y ' 1 ft 13 il il ,'.! a it. ' i3: r ' i. '" f :' ! i ! t U t s AGKlCTLmiL. Tevpkkattri of Plaxts. Most of our plants sre injured by too much heat For general collection of house plants it Is not best to allow the thermometer to be above seventy, and if they could be kept in a room where the thermome ter does not usually range above sixty five it would be better. In the night time fifty is high enough. Give a little fresh air every fine day, and all the sunlight attainable. Cleanliness is just as necessary to plants as to other bodies ; therefore secure tbem from dust, it' possible. Sweeping carpets is enough to kill both plants and sweepers, it will be a happy day for our lungs, as well as- for the lungs of plants, when we get a good substitute for carpets, something that will not raise a cloud of dust every time a step is taken. Until this good time comes, give the whole plant a good syringing occasion ally, or a bath in a pail of water. A little moisture in the air of a room is pleasant and healthy. We would not uy that a green house or mushroom house would be a good place to live in, but we do say that a room that will keep a few plants in good health, other things being favorable, will keep a family in the same desired condition. The family can -breathe the same con ""fined, dusty, dry, overheated air of a room and live, because they are out in the air a good portion of the time, but those who are confined to the air of our living-rooms the greatest number of hours, are the most delicate, and the plants having to remain in those over heated, ill-ventilated and dusty rooms, without a moment's relief, must droop and die. Cleanliness, fresh air, moder ate beat, and a tnoist atmosphere will secure healthy plants. IIow to Choose a Plow. Plows fre quently annoy those who use them in a most mysterious manner. They refuse to ran evenly in the ground and refuse to keep to the land as they ought to do. On examining them nothing seems to De wrong. Kvery properly shaped plow ought to have a slight concavity along the base of the land side, of one-eighth or three sixteenth of an inch so that the imple ment will " suck" into the soil and run steadily. This concavity may be shown by holding a steel square to the bottom of the plow. If this part is convex, as it not unfrequently is, no matter how high a reputation the maker of the plow has, it will not stav in the ground, and will annoy the plowman till the evil is remedied. The laudside of the base should also be slightly concave, to the same extent of one-eighth of an inch or more, and never ought to be convex or bulging, under any circumstances. If these apparently trilling items are properly attended to at the time of selecting a plow, much trouble may De avoided which often seriously perplexes the plowman, and causes him to lose much time which mav thus be saved. KEQnSITES OF A FaMILT ORCHARD. M. 11. Bateham writes in the Country (fentleman as follows: In stating what I conceive to be the requisites of a good family orchard, I am guided by actual observation and experience witn family of eight or nine persons, and a goodly share of friendly visitors. Of course we are all habitual fruit eaters from choice as well as conviction, and as apples are more reliable than most other fnnts, we need to calculate for a supply of these throughout the season, or from August to May ; then, if there are plenty ot graies or peaches, there will be some surplus of apples to be disposed or. We find that we need three classes of apples to be in condition for use during the whole season. First, not less than two distinct or first-class dessert or eat ing varieties, always in mellow or ripe condition for table use and tor visitor-', to send by children to school, and to give to less fortunate neighbors. This will require about a dozen varieties for the season. Second, one or two rich subacid varieties of good size tor coot ing in various ways. This will take eight varieties. A Kemedt fob Cheat asd Cockle. Some years ago my wheat was very much " turned ' to cheat and cockle. As I had just as much faith in wheat turning to one as the other, 1 resolved to sow no more of the seed of either, and took a screen off an old fan, put a rim around it, sat down by my heap of seed wheat, cockle and cheat or chess, and sieved it so long as any cheat, cockle or small grains of wheat would go through. I sowed ouly what would not pass through. The result was, scarcely a stalk of anything but wheat could be found in 45 acres the next harvest, and what few stalks appeared I presume had been in the manure. treated my seed the same way the next fall. The following spring, in sowing grass seed over 50 acres, I found but one stalk or cockle; and in harvesting. not a handful of cheat, and no cockle was found notwithstanding the wheat had been badly winter-killed, and one . iield near the barn had been run on, tramped and eaten by the Limits and chickens very much. Cor. Famum' friend. Raising Chickens. In an article on "Care of young chickens," the Practi enl Farmer says: It may be asked, what l the best feed for young chickens? There is some difference of opinion on this point. Breeders of fancy and ex- lulition stock are very carerui and par ticular in feeding, using hard boiled eggs, cooked meat cut into small pieces, bread, rice, &c, but the average farmer will not nor need he go to so much trouble. As good feed as we want is sour, thick milk mixed with corn-meal and bran ; the mess should not be too wet when given to the chickens. Curd is very good food once a day, and as soon as they are two weeks old a little good wheat at night will be found ex cellent. Some condiments, as Cayenne or black pepper, a little salt, tc. may be given once or twice a week, but only a little at a time. Only good hens should be selected for mothers for the early broods. A nervous, fidgety hen will not hover and nourish her chicks, and without this on her part, they will not grow and thrive with the best of care on the part of the owner. Ieas for Cattle. A. W. Stokes, Hernando, Miss., says : I have for years kept fatter cows and had more milk and butter, and for less money, than any lody I know of. First I sow peas broadcast, three pecks to a bushel per acre, in the month ot May, harrowing them in after breaking the ground well; then, in September, 1 pull them up just when a few begin to dry, and make hay out of the vines and