The I VmJ- So long s boys are permitted to go about loose, one is liable to meet with them, and I met with a specimen only last week which 1 shall not easily forget. I was starting from the Waterloo sta tion by an afternoon train for Hampshire and meeting with four military friends who were going to Farnboro's sution (for Aldershot), I got into their carriage Beside us five, there was an Eton boy. There is no mistaking that description of the race; they are always dressed in the height of fashion in the vacations, although at school they delight in a hat with half its brim off, and, moreover, they all wearstifflittle white ties, which give them the appearance of duodecimo ministers of some juvenile religious sect. The little wretches are as haughty and reserved as Xorth American Indians and the individual of fourteen years of age or so, whom we had on this occasion for our fellow-traveller, looked as though the entire railway station, plants, and valuable house property ad jaceut belonged entirely to himself. Iy soldier friends, however, a class which has generally a proper contempt for boys paid no sort of attention to him, and as for me, I was deiighted to ignore his presence. "Now, Jack." said my friends two of w hom w ere my college chums, aud all of them intimates, "you will let us iMke, we know, although not fond of it yourself," "Well," replied I, "it will probably make me ill, but otherwise 1 have no objection." As soon as the train began to move they accordingly lit their cigars; they had not, however, taken fhree puffs be fore the child in the white cravat (whose wishes nobody had thought of consult ing) requested in that half-hoarse, half squeaking voice peculiar to his period of life, that they should put their cigars out, because smoking was offensive to liim, and contrary to the by-laws. The officers stared as though the carriage-lamp had uttered an observation and then all four burst out into a roar of laughter. "You will find it no laughing matter, gentlemen, when you get to Farnboro," said the Etonian; "or, at all events, the joke w ill cost you two pounds apiece. You have been warned, as the Act di rects; I object to your smoking in this carriage." " Then get into another, you little brute," observed Pepperpot, of the 110th ; " indeed, I have a great mind to drop you out of the window as we go along." "1 will thank you for your name and address," returned the phenomenon stilll y ; here is my card at your service Be so good as to name your friend " Smith, of London," replied Pepper- pot. "Only give me time to write to my wife and family. What a bloodthirs ty young creature it is!" ' He is very plucky," remarked Nor man, of the kilts, approvingly; "I will say that for him ; but what cheek ! what cheek!" "I am obliged to you for your good opinion," returned the little wonder drawing out a gold repeater; "but if within one minute your cigars are not all extinguished, I will appear against you as sure as I am a living man. My time is of no consequence, and I would as soon get out at Farnboro's as any where else; so you may be sure you will not escape. I feel it my duty to prose cute upon public ground." Once more did Pepperpot glance at the window, and even stretched his hand toward this human gadfly, as though he would have nipped him up between finger aid thumb; but with rueful look at his companion, he pres ently cast his beloved weed out of the carriage, instead of the boy. The other three followed his example; for was it worth while to pay forty shillings each for a forty-five minutes' ride." "That's right," observed the young gentleman, approvingly, returning his watch to his pocket, and reengaging himself in the columns of Bell's Life; "obedience to the law is one of the da ties of the soldier." Conversation flagged alter this, for a sense of disgraceful defeat oppressed the spirits of my friends. They said a great number of severe things against the common enemy; but he never lifted his eyes from the exciting details of the Champion Fight of the Light Weights, which appeared to afford him intense though tranquil satisfaction. When the soldiers got out at Farnboro's I observed his eyes twinkle with especial merriment ; but I could not be certain that he was enjoying his victory until the train began to move again No sooner, however, had we left the plat form, than the Etonian burst into such a series of fits of laughter that they actually rumpled his neckcloth. He became, in short, to my horror, a boy, in one of its most ordinary and repulsive forms. "1 think I did 'em, eh, old stick-in-the- mud ?" observed he, when he had got a little breath. "You deprived four gentlemen of an hour's pleasure," returned I, haught ily. "Yes, but I deprived myself as well,' returned the diminutive one, producing from his pocket a briar pipe. "I can't go without my tobacco myself without great inconvenience." "What!" cried I; "you are not going to smoke yourself, you young monkey "Ain't I, though?" interrupted the Etonian, nodding in an offensively familiar manner. "If those fellows had been civil, and asked my permission to smoke as well as yours, I would have given them each a better cigar than the Line are accustomed to, I flatter myself; but since they chose to carry matters with a high hand puff, puff and got hold of the wrong man for that sort of thing puff, puff why, they have to take the consequences." "But I will not permit yea to smoke, young sir," observed I, indignantly; "or, if you do (for I shrank from a per sonal contest with that audacious child) you shall pay a couple of sovereigns out of your pocket-money at the sta tion." "Excuse me," returned the Etonian, blandly; the by-laws says.'objectedto;' now when your friend inquired wheth er you would allow them to smoke, Jack smoke-jack; by-the-by, that's funny when your friends puff, puff de manded that, you replied, for I heard you, that you had no objection. Spiders' Web. Leuwenhoek has com puted that one hundred of the single threads of a fu'.l grown spider are not equal to the diameter of the human beard ; and consequently, if the thread and hair be both round, ten thousand such threads are not larger than such a hair. He calculate that 4,000,000 of a spider's threads, which are much finer than those of full grown spiders, are not so large as the single human hair. AGRICULTURE. How