For Wall.
Tfe entertain great doubt whether
persons who have to consider the dec
oration of rooms sufficiently regard
the functions of walls. A wail must.
generally speaking, be a mere back
ground, and theretore it must be dec
orated as far as possible In such a waj
as to throw up the foreground. In
some senre pictures must be considered
a part of the foreground, and, there
fore, where the owner of a house pos
ses es pictures worth looking at, the
objeet of the decorator should be. as
far as Dossible. to make the wall so
nagative in character as aot to attract
the eye, but to allow It to be attracted
by the pictures, the ornaments, and
the people. Hence, where there are
Pictures, larsre patterned papers or
papers of any kind are undesirable.
and a wall painted or distempered
green, buff, or gray in such shades
may be best suited to the situation of
the house Is to be preferred. Elaborate
pttterns broken by pictures bring tbe
reverse of harmony Into a room, ana
if statuarv. whether la the shape of
marbles or bronzes, be part of the orn
went of a room, a patterned paper Is
very fatal to all good effects,and quite
puts an end to the simplicity and dig
nity of sculpture. But undoubtly. If
a room is not adorned with pictures
or graceful ornaments, then some
kind of pattern on a paper may be de
sirable to break the monotony ot
blauk wall; but noon who has no
ticed the effects of flowers or ferns
against a plain green or gray wall can
fail to see how infinitely preferable
an unpatterned wall for bringing out
the beauty of natural or artificial ob
jects. In these days, when engrav
ings ami etchings are within the reach
of most, not to speak of autotyns and
other reproductions, we are inclined
to lielieve that entertaining rooms, as
fiey are called, the day for patterned
papers has passed. . In bedrooms
may be different; neatness and the
appearance of comfort may be given
by light and sensible-patterned papers
conventionalising as far as passible
natural objects, whieh are always
graceful, rather than artificial pat
terns, which are generally quite the
reverse.
TelegrPli-Pole Climber.
Every one has seen a "line man'
walk up a telegraph pole as readily as
if he were going up a flight of stairs
with a quick nervous jerk of the foot
he drives the spurs into the wood and
takes a firm hold every time. Tills dex
terity comes from practice. It looks
dangerous when a man is near the top
of the pole.but that there is really little
danger is proved by the lact that acci
dents very rarely occur. The men be
come accustomed to working at a great
height, and mind it no more than sail
orsonaship. An experienced man
looks out for rotten poles and rotten
cross beams, and once confident of
these, he leeis no further alarm. lie
hangs on by bis legs as cleverly as a
monkey by Its tail, and thus has the
free use of his arms and hands.
The Fpurs are of 6teel and consist ot
a flat bar with a bend, which passes
under the instep. A sharp point pro
jects diagonally downward so as to
bear a heavy weight from above. The
greater the weignt the deeper the point
sinks, and the wood must be very rot
ten to permit it to slip. It leaves be
hind on the pole those queer little
holes, which so much resemble the
work of a woodpecker on a tree.
The line men are divided into two
classes, climbers and groundmen. The
latter rank little higher than ordinary
laborers, but In time, if they are ambi
tious to learn, they graduate into elmb
er. Climbers are paid from forty to
seventy-five dollars a month, and at
present are in great demand, owing to
the large amount of telegraph construc
tion going on throughout the country.
Grouadmen dig holes, plant poles,
carry wire, and do whatever other la
bor is necessary.
Hie cllmbsr is provided with a pair
of pliers, a hand-vise and a strap, lie
catches up the broken ends of wire,
draws them together with the vise and
strap and splices them with the pliers.
C'aie is taken to leave a certain slack,
so as to allow for contraction by cold In
winter. In large cities a number of
climbers are kept eonstantly on duty
at the central office, so as to be sent
out at a moment's notice to repair a
break.
Hones Beet.
Xo iron helped to produce the heavy
sound of solid horn which Virgil as
cribes t the fiery steed of Pollux. Of
late years we have liearl much of the
unjustifiable waste of time spent on
classical literature which has no prac
tical bearing on the Interest ot modern
life. It is unfortunate that Xenophon's
treaties on the management of horses
lias not formed one of the subjects for
the upper forms of our public shools ;
and it would be well it they were made
to read with care a book written by one
who wro'e unfettered by the restraints
of any traditional system, and who
successfully brought;the cavalry as well
as the infantry of the Cyreian army of
O reeks from the plains of Babylon to
the shores of the Euxine. There they
woHld see how thoroughly the rules
laid down by the leader of the Ten
Thousand for the selection and the
management of horses are in accor
dance with the highest scientific know
ledge of the present day, and how hap
py an ignorance he displays of the long
and dismal catalogue of the diseases
and miseries which a wrongheaded and
ridiculous system has called into txis
tence. Xo horses could be subject to a
more severe strain in every limb of
their body than were those which
Aencphon led from Cunaxa over the
Armenian highlands to the walls ol
Trebizond; yet we hear nothing of any
special ilimciiltics arising from sHs
eases cf the foot or leg. It may pro-
baoly be said with truth that the srain
endured by those horses could be borne
only by unshod animals. Paul-Louis
Courier, the French translator of
Xeiicphon't treatise, was struck by the
apparent soundness of his method that
lie put It to the test by riding unshod
horses in the Calabrian campaign of
1807, and be did so with complete suc
cess. But that which with him was a
voluntary experiment has been for
others an Involutary necessity. This
was the case with many of our cavalry
horses during the Indian mutiny, and
their riders have declared that they
were never better mounted In their
lives.
