RELICS OF WASHINGTON. Mat of the Article Parrhaeed by the Gov orament of the Uwli Family, af Tlr. The relics of George Washington, whioh bare been purchased oi the Lewis family, of Clark county, Va., at an ex pense of $12,000, were received in Wash ington, and, at the request of Secretary Bherman, have been taken into the cus tody of the department of the interior, being placed under the especial charge of the commissioner of patents. The list of .the different artiolea is given as follows: One large mirror; two small mirrors; one dozen handsome parlor chairs; two arm-ohairs; one large easy-chair, in which the general sat a few minutes be fore his death; one double brass candle stick, by which the Farewell Address was written; two silver-plated candle sticks; ouo large and two small plated waiters; one field-gloss, used in the Revolution; one spy-glass, also used in the war; one ledger, kept mostly by the general; knives and forks; one plated cake basket; one large mahogany box, in which silver plate was kept; two ma hogany footstools and three carpet-covered foot-stools; a portrait of Washing ton; the robe in which he was christen ed; three silver plated lamps; half a dozen silver-plated salt cellars; thirty six pieces of china-ware; one bedstead, presented to Mr. Lawrence Washington by his friendAdmiral Kernan, and by Lawrence left to his brother the general: several surveys made by the general himself; one marble-top table, four feet in length by three feet in breadth; one guitar, presented by Gen. Washington to Miss Nellie Ourtis; miniature por traits of Gen. and Mrs. : Washington on wood, painted by Trumbull; one shaving-glass, in frame with drnwer; an en graving of the Countess of Huntington, presented by her to Gen. Washington; several souvenirs of Washington, oon sihting of ornamental works and house hold artioles. Previous to their purchase, Commis sioner Spear went to Virginia and care fully examined the several artioles. In hiB report to the secretary he said: "All these relics have been continuously the possession of the Lewis family unce the death of Gen. Washington. They were received by Mrs. Lewis, who was the adopted daughter of Gen. Wash ington, and the wife of Major Lawrence Lewis, his nephew, and were in her possession until her death, in 1852, when they passed into the hands of the family now having them in charge. They are alt in an excellent state of preserva tion, and of the genuineness of every article there can be no doubt whatever. Some of the relics are of especial inter est. The half-length portrait of Gen. Washington is of life-size, is perfectly clear and well preserved. It is a matter of tradition in the family, preserved especially by Mrs. Lewis, and alsa by others, that this portrait was always considered the best likeness of Washing ton ever painted. The miniature por traits were considered excellent likeness es, and are now in good condition. Of more interest, even, than this is a ledger which contains the record of all Washington's private business transac tions for more than twenty-one years. The record is exceedingly minute, and a large part of it is in his own handwrit ing. Every item of receipts and expendi tures, including even his losses and gains at cards, is set down with the most scrupulous exactness. In addition to these are many miscellaneous papers in Gen. Washington's handwriting, includ it g chiefly records of surveys made by himself. The artioles of household use are all in their original condition, and illustrate the style of living of the first President of the United States. The whole collection is far superior to that now in the possession of the government. Many of the articles of domestic use are parts of sets now in the custody of the interior department. The family were reluctant to part with these relics, but were compelled by the consideration that inevitably in a few years, with the separation of the family, the articles would be scattered, and, perhaps, a large number of them in the course of time lost or destroyed. They felt, also, that every citizen of the country who shared with them an interest in Wash ington, would be glad to have these relics made public property, and placed where they would be accessible to all." Two Stories With Morals. A bridegroom near Kansas City counted out $16 m his left hand, and re marked to the dear young thing at his side, " That will do for our wedding, journey, as there's an excursion to town to-day." His wife told him that he had better let her have the money, as she, had a pocketbook, but he preferred to maintain control of the exchequer. He was willing to borrow her purse and put T A1H 1L J d 1 T ,v kuo siu m in, uiu uieii untuioiai ainer ences were finally adjusted on this basis. When he reached the depot, somewhat encumbered with the" bride on his arm, he was jostled by a stout man who apologized and went on. .The tickets had been bought, there were no peanuts sold on the oars, and his hands were constantly occupied during the wedding iourney-fio that he did not discover his loss until they had eaten their lunch in' a restaurant, and he was called upon to pay lor it. Mia pocket nad been ripped open, and her purse, with the money in it, had been stolen. His bride sobbed on his shoulder, and reminded him that she had told him to give the money to her. Moral to men: Trust your wives, and beware of pickpockets. The most mysterious thing in this world of mysteries' is a woman's present timent. Here is Mrs. Riley, who has her being in . Macon City, Kansas, and always carries her money in a purse, and her purse in her pocket. One day she was going out of town on an excur sion, and suddenly, utterly without warning, without her mentioning the fact to her husband, she had a presenti ment that if she were to carry the monev in her pocket she would lose it So she took her purse