,i iMn v A Majrterl Man's nlisery. A man of forty-five having a wooden leg and the lwik of one who had suffer ed long with the toothache, eat down in the chair vacated by the boy, and a smile of cneouragemcut began : "If matters don't mend pretty soon I'll cither mvrder her or take my own life." "Domestic trouble, I suppose?" qnerried Bijah. "That's it, sir; and I in .getting des perate. I left home thinking I'd jump from the dock ; but 1 hapiened to think of you, and so I thought I'd ask ad vice." -Is the bread heavy?" "Blast the bread! I can eland heavy bread, sloppy tea, raw meat and half-cooked potatoes, but I can't and wou't staud this infernal whining, complaining and jawing around!" "Fellow-traveller along the tow-path of Time's broad gauge canal, I think 1 see the pint. You have been married about two years?" "Xot quite." "You are fifteen tears older than your wile?" . " Yes eighteen ." "You have a wooden leg and she she" She hasn't, but I wish she bad two of 'em !" "She liken good clothes?" "You bet !" "She takes the mad whirl of society flO bonnets, reserved seats at the opera, fS boots, forty button kid gloves and trains ou her dresses?" "She does that's her to a dot !" ex claimed the husband. "And you prefer your home even ing fire, newspaper, snow apples, game of checkers, glass of cider, cat on the hearth, and soon?" "That's the sort o' man 1 am, sir, and she harasses me to death. She's on the trot all day and on the gad all ev ening, and if I remonstrate she says I want to make a slave and a prisoner of her." "Don't you go along with her to the theatre and parlies?" "I used to, but for the last year she's got awful particular about my wooden leg; says the public will think I was shot while stealing chickens." "Does, eh? And you sit home and keep your heels warm by the cook stove while she gallivants?" 'The same, sir, and now what shall I do about it?" Something has got to be did, and that right off. I'll be hanged to Davy Crocket if I put up with it another day ! You are an older man than I am, and you've had three wives to my one, and I'll do just as you ay about it." "Fellow-man, you've been wrong from the begiuuhig," slowly answered Bijah, as he looked out of the window in a weary way. "The man who mar ries a woman only half his age is a d. f. deceived fried cake) at the start. Youth may reverence old age, but love isn't reverence. Youth axd old age don't like their taters "cooked the same way, and the man who says they do is a for jer. They don't see alike, and it's a cat and dog life. Then, again you have a wooden lejj, and you should have married a woman with a slass eye or a broken noe as an ofl'set. In that case neither party has anything to twit the other about. If 1 was to marry again, bald-headed as I am, I should lixik for a lady wearing number ten gloves, and number nine shoes as an offset. Do you love your wife?" Well, to be honest about it, I don't think eitber of us are dying of love." "Then my friend you go home and have a candid talk, divide up the thiugs and part good friends. (Jive her the largest half, throw in s nie small change, and see that she gets safe home to her mother. By and by you can quietly secure a bill of divorce, get on some store clothes, and look out for a j woman of til t v who has the rheumatics so that she can't gad." "That's honest, is it ?" "Honest Injun, if you can't live happy together don't hesitate to live happy apart. No use in any scandal or hard words, but divide up and call it a bad mistake. This killing one's self on account of domestic trouble is all bosh." "That's so, and I'll walk straight home and begin the dividing up busi ness. Thank you Bijah; may your feet never stop growing a a reward for this." When lie had departed l!lj:ili took a short cut through i lie alleys, and pres ently gained a position from whence he could view the house where the man lived. Developments did not tarry. The husband had not been in the house five minutes before he va3 suddenly rushed out again, hat and cane flying, and his share of the things, consisting of three flat-irons, a kettle and two bricks, overtook him Ix-fore lie could dodge. "So young and artless '" mused Bi jah, as he turned away; "and yet that last brick thumped him between the shoulders just as purty as if I'd thrown it mvself !" Ihe Genesis of the MoMmtr. "For Several years past I have no ticed in warm weather that my wooden cistern, which is above ground .has been infested with peculiar looking little red worms. I have heard many other like myself complain of these woruis, and I had taken it for granted that they were a species of earth worm, however, last summer 1 procured a jar and sprinkled toe bottom of it with a very small quantity of sand and day. I then hall filled the jar with clear fresh water, and after putting a dozen of these worms in the jar, I tied a jieceof cloth over the moulh and placed it in a light, airy place. The worms were from half to three fourths of an Inch in length, of a bright red color, and had rather a jointed appearance about the body. They would crawl on the liottom of the jar, swim through the water by a rapid bending of the body backward and forward and occasional ly come up to the surface of tiie water aad float. Within twenty-four hour? after placing them in the jar I noticed they had all gone down to the bottom and had enveloped themselves separate ly in a temporary shell made of earth and sand. In a few days after this, I saw one of these worms urawl out of his temporary house at the bottom of the jar and swim to the surface of the water. Here, after twisting about for a few seconds, he ruptured a thin mem brane that enveloped his body, and came out a full fledged mosquito ready for business. I noticed many of the other worms going through the same performance within a short while af terward. Some "of the mosquitoes were much larger than others, but, as I have already stated, some df the worms were also larger than others." I YOUTH'S COLUMX. A Pa,r liuj .urj. llre is a store. And htre is a window- in t lie si ore. But what do you think Is in the window? Why rabbits ! All as alive as e?i be, and bopping about, in and out. Rtb bit, of all s:ze and colors. 1 wish a little girl that 1 know were here to see them. Ha! I hare an idea! -. - - j I'll ask the man to sell me one, and take it home to her, to surprise her ! t J ii t gf. "Mr. Man, lor how much will you sell me one of your rabbits?" "A quarter apiece lor the smallest ones." "1'ut me up one of the pretty little white ones, with piuk eyes," 1 ay; and am going to add, "and that gray one, too," but forget to say It, because 1 am astonished to see Mr. Man pickup little Bunny by his long ears and drop him, plump, into a square paper-bag 1 "Can he breathe?" 