jVgricnl tural. Bbxeds axd Thobouohbrrds. Thor oughbred is a term given an animal descended from parents which both be long to the same recognized breed. A breed is a gradual growth, daring many years, often centuries, of a class of ani mals which possess some marked dis tinguishing points or characteristics. Its perfection is arrived at by a course of skillful breeding of selected animals, each one chosen for the especial purpose of marking more distinctly some desired characteristic. This course is persevered in until each animal is able to reproduce itself exactly and infHllibly, and the chief characteristics of the class of ani mals are indelibly fixed, 60 that each young animal produced is a tvpe of its class. Bach a class of animals is then reorganized as a breed or as thorough bred animals, and its descendants with out admixture of foreign blood are "pure bred" or "thoroughbred." There are very few really pure breeds however; that is, races of animals which repro duce themselves exactly in color and form. The Devon cattle are one of these pure breeds, having been from time immemorial exactly what they are now, and reproducing themselves ex actly in form, color, and every other characteristic without failure. Oar na tive buffalo is another pure breed of cattle, as are also the wild cattle of Chillingham, England, and the dun cattle and the buffalo of Italy. The term breed is given to the Ayrshire, Jersey, or Shortliorn, because although they do not reproduce themselves ex actly, yet they do so with snflicient closeness to preserve their distinguish ing traits of character. As they are recognized as brseds their unmixed des cendants are called thoroughbred. If their blood is mingled with that of another class, whether that be thorough bred or not, the "thoroughness" is lost and the produce is a grade. That pro duce can never be brought back to a thoroughbred really. There will always lie a stain, and although that stain may be continually diluted with each genera tion, the point when it is supposed to finally disappear has never been satis factorily fixed upon. The starting point from whence either of these breeds sprang is not known. The original sources are like those of a river, issuing from many springs. In course of time all these smaller streams gather into one which contains the elements of each consolidated. So it is with either of these races of cattle. Having been first obtained from some accidental mixture and exhibiting some strong points of excellence, the original stock were inter bred one with another. Keep a Cow. People generally be lieve that there is but one kind of cows' milk, always supposing there is no adul teration, but no mistake can be greater. The milk sold from wagons has the fol lowing characteristics: It is of uncertain quality, and it is almost always poor on account of the feed, such as bran, steamed hay, and brewers' grains. It is injured during the journey from the farm 01 by the various transits to the consumer, and it rapidly changes. MaDy of the cows are unhealthy ; little care is taken by those who milk to secure perfectly clean milk, and the odors of the barn -yard and stable where many cows are kept, where personal super vision as to details is impossible, im part a bad flavor to the milt. Such milk is certainly unfit for infants. All this is said in the supposition that there is no kind of adulteration. Condensed milk is not open to some of these evils. There is really no way for families to get good milk but to keep cows them selves. In cities and towns it would be a good plan for several families to unite and keep one first-rate cow. But, gen erally, one family should keep a cow, and this can often be done in a city as well as in a Tillage, providing a stable is on the premises, for where carriage horses are kept a cow can be. I am informed that many families keep cows as much as they keep servants, and they nnd it a great advantage. l wintry I'hfisu-ian, Maky of the failures in the attempt to riise onr more common forest trees from the seed, are caused by improper care of the seed previous to planting. If such seeds as the chestnut and the horse-chestnut are allowed to become dry, their hard varnished shell is imper vious to moisture, and this alone causes a majority of the attempts at raising sucn trees Irom tne seed. II tney can be planted so as to be secure from mice, it is much safer to plant them in the autumn soon after they fall from the trees. If they cannot be planted in their proper position, they may be mixed with earth and kept moist until spring, 1 reezing will not hurt them. The elm and one or two other trees mature their seeds so early in the season, that thev msv be plau-'ed immediately. and will make eousidurable growth be fore winter sets in. In ail cases where the seed-bed is so sitnated that it can not be worked up in the spring, it will usually be found best to plant all kinds in tne fail, as tney will sprout very early in the spring, and will make root and growth much in advance of those not planted until late iu the spring. Almost any kind of forest trees may be success fully transplanted by cutting the tap root a year before tne attempt is made. If one or two of the larger roots are cut at the same time, it will be more certain to prove successful. The Cattlk of Europe. According to the report lately read at a scientific meeting at beeoerzig, in Switzerland, all the cattle in Europe amount to 51,700,000 head. Of these Germany owns H.OOO.OOO ; Austria, 12,000,000; trance, IUUO.UUO; Ureat Britain, 10,000, (XX); Turkey, 9,000,000; Spain ami fortugai, ,oou,tW; .Denmark, 4,000,000; Italv, 3,500,000; Sweden and Norway, 2,500,000; Holland and lVlgium, 2,000,000 ; Greece, 1,000,000 ; and Switzerland, 1.000.0(H). The little Kcpublic of Switzerland figures at the head of the list in proportion to its extent and population, owning 203 head of cattle for each thousand acres, and 57 head for each thousand inhabitants. Spain has only 39 head for each thous and acres of its suDerficies. What ax Ear of Coiw wtli. Yield. An ear of corn has been sent to this office, grown in Cleveland, East Ten nessee, which measures 10 inches in circumference in the thickest part of the ear, has 22 rows, with an average of 50 kernels in a row, making 1,232 ker nels in all on the ear. The variety is known as the Southern Dent Corn. These 1,2:2 kernels, planted in the same locality or arywhere within the lime stone region of Tennessee or Kentucky, if all germinated and came to perfection, would produce the first year a fraction over 45,01X1 bushels. Turf, Fi hi and . Farm, California sent 1,000 bales of cotton to market last year, and is going into " the business more extensively this year. It is said that the crop will pay in that State, at half the present price, twenty cents per pound. Cotton is a much safer crop than grain, and is mora easily transported, and furthermore the Cali fornians hope for a market in China and Japan. Lick on Swiss. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette cures Lis hogs of lice as follows: He nails three or four large copper cents to the bottom of the trough in which they are fed, and the lice all leave. The remedy he asserts is harmless, and has never failed when tried in this section. The entire value of the stock and pro perty of the Cataraugu county (N. Y.) cheese factories is $5,000,000, which re turns an annual income of $1,5fl,000. Scientific. A Xkw Appliaxcb of Elsctki cmr. The influence of electricity on the growth of plants has recently been made the subject of careful study in England. The method pursued and the results obtained may be thus briefly described : Upon plate of glass three inches square, two strips of sheet-tin are laid so as to nearly touch in the center. Upon this glass, and covering the tin strips, is spread piece of com mon felt moistened with rain-water; and, upon its dampened surface, cress seeds are thickly strewed. The tin plates are then connected with the op posite poles of a weak galvanio battery ; the result being that one-half of the felt is charged with positive and the other with negative electricity. At the side of this plate is a second, which has connection with the battery, and upon which the seeds grow, subjected to no artificial conditions. The results of this novel course of experiment are given as follows : After the lapse of four days the seeds on the opposite side of the first piece of felting gave signs of germination, while the hulls were shriv eling up and becoming black. On the negative side of the felting the seeds were at the same time swollen, and their hulls, which retained their natural color, were beginning to burst. At the end of six days the first shoots made their ap pearance. It was not till several days later that the first shoots appeared upon the second plate. It is recorded, as the most peculiar result of this trial that, while on the negative pole, where there was every sign of stronger devel opment, the root-sprout sank downward into the moist felting, the roots from the positive side rose upward from blackened and dried-up seeds. These experiments serve to enforce the opinion, recently advanced, that often by the simplest methods, intelligently applied, results suay be obtained which bear directly upon the most important natural phenomena. CAPAcrrrBs of Cast-Ibok. A recent writer in a London journal asserts that cast-iron is unsuitable for use as a tie, because its strength is uncertain, and on account of its accommodating itself, less than malleable iron to any cross strain. Malleable iron allows of con siderable twist, without any great diminution of its direct strength, while any twist brought on a bar of cast-iron, with a direct strain, is almost sure to result in fracture, long before the whole of its direct strength is brought into action. As regards the use of cast iron to re sist direct strain, there are some pecu liarities which have an important bear ing on its application to certain pur poses. In this connection may be in stanced the mi ''ufacture of hydrostatic presses and water pipes, where it is noteworthy that, although the strength of a boiler exposed to an internal pres sure might be supposed to be in exact proportion to its thickness, yet, practi cally, this is not the case, and the thickness has to be increased in a greater proportion than the strain. Cast iron may also be. considered to have its elasticity destroyed with about one-third the weight that will produce fracture; and, therefore, it ought not to be loaded, in permanent construc tions, to more than this amonnt. The Ptmficatiox of Tax low axd Lard. It is said that tallow and lard can be kept from getting rancid by the following process : The tallow or lard is first treated with carbonate of soda in the proportion of 2 pounds of soda to every 1,000 pounds of lard, and is then subjected to a digestion with alum in the following manner : 10 pounds of alum are dissolved in 000 pounds of water, and 1 pound slaked lime added to the solution and boiled. This solu tion is stirred well with 1,000 pounds of lard at a temperature of 150 or 200 Full, for about half an hour. The liquor is then separated from the lard, and the lard is treated with the same amonnt of pure water again. This lard will keep for an exceedingly long time. The fact is that the alumina in the alum applied acts very readily in a disin fecting manner upon those compounds which are liable to give rise to rancidity. The lime is added to the alum in order to render the alumina more active by its giving up some of the acid to the lime. This treatment has also the advantages of restoring the original flavor and of producing a lard of a greater whiteness. VriXAXIZKD RCBBEB COATED IbO Tubes are now manufactured in this city which will bear over 300 degrees heat, the rubber being prepared at 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The pipes can therefore be used for either hot or cold water. Gas and water are said to have no effect on them, and the coating re sists sulphuric and muriatic acids and caustic potash solution. It is suggested tuat the process may be used f jr the preservation of iron ship plates and framing, if the rubber should resist the chemical action of copper in contact with iron under salt water. Public Ledger. It is proposed to construct an indi cator for detecting the presence of car bonic-oxide gas in the air on the follow ing plan : A vessel, the sides of which are connected with an electric battery. is miea witn a solution of chloride of palladium. The wires are so adjusted that, so long as no metal is precipitated. the current is broken. As soon, how ever, as carbonic oxide makes its ap pearance in the atmosphere, metallic palladium is precipitated from the solu tion contained in the indicator. The effect of this precipitation is to estab lish the electric current ; and a bell is rung, giving notice of the presence of the injurious