" ' 'IMGISS. BT OKOBOE HOCQHTOX. I hear in to twitter of bird her song. I hear her step in the rootling gnat. Her laugh I hear on the breeze, and I long To see my Margaret paaa. ! ' ' i '. . ' I aee her eyee in the sparkling dew. ' ' Her Lair in the taaeelled corn, soft fanned. Her form in the drifting cloud, and I long To hold my Margaret' hand. I feel her poles in the river's flow. The rain that drips, and drips, and drips. Her breath on the perfumed breeze, and I long To taste my Margaret's lips. Myaterlaaa aaaatda. Perhar the most familiar of mystert ous sounds are those produced by the ventriloquist; familiar, because almost every country fair is visited by one or other of these exhibitors; mysterious, because the real source of sound does not correspond with the apparent. It lies within the province of the anato mist or physiologist to explain how it is that men can speak as if from the stom ach instead of the throat, and without any perceptible movement of the Hps; but the person who can do this, the ven triloquist, may make himself a most bewildenngdeeeiveror tnose wno listen to him. Our power of determining the exact direction whence a sound comes ia less than we usually imagine. It is said that Saville Cary, who could well imitate the whistling of tbe wind, would sometimes amu?v "..imsolf by ex ercising this art in a public coffee-house ; some of the guests at once rose to see whether the windows were quite closed, while others would button up their coats, as if cold. Sir David Brewster notices a ventriloquist of exceptional skill, M. St. Gilie, who one day entered a church where some monks were la menting the death of a brother. Sud denly they heard a voice, as If from over ttieir heads, bewailing the condi tion of the departed in purg:itory, and reproaching them for their want of zeal; not suspecting the trick they fell on their faces and chanted the De Pro fundi. A committee appointed by the Academie des Science to report on the phenomena of ventriloquism went with M. St. Gille to the house of a lady, to whom they announced that they had t-oine to investigate a case of aerial "spirits" somewhere in the neighbor hood. During the interview she heard what she termed "spirit voices" above her head, underneath tbe floor, and in distant parts of the room, and was with citliculty convinced that the only spirit present was the ventriloquistic voice of M. St. Gille. Brewster tells of another master of this art, Louis Brabant valet de chambre to Francis I., whose suit was rejected by the parent of a beauti ful and well-dowered girl with whom he was in love. He called on the mother, after the death of the father, again to urge his suit; and while he was present she heard the voice of her deceased husband, expressing remorse lor having rejected Louis Brabant, and conjuring her to give her immediate consent to the betrothal. Frightened and alarmed, she consented. Brabant, deemiue it desirable to behave liberally in tbe marriage arrangements, but hav ing not much cash at command, re solved to try w hether his ventriloquism would be as efficacious with a money- lending banker as it had been with the widow. Calling on the old usurer at Lyons, he manuageu that the conversa tion should turn upon demons, spectres, and purgatory. Suddenly was heard the voice of the usurer's father, com plaining of the horrible sutlerings he was enduring in purgatory, and saying that there was no way of obtaining alle viation except bv the" usurer advancing money to the visitor for the sake of ransoming Christians lrom the bands of the Turks. The usurer was territied, but too, much in love with his gold to yield at once. Brabant went next day and resumed the conversation, when shortly were heard the voices of a host of dead relations, all telling the same terrible story, and all (minting out the only way ol obtaining relief. The usu rer could resist no longer; he placed 10.0W) crowns in the hand of the unsus- iected ventriloquist, who, of cource for got to pay it over for the ransom of Christians in luikey or anywhere else. When the usurer learned afterwards how he had been duped he died of vexa tion. Of all producersof so-called mys terious souuds, Dr. Tyndall's sensitive or vowel name is one of the most curious, Out of a particular kind of gas, with a burner of peculiar construction, the learned 1'rofessor produces a ligtited jet of flame nearly two feet in height, extremely narrow, and so exquisitely sensitive to sounds that it sings and dances up and down in response to everything that is sung or said, with different degrees of sensibility for differ ent vowel sounds. "The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to seven inches. When a bunch of keys is shaken, the flame is violently agitated and emits a loud roar. The dropping of a sixpence into a hand already contain ing coin, at a distance or twenty yards, knocks the flame down. It is not possi ble to walk across the door without agi tating the flame. The creaking of boots sets it in violent commotion, the crumpling or tearing of paper, or the rustling of a silk dress does the same, It is startled by the patter of a rain-drop, I hold a watch near the flame; nobody hears it tick ; but you all see their effect on the flame; at every tick it falls and roars. The winding up of a watch also produces tumult. I ho twittering or a distant sparrow shrieks in tbe flame; the note of a cricket would do tbe same. A chirrup from a distance of thirty rardscausesittofallandroar." In re ference to the power of the flame to sitond to poetry the Professor says "The flame selects from the sound those to which it can respond ; it notices some by the slightest nod, to others it bows more distinctly, to some its obeisance is very profound, while to many sounds it turns an entirely deaf ear." Cham ber Journal. t mmuj Tklaa-s la Ike Fattest OsSee. The Patent OJSce Gasetu probably con tains as much mirth-provoking matter as any government document in tbe world. Among many funny things Id the last issue we notice a plan for pre venting the cars from leaving the track or dropping down when a truck breaks. Tbe plan, in detail, is to have a set of rollers or very wide wheels along tbe top edge of the car. Under these rol lers, upon each side, are two lines of rails nearly as high as the eaves of the car, and almost touching tbe wheels mentioned. In case the wheels under the car jumped the rails, the