POCTET. Saiat Hubert. nOX TBI OEBKAS. Count Hnbert gues with bone and bound To bant the antler'd dear. Through fcxcet glade and open ground Each day throughout the J ear Dark Hubert's passion is the chase He grare no man nor beast ; Fiercely he ride like all hi race, tot hie vassals dread his feast. The valley ring! with loud halloo. With daog of whip and bora ; A mi' k- hit hart springs forth to view That beast shall die this morn! But all day long the Count most ride. Nor horse nor hound maj stay ; Tin vei-per bell and even tide W hen he brings the game to bay. From dying steed he fiercely springs. Charging with siiear and brand ; When from above a voice outrings His spear drops from his hand. The noble stag was full-in view. All clad in pale white light ; And from his autler'd head there grew A holy ciuxa, star bright. 'Down to th kneeal" duwn knelt the Graf, Thou U hunt the deer no more ; Thy spear is turned to pilgrim stall, s Go travel the wide world o'er ; The hunter's soul be now thy care. To cleanse them from their sin." He lived and died by fast and prayer ; flood huntsmen, pray with him. SIMKI.f.aHT. A nnainc Soldier. The following anecdote of the first Napoleon was related by an English man, who was a considerable time in the French military service, and who vonches for its authenticity : The evening before the battle of Ulm, when Xapoleon the First, in company with Marshal Berthier, was walking incognito through the camp and listen ing to the talk of his soldiers, he saw ina gronp not far off a grenadier of the guard, who was roasting some potatoes in the ashes. 'I should like a roast potato above all things,' BaiI 'ke emperor to the mar shal ; 'ask the owner of them if he will sell one.' In obedience to the order, Berthier advanced to the gronp and aked to whom the potatoes belonged A gren adier stepped forwarnd and said, They are mine. Will yon Eell me one?' inquired Berthier. 'I have only five,' said the grenadier, 'and that's hardly enough for my supper.' I will give yon two napoleons if yon will sell me one,' continued Berthier. 'I don't want your gold,' said the grenadier ; I shall be killed, perhaps, to-morrow, and I don't want the enemy to find me with an empty stomach.' Berthier repoited the soldier's an swer to the enijieror, who was standing a little in the background. 'Ijet's nee if I shall be luckier than von.' said the latter, and going up close to the grenadier, he asked him if he wonld sell him a potato. Not by a long shot,' answered the grenadier ; 'I hareu t enough for my self.' But yon may set your own price,' said Napoleon. 'Come, I am hungry, and haven't eaten to-day.' 'I tell von I haven't enongh for my self,' repeated the grenadier ; ' besides all that, do you tkink I don't know yon in spite of your uiFgnise? Who am I, then ? inquired Napo leon. 'Bah !' said the grenadier. 'The lit tle corporal, as they call you. Am I right ?' 'Well, said Napoleon, 'since yon know me, will yon sell me potato ?' No.' said the grenadier ; bnt if yon will have me come and dine with yon when we get back to Paris, you may snp with me to night. Done !' said Napoloon ; 'on the word of a little corporal on the word of an emperor. 'Well and good,' said the grenadier. 'Our potatoes ought to be done by this timey there are the two largest ones, the rest U eat myself. The emperol' sat down and ate his potatoes, and Mn returned with Berthier to his tent.Vmerely remarking: 'The rogue is giod soldier, I'll wager. Two monthe afterward Napoleon the ( treat was in the midst of A brilliant court at the palace of the Xuilnies, and was inst sittinar down to dine. when word was brought to him that a grenadier was without, trying to force the guard at the door, saying that he had been invited by the emperor. 'Let him come in,' said his majesty. The soldier entered, presented arms, and said to the emjeror. 'Do jou remember having onee snpped with me off my roast potatoes?' 'Oh, is that you ? Yes, yes, I re member said the emperor ; 'and so yon have come to dine with me, have you ? Bust an, lay another cover on your table for this brave fellow. Again the grenadier presented arms and said : A grenaditr of the guards does not eat with lacqueys. Your majesty told me I should dine with that was the bargain ; and trusting to your word, I have come hither.' 'True, true,' said the emperor, 'lay a cover here near me. Lay aside your arms man atui, and draw tip to the table.' Dinner over, the grenadier went at his usual pace, tx.k up his carbine, and, turning to the emieror presented arms. A mere private,' said ho, 'ought not to dine at the table of his emeror.' 'Ah ! I understand yon, said Napo. leon. I name you Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and luuteuant in my company of guards.' 'Thank you heartily,' returned the soldier. ' IV re f JZmjicriur !' he fchoutid, and then withdrew. 4 iittrlte ( ar)ll's i'lol, "Hut, Lucille, you surely would not be so melveiiaij , would jouT Now supposing Hugo (Million was poor instead of being very rich, you would not love him any less, would vou. dear?' And Jennie elilstn's lieaiititul blue ccs looked lovingly into her sister's tl.i-lnn black ones. "t h ! would 1 not ! But I've never saiil 1 did love linn yet; he has not even asked me: but I'll never marry a poor man. I've seen quite enough of i; with poor mamma." "Well, darling, you must hold your own opinions, but I am very sorry to hear my little J.tilie speak so. lint 1 tlmik it is time we went into the house liow don't you. dearf' Lulieassciited.amt the sisters walked arm in arm from the garden seat into the house, quite unconscious that a tall lorm had Ix-eti standing Ixliimt the high holly hede. or that a masculine voice said, "Well, by Jove, I never thought 1 should turn eavesdropper, but when a tellow hears his own name, 'tis tempting! duly to think, now, that my little Lulie, who I thought loved me, was only going to marry me lor my money !" And Mr. Gordon walked moodily away, switching the nettles with his stick. "Well, old fellow, up in the clouds T What on earth's the matter with you t Has the fair Lucille 'dccliued the honor,' or w hat is it '" And Charlie Caryll' trunk, haudsome face presented itself to his friend's view, as Lis voice rang in his ear. "Why, Carvll, what on earth brought you here, and w hen did you comef "I arrived this morning; came to see you ; called at your quarters, but they said vou were out : so I cauie to look lor you, and here I aiu. " I am very glad to see you down. Charlie! . "Very glad to see me! Humph! I dare say you ars ; yott don't look much like it, though ! - But seriously, lingo, I wish you -won Id contide in me and perhaps I might think of something te help you," And as he spoke, Charlie linked his arm in that of his friend, who, thus urged, told him all he bad heard. Charles Caryll, Esq., of Caryll Manor, stroked his brown moustache thougbt fullv before replying. "U'l-llT" spoke Iluiro, iniuatieBtly. "Well." said Caryll. "I think she might not carry her theory into prac tice. I'll tell you w hat !" he added, as a bright idea struck him. "Nobody here knows me ; suppose you introduce me to.her as yonr elder brother for a little "while, you would soon tiud out the truth then." -Capital!