AGMIU LTl UL
EarlgorLate Planting. U It best to
plant as early as possible or to defer
thU work as long ascaa be safely done?
This U a question in which all fanners
are interested, and to which each year
tney are pracucauy oDiigca to reply.
While there are many advocates for
each of these extremes, I think there is
a "golden mean" which will lead to
m.ich better results. Either of the ex
tremes are, open to grave objections,
whieh do not lie against a time half wsv
between. It is true, as the advocates of
early planting chum, that if the seed is
got into the ground Tery early, the
work is done and out of the way of other
things which then need attention. But
the objections to this course are that the
ground and weather are so cold early in
the season that the seed either rots in
the ground or else is a long while com
ing up;oiten rallsaprey to wire worms;
the plants, if any appear, are tender and
grow very slowly, while the weeds,
which are more hardy, at on-e go in
and possexs the land. Late planting is
not open to these objections, but it it
open to some which are quite serious.
If the season is backward, and the plant
ing is put off as late as possible, the
plants are not large enough to be hoed
more than once before haying-time, and
there is danger that the crop will not be
fully matured before the autumn frosts.
I think the beet way is to begin the
preparation of the land quite early, plow
and get it nearly fitted to receive the
feed. Keep plowing and fitting, but do
not put in the seed until both ground
and weather are warm. Then go over
the land with a harrow, in order to de
stroy the weeds which have started up
and also to make a fine bed for the seed,
and do the planting as soon as possible.
Then the crop will get as good a start as
the weeds, grow rapidly, be ready for
the second or third hoeing before the
time for getting hay, and have abundant
time in which to get perfectly ripe.
Country (renlleman,
Raiting Onitmt From Seed. John F.
Michael says: I have raised nicer
onions from the seed than I ever saw
raised from the setts. -1 have raised
them from the seed of the new giant
variety so large that they were over four
inches in diameter. I regard the I a ri
vers yellow as the best that I ever tried.
The liest ground is where it has been
tilled for a few seasons, and free from
oil kinds of grass aud weed seeds. It
should be rich, mellow, and not inclined
to liecome hard if dry weather should
set in. In preparing your ground, plow
as early in the spring as the soil will do
to work in. Scatter over the plowed
ground well-rotted manure to the depth
of an inch. Then harrow your erouncl
thoroughly. If there are any clods re
maining, apply the roller. But do not
use the roller whenever the ground is
anyways wet. Use the hand-rake
pretty freely. Always select ground as
near level as itossible. As to tlieaiuount
of the crop, I raised one season at the
rate of 40u bushels to the acre. But,
like other crops, it depends a great deal
on the character of the season. Plant
in drills fourteen inches apart, putting
in seed at the rate of four Miuuds to the
acre. The seed should be cut to the
depth of one-half inch. When the
onions can be seen in the rows, go
through with the hoe aud loosen the
ground, in order to destroy the young
weeds, which will make their appear
ance about the same time the onions do,
Then, again, when the onions are about
four inches high, go through and thin
out. They thou hi be left to stand about
one to one and a half inches apart. No
weeds or grass should be permitted
under any circumstances, to remain
among the onions. Good judgment is
needed to be used concerning the man
ner they should be tended, being care
ful to disturb the onion-sets as little as
possible, when hoeing.
HTuit it A Good Cow. The Mirror and
Farmer savs: Every farmer ought to
know just what a good cow is, that is
how much a cow ought to yield in order
to save her from the butcher. In the
large dairies in Vermont they call a cow
that will make three fifty pound tubs of
nutter a year an average cow, and one
that will make four tubs a good one. A
single cow on good feed ought to do
letter than this even. One of the em
ployes of the M irror has a native cew
which, during the twelve months end
ing April 1st, supplied a family of five
with milk butter and cream, and sur
plus enough to amount to $67.50, the
milk being sold at five cents per quart
and the butter at thirty and thirty-four
cents per pound. I his cow will give on
good feed, twenty quarts of strained
milk per day. When dried March loth,
she was giving four quarts per day, her
feed being hay and two quarts of cob
meal. She dropped her calf April 1st,
1873, and another March 30th, 174. For
such a cow a man had better give $1."0
than to take the gift of a poor one. Our
own idea is that a cow from which two
hundred pounds of butter cannot be
made in a year should not be tolerated
around any man's barn.
Feeding Frost Fruit. The principal
value of apples or pears as feed for stock
cousists in the sugar or acid they may
contain. There is but little starch in
them, and they therefore do not require
cooking and may be fed raw as soon as
they are thawed out in cold weather.
Frozen ai.ples will thaw out without in
jury if allowed to remain in the ground
in a pit. But, at the best, apples are of
little service save as an appetizer, or an
aia to digestion, except wnen they are
sweet; then the sugar may have some
fattening influence. There is nothing
in mem to neip produce mat.
Lice oa Cattle Keep them clean, and
use the card thoroughly, faithfully
every day till the old coat comes off; occa
sionally put a half a peck of wood ashes
under the Tore feet of each in the stable;
sift a little through a fine sieve on the
back from the horns to the tail. Three
to five applications have been sufficient
with me. I have never been troubled
with them except upon cattle which I
bought. Carding cattle is as beneficial
as combing the human head, and the
man who does not do that is not ex
pected to card his cattle.