1 inquire; for the top of the bag is twisted together, and tied with twine. I'll fix that!" Mr. Man says, and quickly he dabs two small holes near tue top to let in the air. "Well, well," I think, "this is indeed the age of paper ! I'aper collars, paper cuffs, per hats, paper bags, and even paer handkerchiets! And now they have got so bad that they do live things up in paper for you to carry home just like any other parcel !" 1 wonder if, when a farmer buys a cow, now-a-days, he carries it home tied up in a paper-ba?; or. when Bar- uuiu buys au elephant, he takes it to his menagerie in a huge paper contriv ance like this, only bigger. I walk along and forget Buiiny, I am so ousy wun mese great thoughts, un til he begins to bump and thump around, and make me think that 1 have bought a small earthquake instead of a rahtiit. Maybe he is tired or does not like his narrow quarters. 1 am glad to get home. "Come, little girl, guess what I have for you here in this paper-bag?" How she hops; first on one loot and then on another! But caunot gue.-s, alter all. I did not tell her, because I want to surprise her; but I untie the string, ana untwist the top, turn the bag up and gently shake shake shake. But I am more surprised thau she, for Homing comes! 1 peep in and she peeps in. There he is, clinging tightly and determined not to let go! Staying in that paper-bag so long Las made him feel quae at home in it. At last, out he come?. And while he draws himself up into a frightened, funny, ball, his new mistress, with many squeals and skips of delight, hunts for a basket and pops him into it, and shutting down the cover, scampers off' to show her new treasure to every one in the house. For the Youuuttt 1'outnj Folks. Pink White had a great black and gray cat, which was so dear to her that she would lie down by its side on the grass and let it purr her to sleep. One day Fink found that her old cat had three kits wee, soft balls of things. She was so glad that she took them all in her lap, though she was nearly as small as they. One was pure white, and she gave it the name of "Pearl." One was black, and had the name Coal." while tue last oue was tray and black and white, and took the name spot." one time Spot was lost, and Pink could not find tier lor a whole dav. Pearl and Coal did not purr at all. They felt so sad. And the old cat told them to walk up and down through the house and yard till they found Spot and she would do so too. Piuk cried and cried at the loss of her pet, but could not find it. At night her papa came home, and he went to look lor Spot, lie went up stairs and down-stairs, but she could not be found. Then he took a liirht and he and Pink went out to the barn. l'here they found the pussy. Where, ;d' you think? Why, in the corn-bin, with her wee foot caught in tae rat- trap. How she did mew and mew till they let her out! And how she did purr and purr in Pink's arms! And alter she had been brought back to the house and ted with a nice dish of warm milk, what a romp she had with Coal and Pearl ! When Spot grew up to be a fine, large cat, she caught lots of rats and mice. But the rat-trap in the bam did not catch her, Jack Willanl. Jack Wiilard is only a dog; but I'm sure you will thluk he is a very wise dog, when you read what I am about to tell you. Jack's master has taught him quite a number of tricks; and among them, he has learned to go to the market alone, and buy his own dinner. Many per sons, knowing this, give Jack money; and, as he always trots oil to market, It often happens that be has a large pile ol bones, and eats more meat than is good tor him. Jack's master did not like this, and, fearing that Jack might be made sick, told the market man not to sell him meat moie than once a day, but to take his money and keep it. Jack was very much surprised at Urst, and no doubt thougat the man very naughty and dishonest; but he soon learned that he could get meat lor his money only once each day. Now, what do you think Jack did? A gentleman who was very fond of him watched him one day, and saw him go to the stable yarn, where he dug a hole near the ice-house, and burled the money. The next day Jack had bo money given to him, so he went to the ice-house, and dug up the five-cent piece winch he had hidden and bought nis dinner. Ho has often been watched since then, and always carries his extra; money to the same spot, and never forgets that he has money in his bank. Little Jce's "PUcen on Owls. Wen you come to se 'em close the got cflle big eyes, but wen you feel 'em with your fingers, trtiieli they bites, you find they have only jest got enuf meat to hold ttieir feathers together. Once iheae was a man that thot he would like an owl for a pet, so he tole the bird man to send him the best one in the shop; but wen it was brot home he looked at it and skeweezel it, but it didn't suit. Sj the man rote a letter to the bird man, and said: "Dear sir: 1 take my pen la hand to inform you I'll keep the owl which you sent, tho it ain'; like I wanted, but when it is ded you must make me another, with little eyes, cos I spose these is but Jo. 12's, but If 1 pay you the same for No. 6's mebhy you can afford to put in more owl." Liskinlug at a Funeral. A short time ago, a numlior of people hail assembled at Mr. Barnard's, in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York, to witness the funeral of a child of his who had just died of diphtheria. The people had just got together, and were about to open the services, when the lightning struck the house, passing down the chimney, de molishing the stovepipe, dividing it into two parts. One branch struck Mrs. J. B. Uunger, tearing off both shoes, bumiug a hole in the heel of one stocking, aiid blister ing a place on the foot the size of a silver dollar, and cutting the flesh on the liottom of the other very badly. She was also burned on the lower part of her limbs, and her dress torn to pieces. She was rendered insensible by the shock, and was supposed f( r a time to be dead. She rallied however, and although severely prostrated, is now likely to recover. The dress of another lady w as trji somewhat and other people shocked by the lxilt, but no one was hurt much except Mrs.Munger. The other part of the bolt passed into the room in which the odytof the child lay, and when near the-eelre-pf the room, shivered- the .floor, and'passed