A JPbmntnm r Fact. In a recerjt trip to the northwest ef Dallas. 1UJ John Henry Brown's at tention wag calleJ, when some twenty n.ii.a from the citv. to a peculiar rum bling sound, similar to that of a rail road train far away, jtenecnoa w.u him that it was twelve to fifteen miles north to the line of the road between Dallas and Fort Worth. ; while the sou ml came from the opposite direc tion. In the northwest, where there ws no railroad for Hundreds of miles, Xizhf. found him the " guest of Mr Roland Witcher. two aud a halt miles north ot Sailthfield, in the western il. f the cross timbers, and about fourteen miJes north of Fort Worth sitting by his fireside. The noise was so distinct that he spoke or it. as did his daughter, who was his companion ou the voyage. From trat hour about, C:30 p. m., till they went to sleep at 11 p. m., the roar continued, always from the north to the northwest. Mr Witclier, who Is a very intelligent far mer aud a gentleman by nature, then told Maj. Brown that he had been hear ing this sound since about the flrt of October, but one of his neighbors baa discovered it as early as August last. By request the neighborhood began to cemoare notes. AH bad beard the sound1, but each one not noticing the course, and had supposed it to be the trains between Fort Worth aad Dal las. Yet. as attention was drawn to the subject, all realised that the sound came from the north or northwest Mr. Witcher had consulted with an in tellitrent gentleman from Henrietta in Clty county, who reported the same phenomenon in that distant county. '1 he next day. when some twelve miles further west, and two miles northwest of Blue Mound, in Tarrant county. Maj. Brown distinctly heard the same roaring, rnmbling sound, and stopped his buggy till hi daughter fully real lzed it. It resembles several familiar sounds, such as a distant waterfall; secondly, a distant railway train in the liight timei thirdly, the sound of wind In a Dine forest. Its sound has ualver mlly been irom north to northwest, ll resembles soniewuat the ominous noi described by Humboldt as preceding the irrcai earthquake of 17j9 in Mex ico, in which a village was destroyed -nl the volcanic mountains of Joruile were heaved up In a single night, there to stand and vomit forth Its lava till the present time. He had a most dis missed the subject from his mind, till a day or two since, when he received a call irom Mr. Joseph McElhaney, of Garrett's Creek, Wise county. His home is at least thirtv-five miles west of Mr. Witcher's. He fully verities Mj. Brown's own observation aud the slaieikent of Mr. Witcher, and has been hearing the sonnd at frequent inter vals lor about three mouths, J be sound, ttrauge and peculiar is a real ity. The canse is relegated to men oi science. The American Flag;. liut while the name ot the designer of our flag is lost, the name of the maker of the first star spangled banner survives, together with an authentic account of the circumstances attending this notable event in our national history. As Mr. William II. Canby (here quoted by Admiral Preble) has shown, the maker of the flag was Mrs. John Rosa, living at Xo. 89 (now Xo. 230) Arch street, Philadelphia, A committee of Congress, headed by Gen eral Washington, called upon this good woman who was famed for her fin needlework in June, 1770, and from a rough design that they brought with them, redrawn by General Washing ton in her little back parlor, she made a flag. Being completed, her work was shown to Congress lor approval, aud by a formal vote was adopted as the national standard. Admiral Preble writes, with a suggestion of cautious reserve, that it "was, according to Mr. Canby, the first star spangled banner which ever floated on the breexe." On the same day that Congress adopted the flag (June 14, 1777.) it passed a resolution giving Paul Jones the com mand of the brig Ringer, and upon her, soon after, the flag was shown for the first time at sea. Moreover the Ranger, sailing Franceward, carried the flag to Quiberon bay, where lay the French fleet under the Admiral la Motte Piquent, and there the new flag for the first t me was saluted by a friendly power. Dr. Ezra Green, sur geon ot the Ranger, writes in bis diary for 1773: "Saturday, 14th Frbruary : Very squally weather, came to sail at 4 o'clock p. m. Saluted the French admiral, and received nine guns in re turn. This is the first salute ever paid the American fl tg." This statement is literally correct, but not correct in vpirit. Six months earlier the striped Continental colors, carried by theGen erel M'lllin, bad been saluted at Brest, to the indignation of Lord Stormoat, l lie English ambassador; and more than a year before, Xovemt-er 16, 1776, the same colors, carried by the brig Adrea Dona, had been saluted at F.ustasia by the Dutch Gevernor de I. rail. In default of other evidence, this last named salute may be accepted as iht first formal recognition of our right as an independent power to fly a flag ol eur own. Gel a two fueled glass receiver, about three and a half inches diameter, with as large neck as possible, and In each neck fix by corks glass tubes or simi lar sire, as, Urge as possible, not less than ihree-eirhths iach clear bore, and one-na f inch is better. Black-varnish all outside, except a ciicle three inches diaaieter, opposite the nuzzle meant to be horizontal, and adjust this close agaiust and projecting into the lantern mzzle (the flange nczz'.e wita the objective removed) ou a wire tripod, tilling with water first, aud corking the tube in the horizontal nezzle till ail i arranged. Several feet higher, j lix some sort ot supply tank ( bucket will do) with a bit of tube Hied by a cork iu the bottom, and connect with tiie top mzzle by a flexible tube. Fin ally adjust I he light