head, and wings, and legs ; sprinkling them with salt and pepper, and frying them, adding a little vinegar. At Natal, the locusts are col lected in the evening in sacks by mil lions, and afterwards steamed in close vessels over a tire, then dried in tho sunshine, and after being freed from their legs and wings by a kind of win nowing, are stored in baskets in the gra naries like corn. The dried locust is ground to powder between stones, and converted into a kind of porridge with water. It appears that the Kaffirs grow quite fat in the locust season. Dr. Liv ingstone tells us, in his South African travels, that for want of other food, he was compelled to eat locusts; and, strange to say, when roasted, he pre ferred them to shrimps 1 Some entomologist tells us that cater pillars have a taste of almonds, and spi ders of nuts. However this may be as regards the former, we are told by Sped man that large quantities of spiders, nearly an inch long, were eaten by the Kaffirs, and in the French colony of New Caledonia. In Europe there are in stances of spiders exciting a kind of gourmand taste. Reaumur gives an in stance of a young lady who never saw a spider without catching it and eating it. A clever woman Anna Maria Scbur man used to eat spiders like nuts, as regards the cracking process, and ex cused her propensity by saying that she was born under the sign Scorpio. La lande, the famous astronomer, was par ticularly fond of spider food ; and a Ger man is mentioned by Rozel, who used to spread spiders upon bread and butter, observing, in his imperfect knowledge of English, ' that he found them very use- I mi." Humboldt tells us that he has seen Indian children drag out of the earth centipedes eighteen inches long, and more than half an inch broad, which they ate with eagerness. Insects' eggs are eaten by the Arabs and Mexicans ; grubs of insects in the West Indies by both black and white men, who wash, and roast them. The Mexican Indians prepare a liquor from the beetle, which has stimulating properties. The Greeks ate grasshoppers, and liked them amazingly ; the aborigines of New South Wales used to eat them raw, first takiug off their wings. The Chinese thriftily eat the chrysalis of tho silk worm, after making use of the silk : the larviu of a hawk moth are also much relished. The blacks in Jamaica eat the Bagong butterflies after removing the wings, and store them up by pounding and smoking them. The Hottentots eat the termites, or white, ants, boiled and raw, and thrive well upon them thti female ant in particular is supposed by the Hindoos to be particularly nutri tious ; and Broughtou in his " Letters written iu a Mahratta Camp in 1809," tells us that they wera carefully sought after, and preserved for the use of tho debilitated Lurjee Rao, Prime Minister of Scindia, chief of the Mahrattus. The natives mix them with flour, and make a variety of pastry ; the method, is to parch them in pots over a gentle tire, stirring them about as is done in roast ing coilee. They eat them by h&ndt'uk, as we do comfits ; the taste is said to re semble sugared cream, or sweet almond paste. " 1 have discoursed with several gentlemen," observes Smeathman, " up on the taste of the white ants, and on comparing notes we have always agreed that they are most delicious and delicate eating." Dr." Livingstone says " the white ants, when roasted, are said to be good, and somewhat resemble grains of boiled rice." Humboldt mentions ants as being eat en by the Marivitunos and Marguera tures, with resin as a sauce. Bees are eaten in Ceylon. It is probably bad taste to allude to the mites that we con sume in our cheese in myriads. The grub of the palm-weevil, which is the size of a thumb, is a favorite dish in some parts of India. JElian relates of an Indian king, who for a dessert, in stead of fruit, set before his guests a roasted worm taken from a plant (prob ably the larva of this insect), which was thought very delicious. A Volunteer Prisoner. Is not this, related in a private letter from London, rather a remarkable story '( About ten years ago a young Ainericun from New York, Walter Hastings by name, dining "in London in company with Lord C , expressed the opinion that solitary confinement in a dark cell was not so dreadful a punishment as had been represented. His Lordship so goes the tale offered Hastings 1 0,000 if he would undergo entire seclusion for ten years. The proposition being agreed to, a cell vas fitted up in Lord C 's town bouse. It was from twelve to fifteen feet square. The prisoner was to be allowed candles, a few books, writing materials, plain food the latter served by a man who was not to bo seen. In this way Hastings has been living for a decade of years, his term ex piring about the