peas. I get from 4000 to 5000 pounds per acre of hay that is eaten by cattle and horses as eagerly as if it were the best clover. Pulling up is far preferable to mowing, as cattle seem to love the root better than the tops, and it is said to be more nutri tious. Xo manuring is necessary, and one acre sowed in peas is worth six of fodder. . The advantage of a thorough prepa ration of ttie soil to receive seed can - hardly be too highly appreciated. The more finely pulverized it is the better for the seed and the crop. Close con tact between seed and soil exerts a ' wonderful influence upon germination. The germ starts into vigorous life, and both radical and plumule are more rapidly developed; the little rootlets take hold firmly in the pliant soil, ex tracting and appropriating far more nourishment from mother earth than ' they can do if the soil is but imperfectly pulverized. Speaking of sunflowers, the Maryland Farmer -says: For absorbing malaria, . and preventing disease caused by ma larial influences, for prime food for fowls, for a home remedy, sure and gait;, flu founder in your horses, and for - "market as a profitable seed to be sold for ' making oils, he sure 'to sow sunflower seed. '' SCIENTIFIC. Irory. The apprehension that ivory would become one of the products of the past, as we have often beard our cutlery and billiard ball manufactu rers maintain, does not seem to be i no tified by the facta. According to the following, from the British Mail, Messrs. Lewis & Peat, colonial brokers, have issued a very interesting report of the modern ivory trade, which, though showing great improvement since 1842, is a mere shadow of what it must have been in the ancient times. The total quantity imported into Great Britain in 1875 was 680 tuns, the largest in any year between that time and 1843, when it was only 2U7 tuns : the lowest being 1844, but 211 tuns. The fact of there being an appreciable increase in last year's imports over 1874 of 70 tuns is, says the report, "of the greatest in terest, because in this article especially, much more than in any other known, were is no reason to apprehend any falling off in the demand. In one im portant article of 'manufacture bil liard balls there is not any other sub stance which can be need as an ade quate substitute. The public sales are held four times in the year. Prices last year were, on the average, mnch lower than the previous one, which is attributed to the general commercial stagnation. The prices of good teeth, weighing from 50 lbs. to 100 lbs., varied from 273 to $ 335 per ewt. ; "scrivel loes," 120 to S270. Walrus teeth, sound, weighing from 1 lbs. to 5i lbs.. were worth CO to 63 cents pr lb. : de fective, 40 to 44 cents. Rhinoceros horns, of which at tuns were imported in 1874, realised from 34 to 73 cents. The probable value of the ivory im ported last year could not be less than 2.500.000. A larger portion came through Egypt than in the previous vear, and less lrom Zanzibar and uom bay, from South America a little more, and from est Africa a little less. Liahtata Motor -From the multi tudea that crowd the sidewalk of the west side of the Lnion square, many are attracted oy a email machine in constant motion, bnt without any vi sible motive power. In front of the instrument, which is in a front win dow, is a placard averring that perpet ual motion is attained by the radiome ter, the invention o itoiessor Wil liam Crookes, F. R. S., of London. The claim is an exaggeration, as the radiometer moves only when struck by rays of light, and is therefore no more perpetual motion than is a windniilL The instrument moves by the attrac tive and repulsive power of ligit, and by means of a delicate scale can, it is said, be made to weigh light to the one-millionth part of a grain. The ra diometer consists of four pith disks, black on one side, and white on the other, fastened at the end of four arms that are connected with a metal or jewel point in the centre. This point spins in a glass cut at the top of a rod, which is fastened in an upright posi tion, in what the maker says is a per fect vacuum. Ibis vacuum is the in terior of a el ass vessel, shaned like an inverted and very fat thermometrical tule. the four disks revolving in the bulb at the top. The light striking on the white surface of the disks attracts them, and striking on the black sides repels them, so that the lour disks re volve like the sails of a windniilL In the strong sunlight they move with such rapidity as to be nndistineuish- able ; in reflected light their motion is much slower. I he great expense at tendant upon the manufacture of ra diometers is caused by the difficulty of obtaining a perfect vacuum. Mr. Hicks used three tons of mercury in making seventeen radiometers. He exhibits broken glass by the hundred weight to show as the result of his many failures. Cunntna of the Adder. A correspon dent of the Milwaukee Sentinel states that, over thirty years ago, in Leeds, Greene county, a. i., bis attention was one day attracted by the plaintive cry of a cat. Looking into a garden. an adder was seen near the cat. The cat seemed to be completely paralyzed by fear of the adder ; she kept up the Plaintive cry, as u in great, uituress, but did not take htr eye off the ser pent, or make any attempt to attack or escape. Soon the snake saw that hu man eyes were observing him, and he commenced to craw, slowly away. "I then." continues the writer of the nar rative, concluded to release the cat from its trouble. I took a garden rake and put it on the snake's back, and held it without hurting it. As soon as I had the snake fast in this position, it raised its head, flattened it out, and blew, making a hissing noise, and some thing resembling breath or steam came from its mouth. When that was ex hausted I removed the rake, and the adder turned over on its back, lying as if dead. With the rake I turned it over on its belly again, but it immedi ately turned on its back. This was re peated several 'times. At last it was taken out of the garden, laid in the road, and we all retired to watch its movements. It commenced to raise and turn its head slowly (looking about the while) until entirely on its belly. and started at full speed for a little pool of water in the road, from which it was raked out and dispatched." On tit Liaht Absorbed bv the Atmot- uhere of the Shu. Prof. Pickerinir. as sisted by his