Feathers may be cleaned Iby dip
ping them into hot water. lry by
Shaking.
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AGBXCULTTJR1L
Daisy Won rx. On dairy farms In
this country the milking is, of necessi
ty, done by aien ; but o average farms
It were better, in maay cases, it be
done br womea. They seem U usser
atsnH the business much better than
men. and the cows themselves prefer
. , 1 . .. -I'ht. 1. a xtl
to oe muaeu pj iuui. k
enlarlr notieeable In the readiness
with which thev accommodate them
selves to women milkers, while they
rofiise to "let down" a ready flow to
men. It was formerly the case, when
thm nomination of the dairymaid was
considered one of the pleasantest daties
wbloh the daughters or our wen to ao
farmers had to perform, as it certain
ly Is one of the most healthful of all
run! emDlovments. The aversion
which girls of the present day have to
this branen oi dairy worn arises,
part, from the unfavorable conditions
under which they are frequently re
quired to perform the service expo
sure to bad weather, untimely hours,
filthlness of the stables or barnyard,
long distances to carry the milk, Ac.
These, where they exist, are valid ob
jections, but are such as can be readi
ly removed by the head of the farm. It
should be his or her business to see
that the females wh attend to the lull
ing are afforded proper help and con
veniences. They should be provided
with a dry, clean place for milking,
and where the distance Is great have
some one tc assist them in carrying
the milk; and. In fact, everything but
the actual milking should be done by
boys or men.
Give the dairymaids a fair chanoe,
and restore tc them what fashion or
foolish pride has, for the time, taken
from them an occupation at once
pleasant and invigorating, and one
that will bring bloom to their cheeks
and health and strength to their iv-
tems. In Holland the milkmaid is ac
companied witn a boy, the boy towing
a little beat along the canal, (all the
main roads being canals in that coun
try,) while the maid, with her full
blue petticoat and pink jacket, walks
beside him. Arriving at the cow pen
or pasture, she brings from the boat
her copper pails, as bright as gold.sna
with a kindly greeting to her cows,
sets down her little stool and begins
to milk. The boy, having moored his
boat, stands besides her with a special
pail, in which to bold the "strippings"
or creamy portion, which comes last
from the udder. Xot a drop Is left.
The boy fetches and carries the palls;
the girl milks the cows, and the boy
does all else, until the service of the
girl are again called into requisition in
the dairy room.
The rERCHEROx Horse. To no or
dinary strength, to vigor which does
not degenerate, and to a conformation
which does not exclude elegance, it
joins docility, mildness, patience, ho
nesty, great kindness, exeellent health
and a hardy, elastic temperament. Its
movements are quick, spirited and
light. It exhibits great endurance.
both when hard worked and when for
ced to maintain for a long time any of
Its natural guts, and it possesses the
InestimaMe quality of moving fast
with heavy loads. It is particularly
valuable tor its astonishing precocity,
and produces by its work, as a two-
vear old, more than the coet of Its feed
and keep; indeed, ft loves and shows a
real aputuue for labor, which is the
lot of all. It knows neither the whims
of bad humor or nervous excitement.
It bears for man, the companion of Its
abort, an innate connilence, and ex
presses for mm a gentle familiarity.
the iruits oi an education lor manv
generations in the midst of his family.
women ana cniiuren irom whose
hands it is fed can approach it with
out fear; la a word, il I may dare to
peak thus, it is an honorable race. It
as mat nne oriental gray coat, the
best adapted of all to withstand the
burning rays of the sun in the mid.-t
of the fleliit a coat w hich pleases the
eye, and w hicb, in the darkness of the
igut, auowea tiie poiuiion ol lormer
times to see that l e was not alone
that his lriend was making his wav
loyally before him. It is exempt (a
cause ot everiaeting jealousy anionz
the breeders of other racer), always
exempt from the hereditary bony de
lects ot tne nock; ana when it Is rais
ed, spavin, jarduns, bone pavin, pe
riodical incainBiatlon.and other dread
ed inflirniilies, are not known evea by
name.
It is as mutti a matter oi economy
to have stcck well protected from the
weather in winter, as It is to have our
dwellings siade tight to exclude the
cold. Our horses and rattle must be
kept warm, either by such protection,
or by the food that they consume. A
building that has holes and large
cracks that let in the cold wind, is not
much better than no building at all,
for the draughts are all the more fierce,
wnere tney uo and a crevice, strips
of lath nailed over the cracks on the
windward side of stables and cow
sheds will do much to increase the
comforts of stock in severe weather.
In borsc -stables, building paper nailed
to the wall with carpet tacks, and
held to its place by nailing strips of
lath over it, makes a very good pro
tection irom the cold.
Dairy Stock. Xothing connected
with stock interest of the country de
mands more attention than the breed
ing, feeding, and handling of dairy
cows, A lean cow that will furnish a
large ameuat of milk, will sell for
more at home than a fat bullock will
bring in. a distant market. All Infor
mation cn the improvement of dariy
stock is at once timely and desirable,
A quantity of fltur was exposed by
a franco experimenter to a pressure
of threw hundred tons, reducing it to
one-ionnn its oiiglnal bulk. A por
tion oi it was men placed in cans
and tcaled, the same being done with
some unpressed Dour. A year after
ward anu the cans were opened, when
the unpressed flour was found to be
spoiled, while the pressed was in ex
cellent preservation.