first of the present month. He is now released, and has re ceived, we suppose, his hard-earned money. He emerges from his dungeon in rather a dilapidated condition, ap pearing, though only thirty-five, like a man of sixty-five years of age, his frame stooping and his steps tottering, his face sallow, his hair and beard white, his voice tremulous, and his speech hesi tating. He is coming directly to America, and we should not wonder if Mr. B;tr num knew something about him. If so, in this respect, the volunteer incarcerate has an advantage over the Prisoner of Chillon, who never found his Barnuin at all, but only his Byron and in other respects, over the famous St. Simon Stylites, who remained so long, not at his post, but upon the top of it, looking down with a contemptuous eye upon the admirers who sent him up his Lenten provender by means of a rope and basket. We can only compare our Walter Has tings with the historical old gentleman who was found, very much in need of a hair-dresser, in one of the subterranean dens of tne Bastile, and who died soon after being released, as toads do when the splitting of their granite enclosure liberates them. Nexo York Tribune. An old negress who was on exhibition in New England as " the oldest living person," rather overdid her part the other day, when asked if she had ever seen George Washington, by saying : " Oh, yes ; he used to come to where I lived in New Hampshire every year to the Fourth of J uly celebration, and we always made a heap of him, which was the reason he liked to come." Two Eminent Gcrmnns Bismarck and MoUke. The Borlin correspondent of the Chicago Tribune famishes the following sketches of two eminent Germans : ' . . BISMARCK. Bismarck is an immensely large man. When he goes through one of the doors of the chamber he fills the whole space, and must stoop beside. He is tall, straight, and well-proportioned. His broad shoulders and full breast bespeak an immense force. He is not fat (where a German ought to be fat), but his cherit are so fat ns to almost close his eyes, though since the war he seems to have grown a little thinner. He has a large head, which is bald on the top (the comio papers invari ably represent him with three hairs), and on the sides has a little short half-gray hair, which is in marked contrast with his full white moustache. His none is rather short, and his eyes embedded under a heavy brow. His face is almost as white os his moustache, and is full of vigorous expression. When he sits he commonly leans forward, as if just ready to get up ; and those portraits of him appear most natural which represent him in this position. His only joint would seem to be in his loins ; for his back and neck are always kept straight, lie is commonly in uniform, and his coat shines all over with bright buttons and brilliant badges. He is a man that any one would pick out of a crowd as a lead ing character. When he enters the chamber every eye is turned to him and many show him special marks of honor ; so that his first movements ou entering are to politely return these signs of re spect, both to the members of Reichstag and to visitors. For, as often as he has already appeared in the Reichstag, the general curiosity to see him has never abated, so that everybody must look when Bismarck comes. lie always sits at the Minister's desk, and seems to pay little attention to the debate, though he is always ready to speak. His speeches are generally Bhort, and always go di rect to the'point. One need never wait lonor to know what ho is coing to talk about, of what view ho is going to take on the matter. His speeches sparkle with stronar. bold points, and he is ai wavs interesting. His voice is rather hieh and broken, and is not very strong. He half mumbles his words, and, from his fast speaking, is often a little indis tinct. He gesticulates but little and swings his body slightly backward and forward while speaking. When he rises all the noise of the chamber at once sub sides and everybody listens with great attention, though during mcst of the speeches the members carry on their conversation as it tne Keicustag were not in session. He speaks often, writes a great deal, and is much engaged with different persons in conversation. After the session is adjourned he is the last to leave the chamber, for he seems to have business with almost everybody. Very often he is called from his place during tho session to wait on some message or messenger in the ante-room, lo give an idea of tho immense amount of work that Bismarck performs, I might men tion that, in an official report lately made of the letters issued from the bureau which accompanied him to the field, the monthly average was over 1.000. reaching in January to 1,250, These, if not