rollers catch upon the elevated rails or tracks and hold the cars up. A modification of the device is shown, in w hich hooks1 are made to take hold of the upper track. Taking this plan in all its details, we do not think that a road equipped in this way would cost more than twice as much as an ordinary road. Taken for all in all, it is about as absurdly sense less as a plan could be. Tbe elevated tracks could not be used at the very points on the main line where the great est danger is frequently met,nameiy, at frogs and switches. The light and the view of Uie country would both be ob-1 structed.and above all the heavy timber work necessary to support these rails would be objections. If the plan is ap plied to an elevated road the same ob jections exist. It is a marked example of an invemtion to meet an imaginary want. Probably the inventor knew nothing of railroad requirements, and had probably beard of accidents through the papers, without any idea of their real causes. A parallel invention to this would.be pair of crutches, so arranged that when a man's foot slipped they would raicn unuer nis ears and prevent a fall. Twelve thousand young ralmon trout have been put into the Hudson river at Catskill 1 oint. ' AeucrtTTKii.- - What Wnx Pat. Tear after year the crops are moved off without return ing anything to the soil. Manures are put under the rains and the dropping of eaves until they are drained of their best materials and rendered nearly use less. This could be obviated by cheap sheds to cover the manure as thrown from the stables. This can be done at a small price and will par. Winter is not a good time to build, but for such a purpose as this it is better to build now than not at all. Plaster should also be used in the stables to prevent the es cape of ammonia, and care should be taken to keep it in as good condition as possible. If the barns and yards are so situated that the wastings are carried off by every rain, a little time with a team, plow and scraper will make a ditch (a broad, open one it should be) around the barn on three sides, then at all times keep this filled with the trash and litter which naturally accu mulates about the barn. Tbe ditch will hold the water, etc., from the yard and cause the straw to rot rapidly and will afford a large quantity of good manure. When the manure is removed in the spring the ditch can be filled with w heat straw, upon which a few bushels of lime has been scattered ; then as fast as it rots pile it up in the ditch and fill the spaces between each pile with straw and so on. In tbe fall there will be a fine pile of manure, which will reno vate the worn out field, or to scatter on the exposed knolls or tbe wheat field, preventing winter killing. Another great waste Is the large crop of weeds, which every year is allowed to go to seed, and spread all over adjoining farms. And after we have raised our crops they should largely be fed on the farm. It is much cheaper to ship corn, oats. etc, in the form of meat than to send it in bulk as raised; besides the soil is made richer instead of constantly re ducing its producing capacity. l"sERGBorx Crops. Generally speaking, only that is counted a crop which appears above ground. We do not refer now to root crops, as they are termed, but to grain and forage crops. especially grass and clover. Science has demonstrated that while neaitny clover plants, in a good soil, are form ing a hundred pounds or stems ana leaves, which collectively we term hay, the roots below, cleared from dirt, will weigh fifty-six pounds. Most of this underground growth is obtained from fertilizing material fished up from the subsoil by root fibers. Half as much weight of product as appears on the top of the ground, when a bay crop is gath ered, may be transmitted into a future grain yield, by being ploughed in, and converted into plant food. Thus re garded clover is a mishty agent in maintaining and increasing the fertility of the soil. A hundred pounds of land Dlaster to the acre wonderfully in creases both the upper and undergrowth of clover. It has a double effect in at tracting fertilizing gases from the air, and drawing up agricultural salts from tbe subsoil in water that rises and en ters the lorn roots making them both longer and thicker, at tbe same time promoting tne growtn 01 leai auu stem. The water evaporates from the plant, bat the fertilizing gases do not. This is the way to improve Darren sous. Poor land may be fed and fattened just the same as a lean pig may be made to take on flesh. Clover and grass may thus be made to work for the intelligent farmer, not only during the day when he is busy and active, but during the night when he is last asleep. How to Raise Turkeys. A farmer's wife, who has had years of experience, gives the following as her mode of rais- ing lumens. All lug uisl ian: rciCT.it a good kind. The autumn, or early in winter, is the most favorable time ' for that, just before the birds are sent to market. Keep them well during the winter. In the spring just before they begin to lay, put them In an tnclosure, where it is most convenient to have their nests and where they cannot get out. After they have made their nests they may be set at liberty without any tear or roaming or straying. .xtiiuike good care of the eggs. They should be erathered carefully every day, and ulaced between layers of flannel or cot ton, in a place of uniformly cool teirK perature ana turnea over every aay. As soon as the birds are hatched, feed them with warm bread and milk, well peppered, with boiled eggs added, or thickened with cooked corn meal, or wheat middlings, which is better. A little care in these matters will repay the efforts. Before I knew how to take care of the eggs, I set thirty eggs one rear, and but one hatched. The next year I set forty eggs, and nearly all of tnem natcnea ana we uirus uvea. Handling Wet Soil. On this sub ject the California Ajriculturit says: Better not do it, because it is an injury to it an injury that years of careful culture cannot remedy. Heavy soil, once puddled and packed when wet re mains so for a long time i-very step the horses take on wet soil puddles it. The plow turns it over without pulver izing it, and leaves a stiff glaze on tbe furrows. Better be idle a few days, or even sow the grain without plowing, and scratch it when tbe surface dries off than ruin or seriously injure the soil by