Ar-BKTMTRAL.
Winter Cam or Tbees. Where
trees are purchased in the fall, many of
them are lost through want of proper
we daring the winter months, and
for this reason many wait till spring be
fore buying. If trees, especially small
ones, are properly cared for through
the winter, it is better to get them in
the fall; or, if they are growa on the
place, and to be replanted in the spring
they are better to be taken up at the
approach ol cold w earner, ana ueeieu
in. This operation of heeling is simple,
eaoy, and puts the trees in the very
!ent condition for keeping through the
winter ; as, when they are thus treated,
there is no danger of heaving out by
frost, and the ends of the roots become
w.-ll calloused, and are ready to uegin
a fresh growth at once, when planted in
the spring. To heel in trees properly,
li? a trench, sav three feet wide, and
deep enough to cover the trees, a foot
or so alove the tops oi uie roots, ne
fore the trees are itlaced in the trench.
the roots should be dipped in what
nnrserymen call grout, and other peo
ple call thin mud. This gives each root
and fibre a coating of fine earth. This
done, place one row of trees against the
hack-side of the trench, leaning against
the edge, and as thickly as they can
well stand, then carefully sprinkle fine
earth from in front of the trees, among
and around the roots, taking pains that
no air holes are left ; pack the earth
down firmly there is no danger of it
leing too solid and when this row is
finished, the trench for the next row is
ready. The great point is to have the
earth filled in closely around every root,
and well packed down. If this is done
the trees will be in better condition for
planting in the spring than if they had
laoen allowed to spend the winter where
they grew. If we were purchasing
trees from a distance, we wonld much
prefer to get them in the fall, and have
them well heeled in through the winter,
so that we could have them ready at
the earliest possible moment for plant
ing in the spring.
Cnrrso axd Storing G bafts.
There is no better time to cut grafts,
says the London Canlr.n, than at the
commencement of winter. In cutting
and packing them away, there are some
precautious to be observed. In the
first place, let them be amply and dis
tinctly labeled, as it is very annoying
to find the names gone at the moment
f using them. For this pnrpose they
shonld be tied np in bunches, not over
two or three inches in diameter, with
three bands around each bunch at the
ends and middle. The names may be
written on a strip of pine board or lath,
half an inch wide, a tenth of an inch
thick, and nearly as long as the scions.
This, if tied np with the bunch, will
keep the same secure. For conveni
ence in quickly determining the name,
there should be another strip of lath,
xharp at one end, and with the name
distinctly written on the other, thrust
into the bundle with the name project
ing from it. If these bunches or bun
dles are now placed on end in a box,
with plenty of damp moss Ik t ween
t hem and over the top. They will keep
in a cellar in good condition, and any
sort may be selected, and withdrawn
without disturbing the rest, by reading
the projecting labeL We have never
found sand, earth, sawdust, or any
other packing substance convenient,
clnan, and easily removed as moss, for
packing grafts. It is needful, however,
to keep au occasional eye to them, to
t-ee that the proper degree of moisture
is maintained which should Ik) just
enough to keep them from shriveling,
and no more.
Fat Siteep for Heavt Fi.eepe.
There is much said abont ewes leing
too fat to breed well. In my exierieuee
of twenty years, I have never seen any
tbing that led me to think so, providing
the flesh was pnton with good pasture
during the summer, and a few roots
with good hay during the winter. The
fatter sheep become under these cir
cumstances the more valuable I should
a insider them. Tuere is time in the
year when it pays better to feed a
small allowance of grain daily than in
the Fall, after the feed gets frozen, and
it is not necessary to bring the flock to
the barn.
It is an old saying, that "sheep well
Novemliered are half wintered." Keep
the ewes fat and the Iambs will be fat
and fleeces heavy. I do not say
whether it is 1etter to have the lambs
come early or late, but I do say that it
is best to have them fat ; then whether
early or late they are sal a Me. All ewes,
that with good care, will not raise a
lamb and shear four poands washed
wool, should be sold. I have them in
my flock that will shear nine pounds,
and raise a pair of twins, and it costs
no more to keep one than a sheep that
shears only three pounds. I think no
one will hear the man who keeps his
flock in this way, complaining that his
sheep are "run out" and do not pay and
the like.
Ticks must be kept out of the flock ;
they are the worst enemy of the sheep.
I f they are not killed they will destroy
the sheep. For killing them I have
never tried anything better than strong
tobacco juice,
Alaska AomcrxTTBK. A visitor to
this far off region writes: There is a
general impression that nothing will
- grow in Alaska, and that it is a region
of hostile winter and savage icebergs,
all of which is extravagant nonsense.
On open land and along the streams,
succulent grass grows luxuriantly, and
sometimes to a height of three feet and
a half. Red-top and wild timothy
abound on the island, and in the main
land something very like Kentucky blue
grass grows extensively. Considerable
hay has been made this year, the hay
ing season being nearly the same as in
Oregon. Heretofore the Government
has been paying $70 a ton for imported
hay, but this year the natives are cut
ting and storing native hay for about
S-'tO a ton in currency. Barley was
raised last year and it yields as well as
elsewhere. Potatoes, tnrnips, onions,
and the like have all been produced on
the islands ; and generally turn out as
in other places.
