ATCKDAT ETESIXa. I CL' The week la past, the Sabbath town cornea on Beat rest in peace thy toil done: -And, aUndinE ae tbou etandeat, on the brink Of a new aeene of being, calmly think Of what la gone, is no ! and eoon shall be As one that trembles in eternity. For such as this now closing week is past. Bo much advancing time will clove my last, Bach as to-morrow ah ill the. awful light Of the eternal morn hail my eight. Spirit of good ! on this week's Terge I stand, Tracing the guiding influence of thy hand; That hand which leads me gently, calmly still, Cp life's dark, stony, tiresome, thorny hill. Thou, thou, in every storm hast eheltered me, Beneath the wing of thy benignity; A thousand graves my footsteps circuit vent, And I exist thy mercy's monument; A thousand writhe upon the bed of pain, I live, and pleasure flows through every vein; Want o'er a thousand wretches waves her wand I circled by ten thousand mercies stand. How can I praise thse. Father? bow express My debt of reverenoe and thankfulness? A debt that no intelligence can count, While every moment swells the vast amount. For a week's duties thou hast given me strength. And brought me to its peaceful close at length And hers my grateful bosom rain would raise A fresh memorial to thy glorious praise. Kusslaa Bamanee. Russia has not, it appears, escaped the epidemic of scandal in high life, which seems latterly to have been making a tour of the world. A great trial has iust been brought to a close at St. Petersburg which throws much new light upon Russian character and society. Even in these days of en- lightenment.it is astonishing how little is known of Russia, its social customs and events, beyond the frontiers of the Czar's territory. The trial of the Ab bess Mitrofania, reveals, especially, a degree of religions fanaticism hardly suspected. Her conviction for a series of forgeries which, for their long duration and impunity and vast extent, can scarcely find a parallel in the records of criminal audacity, has been attended by the unfolding of a tale as startling and sen sational as it is unprecedented. The Abbess, it seems, is a lady of patrician blood. The daughter of Baron Rosen, formerly Commander-in-Chief in the Caucasus, her first appearance in pub lio was as a lady of honor to the Em press of Russia. Impressed, probably, with the Czarina's own religions seal, Baroness llooen soon resolved to devote ber life to the service of the Church. Brilliant, full of energy, enthusiastic to fanaticism, she attracted the atten tion of the venerable and beloved Phil arete, Patriarch of Moscow. He in duced her to become the abbess of a convent ; and soon after she herself, using her influence at the Imperial Court, founded a new order of Sisters of Mercy at Moscow, with branches at bt. Petersburg and 1'ofcoU. Into tnis project she entered with a vigor and persistency which were amazing. Her great need was money : to procure this she employed methods at first cunning then criminal. An especial favorite at Court, she procured offices and titles for rich andlambitious merchants, who in return contributed liberally to ber order. Sometimes she borrowed large sums and refused to return them, Sometimes she cajoled merchants to lend her their names on blank promis sory notes, which she filled up at wilL She employed such crafty artifices and carried them out with such consum mate skill as to stamp her as a woman 01 remarkable intellect and resolution. But a tiuecame when artifice could no longer avail ber, woen she had ex hausted her credit with the merchants, and her schemes to secure funds by mere stratagem. In ber fanatical seal the Abbess was drawn into the domain of crime. Hospitals, almshouses, con vents, retreats had rison rapidly nnder her direction ; still she could not rest satisfied. Her first criminal act was to forge the name of a rich lumber mer chant to bills reaching the sum of 22, 000 rabies. 1 hen she pitched upon wretched lady who, owing to her disso lute habits, bad been placed nnder trustees by ber wealthy husband, in sinuated herself into her confidence, received her in the convent, and ex tracted from ber not only large sums, but signatures to blank promissory notes. Thus the husband soon found bills in circulation against him, signed by his wife, to the amount of 270,000 rubles. 'Ihe Abbess Mitrofania be came emboldened by success. Her schemes took more audacious turn than ever. A rich old Skoptsi mer chant had been thrown into prison at Moscow, where be died. In no long time a flood of bills purporting to have been signed by bun appeared in circu lation. They were drawn in favor of the irrepressible Abbess. She stated that the old merchant had given them to her as a payment for her efforts to procure his release from prison. His heirs resisted the bill and declared them forgeries. The developments which succeeded brought the Abbess nnder suspicion, which speedily took the form of an arrest, indictment and trial, ine Abbess conducted ber own case with amazing skill and nerve. She examined the witnesses, and proved herself a perfect mistress of the minu test details. But notwithstanding this ber friendship and influence with the Ctarina and her success in packing the mry with religious zealots, she was brought in guilty on every count. She was sentenced to an exile of three years at Yerisei. and to confinement in Sibe ria for eleven years thereafter. It would be bard to find so strange lory in the criminal records of any country. It indicates, however, that Russian justice, once aroused to self-as sertion, is inexorable, and bears heavily on the patrician as on the peasant; and not that not even cherished familiar of the Palace, and one iprotected by the priesthood, can vio- ate the Imperial laws with impunity. A Romaics rMfaaeaota. In St. Paul they tell the story of Maggie Flynn. She loved and was loved by a worthy young man, who hoped soon to make her Ins bride, but slander's envenomed tongue poisoned her reputation and caused her lover to cancel their engagement. She, suffer ing nnjustly from the cruel blow, lost her reason, and would have been car ried an incurable patient to the insane asylum bad not the employers of her quondam lover investigated the stories anectiug her character and ascertained ineir utter groundlessness, lie was traveling, but they ordered luni home, told him the good news, and sent turn to claim Magtde before she should le sent to the mad-house. She was with the Sheriff, who was about to convey her to her destination, when the young man came into her presence. At sight of him, the clouds that lowered on her intellect br ke awav, and bridal-veils not btiaii'Mi -jackets are in order. Koliy. Men show