Student, Air. atrange, lias made a series ot experiments lor the purpose of determining the relative amount of light received from portions of the son's surface at varying distan ces from the center of his dusk. He sums up the results as follows : The light of the various parts of the sun's disk is measured bv the modification of the Bansen photometer here em ployed, and given in an accompanying table, with a probable error not ex ceeding one percent, except close to the edge. The light at the edge is about four tenths of that at the center. The variations in brightness are nearly those which would be produced by a homogeneous atmosphere ot height eaual to the sun's radius and opacity such that only 26 per cent of the light is transmitted. There appears to be a slightly different distribution of the light along the polar, from that along the eouatoriaL diameter. If the atmos phere were removed, the brightness of the sun s disk would be nnitorm, and 3.83 times that of the center of the disk at present, while the total amount of light would be increased 4.u times. Underground Forest in the Thame Tallev. An interesting geological dis covery, as we learn from Hature, was recently' made during excavations for anew tidal basin at the Surry Commer cial Docks, London. On penetrating some six feet below the surface, the workmen everywhere came across a subterranean forest-bed, consisting of peat with trunks of trees, for the most part still standing erect. All are of speciesstill inhabiting Britain ; the oak, alder, and willow are apparently most abundant. The trees are not mineral ized, but retain their vegetable charac ter, except that they are thoroughly saturated with water. In the peat are found bones of the great fossil ox. Fresh water shells are also found. Xo doubt is entertained that the bed thus exposed is a continuation of the old buried forest that has been brought to light at various other localities on both sides of the Thames. In each case the forest bed is found buried beneath the marsh clay, showing that the land has sunk below the tidal level since the fo rest flourished. Exvlosion in Mine. The late very disastrous accidents in France and Belmnm have again directed the at tention of the French Academy of Sci ences toward all possible methods of discovering the causes of such calami ties. M. Reimbault lays great stress on the coal-dust with which the air of the mine is mixed, and believes such dust to be one of the great adjuncts of explosions. This same idea has been of late advanced in England, as mine explosions have apparently been more common in Summer than in Winter, when the mines were dryest. The me thods of prevention, if arising from the admixture of coal-dust with the air, would present no difficulty. Occa sional jets of water would lay all such particles of carbonaceous matter. oxemc. The Moth. This little Insect, so de structive in our households, is known to naturalists by the name of tinea, and belong to the family of the lepidoptera, or scaly-winged Insects, or which it is the smallest, the most beautiful, and the most destructive. It is second cousin to the canker worm, the apple worm, and the turpentine moth, but among its aristocratic and honorable relations is the silk worm. The im mediate family relatives of the common moth, are the bee moth, the carpet moth, the hair moth, the grain moth, and the pack moth. As soon as the egg laid by the mother moth Is hatched. straightway the tiny worm proceeding from it begins to feed upon the fabric to which it is fastened, and spins itself a cocoon, in which it moves freely and unseen, and from which emerges in due time a butterfly. In May or June these winged insects deposit their eggs. Before this time everything they can harm should be placed beyond their reach. Before putting away lur and woolen goods they should be thoroughly beaten to dislodge any eggs that may have been deposited on them, and ex posed to the sun and air for hours. It is said that brushing over their retreats with turpentine will dislodge them, that camphor, black pepper, tobacco, shav ings of Russia leather, will disgust them, that camphor wood and cedar trunks are free from their visitations, and that corrosive sublimate washings, sulphur fumigations, and the action of heat and steam will destroy tnem. i re- ventlon is the best cure, it lurs anu woolens are carefully sealed up in paper cases, or put away in chests and trunks which the moth-fly cannot penetrate, they are safe. Fabrics already attacked by them should be beaten and sunned repeatedly, and the ravages will be checked. This little insect loves dark ness, and hides its evil doings from the light of day. io keep it irom piusn furniture, twice a vear. on a bright. sunny day, take the furniture out of doors, remove the bottoms irom me chairs if they can be removed, and give the cushions a good switching wttn long, pliable switches, till the dust is removed. Then brush them thoroughly. While the cushions are being sunned, give the frames a coat of varnish. Let the furniture remain in the sun nearly all day. Colo Roast Beef with Mashed Pota toes. Slice the beef very thin, and lay it over the bottom of a deep pudding dish, scattering over it pepper, salt, a sprinkle of flour, and, if the flavoring is liked, a little chopped onion. Fill np the dish in this manner, and add to It the cold gravy, with half a cofleecup ful of boiling water put with it. Cover it with a plate or tin and bake it two hours. Then mash some well boiled potatoes with butter, milk and salt, and make a high wall around a platter with them, covering them over with a beaten egg; place the dish in the oven to be come well browned, and turn in the contents of the pudding dish when it is handsomely colored. This makes an excellent side dish or lunch dish, and Is always highly relished. Boiled rice, covered with egg and browned in the oven, can be substituted for the pota toes, and can be served separately. A piut of canned tomatoes will add to the flavor of the dish ; it can be put in with the gravy. Mutton, lamb and veal can be cooked in tbe same way. Dandelion Greens. When the leaves of young dandelions are three or four inches long, cut up the roots, just be low their junction with the leaves. This is the way they are gathered for the X'ew York market. In dressing them take off all the decayed imperfect leaves, and cut the root close, leaving