gas. Laugh axd be Healthy. The Dhvsi- ological benefit of laughter is explained in the Arehir fur Psjchiatrie : The comic-like tickling causes a reflex action of the sympathetic nerve, by which the caliber of the vascular portions of the system is diminished, and their nervous power increased. The average pressure of the cerebral vessels on the brain sub stance is thus decreased, and this is compensated for by the forced expira tion of laughter, and the larger amount of blood thus called to the lnnrs. We always feel good when we laugh, but until now we never knew the scientific reason why. The Chinese have cyclopedia which should be worthy of its name, for when completed it will consist of 160.000 vol umes, of which 78,710 have been pub lished during the last century. Of these, 7353 relate to theology; 2127 treat of the four classical books of China, and of music ; 21.62G are histo rical, and 47,b04 treat of philosophy and science. I he present Emperor has a library of 400.000 volumes, and he has caused the poems written under one dynasty to be collected and published in wu volumes. A Toisoxors Axtldc Color. The dye stuff called rosanilin which gives a beautiful carmine color, is, as we have stated, an arseniferons production allied to arseniate of lime, and is soluble in lactic acid. It is nsed in lithography and for painting wooden vessels, etc. As it is very poisonous, it should never be employed in confectionery, and bright red sngar sticks should not be given to children. Rcssia possesses valuabls coal de posits of enormous extent, one of black gas coal on the river Kama being espe cially valuable. What an ass the fellow must have been who made donkey-engine and expected to get horse power out of it ! Domestic. Cars fob Dauohtkbs. Would yon show yourself really good to your daughters ? Then be generous to them in a truer sense than that of heaping trinkets on their necks. Train them for independence first, and then labor to give it to them. Let them, as soon as ever they are grown up, have some little money, or means of making money, to be their own, and teach them how to deal with it, without needing every moment somebody to help them. Cal culate what you give them or will be queath to them, not, as is usually aone, on the chances of their making rich marriage, but on the probability of their remaining single and according to the scale of living to which you have accustomed them. Suppress their luxu ries now if need be, but do not leave them with scarcely bare necessaries hereafter, in striking contrast to their present home. Above all, help them to help themselves. Fit them to be able to add to their own means rather than to be forever pinching and econo mizing till their minds are narrowed and their hearts are sick. Give all the culture you can to every power which they may possess. If they should marry after all, they will be the happier and the better for it If they should remain among the million of the unmarried. they will bless yon in your grave, and say of you what cannot be said of many a doating parent by his surviving child, "My father cared that I should be happy after his death as well as while I was his pet and his toy." Abrasoement of Cut Flo webs. The London Gardener says that of all the various mistakes made by persons in arranging flowers, the commonest is that of putting too many in a vase and next that, is the mistake of putting too great a variety of colors in one bouquet. Every flower in a group should be clearly distinguishable and determinable without pulling the nose gay to pieces ; the calyx of a cove pink shonld never be hid bv beinff Dlnnaed into the head of a white phlox, however well the colors may look. Sweet peas never look so well in the hands as they do on the boughs over which they climb, because they cannot be carried without crowding them ; bnt put them lightly in a vase with an equal number of mignonette, or rather, orna ment a vase ball lull of mignonette, with a few blossoms of sweet peas, and you get a charming effect, because you fol low the natural arrangement by avoid ing crowding of the blossoms, and put ting them with the green foliage which they want to set them off. Few people are aware, until they try it, how easy it is to spoil such a pleasing combination as this ; a piece of calceo laria, scarlet geranium, or blue salvia, would ruin it effectually. Such decided colors as these reauire to be crouped in another vase, and should not even be placed on the table with sweet peas. Of What Perfume is Made. Nearly every article of the toilet bottle or the sachet is made from waste, sometimes from foully odorous matters. A pe culiar fetid oil, termed fusel oil, is formed in making brandy and whisky. This fusel oil, distilled with sulphuric and acetate of potash, gives the oil of pears. The oil of apples is made from the same fusel oil by distillation with sulphuric acid and bichromate of potash. Ihe on 01 pineapples is ob tained from the product of the action of putrid cheese on sugar, or by making a soap with butter and distilling it with aleojol and sulphuric acid. Oil of grapes and oil of cognac, used to impart the flavor of French cognac to common brandy, are little else than fusel oil. The artificial oil of bitter almonds is prepared by the action of nitric acid on the fetid oils of gas tar. The winter green oil of New Jersey is artificially made from willows and a body procured from a distillation of wood. Dyes, like perfumes, are often derived from the most repulsive sources. The waste heaps of spent madder were formerly a great nuisance. It is now found that this hitherto waste can be used, and at least one third can be saved by treating it with hot acid, Prussian blue is made from pieces of horse hoofs or refuse woolen material by fusion with iron and alkali. Perpetual Paste. Dissolve a tea spoonful of alum in quart of water. When cold, stir in as much flour as will give it the consistency of thick cream, being particular to beat up all the lumps ; stir in as much powdered resin as will lay on a dime, and throw in half a dozen cloves to give it a pleasant odor. Have on the fire a teacup of boiling water, pour the flour mixture into it, stirring well at the time. In a few minutes it will be of the consistency of mush. Pour it into an earthen or china vessel ; let it cool ; lay a cover on, and put in a cool place. When needed for use, take out portion and soften it with warm water. Paste thus made will last twelve months. It