ForxTBT Management. The Poultry
World tells us of a very successful pro
ducer of poultry and eggs whose hens
ay regularly the year round. The
hens are of various breeds and their
profit is credited to the manner of feed
ing, as follows : Not one particle of
meat or scraps is given, and but the
veriest trifle of vegetable food is fed
in the shape of a few bpiled potatoes,
about once a week. Abundance of
grain is allowed, of various sorts,
ground and nnground, but never cooked
and plenty of unburnt oyster shells,
pounded, are at all times accessible.
They have a pailful of skimmed milk
every day, so that they can help them
selves to all they want, no other drink
being provided.
Liquid Mantke in tub G REENnorsE.
Manure is best applied to plants in
pots in a liquid form. That obtained
from sheep dropping or from cow dnng
(with a little Boot added if it can be
had) is preferable to that obtained from
chicken or pig mannre, guano or even
horse droppings ; it is less stimulating
and does not cause such an excessive
leaf and stem growth, or prod ace as
serions injury if incautiously applied.
A Sandt or gravelly soil is usually
best adapted to the use of piaster, but
it is found beneficial upon any soil
abounding in vegetable matter. A clay
soil has the power of absorbing ammo
nia from the air, which is one of the
offices of plaster, and therefore plaster
is not as leneficial upon clayey as a
sandy soil.
m iextific -
The Hydrographie Office at Paris has
begun a process of engraving on copper
which promises by its rapidity and the
moderation of its price to be very widely
useful. It consists in substance, brst,
in covering a plate of copper with a thin
Bhell of adhering silver, upon which is
spread a thin layer of colored varnish ;
second, in drawing thereon, with a dry
point, the lines, topography, and let
tering, precisely as one engraves with a
diamond upon stone : third, in cor
roding the traces by means of the per-
chloride ol iron.
While numerous processes for util
izing the offal in the manufacture of
leather are in successful operation,
there has been a comporatively open
field respecting leather waste. At the
lenna Exhibition, leather was shown.
suitable for heels, toe-caps and inner
soles prepared from leather clippings,
according to a French method, by
simply mixing them with some adhesive
substance, forming the mass into rect
angular plates on top of each other,
subjecting them to hydraulic pressure,
and then drying and rolling them. This
article was restricted in use because it
could not withstand moisture. A
Copenhagen firm, however, exhibited.
for the brst time, an article made upon
an entirely different plan. The leather
scraps were first converted, in suit
able machine, into sort of leather-wool,
which was then mixed with caoutchouc
and different chemical reagents, kneaded
by machinery into a thick pasty mass,
and then formed in metal moulds and
dried, and subjected to a gradually in
creasing pressure until it was finished,
under 6,000 to 10.000 pounds to the
square inch. The appearance of leather
is imparted to it by a light coating.
Articles manufactured from this mate
rial are said to be 00 per cent, cheaper
than those made from leather, and can
be made in the same manner, while
they are at the same time perfectly
waterproof. Chemical investigation
shows it to consist of abont 40 per cent,
caoutchouc and 60 per cent, leather.
TnE Cowrns of Birds' Wncos. It
would be an error to suppose that all
the exquisite metallic shades which
diaper the feathers of birds and the
wings of bntterflies arise from pig
ments ; it was a dream of the alchemists
to try to extract them. The sole cause
is the play of light, fugitive as the
sparkles of the diamond. When the
beautiful feathers on the breast of a
humming bird are examined under the
microscope it is astonishing to see none
of the shades, the mystery of which
yon wonld penetrate. They are simply
made ol a dark brown opaque substance,
not unlike those of a black duck. There
is, however, a remarkable arrangement ;
the barb of the feather, instead of being
a fringed stem, offers a series of small
squares of horny substance placed point
to point These plates, of infinitesimal
size, are extremely thin, brown, and, to
all appearance, exactly alike, whatever
may be the reflection they give. The
brilliant large feathers of the peacock
are the same ; the plates are only at a
greater distance, and of less brightness.
They have been described as so many
little mirrors, but that comparison is
not correct, for then they would only
give back light without coloring it.
neither do they act by decomposing
the rays which pass through them, for
then they would not lose their iris tints
under the microscope. It is to metals
alone that the metallic plnmage of the
hnmming birds can be compared ; the
effects of the plates in a feather are like
temiered steel or crystallized bismuth.
Certain specimens emit colors very
variable under different angles, the
same scarlet feather becoming, when
turned to ninety degrees, a beautiful
emerald green. Popular tir.icnrc
Monthly.
The Temper ATnrE of the Srx. M.
Violle considers that the emissive power
of the snn at a given point on its sur
face will be the relation Ix-tween the
intensity of the radiation emitted at
such point and the intensity of radia
tion which a body, having an emissive
power eqnal to nuity and carried to the
temperature of the sun at the consid
ered point wonld possess. Ho that he
defines the true temperature of the sun
as the temperature which a body of the
same apparent diameter as the sun
should possess in order that this body
having an emissive power equal to the
average of the solar surface, may emit,
in the same period, the same quantity
of heat as the sun. From experiments
made at different altitudes, M. Violle
determines the intensity of the solar
radiation, as weakened by passage
through the atmosphere, and finds, for
the effective temperature of the sun,
2,822- Fan.
