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A French traveler, M. Vandal, who
recently visited Northern Sweden to see
h "miiliiia-lit sun" as it appears on
the 24th of June, gives the following
account of the country and itspeopie.
"If the Lapps deserve the palm of ugli
ness among all the inhabitants of old
Euroi, their country Is assuredly the
most frightful of our continent. Horror
is its special characteristic; stony plains
succeed dried up marshes, the soil only
shows at long intervals, covered with a
blacki-h moss. Tet we are crossing
forests, hut the firs composing them do
not pass three feet iu height. The zne
of dwarf trees succeeds that of gigantic
firs, like Lapps besi.le Scandinavians.
Xow and then a strip of cultivated land
brings rest to the eye; rye and wheat
rijen in forty days, and beneath an un
seizing sun acquire a strange and rapid
development. In the north, corn sulks
are often taller than trees. Sometimes
a few lowly flowers t'nge the hillside
with their sickly greenery, scarcely
tall as grass which has just begun to
grow. But these fugitive appearances
do not last the desert begins again.
Tumble-down cabins, in which the cattle
are eliut up in winter, occur here and
there on the plains, and only add
through their ruinous appearance to
the gloomy desolateness of the land-scaj-e.
The country, nevertheless, is
not without inhabitants; there are
neither towns nor villages, but niisera.
ble buildings scattered along the river
side appear at short intervals. Perched
on blocks of stone, which in winter de
fend them against the assaults of the
snow, they look rather like huu afford
ing shelter to a nomad population than
permanent shelters for the protection of
families under a climate the most rigor
ous in the world. - Broad skates stanj
up againi-t the walls; their purpose is
to bear the sledges which were used
yesterday aud will be used again to
morrow. On tne threiold half-naked
children gaze at us as we pass; their
yellow hair thrown like agolden nimbus
round their heads. Sometimes tall men
smoke their piis gravely before their
door, all wearing red flannel shirts,
scarlet caps and a kind of sleeveless vest
in coarse woollen stuff, black or green.
Under a sky without light, in a colorless
country, the Finns have a passion for
those bright tiu ts and high tones of color
which nature denies them. The women
wear gowns striped blue and red and
parti-colored bodices."
The night of June 24 is celebrated in
Northern Sweden by a festival which
lias perpetuated itself from pagan times.
In Finland it is preceded by a universal
open air bath, taken by persons of both
sexes aud all ages. The day of the 24th
is chosen by young folks for their be
trothal on Mount Avasaxa. On the first
rising of the sun, a hymn is sung by
women. As soon as its full disk appears
there is an explosion of joy ; choruses
are sung, long strings of dancers stream
along the sides of the rounded plateau
of the mountain, and bonfires mix their
pale light with the sun's rays.
rriMiner (ruing to Liberia.
The saddest sight in Russia to a
traveler is the manner in which civil
prisoners are treated. It is a common
spectacle to see 300 or 400 poor wretches
on their way to Siberia under a military
escort ; for most of them are chained to
gether in couples, while the women
aud children who have elected to share
their, bread-winners lot have also to
submit to be treated as criminals. Toor
ly clad, and apparently half starved,
the wonder is that any of t he party
suoulc ever survive the dreadful jour
ney. A Itussian criminal condemned
to exile is sent away with very little
ceremony ; but when an officer or other
prisoner of note has been sentenced to
banishment for life, lie is dressed in
full uniform, aud led to a scaffold in
some public place. In the presence of
the crowd is made to kneel while his
epaulets and decorations are torn from
his coat, and his sword is broken over
his head. He is declared legally dead,
and his wife can consider herself a
widow if she chooses. From the scaf
fold he starts on his journey for Siberia.
His wife and children, sisters or mother
can follow or accompany him if they
choose, but only on condition that they
share his exile. Mr. Arnold in his
book entitled "Through Persia by Cara
van," relates how, when passing
through Kussia, he saw a party of
prisoners embarked on board a steamer
on the river Volga. They were posi
tively caged amidships, so that every
part of the interior could be seen, just
as in the Zoological Gardens, with this
difference that in the case of the
prisoners there was no overhanging
roof to prevent rain or sunshine from
pouring in upon their wretchedness,
at the back of the cage common to all,
without distinction ot sex or age. And
when all were secured, including the
guiltless women and children, tights
occur for the places least exposed to the
east wind.
How Tliey Eat lu the NortLweHt-
A Manitoba letter says: Here is one
bill of fare, as given by a traveler in the
North, which may seem incredible, and
yet I can vouch for it as not being a
whit exaggerated : Seven men in thir
teen days consumed two buffalo bulls,
seven cabrideer, fifty pounds of pern mi
can equal to half a buffalo and a great
many ducks and geese, and on the last
day there was nothing to eat. This
enormous quantity of meat could not
have weighed less than 1,600 pounds a
the very lowest estimate, which would
have given a daily ration to each man of
eighteen pounds! Incredible as this
may seem, it is by no means impossible
in a severe climate aud living the active
life these men lead. I remember camp
ing with three half-breed plain hunters
one evening beside a buffalo calf we had
killed shortly before dusk. The men
began cutting the animal up and feast
ing upon it. They were eating when I
retired for the night, and were still
hovering over the fire when I arose early
in the morning. With the exception of
the iiead, which was slowly roasting
upon the coals, there was nothing left
of the calf except the bones.