just enough to hold the leaves. Then put into a kettle, with about an equal quantity of water, and boil briskly an hour or more. When tender, let them drain in a colander ten minutes, and serve warm. If a seasoning is desired, stew one-fourth the quantity of rhubarb stems in as little water as possible, chop up the cooked greens and mix with the stewed rhubarb intimately. Millet Balls. Boil one part millet in four parts water an hour, or until quite soft; when cold, work into it white corn-meal, just as tor corn-bails in the recipe given above. These make a more delicate article than the mush and the yellow corn-meal. The millet is an imiwrted article, usually found in German groceries, and so far as I know, not raised in this country. It is a very different article from that raised for the birds. Diet. Butter is much cheaper than pork, and tar healthier diet for a family, especially in spring and summer. Deli cate and sedentary people should reruse pork at any price, with eggs, butter, milk, and good corn-meal and wbeaten flour, aud sound vegetables and fruit for dinner, there is little else to be de sired in the way of wholesome and nourishing diet. Try it, dyspeptics. Blisters. When the feet become blistered from walking too muclf, the fluid may be let out with a worsted needle, leaving the worsted thread an inch on each side through the blister, and if much pain is caused, bathing the feet in warm water will speedily give tbe wished for relief; but it should al ways be punctured just before retiring to rest. A Painkiller. Alcohol, 1 quart: gum guaiac, 1 ounce; gums myrrh and camphor, and cayenne pulverized, each ounce. Mix, and shake occasionally for a week or ten days, and filter and let it settle for use. Apply freely to surface pains, or it may be taken in tea- spoonful doses Tor internal pain, anu repeat according to necessities. Ax eminent physician of a western city says be cures ninety- nine out of every hundred cases oi scarlet iever ny giving the patients warm lemonade with gum arabic dissolved in it. A cloth wrung out in hot water and laid upon the stomach should be removed as rapidly as it becomes cool. This is cer tainly worth trying. Oatmeal Biscuit. Work "B" oat meal into cold oatmeal mush, until it can be maue into biscuit in the band, Have them well covered with the oat meal, and bake in rather a moderate oven until the moisture is well dried out, Tbey may be served either cold or warm, and ir made quite dry tney win keep some weeks. To whiten lace, iron it slightly, and sew it up in a linen bag; let the bag remain for 24 hours in pure olive oil. Then boil the bag in soap and water for 15 minutes, rinse in warm water, ana then dip Into water containing a slight proportion of starch. Take the lace from the bag and stretch it out to dry. Egg Sandwiches. Boll fresh eggs live uiiuuies, imi, uicw m wiu mm., and when quite cold peel them, and after taking a little white off each end of the eggs, cut the remainder in four slices. Xay them between bread and A ! . . . . 1 I a.' .In. butter. To keep a tin tea-kettle bright, rub it every day with newspaper. It will keep it very Drignt, wttnout any warn ing. To keep coper or tin tanks in their original brightness, rub every day with dry newspaper. A good cook is not the one who uses the most and richest ingredients, re gardless of the expense; but she who studies economy, and is able to concoct a delicious meal from scanty materials: Cream Pel One cud cream (sweet and as thick as you can get It), two ta blespoonfuls sugar and one egg. Use one crust, making it the aual way. A WEAK solution at cvant.l nf nnra. slum deans gold lace well. arEOBors. . The Ant Eater, You have tee plcters of this aaimel, I spose, but Uncle Xed has see 'em a live. Once a ohloaofer see a live ant eater, and run a way, friten like he bad see a lion, and he met a man, ana tne man said wot was he afraid of, for it was the most harmllce thing in the world. Then the phlosofer, wich was a shamed, he thot a wile, and said wot did they live on, and the man said ants. Then the phlosofer said how many ants to a meal f And the man about ten thousand hun dred. Then the phlosofer be said that wot you call harmllce, is it, you un feelln feller, I dont want yon to speak to me never any more, and dont tell any boddv vou have see me. Ant eaters cetches 'em with their tongs, wich is long like a werm, and mm on it the same as todea tongs, only they does it different, for the anu isaent serve at their ressidenees, but has to come to the shop. The eater finds a place were tbe anu is to work, ana lies down, and puts out iU long, and sheU its eyes. Then a ant comes there, and looks, and savs to the other ants, this duffer has over et hlssef and gone to sleep with out finishing bis last werm, lets take wos hi lef for our own selfs, But wen they have ol get hold they stick fast, and the eater it open one eye and tuehe jtB..r;ncr. and the tone is drawd in like a tape meashur, and the ants Is astonish! And now I wiU tell you a story which aint true, just for a change. There was a ant eater wich bad lay out his tong that way, and a ant come were it was, and said hullo, wot is this? The eater was so hungry he cuddent wait, and he said, wy, don't you see, that is a nice werm. But he bad to pull In his tong to say it, and then the ant said wel, I just wanted a werm like tbatn, and if you haddent grabbed it so quick Iwude have took it. men tne eater he see he had made a mistake, and he said I kno were there is a other werm, the same kind, you roller me and lie sho you, so the eater went of a little way with his back to the ant, and laid out his tong agin, and wen the ant come up the eater winked liked sayin to be caret ui or you win iriten uie werm. But when the ant had lookt it said I bleeve thats the same ole werm wich you have had in your mouth, but He take it if youl sure me it aint so, on the honnor of a good ant eater, wich I kno you are. But the eater he diddent dare to say anything at ol, and the ant went a way leavin the eater a feeling like a fool with bis tong out. We always felt a great deal of con fidence in our power to read tbe mys teries of childhood, but we never can comprehend why it is that a bunch of little boys who nnd it auncuii to speii cat above a whisper in school, can yell loud enough when playing marbles to scare a country dog out of a year's growth. What makes it appear strange