MOSS.
BY EMUB riWCKTT.
Mtraogs tapestry, by Nature spun
Ou vif wles looms, aloft from son.
And ipmd through kmelj nooka uxl grote
- Where shaioss reign, and leafy rent!
A moss, of all toot dwelling-spots.
In which one ara too loveliest i
la it when Dear grim rooU that eoil
Their anaij black through humid aoil ?
Ur when jou wrap, in woodland glooms
Tii great prone pins trunks, rotted red,
Or wben you dim ou sombre tombs,
.Tbe requiescats of the da4 ?
Or ia it when yoar lot is cast
In some quaint garden of the past.
On acme gray, crumbled basin's brim.
W ith concha that mildewed Tnten'a blow,
V tule yonder through the poplara prim.
Loom op the turreted chateau ?
Nay, loveliest are you when times weaves
lour emerald films on low dark eaves.
Above where pink porch-roars peer.
And woodbines break in fragrant foam
Aud children laueh and you can bear
Tbe beatings of the heart of Home.
4 avlls.1 I'rli
la rrsti
The I'aris -orreinnleiice of the Pall
Mill Uo:tttr savs: "The sentence of
l a!h iuis-i upon three of the men who
i--L part in the murder r the poor old
widow iu the Kue-r Vaugirard has
-eii rotiiimited to one of hard labor for
life. There were six men engaged in
crime; three who remained below
ami three who went upstairs and slowlv
and patiently strangled a defenceless
woman. (eorge, liiauvin and .Mail
lot, a returned convict, were condemned
to ilt-atli about a fortnight ago, but.
thanks to the intercession of the Cardi
nal Archbishop of I'aris the triple exe
cution, anxiously expected by the usual
satellite of the guillotine, is not to take
plare. The Court of Cassation has or
dered a new trial for another murderer,
mid ha rejected the appeals of two oth
it-. The iiuinlier of crimes committed
thin year is truly alarming. The papers
' 1 11 lorni us this morning that the at,
Jacijues quarter had not recovered from
the emotion CHiisetl rv the assassination
of the widow- Bijoues ;wurdered by her
-ni.i wheii another drama took place iu
the same street three children locked
up and left to starve. One Hambard
loo, has just been tried for attempting
to assassinate his mother lor having
M-rveil hi m up some lulinvrent soup,
1 he jiirv found extenuating circumstan
res. IVrli.-iiiS the coup was li.nl. r'laui
bard is to finish his career at Toulon. A
man called 1'ubois was also convicted ot
murder aHmt a mouth ago, and me
-with the indulgence of the jury, sent
to prison, he endeavored to massacre a
mriikev, and is now to Tie guillotined
At hartres where the life of a woman
convicted of murder was reccntlv.-pared
a man lias, assassinated a comrade and
ha made his esca)e. A telegram from
l.e .Mans s.ivstliat aruttiaii who strati"
led an old woman in that tow u lias N-en
let otf with hard labor: he assured the
jury that he was dreaming when he
committed thecruue. 1 his defence er
liap tli-scrved success from its noveltv
As if a siitlicieiit iiuiiiher of the fair sex
li.nl not leeii niai'e away with this year
iu aland which is proud of its native
gailantry, one now learns that a woman
of bad character has just lieeu strangled
at Versailles, and that the murderer
then set lire to the premises. He exhi
bited a certain amount of humanity by
killing Ins victim before roasting her,
lu the Kite 1 .Villi n in l'aris, a jealous
-ergeant de-ville slew his wife a few dav
ago anil then made an attempt on his
ow n lite mid tailed. He is recovering,
and was strong enough to take some
-otip vesterdav. For the a Hair of Beau
i aire, where ancho, aided by another
rultian. threw a sack over the head of
his sister-in-law and repeatedly stabbed
her, Sauclio is to be guillotined. For
the affair of Me. Adresse, where Cor-
lioral .lodon, aged twenty-three, killed
his friend Florence, and robbed the cash
boy, the corporal will probably sutler.
It is also supiHised that Mulot, who
walked thirty miles and slew an old man
iu an isolated cottage, will be executed
It is clear that 'messieurs les assassins,'
as Alphouse Karr called them, have no
intention ot commencing to give upcapi
tat punishment, and yet crime was on
the decline till this year. In the first
quarter of this century 6,6C5 persons
w ere condemned to death, aud probably
half of them were executed. The worst
vears were in 1M0 and 1M7, following
i he wars of Xajioleon. From I82" to
lsjO there was a decrease; only l,.r;3
coniieuiuatious aud W.i executions. It
must, however, be taken into account
ttiat the penal laws were greatly modi
fied forgery, arson, Jtc, being no lon
ger punished bv death. There were
seldom more than 100 condemnations in
the vear, and 75 per cent, were usually
executed, except in 140, when there
w ere SI condemnations and oulv C coui-
uiiitatious. From lo0to lMKi there w as
a further d.KTcase 502 condemnations.
J-t executions. FM-tweeu aud 1S70
i he jauntier of executions fell to about
11 a vear. In ISTllliere were 10 execu
tioiie; iu 1S72, 24; iu ls;3, 31; in 1874
probably more; and this year the num
Iht of condemnations is fearful. It must
lie reiiiemljered, too, that it is very diffi
cult to gel a jury in many parts of France
lo return a verdict carrying with it
capital punishment: they bring 111 ex
tc limiting circumstances, ami so avoid
having blood ,u their consciences."
I.lte the Money la year Wive.
