TEX CEJSTHUT IEH BT W. W. BOGBDIUM. Ban and brown tbs chaatont tree, Wben ba want, my lorer, away from ma. But nnder tba temnohea brown and bare Ba promised again to meet ma there. Bod and lluaauia. aweat rhaatnnt tree. And bring my lorer again to ma. The bloom was white on the chestnut tree When be came, my lorer, again to me. Bat be earns with a enxse, for a riral's gnUa Swore to another I gare my smile. Torn flower to fruit, aweet chestnut tree. And turn my lorer again to me. The ripe pods fell from the chestnut tree When he came again, but not for me. For my false, false riral was at his aide And tba church-bells rang for the worthy bride Shower down thy dead leaves, chestnut tree. And bury my broken heart and me! Independent. A raasaaa Base Setter. Charles Warren Stoddard, writing from Italy, ray : I hare met one of the most celebrated women of Italy, Regina del Cin. whose marvelouB successes in the setting of dislocations of long stand ing have made her famous eren lieyond the sea. You can read of her in the standard works on surgery- This un cultured woman, born with an instinc tive knowledge or anatomy, lives in a handsome villa about twelve miles dis tant. She is sought by people from all parts of the world, and, though she sometimes attempts to straighten limbs that have been distorted from birth, anil to correct the blunders of unskilful pro fessionals, her secislty is the setting of hip dislocation, anil 1 believe in this line she is without a living rival. I have been recommended to visit Jtreina. as she is familiarly called in this neighborhood, to see if she might not lie able to regulate an arm that has troubled me somewhat since an accident I met with a year ago near Koine. The marvellous stories I have heard of her skill, the flattering tribute paid to her character by people of all professions, nationalities and creecis, encourageii ni: to believe that my salvation rested i:: her hands, and I souzht her this morn ing with my heart in my throat, and iiiv arm in a state of suspense. I went alitne to the villa of Kegina, uith in broad cream-colored walls shining brightly on the hillside. A maid held the door open as I ai proachod the villa, and I was at once ushered into a small drawing room. tastefully furnished. A iortniit of 1 ope Inns IX hangs on one wall; a lite civtf nlmtMrmtkli nf Motrins inn tlip finiMi- site siile o? the room; a smaller photo- trrapli of the famous lady stood on the etagere in an elaborate frame, while a third was set in the cover of a large volume whii-h ornamented the centre table. This liook, presented by the city of Trieste to Kegina when she removed to her present villa, contains four thous and autographs of the best-known citi zens of ahat place. There was a large album, containing the photographs of manv who have been successftiilv treated for deformities of various kinds by that lady whom I had eome to see. While I was looking at this album she entered a very plain woman of nearly forty or more; short, stout, untidily dressed. The lower hooks of her waist were bursted, and there was nothing attractive ill her ier sonal apiiearance. Two of her front teeth weie gone, her hair was rolled into a small wad at the top of her head, Ion sold eardrops danrl-d upon her shoul tiers and aliout her neck she wore a massive gold chain. We proceeded at once to business. She stripjied my arm to the shoulder .touched it lightly here and there with a touch that was exceedingly agreeable. Her examination of my case was so slight, the questions she asked so few, yet her comprehension of my condition so com plete, that I strongly suspected the lady of being a clairvoyant. She lays no claim to any such gift; was born with the genius for bone-etting, which she is continually exercising, uses the sim plest possible remedies, and in all cases fierforms her operations without giving any pain whatever. I had proof enough of her mat vellou skill. In the hall 1 saw a Leap of crutches, braces and straps, iron stilts, and other horrible aids such as cripples are forced to seek. These were left at the villa by sufferers who had found complete relief under her roof, and many of them bore touching inscriptions in token of gratitude and affection and as voluntary testimony to her skill. The place looked like the shrine of some saint with its multitude of votive offer ings. There was one steel shoe with a sole at least a foot in thickness. Know ing me to be an American, she called my attention to the inscription on it. I found that a gentleman of Xew York city had left it, certifying that he had lieen "cured of a dislocation of the hip of seventeen years standing, instantly and without pain. It is her custom to ask no fee for her services. Y'ou pay according to your means. Those who desire it ami for whom it is necessary, lodge in the house and receive her constant attention. She savs at once whether she will or not attempt a cure. The good woman, after much persuasion, consented to give me her autograph. My conscience smote me for urging her when 1 saw the great beads of sweat starting out on her fore head as she bowed over my pocket album and wrestled with her pen. Her signature is as unhandsome as possible, and under the circumstances I don't wonder that she has never attempted to write anything else. When it was time for me to leave her I hated to go; her mu..t...M ia llillfimil ..111 c t . trt ll. .1 L 111 Vr- fill' IV I o iiiriv ni ui.u .ii.. ening; her home beautiful and full of leace. raetaasea la Caaaaerlaad. The costume of the Dalesmen is some times described as having been pic turesque; as before state!, the material of which it was made was homespun, and frequently undyed, white and black fleeces lieing mixed to save the expense of dyeing. It is curious to observe that this homely materia, which is still made in some parts of Scotland and Ireland, has lately been pronounced by fashion to be superior for country wear to the most fi nished prod nets ot the steam loom ; so that now the most elegant ladies do not disdain to wear dresses of the self same homespun, of which our ancestors made their "kilt coats." ihese coats were ornamented with brass buttons, as were the waistcoats, which were made oen in front for best, in order to show a frilled shirt breast. Knee-breeches were the fashion for centuries. They were buttoned tight round the body aliove the haunches, so as to keep up without braces, which are of modern invention. Those used for best iiad a knot of ribbon and four or five bright buttons at the knee, and men who could a (lord it had them made of buckskin. Their stockings, which were a conspic uous part of the dress, were also made from their own wool, the color being generally either blue or grey. On their leet they wore clogs on ordinary occa sions, but when dressed in holiday cos tume they