THE TI1KF.K A I.I.IRS. Morn calleth to a lair boy striving 'HiJ golden meadows rich witb clow-r Jow ; Sbe calls, bnt be b'JII tiiiuVs of nznybt nave playing And to she nnuif-n, antl nm bio an adieu. While be, still Lnc t o"er bin flowery store, irima nut that morn, awec-t morn, rotiirus no more. - - Iwoon eomrtli, bat tin 1-oy toroaaliood (rowing, Hera's mt the time; he but out- fair form ne sweet young fa-e, from bowers of jasnune Anj ail bis biifcnful heart villi lore in hiu So noon, unnoticed, wtka the western ehre. And man forg te thut noon rcturna no more. NijJ't tanjth lightly at a caneneut window, gleaming With the thin fireLfc-ht, (litkerin? faint and low, I'.y hi" h a gray haired man in sadly dreaming, O'er plea urjn gone, an all life's pleasure go, Night bid" him come to her, be 1 av hie door. Kilfiit and luiie, and he returns no more. Iteiuinlseenee-a; ot I.iuroln. Tt was properly a ball, (riven in the winter of IR'il, wheuOer.eral McClellan then the idol of the evliole country called the vonnz Napoleon and wor- shipped, looked up to, believed in, and honed for. was in command at Wash ington of the army of the north the army of the 1'otomac On his brilliant stall were the two yonng French princes Omut do Taris and tue Puke de Cbar tres. "Wishing my nephews to add to their education the linishiug touch without which the training of a French gentleman is incomplete the power of drawing their sword in a pood cause." said tha I'rince de Joinville, "I have put them on the sUf of General Mc CMIan." There were Cve tlionfanJ people in vited to this grand ball, nd ytt many were disappointed. All the upper grades of the army and navy were in vited the diplomatic corps, the two houses of Conre; . n1 of course the cabinet and K.ipreme co:irt. Among the guests of nu'iflical distinction was X. 1'. Willis, still besritg that "hya cinthine front" of curling hair, which ias-ted Lim to the end, although then a man of more than Ufty years. The two princes were of eonrve m t conspicu ous and honored. The Count de Talis was tall, slender, and very handsome, with niiiiiners of great sweetness and 1 jan sonnets none of which he had hap cordiality. The Lnke do Chartres was pened to see before those which were taller, thinner, less handsome than this written by Dante and those which were . .. , . i . . . . . , 3- oriiner, Ulli wuu me same ueuumui j tom (ije pen OI some menu or preue mar.uers. Doth spoke Eng'ihh per- oespor of his. There are plays and fectly, and enjoyed the ball like young luen. There were many of those bril- liant and distinguished men who after- ward fell on the various Co-Ids of the next three dreadful years. . There were those who were detained to do their dntv. and yet be mihtaken and do- . frauded of their just inheritance of Rlory. It is the fortnne of war, per- haps, but so much worse than death. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln did the honors of this occasion with gnat- dignity. He was very tall and she was very short T . .... " - ---j lade a ctriking tableau as st the door of the East ana they ma 10 thev stood at t liooni. There they stood, patiently, for many hours, as the nation defiled Ix fnre them, At tlie supper honr some unlucky steward had looked the door, and had lost the key, so that there was a hungry crowd pressing onwp.rd against an un yielding obstacle. Then the irrcpres- sible humor of the American iieople uroKe lonu inm Kriui iiuinur lilu curried them through the subsequent misery. "I nm in favor of a forward movement," one would shout. "An a hniice to the front is only retarded by the iml-ecility of commanders," said, another, quoting a speech just made in Congress. Tu all this General MoCIellan, himself modestly strug gling with the crowd, laughed as hear tily as anybody, l'in.illy the key was found, the door opened, and the crowd fed. It was like tlio ball given by the liiohessof Kichmoud the night be Waterloo. Teople parted there never to meet again. Many a poor fellow took his leave thut night of festivity f.irever. The partincs wore tender and sad, and as the bull broke up, the baud j played "The girl I left behind me." i Ajijth ton's Jvurnul tlirlins. It is remarkable but nevertheless Irno thnf nn a niTe tfii-tn both male 1 1 i .1,. ... .,:..-!.- Tl.o I nun 11-uiuiu ui'b ujaJij niLnij, uv chances are that a girl who becomes engaged at eighteen, and goes on be coming engaged and disengaged, as is the custom for flirts U do, ultimately settles down into a coniirmed old maid. If she docs wed, as a general rale, she develops into a virulent wasp, and makes her husband miserable, and brings up her children badly. Jt is not very diilicn'.t to find reasons why flirts do not marry. Sensible men admire in a woman some thing leside a pretty face and engaging manners. They love intellect, common pense and heart qualifications, which the flirt docs not possess. The true woman al lows her affections full play, and is not ashamed of them. She will not lead a man to believe she cares for him when she does no such thing; sbe will not flirt with him just for the sake of flirt ing. She has a truer conception of what is right, and possesses a great deal more common sense. She has derived her edncation from somethir.g else than three volume novels snd the societv of the emptypated. She can be thoroughly merry ; but she knows how to bo merry withonl being idiotic She msy attract loss attention in a drawing room than a flirt does, because she is less noisy and obtrusive ; but, for all that, she will be married sooner, and make her husband a In tter und truer wife. A true woman does not care for the spooney young man. She dislikes his foppishness, the vivid compliments he pays her, and his effeminacy. lie quickly finds this out and leaves her in peace. Kojal Mimplirif f. A writer says, in describing the garden parties giveu by ueen Victoria: "When you are conducted to the garden by one of the scarlet flunkies of majesty said flunky is about the only visible hint there is of its being a royal party. You see pretty tents and canvas pavil ions disposed here and there under the oaks, on the velvety lawn, or by the side of the pretty miniature lake. If this is in the Buckingham I'alaee iarden, which is in the very centre of fashionable West End London, the mo ment you have passed lehtnd the high wall which shuts it out from