G0I5G TO SLEIP. The light is fading down the sky. The shadows grow and multiply, I hear the thrush's evening song ; Bnt I hav. borne with toil and wrong So long, bo long ! Dim dreama my drowsy aenaea df own. So, darling, kiss my eyelid down. My life' brief spring went wasted by. My summer ended fruitlessly ; I learned to hunger, strive and wait. I found yon lore. Oh, happy fate ! So late, so late! Now all my fields are turning brown. So, darling, kiss my eyelid down ! Oh, blessed sleep! Oh, perfect rest! Thn pillowed on your faithful breast ; Nor life nor death is wholly drear. Oh, tender heart, since yon are here. So dear, so dear ! Sweet lore, my soul's sufficient crown. Now, darling, kiaa my eyelids down! Lads) la; DTrlet. I'I.a naW trmtkt litrlit An lliA f2rmnn st&e was Ltulwig Lvvrient, the uncle of the three levrients, Carl, Kmil, and Kdward. He was erriais the greatest gen ius tlie stae ever itosxessed. L'n li ke Oarriek, who limned more toward com edy than tragedy, Devrient was equally preat ill both, ilis thylixk and Richard weretrriticpprformans,while in '; the tailor in KttUehue's "6efhrliehe N'aehbarseliaft." ( Dangerous eieh la.r. lie keit the audiem-e convulsed with laughter. Unlike Garrkk, he never studied, and was given to intern iterance. For nearly fifteen years he was connected with a low strolling com nauv. and it was a sheer accident that made the world familiar with his pow er. It is said that one night, when he wasaiinoum-ed to play .Vro, iu Cum berland's "Jew," alKiut five minutes before the rising of the curtain, the 'ln ppicient" (an upier call-boy next to the stage manager) apieared with trem bling lace before his chief and an nounced that Devrient had not yet ar rived. The King was already in his liox; messenger after messenger was sent out : at last Devrient was found in his favorite tavern half seas over. He was taken to the theatre, dressed, and just before the cue was given for him to go on lie round that lie nau not yci made up his face for tlie part. There was no time to lose. He looked around for tiaiut. but alas! erratic genius knows no order. He found a little car mine, but black ! 'Have you any black V Xo!', "tiive me your boot; that's right; a little spittle on the hand will rub off the blacking; a dash here and a dot there, that will do," 'But you have'n't got your beard on !' Never mind. The cue was given ; Devrient threw himself into his part. Heentered: The iiouse cheered. He looked tlie part to Ncrfection. and never acted it better. On another occasion, after the "Kob- Wrs." a lollv party were sitting Iu an inn where Devrient and bis friends used to congregate, when a young man fresh from tlie provinces, who was in a state of ecstacv over his JuVr, was heard to exclaim that he would thank iolon his knees if he could see him once off the stage. Devrient advanced and said that his wisli was easily ful filled; here he is. The young man looked him dubiously in the face "It cannot be you." levrient threw tlie expression of Mour upon his face, and the young man cried, "Yes, yes, great man, it is you. .Uucmiikim M'njuztne, Bridal Veil. We have learned to consider white as essentially bridal costume, but it has not been always so; and even now the liokhara bride wears a rose-colored veil on her marriage dav, and in tlie modern Greek islands the bridal veil is of red silk a custom which has descended, no doubt, from the "flamen," or red bri dal veil of ancient Greece; the Koinans in old days wearing yellow veils. The Armenian bride, on the most important day of her life, apjiears iu what closely resembles a sack made ol rich silk, com pletely enveloping the figure, feet and head. The face is further hidden by a linen veil over which falls another of gold tinsel, and a part of the ceremoni al is for the priest's wife to die the nails of the bride a deep red with henna. In Turkey, the bride apears in rich white satin brocade, shot with silver, and be- dizzened with pearls, a jeweled girdle around iier waist, her face painted a crimson patch the shae of a heart on her chin, the rest or the visage a mass of white, except the black-penciled eye brows. Our marriage ceremonies are remarkable for their antiniiity, and have varied but little. The wedding ring, which tlie Turitaus repudiated as a Satanic bauble, has been worn from time to time on the right or left hand, tlie reason for its present assignment to the latter lieing a tradition, whether authentic or not, that some vein in the third finger of the left hand has a spe rial connection with the heart. Our bridal veil is of modern introduction, tin nigh it is said to have replaced tlie Anglo-Saxon custom of the bride wear ing her hair Moating on Iter shoulders For nianv years nothing but the wreath was worn oves loose t reuses. ISridal fa vors are said to le of 1 fctnish origin, and at one time these were made not of w hite, but iu the bride's own colors, whatever they might be. VnselV Mesmaieaa. Xobody ever gained anything by meanness, and vet meanness is a quali ty often manifested by men from whom we have a right to expect lietter tilings. Observers take notice and shun every one who practises it. How often have we observed meanness practised by those in temporary iover over those who, lor the time being, napen to ne in an inferior position.aud how often have we observed those inferiors rising into tlie high places of society, and itecom- ing dispensers or ravors to tnoe who have arbitrarily injured them when they possessed the jiower, and how of ten have we heard of people recklessly calumniate others whom they thought too insignificant ta be of service to them, and after a series of years and a change of circumstances, we have known these same jieople to bitterly lament that they had forfeited the favor of these once in significent individuals by their impru dence, it costs a man nothing to be magnanimous, and as a matter of policy merely he cannot make a better invest ment. What is more than all, magna nimity ennobles the character of a man, and insures him the ieelingof self-respect which he cannot do without, lacking this, position, wealth, are mere shadows, but self-respect which magnanimous men enjoy throws a charm about their whole existence, and not only do they have a capacity for the highest enjoyment, but they are enabled to promote the welfare of