through, killing two dogs that were under the floor. - AGRICULTURE. When to Hatch Baxtams. Bantams provided they are all they should be in points and other qualities, axe more desirable the smaller we can get them. They have been obtained by a systema lie course of dwarfing for many years in the. hands ot experienced breeders, To secure hravy, large and growthy fowls we must hatch early and feed liberally to accomplish our object, but with bantams the reverse is the case in almost every particular. They must be hatched late in the batching season, which is usually in July or August, while the system of feeding must not lend toward lorcing, else you will sure ly have overgrown specimens. Give them good care, food and attention, but do not pamper them, and you will have some nice birds, provided you are breeding from good stock ; and the best with these, as wr,h any other stock whatever, Is none too good. Xever set your Bantam eggs under a large hen or you will nave the sorrowrui eiqierieiice of having about nine-tenths of them crushed, or perhaps the other tenth, too. Let the Bantam hen siton the eggs and she will prove to be a good sitter and careful mother, especially if she is a year or more wld. Young ones of these, like young ones of other breeds, are nut as constant as are matured ones. ISantams, especially any of the different varieties of the (James, which are so small, can be left to run with the Coch ins and Brahmas without any fear of mixing. Though they take up such a small span?, they should have separate houses and yards allotted to them, where it is convenient to do so. I iiavk driven and watered horses ever since I was large enough, and never sponged one ami never expect to. and have always given all the water thev would drink: and never hurt a horse by watering, as yet. Horses should never be worked or driven un til too hot to drink all they will, except in cases of emergency, such as going for the doctor, or getting out of the way of the Sheriff. A horse suffers as much from being thirsty as a man, and to de prive him of all the fresh water he Hill drink Is simply cruel when it is so cheap, and when not abused by over driving or overwork, he will not drink enough to hurt him. Some people are coiitir.uailv pottering with their horses giving medicine when not sick, and watering when not dry, and keeping it trom them when they most need it. In taking care of horses a little common sene should be brought into play, the same as m any other Dusiuess. Houses that will Pki.l. What horses sell best? That is the question every breeder of horses should ask him self. The farmer carries on his busi ness to make money. He wants to make it honestly. He wants to raise such crops and such stocks as will com mand ready sale at prices that will pay Ii i in lor the skill and labor and capital that have been employed. It is evident that the horses of good size, good style, that show good breeding, that have good action, will always command a readier sale than horses not possessing these qualities as possible in the stallion. See that the brood mares have these qualities and then you can raise colts that in any market will command fair prices. Size, style, action, soundness, are the main points in sire and dam. Give the offspring fair treatment, and horse raising will prove as renumera- tive as other branches of farming. ASIIKS RKXEFICIAI. to Cattle. One of our substantial subscribers, in a re cent conversation, gave his experience in treating meat stock affected with the habit of eating wood, chewing bones, etc. His cattle were one spring afiect ed in this way; they became thin in flesh, refused to eat hay, and presented a sickly appearance. He put four bush els of leached ashes in his barnyard and threw out to them a shovelful every day. They all ate it with evi dent reiish. Alter turning them out to pasture he put a peck of ashes per week uion the grounil in the pasture. They ate it all up and gnawed off" where it lial been lying. The tattle began to improve, ga.ning flesh and looking bet ter than they had for several years. He now gives one quart of ashes, mixed with the same quantity of salt, to twelve head of cattle, about once a week, and finds it 1 1 agree w ith them wonderfully. Haw ks arc perhaps the most destruc tive Intruders of the poultry-yard, and have, like many human beings, a par tiality for "spring chickens." A cor respondent ot the Indiana Farmer, who says that he has lost on an average seven chicks per day by these depreda tors, adopted the plan of erecting four high posts at the corner of his poultry yard, stretching tine wire between the posts at the rate of eight strands to each Kst. The biids would watch the tempting prey so intently that they would not see the obstruction, and when they make a descent into the yard invariably strike the wire, are thrown back, and immediately heat a hasty retreat. This safeguard is inex pensive and apparently effectual. HorsK plants that look drooping and starved should have the surface soil re moved from the pots and replaced with a top dressing from the compost heap, prepared by mixing it with sufficient sandy loam to make it light and porous, after which it should be sifted. How Ilia Troosere Got Shortened. A certain gentleman purchased a pair of pants a few days ago, which, upon being tried on at home, he found to be too long, That night he remarked to his wife that he wished her to take ofl' about an inch of each leg, w hich would make them the desired length. Being fond of leasing her husband, she told him that she shouldn't do anything of the kind, and he retired without having obtained a promise from her that she would attend to the matter. Soon after he had left for his room, however, she as a matter of course, clipped off the sujierfluous inch, as she had been asked to do. The family is composed of six female members, and each one of the five, who were in adloiniug rooms, heard the dispute between man and wife, and after the latter had taken off the required inch and retired, the old lady, desiring to "keep peace in the family," and not knowing what her daughter-in-law had done, cautiously slipped into the room and cutoffanother Inch. In this way did each of the five ladies, unknown to the other, and all with the praiseworthy object of pre venting any misunderstanding between the couple, clip an inch from the legs of the gentleman's trousers. The fol owing morning, all unconscious of what had taken place during the night, he rolled up his pants in a piece of pa per, and took them to the tailor to be shortened to