HEART-BREAK. If little Haven knew it, - - ' The sorrow of mj heart, Tbeir tear with coin would roe it ! And leas would be the smart. V t If nightingale could know it. My trouble and my griet The; would aing me to nndo it A mnaical relief. . The golden atara and lender, , : ' If they could know my pain. World atop from oat their splendor. To bring me peace again. ' They know it by no token One only knowa and aha. Herself it is has broken. And torn my heart from me. Aatadher Claaa ef jasorlea. Say a, writer from India, describing new feats of juzzlery,: Uue or uic mg criers then brought forth a ball of fine twine and unwound about fifty yards of it In a coil in his band; this coil be cut through with a knife at each end of Its diameter; then doubling the several lengths he cut through them again, and repeated the operation till the twine had been divided into pieces not ex ceeding four inches in length. Taking up these disjecta be put them them into the lad s moutn ana Dane nim swauow them, wbiuh, after some effort, be to all appearance did. Then, asking; one of the company for a sharp pen-knife, the man obviously made an incision In the skiu of the lad's stomach. From this he picked out, with the point of the knife, the end of a thread; this thread he pulled forth, at first gently, then faster, then hand over band, until he had coiled down on the ground a con tinuous length of about one hundred yards of wet sewing thread. This, if a deception, was a marvellous one ; for the operation had all the appearance and tokens of reality, riiire the skin of the stomach was slightly raised round the oritice through which the thread was being evidently drawn. Our friends were fairly puzzled ; and, to add to their perplexity, the operator cut off the thread close to the skin, and placed a piece of sticking plaster over it, leaving it to be inferred that the sup ply of thread was unlimited, and could be drawn upon to "order." 'Master, give me one piece of money,' said he who appeared to be the princi pal juggler, suddenly speaking in En glish to Mr. Hawthorne. "Whyr" asked the latter, taking a rupee from his pocket and hauding it to the man. 'Good rupee!" said the man, jerking the coin into the air with a sharp fillip of his thumb nail, and drawing the true ring from the metal. 'Good rupee ! Master sure can hold him tight in his band, so as cannot run away r" "To be sure I can," replied the young gentleman. "Master try, then," said the juggle, taking Mr. Hawthorne's left hand and placing the rupee on the palm of it. He then requested the gentleman to place the paliu of las right ' hand over the coin', to close both hands tightly, and not let the money by any means escape. Thoroughly determined on that point, our young friend pressed his bauds to gether till he was red in the face. ' - "Master, quite sure got money in his band?" asked the juggler. . . . "Quite," was the reply. "Can feel him, master"?' "Yes." i The juggler took the gentleman's two hands between his own and muttered some cabalistic words; then blowing upon them and giving them a heavy . shake he asked with a grin, "Can feel him now, master?" - ... i. ..... - Starting from his chair with abound, and we are sorry to record It, with an oath, the young Englishman, with an anirighteued look, unclasped his hands, and there fell on the floor beneath, not the rupee, but a lively, wriggling little brown snake about fifteen inches long, which made immediately for the legs of Capt. M'Turk. Now this gentleman, who under or dinary circumstances was as brave as a lion, by no means relished, or was pre pared for, an encounter with the devil, of whom he doubtless believed the ap proaching reptile was an incarnation, so hastily tossing both legs high up in the air the worthy captain lost his bal ance and together with his chair came heavily to the ground, though fortu nately, witn no serious consequences - beyond a broken back of the chair, we mean. The worthy skipper soon picked him self up, and seeing that the snake had been captured by the lad, round wjiose arm it was now entwined, joiued in the general laugh, aud seated himself again in another chair that was placed for him. Master take bis rupee again?" said the ju22ler. offering the coin to Mr. Hawthorne with, it must be confessed, a regretful look. "Jupiter! No," said the gentleman ; "you have fairly earned it; besides " "It might turn into a snake again in vour pocket, you were going to say, Hawthorne," said Mr. Kemp. Come, confess." "Well, there's no knowing what that imp of darkness might not do, after what we have witnessed," replied his friend. An empty flower pot was now placed upon the floor by the juggler, who re quested that his comrade mignt oe al lowed to bring up some garden mold from the little plot of ground below. Permission being accorded, the man went, and in two minutes returned with a small quantity of fresh earth, tied up in a corner of his chudder, which was deposited in the flower pot and lightly pressed down. Taking from bis basket a dry mango-stone, and handing it round to the company that they might examine it, aud satisfy themselves that it was really what it seemed to be, the juggler scooped out a little earth from the centre of the flower pot and placed the stone in the cavity. He then turned the earth lightly over it, and having poo red a little water over the surface, shut the flower pot out of view by means or a sheet thrown over a small triangle. And now amid a full chorus of voices and the ratr-tat-tat accompaniement of the taber, the stone germinated; pres ently a section of the cloth was drawn aside, and gave to view the tender shoot, characterized by the two long leaves of a blackish-brown color. The clotu was readjusted,a:id the incantation resumed. Xot long was it, however, before the cloth was a second time drawn aside, and it was then seen that the two first leaves bad given place to several green iies, and that the plant now stood nine or ten inches hijjh. A third time, and the foliage was much thicker, the sap ling being about thirteen to fourteen inches in height. A fourth time, and the little minature tree, now about eigh teen inches in height, had ten or twelve