OUT OF meg. Wo two wandered by th bey My sweetheart end L Quietly tha water by. Quiet was the aky. And my darling stood and gmi. With her fair face npward raked. "Would tha atan might be "Kearer earth !" aaid aha Tell mm, teD bm. O my lore. Why are atan ao far abore?" Ob the ahore we found a boat: "Come, sweetheart," aaid X, "O'er the water let as float. There the atari are nigh." So aba leaned her o'er the aide, Gazing down into the tide: "Would the atara might be Nearer earth!" aaid aha Tell me, troe lore, if yon know. Why are atara ao far below?" Temple Bar. The W bob ar Baataeke. The Hon. George S. Hilllard, writing from Nantucket, says: "Decav and decline press more heavily upon women than men. Men can go wherever the spirit of enterprise, or the necessity or gaining a living, may call them.' But women, as a general rule, are debarred this privilege of thrusting their sickle into the golden harvest of opportunity, in wnatever region taey may wave. Nantucket is no exception to this general rule. There are more women than men here, and their supe riority is more than numerical. It is melancholy to think how many wo men are here, well educated, attractive in person and manners, of fine moral sense, capable of self-sacrifice, that could warm a poor man's home or grace a rich man s mansion, wno must pass their lives uneathered on the virgin thorn. It is idle to sav that they accept their lots with cheerfulness and content. I have no doubt they do. It is rather for the husband whom they miss that I speak, than for themselves. Every true- hearted woman must wish, or ought to wish, to be a wife and mother. If she fails of this she misses in some sort her destiny. The life of a woman may be useful and happy without marriage. yet, still, marriage affords larger oppor tunities for the growth of virtues of the heart and gifts of the mind than an un married state. In my heart of hearts I honor and reverence the women who accept their solitary lot with cheerful ness. I think every man who has had as long an experience of life as I have, will agree with me in thinking that women who do not marry are often led to decline marriage because they have more-depth of sensibility, a more exact ing moral sense, a more fastidious taste - than their sisters who do. Still, I can not but lament that with the progress of civilization, the increase of luxury and the multiplication of artificial wants, tiie number of those who do not marry is rather enlarged. "But I am getting out of my depth. I am discussing one of the problems of human life and destiny instead of writ ing about Nantucket. The Vicar of 'Wakefield writes that he chose his wife for the same qualities for which he chose her wediling-gown not for its glossy surface, but because it would wear well ; to all young men who are of the same mind as good Mr. Primrose, 1 would recommend a visit to Nantucket before a final choice. They will find here women who, in all the changes and chances of life, will be help-mates. They have been reared in that middle station in life, equally removed from both poverty and wealth, which is on the whole the best soil for the growth of nuiuan virtues. They are not too fine for use; they will supply the fur niture of life as well as its garniture. And it may be pertinent to mention, for the benefit of young men of moder ate fortunes, that I have the word of a lady of experience and authority that certain domestic arts, which elsewhere are growing obsolete,are here still flour ishing, and that the young women of Nantucket are good housewives, neat handed cooks and dexterous needle women." Abeal Baaaaat. Few people who see bananas hanging In fruit stores think of them as more than a tropical luxury. In fact they are a staple article of food in some parts of the world, and, according to Hum boldt, an acre in bananas will produce as much food for man as tweuty-five acres or wheat. It is the. ease with which bananas are grown which is the great obstacle to civilization in some tropical countries. It is so easy to get a living witnout work mat no enort will ever be made, and the men become lazy and intolerably shiftless. All that is needed is to stick a cutting in the ground. It will ripen its fruit in twelve to thirteen months, without further care, each plant having 75 to 125 bananas and when that dies down after frtiiting, new shoots spring up to take its place. In regions where no frost ever reaches, bananas are found in all stages of growth, ripening their fruit every moutn ana every day in the year. Col. Whitner, near Silver Lake, Florida. has probably the largest banana planta tion in the United States, containing fully ten thousand plants in bearing. Some of these are large trees, which do not die after bearing their fruit, but the majority are of the dwarf species, which are renewed every year. Mips are planted about eight feet apart and ra pidly push up leaves disclosing six or eight bananas behind this protection. Some plants will have sixteen or twenty leaves and branches of fruit, betiding over as it ripens, forming a beautiful sight. The culture of bananas is very profitable, and with the unlimited capa city of Florida and the West India islands for producing it, there should always be a supply equal to any possi ble demand. ailavra. These products of man's industry, skill and patience are first sKken of by Homer, who alludes to their being worn by Laertes for protection to hisliands. Xenophon also mentions them as being worn bv the effeminate Persians as early as 350 B. C. From which we infer that even at so early a period they were considered ar ticles Doth or luxury and use, as with us at the present time. In the Middle Ages gloves were sometimes articles of great val ue, being profusely embroidered with gold thread and ornamented with jewels. The hawking glove had usually golden bells or heavy tassels for orna ments. Alany curious customs have been associated with this article of dress. Giving a glove as a pledge was con sidered as binding as a bond. From this custom was derived that of chal lenging by throwing down the gauntlet. Entering the stables of a Prince or great man without removing your gloves or neglecting to remove them at the death of a stag in the hunting field, were both punished by forfeiture of the gloves to the grooms or huntsmen. It is still customary among some sects to give presents at funerals of gloves to the pallbearers and officiating clergyman. There is an old law in Massachusetts that forbade this under a fine of 20, as it was considered 'a waste ot substance.' In the days of the Borgias gloves were made the vehicle of deadliest poisons, and the Inquisition had few more dread ful tortures than that of the 'Iron glove.' Few of our readers