and hid it in her bosom. She had another twinge of presentiment. and dropped her watch and chain into the sama receptacle. Then she became Boeptioal, fished out the purse, and tak ing Irom it $8 restored it to its nest. The $6 went into the despised pocket. When she arrived at the depot she was aooosted by a beautiful young gentle man, who inquired if she was looking for anybody. While he was speaking, a horrid man poshed against her rather roughly. The beautiful young gentle man took her part and abused the hor rid man, and as there was every sign of a fight the lady prudently withdrew. Soon afterwards the lady put her hand into her pocket and found that there was nothing in it The lining had been cut with a knife. Purse and watoh were near her fluttering heart. The presentiment had been a sound eoonomio polioy and her want of faith had cost her 6. Moral to women: Trust your presentiment, and beware of pick pocket Hew York Tribune Odd Changes of Meaning. The meaning of the word " wretch " is one not generally understood. It was originally, and is now in some parts of England, used as a term of the softest and fondest tenderness. ' This is not the only instance in which words in their present general acceptation bear a very opposite meaning to what they did in Shakespeare's time. "Damsel" was the appellation of young ladies of quality, and " Dame " a title of distinct ion. "Knave " once signified a servant; and in an early translation of the New Testament, instead of "Paul, the ser vant" we read "Paul, the knave." " Varlet " was formerly used in the same sense as valet. On the other hand, the word " companion," instead of being the honorable synonym of as sociate, occurs in the play of " Othello" witn the same contemptuous meaning which we now affix, in its abusive sense, to tne wora "leiiow ; ' lor .Emilia, per ceiving that some secret villain had as- Eersed the character of the virtuous tesdemona, thus indignantly exolaims : " O Heaven 1 that saoh companion thou'dst unfold, Vnd pot in every honest hand a whip, To lash the rascal naked through the world." iv. a. "Villain" formerly meant a bond man. In . feudal law, according to Blaokstone, the term was applied to those who held lands and tenements in villenage a tenure by base services. "Penant" formerly meant a school master. Shakespeare says in his "Twelfth Night :,f " A pedant that keeps a eohool in the churoh." hi. a. , Bacon, in his "Pathway unto Prayer," thus uses the word "imp:" "Let us pray for the preservation of the king's most excellent majesty, and for the prosperous success of his entirely be loved son Edward our prince, that most angelic imp." It is a somewhat notioeable fact that the changes in the signification of words have generally been to their deteriora tion; that is, words that heretofore had no sinister meaning have acquired it. The word "cunning," for example, for merly meant nothing sinister or under handed; and in Th rope's confession, in " Fox's Book of martyrs," is the sen tence, " I believe that all these three persons in the Godhead are even in power, and in cunning, and in might, full of grace and of all goodness." " Demure" is another of this class. It was used by earlier writers without the insinuation which is now almost latent in it, that the external shows of modesty and sobriety rest on no corresponding realities. "Explode" formerly meant to drive off the stage with loud clappings of the hands, but gradually became ex aggerated into its present signification. "Facetious," too, originally meant ur bane, but now has so degenerated as to have acquired the sense of buffoonery; and Mr. Trench sees indications that it will ere long acquire the sense of inde cent buffoonery. "FliDDerv" now means trnmnerv and odds and ends of cheap finery; out once it meant old clothes of value, and not worthless, as tne term at. present lm plies. The word " gossip" formerly meant only a sponsor in baptism; apon sors were supposed to become acquaint ed at the baptismal font, and by their sponsorial act to establish an indefinite affinity toward each other and the child. Thus the word was applied to all who were familiar and intimate, and finally oDtamea tne meaning wmcn is now pre' dominant in it. "Homely" once meant secret and familiar, though in the time of Milton it had acquired the same sense as at present. "Incense" one meant to kindle not only anger, but good passions as well; Fuller uses it in the sense of " to in cite." "Indolence" originally signified a freedom from passion or pain, but now implies a condition of languid non-exertion. " Insolent " was once only " un usual." "Obsequious" implies an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of an other; but in the original obsequium, or in the English word as employed two centuries ago, there was nothing of this: it rather meant obedience and mildness. Shakespeare, speaking of a deceased person, says: " How many a holy and obsequious tear Hath dear religions love stolen from my eye, As interest of the dead. " "Property" and "Propriety" were once synonymous, both referring to ma terial things, as the French word "pro priete" does now. Foreigners do not often catch the distinction at present made in English between the two words, and we know a French genlte man who recently, meeting with some pecuniary reverses, astonished his friends by telling them that he had lost all his " propriety." A poet is a person who writes poetry; and, according to the good old custom, a proser was a person who wrote prose, and simply the antithesis of poet The word has now a sadly different significa tion; and it would not be considered very respectable to term Addison; Irv ing, Bancroft or Everett " prosers." He Preferred to Walk. ' 1 "She's pretty hot, ain't she?" said a backwoods passenger, addressing the engineer of a Mississippi steamer that was racing with