puddle-plowing. The way that many farmers have, rushing through when they get started, rain or shine, mud or mellow, regardless of conse ouence. is not accord in e to the dictates of common sense, and is not profitable either. Better pay your hired man to let it alone, than to plow tne sou wnen too wet. The Wild Goose Flcm. In a late is sue of the Prairie Farmer Mr. D. B. WIer, an enthusiastic fruit-grower of Illinois writes concerning this noted plum that it has proved entirely hardy where the thermometer has dropped to 32 degrees below zero once during the past seven years and to 20 and 2S de grees three times during that period, yet the wood of this plum has never been materially injured. It appears that there are some two or three different plums propagated and sold as Wildgoose, and those who have inquired of us where the genuine trees may be had, we cannot answer with any certainty. But probably the lead ing nursery men of the county will get hold of the true sort and of them the trees may be had. Tbe tree Is a regular bearer and thef2iit seems to be curcu lio proof, f BrCEWHEATAS A POULTRY FOOD. Buckwheat is one of the most staple ar ticles of poultry food. It Is very fat tening, an excellent egg producer, and very much relished by the poultry. It is not, perhaps, used as extensively here as in Kurope. In England France and especially in Germany it forms not only an important part of poultry food, but Is much used for culinary purposes. The great value which it has over other cereals is, that it thrives luxuriantly even on the poorest soil. Peas Amoxo Potatoes When pota toes are planted, if a few peas be dropped in every other hill in every second row, a fine crop of green peas will be produced, supported by the po tato vines. The black-eyed marrow fat are best for such planting, as they grow freely and quickly: and the crop of potatoes w ill not be diminished in the least. Xo PLOW should r nut inbl thp ground until the soil is dry. When a srjadeful of earth thmwn tin, tum bles into a loose mellow heap, the plows nay De siarcea, Dut not wnue the spade comes out of the ground smeared and soiled. A few dam' del being a day too soon. The first in the "cui is oiten tne last at n arrest. All Interior fences aTinnl1 Ha twiet- ble and easily removed from place to puHxs, ana removea entirely and stored away when not wanted. Every farmer has long lines of fences which, for half the time, are of no use whatever. miotic. " " French' Hoctkhold Ecoxomt. The French butcher separates the bones from bis steaks, and placet them where they will do tbe most good. The house wife orders lust enough for each per son, and BO more, even to the coffee. If a chance -visitor drops in, somebody quietly retires, and the extra cup is so provided, but nouung extra ny careless ness of intention. - when the pot has boiled, the handfull of charcoal in tbe little range is extinguished, and waits for another time. Xo roaring cook stoves and red hot covers all day long for no purpose but waste. The egg laid to-day costs a little more than the one laid last week. Values are nicely esti mated, and the smallest surplus is care fully saved. A thousand little econo mies are practiced, and it is respectable to practice them. Cooking is an eco nomical as well as a sanitary and gusta tory science. A French cook will make a franc go as far as an American house wife will make three, and how mucn further than the American Bridget no body knows we should probably be greatly astonished, could the computa tion be made, how much of the finan cial, recuperative power of France is owing to her soups and her cheap food ; better living,' after all, than the heavy bread and greasy failures of our culinary Ignorance. - A New Sofa-Ccshiox Cover. The materials required for this cushion are half a yard of fine white silk canvas, a yard and a half of thick satin ribbon, three inches wide, blue or rose-colored ; a few skeins of floss silk, and a silk cord and tassels. Cut the ribbou into three pieces, to be basted at equal distances on the canvas, one in the middle, the others at either side halfway between the middle and the edge, t eatber-otitcn the ribbon down on Doth sides with pale yellow floss. In the spaces left between the ribbon stripes embroider a graceful little pattern in flosses which harmonize with the shade of the ribbon. Make up the cushion with a lining of plain silk or satin, and trim the edge with the cord and tassels. This is an easy cushion to make, but the effect is really charming, and we recommend some of you to try it. The cushion from which our description is taken came from England, and we have never seen a similar one in tins coun try. Black satin ribbon and brilliant embroidery would be an effective com bination. Recipe for Yeast. To make good bread you must have good yeast. The following is an approved recipe: Take two good sized potatoes, peel and cut them in half, put them in about two quarts of water, or a little more; let them boll soft, then put in a handful of good bops; . let them boil until they settle to the bottom, say half an hour, then strain them through a tin strainer, rubbing the potatoes well through the water; add a teaspoonful or Drown susrar: let it stand till cool, then stir in half a teacupful of flour; when cold pour It Into one of those large glass preserve jars with screw cover ; stand in a warm place to rise, shaking It up occasionally. In twenty-four hours it will be light; skim on any Diack scum t n . .is,. ,1,. - ), n I . I J liirli. luah , i :t w bill , vr f , iii.ii there will be a froth on the top and it looks white all through. There is no yeast to compare to this. It is easily made and raises bread very quickly. To Dress Crabs Cold. Open the crabs, take out all the flesh and fat, and the white meat from the claws; mix the meat well with half tablesiioonful mustard, one tablespoon ful vinegar, half teasjtoonful white iiepper, and a pinch of cavenue. Then wash and clean the shells, till with the meat thus pre pared, and serve. Garnish with parsley. This is only the dressing for two crabs. It takes the meat of two crabs to till one shell when prepared in this manner, Many use a larger proportion of season ing, but this is quite sharp enough for most people. e tfiliiK tney are union better plain w ith no dressing, Jut this is a matter of taste. To Prevent Sputtino of Handles. All carpenters know how soon the butt