There is one subject njion which I
think most men agree; and that is, that
thev can btiv anv article of dress or or
nament to suit their wives better than
said wives can for themselves. This
mistaken idea generally is indulged in
ov the kindest and best or husbands,
Thus, .Mr. (joodman, country merchant,
when he returns with his spring goods.
brings w ith him a bonnet, w hich the city
milliner has assured him is just the one
suited to his wife's stvle, and which he
fullv believes will be the envr and ad
miration of Starville. Well, Mrs. Good
man knows that it is not becoming to
her, that the very stylishness of the bat
makes her w hole attire look shabby, aud
know that the price of it would have
covered the exense of a bonnet for her
and hats for her little girls, at the vil
lage milliner's, w hich would have suited
her much better. Hut with wifclvaftec-
tiou, knowing the kindness that
prompted the purchase, she conceals
all of this and wears her old bonnet to
fort the new o ie as often as she can.
Iu like ma.iner. Farmer lav. after
m Uiug iiis produce of the season at a
much higher tigure than be expected,
remember? the good wife at borne and
resolves that she shall have a shawl.
.Manlike he thinks the highest priced is
the best, and. as he has heard his wife
admire jlrs. Kay s broche shawl, one at
twenty dollars is purchased for Mrs.
In v. Well, it was kind, she vavs. aud
of course is delighted, while in her
heart she knows that for ten dollars she
could have suited herself far better and
had the extra ten for so nianv thiogs.
So 1 often think, when I see the wife
really w orried w ith a gift that ought to
be a pleasure to her, how much better
to give her the tuonev and let her suit
herself.
T let less ef Their Cariosity,
Au officer front the plains sneaking of
the wanton destruction ot game by
tourists says: "Antelope will take care
of themselves. io horse can catch
them, and not one dog in a hundred can
run them down. They are very hard
game to kill, and the only way to get
them is to steal upon them, or practice
on their curiosity. They are the most
curious of animals. Any unusual sight
does not appear to frighten them. They
will watch a kite or a big piece of paper
fluttering in the wind, and used as a
cover for the hunter, until it is within
a few rods of them. Any gay-colored
ribbons or cloth shaken at'theni attracts
their curiosity, and they will not run
until they have satisfied themselves
about it."
ACIICTXTTIIL. -
' Tht Golden Bui of Agriculture. Plants
live a double life. They have a two
fold nutrition mineral and oruauu
Their mineral food iwwlerived from the
soil, and tbe organic from the air.
While the orgaaie constituents of plant
are generally uniform, bv a strict analy
sis of their ashes, it is found that the
different classes are marked by the
prevalence of certain mineral elements,
borne abound in potash, others in lime,
some in phosphates, others in silica.
Different parts of the same plant have
also their preponderating elements.
Thus it appears that the reason why all
crops are not suited to the same soil, is
a variation of the mineral elements.
All crops are not suited to the same
soil, mainly because it is deficient in
certain mineral elements, or they exist
In too large quantities.
Tbe fertilisation of soils is the addi
tlon to tbe soil of suitable pabulum for
the growth and development or plants
If allowed sufficient time, plants can
extract organic materials from the sur
rounding atmosphere to attain to a
vigorous growth ; yet if we apply to
their roots manures yielding ammonia,
carbonic acid, nitrogen, etc., we supple
ment the atmospheric supply aud hasten
their development. Liquid manures
are, therefore, of high value, as their
action is immediate and powerful, lint
if this policy is long continued, it will
exhaust the soluble mineral elements iu
the soil and render it comparatively
worthless. Hem, in all permanent
systems of agriculture, mineral fertil
izers can no more be dispensed with
than organic.
Lonz continued cropping removes
from the soil all the available-mineral
constituents of plant-food, unless we
return to the soil, in the liae oi ma
nures, exactly what is lost m the crop,
This, then, is the golden rule of agri
culture, llr failing to heed this im
portant principle, millions of acres of
tne choicest land have become worth
less, and millijns more are now under
coins the same ruinous process.
vie should economize every source oi
fertility. Manure heaps should all lie
sprinkled with some absorbent, such as
gypsum, or diluted sulphuric acid, to
p-event the escape of ammonia, liquid
excretions preserved in tanks that none
of it may be wasted, ashes saved and
spread ou the fields. Coniost heaps
should be formed where all refuse
animal or vegetable may be utilized:
and while the accumulation of tilth and
noisome odors is prevented, the soil is
enriched and farming made remune
rative. With fertilizers the careful
farmer can accomplish much ; w ithout
them, he can do nothing. f.r-n Journal.
Ii'A'ttion of Cm.. The best rotation
in one place would not we the nest m
another. This question of rotation in
different loealities is a matter for ex
periment. Grass, corn, wheat, and
grass in many localities is excellent
rotation. In others grass, corn, roots,
oats,barley,grass,are profitably adapted.
In some localities where dairies are
kept there should be no rotation with a
view to securing good pastures and
meadows if the right kinds and proper
number of varieties of grasses and clo
vers are sow n, and the fertility of the
meadows and pastures kept up by the
proper topdressing with fertilizers.
v here timothy grass . is sown lor
meadow, and w here it is profitable to
grow pure timothy hay for meadow,
the best way to keep up "the crop is not
always to plow it up the third year, but
to sow the second year timothy seed on
the sod without plowing, toHlresing it
with manure after sowing the seed.
Because timothy "runs out" it does not
follow that the soil is exhausted.' It
being a bienuial plant, requires re
seeuiug every two vears. This done
with proper toinlressing, a timothv sod
can lie "kept up" indefinitely.
