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