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I'nder tlie Axe.
The jailer of Moabit prison in Balin, en
tered on the 24Ui of Seirtcmber, 1S50, a
dark cell, in which a tall man, with long
black hair, and a pair of rest lets dark eyes
in a face by no means unpreposs.-3sing, was
chained to the wall.
"Scfelogel" said the jailer, in a tremu
lous voice, "Will you lie a man I The
prisoner looked at him with aa expression
of terror. He muttered a few incoherent
words. "To-morrow at day-break," pro
ceeded the iailor. "all will be over."
The prisoner sprang to his fceU The
clanking of his chains caused the jailer to
shuuuer.
"You mean that I shall not be among
the land of the living to-morrow morning
at daybreak J" he gasped stepping close up
to the jailer. The latter nodded his head.
"You will now be prepared lor the scaf
fold, SeMoge," he said to the prisoner.
Sefeloge uttered a cry of torror, and stag
gered back to his humble couch.
''I'm not prepared to die," he moaned,
bursting into tears. "Is there no hope I"
"None. He will be here directly."
"Who,"'
"The headsman. He will cut off your
l.nir."
A convulsive tremor passed through the
nriaoner's frame. He Ixiran to utter heart
rending cries. At this moment the door
of the cell opened. A middle-aged man of
verv resolute mien stepped in. "You can
leave us alone," said the newcomer to the
jailer who quietly withdrew. Anil now
commenced a truly revolting scene. The
prisoner shrank from the straugrr iu mute
despair.
"You had letier be as docile as possible.
I am the headsman, said the stranger. "Sit
down by my side."
"ol Xot" shrieked the ill-fated pris
oner. "I am not ready to die yet."
"You sliall not die yet," teioincd the
headsman. "You will lie deapitated to
morrow."
"No ! No !
The headsman dragged him by hi chain
toward him. The prisoner endeavored
frantically to resist him. but the headsman's
great strength enabled him to overcome the
rraistaiu-e of the stniinrlinil wretch. W hile
the latter was wildly clanking his chains,
the heaiUman cut oil the collar of his coat
with a small, but very sharp knife. The
shirt collar was removed, and wit ha pair of
sharp scissors the hair of the prisoner was
removed, the whole operation consuming
but a few minutes. In the meantime
the prisoner, whom the touch of the
cold steel caused to shudder asain and
again, uttered loud yells, groans and impre
cations.
"Oh. that my bullet had not missed the
heart of that cruel kinsr:" he linally ex
claimed.
"Silence thundered the headsmau.
Another such remark and 1 shall have to
gag you !"
"Down with King r rout-nek iiiiain
the Fourth !" vied the prisoner defiantly.
The next second the headsman had fas
tened a small iron iu the mouth of his
victim. Tbe latter tried to cry out, but was
lble ! ,Anluce only a sort of low gurgling
sound. The headsman then commenced to
feel the prisoner's neck with his hand. lie
nodded his head with an air of satisfaction.
"That's a good neck." he murmured.
Then he hit the cell. The doomed man
was no other than a would-lie regicide, Se-
feloire. who had tielilieratcly liretl at the
breast of Kin Irederick .William the
Fourth, of I'russia. Hut his bullet had re
bounded, the king wearing a mail-clad
vest. What ftft -luge's motive was in at
tempting to shoot king has never been de!i
iiiicJv ascertained. He st-emed to be a sort
of crack-brained utojust, and a n unifier of
eminent physicians pronounced him insane.
Ltlorts were made to induce the kins to
commute the sentence of death that had
been passed upon Sefeloge. Hut Frederick
V illiam turned a deaf tar to these remon
strances. His reason had bcenmeitied by
the revolutionary commotions of and
there can be but little that, iu lb-V, he was
already insane. Thus a t rowncu niad:i:an
signed" the death-warrant of another lunatic.
I'ntil midnight Sefeloge remained in his cell
heaviiy ironed and gagjred. Then his fet-
ters were removed, and a sumptuous repast
was served up to lmu. On the eve of their
executions. rmsiaii culprits are treated
with great lilieraiiir. Thev gave him also a
bottle of port wine, which he drank so rap
idly that he was soon completely intoxica
ted. And now the doomed regicide be
came horribly hilarious. He made fun of
himself, and joked aluiul his impending
death. He demanded more wine, and it
was given to him. At last he fell into a
sort of s!uH)r. and passed a few hutirs iu
fitful similiter.
At five o'i lock in the morning the heads
man shook him bv the shoulder. Scftloce
uttered a cry of alarm. I'pon recognising
the headsman he turn-d deadly pale. "It's
time "' said the headsiuati. The prisoner
threw himself upon the stone fit kit of his
cell, and rolled on it. a prey to indescriba
ble anguish. His appeals for mercy lie
camc deafening, and in this condition hail
to be carried to the scaffold. There he lie
came almost suptih.imanly strong, and for
sis minutes the headsman and his attend
ants were uuaUe to drag him to the block
upon which he was to end his life. The
witueoses of the shocking scene on the scaf
fold were terribly excited. One of the
clerks of the court fainted. Others had to
leave the sealfoid in hot haste. Sefeloge's
yells atid roars were s: deafening that they
were heard at a rou-aidcniLic distance. At
last he was fastened to the block. He ut
tered a last cry, when the headsman's axe
descended on his neek, and a thick airmiti
of blood ro&o from his trunk. lie was dead.