Investigations conducted with an
actinometer by the dynamic method
lead the investigator to conclude that
steel, as it emerges from a Siemens
Martin furnace, has a temperature of
2,7323Fah. If it be admitted that the
average emissive power of the snn is
sensibly equal to that of steel in a state
of fusion, determined under like condi
tion, it appears that the mean true tem
perature of the solar surface is about
3,C32 Fah.
The Possibilities of Paper. Hardly
a year passes by without some new use
for paper being discovered, the possi
bilities of that article seeming yet un
developed. It is now very successfully
used for making buggy boxes, baskets,
belting for machinery, boats, clothing,
and household materials, and in some
branches of trade it is rapidly super
seding wood in the manufaeture of
fancy articles.
According to Dingler's PolyUch-nim-hc
Journal, if a sheet of paper be
immersed in an ammoniacal solution of
copper (liqueur de schweitzer) prepared
by treating copper filings with ammonia
of O.NNt density in contact with air, the
paper becomes entirely impermeable to
water, and maintains its consistency
even under the influence of boiling
water. When two sheets of paper thus
prepared are passed together through
rollers they adhere completely to each
other, and by placing a number of such
sheets together a board of great solid fty
is obtained, which may be still further
strengthened by the interposition of
fibres or tissues between the sheets ;
boards thus formed are quite equal to
wood in solidity.
Blood Coloring Matter Free From
Iron. Two French chemists announce
that they have obtained the hematic
pigment in a state of perfect purity and
free from iron. Hematosiae, as it is
termed, burns without ash, similar to
resinous substances. It is insoluble in
pure water, and dissolves in small pro
portion in ammoniacal water, to which
it gives a light yellow tinge. It is altered
by potash and caustic soda solutions,
to which it gives a brown color, and is
lightly sol able in alcohol. The solvents
of hematosine are ether, chloroform,
benzine, and bisulphide of carbon.
With these bodies the weak solution is
amber-colored ; when concentrated,
red.
Kangk of Toktrdoes. From experi
ments conducted by an English Tor
pedo Committee against the iron hulk
Oberon, with the view of ascertaining
the maximum distance within which
the engines of an enemy's vessel might
be rendered nseless, if not the ship
herself destroyed, by the explosion of a
submarine torpedo, it appears that the
hull of an ironclad is practically safe
from danger at range of 100 feet from
a 500 pound charge of gun cotton, ex
ploded in 43 feet of water, but that her
engines are liable to derangement at
that distance.
DOS est I c.
Parasites nt Bird-Caoes. Many
Denton has watched with anxiety and
care a pet canary, goldfinch, or other
tiny favorite evidently in a state of
perturbation, plucking at nimseu con
tinually.hia feathers standing all wrong,
always fidgetting about, and every way
looking verv seedy. In vain is his food
changed, and in vain is another saucer
of clean water always Kept in ms cage,
and all that kindness can suggest for
the little prisoner done ; but still ail is
of no use, he is no better and why ?
because the cause of his wretchedness
has not been found out. and until it is.
other attempts are but vain. If the
owner of a pet in such difficulties will
take down the cage and cast his or her
eyes up to the roof thereof, there will
most likely be seen a mass of stuff look
ing as much like red rust as anything ;
and from thence comes the cause of the
poor bird's uneasiness. The red rust is
nothing more nor less than myriads of
parasites infesting the bird, and for
which water is no remedy, in ere is,
however, a remedy, and one easily pro
curable in a moment fire. By pro
curing a lighted candle and holding it
under every particle of the top of the
cage, till all chance of anything being
left alive is gone, the remedy is com
plete. The pet will soon brighten up
again after his "house-warming, and
will in his cheerful and delightful way
thank his master or mistress over and
over again for this, though slight, to
bim, important assistance. Land a J
Water.
Cellars. Damp cellars are deep
cellars with bad ventilation. To avoid
this, the cellar should be mainly above
ground, not excavating more than one
to two feet at most below the surface.
If the walls are made of brick, there
should be a hollow space of four inches;
and, in that case, the wall need be only
four inches on each side ; that is, the
whole thickness of the wall, including
the hollow space, need be only one foot.
The windows should be large, say six
behts of ten by twelve glass, with
shutters on the outside of these ; the
cellar will need no other protection in
the average climate of our country, but
might where it is very cold. To keep
such a cellar cool in summer, we close
the shutters during the warm part of
the dar and open them at night. The
cool night-air remains in the cellar
through the day and at night is re
plenished with a fresh supply. The
flues should go down into the cellar,
and, by leaving the stove-pipe-holes
open, a free circulation is created. I
have a milk-room eighteen by twenty-
four feet in the cellar that is thus ven
tilated. and the room is always cool in
summer and flies are kept ont of it.
Power of Mind. One half the men
who become intemperate are driven
from home because of its lack of con
geniality. These unhappy homes are
full of scolding and fretfalness. lhe
mother spends her evening talking
about the unfaithfulness of servants,
and the father mourns about family ex
penses. And these parents are not
satisfied nntil their children feel as
badly as they do. For such young
people you need a reading-room. J. here
is also a large class of yonng men in
boarding-houses who need such a re
sort. In winter they have no Are in
their rooms, and if they want to read in
their parlor they are hindered by groups
of ladies talking spiritedly abont new
styles of fur, or three or four gentlemen
pay their attentions to a lady, each one
determined to stay till the others are
swie. Many of onr young men need,
for reading purposes, a room well
warmed, well lighted, and quiet, and
thev can find it nowhere except in a
pnblic library. Is it now better for
them to resort to such places than to
resort to the public-house ?
