ICKIClLTTKiU
SfiHtnueous CoMbustion in ling. There
are doubt le8 many farmers -w ho bare
experienced euildVn and destructive
conflagrations in their hay loft, which
could not be ax-ribed to any exterior
agency. . Burns have been known to
burst Into tkinies,'aliiio-1 without wani
ng save perhaps significant odor, for
a few darg reviously, around the
jUee where the hay wan stored, and a
mnnier'g Jiarvt if swept awav Id as
' fnany minutm ait it haa taken- davs to
gather it. Thew unexpected conljagra
tious are generally air rwlitwi to tramp
who have made the hay loft their sleep
ing reisort, but it Is nw aerted that
such calamities are frequently due to
the spontaneous -miution of tlie hay,
a circumstance tlieoretically juite os
sible, hut rarely considered. Able
Moipno, in Lrs Mmdes, gives the fol
lowing as the theory of the phenomena :
Hay, when piled damp and in too large
mirfi, ferment and turns dark, in
decoiLjKving, sutlicient heat is devel
oped to I insupportable when the
hand is thrust into the mass, and
vaiorB begin to be emitted. lieu the
water is almost entirely evajiorated,
the de-omposition continues, and the
hay becomes varlon?zed little by little;
and then the charred Hrtion, like
peat cinders mixed wi;h charcoal, sul
phurous pyrites and lignite, etc., be
comes a kind of pyrophorus, by virtue
of its great porosity and of the large
quantity of matter exoscd to high oxi
dation. I'nder the influence of air in
large amount, this charcoal becomes
concentrated on the snrfa-e to such a
degree that the mass reaches a tem
perature which results in its bursting
into flames.
The preventives for this danger are
care that the hay in the lofts is kept
perfectly dry, that it is well packed,
and that it Is stored in small heaps
rather than in large masses.
M'hitr Is-ihi.n Hms. A writer in the
THurol H'orOi who "goes his pile" on the
White Ieghoms, thus writes about
them:
. Having given this breed a fair trial
during the last eighteen months, er
haps i can interest some of your read
ers with a few remarks in regard to
their qualities.
They are medium size, but good lay
ers of good sized, pure white eggs.
They seldom oiler to set, and if they
' have a good range, they will find most
of their living in good weather, and
lay both winter and summer. They are
becoming very popular, both for lieauty
and as layers. They cannot be excelled
by any variety in the number of eggs
they will produce a year. The chickens
feather out and mature very early, are
easily reared, very hand? and exempt
from disease, l'lillets often lay at live
months old. l'lillets of this breed
hatched out the first of - August will
come to maturity and begin to lay be
fore itrahmas and Cochins that were
hatched in June. Krom the experience
I have had with this breed, I consider
them the best breed of fowls in exis
tence, and if they have a good range,
they will produce more jsiuiuls of eggs
and dressed poultry than any breed, to
the quantity of food consumed. Ittiring
very hot or very cold weather, when
the large breeds are setting ajouiid in
some corner to protect themselves from
the heat or the cold, the leghorns are
stirring alxnit and appear to Je com
fortable. They are very gentle and
stand confinement well, seldom flying
over a four-feet picket fence. Their
flesh is white, juicy and of good quality.
For the farm or city they arc very
showy and ornamental.
H'i(t-.irt Suit.- Our. American f.trin
,ers Alk a great deal iilx.ut worn-out
soils, just as though land would not re
main fertile forever if -as much plant
food was returned to it as is taken out.
Jn the agricultural districts of Kuroe
a farmer is expected to constantly in
crease the fertility of his laud instead
of wearing it out.
ilr.-Lewis, of Kngland, made exjieri
mcnts with soil owned in one family a
thousand years. He sowed a piece con
tinuously to wheat for twenty-seven
years with an averrge crop of fifteen
and five-eighths bushels jer acre. A
piece in barley, nineteen years, gave
twenty bushels er acre; and a piece in
grass, fourteen years, gave 2'sJO KHinds
a year. This yield, consequently, repre
sented the condition of the soil, with
the ordinary ctill$vition and rotation as
practiced; but similar land of the same
farm, to which fourteen tons of manure
had been applied, p-odui-ed thirty-six
bushels of barley; and with two hun
dred pounds of sulphate of ammonia
and three hundred of phosphate, it pro
duced forty-eight bushels of barley.
This, again, shows the value of manure
in England, and the increased fertility
of its soil through the application of
manure; and any farmVr, knowing the
cost ot manure in his locality, may ea
sily estimate whether it will ay him to
Use it or not, Waring in mind alwaysthat
it is much cheaper and easier to keep up
the fertility of the soil than to bring it
hack when once it is impoverished.
Agricultvn. i
ltit Cooked Food Injur' St act. The
world will never quite get rid of its old
fogies those who want to be natural,
but have never studied nature. When
fodder shall tie cooked so as to be softer
and more succulent than grass, which
nature has furnished for the animal,
then it will do to inquire whether na
ture is not violated in cooking food for
cattle. Nature furnishes grass, not
dried fodder. The dried fodder is man's
work of preserving food while thegnss
does not grow, and if he cooks this soft
and succulent in imitation of grass, does
he run a tilt at nature or is' he imitating
her? A farmer always looks forward
to the new growtkxif grass in the spring
as affording an npwrt unity for his cat
tle to improve in condition and health,
and when iie cooks thoroughly his win
ter food, his cattle are simply kept upon
grass the year round. We have kept
the same cows upon cooked food for
fifteen w inters and found them vigorous
at nineteen and twenty years old.