Mow 1'olson.
A nuisance that troubled Europe fifty
years ago is beginning to attract attention
here that is. putting alum i:i the bread we
eat. The bread must lie "light" that it
may lie digested ; that is. it must be filled
by the wcil-kr.ott ii c I's we are aecustomcd
to see iu it. Where leer or ale is brtwed
those who understand healthy hread-mtdiintr
procure yeast, which "lightens" the bread
lictter than any substitute, and is wholesn::ie.
Where jeast is not reailily to tic obtained,
"baking-powders" are resorted to, and out
of them oiimo mischief, liiearlmnate of
soda and cream of tartar, or tartaric acid,
are the usual constituents of a good baking
powdir. Cream of tartar h-Us at sixty
cents to eighty-live cents a pound. Tliis
high price has led "cheap baking Kiwders"
to lie made of alum as a substitute for some
oral of the creat.i of tartar. Alum will
make bread look whiter, so that bakers can
make inferior Hour salable as bread by its
use; and they use it, in some places calling
it "rock," so that no instlvertciit expression
may let "outsiders" know that alum is used.
Alum is an injurious article to the Ltiman
constitution iu large quantities, or iu sieall
quantities often rcjieatcd. It is the small
quantities, taken every meul. tliat do the
mischief m bread. Alum is cheat; three
cents a pound to the pocket, but it take
what is so saved out of the stomach and
takes it with fearful interest. Alum is an
astringent, and is used by dyers and others
as such. Taken frequently on the human
stomach, it produces heartburn, indigestion,
griping, constipation, dyspepsia, and kin
dred troubles resulting from irritation of the
mucous membrane, produced by the astrin
gent properties of alum. All these are nice
things to lie inflicted by tlic bread eaten
morning, noon and evening. To voting
children, growing girls, persons of weekly
irame aud sedentary occupations, this alum
bread is poison most especially. If the
reader wants to know wimething of alum.
let him suck a lump of it. notice its elTect
upon the mouth, which is something like
that of an unripe persimmon ; then let him
reflect how it acts uton the tender, delicate
coats of the stomach. Dr. Henry A. JUott.
the celebrated analytical chemist, analyzed
twenty-three of the baking powders most in
use, and found alum in all but one. It is
time we took measures to stop this bread
poisoning that kills our little ones and per
petuates dyspepsia and cholera.
'People never cough after taking
my medicine," advertises a doctor. Is
it so fatal ai that f"
AGRICULTURE.
Ftmpki.ns fob Cows. This very
cheap and valuable food for stock is
perhaps not estimated highly enough
by dairymen. iTof. F. K. Storer, of
the Iiussv Institution, wade a thorough
analysis oi pumpkins and squashes lu
1S77. The average of his analyses ot
the whole pumpkin Is ab""t l,'a t0
twelve per cent, of dry substance. It
has a lar-;e percentage of water, but
not more than the turnip or fodder
corn, and It is comparatively rich In
albumiiioida. This vegetable is an Im
portant auxiliary In producing mil a,
but some dairymen have got a preju
dice against it from the effect of the
seeds when jjiven in too large a quanti
ty. The seeds have a diuretic eflect,
o'lK-rating on the kidneys, and this has
sometimes lessened the flow of milk:
but if a small portion of the seeds are
removed the danger is wholly avoided.
And probably the eases of injury have
been occasioned from feeding more than
the due portion of the seeds. Thirty
pounds of pumpkins ted to each cow
per da v w ill Increase the yield and im
prove the quality of the milk, but more
than this should not be given. '1 hey
are very cheap lood, since it jeqnires
very little labor to rai-e them. From
two to three tons may Iw grown, with
good yield of corn per acre retiring
little more than placing the seeds at a
distance of twenty feet apart, iu alter
nate rows of corn alter the corn is tip.
The cultivation of the corn w ill be sul
ricieut attention to the pumpkin crop,
and this will often be worth as much
as ten to fifteen bushels r corn per
acre. This crop! appropriate to the
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whole country ami win repay m, in
tention given to It. Pumpkins are a
good fattening food for cattle, sheep
and hogs. They are a good food for
pigs, serving t counteract the heating
eflect of corn. They are easily kept
from freezing and may bo led iu cold
weather. They are cheaply gathered
and stored, costing much less, than any
root crop, according to value.
A Ccshel of Colts. When a bushel
of corn is spoken of it means, or should
mean a bushel of the grain. It does
not imply a bushel of cobs nor yet a
bushel of stalks, but of shelled corn or
its equivalent iu weight of corn in tht
ear. Practical men allow, as a rule,
that a bushel of ears ol corn weighs 70
to 73 jiouihIs, according to the variety.
