T
3
IrfcUlStls
Alii
.mil
lor
xl.
-it
-go
jited
je burt
appears to
jaiaerai wealth
A-aluri'of Slexico
,jmiiri(.iis and is trav
Grande river throughout
4u from Dorth to south. Al
as of metals are found here and
Jiy precious stouts, but the tur
m was obtained only in one mine or
oup of mines. The workings, however,
eere very productive, but something over
two hundred years ago a sudden inundation
broke in upon the unfortunate Indians en
gaged in the extensive subterranean gal
ie.ies and drowned a hundrid of them. So
overwhclmiue was the catastrophe that the
whole enterjuise was abandoned, and evtr
fcince about the time of the tire of London
none of the beautiful light-blue stones,
small specimens of which are so popular
with ladies lor "engaged" rings, have been
derived from America. The genuine tur
quoise is described by chemists" as a phos
phate of alumina, hut there is a mineral
product found in Ijtnguedoc easily mis
taken for the stone, but said to be rvallv
nothing but a bone covered with phosphate
of iron. The Mexican turquoises are said
to lv very line and abundant and the shah
n.ay, theiclore, by-and-by, hnd his nice
little monopoly seriously reduced in value,
lie would hardly be a shah of I'ersia if he
had not managed to make a rather god
thing out of the mountain mine of Kho
nts&n. Bad Habits.
u is easy to form disagreeable habits,
so easy to drop them again. Per-
Q-j n.j nwuuif a flvcouu nature.
.1 liiirilr Imfitrit vin ullnor
' n ,v I
... - j " " jourseil
t rui them. There are disagreeable
oits of the body, like scowling, winkine,
sting the mouth, biting the nails, con
al!y picking at soiuetiiine, twirling a
cy, or fumbling at a chin, drumming with
the fingeis, screwing and twisting a chair
or whativer you can lay your hands on.
Don't do any ol these things. Cultivate a
calm quiit n anner. Better be a statue
than a jumping-jack. There are much
worse habits than these to be sure, but we
are speaking ouly of very httlc things that
annoying when persisted in.
-re habits of speach, also, such as
eery jij Willi - jOU See " OT
tana," "now-a," "1 don't care,"
"tell t-OU nOW." Inrttstinr-t iili..
anarp nasal tones, a slow drawl avoid
-ixtn aJL Stop and think what you wish
and then let every word drop from
s"' 4s smooth and perfect as new
Have a cure about your
. and standing, and walking.
(Own, rou will find r
rdened m. o J
X get nd of witt , .
iia it lucu icuuci j uu u
id you.
Tv ,
V
c," aud
0tm of sco-
nu parted to it by
ill against the side
ball is "Englished"
is must have been al
, much like a scientific
.orkedout with hard phvsi
r to be very attractive, to fair
ers at k-st- lmWd, it was not
ill ci t iuimrifceis, too; the impact
of a heavy tennU ball propelled by a
su-ong and skillful arm was by no
means to be eneczedat; and it was long
a tradition ot the court which former
lv stood in the Ixrtdon Hay market
that a duck bad bten killed there by
stroke from a ball. So the ladles, at
least, have reaecn to bless the nemoiy
of that duke of Beaufort who one j
bad the bapry iefpiration to pat op
net in the picturt -gallery of his liou.-
at Badminton, and so first played the
- 'ipjjjjuiujinton battledore."
io lawn tennis the transi
Jisy,
efore that, however, the idea
n anticipated, by the earl of
"t who, when he entertained
Jizabeth, "had ten of his eer
Ja square green court before
fc'tsty's window, hanging up
uaring out the form of a ten
and makirg a cross e line In
s, where they played five to
Irand-ball at 'bord and eord.
ratine it,to the great liking of
niss." Strutt even Infers,
. entry in the register of ilenry
expenditures, that the open-air
was Known as early as the reign
t monarch. However that may
or to whomsoever we are in
Jted for the ba py thought, our fair
j.vlers may be thankful for an addition
o their list of out door pastimes which
is i.ot only healthful aud graceful and
in an eminent degree, but affords ;
Ireth and admirable field for the dis
play of miracles of millinery and mar
vels of hosiery without which anv
pastime would be to them but stale and
unprofitable.
A Wonderful Apctlc.
Indite had a wonderful appetite. He
was ashamed of it, hut was compelled to
satisly it. His favorite restaurant was
Brebaul's. Kvery fifteen days be would
make his appearance and call for BrebaiiL
He would say :
"My dear Brebant, to-morrow eight
gent iemdn wh'l dine with me. (And he
would give their names.) You know
them ; all good fellows, who know what's
what. Very well, twenty francs a head
not countius the wine, of course. Get up
for me oue of your best bills of fare some
thing that will do you honor. We will sit
down at six, sharp, military time. I have
w arned them that we will wait for no
body." The next day he arrives a little before
the hour. He examines the table, ar
ranges the ornaments as he thinks will
suit the tastes of his fiiends, and he writes
their names on cards, which places beside
the plates.
lie pulls out his watch. "What !" he
says, '"six o'clock, and nobody here?"
"You may be, a little fast," suggests
Brebant. T
Ladite resents this indignity. "Xo I
compared witu the B-use as I came along.
1 said military time,and I gave them warn
ing. 1 will teach them a let son."