at such dUtance Irom the condensers titan the greatest pt as:ble amount is concentrated into the space occupied by the emission nozzle. Having adjusted all this, and tilled the tank, remove the cork from the nozzle, and let the water stieam out in a gentle curve into a bucket on tne floor. The ffct is beautiful, even on this small scale. Tbe jet is like a slieam of living fire; and it you have colored glasses and slip ttiem alternate ly iute u.e ordinary slice-stae ol the jantein, you get blcoj-reu, blue, or what color you desire. All this is owing to "to:al reflection." If the watei did not issue, and the cork was replaced by a ground-glass stopper with flat polished ends, the light Irom the lantern would be thrown horizontally into the room. But it meets tbe stream ofwaer on evry slds at much nitre iuj tie argie oi total reflecticn, nd t li cannot get out, but is reflecteu Irom aide to side all down the stream, making it bnllian ily luminous by the small notes In the water. Put your ban! in th jet aud it 1 bathed in light that light which cansot get out ol the stream ex cept where you thus break it np. . a - . AGRICULTURE. Witu Fowls fob f a burrs. 1 1 is an unaccountable fact that the raising of geese and ducks in quantity for the market is so mdcli neglected by our American farmers while Englishmen possessing only a few acres and access to stream or pond rsise such large numbers .with a goo l profit. Many readers of this paper have creeks run ning through barren parts of their land near by which could be placed cheap bouses lor geese, as which no land or water fowls can be so asily raised or at so good a profit. Having once se cured a good breeding stock or three or four; gewe mated to cue gander, all large line specimens, the same flock can be retained for breeders for six or eight years at least. In summer they will thrive on pasture alone. The geese began laying in February, aud lay thirteen to fit teen eggs. Either a turkey hen or a large Asiatic hen can. be used lor incubating, which requires thirty days; sprinkle the eggs with tenia water for about ten days before hatching. Feed the young goslings "little and often" with hard briled ergs, bread crumbs and scalded meal ; they are soon ready to shift for them selves and can be marketed without extra fattening as "green geese." Even the farmer who has no stream of mining water, can raise geese profit ably by giving them plenty of fresh water lor drinking and a large tank ot tub lor bathing. The principal varie ties of thoroughbred geese are the Toulouse, Bremen or Embden and Hong Kong or China. Of these the Toulouse are the largest,having reach ed the maximum weight of sixty pound per pair, and goslings forty eUht and a half pounds per pair, at the Birming ham show in England. They are ol a gray color, with white on the belly, and are valued for their feathers, aud are as often as large as the Toulouse the greatest weight ever known being fifty-eieht and a half pounds per pair. The meat is very delicate, they are hardy and good layers. The Hong Kong geese are much smaller tuau either of the preceding, but are the best layers known ; oitea laying three or lour litters in a season, and some times as inany as thirty or lorty eggs before setting. rrsH Tock BcrrtK Cows.--It pays to lecd cows giving niiik, liberally. Butter Is high aud now is the time to' leed profitably. Every cow should be made to produce as much butter as pos sible. Whenever butter is thirty cents per pound or more, there is money in the dairy business, and the man who feeds most liberally aud judiciously will make the greatest profit. Meal, both cottonseed and corn, roots pump kins and lodder corn, should all come in lor a share ol attention as profitable food for dairy cons. Whatever kinds ot food are used, the cos should have all that they can pre fitabiy turn into milk. ,3lany men leel that they Cannot aflord to buy train lor leeuing to cows at this season ot the year. i.et them take a diflerent iew, ask themselves il they can aflord cot to buy grain to leetf to cows w hen butter is a? high as it Is at present. Bloopy Mile. The cure for this condition of a cow depends very much Indeed upon the cause and nature of the disease. I here are quite a number of causes lor bloody niiik. One of the best remedies lor nearly all conditions is a good sharp physic ; tor a small an. imal three-lourihs of a pound of sul phate of magnesia (Epeoiu salt), and and one aud one fourths for a large cow. To this add two ounces of best ground ginger. Pour over the whole about two quarts of boiling water. When at one hundred degrees give as one dose, a pint at a time, while some strong persons hold up the head. Bathe the bag with cold water. Give half a dram ol acetate of lead and one dram of nitre (saltpetre) : give about six doses in ten days. Fertilizing Obcbakds. When an orchards requires fertilizing, it Is best to do tuts ail over the ground, and not to apply manure only near the trees. Ibis produces a large growth ot roots, close to the trees, lor roo;sgrow w here the sou 16 r ii hed, and prevents the itrowth at a distance from the tree. Manure tends to encourage the growth of wood rather than fruit. Instead ot manure, it is better to cultivate the soil and leave it fallow, or to seed it to clover and plow ic the clover, giv.nga liberal u reccing ol lime or wood ashen. The clover is then plowed under. Or chards need lime and ashes more than manure, and these soon produce heal thy, smooth bark. Fat Makes UtNS Lat. There Is much refuse fat Irom the kitchen that can be turned to good account by feed ing It to tbe bens. Ol course where soap is made it will be used up in that way, but It is a question whether it is not much easier and more profitable to buy soap and make hens lay by feed ing