But the only accurate te-t in any given
case is to shell a sample bushel, and then
weigh grains and cobs separately. If
the gram weighs 5ti pounds ami the
cob II pounds, then 70 pounds of ears
will be for that crop equivalent to a
bushel of shelled corn. Another crop,
if of dlfferotit variety, even though
grown in the uext livid, might be found
on testing the matter to require 73
;muii!s of ears, or iK.ssibly more, to
make a bushel. A bushel of cars, how
ever, whether the quantity is deter
mined by weighing or incitsiii ing, can
hardly bo said to be a trustworthy
test of the amount of grain, as the re
sult of such cases varies, not only ac
cording to size ol the ears, but accord
ing to the maimer of piliig them in
the measure. A bu-liel of corn in most
of the Sistcs, as tixed by law, is 50
pounds of irrain, though in New York
it is made oS pounds, and in some other
localities (it) loumls.
Is locating an apiary there are sever
al points tiiat should be considered.
Perhaps water comes tiist, because it
is something we cannot g'-talon w ith-
out. lucre Is a great quantity u-eil by
the bees oil a hoi day to keep the combs
from melting down, besi lei what Is
ued in feeding broods iu the latter part
of the season. When the wind blows
from the east, hot aud dry, bees have
been known to usea p iuudaday to the
hive, allowing a suthYicitt quantity lor
evaporation. A we d lite is governed.
we might say, by the work it does and
if it has to fly a long wav for water, it
cannot for its life bring the honey to
its .owner it could It the wa t r was
handy. Wet fand is the best for bees
to suck water Irom, lor none are
drowned.
Health if llonsM. The health and
comfort of horses have of late years
been greatly improved by the better
construction of stables. They re
made more roomy and lofty, ami pro
vided with means of thorough ventila
tion. Iu many new stables lofts are
kept well above the horses heads ant.
ample shafts are introduced to convey
away foul air. By perforated bricks
and gralius under the mangers and
elsewhere round the walls, and also by
windows ami ventilators, abundance of
n re air is secured for the horses; hile
being lutroduced lu moderate amount
and Iroui various directions. It comes
in without draught, loomm-h draught
is almost an unknown stabie luxury.
CoItN should nor. lft netrh-elpd In tlie
flurry of harvest. Frequent cultivation
hastens grow tti and the maturing of
the crop. To see the piffereuee, leave
a row or two uncultivated. Much hard
work later In the seas-oti may lie avoid
ed by a little work with the cultivator,
and by keeping the weeds down.
I
Peak Ti:i-:r.s. Wood ashes make an
excellent fertilizer for pear trees.
.Mixed coal mid wood allies may also
be applied with advantage. (Jroiind
hones are bet ier lor fruit trees of all
kinds than fermenting m:;nure.
Tin: O.vtii" HAUdOr. Ashes or Falt
petrc if applied iu time will hold this
pest in cheek.
The ISutelicr Vi he Lokt,
A l:Uir.pel-.ihoulderttl oi l Li.ni, followed
by a dog which seemed to have fasted for a
year past, er.terjd a Woouward avenue
buteher-shop the other day, and the man
maue some inquiries aUmt the price of
smoked hams. The bu'eher saw the tloy,
of course, and who ever saw a butcher who
didn't want to know all about a dog I
"Is that a eKid ooou dog;" asked the
butcher as he patted the shy canine on his
l..-al.
"Oh, no he's a trick dog," answered the
owner.
"Is, t-h f What tricks can he do f"
'"Oh, a dozen or two. lie lias one verv
peculiar trick, though. Would you like to
sec him do it f"
"I would that. What is it T
The man directed the butcher lo put a
pound of nice lieefstoak on a sheet of clean
brown patter and place the whole on the
door-step. He then said to his do, which
had watched matters very keenly :
"Xow, Cato, I am about to call upon yon
to perform a trick. You have never gone
back on n.e yet, and I have perfect confi
dence in you now. Cato, do you gee that
meat ?"
Cato saw it. He walked over to it,
seized it in his mouth, and us he went up
the street it was hard to tell dog from dust.
"Hum! yes!" muttered the butcher;
"do you call that a trick V
"I do," confidently replied the man.
"Well, it's a blasted mean oue I"
"Just so just so," said the man. "You
couldn't expect such a looking dog as that
to ue around pianng tricks on a iruitar or a
jeweharp, could you i Ml see you later
about the hams."
Ilie False Notions
r.i st in the minis of many otherwise intelli
gent ot'.plc at to the reqiurrmtnta of a duror
ie cj atuuiacli or liver. I he ewal owiug of
bans out and powerful drags is the way to
eticouraxe, not to cu e deppia and I ver
ccnipliitit. Nor can a coiietiated orotht-r-wuo
di--r.!ereJ coudtton of the bowels bs
remedied by aimiiar treatment. That agreea
ble and thorough etomachio and aperient,
lloete ter's I ittcra, which u the reverse of utj
pleasant, and never produces violent effects,
is far preferable to medic net of the clave re
ferred to. It iufues new vu;or into a failing
physique cheer the mind wiide it strengthens
the bo.ir, an 1 iuttuutea a complete rofurm in
the actiou of the disordered stomach, bowels
or liver, ppotite and aleep are both, pro
moted, u'eriue and kidner affections greatly
benetiUt-d l y its nse. it is indeed a compre
hensive and meritorious preparation, free from
drawbacks of anr kind.