the desired length. Upon a hasty glance the latter ventured the opinion that they were already short; but the owner insisted that they were fully an inch too long. The tailor bad no more to say, and our friend retired. On the following Saturday he called for the pants and took them borne, and was supremely disgusted at finding that the legs reached only a trifle below the knee. He straightway accused the tailor, but his wife heard him and came to the rescue, explaining that she had taken an inch trom each of the legs, and her acknowledgment was followed by that of each of the other five Iadiesj when it was discovered that altogethe the legs had been shortened to the ex tent of seven inches, SCIENTIFIC. A Scientific Paradox. The very re markable phenomenon of ice and snow forming in the brief space of. few minutes when the temperature indi cated 87 deg. Farenheit. and men were w orking in their shirt sleeves, occurred at the Union Pacific railroad company's transfer depot. Andrew Rosewater, who was near by, was called by the la borers to witness the strange phenom enon, and, if possible, explain it. - To his surprise he observed a large portion of the surface of a barrel of gasoline covered With about half an inch of what appeared to be Ice and snow. To make sure he was not deceived he touched it and really found it cold and frosty matter, in a semi-solid state, re sembling snow in that peculiar half frozen and thawing condition to which the term slush is usually applied. He next took a portion to his lips, and, though cold upon touch, it immediately dissolved into a gaseous vapor, emitting the distasteful odor of kerosene. Mr. Kosewater, who now became consider ably interested in the phenomenon, scraped off' all the formation from the surface. Under it he observed a very fine streak between the staves of the barrel, through which, when it was turned downward or partially Inclined, the gasoline seemed to leak. The men who stood by then informed him that if he turned the barrel so that it would leak, the formation of snow and ice would begin. This he accordingly did, and sure enough, instead of seeing the fluid drop steadily upon the floor, i rapidly formed a coating of frozen mat ter, and in less than five minutes a surface of about eight by six inches was covered with a layer, a quarter of an inch in thickness, ot snow and ice. Mr. Kosewater states that the only the ory upon which he can explain this phenomena is that gasoline, like ether and several other fluids, is of so volatile a nature that upon the slightest expos ure it will vaporize. It is a well-known fact that all substances when changing from a solid to a fluid, or a fluid to a vapor or gaseous condition, consume a certain quantity of heat in so doing. It is thus that the outer surface of the gasoline in dropping forms into vapor, and, in so doing, rapidlp absorbs the heat of the adjoining layer, making it quite cold, and each layer in succes sion, as it evaporates, absorbs in turn the heat of the other layer until so much heat has been absorbed that Ice and snow are formed, it is thus that a spray of ether steadily jKuired against a tin cup full of water will, by the ether's rapid evaporation, absorb so much heat from the water within the cup as to freeze it. -4 h'tt-v in the Florentine Nazione states that a most interesting experi ment was recently made at the Roman Swimming Baths, It would appear that a certain Professor Balsamo' of Lecce, has invented some mechanism by means of which vessels are to be propelled at 'will in any given direction without recourse being had to screw or rudder. The efficiency of this new prnpellor was tested by means of a minature ironclad to which it was applied. Though small, this vessel, constructed by the professor himself, was moJelled on the type of the largest ironclad afloat, and was furnished with furnace, cylinder with piston, steam condenser, etc. The secret ol the new prtqieller is not disclosed, no further clew being given than that its aim is not to allow the course of the vessel to be altered in virtue of the passive re sistance of the surface of the rudder. but in virtue of component motive foices varying according to resultant motion required, thus utilizing nearly the whole live force developed by the engines. Ihe experiment was made in the presence of Admirals Albini and 1 ucci, comnnsioned to report to the ministry of war, as well as of several professors of the Komau University and the heads ol various scientific in stitutes. Eat'simi Cremn b Centrifugal Force. German inventors have for some time been attempting to accomplish the quick separation of cream in fresh milk with the aid of centrifugal ma chines; as the result cf their efforts we may perhaps soon look for quite a revo lution in dairy matters, since what now requires several hours may be as well done in one hour or less. The first attempts were far from successful; but by the latest improvement the cream is diawn oil while the vessel containing it is still In rapid motion instead ol alter stopping it and waiting till the milk had become quiet. The apparatus is made with a capacity of either 100 or 200 quarts; after it has been revolving rapidly lor twenty or thirty minutes, and is still in motion, a quantity of skim milk is allowed to How in ; as the vessel was already full before, the cream is crowded out and escapes through an opening provided lor the puriiose. I bus from (SO to !KJ per cent of the cream may be obtained in this short space of time. We are informed that an American inveutor has been recently working in the same direction, and somewhat on the same plan, and that with ms apparatus he has so completely removed the cream in fifteen minutes that when the skim , milk was set aside for twenty-four hours, hardly any cream was deposited. and that he made butter from the milk within an hour after it was drawn from the cow. A raruish made of Canadian balsam. dissolved In turpentine, supplys a most valuaDle means ot making pner trans parent. The mode by which t lis Is most satisfactorily accomplished is by applying a pretty thin coating of this varnish to the paper so as to permeate it thoroughly, after which it is to be coated on both sidess with a much thicker sample. The ptip-T is kept warm by performing the operation be fore a hot fire, and a third or even a fourth coating may be applied, until the texture of the paper is seen to merge Into a homogeneous translu- cency. Paper prepared according to this process is said to come nearer than any other to tne highest staubard of perfection