had low shoes fastened with buckles, which were sometimes of silver. At the present day this style of dress is nearly obsolete in our vales, but some of the old Dalesmen still adhere to what was the fashion of their youth. Some four or five years ago four of the old statesmen of the district happened to meet at Grassmere Fair, and stood talk ing together for some time. After a while one of them noticed that all four were dressed in knee-breeches, and thinking it a strange chance which had brought together what in these degene rate days were, probably, about the only four pairs of breeches left in the country, they agreed that it formed a fitting occa sion for a friendly glass and a good "crack" about auld Tang syne. They were a connecting link between the old times and the new, and protably among the last to wear thecostume'bf a by-gone age. 1 lie dress or the women was not less primitire than that of the men. They wore homespan linsey-woolsey petticoats and long-tailed Dedgowns, a blue linen apron completing their attire. The statesman's daughter who first com municated to her native dale a knowl edge of the glories of printed calico, is said to have created a tremendous sensa tion, and more than a nine days' wonder. The clogs worn by the women differed from those of the men in being pointed at the toes, and having brass instead of iron clasps. Their bonnets were made of pasteboard covered with black silk, and in shape somewhat resembling a coal-scuttle, the front projecting nearly a foot beyond the face of the wearer. Bonnets were bonnets in those days, and served to protect the bead and face from sunshine or rain. Hew a Will was roaacl ' An instance of the renewal in sleep of an impression of memory calling op an apparition to enforce it (it ia the impression which causes the appari tion), occurred near Bath half a centu ry ago, and is related by Hiss Cobbe in an article on "Unconscious Cele bration," in Macmillan Magane, Sir John Miller, a very wealthy gentle man, died, leaving no children. His widow had always understood that she was to have the nse of his house for her life, with a very large jointure; bat no will making such provisions could be found after his death. The beir-at-law, a distant connection, nat urally claimed bis rights, bat kindly allowed Lady Miller to remain for six months in the boose to complete her search for the missing papers. The six months drew at last to a close, and the poor widow had spent fruitless days and weeks in examining every possible place of deposit for the last document, till at last she came to the conclusion that her memory mast have deceived her, and that her husband could have made no such promise as she supposed, or had neglected to ful fill it had he made one. The very last day of her tenure of the house had just dawned, when, in the gray of the morning. Lady Miller drove up to the door of her man of bus iness in Bath, and rushed excitedly to his bedroom door, calling out, "Come to me ! I have seen Sir John ! There is a will !" The lawyer hastened to ac company her back to her house. All she could tell him was that her de ceased husband had appeared to her in the night, standing by her bedside, and had said solemnly, "There is a will !" Where it was, remained uncer tain as before. Once more the house was searched in vain from cellar to loft, till finally, wearied and in despair, the lady and her friend found them selves in a garret at the top of the house "It is all over," Ijkly Miller said. "I give it np. My husband deceived me, and I am rained !'' At that moment she looked at the table over which she was leaning and weeping. "This table was in his study once. Let us examine it." They looked, and the missing will, duly signed and sealed, was within it, and the widow was rich to the end of her days. It needs no conjarer to ex plain how her anxiety called np the myth of Sir John Miller's apparition, and mads him say precisely what he had once before really said to her. but of which the memory had waxed faint. Waasea aa Maeirlaaa. Xo woman was ever a successful com poser of music, and yet women seem to have as much of the music of nature in them as the opposite sex. Why do men have Uie inoiinxly of music making? This question haselicited many answers, most of them very far fetched, but uo reasonable solution of the problem has ever been reached. But erhaps the inability of the sex to meet and with stand discouragement has something to do with it. The triumphs of a prima donna or of any other artist who simply renders the music of others, are quick and brilliant, but half the life-time of a musical composer is made up of draw backs and discouragements. These dis couragements a woman is by nature unable to coe with, and if she essays the production of music, she falters be fore she is known at all. This supina tion seems to be proved by the case of the Itaroiiess de Jlaistre who recently died in I 'aria of a disease which a cor respondent calls "ojiera struck in." She seems to have ttossessed great musical genius. She was the author of a ttabat mater which had been presented at v rious churches, and not longago finished a grand ojtera entitled "Xinive." It was accepted at the National Academy of Music, and the rehearsals had begun, when the director, under pretest that the scenery and proierties would ruin him, changed his mind and sent the ladv's opera back to her. It was a crushing blow, and the baroness died of a broken heart, nesnau never nave famous women comiiosers if they insist iikii dying whenever their work is rejected. Ceaeeralaa; Ears. Large ears, says a theorist, mounting his hobbv. hear things in general, and denote broad, comprehensive views and modes of thought ; while small ears hear things in particular and show a dispo sition to individualize, often accom panied by the love of the minute. Large ears are usually satisfied with learning the leading facts of a case, with the general principle involved ; too strict an attention to the enumeration of details. especially all repetition of the unim portant, is wearisome to them. I eople with such ears like generality, and are usually fitted to conduct large enter prises; to receive and pay out money in large sums. They prefer to give with a free hand, without reference to the amount. Small ears, on the contrary, dessre to know particulars of a story, as well as the mam facts; take delight often in examining, handling, or constructing tiny specimens of workmanship; are disiosed to be exact with respect to inches and ounces in imying or selling, to the extent at least of knowing the exact number over and under the Pleas ure given or received. People with such ears would, in most cases, prefer a ret-nl to a wholesale business. Ummt At All Aliae. We are all of us dust and ashes. True; but in some we recognize the dust of gold