AGKICriTTRlL. RaIbixg Giupes. Grapes do best says a writer, near a river.Iake, or the ocean the moisture in the atmosphere In such places being very beneficial. In uch locations many varieties flourish, which would be a failure elsewhere. Hybrids possessing foreign blood often grow well in such localities, when they fail in other places. Grapes also grow bet ter where there is lime naturally in the soil. If w plant a vineyard where the well water is all soft, there is much more danger of a failure than where the water is hard ; but still, as I said, I claim that purely native grapes, and none others, can be made to grow well in any soil. - In the first place, the land must be in a highly fertile state, just as one would make it to produce a very good crop of corn, and uothing more; and the same manure that is used for corn, or garden vegetables, is good for grapes; but if commercial fertilizers have to be re sorted to finely ground bone dust is the best. The old idea that land must be trenched eighteen inches to two feet deep for grapes exploded long ago. All you have to do, after your laud has be come highly fertile by growing previ ous crops heavily manured, is to plow it about a foot deep, or spade it that depth, if in a garden where a plow can not be used. Then set out your vines, one to three years old, two years being best, about eight inches deep, spreading the roots out carefully, and when any are very long, they may be cut off within a foot or two 01 the stem of the vine, rather than have any of the ends of the roots bent around, which is a very bad way of setting vines. When they are thus placed in position, cover the roots with about four inches of earth, and tread it firmly about them ; then throw in a part of a shovel of ma nure directly over the roots, tread it down, then fill up with soil, and the setting is done; but you should previ ously have cut down the canes of your vines to two or three buds each. Wood Ashes as a Potash Febtiu zek. From a very elaborate and thor ough Investigation of the composition of wood ashes from household fires, by Prof. Storer, it appears that these con tain, nnleached and dry, about 8' per ccut of potash, somewhat more than the lowest grades of German jtotash salts. Either leached or unleached, the dry ashes contain about two per cent of phosphoric acid, of which none occurs in the German salts. In Storer's field experiments, wood ashes (unleached) applied in large quantities brought larger yields of barley beans and ruta bagas than farm-yard manure, city stable manure, or any single potash salt as sulphate, carbonate, or even nitrate, in commenting upon these remarks, Storer says: "Wood ashes are more serviceable than any single potash salt, not only because they contain some phosphoiic acid, lime, magnesia, and the less valuable elements of plant food but because considering them merely as a potassic manure, they contain a mix ture of potash salts. It may be re garded as well nigh certain that a given amount of potash applied in the form of appropriate mixtures of sul phate, carbonate, silicate and chloride of potassium, will generally seaking, do more good than when applied in the form of either one of these compounds. But in wood ashes we find a mixture of these salts at hand; not the best mix ture, jierhaps, but one already formed, and in this country at least very easily obtained. Advantages op Drainage. What are the effects of drainage? Thorough drainage deepens the soil. Of what use is it to plow deep and manure heavy while the soil is full of water? The roots of plants will not go down into stagnant water; the elements of plant food are not all on the surface; many of them have been washed down by the rains; some of them are found in the decomposing rocks themselves. Take away the water and the roots will find them. Drainage lengthens the seasons. In our climate this is an important point to be gained. If by drainage, one or two weeks can be gained, it would be quite a relief in our backward Springs, w hen there is so much to be doue in so short a space of time. Drainage increases the effect of the application of manure; the soil is much drier, is more easily worked fine; the manure is more easily distributed. The water also passing through the soil, carries fertilizing matter down to the roots of the plants. When there is stagnant water, manure must decom pose slow ly, if at all; but let the water pass off. the air is admitted, and de coniosition takes place. What observing man is there who does not know that his crops are im proved in quality by drainage? Sweet English grass and clover take the place 01 seuge and rushes. Juos. 1 Imcman. Xew Food for Houses axb Sheep. A favorite and rather new kind of mash for horses is coming into use, composed of two quarts of oats, one of bran and half a pint of flaxseed. The oats are first placed in the stable bucket, over which is placed the linseed; add boil ing water, then the bran, covering the mixture with an old rug and allowing it to thus rest for five hours; then stir the mass up. The bran absorbs while retaining the vapor, and the linseed binds the oats and bran together. A greater quantitv of flaxseed would make the preparation too oily and less relished. One feed per day is sunicient. It 1 easily digested and is especially" adapted to young ani mals, adding to their volume rather than to their height giving substance to the frame. Prof Sanson reminds us not to overlook the food in the nourish ment question in connection with the amelioration of live stock. He consid ers oats as so generally given to sheep, as objectionable. Ranis generally re ceive one pound of oats daily, ewes half that quantity. Oats, funning an .exciting food are especially