Pk-kled Onions. With pickles, as
with every other object in life, it is de
sirable to make up your mind what you
wish for. Some like pickled onions
soft ; some hard and nutty ; some think
them prettier when white and bottled
in colorless vinegar ; they often taste
of nothing but that and spices ; bnt
in colored vinegar and less hery condi
ments, von can taste as well as see, that
yon are eating pickled onions. Gather
the onions dry ; expose them to the sun
and air for fortnight or so. Peel them
without too mnch waste. For soft
pickled onions, throw them into boiling
salt and water, and boil nntil you can
put a steel fork into them. Skim ont on
to platters to drain off, then put into
jars or bottles, and pour hot vinegar,
spiced to taste, over them. Cork up
tightly. For hard.white pickled onions,
peel and scatter salt all over them, and
let them stand three days. Drain
through a colander, pack in bottles, and
pour over them white vinegar,(chemist's
vinegar), in which plenty of capsicum
has been steeped.
Fire and Waterproof Paint. Slack
stone lime by putting into a tub,
covered, to keep in the steam ; when
slacked pass the powder through a fine
sieve, and to every six quarts add a
quart of rock salt and a gallon of water ;
then boil and skim clear ; to everjtfive
gallons of the liquid add pulverized
alum one pound, pulverized copperas
half a pound, and still slowly ; add
powdered potash three-quarters of a
pound, then very fine sand or hickory
ashes four pounds ; then use any color
ing matter desired, and apply with a
brush. It looks better than any ordinary
paint, and is as durable as slate ; will
stop small leaks in roofs, prevent moss
from growing thereon, make it incom
bustible, and render brick imprevious
to water.
A Singular Remedy. An exchange
gives the following simple application
for the toothache, on the principle, if
no cure, no charge for the advice. If
any of your readers suffer from tooache
or neuralgic affections arising from teeth
in any stage of decay, they may ex
perience relief instantaneous and per
manent, by saturating a small bit of
clean cotton or wool with a strong solu
tion of ammonia, and apply it immedi
ately to the affected tooth. The pleasant
contrast instantaneously produced
sometimes causes a fit of laughter, al
though a moment before extreme suffer
ing and anguish prevailed. I have used
the remedy for over one year, and I
have obtained sufficient proof to warrant
publication.
It is a remarkable fact, that one who
loves his mother, who honors that
mother's memory, is never a bad man,
she is never a bad woman. Tell me
how a yonng woman treats her mother,
and 1 will tell you what her general
character s. Toll me how a young man
treats his mother, and I will tell you
what his future prospects are for time
and eternity.
Torso people who are troubled with
a cough can be greatly relieved by mix
ing a spoonful of honey with water and
drinking it before retiring to bed. The
"honey" extracted at the front gate,
between ten and eleven o'clock, is what
causes that cough, as a general thing.
If toc have any difficulty in making
wall paper stick to walls that have been
whitewashed, it can be easily remedied
by making a sizing of common glue and
water, and applying with a brush to the
walls, and if your paste be good the
paper will remain firm for years.
Boiled Suoitlder of Cod. Take the
upper half of a fresh cod, well dressed,
pin in a napkin, place in boiling water
with salt, and let it boil thirty or forty
minutes, according to its size. Turn
out hot platter, and serve only the
fish without 6kin or bone.
HTioitors.
A Dormant Wasp. Says the Burling
ton llawkeye : A West Hill minister
picked up a frozen wasp on the side
walk, and with a view to advancing the
interest of science, he carried it in the
house and held it by the tail while he
warmed its ears over lamp chimney.
His object was to see if wasps froze to
death, or merely lay dormant during
the Winter. He is of the opinion that
they merely lie dormant, and the dor
mantest kind at that, and when they
revive, he says, the tail thaws ont first,
for while this one's head, right over the
lamp, was so stiff and cold it could not
wink, its probe worked with such in
conceivable rapidity that the minister
couldn't gasp fast enough to keep up
with it. He threw the vicious thing
down the lamp chimney, and said he
didn't want to have any more truck
with dormant wasp, at which his wife
burst into tears and asked how he, a
minister of the gospel, could use such
language, right before the children,
too.
A handsome young Englishman,
making a call at a house in Washing
ton, where there resided some of the
loveliest young ladies, suddenly dis
covered that he had come out without
his purse. The prettiest of the ladies
said, "Shall I lend you a dollar?"
"Would you?" was the reply. The
dollar was produced from the most
charming portemonnaie, and the beau
tiful American said, laughingly, "I
must have interest, you know, when
you return it." The handsome Eng
lishman called next day, repaid the
dollar, and placing a couple of exqui-sitely-cut-bottles
of perfume on the
table, added, "and there is the interest,
two cents."
A Manager's Expedient. All the
female vocalists and fair members of
the chorus engaged at a certain little
theatre in Italy had got into the habit
of never going to rehersal, or to the
performance in the evening, without
each of them being accompanied by one
or two old ladies, who passed as their
mothers. All these old ladies crowded
the stage very inconveniently, tili one
day the manager, whose patience was
quite exhausted, resolved to put an end
to the abuse. For this purpose, he had
a notice printed and stuck np at the
stage door ; "Henceforth, no lady en
gaged in this theatre will be allowed to
bring with her more than one mother
at a time."