have any idea of the magnitude to which the manufac ture of gloves is carried. It is fair to estimate that fully 6,000,000 pairs of kid or leather gloves are annually im ported into this country. The manu facture of fine kid gloves outside of France seems to be an impossibility. Germany, Switzerland and Italy manu facture large quantities of so-called kid gloves, but in reality they are made from lamb skins and not from kids'. They are fully as soft and as flexible as the kid skins, but not as smooth-grained, as strong or as elastic, neither do they re- tain their shape as well, but soon stretch out, and the glove becomes broad and short. The undressed kid glove, or, as they are called, "Gouts d Suede," are just now the most fashionable hand dressing, both for street and party wear. The light opera shade are exceedingly beautiful, and were worn in Paris last winter to the almost total exclusion of the dressed or finished kid gloves. It would take too much space to de sert be the various processes a skin Is subjected to from the time it leaves the back of the kid until it appears on the fair hands of the wearers. Suffice it to state that the skin with the hair on passes through some two hundred and thirty bands before it is a finished glove, It is estimated that the sewing of a pail of ladies' gloves comprises 5,600 stitches, One factory in France consumes in the process of dressing and dyeing kid skins the yolks of a thousand eggs per month. England excels in the manufacture of men's driving and walking gloves, of tnreaa, ciotn, dogskin, calf, and cape leather. Germany also manufactures vast quantities of cheap thread and cloth gloves. In the United States the manufacture is limited. Gloverville,New York, is the principal place where they are made. Buckskin, stout winter and driving gloves are the chief products, These gloves are cut out with knives, shaped like an outstretched, hand ; the backs and fronts are cut separately, then the thumb pieces, gores and finger sides, care being taken that each pair of gloves are cut from the same skin or one pre cisely like it, so that each glove is of the same tnlckness. l hey are then put in packs of twelve each, and distributed among the farmers' daughters for miles around to sew, comparatively few being sewn in roe lactones. 'ine girls use a little anair like a vise that holds part of the glove to be sewn and has little nicks or notches to guide the length of stitches. So expert the girls become that they can almost work as well in the dark on straight seams. Putting in the thumbs and gores requires more care, and on fine work is reserved for special hands. A Bak-y. Did you ever watch a dear little baby waking from its morning nap I It Is one or the prettiest signts in tne world There is the crib with its small prepara tions and snow-white drapery that covers something, outlined round and plump, mere is nothing to reveal what it is; not the slightest movement or the pillowed whiteness that Is visible no sound to indicate keenest actual life, until the hour hand of the clock that stands sentinel, like yourself, has twice made its circuit. Then there is a slight pulsing in the white drapery, a small, pink, tremulous band fair as rosebud, is thrust out, and from the nest thus broken into appears a round dimin utive face, with wide, open eyes that have not much siieculation in them yet, soon, however, they cease to star, and become questioning, serious, as if won dering what kind of a world it is they open upon; and the head lifts itself just little, aud two snow white feet stand up spasmodically, with a simultaneous movement, each toe of which has an at tendant dimple. But the head is too heavy it falls back on the pillow with its own sweet weight, the hair all damp and golden the cheeks peachy the mouth fust pouted, as if the angels kissed it in dreams. A first lingering go-o-o comes Ironi its rosy depths, sweeter than any bird's song, for it has a sjiirit tone and yet retains a thrill of its native skies. The chubby hands are lifted imploringlv, persuasively the baby is awake, aud ceases to be an angel. Durable Wawda. It is commonly believed that red cedar is the most durable of all American woods. It is a very durable wood when kept dry, or entirely buried or excluded from the air, but it will not last where it is partially wet and partially dry. In this latitude it does not answer well for cross-ties. But cypress, or sinking cyp ress, is round to be more lasting in all exposed places; it is mucn better than red cedar for piles and all sub-aqual work. None of the oaks are as d jrable as red cedar or red cvpress, and neither cedar nor cypress .can at all compare with the catalpa, commonly called ea- tawba. There are many instances in Louisiana where the cypress and catalpa have had comparative tests; the catalpa remains perfectly sound when the cyp ress and other woods have long since rotted away, catalpa posts, piles and well curbing can be found in Attakapas perfectly sound after one hundred years exposure, and even more. On a cele brated vacherie, in Attakapas, an old catalpa post, used for roping up cattle for branding, has been used for that purpose for more than a hundred years, and to the time when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. The catalpa is found growing wild in its native forests along the Gulf coast. Partwgaieee KUejaeHe. A writer on the Portuguese savs The punctiliousness and formality of their social converse exceed even those of the Castilian. In Spain a man may safelv use the title Unted (your worship) in addressing every rank and class short or royalty itseir. 2ot so in I'ortugaL. He shows bis ignorance and makes him self simply ridiculous if he fails to dis tinguish at least six different classes with their different forms of address. A little beggar-boy he will speak to im patiently or charitably, as the case may ne, out always lu the second person singular "Vai te em bora" (go th v way) or "Pega n' isto (take this.) If the same boy has grown to years of discre tion, more ceremony must be emploved in bestowing or refusing alms: "Nao pode ser"(itcannot be,) "Va com Deus" (pray go off) ih the third person be it observed. A working-man takes rank with our magistrates at home, and is literally "his worship." A tradesman is "The lord" (O senhnr), or "Your lordship." K"ta." Under the general appellation of "cat" are classed, commercially, the lynx, the wild-cat, and 4 shudder as I write it the "harmless, necessary" house-cat. I freely confess that I have little or no compassion for the lynx, who, if his eyes are as sharp as they are said to be, ought to be able to take care of himself; nor am l inclined to bewail the rate or a hecatomb of wild-cats. Bat, poor