suited for rams during the season when they serve; but for hastening the develop ment of young sheep they only build up the bones, not the nesn. Improvement of Clatev Soils. One of the principle defects of clayey soils, especially where they rest upon a sub soil of the same nature, is the excess of water which is held in them. 1 he onlv effectual way in a majority of cases, to get rid of this is by thorough under draining. This draws off by imperceptible de grees, all the excess of wa"er, and opens the sou to a tree admission 01 air, wnich in its passage through it imparts warmth and such fertilizing gases as it may contain; open drains and ditches, though less effectual, are useful. In some cases, water furrows, terminating in some ravine or ditch, serve 1 good purpose. Preserving the Flavor of Apples. Apples ought to have as sweet an air in their winter home as any other kind of food. They take in, very readily, the musty odors of close, moist cellars, that are little better than vegetable pits and the difference between a crisp high flavored apple, and one that is flabby and poor, is often simply the difference in the storage which they have had. This fruit needs gentle handling, a cool dry room, just safely above the freez ing point, and removing from all rank vegetables or unpleasant odors. Carbolic acid is being used in Eng land as a preventive and cure for the cattle disease. An Essex farmer in forms the London Time that he bad used carbolic acid freely ; and that out of about 1,0110 head of cattle he bad not lost one. But the disease, at last ac counts, was happily disappearing, and all apprebeneions with it. Cows and Calves. As the feed falls off, two quarts of corn-meal a day will help to keep up the quautity and rich ness of the milk. Calves and yearlings should not be allowed to fall off in con dition at this season. gcixmric The Jnte Industry. It is only within a comparatively recent period that jute has been commercially known in this country or in England, and that, too, only in the humble character of runny bags, a coarse kind of cloth used chief ly as covering for cotton, also for car rying rice and the ruder grades of su gar. The wide dissemination of these gnnny-bags bean, finally, to attract attention to the material from which they were made. This proved to be the fibrous portion of the inner bark of a plant growing in great abundance in portions of India. The fibre, which possesses great tenacity, is not uncom monly obtained as much as twelve feet long, and jute filter has now become an important industrial article in this and other countries, although its introduc tion for the purposes of spinning and weaving dates but a few years, so far as any considerable use of the sub stance in this way is concerned. On its first being employed as a tex tile, the great length of its fiber and its tenacity led to the impression that it would prove highly valuable in the manufacture of cordage. Experience, however, showed that exposure to wet, or even moistnre. seriously injured its quality and rendered it peculiarly un fitted for rope-woik, notwithstanding the various means resorted to in order to overcome that difficulty. J nte is also fonnd peculiarly sensi tive to dyes of most kinds, and pre sents a brilliancy of hue scarcely sur passed by silk. Consequent on this, suspicions have been entertained in some quarters that jute is used to a considerable extent in the adulteration of silken fabrics. As is well known, too, the finer qualities of the material have for years past been largely em tioyed in the manufacture of imitation tair for head-wear. Close Eelations Between Light and Electricity. Boltzmann has experi mentally confirmed the theory that light and electricity are only different forms of motion of one and the same medium, by showing that from it there should result a certain relation between the refractive power of a substance and its dielectric properties, a relation con firmed by observation. A further con tinuation of the same theory has also been lately published by Boltzmann, based on investigations iuto the beha vior of non-conducting bodies nnder the influence of electric forces. He says that, according to Maxwell's the orv, the constant of di electricity for non-isotropic crystallized bodies must depend upon the direction in which the electric forces act upon it, varying in a manner such as can bo predicated from the optical properties of the body. The only double refracting crystals that are appropriate, to the investiga tion are those of sulphur. Two spheres cut from crystals of sulphur, whose op tical axes had been previously deter mined, were experimented with by al lowing the electricity to act in various directions in reference to the optical axes. In this manner the magnetic axes, as they may be called, were de termined, and were shown to agree with the optical axes, and the same re sults being arrived at from both spheres, he concludes that these obser vations not only confirm Maxwell's theory as to the nature of electricity, but also definitely decide that the vi brations of ether forming light are perpendicular to the plane of polariza tion. Cooking by Cold. It is a curious fact, not generally known, that the action of intense cold on organic substances is similar to that of a high degree of beat, and that, when subjected to a very low temperature, meat can be brought to a condition similar to its state when cooked by actual warmth. Quite re cently a Hungarian chemist. Dr. von Sawiczew8ky, who, it appears, has in vestigated all the various ways sugges ted for preserving meat (by chemicals, cooking by heat and hermetically sea ling, etc.), and has found points of ob jection to all, has attempted the prepa ration