W)MESTIC.
Cabk of tub feet. Many of the
colds so prevaleut at this seasou com
mence at the feet, therefore to keep
these extremities warm I to eflect an
Insurance agalust the almost intermina
ble list of disorders which spring out'
of "a slight cold." First, never be
ti-'htly shod. BooU or shoes, when
tlPcy tit too closely, press against the
foot so as to prevent the free circula
tion of the blood. When, on the con
trary, they lit comparatively loosely,
the blood has free course, and the
spuces left between the leather and the
stocking become filled with a comfort
able supply of warm air. The second
rule Is uever sit in damp shoes. It is
often imagined that unless they are
positively wet it U not i.ecessary to
change them. This is fallacy, for when
the least dampness is absorbed Into the
sole it is attracted to the foot by its
warmth, and thus the perspiration is
dangerously checked. Any person can
prove this bv trying the experiment ol
neglecting this rule. The leet will be
come cold and damp very shoi ;!y, al
though on taking off the shoes and
warming them they will appnar quite
dry.
Apple Sandwich Piiijj. Pare
ami slice thiuly some mellow, aci.l ap
ples and better some thin slices of light
bread. Into a buttered baking-dish
put, first, a layer of bread and butter
ust moistened with warm water, men
a thick layer ol apples, sweetened anil
seasoned with cinnamon. Repeat ,
these layers until the tiish is full, but
the last layer should be bread buttered
on both sides. Cover with a plate and
bake one and a half to ,wo hours in a j
slow oven. Jtemove me p.aic iwo ui
tnree times aud baste the top with a
few spooufuls of butter and water.
Should the apples be very dry, It will
lie necessary to pour In a little water
at the side ol the pudding. Half an
hour bclore the pudding is done, re
move the plate and let the crust brown :
nicely, tat with cream ana sugar.
Plais Bins. The English woman
of the Gerraantown Telegraph is re
siionsible lor this: oue pouud of Hour,
six ounces of cood butter, quarter of a
j touud of sugar, oLeegg, nearly a quar
i ter of a pint of milk, two small tea
! spoonfuls ol baking powder ami a few
drops ol csceuce ol lemon. Warm the
butter without oiling it; beat it with a
I wo Mien spoon; stir the Hour In grad
I uallv with the sugar and mix these in
jgiedienU well tegeiher. Make the
miik lukowarm, be it tip the yolk of
! the egg and essence of lemon, and stir
these to the flour. fcc. Add tin; baking j
liowder, beil the dou
well for about
! ten itutnit-s, divide it into twenty-four j
pieces, put them Into buttered tin or j
icunsatid bake iu a brisk oven Iroui
: twenty to thirty minutes.
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Ti iti EXTixE fok Wor.Niis. For all
ordinary burns, spirits of turpentine
will be found to give a great
relief! rom
pain. TurpfiitiiK! is also excellent ap
plication in many rases of punctured
wounds. It relieves the pain at onct
promotes a raiihl hcalin-'. and ten.ls to
prevent the sad consequences which
lotion follow of lockjaw. We have
known of verv iiirlv wounds, made
wlih a pitchfork in hand, being tilled
up immediately with turpentine great-
ly io,t he com fort of the patient. IVo-
j pie have an idea that it must irruatc
: -.ml Afiftrr , lti.-li Id tw.f ft-M f ..t
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: and strain lite juice careiully lest any
; imp hiiouid remain; lo one pint ol
j.... i, ...... ,,oo . n..i, , e,i .1
, away till completely dissohe.1, stirring
i it occasionally; then bottle It. One or
! Ino taolespoouful of this sj i up Hir-
j red into a glass of water will make de -
! lightful lemonade. j
I j
Svw:f.t Porno Pone. Take
t0..r j
(large sweet potit.ies. peel and crate ! fu!"c',s ,v,"oh PI'red "en trying
! them, then add two cups of water or I !' ou 1 f young candidate, declared voc
imilk, a lump of butter the size- of an 'rous y that "de coatisgoot. It Is
egit, melted, three egg well beateo, a
tea.-pooiiful each of allspice and cinu
; moil, otic and a half ioonfuls oi gin
j ger, ami half a nutmeg, grated; mix
ail the ingredients we I butter a pan, j -,)3t m B, r of sqnibs aut
pour in your pone ami bake in a mod- y(U evr a .fi or see
erateoen. . . a ro'tie walk," etc. Yes, we have seen
Don't know nur their Yxi.VM. j " "l'"""""1 covered one lap.