fully written or dictated by him, were yet required to pass under his supervision. He is much aided in. his work at present by the chancellor officials which he has asseniDiea arouna him, at the head of which is that chief of bureaucrats, Mr.'Delbruck. MOLTKE. Moltke is by no means a man of like prepossessing appearance, iniact, irom bis pernonnel, one would not concede to him any special ability, ins neaa ap pears to be smaller than the average, His face is long and bis chin so pro jecting as to give him an appearance of merely stubborn persistence, sucn as is often found in quite ordinary person acts. If we were to iudse of the char acter ef his military ability from hi features, we should tray that his success has been due to the resoluteness with which he kept to his original and only plan. Such a man could not have two ways of doing a thing, or have any patience with modifications or deviations from his plan. When walking he slightly bends, and moves slowly along in a straight-forward direction, as if trying to keep a bee-line. His gestures are quite angular, and he has in general a stiff and awkward way about him. His hair, which is gray, is kept cut short a la malcontent. He dresses in plain iin it'orm, and would not in a crowd be sig nalled out as of importance. As a states man, Moltke has not been without in fluence. He had much to do with the original development of the plan which has led to the present elevation of Prus sia. It was a civil rather than a mili tary idea that moved him, even prior to the Schleswig-Holstein war, to advocato in the Prussian Diet the building of a central power-under the King of Prussia, whose mission should be to protect tho peace of Europe ; for he claimed that under the States which then had the supremacy, there could never bo peace to l)e relied upon. He maintained open ly, therefere, that Prussia must prepare herself to take the lead in European af fairs. He then set on foot the famous military reorganization by which the Prussian army has been brought to its present state of perfection. So Btrongly was ho persuaded of the necessity of this policy, and so strongly had he and his colleagues impressed its-necessity on the King, that the King determined to puuh it through, even contrary to law, over the opposition of the Legislative body. When ho suw that this was likely not to succeed, and that the Representa tives would not conciliate their opposi tion, he resolved to abdicate entirely ; and, for that purpose, had already ar ranged with the Crown Prince to suo ceed him in the regency. Then, first it was tho opposition gave way and tho reorganization of the army was com menced. Moltke has long had an hon orable place in the legislative halls of Prussia and North German Reichstag ; and though saying and writing but lit tle, he has long had in view an end similar to that which has now, under his generalship, been reached. The greed for office had a striking il lustration in Washington recently, when, a female clerk in one of the departments dying, eighty-two women applied lor her place within forty-eight hours. Some of the applicants presented letters giving the highest endorsements from Senators, Judges, Governors, and others holding high official station. This eager haste to step into dead men's shoes is not unusual araong the sterner sex, but we had not expected similar unseemly exhibitions on, the part of females. A Warning to Slaje-Strnck Youths. Nearly twenty years ago, says a writer in the La Crosse Democrat, we were, so to speak, crazy to enter upon the mis eries or mysteries of theatrical life to explore the mysteries of the green-room and attempt the vicissitudes of life be hind the foot-liBhts. One night we visited Burton's Theatre on Chambers Btreet, witnessed his impersonation of Toodles. and the next day called upon the distinguished comedian to see if it was possible for us to niter his theatre as an apprentice with a view to becom ing an actor. Jburton was sitting in uis private office when we entered and in troduced ourself. After stating to him the object of our visit J telling him of our lite, hope?, plans, fortune, prospects, willingness to work, and determination to be somebody, if nothing prevented, he leaned back in his chair ; looked at us with a kind, friendly, interested look we shall never forget, it was so pleasant, and said : " Young man, you had better go drown yourself. If vou have pluck, energy, and ambition, you can find-a better fu ture for you in other pursuits with the auditors rather than the actors, uno- half the work required to make a good actor will make a rich man in any other profession. You have spoken to me plainly and with earnest hopetuinees, Allow one who is. comparatively epeak- ing, an old man, to