of the material by subjecting it in a perfectly fresh state to a tempera ture of 33 deg. below zero. Fall., and sealing it afterwards in tins. The re sults obtained have been highly satis factory; the meat on being removed from the cans appears, in point of smell and color, as fresh as if just taken from the butcher's stall. Although partially cooked, and thus requiring less fuel to complete the preparation for the table, it is entirely without the taste of meat which has been partially subjected to any heating process, and may be roas ted, boiled, or otherwise treated, the same as if it were fresh. A commission appointed by the German governments has lately conducted a series of careful and successful experiments upon the process; and as a final test two cor vetes of the German navy, being about to ciicumnavigate the globe, have been supplied with a large stock. An extensive factttry is being erected in Hungary for its manufacture. TJit Sardine Trade A Arte Ctilization of the tirasshopiters. It is officially re ported by the French Minister of Ma rine that the sardine fisheries are grad ually diminishing in yield. The rea son is not that the fish are becoming scarce, but that the supply of bait used, the roe ot the codlisli imported troni American fisheries, has become inade quate to meet the demand. It has late ly been found, however, that grasshop ders, pounded into a paste, imitate the roe so exactly that the most knowing of the sardines cannot distinguish the difference ; and accordingly the French government Las imported large quan tities of the insects from Algeria in or der to try the new bait on a large scale. This fact of the grasshoppers being good for fish bait might be looked into somewhat funher here, and it may ap pear that the insects which yeaily ra vage our western country, may be turned to good account for catching bsh indigenous to our waters. It is interesting to learn, apropos of sardines, that the L niLed states is the largest consumer of the fish, which are exported, as is well known, in tin cans packed in oil ; but on the other hand. it has been dincovered that fully 40 per cent of the fish which we buy as sar dines are not genuine, bnt are young sprats, mackerel, and other common siiecies. A syndicate has lately been established in France to watch exports in the future, and prevent the sale of such fish as are not genuiue and of marketable quality. Ibe ordinary yearly production of sardines in France now reaches oOO.OOO cases. Ventilation of Shin. The Malabar. ttritiali troopship, wnicn recently left Portsmouth for Bombay with the 21st brigade Koyal Artillery, is fitted by Messrs. diosses at .Milciieil, 01 onuon, with a couple of automatic ventilators. This new system of ventilation is re ported to have answered admirably on board the Osborne royal yacht. An air receiver, 6 feet high and 22 inches in diameter, is placed on each side of the ship and connected with pipes 8 inches in diameter. These connecting pipes are lined witn water, and the principle of the contrivance is simnlv this: When the vessel rolls at sea, the water rushes to starboard and forms a va cuum in the port receiver, into which the foul air of the shiD is instantly sucked. On the return roll the water rushes to port, drives out the air. and leaves a vacuum in the same manner in the starboard receiver ; and such is the extreme f 01 ce with which the fonl air ot the ship is expelled, that it is to be used on board the Malabar for the pur pose of sounding a fog horn which shall be heard a mile off. 1 B rprr h trtn t ovnn viian ttvnn&ul the weather, consists in simply brush ing the surface with a solution of per sulphate of iron of 3 dee. to 94 deg. Baume. The bine gray tint which this acquires on drying changes to an agree able brown when linseed oil varnish is applied. Tien. Sninner Stwl ita rloiKyhfoea a h having a delightful time in Florida. The General goes fishing daily. oramc. Dkess-Makiho as a High Art in Gkkjcaxt. An enterprise, quite origi nal in its organization, is about to be started at Berlin, which is Indisputably calculated to interest all educated women everywhere. Under the special guid ance of the Berlin "Protection for Women," founded by a Mrs. Martin of that city, a number of educated women have formed a society, the end and ob ject of which Is to render dress-making or, more stnctiy speaking, ine making of all articles of female wear a branch of industry for the higher classes, and thus impart to these works of the needle art a higher significance than was ever before conceded to German hands. The first "Atelier," as they call it, (studio or workshop, if you please,) connected with this protection union is presided over by the wife of a physician residing in the capital. Seconded by a select circle of ladies, by their exquisite trim ming as well as their handsome make, the first productions of the society are generally admired. The ladies of the "Atelier" seem to have drawn sharp lines as to the qualifications for admis sion in regard to education, as we are informed that only such will be per mitted to join them as have in thsir possession a certificate of having passed the first-class of some higher female seminary. Moreover, those ladies who desire to learn dress-making simply for their own use, and do not wish to be ac com pi is bed, so that as a matter of busi ness they may be able to act in the capacity of a principal of some "Atelier" in smaller towns, will be instructed by regularly examined and passed teachers. Berlin Xational Gazette. Do You Train Toir Tomatoes? Of course no gardener would ever think of trel Using an acre of tomatoes, but we do not know of any little thing that pays better in private gardens than that of