them with fat. Everything that is not wanted lor drippings lor cojking purposes should be boiled up with the vegetables for the towls. I'loI'Guing. Whether there be or not other advantages In winter plough ing it certainly diminishes tbe press ure of work in early spring, and other benefits are not to be gainsaid cn stiff sons, tbe texture ot w hich Is to te im proved by tbe alternations of freezing and thawing, and their stock of plant lood increased by the action ot the weather. Tea. When first introduced tea was not an universal favorite. It was most vene mently abused as an immoral, unwhole some decoction, from whose use the worst results must be expected to fol low. In 1C33 a learned German decid ed that it was nothing better than black wa'erwithan acrid taste; and a few years later a Russian ambassador at the court of the Mogul declined a large present of it for the czar, his master, "as it would only incumber him with a commodity for which he had no use." The Dutch were wiser men. They ex ported large quantities of dried sage, which pleased the Chinese so much tl-at they gate three or four pounds of tea for each pound of sage, until the Dutch were unable to provide that material in sufficient quantities to meet the home demand for tea. For a long time Englishmen drank sage tea in preferenoe to the genuine article; and to this day the use of sage and other herb teas is still frequent among the agricultural poor of some districts in England; and tbe tisanues of the French and Swiss have been in no way replaced by the more costly leaf. Mo rocco combined tissai.e with tea, put ting sugar in tbe teapot, and tansy and mint, the flavor of which would, doubt less, considerably disguise the tea, ren dering tbe decoction as unlike that agreeable beverage, was the liquid which issued from the classic brown teapot of Mesdatnes Gamp and Prig, on the fatal night of their quarrel. Thibet kept clear of the admixture of oitr herbs, but had its own peculiar way of consuming its tea. This was by boiling the leaf w ith water, flour, butter and salt, and devouring the resulting mess bodily. In China, the common people add ginger and salt to the beverage. The word tea, It may be remarked, comes from the Chinese name for the leaf of the tea plant. Tbk man who come about solely to kill time should confine himself strict ly to hit own time. DOMESTIC. Almond FcbDisd (With baCCb). A large cupful ol finely minced suet.a .r milir four ounces of IC4l-UIUl v. u..., hroi in.mh four ounces oi well cleaned currants, two ounces ol almonds, half a pound of atoned rais ins, three well-beaten eggs and the whites of other two, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon and a small glass ot rum. Butter a shape, and place part o the raisins neatly in rows. Blaucb the almonds, reserve half of them to be placed in rows between the raisins just before serving. Mix all the re maining ingredients well together.put into shape and boil lor three hour. The Sauce. Oue tablespoonful of milk and yolks of two eggs, well beaten, aud some sugar, to taste; put on the fire aud stir till it jut comes to the t-u tha.fi w ir 4wl. W hen luke warm stir Lito it a glass of sheny or currant wine, ana serve in a sauce iuiru. sauce is a great improvement to the pudding: EllBKOIOKRT OF FATHIB9 AXD Beads fok a Sofa Ccsmos. Th ma terials used are red cloth, small 1 ck and white beads of various sizes, and shapss. This new way of putting feathers to use is strongly to be recom mended on account of its splendid ap pearance and simple and quick execu tion. Those who take pleasure la ex ercising their skill and ingenuity in luilurm air IhrmwllM. will find a wide field for their efforts. The feathers must be chosen as even as nneiKia bavmI .own at the atpnaa and Traoiiv, " , fioisned off at the cento. -y calyxes of beads. The twigs tendrills and stems are constructed of black and white beads of various sis.'s. Shokt Cakes (in layers). One quart of flour, a little salt, two tablespoon fuls of butler; rub into the flour; two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, three tablesnoonluls of baking powder, add enough water (to mix) to roll out; di vide it into three parts, and now take one of these parts roll It and put u in to a buttered jelly tin ; then butter the top of it ; then rcll each part the same way, but do not butter the last layer ; bake, when baked separate the layers w th a sharp knife ; have your fruit prepared and place between eacn layer. Stains ok Links. Rub the stain on both sides with yellow soft soap; mix some starch in cold water to a very thick paste,rub it well into the stained part of both sides; place the line on the grass, if possible, in tbe sun anu wind till it comes out. If not removed in three or four days; rub oil the paste, aad renew the process; as it dries, it should be frequently sprink led with a little water. Mock Mincjc Meat. Six soda crack ers, rolled tine; two cups cold water, one cup molasses, oue cup brown su gar, one cup sour or boiled cider, one and a half cups melted butter, one cup currants, two eggs, beaten light; one tablespoonful cinnamon and allspice mixed, one teaspoon nutmeg, cue teaspoonful cloves, one teaspoon salt, one tea-poon black pepper, ouj wine glass brandy. Sfbaiks and Bki'Ises. A splendid liniuiert for sprains, bruise", B'iff joints and rheumatism, is made as fol lows : Take a pint bottle and go to the drug store and have the apothecary put in t five cents' worth of each iu gredient, viz. : gum camphor, lauda iiuib, baatshorn, sweet oil, aud fill th bottle v lib spirits of wine, shake well aud rub the parts affected. Povidekck Brown Bettys for Breakfast. One cupful Indian meal. oue eng. two cnpfuls rye meal, oue teaspoonful cream tar.ar, halt a tea spoonlul soda, one laree