Sou e of the sheep raisers of Austra
lia e n over 500,000 head of sheep.
Ohio grape growers are getting
somewnat discouraged owing to the
prevelance of the rot.
At a late meeting of the London Tho-
tograptilc hoclety, a paper was read by
Professor T. E. Thorpe on a eininle ami
expeditions method of preparing pyro
gallol for dry plate development. Dry
gallic acid and glycerine are put into a
flask aad heated to 300 deg. on a sand
tray as long as bubbles of carbon diox
ide are seen to be formed in the liquid.
1 he gallic acid soon dissolves, and Is
entirely converted into the theoretical
quantity of pyrogallol, namely, eighty
About the end of last month the
largest crucible steel casting hitherto
made was fleeted in the works of a
Arm in Sheffield, England. It was a
spur rim, twenty-eight feet in diame
ter and cast whole. To cast it 270 pots,
eacu noiuing eigncy pounds oi molten
sieei. were usee, steel wneeig are
likely to supercede the cast iron wheels
ow in general use in the Lancashire
mills.
Actoriina to Lcs Mondes. elans have
oecn prepares ior a irage crystal
pal ace, to be constructed in the Park of
St. Cloud, for permanent exhibition of
objects relating to art and industry,
with scientific experiments on a grand
scale. There will be representations
also of the vegetable and animal king
dom of the geological ages, and views
and models of ancient and modern
monuments and curiosities Irom all
parts of the world will be included.
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THE HOUSEHOLD.
"DirHTHEBiA Is generated by breath'
ing Impure air, such as come from
damp apartments, dirty cellars, gut
ters, sinks, decaying matters, pools
standing liquids, and other sources of
filth. It la usually confined to per
sons from two to fifteen years or age.
The atmosDhere. the breathing ol
hich causes the disease, seems to be
full of living things, vegetable ana
animal, whose presence quickly pois
ons the blood ; mere sneiua not oe i
moment's delay in sending for aphysi
clan, as the march of the disease is ai
wavs ranid and its virulence increases
every hour. "Any Irritation of the
threat prepares the way lor the
disease. Any person affected should
be taken to an upper room into which
o one should come but those fa per
fect health, and who have not the
slightest scratch or sore on any part
ot the body, particularly the bands,
Diphtheria taken from another person
is more malignant than When gener
ated bv bad air. Treatment: Take
from two to five grains ot chlorate of
Dotasa. nut It far back on the tongue,
allow it to melt gradually, and repeat
every hour until a decided improve
ment takes place, whien is usually
a few hoars."
To Vila Flakkl Without Sara x
First have soft water for the
whole process, made so artificially if
necessary, and next have good soap,or
that which does not contain rosin,
Our best soaps are safe tor this pur
Dose. Tea maY wash and rinse en
tlrely In cold water if you choose, but
if you wash in warm water youmustnot
rinse in cold. It is dechleuiy best to
use only warm water all through
the rinsinsr water warmer than th
suds, if there is any difference. Il is
best to make a good, strong,clean suds
(and not wash nice white nanneis in
dirty suds with other clothes that are
to be boiled) and put the flannels in it.
Instead of rabbing soap into the
clothes. Hand rubbiug soap tends to
fill and shrink flannel, as it mats and
interlaces the delicate fibers.
O ystirs a la Poulettb. Place two
doxen medium sized oyster in a sauce
pan with their own liquid ; let them
come to a noil: then strain the oysters.
saving the liquid; put about one table
spoonful of butter in a saucepan and
two of flour; heat and work smooth
add the oyster liquid, and let it boil
about five minutes, stirring all the
while; add the juice of a lemon to
taste and the yolks of two eggs well
beaten; salt, pepper and chopped
parsley, and then the oysters. Serve
on toast.
Square photorraph frames are of
garnet velvet, embroidered with for
get-me-nots, interlaced witn tiny
white and pink flowers. They are also
very rich done in the same way, with
the velvet of black, dark blue, or old'
gold plush. It is not tusual to carry
the embroidery solid around the four
sides. Have one interval at least.
TariocaSocr. Take a good beet
soup with two pounds of meat and
bone, and two and a-half quarts of cold
clear water, simmering for four or five
hours and adding an onion, some par
sley and carrots. Put In a very little
salt. Lot tue stock, when done, get
cold. Take the fat off the top and re
heat the soup,putting in a tablespoon'
f ul of tapioca to a quan of stock. Sea
son to taste and add a few drops of
lemon juice.
Stains. Remove ink-stains from
carpets with nii)k,and afterward wash
with fine soap,a clean brush, and warm
w ater. For grease spots use powdered
magnesia fuller's earth, or buckwhsat.
Sprinkle on the spot, and let lie until
ail tne grease is removed, rime and
patience will in this way remove the
worst of grease spots.
Pasts for Scrap Books. Mix
smoothly flour and water till a thin
batter is formed, put in a pinch ot
pulverized alum and pour In boiling
water ' till a thick paste is form
ed; let it boil a minute or two, add
few drops of carbolic acid or oil of
cloves. Put it In a wide-necked bottle
Lighter tints of wall paper are used
than those of last season. Maple
leaves ana coney suckles in yellow
and go:d are arranged In patterns
suitable lor dido, screen or freeze;
also the clematis pattern is disposed
on a ground which looks like a chain
armor.
Italian Cbcam. One pint of rream
one-ball pint or milk, one cup of su
gar; one cup of wine, to be whipped
one-half hour; one-half box gelatine,
dissolved in one-iiaix pint or water
mix whh other ingredients. Use milk
lu place of cream, If it cannot be ob
tained.
