AGBICCLTTBAL.
Charcoal as a Mastbk. There is
no fertilizer so easily produced by
American farmers as charcoaL la
wooded countries, large quantities of
logs and stamps are obstructing the
implements of agriculture, and a ready
way of disposing of them is by coo
verting them into charcoaL In prairie
countries where wood is scarce, peat,
tnrf or clay may be charred and turned
into a manure still more valuable than
pnre charcoaL A pile of logs fourteen
feet long, three feet high and three feet
wide, when perfectly burnt, yield only
three bushels of ashes and these not
equal to charcoal, bulk for bulk. A
pile of similar size yields from twenty
eight to thirty bushels of charcoaL
The stimulating power of carbon
upon seeds is noticed by Liebig in his
chemical explanation of the effects of
charcoal as a fertilizer, lie states that
the carbon of the charcoal forms the
base of carbonic acid, which acts bene
ficially on plants, by a gradual combi
nation with oxygen, but he admits that
the beneficial effects of charcoal as a
fertilizer, depend upon the presence of
other substances besides carbon. lie
says that plants thrive in powdered
charcoal and may be made to blossom
and bear fruit, if exposed to the influ
ence of rain and the atmosphere, ltain
water must therefore contain one of the
essentials of vegetable life, and this is
ammonia.
An instance of the quick vegetation
of seeds produced by the use of pow
dered charcoal is related by Mr. Kajn
bird in the Journal of the Ilojal Agri
cultural Society of England, Vol. 7,
page Ml. He says during a very dry
summer of 1811, wood charcoal, pow
dered fine, was drilled with carrot seed
with which it was well mixed to prevent
the seed clogging in the drill ; it served
two purposes the seed was deposited
with great regularity in the drills, and
the carrots made their appearance above
ground in a few days notwithstanding
the dryness of the weather, and grew
rapidly. The crop was a good one for
the year, being upwards of five hun
dred bnHhels per acre.
In 1H13, forty bushels of powdered
charcoal per acre, were drilled in with
green topped Aberdeen turuips in a
light sandy loam, the previous crop
being rye and vetches mown for soil
ing. Tlie young plants appeared above
gronud in a short space of time, and
were singled out in a week, as soon as
turnips of a quicker growing kind that
had been drilled twelve days earlier
with one and one-half cwt. of guano,
mixed with peat ashes per acre. The
good effects of charcoal as a fertilizer
last for huudreds of years. This has
been proved at Thurstable Hundred in
Essex, England, where there is a large
mound that accumulated around a lto
man pottery. The earth of the mound
contains a large amount of charcoal,
and produces remarkable effects when
applied as manure.
Com r a bati v e FEaxmir of 1itks
and Hess. -Some interesting experi
ments have rn-.eiitly been mado uioii
the comparative fecundity of ducks and
hens, so as to determine from which of
the two the larger number of eggs can
be obtained in the ame time. For
this purpose three hens and three
ducks were selected, and all hatched in
February and nourished with snitable
foid. In the following autumn the
ducks laid 2&iegfjs, while thebeue laid
none. In the next February the lay
ing season bejran aain with the ducks
and continued uninterruptedly until
August They showed no inclination
to set' but became very thin, although
they were afterward fattened up Eouie
what. The total number of eggs laid
by the hens amounted to 2-"7, or D
eggs each, and il'.W, or 131 each, for the
ducks.
Althouph the eggs of the ducks
. . . . .i
were rather smaller than those of the
hens, yet they proved to be decidedly
superior in nutritive material, so that
the superiority in productiveness ap
pears to be decidedly with the ducks.
rLowTN.i Unpeu Stkaw.-A "Learner ! own. the case of chronic diseases,
asks whether st raw plowed under yields j to be decadent mi recurring variations
more fertility than the manure made j the energies of organic life ; aud in
from the straw by feeding to cattle. the ea.se ,of acute diseases, the cause is
Undoubtedly straw loses by passing i ascribed either to the existence of n
through the animal, else the animal narked daily extreme of bod.iy
would gain nothing by eating it. and depression, oi -a daily maximum of in
the amount of fertilizing matter must j tensity of acute disease,
be less in straw after being used as a j "!
food. But its condition after being fed,
i. mtii.li imrmcnl that its effect mav I
be greater upon the first crop, espe
cially as a top dressing. The greatest
effect that can be produced by straw as
a fertilizer upon heavy land, is to plow
it under. It will then frm an air
space under the furrow and cause a con
stant deposit of ammonia from the at
mosphere during the first season, pro
ducing, often, as fine a crop as even
well settled manure. The second year
the straw will decay and become active
manure of itself. The straw takes long
to decay, while the manure mado from
it dacays rapidly. These are the facts
which lead to such contradictory con
clusions. But straw plowed under will
show its effects for many years.
Kesovattxo Broor Tops. Enamel
leather tops which have become hard,
but have not lost their color, can be
softened and much improved in appear
ance by oiling them with pure castor
oiL Tiie oil is readily absorbed by the
leather, and will not fry out in the sun.
