An Artful Widow. It is universally conceded that wid ows and especially young widows are the most artful creatures in the World. They seem to know all man's weaknesses, and to play upon them re morselessly. Some ladies a few days since were discussing a little incident that recently occurred, in which this peculiarity was conspicuously display ed. A wealthy young widow had won the affections of a certain youth, and there was every indication of a speedy marriage, when the old gentleman the young man's father unexpectedly in terposed a decided negative, lie was a staid old deacon and himself a widow er. His objections in themselves were trivial. lie had disliked the wid w's father, and the feud of a long time ago be sought to revive for the benefit of the descendants, who, perhaps had nev er heard of it. Still, the old gentleman was implacable, and there was nothing left but to yield an apparent acquies cence in his commands. But he reck oned withont his host when he thought to circumvent that pretty little widow, The young people laid their heads to gether, and the result was a plan of op erations which could the old deacou have known the true inwardness of it, would have given him additional rea son for believing in the total depravity of human nature. The dutiful son ceas ed his attentions and went about gloomy and dissatisfied, while the wid vw bloomed out into a radient pictnre of loveliness. Whenever she met the old deacon, which was often, she lav ished upon him her sweetest and most bewitching smiles. He came to regard her attentively, and his eyes were al ways sure to encounter a tender, pen sive face, which ere long began to plaj wild work with the old deacon's sober affections. She threw herself in his way and won upon his heart fast and Irresistibly. It was only a few weeks before the old gentleman was compel! ed to acknowledge that he was head over ears in love with that charming relict. The scruples which he enter tained for his son never occurred to him as being of sufficient importance to in fluence hi own conduct. And so Le proposed. "Oh, Deacon, I never thought any such thine." protested the beautiful woman. 'But you must have thought of it. You have surely seen that I was loving you." "But I thought you 1 jx:ted to my family. You said that none of my fath er's children should ever come into your family." "Who? mer Why 1 never thought of such a thing. It would be the proud est hour of my life to see you one of my family." "Xow, Deacon, is that really so?" "It is Indeed." "And you would have no objection to a marriage which should make me member of your family?" inquired the artful woman, looking tenderly at the old man, while delicious thrills of joy rippled over the deacon's heart. Ol ject ! Why I tell you it Is the hope I cherish most in life." "Why I am so glad ! and thereupon the widow threw her arms around the old man's neck and smacked his lips with a kiss that lairly took his breath away. If there ever was a man on earth who felt that he was standing on the threshold of the seventh heaven, the deacon was that man. He was noue of your bashfnl Carpet-Knight wooers and he gave the widow back as good as she sent. When she thought he was wrought up to a pitch of fondness equal to the announcement, she murmured "I'm so glad. Will and I had begun to think you never would consent to our getting married, and we loved each other so dearly," and again the widow's oft white arms were clasped around he old deacon's scrawny neck, and her ittle rosebud lips fluttered against his lips. "Hey !" exclaimed the deacon, start ing back in overwhelming surprise, "What is that you say 1 Will and you why bless my soul, what do you mean ?" "Why, that Will and I have loved each other a long time, and I'm glad hat you will now consent toour getting married," murmured the demure lady However much In love, the deacon was no fool. He saw that he had Lecu artfully entrapped, and his senseof the ludricrous, enabled him to appreciate the joke. "I reckon I've made a litt'e mistake here," he soliloquized, rather sadly, "But it's all right You and Will had better get married as soon as possi ble," and the old man left the widow's presence with an overwhelming sense of defeat, but with the very highest possible appreciation of the artful de vices of widows, and of this widow in particular, and whenever he thought of it afterward, that old deacon's rugged countenance rippled all over with smiles. The Vendetta. The vendetta like the duel does cot make men less ready to take offense, as one might have fancied it would, but more ready. To be touchy, a bully. swash-buckler, and to prove your met tle, becomes a point of honor, whereas. if you do not carry a weapon, and pub lic opinion does not sanction personal violence, it becomes obviously better breeding not te offend and provoke, nor to be easily provoked yourself, as also more convenient in every wav. A Cor- sicin, like an Italian, stabs a man on the smallest provocation, and like an Irishman, thinks it no dishonor to shoot at him from behind a stone wall. Hav ing killed his victim, he escapes into the maquls, the wild cp?n country. covered with impenetrable odorous brushwood, and there lives supported by nis sympathizing fellow-countrymen practically safe from pursuit, for the gendarmerie do not care much to ven ture into the wilds on such an errand. So a Corsican gendarme in