and the ashes of the Plueiux ; In others, the dust of the gateway and the ashes of turf and stubble. With the greatest rulers upon earth, head and crown drop together and are overlooked. It is true we read of them in history; but we also read in history of crocodiles and hyenas. With great w riters whether in poetry or prose, what falls away U scarcely more or other than a vesture. The features ot a man are imprinted on his works; and more lumps burn over them, and more religiously, than are lighted in temples or churches. Milton and men like him, bring their own in cense, kindled with their own fire, and leave it uncousumed and unconsuinabie and their music by day and night swells along a space commensurate with the vault of heaven. Laeaela. Do vou hear that strange noise like a rustling in the air, and the shouts of the people? and do you see how dark ness conies on ? Do not be frightened, it is a flight of locusts coming. In ten minutes they will be here. Down they fall like a hail-storm. It is very un pleasant to be covered with them ; they will not bite us, but they will strip every garden in an hour. If you do not fear a rew nestling in your natr and hat. and running about your throat. you may watch that tree covered with blossoms ; it is already alive with locusts and you will see them strip branch after branch, as II somebody were using a knife. Poor people ! no wonder they shout. These dreadful insects will de stroy all their crops, produce a kind of famine by raising the price or provi sions, and often in the hot season an nounce cholera. Inner Ijfe in .Syria, by Mrs. Burtm. AflBICVLTCaAL Lots by Weed and Intel. It is esti mated that the value of produce annu ally raised in this country Is (3,500,000 000, of which about nearly or quite one fifth, or oO0,000,000, is lost, according to the American XaturulUt, from the at tacks of injurious plants and animals. A sin trie campaign of the army worm cost the farmers of Eastern Massachu setts Irj0.000 worth of grass. Missouri alone loses from fifteen to twenty mil lion dollars annually from Insect depre dations. The aunual damage to the ap ple and pear crop train the codling mom amounts to several million dollars, and the work of the curculio is equally costly. A partial remedy is to be found in a close study of insect habits, with a view to ascertaining what insects thera are which hold the depredators in check and destroy them. It is hardly possible to estimate the havoc annually wrought by the grasshopper and the potato beetle, for example; and any bird or insect which would reduce such pests would be a substantial benefactor to the farmer. As to the "injurious nlants." or in the common vernacular. weeds, the only method that is feasible. is to kilt tnem at tneir very geniimauuu bv means of proper agricultural ma chines. The Country Gentleman affirms that the annual -growth of weeds iu tills country amounts to eight million tons, or enough to load a compact train of wagons long enougn to 8jan uie giuue. Precisely how the Conntr Gentleman ar rives at this very definite estimate we are at a loss to determine; but it would certainly be better for the farmer if the weeds were actually loaded into the "compact train of wagons" referred to, rather than to have them remaiu to choke his crops and leave au unwel come legacy of liberally sown seed for future seasons. Farmers have only to consult their own experience to realize Uie extent to which the depredations ot weeds aud insects are carried, and any measures which tend to even partial ex tirpation of these pests arc worth tne trying. Ripening rear. Out of more than a thousand varieties of pears which it has been mv fortune or misfortune to cum vate and handle in my time, I have yet to find one which was not better in quality when ripened off the tree than on it. The chemical changes which take place in the fruit during what is termed ripening appear to le more per fect if retarded than when hastened, hence the benefits of gathering early and placing where the process will pro ceed slowly, we have many varieties which, if allowed to rijien on the tree, have a coarse, gritty flesh, but become mellowed and softeiied, or as the nomol ogist would say, "buttery, when rinened in the house. For winter sorts, like the Vicar of Wakefield. Laurence, aud Duchesse, it is an excellent plau to wrap each sjieci- men in tissue pajier when packed away for one's ow n use. By an occasional examination of the top layer, the con dition may readily he determined, and when rieiiiiig is desired, or delay is no longer safe, the specimens, or those wanted for immediate use, should be taken into a warm room for instance the kitchen closet but still kept in a tight drawer or box. A week in such a position will increase the sugar in al most any variety, perhaps fifty per cent. I know that some of our poiuol rgists would smile at the Vicar of Wakefield xnr lieing a good dessert variety; but if they will start the well growii specimens in the fall, keep them Tn s cool place until January, or even later, then ripen them up iu a warm room slowly, they might find occasion to change their uiiixl in regard to qual ity. But if ripened hastily it is ioor enough and valuable only for cooking, aud the same may le said of many other popular sorts Moore' Rural yeie Yorker. CaMiir$ii Market Crop. The profits from cablwige often run from AS 10 to 1 800 jier acre in the neighborhood of large cities and manufacturing towns. The ew AUiany, ind., .eager says mat the extent of cabbage culture near that place is extending widely, and siteak as follows of itsculture : "The averagn size of the cabbage Held of each is four acres few cultivating less and many cultivating as high as five acres. At 10,000 cabbages per acre, each man would cultivate 40,000 heads. On the bottom between this city and Bridge rt there are about fifty-five cabbage fields of tho size named, employing as cultivators, in one capacity or another. 400 persons, upon 4i II oi these nity five fields an average crop of 40,000 cabr i i. i ;? i.i.. .i. ... i uages is prouueeu, uiuKing uib iihjm crop uiMin the entire bottom between Xew Albany and Bridgeort 2,200,000 head an immense product for 200 acres or land, about the amount cultivated in the vegetable. This immense crop of cabbages is nearly all shipited South. Most of it goes directly to the city of Sew Orleans. Slupiiers purchase cat bages of the farmers by the barrel. Each barrel contains from twelve to twenty-five heads, as to size. The average price during the season has ueen fj peruarrei, vmcihmiu uoztite, Feed Our Corn Mull, Last sea son, 1872 the hay crop was short iu this section, so much so that It was necessary to reduce our stock. I commenced iu November to feed each cow one pint of meal per day. Some might think that was too small a quantity to result in any good, but my experience is otherwise. When my cows became new milch they all did finely. 