mangoes about the size of walnuts hang ing about its branches. Finally, after the lapse of three or four-minutes, the cloth was altogether removed, and the fruit, haviug attained the perfection of j houK'' not maturity, was plucked and handed to the spectators, and on being tested, was found to be approach ing ripeness, being "sweedy acid." This concluded the entertainment and the jugglers having been handsome ly rewarded, made thetr obeisance, and retirea wen pieaseo. Pntlala the Work mt rrleada. There is another matter about wbicb we are apt to be unjust in our friend- anirta. we are an npnainvA ta thai chartre of overestimating the value of a friend1 work through prejudice, that Sometimes we let a strantrer ret the better of ua in the expression of appre ciation and praise. Thin is a small and damnable selfishness. Why should we not praise the sermon, the picture, the story,- the poem of oar friend f How did he ret to be our friend in the first - place T Did we not choose him, from among ten thousand, because of those very qualities which attract ua anew in Au art 1 acrwner. AwEICCLTCEAL. rV? rt Wet Layd Snonw be DaAnrra. -!-Fre access of atmospheric air to every part or the sou la of the utmost im portance. The ai r assist the various processes of decomposition by which dead animal and vegetable matter is made to yield product of the highest value as elements of the food of plants, If the soil Is full of water, of course the air cannot get into the soil to per form this office. Hence, drain by drawing off the water beneath, give the air free admission to the toil, and each shower of rain, by displacing the air already present, and then falling through the soil and running away in the drains renews the supply of fresh air. In this way drains are of the great est benefit. Irains actually diminish the loss of plant food by washing away. Stagnant water is injurious to the roots of plants. They will not grow in it. Draining removes this, and hence the plants send down their roots deeper. Consequently the capability of absorb ing nourishments is greatly increased. It is this increased depth of the root in well drained soil which render the crops growing on them less liable to suffer lrom aroutn man inose on im perfectly drained land. ; Although rain, washing the surface and running off by open channels, may and does dissolve and wash away a considerable quantity or nutritive mat ter, the water which sink into the land carries these nutritive substances deeper down Into the soil and deposits them in the lower portions where the roots of the plants are to De round, ana wnere these roots can seize and absorb these soluble mailers. Draining causes the rain to pass through a considerable thickness of soil before if runs off, and hence it causes less loss ' of nutritive matter than Is occasioned by rain wash ing soil as it does In undrained lands, carrving off the valuable nutritive mat ter that abounds on the surface. .V. T Herald. now Much Does a Horse Beqcibe? This question is asked frequently by those who assume that if a certain quan tity of grain, hay and straw, w'l con stitute a generous feeding ior one norse a similar amount will be sufficient for another. But some horses will require nearly twice as much grain, meal and hay, as other. The proper way to de termine bow much feed a horse will re quire, is to observe carefully bow much he will eat at one feeding, or during the day, without wasting a portion of bis allowance. Besides mis, mere, will be a vast difference in the quality of the feed. Herewith is appended the details of preparing feed, as adopted by a farming friend who always keeps his horses in an excellent condition. His practice is, to cut oat straw about an Inch long with Gale's copper strip ma chine, which is then treated with corn meal and bran mixed in about equal quantities as to weight, so that each horse has a bushel of cut feed and three qnarts of the meal and bran, twice in each day. Sometimes hay is cut, in stead of oat straw, or both are mixed. It is found that two hundred pounds per week of this mixture of corn-meal and bran, added to the cut feed, will keep a pair of working horses in the best condition. This he is satisfied from experiment, is less than two thirds of the cost of keeping them on uncut dry hay and wliole grain. The cornmeai alone Is not so good for horses, a when diluted with bran. An excellent meal is made of ground oats. The fodder is cut by horse power on stormy or spare days and stored in large bins, so as to furnish always a surplus on hand. In cold weather, hot water rather than cold, is employed to mix the feed. Practical Farmer. ' . Size or Flocks. Persons wishing to realize the best results per capita should not keep too many fowls to gether. The larger the flock the smaller the average number of eggs to the hen. A smaller number than fifteen kept to gether, will give a better average of eggs than a greater number. Flocks do pretty well until they num ber twenty ; but a greater number will not give profits corresponding to num bers of ten, twelve, or even six in a flock. To illustrate what we mean, we say if we had thirty-six hens, we would expect to get better returns from them if they were separated into three colo nies aud kept apart, than if they all ran in one flock Three flocks would take no more feed, but would require a little more time to look after them, than if they all ran together, and would give from thirty to forty per cent, better re turns. We do not claim that it will pay farmers to arrange the necessary accommodations for separating their flocks and keeping them apart, but simply state the fact that small flocks are more profitable than large ones un less the necessary care be given to the large flocks. We would not undertake to keep more than twenty-five hens in one flock, and generally keep from ten to fifteen in a Rock.. Journal of Agricul ture and Farmer. To Maxage a Rearing Horse. A con espondent of the British Sportsman says whenever you perceive a horse's inclination to rear, separate your reins and prepare for him. The instant he is about to rise slacken one rein and bend or twist his head with the other, keep ing the