POSTS T. If I oould find a MM witlaoat a thorn, A f ragrant blossom with do bitter taste, A dj of sunshine with no spot of cloud, A world without a dreary desert waste, Or one bright hope unshadowed and arena. One perfect trnat with every fear east oat, My heart ooold rent cpoa tne promise sweet. Laying aside the arer-praaant doubt. The shadow dim that falla opon the ring When wedded palnta are daaped in fond embrace; The apeetre at the banquet, and the guest That silently usurps the highest place ; The preeence all unseen, yet ever near ; The minor note to every joyous strain ; The echoing thrill that answers raptare aweet With something Tery near akin to pain. It dime the lustre of the conqueror's sword. And falla npon the radiance of the croaa ; Mo alchemy can purify the gold Beyond the dinging of its ashen dross ; It falleth like a mildew on the page Where weary fingers toil for empty fame. And on the shining escutcheon ef the great. Beside the greatest there, it writes ita name. The Aidine fur A'uvember. ISfEI.Ll.HV carle Heb. BOW THE OLD MAI DIED TAKING HIS LAST lcxict ox earth. His full name waa Ifebdon Wright Turner, Lot everybody called him ''Heb. lie mast hare passed his sixtieth birth-day, but no one eared to look a second time to see if he was growing old and wearing out. He chored around livery stables and saloons, always hungry and always ragged, and while no one was his friend he had no enemies. The other day he fell down in a faint in a saloon on the river road, and when he was restored to consciousness be startled the three or four men who had placed him on tbe bed by exclaiming: "Boys, I'll be if I ain't going to die: ' No one had ever stopped to think whether Incle Heb was ever going to die. It the general impression among hii acquaint ances that be would live along for three or lour hundred years. "How do yon feel !" they asked. "Kinder trembly and weak," be replied. I'll bet fifty cents I'll kick the bucket afore noon :' Kiev offered to bring a doctor, but he said : "No, don't take any trouble ; 'tend right to business as usual, and when I kick the beam plant me quietly and wi hout any style The men imagined that it was mere weak. ness which would soon pass off. and one of them sat down near him, while the others retired to go about their business. "It s tough weather for a funeral : re marks I Uncle Heb, as the fierce wind howled around the bouse. "It don't make any difference how I'm carried up ; I wouldn't know it if there were sixteen hacks and a brass band ; just as lief go up alone with the driver!" After a pause he smiled blandly and inquired : "They'll speak of me as the 'late deceased, won't they? Yes, of course. I should like to read tbe papers to-morrow and see what tbey say of me, but I won't be here, yon Know." "Have you any property to dispose of?" asked the watcher. "Lemme see!" mused Uncle Heb. "res, t bur's an extra pair of butes and a hat and about 17 cents in money. I suppose the right way would be to have executors 'pinted, but, as I said before, I don't want any fooling around. You can divide up the estate between you. The old man was very pale and he seemed to be suffering, and the watcher was anxious to do something. "1 tell you," rej.li.-d Uncle Ileb, "I'd like some brandy. If it wasn't just as it is I wouldn't put you to any trouble, but being I'm going awny to stay I'd like a few swallers of real peach brandy some of that in the fancy decanter." Some was brought him and he smacked his lips, smiled, and remarked : "If 1 wasn't going to die I'd try and lay in a quart or two of that brandy !" After five or ten minutes more the nurse asked him if be didn't feel better. "Feel better !" echoed the old man, "how can a dying man feel better? lo yon sap pose I'd be fooling around here if I wasn't going to expire?" Tbe man sat down; and Uncle Heb con tinued: "As soon as I go up the spout one of you go to the l'oormaster and say : Mr. Willard, old Ileb is dead ; send a feller down and plant him.' That will he as good as a speech two hours long. I'm sorry I was took sick here, but it wasn't my fault. You may go now." The man went out, thinking Uncle Heb out of his mind, and sat down and played dominoes for an hour. Hearing no move ment in the back room he opened the door. Tbe old man was dead t Koine Kverr-ltay iaxfm. "Moral Courage" was printed in large letters and put as the caption of the following items, and placed in a conspicuous part of the store of a sys tematic merchant in New York for con stant reference : Have tbe courage to discharge debt while you have the money in yonr pocket. Have the courage to speak vonr mind when it is necessary that you should do so, and hold your tongue when it is prudent that you should do so. Have tbe courage to speak to a friend in a "seedy" coat, even though you are in company witn a rich one and richly aitirea. nave tne courage to own yon are poor, and thus disarm poverty of its sharpest sting. Have the courage to tell a man why yon refuse to credit him. Have the courage to tell a man why yon win not lend him your money. Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you have when you are convinced that he lacks nrinci pie ; a friend should bear with a friend's infirmities, but not with his vices. Have com age to show your respect ior nonesty, in wnatever guise it ap pears, and yonr contempt for dishonesty and duplicity.by whomsoever exhibited. nave the courage to wear your old ciotnes until yon can pay for new ones. Have the conrage to prefer comfort ana propriety to fashion, in aU things. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance rather than to seek for knowledge under false pretenses. nave we conrage, in providing an entertainment for your friends, not to exceed yonr means. Have the courage to insure the prop erty in yonr possession, and thereby pay your debts in full. Have the conrage to obey your Maker at the risk of being ridiculed by man. Honor year allia;. It is a good sign when a man is proud of his own work, let nothing is more common than to hear men finding fault constantly with their particular busi ness, and deeming themselves unfortu nate because fastened to it, by tne necessity of gaining a livelihood. In this spirit men fret, and laboriously de stroy all their comfort in work. Occasionally a man fails in life be cause he is not in the place fitted for hi peculiar talent. It happens ten times oftener that failure results from neglect and even contempt of an honest business. A man should put his heart into everything he does. ' There is not a profession in the world that has not its peculiar cares and vexations. No man will escape annoyance by changing business. No mechanical business is altogether agreeable. Commerce, in its endless varieties, is affected like all other human pursuits, with trials, un welcome duties, and spirit tiring ne- cecaitiea. It it the Tery wantonness of lolly (or man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling, and give his mind every day to a consideration of them. They belong; to human life. They are inevitable. Brooding, then. only gives them strength. On the other hand, a man has a power given him to shed beauty and pleasure npon the humblest toil if he is wise. Let a a man adopt his business, and identify it with his life, and cover it with pleasant associations. For Heaven has given us imaginations not alone to make some men poets, but to enable all men to beautify things. .Look at good things. , Accept tout lot as a man does a piece of rugged ground, and begin to get ont the rocks and roots, to deepen and mellow the soil, to enrich and plant it. There is something in the most forbidden avocation around which may twine pleasant fancies, out of which may be developed an honest pride. A man can impart to a business a flavor of honor by his own conduct. which shall make hereafter more creditable to any one who enters it. Franklin left npon the printing office an impress which has benefitted the profession of printerserer since. Black smiths love to speak of the nncanonized Elihu Burritt, Once let a man convert his business into an instrument of honor, benevolence and patriotism, and from that moment it is transfigured, and men judge its dignity and merit. not by what it externally is, but by what it has done and can do. It is better to stick to yonr business, and by patient industry and honorable enter prise to crown it with honor, than to run away from it, and to seek prosperity readr made to your hand. It is not what a man finds that does him good. bnt what he does. Help, and be Helped. One of onr most successful manufac turers relates the following, in his early experienoe : Many years since, when a young man, his hnanciai aflaira became straitened On a certain day he had notes falling dne ; but as the products of his looms were not selling, he had no money, and the prospect before him was gloomv enough. Not knowing which way to look for help, be yet resolved to do what he could. With this intent, he rose early on the morning of the day of payment, and being a working man, prepared himself for a visit to town : remarking to his wife that he might as well go on, as it could do no barm if it did no good. Arriving in the city with no definite plan, he passed along one street, turned into another, and so onward, until at length, his attention was drawn to quite a number of people npon the sidewalk. Curiosity led him nearer, to inquire the cause. In tbe center of the group he saw a little boy crying. Having sold his matches, the child had lost the money, amounting to ten cents, and was afraid to go home, lest, instead of sympathy for his loss, he should find a whipping. Our manufacturer viewed the scene but a moment when he said to himself, thai i my caxr, exactly. He then remembered that he had still left i n his pocket, one small piece of silver money; so pressing through the crowd, he placed it into tbe hand of the child and quickly withdrew. Light beamed again on the face of the boy. his tears dried, the crowd dispersed as magically as tbey seem to gather in the thronged city, and the child went on his way re joicing. Not so with onr friend. With a heavy heart he continued his almost aimless walk, when snddenly a business acquaintance arrested him with a slap on tbe shoulder. "Well, Mr. a. how do you do? naven't been in to see us for a long time?" 'True " replied our friend, in a de spondent tone ; "times are so hard with me that really 1 don't feel like calling npon anybody." Hard times indeed ! Times are not hard with us ; make us a call at our office." Fondering the invitation so warmly passed, our manufacturer thought tb himself, well, if times are not hard with this bonne, that must be the place for me. lie called ; arranged for placing his goods in the hands of the firm, am received a loan in cash. That night, we may believe, a happy match boy, with his loss restored, and a light-hearted manufacturer with can celled notes, lay down to pleasant dreams. . Claim of Labor. Tbe working-man, as soon as he emerges from a condition of abject ignorance, demands an equitable share of tbe pro tits of his industry. He feels that in return for faithful and persistent labor, and the practice of strict economy and prudence, he is entitled to some thing more than a bare subsistence. He shonld have the satisfaction and reward of accumulation. Tbe results of his toils, after a reasonable length of time, snonia oe sucn as to place mm in a position of comfort and independence. He does not childishly ask to be made rich by act of legislature, bnt merely to be allowed to hold what is properly his own. ihe farmer wants to know, when be brings his wheat and corn, his vege tables and