A Hat-tan.
Robert Bacon, of Chicago, is an in
ventor. One of his devices is a fan
wheel, to be placed in a hat, and run by
clock work. His idea is that such a
machine would keep the head cool in
the hottest weather, and prevent brain
diseases. He set one of them going in
his own hat, and the first thing he knew
his hair was being wound up in the
machinery. The spring was very stiff,
and before he could release himself a
large part of bis hair was pulled out by
t e roots.
fin HKadacbs, Languor and Melancholy,
generally spring from a Torpid Liver, a Dis
ordered stniuacii ortViMlvenesa. the dl-tresslue
crieetsut which Ir. Jay lie's sanative mils will
apeedlly remove; by their beueUclal action on
tue biliary organs they will also lessen the
livelihood ot a rei urn.
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Profits of a Orchard. Here is a
statement in a Western paper which
may do for that particular locality, but
will not be found to be of universal ap
plication: "Nothing is more common
than to hear the complaint that there is
no money in growing fruit; when the
truth is, as I have had it demonstrated
time and again, that there is more
money taken from the orchard than
from any crop on the farm, acre for
acre. And, of all the fruits grown, the
most staple and reliable is the apple.
It is in universal demand and wanted
in every month in the year. I asked,
the other day, an old farmer of- these
parts, who has a farm of over two hun
dred acres in cultivation, twenty acres
of which are in orchard: 'What
crop on your farm pays you best r He
reDiied. without hesitation : My apple
orchard of twenty acres pays me better
than all the other acres ot the farm !'
This was a remarkable statement and
yet I was not surprised at it. 1 know
it to be literally true. This man has
this year over two thousand barrels of
choice apples, and for nearly four weeks
has been sending to tne Chicago mar
ket from $50 to $100 worth of apples
daily; and the prosect is that he will
keen this up for a long time to come.
There is money in this orchard. In
fact, it is the most profitable orchard l
ever knew. And there are three rea
sons which contribute to this result:
First, the proper varieties for profit
were planted ; second, the soil and lo
cation are just what they should be to
produce the best results; and third, the
man who cares for the orchard does his
duty to the orchard."
A Great Fakmkk's Maxims. The
successful life of Mr. Jacob Strawn, the
prince of American farmers, is attri
buted to the close observation of the
following maxims, originated by him
self:
Make your fences high and strong so
they will keep cattle and pigs out. If
you have brush, make your lots secure,
and keep the hogs from the corn.
Be sure to get your hands to bed by
seven o'clock they will rise early by
force of circumstances.
Pay a hand, if he is a poor hand, all
you promise him; If he is a good one,
pay him a nuie more; it will encourage
him to do still better.
Always feed vour hands as well as
you feed yourselves, for the laboring
men are the bone and sinew of the land,
and ought to be well treated.
I am satisfied that getting np early,
industry aud regular habits are the
best medicine prescribed for health.
When bad, rainy weather comes so
yon can't work out of doors, cut, split,
and haul your wood, make your racks.
hx your lences or gate, and patch the
roof of your barn or house.
study your own Interest closely, and
do not spend your time in electing
Presidents, Governors, or other smaller
officers, or talk of hard times, and
spend your tune in whittling store
boxes.
Take your time and make calcula
tions; do things in a hurry but do
them at the proper time, and keep your
mind as well as your body employed.
Sckface Mam uk. iu old times it
was the universal custom to plough
under manure, aad to do it as soon as
possible in order to avoid, as was sup
posed, the waste by evaporation ; but it
has been found in recent times that it is
fur better to apply manure to the sur
face. The reason of this is that the es
caping odortfrotii the manure is simply
ammonia, and this in the main is nitro
gen. The earth itself has, however, the
power of absorbing nitragen from the
atmosphere, and thu3 can get at any
time all of this it needs. The chief
value of manure is in the salts it con
tains, and these are carried through the
earthy articles chiefly by the aid of
water; so that if on the surface of the
earth the rains can carry these salts
with it, but there is nothing to bring
them up if buried down. Besides, the
action of the atmosphere on the manure
renders it the better for plant food.
For these reasons, as well as from actual
experience, we say the nearer the sur
face manure is kept the better.
Ot'R grandmothers had notions, anJ
we laugh at them, but we shall have to
go back to their ideas. We want more
white-wash not for public men or
governmental administration, but for
our dwellings and fruit trees. Fashion
has covered our walls with paper and
paint, both unwholesome, and more or
less poisonous; while the white-wash
brush being disowned, the cellars are
not sweetened, and cobwebs, mould,
and taint accumulate the summer long,
and lice and moths make their homes
on the fruit trees unmolested. Some
wiseacre has said that white-washing
the trees will stop up the pores and in
jure them. Nonsense 1 White-wash
will kill lice, drive away the moths, and
do the trees good, while in the cellar
and on the kitchen walls it is health.
Rural Sew Yorker.
Corn Foudkk for Milch Cows
Those who have provided some lodder
crop will keep up the supply of milk;
those who have not, will now regret
their neglect. There are some farmers
who make more than others; some
make but little, but the best might often
do a little better, and at this season the
truth comes borne.
Tbe True Gentleman.