giving the tomato vines some Kina 01 a support. It makes but little practical difference what particular support is used, anything that will keep them irom sprawling out of bounds and looking slovenly, that will keep the plant up, where one can see how to trim out superfluous growth is a great comfort. Besides these advantages, the fruit is less liable to rot, is in sight where mal formed specimens can be cut out, ana is always clean. Another consideration is the greater ease in "worming" or killing the voracious green caterpillar; indeed if a trel 1 is of some kind is once used, one will always be used there after. Our object is to remind the reader to have something in readiness, Set the trellis before the plants are put out, and begin to train it early. Just here we would remind those who like to amuse themselves in the garden, that a tomato vine with a good bit of manure at its roots, and trained against a baru, shed, or other building, by means of loops of strong cloth ana tacks, will make a display that will astonish those who have never seen a tomato thus treated, notonly iu the quantity of fruit, but the exceeding beauty of the whole plant. Beds. One-third of our lives, on an average, is spent in bed. It is where we rest when tired, where we get well when disease attacks us, or where we die when the fiat goes forth. It should possess all the elements of comfort warmth, softness, airiness every thing that can add to repose, and con duce to health. The latter point is rarely thought of in the construction of beds, There are thousands of feathers in use now, that have been slept on for ten, twenty, thirty years, and in some cases longer. These, while they may have soilness and warmth, are certainly not good for the health. Every night's sleep uKn a bed adds to the amount of enect matter absorbed irom tne body, and is it unreasonable to say that in the course of time it becomes utterly unfit for any one to sleep on ? Airing every day, while it is highly beneficial will not entirely purify, and after being used so long, nothing will purify them. Too little attention is paid to this matter, We know housewives who do not air their beds once a month, and rigid in vestigation would frequently trace sick ness and death to this cause, when it is attributed to something else. This is especially true of children's beds. To Cook Sweet-Brcads Plain. For every mode of dressing they should be prepared bv hair Douing and then putting them iuto cold water. This makes them whiter and thicker and tinner. Dip them in egg and then bread crumbs; pepper and salt, and fry in lard ; serve with peas or tomatoes, Another way is, after they are par boiled and cold, to lard them with lat pork; put them into a stew pan, with some good veal gravy and juice of a small lemon; stew them till quite tender, and just before serving thicken with flour and butter; serve with the gravy; garnish with sliced lemon. Xew Remedy for Burns or Scalds, The following is one of the best ap plications we know of in case of burns or scalds, more especially when a large surface is denuded of the skin : Take one dram of finely powdered alum and mix thoroughly with the whites of two eggs and one teacup of fresh lard; spread on a cloth and apply to the parts burned. It gives almost instant relief irom pain and Dy excluding the air pre vents inflammatory action. The appli cation should be changed at least once a day. To Wash Kibbo.ns. If there are grease spots, rub the yolk of an egg upon them, or French chalk on the wrong side; let it dry. Lay it upon a clean clot 11, and wash upon each side with a sponge ; press on the wrong side. 11 very much soiled, wash In bran water; add to the water in which it is rinsed a little muriate of tin to set red, 011 01 vitriol lor green blue, maroon. and bright yellow. 10 i leach ulothes. Dissolve a handful of refined borax in ten gallons 01 water; noil cue ciotnes in it. Another way : One ounce of oxalic acid to a pint of water; a tumbler of this to three gallons or water. Put in the clothes; stir well; then rinse twice. To whiten brown cloth, boil in weak lye, and expose day and night to the sun and nigntair; keep the clothes well sprinkled. To Prepare Starch for Use. Wet two tablespooufuls of starch to a smooth paste with cold water: pour to it a Dint of boiling water; put it on the fire; let it boil, stirring frequently, until it looks transparent; this will probably require half an hour. Add a piece of permaceti as large as hair a nutmee, or as much salt, or loaf sugar this will prevent the starch from sticking to the iron. Westphalia Croquettes. These are very simple and easily made, but at tne same time tney will serve as an ad ditional dish In the case of an emergency. jih a wi,ue graieu nam witn some mashed potatoes, two hard-boiled eeirg. cnoppeu nne, ana acia butter, salt and pepper to suit tne taste, and make into croquettes. Fish Cakes. Take cold boiled cod. either fresh or salt, add two thirds as much hot mashed potatoes as fish, a nine uuiier, iwo or tnree well-beaten eggs, and enough milk to make a smooth paste, season with pepper, make into uice round cakes, and fry brown in sweet beef dripping or very clear sweet iara. To Wash Bom bizixe . Malt soapsuds; add ox-gall a tablespoonful to a gallon of water. Press the cloth through the hands without rhrin Rinse in tepid water, into which put a little dissolved 0-11 m Arahii Khk v. article, but do not wring it; press it caret uuy wiui a warm iron on the wrong Blue. For Burks. White lead and flax semi oil. Mix together and rub on. uxoBorm. Saxk and Whipple. The Brooklyn Arms mvs:' At public dinner -in Boston, some years ago, Whipple, the essayist, and Saxe, tne poei, were present as honorary guests. In the