Brebant pleaded for the laggards. "Well,
five minutes' grace; not another second.
He goes twenty times to the window, but
there is no sigr. The live minutes are up.
'1 will have my dinner," he cries; "those
fellows may catch up if they can."
He attacks all alone this dinmr tor nine
persons, and in four hours be has devour
ed it, washing it down, it would be hard
to say, with how many bottles ot wine.
ne tains an me wuue to nimselr, hut so
that the gaiicon can hear '"Why did those
rascals deceive me? A. yes, perhaps he
ought to be excused. It is his mother-in-law
s birthday, apd B. 1. remember he said
he was not well, and C. I'll waeer he met
some woman on the way," and so on until
he had fund an excuse for each one. Sud
denly he strikes the table in ancer and
roars furiously: "Butatdi they should have
had the politeness to have written me a
line.
When he is at his coITee be savs to Bre-
baut: " ou see, if I had iisiened to you. I
wuuiu ue wtumgyeu ext time we must
see somehow that they are more exact."
And the next time and the time after he
was always alone, and he flhished always
with these words as he rushed out: "I will
ask them again, Brebant. I am curious to
know how far they will carry their ill
breeding."
Poor Ladite, he waa fastened in Pari.
, mtucu iu i alia
"ytMsTOand he died ot hunger during the
rnfod
uut y and
stored.
most,
nlmals
;r, dry
pt in a
when
ixcuse
ay not
er, but
a win
J hay
eut-ml-
-cue
... oJ tend
production of
jYiis i especially
ground not so treated
i, and we would mention that
TTotuer year is best,instead of every'
ar as some gardeners do, Gardens,
ami esj-eciuiiy old ones, should alsc be
lui.rd ut-uut onoe-in five yeurs, aud sai
led rout every other spring, apply
ing ot liuie at the rate ol about tnirty
bushels to the acre, aud of salt from
eight to ten. In applying salt keep it
iruui coming in couuict witu box edg
ing and all oilier evergreens, very small
trees, oic. Such a course will bring up
jour oid gardeas in a surprising luau
uer. luruips, radisnxs, tc, will grow
as well as Hit y ever did, and all oilier
vegetables Khs .argeiy oeneuted.
About jMsejiext Bakxs. A few
year 80 stables lor sheltering stock
under oarns weie generally recoup
men tie". .Later they were quite as
generally uenounced. It was held that
me foul air lose from them and injured
the bay and otuer loilier stored abovi
tneui. They mere objected to lor the
reason thai they were generally dark
and camp. Basement staules if rightly
constructed have many advantages,
aud farmers w ho intend erecting barns
the coming season would do well to
consider ineui. They are warmer in
winter aud cooler in summer than
stables that are built entirely above
ground, lc is comparatively easy to
imild them in such a manner that they
will be tree from the objection brough
against them. Bad oJor may be ex'
eluded Iroiu the nay-loft by the em
ploytueut of sheet metal below the
plank tloor. Any amount of light may
ne aamitteu by means oi glass win
oo s titled so as to slide and admit
lresh air, and the floor may ba raised
io such an extent as to- arl'ord a dry
bed lor stock.
DekssixgT Pocltry. The noultrv
is at baud and the following snr?es-
uons may be apropos: loung chick
ens and old ones acquire a flavor bv
urine aincu anu KCPt 111 a condition
whereby they may improve in tender
ness through the actioi. of the iuit-n in
the flesh, xhey should be dressed and
hung up with a piece ot charcoal placed
in the cavity to absorb anv acidulous
substance that may result from atraos-
puenc action while passing through
he process of mellowln?. I'milirr
kept lrvm food at least twelve hours
belore killing will te found w ith in
testines empty and all superfluity of
secretions exhausted. The flesh will
l juicy and the lat firm. If left to
starve lor two or three davs before
Killing, tne llesh becomes flabby, son,
tasteless and unfit lor food, notwith
standing they may have been in lull
nesn belore.
Ewes which are to lamb earlv outrht
to be by themselves and have better
care as their time approaches, r eed
a icw more turnips and give them a
little more liberal sprinkling of corn-
nieai anu bran, or on cake,
As the season advances the livestock
n quire Inert ased attention: notonlv
ate they more directly dependent npon
our care, but thtyare subject to dis-
comlcru trcm exposure.wtich serious
ly interfere w ith the profit ct kceoinir
Boiled appies aud meal are excel.
lent food lor fattening hogs; apples
are cueip, meat is not dear, poik con
tinues to kuvance, and tc-day the out-
iook is a pront in roik lor the produ
cers.
Tn ("remote Plant,
According to a uote in a recent bo
tanical journal, the resinous substance
found on the branches of Laurta Jlcxi-
cdnahas been preparation as a substitute
for lac in the proporasion of the lac
dye. The plant, which belongs to the
natural order Zygophjlkx, Is a shrub
from four to six feet high, growing jn
dense shrub like masses in Mexico, es
pecially on the borders of the Colorado
desert where its luxuriant grow th forms
an impeuetrabie mass ot vegetation,
effectually preventing the inroads of
the drifting sand. The presence of this
plant is said to be a sure indication of
a sterile soil, little else being found
where It flourishes, though the bright
green of the foliage imparts a fresh
ness to the surrounding scenery. The
common name is derived from the fact
that the plant has a strong creosote
like odor, which is so powerful that no
animal will touch it. The resinous
matter to which the smell is due is
abundant in all parts of the plant, the
branches being frequently covered
with it, in the same manner as true
lac. The resin irself is of a light ruby
color. It is used by the natives In the
treatment of rheumatism; it is also
used by the Indians for fixing their
arrow heads to the shafts, and for form
ing into balls, which they kick before
them as they journey from point to
ui1nlAftkAl,fHl1 I
IX)XESTrC.