advise you never to look to the stage as a means of support. Every city is full of poor, miserable devils, hanging about the doors of thea tres, living in idleness, waiting ior a chance to be put on in somebody's place, The tinsel of the stage and the reality of life are very different things. The smiles, the laughs, the fun, and tue weii fitting costumes worn by the actors are only for the occasion. But few smiles come from tho heart, they are only fuce dcep ; while the clothes are lef t in the wardrobe after the actors have donned their rags and gone homo. " If you are willing to work you had better do it outside of a theatre, it will be better for vou. Should you not hap pen to possess those Qualities which con stitute good actor3, to enter upon tho life would effectually spoil you tor any thing else J for once let the shiftlessness of unqualified stage life be tasted, and the victim is forever spoiled. " Should you bo possessed ot mettle and good material for an actor, just so fast as you go up others will pull you down, or attempt to. You will encounter bickerings and jealousies, and all sorts of combinations against you, for actors, like musical celebrities, are most jealous of each other. The road to success is a hard one : while, as a general thing, an actor's life is darker even than the stage when the audience ha retired, and tho gas has been turned off. " It. however, vou wish to try it, will give you a chance. But it is a dog's life vou would enter upon. A situation one week and idleness for a month. little cheap applause from the boys in the gallerv. and a hungry stomach utter you nave gone nouie. .Better suck to typo-setting then you will have the making of yourself, and the making or unmaking of actors besides. Thanking Mr. Burton for his advice, we bade him good-bye, and hastened back to our case and type-setting. Summer Drinks. The first, the best, because the safest for laborers, invalids, the senden'ary, for all classes, at all times of the day and night, is halt a glass at a time, repeated in ten minutes if desired, of common cold water, at the temperature of the spring, or well, or reservoir, or cistern Ice-water is more palatable, but otte kills. Any drink which contains alcohol even cider, root beer, or domestic cor dials, all, aro not only not harmless, but are positively injurious, because the atom of alcohol, by using the strength of the next minute for the present, leaves the system that next minute just that much weaker than it would have been had not the atom of alcohol been taken this is the case, because that atom of alcohol has not one particle of nutri ment, hence cannot supply the systei with one atom ot strength. If anything is added to the summer drink, it should contain some nutriment, so as to strengthen the body as well as to dilute the blood tor purposes of a more easy flow through the system, as any one knows that the thinner a fluid is the more easily does it flow. Some of tho nutritious and sale drinks are given below, especially for those who work in the sun of summer, all to be taken at the natural temperature of the Bhadiest spot in the locality. To any of them ice may be added, but it is a luxurious not a beneficial ingredient, nor a safe one. 1. Buttermilk. 2. A pint of molasses to n gallon of water. 3. A lemon to half a gallon of water and a tf aenpf ul of molasses, or as much sugar. 4. Vinegar, sugar, and water are sub stitutes, but tho vinegar is not a natural acid, contains tree alcohol, hence is not as safe or healthful. 5. A thin gruel made of corn or oats, drank warm, is strengthening. 6. A pint of grapes, currants, or gar den berries to a half gallon of water is agreeable. Cold water applied to the head is very refreshing to harvesters. Wading in water abates thirst. Persons cast away at Bea will Buffer less from thirst if the clothing is kept wringing wet with salt water. A piece of tilk fitted in the hat at an equal distance from the hair and top of the hat, is a great protection to the head against sun beat -, it is an ao Bolute protection if one side is well cov ered with gold leaf. A there is always a space between the top of tho head and crown ot the hat, hatters should prac ticalize this idea. HaU'n Journal of Health. Parliamentary Kobe. Thu rabes worn by peers in the House of Lore's of to-day are precisely as they werts a century ago, as presented in Cop ley's famous picture of Lord Chatham's taintnig during the debate on American Independence. When the cloak of scar let cloth is wci-n in the ordinary way the number of bands of fur it has round it denotes the rank as accurately as the badges on corporal or a sergeant's arm. two for baron, three for a viscount, etc. ; and the learned iu such matters could tick oil easily