1 had no trouble with them. I was so pleased with the results that I said that if I had double the hay my stock required, 1 should feed meal every whiter in small quanti ties. It is a good idea for a farmer to look over his stock, aud if one or more is not doing as well as the others, feed them a little belter, and do not forgot to salt them; they require salt, if it is winter, to thrive aud do well. ev lork June. Keeping Winter Aiple. A member of ttie .Michigan lomologicat Society stated, at a late Adrian meeting, that he was very successful iu keeping winter apples, and had secured sound, fresh fruit in May, by the following treatment: He picks the fruit in Octo ber, and places it in heaps in the orch ard and covers them with hay. These heaps remain untouched till December. the slight moisture of the earth aud the few Inches of hay preventing any in jury to the apples, even during sharp freezes. J hey are then assorted aud packed in barrels, which after heading up, are placed in a cold cellar, which is kept at a temperature or about 32 degrees, and if it should hapteii to be a rew degrees lower lor a stiort time, the protection of the barrels wilt prevent any injury. They come out sound in the spring. Car of Una. Hogs love sulphur, aud a considerable amount of it is ne cessary to keep them in fair health. V ben hogs run at large and find green food they supply themselves with w hat is needed, but pigs kept in close pens and fed ou house slops or corn need some more laxative food. Charcoal should be fed to bogs frequently. Keep a supply by them iu small boxes. Mix four quarts or salt, two ounces or sul phur, and one bushel of wood ashes. and keep constantly in the pens in boxes. It tends to reduce fever, de stroy worms and aid digestion. Oriain of Cottwold Sheep. Mr. Smith. a prominent handler of sheep, at West end, England, has this opinion of the origin of this now famous breed: "The Cotswold sheep are supposed to derive their names from the 'cots' or sheds from which they were fed in winter, and rrom the 'wolds' or open hilly ground on which they were pas tured in summer. 1 believe them to be the original breed of long-wool sheep, as they are continually spoken of from the earliest times, when no other sheep are noticed." A'x. The Allegheny Valley Railroad is laying steel rails wherever old rails are taken up. flciunric Original liicroteopieal Ketarehe. To such of oar readers as propose de voting: the coming summer vacation to microscopical work, we can suggest the following investigations as offer ing excellent fields for original re search : First, examine the theory sug gested by Dr. Bastian as to occasional transformations taking place between the lowest forms of animal and vege table life. Confine some minute vege table tissue if showing protoplastic circulation, so much the better in a live box, and watch with care. Notice if, in process of time, nuclei or any other parts should undergo any suck transformations. A i inch or i inch objective is suited for the purpose. There is abundant opportunity for new work in relation to fungi. Cooke s recently published book on that sub ject should be well studied, and col lections made in the field, enough to go over, if possible.the author's ground. The limits of present discovery will be soon recognized, and a line of farther progress can readily be mapped out There is yet plenty to I discovered about the insects. The foot of a fly, for example, its structure, method of nse, properties, exadation, etc., would form an excellent subject of study fora long time. The student, if be faith fully perseveres, is pretty certain to hit noon something new. The micro scopic changes of the tissues and fluids oi me uuman Douy, in iieaiiu aim uis easc, also invite research. This re quires vast patience, an excellent in strument, and no small degree of skill; but it oilers results which, if fraioed, will well repay expenditure of time and energy. Water and it fnluibttants.-Tht quality of water in relation to its fau na anu flora has been the subject of investigation by some French Aca demicians. In substance, the results seem to prove that water in which ani mals and plants of higher organization will thrive is tit to drink ; and on the other hand, water in which only the infusoria and lower cryptogams will grow is unhealthy. If the water be comes stagnant and impure, aquatic plants of the higher ordei will languish and disappear, and the half-suffocated fish will rise near the surface and crowd together in parts where there may still be a little of the purer element trick ling in, and if driven from these places they soon die. Phva fontinali will only live in very pure watert ralcata, piscinnliH in clear water; limnuaomta and itatjmili and planorbi marginatnt in ordinary water; and tiu.illy, ryci cornea and bithynia impnra in water of middling quality ; but no mollusk will live in corrupt water. Plants al so exercise a reactive influence on the quality of water. The most delicate appears to be the common water cress, the presence of which indicates excel lent quality. Veronicas and the float ing water weeds flourish ouly in water of good quality. The water plantaiu, mints, loosestrife, sedges, rushes,water lilies, and many others grow perfectly well in water of moderately good quality. Some of the sedges and ar rowheads will thrive in water of very poor quality. The most hardy or least exacting in this repect is the common reed. Electric Fall Machine. These are for demonstrating the laws of falling bodies. In one arrangeuicut. a brass ball is hung by a thread some height above the ground. L nuer it, aiuis tancel, are two metallic balls con nected with the poles of an electric machine: thev are so far apart that a spark cannot pass between them, but if the susendel ball drops between them a spaik will pass. Further-down, at distance4, then9, etc., are simi lar nairs of balls. The thread of the snspemlt d ball being burnt, the latter falls between the successive pairs. giving passage at each pair to the cur rent, aud simultaneously the spark in another nart of the circuit strikes a re volving soot-blackened drnm.makinga mark. The distance between succes sive marks are found to be equal. In a aecoiiu anangement,tuere areiwo cyl indrical conductors, insulated and ver tical, with a metallic ball suspended between them at the top, hardly tilling me interval, ana suiiicieiii iu enuoic a spark to pass between the cylinders. which are connected with the poles of an induction (secondary) coil. One of the cylinders has a coating of soot blackened paper. The thread is burnt, and the ball fulls : sparks are made to pass at regular intervals oi time, oy means of clockwork, interrupting the battery