ends or chisels split, when daily exposed to the blows of a mallet or hammer. A remedy suggested by a Brooklyn man consists simply in saw ing or cutting off the round end of the handle so as to make it flat, and attach ing by a few small nails at the top of it two round disks of sole leather, so that the end becomes similar to the heel of a boot. Tbe two thicknesses of leather will prevent all further splitting, and if, in the course of time, they expand and overlap the wood of the handle, they are simply trimmed off all arouud. Cream Mcfftxs. One quart of rich milk, or if you can get it, half cream and half milk; one quart of flour, six eggs, one tablesoonful of butter, one of lard, softened together. Beat whites and yolks, separately, very light; then add flour and shortening and a scant teaspoonful of salt, and stir in the flour the last thing, as lightly as possible, and have the batter free from lumps. Half fill your well buttered muffin rings, and bake immediately in a hot oven, or your muffins will not be good. Send to the table the moment they are done. Paint the Floor. None but earth- colors should be used in painting floors, and tbe rapid wearing off of a coating of oil paint on a floor is a sure indica tion that white lead has been mixed with the paint. This is generally the case, since it causes the paint to cover better and spread easier. Lven tbe employment of a varnish that has been boiled with litharge should be avoided. and one boiled with borate of manganese preferred. It is also very important that the first coating should be per fectly dry before a second is laid on. Scrap-Book Paste. Dissolve a tea spoonful of alum in a quart of water; when cold, stir In as much flour as will give it the consistency of thick cream, being particular to beat up all the lumps; stir in as much powdered rosin as will lay on a dime, and add also six cloves, a teacupful of boiling water on the fire, pour the flour mixture into It, stirring well all the time. It will soon be like mush. Let it cool, and keep it cool. Lay a cover on it. For use, soften with warm water. It will keep twelve months. Ik damp closets and cupboards which generate mildew, a trayful of quick lime will be fouud to absorb tbe mois ture and render the air pure; but, of course, it is necessary to renew the rime from time to time as it Decomes fully slaked. This last remedy will be found useful In safes and strong rooms, the damp air of which acts frequently most injuriously on the valuable deeds and documents which they contain. To recover the voice beat the white of one egg, add to it the juice of one lemon, and sweeten with white sugar to the taste. Dose, one teaspoonful from time to time. It has been known effectually to cure the ailment. As invention called a "heating comb" is said to dry the hair immedi ately after washing, and cure ail sorts of aches and pains in the head, besides restoring the color of the hair and mak ing it glossy. Toothache. Oneounce alcohol; two drams cayenne pepr; one ounce kero sene oil; let It stand twenty-four hours after mixing. It cures, it is said, the worst toothache ever known. FlSHBOXE W THE THBOAT. If V0U STCt a fishbone in your throat, and it con tinues to stick there, swallow an egg raw. it win ue annum certain u carry the bone along with It. Warts. Lunar caiiHtirYsrefiiHtr in. plied so as not to touch the skin, will destroy warts. , Whkx Greek Meets Greek. A friend of the Drawer, at Dayton, Ohio, sends us the following reminiscence : -; . In conversation with one of our venerable citizens the other day, whose title to being a pioneer none ia this region will dispute, he related this in cident In the life of the late C. L.,Val landigham. "Val" was, when quite Torino- man. a member, of the Ohio Legislature, and ambitious to show off nts accompiisnments. -one aay ne con cluded one of his speeches with quite a lengthy Latin quotation. After he had taken his seat, a portly member- from Miami sedately arose, arrested, the at tention of the Speaker, and proceeded to declaim a Wyandot Indian speech in the original tongue. At its conclusion he solemnly took his seat. All eyes were turned upon the member in wonder and amazement until he finished, then, catching a glimpse of "Val" frowning and showing his teeth, a roar of laughter fairly shook tbe house. It Is safe to say after that "Val" wasted no more Latin quotations on that House. Harper's Magazine. Oct ofHkr Element. "I'm going to stop attending our church," peevishly exclaimed a vinegar-faced spinster not a thousand miles from Chicago the other day. "Why, what has happened?" anx iously inquired a friend. "There ain't nothing happened, and that's just what's the matter," con tinued the SDinster through her nose. "Here I've been a regular attendant for mor'n two Years, and there hain't been no gossip, no scandal, nor nothing to talk about in all that time, and I can't see the use of going any longer." Aud she squared herself down in a chair with the look of a martyr. . A max dragged a dog into a Detroit saloon the' other day and wanted the barkeeper to buy him for ten dollars. When he found that he couldn't get that price, the would-be seller dropped to five, then to three, and in a niiuute more had come down to fifty cents. "Think of a great big dog like that for fifty cents!" he exclaimed, as he pulled in on the rope. The bartender talked of hard times for a while, and tbe owner of the dog finally said: "Well, take him for ten cents. I'm out of paper collars, and I ain't a man to let a dog, no matter how good he is, stand between me and a clean turn-down collar!" Two friends who had not met each other for years, met, recently, on the outward-going Omaha express iu the smoking car. Each appeared somewhat confused. "Bless my soul !" said one, "what are you doing on board here?" "Hush I hush!" said his friend; "! know I can rely upon you. The act is, I had no wife of my own, so I am running away with another man's." "Thunder!" replied the first speaker, "what an Idiot you must be!