iGKicnrrmiL.
Ihnininti Hover Pots. An experienced
gardener, who growg hundred of thou
sands or pot plants w iltiont drainage
writes to tins effect in an exchange
The question of drainage U not whether
plants require it or not; we all agree on
that. But the question is in what way
the water passe from the pot; whether
from the bottom or whether from the
sides. We who advocate that the prac
tice of crocking pots is useless, claim
that nine-tenths of the escape of inoi
ture is from sides; they m ho practice
"bottom drainage," would signify by so
doing, that in their opinion the escape
of water is mainly from the bottom. If
any one wishes to tiecide this matte
for himself, let him take half a dozen
glazed ikU, such as water will not per
colate through, let him knock the whole
bottom out if he will, and "drain" i
the usual way with oteherds, charcoal
or anything eie he thinks fit. lyt hiin
also take half a dozen of the ordinary
Myle of flower tot. Fill these up with
the same soil as used for the glazed pots,
but without drainage. let the same
sort of plant be grown in each lot, and
under the same conditions of tempera
ture and moisture. 1-ct him note the
result three weeks after the experiment
has been made, and if he doe not find
that the glazed ots, with the bottom
drainage, show indications of stagnant
water in a greater degree than those in
the porous pot, then all my otserTa-
tions on this subject have gone for noth
ing. If I am correct in this, does it not
emphatically prove that the escaie of
moisture is nearly entirely from the
siili-s of the t and not from the bottom
and hence the futility of growing pots
herds in the bottom for drainage.
lime Ui fit.lnin Choice Butter. Moore's
Band gives the following brief sunt'
marv of the leading or more essential
requisites fur the production of good
butter :
1. Ncuring rich, clean, healthy milk
milk obtained from good cows, well
-ared for, kindly treated, grazed uixm
sweet and nutritious pasturage free of
weeds, and provided with an abundance
of clean, frei-u water.
2. Irawiugthe milk from the cow in
a ( I. -aiily manner, and selling it in an
untainted atmosphere and keeping it at
a uniform temperature aliotit CO de
grees Fahr., hile the cream is rising.
:t. Skimming at the proiier time, and
lie I', ire the milk Ini-oiiics old and bitter
or is df4-ouiHsed.
4. I'roier management in churning,
ft. Washing out the buttermilk tlior
oughlv and working tlie Putter so as
not to injure its grain.
Thorough and even incorpora
tion or pure salt and putting down in
tight, clean, well-made jwekages pack
age that will exclude, as far as josihle
the aoinission ol air. . ,
7. Flaring the butter after it is packed
(if not sent at once to market) in a clean,
cool, well ventilate! cellar one that is
moderately drv and absolotclvfree from
all impurities and offensive odors.
H. -'leanliness in all the ocrations
from the time the milk is drawn to the
parking and marketing the butter is of
iuiMTative necessity. Judgment and
eiieriein-e in manipulating the cream
and working the butter must, of course,
lie an element that is not to tie over
looked nor dispensed with.
IaiwI Washing. One of the greatest
objections to our farming 0ierations in
this country is the tendency of our rich
soil to wasli off and rapidly deteriorate
in fertility. Another misfortune is the
iudiffe.-euec w ith which many farmers
treat this imixirtaiit subject. It is plain
to anv observing mind that a field of
rich, fertile soil mill yield double the
amount of one that has been thus
neglected, and suffered other malprac
tices. J have in mind now the case of a
so-called farmer m ho allowed an old
roadway, a quarter of a mile in length,
to wash so deep that a plough could
hardly cross it, hen ten minutes work
mithaspaile would have prevented it.
Ami often me see large, impassable
ditches form through valuable land,
with no ellort to stay the tearful waste.
This, mith fearful voice, verities the old
saying, "a stitch in time saves nine."
A lew hints in regard to remedies are
in order. First, the land can be plowed
so as to help the case bv running the
furrows crossw ise of the rills. I prefer
to have the mater flow in straight rills
at iegular intervals, and to prevent
these lrom mashing deeper, pack corn
stalks, large green meeds, tine straight
brush, etc., in the bottom, and allow
t he grxss and words to grow in these
ditches. Thus the m ater has something
to wear on, and m ith a little care much
soil can thus Iks saved. But the best
manner to preserve the fertility of the
soil is, as an) intelligent farmer knows
to S4ed low n to grass, esecially clovers
not forgetting the importance of the
projM-r use of manure.
I'se of Wool in the Apiary. For the last
four years we have used wool quite
largely for various purKses in our
apiary. We use nothing else for stop
ping up our queen cages, rolling it for
this piirposeiuto a tight mad. The liecs
cannot gnaw it away, and seldom proio
lise it. We shut up all our nuclei, w hen
first formed, with wool. It can le
crow ded into place in a moment, admits
air, and is easily'removed. If we m
for any purMise to shut up a hive, we
ue wool. In the working season we
keep one pocket full of wool, and know
nothing ol the vexations meexrlerienced
m hen using m ire cloth. Occasionally
a fern- bees are caught in the fibres of
the wool, but they are for the niot part
very shy of it, and are quite indisposed
to commit tie r by hanging them
selves in its meshes. liohbers m ill very
quickly retreat from a hive well wooled.