hands low. This bending com pels him to move a hind leg, and of ne cessity brings his fore-feet down. In stantly twist him completely round, three or four times, which will confuse him very much and completely throw him off bis guard. The moment you have finished twisting him round place bis head in the direction you wish to proceed, apply the spurs, and he will not fail to go forward. If the situation be convenient, press him into a gallop and apply the spurs aud whip him two or three times severely. The horse will not, perhaps, be quite satisfied with the first defeat, but may feel dis posed to try again for the mastery. Should this be the case the process of twisting, etc, must be repeated. fr-i-riva Oft T-owkr LIMBS. It is a rrr pnmmnn error, and a verv iniuri- ous one to cut off large limbs near the body of a tree. We meet with mutilated Iruit trees all over the country woicn hair, eiifforml in this war from the use of axe or saw. Forest trees that are hol low, furnishing habitation in their trunks for squirrels and other animals and birds, should teach a lesson ehow inirtht dinnrnil follv of removinz large limbs from the tree's trunk. Hot ting is almost certain to ronow, ror tne waikiH la tnn lxrcra ftn heal over, and anffli,iAnt i,r 1m seldom taken to cover the surface with sufficient protection to Keep out moisture; ui miiw)(jucic. inH RoeirlM the ofrnvinr tree itself keeps the wound moist. The conse quence is decay aets lu ana eventually tne tree necomes rotien at uie ini, and the whole becomes injured and loses much of its vitality. GRAfTEsa TBI Grape Vine. A cor respondent of the Elmira (X. T.) Far mer's Club gives tne roiiowtng moae oi grafting . the grape vine : The cut should be made in the stock by a thin chisel, not more than three-fourths of an inch wide, on one side or the stock, and clear across it if it is small. If the stock ia two or more Inches in diameter then the cut must be only part way across. Grasp th stock and bend it back as the cut is made by the chisel. When so bent insert the scion, then let the stock straighten into place, by which the graft will be firmly held. The graft should be put in as soon as the buds start in spring; need no wax or other plaster, though it will do no hurt to apply soft clay mud, of course returning the earth taken off In making the graft, and if thought best, slightly banking up, but not above the terminal bud of graft. He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. The Philosopb t op Mixtures. Much questioning has been made first and last, especially by hygienists, about the propriety of mixing different materials in cooking. It Is strongly urged thst iu the perfect preparation of dishes they should consist of simples only. If this idea be strictly carried out, the science of cookery would mostly be done away with. The only exceptions would be in the processes of parching and roasting, for the plainest breads and mushes can not be made without an admixture of water. We think it would be very difficult to prove that it would be any less objectionable to dilute nature's per fect preparations with water than to mingle them with each other. Further, the same principle applies to the ming ling two or more kinds of food at the same meai, ior it is no wonse to mix them in the mouth or in the stomach than in the cooking. Of course, it is possible to make a whole meal of one kind of food and enjoy it. When a re striction upon gormandizing is neces sary, It might be best to resort to this device, in ordinary cases, nowever, we think people are better nourished and have their digestive powers more thoroughly brought into action to have both fruits aud grains, ard several of them at the same meal, i he practice of many of our best hygienists coincides with this opinion. We are speaking now of well people. The sick, or course, have their diet as well as their general treatment prescribed by their pbysi cian. It should be remembered, however, that when different materials are min ?;led, the cooking should be sufficient or the hardest, whichever that may be. In these mixtures of rye and Indian corn, the cooking should be sufficient for the corn : and they are usually cooked a very long time. Science of Health. - Detective of Things which Favor Disease. Now, there are many little monitors by which these outside coudi- tions favorable to disease are detected, the chief one. or at least the one relied upon as much as any other, Is the smell. Whenever substances wuicn nave oeen alive become dead, and are undergoing decay, little particles of them break away from the main mass, float in the air, come in contact with the nostrils, and we smell them. These vapors which are bred by decay in decomposing substances, are poisons and, like ail other poisons, a little absorbed will con taminate, the health of the body, while more will so much aflect the health as to produce sickness and even death. Disease Meass Something Wrono. Disease means teaat of ease, and when ever found it is a sure sign that some thing is wrong outside the body or In side of it. Discomfort is one of the earliest signs we have or its approach, and thereiore the most vaiuaoie. rain is a later one, more solicitous, perhaps, but none the less kind lu its intentions, for all of that. They both warn us that something is somewhere wrong, and mean that sickness will surely overtake us. unless we see where the wrong is. When found, the mischief which has been done should be at once corrected, and its return must be prevented by avoiding in the future that which first produced lu . The Adversart. There can be but little doubt that the furnace was in vented under the direct instigation of that personage darkly alluded to in serious Xew England circles, as the Adversary. The furnace not only poi sons us with the gases of combustion and scorches the air with its dry heat, but it has abolished that effective means of household ventilation, the open fire place. When the furnace has disap peared, diphtheria and consumption will have lost a firm ally and supporter, and we shall have pure and wholesome air in rooms where the furnace-flue now renders breathing merely a process of slow suicide. Apple