fruits into market, why he can get barely the cost of production, often less than the cost, while on every thing he buys his tea and sugar and cloth, his tools and implements he has to pay a profit of from thirty to one hundred per cent The working men and women are acquiring the disagree able habit of asking why the merchant, the banker, the speculator, who add not one dollar to the available wealth of the community, shonld grow rich, while the majority of those to whose faithfnl toil tbe world is indebted for all the wealth there is, are put to their wit's end to get the barest subsistence. In a word, why should the creators of wealth get the smallest share of it ? This is a simple question, but it goes to the bottom of our social organization and touches tbe fundamental injustice. It is fairly launched npon the current of public thought, and nothing can prevent its being carried to its logical conclusions. It involves a radical investigation of banking and currency, of land tenures and interest ; and it points to the sub stitution of some system of equitable co-ope ration in place oi tne present absurd and rninous principle of compe tition and profits Vaallln Beaas TS.Teaqaa Bran. Vanilla beans used in the manufac ture of extract vanilla cost the manu facture from to $27 per pound. while Tonqua beans only cost from 80 cents to 95 cents per pound ; The low price of the latter is an inducement to unprincipled manufactures to use this injurious and nauseating substitute al most exclusively in place of the vanilla bean. An extract prepared from Ton qua bean has a flavor similar to vanilla. but can be detected by its odor. Tonqua bean wonld make an excellent handkerchief perfume, were it not for discoloring linen. It is used by tobac conists for perfuming snuff and cigars. In St. Petersburg an imperial decree compels every householder to hare his water-pipes covered with thick felt, which effectually prevents freezing and bursting. Certain officials inspect the h oases every winter to see that the regulations are complied with. But in this free country we believe the right of every citizen to have his pipes freeae and burst aa often as the weather will permit has never been questioned. AGklCTLTTRAL. , . ltBBCT OVRSHOES FOB HoBSES. Rubber overshoes for hones are re cent invention, which promises to be boon to the equine inhabitants of paved cities. The shoe is made and lined in precisely similar manner to the articles of apparel worn Dy tne human race, and, in fact, presents no points of dif ference save in its shape, and ita man ufacture of the best quality of india rubber. It is designed as s substitute for the iron shoe, and as a means of preventing the many maladies to which horses' feet are subject. Horses suf fering with cracked or contracted hoof. and similar painful hurts, it is said, are quickly cured by the substitution of the rubber covering for the unyielding metal shoe. The elasticity of the former allows the hoof to remain in its natural shape, while protected from abrasion against pavements by the heavy rubber sole beneath. The de vice is easily removed from or put on the hoof, and hence, while standing in the stall or turned out to pasture, the horse may be left barefooted. In winter time this covering serves as protection against illness due to the common practice of mingling salt with the ice and snow in city streets, while tbe roughened surface of the gum be neath serves to give the animal a foot hold in slippery weather. As compared with iron shoes, the cost of the rubber one is about one-third more, and their weight is some 40 per cent, less, while they are very durable. Sixteen sizes are manufactured, so that accurate fits may be obtained. Take Care of the Toom The tools employed upon the farm are costly, and should receive the same care which is bestowed upon other valuable property. There is manifested by many farmers a kind of chronic neglect in respect to the care of the implements of hns- bandrv. Complicated machines like those used for mowing, raking, thresh ing, etc., with their iron wheels, levers and cams, are allowed to rust and uecay, so thst in a conple of seasons they are worthless. This neglect is inexcusable unpardonable. Some farmers become torpid, frozen up, in winter, and ap pear to have no active blood in their veins. They will not take up a rake or a neglected boe in winter and put it un der cover. We have seen ladders. forks, harrows, shovels, etc., peeping out from under tbe snow in winter, in time of thaw, and have asked why they were not cared for. Sometimes the reply has been, "We will attend to it to-morrow," but that to-morrow never came. I here must be a society organ ized for 'protecting farmers tools,' and the officers must have full power to forcibly seize and pnt away all neglected implements, no matter upon whose premises they are found. WoopirccK Oil. Perhaps somo far mers who are troubled by that little pest, the woodhnck, are not aware that the oil of this animal is excellent for oil ing harness, boots, shoes, and all kinds of leather requiring a simple oil. Several observing, practical farmers with whom I am well acquainted, say it is equal to or better tbnu neat s foot ou for this purpose ; and I know of my own experience that it makes leather very soft and pliable. It is also useful for many other pnrposcs instead of lard oil, which it very much resembles. There is no doubt but that it would sell for a very fair price if its good qualities were generally known. The woodchnck is very fat late in the fall, and a good sized one will yield a full quart of oiL Sometimes the oil is ob tained by baking the whole animal, bnt a still better way is to take off the fat. as free from bloody and fleshy parts as possible, cut it into small pieces and try it over a hot fire ; then strain, bottle up and keep in a cool