tablespoonful niola'ses; mix with cold milk about as thick as pound cake; fry in hot lard; il your milk is sour omit the cream tartar. India Suet Pcddins. One-half pound suet, chopped fine, one cup molasses, one pint milk, one egg,meal to make a very thin baiter, one tea spoon ground cloves, one teaspoon ground cinnamon, one teasiioon salt, a little nutmeg, a lew currants or cbop- peu raisins. rton or steam three hours. Sauce. PcbkChestkcts. Put your chest nuts on to boil In cold salted water; noil them until they are mealy all through; shell the chestnuts, mash with milk and butter, exactly as you would potatoes, season them ith salt and repper, and pass them through tbe colander. Can be used as a vege table alone, or served with mutton chops. Cream Sbebbkt. Put the yolks ol six f ggs and a dessert spoon of vanilla into two quarts of cream ; place on the fire I n a stewpan and let it come to a boil, then strain. Add three-fourths of a pound of loaf sugar and stir nntil dissolved. When eold set on ice or freeze as ice cream. Subprisb Rolls. In the evening make np about a quart ot flour into the dough exactly the same as for light rolls. In the morning make them into rolls, putting into each piece of saus age meat about the size of a walnut. Bake as any other rolls, and thev are excellent. Plain Fbcit PrnDiNO. To one cup of grated bread crumbs, add one cup of sweet milk, one beaten egg, half cup of sugar, one spoonful cf butter and one and one-half cups of chopped rais ins and currants. Bake half an bout and serve with sweetened cream or lemon sauce. Lemon Bctteb. Take three lemons grate the outside, use all the juice, mix three cups of sugar and three beaten eggs, put to boil a teacun and a half of water, stir in three table- spoonfuls corn starch. Stir until it thickens after adding the above. PbovidexckGbahax Bkkad. Two Quarts Graham flour, onenimrt m-htta. (lour (small) one cunful famuli mm molasses, half a cupful yeast; only wuue uour is suteu; one quart tepid water to mix it; mix about as stiff as uouud cake batter: this can ho i,m i roll pans for breakfast. BCKS. One cun of milk nna onn n suirar. one cud ot eimr n.ir i a batter. Let it rise over night, then anu one-nan cup melted butter, a cup i sugar, u jur to Kneau ii, and let it rise again, then roll aud cut into tatkes, and let it rise again. To make candied lemon Or npnnaif.- iuint for colds, boll one and a half DOUnds Of suirar in a nint nl'w.i.. . til it beirins totcandv rnuml thai al put in eight drops ol essene e; put it u(iuu uuticrcu paper anu cut it wan a kiiife. To keen handa snfr nlr luu,.. olive oil and almond meal, anil na. w when washing the hands. Wear gloves it ucu pracuuauie. -A WEAK solution of carbolic ami In rain water will cum nmmr nimnw and simple eruptions. Cool rain w iiar will MmAv. ma chine oil from washable goods. Bli ointment and kerwene in equal parts is death to bed-hues. Bleak, chilly March re tbe two worst months of the year mvBciuucrmg wita pulmonary dis eaaea. Keep Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup near by and such sufferers will be able to brave the rough weather without aner. Price 36 cent. KMtl aad InlermtlnK ffawa. The Bottom Globe baa made a happy deal. In an extraordinary special edU tion dated January 1. "1981." it pre sents the news of one hundred years from now, in a highly interesting and elating manner. Tne Phoncgraph In Divorce suits, Sunday School Excur sion in Air Car. Terrible accidents in Mid-Air, Invention of a Burglar t an. roanavt ivelv treated Irom Htuuw, .r . the stand-point of the advanced jour- nansui v w -j - Taikogram and Photophone from all parts of the world is lally presented. To show the progress of those times, it is only necessary to state that "flirt in Grant's bay mare Broid S. trots a mile in 1 37i-" Every one should secure from his News Dealer or Irom Messrs. A. Vogeler & Co., ot Baltimore, Mi., by whom this edition a cxcltuivelf con trolled and owned, a copy of the Bottom ..I r. iui 1Ut!li nn reraintol trawe ,ua nric!. fivk cksts. To read it U to have grace and flexibility imparted to the Intellect, and a strong desire to live oa as the poet wo-ild express it. A new Instrument has Just been Intro duced to tbe medicU profession, from thA nu nf which we mar anticipate re sults of great scientific importance. It is named the thermograph, and Its pur pose is to continuously record the changes or the temperature oi me oouy. The principle upon which it is based is easily understood, and may be briefly explained as follows: A colled spring is made of two lamellae of brass and steel, tbe brass forming the outer part or the coll. This spring is nxeu at me centre, but the free end presses gently against tbe contents of a short vulca nite tube. As tbe temperature oi tne apparatus rises the metal coil expands, and the pressure exerted by the free end varies and always corresponds to the temDerature. Tbe vulcanite tube is filled with a powder composed of plumbago, gas carbon, ana silver, in a finely divided condition. The electrical conductivity of this mixture changes with the pressure to wnien it is suo jected. Wires front an electric battery are connected so that the current passes through the powder, and it will therefore be understood that with the rise and l.ill of the temperature, and the consequent changes in the pressure of the coil' upon tbe powder, the inten sity of the current will vary. It Is now only necessary to arrange a means of recording these alterations in tne cur rent, and this has been done in a very ingenious manner. A wire helix, ol special construction, forms part of the circuit, and into this a soft iron core 1 Dassed. tree to move uo or down. Ibe position of the core is governed by the strength or the current, and as tne core rises and falls