When the leather has turned gray, ap
ply a coat of hatter's blacking, after the
oil has struck in, and rub well with a
cloth to bring but the polish. Most
varnishes dry too hard to be used on
tops, shellac varnish being the only kind
that can be used with safety, but this
will crack unless the coat be applied
very thin.
JFrosted grass does not tend to dry
up cows. Apples in moderate quanti
ties have no such tendency, but on the
contrary may le fed to advantage es
pecially sweet apples. Potatoes are
said to dry up cows also nothing is
more absurd, for they are an eminently
milk-producing food and when small
potatoes are not boiled and fed to pigs,
the cows ought to have them, rump
kins are well known as excellent milk
feed. The seeds, however, are diuretic
in the tendency and very likely reduce
the quantity of milk.
Ashes fob Cows. To keep cows in
good health in winter, I feed a little
Lard wood ashes eoual parts, (live a
small handful twice a week. Try it
and see how they will seem to thank
you for it-. It is good for them, and I
think will help in case of garget. It
will clean out the fonl blood ; the cows
will look slick aud feel good.
Issects is rorxTcx HorsE. If a
solution of two ounces of carbolic acid
and three quarts of water is sprinkled
with a watering-pot in poultry houses
after they have been swept out, it ill
free those places of all insect pests.
But the work must be performed every
week. Fulniigation with sulphur will
be effective ia extreme cases.
Soke Thboat SvMrroMs. 1 he horse
hangs his head down, chews, but can
not swallow, throat swollen aud fever
ish. Apply a poultice of wheat bran
wet np with strong decoction of red
oak bark. Give him tepid water to
drink, with moderate exercise. If he
is feverish, bleed him two gallons from
the neck.
House's Maxb Falltxo Oct. "The
shedding of hair from a horse's mane
and tail can be prevented by washing
the parts affected a few times in car
bolic soapsuds. Or wash made of
lard oil, one pint, and aqua ammonia,
one gill well mixed and rubbed in, will
prevent the falling of the Lair.
SCIENTIFIC
Dental Amalgams. It is the general
practice to combine the alloy with an
excess of mercury, afterwards squeezing
out the surplus mercury with the fin
gers of a pair of pliers.
As it is impossible to get rid of the
mercury by this operation, since about
twice the necessary quantity remains,
leaving the amalgam hard and unwork
able, the only proper course is to use
the exact proportion necessary to the
combination. Should a surplus of
mercury at any time be found on the
surface of an amalgam filling, when the
packing is finished, it can be tolerably
well absorbed by slices of crystal gold,
cut thin with a razor and laid upon the
dry surface of the filling, until they are
white with the mercury, when they are
removi J.
Now, if chemically pure silver and
tin be combined in atomic proportions,
silver 13, tin 118, twenty-four grains
of the clean filings, mixed with seven
grains of mercury, will result in a
powder, adhesive under pressure, which
will not dissolve in alcohol, and there
fore needs no washing, and which will
weld up as solid as a coin. This is a
true amalgam, containing no free mer
cury, in fact there is great difficulty in
separating a trace of mercury below a
red heat. 15 at, of course, it is impossi
ble to use a powder in the majority of
cases.
But there is a filling which it is prac
ticable to use in almost all circum
stances, namely, the ordinary silver and
tin amalgam mentioned above, with the
addition of ten percent of fine gold and
sufficient platinum to insure rapid set
ting, if to twelve grains of alloy four
or five grains of mercury be added, and
the resulting compound be carefully
packed, without washing, into the
cavity, little by little, with small
point, warmed, if necessary, and fin
hshed up by repeated burnishing, the
result will be a more perfect filling than
can be procured by ordinary means,
and that, too, with a compound con
taining little or no free mercury.
An Ixcessaxt Wast. One of the in
cessant wants of man is air. We want
air mainly to nourish us and to keep us
cool. The quantity of air inhaled by
an adult in twenty-four hours amounts
on an average to about three hundred
cubic feet, or two thousand gallons.
What we take in and give ont during
twenty-four hours in the shape of solid
and liquid food occupies on an average
the space of five and a half pints, which
is equal to one three-hundredth of the
volume of air passing through our
luDgs. It will astonish you to hear,
perhaps for the first time, that this
amounts to seven hundred and thirty
thousand gallons in one year, and to be
reminded of that continuous work
which goes on day and night a never
ceasing liellows-blowing, by which the
! organ of onr life is kept in play. Of
course tLe quantity of air flowing
around the surface of the unman body
is greater than that. Do not object
that air is sometimea so light that it
need not be taken into account. It has
some weight ; water, certainly is seven
hundred and seventy times heavier, but
our daily two thousand gallons have for
all that a weight of twenty-five pounds
avoirdupois.