A Yankee gentleman, escorting a
British friend to view the different
objects of attraction in the vicinity of
Boston, brought him to Bunker Hill.
They stood looking at the splendid
monument, " when the Yankee said :
"This is the place where Warren fell."
" Ah 1" replied the Englishman, evi
dently not posted in local historical
matters, "did it hurt him much ?'
"Hurt him 1" said he, "he was killed,
sir." "Ah, he was eh?" said the
stranger, still eyeing the monument,
and computing its height layer by
layer. "Well, I should think he would,
have been, to fall so far."
Ax ambitious Biddy, applying for a
cook's situation the other day, was un
fortunately a little too glib in self
praise for her own interest, when, in
reply to the iunniry if she could pre
pare a dinner of three courses, said she
could "pnrvide a dinner uv a dozen
courses, or aven twinty, no matter how
manv. if the butcher sint the coorses in
say son for there was niver the coorse
I conldn t cook sure it s a coorse cook
I am entirely." Xo doubt," replied
the lady, "entirely too coarse for me."
A nruoRors old man fell in with an
ignorant and rather impertinent young
minister, who proceeded to inform the
old gentleman, in positive terms, that
be could never reach heaven unless he
was born again, and added : "I have
experienced that change, and now feel
no anxiety."- "And have you leen born
again ?' said his companion musingly.
"Well, said the old gentleman, eyeing
him attentively, "I don't think it would
hurt you to be born once more."
Woman's impulsiveness in forming
conclusions is well illustrated in the
following note from a Brooklyn gentle
man : "I was relating at tea a moment
ago, the account in the papers of the
collision on the Chesapeake. 'How did
you say the passengers were saved ?'
asked my wile. hy, the i alcon, the
other boat, took them off,' I replied.
'.My ! she said, hat a fortunate
thing that other boat happened to be
just there.' "
A famous banker was busily writing
a letter at a desk in his office, when a
well dressed stranger entered. "Take
a chair, sir, please," says the banker,
"I will finish my letter in a moment."
Do you know who I am. sir ? cries
the stranger, drawing himself up, "I
am Lord , Minister Plenipotentiary
, etc. "On I are you indeed ?
was the banker's reply. "Then pray,
take two chairs."
Stewardess, stewardess." called Mrs
Timidity from her state-room one night
aboard an tnglish steamer, "come here
quick, the ship's side has cracked."
The stewardess rushed in in a great
state of excitement only to find that the
water pitcher, carelessly left on the
lounge, had jumped into Mrs. Timid
ity's berth, and somewhat saturated
the old lady.
A Torso la!y. known as a regular
chatter-box, having monopolized the
conversation for the first half hour at
table, aakod a Quaker present how he
liked tongue, remarking at the same
time that she had prepared it in several
tempting ways; to which he meekly
replied : "In repose." A slight lull in
conversation followed.
Two Tor.so gentlemen were looking
at fashionable ladies promenading in
front of a fashionable hotel. One of
them asked the other why he did not
get married. "You have got money
enough," said he, '-to feed a wife."
les, replied the other, "but I have
not money enough to clothe her."
Quick Time. A gentleman was one
day arranging music for a lady to whom
he was paying his attention.' "Pray,
ansa v., saiu ne, --wnat time do yon
prefer ?" "O," she replied carelessly,
"any time will do ; but the quicker the
better."
The celebrated Chesterfield is said to
have died with a witticism on his lips.
When told that he was dying by incites,
he thanked heaven that he was not so
tall by a foot and half as Sir Thomas
lSobinson.
A little boy asked a lady who made
her teeth. "My Creator," she replied.
-wen, said tue youngster, "vt.
made my ma's, and they beat yonr'n
clean out o'sight"
A humorous old gentleman, having
handed a few coppers to an itinerant
music-grinder, has entered the disburse
ment in his petty expenses book as
"organic change I"
The only unoccupied real estate in
New York is advertised thus : "A nice
three cornered lot in a cemetery, short
and, just right for a fat man with only
one leg."
Nothing so mnch destroys a man's
peace of mind as to hear a woman ex
press an intention to give him a piece
of hers.
A bad style of an arithmetic Divi
sion among families.
The fastest city in the worldElectricity.
A raiTersml 'Langaaae.
The New York Timet remarks that
the adoption of a universal language is
a desirable object to be attained, but it
may be asked, whether it is at all feasi
ble. International congresses are con
vened to consider the expediency of a
uniform system of money, weights, and
measures, or to promote international
legislation. If there is ever to be a
supreme tribunal to which nations shall
commit the guardianship of the peace
of the world, it looks almost like a
corollary of such an institution, to
agree upon the adoption of language
which shall be the common medium of
expression between ail interested par
ties. As to what language it shall be,
there is no pressing necessity for cavil
ling about the merits of this or that
language. English and French appear
to us, the editor says, to combine most
of the qualities desirable in an inter
national medium of communication.
The Germans would very likely bring
in a plea for German, and, indeed, if
we are led by the people wno nave the
biggest words, they have as good a
chance as any. In the mean time,
as no international congress has yet to
decide which of the living idioms shall
be the international language of the
world, we can only recommend to our
readers to study well such as may be
useful to themselves, especially their
own.
