KenriDJ WlldBirtU. I found it essential to succeM lu rear ing birds from the cest to watch the parent bird and And what food It select ed for its young. That of all the finches, aparrowg and wrens was naked-skinned . worms and grasshoppers. The indigo finch, which I at first failed to rear, I found was fed solely with whito grass hoppers (t. ., with grasshoppers which had just molted), after which I found it very easy to raise, and that it proved to be a very excellent cage-bird. All the birds fed readily upon small grass- hoppers and large-sized worms, and in every ca died after being fully grown, from my inability to make the proper change in their food. The finches and sparrows would tike to seed-eating as soon as they left the nest and their bills were hardened. Wrens, under my ob servation, fed their young almost exclu sively with small, smooth larvae, taken from the undersides of the leaves of cur rant bushes, brambles, etc., and I have set for a long time and counted the worms brought to a net, the average being five worms in two minutes. This was a nest of the common houe wren when the supply of food was abundant in a neighboring row of currant bushes. These also were easily reared in the nest. All the young birds took naturally to water when fully grown, except the ground or grass finch, which would bathe only in fine sand, but would keep itself in excellent condition and was a very Interesting cage-bird. The com mon rice-bird or bobolink was very eas ily raised, fed on young grasshoppers, took to eating seed readily, became as tame and playful as a kitten, and when full grown was liable to become excess ively fat, and would then often have epileptic fits, recurring at frequent in tervals, death always following. Tue cat bird was an inveterate mimic, at tempting to do and sing whatever it fcaw or heard done by the other birds in its compartment of the cage. The wren was a thorough busybody and studious of nature, investigating with a very knowing and inquiring look every corner and crevice of the cage and every act of its associates. A pair of blue birds kept themselves inviolate from all the other bird, and were mod els and full of lover-like attentions to each other. They selected a place where the pair could perch themselves closely together, and spent a large part of their time in attention to each other, The nuthatch, when full grown, de lighted to find a grain of Indian corn. which it would push into any crack or crevice where it would fit closely, and then would amuse itself by hammering away at it until it was broken into frag ments suitable for its food. Tht cow bird was an inveterate gormandizer. It could not be fed enough to stop Its clamor for more, and often so fully crammed was it that the last worm or grasshopper stuck in its throat; but it would still be for more, as if starving. Taking the offered food and finding it- stlf unable to swallow it, it would throw it away with a sudden jerk of the head, but still ask for more. Any thing in the shape of animal food that it could swallow was gobbled down; and this affectation of starvation, and its large size, sullioiently explain the dwarfing of the other occupants of the nest in which it is a foster child. It would eat or waste all that any two birds could gather. A 1'anUier Fight. Colonel Seth A. Abbey, the veteran printer w ho in 1SJI issued 10,000 copies of the old English Header, has just re turned from California, Oregon and Washington Tcrritorv. lie is full of those hunting reminiscences now so rare, among which is the following: I went to W'atertown, Jefferson coun ty, New York, in January, 181'., with my printing establishment and com. uienced publishing a newspaper. Jai rus Kich was a kind of half-way law yer; he had started a newspaper a year or two tefore and failed, lie and his wife then started a little whiskey tav ern near the Court House, and they did not succeed in that very well. He said to me one day; "1 think I can get a better living with my rifle and traps in the woods than I can by hanging arom.d here in the village." Kich was a Vermonter by birth; a small, muscu lar man. The north portion of Jeffer son county, at that time, was an almost unbroken wilderness, and thither Kich with his w ife and traps, bent his way. A nnmber of months elapsed before I heard anything from him.- At length a rumor came that he had been killed by a panther. Nearly a month after titis I got a letter from him describing It id encounter with a panther; he was hardly able to write then, liis story ran thus: "Iliad fastened one of my traps to the root of a large hemlock tree and near by was a dense thicket ot low" hemlocks of about half an acre. When I visited my trap this morning 1 discovered one panther iu my trap and another clc-e by. I tired at the one otiinide of the trap and wounded him, and he made immediately for this thick et. 1 had a little whiffet dog with me. and 1 put the little dog into the thicket where the panther enter ed, and I ran around the thick el w here I thought the panther would come out and met him just as he came out of the thicket. 1 tried to altoot him hut my gun missed fire, and there we were, lace to face, and I had to run or light. I threw down my rifle and drew my hatchet from my belt and made a pass at him and he knocked my hatchet more than twenty feet from me. We then clinchet! in and were up and down in every shape; he tear ing away with his teeth ani chewing my hands. He would sometimes have one hand in his mouth and sometimes the other. We were wrestling and tearing in this way until I was nearly done lor. In one of the falls he hap pened to come under, and I claped my knee right in his flank, forward of his hind leg, with my left hand in his mouth. I then slipped my right hand into my pocket and pulled out my jack knife and opened it with my teeth, and made very short work of it then. I lay there by the side of my victim a long, long time. My clothes were tore off from me or hung in shreds; my face and limbs a gore of blood. The near est settler was two miles. I came to myself alter a time, so that I killed the other panther. It took all the rest of the day to make the house of the near est settler." I knew this man for many years after this encounter, and strange to say, he still continues to hunt pan thers