to Us a Fertilizers. In gen eral, the use of a single fertilizer wiil be found profitable as a farm practice only in connection with manure or on land in strong heart, and the poor farmer will never succeed in enhancing the cropping capacity of his farm to an In creased profitable position through the use of one fertilizer alone. Much of the discredit which artificial fertilizers have won, has risen from a non-appreciation of the fact that they cannot supersede dung, but must be used in connection wiUt other plant food. A superphos phate or a nitrogenous, or a potassic manure can always find place on a farm, but can never take the place of manure in farm practice, and the sooner this false hope is destroyed, the better it will be for all concerned. A mixture of chemicals or other elements contain ing the food that plants require does, however, offer promise of practical re sults on the farm, and can be offered in competition wl'h dung, so far as the re suit in crops is concerned. This, then, is the promise of the complete fertilizer ; if the farmer has dung sufflcieut for five acres only, and wishes to cultivate ten or more, in addition to what his dung supply will allow, then he must rely on the complete fertilizer for every acre in addition to what his dune will cover. The experience of ages has shown the reliability of dung; all the best modern experiments we have to show the effi cacy of a mixture of chemicals in taking the place of dung, provided they sup plement the soil supply so as to lurnisn to the crops the elements shown by analysis to exist in dung. We cannot fairly compare a superphosphate in its results with dung; a single element with a complete fertilizer. The recog nition of this fact by farmers will make a revolution in farming, and will dis perse much of the fog which interested parties have thrown about the question of fertilizers. In a final word, all the best experiences and experiments, as we Interpret their meaning, point cer tainly to the facts we here claim, that the single fertilizing element must find its profitable use in connection witn other manures, while the complete fer tilizers alone can be expected to luraisb material in a form for farm practice, and it is the only means of artificial fertilization as yet discovered which offers a means of extending an arable land beyond the ability of the dung heaps to supply. Use the Thermometer. On the sub ject of temperature of cream, a corre spondent of the London (razetie says, in very cold weather milk will stand twenty -four hours without having much cream upon it, while in summer, when tne temperature of the milk is higher, a thick cream will rise in a very abort time. The speedy coming of the butter is similarly dependent upon tempera ture. Cream below a certain degree of beat will take a very long time to pro duce butter. After filling the churn, and turning it to get the cream well mixed, be should test the temperature of the latter by means of a brewer's thermometer. When the cream is about 58 deg. F., the butter will invariably come in an hour. The temperature of the cream may be raised by adding warm water, in very cold weather the cans may be set near the fire before churning. In the summer, when the cream is too warm, the temperature should be reduced by the addition of cold water. I have used the thermome ter for several years. The man who churns was at first prejudiced against it; now he win not be without it, and very naturally prefers using the ther mometer to turning a churn three or four hours. How to Milk. Some milkers seize the root of the teat between the thumb and forefinger, and then drag down until it slips out of their grasp. In this way the teat and udder are Dotn often severely injured. The proper mode of milking is to take the teat in the entire hand, and after pressing it upward, so that it may be tilled from the capacious milk reservoir above, to compress it first at the base between the thumb and forefinger, then successively by each of the three succeeding lingers until com pletely emptied. The teat is at the same time gently drawn upon, but any se vere traction Is altogether unnecessary and highly injurious. The cow should always be milked regularly, and the milk entirely drawn off. It the milk ing is properly and seasonably done, there is little danger of disease of the teats or udder. More cows are ruined from faults of this kind, thau from all other causes. A Farmer's Boors. In past Tears. when a boy, I was often bothered to get a pair or cow-hide boots on in the morning, when they had been saturated with water the day before. At last I adopted the plan of filling them with grain, oats preferably, upon pulling mem on tne ntgnt Detore. IT in addition to this they have a little oil rubbed in before pulling on in the morning, it will assist in keeping the feet drv during the day. If boots are muddy tney snouid te washed with soap suds before being pulled off at night, and. if oiled before going to bed. or when half dry, they will be found soft and pliable (a tne morning. A Mighty Banter. Capt. Gilmore relates, in his late re cord of travel in South Africa, a re markable story of the prowess of a hun ter, who, less known than Gordon Cum tiling's, rivalled him in courage and skill. Mr. Finnety, the hero of the tale, was one day traveling over the uncultivated plains near Bamauwuth, riding one horse and leading another. He had watered his animals at a pool, or sley as it is there called, and, passing on a little way beyond, "Two lions sprang from the bush on either side of the road, each seizing a horse. The mount that he was on fell in a moment and shot him over its head, but the hunter was on his feet in a trivet With the right barrel he killed the as sailant of the horse he was riding, with the left the brute that attacked the led horse. So quickly w as the whole done that neither of the nags was injured Another exploit, told of the same hunter, is less brilliant, yet attests his singular coolness and accuracy of aim. As night closed in, he shot a large white rhinocerous, and left the game to be attended to in the morning. At break of day he started alone to find his quarry, and, after going a mile or so, found it dead, with three lions around it. Mr. Finnety strolled up within a short distance of them and killed th trio each requiring