AGRICULTURE.
Thb difficcltt ia raising' tomatoes
is that we make the ground too rich.
This favors the growth of vines rather
than that of fruit. On the other band,
if the soil is made poor enough to grow
fruit well, there will not be enough of
the stalk ; the crop will be too small.
This can be remedied somewhat by
planting closer, say three bills instead
of two. But there wili be a lack, to some
extent, of the size and fine quality of
the fruit. All this can be obvi: d and
the largest and best crops grown with
out any wate of vine growth. Thus,
by keepttig the growth in hand, feeding
the plant as Is wanted for its different
stages of growth until up to the bearing
period, it will give sutliineiit vine for a
full ciop. The check in the growth of
the vine will favor the starting of the
fruit, and push it forward, but perhaps
not so much as is desired. If now the
vine is not fed, it will rapidly turn pale
and its growth come to a standstill. As
soon as the fruit begins to push and the
plant shows signs of exhaustion, give it
manure in the liquid form so as to
work promptly as is wanted. In a week
or ten days, the plant will begin to
tleeiien its color, with but little enlarge
ment of the vine, the fruit, meantime,
pukhing with a force that is most
gratifying. The current, once directed
to the fruit, is not easily turned back,
but will continue until it bas weighed
down the vine with Its ourden, ripening
and growing new fruit. But in order
to do this there must be a growth of the
vine to form new clusters of the fruit.
Here comes in the nice point, so as not
to push this too much and withdraw the
current from the Iruit; the direction in
favor of the fruit must be kept up, al
lowing, on the other hand, sufficient
force to keep forming the buds for new
fruit.
FotatoGrowisg. A French journal
Ruse tour, describes the result of some
experiments in potato growing recently
conducted by scientific men. in Ger
many. The principal conclusion to
which these se.ges have come, seem to
be two in number. The first of them is
that the vigor of the potato plant is
always in direct proportion to the
weight of the tubers used lor scU, a
theory which certainly finds some sup
port in common sense alone, consider
ing that the young shoots for some time
draw their nourishment from the
mother potato. The second conclusion
is that there is a great variety in the
productive power, not only of different
tubers, but also of different eyes of the
same potatoes. "It is found that the
eyes at the top of the potato produce a
much more vigorous offspring than
those in the lower part, and the conse
quence is that those agriculturists who
cut their potatoes in half before plant
ing them are not well advised in cutting
vertically, but should always divide
shem horizontally, planting the upper
half aud using the other as food for
cattle. But the best plan of all is to
plant the tuber whole, cutting out,
nevertheless, ill the eyes except those
in the top part."
A bfaitifi'L complexion depends
upon tne purity of the blood. To keep
the blood pure and healthy use Dr.
Bull's Blood Mixture.
Smoking the Gbai-ebv. Burning the
otida and ends of tobacco, to be obtained
at seme stort s and at all tobacconists,
for two or three cents p r pound, Is the
best thing to smoke out all the vermin
from the grapery; and just now is a
delicate time to watch these vines to
see that they are free Irom these ene
mies. The smoking, however, should be
done without regard to their presence.
It is a protection. No one who knows
anything about raising grapes under
glass will water the vines while they
are blossoming. But when this is fully
over the large syringe should thor
oughly sprinkle everything inside, in
cluding vines, soil, glass, etc., twice or
thrice a day. This must be accompanied
with powdered sulphur, placed in the
vicinity of every vine as a protection
against mildew; and should mildew
unfortunately make its appearance the
vines should be sprinted with it. But
take care that you do not burn the sul
phur, as more than one grape-grower
lias done to his sorrow. The iumes will
destroy the leaves, and hence the crop.
Cl'RE KOK BlIM S'TAUtiERS. We give
the following cure lor blind staggers:
Take three taOlt-spoonl'uU of Jamestown
weed seed, put them in a pint of clear
water, and boil itutu until you make a
strong tea : strain the tea that you may
get all the seed out. Mix with this tea
one ounce of the spirits of nitre and one
ounce of paregoric or three pods ot
pepper will answer. This compound
forms a liniment, of which take one
tablespoonful and pour in each ear. Let
the lior.-e rest about fifteen minutes,
then take a half-pint of assafcetida tea,
one ounce of hartshorn and one table
spoonful of ground mustard. This you
may squirt up each nostril until he be
gins to snort freely, and then you can
stop, as the water collected around the
brim will run out at the ears and nose.
Rkmedy for Kats. A farmer says:
"Four years ago my barn was fearfully
infested with rats. They were so nu
merous that I had great fears of my
w hole grain being destroyed by them
after it was housed; but having two
acres of wild peppermint that grew in
a field of wheat, cut and bound with
the wheat, it drove the rats from my
premises. 1 have not beeu troubled
with them since, while my neighbors
have any quantity of them. 1 feel con
fident thai any erson who is troubled
with these pests could easily get rid of
them by gathering a good supply ot
mint and placing it around the walls or
base of their barns."
A Parrot's Friendship.
Birds and animals often form friend
ships for other animals not of their own
family, and show a deep and sincere at
tachment. Mr. Adolphus Saxe, a cele
brated inventor of military musical in
struments, had a little green parrot,
sickly, weak, and almost featherless.
II is work room was full of brass filings
and unhealthy odors. Accordingly he
placed bis old favorite's cage In a large
Judas tree that grew near. The parrot
was adroit enough to oen her cage,
and would fly to the upper branches to
enjoy her liberty, returning from time
to time to her cage for food. As the
cage was often open and untenanted, a
sparrow, with tfie nsual modesty of its
kind, used to enter and hep itself. He
got so much at home that even when
the parrot returned he would not fij off,
but kept on eating &s though he were
the owner, not an invited guest. The
parrot not only did not resent the in
trusion, but formed a strong friendship
for the sparrow, which was evidently
reciprocated. When the parrot felt
lonely and wanted com pan v, he Imitated
the sparrow's chirp to invite his friend
to pay fcim a visit, and, unless he was
beyond hearing distance, the sparrow
always came. n his part, the sparrow,
in rainy winter weather, allowed him
self to be shut up in the parrot's cage,
utterly disregarding the bolts shut upon
him ; which he knew would be drawn
back in the morning. But one fine, or,
rather, one fatal day, a cat belonging
to the neighborhood, pounced upon and
devoured the sparrow, who, from bis
familiarity with the house, had not
learned to be unon bis ruard. The
parrot, not 6eeing him return, passed
day and night thenceforth in calling
upon him w horn he was never more to
tee again, and a week afterwards she
was found lying dead under the tree,
whi-her, by a supreme effort, she had
contrived to drag herself.
rrnAxrs. Coltc, Cholera, Dysentery and Df-arrhu-a.
as well as all aOecilon - of the Bowel,
re readily mastered and thoroughly cored by
Dr, Jay nag's Canuinai Ive Balsam.
SCIENTIFIC. .
Boiler Making. -Prof. R. H.Thurston,
of the Stevens institute of Technology,
in arranging the hearing surfaces of m
steam boiler, lays down as the essential
rule that the effort be to impede the
draught as little as possible, and so to
place them that the circulation of water
within the boiler be free and rapid at
every part reached by the hot gases.
The directions of circulation of water
on the one side and of gag on the other
side of the sheet, should, as much as
possible, be opposite. The cold water
should enter where the cooled gases
leave, and the steam should be taken off
furthest from the point. The tempera
ture of chimney gases has thus been re
duced by actual experiment to less than
300 deg. Fabr. and an efficiency equal to
0.75 to 0.80 of theoretical is attainable.
The extent of heatiug surface simply,
in all the best forms of boiler, deter
mines the efficiency, and the disposition
of that surface seldom affects Tt to any
great extent. The area of heating sur
lace may also be varied within very
wide limits without greatlv modifying
efficiency. A ratio of U5 to I in flue and
3D to 1 in tubular boilers represents the
relative area of heating and grate sur
faces in the practice of the best known
builders, and this of course, furnishes
a safe criterion. The material of a
boiler, says Prof. Thurston, should be
tough aud ductile iron, or, what is
better, a soft steel containing only suffi
cient carbon to insure melting in the
crucible or on the hearth of the melting
furnace, and so little that no danger
may exist of hardening or cracking
under the action of sudden and great
changes of temperature. Where iron is
used, it is necessary to secure a some
what hard but homogeneous and uni
form quality for the lire box sheets or
any parts exposed to the flames.
Yitreovt rrertie of Glast. The
curious fact pertains to ordinary bottle
glass that if cooled slowly it may lose
its vitreous properties and be changed
into an opaque and milk-white sub
stance much resembling porcelain in
appearance. To produce this change
the glass may be imbedded in sand and
healed so as to soften it, but not suffi
ciently to fuse. If it is now cooled very
slowly it will be found to resemble
porcelain in appearance, and it is con
siderably harder than the original glass.
This peculiar change is probably owing
to the partial separation of some of the
silicates particulary those of lime and
alumina and their assumption of a
crystalline form. This may frequently
be noticed in glass manufactories; that
is when the pots are ai lowed to cool
with great slowness, small, rounded,
irregular-shaed, opaque crystals are
obseiveu. When thus deprived of its
vitreous aspect glass may be reconverted
into its original form by fusion.
Gelatin, when once thorougly diffused
through a vegetable or animal sub
stance and theu dried with it, will pro
tect the whole from decomposition.
This is the fact which underlies Dr.
Morfit's processes for preserving the
flavor and nutritious properties of such
articles as milk, cream, cheese, beef,
lime-juice, etc. First, the natural
water contained in the substance to be
preserved is evaporated and replaced
with gelatin. The compound is then
dried; and it may bs kept in this state
for years. It may be made up also into
biscuits by incorporating it with biscuit
powder. Uue pound of gelatin is enough
; for fourteen pounds of meat aud for
i eight gallons of milk.
.Vr. Richard A. Proctor finds, in the
several and varying results of recent
i astronomical calculations as to the dis-
tance of the sun from the earth, reason
i to strengthen the doubts he had former
j ly expressed regarding the correctness
I of the methods which had been em
! ployed. To the general public, he says
j it will be more interesting to inquire
what is the true mean distance ot the
j sun. And to this he replies that in all
i probability the sun's distance does not
I lie so much as iilMJ 000 miles on either
side of the value 92,300,000 miles.
All Smrjke. The atmosphere In Lon
don is vitiated by the fumes arising
from its innumerable coal fires. In a
paper read before the Society of Arts, it
was estimated that the coal annually
consumed iu London is over 8,000,000
tons, equal, at one per cent, of sulphur
to 80,000 tons, or as oil of vitriol, to
245,000 tons. This is more than five
times the amount given off from all the
sulphuric acid works in the country.
A "One .V'in Vieer" is the raising 70
lbs. 1 foot high in a second for 10 hours
a day.
I'jdnform can be deodorized by com
bining it with an equal part of tannic
acid.
Trapping Beaver.
In trapping beaver the steel trap is
much ued. A beaver is a very difficult
beast to trap. The trapper knows at a
glance the various marks of the animal ;
these discovered, the next thing is to
find out how the beaver gets to his
houe, w hich is generally in shallow
w ater. Then a steel trap Is sunk in the
water, care being taken that it shall
not be more than twelve to fourteen
inches below the surface; this is done
by either rolling in a log or building in
large stones. Immediately over the
trap is the bait, made from the castor,
or medicine gland of the heaver, sus
pended from a stick, so as just to clear
the water. With a long cord, and a
log of light wood as a buoy, to mark
the position of the trap when the beaver
swims away, the trap is complete. The
poor little builder, perhaps returning
to his home and family scents the
tempting castor, lie cannot reach it
as he swims, so he feels about with his
hind legs for something to stair i on;
this, too, has been carefully placed for
him. Putting down his feet to stretch
up for the coveted morsel, he suddenly
finds himself clasped in an iron em
brace; there is no hope of escape. The
log, revealing the hiding-place, is
seized by the trapper, the imprisoned
beaver knocked on the head, and the
trap svt again.
In the winter, however, when the
ice is thick over the beaver village,
the trapper pursues a different plan.
Reaching the beaver lodges over the
ice, he first cuts down several stakes
which he points at the ends. These are
driveD, after cutting awav a good deal
of ice from around the lodge, into the
ground between it and the shore. This
is to prevent the beaverTrora running
along the passage they always keep
from their lodges to the shore, where
their store-house is located, which
would make it necessary to excavate
the whole passage. The beaver being
thus imprisoned in the lodge the trap
per next stakes np the opening into the
store-house, and so imprisons those that
tray have fled there for shelter on hear
ing the r.oise qf the axe at the other
end of tlie house. All being now in
readiness he takes au ice-chisel or crow
bar, and begins to dig through the
hxlge. Laying bare the interior the
trapper stoops dewn, gives a sudden
pull, and out comes a fat, sleepy beaver,
which is flung sprawling on the snow.
The animal, thus unceremoniously
awakened from its winter-nap, begins
to crawl slowly off, but is summarily
finished by a blow on the head. In
this way all the beavers in the lodges
and storehouses are takn:
. ... K)MESTIC.
.
Aboct C ax art Birds. Place the
cage so that no draught of air can strike
the bird. Give nothing to healthy birds
but rape and canary seed, water, cuttle
fish bone and gravel-paper or sand on
the floor of the cage. So hemp seed.
A bath three times a week. The room
should not be over-heated never above
seventy degrees. When moulting (shed
ding feathers) keep warm, avoid all
draughts of air. Give plenty of German
rape seed; a little bard-boiled egg,
mixed with crackers grated fine, is ex
cellent. Feed at a certain hour in the
morning. By observing these simple
rules birds may be kept in tine condition
for years. For birds that are sick or
have lost their song procure bird tonic
at a bird store. Very many keep birds
who mean to give their pets all things
to make them bright and happy, and at
the same time are guilty of great cruelty
in regard to perches. The perches in a
cage should be each one of different size,
and the smallest as large as a pipe stem.
If perches are of the right sort no trou
ble is ever had about the bird's toe-nails
growing too long. And of all things
keep the perches clean.
To Kit Flies Oct ov the Uocse.
Why is it that so few (comparatively
speaking) of our farmers' wives have
nets in windows and doors to keep out
flies and insects? I think, after clean
ing from garret to celler, to let the flies
in a few weeks, to spoil all our labor, is
a little too trying, and it is worth all
the time and money necessary, to pre
vent it. Those who can't afford wire
netting should get a piece of musquito
net, and If you can t get frames for
oot n windows, ana doors, surely "ami '
will be kind enough to make frames for
the doors or get them made. One can
sleep, eat and rest better in a room
where there are no flies and plenty of
sunlight. I think any one who uses
them once will not think of getting
along without them again.
How to Use a Grindstone. first.
don't waste the stone by running it in
water; but, if you do, don't allow it to
stand in water when not in use, as this
will cause a soft place, beeoml. wet
the stone by dropping water on tt from
a pot suspended above the stone, and
stop off the water when not in use.
1 hird, don t allow the stone to get out
of order, but keep it perfectly round by
the use of gas-pipe or hacker, fourth,
clean off all grease tools before sharpen
ing, as grease or oil destroys the grit.
Fifth, observe : When you get a stone
that suits your purpose, send a sample
of the grit to the dealer to select by ; a
half ounce sample is enough, aud can
be sent in a letter by mail.
Lettce Salad. Into half a cup of
scalding vinegar stir one beaten egg,
half a teaspoon of mustard, and a piece
of butter the size of a walnut; a little
sugar if desirable. It can be turned on
the lettuce hot op cold, just as one
prefers. The same is flue for cabbage.
Another: Two tablespoonstul of thick
cream, one tablespoon tu I of thick cream,
one tablespoonful of sugar, and vinegar
to taste. This is very much liked by
those who do not like much seasoning.
R AsrBERRT Vinegar. Put one qjart
of good vinegar over two quarts of
berries; let them stand over night;
strain and pour the juice over two more
quarts ot berries; stand over night;
then strain again ; to every pint of juice
allow one ound of white sugar; let it
come gently to a boil ; theu bottle for
use in small-necked bottles. One table
spoonful in a glass of ice-water on a hot
summer day is refreshing.
Sarsapakilla Mead. Boil one pound
of sarsapaj ilia root in four gallons of
water, lor several hours, until the
strength isextracted. Add eight pounds
of sugar and one quart of boiling water
and three-quarters of a pound oi tartaric
acid. Keep well corked. To prepare a
glass for use take half a wineglass of
the mead, fill up with cold water and
stir in half a teaspoonful of carbonate
of soda. Drink while effervescing.
Bracket Ornament. Take wheat
heads, just when lully ripe; break off
the stems closely and place in a wine
glass (it is one of the very best uses,
my friends, for such glasses, and the
least harmful) of water. In a few
weeks there will be something pleasant
to look at, if you try it. I have three;
and already the grain is mounting
ceilingward at a rapid rate.
All babies are diminutive Csn-ars,
since they rome they see, they couqu T,
sometimes by their gentle stillness but
oftener by continued uproarious crying
induced by Colic, Teething, Flatulence,
etc. Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup by its gen
tle yet specific influence quiets the little,
ones without ever producing the least
Injurious effect. Price 25 cts a bottle.
" Centennial Biscct. Make good
corn mush, just as if you were going to
eat it with milk ; when It is lukewarm
take a quart of it, work In flour enough
to make a stiff dough, make it Into
Giscuts, put it into a pan and set it into
a warm place over night; bake in a
very hot oven, and you have the best
and sweetest biscut you ever ate. Eat
while hot lor breakfast.
Spicf.d Scgar. This is made by mix
ing and sifting together one tablespoon
ful finely powdered mixed spices with
three of pulverized sugar, one half of
cinnamon, the balance equal quantities
of nutmeg, allspice and cloves are the
proportions which we use, but this can
be varied to suit the individual taste.
A Good Puddino. One dozen
crackers rolled Hue, one cup of raisins,
three eggs; soak the crackers in milk,
then add one-half cup of molasses, one
cup of sugar, and the eggs and raisins;
then bake one-half hour.
All the disinfectants that can be used
in sick-rooms, unless accompanied with
good ventilation, are useless. Ventila
tion first, in all cases ; this is of primary
importance and should not be forgotten.
A Itrave Woman's Defence.
A plucky young widow, living near
Tazewell Court House, Va., succeeded
in defeating two tramp ruffians after a
fight which cost her life. About-10
o'clock at night two men came to the
house of Mrs. Becky Baldwin, and
ask) d her to give them some silver in
exchange for notes, offering her some
$7 of the latter for $5 of the former.
She complied and they soon left, but
returned after she bad retired, brole
open the door and entered. They
entered ber bed-room. She jumped
from the bed and told them to leave the
room. They demanded her pocketbook
ar.d threatened to violate her person if
she did not give it up. She went to her
dress, deliberately took the pocketbook
from it, containing $23, and threw it in
the fire. One of the tramps stooped to
get it out, when she snatched up an ax
and dealt him a terrible blow, knocking
him do wn, quickly following with other
blows dashing his brains out on the
hearthstone. The second tramp then
drew a dirk knife and rushed at her
and stabbed her twice in the left breast.
She dealt him a fearful blow with the
ax, nearly severing his right arm near
the shoulder. The miscreant then fled,
leaving a trail of blood behind him.
His deed body was found two miles
from the place. A young white man
happening to pass by found Mrs. Bald
win in a dying condition. She told her
tory, and died two hours afterwards.
The dead bodies of the tramps were
thrown in a pig-pen, so great was the
indignation of the people in the vicinity.
There were no papers found on them by
which they could be Identified.
HUMOROUS.
Dose Bkowx. It seems incredible
that a man born and raised in Annis
quam. Mass., should have been done so
concededly brown as the particular
Caleb described to the Drawer, as fol
lows, by a lady :
A well-to-do resident of the village.
Capt. W , wished to employ Caleb
to saw some wood, three cords and a
half in all, and promised to par him 50
cents a day. Caleb owned no saw, but,
as the Captain had a good one, it was
agreed that Caleb should hire it, and
pay for the use of it at the rate or nine
pence a cord. At early dawn the next
morning it was in July Caleb was at
work. Those were the days of wide
fire-places, and each log needed' to be
sawed bnt once. Before night he bad
finished the job, and went into Capt.
W 's house to settle.
''Let's see," said the Captain, "you
were to have 50 cents a day ; we'll call
it a day, though it Isn't sundown yet.
That's 50 cents for you. And you were
to pay me ninepence a cord for the use
of the saw; there's i3? cents due me.
I say, Caleb, you don't seem to have
much coming."
Caleb looked dubious. He scratched
his head thoughtfully, but presently a
light seemed to break in upon his mind.
"How unfortnit," said he "that you
did net have half a cord more, or (At
we could 'a corns out just Mquaret"
A Crooked Road. The Olean, Brad
ford & Warren railway must be a very
crooked affair, or else some of our good
temperance men do not tell perpendicu
lar stories.
They sat on a dry goods box In front
of a grocery store talking of new rail
roads, and the aforesaid road was men
tioned in the following complimentiry
manner:
Xo. 1 Why, it's so crooked that the
train ran around a telegraph pole
twice.
Xo. 2 Worse than that; it's so
crooked that the passengers can see the
backs of their heads.
Xo. 3 Pshaw, you fellows didn't
notice the curves. Why, it's so bad
that the engineer has to run her like
Tophet to keep the rear car out of the
engine's way.
That was too crooked even for us,
and we immediately invited the boys to
indulge in peanuts.
The Last Resort. A fire on Sherman
street the other day turned a tenant out
of doors with only five minutes warn
ing, aud when they had secured a house
across tne way and moved In -the sole
stock of furniture consisted of four bed
si aU, a wash-bowl, a kerosene lamp,
and three pillow-shams. A kind-hearted
policeman entered,' looked around, aud
said to the busy little woman :
Did you lose much?"
"All but this," she replieJ, pointing
to the pile in one corner.
"And what will you do now?"
"Advertise for boarders, of course!"
was her prompt reply. "If you are
going down town you might drop an
advertisement into the papers for me."
He dropped out.
A Sharp Retort. A stout English
gentleman, a visitor at a fashionable
watering-place on the west coast of
Scotland, was in the habit of conversing
familiarly with Donald Eraser, a char
acter or the place, who took delight in
talking boastfully of his great relations.
One day, as the gentleman was seated
at the door of his lodgings, Donald
came up driving a fat boar. "That's
one or your great relations, I suppose,
you have got with vou. Donald?" said
the gentleman. "Xo," qiietly retorted
Donald as he surveyed ihe proportions
ol his interlocutor; "no relation what
ever, but just an acipialu tance, like
yourscll."
It was the proprietor of an American
lunch counter who said, "1 care not
who make the laws of the country if I
may make its sandwitches." And he
finishe.1 hammering out the bottom of
one, welded the upper crust down to it,
orazeu tne edges, tempered it, and laid
it in the sun, and tilled out a blank
burial permit while he waited for the
next customer.
"I wish to ask the court," said a
facetious lawyer, who had been called
to the witness stand to testify as an ex
pert, "if I am compelled to come into
this case, in which I hive no personal
interest, and give a legal opinion for
nothing?" "Yes, yes, certainly," re
plied the mild mannered judge; "give
it lor what it is worth."
"JonN," said .Orkney solicitor to his
son, "I see you'll never do for an
attorney, you have no henergy."
"Skuse me father," said John, "what 1
want is some of your chickanary."
A Oetlevan at a party said: "I
really wonder if you ladies believe in
the man in the moon?" "Ye9, in the
honeymoon," responded one of the
ladies.
"Mike, and is it yourself that can be
after tellin' me how they make ice
cream?" "It is, troth, 1 can. Don't
they bake it in cold ovens, to be sure?"
The Cuban Government have issued
an order requirinsr the use of Fairbanks'
Scales in ail official weighing ou the
island.
Toe railroad track is like the ship
when you can see a cargo on it.
Whex the boatswain pipes all hi jds,
who furnishes the tobacco?
The Grand Duke Nicholas.
Nicholas has a face which in repose is
proud, imperious, and shows a wonder
ful capacity for passion. A lightning
like temper might at a moment's notice
be betrayed by those keen eyes, ordi
narily filled with pleasant smiles.
Quick in all his motions he likes quick
ness in others; he rides a horse which
it wears others out to follow, and was
fond of dashing away to some distant
village, and then sendinir for the others
to come up with him, while he was on
me road to 1 irmova. He told me with
great glee that he left the palace of Cot
roceni, in Bucharest, by stealth, went
down to the Danube, and had half his
plans perfected before anybody outside
his immediate personal circle knew of
it. He speaks Euglish as perfectly
as a foreigner can: it was the first
language, that he learned, and he
nad a Scotch nurse. His dress is al
ways simple in the extreme, and while
to accept the deference naid him hv th
officers who surround him seems second
nature to one bred to it. he will not re
ceive it from strangers, and even dis
uses to ne caned by his title. On the
whole, he has the strength of character
and fine sense of honor w hich are the
family traits, w ith a winsome, fascinat
ing manner added to them. Of his
abilities as a military commander the
world has been able to judge. Although
he has been surrounded by competent
advisers, he is nevertheless entitled to
much credit for the successes which
the Russians, in the face of tremendous
obstacles, have finallv achieved.
Fora-et-Me-Nota.
Young men should pattern after
pianos be square, upright, grand.
Hold on to your foot when you are
on the point of kicking, running off
from study, or pursuing the patn of
error, shame or crime.
A man is never so emphatically em
braced by the spirit of economy as
w.en the church contribution box
stares him in the face.
Whatever you do, do with your
might; things done by inches are nev
er done right.
Crvcwl'i Cavej
About fifty years ago, a great portion
of the South and West was but a wilder
ness. Even In those States that were
more or less populated, there were sec
tions of the country where there cou'd
not be seen any signs ot habitation. A
way down In Mississippi there was a
scope of country, about one hundred
miles across, consisting of a swampy,
wild and desolate land, then known
as the Tuckapaw country, In which
there was no settlement, and across
which was a regular road of travel.
Now, in these old times, there was
a great amount of traffic and trade
between New Orleans and the lower
Mississippi, and all the upper country
mule traders from Kentucky and Illinois
would drive mules and horses and re-
turn by land. Flatboats by the hundred,
from the upper country, from Ohio to
the Rocky Mountains, could be seen de
scending the Mississippi, laden with
the most valuable produce the country
could afford. The merry boatman made
the forest resound with his song and
revelry. When they landed at New
Orleans, and disposed of their valuable
cargo, they would buy a plug, or a
mule, or a "mustang," on which they
would take their homeward course,
sometimes in squids of two to six.
About half-way across the wilderness
road, a man by the name of Cregol had
located, and built a house for the pur
pose of a stopping place for travelers.
This place was known to every Southern
trader, and with Cregol they had to
stop, and were glad to share his hospi
tality. In the course of time this coun
try became settled. Old Cregol had
become immensely rich ; and was grow
ing old, but he was hale and stout. Not
far from the house was a cave In the
hillside, which bad never been ex
plored. In fact, no one had ever entered
its mouth, as far as was known.
Now this cave became an item of
interest. The dogs for miles arcund
would collect at its entrance and create
the most hideous sounds by their un
earthly howling. Night and day would
these poor creatures keep up this
mournful song. Every man, woman
and child for miles around would come
and see this sad, sad sight. But it was
noticed that old Cregol did not ga to see
the thing. And why did not Cregol go?
His neighbors insisted that he should
go. No sooner did he come in sight
than the dog', at one accord, which
bail hitherto been perfectly submissive,
molesting no one, aud any on) could go
among them, and they would only howl
with teetn grinning and bristles up,
rushed at him as if they would tear him
to sbreds, and would not let him come
near. At length it was resolved to ex
plore the cave, and upon a set day the
neighbors met for that purpose. With
torches In hand, they groped their way
a short distance on their hands and
knees, until they entered a large
chamber. They rose to their feet, and,
with torches lifted high, began to peer
through the darkness. The first object
they saw was a long blue coat hanging
against the wall of the cave. This coat
was of the old French style, made of
blue cloth, with brass buttons. Upon
passing further on, scores and scores of
skeletons were seen, scattered in every
direction. Human skeletons, with cloth
ing of every description hanging to
them, which the wolves had torn to
pieces. Among the party of explorers
was a young doctor, who lived in the
neighborhood. As soon as the party
emerged from the cave, the dogs ap
parently satisfied, ceased their howling
and dispersed. That night a negro
came for the young doctor. The dogs
had collected at old Cregol's and com
menced their howls. Cregol was seized
with spasms, and the negro pushed for
the doctor. The next morning, while
the doctor was sitting by Cregol's b'd,
who was in a deep stupor, the door
suddenly flew open, and a ta'.l man,
with dark complexion, wearing the
identical coat which the doctor had seen
in the cave the day before, entered and
passed noiselessly through the room.
Poor Cregol, when the man entered,
rose up quickly iu bed and gazed with
a wild uid maniacal staro at him until
he passed out of sight, and then fell
back dead. He had murdered these
men for their money aud that Is how
he got his wealth.
A Sand Storm In Nevada.
For a time recently uuite a beavv
sand-stoiin was in progress on the large
desert some forty miles to the eastward
of Virginia City, Nevada. Great clouds
of sand were seen to rise and sweep
along over the plain, gradually ascend
ing until the highest peaks of the Huni-
ooiui jiountains were hidden. In ap
pearance the drifting sands much re.
sembled the clouds of snow raised by
winter storms on the prairies of the
West. The sand al;o forms drifts or
dunes, as drifts are formed from snow.
Every clump of greasewood has its sur
rounding hillock of sand, and in places
long ridges or sand are seen as in many
localities on the shores of the sea.
Among these dunes, and on the level
alkali flat, the niiraceS nlav their fan.
tastic tricks upon weary travelers.
Bunches of bushes become forest trees,
crows look like giraffes, and broad
sedge-bordered lakes lie shimmering iu
the sun, all to recede or vanish when
approached. Here, too, pillars of sand,
formed by small whirlwinds, glide along
over the desert like a troupe of gho-ts,
half a dozen sometimes being seen in
company. These are frequently several
hundred feet in height, and remain in
tact Tor an hour or more. Three or
four small pillars of this kind were
recently waltzing about on the Twenty
two mile Desert for half an hour or
more. Tliey are of the same nature as
water-spouts met with at sea, there
fore miirhf. Ilrtt lncinr.m.il..A1.. V...
" r. ..v. nr7lrpi ,
termed sand spouts. The deserts being
generally basins surrounded by high
mountains, eddies or whirls in them
are of frequent occurrence when a
cajr nniu is mowing, aim tnus are
produced the great pillars of sand.
Meaning of the Term Porte.
The term "Pone." which is used to
denote the adminstrative government
of the Ottoman empire, and includes
tne sultan, the grand vizier and the
great council of the state, had its origin
in this way. In the famous institutes
established by the warrior sultan, Ma
homed II., the Turkish bod v oolitic was
described by the metaphor ot a stately
tent whose domes rested upon four pil
lars, "i he viziers formed the first Dil-
lar, the judg. s the second, the treasurer
tne third, and the secretaries the
fourth." The chief seat of government
was figurativelv named the T-nftv
Gate ot the Royal Tent," in allusion to
the practice of earlier times when the
Ottoman rulers sat at the tent door to
administer justice. The Italian trans
lation of this name was "Le Porte Sub
lima." This phrase was modified in
English to the "Sublime Porte," and
finally the adjective bas been dronned.
leaving it simply "The Porte."
A Stage Taer Boiitinf. .
Among the old stage taverns in New
ton, Pennsylvania, was "The Black
Horse." Its proprietor, a few years be
fore the revolutionary war, was a hand
some Irishman named Robert Ruther
ford who had quarrelled with his father
Iu the old couutry and enlisted In the
Black Horse regiment of Ligonler,
whence he named his tavern. He had
four beautiful daughters, the beauty of
the family being Mary Frances. One
day there was a crack or whips at tne
door and a cry of "Groom ho!" The
girls put their heads out of the tavern
window; the landlord and his son ran
to the door; a fine looking gentleman
had come up in a carriage and four
horses, coaching it through the country
"Why, Col. Fortescue !" cried old Ruth
erford. The handsome man took his eyes off
the beautiful face of Mary Frances and
said : "That is my name my man. I
want a good dinner and a bottle of the
best Madeira in the house !" ortescue
exchanged some remarks with his old
soldier, and congratulated him on such
fair daughters. Ha was a voluptious
man, and, seeing his interest in the
girls, the landlord went to look alter
dinner. While Col. Fortescue was din
ing, sweet, wayward Mary Frauces,
with a determined look, said to her
sisters in their chamber :
"The colonel loves me ! I am going
to fly with him. Warn father of it if
you want to see a murder; but I shall
go."
"OU sister! What has put this
willingness of dishonor in your soul?"
"What honor," cried the reckless
beauty, "is there in living in a stage
tavern to marry a Quaker, a wagoner,
or a raftsman some day? I Jell you
Col. Fortescue loves me. Hurry to pack
my bundle aud let me go!"
The colonel coolly finished his dinner,
lighted his pipe and walked until the
evening twilight fell. Then the people
saw him drive off with a strange light
in his eyes; the coach stopped in the
edge of Newton and took a lithe, comely
figure in and disappeared toward New
York.
Thirty years afterward the Presby
terian minister received a letter from a
Loudon solicitor: "Sir, nearly thirty
years ago. amongst the North Irish
people, who probably attended your
preaching, was a family na ued Ruther
ford. Mary Frances of that family
eloped with Col. Fortescue, who is
since deceased, having made ample
provision for the lady. She is now
again, a widow, Mrs. Shard, and child
les?, and is deeply anxious to know if
amy of her family survive." There
was not one left. In 1819 at the age of
fifty-nine M try Frances died, with a
second fortune. N heir appearing the
crown took posses-ion of ber estate.
In 134u the court of chancery, after
thirteen years of litigation, gave Mrs.
Shard's property to her distant Irish
cousin, Mrs. Da vies.
Try Inn a Peeress.
A few years at'ier George the Third's
coronation, on the 15th of April, 176,
Westminister Hall was the scene of an
event which the wits and writers of that
day have made famou. It was the trial
of the Duchess of Kingston for bigamy.
She hal been a famous beauty in the
days of the last reign, had married the
Eirl of Bristol, aud after a course of
proflicacy on thecoutineut, had wedded
Augustus, third Duke of Kingston, the
Earl being still alive. There seems to
have be ,-n little sympathy for the
prisoner, and small care for the result,
but the trial of a noble lady In West
minister Hall was too uncommon an
affair not to be made the most of by the
pleasure seekers of London. Of course
neither civil nor military pomp was
lacking. Galleries and balconies,
guards and pursuivants, crowds and
processions ma.le Palace Yard a lively
spectacle. The hall itself was glorious.
The beauty of the decorations, the rich
ness and rarity of dresses, the cere
monial, the benches of peers and
peeresses, the waving feathers and
powdered tresses, and flashing jewels,
and pontidcial robes, and ermined
capes, and gold staffs, and diamond
blazing croziers, made it a scene more
splendid even than had beeu the coro
nation. Tiieavenuesleadingfroin either
side were lined with soldiers. Space
foj the procession was kept clear by
cavalry. As it moved through Charing
Cross, and wended its slow way past
Whitehall and the guards toward the
hall of St. Stephen, drums beat, and
fifes played, and trumpets brayed, and
bells rang, and artillery fired, and the
people shouted. Of all this, Hannah
More writes: Mr. Garrick and I were
in full dress. Yon will imagine the
bustle of twelve thousand people getting
into one hall, yet in ail this hurry we
walked in tranqnilly. When all were
seated, and the king-in-arms had com
manded silence, the Black Rod was
commanded to bring in the prisoner.
Elisabeth, calling herself Duchess
Dowager of Kingston, walked in, curt
seying profoundly to her Judges. She
was dressed in deep mourning, a black
hood on her head, hair powdered, a
black silk sacque with crape trimmings
black gauze, deep ruffles, and black
g'oves. The fair victim had four
virgins, in white, behind the bar. She
afreets to write very often, though I
plainly perceived she only wrote as
they do their love epistles on the stage
without forming a letter. The char
acter of the Duchess of Kingston's trial
may be judged from this quotation.
There was a great deal of ceremony, a
great deal of splendor, and a great deal
of nonsense. It concerned no great
principle,-stirred no wide sympathies.
evoked no splen iid oratory. The lady
was convicted and unduchessed, though
she escaped branding in the hand.
Air-Tieht Floors.
Ail-tight flooring Is a most important
factor in the construction of practically
fire-proof buildings. An English
brewer made the floor of his malt-house
of three-inch planks grooved together.
A fire broke out In the house. The
roof over the floor fell in, and the fire
raged twenty-four hours above the floor
without burning through it, because
the substantial, well-grooved planks
prevented a supply of air from below.
An easy test of the soundness of the
explanation may be may be made by
any one. Fasten a piece of board on
the ground and build a fire upon it.
The time taken to burn the board will
surprise most people.
Hon. A. H. steTens, -The
frraat Utemnan of the Sonth, m; "I
oaed Durang'a Rheamatio Bemedy for rhea
mstism with great benet t" It never fails to
en re the worst ease. Bend for circular to
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ton, D. C Bold by all druggist.
Restfnl Night. Days Free from Torture
Await tne rheumatie snfferrt h J
n"w i j j.nnnnt. isfr more re-
hsble remedy thsurolcb.cumd other
ZhTbSoi a that expeneuc Use .aUs
fs.Thraemoo.tr.ted. it also en joy. the
eafe. WKhmany person, a eeruun Jfc
. i .;.. Muta. which renders
1U0D Ul fuciMiaawiiB - -
them liable to iu attack after exposure in
wet weather, to currenw ui sir.
prauS-: or to cold when the bod, hoc
, , . , . nna-Blas or two
of the Bitters as soon as possible after incur-
nng nsE irom tne uww ----r -
" . . . ii. Knll,K- the hnrtflll ln-
Siotecuve bdoctuj
aeoos. For the functional derangement
which accompany rneumaus. " .L
sDasma in the stomach, palpitation ot the
--"-- Ji A- the lUUeru is
ijao B most nxeful remedy. I only neces
sary in obstinate cases m nee jn
ency.
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stomach and Assists digestion, h arouses the
Liver to healthy action, and regulates tbs
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all Irriipepuc rrmptoma. with it loss of appe
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It mf use new life and energy nto the whols
being. All suffering Irom deranged digestion
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Schzxck's Suwiro Tonic Thi excellent
remedy contain no injurious drugs, and doe
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IU nse in case of Debility, Dyspepsia and in
digestion will be attended by the most bene
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An Astonishing Fact.
A larce proportion of the American people
are to-day suflenng from the effect of Dr
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dixeasee upon the masse of intelligent and
valuable people is most alarming, making hfe
actuallv a burden iuMtead of a pleasant exist
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VEGETINE.
THE TEST BEST XEDH'ISE
FOR
Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Nkwtos, N. 11., March IT, 1STT.
II. H. R. S-TtviKs:
lirar Sir Oi.ce more I take the pen to oralse
that king of me.lclnes. egetiue. wueu 1 be
gan to take Vfgrtine two )rars ago with suca
narked bei.ent. my rrn-nds thought it was a
Btliniilanl -tt l, aud wouid soon subM.le, leav
ing me a bad a before. Thinking thai some
ot thine who read the lest.monltd which I wrote
at I ha' lime, nithi mink Ihe -am-. 1 write once
more to saiiMy mem on that point, since I
began to take tegettne, almost two yeaisago,
I have g..liied steadily until the pn sut tune,
at will, h I am ei loylng my former health, and
conMjer myself cured by Vegetsie. Two years
ago I was a.- low as man could be and l.ve. I
was contlM-d lo the u-d for eight mouths, . Dd
glienupiouie by eight dot-tors, bonie of the
most skilled la this stale. Tuey said 1 had sev
eral dhtt-a?e. Including tonsumpilun. heart ul
eae. and seveial olheis, equally fatal and must
die. Bui Vegeune, taken as a last rtsmi,
brt ughi me through, and to that I owe mv life.
Mile my health began lo Improve. I hive mate
a i-tU'Jy of dx-ease. aud hud the cause of ail
my symptoms to have b en Vyiwn or hdigi
torn, and 1 aLso find that five case of beae of
every six are effects of the same cause. Whea
he fond IS not properly digested ID the stomach.
It becomes a doimuous. putrid ina-s. whlcu Is
absoriieu into Ihe blood, and by that It Is con
veyed lo all parts of lb. Kyslem. rausiog evmp
lonis of .1Uea-e in any or all of ihe organs of
the body, and if Ibis cau-e Is not removed, these
symptoms become In time organic diseases. I
have given Vegellne a thorough lest In my own
case, aid also in that of many of my arqualnt
ances, and hud It lo be the very I e.4 medicine
extxut tor Dy.-pepsia or Indlgest Ion, one of the
symptom of which Is usually the belief mat
you nave some fatal organic- disease. 1 am well
known In the towns of Uoffstown. Weare and
Newton, of this Mate (N. U.), and can furnish
an undeniable coriobnraton of all of these
st temenis. 1 will willingly answei any letters
of Inquiry in regard to my caae, or the Use ol
Vegeune.
Yours truly, A. J. BI RBECK.
IfVecetlne is taken regularly, accord ng ta
directions, a c rtalu and speedy cure of Dyspep
sia wiU follow It use.
VEGETINE
ASTHMA.
PB.ILADKI.rffl a. Fa
Ma. H. R. SrrviNa :
Dears.r. Kor the last fifteen years, during
the months of May and June. I have been at
Dieted Uh what the d.iclois called Asthma. II
wan very distress!!. g, rendering me miserable
so that I uieaded Its coming on. I wa recom
mended to use Vegeune. I took to boti es
before I expect d the a tack, and was entirely
elleved. 1 feel grateful lo Vegeune.
JNO. T. BALL1NGER.
Ilua Greek st. eel, fiiila.
Wgrtlnetus restored tbnnsancTs to health
who lkid been long and palniul tuUerers.
VEGETINE
FOR
Pimples and Eruptions of the Skin.
ti. K. CtTCTKNS :
My ii oiLu-r bas nwd roar valuable medicine,
"vpgetiu . ftr TeiliT and truplloun of tb
Skin, and has found irreai re I lei by ilie use of 11
lota recumiueud it - or .-iicl complaints.
it. A. FLACK ELL,
Dec. ft), 1STT. VuKtotowu, tuiuu 4.0.. Kj.
f imples and Humors on the Face
In this condition ot the skin, the Vejfi tine If
the great leruedy. as it acts directly upon tin
I'LooU. It clene and punflt-s the blood,
'ht-tby canst n humors to disappear. By In
ternal treatmeut all lmpurtu a are thrown out
Veetlne gives a tcd circulation to the blood,
relieving the In darned or congested oorant.
res onntf tue htsilih giving a g od, clrar cow
piexloo.
Itv pared by
II. R. MI.VEXM, BoUi. mass.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists
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which are fn-nh. brmlit ami n w. liiin tu u)..
junt Ions eaounh to aiu-e ilieir p'pnrity.
Try mv. I5ct. each. Rlutti,.n fr .imntiilt,.
Any Book mailed, poet free, for retail price.
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston.
J. C DITMOX e CO- SeatD.nl . rail..
24ms eees eed mo Endormrnt.T P,t.
AaTS WAST. P "V A US
DR. MARCH'S R I 1 14 T
NEW BOOK, a sVAWK
Is this aw eol-ite. th. F'if AsiVr f "C.CB, a
tm ras Bibls aartrar. wit.i t: S .n4 t::n.lin, fotvTJ
atoqaene.th..veet.ul.Safie4Tnita.an'1aia,fr,.it.e m
ID. toaaty. patboaaeS lubini.t, of ' .. i ..n.,f tnT V
Aea.ta Will Sa-i thii Hook with its pertai n t;.; t.
hie iyle. kMtiful ilaeraei.e. 1 tivh Lm..n. V.L
la tb market. Term. ,l-r.l. ire,(r. f Z?
AddreJS. J. C JfcCURDY 4 C0l, PiuUdelphiijpt
PAGENIS WANTED FOR THE
ICTORIAL
HISTORYoftheWORLD
Embraciiiic lull nl autiVmie account .tt tt
nation of ancient tn l m :-rn t:ni-. an-t (n-'ti linif
hir4tirv of ibe rii-r anl :all "t th- r--k k-'tuaa
Enipir,th' afTowth -f ih nati''i.-"f m-sli-ni Kurnpv,
tif Biidt.l an-. th crua.-. tlw tt-u.ml yrt-ni. :h
r-frmatin. the tli-eOJi try anl -tlkiu-Dt i live S
World. ete et.
It contain? fln hit-rical en.rrJiT.nz fn4 2
lam doiii-.? column and i n nitj-t i-mui pi-i
Hi-tory of th Woi-M 'vr pnlii-!ii. It at
hi i: hi. Snd tor ep-v-iain pe-- ami -tr trrrot.
A t. Btvl St it t.T-r th in tit tarf
toot. Addrtwa, SATIONALPI BUM! IV,
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WELL Sl'I rKP FR prBLir EXHIBIT.".'.
New etlittOD ; Catalogue now r-a.y , jfi.in (rratlr
tit-uiKrti 1'riCe-T.
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Cmr! Fire Br--T, Toa-tira: Gn ;?le.HrrH,
fr- ni up 1.iM- Hrr 1. t"r m i t..(.
Kill and P:f..U i-t oi-.f i; ; r- -: KIt ,.,
Anivricao mk-. P.pr a- l !;n- vv.nt.
Cape. ere. Price on aptyli.-xiioi.. Li-ri -Jiocvuitta
to tlcavlv-ra.
JOS. C. GEUE8 S CO,
712 MASKET ST-, PHILADlIPHU.
LANDRETHS SEEDS
IRC THF RFVT.
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REMARKABLE CURES
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IIUEY & CHRIST.
NawlXI 91. THIRD KTKt ET. Philadelphia
Bailer (Pure Rye. from ;3it T3.
I upper li.till.il. fr.-ni $li to .l.r.j.
latawba Mine.
rend for full price tit.
Ill KT ek IIR11T.
International Exhibition.
CENTKNI.I. (.KIIVMKI
OPES FOR THE SEAM).N OF !;.
SCPEKB WSrr.AT Of I XHTBIT. WlTil MA
( HIM ItV IN MOTION!
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Tel ahaaet. A!-". Bim.llIVS twlomalle
'oaaler ; "r. t t-ermna. leream ' I !
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Sc.. AC, Free t.t t i.iiura.
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With rr,nmwA n4 rarvfuH? Se'-T-f
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trine of KndM-aa Mitjt on lb ow h-tntl and l'nir
aal Salvation on tbe othr, atxi uiiih.t (tv;i
tioQl Jn mortality. SidkIv f. pit-a avnl p.-rpnitl (
ylw- Ax(raril:n)iril faor:t:.l t-run tu v aula
tini for Akfnta ircularatnl Pnc Lit
bUkkwoule a Cu..;Aat iuth m..K. T. City
TCtK-Tha efti trw: :& tne wr.tl Impi't-r'
PriC-' UrKHit Con pan. -a Ani.-nta -tple
ifjet pica- e e-rv lrf if.ie. c-M itinaliy iu-ere-anuiK
A -ntt wan'r-ri n-n-h r-l e-st iii.Jo r-Bi-nt-
4 n't waste tim nl I'-r r.ituUr t'
KOB X W LLb.4i Vca. j St., X. X. t.O. Boi I2C.
IT COSTS NOTHING!
T fry anr aritPt, aa we anl na to any aHr-- n
tv dT trial, ami refund fr-il.t if i ot pu eiia4.
l-lid wlnat CK4, )Z e pa. J 4 tj t rta.
1)Ifi(11 ri Teara' warranty.
IllV-ZlJ V- ! Direct froto thefa.-t.ry.
Alleger. Bowlby & Co.,
Catalow. wUl.Sllu!l,.nXr.
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LANDRETHS'
CELEBRATED TURNIP SEEDS,
In Original Sealed Packages.
EVERY GRAIN OUR OWN GROWTH.
tar ILL VARIETIES AT 10WEST PRICES.
If yoir vtrrbant dors not kpep thftn, we wlHsnpplj
jom hj nail, postage paid. Write fur Pi Ices and ue
KriptiTe List.
DAVID LANDRETH & SONS.
1 sad S3 South SIXTH Straw. PHILADELPHIA,
Taa moit atUaJMlve Seed srawen ia amrica