is better than gum, as it does not gloss the paper, and can be written on. Griddle-Cakes. Waffles, etc. If you have not used your griddle or waffle iron for some time, wash it off hard with hot soap and water ; wipe and rub well with dry salt. Heat it and grease with a bit of fat salt pork on a fork. It is a mistake, besides being slovenly and wasteful, to put on more grease than is absolutely necessary to prevent the cake from sticking. A piece of pork an inch square should last for several days. Put on a great spoonful of butter for each cake, and before hlling the griddle, test it with a single cake, to be sure that all is right with it as well as the batter. The same rules apply to waffles. Al ways lay hot cakes and waffles upon a hot plate as soon as baked. RHEOiATtsr. A correspondent in the English Mechanic gives the following remedy for curing rheumatic gout, of which he had long been a sufferer. He insulated his bedstead from the floor, by placing underneath each post a broken-off bottom of a glass bottle. He savs the effect was magical, that he had not been free from rheumatic gout for fifteen yea re. and that he began to improve immediately after the applica tion of the insulators. Lemon Pies. for two pies, take one lemon two eggs, one cup sugar, one cup cold water, one tablespoonf ul corn starch. The rind of the lemon should be grated to use, and the white part, which is bitter, thrown away, after squeexing the juice and pulp from it I have made for invalids who could not eat common lemon pie three good ones from the following : Three eggs, one cap sugar, one lemon, two cups water, two tablespoonsf uls flour. Sweetened Docqris uts. One pint of sour milk, and seven tablespoonf uls sour cream : soda to sweeten : one tea- spoonful salt one coffee-cup of sugar ; one egg ; one egg well beaten with the sugar ; nutmeg, or other spices, to suit the taste ; flour to knead well and hard. Will make a heaping six-quart pan of doughnuts. Haib Dye. The Greeks and Persians use a hair-dye make from walnut rinds. Some one recommends that it should be prepared by boiling the green rinds in water and adding alum to the decoc tion. Plain Douqhxuts. One pint of rich buttermilk ; one heaping teaspoonful soda ; half that quantity of salt ; three tablespoofuls of melted lard ; flour to knead well. Hnmoronii. Sax Welles on tbs East Brvn. Sam Weller was seated on the quarter deck of a coal-barge not far from the Brooklyn Navy Yard sunning himself a day or two ago, when the following inci dent occurred, which he relates in his own characteristic way: I was sitting takin' it easy like, says Sam, when up steps a gentleman and says, "You don t remember me?" "Can't say I do," savs L "Oh. know you," says the genl'm'n; "knowedyou when yon was a bow." savs he. "WelL I don t remem ber yon," says L "That's werry odd," savs the senTmn. "Werry!" says A. "Yon must have a bad mem'ry," says the genl'm'n. "Well, it isnt werry prime on recollectin . says 1. lhen he crows more confidentialer and says, "It's a werry narrer channel here for a Spanish big 'un to get through ?" "It is rather narrer," says L "Nasty bit !" says he ; "and more especialer if suthin' should upset and get stuck in the mud, what couldn't be dug up less nor a fortnight r so, till this Cuby question's rix off the public mind !" " Werry nasty sitiwation," says L "Well," says the gen l m 'n, "you re a werry good .barge man as can do what he likes with his own barare." "It's werry kind of yon! says E concealin' suthin as he handed over to me. "Good arternoon ! says the gen'l'm'n. " Good arternoon ! " says L And you wouldn't b'lieve, p'raps, but next mornin' afore daybreak a barge was upset on that werrry spot as the gen 1 m n p in ted out ! Anecdote of Webster. At the city dinner on the Fourth of July, 1859, in r aneuil flail. .Boston. Ur. it 11. Aeaie, chaplain of the day, turning to the pic ture ol Webster replying to xiayne, remarked that he spent his youthful days in Washington, witnessing the scene there portrayed and hearing the address in which was first uttered that great sentiment "Liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable," and related an amusing incident which happened to Mr. Webster just after the great speech, t or the purpose ol little relaxation, he went to Virginia with some friends. They called at farmhouse and asked for some milk and water to drink. The good woman of the house went to get some. Her hus band, who had been intently reading a newspaper, containing Mr. Webster's speech, asked Mr. W. : "Do you know Webster?" "Yes, I believe I do," was the reply. "WelL how does he look ? "Rather savage." said Mr. Webster. "They say he looks like me." "Well, are you Webster?" "lea, they say 1 am, and I suppose it is so. By this time the wife came in with the milk and water. "Carry that back ! carry that back 1' said her husband. "This is Daniel Webster. Make a pitcher of hailstorm ; nothing bnt hailstorm will do for Webster." A Boys' Idea. A six-year-old genius who lives out West rejoices in the name of Henry. One day Henry's mother was ironing out some recently washed linen, Henry stood by and intently watched the facility with which the wrinkles disappeared upon the advent of the flat-iron. From time to time he glanced uneasily at his somewhat an' cient papa, who lay recumbent upon a sofa, dreaming the happy hours away, The youth gazed with sorrow upon the farrows that remorseless time had ploughed upon the once alabaster brow of his dad, and then was the future voter seized with a brilliant idea. Dur ing a temporary absence for a few mo ments of the female stay and prop of the house our hero seized a Bat-iron, and tip-toeing softly to his father's side, began industriously smoothing and ironing out the wrinkles from that gen tleman's forehead. The father dreamed that he was standing on his head in the centre of Vesuvius during an eruption. and reversed his offspring for ten min utes. Henry has ceased to slide down stair balustrades lor the present, and the untamed rocking-horse prances in silence while Henry's papa patronizes molasses and cotton to an alarming extent "All's Fish that Comes to mt Net.' Nice little girl "Oh, Mr. Brown, give me one of the fish you've been catching." Brown (who rather fancies himself. and does all he can to keep up the char' acter) "1 haven t been hshing, my dear ; 1 ve been for a row. Nice little girl "Why, Emily was looking at you through a telescope, and , i 'i . it i . . saiu