"He is above a low act. He cannot
stoop to commit a fraud. He invades
nosecret in keeping of another. He
takes selfish advantage of no man's mis
takes. He is ashamed of innuendoes.
He uses no ignoble weapons in contro
versy. He never stabs in tlie dark. He
is not one tiling to a man's face and
another to his back. If by accident he
conies into jiossession of his neighlior's
counsels, he passes them into instant
oblivion. He bears sealed packages
without tampering with the wax. Pa
pers not meant for his eye, whether
they flutter iu at his window, or lie
open before him in unregarded expos
ure, are secret to him. He profanes no
privacy of another however the sentry
sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks and keys,
bonds and secureties, notices to tres
passers, are not for him. He may be
trusted out of sight near the thinnest
partition anywhere. He buys no of
fice, he sells none, intrigues for none.
He would rather fail of his rights than
win them through dishonor. He will
cat honest bread. He tramples on no
sensitive feelings. He insults no man.
If he has a rebuke for another, he is
straightforward, open, aud manly. He
cannot descend to scurrility. Billings
gate docs not lie on his track. Of wo
man, and to her, he speaks with decency
and respect. Iu short, whatever he
judges honorable he practices toward
every one. He is not always dressed in
broadcloth. "Some people," says a
distinguished bishop, "think a gentle
man means a man of independent for
tune a man who fares sumptuously
every day ; a man who need not labor
for his daily bread None of these
makes a gentleman not one of them
nor all of them together. I have known
men of the roughest exterior who had
been used all their lives to follow the
plow and to look after horses, as thor
ough gentlemen in heart as any noble
man whoever wore a ducal coronet. I
mean, I have known them as unselfish,
1 have known them as truthful, I have
known them as sympathizing; and all
these qualities go to make what 1 un
derstand by the term a gentleman."
"It is a noble privilege which has
been sadly prostituted; aud what I
want to tell you, is, that the humblest
man who has the coarsest work to do,
yet if his heart lie tender, and pure and
true, can be, iu the most emphatic sense
of the word, a gentleman, The Christian
Statesman.
Location or Hocsaa. The Science of
Health has some sensible suggestions on
this topic, which are appropriate here :
Houses should be built on upland
ground with exposure to sunlight on
every side. During epidemics it has
been noted by physicians tbt deaths
occur more frequently on tbe shady
side of the street than on the sunny
side; and in the hospitals physicians
have testified to the readiness with
which diseases have yielded to treat
ment in sunny rooms, while in shaded
rooms they have proved intractable.
Let there be no bogs, no marshes, no
stagnant water In the neighborhood.
Then let the cellars be thoroughly
drained. Inattention to this subject has
caused the death of many a person. No
father or mother should rest one moment
in peace while their innocent children
are sleeping in rooms over damp and
mouldy cellars. Cellars should not only
be drained, but thoroughly ventilated
otherwise the house must be unwhole
some.
Let the drains also be constructed for
the conduction of slops and sewage of
all Kinds to a common reservoir, at a
distance from tbe dwelling, to be used
lor fertilizing purposes.
Geraniums Drive off Snake.
Every species of snake may be per
manently driven away from an infested
place by planting geraniums. In South
Africa the Caffer people thus rid their
premises of snakes. A missionary of
south Airica had bis parsonage sur
rounded by a narrow belt of geraniums,
winch effectually protected the resi
dence from any kind of snake. A few
yards away from this geranium belt a
snake would occasionally be found. It
is well known that the whole geranium
genus is highly redolent of volatile oils
lemon-sceiited, musk-scented and
peppermint-scented. What, therefore,
is a very pleasant nosegay Tor a man, Is
repugnant to the serpent tribe.
Ccre for Incipient Conscmptiox.
Live temperately, avoid liquor, take
daily sponge bath, wear flannel next
the skin, and take every morning one
half pint of fresh milk from the cow,
mixed with a wineglass of the expressed
juice of green horehound. A person
who has tried this remedy says that
four weeks' use of the horehound and
milk relieved the pains of his breast.
and gave him the ability to breathe
deep, long and free, strengthened and
harmonized his voice, and restored him
to a better state of health than he had
enjoyed for years. The remedy, to be
effective, must be continued for some
time.
Tapioca Crf.am. Soak over night
two heaping tablespooiifuls of tapioca;
in the morning drain off the water;
beat the yolks of two eggs with half a
cup of sugar, a little nutmeg, and the
tapioca; sLir all into a quart of boiling
milk; boil ten minutes, and pour into
a pudding-dish. Beat the whites of the
eggs to a froth with a little sugar, flavor
with lemon or vanilla, spread smoothly
over the cream, and put it into the oven
and brown, lo be eaten cold.
Save the Celery Leaves. The
leaves and green tops of celery may be
made useful after the following fashion.
Most housekeepers throw them away.
This is the better plan: Dry them
thoroughly in the oven, then pulverize
to a fine powder, and they make a very
delicious seasoning for soup, the aroma
and strength of the celery being re
markably preserved. Alter being pul
verized, the powder should be kept in a
far or closed bottle to preserve the
strength.
Economical Dish. Scrape all the ad
hering particles from a well picked ham
bone and chop them very tine so tine
that they are reduced almost to a pulp.
Mix into this a small quantity of French
prepared mustard very smoothly, and
you have a nice ingredient to put on
bread for luncheons. Any small pieces
of cold meat, or turkey, chicken or
game, is just as good for this purpose.