the various branches of the pierage, without knowing one of its members by sight. The prelates, who sit together, always wear their rockets and lawu slooves, but the temporal peers make their appearance in ordinary sometimes, indeed, very ordinary at tire, and only don their robes ou state occasions. FAUM AKW HOUSEHOLD. Growinq Tomatoes and Cucumbers os Stakes. During the past tew years we have noted how much more Healthy tomatoes grow over stakes than when growing along, anyhow, on the ground. Not only is the vine more healthy, but the fruit is far better in quality, while the quantity is largely increased. The only thing ever said against the plan - . . I I! 1 comes trom marxet garueners, wuu mm that the coBt of stakes and training is greater than the increased advantages. But this objection will have no weight with those who have their own gardens, and with whom vastly superior fruit is of more consequence than their own time, which they do not pay so much for. .... It ia seldom that we step out ot tne line of what we have soon and observed, to recommend things on mere imagina tion alone ; but we think that tne same good results would follow the training of a cucumber up a stake, os we hove shown is the case with the tomato. We think this, in the first place, because the cucumber is a plant which by its ten dril climbs over bushes and low trees in its native places of growth j and, in the next place, because we see taem trained ud trellises in hot-houses, where they are forced for early market. It is not, therefore, all hypothesis about their do ing well trained up from tho ground, The only doubtful point is whether they will do as well in tre open air on sraaea i . -1 1 ; as we have seen tnem ao on vremsuB under glass. We see no reason why thpv should not. and intend to try them this way this summer; and give tho hint in advance of tho season of sowing so that those disposed may try it also. We exoect to gain by this plan superior quantity and quality of fruit, but those who have but a small garaen win gum sDace also, as, in the usual way ot V n growing cucumbers, they require con siderable room to spread themselves. It may be as well to remark that in training cucumbers to stakes it would be as well to have lines of thread, or fine twine, running from the top ot the nola to the ground, as wo do for morn ing glories or cypress vines. This will enable the vine to mount its own ladder, by tho use of its climbing tendrils, Also it will save tying, which, on ac count of the brittle nature of the cu cumber vine, might result against the success of the experiment. TIN Roofs. The Scientific American says: "A mtcii in lime save nine, is o somewhat trite saying, but nevertheless well worthy ot consideration ; and in nothing connected with building has it more significance than in the matter of tin too ft. For a llat roof, tin is, beyond ques tion, the most economical covering that can be applied. If not neglected, it is ab solutely iudestructible by external influ ences, and will last a hundred years in as good condition as whpn first laid down, if lent well painted. Yet there are to-day, in the city of New York, thou sands ot roofs undergoing the process ot slow corrosion and decay, because ot the want ot a little timely attention, 'lb comfort of the household, and safety of the property, depend in a great measure on the quality and condition of the roof; yet there are hundreds of thou sands of dollars wasted every year by the most inexcusable negligence in this matter. Many owners of valuable houses nev er visit the roofs, and, until admonished by the appearance of stained ceilings and discolored walls, pay no attention to this important subject. The renew ing of a tin roof is attended with a con siderable outlay of money, and no small amount of inconvenience and trouble. A rain storm during the process may involve tho ruin of hundreds of dollars' worth ot expensive and cherished house hold goods. To avoid this, in many ca ses, some nostrum-vender, who adverti ses to " cure leaky roofs for a small con sideration," is allowed to cover the neg lected housetop with a coating of tar and sand, warranted to remain tight for five years. This temporary expedient, however, like most temporizing, proves a costly experiment, and time soon shows tho second state of that roof to be worse than the first ; for such neglect there is but one remedy, repentance, a new roof covering, and a promise of better attention in the future, lin on a house top should be well painted once in four years. Medical Qualities of riuiipkins. All bail to the Yankee) pumpkiu-pie ! Now that we have a New York medical man acknowledging that anything from New England is good, we shall expect the milk-niurn uloug at any