another boat. ., ' " So-so," responded the engineer, as he hung an additional wrench on the safety-valve cord to stop the steam from escaping. " ' " ' "I reckon we'll overtake that craft soon," pursued the passenger. " Thut's about it," returned the en gineer, giving the cords another twitch and hallooing through the trumpet to the fireman to "shove her up." , "One hundred and ninety-five," hummed the passenger, looking first at the gauge and then at the boilers. "That's about where she's rusticat ing," put in the engineer. Then the passenger ran his fingers through his hair nervously, and walked about the decks for a few minutes, when he oame back to the engineer and ob served: " Hadn't you better leave that boat go" ' "Can't do it Must pass her." " But s'posin' we should blow up ?" " Well,'. - said the engineer, as he Eeeped over the guard to see how fast e was gaining, " if it's the will of Prov idence for this boat to blow up, we'll have to stand it'! Then he hallooed to the fireman to roll np another cask of bacon and to mix plenty of resin with the coal, and give her a little more tur pentine an oil. The next moment there was a splash in the river; but before the yawl could be lowered the man had succeeded in reaohing the shore, and hallooed out: " Go on with the race, I guess I'll walk!" la Dr. E. B. Poote's Health Monthly people are cautioned against carelessly sitting en the oool earth under trees in hot weather, as the dense foliage pre vents the sun from properly drying the crronnd. and there is eonseauentJy a I dampness wbioh ia hazardous to health FARM, HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD Recipes. Onion Soup. Cut Into slices twelve onions ; boil them in three quarts of milk and water, equally mixed ; add a little veal ; season with butter and pep per ; add a few well-toasted slices of white bread and a handful of finely ohopped parsley. Waffles. To a nnart of sweet milk take two eggs, a tabfespoonful of melted butter, a cent's worth of yeast, a tea spoonful of saleratus, and flour to make a stiff batter ; in the morning Pdd a tea spoonful of sugar. They should be fried a light brown in a waffle-iron. Have melted in a cup a piece of butter with three-quarters of a cup of milk, and as the cakes are done grate nutmeg on each and sprinkle on sugar, then put a little of the melted butter and milk on each, and you will see how fast they will disappear when placed on the table. Rolled Beefsteak. Beat a large tender steak thoroughly and carefully. Sprinkle over salt, pepper, sage, minoed onion, minced parsley and bits of butter. Have ready some mealy Irish potatoes mashed fine and seasoned with a little butter and salt. Spread over all and roll up tightly ; fasten the ends and sides securely with skewer-pins.' Plaoe it in a pan with suoh broth or gravy as may be on hand ; if none, two teacups of boiling water and one small minoed onion, peper, salt and one slice of pork. Simmer and baste as you would a roast duok. Sift over it browned cracker, pounded fine. .: v Old Virginia Tomato " Ketchup." Take ripe tomatoes, lay them in scald ing water ; when sufficiently cool peel them and cut them in small pieces, removing the cores ; measure them and then measure a fourth less of strong cider vinegar, say three quarts of vine gar to one gallon of tomatoes, .rut tne tomatoes on the stove a half hour before adding the venegar. For a gallon of tomatoes season three quarts of vinegar as follows : Two teacups of brown sugar, two large onions, minced fine, two table spoonfuls peeled horse radish, two tablespoonfuls peeled celery seed, two tablespoonfuls salt, one tablespoonful mustard, one tablespoonful black pep per. Other spices may be added if desired. Boil till reduced to two-thirds of its original bulk. ' Farm Notes. All farm animals except poultry seem to crave salt and should have it. It is possible to raise a crop of clover, another of millet, and another of ruta bagas from the same land in one season. Dairymen with a herd of cows and few acres may find a hint here worth heed ing. All who can do so should arrange so as to keep hogs in their apple orchard to eat np all the wormy fruit as it dropB during the season. In this way, easier than any other, can the ravages of the worm be checked. Where hogs are not sufficient for the purpose, a small nock of sheep should be used. The object of mulohing is two-fold first to retain moisture m the ground and prevent it from being parched by summer heat; second, to protect the roots of vegetables from the severe frosts of winter. The best materials for mulohing are tan-bark, saw-dust or better still, charcoal-dust leaves, straw. to any light porous substance which will keep the soil loose and moist By pro per mulching we nave seen potatoes, peas, beans, cabbages, onions and oth er vegetables maintain their growth through the driest summer. Exchange. Tomatoes are raised by the French in this manner: "As soon as a cluster of flowers is visible they they top the stem down to the clusters, which soon push strongly, and produce another cluster of flowers each. When these are visible, the branch to which they belong is also topped down to their level, and this is done five times successively. By this means the plants become stout dwarf bushes not above eighteen inches high In order to prevent their falling over sticks or strings are stretched horizon tally along the rows so as to keep them erect, in addition to this, an laterals whatever are nipped on. in this way the ripe sap is directed into the fruit. which acquire a beauty, size and excel lence unattainable by other means. How Ralalna Are Prepared. A strip of land bordering the Mediter ranean, somewhat less than one hundred miles in length and in width not exceed ing five or six, is the raisin producing territory oi Hpain. .Beyond these bound aries the Muscatel