Socr Stomach : A sufferer from
want of appetite and sour stomach can
be greatly benefited by leaving all medi
cines alone, and for a time existing
entirely on milk and lime water; a tea
spoonful of lime water to a tumbler of
milk. If this disagrees in any way, in
crease tbe quantity of lime water.
For croup, take a knife or grater, and
grate or shave in small particles about
a teaspoonful of alum; mix with it
about twice its quantity of sugar, to
make i: palatable, and administer it as
quick as possible. Almost instantane
ous relief will be afforded.
Relief for dyspepsia: Burn alum
until the moisture in it is evaporated ;
then take as much as you can take on a
dime, about half an hour before eating.
Three or four days probably will an
swer; but take it until cured.
Oerniation of Anglo-Saxon Women
The ladies of the Anglo-Saxon house
hold were not idle in their bower.
The distaff was generally the distinguish
ing implements ol the lady of the family.
King Alfred, in his will, made soon after
the year SS0, said that his grandfather
had bequeathed his lands to the spear
side, and not to the spindle-side. Spin
ning, weaving, sewing, carding wool,
beating flax, aud washing garments
were considered occupations equally
fitting for queens and princesses, as for
women of ordinary ranks. The daugh
ters of King E J ward, Alfred's successor
employed themselves in the labors of
the distaff and the needle. Before the
Norman period, Eugiish ladies were
celebrated, even on the Continent, for
their skill in spinning, weaving and
embroidering; and one of the early
Norman writers tells us how the French
admired the beautiful dresses of the
English nobility, and adds that English
women excel all others in needle-work,
and in the art of embroidering with
gold. English girls are spoken of, in
the life of Saint Augustine, as employ
ed in skillfully ornamenting the en
signs of the priesthood and royalty
with gold and pearl and precious stones.
Queen Emma wife of King Canute.
worked, with her own hands, a stuff
bordered In its whole extent with gold
and precious stones arranged in pic
tures.
An Alpine Avalanche.
In the summer of a party of tourist,
wh le visiting the Alps, climbed w th great
difficulty to an elevated and snow-covered
plateau, in order to obtain a better view of
Swiss scenery, and contrast the beantv and
ric'ineHS of niid-mmmar below with the bleak
ness and sterility ot midwinter arianj an 1
above them. In play they rol ed the moist
snow into large balU, they crow led it over
the edge of the plateau. In falling it struck
softer snow, which immediately gave way,
and soon an avalanche w is tearing down tbe
moautain side burying and destroying every
thing in its oour-e. As the handful of snow
became the irresistable svalaic.be, so the
hacking oongh with sore throat and Catarrh,
if neglected, speedily develops into that dread
destroyer. Consumption. In the early stages.
Dr. 8a ire's Catarrh It-medy w 11 effect a curs,
though if tbe blood be affected or impover
ished it most be purified and enriched by Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and tha
liver and bowels kept active by his Pleasant
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life and had been given np to die by physi
cians and friends, owe their restoration to ths
above remedies.
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Gettino Hkr Father's Consbnt. A
merchant tailor having accumulated
competency in his trade, determined to
throw aside his shears and spend the
remainder of his life upon a farm. He
purchased several hundred acres of land
and there was a 'fishing ground' on the
estate. Mr. C, the ex-merchant, was
delighted with his new occupation, and
he devoted his best efforts with untiring
seal to farming. Being hard of hearing,
he often made ludicrous blunders, which
excited the mirthfuluess of his friends
and customers. His graceful and beauti
ful daughter was at boarding-school at
the time her father kept the farm. She
had a lover, and promised to marry
him. rirovided he could gain the consent
of her parent to the matrimouial alli
ance.
The young man traveled south as far
as the iron horse would take him iu
that direction. On the morning after
his arrival, while strolling about the
village, he met a nlain old gentleman,
dressed in homespun, and inquired of
him ir there were auy conveyances w
hire.
"Principally pike aud mullet," said
he.
' You misunderstand me. I merely '
"From a shilling to eighteen peuce a
pound. '
"Do you intend to insult me?"
"1 will let you have a large quantity
for shilling."
"1 have a good notion to give you a
caning lor your impertinence."
"Well if you do not choose to give it,
1 know who will."
"I should like to kuow if there are
any more such fools as you in this
place."
"We shall make another haul in the
morning before daylight."
At this instant a gentleman made his
appearance, and the stranger stated his
grievance to him. He said :
"1 have been asking this old man a
few evil questions, aud he has given
me the most impertinent answers.
"O, be is deaf !" exclaimed the third
party. "Deaf as a post ! But he is a
Hue old gentleman, lie deals In fash,
and so do 1. He may think I am en
deavoring to undersell him. favor me
by writing your questions on a scrap of
paper."
The young man commenced writing,
when the old farmer fisherman inter
rupted him with the remark.
"1 will not take a note of haad. Cash
on the nail or no trade."
"He was preparing a note," said the
last comer.
"Call me a brute, do you?" exclaimed
Mr. C. "Then take that;" and suiting
the action to the word, he dealt him a
blow straight from the shoulder, which
prostrated him.
By this time the note was finished.
when the old gentleman found out his
mistake. The stranger discovered that
he had been picking a quarrel with his
prosiiective father-in-law.