Lard. Ut lard, skin carefully,
wash, dralti cut into dim, put Into a
tin pail anjsctiflto a pot of boiling
water. Attir melting, throw In asmall
quantity of wit to raake the sediment
settle, then timnier tor balf an honr or
until clear. I Strain through a coarse
cloth into jars. Tie ovtr bladders or
paper and cioth, the latter dipped In
melted gree. The other tatty por
tions, wash,' drain, cut into bits and
put Into an iron kettle over a slow fire.
Add a small teacuplul of water.to pre
vent burning. When the bits of fat
are reduced to fibers, take out with a
skimmer. IVatcn constantly, anu to
ward the last t1r constantly, l ne are
ouM be moderate from first to last.
le In alittle salt, airtl when the
ear take from the fire, and
lougn strain thronh a
e cloth into jars. When
do not press the cloth
fat will run through
eeze lt,strain that
'" -Lard keeps best
Ms well not to
Keep iclosely
place.
at a piece of
wo inches long
ing it run to a
, he edges -11
ints or ,other
rJt-incacu a
.jred worsted
ces the back for
uother piece of
Jze of your pict
lter, leaving the
. the wiJth of the
tare; work a de-
; a row of plain
the inside ed-es
?lace this in the
"asten on by work
id across the hol
ies, the same as
.or twist some
ngth, fasten at
i
X. Cut up some
i nicely in butter.
'en trim into good
I in a covered dish
jil and vinegar as
ew pieces of onion
y. Let thein stand
e hours. Then drain
. kkeu, place them on
ill your salad, dUb and
mayonnnie dressing over
jpe of the ciiicken when tried
- ived tor the tomato stutting.
f EE Ick rcDi'isc. 1'ound two
en of frehly-ioasted collee in a
1111 jr, just enough to crush the ber
rs witliout reducing them to pow
JcT. I'M them into a pint of milk
-with six ounces of loat sugar, let it
boil, then leave it to get cold, strain it
on the yolks of six egs in a double
saucepan, and stir on the fire till the f
custard thickens. When quite cold,
work into it a gill and a hall of cream
whipped to a troth. Freeze the mix
ture in the ice pot, then fill a plain ice
mould with it, and lay it in ice till the
time of serving.
When your canaries are moulting
ad cease to sing, do this : i'ut a little
oxide ol iron (iron rust from the drug
store,) or put a couple of lath nails iu
the water they drink, take away their
bottle so they can't get any drink but
their medicine. In another cup im
merse a little saffron. The latter gives
color to their incoming feathers. 1 lie
iron braces their system while moult
ing. In a little wmle they will sing
loud euougu to cause a headache.
Soctherx MoufcoK CooKi.Nt Kick. j
Pick over the rice aud wash it iu cold
water; to one pint rice put three
quarts boiline water and hall teaspoon I
ot salt; boil it i ust seventeen minutes
from the tune it begins to boil; turn
ofl'all the water; set it oyer a moder
ate nre with the cover off, to steaut
tilleen minutes. Take care aud be
accurate. The rice water first poured
off is good to stiffen muslins.
llojiixY Fmtteks. Take hominy
that has been well boiled (the large
hominy is the best), mash it fine, and
add to it three eggs, well beaten, one
cup of flour, two tablespoons of milk
and a liuie salt. Make it of the con
sistency of hominy batter, and fry in
hot lard. Ihese proportions need
about a quart of hominy after It is
boiled, a very nice breaktast dish.
Xceinbero Pcbpino. Three cups
of flour, two-thirds of a cup of suet
chopped fine, one cup of molasses, one
cup ot stoned raisins, one cup of sour
milk and one teaspo-ju ot soda in the
milk. Mix well, and pour into a but
tered tin hasin, then into a steamer,
and steam for three hours. When
done, you can try it by running a
straw through It. Set it into a hot
oven for live or ten minutes.
Fish Frittirs. Pake the remains
of a fish w hich has been served the
preceediug day; remove all the bones.
and n luce fine; add equal quai titles
of bread crumbs and mashed pomoe;
stir in two beaten eggs; season with
pepper and salt; add enough cream to
make the mass ot a proper consistency
to mold into little balls, and try them
in boiling lard.
To Boil Teoktables Griex. rut
them into plenty of boiling water that
has been salted; keep them uncovered
and boiling last till they are done.
To counteract the hardness of the wa
ter, should It exist, a little carbonate
of soda may be added witu the salt.
To Lsk St IE Bread. Soak the
bread lu hot water until soft; when
cold add two eggs half a cup of sweet
cream, one teaspoon of soda, a little
salt ami hour to make a still hatter like
trittters. t ry in hot lard or boil in
water. To be eaten with svrup or
whatever liked.