St. James's I'ark on one side aDd Orosvenor 1'laee on the other, yon would never guess that you wore in the midst of tho city. The surroundings are exqnisitely and most illusorily rural. Yon see a number of gentleman and ladies, ele gantly dressed, standing about in ifroups, or partaking of the by no means sumptuous fare which is being served without ceremony in the tents. The scene is cheerful, elegant, Ixin ton, easy and unrestrained. Yon catch a glimpse of the ,ueen dressed in black, with here and there a relief in rich, white lace, but with no suspicion of tinsel or gandiness about iier a plain lady, of substantial proportions, in the prime of life, the center of a respectful but by no means awed or abashed circle, re ceiving those whom she recognizes with a slight smile and a pleasant word and the presentation of those whom she docs not know with a slight bow. There are faces here familiar to you in the win Jot s of the print-shops noblc- men, statesmen, ambassadors, leaders of society and court fashion bnt there is little or no pretension of manner or carriage.". 4 , . Kagliah tTittrlwm or Aaifrieas a'aetry. It is not strange that American writers should occasionally manifest impatience at the tone of English criti cism of American books. The Eng libh critics, or certain ones among them seem to find it impossible to be inter ested in anything American that is not "peculiar." The same tendency is shown in many of their best journals. An American reads the columns of "items" from America with curiosity and astonishment. Can it be that all these preposterous things hare hap pened under his very window, and he has never heard a word about them ? These absurdities are put forth, not as abrormal csF.es, but as the news from America. The fact is, that the true islander is not interested in anything outside, unless it is something that may directly affect hia own person and property. "I spppone it is really diffi cult," "said a cockney writer to a New York editor, of whom he was seeking employment "really difficult for yon to imagine how little we care about things in America you know !" 1 1 . .it. Ik. T' t " o. irm lU'l mil lb 19 KltU ll.V l'l.,."U VI. I They vary upon transatlantic imitation of English models just as if, because we hannen to live in Xew York instead of Manchester, we were to be cut off from the literature into which we were born. Must an American poet, who is as ignorant of Indians, prairies, canons geysers, and the rest, as if be had been brought up within the shadow, of St. 1'anl's must he be condemned because he cannot express himself in Choctaw, or make his verse savor of the Yellow stone ? Such criticism is the offspring of a doubleignorance an ignorance, namely of American civilization, and of the principles of poetry, to say nothing of the further ignorance of American lit erature. So far as imitation goes, we claim the right to our own language, to its literature. We claim the right, further, to imitate in lust the same sense that Homer, and Dante and Shakespeare, and Byron, and Keats, and Tennvson. and Swinburne, imita ted. We "do not find that even an Eng lish critic calls Solomon to account for imitating David. It might puzzle the same critic to select from a dozen ital- j pK.mg bound up with Shakespeare's works, concerning whose authorship m.nT learned liritish critics are ex- ceedingly pnzzled to-Jay, and will be, ,l0nht. to the end of time. Xow have we brought our own swift condemnation upon ns ! We see the , gerene smile that plays over the features i 0f onr critical cousin at mention of I these luminous names. Butif any poet f America desires to be tried by standard diflerent from the standard ! DT which the greatest are judged, then or WHICH lllc (renwrfc uojuucu, " I juJeed, ne deserves no miercy at the jianaSof "The Athena-urn." Theques- tion as to any f -ieoe f poetio work is simply this : Dal ueauiy nas 11 ; w hat sincerity ; what worth of thought? These are things tue worm is sure, sooner or later, to find out. If we were writing a letter to a yomg person in America who gave promise of ; jtical accomplishment, we might say j BOmetbing like this : 1 o not be (rreatly i tronh eil liv tins OUeoear Ol lmiianon. Nevertheless, if vou find yourself in clined to imitate any particular author, light against that tendency without re morse. Ferhaps, instead of fleeing his books, a better war is to "have it out with him." If Tennyson, for instance. is your bale uuir, read him through and through till whatever he baa of mere maunerinm, whatever of affection, cloys nKn vou. Y'on will instinctively avoid bis faults, and will have learned, as yon should learn, and as you have the right to learn, something of hia exquisite art. Aliove all. "look in your heart and w rite." If what yon have written in all earnestness and sincerity takes no hold upon those of yonr fellows, to . n.iinm TnlI natnriJlv turn for an andi- ence!if they, as the jtars go on, and Vourt,kill and' purpose, and individu- alitv have freer play and development. if thev still pronounce your best work nothing but echo and imitation then yon had better give it np. But re member that the tendency to imitate is a part of that sensitiveuess to impres sion which belongs to the poetic organ ization. In a sense, all ptetry is imita tion. The most original and individ ual of noets often besrius with imitation, and the greatest put the whole world of life and literature nmler contnDution. If yon have stuff in you, you will find the talk about imitation growing less and less, and by and by you may have the fact of vour own strong originality well proved by the crowd of mere mocking-birds who are trying to sing your songs. Look in your heart and write and all the better for you, for your art, and for vonr rood name, if you find there the land of your birth : Sb- Hint lifts ill. the nianlioMl nf the w. Sh.