in transparent paper. Care must be used in making, aa the mater ials are highly inflammable. How sluaviug Originated. The custom oi shaving the beard was enforced by Alexander of Macedon, not for the sake of fashion, but for a practical end. He knew that the sol diers of the Indus, when they encoun tered their foes, had the habit of grasp ing them by the beard, and so he order ed his soldiers to shave. Afterward shaving was practiced in the Macedon ian army, and then among Greek citi zens. The Romans imitated the Greeks in the practice, as they did In many other things, and spread it to the differ ent European nations yet barbaric. In the Middle Ages, at the time of the Renaissance, shaving was introduced. and the habit was retained, though classicism gave place to romanticism, and that in its turn was replaced by realism. The beard was a source of trouble to Feter the Great, who, simul taneously with the introduction of his great reforms in Russia, tried to induce the people to imitate the shaving na tions. This innovation was resisted by his subjects with the utmost persistence and they preferred to pay a heavy fine rather than sutT.r disfigurement, as they believe, of the image of God. To the Russians of olden times the beard was a symbol of liberty. In several countries of "Western Euroje and in the United States the beard was restor ed to honor only about twenty years ago, but even yet a majority of men re spect the custom introduced by Alex ander the Great. ' ' DOMESTIC. Chemicals fob Houstuoiu Uk. It is surprising", considering how many women have ""been instructed in chemistry in school days, to find how few housekeepers make any use o' chemicals in various household pro cesses, Especially is this the case in cleansing processes. The washing of clothes is usually wholly accomplished by rubbing the clothes on the wash board and with no other detergent than soap. The rubbing of the cloth wears them out far more than use, and if housekeepers only knew, or, If know ing, they would take advantage of the fact, that many washing compounds will almost entirely cleanse clothes which are soaked in them over night, and thus almost entirely do away with the labor and wear of the washboard, wash-day might be robbed of half its terrors. Recipes for washing fluids, the principal ingredients of which are soda, ash, ammonia and lime, can be found in nearly every household recipe book, and they are very cheap and harmless. All such washing compounds are useful and convenient for cleaning woodwork, panels and carpets in a house; also in washing dishes and se curing that desideratum ot housekeep ersclean dish-clothes. Ammonia is a simple cheap and harmless chemical and should be bought by the quart and kept in every family. A few drops added to water will cleanse children's hair and make it soft and sweet; it is an admirable disinfectant to remove the odor of perspiration; it will remove grease spots from clothing, and often restore color to stains. Its common and frequent use can not be too fre quently urged. Borax is another chemical that should find common use in every family. For cleansing teeth and sweetening the breath, a few grains of the powder in water is unex celled. It also softens and whitens flannels. Salicylic acid is a perfectly odorless and harmless yet powerful dis infectant, and for many disinfecting uses in the household is invaluable. It is very cheap and convenient in form In these days when to stay various forms of disease is so important, moth ers and housekeepers wouid do well to give study and thought to these things. and to try to make their knowledge ol science practical. It is very encourag ing to note how many women are turn ing their attention to studies in general and applied science. Let us have its benefits exemplified in the household. Mock Ttrtle Sot? p. Take three pounds of the round of veal; put it in four quarts of cold water, let it simmer for two hours; then take out the meat and set it where it will get cold; take two balls of celery root, two medium-sized potatoes, oue small yel low turnip, boil them one-half hour; then put thcin In cold water to cool ; then peel them and chop fine, add them to the broth w hen it is cold enough ; chop one-third of the meat very tine; beat two eggs, add to It; t her thicken with boiled flour about as for bread dough ; drop this in small dumplings; let this boil ten minutes more, then add one tablespoonful of chopped pars ley, one onion chopped fine, one tea- spoonful of pepier, two tablespoonsrul of tomato catsup. To boil flour, tie up the flour in a thick coarse cloth and put it in boiling water, and let boil con stantly for one hour. It will become as hard as chalk. Scrae this for use. It is much better, as it Is entirely free from what is called the raw taste. This soup should be served as soon as cooked, as it will become too thick to be nice. How and W hkp.e to Keep Tmxr.s. Crusts and bits of bread should be kept in an earthen pot, closely covered in a dry, cool place. Keep fresh lard and suet in tin vessels. Keep salt pork fat in glazed earthenware. Keep yeast in wood or earthen. Keep preserves and jellies in glass, or china, or stone-ware. Keep salt in a dry place. Keep meal in a cool, dry place. Keen ice in the cel lar wrapped in flannel. Keep vinegar in wood or glass. Milk. A German paer gives a test for watered milk, which is simplicity itself. A well polished knitt:ng needle is to be dipped into a deep ves sel of milk and Immediately withdrawn in an upright position. If the milk is pure, somu of the fluid will hang to the needle, but if water has been added to the milk, even in small proportions, the fluid will not adhere to the needle. Baked Macaroni. Break up a cup of macaroni in pieces one or two inches long; after washing it in cold water, add two cups of milk in a tin dish and set it in a kettle of boiling water to soak for an hour; add a teaspoouful of butter and pour it in your serving dish; then add still more milk if needful, to cover It ; set it In a hot oven and let it just come to boil and serve hot. Lemon Syrup. Squeeze two lemons into a dish, not tin, add a pint of water and boil a few moments. A pound of white sugar should be added to a pint of the juice; boil it again ten minutes, bottle and your lemonade is made. Two rablespoonsful ot the mixture added to tumbler of water makes a very health ful and palatable drink. A Cokkke Pot. A carelessly kept collee po: wilt impart a rank flavor to tint strongest infusion of the best Java. Wash the cofl"ee-iMt thoroughly every day and twice