Brown Bread. Three and a half
cups Giaham flour, two cups of Indian
meal, two third9 of a cup of syrup, one
pint of water, (or if you have not
plenty of milk use all water,) one tea
spoonful of salt. Steam tour hours.
It is excellent.
SACCE riQCASTK FOR FlSH. Make a
brown suuee by trying a chopped clI n
n a nine outrer, adding a larsre tea-
spoonful of flour and a tuuibter ni
stock. Shimmer a little, stralu.and nut
a a teasioonl"ul of vinegar, one oi
chopped cucumber pickle aud oue of
capers.
To Make Sucks Waterproof. A
coat of gum-copal varnish applied to
the soles ot boots and shoes, and re
pealed as it dries until the pores are
filled, aud the surface shines lite nol-
ished mahogany, will make the soles
waterproof, and make them last thrm
times ai loug.
In making any sauce, put the butter
and flour In together, aud your sauce
will never be lumpy.
henever you see vour sauce boil
from the sides of the pan you may
know your flour or cornstarch is done.
A LcxcnEox Dish Beat two eggs.
mixing with them a tablespoonrul of
cream. Put them Into a saucepan.
adding some anchovies and some min-
cedftortgue. Spnad on toast and strve
immediately.
Sallt LtrjiN. One Dint flour, bntter
halt the s ze of an egg. one teacuo
milk, one egg, two tablespoons sugar.
one teaspoon cream-tartar, one-halt
teaspoon soda, one teaspoon salt.
Bake twenty minutes.
Buckwheat looy is recommended
forgv -.boree. a fine,
Etrsrcmous.x
. -.
"So she'f all broken no?" rerdied
Detroit landlady when she heard of the
failure of another woman in the same
business in Tolrdo. "Well, 1 knew It
was onir question of time, I was in
her house for a week, and 1 saw plain
ly rue uaa no economy noout her.
leuyou, landlady must think and
plan "
"Tea."
".Not only In great tliinsrn but in
small. There's philosophy in running
a uoaruing nouse.
"How?"
", can t stop to ten you more
than one instance. I have buckwheat
pancake every morning for breakfast
lor fourteen boarders. They use but
ter on their cakes. I keep the butter
on ice until it is as hard as a rock. The
eakes are all placed on the table, not
smoKing not, but mildly warm just
warm enough to soften the outside of
a lump of butter. Ia this way I make
a saving oi two pounds or butter per
week over the usual way of rushinz
on hot pancakes. It's ouly one dodge
out oi Hundred, out trie landlady wno
doesn't play mote or less of them must
ultimately come to grief."
A Ualvetox irishman has a very
bright boy, who reads thepapets. The
otCer -DiorniLg the old man asked
Patrick junior why he didn't return
the change from marketing. There
was no answer except that the boy mut
tered :
"The toirant."
"Have you fed the pig, Patrick V"
A stony stare wag the only reply,
Then lor about fifteen minutes there
was a vision of a son closely pursued by
a bareheaded father revolving around
the bouse, until the former overtook
the latter and yanked him over
water-barrel.
"1 was only thrying Boycott on yez,
feyther; for the sake of ould Ireland,
lave me aione."
"It's a boy caught,, ye are," panted
the old man. "I'll tache yer to ihrifle
wid a home ruler," and be reached out
ami gathered a barrel stave.
The application ol coercive measures
could be heard four blocks off.
Lord Stiffxeck to hotel writer:
"Bring me some green corn with the
other vegetables; 1 never saw any
green corn would like to know what
it looks like." Waiter; "All right.
sir." Goes off and returns in a tew
minutes, well loadeu with good things
which be places before his lordship.
Lord S. : "Where is the green corn 1
told you to bring nier" Walter:
"Wby, sir, there it is." Lord S
"But that is not green; it's white."
Waiter: "Yes, sir, 1 know sir; but
in this country we sometimes call peo
ple gieen who are aswniw as yoursell,
cir." A lew seconds later his lord'
ihip was heard by every one around
tne olHoe, inquiring of the clerk "if
tne7 hired servants in that hotel to In
suit English noblemen V
Whxj Jas.T. Brady first opened
lawyer s office in Mew York be took
basement room, which had previously
been occupied by a cobbler. He was
somewhat annoyed by the previous
occupant's callers, and iriitated by the
fact that he had lew of his own. One
day an Irishman entered. "The cob
bler's gone 1 see," he said. "1 should
think he bad." tartiy responded Brady
"Aud what no you sell? ' he said look
ing at the solidary table and a lew law
books. "Blockheads, responded
Brady. "Begorra." s.-tid the Irishman,
"ye must be doing a mighty line busi
ness ye hain't got but one Itlt."
Joxis is a faultrtindiiig man. Xotb
mg ever please him. W hile he was
lying sick with a heavy cold the other
evening his wife brought him in a
beautiful new porous plaster, and he
said : "The man who shot that thing
must have been Bring at quail."
A height little boy who had been
engaged in combat with anotner boy
was reproved by bis aunt, who told
hi m he ought always to wait until the
other boy "pitched into him." 'Well,'
exoaiuicd the little hero, "but if
I
wail for the other boy to begin,
alraid there won't be any fight."
