Tba Catacomb. The Roman catacomte are subterra nean excavations which served as pla ces of refuge aud of worship to the earliest followe-s of faith during the persecutions they had to suffei under the predecessors of Constantine, an 1 of repose to so many thousands, from the earliest period of Christianity to the sixth century of our era. It is not easy to assign a reason for the name of cata combs now generally applied to all these excavations. It apvears to have been first employed in the seventh cen tury to designate a limited space or vault beneath the basilica of St. Se bastian, on the Applan Way, 1 Cata cum'xts, where the remains of St. Peter ami St. Paul were deposited when re covered from certain Gret-ks who were carrying them off by stealth to their country. Its (renr.il application, how ever, to these Christian sepulchres only came into use at a much later period, for we find them universally designated, in the Acts of the Martyrs and early fathers of the Church, as Cemeteries, or Places of Repose. The catacombs are distributed in considerable numbers -about sixty in all in every direction outside the walls of the city. It is very doubtful whether any exist within the precinct of modern Rome, even inside the Aurelian wall, much less of the ancient precinct of Servius Tullius, a circumstance easily account ed for by a strict observance of the enactment of the Twelve Tables, which forbade intramural interment, and by the secrecy which the early Christians were compelled to observe in resorting when alive, aud conveying the remains or their brethren when dead, to these places of retirement and reiose. The catacombs consist of an immense net work of subterranean passages or galle ries, generally intersecting each other at right angles, sometimes tortuous, more rarely diverging from a centre, as mav be seen in those near St. Lorenzo fuori le Mura. These galleries vary in length aud height; in general they may be stated to be eight feet high by three to five feet wide; the roof is either hori zontal or slightly vaulted, and seldom requires any other support than the sides in which ure excavated the sepul chral loculi or graves, forming tiers above each other. These graves are irregular in size, persona of all agea being interred close to each, as well as in depth, sometimes being destined to contain a single conse in other cases, two or three. The average number of graves in each tier is about five, and their length eight feet. When undis turbed they are found closed with mar ble slabs or tiles, on which inscriptions and Christian emblems are often cut or painted. Reside these loculi, confined to the the walls of the galleries, wider spaces tailed Arcisolia, consisting of au arch over a grave, or a sarcophagus hollowed in the tufa, are frequent, forming a kind of small apse over the place where tha body was deiosited. A third class, in the shaie of sepulchral chambers, surrounded with loculi aud arcisolia, ociMir at iuteivals, and these have often also len convened into family vaults aifd places t worship; to these the name of Cubicula has Iwen applied. A fourth description of crypts or chapels of larger dimensions were evidently destined for places of meeting and wor ship. It was only after the conversion of the Kmperor Constantine to Christi anity that its rites were permitted to be celebrated in public, but long after wards these crypts continued to le resorted to for devotional puiroses. It was not until later in time that orato ries and churches were erected over the entrance of the principal cemeteries with inoie convenient nieausof access in the form of stairs. Several of these churches have since been reckoned amongst the most celebrated in and about Koine. St. Peters's was erected over the cemetery of the Vatican, St. PauFs over that of Santa Lucina, Sau Lorenzo over those of St. Hypolitus aud St. Cyriaca, aud the beautiful bas ilica of St. Agues over the catacomb in which that virgin martyr was inteired. Hiding Tbai. The other day a girl of 17, who was washing the front ster of a house on High street, broke out into sonu, and a moment thereafter a jiedestrian baited at the pit, and, as she looked aiouud. raised bis hat and bowed in the most graceful manner. "The missus isiil to home," remark ed the girl. "Xc, I supiose not," he answered. "And we don't want any perfumer ies, and haven't any old clothes to ex change for China vases." "Well!" "Well, and who are you bowing and scnping at?" "I heard you singing. In less than a year some o ier.it ic manager will dis cover you. He will send you to Tole do to train your voice, lu a few months you will strike Xew York direct from Italy, and the bills will announce you HsMille. Pinoni, the woudeeful Prima Ikinna and lueen of Song. I am sim ply t .owing to you in advance." "And you really mean that?" she asked, as she stood up veij stiaight, "Of course I do." "And I'll get S"jO a night," "Yes, $.00 f aw-perhaiis $.VJO." "Aud the opera houses won't hold the ieople." "Not half of 'em." "That's what I think Just exactly what I think, and you Wt your boots I don't scrub any more steps for people with au income of only$10,U00a year! ' And she dung the brush into the pail of water where the soap was already deosited, bssed a Dig rag after it, and hustled for the back door trilling: Peek aboo aboo aboo I see you hiding there." Toe Dolly CbuiihDHM. The historical iJolIy's cbophouse, Ixindon, has ceased to exist. Dolly's tavern" derived its name from one lHilly an old cook at the Castle Inn, kept at one time by Richard Tarleton. the famous low comedian of Oieen Elizabeth's