you aiu noining out catca craos. I Brown retires, smiling painfully, and reads his "sloper upside down. J A man. who was undoubtedly insane on the subject of religion, entered one of the Detroit telegrsgh offices the other day and wrote the following message "To the Lord in Heaven V here shall I go next ? The world is growing worse and worse every day. I here is not an honest Christian in America." He was informed that the Western Union line didn't connect with the other world, and he went to see about mailing a letter. ' "It is a standing rule in my church," said ene clergyman to another, "for the sexton to wake np any man that he may see asleep." "1 think," returned the other, "that it would be much better for the sexton, whenever any man goes to sleep under your preaching, to wake you up. A sebious-lookino person had charge of the grammar division of school examination, and gave bright-looking boy this sentence to correct: "Between you and I this is good butter." The boy shortly returned the slip, thus marked: "Incorrect the lamp-post is omitted." The Servant. Mistress (to new ser vant girl from the country) "Now, Eliza, make haste and dress yourself, and make your hair tidy before your master comes home." Servant Girl "Yes, 'M. Where shall I find the comb, Mum?" Josh Billtnos remark that "we lan at sheep bekause, when one of them leads the way, the rest follow, however ridikulus it may be ; and I suppose the sheep laff when they see us do the very same thing." Egoed-on. First Little Boy "Oh, that egg's done now, I'm sure it's been in five minutes by the clock." Second Ditto "Oh, it ain't ready yet, then, because that clock's too fast 1 A aruDEvr at a veterinary college being asked, "If a broken-winded horse were brought to yon for treatment what would you advise?" promptly replied, "To sell him as soon as possible." A Prudent. Client "I want 'effect an insurance six pounds a week in case of injury, and that sort of thing." Clerk "Haxlway accidents, sir 7 Client "Aw no. Police." "I go through my work," reprovingly said the needle to the boy. Hut not nil you re pushed through. triumphantly replied the boy to the needle. In order to keep up with the progress of the age, Time is said to have aban doned the scythe and hour-glass, and purchased a mowing-machine and a watch. "Elderly Maiden Ladt" sounds older than "old maid 1" A corn extractor A crow.' Miscellany. Terloala's Great Werk. A correspondent of the London Times, who is traveling among the out-of-the-way places of South Italy, beyond the reach of railroads, found himself one night at the wretched, dirty town of Avezzano. He thus explains the object of his visit : "My object in staying at Avezzano was not to look at the town, but to in spect the works by which Prince Tori onia has converted what was once a marsh, forty-two miles in circumference, called Lake Fncino, or di Celano, into a fertile rural district, intended to sup port and accommodate two thousand or three thousand laborers. It is an enter prise in whieh Imperial Borne, in the palmy days of her power, had at first failed, and at last only partially suc ceeded, while the neglect of after ages had almost entirely obliterated every trace of her achievements. The lake was an inconvenient neighbor to the Province, and as the ebb and flow of its evel wrought either flood or fever to the surrounding villages, Cue sat, we are told, and after him Claudius and Nero, bethought themselves of a remedy for the evil by an outlet which should dis charge the waters of the lake into the Liria, the bed of whieh was about eighty feet below the bottom of the lake. The intention of the Romans was, however, not to drain the lake, but simply to re duce it to one third of its original size. The work of the Caesars was not prop erly executed, nor was it thoroughly mended by the exertions of the later emperors who took it in hand. The mi ddle ages found the channel already choked up, and the efforts of the Em peror Frederick 1L, the creative spirit of this region, to open it were unavail ing. It was this task, to which so many great sovereigns had proved unequal, that a private man, Prince Torlonia, took upon himself. He bought out a company which had obtained a grant of the lake in 1852, but which failed in its attempt, and, with the aid of English, French and Swiss engineers, he went to work in good earnest in 1858. He ex pected at first that the work could be achieved at an outlay of 1,000,000 Roman crowns (200,000), but he soon found out that that the expense would exceed twice that sum indeed, it is said to have risen to more than 1,000,000 ; and, in spite of his well-known enormous wealth, the peasants of the environs doubted 'whether Torlonia would drain the lake, or the lake drain Torlonia.' His success was, however, splendid. He reopened and greatly widened the old Koman channel, and made it f onr miles in length and about twenty-one yards in width. Through this channel an ex tent of thirty-six thousand acres of the lake waa drained, and the whole ground will, it is said, be laid bare and brought into cultivation before next spring. - '-'I drove out to see this stupendous work early in the morning, as the thick autumn mist broke before the rays of a sickly sun, giving, in spite of the popu lar proverb, a very faint hope of a hne day. Where a huge lock moderates the outflow of the water a monumental building in white Travertine is now rising, to be dedicated, it is said, to the immaculate Conception, but on a cen tral monolith of which au inscription will send down to posterity the date of the achievement and the name of its princely promoter. The ground rescued from the lake has already been cut out into laree snuares. intersected bv mag nificent roads, along which are to rise four hundred peasant dwellings, with twenty-fonr chapels and two convents. These buildings, and the barns, sheds, and other premises necessary for culti vation on the largest scale, will be raised at a cost of 150,000. The whole estate of fifteen thousand hectares will be organized as a monster model farm. to be colonized by laborers from the various estates of the Prince. Large tracts of the ground reclaimed are already yielding corn crops at a profit of thirty to thirty -six per cent, and will continue to do so for three years with out manure, while the upper slopes of the lake-bed are mantled over with young low vineyards, the produce of which can hardly fail to be of the best quaiitv. Wanted t Encourage