only a single bullet. Soon afterward, having discovered an elephant-spoor, he fol lowed it up, and after noon overtook the herd and bowled over a couple of tuskers. Retracing his steps to regain his wagon, be had to pass by the dead rhinocerous, and, when doing so, found two more lions beside the carcass. These he also killed. In the morning, Mr. Finnety went out with his people to secure the ivory of the elephants slain the dav before. On their route they passed a pool in a dry river-bed, and by it were two lions. He left his people, and, unsupported, walked up to them and killed them right and left. Thus seven lions fell before his gun in a little over twenty-four hours." Dartmouth College graduates the largest class this year sinoe 1843, nam- Bering seventy -live men. SCIENTIFIC Driving Piles in Sand. The contractors who had charge of preparing the sheet piling which was to protect the hospital at Breck-sur-Mer, in France, were much troubled in driving the piles by the compactness of the wet sand, and finally made use of tubes which were driven at the same time with the pile, their lower ends being a few Inches below the points of the piles; through these tubes water was forced by small hand engines, and so loosened the sand that the advance of the pile was easy and rapid. In the case of pannels of sheet piling, the benefit was even more marked. Care ful observations showed that by the ordinary process it took, on an average 185 strokes to drive a ten inch pile ten feet, while 900 blows were needed to drive the panels. The hammer weighed 1,320 pounds, and had a fall of six and one half feet. The average time re quired to drive a pile and panel was eight hours and a half. After the device of loosening the sand by the pressure of water was adopted it was found that the average time required to accomplish this was one hour and nine minutes, while to drive a pile and a pannel more than fifty blows were never required, and often the mere weight of the hammer was enougn to sink the pile. A recent Invention provides for street cars an improved rotary cumulate, brake, by wbich the power lost in stop ping the car is stored and utilized for starting the same; this is done by fric tion wheels worked by contact with the car wheel when applied by the brake to the lever, producing the winding up of one or more springs, the locking of the same by pawl and ratchet devices on the shafts of the friction wheels until the pawls are released by a treadle, and the power stored up In the springs applied to the wheels for starting the car. The brake mechanism may be used in either direction, the friction wheel shafts slid ing in guide slots of the car frame. As soon as the car is desired to be started, the brake lever is held in a backward direction, so as to press the friction wheels against the car wheels; but at the same time a treadle, operated by the foot, lifts one pawl out of the ratchet this pawl releasing by Its pivot joint, the second pawl, so as to throw the joint power of the springs on the friction wheels, and by the same on the car wheels, thus aslssting materially in starting the car. Jf. Com has turned some of the ob servations of the constitution of the sun to explain some facts of terrestrial physics. If, he says, the sun's outer layer contains, like aerolite, a large amount of iron vapor, this metal has an appreciable action on our terrestrial magnetism. He supposes that the in terior of the earth consists of dense metallic matter, and the probable com mon origin of bodies of the solar system seems to point to iron being present in large quantity, which would explain the action of the earth on the magnetic needle. Influenza. Dr. D. U. Beck with, in a paper published in the Cincinnati Medical Advance, says: "That theory which commends itself to my acceptance is that a deficiency of ozone in the at mosphere will cause influenza, catarrh, hay fever, cholera, scarlatina, and diph theria, while an increase of ozone in the air will Increase bronchial and pul monary disease. Printers' ink is a good adhesive for leather belts. One application will keep a leather belt In running order for twelve months. Xicotia, the active principal ot to bacco is one of the best antidotes to strychnia. Railroads Vmxt, Piwnt, and rotors. Traveling by steam along highways of iron had its birth in England; but found its true foster-mother in America. Year after year its mileage steadily in creased, until the entire continent was covered w ith a net-work of steel, and the locomotive w hich started on Mon day from the great commercial center of the East, rested at the close of the week from its labors on the shores of the broad Pacific. The capital invested in these great works was counted by millions, and the commonwealths com posing the American Republic were, not only in name, but in reality, the I'xited States. But in 1873, a great financial panic swept over the length and breadth of the land. Merchants failed, banks sus pended, capital was swallowed up, and the railway system had it full share in the general disaster. Many roads, more especially those of a local character, went into the hands of receivers, or into bankruptcy. The annual advance hitherto noticed, was at once checked, and the inquiry arose, what of the pres ent and the future? It is not iu the nature of the Ameri can people, however, to succumb under difficulties. Revolutions never go back ward. Gathering up the fragments that remaiued, they immediately gird sd up their loins for renewed efforts. One great lineof railway liberally aided by the Government, already spanned the continent from the Atlantic coast to San Francisco. Two others are par tially completed, the Northern Pacific to the northward of the Union, ami li.e Central Pacific roads, traversing the mining districts of Montana, and ter minating on Puget Sound, in Washing ton Territory, and the Texas Pacific, starting from a point on the Mississippi river, and having for its prospective terminus, the harbor of San Diego, in Lower California. The former has re cently been granted an extensiou of eight years for its completion. Little or no progress, however, is at present making on that line, but that on the South, Is being vigorously pushed. It is in the interest of the whole country that it should be speedily built, as com petition is the life of