- The fact is, I had a wife of my own, and I am running away from her." Chicago .Tribune. A Xew Lesson from Xature. "Na ture herself teaches us to be polite," re marked a Chicago naturalist to a party of friends on a late evening. "How so?" inquired some one. "Because," was the reply, "we can not step Into an orchard or a grove without noticing the line buuylu tliat she makes!" All had to acknowledge the "limlier ness" of the man's perceptions. Two knights of the angle having been zlad to seek the shelter of a sorry look ing ale-house for the night, one ques tioned tne otuer next morning as to now he had passed the night, observing that, for his part, he had "slept like a top." "So did I," replied his companion, "for I was turning round an nigtit." A Cockney gentleman stepped up to give his testimony : "There was a vast crowd gettin' about 'im, hand one said the mau was killed, hand hanother said the same; hand I hexclaimed with a loud voice, 'Hif the man is killed, why don't you stand back hand give 'im a little halrr' " If von pass through the hen-roost with careful eye, just now, you win notice a sadness creeping over the countenance of the old hens. It is not simply the knowledge that they must die, but the thought that they must he sold for spring chickens. Cincinnati Tim,. "Ma, what is lanker?" inquired a bright-looking child, the other day. "I'm sure I don't know, my son. Where did you hear the word?" "Why, at Sunday-school. You know they sing, "We'll stand the storm, it won't be long; we'll lanker by and by.' " "Lady "Xow, Mr. Snapper, as I saw you at church last Sunday, tell me what you think of our new preacher?" Snapper "1 think he would be a first class martyr at the stake." Lady "Why so, Mr. Snapper?" Snapper "Because he is so' very dry." "What are you about?" inquired a lunatic of a cook who was industriously picking the feathers from a fowl. "Dressing a chicken," answered the cook. "1 should call that undressing," replied the crazy fellow. The cook looked reflective. "I never larfed so much in all me life," said Guy at the club the other night, when I sat down on, you know, a nice old chap's hat, you know, and then everybody farted, you Know." At was funny, you know, wasn't It? As old Mr. heaved the last scuttle of four tons of coal into his cellar, he was heard to remark : "If they bad been boys instead or giris, it wouldn't have been thus. One ton would last all winter. A tocsg ladt who was heard to de clare that she "had nothing to wear," was seen on the street a few hours later, attired in at least seventy-five dollars' worth of clothes. We suspect she bor rowed them. Those who live nearest the depot are generally the last ones to get on board the train", so those who live nearest the church are almost always the last ones to come in Sunday mornings. "Gentlemen of the Jury, many of you are fathers ; many of you are mothers," pathetically said a Watertown lawyer, in summing up his case the other day. 'Well, sir, what does h-a-i-r spell ?" Boy "1 don't know." "What have you got on your head?" "Boy (scratch ing) "I guess it's a muskeeter bite." Paddy says : "Be me sow 1, 1 niver traded dogs but twice in me life, and I got bit both times." It in an nnnleasant fact that what yourrriends call self-possession, your enemies call brass. A touxg man narrowly escaped being cut off with a shilling. His father had no shilling. Why is a man who can't learn by ex perience like laurel? Because he is an evergreen. What piece of carpentry becomes a gem as soon as it is finished ? A gate. I.t what place are two heads better than one ? in a barrel. A reformed drunkard's epitaph He never "smiled" again. The man who had. a project on foot went to a corn doctor. What class of people Ue the most? Sluggards. A look of security : a riveted gaze. A mam of standing : . the auctioneer. - ' " ' WreSTTFIC. " ' AimmJ A TsufMmntlrr The London Bnikler, in mentioning tbe fact that iierr Uumboia is manaiacturing narrow gauge compressed air locomo tives at his factory at Kalk on the Rhine, remarks : The greatest difficul ty seems to be to provide the en gines with a sufficient store of com pressed air, so as to be able to run cer- t.in wufcnnirAfl H i anreMl ThpT A!A there fore supplied with an air reservoir or air-boiler, it that expression oe per missible, resting on a carriage-frame. Tin. BtniA frmA ftlui mrriM the twin engines moved by the compressed air. 1 he tension ot tne storea-up air natu rally decreases gradually, until the pressure becomes so small that it can not overcome the resistance any lon ger, and tbe engine consequently stops. But tbe supply of air may be so regu lated as to perform the work required; moreover, air is not, like steam, depen dent on the temperature, and is not af fected by stoppages, 4cc To make compressed air last a certain time and distance it is only necessary to con dense it to a corresponding high pres sure. Bat there is a limit even to its condensation, for leaving the possible danger of explosion at too high a pres sure out of consideration, there is a difficulty in so constructing conden sers as to make them practically work able, even at a yery high tension. On the one hand, too great compression raises the temperature too much, while on the other, on the re-expansion of the escaping air, the temperature is lowered to such a degree that ice would form. Practically, therefore, air has hitherto been condensed only to a pressure of four or five atmospheres, and calculations have shown that a pressure of this power in a cloned re servoir of the dimensions of a boiler, as generally employed in mines, is suf ficient to move not only the dead weight of the locomotive, but also a useful load on the norizontal way a tolerable Iodk distance with the same ease and quickness as is now the case if men or horses are used for traction. If the stored-up air of one reservoir should -not' be found sufficient for a certain distance, two or more of them may be carried, connected with each other by India-rubber pipes. If pipes, famished at intervals with cocks, are laid along the levels of mines wherever the engines are to run, the latter may take in a fresh supply of compressed air whenever required. As in mines, so on the surface, pipes may be laid in the ground along a certain route. It will loe seen that compressed air en- ;nAa in timo nJlHnflht. Will h fot Till m 1 11 o iu n , uv - -.