Ulan. This story comes to us from Vienna : A conceited actor, who was by no means a favorite with the public, was waiting one evening in a "cafe," when the waiter informed him that there was a gentleman outside who wished to see him. Forthwith the actor stepped into the street only to find himself in the presence of a noted Viennese wag and inveterate practical joker, with whom he was, by the way, familiarly ac quainted. "Well?" said the actor, inquiringly. "Well ?" echoed the wag, coolly. "Did you call me ?" asked the comedian, somewhat puzzled. "I did. was the response. "What may have beenyonr motive?" the other went onto say. "To encourage you," answered the practical joker ; "for at the theatre I don't remember that yon were ever called ont" Advertisements. $10 Breslau Lots. 6.000 LOTS 0 25x100 ft, or SaU in Ms CITY OF BRESLAU, mt 910 pr Lot, 2,000 Garden Plots 0 tO Lots taeh, at ftOO ptr Ttot. The City of Breslau Is leeated os the South Bide Railroad of Long Island, and is known to be Um most enterprising place in the State, having three churches, schools, several large manufactories, hotels, stores, ate., to., and a population ef several thsa sand inhabitants. Every one Knows Breslau, And those who don't, please call foi particulars oa THOS. WELWOOD, 18 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn. REMEMBER, $10 PER LOT. Title perfect and warrantee deeds given tree ef incumbrance, stiseU opened and surveyed free of extra eharga. Apply la TBOMftS WEtWOOD, IS Willoughby SL, Brooklyn, L L, 4 Ho. 7 Beekman SL, Rooms Sit, Haw Tork City. Or U EDWARD 8AL03C05, CIS Chestnut Bt, t-ll-ly . PaHadelphia, Pa. BLANKS jmixi nnrrxD at this otnot Advertisements. DYSPEPTIC CONSUMPTION. Can Dytpeptie Consumption 6 Curedf W insurer, YES I Tint Bcmsvs all ta aahcxl-Jiy moeoai taat gathers about the walls f ta stomach from indigestioa. Seoond. Produew aa aotivo eonc .tioo of Livar and Kidneys without deputing the system. Third. Supply tr aid Baton in furnishing ths drain of soma ef Us eompoaent pans that sompoas koauky fluids. We, from thousands wko bavo been eared, assort taat a car saa bo performed oa this theory. REMEDIES USED, Apart from our Office Practice. FIBST. THE GREAT AMERICAN DYSPEPSIA PILLS, Remove the fungus matter from the stomas, aa restore U to a healthy ooadiuoa. SECOND. THE PINE THEE TAR CORDIAL! Ats oa the Liver, heals the Btomaeh, an! nets oa the Kidneys sad Nervous 8ystem. Per further advice, eall or writs OB. U Co WISHA&T, 333 JVorti Second Slrt. ADMONITION. It is knows to all readers that eineo Da. IOC. WISHART has followed the eaase and cur of diseases, and the great tsJqo ef TAR aa a curative remedy, a directed by BiahoD Berkley and Rev. John Wesley, tkA many have attempt: to mak a TAR pre. paraUoa for THROAT ASD LUSQ DI BASES. Bo it koova that Da. L. Q. WISHAKT'S PINE TREE TAR COBDIll Is the only remedy, from long experience, Md by our most skillful phyeioiaas for Diptheria, Cleerated Throat, Lung, Kidney, Stomach, Asthma, and General Debility, as well as for Coughs, CoMe and Lung Affec tions. DR. L. Q. C. WISHART, CONSULTS ECCH: AXS ST02S, No. 232 N. SECOND ST., PHILADELPHIA. fhie Cut Muitntei the maimer X3R. PIERC.S Fountain asal Injector, OK D0UCHE.rP Th1 lBtTnmCT!t if ?rTUll7 deeigncd for the perfect apDlicaticn of OR SACE'S CATARRH PCMEDY. It U the only form of iivtmmmt yet iLv-ented with which fluid mnlicme can bcranim high vp and perfectly mppiyd to all wrM of tbe aftectad na tal paasc. and the chamber or cavitiee ceta monicatin? therewith, in which wire and nicer frequently exi-t, and from which the catarrhal dis charge eenerally proceed. The want oi ruccee fa treating Catarrh heretofore ha ariwa largely from the fmpoft-ibility of applying remedies to these cavities and chambers by anr of tire ordi nary methods. This obstacle in the way of ef fectin&f cores is entirely orercome by the invention ef the Doaebe. In nsin? this instrument, the FluMJ It carried by tta awn weight, (no anirffina. foro, er em4rve heme required.) np one aostnl tn a toll ftently nowiigf stream to the hichtt portion of the nasal pat!e, parses Into and thoron4ilyc'ears esall trie tnbes and chambers connected therewith, and flow out of the opposite nostril. Jtsne is plees aut, and so simple that a child can nnderrtand it. Foil and explicit direction ac company each instrument. When used wiih this Instrument, Dr. Saee's Catarrh Remedy cure re cent attack of Cold, ia tke Head" by a few applications. Symptomtof Catarrh. Freqaect head ehe, discharge foiling into throat, sometinre pro fase, watery, thick mucus, paralent.offensive, etc. In others a dryness, dry, watery, weak or tc flamed eyes, stepping up or obstruction of naial passacss, rtOKins; in cars, deafness, hswkine and coojrhing to clear throat, ulcerations, scab from nicer, voice altered, nasal twang, offensive breath. Im paired or total deprivation of sense of smell and taste, dizziness, mental depression, loss of appe tite, indigestion, enlarged tonsils, ticklinr rou?h, etc Only a lew of these symptom are likely to beprssent in any case at one time. Dr. Safe's Catarrh Remrdy. when nsed with r. Plercv'a Nasal Dourhf, and accompanied with the constitutional treat ment which i recommended In tbe pamphlet that wraps each bottle of the Remedy, is a per fect specific for this loathsome die4, and the proprietor offers, la food faith, $500 reward for a casa hs can sot cure. The Remedy is mtkl andplsaaant touse.eonuininr no etitroeorcacsttr dntx or poison. Tne Catarrh Remedv Is sold at GO cent. Douche at 60 cents, by all Drn rleta, or either will be mailed br proprietor on receipt of 60 cent. R. V PIFRCE. VI Dm ftole ?rriMor. BUFFALOES. T. THEA-BTCTAB IS A PUBS BLACK TEA. wttk lb. Otmi Tee SaTor. wer rmutl to Kit all tMtea. 