Tits HoniLT Death Hate. Dr. Law
sou, an English l.liVMi'iau, has recently
published some curious observations
regarding the time of the day when the
greatest and least numlier of deaths
occur. He finds, from the study of the
statist ics of several bospitajs, asylums,
and other institutions that deaths from
chronic diseases are most numerous
between the hours of eight and ten in
the niorninff. aud fewest lietween like
hours in tlio evening. Acute deaths
from continued fevers aud pneumonia
. - it i.
take place in the greatest ratio either in
the early morning, when the powers of
life are at their lowest, or in the after
noon, when acute disease is most active.
The occurrence of these definite daily
variations in the hourly death rate is
Saltwater ice. inc. notion geue
rally prevails that
when salt water
fresh, and when
freezes the ice
melted will produce fresh water. Trot.
Tvndall states that such is the case in
his orms of Water. lint Dr. lite,
the Arctic explorer, declares that ho
was "never able to find sea ice, in nifii.
either eatable when solid or drinkable
when thawed it being invariably too
salt." He adds, however, that when
his party found ice projecting above
the water, and from its appearance in
dicating that it was a year or more old,
it was generally fresh, and made good
drinking water. His theory explaining
the fact is. that the salt is not itself
concealed, but that a concentrated
brine, imprisoned in minute cells, is
retained in the solid ice. These cells
communicating with each other, when
the ice is lifted above the general level.
the brine is drained off. leaving the
mass fresh.
The Chinese, more than any other
people, have reduced the saving of fer
tilizors to a science. It is well known
that they scrupulously save, disinfect.
and put to valuable use every particle
of offal. In no other way could their
land be so enriched as to support its
teeming inhabitants. Liebig traced
the primal fall of Borne to the building
of her great sewers, which conducted
to the Tiber fertilizing material which
should have been applied to her soiL
It was the lack of breadstuff's, conse
quent upon the poverty of the arable
lands, which drove the Bomans to for
eign conquest, and ended in the over
throw of their liberty. Our people are
wasting every day substances which, if
properly utilized, would save them
many a dollar and much tribulation.
Convenient Fkepabatios of Cab.
bonated Water. An ordinary syphon
bottle is employed by Gawalouski of
Prague, instead of the usual Liebig's
apparatus, by placing in it, when filled
with water, a small tin tube closed with
a screw-rap, and supplied near the top
with several holes abont I-lUtli ol an
inch wide, and charged for a two quart
b' ttle, by placing in it JEJO grains of
bicv-.'bouate of soda and upon it a small
perforated tin disc, and then 201) grains
of tartaric acid. The water passing into
tho tube causes the development of
carbonic acid.
Dr. Balmaso, a London surgeon,
has successfully applied the magic
lantern to the study of diseases of the
skin. A transparent photograph of the
skin is taken, and then placed in a
magic lantern. A strong hydro-oxygen
light casts the picture, enlarged, on a
white sheet ; aud in this way the small
est details are brought out with aston
ishing minuteness.
At a recent meeting of the French
Academy of Science, MM. Fautra and
Sargnian stated they had fonnd by ex
periments made in a forest of more
than 500 hectares (a hectare is 11.1H30
English square yards) and also on a
plain situated alniut 300 yards from the
forest, that much more rain fell in the
wooded part than on the plain.
When a Tennessee husband will
horsewhip his wife for washing pota
toes in las Sunday ping hat, it is time
to enquire wnether this generation of
men is getting to be too high-toned for
the age of the century ?
BOIDiTIC
Valuable Inforhatios. Knives and
forks my be fastened in their handles
by the following : 1 pound colophony
(obtained at druggists), eight ounces
sulphur ; melt and, when cool, powder.
Mix one part of the powder with half a
part of the fine sand or brick dust, fill
the handle cavity, heat the stem of the
knife and fork, and insert,
Kerosene oil is good for removing
rust from cutlery.
Saturate sponges with water and
stand them on plates around and among
the window plants. The object is to
supply moisture to neutralize the effects
of any furnace or grate heat.
In hanging paper, first pumicestone
the wall and wash with size made of
glue to a gallon of water. See that the
paste has no lumps and that the back
of the paper is ecvered with for fully
ten minutes before hanging.
It is said that lining the walls, ceiling,
and windows of s cellar with four or
five thicknesses of old newspaper, pasted
on with strong size, will prevent roots
and other articles stored therein from
freezing.
A section of wire cloth, grade from
Ko. 20 to No. 30 : is the best material
to strike matches upon.
Tho cords of hard wood are about
equal in heat-giving qualities to one
ton of bituminous ooai.
If the sink spouts freezes, insert a
niece of lead Dine, into which pour
boiling water through a funnel. Keep
the pipe constantly pressed against tne
ice,
About Hyacinths. The hyacinth is
not only a very beautiful and fragrant
flower, but one easily cultivated. This
is the season when the bulbs intended
for honse cultivation should be secured.
A word to our lady friends in regard to
the best modes of what is known as
glass or water culture. First give a
preference to the single varieties. They
are less beautiful, but are to be pre
ferred to the double ones for the reason
that they bloom two or three weeks
sooner and are more fragrant. Having
selected the bulbs, fill the glasses with
pure water, place the bulbs in them and
set them in a dark closet for a fortnight
or three weeks, or until the glasses are
well filled with the fibres. Then expose
to the sun ; give fresh air occasionally,
when the weather will permit. When
making the change take out the bulbs
and rinse the roots well in clean water :
also wash the insides of the glasses
thoroughly. The freezing of the water
not only endangsrs the safety of the
class, bat causes the root to decay.