midst of a somewhat desultory conver sation between the two, Whipple ex claimed: "O, don't mind what Saxe says about that; he was tipsy on that occasion. -"And in what condition were you?" required the poet. "Sober perfectly sober!" was the prompt and seemingly safe reply. "Gentlemen I" said Saxe. rising to his feet, glass in hand Gentlemen ! let us drink to the memorable occasion when Saxe was tipsy and Whipple was sober : It is impolite to ask a lady her age. you are to say yon think her about thirty; if from forty to fifty-five, say about thirty-five. Ladies regard them selves complimented when they are thought to be much younger than is really the case. . "Miss Gamboge, says Mr. Bllxen to that interesting but rapidly-advancing lady of forty-four, "I declare you are looking quite charming a regular twenty-one bloom and spirits! You can't be a day over that figure, if I'm s judge." "Xow. Mr. Blixen ! you do say such insinuating things! And then you guess ages so closely : A West Hill bot says the Burlington Uawkeye, came in to his mother the other day with two yawning rents in his trousers. His patient mother sat down, after administering the necessary counter-irritant, to repair the garment and was shocked to bear her darling tell his sister that "Mother was an old devil." "Harry," she cried, "what did you say?" "I didn't say nothing, mother." "Yes you did, Harry. You said that I was a devil. What did you mean by that ?" "Well, it's so, mother ; 'cause my Sunday school teacher told me that nobody but the devil sowed tares." "How 19 it, Mrs. Murray," said one lady to another last night, as they had a comforting cup of tea together with half-a-dozen ruined reputations on buttered toast, "how is it. Mrs. Murray, that you always have such nice milk? If the cow herself told me that she gave it, it couldn't be better." "Mrs. Loraax, ma'am,' replied the experienced matron "I never keep the same milkman more than a month. He wants to secure customers, and so there is more cow in his milk than usual at first. Whenever his milk is such as not to enlist the best efforts of my cat, I change." When young Hopeful entered Harvard college, he wrote to his parents that he must have a study-table. It was given When the parent visited the room, a year afterward, he Inspected the table, There were marks as if of tumblers. He simply said : "I judge, my boy, that your rank in your class will not be very high." "Why. father, how can you tell?" "The carpet under the table is not worn at all, but the covering is a good deal defaced." The old gentleman was a collegian mmseir once. Bank catechism: "Papa, what's a safe ?" "A safe, my child, is a charita ble institution, in which benevolent old people and orphans lay up their money. for the use of sickly burglars in paying hotel bills at Saratoga!" "What's a cashier?" "A cashier, my child, is a sign board established by amiame bank directors to (mint out the way into the iafe!" "What's a detective?" "He's a burglar's brother-in-law, and always boards with his rich relatives. A pastor was conversing with that very gentle and most indispensable critic, the pastor's wue, one rtannain evening, about the morning sermon. "Was it good?" he asked. "Yes," she replied "very." "Was it not a complete chain of thought, with no link omitted ?" "Yes, it was certainly that; but, it seemed to me, husband, that at the hearers end you forgot to put on the hook." "This is my last call," remarked a flippant young gentleman to a young lady who was soon to be married, on a recent occasion. "I never call on mar ried women or unmarried ladies after they have reached twenty-five." "You do welL sir." gravel v replied an elder lady present. "At that age, and after marriage, they begin to know the value or time, and do not like to waste it." "Arx'T it pretty?" said Mrs. II., holding up her new bonnet. "There's some charming ideas in that, 1 can tell you." "Glad of it," said John. "It's just as well to have ideas somewhere about your head, you know," and he paused to catch a hairbrush on the ny. 'Don't you think," said a husband in a mild form of rebuke to his wife, "that women are possessed of the devil ?' 'Yes," was the answer, "as soon as they are married." "What is conscience?" asked a schoolmaster. "An inward monitor," replied a bright little fellow. "And what is a monitor?" "One cf the iron clads." Ax author says that one of the uses of adversity is to bring us out. That is true, particularly at the knees and elbows. The extreme height of misery is a small boy with a new pair of rubber boots, aud no mud or slush in reach. Alas! there is no golden rule by which a man is exempt from building a kitchen fire during leap year. "Is rr more blessed," asks the Lowell fTmree. tn trim than t rwva . L-laa Or is it about an even thing?" "All is vanity," remarked a tinware pedlar the other day. "What's life to me but holler and tin sell?" The skin of the common house cat is rapidly rising in favor for pur-pusses of uress iur. Alia California. Little fish have a Droner idea of uusiuess, not oeing auie to ua better, they start on a mall scale. When may a man's Docket be emnrv and yet have something in it? When it has a bole in It. out notes, flow eLe can he pay hi provision uiu. Charles Keax mid a. ha1 hru .a like a poor play it can't run and won't draw. you saiu oaiiy Kissed you, did you kiss her back?" "o, I kissed her (IT.. 1 . . .1 . . . ... WllCTEn Rw a tv17 alftiotln t eating saloon. He is used to the business. Beer, snftrino'lv- nomi ant a . .,t ' - J ' , M VWIJI. Many physicians regard it as Teutonic. When is annn liboW n rnn r . saucepan ? When there's a leek it it. Don't bur a cnaih tn nlnoaA a. - TVUl wife. Better make her a little sulky. A MERCHANT