grape, from which the raisin is principally produced, mav grow and thrive abundantly, but the fruit must go to the market or the wine press. When the grapes begin to ripen in August the farmer carefully inspects the fruit as it lies on the warm dry sou. and one by one clips the dusters as they reach perfection. An almost all vine yards slants of masonry are prepared, looking like unglazed hot-beds, - and covered with fine pebbles, on whic hthe fruit is exposed to dry. But the small proprietor prefers not to carry his grapes so far. It is better, he thinks, to de posit them nearer at hand, where there is less danger of bruising, and where bees and wasps are less likely to find them. Day by day the cut branches are examined and turned, till they are suf floiently cured to be borne to the house, usually on the hill top, and there de posited in the emotv wine ureas, till enough have been collected for the trimmers and- packers to begin their work. At this stage great piles of rough dried raisins are brought from the wine press and heaped upon boards. One by one the bunches are carefully inspected, those of the first quality being trimmed of all irregularities and imper fect berries and deposited in piles by themselves; so in turn are treated those of the second quality, while the clippings and inferior fruit are received into naa kets at the feet of the trimmers and re served for home consumption. ' A qnan tity of small wooden trays are now brought forward, just the size of a com mon raisin box and about an men deep. In these papers are neatly laid so as to lap over and cover the raisins evenly ae posited in the trays, which are then subjected to heavy pressure in a rude press. After pressing the raisins are dropped into the boxes for market. The Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York. Hon. Hiram Hitchcock has been in duoed to take an interest in the Fifth Avenue Hotel on account of the im paired health of Mr. A. B. Darling, who is now in liliruuti, illi. kj. vr. uuewum retains his active interest in the firm. On the 1st inst. the hotel commenced its twentieth year with a reduction of price from five to our dollars per day, and all extra accommodations in the same ratio, The incomparable situation of the Fifth A vn n a Hotel and its superior accom modations throughout will oontinue to make it more than ever the favorite re sort of travelers. : A fast walker, it is estimated, could not walk to the sun in less than 1,963 years, but O'Leary is willing to bet that he can do it in 1.711 years if some body will lay the saw dust, Qraphio, HOW ADAM G0LDIE SHOOTS. A OTImenrl Rlflenaa who la Equally Wea- arfal at Short and Lena Ranse-Btx Maceeealre Boll's JKyee at a Thousand Yard A Loos Ranee Duel. In Shannon county. Mo., lives a man who is a greater adept with the rifle anri has performed more real and marvelous feats of marksmanship than even those with which Dr. Carver has of late been astonishing the world. . Capt. Bogardun ana toe noted HingiiBU marksmen, Lord De Grey, Aubrey Coventry, and Chol mondeley Pennell are completely eclipsed by this hitherto nnheard of phe nomenon, xne name oi this wonderful handler of the rifle is Adam Goldie, and, as a Dove mentioned, ne resides in Shan non countv. Mo., where he was born. He is about thirty-eight years of age. Adam Goldie is a man in the prime of life, about five feet eleven inches in height, and with a most wonderful physique. He has a frank, open coun tenance, with large, bright blue eyes, which have a peculiar appearance. They are restless and ever in motion, and there is a peculiar sort of twitching ac tion perceptible, which almost conveys the impression that his vision muBt be defective. . His light brown hair hangs in long, flowing look's, and a long, flow ing beard covers his chest His face is a taking one open, affable and free and when he talks, his voice has a ring ing, cheery tone about it that is pleasant to the ear. Some of the feats which he has ner- formed seem impossible. He has broken 299 glass balls out of 300 in twelve minutes, with a fortv-fonr calibre Win- Chester rifle. He can break 100 glass balls five times out of six, without a miss, in three minutes. These feats are unparalleled, and surpass Dr. Carver's wonderful shooting. A seemingly in credible feat that he performs is as fol lows: a soda water bottle is thrown into the air in a certain manner, and be fore it falls Goldie will send a bullet down the neck of the bottle and make a hole in the bottom. There are other feats that he performs with bottles. At fifty yards distance a bottle is placed on a forked tong.and Goldie will send six bullets in rapid succession down the neck and through the bottom, only per forating the latter in one place. ai long distances this wonderful marKs man performs iust as marvelous feats. At 1,000 yards he will hit the centre of the Dull s-eye and then send six bullets, one after the i.iher. hitting' the very in dent made by the first Apolato thrown in tne air Uoidie will perforate with six bullet holes before it touches the ground. Perhaps his most astonishing feat is his breaking two balls at once. This is done in the following manner: The balls are thrown ctosswise, and as they pass each other on their course, with quick, unerring aim and lightning-like rapidity, Goldie will speed a bullet through both. Another feat is the placing of an inch strip of tin about three feet long in position, at thirty feet distance, and perforating it from top to bottom with thirty-six holes, all exactly in the centre of the strip, and all at even distance apart. Uoidie says he does not know where his wonderful skill comes from. He never handled a rifle until he was eighteen years old, and to him it seems like an instinct. He would take aim and fire with unerring accuracy, and his wonderful feats soon acquired for him a marvelous