it communicates motion to an index which records Its position continuously upon a moving strip of paper. The battery and the recording part of the instrument are placed in a neat cast iron case, w bile the coil is in closed in a German silver case about an inch and a quarter in diameter. To use the thermograph it is ouly neces sary to place the little ease in the ax- ilia of ike patient, and a continuous record of the :mperature is thus ob tained. Already the instrument has revealed a minor hea: curve character istic of typhoid fever, and tbe physi cian is therefore enabled to determine on a diagnosis mucn sooner than would otherwise be possible. The course of the disease is permanently recorded, the slighest modification or variation caused by exposure or by tbe remedies administered being revealed, and the effect of the latter can be closely fol lowed. Moreover, definite instructions may be left with the burse in charge, w ho would be directed to watch the indicator and to be govemed by it in tne use ol the remedies. The Inventor believes that the instrument will also prove to be ot great service in the sci- euce of meteorology, for it will indicate and record the slightest change in the temperature of tbe air, and on account of its low cost, only about $50, it can be extensively used In the signal ser vice. Vpailaiiti (Mich.) Commerc al Our representative lately learned the ..I'.iainio- truui Mr. Carl Sieemund. Cor. Congress and Washington Sts.: n. .r T I y daughter suiiereu irom ftiwumi tiwin tn aiMh mi :eu t that it criDDled her, rendering her unable to walk at all. We consulted many physicians and used all kinds of medicines, but in vain. At last St. Jicob's Oil effected the happiest results. It cured my daughter. A memoir by Dr. Carl Hoberland on infanticide among ancient and modern nations has been published. He traces the origin of infanticide to the diffi culty of substance, and finds that the sacrifi .-e Is in the outset arged by the male parent and opposed or reluctant ly submitted to by the mother. 3Tr. C. V. StUf maintains that the army worm in the latitude of St. Louis develops four generations annually; that its common modeof hibernating Is not in the egg or chrysalis, but in the larva state, and that the injurious brood is that which succeeds the hiber nating one, or, in other words, the progeny of the moths of the hiberna ting larva-. A Philadelphia man has perfected an invention whereby sour-kraut can be boiled in tbe house witbaut any ot the inmates sraellini? it. Tbe invention consists of a small liver-like pad of limberger cheese worn under the nose. Refined and ' educated women will Mme- -Mum aaa uinm iut jvmim imn aiuiHij diaeat-e, or constipation and pile, which could etsily be cored Lj a package of Kidnej-Wort. Journal. Vegetine Purifies the Blood, Benoyates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS VEDICI5AL PROPERTIES ARB Alterative, Tonic.Solvent and Diuretic Vepetloe la made exclusively from the Ititres or raroMlly-Helectd bancs, roots and berua. and s Mrontrly concentrated that It wlU eiTecu ually e-adlrala from Ihx ftT-itin rvprr taltv of Nrrarnls, Hrraf ulna II anaar, Taiaora. I "'"r- "-'" Himr, KryattM. la. lt RhriM. hypbll.tle Dlamaea. ?, Kumwk and all luaa.-,tha' arie mini impure blood. Xrt nlimt. lnSwiaMtrr mmt (hmle Hba-aniall.m. -ratal, iat and oaaplalata caiivai) be effectually cuml inrouirn me bloid. .J'",.,'r" "n1 Erontlwe IMaeasM f ibehkln faiafniea V Implea, KlatrRa, Hoilo. Teller, fcraldbtuul and Ulna, worm, VK,4fc.i oifc; nag never tailed to effect a permanent euro. For im the Bnek, Kidney rM. plaint, itropay, Seaamle MuklfM, L2ncrrh(. arising irom Internal utuera tln, and uterine disea-9 aud Oeneral Debility. Vegeune acta dln-cily upon tne e.nwes of ibese complaints, ll invigorates aud suvn?' hens Uie whole system, a la upon the wcreuve organs, allays 'ii Ha i. mat ion, cures ulceration and recu latej me bowel. rUTi-""" PJmr H-bllaml FMIlveaieaa ealpiuilaaal lk Heart. Hewlaehe. File.. Svrvwajaama, and aeaermi rrotraila ! ike Xeryaaa styaieaa. do lueulcuie lias ever trien au a ner led.aaUaIau.loa as tbe Vegetine. It puilfles i be biuo I. eleauso all tbe organ- and posse sea a coniroilii.g p ier over ihe ornrous avstrm. The rem rouble cures effected by Yeeeilos have Induced many physicians and apoiheca pes, whom we know, to prescribe and uaeitla their own families In fact, v-vreiirie u tne best' remedy yet dla cove. td lor the ab-ve mseasea and Is the only reliab e lLool i-L KliriElt yet pl cea btiura the public. "Vegfetine, raaraaio sy B. WL BTEVEJg, BmIm, Haas. Vegetine la Sold by all Drngglste T1ae auwmag aa aas a win aonier a xavor apoa wahluhart hniatti by statist I The next morning the young man and the girl's father both appeared in tbe Mayor's Court, tbe old gentleman bein? charged with assault. "Where were the Parties standing when you saw them ?" aske 1 the Court. 'Out In the moon.lght, said the wit ness; the complainant was about half way down the steps and the prisoner was standing ou tbe porch, close to the edge." What was tbe distance between the parties f" asked the Court. "Just one foot," calmly replied the witness. The Court leaned forward and look ed at the witness earnestly for several seconds, then with a profound sigh leaned far back in bis chair and frown ed awfully at the officer on duty. The prisoner smiled grimly while tbe com plainant n Jgetted uneasily in his chair and tried to reach his abrupt mustache with unavailing teeth, and the witness calmly gazing at the Court and placid ly chewing his quid of line cut,was the only man Tn the Court room who sat unmoved and uxdlsturbed. Citt editor to managing editor: "Cleaned your sidewalk yet?" "es." City editor te associate editor : "Cleaned vour sidewalk!" "Yes, tended to It right away after breakfast." .City editor through the tube to busi ness manager: "Cleaned vour sidewalk jet?" " 'Course I haye. I got up before breakfast." "Had tbe office walk shoveled off?" "So. The devil's gone to the post office and the office boy's out collect ion." "Better get 'em hoed off before we so to nress with the first edition. I'm eoine to write an item giving folks for Bot cleaning their walks more DromDtlv." City editor writes a tearer and shovels off his own sidewalk when he goes to dinner. Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette The Rt. Key. Bishop Uiluiour. C'eve I tnd, Ohio : Cba. 8. Strickland, r. q ., 9 Boylston street, Boston. Miss.: CapU Paul Boy ton, the World R newneti Swimmer; Prof. C. O lu- piessls, Manager Chicago uymna"ium, Chicago, 111.; Wm.II. Wareing. Eq., Asst. General Superintendent; Xew York Poet Office Hon. Thomas L. James. Postmaster, New York ; Stcey Ilill, Esq., lit. Aburn Inclined Plane Railroad, Cincinnati, Ohio, are among the myriads who h tve experienced tbe beneficial effects of that most remar able remedy, St, Jacob's Oil, and who have testified to Its efficacy In unquali fied terms. "Do yon love him?" asked a St. Louis father of hia daughter when she bad Informed him that the question bad been popped. Geraldice laughed In spite of herself. "I have a strong impression that he would scarcely ask me to marry him unless he thought pretty well of me." "Of course of course ; but do you love him?" "With my whole heart and soul." "Well, if that's the case," said Colo nel Spencer, throwing away his cigar, "all I've got to say is you are both confounded simpletons If you don't get married there I" A clibgvmas who wis sent out as a missionary to the Mescalero Indians bas returned disgusted, it Is said, be cause those Indians, have no moral basis on which to build." It is hoped tbe cbnrch Interested In missionary work will take up a collection and raise money enough to purchase a "moral basts" for tbe Alescaiero In- dians. and send tbat clergyman back with It. Indians should not be per mitted to grope in heathen blindness or tbe take or a moral basts oa which to build. Tbibb was a vountr man so well bred That the hair would not stay on bis head cut tne uarhoiine oil Put new hair on tbe soil, And now with an heiress he's wed. A Backwoods preacher once elucid ated as follows in connection with the parable of the virgins: "In ancient times, my beloved hearers, it was the custom after a couple bad been mar ried, lor ten virgins to go out with lighted lamps and meet 'eji on the way borne five of these virgins being males and nve females." "Oh, dear," exclaimed a young lady entering a puDtic hail, the other even ing. "What a dreadful odor of car- buretted bydrogen!" "Mum?" said tbe Janitor, with a puzzled counten ance. "The smell of the carbure'ttd hydrogen," she explained. "That's no kind ' gin, mum," replied the )anltor "that's garss; the pipes is leaky, mum." A. compositor of a Bingham paper wno was handed a paragraph which read : "The lumbermen in this vicinity are busy skidding their logs, prepara tory to naming to tne mills," set It up to read: "ine numoter men in this vicinity are busy skinning their dogs preparatory to hauling to their meal 8." A Jkbskymax who attended prayer meeting wliti hia Haiio-hfair ;lt iwn. pelled to rise np and remark : "I want vo ue goou anu go to neayen, nut ll those fellers don't arnn wlnklnir at Mary, there will be a good deal of prancing around nere the nrst thing they know." "Mr caas," said a bereaved lady to her little girl, "granma is now hap py in Heaven : she will have no more pain." Answered tbe child thought- luny "i suppose she u happy; but I don't know about not having anv more pain. I should think it would hurt aufully to bavj the wings stuck in!" Dbcggists and physicians reecom mend and prescribe Lydia . Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for all le- maie complaints. A TrrRniT eleroTlnan hail hia hat stolen, and was obliged to go borne wita a aoaooier one uian nis own. The following day the bat was returned with this note: I'll never take a min ister's hat again. You cannot think what queer things I've bad running thiougn my head ever slnte I pat thai hat on." Tbebi is nothing more truly insinu ating and deferential than the waeicle of a little dog's tall in tbe presence cf a Dig uog wun a Done. Ax editor was told that hia last arti cle was as clear as mud. "Well," said he, "that covers the ground anyhow." Tkach ex "Charles, can vou name a certain act which Job did about the close of bis life?" "Oh, certainly; he died !" Tbk barber's apprentice Is usually a stram in fallow. A Good ladoraMeat, It would no doubt be highly amus Inz. and at tbe same time astonishing, toVee a complete list of all the exprea sive and "powerful" names of the mul titude of short lived medical prepara tions placed upon tbe marke; during the past few years as "most wonderful discoveries" and "Infallible cures. (I koctigr vineet,) by unscrupulous speculators and adventurers who, re cognizing the value ol alve.tislng seek by these means to obtain public lavor and popubr.tT for their doubtful and so often entirely worthless and even dangerous preparations. And it is a genuine pleasure for us to commend Lr. Bcli's Cocoh Sybcp as one of the few really deserving medicines offered to the public Its adoption by many of oar intelligent physicians is due only to Its real worth aud merit and by thou sands of families it is regarded as "tbe standard household remedy." Wa D. C. Critie. 