"1 hey cured mc of Ague, Biliousness: . . , . . , . , . . ...
and Kidney Ci.pliit.las recommended. As l'aJ eoiiiplamctl t ie
1 had a half bottle lell which I used for I Mo,e, "S"frte ot the
niv two little girls, who the doctors and i ,?rsr" r1'"?" !'f reee've.1 from
liJighborssaidi 11 not be cured. ! j father. "He trates me " said he
would have lost both of theui one night lmo,,rnf,,,l'1' aS lf 1 ,'"s "' hT
if I had not given them Hop ItRters. ' "t''r lather and mother."
They did them s-o miuh goo-l I con-' "
tinned their u-e until they were cured. ( FaRSieu's Wife :'What are ye doiu'
That is why I sav von do nit know I ' there, Jock!'' Herd laddie "I'm
half the value of Hop Hitters, and do
no: recommend litem titgu enougii."
I:., liehester, X.Y". SSce other columti.
Fried Cakes. Two cup ol sugar,
two cups of buttermilk, three eggs,
half a cup of butter or fried meat fat.
two tablespoonfuls of salcratus and
any tensouing you like. Mix just hard
enough to roll out.
A mck Tea Cake. One half cup of
; butter or cream; one of sugar: one
jegg; one-half cup of thick milk or but
jtermilk; a teaspoon ful. of si.da; liautl-
tul of currants. Flour to the proper
l thick uess.
Lady I'i-ddinii. One quart of milk,
two lamesiiooiifiils of flour ifm vnlL-n
of four egg, well lie.-iten aud mixetl i
with inilk; beat the whites ofthceggs
separately, mix with four tablcpoon
fuls of sugar and drop on the top and
bake.
To ctkk Weak Eyes. Take ne
Icu os, the more the bettor, ami put
tlieui into a little water; then boil;
alter this strain it into the bottle ami
cork it tight. You will find this liquid
very h:'iietli-ial in removing redness and
weakness from the yes.
A f r kf. Crni:. To prevent scald-head
and painful eruptions behind the ears
and on the neck, comb or brush a
chilli's head ami wash it frequt ntly
with castile soap and water.
To keep Lemons FnEsti. Place them
in n j.ir of water eiioush to cover them,
they will keep fresh in this way ev
eral days without changing the water.
Row I'attv Soothed tho riaby.
She was nol more than a liahv herself,
the little four-year-old. but Baby Harry was
her osvial pet, and one dav they were
having a fine play upstairs. He was just
big enough to toddle aliout, but not large
enough to get up or tlown stairs alone.
Their mamma brought him up but when
she was ready to go down she liaJ her arms
full of things, and could not take him then.
'Stay nitli Patty a few minutes longer,
said, "and I will come ami get von."
she
But JJuby Harry lifted up his voice and
went so loud that Patty's Hinder heart was
lOIK-lled.
"Til carry you down, dear." she mod
"come with Patty; " and she led him to
me noaa ot the stairs.
Going down oue stop, she hxik him in
her amis. He was almost as heavy as she
ou ran guess wuai Happened next.
Bump! - Bump! Thump! Thi
Scream ! Bane !
hump
ilother rushed to the foot of the stairs in
time to pick up two very sorry-Iooking chil
dren, well bruised from bumping each Other
ami the stairs all the way down.
It took a long time and a good many
lumis of sugar to make them forget that
unlucky trip down stairs.
Ittuor? Disorders, titer Complaint, rvtve
ness, u.sjiepsw, c. are sp.-e.IUy r. moved ir
Dr. J.iyne a Sauatlve Mils, forty years tew hr5t
pr.ivea them stipe, lor to all othi-r remedies lor
me cure of the varlom diseases for which tbev
ar racouiaif-iided. Id their action they are
mild and certain, and mar be taken at any tuns
without risk from exposure.
TTwifitijiH;w;mi'i .'u"n trr-;'i'iiJ'rftrgrT'y:
mnli niAiil.ii i.ati-m iriniliiwiili i iiaimni n
HUMOROUS.
M C. having broken an iiidispens
ble article ol table porcelain, goes 'o
the dealer from whom he had purchas
ed the vet endeavored to replace it.
"Have yon any objection to breaking
up a set!" he sav. "I bought one
from you last week, and one piece is
smashed. It was like this. How
nuiciril yon take for that sugar-bowl
there, without the cover?"
"Well, the price U 13 francs with
the cover, but I'll let yon have the
bowl by itslf for 11. You see, the
cover doesn't amount to much in point
of fact I may sav it is worthless but
it would look absurd not to make some
deduction, so I'll kuock off one franc
for the cover."
"What one franc only? Surely, the
cover must be worth more tuan one
franc." .
""o, sir; in reality it isn't worth
more than half a franc, but seeing it
you I'll call it a iranc and let you have
the howl for 11."
"Why, by Jove, what sn as I ve
been! It wasn't the bowl that my wile
told me was broken it was the cover.
How funny of me how stupid! ItH'nt
the bowl I want It's the cover. Here
is your own franc don't mind wrap
ping itup." (Vanishes Into the Infin
ite azure of the street.)