current. Each spark leaves its mark on the blackened snrface : and thus are shown the spaces passed over tn equal tunes. J. Wauintr. ProgrcM of Flying Machinery. k new steering balloon by Stnitter is being exhibited, suspended in the middle ot the Alcazar in Paris. The measure ment is only 6,000 cubic feet, but the balloon is so light that, when tilled with pure hydrogen, it mast float. A con sidcrable sum of money has been in vested in it, and great ability has been displayed in the construction. Although no practicable result in open air may may be hoped tor, it is a wonderful piece of clockwork. In connection with ihis subject, it is stated that, for sev eral months past, a firm of engineers have been experimenting privately at the Crystal Palace with an aerial steamer of a novel and promising char acter, weighing 160 lbs. Experiments are stated to have proved the capabili ty of two vertical screws, each 19 feet diameter, to raise a weight of ISO lbs. ; the steam engine, with water and fuel, forming part of the weight so raised to the extent ot 80 tbs. The power exer ted by it is equal to twoand a half hor ses. The communication of motion is given by a vertical axisemaniting from the car. Sature. A Uuman Analytit.Vr. Lancaster, of Iondon, recently analyzed a man, and presented the results of bis inves tigation in palpable form to his audi ence daring a late chemical lecture. The body operated upon weighed 158.4 lbs. lie exhibited upon the platform 1.1 lbs. carbon, 2.3 lbs. lime, 23.3 ozs. phosphorus, and about 1 ox. each of so dium, iron and potassium, magnesium, and silicon. He apoligized for not ex hibiting 5,395 cable feet of oxygen, weighing 121 lbs.. 105,000 cubic feet of hvdrogen. weighing 15.4 lbs and 52 cubic feet of nitrogen Jike likewise ob tained from the body, on account of their great bnlk. All of these elements combine into the following : 121 lbs. water, 1G.5 lbs. gelatin, l fi lbs. fat, 8.8 lbs. fibrin and albumen.7.7 lbs. of phos phate of lime and other mineral sab stances. A ttachina Leather to Metal. A method of affixing leather to metal, so that it will split before it can be torn off, consists in digesting a quantity of not gaiis, reonceu to powuer, in eigui parts of distilled water for six hours. and filtering it throngh a cloth ; then dissolving one part by weight of glue, in the same quantity of water, and al lowing it to remain 94 hours. The lea ther is to be overlaid with the decoc tion of nut-gall, and (he solution of glue applied to the metal, previously roughened and heated. The leather is fien laid upon it, aud dried nnder pressure. Oxvnen an A nt'ulote tor Fhovhorui Pottonina. MM. Threinesse and Casse have found that injections of oxygen mia ui Tenia ncuuiiize me loncei fect of phosphorus. The gas mast be pare, and free from all admixture with air, and mast be introduced very slow ly. The precise apparatus used is not described: and it appears that the quantity of gas required is very large, several cubic feet being administered to an animal weighing twenty pounds. The results, however, were in every i way bucccwiui. Jroa mav be cemented in wood bv dropping in the recess prepared in the latter a small quantity of strong solu tion of sal ammoniac This causes the iron to rust, rendering it very difficult to extract. Norfolk. Va.. shipped 35,000 water melons to Boston one day lately. MmtK Egg a Viet On this subject the Poultry Keriew has the following perti nent and suggestive remarks : Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs for meat in our daily diet I About one third of the weight of the egg is solid nutriment. This is more tli n can le said of meat. There are no hones or tough pieces that have to be laid aside. A good egg is made up of ten parts shell, 50 parts white, and 'JO parts yolk. The white of an egg contains MS per eeut. water, the yolk of an egg 52 per cent. The average of an egg is about two ounces. Practically an egg is ani mal food, and yet there is none of the disagreeable work of the butcher neces sary to obtain it. The vegetarians of England nse eggs freely, and many of these men are HO and VO ears old, and have been remarkably free from ill ness. Eggs are best when cooked four minutes. This takes away the animal taste that is offensive to some, but does not so harden the white or yolk as to make them hard to digest. An egg if cooked very hard is difficult of diges tion,except by those with stout stomachs; snch eggs should be eateu with bread aad masticated very finely. An egg spread on toast is tit food for a king, if kings deserve any better food than any body else, which is doubtful. Fried eggs are less wholesome than boiled ones. An egg dropped into hot water is not only a clean and handsome, but a delicious morsel. Most people spoil the taste of their eggs by adding salt aud pepper. A little sweet butter is the beet dressing. Eggs contain much phos phorus, which is supposed to be use ful to those who use their brain much. Hon-to Clean Wall Paper. Take off the 'dust with a soft cloth. Make a lump of very stilt dough with a little Hour and water, aud rnb the wall gently downward, taking the length of the arm at each stroke, and iu this way go round the room. As the dough becomes dirty cut the soiled part off. In the second round commence the stroke a little above where the last one ended, and be very careful not to cross the paper or to go np again. Ordiuarv ?apers cleaned in this way will look resh and bright, and almost as good as new. Some papers, however and these the most expensive ones will not clean nicely ; and in order to ascertain whether or not a paper can be cleaned, it is best to try it first in some obscure corner, which will not be noticed if the result is . unsatisfactory. If there are any broken places in the wail, fill them un'with a mixture of eqnal parts of plaster of Paris and silver sand, made into a paste with a little water. Then cover the place with a little piece of paper like the rest, if it can be had. Wlion a room is newly papered a few yards of the paper should be preserved for repairs. If there are any spots of grease on the walls mix some fuller's earth with ox gall and cold water, and spread this on the spot. Pin a little blotting paper over the mixture, and leave it for three or four hours, then brush it off carefully, when in all proba bility the grease will be removed. Value of Meat ami VeaeUthle Footl. It is found that since the employ ment of the changed dietary iu the general prison for Scotland, involving a very slight proportion of meat, the health of the inmates has been strikingly improved. For all adult male prisoners under sentence of nine months and not exceeding two years the diet formerly consisted of bread, oatmeal, barley, one ounce of meat per day made into soup, with succulent vegetables, and twenty ounces of skimmed