others, the reflection of which upon themselves constitutes the only elevated happiness which human nature is capable of ex periencing. "art rait af Xapoltaa. Napoleon was nersw darV nor fajr He had dark chestnut haw, ereg ra complexion of a pale brown, -2jlout any red in it, and a smooth skin. Ih. brain was large; the skull belonged to the largest development ever known. His circulation was slow, the pulse counting forty beau a minute; he perspired little, and was insensible alike to beat and cold, hunger and thirst; his chest was prominent, and his limbs well proportioned ; his height was live feet two inches. Of a lymphatic tempera ment he could support alike excess or physical and intellectual exertion. It was a constitution of granite. Warm baths, coffee, and strong wines restored bis circulation. His intellect was vast and many-sided, applying itself to de tails and generalizations; made up of prodigious memory, that rapidly took account of place, number and 'cause, and tlie bearings of things ; a genius, in Hue, eminently practical ami positive. avBlLTLTTJEAL How Dkkp to PlsXT. W. J. Real, Professor of Botany and Horticulture at the Agricultural College, Lansing, Michigan, has published the results ot planting corn and peas at different depths, varying from one inch to one root. The land was sandy and dry as dust at the time of planting, but the corn planted only one men deep came up first and kept ahead of all tlie other lots through tlie season, althougn that planted a foot deep did tolerably well. Peas covered nine Inches deep did as well as any, and stood the drought bet ter than those that were covered but two or four inches. Our own experi ence in planting on heavr land is de cidedly unfavorable to the practice 01 covering seeds or any kind more man an inch deep. The present spring while the ground was dry as ashes, of seeds planted about an inch deep, many of them failed to germinate until they had lain in the ground Tor several weets,or until soaked by a rain. During the height of the drought we sowed a field with millet, and fearing the seed would be a long time coming up we ventured to trr the experiment, for once, of working in the seed with a cultivator. The result was most disastrous, as a heavr rain followed the sowing imme diately, soaking and packing tlie soil to such an extent that the seeds came tip verv poorly, much of itfaillngentirely. Most of the field and garden seeds have come up this year in battalions, those planted deepest coming up in good time while those near the surface remain dormant until after the heavy rains in June. It would seem that no definite rule can be adopted as to the depth of planting which will not require the judgment of tlie planter at the time, and even then lie may wiueir mistake the mark. Exchange. Chips a no Shavings for Apple Tkkkh. One of your corrospondents notices a thrifty young orchard, the trees in which were mulched with the coarse shavings from a shovel handle factory. Probably most orchardists have noticed that apple and pear trees thrive best on a soil which originally produced a growth of hard wood, and that leaves or decayed wood from a hard forest, afforded excellent dressing for fruit trees. In our old ship yard there are hundreds of loads of decayed hard wood chips, and this rotten wood has been used for manuring trees in this section with much benefit. The most thriftv trees in my orchard were dressed with decayed vegetable matter. I have generally set out from my nur sery a few trees every spring and partly to get rid of the rubbish accumulated in the wood yard and shed, have dug a hole two or three feet in depth in my orchard and filled it about half full of chips and bark, the cleanings of the wood yard, and covered it with a cou pie of inches of rich dirt and planted a tree in the centre. By the gradual de caying of the mass of chips beneath the tree, the henent win oe noticed lor sev eral years. The most thrifty tree on mv premises was set out over a hole filled with half a dozen cart loads of rubbish accumulated in repairing a nouse, consisting 01 oiu plastering, shavings, etc In fact there is no kind of decayed vegetable matter that will not afford nourishment to and promote the growth of trees. IVomex as Poi'ltry Raiskrs. The special capacity of women for caring for jiets is so well established that it is a matter of surprise that a larger num- lier do not make their natural inclina tion a matter of profit in the raising of poultry. There is no reason why wo man mav not be as successful as man iu this branch of productive and profita ble industry. Indeed, when it is con sidered that tlie business requires close attention to minute details, patience, aud gentleness of manner, woman seems to be peculiarly fitted for the business. Tlie Daubury man's humor ous description of the different ways in which woman and man attempt to get a hen into the coop, and the superiority of tlie former's method, is as true as it is funny. After the hennery or coop is built there is no department or the work that a woman cannot perform without exhausting labor or too heavy demand upon her time. "Down south poultry raising is a woman's special department and one need not go farther South than Baltimore or Washington to find the markets thronged with the female ven ders of their own feathered products. That the business is profitable, the ex perience of hundreds testifies, and that it is healthful, and may be attractive, is susceptible of demonstration. linen Fine Htock Gazette. XCTRITIVE VaLCK OE SHORTS, Mid dlings and Ship-Stcit. In experi merits made at the Agricultural Exper iment Station at Hohemheim in Ger many, European bran is reckoned as worth 12 per cent. Ies9 than rye, and :." per cent, more than average hay. These estimate are based ujion the amount of actually digestible food in gredients contained iu them, certain values per pound being assumed for al buminoids, carbo-hydrates and fats. Taking rye as the standard, and calcu lating what number of pounds would contain $1 worth of these ingredients, the same number of pounds of Euro pean bran would he valued at b7 cents, St. Louis ship-stuff at 8a cents and corn at JW cents. Prof. Storer remarks that the ash or bran of shorts contains an unusually large percentage of phos phates, over 30 per cent, of the ash being phosphoric acid. Interesting: Facts. The number of seeds in one ouiid of oats. 20,000. The number of seeds in one pound of rye, 23,000. "The number of seeds in one pound of buckwheat. 