Grinding tool calls for the exercise of
great judgment in the determination of
the angle, and skill in handling so as to
secure a true edge. Workmen make a
mistake in grinding down to the edge.
inis snouiu never oe done unless It is
nicked or otherwise rendered irregular,
as the grindstone leaves a rough edge
wuicn must oe cut away by the oil
stone. By grinding well down to the
etige, wunout reaching it, the Iron is
given the required shae, and a very
little rubbing on the oil stone will pro-
auce a good keen edge.
It hat been found by careful ex peri
menu that 100 pounds of turnips, 20
pounds of potatoes or carrots, 25 pounds
of sweet milk, 9 pounds of oat meal, 7
pounds of barley meal, Hl pounds of
bread or flour, 4 pounds of lean meat or
.tpounus oi peas or Deans, will pro
duce one pound of flesh. These experi
ments were mane upon animals that
were in a suitable condition for laying
on flesh.
The majoritf of a convention ot German
pomologists expressed a decided prefer
ence for the pyramidal form for fruit
trees. The advantages claimed for it
are the minimum of shade, greatest
strength, avoidance of severe wounding
of the tree, production of better fruit,
and at the same time fewer disadvanta
ges from storms, weight of snow, excess
of fruit, theft, Jtc.
Artificial eyct for horses have been im
proved upon by a professor in the Berlin
Veterinary school, who recommends
them not only as restoring to the animal
its pristine appearance, but also for the
protection afforded to the cavity from
dust.
Mr. Bishop, the paper canoe trav
eler, has returned home.
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Japanese Paver Clothing. In tlie JaD
aneee exhibit at the Vienna Exposi
tion was displayed a remarkable va
riety Xtf object of common use made
entirely from paper, tbe mode of man
ufacture of which baa hitherto been
unknown out of Japan. Tbe articles
included handkerchiefs, napkins, jrar
uenU, lanterns, umbrellas, aad many
others, all made from a fabric notice'
able for it strength and solidity.
A member of the German Society of
Orientalists, M. Zanne. has recently ex
plained the process by which this paper
is produced. The material used is the
bark of tbe UrouMtonetia papyriera or
paper mninerrr, the same source irom
which the natives of Polynesia derive
their tapa cloth and mats, though
treated in an essentially different man
ner.
The culture of tbe plant is quite
simple. Pieces of root, some three
inches in length, are Disced in the
earth so as toprotrude slightly above
the surlace. these speedily send torth
shoots, often of nine inches in length
during tbe hrst rear, and increasing
threefold in size during the following
twelve months. By tbe end of the
third year, tbe plant attains a height
of about thirteen feet, and by careful
rnning is eventually brought to a
road and strong shrub.
In winter, the branches are removed
and chopped in bits about two inches
in length, which are boiled in water
nMil the bark comes off readily in the
hand. Drying of the bark in the air
for two or three days follows; and
after immersion in running water for
twenty-four hoars, the material is
scraped on a cutting blade so as to sep
arate the two kinds of libers of which
it is composed. The exterior fibers are
of dark color, and are called "tarn
tara": they serve to make paper of
fnferior quality.
- The interior filaments, known as
"ftoriT which are used for fine paper.
are rolled in balls weighing some 35
lbs. each. These are washed in run
ning water and left to soak for a short
time, after which they are removed
and squeezed dry. Boiling then fol
lows, in a lye made from the ashes of
buckwheat bran, care being taken that
the contents of the vats are constantly
Httrred. Another washing in water
removes all remaining imparities, and
the fibers are then pounded, for twenty
minutes at a time, upon blocks of hard
wood. Tbey are finally massed into
balls, and these, by ordinary means,
made into pulp. Into the latter a small
proportion of a liquid extracted from
the root of the hchiocu manihot is mixed
and a quanity of rice water, to pre
vent the ravages of insects. The sub
sequent treatment of the pulp is sim
ilar to the usual process of paper
making, i t t
Leather papei, so called, is made by
the superposition of several sheets of
tiie material previously soaked in an
oil derived from the ymoko (eellit Wti
denotriana), subjected to strong pres
sure, and lastly covered with shellac.
Clothing is made from a paper called
"thefu", which is cut into threads more
or less fineacording to the fabric to be
produced. These are twisted by the
ringers, previously moistened with
milk of lime, and are woven into cloth
either alone or with silk. The stuff
can be washed and is of great strength
and durability. Papier crept, so called
by the French from its having the
wrinkled appearance of crape, is pro
duced by moistening the sheets and
pressing them under rollers having
suitable corrugations on their periphe
ries. Toad in tight plaee. In cutting the
Inverness aud Perth railroad through
the Loclinavandah park, ou Altyre,
Scotland, a colony of ancient toads
was exhumed from the red freestone.
A blast of powder would often wake
np a dozen or so of these fellows.