Soft water is always preferable. It
should be perfectly clear to chow the
roots to advantage, and should be on s
level with the base of the bulb. Avoid
placing the glass within the influence
of hre heat, inese oriel directions,
carefully observed, with result in hand
some blooms.
Fish Cake. 1. Put the bones of the
fish, with the head and fins, into s stew
pan, with about a pint of water, add
pepper and salt to taste ; one good
sized onion, a handful of sweet herbs,
if you like, and stew all slowlyior about
two honrs. Then mince fine the clear
meat of the fish, mixing it well with
bread crumbs and cold mashed potatoes,
aud a small quantity of fine chopped
parsley ; season with salt and pepper
to taste, aud make the whole into
cake with an egg well beaten. Brush it
over lightly with white of egg, strew
with bread crumbs, and fry of a rich
amber brown. Strain the gravy made
from the bones, etc., and pour it over ;
stir gently for ten minutes of a quarter
of an hour. Serve very hot, with garnish
of parsley and lemon slices. 2. Care
fully remove tho bones and skin from
any fish that is left from dinner, and
put it into warm water for a short time.
After taking it out press it dry aud beat
it in a mortar to a fine paste, with an
enual quantity of mashed potatoes, and
season to taste. Then make up the
mass into round flat cakes, and fry them
in bntter or lard till they are of a fine
eoldt-n brown color Be sure they do
not burn. Codfish is excellent recooked
after this fashion.
To obtais lieht instantly without the
use of matches and without the danger
of setting things afire, take an oblong
viol of the whitest and clearest glass
put into it a piece of phosphorus about
the size of a pea, upon winch pour some
olive oil. heated to the boiling point.
filling the vial abont one third full, and
then seal the vial hermetically. To nse
it, remove the cork and allow the air to
enter the vial and then recork it. The
empty space in the bottle will then be
come luminous, and the light obtained
will be equal to that of a lamp. As
soon as the light grows weak, its power
can bo increased by opening the vial
and allowing s fresh supply of air to
enter. In Winter it is sometimes neces
sary to heat the vial between the hands
to increase the fluidity of the oiL Thus
prepared the vial may be used for six
months. This contrivance is now used
by the watchmen of Paris in all
magazines where explosive or inflamma
ble materials are used.
A good waterproofing compound is
prepared by melting paraffin aud adding
gradually a suitable drying oil, stirring
well to insure intimate mixture ; it is
then poured into monlds the shape of
bricks or blocks, and allowed to cool.
The fabric to be rendered waterproof is
rubbed over with a block of the com
pound, warming the rubbing face gently
if the atmosphere is cold, and then iron
ing the cloth with a warm iron, or
passing it between hot rollers. The ap
plication of bis compound to leather
and textile and felted fabrics is said to
give excellent results, as, although it
renders the cloth thoroughly water
proof, it is not impervious to air.
To Make Apple Bbead. Weigh one
pound of fresh juicy apples ; peel, core
and stew them into a pulp, being care
ful to use a porcelain kettle or a stone
jar, placed inside a kettle of boiling
water ; mix the pulp with two pounds
of the best flour: put in the same
quantity of yeast you would use for
common bread, and as mucn water as
will make it a fine, smooth dough ; put
it into a pan and place it in a warm
place to rise and let it remain for twelve
honrs at least. Form it into rather
long-shaped loaves, and bake in a quick
oven.
Earache, Take a piece of salt pork,
say an inch or more long and half an
inch square, cut down one end to fit
the ear and insert it, taking care to
have the piece too large to slip in. It
gives almost instant relief. Tie a hand
kerchief to keep it in place, if the child
will allow it. Pork is also good for
sore throat, croup and Inng colds. Cut
slices half an inch thick, dip in warm
water, sprinkle on a little pepper, and
sew the flannoL
Deliciocs Stewkd OrsTKRS. Take
fifty nice oysters, separate them from
the juice, put them in a saucepan with
a pint of cream ; let them come to a
boil quickly. Thicken with a little
butter and flour, beaten together.
Season to taste ; let them just boil
again.and send to the table immediately.
To move a tight glass stopper, hold
the neck of the bottle to a flame, or
take two turns of a string and seesaw it.
The heat engendered expands the neck
of the bottle before the expansion
reaches the stopper.
To renew ribbons, wash them in cool
suds, made of .soap, and iron when
damp. Cover with a clean cloth, and
iron over it,
ToDkstbot Crickets. Put Scotch
snuff upon the boles where they come
ont
"I'm qois' to cut this yer youngster
in half and let Mrs. Murphy take the
body, while Mrs. Doolan goes home
with the legs. it was a cievenuea,
but it failed. Mrs. Murphy stepped up
to him, and doubling up fist that
looked like an underdone leg of mutton,
she shook it close to his nose and said,
Ef ye do, ye shpalpeen. 111 murtber
ye wid my own hand 1' And Mrs.