Ptpdixo. Fill a well-buttered pudding dish with alternate layer of bread crumbs from a stale loaf, and tart. juicy apples. Sprinkle the apples thickly with sugar, to which add a flavoring of nutmeg. Over each layer of bread crumbs throw small pieces of fresh butter. The under layer should be bread crumbs, the top layer apples. Bake half to three-quarters of an hour. Just before it is done, whisk the whites of three eggs to froth, with two table spoonfuls of powdered sugar and a bit of lemon. Spread it lightly over the whole, and return to the oven to set. Onioxs with Scoar. "Wyncoop," in the Xew York Tribune, says that the majority of people like onious as food, and, only for the perfume, manv would eat them who now do not. That they are antiscorbutic as well as antiseptic is also admitted, and this is the way 1 pre pare them. A few moments before they are to be eaten they should be sliced quite thin and sprinkled plentifully with sugar, the juice of the onion will dissolve the sugar, and you have a pala table relish which will not rise on the stomach or produce heartburn. A trial will afford proof. Cause or Unpleasant Odors must be Removed. There is but one conclusion to be drawn from this, and it is, that whenever an unpleasant odor is de tected, you may be certain that there is something in the air which should not be there, aud if permitted to remain, it may sooner or later be attended with evil results. The true means for relief in such a case is, removal of the offend ing cause whatever it may be. Some times this cannot well be doue, so we must lessen as much as lies in our power its tendency to do evil. It KOT' nnfrequently happens in a family that quantities of cooked meats remain on hand, such should be potted. Cut the meat from the bones, chop fine, and season high with salt, pepper, cloves, and cinnamon. Moisten with vinegar, sauce or melted butter, accord ing to the kind of meat, or to suit your own taste. Then pack it tight into a jar, and cover over the top with about a quarter or an inch or melted butter. It will keep months, nd always anord a ready and excellent dish for the break fast or tea-table. - Indiax Dumplings. Mix your meal with water that almost boils ; make them up aud put them in to boil about twenty minutes moderately; they will come to pieces if they boil hard. Seme prefer to stir up the meal with hot water ana put it in a clean ciotn, as they are apt to break if not properly managed. An hour will cook it in this way. Mrrrox Cutlets. Trim off all super fluous fat from each cutlet, dip them in an egg beaten up with a little oil, some pepper and salt, tnen cover mem witn bread-crumbs, and let thera rest for a couple of hours. Fry them in plenty of butter or lard to a light brown color. Arrange them in a circle on a disb, and pour some tomato, sauce in the centre. A FazKCH chemist asserts that salt alone answers all purposes for packing pork, provided all animal neat has leu it before salting. No saltpetre should be used, as it induces scurvy. The brine should be as strong as possible, and cold water is capable of dissolving more salt than hot water. - - Washikotox Pie. One cup of sugar, one tables poonful of butter. eggs, lour tables poonruls sweet milk, one hair tea spoonful soda, one teaspoon I ul cream tartar, e cup flour. Bake In two layer, with jaiiy trial or cream between. , - . . . , Foe Corns. To cure corns, lay teces of raw fat pork upon them. The com will disappear in a few days. : For Chapptko. To cure chapped hands, rub cold cream on them on going tobed. A reverend gentleman horrified a small company a few evenings since by telling them that he and his wile had separated. . - "Xot parted 1", Inquiringly exclaimed three or four in a breath. "Yes," said the gentleman with a sigh; "we had some words and parted." A shudder went round the room, when some one inquired. "For good?" "Oh, no!", said the divine. "She has only gone to the country, and will be back in a day or two." "But," said one of the bolder ones, after a while, "did you really have any words with her?". , "Oh, yes ! she said 'good-by, dear,' and so did I." Admiral Porter, who always enjoys a humorous situation, highly appre ciated the opportunity the leap-year German afforded him for merriment. To one fair maiden who approached him he said shyly. "Please be very good to me, my mother is not with me; but if you squeeze my hand 1 11 De sure to ten her.' "Oh, but Admiral," demurely answered the lassie, "that is not the way the girls do; tbey don't tell their mothers." This piece of news the jolly Admiral received with all proper ex pressions of surprise. Wash. Cor. Graphic. A United States ship once sailed into the harbor of Naples, and the king and a glittering party of noblemen came off to visit her. To the honest Yankee sailor-eyes, that could see no other sign of royalty than gold lace, one laced man was as much of a king as another ; and as one of the royal party on the deck tripped and disappeared, a sailor stepped up to an omcer, ana touching his bat, with a grin, said briefly: "Please, sir, one of them 'ere kings has tumbled down the hatchway." One Sabbath day, Bridget was left at home, to take care of the baby, of whom she was very fond. A neighbor's child, about five months older, was brought in to remain while the family were at church, who seemed disposed to take the little one's toys away from it. This annoyed Bridget very mucn, anu wnen her mistress came home, she ex claimed "Oh. dear. Mrs. G . I pity any body as has twins, especially if one be's a little older than tne other." The -other day, a young man, -de cidedly inebriated, walked into me ex ecutive chamber, and asked for the Governor. "What do you want with him !" inquired the secretary. "Oh, I want an oulee. with a zood salary a sinecure." "Well," replied the secre tary, "I can tell you something better for you than a sinecure you had better try a water-cure." A new idea seemed to strike the young inebriate, and he vanished. Harper s numy. A Scotchman had promised to whip his son for some misdemeanor; but, as he had company in the house, resolved rn wait till fher had irons, and SO shut his boy up in a closet till the appointed hour, iielore trie lime was up me youngster became tired, and to the sur prise of the guests, and the wrath of bis iunnt aiimihI the closet door a little. saying, "I say, dad, winna ye gie me my licks noo? 1 dinna like to wait." Two French ladies were looking for the daughter of one of them in a group of baby carriages. "Do you see her?" asked the rrieud or tne motner. "lien 1 am looking for her nurse." "Her nurse?" "Yes. All children look alike. 