-il Um-fti t---ltl anl ) 11 ilixir. Wi.h rwni nU'Ut liertit-nztu fur all mankind! Scribncr's Monthly. A Modoc at C'harrb. One tolerably pood thins is report ed 011 that small section of the Modoc tiilx- now on a tour throughout the country at the expense and for the profit of two or three white men. ne of thi-sc Indians recent iy taujrht several small bovs how to conduct themselves in eliurt h. The Indians it seems, took Ix xiiikUhi. Kv.. in their lour, and clnitircd to he here on a Sun day, when several of them atteuded the liantist church to observe the white man's way of propitiating the Great Spirit and smoothing the path to the happy iiutitine-irrouiHls. As a matter ot course, whore the In dians were there were the small boys also, and a company of the boys mail- aireii to secure seats directly in trout of the noble red men. where curiosity could lc satisfied. When the sermon liepan the Ixiys turned round and stared at the Indians uninterruptedly. never tlatriring a bit in the gaze of open-mouthed wonder. The Indian, as a rule, is stoical; but he was not stoical enough to endure the gimlet look of those boys, which became final ly uneiidiirabler tine of the Modocs, forced to action, leaned farward and seized a lioy's head as tlioupli he wan ted a scalp, but be didn't make any at tempt to secure that trophy, lie sim ply twisted the boy's head around until it looked in the direction of the minis ter, and at the same moment a signifi cant posture to the other boys caused them to look the same way. Never did hoys pay ln-tter attention to a sermon than did those of lexing ton dtiiinj; the remainder of the exor cises, and the Modoc demonstrated that he had in him bijj material for a Sunday-school suiK-riutcudcut. SI age or the I'ari Opera House. The stage is the largest in existence. Communication with the rear of the building can be cut off in case of fire by an iron curtain and iron doors, and a curtain of iron net-work can also be lowered to keep the flames from the auditorium. The "flies" are twenty metres above the floor. Nearly all the scenic machinery is made of iron, but no changes of importance have been ef fected in the "working" of the stage, although some innovations on time honored methods are to be attempted hereafter. A large organ, and a caril lon of ten bells, the heaviest of which weighs six hundred and fifty kilogram mes, are on the stage. Scritiiter or May. AGKIITMTBAL. 1 .-" t ' ' 'Concerning lii Ear Marin of flutter S Tl 1: T 1 -1. 1. - l-lW 1 110 11m. jouu -uat me, noted butter dairymen, of Chenango county, X. Y.. said, at the late conven tion of the Xew Y ork State Dairymen's Association, that he had found the color on the inside of the ear to be one infal lible guide in the selection of good butter cow. If the skin on the inside I the ear is ot a rich yellow color, the cow was sure tu jrive a good quality of milk ; that is, milk rich in batter. He said in all his experience he had never Known tnis nm to tan. NT. J. vt . North, in the Maine Farmer, gives some further information con corn imz the sub ject. He observes that cows producing very burn colored butter have a large amount of the ear secretion, in many iustances the whole internal surface bcintr covered with a thick, orange colored, oily matter; on the other hand the light colored butter makers pre setit a seanty, thin, and pale yellow se cretion, in some cases found only at the bottom of the ear. His theory is that every animal has the power of se creting a certain amount of this yellow pigment. If the quantity be sufficiently large, secretion will take place freely in the mammary glands, the ear and skin. If, however, the production be limited, the tendency may be wholly toward the luilk glauds aud ear, caus ing the animal to exhibit a pink hide. or the skin may be almost the sole ave nue of escape from the Inxly, the butter in consequence being light-colored ; or - thc-re may be so little coloring matter evolved as to furnish none to the skin, and a very scanty supply to the ear and milk. In selecting Jersey cows, in order to judge in regard to the color of their butter he recommends that the car be inspected. Dr. Sun tevant in his recent address before the Con necticut State Board of Agriculture, al luded to this color of the ear in select ing cows, but he thought some caution should be observed in clearing away the secretion that may have accumula ted on the skin, so that the true color of the skin on the inside of the ear may be seen. Otherwise the accumulated secretion, if taken for the true color of the skin inside the ear might deceive as it might le darker, or exhibit a deeper color than the true skin, lie regarded the color of the ear as a good guide in respect to the color of the butter which the cow would yield. Ceiled Stable. The usual method of ventitating stables beneath barns, is by allowing the foul air ' to es cape through the hay and grain stored above the animals. This is ol jectionable for obvious reasons. Snch stables, with poles or rails for the floor above, are dingy, dark, and generally festooued with cobwebs. Besides their disagreeable appearance, they allow the dust, chaff, and hay-seed, to fall upon the backs of the cattle, and these are thus always kept unclean. Dark stables aud coats matted with dust are not healthful for cattle, to say nothing of the deteriorated condition of the feed store above them, wich is exposed to all the foul air that rises from be neath. We greatly prefer to have the floor above laid w ith matched boards, which will prevent any dust falling through, and to have the lieams and under side of the floor whitewashed. Ventilation mar be provided by spouts through which liny or straw could be thrown down below, and which should terminate in grated openings lioneath the eaves. American AarieutlnrM. I'reiMring Chhlen FeeA. Poultry dough should not be made too thin. Many young chickens die by being forced to take too niiiih water with their fool, whereas, if fed propely they might live. (Jiving meal too wet 'will not prove fatal in the case of fowls, but they thrive liettor if the food is mixed stiri" enough to crumble. The food is moistened while in the crop by si-cre-tions from glands. It next passes, a little at a time, into a pouch formed by the expansiou of a part of the passage iH'twecn the crop and gizrard. Here other digestive juices are secreted, also in the gizzard, and still further on. Now, if the food contains too nint h water before it is fed, these digestive juices are diluted and unpaired. All healthy annuals regulate their tinrst by the needs of the system : therefore if they are always kept well supplied with water, separate from the food, they will drink only what is necessary and in mixing food it is best to In- ou the safe side ) , , , There i donbt of the benefit from feeding