Mixcte Pcddino. Take six eggs
two tamespooniuis oi sugar; one cup
or nour ; a lump or butter, large as
an egg, ana nau a nutmeg; you may
auu, ii you iiKe. a nan pouna raisins;
mix wen ana base quick.
Labob pot-pourri Jars, common
Flemish gravy ware, bronze, old
Dutch brass work, Bellarmlne bottles.
or graybeards, and growing plants,es-
pecially those or the palm kind, are
used tor the decoration of halis
and landings.
C'abiset clocks are a late Paris nov
elty. They are composed of black
marble i nlaid with light red-grained
marbles, and take the cabinet form,
with recesses for small pieces of china
or bric-a-brac. I be side pieces match
the clock.
A pretty novelty is the terra cotta
and china plaques fitted with small
clocks in the center of each. The bor
ders of the plaques are painted with
apple blossoms, trailing arbutus.black
berries, wild flowers and nasturtiums
ixtkk EqcASH. Cut in quarters,
remove the seeds, bake, then remove
the crust and scrape on the pulp, put
into a kettle with a little cream, a
good piece of butter, salt and math
Yecitarle Oysters. Scrape, slice
thin, and boil tender in about half as
much water as you require soup; then
add ball as much milk, let It boll np,
season with butter and salt, and serve
with crackers.
Soiled OKioxs. Feel either out ol
doors or near the stove, or hold under
water, cut half way tnrough the stem
end, parboil, then boil in milk and
water; when very soft, drain, add a
little cream, butter and salt.
xeksch 'i oast. lake three eggs,
beat well, and add one-half teacupful
of milk; dip Into this mixture slices of
K md, and fry them in butter till
slightly brew ned; served piping hot
Boil id starch Is much Improved bv
the addition of a little sperm, or a lit
tle salt, or Doth, or a I'ttle gum arabic
dissolved.
Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled
hite kid gloves will cleanse them
very well.
A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk
and water will restore rnsty cra.
Li mob juice and glycerine
rill
cleanse ai.d soften the hauds.
To color drab, take willow-bark and
a little copperas.
f
HUMOROUS.
A Bostob man besought his wife,
be being but three years married, for
the privilege of a night key. -X Ignt
keyf" she exclaimed, la tones of
amazement, "what use can you have
for,a Bight key when the woman's
Emancipation league meets Monday
night, the Ladles Domestic mission
Tuesday, Sisters or Jericho Wednes
day, the Woman's 8cience Circle
Thursday, the Daughters of Xlneveh
Friday, and the Woman's Progressive
Art association, and the Suffrage band
on alternate Saturday nights. You
stay at home and see that the baby
doesn't fall out ol the cradle." He
stays. - - - -- -
"How Co you like the rooms?"
asked Mrs. Dotonart, who was show
ing the Smithingtons over her new
house. "Oh, they are perfectly
lovely!" exclaimed Mr. Smithing
too, "and they arc furnished so sweet
ly I What exquisite plaques those
are. aren't they, Smlthington V
"What,, them dishes on the wall?
Yes, they are pretty enough, but why
in thunder didn't they have some
closets in the house to put the crock
ery inT" Mrs. Dotonart goes into
mild hysterics, and Mrs. S. gives
Smlthington a look.
"Did you make the train f"
"Xo," was the reply, It was made
In the car shops !"
"1 mean did you catch the train?"
"Of course not ; it's not infectious."
"Well,you fool.did you arrive at the
depot in time?"
"Xo, you idiot, I arrived in an om
nibus." "Great heaven !" shrieked the Inter
locutor, "did you board the cars?"
"Jumping Jerusalem 1" bawled the
questioned man, "you know I don't
keep a boarding-house."
A fashioxablb Galveston woman
wanted to impress her husband with
her household-keeping abilities; so
when the cook left, she went down
into the kitchen and cooked breakfast,
aud she made an awful mess of it.
They sat down to the table, and her
husband noticed that she had a rag on
her finger, so he asked what was the
matter.
"I burned it while trying the steak,
she replied.
Well, any woman who would put
such a breakfast as this on the table
ught to bo burned at the stake," re
plied the brute.
A little boy who was to pass the
afternoon with the doctor's little
daughter was given two pieces ot
candy. When he returned his mother
inquired if he gave the larger piece to
the little girl. "Xo, mother, 1 didn't.
You told me always to give the big
gest piece to company, and I wis
company over there."
A little miss has a grandfather
who has taught her to open and shut
his crush hat. The other day, how
ever, he came witn an ordinary suk
one. Suddenly he sees the child com
ing with the new stove-pipe wrinkled
like an aocordeon. "Oh, grandfather,'
she says, "this one Is very hard. I've
had to sit on it, but I can't get it more
than half shut."
There is one boy in Galveston who
will never be a musician. He is too
independent. His teacher was trying
to make him play the right notes, and
said to him: "You must not reach
away over there on the treble ; that'
not right." "I guess 1 11 reach wbere
I please on this piano. We own this
piano, I reckon. I'll put my leet upon
it if 1 see a
A bright little 3-year-old, while
her mother was trying to get her to
sleep, became Interested in some out
side noise. &ne was tola tnat it was
caused by a cricket, whea she sagely
observed : "Mamma,I think he ought
to be oiled."
A St. Paul boy has a "magnetic
hand," to which small metalic articles
attach themselves, and which imparts
a burning sensation. Takes after his
mother, doubtless.