the French service, bound with others, in a service of pacification in a disturbed district, and who "l:uibed up behind our mule cart without leave asked, chatting affa bly, informed us. Moreover the peo ple of the neighborhood always give these "banditti" as they are termed, timely warning, of the approach of the Police. Some of these gentry have killed quite a large number of men ; and if only the murders have not been committed for purposes of robbery, the banditti are most popular, especially among the women. But robbery and theft are counted dishonorable, and the Corsican banditti, therefore justifiably object to be confounded with the ban ditti of Greece, Italy or Sardinia. A traveller is perfectly safe, though the district through which he travels be Infected with them ; and when acts of pillage have been committed ia their name, they have always executed sum mary vengeance on the offender who has thus dared to take their dreaded name in vain. A poor man was robbed on the mountains of all bis belongings by one who said he was Sersphino, a celebrated baudit; the poor mau went on his way weeping; as he went a re spectably dressed and kindly mannered person came up to him and asked what was the matter. Upon being told, he took the direction in which the robber had just gone, and soon after the poor wayfarer heard a shot fired. This was followed by the return of his friend. who brought him back his goods and chattels, informing him that the thief was dead, and that be himself was Ser apbino the bandit. Honesty is a Cor sican virtue; so are hospttalliy and gen erosity. Sexual morality does net ap pear to be their strong point, thougl any insult an unmarried girl incurs the implacable, vengeance of her relatives, I was told, however, on excellent au thority, that the father of a distinguish ed Corsican having been murdered, the son, who was too enlightened to revenge himself after the approved fashion of his countrymen, handed the culprit over to French justica, which sei tcnctxl the man to only a few years' Im prison men t, the result being that this miscreant, now at large threatens to ex terminate, not this son only, but all his family. It is difficult one must own, to feel much liking for such a race of ras cals, yet I am disposed to.think that really good Corsic in, when you do get bold of him, Is a vero noble person in deed. Such was I'aoli, and such was we believe, the coachman who drove us in all our subsequent expeditions from Ajaccio. AGRICULTURE. Cafe or Meadows. With many, the only thing thought of after a field has been seeued down to grass, is to remove all that is possible in the suape or crops, giving no care or attention to its well beinir until it has become exhausted, Then they plow, manure scantily and re-seed, with the same after treatment. When a field is newly laid down, there is much which may be done at a profit. Although the cobble stones may have been carefully removed, some will be brought to the surface by the action of the rake and frost, Ihese should be removed, and not left to damage the knives of the mower; and for the same reason, sticks and brush should be car ried off. Weeds and bushes should be rooted out. The ox-eye daisy is one of the most common pests of the meadow, If few. they may be dug up and remov ed, or they may be treated to a handful of salt, carefuliv spread about the reots. which will eeneraily destrey them. If the field is overrun, it should be cut be fore the seed is matured. hen this is doue, and the field is kept in a high state of cultivation, daisies will be checked very much in their growth Docks and other coarse weeds should be pulled out,and not allowed to ripen to seed. In a wet season, these deep- rooted plants mar be easily pulled out. The Canada thistle on clay lands is a troublesome weed, and very tenacious of life. Repeated mowings will do much toward killing them out. I have successfully treated them by mowing the first of June, again when the hay is cut, and again in August and September, as tbev may appear big enough to cut off. This has generally given them so severe a shock that they present a very sickly appearance the next year, or fail to come up at all. There are many noxious plants which may be killed by repeated mowings. Sometimes a drain may become stopped, which will cause the cultivated grasses to disappear and rushes and swamp grasses to come In their place. A little timely labor will often prevent all this. Sometimes spots will tail, where a little seed may De sowed to advantage. Olten a light top dressing of manure, on a part or I whole ot the field, may De applied at a great probe Meadows should not be grazed ; if they are, it should be lightly in the fall, and never in the spring, There is no labor on the farm which will better repay the owuer than that expended in the Intelligent care of meadows. I he wide awake larmer will not need any one to tell him what may be done to an advantage, or what wiii result in prone Mules for Farm Work. We incline to the belief that mules are preferable to horses for farm work, for the following reasons: They cost less in every way. ihey eat less grain, are less particular about their food, and require less grooming than horses. AU this requires time and moncv, and to the wiile-awake farmer time is money. 