pussy ! She is here in hundreds and thousands, black, white, tabby, and tortoise-shell. That huge pile of rugs is made entirely of cat-skins. In each nig lie imbedded. like fossil specimens, the beautiful tabby or tortoise-shell backs of a dozen pets. I wonder who the people are who buy these rugs whether they keep a cat themselves, and how that sagacious animal looks when one of these dreadful rugs is brought into the house. All Ike 1 enr Jiimnd. Health amd Cw.ltw.re. Rev. Dr. Osgood savs: "Strictly speaking, health is a part of the higher culture, tor body and mind are practi cally inseparable, and we know nothing of the sound mind apart from sound blood and brain. I am willing, for the present purpose, to take Herbert Silen cer's definition of life as the basis, and to allow that life is the continuous ad justment of internal relations to external relations, if by external relations we comprehend those which are social and religious as wen as those which are physical. If life is the continuous ad justment of internal relations to external relations, then healthy life is such ad justment truly and fully carried ont, and he is the healthy man who lives in true relations with nature, man and God." Oa Aetlaaai There is no action of man in this life which is not the beginning of so long a chain of consequences that no human providence is high enough to give us prospect to the end. asWCUUVaAKv Wheat Surface Growth in the Fall what is Wanted. Winter wheat is most apt to be injured by alternate freezing and thawing rather than Dy long con tinued cold, freezing to a great depth. When the ground is frozen deeply, the wheat plant does not, and cannot, "heave out." When we have a deep frost, then a few days of milder weather thaws the surface, and a very angnt frost following, this will snap the wheat roots and leave them on the sur face; and this occurs alike on drained or undrained soil. There is no abso lute remedy for this evil, but it can be palliated by encouraging a different habit of growth of wheat roots. Here comes in the advantage of rich, mel low and shallow seed bed for wheat, with a hard nnderpan, repelling rather than inviting full growth of the wheat roots downward. There is no use try ing to get long, deep roots on the wheat plant in the fall. Ten chances to one. if we do, the freezing and thawing of winter will urea uic rwis tuu iiij uir if not destroy, the plant. Better far. in fall, encourage a strong growth of roots near the surface, forming a mat through the soil which, when frozen shall rise and fall together. This it not mere theory, but a fact often noticed on land once plowed, with a rich and shallow seed bed. The advantage of surface manuring for wheat, as also of superphosphate ana otner commercial fertilizers drilled in witn tne seea seems to lie largely in promoting large surface growth of wheat roots. This, with the leaves of the plant, pre vents deep freezing, and keeps the wheat roots nnder a mulch, which makes the soil light, and promotes rapid growth in early spring. A very small quantity of any rich fertilizer will thus often add immensely to the yield not entirely by its direct effect, but in preventing winter killing and heaving out of the plant. In no other way can I explain the extraordinary results I have known from a small application of superphosphate often ten to fifteen bushels or wheat, or wju to 900 pounds, from 200 pounds of su perphosphate. Vvuntry (rtnueman. A Lesson from Cabbage. Every one knows that cabbages will not grow last or head out well unless they are hoed very often. Most have also learned thai, tills crnn ilopa the best if hoed verv early in the morning, while the dew is on the ground. Hoeing later In tne day, when the dew has evaporated, will not have the same effect. 1 be reasons appear to be these: The dew being covered with foil, is retained, and helps keep the earth moist. It contains large amount of oxygen, which it took from the air. Iheseact to decompose the soil, and to hasten the growth of plants. It also absorbs a large quan tity of ammonia, which is taken directly up by the plants. Now the same causes ouht to produce the same effect on other plants, and It has been round by observing fanners that they do. Market gardeners prefer to have potatoes hoed either when the soil is wet with dew or after a slight rain. Observations made by one of the best farmers in Wisconsin extending through many years, con vinced him that there was great advan tage in plowing land while it was wet with dew. Especially was this the case when clover or grass was plowed under. Jt was round that the grass and sod rotted much sooner, and that the succeeding crops were larger aud of better quality. Keening Poultry in Orchard. Some farmers make it a practice to keep their poultry in their orchards from early spring until cold weather sets in ; and they find that it pays them for so doing. A picket fence should be built around the orchard, high enough to prevent their flying over, with a suitable house or shed in one corner of the yard to shelter them at night. Thus situated, the poultry will thrive and prosper, keeping themselves in good condition, aud the increase in eggs will be greatly augmented, and their usefulness and value euhanced,to their owners at least, on account of the thousand myriads of insects and worms which they destroy. and which will more than repay the cost and labor of building the fence. By keeping them enclosed in this man ner, a large number of fowls may be retained in an orchard; and the con tinual scratching which is done by them will prove advantageous both to the soil and trees themselves. J'kwcAk tetts Ploughman. Keeping Hume Feet and Legs in Order. ir l were asked to account ror my horses' legs and feet being in better order than those of my neighbor, should attribute it to the four follow In circumstances : First, they are all shod with few nails, so placed in the shoe as to permit the root to expand every time they move; second, that they all live in boxes instead or stalls, and can move whenever they please; third, that they have two hours' daily walking ex ercise when they are not at work ; and fourth, that I have not a head stall or trace-chain in my stall. These four circumstances comprehend the whole mystery of keeping horses legs fine, and their feet in sound working condi tion up to a good old age. Mile: To make a hide pliable, it should first be soaked in water, freed from dirt and flesh, and then placed in a barrel of milk of lime (thick white wash) ; it is taken out every two days and replaced. so that every portion of the hide may be in contact with the lime. When the hair is loose, it is all scraped off, and the hide is soaked for a few days in a barrel of water and then manure, by which it is cleaned from lime. It is then trodden by the feet in a tub of water and soft soap, and then scraped on a beam or bench. lastly, as much fish oil or tanner's oil as possible is worked in the skin. When no more oil is taken up, it is hung up for a few days and may be used. Fall Plotting. In every country where an improved svstem of agricul ture prevails, fall plowing of all land Intended ror ullage crops in the ensu- ng year Is regularly practiced with the best results. Turning down stub bles, grass and weeds and converting them into manure, and turning up a stiff soil to be pulverized at.d ameliora ted by exposure to rrost aud snow rain and sunshine, must have a beneficial fleet. 