25.000. The number of seeds in one pound of red clover, 249,000. Tlie number of varieties of vertcbra ted animals is 20,000. The number of varieties of birds is estimated at 0000. The number of varieties of reptiles will probably reach 2000. The number or varieties or nsnes win probably reach 10,000. There are aoout zju.uoo species oi animals iu all. Facts for Farmers. A series of ex periments, instituted to test the average loss in weight by drying, show that corn loses one-fifth, and wheat one- fourteenth, by the process, r rom this statement it appears that farmers will make more by selling unshellcd corn in the Fall at 7" cents than the following Summer at $1 a bushel; and that wheat at $1.32 in December is equal to $1.50 for the same whea', in June following. This estimate is made on the basis of interest at 7 per cent, and takes no ac count of loss from vermin. The facts are noteworthy. A veterinary surgeon writes to the Country Gentleman that his experience with sawdust is that it is the best bed ding to be had for horses or cattle. It is suienor to straw In many respects. It is a much better absorbent than straw, and much cleaner. For a paw ing horse it is much better, as it dis places the bedding only where the foot touches the floor of the stall, while straw, being long, is displaced generally by the act or pawing. AGRict-MtTBAi. Items. Blue crass sown on soil adapted to it soon expels every other species of grass. It should ue sown in September or Octar bnt will do very well when sown in March or April, if the season be favorable. l hat grown in open land is both more abundant and more nutritious than that grown on woodland like the open ings of the West and will keep a larger number of stock on a given area, and keep them better. Utilities. To cure scratches on horses, wash the legs with warm strong soapsuds and then with beef brine. Kaw beef cut up and given to hogs suffering from cholera is said to effect a cure. act OTITIC. Ike Chromit FaterfamilUuHn to the present time naturalists have re cognized very few fishes which incu bate their eggs in the mouth or in the sills. Asassiz. during his voyage np the Amazon river, discovered one spe cies. Latterly the macropode, a Chi nese fish of very singular characteris tics, has been remarked to have the same peculiarity. Both the macropode and the species noted by Agasaiz be long to the great group 01 taounnino bramckia; and it was the opinion of the above named naturalist that to that or der alone belonged all fishes which. through the possession of a bronchial sac are enabled therein to incubate their eggs in so curious and abnormal a manner. The recent discovery, however, of the ehromu, having tlie same peculi arity, shows that Agassiz was in error ; for this creature has gins uisposea in simple lavers, and is wholly destitute of any special apparatus for retaining either eggs or fry, and yet it carries np wards or you young nu in its guis and mouth. This remarkable incuba tion is done by the male. When the female has deposited her eggs in a san dy cavity or among the weeds, be ap proaches and by an inspiration draws them into his mouth. A peculiar move ment then follows, the mechanism of which is as yet unknown, but the re sult is to force the eggs between the leaves of the gills. The gentle pres sure on tlie eggs, afforded by the gill layers, serves to keep them in place, and there, in the midst of the respira tory organs, they undergo their chan ges. The young grow rapidly, and soon struggle to escape from their narrow orison. Lventually they und an exit through the opening into the mouth of the parent, and there they crowd together as quickly as the seeds of a pomegranate, distending the jaws of the old tisb until the mouth is unable to close. Sometimes the young, al though in a perfect state, remain in the gills, all, however with their heads di rected toward the mouth of their pro genitor. How they pack themselves together, how the parent manages to feed without swallowing his offspring, and when the latter finally escape from the mouth, are matters still un known. The cliromis is seven inches in length and one inch aud seven tenths in bight. The teeth are very fine and acute, aud disposed in several series, and are of a yellow tinge. The scales are cycloidul, more broad than high. The color r n the back is an olive green, shot with blue. The belly is brilliant silver, marked with green and blue. The lish is found in Lake Tiberias, in Palestine, near Ain-tin, the site of ancient Capcr nanni. Iu that locality there are seve ral hot springs which unite to form a moderate-sized stream which enters the lake. The chromis is principally met with in the hot waters. Movement of JJlootl-rexxel. Dr. Mosso, of Turiu, has devised a delicate apparatus for measuring the move ments of the blood-vessels in man. Its operation is briefly described in Mature, from which we copy the account. It "consists in inclosing a part of the bo dythe fore-arm, e. g. in a glass cy linder with a caoutchouc ring, tilling the cylinder with tepid water, and measuring, by a special apparatus the quantity of water which flows out or in through a tithe connected with the cy linder, as the air expands or contracts. An opening in the cylinder is connec ted by a piece of caoutchouc tubing with a glass tube opening downwards into a test-tube, suspended from a doa ble pulley with counterpoise, to which the recording lever is attached, in a vessel containing a mixture ot alcohol and water. When the vessels of the arm dilate, water passes from the cy linder into the test-tube, which is there by immersed further, so that the coun terpoise rises; in the opposite case, water flows back from the test-tule into the cylinder, the test tube rises, and the counterpoise descends." Dr. Mosso employs the pletlijnmoyriipJi, as the apparatus is culled, among other ends, iu studying the effect of thought and emotion upon the circulation. The instrument reveals the slightest emo tions by the changes they produce in the blood-vessels. Thus the entrance into the room, during the experiment, of a person in whom the subject is in terested, diminishes the volume of the fore-arm 4 to 13 