and wolves. I saw a panther skin that was green, killed by him and just taken from the body, that measured from the nose to the end of the tail, nine feet. I would like to tell you one of Rich's wolf stories. He did not tell it for several years after U occurred the " reason why, you will probably J guess at, after hearing the story, lie . "... . I said he was out among the rock ami discovered a wolf; he shot and killed of ,.rMIometr which will approxl it, I'ptta examination he found it to , mKttly mea-iire geological time, and be a she wolf, and suckling young ones, j thus give u some clew to the antiqui- He finally found her den and crawled into It. and found ten vounsr miDS. lie took them to bis shanty and built a log pen for them and reared them on deer meat they were too young to get the bounty on. There was then a bounty for grown up wolves offered by town, county and State, in all amount- j t(je eHrlieH known geological periods, ing to about $50 for each wolf. They j DUt t WOuld appear that the later were the large gray wolf, one of them formed strata are more calcareous than nearly black. This one, he said, he the earlier, and that there has, in lact, used to take and play with it the same gradually progressive r increase . ,T .. . ..i. of calcareous matter, fhe very exten- as a dog. He said he regretted to kill I givj a lllon of erbonate of lime this one .very mucJi, nut ju was too great a temptation. As these wolves e-rew- int. he would take them into dif- r.. i-m ti.o... i.i. tj.ir;eer. According to the author's esti- - -i .v i scalps ou auu e.a.m luc uuuu.,. . On Man's view of it. A forlorn and greasy tramp called at this ofllce recently ana said : in tn call ronr attention to the fact that we stand vindicated." J calcareous and other sedimentary de ..... . j. . , , . ! posits have been formed. The amount 'V ho stanus vindicated? asked a ; f llmeflH.u , waters which drain dis reporter. ; tricts made up of granites and bas'alts 'We do, sir the gentlemen of the i is found, by a comparison of analyses. road." ..0.... . i - 1 OU 111 II liailll'-l. a Pllllin . . 1 ' ,1 i m 1 es, sir, trail ps, so caiieu. -now uoes ii nappeu inai j "tan.. vindicated?" 'Tublic sentiment did it, sir; I knew it would. Why, mv dear sir, just look ..... . , atit: n nas oecome as popular en-up. "You refer to the walking mama do tou ?"' I As eir Tim n-fiirlinir nf timp has " j r spun usarounu.u ur pr,.e, ana our occupation is no longer re- proach. Ihe change of public senti- ment has made it just as popular in the hightr walks of life as the iron heel of . : ...ii.. a r poerlJ . 7,'Heve that geological time has been which 1 am an humble representative. enorm,msiy in fxee.., of the limits "So it would seem." i urged by certain physicists; and that "The last man to join or ranks is M. Gambetta. the new President of the iwi.i-h.mW. whom the cable an- nouuees as walking eight miles daily around the delightful lawn of the! Presidential garden-one of the pretti- ... . " . !.. r , est of the nre gauch: I envy M. Gam- bctta his lovely tow-path as it were.but irely tow-patu as it were.oui. in with open arms to our ii.t- l,i.-ll like us." and the welcome him with open arms to our fr.M I tliii.t- l.f-ll like us." and the dsand patches backed out 'or pspei the sensitive paper, called pa . 1 ., .... pier cuanvfer, is placed, and both are ex- , for the reason, we think, Jf , y, VndvT theactionof man of shreds of the room that the front of his garments was more presentable than the rear. 1 aus- ttir..i,,ii,l h .l.le.l , . . .. ... "Dont forget to mention that e stand vindicated. And, by tlie nay, Sergeant Hates is one of our pioneers. Be good enough to say it italics that the Sergeant aUo stands vindi cated." Properties ff Cocoa. The remarkable properties of cocoa the dried leaves of a small tree grow- ing in Feru and Bolivia and especial- ly its power to enable one to put forth ! Ioug-continucd exertion without fa-' tigue, have been exciting a good deal , of attention among scientific men for; the last few years. These projK'rties were known and prized long before the ' npaiusu cunqiiesi, me leaves ucius em- ployed even as a medium of exchaugc. After the conquest, thev were among ti. ...i....i.i ;..i r.f rt . , , -.m.n.i. i. , At Vntfial .tuna ltV CUMi liiiuhala U-r ..v -....i, . , : consumed yearly. Lndcr the mllu- j ence of the leaves of this plant, the mi- ners ran work nifht and dav. w ith ' onlv brief intervals of rest and sleen. : i.i u. . r i . i.... ir..i t.firador and Newioundlanil the earth is me Buguicsi .oou a..u . u. - the leaves enable ihe natives to endure . . . . , , ,uu- ,,"rJ' ""v- or a piece of cast iron Is bv striking the times a day, chewing them and lodg-1 etise wjth a hammer, when, if it make ing them in the side of their mouth, a slight impression, denoting some de like a quid of tobacco. In 1S7C, the gree of malleability, the iron is of a Toronto (Canada) Lacross club, consis-. q-iality provided it be uniform. . , . , ' . , i If fragments fly off, and no sensible iu- ting of sixteen players, all of sedeiitry dcntaUon m:4(Jej the ,roil professions, held the championship ofjhard and brittle. The difference be the world against all comers, whitajtween good and bad iron is shown men or Indian, fortified mainly by cc- mainly by the breaking Good iron wl.i.-h thev chewed durins the game breaks piece of good spruce tim- swallowing the saliva. One day, dur ing which the heat of the sun was at IJ0 degrees Fahrenheit, though their antagonists, mechanics and tradesmen of sturdy build, were utterly exhaust- j ed before the game was nnisnea, tne former seemed as frea from fatigue as j ifa ..i.iof ..ti.m i : w. . ....... fe. upon the heart, and it is believed l7 some, at least, that it is name io me same objection as other powerful nar- cotics. A French writer affirms that when long used in excess, it affects the brain, and ultimately induces imbecil ity. A Cunning Artisan. Xo bird, or other animal, not even man himself, can excel the beautiful workmanship of the tiny little creature known as the "brickmaker," w hich is scarcely visible to the naked eye. By the use of the microscope it has been discovered that she not only builds her bouse, but manufactures her own brick, and lays them up, one by one, with no workmen to assist. The