- especially useful for road locomotives. Instinct and lieason.la the observa tion of the habits of inferior animals, we recognize many complications of action, which, though directed to the accomplishment of definite purposes, we do not entirely comprehend. They are, in many instances, not the result of the experience of tbe individual, or the education of its parents, who in low forms of animals frequently die before the batching of the offspring. These actions have been grouped to gether, whether simple or complex, as directed by what we are pleased to call instinct, as opposed to reason. Yet there in every gradation between the two. Among the various races of dogs, the companions of man for unnniubered centuries, we observe not only reason ing powers of a rather high order, but also distinct traces of moral senti ments similar to those posesssed by our own race. I will give no ex amples, for many may be found in books with which you are familiar. Actions evincing the same mental at tributes are also noticed in wild ani mals which have been tamed. You will reply thatthese qualities have lieen developed by human education ; but not so : there must have been a la tent capacity in the brain to receive the education, and to manifest the re sults by the modification of the habits. Now, it is because we are vertebrates, and the animals of which I have spo ken are vertebrates, that we under stand, though imperfectly, their men tal processes, and can develop the powers that are otherwise latent. Could we comprehend them more fully we would find, and we do find from time to time in the progress of our in ntiines. that what was classed with in stinct is really intellection. Popular ixtence Monthly. Reappearance of a Flower at Tlie End of Ttcen ty (Jen turies. The effect of ligh t. regarded as the tne revival ot lite in the vegetable world, has just been il lustrated by the oltservations near Ath ens of Professor Ilendreich, under very cariods circumstances. The mines at Laurium, concerning which of late years there have been such active di plomatic procedures, consists for the most part of the scoriie produced by the workings of the Greeks. These still contain a good deal of silver, which can be abstracted by the supe rior appliances of modern times. Be neath these scorhe have lain in a dor mant state for at least ODe thousand five hundred years the seeds of a kind of poppy of the genus Glaucium. But since the scoriae have been removed to the furnaces, this plant has sprung up with its pretty yellow petals over the whole space which they covered. Un known in modern times, it was des cribed by Pliny and Dioseorides, and had disappeared from the race or tne globe for fifteen or twenty centuries Carbon in the System. It appears that the new system introduced in France for reducing obesity, has for its basis a regime resting on the prevention of the introduction of carbon in the body, or on favoring its transformation and augmenting the amount ot oxygen ; the food, therefore, to be non-nitrogenous, varied with a few vegetables containing no starch and some raw fruit. The temperament of the patient is also to be kept in view; that is, the lymphatic to have a red diet, such as beef, mutton, venision, hare, pheasant, partridgetc but the sanguine a light diet, or white such as veal, fowl, pi geon, oysters, etc. Vegetables, not sweet or farinaceous, are allowable, also grapes,apples, gooseberries; while sugar, butter, cheese, potatoes, pastry, rice, beans and peas are prescribed. The hygiene consists, in this new sys tem of treatment, in favoring the ac tion of the skin, in wearing a tight roller to support the walls of the abdo men, in taking plenty of exercise on foot or on horseback, also playing at billiards, fencing, swimming, gymnas tics, and kindred diversions. The Time Taken to Produce Coal Formations. Before the Glasgow Geo logical Society Mr. E. A. Wuusch drew attention to certain seams of coal in the Isle of Arran, as giving evidence of the immense time required to produce them. Mr. Wunsch stated that he had found numerous cylinders of . trees completely flattened lying across each other at various angles with thick bark compressed into less thickness than common pasteboard, and tbe carboni ferous matter reduced to graphite, so that from three to four inches in thick ness of this impure coal contained pro bably twenty generations of trees over lying each other. Now. if thirty years is allowed for tbe life of each tree, it must have taken 600 years to form four inches of impure coal or 1.&00 years for the formation of a coal seam one foot thick. , .V. A nsart, a captain in the French navy, has published a paper to prove that the electrical attraction exerted on tbe clouds by tbe earth is an impor tant factor in the generation of winds. He agrees with M. Keller in explaining the production of waterspouts by the attraction of the earth ; the rotation of the spout be attributes to the fact that the attraction of the earth is not equal ly exerted on the whole of the surface of the cloud. The black dogwood or the berry bearing alder make tbe beet charcoal, willow is next, and common alder third in rank. Small wood of about ten years growth is in all cases to be preferred for charcoal for making gun powder. Alder and willow of this age will be probably 4 or 5 inches in diame ter, dogwood about 1 inch. The richest man In Prussia b Krupp the celebrated maker of Cannon. ; The young men of Richmond, ' Va., are organizing an aristocratic cavalry regiment. Toledo, Ohio, will' have a three days' jamboree to celebrate the Centen nial Fourth of July. ., 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 headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want of 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 .1 -A.,m hMlrhw tnn to the SVS- 11 V4 u, wum, - - - - tem. People never need suffer from any disease arising irora ..iiii.. rii liver if rhr 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. They have an almost instantaneous effect. They will relieve tbe 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 Dy au druggists. OVnvir Sivcn Is Money Made." While business Is iu its present slug gish condition the greatest economy must be practiced in all our expendi tures, food, clothing, Xc. In clothes, l i.nii.iil'i at Tnwnr Hall. Xo. 513 Market St., Phila., (sign of the big clock,) have for years shown the nublic how money can be saved, and uiw her have marked down their prices still lower. Give them a call and examine their extensive stock. You will certainly be suited. From a Carriage Manufacturer. Meyers town, Lebanon Co., Pa.,) Xovember 10. 