haa til0rrantioil n. - invoice of fish, sent C. O. D. WHT is the nearnvk liVa tha fl mil Q It is nothing without its tail. Motto for an nmhan urlnm im.. - f - AUUS far, and no father." A FLOURISHlNa hnainnaa firninm..! - - - w. penmanship. A spirit level The gutter. Waklac Xow. there Is a very numerous class of persons who are subject to what may be termed waning a reams, - wnicu they can induce by placing themselves in condition favorable to reverie ; and the course of these dreams is essential ly determined by the individual's pre possessions brought into play by sugges tions conveyed from without. In many who do not spontaneously fall into this state, fixity of the gase for some minutes Is quite sufficient to induce it ; and the "mesmeric mania" of Edinburgh in 1851 showed the proportion of such susceptible individuals to be much larger than was previously supposed. Those who have had adequate opportuni ties of studying these phenomena find no difficulty in refering to the same catego ry many of the "spiritualistic" perform ances of the present time, in which we seem to have reproductions of the states that were regarded in ancient times, under the Influence of religious prepos session, as results of divine inspiration. I have strong reason to believe (from my conviction of the honesty of the indi viduals who have themselves narrated to me their experiences) that they have really seen, heard, and felt what they describe, where intentional deception is out of the question ; that is, that they had the same distinct conciousness, in states of expectant reverie, of seeing, touching, and conversing with the spir its of departed friends, that most of us occasionally have in our dreams. And the difference consists in this that while one, in the exercise of his com mon-sense, dismisses these experiences as the creation of his own brain, having no objective reality, the other, under the influence of his prepossession accepts the "results of impression ab extra made upon him by "spiritual" agencies. Popular Science Monthly. Tk allaairaarjr Md the Tlcer. As a pious missionary was traveling through a jungle, he chanced to observe a leopard lying nnder a plantain tree. Being undesirous of intruding upon the animal's privacy, he made a wide de tour, and was so unfortunate as to en counter beneath a lofty bamboo a tiger. "What do you here ?" demanded the fierce animal, in an angry voice. "It is rather I who should ask the question," replied the missionary ; "for 1 lett you but a moment since beneath that plantain and now here you are again, whereas the scripture expressly teaches you that the leopard cannot change his spots." "It does." replied the tiger; "but I am a creature of quite another stripe." So saying be sprang upon the missionary and devoured him. Moral There are exceptions to every general rule. A rew Warda f FeM m4 DallemS WtMa, By R. V. Pierce, M. D., of the World's Dispensary, Buffalo, S. Y., Author of "The People's Common Sense Med ical Adviser," etc., etc. Knowing that you are subject to a great amount of suffering, that delicacy on your part has a strong tendency to prolong it, and the longer it is neglected the more you have to endure and the more difficult of cure your case becomes, I, as a physician, who am daily con sulted by scores of your sex, desire to say to you, that I am constantly meet ing with those who have been treated for their ailments for months without being benefited in the least, until they have become perfectly discouraged and have almost made np their mind never to take another dose of medicine, or be tortured by any further treatment. They had rather die and have their suf ferings ended than to live and suffer as they have. They say they are worn out by suffering, and are only made worse by treatment. Of any thing more dis couraging, we certainly cannot con ceive, and were there no more success ful mode of treating such difficulties than that, the principles of which teach the reducing and depleting of the vital forces of the system, when the indica tions dictate a treatment directly the reverse of the one adopted for them, their case would be deplorable indeed. But, lady sufferers, there is a better and far more successful plan of treatment for you ; one more in harmony with the laws and requirements of your system. A harsh, irritating caustic treatment and strong medicines will never cure you. If yon would use rational means, such as common-sense should dictate to every intelligent lady, take such medi cines as embody the very best invigora ting tonics and nervines, compounded with special reference to your delicate system. Such a happy combination you will find in my Favorite Prescription, which has received the highest praise from thousands of your sex. Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet or ascend a flight of stairs; that continual drain that is sapping from your system all your former elasticity, and driving the bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain upon your vital forces that renders you irritable and fretful may all be overcome and subdued by a persevering use of that marvelous remedy. Irregularities and obstructions to the proper working of your system are relieved by this mild and safe means, while periodical pains, the existence of which is a sure indica tion of serious disease that should not be neglected, readily yield to it, and if its use be kept up for a reasonable length of time, the special cause of these pains U permanently removed. Fur ther light on these subjects may be ob tained from "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," in which I have devoted a large space to the con sideration of all forms of diseases pecu liar to your sex. This work will be sent (post-paid) to any address on re ceipt of $1.50. My I avorite Prescrip tion is sold by druggists. 