A wag likened a girl's disposition to
hee waist, because it was wasp-like.
"William Tell escaped killing his
son by an arrow chance."
Daybreak is the boss eye opener.
Atlantic City at l his Time of Tear.
Physicians have been sending their
patients to Atlantie City in winter time for
the past twenty years. At first but fcw,the
nuinber gradually but steadily increasing,
until within the last few years the travel
ha reached such proportions that exprcs
trains between Philadelphia and Atlantic
Citv are run the year through, anil theboteis
most of which are furnished aud con
ducted in the most elegant manner are
crowded not only with invalids, but many
who have realized the fact that old ocean
is ever the same, in winter and summer.
and that the change of air is just as bene
ficial and enjoyable at this season of the
year as in the midsummer days. .Nervous,
dyspeptic, gouty, rbeun-atic and various
other chrouic ailments, which are usually
benefited there insumsucr, and for which
that resort has become famous, are found
lo be equally benefited in winur, and con
valescents from acute diseases or from
surgical operations nearly always improve
remarkably on being removed from the
large cities. Many cases of incipient
phthisis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and
laryngitis have been either vastly unproved
or permanently benefited by a sojourn at
Atlantic City.
I he tome and alterative properties of the
air, acting by the improvement of diges
tion and nutrition, and the promotion of
sleep, go far to accomplish great good in
restoring health and vigor.
Atlantic Ctty, unlike most sea-shore re
sorts, is not ouiy a city m name, but in
fact, the population of permanent residents
beme about six thousand,and the improve-
meuts embracing most of the conveniences
m the way of street cars, gas, water, good
stores, markets, iic, that are enjoyed by
the residents of larger cities.
Xot only is the visitor surrounded by all
these advantages, but the frequent trains
and convenience of access to and from
Philadelphia (being but ninety minutes'
ride) bring it as near thereto almost as
though within its limits. In fact, it is the
most accessible to the Xew England and
Middle Stales of any place having claims
as a winter resort, aud admitting of out
door exercise for most invalids the whole
year through.
lle favorite route between Philadelphia
and Atlantic City is via West Jersey Rail
road, which is operated by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company; and passengers
via this hne will find the came high stand
ard of appointments and the same close
attention to those details so essential to the
perfect comfort and enjoyment of the
traveler, that are such marked feature of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. This, in con
nection with the natural advantages m
scssed by the West Jersey Railroad, such
as traversing the choices scenic portions of
Southern Xew Jersey.being noticeably free
from dust, and having its termini in the
ccn tre of the respective cities (the Phila
delphia station being at the foot of Market
street, within a short walk of the business
centre, and the station at Atlantic City on
Atlantic avenue, between Xew York and
Tennessee avenues), has already plaixd the
new route in the front rank of popular
fvvor.
Lifb is short almost and our duty Is
to prolong It. Use. therefore. Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup for Coughs. Colds. Bron
chitis, Hoarseness, etc. Sold every
where. Price only 25 cents.
Profu$or Legate, of Virginia city,
Xev., has been experimenting for some
time for the purpose of ascertaining
what aflect the moon has upon fish, ana
the result of his investigation! go to
suMtantiatic what old fishermen have
always said, namely that It spoils them.
The rav s of Ught or something carried
in the rays, cause the fish to decay very
rapidly. Even catfish, all alive and
kicking, when exposed were in a bad
state in a few hours. Professor Legate
is a firm Deliver in the influence of the
moon on man and on all thing mun
dane. The atmosphere being attracted
by the moon the same as the waters of
the ocean, only to a much greater ex
tent, he Is of the opinion that effects
are produced by the aerial tide which
are generally attributed to other
causes. A gentleman hearing of the
nsh experiments, states that some years
ago, while on the west coast ot Africa,
he one night slept on the deck of a ves
sel under the rays of a full moon, and
the result was that ho was totally
blind for three days. The bad effect
of the rays of the moon appears to have
been known, or at least suspected, ages
ago. In the Uiblo, In Psalms, wc
read : "The sun shall not smite thee
by day, nor the moon by night.
"There's something about your
daughter," Mr. Wanghog said reflec
tively, "there's something about your
daughter" "Yes," said old Mr.
Thistlepad, "there is. I have noticed
It myself. It comes every evening
about eight o'clock, and It doesnt' get
away usually till aboat two. And
some of these nights 1 am going to lift
it all the way out from the front par
lor the side gate and see what there
is in it."
A little Ottawa miss was taken to
church for the first time.after. being
impressed with the necessity she
should keep "as still as a mouse."
She behaved herself until the preacher
became warmed np to his work; aud
then, thinking he was going too far,
she raised her linger and looklag
straight at him, crieJ, "See here,
don't you make so much noise."
Battle Creek, (Hich.) Daily Journal.
Upon being spoken to concerning St.
Jacob's Oil, our fellow townsman Mr.
Theodore Wakelee, said : I had been
suffeiing with rheumatism, and ob
tained the greatest relief from the use
of St. Jacob's Oil. It has also been
used in my family for some time, and
has never been found to fail in giving
prompt relief.
The idea of the biggest head know
ing the most is all nonsense. The
mastod had the biggest head ot his
time; yet he didn't know enough to
go into the ark out of the rain and be
saved. The mosquito, with scarcely
any head at all, was wiser.