"Brigand!" (Faints.)
"Tukouork," observed a solicitous
eniin-T mother to her husband. "I think
" wni not let Oeorgey attend Sunday
gt.ho(, any more. I find the poor boy
ts qUite feverish to-night, and his leet
arB aii blistered." I'lKtn hearing
wllch Oeorgey Inwardly groans for
next Sunday they were to meet for the
last time to settle the number ol quar
ter miles walked, and he knows now
that a chance lor any share in 25 cetits
of gate money Is gone forever
"What's tieaches?" asked a ladyol
a farmer at the West Side Market.
"Fruit." he promptly answered. But
it wasn't so funny when sheas prompt
ly jammed his hat down over his ears
with her basket, knocked his doit into
the gutter with her parasol, kicked
over his stand, called him a "good-tor
nothing, mean thing," and walked
over to his ilval in business and made
her purchases. A nl yet, he said, he
told nothing but the truth.
A NnonitoK informs us that his wife
never knew a quiet night until the doc
tor prescribed Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup
tor her little one.
A vou.no man about to cuter college
asked a student to tall him some com
plimeutary phrasj In Latin that he
could repeat to the professor when he
I should re introduced, l ne menu coin
lulled. On meeting the professor lie
;s:ild: "Ahem! "Ego sum stultus
, '1 he professor merely opened his eyes a
! tnlle wider ami aiagraeiy: les,
sir; i am wen aware oi me laci.
Old Highlander (to village post-boy
with a telegram) "D'ye ken what it's
about Saaiuy' Sawnoy (who v as
j told by his father the ost.uaster)
"Aye, it says that Touald ii coniiii's
1 haun: tne morn s morn irae the nisn
- ing; and ye'll hca to pay a Fasjieiice,
er I'm no to gie ye it." Old High
! lander '.a, na ! ie matin jist Uke it
! oacx, and say I uiruia v. am u.
I
I A CK.NrLEMA.x who was Interceding
' Bishop ltlooiuiield tor a clergyman who
i was c.ini-taiitly in debt, ami Had more
; tllaI1 ollt beell insolvent, but v ho was
,., ot ,ai,.llU am eloquence, con-
iin.ie.i hi eiiiogisiii bv saving: -In
j fll,.t j,rj ,le u qui'te a-St. l'au."
..ye.. said the Bishop, dryly, "in
' ..fiu olt."
; " .
A rcitFLEXED German ti ho had made
a garment for a youth, anil found bini-
self unable to dispose of the surplus
no fault of
de coat. De poy is too
slim!"
"Did you ever see an apron!" says
one of those interrogative newspapers
'I'P'n thocreaiu. mistress." Farmer's
Wife "Ah, but I dinna like that."
Herd Laddie "Yo tliuna like guid
meat, then."
A Wise Deacon. "Deacon Wilder,
I Want Jon to leil me how you kept
yourselratid family well the past sea
son, when all the r st of us have been
sick fo much, anil have had the doctors
visiting us so olten."
"Uro. Taylor, the answer is very
easy. I used Hop loiters In tiuie;ktpt
my family well and saved the doctor
bills. Three dollars' worth of It kept
us well aud able to work all the time.
I'll warrant it has cost you and the
neighbor oue to two hundred dollars
apiece to keep sick the same time."
"Deacon, 1 11 useyour medicine here-
after."
Sm Charles "I should like of all
things to see you in Parliament, Char
lie." Son ami Heir "Well, sir. I
don't mind; I bclicva it's a very good
sort of place; and then it's so'handy
to the Aquariam."
When the girl who has encouraged a
young man for about two years sud
denly turns around and tells him that
she never can be more than a sister to
him, he, tan for the first time see the
freckles on her nose.
An inebriated individual fell clear
across Main street, and landed against
an Indian cigar-sign. Looking into
the face of the dummy rett man he re
marked; "See 'ere, mister, wish yoa'd
give'er fellur a little elbow room."
Lookout that your nurses do not drug
your little ones with laudanum, pare
gorieor other soothing remedies. Give
them Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, which in
nocent remody is warranted not to con-,
tain opiates.
An Irish soldier called out to his coin
pinion, 'Hollo, Pat, I've taken a pris
oner.' 'Bring him along, then ; bring
him along?' He won't come. Then
come yourself.' He won't let me.
Sleepy Tom managed to pace a mile
at Chicago in If that horse
ever gets awake he ought to prove
quite pry,
"IlAVgyoua mother-in-law f" asked
a man of adisoonsolatc-lnokinsr parson.
"No," he replied; "but I have a father
in jail."
- Y'ot'NO man, in a walking match vou
"go as you please," but a courting
match yon please as you go.
"l-ausli and Crow Fat."
This ancient bit or aJvica is well
enough for "spare" people, but how
about those that are already too fatf
What is to become of theuir Sit still
and I'll tell you. After many experi
ments, extending through months of
patient investigation and toil, the cele
brated analytical chemist, J.C.Allan
has perleeted aul given to the world'
Allan's Anti Fat. Thus far in several
hundred cises this great remedy baa
never failed to reduco a corpulent per
ron Irom three to six pounds per week
It Is perfect! harmless and positively
tflloienL Sold by druggists.
