APRIL . I listen for the Totca of song. And hear a mora or in the trees Of April in a fitful breeze. Who says the (rowing wings are strong. Bise! Burn thy winter robe to-day ! Thus did the poet Omar sing: The Bird of Tune is on the wing. He flatters bat a little way. Behold the dawning of a rojoe ! Hold hard the sorrow of thy heart. For mnsie keener makes the smart ; The singer waits not on our choice. In the new dawn I hear his note ; He lingers while the roses blow. Then goes oh, where ? I do not know On what bright wares my darlings float. Harper's Magazine. Esperleaceef a Bill CMlecter. "In mv younger days," paid Mr. Ma guffin, "I was at one time a collector a bill collector. At first I had a good deal of trouble finding a place. There's a prejudice against young collectors, you know. The keen, experienced debtor handles them very easily. A glass of beer, a cigar, or cheaper and better yet, a little judicious flattery, and the young man goes back and re port, Cant get anything out of him.' .Middle-aged or prime old men do best as collectors. "But I managed to get work, and I was very succetful. In fact, being a young man, I could not afford to fail, and 1 made it a point never to undertake the colletion of a bill that did not pesent a reasonable hope ; so that I collected every bill 1 undertook with one excep tion, and in that case the circumstances were such that I never considered my failure derogatory to my character as a collector. "He was a rich man, abundantly able to pay, and I didn't doubt that I would some day get the money. He had taken offence at something said or done to him in the store, and swore he would never pay the bill. But I had heard men say worse things than that, and pay after all. So I went to work at him First 1 called about twenty-live times, at regular intervals; that was enough to show me tnat be was a man of endurance, and that it would be a long chase, on which I could not afford to waste time. So I put him along with two or there others on whom 1 called whenever 1 was in their neighborhood. If I was down town, near his office, I dropped in and asked him for the money; if I was up town, near his house, I called there ; if I happened to meet him in the street 1 didn't let him pass without a dun. One evening I saw him get out of a capriage at the Academy, and 1 hailed him on the spot; but always he said it was no use, lie never would pay. "And so it went along for two years, but I was not discouraged, for I had recovered debts after waiting longer than that. In this time we got very well acquainted and he used to smile and talk good-humoredly when I came, and 1 must say that while he was a very pig-headed and obstinate man, still he had a cheerful courtesy about him that materially lightened the monotony of my visits, "in the summer of '53 1 went on my annual vacation and came back to town Iresb and hearty and ready for business. The first call i made was on my resolute, good-natured friend, whose conquest I had come now to regard as essential to the preservation of my prestige as a col lector, it was at night quite a dark night as I remember it, and I had skipped up the door steps and grabbed the bell handle preparatory to an ener getic yank when I felt something on mv hand, soft, and at the same time kind of crispy. I bent over to see what it was, and by-gad the good natureu, resolute man had beaten me at last. The stuff on the bell knob was crape!" Tne Beds at tier i Betels. I had supposed that the beds which Tom Hood seemed to caricature, but only described, had been changed some thing more in accordance witn tne needs of the modern traveler. But I find that North Germany adheres to its down. Even in the city of Berlin, at one of the best hotels, the beds were a relie of the barbarous social period out of which the Germans are slowly and with re luctance emerging. I found my bed atWittenburg to consist of a mattress with one sheet spread on it, and on top of that a short, fat down bed. Previous experience of the like told me that with this sort of bed several things would happen in the night: the bed would not cover my feet; it would not cover my shoulders; it would become intolerably hot if I could curl under it, and it could not by any skill of mine be long kept on. in order to keep this encumbrance in place you must lie awake all night. Accordingly I summoned the waiter, the waiter called the chambermaid. 1 told them that, if I could have no other cover, 1 must at least have another sheet, so that my feet might not be left naked and defenceless in the world. They consulted and finally came to a conclusion. When I returned I found that the sheet had been taken off and another one put on, which the maid ex plained was longer than the other; otherwise the situation was unchanged, i insisted that I desired two sheets in order to have one over me. This was too much for the experience of the chambermaid, who exclaimed : "What ? two sheets! Mein God !" "Yes," I said, "two sheets, one above the other." With great reluctance my order was ex ecuted, but the sheets were tucked in together in a manner to show that their strange use was not comprehended, and I have no doubt I am talked of at that iuu as the eccentric stranger who desired to sleep on two sheets. Char let Dudley Warner. The reldoeeeer Madera Hewee. A writer on "health, comfort and cleanlines in the house," in the Builder, says that the houses of the middle class have, in his recollection, become colder, except as to the unwholesome heat given out by gas. With the general discarding of soft feather beds, with close hangings, and the increase of habits of personal cleanliness, has come a still greater necessity than ever before for the amelioration of our climate, in doors. One thing, of which he does not speak, will occur to any one who is obliged to examine the houses which are "built to let" in this or other cities where wooden buildings predominate. Too many buildings intended to be homes are built so hastily and carelessly that the cracks and crannies let in niore wind and cold and wet than a poor man can warm into comfort, though be spend the half of his kingdom for coal. The writer notes one important fact in speaking of dampness. He says "the best way to keep a house dry and healthy is to use it, living