I'm
Wishing to pay his friend a compli
ment, a gentleman remarked : "l hear
you have a very industrious wife
"Y'es," replied the Iriend, with a mel
ancholy smile, "She is never Idle. She
always finds something tor me to do
Well, "said Eihington,mjestiealIy
"we mustn't be too severe on the
young fellows, I suppose I was as big
a fool as any of them when I was
young." "Yes," replied Fogg, "and
you are net an old man now, Bllling-
ton."
A bass ball boy tripped, fell and tore
his clothes while chafing a stray
chicken in a neighbor's lot. Ue told
his mother he had been sent to grass
by a foul. She reached for borne base,
aud the youth went on a strike howl
ing for the old man to act as referee.
Smith : "I once possessed a splendid
dog, w hich could always distinguish
between a vagabond and a respectable
person." Jones: "Hell, what's be
come of him?" Smith; "Oh, I was
obliged to give him aw&y ! He bit me."
Three red-haired men walked
solemnly into a Main street saloon and
stood before the bar. "Hello," said
the barkeeper, in a tone of interest,
"Who's elected? Oh, I beg pardon,"
he added, "I thought it waa a torch
light prooessian."
' Eticjcette" wi lies to us to Inquire
if in our opinion it would be propr
for him to support a young lady if she
was taken with a taint even if he
hadn't been introduced. Proper,
young man, certainly prop her by all
means.
"Sit down," said a hamUoraely
dressed and vivacious young lady at a
fashionable watering place "sit down,
it's about the only thing you can do
here witliout paying for it."
Ax eb'erly resident of Xewtjn was
approached by an agent for a cyclo
pedia. "1 guess 1 won't get oue"
said the tluerly citizen, and frankly
added, "I know 1 never could learn to
ride oue ot the pesky things."
"I heard you were Cown with the
rheumatism," exclaimed Mrs. Smith.
"So did I," said Harry, gleefully :
'but a rumor 'tis, tn'in."
Avocsolady who has studied all
the "oiogies," wants to know If the
crack of a rifle Is where they put the
powder in.
A good thing to keep in the house.
A big dog. Will our next-door
neighbor who owns one, take the hint?
Xever try to go to slee-p wi.h an old
coat lor a pillow. There is no such
thing as getting a nap on it.
A wao got hold of an e litor'g whisky
boitle and labelled It, "To be coniiu
ued in our necks."
The soldier the policeman and the
horse car conductor generally look
straight to the front.
Somebodt says that a mule's hind
feet are built on the plan of an emetic
you can't keep 'emdown.
Daviged by water The life insur
ance company when of its policy
holders U drowned.
. "Half a leaf is better than none,"
as the corner loafer Said to the police
man when told to move on.
A STtcK-cr thing. A fhow bill.
Professor Dufoure, ot Paris, has ar
ranged a thermometric apparatus
which shows the ehanges of tempera
ture In a very marked way. The mere
approach of th band to the bulb will
throw a needle over a graduated arc.
TbeJevice consists of a bent tube, hav
ing a bulb at one end, coated on the
outfide with lampblack- The middle
of this tube is llid with mercury and
supported by arms nicely pivoted.
Above the pivot Is fixed an index needle
which moves across a graduated arc,
ami beneath the pivot hangs a rod to
which is attached by friction a small
weight, which serves to balance the
needle so to make it point to zero on the
arc. When the temperature rises in the
slightest degree the heat, being readily
absorbed by the lampblack on the air
bulb, dilves the mercury forward and
displaces the center of gravity if that
the needle turns at once toward the
right. M hen the bulb la exposed to a
The minute lines and furrows on per
sons' hands are likely to receive a far
more useful attention than the observa
tion of the great lines by fortune tell
ers. There is a leason to believe that
the spiral whorls on the thumb and
flrger points are peculiar to individu
als and races, and may be as certainly
usetl to define the ethnological class or
positive identification of the being pos
sessing them as the measurement of
the skull or the examination of a pho
tograph would be. Dr. Henry Faulds,
of Tuskiji Hospital, Tokio, Japan, in
an interesting but sometimes illogical,
contused, letter in the .Vaturt. directs
attention to this subject in away which
will, however, attract the notice of
uaturalists and students of the theory
of development and heredity. The
value of well-based rules of hand
marks injudicial inquiries can hardly
be overestimated.
A Cireat Enterprise.
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing
Company U one of .Rochester's great
est business enterprises. Their Hop
Bitters have reached a sal beyond all
precedent, having from their Intrinsic
value .found their way into almost
every household In the land. Gravhie.
Xo Khere In the world, perhaps are
the industry and fruitful ness of che
mists so great as in Germany. In one
of the large chemical work of that
country are employed, reeularly, six
chemists, at an annual salary of from
$2,000 to $25,000 each ; another, exclu
sively for theoretical work, at $10,000.
Aside from these are a large number
ot supernumeraries in the various de
partments 01 an tneir manuiacvories.
Thus the magnitude and superiority of
their chemical manufactories over those
of America may be easily seen, as no
such salaries are paid or extensive
works erected as yet in lira country.
A vulcerizina apparatus, or mill, of
sitnpie construction and adapted to a
variety of nses, ia described in Les
Moudtt. It consists of a cylindrical Iron
box provided with a rotating axis, to
which projecting radit are attached.