-' said Hugo Gordon. "But," he added, more doubtfully, "suppose she refuses me. V "Then, old fellow, yon must forget her; but, somehow, I don't think bhe will refuse vou.' . . Jennie Webbon ami her sister Lucille were occupying their favorite seat in the garden" the next morning, when Lit looked up suddenly, saying, "I declare, Jennie, here is Mr. Gordon and a stntnirer cominsr across the lawn to i! Thev must have seen us from the drive. What a handsome man the atranirrr ml I wonder lliea Lulie's wonder wad cut short by the arrival of llueo Gordon, who, after the usual salutations, introduced his com panion as his elder brother, Charles. Lucille gaped. "I did not know you had an elder brother. Mr. Gordon." "I id you not T I have three biothcrs and a sister." They chatted for a short time on different topics. Then Charlie, having apparently greatly interested Jennie, the two walked off together. Lucille rose to follow them, but Hugo caught her hand and detained her. "Sit down one minute,' said he; "I want to ask you a question." Lnlie sat down, trembling very much. "1 want you to be my wife, darling. Speak, Lucille; do you love me V . There was a sharp struggle in Lulie's breast, but at length love conquered, and Hugo held her in his arms. ' It is over. Lucille WeMsin is Lucille Gordon now. The breakfast is over, the hist speeches are made, and Lu stands, with her husband, aside from the guests, awaiting the carriage which is to take them away. "Now, Ln," says Hugo. "I have con fessed, may I hope for forgiveuessT"' "Vou don't deserve it, sir; but there! I supiose I must. But I'll never forgive Mr. Caryll no, never!" And pretty Lu shook her dainty head very emphatically. "I'm very sorry for that," said a. merry voice at the door, and Charlie's liamlstmie head ieeed in. "1 am sorrjr vou won't forgive your future brother. Then, in answer to Lucille's look of surprise,headdcd,"Jennie has promised to marry me soon. Here, Jennie, where are yon I" But Jennie had vanished, and in her place stood Dr. Webltou, come to wish his daughter good-bye. Charles Carvll and Jcncie were married soon after, and never, in later years, did either couple repent the con sequences of "Charlie Carvll's 1'lot." Five Hundred Thousand Year The Xation condenses from an Eng lish scientific periodical, joms interest ing speculations from Dr. Alfred Bas se! 1 Wallace of the probable antiquity of the human species. Ihey may well startle, it says, even those who have long since come to the conclusion that 6,000 years carry us but a small way back to the original home, ln fact Dr. Wallace's 6.000 years are but as a day. He reviews the curious attempt to de termine the antiquity of human re mains r works of art, and finds the bronze age in Europe to have been pretty accurately fixed at 3,000 or 4,000 years ago, the stone age of the Swiss lake dwellings at 5,000 to 7,000 yeais, "and an indefinite anterior period." The burnt brick found sixty feet in the fine alluvium indicates an antiquity of 20,000 years ; another fragment at seventy-two feet gives 30,000 years. A human skeleton found at the depth of sixteen feet below four hundred buried forests superposed upon each other, has been calculated by Dr. Dawel to have an antiquity of 50,000 years. But all these estimates are pale before those which Kent's Cavern at Troquay legiti mate. Here the drill of the staJagmit is the chief factor of our oomprtUCions, giving n ju jtpper tfoor which divides irta relics of the last two or three thou sand years from a deposit of the bone of an extinct mammallia and glutton, indicating an arctic climate. Names cut in the stalagmite more than 2,000 years ago are legible in other words, where the stalagmite is twelve inches thick and the drip very copious, not more than a hundredth of a foot has been deposited in two centuries a rate of five feet in 10,000 years. Below this however, we have thick, much older, and crystaline (i. e., more slowly formed) stalagmite, beneath which again, "in a solid brecia very different from the cave earth ; undoubted works of art having been found." Mr. Wal lace assumes only 100,000 years for the upper floor, 250,000 for the immediate cave-earth by which he arrives at the "sum of half a million years that have probably elnpsed since human work manship were buried in the depth of Kent's Cavern." YIIini People rluk. A chemist has publicly stated that a Ixdlle of w liisky, lex i lU d as a fair sample of the liquor sold in low-class saloons, was heavily adulterated with naphtha, cayenne iicpM-r and vitriol ; that another sample consisted almost entirely of naphtha, n it li a slight color ing tinge of genuine whisky; ami that another liainiinir comMiuiid mas com posed of cayenne pcpcr, vitiiol, spirits of u inc. anil blue sumu, huh could be produced ut the rate of a penny per gallon. A few j ears ns another w riter enumerated among the multifarious ingredients for the adulteration of ale, U r, and iHii ter. cieam of taitar, alum green vitiiol, copH-r, lead, pyretic acid, OHCiiliis linliciis, giams oi paradise. and coloiing matters of every descrip tions. Hence, though the honest pro ducts of barley, hops, and the vine may have much to answer for, they are de bited with a vast amount of evil which is really occasioned by noxious and, in some instances, muideroits substitutes tor them. Make I lie Bent ol Touralvrs. Are you making the bett of yonr se'.f ? Are you using to the best ad vantage the natural powers of the body and mind given by jour Creator ? or are you droning through life in half efforts, and steadily drifting behind men of less ability than your own ; men who, with even fewer talents than you possess, are making the best of them selves? Think of this. Put the question to yourself as we put it to you and do it honestly. Look the matter right ia the face. Are you making the best ef yourself f If not, begin a new life at once. Do your best in everything. In your thinking and in your doing. Be a man in self-compulsion. Rise out of indolence and self-indulgence. And not