1 hey mature earlier, A mule at three Years is every bit as good as a horse at four years. The far mer saves a year s Interest on the capital invested in his beast, to say nothing of a year's feed, for every mule he raises and breaks. Ihey are more easily broken than horses, and when properly broken and properly treated are quite as gentle. Ul course, the popular im pression is just to the contrary, but the popular impression is as wrong in this case as it is in so many others. An or dinary mule may be broken as well in one day as an ordinary horse in two weeks. In most cases all that is neces sary is to hitch him up beside a well- broken mule or a steady horse, and set him to work. When once properly broken he is less given to various tricks like kicking in harness and running away than a horse. He is safer for women and chilren. A mule will do one-third more hard work and will draw heavier loads than a horse. True, if too much imposed on he will balk so will a horse. There is no more need of having a balky mule than a balky boase. More over, a mule's average working life Is at least twenty-five years double that of a horse. Jn short, one mule will do more work than two horses, and cost less tban one. Gas Tar Taint for Whkf.ls. Last year the spokes of ray whcel-barrow worked loose, and I tried to tighten them by wedging; but the wedges worked out, and the wheels were likely to come to pieces. 1 had some gas tar handy, and filled the joints with it. and also dipped the wedges into the tar. All was light and staid tight. I next painted my wagon hubs w ith It, both the two-horse and one-horse, filline cracks and joints thoroughly. This kept the spokes tight through the re mainder of the season. Last year about the first of August one of my tires came off on the big wagon, and I broke two felloes. To repair that wheel cost me $1 10. As soon as 1 got that wheel home from the shop, 1 painted every wheel of three wagous and the old buggy with gas tar hubs, spokes and felloes. They soon dried and the paint was as hard as jalap, and shone like black paint with varnish. o more loose tires since. Do not attempt to keep too many fowls together. One hundred In a siu gle yard will not produce half the eggs they will if divide! into four parts. It will cost uo more for feed, but ll will be a little more trouble to attend to them. Improved farming is in fencing your stock, not your crops. Moldy bread and moldy cheese are poisonous. alt Fish are quickest and best fresh ened by soaking in sour milk. SCIENTIFIC. Electricity in Silk Winding. An in ventor in this city, says The Scientific American, claims to hare perfected an electrical device which will materially reduce the cost of silk reeling, and so make the production of silk commerci ally profitable in this country. From their exceeding fineness the silk strands are liable to break while being unwound from the cocoons, making necessary close attention on the part of the person superintending the work. The strands of silk" from lour cocoons are usually run out on one reel to form a single thread, and one woman cannot do more than attend at most to two reels. It has been claimed by many in terested in the silk trade that no ma chinery could be made delicate enough to watch this work automatically. The attention of the Inventor was drawn to this subject two years ago, and be has lately perfected his applieation of the electric current to this work. By run ning the strands over carefully balanc ed wires, w hen one breaks the wire drops into n ercury and closes a circuit which acts on au electric stop in the reel. Tne work is thus stayed until the strand is spliced and the current brok en. Jn this way the electricity watches the strands, and the attendant has only to notice the reels and start them when they stop. In the old way not more than six pounds of silk could be wound in a week; by this Invention it is claim ed that fourty pounds will be wound in the same time. The promoters of this invention hope by it to increase greatly the silk industry in this country. Ow ing to the cost of labor, cocoons are not reeled in this country to any great ex tent. They are raised here none bet ter, It Is claimed, can be found else where and exported for reeling, and then much of the raw silk is imported for manufacturing. A large amount will be saved if the cocoous can be cheaply wound off here. In the South, where the mulberry is common, it is believed that the culture of silk may rival that of cotton. The plan of transmitting power from the engine to the shaftlnas by means of ropes has lound niucti lavor wun mill owners and engineers abroad, the sys tem of arrangement commonly adopted being as follows: The fly wheel is made to serve as driving drum also; it is twenty-two feet in diameter, weighs about twenty tons, and is grooved lor the reception of twelve hempen ropes, each six inches in girth, six of the ropes being intended to drive one line of lihaf ting, and six the other. The rope drums or pulleys on the shafting are live feet iu diameter, the rims being mad 3 heavy and grooved, as Is tne driv In g drum, but of course for only six ropes. The width of the grooves Is 2.7-10 inches; total depth, 3 Hi' inches; radius of the bottom curve, one-half inch ; and the inclination of the two sides to each other about forty-nine degrees. Thus, the ropes do not, even when pressed somewhat out of shape while doing full duty, rest upon the bottom of the grooves, but on tne sides, and the wear is, therefore, at the points of contact. 