The material to be operated on, or pul
verized, is dropped in through the box,
and its transit being frequently struck
by these rapidly moving radii, it is
broken in'o fine fragments or powder,
just as a mass of dry earth is broken on
being tos-ed into the air and struck
with a stick as it falls. C lays, ores,
minerals, and a variety of other sub
stances are, by this means, pulverized
to any degree of fiuess.
Card collectors p ease buy seven bars
Dobbins' Electric Soip ot any grocer
and write Cragin & Co.. PhiladelpMs,
Pa., for seven cards gratis, six colora
and gold. Shakespere's ".seven Agea
ot Man." Ordinary price 25 cents.
The foiloteing are some results made
by Mr. Warren de la Kue and Mr. II
W. Muller upon electric light dis
charges under pressure. The most bril
liant displays of aurora probably occur
at a bight of thirty-seven miles above
the sea-level, and these would be vis
ible at five hundred and eighty-five
miles; a carmine tint indicates an alti
tude of t velve miles; a salmon colored
display thirty miles; and pale, milky
white, thirty -three ml es or more.
is possible, according to these physl-
c.sts, that the height of the aurora may
sometimes be only a few thousand leet.
In the altitudes above given we have
omitted the fractional portions of miles
( is the general practice to judge of
the wbolesomeness or water by the
quantity of organic matter which che
mical analysis shows it to contain
Hence the opinion expressed by Prof.
Huxley is somewhat startling. He
ays that "water may be as pure as can
be as regards chemical analysis, and
yet. as regards the human body, be as
deadly as prussic acid; and on the
other hand may be chemically gross
aud do no harra to any one." That is,
much organic matter is harmless, while
the particular germs which produce
disease may exist either in very foul
water or iu that in which tne chemist
can delect no impurities.
The theory formerly advocated hv
Prolessor Ellas Loomis.ef Yale Collece.
the distinguished meteorologist, that
periods oi severe cold are mainly the
result of cold air descending from the
upper regions of the atmosphere, is not
rusuimeu uy me most recent ouerva
tionsot the United States Signal -ervice
lie states this himself, in his latest
paper on weather Kcience, which was
read at the spring meeting ol the Na
tional Academy of sjciences.
Those who use Carhnllne. aa una
Improved and perfected, the great
pero!eum hair renewer, are always
aisunguished Dy the beautiful soft
texture of the hair produced bv thn
use of that most exquisite of all toilet
preparations.
An ant, three-eighths of an Inch
long, carrying a burden of one-sixth
ot a grain, moves at the rate of one
mile in eleven hours. The weight (a
email one compared wun that they can
carry; is eiguteen time their own
miiey compare wun a man nve an l a
half feet high, weighing 140 pounds,
carrying a weight of 2,500 pounds at
tne rate oi i,o limits in eleven hours
decrease of temperature the needle
plnts toward the left. So sensitive is
this apparatus to changes or tempera
ture, it has been necessary, to check
its suddon tipping over when exposed
to a rather high heat very quickly, te
pliice two fixrd pins at convenient
points beneath the tube.
Prof. Marks recently made soma cal
culations as to the maximum srjeed at
which locomotive engines could be
driven before the centrifugal force
ac ing on the tires of the wheels would
become so great as to cause them to
burst. These calculations e-av a limTt
of speed In the neighborhood of 150
miles an hour.
The Caspian Sea ia eradusllv hovm,
in lower. A portion oi the easf-rn
shore Is now transformed Into a series
of lagoons separated bv mudilv tn..i
and measurements have shown that In
la.i me ievei was nearly four feet
ntgner man in isoi. A general dim!
uuiiuu oi waier seems to be in
ress in all Asiatic lakes.
pro-
Cltar glass globes cause a losa in the
diffusion or gaslight, twelve per cent.;
glass tlobes ground with ornaments,
twenty-four per cent.; ground glass
globe, forty percent.; opal globes, six
ty per cent. r " '
Thirty-lour years of constantly In
creasing use have established a reputa
tion for Dr. BuU't Cough Syrup sec
ond to no similar preparation. It re-
Ccld,2rnU7 nd Cure M Congbs,
Wo Hoapltal Needed
No palatial hospital EltlsaUr.ed
Bitters patient, nor
talented pnfTera te tea " h
ters will do or core, as they te"
own story by their "a
lute cure at home. Yew lore in-
pendent. m . -
WeaUb ol the United tae.
We stand near the head of the Hat
third on the list of all the western na
tions. The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland heads the list wku
a capital valuation of $44,400,000,006,
then comes France with 36,000,000.
000; the United States with $62,000,
000,000 ; Germany with $22,000,000,000 ;
Russia with $15,000,000,000; and fhe
Low Countries with $11,130,000,000 of
capital collectively. These are the
valuations made by those countries of
their entire resources. What is the
average annual Income per inhabitant
in various countries t We come to the
front in this comparison. The average
annual income In the United Kingdom
is $103; In the United Mates, $163 also;
In the Low Countries, $130; in France,
$123; in the British Colonies, $90; in
Germany, and also in Sandinayia, $S5.
In this reckoning Ktissia, with her 90
millions of people, Is out of aight as
yet ; she will not be very long. On the
tiwiM nf inn nal accumulation our case
is even better, relatively far better.