house Is usu ally attached to some water-plant; but they sometimes anchor their dwellings j to the parent-house. When tbe animal is resting or is in any way disturbed, she settles down In the lower part of j the tube; but when all is quiet and she is in good working condition, with no nursery of joung ones around her, she is pretty sure to reward us with the sight ol her four beautiful wheels which she sets in rapid motion, thus forming a swift'eurrent which brings the food and tee material f r the brick close to her head; and she has the power of se lection, for she often rejects particles brought to her mouth. The apparatus for moulding the brick is within the body. The material is brought through the action of the wheels to a small opening, where it passes down to the apparatus, which is in rapid, whirling motion, soldering the particle together until they become, seemingly, a solid ball ; now she ejects the brick from Its mould, bends her head over, and se curely places It on top of the structure. It takes her about three minutes to manufacture each brick. Never pick the teeth or clean the nails in company. Man is mvle tier upon tier of fac ulties, the nature of every one of which points toward happiness. Xever 'answer questions In general company that have been put to others. "Have yon cologne?" she asked. "Xo, ma'am," replied the druggist. "I have no scents at all. She said he didn't look as though he had. SCIENTIFIC. . utoiogw, u ... ,,.., alike have hitherto been baffled in their "1. an ,.tiaotorv kind ty of our glow, u s iiore "K t"' ..'- " erpool has lately contributed to the Koyal Society a verv suggestive paper, in which he endeavors to grapple with the question by employing the lime stone rocks of the earth's crust as an index ol ecological time. Limestones ' i. - t ... tn .'mi rou r tTirmurirtii from over 1()e reaa of the ocean bottom at lne present day Is sufficiently attested ! bv the recent soundings of theCliallen- I mate, the sedimentary crust of the ; ,g Rt ejt on(J n)e , .verag(. 1 actual thickness, of which probably ; one-tenth consists of calcareous matter. j la seeking the origin of this calcare- . . . . n ....(... i r la jumAl thar thnrim. . ,t,ve rockg of tbe orjgi,ial cnlst were of : the nature of granitic or basaltic rocks. ;Bv the disintegration of epch rocks, I to be on an average aoout a.ti parts in ! 100.000 parts of water. It is further as- .... 1 , . sumed that the exposed areas of igneous rocks, taking an average throughout slj geological time, will bear to the ex i posures of sedimentary rocks a ratio of i about one to nine. From these and other data Mr. Keade concludes that 1 the elimination of the calcareous inat- ler nuW found n , the ge,.jim,rJt,ry i gtrata must have occupied at least 600,' 000,000 of years. This, therefore, rep- resents the minimum age of the world The author inters the formation of the Liurentian. Cambrian and Silurian . traW ,iave occupied about 200, oco 000 0f years; the old red sandstone. f wbonilcrious, and the poikilitic i systems, another 200,000.000; and all , the other strata me remaining u.uuu,. 000. Mr. Koade is, therelore, ltd to be I it has been ample to allow for all the changes which, on the hypothesis of evolution, have ocenrrtd m tne organ- The following process ot reproducing linear drawing by the aid of photog raphy is said to give excellent results, . Jrlwl nluit be or ooth or Ullcin paper, in order that th light may pa?s through it where tin lines do not occur. Under this cloth ; ooth or tracin!j paper, in order that the light may pa?s through It w here the lines do not occur. Luder this cloili tne nK,t the ferric salt of the sensitive : paper is reduv."ed to ferrous salt, wuicn ; is not effected lv the application of a ; solution of yellow prusslate of pous ' whiie those portions of the Pa,r whl. ,a7e ig,, protected by the lines are colored by the solution naDer. therefore, in a Treating the prussiate hath brings up the drawings iu clear, dark blue lines on a white ground. The sheet of reproduced drawing is well washed in water, ami then all traces 01 the urotosalt of Iron is removed in a bath acidulated with hydrochloric acid. i Color may be applied to the fac-aimile in the uual way As an illustration of the niefeoroloical effect of ocean currents, Mr. .J K Lauton lately called attention in a lec ture to some estimates made by Mr. ("roll of the heating influence of the Gulf Stream. He calculated that the surface water of the North Atlantic, if deprived of the Gulf Stream, would be , reduced to a temperature very lar ueiow ' the ireezing point, and that the heat which this great current disperses into the air ahove it. it c -inverted into pow er, would be qual to the horse-power . r of 400 OtO.OUO oi the largest Iron-ctaa menor-war. It is this heat w hich, carried over the northwest of Europe, makes there green nehls ami op. n nar "O during the winter, while iu I.at- .buried wUh gnow anJ the harbors ; blocked with Ice. The most certain test tf the goodness ber; bad iron will break like a carrot, it snaps in two. For the joining of belts, good lice leather, if properly used, being soft and t nlinldA will itlvura trivt hpTror ftntl a- (nij,!, thiin any" patent fasteuing or hooks wh.ch have yet been Invented, In many instances, the tearing out of lace holes is often unjustly attributed to poor belting, when, in reality, the fau"Ues ,n haVing a belt too short and trvjn(f t0 orce n together by lacing, and the more the leather has been stretched while being manufactured, the more liable it is to be complained of. From experiments made upon oak and other forts of wood, it is.loundthat their strength is proportioned to their density and weight; that of two pieces of the same species of wood, of the same dimensions, the heavier is generally the strotigej. Litcntninic Benefit. When I boarded the train at New York, a man said to me : "Big thing this telegraph." "Yes," I said, "it waa big as a grape vine." "Xo jqjting," he said. "I came to Xew Y'ork, oue hundred miles out of my way to see a man. When I got here, I went to St. Xicholas, and when I got ready to go out ana see my man, oy .jocks, stranger, I had lost his address, and by George, I couldu t think of his first name even. And his last name was only Johnson. Easy name to hunt for, eh ? I