1 he wear Is found to be tolerably uni form all around the section thus indi cating that the ropes uo not, as might be apprehended, present the same parts of their circumlerence to be couunu ously gripped iti the grooves. Xcar-Sightedness and Far-Sightedntss. Presbyopia, or what is commonly known as tar-sightedncss. Is found to supervene earlier with those who are constantly at work tban with other in dividuals, and, as soon as it does, con vex glasses should at once be resorted to, without which the muscles of accom modation would be fatigued to no pur pose; at first, they should be used for working iu the evening, alter the la tigue of the day but a long-sighted per- sou should only use spectacles for look ing at near objects, not at lar ones, ork requiring close application favors the developement of myophia, or near sightedness, precisely in proportion as the conditions of illumination are bad, and, if the action of those causes con tinues, the myopia must increase until vision is lost, if the eyes are fatigued by bad artificial illumination, blue or slightly smoked or smoke-colored glass es are usetul, and, In order to avoid the lateral rays, they should be large and round. In case of persistent irri tation, all work should be abandoned, and an examination made to sue if there be any disturbance of refraction, etc. Tiit Microphone at a Thief Catcher. The microphone as a thief catcher has proved very useful to an English resi dent la India, who found his store of oil rapidly and mysteriously diminish ing. He fixed a microphone to the oil cans, carried the wire up to his bed room, and, after the bouse bad been closed for the night, sat up to await the result. Very shortly he heard the clink ing of bottles, followed by the gurgling sound of liquid being poured out, and running downstairs he caught his bear er in the act of filling small bottles ilh oil for cay conveyance from the premises. Sirds build their nests in the seaweed which grows and floats with the Gulf Stream, and in many instances are found a thousand miles from any land. This weed is suHslned by pods grown upon it, which act as airfloat. For joining the porcelain heads to the metal epikes used for ornamental nails, the Prakt. Maschinen Construct, recom mends the use of a thick paste made of a mixture of Portland cement and glue. Phosphorescent paper, writing or print on which can be read in the dark, is the substance of a late European Invention. The Brazillian Government has grant ed a privilege to a gentleman for the manufacture or paper from the wild fig tree. Protide good pure water for live stock. The Richest City la the World. Frankfort-on-the-Maln, now contain- taining a population of about one hun dred thousand U reputed to be the rich est city in the whole world. If its wealth were equally divided among his inhabitants, every man, woman and child would have, it Is said, about twenty thousand marks, or five thous and dollars a piece. There are, as may be supposed, a good many poor people in the town; but the citizens are, as a whole, in unusual comfortable circum stances, more so, probably, than the citizens of any other capital in Ger many or Europe. It is asserted that there are one hundred Frankforters worth from four million to five million dollars each, and two hundred and fif ty worth one million dollars and up ward. The city Is one of the great banking centres of the globe. Its ag gregate banking capital is estimated at two hundred million dollars, more than one-fourth of which the famous Roths childs, whose original and parent house is there, own and control. The annnal transactions in bills of exchange are In excess of fonr hundred million dollars. Its general trade and manufacturing industries have greatly increased since the formation of the German Empire, to which Frankfort was originally averse, being a free city and an oppo nent of Prussia, until coerced in July, 1SCG, by Gen. Von Falkecsteln, who entered it at the head of an army and imposed a fine of thirty-one thousand florins for Insubordination. I DOMESTIC. Wedding Cask. Prepare your ingre dients the day before making your cake Pick and stone four pounds of the best raisins; do not use the seedless raisins for this cake; wash and pick over four pounds of currants; drain them In colander, and spread them on dishes to dry, or you may sprinkle them with Indian meal; rubbing the meal well through the currants, and sifting them in a sieve to clear them of it; cut up two pounds of citron in thin pieces, and when just ready to use the fruit stew it thickly with Hour; grate four nutmegs, and mix them with a tablespoonful of ground, mace, two tablespoonsful of ground cinnamon, and a small half tea spoonful ot ground cloves; sift these pices and mix well together in a cup; mix together two large wine-glasses of wine, one or brandy, and one or rose water; . cream together one pound of powdered sngar and 15 ounces of best Butter; beat ia eggs until per fectly smooth and thick, and stir them gradually into the creamed butter and sugar, together with a poand ol flour which you have sifted In a basin ; then add by degrees the fruit, spice and liquor, and stir the whole very hard at the last; line your pans with well- greased paper, and bake it in a moder ate oven lor six hours at least; ice it the next morning, first dredging Hour over the outside, and