Pegging Down Creeping Plant. To
propagate lobelias aud verbenas, the
first bloom should be picked otf, and
the branches, as they extend, should be
pegged down closely to the surface of
the mold. The branches will then
take root as they lengthen; and by thus
drawing a large amount of sustenance
from the soil, thev will bloom very
freely and cover a large spai-e. A ver
bena mar thus be made to cover a square
yard, and a lobelia a square foot of
ground, it hen a plant is ermitted to
bloom, the grow th of its branches is
very seriously retarded. For example,
a balsam, or lady's slipper, as it is com
monly termed, kept free from bloom
and continuously repotted (as the roots
extend) into a larger t, may under
favorable circumstances, be grow n as
large as a good-sized gooseberry or cur
rant nusn. Asters and stocks require
transplanting from the seed bed so soon
as the plant has six leaves, to another
bed, placing them about six inches
apart : then w hen they are large enough
to set into tbe lieds, they should be well
watered both betore and alter removal
Mo I tht Rut F-ir;Kr? The best
farmer is he w ho raises the best aud
largest crops oil the smallest surfa.-e of
laud at the least expense, and at the
same time annually improves his soil ;
who understands his business and at
tends to it, whose manure heap is very
large and always increasing; whose
corn-crib and smoke-hoti-e are at home;
who is surrounded by all the neces-a-ries
aud comforts of life; who studies
his profession and strives to reach per
fection in it ; who keeps a strict account
of all his out-gnet as well as in-cvuies,
and who knows how he stands at the
end of each season. Such a farmer, iu
nine times out of ten, w ill succeed, and
not only make farming a pleasant but a
profitable occupation, lry it and see
low it Is yourself, reader. farmer
Vindicator.
Cual Oil Lowpi Injurious to Milk. One
of our dairymen, w hose butter has a
high reputation in this market, informs
us that there had latterly been some
complaints about it, the cause of which
he for a time was unable to discover,
but filially traced it to the funics of a
coal oil lauip iieed in lighting the milk
room, it shows (it such a word Is
proper) the extreme sensitiveness of
milk to the least impurity in the atmos
phere and its rapid power of absorption.
The difficulty was entirely removed by
putting in a tin ventilating tube, lead
ing from the chimney to the outside of
the roof. The butter was not afterward
complained of. Practical Farwr.
At regarclt bcautv, one cannot con
ceive a much prettier sight iu a farm
yard than a lot of cieau, snow-white,
nriving MiHolks. Ihev are certainly
a source of pride and profit. Though
not quite so proline as the .Berkshire.
they are usually good breeders; a half
dozen to eight pigs for one mother is a
fair average, though many successfully
rear more in one litter. The young
however, are generally more delicate
and tender than are the Berkshires, and
require a little more care until from
eight to ten weeks old, when they will
begin to shoot ahead and make up for
lost time.
Liquid ManHjrt in tht Crarden.. Two
years experience w ith liquid manure.
taken from a cess pool into which all
the house slops are emptied, gives tbe
following results : Lettuce, asparagus,
shade trees, vines, and grass, are im
mensely benefitted, but used on fruit
bearing plants, it provoked scarcely
anything but foliage, such pea cine
were never belore seen: In short,
where foliaze and srrow th of tilaut are
wanted, use it freely, but w here fruit
is desired, do not apply it when the
plant is growing. Country Gentleman.
Jiang Ohio farmers claim that seed
corn, and wheat for sowing, brought
from a colder to a wanner country,
yield the best returns.
Susan M. Hallow ell, of Bangor.
Maine, is to be the Professor of natural
history In Wellesley College, Massa
chusetts, at a salary of $1,S0U.
miotic.
Health Xotcs. Persons who work
hard under 30 years of age, should be
allowed ten hour's reot in bed. The
health of girls ia sometimes ruined by
over-DUslnnir mothers.
Always air your room from the out
side air it possible. Windows are made
to open, doors ara made to shut the
troth of which seems extremely diffi
cult of apprehension. Every room most
be aired from without every passage
from within.
Let it always be borne in mind that
cold air is not necessarily pure, nor is
warm air necessarily impure.
In all ordinary ailments and acci
dents, secure quiet of body, composure
of mind, pare air, pure water and simple
food at regular intervals being a little
bun if it all the time.
Children should tie compelled to be
out of doors for the ereater Dart of day
light, from after breakfast until half
an hour before sundown.
We do not advise a warm bath of tener
than once a week. But we must con
suit nature and farts. Each man should
bathe in a maimer which, from obser
vation and personal experiment, does
him most go.Kl. In matters ot ueaitti
aud disease each must be his own rule.
Immense mischief is daily done by
ieuonnir this principle, which is at once
the dictate of a souud policy and of
common sense.
The more sick people can sleep, the
sooner they will get well, sleeping in
the daytime, if before noon, enables
them to. sleep butter the following
niirht.
Fun is worth more than physic, aud
whoever invents or discovers a new
source of suptily deserves the name of
a public benefactor ; and whoever can
write an article tue most laughter-pro-motinif,
aud at the same time harmless.
is worthy of our gratitude and respect.
It is a bad plan to be always taking
medicine ; such persons are never well.
A teasnoontul of blood trom toe nose
has prevented many a fatal attack of
apoplexy ; hence a nosebleeding is
sometimes the safety valve of life.
.Multitudes brine on themselves the
horrors of a life-lona: dyspepsia by
drinking large quantities of cold water
at their meals.