When exposed, they seem none the
worse for their long repose ; but, after
giving a few winks at tbe new light
tuns suddenly let in upon them, and
taking several gasps of the unwonted
air, they leisurely and deliberately
proceed to hop aud crawl down tbe
line, along the small water-course,
toward the lower fields. A few mouths
ago, a live green frog was found in
the heart of a sycamore tree in Vir
ginia. When brought to the air, it
seemed at first lifeless, but pulsations
soon began. Its back was a bright
green and tbe under portion of tbe
body was a pale blue. Many like cases
are reported, but, it is believed, never
by naturalists; and thus there is
much skepticism about it. As a prac
tical test, a French scientist recently
imbedded fivetrogs in deep clay. At
the end of seven months only one re
mained alive, and tbis was dead at the
of 13 months. Swellie suggests that
"through fissures and chinks the eggs
of toads may accidently be conveyed
by water, the penetration of which few
substances are capable ot resisting.
After tbe eggs are hatched, the an
imals mar receive moisture and small
portions of air through tbe crevices of
rocks or tbe channels ot aged trees.
Hut." he adds, "I mean not to persuade;
for I cannot satisfy myself." Nor has
the ingenious suggestion satisfied any
body else.
A magic ore separator has lately been
invented by Mr. King, in England for
the purpose of separating iron ore irom
other minerals when associated with
them. It is at present employed at tbe
Haiiycorkisn Mines, on tne isle ot Man
where the ore consists of a mixture of
galena, blende, and spatbose iron ore.
The galena can easily be set free, in
consequence of its greater specific gra
vity : bat the blende and the spathic
ore cannot be separated by any modern
means. A perfectly satisfactory result
is obtained, however, by means of the
magnetic ore separator. The ore, after
being crushed is roasted at a dull red
beat in revolving retorts, when tbe car
bonate of iron is decomposed, and a
magic oxide produced. The ore is then
transferred to tne hopper of the mag
netic apparatus, which consists of a
large drum wheel ahont 18 inches in di
ameter and 10 in breath, furnished
within with a system of magnets, ar
ranged radially. The mixed ore, in its
passage over a series of four of these
drums, has its magnetic portion grad
ually separated by attraction, and the
art that escapes is clean blende.
Water Ditehtt. The Ditches of Cal
ifornia are the great arteries which
bring life to tbe mines. Their even
and constant flow secures a healthy and
vigorous state of industry, while tbe
dearth of water in the mines throws a
pall over the business world of Califor
nia, money becomes tight, and hard
times are, the consequence. The engi
neering skill display ed in the construc
tion of ditches in this State is of the
highest chaiacter, accomplishing the
most daring feats, banging Humes on
steep, rocky bluffs, and crossing gorges
of a thousand feet in depth, and it must
seem almost a presumption to inquire
whether any improvments can be sug
gested. The S- ienti tie American describes an
ingenious system of lighting rooms by
reflection. The light and beat are to
be generated in one place, tbe heat
tamed off for the registers and the
light distributed by reflectors, each
throwing into its aoDroDriate tulie a
a bundle of rays made parallel by a
lens sufiicent to flood the room to which
it is directed. In size the light tubes
can be smaller than gas-pipes.
Amateur or others who nse hand
lathes will find that the chattering of
hand tools may be stopped by placing a
piece of leather betwee n the tool and
tbe rest.
Gold may be readily cast : bnt it con
tracts so much in cooling that tbe pro
cess of casting is seldom employed in
the arts.
Tbe Hartford Courant denies that
Joe Hawley is going to Ireland with the
American rifle team.
Staten Island. X. Y.. has eight
breweries, which annually manufacture
1,800,000 worth of beer.
Hating Canariet. As some one wishes
to know some more about canaries,
will give them a little more of my ex
perience about them. To make the nest
a small basket or gourd is tne nest.
Sometimes I line them neatly with
canton flannel, to keep the eggs from
getting broken, and often I just give
them the gourd without lining; give
them some soft grass and bits of paper,
They will build a real nice nest, and not
tear it out. But mine have a "Knacx"
of tearing up their nest, hence I line
them, tor food I give them just the
same food when they are mating as at
any other time, consisting of bread
(corn bread, light bread, biscuit) lettuce,
cabbage leaves, elover, grass, potatoes,
apple, hemp"" and canary seed, hard
boiled egg. and in fact almost every-
thing that we eat ourselves, except meat
or something greasy. Some folks do not
feed canaries scarcely anything but
seed, but we do, and a sick bird is some
thing we never had, except when they
die of old age. Be sure and give them
plenty of food ; when they hatch little
birds, especially hard boiled egg; give
them a cup of good, fresh water twice a
day. We never take tne male mru irom
the cage, neither when the ben is setting
nor after the young are natcned. w nen
the little birds are about two or three
weeks old, and the old ones want to
raise another brood, they will pick the
feathers off of the little ones; then.
whichever is the worst to pick the little
ones, I remove to another cage. Some
times I have to take both out, but I put
one of them back to feed the young
birds at noon, and again late in the
evening, and let it remain in the cage
until tbe birds are fed the next morning.
Perhaps you will think that trouble.
Well, it is; but everything we have is
some trouble. After the young are
hatched, can they be moved with safety
during this period ?" I do not under
stand just what that question means,
but I would not, nor do not, move my
little birds from one cage to another,
but leave them in the same cage until
they are full grown; but I keep the
cage hanging in the nme place while
the birds is setting and after the young
are hatched until they are almost grown,
only when I take the cage down to feed
them. 'Tis well to give the cage a good
washing before allowing the birds to
raise the second brood, but be careful in
handling the young birds when changing
from one cage to another, as tney are
very tender.