Q 2
What Mora Terrible,
more painful, more ewpeiatinB. disnonraglng
od persistent than FtU : especially to afflicted
mortal who ha tried loUoue. ointnieuta.
pill. eloctuariMi and all maimer of nostrums
iod doctor t' stuff, iutorually and externally,
without reliet Wbut wouder to it that ball
million redeemed nfl'arere should ehont ho
aaniuui over the dicoerv of Anakesit, aa in
fallible curt far files! this medical miracle,
so simple aa to excite wonder that wise doctor
have not thought of it before, bo prompt and
certain in its action m to secure for itself the
title of infallible, so scieutiOo and rational id
its eombinaUon of poultice, instrument and
medicine, ss to render the ultimate core of 95
per cent, of sveraue ease of pile sure, la no
an accidental discovery, bnt the solution of a
problem by the study and eipeneDoeof Dr.
Biisbee, an accomplished and distiuKuiahed
physician of 40 years' standing. It has stood
Ui test of 30 years' experience; over half a
million of sufferers bare used it with success,
and doctors of ail school now prescribe it in
the.r practice, and it is pronounced to be the
nearest to an infallible cure for piles vet dis
covered. Anakfsit, Dr. H. Bdsbees External
Pile Itemed?, is sold bv draKisu everywhere.
-.1 tvt. Iu. kJ.mnluj m.ilM.1 Awt tA
I new IW lw "I . " J
.'.i .nir.n nn mnlieation to P. NeaataeateT
Co.. Box 3'M6. New York.
Pmiular Science. Kichet finds that
the presence of oxygen facilitates the
fermentation of miik. Up to -14 deg. C,
a rise of temperature intensifies fermen
tation ; but from that point up to deg.
C. there is no modification, and alwve
this latter point the fermentation black
ens. Digestive juices hasten lactic fer
mentation.
Chevrul proposes a new test for Dal
tonism, or color blindnes. One-half
of a disk is painted with a certain color
ami the other halt is icu wuue. me
disk Is then turned at a speed nl Irom
H) to lfit) revolutions per minute, and
the color complementary to that which
had been painted on one-nan apiears
on the white half. The ability lo de
termine the complementary color con
stitutes the test.
Boutlet, of Paris, secures an electric
al inscription of sjieech lu this way : A
very sensitive microphone, in which
the carbons arc held together by a piece
of paper loltled in the shape ol a V. Is
used as a transmitter. The receiving
telephone has the diaphragm and cover
removed, and a spring is llxed at one
end on the wood ami at the other end to
a smill piece of soft Iron resting on the
magnet. A light bamboo, with whale
noint. Is attached to the spring, a?id
makes representative traces of the words
received ou decalcomanie pajier.
O. E. Davis, iu dealing with the sub
ject of boiler incrustations In a recent
paper, says that many nostrums had
been brought forward a preventives
which were absolutely worthless, if not
positively injurious. After niatiy tri
als, he was convinced thatasall boiler
scales were principally comjiosed of
sulphate of lime, tribasic pho-phate of
soda, the "trip?a" of commerce, wa3 the
best of all preparations, a it absorbed
the carbonic acid in the water, and' act
ing on the sulphate of lime, precipita
ted it with the mud to the bottom of the
boiler, whence the deposit can be easi
ly removed.
A proposal to use compressed air in
stead of gunpowder for blasting in
mines has been brought forward in
Ku-'laiiil. The plan is to employ air at
a pressure of upward S.O 0 pounds to
the square inch. Its probable success
is indicated by the result of some tests
recently made in the Wigan collieries.
Researches ou the ultra-violet limit
of the solar sKctruni have been con
ducted by K. Corine. The extent of
the Hpreclrum varied with the altitude
of the sun, proving that the limitation
is due to atmospheric absorption. The
utmost limit he was able to reach, ami
this only on two days at noon, corres
ponded to the wave length 2'j:i.
It take but one trial to show the
purity and merit of Djbbins' Electric
Soap, (inad-' by Cragin &. Co., Fhlladel
phia). For your own interest give It
that oue trial. All grocers keep it.
I.ftomftir't have been successfully
employed in France for the purpose of
towing canal Doats. I hey are small.
not weighingover louror nve tons, and
run on a track laid down about four
feet from theetlgeofthecan.il. drawing
the boats to a cable some three hniw'.n-.l
feet in length. The speed attainable
without injury to boat or canal is at
least twice and probably three times as
great as that luruished by horse power:
and only one man is needed to manage
the engine, lhere is reason to believe
that towing locomotives will ultimately
come into regular use ou some of the
chief canals iu France.
Consumption l' arc d.