in all the rooms either every day or by turns. A spare room is usually a damp, ill-ventilated room, and an empty house deteri orates much faster than one that is oc cupied." Tate World's frpletleaa. attributing to?ouTr" excepting the right one hypocrite if you wear a sad face, ana shallow, heartless fool if smiles are na tive to your countenance, and leave their impress there these are little ways oi me worm, it nome cares (hidden skeletons that peep from many a closet) have proved too much for your tightly- tensioned soul to bear, and sickness follows as the inevitable result, why, of course, you are giving up weakly to your irouDies; u rest and change seem to be absolutely essential to tecoverv. and rides and drives in the suuligbt and free air are the order of the day, you are both indolent and extravagant and prefer your own enjoyment to the comiort oi otnersi Between friends, there's not much the matter with you. any way other folks work on, sick or well, summer and winter, and why nouiun i four AwUVfJUCBAk. A Cheap Fxnck. I tend yon a plan of a straight rail fence, either four or six raila high. If four rails are only nut tK tuttween the bottom rail and the ground nust be filled up with soil. I made Wis fence nve years agu, nl It haa itnnil nur heaviest w ester lv gales, while the staked worm fence has Mown down. The posts are maae oi three pieces split or sawed out of any durable timber, 3 by 3 inches, 6 feet 6 Inches long, firmly nailed together in shape like the letter A, only that two posts are on one aide, 3 or 4 Inches apart, according to the thickness of the rails. A piece of inch board, 3 or 4 inches wide, must be nailed across the double posts for the lower rail to rest upon. The brace is railed across the posts, the butt of the brace being 3 feet from the butt of the posts, and the top being a few inches down from the top of the outside post. When the rails are 12 feet long the poets require to be 11 feet apart; that will allow the rails nmrli A InrhM at each end when they are laid in between the posts. . . . . . i w nere tne ianu is ciear oi siump iuu stones we plow two straight furrows, 3 fMt annec One man nlaies the butt of the posts in one furrow and the butt of the brace in tne otner lurrow, ana an other man puta the top rail between the post, resting on the brace, which will bold the post in position until the earth Is banked up around the posts. I have made board fences on the same plan, only using one post and the brace setting the post and the brace 10 or 12 inches into the ground, and nailing three boards on the face of the post, and laying a straight pole on the top, resting on top of brace. Rearing Eaelt Lambs. There are many inducements, at this time, de manding tne special attention oi tnose eniraeed in sheep raising. The two great sources of profit from this kind of live stock, are the meat and the wool, either of which, from the present means of judging are likely to be estab lished on a permanent basis, there can be little doubt. But there is one source of profit which at this time, affords quite ample compensation. Bearing mutton. If proper arrangements are made for taking it to market, is un questionably a very paying business. The keepers of this stock by making arrangements for naving tne lamos chiefly in three winter months, may witn suitable attention to the feeding insure a good supply of early meau- As soon as the lambs can be taugnt to eat Indian meal, and this may be very soon effected by having little enclosures adapted to their size, from wnicn tne oia ones can be readily excluded, the lambs will learn to like the meal. Even at the age of two or three weeks they will eat suf ficient to add perceptibly to their sus tenance. By the time early pasture has appeared, they will be ready for the market, where they then command a larger price than was obtained for old sheep but a few years since. In this connection I would add, that in order that the lambs may be in the best condition for the market, it will pay to contiuue to feed the ewes at first. By giving them about a gill or whole corn, the ewes will not only be kept in good condition, but will be enabled to turn off the lambs sooner, wbicn will be a source of satisfaction and profit to tneir proprietor. Harrowixg Wheat. The uniform testimony of all those who have tried harrowing wheat in tne spring is, mat it pars. One subscriber says : 1 nave acted upon the advice giveu by you and I fiuu the result at harvest most satis factory. I began the custom by har rowing fifteen acres, or about one-half the usual number or acres tnat l sow. My neighbors, who had never seen it done, insisted that it would kill it out. I shall continue the practice, as I have now procured one of the Thomas smoothing harrows, which, in a great measure, enables me to dispense with the roller, which I still use, however. when the early spring is an unusually dry one. I think by using the harrow that the wheat tillers that is. stools out better than when it is not cultivated in the spring." Another subscriber writes as follows: "I find that harrowing wheat in the spring pays well. It gives tne wneat a good start, and the harrowed portion ripens as early as the unharrowed part, and has heavier seeds. " In harrowing wheat, care must be taken that the soil is sufficiently dry so that the harrow will pulverize it nicely. In such cases, once harrowing is as ad vantageous to the wheat crop as one good working of a field of corn in the early part of its growth. Experience and judgment must determine the pre cise time when this work should be done. It should noC be done until the heavy frosts in March are over, which will, however, depend much u 'on the season. Sural World. To Cleax a Kcstt Plough. Take a quart of water and pour slowly into it half a pint or sulphuric acid. I lie mix ture will become quite warm from chemical action and this is the reason why the acid should be poured slowly into the water, rather than the water into the acid, and let it remain on the iron until it evaporates. Then wash it again. The object is to give the acid time to dissolve the rust. Then wash with water and you will see where the worst spots are. Apply some more acid and rub on the spots with a brick. The acid and the scouring will remove most of the rust. Then