A lire Sting. The sting of a bee is
naturally more violent than that of a
wasp, and with some persons is attended
with fatal effects. The sting of a bee is
barbeil at the end like a fish-hook, and
consequently is always left In the
wound ; that of a wasp is pointed, so
that it can sting more than once, but a
bee cannot. When a person It stung by
a bee, let the sting be instantly pulled
out, for the longer it remaius in the
flesh the deeer it will pierce, and the
more poisonous it will become. The
sting is hollow, and tbe poison nows
through it, which is the cause of the
pain and inflammation. The extracting
of the sting requires a steady hand, for
if it breaks in the wound tne pain will
continue for a long time. When the
sting is extracted, suck the puncture,
and thus prevent inflammation. Spirits
of hartshorn, if applied to tbe a fleeted
part, will more fully complete the cure.
1 he poison U acid, and tbe alkali win
neutralize it. If the hartshorn is not at
hand, saleratus can be wet and laid upon
the place; and soft soap will ofteu ease
the acute paiu.
Ou some people the sling of bees and
wasps have little effect, but it greatly
depends upon the state of the blood
whether it will prove Injurious, and
these simple remedies, if applied at
once, will soon etlect a cure.
CiHiiina Celery: We all know what a
delicious relish celery is when eaten
raw with a little salt, but few of our
readers may be aware that it makes an
excellent dish when cooked. At the
ltetter class of restaurants it is not rare
to find in the bill of fare Cream of
Celery. A bowl of this, eaten with
bread or crackers, is a delicious and
nutritious lunch, with nothing else.
This cream of celery is a diluted form
of puree of celery, used as a sauce for
game, and the American Agrieulturitt
thus tells us how to make it: Cut white
celery fine, and stew with a little water.
pepper and salt, in a covered dish, until
it will form a pulp; then milk is added,
or three parts milk and one of cream ;
boil for a few minutes, and pass through
a sieve, rubbing through all but the
coarser parts of the celery. Heat again
and thicken with a little flour, stirred
up with cold milk. If milk is used with
out cream, then butter may be added.
At home, besides the above method, we
more frequently cut it in pieces, cook It
soft In water, pour off tbe water.
and add abundance of sauce, made of
cream and a little flour, or drawn butter
when cream happens to be scarce.
Potted Shad. The Warren ton Index
save: An esteemed friend furnished us
with the following seasonable recipe
We have tried it and find the fish put
up by it excellent every way as pleas
ant to the palate as the Northern article
of shad sold in hermetically-sealed
boxes by our grocers :
"Take four good-sized fresh shad
cut each into six pieces; lay these in
salt water for a few hours; after taking
them out of the salt water drain them
well. Then take eight teaspoonfuls of
salt, one of red pepper, one or black
pepper, one of cloves, half teaspoon ful
of mace and mix them thoroughly.
Sprinkle the fish well with these con
diments; lay the fish in a stone jar, and
cover it with good strong vinegar. Place
a cloth cover over the jar, tie it down,
and bake contents over a slow fire from
six to eight hours, n hen done set
away in a cool place for a few days, and
when tbe jar is opened yon will find
all bones have disappeard and a nice
relish is before you.
A GW Cotnpott for P-ttrd Plant. A
good compost for geraniums, camelias,
roses, and most of the more common
house plants may be made of the follow
ing ingredients, in the proportions here
given :
One part clean sharp sand, free from
salt.
One part mold from perfectly decayed
leaves.
One part cow manure, well rotted and
pulverized.
Two parts rich garden soil, or, better
well decayed turr mold.
About one-fifth of the pot may be
tilled with the drainage materials, viz:
broken bits of pots, charcoal or oyster
shells. If a little moss is placed over
these, it will prevent the earth washing
through.
Ilnmenie breakfast cakes: One pint
of fresh oat meal, one quart of water;
let it stand over night. In the morning
add one teaspoonful of fine salt, one ta-
blesoonful of sugar, and the same of
baking powder, and one pint of Graham
flour. If the above proportions make
batter too stiff for griddle cakes, add
more water. If gems are preferred in
stead of cakes, the addition of a little
more flour is all that is required to pro
duce an extra article. Dr. Holbrook't
Eating for Strength.
Graru. Rich savory gravy can be
made for any meat, bacon not excepted,
by taking a cup of sweet milk (or cold
water if you have no milk), dissolve a
tablespoonful of corn starch or flour in
tbe milk ; add one or more well whlDDed
eggs, some butter, and pour slowly into
the hot gravy, stirring constantly a
minute or two until ready to take up.
A timple remedy for removing freckles
is a pint of soar milk, and a small
quantity4 horseradish. Let the mix
ture stand over night, and nse it as a
wash three times a day until the freckles
disappear.