hour, und ahull stick closer than ever to the stand ard food of baked beans, pumpkin-pie, and cider. The medical uiun ret'eried to says that in his travels in Syria he found pumpkin-seeds almost uuiversully eaten by the people on account ot tneir sup posed medical qualities. Not because they are diuretic, but as an antidote against animalculiu, which infest the bowels. They are Bold in the streets as apples and nuts are here. lie further states it as a medical fact that persons can be cured of tapo-worm by puinpkin- seeas. iue outer turn being removed, the seeds are bruised in a mortar into an oily, pasty was. It is swallowed by tho patient alter tasting some hours, and it takes the place of chyle in the Btomach, and the tape-worm lets go its hold on the membrane and becomes gorged with this substance, and in some measure, probably, torpid. Then a large dose of castor-oil is administered, and the worms aro ejected before they are enabled to renew their hold. lioston Payer. The Influence of Muale. While we deprecate the forcing of musical studies upon scholars unfitted by nature to pursue the art with any success to themselves or pleasure to others, as mentioned in an article in another column, its influence in the school-room is undoubted. Dull schol ars can be taught by its harmonies if they cannot teach by them. Its im portance as a branch of education, then, is poorly appreciated, even in communi ties that recognize it as one of their Rchool studies. Under the most favora ble aut-pices, musio is generally regard ed as interior in value to the more com mon branches ; as designed to afford re creation rather than mental culture. Hence it too often enters the school room with words of apology, doubtful of its light to enter, and numbly grateful for the modicum of time and attention, there grudgingly conceded to its claims But it may justly demand a considera tion far higher than it has yet received, and that upon a full examination it will be found to present means ot culture broader in scope and more comprehen sive in variety than are to be gathered trom ordinary branches ot study. . The Condition or Hie Rich. T, vipw of the many egotistical fchomes being put on foot continually for the amelioration of the poor, a cor respondent of the Boston Transcript rug- gests tne lurmuuuii ui n 1 j o amelioration of the condition of the rich. He thinks the report from inqui ries as to tho comparative condition, in point of apparent happiness and general enjoyment of life, of poor families and rich families, would startle the commu nity. We should sen there was a free dom and heart enjoyment emong the poor to which the rich are ctt.n utran gers ; and thst in some of the best hous es in Boston there is far more happiness in the kitchen than in the parlor. It is said that Queen Elizabeth thought that in all her courts there did not Beem to bo so much deep, solid satisfaction as was apparent in the full, ringing laugh of o certain poor woman whom she used to meet. Very likely Queen Bess was right. If a life-renewing fountain, like that sought for by De Soto, should Imrst from the earth at every man s door, thousands would turn their backs on the healing springs within arms-reach, to run after preteuded remedies. The observint, nvervwhere. accept Dk. WALKER'S VlSE- GAR JJITTEKS as the greatest lueaicinai hle.sRincr of modern times, but on the other hand multitudes dose tnemsoives :o - . . , with poisons, while this well-spring of health is accessible to all. it purines the animal fluids, regulates every func tion of the bodv, calnn the nerves, in vigorates the vital organs, and is an unituing ppeciho lor ludigebtion. The all-gone feeling which poople sometimes speak of, is caused by want of proper oelion ot the liver and neart. These mny be assisted, Bnd the bowels regulated, by Partonti I'urgatke Pills in small doses. Corn and flour are staple articles; but not more so than Johnum's Anodyne Liniment, whore known. It is good for children or adults, tor any internal sore ness of the chest or bowels, and the best Pain Killer prepared, under whatever name. ADVEHTISCrVUiNTS STEAM ENGINB WITH HOlLKIt FOIl hai.k (-ill.. a v Mi imrxRDuwer. PotK-r ma ker, in good running order. Hold to make jMm for a larger one. Ailurtn ha- h i.i ix rninu CO., MtrtUletoirn, N. K. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, 6C0 Agents for a new Invention In great doumiiil, at ir centn, giving 200 per rent, liroiiu Hannile out WOOD MAN Ut'ACf UllI.NU CO., Maiden, Ma8. $283 in 1 6 DAYS Do you wnnt a tituatln m wtfepmuu at or near nonie, io xunKP in tzu a unv fkmiiijc uui uimt i Btruml White Wire Clothen Linen to lantorepir. AV lre8 Hudson i:iver Wire H'oAv, 'KW YOKK CHICAGO, UUuoi. IMPORTANT TO OMM fcK?. All tohltan J. who wcro un umleil or emjlnu tt-ii iiHrinnncuttlii- rafle in the lute war aro t-nlitlnl to Ivuhiohh. All such fmldicra Hhould ntoticn wilte toJOUN KIKK PAl'KICK, (.ovimiieiit Ciulin Afi-nt,ut MldiUe bourne, U ueriiBpy Co., Ohio, ana secure their claims. EucloHe posture. FIRE WORKS I ! 