milk or buttermilk; on one day in the week fish was sub stituted for meat. The new diet com prises but a very spate quantity of meat, a moderate amount of milk being given iustead. It ia stated to be uo un common thing to tlod that among the agricultural laborers of Scotland no meat is consumed, oatmeal ami milk forming their staple articles of diet. The Scientific American autiounoes that an insect, hostile to housewives and slumber, has been purged of its pestilential qualities by a simple scienti fic method, and rendered a delightful aud indispensable article of the dress ing table, liy soaking fat bedhngs in a saturated solution of nitrate of potash and water, a perfume, delicate, deli cious, penetrating and like nothing else in the wide world is obtained. What au impetus this will give to the slaughter of insects of this persuasion. Nitrate of potash is cheap and bedbugs are plentiful. The underpaid clerk on 3 a week, living at a dingy, third class hoardiug-house, has in this announce ment the where withal to accnmmnlate a competency. Such is the value of the daily newspaper as the handmaid uf science and binpfafctor of the helpless and needy, Tomato Omelet. Select one quart of fine, ripe tomatoes, pour over them boiling water to remove the skin ; chop them finely, put them in a saucepan, without any water; add two onions, chopped tine ; cover closely, and let them simmer slowly an hour, then add a little salt and cayenne, with a large spoonful of bread crumbs; cover lightly. Beat five eggs to a stiff froth ; have ready a heated pan, with a small piece of butter, stir in the eggs brown it, and serve the moment it is done. Jioll Jellu Cake. Take fonr eggs, one enp of sngar, one cup of flour, half a teaspoontui ot soda ana one tea spoon -ful of cream tartar, a pinch of salt. Beat the eggs as light as possible : add to them first the sugar, and having mixed the powders aud salt with the flour, dust that in, and beat np lUht. and bake thin in a shallow square pan. When done, turn out on a towel, spread on the jelly, and roll immediately. Iced Apple. Pare, core, and slice ten apples ot a large, tart kind ; bake them till nearly doue ; put them away to get entirely cold. Then prepare some icing, and first pouring off all the juice, lay the icing thickly on the tops ana sides as much as you can. ltcturn them to the oven to just harden and to set. Serve with cream. A Breakfast ltisk. This from good authority: "Braise into a saucepan four ounces of cheese, two ounces of butter, one pint of water, a little salt ; boil gently, adding by degrees as much floor as will thicken it : let it drv on the stove until it is like thick new batter ; then add two or three eggs, and a little pepper. Dm Bread Qriddie Cake. To a anart of milk add pieces of bread sufficient to absorb it, let them soak for three hours. then press the whole through a sieve ; add half a teaspoon ful of salt, a table spoon of butter, two eggs and a small quantity of saleratus; mix the whole thoroughly and bake on a hot griddle. Tea Jtnnk. Two enpsof raised dongh. U raps sugar. U cups of milk. Let stand until light, then work in suffi cient flour to knead it Add i enp of butter, 1 egg, f teaspoon ful of soda (dissolved in a little cold water.) Roll and cutout Bake twenty five minutes. Cream Cake. Beat two eggs with one cap of sugar; add one cup of thin cream, a teaspoouful of saleratus and one of salt; flavor with nutmeg or lemon, or other spice; mix as still as will pour into pans, a nanuiui oi currants im proves it. To Fry Chicken. The chickens are out cleanly in water, then quartered and thrown into boiling lard. 1 hey are done brown in a few minutes, then served np hot and dry. Corn (hitler. Grate on a coarse grater enough ears of corn to make a pint dust it thoroughly with flour, and add two well beaten eggs ; fry them in hot batter and tarda slight brown, in the shape of an oyster. Corn-Starch Puddina. One-half pint sweet milk, two eggs, two heaping ta blespoonfulasngar.threetablesooonfuls corn-starch. Boil together a few mo menta, then bake in the oven. Bleedina from the nose mav be stopped by patting bits of lint into the nostrils. and by raising the arms over the head. BTaOaOUS. Pat Mnrvht Dilemma. One day in attending to applications for situations on the police force, the Mayor of a cer tain town, it was supposed, was almnt to invest Patrick aiurpny witn a star, when some of his Irish competitors out side the railing cried out : "Are yoa goin' to 'pint Pat, yer honor f He can't write his name, yer honor ! "I am onlr receiving applications, to-dav : in a fortnight we make appoint ments." said the Mayor ; and Pat was told to cull on that day two weeks. The friend through whose influence Pat had been induced to apply for the office said to him, as they came away from the hall : "Now, Pat, go home ; and every night do yon get a big piece of paper and a pood stout en, aud keep writing your name. I'll set the copy lor you." Pat did as directed, and every night for a fortnight was seen putting out his touKUuotuil swaving his head over "Patrick Murphy," "Patrick Murphy." in tho style of chirography generally knowu as" coarse hand." When the day for the appointment came Pat found himself before the Mayor, and nrged his claim. "Can you write!" said that excellent functionary. "Troth, au' it's mesclf that jUt kiu," answered Pat. "lake that pen." said the Mayor, "aud let us see you write. Write your name." He took the pen as directed, when a sort of exclamatory laugh burst from his surprised competitors, who were in attendance : ' iiowly Paul ! D'ye mind that. Mike! Pat's a-wiitiu' he's got a quill iu his fist!" "So he has, be jalers!" said Mike. "But small good it will do him ; he can't write wid it, man." But Pat did write ; be had recorded his name in a bold, round hand. "That'll do," said the Mayor. His foiled rivals looked in each other's faces with nudisguised astouishuieut A lucky thought struck them. "Ask bim to write soniettody else's name, yer honor," said two of them in a breath. "That's well thought of," remarked the Mayor. "Pat, write my name." Here was a dilemma; but Pat was equal to it. "Me write yer honor's name?' ex claimed he, with well dissembled holy horror. "Me commit forsery, aud a-goin' on the pelisse ! I can't do it, yer houor!" Jloie She Cured Him. At last she completely cured hi in. For months she had patiently endured the panp so many thousands of young wives are compelled to sutler. Almost every morning at breakfast the heartless bus hand expressed the hope that he miht live to see the day when he should get such coflce as he used to have at home. Or such corn-bread as his mother was wont to make and bake. At dinner the meat was overltaked in the range. To be sure his mother used to roast meat in an old-fashioned Dutch tin oven, and the piece