Bt left the spelling bee at 10 o'clock
and stoDDed in a saloon on his way
home. Here he met several friends whd
"set m np" divers times, and be reached
home about midnight with a contused
brain and a very demoralised pair of
legs. Then be swore that somebody had
stolen the keyhole; but bis wife, with
fearful scowl on her brow and a tamp 1
ber hand, admitted him. "Drunk!
she exclaimed. "I-r-u-n-e (hie) drunk,
Thaxeasynuff." "Brute " "B-r-o-o-t
Kli lv na . lia-.lo nn 'I.lirf tM
"Tharx harder (hie), but I ken spellum
I-d I-d-g I-d-i-g-t, Idiot. Now give
us a stunner (hie.") she picked up
poker and gave him a "stunner," and
the spelling bee adjourned siae die.
The St. Louis Globe man who write'
about fires thus discourses of a confla
gration in a milliner's shop: "The
lames crowded through the door and
started in for fun. Tbey tried on spring
hats and jumped upon the chairs and
tables to admire themselves in the mir
rors. Then they dashed hither and
thither among the laces and embroideries
feeding on ostrich feathers till they be
came bloated, and then trampled the
ruches under foot and stamped the
beauties from out the flowers until, in
all tbe wreck of matter, they were left
the only bright things."
A wiMi was trying to brush some
cob webs down from the ceiling the
otner day, wnen ner nusnaiid came in
"Now, Matilda," said he, "you know
you can't brush them cob webs down as
well as 1 can. lou should call me
when you wish anything of that sort
done. Give me the broom now, and 1
will give you a lesson on cob web sweep
ing. So saving, be seized the broom
mounted a chair and went for the cob
webs. But it all ended in three broken
panes of glass, a fall over the wood box
and a sprained back.
A Sudden Stop. Some of the company
spoke or tbe excellence or the honey,
whereupon the head of the house, who
stands in reputed dread of his wife
feelingly observed:
"Honey is the most delicious of delica
cies. It is the nectar of beautiful flow
ers, sipped from the brilliant petals by
the never-tiring bee, and moulded into a
glory that would tempt the God of"
"Ephraiin," enunciated bis wife, with
stern solemnity, "have you been drink
ing again f" Ephraim groaned.
bury j rrn.
The other day a New York lady went
to pay her respects to one of the latest
arrivals on the list of babyhood, when
tne follow lug colloquy took place be
tween ner and the little four-year-old
sister of the new comer: "I have come
for that baby now," said the lady,
"lou can't have it, was the reply
"But I must; I came over on purpose,'
urged tne visitor. "e can t spare
at all," persisted the child, "but I'll get
a piece or paper and you can cut out
pattern. "
Doiaejitic Economy. "How much to
telegraph to Chicago?" inquired a citi
zen of African descent at one of the
telegraph otliees yesterday.
"Hity cents," was the reply.
"Thuuderation, is dat a fact!" ex
claimed the colored man. "My ole
woman's powerful bad off, and she
wants her sister to come along right
smart, but I guess I'll have to make de
mail do. Dat forty-seven cents extra
11 buy a heap ob Sunday meat.
A Frenchmm said to an American
"F'ere is von vord in your laii!rti:ire I
do not comprehend, and all ye time I
hear it, tattletoo, tattletoo vat vou
means by tattletoo?" The American
insisted that no such word exists in
English. While saying so, his servant
came in to put some coal on the fire,
when he said "there, that'll do." The
frenchman jumped up. exclaiming
"F'ere, tattletoo you say him yourself,
sare; vat means tattletoo r"
The other day, a Peoria woman, want
ing some lead to stop a hole in the wash
boiler, set a copper revolver catridge on
the stove to melt the bullet. She says
she was just stooping over it when the
earthquake came along. When she
grows old and has to wear spectacles, she
win only need a pair with one glass In
them, as one of her eyes went away
with the earthquake to look for the
transit of Venus.
In an English Sunday school, the
vicar s daughter, who was very uroud
of her Bible class, inquired of one of her
pupns in a smockrrock, how the Queen
Sheba came to Solomon? He replied,
"By the railway, miss." On asking for
an explanation she received answer,
"Because, miss, the Bible says she came
to Jerusalem with a very heavy train
"WhaCt your business?" said the
magistrate of a police court, the other
morning, to a prisoner. "I'm an obser-
vationist, your worship." "An obser
vationist! What is that?" "One who
looks around in the day time to see what
lie can steal at night, if it please your
worsiup.
"jonn, said a schoolmaster, "you
will soon be a man, and will have to
attend to business. What do you sup
pose you win do when you have to write
letters unless you learn to spell better?"
"Oh, sir," answered John. "I shall put
easy worus in uiem."
Vettel and Suirit. "Reineuiber. Mrs.
B.," said Bogus, in a fluster, one day.
mat you are the weaker vessel,
Maybe so." retorted the lady: "but
I'll not forget that the weaker vessel
may have the stronger spirit in it."
When a common Japanese goes into
the presence of an office-holder he must
say: 'Great and distinguished child of
tne sun, deign to put your root upon my
neck." mere s some pleasure iu hold
ing an office in that country.
Recently a man whose appearance in
dicated that he was staggering from the
excessive weight of a brick in his hat.
being asked ll he was a son of Temper
ance, replied : "Hie no no relation
not even an acquaintance."
"Jfjr dear," said a husband, in startled
tones, after waking his wife in the
middle of the night, "I have swallowed
a dose of strychnine?" "Well, then, do
ror goodness sake lie still, or It may
come up."
A tnan having absconded, one of his
friends was asked the cause of his dis
appearance. He replied : "Why I an
prehend that he was apprehensive of
oeuig apprehended."
Poor fellow he left three disconsolate
wives and a gold headed cane," is the
feeling epitaph which the Indianapolis
Sentinel pronounces over a deceased
doctor of that State.
A Mimtana justice of the peace does n't
splurge any when he marries a couple.
He says: "Arise, grab hands hitched
six dollars!" Aud that's all there is
to it.
A eruttt old bachelor's objection to
ladies with beautiful teeth is, that nine
out of ten of them would laugh at a
funeral.
The best way for a man to acauire a
fine flow of language is to stub his naked
toe against a raised brick.
"Pleat cum aroun and talk rre to the
spelin mach this evening." wrote an
Oshkosh girl to ber beau.
The saying, "Excuse haste and a bail
pen," has been attributed to a pig who
ran away from home.
FeUm are frequently cured with an
application of twisted hemp.
P- calls matrimony the "common
chord of two flats."
i la War.
Those who imagine, says tbe Pall
Mall Gazette, that women are only capa
ble of distinguishing themselves in the
arts of peace, and that, while displacing
men in medicine and as the bar, tney
will be obliged to leave military par-
suits to tbe coarser sex, should read the
account of women who have served in
the French army, published in a recent
number of the Berne IUuttree de Deux
Monde. Tbe most remarkable of these
heroines was Therese Sutter, who, dis
tinguished not more for bravery than
for her freedom of speech, received
from the First Consul the flattering
nickname of "Sans-gene." The volu
bility and emphasis with which she
"apostrophized" Napoleon at the siege
of Toulon made such an impression on
tbe great chief that he reminded her of
it years afterward, when be was Em
peror and she still a dragoon. Indeed,
the ready command of invective for
which Therese Sutter was famous
throughout her career would seem to
suggest that nature had intended ber
to wear the robe of the advocate rather
than tbe uniform of the soldier. But
she was as skillful and daring in the
nse of the sword as in that of ber own
sharp tongue : for which reason, when
the Committee of Public Safety pub
lished a decree banishing women from
tbe armies of tbe Republic, a siiecial ex
ception was made in favor of Therese.
After five years' service she retired
from the army with a pension of 300
trancs ; put tne monotony ot a peace
ful existence told severely upon her.
She became once more a dragoon, and
from 1805 to 1810 served with her
regiment in bpain. in 1810 she was
taken prisoner by guerrillas and sent to
Lisbon, whence she made her way back,
through England, to France. She was
present at Waterloo, and did not retire
for good until after the Restoration.
The Ma
tie Dietary Laws.
It is strange that the Mosaic pre
scriptions for man's diet, cbietly taken
from the tabernacle rites, have liecome,
by common consent, the bill of fare of
civilized society ; with variations, of
coarse. In the cities, especially, the
main articles of food are those which
the Laws of Moses recommended.
When in former days people dieted
largely on pork, many became bogs
themselves, and many diseases still
raging among men have been conveyed
into the human system by the consump
tion of pork, rabbits, hares, aud other
animal food which the Law forbids.
Physiologists understand well enough
the importance of diet, and yet none
have gone to the trouble of giving the
Mosaic dietary laws a thorough scienti
fic examination. Here are the Jews,
after 3,000 years, a healthy, intelligent,
energetic, and fertile race. Much is
said about their lonirevitv.temDerance.
charitable disposition, etc. ; still no
scientist has taken the trouble to ex
amine the food on which this race lived
and tbnved. Tbe point is certainly.
scientifically, very important. iiutri
ean Israelite.
The want of proiM-r food ami the sun
shine is the cause of three-fourths of the
nervous ailments of woman. Overwork
is not the cause. Work, and hard work,
too, is the lot of every woman who has
a right to look on her life with com
plaisance, and she would be prepared
for it by nature s kindly efficiency, if
foot), sunlight, and exercise were duly
allowed their effect. If women gave
their bodies the same care they do their
gowns, they would come to the standard
of their work. They ought to le nearly
as strong as men, with a finer and more
supple strength, it is true, but the differ
ence should not lie in the great dispar
agement to women that it is. hat
tbey want is muscle, not fat, ou their
meagre limbs, which ought to lie
slender, graceful, aud full of nerve as
those ot an Arab courser. Perhaps in
finding roundness of figure and clear
ness of complexion they find strength.
aud who shall say that these things do
not lie together? sunshine ami air
ripen and freshen the checks of women
as they do the fruit in orchards. If
l.eonetta will, like English women.
spend four or five hours a day in the
oiien air, in such exercise as she can
bear, she will timl her spirits ami color
revive as brightly as she can wish.
Pimples, Eruptions, Rough Kkin
The system being pot tinder the in
fluence of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery for a few weeks, the skin be
comes smooth, clear, solt, and velvety,
and being illuminated with the glow of
perfect health from within, true beauty
stands forth in all in its glory. Nothing
ever presented to the pnblio as a bean-
tiner of the complexion ever gave snen
satisfaction for tbis purpose as this
Discovery. The effects of all medicines
which operate npon the system through
the medium of tne blood are necessarily
somewhat slow, no matter how good the
remedy employed. W hue one to three
bottles clear the sxin ot pimpies,
blotches, eruptions, yellow spots, come
dones, or "grabs,'' a dozen may possi
bly be required to cure some cases
where the system is rotten with scrofu
lous or virulent blood poisons. The
cure of all these diseases, however,
from the common pimple to the worst
scrofula is, with the use of this most
potent agent, only a matter of time.
Sold by all Druggists.
COVERED WITH KBCPTIONS. CURED.
Clave rack, Colombia Co.. N. Y.
Dr. R. V. Pibbck, Buffalo, N. 1.:
Dear Sir I am sixty years of age.
and have been afflicted with Salt Rhenm
in the worst form for a great many
years, until, accidently, I saw one of
your books, which described my case
- ., a. i.il I
exactly, i pougnt your oiuen aieuicai
Uiseoverv and loo iwo potties anu a
half, and was entirely cured. From my
shoulders to my bands I was entirely
covered with eruptions, also on face
and body. I was likewise afflicted with
Rheumatism, so that I walked wi h
meat difficulty, and that is entirely
cured. May God spare yon s lorig life
to remain a blessing to mankind. un
untold gratitude.
MRS. A. W. Vf O.I.IAM3.
E. F. Hawkers Bluer Wise t Iran.
E. F. Kunkel's celebrated Biiter Win of
Iron will effectually cure liver complaint,
jaundice, dyspepsia, chronic or nervous de
bility, chrome diarrbcea, disease of the kid
neys, and all diseases arising from a disor
dered liver, stomach or intestines, such
constipation, flatulence, inward piles, full-
of blood to toe brad, acidity or Ibe
stomach, nausea, heartburn, disgust for
food, fullne s of weight in the stomach, sour
eructations, sinking or flattering at Ibe pit
of the stomacb, swimming of the bead, bur
ned or difficult breathing, fluttering at tbe
heart, choking or suffocating sensations
when in a lying posture, dimness of vision
dots or webs before the sight, dull pain it
tbe bead, deficiency or perspiration, yel
lowness of the skin and eyes, pain in tbe
side, back, head, chest, limbs, fete, sod-len
flushes of heat, burning in the flesh, con
stant imaginings of evil, and great depres
sion of spirits. Price $1 per bottle. Be
ware of counterfeits. Do not let your drug
gist palm oft" some other preparation of iron
be may say is as good, but ask for Kunkel a
Bitter Wine of Iron. Take no other. Kun
kel's Bitter Wine of Iron is not sold in bulk
only in $1 bottles. E. F. Kunkel, Pro
prietor, No. 209 North Ninth SL, Phila , fa.
Sold by all Druggists and dealers every
where.
Tapiwobh Rihovxd Alivi. Head and
all complete, ia two hours. No fee till head
passes. Seat, Pin and Stemtch Worms re
moved by Dr. Kciiil, 269 Nobti Nihth
Stbsct. Advice free. Come, see over 1,000
specimens aad be convinced. He never
tails.
An Iifallibls Pilb Rbmbdt. Sufferers
with this painful disease who have tried
electuaries, lotions, ointments and a long
list of nostrums for its relief, in vain, will
thank us for calling attention to ANAKE
8 IS, thaatappy discovery of Da. Silsbbb.
aa experienced and scientific M. D. Thou
sands or eases attest its virtue. It is a
simple suppository, acts as an instrument,
soothing poultice and medicine, gives in-
.. i;f and eurtt tjermanently. Price
$1. Seat free by mi.il m receipt f price,
P. Neuatawller Co., 9 Walker St, Sew
lork.
PEARSON & MILLER,
Fruit and Produce
conmssion herceauts
No. 1U Vine Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
SHOW CASES!
. SHOW CASES!
an tytaa, Sllwr Mounted and Wamw, new m
vcond-hui. Seeorelj packed for aUipoinu.
TURKS. a
HOUHS ASD OFFICE FTJKMTTJRS. all Mnda
Tbe lanrMt and beat aawneJ efcnk. new aad
agoasd-baad m tae City.
LKWIH Sc HRO. M-IJ
im. loss. io aad lea biowi a til. rails.
BROODS! BROOMS !
00,000 DOZEN :
From $2.50 prr Doien, and Tpwards,
la all Styles, Sixea and Qnalitka.
Through our immense and early pnrrbMe lst Wall
we are enabled tosfll st prirM! CONXIDKRABLT BK
L0W those of any otOVK COMPKTITOBS.
Aim an entire new stock at WOOD and WILLOW
WAKK, such as Pails, Tubs, Baskets, Mats, Twines.
Cordsee. Wicks. c, together with a full line of Apple,
Briur Wood sad Clsy Pipes, Fancy Soaps. Yankee No
tions, kc Srr fr.n (Is to $ per mill.
J.NO. J. BKHKB a tl i Wsshiairtoa St, W. T.
P. 8. We sell onr (nxals at prices thai do not reqnire
any dramming oa the road. Orders by mail will re
osiTs prompt st ten lion. Jbtablished 1M1 3-tt-lT
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HOUSEMEN !
owwri: of stock:
Save Your Horses and Catllel
CURE THEM OP DISEASE ASD KEEP
THEM IS A HEALTHT CONDITION
BT GIVING THEM
M. B. ROBERTS'
CELEBRATED
TftASC
KARVt
HORSE POWDERS.
IN USE OVEB
FORTY YEARS!
TBS OXLT P0WDBBS COSTAIBIIS
T01TIC, LAXATIVE AND PTJEHT
1X3 PBCPZ2TISS
COsTBIBBD, THCBISI BAKIIO THIM TBS
BEST COSDITIOX MEDICINE
IX TIIE WORLD.
They are made of Pure Material only, one
tablespoonful going as far as one pound of
ordinary cattle powders.
Buy one package and after using them
you will never get done praising them.
For sale by ail storekeepers.
USE
M. B. ROBERTS'
Vegetable Embrocation
FOR ALL EXTERNAL DISEASES
BIT B S B OB
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BEAST,
Janlty
EVERY
HAW nBO OW.tJ A
esa prrent it from pootmc by
wins; HILL'S Patkttt Risssa
SlUORinis per 10o hieenls:
Tanes mr Holders, ti ls, by Hail, pssl paid. Far Bale
y nsrawsrs uesisra.
Ores lam frsa.
Address,
H. W. HILL rO,
eelS-XXsew Ueeatar, lit.
FREDERICK SPIECKER,
tf-SiA-.-eaiT-'rf--.
WBOLBS4LB DBALBB IB
Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes.
Smoking and Chewing
Tobacco,
OF THE BEST BRANDS.
NO. 152 FAIE1SCTOT AVENUE,
PHILADELPHIA.
Only Agent fer
0. 8. Solid TepCigat
Mould.
Cigar Stores eaa be supplied.
i-nt
BLANKS
XIAXLT ttXSTMD AX THIS OTTIOB,
Av45PF?lP
rjflSat-rk3rfiVir-aw.
I
4 Jilt
The Four I e AT Clovcr.
Thel
ONE PRICE,
CASH DOWN,
RETURN THE MONL
PTTT.tapt.T. GUARANTEE
shall be our 4 Rallying Words 4 Another Season,
Oak Hall with
Liiiii
V
Men's and
Now in Store, will try by
COMMON SENSE BASIS.
ims SEASON
WE ARE IN
BETTER RUNNING ORDER
than ever, hawing rebuilt a portion of our Warehouse and made
TRODIGIOUS PREPARATIONS.
WMMERyROl
have taxed to their
bWCASH capital,
us-control of markets,
incompetent workmen,
"convenient buildings,
comprehensive experience.
For the SPRING of 1875,
THE RESULT
I St.
Perfecting of plans.
No new plans work perfectly at first. All new machinery
hu hitches, but we have now got the wheels all
in splendid running order.
2d.
Preparation of stock.
Larger and better than ever to attract all our old and
thousands of new customers.
3d.
Putting down the prices.
We go one notch lower because we don't lose by credit
sales and the largest business affords the smallest of
Profits. Besides we mean to increase our
business and the way to do it is by
Putting down the Prices.
4th.
Place of business enlarged
Made necessary to increase convenience and economy of
manufacturing rooms. In dointr this we have added
8
1
tight thousand four hundred and
WANAMAKER & BROWN
AIM 10 BUILD
BY
Integrity of Dealing
OR
0SE PRICE. .
OF course to do thw we
must &ure cIoely,
or we would lose our tradr ,
but we alwayi were will
ing to sell cheap.
This la the complaint
other houses makeagaiiHt
ns, but we do not care,
and therefore mark the
price oa the ticket, for
thai is the only waj peo
ple can be certain tlv-y
buy a like rates with
their neighbors.
D0I3G BU3ISE3S
CA8H.
1HIS5
Collector
Fs,
- Trouhte.
and best of all enable, us
to Cm satin Clotmimc.
What we saved !at
year warrants the mark
ing down of prices this
year.
EVERY DETAIL
haa been Studied Out, and wnen the
OAK
And the
ISicla. and I- I-
"VsLried- O Ls L
SO
We believe that 1873 will be the largest bu3ineae year we have ever known.
WE ARE READY FOR IT.
Wanamaker & Brown;
S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market Sts., Philadelphia.
ll Leaf Glror
t! tlfi Ml
f
Principles as 4-told
lo our Announcement) last Fall have had
half a year's arowita and
OF
Boys' Clothing
low prices to see just how large
be done on this
a buaineaa can
TJTIUOST H their vast facilities 1
IS -FOLD.
sixty - four square feet of floor space.
1
Up the Largest Clothing
Business in the World.
8aomrlng our Customer
GUliUSTEE.
Reftadiag th ICoMf.
THIS makes buying
Clothing a pleasure,
because the customer
runs no risk from Inexpe
rience, ignorance or mis
takes of any kind. The
firm protects the buyer
cms every point, an no
other bouse ban ever ven
tured to do.
THIS suits us.1
k is air and
able, and we are willing
to take any pains to reach
the highest mark of mer
cantile dealing. We pro
fcr to have our goods back
pro-npuy, aad hand back
the money to those wtw
are not fully pleased-
OF THE BUSINESS
People examine the present working of
HALL.
stock
tlie Prices.
tlie TrnproTregQ.eaa.ts,