Infants and animals never have dys
pepsia if let alone, for Nature is the
wise apiKirtioner. thus is it with sleep,
Nature, herself sleepless, wakes us up
the moment we have had enough, if we
are not tampered with.
.Nwallomuir ice freely in small lumps
is the chief treatnieut in inflammation
of the stomach.
To Silver Glax$ Olvbt. The Drua-
ijhti? Circular rives this formula for
the purpose: Nitrate of silver, 1 ounce
distilled water, 3 ounces; alcohol, 3
ounces : ammonia, sufficient, or about 1
ounce; grape susar, 2 ounces. Dissolve
the Ultra te of silver in the water, add
ammonia iu a quantity just sufficient to
re-uissoive tne precipitate ioruiea at
brst, add the alcohol, allow it to rest
four or five hours, and filter. The
grape sugar is dissolved separately in
olio ounce of water, and added to the
silver solution at the moment of using.
The glass globes being perfectly
cleaned, the solution is poured into
them, aud the globes are turned on all
sides in front of a moderate fire, so that
the liquid touches every part alike.
The coating is done in a few minutes,
when the excess of liquid is to lie re
moved and the globe washed with dis
tilled water tirst.aud lastly with alcohol.
1 he success of the operation deneuds
in a great degree on the cleanness of
the surface ot the glass to be silvered ;
the slightest speck of dust or jrrease
spot is sure to show. A good way to
cieau the globes would be to wash them
with a warm solution of soda, then
with dilute nitric acid, aud lastly with
alcohol, cue being taken not to touch
with the lingers any part of the globes
which is intended to be silvered.
Useful Jteciuet for the Household.
Three bushels of clean sand, mingled
with half a bushel of good lime and
half a bushel of cement, makes an ex
cellent mortar which is not liable to be
dislodged by storms.
I ark purple and green slates are the
best for rooting; others are liable to
fade nneoually and Droduce a disagree
able appearance.
It hammering continually is done in
an upper story to such an extent as to
be annoying on the floors below, tbe
sound may lie deadened by sheet india
rubbttr cushions placed under the
benches or anvils.
It is very dangerous lo allow acid
substances, used as food, to stand for
any length of time in copper vessels.
Preserves, wheu made in Mts ot that
metal, should lie emptied out as soon
as possible after cooking.
Io not bring lights near empty
whisky, alcohol, benzine, or coal oil
barrels. The vapor of the fluid, mingled
with the air within, is a dangerous ex
plosive mixture.
Lamp chimneys may be. in a measure,
prevented from sudden cracking by
immersion in com water in a suitable
vessel, the last being set on the stove
iiunl the water boils. The rlnmney is
men reiuovt-u aud allowed to cool
slowly.
Ctmnnl Pir Plant for Winter IV.
Select what is called the giant pie plant;
cut the stems into inch lengths ; heap
them into any large baking dish
(earthen is preferable), sprinkle them
very plentifully with sugar as you lay
them in, in fact sweeten them as liber
ally as it for immediate use, and set
them into the oven to bake. Take quart
Mason cans and keep them near enough
the tire to be thoroughly warmed, or
pour a little hot water into each a few
minutes before using : throw it out at
the last moment, aud when the pie
plant is baked sufficiently to be tender
all through, without having lost its
form, lilt it carefully with a spoon into
the cans, aud proceed precisely as for
strawberries. This will be found ex
cellent in winter, and it it very easily
managed.
JJok to Keep Warm. One way not to
keep warm is to drink freely of hot
drinks; to keep the pores of the skin
closed : to eat more than can be di
gested ; to sit over a hot-air furnace ;
to lace tightly ; wear tight garters, tight
shoos, tight gloves, and bundle up with
"heaps"' of warm clothing ; wear muff
lers around the neck, "and avoid a
breath of cool, fresh air; take wine
or bitters before meals, and pills to aid
digestion after eating. LH this daily a
month or more, and you will be as
tender as a tropical house plant, and
will take "dreadful colds" on the slight
est exposure. Hot drinks just before
going out are especially favorable to
induce chilis ; aud this is the way many
are tryingtocheatnatnre and prolonsra
miserable existence. Science of Health.
Washing Flannels. I notice that some
one in your journal asks how to wash
flannels. Tbe following directions are
given by a blanket manufacturer:
"All that is necessary is abundance
of soli tcater and soap without resin in
it. Kesin hardens the fibres of wool
and sliou'd never be used in washing
any kind of dannel goods. Blankets
treated as above will always come out
clean and soft. A little blueing may be
used in washing white blankets."
The same principle which is applied
to blankets may be successfully ap
plied to all woolen fabrics. Of course
all well-regnlated groceries keep soaps
free from resinous preparations.
Tooth Wash. Dissolve two ounces of
borax in three pints of water ; before
quite cold add one teaspoonful of tinc
ture of myrrh, and one tablesiioonful
of spirits of camphor ; bottle for use.
A wine glassful of the solution added
to a half a pint of tepid water is suffi
cient for each application. This solu
tion applied regularly preserves and
beautifies the teeth, arrests decay, and
induces a healthy action of the gums.
Cheap House Trap. Take the bowl
of a clean clay pipe and fill it with
cheese ; put it under tbe edge of a glass
tumbler in such a manner as to cause
the tumbler to slip off the bait and
m mse, of course, underneath. This
arrangement will catch more mice than
any trap ever invented, ac the cost of
one zeut.lchange. r ,
'Street oS rubbed on the skin is said to
be a sure antidote for ivy poison. .
raotocm.