wash the mould board thoroughly with water to re move all the acid, and rub it dry. Brush it over with petroleum or other oil, and let it be till spring. When you go to ploughing, take a bottle of the acid water to the field with you and ap ply it to any spot or rust that may re main. The acid and the scouring of the earth will soon make it perfectly bright and smooth. If all iron work be washed off with petroleum as soon as we put our tools, implements and ma chines aside for the winter, it will keep them from rusting, and save . a great deal of trouble and annoyance, to say nothing of the depreciation and loss. Sural World. IlrsoABiAX grass varies much in ap pearance from the common millet. It beads much like timothy grass. The writer has been very successful in his experiments with this grass during the past year; sowed a plot or part of a field about the first of June, from which he cut about three tons of hay and thirty- five bushels or seed per acre. lne hay is now being fed to his stock,, and is eaten with apparently much relish. It should be sowed on well-prepared ground, with about one-half bushel of seed per acre. After sowing give a light scratch with the harrow. Sow any time from the 20th of April to the 20th of June. Cut, if wanted for hay, only when seed commences to form, ir tor hay and seed, cut when ripe and seeds well matured. Exchange. Cons Foddek. Corn-fed bens do not lay in winter for the simple reason there isn't any albumen material in the corn. When wheat is fed there Is fat enough In it to supply all that is needed for the yolk, and gluten enough tak the white, and lime enough to V?Lnw.he shell; it does not thus seem hL.LV,"ler8tnd vhr corn-fed why wheat-fed hens ahoia lay, as they do. ' J As over-reaching horse, says an ex change, whose bind feet are continually bitting the forward shoes, should wear heavy shoes forward and light ones be hind. The theory is that the heavier hoof will be thrown a little further ahead each time than the lighter one. A rocxD of copperas dissolved In a pailful of soft soap, and when thinned with water, applied to onions, is good to keep off the maggot and to promote the growth of the onions. nciwwrrrtc - Parisian Toy-Haling Utilising Waste. Any one who has ever walked through one of the great toy-importing booses in this city at holiday time, and Derbape wondered at the task, and in- genuity oispiayea oj uie r reucu work men in devising many of the most beautiful playthings, wonld hardly imagine that waste and refuse materi als, very odd ones too sometimes, are largely ased in the Parisian toy indus tiy. Elegantly dressed dolls, tricked out in all the refinement of the latest fashion, and which fetch incredible pnoea on this aide of the Atlantic, are frequently costumed from the cast-off' stage rlothea of actresses in the thea tres, purchased for a mere song, or from the useless garments remaining in theatrical wardrobe after a play ha had a lone run. The coverings of old parse and pocket books, fished out of the gutter oy Buarp-eyeu rag pickers, furnish material for the doll boot maker. Old sardine boxes and cans yield their plate to the manufac turer of barrels for toy gnus. The lit tle wooden or metal wheels which sup port movable toy are obtained from the refuse of any industry in which ar ticle baring circular openings are made. French cruet stands, usually of wood and having boles tor bottles, provide thousands of such disks, re moved in making the apertures. All the solder and pewter that can be ex tracted from old rooting and water spouts, or workshop scraps is pressed into service for the manufacture of dolls' knives and forks, tea sets, etc ; and even the ancient lead coffins dug out of the old cemeteries at N ureniberg, the French toy makers utilize in the manufacture of lead soldiers. No other nation equals the French in converting the ordinary refuse of the street and workshop into nsefnl and ornamental product! It i this characteristic for saving which make tue r rencu nauon so prosperous. Proposed Optical Barometer. When a refracting prism is successively im mersed in media of different refractive indices, the ultimate angular deviation of the ray will, as is well known, de pend in each case on the relative indi ces of the glass and the medium sur rounding it at the time of the experi ment. And as the refractive index of atmospheric air varies with its density, the amount of deviation of the refrac ted ray will be a measure of the dessi ty of the air, that is, will give the means of ascertaining the reading of the barometer at the time. If the ray of light were made to pass through a number of refracting and totally rettecting prisms, the deviation would be increased. If with these prisms a microscope were combined, the prisms might be nsed as a barome ter. Or if the ray be received oblique ly on a number of pieces of glass, hav ing parallel faces and slightly separa ted from each other, although there would be no angular deviation, there would be horizontal displacement which would admit of beiug measured by a micrometer. How far such an applica tion wonld be of practical value is eer Miir.lv doubtful, as the effect of chan ges of temperature on the prism itself might intertere witn tne very uoiiieu ranm of the instrument. Or again, it is possible that easterly, westerly, or other currents or peruape uiuereucra in the hygrometric state of the atmos phere may affect the index of refrac tion otherwise than by the mere chan a of density which they produce. But if such be the case, the refracting prism will be useful in determining Uie eTiHtenrA and amount of such varia tions in the refrangibility of the at mosphere. Thomas Stevenson, in ma ture. A Valuable Discovery. discovery is announced by a French chemist. Its application is to the discovery of alte rations in writings that are supposed to have been tampered with, 1 he color ing matter of ordinary ink consists chiefly of a combination of tanuic acid with oxide of iron. Golert has discov ered that, however skillfully anv writ ing mav have been erased, sufficient traces of the iron oxide always remain to appear in a photographic image, though they may be totally invisible to the eye on the original paper. He pre sented as an illustration a bond drawn for 105 francs which bad