particular folly on five different occasions when they estab lish their fortune on the ruin of an other ; when they expect to excite love by coldness, and by showing more marks of dislike than affection ; when they expect to become learned in the midst of repose and pleasure ; when they seek friends without making any advances in friendship ; and when they re unwilling to succor their friends in distress. The great pyramid is to be utilized as a light house. Coafldeaee la Baalacaa. rnnn the confidence nlaced by one portion of society in the truthfulness and integrity or anotner poruon uiiee its whole well-being depend. We are told that in ancient times every man's band was against that of his neighbor, and the consequence was the distrust of the one in the friendly or honest inten tions of the other. To remedy this want of confidence, the chevalier of olden time resorted to signs as auxilia ries to his profession of honest inten tion. One of these auras in our day. was the raising high and touching of glasses betore nnuKing; me oiiject being to show that, while friendship was professed by the tongue, there was no weapon in the hand with which to strike a blow unawares. The military salute of the uplifted open hand, shows approaching parties that in that hand there lurks no instrument of death; thus each gives confidence to the other, and in turn accepts the proffered profes of honest intentions and good will. Instances without numler might lie given to show that there has never been a commingling of a people or of nations, without the exhibition ol con fidence of one in the other. Cnnimercial transactions are the off springs of confidence, and without it the commerce of the world could not exist a single day. Of what material then does this confidence consist I We answer, in the belief of one party in the truthful statements, honest inten tion, and unriL'ht conduct of another. Silver and gold, houses and lands, or other possessions, may neip to esiamisn it, but without the attributes first named, the latter will soon become worthless. The silver and gold turn to dross, the houses decay, the lauds seem to waste, and the entire possessions will be found to have taken unto them selves wings and flown away. The con fidence of commercial men in their dealings with one another, shows that there is a divinity within us, and that man in his manhood will not belie his nrofessions of the divine attributes given him, but will exhibit truth in wora auu ueeu, uuui; m n'raiau, and intetrritv and UbliKhtnesS in all things. Assuming then that confidence ia the foundation of ail commercial transactions, we are led to inquire into its ii use. In investigating the many abuses of confidence brought to our notice, we have been led to declare with the Psalmist, that "all men are liars," and after making the declaration, to give the exceptions thereto. These excep tions are: First, the man who tells the truth in regard tohimself and business; second, the man who ia honest in his dealiuirs after establishing confidence ; third, the man who through success or misfortune maintains his integrity. The declaration applies: First, to those who ask for confidence on credit, and lie to tret it. These are found in every community, and their aptitude at lying makes it hard for a time to nnd tiiem out. Second, those who, having estab lished confidence and credit, take ad vantage of it to defraud and swindle their tnends. 1 lnrd, those wuo main tain a certain position by the possession of money, influence, or cheek, who tell one lie to cover another, and drift backward and forward, detested by the bouest, abhored by the just, forsaken bv all who have any iegard for the nood opinions of their fellow-men. We are now led to inquire, how con fidence is established among commer cial men f There are two wavs. The first and most proper oue is by the personal examination by the one party, into the true condition of the other, takinir no man's word for it, but seeing and knowing for himself. This is the safe way and the only way that will ensure success in commercial affairs. The other way is the one which lias become so prevalent of late years trusting to a couceru called a commer cial agency for information in regard to applicants for favors and confidence, and receiving as true any report they may choose to make. The SiameleM Finger. In the works of Mencius there occurs a passage In-ginning thus: "If a man's nameless finger le bent so that he can not straighten it, although his lent finger may cause him no pain, still, if he hears ot some one who can cure, he will think nothing of undertaking a journey from Tsin to Tsu to consult him upon his deformed finger." L'tmn this expression the nameless finger a Japanese priest, in a sermon, which has been translated by Mr. Mitford and a train by Mr. O'Xcil. thus comments "The 'nameless finger' is the finger next to the little finger. Of the rest the thumb is called the great finger: the index finger is called the head finger; the longest is called the middle finger ; and the smallest is known as the little finger. The one next to it is the only one which is without a name. It is true that the women call it the rouge putting-on finger, but that is uota gen eral name for it. Hence from the veiy non-existence of a name it.has acquired a name the nameless nnirer. And it we ask why it has no name, the reply is because it is wholly functionless. We take hold of things with the thumb and little tauger: we scratch the head with the first finger; we feel whether wine is hot with the little tintrer. But though all the other ringers have their particular functions, the nameless finger is alone useless." iming- The greatest depth to which a diver can descend is about lot) feet, and for this a bunch of buiidred-weights must be disposed altout his person. The average depth at which be can work comfortably is about W feet, which was near the depth at which the operations on trie Koyal (jeorire were conducted In winter at from 60 to TO feet deep, the men can work two hours at a time, coming up for ten minutes' rest, and doing a day a work of six or seven hours. An Encrlish diver went down in the Mediterranean to a depth of 163 teet, and remained there lor twenty nve minutes; and treen inspected a wreck in one of the great lakes at a depth of 170 feet; but his experience was enough to convince him that he could not work in it without danger of life. At this depth the pressure of the water on the head is so great as to force the blood to the bead, and bring on fainting fits, while the requisite volume ot air inside the dress to resist the out ward preranre of the water is so ereat mat il wuuiu speeuuy suuocaie. !.... : - I I l ' , .