to us is because we used to do it our selves. Dubuque Time. Rcskin observes that as a rule women have no eye for color. This explains why a woman is obliged to spend three quarters of a day in getting the exact shade of ribbon to trim a dress, while when it comes to mending her hus band's pantaloons, she seems to think that a yellow patch is just the thing to match black broadcloth. A itmi boy said to his mother the other morning: "Ma, I had the beauti- f ulest dream last night you ever saw. l dreamt that I wouldn't go to school and that you went out into the yard and cut a great long switch, but just as you was going to give me an awful dressin' the world came to an end ! Didn't I get out of it easy, though ?" The growing superfluity of Brigadiers in the army recalls what O'Connel said to a British officer when he was being cross examined. "Well, soldier," said the Irish barrister. "I am no soldier; I am an officer," was the indignant in terruption of the irate Briton. "Well," said O'Connell; "well, officer, who is no soldier " A tocno man in western Wisconsin, who was about to be married, the other day, suddenly remembered that he hadn't fed his horse, and tbe ceremony had to wait until the horse bad been cared for. He explained that a good horse could n t be round every day, while thirteen different girls wanted to marry him. The Ruling Passion. Prison Chap lain (charged to report on convicts re ligious knowledge) "uo you Know tne Commandments f" Prisoner "Yes, sir." Prison Chaplain "Say the Eighth." Prisoner (promptly) "Thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter," etc. Punch. "How would you make a believer of an incredulous man?" asked one gentle man of another not long since. "I think the surest way would be to set him over a bee-hive," was the reply; "and I calculate that after he'd been stung once or twice he would become a bee-Uaver in earnest !" Chicago Journal. "Look at the old Bay State," screamed a red-nosed stump speaker at a Xorth Carolina barbecue, as he gesticulated with one hand and munched a chunk of beef he held in the other. "Yis. In- dade I" sung out a disgusted Irishman, pointing to the speaker, "aee the ouid baste ate !' A young clergyman seems to have compressed the whole body of his ser mon on "deceit" in tne rouowing: "Oh, my brethren, the snowiest shirt front may conceal an aching bosom, and the stiffest of all rounders encircle a throat that has many a bitter pill to swallow." "Henry," she said, "you don't know what a soothing influence you have on me." "My darling," he whispered softly, while a glad light came into his eyes, "can't it be so" "Yes," she said, "when you are around, I always reel like going to sleep." borate Bulletin. He was reading to his wife about an accident, and casually remarked, "I dare say there was a woman at the bottom of it." when something trans- spired that made him grasp his head in both hands and rub it deliriously as if there had been a woman at the top of it. Somebody advertises la the London Time for a servant girl that fears the Lord and can carry one cwt. Hand maidens that can successfully wrestle with an hundred pound weight are not usually the sort o' females that fear the Lord, or anybody else for that matter. An old lady was In the habit of talk ing to her friends in a gloomy, depress ing manner, presenting only tbe sad side of life. "Hang it," said one, after a long and sombre interview, "she wouldn't allow that there was a ongni side to the moon !" "How are you. this morning?" said Fawcett to Cooke. "Not at all myself," says the tragedian. "Then, I congratu late you," replied Fawcett, "for, be whoever else you will, you will be a gainer by the bargain." That was a good Detroit boy who told his father that If he would buy him a pony he would let him have the use of it when it was too rainy for good boys to be out. A friend that "sticketh closer than a brother" during warm weather Your flannel shirt. Wo.-rwne.1ta that ftf which. If TOO take away the first letter, all will still remain? tall. Musical Note. In what key would a lover write a proposal of marriage? lie mine, ahi . "Crank Y"mu8lcians organ grinders Torrrs coins. The Fib and tkeXeedJe.A pin and a needle, says the American Fontaine. being neighbors in a work-basket, and both being idle, began to quarrel aa idle folks are apt to do. "I should like to know." said the pin. what you are good for, and how you expect to get tocough the world with out a head V . "What is the use of your head," re- Elied the needle, rather sharply, "if yon ave no eye V m . "What is the use of an eve," said the pin, "if there is always something in ur "I am more active, and can go through more work than you can," said "Yes, but you will not live long." Why not t' "Because you have always a stitch in yonr side," said the pin. "You are a poor, crooked creature," said the needle. "And you are so proud that you can t bend without breaking." "I'll pull your head off, if you insult me again." "I'll pull your eye out if you touch me ; remember your life only hangs by a single thread," said the pin. While tbey were thus conversing a little girl entered, and undertaking to sew, she very soon broke oil' the needle at the eye. Then she tied the thread around the neck of the pin, and, at tempted to sew with it ; she soon pulled its head off and threw it into the dirt by the side of the .broken needle- , "Well here we are, said the needle." "We have nothing to light about now," said the pin. "it seems misfortune nas orougut. us to our senses." "A pity we had not come to tnem sooner," said the needle. "How much we resemble human be ings, who quarrel about their biessings until they lose them, and never find out tbey are brothers till they lie down in the dust together as we uo." How to Jial Children Lovely. There is just one way, and that is to surround them by day and by night with an at mosphere of love. Restraint and re proof mav be mineled with the love. but love must be a constant element, "I found my little girl was growing unamiable and plain," said a mother to us the other day, "and reflecting on it sadly, I could only accuse myself as tbe cause thereof. So I changed my man agement and improved every opportu nity to praise and encourage her, to assure her ot my unoounueu anection of her and my earnest desire that she should grow up to lovely and harmoni ous womanhood. As a rose opens to tbe