centimeters. "The work of the brain during the solution of an arithmetical or other problem, or the reading of a passage dillicult to un derstand, is always accompanied by contiaction of the vessels proxrtioniu to the effort of thought." Textile Conductor of Electricity. It is shown by experiments made by M. Du.Moncel, as communicated to the French Academy of Sciences, that very eroneoas views prevail in regard to the conducting powers of the materials or dinarily used for apparel. These ma terials are, for the most part, hygrome tric. but in different degrees. Contrary to popular belief, silk, according to DuMoncel. is not a bad conductor; in fact, black silk is a good conductor, so far as dynamic electricity is concerned much better than wool, w hich is less hvgroiuetric. Colored silk is totally impervious to atmospheric moisture, consequently it resists the electric cur rent pretty well. The ilill'erence in this respect, lietween black and colored silk, depends on differences iu the manufacture. mack silks are loaded ' much more thau the colored, and the passage of the electric current apiiears to depend on the amount of sizing. The amount of dressing is indicated by the move ments of the galvanometer, and, as it io desirable that the dressing should not exceed certain limits, the tact may find nseful practical applications. Liu- ens are very liygronietric, the more so the coarser the texture. 1 he galvano meter indicates very plainly whether it is applied to a coarse fabric or to a hne oue, as madapolam, piconet, etc. Carbolic acid paper, which is now used in such large quantities, in this country and abroad, lor packing fresh meats, &c, for the purpose of preser ving them against deterioration by at mospheric or other influences, is made by melting five parts of stearine in a gentle heat, and then stirring in tho roughly two parts of carbolic acid, af ter which five parts of paratline, in a melted form, are added. Tlie mass thus prepared is then well stirred to gether nntil it cools, after which it is applied with a brush to the paper, in quires, in the same manner as the waxed paper so much used in Europe as a wrapping material for various ar ticles is treated. The industrial im portance of this paper is at present ve ry considerable, the quantity manu factured being immense. Artificial Vanillin. The details of Haarmann and Tiemann's process for the manufacture of vanillin, are given as follows in the uemacne jmumme Zeiiung: Dissolve 10 parts of coniferin in hot water. Conduct this concentra ted solntion in a fine steam into a mo derately warm mixture of 10 parts bi chromate of potosb, 13 parts sulphuric acid, and 80 parts water ; then heat to boiling for three hours, ine vanuun formed is either extracted by ether, or isolated by distilling in steam. A fruitful source of malaria is found in the earth adjoining ponds which are dammed for manufacturing or other purposes. The soil in the vicinity, through the water being raised above its previous level, becomes soaked, and hence damp and very dangerous to beaith. Prof. Rudolph says that he has found ont that the sun is a white, hot mass, 056,000 miles in diameter, having a sur rounding ocean of burning gaa, 00,000 miles deep, with tongues of flame dar ting upward 50,000 miles, and volcanic forces that hurl luminous matter to the height of 160,000 miles. Philadelphia medical colleges sent out this year, 614 doctors, druggists and dentists, against 485 in 1375. oramc. Fancy Hats for Floors. Take a piece of canvas, of size desired, such as coffee sacks are made of. Cut a quantity of black and colored cloth in circles of various sizes, making sufficient, when one is laid upon another, to cover the entire mat. Sew the large lower ones down on the canvas, and the upper ones keen in place bv taking four sutcnes from the center across each side, using coarse colored cord or twine; finish by making tufts or raveled carpet, yarn, or zephyr on the top of each cluster of cir cles, using various bright colors. To make these pass a strand np tnrougn the center, and winding a quantity around two or three fingers or a piece of card, lay the bunch across the top of a circle, and passing the needle and strand down through it again (near the spot where it was drawn np), pull it nrmlv down until the tart is drawn to gether, when fasten " by taking a stitch or two on the under side, and proceed to the next circle. When all are done clip the tufts into round half balls or buttons. 1 hese mats may ne maue oi old cloth, and are not only very band- some, but durable. Another good mat is made by taking a niece of Brussels or lncraln carpet for a center, then finishing with a border of cloth of any and every description. plaited together in broad bands, ana sewinff this long pieced and braided strip round and round tlie mat until of desired size. CoHee sacks, worxeu in with coarse yarn or strips of bright cloth, making figures, flowers, etc., are really handsome when careiuny uone. Oatmeal fob Chilprkx. M. Dujar din, a well known French physician, has been experimenting with oatmeal as a food for young children. He made use of a iellv prepared by soaking a tablespoon of the meal in a glass of water for twelve nours, men siraiuing through a sieve and boiling till the whole assumes the consistency of jelly, and adding sugar or salt to taste. Ac cording to analysis, 100 grammes of the meal contains 8.7 grammes of water, 7.5 of fatty matters, 62.5 of starch, 12.5 of nitrogenous matters, 1.5 of mineral substances, and 7.6 of cellulose, dextrine and loss. Iu nutritious value, there fore, as food for children, In regard to nitrogenous or plastic elements, and such as are respiratory, Is analogous to that of human milk or cow's milk. Be sides these, it contains more irou than do most articles of food. Four newly born infants were fed with the prepara tion just described, and in every case with satisfactory results. In addition to its qualities as food, it acts efficiently against colic and diarrluea. It enters into the composition of the syrup of Luther, which is said to be much used in Germany. Mr. Gillett, surgeon of the hospital of Alelum, has also given oatmeal combined with cow's milk to six children, and finds it to be a valua ble food in cases where the natural sup ply of milk is deficient. To Preserve Smoked Meat. How often are