trade. Its pro jected line lies, as near as may be, along the 32d parallel, sufficiently to the southward to escaie the violent snow storms by which the Central and L'nion Pacific are so frequently obstructed. But, for the recent unpleasantness be tween the northern and southern sec tions of the Union, there can be but little doubt that the first trans-continental line of railway would have taken this route. The distance between the Southern Atlantic ports and San Diego, is one thousand miles shorter than from New York to San Francisco. The other Pacific roads are to twelve millions of our people of no practical value. But the Texas Pacific road traversing a new country rich in mineral wealth, and well adapted for the growing of wool, grain and cotton, will at once open up to our manufacturers of cotton and woollen goods, machinery, agricultural implements, Ac, what they stand greatly in need of a new market now almost entirely monopolized by Eng lish merchants. The expenses of our military establishments in Western Texas will be greatly reduced, and the running of regular trains will prove the best missionaries for the pa cification and civilization of the Indian tribes. The energy thus far displayed, in the carrying forward of this and kindred enterprises, b the best guaran tee that they will all be completed in due time the Texas Pacific first and then the great highway on our Northern boundary. DOMESTIC, Boiled Rice with Sweet Sauce. Wash the rice, throw into boiling water, and boil it with a pinch of salt in plenty of water. It should be done in about 20 minutes, and this will readily be as certained by rubbing a grain between the fingers and thumb. If it crumbles, it is properly cooked. Drain the rice in a colander, pour over it a cup of cold water, put it back into the saucepan, let it stand a few minutes to dry, and serve. Sauce. Mix a tablespoonful of Hour quite smooth in 4 tablespoonsfui of water ; then stir into it half a pint of boiling water; sugar or syrup to taste; stir over the fire until the sauce boils, when. If allowed, an ounce of butter may be added, with a tablespoon of lemon juice. When sweetened with sugar, a little nutmeg or ground cinna mon may De used, instead of lemon juice, if preferred. A tablespoonful of rasherry Jam, or any rruit syrup, may be used to flavor the sauce, and is generally much liked. Toilet Soar. Drippings, which ac cumulate in almost every household, can be used for the grease. They should first be boiled in water, and then left to cool ; afterward they should be removed from the water and boiled alone until the water is expelled. The whiter the grease can be made, the better the soap will be made. The ingredients of the soap are six pounds or sal soda, seven pounds of grease, three pounds of un- slacked lime, four gallons of soft water, and one-half pound of borax. Boll the soda and lime in the water until they are dissolved; let the mixture stand over night to settle ; pour off the clear lye, to which add the grease and pulver ized borax, and boil to the consistency of honey. Take the mixture from the stove, stir in one ounce of oil oi sassafras or lavender, and pour it into a tub, or what Is still better, a tight, shallow box, to cool, and when coid cut into bars and put on boards to dry. The Blces. "Do you ever have the blues?" asksa sufferer from that malady. "and is there a cure for them ?' ' 'Cer tainly," replies a physician, "plenty of them ; just as there are for chilis and fever, but in like manner they will not always work. We know one man who walks off an attack, another who rows it off, another who rides it off in the saddle. These are all dyspeptics. The same prescriptions, aided perhaps by lemon juice or diluted nilro-muriatic acid, often prove effective in the case of bilious folk. When the cause is, as it often is, nervous exhaustion, a good remedy is cessation of all work, religious and secular, plenty of sleep, and, if the constitution' can bear it, cold water bathing. Always an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, for it is not an easy task to fight oft the blues. Keep Borax in tub House. In the laundry it is economical, as it saves both labor and soap, and is really cheaper than the latter. For blankets and other large articles it is especially valuable, and in all cases the use or a little borax will save half the labor when the articles are much soiled. It is perfectly effectual in driving away red ants, cockroaches, etc., if sprinkled around on shelves, or put in the run-ways of the insects, Borax is also of great value for toilet uses, f or removing dandruff and cleansing the hair it is unequaled. It is also a good remedy for rough face and chapped hands. Its application to wounds, sores, bruises, sprains, etc., proves very salutary, and is often the only remedy required, even in severe cases. To Destrot I us ects. Hot al u m water is a recent suggestion as an insectide. It will destroy red and black ants, cock roaches, chinch bugs, and all the crawl ing pests wbich infest houses. Take two pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or lour quarts of boiling water; let it stand on tne fire till the alum dis appears; then apply It with a brush, while nearly boiling hot, to every joint and crevice in your closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves, aud the like. Brush crevices In the floor of the skirting, or mop-boards, if you suspect they harbor vermin. Restoring Tainted Meats. Tainted meat or game may be restored by wrap ping it up closely in a fine linen cloth, then, after throwing a shovelful of live wood coals into a pail of water, put the meat or game In and let It remain under water five or ten minutes. This will remove all offensive smell, but It should be cooked at once. Saturate pails and tubs with gly cerine and they will not shrink. The Man Eater" Shot. The Hambletonian stallion "Rising ham," one of the finest bred horses in Orange county, New Jersey, was killed by his owner, Dr. J. A. Schultz, recent ly. This horse was 21 years old. An offer of $7,000 was once refused for him. At two years of age he was considered the coming successor of Old Hambleton ian his sire. 19 years ago, however, he began to exhibit signs of viciousnesg that increased as he grew older. Fin ally he became entirely unmanageable, and since then he had