If we use the words to wool and unmool
a hive or nucleus, instead of to shut up
or oen the entrani-e, our readers will
understand vbat we mean. A.
lAlugstrolh.
IHridlng Sirarms. If you have a movable-frame,
it is easy to make artili-'ial
swarms. To do this, shake the liees
into a new hive containing frames; and
if you can give them one frame of comb
so much the U tter, lie careful that the
queen is w ith them.
When you have them safidy into the
hive, carry it to some distance from the
old swarm, leaving the origiual hive in
its natural place. If the sw arm is sepa
rated m hen the liees are in full flight.
enough mill be m the fields and return
to keep the swarm intact, and finding
themselves without a queen, they mill
proceed immediately to raise one from
the worker-brood. The smarm ill the
new hive will lie precisely like any new
smarm ; that is, having a queen Put no
stores or bread, unless vou have given
it to them.
M1E.1T1NC
Bronze Incnutes. This is the name
given to a new style of bronze or cop
per work ornamented with gold and
silver, and manufactured in Paris.
The ornamentation is produced by
etching and electro-plating, and con
sists, according to Dr. Meidinger, in
the following operations: After the
object, which may be of massive copper
or bronze, has received the desired
form, the drawings are made with water
colors, the body of which is white lead.
If several pieces are to have the same
design, it may be printed on as in por
celain and faience painting. Those por
tions of the surface not painted are cot
ered with varnish. The article is then
placed in dilute nitric arid, whereby
the paint is dissolved and the surface
of the metal is etched to a certain
depth. When the etching is finished,
the article is mashed with water and
immediately placed in a silver or gold
nam, and a layer ot trie precious metal
deposited by electricity on the portions.
When the latter operation is finished,
the varnish is perfectly removed and
the whole surface ground or polished,
so that the ornamented portion is just
even with the remainder f the surface.
ThecontoDrsarequitesharp. The sur
face is then bronzed, which does not
change the color of the gold or silver.
A epecially line effect is obtained by
producing a black bronze ol sulpnuret
of copper on portions of the surface
oeiween me silver oruanieuui. a coo
per vessel then has three colors, black
and white drawings on a red brown
ground of suboxide of copper.
1 his new process lor ornamenting
metals lias lieen devised at ChristonVs
works since the l'aris Exposition of l.-7
Specimens exhibited at Vienna in 1873
show the high degree ot penection to
which it has already been brought.
Lnfortunately. these goods are so ex
pensive as to be only accessible to the
few, although much cheaper than those
in w Inch the engraving is done hy hand
and the gold oi silver inserted by me
chanical means. The production of an
incrustation requires a high degree of
manual skill and patience.but no costly
machinery ; indeed, every brass foun
dry contains all the necessary tools for
the mechanical operations. Iron.
MITOTIC.
Temjterature of the Earth. At the re
cent annual meeting of the Geological
Society of (lasgow, the president. Sir
1 1 1 1 a in I hoiuson, gave a lecture on
I bet oud it ions of I udercToiuid 1 em
ierature at Different Depths." I he
various classes of variations ocenring,
and the mathematical investigations
which had been made by various em
incut observers of the phenomena re
ferred to. notably those of Fourier,
mho hail done much on the subject of
underground teiiiixrature, mere con
sidered. Such observations were dif
ficult to make mith correctness, on
account of the changes of tcmiieratnre
caused by the opening ot the ground
for the placing of the thermometers.
he best lorm of thermometer mas
that having a longshaped bulb.
It mas found that, generally speak
ing, the temperature ot the earth in
creased by 1 dcg. Fall, for every 50
feet ot depth, there were some con
siderable exceptions to this, the temper
ature increasing faster, which was ap
parently duelto volcanic action.
J5y making use ot the knowledge ac
quired by observations and supposing
the earth at one time to have been in
molten state, this condition could
not be he placed farther back than
about 400,0.x' noil years.
Preservation of Wood bu Lime. M.
I-ostal. railway contractor, Fcnniny,
has comunieatcd to the society of Min-
ral Industry, at St. r-tienne. r ranee.
the results of his observations on the
fleet of lime in preserving wood, and
his method of applying it. He piles the
planks in a tank, and puts over all a
aver of quicklime which is gradually
slaked with water. Timber for mines
reuuires aliout a meek to become thor
oughly impregnated, and other wood
more or less time, according to its
thickness. The wood acquires remark
able consistence anil hardness, and It
is said, m ill never rot. ood has been
prepared in this manner for several
mines, so that the plan will snortly tie
tested on a considerable scale. Beech-
mood lias been prepared in this way
for hammers and other tools for sev
eral iron m oiks, and it is said to In-come
as hard as oak without losing its elas
ticity or todghness. and to last much
oiiirer than when unprepared. It has
loug been know n that wood set in lime
or mortar is preserved from decay, but
no systematic plan for its preservation
has until now been attempted
A Good Bed. "Doctor, I have made
op my mind to try housekeeping here
after. Among other things that my
dear wife and I have been talking over
is the kind of beds to purchase in order
to preserve health. aow, we should
be thankful for your advice."
