TOmDEKFTIi NEW TOTS. The Mechanical Marvels That Ilicfc Papas Majr Bay fbr Christmas. "Oh, mamnia! look at the fiiuny ear," said a six-year-old child recently Ls she stood in front of one of the Chestnut street toy stores, and watched the life-like antics of a mechanical lear In the show window, The animal, clad In his natural skm, had lieen provided with unnatural, but tierce-looking teeth, which 'queer works in his inside' caused him to display to their utmost advantage from time to time. He bowed to tlie Boor, tumin? bis head from side to side, snapping his jaws, ami all the time kept up a thorough realistic growling. He was one of the many novelties in children's toys that each Christmas time calls forth from the secret places 01 clever manufacturers establishments. 'The ingenuity displayed upon toys is wonaerlul," said a prominent uraur hi answer to an inquirer. '-Every inven tion of the age that can be utilized for the purpose is applied to toys. Just step back with me to the other end of the store ana 1 win snow you me newest thing. 'Xow, here is a railroad train, with each car arranged with proper coupl ings and the locomotive is really a steam engine. This lamp filled with alcohol takes the place of the charged lire box on a locomotive. N' going through the operation of lighting the lamp "now, in a few minutes steam will le generated, and with that one charge of alcohol the train will run lor nan an hour. You can see there are regular raits for it to run on, which 1 have placed in a circle so that it may go round and round." Just then there was a shrill little whistle and off went the train at a great iace, the small piston rds of the engine working like mad and a cloud of steam issuing from the small smokestack. The tiny boiler holds about two gills of water, quite enough for a long journey on the miniature road. A sound of metal striking metal caused the investigator to turn quickly and there was a little steam trip hammer hard at work, a crowd of much interested children watching it. In a big tank was a toy steanilit, going 'round and 'round, pulling litlle pulls of steam, with its tiny profiler doing splendid work. There was a collision in the tank hit-r on, when a small mechanical rowlmat with a ca w of two and a coxswain was wound up and set in the water. The oarsmen ruwed as if in a race on the .Schuylkill, and the coxswain, evidently losing his head.g. it in the way of tha small steamer. Tlnre was a cra.h and the steauiei went on. but the rowboat sunk with all hands. iKiwn at the Ixitlom of the tank the oarsmen could If seen working at their oars, their motions getting slower ami slower till they ceased altogether, and they and the coxswain, who still grasped the tiller ropes, lay (jtllte still, done for. The bleating of sheep was next heard from behind, and the visitor turned to see a god-sized ineclianical sheep walk ing toward him and "baaing" with an apparent desire for close intimacy. The toy-dealer was hi the mood for enjoy ing hiiu.-elf. so be went around winding even- toy up and selling them all going. Smiley would have envied the possession of the jumping frog that the toy-dealer owned, which never seemed discouraged. When he had jumped acnuss the table and came up solid against the wooden railing, he didn't seem to care, but went on jumping with just as much spirit when he was turned around and Lad a tle.ir sjiace before him. Little mechanical chickens, wearing the feathers and exact appearanee ot newly-hatched tl-dglings. were running alxiu't a table, with little ducklings tli.at waddled ju.-t like their countei'iai ts. There were all manner of theuilder animals, lions jumping liereely at spare, wolves runi.irg away with chickens and elephants walking alviit waving their trunks. There were elephants, h.ulf quins and jockeys made of some light material and inflated. The- toys were capable of giving much pleasure, since they Mere si huge and made such capital punching hags. There was a mechanical "pus in boots," which came up out of the ! kits, mewed, and ran d .wu again. Then there was a sjuin"' 1 that did all manner of ijin-er thing-: there eie liears that walked. lai thai giow'.ed. lxars that pl.ied the drum and W-ars that drew muic from the banjo. All the animals wore coats of hair like the same auimaN ;:t the Z.. There M-emeJ to 1- very little new in the matter ol mechanical savings bank, with one potable exception, and that was called the bulldog l ank. On the top was a bulldog which sii..p,sl saagi!y at the outstretched hami the nguie of a num. This toy is n ali tsc. - "The piir.