Hotr He Won Her. A young couple
was occupying a rustic seat in tbe Park
one evening, and, from the expression
of the masculine representative's face,
it was evident that he was "a goner"
drifted, as it were, over the great
pyschologicai Niagara of affection, and
was even then being dizzily-whirled
about in tbe frothy whirlpool of senti
ment. The swimming swans had no
charm for him ; the eagles were as
nothing ; and he did not even notice
the big white bear.
"Oh, do be mine," be said, attempting
to draw her a little nearer his end of
the seat.
.She made herself rigid and heaved a
sigh. . . r -.
"1 11 be a good man and give up ail
my bad habits." he urged.
No reply.
"I'll never drink another drop." he
continued.
mill unrelenting sat tho object of his
adoiation.
"And give np chew nig "
No respouse.
"And smoking "
Cold as ever.
"And join the church
She ouly shook her head.
"And aud give you a diamond en
gagement ring," he added in despera
tion. Then the maiden lifted her drooping
eyes to his, and, leauing her frizzes on
his shoulder, tremblingly murmured
into bis ravished ear:
"Oil, Edward, you you are so good!"
And there they sat aud sat uutil the
soft arms of Night that dusky nurse
of the world had folded them from
sight, poniierinii, plauning, thinking
she of the diamoud ring, aud be of how
ou email he was to get it.
Dentistry in the Kitchen. A hired girl
should Am ingenious, tine of them, in
the employ of a West street family,
Uanbury, discovered a unique way of
extracting teeth. She stitlered nearly
a whole week with an aching tooth, but
had not the courage to go to a deutisL
Oue afternoon it troubled her so much
as to force her to look for a remedy.
aud she Dually hit upon a plan. W ith
a piece of stout twiue she made a loop,
which she put about her tooth. I hen
she took a bit of soup and rubbed it on
the noor. topposit the back door. 1 be
other eud of the twine she fastened to
the knob ot the closed door, i hen she
took a position ou the soaped boards,
and commenced to lean back, vt hen
she acquired a slope of about forty-five
degrees, the soap suddenly took hold.
and she came down ou the floor with
such force as to knock a pair of ten
dollar vases from a mantel up-stairs.
And there she sat reaching out for
breath, wheu the atlrightcd family made
their appearance, while the ollending
tooth dangled from a string againt the
door.
An eventful day in the life of a lady
Durinz a trip ou the street cars she saw
the loveliest polonaise pattern she ever
saw in her life, the handsomest fellow
she ever saw in her lite, the homeliest
womau she ever saw in her life, got the
worst fright she ever had iu her life.
from tbe drunkest man she ever saw in
her lite, never was so insulted in her
life as she was by a young man who
spoke to her on the car, ami finally got
home feeling more tired than she ever
telt in her life.
J low sweet is a perfect understand
ing between man aud wife. He was to
smoke cigars when he wanted them.
but he was to give her ten cents every
time he indulged in one. He kept his
word, aud every times she got ntty cents
ahead he d borrow it to buy cigars.
And so they were happy.
A school mastcr.vibo hadan inveterate
habit of talkiug to himself, was asked
what motive he could have in dointr so,
tie replied that he had two good and
substantial reasons. In the first place,
he liked to talk to a sensible man ; in
the next place he liked to hear a sensi
ble man talk.
Little Bout? said the teacher, "do
you know what eur iJ" And one little
tow-neadeu tan-peddler said: "les.
zur; when you see Bill Hays goat
com in' hide where lie can't hit you."
And the teacher looked at a picture on
he wall aud hid his lips with his open
hand.
A handsome vouuir ladv ectered a
draper's and asked for a Ihjic. The polite
young shopman threw himself back,
ami remarked that he was at her service.
lou! But 1 want a buff, not a green
oue, was the reply, the young man
went ou measuring goods immediately.
When a girl gets an old sunbonnet
on, aud starts out w ith a case-knife to
dig up the flower-bed, neither the war
of the elements nor the calls of her
mother change her purpose, but a good-
sized angle-worm will drive her from
the field of action in dismay.
Who can sound tbe depths of woman's
love A new Hampshire wife says of
her husband, iiis kick is an inspira
tion and w heu he knocks me down I
feel that my measure of human happi
ness is full to overflowing.
Peter Cunningham told Douglas
Jerrold that he had been supping on a
curious dish, which he had never seen
before calves' tails. "Extremes meet,"
was the comment of his pleasant friend.
" We don't mind recording the deaths
of people without being paid for our
trouble, but panegyrics on the dead
must be paid tor. Ve positively can
not send people to heaven for nothing."
A foppish fellow advised a friend not
to many a poor girl, as he would find
matrimony with poverty "uphill work."
"Good," said his friend, "I would rather
go up hill thau down hill any time.
This conundrum is respectually sub
mitted to the best speller : If S-i-o-u-x
spells sn, aud e-y-e spells i, and s-i-g-h
e-d spells side, why doesn't s-i-o-u-x-e-y-e-s-i-g-h-e-d
6pell suicide !
Kansas Teacher "Where does all our
grain produce go to?'' Boy "It goes
into the hopper." Teacher "Hopper!
What hopper l"' "Grasshopper," trium
phantly shouted the lad.
A Memphis tium has got up at least
once a niicht for seventeen years to look
for butglars iu the house, and though
he has never fouud one his wife won't
give up hopes.