only will the world be better for your having lived in it, bnt yon will be better for having lived in the world. "Madam, you never confess yonrself in the wrong." "No, sir; but if I had ever been in the wrong, I am sore I should hsve taken great pleasure in acknowledging it." Be slow in choosing a friend. . and slower to change him. ACBrrrLTTKlt. How to fLOw vTEKk The Western Rural Rives the following directions for plowing, which are as nearly per fect as language without illustration can give : j There are three principal things ne cessary to good plowing first the abil ity to properly guide a teem ; second, knowledge and tact to arrange the plow to the work in hand ; and, third, an in telligence in gauging the farrow slice and properly turning the furrow. These being learned, the rest is easy. The greatest diff ulty with plowman is in laying oat and finishing the lands. This being properly understood, the act of plowing becomes simple enough. Let us give one easy, efficient and ordinary plan : Set a line of light stakes across the field ; gauge the reins so that, when placed on the beam handle of the plow, at the point where it is grasped by the hand, the team being in motion, they will just bear kindly on the bits of the horses. Place the team so that the line of vision will be over the mold-board of the plow and between the horses to the stakes. Set the plow so that it will turn a furrow from one-half to three quarters the depth the land is to be plowed ; grasp the lines with two fingers of the left hand, at the near or left side of the handle so that when the rein is pulled straight back, there will be leverage enongh against the handle with the off rein to draw both alike. Thus, pulling slightly to the left will swerve the team to the right, and eas ing on the rein will bring them to the left. A steady rein will keep them straight ; and, however fresh the team may be, if steady, no trouble will be experienced in keeping them in a direct line to do good work. There is no other plan that we have tried by which a team is under so good a control. Some practice is required by the plow man to do good work, but less than by any other plan, not even excepting the Iribh way of grasping the plow. - Keeping the eye directly along the stakes, seek to so plow them down that they shall fall sideways. Upon reach ing a stake, do not stop, but continue to the end of the furrow. Bringing the team directly about, gauge the plow to cut the full depth you wish to work. Turn the next slice and the previous one into the farrow already opened,, stopping at each stake to place them for the next land ; and thus proceed until you have reached the starting point. Then go once more about, drawing two more furrows. An ordinary ploughman may then be trus ted to finish two-thirds or three-quarters of the land. . i 1 - . - ' ForsDER. The term, founder, from the foundering, stumbling gait it pro duces, has been applied to diseases totally opposite, " inflammation of the lamica) of the feet. It is true that a distinction was intended by the term chest founder for the one, and foot founder for the other, but the terms are often found confused one with the other. The absorption for diminution of the muscle of the chest. The ab sorption for diminution of the muscles of the chest, and which used to be called chest founder, is neither more nor less than diseases in the feet (the navicular in fact,) and which, existing in both fore feet, prevents the forelegs being properly exercised, and conse quently, the muscles, from being par tially thrown out of use, become, to a certain extent, absorbed. With such authority, it must be token for granted that no such disease as chest founder exists, and we must look to the feet for the source of trouble. Besides, by the operation of neurotomy which means to serve the nerve, with the view of removing pain, through the destruction of feeling, a horse having stood stretched out for a long time, will, after the nerve is cut, bring his legs completely and naturally under him. Contraction, again, may be produced by long continued standing upon hard, dry, plank floors. Thrush may so in jure the foot as to cause contraction ; too great and constant paring away the bars of the feet may destroy their sistenoe to the approach of th deels. So the cutting of the frog .nay destroy the function of that jyjjan as an elastic spring to kjp the heels open. The horse indicates the amount of pain he S.-io by the short, quick step in trav eling, and the gentle manner in placing his feet upon the ground. When not in motion, he rests his feet forward, and constantly changes them, and is oftener found lying down in the stable daring the day than horses not affected. Contraction is quite frequently seen in more highly bred horses, with a f"ot naturally high and narrow, but many less aristocratic have it. ErcKWHHAT. The cultivation of buckwheat seems to be on an increase among the farmers of the United States. This is good economy, for buckwheat will grow well on rugged or hilly land, where scarcely anvtliing else will grow. On steep side-hills, on thin soil, on stony ground, on land full of noxious weeds, it will do well and have good effect iu eradicating weeds and amelio rating the soil. It is next to clover the best grain crop to plow under as a manure, and often gives a good crop of wheat. Buckwheat is raised through out Europe and Asia, and has been known for centuries. It should form a crop on every farm, either for domes tic consumption or market, or both. It is valuable for family use, for chicken feed and pig feed when mixed with other grain and scalded with hot water. The crop should be sown, in this lati tude, the last of June or the first of July. The reason for late sowing is to avoid the heat of the sun when the great risk of the early frosts before it is fully ripe, at which time it is easily injured. To Raisb. Onions. To raise onions the ground should be thoroughly plowed, made very mellow, and rolled. It should be made rich with well potted fine barnyard manure, and wood ashes make a good additional fertilizer. Thirty two-horse loads per acre would not be too much manure for a good crop. Five pounds of seeds per acre may be drilled in rows nine inches apart with a light band seed drill. The ground must be kept very clean from weeds, and mellow with the hoe. A hoe with a pronged blade is made specially for this work. The onions may be grown as close in the row as they will stand. They may be grown year after year upon the same ground, if plenty manure is given them. To Pbefjlbb a Good Febtilizeb. The following home made fertilizer is