place. Grius and Ticks. A correspondent writes : ood ashes, sprinkled upon the backs of beef cattle that are to lie kept late, will kill tbe grubs, so that they will not injure the meat at all. Put it on two or three times in the first half of January, two good handfnls at a time ; when the hair is a little damp, is the best time. When one skins the animal, be may see where the grubs were, but the meat will be of the natu ral color, and all right. I also know that sulphur fed to sheep will drive away the ticks, and keep them away. A tablespoonfnl of sulphur to two qnarts of salt, well mixed, is aliont the right proportion : and it should be given about twice a month, while the sheen run to grass. I have tried it for more than twenty years, on flocks of from 100 to 500 in number, and the sheep have been almost entirely free from ticks during the whole time." Eons in Winter. To have plenly of eggs in winter, the fowls must Lave warm roosting and nesting places, warm food, if possible, with some kind of animal food at least once a day, and water to drink at will ; gravel and lime mnst be always at hand, and the poul try house mnst be kept scrupulously clean, and the fowls ont of the way of vermin and free from lice. Lioe may be destroyed by the applica tion of lard or sweet oil in which car bolic acid has been mixed at the rate of one part of acid to one hundred of oil or lard. For poultry, the mixture should be rubbed beneath tbe wings and on tbe top of tbe head, except in the case of sitting hens, which shonl never have grease of any kind applied to them, if the eggs are to be batched. A Good Rp.hedt for Galls. A good application for a gall of any kind, whether it be on a horse, an ox or i man, is prepared and nsed as follows Thoroughly mix olive oiL one onnce. and carbolic acid, one drachm. Wash the parts clean three times a day and apply the ointment to the ulcer. It frequently happens that a horse's feet become bruised or injnred, causing lameness. For injuries of this kind, as well as for split hoof, great relief is af forded by standing the animal on wet blue clay even common earth ia much better than hard plank floors. "A mer ciful man is merciful to his beast." r.ETULXTiNQ ah Orchard. The plant ing of a young tree on the site of an old one is not advised unless the ground is thoroughly broken np, intermixed and manured. It is better, where the location, soil, etc., is available, to plant young trees on new sites, though it is not necessary. Some orchadists make it a rule to extend (and thus renew) their orchards annually by planting a few young trees adjoining (where prac ticable) the old orchard and on its out skirts, it is a good rule to plant annu ally as many trees annually die from earlier plantings. The majority of a convention of German pomologists expressed a de cided preference for the pyramidal form for fruit-trees. Tbeadvantagesdaimed for it are tbe minimum of shade. greater strength, avoidance of severe wounding of the tree, production of better fruit, and at the same time fewer disadvantages from storms, weight of snow, excess of fruit, theft, etc. Ax old Dutch proverb says t The plowman most go up and down, and whatever else ciay be done there is no other but this long way to do the work well. An Irish editor says he can see no earthly reason why women shonld not be allowed to become medical men. scrrrnnc. - The Tulip Tbjk. This noble tree deserves a place on every lawn, aa it seldom fails to develop itself into a stately specimen in any good, deep, well drained soil. In habit of growth, it closely resembles the common maple. but its conspicuous orange-tinted blos soms and scaly fruits at once suggest its near affinity to magnolias, to which it belongs. The flowers are not unlike those of a tulip, and hence the name by which it is most generally known. The broadly expanded leaves, instead of being palmate as in the plane, are ir regularly four-lobed, and somewhat resemble a saddle in conformation : and it is sometimes called in the vernacular tbe saddle tree, from this peculiarity. The flowers are profusely borne during the summer months ; and although not strikingly ornamental on the tree on account of their being somewhat hidden amid the ample foliage, when cut and arranged in a vase with tbe foliage that naturally belong to them, they have a distinct 'and striking appearance. This tree is from 100 to 100 feet in night, but in Europe it rarely exceeds 70 or 80 feet. In the old arboretum at Cbis wick, England, there used to be two specimens of this fine tree, one having much larger and brighter colored now era than the other : and. doubtless, other varieties of it exist where plants are raised from seeds. All through the summer the foliage is of a fresh, pale green ; and in the autumn, it dies off a bright golden yellow. Striking effect might, therefore, be obtained by group ing it with iHcrcun enccinra or tbe purple-leaved beech. In addition to its ornamental properties, its distinct and noble port commending it at once to the notice of intending planters, it is valuable as a timber tree, tbe wood being firm in texture and capable of taking a fine polieh. Thb French Meter. Sir Edmund Beckett is a true Englishman, and does not love the t rench measure. He savs : "The polar axis is estimated at 7,890 miles, or 500 millions of inches a thou sandth part longer than our present standard inch, which probably only came by accident to be what it was when the standard was taken, ami might just as well be a thousandth more. True the other European na tions have inches too. and some of them are rather longer than ours. The French meter, 39 371 inches is the worst measure in the world, because it is inconsistent with any natural one : whereas our yard is the long stride of a man of good hight, and the natural length of his walking stick, and half bis