1 he. furrows made by rail plow ing are surface-drains, which carry off the water so that the sou will be dry and friable in spring and ready for early seeding. English Agricultural Machinery at the Centennial. The English manufacturers of agricultural machinery do not pro pose to exhibit their products at the Centennial. The reason is that our duties on the importation of foreign de vices or this character is rrom 3W to 4U per cent, and hence is practically pro hibitory. As there is no paying trade for the goods in this country, mani festly the producers have no incentive to exhibit, and hence they decline to incur the expense to make a show "to please and interest others," which will be of no benefit, as they think, to them. Full ami Soring Manuring. A writer in The Harden argues that if land has clay enough to retain mariai prrticles. manure does nest applied in autumn; but if sandy and open, a gardener or farmer had better delay the application of manure till nearly planting time in the spring. For garden purposes all manure bad better be rotted before it is used, and it is desirable to heat the mass with lime when slackening or in some other way, to kill the seeds of weeds, and the eggs and young of many insects. Never plant in manure or else where a germ you do not wish to mul tiply- Do not kill the toads. In Paris, they are sold at fifty cent a doxen, in order to protect the vineyards and gardens from insects. A toad will swallow the biggest kind of a tomato worm. WUUllfHS. European Life i India. Dr. Cor nish ia the Sanitary Commissioner of Madras, and his brochure on tne im provement in European life in India ia a valuable contribution to this discus sion. Ue states : "To obtain evidence on this subject we must seek for infor mation in the statistical history of bodies of men exposed to continuous residence in the country, like the In dian Staff Corps, the civil and military services ; and it wonld be somewhat strange if the ameliorated conditions of existence which .have reduced the mor tality of the army from 69 to 28 per 1,000 had exercised no influence in regard to the class of men who contribute to the Erofit of the insurance companies." All r. Cornish's arguments and facts go to prove there has been a very marked and decided improvement in the dura tion of European life, and he states that "the standard reports of Davis, Nelson and Brown, from which the value of European life in India is usu ally computed, refer to the statistics of the past, to the time when soldiers died in the ratio of 69 per 1.000." To account for the change, be points ont that formerly it was the practice to send out raw immature boys as writers, cornets, and ensigns ; that the accom modations necessary nnder the circum stances of a change of climate were un known, and that if a man fell ill be was badly tended, and often bled or purged to death. The great change which has taken place in the habits of Europeans, especially with respect to dnnking customs, is well known, and the modern temperance accounts to a large extent for the longer life enjoyed. In the tables embodied in Dr. Cornish's pamphlet the reader must be struck with the very small proportion of deaths from chest diseases. In one schedule of 127 deaths, only five are due to respiratory disorders. On the other hand, the liver diseases and dis eases of the nervous system figure heavilv. It wonld aDDearthat if the mortality from climatic disorders is greater than here, that from consump tion, which so sadly thins the life as surance ranks in England, is extraor dinarily light. London Insurance Agent . Concrete for Walk, etc John Tur ner, in the London Agricultural Ga zette, gives his experience in making ana using asphalt as follows : l nave done a great deal successfully in walks and some kinds of floors such as the Door of a pig bouse, but have never attempted it for heavy tramc. It is neither difficult nor expensive. Of course a great deal depends noon the cost of material : the labor is triniDg. 1 have used screenings of gravel (1 don't like it clean, but mixed with sand) : I have used sand alone (when 1 could not get anything better), black smiths' ashes, and ashes from my en gine. The last I did was for our church yard walks : for those I got the screen iucb ul xeiccaiersuire icrauiw-, wuicu made a splendid path, but of course more expensivethe granite cost $3.50 per ton. it is quite an unnecessary ex panse and trouble to boil the tar. Get your material dry. mix it with tar, turn it over twice, and let it lie a couple of days, then turn it again, and mix a lit tle lime with it, about a tenth, let it lie another day. and then on a line sunny day lay it on, rake it even, and roll well as soon as it will roll, in an hour or two's time ; if the roll does not work well it ought to if the stuff ianot mixed with too much tar), scatter a little dry sand over it. Every summer 1 brush my walks over with cold tar. and give a good sprinkling of sand. and they are as good now as when first put down, lit teen years since. Any laborer can do it. only take care, be fore laving it down, it is of orooer con sistence. When ready it ought not to show the least tar. but should be a dull dead black, and when moved with shovei.ougbt to be lively, like a mass of mites in a cheese. The stuff will keen a long time in a heap if covered up or other wise kept dry." The Danger of Wet Coal. People ho prefer wetting the winter's store of coal to lay the dust on putting it in to their cellars do not generally know that they are laying up for themselves a store of sore throats and other evils consequent upon the practice. Bat so it is said to be. Even the hre-damp which escapes from coal mines arises from the slow decomposition of coal at a temper ature but little above that of the atmos phere, but under augmented pressure. By wetting a mass of freshly-broken coal and putting it in a warm cellar the mass is heated to such a degree that carbureted and snlphureted hydrogen are given off for long periods of time, and pervade the whole house. 