been known as the "man eater." He had killed three men and wounded, crippled, and dis figured 20 ethers. For 14 years no one dared to put him to a wagon until a short time ago. Dr. Schultz, who had owned him but a short time, with the aid of several men got him in harness and to a wagon and tried to drive him. It was a dear experiment. The stallion broke everything to pieces and the Doc tor was saved by the merest chance. Many of the best horse trainers of the country had tried their skill upon him, but he conquered them all and nearly killed one of them. One of his latest exploits was the seizing of a negro and tearing off his right cheek, destroying the eye, and stripping the flesh lrom his arm. The groom became blind and paralyzed. The three men who pre ceeded the negro as grooms narrowly escaped with their lives. No one knew at what moment the brute would attack him. Dr. Schultz at last made up his miud that Rislngham was chronically insane, and concluded to kill him before he claimed another victim. As Rising bam stood in his stall glaring over the manger at the spectators who had en tered the stable to see the man-eater die, five large pistol balls were shot into his head, directly between his eyes. They failed to bring him down, and, uttering the fiercest of neighs, he made frantic efforts to get over the manger among the bystanders. As a man drew the attention of the horse away, Dr. Schultz, by a skillful thrust of a long knife, severed his jugular vein. For a leng time Rislngham stood up under the great flow of blood, relaxing no ef fort to get at the men. At length he settled to the floor, but to the last main tained his fierce disposition. The last movement he made was to attempt to seize Dr. Schultz with his teeth, the Doc tor having gone into the stall. Horse men say that but for the temper of this horse he would have been worth $30,000. Love is like themeasels; you can't have it but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us. A Constant Co-can, with Shortness of Breath, Falling strength and wasting ot Flesh, all betoken Lungs more or lest seriously affected, and demanding prompt treatment. By using Da. Jatni's Kipecto BAirr. serious results may be either avoided or palliated. . HUMOROUS When Thomas drove up to a house on Elizabeth street, to deliver the usual quart of mixture, the gentleman of the house kindly inquired : "Thomas, bow many quarts of milk do you deliver?" "Ninety-one, sir." "And how many cows have you?" "Nine, sir." The gentleman made some remarks about an early spring, close of the Eastern war, and the state of the roads, and then asked : Say, Thomas, how much milk per day do your cows average?" "Seven quarts, sir." "Ah-um," said the gentleman, as he moved off. Thomas looked after him, scratched bis head, and all at once grew pale, as he pulled out a short pencil and began to figure on the wagon-cover. "Nine cows Is nine, and I set seven quarts down under the cows and multi ply. That's sixty-three quarts of milk. I told him I sold ninety-one quarts per day. Sixty-three from ninety-one leaves twenty-eight and none to carry. Now, where do I get the rest of the milk? I'll be hanged if I haven't given myself away to one of my best customers, by leaving a durned big cavity in these Aggers to be filled with water!" Cool. A gentleman residing in a village, finding that the diminution of his wood-piles continued after his fires were out, lay awake one night in order to obtain, if possible, some clew to the mystery. At an hour when all honest folks should be in bed, hearing an operator at work In the yard, he cau tiously raised his chamber window, and saw a lazy neighbor endeavoring to get a large log into his wheelbarrow. "You're a pretty fellow," said the owner, "to come here and steal my wood while I sleep." "Yes," replied the thief, "and I suppose you would stay up there, and see me break my neck with lifting, before you'd offer to come and help me." Infant Depravitt. A night or two ago I called to a boy to come and black my boots; as he went to work he passed the stump of a cigar he had in his mouth to a little mite of an urchin, who didn't seem to be more than six years old, but who seized the stump eagerly and began putting away at my side. 1 ventured to him the advice that he was too young a boy to smoke, and that he should wait a few years; to which the youngster, who came about up to my knee, answered with the greatest calm ness between the puffs, " W p 11, yer see, when a tAWt gets the habit, It's hard to give it up." No Books Necessary. "My son, you should rise with the sun," said the old gentleman, knocking at the door. "Governor," mumbled a youthful voice from under the bed clothes, "I fear you never studied the Copernican theory the sun does not rise or other wise move." "Well, it don't need books to tell me that is true ot my son!" replied the blunt paternal, turning away. And the young collegian concluded that possibly "the old man" was naturally just about as smart as his boy. "Are you an engraver, sir?" asked a stranger of a gentleman whose office he had entered. "1 am. sir," was the reply. "Well, then, I've got a mother-in-law I wish you would in-grave her." He got an engraving of an earthquake on the back of his head before the man unlocked the door and let him out. In a recent case for assault, the defendant pleaded guilty. I think I must be guilty," said he, "because the plaintiff and I were the only ones in the room; and the first thing I knew was that 1 was Handing up, and he was doubled over the table. You'd better cll it guilty." "How hap you the audacity, John," said Scottish laird to his servant, "to go and tell some people that I was a mean fellow and no gentleman ?" "Na, na, sir," was the candid answer, "you'll no' catch me at the like o that. 1 aye keep my thoughts to myself." "John," asked a doctor of the apothe cary's boy, "did Mrs. Green get the medicine I ordered?" "1 guess so," replied John, "for I saw crape on the door-knob this morning." "Jenny, what makes you such a bad girl?" "Well, mamma, God sent you the best children he could find, and if tney uou't suit you, 1 can't help it?" The chart who first trpata thn ernwil generally manages to beat a re-treat out . . i . When may bread be said to be in habited? hen it has a little Indian in it. WHY oucrht a cobbler never to "nea