then wiping with a towel ; almond iceing is very nice for mis cake. To khi a meat pie so the oven will not get the juice: With a biscuit crust Roll thin, line the sides of your baking pan or dlsb. Turn a teacup down in the centre or the pan; this will hold the juice. Make a stew of your meat; cut in small pieces into a saucepan or kettle on the stove, with sufficient water for the gravy ; season ; have pota toes cut in thin slices. Then put in layer of meat, then of potatoes, and so on until your pan Is two-thirds full, Pour in the juice, sprinkle a little flour, keep the cup in Its place, putting meat around it. Roll out the remainder of the dough, cutting gashes for the es cape of steam ; wet the edges of the crust so that they will adhere; put pie In oven. You must not have the oven too hot at first, or the top will brown too soon, ll the crust Drowns too soon turn another pan over it. When you cut the pie put the point of the knite under the edge of the cup, and the gravy will come out. Salting and Smoking Bacox. There arc many different ways of pickling and preserving meat, but the following will be round a good one: tor every hun dred pounds of meat use eight pounds of salt, three ounces saltpetre, three ounces saleratus.one quart of molasses and two pounds of sugar, and water suiiicient to cover the meat. - Put all together, scald and skim off whatever impurities rise to the surface. Pack the meat tight in a barrel and pour on the pickle when it is cold. For beef it should be put on hot. Leave the meat in the brine for six or eight weeks.tben take out and smoke with green hickory or maple wood, If either can be obtained. If the smokehouse is tight and cool, the meat may be lert hanging in It ail sum mer, or unt'l used, but 11 there is dan ger of insects getting at the meat, wrap eacn piece in good uncle Drown paper. and rub the outside with salt and lime ol the consistency of thin paint. Excellent Mince - Ties. Three pints chopped meat, one of sugar, one or molasses, one or suet.one tablespoon f ul of cloves, three of cinnamon, two of salt, one whole nutmeg grated, one pound or raisins, one or dried currants; mix thoroughly and scald, tor two pies, take one and a half cups mince, add one cup of sugar and one of cider. Pice led Elderberries. One gallon of berries, one half pint of vinegar, one and one half pounds of sugar. Let the sugar and vinegar come to a boll, then skim and put in the berries and boll half an hour; skim out the berries; let the juice boll one hour; stir two table spoonsful of flour in cold water, and stir into the juice; then pour it over the berries. Molasses Lemon Pie. Peel and take the juice of six lemons, four cups of molasses, two cups of sugar, four tea- spoonsful of flour, two cups water, (boiling) ; take lh6 peel of three of the lemons, put in cold water, set it on the fire till it comes to a boil ; change the water three times; this will remove the bitterness; chop the peel with the pulp of the six lemons alter they have been squeezed ; put all together. Steamed Cork Bread. Two cups sifted corn meal, one cup of flour, two cups of buttermilk, one cup of sweet milk, one egg, one teaspoon ful or sale- ratus, and one heaping tablespoonful of sugar, or two tablespoonsful of molas ses, bteara three and a hair hours. Take common cove oyster cans with one end taken off neatly. Fill them two-thirds full and set them in the steamer. Short Sermon. The perfectly contented man Is also useless. Try to see yourself through the eyes of those around you. Great power of acqusition is common to millionaires and hogs. The ideal saint of the young moralist is cut from sappy timber. Faith that asks no questions kills the soul and slides the intellect. Happy is the man who has neighbors willing to forgive his mistakes. The vigorous idea keeps warm though wrapped in a few words. He who thinks poorly of himself can not win the respect of his fellows. Appear to be better than you are, and aim to be what you appear to be. The trouble with many communists is, that the dead men refuse to be buried. Only infidel wisdom is able to dis tinguish the difference between some men and beasts. Many believe that to be a lie which eontrauuts the testimony or bis own Ignorance. The gilded calf, having wealth with out soul, finds more worshipers to-day than In the days of Moses. He whose only claim to the title "gentleman" Is in his clothes, must necessarily be careful in what he wears. The Lord can easily have more faith iu the religion that wears an old coat to church than the man in the coat can. A Woman Logic ' It Is useless to take medicine. I shall feel better to-morrow. Besides, I need the money to get that lovely new bat. My old one is such a fright, and people will look more at my bonnet than they will at my face. 1 will wait till I feel worse before I spend any money for medicine." The new bon net is purchased, and fifty other femi nine necessaries, in the form of ribbons, laeeA, brooches, etc. Meanwhile the lady's face becomes every day paler and thinner, and her body weaker, cntil disease has gained so linn a foothold in her system, that the most thorough, and of times a long and ttdiuus, course of treatment is necessary to restore her to health. Ladies, attend to your health before you even thiuk of appareL A fresh, blooming face In a plain bon net is much handsomer and far more attractive to your gentlemen friends, than a painworn, diseased face Iu the most elaborate and elegant hat your milliner could devise. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is everywhere acknowledged to be the standard remedy for female complaints and weaknesses It is sold by all druggist. HUMOROUS. Her Husband's Letter. A middle aged woman had a letter handed her at the general delivery in the Foet-Offlee, and sat down on the wiudow-slll to read it. Her attention was intense from the start, and she spoke up and "He calls mehis little darling. That s good!" , After reading a few lines more, she said : "And he misses my society so much." Hlf-way down the pige she spoke again : "And he calls me his sunbeam his guardian angel!" She climbed up on the sill a little further, turned the letter over and mused: "And he's lost three pounds of flesh worrying about my health : He's just a darling that's what be is." She reached the top of the fourth page, and exclaimed : "What! Going East, eh?" Further down she growled : "And he met that red-headed Widow Kernshaw on the cars, eh? I'll see about that! He probably didn't tell her he was married." She got down to the "P. S.," glanced over a few lines, and then yelled right out: "Xot coming home till next week! Trains not running! Great press of business! I'll see whether he isn't coming! Boy, Where's the telegraph office!" And she ran across the street, and sent her husband a dispatch which made tne operator's hair stand up as be received and read it. A Warring. You are an aged woman and you ought to know better," said the court to the prisoner. "Twas owing to my absent minded ness, sir," she replied. "I had a glass of beer where I washed, and I forgot it, I had another glass where I stopped in, and it slipped my mind. Then 1 took another glass at home, and I was top heavy before 1 knew iu Please excuse an old woman, who has been married three times and burled eieht children." "You may go this time, but don't come here again." he said. "If this should slip your mind and yon should reappear witbtn six months, tbere'd be another slip, lou'd slip into tne lyceum on the hill." "I know it yes thanks very kind good bye hard winter, sir," she re plied, as she wiped her mouth on her band and departed. A lady In our neighborhood who bad suflered for over three months the most extreme torture by a violent cough, has become completely cured by Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. For sale in every drug (tore. A touno Englishwoman In one of the manufacturing shires, is in the habit of reading Shakespeare's plays to girls from the neighboring lactones, and sometimes stops in the middle of a scene and asks one of the eirls whether she is sure she comprehends it. Xot long ago she was reading from the opening scenes of "Hamlet," and had come to the passage in which the Queen implores her son to cast off his nightly color, and not keep always mourning for his father. "Are yon sure," she asked of one of the girls, "that you quite understand this?' "Eh, yes, mhs," said the worthy girl "bis mother thinks he ought to begin to go out to tea, and such like." ''Kleptomania," asked the Judge in the most Innocent manner, "what is kleptomania?" "A disease, your honor," said her counsel, "the subject of which Is uncontrollably addicted to larceny, "Oh, I see," said the Judge, "and a disease, sir, which the judges are sent on circuit, as physicians, to cure. My prescription on the preseut occasion is twelve months' imprisonment and hard labor." Ir akt man doubts that romance and reality are inseparably linked, let him consider that the same oil that soils the parlor paper when he leans his head against it, is the mysticai agent whose perfume dissolves the bond of conven tionality, and draws bis girl two feet nearer to him Sunday night. "My dear, what is the matter with puss? See how she swells her tail and arches her back at the sausages I gave her that was left on my plate." "Oh, that's nothing; she merely cents old lowser in it." CRUEL,cruel man," said the civilized person, "you eat your venerable pa. "ungrateful being," retorted the sav. agei you let the worms eat yours." Xo other remedy has proved so effec tual in relieving Coughs and Colds as Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup. It is recom mended by many physicians and costs only to cents a Dottle. It bas been asked when rain falls. does it ever get up again ? Of course it does, in dew time. As Xoah had so few passengers it is a pretty sure sign that be didn't advertise Ax attached couple that are always separating A pair of shears. Men of sound principles Musicians. Standard business Flag-raising. Chinese Rice Paper. Everybody is faiuiihr with those bril liant, quaint pictures of insects, birds and flowers, painted upon a thick, soft translucent material we have always called "rice paper." This is not made of rice. It is the thin slices of the pith of a plant or tree of the Aralia family the fatsia papf rifera of modern botan ists. The tree grows about twen ty feet high and Its pith Is an extensive article of commerce in China for It is used in the manufacture of many arti cles, especially toys and artificial flow ers. The cylinders of pith exposed on removing the bark and woody fibre are rarely an Inch and a half in diameter, and as the substanca is delicate and tender, rare skill and practice are re quired to cut the whole