been altered to 5,000 trancs, and so negotiated. The original pater bore no suspicious ap pearance, and the closest ocular inspec tion failed to detect any trace of fig ure erased. But on a photograph of the same paper the figures 105 were plainly discernable, mingiea witn ana partially obscured by the later figure substituted. The light reflected from the surface once stained by ink, though indistinguishable by the eye. effect the photographic materials differently from that reflected from the paper where the ink has not touched it. It is believed that a photograph will always settle the qnestion whether a suspected paper has been altered by erasure. Boston Advertiser. Weighing tlie Light of a Candle. Prof. Crookes of London has actually succeeded in weighing the light of a candle, although! light has hiterto been considered imponderable. The princi ple of his delicate and complicated in strument is based on the fact that a tine thread of glass, suspended at one end, may be turned round twenty or thirty time without breaking, and has a tendency to untwist itself. By fas tening such a thread in a tnbe and throwing a ray of light on the interior, it has been found possible, with the aid of other scientific appliances, to register the revolutions and tensions caused by the introduction of the light of a can dle into the tube, the result of which is that it weighs about 0.001728, or nearly the two thousandth part of a grain. Taking this as an approximate starting point, we find that the light thrown out by the sun on the earth is equal to about thirty-two grains per square foot, or riftv-seven tons to the square mile, or 3,000,000.000 tons on the whole earth, a force that, but for gravitation, would drive our planet into space. Artificial Snore Crystals. The diffi culty of observing snow crystals except in a'freezjng air has led M. Dogiel, of St, Petersburgh Academy, to seek for some substance not liable to dissolve at ordinary temperatures, and crystal lizing, like snow, in the hexagonal sys tem. He selected iodoform, (C II It ), a compound familiar to some of our readers from its medical nses. It crys tallize in a remarkable variety of forms. To show their mnfeiplicity M. Dogiel dissolves iodoform ju boiling (DO per cent) alcohol, and let the solution cool in water of different temperatures. He get mostly tabular crystals when a solution containing 15 to 30 per cent of iodoform is kept ten minted in water of about 57 deg. to ou deg. t an. ; w nere as star-shated and often very complicated crystals are had at temperatures of 78 deg. to 100 deg. Horn Electricity Splits Irees. The theory that the splitting of the trunks nf trees br liehtnitxr is the result of the sudden evaporation of the liquids contained within them, has received much confirmation by the experiments made by Osborne Reynolds, who suc ceeded in splitting small buck oi wooa by passing the electrric spark through them alter they had been impregnated with water. He also burst small glass tnbe which were filled with water, al though the same tubes, when empty, allowed the electric spark to jump through them without in the least dis turbing them. Faded writing in ink can be restored by brushing over with a solution of sulphide ol ammonium. - He who, being master of the fit tea moment to crush an enemy, magnanim ously reject, is born to be a con queror. Perseverance will obtavi. good cab bagge and lettuce, where "Vt, nothing but thistle will grow. Itutc rrtmcro. It is no small commendation to man age a little welL He is a good wagoner who can turn in a little room. To live well In abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. MRBTIC. English Family Sovr. According to the London Agricultural Gazette, a very good family soup is made from one and a half pounds of lean beef, two pounds of potatoes sliced thin, one large carrot, one large onion, a few ah slots, Yme turnip, one stick of celery, four quarts of water. Let it simmer four hours, flavor with hot sauce to suit the taste, salt, pepper, etc. It Is a great Improve ment to fry all the vegetables when cut in small pieces, together with the meat also cut in pieces conveniently small, taking care that there is fat enough added to- nrevent the raw vegetables from burning. A desert-spoonful of coarse brown sugar may be thrown into the pan while the meat, vegetables, etc., are frying. After it has simmered four hours, it should be set to cool for the fat to be taken from the top of the soup before being served up for use. The meat should be sent to tame in tne soup, not strained as is usually done. Cckixo Hams French Method. The following receipt makes a pickle for curing hams or beef, that is very toothsome when well cooked. (The reader can readily make the change to English weights a kilogramme being 1,000 grammes :) For 100 kilogrammes of hams or beef, well trimmed there will be required eight kilos of pure salt ; 2'i kilos of light brown sugar (or 1 liter of good molasses;) 250 grammes of cloves; lio grammes eacn oi saltpeter and soda, and fifty grammes of cayenne or black pepper, according to taste and locality. The ingredients must all be well pulverized and rubbed into the meat. The meat will require rubbing once a day for several days, in order to get the pickle well rubbed in. If a wet pickle be preferred it must be boiled and skimmed, using enough water to cover the meat after it has cooled. Country Gentleman. Protecting Boors from Fire. A wash composed of lime, salt and fine sand, or wood ashes, put on in the ordi nary way of whitewashing, is said to render the roor nrty-rold more saie against taking fire from falling cinders or otherwise in case of fire in the vicinity. It pays the expense a hundred fold in its preserving influences against the effect or the weather; tne older ana more weather-beaten the shingles, the more benefit derived. Such shingles are generally more or less warped, rough and cracked. The application of the wash, Dy wetting tne upper suriace, restores them to their original or first form, thereby closing the spaces between the shingles, and the lime and sand, by filling up the cracks and pores In the shingle itself, prevents its warping for years, if not forever. Fireman1 1 Journal. Recipe for Scet Ftddixo. Take one enp of suet, chopped fine; one cup of