1 know the nurse, and 1 can find the child the best that way." "As for my self 1 think all nurses look alike." "How do you find yours, then?" "O, I know the soldier who is her beau !" - The hardest part of a cradle The rock. Sometimes get out of temper Steel. If you find it hard splitting wood suppose you split the difference. A pair of pinchers Those tight boots. Often "hauled over the coals" The poker. A bawl of worsted The cry of a spankled child. The man who was asked to sing a solo said he would if his friend would help him duet. Boston Traveler. A footman of Lord Dacre, says Hor ace Walpole, had been hanged for murdering the. butler; .1 tell it to you ror the strange coolness witn which the young fellow, who is about nineteen, expressed himself when he was writing bis confession. "1 mnr ;" ne stopped and asked, "How do you spell mur dered?" "These are pretty hard times, I can tell you, sir," explained a tramp, draw ing the back of his baud over his eyes while he shut the other over a donation of ten cents. "Lots of fainiles who'd never think a year ago- tiiat they could mix up biscuit without cream now use water. Josh Billings says "There is one thing about a ben that looks like wisdom they don't cackle much until they have laid their eggs. Sum pnoiks are always bragging and cackling what they are going tew do beforehand. "Ben." said a father the other day to his delinquent son, "I am busy now, but as soon as 1 get through l mean to give you a conroundea noggingy "Don't hurry yourself, pa," replied young patience, "1 can wait." . A ' doctor attending a punster who was very UL apologized for . being late one day by saying that he had to stop to see a man who had rauen uown a wen. Did he kick the bucket, doctor?" groaned the punster. . "Xo man." said a wealthy, but a weak-headed barrister, "should be ad mitted to the bar who has not an Inde pendent landed property." "May I ask, sir," said Mr.Curran,"how many acres make a wise acre? Politeness goes a long way. A fudge said to a bad one, "Have you ever been sent up by me, sir?" "I have not yet had that honor, your Honor." "Ah, then you are entitled to a ride in the Black Maria." After a play a young Frenchman said to bis friend, "I could play the lover better than that myseir." she replied. "Then why in heaven's name dou'tyou?" An Irish laborer's apostrophe to a steam shovel : "Faith and yez can bate tin men shovelln, but yes can't vote." That was the pride of conscious citizen ship. It mat seem a paradox, but it is never theless a truth that, bit a man upon whatever part of the body you will, the blow is sure to go against his stomacn. A prominent Philadelphia Ice dealer gave a party, the other evening, and the envious people who weren t invited spoke of it as a "freezing reception." "If a dog's tail is cut offentirely.it will not interfere with his locomotion ?" "Xot exactly; it will not effect his car riage, but it will stop his wagon." Here is the newest floral sentiment "If you wish for heart's ease don't look to marrigold." Even in the hardest times clocks em ploy their regular number of hands. - Wit are obstinate people like facts? Because they are stubborn things. How to avoid crvine out while having a tooth extracted Hold your jaw. - " first chiropodist in English his tory Wuuam the Corn-eurer. Flour by any other name would smell as wheat. i ' t'lERlFIC Magnetisation of Jlmenite (Titanic Ironstone). )t. T. L. Phipson says: "Some hne specimens oi umenite Hav ing been sent to my laboratory from Norway, it seemed a good opportunity to investigate the magnetic proper ties of this mineral.' The composition of that which served in my experi ments was; Titanic acid. 2460; pro toxide of iron 72-10 : Fe Sl.2'06: man ganese, trace ; silicic acid. 1H. Total, 100. lis specific irravity was 48. and it ac ted with tolerable energy upon the magnetie needle. From the inspection of this action I concluded that it was possessed of a verr considerable nam oer of poles in close proximity to each other, so that scarcely two closely ad jacent parts acted in the same manner upon the north pole of the needle; hence it was evidently built up by a mass of crystals. An elongated rec tangular piece ot this mineral was sep arated by a blow of the hammer; it measured U inches in length and was about i inch broad. This was placed upon a table and was submitted to magnetization by friction with good mas-nets for upwards of an hour. It was then found to have a note at each extremity, which it certainly had not before, and was accordingly suspended to a piece of silk, and hung up in a quiet corner of the laboratory. It poin ted constantly towards the norm, ana returned to that position when devia ted. It continued to do so for some weeks; but one morning I found it pointing east-west, or nearly so ; it bad lost its acquired magnetism entirely, navinic reutiueu it lurniiueruiuiv iiuu a month. This loss occurred rather suddenly, and I believe that it coincided with a magnetic storm of some intensity which haDiiened about the time. If these ex peri men ts could be continued by some who have more time to aevote to tnem, tbey niieht lead to some interesting re sults. It is possible that some mine rals that show action upon the needle might be made magnetic iu the above manner. Chemical Aeirt. Orimn of Meteorite. Dr. Mobr, from the analysis of meteorites, deduces the following, mat tne view mainiaineu that meteoriu-s were projectiles from the moon in which volcanoes were re coenized. is auite untenable. It is fa tal to this theory that the meteorites coincide with the periodically recur ring swarm of shooting stars, which have a planetary orbit in space, lie cause meteorites display no igneous structure, sod cannot, consequently. have