"Mr. C. made an apology, and invited
both parties to dine. The front door of
his house commanded a view of a
meadow in which a cow was feeding,
and while Mr. C. was looking in that
direction, the young lover commenced :
I am acquainted with your daugh
ter." "She is a fine beast," remarked the
old gentleman, looking at the cow.
"lour daughter!'' screamed the
young man. "1 have the honor to be
well acquainted with her."
She is a noble animal," was the re
sponse. "Confound the old cow!" said the
young man in a whisper. "I wish she
was out oi sight.
"I'm speaking about your amiable
and accomplished daughter."
"She is very kind, indeed never
breaks down the lences. never kicks
over the pail, never stays away like the
other brutes that I have."
"You don't understand me. sir. I
was speaking of your daughter at board
ing-school."
'So. I never nut aboard on her face:
she never does any mischief at ail."
"lour daughter!" shouted the young
man.
"Did you say I ought to?"
"-No, sir. I was sneaking of vour
daughter, the young lady away lroni
nome."
"U, yes. I have plenty of room, but I
think she is too old to keep much
longer. To tell you the tmth, I have a
mind to shut her up in the stable aud
feed her on chop stuff a few weeks."
Great heavens !" remarket! the voung
man to himself: "what shall I do? This
deafness will be the death of me! I will
try once more, and if this effort fails, I
win resort to psier and pencil again."
"I should like to say a word or two
to you respecting your daughter."
"I will let the butcher have her bv
and by, if he will give me my price,"
said the old man with emphasis.
As a last resort, the young man used
his pencil and paper, showed his letters
of introduction, handsomely endorsed
oy men wuose opinion was good on the
delicate question on the Lapis. After a
little cross-questioning and a little hesi
tation, the old gentleman gave bis con
sent; and when the parties were mar
ried, he declared it was the best haul
he hail made in his life.
A Father nf thi-M anna a ..a
daughters was asked what family he
had. The answer was: "I have three
sons, and they have each five sisters."
"Mercy!" replied the interrogator;
"what a family I"
Science, with all its accuracy and
precision in many directions, has never
been able to make out to the satisfaction
of thinking minds why a servant girl
always nas more cousins than any other
living creature.
"Madame," said an impertinent
boarder to his landlady, "your butter
is too aristocratic for my democratic
taste. It is one of the cases in which
sweetness is preferable to rank.
What man is allowed to sit before
the tueen with his hat on? Her coach
man. "Theke's music iu the air." Son.r nt
the mosquito.
31 limiting or Fruit.
Sometimes fruits are transported bv
running streams and ocean currents.
The fruits of Fennel are exactly like
minature boats; and Funchal or Fennel
Bay, in the Island of Maderia, owes its
name to the plant, colonized there by
the seeds that have safely made the
voyage from the mainland, In like
manner, hazelnuts, walnuts, and manv
other kind of nuts have been carried by
curreuts to a new home beyond the
seas. For a long time the source of the
large cocoanuts that drift about in the
Indian Ocean, and are finally stranded
on the coast of Malabar, remained a
mystery. These gisrantic fruits, some
of them are more than eighteen inches
in diameter, and weighing from forty
to fifty pounds, are not the produce of
any neighboring country, and the Hin
doos called them "sea cocoas," euppos
that they are supplied by some unknown
plant. It has since been discovered
that they are the produce of the Loi
doicea, a magnificent palm growing on
tne Seychelles Islands, which lie on the
eastern coast of Africa, more than 1,200
miles from the nearest point of Indian
territory. The currents of the Pacific
Ocean carry out cocoanuts and other
fruits from the American continent to
enormous distances 'n a similar manner.
These find a resting place on the coral
ridges, which are raised up from the
bottom of the sea by the eeaseless labor
of polyps: here they germinnt ni
soon cover with brilliant verdure what
had formerly been a rock almost invisi
ble to navigators. London Garden.
Aero-Hsdraulic Calico Treatment Etc.
Tbe London Tune desrl be a new in
vention, by which all the colors in the
patter of fabrio are 'driven" at the
game instant, completely through the
stoutest materials, or through ten or
more tnicKnesses oi calico, silk, and
similar goods, which, thus treated, show
no wrong side, the claim being that by
this method a much better and more
durable article can be produced, and
this, too, at an actual reduction in the
cost.
In addition to the materials already
named, it is asserted that in regard to
carpets, by the aid ol this machine, half
the expenditure oi labor hitherto re
quired can turn out at least three times
the length of felt carpet in a given time,
as compared with existing processes,
and that the carpet so treated will re
main bright until completely worn out,
or it may be turned. Xor is there any
waste of dye, as in the ordindry process
of stamping each color separately, for
every particle of dye not fixed in the
material, flows back to the tanks and is
used over again.
A peculiar difficulty, it seems, at first
experienced in the working of this
novel machine, was in not being able to
produce two colors of equal density ; but
by a unique arrangement of the valves,
by which the dye, that at every stroke
becomes partially exhausted, is replen
ished, this trouble is practically over
come. The colors appear precisely alike
on both sides. By means of this pro
cess, too, concentrated dyes are advan
tageously made use of, whereas by the
ordinary syftein in vogue, the dyes are
very much diluted.
Spectrum tf Candle and Go Light.