The annual accumulation of wealth in
Germany is $200,000,000; It i $32j,00O
000 In the United Kingdom ; 373,000
000 in France,in the United States it la
$825,000,000. Our Increase of national
wealth since 1350, says a good English
authority, would be enough to pur
chase "the whole German emplre.with
its farms, cities, banks, shipplng.man-
ufactures, etc." The anneal accumu
lation has been $S25,C00,000. and there
fore each decade adds more to the
wealth of the United States than the
capital value of Italy or Spain. Every
day that the sun rises upon the Amer
ican people it sees au add it on ot $2,
300,000 to the republic.
Vegetixe does not deceive Invalids
into false hopes by purging and creat
ing a fictitious appetite, but assists
nature in clearing and purifying the
whole system, leading the patient
gradually to perfect health.
Patrick comes to the morgue to
claim a lost relative. 'Has he any pecu
liarity by which he cm be recogniz
ed?' asks the guardian. "Yes, he i
dumb."
There are about 400 species of min
erals known; bnt the varieties ot these
species are almost Infinite. For ex
ample,carbonate of lime exists as chalk,
marble, spar, lithographic stone, etc.
Ton Hut Try It
Do not despair even if yon ha.e snffsred
for years Irum weak kidneys and torpid
bpwtla. The celebrated Kidney-Wort ha
cured hnndreds of cases of from nve te thirty
years standing. It in nature's great remeey.
Ft.
VEGETINE !
GREAT RELIEF.
Sidi XXeaT.cla.clie.
Saiiivs, Miss., April it, 1STSL
H. R. STEVFVS. B..lun:
DVar Sir. 1 certify that mr wife has fre
qu- n. IT used jour Vejjitine for SleK Headache
and experienced g-re.ii Itellet from IU use
L. A. 1XJRR.
WITU GOOD S17CCESS.
Dropsy and Kidney Complaint
, . fra Moinih, Iowa, Sept. 10, is;.
H. R. STEVEss, Huston:
IhrM sir I tiiiuSc T.-ry h'hlyof roar Vece
ttne. having n.W It fo;- Dropsr and Kidney
i.mp:.ilm with (fo-xl snc-es-s, 1 have al-o re
coniir.en.KM it f . otU--ra who have been greatly
Leneuilcd by lb n.
D. B. KGGLESTOS,
tio.au Walnut Sk
Vegetisxe.
Female Weakness.
. Philadelphia, July 81. 1S77.
H. R. STEVENS:
Dtvir Sir 1 hare been afntetMl with Female
Weakness -.inn Wnmtt n(u.uiA m. manw
La-t March my h'l-binil iful me a nnuieof your
eir tine, anu before I hail finished taitng It I I
n'uuu le.iei : me second ana thlid boilles aave
me s IU further reuef, and 1 hi arcily recom
mend li. to a.1 ffUla.es tudt:rliu( Iroin r'einale
ikne!w.
Ke.-peotmily yonrn,
Mis. ELIZABETH H. JOHNSON,
6 North SevenUi street.
1 am personally acquainted with the a bora
tx'reons and aoui theui a number ot bottles of
ege tine.
J. O. EP.ERHARD, M. D.
Veettne has never rat ed :o effect a enre,
fflvii.; tone and strength to the sy tern detil t
Uktl oy disease.
Vogetino,
PRcPARiiD BY
IIj TS. STEVE?, Borro, Maas.
Vegetfae leftold kv All lira-lata.
Iep, Appetite. Ktreaatk
Ktnrn when nostfltter'a stomach Bitten ta
syeaiat.:anT ued by a bllloS 4jS?nT.
cioeely with the stomach and Its asaoelaienrZ
lera, menial drspoa.iency produced bv tnt
ernngvmeut disappears. 1
sot sale by aU Drutnflsta and Dealer!
generally.
TEAS, zz&s
In th
Inanrtor'
tM IrfriBtttn. In A I
in Am
Trattoemitfnu lv a . . . .
wr ti iatiuoaavat don 't tlma eaa
far Circular. K,,B T will.
J vae-i oi.. N. . FO. Baa Bar.
3
kuianar WlSTTTM-eSa SUBaS m
A. tr ' -aaol tlilrtr voiaacamlr..
3aaofthirVyeanacaadJasaaaaj
Aldaolle KMaaaTlKTX. -
I - -i-y- llllliiia?,-ipT . , ' m n.
mMMM
The Only Medicine
That Acts at saaM run
TSa liter, Us Ercsls asd tis tidneji
These treat enrans are the natural cleans,
en ef tlia Ttem. If tney wora well, twuth
will be perfect; If they become cl.ed,
dreadful ducaie are tare to ixilow with
- TERRIBLE SUFFER1NC.
Blltewmeai, Head ache, Irnpeptia, Ja
alce, CoaetisaUee aaJ Piles er Kid
Bey Ceaplaieta, Crave!. Ptabetea,
er Kaeasatlc Palaa aad Ackes,
aie eerelow"! beeati w the NvJ t potfnnea
with the hataera Uiat aawaid aane ticea
expelled aawirally.