crude carlxmaceous matter to swine when they are kojit inclose pens. The avidity with which hogs cat rotteu wood is well known, t'hareotil is but another form of cailion. Bituminous coal is still another form. The utility of iecding wood and coal lias long been recognized. Some years since we sub stituted the ordinary. Western stone coal with the best results, where 2'W to Viu hogs were kept in close pens and kept on the refuse of city hotels. Some thing of this kind seems as necessary to them as salt to strictly herbivorous animals. e have known them to con sume a pound in the course of a day. and again they would not seek the coal tor some time. Just what particular use the coal is in the animal economy is not easy to answer. Swine are espe cially liable to scrofulous and inflamma tory diseases. Carbon, in the shape of coal, is an antiseptic, and the proba bility is that it acts m tins way in pun- tying tne bloou. Iiran for Horse. The Journal of the Farm says : Bran when fed to animals is laxative, and on this account should not be fed to horses in any Quantity when hard work is at all required of 01 tnem, because weakness is caused by this relaxation of the bowels and great iniurv inflicted. The theory that introduces bran into the horses' stables is as pernicious in its effects as the in discriminate use of bran itself at the whim of the stableman, and the theory is, that horses sick or well, should ly fed upon bran mashes. A little bran with other and more substantial arti cles of food may. however, be occasion ally given with advantage, but always taking care not to feed it in quantities to give rise to looseness of bowels, nor be counted to the poor horse as so much other solid food, for in doing so you not only deceive yourself, but cheat your horse. A Kollina ITortc. If practicable, pro vide a loose stall, that is, an inclosed roomy stall not less than 12 feet square for a horse that has a habit of rolling. and use no halter, but leave him unfas tened, l'ossibly the rolling is caused by the irritation of the skin, in which case give an onnce of sulphur in the feed daily, for a week, and teed braa in place of part of the com. At the same time good currying and brushing would be a help. If a box stall is not convenient, as it frequently is not, tie the horse with a strong halter so short that he can barely lie down comforta bly. , . - : . . Did it ever oocur to any of our readers that it takes more feed to make a pound of beef than a pound of butter? A good cow in milk, well eared for, will make 2( fl pounds of butter in a season, worth from $60 to 70 ; but a dry eow, with the same feed will not gain as much in weight in the same time, nor will she be worth as tnncb as the butter from the dairy cow, and the milch eow is left. Cral ' Ahe ' Commended. Having thoroughly tested coal ashes I can as sure those interested that if applied while the leaf is wet with dew or rain) or if necessary sprinkled with water.,) it win prevent the ravages of the enr-rant-worm ; and also do exceedingly good service in case the yellow antl lack 11 y trouble the vines: viz: melons, cucumbers, squash, tomato, and potato. Wheat and A fxtrtina Mure. A writer in the l'rairie Farmer cites a good number of cases where mares in foal have aborted. These had been fed with wheat steeped or soaked, varying in quantity fmm less than a gallon to a gallon. SCLUT1FIC Honinf) a Pa:or. The first requisite is to have a well-shaped, well-tempered and well (water) ground razor; unless very truly ground, it will be impossible to hone it properly. ' 'fate an Italian hone, of not too fine grit face it per fectly with fine emery piiier glued on a hoard ; dust it off', and drop 0 or W drops of sperm oil on its face. Hold the razor perfectly flat on the stone, draw firmly bnt lightly from heel to point (from the further right hand corner to the lower left hand corner), against the edge; if a wire edge be produced, run the edge lightly across the thumb nail, and a few strokes on the hone will remove all trouble on that score. If you will examine the edge of the razor now, by aid of a magnifier, you will rind that the tine grooves or teeth Incline towards the heel. I would here say that the hone must be kept perfectly clean, as. after nsing a few times antl then neglecting it, the pores will get tilled with steel, and m that case it will not be possible to get a keen edge ou the razor. I have had a hone in use for forty years, for my own anil friends' razors. I have kept it perfectly trne, antl yet there has been 110 percept 1 ble wear. I make my own straps as follows : I select a piece of satin, maple, or rose wood, 13 inches long, 1 inches wide, and i inch thick ; 1 allow :'i inches for length of handle. Half an inch from where the handle liegins, I notch out the thickness of the leather so as to make it flush to wants the end. I taper so the thickness of the leather; this precaution prevents the case from tear ing up the leather in putt;-.g the strap in. I then round the wood very slightly, just enough (say 1-13 of an inch) to keep from cutting by the razor in strapping aud turning over the same. 1 now select a proper sued piece ot line French bookbinder's calfskin, cover with good wheat or rye paste, then lay the edge in the notch, and secure it in place with a small vise, proceed to rub it down nrnny anu as soiki as possiute with a tooth brush handle (always at hand or should be), and, after the whole is thoroughly dry, trim it neatly anil make the case. I'se cold water for lather, as it softens the beard and hardens t e cuticle ; hot water softens both and makes the face tender. Always dip the razor in hot water tK'fore using, and also after use, as it will dry it aud prevent rusting." A t'i)7cand usually successful mode of extracting a needle or any piece of steel or iron broken off in the flesh is accomplished by the application of a simple pocket magnet. An acquaint ance of ours hail a little daughter who recently broke a needle off in her hand. A surgeon was called, who made sev eral efforts to find the needle by prob ing anil incision, but without success. After the surgeon hail left, the mother couceived the idea of trying a magnet ; one was procured, and after one or two applications ot it the broken fragment of needle was discovered attached to the magnet. This idea will be of es pecial