was left. You know what it is to find any body In Xew York when you don't know their address. It is worse than finding an honest man. Well, this man was a new comer here; name wasn't in the directory. I asked questions until I made a fool of my sell. "Then I said to the telegraph opera tor at the St. Xicholas : " 'It'll keep me here a week. I've got to write clear to St. Louis to get tbe man's address.' " "'Telegraph, " the operator said. "Well, I never thought of that before. I wrote a dispatch right away : " 'To Cottit & Keapit, brokers, St. Louis What is our man Johnson first name, and what's his address?'" "And in due course the answer came back: " 'James P., St. Nicholas hotel.' " "What you think of that, stranger t I went to the clerk and said : Is Mr. James P. Johnson in his room?'" "That is Mr. James P. Johnson,' said the clerk. "Tbe man, stranger, was standing beside tne, waiting for me to move so that he could speak to the clerk. And I bad just sent one thousand and sixty four miles to find where be was. Fun ny, stranger, wasn't It?" AGRICULTURE. Clover Skf.dwo. At this time I can scarcely believe any one desires to dispute tbe value of red clover as an important manurial agent in enricning worn-out land : in fact I consider it the cheapest fertilizer a farmer can apply to bis land, especially in sucn land as 14 suitable to growth. When clover seed Liav be obtained as at present, for only about $4 50 per bushel, every farmer should plan to seed down as many acres as possible during the coming spring, since it seems hardly probaole that so low a figure will be reached again for seed in several years, especially it the ravages of the insect working in the seeds of clover should be widespread and as destructive as was the case in this section during the past summer and autumn. Many farmers have an idea that clover should be sown only upon fall-sown wheat or rye. This is a wrong impression, as I havs seen equally as good catches when sown with oats, spring wheat and barley. When intending to seed with spring grain, a less quantity of the grain should be sown, and if the ground Is mellow, sow the clover and go over with a Thomas or brush harrow after drilling. If in the buckwheat grow ing section, sow the clover on previous to the last harrowing, and as the buck wheat will afford the young clover a good shade from the heat of the sun. its growth will be rapid and satisfac tory. Swf.i.i.ep Lecs ix Horses. Partial or local debility is generally the cause of horses' legs swelling over night in the stable. When swelled legs occur in a horse that is thin and impoverished, de bility must be counteracted to promote a cure, bv feeding somewhat liberally. it is aided also by giving tonics, such as half a drachm of powdered sulphate of iron, and two drachms or powdered gentian root, mixed in the food once daily. Smart hand-rubbing and ban daging should be employed, for which puriose strong woolen cloths of any kind may lie made use of, but flannel forms the best bandage, when evenly and firmly applied by means of a roller tour yards 111 length, and tour inches in breadth. Such a bandage may be applied every evening, as long as need ed. ts application should always De preceded by smart friction of the limbs, and instead of fastening them with strings it is better to use strong pins. The Scarcity or QrixcKS. Wi'hin a few years past quince trees have been attacked by a worm, just under the surface of the ground, somewhat similar in apiearance and in its effects to the peach worm, and not being pro perly attended to and the worms remov ed, the trees have generally died, and the fruit accordingly disappeared from all our markets. The quince can be just as successfully grown as the peach, if a little care is taken to head oil' its principal enemy, the worm at the root, which requires but little time ami trouble each Spring and Fall in remov ing the earth from around the stem of the tree, probe for the grub 111 his hole in the bark with a stiff w ire, and filling up around the tree w ith wood ashes or slacked lime. The cheap gaslime, from the gas-works, is a verv effectual reme dy lor worms in ieach trees, and it would no doubt answer the same pur pose around the quince. Markim; SiiKi.i-. This is Ik-si done with Venetian red, a cheap paint, only a few cents a pound, and one ponnd will mark a thousand. Take a pinch of dry powder and draw the enclosing thumb and fingers through the wool, and draw a bright red mark that the rains w ill never wash out, and w hich, without injuring the wool, will endure from one shearing to another, w hile it can be readily cleansed out by the manufacturer. To keep animals in good condition or increasing in weight, should be the object of every farmer during the w in ter season, 'to permit a loss of weight after the summer's feeding Is to waste the food both winter and summer. It costs more to get an animal lat than to keep it lat. Parsnips; are used very mueh in France lor fattening meat cattle and hogs. Steaming or boiling them is strongly recommended, especially for swine and poultry. Grass land is very much improved by the consumption of oil cake, grain and feeding stutl's rich in nitrogenous substances. As soon as the teeth begin to fail the animal whatever it may be is past a profitable age. Sheep go down hill fast. Weed oat the flocks, and keep only thrifty sheep over the w inter. Us Was a Diplomat. A very. tall man wUh sandy chin whiskers entered the door. The car was full, and the seat unoccupied by two persons was filled with a valise, a bundle, a shawl and a thin woman of thirty-five, with the latest style of red hair and false teeth. The man -villi the sandy whiskers, feeling a systematic bond drawing him toward the woman's red hair, touched her on the shoulder and said : "Is this seat engaged ?" "Yes, it is," snapped the woman, swelling up in the seat, that the man might observe no possible room. "Ah ?" murmured the man, in a pleas ant tone. 1 hen he went and stood by the stove and mused for awhile. Pres ently he returned to the scene of his rebuff, and leaning on tbe arm of the seat, said softly : "I beg youi paidon, madam, but as I was standing by the stove, your feat ures struck me familiarly. Did you ever attend a Presidential reception at Washington." "Xo, I never did," replied