Doolan seized him by the hair, threw
him to the ground, and exclaimed,
while she brandished the knife over his
prostrate body. "Gimme the legs, will
yon ! Gimme the legs I Be me aowl,
I've mind to kill ye and ate yon 1"
Then squire Doobs adjourned the case.
and while Mrs. Uoolan retired witn tne
boy he went out to hunt np a Bible
commentary, in order to ascertain if
there was not something abont Solomon's
proceedings that he did n't understand.
A "'MoBarroB." Sambo wanted to
buy some land, but he had only half
enough money. "Well," said the land
agent, "the price is $000, bnt I'll take
$150 and s mortgage for the balance in
a year. Sambo scratched his wool.
"But, I say, boss, spose a feller hant
got no morgitch ?" In vain the agent
explained, when up steps Bill, and says,
"1 can lucidate that pint. A morgitch
is like dis yer : Spose you pays de
boss $450 down, and give yer word and
honor ob honest nigger to pay him de
udder $150 in s year ; den spose on de
very last day ob de year yer pays $119
and don t pay him de Oder dollar, why
den de morgitch says de boss can joss
take all de money and de land, and you
don't have nnffin not a cent." 'Sho,
boss, a morgitch makes a pusson mighty
honest."
Bishop Axes tell s story of s white
man in Missouri, in the olden time of
slavery, who aaid to one of his servants :
rompey, 1 hear you are a great
preacher." "Yes, mass a, de Lord do
help me powerful sometimes." "Well,
Pompey, don't you think the negroes
steal little things on the plantation."
I'se mighty afraid they does, massa.
mas a. "Then, Pompey, 1 want you to
preach sermon to the negroes against
stealing." After a brief reflection,
Pompey replied : ' You see, massa, dat
would never to, 'canse twould trow
auch a eol'ness over de meetin'."
'Yora young friend stayed uncom
monly late last night, and I was quite
inclined to come into the parlor and
dismiss him," said an indulgent father
to his pet of sixteen. "Oh ! yes, it was
pretty late : bnt we got so interested in
discussing Ritualism that we did not
notice the fleeting hours, papa !" "Dis
cussing Ritualism ?" sternly queried
the father, and then he walked slowly
away, with his hands under his coat
skirts, trying to remember what they
called it when he was young.
The arrival of Marshal BazAine at
Madrid, has not given rise to any un
pleasant demonstrations. It seems that
a Frenchman got up a sort of charivari
outside his house to annoy him, but on
tne beginning of the performance the
porter went out and asked, "How much
are they giving you for playing ?" The
reply was, "two duroft." "Very well,"
was the rejoinder, "here are four ;
be off with yon," and the men de
camped at once. The marshal lives in
thoroughly retired fashion.
"Toe have a pleasant home and a
bright fireside, with happy children
sitting around it, haven't you ?" said
the J udge. "Yes. sir.' said Mr. Thomp
son, who thought he saw a way out of
the difficulty. "Well," said the Judge
if the happy children sit aronnd the
cheerful hreside until you return, they
will stay there just forty-three days, as
1 shall have send you up for that time.
"Abe you going after that sugar?"
called a mother to her boy, who was in
the street. "Am 1 going after that
sugar ?" drawled the youth in a saucy
and impndent tone ; but just then he
happened to see his father coming up
!ehind him, and he said very resject-
f ully ana lovingly ; " hy. of course I
am, ma I didn't know yon needed it
;..!.
The cultivated cannibals of Fiji are
just now divided on a question of taste.
One party claims that the most exqm-
site flavor is imparted to roasted
missionary by cooking the subject alive
while others think he should bo killed.
hung np and allowed to season awhile.
V Inch side of the question is taken by
the man to be cooked can only be sur
mised.
Screened. During the time that the
late Sir Robert Peel was Premier. Lady
Jane Peel was in the habit of pasting
on a screen all the articles that appeared
in the newspapers opposed to him
"l here is nothing very singular in that,
remarked PeeL "It is the duty of every
good wife to tereen her husband's
faults."
As old lady in town has become dis
gusted with almanacs. She says if all
the people in this country were to stop
buying almanacs "maybe the printers
who make em would put in some
total eclipses of the sun and moon, and
some transits of Yen uses that would be
visible here. Xorrintown Herald.
Chables Lamb once said of one of
his critics : "The more 1 think of him
the less I thtnk of him." This is not
unlike Thackeray's mot: "What do
you think of Tapper, as a poet," he was
asked when in his country, "I don't
think of him as a poet," was the reply.
A thief was arrested in England the
other day who admitted his guilt and
asked that sentence be passed as a pro
tection to himself and the public.
"For," said he "It is a terrible thing
that a fellow like me should be going
about.
A University student broke through
the ice on Lake Monana, the other day,
where the water was only four feet
deep. When he was hauled out and
laid upon the ice, he faintly whispered:
"Boys, I didn't care for myself, but I'm
George IV., on hearing some one de
clare that Moore had murdered Sheridan
in his life of that statesman, observed.
"I won't say that Mr. Moore has
murdered Sherdan, but he has certainly
attempted his life.
The expression of a nervous woman's
face upon getting into a dentist's chair
is something that no man can imitate
until he gets a letter from his mother-
in-law, sharply inquiring if that spare
room is ready.
Blessed are they who scatter ashes
nnon slinnerr sidewalks, for thev shall
slide easily through the gates of Para
dise. Jtichmotut .nquirer.
A patron of a poor hotel said every
thing he obtained there was cold but
the water, and everything was sour bnt
the pickles.
What is the difference between an
auction and a sea-sick man ? One is a
sale of effects, and the other the effects
of a saiL
A Hartford widower prefers living
near a sawmill, as, he says, the sound
puts him in mind of his lost wife.
A mother in-law is not a heavenly
body, but she has been known to eclipse
a honey-moon.
What is the largest room in the
world ? The room for improvement.
The first thing a man takes to in his
life is his milk the last is bis bier.
A Ostljr Sepalefcre.
A correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader describes one of the tombs in the
famous Milan Cathedral: Procuring a
permit and a priest we descended to the
subterranean chapel, the richest in all
Europe. Here I had the pleasure oi
coming in contact with the most dis
tinguished and wealthiest dead-head in
the world, the late lamented St. Charles
tforomeo, wno aiea zw years since.
.None knew him but to love mm; none
named him but to praise." He was a
Cardinal, Bishop of Milan, and good to
the poor, and for his many virtues was
canonized. His remains lie in a rich
coffin of silver, and through the crystal
sides you see the dead and withered
skull grinning in the midst of rich
robes, rare jewels, ana uasuiun geuia.
The coffin is hung with costly offerings.
and the ceiling of the chapel is covered
with bas-relief in solid silver, represent
ing events in the saint's life. In this
little chapel, 10x12, 4,000,000 francs
have been lavished. In the coffin
hangs a gold cross containing seven
emeralds, each as large as a chestnut,
incrusted in diamonds. Ibis little or
nament is worth $100,000. I tried to
buy it. but unfortunately the priest
could not change my large bills.
E.
r. Honkel's Bitter Hlse r
Iron
has never been known to fail in the cure of
weakness, attended with symptoms : indis-
poait on to exertion ; loss of memory ; dim
eulty of breathing; general weakness; hor
ror of disease ; we k, nervous trembling ;
dreadful horror of deatb ; night sweats ;
cold feet ; weakness ; dimness of vision ;
languor ; universal lassitude of the muscu
lar system ; enormous appetite, witn dys
peptic symptoms; hot hands; flushing of
the bod; dryness or the nam ; pallia coun
tenance and eruptions on the face.purifying
the blood ; pain in the back ; heaviness of
the eyelids; frequent black spots flying be
fore the eyes with temporary suffusion and
loss of sight; want of attention, etc These
symptoms all arise from a weakness, and to
remedy that, use E. F. Kcxeel's Bitter
nine of Iron, it never laiis. inousantis
are now enjoying health who have used it.
Take on'y . F. Kcxkil's.
Beware of counterfeits and base imita
tions. As Kunkel a Bitter nine of Iron is
so well known all over the country, drug
gists themselves make an imitation and try
to palm it off on their customers, when they
call it Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron.
Kunkel's Bi ter Wine of Iron is put up
only in $1 bottles, and has a yellow wrap
per nicely put on tne outside, witn tne pro
prietor's photograph on the wrapper of each
bottle. Always look for the photograph en
the outside, and you will always be sure to
get the genuine article.
Bold by all Druggists and dealers every
where.
TAPiwoaa Removed Alivi. Head and
all complete, in two hours. No fee till head
passes. Seat, Pin and Stomach Worms re
moved by Dr. Kcskil, i9 Nobth Nisth
Stseet. Advice free. Come, see over 1,000
specimens and be convinced, lie never
fails.
St-rrsBEas with Piles should erect a
monument to lift. Silsbeb for his beneficent
discovery of AXAKESI3, an infallible cure
for the worst eases or piles a lailure in
-0,000 eases has not been recorded. It is
a simple suppository, painless and easy of
application, gives instant relief, acts as an
instrument, poultice and medicine, and can
not fail to cure. Lotions, ointments and
internal n-inedies may fail, but ANAKESIS
is infallible. Price J1. P. Neustxdter &
Co., Anakesis Depot, 46 Walker St., Xew
ork. Sent free by m-ul to any address on
receipt of price. 1 3
stoi1
THAT
COUGH!
BY TAKING
SINES'
COMPOUND SYRUP OF
TAR, WILD CHERRY
AND
nonunouxD.
For the Curt of Ci.7. Wkooping Cvwjh
Croup, Sure Throat, lluartrnett. Asthma,
lu)tmmtitivH of the I.uhijm, I'oin in
the Ki'lt und Hrwut, Jlronrhitit
and all dataset tending to
Do not neglect that, which to you may ap
pear to be a trifling cold, or you too may be
added to the NINETY THOUSAND human
lieing who die annually in the LMTbD
STATES who are hurried to premature
graves, by that dreadful scuurg -, Fi'Lao
ABV CoSSKMPTIO!!.
The specified ingredients, viE.: Tar, Wild
Cherry and llorehouud, are so well known,
and so highly recommended, that the pre
paration must come into general ne lor ai
red ions of the breast and lungs. It is re
markably pleasant to take, containing no
thing to eause nauseating sensations which
is a very important consideration as it is
extremely difficult to prevail upon cnuuren
to take a sufficient quantity or most medi
cines in use to have the desired effect,
Has been sold by Druggists and Store,
keepers for thirty years.
Price 25 and 53 cents per bottle.
Prt-pared only by
CHARLES NEHER, JR.,
PHILADELPHIA.
USE
M. B. ROBERT'S
EMDROCATIOIV,
FOB ALL BXTEBXAL DISEASES or
MAN OK BEAST.
Price 35 Cents per Bottle.
FREDERICK SPIECKER
J I
WHOLESALE DEALE IS
Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes,
Smoking and Chewing
Tobacco,
OF THE BEST BRANDS.
HO. 152 FAISlfCTOT AVEOTE,
PHILADELPHIA.
Only Agent for D. S. Solil Top Cigar
Mould.
Cigar Stores can be supplied.
lliy
..ii
WHAT JOHAS
JONAS-I want to hand yon, Neighbor Gate., omethlng that will be of real Interest, not only to you. but to y,,
boya. .
NEIGHBOR GATES Glad to get anything that ha money In 1C
JONAS-Well, I think you cmn certainly aave money by coniultlng this llat, which personal examination prove to f
correct In every word and figure.
NEIGHBOR GATES I uaw a liat of Wanaaiaker A Brownf On. Price Clothing last Saturday.
JONAS Yea ; but this ia a New List, and has a great deal more In It
Heavy and Durable Melton Coat.
Pasta
Vest
Whole Suit
Overcoat, tame material
Black and White Mixed Coat.
Black and White Mixed Pants.
Black and White Mixed Vest. .
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 Panto.
Black and White Diagonal Vest. .
Whole Suit
Broken check D. B. Coat
Broken check Panto
Broken D. B. Vest
Whole Suit
Very ehoice Caasimere Coat
Very choice Casiimere Panto
Very ehoice Caasimere Vest
Whole Suit.
Good Black Cloth Goat
Good Black Doeskin Panto..
Good Black Cloth Vest
Whole Suit
Better trade Black Cloth Coat
Better grade Black Doeskin Panto.
Better grade Black Cloth Vest
Whole Suit
Fine Dress Coat. . .
Fine Dress Panto..
Fine Dress Vest...
Whole Suit
Extra Diagonal Coat. . .
Extra Diagonal Pants..
Extra Diagonal Vest. . .
Whole Suit
Every-day Panto.
Better grade Pants.
Dress Panto
Choiee Pattern Panto
Elegant Style Panto.
Buperior to any in the Market .
Men's good heavy Overcoats
Men's better grade Overcoats.
Men's still better grade Overcoats
Men's choiee eolor Overcoats
Men's finest Fur Beaver Overcoats.
Men's finest Johanny Beaver Overcoats.
The Great Woolen
The Great Woolen
The Great Woolen
The Great Woolen
The Great Woolen
The Great Woolen
Glengarry"
Glengarry"
"Glengarry"
"Glengarry"
Glengarry"
"Glengarry"
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
Overcoat.
JONAS The way buniues Is done at Oak Hall is very gratifying. Every article Is narked with Its trie same and
price la plala flgsres, and no deviation. When anything does not suit, the money Is returned Instanter.
It b handy to get to Oak Hall, as the can take you direct to WANAM AKKR A BROWN'S, on the corner
of SIXTH and MARKET.
HEW YORK BLACK LEAD WORKS,
SHOW CASES!
SHOW CASES!
AO atTba, 81lmr KmnM an Walmrt.aww a4
wcond.bana. ttocuralv barked for ablpolntf.
UOUMTaJUi, BAKm, RHK1.VIMU, bloWE M
TfrltKH. An.
BODHB AND OrriC'S rUKNITCKE B Mn4s
Tb buwmt and beat iined etocA, new and
aaeond-auid In the city.
LUWIN efe IIHOs -lt-lj
ien. less. ie ies bine atx rua
BURKE 4 XOEIBATJf
Monumental MarbU Works,
I. 12th Street, above Cherry,
PHILADELPHIA.
oar An. a easFairrca. Sonr lunniN
loam. a. OAapajrraa. torn. m. vboelaji, s
vilxiasi a. vaaan.
Sill 70 NEIGHBOR BATES.