A vain man's motto is,
and wear it; a generous
Win gold
win gold
Win gold
and share it , a misers.
and spare it;" a
profligates, "Win
a broker's. "Win
gold and spend it ;
gold and lend it ;" a gambler's,
Win
gold and loose It," a wise man's
gold and make good use ol it."
Win
South Bend Evening Kegistor.
When certain powers are claimed for
an article, and everybody testifies tnat
it does more than is claimed for it, to
gainsay its worth Is useless, luia
the substance of the St. Jacob's Oil
record.
f The product of the
still The deaf
and dumb alphabet.
The successful man has many Imita
tors in his peculiar line of business,
but still there is only one originator
So. also, the great petroleum hair re-
newer, Carboline, as now improved
and perfected, holds the palm against
all imitators as a genuine article
merit. Try it.
of
Flame were recently discovered in
the centre of a drawing-room in Brtgh
ton, England, and it was found that
table had been set on fire from the
covers becoming ignited by the sun'
rays, which had been concentrated by
a decanter of water.
Some scientists are now upholdin
the building in every house of a small
conservatory, with pipes leading into
every apartment or the bouse or bund
ing to be ventilated. It is claimed that
the oeone and oxygen thus introduced
will keep the air pure and sweet, neu
tralizing the carbonic acid which is
expelled from the breath.
Ladles, Bead This!
An Infallible cure for Atrophy, or
deficiency of Development of the Mam
mary Glands or Bust. Address Mrs,
Dr. J. C. Dillingham, Box 3015, Xew
Orleans, La., with $2 for formula and
Instruction. A legitimate treatment
for the removal of the cause of this
morbid alteration.
Two sulkv lovers sat with averted
heads for half an hour without speak
ing a word. At last he ventured to
ask ; "How do you like it. my dear ?"
irst rate," said she, "it keeps my
back warm."
Dyspepsia, bilious attacks, headache, and
maov other ills esn only be cured by ramoniie
their eanss. Kidney-Wore baa been proved
to be the most effectual remedy. fie-s.
The thermometer maker gets rid
ol
his goods by degrees.
VEGET1NE !
Cured Scrofula.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 13, 1S7T.
n. K. STEVENS:
Dear Mr I can eneprfnllr iwnmmend vonr
Vegetlne as the Ureat Blood Purltler." I have
Deen aillni; from 8-rufula lor rears, and was
cured by your Wgetloe. i keep it coostantly
ou hand to keep my bowels regular, aud am
iii-lantly recommi-ndtng It to all whum I bear
neeaiuir a remtMy like yours.
Truly yours,
JOHN McGETTIGAX.
Belne personal!? acquainted with Xr. M.-Oet-
tikan, i ran vuueo ior mm as Deing- reliable In
uia giaiemem, as i uare wnu mm emetine.
KK. J. W. AHEL.
Druggist, 1024, Beach street.
Vegctinc.
Remarkable Core of Scrofulous Face.
Wpsi minster. Conn.. June 1. ist.
MR. n. R STEVENS:
Dear sir. I can testify to the trood effect of
your me-llvlne. My utile boy bad a Scrofula
sore break out on tits bead a Ian." ut s oninrr
ol a dollar, ana It went down nig face irom one
ear lo tlie oiber. under his iw-L and was one
solid m iss of st.rea Two bottles of your valu
able Vejrrtlne completely cured bim.
ery rcsp.-cuuiiy,
JIBS. G. R. THATCHER.
Druggist's Revort
Philadelphia, July S, 1S7T.
R. STEVENS, Boston. Mass.:
A'e have nold vonr VftKMnn fnrmmii tmn
paat. and our customT recommend it an peine
me oesi and sal-sl Blood runner" In use.
We have sold manv article or the arn diwrin.
Uob, but Vei;eune gives the moat universal sat
isfaction. We always recommend It with con-
tide nee.
HASSELt BROS.,
Drugg-lsta, 1J Market Street,
Vossotlno.
IS THE BEST
SPRING MEDICINE.
Vet-etlM Is Bald bv All Draft lata.
Maattt and BipeDtA
ETAHTfft
3 'WV
mutr m mam
AjSTES 4 ISitaMft
IsaBOarrrlcailt
Having had numberless Inquiries for
advertising card from lsJies in all
parts ot the cod n try wb re Interest
ed in the prevailing fashion of making
"Card Collections," wo aro
printed for them a set ot seven beauti
ful cards, each in six colors and on a
gold background, in the very highest
degree of art, i!lu--tratingSbakspeare
"Seven Azes ot Man." We have spared
tin nnmiH in these cards they are
imr.lv little art srems. Our only aim
has been to publish the finest cards yet
shown. ADDlications lor them have
come in so rapidly that nearly the
whole edition Is engaged before the
KMint bv ua of the cards from the
artist. We have therefore been obliged
to adopt thefollowing plan for to a dis
tribution or tne remainder: a u
of the gilt Shakspeare cards, seven in
the series, will be sent excepting upon
the receipt of a statement from a grocer
that the person applying for the wards
baa bought of him on that day at least
seven bars ot Dobbins' lectrIO Soap,
with price paid for same. All apply
ing in this manner will receive the lull
set ot seven cards aratu by mail. This
will insure us that our friends and pa
trons get their share of these beautiful
designs, although it in no manner re
pays us lor the costoi tne car us. a our
grocer has the soap or will get It, aud
the purchase by yon of seven bars of
It at one time will secure for you graii
even really beautiful cards. The soap
improves wUh age, and is an artiele of
necessity in your house every week.