-s paid r .some tovs.i.i large enough t- frighten a man into l.feloiur ba hcloihood.'' .-slid a cit-t ni.i i ifiitiv at ohe .f the toy stole-.. II. hail ju-t p.i:d jlo for a toy ..king range, all comjilete, with kettle- and pa'.s. The r-.nge was a cry largr one. and was j'lovidisi with a g.ipi.-con-iws-tio!,; whereby very ex'tli-iit .king ould Is- dour oil It. It W.im clid'-M i made with ah -eto ll-r, and. alter ail. I" l!.ap the custoii.1 I w.li hac hi.s-iiii.-iu-r 1 rvakfa.-t C hel on it When the h:M:n are away from t-.wu. There were plenty of dolls. In-autifully In----1, wlfl-h rangtil in pi.ee irom to ST.'j. Among tln-m were .vmie iim-luini- ai dolls wh h turntsl their hi ads and w ;i.ked tl.eir eelids and played musical i!.s?r;::i; ::!s. in .me of tlietn. blin k, and dres--J ;n M.irs. la to tr;is :u front of them. hi the trays were wav ed lru.t or !'-. U hen the lull, hll.el V was ft g 'iiig the fruit and t.-s oj.-j,.-.! ai.d d:piaj-I h;tle figures of men and women and animals going through rcmaikal-le evolutions. Tne l'ren h I'rr.ideul Itr-ele !!. The reflection of I'le-.d.-nt (trtvv , L:tk t -k pla-e on the 'J-'.ii. w:isa 1 .rg 'he Coiirf.i-iion. The Ij-ft had a good woikmg uij-.r.T y in the two en- s!.t'.IeI.S l!.eS Which ollipsr- tlie Na'.ioLal As Inhly and Mr. I.ie was the one ::iau who could -mtuaii I tle-o-n-l-::-! Mij i.-rt f the J ft. II is aJm:n;r.it;oii l:..s W-en m t! tu.i::: wise anl 'nx-rvatiVe and l.is i -elect inn would sfin lo assure the Hum-t.-tma'-e and tra:.r;u:ii'y of the Kepubl.c for ane'.iier m vii yemx The IiCW l'resldciit is a Kepubii a:: i:i i'.l t!i-t the word implies, w-n.g and li:.xssn.:i.g in I. is deportment in pul liC and private. A Kepul-l.'.au f: !.. lirth a!niiet. be has . mi! al ke the otst;tut;. !ud ii;o:uiivhy uii-lt-r Jin I't.l.;'!- aiid tl Umpire under tlie iv-cctnl N aps-'l'-on. The usdy e!eu i,t f doubt as to tl.e M.-i-as and io-i-t .nuily if LLs second a I:n:nistriit:o!i is t:.s age. Ic:r.2 le,ir srventy-tluee. be will Lave rcai Jiel his eichtieth year if be l.ves to t-e the end of I.i new lenn. rort.iuately be a man i-f jtjnj'le hah:; and s..und health and l.i tJUKt-s to live out Us Uiuj areextreine ly p l. 77 inventor of a process for refining sugar by electricity at an expense of frty cents a ton lias ap;eartd, and asks S12,Uuu,lMJ f.icthe patent. It la Hard Uxat the process is to be tested in Eng. Und. 1'ct u made in Franc from hop Tinea, and it u claimed that the fibre rcuifd U the bf nutstitule for rao yet obtaiard, a it poas mi rreat letgUi, strength, Cn.bilitj and delicacy. FARM NOTES." How to Care fob . onK IIoeses in Winter, For a wter diet there is nothing better or cheaper than corn fodder, with a ration of grain, generally oats, varying according to circumstan ces. For many years I have never fed hay to horses during the winter until the corn fodder was entirely gone. Horses are very fond of corn fodder and thrive upon it better than on hay ; it has no tendency to produce trouble with the wind as hay is liable to do If fed in excess, as it frequently is. The Todder Is slightly constipated, but this mould be remedied by a ration of wet bran now and then. Corn stalks f ur aish both food and bedding. The sim plest way of feeding them is, to stand a bundle in the manger and the horses rill eat it down closely, the hard butts it the stalks being of course left. The liorses seem to knotf, what many far mers do not seem to be able to learn, Jiat the com butts are of little value as rood. At the next feed throw the rtalk butts under the horse, and he will require no other litter and keep cleaner jn this bed than on straw. The ma nure is difficult to take out, but if it lccumulates for a few days the stalks rill be broken and easier to remove. The actual cost of feeding horses, of course, varies widely in accordance with the locality; near the large cities, with high priced pasture land, hay, and grain, of course, are much higher than in more remote districts, so that