bight or half tbe stretch of his arms ; and the meter is not even what it pretends to be, the 40 millionth of a meridian of the earth, for the measure taken was erroneous ; and if it were, such a standard is of no more real value than the distance of the moon. Yet there are people who have engaged in the crusade of trying to force on ns this bad, erroneous, arbitrary, and revolutionary measure of a nation which tried also to abolish the week and make a new one of ten days, and whose langnage is declining over tbe world, while ours already prevails over more regions of the world than any other, and is evidently destined to ad vance more and more." Sir Edward, we think, is nlioni right. The good old yard stick is a better measure than the meter. The CnAMRLr.os'8 Ciianofs of Color Their Cause. A paper was recently read lief ore the Society of Biology, of Paris, by Mr. Paul Bert, npon the canses which produce th changes of color in the chameleon. These changes do not run through quite so wido a range of tints as is assumed by the disputations travelers in Arabia in tbe well-known fable. They vary from a deep hot tie- green, throngh a bright pea green, up to a very lively yellow. Ibe cause producing them is purely nervous, ltiis bas been fully proved by various experiments in vivisection. The mechanism is thus described : Beneath the skin of the animal turret are found all over its surface vssirlrs charged with a coloring fluid, which, when withdrawn into them, leaves the epidermis and the tissue immediately beneatn to exhibit their natural color, which is bright yellow. These vesicles, however, communicate with a net-work of minute dnets intersecting and inter lacing by a myriad of ramilicatious immediatelv beneath the transparent epidermis, and wheu the coloring liquid is injected into these the effect is to produce a change of color in the animal. the intensity of which depends on the degree to which they are distended. The nerves act directly on the vesicles. When these contract the fluid is ex pelled ; when they expand it is re absorbed. TniKTsn Steam EKgnrEERixo. Some ironclad ships were recently bnilt in England for tbe Turkish government, and sent out under tbe care of English engineers. On arriving at their desti nation these were discharged, and Turkish mechanics substituted. Like all other persons who undertake mat ters which they have no fitness for or knowledge of, these persons came to grief at once. Being required to start me engines oi tne .uaumouudeh, much delay ensued ; the engines did not start; they were prononnced "all wrong," and one officious party, grow ing impatient after having moved every movable lever, spied some cocks, which be thought muMt be tbe right thing to work, and went for them at once. He was scalded by receiving a jet of steam full in the face, which precipitated not only matters, but himself and several other Turkish gentlemen backward down a pair of iron stairs leading to the fire room. A Xew Vaiim.sh for SIktatj Work. A late Italian patent contains the fol lowing recipe for a varnish for protect ing metal work : A paste is made of finely pulverized rjnartz. carbonate of potash, or oxide of lead and water ac cording to the color required. A thin coat of this ia applied with a brush to the object, which is then placed in a mnfile, and heated to 1,490 Fah. The articles emerge covered with a sort of polished glass, which resiHts blows and which does not split or scale off. while it serves perfectly to protect the metal against oxidation. Curb fob Catarrh. A medical an- thority asserts that the severest catarrh cold can be removed in abont ton hours by a mixtnre of carbolic acid, 10 drops, tinctnre of iodine acd chloroform, each 7 '5 drops. A few drops of the mixtnre should be heated over a spirit lamp in a test tube, the mouth of which should be applied to the nostrils as volatiliza tion ia effected. The operation should be repeated in about two minutes. wnen, alter tne patient sneezes a num ber of times, the troublesome symptoms rapidly disappear. Tub manufacture of isinglass, eone- rally supposed to be confined to conn tries where the sturgeon ia fonnd in abundance, is carried on to a consider able extent in India, principally from the air-vessels of several varieties of perch and other fisb. There is room for a great extension of the trade, as isinglass, the purest known form of animal jelly, has, in a measure, had its consumption checked by its high price and substitutes are employed, such as gelatin. Ouk horse power is required for! each bushel of winter wheat ground ! (Jer hour, i BOIWTIC Death a th Sibof Jco. Probably there are verv few articles of daily con nmntion which are not adulterated in a more or less vile manner. One of the most soonndrel like impositions that unscrupulous rascals practice upon a long suffering public is the scandalous compound sold as sugar sirup. It is as serted that nearly fifty per-cent of the article sold under tbe seductive names of rolden sirup, silver drops, etc, is a rank poison, formed by the action of sulphuric acid upon some of the sub stances containing the essential of wood fibre. The quantity of sulphuric acid used to form sugar by this process is so irreat that it cannot be thoroughly extrac ted enough from the product. It leaves to be dangerous even to tbe stomachs of robnst men excessively so to the more delicate organizations of children, who use far more of the article than prown Dersons. Since public attention has been called to this rascality, many iustanees have come to light of mysterious sickness which disappeared on the use of this breakfact dainty being discontinued. Severe burning pains tt the stomach. and racking headaches are among tbe lighter symptoms of simp poisoning. A case is mentioned where the cork in keg of sirnp sent for the nse of a lumberman's camp was found