Therefore you are not asked to buy a
useless article, but one that you must
have anyway. .Please send us your
application at once, and tell your lady
friends making "Card Collections," to
do the same. Grocers do not have the
cards to deliver. Buy the soap ot l.cn.
send their bill, and w will mall you
the cards free. Yours respectfully,
I. L- Cbaoin & Co.. 11$ South 4.b
Street. .Philadelphia. Fa.
I. S. Ladies not wishing to buy
soap can net the ciius by remitting
cost price. 25 cents.
Tht descendants of Darius Green,
made famous and immortalized by
Holmes, will never perish from the
face of the earth until his dream shall
have been realized, and "goon or late
we'll navieate the air as now we sail
the sea." The last of the line so far is
now in Chlcaeo, and bis device for
aerial locomotion is on exhibition in
the Honore building. His name Is
Charles A. Sullivan, and he comes
from Starkville, Miss. He is confident
that he has found the the thing so long
sought for a machine that will give
the greatest possible power with the
least possible weight for propelling an
air-ship. His model works very well,
and It seems possible thtt it or some
modification of it will one day solve
the problem. The power, generated by
a system or clock work, is communica
ted to the air by means of four fans
similar to the ordinary steam-Mowers,
and they work on the air in the same
manner as they do the paddles ot a side-
wheeler upon the water, covers resemb
ling the half of a cheese-box protect
ing the upper half ol the tan Irom the
air. By shitting these covers the pow
er can be so applied as to lilt the ship
or to depress it. Mr. Sullivan thinks
that with a feur-horse-power engine,
weighing I0O pounds, with gas for tuel,
he can supply enough power to propel
his contrivance with facility. He has
made all the calculations as to the size
of the balloon and the weight of the
machine, and thinks that a working
aervolant can be constructed on bis
model for 11500. lie only lacks this
capital to push it to completion, and,
as be thinks, to overwhelming success
Fatbick Macfixigax, with a wheel
barrow, ran a raoe with a locomotive :
as the latter went ont of sight, Mac
observed. "Aff wld ve, ye roar la
blaugard, or I'll be after runnin' into
yees :
Feeble Ladles.
Those linguid, tiresome sensations,
causing you to leel scarcely able to be
on your feet; that constant drain that
is taking from your system all its elas
ticity; driving the bloom from your
cneeits; tnat continual strain upon
your vital rorces, rendering you irrita
ble and fretful, can easily be removed
by the use of that marvelous remedy,
Hop Bitters. Irregularities and ob
structions of your system are relieved
at once, while the special cause of per
iodical pain is permanently removed.
Will you heed this? Cincinnati Satur
day Sight.
A woman may be as homely as a
drove of camels, and as uninteresting
as a counterfeit detector, but as soon
as her husband is elected to Congress
and they take up their residence in
n asbington and give receptions, she
becomes "handsome of fascinating"
In the newspapers, 'ihere are no
blanks.
Write to Mrs. Lydia . Finkham.
233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for
names of ladies that have been restored
to perfect health by the use of her
Vegetable Compound. Ii Is a positive
cure for the most stubborn cases of fe
male weakness.
"I qrir agree with Byron." said
the plaintiff, a lady, who was suing
tor divorce. "There Is no such thing
as friendship between a man and wo
man." "iti at, madam." remarked
the counsel for the defence, ''Is only
true when tiey are married."
Invalids who he loot bat sre mwrr...
vtta. Msmlna. declare In gr.teiul terms 16-1
ppreciailon of tue merlta as a tonic of HOHiet
ir's Hiomach Bitters. Mot onlv does It nun
str. nffth to the weak, rt corrects an Irreirular
acid state of the stomach, makes the bowels
act st proper intervals, rives eaxe to thoee whs
suffer irom rheumatic and klduev troubles, and
conquers as well as prevents fever and ague.
rorsaM by au Pruts' ists ana Dealers generally.
VOCWO lsA TrKwrssn
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kt-EASANT LUXURY. 8URE CURB
lj.w.w.L.ij.asuai.rsrZ
BRILLIANT BLA K I.VK, W m.
cl of s I-w cesta s icsU.b stay b. mm
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(A
a Vs-w Dblbaks man lately cabled
to a friend In Cuba. "Send me one or
two monkeys." The reply came back:
"Shipped you 73; will fnd rest as
soon as can be found." The telegram
had gone: "Send me 102 monkeys."
OH Experience tram Stany.
"I bad been sick and miserable so
long and bad caused my husband so
much trouble and expense, no one
seemed to know what ailed me, that I
was completely disheartened and dis
couraged. In this frame of mind I got
a bottle of Hop Bitters and used them
unknown to my family. I soon began
to improve and gained so fast that my
husband and family thought it strange
and unnatural, but when I told them
what had helped me, they said "Hur
rah for Hop Bitters! long may they
prosper, for they have made mother
well and us happy." The Mother.
Home Journal.
Thb question "why printers did not
succeed as well as brewers," was thus
answered. Because printers work for
the head, and the brewers for the
stomach, and where twenty men has
stomachs, bnt one has brains.
Tegbtwb will regulate the bowels to
healthy action, by stimulating the
secretions, cleansing and purifying the
blood of poisonous humors, and, in a
healthful and natural manner, expels
all impurities without weakening the
body.
"Doctob, "said a despairing patient
to bis physician. "I am in a dreadful
state; 1 can neither lay nor set; what
shall I do?" "Why, then," replied
the doctor, very gravely. "I think
you bad better roost."