A nem candy is called "Centennial
Kisses." But young ladies prefer the
other kiud, given by young men who
have not yet celebrated one-quarter of
a centennial. , y
"lam having myself taken in oil,"
said a well known physician, com
placently looking round. "-Cod liver, I
suppose."" growled an experienced
patient.
Query. What kind of cattle do they
have iu the North t A man there ad
vertises that be "wants a woman to
wash, iron, and milk one or two cows."
A Aofellandlord who is sadly troubled
has placed in his washroom an inscrip
tion from Dante: "Who enters here
leaves soap behind."
A nadord "having let all his houses
but one was asked if that unlet house
was liislast. " Yes, last but not leased,"
was the reply. . ; . . ,
Customer Mother wants a nice plump
chicken please. Shopman Trussed f
Customer Oh, no ; I am going to par
for it. .
A reporter once aptly called an un
successful printers' stike a "typographi
cal error." -
Why is a promissory note like a rose
bud I Because it is matured by falling
due.
When a young lady gives herself away,
she naturally lose her self-possession.
The last performance Samson gave
fairly brought the boose down.
tho Art
Diane of Poictiers, Duchess of alen
tinois, reigned the chief beauty at the
French Court during the lives of three
successive Kings. Brantome. tbe histo
rian, says that at the age of seventy
she was as charming, fresh and lovely
as any lady of thirty. It was rumored
during her bfe that certain skilled
doctors and subtle alchemists prepared
for her a daily potion of soluble gold,
and by this means her beauty was pre
served. Not soluble gold, nor other
potion didDianedrink, but by obedience
to nature laws, well studied, and all
wholesome aid of- arts did she live in
undiminished power of beauty all her
days. Bathing and proper gymnastic
exercise with dne regard of dietetic
regimen will much improve the form,
and even grave faults of feature have
been corrected by skill and persever
ance. I'gly noses have been reformed
by patient applications in some in
stauces, and foreheads ton low or too
high have been moderated.
It is said that Frederika Bremer,
whose very high forehead is remem
bered, was originally possessed of a low
forehead, but by depilatory applications
and constantly pulling out the obnox
ious growth of hair, she at last attained
that altitude of forhead associatedlwith
all remembrance of her face, some one
has said that "serenity is the true foun
tain of youth." Unruffled temper and
self-control do much in regulation and
prevention of the physical parts. The
ear,tbeeye-brow,the mout hare scarcely
second to the eye and hand in im
portance. A valuable hint concerning ear-rings
is recalled, i. .. no base metals should
be used in the ears, and no gold less
than eighteen karats tine should be
used in ear ornaments. Heavy rings
tear and injure the ear, and effect a
wound to be remedied only by an opera
tion of cutting. Art has been much
employed by ladies of late in the altera
tion of their, eyebrows. Goethe de
nounces tbe heavy eyebrow which meets
above the nose as sensuous, ana tne
moderately heavy, slightly curved eye
brow is affected by old writers. Pliny
supposed that a portion of the soul bad
its dwelling in the eyebrow, and Herder
said "that the arched eye-brow ia the
rainbow of peace, and w hen contracted
tis the strungbowof strife.
Xasais-c Children).
The child has a right to his individu
ality, to be himself and no other: to
maintain against tbe world the divine
fact for which he stands. And before
this fact father, mother, instructor,
should stand reverently ; seeking rather
to understand and interpret Us signifi
cance than to wrest it from Its original
purpose. It is not necessarily to be in
scribed with the family name, nor writ
ten over w ith family traditions. Nature
delights iu surprises, and will not gua
rantee that the children of her poets
shall sing, nor that every Quaker baby
shall take kindly to drab color, or tm'e
an inherent longing for a scoop bonnet
or a broad brimmed hat.
In the naming of a child his individu
ality should be recognized. lie should
not be invested with the cast off cogno
men of some dead ancestor of historical
celebrity, a name musty as the grave
clothes of the original wearer dolefully
redolent of old associations a ghostly
index finger forever pointing to the
past. Let i be something fresh a new
name standing for a new fact, the sug
gestion of a history yet to be written, a
prophecy to be fulfilled. The ass was
well enough clothed In his own russet,
but when he would put on the skin of
the lion every attribute became con
temptible. Commonplace people slip
easily through the world, but when they
are heralded by great names we resent
the incongruity, and insist upon mak
ing them less than they are. George
Washington selling peanuts, Julius ( a--sar
as a bootblack, aud Virgil a vender
of old clothes make but a sorry figure.
Leave to the dead kings their purple
ermine, to the poets their laurels, to
the heroes of the earth sole possession
of the names they have rendered immor
tal. Let the child have a name that does
not mean too much at the outset, but
which he can fill with his individuality.
and make by-and-by to stand for ex
actly the fact that he Is. Victoria Mgi-
ine.
State Auditor Clinton, of Iuisiana
has been indicted for embezzlement and
extortion under color of office.
rassiBBBtlaau
the acourre of lbs human family, may in its
early stages be promptly airesied and per
manently cured.
Kavesswood, . li
Da. R. V. Pilars, Buffalo, X. V.:
Sir For tbe last year I hare been using
your Golden Medical Iliscovery. I owa my
life lo it, having been afflicted for years
DU not use it but a snort lime before 1 wss
benefitted ; at that time I wss very bad, not
abls 10 sit up much, wss suffering gresily
with my throat, wss getting blind, had s
dry eough, and much psin in my longs. I
have used IweWt bodies of iho Discovery
snd is almost well.