1 FANCY CCOD3 AND TOYS JOSEPH B. PURDY. 32 nml 34 Maiden Lnno, Xcw York, IMPOllTEK AND KX PORTER, AND MANU I'ACTUKKR'H AUKN'l'. Fire Works in Every Variety. 10 001 BOX US OP PIHE CKACKKKS. FRENCH, KNOLISU AND OERSIaN TOYS. 100 Cases of Palm Leaf Fans. Toys, Fancy Oomln, Bradley's Croquet and ont donr Hpnrtft of all kinU. CiT An experience o'M yearn enaMcj me to antici pate Vie tcanteoihe public, and at prlcm that all oill tteem reasonable. 1,500,000 ACRES OF Till RICHEST FARMING LANDS IN THE WOULD, For Sale to Actual Settlers. NEOSHO VALLEY, KANSAS. MISHOUKI, KANSAS. AND'l EXAM RAILWAY COMPANY, cans now ki;nm.no SOS mii.es. Tho Lands otTcred by this Company aro within 20 nitlMiench also of the rna1, exieualng 170 intlea along the .tfllSHO VAI.I.KY, tho i iclieat, bnoat, and moat inviting in the WcaL. PRiCK OF LAMO.-t'-tu f3 per acre; credit of ten venra' time. TKRMS OK MALE One tntli down at the time ot purchase, une-tcntli each year after till paid. For fnrthfr Inrmmntimt, addreaa IKaAC T. UOODNOW, ljind CommlHalnner, KKOauo l'Al.U). Kasa8. RON AND STEEL F0RCASH. Bar Iron, SCO SH.'iVs'Lis'fsiL.,'! Hoop Iron, Band Iron 3 U Horse Shoe Iron, Horse Shoes, Horse Nails, Spring Steel, Bessemer Steel Tire, THE " TIRE OF TinKH." On't-ra bv mU promptly execnte-d. ALf. GOODS WAUHANTKD fcena cash with orders; txact change i-diurneti. JACKSON & CHACE. 200 and 2T8 Fianklin.st., near Fler IS, X. R., N. Y. THE BLEES PATENT Nolauloaa, Unk-niotion, Lockstitch .Mm HEWING MACIIIISl Challenges ths -world In perfection of work ni run iri n nnn i.unn.u a. atimn. nur.uiu I u wu atrurtinn. ai.A i-nnwlltv nt motion, fall and tl amine, and for aitHi.ciea and clrcnlara apply at Principal Offloe. BLKKS BKWXMU AlACHlNil oil Broadway, Muw iora. OIL SAFES, Fur all kinds of Olla need in Mills or suld iu stores, t-ape- uiallvooal sua Lin rola til oils, of wnitm 6. uoi are now Utted iu ail parts of the U. H. Pi iucipls n and noveu Mixes 48 to 800 cal lona. Pmaller hum Housekeepers, prices low. Freight low, Bond lor droul ular. irua UIH KEROSENE OIL SAFE CO, Fair Unveu, Vt FOR 8 ALB BY IVE8- PATENT LAMP CO., it Barclay at., N. Y, W. BALDWIN uo., iai Aron street, ruia. few1" .1. ' j m for "Eight O'Clock!" GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY. Mil. LIONS Hear Trutlinnny to the Wonitcrfal Curatlva ElTrot of DR. WALKKK'S CALIFOHMA 3. WAur.ra Froprlmor R H. MrnoAtjia ro., Irugg1tt moree St, N.Y. Vtnrsnr Bitters ro notarlle Fnncr Drink. i-f Poor Hum, niskcy, rrooi spirit ml Ileliiso Liquors Uoctorcil, plced nnd tweet nil to r'-enso tho toto, colled "Tonloi," "Appe tizers. Restorers, c, ui ieu mo uppior wa w ,lro nUcnneas nnd rnln, but ro a true Medicine, made frsm tli Nntlvo Eooti and Herb of California, free from all Alcohollo Stlinalnntn. They aro mCAt r.I.nou i'uiiii.k. ana a I,IFJi tJIVlXO rniXCIPI-E, a perfect Reno- nor nnd Iarlnorator of tlio Eyttem, carrying ou an pjisjnous matter andreiloringthoblood to abealtby condition. No person can tako tneao limora accru ing to illrcctlona and rematn long unwell, provloea n.o'r hnnci urn rot riontroTc by mineral poison or other means, and Hie vital organs wasted beyond tho point of repair. They arc a Gentle Purgative n wen n a Tonic, possessing alto, tho peculiar merit of acting as a powcrfifl agent in relieving Cen gestion or Inflam mation r.f tho Liver, and all the Visceral Organs. roil FZMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In young or old, married or Uncle, at tho dawn of wo manhood or nt tho turn of life, these Tonlo Bitters bare no equal. For Iuflaiiiinntory and Curonlc Jtlieuma- tlsra and Doiit, Uyapf pdla or Indigestion, nuloiiR. Remittent nnd Intermittent ot- crn, DJsottsca ol tUo Dlood, Liver, Kidneys, r.nd Bladder, theso Bitters nnvo ticen mom sue- ccsBful. Rncli Diseases nrocautodby vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derange ment of the Dlgcntlvo Organs. DYSPEPSIA Oil INDIGESTION, Iloaaacne rain In tho Shoulders, Conghs, Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of tho Stomach. Dad tasto in tho Moslh, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of tho llart, lnOanimallon of thoLungs.rain In tho regions of tho Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, are tho offsprings of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate tho Stomach and stimulate the tor pid liver and bowels, which render them of unequal lod cClcacy In cleansing tho blood of all Impurities, and Imparting new 11 fo and vigor to