- . California Stjle. Not long since, a German was riding along Sansoni street, near Sacramento, when he heard a pistol shot behind him ; beard the whiszing of a ball near him, and felt his hat shaken, tie turned and saw a man with a revolver in his hand, and took off bis hat and found a fresh bullet hole in it "Did you shoot at me ?" asked the German. "Yes," replied the other party ; 'that s my horse : it was stolen from me recently." "ion must be mistaken, said the German, "I have owned the horse for three years." "Well," said the other, "when I come to look at him, I bt lieve I am mistaken. Excuse me, sir, won't you take a drink." Johanj'a EsMies "The Tode." Todes is like fruit, but more dignity. and when yon come to think of it, frogs is wetter. Ine warts wich todes is noted for can't be cured, for they is cronick, bat U 1 eouldent git wel idn stay in the house. My grandfather knew a tode wich some body had tamed til it was folks. When its master wissled it come for flies. They etches 'em with their tong, wich is some like a long red worm, but more like litenin only litenin haint got no gum onto it. The fli will be a standing a rabbin its hind legs to gether and a thinkin wat a fine fli it is, and the tode a aettin some distance way like it was sleep. Wile yon are seein the fli as plane as yon ever see any thing, all to once it ait there, men the tode he looks np at yon sollem, ont of his eje like he said wat's become of that Hi ? bat yoa kno be et it, . iCBlCTUTBlL. Cheapest Food fob Wistkrtso Cows. In estimating the value of concentra ted food for domestic animals regard should be bad to the mors balky or coarse fodder that is to be used with it. This necessity arises from the fact that animals utilize the different ele ments in their food very nearly in cer tain definite relations, when they are fed under the same circumstances. If the circumstnees of the animals vary, the elements of their food should also vary with them. One class of elements is employed to build up and supply the waste of flesh, and another is used to supply warmth. The former consist of albumen, fibrin, gluten, etc., and are designated by the general name of al buminoids ; the latter consist of starch gum, sugar, etc, and fat, and are classed nnder one bead as supporters of respiration. It is evident that if animals are exposed to the cold it will require a greater proportion of heat producing feed to keep them warm than if they are in a warm atmosphere ; and if they are young and growing, it will require a greater proportion of flesh producing food to support both waste and growth than it will in adult animals which have only waste to be supplied. In adult animals in comfortable sur roundings, it requires for each pound of albuminoids used five to six pounds of the supporters of reparation; of which fat must always form a part. The value of fat as respiratory matter is two and a half times that of sugar and starch, and in comparing flesh-forming food with the supporters of respiration, the fat which an article of food contains is multiplied by two end one-half and ad ded to the starch and sugar. In sum mer the respiratory matter from which fat as well as heat is derived may con stitute a much smaller part than in cooler weather. It may go as low as four or five to one of flesh forming. It exicto in this proportion during young and tender years. When animals are exposed to the cold air of winter it may run as high as eight or ten to one, and when such exposure cannot be avoided the feeder should adapt his food to the amonnt of cold to be endured, and the comfort or exposure which cattle are to receive will be an important item in de termining which of tne foods named he had better select, and it will, more ef fectually than the selectiou of food, determine the cost of wintering. Fkfd eob Chickens. The mother hen. if cooped, cannot scratch for in sects, minute larva?, etc., that form the appropriate food lor young chickens. Therefore, for the first two or three days they should be fed with the yolks of hard-boiled eggs, chopped fine and mixed with au equal quantity of good, sweet bread-crumbs. This will pay, as it is well to give the chickens a good start in life at the commencement. Then for about a fortnight, feed with two-thirds of the best corn meat, add to this a boiled potato or a handful of tender grass ; chop the whole together. Calves lights, hearts will do, or any thing else cheap. If the spot where the chickens run affords inrects, then gradually leave off the meat, feeding with meal, cracked corn and wheat. But if in a city yard or other places where the forage m scarce, then con tinue the meat all through. The old fashioned way of feeding nothing but corn dough answers very well in places where there are great quantities of in sects. At first, feed six or jight times a day, and less often as they grow older. Feed enough at a time to have a little left, and when this is gone feed again very soon, (iive whole corn as eoon as they are old enough to swallow it, and as great a variety of other things us possible bran, wheat screenings, oat-meal etc., all they can eat. There should not be the slightest parsimony in feeding chickens. Yoa can make them grow too fast, or make them too fat while gaining their growth. With adult fowls the case is different in re spect to fattening. Growing chickens must be supplied with pounded sheila. bone-dust, or lime in some form, if strong frames are required. lo ULEAR A llOOF t &sow. in a heavy full of suow, a snllicient quantity will collect upon a weak roof to break it down or force the rafters to spread and distort the shape of the building. Much damage occurs every winter by neglecting to clear roofs of snow im mediately after a storm. A barn roof is not often accessible, nor is it safe or agreeable to stand upon the roof of i shed and shovel snow while a north easter is blowing. We snrgest the fol lowing plan of doing this work in a more comfortable fashion. A board 12 inches wide and 6 feet or less in length is fastenod to a long rope. One end of the rope is thrown over the barn roof and held by a person on the resr side. who draws the board np on the roof until it reaches the peak. The person in front then draws the board down and scrapes the snow down with it. The board is then drawn up again, the per son in the front guiding it to the proper place with this end of the rope. The one in the rear steps alocg each time the board is drawn np a distance equal to its length, so as to bring the scraper in the proper position each time. To facilitate the drawing of the board up the roof, a short rope is temporarily fastened to its upper edge and to the long