reputation among his neigh- Dors. , Some five years ago Goldie left his native county of Shannon, where he is engaged in cattle raising, for North western Texas, where he passed two years, and there one of the most exoiting incidents of his career happened. His fame as a marksman among the Texans soon became notorious. In the vicinity oi uoidie s ranch lived one William Uar rell, or, as he was more familiarly termed, Bloody Bill. This Bloody Bill was a noted ruffian and desperado, a reckless dare-devil. His feats in mark manship were likewise astounding, and probably no man in the Lone Star State excelled him in handling the rifle, Bloody Bill had been engaged in manv deeds of daring, and was nearly always mixed up in some row or squabble. He had already killed three men, and his numerous acts of ruffianism had made him a terror to the frontier. Few cared to cross his path, as his dangerous char acter and dexterity with the rifle were well known. Uoidie had met Bill on several occasions, but had never been involved in any difficulty with him, Knowing his turbulent disposition, he always sought to avoid him. On one Sunday, however, Goldie was Bitting in company with a score of Texans, when Bill rode up and loined the party. Of late he had become quite jealous of Goldie's notoriety as a marksman, and had frequently spoken disparagingly of the latter. At last the Texans began to relate some of their reminiscences, and Goldie commenced relating an incident that had occurred to him. Bill, who had drank heavily and become rather moody, in the midst of the narration suddenly lumped to his feet and insulted Goldie, at the same time striking a blow at him. All was instantly commotion The whole party were on their feet and revolvers were drawn, uoiaie demand ed satisfaction for the insult, and Bloody Bill, with a scornful laugh, suggested that they had better make it a trial of their respective skill with the rifle. The idea was caught up by the Texans, and after a short consultation they decided that a duel should be fought, but, in consequence of the extraordinary skill of the parties, at a long distance. On the open prairie, about two miles distant. grew two post oak trees. They were 420 pards apart, and were the only trees on that spot All around was open, timberless prairie. It was decided that Goldie and Bill should both take their rifles and each take ud a position be. hind the respective trees and then blaze away at each other. The Texans hoped by this means to prevent bloodshed, or at leant to prevent a fatal termination to the duel. . The preliminaries being settled, the whole party mounted their horses and rode out on the prairie to the selected spot. Goldie took up his posi t on behind one of the trees, and Bill ensconced himself behind the other, The remaining party of the crowd then rode to a slight undulating eminence to the light, where they were to remain as spectators. One of them was to give the signal for the beginning of the con test by firing his rifle in the air, and the report was to be the signal to the duel ists to begin with their blcody work, Goldie awaited anxiously for the deton ation of the rifle, which suddenly sound ed on the air. ' Then commenced the duel at the long est range ever recorded. Goldie advan ced from behind the tree in a kneeling i i .. . i , jjuaiure, wnen, wmz I uis somDrero was perforated by a ball from Bloody Bill i rifle. Quick as lightning he dropped full length on the ground in time to es cape the two other bullets wbioh came in rapid succession. He lav still, brought wis rine into position, as he was stretch ed full length noon the ground, and then remained immovable. Presently he saw a diminutive figure wbioh he knew to be Bill (who was was nearly one inch taller than Goldie) advancing cautiously from the shelter of the tree. Quickly taking aim he fired twice in succession and then retired behind the sheltering trunk. One of the bullets he afterward discovered had passed through the lobe of Bill's left ear. There was a cessation now of firing for some time, when Goldie espied his opponent's head and shoulders exposed. Quick as lightning his rifle was at his shoulder, and the detonating report was heard. Bloody Bill's hat was carried away by the bullet. Goldie now rather incautiously advanced from his shelter and became the target for six balls in rapid rotation, one of which made a hole in his coat-sleeve and another through his pantaloons. He beat a hasty 1 retreat. The duelists remained gazing at the distant trees, each watching for the indistinct form which represented his adversary. Each peered cautiously from behind the tree, endeavoring to gain sight oi tne otner. uoidie at last saw Bill again advance, and the former stepped rapidly to the front and quiokly brought his rifle into position. Almost simultaneously the clear, sharp report of two rifles rang on the air, and both men fell Goldie managed to raise him self and crawl behind the trunk of the tree. H. had been wounded in the left shoulder. Presently he was joined by the Texans who had been witnesses of this most exoiting duel. They had already ridden over to Bloody Bill and found him dead a bullet had penetrated his temple. Another wonderful f aot connected with Goldie is that he is just as good a marks man and just as dexterous with the re volver as he is with the rifle. At sixty paces he can hit the center of the bull's eye and then put twenty balls in quick succession through the same ounce. At forty paces he oan with his revolver knock off the ash of a cigar whioh a gen tleman may be smoking, although few men have the nerve to stand as the tar get. Another of his feats with the re volver is firing at a champagne bottle at forty paces, and with the bullet drive the cork into the bottle. In short, his feats with pistol are too numerous to mention. He seems to