'or fcl eYM-ywhtr And for ul. wkotaml. only by th- Oral At Untie k Pmcinc Tm Co.. 191 Fill too St. end t4 Cburrh Ht.. N. T. t O.UnxUt. SMdfarTbw Nectar circular. mt SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES I AO .tTtee, 8irrer Monotod and Walnut, m and won d nana. HnrWT o-kri for abiuru.e. COGSTJJUi, AA, BHU.VIMU. bioftg FIX- HOC8K AND OFTICK ITKN'ITrRB all kind. To. larrat aad bmt aawrtail atuca. n.w aiul ecoua-naua in to. LKVVIS Sc RRO., -1-1t he and lun RIDGE A VE fhiladelptu. an. un. A. H. FRANCISuJS & CO., Sit JIarkes BUrert. PHILADELPHIA. We ken enrnmi for th. BPMMa TBACS. tea target and bit lavrrtari stoca of PHILADELPHIA CARPETS, Table, Stair and Floor Oil Cloths, Window Shades and Paper, Carpet Chain,Coiton, Tarn. Batting, Wad ding, Tirines, Wicks,Clocks,Loolc ing Glasses, Fancy Baskets, Brooms, Baskets, Buckets, Brushe,Clothes Wringers, Wooden and Willow Ware in the United Slates. Oar kwee fnnene m btuhme enablte cs w Mil at mwartraaend fBzuab the tmt quant; ef touada. SOLI AGIimi FOB THZ CELEB BATED AMESICAS WaSHSB, Price, $3.50. eaya. TT ANTED, AGISTS KALE OB FIXALE, FOR Tf a. mart wqr maklni XoretOaa la tbe mar ket. For particular., addivea PHILADELPHIA NOVELTY NFS. CO., 11 SU A raancLoi Sr . FbilatUlDbla, Pa. of Ulinn JTO "At h Advertisements. W0M Dr. J. Walker's .California in- ir Hitlers arc a -vim-H VejMaUe ..reparation, ma.le e-hfcily from t.ierci tive herbs found on the loner ran of te cierra Nevada mountains of I aiiior aia,t!ie medicinal proiertie3 of wliidi ire extracted tln'reftom without the use !,f Alcohol. The fl-iestinu is almost dailv asked. "What is the cause of tne unparalleled successor Vixegar l:r TEKsr Our answer is, that they remove the cause cf disease, and the patieut re rovers hi health. They aro the preat blood purifier and a life-pvinsr principle, a perfect Innovator and Invi-orator of the pvstem. Never before m the hi.tory of" the world has a medicine been comnoundr.1 posinr the remark e qnailtie of Vi.nkoas Uittebs m healH.p the sick of every lia.e man w heir to. They are a gentle Purjrative as well as a .Tuna, relieving Congestion or Inanimation ol the Liver aa Visceral Organs, ui Lihou The properties of Dr. Walker's V15EGAB Hittrss are Aperient, Diaphoretic. Carminative, Xntritious, Laxative Diuretic. Sedative, Cimnter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alte.a tire, and Anti-Bilious. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vn.--vnn ltiTTERs the most wonderful la- Tiorant tUt ever sustained the sinking py.-teai. No Terson can ta!;e tit.-se Eitters according D directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not de stroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. liiiious, Eenrilfeiit oral Inter mittent Fevers, which are so preva lent in the vallevs of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, ilissouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland. Arkan sas. Red, Colorado, 15razos, llio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, lio anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire countrv during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive do ranifemcnts of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera, lu their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful intluence upon the various or gans, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartie for the purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker's Vlneoar Bitter, as they will speedily remove the dark colored viscid matter with which the bowels arc loaded, at the same tin; stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healtliy functions of the digestive organs. Fortify the Imly against disease by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar Bitters. No epidemic can take hold of a system thus fore-armed. DjsiM'psia or Indigestion, Heart ache, i'aiu iu the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness. Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, I'alpita tation of the heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Tain in the region of the Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, are the offsprings of Dysjiepsia. One bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Serofulii, or Kind's Evil, White Swellinps, V leers. Erysipelas Swelled Neck, Goitre, tnrufulmis luuaiiirnations Iudolent Inflammations ilcrciirial Affections, Old Sores Ernptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc. In these, as iu all other constitutional Dis eases, AValker' Vixegar Bitters have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinato and intractable cases. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases are cansed by Vitiated Blood. Mechanical Diseases. Persons en gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as plumbers. Type-setters Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, are subject to paralysis of the Bowels To guard against this take a dose of Walker's V1.1 ecar Bitters occasionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-Kheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms. Scald-head, Sore Eyes. Erysipelas. Itch, Scarfs Discolorationa of the' Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands are effectually destroyed and removed. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an thelminitics willfree the system from worms like these Bitten. For Female Complaints, in yonng or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Titiated Blood when ever yon find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples Eruptions r Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul ; your feelings will tell von when. Keep tin blood pure, and the health of the system wU follow. R. n. JifDOt iLn a ro. Drarriata and On. Agta.. San Franeiaso. California, aoU r. of Wahina anil Charlton Sta.. N. V. Sold 11 Urmoialata aaa Dcmlara. SEWING MACHINE, CBauanfta tha world In porfrrtloa of work. MmMh Call and .. f mmmm., . Iflitl ' IS Broadway, Itf lark, PATH N T Hay ami Cotton J'i WATER FUOOF PATENT HUII.MX0 FELT fcr CUmnt- ff t'a .Klt-a-T- fttxt If.-'- ,.f Sl!.- , & .u t BUHZZ ft Monumental Marble Works, I. 12th Street, abort Cherry, PHILADELPHIA. eaaa. a CAapaimtB. :johw smimna soma. a. oAarawrca. joa. a. tiuki wiuxaai a, --- a CLE2S Malaaa, LmtrauOoa. Lack anta Adrert1ementi. EUGERE SGHOEHIHG'S CELEBRATED CF PERUVIAN BARK. ru Baetpa tor thai Btttate waa found amoac da papara afaBwaadiatt phyafciaa. a atatta sua. waa loa hla Ufa, waaa lot raara aid, by a fall of hla bona aid ractpathaa had baaa kept apnfoud went by hla family for awra lhaa thraa emtnrlea. Dartngall Iba ttmatbay mad fnqnant aaa of iba Blttan, whlcb nndand than a atrem and km llTtn art of paopta, anjaytnc anaOant aaaltb. Originally tha aacnt of prpna( into BitUn and IU woadartal affarta.waa TMaMi-rt by aaa af that kta. white paittetpattac la tha taitlaat expedition af tbe Spaniards In America, after a eoienta promwa. Barer lo dtralae bat u tbe pnaaaMd principal hetr. THIS OEXUiyH SWEDISH BIT TEES aa a m now ealled. baa atnew Be eomlnf tat pabtle aaa, effected thooaanda af aetnritahln ennaafpa. ttanta already fives ap by many phyatouuia, and baa proTad Itaalf