An old physician, retired from prac
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an Fast Inula missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy ami permanent cure for Con
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all Throat and Lung All'ectious,
also a positive and radical cure for Ner
vous Debility anil all Nervous Com
plaints, after having tested its wonder
ful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it
knew to his suffering fellows. Actu
ated by tliis motive and a desire to re
lieve human su tiering. I will send free
of charge to all who desire it, this re
cipe, in German, French, or English,
with full directions lor preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with' stamp, naming this paper, W. V .
Sherar, li J'uwers' Muck, liuclutler,
.Yew Yurk.
A Ms Headed Boy.
George Albert Page, is the name of
a remarkable boy. who lived with his
mother in a small frame house a short
distance south of Lakeport, a little
hamlet near Oneida lake, X. Y. He
will lie fifteen years f ll on the fif
teenth day of January 1SS0, and is per
fectly formed, with the exception of
his head which is of enormous size. It
measures twenty eight inches in cir
cumfcraiice, eleven iiiel.es from the
front to tue back, nine Inches across,
eighteen and a half Inches f i om ear to
ear, over. The forehead is four and
one half Inches high, and the face ten
and one-haif iuches long. The head
which is twice us large as that of the
average person, is covered w ith black
hair. Another singularity is the eyes;
they are Inverted, aud he cannot look
up. He cannot see anything below the
level of his eyes. The lid that closes
over the eye, instead of being the up
per one, as Is generally the cae, is the
lower one. The face otherwise pre
sents no unusual appearance. The bov
is live feet one inch in height, and
weighs about 80 pounds. He is in per
fectly healthy condition and eaU reg
ularly and In large quantities. After
each meal he smokes, and would prac
tice the habit continually were he al
lowed lo do so. Ue was three years
old before he could raise Lis head, and
live years old before he could stand on
his leet. r rom his infancy until near
ly six years old, he was almost a skele
ton in form, but now he is nearly as
well developed as an ordinary boy of
his age. In consequence of the strange
position of his eyes, he has never been
able to acquire any learning, and docs
not know the letters of the alphabet.
He is, however, quite apt, and is quick
to catch the meaning of anything
spoken within his hcariug, but cannot
express himself, and, Invariably, asks
his mother what to say. Ilia bead
which is very heavy, Increases iu di
mensions as he advances in age: and
when he reaches maturity will proba
bly be one-half larger than at present.
Like a lobster. Uia hat t.n i... .
a certain objeetioual clause.
M , - -.11 -. -T-"- ...-.MA-Mv . J
Hierkkli.'s Trrrn OiimtnrT win cure sore
Eyelids, Bore Nose, Barber's Itch on the face.
or Grocers' Itch on the hands. It never faus.
60 oeuU a bor, .sent by mad for 60 cents.
Johnson, UoUowar & Co.,
tffi Arch SL. Phua.. Fa.
If too uui aasvoos aud defkehhtd take
Hootxaan't OuSJtxn ISittkm.
Btmiu'i Trrraa Ommmr will cars all
cabby or scaly diseases of the skin.
New Operas !
Carmen:
3.00
CrmB U Oatrra that ba f radosUr and -nrHr
un it my tw a treat popalafily MthU((b tti
tnxtk it) lart. io farl wbat am ought call fotir
iitlLar tHM.L." It im rot MB if alccant tv, with mo
vie and all tb wtxd-, fcagiisa anti foreiga. fur
X a-LUllLZa- 0Hra by "npp 92410
FbI-wIm new Op.-ra that U -icieNi ajurersja.
lar.f, nu lxak, with IDiclih and Iortjcn wwtiU,
mi thm upera iu wjf aj toiieta, fur a tow ric.
wa a 1 a 1 t.kk.F.
T- - A.
Doctor of Alcantara.
Br Eicbberr.
i.a
price, witliin tu tuchotitl. Orcbaatral sarta 414.
Bells of Corneville.
narlr ral 1 .
A rJt . Tb. with fhMlKctur"aadtba
Srcerr'"t 111 0U ar well worth adopting by cm-
paiHM wito hve nniaHrj linaiot,(uil .iinsr Wfii
for SO rDts aud hu afj kHtkiltf -! for aui
May opera.
Btmittbr our flrt cla- !lrt;iiisr School amirjuvr
R. L.w. olTK lip WOKUIPandTH K TKMPl.k
-Ch 99 U prr drn ar 4 Ltd -h. J'wl f,r v
Alt", alwya rrraciiiwr im Jiifiv-iu '"""
puhliaht-J wr-kly. It ker ''.
maaical mater. cl r 7 page 01 Bioate pr
aerk aod coaU but $i i pr year.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.
J. t. DlTSOS A CO. tS CbMtaiaC Su. Phtla.
The Albrcclit
Arstsiw t'keapert Slntljus IMaus la
atarkft. ( all mm IM Brtra. sir aeaui fatr
Sllwatrmaest Cwflaie suaal lrle Uat.
ALBRECHT &C, CO.,
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We Win p.) Aelili.. sun ol iAl moULQ
aa.i t(--a., ur ln. a lara cujnnii.iit., toiil our
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THIS MEW
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