21. Yung, of Geneva, lately read a paper to the Helvetic Society of Sci ences on organic dust in the atmos phere. With regard to its influence on public health, he distinguishes two groups of particles, the spores of champignons of the mould-group, and germs of micro-bacteria, the latter being the more important. In agree ment with M. Miguel's observations at Montsouris, he observes a notable in crease ot germs during the hot months of summer and a decrease in winter. Opening globes filled with neutrali zed bouillon, quite sterilized by heat, on mountains, glaciers, tbe ocean, and the Mediterranean, in volcanic craters, and various other circumstances, he has lound tbat In most cases ten to twenty cubic centimetres of air sufficed to introduce germs of orgaulsm capa ble of growing aud livhig in successive or simultaneous generations.according to species. Two exceptions are noted : one being that or a globe open at Geneva alter an abundant tall ol snow ; the bouillon remaiued quite clear, proving that snow for a time clears the air of germs. Th e other was that of a globe opened in an isolated ward of Geneva Hospital, where a diphtheric child was being nursed . Oa the other band, lresb snow gathered iu wiuter on the mountains round Geueva con firmed the previous reeulu as to the extreme diffusion ol microscopic organ isms. M. a'ung was unable to prove a concert ion between tne nuiuOer ol atmosjiherl: germs and the recurrence in the same place of a particular con tagious or epi-JjUaic disease. A surgeon in the German army calls the attentiou of all who have todo with horses to the danger of using the pock et handkerchief to wipe away any loam from tbe mouth or note of a horse which may have been thrown upon their clothes. S-aie months ago, the writer states, an officer came to him suffering Irom an obstinate cold aud cough. The usual remedies were pre scribed, but in vain ; a visit to the baths at Reichenhail also did the patient no good. Returning to duty, the officer became worse; fever, attended with gteat pain in and sw elling of tbe head, set in, and ultimately, after much suf fering, he died with every symptom of slanders. Iuquiries were set on loot, and It was found that some time before he was taken ill he had ordered a horse which he Lelieved was suffering from glanders to be shot. Xehher lbs groom nor auy of tbe other soldiers who bad been near the horse have been attacked by glanders, aud consequently it is sus pected that the officer who died may have conveyed the disease Into his sys tem by perhaps using bis handkerchief to wipe some of tbe foam from the mouth or nose of the horse from bis uniform. The cable to Europe bas enabled geo grapher lo hx definitely and with al most absolute precision the longitude or six places on the eastern coast ol South America Para, Pernambuoo, Bahia, Klo de Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. These observation show that the longitude ot the Brazil ian coast, as determined by a french expedition twenty years ago, was about two-thirds of a mile too lar east. Mitting engineers in 1'rance agree with .ir. M. Galloway that a danger ous source of colliery explosions is tbe nneiy divided coal dust with which the air of the galleries becomes laden. M. Simonln, of the Paris Academy ot science, states tbat the gas iu this coai oust is l reed Dy a very slight In crease of temperature, with a violent explosive effect. Bow te sat Siek. Expose yourself day and night, eat too much without exercise; work too hard without rest; doctor all the time; take all the vile nostrums advertised ; and then yon will want to know. now to orr wsix. Which is answered In three words Take Hop Bitters ! See other column. xprtS4. By pnning air through a fermenting masn iu. j. Hansen has observed tbat the number of yeast cells is tnereaced twice or thrice as much as wben no air is bubbled through, and. tbat about twice the quantity is fermented. A constant supply ot oxygen is therefore, very favorable to fermentation. There is no aniformity In metals, as regards weight or sptcldc gravity. While platinum and osmium, which are the heaviest bodies known in na ture, are twenty times heavier than water, lithinum.potassium and sodium are lighter. Prof. Bvfour. of Paria. h aa devidfl thermometric apparatus which is so oeiiaiuva mat it win uenote Dy a de flection of the index needle of two inches the chance t te mnprnhtra caused by the entrance of a person Into toe room wnere It 18 placed. Gold Is the most ductile and the most malleable. Iron is the most tenacious and titanium the hardest of metals in their native state. Titanium, discover ed in 1791, Is rare and little used in cience or Industry. Jhe Only Remedy ii Unr. Tli Bovik ud Tbi iiimm I. u-u,wKi art, u wtmatrrut Jwf rW dxmavt. Why Are We Sick? Brno f aiiow tKm grtat orga9teb . J- r" niaimajf s- I . . . , T. """.JU ru IM 0 UlllMww. rUsM, OMtltatlea. KMmJ I MMMU. laMTYMa IHMrdsn I lrwstovwtoiawya. umif Hmi mIm mm4 tkm I I way immM wlU Pil,CMtlM I M IT mfflllMI Mtff.UMJsfi K iu- I7W Kvnww nrnn . a I Wt.ta nfiaMwaV - . . a 7iL7: MPLOYKENT LOCAL OUTrartn.a u EXPENSES M r - n , 1 . . inAV. drift. Th train naa run ----- . -and the engine was butting i head in vain against a six-foot bank. " Pofonce the iron horse appear, to be beaten," remarked a lat woman near tbe center of the car. ' , You shouldn't call it an Iron horse, mildly reproved a selemn-faceJ mu, across tbe aisle. , W by not?" asked the latwauian In BJcarblocktln softly mur mured the solemn-faced man, as ne gnznd out of the window and across The wintry waste with a far-away look in bis eye, . The fat woman gasped, while the ,i....tnr wa aatinished to such a de gree that he went out of the car with out slamming tne uoor. la It possible That a remedy made of such common, simple plauU as Hops, Buchu, Man drake, Dandelion, Ac, makes so many and such marvelous nd wonderful cures as Hop Bitters do? It must be, for when old and young, rick and poor, Pastor and Ioctor, Lawyer and JMitor, all testily to having