sprung from, a volcano, lue con stituents of meteorites, Dr. Mobr af firms, such as oliveine, augite, anor thite, and their organic matter, prove that these bodies . must have been formed upon a planet, warmed by the sun in absolute rest, ana in tne lapse of an enormous length of time, like the terrestrial silicates. - Under what cir cumstances this planet has been shiv ered in fragments cannot be known. It must have bad a large collection of waters, a sea, which has likewise been dispersed, and which is to be found in meteoric swarms and in comets. One peculiarity of meteorites. Dr. Mobr in sists, is this, that when compared with our own terrestrial substances, we find in the former more productions of re daction. Thus in meteorites there is no ferric oxide, but metallic iron, sul phide of iron, aud phosphide of nickel iron. Upon our globe phosphorus is only fouud as phosphoric acid. Hence Dr. Mohr argues that the hypothetical planet or planets front whence meteo rites have come must have been smal ler than our globe, and had a less dense atmosphere containing less oxygen. Strange to say, the specific gravity of most meteorites, 3.275, corresponds closely with the calculated density of the planetoids between Mara and Ju piter. Paper Mating. AVhen rags were the only materials used, the production rested upon the consumption of linen, and np to the year 1300 the annual quantity was estimated at the rate of aiiout one pound for each inhabitant; up to 1000, two pounds; to 1700, three pounds; to 1400, four pounds; and in this century it reaches five. About 1840 the use of china clay began in England, followed by aniliue aud the various rag substitutes, wood pulp, es parto, straw, and jute. These substi tutes afforded an unlimited supply of raw material, and altogether changed the conditions of the paper industry, before this time, when there was only a definite aruonut of raw material pro curable, all of which was needed and used up in the manufacture, competi tion between paper makers depended solely upon their means of obtaining rags. The larger the supply of one manufacturer, the less by so much was the entire quantity consumed by the rest of the trade. When the different substitutes came in, any nuuiberof new factories were capable of being estab lished, and the old oues could be inim itably extended, the only restraint be ing the fear in the mind of the manu facturer of a demand for the manufac tured product. The old factories in creased their operations, and new es tablishments were tounded in a mucn greater number and extent than was compatible with the requirements of the public for paper. ithin the last few years a larger proportionate amouutof capital has been applied to paper manufacture than , hitherto. British Stationer. - Burning Gas from Wood ami Fetro Icum. The process of Messrs. Date and Eichbaum for making illuminating gas is sufficiently novel and interesting to warrant the following description of the system lately introduced into the town of Ingersoll, Ont. The retort benches (threes) here in use have some differences from the . arrangement usual for coal gas. The upper retort is provided with an inner or interior retort of cast iron, into which a regula ted supply of crude petroleum is fed by an air-compressing device. The ope rator having thus perfect control of the amount of oil introduced, a gas of any desired candle power can be made. The charging of the retorts and the operations in the process are as fol lows: One of the lower retorts is charged with 150 pounds of ordinary cord-wood, and as soon as gas begins to be evolved which is almost instant ly by means of suitably arranged pipesand valves the wood if as ia thrown into the upper retort, in which it comes in contact with the heavy vapors evolved from the petroleem. The two gases thus commingled are then passed over a lengthened heated surface, the resultant product being a fixed or per manent gas of any deeired illumina ting power, leaving little or no resi duum. The charcoal resulting from the process is declared to more than pay for the wood employed. The Evaporation from the Stint ' of Iruit. By comparing tne evaporation from apples with and without tbeir ou ter skins, JuBt has arrived at the fol lowing conclusions: (1.) The resistance which the skin offers to evaporation is quite energetic at low temperatures, but diminishes sensibly above the tem perature of 40 deg. until it becomes barely sensible at 9 deg. (3.) In the case of pared apples, a covering is formed from the dried exterior cells, which opposes rapid evaporation, (3.) Tins exterior covering is formed grad ually, so that iu retarding influence is scarcely felt for the first 24 hours, da ring which time evaporation continues very rapid. (4.) A similar covering of dried cells forms in the case of unpared apples, only after the exterior layer of cells has dried up very much. The ap plication of these results to preparing dried apples shows that for their rapid production in the best condition tbey must be dried at as low a temperature as possible after having been pared. It is authentically stated that Gen- Butler has commenced to canvas iu the Lowell district to learn what strength can be developed for him in the Con gressional contest next falL . It I a miserable state of mind to have a few things to desire, and many things to fear. Bacon. Bow Save. The way to save Is to begin with little matters' and to begin at once. Xo one ever made his way. from povsrty to riches who scorned economy in small things, and could not comprehend the value of a cent. The poor man who would get ahead pecuniarily must learn that to save cent after cent one at a time, If he can do no more until he has a hundred of them, and so has a dollar, is a wise and noble thing for him to do. Having thus actually earned his first dollar, he will have acquired with it a power of self-denial, and a tenacity of purpose that will help him to save one dollar after another until he gets a hundred ; and then he can save on until he becomes independent. 