was always done to a turn the last tnrn of the revolving spit. Those days were forever gone But he might and ouuht to get such a green apple pie with new cheese as his mother used to give him. At length the lonjr Biill'c ring wife arose in her wrath, up set the table, seiuliiig the dishes and their contents crashing to the canx-t, strided over to her astounded husband, gave him a box on the ear which knocked him offhischair, and remarked: "There's a clip over the head for you, such as your mother used to give you when you wasa boy gol ilerny er."There after there was domestic " peace and quiet in that house, with never even an allusion to the maternal cookery and comforts of the bygone days. Why lie Kmle.jM Lesos, the hi il i liant French writer who died recently, never went on foot, but this custom (was introduced, says Ckancari, by ; Count d'Altou-Shee, and had the fol lowing origiu. One day he was walking in I'nris wiliiayouiig lady, whosiiddeuly said i j "t Ih! what a charming bracelet! Look there, my friend." So he boiiiiht u. A little further on l she saw a fan. I "Ah ! the delicions fan !" quoth she. I He bought it. A liltlu further on she ! saw an ebony casket. "Ah ! what a casket !" said she, "i ve wanted just such a one ever so long V How could he help buying itt The next day the Count said to him self; "Let ns always take a calirioh-t; it will not cost move than walking. An Englishman having asked a sou of Krin if the roads in Iielaud were good received this reply: "Yes; they are so fine 1 wonder you do not import some of them into England. Ia i me see. there is the road to love, strewed w ith roses; to matrimony, through net tles; to honor, through the camp; to prison, through the law, and to the undertaker's, throngh nhrsic." "H.ive you any road to preferment?" asked the Englishman. "Yes, faith, we have; but that is the dirtiest road iu the kingdom," A Chance for a Bargain. "Papa, did you see those nice little guns down to the store f asked a little six-year-old boy. "i'es, Harry, I saw them. But I have so many children to feed and clothe that I cannot afford to buy you one," repliedhisfatber.seriously. Little Harry glanced at the baby in the cradle with uo loving expression ou his face. Finally he said: "Well, pupa, I'll tell you what yoa can do; yoa can swap little Tommy for a gun." A lady called npon her milliner, the other day, to get the character of a servant. The respectable appearance of the latter was iteyond questioning. "But is she honest f" asked the lady. "1 am not so certain about that," replied the milliner; "1 have sent her to you with njy bill a dozen times, aud she has never yet given me the money." 'Papa! said a small urchin with a mischievous eye, I say, papa, ought the master to nog a fellow for what he didn't dof "Certainly not, my boy.' Well, then, he flogged me to-day wht-o I didu't do. my sum.' At tit ladies walked on the beach, with their long bair down, In-canse otherwise "it takes too long to dry," it was the enfant terrible who said tri umphantly, "Mamma leaves all hers at the hotel." "There!? exclaims the indignant RiMtjin wifo. m alii. fljiliA li.r luibuiiil a resonant whack on the head with a chair rocker. "I'll raise a Bunker Hill monumenton you that you'll remember!' "The hardest trial of my life," said good old Deacon Banes, "was to shed tears at the news that my wife's uucle bad died and left her sixty thousand dollars." Tftrtf beet's all" as the man said when he sat down to his first dinner iu the newhouseon movingday,:iud found the supply short. Sound advice of an old merchant : Never owe anv man more than von are able to pay, and allow no man to owe you more than yon are able to lose . Whose best wotks are most trampled nponf A shoemaker's because good shoes last longer than bad ones. Ouerv When Dickens wrnto his el ftr- acter of Dot, did he have in mind "a girl of the period f a person follows pnnning for ten years, he is snre to pass into the ranks of decade punsters. . . The man who can iuvent a lazier amusement than cro-jaet will make his fortune. If a clnm witnts tt 1m. wpi.ful in uie ne always geia into a ring nrst A round of pleasure A promenade concert. Queer kind of love a neuralgic affection. Bus aiaaaera. Good manners are very cheap ; they do not cost money, and they will eonie if yon call for them at any time and In any place; they only require a little care. Salute your aequaintam-e when you meet them. A cheerful 'good-morning or 'good-evening' gives pleasure. Avoid rudeness to passers-bv iu the street ; do not stare at them; do not run against them. Alwavs make way for aged anil infirm people, and never stand on the footpath talking to others, so as to stop up the road. In the eagerness of your play at ball, hoop or marbles be careful not to annoy others. Never deface walls or door-steps bv writing on them, and the benches in the parks or other public places, as rude people do, by writing or cutting vour name on them. If iu a steamer, a railway-carriage or any pub lic conveyance, lie always observant of vour fellow travelers, aud do not in any way annov them. IK not selfishly look out for the best seat, nor refuse to accommodate another; at the same time, if vou find anv ersoii w ho offers you civility, be carVful to acknowledge it. Do not annoy others with your boxes, baskets or parcels, nor lean on your next neighbors, sit on their clothes or tread on them. Be courteous at all times and to every bo-ly. "Politeness," says a celebrated writer, "is a coin that enriches not him who receives it, but him who gives it." What is it that gives raliw I.. tliOSff SITVlll HviliUCS It IS that they express kind-heartedness. t hese courtesies snoiuii come irum mc Ker rtiif th worth of . a, j aia ivim ujit s - - - - good manners consists in their bein the sincere expression oi our iccmigs. i.iiwr rtia ili-il nf Ihn w-itih tber should show that the works within are "good and true. Waiited Pewcra. Among the pumlierless marvels at which uoImmIj- marvels few are more marvelous than the recklessness with which priceless gifts, intellectual and moral are squandered. Often have I gazed with wonder at the prodigality displayed by nature in thecistus, w hich uutohis hundreds or thousands of its starry blossoms, morning after morn ing, to shine iu the light of the sun for an hour or two. and then fall to the ground. But who among the sons and daughters of men gifted w ith thoughts that wander through eternitv.aiid w ith powers which have the godlike privilege of working good and giving happiness who does not daily let thousands of these thoughts drop to the ground and rot? Who does not continually leave his powers to draggle ii: the mould of their own leaves? -The imagination can hardly conceive the height of the greatness "and glory to which mankind would lie raised ii' all their thoughts and energies were to In- animated with a living purose. But, as in a forest of oaks, among the millions of acorns that fall every autumn, there may, erhaps, he one in a million that will grow into a tree somew hat iu like manner fares it with the thoughts and fi l ling of man. What, then, must heourconl'iisinn w hen we see all those wasted thoughts ami feelings rise up in the judgment and l-ar witness again-t us! 