1 be li ability of wet coal to mischievous re sults under such circumstances may be appreciated from the circumstance that there are several instances on record of spontaneous combustion of wetcoai when stowed in the bunkers or holds of vessels. And from this cause, doubt less, many missing coal vessels have perished. LLondon Medical Kecoid. The Gas Gun for Fog Signals. A very ingenious application has been made by Mr. Wigham of the explosive nature or a mixture or ordinary gas in air. He establishes, at any point on the coast where a fog signal is desired, a gas gnn. It is simply a tube of iron, connected with the gas-bolder by the proper pipe : the latter, of course, may be at any convenient distance. The gas-holder is filled with a mixture of one-fourth air, and the remainder coal- gas and oxygen, and this mixture Is al lowed to flow into the gas gun. when it may be fired off by touching a match to the proper orifice, taking care, of course, to close all communication with the holder. By using an electric spark instead of the match, the service of the gun mav be made still easier. The flash from this gun is said to illuminate the fog much better than that from a discharge of gun-powder. . A new lighting apparatus has been invented in Germany, the advantage of which appears to be that it can be affixed to all gas lets, and is made to act not by any special mechanism, but simply by the increased pressure of the gas, which is always laid on from the gasometer when the lamps should be lighted. The act of turning on the eas at the main ignites it at all the bur ners fitted with this apparatus. Another feature of this invention is the arrange ment by which, when the pressure is diminished at the main, the gas can either be totally extinguished or let down to a thread. By the use of this apparatus, so soon as the gas is turned on, a whole city may be simultaneously illuminated; and when, in the early morning, the pressure is reduced, the light mav be completely extinguished or gradually diminished, as necessity may require. The Damocles on the Great Eastern. Mr. Henry Lee describes in Ixindand Water a recent examination of the bot tom of the Great Eastern, made by him in search of new barnacles and other marine animals. His labors were unrewarded with much of novelty : but among other interesting facts remarked be notes that the portion of the hull usually submerged was clad with an enormous multitude of mussels, exten ding over a surface of 53,000 square feet of iron plates, and in some parts six inches thick. The average weight of the mussels was from 13 to 13 pounds per square foot, so that the vessel was encumbered with fully 900 tuns of liv ing marine animals, enough to load, with full cargoes, two ordinary collier brigs. FiUasmall Teasel of earthenware with perfectly dry saltpetre or nitre, press down a cavity into its surface. and then, in this cavity, place a piece of phosphorus; ignite this, and the neat given off, melts a sufficient quan tity of the nitre to evolve oxygen enough to combine with tne phospho rus, and the effect is to produce the most magnificient white light. Paint skins, boiled with linseed oil. and having, while hot, a quantity of sand and lime stirred in until the re- auisite thickness is obtained, make a urable cement for leaky roofs. 1 he v of Boon. Without giving any receipts for making soap, I wish to tell all the hard worked fanners' wives how much labor they may save by not using such vast quantities ol this arti cle. Fox nearly five years I have used soap for washing clothes. In all that time I have not used one pound of soap for washing dishes and other kitchen purposes. My family has ranged from three to twenty-five. I have nsed cistern water composed of other in gredients besides lime, and I find that in all these my plan works equally welL It is this : Have your water quite hot and add a very little milk to it. This softens the water, gives the dishes a fine gloss and preserves the hands; it removes the grease, even that rrom beef, and yet no grease is ever found floating on the water, as when soap is used. The stone vessels I always set on the stove, with a little water in them. when the victuals are taken from them : thus they are hot when I am ready to wasn tnem, ana the grease is easily re moved. Just try mv plan, vou who toil dsv after day, every spring to make that barrel of soap, ana let us hear how it succeeds with yon. I like the great barrel of soao on washing dav. but am glad to be able to dispense with its aid on all other occasions. I find that my tinware keens bright longer cleaned in this way than by using soap or scour ing. The habit so many of ns have ac quired of scouring tins is a wasteful policy; the present style of tinware will not bear it. I be tin is soon scrubbed away and a vessel that is fit for nothing left on our hands; but if washed in the way I have described, the tin is preserved and is always bright and clean. Fruit in Tin Cans. The Boston Jour- ual of Chemistry says: "The impression ?irevails among those who use freely ruit which ia put np in tin cans, that they are injured thereby, and this im pression is in many instances correct. e have long contended that all pre served fruits and vegetables should be stored in glass, and that no metal of any kind should be brought in contact with them. All fruits contain more or less vegetable acids, and others that are highly corrosive are often formed by fermentation, and the metallic vessels are considerably acted upon. Tin cans are held together with solder, an alloy into which lead enters largely. This metal ia easily corroded by vegetable acids and poisonous salts are formed. Undoubtedly many persons are greatly injured by eating tomatoes, peaches, etc, which have been placed in tin cans, and we advise our friends who contemplate putting up fruit at any time to use only glass jars for the pur pose, or what is still better, to have a family fruit dryer on hand. Fruit is so nicely dried on this machine as to excel all other dried fruit, and if not superior it is equal to any of the canned fruits." Trouble. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred mankind make their own troubles. It is not in the nature of things that it should be otherwise, and yet we might be the most happy people that the sun shines on, if we pleased. Life would run smoothly in the grooves if we would only let it, but we are not content to do so in fact, content with nothing. From the cradle to the tomb we are continually fretting about some thing. We are living at altogether too fast and too reckless a rate. We inflate the balloon beyond its capacity to bear, and then wonder that it collapses and we get a fall. Contentment to let things take their course is a condition we have yet to learn. But how can we expect to be tree from trouble so long ss we are seeking for it! We are much like the son of the Emerald Isle, who "was never at peace without he was at war with somebody." We constantly make trouble get "into hot water, and then grumble. But the world wags on just the same, and will unto the end, aitnoiign we hasten our end by constant restlessness. Apple Puffs. Mix a quarter of a pound of butter with a quart of sifted flour, two eggs, and a spoonful of salt; half teaspoon ful soda, dissolved in a little cold water ; moisten it with cold water so that von can iust roll it ont easily ; roll as thin as possible, and cut into cakes : put three of them together. sprinkle nonr between them ; lay on me top tnin slices ot tart apples ; spnn kie sugar and a little nutmegover them; enclose the apple by doubling the pastry over it. Press the edges well together : fry in suthcient hot lard to cover them. W hen of a light brown. take np careiuiiy. Cherry Tart. Make a short paste with one white and three yolks of eggs, one ounce of sugar, a little milk, an ounce ot butter, a pinch of salt, and floor qnantum sufhcit. W ork it lightlv. roll it out to the thickness of a nuarter of an men : line a flat mold with a paste. uniting the joints carefully with white of an egg. till the mold with rice and bake. Stone one and a half pounds of slewing cuemes ana cook tiiem witn some sugar, a little sherry, and a few drops of cochineal to give them a nice color. Remove the rice and put in the tewed cherries. Serve hot or cold. Cabbage Salad. Shave a hard white cabbage into small white strips; take the yolks of three well-beaten eggs, a cup and a half of good cider vinegar, two teaspoon fuls of white sugar, three tablespoonfuls of thick cream, one tea- spoonful of mustard mixed in a little boiling water : salt and pepper to taste. Mix all but the eggs together, and let it boil ; then stir in the eggs rapid v : stir the cabbage into the mixture, and stir well. Make enough for two davs at once, as it keeps perfectly and is an excellent relish to all kinds of meat. Our Plan for Washing Flannels. I se good soft water : make two good clean suds, by putting the soap in the water, not on the clothes : have both waters the same temperature ; do not put very much soap in the last water, and add a little blueing to it to make them look clear. Never put your flannels in suds in which yon have washed cotten clothes; it makes them Iinty. Sleevlessness at night ia often remedied fby applying friction to all parts of the uvtij auu tiuiue. iu accompiisu IL, Uike a crash towel, and give it a lively motion in rubbing downward from the bead, until the blood will be put in ively circulation, rubbing hardest npon the chest. If a towel is not at hand, the hand may be used for the purpose. Coolies for Children. As an iunnirv was made for a receipt tor cookies for children. 1 send vou the following N me cups of flour : 5 of sugar : three of mioneuiuir: a raoiesnooniui or son a i - - . ii . . . dissolved in a little water. Mix floor. shortening and sugar fine; mix with water suthcient to knead. Thev im prove by keeping. An Extempore Microscope. Microsco- pists collecting in the fields, who have not a glass at hand, will find the glasses of their watches an efficient substitute. If the watch be partially opened, the face forms a "white cloud reflector." and throws a good light through the object on the glass. Sice Pan rales. Boil half a pound of rice to a ielly. When cold, mix with it a pint of cream, two eggs, a little salt and nutmeg. Stir in four ounces of butter just warmed, and add as much flour as will make batter thick enough. Fry in as little lard as possible. Diamond cement, for glass or china. is nothing more than isinglass boiled in water to the consistency of cream, with a small portion of rectified snirit added. It must be wanned when nsed. Yellow stains commonly called iron mold are removed from linen bv hydro chloric acid or a hot solution of oxalic acid. Wash well in warm water after wards. Sponge Cake. Two and one-half cup f sugar, five eggs, three and one-bala enps flour, one enp boiling water, two teaspoon tals baking powder. mmMwoa. A Toe Gallant Conductor. Conductor 8 is always very polite to the ladies. All .inductors are polite to ladies, particularly so provided they are young and handsome. Miss C was banded on board at the station as carefully as though she was "glass to be handled with care." An extra seat was turned over on the sliady side of the car, and the conductor took a seat by her side to do the agreeable, having met Miss C on the train before. Presently, as matters were going along nicely, an old man in bis shirt sleeves half threw himself into the seat in front, which the conductor bad unlocked and turned over for the benefit of the parties more immediately concerned. Mr. B spoke np sharply : "Go away from here." But the old man didn't go. Con ductor says, still more sharply. "Go away, or I'll make you." But still no go, while a vacant, provoking smile sat upon the face of the intruder. Where upon Conductor B grasped the old farmer by the nape of the neck. At the same time the young lady grasped the arm of the conductor, exclaiming, "Please don't, Mr. B . This is my father." Ever since Conductor B always asks young ladies if they are traveling alone. Ha rper'f Magazine. Presently a red-faced, frowsy Irish woman got in, with a big market basket. When the conductor came through she gave him five rents, and he said, "Fare, six cents." "Ill not give it to yeea," she said ; ye've no right to ask me more nor they do on the other cars." "Six cents, or I'll put you off." ssid the conductor, quietly. "Put me off, thin ; 111 not pay six tints." Just at that moment another passenger banded him a fare, and he took np the new-fangled thing conductors carry now to mark the fare, and she bad evidently never seen one. "O, bedad." site shrieked, "don't shute; I'll give yees the other cint!" and then her look of fright changed to one of astonish ment at the roar of laughter that fol lowed ; but she paid the other "ciut," American Grocer. Reason for Rejoicing. Migga went out on the front porch and gazed after bis wife ; then he sat down on the front steps, rocked to and fro, scram bied bis hair, and laughed as though Mrs. M. had gone down and left him in charge of her hysterics. "What's the matter, old boy P "it's the best style out. I hope it'll last a hundred years !" "What style is that V "Didn't you meet her V Look at her yonder with that 'ere tied-back on, tipping along like sixty. 