reien. aud a fiiend and fellow-mime of William Shakeseare, (iaiusUirougli painted Holly's portrait. The old coffee room of that quaint and comfortable hostelry, much frequented by abie editors and enterprising publish eis. dated from the iieriod of Queen Anne. The queen's likeness, in a painted window of the establishment, perished last night in t'e Haines. Part of the old premises of Tarleton 's cas tle were in existence as late as lsj-j, when they were burned down; and now "Dolly's," the connecting link be tween the Elizabethan staee aud tl e modern resort of men intimately asso ciated with the calling of letters, had shared the same fate. An article in an exchange is entitled ' Shrinkage in bogs." It can't refer to the breed that occupy two seats a piece in a railroad car. Tbey don't nhnuk. Tber expand spread out diffuse themselves, bo to speak. "Don't be afraiol" naul a snob to a German L. borer. "Sit down and make yourself my eqnal," "I would liaff to blow my brains out," was the reply of the Teuton. "D( eh it pay In steal?" asks a relig ious paixr. It t'oetn't always pay the thief, but Just think of the large num ber of criminal lawyers to whom it furnishes a fat hying. Mb. Davit lives in Illinois. He is not a very prominet citizen, but his same la a "household wont," AGRICULTURE. The srreat maioritv of farmers fail of the best results in calf raising chiefly through neglect The same general principal applies here as In the produc tion of any other stock, namely, keep the animal growing from the start. The best feed is milk; it is the natural food and no artifical substitute ean fully take its place. A calf taken from the cow when from one to three days old, and fed plenty of good, sweet, nadim ted new or skim milk, with a small ra tion of clean timothy hay and oats will do welL Many farmers torn their calves out into a pasture in May and leave them out all summer, feeding a little soar milk or whey U piece oat grass feed. Those who have made re peated experiments find that calves do best in the stable until midsummer or later, giving them all the milk and other food tbey will eat The beet arrange ment we have ever seen is a large sta ble having the floor covered a foot deep with corn cobs which absorb all the moisture and keep the calves clean; dry aud free from foal odors. A row of small feeding stalls is arranged on one side, so that each calf is "tied up" in its place during feeding time, and kept there until its inolination to suckle the ears of its fellows is gone. In this way each calf has his full ration, eats slowly or in baste, as he likes, and is protected from the crowding incident to a large herd of various ages and strength. They are kept in this stable up to J sly, so their young and tender skins are not exposed to the torments of the flies; then they are turned into a small pasture, with a shed for shelter from sun and storm. If fad with un changing regularity and given good care calves tnus managed will be the eqnal of any in the country by the 1st of Oc tober. Pushed danng the winter, they go to pasture in the spring in tine con dition and free from grabs in the back. The second year the heifers will drop their calves in Jane and make valuable additions to the dairy. SonuEL is a troublesome weed in pas turee, meadows and lawns. It usurps the plaoe of the grass, and by its strength ot growth smothers out all other vegeta tion. It may be that something; is exis ting or wanting in the soil that encour ages the weed and distsourages the grass. But on the other hand, sorrel will grow upon the richest soil and thrive in pro portion. Bat a specific cure for this weed may be found in salt A dressing of salt tnat will entirely kill the sorrel will not injure the grass, and indeed, if the sorrel occupies the ground wholly, to the complete exclusion of grass, the salt will encourage a rapid growth of grass from fresh seed sown immediately afterward. There are two kinds of peanuts the red and the white. The red generally sell the best in the market Three pecks in the shell will readily plant an acr. When planted in hills one bush el will usually plant an acre and a half. When the last cultivation is given all the spikelets should be covered, as each one, if it touches the ground and is cov ered, will make a pea. In a loose mel low soil they are harvested by simply pulling up the vines; but if the soil is packed they will have to be dug or plow ed ont and the peas gathered up. If the weather is dry, so that they can be thoroughly dried out, you can leave them on the vine until this is done and store away to be picked iff in the future. The vines make very good rough bedding. Sixphib for Mildew on the Vine. Not oniy on the vine but on any plants where signs of mildew appear, this rem edy thou id be freely applied with a bel lows or by dusting, wtieo the leaves are wet from dew or rain. It is possible to get rid of mildew even after it has a strong oold on a plant, but only by the greatest pains in repeatedly dusting every part of the foliage, Where there is a tendency in young grapes to rot, the addition of about oue third of air placked lime to the sulphur to be ap plied is found to check the disease. Flax will grow on any soil that pro duces wheat, oats, barley, corn or pota toes, but it thrives beet on a mellow soil, or oue not too wet or too sandy. It also produces well on new timber clearings, speciall win re the timber has been lmri.e.1 eff, wood ashes being an excel lent fertilizer for it Although in some rections it is grown principally for its fibre and seed, yet it is said to be a pro fitable crop