fire without tak ing aim, as some of this snooting he can do in almost any position, fixing from under his leg, etc. It is understood that some gentlemen who are acquainted with Goldie's record with the rifle, and have witnessed his splendid shooting, are raising a sum of money to bring him before the public It is their intention that he shall first give a publio exhibition of his skill in St Louis, and afterward go East, when a match is to be arranged between him and Dr. Carver. The Bamboo and Its Uses. Common as it is, there is no more graceful or beautiful object in nature than the bamboo in its native luxuriance, and nowhere is it seen to greater per fection than by the rivers and creeks of Bnrmah. As you round each bend of a Burmese river cluster after cluster ol bamboo waves a graceful salute with its spray like foliage, and I could tell of country roads flanked by a bamboo avenue like nothing so muoh as a living Gothic aisle: the smooth, pillar-like stems, jointed together with perfect regularity, and rising on either side ol the road almost perpendicularly, so gracefully is the aro described, meeting close overhead at a lofty height, and forming beneath a stillness which com pletes the parallel to the cathedral aisle. And when you turn to consider the uses tulhlled by this fairy-like plant, the wonder is scarcely less. Whether in hi house, or land, or the boat, in which half the Barman's life is passed, the bamboo is present everywhere in an in unite variety ot forms. The main sup ports of the house are commonly of tim ber, but it is from the bamboo that the beams and rafters of floor and roof are made, the partition walls, the matting on the floor, the very string which lashee rafter and beam together, and in many cases the mat-thatch whioh completes the house; while within the house so built hnrdly a vessel but is made from, or at least indebted to, the same. On board the boat the bamboo is no less important; it floats the fisherman's net, it is shelter from the weather, and af fords the rough bedding on which he lies; it is the stake to whioh his boat is moored, the pole which thrusts it from the shore, and even the anohor which holds it in the stream. Under more elaborate process it forms the substance of the multiform vessels of lacquer-work, which in tturmah take so largely the place of earthenware in other countries. It is the scaffolding of the builder, the laborer's basket, the child's toys, and from its brandies are woven the fantastic structures so dear to the Burmese, where the pooay or drama is held, and it forms the fanoiful canopy which cover the coffin in the funeral procession. Era ser's Magazine, Lightning's Startling Work,. The house of Mr. Caleb Bradbnry in Cambridge, Mass., was struck by light ning about quarter before six o'clock on a recent Friday afternoon. No other building within a quarter of a mils of it was furnished with a ligntmncr rod. but on this one rods arose from every corner oi tne root ana irom tne ciiim neys. A bolt entered the front of the house at the side of a bay window, and nearly on a level witn tne top ol the win dow. Clapboards were torn off and thrown into the street and also a por tion of the boards inside the clapboards, A space of three or four feet square was stripped in this manner. Mrs. Bovoe, a visitor, was reclining npon a sofa, im mediately inside of this point, in the front parlor. The lightning threw down the plastering behind her, covering her completely over. A space about six feet square was torn off. A ball of fire then rolled aoross the room, went np the back wall and then traversed the gilt moulding completely around the room. burning it at every alternate inoh and then passed out. Air. iiradoury was sitting a short distance from the lady. but neither were injured, though both were stunned for a considerable time, He had juBt been telling the lady.that there was no possible danger oi tne house being struck, as it had met with that fate recently and the lightning never struck twice in tne same place. At tV'e same time the front of the house was struck a bolt passed into the kitchen window, whioh was open, in the rear. Miss EUa Fletcher, who was preparing supper, waa hurled roughly through the kitchen and thrown into tne dining room, but was not badly injured, though stunned for some time. Her sister was also in the kitchen, but waa not dis turbed. The lightning by some pro oeag found its way to a chamber np stairs, passed completely around the moulding, burning it as in uw pnriur, and then left, doing no other damage. The rooms were filled with a sulphur like smoke. All of the inmates of the house were hard of hearing all the even ing. The damage to the house was not far from S 160, Earthquakes and Eruptions In 1877. In the whole of 1877 there occurred, aooording to the compilations of Pro fessor Fuohs, 109 recorded earthquakes, though from our own observations we believe the number to have been some what larger. In the three months of June, July and August there were only eleven earthquakes; while thirty-four occurred in September, October, and November, and the rest in the previous six months back to December 1, 1876. As usual, the most violent of these phe nomena were those occurring in South America. The damage done to Iquique, Valparaiso, Lima, and other oities by the outbreak of May 9, 1877, was enor mous, the vibrations recurring with startling rapidity, and lasting over sev eral days. A few days later a subma rine volcanio eruption occurred off the coast of Peru, which also did great damage to shipping. The effects of these disturbances were felt in all parts of the Pacific During the year, several minor earthquakes, though of unusual intensity for the part of the world in which they were felt, ooourrred in Europe. Those of April , May 2, and October 8 in Switzerland, and,' of? No vember 1 and 