1 guess she won't knock me down now. and reach for these grizzled locks to mop the floor with. 1 can't be did is thr.t 'ere rig. yon bet ! High diddle dee !" Ana we really felt like rejoicing with the martyr Miggs in his new found deliverance. When a youngster wishes to trick the whole family at once, be does it bv abruptly asking, at the table. "Say, pa, ye know that old man that lives up on the Hod ire town road P Then there is a general opening of mouths, and pa ana an the rest bend forward with straining eyes aud want to know "Why. what's the matter with him !" The boy allows tnem to reach the height of im patient interest in the matter, when he cooly announces: "Xothin', pa; I only wanted to know if you knew him that's all." And "the little nnstart" catcnes up nis nat and rushes out the house with a chuckle, while all sorts of appellations indicativeof disgust follow him from all around the table. In less than a week he will do it again. Dan- bury A ew. The Humors of Had Enolish. Mr. II' 1 a a- a nasuington Moon has written a new work on bad English. Some of the errors which besinglesoutare decidedly amusing. For example: A furrier lamenting, in an advertise ment, the tricks played on the public by an unprincipled man. in Ins own trade, earnestly requests ladies to bring to him their skins, which he promises snau oe convened into mutts and boas. Another advertisement ran thus Two sisters want washing." Here must have been a strange sight He rude to town, and drove twelve cows on horseback." A gentleman advertised for a horse "for a lady of a dark color, a good uviier, anu naving a long tail." Loved Him Anyhow. First Lady "They say yon are engaged. Flora; tell me, do you love him, and was be in the army t" Second Lady "Oh ! yes. of course 1 love him. and he was in the arm v." First Lady "Well, tell me, there's a dear, was he in the cavalry! J do adore those dashing cavalrymen !" Second Lady "Well, no ; he wasn't in the cavalry." First Lady "In the artillery f well, that's the very next in my opinion nut an iniantry omcer is good enough if you love him very much." Second Lad v Well. I reallv don't think he was any of these ; I lieheve he was what is called a sutler." Theodore Book didn't always make the jokes. Here isone that he beard: He was in a stage-coach with two inside passengers, a pretty, delicate young lady and a plain-faced maid. While the mistress was at dinner, Hook re marked to the maid, in a tone of great sympathy: "Your young lady seems very unwelL" "Yes, sir; she suffers sadly." "Consumption, I should fearf "No, sir ; I am sorry to say it is the heart." "Dear me ! Aneurism t" "Oh, no, sir! it is only a lieutenant in the navy. - The Difference. A Paris paper prints una as wu ana iruui : i ue otner aay Alexander Dumas and his little daughter six years old were about to get into a carriage. Suddenly the child said: "Papa, what is the difference between a man and a woman T" llamas. a little surprised, replied without hesi tation : 'My little one. it is very simple : a woman on a railroad has always too much baggage." Dear Laura, when you were a flirting young miss, and 1 was your dutiful swam, your smiles could exalt to the summit of bliss, voor frowns could o'erwbelm me with pain ; you were dear to me then, love, but now you're my wife, it is strange the fond tie should be nearer; for, when 1 am paying your bills, on my life, you seem to get clearer and dearer ! A proper house for a stupid family one with several "flats." A proper one for a short, stout lady one with a "low stoop." A proper one for a marriagea ble daughter one with a bow win dow." A proper one for a very fat lady one with a "wide area." A proper one for a scolding wife one with "rail ing at the doors and windows." People tell the storv of a man who called at the house of a neighbor, half a mile from bis own house early in the morning, and after the usual saluta tion, seated himself on a chair, and on being asked to eat some breakfast, an swered : "I don't suppose I ought to stop for our bouse is on fire, and they sent me to tell you." A Presbuterian minister, while marry ing a couple of his rustic parishioners, felt exceedingly disconcerted, on his asking the bridegroom if he were will ing to take the woman for his wedded wife, by bis scratching his bead, and saying:- - - - "Ay, 1 m wnllin'i but I d rather hae her sister." Some elderly voung ladies have de clared during the hot weather, that they wished they were on the shady side of forty. Whu is a large joint of meat like an omnibus f Because it accommodates from twelve to eighteen insides. Pillars that should be shaken down Caterpillars; Rott-eatt-ihe baker's visit. Kaasrsat atal. The Kaffirs, in The Kamrs, in "Trrrii" i f state, are a most wteieeuua p-y." StoteUigenc.verybonesstrw- forward and truthful. fJf!' do. of ror tne saae oi riL, is insunng his return w - T V to lenhimsome money andh, , w ll they have the sleepy. JZlVli about any ousineiw "' : hand that in, "rhVhlhev habitants oi iiuiu"i i : are capable of enduring great ftigne, ' j travel a great ana. n wmwt - , . V with next to many miicw m i" . nothing to eat. They are nierry, happy creatures. wwaj ""Vf",' - seldom amicteu wun i" - -cepting when they get home-sick, which j - l.nkinir aensatlOU in 1 1 try uem. i vs w .. r. their throat; when that symptom shows . . - - 111 J - L...e iknw Bwarlalt IwA itselt notnmg win u" ', ' ... . -t l Tk.0 will afAV OU to Wieir a raau. "l - - - - . . i A Ar vn cweJ service mr - - rr f . . ;ki. Unimir tn return l Uttl. inDBUHIUlO "--". . . i i. A irrti Mrni from MX ineir pcopir-. z . k;n:nM mnnth according to his age and worth, which money be stows away in a nine 'f"1" buy cows, and with the cows he boys wives, ana tne more cuw im : . ir nn.i t.lrniKillir several . n c. a viim w-v. - .-- veara to earn enough to buy a wite. ana ne saves aii ma wuucj m 1 .nnnJinff IWnilT fftT himself. I do not know the number of cows the father of a girl expects irom i 1.1 kA- Hnfc I tne man wno wuuiu uiauj . think it varies according to the social ... nf na-i. hi.fa' itanirhtarft. of roil rue. costing a great deal more than an ordinary Kamr s, i ne araais are composed of a number of small round huts, exactly like bee-hives, with a small bole for door, that are built in a ring with an open space in the middle, and the huts and ground round tnem are piciurca vt neatness. Large families, sometimes them, all agreeing and living happily together, in a way that wonld be a good lesson to some quarrelsomely-inclined L - 1 1 .1 ...!... persons, wuo uavu nam aufwiiw, of civilization and Christianity to teach mem oetter. x rater m jiuyuiim. Cenapaai iter lift. When does a daughter appear so attrac tive as wuen auuwiug ucr iuic w or mother as when employed in light ening their cares or relieving their burdens? It would not be far from