1875. Messrs. Seth W. Fowle & Sons, Boston. Gentlemen : I have been afflicted for two years with what I supposed to be consumption. I have suffered from a severe pain in my left side, the pain being but slight at first, but increasing in severity every day until it was almost impossible for me to follow my avoca tions without great suffering and the most excruciating pain. I have tried almost every known remedy without receiving the least relief. Mr brother having been afflicted with spitting of blood and all the tendencies to consump tion, and having been cured by Dr. Wistar's Balsam or Wild Cherry, re commended it to me, and I at once com menced using it with the most satisfac tory results. 3Iy pain is gradually growing less and 1 feel much better than I have for some time past. As long as the Balsam does as much to restore my health as it has done thus far, so long shall I continue using It, and I would advise all afflicted with lung dis eases to give It a trial. I remain yours truly, Daniel B. Harper. SO cents and $1 a bottle. Sold by all druggists. J ralloalted Beeaetflal Beaoarees. People sometimes suppose that Dr, Pierce's Family Medicines represent the entire extent of his resources lor curing disease. This is au error. Ex perience proved that while the Golden .Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescrip tion, Pleasaut Purgative Pellets, Coiu- IKMiud Kxtract ol Smart- eetl, and lr, Sage's Catarrh Kemedy, would, if faith fully used, cure a large variety of chro nic complaints, there woufd be Mere and there a case which, from its sever ity, or from its complication with other disorders, would resist their action. 1 liese exceptional cases required a tlio rough examination into their symptoms, to ascertain the exact nature and extent of the disease or diseases under which the patient was laboring, and the use of s)ecinc remedies to meet ana overcome tne same. This led to the establish ment of the World's Disjx'nsary, at Buffalo, X. 1 ., with its raeufty ot 1'hy sicians and Surgeons, each of whom is skilled in the treatment of chronic dis orders in general and those belonging to his own special department in par ticular. To one is assigned diseases of the throat and lungs; to another, dis eases of the kidneys and urogenital or gans; to another, diseases of the diges tive system ; to another, diseases of the nervous system ; and to another, dis eases of tiie eye and ear. Thus the highest degree of perfection in medi cine and surgery is attained. The es tablishment of this institution enables the Doctor to meet a long-felt want in the treatment of the more severe chro nic affections. By a careful considera tion of the symptoms as given in wri ting, he successfully treats thousands of cases at their homes. Others visit the Dispensary in person. The amplest resources for the treatment of lingering affections are thus placed at the dispo sal of every patieut, and those on whom the proprietary medicines do not have the desired effect can procure a more thorough and efficient course bv a per sonal application to the proprietor of the rt orld s Dispensary. u TTISITIN5 CABDS ! VISITING CAEDS ! U Box r a rr ss ru Fifty elrgBMly printed, stylish, Tiuled or Whit Visitiax Canb apnt by return mul, ia a beautiful car. for only 82 ccnta. Aceau Wanted. 13 amila. prirMwt. Ac, for a 3c. stamp. Complete outfit Bx of 49 mtnplca. pric4it, Ac. rc-lMt. Ac, lor ornta. AMrrsi Ho 377. BmilllK. P. 6-i-2t U. K. FII KlKD. MERCHANTS who wish to add a profitable Article to their Stuck, are asked to amnfrr the subject ol Roonuir Materials, every casiomer Has a dtreet iniertsu In testing tbe value ot anything that promises either a perfect rout, or a reliable remedy fur a leaky dd roof. The nrxt owt of oar goods is smoiX ; they are staple and retlahle, and they are nnt peritkabi. The roof of any convenient stabll or out. house, covered tor the purpose, furnishes tne best pnam lecommeiiuauofA. Any active man of ordinary (rood sense, can do the work weU with little practice. Mich men ran be fouud In every town : and by giving employment to one or two at regular wages, a Hooting business can b? readily established, on which the percentage of jww Is nearly dAerAaf faarm.:?. Emuuaiel PaJattaof any eoior. ready mixed for use. are the mostneaat'Kl. economical and Woafe Palnta ever offered. They are nut up m stnalL mrmn. tu cans, and may be ordered as wanted from sample color cams. particulars reutiDg to Hooting or Paint Ing ot aU kl nda. w IU be furnished frm to all who apply tor our im page Book oW Trrmi, and meiition this newspaper. N. V. Slate Routing Co, Limited, S Cedar blreet, M. Y. $77 a work to Aontx, C!d and Toane. Male anf Ferns!, ia tbair locality. Tenna and OUTFIT FKKK. Addnoa P. O. VICKaRY CO., A (asta. Main. 11- SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES I n rrMa. I LBfrrcr oextad And Walnnt, daw ad aMondJiand- UDMTAMUi, UAJtBh H KLV1KU, alTOHS TLm HOUaa AMD OFF1CS FUUNnTJBS an ktad Tha I i mad and boat Meoad-aano) ia Um CIO. LEWIS k BRO, M-ly lOf 1. lOtX, ! nad 1M7 KIDAil ITtV. Fkila I WILL SEND by matf, one dozen samples of Ham rale Napkins for fic warranted to please: are novel. Beat and useful. 4-iu-u u. w . AJtan. r. u. box , x. 512- m day at aooie. Ageate wanted. Outfit and tern im.aii At W), Aagwrta, aim JOB PRINTING KKATLT EXXCTJTZD AT THIS OFTICfC. The People's Kemedy. The Universal Pain Extractor. Note: Aak for POM'S EXTRACT. Take no -other. ie-STind 'fnlan prompt five Tirtoef -anoot be "eclW. CHIIDIEI -N j Ot-Oly can artonl to be wttnwtl 1'ninlw rata, fewraiwa, are relieved iSoVTtoSn'ly by external APP; PromptlT relieve pain or T"" Ma, FelMS I wrwa, etc Arre-tt in fcuaatioB. reduce Awelliugs. topa bleeding, removal dtTOlnnttODsand hel rapidly. ttMAlI WUIRESSES. It alwava leUevrtpan Tnthehed.nanea,vero.i . . II LEHCBIIHtta. it dm uorwni- " "rVli.lT " which Indie are oohiect re promptly cured. Fuller detailin bookaceom- nanving each bottle, n fV-li4 or WeeJia meet prompt reiiet "drcwl rente. Noeaee, however ebiooic or ohottnate. en long reauit h regular me. KIBItT yiAtAol- " -"rei"- nfM. t. LEtBtnfj fora any nww. " ' , uipinw . . . l.. A li.r w jen all other rrmeil tea failed to arrest bleeJ'ti from waae. aaamrw, lmr. D1 ewh.