KIDX ET-TVORT
wtn restore the healt hy action and all thea.
deatrovi erlM will be en1tid ; aedect
thtra a3 rea will live bntto autfer
TaeiaiMl nave beea eared. Trylttndyoa
will add .ne iro-e to the aoms-r. Tike It
aad health wtlloaoe more giaddea yoor Heart.
ii.ii.aaii.iiiiar..'i r-ii.i
Kmtrrr-WoaT will rare yoo. Try a pack
ace at once and be tatldled. -
llUm dry tqiitl compnnd att
Ob Paekareaukee six art ef ledlclaa.
rear DratfC km 0. tr na t U ft
-oaTai ! a-etni; it. JYw. 1JJU.
wtt.t.3, B313SCW a CO, fnpirtat,
IO (WUl wad "- BarUBctea, VC
flf w
man or m
trnttotniwi
i by tne train "
iisi 'Hk, Co tt
U' r hnuji "erv ud
timnauitoaod ase
Hop
if vnn are yonmr al
wane. nop B.
mfTerlncr from any 10
noa ; II V vi mar
younp. wiiT ruif rnMB
inx m a bad uf iica.
dlKTVtkn or dy3
rvd or rtmcle, til or
poorbaalt or aw'
n 9 J33l
BffS If"!
vateia iJ
uittn. W i b"
Bitters.
WBoever TO
iRotuaaro ue aa
BBuliy 1 r m some
f una of at 1 d n e
von
tlmt year v?aia
Bmd, ekannltW. "V
Inz or Minnie",
without tnrurxuU a
dawfle tiu&t mi; .t
oren pmrutci
titaelv aof
take nop
HopBltters
Bttvere.
nMtanAa
,p,a,"ip-
cue
19 D BhMtrts)
platnt, dlsea--ol
the eh""".
owrle, blood,
aarorai '
To. will tte
hop
ble r fur
'lriinktritD4iiat
tlP Of OlMtUaa,
tobtCrO.vr
eared tf voaaee
Hop Bitters
Ifyoaarealav,
.ry weak and
NEVER
.nlrUuLtr.
it 1 it may
save vour
life. It haa
saved hun
Cur-mLavr.
FAIL
TQ COL,
Itt, 3L X.
dreds.
--t.. Or.
SterliiigMusic liooks.
NIV7 INGtANl t'ONHEKVATORY METHOD
toit TUB r-lAMoFoUTU.
In three parts ; each t .50. or comp'ef e, t3.s
Th a Is a method of f-itttbli9Ueil reputation,
which has been In cons am use In ihetrre:i
Conservatory, anJ 13 petnn to oe ev-ryv, tie e
known and Ta uetl II is reeetveil UecMeU iid
nieniltlons trom the bust Leachers.
rlelloaarw ef .Watalewl Informfttlen.
($...) Very kOuventem Uxilc of rf.ereoce.
Oratve's Dlrtlenitrw ef Waale sad
Hasielaaa. Vol. L. U6.m) A graud enccl'
peoia. Htialaier and Barrett Dictionary .r
Mataleal Tervatw (Complete, ai.uu). A L
nious ancl Qoe.'ul work.
lehter a Cortnterpoint. (V-'.r) Kleh.
ter b ecaie. (ixuii.) l'wo atandorJ wurajoa
Compdi luii.
1 be Wrlrame rtiorna. (?!.) for Fit "1
Sol o .is. and Hais Bella, ticta.) for Coniim r:
s-booi slioul'l be In lue mlua 01 every teaeln r
In need ot new ro,s.
Jthnwa'a "Jew Wettiml rr Ila-
tnwny. (11.) dy A. N. .1 .liriiou. Ia uaexceiied
lor ease, simplicity anil thurou tineas.
Tempera a re Licht (li cts.. Temi.e.
ratare Jewel. (Vkcw). and llail'B lm
peraitee lee Konk (iti --i.. :tn nur lur 0
ueai Tempeian e buo... THY filEM I
Any book mallet, post-free, tor aijore prt en.
OLIVER DITSON & CO.. Eostoa.
1. E. DITIO.W. r,
Itm (sMaat ttrrrk l-hlladelplila.
YOU CAN BUY THE B LATCH LEY
PUHP
r raedr wtf b. Topper . Parrels Inw Irea
1.1 a 1 nap. Each one i4encilel with my name aa
maQutacttirer u warranted in material and con
struction. Kor sale by the best houses in the
trade. If von do not know where to ret tins
pump, write to me aa below, and I wnl send
name of agent nearest you, who will supply you
at my lowest prices.
CEAS. 6. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer,
303 Karket Bt Philadelphia, fa,
EW3I flVlirVT LOCAL 0TrayB
iaaSAURVC'aaaU. AU EXPENSES
a4.aard. W ttKi anaartlr raid. SLOAN
dk t a. 40 a.e.ra. at. tlaclaaalL u.
Srwrvo
S era!
rVGWrHTNK wrjjnLES-Wvfor IScta.
I 4nf
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alahNIa WAX ktiiU tu n ilidaouMai aba
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Miu.!rln :i 'h. r irHn -Mam-n.
in tHa E e and w .an.la
rilainri low 'ta, I .ri
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M-tala. llleiM WrllliX.'te.
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as eenta in St irons- Pra- bt
a.ail. ACEN IS WANTED.
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in ill 0rt'
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fraa. Addraee P.
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Ladies SZX ryt lm '
anlTlTt "w"'m avawsruaeoieaa veil
VlnanaaaT alT. , , rW" ana.-tl,
i ., TL "-aaiecl and
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