'But,' says one who has lived all his life with out saving, "How can I lay by some thing for old age?" You must do as to money matters what a certain ancient school of philosophers did as to morals. These old sages used, on each night, to review their actions for the day, and see what they ought not to have done that they had done, and what they might have done better of the things which it had been necessary for them to do. So, too, you must every night review the actions of the day, and see what you have spent, and how you might have got more economically what it was necessary for you to obtain. . Any one who will faithfully make such a review of his expenditures will be apt to find many opportunities for retrenchment and reform ; and then, If he will, he can begin to save, and may acquire economi cal habits which will secure his future prosperity. Pavaalaw Vmtr tae ated. It was the custom of the Jews to select the tenth of their sheep after this man ner: The lambs were separated from the dams, and enclosed in a sheep- cote, with only one narrow. way out, the dams were at the entrance. On open ing the gate, the lambs hastened to join the dams ; and a man placed at the en trance, with a rod dipped in paint, touched everv tenth lam b. and so marked it with his rod, saying, "Let this be holy." Hence saith the Lord by the prophet, "I will cause you to pass under l lie ruu. XiWA. u jj . Th huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills, constructed of crude, coarse-and bulky ingredients, are fast being super seded by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purga tive Pellets, or Sugar-coated, concen trated Root and Herbal Juice, Anti- Bilious Granules the "Little Giant" Cathartic or Multum in Parvo Physic. Modern Chemical Science enables ur Pierce to extract from the juices of the most valuable roots and herbs their ac tive medicinal principles, which, when worked into little Pellets or Grannies, scarcely larger than mustard seed, renders each little Pellet as active and powerful as a. large pill, while tbey are much more palatable and pleasant in effect. Dr. Ira A. Thater. of ftioonsburg. Ohio, writes : "I regard your Pellets as the best remedy for the conditions for which you prescribe them of anything I have ever used, so mild and certain in effect, and leaving the bowels in an ex cellent condition. It seems to ine tney must take the place of all other cathar tic pills and medicines." Lyo.n '& Macombkr, druggists, Ver million, I). T., say: "We think they are sroing to sell like hot cakes as soon as people get acquainted with them and will spoil the pin trade, as inose mat have used them like them much better than large pills." 21 To all, particularly invalids, spring is a trying season. Indications of sick ness should at once be attended to. Fa tal diseases may be caused by allowing the bowels to become constipated, and the system to remain in a disordered condition, until the disorder has time to develop itself. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, is an old and truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who are troubled with the com plaints now very prevalent headiche, indigestion, disordered liver, want of appetite, nausea, or feverish in, to take, without delay, Schenck's Man drake Pills. We know of no remedy so harmless and decisive in its action. It at once strikes at the root of the disease and produces a healthy tone to the sys tem. People never need suffer from anv disease arising from a disordered condition of the liver if they would take this excellent medicine when they feel the first indications of the malady. Fa milies leaving home for the summer months should take three or four boxes of these pills with them. Tbey have an almost instantaneous effect. They will relieve the patient of headache In one or two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver of surrounding bile, and will ef fectually prevent a bilious attack. They are sold by all druggists. From Jacob Bener, Ksq., DruecM, Middletown, Dauphin Co., Pa.: Messrs. Seth W. Fowle & Sons: Gents: Please send me immediately half a gross of Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Chkrrt, as it Is selling rapidly and gives good satisfaction. I have been selling the Balsam for more than twenty years, and have always found it satisfactorily spoken of. I have had a number of customers who have real ized incalculable benefit from the use of It in the first stages of consumption. 1 am never without it in my family, and administer it to any member of it whenever troubled with coughs, colds, lung and bronchial affections, and find it a most efficient remedy. ' Jacob Bexer. 50 cents and $1 a bottle. Sold by all Jealers. Keep tour xtr on the "Big Clock." The clock on Bennett A Co.'s Tower Hall. No. 518 Market St.. Pbilad'a, not only serves to note the flight of time but also to remind the passers-by that this Is the place to buy, not only a splendid Spring suit, but one made of good material and at a very tow ami reasonable price. "Time is money," therefore save time and money by going to Bennett's at once, instead of trying other stores first. Perfect satisfaction is guaranteed. 40 MIXED CARDS. Same pliVd, mttj cents. 1. HOOKS, 11 Psiae street, Pnrridmre, R. I. SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! styles. Btrear Homrted and Walnot, a-nano. securely Securely parted ror snlirolns. oouniaas. TFBE8. Ac. .