KATE T. WAKDXER.
A son of Ma. J. H. Misbck, of Chatham
Four Corners, N. Y., has been eared of
Consumption by Dr. Pierce's Gulden Medi
cal Discoyery, so ssys Mr. C. B. Csnfield,
editor of the Chatham Courier.
S. R. Eolae. druggist, of West Union, 0.,
writes lo state that Dr. Pierce's Uolden
Medical Discovery has effected a wonderful
cure of Consumption in his neighborhood.
J4
Sis" SresU Discovery I
E. F. KDSKEL'S BITTER WINE of
IRON. For ths euro of weak stomach,
general debility, indigestion, disease of the
nervous system, constipation, acidity of the
stomach, snd all esses requiring s tonic
lbs wine inoludes tbe most sgreeable and
efficient salt of Iron we possess ; Citrate'of
Macnetie Oxide, combined with the most
energetio of vegetable ionics Yellow Peru
Tian Bark.
The effect in many esses of debility, loss
of appetite, snd general prostration, of sn
efficient Salt of Iron combined with our
valuable Uerre, is mast happy. It aug
ments the appetite, raises the poise, takes
off muscular flabbiness, removes the pallor
of debility, and gives a florid vigor to the
countenance.
Do y on want something to strengthen youT
Do you want a good appetite T Do yon want
to build op your constitution ? Do yon want
to feel well I Do you want to get rid of
nervousness T Do yoo want energy ? Do
you want to sleep well t Do you want brisk
and vigorous feelings ! If yoa do, try Kun
kel's Wine of Iron.
This truly valuable tonie has been so
thoroughly tested by all classes of the com
munity, that it is bow deemed indispensable
a Tomo medicine. It costs but little.
purifies the blood and gives tone to the
stomach, renovates ths system and prolongs
life.
1 bow only ask a trial of this Valuable
Tonie. Price 1 per bo lis. E. F. K.CX
KEL, Pole Proprietor, Philadelphia, Pa,
sold by Druggists sad dealers everywhere.
Pur.sCAX be Ccred only by ANA-
KLSIS, the greatest discoyery of the
aire, and the sole, infallible remedy for
the worst cases of Piles. Thousands
of sufferers, after trying in vain all
manner of lotions, ointments and inter
nal remedies, have been instantly re
lieved and permanently cured by AXA-
KfXM. Jt is the happv tlisrovery of
Dk. Sii.sHke, a regular scientific physi
cian, and Doctors of all schools endorse
nrl r'Tim"nl ir.. Prte l Sent free
ou receipt of price. 46 Walker afreet.
ew xork. io.
If eyer! Poultry Powder.
Wtrrartsd.irassd Is tuns.
lo core dieses e oisrs aa
raps. WiUsssprlyofUiis
rovdsr.asd a bssu ivslof
eraiasry susauos toeisss-
Hssm ssd srossr
witb a assefni sappiy of
atrr1tesdeTSsll-nslac ssu
sees Poultry eves 1 B eosflsemesl )
srlal.any oasmsy
) former isnrtbor
Urns, witt bstb srostaad lanai Package Seta
aveforai.se, - ' asm tnm uooa rs-
stBtqf price. Address,
A. C KZTXB CO. Bstttmors.
$5S-$20n5'
MaSM stf Fill lists i
BROODS! BDOOUSI
fiO.OOO DOZlilH !
mm ?1S per oiea, Mi rwarda,
Is all srus, sums and lissuasa.
Tin wis nil Imia 1 last Ffl.
X nTZmbli to aU pr. CONSIblEJLllLT sV
UwckoMrsB7ofOcmcoMPirriToaa.
WABB, nrk as Psls, Tubs, Baskets, Mats, Twsa,
CotkK. Wicks, sefefscbar witk s fall Una of Appls,
Briar Wood aa4 Clsy Plpss, Fancy Soaps, aaks
tsssvac Ssr frets lis k su psr sua.
in J ivilFlim t&l WflhlstNl St. H.
P. ftAws mli out frcda si pricss last so asc rqir
any araauslss oa ths rosd. Onfan by aaU will i
500,000 ACRES
MICHIGAN LAUDS
Th 1 aads af th Jsekass, basis n ttaalaaw
Ballrsaa I ssisas) sra .law vhbiss rsr
They srs aitnatai alone lu rsilrosd aadmtaia largs
tnrts of nnUrst FAEMINO aud n.M Land
Thr airming Isnus inetads aosM ot tbs Bust Smils
ssd wr-u-watarsd oarawo a wnw is is ow.
srs IWOTCT-u mmtaij ,iu -mm
l.lark, awtf kss, sad sbonsda la pnszsol
. ,j l i ., - . f th. iw.lf hand II,
grmi vahetv of crops sih! rsosrcs than sny Wssv
rn Stats. While naw of tbe prsiris SlsMS may pro-
, . 1 t-i k l .li.iln. UUm
l I -' - - - . , K.mmmuI Ti .li,.h
Price from 2jo lo V per srr . Swi r lllnstrsud
pamphlet. A&inos O. as. mAmS BJs,
B-1S-04-S9W V eiHIIMi, iwiina, - "'-
HORSEMEN !
OWNERS OF STOCK !
Save Your Horses and Cattle I
CCRI THEM OF DISEASE A3CD I ESP
THEM IS A HEALTHY CONDITIO!!
IT G1TLN0 THEM
M. B. ROBERTS'
CELEBRATED
HORSE POWDERS.