-7e. AjTrmrk are nil iui relieved, and olten per mneDttvetired. PHYtlCIAIt ot aUathooto wbo are arqaaiiited "IS "Jm4' Emtme. .f W Hew H"-l rec emmend it in their practice. WehaveletteroI commendation from hundreds of PbvmciaiKS many of whom order It lor ne in their own practice. In addition to the fureiD, they order its um for xwrlliaaa ot 11 kinds. Uaiaay, Km Tfcrwat, lutaati T.uK cimpie And chronic IHarrhan. atarrw, jorwhichitpecilV.'hilfAliaw Krwat H Feet, Ktitaa-a wf lwaeet. ., etc, ( happed Hattaw, tare, aim! Indeed all nwnn ex of nkin dieeaees. Tall FT fjtf KcmoTCTf rcari, Hiwriwi aLd Vmartlawt heal ". Jtiww, . and FtBvplea. It rr, wrewnw. and re Jratm, while wonderfully improving the fTamplexlM. ) . TO lAHMtJIt. Pwwd'a EJrtrmet. . Stock Breeder.no UvenMancanaAurdtobewithout it. It ta nsed by all the Leading Livery Stahles, Kuvet Railroads And rt H .icemen in New York City. It ha no equal ftir Sormin-s liar eaa or twaddle (Aalus Millae, piermlefAea, OTelHwa,t wta, LaceratiaaM, BleedlBC. FawmIAi I'aJle, l!nrT-a, 'hilla,t'sMa,ete. Its nuureof Action is aide, and tbe relief it Affords is so prompt that it is Invaluable in every Farm-yard as weU as fn every Farm -home. Let it be tried oucc. and von will never he without it. . (AtTIOI. P"d Extrart has been imitated. The geunine Article hAs the words Paod'a Ex tract blown rn ech hoiV 1 I nrefKired by th e-wly persoajs living who aver knew bow to prepara It property. Refuas all other prenarattons f Witch UaxeL This is tba only article ased by nyriciam, and m the buspitals nf this ennntrv and Etirope. HlbTOKI ANf CUES Ok POXD"8 IXTKACT, in pamphlet fwn. .ent fr-e oa application to POMDfi EXTRACT COX PAS I, W Maidta Lane, Kew York BROOMS! BROOMS! JOHN J. REDOX St CO., 333 Washing Street, "ew Tork. Principal Depot fa Hew York for tbe beat Broom Maaa bctureA in th Cnited State. Brooms from $2.00 per dozes and upward. Th lowest price and greatart variety to b imad anywhere. Also aa entire new stork of WOOD and WILLOW WAKE, Horn as Pails, Tubs, Bankets. Mat. Twine, Coniar, Wicks, Ac, together with a full line of Appl". Briar Wond and Clay Fines, Fancv Soap. Yank' No tions, Cutlery, Ac decars from (16 to oU per MilL A full tin of the best quality ofTLNWABK. P. 9. Ws self our goods at prices that do not reouir any dramming on th road. Orders by mail will re ceive prompt attention. Established 1DSO. S-4-ly AMOS HILLBOM & CO., 21 and 23 1XL Tenth Street, PH1XADELPIIIA. HAVING VERY MUCH ENLARGED OUR STORE, M e have now as complete and well-selected a Stuck of FURNITURE, BEDDING, BED CLOTHING, AS t'AT 1112 rTJI Th President of th BRYANT ofc STTt.lTTO" TtrSTVFSI rOI.f.EOE. PhOadelpiui, ha arranseoienu so that perues deeim!; to attend thm InstauUta dunac the pruanew wf th UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION can eeear 1 homrtA mi tk. pmt 1., ea. It win take st leeM s ' l thnenariib' examine the nnrnerons objects of inters tnm all psrtsof tb woeld. aad thw cea eeitily Oe done ftrn to ami Nattinia)., with out interfeeiiMt with the recular coarne of todj. ff ipfttr'tiniim j-tr ntuttt-ii a im, e4w'MM m.-l SMMeieSeeeeal wilfine wii er ayu h. -"-"'-I. fall pcirti.-iiLir, U1rn J- K- SOL'LIC President, los ivxilli T.-iUu Street, Philadelphia, Pa, S-1-llll aa. r? - GREAT iriOUCEnEriTS IfJ CLOTHING. MEN'S. YOUTHS'. BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S Fine. Medium, and Low aA a a - tncea, in large Assortment PRICES NEVER AS LOW for twenty years. Large Purchases of omas ror .asn, at present enabled us to effect this. SAMPLES SENT BY MAIL for uitutwt on pnmea vcKex, wiw plain instructions for Measurement GARMENTS ORDERED Sent by uitcu, nut we pay cxpressage oo tn ways on goods returned, and on return of Money to us if kept G,VEES.. A. 7RlAL ORDER cn rmiaaeipnia. View of Tower Hau. life -it fax ! aiKMAnP a JfA "MATl'lsE'S GREAT FtEMEDY." m r.rdlal la a CERTAIN CTJUE for Concha, rlda, Inamnaa.Uosi of Ihs Lmus, fr Ikreet anal Breast, BroBehi tja, amd if twkest im Aim, will arm thai fattml sitae, ea twmsmswpttw. TIM baala . afcte awedlelm ia p reparative, f Tar twe by m peesUlar praeesa from the sap f tka Pine Tree, the mesl let aval proper. tle mtt wfalesi are well kawwm. Witntkia Mwerfal elewaeat aura tharaasaiy taear p amlei several ataer wecetsiMa lairredt imtm, sack af w hie la po.sea.es aaothlasj aad hraltna- attrlbatea, the) making It th a POTENT ANTAGONIST ail all.i asis af the aalasssry argajta Iha has yet becm iatrodaeed. E2..L. 0, C. TJTISZAErS PINE-TREE TAR CORDIAL la aot a aew remedy that has never h-a heard at" Before, ftut aa OLD, RELI ABLE. AND WELL-TRIED medicine that haa been ta dally ase by maalllea aal latelllgeat physic La aa far the laa atxtera years, aad As apoken af la tha.hlisheat laraa hjr all who have weed It, aa than. aanda f UNSOLICITED TESTIMO NIALS prove.' If yoa safer from aay d la ease for which this Cordial ta rrravnraesHled. wa anhesttatrnclr myi " TRY IT. WE KNOW IT WILL DO YOU GOOD." A si ax la bottle will demnaatrate ita salaj able ojaaltUea. SILO, 111 MSTS M STISEKEEPEBS. PRINCIPAL.- DEPOT, 916 Filbert St., Philadelphia. 40 MIX ED C ARDS. Sam eil.le.!, only a. eenN, J. MoORE, ll Fsiue direct, rruvKk-uce. K. I. 4t 1IDDCID TO A CIBTAI5TT. Chaaea fa Vala Without risk. Send for circular at oooe. fo time to lows. ALLEN 4 CO.. 79 Nassau Street, KEV? YOKK. J-7-ly ): FAXCT CARDS. 7 tvl, with name, 10 rents, ZJ prat-paid. J. B. 11 L STkD, Nmgan.Kenss. Co.N. V. M 11 a-171y AC(n OOfl Pr v at home. Sample, w.ictti 1 Oil IU VtCXI oea STUisuj A Co., rutUai. Uiii.. 3-Mr 0 AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ENTENNIAL HISTORY f E U.S. Tbe grevt inteivnt In the thrilling history of oar ronntry makr thU the fttft fwllmr bok vYt-r pnl lubed. It eonfjune m full atrcoiiiit of the UrautJ CVn terminl Kxhihition. CACTIOSI. OM, Incotnple-te aoI TniU-M work r ntr c tmtliif tt; tli;t tit "-k ion tnv eonuirM4 -2 HaeenjrrJkV lBr;mi f33 pticn. i"m. iW t-irvnUr r-xtn- term t Afi.i. AJ drma, SXtioxal Pciuismisw Co., fhibhdHptiia. Pa. 3-UT-tf '"MUSIC FOR THE MILLION." -ZJZZZ Muk awrnt to4W.y aJir oil r-f.pt of $1, by C. rrta.ui, tii South tun St., J'li I li ctn. Iir two aiiuetu and caUlucue. 4-17-ft For Parlors, Chambers, Dining Rooms, Libraries. f Feathers, Mattresses, j Spring Cots, Beds, Bolsters, Pillows, I Ticks, &c, &c. Blankets, Quilts, : Counterpanes, Comfortables of Cotton, Wool or Down, I Sheets, Pillow Cases, &c. I I'IIITvIaKTMIIa.. e very low prices tor Woolens, have any kind of Garment, with prices Express. Fit and Satisfaction guar- these terms if unable to come to FT;r pnww. I'wul .a r .T ; .ui;,, : trwu.-n- Clothing Bazaar, 518 Market Street, - Idee Large Strset-CM OwlmaK Eatrcia. Half-way bet. Fifth and Sixth Hreets, SOUTH BID'S, PHILADELpilA.