rope, by which it is made to lie fiat as it is drawn np. The roofs shonld be cleared as soon as possible after each fall of snow. To Prepakb Bacon. To prepare side bacon, divide the carcass down the backbone, remove the head. bams, and shoulders. Cut out all the ribs with as little meat upon them as possible. Then rub the flesh side of the meat with salt, or whatever mixture is chosen for the pickling. One pound of salt, 4 ounces ol coarse brown sugar, and half an ounce of saltpetre, is a fa vorite pickle. As each side is well rubbed, it is placed upon a stone or oak slab, in a cool cellar, with the skin downwards : and one side is laid upon the other in a compact pile. A board is laid upon the top, with heavy weights. In a week the sides are rubbed afresh with salt or the above mixture, and the top one becomes the bottom of the pile. This is repeated for six weeks, when the meat will be sutficientlv salted, and may be hung np to dry, or taten to tne smoke house. Ten days smoking is sufficient Keeping Potatoes Fbom SscoKnta. During the period of storing through the winter season, it is recommended to expose potatoes to the vapor of sul phurous acid by any of the various well known modes. If not entirely effect ual in accomplishing the object, it will retard or modify the sprouting of the potatoes to such an extent as to render the injury caused thereby very slight Ihe flavor of the potato is not affected in the least by this treatment, nor is its vitality diminished, the action being simply to retard or prevent the forma tion and growth of the eves. So savs an English scientific journal. We print for what it is worth. The London Garden says that when the Cheshire market gardeners wish to keep their onions for an unusual length ot time, they nail them in bundles on the outside of the house, and in this way, slightly protected from wet by the eaves, they keep on an average, five weeks longer than those of the same varieties and of the same crop, stored in tne ordinary manner. A rrecE of rock salt should alwava be left in a horses manger. I scmnric. Gold Leaf Manttacttbe. The pro cess of gold-beating is exceedingly in teresting in its various details, and is one which requires the exercise of judgment physical force, and mechani cal skilL The coin is first reduced in thickness by being rolled through what is known as a "mill," a machine con sisting of iron rollers operated by steam power. It is then annealed by being subjected to intense heat, which softens the metal, and next cut np and placed in jars containing nitro-mnriatio acid, which dissolves the gold, and reduces it to a mass resembling Indian pudding both in color and form. This solution is then placed in a jar with copperas, which separates the gold from the other components of the mass. The next process is to properly alloy the now pure gold, after which it is placed in crucibles and melted, from which it is poured into iron moulds called ingots, which measure ten inches in length by one inch in breadth and thickness. When cooled it is taken out in the shape of bars, and then rolled into what are called "ribbons," usually measuring about eight yards in length, of the thickness of ordinary paper, and retaining their original width. These "ribbons" are then cat into pieces 1J inches square, and placed in what is called a "cutch," which consists of a pack of French paper leaves resembling parchment, each leaf 3 inches square, and the pack measuring from f of an inch to 1 inch in thickness. Tbey are then beaten for half an hour upon a granite block, with hammers weighing from twelve to fifteen pounds, after which they are taken out and placed in another pack of leaves called a 'ahoder.' lbese leaves are four and a half inches square, and the gold in the "shoder" is beaten for fonr hours with hammers weighing about nine pounds; after which the gold leaves are taken out of the "shoders" and placed in what are called "molds." These "molds" con sist of packs of leaves similar to the other packs, and made of the stomach of an ox. After being made ready in the "molds" the gold is beaten for four hours more with hammers weighing six or seven pounds each. The thinner the leaf becomes, the lighter are the hammers used, and it is also necessary in beating the gold, es pecially in striking the "mold," that the blow should be given with the full flat of the hammer and directly in the center of the "mold." The leaf, after being taken ont of the "mold, is cut into squares of three and three-eighths inches, and placed in "books of com mon paper. Eich "book" consists of twenty-five leaves, twenty "books" con stituting what is known as a "pack." iron Aye. Beat of the Moow. Some of the astrouomers are again discussing the question, "What becomes of all the heat which it seems almost certain the moonlight brings with it?" Every twenty-nine and a half days is divided into two periods, one of which has many times as much moonlight as the other. That the moonlight must bave a great deal of heat when it leaves the moon is considered highly probable ; Uiat it has little or none when it reaohes the sur face of the earth, is certain. By some this original heat is thought to be ab sorbed in the upper regions of our atmosphere, and some probability is given to this supposition by the ten dency to disappearance of clouds nnder the lull moon a fact which, it is well known, was declared by Herschel with' ont knowledge of its having been no ticed by any one else, but which Hum boldt, he afterward found, speaks of as well understood by the pilots and sea men of Spanish America. If this theory be correot, there is a cause of weather cycles which must produce some effect; an enormous quantity of beat poured into the atmosphere during one-half of the lunar mouth, and a very small quantity during the other half. In truth, it has been ascertained that the quantities ef rain vhlou fall iu the fonr quarters of the moon are not quite the same in the long run. KrBBEB Thermometers. M. Kohl- ransch, having several times noticed that glass flasks, closed by stoppers of hard rubber, burst, oonclmled that this substance must be very dilatable. This hypothesis was fully verified by experi ment, for the expansion of this body was found to be about three times that of zinc From his measures, the co efficient of dilatation for l3 between 16 7 and 2" 330 000770, and between 25 3 and 35-490 OOUOSli Thus, not only has hard rnblier a very great co efficient of dilatation, but the latter increases very rapidly with the tercpe rature. This remarkable property can be applied to the construction of very delicate thermometers. Thus, with a small instrument, consisting of two strips of rubber and ivory, 8 