when grown for the seed alone. The following directions for compost ing dead leaves are given by the Con necticut Experiment Station: Use one bushel of fresh slaked lime to every fif teen or twenty bushels of the leaves and dark loam lying beneath them. A bushel of lime is also recommended for ten of swamp muck. Twenty bushels of the leaves and muck are spread three inches deep, then a bushel o( lime warm from the slaking is sprinkled over the layer, repeating the process till the heap is several feet high. Sunflowers, Plant plenty of sun fl wcrs. We plant alongside a chicken rnn, in order to afford a little shade to fowls. It is said that they purify the air and prevent fever and ague. We have seen some of the Hussion mammoth sunflowers, of which it is hardly an ex aggeration to say that they were as big as the bottom of a milk pan. The seeds are recommended very highly as chicken feed. Strangely, our chickeDS would never eat them. Other people, however, do not generally find any cause (01 com plaint Keeping down the weeds will not be the only gain to come from thorough hoeing. By having a layer ot finely pulverized soil at the surface evapora tion ot moisture will be prevented dur ing the day, while absoiption will go on through the night After every heavy rain the garden should be gose over with hoe or rake to prevent crust ing. The best remedy for cramp the simp lest and the most efficacious that I know of is a baud of cork. It is easily mado by cntting a small new wine core into thin slices, which must be sewn close together upon ribbon or tape an inch wide. It can be tied around any part affected and worn during the night A mulch of two inches of short manure on Ui surface around spring planted tree, will help tuem more than any thing else to withstand the drouths of summer. Lott Klvera or ISaho. One of the most singular features in the scenery of the territory of Idaho is Uie occurrence of dark, rocky chasms, iuto which the creeks aud large streams suddenly disappear and are never more seen. The fissures are old lava channels produced by the outside of the mass cooling and forming a tube, which, when the fiery stream was exhausted, has been left empty, whilst the roof of the lava duct, having at some points fallen in, presents there the oiietiing into which the river plunges and is lost At one place along the Snake, on of these rivers appears gushing from a cleft high up in the basaltic wa'U where it leaps a cataract into the torrent below. Where this stream has its origin, or at what point it is swallowed up is absolutely un known, although it is believed that its sources are away up in the north country. Resides becoming the chan nels of streams, the lava conduits are frequently found impacted with the ice masses which never entirely melt. DOMESTIC This is the way the Massachusetts rook makes her lemon pies: One lemon, seventeen tablespoonfuls of sugar and three eggs; grate the yeUow rind of the lemon and squeeze the juice of the lemon on the sugar; to this add the yelks or the egg, which should be beaten till light; cover a plate with rich ruste, putting a ring around the edge; fill with Uie above mixture, and bake till the crust is dona . Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff frotfc, besting in a little powdered sugar; spread this on the top of the pie when it is done, and let it brown. Nioi salad can be made by using veal, and the inexperienced housewife may be reminded that there is as much difference in veal as in beef or chicken. Cor the salad choose a firm and lean piece, boil it until it is tender and then proceed as if you are making chicken salad,' It is a good plan to prepare this some day when you are to have ehioken for dinner; then tha veal can be boiled in the same kettle, and will be flavored witn the chicken brotn. Re serve some of the broth when making gravy for the chicken to moisten the salad with. Peach Shobtcakb. Make a soft donga of one quart ol silted flour mix ed with two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a generous tables poon ful of batter, a little salt, and sufficient weet milk. Roll out thin, put a layer in a baking-pan, and sprinkle with flour and bit of butter; make four layers like this, using no butter and flour on tte top layer. Bake in a quick oven, turn out upside down, remove the layers, and place ripe peaches, cut up and sweetened, between each layer. Serve as a cake, with cream and augar. Timbals db Spaghetti. Break some spaghetti into very short lengths aud boil it thoroughly. Drain it before the fire and add to it plenty of fresh butter or a cup ot strong, rich gravy; then mix with it one or two beaten eggs, ao corUiuR to quantity. When the mac aroni is nearly cold, fill with it a plain .mould whioh bad been previously but tered and sprinkled with fine bread crumbs. Press the macaroni well down, leaving a hollow in the centre, in this place a well flavored mince of lamb, poultry, or game, fill up the mold with more macaroni, pressing it down com pactly. Bake in a moderately quiet oven, turn out and serve very hot TBANbPABENT PlJDUING. Butter B pudding-dish and hue it with slices of stale sponge cake an inch thick. Put stewed or ripe fresh fruit or preserves in the bottom of the dish upon the cake. Beat to a cream the yolks of eight eggs, quarter of a pound of sugar and half a pound of butter. Flavor to taste with grated nutmeg and stir in lightly the stiffly-beaten whites of the eggs. Ponr the mixture over the fruit and bake half au hour. Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth and add four tablespoonfuls of sugar; spread over the pudding after it is baaed and return it to the oven for a few minutes to color. To be eaten cold, with or without cream. Baboness Fvddiko. Ingredients Three-lourth pound suet, three-fourth pound raisins, weighed after being stoned; three-fourth pound flour, oue balf pint milk and one-fourth salt spoonful salt Mode Chop the suet liue, stone the raisins, cut them iu halves, and mix these ingredients with the salt and flour; moisten with milk, stir the mixture well and tie the pud ding in a doured cloth, previously wrung out in boiling water. Put the pudding into a sauoe-pan of boiling water and let it boil four and one-half hours. Serve with plain sifted sugar. Pkbsebved Tomatoes. Take ripe, but not soft, little yellow tomatoes and ponr boiling water over them to take off the skins. Make a syrup of one ponnd of sugar to one of tomatoes, putting in only enough water to dis solve the sugar. Take three lemons to each seven pounds of tomatoes; shoe, and put in the syrup, first removing the seeds. When the syrup is boiled clear put in the tomatoes and boil gen tly three-quarters of an hour. Oinokb Cordial is made of four pounds ol red or white currants, eight ounces of inger-root, two ounces of bitter almonds, one-half ounce of sweet almonds, three lemons sliced, one gal lon of whisky. Mash the currants, out the ginger-root in small pieces, crack and split the nuts, pour the whisky over these ingredients, and let it stand for ten days, tnen pour it off carefully, add four pounds of loaf sugar, and bot tie it Comsr Cbc gDKTTKS. To a cupful of Bulled hominy add a tables poouful of melted butter; stir welL then add grad ually a capful of milk, stirring and mashing the hominy until it becomes a soft, smooth paste. Than add a tea spoonful of white sugar and a well beaten egg. Roll into oval bails with floured hands, roll in beaten eggs, then iu bread crumbs, and fry in boiling lard. Sauon Patties. Cat cold cooked salmou into dice. Heat about a pint ot the dice in a half pint of cream. Season to taste with cayenne pepper aud salt Fill the shells, and serve. CM cookAd fish ot any kind may be made into patties in this way. use any fish sauce yoa choose all are equally good. Veal Cbto.uets. Mince veal very fine, add 1 onion chopped, mix cap of milk with one teaspooniul ol nonr. piece of butter the else of a walnut, Cook until thickened and stir into meat. roll into balls, dip into a beaten egg and roll in bread crumbs. Fry in plenty of hot lard. Mould in Jellt. To prevent mould on the top of glasses of jdlly lay a lump of paraQiuc on the top of the hot jelly, letting it uidltavad spread over it No brandy paper and no other coveriug is necessary. If preferred, the paraf fiue ean be melted and poured over when oold. Gbat Holland dresses made with extreme plainness, silver ornaments, gray straw bats lined with pink, gray Jerseys gloves and a gray parasol with piuk liuiug are among the fashionable toilets worn daring the present sum mer. - rill Taking. The most extraordinary instance of pill taking is probably that of Mr. Sam uel Jessups, grazier, who died at Heck iugton. England, June, 17. 1817. In twenty-one years he took 2A',9H4 pills supplied by a respectable apothecary at Rotteaford, which was at the rate of 10,800' pills a year, or twenty-nine pills each day; but as the patient began with a more moderate appetite, and iucreas it as he went on, in the hist five years he took the pills at the rate of seventy eight a day, aud in the year 1814 he swallowed not less than 51,4'.W. Not withstanding this, and the addition of 40.000 bottles of mixture aud juleps and electuaries, extending altogether to 55 closely-written columns of an apoth ecary's bill, he attained the age of 65 seara. nUMOROUS. "I dom't miss my church so much as you suppose," said a lady to ber min ister, who had called upon ber darixg her illness, '-for 1 make Betsy sit at the window as soon as the bells begin to chime and tell me who are going to church, and whether they have on anything new." A shokmakcb was the other day fit ting a customer with a pair of boots, when the buyer observed that he had but one objection to them, which wa that the soles were a little too thick. "If that is all," said Crispin, "put on the boots, and the objection wdl grad ually wear away." . important. Whrn too visit or leare New Yor Clrr. tar BtitKig 'EipreauMe ami Carriage Hire, and Mop t trie limud t'uloo Hotel, opposite Urail Cen tral Depot. Elegant room. Httt up at a eot of one million dollar, reduced to $1 and upwards per Jar. European Plan. Kleralur. Ki-stauraut wppUed Willi the bent. Uume vara. Mage and elevate 1 railruad lo all depots. Kamliea van lure ueiter for leaa uiuuejr at I tie Grand L'umu Hotel Laau at auf otner nrat-claas hotel in tne cur. A philosphbb remarks: "An effort made for the comfort of others lifts us above ourselves." Bat he forgot to state that this observation was made by the man who hastily scrambled over a fence so as not to distub the ' medita tion of a bull that was heading for him. "Confound those cats," exclaimed old Xyio, as he reached lor his gun and crept stealthy toward the back window. "Why those are not cats," ealmly replied his wiser seven-eighths; ''it is only our new church choir, practising for to-morrow." No. 150.000. This is the number actually reached this week by the Mason & Haml'n Organ and Piano company in the regular num bering of their world-renowned cabinet organs. Having commenced business in 1S54. the average number of organs pro duced per annum baa been 5,000 which is 100 per week for the entire l.