we disappointed in our hopes of having sweet hams during the sum mer. Alter carefully curing and smok ing and sewing them up in bags and whitewashing them, w find that either the fly has commenced a family in our hams, or the choice parts around the bones are tainted, and thus the whole spoiled. Xow this can easily be avoided by packing them in pulverized char coal. J'o matter how hot the weather or how thick the flies, hams will keep, when packed so, for years. The pre servative quality of the charcoal will keep them till the charcoal decays. Butter put in clean crocks and sur rounded by pulverized charcoal, will never become rancid. The recipe is simple try it. Tomato Chicken. Take four small chickens or two large ones, and cut them up as for carving. Put them into a stew-pan, with one or two large slices of cold boiled ham cut into little bits; eight or ten large tomatoes; an onion sliced ; a bunch of pot-herbs (cut up) ; a small green pepiier (the seeds anu veins first extracted); half a dozen blades of mace ; a tablespooiiful of lard or of fresh butter, rolled in flour; or a handful of grated breadcrumbs. Add a tumbler or half a pint of water. Cover the saucepan closely with a cloth be neath the lid ; set it over a moderate fire; and let it stew slowly till the chickens are thoroughly done, and the tomatoes entirely dissolved. Turn it out into a deep dish. Hashed Calf's Head. The head must be boiled about two hours the night before it is required ; or you may, if convenient, use the cold remains of one partly used at tlie table before. Cut the meat carefully into small pieces, and flour each piece a little. Then put some butter and flour in the stewpan over the fire, stirring the butter with a wooden spoon till it turns quite brown. Then add about a pint and a half of good gravy, an onion cut very fine, a bunch of sweet herbs tied up in muslin, aud a glass of sherry. Let this stew about five minutes, and then add your meat, seasoning it with cayenne and salt, and squeezing in the juice of half a lemon. Garnish with egg or forcemeat balls. To Remove Stains or Ink, Fri-it Wine, Mildew, Etc. First wash the stain off as much as possible with clear cold water, then apply the escalonnla, which consists of oue tablespoonful h.-mon juice, one tablespoonful pure cream tartar, one teaspoonf ul of oxalic acid, one half-pint rain water. Wipe off with clear water. or any article tnat cannot be washed after using the mix ture, a tablespoonful of the juice of white currants is better man lemon juice when procurable. This may be used with safety upon most delicate fabrics, as it will not injure the color or material. Shake up w hen using it. To Boil Egos. The chief point in boiling eggs is to have the white tender and delicious. This may be accom plished in either of two ways. Oue is to put the eggs in cold water and bring it just to a boil. This takes about ten minutes a little longer or shorter as you wish the eggs more or less done. The other method is to put the eggs in a jail or other vessel, pour two or three quarts of boiling water over them and set ou the table. In from six to ten minutes, as you want them more or less done, they will be nicely cooked and delicious. To Take out Grease Stains from Carpets. Get a quantity of blue clay, which is required to make fire-brick, which is free from sand, bruise and scatter a small portion of It over tlie greasy spot in the carpet, and rub it slightly with the hand, the carpet re maining an the wune on ine noor. After two or three days sweep off the clay, and the grease will be goue. By a similar process grease will be removed from the collar of a coat, Potato Puffs. Take some cold meat, either beef or mutton, veal or ham; clear it from gristle, cut it small, and season with pepper, salt, and cut pickles ; boil and mash some potatoes, and make them into a paste with one or two eggs roll it out, with dust of flour; cut it round with a saucer ; put some of your seasoned meat on one half, and fold it over like a puff; pinch or nick it neatly round, and fry to a light brown. Tomato Sauce. Mix in a saucepan half an ounce of butter and half an ounce of flour; add by degrees a small bottle of conserve de tomato and a small quantity of stock ; boil it up and serve. A TiAsrooNFui. of powdered borax dissolved in a quart of tepid water is good for cleansing old black dresses, of silk, cashmere, or alpaca. Keep coffee by itself, as its odor af fects other articles. tnoBotJs, H Wasted More Pocket. "Ma," said a Chicago boy, the other day, "I wish you'd make my pockets bigger." "What can my little son want of larger pockets?", remarked the mother. "Well, you see, ma," replied tho in nocent lamb, "the new gToceryman on the corner keeps lots aud slathers of nice things round in front, an' he ain't no hand at all to watch "em." Then that good mother, taking off her slipper, communed with her young off spring upon the sinfulness of his plans. Chicago Evening Journal. The boys of Detroit seem to be going down hill in their morals of late. Sun day one of the legion, who has always been noted for his respectful demeanor toward the great public observed an old citizen yawning and gaping on a street corner, and said to him : "Better not open "your mouth too wide." uivtir" m-a tha Biirnrlsed ouerv. "There's a law agin opening a saloon on Sunday t" continued the sinful child as he slid for the middle ot ine street. Detroit Free Pre. As Eastkrk young lady lately re ceived the following note accompanied by a "bucket of flours:" "i send you bi the boy a bucket of flours. They is like mi luv lor n, the nite shade means keep dark.thedog fenil means 1 am your slave, rosis red, posis pail, mi luv for u shall never fale." The same young lady remarked that she thought Dickens's best work was Thackery, and Lothalr and "dis Really," were one and tlie same man. All about birds Feathers. A regu lar bawl room The nursery. How she can get a "duck of a bonnet" cheap By going out in a heavy shower. The remains of the old elm should have been removed on a "spruce" bier, consider ing how much of that beverage was formerly sold under its branches. What Pomeroy may well say Fear not. Suitable music for the present mouth The Centennial. There is an Irishman in Toledo who served in the rebel army during the war.and is never tired of boasting or the valor of