aneh powerful natoraUra and pnaar. retire Bemady. that Indeed It aeeds aa farther ladv Tldaal 1 HOW IT OPERATES. The effect of the Swedish Bitter dliesf Itself, ta Ihe ftrat place, to tha nan at ef tne eceatrra arcane throughout their entire extent, bos aaalnly to the atomaeh and tha rlaoarat tract. B nriaallaas their functions, and therefore. aocordln to tha nature of exlstlnc bjiecnlarttte er iimim abatractione and retsaUoao of all kind, er etopa IMarrbees, Dysentery, sr trthtr tim-"r f sninrta. Byrean. attlnf th i1" -' arcana, af which depend tha nourishment, the miieei mliia and thadaralupenient at the human body tha Swedlah Bitters tnncorates tha nerree and th rttal power, sharpen th senses sad the Intellect, ramoraa th tram nunc f the Umbo th acidly, th barninc naueee, and pain af the sto mach, improraa tta dlceetrre faculties, and Is aa i oellexit Prophylactic and remedy against nerroos Irri tability, rutolency, CboUe, Worm. Dropsy. Ac. if taken bt double ft -ass. B oparataaaa a sare eperlsot. hat la a mild and painless way. Ineonseqiiaocaof these aualitles af th Swedish Bitters tt has become one of tbe most eeUbretsd reroe diee seminal disease af th arena iwiflned la the abdonieo, and af affection that befall mankind la consequence f said disease. Thus the Swedish Bit. ten ha aa ansurpssssd lauuan for carina" Lirer Oomplalnta af Icnc standlnc. Jaundice. Dyspepsia. Disorders of ths Bpleso. of the Pancreas, of the Bras, rale O lands, and alas disorders af th Sidneys, ef the Urinary and Seznalh-gana. Bealdaa these tha Swe dish BUten cores those Innumerable nerroaa, or con gaKlre affection and dlnaesa. which originate from aid sbdocslna disturbances, as: Congestion af the Lungs, tha Heart, and the Brain, Coughs, Asthma. Haadach, if sural (la, hi different parts of th body. Chlorosis, Internal Hemorrhoids and Piles, Ooot, Dropsy. General Debility. Hypochondriasis. Meiaa eholy. Be te Of great banedt th Swedish Kilters has also been found in tha beginning of Gaetrie and Intermittent Ferara. But tula I only on aid of It tnest Unable power of protecting the who ase It regularly against all au aamatic and epidemic rt'saissi. The Swedish Bitters hss by long aspenenoe tn many thousand casss maisv lalned ita great renown of being th most isuable rBCSSBV ATTTn AXD PBOPHTLALTTO-BIMKDT AaAXXCT Typhus, QrientalPest, Ship Fever, Yellow-Fever, AXD ASIATIC CHOLERA. Tea aKeiloe protean and sanative rlrtuee of ths Swedish Bitter agarnst Mslariou rarer. Dysentery nd Chisel a. war Boat apparently tested In th 1st wan by Fianrh and English physician, who by pre snrlblng th same ss their lespecUie troops, sa seeded la redocrng the mortsllty list of spMsmla ti saess from as I per sent. DIRECTIONS IWAD parson wh bar to perform long and hard atbor. and while doing tt. are often si posed to sudden ehanges of tsmpsraturs, or the draft or sir. or obnoa toua duets. smeUa. sr Tapers, shonld not fall to ass th Swedish Bitters, aa a few drop of tt, added to their drink, sr sufflrtsnt to preset ra them In Inesti mable health and rigor. Those who are aceustcansd ta drink lea watsr during tha summer, ahould never emit to add eome Swedish Bitters to It. T I'aisons glean to sedentary Ufa ahould aaa th Swedish Bitters. It will aeatrsllss ths bed streets of their want of exercise ta open sir, and keep them la good health and good rplrlts. SsT-r th Ladles th Swedish Bitters must arpeos. ally bs reeemmsnded. Bees ass Its nss oontrib utss most sssntlillj topss it th regularity of tbephyatala. gloul ranctlaos, paauliar t th delicate f emsls con stitution and thus proves aa effectual barrier against thosslnnnmerable Merronaand Blood Dts- ms.which aow-e-days bar grown so fiwqneul aa to be taken by any for Bra's natural Inheritance 7But ths Swedish Bitters doe not only aacure good health; tt also sffeote the frUldevwiopment of the fsmals body, snd of its beauty by perf act lanes aad sneer tbe COSJtETIG ASD TOILET ARTICLES ssT-Tarmsr aad theft faalllae. wh has tried wacBshBlttsrs, prefer B to sllslnillsr articles. For then proves hancflctal ta rarsraa way. Ta net, when than? sailing requires them t flan sndmr the Intense heat of tha sua, while per forming hard work, they srs tndooed as be not snf adanlly nsntlrsis In satisfying their horsing thirst by water, arm eating mm not yet ripe, te Thus farm ing people srs vary nebie to auffsr from ana stroke, Ferar, Dysentery. Cholera, te. te The regular ass f th Swedish Bitter make the dang stum man ia Water, during the Urns of rest, many country paopss, trying ta tndsmnlfy taemsslvsi for past art vstton are Tory apt t often overload thetr atomaeh and tha impair than- digestive orgs ns Ins roots of lb tree. Th BBS sf tbe Swedish Bitter present usassa from that eaaaa. As Sautter of sourss.ta ease af sickness, th pa, Han ahould avoid food not agraetng with hla or such, as I known, to be difficult ta digest or ansnis. abUtathsdlasssamauesaon. Th ml: B moderate tn an yon sat, drink er 4V W strictly lo bs observed. HOW TO TAKE SWEDISH BITTERS The Swedish Btttara ahao only be taken ta the a. Banc of tnflaaunatory aymptoma, rown persona take on tablsspounrsi tun Mme par day, before or after meal, par sr dunud with year, two thirds sf thai eaantTTT " t ana-half - S " eue-qaartav " OhOdrea frees rears apwaiaa, ta eighth sf that aeatlty. accustomed s shew an..... simis aa. from m as much a emit a. fBlUsrwjthe, may sntxitnta scene Bowers af "m-"IL"T"Htf aiUmns, bnt themaallii Ilia sslvts, mstead of sprttina tt sway, fa tha asm way una as mosco snowa only moderately be rwjaon afWrsBd with dyspepsia maa. not eat nog breed creakae, or fst or salt meets, bwt should h moderate aaarnlss m free .lvwni, -n , rntn gee af asvpsratnrw, all tnlawum mm ht eating and drtnktng, and all nadue mental excitement, by which they wnl eantrlbnt largely ta th off act! vanes of tha atBShouMUwSwsuishBmennotsuBsll may oa taken with aom sngar, or saa wan etas sugar-water ryrap. Having awatial by I Iiaaa thengtne end ta. elusive tight of preparing tha Only Oennina Swedish auBera. aerstofor prepared by Ciigena Sehosniag, sUO.S. Army Surcwon, we hare, la ardor ta free, trate fraud end deceptlceitlM nam of B. -fr '-g burnt into the giaas of each bottle and tha anvslona fWiBdttaaradbyaanhoTiinI'adby our own awaua without thsss marks are spurioea. DENIEL & CO., m Boras Thtrd Stress, rhfladelpkss, psrSlngl Bottle, natcwa. Balf a aoaan. M. Wholes l by onstoa, BoOoway a I
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