utility to workers iii iron. Ma chine shop surgery is not the most delicate or least paiutul, though men heroically undergo it rather than stand the loss of time due to an inflamed eye or festered finger. Iron tilings have a way of imbedding themselves 111 the eye, which defies almost every ordinary means tor their extraction, tor tln-ir removal, a small, blunt, pointed bar of steel, well magnetized, will be found excellent, and we should recomineud that workmen liable to such injuries keep such an instrument almut them. It would Ik- a good plan to insert such a bar in a penknife, iu a manner similar to a blade. Teeth in the liffcrent Knee of Men. The conformation of the teeth in the inferior varieties of man present some curious approximations to the dental structure ot the aie. In the latter, the premolars, or bicuspids, are implanted by three fangs ; in the C aucasian race of man they generally have, seemingly, only one fang, which, however, con sists of two mora or loss completely united: but in negroes these teeth have two distinct fangs. "It is only in the black varieties,"' says Prof. Owen, 'and more particularly that rare inhabiting Australia, that 1 have found the wisdom tooth with three fangs as a general rule : anil the outer ones are more or less confluent." In most of the black varieties of man. especially the Aus traliaiis. the true molars attain larger dimensions than in the yellow or w hite races, anil as well as iu the apes, are supported by two distinct fangs; whereas, in the w hite and yellow races ol the human subject, these fangs are not infrequently united in the second molar, and are usually found to be so 111 the third. A Heanlifnl Istir. It is.i eeueri.! law of nature that by heat bodies expand. and in cooling they contract. To this one exevin exists water, in contra distinction -u-oui all other substances. expands or grows lighter as it cools to a certain point, nence we orre-n wmkc up in the morning and find our earthen pitchers broken after a night's freeze, aud great rockcand blin ks of iron have been split by the same power. Nature never does anvthing for mere pastime, her freaks are not freaks, her very act is founded on a good purpose, benefi cence enters into the spirit of all her operations. In this case-, the well being of myriads of living creatures was kept in view, for if this law did not exist on our lakes and rivers when the water grows colli it would sink, and the ice forming from the bottom would fill them, thus destroying the life existing in them. On the other hand, the water as it 000 is rises, and the ice forms on the surface, leaving a snug, warm home tor the creatures that luhabit the sub marine world. Awr Imitation Silref Ornament. In several stores in Munich various ob jeots of art have lately been displayed, which are remarkable fortheir brilliant silver hue. It appears that they are mere plaster models coveretl with a thin coat of mica powder, which per fectly replaces the ordinary metallic substances. The mica plates are first cleaned and bleached by tire, lioiled in hydrochloric acid, and washed and dried. The material is then finely powdered, sifted, and mingled with collodion, which serves as a vehicle for applying the componnd with a paint luusli. The objects thus prepared can be washed in water, aud are not liable to lie injured by sulphuretted gases or dust, the collodion adheres perfectly to glass, porcelain, wood, metal, or naoirr wc(. -1 he mica can be easily tinted in (liferent colors, thus adding to the beauty of the ornamentation. , A French surgeon has devised a compound slaughtering instrument by which cattle are more surely anil quickly killed than by the usual axe. It consists of a sort of punch with a han dle, and having an annular sharp edge at the extremity, something- like the edge of a tool tor cutting gun wads. 1 his is held in the proper spot upon the beast's skull, and by a blow with a mallet is driven into the brain, cutting a round hole into it and causing instant insensibility. The disappearance of organic matter from running water where exposed to the air is well known. It has also lately lice a shown that water running through closed iron pipes nndergoes a similar process of purification, a re markable difference being observed in the same water before aaii after it pasaeg through the mains. FMIilian of Knluhuric Arid. Ac cording to M. Bobierre, sulphuric acid may he caused to undergo regular ebul lition by the addition of thin plates of platinum in the proportion of 1'grains of metal to :ti quarts of acid. The whole is to be treated in a vessel of .Vi quarts capacity. 1'u nuiiten'ma the knife or borer with a moderately strong solution of caustic soda and potash, instead of water or alcohol, it is said tbatindia rubber may be cnt with as much ease as ordinary cork-wood. BOXESTIC. Mnxic at Home. Do all yon can to cultivate musical taste in your children ; let them hear as much music as possi ble. Invite some one who can play and sing bright and easy music, aud let the children hear it, 'I lie music should be pretty, melodious aud animated a few songs, some easy galops or marches, and perhaps a quiet little piece or two. Make them understand that lliey must listen to music iu silence. They are not allowed to talk while others are speaking, and they must give the same attention when any one plays or sings. By this means they will learu to think more of music, and to appreciate it more highly. There is nothing to pre vent children from taking up uiusic as naturally as reading and writing. The notes and the alphabet should be learned at the same time. At five and six. children learn to sing naturally and easily, aud JittUt songs and exer cises should Ik- mingled with the lessons of the primary reading and spelling book. Experience teaches that nearly all' children who can speak may lie taught to read vocal music and to sing. Some knowledge of music should form a part of every child s edncation. At the same time, it is evident that it is often useless to carry a child through a king course of mnsicat study, when he or she has no special aptitudV for it. If they tin not care tor ir, let tnem sttiuy it enough to understand its general principles, and then, unless they volun tarily express a desire to pursue its study, let them give it up. Music in any form i so great ' an addition to the social ' delights f home, that we strongly urge parents to take thene few hints kindly. 