Educate (he Girls.
The tenderness displayed towards
our daughters in guarding them from
all knowledge of the world, supplying
their every want, and freeing them
from the necessity of exertion in self-
support, is a cruel kindness. In this
country, where iiriniosreniture is not
recognized, where pioperty is rarely
entailed, where fortunes are so con
tinually shifting hands, where the rich
man of to-day may le the poor man of
to-morrow, and where the petted and
indulged wife of the huslKind neglect
ful of life insurance, has before her the
possibility of widowhood and destitu
tion, there is nothing so wrong, so un
just, so wicked, as training np women
to be so dependent on others, ana ot a
consequenee.so forlornly helpless when
their dependence fails them, fcvery
girl, as well as every boy, should have
some honest, self-supporting occupa
tion. There may never be need of its
practice on the part of the girl ; but the
accomplishment will le a valued one
nevertheless, for it will give her cour
age to meet life, and whatever change
it may bring her. The long and short
ot the matter is that girls must be
taught as lioys are taught, that it is dis
graceful to look toanot her forthat means
of 8iipMirt which they are perfectly
couqietent to acquire for themselves.
E. F. Hanker Bitter Wine of
Iron.
E. F. Ktinkels celebrated Bitter Wine of
Iron will effectually cure liver complaint,
jaundice, dyspepsia, chronic or nervous de
bility, chronic dntrrhtci, disease or th kid
neys, and all diseases arising from a disor
dered liver, stomach or intestines ; such as
constipation, flatulence, inward piles, full
ness of blood to the bead, acidity of the
stomach, nausea, heartburn, disgust for
foo l, fullness or weight in the stomach, sour
eructations, sinking or fluttering at the pit
of the stomach, swimming of the bead, hur
ried or difficult breath np, fluttering of the
heart, choking or suffocating sensations
when in a lying posture, dimness of vision,
dots or webs before the siht, dull pain in
the head, deficiency of perspiration, yellow
ness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side.
back, chest, limbs, &c, sudden flu-dies of
heat, turning in the fl-sh, constant imagin
ings of evil and great depression of Hpirits.
They are entirely vegetable and free from
alcoholic stiniuLints and all injurious ingre
dients, and are pleasant in ta.te and smell,
mild in their operations, will remote impu
rities from the body and give health and
vigor to the frame.
Iteware of counterfeits. T ie genuine is
sold only in I bottles.
Sold by lruggits ami dealers every
where. E. F. KINKr. L, l'roprietor, So.
"VJ North Ninth St., Philadelphia, I 'a.
Tapeworm Urxovrn Alive. Head and
all complete, in two hours. No fee till head
passes. Seat, Tin and Stomach Worms re
moved by Dr. Ki skel, 25'. Nobtii Ninth
Street. Advice free. Come, see over 1, (an
specimens an 1 be convinced. He never
fails.
QrACK Mr.nicisi:. We never puff, but
AN A K ESI. S, the g tat vettern I'M rrmrdg,
has cured Thousands, after lotions, oint
ments, and all manner of nostrums have
failed. It is the discovery of l)a. Silsbek,
an eminent western physician, and has been
endorsed by medical men of all schools. It
is a simple medicated suppository, acts as
an instrument, poultice and medicine, af
fords instant relief from pain, and is pro
nounced an infallible cure. Price $1. Sent
free by mail on receipt of price. 1'. Neu
stielter & Co., Anakesis Depot, 40 Walker
St., New York. 8
the
PlWESOLOaiCAL JO URSA L.
A rtaar-cuss
ILLrSTR ATED MAUAZ1NB. tFVOTFrt TO SCI
t.NCE, LITKK Ml KK AND UK.NKRAL
lNTLLLIiiKNCK.
rilRKNOLOOV The l.rin ami lt funrtimM: tlx
l-ati.n anil Nalnrv of all th Orzam. with iltrcc
ttHM ffT rultiViAtinir. tevHofiinic luipruviug and re
tr.itlinc tlii-m. -k-l"W TilfCLr."
I'llYSIiNiNoMY "Siciil of Charvtrr. airi How to
K--a! Tli4-m." at a glam-e, in tlw Uiraian ?re, oa
ScH-ittitic l'ritK-ilt-. lllii-trMtcl.
KTHNOLOUV Or. IU Matnral tlixtnrr nf Mn:
Origin. M-mnrr. Cni-toms an.1 M alra of Lift- in va
riu TritM-w autl Nation, with Ti-mperainentji tLacial
Chnrartrri-tim and Illustration.
I'll VSlul"i V Tlie of Life; hx-tading the
Munition, Training awt liiiipliiM of Cliillr-n, ami
tlM Kisbt Management of lmlM-rilra, Utm luaana.
rrrannrnt anl all otlint. Ini)orfanC
MOliKAI'lllriS I'.drait- gira o manT Inkling
Men atxl Wanen of 1m Wf-Il. with akvtchea of
cliararter. livmfihH aal ormtti.m.
trXr-d I.TLI1B Inlruolir artiiiea on Self Im-prove-m-nt.