successfully used by farmers i Ohio and Pennsylvania : Take 1,000 pounds of good mould, sift and screen it to get the gravel out and make it as fine as possible ; then spread on a floor, add 100 ponnds sul phate of ammonia, 100 pounds common salt, and mixed with a rake ; when thoroughly mixed, add twenty-five pounds pearlash and 22 ponnds sul phate of soda, mix well ; then add 400 pounds ground bone, 25 pounds best pernvian guano, and 150 pounds ground plaster. ' Mix the whole thoroughly, throw in a pile for 48 hoars and it "is fit for use. - To test the quality of wool, take a lock from the sheep's back and place it on a measured inch. If the spirals count from 30 to 33 in the space of an inch, it Equals the finest Electoral or Saxony wool grown. The diminution of the number of folds to the inch shows the inferiority. SCTE-Vnric Th Ptbopho.tk. M. Esatner's new Musical instrument, "the PyrophoDe," was introduced last night, says the Pall Mall Gazette of February 12, to an English audience, at the Society of Arts, where a paper explaining its con struction and its capabilities was read by M. Danant. - The researches of Pro fessor Tyndall and other savants were fully recognized by M. Dunant, bat he claimed for M. Kastner the discovery of the principle which allows "singing fiames to be tuned, and made to pro duce, at will, all the notes of the musi cal scale, and provides means to stop the sound simultaneously and mechan ically, and thus to regulate sad subdue it as required. In other words, while M. Dunant admitted that the discovery of the pos sibility of producing musical sound by means of pressure on flames traversing a glass tube had long been made, he asserted that M. Earner had utilized this knowledge, and had applied it in such a manner as to produce a bona fide musical instrument with a sound resembling that of the human voice or of the lian harp. A simple mechani cal arrangement causes the keys of the instrument to communicate with the supply pipes of the names in the glass tubes, and on the pressure of these keys the flames separate, and the sound is produced. As soon as the fingers are removed from the keys the flames join again, and the sound ceases imme diately. Thus, in effect, Mr. Kastner has pro duced an organ worked by singing flames, or rather by vibration caused by means of the combustion of these flames. The instrument exhibited last night only gave a single octave of notes, but M. Dunant stated that it could be extended to any compass, and, as an illustration of the uses to which the pyrophone oould be pot, it was stated that it could be made in the form of a chandelier, so that by connecting wires a person in one room might play upon an instrument suspended from the ceil ing in the next. The principal objection to the work ing of the pyrophone is founded on the! employment oi nyurogen g" ior me production of the flames ; but this, M. Kastner states, he has endeavored to overcome by using the ordinary gas employed for lighting purposes, and although it is not so satisfactory, it is, he maintains, possible to utilize it for the purpose. The invention, which has received considerable attention at the Institut de France, was examined with much interest last night, and several illustrations were given upon it. Tub Physical Fobchs abb Modes of Etbeb Pkbssckb. Professor C hall is, of Cambridge University, after long and exhaustive researches upon gal vanic and magnetio action, concludes that the hydro -dynamical theory of action is alone correct The theoreti cal explanation of galvanic and mag netic phenomena is to be sought by means of mathematical deductions. The author believes that the science of theoretical physics, laid down in New ton's "Priucipia," is by no means con fined to physical astronomy, but com prehends the principles of all depart ments of natural philosophy which have relation to physical force. His conclusions on galvanic and magnetic action have been reached in conformity with Newton's rules and principles. The author's main conclusions, relative to the modn operandi of the ph.vsical forces, to which this system of philoso phy seems to point, are : That they are all modes of pressure of the ether ; that the forces concerned in light, beat, molecular attraction and repulsion, and gravity are dynamical results of vibra tion of the ether ; and that electricity and galvanic and magnetio forces are due to its pressure in steady motions. M. Werdrrxax has patented the following process for resharpening old files which have become useless by I . in .1 1. t. rn- loug wear . aiwr wuiuugu 'v with a strong and hot S-oAnYon of caustio soda, the files are put in connection wi;h j positive electrode of a battery ind plunged into a bath composed of forty parts of sulphurio acid and one thousand parts of water. The negative electrode consists of a copper wire spiral surrounding but not touching the files, the end of the wire coming to the surface to be connected with the bat tery. After ten minutes of immersion, the files are withdrawn, washed, dried, and examined ; if the cut is not sufficiently deep, they are replaced in the bath. Somotimes two operations are required, but rarely more. Files thus treated have, it is said, the appearance of new ones, and may be used constantly for sixty hours without losing their cutting power. The battery employed by M. Werderman is twelve Bunsen oells. Tub Chemical Constitttion of thb Brain. M. Oobley has recently com pleted extended investigations on the above subject, from which we adduce the following results : The human cerebral substance contains about 80 per oent. of water. Two albuminoid matters are present, one not differing from albumen and soluble in water ; the other is insoluble, and for this the investigator proposes the name of "cephaline." The fatty substance of the brain is formed principally of cholesteiin, lecithin, and oerebrin, and and also olein and margarin. The organ contains certain salts, some solu ble in water and in alcohol, others soluble in water and not in alcohol During decomposition, i the cerebral pulp furnishes acid products, among which are oleic, margaric, phospho glyceric and phosphoric acids. Scien tific American. The Highest Lake in the United States Status. Dr. Harkueas has dis covered, in Plumas connty, California, a body of water, probably the most elevated in the United States, the barometer registering a height of 7,330 feet above the sea level. The lake is of triangular shape having its longest diameter about one mile and three quarters in length. The water during last August was intensely cold and of a deep blue color. The outlet is into