to be nearly eaten away. Fancy a vile drug which will corrode cork, gnawing away at the coat of one's stomach. We will in future worry down our buckwheat cakes without the adventitious aid of sweetening, nnless sufficient guarantees of the character of tbe article be fur nished with it. Fortunately, the detection of the pernicious stuff is easy. A small quan tity of muriate or nitrate of baryta, mixed with water, make a clear solu tion. If to this be added a small quantity of sulphurio acid a white precipitate is formed, which is insolu ble in water. Tannin also gives a black precipitate, nnless the acid has been neutralized by albumen. If any of onr readers have reason for looking npon their matutinal simp with suspicion, let them at once take a sample to a chemist and have it ana lyzed. If found to be dangerons, let the makers and retailers be prosecuted with the same vigor that wholesale murderers would meet with. Personal Apteakascs On our per sonal appearance and habits much of our success in life depends. There have been many instances where the soul, shining through a maimed or do- formed body, has conquered the ad verse circumstances. Tuis is far easier to do than to overcome an offensive or disagreeable trick of behavior ; for society will accord its pity and sym pathy to natural defects, bnt for ac quired ones it only reserves its disgust. iiVery reader will recall to nrnd some person toward whom he or she has fdt a repugnance almost unendurable, merely from an offensive habit such an one has formed sometimes a mere turn of the lip, a cast of the eye, or a pecu liar mtlection of the voice. Often a practice has been formed of clearing tbe throat, or spitting profusely about, or picking the ears, or some other vulgar habit. These things will create a dis taste for such persons in a fttstidion mind, and deny it as we may, or call it "squeamish," or "silly," we are all of ns more or less fastidious. It is the duty of every pi rson to make himself agreeable to others. Most of those peculiarities of manner which create aversion are spontaneous in their origin, but liecome so habitual that we are nnconscions of them. Many of them were formed in childhood, when habits are easily acquired, which are not easily removed in after vears. While we cannot like everybody or be lived by everybody in return, still we can take especial care that we do not make ourselves personally offensive by habits and ways that shock the delicate fastidiousness of those around ns. A Small Tox Kf.uedv. The follow ing is said to be a certain cure for small pox. One man speaking of it says ; It is as nufailing as fate, and conquers in every instance. It is harmless when taken by a well person. It will also cure scarlet fever. Here is the receipt as 1 have nsed it, and cured my children of the scarlet fever, here it is as I have nsed it tocnresmall pox ; when learned physicians said the patient mnst die, it cured : Sulphate of zinc, one grain ; fox glove (digitalis), one grain ; half a teaipoouful of sugar ; mix with two ta blesHMnfuls of water. When thor oughly mixed, add four ounces of water. Take a soonfHl everv hour. Either disease will disappear m twelve hours. For a child, smaller doses, according to age. If counties wonld compel their physicians to use this, there would be no need of pest houses. If yon value advice and experience, nse this for that terrible disease. Efartvo Tnorpt.E. There ro per- sous-who imerge from every allliction and trouble and vexation, purified like tine gold from ont of the fnrnace. There are others and they aro tbe more nnmeroUR who are embittered and soured, and made despondent and apathetic We think the latti-r belong to the class that try to stand alone during the storms of life, instead of looking above for aid. When one can truly say, "lie den-th all things well," the sting is taken out of ttlbetion, and conrage is given to bear that the future has in store. This we think, makes the great difference, between these two classes. "What do you call that ?"' indig nantly asked a customer at a cheap restanrant, dointing at an object that be bad discovered in bis plate of hash. "Wristband, with sleeve-button at tached, sir," said the waiter, brisklv. ' Well, do you consider that a proper thing for a man to find in his hash ?" iked the customer, in wrath. "Good gracious 1" cried the waiter, "would you expect to find a ten-dollar nrabrclla in a fifteen cent plate of hash ? TrirEr Crrau A little more than one pint of cream, one-half enp of wine, one cup of sngar, one-third enp of gela tine, one-balf enp of milk. Fnt the gelatine in the milk. Set it by the fire to dissolve the gelatine. Heat the eggs. Whip the croam with the wine and sugar ; then add eggs, gelatine and milk. Strain and pour into a mold which has been rinsed in cold water. Set on ice. CrRB for IitNowoBM. A simple and harmless application, said unfailingly to cure this troublesome eruption, is fonnd by washing with a solution made j irom tlie root of the common narrow leafed dock, which belong to the botani cal genus I'utncx. Use vinegar as the solvent. Horn. We are born in hope ; we pass our childhood in hope : we are governed by hope throngh the whole course of our lives ; and in our last mo ments hope is flattering ns, and not till the beating of onr heart shall cease, will its benign influence leave us. To Settlb Coffek. The best method of settling coffee is : "As soon as you brown your coffee, mix it with a beaten egg say one egg in a pound. The egg forms a cover round the kernels, pre serving the aroma, and when ground is an admirable settler. How to Make a I'crmrsa QncK. Split a few crackers, lay the surface over with raisins, and place the halves together again, tie them closely in a cloth and boil fifteen minutes in milk and water. With a rich nance, it ia excellent. Tcaosor. How to