stick from cir cumference to centre into one continu ous sheet. A long thin very sharp knife Is used for this c, eratlon. The largest sheets that c in be obtained in this way are about fifteen inches long by ten wide. As soon as the sheets are cut they arc spread out, a'.l little holes carefully mended with bits of mica and then they are pressed uudcr weights until dry. The refuse scraps, Ac, go to make pillars; the ordinary sheets are dyed brilliantly and sol J to the flower makers, while the largest sheets are destined for the foreign market after being carefully painted by skillful na tive artists. There Is no substance yet discovered that so well represents the delicate texture of the petals of flowers as this paper of pith, and it is exported to some txtcne by artificial flower man ufacturers. fmt Baw PLCsmuxo Wixds or Wnrnra. aeanh oat the weaknesses of ill wboarepre- aupoeea to i wig jouipuuDis, ana in conse quence Coafrhs. (.olds sua bronchial Disorders everywhere prevail. Tue who have contract ed Colds should be especially careiul and not imprudently wait tinui oy constant cougnin?, they so Irritate and rake their Loans as to bring on I he id selves a very serious Pulmonary Affection. Let them rather treat their symp toms rationally, and at once, and by I he prompt use or Dr. Jayne'a Expectorant, enre their Cuius and heal all accompanying- Soreness ot the Ox, I YDUriTS COLUMN Old Fashioned Amusements 7-foorJ- house lii i the old days, what j T they had inside. There we pie-bees, and wb - it the head. fc ,nto lingers, be toil to Wt to doU alone .converted by the geniusof domestic liftnWJ c aid fun with the many. And the Are now it roared ; the chestnuu. how they sputtered and snapped in the ashes , and the corn, how it crackel and flowered in the toasting pan. " ,Sl.d and tbe joker and the humor cW- true humor always to by it o thought, until the eyes brimmed and moufened, and chair, were moved back from the table, and the old room fairly roared with the rollicking fun. Is the , j . iiH in New ng- oiu minium ki - , i.. land ? And if you started an apple-bee in your house, rnenti, wouiu laughter and the old fun come to your dwelling ? Could you have an apple bee without a fire-place! and on a car peted floor? and with table covered with a dainty damask? I wonder. And .v.. u.,vin narttM hold me for a min- t i..niMnnAiiiice: bad 1 been ULC . a n 1 . v - i . . nl.tar then, how I WOUld have sketched it for you; but I was only . niv a bor's remem brance. I only remember the lanterns strung on cherds rrom one greai, uc.u. to the other, each comer bringing his I--... I renwtmher the lights and the dakness overhead; the bright flashes and the great shadows that swallowed them up; and the hens that nodded and blinked on me scauviuu'g, and the one fool of a rooster that kept r.winr thinkinir that the morning had r.H tho husc nile of vellow ears iir imwinii rrev in size: and the greater pile of straw-colored husks that were thrown backward and pushed out until they blocked the great barn door way; and the sleepy cattle in the stalls that looked stupidly but benevolently out at the strange going on ; and the red ear ! haw tha voun? fellows wished the red ears were thicker: and the halnra nnrl the tumbllnrS through through the rattling husks; and tbe screams and laughter. I know all this is heretical, but who would be a saint when heresy is so pleasant? Boys and Pistols. "I never could un derstand," the deacon said, "why a boy should carry a pistol. A pistol is a very peculiar lire-arm ; it is made for a very peculiar purpose. It is quite natural for some boys to want rifles or shot guns, with which they may kill game; put a pistol is intended to kill human beings, and this is about all it is good for. There are very few boys in this country who could shoot a bird or a rabbit with a pistol, and any one who should go out bunting with a pistol would be laughed at. This being the case, why should a bty want a pistol? What human beings would he like to kill. It is useless to say that he may need his pistol for purposes of defense. Xot one boy in a thousand is ever plac ed in such a position that he need to de fend himself with a pistol. But it often has hapi-ened that boys who carried loaded pistols thought that it would be a manly thing, under certain circum stances, to use them, and yet, when the time came, and they killed somebody, they only brought down misery on themselves and their families. And this too, in many cases where, if no one present bad bad a pistol, the affair would have passed off harmlessly, and been soon rorgotten. But the way in which boys generally take humrn life with pistols is some accidental way, as they uo not kill highwaymen and rob bers, but they kill their schoolmates, or their brothers, or their sisters, or, in many cases, themselves. There is no school where boys are taught to proper ly handle and carry loaded pistols, so they usually have to learn these things by long practice. And while they are learning it is very likely that some one will be shot. I saw in a newspaper, not long ago. accounts of three fatal ac cidents, all of which happened on the same day, from careless use f firearms. And one of these dreadful mishaps was occasioned by a lad who carried a load ed pistol in bis overcoat pocket, and who carelessly threw down the coat." Drmakarda. the oircnse of drunkenness was a source of