wrong to say to a young man who is looking with some degree of interest for a me companion: mouiu you iu what kind of a wife she will make upon whom now vou have your eye? ' Ask what kind of a daughter she is now. If she is indolently selfish, leaving care and work to her mother especially if she is unloving or undutiful beware of her she is not likely to make you nappy. If she is an affectionate and self-denying daughter, if she is intimate and confi dential with her parents, you have in that the best promise of happiness in the future. The eye of mother or father beaming with delight as it rests upon a daughter's form, moving lightly in their presence, is an unspoken recommenda tion of untold value. Tha The passions are at once tempters and chastisers. As tempters, they come with garlands of flowers on the brows of youth ; as chastise rs, they appear with wreaths of snakes on the forehead of deformity. They are angels of light in their delusion ; they are fiends of tor ment in their inflictions. B. r. KaakellSlnwllla r I raw. E. F. Kunkel'a celebrated Bitter Wine of Iron will effectually enre fiver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, chronic or nervous de bility, chronic diarrhoea, disease of the kid neys, and all diseases arising from s disor dered liver, stomach or intestines, such as constipation, fiatalenee, inward piles, full ness of blood to the ki-sd, acidity of the stomach, nausea, heartburn, disgust for food, fullne-s of weight in the stomach, sour eructations, sinking or flattering at the pit of the stomach, swimming of the head, hur ried or aifScult breathing, fluttering at the heart, choking or suffocating sensations when in s lying posture, dimness of vision, dots or webs before the sight, dull pain in the head, deficiency of perspiration, yel lowness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side, back, head, chest, limbs, etc, sudden flushes of heat, burning in the flesh, con stant imaginings of evil, and great depres sion ef spirits. Price $ 1 per bottle. Be ware of counterfeits. Do not let your drug gist palm off some other preparation of iron he may say is as good, but ask for Kunkel'i Bitter Wine of Iron. Take no other. Kun kel's Bitter Wine of Iron is not sold ia bulk only in $1 bottles. E. F. Knnkel, Pro prietor, No. 259 North Ninth St., Phila., Pa. Sold by all Druggists and dealers every where. Tariwoaa Rsnovin Atrra. Head and all complete, in twe hours. No fee till head passes. Seat, Pin snd Stomach Worms re moved by Da. Kdikk, 259 Noam Niara Stbbbt. Advice free. Come, see over 1,000 specimens and be convinced. He never hula. $10,000 Reward can safely be otTere" for a more infallibiecure for Piles than ANAKESIS. The cures performed by this wonderful remedy are simplv mi raculous. Lotions, ointments and in ternal remedies produce more barm than good, but ANAKESI3 is an exter nal remedy, a simple suppository, sup ports the tumors, acts as a soothing poultice and medicine, gives instant relief and cures absolutely. All Doc tors prescribe ANAKES1S. Price $1. Sent free by mail on receipt of price, P. Neustsedter & Co., 46 Walker St., New York. 7 WE OIDRT STEAL THEM I Watt Mtal SilTCr aUtrd Vdckan-iutain-liu 14 Karat Solid Sold Caavd Ringa - ..115 Bran Moaated Cottan Clora.good tiawr .. 1 1 -!' Solid 18 Karat GoM Ring ..IIS aurani mhmi hom stado (3 ia a art) - ..lis lino S-butUo BilTmaUted Caatnn 111 aa I otHrr r oh la pmpurtioB. Cirralar frea. A.ttrraa HoUSBHoLD CO., at 4auoa, Lia. lu-a-lt SAFE AND RELIABLE. Have Ton Weak Lnti 52 Have You a C'ongh or Cold ? ffawa. Yon Pain In YonrBrrart? Have Yon any Throat Oisa'te' Have Yon Consumption ' USE Da. L. 0. C. VISHIRH PIHB THIS TAR CORDIAL Are Ton "Weak ami Debilitated ? Do Yon Snfler from Indigestion ? Do Yon reqnire a Torile? Have Yon No Appetite ? Do Yon need Balkling Tip ? Do Tow wlh to be Strong ami Healthy? TJnDg.LQ.fi.I7rSrHR'P. PIKE THE, TAR CORDIAL Sold by all Dmyginfa, Principal Depot. Vo. 233 North Second St., Phila. asHy TMRST fltlfn aranaTrrras m I lastmvaiAi. t a.hk.i. k . 1, chm Bo, a Adarasa, A. 1. BaXuS, PrsT?. 1. 1 III I I m 500,000 ACRES Uf mCIHGAIT IaABDS - FOR. SALE ! v TT ar wtiawnl akw; tt taflroaa sad eoataia . nets f Ui f ARMINtt and PI.NIUaai lauBpirow 3iau id -mrmn au a gnaur miety of eroas aad raaoarcaa thaa aay w,. raStata, Waita soaia of Uw prairia Sum b.t dacaeora ia araa ibaadanra. tbmf am aa otiur n. dacaeara m ra aa ouur t. oarca,aad wbaa this crop aula, dMtitatioa hlioaa, m hat aata inacaiowp j w mrh rrte mm cuv w pwr fi nrmna pamphlet. Addraai O. at. BAKS EM, il XXaicaa BROOMS! BROOMS! JOBS J. KEIXEK A CO., 353 Washington Bt, New York. Principal Dopot la Now York fcc tha tm Stm Maaaamaraa ia tin United Stataa. rooms from $9.00 per doica and ipward. Tha knra prfcas aad fraataat nrfety a b twai "I too aa Mttra aaw stork of WOOD aad WILLOW WARS, saca as Paila, Tnba, Baskets. slaU, Taiass, Oordsca, Wicaa.e,to(ihrwitharaU lino of Applo, Brier Wood aad Clay Pipoa, ranry Soaps. Tula Bo doaa, Catlary, So. Sagan treat tla to par aailL A fan Baa of tha bast qnalitj of T1X W A RS. f. 8wWa anl oar goods at prion) that doaot raaana mv draauslac oa tha road. uraara oy mmu will tm jaira prompt attfattoa. BstahHshtd lSaft CIEWTIFIC DISCOVEKT. Tn as 1 will send directions how to Drodoca a Dent without Are: sale, slmpte and cots sue. a year to light a room. By mall to M. ni FREDERICK SPIECKER, waouMAiB bbahb ra Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Or THS BSST BKASD8- Ka 152 7HH2I0T7NT AVEOTI, PHILADELPHIA. Only Afwai far V. 8. Balis Tap Clgat Haald. Cifa tWes ssa ha saBa. HORSEMEN I OWNERS OF STOCK! Sate Tour Horses and Cattle! CTOI THEM or DISIASI AUD KUP THXM IS A HXALTHT COirOITIOH IT flITINa THXM M. 8. ROBERTO' CELEBRATED HORSE POWDERS. 15 USX OTXX FORTY YEARS! TBS OBIT FwWDBBS OSrTAIXUS TONIC, LAXATIVE A2T3 PTOTT Q?3 PB0PE2TLE3 OnBIBBB, rBBBBBT HACIBS TBBa m BEST CONDITION MEDICINE IN TOE WORLD. The srs wada afPara Malarial only, oa tableapooafol going, ss far as on iaai r ardiaary aattla aowdsra, Buv aaa aackaM nnd aft oaiaa aha yaw wui aovar fat Saao vraiaiag 1 ot bbjo sj ail stars aapera. USB M. O. ROBERTS' Vegetable Embrocation rOft ALL XZTXR5AL DUKABKX IITIIl SB MAN OR BEAST. el-l SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! fO maa. Snasr BTomrtod and Walwot, t amta-aaao. Saearalr packed for shipwag. OOUHTXJUJ, hAHamLJTJM, SXuSa FIX buubw anu urriuB ruH.irrnsE an ttads Taa toraast and boat assnrtsd stoat, aow aad an tm tarn wis. LEWIS mm BKO, MS aad law UMllTL Phila. CLANKS a Tm Stfauac waoa UKIOO Ma m UM aM ai- aad U-waud hardwo-4 laada ia tha 8ut. TW, an thwaarea ataial' with bara awptaaaa kma: Mack, saady loaav aad aboaads ia ejiria. para . 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