a week boil borax and water in it for fifteen minutes. Children'! Right. Kvery child has a right to the best food, the most comfortable clothing, and the best home that his parents can afford him. When he is old enough he has a right to such employments and amusements as will keep him from Idle ness and vice. The child has a right to the companionship of the pure and in nocent of his own age, but above all to that of his father and mother. The child's right of property should be re spected. Let him feel that whatever he has is his very own; not in name only, and that father, mother, sister or brother can take possession of It when so disposed. By respecting A rights hi this matter, he will learn to respact the rights of others. When a child is old enough to enter school, he has a right to a pleasant school-room, to a comfortable seat, to good ventila tion, and to such attention from the teacher as shall prevent his stay in school from being a physical calamity. The child has a right to such mental training as shall tend to the develop ment of all his faculties. If o.ic is cul tivated to the exclusion of other, he is defrau ded of his right to the full use ol all his powers. The child has a right to be taught how to think; how to find out for himself ways of doing things. How little originality we find among school children ! Half the time they study and recite their lessons without giving a thought to their meaning. Their essays are sketches taken from some history, or extracts from tho cyclopedia. The child has a right to its own individuality. A bright little girl was put into one of our model city schools. After attend ing the school a few weeks, she was asked how she liked it. "Well," said she, I suppose it is very nice, but I wish there were some Marys and Jennies and Toms and Dicks and Harrys there." Dbopst and Dropsical Bwkllinus are cer tainly cured by Dr. Jayne's Alterative. It stim ulates tae absorbents Into healthy action, wherebv all watery or calcareous depositions are gradually nut surely carried off. It also In creases the power of digestion, and Imparts re. newed vigor to the whole system, thus remov ng fill dauger of a relapse. . . HUMOROUS. A "GrowixoV Mvrwiv;-i People passing up High street at noon, might have seen a very stout citizen bending over a mound of fresh earth In his yard, hands under his coat tails ana his eyes directed upon a small green sprig which had just pushed its head above the earth. The stout man shook his head and seemed puzzled, and he called across the street to neighbor who was trimming a rose bush : "Say, Jones, come right over here this minute! I'll be hanged if some thing hasn't started to grow in my garden!" ' " Jones crossed over. The two bent over the sprig with bated breaths, surveying it from all slde3, and the owner ot the yard whispered : u What if it should turn out to be Trifolium repens?" " Can't be. Looks to me more like Co'.iumemulentum," replied the other. "It's just barely possible, howaver, that It may prove to oe Triticum hiber num. Let me call Mr. Smith." Smith, who was coming from the grocery with a roll of butter, was halted. He surveyed the sprig from six different points of the compass, tasted of the soil, shook his head, and finally said: "It's my opinion that it is a speci men of the Celastrus scaudens, but I may be mistaken. It may be nothing but Thymus vulgarus." "Ohj it can't be," replied the owner of the place; " I'm almost sure it is the Hyproxys erecta. It is pretty hard to fool me on plants." The three great men were looking at the sprig anew, and Brown was about to observe that it might, after all, tnrn out to be Aralia racemosa, when an old man with a spade on his shoulder leaned over the fence and called out : "I'll bring you a burdock as big as that for ten cents, and set it out to boot!" The three men melted away like guai drops at a pic-nic, and tiie old man rubbed his spade against the pickets and growled : "Ten cents apiece is cheap enough tor healthy burdocks, an' if they don't want 'em they needn't have 'em." He Meditates Over the Ovsters. It was rather late when Mr. Willaby got up, and he was vaguely conscious of a confused recollection of the things, but he didn't say much and tried to ap pear as cheerful as he knew how. Presently breakfast was announced, and the family took their places at the table, but Mr. Willaby was amazed, as he sat staring at six little round wooden boxes of axle grease ranged solemnly in front of his plate. " Where under the sun," he said, with a puzzled intonation, "what in thunder where did all this axle grease come from and what is it for?" "Oh, is it axle grease?" asked his wife, with charming simplicity and innocence just a trifle overdone. " You said last night when you brought these cans home that they were oysters and would be nice for breakfast, I thought you had better eat them right away, as they don't smell as though they would keep very much longer." And then Mrs. Willaby removed the cans, and her husband sat and looked at the teapot and thought so long that his coffee was cold as a rich relation wheu he thought to drink it. From the Urn. There is pet haps no tonic offered to the people that pos sesses as much real intrinsic value as the Hop Bitters. Just at this season of the year, wheu the stomach needs an appetizer, or the blood needs purifying, the cheapest and best remedy is Hop Bitters. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, don't wait until you are prostrated by a disease that may take mouths for you to recover in. lioston Globe Ax old gentleman without tact, on meeting some ladies whom he had known as girlsin his boyhood, cordially remarked: "Bless me! How time flies! Let me see. It is fifty-two years come next April since we used to go to school together in the old red school-house. 1 was a little chap then, you remember, and you were fine young women. ihe old man could never understand why his cordial greeting was received so coldly. "Amanda, 1 wish you to put the large Bible in a piominent place on the centre table, and place three or four hymn books carelessly around on the sofas. 