With the aid of the spectral photometer
MM. Yogel and Mueller have examined
the most common sources of light with
regard to tieir intensity in different
parts of theipectrum, and have reached
the following, among other results:
The light of a wax candle is in the blue
weaker thai that of the stearin and
paraffin canJle. Petroleum shows in
blue greater intensity than oil. A pe
troleum lamp with the wick newly cut
emits more blue and violet rays than
when it has burnt some time. A gas
flame Is in red and blue and violet
brighter than a petroleum flame. The
individual parts of flames which show a
considerable difference as to total In
tensity differ but little with regard to
different parts of the spectrum. A pe
troleum lamp emits more refrangible
rays than a Silber oil lamp, but the
reverse in this case with a Silber lamp
burnt with petroleum, as compared with
the same ordinary petroleum lamp. A
comnarison of a petroleum lamp with a
Drummond limelight led to the result
that the Drummond lime light has a
considerably greater intensity in the
spectrum from green downwards, this
being even doubled in the blue aud violet
colors.
At a recent meeting of the St. Louis
Academy of Sciences, Professor Kiley
gave some account of the American
blister beetle. It appears that although
a near relative of this insect, the can-
tharis, or Spanish fly, has long been
used in pharmacy, little is yet known of
its habits in early life. The same mys
tery has hung over tbe American blis-
terer. In certain years these insects
appear in sultieieiit numbers to prove
very destructive to potatoes, tomatoes.
beans, and other garden vegetables.
Professor Riley has discovered that in
the larva state these insects prey upon
the eggs of the Kooky Mountain locust,
and he has raised several specimens
upon such food, and observed their
changes. In lis first shape after hatch
ing, the Insect is adapted to a life above
the ground, but not to burrowii.g; it
attaches itself to bees and sucks their
honey ; and this is also true of it in its
second transformation. In its third
shape it is armed with powerful man
dibles and claws; it loves darkness
better than light, and takes naturally to
an underground existence. Technical
details were given of the insect's anat
omy In the three uinerent forms.
A useful and easily applied test for
salicvlic acid has been submitted by M.
II. hoibe, or the Chemical Society of
Fans. He dissolves one-half gram of
the acid in fivec. c. of alcohol, pours the
solution (which ought to be clear) Into
a flat glass vessel, and allows it to eva
porate exposed to the air. The salicy
lic acid then remains In the form of a
ring of crystalline etllorescence. If its
quality is good the ring is white. If the
acid bad not been punned by crystalli
zation, but merely precipitated, tne color
of the ring is to a greater or less degree
yellow. But if the color is brown or
brownish the salicylic is too impure for
medical purposes.
Regarding the magnetization of tubes
of steel M.Ciaugain, in a note submitted
to the French Academy of Sciences,
says that if a neutral cylindrical bar of
steel, at ordinary temperature, be intro
duced into a magnetized tube of steel
and withdrawn alter a few seconds, it
will be found weakly magnetized in the
same sense as the tube. If, however,
after insertion, toe entire arrangement
be heated with a lamp to about 3iK), and
then if the core be drawn from the tube
it will be found to have assumed an in
verse magnetism, and the tube itself to
have parted with a large proportion of
the magnetism it originally possessed.
In a paper on me meteorology of
forests, by Dr. Ireitenhouer, it is as
serted that in thtse forests where the
undergrowth is dtnse the rain-fall and
evaporation are treat, but when the
thicket is destroyed, both the rain-fall
and the evaporatitu decrease very per-
ceptiuiy.
Jf Jf. LTardu and Galois have succeeded
in discovering the active principle of
the GormbI arrow poison. It Is of the
nature of an alkaloid, and a single crys
tal placed under tlte skin of a frog's foot
caused cessation tf the action of the
heart almost instaitly.
Evck crystal, on account of the stabil
ity of iu physical properties, has been
adopted as the standard of weight by
the directors of tbe Imperial Mint of
Germany.
Nourt.h.ng Blood. .
The blood imparts k the body the elements
which are essential to its existence. When
theMA ant innfHe,ntlv a.w,ll . .
' j BuuirilVKJ. ,w VUCIim
begin to nag. there is a loss of flesh, the mus-
ww, giuw uarau. wo renecuve powers lose
vigor every function a disturbed, every or
gan weakened. Under these circumstances,
it is obvious that the constitution must soon
give way unless the vital fluid is enriched.
To accomplish this objact, recourse should be
had without delay to that grand fertilizer of
the blood, Hostetier'a Momacb Bitters, which
promotes assunilation of the food and is the
means of rendering ths circu ation rich and
active. The good effecb of tbe great tonic are
speedily apparent in a gain of bodily vigor
and mental energy. A regular action of the
various organs also resalts from its nse. ths
good work of bodilv reform goes rapidly on,
and eventually health is established upon a
aura basis.
Coughs sad Colds
yield readily to Schenck's Pulmonic Symp.
" agreeable remedy. It neaia
the soreness, loosens ths phlegm and expels
it from the system with scarcely an effort on
the part of the natisnt.
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Thb plana of The Sunlay Srhool Time for
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to meet with the approval of Monday-school
worker-. Kvery pastor, superintendent and
leather should make a trial of The 7 line at
the wonderfully cheap rate for three months
to new subscribers. The Srhotar' tuarterty.