&siu weeks of their business career. The Mason Jr. Hamlin oriraus have been seut to every civilized country, aud their sale never wss greater than at the preseut time, averaging from 10.000 to 15 000 organs per annum. Butn Journal. A clothier has excited public curi osity by having a large apple painted on bis sign. When asked for an ex planation, he replied, "ll it naun i been for an apple where would the ready-made clotning stores be to-day?" flow to Secure Health. Scovill's Sareanarilla and Stilliniiia, or Blood and Liver Svrup. will restore perfect health to the physical organization. It is. Indeed, a strengthening syrup, pleasant to taka, aud has often proven itself to be the best blood purirter ever discovered, ettvet- nany curing ecmiui, puoino uisumnn, weakness of the kitlners.erysiielas, malaria. all nervous disorders and debility, bilious complaints, aud all diseases indicating an impure coudition of the blood, liver, kid neys, stomach, etc It corrects luuigeaiton, esiiecially wheu the complaiut is of an ex haustive nature, having a tendency to lessen the vigor of the braiu aud nervous system. Did you ever see a big "June bug" try to beat out his brains by banging hs head against a wire window screen? Well, that's the way a bore acts when he persists in trying to make himself agreeable where he is not wanted. Monarch foiaco Digger. One of the most valuable farm implements is the Mouarch Potato lMtger. It will dig SOU bushels er day, in a clean, perfect manner, liuuieuse shipments have lieen made by the manufacturers. Monarch Man ufacturing Compauy, Li Slate St., I nicaijo, 111., to every Suite ami Territory in this country. They are sent out on sixty days' test trial to every farmer, and no out) rais ing potatoes should fail of seudiug for their full eleeaul catalogue in six brilliautcolors. The company is auolil one, ami H-rlnctly re liable. tee tueiradvrrlineiueiit lu luis issue. Dcaf mutes are now taught to make movement with the hps so that they can be readily understood. They will not labor under any misapprehension of the teacher's meaning wheu he makes months at them, signifying, ' Don't yon dare to give me any more of your lip!" The Hope of the Nation. Children slow In development, pour, aerawuy anl delicate, uae "Wells' Ueallll Keuewer." "Dow delightful is the odor of that new mown hay!" exclaimed a resident of Hunter's Point, as he wandered among the vine-clad rooks and pine tree woods of a village in Maine. 'That' not hay," said a farmer; "them's old boots what's burnia' over yonder." Farmers" roily. Some farmers adhere, even against the full light of fact and discovery, to the old fashioned folly of coloring but ter with carrots, annatto, and inferior substances, notwithstanding the iplen did record made by the Improved Batter Color, prepared by Wells. Kich ardsou & Co., Burlington, Vt At scores of the best agricultural Fairs it has received the highest award over all competitors. Da. Hammond says when you slick your finger in your ear the roaring sound you hear is the circulation in your finger. But, doctor, when an other man folds all his fingers up bke a base ball going to sleep, and inserts them into your ear in unison, what is that which you hear then? Carbo-llnea. The winter blast is stern and cold. Yet summer has its harvest gold; And the baldest head that ever was seen Can be covered well with Carboline. A Bostjnian has discovered that the circular saw was first introduced into this country about the year 1617; but the year in which a man first placed his band on a rapidly revolving buzz aaw to learn if it was moving still re mains in donbt. ltit sweats. Ilrulache, fever, chills, malaria, dyspepsia. eureu ir -weiu- iieaaa iteuewer. su A lady made the remark that "she thought the Jlu'lt tin was getting very dull of late ; tnat she did not see the death of any of ber fashionable friends published latelv. The above is fact, as it occurred yesterday morniug in our busiuess olnoa. "KouaA on rain." Cures colic, cramps, dlarrlneA; ertern Uly for acnes, pains, spraius, ne-i ;ne, uiintl(U, raeu aiamuu. Pur uiau or beast, si au 1 Mc It is easier for tne camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a yonng woman in a far-lined sdk cloak to walk around without letting it fly open just a little to show that the fur is more than mere border. Maco "Why do tbey put wax on champagne corks, Mr. Sbyman? Mr. Shyman "To keeD it," "To keep it?" "Yes; unless perfectly air-tight the stall becomes spoiled and won t pop. "Ob! was It your mother's failure to wax you when you were young that spoiled you? "Spoiled me!" "Xee; you won't pop, either." A good way to cure hams, is to smoke a barrel for some four days; then pack in the hams and shoulders with salt; then cover with a pickle and cover tight ly, so as keep in all the smoke scent In a few weeks time they will be ready for use. Keep covered witii brine and use when you wish. Ax Elgin dairyman, being disappoint ed in his expectations of accumulating a rapid fortune by peddling skim milk at three cents a quart, conceived the happy idea of realizing extensively from the plethoric wallet earned by the Treasurer of the Northwestern Railway Company. He pure hashed for $1.10 a ticket from Elgin to Chicago, then walked into town a distance of forty miles, for the tpxrial purpose of being refused a rule back from Chicago to Elgin on that ticket Visions of large damages, growing out of his be ing ejected from the train, filled bis mind. He had taken emient legal advice at a cost of five dollars, and had braced himself up to manfully resist the conductor and brakemwn when tbey should