inches long, glued together and fastened at one end, we obtain, at the other ex tremity. a considerable movement for a change of temperature of one degree. The coefficient of hard rubber is equal, at zero, to that of mercury ; above, it is greater. V e can, then, as a curiosity, construct a mercury thermometer with a reservoir of this substance, whose changes will be the opposite of those of a common thermometer, and which will fall with an increase of tempera ture. A' Xew Medicine. Attention has been called to a new tonic medicine under the name of fioldo. The tree is said to be found on isolated mountain regions in Chili ; the bark, leaves, and blossoms, possessing a strong aromatic odor, resembling a mixture of turpen tine and camphor. Ihe leaves contain also a large quantity of essential oiL The alkaloid obtained from the plant is called "Boldine." Its properties are chiefly as a stimulant to digestion and having a marked action on the liver. its action was discovered rather acci dentally thus : Some sheep which were liver diseased were confined in an inclosure which happened to bave been recently hedged with boldo twigs. The animals ate the leaves and shoots, and were observed to recover sneedilv. Direct observations prove its action ; tuns, one gramme of the tincture ex cites appetite, increases the circulation, and produces symptoms of circulatory exoitement The plant from which the medicine is extracted, is probably the Boldoa fragrant. A discovery has recently been made in England which if half that is claimed for it be true, will not only put an end to the lively trade of working over old boot legs into new shoes, but will revo lutionize the whole leather trade. It is claimed that a process has been dis covered by which different kinds of leather can be made without using tanned hides at all, and in such perfect imitation of the natural article as to defy detection. The sheets of fibrous pulp from which the material is made are pressed into real skins of leather, the grain of the skin to be imitated being thus accurately produced. The article is called leatherette, costs one- eighth as much as real leather, and is alleged to be stronger and of more uni form quality. A patent has of course been issued to the discoverer and preparations are making for counter feiting boots and shoes on an extensive scale, so that we Shall soon know whether it ia a new humbug or only an old one revived. A man may be properly said to bave been drinking like a fish when he finds that he has taken enough to make bis head swim. oiEsnc. - Oatmeal Mush Made nrro Bbkad. Oatmeal mush is good and wholesome, bat it is generally relished better in its secondary forma, aa balls, griddle cakes, or gems. I have already told how the balls, (or mush-balls of any kind,) are made simply by kneading the cold mash into a rather stiff dough with fine flour, with or without the addition (and improvement) of little cream or milk. These are shaped in balls or small bis cuits, and baked in the oven. To make griddle cakes, soak cold oatmeal musu in sweet milk, and thicken to the proper consistency for griddl ) baking with fine flour a rather stiff pancake batter. If yon can not guess at this, try a little on the griddle. No baking powder is needed, but well beaten eggs are an improvement, one or more, as you can afford. I put some mush soaking in milk and water, with some pieces of stale yeast bread, one n'ght, thinking to make pancakes in the morning, bat when morning came, 1 dreaded the smudge, and so stumbled upon our much-liked oatmeal gem The mush and bread are mashed and stirred fine with a spoon, and then fine flour is stirred in until there is a batter about as stiff as yon can well dip into the gem pans with a spoon. This is our favorite way of eating oatmeal at present, and the bread added is an improvement Remember that the batter mnst be quite thick, as the oatmeal is already cooked and will not rise any more. Oatmeal has the name, among those who study iuto such matters, of being excellent food for both muscular and mental activity very useful alike for student and laborer, and excellent, it thoroughly exoked, to promote the growth of little folks. Needle-Work. Xeed'.e-work is thus gracefujly eulogized by Nathaniel Haw- throne, in the "Marble t aun : "There is something exquisitely pleasaut and touching at least of a very sweet, soft and winning effect in this peculiarity of needle-work, distin guishing men from women. Our own sex is incapable of any such by play aside from the main business of life ; but women, be tbey of what earthly rank they may, however gifted with in tellect or genius, or endowed with art ful beauty bave always some little handiwork ready to 11 np the tiny gap of every vacant moment A needle is familiar to the fingers of them alL A queen, no donbt, plies it on occasions ; the woman-poet can nse it as adroitly as her pen ; the woman's eye that has discovered a new star, turns from its glory to Bend the polished little instru ment gleaming along the hem of her kerchief, or to darn a casual flaw in her dress. And they have the advantage of ns in this respect The slender thread of silk or cotton keeps them united with the small, familiar, gentle interest of life.the continually operating influences do much fur the health of the character, and carry off what would otherwise be a dangerous accumulation of morbid sensibility. A vast deal of human sympathy runs along thia electric line, stretching from the throne to the wicker chair of the humblest seamtress, and keeping high and low in a species of common uuion with their kindred beings. Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics when women of accomplishments and high thoughts love to sew, especially as they are never more at home with their owu hearts then when so occupied. Management f a Hor.SKHCLD. Young ladies, cut this out and pin it on your bonnets : ''No vonng woman ought to feel herself qualined to become a wife until she is sure she understands how to do tliu niofct that can be done with her husband's mouey. The man agement of a household is not a thing to be properly and safely intrusted to hireling hands. A servaut is a broken reed for the head of a family to lean upon. There are a thonsand little ways in which money must be expended, in which real shrewdness and enterprise are requisite in order to use it to the best advantage ; and there are a tbou sand others ways of saving money, open only to those who have studied aright the art of economy. The Turkish pro verb has it that 'a prudent woman is a mine of jewels,' and, like many other Oriental Mayings, this ia beautiful for the truth it embodies. A wastful house keeper not only