Memory, Oioe of f urttliU,Oiir National
liititntMn. KeKireen, etc
H.NALLY MiK-fa niefitl infiirmatina on tha lead
ing tofiim of the ilar Political, not partisan Reli
gitrtl, not aertarian K-lncatHHial. Ketirniatory, Agri
cultural, f.Hmoerrial, etc. No eff1n will he aarel
to Malta tlie PNRK-foL'MilCtl. Jot'aL for IHTa I lie
aMt itKtrnrtive- and i!itrotiii ever uMi.hei.
TKI1MS. Mmthly. ! a Tear, in mlvanee. CloW
of ten or more, 1 oath. tNiila noniWra, onlj 3b
cnta
Toe ninftt lilieral premium are giren. Aiklreaa
a Ii. WELLS,
a-tt BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
CL37HI3 WAJSE I 7V Vf ia .- warM (Cn
al fcir getMT.il nee i aoM at $10: weigh hut four
romtiils. Kaeier tlian l.r hand, and le wear of the
go..l. Send tr rirmlar to J. K. Ill'liDALE, White.
water, Wayne Co., I ud. It
is rr o r
THAT
COUGH!
BY TAKING
SINES'
COMrOCXD SYRUP OF
TAR, WILD CHERRY
AND
-Qoni-iionND.
Fur tin Cure nf Coinjhs, W'knoping Cuugh,
Crimp, Sre Throat, lluartentim, Atlhmtt,
inttttmmatirn of the Lung, i'ain in
the .VfoV and llreatt, JironehitU
ami ali dtaet lending to
FOLMOIJIBT C0ISDHPT1DI!
Do not neglect that, which to you may ap
pear to be a trilling eold, or you too may be
added to the NINETY THOUSAND human
being who die annually in the UNITED
STATES who are hurried to premature
graves, by that dreadful scourge, prixon
abt cossmrTinx.
The specified ingredients, vit: Tar, Wild
Cherry and Horehound, are so well known,
and so highly recommended, that the pre
paration must come into general ne for af
fections of lhe breast and lungs. It is re
markably pleasant to lake, containing no-
rlitn in mm, wanaaatiiigaenswtiuaa whiea
is a very important consideration as it ia
extremely difficult to prevail upon childrea
to take a sufficient qnaatity of most medi
cines in use to have the desired effect.
Has been sold by Druggists aad Store
keepers for thirty years.
Fries 25 and 50 cents psr bottle.
Prepared onlj by
CHARLES NEHER, JR.,
PHILADELPHIA.
USE
M. B. ROBERT'S
ESIBROCATION,
rOB ALL BXTEBXAL DISEASES OE
MAN Oil BEAST.
Price 35 Cents per Bottle.
SHOW CASES!
SHOW CASES!
All tyfe. 8Urr Mounted and Walnut, bow ad
aaoond.aaod. HerarWj packed for anipoirig.
CUUNTaUU. BAK-s ftHaXVlSta, UTOhUC FIX
TTTlKJi. fco.
HOUSE AHD OfFIOE rCKNTTTKB all fttada
Tba large and bent aaaoftad atoca. arw aad
ajecoud-uand In the. City.
JKIYV 1H St. HR(K -l-ly
KMU Ia. 1S aad MB BIBat ATE Phlla.
Hm J0HAS
JONAS-I want to hand yon, Neighbor Gates, something that will be of real interest, not only to you, but to your
boys.
NEIGHBOR GATES Glad to get anything that has money In It
JONAS Well, I think you can certainly save money by consulting this list, which personal examination proves to bs
correct in every word and figure.
NEIGHBOR GATES I saw a list of Wanamaker A Brown's One Price Clothing last Saturday.
JONAS Yes ; but this is a New List, and has a great deal more in it
HEIRIEI ABB
Heavy and Durable Melton Coat
Tants
Vest
Whole Suit
Overcoat, same material
Black and White Mixed Coat
Black and White Mixed Pants
Black and White Mixed Teat
Whole Suit
Oxford Mixed D. B. Coat
Oxford Mixed Pants
Oxford Mixed D, B. Vest
Whole Suit
Black and White Diagonal Coat
Black and White Diagonal Pants
Black and White Diagonal Vest
Whole Suit
Broken check D. B. Coat.
Broken check Pants
Broken D. B. Vest
Whole Suit
Very choice Cassimere Coat
very cnoice cassimere ranis
Very choice Cassimere Vest
" -a---
Whole Suit
Onrwa T?lik Cloth Coat
Good Black Doeskin Pants.
Good Black Cloth Vest
Whole Suit
Better grade Black Cloth Coat
Better grade Black Doeskin Pants
Better grade iliac iviom vest
TOofc SrJit.
Fine Dress Coat
Fine Dress Pants
Fine Dress Vest
.
wnoie bum.
Extra Diagonal Coat
Extra Diagonal Pants.
Extra Diagonal Vest
Whole Suit
Every-dsy Pants.
Better grade Pants.
Dress Pants
Choice Pattern Pants
Elegant Style Pants.
Baperior to any in the Market
Men's good heavy Overcoats
Men's better grade Overcoats.
Men's still better grade Overcoats
Men's choice color Overcoats
Men's finest Fur Beaver Overcoats.
Men's finest Johanny Beaver Overcoats
The Great
The Great
The Great
The Great
The Great
The Great
Woolen
Woolen
Woolen
Woolen
Woolen
Woolen
"Glengarry"
'Glengarry"
"Glengarry"
"Glengarry"
"Glengarry"
"Glengarry"
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
JONAS The way business is done at Oak Hall is very gratifying. Ivery article Is narked wltk Its trae iame and
price la plala 0;sm, and no deviation. When anything thies not suit, the money Li returned iuittuuti-r.