the boys in gray, especially of those iu the estern army wnere ne served. The boys were teasing him in a saloon the other evening, and one said : "Yes, but why did you run away and leave Fort Henry?" "Why, be jabers, because we couldn't take it along wid us, aud ine laugn was on uis siue. Norwich Jiulhtin: He was taken sick in the night, and in her youthful ignor iwa alij limit ftwnmiistj&rd olasters and put one in front and one behind, and then wltn norritl sarcasm sne asaeu nun how he felt. But he was a well-bred man and merely said that he realized with a tpmlnriiHi he hail never known before, the true position of a sandwich in the community. Mrs. Vexeerino has discontinued a custom originated by her of having visitors write their names in a book iu the hall in event of her absence. Why? Because the milk man came and wrote : "Bill Smith called to collect a bill of milk of long standing, and Is sorry Mrs. Veneering didn't leave the amount with the girl, as she agreed." Angler "Deuced odd, Donald; I can't get a fish over seven pounds, when they say Major Grant, above us, killed half a dozen last week that turned twenty pounds apiece!" Donald "Aweel, sir, it's no that muckle odds 'ith sawmon, but thae fowk up the watter is bigger leears than we are doon here." The Ruling Passion. Prison chap lain (charged to report on convict's religious knowledge.) "Do you know the commandments?" Prisoner "Yes, sir." Prison chaplain "Say the Eighth." Prisoner (promptly) "Thou shalt do no manner or work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter," etc. Punch. "What are you in jail for?" asked a prison visitor of a negro iu a New Or leans jail. "For bor'win money, sar!" "Why, they don't put men in jail for borrowing money!" "Yes, but, you see, I had to knock de man down tree r four times afore he'd lend it to me." A candt store window displays, in worsted letters, the Inspiring text, "The Lord will provide." A boy who passes daily says it ain't so, and "you can't git no candy in there on the credit of Providence. Nickels is the only tiling that gets them gum drops." na had just returned from church and was singing, "Oh, where shall rest be found," in a most contended frame of mind, but when she asked him to get a scuttle of coal he slammed the kitchen door just as vigorously as the original Adam slammed the gate of Eden. DistractinO. Customer "What did you think of the bishop's sermon on Sunday, Mr. Wigsby?" Hairdresser "Well, really, sir, there was a gent a sittin' in front o me, as 'ad his 'air parted that crooked that 1 couldn't 'ear a word I" Punch. "We have a great many felt slippers, now-a days," said a young lady to her octogenarian uncle. "You have, have your" responded the old man, with great animation; "well, the slippers were felt in my young days, too, aud uo mistake !" Ax old laot. looking at the curiosi ties in a museum, came to a couple of sea-dogs, and after gazing at them with wonder, enquired ol" a wag who stood near, if they ever harked. "So, madam," replied he, "not now; their bark is on the sea." "Madam," said a trance medium, "your husband's spirit wishes to com municate with you." "So matter," said the widow. "If he's got no more spirit in the other world thau he had iu this, it's not worth bothering about," Old Party (who stammers, comes in for some ipecacauha) : "Oh, if you p-please, young m-iuan, I w-waut some ip-ip-ip-ip " Festive Assistant (tired by recent reminiscences :) "Hurrah !" A geologist says that he never heard of secondary formation without plea sure, the ladies being secondary forma tions, for they were formed after the Said a young lady : "I had my ears bored for the benefit of my eyes." Said another "1 had mine bored for tlie benefit of my husband's eyes." A charming young lady, who attend evening church service regularly, is called "the vesper belle" by the dis tracted youth of the parish. If a man must marry a shrew, why should he select a short rather than a tall one? Because of two evils it is better to choose the least. An author says that one of tlie uses of adversity is to bring us out. That is true, particularly at the kuees and el bows. It is a thin excuse for a young lady to lie abed until nine o'clock in the morning because this is sleep year. Wht Is a mad bull an animal of a convivial disposition ? Because he offers a horn to every one he meets. When can a lamp be said to be in bad temper? When it Is put out. Three excesses of the day Drink! Rink!! Ink ! ! ! Punch. How to make a good tiling last make everything else first. The best time to get out of a scrape is when it begins. Tfeo Travels of Plauata. a Kwmotit vir-A from Persia to the Mediterranean, the Arabs carried it to Egypt, the Moors to opaiu, mo Spaniards to America. Lucullus brought the cherry-tree (which takes its name from Cerasus, the city of Pontus, where he found it,) to Rome, as a iro .i...ri.ii Mithrhlfltle ramnaiirn: and 120 years later, or in A. D. 46, as Pliny tells us, it was carried to England. Cesar is said to have given barley to both Germany and uriiain. awwuiuS to Strabo, wheat came originally from the banks of the Indus, but it reached the Mediterranean before the authentic history. Both barley and wheat came to the New World W ltn IIS conquerors and colonists, and the maize which they found here soon went to Europe in exchange. It was known in Eng land In less than fifty years after the discovery of America; it was introduced to the Mediterranean countries, by way of Spain, at the end of the sixteenth century, and the Venetians soon car ried it to the Levant, Later it travelled up the Danube to Hungary, and gradu ally spread eastward toChiua. while it was thus invading the regions for merly devoted to rice, the latter, as we have said, was establishing itself in this country. The eugar cane, which, with its sweet product, was known to the Greeks and Romans only as a curiosity, seems to been cultivated in India and China from the earliest times. Its introduc tion into Europe was oue of the results of the Crusades, and thence it was trans planted to Madeira, and early in the sixteenth century from that island to the West Indies. The original home ot 'King Cotton was probably in Persia or India, though it is also mentioned in the early annals of Egypt, and had spread throughout Africa in very an cient times. The potato was found