'Miss Catherine Bcecher is in Boston, earnestly Nut upon establishing there a u:nver-ity lor women. Dyspepnia! ijpesn! Dyspepsia ! Dvspepsi.i is the most perplexing of all human ailments. Its symptoms are almost infinite in their variety, and the forlorn ami despondent victims of the disease often fancy themselves the prey, in tnrn, of every known malady. This is due, in part, to the close sym pathy which exists lictween the stom ach and the brain, and in part also to the fact that any disturbance of the digestive function necessarily disorders the liver, the bowels and the nervous system, anil etl'ects. to some extent, the quality of the blood. E. F. Kuukel's Bitter Wine of Iron a sure cure. This is not a new prepar ation, to tie tried and found wanting: it has been prescribed uaily for many years in the practice of eminent physi cians with nnpar.illeled success; it is not expected or intended to cure all the diseases to which the human family is subject, but ia warranted to cure Dyspepsia in its most obstinate form. Knnkcl's Bitter Wine of Iron never fails to cure Symptoms of Dyspepsia or loss of appetite, wind and risiug of the food, dryness of the mouth, heart bnrn, distension of the stomach and bowels, constipation, headache.dizziness, slee lessness and low spirits. Try the great remedy and be convinced of its merits. Get the genuine. Take only Kuukel's, which is pnt only in jl bottles. Depot, S59 North N inth Street. Philadelphia. For sale by all Druggists and dealers everywhere. Tapeworm Removed Amve. Head and all complete, in two hours. No fee till head passe. Seat, Pin and Stom ach Worms removed by Dr. Kixkeu 8-VJ N. Ninth Street. Advice free. Come, see over 1,000 specimens and le convinced, lie never fails. lxroRT.tsr to Mi rutins The rrestesi benefactor is one who re ievei pain and cures Uise:ue. Da. fMLnuts bas accom plished both by his miraculous tliscovery of ANAKEMS, an absolutely easy, rapid and infallible curt for J'de in all stages. AU Doctors endorse it and 20,000 cured suffer ers testify to its virtues. It is simple suppository acting as an instrument poul tice and medicine. The relief is instant and cure certain. Trice $ I. Sent free by mail on receipt of price. P. Neustse iter A Co., Anakesis Depot, 46 Walker st, New York. 2 BROOMS! BROOMS! JOIM J. CKISKB a 0., 833 Washington New York. Prinri b-pi.t in NVw Tn-k the lat Broun Hiiufi-tDra iu tlw Lu.to! Nlalat. Brooms from $3.00 per dozen and upward. Th lowest prim uil jrrte-t nn-tr t tmnil Alto mm rntir trw rtork of WOOD WILLOW WARK, mrh Paila, Tnh, Baakrta, Mt, Twinm, 0nrw W k, SrU crthrr with ftill line if Applo, Briur W ,.l ami CUjr Vpe rarj S.p, YuiLo No liou, Cutlrrj, Ac Sojnri frum tli to Ho pw mill. A f)l lin. 4 the bet iioalilj of T1NWA R.K. r. S. Wo D oar gaalm mi pneas that ilu not Tnin y drammtnr a tbr road. OrVn bj awl will r promt attaalaoo. KtllMlM4 loa . Pi e as CS . WO OB 2 X S3 w 'r C3 - o So Q SI 9 o o 2 m o 3 m Tl 3 " r H IS) Si LI c n z ft r TJ M Z y mm Z 2 X o H m a w -3 as r 3 O o H LI tkC fOIW toy u soaia. Tanas rra. Asdna Brums Ca., Portias. Ma. SCIEXTiriC HSCOTIBT. For s I will send dlreefioTis bow to prortnee a tlefit without Ore: safe, stmplo snl routs Mr, vear to light a room, lty nwll to M. DkLisallc, SAFE AMD RELIABLE. Hnvff Yon Weak Lrnig? Hve Yon f Congh nr Cold ? Have Yon Pain in Your Brenst? Have Yon any Throat !is;is? Hiive Yon ConnmTtion ? nSED3.L. 0. C. WISHARTS PIKE TREE TAR CORDIAL Are Yon Wenlc and Tebtlitate! ? Do Yon Snffer from Indigestion? Io Yon reqnire a TotiIc? Have Yon No Appetite? lo Yon need HnildlngTp? To Yoa wln to te Strong and Healthy? USE Da. I. 0. C. WISHARTS PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL Sold nr all Thm gglsts. Principal Depot, Xo. 232 North Second St.. Phils. SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! AO ftrtMi, SL'Ter Mounted sod Watnot.nsw ad Mccnl-Und. Secorelj uacied (or tbipcUut. ilAits. SHtXVISli, UTOKS FIX TfRtrt. ko. norss and oriicK rcuNrrrrR ii kinds lb iarjrwt and beat assorted stock, asm and woocd-biod la tus Uity. LKWIH As HRf. s-l-lj 1. IttiX. lKk sad 101 IIMI A VK Fklla. BJeyer's Poultry Powder. Warrained.if QMd In tin?. locure cnicaten cuuiwi toa s.nd aVitii avannnl of this. A I Powder .and ft bestow .of -o- & m with ft !edftiiipply of flout, ini t nt ffwJien-frrrrnme msten at, any onemy kep poultry ( even l d cooflnfnient) for any ieugU. of time, with hoih profit ndp.awir. PrkBE2Scta., ftvefur i fw. Art Tonr dealer. Sent, fro opoa r aadMiitr.r rrt. dk AilifrfM. A. C METER CO B-attmtl. HORSEMEN I OWAERS OF STOCK! Save Tour Horses and Cattle I CCRR THSM Or DISK1SB A5D KXI? THEM IN A HIALTHY CONDITIO it aim. thsm M. 8. ROBERTS' CELEBRATED aVUUC HORSE POWDERS. 15 USE OT2K FORTY YEARS! tbs osit rowuaas cosTAiaiaa TCinC, LAZATT7Z AXD PU2UT- oMstasD, vaiaiBT aaaiaa rasa m BEST COXDITIOX MEDICLNX IX THE WORLD. Thfj ara r.xim of Purs XatsTiaionlT, oa tsblwpoonful join j as far aa saa yua4 r ardiaarr eattls powders. Boy oss package aad attar asing taa jso will Bsvar fret dans praising Ikaav For aala bj all tcrsksspara. UBS VI. B. ROBERTS' VSgelabta Embrocation rOK ALL KXTER5AL DISKASKJ ITH SB MAN OR BEAST. 500,000 ACRES or MICHIGAN LANDS FOR JSIE ! TW 1bhIi nf the Jftrlua, tawvift A Karlaaw ftailrsa) . ar w 4lTen4 Kr Hai. Th5 are MHnat-wl aloty ft rsvilnavl amf roa t ain !- tmi U tsf Mrfllfnt PAK.M IN41 and ClMi Landa. The frnuinr Urnl .nclnt soma ot tba mast frrtil ftivl well-watffred hart i wo 4 lamia in tba Stala. They r tiBilTxt mainly wfh hani-mapl aixj baeeh; ami Marll, aaixly loam. mj4 ni-mwht in prtfir of pfat vatvr. Ml. hiiixo in one of the Ira tajbtoti and urnum prosperous) St! ia the UrtHtfu and ita farmer a krrmtr variety of crops and nwoarct-a than any Waat rrn Mala. W hilo noma of the prairie Stain may pro linct corn in grati atinndttitr. they have no other ra M.nrre.aiit when Ihiarrop fail', rls-xtitntioa fVOlowa, aa hart lawn therimwtbepiwt yearia KatMaaad Nabmaaa. Prut from $J.50 to & per arr. .unt ft-r MlnaUaletl p-unphlet. A.Mrea. O. W. BA RX Eft, l-a-tol-now G'Mmiaaiaoftar. Laraainjc. Mchigmai FREDERICK SPiECKER, viouitu aasisa m leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Or THE BEST BRANDS. 27a 152 FAOUOUaTT PHILADELPHIA, ObIt irrat far V. 8. Balis! Tay CIgM at said. Cigar Starts saa la sappQaaV we BLANKS aaaa? fTi .'"-..,,,. fu t n xaATXT racmq at ra omm.
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