the wo mnn, but in a milder voice than she had at first assumed. "Then you will please pardon me," said the man, with an apologetic air; "the mistake was occasioned by your close resemblance to a young lady f rom Philadelphia, who made her debut that season, and whom I had the pleasure of .meeting. She was considered tbe belle of the season." "Xo I never was in Washington," remarked the woman, in a mollified tone. "It is strange how much you resem ble the lady in question," pursued the man. "The hair is the same golden hue, and while her features may not have been so clear cut and Grecian in their but there, excuse me, I am an noying you," and the tall man started away. "Dan't hurry," said the woman, pleasantly. "There doesn't appear to be many empty seats; won't you sit here ?" And she picked up her numer ous baggage. The man with the sandy whiskers didn't know, but finally accepted the invitation, and in an incredibly brief space of time had the valise and bundle in the rack above, the shawl tucked around the window to exclude the draft, and was regaling tbe red-headed wo man with a choice collection of anec dotes, that kept her laughing till the passengers could see her false teeth. Xever appear to notice a scar, defor mity or defect of any one present. domestic: Some Foreign Dishes. Let us first take up a most inviting dinner dish popular in Germany and called nack Braten. Take two pounds 01 beef (too round) and one pound of pork, and chop them together so finely that they make a smooth mass. Soak in water two slices of dry bread and press them dry. Add four eggs, half a pound of butter, work in dry, one tablespoonful of water; and pepper, salt, nutmeg, and the grated rind of one lemon, to taste. The w hole must be mixed to gether thoroughly and formed into the shape of a loaf. Put a piece of butter over the top and bake for one hour in a quick oven. Put no water in the pan nor ill the gravy that drops from the meat. This dish is at once delicate and satisfying, and when brought to the table "the savory brown loaf has a very appetizing look and odor. The vegeta bles that should be served with it are mashed potatoes and stewed tomatoes. Another excellent German dish is of a dainty sort of meat balls, called Friea delln. '1 his is an economical dish, for any bits 01 meat left over from a pre vious roast can be used, added to some fresh meat. Any sort of meat may be used. It should be chopped exceedingly fine and mixed thoroughly with sail, pepper, dry bread, soaked and squeezed, and a tiny bit ol grated nutmeg. Some meat broth or gravy of any kind must be added to keep it moist. Form the mixture with the bands into egg shaied balls or finger long rolls, roll them in bread crumbs, and fry quickly in hot butter. If cooked too long flesh meat meat becomes dry. If beef is used for the fricadelln it should always be cut from the lop round. A third delicate dish, ami one which, like the two others, will please those who sometimes tire ol roast, is partly rench and partly German, and may be called, for want of a belter name, Beef Kolls. Cut a large, thick piece of rump steak into long slices, perhaps three eighths ot an inch thick. Koll them up, tie them with a thread or string, and fry them brown in a little hot butter. Then make a good brown sauce or gravy, add to It pepper, salt, vinegar and spices to taste with a few cajters, and let the beef roils cook in it lor a few minutes until thoroughly seasoned. Put with these at the same time into the gravy a few olives which have first been stoned. Take the strings off the rolls and serve ou a blatter with the gravy poured around them; there must above all be plenty of this sauce or gravy. Keep tbeDwei.li.no Dry. A warm and dry atmosphere is not unwhole some, but when cloudy or rainy weather brings a sultry air which dampens everything around us, the at mosphere may be loaded with the germs of disea. and fire is needed to destroy them. The walls, the ceilings and floors of apartments should never be alloweJ to become damp. Some times, when the warmth ot the air is oppressive, fire is more necessary to preserve health than it is at another season to protect us from the warmth of winter; and the rooms of a dwelling should never be left w ithout the means of warming and drying. Investigations have show 11 that some of the imt fatal diseases are caused by the germs of vegetable and animal Hie, and that a humid atmo.-phere is most favorable to their propagation. It is, therefore, neglecting not to avail ourselves of the great discoveries of the age, and failing to protect ourselves from scourges which so fearfully alllict families, when we ignore the danger around us. Apartments exposed to the full action of the sun, may be less comfortable iu hot weather than those from" which the sun's rays are excluded, but they are more wholesome, and w hen contagious diseases prevail in closely built cilies.it is found that the inmates of houses on that side of the street exposed to the sun, are lessjiable to be attacked ; while the greatest number ol sick are always found w here there is the least exosure to the great disiufector the sun. The Greatest Blessisj. A simple, pure, harmless remedy, that cures every time, and prevents disease by keeping the blood pure, stomach regular, kid neys and liver active, is the greatest blessing ever conferred upon man. H p Bitters is that remedy, and its proprie tors are being blessed by thousands who have been saved and cured by it. Will you try it? See another column. To Cook Beans. The usual way people cook beans is to parboil them, put them in a kettle or pan, set them in the oven to bake with apiece of fat pork in them. The grease oozes out into the beans, causing a most unwhole some and indigestible mass, destroying the flavor of the beans. The method for cooking them (which all who have tried pronounce excellent) isas follows: Parboil as usual, salt to suit the taste, then put them in a pan and place in the oven to bake, putting iu a piece of good sweet butter the size of a butter nut will do. Bake until tender and nicely bi owned over on top. Beans are very nutritious, and cooked in this way are palatable, digestible, and can be eaten by any one. If you w ant the pork, cook it in a dish by itself. To Jt'DflK Sii.km. There are two ways to judge