1 An Itniinntd Voult'ut. At a recent. mee ting of the Aeademie de Mtderiue, Paris, M. Le Fort read his report ou a substitute for the ordinary linseed meal poultice, invented byM. Lelievre. It is prepared by saturating two super imposed layers of wadding w ith a so lution of fuen crixfius. or Carragheen licl'en, and drying tnem in a stove alter they had been submitted to strong pressure. In this way a sheet ot the consistence of cardboard is produced, a portion ot which is cutojt when w anted, anil soaked in hot water for fifteen or twenty minutes ; this swells it out anil tills its tissue with a mucilaginous fluid. It has been tried in several . of the hospitals, to the great satisfaction of both patients antl attendants. It can le prepared in large quantities before hand, and will keep for a longtime without undergoing anr alteration. MM. Demarquay, (iosseiin, anil Ver neuil pronounce it to be far superior to the linseed poultice; it keeps moist for more than sixteen or eighteen hours; it tbx'S not slip, is inodorous, does not readily ferment, nor doe it-soil the linen or l-tl of the patient. The new poultice is destiued to render great ser vice iu hospita's and ambulances and above all on board ship, where it is difficult to keep the linseed iu a good state of preservation.. , ,. S7erufcMii.To tiike a hearty meal just before retiring is, of course in jurious, becarrse it is very likely to dis turb one s rest, ami produce nightmare. However a little food at this time, if one is hungry, is decidedly lieneticial ; it prevents the gnawing of an empty stomach, with its attendant restlessness and unpleasant dreams, to sav nothing of probable headache, or of nervous aud other derangements, the next morn ing. One should no more lie down at night hungry than he should lie down after a. very full dinner; the conse quence of either being disturbing antl harmful. A cracker or two. a bit of bread and butter, or cake, a little fruit something to relieve the sense of vacuity, ami so restore the tone of the system is all that is necessary. e have known persons, habitual sufferers from restlessuess at niyht, to experience material liciielit, even though they were not hungry, by a very light luncheon before licd-time. Iu place of tosniug alxmt for two or three hour as formerly, they would soon grow drowsy, fall asleep, and not awake more thau once or tw ice until sunrise. This mode of treating insomnia luis re cently ltcon recommended by several distinguished physicians,' anil the pre scription has generally Iki-ii attended with happy results. The ft". Beware of the gossip 110 matter how plausible Ins or her manner. The artistic, accompludicd gossip is great 111 asserting Ins own in nocciice of intention. He repudiates altogether the classi heal 1011 which would include him iu the category of the slanderers t huso conversational assassins against -whom we make spe cial supplication ; and, when he is brought to Ixxik on the charge of spreading abroad false reports ami lieariug his tart in sjiyiug stones at his neighlMirs houses, answers de murelv: i did not mean to do any harm ; I only told so ami so to Mrs. This and That and she hail no business to repeat it!" This only telling so ami so is just the wbole burden of the mischief. Mrs. This mid That is ns great a gossip as himself as much of a sieve; and whrn two sieves are put together to hold water, how much will 1h left for a thirsty soul to dnnk by the end of a summer's day f Anil again, 11 r. This and That's promise of secresv is to valid plea for condonation. The thing we cannot ketp for ourselves we have no right to expect others will keep for us, ami we only play monkey tricks with our conscience when we pretend to believe that every one else is more trustworthy thau ourselves. 7Air to Mole Safe Safe. The follow iug hints for the use of safes, and of what should be put in them, are vouched for by good authority. Avoid fancy, colored inks as they are more liable to be obliterated by heat when the safe is nnder fire. The black inks are lietter. Lead pencil writing will stand the heat bettor thnn either, even when the paper is burned biack. Jo not pnt the most valuable account liooksatthe sides of the safe, as the heat coming from the outside will af fect them first. Crowd the IsMiks from the sides to the center of the safe, as the heat coining frcm the outside will affect them first Crowd tlw boots from the sides to the center of the sate, for the purpose of making them tight to gether, as in this condition they w ill stand the heat much longer. Wood draw ers are preferable to iron for cash boxes aud lot small .valuable papers. as wood is a non-conductor of heat and iron a good conductor. Never use in a safe a leather wallet as a receptacle for valuable papers, as boiling water, heat 213 tlegrt-fcs, w jlj crisp and curl it, con vert it mto a gluey substance and de stroy the papers. When a safe has been under hie, send for an expert to opes it. .1 LanniTrv Keeref.The following re cipe for doing np shirts will He found of use by many housewives? Take tw) ounces of fine white gum arabic iiowtler; pnt it into a pitcher and pour on a pint or. more , ot water, and then having covered if, lot it stand all night. In the morning pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle and cork it, and keep it for um-. A tahlcspooiiful of gum water stirred In a pint of starch made in the usual maimer will give to lawns, either white or printed, a look of newness when nothing else can restore them after they have been washed. Hint for 1'lantina. The season being here for transplanting, some facts may be useful. Dig holes twice the diameter of the roots when spread out throw the under soil or clay aside and tilling op use the-top soil, well 'pulverised, about the roots. Before you set the tree, make a sr. all mound in the soil. so that the roots will nicl spread out, and the tree be no deeper iu the fcrona than it was in the nursery. Alter the roots are covered, wet. well, and after the water has settled, till np the hole. rimsh oft by mulching liefore hot weather comes. - l'nlacletl lime is excellent fur clean ing small steel articles, such as jewelry. buckles and the like. Wrrmt lead rubbed no with linseed oil to the consistency of paste is an ex cellent application for burns. A H'oiHiiN ' love is ever uppermost in her mind. Sleeping, it fills her dreams ; n -waking, it is her first thought ; in the moment of life's imminent danger. still is it the uppermost sentiment, especially if the object of ber lore is her umbrella, tor instance, a lauy, xut, fair and forty, hail a recent narrow es cape from being killed in the Citadel Station. Carlisle. Pa. She fell over the platform while the train was coming r 1 jt 1 i.....i- iu, anu was reocueu irmji wu imum in the fore foot nnder the engine, when she was extricated from her perilous position uninjured, notwithstanding that she bad been dragged several yards by the engine, a bar at the bottom of which she had firmly grasped with both hands. I pon being lifted upon the platform again, her first words were, "Where's my umbrella V t THJt was making a tip for his fly rod, and Dibks stood watching him.