raisius, chopped ; one-nan cup oi Eng lish currants: one cup of syrup; one cup of sour milk, two even teaspoons of soda. -Mix the suet, raisins ana currants well into the syrup; then add the sour milk; next, the soda, pulverized and well mixed in a handful or dry Dour. Stir until it begins to foam, then add flour enough to form a stiff batter. Steam one and one-half hours. For a large family double the quantity will be required, and it should be steamed two hours, berve not. Graham Bread. Take 1 bushel or more of wheat and grind as yon would for flour. Do not bolt, but sieve it through a wire sieve, then take sweet milk, stir to a batter, then put in a muffin-iron, bake quickly and serve while hot. Another receipt Is: 'lake one quart of milk, scald one-half of it, and your one quart of good Graham flour into it; then add the rest of the milk, warm, and flour enough to stir as thick as possible with a spoon, adding hair a cup or good molasses while stir ing it; then bake slowly for an hour. To Make nop Yeast. One handful of bops, steeped in two quarts of water, three large potatoes boiled and peeled, and rubbed through a cullender with three tablesnoonfuls of flour. Strain the water upon them while rubbing them through, when not too hot; add one tablespoouful of yeast, and let it raise till light; add a half-tablespoonful each of salt and sugar, and bottle for use. Shake well be I ore using, and keep in a cool place. Two-thirds of a teacup ful is sufficient for four good sized loaves. Flax.nel Cake. Mix three table- spoonfuls of flour with one pint of cream; add twoeggsand beat the wbole well till quite smooth; then add slowly half a pint of new milk, Into which has been puta teasoonfulol baking powder. Beat all well together and fry with lard, a little of which should be made hot for each cake. Eat with powdered sugar, mixed with cinnamon or grated nutmeg. ' How to Frt Salt Pork. Many peo ple do not relish salt pork fried, but it is quite good to soak it in milk, two or three hours, then roll in Indian meal and fry to a light brown. This makes a good dish with mashed turnips, or with raw onions cut small in vinegar; another way is to soak it over night In skim milk and bake like fresh pork ; it s almost as good as fresh roast pork. Sacce for PfDDixG. One-half cup of butter, one half cup of sugar; beat these together with one heaping table spoon of flour. Pour into it (a little at a time, stirring all the while,) one pint of boiling water, and let it simmer on the stove a few minutes. Add one tea- sKon of lemon extract, and the juice of one lemon or a teaspoon of lemon Hasty Pudding. Boil some water and thicken with flour, as you would for thin starch ; silt some coarse meal. and stir in until it is quite thick; keep it boiling all the time you are putting in the meal, which must be done grad ually; salt to the taste; boil it well; put it in a bowl and turn out. Eat with cream and molasses. . , Rice Pudding without Eggs. Put into a well buttered dish half pound best Carolina rice, simply washed ; pour oil it three pints or cold milk ; sweeten and flavor to taste; put a little butter and nutmeg on the top to brown ; bake two and a half hours in a slow oven, on which much of the success ot the pud ding depends. For Scarlet Fever. An eminent physician of Chicago says he cures ninety-nine out of every hundred cases of scarlet fever, by giving the patient warm lemouade with gum arabic dis solved In it, A cloth wrung out in hot water and laid upon the stomach, should be removed as rapidly as it becomes cool. Grease Balls. Mix two ounces o fuller's earth, a teaspoon ful of pearl arh or saleratus, and strong vinegar to make a stiff paste; make it into balls; dry them. Use It by wetting the grease spot; scrape some or the ball on the place ; dry it, and then wet In tepid water. Chocolate Caramels. One-half cake of chocolate, one cup molasses, one cup milk, one teaspoon ful or Dour; boil till of the proper consistency, pour on flat dishes to cool ; when nearly cold cut in squares or pull out and cut in bits; roll in sugar if so liked. Equal parts of sand and plaster-Paris moistened with water make an excel lent mortar to stop cracks and holes in walls or ceilings, it nardens i apiaiy, For the Appetite. To restore the appetite, take half a pound of Valeria -t and make tea of it. Take a wine glass ru at night, on going to bed. EQUAL parts - nil nflnniner and spirits of turpentine, meDlied to the af- iectea part in cases or rheumatism will oiten anord great reuer. viMOtrs. Tnn is the Wat Astors are Made. A Munson street man being told that there were several pieces or tin wnicn needed mending, conceived the idea of getting an Irou and solder and doing Ute. Bneamng nimseii. xiis wue, uu with vague forebodings perhaps, said that the expense was such a trifle that it would hardly pay to do It one self, to which he responded : "I'll admit tnat in tnis one instance it weald not pay; but there is some thing being in want of repair every little while, ana li i nave me toots uere for fixinp- it. we are saved just so much expense right along. It may not be much in tne course oi a year, out every little helps, and in course of time the total would amount to a nice little lump. We don't want the Astors lug- fingoffall the mouey in the country, y gracious." He rot the Iron II and 50 cents worth of solder, and 10 cents' worth of rosin. He came home witn tnese tnings and went into the kitchen, looking so proud and happy that his wife would have been glad he got them were it not for an overpowering dread of an int ending muss. He called for the arti cle needing repair. uis wue uruugui out a pan. "Where's the rest?" Bring 'em all out an let me make one job of 'em while I'm about it." - He cot them all and seemed to be dis appointed that there were not more of them, tie pusneu the iron into me nre, got a milk-pan inverted on his knee; and, with the solder in his hand, waited for the right heat. "That iron cost only $1, and it'll never wear out. and there's enough solder In this piece to do $23 worth of mending," he said to his wife. Pretty soon the iron was at the right heat, he judged, lie ruboea tne rosin about the hole which was to be repaired, held the stick of solder over it, and carefully applied the iron. It was an intensely