1 have advertised for a young man to board in a cheerful Christian family, and I tell you what, if you girls don't manage either oue of you to rope him in, why I'll never try anything again, lor I'm tired out." A lonely Irishman was observed one eve ning slicing a potato into a glass of hot w hisky toddy. hy, what are you about?" inquired Charley. "It's n uch I'm makin', dear," quietly re plied Pat. " But what are 3-ou slicing that for!" "To give it a flavor." " What! a potato flavor?" "Sure,and isn't a flavor a flavor, whether it's lemon or j Italy ?" A Billiard-Table. Latest develop ment in scrvant-girlism : ' Please, ma'am, I wishes t give a month's no tice, ma'am." " Why, so, Mary Ann?" "Well, ma'am, not that 1 wants to say any thing against you, but since you've put that billiard table-up, ma am, I don't call it a respectable 'oiise." Wt have, ourselves tried Dubbins' Electric Soap (made by Cragin it Co., Philadelphia.) and find it the best, purest and most economical soap we have ever seen. Too much cannot be said in its favor. Try it. A facetious correspondent calls a frog the Dutch nightingale. The more you like a man the better you know him. Small bovs are oar young to row boats in races. Satsaoe sniffers are rather crowding thing. Xevkr look a gift anple in Ihe worm hole. A real estate conveyance A mud cart. A novel thing A readable romance. W eat her report Th tic der. A Word to Doubters. There is a good old English maxim that teaches us to "believe every man honest until we know him to be a vil lain." American custom seems to have reversed this law and appeals to make every man a villain until he has proved himself an honest man. As with people, so with things. Every article placed in our markets can lay claim to popular favor upon intrinsic merit and value alone. Continued popularity, there fore, is proof positive of intrinsic ex cellence. Dr. Pierce's Family Kerne dies are far more popular to-day than ever before. The people hve tested them and know them to be genuine remedies for the diseases they are re commended to cure. The Golden Med ical Discovery and Purgative Pellets are the best alterative, tonic, and ca thartic remedies that can be used in chronic diseases of the stomach and liver. The world-wide popularity of the Favorite Prescription, as a never failing remedy for Female Diseases, would have alone secured to its dis coverer the fame he has so richly won. Dr. Sage s Catarrh Remedy, of which Dr. Pierce Is also proprietor, is recom mended by those who have tested its virtues as a safe and reliable remedy for catarrh In its worst forms. mMl one box of Anai. . Ttxternal W. K"- it . pleased with """tp orrboulal great boon to poor 8n0,,nnFyonr(, truly humanity. w p KirrREIX. Samples of Anakeaia" Xr!ta P' eiSwor, Th. mventor of Cbn.PB- In 1608 a certain monk, named rer ignon, was made cellcrer of the Bene dictineAbbe of Haut .1 rs.al hamlet on me ".r who .bout five miles from was a pertect - -- hing world. He was the the produce of one vineyard I to that ot another, to find out tha e which would keep good could be made from the blackest grapes, instead of de generating, like that obta black grapes, and to substitute cork for a bottle stopper instead of flax dipped i oil. Jo-tattheclo-wof theTen teenth century he achieved his fina triumph of producing "rnt champagne. Why it spark ed he knew not. but the secret spread over the country, until in 1S7S the official return of the manufacturers' stocks in the champagne district, as given by the Chamber of Commerce at Rheims, is TOlSa.sa bottles. In F-iigland the taste for dry c'jampagne became gen eral nearly a hundred years ago, and the demand was then, as now, for Sil lery. Russia takes it sweet aud strong, and the French and Germans like a sweet, light wine. The Enyiiie-r gives this example of the value ol duick ieau as a mu. . "V fly-wheel shaft-bearing eight inches in diameter and ten inches loLg, carried a load of nearly tew tons. I lie beariug was supported on a box-girder, and was lined with good brass. The eugine could not be run, as this bearing invariably got nearly red hot alter a few revolutions; various oil?, tallow-, sulphur and gun powder were tried, with most iudifferetit success. By using a mixture of tallow and sulphur the engine could be run half an hour at a time, and once or twice has run a whole day, the shaft making sixty rev olutions per miuute. It was deter mined to have a new crank shaft w ith a longer bearing, but at the last mo ment the use of black lead and tallow was suggested, a package of the ordi nary black lead used for stoves was worked up with some tallow, tiie bear ing carefully wiped, and the grease box on the cap filled with the mixture. The bearing never heated again unless oil was allowed to get access to it. The success of plumbago as a lubricator was perfect. ' Woman's Wisdom. "She insists that is more Importance, that her family shall be kept in full health, thau that she should have all the fashionable dresses and styles of the times. She therefore sees to it, that each member of her family is supplied with enough Hop Bitters, at the first appearance of any symptoms of ill health, to prevent a fit ol sickness with its attendant ex pense, care and anxiety. All women should exercise their wisdom in this way." Kd. - The Stomach Cannot be Freighted With greater tra-h than a viol.-i,t ilraitio purKative. True, hucu a medicino reherea conMq a iou for the t.fue. bnt at tiie txpene of cre-U iiijury to ti'e iutentinal raual. whieh it Loth ntlarues and weak us, thun Mi!ittiii it for ti e performance of itn pn.-per f auctions Widely dinVrent the action of llo-tetter Stomach tzitterd, a touic aperient which, pro duces e Jecta prompt, mdeel, but ni-Ter tio leut and coutuImii. The punt .- of ,ts botanic luyn dii-uU. lta nno! j. ctlonablo flavor, its ye uial ii.ll imce upon the mind, aud I lie thor ouKbnm ot im r. medial action in -a of couxt patiou. liver coiuplatnt and dvi-pepe'a. o rubiuu to reuder it a mwt uV.-irabiu faiudy specific It increases both physical til'it anil subslauce. ti annuitizes and invigorates the U( rvoua system, and gives an unwonted rrl.sh for the food A wine,ld4s three times daily is about the average dcoe. HrcsKELL's Tetter Ointment will cure Pore Eyelids, Sore Nose, Barber's Itch on the face, or Orocer'a itch on the bands. It never fails. 50 cents per box. sent by mad for CO cents. Johnston Uollowav k t o.. 02 Arch St., I'hila. I'a. Cancer can be Cured Ey Dr. Bond' new discovery- positive cure for Una dread malady itokn;fe. no caustic, no pain. Dr. Bond's success in treating Cancer is truly marvelous. Remedies sent ta any part of the world, witii full directions for successful borne treatment. S'ud a description of your case, or auy cancer sufferer you may know of. Pamphlets and full direct ons sent free. Ad dress, Dr. 1L T. Bond. Pbtad a.. Ta. RITEFMATISW. Thie dreadful diaease, the doctors tetl o, hi B the blood, and behaving th s to be trne. we adnae every sufferer to try Durant e Kheo autae Remedy. It is taken internally and poaiUyely euree the worst case In the aborts tame. Bold by every Druggist in town. HrESKKljH TRTTFn IllTTHrvr Will mir. .11 scabby or scaly diseases of the skin. Worm. Worms. Worm. E. F. Kunkel's Worm Syrup never fails to destroy Pin, beat and Stomach Worms. Dr. Kuukel the only successful physicUu who re moves Tape Worm in two hours, alive with bead, and no fee until removed. Common eeuee teaches if Tape Worms can be removed all other worms can be readdy destroyed. Ad vice at office and store, free, " The doctor can tell wtiMthr at nut tl.A . 