- There was very nearly a row over it. neai-eful as the occupation was. Tibbs said, "Give me good second-growth ash : it's just as good as lancewood." "What's the matter witu Tew I - uinm de manded. "What's the matter with me f Nothing's the matter. What makes you think so f "No. no: rew wood." "J would what Tr "Thunder, can't yon understand a man T I mean vew wood the wood of the yew tree, sawed into shape. Now then, is that plain enough V "Oh!" said Tibbs. much relieved, "I never yewsed any." !P m Why he Ka Srry.A miuister ex amined his school-boys thus : 'What is the meaning of the word repentant T 'Please, sir, don't know.' 'Now if I hail stolen a loaf of bread, what should I be P 'Please, sir, locked up.' "Well, should I feel sorry P 'Yes.' 'Well, why should I feel sorry r 'Please, sir, 'cause you was rulehed." "Here we are, within a quarter of a mile of land" was the joyful announce ment made by the captain of an ocean steamer to his grumbling passengers. "Where V "Which way is itf were the eager exclamations which followed. "Anywhere down below there," said the captain, pointing towards tlte bot tom of the sea ; the lead gives us just two hundred aud twenty fathoms of water, ami the land comes slap up against the brine." A doctor of divinity, whose name began with a P., lived iu Boston. An other man of the same name died, and a zealous newspaer reporter seeing the death in the paper, and thinking only of Dr. P wrote a most enthusias tic obituary. A wag met Dr. P. the next day. "What, vou are not dead ?" he said. "Well,-then, yon ought to be: no man can ever live up to that obituary." - A uoirkv saw, for the first time, a school girl going through some of her gymnastic exercises for the amusement of the little ones at home ; after gazing at her with looks of interest and com miseration for a while, he asked a Ixiy near by if that gal had titsf No, re plied the lad, contemptuously, that's gym nasties. Oh, 'tis hey? said the verdant; how long has she had 'em I Ike landlady of a hitel in Boston. entered, in angry mood, the sleeping apartment of a boarder and said. "Now sir, 1 want you to pay your lull, and you must; I've asked vou often enough. ami I tell you now that you don't leave my house till .you pay it." "(iood!" said his lodger: just put that in writ ing; make a regular agreement of it! 11 stay with you as long as you like! "Ctia I have a steak for breakfast T" asked a very thin man of a distrustful butcher. 1 es," growled tue slayer of animals. "And will you trust me nntil ""'' you! Get out! You owe me for the very meat ou your bones now." "Well, I can't owe you much, then." replied the individual, looking at himself. WW yonr eves and listen mit me," said L'ncle Van Heyde. "Veil, de ' tCKl rceiy e to be on your first night I open store 1 counts del1""'' ascend a flight of stairs, that monies ami finds him nix right; I counts him and dere lie tree gone ; and vat yon dink I does dent" "I can't say.' "y, 1 did not count hi 111 anv more, and ever since. he comes out shoost right A yonnij britle who had been faahinn aWy educated was asketl by her fontl husband to attend to the ordering of the dinner, as he shouldn't have time to go to market- It is a fact that she blandly requested the butcher to send home a "leg of tongue, seventeen pounds of steak, and two halibut." irV a girl crops her front hair ami pulls it dowa over her forehead like a Mexican mustang, and then ties a piece of retl velvet around her uet k, who ran wonder at the ntimls r of pale-faced young men that throw away their am bition ajid pass sleepless nights trying to raise tlou n on tlie;r upper lips I If iretl enough for you to name your lxy jVlias," said Annt Hepzibah ; "but for gracious goodness sake don't name him 4 has, cause the -1 liases is always a cutting up bad. Here's Alias Jones, Alias Brown, Alias Thompson, Alias ine-nyed Jake, all been took up in New York for robbiu' an' stealiu'," Dr. Itarnen, when ninety-five years of age, slept during a sermon, and on being joked about it by a friend, in sisted he had beou awake all the time. "Well, then," said his friend, "can you tell me what the sermon was about ?'' "Yes. I can," he answeretl "it was about half an hour too long." J inehritited stranger precipitated himself down stairs, and on striking the landing reproachfully apostrophized himself with : "If you'd been a-wantiu' tocume down stairs, w hy in thunder didn t you say so, jybg wooden beaded old fool, an' I'd a come yitli you, ant snoweii you ine way i I'tHloatr between two bachelor gour mands: My dear fellow. 