the whole system. FOR SlilN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, Bait Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pliaples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Wng-'Wor.ns, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Dlscoloratlons of the Skin, Tlumors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name ornaturc, arc literally dug up and can-led oat of tho system In a short time by tho use of those Bitters. One bottle In such cases will convince tho most Incredu lous of their curatlvociTcct. Clcar.e the Vitiated Blood whenever yon nn its tninurUlea bursting through the skin in Pimples. Eruptions or Sores, cleanse it when von And l ob Btnicted and sluggish In the veins; cleanse it when It la foal, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure and tlio health of the system will follow. PI. TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking In the svKtein ul 'no many thousand, are cllectunlly de stroyed and removed. For full directions, read care fully thoclrrnlar around each bottle, printed In four lunguagea-EugUsli, German, French audbpanlsh. J. Wauzu, Proprietor. It. II. McDonald & Co.. Druggists and Gen. Agents, 6an Francisco, Cal., and Ci and 31 Commurco Street, New York. tg-BOLD Br ALL DRUGGISTS AXDDKALERS. TRIX The gennlne porfnmo for the breath. Curea coughs, colds and aore throat. Only ID cents. Sold everywhere, bent bv mall for 10 Ms. TIUX CO.. Kochoater. N. Y. J. P. Tfenrr. WlioU'sul !eit. 8 College Place, N. Y. Render ifc U'etheroll, Wholesale Depot, 57 Julin at , New York. DUTCHEH'ci LICHTNINu FLY KZIaXiXSR BEA SHOT COH BED 33TTO-S. Try them, and Sloep In Peace ! THEA-NECTAR IS A PURE BLACK TEA with the a rem Ten Flavor. War. ranted to suit ail taste. For vale everywhere. Ami tor sale wi.nibj.ill. itiilv Tiv IIih fl-rnnf tlantlc i Pacific Ten Co., S Ch:m h St., Now Yolk. V. O. Hoi .1.111(1. Send far Thea- Katar Circular. IX PICK VKXV. I.YPKHKST, fr'HJtfc Or 5 OOVJSllUJiKNT TAJC MARKET SAVINGS BANK, S'J KA8SirT.. NEW-YORK Open dally from 10 A. M. to i r. St., and ou MOS DAY a and THURSDAYS from C to 7 r. M. tarsal commences on ths Drat duy of ouch month. WM. VAN NAMH, President. HENRY R. OONKLIN. SooretarT. A t a U'lr.ir.rc Greenbacks for all. For clr C. W. (5l4U nilura. oridrea with btauip, SMlllI, Hnco. llainc. TANTED AGKNTH,()prifov) to Boll the .wlelilllWd UOMK BllUTTLK SKWINU MACHINE. lfiisUioMnMr-ta, mnKentne locicttiUh" (alikeiiu both sides), aBdiull hemstd. Tho heal und ctioapuat, family K Ilia-Machine In tho market. AddreaaJOHN HON, CLARK A CO., 110t.Mll, Msa., Pitts oai'rfh, Pa., ChlcuKo. IU.. or at. Louie, ii.i. REDUCTION OF PRICES TO CONFORM TO REDUCTION OF DUTIES. GREAT SAVINH TO COKHKMKR8 BY GET- wv flord for nnr niiw Price List and a Olnb form trtii Afcomriiinv it. contalnliiK fft.l directions mak ing a larire aavlng to coiibiiuicia and remunerative to clu: oi Kanizers. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., Kl At VFBKY STRKKT. Wow Yolk. P. O. liol SII4K. Agents, Read This ! WKWII-I' PAY AU1CNTS A'MAI.AIIV 11 sa?tlt nr wnpk a .d exoouaes. or allow a large cuuiniiBKn, to eolt our new wtndrlul inven tions. II. WAOAtKitCO., Marshall. Mich. llklKOUt, how made In 10 honra without drm-a. 1 1 ll Particulars 10 eta. Sauk, t romwi.il, conn. NEW lXVES'n()5i,-JU what vouna; mar. riod uroi,la tiouire For deHcriiitivo circular addrisa, with a cent Mump, pB John N. Norll at Co., r. u. ox sojz, isosion. aiuaa. FlllUKAXT SAF0L1EXE , Cleans Kid Gloves anil all kinds of Cloths and Clotliius;; removes Paint, Grease, Tax.eto., iiatant. li, without tin- least Injury to the finest lalirto. Kolil bv Drnin-'tsU and Fancy Goods Dealers. RA GHANT BAPUuiKKK CO., IU Barclay bu. Mew Vol a. w l-a muie bi., inicao. " La? no, VacdnlT, and damned be liiu Who Itrat cries, ' Hold 1 enough.' " . WHAT A WYOMING COUNTY (Pa.) LADY sAin AbUl i' FOit nUHMKH, What oils your fancy hoi so, my boy, Mh I llliiK oue, did yon aay 1 Why. buy a bottle ol Care, 'a U. E. 8. 8., A ud cure it tight away. Oh ! look, that splendid horse is lame, With bweeuv, I am sures Just try a boltle ot Cares' O E. . ., It navel- tails to ours. , ForRpralnsaod Bruises of all kind.., Tliia (. K. 8 8. cauuot be bean Juxt mb It on and baihe It In, . Tho euro III If com plot. . i ,.- If Galls should oom on any boras . Black, while, or apleudld bar, Bathe thoroiuhly with Cure) ' Q. S. a. a., , And drive them all away. ' That man with Rheumatism walks, 1 ,' Ye, he 1 very lame , Now cure yourself with Carey's 0. E. . (a.. And throw away your sous. Oh, dear I onr cook has bnrnod tier hand. h cannot cook tho trout; Why, bathe It with Carey's U. S. ft. B., And lake Ui lira all out, Mks.S. M. UajrU KHUN
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