in teres ting moment, uia wue watched him with feverish interest. He said, speaking laboriously, as he ap plied the iron : "The ouly thing I regret about it is that I did not think of getting this before we " Then ascended through that ceiling, and up to the vault of heaven, the most awiui yen mac woman ever beard, and on the Instant tne soldering Iron flew over the stove, the pan went clattering across the floor, and the bar of solder struck the wall with such force as to smash right through both plaster and lath. And before her horri fied gaze danced her husband in an ecstacy of agony, sobbing and scream ing, and holding on to ins lcit leg as desperately as it it was made of solid gold and studded with diamonds. "Get the camphor, why don't you," he yelled. "Send for a doctor. Oh! Oh ! I'm a dead man." be shouted. Just then his gaze rested on the solder ing iron. In an instant he caught it up and hurled it through the window with out the preliminary of raising the sash. It was some time be lore the tuorougniy frightened and confused woman learned that some of the molten solder had run through the hole In the pan on his leg. although she knew from the first that something or an unusual nature nau oc curred. She didn't send for the doctor, She made and applied the poultices her self to save expense. She said : "We don't want the Astors lugging oft all the money in the country, by gracious." "torae, jiana, uon t you oe too cun ning," he sheepishly expostulated. Uanbury Aems. Wiiex a man comes home and tries to bolt his door with a sweet potato, pokes the fire with the spout of a coffee-pot, attempts to wind up the clock with his boot-jack, tries to cut kindling wood lor the morning nre witn a pajnr mine, takes a cold potato In hand to light him to bed, and prefers sleeping with bis hat and boots on, you may reasonably infer that he has been making the acquaint ance of some very friendly people. . Natural Reasoning. Three or four Detroit girls were the other day dis cussing the character and standing ot a certain young man, and an old lady was a close listener. One or the girls nnally remarked: "Well, I guess he's rich, for 1 saw him coming out of a bank the other day." "And 1 guess he drives a street car," put in the old lady, "lor I saw him jump off' a car one day last week." Vttroit Free Pre$. 'Ecoxomt. my dear, economy," said he; "it's all right for you to have plants and all that, but there is reason in all things, and there isn't a particle of sense in paying fifty ccuts for a flower pot, when there are a dozen empty cigar boxes about the house;" and, taking the last "Havana" from another box, he handed her the box to put a oleandei in, lighted his cigar, and went out. BurliHyUtn Hatckeye. Brown came home late the other night, and Mrs. Brown, looking out of the bedroom window, observed, "So you've been tipping the glass again, have you?" "Glass," said Brown (hie), 'tis a funny word; take off the G and it's you my dear." "Yes" an swered Mrs. B., "and then take off the r and its you, you wretch," and she slammed the window down with a bounce. A case of general average : "Aren't you rather old to ride for half-price?" said a car conductor to the elder of two boys. "Well." remarked the youth, "I am under fourteen, and the boy with me is under six. lhat uon t make twenty, and you will take two boys under ten for half-price each." And he took them. "Plase, sur, what's the fare from Dublin to Glasgow?" inquired a son of the Emerald Isle one day of the clerk of a shipping office. "Eighteen shillings," replied the other. "An what d'ye charge for a pig or a cow?" "Oh, Is, tfd. for a pig and 3s. for a cow." "Well," replied Pat,, "book me as a pig. ' Ancient Mariner (to his youngest). "Well, if you likes the girl, why don t you go and tell her so, 'Enery. l mind the time I'd married your mother ah, and done my six months for woppiu' her, too long afore I was your age; but, lor' there ain't no speret in youth nowadays!" Fun. Hugo Arnot, one day while panting with asthma, was almost deafened by the noise of a brawling fellow who was selling oysters below his window. "The extravagant rascal !" said Hugo; "he has .wasted as much breath as would have served me for a month !" "Mr poem Is rather lengthy," she said, "and may be you won't have room for it this week." The editor yawned and replied, "Oh, yes, we could find room for it if it was twelve times as long our stove is a large one, you see.' "Xo, indeed," said Mrs. Spilkins, when Leander fasely accused her of wanting a back pew in church so as to see the spring bonnets. "Xo, Indeed, I wouldn't be capable of any such vermi fuge as that." "John, I wish you'd close that door,' said an irritable Aberdonian to his son "Your mother must be scolding some body at the other end of the ball, there's such a draft from that quarter." "Xow. Spriggins. my dear," said Mrs. Spriggins at the theater during the first intermission, "you needn't go out to get any coffee, for I have got a half pound in my pocket." When is an old chair that has a new bottom put to it like a paid bill ? When it is re-seated (receipted.) What two letters of the alphabet In dicate very cold weather? I C (icy). The literary color Bead. A bosom friend A clean shirt. aitora Tarn WIiim. x-ithtnHinr their hardships, sai lors cannot refrain from "yarning" in the most exiravagauir uiunc. in was a King, ' " i.i -,.1,. norvhrulr rich: I would take off the taxes, and make everybody contented ana nappy, aucu a nroit virl bnv a horse and cow, and go to farming.' . Jack always has a great terror oi taxes, uiuugu u never pays any,' and a most romantic idea of a farmer' life, although he may never have passed a day on a farm. That the farmer has all night to sleep, while while Jack is able to be called at any moment, is the one great cause of sai lors wanting to be farmers. "If I was a king,' said the other, I wonld make my rather and mother and all my bro thers and sister rich, then get all the M nrf lAiTfi' He failed UIUIICV A vvuivj) to say where he would go probably to nam unknown' 'Vatt there.' said ;.- Ar.t J.r hnw much monev would 11V MM. W WW , . you want, anyhow? Be easy, now, don't take a nog s uii. ... . iliW.II ' ut.1 lh nthor M would be satisfied if that ship were loaded down . . .. i 1 1 i.i with needles, ana every uwum wuu.u be worn out with making bags to hold my money.' ' v "Belay there! said Jack number one. 