1 ve 111st engaged a cook, a woman of marvelous talent." ?ls she married r "No. and for that reason 1 am afraid I sliilj lose her." Oh, then, you must not hesi tate." : " hat must I do I ' "i beseech you marry her.". A ' iu the Bergen Tunnel the other morning hailed a fellow. laborer with, "So yeye got a baby at yer house; what is it T a boy or a gynrl V "tJuess!" "An' it's a loy." Xo." "Well then it's a gyurL" . "Faith," said the deiigkterj father, "somebody's b'en telling ye." A yonng dry goods clerk, who is to be married after Lent, says he believes in the obi maxim, "In times of peace prepare for war." and accordingly is daily getting up his muscix on the Health Lift in au tip-town gyniuasium. The slim man who used to chalk his head and attend masquerades as a billiard-cue, or braid bis legs and at tend as a riding whip, now slips a rubber-tip over bis cranium anil goes as a lead-pencil. "Well. Bridget, if I engage you I shall want you to stay at home when ever X shall wish, to go out." "Well, ma am, I have no objections, providen' you do the tame when I wish to go out." H tire curious to know bow many feet in female arithmetic go to a mile, because we never met with a lady yet whose 1 oots wore not. to say the very east, a mile too big for her. Mluii is tha djnereuep between tl;e outer wall of a bridge, aud 4 cjufe ot nice young ladies I The h rat is a parapet, and the second are a pair of pets. He lieu of orthography, an inmas- ionetl swain wrote, "Mary, I love the well." She replied that glut wg glad be didn't drink liquor. - If a small boy is a lad, is a big boy a uuuer 1 EartaqaavK Teatis! . r.ihiw Rortelri. an Italian monk, for several years past has made a study. Of the tremblings of the earth, and more especially those which are so extremely slight a not to be perceptible, save by pendulum placed in th fields of micro scoiies. I11 one year he recognued 5,."0 of these movements; anu grapuiotnj representing the same over many years by a curve he finds that the line corres ponds neitlier with the theniiometrio curve nor with the tidal phenomena, uor can it lw brought into any relatum with the ilistances or poition of the sun or moon. With the barometric curve, however, it is otherwise; and anoears that, iu the large majority of cases, the intensity of the movements augmented with the lowering of the la- rouietric column (a the investigator states) the gaseous masses lniprison.il in the smierlii'ul layers of the earth escaped more easily wbeu the weight of the atmosphere diminished. DeapoBde-aey. What riffht has any person, endowed w ith 111 wnliiiarv share of intellect, am hl.-.sml w iih .1 respectable share of good health to is-iH.ini ? What is the cause ofilesiMiniloiiev what i the iiicniinig ofit? The cause Is a weak iniinl, and the iiieanhi!' is sill. Providem-e iievwr intended that 01m of His creatures should he the victim of a desire to feel and look the gloom of the thunder cloud. Never ilesmiid. for one of the lirst entrances of vice to the Heart 1 made throii-rh the instriiiiieiitalil V of ile-is u nl -v. Although we cannot ex IH-ct all ottr tl.-ivs and hours to lie gilded by sunshine, we must not. for mere mo mentary griefs, supMise that they are to he on-hroiiiloil 111 the mists 01 niisery or clouded by the owelty of sorrow anil misfortune. A Massachusetts girl has constructed fifteen hundred words from the letters contained in the word Constantinople. Learning passes for those who lack both. wisdom among A Few Ward! to Feeble aad Del icate Hanaca. By It. V. ITEBCE. M. D., of the Woki.p's Dispensakv, Buffalo. N. 1. Knowing that yon are subject to a great amount of suffering, that delicacy ou your part has a strong teudeney to prolong uimrimr, buu uiv? luujtci ii in neglected the more vou have to endure and the more difficult of cure your case becomes, I. as a physician, who is daily consulted by scores of your sex, desire to say to yon, that I am constantly meeting with those who have been treated for their ailments for months without lieing benefited in the least, until they have become perfectly dis couraged and have almost made up their miuds uever to take another dose of. medicine, nor be tortured by any further treatment. They had rather die and have their sufferings ended than to live and suffer as they have. They say they are worn out by suffer ing and are only made worse by treat ment. Of anything more discouraging, we certainly cannot conceive, and were there ne more successful mode of treat ing such difficulties than that, the principles of which teach the reducing aud depleting of the vital forces of the system, when the indications dictate a treatment directly the reverse of the oue adopted for them, their cases woidd be deplorable indeed. But lady suffer ers, there is a better and far more suc cessful plan of treatment for you ; one more in harmony with the laws and re quirements of your system. A harsh irritating caustic treatment and strong medicines w ill never cure you. If yon would use rational means, snch as common-sense should dictate to every intelligent lady, take such medicines as embody the very best invigorating tonics and nervines, compounded w ith special reference to your delicate sys tem. Such a happy combination you will find in my favorite Prescription which has received the loudest praise from thousands of your sex. Those languid tiresome sensations causing continual drain that is sapping from yr systems all your former elasticity, ! a.nd unving the bloom from your --- i nai nwiuiui mwh uimii your vital forces that renders yon irri table ami fretful, may all be overcome and siiImIiiciI by a persevering use of that marvelous remedv. Irregularities and obstructions to the proper work ings of your systems are relieved by this mild and safe means, w hile period ical pains, the existence of which is a sure indication of serious disease that should not be neglected, readily yield to it, and if its use is kept np for a rea sonable length of time the special cause of these pains is ieruianently re moved. Further light on these sub jects may lie obtained from my pam phlet on diseases peculiar to your sex, sent on receipt of two stamps. My Favorite Prescription is sold by drug gists. 14 DjspepKiat Dip?pia! Dypepla I Dyspepsia is the most perplexing of all human ailments. Its symptoms are almost infinite in their variety, ami the lorioru anu iiesponuent victims ot the disease often fancy themselves tiie prey, in turn, of every known malady. This is due. in part, to the close sym pathy which exists between the stom ach and the brain, and in part also to the fact that any disturbance of the digestive function uecessarily disorders the liver, the bowels and the nervous system, antl effects, to some extent, the quality f the blood. L-t.Kuukel's Bitter Wine of Iron a snre cure. This is not a new prepar ation, to lie tried and fonntl wanting ; it has been proscribed daily for many years in the practice of eminent physi cians with 11 11 para lie led success; it is not expected or intended tn cure all the diseases to which the human family is subject, bnt is warranted tn cure Dyspepsia in its most obstinate form. 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