It is handy to get to Oak Hall, as the car take you dirett to WAN A M A K K ft 4 BROWN'S", on the corner
of SIXTH and MARKET.
"Wanamaker & Brown,
OAK HALL,
South-East Corner of Sixth and Market Streets,
FTTTTi AJ3ET.Tttt a .
HEW TOE! BLACK LEiD WORKS.
rUTD Y P" mw rooting by I fl Q
f 1 1 H I aainz HILL'S PaTasT Klaaaa II II 11
L1LIII SliM Six. ran-lOO-iucew: II UU
Tiaara ar HolaVta. tl A by Mail, poat-paid. tor Sala
by Hard war Daaaana.
Cu-canwa fraav
Addnaa,
H. W. H1X1. CO
MlS-XX-aow Vccatwr, IIU
THE WEEKLY SUN.t'Sr
at aad learWea T-M-r. .d b tnayl colnaaua. VI a
aim a auae the Weakly the beat tuanly Bear!
aer a tax wurtd. Try.rt. - l ."a-. laT l"d.
Addraaa Taa Sia, Sear Yurk City.
aataAa
BLANKS
vbatlt ran no at this omoi
M TO HBIGBBOR GATES.
...$500
... 2 75
... 200
9 75
Whole Suit
800
' 7 50
25
2 50
Whole Suit.
U 25
S 800
4 00
2 00
Youths' Broker Check D. B. Sack.
Youths' Broken Check Pants
Youths' Broken Check Vest
Whole Suit.
5U00
8 8 00
4 50
2 50
Basket Style D. B.
Basket Style PtnU
Basket Style Vest
Whole Suit
S15 00
Basket Style D. B.
Basket Style D. B.
Basket Style Pants
.8 9 50
. 550
. 2 75
Whole Suit.
$17 75
$12 50
a r A I
"iYouths' Extra Choice Color Overcoat
3 50 YontnB. E-t Kerse Overcoat
822 50 Youths Better Grade Kersey Oovercoat 18 m
Youths Fine Schnabel Far Beaver Overcoat 22 00
S 9 00
.". 5 00, Boys' First Great
2 50 ' Boys' better grade
Boys still better
8' 6 50
Boys' good Cape
Soys better grade
Boys' higher grade
$12 00
6 50
a w Udren's Woolen Suits 8 5 00
$21 50 Children's Woolen Suits 6 50
Children's Cloth Suits 7 50
Children's better grade Suits. 8 50
814 50 Children's heavy Cassimere Suits. 9 50
6 50 .ChUdren's very stylish Harvard Suits 10 50
3 50 .Children's English Granite and Tricot Suits. 11 50
'Children's Kilt Suits 8 50
-
816 00
7 50
4 00
Boys' heavy Woolen
Boys' heavy Woolen
Whole Suit
827 50
$2 75
3 50
BOO
6 50
7 50
10 00
$ 8 00
Whole Suit
10 00
12 00
15 00
25 00
Whole Suit
Extra nice D. B.
Extra nice Pants
Extra nice D. B.
Vest
27 50
Whole Suit
.8 9 50
. 16 00
. 20 00
. 22 50
Snperior foreign
Superior foreign
Superior foreign cloth Pants.
. 27 50
. 33 00 1
Whole Suit.
3TATIOSART. PORTABLE AND
AGRlCULfUIlAL
STEAM ENGINES.
Oaaaral Aetata fc SOSSBLL a CO.-
Massillon Separators
HORSE POWERS.
nttim IIORSKKAKKS
BI'RDICKH HAYCUTTKIaS
AND OTHER FIRST- CLASS
FARM MACHINERY
HARBERT & RAYMOND.
1835 Market Sti o t
PHH.aPKT.KMi.
JOB PRINTING
HBATt- t -f-Mi AT m
Youths Heavy Woolen D. B. Sack $M
Youths' Heavy Woolen Pants 2
Youths' Heavy Woolen Vest 1 w
S50
Youths' Oxford Mixed D. B. Sack 8650
Youths' Oxford Mixed Pants 3 50
Youths' Oxford Mixed Vest 2 00
!t)0
800
5 00
2 50
Sack $10 oO
6 00
3 2j
81'-75
Frock.
$13 00
. . . . 3 25
6 00
Vest. . .
Youths' Heavy Overcoat 8 7 IX)
Youths Better Grade Overcoat 10 00
Youths' Still Better Grade Overcoat 11 00
13 50
15 00
Coat 8450
Great Coat
6 50
grade Ureat (Joat
.. 7 50
.. 9 00
.. 11 00
.. 13 50
Overcoat . .
Cape Overcoat .
Cape Overcoat.
Jackets 8 2 50
Pants 2 00
8 4 50
Boys' All-wool Jacket 8 3 "
Boys All-wool Pants. 3 25
Boys' All-wool Vest 150
8 8 50
Better grade D. B. Jackets 8 4 75
Better grade Pants. 4 00
Better grade D. B. Vests 2 00
$10 75
Jacket
8
5 50
. 450
. 250
$12 50
cloth D. B. Coat 8 6 "5
cloth D. B. Vest 2 75
4 50
....$1400
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