'Don't be a fool! When you make a wish, wish for something in reason.. .Now, I wish that I had a pile of money so big that your pile wouldn't be enough to pay the interest on mine so long as you could hold a red-hot knitting-needle in your ear. Effect f Extreaao Celd BHad sad Bed j. M. Payer, the eminent Arctic explorer, referring to a certain day on which the thermometer indicated 68 degrees Far enhelt below zero, says that so great an amount of cold paralyzes the will, and that, under Its inuflence, men, from the unsteadiness of their gait, their stammering talk, and the slowness of mental operations, seem as if they were intoxicated. Another effect of such cold, mentioned by M. Payer, is a tor menting thirst, which is due to the evaporation of the moisture of the body. It is unwholesome, too, to use snow to quench the thirst, as it brings on inflam mation of the throat, palate, and tongue ; besides, a temperature of 35 V to 58 de grees below zero, Fahrenheit, makes it taste like molten metal. Snow-eaters in the north are considered as feeble and effeminate in the same way as is an opium-eater in the East. The testimonial raised for Captain Webb, who swam across the English channel, has reached $20,000. Dr. MMMkl atawdmrd KeaeedJee. The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs are Schenck' Pulmonic Strup, Sckexck's Sea Weed Tonic, and Schenck' Mandrake Pills, and, if taken before the lungs are destroyed, a speedy cure is effected. To these three medicines Dr. J. IT. Schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his un rivalled success in the treatment of pul monary diseases. The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the mor bid matter In the lungs; nature throws It off by an easy expectoration, 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 do this, Schenck's Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver. Schenck' Mandrake Pills act on the liver, removing all obstructions, re lax the gall bladder, the bile starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant and alterative; the alkali of which it is composed, mixes with the food and prevents souring. It assists the digestion by toning up the stomach to a healthy condition, so that the food and the Pulmonic Syrup will make good blood; then the lungs heal, and the pa tient will surely 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, Philadelphia, every Monday. Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists throughout the country. I you have a discharge from the nose, offensive or otherwise, partial loss f the sense of smell, taste, or hearing. jyes watery or weak, feel dull ana stu pid or debilitated, pain or pressure in the head, take cold easily, you may rest assured that you have tne laiarrn. fhousands annually, without manifest ing half of the above symptoms, termi nate in consumption, and in the grave. Xo disease is so common, more decep tive, or less understood by physicians. R. V Pierce, M. D., or Buffalo, i. x ., Is the proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy a perfect Specific for Catarrh, "Cold In the Head," or Catarrhal Headache. 20 From W. R. Chisholm, M. D., of Xew Bedford : "I have employed the Peruvian Strup successfully in cases of dyspep sia, chronic diarrhoea, nervous debility, neuralgia, erysipelas, boils and diseases of the skin; also, chlorosis, leucorrhea, prolapsus uteri, and in remaie com idaints generally. As an alterative tonic, the syrup ought to be used by clergymen, editors, cashiers, clerks, lawyers, and others who use tneir Drains more than their muscles; as well as operatives, printers, tailors, shoemak ers, seamstresses, and all those whose occupation confines them in ill-ventil ated and over-heated rooms, wno are liable to suffer more or less from ner vous debility." 4 A well dressed man receives a hearty welcome wherever he goes. How then shall we be well dressed these hard times? Why by purchasing from the large and well selected stock always on hand at Bennett and Co's. Tower Hall, Xo. 513 Market street, sign of the big clock. You can procure there a hand some ready-mad suitor they will make you one to order and if living out of the city will send it to you by Express, free rrom all charges, l ry tnem ana you will be fully satisfied. IT PAYS anv irmart man who wfebea to make 2,000 a jmr on a mall capital, to eommnr in our 11m of otuidvoi. )& mm ItABpoelMlT. Ttra is do cm w vourcuuiitjr wbocfe ri oa the hiiMiu TMcti learn ft in on wv dy m wiring oar lMirociioiia whirhwvonkd to all vbo auk for them. Anv mmn havttMT $' capital to attain with, can pwrrh r vwowfcti Material to roof tkrM ordinary ho ea. The bobi realiied fmai aale and profit oa thai supply, added to the regular pav r labor at RootVr, should amount to not tvm than iin. An expert ataa eouM csutiiw do the work in nine working aaye. Two persons of small mean can Joia t ether to advantage. ranTnennc. while tbe Urtsier au-nM io too wors, 8trd lor our Book of Instruct iooe (fre If vow write M (. aad MM w it. Afc for terata. 11 you are aoabte to advanre the avny, prtat the nutter to the principal storekeeper la tsr aad talk It over with him. He will he a; Ian lo furaieh the stork and dlvde the Droflt with vow. We will grraraotee the territory to the flrat repnnvlble ap plkant. Addrees N. T. 8LATK RoorLN(iCO.lLus- 1T, 9 Cedar St., M. T. aad aeotka Uu pttper. 4-13-lt FBI BRISTOL VISITING CARDS (A9 Drtni Colon. I with tow Mas Mtlj printed oa ihrm, and 10 Suipb of to Uu- Mt (trlas fancy can, Lhroano, uiaaa. SaB.ikee with Drira Int to Ants,aj arnt port-paid. Inr 4Sc Oar Card are of tba beat Mock, and jrooa ataa. jr" namum. W. D. , KnowersTiUa, Alb. to. a. 4-13-lt rtn AraCAIXTANriCARIsX.tatTlea.BonaBie.1or. Addnaa, J. B. Hosted, Saaaaa, Raaaa. Co, N. V. t--lt TVfiVT CO I Maryland and it advantaaa. Da- lacrtuuv catalnro of chaan rnrma EST I In. J. C. Pixxxaa. Cambndra Ml . -lo-lt 25 FASCT CARDS. T striae, with Addraaa t. B. HCSTaA, Ha. The People's Remedy. . The Universal Fain Extractor Note: Ask for MSB'S EXTRACT. Take no other. b Bear, few t will aii tb in-." MID't tXrtACT The rreat TeaetmMe rajaj yra,atd for clennlineae a od prompt 2T tin tittan emol bttictW n CMLDIER. faaaUy can afford to be without Ctle Seraiaw, are reUeae. a moot Instantly by extOTalapiMjtaltaa ProeipOy ntimm paina or II aa mi, Mc-aMa F.srorlartea, Ctaiap, U'"f,T' Boil Frlaaa, 1'eram, etc. AmrB Id amatine, rcdorx aweUinra, atope bleeding, rwnoTea diKrokiratfcjna and heal rantdly. mill WUMEMES. I always rrltoacs tmIs i"rLT"a7.Ifallnailpcauig 1nfhehrf.MOa.Tertiro. . IB I fUllR RHCA It baa ao eqnaL All Uwto of ah J1 c"rVt""2aU which loiea are auh,ect are : proaaptly cored. Faller detail i book atxeaa- naoTinc raco bottle. nit-bllMlor We-llur mret prompt relief and ready ear. KecaBowwwrchiOBJeor ohtinate. n long rit it regular nee. VaJICOSE VIR. "t the oaly nre core for thin diVmemie and danreroua condition. KJDMY OISEASU.