Warner Valley, over a declivity of some 2,000 feet. The California Academy of Sciences has named the lake, after its discoverer, Lake H ark nee s. Vanillins. At a recent meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences, Dr. W. A. Hofmann announced that his two students, MM. Tiemann and Haarman, who had obtained vanillins (the aro matic principle of the vanilla bean) from pine sap, propose to manufacture this substance on a Jarge scale. The sap of a tree of medium height gives van il line to the value of $20, and the wood is not injured by the extraction of the sap. This will be the second vegetable product manufactured by purely chemical methods. Neogsnb. The above name is given by M. Sauvage to a new white alloy composed of copper 67 parts, zinc 27 parte, nickel 12 parts, tin 2 parts, aluminum 0 5 part, and bismuth 05 part. It has a silvery appearance, is sonorous, tenacious, malleable, and ductile, and is recommended for jew elry, as a substitute for silver in plate, and for low coinage. The new elements in the combination are those of the bismuth and aluminum. The alloy is verv homogenous, and is susceptible of a high polish. : It is shown by scientific analysis that guano is not the deposit of sea-birds, but is composed of fossil of sponges and other marine animals and plants. MIIRIC.' Tbs Pssaltt or Caxcarse Colo. We venture to question the necessity of the greater part of the illness that arises from colds. Why should people have oolds at all ? Unlike many other dinfianon; it is well ' understood how they arise ; all the conditions and causes that produce oolds are continu ally pointed out by physicians ; they are easily measured and recognized, and can as easily be guarded against. All that is required is due forethought and caution forethought and caution that extend to the condition of the at mosphere in the house, the kind of heat used for warming the rooms, the prevalence of draughts, the clothing worn at home and abroad, the precau tions against sadden changes of weather, the maintenance of warm and dry feet, the protection of the lungs and other delicate or susceptible parts of the body ; all of which are essentially con trollable things with every one possess ing the ordinary faculties, and endowed, with the average share of good sense. If it were a penal offense to take cold ; if a cough arising from thoughtless ex posure were punished by a week's im prisonment ; if getting sick because of mere incapacity to measure conditions and arrange precautions were always followed by a legal penalty and a loss ofrespectability catching cold would soon be among the "lost arts." There is no use in having judgment if we do not exercise it ; no use of brains if we cannot employ forethought in so simple a thing as this. In nine oolds out of ten the victim has been too stupid to take advantage of former experience, too torpid to understand the nature or necessity of preventive measures, and toe doll to detect the palpable circum stances out of which the cold his come. A child leans not to fall down stairs after two or three experiences of the kind ; not to burn his fingers in the grate after once testing the quality of hot coals and hot iron ; but adults go on getting oolds from causes that repeat former blunders with a perversity that is simply amazing. Applet on s Jour nal. Rook Disinfectants. Spring is here, when the air is charged with gases from decomposed animal and vegetable matter. These will find their way into dwellings indeed they will generate there, unless we have the means to ar rest them, which, happily, we have, bnt whioh, unhappily, we avail ourselves of too little. The greatest scrubbing and care will not prevent the accumulation of some foul, invisible material in the air, however well the rooms may be ventilated. The human body itself is a source of noxious emanations. Some thing in addition to cleansing has to be resorted to disinfectants. Now that their virtue has become known, they are considered indispensable in house keeping. They are most efficient means. There are two species of disinfectants, the one preventing decomposition, the other neutralizing its product. Of the former are copperas (sulphate of iron), permangnate of potassa, and best of all and cheapest, and is always at hand, common salt. This, or any of these, put into spittoons, sewers and other places where decomposition threatens, will arrest the formation of gases. But the air is not affected by these, or to only a slight extent. This it wants the other class, which are volatile, to do. These are chlorine, in the form of chloride of lime, iodine, carbolic acid and others. Carbolic acid will destroy the germs of putrefaction, and is the enemy of infection. Chlorine acts both as an antiseptic and a purifier of the air, the latter by forming chemical changes in the injurious compounds. Its odor is somewhat objectionable, as is that also of carbolic acid ; iodine less so. A little kept anywhere exposed in a room wilT be sufficient. The two classes both need to be used. They are cheap and will purify and keep pure the rooms, made also more pleasant bv ventilation smal1 f, ,Tn to effect lm portanf.wuits. Wet Boots. A friend writes to Eu rope : "What an amount of discomfort wet boots entail, to be sure ; and how well we all recall the fretful efforts we have now and then made to draw on a pair of bard baked ones which were put by the fire over night to dry. Damp and adhesive within, they are without stiff and unyielding as horn. Once on, they are a short of modern stocks, de structive of all comfort and entirely de moralizing to the temper. The follow ing simple device will rob the cold, wet barnyard, of a slushy winter or spring evening, of half its promise of discom fort for the next morning. When the boots are taken off, fill them quite fall with dry oats. This grain has a great fondness for damp, and will rapidly ab sorb the last vestige of it from the wet leather. As it takes up the moisture it swells and fills the boot with a tightly fitting last, keeping the form good and drying the leather without hardening it. In the morning shake out the oats and hang them in a bag near the fire to dry, ready for the next wet night, draw on the boots, and go happily about the day's work. This simple recipe, tender footed reader, will save you much dis comfort, snd will make you a tender hearted reader as yon sit with your feet in your soft foot-gear, looking over your paper as you are waiting for break fast to be prepared. The Herald of Iff alt h in its current number has an article on "Fruit and Food," which, the writer thinks, is far too sparingly