prepare to eject him from the train. Scarcely had the train started from the Wells Street Depot, when along came the conductor, took the "Elgin to Chicago" ticket into his hands, punched it, put it into his pocket and passed along. Talk about mad dogs; but they ain't a circum stance to tne "mad" that Elgin man generated on the spot Railroad Scpebintenobnt. "Ton appear to have been a little hurt in this collision, my friend." Maimed Passenger"! nave tost both arms and one leg." "Indeed I What is your regular cos iness?" "I am at present out of work. "Ah! WelL with three limbs gone. you can easily excite sympathy and make lots of money at begging, but we won't charge you anything extra!" Ax old fellow whose daughter bad failed to secure a position as teacher, in consequence of not passing an ex amination, said: "They asked her lots of things she diln t know. ixxa at the historv questions! They asked her about things that happened betore she was born! How was she going to know about them? Why, they asked Her about old George Washington and other men she never knew! That was a pretty sort of examination!" T hhek classes of horses are in demand. and the demand cannot be ignored by the breeder the draft horse, roadster, and raoer. The man who undertakes the business must adapt himself accord ing to circumstances and his tastes. When Dr. S. H. Cox lived in Brook lyn he once kept a dog. Over bis ken nel he wrote: "Cave Canem teeth inserted here." Tow Cant Make SJOO by Heading This. even if you have chronic nasal catarrh in its worst stages, for although this amount of reward has tor many years beeu ouereil by the proprietors of Lr. Sage' a Catarrh Rem edy, for any case of catarrh they cannot cure, yet notwithstanding that thousands use the Ketueuy tbey are seldom called upon to pay the reward, and when mey have beeu so called upon they have uni versally found that the failure to cure was wholly due to soma overlooked compile i- tion, usually easily removed by a flight modification of the treatment. Tueretore, if this should meet the eye of any body wbo has made faithful trial of this great aud world-famed Keuiedy without receiving a perect aud prrmaiwiU cure therefrom, that persona will do well to either call upju or write lo the proprietors, the World's lis peusary Medical Association, of Itudalo, N. V., giving all the particulars audayiup touis in the case. By return mail they wi'.l get good advice free of all costs. Ax up town Sunday-school teacher was recently startled by the reply ol a youuK urchin iu her class to tne inestion. "Wbo was the first man?" With prompt, energetlo emphasis he replied, "De Debit" Little Obacib beard that Emily's papa was going to be married and she came rnuuiug into the house in great glee, "Mamma, mamma," she cried, aren t vou glad? Emily s going to have a second-baud mamma!" Pile tnmors, rupture and fistu las, radically cured by improved methods. Hook two letter stamps. Worlds Insnen- aary Medical Association, Uutt'alo, X. V. Philosophers say that closing the eyes make the sense of hearing more acute. A wag suggests that this ac counts for the many eves that close in our churches on Sundays. iocno man, don t try to forget your identity and become somebody else; for the other cnap is sure to be an inferior person. Throat and Laos Diseases s specialty. Send two letter stamts for a large treatise giving self-treatment. Au dress World's Dispensary Medical Aasoci- tion, lluttalo, . X. Wukrhn he was mistaken: A Sooth Eud man advertised for the meanest dog in the city. His idea was that people are to loud of their own dogs that they wouldn t bring a single ani mal to him. But he lust bis bet Thou sands called, each bringing his neigh bor s dog. "Koagh oa fain- Plaster. Porous ami strenjrthentnir. Improve!, the best for backache, pa'.us in chest or side, rueuniaiUm, aeunLa-uk giu. Druggisu or nutU. "Mus. Doc" being rather an awk ward degree, "t iddie L. u. is recom mended as the proper thing for ruusi- ciaus. "1 don't like that cat; it's got splin ters in its feet, wss the excuse of four-year-old for throwing the kitten away. Piso's Remedy tor Catarrh is a certain cure for that very obnoxious disease. Is there a word in the Euglish lan guage that contains all the vowels? There is, unquestionably. Pablob matches are like fashiouable engagements. There is too mnon fuss and noise about them for the money. Da. Ki.isti (ireat Nerve Restorer tbe marvel of tne age Utt all nerve diseases. Ail Bis slopped free. Bend lo il Area street. I BuaueipuiA, ra A woman whose first husband had eloped with a pretty serf ant girl vaoci nated the second as soon as she got him with mueilage. She thought that would make him atiok. "Mamma, does it hurt a sheep to sheer it?" asked a little boy of his maternal parent "What a silly ques tion! Does it hurt your papa to suave himsell?" A little boy going up stairs during house cleaning time, when the carpet was on tne nail and stairs, asked "Mamma, what makes the hall an stairs all barefooted?" It one dog can be placed on a scent, how msny dogs can be placed on a trade dollar? Thi watchmaker can't afford to do a cash business, because he makes all his profits on time. It rains alike on the just and the unjust and on the just, mainly be cause the unjust have borrowed their umbrellas. Wekr you ever caught In a sodden squall?" asked an old yachtsman of a worthy citizen. "Well, I guess so!" responded the good man. "I have helped to bring up eight babies!" Lbmox Pie. Raisins, 1 cupful, a ton-' ed and chopped fine; juice aud pulp of one lemon; sugar, 1 cup'ul, 1 egg. an 1 waters