been cured by them, we must believe and doubt no long-r. See other column. Post. n-...w h nnt neon married long, so they sat down to play checkers. In tbe middle of the game she said : "Then do 1 jump mew ww . . tinn ftf fnnrsn I do. Crown me. I've got the king," and she chuck led bistericaliy. mi. ain't either. I didn't mean that move," said he. "If yon can't play checkers without cackling likeanenyou nau ueun I'll take that back and move here, now so. N ow you can move." "Oer here?" asked tne wue. l-'a.i-aaiiilv That's VfifV POOd -"and her husband gobbled two men. "I didn't see that, l a rainer put it here," she remonstrated. "Too late now " said he. pegging away lor the king row, "you should study jour moves first." Vigitlsi is composed of the best vegetable ingredients the dispensary of Nature furnishes. Their juices are ex tracted In a way which preserves their undiminished medical properties, mak ing it one ot the greatest cleansers of tbe blood tbat can be put together. White Cae. One enp butter, two eups sugar, three cupi flour, whites of five eggs, one teispoonlul soda, two teaspoons cream tartar: one cup milk. m. LYDIA L P!NmJ, OF LYIf, EASS,' LYDIA C PINKHAM'S VE35TASL5 COMPOUND. ! ft Potthr Ott-i tarmtt tfc Palf-l 4 inllnM mm4 WnImmi fsatnis tmmmw kast fva-Mtl p U wlU ear entirely th want farm of Fm Com plaints, all owtea trouble, InSmmmmtkm mm& CVsjtsv Uoa. FUl!nff ud Displacement ead th tuu iiiiMrt CpCna! Wtmkwa aad parUratarly adapted to th Chang ef Life. It win cUaeotr and arpel txan)rafr UMVwarwta early atageof dPtiuiiuiiuii. Th tderytoean It rrmovea falntneaa, flatulcnry, deatroysall cravtnf for tunolantm, and relieve. Teakwea of th MomaclL IS curt Bloating, Beadaehea, Karroo Proetratloav General Debility, BlmpUmmm, IpreeaVoa aad Isdfr festioa. Thai reeling of bt-aitng down, cnrng pain, weight ad backache, to always permanently cured by tte nam. It will fU all time and nnderaUeiiriimatanceaaet hi armon j with the law that govern the female ayateax rortbenrof Kidney Complaint of althar au UJ Coaapoqnd to unsnrriai d. LVB1A E. riVkllAVa TECETABLE -POl'N to prepared at VA aad 3 Western Avobb. Lynn, Xaaa. Price L Bix bottles for fS. Sent by mall tn tbe form of pills, also la th form of tong m receipt of price. $1 per box for either. MraPlnkhaaa fre! answers U letters ot Inquiry. Send for pampfe let. Address as above. Minium tk Ppm. Ho family should be without LTDLA K. PINKHAKV .UVXa PILLS. They cor constipation, ! iwmiq aad torpidity of the liver, tt cents per box. Mr wli by all Drmggisrt. Tine Showll fc Utt It ;he stomacn, Uvt and bowels are attected. ic aiifppi m- sure rem-iy. Hosu uera Stomacn . f leases ot IIm) organs bamfsl b gr on- far more serious, and a delay la therefor Dazardou. UyspejMa. Uver corn lali.1, ehiua, and lever, early rb-umaile twtnkrea, kidney ""oeaa. br.a serious bolllT trouble If trilled wua. Ie o timeln using thw eaectlve,aale and lo- a; knows med clow, rot ale by all "uirglsia a ad Healers generally. HOP.BITTEBS. (A JI edict ao, a at a Drialu) ODJTAECS hops, Brcirr, mandrake, rANDEUON, Asro tbi Prursr am Brsr Mantra tOcalaV Tiaaur au. vzutm. Birraaa. THEY CUKE All IMMaMof tha-Btomaek. Bowrta. Blood. lArtr. Kidiirra.and Urinary Orrana. Nel aua, SIOOO IN GOLD. Will be paid for a eaae tbey wit not eareor1 r - impure or lAiorloua found la ibn - .V" dmrelat for H" Bitter and try U.aa before aleep. Taka mm Mhr7. vpivau, tooacco aad Sixd roa Ciacnaa. au . ..T .Oa. 19 S999 fr2" Vji" 1 ' 0flt Ire. Addr a I . SwaiS k Co., AojruMa. M. Sill A IlluHrnna aaacaata f . O yiCAkai. imu.Ia SIDNEY f0$!ETt DISEASES. twwMiaSSSsaia, skStawil'-JLr "-"p"? TUB Jt GREAT GERMAN REMEDY roa RHEMS3, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, GOUT, SORENESS wru CHEST, SORETHROIT, QTJIXSY, SWELLEIG3 SPEAKS, ' FROSTED FEET EARS, nTjnNa AS aSC-A-XiXSa, TOOTH, EA3 HEADACHE, ILL OTHEB PAi!IS ACHES. K. rraparatiua aa aarth a-iuala 9T J amaa Onuiialt, ajcaa aia.ka and caaar EatrajJ KvaMNlr. atrtaiaauua kc aaa aoaaparativaly enfttacoaday I !Ctat. aja4.ir aa aaSannf wita paiacaa aawcaaa aad aiut JA4 tut oijaa. Biaacrioas u atxru uwcuia SMI IT All MBUtSTS All MAIEIS II M'BICOI. A, VOGELER & CO. CoitiNaore, Jf d., I". 5. x SALESMEN A Month and Erpenw - V. -Tlalt t tIMi '. a. f TtA a iu. L w WANTfDJli FIVE FAMOUS OPERAS. VrfimV .) Opera by 5H'ONBTKr. JftlllflUrt.Tilery suco-s-iful oornrsi be caiue known In Part, where it sloiy bur surely worked 1 S way to perm ment dlst noilnn. aixl baa become oue ot the si and ird. It la -ry rull,ooiplea 4"4 pasffl. aud lurulshea to the purc'a er qa.u a Ubrary ot mu.c otsnia order. I TF1 1 " Grand Opera br VERDI. Cnmoosed filUa. la th Or.t miianoa tor ihs rule ot Evpc and Drat iriy--B lu thai an. I m t!n dooa. where al-o the wene of the -ior a laid The S'ranjre me ol old lorgotien aa oo ne. i fttM ua. and la made t.tI i by the ihrllDirma alH oue ot the moat b. illlaat oi couipuwr. n 1 TJlf T" V JS.) BT GB RGK-i BIZET. A Span. U&tllllUn. Opera. Introducing Bpaiuaa Gvpka. Soldi' rs, M ar.lsa l"ona, a Tormno , and Spaut'b ontrand Tradern. e are la com ct with tne bimrre way and Ineuleata of tne Spanish l'enln u'.a. and Uie lun-u; b qu.ta In coiijiiEice wild Uie prciaillng br.guinraa, urrTPinrPi r ( ) bt boito. Masto. flltl lolUI tjlitt lele is the true fl-nd. a--cjrd n? io Go. the. whe poem Is clo-ly 14 lowel tbro'iichuuc A dur.n c uipil lua, ro nanllc and w.-ird, and now wid-:o' given, aiid prouoanced a aucceaa. T I TTIITT? I (W) By F. To srPPB. who ItllillZia uiu-lo Lt ui.ni t .l;i'., and aba liitroduc-s us In a tree and ea-y and bumoroua war. to Kussiana and lu:ka duruig Uu war. Very ra.'puiar. Any book mailed, post-tree, tor above prices. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. f. E. 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