4 and Deoember 22 at Lisbon, were the most alarming. For tunately, little or no serious damage was done The voloanoes of Enrope were nnnsu- ally inactive during the year, but in South America, in Japan, and in the Paciflo generally, the year was marked by several very violent volcanic explo sions. The frequency with which out breaks of this nature were observed in the open sea was a peculiarity of the year. Thus in February a very remaik- able ernptien occurred in the seas sur rounding the Sandwich Islands, ten days after a violent outburst of the ora tor of Mauna Loa, on the mainland of the group, and a few weeks before another most remarkable outflow ol lava from the celebrated lava lake oi Kilauea. Here vast jets of liquid lava were ejected to a great height through the hard crust of the solidifying lava oi the lake, whioh had lain undisturbed for many years. Much more serious was the eruption of Mount Ootopaxi in June, accompanied by terrible showers ol ashes, dust, and mud, whioh were car ried by the wind far and wide over the country, devastating the fair lpnds and destroying hundreds of lives. The in sular volcano of Ooshima, in Japan, broke out in flames and burning lava on January 4, and continued in violent ao- tion till the first week in February, causing, in combination with the earth quakes whioh accompanied it, a disas trous loss of life. Among the more noteworthy event of the year was the eruption of a new volcano in a district hitherto supposed to be free from volcanio disturbance namely, on June 11, in a new crater near the Colorado river, California. About the same time a earthquake was felt in Canada. The subm.rgence of sev eral islands in the great archipelago ly ing between the Malay Peninsula and Australia, the upheaval of new lands in the same district, and the observance of the effects of volcanio phenomena in the deep waters of the South Atlantic, and where the sea is some 20,000 feet deep, would have been sufficient ol themselves to mark the past year as an uncommon period of strange volcanic phenomena. We believe, however, that the current twelve months will, unless a sudden cessation of activity occurs, prove to be even more prolifio of such events than any of its recent predeces sors. London Times. What the Hired Man Sang. Gretry was wont to employ a singular method of slackening or quickening the pace of a walking companion to suit hi own inclination. "To say, he would argue, "you walk too fast or too slow is unpolite; but to sing soitly an air to the time oi tne waix or your companion, aud then by degrees either to quicken the time or make it slower, is a stratagem as innocent a? it is convenient. ' The principle of Gretry's ruse was wel ex emplified in the case of the stingy farm er who gave his hired hay-maker butter milk and wbey lor breakfast, and going to the field heard the man singing in a arawiing way, B-u-t-t-e-r m-l-l-k and whey, Faint all day, faint all day; his scythe keeping time to the tune. The next morning the farmer set a good meai oi Daoon and eggs before the man. and when he went to see how he was getting on with his work, found his arms going swiftly to "Baoon and eggs. take care of your legsl" Chambers's journal. Sheer nonsense Trying to cut your own nair. Narra aa Tnlttnpilnn iu.mu By invigorating a feeble constitution, renova ting a aeDiiiuiea pnyslaue. and enrichine thia and innutritions circulation with Hoh- tetter's Stomach Bitters, the finest, the most highly sanctioned, and the most popular tonio and preventive in existence. It strengthens the stomach, remedies toroor of tha liver anrl bowels, and gives a healthful impulse to the swosis uiu uieuuargiug IUIIOUOUB Ol tne kidneys and bladder. Not only does it arrest and prevent the recurrence of malarial fevers, bat it furnishes the only adequate safeguard againBt them to persons who have never been afflicted with those maladies, but would be Uable to incur tnem if medicinally unprotected. It eliminates from the blood oertain impurities wmou me most SKiuiui painoiogists assign ai the exalting- oauses of those asonizine- oom plaints, rheumatism and aout and it is. mora, over, an exoellent remedy for an enfeebled or overwrongni state or the nerves, and for men. wi ueaponaency. Terribly exhaustive are the night sweats whioh accompany Cons unption. Bnt they, as well as the paroxysms of coughing, are invari ably broken op by Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tne l ungs, wbioh conquers the deadly malady, as well at) bronchitis, nnenmnnia. ntanrin asthma, diphtheria and all other affeotions of the throat, lungs and chest. It saves thou sands from untimely graves and is invaluable in rescuing children from the croup, whooping uuugu suu 4uiuz;. ii is soia Dy au uruggists, A, Balm fob Evibt Wound. Grace's Salve Is now so generally used for the our of Flesh Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Uloeri, Felons, Sprains, and au diseases of the skin, that praise of it seems almost needless. Those who have tried it ones always keep a box on hand and nothing win inuuce tnem to be without a supply. ror upwards or thirty years Mrs. WIK8LOWB SOOTHING 8YBDP hai been used for ohUdren with never-failing success. It oorrecU acidity of the stomach, relieves wind oolio, regulates wojo, uurtae' uyaeniery ana aiarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other oauses. An old and well-tried remedy. 