tablespoonfvs. Bake with 1 Torture In tTP- One day m October, ""i,!? Egypt, I recei!.nanonyTT gram, surreptitiously --;hul. 75 the jail at Tantab, to tne bm persons, wrongly there confined, were being tortured to death, and that two had already died. I at once sent Dr. Crooksbank, who then naum. chargeof the jails, w " prisoner in the jad and report. He found the 75 men there wounds and running , . u i uie. the punisii- Vrat two months previously. Some bore the marks also of the thumb-screw upon their Angers, and others the marks suspended from beams. On the lace of this report it was with great ty aud after much opposition that l sue ceeded in getting Rogers Bey, who was a perfect Arabic scuoiar, death I regret to notice, sent to InV for the purpose of holding an n,lu'ry with the niudir Iuto we case 01 w. people. The result was that he report ed that they were all charged ty ie niudir with having commuieu -bery in which it was clear tliat ouly U iiersons had been concerned. The niu dir had seized 77 sheiks and other res pectable men whom he couswereu v. was to his advantage to mra, l"rV , ...i.i. .i....t,tf,ii li!irai'ters and had wibu rvuni uuun , kourbashed aud tortured them all uutu tbey tigned a confession dictated by him implicating those whom he desired to charge. Two unfortunate creatures are said to have died under their suffer ings, and those who indicted the tor turenot the niudir, unfortunately are now iu tha same prison, at my in stance, awaiting their trial for murder. Writing from memory, all Uie prison ers were released, there not being a par ticle of evidence against any of them. It must be remembered that innocent, persons would have been convicted upon these confessions without the produc tion in any court of those who had been forced ta siiru them. Another case came under my notice at this time in which the same uiudir had treated '"J other persons in an identical manner. The kourbash had been auonaueu i j oc tree wheu Ird Dufferiu was in Egypt and before I arrived. It would never theless have been possible to close one's eyes to iu moderate use as a punish ment pending the granting oi oiuct tsiuers to the mudirs. but no one can justly argue that such cruelty as I have described should have been loieraieu ior a day. About this time another serious and revolting case was reported to from another province, regarding which notwithstanding my efforts, having u executive iower, no satisfactory inqui ry was made. The niudir was oy ue- cree removed from Tantah. but by an other decree of the same date was ai- liointed governor-general of eastern Soudan. I have been told that I 'went loo Quickly.' But who in power with any conscience could sit still while such abominable cruelties were tiug com mitted durine a time when the people considered that Englishmen were ruling the couutry, or, at least, were responsi ble for its government. frocrwas la Cblua. The excluslveness of the Chinese na tion until very recent years was prover bial, and the fear of even a siipethcial intercourse with those whom It was wout b) term "outside barbarians" is not el j fully overcome. Hut gradually, under the inll-'ence of commercial treaties with the United States aud Liiiopeaii j nations, a cuauge oi great, importance" has been wrought in the policy and views of the Chinese government. Only fifteen years ago did China consent, largely through the instrumentality of au American, the late Mr. Anson llur- liuganie, who represented the I. tilled States in that country, to enter into re gular diplomatic relations with ether nations, and any benetit which h is re sulted to either of the parties m inter est therefrom is to be credited in the main to that gentleman's exertions. China herself being a laud of au antique Oriental civilization, with au aristocra cy founded entbely upon scholarship. the representatives whom she has sent to foreign nations have been well equip ped to observe intelligently and report upon the facts that make the civiliza tion of Western lieoples the hope of the whole world. That the traveled statesmen of China have proved acute observers and have made reports upon what they have witnessed in foreign lands of sufficient weight to modify the internal politics of their own country in many directions is already quite manifest A most st: iking illustration ot this point is given in the recmt edict that the constructbn of railroads as an aux iliary to the network of water commu nication throughout the empire has the government's sanction. Li H ung Chang the Viceroy, is known to be a man of liberal views in statecraft, and is said to have acquiesced in the new railroad projects in the firm belief that in view of the utter lack of native talent and training for such enterprises they can ouly be prosecuted successfully under the full financial and executive control of foreigners iu Uie Chinese service. This in itself is a great concession on the part of the Lord of the Vermdion Pencil, and means, if the scheme shall be carried out, that the w hole vast Kmptre will be thrown oen to the in llueiicesof Western civilization. Aside from the material advantages which are likely to follow from so radical a step, the construction of railroads in China would certainly brejtk down eventually every remaining barrier of exclusive n8s, aud allow the Christian missiona ry to engage freely in his work. I'rufet.itor Ewart of the H yal Physical Society, E linburgb. Las des cribed an easy method of stocking spawning beds of fi-.h. All that is re quired ia an ordinary wooden tnb and a shallow galvanized Iron tray, 20 inches in diameter, having