used by everybody. He takes some of the principal hotels in New York, and compares in figures the amount of flesh and fruit consumed every week. Thus the amount of ani mal food consumed at the four princi pal hotels, the Fifth Avenue, Grand Central, St. Nicholas and Windsor is put down in round numbers at about 70,000 pounds per week. These are the average weekly figures, and include fish, flesh, fowl, game and oysters. The amount of fruit is given as 900 pounds with 645 gallons of canned fruit. The writer thinks this great disparity in the amount of fruit and flesh eaten is one of the causes of oar universal physical demoralization. A Valuable Cement. The following is a useful cement to fasten objects of wood to others of metal, glass, stone, etc Good cabinet makers' glue is warmed np with water to the con sistency necessary to connect wooden objects ; then add enough sifted ashes to bring it to the thickness of a varnish. The cement should be applied to the surface of the objects to be united when warm, and then they should be pressed together tightly. After cooling and drying, the surfaces are so strongly united as to require great force to separatethem. Grinding stones fastened on wood, and handles to painters' stones for grinding colors, have been used for more than a year without ex hibiting any appearance of fracture. Bcck wheat Cases. One quart of buckwheat flour, one pint of wheat flour, half a teacupful of yeast, salt to taste. Mix the flour, buckwheat, and salt with as much water, moderately warm, as will make into a thin batter. Beat it well, then add the yeast ; when well mixed, set it into a warm place to rise. As soon as they are very light, grease the griddle and bake them to a delicate brown. How to Maju Starch. Either peel your potatoes or wash them very clean, then grate them into cold water. Let them stand over night ; then stir them up and strain them through a coarse cloth ; let the water settle, then pour it off and the starch will be found in the bottom of the basin ; dry it and it will be ready for use. rxosnirs. Tka JtssAlstelklw. StatvMe. .. Imethlainktbi4iTdrk aweaallfaatar son Hf Metm-d to be a nUVman one 1 Uje better soft;. Bat he As4 a muet fr-t- .ua luuk. a aiMjiwom. stare gueb na banter flud ln timers when tbej rutiee tbem front t&ctr late . . We vet again at even, when tbecaMn lamps were 'It; He dsl by as ancient re ..ale In tbe IsdleV r.bia nit. Tnett be w,jre a kun at sa.row sack a teexlul kios at wi As Wiubw and hr children on the painted canvas aauw. And w met acaia at midnifht, as we elided down tbe etreeiu. And all around was eu"T" . aavatbs "acaidngof U Then be bad a look of wOdneaa ef misery and des pair. As he gazed into the watar as tf somelbi g drew him there. I e-vnght a eonversatV.n. and tiafced nhn If he kn. w ' Tbat we were on a diiimiu b-jat and had a des perate crew f I told turn r.al thseturlneera ware carrying tbe ateam too hie. That any nunute we might be meandering tord tac aay. . And tbat tbe pilo'a both were drank. o I nnderatmd. Tbat Ihey niitit ainK n on the rut-fee, "1 aleh to heaven tbfT Would The trancvr cried "bnt ao such luck will e'er be mine. I trow. For death in any a hape would be rlfaenre to me now. Tie aongbt tt at the cannon's month and on the raariufc a. And on the X anli weal era KaQroad; and places aneh aa tat-. Why will it tmt The young and my are called away too soon. While I am left, who many years have craved tt as a boon." I tried to cheer thia gloomy man and drive his thoughts away. From dwe.iins on such dianat things. "Sit down. my f neud. I pry ; Have yon n living wife nor child, no ehrrished kindred dear ? Is there no oue yon love on earth, no ties to keen you here ? "Who ift?that dear la ly who t traveling with yon now Can n n e ear away th gkwm wh en settle on your brow ? Ah,tuere ahe com-s; 111 sak har aid; ssoat trimly you'll r"i"nL" Bat up be jumped, threw off hi bat, and overboard he WtfUL I turned to where the lady stood, and pnke to thia effect : "Xadam. you're his mother-in-law.' She calmly eai'l, "Correct : r.rtUnd (Orrfon) ttrt. Ta-Tabt.b Talks. -Pater(layingJown his paper) Wnat is the greatest bare of the season 1 Tom Why that big gun over in En gland, of course. - Mater Has it anything to do with drills? Tom Can-non telL Pater Now don't ball, Tom : it's a breach of good manners. Tom I shall attend to yonr charge, sir; I think I'm pretty well primed already. Mater There now, stop talking about guns, or I shall wish you both mnzzled. Pater Very well, my dear, we'll talk about fashions. Here's the very latest style of hair-dressing. - TUly Oh I what is it V Pater Crimping pinsandcurl papers. Tom That's going ahead with a vengeance ! Tilly Tom, yonr wit is wasted. Tom Well, I don't make a bustle about the waste, you know, Tilly. Mater Come, come, let your father tell me something about the Spring fashions. Pater Well, here is a full account' Ladies' silk dresses are all sat-in this Spring. Gloves and dresses are worn much longer by economical ladies. Laces are still indispensable for corsets. A neat thing for street suits is a clothes brush. Mantles are still made of mar ble. Traveling costumes have a very jaunt-y appearance. Canes and um brellas are the knobbiest things out. Plaiting ia very much in vogue, espe cially for forks, sooons, && Young ladies are seldom rutHtnl if they have a new beau. What do yon think of that ? Is it satisfactory, my dear ? Mater So much so that you can ad dress yourself to something else. You may pant to in-vest in coat-temporary themes. Tom That will do very welL An in-tea-resting discussion. Suppose we adjourn. A Socvksik. An ellerly gentleman enters the shop of a capillar ftri'' celebrtei.vvaaUK -splendid cameos with human hair. "I wish to have a souvenir from my lamented wife." "Ah t" "Yes ; a small tender-looking hair design, representing a mausoleum with a weeping willow." "All right ; you have some hair from the wife you have lost?" "Not at all. Bat I have married again, and the hair of my second wife is of the same color as that of the first one ! A cm chap visited the Shakers at Lebanon some time since, and as he was wandering through the village, encountered a stout, hearty specimen of the sect, and thus, accosted him: "Well, Broadbrim, are yon mnch of a Shaker ?" "Nay," said the other, "not overmuch, but I can do a little that way." So he seized the astonished man by tbe collar and nearly shook him out of his boots. An Ibisbmak recently stopped at a hotel in I) es Moir.es, where pretty high bills were charged. In the morning the landlord made out the amount of damages and presented it to Pat. After