19 Economy is Wealth. It is not by making but by saying that we become rich. In order to save, therefore pur chase your clothes and those of your children at Bennett & Co.'s Tower Hall, Xo. 518 Market St., Philadelphia. They will give you good articles at the very lowest prices and send them to yq by Express. Dr. Wlatar'a Balaauai ar Wild Cherry. The Standard remmlv far fh ram nf coughs, colds, influenza, bronchitis, hoarseness, asthma, whooping cough, croup, sore throat, diphtheria, difficulty of breathing, quinsy, phthisic, pain in the side and breast, spitting of blood, liver comnlaint. bleedinir nf ttia limira and all diseases of the throat, lungs and '"rav, iiiciuuing even consumption. 11 seems hardly necessary to dilate at length upon the virtues of this favorite remedy for all diseases of the lungs, throat and chest. It was introduced to the public by Dr. Wistar nearly half a century since, and by the wonderful cures which it performed, gained an immediate and enviable reputation, which to this day it has fully sustained. From the gulf of the St. Lawrence to the shores of the Pacific, and in many countries abroad, there are few villages or hamlets without "living testimo nials" to the rapidity and certainty of iu curative effects. The proprietors, mindful of their responsibility to the alHicted, exercise the utmost care in the selection and compounding of the vari ous ingredients of which the Balsam is composed; and the sick are assured that the high standard of excellence on which its popularity is based, will al ways be maintained. Skth W. Fowls A Sons, Proprietors, Boston. s Or- ehaeka Staadard BeaMdlM. The standard remedlAa far all itionaooa of the lungs are Schenck's Pulmonic Strup. ScHExrr'a Sri Vm and Schenck's Mandrake Pills, and, u Him ueiore tne lungs are destroyed, a speedy cure is effected. To these thrm moritolnaa rtr 1 rr Schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his on 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . nvaucu sucvess in uu treatment or pul monary diseases. The Pulmonic Svrnn bid matter in the lungs: nature throws I nT Iit an aaav a-rnertorfttiftn. for when the phlegm or matter is ripe a slight cough will throw it off, the patient has rest and the lungs begin to heal. To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to ao this, Schenck's Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act on ha livar ivmnrlnir all obstructions, re lax the gall bladder, the bile starts freely, and tne liver is soon reccu. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle altorativn: the alkali of which it is composed, mixes with the rood ana prevents souring. aioi fha iltoroatlun hv tnninir nn the stomach to a healthy condition, so that the food and the Pulmonic syrup win gwu blood ; then the lungs heal, and the pa riant will fiiirelv get well if care is taken to prevent fresh cold. All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck, either personally or by letter, can do so at his principal office, corner of Sixth and arch streets, A-nuaaeipuia, Monday. 4&niiAnflr'a mailtMnea am aoifl bv all druggists throughout the country. The People's Remedy. The Universal Fain Zztraor Note: Ask for POND'S EXTRACT. Take no other. 4. Mear, lor 1 wl 11 avealt of excellent thina-a." NIB'S intACTr-Th're Teaetafcto rhi WeatwrSrHas b4a iu dm owr thirty yrara, and for deanliMra and prompt e"?a tire Tirtnea cannot be ezceDrd. O CHILD!!!. Na family can aSoid to be without VVail'a Kxtrart. areideata, Braiaca. f.alaatiai. t'ata, Keralae, are reliera' InwiM inatantlT br axlernu amli cation. Promptly relieves pains or Baraa, etealda, Ezeariattoaa, t'haSaaa, Old Harea, Bella, Faieaa, t'eraa, etc. Armta In aunation, reduces welUon, atopa bleeding, renwTPS dirolormtionaana beala rapidlr. FWAllWUmif$.-I' always relieves pain in (be back aadluuia,rullnaai and prasuigiwin in the hend. aanaea, vertigo. if IEICORIHCA IthasBoeooal. AUklndaof al ceraileae to which Jadiea are aubject are promptly cured. Poller details in book accom pany in c each bottle. p!JS-fclla or bleedlnw-meet prompt relief and ready cars, Kocaae, however cbionic or ohftin ate, can long resist Its regular use. UII60SE D8.-"i tne only sore core for itiia distreiDi and dangerous condition. KIDIET ISEASU.-It nas no equal for perma nent care. HIP 1 1 1 from any cause. Torthls Is awe else. It has saved hundred of lives when all other reined tea tailed 10 arrest bleeding from eeae, naun. tnai i RHEUMATISM, lUKAlllf araehe are all aliaa relt ease, steaanrh, laaaa, and elsewhere. " : relieved, and often per Teetneree aee manentlv enrad- PMTSICIARS of all schools who are arqnslnted with Faad'a Extract of Witch llaael reca ommend it in their practice. We have lettersof commendation from hundreds of Physicians, many of whom order it tor use in their own practice. In addition to the f undoing, they order its n for Kwellinaa of all kinds, Qaiaay, Hare Threat, laiasaed Teaalla, simple and chronic IMarrbara, Catarrh, (lor which it isa epeeifle,)l'hile,aiea, Freat ed Feet, Htiaaa af Iaerrta,.Meaaaiteea, ettu. Chapped Heads, Face, and indeed an mwner 01 sam an TOILET ISE. Kemovea Metenrsa, Bees:hBH.aa, and raartiaeTt beala tela, Kraptieaa, and Mas plea. It renret, tnryrwaia. and re. ra&s, while wonderfully improving the Casnpleaieei. TS fAIMEIS.