VX USE OVER
FORTY YEARS!
THS OHLT rOWDBBS OOSTAUIXS
T327ZC, LA2ATT7S AKX) FUS17T
XX3 PEOPEEITES
OOBSISSD, TBIB1ST BAX1S8 THSJi THS
BEST CONDITION MEDICINX
IN THS WORLD.
They are mads ef Purs Material only, oat
Ublssfboaful coins; as fax as sas fouad si
rdiaery cattle powders.
Bay oas package sad alter sjsug thea
yea will sever get dans praising tkasv
Far sals bj all storekeepers.
USK
M. O. ROBERTS'
Vegetable Embrocation
FOB, ALL EXTERNAL DISEASES
aiTBia sa
MATV OR. BEAST.
JasJ-ly
SHOW CASES!
SHOW CASES!
An srytas. Silver Wonrjted and WsUrat, sew ad
wscond-bacd. Securely parted for abtpuliur.
OOUNTAUUi, AJiSl RHaXVIMa,-
rn
1 u ii.n, no,
BOUBB AWO OrFIUK FUUNITUBB SO kinds
The Isruest and best assmvsd stooa, new sad
econd-taand In Us City.
LEWIS fc BROs H-lJ
IBM. 10S. lOtt sad 117 BOMB ATI. nils.
FREDERICK SPIECKER,
WVOUSALB BBALBB IB
Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes,
Smoking and Chewing
- Tobacco,
Or THS BEST BRANDS.
Kl 152 LTESUZ,
- PrTTT.ATiCT.pmA,
Only A (eat far V. fl. Ssttd Toy Ogai
MoaleL
Cife Itswes, sea hs sapvlisel
CLANKS
MATtT ranmo at ran onum.
li g O W
3P. O p
I gig Jjj g H a I
a33 52BQr 3
TVABat - -
3 . w
; .: ;o - -
The 0 I Principles as 4-toId
In our Aanounesmsm lsvst Fall have) h4
mmmssl bsUT at year's jrowili suij
ONE FSICE,
CASH D0W1T,
BIT U UN THE MONEY,
RTTTATrrr. GUARANTEE
shaJJ be our 4 Rallying Words 4 Another Season,
Oak Hall mn
Men's and
Now In Store), will try by low prices to aee Just how large) a business cam
bo done, oa this
COMMON SENSE BASIS.
Tins SEAiSOK
WE ARE IN
BETTER RUNNING ORDER
than ever, having rebuilt a portion of our "Warehouse) and mailt
PRODIGIOUS rREPARATIONS,
WANAMllKliHi
bava taxed to their XJX3I0ST thai' vast faollltlaa la
J-CASH CAPITAL,
WCONTROL OK MARKETS,
INCOMPETENT WORKMEN,
-CONVENIENT BUILDINGS,
10-COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIENCE.
For the SPRING of 1875,
THE RESULT
i perfecting of plans. l
J CJ No new plans work perfectly at first. All new machinery J LJ V
LmlLmX I.iii lies, but we have now got the wheels all amslamml
in s;)londlil running order.
Preparation of stock. I
l arger ai.J better than ever to attract all our uld and I
thousands of new customers. jammsmsr
3d.
PUTTING DOWN THE PRICES.
'Ve go one notch lower because we don't lose by credit
sales and the largest business affords the smallest of
fronts. 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 doine this we have added
1
.Light thousand four hundred and
WANAMAKER & BROWN
AIM TO BUILD
BY
Integrity of Dealing
CH
OKE PEICH.
OF eoonc lo do this w
-nest figure closely,
ervtt would loeeour trade,
tut vc always were will.
Ing to sell cheap.
This it the complaint
wlCThouaBakcaaiDM
bv. but wc do doc care,
and llfcerefere aurk the
rice oa the tickets, for
that Is ehc ooKf way peo
ple can bo ccnaia they
Xmty at lilt fates Hth
their atfughbors.
D0I5G BU3I5E33
Pot
GASH.
Save. Lmbcs,
Collector
Fees.
- Trouble,
a&dbest of all enable as
tO CHKAfX CleOTHIJtG.
What we aa! last
year warrants the nark
ing tlowa of prices this
year.
EVERY DETAIL OF THE BUSINESS
has boon Studied Out, and wr.cn the People) examine) tne prec-ent working) of
OAK HALL,
And trio
f ZRlcSaacl f I-
Wa ballava that 1873 will b the largest buainass year we have ever known.
WE ARE READY FOR IT.
Wamaker & Brown;
S. E.Cor. Sixth & Market Sts., Philadelphia.
n
Leaf Clover
?k People.
Boys' Clothing
IS
sixty - four square feet of floor space.
IS
1
Up the Largest Clothing
Business in the World.
Becoriag ovr (Piston era
BY Tata
GUA.1UJTXE.
Gifing Satiaakotiim,
on -
aUfaadiaig th Matey.
THIS aukes buying
Clothing a pleasure,
btca.it the ctatceBer
runs ao risk from aBaapoi
rieacc. agnora&ce or bus
takes of any kind. The
nrtn, protects the buyer
oa every poiotv as as
other home has ever vaa
tured to do.
rlS suits us, because
it is fair and Ivo-koc-abic,
an4 we are waning
to take aay pains to leach
the highest aaark of aaer
cajvrila dealing. We pre
fer to nova our goods back
aiasstirija-wd mamd twack
tlve aaoawy to ttwasa rh
ara not fully plcasved.
Stock
tlx STsteao .
tlie Fxice&a,