ouir ue supposed to be ever-lasting All Beta OIL On a recent night, a respected minis ter attempted to make his way in the dark through the the sitting room to the pantry of his house, to deposit a bunch of rhubarb presented him by a parishioner, forgetting that house clean ing had commenced. The wretched girl had left a pail of soft soap near the door over w hich he accidentally stum bled. .Makings herculean eflort to save himself he grabbed for something with botii hands, and as he alighted firmly on his stomach he pulled down on top of him a table full of crockery. Rising promptly to his feet lie made a push for the mutch safe, but happening to plant his foot iu a puddle of the soft soap he promptly sat down in a tubof preserved fruits. His poor tired wife, who had retired early, was roused from her slumbers, and thinking that burglars were abroad, shrieked for help, to which the hired girl responded, rushing into the room and tumbling headlong over the man iu the washtub. Under the circumstances he might be excused for considering all bets off. as to the lan guage used on the occasion. Common Sena. Many imagine all advertised medicines to be worthless nostrums, and indiuunminatelv con demn them; but la it not an injustice to the thousands of respectable citizens who give voluntary evidence of beuetita received, to thna question and doubt their veracity and integrity ? Fairbank's standard scales are ex teneively advertised. Does it necessarily fol low that they are inferior in make and leas eo curate than others ? Have they not been de monstrated to be among the beet ? Again, is it common sense to suppose that a phvsician with capital could be induced to hazard it and a hard-earned reputation npon a worthless ar ticle ? K. V. Pierce. M. D.. of the World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., is the proprietor of the most popular family medicine in the market. His reputation as a skilful surgeon and physician has been fully established for many years. Would physicians and clergy, after having tested his medicines thoroughly, unite in commending them to the afflicted, if they possessed no merit? The nndersigned take pleasure in recommending Dr. Pierce and his Family Medicines to all who may need them: a B. Fairchild. M. D., Seneca. N. T.: W. B. Cousins, M. D Albta, Iowa; M. J. McCleUan, a, uaiTaiisvme, . x.; w. r. Hazleton, M. D.. Silver Lake. Kansas; F. 8. Miner. JL D.. Veaue. Kev.: Geo. Iheteriri M l . in Vine street, Bait, Mi; J. H. Bherrod, M. D., raou. ma. ; ueo. a. Chapman, M. D.. Platts month. Neb.:T. J. Casner. M. D rWinti.M Ohio; James H. Porter, JL D., Gorham. N. H.- " . v., uiuhil m. tu ; J. A. Miller, M. D., ban Leandes. CaL. J. N. Camp, M. D., Baladan. Mo.: Jos. a Burr. M. n.. W. t f. ette, O.; Kev. E. N. Harmon, Elsah, IlL: Bev. Isaac N. Amjnatin. Bbipman, IlL;Kev. Thomas O'Ueiley, Newman. Kan ; Bev. L. Weston, nocaun, mo.; uev. l A. iiawson. Homer, IU.; Bev. W. 8. Lour, Graham. N. G; Bev. Andrew Adams, Calhoun, Ga.; Bev. A. P. Moore. 712 Washington street Boston. Haas.: Kev. I A Tbaver, M. D.. BsoonsbnrK, Ohio; Bev. L P. Promt. Palmyra, UL; Mrs. Elizabeth A. Boyd, Falls Citv, Pa., J. apajcer. Union Citv, Mioh., Geo. C Bazzilll, Benovo. Pa.; Mrs. JL Kerns. raunyra, no.; Jure. K. Daley, Metropolis, I1L; Samuel Farner, Java, Ohio; Bisters of Charity, ht Vincent's Asylum, Troy, N. X. A Michigan Graes Darting. Lake Michigan has its Grace Darling, and her father and brothers are as brave and heroic as she is herself. San ford W. Morgan is keeper of the Life Saving Sution at Grand Toint and Sable, Michigan, and after the close of navigation he allows the crew to go away for the winter, but remains on the ground with his daughter and his sons. At daylight, on March 2d, dur ing one of the most violent gales of the season, with the sea so boisterous thct it was covered with foam, a fishing boat was discovered about three miles off shore in distress by Miss Edith. Quick ly giving the alarm to her father and two brothers, she urged them to go volunteering to take an oar herself to assist the crew. It seemed as though a boat could not possibly live in the mighty waves, but one was launched, and after a pull of two hours, with seas breaking over the small boat and threat ening its destruction and the loss of those on board, they succeeded in reach ing the wreck, to find that one of the crew who had been clinging to the side of the vessel had become exhausted, and letting go his hold had been drowned. Another sailor, however, waa rescued as he was about to give up, and was taken ashore. Xor was this the first time that the brave young girl had ven tured out on an errand to save. A Pretty Romanes. Many years ago a son of a Scotch Lord, traveling in this country, hap pened to spend a Sunday In Stratford, Conn. Finding the hours of the day long and weary, he dropped into the church, and soon became more inter ested in the face and voice of a beautiful young lady in the choir than in the preacher's sermon. The impression made was a permanent one. On inquiry he found that she belonged to a poor family, but was highly esteemed for her noble personal qualities. lie made her acquaintance which ripened into respect and love. The young lady was placed under the best educational in fluences and afterwards taken to Scot land as the wife of the young traveler. Professor Benjamin Stillman of Yale College, who was born in Stratford, had often beard the romantic story, but had never learned the name of tne Scotch Lord. When he visited Scotland, he met one day at a dinner-table Lord i Sterling and his accomplished wife, lie was charmed with the courtly man ners and the conversational gifts of the lady, which rose into positive pleasure when he found that she was the heroiue of the romantic story so often told in his native town. A Manlfe.t Absurdity. It is manifestly a' snrd to claim for a mere Htimulant, tonic and alterative properties. Yet this is what is daily done by the vendors of cheap local bitters, colored to make them look attractive, and agreeably flavored, bnt the alcoholic basis of which is of the vilest and niot hurtful description. The transcendent success of Hostecti-r's Stomach Bittern, the leading alterative tou e of the United States, has iuduced mauy of these compounders of drama in disguise, to attempt the counterfeit ing of