sunshine so tbe child heart opened in the warmth of the constant affection and caresses I showered upon her. Her peevishness passed away, her tace grew beautiful, and now one look from me brings her to my side obedi ent to my will, and happiest when she is nearest me." Is there not in this a lesson for all parents. Not all the plowing or weeding or cultivation of every sort we can give our crops will do for them what the steady shining of the sun can effect, Love is the sunshine of the family : without it not character. or morality, or virtue can be brought to perfection. An Ounce of Help Worth A Pound of Pity. There was a great rush to tue trap, in which sat a disconsolate mouse looking in bland dismay at tue com pany of cousins clamoring outside. "How could you be so foolish V squeaked one. "It goes to my very heart to see you. dear," squeaked another; while cries of "1 wonder you were not more care ful!" "What a thousand pities you should have fallen a sacrifice to yonr taste for cheese 1" "How glad 1 should be to see you out of your trouble !" etc., etc, rose in a chorus from the rest. "There, if vou can't do better than sit there squeaking, be so good as to go," cried the prisoner, indignantly; "it you would set to work to gnaw the wires, so as to set me free, 1 would call yon friends, and believe in your syra path v. but your 'noise and doing noth ing' is worse than useless. Your wis dom, which is aggravating, comes too late, and yonr pity is as contemptible to me as it is cheap to you : Much Want More. A. mighty river having gathered many streams into its . U. U V. .MW ...V vw. ,vn, said tbe rocks, "thou wilt surely be sa tisfied !" But that evening the waves came beating on the shore, and moan ing as if in tbe very misery of want. Then came a torrent from the moun tains that had newly burst its rocky barriers, and rushing headlong down met the waves, and for a moment in creased their force. "Now thou art satisfied: thou art full, and need est no more," cried the rocks. But the evening tide came again, and the waves sighed and moaned wearily as ever. "Alas f cried the rocks, "it is even so ; if all the waters of the earth were poured into thee, thou wouldst never be satisfied." "Never be satisfied f echo murmured from their caverns. So Kind nest in Eaitina False none. "I thought I would just give you a nttie cheer, said a nne sunny day mat broke in on a gloomy December ; "its quite pleasant to see now bright I have made von all : the hedres are thinking of budding, and the birds are fancying that building time is at nana, iou ought to feel very gratefuL" "Far from it," all with one voice re- EUed ; you come to fill ns with false opes, and to raise a joy that to-morrow will most likely destroy. This is not kindness. Come constantly, and we will bless you : come in this hckie way and von will leave ns mourning over disappointment, and enervated by your capricious geniality, so that when our hardships come they will seem to us a thousand times harder than we now feel them to be." Morina the World. "What are yon doing, Charlie T" "Making the world shake," was the answer. Tbe little four-year-old was "jouncing" himself, as he called it, np and down in his chair, as he sat before the open window, and was greatly interested in watching the effect it seemed to have on the buil dings and trees and fields before him. Older boys, politicians, preachers, re formers, etc., not unfrequently get up similar personal earthquakes. "Mamma." asked a precocious young ster at the tea-table the other evening, after a a long and yearning gaze to ward a plate of doughnuts, "Mamma, do you think I could stand another one of those fried holes V She thought he could. Alpha of Proverka. A grain of prudence is worth a pound os craft. Boasters are cousins to liars. Confession of a- fault makes half amends. Denying a fault doubles It. Envy shooteth at others and wound- eth herself. Foolish fear doubles danger. God reaches us good things by our own hands. He has hard work who has nothing to do. It costs more to revenge wrongs than to bear them. Knavery is the worst trade. Learning makes a man fit company for himself. Modesty is a guard to virtue. Not to hear conscience is the way to silence it. One hour to day Is worth two to-morrow. Proud looks make foul work in fair faces. Quiet conscience gives quiet sleep. Richest is be that wants least. Small faulu Indulged are little thieves. The boughs that bear most hang low est. Upright walking Is sure walking. Virtue and happiness are near kin. Wise men make more opportunities than they find. You never lose by doing a good turn. nHt 1 ! Lately, in a drawing-room where the general coarse of events is followed with moderation, bnt where, however, a certain respect is paid to ancient tra dition, a discussion took place upon the habit adopted by men of leaving their bats, with their great-coats in the ante room, and entering the .drawing-room with their arms swinging as though they were in their clubs. The grand mother of the mistress of the bouse, a dowager of eighty-seven years of age, a woman of the best society, refined both in appearance and in manners, having passed through the social vicis situdes of her generation, but retaining a mind fnll of philosophy, indulgence and charm, listened to the arguments for and against it. while knitting her self a pair of silk mittens which she still wore as in the good old times. Her grand-daughter, coming near her, asked her ooin ion upon tbe subject of the animated discussion. "My child," she answered, "in all my life now of many years only two men have ever entered my apartmenta otherwise than with their hatt in their hands." . , , . "Who were these t" asked the young woman, with curiosity. "My hair-dresser and my butler. I would never have tolerated it from any one else, not excepting your gnuiui n ..l.lr (k. alnarauwr. with a Sll :i MTk 1. nf ;n hA hanH ! most certainly a proof of deference toothers. ana an assistance ausu mi uw b know of nothing more awkward than - n.nn .ntAMfliF m ilrawinv-rnAin with bis arms hanging and not knowing what to do with his lianas, wnion, un less he carries them in his pockets, are a decided emuarrassmenu Women have resource in tue iau : and furthermore, their hands loaded nnIM thA.r mraia Ancirrlttil with bracelets, may be considered as objects which thev mav dra attiiintinn tn Hon without fear, r or a man the hat