85 ets. a bottle. Dottmce Ulnsorbread. Take one cup of butter and lard melted to gether, add one oup New Orleans molasses; stir into thia one oup each of sugar and oold water, two Urge teaspoonf uls ginger, two eggs beaten, and four onps of flour, having in it throe large teaspoonf uls Dooley's Yeast Powder. Bake in moderately hot oven. Fever and ague, malarious fever, bilious and typhoid fevers all originate In one producing cause and may all be easily prevented by Par sons' Purgative Puis. These puis aot directly and powerfully On the blood. It is a dangerous thing to allow the diarrhoea or dysentery to go unchecked and there is no need of it k small bottle of Johnson's Ano dyne Liniment will our tha moat stubborn that oan do proaooea. Wlndoor Hotel, New York. - Since the reduction of the rate per day to 4.00 there has been an inoree in numbers, and it would appear this was a most Jndl oious move. The Windsor was never mors attractive to the traveler than now. CHEW ' 1 The Celebrated -- Matchlbss" Wood Tag Ping TOBAOOO. Th Piokbbb Tobacco Comt-akt, New York, Boston, and Chioago. IMPORTANT NOTICB.-Farmer Fnml Ilea and Ottawa o.n porches no Ramedr aqnal to Dr. TOBIAS' VKNKTIAlf LINIMENT for ' lb m l m oath ooompanriti(r aaoh bottle) Throat, Oot., Burna, SwalUna. Moi Kinito Bitw. Old Sorel, Pama In Umln, Back and Ohajt. j no VBNkTIAN LINIMKNT waa introdocad to no on. who baa n-ed it bnt oontin.jM " do ".D.arf tatina, if It waa Ton Dollarf ia BoMla thai woold not b withont It Thooanla of Oortincataa oan ba aeon M tha Dapot, ap-akina of ila """darf nlonjati ff.S' Sol J brine bruiaU at 4Uta. DeP"' Marraf.Bt. New York. Baowif'l Bbohohiai. Tboohm. foroonaha and coma. UTATfinMAKERa1 Tootn ana Matenala. .Send tor VT PrloeUat. O. K. SMITH PP.. 88 B'war.W.Y (tofa a day to Aaenta to eell a Honaehold Artlo'e. t5)V Addreaa Hnchere M'Pai I'o-. Marion, Ohio. nnrwa Papera. Want Aante. Sand atarnp, jauUftOl L. 1 FtlBCHlLD, Rolling Prairie, Wia. Ol ll HI, A poat-paid, 1,11 BLACK JOB-worda and mnaio for lO et. . m fill w-T-ll fW. V.). MILITAHV H iSi5TiTiiTi.n winthr6p8TARR.a.m., Prinoipal. Limited to 36 boje. Terme moderate. $7 A DAT to Arentao an raeaina for tha rtreold t Vlaltor, Terma and Ontflt Fraa. Addreaa P. O. VKJKBRY Anoana, Memo' Attn I Vfl retail prtoe f'SOonlr "IIS. I ORGAHS rarVainrBliiM! PIANOS A. Great blntrton, M.J, $10 to $1000 ln,t,4 in Wall St. Stoeke makae tortnnea eTerv month. Book eent e eiolainlna erarrthina. Addreaa BAXTER A CO., Bankera. 17 Wall St.. W. T. R.FOOTK'H HEALTH MONTH 0 j ootaro pajrna Edited by !ra. Be it on trial for aix months for FOUR 3c. STAMPS! Murray Hill Puh.Oo.,lga B.H8th 8t..W.Y, rfi- m n a VRllf. Rnrd and tuition for Girla, CSJLOU Boya and Yonna Men. rrrmratory Couth far ufnw, Teaching, Mtdirtn; La", and UMnitr In struction tnoronan. ijooation nnnnrMwu. REILLT, B. P., Epiacopal Academy. HaddonBeld, I9.Q. D1 ECATIJR TEMPKK ANt'E HUN. A aheap inent. A powerful document. Fonr montna, 10 oeniai three montba, 10 oenia. Speolmena free. Aaente wantmi Kaat.Waat.North and Sonth. G.F Kimball.Peoatnr.III. Ta-uneranoe weekly. I? nil oi me, '" em CLOCKS K. INURAHAlU Superior in deaian- Not equaled In quality, or aa timekeeper,. Ask your Jeweler for them. Aaencr H Portland! St., H. Y. rn CI i C The cboioeet to tha world Importer! JL JCj i-Be prioea Largeat Company in America ataple aruole pleaaea everybody Trade continually inoreaainc Agenta wanted everywhere beet lnduoe-mente-don't waate time eend for pironlar to ROBT WELLS, 43 Veaey St., N.Y.. P. Q. Bo 1887, l 4 f O A iwtr ft,. 3 I US SaCO aaliina oar Fine Art to Agenta M ft trait IOC 1 1 U , W w Outfit Free SppuSSL J. H. BUFFORD'S 80N8, Mannfaotnring Pnbllahara, 141 to 14T Franklin Street, Boston, Maaa. Established nearly fifty years. SIMPLE, EASY, PROFITABLE. EVERYBODY HIS OWN PRINTER 'tftnd 6o. for handsome eataloffiie. National, Ttpk Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. Larg tut assortmen f. Lotctmt price. DREW SEMINARY AND FRMAleK 1 Ol.I-FHwK. . O ARM EL, N. Y. Kor both eexs. Healthful, home like, thoroosh, Superior aooommodatioDi and advan tages In all department. Opens Hept, 4. Cures Dyspepfeia, Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Sick Headache. GRACE'S m JoirRBTTX.T.ie. Mioh.. Dee. 27. tttMV--.' rn. fbwlef. sent yon 60 ota. for two boiea of ortttfeV Salre. I haT naa two ana nave nsea tnera on an nicer on my iooc,ana it ia almost well. Respectfully yours, C. J. Van Nbm. Prim VJK Mnli Kn at .11 rfa-ntrcrUtai nr unt tiV mkft on receipt of 3. oents. Prepared by NKTTI W. 900.000 Mm tftken In fhnr mnnlhs h RK AAA neonl. Good elituatt, , water, and bulMlug tone, n-l ( M ao trtnj. AddraM. S J. Gilmora, Land Uom'r, 8ml tut, Kaa Daily and Weekly, Quarto, ItoHton9 Mass. The Lovraest. ObADeat and Best Fatuity NewipRper in new nnsiana. nauea wiin Bueoiai reiereno w varied t&att-a and requirement of the home circle. All the foreign and looI newt published prompt. i, Daily Tranroript, IO per annum in advance. Week kir " 6 oopiea to one address,) 6750 per annum id aavanoe. BEND FOR SAMPLE COPY. WHO WANTS A FARM WHERE FAMING PAYS THE BEST? FOR SALE. KM nfld Acres Rich Farming dUU.UUU l'ANI-, wall located in Mich ga?. at from MSi 1088 per acre, on eaar tefmaol payment. Alao, Acres of Choice Pine m ij 11 it Bf ucoji UHiuucr ainiiii.ia pTDand (or Illustrated Pamphlet, full of facta. m$ U. M. BARNEH, I,ndCninilwwlnnort I,iinitn iUtch. IXAN"S FLY BRICK ThtUtltCianlFb-mUr.; KILLS all the FLIES in room in TWO HOURS. IOC worth will kill more flies than $10 worth of Fly Paper. No dirt, as trouble. Sold by DaucoiSTS Botavi- Medicine Co.. Buffalo, N. V ANTI-FAT . The GREAT HEMEDtf for OOnPUIi 33 3STO US. ALLAN'S ANTI-FAT la purely vegetable and perfectly harmless. It arts upon the food 1 In the stounH.li, iirevi-niliuj Ita bull tnuverted Into fat. Taken In ao.cor,lai.,"e with reetloiia, B win rsdaaa a rat Bonaa IVaaa twa to Sve OMaaaaat PAoT Weclaa Corpulence la not only a disease Itaelf, bnt the harbinger of other." 80 wrote Hlnuocralea two thousand years ago, and what waj true tutu 1 nan the leas ao to-day. Bold by drutfifiaU. or sent, by express, open r eipt of tl.60. Quajler-doaenlioa XudraeaT BOTANIC MEDICINE CO., Proprietor, Buffalo, V. J. TSIU BOSTQltf THAUPT A I'XAWJTV? KM, V.l If. 1
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