siiks. Note the closeness and evenness of the rib, and hold it to the light to judge the better of this. That shows the texture. Then crush the material in the hand and release it suddenly. Notise if it springs out quickly; that is the verve, and should leave i.o crease behind. The quality of the silk is the softest in the world, and often wanting in stiffness in appearance. The Bengal silk is the poorest, and de ficient in verve. And, again, there is a great deal of silk manufactured w hich is adulterated with a material called jute, which is interwoven in the fibre ot the silk, in is manufacture win De found very deficient in verve. It is a silk which, if wetted, stiffens almost like paper. Boilino Fresh Fisn. All fresh fish or fresh meats must be put into boiling water; salt lish or salt meats into cold water. Before putting in the fish throw in about two L-thlespoonsluI of salt for a large fish, and a w ine-gla-s of vinegar. This secures the best flavor of fish, and the vinegar does not affect the taste at all. The water must be boiling w hen the fi-h is laid in, but after that it must only sim mer. Never boil fish. It is done when it begins to crack or cleave apart from under the gills, if a whole fiVh ; if onlv a part of a fish it will, when done, spring off a little from the backbone. Don t let it cook a minute longer alter that. Clothes last longer when washed with Dobbins'. Electric Soap, (made by Cragin Co.. Philat'elDhia.) becau.-e no rubbing is needed. Clothes are worn out more on the washboard than on the person. Try it. Ix Saxoxt the farmers manufacture yery good cheese from small partis of milk by addition ot potatoes. The po tatoes are cooked, then mashed, and to eight pounds of potatoes two quarts of thick sour milk are added, Salt is added, tnen kneaded the same as bread dough. In four days it receives another kneading, and is separated into balls of four pounds each, pressed with the hand as compact as possible into small baskets, and dried in summer in the shade; in winter by the fire. When thoroughly dry the cheese is put into tin cans, sealed up, and set by for use, in a cool dry place. A cold sstxs a su affair. Most people neglect IU W bo n.in.is tl Yet a ( old mar turn .0 Consumption, and then follows almost certain deaib. Take a cold in time, to n: that is, take Dr. I). Jaynes's Expectorant, the well known standard r medy for 1 oik lis, ("old-., t"on snmptkin, Asibma, Bronchitis, and all Pulmo nary Complaint, and your eo d wiU disappear, as well as all sfpiebenaion. of danger. HUMOROUS. Tt. niher day. Mayor of wsuu.-.- "JVir. and while Bijah was dusting off -hairs nd growling aoou w - ltro next winter, in .-. ------- dueed himself as Mayor or Bangor. He spit all over the stove hearth and sa a he had olten heard ot Bijh. rui'bed his muddy leet agaiusi ... board and observed that he had come live hundred miles out of his way on purpose to shake the old janitor s hand, lie had some three-cent cigars and! wasn't long before he made such a goou impression that Bijah lent him six dol lars. He -was to pay it back that eve- k... u-i.n h was walked In, about ten o'clock, druni as a sea cap tain, he had nothing leu. eveu Mayor of Bangor any longer, on the contrary, he gave his "ie Timothy U Uale. and said he had been in the soap busiuess in Buffalo. Bijan sat down in front of him and tried to convince him that he was a liar, horse thief, swindler and iuiposter. but the "late Mayor" had his own ideas ana couldn't be argued out of them. "I'll have vou sent up for ten thous and years!" was the oft-repeated threat of the old janitor, and even when court ojiened he wouldn't knock off but one thousand years from the im pending sentence. When he stepped foi ward to be sw orn the Court Inquired : "Mr. Joy, have you been natural ized ?" " Naturalized ! Why, I was born in this country !" " Were, eh ? Have you ever been con victed of conspiracy against the gov ernment?" "Never!" "Do you know the nature of an oath ?" Bijah swallwed three or four tunes and be said he thought he did. " Well, then, go ahead, but don t wring iu anything about Mexico. I want a plain statement of facts facts. Mr.Jov." Bijah was very red in the face as he began his story. When he was through the prisoner turned and denied that he borrowed six dollars, or that he claimed to be the Mayor of Bangor, and he ap pealed to the court to know if the testi mony of a man with such a phiz on him was any better than a prisoner statement. From the evidence pet in I cannot tell whether the prisoner passed him self off" as the Mayor of Bangor, or whether Bijah passed himself otl as May or of Detroit," said the Court, and he gave Timothy thirty days for being drunk. Bijah fell back with his knees as lim ber as a clothes-line after a four weeks' drought, ami he was heard to observe that he would resign his situation that very morning if he didn't expect some relatives from Chicago. A 1 too 11 to Humanity is anything t .at will eae pain, and a pnblir benehwtor one who i lle to leliere human ailmentM. The mont painful of all bodily ills u surely piles, autl such bu been the ausnrd, enipir.cal barbarous treatment ot this terrible iliwut tor 300U years that Hcieublic men began to despair, and a'uiotinguiautd modern surgeon h pronounced it the "opprobimm of the profetwiou." Alll.cteJ millions tortured with pain and deceived by the falne pretensions of pile nostrums, cried ont in the lanuape of the lii bio: "Who in Una that dvkenetbcojunel by w.irda without knowledge: canat thou draw out a Leviathan with a book?" Dr. ttiltibee in a beuefactor and Anakeaia. the ttreat infallible pile remedy, the most beuericeut discovery of the age; a simple, safe, prompt and permanent cure for this terrible, puuful ami heretofore almost incurable disease. Half a million suf ferera pronounce it infa.lible: none use it w.thont beuent, and doctors of all medical schools now preoc-r.be it It is the discovery of a scientific chemist and practicing physician after 46 yem' experience, mud prououui.