this standard medicine, but their efforts have never proved successful on a lare scale, aud they have themselves in many ins'aucea notoriously "come to grief," through the in atriuneutaiitv of the law. The Genuine Bitter have, indeed a spiritu ous basis, but Ihey are emphatically a medi cine, since tbeir botanic inrehennf are sig nally emcarious in overcoming and preventing chilis and fever, dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation aud many other disorders. Dtmrw. Debility, and loss of appetite, whether the result of sickness or over-exertion, may be readily cured bv Schenck's Sea weed To'uic It builda np the enervated sys tem by aiding digestion aud stimulating the appetite. For sale by all Druggists. A Gentle Bint. In our stvle of climate, with its sudden changes of temperature rain, wind and sun shine often intermingled in a single day it is no wonder that our children, friends and rela tives are so frequently takeu from us by ne glected colds, half the deaths resulting di rectly trom this cause. A bottle of Bosch ee s German Syrup kept about your home for im mediate use will prevent serious sickness, a large doctor's bill, and perhaps death, by the use of three or four doses. For curing Con sumption. Hemorrhages, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Croup or any disease of the Throat or Lunga. its success is simply wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. German Syrup is now sold in every town and village on this continent. Sample bottles for trial, 10 cents; regular size, 75 cents. ReUable Dry boods How. street, Philadelphia has been appointed Aeent for the very celebrated Double Warp Black Silks. These goods are said to be almost ever lasting in wear, and ate very cheap. They vary in price from L25 to fZM), but sold formerly at fioni ii to t3 per yard, if von want any kind of dry Koods, write for samples. Rheumatism Quickly Cored. "Durang'a Bheumatio Remedy," the great Internal Medicine, will positively cure any case of rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price tl a bottle, six bottles 5, So d by all Drug gists. Send for circular to Uelpenstine A Bentiey, Druggists, Washington. 1). CI Ei-Pbbudect Grant was weighed, a few days since, on a Fairbanks Balance, at the Paris Exhibition, and for the first time in his life was -found wanting." he having lost sev enteen pounds during his Eastern tour. The Great Spring Medicine fa Hoof land's German Bitten. It tones the stomach and assists Digestion. It areuses tha Liver to healthy action, and regulates the bowels. It punlies the Blood, and gives vigor and strength to the whole system. disDelhne? all Dyspeptic symptoms, with its loss of spps- ute, ctca xieauacne, languor ana oppression. It infuses new life and energy into the whole being. All suffering from deranged digestion. at this time should take Hoofland's German Bitters. They are sold by all Druggists. Jobustoa. Hoiloway A- Co., 602 Arch street, Philadelphia. dr. c-W- arvaava rri rnr f av a -si a MKIIj PlLLiM arsprsDmrMieKprrMly to cars Sick Umdschs, Kttoim Headache, Drepeptic lliMhiache NranUKia, Nerroaea and Sleep-maoe- and wil cnreanr case. Price We., poetsse free, geld by al ormuiuu. omce.ao. lua h. Kataw St.. Baltimore w n. aj l i a r. i' "i r V Dlilv ! A tl 1 D I I 1 1 4 3. Mew exlitkra ot Catalogue now rwatlr, gmiur neatly ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted in AXY OR ALL. ef the Newspapers named in their Direc tory for OXE TIME, or for OXE YEAR, in the best positions, which are carefully watched, at the LOWEST PRICES, on application to S. M. 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" tcl eeld. setm klWelee SZfJZZo. 1 f.-u, mtm " 111 lUliee, erartne. M bus ruele. If U Bea- ia rieau.! S oela, (pr f CUsSIie, r.if.) I Crii.. D.-W. t Cereuieae. Swelr, If CHryaeeUtrmum..) t CteM,r&DfciM.n"eMe. a rmwiruMi t Omelm. Xnule. VtOe n,lM DeaUr.) S anuw, KcwMe. a a GrMkMM riUU.I LltMM. It IW"I S rlrinehu. Vm, WV hUllWM.) S rMuele, IMiUe, tern) IV Uuue. SuleJ rum. Bera. ferS Flak. Bnae. eil. avSSeiea lunjMienaj S Boa Ctaoere, erSSmnle a Titam Sevres, a a S brt! raw ter ( I Vlelen, (er 4 HiJ trntlm ) g SH rfTlee. er Wesrtrtfceef Vienna Bssle, tlx" aai: a a.: t a at. DtKKm OAKKlf CHLISOAB. fMse; flraetleM a r ejgUMalKn. liMef nrirMS,eu4ft HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Philadelphia. X ItAJTl RAIL WAT TICKET for ckki orxxciinrv for citv r Mtryprrrty Tfiria-rllii llEWIVIalfAT ftt leaf. SB RffAL ITT A BIT-, Ml rimJatoffAUplila raw LANDRETHS' Garden Seeds ARK CROrWH Olf Orm FARMS l!f PENNSYL VANIA, 1VEW JERSEY. VIRGINIA AND WISCONSIN. ISM ACRE, wtW. vcrtipisaej amt raltiTatvd by utsTMivtw,. bM aimny DMr avenw mW contract. THEY frPEAK THEIR OWH PRAISE WHERE KVKK PLANTED. Tout TXptomn. Four Mfdalt, famf Thr 9pim Ft-. awfarilv-4t our xhibitiuD u th CENTENNIAL. Lr.Drfrth Rnral Rrttr imJ Alma Due enntainlBS pricca and niorh faiuaM uifirnitiuOtfi)ai4 to all applicant. Who! Ic'fratV prir to dalra om application DAVID LAXDRETII A KO.XS. Noe. SI and S3 Sonth SIXTH Slrt. MfllADEIillA. C-ntrnl Fire Biwh Loerilnr Onnm. "inelrBrrl. Ir"ii J Iknilil,. Barrl, fr.m op Onne, Kiltie end Pi'..l 1'f m.iet api.r.vv,l English anl A n.r !-!, B,k. P.p-r an-i hr.-. Sh-1!. Wed.. eee. m. Fricee on applinttiun. LiUt1 diecoluiM U dealrra. JOS. C. GPJJBB & CO, 712 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA.. MICROSCOPES. Opera G'a. Hrnitere. Spv ;taMe. Thermnm. lere, 1 -IriH ..p. p-t-rBcle . ;le-e. AT .kk.AlLV Kfclil'l EI PKh t. It. Jfc .J. liKCIi. Manufacturing Opticians. !l CHESTSIT ST., PI1ILA. IHnetreted price ratalovii. of MS pacta mailed tc ear alilrea oa receipt wt three eteiup. JUST ITJJHWIIfc:i. PETTENGILL'S Newspaper Directory abyertiserTemd-book, For 1S78. The asset rejaanlrie Xrvipaprr IMmtory ever tjnbliaaieei. aa-aiyina- tne waa be er Pnaltalivra ai Aelverllaera alike. It contain. See papfe. with information concerning- different paper In the 1'tiitfd Steti-e aad British America, and comprehensive liteof prutul a Tit Paropeaa and Atvtraiaeian sn:ala. Thia lhaarToav will be sent, poetase paid, tn anr addreee, fur the very lew price wf vac laatllar. S. M. PETTENGILL & CO., 37 Park Row, Xew York. S370 Parlor Organ for only $97.50 W I TTVSBSAJJ OIrr! Mimical Telrpbnnfe. Dual 1 1 ka. tK.uJ Walnut Caae.witb -Intrant new tyle French Venecrine. Panellne. e. TtareeKet neeae, minces t u stops, rwo urana aneeoweil-, weu-ht when boiM. over 3SO lba. Kerala.