.$ 6 00 .Youths' Heavy Woolen D. B. Sack
. 2 75 Youths' Heavy Woolen Panto
. 200
Youths' Heavy Woolen Vest
.$9 75
. 800
Whole Suit
Youths' Oxford Mixed D. B. Sack.
Youths' Oxford Mixed Panto
Youths' Oxford Mixed Vest
, 750
425
250
Whole Suit.
I14 25
Youths' Broken Check D. B. Sack.
Youths' Broken Check Panto
Youths' Broken Check Vest
S 800
. 400
. 200
Whole Suit
$14 00
$ 800
450
250
$15 00
Basket Style D. B.
Baaket Style Panto
Basket Style Vest
Whole Suit
Basket Style D. B.
Basket Style D. B.
Basket Style Panto
Whole Suit.
1775
$9 50
550
2 75
Youths' Heavy Overcoat
Youths' Better Grade Overcoat
Youths' Still Better Grade Overcoat
Yontha' Extra Choice Color Overcoat
.$12 50
. 650
S 50 1 Youths' Extra Heavy
22 50 Youths' Better Grade Kersey Oovercoet ,
Youths' fine BcnneDei ur weaver isvwwm ,
.$9 00
. 500
. 250
.$16 50
Boys' First Great
Boys' better grade Great Coat
T.. hotto rra.1a fireat Coat .
Bovs' cood Cape
Rots' better mile
' Boys' higher grade
.$12 00
. 650
. 300
.$2150
Children's Woolen Suits
Children's Woolen Suits
Children's Cloth Suits
Children's better grade Suits.
Children's heavy Caasimere Suits.
Children's very stylish Harvard Suits.
.$14 50
. 650
. 350
Children's English Granite and Trioot Suits..
Children's Kilt Suits
S24 50
Boys' heavy Woolen
Boys' heavy Woolen
.$16 00
. 750
. 400
Whole Suit
27 50
.$2 75
. 350
. 600
. 650
. 750
. 10 00
.$8 00
. 10 00
Boys' All-wool Vest
Whole Suit
Better grade D. B.
. Whole Suit
. 12 00
. 15 00
. 25 00
. 27 60
Extra nice D. B.
Extra nioe Panto
Extra nice D. B.
Whole Suit
.$ 950
16 00 iSuperior foreign
Superior foreign
Superior foreign
22 50
27 50
33 00
Whole Suit
"W AN AM AKKR, & BROWN,
OAK HALL,
South-East Corner of Sixth and Market Streets,
FUTT. A DBLPElIA.
VICK'S
FLORAL GUIDE
FOR 1875.
Published quarterly. The January Num
ber is now ready. It contains over 10
pagea, 500 illustrations, and a description
of 5M of I he finest Jhwtrt and tryetablet;
giving also directions how to cultivate them.
A colored plate ia added to the Floeai
Gciue. It U the mot useful and meat
handsomely brought out work of this kind.
Only 23 Cents per annum. Is published ia
Eng'inh and German. Address,
JAMES VICK, .
Rochester. N. Y.
I-last
THE WEEKLY SUN.fJMK
aed herim nmarar, ol M brad eulaama. Wt
mmm tbe WeeKIJ Mn the bnt haul; ne
BOT ia UW ocVL4Tl7l $1. iO par yar, niMaee mwL
Addrani Ju Mew Yarn Oil.
eorJaa
not. nincER,
la.aew.swo Kl
Ie,aee k
Teae
f .t. i . a.t
Ter, l.l.tIu,l. eaa) aao.
H. W. Hut S Co. Diiit ir, 111
ecttt-ioteow
. $ 4 oil
.. I &)
.$ 6 zn
. 2 "t)
.$ suo
. 5 00
. 250
S15 30
Sack.
$10 50
. 6 01
. 325
Frock.
Vest. . .
.$13 00
. 600
.$ 7J0
. 10 00
. 11 00
. 13 50
. 15 00
. 18 00
. 22 00
$450
. 650
. 7 50
. 9 00
. 11 DO
. 13 50
Kersey Overeoat
Coat . . .
Overcoat
Cape Overcoat
Cape Overcoat
( 5 00
6 50
7 50
8 50
9 50
10 50
11 50
850
Jackets $ 2 50
Panto 2 00
$450
Boys' All-wool Jacket J $375
Boys' All-wool Panto. 3 25
1 50
$ 8 50
Better grade D. B. Jackets $ 4 75
Better grade Pants. 400
Vests 2 00
$10 75
Jacket $ 5 50
450
Vest 2 50
....$12 50
eloth D. B. Coat.
$6 75
275
450
$14 00
cloth D. B. Vest
cloth Panto
STATIONARY. PORTABLE SD
AGRICULTURAL
STEAM ENGINES.
oeaaral Afaau far S088ILL CO.'S
Massillon Separators
HORSE POWERS.
ta., HORSE RAKKS.
HAY CUTTERS
AND OTHER FIRST CLASS
FARM MACHINERY.
HARBERT RAYMOND.
1835 Market Street.
wwn.AWSi.rm.
JOB PRINTING
nutl! I1KJWI1I AT THB OfFUIB.