1 - - " -..'-i. una nuiun. Thousands are dying daily, with worms, and "w iu r in spasms, cramps, cbok ing and suffocation, sallow complexion, circles around the eyes, swelling aud paij in the tt mach. restless at nii;ht, fmndinR of the ith, picking at the nose, cough, fever, itch ing at the seat, headache, ford brtath. the pa tient grows pale and thin, tickling and irrita tion in tne anus all these svuiptoma, and more, come from worms. iL F. Kcskel's Woem Kyhcf never fails to remove there, rnce. tlpertottle. or six bottles for i5.00. (For Tape Worm write aud consult the doctor.) For all others, buy of your drngfnsta the Worm Syrun, and if he has rt not. send to Da. E. F, Kcnki r., 259 N. Ninth St.. Philadelphia, I'a. Advice by mad, free ; send three-cent stamp. E. F. Kunkel's Hitter Wine of Iron. The great snccrra and deliubt of the people. In fact, nothing of the kind has ever been offml tA Ihft Im.SM. U. L. I , , , , 1'" .uii-u ass so quickly found its way into their good favor and hearty approval as 11 F. Kunki-x's BrrrEa ..... . j.uursaii it proposes, and thus gives universal satisfaction. It ia mu. auteed to cure the worst case of dTspepsia or indigestion, kidney or liver disease', weakness, nervousness, eontipaton, aciditv of the tfnlfh; a genuine. Sold only in ?. tie- 01 bottles for SiOO. Ask for i- F Kusaaxs bmr.R Wis. or Iso, and take no other. If your druggist baa it not, send to tue proprietor, E. f. Kcskil, 259 Noah Wh Street. PhUadelr hia. I'm. Advice frT enoioae three-cent stamp. ' If- top abe Nravora im onmn... ... HoorxATO's Gebxax Bitters. LANDBETRT SEEDS ASK THE BESTi LAJOKITB SON, rt 8. rrXT at PIANOS Vr' oaa ru Co.. mis. isnaiiJS- CW His Tr. Our Western Bnrrf h A,,ur, Ca.ii,iu: T7,L.. kaeil ' iThE! PIXAFORE ! ! hlvb.ait. All the Worda. Wit at Almost "TlK-tt'eemalel t' " ' Mic.wi;hl''"'':Bi. authors. ""1 lUt. a- gl prs-fATlSlTZA. the aew 0-ra. For Musical Stents, Emphatic", good, er, .utsrwong, thoruah BiMiiod. (1""- . CISDERELLAJ. C1XDERELLA .' .' . k- Franz AM. For Femala voice. Fine 31uic. (5MCUO. SeadWftheMl-SlCAL RECORD on.,..,. Oliver Ditson &. Co., Boston. J K. DITSON -' Chestnut St.. Phlla. 111 SILVD FOR SAMPLES or THE CIIEAPKST All-Wool Dress Goods EVER SUOWX IS THE t'NITED STATE!. All eol.Tiall wool AlWr.. n..th, all wool fr.t-ln-a.ll wool rVkln lrip-. l Taflela, .11 woul anoUah, all woul lubmnt, all woul C.h mre 1)9 I ind. Al L AT 29 CENTS PER TARD I -Cot over fl cents to Import. SOUTHWICKS COMBINATION STORE. Cor. ELEVENTH anJ I'HESTNIT S . . Philulelphifc Pa. ams'M of all kiiM of Shk rl Dnuliju'i I h rrfiuly r-nl. NICHOLS,SHEPARD & CO., jlsttlo CrMk, Mich. ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE 6t VIBRATOR THRESHING IKIACH1KERY. od Mw--StB Th-aaher. iM. "fr HdB BvoOl ail n!rw ir i-t - il jar BTutg umi iro-e STF.13I Power Ttrtshera a Specialty. Hseelal uMrf Stfmimun Mil jprtalj k Slaaa rr. OTR rarivaled Stia Tnrwher Easlaea, Mta MW - IMM " Viln.H. Imfrt nli h kro&l kd f Mfrcr UH w kioa. THE ETTIRE Thmhlac Eipeaws Caed eftew arw to Bt9 tlm. thai vnooall Cfta hm madm J IM stfa Umi SAVED by Umm lmprr Mrlrm GBII1 Raiser will ant aabmlttetlie ni m9tu utr of Urvia and tb. Inferior nrltet an Mr lafhi"--, wbea anca poatad a. Ui illTaiaana NOT Only Tartly Superior for Wheat, Oataj Bart... Rya. and tla Oraloa. bat taa Oaia socceaa fill Tkiaaaar hi Flaa. Timollir. Claaar. aad . Bda. !qulra a. altacAaianla" ar Tamill.1int aatattatirlala3aaaa. II Thnroaah WorkaiaiMMp. Fdrwaat Flnhh. Prrftctioa af Parta. 1""H Uro-. of ..iatr", ax " VisaaTtia" Thraabar vutnia an) UManuacaUa. 7VT ARTELOrS for Simplicity or Parts, aslaw At ah bra, than aoa-aair laa a.nal Bella and Oaaxa. Maaaa Claaa Wark. IA aa Lmrtna ar Scauerlasa. rOfR Si irs or Separator Bade. Eaarlse ttrtm Sit taTwlva.Haraaaiaa,aa4 ivaMylaaaT laaaM. aa Haraa rawara la aialrfc rOR Parti ralam. Tall oa ear Dealer e wrtia w oa lar luaauaud Clraalar . vakh wa wail a HOP BITTERS. (A Medietas, ial a. Uriah.) nrral bofs, urcnr, jadiu.k DANnpi rnv o to FraxsT aar Im UnrrcaX Qcaumrj op iu oma BiTTvaa. LLKV T ? 1 I a T71 SMI Dtaeaaea of thaStoroar-h R.iw.1. va -. ' . . . -"Eneya,aao l naary uifaaa, NefTrraaneaa, fiaarM g r" " i mi eiooo IX COLD. ui ixi psiu jot a can vieywiu not eure or help, ert rmt annum rmpors or Injurlona found tn them. Aak roar draralat for nna RutM . , h. bv.- " . ' - josora you weep. Take ether. plop Coosa Ctra b the tweet est, aafeat aad I aua vuiuuca rTlie Roa w. t gtoTnarh. Llrar an4 Ithfnara I eaeerier to aU ottera. AaX "r"j -'a T1 -i , . . . grankeaeaa, us Bf opium, tobacco aad nrr I Bead for etreular. Laaaiaiabll.laa,lka., AGENTS, READ THIS ! W will pay .4jrntp nltvry of 911 0 pr month -mi prn . or hi,.w lar .- c nimif sit-n, to hII our Nfw an.) wc,itrfiil .nv-r.tioiu. W mma wh-t wiy. isatnpl fr-. AHrv fcHLKil N ALU., Bfarthd.ll. Mich. Dr. f.-1. W. CASE'S Live- Remedy DLOOD PURIFIER -- -w . oaav.- UllaVUa CURES LlTt i0MFJUAI.--r. B.ie-H-a? iuuic, voniiaj, a nu unions. .n, out niAIIKU itiiy 4Hr . DYSPEPSIA filS H'.Sf f.lhe "-" Liver, a. 4 KlOanl. It bUiliMOpth.u1J1,.UI,ieaaajjttotaka. "" not ici-n. ai i,a.n. uor ioava Lba aj aLatn ou at:i.ted,ta othot ui-lx mea do. HOW TO BE LTroZlZtZ your own w.'&iritivzJs; Cass from hua faronto praoCTi,, but preiiared by Dr M. ' iiuiiui i.Tor-.ia praocruiuori. u ta bia l tlZ.vZrr 7 yar. Superior to a l known reniouiea. its nwwa i T. . IITc" vatsri AGENTS WANTED -KX T K At) K Dl" A H V 1 ?DlV KM ST M"-??. EDiCIAE CO., Philadelphia. 1 rial buttlo fry. Asia I amy bralaaTfawaiu I The 1 ;hi a.iii a, dt a rrinaliaiii- .1 " - HiMABiJ CURES tE.:a. IU nra n7 tSTlBUsHrj) 1848. MORGAN & IIEADLY, Importers of Diamoois AND MaiiBJactiirsrs of Sjectab I SASSOH -tree. Pbllaul....... laustrated Price List tent to U. tr. o DDiicaon. PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. CK.NTEN.NUL OROUNUs, S2ASOS OF lST-MO V-OPEW ETEatT 1A V. aa ADMISSION a Oau. CHILDREN la dr. EXTENSIVE ALTER .TIOV AXI ", . 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