-" h no equal forperma. nentcure. .... ILIiDIIII from any canae. TortM It a r cMe. It iu caved boDdred of live wbe all other rented wa failed to anet bleeding Iroat ear, at war, tan, aad elsewhere. Kmrarke are all aiike rekared, and oncn ycf manentl; cured, auvtiriiat nf all rentlr cured. I A It of all achoola who are acquainted with road'a Extract of Wltee Hazel reea ommend it in their practice. We he leitcraof commendation frum hundred of Physician, anaoy of whom order It tor ase ia their own practice, la addition to the foregoing, they order Its ae for HrelliBe of all kinds. OaiMT, Here Threat, IBBaatcai 'reasia. anmple and chronic Diarrfcara, raiarra fior whiea it a apechV.) t'BilM.iaa, Frett ed Fret. HtiBseriBerrts,.Maeitaeab etc, t'BBBed Haads, Face, and indeed II mann er of akin diaeaaea. TDILET ItL KcnoTea Wareaeaa, Kneafcnvaa, aid raaartia beate Cat. fcraliaae, and Pi aa pies. It rrnnx, wnmau. and ra roast, wfcil wwderftuly improving the C'eaaplexiea. Tl fABIwEBI. PeaTe ' Extract. o ftork Breeder.no LiveryMan can alord to be without 1L It ia used by all tbe Leading LiTerr.stable, Ptreet Kailroad and llrat Uunemeoiin New York City, it hanoeqnalforSBraias Har. raa or rtaddle t'BaSaar. MieTaea, irrateBce, Kwr Maura, Lata, Larerataaaaa, Blredlac. Paeaaaeaia, t'elie, IHarraara, hills, t alaW etc luranireof action is aride, and tbe relief k afford is ao prompt that it ia inralnab! in every Fann-rard as well aa hi every K ana -boose. Let It be Irkd ooce, and Ton will never be without t. tAfJIOB. Feade Kxtrart has been ta'tad Tot genuine article ha the words Feed's Ex tract bkma in each bottle. It ia prepared by tbe ealr prraaaa Hvlac whoever knew bow to prepare it properlv. Keiuse all other pre. perations of witch BaarL This is the only article need by Physicians, and m the hsn jds of tht wntrv and F.nrope. HISTORY AI9 ISE IF MMB ETTBAtT, in pamttr:l-t form, sent free oa application to PDNB't MTRACT COMPART, m dea jjine, y--w lurk. PORTABLE SODA FOUNTAINS. $40. $50, $75. $100. CHEAP A DURABLE. W I TtehS 1 f-r aria r.ri.61. anippKi kkawt rot. rK- WW & CI Hadlsoa, IBS. 3-144r-eow $77 a weft to A rents. Old and Younir. Male and Female, In their locality. Terms and Omiu frm. Address P. O. Vicbut CO., Autfttsta, Maine. U-S-era All milC Phoapbated loaenrea Core ALLLIl O Ia f Memory. Ac-, and atremrhea the Nervons 9yafem. Bv nail iSe. Addraaa C- 8. lun k Col. 31 Piaa St, R. V. 4-S-a 1 TW pvUMWi i 1 4. Al I tfcrr tlU'-MIl laon.X T Ji.l,.lr i.i tLui.t, t'r MATti' 11 . C.F WrMM.U mtt., Tnan tt N i:-ij $12 day at bom. A rents wanted. Ootnt and lera free. IKCS A CO, Augusta. Main. Ulj AMOS HILLBOM & CO. 21 and 23 EL PHILADELPHIA. HAVHSb VERY MUCH We Lure bow as complete FURNITURE, BEDDING, BED CLOTHING, GREAT IKOUCEHEIITS III CLOTHING. MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S Fine. Medium, and Low Priced, in large Assortment PRICES NEVER AS LOW for twenty vears. Large Purchases of Goods for Cash, at present very low prices for Woolens, have enabled us to effect this. SAMPLES SENT BY MAIL for any kind of Garment, with prices attached on printed ticket, with plain Instructions for Measure ment GARMENTS ORDERED Sent by Express, Fit and Satisfaction guar anteed; if not we pay Expressage both ways on goods returned, and on return of Money to us if kept GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER on these terms if unable to come to Philadelphia. if AlsSm. r? 1 View of Tower BUL IwTIX SEND by mall, one dnrra samples e . Bjnia5Sapkmtot4warnintedlopiea , are Buret. Beat and useful. lV O.W. LAKE, P. O. Bos S9M, JT. T. vV.c:.:': 5 3,. r$3 t? 3 ....Li. Q ftlUBGI D TO A CIITAISII. Chance t Umim Without risk. Send for eiren'sr at nnew. Xo time to lose. AlXilN' A CO.. 7a Nassau Street. ISW iOKK. G AGENTS WANTED FOR THE EIMTENNIAL HISTORYorjFU.S. (The er-at inMiest in the thHIItnr bi.ry ot our country makes thw the fastest elltne lw.t .r ouh-liabe-L It contains a foil aeeonal of tba Grand Cea tennial FxhihifioB. CAITIO.M. Old. Incomplete and Unreliable Worksar heinx circulated: aea that tba lak TOU but contain 44'J Haae eaajraxlacsaod 9 A.t pace. Send for nrcalara aad extra M-rius to Agent". A1 dreaa, KxTanal, fcauaiuaa Co, f bdadelfbia, Pa. SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! AH styles, BOrar wormted and Waftrat, new ad econd-haad. Been rely packed or atupDina. OUIiXIAUia. BAJUt, SHtJ.VINU, BTOJaa FIX TrRtrt. ao. HOUBR AND OrriCK FUttNmTKJt all ktnda Tb largest and best assorted atouk. saw aud aaooBd-aend la the (atr. LEW1H BRO, H 1 10fU IMS. 10 aad llrn BileX Ar'Pklla. C tn AflA par dav a? home. Samples worth $ 90 IU 9vU.free, Srixaox A Co, rortUndMain BROOMS ! BROOKS! JOHJ i. MISER n CO, SS3 Washington BU. New York. Principal Depot la New York far the bast Broom Maaafactarea is th United State. Brooms from $2.00 per doien and upward. Tb lowest prices aad greatest variety to be found anywhere. Asm aa entire new etock of WOOD and WILLOW WARS, anch a Paiia, Tnba, Basketa. Mitts, Twine Cordage. Wicka, Ac, together with a fall Uim of Apl Brier Wood and Clav Pipes, Pane, Anpa. Yankee So bona, Cntlary, Ac sagar from SI a $0 per asilL A fall line of tbe beet qnality ot TIN W ARK. P. 8. We eel oar need at pricee that do not require any dramnuna; oa the road. urdra ny will re- em amaaat attaatloa. KataMfched 1KSP Tenth ENLARGED OUR STORE, and well-selected a Stock of f For Parlors, Chambers, Dining 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 Clothing Bazaar, 518 Market Street, Half-vcay bet. Fifth and Sixth Streets, SOUTH BIDE, PniLADELPHIA.