Mined every three mou ha by the same p b
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THAT GISL OF HIKE. A Love Ptory. By one of our most popular nvthiyr It i .
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THE AMOURS OF PHXLLIPPE. A nistory of " PHniiPPE"!. Love Affairs." ,
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In armTrrfnt" Its plnrn for 1STS. R has been the aim of THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES to
divide iw low.n work into well considered departments uf study, and then toavt thebe-i man
in the country for each apea-inl department; also to secure greater variety and richness than
beiore iu every other portion of its columns. Announcements are now made as follows :
PROF C H TOY D D LL.D "f h fVinthern Baptint Theolnuirol rVminarr. a
rnur. I, tl. IUI, U.U., I.IU., ,.,.,, H,.bri, 0i ,nil Amencun editor
Of Lanee Commentary on Samuel, will give Critical Notes on the old Testament Lessons.
PROF A C KF-NDRICK DD LL II of thernlver.ityatRoeheer.am
rnur. - U. ICllUnilrlV, U.U., LlU.,cf me Bible ItevLioa Commi uee,wUlc
untie critical otes on me lessons or tne ew Testament. ,
PROF AUSTIM PHFLPS D 1 of Andover Theo1nriral Seminnrr. snthnrnf"T.o
rnur. MUOII.l rntl.ro, U.U. StiI1Ho,lr.-will fiimi.-.hsseruaof Meditations, or
Devotional Reflections, on the lesson themes and topics, week ty week.
H flLAY TRUMBULL Editor e-f The Sunday Schor.1 T:me. w!Il continue his THnTra
n. jl-n I nu-DDUkk, by9 Arpiicjltions j ttlvo been so warmly received by
readers of The Times during the year now dosing. m.
GFORfiF A PELTZ Corresponding- EditT, Is ti prrrmm each week a lesson Frame-
1 ' work, giving the lesson outline and connections, with such expla
nation of Its biotrraphT. eeoaTaphy, and chronoloiry, and of it- involved aaaiciations and man
ners and customs, aa will aid the student to Its belter undenUiii.lii.ir.
"FAITH I ATIMFR" PT-'T her sdmlmWe expositions of the lessorTfor the
rniinutllOlbn benefit ofFrimary class teachers. k
TWRFV W W NFWTflN who is f. illowinu in the stern of h:sd:rtiriirn:he.l frlher
I no hli, n. 1. ni-n I uii, p readier to. children, is to furnish illustration
c-r'ginal and selected, for each week's lesson. r
The REV. WILLARD HI. RICE, D.D., Z?Jl&T Com-
flTHFJ I rCflM UFI The 'ReT- Messrs. J. C. W.Coie and J. B. Atrhinson.'ar I
U inert LLOOUit ntUT O- Mr H,.nry i.ian, wiu present Blackboard Outlines and
Hints on the lessons from time to time. BiMe I.itrhts on the lessons are also to be triven enrh
week, and occasional sneclal articles on panicuiar points of lact or doctrine in the lessons will
be furnished by well-known scholars.
ROCF TFDOV rnnifF who Is nnerinaled In her deVneatfnns of few Enrfnid 15f and
IIUOC. Itnni IvUUIVC character.wiilwrlteacriuli..ryforthecf.lumnsofT!ieTim.-s,
tinder the title of" What She Could." This is Mrs. Cooke's rirt serial story, and it la written for
the stimulus and encouragement of Sunday-school teachers and other Christian workers.
MR PHARf FQ F RIPHARntnN w;1 known for his literarr wrk en Tho
mn. wflAHLW r. mUnHrtUaUri, impendent, and asaneditorof-TheHitory
r-f American Cnncces," will give his constant attention to the Ltenu-y and other eninmna uf The
Sunday bchool Times.
ADCITinN AL ATTR ArTIilMQ eries of stretches of personal experience In tho
MUUI I IU11HL. HI IriAUIiUrlO. i5odTh...lw..rkbyvariouspmiuineiitun,Ur
rhnolmen. will ra published dnrlntr the Tear. Occasional sermons from distinguished clergy
men will nave a place in Tbe Times, Besides these special feature", the plans for the new yenr
Include the usual variety of Sumlay-arhnnl intelligence. Ways of Working. Wonls of Workers.
Concert Exercises, Notes on Open Letters. Editorials on current tonh-s. and choice selection
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UNPARALLELED SUCCESS !
AT 1124 CHESTNUT STREET.
M ara koBHlNS, blbliLK 4 . Wir- I know .( t" K-n-riM rrp ng to fit
anrftirf tnrnt -.f tn- ir ere. . iminff nt a t. ov in p m r , and ball e mum u wll-r luc
lac LCrft,ji BER ttvMr ttum rtm stttck ! Via V atrht-w-. iiui.i.r. Jrvit. .-it-ii,i. i,-r.
af '- V. re. ami fcuropr-aft'i (rood. l prijr fur '-eiw anv ihxu rr prrvjw.l! in PKil.
Bay! for VYeMin.t.t hn Kirliviay n . Vv-url l'rwi.iti.n r aslvtmail to avail
thffnMiTM hnmttil.sHrlj wf liu aiiUttaai upprtuuity, mm a larx prupurtKw of iit acock caaitsH
Jnplkateis.