great perplexity to the an cients, who tried every possible way of dealing witn it. If none succeeded prooaoiy it was because tuey did not bein early enouzh. bv intererntinir some of the ways and means by which tne insidious vice is incited and prop agated. Severe treatment was often tried to little effect. The , under Z.ilei.cus. made it a r ,;r:.l nr. fense to drink wine if it was not mixed with water; even an invalid was exempted from punishment except by orucr oi a pnyscian. nttacus, ofMit ylene, made a law that he who, when drunk committed any offense, would suffer double punishment whii-h h would receive if sober : and Plato, Ar istotle and Plutarch applauded this as the heisht of wisdom. The Rnnn censors could expel a Senator for being drunk and Like away his horse. M. hammed ordered drunkards to be bas tinadoed with eighty blows. Other nations thought of limiting the quanti ty to be drunk at one time or at m. .if. tine. The FirvDtians nut some though what, is not stated. The Spar tans, aiso, nau some limit. The Ara bians fixed the quantity at twelve glasses a man, but the size of the glass was, unfortunately, not elearlv diini by the historians. The Anglo-Saxons went no runner than to nr.W nails to be fixed on the side of the drinking cups, so that each mizht know the proper measure. And it it 3aid that this was done br KlnT alter noticing thedrunken haliit. ,.r?i. Danes. Lycureus. of Thraee . , Vllfc the root of the matter by ordering the vines to be cut down. Ami i.:J duct was Imitated In 705 by Terbulns of Bulgaria. The Suevl prohibited' wine to be imported. . And the Spar tans tried to turn the vi by systematically making their slaves uruna once a year, to show their chil dren how foolish and contemn!).:, . looked In that state. Drunkenness wan deemed much more vicinn in classes of persons than in others. The ancient Indians held it lawful to kill a King wnen he was drunk. The lti nians made It a canlt:il nfnn. t magistrate to be drunk, and Charle magne, imitated this by a law that Judges on the bench and pleaders should do their business fasting. The Carthageulans prohibited the magis trates. Governors, soldier. .n - from any drinking. The Scots in the a am i second century, made it a emt.,i r fense for magistrates to be drunk ami v.uuinunr n, oi Scotland, 8G1 ex tened a like punlsment pie. Again, some laws have oloi,,fo. ly prohibited wine frr.m ki .i , - - uruna by women, the JIaasilians so decreed The Romans did the same, and extend ed the prohibition to mir,. . 30 or 45. And the ztwh.l TttT wife s relations could scourge the wife for offendinc. and th ,.,.,. . ? w"e might scourge her to death. H.- On. w - ri .. " ,ent Of allEll- Greatr was tne '""-";"tne 1aSt Ceu K!,d w-rJUd the tliry Will." '"'?-;- so'llttle use ot combustible wasthe invention unae.- - u ved in by those who had I not use, that 'vca great nd laughed at the idea. I be light without a 'Lnk' "Ubject was ber of Parliamnt, wb. the subj brought before of Humphrey " .nJkedone lighting tewnr . t - to tawe of the Proprietors if the m the dome o. j j, Loudon with smoke, ,- . .. tect imagined that the gas ran on Are trough rhe pipes, and be therefore n .Uted on; their being placed ches from the wall for fear of the buil Sn" taking Are; and the members unit, " o h pipes mi.'ht be observeu w-'"" - r wUh their gloved 2 they did not feel warm. The hrst shop lighted in Loudon by the new method, was Mr. Ackerman's, in the Strand m 1310, and one lady of rank was so de lighted with the brilliiancyofthe gas lamp on the counter, that she asked to be allowed to take it home in her car riage. Mr. Murdock was, however, too bu. with other pursuits to continue to study the use of gas, and though be was undoubetdly the first to app.y It to practical purposes, many others laid claim to tb honnr, and other people quickly reaped the benefit of his clever ness and ingenuity. In this he shared the general fate of inventora. A Source of Mncn Bodily Evil. If the hbit of body become irregular, raucderu ia iiiuVUd on the vatem. me etoiuach becomes .yptptic bilious symptoma .tevelop themselves the circulation m contam inated, and the nerves share ui the general disorder. It ia of the utmost importance t.it the bowels hoald be thoroughly and speedily rceuhued when thy rrow derelict. The eor rectie agent beat adapted to this purpose ia Uoetetter's Stomach bitters, a wholesome non KTipux vegetable liUve. worth nil the ranp init cathartics invented since t Ume of Para ceUua. 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I remained a great sufferer lor i years, unul 1 heard of and consult, , ohvsiclan who said I had the scrofulous Hum, ind if I woul I allow h m to doctor me he cwtj Jure me 1 did so, and he commenced hew ni.mv sores, and suoeded in erfectln? an e Prr?al SSreT but In a short lime lb. tew reared aaln lo a worse form tnan ever. aCav ESSus Humor upon my lun(fs. throat aud orao. Iuiered the mOet pain, an I there se-n, I? b2 noremedy. and my f rlendi thought I soondle. when my attention caued. U1 veiling new-paper, to a Veg-tlue testlmoai ofMrs. Waterboude. No. SM a. heug street. fc tanTand formerly residing In houth Bosk ,a. and ri?i7oersonally scqua.nied with her. atui knowing her txole health, i .winded I ouid tTrheVegeilne. Atu-r I had Uik-u a few fc. mm it eemed to force the i es out of mr ay. Lin. 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