- h..r.il Price 370. S-l orTa.h with Order. I will a.11 thx beautiful instrument in order to nan tola my very latent New Stylr Orscti Introduced at on.-v.fbr e-B-lv S97.5U. HrnrjrclnadedandfreightrharKea paid or me each wav, if it Is in any wav nnatifar tnrv. Fnllr warranted tor in Vears. MiWM'AFF.K itu much In fore,. Hon ahont roaioi niamiio vr:ina,Kvr VRLr; -'"so auureea, i,UtMU r. aaeMII, WaaU&ftu. (A Insertion in a CHOICE SELEC To ITT-ti Mrm m M33 H. R. R. DYSINTIBT, CHOLERA MORBUS, FEVER AXD AGC, aXD rMVMTaJ ST Umdnsu Rady ReUe RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, DLPTHERIA, SORT. THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHUfO, wwtrsrram A ITf MnrUTXa ST Badway'. Ready Reliet BOWEL COMPLAINTS. Looseneea, MxThoea, Cho era nor or . ala fol olscnarges from la bnw-aar an.pped i Hit B or tw.my nil..utes by Uxkl x tu.i a. Kea.ly Keilef. o lOngetillon tr Indauuua oa, 110 w akn'-ss or iaawtii c, will follow uic uae at abeB.lt BrUet. ACHES AND PAINS. Wot headarbe, wbetber sick or mm ; rve fPTiwm lombairo. ailis and wakrMa In 15, back, spine or kidufja ; pains around tlie tier pleurisy, swel tns of be joints, pains la iba bow a, he. n burn and pains of all kuoa. 1UA w .vt Beaily relief will all r 1 mmtii.,te ease, and Its continue use for a few dja effect ( permanent core. Price &e cents. Dr. Eaiiaj's EepMi PiUs, rerfertr tartelena, eleyantly enated, for the nre ot all disorders 3ft the stoioai-ti. lHer. bow. els, kldnevs, bladder, nervoos dilutes, heav acne, constipation. Indigestion, dyspepsia, fjtl lousness. bll ous fever, inflammaMokof the now. sis, piles, and all deran entente ot ho Internal viscera- warranted CO easel a Mluveeure Price w cants per box. DB. RADVAY'S Sarsaparillian Resolvent The Great Blood Purifier, TOM TEJs CUKX OP CHRONIC D1S2AK, SCROFULA OR SYPHILITIC, HER EDITARY or CONTAGIOUS, X IT IXATXD EX THB Immsrn ar Btanaaela. Skin er Beaea, rieak Serves, CORRUPTTXO THE SOLIDS AXD VITIATING THE FLUIDS. Cn-onle Rheumatism. Bcromi. Glandular Swelling, Hacking Dry Costro. 1'ani-proua A Sec tions, syphilitic Complaints, Blredlng of the Langs, Dyspepsia, Water Brash, Tic Dotorrux. Wbiie (welllnga. Tumors, Uli-ers, SkId and H p Diegeueo. Mercurial Duvaara. Female" ompialnia. Soul Dropsy, Sail Kneum, Bronchiua, u aunpUon. Liver Complaint. &r. Hot oary does the 8armparmian Resolvent eel all remedial agents in tne cure of hronle, L-rorulous. Constitutional, and ln Diseases, but It la lbs oaly positive core for Kidney and! Bladder Complaints, Drlnary and Womb Diseases, Gravel. Diabetes, Drop y. Stoppage of Water. Incontinence of Crlne, Brtgh. s Disease. Albuminuria and In ail eases where there are brick-dust detenus, or tiie water la thick, cloudy, mixed with su.ostan.-es, tike the white of an egg, or thread like white auk. or there Is a morbid, dark, bilious .ppear. ance and white bone-dust derjn-,11. and wtia there la pricking, burning sensation wnea pausing water, and pain In the small of the hack and .long the loins, sold by dru-uta. PHKJK OMR DuLLAA I Of Ten Years' Growth s CURED BY DR.RADVirS REMEDIES HA VI HAD AN OVARIAN TU MOR LN THE OVARIES AND BOW. XLS FOR TEN YEARS. O in Aasom, Dec ff. Ists. Da. Rabwat: Tnat others may be benefited, I make inls statement : 1 have hid an O ar an Tumor In tbe ovaries and bowels for ten years, I tried tne be 1 phy sicians ot this place and others w thout any beneai. It was - rowing at such rapidity that I sould not nave lived mu h louger. A irlend of mine induced me to try Kadways EVmedies. I bad not much faitb in them, but Dually, after much dellberatl D. I tried them. 1 feel Dei fectly well, and my heart Js full nf gratitude to tiod for this belp in my deep affllc Uon. To you. Sir, and your wonderful niexllclue, I feel deeply Indebted, and my prayer Is thnt it may be s much of a bleaplce to others as it has been to me. (Signed) kuca. K c. BiBBina. Mrs. Blbbliis. who makes the ahove cer tncate, the person for whom 1 requested you to -end u.edlclne In June l;a. Tne medicines above Mated were bought of me, with the exception of what was sent to her by you 1 mm say thai ner statement la correct without a quail nratioa, (Signed) 1 a. Lxacn. Druggist and Chemist, Ann Arbor. Jllch. This mav certlry tha Mrs. Bibblns. who makes tne above 'certificate, Is and hits been for many years well known to us. and the facts thereii stated are undoubtedly and undeniably correct Any one who knows Mrs. Bibbins will believe her statement. (Signed) BsiM. D. Os-via. Mabv R. I oxa. Mast COCkis, a. a. fOKB. DR. RADIAT & CO., 32 Varrei SI jr. y. Li CaUflKhiTtH'' The fofiirerhtr fs a Ifst ef the different eveyfes ef ew anode, with prices annexed. li" e bae been eoue mantlris tbe me.rk.et a nlmW of years, and er tliorr anif.wm sacellence. eernreti fr ns a wi-lely iucreaeuil satronaee and cnnetr; tee! imoniale of merit. Aolicinne a share of roar favors, with a raarancsa f fjst-elsea foods la every reeneet. we rms-n. Toaretrnlv. ll'LV IDKIST, Bole Proprietors, 1T1 North 3d St., ruueieiraia BAILEY'S PURR ITS.. tl X ... I7 A , XX XXI lilt , s n 1 IT. fOP PER fl fe-TTT V. It ft vntSKIT I 7S I'OPPKR MSTH-LKn WHISKKT ... T5 to 1 um. ST'Kv arts Tt If! H RKB BITTER IS erne craee arlra tae meorud tree. If TOS desire runles of any of the eknve. we ehall rake pleaaaraia aeadina thias. All goods tvied at sired. H. A 0- LANDRETHS" SEEDS ARK TIIF PtF,T. 1. LtMIRlTH dr V. 1 AW BeMBinj SI ATU att rwlladelwaila. PIA NO S"USe?s? rJ.' nRRil Grand S.ire Pianos n-1 liOO.onlr s25. Kleranl I priaht Pianos cer t-wS.enly S156. N Stvl- l r i K hi Pianos, Alll. u. (id.n O an. U StoDS. I hBrrh im .... - . . onlr Sili. a'leeant mSi Mirror T'.a Uryan . only 1 rrmefwions secriflca to eloe one arernt stock. ?iw fleam F.rlory soon to nerecteil. Newe paper with annca inf.rasrion shoar e. et nf rune an.: Ore, sent free. B atty'. ceietrted Pi.o nn.1 Ornene ar b antiful lustramente: Chsllenre comparison' Rivals r- iealoue' rle adorewi PASIEL r. BkATTT. Wh.n.a. .N.rjerliy MACK- W AWTJ IirrROTCD CFfL. tOU PAKLuB IlKtiAN-Seiit bv ei.il for tiaa tha most thorough system of inetmctioa and aa elerant collection of vocal and instrumental nv.lo.liea. aMsB WLi;a, 111S tasetual t Phllad a. 1 MM
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