Tlm rvpaiatioD of tbe past tbirteo fear, will b fully mtaincd by offer-in only rint-ClaM
Oootls.
ArtieW Mlrtd now will N cmrtnV parkivl and rfalnt vntfl ralle. fr.
Or.rvr bv mail will reri. prHnpt atUUoa ; 4WiM;twiw will U niau bjr tf to dairad.
aad HUiafactio in all cum goarantswal.
litOlilJirVS, BIDDLE Sc CO.
OltllA-T l)K3IAliI FOK
AMERICAN SEWING MACHINES
Hend for lllutratecl rrloe-Llsts nt
COMPANY'S OFFICE, 1318 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
$2 Self-Inker Keystone Press,
Ivta. Jiti.lo. r.riU. Trrs tn.l 4 D .
EV.'"f.4mII lorS'J. StaniM or Ctr,l.MUr.
Lit N. Ninth Street,
Phila.fc-lpi.ia, Pa.
ARTUIID'C ILLI .STKATCI) HOHK
nn i nun o Mi.iNt ti. huw-
iioM yimarmslne m Aawerirw. I'-toi! to the
riaal, tin true alul tbe Wautilul iu hollia ami social
if. syil a vear; S copies & an. Si, rtiptea, ami
one to rlnh-irtter, lll. rarriami auoiber. lor.
T. 3. AKTUC K A SOS. rhilajeliihla.
"HIS DEAR LITTLE WIFE."
A sew "aria I hr T. I. Art bar. hecina In Jaaoary
-'.ol Hwawe .Vlwwmalaic. tend u rents x-r N.
contaiDina brat rliatTol thl, tetaler an-l tonrhiaa!
.lory, f alar liltlechiM-witi. Pnra of MaitaziiM.
'alir, T. . AUTULKaSON, Philavlcaia:
"THE WORD OF A WOMAN,
A THE WAT SHE KKPT IT."
A aew aerial by that ehamine writer. V Irs tail F.
Twarwaewal. S.ikI ten rents for paciu.ra o. f
vtaiwra Hsail JlwcaJwmtalniat n at chaa
lr ,4 Una la,auulul atwrv. Matraziue. s)z S a e,r.
t'liilai at miners ratas. atottorirh's aewat fast,
teraw for hwlia' and rh alr.a a arrara ia akrry
auiuber, T.il.AKTUlKASUX.riuladelplua.
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ine Best ana most saleable A vert errr vublihr,l i
and Sen Agents ereryv here.
Extraordinary Bargains:
-!nen Matelasw, me; worth I3e. Very Fine
Double Width colored Castinieren, c- ha-s
been Kc Good Dark Cain oes, sc. Vard-wMs
Cretonnes. I nlilea ht-d anion Fianuea
a.C Good bleached Canton Flannels, u
Black Goods.
An Extra Heavy sod Fine Black Cashmere M
Inches wide, at 46c '
Black Drap D'Ete Cashmeres.
Best snd Cheapest Goods Importe '.
Your esreclal attention la iiivil. d tr. tH-. .t.
brareil Black Cashmere. F'lne. -ort. verv nev,
and cocao. Price trom 30c to l. For sale war
by us. he these before 1U1 lna-.
Silk Velvets.
Black and Colored. 1 tn In tit mrM w. -
11 IS, i , tl 3ft. $1 us. ti, tt tn. For skirt- an.i
r-olonalie. ; In. wide, l . $j T5, 50 u
Cheapest in this city. Wide Colored Ve v-u.
Brown. Mv rile and Plum, worth K; price ft:i
Kqtial In uoality to Narrow tiooda aeLimr to t..
market at ts :a.
Merinoes.
Lupins rrvnen Merinoe-i worth tne, at Bui
Lupins French Merinoes worth tl la, at ttZ
or send for sample. Will send you Uu u-j .
"
1878.
coa-
TUX FOR Wl.MER ETE5IS.
Kiw GawR fr Author.,
Uiwi r Cti:HiHiP tt Maiti'.aK,
liAXI r I'AMittAlt yCl'TATIOtl.
IsBKaT TmITHi BV GKKAT At'THi'KO,
StKATVoKD i.AMI OP 4 IlAl-TKa?l A sJUmTaTiOI.
(Au-i StiaUord SfLiTial.,2iaBn muo box.)
Ta MAKK4PKBIAI 4.WA3IK.
GAJtlt UP I'RIAT K VI TIT,
itiMi op Natural iTof
Trie irdncMl to m cent per bvx.
PROTEAN rAKlw : or Mo of RJV iai. 1 i
1 II K BKK -H1VKUP Vl'l
TRISPINO
TILT AND TiU'RNAMKNT I
MM.LA AMU H . NCfc.it V.r h 1
Thwxa liini-i rann b too Mtn.niflv f..Binn-nsi'--Ttff
cutriii0 iniiPoctKiB anil aaun-iuv-ii at Uh-ui
tini, Atfi btb t-hiislrt-n i l parvma cant.-1 rati u
et.terta.B4f. by them. ft'Ai.y ol ttto alH.. Hi-'''
will b Bftit t" anv aMivxv p tpail .n iwfipt -t in
pric ty tbo publ.h-rt LAlTn5, Ri HaP
VRLP .wfK tUi. tfcS and &3a Market M.. PhilaJ a.
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