Plank Floor Ruinous to llors's. Can't
some genius invent some kind of stable
floor that cau be kept clean without
too much labor, and not ruin the feet
of horses standing on it? A horse
which we kept in tlie stable last winter
came out in the spring so lame that he
conld not strike a trot, and his limbs
seemed weak and tender, although we
could find no sore or tender spot, nor
were his limbs swollen. ..
We enclosed a small plot of grass,
and turned him out, cutting grass for
him. In one week from tlie time we
turned him out, lie could trot off quite
lively, and now he has nearly recov
ered. He seemed to be lame in
every foot, and especially in his hind
feet, and we have no doiiht that stand
ing idle upon a plank floor caused his
hoofs to become dry, hard, and con
" traded; so that they pressed Uon the
tender frog. Rural Horn.
Tomato' Trellises.' The cheapest and
most convenient trellis for tomatoes is
to make a four square frame for every
hill, of four pieces of hard wood, two
feet loug and one inch square, for the
four corner, posts. Let three pieces of
lath, each one foot long, be nailed on
each Me; such trellises will cost only a
few cents each, and they will save four
times their cost in jooiatoes. Let such
a trellis be placed over each hill In fore
fhe plant has begnn to lieud sideways,
then thefruitwill be kept oil the ground,
if made of durable timlter, and carefully
stored during the winter in a pile on
one side of the field, this kind of a trel
lis will last halt a score of years or more,
.mutalp if t ) luir . r ftirtiktfwf in l- r 1 .
of coal tar before they are placed over
.the tomato hills.
Lice in Poultry How. To drive out
Bee from the ben house. Keep tobacco
leaves crumbled np in the nest among
the litter where the hens lay and sit.
Also wash the roost poles with a solo-!
tion made by boiling tbe leaf stems of
tobacco in soft or rain water. If tbit
ri done there will be no trontd with
the fowls in that respeet. I
acmnnc.
Sun-Drawino. With that nroneness
to fro wrong, which we notice in most
thinra human, and which crops out in
science as well as elsewhere, the art of
making pictures by the chemical action
of radiant forces has rot a false name.
This is all the wonte, as it was at first
correctly designated, and that too by
him who had the clearest right to eive
the process a title. lJavy and Wedg
wood, earlv in the century, bad labored
to produce sun-pictures by means of
the tamcra-olttcura. bat had met with
little succesa. In 1814 M. Neipce, of
Chalons, in r ranee, took np tlie subject
and. in the course of ten years assidu
ous work, he succeeded in a method of
forming snn-pictnres on ctiemicaliy
prepared copper, pewter, and friass
plates, by which the lights, semi tints,
and shadows, were represented as in
Nnturv, and he also succeeded in mak
ing tue impressions lasting. In lti?
he sent a paper to the Royal Society,
accompanied with specimens ; but. as
he kept the process a secret, the com
munication could not be received. The
process, however, he named heliography
or snn-drawine, a term by which it was
truthfully characteiized. M. DajriMTre
another Fieochman, bad tieen working
at the same problem, and in 1N29 these
two men, with a common purpose,
formed a partnership to carry on their
researches jointly. Xeipce died betore
the work was matured, and Daguerre,
very naturally, reaped tbe honor of it.
The French Government bought his
secret, paying with a life-pension, and
promulgating it to the world, without
restriction of patent, in Angnat, 1S3U.
The new pictures were at once knoan
dagnerreolypes.wA the mode ot making
them the daguerreotype process. These
uncouth terms endured tor a while, but
were at length supplanted by the word
photography.or ligltt-dniwing.whicU as
lieen established. Yet the appella
tion is incorect, and the error is as
broad as the difference In-tween light
and darkness. It is not light that makes
the picture, but dark radiations that
are associated ith it, and that have
the peculiar effect of producing changes
in certain chemical compounds. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
SicM-Plating. Nickel-plating is
now very extensively carried on tor the
covering of articles hitherto plated
with Bilver. Nickel is very eaily de
posited, and may le prepared for this
purpose by dissolving it in nitric acid,
then adding cyanide of potassium to
precipitate the metal; after which the
precipitate is washed and dissolved by
the addition of more cyanide of potas
sium. r the nitra'e solution may lie
precipitated by carbonate of potash ;
this should be well washed, and then
dsolved in cyanide of potassium : a
proportion of carbonate of potash will
be iu the solution, which is not found
to be detrimental. The sulphate of
nickel is also a soluble salt, and the
metal is reduced more readily from it
than from the nitrate. It is liest to nse
the solution strong as possible. Nickel
forms a compound with the cyanide of
potassiem on boiling the oxide in a so
lution of that salt, which takes np con
siderable quantity. The acetate of
nickel is easily formed, by adding py
rol igneous acid to the oxide of nickel,
but it is a bad solution for obtaining
regulineor pure metal. The chloride
of nickel is formed by dissolving the
metal in miinauc acid, it tonus a tine
green colored salt, aud a very excellent
one for nickel plaung. Jt may he used
with a nickel positive pole, with one or
two Danieil cells.
A Sew Propeller for Strom Vessels.
A Chicago inventor has patented a con
trivance for propelling steam vessels
which he feels confident will in time
take the place of the wheels and
screws now in use, and which is a curi
ous piece of machinery, to say the least.
It consists of a double set of fans on
each side of the vessel, which are to act
as oars, only that thevare never lifted
out of the water, being so arranged
that they close up against the hull when
moved forward. Jtotli sets are pro
pelled by a direct stroke of the piston
rod of a single engine.which draws one
on either side backward while the other
etis in operation, thus civmg a contin
uous propelling motion, liesides this
tl.ev are so arranged as to lie opened
and closed, reversed or turned iu any
direction at will, thus enabling the pi
lot to nse them as a part ot the steering
apparatus in case it should be desirable
The inventor asserts that a great sav
ing of power can be secured : that his
engines occupy less space than other
kind ; that the machinery affordsgreater
safety than any sort iu use, aud that
boats nsiug it can be operated in canals
without washing out the banks any
more than, or even as much as, those
propelled by the old-fashioned male
power.
Lining Boik-rs with Copper. M. F.
Pupka, a Viennese engineer, fives the
following facts regarding experiments
in lining steam boilers with sheets of
copper in order to biuder incrustation :
Of the three plates which formed the
bottom of a locomotive boiler, the two
at the ends were covered with a sheet
of copper 0.04 inch in thickness, the
middle one being left bare. Tbe ma
chine was used steadily for two years
aud in districts where the water is of
excessively bad quality. On removing
the tules recently a layer of incrusta
tion 4 inches thick was found on the
iron surface, while a deposit varying
from only O.0S to 0.13 inch thick ap
peared on the copper. The iron also
was coroded in many places to a depth
of 0.02 inch, but the copper had re
mained perfectly clean and bright.
The texture of the incrustations showed
larger grains on the irou than on the
copper.
Marnets for Electro-Motor. Magnets
or armatures for electro-motors may
be softened as follows: Heat the iron
to an even dull red heat all over; and
if thi surface of the iron has not beeu
faced oft' in a machine, lightly tile it to
remove the scale, and then immerse it
in common soft soap, allowing it to re
main therein until it is quitecold. Then
reheat tbe magnet to an even red heat
whose redness is barely perceptible,
and bury it in pul.crized lime, wherein
it must also remain until quite cold,
when tbe metal will be found as Sottas
it is possible to make it, and the blade
of an ordinary penknife will cut it. At
the second healing the iron will emit a
light blue tlauie, showiug the effect of
the immersion in the not t soap. The
couductibility of the niacnet may le,
by this process, verr uiucli increased.
The following will be found to be a
cheap and pleasant fumigator for sick
rooms, diffusing a healthful, agreeable
and highly penetrating disinfectant o
dor in close apartments, or whenever
the air is deteriirated. Poor common
vinegar on powdered chalk until etler
veseuce ceases; leave tbe whole to set
tle, and pour oil' the whole liquid. Dry
the sediment and place it in a shallow
earthen or elass dish, aud pour upon it
sulphuric acid until fumes commence
arising. This vapor quickly spreads, is
very atreeably pungent, and acts as a
powerful purifier of viteated air.
Sitrou Acid at a IHsinfectant. Dur
ing the cholera epidemic in Munich Dr.
A. Vogel made some experiments with
nitrous acid asadisinfectant, and found
that a mixture of nitricacid and sugar,
placed in a flask in a water closet,
proved extraordinarily elticent, especi
ally in absorbing atnmoniacal odors.
Our readers must, however, bear in
mind the poisonous nature of the gas if
inhaled, as well as its corrosive action
on the metals.
A Good cement for chemical and elec
trical apparatus may be prepared by
mixing 5 lbs. resin, 1 lb. wax, 1 lb. red
ocher, and 3o7s. plaster of Paris, melt
ing the whole with moderate heat.
To harden a wooden pulle, boil it for
about eight minutes in olive oil.
The Julv returns to the department
of agriculture are unusually full, show
ing an improvement in the cotton crop
during June in all ths cotton states ex
cept Texas.
Nome.
Making Wine from Satire Grape.
Tbe following receipt for making
domestic wine from Catawba or Isabella
grapes, used by G. A. Nicolls, at Read
ing, Pa in 1859 to 1SG9, is commended
by a gentleman who has tried it suc
cessfully. Itsdireetions have tbe merit
rare lb receipts, of being' fal and pre
cise: - - . -
1. Select perfectly ripe bunches, and
then carefully pick otl the stems and
remove all grapes which are not quite
ripe, J ? f . ;; '
2. Squeeze the juice ont. either by
band or press, strain through a hair
sieve, and pour it at once into a clean,
sweet barrel or keg, adding to tbe
vessel two gallons of water for every
gallon of juice made.
- 3. At the same time put in four
pounds of sifted sugir per gallon of
juice.
4. In adding tbe two gallons of water
stated in section 3 let it strain through
the pulp. skins,Ve offthe residuum of
the grapes after being sqneezed.
5. Fill the vessel full, op to the bung
hole, which cover with a sand-bag, to
allow the fermentation to escape.
C. Watch the barrel daily, and clear
or scrape away the scum, which will be
thrown out in large quantities.
?. As the wine falls below the bung,
fill np daily (after cloating away the
scum) with sugar water, made with two
pounds of sugir to a gallon of water.
e. the fermentation win continue
from three to six weeks, accoidingto
tbe weather. When it has ceased, I
poured into the bung hole alioutone
gill of brandy to the gallon of juice, to
Sow over the surface aud prevent its
souring : but the brandy may not be in
dispensable. Then bung the vessel up
tight. I
9. During tbe cold weather, in say
the following February, when the wine
is perfectly still and clear, draw it oil'
into any oihercleau vessels, then quickly
clean, scald and riuse thoroughly the
barrel in which the wiue was made, and
iwturn the wiue to it, and draw it off as
required for use.
10. If you wish to make a very palata
ble champagne, have the champagiie
bottles ready when yon rack off the
wine as stated in section 9 ; put a table
spoonful of common syrup In each
quart Dottle; then fill with the wine,
leaving about lr inches clear below the
bottom of the cork, which fasten very
securely with strong twine, as the pres
sure of the fixed air to escape is very
great.
11. The wine will improve by age.
after the operation described in sec
tion 9.
12. An old bramlv or whisky barrel
is the best (see section 2). Never use a
new barrel, as the wine will taste of
the wood.
13. About fifteen pounds of grapes
will give one gallon of juice. The riper
the grapes the better the yield of the
juice. One gallon of grapes in bunches
weighs about lour and a half pounds.
14. Keep the wine in the cellar, where
it will not be exposed to extremes ot
temperature.
15. An approximate estimate of tbe
quantities required for a thirty gallon
barrel will be as follows:
To make Thirty Gallons of Wine.
150 lbs, irranes. vielding ten gallons
juice: tweuty gallons water strained
tlirougn me puip resmuum (see section
4) : forty lbs. of sifted suirar.21 pints of
common brandy. See section .
If carefully made, the wine will lie
wholesome and palatable, with a flavor
like grape-iuice .Madeira, it was pre
ferred to all others at the Washington
hospitals during tbe war of lii-.y, and
was reported to have been the means
of saving the lives of some of tlie
soldiers.
."vuiin Maliuq. In the first place, ob
serve always to lay your meat iu the
bottom of the pan or pot, cutting up.
or if a bone, cracking it well. A lump
of butter adds richness but it is not
necessary. Select such herbs aud vege
tables as von prefer, cut them up very
small and lay over the meat, with very j
little water, and a cautiously small
uinch of salt. Cover the vessel with a i
close-fitting lid aud set it by a slow fire.
This wilt draw out all the herbs and'
roots, giving the soup a different flavor
from what is imparted by putting the
full Quantity of water in at first. Turn
the meat frequently. When the gravy
piod need is almost dried up, fill your
pot with a sutlicient quantity of water
to make soup enough tor your family.
To a large shank bone of beef three
quarts, or even one gallon, is not too
much to allow. When your soup is
done take it off the tire to cool, and
skim thoroughly. Put it on again, and
lie sure not to dish it np unless uoiliug
hot. lie careful to add salt and other
high flavored condiments sparingly ;
every table is provided with salt-cellar
abd casters, so that a deficiency in these
respects may be easily rectified ; not so
an over quantity. If ether thickening
than the vegetables used is deemed ad
visable, brown the hour for all soups
save chicken, veal and oyster soups.
To EjrtinauixJi Kerosene Flames. The
alarming frequency of accidents from
kerosene flames, coupled with the great
difficulty encountered in subduing
them, renders the acquisition of any
ready aud convenient means of extin
guishing them a matter of much im
portance to every household. Perhaps
one of the most ready means is to throw
a cloth of some kind over the flames,
and thus stifle it; but as the cloth is
not always convenient to the kitchen,
where such accidents most frequently
occur, some one recommends flour as a
substitute, which is always at band in
the kitchen, aud which it is said
promptly extinguishes the flames. It
rapidly absorbs the fluid, deadens the
flame, and can be readily gathered np
and thrown out of doors when tbe fire
is out.
Flower in Window. Window gar
dening has become well nigh universal,
and those w ho have tested its delights
will be slow to relinquish them. The
geraniums and fuchsias and helio
tropes transferred from their beds in
the open air to the sunny window shelf
will be green all wiuter. Hyacinth
bulbs will send np their lances and dis
close odorous spikes of flowers, tilling
the room with beauty and fragrance.
The ivy, the niauraudia, moneywort
and Wandering Jew ask only a little
earth or cup of water to give a delicate
tracery of foliage the whole season. If
we but hide a slip of each in a Itottle of
water and suspend it on the back of
our picture frames, presently the green
leaves will peep out and twine them
selves lovingly around the frame.
Boiled Sweetbread. The best way to
cook sweetbreads is to broil them tllns :
Parboil them, and then put them on a
clean gridiron for broiling; when deli
cately browned, take them off and roil
in melted butter in a plate to prevent
their being dry and bard. Some cook
them on a griddle, well buttered,
turned frequently ; and some put nar
row strips of fat pork on them while
cooking. .
Jinked Grape Pndding. Cut cold
batter-biscuit into thin slices, and place
it in a nappy in alternate layers with
grape marmalade, beginning and finish
ing with the batter. Have much or
little moisture, according as yon prefer
puddings hard or soft. Bake thirty or
forty minutes, according to the heat of
the oven. Like most other fruit pad
dings it is best served cold.
Lemon Custard. Beat the yolks of
eight eggs till they areas white as milk,
then pnt to them a pint of boiling
water, the rinds of two lemons grated,
and the juice sweetened to your taste.
Stir it ou the tire till thick enough, then
add a large glass of rich wine and half
a glass of brandy ; give the whole one
scald and put it in cups to be eaten cold.
To Remove Sildett. Wet the cloth
which contains the mildew with salt
water; rub it well with white soap,
then scrape some fine soap to powder,
and rub it well into the cloth; lay it out
on the grass in the sunshine, watching
it to keep it damp with water. Repeat
the process next day, and in a few
boors tbe mildew will disappear.
Stone-mason' saw-dust is infinitely
better than soap for cleaning floors,
and much mors economical.
iciHtn.
The Jenia TorrUiaht relates this Sto
ry : "An old gentleman living here was
called upon a abort time since by a
clock tinkerer, w ho examined oar old
friend's clock and pronounced it oat of
order. The old gentleman said it was
good enough fr him and tbe old wo
man, and lie would not bare it fixed,
but it was insisted upon, and be finally
agreed to keep tbe tinkercr and bis
horse 111 night- in- recompense for tbe
m-oessary repairs to the old house clock
Tb cluck proved to need more repairs
than was at first expected, and in addi
tion to tbe nucht's lodtrings seventy-
fire cents was demanded. Tbe old gen
tleman objected to this, and began to
count np what De nad already given nis
lodger. First.there was your supper-'
"But stop,' said the tinkerer.'yon asked
me to snpper, and consequently you
can't charge me for that. 'Well.' said
the old gentleman, 'you asked me to
let you hi my old clock, consequently
you can't charge me for that. So we
are square on the snpper and clock, and
you owe for your lodging and break
fast.' The old gentleman was ahead."
One Viy a Highlander was examining
a picture by one ot tue old masters,
in which angels were represented
blowing trnnipets. He inquired if tbe
angels really ever played ou trumpets,
and being answered in the affirmative,
made the following remark : "Heeb.
sirs, but they maun lie easy pleased wi'
music! I wonder they didu't borrow a
pair o' bagpipes." Scribner for July.
Lant summer at a camp meeting, a ven
erable sister began the hymn
"My soul le on thy guard :
Ten thousand foes arise."
SheWgan in shrill qnavers, bat it
was pitched too high : "Ten thousand
Tell thousand," she screeched, and
stopped. "Start her at 5000 !" cried a
con verted stock-broker present. Scrib
ner't Monthly.
boy once asked of bis father who
it was that lived next door U him, and
when he heard the name inquired if he
was a tool. "No, my little one, be is
not a fool, but a very sensible man ;
but why did you ask the question t"
Because," replied the boy, "mother
said the other day that you were next
door to a fool.
In an omnibus recently, a pretty look
ing boy made a sudden grab among the
straw, caueht something, and then in
quired:- "Who's lost a nickel fn Four
men held ont their hands to bim, and
four more wanted to.but felt ashamed.
There was a painful pause, and then
the bov unclasped his hand and exhib
ited a button.
The other day a man in Milwaukee
fouud four boys playing cards on the
hay-mow, and he was proceeding to
give them "fits." when one of them
spoke up and said : "We wan't plaving
keeids. Tom Lester's mother is dead,
and we were np here showing him the
pictures on the keerds so he would not
feel lonesome.
When a woman is care-laden and
heavy-hearted, nothing shakes the me
grims out of her quicker than for a
couple of ladies to stop in front of the
house long enough foi her to examine
the trimmings ou their bonnets.
"Contain? said a son of Erin, as the
ship was nenringthe coastin inclement
weather, "hare ye an almenick on
lioard V No, I havn't "Then, bejab
bers,we shall have to take the weather
as it comes. '
"So, gentleman of the jury,'' thun
dered an eloquent advocate tbe other
day iu a Denver Court, "this matter is
for his Honor to decide, who sits there
sleeping so beautifully." His Honor
opeued ltoth eyes aud his mouth, and
said. "All owing to your narcotic speech
sir.''
Sext to a rooster in a rain storm, or a
man with his mother-in-law on bis
arm, the most wretched looking thing
iu the world is a candidate who has just
overheard some ineud wanting to bet
three to one that he won't be nominated.
ITe blusheil a fiery red ; her heart
went pit-a-pat; she gently bung her
head, and looked down at the mat. He
trembled in his speech; he rose from
where he sat, and shouted with a
screech : "You're sitting on my bat !"
A man whofonnd itdiflictilttokeepbis
footing ou walking home from a con
vivial party, explained that he'd just
had his sboea soled and they were
slippery. "Yes," said a friend, "you had
'em fixed by a sherry cobbler."
Tlie newest dodge among the so-called
fashionable milliners in New York
is to send by express to their customers
a "love of a bonnet" for inspection,
knowing very well that the lionnet will
not be returned.
" Who is that a statue of V asked a
lady of her husband, pointing to an
"Apollo." "The Apollo Belvidere."
"Law t how affectionate you are, my
love. And now, darling, w ho was Apol
lo lielyy f An explanation or pronun
ciation followed.
Martin Tupper says that in going a
fishing it is part of wisdom to provide
yourself with a line and a pin at least;
but an old fisherman remarks, "What
does h3 know about it? The first thing
to look out for is a flask."
A short man became attached to a
tall woman, and somebody said that he
hadnm in love with her. "Doyoa
call it falling in love f" said the suitor;
"its more like climbing to it." .
The goverment of Belgium proposes
to punish intended crimes the same as
crimes committed. Hereafter, there
fore, all those who have any intention
of committing a crime will hurry up
and do it. As well have tbe game as
the name.
There are four ways of spelling right;
each of which in itself is right. How
then can everbody be expected to spell
alike ! Wright, write, right, rite.
Why should a man pay $1,000 for a
ticket to go around tbe world, when by
just standing still, tbe glolie itself will
take him thesamedistaucefor nothing!
"There is no sunset in heaven," says
a noted divine. We'll go farther than
that. There's no getting np of nights
to draw the baby's legs back under the
cover.
Carpet are the most abased of all
house fixings. They are stepped on all
Winter, to be dragged out, shaken and
beateu in the Spring.
"Are these soaps all scent I" inquired
a lady of a juvenile salesman. "No,
ma'am, they're all ten cents," replied
the innocent youngster.
Precocious boy munching the fruit
of the date tree : "Mamma, if I eat
dates enough will I grow op to be an
almanac 1'
Shalfjieare' "Seven Ages of Man" :
Mess-age, lugg-age, saus-age, ramp
age, marri-age, parent-age, and dot
age. Tlie man who was hemmed in by a
crowd has been troubled with a stitch
in his side ever since.
A n oloerring writer says no true wo
man will ever marry a man so tall she
csnnot reach his hair.
With care a man can walk uprightly.
One who is on the alert will not found
on tlie orange peel.
"On, my dear wife," said John Henry,
as be paid the milliner's bill.
Best training ships for naughty little
boysSmacks.
Ways that are dark Unlighted
streets.
The wandering heiress The windlass.
i mm Bs a Aawther.
A distinguished London archaeologist
writes M. 1). Conway, devoted, a. week
to tbe lovely fields of (be -North, hunt
ing Hint arrows, lie was overjoyed
with bis access; implements iroin the.
stone age were found on every sile until
he bad a large bag full of thein. He
employed a simple-hearted native to
bring this bag of precious relics to a
village a few miles off, and himself
went on Derore. In the atternoon tne
rustic started to follow his employer
with the bag, but, the burthen being
heavy and the. day hot, he presently
began to wonder what Interest the geu
tleuian could have in a bag of stones.
The doubt was succeeded by a chain of
reasoning, at the end of which stood the
conclusion that one stone was as good
as another, and there seemed hardly
any use in carrying any particular lot
of them three miles ou a hot day.
Thersipon the bag was emptied of its
contents, and borne lightly enough. Of
course it was easy enough to till it
again from the road-side just before de
livery. The rustic goes home happy
with his good wages, albeit still won
dering what the gentleman meant to do
with "them stones;" -the archaeologist
speeds to London, where speedily he
convokes his scientific friends to view
his treasures. The scene when the bag
reveals its plain turnpike stone must be
left to the imagination. At last account
the archaeologist was trying to add the
sagacious rustic to his collection of stone
age specimens.
. A SI lea Drlak.
The Russian punch must be a nice
drink. It is made of a mixture of vodka,
champagne, nalwka, (which is defined
asakiud of gooseberry wiue, resembling
the French cox's, which is much affected
by the Russians), and any other kind of
wine that may be at hand. Apricots,
melons and cucumbers are put in to
flavor, and sugar to sweeten it: it is thou
ignited and allowed to burn till it boils.
Sensible people who would see such a
drink as this, and become acquainted
with its preparatien, would know w hat
to do with it without any hesitation.
But there are some retnarkableiudividu
als who think it proves nothing to have
other people experiment with such a
compound ; they must try it for them
selves. Some one who has tried it says
of it, "Though palatable and insinua
ting, it is the most diabolical compound
I have ever tasted. Every drop of it is
laden with headache for a week aud dys
pepsia for a fortnight."
ThMmks-rrni tke Deptbsofthe Heart.'
Willi.notok, Lorain Co., O.,
Aug. 24, 1874.
Da. R. V. FIeici. Buffalo, N. T.:
Dear Sir .- Your medicines, GoMen Medi
cal DiseoTery, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
have proved of the greatest service to me
Six months ago no one thought thai I cohM
possibly live long. I had a complication of
diseases scrofula, manifestirg itself in
eruptions and great blotches on my head
that made such sores that I eoul 1 nut hare
ay hair combed without causing me much
suffering; also causing swollen glmis
tonsils enlarged, enlarged or '-thick neck."
and large and numerous boils. 1 also suf
fered ft om a terrible Chronic Catarrh, and
ia fact I was so diseased that life was a
burden to me. I had tried many doctors
with no benefit. I finally procured one ha'.f
doien bottles of your Golden Medical liis
covery and one doien Sage's Catarrn Remedy
and commenced their use. At first I was
badly discouraged, btM after taking four
bottles of the Discovery I began to iuiprOTe.
and when I bad taken tne remaining I was
a-etf. In addition to the ue of Discovery, 1
applied a solution of Iodine to the Guiire or
thick neck, as you advit in pamphlet
wrapping, and it entirely disappeared. Your
Di eovery certainly the most wonderful
blood medicine ever invented. I thank G"d
and you, from the depths of my heart, for
the gieat good it has don me.
Very gratefully,
MK3. L. CHAFFEE.
Most medicines which are adrertistdas
blood purifiers and liver medicines contain
either mercury, in some form, or roussiuni
and iodine variously combined. All ot il.ese
agents have strong tendency lo bretk down
be blood corpuscles, and debilitate and
otherwise permanently injure Ike human
system, and should therefore bediscudid.
Dr. I'ieree'a Golden Medical Dis overy, on
the other hand, being composed of "he fluid
extracts of native plants, barks and roots,
will ia no case produce injury, its efftcts
being strengthening and curaiiie only.
Sarsaparilla, which used to enjoy quite a
reputation as a blood purifier, is a remedy
of thirty years ago, and may well give place,
as it ia doing, to tbe more positive aud
valuable vegetable alteratives which later
medical investigation and discovery has
brought to light. In Scrotal or King's
Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas,
Swelled Keck, Goiire, Scrofulous Inflamma
tions, Indolent lnflammaiioo, Mercurial
affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of tbe Skin
and Sore Eyes as ia all other blood diseases
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery bas
-hown iu great remedial powers, curing the
most obstinate and intractable caes. Sold
by all dealers in medicines. 26
E. r. Kaakem Bitter Wilt !
Iron
has never been known t fail in the cure of
weakness, attended with aymptom ; indis
poeit on to exertion ; loss of memory ; diffi
culty of breathing ; general weakness; hor
ror of disease; weik, nervous trembling;
dreadful horror of deatn ; night sweats ;
cold feet ; weakness ; dimness of vision ;
languor ; universal lassitude of the muscu
lar system ; enormous appetite, with dys
peptic aymptoma; hot bandi; flushing of
the body; dryness of the skin ; pallid coun
tenance and eruptions oa the faee.purifying
the blood ; pain in tbe back ; heaviness of
tbe eyelids; frequent black spots flying be
fore the eyes with temporary suffusion and
loss of sight; want of attention, etc These
symptoms all arise from a weakness, and to
remedy that, use E. F. Kuskcl'i Bitter
Wine of Iron. It never fails. Thoastnds
are now enjoyvog health who have used it.
Get tbe genuine. Sold on'y in ft bottles
Take only K. r. Kunkel's. Depot anil
office. No. 259 North Ninth at., Philadel
phia. Pa.
Ask for Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron.
This truly valuable tonie bas been so thor
oughly tested by all classes of the commu
nity that it is now deemed inde-pen'able as
a T nie medicine. It costs but little, puri
fies the blood and gives tone to tbe stomach,
renovates the system and prolongs life.
1 now only ask a trial of this valuanle
tonic. Price Si per bottle. E. F. KCN-
KEL, Bole Prornelor, to. 2-j9 North iuta
St below Vine, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ask for Kunkel Bitter n ine of Iron, aud
take no other.
It Is sold only in ft bottles, with a photo
graph of the Proprietor on each wrapper,
all other is counterfeit.
Sold by all Druggists.
Tamwokx Removed Anvi Head and
all complete, ia two boars. No fee till bead
passes. "Seat, Pin and Stemach Worms re
moved by Dr. hxaxiL, Zou Nosth mhth
Stbeit. Advice free. Come, see over 1,000
specimens and be convinced. He sever
fails.
The Gkeat Pile Brmedt. AXAKE
SIS, the discovery of Dn. Silsbee. is
entitled to be called the wonder of the
age. 20,000 prate fill sufferers bless the
only infallible remedy for Piles ever
introduced, only those who have used
lotions, ointments and internal reme
dies in vain, will understand the grate
ful feeling of instant relief from pain
nnd blissful hone of certain cure for
the terrible disease, that AXAKESIS
aTTr It i nd by lV tors of all
schools. Price 81.00. Sent fre by
mail on teceiDt of nrice. 4ft Walker
St., New York. is.
Jejefi Poultry Powder.
Warranted. If naed In time.
to cor ebickca coolers aoa
fipes. W'ttnawprirofUi.s
owder.aad a beiovalof
ordinary aueoUoo tocleaa
nnass aaS proper feertuic.
with a BAertfnl soddiv or
Tltaaaatgsteel-fctaiiBgiiiairiitl.aay ooemay
rooltrvf veBlaec-afln.menofnr uit let rib at
keep
ttme.wtm botk proB teas pleasure. Facksfs&cta
time, an tb botk aroataaapleeswe. Pacamfe
t(mij. Art root dealer, seal Ire ai
stasafattsa. address.
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SHOW CASES!
Ul styles. Silver aud Walnut, aaw ns
irtCOEU-T.a- T. S-Jr l --u m'r ...if. ;
sjij.siaji.-i. b.iv, mhk:.viu, uiuaK rtl ;
rOTISR a'SD 1'KFICE Ft:nITtw aD kinds !
lo larxo-t and tt jcrtsu atora. aaw ant I
aouiltt 1 w us ov.y.
LUVV'IM URO., X-l-Tj
.. lU VV l'i aa4 lO-r Si lit K aTr EtUa. j
rCcC-Onr-' "" Twnaatrss. aadra
0 3Z J J- Srl Oo Poitlasd. M.
US-It
HOUSEMEN !;
OWATRS OF STOCK!
Save Your Kcrses and Caltle i
CURE THEM OP DISZASB A5D KEE
THEM I.N A IIEALTHT CONDITION
BY GITLSQ THEM
P.!. B. ROBERTS'!
CELEBRATED
HORSE POWDERS.
IS USE OTES
FORTY YEARS!
TBI 05LT row DIES COITAMMw
rem:, ljltltits and pulst
11:2 psorzsnzs
coauaiD, rattier raaa taa
BEST COXDTTIOX MEDICIX&
IS THE WORLD.
They are mala of Para Malarial only, oat
UblespooD.'ul going as far aa aaa pauad at
ordinary cattle powder.
Buy one pac'aag and after aaing taea
yen will osrsr fi done praiainj taeaa.
For by all storekeeper.
USE
Til. D. ROBERTS'
Vegetable Embrocation
FOR ALL EXTERNAL DI33A3E9
1T IB OB
M-tVIS' Oil BEAST.
Jaally
ttwm n!
no.OOO DOZKN!
From $2.50 per Dozen, and Upwards,
In mil 9tyt. Mix and QriAlitfcv.
Thronch oar fry ruTMta. dJ rto ptirrhM fort FH.
we At - .11. 1 rtl iu .wli t prtrMt'ONsiOKKAULT BK
tOW tbe of of OUR CoMl'KTlTOkS.
Aim m M:r Drw ttock of VKHL ant. WTLLOW
STARK. nh tu KiilM, Tn!. Bvkrtu, Mats, Twidm.
Cnrrlar H irk r..t.-icrth' with fall M of Ap I?,
braor Wood n! CUT tt -, Ftutcy Snaps, Yanke Hv
tkttM. Ac. jK.r rm $Ii to if miiL
J.NO.J. KKllLUAn 243 Wuhin 8t V. 1.
P. t. H . I our puoslw at irtcw thu t not mtuir
. dnmtnf on thr-rofuf. Orrfr bw mail will r
riv protni aitenttuo. fctMathed Imul 3-iU-lf
FREDERICK SFIECKER,
waoLi.Li itAHi rs
Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes.
Smoking and Chewing
Tobacco,
OF IHE E3T BRANDS.
170. 132 FAEaiCwXI AVETSS,
PHILADELPHIA.
Only Ajsot far U. 8. Beh'd Tap Cljai
Mould.
Cisx Stor eao beentp'iaA
lOIf
500,000 ACHES
or
MICHIGAN LANDS
FOJt fSVlliI!
. - . . . i
Th land af ih Jarkoi, Laivir KaeUaw
KAilrMoJ CoMpaay are . ot?r4 tar tai.
Tbj are ilnaXr4 al fc it nu rwi and uUua large
twti of 4-xrvftfiC FARMiVi aui HE Uorla
11m fixmiQc Uiid iiic aV turn at lu bimI frrtil?
and vell-Nlrxa hard 4 bind in I b Srata. Tb?
are l im tarred mainly with b-vd-mapl and btrb; mxl
tlark, MtndT Ujtb. and abniDd id fn of pnraM
wat r. Mtchiaraa ia nne of ib iraat indrbied and mom
proptrvn ?ttr ia tb Coion. aoJ ita farmer imrm
KTcater miH? of com hi and rcMmrc than any Wca
rn ;tat. hn anm of tb rr"r 9tal ma pro
dovvcoro ia trwt alraadaoc. ihrj b ao cbir ra
atome.ard bra tbi crop Ui, deatitatioa follow, aa
baa LarD Uicatbepciat jreafia knma aod Nrbraraa
Pnrw- trm 1"-'-M to pr acr. vr4 f .r -(ntratcl
pazat-b Adirw O.N. BASSEftv
m-mw Comini wrpair. Lmiamiu. Micbigaa
BLANKS
S3 a:
V.
v. n
.TIUDC ,taa..
ri'?3''.5K'ir1
uni roumu at thtb ornca.
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The Four
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The (0 L Principles as 4-toId
J J n our Announewments) laat F!l hs ha.
Ssaaaaaaal hslf yesUT'O gKJWlB 4tu4
, ONE PEICE,
CASH DOWN", . . ':
. EETHRK THE MONEY,
TtTTTTAHTYE GUARANTEE
shall be our 4 Rallying Words 4 Another Season,
' Oak Hall mil
iffirfVirTri
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Men's and
N3W Sto- u b' S5ir
COMMON SENSE BASIS.
THIS SEASON
WE ARE II
BETTER RUNNING ORDER
than ever, hawing rebuilt a portion of our Warehouse and msdj
TKODIGIOUS PEErAKATIOXS.
WiMMAlKliE
hava taxed to thai TJT3X0SX aI: tho1'' f-ollltjaa la
M&-CASH. CAPITAL,
.-CONTROL. OK MARKETS,
INCOMPETENT WORKMEN,
-CONVENIENT BUILDINGS,
IS-COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIENCE.
For the SPRING of 1875,
THE RESULT
I
PERFECTING OF PLANS.
No new plans work perfectly at first. All new machinery
has 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 doing this we have added
1
.tight thousand four hundred and
WANAMAKER & BROWN
AIM TO BUILD
BY
- Integrity of Dealiaf
oa
C5S PRICE.
DOTS! BUSHES3
CABS.
0F
F caana to do tkb w
aiut figtura closely.
0 wo would loac our trade,
but we always were will
ing to sell cheap.
This ta the coaiplalat
ache r Kaurcs aaaloe agaiaat
v, but we do mot care,
aad therefore auufc the
price on the tickets, fcr
TPHIS San
X Collectors'
Fete.
- Troable.
and bast eSaU eaaUcsaa
tO CaTeAFKM CLOTaUWO.
tiit b the only way peo
What we saraf last
pie can be certain they f year-irarranta the mark-
buy at like rates wiih j taa; dowa of prices this
their aeighbor. year.
EVERY DETAIL
ham bean Studied Out, and wbso U
OAK
. i - . iv . And the
Xm&Tso," O "
SSlcla. and. V I- I-
"Varied. OLl - -
SO
SEE
W. beli.v. that t875 wilt b tha targst buainaaa year we have) avor known.
" WE ARE READY FOR IT.
Wanaiyiaker
S. E. Cor. Sixth 8c Market Sts., Philadelphia
CT21 .".5
Loaf Clover
the People.
Boys Clothing
t.ju' how Ur9 '" "
3L-FOLD.
IS
St.
sixty - four square feet of floor space.
mm
on
1
1
Up the Largest Clothing
Business in the World.
SaomriiLf oar Customers
BY TH
. GUi-aU5TEE.
QiTing 8atiai2actitiB.
THIS Vaakea buytna;
Clothing a pleasure,
bacaasa th cusicaxcr
runs no risk frora loexpe
rienoe, ifnoraaca or mis
takes of any kind. The
ftna proatcts the buyer
a every poiat, aa ao
other house has ever tcd
tured to do
rIS softs ns, becaftaa
it is lair aad aoaor
abte. aad wa are willing
to Lake any pains to reads
the highest mark of saer
canttle dealing;. We prav
ftr So nave our goods back
promptly, and band bark
the money to those who
are not folly pleased.
OF THE BUSINESS
People examine the preaent workioa f
HALL.
Stock
tHe S3rste3aa,
tHo Irlces,
tl10X1aprcrrre233.orj.ts,
&
Brown,