the bottom in two parts btnged to a central bar so as to open downward. The tray is to be placed in the tub, whioh ia then filled with sea water. A number of flat stones are arranged in the tray, and the water is then fertilized and the stones coated with eggs. This having been done, the tray is taken out of the tab and lowered to the bottom of the sea by means of four cords, two of which are attached to tbe rim of the trav and one to each half of the bottom. W'leu the tray has reached the sea floor the cords attached to the hinged bottom are set free and the tray raised by the cords fastened to its edges, the result being that the stones eoat,eiwith the fertil ized ova are left on the natural hatch ing ground. I5j this process Professor Ewart believes the fishermen them selves could without any trouble and expense to speak of, add 200 or 300 eggs for every herring taken from Uie sea, and thus do their beet to restore the balance of nature which their oper ations had disturbed. "Yes." said tbe boy, "I might just as well be at the head of my class as not But 1 don't mind being at the foot, and tbe other boys do, so I sac rifice myself." A BuBLixoTOit mother has miracu lously cured her youngest hopeful of smoking by tbe laying on of hands PILES liateis" a INFALLIBLE CORE for PILES. Pries SI. a InwiM, or imaid bv man. HmiMFBEB. Address, AJsIVJt Ur I ih Makers, 01 asua. uw xo&k. ,VlnnetduM,fc The Winnebago iPiious object "f .1UWA., iig wu-'f . ... , nwllll? to intiv River Palls, " ?aing the pav ibout 1,000 of "nGitiea. As ment of U-"" paP?: rach person, buck, sq 'pper-coh.red draws about $A temporary wards of the dLs VanderbiltA Some few J good use of the r we, Q. "Vi"? invest in Califor- im biiiiaru -- . UclACies ol me frniUaaie rela season. bisity . to a tionto them that xiou. powder .gthere are avaricious to get it, and tUe, t0 them scoundrels who 5?u"t"3e " gitant without scruple did not tJf , local 'tunr"tiII ffo secure whisky, dangerous- all,,n V ce devices the red ? K nis rum, hair oil, tomato , aud mucilage are aiuou8 for are willing and anxious to purchase ior From their camps around tne night come 4VTSi?da. $5 Znynercl, K' there is S hi.! of a fear-i.ispin.ig "jg hese Winnebagos, provided whJJ or young Winneshiek, titular chief of ande,.joed .a the nature of the Olympjc Dog fights, pony fights, dances, races, ami other trial of strength, composed the programme. Tlie un(?STr Lut among the t friends were intense. In honor of gala day they were arrayed in , gaudy paint and costumes in which their taste Slits. They will remain about the town until their annuities are squuu deled. Explanatobt: "The rreisuent has developed the highest qualities of con stitutional statesmanship were tw words that little M.ltiadea Marrowfat read from the paper he was holding and then added: "What does that mean, poor "It means, my boy. explained Mr. Marrowfat, "that the editor is probably a postmaster and feels agreeably disappointed that be hasn't been turned out" THtT now tell ns that the idea oi calling a man a "bnek." is taken from Homer, and that "pull down y.-ur vest," ia a quotation from Shakesprr -. If this business isn't Btopped it will get so that a mm can't remark to a dog. "Gosh flern yer lelt" without Iwiug accused of dropping into tne clasdos. The newest ciuwu uerby vaes and sceut jars are very rmh in coloring, treat masses of uiiugled blue and go'd alternating with tue eculinr red of th a ware also miugled with gold. 3i THE SURE FOR CURE KIDNEY DISEASES. LIVER COMPLAINTS, CONSTIPATION, PILES, AND BLOOD DISEASES. PHYSICIANS ENDORSE IT HEARTILY. Kidney-Wort m th must ixot : ul remsKly I ntir uaed." Dr. P. C. Vallou. aUonkton, Vt. "Kidney-Wort imly relibl." Vt. R. N. CUrk, 80. Upto, Vt. Kidney-Wort hMcureJ my tfe tftCTtwoywui aulltsruisf." Dr. C. M. SmuiaerUn, tfun lixli. Uav. IN THOUSANDS OF CASES tt has eared whm sUl rise htvd felled. It 1 mild, buiwAatent. Elt l A. IN 1 Is AlTlO.N, but hsirmtesM in all oavsr. IT ltltar the BlMalsuasl HtrvfrnartlvriM art! ft r 1-lfe to avll t:i impuruuat ort: A u body. 1 1ts) natorau awf-iou of Uie Kidxw rMtormi. The Liver m eieanaed of all diat-, and th Bowel hot txij aud healthful I t. In thia way th vorat Jiae.isv r eradiuat! from tha aystem. g rtUCl, 9LM UQC MI, QL BY Wt4sU!rL Iry can be aent by nuuL CI.LA. ltH UlKlMI1 A i O.Brcta TU MMMMHHM mm m u.. V j . .ir. .i .. tu. (IV I Vl.F. VIF.Tll. l A I. pi Im .11 tin U'Mtt.; .il lii Pr.HiiiH r tnrn if! V.tt Kiiiipli-tMM'4. 4:t );. s.-,-rtr.MN.- t. 1 i Piiii fetl'r.-. Cmal.lleiui-lid -Vu.itV.lill k'.m j . . LYDIA E. PUKNAM'S . . VEGETABLE COMPOUND ISA positive ct an for All thrwa painful 4'aajptaiala aa nrikinwm sa r.aa. rT.I.K roPl L4TIOV PrtMl ! Baald. atn r aai fci fias-Mf aiatsf tK rtiirf ' f'. tht tl alt 41 tfiaaf.j dt. t tu-t i Ua.it nia jsbiJfy U f 1 p. It will curefit.rvly all fanjn trutU. Iffaa.ria--aaad ri-.-rat nm. ralli-.ic I h-I .niw-Hi, smd aoatuent HfMiaaJ Woavtsw. aii.l i-. rtt'iLrlv .ij.t d W the i'luiih-w of Life. It n-nnrtrw Kainw nafn'frt-e. r-. -,! rrwtn rr -rsiuUttt, sui.l rliw.- V. aL ,..f th t..ma h. Kl-tl i.-. II-. lav-1 -a. .r-w, T. -l.nl. .n, O rad iw-l.tv. SI ivi.r-.aj ami In.ll T-H'a. That fhie"!" h-arin. .)-a, niTir mtw, at. laackat-lae. i al1 manaiif Iw rtmd ! iu n. H-n.1 Mamn U '.m. l-w-.. f.r (( V l tr Inuirv .nd'lftit ally nmr.l. f . r miUt ttrmnj,t-,. CatarrH- elt , Caiisri no PiD. t -Jk-Z- rttM -'le!i Kelief at Ourp. Thoroutrh Trratmeut will Cure. Sol a Liq uid rSnulT. Ap ply WiiaTTlDRrT. f aT- wto WFEVEf IU 5 rt. c USA. I;i it Trisl. HAY-FEVEDa v t. 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