in his hand is a guarantee of cor rect deportment on entering a room The present custom found its birth ir the liberty, not to say the license, oi tne clubs, wnere every u ueu enters hands bis cane, his great coat. and his hat to a servant, so as not to be troubled with tbem during the rest ...ninv Kill, ft man a. rlllh IS VI. .uv . Lump. - , tinm. .ml whan Iia nvl tn othnr UV) UUIIlVf MUU " - people's houses it is not exactly tbe same tning. derm Telegraphy. The improvements in telegraphy, about which the public has lately been learning a good deal through the news papers, really constitute a remarkable element of progress, and are deserving of separate consideration. With the fire-alarm, domestic, and district tele graphs In our cities, the reduced rates and increased einciency or ine great lines and tbe further Improvements promised us, it does not seem too much to expect that the telegraph will soon rival the post-office and the press as a bearer and dlffuser of intelligence. Tbe failure of the English postal tele graph to fulfil the sanguine prophecies of its advocates will hardly be held to militate against this view, when it shall be shown what the nature of these im provements is. Prof. Jevons, in a late number of the Fortnightly Periew, has indicated the causes of this failure. It was taken for granted by the promoters of the scheme, he asserts, that, as in the case of the Post-office, a vast increase of business might be done with but little more expense. Accordingly, to gain the increased business they reduced the rates one half, and succeeded but not In a pecuniary sense. Prof. Jevons ascribes this disappointing result to the great cost of erecting and maintaining the lines; to their small carrying capac ity when compared with that of a rail road-train ; and to the number of hands and head which each telegraphic mes sage has to pass through before reach ing its destination, and which must all be paid. But the progress of the last five years, made principally in this country, has demonstrated that these difficulties are not Insuperable. On a good day not less than 7i,000 quarts or ice cream are manufactured in Philadelphia, using up 37,00 quarts of plain cream, skimmed from 200,000 quarts of milk. The heat is wilting our shirt collars, heating our blood and making the grasshopper a burden. The fat man and the thin man suffer alike from the sun's hot rays. "Pull down your vest. therefore, aniL strike a straight line for Bennett A Co., Tower Hall, Xo. 518 Market Street, Phlla., (sign of the big clock.) There you can be fitted out with a light, airy costume, which will bring back memories or the early spring, aim the terms will be so reasonable that you will not be made to flush all over when the bill Is presented. Debility Hervoaa Headache. Chronic, sick or nervous headache is generally dependent on. or accompanied bv. impaired digestion, by which the circulation and nutrition of the brain are deranged, and the nervous centres vitiated. The Peruvian Syrit, by re Invigorating and digestive powers, lays the axe at the root or the tree; the brain is duly nourished, the nervous symptoms cease, and the headache dis appears. 13 From Urn Tf ffacfa. Npoetaltlea la atedlclae. We publish on our eighth page a lengthy article describing the system of the noted specialist, Dr. K, V. Pierce, of Buffalo, X. Y., In which besets forth with considerable force and clearness his reasons for devoting his whole time and attention to a single department of medicine the treatment of linzerlne chronic diseases. The same article also takes up the subjects of diagnosis. methods of consultation and treatment, etc., and will be found to contain many valuable hints to the invalid. Dr. Pierce is the author of a work which has al ready atuined a large circulation "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser" containing some nine hun dred numerously-Illustrated pages, and devoted to medicine In all its branches, a work well calculated for the guidance and instruction of the people at large, and which may be had for $1.50 (post paid) by addressing the author. Dr. Pierce has now been before the general public long enough to enable the for mation of a careful estimate of the effi ciency of his treatment and his medi cines, and the verdict, we are glad to know, has been universally favorable to both. . 29 Dr. Schenck's Pulmonic Strut. Sea Weed Tonio and Mandrake Pills. These medicines have undoubtedly per formed more cures of Consumption than any other remedy known to the Ameri can public They are compounded of vegetable ingredients, and contain no thing which can be injurious to the hu man constitution, uther remedies ad vertised at cures for Consumption, pro bably contain opium, which is a some what dangerous drug In all cases,and if taken freely by consumptive patients, it must do great Injury : for iU tendency Is to confine the morbid matter In the system, which, of course, must make a cure impossible, Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is warranted not to contain a particle of opium: It is composed of powerful but harmless herbs, which act on the lungs, liver, stomach and blood, and thus correct all morbid secretions, and expel all the diseased matter from tbe body. These are the only means by which Consumption can bo cured, and as Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Sea Weed Tonio and Mandrake Pills are the only 1 1 - vti . ... r . ineuicines wnicn operate in wis way, it Is obvious they are the only genuine cure for Pulmonary Consumption. Each Dottle or this invaluable medicine U ac companied by full directions. Dr. Scbenck is professionally at his princi pal office, corner Sixth and Arch St.. Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice must be addressed. - MAadjavatkama. am wanted. OatStaad 4AdB wraM free, TR0R A CO, AecaMa, Maine, wi The People's Remedy. The Universal Pais Extractor Note: Ask for FOXD'S EXTRACT. Take no other. r, lair 1 will ah ml uccUcal aaili 'i miitT-T The great YeaaMe Pala r 'I'LZ..ZT .1- ka i. wi r tatty yrmrm. and tor theiilinf and prompt ow tlnTlmmcaBaotlMazceUed. ... . n Na faaiUy can a fiord to be wttMot aVA Extract. ArHdeata, Bmlaea. C turn Vmtm, Haralaa. are iUW alaKMt uwtaatly by axtaroal application Pnanptlr relieve peiaa or llaraa, Wralda, Karerfcatteaa, Oaaaaja, Old Bella, Feleee. ferae, etc. Arreata in. aaauUiaD, ndace aweUinr. atone bleeding, reotoTte diecolorattonaaBd Demi lajMaiy. In the bntLuoae, vertigo. il LIICI MCA it bae ao equal. All fclw! of aU MratleTu which Mies are eahct are promptly cared. Fuller deUUa ia book atxom panrlnc each bottle. II (1 blind or MereUaw-BMCt prompt feHef and ready cam. Nocaae, bowerer chionic or olwtinate, can kmc reatat it regular ae. fAIISMI fllM. "to tb ob1 wire can for IhiadiitreeeiEg and dangeroaa condition. III! IT ilSEAIU. It baa so equal lor perma nent rare. I trails front any can. Tor this Is a ewe. clae. ItaaaaaTedbandradaofliTeawheaaU othtfteincdMe failed to arrest bleedinic Irom wear, lamarb tana, and etara-brre. tlEIMATISM, EHAIIIA, .rtmrhm and armrbe are aU ua rciTed, and otlen cr- manrntly cored, eavuri l aa r .11 arhonle wboare erooahitrd wu leada Katrart mt VHcb llaxrl rec ommead it m tbelr practice, n e un khutboi commendaUoa from baodredaof Physician, aumTOf whom order It ror nee m their own practice. In addition to the forecoing, tbey order tt aee for MwellinaTa of all kind. Oataay, Ware Thrwat, lenned TeeMlla, eimpie and chronic tMarrbarn, Cnlarrh, Hor which tt M a (pacific) Chilblain, t reat ed FreU MCln-e ef learrr.. .rla-aailaea. etc-, Chapped Heads, Face, and indeed all manner of akm tiini i TIILfT lot. Remoreaieeetinran, Reaahnen, and Hanrthaell beaj Cain, ErapUeae, and Ptmplee. ft rawer, tnewerotev and r. Jrmkm, while wondertully improving tb t'empJeataa. Tl fAIHlM. lew"e Extract. Ko Stock Breeuer.uo tirery If an can attord tobe without U. It la used be aU tbe Leading UTerasuhlea, Street KaUroada and first Uurxemrilin New York City. It hasno eqaallor Marain, Har. are or Meddle ihaMaaa, ritiHnrea, Mrralehea, weUha-a,t;al, Larerailseii, Bleedtaat, Paewaaeele, CeUe, liarrha-m. d'hllla. ( eida. etc lurameof action i eride. and the rebel it affords is ao prompt that it I in rateable in every Farm-vard as web aa m every Farm -boo. Let It be tned once, and too will never be wtlbont H. CAIjlll. Extract ha been bnt.ee) Toerenatne article has the words read's Kx. tract bkma m each bottle. Il a prepared by the estlv prrssns Hrlaw who ever knew bow to prepare it proper hr. Kcfnse all other pre paration of witch Baari. This the only article ased by Physician, and la (be bru tal of this cormtry and Europe. IISTHT All ItU If PHD. EXTIACT, "AenV SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! An rrtsa, Slrrar Mowntsd and Walnnt. asw ad second haad. asenrely packed for ahipDln. OUUKTaUto, IIAJIa&HUjVMUl axOiUi FIX rotma a wd optioe rnKrrrsi an Mad Th leriet and best asanrtsd etooa. new aad lawn! 1 1 Id lb City. LKWIH Ac BRA, S-V-1 Ian. lan. turn and istr bimi avk mi. STTLISH TISITIXe CARDS! 501 VIM TIXTKOOK WHITE, by Bail. S4 cents. SKSD STAMP far SAMPLES. Ac. No anatear A6E2IT9 wanted. ril&AKD a IV.. rre- umFmi. WT clats.'-WMtl, Ass. T JM.lt.lrtt 17-1 J Ofx FANCY CARDS, new style, with nasss.10 rents, 6)0 post-paid. i. B. ULSTKU, Nassan.Benss. Co. J. . -13-lt :. .f r-ir mC.l t-w.,. imtM.(9 Dun. .1 N AIUOS DILLBOM & CO., 21 and 23 HT. Tenth Street, PHILADELPHIA. HAVING VERY MUCH ENLARGED OUR STORE, Wo hare now as eon pi tie and weli-seltcte d a Stock of FURNITURE, BEDDING, BED CLOTHING, AM CJLZi E I'OUSI) CnEflT inDUCEOEDTS in CLOTiliriG. MEN'S, YOUTH?, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S Fine. Medium, and Low tncea, in large Assortment PRICES NEVER AS LOW for twenty tears. Lome Purchases of Goods for Cash, at present enabled us to effect this. SAMPLES SENT BY MAIL for a.li-.l. J . M f f anacnea on pnnxea ncxer. witn plain instructions for Measure ment GARMENTS ORDERED Sent by unma; n mi we pay cxpressage oo tn ways on goods returned, and on return of Money to us if kept GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER on rniladelplua. Yiem et Towtv UeXL, K. A. tAa VliK?aar' SAFE AMP RELIABLF Have Yoo Weak LrnigM? ; HaT Vou a Congh or Cold ? ITavYori Pain In Yonr Breast ? Havf Yon any Throat liseaor" Have Yon Cowenmptlon ? USEDs.l.O.C.WISHAm FINE TREE TAR CORDIAL A re Yon Weak and Tf Wlitatfd ? Do Yon Snffer from Indigestion? Do Yon rpfinirf a Totilc? Have Yon X o A prKttte ? Do Yon rifeMl Hnildingrrt? TVn Yoo wish to be Strongand Health v? USEDb. I. 0. C. WISHARTS PINE TREE TAR C0RDI1L Sold by all Drngglt. I'rinripwl Isypot. 91t FillM-rt St IMtlUrlHphla. ART NaUlOtasnl snartair ha.laaal k .1L .1 MUM M TA-ffl VI mUaAm M. . I. 0 AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ENTENN1AL HISTOnYo.raj.$. The rrrat Interest m tbe thrilliD history ef oar coantry bbOiss Ibis the nwtest sellin book snr ens. lulled. Il contains a full accuaat ef the Oread Cen tennial Rihthttion. CAITIOH. Old, Incomplete and TareriaMe works are taiw rirralated: see that tbe bnok voe hay contains 44t Mm e warms Iua sad fS pafe. Brad fctr circulars ana eitre term to Ave(a Ad. dress, Sarniua Piausiuiw Co, Philadelphia, Pa. s-r tf $77 a week to Agents. OM and Toang-. Male and Fruiale. In tbelr hx-allty. Terms and (Air at frm. Addreaa P. O. Vk-iibt Co, AutftniA, Maine. 11-S-aDi Ottn C?Ofl P""" soesa. Rampl.a worth II Oil IU wswU fees. 8riawaCa,rurtlaad,Maiaa. --lv BROOMS! BROOMS! JOBS 1. kEllEK CO, 153 WaaMnrton Bt, New York. Principal Depot m 9sw York fcr tb best Broom Maaastnrwj in tbe Oailad Statse, Brooms from $2.00 per totem and apward. Tb lowest pr!nad greatsst variety to bs band anywhere. Also an sntirs aew stork ef WOOD and WILLOW WAKS. each a Paila, Tabs, Baska, Male, Twiese Oordaaw, Wicks, Acsncetbsr wit a tall Una of Apple Bran- W ood and Clay Pipes. Fancy Suepa. Yaaks Na Haas, Culler;, Ac satars n-om Hi to ou par sailL A fall Un of tb best quality ef TIM W ARK. P. S. W sell oar roods at pries that do set require any dramming on tbs road. Order by eaul will re s lasUL y KIDUCBD TO A CkkTAlSTT. rkamcw to Unlet Withortt risk. Send for nrcnlar at oncw. No time to lone. Al.T.KN A CO., 7S Namuut (Street, NEW YOllK. S-7-ly For Parlors, Chambers, Dining Booms, I Libraries. Feathers, Mattresses, Spring Cots, Beds, Bolsters, Pillows, Ticks, &c, &c. Blankets, Quilts Counterpanes, Comfortables of Cotton, "Wool or Down, I Sheets, Pillow Cases, &c. IN riIILAUHiaIIIA. very low prices for Woolens, have any kind of Garment, with prices . e an asm Express. Fit and Satisfaction guar- these terms if unable to come to 1 Clothing Bazaar, 518 Market Street, Half-way bH. Fifth and Sixth Streets, SOUTH 8XDI, FIUaEIaPIlIA. V t i i I i i r I 7
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