actually robs those for whom she undertakes to manage of the comforts it is her duty to provide for them, but keeps her husband head over ears in debt, ami makes the domestic life of a poor man a continued series of expenmeuts iu aimnuingit fromoueday to the next ; iu keeping the stomach full, though the purse be empty." Firit Efforts. It is ennons to ob serve the first efforts of the child to ex ercise his powers an 1 his range of ex perience. Urt begins to manifest his in uate wish to do something, and to con nect his little intelligence with things around him, by inarticulate crowing, and by vague, unsteady motions of limbs and body. His tiny fingers are always busy. He soon exhibits curiosity, and picks and pries iuto evirt thing. His first attempts to walk are most awk ward, feeble, and ludicrous. His ac tivity is incessant He rolls and tumbles and babbles for hours together. After hundreds of falls he learns to stand. How little control he has over his own motions. He starts to go for ward, and staggers backward or to one side. His first attempts to nttor words are as wide of their aim as his first at tempts to walk. He has no distinct idea what he wants to do. His organs of speech are unformed. He makes the oddest approximations to correct articu lation. The strong tendency to imitate everything he sees and hears con tinually incites him to make new trials of bis powers. He mimics everything. Almost the whole of primary education is imitation. Therefore, what Utile children need are good examples. Barley axd Onion Stew. Wash half a pint of pearl barley, and soak it over night or for two hours in warm witer, bod it from two to three hours in a good deal of water, filling up with boil ing water as often as it thickens much, so that it will always preserve its soupy character. An hour before serving it add four or five sliced onions, and soon after salt to taste. At the last add half a pint of cream or milk, and boil np to gether. More milk and salt may be added, aud the whole poured over s ices of bread, if preferred. The croutons," over which most of our soups are poured, are simply small slices of sweet light yeast bread, and these are always welcomed by the little toiks. Uems are more crusty and not so spongy. Cacliflowes Omrlettk. Take the white part of a boiled cauliflower after it is cold and chop it very small, and mix with it a sufficient quantity of well-beaten eggs to make a very thick batter, and then fry it in fresh butter. in a small pan, and send to the table hot LoOSKTESS OF TH BoWBLS. Mix two tablespoonfuls of wheat flour with just water enough to moisten the flour : drink it If the first dose does not heck pain or the purging, repeat the dose in half an hour. Severe cases some times require a third dote. Warts may be removed from the hands by the application of hartshorn. The use of it will not cause any pain unless it comes in contact with a cut or bruise. A cure is usually effected in abont three weeks. -. anoiocs. A Wiuvntni anhnnlhriT banded in the following composition recently : "Igo uhnnl in Imtb in read and rite and siphor to slide on the ice and traid off an eld rule if x nave one, in summer to pick wild flowers and strawberries and to get ont of work hot days, some boys has to go to school to get out of their mother's road, but I would rather stay in wintji, than in an two miles and set by a cold stove and freze my tose. I like to go to school to see me leacuer scold the big girls when they cut np. Htmtk ma to ahnnl to fool but I Bo t study when we are old we can't go to . ... -i, . i school and tnen we will ieei sorry mai we fooled when we was young and went ts aliool T Hnn't ret no time to fool anyway for I have encngh to do when it comes to my gograpny. It has long been a curions inquiry whether the iron in the blood is affected by a magnet, by heat and cold, and other agencies that affect it in the rod and pnre forms. During the past in tensely cold weat ier a Greensburg sci entist has been making a series of ex periments to ascertain the fact. Know ing the lips to be very vascular, be selected a pretty woman with very red lips, and one cold, frosty morning assayed to kiss her, expecting his lips would stick to hers as if he had pressed them against the pump handle. The experiment was satisfactory ; for if the iron in the woman's lips did not re spond, a skillet, that lay near by, did. The following list of bridal presents is published in the Chicago Tribune : A pair of pebble-goat shoes from the bride's brother-in-law ; a glass door plate from ber grandmother's uncle ; a half-dozen case-knives and a kerosene lamp from the bridegroom ; a mop, broom, and potato-masher from an uu known friend ; a can of kerosene and a bundle of kindlings from the bride's mother in-law ; also a nutmeg grater and some mantel ornaments from her school friends. "Fink cane you've got," said Crab apple to our friend Shawneybaum the other day. t'Yes, sir," said Shawney baum, as he gazed lovingly upon the crutch, "I brought that cane from Hengland." "What kind of wood is it?" said Crahapple. 'Well, sir," said Shawneybaum, "it looks like azt 1 or ickory, or yoa might take it for a helm, or a lioak ; but after all it's only a hash." There is nothing so refreshing and soul satisfying in this cold, wicked world as the spectacle of a graceful woman. After vhe has knocked you down and pounded yon over the head five or six minutes with a rolling-pin, and yon get up and say you are sorry and willing to beg ber pardon, the look of gratitude that illuminates her hea venly countenance will do all but pay the doctor's bill. "Sit down, sit down," said a judge to an impertinent limb of the law, "I cannot entertain your ridiculons propo sition " "Rut m-w tunuill, " Wt.if But mv necessity. "But my necessity." "Yes, yes, your neces sity I admit your necessity I under stand I admit your necessity I idmit you are a necessity yourself, or at least the next tbiug to it, f-r 'necessity knows no law.'" A surgeon had just cut off a patient's leg. A friend of the victim inquired j anxiously whether the doctor thought i he would soon get well. "He ?" replied j the doctor. 'He never bad a chance !" "Why, then, put him to the needless pain ?" "Oh, yon cannot tell the pa-1 tient the truth all at once ; yon must I first of all amuse him a little." I Ax EXvirisiTELr dressed young gen tleman, alter buying another seal to dangle abont his delicate person, said to the jeweller that "he would-ah like to have-ah something engraved on it ah to denote what he was. "Cer tainly ; certainly ; I will put a cipher on it," said the tradesman. As old bachelor says : "When I remember all the girls I've met to gether, I feel like a rooster in the Fall exposed to every weather ! 1 feel like one who treads al me some barn yard all deserted, whose oats are fed, whose hens are dead, or all to market started." Herf's a funny reply given by a little boy in London, to the following ques tion asked him by a gentleman : "What occupation does your father pursue for a living ?" He answered, with great simplicity : "Ho is a dreadful accident maker, sir, for the newspapers." A Selkirk sexf-on nsed to preface the dram customarily given to him at funerals with a Kei.oral nod to all the company, adding, quite iu a serious way, unconscious of the doleful mean ing the compliment contained, "My service to you all, gentlenu n. "Where's the molasses, Bill ?" said a red headed woman sharply to her son, who had returned with au empty jug. "Xone in the city; mother. Jivery grocer nas a big black board ontside, with the letters chalked on it X. O. Molasses."' "I swear," said a gentleman to his mistress, "yon are very handsome." "Pooh 1" said the lady, "so you would say if yon did not think, so." "And so you wonld think," answered he, "though I should not say so." A Cllvelasd youth of rather fast proclivities fell in love with a parson's daughter, and as a clincher to his claims, said to the revereud gentleman, "I go my bottom dollar on piousness." "Wht are you so precise in yeur statement are yoa afraid of telling an untruth ?" asked an attorney of a fe male witness in a police court "Xo, sir," was the prompt reply. A tocno man advertises for a place as salesman, and sa -s ho has had a good deal of experience, having been dis charged from seven different ware houses during the year. A Scotch divine, recently praying, said : "Oh Lord, give unto us neither poverty nor riches," and pausing sol emnly a moment, he added, "especially poverty." A TEXEiiBNT house landlord remarks that his tatterdemalion tenants ought to be able to pay cash in advance, since they always have rents in their pockets. A wretched Danbury boy being asked if he would live always, replied that he would live part of the way, and go the rest on the train. Marx Twai aava nr.tfiintr im m-tr useful before an election, aud more useless after an election than the "dear people." What is the difference between a market-gardener aud a billard marker ? One minds his peas, and the other bis cues. T.TTTT.tt flAirmA V i At Via .n.,lVnn " - e - --- " oa u.(j lessons at W. He feared that he might come to want fun. As auctioneer eomnlaina that Via ia like Enoch Arden, he "sees no sale from day to day." A vas sticks at nothing when he tries to stab a ghost Thbr may keep a secret if two of them are dead. A alha Cseele. There are a great many stone afloat about the punctilious uuw Sunday in Scotland ; but we remember iiin.tMtiTA of the absurdity UUUO MMM - to which the custom is carried than the following, which is told Dy me wuu. De Medine Poraar, in his newly pub lished work, "The Honeymoon." It was at the hotel of Dumbarton. T Ko.l in t rt nn and rune the bell for some hot water for shaving. A waiter answered my call. "I want some hot water, if yoa please, I said. "And what do yoa want the hot wa ter r "For shaving," said L "Ye eanna have the hot water on the Lord's Day for sic a thing as shaving," said the waiUr, horror struck at the idea. I insisted agiio, but with the same effect "Xa, a" said he, ye canua have it" Xecesaity is the mother of invention. His said, and this aroused mine. I thought that if I could arrange the order rs such a way that it would not affect his religious scruples, he would bring it directly. I therefore proposed that I shonld like some toddy, and told him to bring me the materials for mak ing it, consisting of whisker, sugar, and boiling water. These he brought without the least demur. I guv hini the whiskey, which he dranR, and I nsed the hot water. So conscience was satisfied. Seventy Pairx f IIand4. The variety aud numler of needles made iu these days are wonderful ; the snrgeon, harness maker, book binder, felt worker, saddler, glover, embroid erer and house-wife, each wanting needles of all haies, aud sizes and leuirths. And wheu vou think that each needle has to pass through seventy pair of bauds before it is tiuished and ready for use, you see what pains is taken to reach excellence in a very small thing. Seventy pairs of hands to make a needle! and each pair necessary to make the needle perfect. If only one pair refused to do their part, the w hole would lie a failure not a needle would be right You see it is painstaking in little things and in small parts which leads to i-xcellence and success. We are apt to slight bits of work, thinking it is no matter and of no account. But it is not so. The details of apian niu-t le faithfully carried out in order to make the plan a success. If the parts of the work are all well done, the w hole v ill lie complete, and ouly then. And it is just so iu making and moulding character. It must be well done in parts, faithfully tiuished in bits, in order to make a complete aud beau tiful whole. Always lie sure that all the small and common work which you have to do is thoroughly done. It U faithfulness in little things which makes you reliable in great things. The It ay Iu Itegln. When two young people start out in life together with nothing but deter mination to succeed, avoiding the inva sion of each other's idiosyncracies, not carrying the candle near the gunpowder sympathetic with each other's employ ment, willing to live on small means till they get larga facilities, paying as they go, taking bfe here as a discipline, with four eye: w.itcLitig its perils, and four bauds fighting its battles what ever others may say or do, this is a royal marring. It is so set down iu the heavenly archives, aud the orange blossoms shall wither rn neither side the grave. Sign of indigestion. "G ine to din ner be back in five minutes." I lodi.tpulable tvidence. I St. Elmo, 111.. July 8, W. I R. Y. Piebce, M. l., butl-il.i, X. V.: I j wish lo add my testimony to the wonder' ul ) curative properties of your Alt. Ext., or tiolJ. D Medical l)i-"C0Terv. I have lukm great interest in this medicine Mnce I tirl I ued it. I was badly attlioted with dy?p- -ia, liver de ranreJ and an almost er'e-t ! prostration of the nervmn system. So rapid I and complete did the Di-covery effect a pvr- tect cure that it se- nied more like nmgic and a perfect wonder to niys, It", an I -n.i e t that tune we have never been wi'hotit a , tattle of the Discovery an-1 1'uritne l"el I lets in tiie hou.-e. They are a ohd, nund ' fanii'y physician in the hoti and ready at Iall times to fly to the relief of sickness without charge. We have never had a doc tor iu the hotfe siuce we fir-t begin the ! us-e of your WleM and Discovery. I have I recommended the use of these nudiciiies in several severe an-1 con p!:cated cases aris n I from, as I thought, an impure state of the blood, and iu lio one ca.-e have they failed to more than accomplish all ihe are claimed to do. 1 will ordy nn-ntiori on- as r, m tria ble, (though 1 could give yuu dtz.-ns.) Henry Koiter, form ore dcler, of tuis pi ice, who was one of the most p-tifui oh jects ever seen, his face swollen out of li pe, scales aud eruption williout end. extending to his body,liiua was completely coverel with b.otches and scales. .,,ilun,r that he took seemed to etfe-.-t u a panicle. I finally iu-luce 1 him to iry a few hotiies ot the Golden Medical l'iscovery. with daily use of Ihe Pellets, a.-urni him it woul i surely cure bun. He commence 1 its use some six weeks since, taking two Pellets each night fcr a week, then one each night, and the licovery as dinced. The reai.lt is, to-day his skin is perl'icily sm oth, and the scaly eruptions are gone. He has taken some seven or eight loti'e- in all, and con siders himself cured. This case had b fil.l the skill of our best physicians. Messrs. Dunsford 4 Co., druggirts, of this place, are selling largely of your medicines and the demand steadily increases, and they give perfect s-ilisfacii'-n in every ease. Kvspectlully, W. II. Ch ot pli n. 1 Ag'. Am. Exp. Co. K. r. Konkrl's Bitter nine ol Irou has never been known to fail in the cure of weakness, attended with symptoms ; indis posit on to exertion ; loss of memory ; diffi culty cf breathing; general weakness; hor ror of disease ; we.k, nervous trembling ; dreadful horror of death ; night sweats ; cold feet ; weakness; diur ess of vision; lang lor ; universal lasitu le of ihe nm-cil-lar system ; enormous appetite, wiih dys peptic symptoms ; hot hands; flushing of the bod,, ; dryness of ihe skin ; pallid coun tenance and eruptions on the face.p irilviii" the blood ; pain in the back ; heaviness of the eyelids; i're.juent biack spots flying be fore the eyes with temporary suffusion ami loss of sight; want of attention, etc. The e symptoms all arise from a weakness, and to remedy that, use E. F. Ki'mcel's bitter Wine of Iron. It never fails. Thousands are now enjoying health who have used it. Take on y E. F. Ktnx kl's. Beware of ennnterfeit nrt Km ;mf, liens As Kiinlcul'a It,,,-. U ;. I :. . . . iuc iron is so well known all over t country, drug gists uieuiseives male an imitation and try to plm it off on their customers, when they call it Hunkers bitter Wine of lr.-n. Kunkel's Ri ter Wine nf I.ah only in $1 bottles, and has a yellow wrap- i" ij k" vmm iuu uuome, wim tne pro prietor's photograph on the wrapper ol each bottle. Always look for the photograph on the outside, and von will K get Ihe genuine article. con oy au Druggists and dealers every where. - ' ' n. liril SU 1 all complete, in tws hours. So fee till head mm., .... r:n i c i ,t- i - - '- iu ' oivuiacu norms re moved by Or. KtrxaiL, 2-jSJ North Ninth Stsiet. Advice free. Come, see over I,iJ0 specimens and be convinced II. ,.... fails. " THE WEEKLY SUNatttttSC t and faarfata uew.p-Ms-r. A in bnwl columns. W - ia. ocst mi, II y aewspa. per ia tha world. Try it. Jl.iW an vw. pmta. pud. Addm Ju Sua, .N.w Yurk city. aarAk3M THE GIIEAT RUSSIAN SPECIFIC RHEUMATISM AND HEURALGIA, Thi sTTtt rwrWT, nnril rerenrlv-. wa :,knoii- . the ArHTiii p-t-. ' m it m. Dr, MUl Uflure lt ajulslic. ,k. B-4 rijrn,'aTl rruuiy utlirr -sts-ntHr-vi r-mit-. tn.tt it wtii , m-r rtml titcMr-r to wltti-h hrtiimn ty m -n. i tal w .fc, ,. tviMl Uai th rvitTic to prT ttI M W1 Mu C1IU HHsaXAtl.! AXD Nt,lKLtv fc.Ulij fr: t- Ihem irvn ttte y-u-m. by Dniiyteu wiwij PnoripaJ LVp.t 36 X. ELEV EXT II T., Prtiunttnu. FAXON, CLARKE & CO. rJ? O X1 THAT COUGH! BY TAKING SINES' COMPOUND STUCP OF TAR, WILD CHERRY AND HOIIEHOUND. For thi Cwt tf Cough, Whonrinj C.-ifk Croup, Sort Throat, Hoanen'ss, A'lhmj, Inflammation of the ., I',nn m A i(ie anri !reit, Hrnrtrhi'it and oil dueatet trnimj to mmm mmmw. Tin nnl npfrlect that, which to vMl mar n " c - J T to Ha av triHinr pnlii nr v.m t,, m . - added to the NINETY TIlUlSANU bul,,,,, bemss who die annually in Ine l.MTtD STATES who are hurried to premature graves, by that dreadful acourg , rimoj- ART COMSUMPTIOS. The specified ingredients, til: Tar, WiM O.ar-r-v n,l II irehoiind. are so weM in,ia. .7 ' , and so highly recommended, that the pre paration uiuat tuiue miu )t'-ui-i.ii u-e iur al feet ions of the breast and lungs. It is re markably pleasant to take, containing no thing to cause nauseating sensations which ia a very important consideration as it U .vrromelv !: tH,-iilt to tirevail unon chii,lrpn to take a sufficient quan ity of most medi cines in use to nave me uesirea en eel II is been sold by DniirirUts and Store. keepers for thirty years. rrlca 23 ani 53 cents bttla. Prepared onljr j CHARLES NEHER, JR., PUlLADELnll.t. USE M. D. ROBERT'S EMUUOCATIOX, luB ALL EXTERNAL I1SSSES OF i a x on nr. a s t. Price 3-5 Cents per Cottle. VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE FOli 1875. PoMiihed q'nrtrr'.y. The January Num ber is now ready. It contains over IMI pag 's. 5tMI illustrations, and a descriwuu of M0 of the finest Hirtm and fjrt-i''t : giving nl-o direetions hoiv tocultiv-ite them. A colore 1 plate is added to the Fmitii Grin. It is the mo-t useful and rte--t handsomely brought out work of this kind. Only 'i't Cents per annum. Is pu'iiislie l in Enjj Uo and tiermau. Address, JAMES VU K, Roche-tor, N. T. MSJt SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! Alt ty:M, HUver Wonnte.1 ;i1 W-Omit, new cJ teroi'.l u.i-iL Hs"Tirei i -lie.t for mitjioiij; UUlM'tUS, BAii-s," r,hi.l.VlNU, hluuK t'lX Tl-Uh.S. BorHK AND OKH'Jh H KNITI KK ail kind Tfce lanjest p,l lsr awuirtr,! !.jrk, lie .! MSMUd-lislid In tl:e t'uv. 1,KV IS Ac ItHO, 2!lv Wfl. Iff IW. M IIK RIMJ tVV.PMa. " FREDERICK SFIECKEK, ' 3k -.i ft WHOLES LE DEALF.lt H Leaf Tcbacco, Cigars. Pipes, Smoking and Chewing Tcbacco, of the uusr i.ranh s- -rs vs-ss fi Ai J. w . . . -m PHILADELPHIA. On'v Agent for I". S. Solid do) t'ic-ar Mould". Cigar Siore; can be supplied. TIN WIRE RINCS. 121 KkI or attune (W was uavv rr. lO t. 6w .; CopTri; .''. . T'tnc. li .: '. t rr. -a, U. . U 111 X 1 Ihkix ur.lil. STATICS MiX. l-O.-lAlLi. A D AGUiaUTUAi, STEAM EKCir.ES. 0rrt Aia- !n LCSSilL A C'V 5 Massiilon Separators HORSE POWERS. rifles HOKSKKAK&S. cEw.cn HAY CU'lTKUS ANT) OTTIEi; riRST-CLYSS FARM MACHINERY. HARBERT t RAYMOND. 18.'35 Market Street. WHIT. ------, - j : . f'lifX, - -: ".! . - '. I it- li- ft- . i - 1 -a a - JOB PRINTINC KIATLT arjaCTUTID AT THS Of PIC.
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