be had glanced over it the latter looked tbe landlord in the face and exclaimed: "Ye put me in mind of a snipe." "Why?" asked the landlord. "Because ye're very nigh all bill." Thk Brooklyn Argus gives the fol lowing description of a woman's way of signing her name in a book : "She de posited her gloves directly on the page where she intended to write her name, then she turned over the leaf, and left her muff on the next page. Not finding a place for signature, she turned a leaf in the other direction, and left her veil as a bookmark." "Now, Tjn, Joseph, parse courting,' said a teacher to a rather slow boy. "Conrtin' is an irregular active transi tive verb, indicative mood, present tense, third person, singular number, and so on," said Joseph. "Well, but what does it sirree with ?" demanded the teacher. "It agrees with all the gals in town 1" triumphantly exclaimed Joseph. A intoxicated man saw two cars passing him the other evening, with red and blue lights in the front and rear. His fuddled brain comprehended col ored lights, and he was heard to say to himself : "Must be pretty sick sickly here; they are running drug stores round on wheels." "I am so lame from tbe railroad crash of last week I can hardly stand," said a limping, hobbling fellow. "Well, then, 1 hope you intend to sue for damages," aaid his friend. "Damages ! No, no ; I have had damages enough by them. If I sue for anything, it will be for repairs 1" A Jeweller labelled some diamonds in his shop window as being "sparkling as the tears of a young widow." A customer looked in and said he thought under these eirenmstsnces the water would not prove enduring. The label is not there now. "How does your brother get on in New York, Parker?" "Very well, in deed, ma'am, thank you. He's only there three months, and he's already betrinninff to srjeak the huurnaire beau tiful." Punch. A Chicaoo paper announces that the trustees of the seminary in that city are "going to put an addition to the building, to accommodate eighty-six students two hundred feet long." A Liadino maxim with almost every politician is always to keep his coun tenance, and never to keep his word." Pat thes gave his testimony iu a riot case : "Be jabers, the first msn I saw coming at me was two brickbats." Hew f Kill sJk Eaeasy. "Children." said kind father to his little family, a he took s seat 7? fireside, and gathered them around hiin for a pleasant talk, "which is the best wsv to kill an enemy f ""Why, shoot him, to be sure, said one. . -No, stab him,'" said a second. . "No, starve him," said a third. "But I think," said their father. I w..n . Hrraa- sit than this. Jen enemy mar be killed without taking from liiru His me, or sueuumit aiuKi7 drop of bis blood. Let me tell you a storr, to allow how. "There was a farmer once, who was a very cross, surly, disagreeable man. Everybody in the neiifhlorhood knew i.:. .n.i svanhnrfv ilinlikerl him. He II1UI, BUU , w-j " was sure to wake the most of whatever went wrong about mm, ana me poor offender always met with severe punish ment. There was not a nor wait ura neighborhood who didn t teel uncom fortable as he passed his gate ; and the .1 . .!... V..i pL .ul r hia arMaiafa. or poor UUK luau ' r the neiir hbor'a rooster that crowed on his wall, was speeuiry visiteu cnuor with tlie lash of hi whip or the shot from his gun. The very cat knew bis footsteps, and slunk away from him m terror. He was a complete pest, as much so to himself as to those about him. Every day brought him some fi-esh trouble, and found him in con tinued 'hot water; indeed, his life was made up of broil. . "After a time good farmer Green came to live near him, and was soon told the character of his not over pleas ant neighbor. . "Well.' says he, 'if he 'shows ofT on nie, I'll very soon kill him !' "This remark of Farmer Green s soon got atloat, and all sorts of things were said alxut it. He seemed the very last man to 'kill' any one, for his looks, and words, and actions, all told of a loving i -l,,..K l,r.HlM.l in hia hraAom- and directed hts life. Nobody could think for a moment of his becoming a mur derer. Mr. Green' intention at length came to the- ears of the ill-natured farmer, and you may be sure he was not at all pleased about it. Everything he could do to tease, annoy, and even injure Mr. Green, was done; but. seiie how, tbe man who was to 'kill' this uglv-tempered fanner took it all in gotid part, and stroke as calmly and looked as kindly as ever. "One day Mrs. Green sent to the wife of onr surly friend a basket of nice plums, but her h"land would not let her have them. He told the person who brought them, very gruttly, that "it was only tlone to get some of his pears in return, and he wasn't going to give any of them away.' "At another time Mr. Green steam of oxen stiu-k fast in a bog, and when he asked his neighbor for a little belp. be told him in a rough way, that 'he had enough to do toniind Ins own business and refused to help him. "Never mind," said Green to one standing by. "111 kill him very soon ; see if 1 don't." "Soon after this the team of the ill natured man was in the same plight that his neighlwr"e had been in. Mr. Green saw it. He ran for his oxen and chains, and set oil to the bog. He Kuoke kindly, offered his help, and began to render. But what did he re reive in reply f Why. a tierce look and an angry word 'I don't want your help! Take your oxen away." "No,' said the other, 'I must help yon, for the night is coming on. and what is bad enough by day is ten times worse in the dark.' Away pulled the oxen and the men, and soon all was set right again. "A strange feeling did that rough, cross niau carry home with him that evening ; something which he had never felt before. And a strange look did hi wife give him as he said, 'Peg, Farmer Green has killed me! He said he would, ami he hits done it.' "Yes the enemy was killed, without the loss of a single life, or one drop of blood. He went in the morning to ron r.. ... i.:. ... i.; -;. h. txr. and to ask his forgiveness and the , .i i very man who uuu . jwru tor nothing but wickedness became the lru-.r.i'of all. A bronze fork having been excavated in Borne, the Bomans are freed from the terrible imputation of having eaten with their fingers. Treating tbe Wrtai Diseaae. Many times Women call upon their family physicians one with dyspepsia, anotlia r with palpitation, another with trouble of the breast, another with pain here and there, and in this way they all present alike to themselves and their easy-going and indifferent doctors, separate and distinct diseases, for which he prescribes bis pills and potions, as suming them to be such, when, in real ity, they are all symptoms caused by some uterine disorder ; and while they are thus only able perhaps to palliate for a time, they are ignorant of tbe cause, and encourage their practice until large bills are made, when the suffering patients are no better in the end, but probably worse for the delay, treatment, and other complications made, and which a proper medicine di rected to the cause would have entirely removed, thereby instituting health and comfort instead of prolonged misery. From Miss Lokinda E. St. Clair, Shade, Athens Co., O.. "Dr. li. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. T. Tour Favorite Prescription is working almost like a miracle on me. I am bet ter already than I have been for over two years" From Ella A. Shafeb, Zanesville, Ind., "Dr. Pierce I received tho medicine you sent me and began using it imme diately. As a result of the treatment 1 feel. better than I have for three years' From Mrs Jou K. Hamili., O.lell, III, "Dr. Pierce The Favorite Prescrip tion has done me good, which I aiu very thankfnl for." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is sold by dealers in medicines . 11 E. r. Kaaker Bitter Wla at Iraa has never bsen knows ts fail la ths cars of weakness attended with symptoms ; indis position to exertion ; loss of memory ; diffi culty of breathing ; general weakness; hor ror of disease ; weik, nervous trembling; dreadful horror of deata ; sight sweats ; cold feet ; weakness ; dimness of vision ; languor ; universal lassitude of ths muscu lar system ; enormous appetite, with dys peptic symptoms; hot hands; flushing of the body; dryness of tho skin ; pallid eoun tenance and eruptions oa tho face.purifjing the blood ; pain ia tbe back ; heaviness of the eyelids; frequent black spots flying be fors the eyes with temporary suffusion and loss of sight; want of attention, etc. Thes symptoms all arise from a weakness and to remedy that, ass E. F. Koala's Bitter Win of Iron. It never fails Thousand are now enjoying health who have used it. Take only E. t. Kdxiil's Beware of counterfeit and baa imita tions. As Kunkel's Bitter Win of Iron is so well known all over th country, drug gist themselves make aa imitation and try to palm H off oa their customers whea they call it Kunkel's Bitter Win of Iron. Kunkel's Bitter Win of Iron is put ap only ia $1 bottles and ha a yellow wrap per nicely put on the ontsids with th pro prietor's photograph oa th wrapper of each boitls Always look for th photograph oa th outside, and you will always be sur to get the genuine article. Sold by all Druggists sad dealers every where. Tariwoaa Bnovsn Alto. Bead sad all eomplets ia two hoar. No fe till head passes Seat, Pia and Stamaeh Worms re moved by Dr. KrsKiL, 259 Soars Niirra St i sr. Advic fres Corns see ever 1,000 specimens sad be sonvinced. Us lever fails raraitare aaI Beddlag. Tha l.pmal mTCnnA-t V u.i .1.0. 1 iuuh IUI 1UC IMIUHrf ID this branch, in Philadelphia, is conduc ted, bv Messrs. ClHlPIU Halt A- I V, whose lartre establishment is located at a.uMu auu a uifiujas Bireeuf. k rankioru. This firm have now arranged for the W holesale anu neiau irau in midl and elegant stores at No. ll'J and 121 V? .a. .1 .riM.t It i not to tan .UI I U IJCWIH D " - " ----- questioned that a firm, which has snob innre capital1 iuricu, uu "'-' i: s.A .. wuaN Anil fUk verT Well known for ita enterprise, ia better en abled to (five Mtwiaenon 10 n cu Klij rlutn most anv kuuitris . i other firm in this line of business r nr- niture exhibited at tne stores oi tin. firm leave no doubt of the solidity of rll ma of ita ele- ItS) 1S11U I av " - - - - trance. The verv large amount of sales enaole tnis nrm u sen n. man ..,- i.. nv nf ffs romnetitoTS. ee adverUAcraent in another column. T. v. dw av-DVlt fllllv bv ANA- KES1S, the" greatest discovery of tiie age, and the sole, infallible remedy for the worst cases of Bilks Thousands f ft..r trvinir in Villi) all manner of lotions ointments and inter nal remedies. Have oeen uistaiiiiv re lieved and permanently cured by AN A KESIS. It is the happy discovery of Dr. Silsbee, a regular scientific physi cian, and Doctors of all schools endorse and recommend it. I'rice $ 1. Sent free by mail on receipt ot price, naaesn Depot, 46 Walker St, New ork. 1 o o o -at 3P.0 54 a- X S O U r- M as' 2cH PI Z ft O 5 rt pi It -A mm 2g q - S3 z w fc 3 8 O O a r i Q TiN WIHE RINCS. Will mM Kvt r bmwL tWm l '. trt" .; rorvrea rvi: K. ftOo.. Tonm. i..-': mail. po:ptH. 'irrriiJr:t frfp. ocl2f-3t w JiQ ir St l saoji Jk Co., ftVi l.autt1, St. LOOK ! 73.CC0 roclittle Sa-ptcrry Plants! $G per l.OOO. Address, C. HOrSINS, TtllLvoaa. Ikuviii SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! an aTvtee, Stiver Mount,! and Walcnt. new n4 eeond-haud. bvnreiy t'ockenl lur abipi.iufr. OUOSIjLltS 1UUU, SHkt.Vl.NU. STUlUt til Truss c. HOCSS AHD omCK KUKNITPRE all Mixta Th aargaa W aa. I.. - I-, r.. All 4 miosJ-baad la tba Uitv. IKW 1H & 1IH(K Z-llv ltrtt. urn. i2a s n knu.( aft-ran. H. riASSOS JACOB r. MILLER. PEARSON & MILLER, Fruit and Produce connissioN merchants rs'o. 1JJ Vino -itroc;t, PHILADELPlilA. THE CURES RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA. Thfa grmt ranwly, nntH rcmtly. war nnknoww to thm Antenctmn persl, aol in pfioc U m nrm pruiut Mdl plssc bvftr th public, w tfc B4 cbtim, m iio mny tbrs H-cmJUl rOHwlt, that il will rur Tr dttiNM to b:ck humanity is ulrct, but wa du claim, and ! tl et1t-fcv to fxv. thU it will -r.LUKLf CVU RHBVHATUM & NaL'V4L'l, till.y arBMiioatlM tbf nvm the ayatem. Sotd by iHrxfxnt u-vnermlljr. PriadpsJ Depot. 36 If. KLKVKMM ST., PHiXAin..i..A THE GREAT RUSSIAN SPECIFIC CO. l-m-ly ziu: uiiuui.i 00,000 i)0'xi;T : From 9250 per Dozen, and I p wards, ! all StylM, 91m and Qaaliti. Throw mar imimie and carlv nnrrhw lat FH. w ntm sMiabkd to a-., at prim r.iNMhKKABLY BK LOW tboa .f any of OI R CoMPr TIT'KS. Alao ao fitir oew atoi tt of WiH an.l WILLoVT WARS, mrb aa PaiN. TnKa, B-kft., Mnta, Twin, Coria. Wicka, Mct tt h-r with a full litre of Al. BrifY Wood and CUy Pip, Fnry Y.uik iW tiona. Ac. nrr 1rm $ li to p-r mill. J.4. J. BKlXfcB k 0 253 Hauhiorion ?U X. T. P. 8. Wa aell our pcfMMla at prtrm th.tt liortot rjtiii any drmmjainic no tha roal. rder hr mail will ra caiva proamiat attention-. atatliti?d 1&L 3-Jw-lf FREDERICK SPIECKER, SLfiai WHOLESALE BIALZE IS Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, OF TOE BEST ER.VSD3. NO. 132 TWXSEn AVZ1T2, PHILADELPHIA. Only Agent far U. S. Solid Top Cifar Mould. Cigar 8tors can b lupplisd. lm JOB PSINTIHC list 1 .- tutu on id at this omcrn.
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