in Peru and Chill by the first explorers of those countries, who soon carried it to Sain. It is said to have reached Burgundy in 1560, and Italy about the same time. It appears to have brought from Virginia to Ireland by Hawken, a slave-trader, in 1565, and to England 15S5 by Drake, who presented some tubers to Gerard, who planted them in his garden in Iondon and described the plant in his Uerbell and it was also introduced by Raleigh at about the same time. But it dil not attract attention, and it was not till nearly a century later that it began to be much cultivated. In 1663 the Ro yal Society published rules for its cul ture and from that it rapidly gained fa vor. The Dutch carried it to the Cajie of GoimI Hoiie in 1300, and thence it made its way to India. Jimrnnl Chemistry. of Ntraace Kevelatloai by the Xleroarope. There is a story that an eminent mi- croscopist had a bit of substance sub mitted to him to decide wnat it was. To an unaided eye it might be a morsel of skin which a baggage-smasher had knocked off the corner of a smoothly worn hair trunk. The tantnt apiiealed to his microscope. Entirely ignorant or this tiny bit or matter, except as he had taken counsel with his instrument, the wise man declared that it was the skin or a human eiiig, and that, judg ing by the tine hair ou it, it was from the so-called naked portion of the liody, and, rurther, that It once belonged to a fair-complexioned person. The strange facts now made known to the man of science were these: That, a thousand years before, a Danish marauder had robbed an English church. In the spirit of the old-fashioned piety the robber was flayed (let us hope that he was killed first), and the skin was nailed to the church door. Except as tradition or archa-ological lore had it, the ailair had been forgotten for hundreds of years. Time, the great erodent, had long ago utterly removed the offensive thing. Still, however, the church door held to its marks of the great shame, for the broad-headed nails remained. Somebody extracted one, and under neath Its flat head was this atomic rem nant of that ancient Scandinavian male factor's pelt that fair-skinned robN-r from the North. In onion is strength, and a garden without it lacks flavor. The onion in its satin wrappings is among the most beautiful of vegetables; it can almost be said to have a soul. You take oil coat after coat, and tho onion is re moved, who dare say that the onion it self is destroyed, though you can weep over its departed spirit? I doubt not that all men and women love the on ion ; but few confess their love. Good New Engl&nders are as shy of owning it as they are or talking about religion. Some people have days on which they eat on ions the act is in the nature of a relig ious ceremony, an Eleusiuian mystery ; not a breath of it must get abroad. On that day they see no company, they de ny the "kiss of greeting to the dearest friend. Happy is said to be the family who can eat onions together. Look at Italy; all eat of the common vegetable. The social atmosphere of that delicious land is laden with it. In the churches all are alike; there is one faith, one smell. The entrance or Victor Emman uel into Rome is only the pompous pro clamation or a unity which garlic has already accomplished; and yet we, who boast or our democracy, eat onions in secret, To all, particularly invalids, spring Is a trying season. Indications or 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 headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want ol appetite, nausea, or feverish skin, 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 any disease arising from a disordered condition or 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 tike three or four boxes of these pills with them. They 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. Xtnm th SI. LonU OI.4.) The aceeaarnl Pkyslrlaa. There is probably no man to whom the community owe so much as to the honest, fair-spoken physician, who does his actual duty both- to himself and to his patients. Really skillful physicians are not so numerous that their virtues need no mention, and hence the adver tisement of Dr. R. V.Pierce, of Buffalo, may well claim the reader's attention. Dr. Pierce is a type or a class of men who obtain success by careful and well directed effort, not attempting too much, or creating false ideas as to abil ity. The only reliable physician in these days of complicated disorders and high-pressure living is the "Specialist," the man who understands his one branch of the business. Such in his line is Dr. Pierce. For the benefit of his readers he has written a "Common Sense Medical Adviser," which is well worth reading by those who need such a work. (With strict business honor, high professional skill, reasonable fees, and a large corps of competent assist ants, Dr. Pierce will doubtless make his name familiar as "household words." The Poravtaa Byrast! Vitalizes and enriches the blood, tones up the system, builds up the broken down, cures Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaints. Dropsy, Chronic Diarrhoea, Boils, Nervous Affection, cnuis anu Fevers, Humors, Loss of Constitutional ... t.: Mm kilnva and vigor, AMseascs J , .. Bladder, Female Complaints, and all diseases originating in a bad state of the Blood, or accompanied by Debility or a Low State or the System. Caution : oe sum juu - --- vian Stri p. One dollar and two dol lars a bottle. Sold by dealers generally. 9ETH . I U u b .a, 1 r' 6 86 Harrison Ave., Boston. r.T Tt Vests. Ac. From the days of Adam, the first tailor, we have made great progress irom ng the present fashionable costume. Ibis h.i i.awuuitiifjMi tha nneninir of large emporiums in all our great cities, of wnicn lienneu a w. a c 518 Market St., Philadelphia, takes the loa.i i -r. thra for a irood article, a neat fit, good material, nobby style and reasonable prices. The People's Remedy. The Universal Pain Extractor. Note: Ask for POND'S EXTRACT. Take no other. Hear, iorl Mill soo-avk " aaeellvmt iktimaTa." T . POMS nTBACT-Tbojre.t tMrata Iteatrayrr. Hae beea in ee orer thirty rrarnd foe cknnliaess and prompt caia tiT Tirtoe rsnnot ho excelled. . CHUB Bill. N family can aSord to be witnoat ' l"aa"a Kxlrart. Arrisnu, Brakaca, ( aaiaaiaaa, nte. tipraiaa, are relieved almoot Instantly l.y external application. Promptly relieve Tinor Mama, pica Id. Fsrarlatiaaa, t baSnsa, Old Maree, Hail, r eloa. l araa, etc. Arret in niunatmo, rerinrrs welline. stops bleeding, ermorea di-rnlorationsand heals rapt illy. fIMlWUI"iSSl.