Cabbt ax. Ox to. Mar kit. This from a correspondent at "'K'"';"rIt w labeled "1778,- When the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada waa completed, in 1S0O. many of the farmers had never heard of, mnch less seen, railway, but it soon go. - .i .mnn.l that Dassenffers could i-i hv it and even cattle. A back j..n who was indebted to a conn try merchant was putted by the latter t. . nt id amount due. and 1UI - . ... the only means of liquidating tne ueo was bv taking a fat ox to the Quebec For this purpose he tied his ox to the back of his cart, and drove to tbe railway station, a distance of nine miles. On surveying tbe train and see ing an iron railing around tne piauorm of the hind car, he concluded that was the place to tie his ox, which he accord ingly did, taking a piace m ..ilia mr himself himself forward. puntl th tmin hetran to move off slowly. "The speed increased ; quicker and quicker it went. The poor man got very fidgety, the speed still increas ing, until Urge drops of sweat became visible on his brow. I5y this time the couductor bad reached his car to collect tbe tickets. Nearly out of breath, the man ran to him, exclaiming. Sfv ii,ar condnctor. niV OX will never be able to keep np to this pace it is not possible." "lour ox ! Keep np to this pace ! What do von mean? I don t nnder stand von. Have von oxen on board ?" Not on board, of course. I tied him to the railing of the hind car." "Yon tied yonr ox to the railing of the hind car ? Who told yon to do so?" "No one ; but that is the way we alwavs do in the country Of course the eondnctor could not stop his train before reaching the next station, when, needless to sav, on look ing for the ox, they found attached to the rope a pair of horns, with a small portion of the neck. Mr. Eergh could scarcely call this cruelty to animals, as it was not in tended. Tbe humane conductor made a col lection among the passengers on tbe spot, realizing a larger amount than the ox would have brought at market. which he presented to the crestfallen farmer, who immediately returned home, vowing he would never have oxen taken to market by railway again. He lias kept his word, and to this day he leads his ox to market behind his own cart. llnrprr Mariaztne. jor March. A Clerotmas IX A Qtaxdaet The Saratogian has th J following : "Come in here, you black rascal ! That is wiiat the yonng lady said. The young lady, you see, was closing the window blinds at the twilight hour, ami seeing her little black dog sitting ont on the stoop wagging his tail, and wistfully looking up at her. her heart was moved with an impulse of affection toward her pet canine, shivering in tbe cold and wagging out bis mute appeal. So she hastened to the door, and, throwing it open, gave vent to the loving expres sion we have quoted 'Come in here, you black rascul ?' So far as the dog was coucerned he seemed to understand the terms of endearment addressed him, bnt when the yonng lady's pastor, dressed all in black from top to toe, stepped forward from tbe shady side of the doorway he wore a curious expres sion on his conuteuance. The young lady looked at the reverend gentleman and blushed. The dog wagged his tail as if willing to divide the honors. We don't know exactly how it came out. But report has it that the good man regarded doubtfully the ebony beast, glanced at his own broadcloth, con clude.! it was all right, and accepted tne embarrassed young lady s declara tion that 'I I meant tbe other the other come in and see ma !' Gf.s. MAcqcAiinc, by a distribution of seeds and implements, attempted to induce the natives of New Sontli Wales to cultivate the ground. Among the packets of seeds were some winch Con tained hsh-books ; these, together with the seeds, were given by the Governor to the sable monarch. King llnngaree. Some time after, the Governor inquired of him whether the seed hail yet come np. "Uh, lierry well," exclaimed Dnn garee : "they all come np berry well. except dem fishhooks, deui no come np yet." CrsiNKss is dull in New Jersey. Re- oently a man weut into a paint store, anil remarked in a low-spirited way, "l ntty, ami ilartetl out. 1 he pro prietor rushed after liim. "What's that yon said?" he demanded. "I thought yon kept putty for sale," said the man. "So we do," replied the pro prietor ; "coroo back here," "I wann't going to lose that ten cents," ho re marked, ns the man went away with two pounds. , A rsENTT.EMAS in want of a house keeper tried an odd experiment. lie sent out two advertisements, one for a lady of education and elegant manners, qualified to act as a companion as well as honsekeeier, and was overwhelmed with replies. The only requirement in the other advertisement waa that the lady should lie plain in features, bnt uot a solitary applicant appeared to answer that appcuL I the Ritndont Methodist Church, on a recent Sunday morning, the nmial donning of overcoats was proceeding amid consnlerahle confusion, but had not leen completed when the pastor. i.ev. J. J. I ean, arose to pronounce the benediction. lie pansed a moment and said : "Uretbreu, I guess 1 will put on my overcoat hereafter during i:ie ncneaiciion, so as not to lose any time. "Why is it that 1 caunot f-k.ite like I used to? muttered old Mr. Wrinkles, as he rose from the ice, removed his skates, applied the palm of his hand to tbe small of his back, and hobbled away. "Ask me an easy one, said the policeman who assisted him into a hack and directed tbe driver to St. Luke's. r..-oAc,FD yonng people suonlJ re- memlier that osculation is a great transmitter of pneumonic troubles. A little deprivation now can be made np i .i - 1 ior wueu mo summer evenings come. A oentt.J'Mas friend has tw.i cans rips and has named them "Wheeler" and "Wilson. His reason for these appli cations is mat neitner of tuem is a Singer. "SKKRXTfL sava Josh Eillimrs. "is a bad investment. If vou pass it. von lose the principal : and if vou keeu it yon lose iue interest. WrLL the young man of the period be good ? Will he cut off several yards of his new overcoat and give them to the poor 7 Wirr is a docter better taken care of than bis patients ? Because when he goes to bed. somebody ia sure to rap him up. . Wht does a butcher stick splinders ! oi wooa into bis meat 7 Xo s,kewer it ior ius customers. Toe proper salutation when you meet a writing master is, "How do you uuuruu : Ah ! glorious weather this," aay the doctor; "splendid run broken legs lately. "FaITH and reason am elnsA all laa and so are infidelity and foolishness." A OEnxEMAjf caught cold by kissing sleighs on the notice. uawr"V,Z,rn . time.- The ShiUwMJmaaeby . man named Haldwell. in Dunbarton, J. H. .in 177 it u then the extreme fashionable form. In the rraiwell family it re- wnrm m ix bug - t TT.i m . -.-.r bjh last Ibanks jiosee - f I 1 . 1 . since rF. einiDjt property, ana ,DK""r "t CI mustv a at m TMIIIMU1U I number oi old garments, the mnsty heirlooms of some anmeri. ties, settlers near old Newburyport.it hmnirht out as above stated. Several of tbe garments hundred years of age. ana naa r worn all throuehthe Revolutionary k- . I .(untenant French. One wore a cloak smuggled over by a bank president sixty-three years ago ; an tt.r a lailv'a cloak of scarlet broad cloth, which had been in existence irrn All tbe other old garments that were worn, although in perfect preservation, were of very ancient origin. The Messrs Colemau procure.! these garments from tbe owners, and dressing np four of their employees, sent them to parade aliont tbe city. 7,Wua Trart ller. Two centuries ago not one person a hundred wore stockings. "1 Drop ( Joy la t.very it era. ruwimi, llantvra Co, X. J-. Iw V W4. br. V. PiRKt-B. Buffalo. S. V.: yvar .fir It is wila a happy heart that I pen tliee lines te acknowledge that ynu and your GoMen Medical liiscovery anil Purga tive l el!ets are Messinc lo ine xori'i. These medicines cannot be too hiphly prnised, for they have almost brought me out of the grave. Three muniln ago I was hroken out with larze ulcers and sores on my body, limbs and face. I procured your tioMcn .Medical l'iscovery anJ Purgative Pellets, and have taken six bottle, and to il ly I am in good health, all those agly ulcers having healed and left my skin in a nttunil, healthy condition. I thought at one time I could not he cured. Although I can but poorly express my gratitude to you. yet there is a drop of joy in every word I write. Iiim i blessing rest on you ana yonr wonderful medicines is the humble prayer of Vonrs trniy. ' JAMES O. BELLIS. When a medicine will promptly cure rnch terrible eating nlcers and free the blood of the virnh-nt poison causing them, who can longer doubt its wonderful virtues 7 IT. Pierce, however, does not wish to place hi- tioMen Medical Discovery in the catalogue of quack patent nostrums by recommending it to cure every disease, nor does he so Te- commend it; but what he does claim is this, that there is but one form of hlood disease that it will not cure, and that disease is can cer. He does not recommend his Discovery for that disease, yet he knows it to be the most searching blood cleanser yet discov ered, and that it will free the blood and system of all other known blood poiwns, he they animal, vegetable or mineral. The Uulden Discovery is wamnltd by him to cure the worst forms of Skin Diseases, as all forms of lilotches. Pimples and Erup tions, also all Glandular Swellings, and the worst form of Scrofulous and L'lceratel Sores of Neck, Legs or other parts, and all Scrofulous Diseases of the Bones, as White Swellings, Fever Sores, Hip Joint and Spi nal Diseases, all of which belong to Scrolu lous diseases. 4 . F. Konkel n Bitter Mine of Iron. Th's truly valuable tonic has been so tho roughly tested by all classes of the commu nity that it is now deemed indispensable as a Ionic medicine. It costs but little, puri fies the blood and gives tone to the .-toniach. renovates I lie system and prolongs life. Everybody should have it. For the cure of Weak Stomachs. General Debility, Indigestion, Diseases of the Stom ach, and for all euses requiring a tonic. lhis wine includes the most agreeable and efficient Sail of Iron we possess Citrate of Magnetic Oxide, combined with the most energetic of vegetable tonics Yellow Peru vian r.nri. Do you want something to strengthen JOII i Do yon want a good appetite? !o you want to get rid of nervcusness ? Do you want energy ? Do you want to sleep well ? lion ! i' jou want to nuilil up yonr enil:lu Do you want to feel well ? Do yon want a hrik and vipomns feeling" ii you no, try klMvKL'3 lllTTKK WINK t IKH.V I only ak a trial of tlds v duahle tonic. leware of counterfeit, as Kunkel's Hit ter me of Iron is the onlv cure ami en".-- tu-il remedy in the known world for Ibe per- ""' "re oi typepiia an. I Debility, and as there are a Lumber of imitations offered to the public, I would cantion the commu nity to purchaxe none bnt the "rnuine ri! cie, manufactured bv K I-' lim.U n.l h-ning bin stamp on the cork of everv lie. The verv fact that others are ati.n.ni- ing to imiiaie this valuable remedv. prove us worm, ana speaKs volumes in its bivors. folil only in $ I bottles. SM hr Drue- gists and dealers everywhere. i vrtwuBii Kkmovkd Alivb. flesjl ami all complete, in two hours. No fee till head pawes. feat. Via an-1 Stomach Worms re moved by Da. Ki'skcl, VJ Soarn Hum ,"'T. novice free, t ome. see over l.ust pecmiens and he convinced. He nei f:uls. Dos t Tr.yroitizit with ritrs. Lotions, ouilmeiita, electuaries ami all manner of inack nostrums are a waste of time and money 1 he only nhnn'uUt, iufilhhl, cure nr mese pa nful iliaeasew is AAKKSIS nm overeU by p. jiUUi. 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