-Mica. ijiia, iiuoa ml l srocn ard orrioK rrjUNmraa an The lareest and beet innnil alack, new ane eaaaS nanil la tae Otty. LKWIH Ts BRO, x-l-lj tan, wta. inn and law miaa v Paiia. RIPOCID TO A CRRTAISTT. Without rial. Send for areolar at once. No time to tone. ALLKH & CO, 79 Nassau Street NEW XOKK. 2-7-iy BROOMS! BROOMS! ' JOBS J. KEUTEB ICO, , S53 Waabinstoa Bt, Hew York. Principal Depot la NeavTork the beat Broom Maanatctarsa la tae Canes StatasL '; BnrOati tfm UN ptr imi - u'J :..:. ipward. fl lmmt frioM and gnttttM urittj to ata Ama! v stock of WOOD and WILLOW. WARS, sock as PeHa, Tuba, Baskets, Mats, Twmas Oorden, Wlcka, av, locMaer with aruilUnaalAppl, Brier Wood and Clay Pipes, Fancy Soaps, Tankae No Bona, Cellar?, Ac aaaars worn U a fou net auH. -A SaU Mae of the seat aoettty at TUIWAaJL t. a We aaU ear foods at prices that do not ramdn aaroaa. ureace ov maa wiu ro bbb. arsbinilista. yu-ij The People's Remedy. . The TJniversal Pun Extractor Note : Ask ' for ' 'rOSD EXTRACT. Take bo other. u. Bamr, ir will Htak accUeatt thlaura." . . "i?irJhn Z-ZZ'ZZ yemnsaad for cleanliness andprosBpt ra tire Tirtoes cannot b excelled. ..I . EHILDIEI N family can afford to be witnaot BWKle Kxtrmrt. Aeridews, Bristae-, C I !. "US tfarata", ara rrtiero almost blatantly by external application Promptly relierea pata Bmrmm, tfeald, ErriaHaa, , Old ttarea. Ball, t'HMs Canna, etc. Arresta In junatkm, red aces sweUines, stopa bleeding, removes diwolorations and besla rapidly. mULE WEAMEtttS. It always reuereapaia inthehend.asnsea,rtigo. . , ' LEgeilRNCAitbasaoeqaaLABkrodsof al. anUm u which odiee are eabject are promptly cored. Fuller detaila in Kmc I-blind or Weedlna meet prompt relief and readv cam. No case, howerer enionie or DT IDE cacn BWIMi ntwinate, can long resist its regular nee. VllIC USE VEINS. tba only sore core tor this d&treaeinK and danfenaa condi Uoo. K10MET DltEASlt. It has no equal for perma nent care. LEUIII from any eanse. For this Is a ape. ciSc. It has saved hundreds ot lires when all other remerK-e failed to arre-t hleedmr front wear, otaaaarb, laan. and elsewhere. 7 HEIMATISM. lEIIIALIIf Tibe d fcarae ha are all aLke pelurrcd, and oil en per manently enred. MTSICIARS of all orbcola who are acquainted with Peld'a Extra Witch Haxel rec ommend it in tneir practice. e have letters ot commendation tram hundreds of Physicians, many of whom order 11 tor use In tbeir own practice. In addition to tba foregoing, they order its use for fweUiars of all kinds, (iaie3r, Here Trwt, IsSaaaed Twewile, simple and chronic UiarrWa, Catarrh Hor which it m a specific.) Cbilblaima, Frew. 4 Feet, fthaa of lasr rta, Mawejartaew. etc.. Chapped Haada, Face, and indeed all manner of skin diseases. TOILET BSC. Kemores Mere aeon, Keeahavae, and Kasartlact heals 1'nl, Krnplieae, - and Plaiplea. It rmra, inrviwfl, and re. raha, while wonderfully iniprotrms the feaiplrxtan. Tl f ARMUS. PaPa Extract. Jta Stock Breeder.co LiTerrMan can afiord to be without it. It is used by all the Leading; Lirer Stables, Street Railroads and Srst Homemeniin New York City. It has 110 equal for FpralaisIIar ,' nraa or Saddle tkslati, Miaaewa, rirratehea, r welllnsra, t la, Laeeratleaa, Weeding;, PaeaMoala, t'atic, IMarrhva t hide, l alda, etc Its ran reof action ia wMe, and the relief a affords is so prompt that it la lnralnable in erery Farm-jard as well as in ' ererr Farm -house. Let It be tried once, and too will never be wit boat H. CAlTIOII. Pead's Extract has hern tartr.rtl Tuciwnuine article has the words Peed 'a Ex. tract blown hi each bottle. It la prepared by the awl prrssaa llvine whoever knew bow to prepare it properlr. Kef nse sQ other pre . paratums of Witch Basel. This ia the only article used by Physicians, and In the b-iw tals of thfs conntry and Knrr.pe. HISTORY ARB RSE Of FORB's EXTRACT, in nami"ii-t form, rent free oa SDIu&ition to roaoi EiTaACT soairAiT, Lane, . ,rt.-w lork. SEXD SI I. and set by return bmiI a deed fora Iimilui it. lot or 1 acre land: tell yoor friends. JOHN C. WUOUWAKD, care P. 0.. Albany, X. V. 25 r. FASCV Cf.NTENNIAL CARDS, with name, tflc. AdiiroM J. B. H18TKU, Haasaajtoaaa. Co.. n. I. 4 17-lt I WILL SEXD by mail, one dozen samples of Kammle Napkins foriae., warranted Ui please; are novel, neat and nwriil. 4-llMl O. W. LAiK. P. O. Box 3969, X. Y. ATI- AO A Pr daT af borne Samplca worth ft OO il OeiUjiree, ) A Co,PortlandjMaiie. 0 AGENTS WANTED FOR THE EIMTEIMWIAL HISTORY ofjHtU.S. Thtarrrmt imeiwi m litw ihnlhrur fcitur ul our country maltaa this the lewteat eUiiiff book ever pab- lisbrd. it rrotauria k lull Mmii oi uw wrmita ivB tsMinml FThibitioo. CAl'TIOX. Old, ToooKplotey si. UanliaM works inr rirmUtrvt that the Nvk yoa nT contaiiHi 442 aar rmvltiara -u4 93 paffe 8. r orrUrw shawl eitn. .era t Akmu. Atl drasv, NaTbusai FuBuaiicra Cs FliiUtethhja, Pa. vxs-n AHOS QILLB0M & CO., 21 and 23 EL PHILADELPHIA. HAVUNb VERY 1IUCH We bare bow as conplete FURNITURE, BEDDING, BED CLOTHING, MS CAN HE FOTJ7TD H9 v; .1 f,; f? GREAT HIOUCEnEHTS HI CLGTHIHG. MEN'S. YOUTHS', BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S Hne. Medium, and Low trtced, in large Assortment PRICES NEVER AS LOW for oooas ror uasn, at present enabled as to effect this. SAMPLES SENT BY MAIL for auacnea on prtnxea vcKet, with plain Instructions for Measure . meat GARMENTS ORDERED Sent by anieea; it noz we pay txpressage both ways on goods returned, and cn return of Money to us if kept GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER on these terms if unable to come to Philadelphia. ' '-a'.a-J-X a ' 518 Half-way Virtr of Tower HaU - aeurersMu a jf SAFE AND RELIABLE. Have Yon Weak Lrrngs? Have Yon a Congh or Cnlil ? Have Yon Pain In Yonr Breaat? Have Yon any Throat I i '' Have Yon Cone-nmntion ? DSEDs. l. q. c. wisharh PIKE TREE TAR CORDIAL. Are You Weak and Debilitated? Do Yon Suffer from Indigestion? Io Yon repnire a Toriie? Have Yon Xo Appetite? Io Yon need Building Tp? To Ton wish to be St ron ? i nd Hettlthy? PSEDb. I. 0. C. WISHARTS PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL anewawawaaewaewaaaasm Sold bv all Tm;rsrit. Irinelpal Iepot, 91ft Filbert SI.. IMiiladelpn ia. "MUSIC FOR THE MILLION." TSJZ Mnic sent to anv ad-iiem, ua rm-eipt of $1, by S. C. Vrnaa. 2 Sooth ftih St Philad'a. lu cla. tor twu spreuaens and catalogue. 4-17 it $12 a day st home Acenta wanted. Outfit and l eras free. TRUK CO, Auxnata, Maine. $77 a week to Atrenrs. Old and Young. Male and Female. In their locality. Terras and txuiU frt. Address P. O. Vickikt A Co., Augusta. Maine. ' clata.--MTMklT M Y i,.l.lT4 .- im. .La.!'!. . r n.C r ,vaari 'i!tst.-w r-rir a-lT.ly Tenth ENLARGED OUR STORE, and well-selected a Stock of 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 rilllavr ELJ'HIA. twenty vears. Large Purchases of very low prices tor Woolens, have any kind of Garment, with prices Express. Fit and Satisfaction guar- 2 CD d 3Bg g v O W aJSTpSSr a i: ?8 OS " Clothing Bazaar, Market Str' -i' bet. Fifth and Sixth Streets, SOUTH STBS, PHIItADELPHIA.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers