3 r is. AGRICULTURE. Depth to Sow Wheat. The sooner the kernel sprouts and get store the ground, the better and stronger the plant, and the thicker it will stand. To illustrate : In mr Tounzer days, I made experiments with the depth of planting wheat. 1 planted tne kernels of a whole bead in this manner: In one of our garden beds (ground spaded twelve inches deep,) 1st kernel, on the surface: 2nd. one-fourth inch deep, and so on, (a quarter of an Inch deeper each tiaie) until all the kernels were olanted. The results: The one on the surface lay nearly two weeks before it sprouted and made roots; the 2 J, one fourth inch deep, and up to three- fourths, came up the fourth and fifth days, while the next were later; the last one ud was fourteen days In reach' ing the surface, and was three and one half inches deep: none came up after that time. On examining, 1 found that the three next kernels were sprouted, but rotted before they got the sprout to the surface: the kerneis planted irom five to seven inches deep, rotted without a sien of sprouting. We had the kernels olanted six inches apart in two rows At the end of six weeks, the plants stood thus: The first had three straws, and aaite strong; tne one-fourth inch deeD. 21 straws: half-inch deep, 1 ' straws, and soon: three and one-half inch, a very weak single straw it nevr got strong, although it grew a small or short head, and the few kernels it contained were plump and good; the one inch had eleven straws at six weeks, but only perfected seven good bead, while the one-fourth inch per fected twenty-one heads. The one on the surface made three good heads, the same as the one that was planted two inches deep. Farm and Gakdex notes. Thorough culture is worth three mortgages on a farm. The safest bank of deposit or loan for a farmer is a manure bank. An offensive war on weeds is five times less expensive than a defensive one. Liquid manure does its work at once; solid manure requires time, but yet is certain In its effects. Kotton wood, leaves and forest cleanings make excel lent plant food when ploughed into the gronud. lie has fat cattle who feeds them. And he has fat acres who feeds them with a liberal hand. One evening spent at home in study is more profitable than ten spent lounging about country taverns. Bury your dead animals at the foot of fruit trees. You will find that it pays a good percentage. Much grain is lost Dy over-ripening, xiau- bred Jerseys or Alderneys are among the best of dairy cows. Weeds cost more than labor, and like evil habits feed upon their own growth. Clover is as good for pigs as it is for cows. Fork can be made cheaper in summer than in winter. Whether you keep one cow or ten, do not forget to have a few turnips to help the winter feeding. rKonrABLKXEss of Fbcit. The pear should have a broader acreage on our farms, and as the supply swells and prices lessen we should be content with fewer dollars per bushel. At fair pay ing prices, there Is hardly a limit to sales. Not half or a tithe of the acreage care and culture which mere profit in vites Is given to any fruit. No crop navs better than apples or pears. A short supply of the latter cannot be gained 011 very much for years. The crop is one, too, which needs and will pay for caret ui culture ana narvesung. The fruit business is a vast Industry Year by year it swells in value with the growth of the land and the more refined tastes of the people. .No such young nation ever eave to fruit culture the like devotion, or made suclt strides in Its acreaze or Improvement. Fine fruits are a national loneing. and they pay From what can you. year by year, be surer of a harvest in a crop or cash ? Iaox Tcbsinxs and iron filings, which may be obtained for a trifle at most machine shops, should be worked Into the soil near the flowers, ana tn few years it will be perceived that all the minute fragments will have been dissolved, and the colors rendered much more brilliant Even white flow ers, or roses that have etals nearly white, will be greatly improved in bril liancy by providing iron-sand and unleacbed ashes for the roots of grow ing plants. orso Asimals require particular cars; this is the making or adult animal. To overfeed is as unwise as to stint food. Costiveness is perhaps the nio-t to be guarded against at this season; linseed oilcake meal is a good and cheap preventive. One pint to one quart daily may be given. Cut Flowers. As much nitrate of soda as can be taken up between thefore flnger and thumb put in the glass every time tle water is changed, will pre serve cut flowers in all their beauty for above a fortnight. Fakct Farming. Fai.cy farming may be Indulged in, as a recreation, by men with other means of support. Much men may pride themselves on it, and claim to be model agriculturists. They are not true farmers. A Hint for Bores. Some time ago, there lived a gentle man of Indolent habits in Sussex, who made it a business in the winter season to visit his friends extensively. After wearing out his welcome in his imme diate vicinity, last winter, he thought he would visit an old Quaker friend, some twenty miles distant, who had been an oUl school-fellow of his. O his arrival he was cordially received by the Quaker, he thinking his visitor had taken much pains to conic so far to see him. He treated his friend with great attention anil politeness fer several days, and, as he did not see any signs of his leaving, ne oecanie uneasy, but he bore it with patience till the morning of the eighth day when he said th him : "My friend I'm afraid.thce will never visit me again." "Oh, yes, I shall," said the visitor, "I have enjoyed my visit very much; I shall certainly come again." "Nay," said the Q.iker, "I think thee will never visit me again. "What makes you ihiuk I will nevtr come again r" asked vhe visitor. "If thee does never leave," said the Oiiakpr "liov pmict tli.ip primp mrfiin V The visitor lelt. Kot av Nlcee Barber. A certain eccentric barber is nobody's enemy but his own. He driinks like fish, and confesses to periodical deli rium tremens. The other day he shaved a friend of mine. As he finished be stowing the lather, and took a clean sweep with his razor down my friend's check and throat, lie said : The worst o' the drink is fliat it makes one so jumpy in the morning. You feels as if you'd like to cut your own throat, or some one else's you does." My friend sat still in horror and wished himself safe out of the shop. "Ah, sir," continued Figaro, "it's downiight pleasure to shave real flesh and blood like this," and he swept the other cheek with his instrument, "What do you mean?" exclaimed the customer in teror, feeling sure that the arberhad homicldel intentions. "Well, ir, the last job I had afore this was a stiff un ," and he wiped his razor meth odically as te spoke. "And is that the razor you used?" "Well, yes It is; you wants the keenest one you has to shave a corps, and, excuse me sir, your beard Is stiff, so I keeps my best razor for you." My friend dashed off the nap kin and bolted for his life out of the shop. I met him with the remains of the lather still fresh upon Ms cheeks. SCIENTIFIC. 77. v-;ro. iw, .. PndutvL The . .... ;.. i i bi warrant the conclusion that yellow . ijh... iniih nois- h on, capable of self multiplication out-1 U side of the human organism, wnicn u on tor. thrnnorh th air nas&aires. The nnionn trprm nr miasma 1 a Drouuci oi i the tropics. In this country yellow fever has prevailed in most of the Gulf and Atlantic cities, and in many of the towns along the Mississippi river. In some instances It has been carried In- laml with thA rmnnle fleeing from In- fected localities, but It has never shown - l ,1 An.lAn.lian It points remote from the continuous wa- VCr rUOUB Ul IVlUUlti v-f wv high salubrious places. The cities oi the treat lakes have always been free I from the disease. Yellow fever cannot be said to be epidemic in the Lnited States, from the fact that in some years it does not appear, though the imported germ undoubtedly survives iub iuuu 1 winters, it appears 10 nave auou. u much resistance of cold as the banana plant. When the banana stalk is killed I down by the frost tne yenew ieyer uucs not recur until again importea. in germ is transmissible. It is capable of being trans poriea in ira doming or 1 passengers and sailors, but its spread from one city to another is chiefly ac complished by vessels, their damp, fil thy holds and DUge water oeing ira ia- orite lurkinz puces. ionnnemeni, moisture, and hieh temperature favor the multiplication or virulence of the poison. Pygmy EUphantt.Th collection from Malta, made by Admiral Stprattand ur, Leith Adams, of of the remains of pyg my elephants found in the caves ana fissures are now all acquired by the British Museum. Ir. Leith Adam 8 series have been there some time, and the addition iust made of Admiral Snratt's completes the data from which our knowledge of these elephants is drawn. When they were first discov ered crest interest was excited in them on account of their dimiuiitive size. Of the three distinct species now recog nized, one was three feet high, another five feet, and another somewnai larger. iAtvn I The crowns of some of the full teeth do not exceed an inch in length. and the tusks a foot. Hundreds of frag ments of animals of all ages were found, unite ample to make the knowl edge of the animals fairly exact. It is curious that with these remains were found those of a einantic dormouse, Thev have all been lully described In the "Transactions of the Z ological So ciety. The Ute of Salt for Mutevm Purpottt 7 , . m ' fv '....li aocieiy 01 1 ijiw anu u.. . , , Zti? of the - - 1 let; piauL, t-Tiiicvw: uciuic ui.luiiij, Mexico, preserved in a liquid which .li.ml.kol .nnlecitt nmVPtft tl OA Salt VI ....... j , --.. .... I, la filter rpurl stn f IIP 1 tl" TnuS 1 filled was hermetically sealed, under the eyes of Aug. I'yr. de Candolle, and to-lay the coffee beaus which it con- .... ir. . ti.pmnhiir aat isfuntnrv IA1UO OI U .u . ..it . J I ...... ...n.iinn Th. ntvr mn. ewtc ui liujvi .... . ..v . . . - . Uins a solution of common salt, and very small quantities ot other chlorides or salts, jso gas was iouuu intnusoiu- tion, showing that the water must have boiled, and introduced while hot Into the jar. This experiment may prove a vuluable hint to curators ol natural his tory and medical museums as to be the substitution or salt water ior aiconoi (the inconvenience of which every one knows) for the preservation of organic specimens. Jf. Ttrauem. a French artisan, has or iglnated a method of writing on glass with common or India ink. The glass is heated over a spirit lamp, or gas, til steam ceases to be deposited on it, that is to say. 50 degs. to 60 degs. Cent. ; and a varnish, composed of eighty grammes of alcohol at 95 deg., four grammes of mastic in drops, and a gramme oi gum sandarac heated together in a flask, is then applied to the glsss, alter the ill terins of the varuish : the latter is very hard, and becomes brilliant and com pletely transparent, but, if applied cold to the surface of class, it remains onsaue and absorbs ink. A sheet of class thus prepared may be written A good to iy to ebonlze flat surfaces of sou wood Is to run very nne cnarcoai dust into the pores with oil. This works well with linden and otner wnite woods. A report comes from Japan that a res ident of Osaka is successfully engaged in manufacturing an illuminating oil, superior to kerosene, from crude cam phor. Flu jvtper is msde by boiling linseed oil am! rosin ; melt and add honey. Soak the paper in a strong solution or alum, and then dry before applying the above. All volcanoes appear to exist near the sea, and, by the matter they eject, to have some communication with l . The sea Is still at a certain depth divers report at thirty feet. "Think Again." Queen Victoria was not twenty years of age when she ascended the throne. Coming into possession of power, with a heart iresn, tender, ana pure, anu with all her instincts inclined to mercy, we may be sure that she found many things that tried her strength of resolu tion to the utmost. On a bright beauti ful morning the young Queen was wal ted upon by the Duke of Wellington, who brought from London various papers requiring her signatnre to ren der them operative. One of them was a sentence of court-martial, pronounced asaiust a soldier of the line that he be shot dead! The Queen looked upon the paper, and then looked upon the wondrous beauties that nature had spread to her view. "What has this nun done?" she asked. The duke looked at the paper, and re plied, "Ah, my royal mistress, that man. I fear, is incorrigible! He has deserted three times." "And can you not say something in his behalf, my Lord ?" Wellington shook his head. "Oh, think again, I pray you ! Seeing that Her Majesty was so deep ly moved, and feeling sure she would not have the man shot in any event, he finally confessed that the man was a brave, gallant, and really a good sol dier. "But," he added, "think of the In fluence!" "Influence !" cried Victoria, her eyes flashing and her bosom heaving with strong emotion. Let it be ours to wield influence. I will try mercy in this man's case ; and I charge you, your grace, to let nic know the result. A good soldier, you said. Oh, I thank you for that! And you may tell him that your good words saved him." Then she took the paper, and wrote, with a b' a, firm hand, across the dark page, the bright, saving word "Par doned !" Ihe Duke was fond of telling the sto ry, and he was willing also to confess that the giving of that paper to the pardoned sol.'ier gave him far more joy than he could have experienced from the taking of a city. upon with ink, but must aiierwarus ue V""' ucn V" saHsiaction as a uu. - -" ".V"- filt- ..,nrillk t the cou dipped in a very thin gum water. - " ""rlT. . 14 . in ..'n " "u V"' " UM8 i .? ,7 tt ind fro. so intent should h . aemun. r.vrwao i Deauiuui plates, one ieeis as ix ne ai , - ---- , -- . i . 1 " noil on kid vloves. I .t.i th. w. r t.. .ti- I upon their work. I didn t feel a bit sor- there. BOMESTTC. V arbigbtkdxxss or chiloms. En- Uu.K.i.niu tn ink nir thi honk I frequently, to change the focus of tight remmlinir imme ..distant oblect. It not enough to look around vaguely ; ine eys musi ne uirecieu to oineuiiug which mast be clearly seen, like a pic- lure or mow on uie wan, ur a uu. i decoration. The greatest damage to the eye of the pupil is the protracted effort to focus the printed page. It was simply barbarous the way we used to be "whacked" in school, when we looked off the Dooe. it is easy lor me teacher to know the difference between I rha Metinf a rhtt VA tllfl tt 111) A Mf. ing around that cannot be allowed. 1 ft - - " " . I ana tne msregara oi it we most proiiuc of trouble. Dbawic BcTTaK, Take one quarter nnund of best fresh butter, cut It ud. tnd mix with it two teaspoonfuls of nour, wnen morougniy mizea, put 11 lnto a saucepan, ana auu to 11 tour t&blesDOonfuls of cold water. Cover the pan and set in a pan of boiling wa- xt; shake It round continually, at ways movlne In tne same way. nen ine butter is entirely melted and begins to gimmer, men lei 11 resi uuui iv uoiu up. iD melting butter for puddings, some substitute milk for water. Brkaepast Rolls. One pint of new miik, half a cup of butter; heat the milk and butter until near boiling, let cool until lukewarm: add hall a cud 01 koou veast. mix in nour 1 make a soft dough, cover warm and leave until morning. Roll into a sheet an inch thick, cut with a biscuit cutter. snread over them melted butter witn leather tola eacn one ana appiy uic butter to the upper side; fill a pan, let raise thirty minutes, or until tney are like puflj; bake in a quisle oven. Washing Colored Cottoss. Boll two quaits of bran in water for half an hour, then let It cool then strain it, and mix the liquor with the water in which the things are to be washed. They only reouirerinsine as tne Dransunen tiiem sufficiently, tor colored muslins, rice w.fr 1. vttrv'tnvui athina to nre-1 serve the color; but, although It makes white muslin clear, it some times gives them a yellow tinge. - hen used, it should previously be boiled in the proportion of one pound of rice to one gallou or water. 10 soap is requireo. v. n t 1 1 ...,1 .(pain 1 inrmi im, mm uu ow 1 f throueh colander ) your pumpkin ; tuen. to two quarts ui uuuiu.m, " - ? quarts of milk, lour eggs, live teaspoon fuls vanilla, three of cinnamon, one of allsoice. half teaspoonful ginger, hall mm ;hl.lf . nutnieir: the teasDooiiful mace, half a nutmeg; the must a" &J.PJ&' M r 111 IH.TH. .1111 Ulll UIIULI salt to taste. crust. f..l. I H.t IKU.t rilHBLU. Jtc vile, W three, four, or cup-cake, a little thicker than usual; mix together equal parts of cinnamon and granulated suj tlron a larire sooonf ul of the dough into m . . .. thac namun: when all have been well ill covered put into a quick oven; should be doue in ten minutes. Green- Sacck. Beat together thor oughly for twenty minutes the follow- Kllve oil ;1;orand French mustard; two teaspoonfuls of chopped narslev: a trifle of earlic: yoU or a bard-boiled ezir. This is a most deli cious sauce for fish and for cold meats. Castor oil, besides being an excel lent dressing for leather, renders it vermin-proof. It shoul J be mixed, say half and half, with tallow or oiner on. Neither rats, roaches, norvtrmiu will attack leather so prepared. A pocltIck of chopped onuES, mix ed with an Indian meal poultica hot, and applied to the throat, will very of ten cure diphtheria, and ao.t always relit ve inflammation of th: lun&s if ap plied to the chest. Cleaning Silk. White or light silk mav be cleaned by rubbing It on both It is said that ouinine may be quite denrived of its ereat bitterness without I Injuring Its Virtues, Dy couiuining two . i - r I grains ol tannic acid with ten of qui- linn If all steel or Un ware Is well rubbed with lard and then with common un- slaked lime before beine put away, it will never rust. This is also the best plan to remove rust. L inkx Collars. Bosoms sho ild al ways le statched cro-swtse: one half of the Lal fitting is owing to this not being fctretcbeJ right. Advice to StadenU. A medical journal advising students how to take cue of themselves, says : 'Sit up to the table when you read; easy chairs abolish memory. Do not read the same book too long at ono sit ting. If you are really weary of one subject, change it for another. JCead steadily for five hours a day for five days in the week. Tbe use of strong coffee and wet towels betrays Ignor ance of how to read. Test the accuracy of your work as soon as you have fin ished. Tut your facts in order as soon as you have learned them. Aever read after midnight. Do not go to bed straight from your books. Never let your reading Interfere with exercise or digestion. Keep a clear head, good appetite atid a cheerful heart." Tne national Scourge. It is estimated that the annual dam tges caused by the ravages of Insects and worms exceed $150,000,000 in the United States alone. Truly an enor mous loss! Yet it sinks Into instgnifl cance when compared with the ravage? of that more terrible scourge, Consump tion, which annually sweeps hundreds of thousands of human souls into eter nity. The causes of consumption are various, depending In every instance for the development of the disease upon the scrofulous diathesis.or temperament of the victim. Thus the same cause which will produce in one person an attack ot acute disease or a slight ner vous prostration, will engender con sumption in a person of scrofulous habit. That consumption can be cured by proper treatment will be readily perceived when the exact nature of the disease is understood, viz : the accumu lation and deposition of scrofulous mat ter (tubercles) in the lungs. Obviously the principal remedies required are (1) a powerful alterative, or Wood-puri fier, to arrest the accumulations ana a lan cleanse the blood of the scrofulous matter, and (2) a mild cathartic to expel the diseased trial ter from the system. This coarse of treatment, in conjunc tion with a strict bveienic regime, has proved the most successful method of curing this disease. Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets are the best alterative and cathartic remedies before the public, nd have been alone used in thousands cf cases of consumption with tbe most marked efficacy. Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y., affords special nd unequaled advantages to consump tives, not only possessing me oeei med ical and hvrienic means of treatment. but having the essential advantage of being situated In a climate where the Inhabitants are notably free from this disease. HUMOROUS. 1 he other day an irisnman was pass- Id? a rrave yard, where he saw two men, friends of a countryman who had just died. 1 hey were seeking tor a our lal lot. "Who's dead?" he asked. "John Leary," was the reply. "When did he die?" "Yesterday." "Well, bedad, he had a folne day for it." "Go to the d 1," said an Irate house holder to the tenth man who had pulled the bell within a half-hour to UahIh f Via Wantorl K I alii A Wftl If 1 shovelled off." "Be Korra," said the aw. -j..v-, . I " oas no snow to s novel." ne was en-1 gaged. aalnii IllMtraied SMk r object for children is a new work containinc over sow illustrations 01 every day ob jects with the name of each directly before it- The objects are arranged al phabetically and graded in words of two, three, four, five and six letters, and two, three and four syllables. It is a practical demonstration of the theory of Object Teach ine as recommended by Uie educational bodies throughout the country. The combination of the ob jects and their names will familiarize child with the appearance of the words, while lie amuses himself with the pic tures. Kantner'a Illustrated Book of Objects is universally commended by the press and teachers, as being the best book for the preliminary instruction of children. Price in boards fl. Hand somely bound in cloth $1.50. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Lee & Wal ker, 1113 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Canvassers wanted. A bereaved widower, while receiv- inir with due acknowledgement the condolence of friends, that It was In deed a great loss, a sad bereavement. that he bad sufiered, added: "Ana just think ! Only a few days ago I bought her a whole box of pills, and she hadn't time to take half of them before she died!" A tall thin chap, resembling the cross-tie of a hay wagon, was in town the other day with a cloak on that reached to bis heels, and a newsboy created no dull stir by calling out: Ui ! mister, you've lost the garter on your ulster." It Is now announced on the authori ty of an "eminent physician" that it is not healthy to rise before eight O'cioca ( . . ,,- I " mru'"K: . " "W' men. w lves. it is saiu. can rise ai 1 men. Wives, it is said, can rise at sev en and start the fire as heretofore. I PAIvTER.8 apprentice felloffa scaf w, -h . t YMlnt in .h hand. hTw Uaeup IsibTe. but as soon as he was restored to consciousness he murmured: "I went down in flying colors, anyhow. Dr. Bull's Couzn Syrup is particu larly reccotnmended for children. It cures Coughs, Colds.Croup.Sore Throat snd Wliooninir Coueh. Is pleasant to the taste and acts like a charm, rrice 25 cents. A westerx paper. In describing an accident recently, says with much can dor: "Dr. Jor.es was caliea anu unuer his prompt and skillful treatment, the young man died on Wednesday night." A fly never appears to such disad vantage as when he is mounted on his head in the centre of vour t quash pie. rubbinz his bind feet together in the air. Disturbed parent and noisy five year old: "See here, sonny ; what did your mother tell your "She told me not to jump." "What makes you Jump, then?" "I didn't hear her." "Mt son." said an old lady, "how must Jonah have felt when the whale swallowed him?" "Down In the mouth," was young hopeful's reply. The book entitled "From Dark to Dawn," subscribed for through you. was duly received, and It seems to me I never had anything of tbe kind to give ter Land" Extract from letter of Mrs. Robert Taylor, Winona Minn. Ihe work Is published by J. C. Mo- 1 uiuj a, vu., x una., nuu naut ageuir . 1 a. f tn : i . . . . everywhere. I Aw exchange says that paper teem are the latest. They are probably tne latest to get through with lougn oeei- I steak. A man was boasting that he had an elevator In his house. "o be has ' chimed in his wife, "and he keeps it in the cupboard In a bottle." A little boy went to his father cry- ln. the other day. and told him that h had kicked a fly that had a splinter in Its tail. It is singular how early lu life a child gains the reputation of resembling the richest and best looking relations. Getting up paragraphs is like get you ting np in the morning when would rather lie still than not. Fersons who write anonymous let ters for publication should send their fool names to the puDiisncrs, Philadelphia's tax rate, $2.05, beats Rarus' best time, and yet .New York calls this a slow city. All over the world Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is making its way, and place it reaches, consumptive people are more seldom met. It Is truly a blessing to humanity, and costs only 2a cents. A westerx woman has lost two hus bands by lightning. She ought to mar ry a conductor. "Be careful how you punctuate the stove." is the latest. It means not to put too much colon. A prima donna is naturally a timid creature, for her art Is always In her throat. We venture to say that some men who have seen a good deal wood. never saw Wblskt is that sort of bar-relief which Is produced by a slight elevation A tie vote w lien both parties vote yes, and tbe preacher ties the knot. There is nothing like a shorthand reporter to take a man down. There is no poetry in the light fan tastic toe that wears a corn. Cork it playing in church is wor shipping tbe Lord in a born. The best seats at the theater of war are generally on the front tier. Bn-am a Pmsott bas a bad couirb It should not be inferred that Consumption naa act In, AithouL-n a cane ot (vnsumDimn is rat with, unaccompanied by a d stresHlne Coutrn. run dtseam exlat.v a CouKh, If leit to Itself, stralna and racks tne lanes, wastes tbe general streairtb and soon establutbes an incurable omiplaint. In all cares, then. It tne aater plan to set na of a couch, cold or boarveness without delay. ana ior tuts purpum m, n-mni m vn mule promptly or surely, or with more benettt to the orrans of tbe chest than Dr. 11. Jayne-s Expec- toraat, a medicine scientifically compounaea fp m carefully selected drugs, and which, on trial, will always be found worthy of Its world wide reputation. YOUTHS' COLUMN. aTOB A Prettg Little GirL Polly Hopewell looked ud smilingly at the winoow where sat little Lutie and her mamma. uaCuiuii-...--- -- , Latie caused In bercrocnev-woi watched her trip down the street. . "Mamma, isn't Polly a homely little V girl!sheV. Homely, Lutiei v ny, i u"k t tti. nMtiioat little irirls that I one of the prettiest little girls that know." Lutie stared. "I mean Tolly Hopewell, msmma- -And I Prfiy Hopewell, too." replied mamma, Pyful,lT' Bhe has everything to make a pretty 11- tla tri-s a AETaaa lirva tiaflllfl- -" "Why, mamma," Interrupted starueu - j , . , ' iff iussy's, ner lips are imcit mu hwuiw and her hands are just the ugliest of all nw n-1.1 ' continued Lutie's mam- ma. "I think these the prettiest of all." T n Hrnnnnl her crocnei-wora , thoroughly puzzled, she peerea down in her mother's eyes. aiamma, wnai can jou iun . With a kiss, mamma drew lime uw.k - Closer to uer s.ue. ... 1 Suppose I tell you a story, sne ; swered, "with pictures to snow you what I mean?" T.nrlA'a.tr.sfinArkled. "Oh. do dor" she cried. "And what will it be about, mamma?" 'Once upon a time there was a i - of hands: they were white anusoii, uo- luAnntemMXMUTn potatoes uiiiiicju, . ,1 er owned. But they had one very oau fault, these hands. They were always stretching out to take, bat when called upon to help, they nail a folding listlessly-so:- ana crossed her own broad palms ui buvw 1 hoi" rt 11 it Vi f how. " . - . 1 .,..1 'Oh. mamma." exciaimeu nnuu little Lutie, "that's just Belle Williams A second kiss sealed Lutie s up, auu J ' ...... 1 thii tale continued : "These hands never seemed pretty to me. But. dearie, there was auowci turn- hrUk fellows always stretched out to help, euessing at wants; aoing . , , . . 1. t ttlDIII socneenuiiy u wo --- to do, that, though tney were orowu, bard, and stub-nallea It lit avAln I.utle interrupted oRmwn ha; ! and stub-nailed! Why mamma, those are iiy uF"c" hands." Yes, dear. Tolly Uopeweirs pretty hands. And her eyes and lips are on the same pattern ; the first wv . .. . , . .1. i.it., redy 10 "K"1 w,ln " u,,e?"' "JZ '"VT. m atioair n eaanc worus. inais t t i , I a nrettv little eirl. Lutie. Trust mamma HllP.h beautv is worth all the wax-skins, and bright eyes, and ring lets in the world." Lutie looked out to see tbe green- trray orbs smiling up again at her. "I'rettv 1 oil I it was a area uij - tery to Lutie, but she thought : "Of course my mamma is ngni. The Little Bleachers. I was spending 4 month at my uncle's, who lived near Croyden, in burry, .ngiana. 1 naa ouen oeen, lucre, -u ...... town; so before the sun peeped through the grapevine leaves at my winuow, a was up and dressed, and all ready when my cousin Mary came to my door. -well done, my iittie eany u., Mid she. "Now I'll take you to see some other little girls that have to be up bright and early every morning, whether they're sleepy or not." Off we went, through the gate at the bottom of the lone earden. where the roses and the mignonette smell so sweet in the early morning, and out into me lane that led down to some lowlying meadows, throueh which a stream of the clearest water ran. The meadows were not green no, they were white, snow-white, on that June morning. And the white cover incr was re. nt.lv movinir as the wind passed over It. v ery pretty it inoKeu, with little green paths between, where the girls were passing up and down with watcrine-pots. sprinkling the acres of cotton cloth that were stretch ed on pegs about six inches high from t le ground. As the sun rose nigner, anu snone down upon those white fields, and the rv that I had got np with the sun. How much better to be out in tbe pure air. while the birds were singing in the hedges all around us, than sleeping in bed. But the davs of the "little bleachers" have passed away, and in tht se fast days of steam and machinery, when so many thousand tons oi cotton are bleached, I am afraid the little girls in the grassy meadows, witn iticir water ing riots, would be looked upon as a relic of the oast. But I love to think of those days of "auld lang syne.' A Gentle Van. "B J very gentle with her. mv son." said Mrs. B , as she tied on her little girl's bonnet and sent her out to play with her elder brother. They had not oeen out very long oe- fore a cry was heuni, an-l presently Julius came iu. and threw down his hat. savin?: "I hate playing with girls! 1 here's no fun with them: they cry iu a min ute." "What have you been doing to your ster? I see her lying there on tne gravel walk; you have torn her frock, and pusheu ner oown. i am air&iu you forgot my cution to oe genue. "tientlel Boys can x. oe genue. mother: It's their nature to be rough and strong. They are the stuff soldiers and sailors are made of. It's very well to talk of a gentle girl; but ft gentle bov it sounds ridiculous! I should be ready to knock a fellow down for call ing me so: ' "And yet. Julius, a few years hence you would he angry if anyone were to say you were not a gentle man. "A gentle man I 1 naa never tnougnt of dividing the word that way before Belnff gentle always seems to me like being weak and soft. This is so lar irom oeing xne case, my son, that you will always find the bravest men are the most gentle, xne spirit of chivalry that you so much ad mire, was a spirit of the noblest cour a?e and the utmost gentleness com bined. Still, I dare any, you would rather be called a manly than a gentle bov." "Yes. Indeed, mother." "Well, then, my son, It Is my great Isb that you should endeavor to unite the two. Show yourseit maniy wnen you are exposed to danger, or see oth ers in peril; be manly when called to s edc the truth, though the speaking of it may bring reproach upon you; be manly when you are in sickness or pain. At the same time be gentle. whether you are with women or with men ; be gentle towards all men. By putting the two spirits togtner, you win not uisune. "I tee what you mean, mother, and I will try to be what you wish a gentle manly boy." Grandfather, too, Is hopeful : "Sly son. wbicn would voo rather nave when you go Dome a utile oromer or sUtarT" Grandson: -well, 1 would rather have a little pony." A mild criticism does one good. "What was the sermon this morningr asked mother ol her child "Well,' was the reply, "It was about, let ice see. it was about twenty minutes too long; that's ail I remember ' "Jones, if burglars should get in vour bouse, what would you do?" "I'd do whatever they required of ine. I've never had mv own way In that house vet and It's to late to begin now yes la 1 tno late !" . a firm In Bos- For several yw v - J. .Hoover meu ton have sougnt fi4hball9 - i .. tn retain iu I could De canuovi - - ,,,. rf freshness and peculiar ' one of the secreU ol kVart. After month, of trW- ' : , ... mAed in prouucma thev at length succeeuea u v . . . i r i.nttpr. nau .i nr butter, wn an article couiiw : . , ooutoes. that bad the flavor of the old U aaw . a Walla anil " . v rmrinna I1M1U'I - wr n.-.hipment around lu! " ,11 .n.l retain its virtues in any lno wuwu ...n-l hv being .iw.k The nsn are - C1IIU.M. . .. n . . .v t .n.l are bung up u- stocK in mo - 7 - . d til every drop of blood is reu--. - the nape, are caretu .7-- Cieaueu. .. 1 U'li.n ftftlteu 1'iu I .... n.,-..h fiih. ,naito the best 1 uun- .t luut I'll 1 1 !IH DC," The yor Scotia potatoes are u used. I , , nnrk. tne uc ' er- -.t k v...... I. fontract- I mont and iew i '' -- " . .v . The flshballs are . -- - - - , ,,rnlptiCi n.oLvil ao Id in tin cauo ' " .. . .v - nut HO wkied, alter wnicn mtj - 1 . i m- hon f lit-w when they - ,.:li of ten dozen eat", , for tne marliet The first sale was male in Xew lor last ..! . ..,. an extent has the business grown in nine months that the firm em- , r ol mon anil WOmeD III I ,0 . force 0f 250 men and women - .,, ,nd Dckln2 fishballs, anu 00 r - - r - - haTe oeen used, ana me prUeg geyerhuHdred quintals. The a vo ,h, by the car load to . iaj, nun. s San Francisco, X. IT, r. noints. A rnuiuurK auu v.u. " 1 .vi..l. whji on exhioltion si the Ptiris ExoosUion. for which a hied- .. .wr,r.l and orders have been filled for France England, Scotland ana TVM s..th itnitr r. A lew weeks " order was received from Turkey, and last Saturday the firm received from China. The business has outgrown the most sanguine expectations or tne - " " , ,. a,irMirad proprietors, auu t w... - and a laruer lorce to flu them. This aiticle ef food has only fTur.l in the Dublic for a few months, and in every case orders have been duplicated, and a steady Increas ing demand U reported by the grocers who have reUlled it. It Is as popular " t - -- in ebi.1. France and South Ameri- ca as it is on Cape Cod, and seems like " ly to become quite as famous abroad as American cheese. Mental Vfauoas Dickens used to say that he some times heard the characters of his novels speak to him. A French novelist de clared that while writing the descrip tion of the poisoning of one of his char acters, he had the taste of arsenic as a!stinotly lu his mouth as if he himself bad poisoneti. Ari.sw sometimes uar mis i"'-. ....... ..s - ... representation seem real ; but it is a dangerous power to use. The mental . . , , I1an nntn ,ie comes insane. lr. t igau tens oi a skillful painter whom he knew who as sured him that he onee painted three hundred portraits in one year. The secret of his rapidity and success was, that he required but one sitting, and painted with wonderful facility. When a sitter came," he said. "1 always looked at him attentively for half an hour, sketching from time to time on the canvas. I wanted no more, I put away my canvas and took anoth er sitter. lieu I wished to resume my first portrait, 1 took the man and set him in the chair, where I saw hint as distinctly as if he had been before me in his own proper person I may say more vividly. I looked froi.i time to time at the imaginary figure, then worked with my pencil, then referred uteuance, and so on, ju.-t as I ave done had the sitter been hen I looked at the chair 1 saw the man. Gradually I began to lose the distinction between the inia: inary figure ami the real person, and sometimes disputed with sitters that they had been with me the day before. At last I was sure of it, and then and then all is confusion. I suppose they took the alarm. I recollect nothing more. I lost my senses was thirty years in an asylum. The whole poricd except the last six months of my con finement, is a dead blank in my memo- ry." upe.n takts. insert your knife care fully aud lift the upper crust. A DaDgeroaa Torpor. Torpor or InaotiTity of the kidoere la auri. oualr danserooa to IhoMe orvana. aiiioe itia tha precedeut of diseases which destroy their sub stance anil endaoeer life. Tbu alueeiah. Dess may be orercome by stimulatinir them, not exceaaively, but moderately, an effect pro duced by IlOBtetUr's Momach Bitten, a gen eral iuTiorant aod alteratire, osuesiuug di uretic properties of no ouimon rrder. Tbe impetus which this admirable medViiie eiTea to tbeir eracuaiiTe function eouuteracta any wDuciK.7 iv cuairesuou wiuca may exist in their tissues. Both they and their associate otyan, the bladder, are inTicorated as well aa cetitly etimulated by tbe Bitters, which axerta a kindre-1 influence upon the stomach, lirer and bowels, aud by strengthening the system, enables it to withstand malarial epidemics, to wnicn wuen exposed u nuht otueiw.ae suc cumb. Ma, It F. Dewkes. who adrertiaea a -S Sewiug Machine ia this irsue of our paper, is Cereoually known to us as s responsible atd uuorable merchant. Those wbo are dtbuiuted ly oreMiertion or disease will find reliefin Scbenck's Seaweed Tonia Dyapepties and those whose digestire organs bays become impaired may be cured by the health-giving properties of this valuable med icine. It contains no injurious drugs, and Will not injure the most delicate constitution. Jror sale by all druggists. Mrs. Uewerml Btaennaa Says: I have frequently bought Durang'e nneumaac uemeay ior mends surrenne with Rheumatism, and in eoery iastaaes it worked like maglo. Sufferers with rheumatism make a note of this, snd send for circular to Helpb- wsuue a Dcuuvy, isiuKgisia, Tfaaoington, u. m ousu ny an uiiiKKisas A Reporter Beportina; Himself A. W. Frick. Esq.. of tbe feraau BuUmlin. Philadelphia, says that after three attacks of Kheumatism in tbe same Hummer, all severe. he discarded tbe Doctor's physic and resorted to ur. tierndon s uypsey s U.rt. which entirely relieved him in two days. Have him inter viewed, it is a new, harmless and powerful remedy. Hold all over Philadelphia. Send fol circular to J. J. Gnndail. Box 520. P. O. Haiti- Our Hlnisier'N Wife. locisvnxs. It. Feb la ia-v Jin. H. H. Stwsjh: Dear mr Three years ago I was sufferlnt temuiy witn iiiuammuuirv rtneuinatKm ., mis slers wife advised me to t.ke Veirettne. After taking' one bottle, I was entlrvly relieved. This year, feellnir a return of the iim i airaln commenoMTtaklns II. aud ara bring brn- ruiruKirauj. iiuiwkicmi; uurovtai my dl MHS. A. BALLARD. lull West JeUeisoa Street, Vegetine Is Sold by all Druggists. NATURE'S REMED'lTV Tt taw BtBos ftminr aw mMKIHAUMUOf' Vibrator" : wtrarwo ... MOUNTED HORSe. rv" ... T-.itrla Had only tr HIGHOLS. SKEPilRD Awl - w t. rRFEK. ni .t f". ! 10 . artmr for Wlirat. 'tnm ttrm to 8,1 H KIT OPTO! CASTiTiS! S. PlNArORZ. H. m 11THTI rlX!TAS coaic errM y rklnd err pTfTtn'-l hike met popaiwtn ' " .-j -.,. l al.,ai l aniwlKt for !. By Clinlwk. Bultflii-ld. Hiaiilmry. I.M ttrtobamaar. atacr. Ttw rantataa wMrh are Biirnlflrn " wuS oTltl rfr.a.J -P.niin.-i j -"pi"' 'i.v-.:r,J5!rrii . i-.-. -P.l.,init."(.l (-"Pint""'") ml .i i . . i i..i. n-r.it. n n ii r r i i.v-f lilinom in) llur.nai t.T tor Mr rlniiM V.,7,r r."lormua. Ib. law xbnt ax. J uvmiK-a. Ia Pre-"Tje ftreorer.'W SolHi: a. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. I. D1TS01I CO.. n CbalMl St.. Phila. 100,001) ! a.k. rmeiMt;. 1 a la,. ar aiakma it . strik white tha iroa u but Sead uaa cant u( fur pariirul.ra. Bev..T. Blta, Jliltoa. la. yaSTSElV IlLWtEXTIBMSK IV OBJtA Ts. lor imWr-n.ewawiniu r Eucn.inirol avrT U' objcia, with uwir o.nir ai.kinc tha ainilrat. moat agrrral.ia and ' ietl,al for tbe arnnmarv iiiinwiif. . iv a. riua ia Duari.a. v-;cunp, autad. 1. kfc" A WALKkR, 1113 VUA91JU & DtfM. raiiana. A MAN OF A THOUSAND! A CONSUMPTIVE CURED. When dw.th wu lionrlr ejiwtH. t1 rm t tit vi ne failtnl. And Dr. II. Jani mmm pari ru pat inf with tin bdt hrl of i alcntta, h .cci.intAlIt ntw.i prrnrt...ti which co'--i hi only child oi 0l WPTIO. Ilia child U saw tn tht. ffontr. anil ruinff th b--t "f h!th, m h pruwa tn in worn tiui lu.iii JirTio cu p-fitivly a1 y-rmatvmi curl. Th loctr vwim ihi K-cip frw. with foil pArtirniar, bowinr thai pw-rr ! can b hi oi hciM. b!t akina that tuh rmit two thra-rnt Ptampa te pay p-na-a. This herb a!o care nijrht-w. mw at th ttomach. and raaa a freak auld ap ia twvnty- four hvora. Tha fnPowfpir ara bat a few of tha thonvanda wha luca oaad to areaarauoa with taa aama soa- MR. ARrMM WART, Media, fhUi IfiMtl hagt f lfew Lawaa. !MYTT PEBRIXO. tratfords, Terth, Ontario; ai.w i-. M.iiKa,tt,Laiaxt CUaioa, Pa., Cav I B pr.prf.AR5, SalUbarT. Hardanaa.Taaikaa. aa, Prwati-autvaw rHOJf-JArKSOM. Cal MarchaatJ Eaadlu. r a., AataiBmaw !. JATHWR fAlTIl, aeramaatw, OaJlfar ala, Brwpjeiilllav Addr- CRADD0CK&C0; 139 BLICK Sl Falla.. aala taat aaaaa. LAND.BETHS' SEEDS ARE THE BEST. t. ULSDRBTU SONS. i1 A 13 S. SIXTH 8t rnlLADhLFHlA. BL1TCHLETS MPS at saJt elstsrasOT waa sfaarsasta. a frosi tbadMsam a, th. MUST fEar aXTTlalat raOVEl) . -BMP THAT CA. BE MADeT Owl w i ii i ILK ABOVE MCsi 'lit. a ASb THIBD-EATE GOODS. Wlba,"? aa that thay sat at If TKADE MAKE wSTi? i J"' al ARRET 8tra,M 4as hs fifth stw mk ud. paiUdaUhlT C. G. BLATCHLEY. Manufacturer. Uur Western Border. McC'l aDf a cu. '25 eirrolar. fr. J C . Bateuth ts, Ph,ld a. Pa. BAROMETERS. Cjs Glanea. THmcnM. as AT OBEATLT SEDCCID PRICES. K. Ac J. DECK, XamtfittvirInBr Optician. XI CHESTNUT ST, PUILA. " nan at ot tSr i? amaitoats fai Auk. all UlSOHar 8tiS; GR0VER& BAKER Sewing Machines. $50 SAVED OUT OF $65. V. . a " r-.itatio i, '""' r.h siaehl.,. ia rarrfall ' hJC!! 5 "nin nod faith an onr fart ou raol.i -yiH-bc af rt ..r Auti,,.- ii' tt.eaa.t. adnl!,l!C-Irf whb " Orslcvatar "'rsctiona. iZu ta, T P fTVTJiiLr 1 It. thrilli,,, M DYSBNTKBT, CHOLERA MORBUS, rXYXR AND AGl'K cvmxo Ajio rMvxJiTKu n Kadway's Ready Relief BHECMATI3M, NIURALOU DIPHTHERIA, I N F LUEXZA, SORE THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHING, UUZTED U A FEW MIJiCTES 1 RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Bowel Complaints. fjyeness. DtarrtMBa. Cholera Mortas. orpai .rXT-harewi from the bowela are stepped it SJ-UeL Soeonirntlon or luflammauoa, r la-ituV wui follow ta.ua.. Aches and Fains. nr headaetie. whether or aerroos, rbea. lumbairo. palna and weaki-MS la Um Su t wDlne or kUneya palna around tne u. .Jiilin of the loWta. pain, la U rH"rKJlA-i...ani oaln. of all kmla Kj -a Beadv heller wUl afford Im mediau rUaoBnUnord w for a few da,. .Ski. w-fwtlT tasteless, eietrantry coated, for Mn Zrt Za SSnrd-rti of tha Momacft. Uver. bow aneya. bladder, nervous diseases. . . rTh. ,njlDaOott. UMllzestloil. dysp-pila, bit tSSMEoS lever. Inflammation of ihr bo lwl and aU derangements ot tha Utmal TifraT Warrants w ettacs a pertecl cur Price eeuta per DR. RADWAY'S Sarsaparilliaa ResolTeat. Bie Great BM FnriSer. FOR THE CURE OF CnRONMC DJ SEASE. SCROFULA OR SYPH ILITIC, HEREDITARY OR CONTAGIOUS, IT SEATED IS THE LUNGS OR STOMACH, SKIN 01 BOXES. FLESH OR NERVES. CORRUPTING THE SOL IDS AND VITIATIXQ THE FLUIDS. CBtome amenmatmm, Bcroioiaw wiandniat IweUlna-. Hacking Dry louga. Canceroaa Affe xtona, ferpbmtl tmplliiw. Blriuuf of tne LungV llipepla. Water Brash. Tio Dolon-ui, Wnl!eSwelilnf,Toniora, l lcera, BWn and Hl Dt-eaaca, Mercurial m.wt. Female totn DiaintarCout, Dropsy, bait Kaeam, BronchiUa. OaaaumpUoa. Ziiver Complaint, &c. Hot an ly om tot arsaparnilaa Bsaolrent ea. al all remedial la Ue cur ot Chrome, Scrofulous, coattutuuonal, and skla Dlaaaaea, but It M tta aalr poaiutr ar tor Kidney fit Bladder Complaints, Crtnary and Womb Waeaaea. trrTel. Claoetca, Dropsy, atnppace of water, InconUnenco ol I'nne, Btleht a Dlsfaso. Albuminuria, and In all ease where tier are brlcii-duat deposits, or tha water la thick, cloudy, mixed with auitnce like the white ot an egnr, orttread- like whl:t Mlk. or there la a morbid, dark, bilious appeaa anc and whit bone-dusi depoalt. and whea there is a pruning, bamlng; aensatlon h'i paaalnr water, sod pain in the small of the bar and along the lolna. bold by dnwglaU. FaUcla OX DOLLAJi. OVARIAN TUMOR Or TIN TZARS' GROWTH Dr. Radway's Remedies. HAYX HAD AN OVARIAN TUMO IN THE OVARIES AND BOW XLS FOR OVER TEN TEARS. In AaaoB, Dae. tr, lira. Da RanwATt That otxvtrs may be bsneatted I make this statement s I hare had an Orarlaa Tumor tn the ovartet nd bowels for ten years. I tried the best puy slctacs of this p see and others without au benefit. It was growing with such rapidity thai I could not have lived much locger. A mend o. mine Induced me to try Radway's Remedies. I had not much faith In them, but finally, alts' much deliberation, I tried them. I feel perfectly well, and my heart ts rult 01 grautuil- to God twthla help In my deep afflic tion. To you. sir. and your wonderful medlcli.e I feel deeply indebted, and my prayer Is that It may be as much a blessing to oth- re as It ha beentome , binned) Mas. B. c. Bisaiss. M rs. Bibblna, who makes the above eerudcate the person for whom I requested you.uaen medlcfns In June. 1KB. The medicines abova stated were bought of me, with the except Ion o r.",!'," ""I'J" brbT J00- an ay say thai sor statement Is correct without s quallOcaUos (Signed) L. g. xlaca. Druggist and Chemtst, Ann Arbor. Mich. . Ta'fjoarceitiry that Mrs Blbbtns. who makes tte above certificate, la aud has been for mau years well known to as, and the facta thereia awea are undoubtedly and undeniably correct. Any one who knows Mrs. Bibbias will believe nt. 4li;nad U- til IIL HABTCOCaaa, EllT B. POWB. K. B. Fobb. Dr. RADWAY & CO., n WAJtllKX BTRXX7T, !. T. PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION " riai evert bit. Mm ,8IS Casts. SPECIAL 3XLS1CA1, ATTRACTIONS DA1LV. Alao, 1 1 , "h8 WA E1SK THB -0RLl-a.aau.!. frwa " loi o ck!?k. 7 "d., m,t. .H" lniI"e ifiiATir,. coxc8tv.bt 8tapAi. riTl SlriSi J? ..saa. .111 ;"",(.. , . " --i"aaa. aa I can ot .uar Dr. Kaflway's Regulating Pills a i.i 1 1 a ii.i
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