-ed to be the nearest to an infallible remedy known. Amikifi. Dr. 8. Siilsbeen External I'lie lie mi dv is sold by all tirst-ciax dru.'Kints. Price T 1 00 per box. Samples mailed free to all suf ferers on application to P. Neustaedter & Co., L'ox 3140 New York. A Xkw F.tr.v. Headers of The Ilmr are posted 011 the fact that Bijah's farm, in the rear of the Central Station, was not a success last year. He expended T-J7 in cash for seeds and extra work, and the income footed up four string beans, a dandelion, and about a dozen old paper collars. The Police Commis sioners have kindly offered him the use of the same ground this year, the old janitor has planned to turn it into a park ror the beuent or the city poor, it is to be called " I'oor Folks' i'aradise," and plans are already out for a fish pond wl.are poor, sad boys can always he sure ol a bite: a gondola for babies with the measles to ride in; seven benches on which men can sit and smoke as the sun slowly sinks away; a base-ball grounds, and various other matters of interest. Admission to this park will be free, and it will be open all day and all night, the same as a drug store. Any one found throwing cats into this park from neighboring windows will be dealt with as their crimes deserve. If the public desire to contribute stone dogs, vases or old relics, they w ill be set up as ornaments, and carefully treasured. If a bank officer would look at a burglar with a bag of tools as severely as lie docs at a poor man with a small check, many robberies might be pre vented. A license is necessary both in mar riage and in selling liiiuors. This is because they are at first intoxica'ing, and afterwards likely to result in a light." A Missorru woman keeps up a bar in her house lor her husband to patronize and in this way keeping him at home, besides getting all his money. A Coi.t'Miics man says he started thirty years ago to make Tl,4tK),(XM). He has got the fourteen, but the ciphers bother him. A max never fully realizes to what extent he is dependent usn others until at the barbershop he was waited patiently for an hour and a half for his turn. A commercial advertisement for "a man to travel," was answered by a tramp, lie said he was used to the business. A ladv, joking about her nose, said: " I had nothing to do in shaping it. It was a birthday present." " What is one man's food is another man's poison," hut that rule won't work both ways. Teach fr : " What kind of a verb Is love?" Young ladv pupil: Fint- night verb." It has been said that figures will not lie, and yet almost anyone can set them down. What sort of a voice has the vrnl.or- womau ? Why, soap-rano, of course. Thk oecunant cf a villa Is not iipws. sarily a villain. A seaside invocation " Let us spray. Tne Value of Tisne. As in a 8re the loss greatly depem's upon the time required for efficient aid to arrive, so the result of catarrh greatly depends upon the speedy use of efficient remedies. For over a quarter of a century, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been the standard remedy. The positive cures it has effected are numbered by thousands. Each year has witnessed an increased sale. Its repu tation is the result of superior merit. If the disease has extended to the throat or lungs, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery should be used with the Ca tarrh Remedy. These two medicines will speedily cure the most stubborn case of eatarrh. See tbe People's Com mon Sense Medical Adviser, a work of over 900 pages. Price, $ I 50. Address the author, R, V. Pierce. M. D., Buf falo, N. Y. I. , -rld iudge us by Men 01 mo . . ' 'Th:r;.eWhno bones, but the rparnin youth than rrUst't of beauty which -iil.n mathematics- Stlmlte th. Sln1 Kldneya. In Edition UfU tonic Zg2l true.. HoatMUrt iSta- "d" benencial influence upon W 1 bladder, when e.'DVu8 reope ting them to renewed IrUa- of im- der themeeive. are b'"lT pre etunulna, a. toir macuvi F limiuarv to tbe.r disease mr;31 tber Tb ata ' ""tSToni T inriirora poruona of ? " "T , 7 .. . hv h furthermore bowels and liver. Irrorr aa, """"iP HoorLA-w' Gaam Brrraaa. WraML we-rame. mrmm. E. F Ktmkel. Worm Syrup never H' reS m.nm tMches if Tape Worm can om cJbe readdy Vu at office and store, free. The doctorcan IT whMhVrl not th. patient has worni. do not know it. Fit epaam cramt, cbok Ed suffocation. Ulo- complexion, ore'e. Sound tba eye .-ellin and ria m the sumach, restless at nibt. grinding of the tXpiclluTg.tthe ,ueJUUpt talat ihe sea', headache, fonl breath, the p tTent erows pale and thin, tickling and irnta uon r".f.nu-aU these PE more, come from worm i- - Kc nSvaor neve, ft t remove them. Fnce. tl per 1 ottle. or six bottles for tS-Wi. FoTapeWorm wnte and consult the doctor.) FoTaU others, buy of your dmsgw u, the Worm Syruo. and if he baa it not eend to Ua. F 59 X. N-nt Philadelphia. rJ'iSiZZv mad. T-5 "" threes E. f Ka-kel-a Bitter Wlaeef Ir Has never been known to fail m the cure o. weaknena attended with symptom, of odu.po ition to exertion, k of memorv. d.fli.-uUT m breathing, weakness, horror of di nervous frembang, dreadful horror of death. n,gl.t.weats. cold feet, weakness, dimnese of vision, languor, universal lass tnde of the muscular .tem enora-ous appetite with dys peptic vmptoi-s. Hot hands, flushing of the bodT. drvness of the skin, pallid countenance and erupuona on the face, panly.ng the blood, pain in the back, heaviness in the eye hds. frequent black spots flyt .g before the even, with suffusion and loss of eight, want or attention, 4a Sold on y in 1 0 . bottl. or .bVforiOO. Ask forE.F. Kunkel. bitter Wine of Iron and take no other. Ask tout druggist, and if be has it not. send to Proprietor. E. F. Knnkel, Jio. 259 North Ninth s reet. Phila- lelpnia. Pa. Advice free; enclose tbtee-ceut stamp. HrRsKcix'a Tetter Ointment will cure Sore Erelids. Sore Nose, Barber's Itch on the face, or Grocers Itch on the bands. It never fails. 50 cents per box, sent by mad for 60 centa. Johnston. Hollowav A Co.. 602 Arch St., Phil a.. Pa. RIIErMATISTT. This dreadful disease, the doctors tell OS, la b the blood, and believing th s to be true, ws advise every sufferer to try Durang's Khen matie Bemsdy. II is taken internally and positively cures the worst esse in the shortest bold by every Druggist in town. Rieseklx's Trrrea Oistthest will cure all scabby or scaly diseases of the skin. Thm anflwering an Advertisement will eonfera favor upon the Advertiser nl tli HubltiUier by ntatinKthmt theyititwthe adver t.emenc In thin JouraaMnamtnc the paper). XEW MUSIC BOOKS" THE GOSPEL OF JOY. By Rev. Smsal Ahms anil S. it. Se. rk. A book rf si tat i SiStv. l-eing tn stieet "The li e I in tuii . f g.KMt (. with tn- bit of i-w hy-iii.a and u.tlrdti. nia it f.T th m. in frs aud..sr!j isauy Wau lut u. ( .euta.) THE SUIXIXG HITER, m nail nf th- pnrmt nd wt1tof Sand? r?chool S.ng Bovk,iJ6 cutt). LxAiuiu it I GE3IS OF EXGLISII SOXG, In one or th Krnkn of th Home MmHcitf 11 prry. vhich ciit..ii n- mry mil the good Sh -ei 1i tc -r patmnhvti. Fnil of th bvM domta. 