-I; alwaw reuerespsin iu lUe laves anilluiua,(ullnes and pressing pai a In the head, nanwa, vertigo. II ll'JCORRHCA IthasnoeoosL All kind of at reratiaaa to which !ad are subject Sre pro tniitly cored. FnUer details in book accom pany inr each bottle. MiS-aliad or Mrrdlaw meet prompt relief sud ready core. Mocaw, however chionic or nh-tnate, ran km resist its regular use. VARICOSE WIS.-I the only sure enre for tin uitreiiiir sod danseroos condition. KIDNEY DISEASE!. baanoeqnal lucpenna tient rure. BlUOIHB 'n y ea. For this t a npr. riur. It an sated hundred of lives when all other rented M- failed la arrest bk-edunr Irom rnnr, ataaaarh, I a as, and elsewhere. BiEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, Ti.ark. and (ararke are all alike Ickcvcd, aud otten uer ttwnenttv cured. f PHYSICIANS all schools who are anrasiuted Willi Hand's Kxtrart af Witch Hazel rer ommend it in tlieir practice. We hsve tetteraof commendation from bnndredsof Physician, many of whom order I: tor nn in their own prartiee. In addition to tte fureoin3, they order its use for tawelliaaa of all kinds. Qalnsy, Mara Tarsal, la Sauard Taaaila, simple and chronic Uiarrara, fatarra, 'lor which it i a speciSc.) t'ailalaiaM, Kraat rd Fret, Nliaa of lasrcls, .Hanajailavm, etc.. Cbaswed II aada. Face, and indeed sll manner of skin diseases. TOILET ISE. Kemoves Wareaeaa, Roaahaeaa, and !aaartinlt heals at, r.rssliaaa, and Pimplea. It renter, taruiora'a, sad r ahet, while wonderfully improving the 4 am pie visa. TO YARRURS. Panr ExrrarfT J.o Stork hreeder.no Liven Man can alturd to be without IU It is used by all the Leading Livery Stable. Kreet Kailroad and Irst Hemcn in New York City. It has no equal for prals Harw SHas or Saddle t aaaaaa, Ktisjaea, r-eratrbe. .welliaca.l'ala, LaeeratUaa, Kleediaa. Paansaaaia, t alie, Iriarraara, ( hill, l aid, etc Itsrastreof action is wide, and toe relief it affords is so prompt that it is invaluable in every fsrm-vard as well as in everv Farm -house. Let it oe tried once, and von will never be without it. : CAUTION. Paad's Kxtrart has been hn'f.tted. Tur tannine article bsa the words Paad's Kx trart Mown in each bottle. It m nrerwred Ba th aaly peraaaa ll-viay; who ever knew hv ta prepare it properly. Refus sll ather preraratiuoe of Witch HaieL This la lbs soly article ased by Physiriana, and in ths huapital of thi eonntrv and Kurope. HISTOBI AD CSW or POSD"8 'SXTBACT, iu raunohl-t fitm, went fre oa applieatioa ta Ft)UT t XT It ACT COIPaM, Maiden Laos, tiew York AMOS HILLRORN & CO., 21 and 23 BI. Tenth Street, PHILADELPHIA. HAVING VERY MUCH Ti e have now as complete FURNITURE, BEDDING, BED CLOTHING, AH CAX 1X3 FOtTl'l) GREAT IflOUCEnEflTS ill CLOTH I KG. MENS. YOUTHS'. BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S Hne, Medium, and Low Priced, in large Assortment PRICES NEVER AS LOW for twenty years. 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. 0m Xiew of Tower HaU IISUCID TO A CIKTAIXTT. CaMusee ta Mala. Wluiom nu. num. iwi - wu time to lose. ftU.K.M & CO., 79 Nassau Street, MEW YORK. a-My BROOMS! BROOMS joim j. Rmrtra & co., 353 Waaktsurtaa Mreat, Sew Tark. principal Dppot Is Xrw Tark fir the bMt Rrooa Kina fectom ia U United Stale. Brooms from $2.00 per dozen Mil npwiri The Iowa prfcal sad gnats variety to bs fcnixl "Itaoan'mtirs a utork of WOOD -! WILLOW WAKK, mch at fail. Tub, BwkrU, M;iM, Twin., Cunlaxs, Wick A-.,tvethT with full him of A.pK Briar Wood and CtI Pipm, ftwy Soap. Yank-. .W ttoaa,CaUart,e. Sgf from 115 Iu pr Milt. A lull lino ofths bant qnalitj of TISWARK. f. S. W aril onr onib price that ! not rxjnir say amauunff oa tho rood. Order br mad will r caic prompt attootioa. fiatatdiahod lift. 3-4-ly SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! AH style. BDvaa Mounted and Wslmit, new ad sooBMl-naud. necurely racaea (or hipoinit. OOUMTkUa. jtAiui&Ht.jjViMU. RlXkM fix HOCS AND OrriOK STJKMIT77R all rnr!i The larirwt and beat snsortsd stock, us sad susid mill la the City. LEWW dfe IllifX. M-ly 1021. 1043. 102s and toil III HUE ATE.. Phils 40 MIXED CARPS'. Nrww (ciMHl, only 20 vnt. J. MuORsC, II Pmiue atit-tt Huvlnr, K. I. stiiwirr.'it'." tWy rUios. -Vly Stui,H.Y.J-n.1.l-Til amz 4-IMy API AQA per Iav at h"n. Sample worth 1 0 IU 9vU ins. Sti.vsu.v A Co, rurtlaad,Mi.iw. 4-4. ly week to Axenr V.i and Vuanx. Male ami female, in the.r !.-rnlitv. Term. i!otTIT X BSslat FKKK. A.kiraai 1'. U VlCKKRtf A CO., As i. 11-: C AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ENTENNIAL HISTORY of THE U.S. The r-at intr-t in the thrill' nif h t Af nr fMaittr nuakt-t ihw th ft.' !fllni Insfk Tcr pr lirtbrid. Itnmtitiiw a lull anttroniit f the ttraiwJ Ctt tnniitt KThitiititiki. C ACTIOS. 4H.1. TiMv.mi.1. t ami TnivliuM Wurk art rtmr cirmfcttf.1: --th.tt tlr l-k vn Mir fsntirw- l'S eeMcravlc uwi 9-Z pmc- Sejaiil fir onrnlarn nti riir.a U-r.ii t Atf-nt). Att Jre-s, ISaHoXa. FiSUAHLtu Cuu, rhiUMutti.-v t-t. 25 FANCY CAKDS, 7tv!e. with name, lOrent. A.l.lreH. J. B. I1U9TKU, .Naxaau, Keu. (V. N. V. VJt-ll PORTABLE y pnni rmiaiTRiMC OUUrl rUUll I rtlltO. $40. $50. $75. $100. CHEAP A. DURABLE. I ..-hi -.I l-r cN-n' i..-..!lU anil'HKU KKttV FK rF, QiXW I CO. 3la4liMst KlfW-tUfM a. Mw-Hf-WMI "MUSIC FOR THE MILLION." J3. ajniac nelil to anv atl-lre., on n.-eilt of SI. Iv C. I rata. i". S.nth Ma St-, rtiilad'a. Ill rt. t"r two apeciasm. and catl',;u. t 17 41 I WILT. SEND br man. nne rtiwon MmplM of Hamuli Nnpki ns lor tc., warranted lo please; are novel, neat anil iisorul. 4-ltMl li. W. LAKE. P.O. TtoxMtt), X. T. $12. day at Dom. A rental wantVt?. Ontflt ami rn fre-a, Tfll'K k CO., AttgiMt, Main oi aP-n-.w J3B PKJfaTtWC KKATLT EXRCITKD AT THIS OFFICE. ENLARGED OUR STORE, and well-selected a Stock or For Parlors, Chambers, Dining Rooms, Libraries. Feathers, Mattresses, Spring Cots, Beds, Bolsters, Pillows, I Ticks, &c., &c. Blankets, Quilts, Counterpanes, Comfortables of Cotton, Wool or Down, I Sheets, Pillow Cases, &c. IIV PJIIIaAlKIIM IIA. Clothing Bazaar, 518 Market Street, laQct Lam End-Cud Crsrtai Eitnia, Haif-way bet. Fifth and Sixth f Streets, SOUTH SIDE, PHILADELPHIA.
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