"It shall be given cheerfully. Bay
good bed, rather than a good carpet,
yon cannot have both.''
"You are very emphatic"
"I am, and for the best of reasons."
"How so f
"The carpet is for appearance chiefly;
the bed for vst. Are you aware of the
largeproportion of time we spend in
bedr
"it bag not occurred to me before, bat
1 see it mast be considerable.
"It is, indeed at least one third of
the time ior well persons, and, includ
ing infancy and childhood and old age
nearly one-halt or each twenty-four.
I bough some get along with six or
seven hours, the average for each ac
tive, healthy, adult person is about
eight hours in every twenty-four. I
lutancy and old age the average is
much greater, and this will, of course.
be still greatly increased by taking into
oar calculations the pro-ier estimate of
sickness. 1 repeat it, taking the whole
human life, with all its disabilities and
needs, into account, nearly half of it it
siren 1 1a or a.
I see your areument. Doctor: the
importance of securing a good bed is
apparent. Now, be so kind as to advise
me as to the kind of bed which should
lie preferred."
"Don't sleep on feathers. They
gather dampness and foul air. and are
really less healthy than most others.
Feather pillows will do. for ther are
outside the blankets, and the head re
posing upon them gets the free air of
the room."
"Then do Ton prefer a bard bed T"
"By no means : for a hard lied press
ing hard against portions of the body
impedes the circulation of the blood.
and only hard, muscular persons can
men endure it. 1 would recommend a
spring-bed, with either a cotton or hair
covering. 1 hese are becoming common
just now, a fact specially grateful to all
wno care most tor comfort and health,
1 understand you. My family shall
have such tteds, even though they
should cost a little more. Vou have
my hearty thanks, Doctor, for your
suggestions."
.Ye Process for Washing Linen. An
English magazine savs: "In Germany
and Belgium a substitute has latterly
been introduced tor sou a in the laundry,
which, while it has all the detersive
qualities of soda, docs no injury to the
linen, two Pounds of soap are dis
solved in about five gallons of mater as
hot as the hand can liear. To this are
added one tablespoon fill of oil of tur
tientine and three of liquid ammonia.
I'll if mixture is then mell stirred, and
in it the clothes are steeped for three
hours, the wash-tub Wing covered up
as carefully as Possible. Next- the4
clothes are m ashed, rinsed, and blued
as usual. 1 he mixture m ill serve
second time, only it must be reheated
and one-half spoonful of oil of tnrpen
tine ami one and one-half of ammonia
added to it. This process economizes'
time, labor, and fuel. 1 he clothes are
not injured, because the ammonia
evaporates very quickly ; and as for the
smell ot the turpentine, that disappears
111 iue uryiug.
Permanent Whiten-ash. With the re
turn of spring comes the usual inquiry
iora good mnitewasii. lake halt
bushel of nnslaked lime, slake it with
boiling water, covering it during tliaj
pim-csa iu Keep in me steam ; strain
the liquid through a fine sieve or
strainer, aud add to it a peck of salt
previously well dissolved in water;
three iiouuds of ground rice boiled to a
thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot :
half a pound of Spanish m inting, and a
pound ot clean glue which has Iteen
previously dissolved by snaking it first.
and then hanging over a slow fire a
small kettle inside a large one tilled
with water, add five gallous of hot
water to the mixture, stir it well, and
let it stand a few davs covered from the
dirt. It should he put on quite hot ;
for this purpose it can be kent in a
kettle or a furnace. A pint of this mix
tuie will cover a yard square of the
outside of a house, if applied m ith a
large paint brash.
Fluorescence of Botliesin Castor Oil.
Charles Horner states that certain
natural organiccoloringmatters, which
exhibited no fluorescence when iu a
queous or alcholic solution, mere ob
served to fluoresce brightly when dis
solved in castor oil; while other sub
stances, possessing naturally a faint
fluorescence, mere found to have this
projierty considerably augmented.
In tins solvent, cud'oear exhibited a
brilliant orange-colored light, and ex
tracts of logwood and camwood a pow
erful apple-green fluorescence. The
well known fluorescence light of tur
meric solutions was increased in bril
liancy at threefold, and is descrilied
as a vivid emerald green fluorescence,
comparable only with the appearance
presented oy me itcst uranium glass
under similar circumstances. It is
snggested, therefore, that in studying
the phenomena of fluorescence, advan
tage should le taken, w hen possible.
of the solvent property of castor oil.
.' nirfiH' ills of the future. This fruit
prefers a low vet well-drained situation.
soil not light nor vet too heavy, thor
ough culture m hen young at least, an
oo.isiiiii.il dressing of woodashes aud
salt, careful extraction of the borer,
ami mulching. The demand in our
markets for quinces is on the increase,
ami a healthy, productive on-hard will
iay m ell, but to say that there is "un
told wealth" in this particular branch
of Mmology is to state the case much
more strongly than the facts warrant.
The couiiaraLivcly new canning busi
ness has increased the call for quince
as it has of every other fruit, and he
m ho is the soonest able to offer a supply
will reap the benefit.
Churn m ith pressure, instead of fric
tion. The dash churner brings butter
by pressure, aud makes better butter
than most other kinds for that reason.
Butter should also be worked by pres
sure instead of friction. The ladle or
worker should not be drawn across the
butter, but pressed dom-u upon it.
To rrereut overlieated horses from
suffering from that cause: To one pint
of water pnt an ounce of chloride of
ammonia, one ounce aweet spirits of
nitre.one drachm of tincture ot aconite;
giving a tablespoon ful every Lour or
two.
A Million Ihtllar Hammer. A German
titer informs us the famous steel
works of Frederick Krnpp, of Essen,
are aliout to receive a very important
addition to their machinery. The lar
gest steam hammer in use at these
orks, at the present time, is one ca-
able of w orkings mass of steel 50 tuns
n weight, and erected at a cost ot ..,
(ski. It is now in contemplation to
build a new steam hammer capable of
eating up a mass of steel of double the
eight, namely, 100 tuns. 1 he new
machine, it is estimated, mill cost yl.
Ml.Ouo, and mill he most powerful 111
he world ; and it may lie expected
hat the size and w eight of the Herman
artillery m ill be enormously inct eased,
as the new hammer m ill permit the
working-tip of larger masses of metal
than, up to the present time, has been
thought to lie jxissilile by scientific
engineers.
Precrrinn Strau-lierrics. Gather and
handle the fruit carefully, taking them
iu the early part of the season, as they
are the finest and most perfect berries.
Stem, weigh, and place on dishes. To
one pound of fruit allow one and a half
pounds ot theiiest white sugar: sprinkle
over them half or more of the sugar,
and let stand some hours, or over night
it gathered late, l'ut on the tire in close
bell metal or porcelain kettle, mith re
mainder of sugar. Boil and skim about
twenty minutes, or until syrnn thickens.
and first looks transparent, using,
during the process, a "silver" snood,
and avoid mashing. Seal np imuiedr-
ately in air-tight cans ; if glass, wrap
in paper to exclude light.
Before mashing almost anv colored
fabrics, soak tlicm in water to each
gallon of which a spoonful of oxgall
has lcen added. A teacanful of he in
a pail of mater is said to improve the
color of black good. A strong tea of
common hay will improve the color ot
r reucli linens. inegar in the rinsing
water tor pink and green will brighten
those colors; aud soda answers the same
end for both purple and blue. To wash
alico without fading infuse three gills
of salt in tour quarts of water, l'ut in'
the calico while the solution is hot, aud
leave until the latter is cold. It is said
that in this way the colors are rendered
iK-rmaueut and will not fade by sub
sequent washing.
Self- Watering l.oomotire. Thesclf
snpplying mater apparatus for locomo
tives is coining into very extensive use
iu this country. It consists of a water
trough from to 1,2 feet long, laid
between the tracks of the railway. As
the engine passes along at a velocity of.
say. 'M miles an hour over the trough,
the fireman, by means of a lever, lowers
one end of a pipe into the trough, and
the water is carried up into the tender.
The water is prevented from freezing
in winter by means of steam pipes.
The use of this device, by saving time
in stoppages, permits a more moderate
average of speed, aud so results iu econ
omy. Tttliiiq Tin Platen for Lead. Fordas
recently communicated to the French
Academy of Sciences the following
simple method of determining the
presence of lead in tin vessels employ
ed for packing articles of food. The
metal to he tested is first touched with
nitric acid, and then heated, when the
acid evaiKirate. If lead le contained,
stannic acid and nitrate of lead remain.
Iodide of potassium is then applied,
farming yellow iodide of lead ; while
the stannic acid is white. The yellow
stain, therefore, indicates lead, the
white, tin.
White lead rubbed np with linseed oil
to the consistence of paste is an excel
lent application for burns.
rra pipes for m-ater eonreyance are
said to destroy all organic impurities in
the mater w h'ich passes through them.
E'tnrid butter, pork, and lard casks
may be purified bv burning straw or
shavings in thenu
To Pemore Stiwi. In many cases in
stantaneous relief from the pain can be
obtained by pressing npon the place
containing the sting with the tube of a
small key. I his extracts the sting, and
then a drop of aqua ammonia mill
neutralize the acidity of the poison.
and allay the smart of the wound. A
little bit ot saleratns moistened and
laid over the affected ftart will also
heal it.
P.realfaxt 1'uffn. Take two eggs well
eaten, and stir into a unit ot milk a
little salt, a piece of butter, aud a Pint
and a half of Hour. Beat the eggs and
stir in the milk, add the salt, melt the
butter, and stir in, then pour all into
he flour, so as not to have it lumpy.
Stir up thoroughly, and grease the cuds
into which the batter is poured, tilling
them two-thirds full. " Eat with sauce.
Ski'iyting the P-pe. We have ob
served iu our daily w alks the past week,
hcvys of little girls is: various parts of
the city engaged in the annual spring
pastime of "jumping rope." In one
instance we saw a little girl fall to the
sidewalk iu an effort to jump more times
than her predecessor. Some children
are injured for life through excessive
rope skipping.
Pice Cale. One cup of rice flour,
three eggs, one cap of sugar. Beat the
eggs to a standiug frotb. then add the
sugar aud beat as mnch longer or until
light ; add the rice flour and beat ligbtj
agaiu. Make in a quiet oven, as mere
is neither butter nor soda in it, it is a
good cake for invalids.
To Prevent and Cure Diptheria,Y)T.
Kevillout states that lemon juice, used
as a gargle, is an efficacious specific
against diptheria and similar throat
troubles, lie has successfully thus em
ployed it for over eighteen years.
,
Thimiton Ihtutplingt. IAns a basin
with suitable crust, rolled thin : fill
with damsons and sugar; cover it with
paste ; boil in a cloth for an hour.
Sauce melted butter, milk, or cream.
Iioited Indian Pudding. Two cops
new buttermilk ; one egg; soda suffi
cient to sweeten the milk ; Indian meal
to make a batter ; boil one and one
half hour in a bag; serve with sauce.
rxMora. f
'-Domestic Observation. There is nothing
nice taking domestic observations so that
the course for the day's steering may be
plain. ; A man we know has made a
study of it, and he says that when his
w ife gets up in the morning with a
jerk, and, neglecting to do up her hair,
goes silently about her work, she is ma
terializing a domestic row which will
shake things.up rough before night.
Examiner (divine of the old school) :
Xame an instance of benevolence and
design united in the native productions
of a specified soil. Candidate: The
growth in Spain and Portugal of the
cork-tree, coincident with that of the
vines yielding port and sherry. Ex
aminer: Very- good, indeed, sir. I
trust you will live to be a bishop. (Can
didate passes with flying colors.)
Inspector (m ho notices a backwardness
in history) "Who signed Magna
t'harta?" (Xo answer.) Inspector (more
urgently) "Who signed Magna
Charts " (Xo answer.) Inspector
(angrily) "Who signed Magna
Charta! J " Scapegrace (thinking
matters are iteginning to look serious)
l'lease, sir. 'twasn t me, sir!"
Wt art assured by Prof. Tice of St.
Louis, that "w hen the atrial ma4strom
pours down through the anticvclonal
column of a high barometer, the dyna
mic is 011 tne sky and the static on the
earth." Just at that critical moment,
we presume, it behooves people m ho
have any regard for their iersoual
safety, to stand from under.
A Western eJitor' thhikiug to stock
tiis depleted larder, advertised, "Poultry
taken in exchange for advertising."
The villainous compositor, seeing lus
4pK)rtunity to pay up" a long-standing
grudge, set it up "Poetry taken, jetc."
and since that time the office boy has
been clearing fifty cents a day from the
waste pnjier man. .
It is reiiorted -that Miss Moody.
daughter of the American revivalist,
m ho is now preaching in London, not
sharing her father's views, ment to the
play, and coming down late to breakfast
next morning, was greeted by him with
n en, eniid or Satan: ' to which she
calmly responded, ."Good morning,
pajia.
Scent The parish clerk's. Miss has
come to give instructions about putting
up the banns. Clerk "What Is he, do
you say a shovel engineer, on flu rail-
way? 1011 mean a civil engiueer.
stipxse? .Miss "Oh, I dessay you re
right, sir. It s him that shovels the
coals into the engine. -
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claart Title- Bf.
s V . .
Several interesting Babylonian texts
of very great antiquity are recorded in
Smith s Assyrian Discoveries. Among
mem is a land-boundary stone or the
Merodach Baladan 1., about 13U0 B. C.
containing on one side emblems of the
gods, and on the other a deed of the land
In'question, probably the oldest title-
deed in existence. After the descrip
tion of the land, and the recital of the
conditions of the transfer, the inscrip
tion Invokes the penalties on any one
who shall remove the landmark : "If a
a ruler or enuch or a citizen, the me
morial stone of this ground takes and
destroys, in a place Where it cannot be
seen to any where shall place it in, and
this stone tablet if a naka or brother, or
a katn or a. .-. or an evil one, or an
enemy, or any other person, or the son
of the owner of this land, shall act
falsely, and shall destroy it, into the
water or into the fire, shall throw it,
with a stone shall break it, ' from the
hand of Maraduk-Zakir-i.kur (the
grantee), and his seed shall bike it aw ay
and above or below shall send it. The
gods, Anu, Bel aud Ilea, Xiuip and
Uula, these lords and all these gods on
this stone tablet w hose emblems are
seen, violently may they destroy bis
name. A curse unmitigated may they
curse over him, calaniiiity may they
bring upon him. May his seed be swept
away in evil, and not in good, and in
the day of departing life may he expire
atid Shaiuas aud Merodach tear him
asunder, aud may none mourn tyr him.
American shot is now being shipiied
to England, it being deemed suierior
to the article made in that country.
- An edition of tie Bible is to be printed
n London with all . the proiier names
accented to show their pronunciation.
- 00.000 DOZEN : ,
Frb $U Mr rpwardi,
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A Brooklyn lad, .m hose husband has
an unpleasant habit of railing at her,
has hit iiihiii the plan of calling in her
servants w hen tie begins to tet out his
teiiqier, and then turning to him saying
sweetly : "Xow. my dear, please go 011
m ini your remarks," lie doesn t go on
in. least not as lie Megan.
Dtserriwi persons are coming to the
surface again. hie of the most ellicient
young men in Troy has been washing
m indows for Ins wife, and is praised for
his nrave ludeiienileiice. If all women
could only marry men m illing to do
their work for them this earth mould be
female paradise.
A i hiiHtje. nr lone. Jlow soon some
women change their minds respecting
meir niisiiaiius. .virs. fpinn mas for
ever telling her husband that he wasn't
w orth the salt in his bread, but w hen
he got killed iu a railway collision she
sued the company Tor five thousand
dollars.
A rtry pretty "Sunday-school song is
me one entitled "Put your armor on,
my boys." 'There is, however, a young
lady in our tow n who doesn't like to
hear it. She savs it sound 1 like "Put
our arm around me, lioys," and it al
ways makes her feel lonesome.
Sereml passengers on the Lom-er Mis
sissippi mere attracted by the alligators
basking in the sunshine. "Are they
amphibious, captain?" asked a looker-
on. "Amphibious, thunder!" answered
the enthusiastic otliocr. "they'll eat a
nog in a minute.
Il nerer quite believed those stories
about ostriches eating shingle nails and
gate hinges, Ijpt 'the . proprietor of a
menagerie now at.Janesville otl'ers for
sale, as old iron,' an ostrich 'which' has
just died on his hands.
'The battle of Spring," says the Xew
rk Kreniwi Mail, "is fought with
blades of grass," What does Spring
lean, then, by arming all her flowers
with pistils LimisTilte, Courier-Journal.
IniYHMi of the kissing discussion, here
is Oliver Wendell Holmes' definition of
kiss: "The twenty-seventh letter of
the alphabet, the love-labial w Inch it
takes two to siteak plainly."
The Xew -York Leilurr says : "Better
s the lowliest cottage exclusively to a
oiing married couple, than the lies t
apartments 111 a palace with smother
in-law installed therein !
Come and meet me In the loaniing.
lohn," she wrote, and, w hen the time
ame, John wasn't there, lie sule-
uentlv explained that he didn't know
I any such place.
"If this should reach the eve of John
Smith," said an enraged man, doubling
p his tisL and shaking it as he spoke,
he m ill hear of something to his ad
vantage."
"fttcinq to the limited proportions of
the school-house, reads an advertise
ment of a country spelling-match.
words of only three syllables will lie
admitted."
Mrs. Kcan of Springfield delined to al
ow Iter daughters to take part iu a
iielling-niatch liecause she heard soine-
mhIv say that knotty words would lie
lven out.
A person complaining of the small ness
of some chops brought to the table, an
incorrigible mag observed, "Proliahly
the sheep fed on short commons."
Mrs. C'olih, of Illinois, bas left her hus
band liccau.se he gets corned so often.
lie savs, iiiu' tis Ix-causeshe wants film
to shell out too frequently.
" pmroked me Into loving him,"
as a Kochester girl's excuse for en
gaging herself to a man w hom she hnd
always professed to hate.
A lull m ho asked her lover if be
ould like to see the lambs feeil. m as
surprised to hear him say he had rather
see her eye brows (e).
AJam had one consolation when he
fell tifwen or twenty acquaintances
didn't stand on the opposite corner and
laugh at his mishap.
A couple of sailor were recently ar
rested iu Xew Orleans for throwing
buckets of tar at each other. It was a
pitch battle.
Professor of rhetoric" "What impor
tant change came over Burns in the
latter part of his life?" Senior "He
ied."
In the case of the man m ho stole a
load of hay, an up-country Justice has
decided that the offence is a bale-able
one.
Xeuralyia. It is said that the fumes
of sugar snuffed up the nose will care
ordinary cases of neuralgia. Put a
small quantity of sugar on a hot shovel
and try it. -
A Chicano man savs that if Job IihiI a
jealous w ife, iustead of boils, he would
have know u what real misery was.
Coffee grounds A West Indian plantation.
The end of everything The letter g.
A matter of policy : Insurance.
A Boat It for Ml. SO.
The People's Common Sen-te Medical Ail
viser, in plain English, or Medicine simp'.i
tied : By R. V. 1'iuii, M. l.. Counselor
in-Chief of the Board of Physicians anJ
Burgeons, at toe n orld Dispensary, Buf
falo, X. T. Tte above Work a book
about nine hundred Urge pages, profusely
illustrated witn Wood Engravings and Col
ored plates, and well and strongly bound
will be sent, post paid, to any ad-iress, for
One Dollar and Fifty Cenls mulling it the
cheapest book trer ffrtd to the American
People. .Other books treating of domestic
medicine, of like sue and style of binding.
and not nearly as well illustratcl, ' with no
colored platea, and some pf them containing
no prescriptions and making known no
means of self-cure for the diseases which
they discuss, sell for from three dollars and
a half to five dollars. Were lr. Pierce's
Work not published by the author, printed
and bound with his own machinery, -and
were it sold through agents, as other like
works are, the price ot it would have to be
not less than fuur dollars. For when the
publisher pays the author a fair price fer
his production, then adds a profit to his m
vestment large enough to satisfy himself
and-eompensHte him, not only for his labor,
-but also for the risk of pecuniary loss which
he assumes in taking the chances of the
enterprise proving a success, and when the
slate. County and .canvassing sgent bas
each received his profit, they have added
to the expense of a book, that originally
cost about $1.2 J, so mnch that the people
have to pay not less than $4 for it. The
People's Medical Adviser, on the contrary,
is placed within the pecuniary reach of
classes by the author, who adopts the plan
of the urangers, dispensing with middle
men and giving the benefit of their profits
te the people, offering bis book at a price
little above actual cost of publication. That
those desirieg the book may run no risk of
losing their money in sending it through
the mails, the author adrer'iaes that money
addressed to him at Buffalo, . 1., and in
closed in registered letters, may be at ht
risx 01 loss. Iue author s large correspon
dence with the people upon medical mat
ters, which- we are credibly informed, fre
quently exceeds three hundred letters 1
day, and requires several trained and skill
ful medical assistants and short-hand re
porters to enable him to entertain and an
swer them, as well as his large daily deal
ings with disease at the World's Dispensary
appear to have peculiarly fitted him for
tiling the n ork, by rendering him very
familiar with the every day medical needs
of the people, lie endeavors in this Work
to answer all the 'numerous questions re
lating to health and disease that have "been
addressed to him by the people from all
parts of the land, and hence it contains im
portant information for the young and old,
le and femile, single and married, no
where etse to-be fennd. All the most pre
valent diseases of both sexes are also plainly
and fully considced and means of relf-eore
made known. Unlike other works on Do
mestic Medicine, it includes the subjects of
Biology, Cerebral Physiology, llvgiene.
Temperaments, Marringe, Reproduction'
etc., all of which are treated in an original
and interesting manner. It is a compendium
of Anatomical, Physiological ami Medical
Science, and embodies the latest discoveries
in each department. 'M
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Sent free by mail on receipt of price.
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Xew York. 6
500,000 ACRES
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MICHIGAN LANDS
FOIl SAZjB!
.-ilrM4 r were For fral.
They v tttaotrti tnc ft rmitmarl mxI ooatJhiB Urf
Tim of rxrellM FARMING an HM LumIw.
Th drain buxte iarlod mom oi h wtamt ftrtil
ami wU-atr4 hanhr d landa in tb 9tata. Th
mrm timtmnd atnly wita fcfd awpte aa4 arara: l
Mart, iaw1j tommx, aa4 aKnuMai ia aprincs of parial
wUr. NKwitu m om or thm lew MrMtsl and tmam
pew p rum &im thm I'ato. and mm fttnarra hava a
(TvaiflT vanrty nt crofa and rMnrra thaa may W cat
er Statati Wlula -oat of thm pnuria Stttaa mxmj arw
rora n gnat ataaftBi-, Umt ao other r
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IJejer'i Poultry Powder.
warranted, tf aaad la tftma.
to care chicken caolara aod
Pipea. wViihaaapfvJr of UiJa
owder. and a btatowal ot
ordinary attenuoa to en
liDcaa and arooar
Witts at KMrtfiil annnl w of
and encaba l-torming material, aay oa maj
tfoat,
keep
time, with both profltand pi
ISmTllJH. AU TOUT
9t.pt of Prica. Adtfream.
A. C. MKT&B CO BalUaora. '
'oaliry (too in eooflnf mmfor any length of
oa p feature, racxaga o eta.,
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FREDERICK SPIECKER,
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WWOlllttt BSALI. V
Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes.
Smoking and Chewing
Tobacco,
0F THE BEST BRANDS.
Na'152 FAISHOTOT AVZNUS,
PHELADELPHIA.
U. 8. B.lid TpCifj
Only Agent far
Mould.
Cigar Btorw aaa k wavplM.
SHOW CASES!
SHOW CASES!
AD strlM.8UTCr Xsoatad aa4 Walmn.awaj mi
faoona-nana.
Hwrnreiv lrked for aalpMnjr. .
ntiEjjVlAla, Bivaa
TbRKS.
'VlOK Tl
fta.
HOtm and orrtOK fubnitcbi an Mada
Tba larmat and bat aaaoitad atoak. saw tmt
noood-baiid la laa) Ulty.
LEWW Jfc BHDs Ml)
lOlfl. 1021. IMS ud 10 It I Mi I KL. Pklla.
S5$20S!
STiaoa a Co., Partlaad. MV
-aly
HORSEMEN !
OW AERS OF STOCK!
Save Your Horses and Cattle!
CURE THEM OF DISEASE AND KEEP
f HEM IN A BEALTHT CONDITION
BT OlflNe THEM
M. B. ROBERTS'
CELEBRATED
HORSE POWDERS.
CI USE 0TEE
FORTY YEARS!
tis oiLt rowDiu eoiTAiaus)
TC27IS. LAXiTTTZ AND PUE1T7-
BTtf PEOPISTISS
eoasniD, Taiaiiv axis, nu m
BEST COSDITIOir MEDICINE
iy xii s WORLD.
They arc nail ot Par. Malarial only, oat
Ublavpoonral going M far as on. oud of
ordinary aaUia powdara.
Bay ono paekag. and aftor awing tkaa
jon will navar gat dona praising taaav
Far salo by all sUraaoapara.
UBK
P.I. D. ROBERTS'
Vegetable Embrocation
FOE ALL EXTERNAL DIBEA9ES
Htm
MiViv on HE A ST.
Jaally
PEARSON A MILLER
Fruit and Pro'duce
5SI03 HEllCEAnTS
IV o. X$ Vine Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
BLANKS
Leaf.Cloveii J f
-Thc Four
The
Leaf Clover
tie People.
Principles as 4-toId
In our Announcements) last Fall hav had
half a year's growtri and
ONE PRICE,
CASH DOWIT,
EETTJRN' THE MONEY,
RTXTABIF. GUARANTEE
shaJJ be our 4 Rallying Words 4 Another Season,
Oak IlallTvrra
L!E,i
OF
Men's and Boys' Clothing
Now In Store, will try by low prio- to Jut how Jargo t buainj en
m none on un
COMMON SENSE BASIS.
' THIS SEASON1
"WE ARE IN
BETTER RUNNING ORDER
than ever, having rebuilt a portion of our WarehouM and made
. PRODIGIOUS PREPARATIONS.
BliTLV MBIID AT Tn CaTnOaV
iHMAKEEWSH
bav taxed to thair
UTMOST
an thair -vast facilitio. in
' t-CASH CAPITAL,
l"CONTROL OF MARKETS,
US-COMPETENT WORKMEN,
! -CONVENIENT BUILDINGS,
si?"COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIENCE.
For the SPRING of 1875,
THE RESULT IS aJ-FOLD.
I St. ,
PERFECTING OF. PLANS.
No new plans work perfectly at first. All new machinery
bos hitches, but we have now got the wheels ail
. 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.
Ve ro one notch lower because 'we don't lose by credit
sales and the largest business affords the smallest of
r"i;otits. liesideswe mean to increase our
business and the way to do it is by
, 1'uttingluwn tlie Irices.
4th.
Place of business enlarged
Made necessary to increase convenience and economy of
manufacturing rooms, lit dninj this we have ad.l.-rl
i-ight thousand four hundred and sixty-four square feet of floor space.
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WANAMAKER & BROWN
Aim Tit Rim n up the Largest ciothins
HIIYI IU DUILU Business in the World.
BY
Integrity of DaaJIiu;
05E PRICE.
0F:
nunc to tto tKi. we
mum atute closely.
m mm voold lose our tniv.
but lwir rcr mli
Ing to rQ ckup.
This U Um com plaint
Mkcr bottSrm make aiiKl
M, but w do mA Carr,
and thetvfof aark the
pnc om thm tickets, fcr
that is th only way pctv
pi tu m Ccrtuis tKcy
mmy at liks rates with
thmir acagHDOam.
2
Donra Business
CASH.
pltS Saw
CuUecttir;"
" TTtoMe,
and hevt ot alt maNfi o
to Chkapkn Clothimc.
Tit we saved Lst
year warrants the but ic
ing duwa ol prices this
year.
Stfrtriag or Cutomsra
G0AR1STEE.
1 t Khint a I
buying
brciuit tfrv Cattoairr
mm ao mk ftvm laespe
lienre. i)nurance or an
fcikcs of any kind. The
6rn protrcts the buyer
on every ptUB aa no
other hovie has ever vemv
tured to do.
Oiviag Batiakctiaa,
ScfaiuUag' tka Maaay.
rllS rain a, Wouaa
it ia fuv aad aoator
atWt aad wo mio willing
h tka aav pain to raaca
th atgncM aiuk of mar
CkaliW oValing. We pr.
fcr to kavo ax fooda back
praaaptiy, aad kaad lack
tlx aviary a thoa aha
ar aot fially j
EVERY DETAIL. OF THE BUSINES3
haa ben Studied Out, and wnen lha People) examina tha (reaent workin.a of
OAK HALL.
And the Stock
QAXjarte, O p tne Srstem,
l I IRictL and.V 1- U tlx IErices,
KJ J "VaLried- O L. L. tlio Improvements,
W believe that 187S will be the laraeat buaineaa Tear we have evar known.
WE ARE READY FOR IT.
WANAMAKER & BroSS,
S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market Sts., Philadelphia
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