2St p.gf itf busvrOa. J.UOctott,. P.nofArA continue in .rreat demand, St 00 for lilidlUIU o ft) copy compete. 75 enn f-T 1 ni tram' ml e.rrar tn tit. THK HR4 Ltik.!i,T fcUw cuailet. i qim1. gul, at same price. The Musical Record ?r.; crmnd fir- rnlstttoii.eviid i a rpl-l Weekly Music! Paper, I .U l per yenr)i etvfor Binuitj copy, containing 3t cnta Wvttu ol' auic Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston. J. E. DITWA A fO 3 t-hratamt St Fhllav. JOHN WANAMAKER The most tboroagb organization in America for executing written orders Is tne Hall Depart ment for samples ar.d supplies at tne Grand Depot, the great Dry Goods and Outfitting- Es tablishment Of JOH5 WANAMASER. Btqntata for samples and ordtrs for goods ara at tnalM to with th swat thorough pro aMnsas and precision. Hothinc sent oat snlest believed to be jnvt what to wanted, bat if not astUfact.rT 1 cluwv fully xchaiiffed or Boner tsfnnded. ETISITHIIfO IN Sirknand Velreta. Preftfl liuAfta. rmlerwear. forget . etc. Luiiea' a Children p Shoes Monmins (ioMs. Luliey A Cuil.jres.Snila.Knl.berU nla. Trnk.."ete ? f ""': l i'iene. Flannel.. .i.lhis u woooa-ten. Ifc.r C...thin. H .ervan.l blov.s. ;.,,t.- rnnianin hit. G..O.I. and Lares. Men a and B..T Hats. V.lh.n.. K-pbrrs. etc. Mationerj a Sil,vrare uV. V t Kn,or"'dvies. IIoum Inrni.h.ns liwla. i 1-th. an.t oak.r.gs. Toja and bum. I ura atd Millinery. r!,1 ,rar or " or price, of anv Ihmf deeired. Begister all tettsrseosiainins money. Manr Barsaina may bs tats, d sow. bstweena suna. Addrssa JOHN WANAMAKER, GRAXD DEPOT, PHUUADELPH ia. The Largest Dry Goods and Outfitting- Douse lltfJ& CURES wt:.a svnnii.V ...... .. .. . . sr.. Mnsra was bars assd this Trsatemti 22? 1 se.1 wtaa saatry .ISS llMSMsavaat sa,. rnrr PHILADELPHIARECORD. TlIE CHEAVEST AND LARGEST DAILY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER I TIIETjyiTEp STATES. IT rUBLlSUES A FULL REPORT OASSOCIATED press NEWS. T TUBLISHES Comp-oto cna .-.courato Market Reports. THE RECORD. Philadelphia. NICHOLS, SHEPARO & CO., n.Mla C?rsaT. Mich. ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE VlBBATOR THRESH1KG MACHINERY. utrt.-iviSrs STEe- Jm KAIV. Ralaen will est nhmlt ts tHs . a itwl mm ta. slUrreasi. M m-. . . rfSZ TI-Ur. Mil, Ckr. 1 IU. iv T.oro.rh Wsramablp. Etoaat MABVFLOrs fhr Simplirilv sr Parts, sals l,".Utt--a' theu cue an Geara. Ixs Cfeaa Worn. UA se UUerlni. r ScaUCTiaaa, rol l Siir sf Separator. SadV. RaBrins eS tUn r"r a mmltm. rOB Psrtlrslast. fall ss ssr Deslers jt aril. aa b iil."fc Clre-r. Muck aaaau avs. HOP BITTERS. A aiedlrlne, sot a. Jrisiu) eoa-TArars HOPS, atrCHC. BMHOIUKaV DAXDELIO. Lamb ism Tikes t am Best Mzdicai QDaumsj or alt, cm an Bittsss. X'J 1 H V OTXXHJ A3 Disease, of U Stomach. Bowela. Blood. Ltver ISMneys. and Urinary Ortaaa. Set ws isn est, latsepj sad asperJaUr Jamais CemDlalaia. f- S10OO IX COLD. Irt Ul be paJ3 for a case IheywHT not cars or he!p. or for anything lm"urs or Injiu ksia foond ts them. .Aak roar drag-tfat for Bop Bitters sad try tbeirjS before job sleep. Take ss scbsr. fncs-Cocoa Crisis the wertest, safest and basil am uuiares rThe Hen Vir for Sroznerh. ijvwr snd Ktneys baj saswri.ru aiiotoera, fi a l-T"gPT'Si 1. 1 C. fa an abaolnts and ft i ratal roha eusa vm surouatoeav, use or opium, tobacco aos. EQwS Send for circular. Mltoi1dTSiai la "T T r t DR. M.W- CASE'S Liver Remedy BLOOD PURIFIER Io Tonie. Cordial. Anti-Blttons. Ct'DlTQ luvuC'onrLAi:T.BntccsEaa.HBAB Ufttd acne. 81.-K licasacas. Nbcsalou, )IV(M AND A.JCS. PH.F5TAT1.X. C"SCMrTIOM, DYSPEPSIA t-.-i mlt lnm-T9 of the Ploairh, I.trvis ! KlaMtwi. It bUAMl D Ul BTSUOal. i I .eMMlt tO UlA dueai u t nckeo. fflTe i in. nor latvi xhm Mtaia eua aut'td, aa othe-r m ooaiouivM at. HOW TO BE Artep ytmr irw wcnm mnd jTur blooi pare, and TrATTTJ s-iTirTaT Jf" r?.nr d'?fc n;y av your aix i bula Tina Kmnly X W XV w 9 AS tor-e t DOCTOR. Csaa fn'oi his faVTonta ranc i ! iyoon. caed in ht own ziatdv0 pravcti'- lor over Hi year ttupenor to I kno-sra rtjliitNiirws. tlm mmyty wH- f.L IlKSv'irr AGENTS WANTED 1 0- LTR AOK OI A K V i Ol t K.M ENT! orT-Tvi. t"ni fT Cirmlar indlfrm- to Arrmnux. HOME tttDICTSE CO., Philadelphia. tHold br aii lrnm-M, Omwrtml Btorea. and Arvnta PrirtN 2 .". l.argP Kattl?w kif Lxt B- ii of H itrrfir )ivJ.7a. aWDt by gTpTr'we.ywyeitdi, Trial BetUt fraa AmIl immr UvMMmkmi. far Hw TJTT t? T TT? AC A Kent. anted everywnre JTUAXl XXjJ.0. ta .ell to f.niilir.. h tel. and larre con.umer. : larfest .tock ia the c..nnt. v q.iaii'jr au.l terui. tlie l)-r. r,iinlry arork-erer. h..ul. chII i.r write THK tl.f TEA in" 1-ANY. Jjl Fa.l.m street. ew fork. P.O. Box !. PE R M AN E NT " INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ! CENTENSIAIj GIIOUNDH, SW OPtM EVEBT DAT.aj asratailoa S Cents. Children, 10 Cants. "pis- did .rrsv of EvWMt. fn depai tnieuts of Set efacv. Art. Education. Asricaitors, Hscbanacs. SPECIAL MUSICAL ATTBACTI0S9 DalLi. Also, tne Largest KOLLESKATISa BISK IJt TBE WOBLD. Ores each Weeltay from A. M. bRW..an from to 4.w P. M., and on vi ednesdsy sad Saiar aay veumsa from 7 to 1J3I e'clotk. IHB BUILPISO IS HKATID. lnltU.rkM-b.lw4 l.uuol. )!aUuhek M-u.e It.r fuiurea flue.t us r.shta in America I2.I.U tn ne Pian.4 tJ-S. aent on trial al.lneoe Iree. M 1 D E La - suss riAAo Col. 21 B. UU. btreat. .S. i. tSTAKLISOED lSlS. MORGAN & IIEADLY, Importers of Diamonds AND Kannfictiirers of Spectacles. IS S AS SOS Street, Fnilatdelphla. lUnstrated Price List seat to the trad on application. c ut 1m A.-u L. s .imr y .i 1. o per ruoulil -.Vr"''.''','.""''"-"''"""1 "'oa-llour bamnl. free. A dlres..n, A f o u!T IW RISTOBt Olir Wp;torn Rnr-A- ATjompIetoand Graphic Uiatory f aaSri-- P. seer Life, w.tk fnli Jcc.s.. f2J ATT"" ,U- m, AdVta Ca.t..it.- Wo" - sclt- ass porta. A beck lr Old H - a--... i iinimn pane. No ".T,0-. I bvtsdnil ss.ais Pa. LANDRETHS" SEEDS . LAjSDRSTH a SONS, ili). HIXTH PHILADKLPHIA. - n