EES. LTOIi L PlXmH OF ITM, EASS
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
lit a Prwtrtr Ctrra
IWaH ISM PaJaftol tiaaialats S9nI W fc Mill
Miip.il tmmmr bMt ft mile slattos.
tt win rats ntlil? tbe wans form of ramsto Coos
akdnts, .1 ovariM trxmhtaa. I-aajimtioa and Clcr
Soa, raUtac sad MaplacaiDesra, ssdtbs euuatulMUt
Spinal Wiaa-nasa, and Is psiQcalsitr sdapCMl to tbe
Changa of Ltfo.
tt win dlaaolro and avpcl town fron the stars ta
amity taj of oih)iuiuiit. Tho tendency to can
swuualiManoftlirlsclickadvoiyaDaeit'lybrltssoa.
It lamuvaa ralntnaaa, Batnlrnrr, deatroysall emrbir
foratiraalanta, and vrurTeawaaknral of tboafcotsaen.
IS carta Blnallng, QaadarbM, Kemna Proatratloa,
eoneral liability, Wlafplaamfai. Drpraaaba sod IndL
aalloB.
That ftwtlni- of biiai tils' down, eanjonc pain, wotsrht
and barkarhe, la alwara prrmeiiect:? corad by Its nam.
It will at all Din and snueranHr-nnintancaaaptls
anmwny with tlie laws tfaatrtOie female eritnn.
Forth enreof Kidnty Complainta of aithor az this
Cue-i pound I mvmi ian d.
LVPIA E. PISKHAw-S VECFTABLE COM
FOO D Is Biwparad st S3 sod S3 Wasters Aranoa,
Lron, Sua. FrlroAl. Six bottloafor SSt Santbraiall
la the form of puis, also In tbe form of losengv, OS
nealpt af.prle. tlprrbox forotthar. Mr. FTrikhara
froalv aaswara ail letter of Inqnb-y. Send for pamph
let, Addraas as show. Jtranon IM fnpar.
Bofurilr tVmld h without LTDIA X. FTXIBABt
LIVER PILLS. Thar enr eonatlparlos. Till I nasi an)
sad torpidity of th onr. IB cant par box.
Bar H4d bv all Uracsiats-
The Only Remedy
Tsst Art st th nsas Tlaa a
it LiTST, Til Bowels ud Til Linml
nsrrr at net ill ifianii a r
Why Are We Sick?) I
Btcauf M miio ttmgrist eryaiu to b4-l
eomteioootdtrlorviS. and roUmvmt An I
Imor art Vurtfor farctd into IM Hr-iVta
iBaiesnsesa, Pile. Catistio. KMaevll
Coplsist sad vitesses. wesa- W 1
eases saa rrass vtsorsers.
emuinf JrwacHtmef tAtmorganiandL
rutorinq their newer to Vtrow of atam. L
wT safer Billon bsIbs SB Sfbes I E
I War UrwaaUd with Piles. CesetlistleslI
why frlsBieses vevslerdares BldsTl
wayesssrs ervess srilrS hesasrssil
W kr save sleepiest alckls I
rW KIDXKY WORT and rMe fail
IUalt. Hit a dry,$94tabU eompomdandj
no will snthe wU ateaf MrdMaw-l
wai h ej tour ifrugmm, A trtu rgr uf
l umusscv a CO, fnr
lwal4
rTJTT'
hop bitters:
(A Medicine, aat Drialu)
ooxtains
nors, Brrnr, mandrake,
EANDEI.ION,
Atdtbb PntewT wn P.rrrMrr.iCALQrALS'
Timor ui otuss Bittus.
THEY CURE
All Dlaesnwiof th Stomach. nrla. Blood.
Llvrr. knlnf.ra.and Vrtnary tirvatis. Nrr
vousnea. sl-fileMniinanfl raorcialfy
SIOOO IN COLD.
Vlll he paid for s esse they win not care or
ucip. vi ior Nnnit impure or injurious
UWMB 114 IUC1U.
Asyonr dnwrlat for Iton Bitter and rrr
them before yon aWp. Take ether.
B1C la an ahaolnteand lrrrtlhlernre for
"' viuiii,ujosccoaiul
8ed ros Cisrrun.
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J. K. tllTSON a CO.ISj(-h)nol9t.F j
Card Collector
1st. Buy seven liars
bins' Electric Soap of
Grocer.
2d Ask him to give;
bill of it.
3d Mail ua his liill a.rjiU
ifTdress.
4th. We will mail
YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCH.
PURIP
rwllrMrwiitllCanner.Porrrlah.
ltlMlns. Fach one Mt-nriU-d Wilatt!
mantitiu-tiiri'r is w-irmnt--! in matr". 4
ni. ti..n. For wile ly the t-t !"
i-ir. 11 jnij no ntil KTl'.W W.-I. n: m
pump, write to me u lluw. a:l I
name of agent mini y.iu. all" K
at my lowest nri'--.
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30s Karitet SL, Piittaarl
BTR'S POCKET MICEOSCOl
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TEACHERS WANTE:
tS3 to 9120 aer month. Sti.lv wort
sad sniamer. For full ps't.cUr, A
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mraUllntill . iltl'3
i aSvaaeril. it Afcli "' rtj
1 1 J FREE seven beautiful car l
u ..t.. i ..,.n
-i r-i.v tuiuu uiiu goid, rt'jinB
i ing Shakspeare's " Seven 1
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