-eede Extract. No Stork fireeder.uo Liverv Man can atiord to be without it. It te used by all the Leading Uverr Stablea, Street Railroads and first Horwmeiiin New York City. lthunoeaaalforrlpraiasriaiw eeaa or Haddle ChaSaais rtiHneiM, pieratahee, HwelliBSTB,Ceta, Laeerariewa, Bleedina, PaeasaeaJa, Celie, Diarvkrea, Cbilla,Celdarete. Its range of action is wide, and the relief a. affords is so prompt that it is invaluable in every Farm-vard as well as in everv Farm -house. Let It be tried once, and von will never be wfthont It. CAlTIOS. PesMfe Extract has been hnHd 1 ok genuine article bae the words Peed'a Ex tract blown m each bottle. It w prepared by Ibe ealy ppraaaa Irvine who ever knew bow to prepare it pmoerlv. Kefnpe all other pre parations of Vltrh fiasel. This is the only article used by Physician, and inihehxw tN of this country and Knmrte. HISTOIT AND ISE OF POIO S EXTRACT, in tumir ilt t form, mm f re ok .vppUc.it kmi to PUD'S MTIACT COMPAIT, Maiden Lane. New Vork. All CHIP Pb-aphated Losaogta Cure ALLCN O lam of Memory. c and Strengthen the Jfet vonw Sytem. Bv ma I 2.Sc. Addraw C 8. Auu Co, SI Pine St, R. V. BROOMS! BROOMS! JOBS 1. KEIIH A CO., SSS Washington Bt, Hew York. Pv4iv4nI IUmI In W V I. i .1 i . Man ufact area ia the United States. Broons from $2.00 per doxen and inward. Till loweW la haa sad iimiiJ t w a anywhere. Also sa satire new stock of WOOD and WILLOU WARS! nrf'h mm Pail. E.--1. -. u .uu-, . , -a.La, iwnti Oordags, Wicks, Ac, together with a full hns of Apple " " 1 - " r'IKM, vnry BOBpe, isaaes n. doss. Cutlery, ao. Began from IU to $ per aulL a ran una or us best anauty of T1JI WAUL P. 8. W sell ear ceods at nrkes that do net reonln say dramming oa the road. Orders by mail will re ears nromat atteatloa. aMaMMi4 1t0 J.-H-1 y COMUBATO IRON BTJIL1IN6S. Wrought Iron bridges vonvit,a iroe 9neetL Shatters, Doors, to. Xmliy fan Srilgt txS Ce, Dey 8t. New York. Send lor circulars. l-3-m SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! aH etylea, Stiver Mounted and Wamut.naw me Second -h ad. Been rely parked for shlpnlna OOGMIJUto, BAJkfiHaXVIJtt, aloiCi WT1 hodbb asd orricK rcB.trTCBi an kinds sacbaSdVto. fy."0"- . LKWIS fc BRO, f,M, IU, IW. le and IU klaHig AT PtiU. 1IDICID TO A CERTAINTY, ClMMvCw to CbaJm wea avB VU(,UIU UUtVk XU hn to toes. ALLEN A CO., 79 Nam an Street, r, a ino. m 1-lT ftf til ftOrt P day at home, gamples worth tl W 111 V5U free. torasoaACe,rortlaad.Maiae 312 at day st hone. Agents wanted. Outfit and tans free. IRUg A CO, Augusta, Maiaa, n-iy Of ACQUAINTANCE CARDS, 4 sty lea, aoaame.lSc. Address, J. B. Halted, Nsasu, Benas. CoN. T. 3 S 19 C 2 O S3 iif os 02 SJ NESS IP a O ps r 3 3 c. I 1 . W. Al.jAmA mia the T am sum Hatful groaers aha shall proa are th- lunrret quantity frpm lib. of rBY, and AITHA potatoea. Pncs of each, 1 per lb. CENTENNIAL PKKMIUMS. eiu tA ka awavded farthsbest roUeetma. oae peck each, olnots toe introdneedbyasaiBealnSI. X for the beot and most prota- t.ina eeonnrrawe inr- Prlaglea Hyheldlsed ratals Heed. Packet- J& rr-do, SUrtJ. n . .hrh the last two premianK ot mjv in wnrim win , -. theCentennial Eihihitwa. In phildelphia.mOetoher and Dreaimms will he awarded by their eomnittee. V',, oaitin and foil ranicaiam tend lor car Potato Prrainm t'trmlar. Biei-d fre l all 4 rated Need t alal-ar and Ama- tear's tiuide to tne Flower sad Kitchen trdeo.eoe tm d-Tiptiva lit of varieties of Garden, field nd FWerSed, with eiplieit direction fnrcaKare. aiime. iwv-ra! handred enxravins; and a braaulaiij colored htliorranh. h-ot J"dk1. for 3S cents. lll.a's Hararsrr'a Alaaaaae aMrlf n-w-Kt, w. Tmm 11 pare, beante- Iu'It iltn-trnted. aaailed to all eprj-unt" incloainr lOcta. Bllaaalllerrated rwalw Catalnewe contain a deamiwi of ail th nw van. ne -eceetly intm oooadwilh many other VnrraWI aortp.alaoaiarh ewfal inlumauoa apoa their cultivation. J3pairea,10centa. B. K. BLISS SONS, r.O. Bex Ne. 371. S4 Barclay He W.T. ia - - - r3-ll-4t C AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ENTENNIAL HISTORY ofj-UL-S. TlMffTMi ilMCrt la tb thrilling hiotory of omr country mmkm this th fc-tt-nt neli.Bff book tt pnh hsbfxi. It roBtmioo full account of Mm Grand Ob termini Kihibttioa. CACTIOS. 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VKe A CO, AuguSi? wNATU?.PSG:EATRa!EDY.n This Cardial la a CERTAIN CURE fhr CMKbs, CeMa, Inrlanawaattoa ta Lames, bore Threat aatd Brews, Hrwncaw tia, aaad if takcm tm tlaae, will arrest that fstU dlacaas Comsanmptiost. Tbw basis a tela aedietme la a preparattest eriaree taistewl by a prewOimr praceaa fresa the a,, of J.e Pine Tree, the aaeatetwwl praaerl tlee af which avra well kaava. With thai pawerlwl eleaaewt are Uierewsrnly ia,,,. po rated eerreral ether Ycffetable tnredt. eota, each mt which pnaaisais aoothln. amd hewlrne- attrlbatee, than making It the saoss POTENT ANTAGONIST ta diseases sf the aalaseaarw ergawe that has yet been, intiedeca.il. BS. L. Q. C. WTS7TA?.rS PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL Is no a new remedy that haa newer been heard ef ferfere, bnt an OLD, RXLI. ATOT.r., AND WELL-TRIXD aaedlela. that haa been tn dally aae by fa wattle a4 Intelligent phyatrlana Car the last slileea years, and Is spoken oC In the hie. heat tee-ass by all wbe hare awed K. aa then, eanrla ef UNSOLICITED TESTIMO NIALS preve. If yon aaCrr front any disease far which this Cardial te recommended, we mahesHatfnKly- aayi "TRY IT. WI KNOW IT WILL DO YOU GOOD. A elne;le bottle will demonstrate Its ala able ataalitiee. m BT ILL DBUbCISTS 233 STIHEIEEPEEl PRINCIPAL DEPOT, Old h'itbe-rt St., rhiUttlelphln. (As .iWlaasi Jrl tm. II Im werfa sV). ENLARGED OUR STORE, and well-scltcttd a Stock of Tor Parlors, Chambers, Dining1 Booms, Libraries. Feathers, Mattresses, Spring Cots, Beds, Bolsters, Pillows, Ticks, &c, &c Blankets, Quilts, Counterpanes, Comfortables of Cotton, "Wool or Down, Sheets, Pillow Cases, &c irv TmT.Ani,.T.PHia. "J . -V J -tr V v - Clothing Bazaar, 518 Market Street, Ma Lose SM-(M CTalasEnM; Half-way bet. 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