an es timate expressed in figures would not be of any value except for the locality for which the estimate was made. The course of feeding above laid down, is as well adapted as any to the circuuistau xs of the ordinary farmer. The stable should be well ventilated, cool, net ld ; and draughts avoided, if possi ble. The feet of horses not at work, should be carefully examined every few lays, at least twice a week. The ordi nary diseases of the stable, "thrush nd scratches," can be prevented in most, I was about to say, in all, cases. Should any disease become established, Mnsult a competent veterinary surgeon it once. Carbolic Acid. I do not dread bog or chicken cholera at all, for as either begins to show signs of disease I mix some carbolic acid in the feed, and they soon are all right again. It is the best preventative medicine I have ever, seen tried, and farmers would do well to keep some of it in the house, and whenever they exp?ct that their stock has been exposed to some contagion, feed them some, about two or three times a day. I tried it for pink-eye on horses, and those that had been getting the acid after exposure to the disease, had it so light that it did not hurt them at all, while the first one that took it without being treated before, got down very low with it. It is also recommended for rinderpest or cattle plague, rot in sheep and gland ers in horses. I have not bad occasion lo tiy it for those diseases, but have no doubt that in any thing will euro or preveDt them, carbolic acid will. lut I have found it an unfailing remedy for gapes in chickens. If they are so bad that they won't eat any more, dissolve the acid in water until the water becomes clear, and then pour a little down their throats and it will cure almost immediately Doses for horses or cows, ten to twelve drops two or three times a day; pigs, three to ten drops, according to size; chickeiu two to four drops of the crude acid, but ilways dilute with water. Tue great fruit orchards of central Illinois are rapidly going to decay. Two years ago the export of apples from Champaign county exceeueti M, 000 bushels, to say nothing of pears and cherries, which were sent off In large quantities. This year the apple crop is less than half enough for home consumption, and they are lieing ship ped in by the carload from southern Illinois. The past two winters have killed more than 90 per cent, of the apple trees and between bO and 'JO per cent, of the pear trees. Orchardists say that the coming winter, if as severe as the last two, will hardly leave a healthy apple or pear tree in the county. In much of the hard work in clear ing new land, oxen are preferable to horses. In plowing among stumps or -.tones they will pull steadily where most horses would go with a lei k, breaking either harness or imple ments. In some rocky portions of Xevv Euglaud ox teams are regarded as a necessity, while with equal need for them at the West they are rarely seen. The heavy breeds of draught horses rival oxen in the steadiness with w hich they take hold of a dead pull. The experiment of milking cows three times a day was tried at the Iowa Agricultural college, and the average daily gain of the herd was four iHHinds, or half enough to pay for the extra trouble and expetise. The in crease in milk Is not considered suffi cient to pay for the labor and expense, even when cows yielding over twenty jiiarts daily are used. The only ail vantage is that the cows will have to be kept in the barnyard and soiled, thereby effecting a greater saving of manure. Ik the soil contains insects, in the pupa state, they will be more likely to U: destroyed if turned up and exposed to the frosts of winter. Many siieciea of Insects enter into the pupa state but a few inches In-neath the surface of the earth, relying upon the soil and sod aUive them to protect them from such a degree of freezing as would destroy life. If they are turned up to the sur lace, most will probably jerish. A CoiMiKM-oxDENT tried painting his pear trees with red lead and linseed oil, tilling up the cracks, giving each tree two coats of paioL lie did this to prevent blight, and the trees so coated have been free from blight, while trees not painted are dying. Such remedies, however, should be tried with caution. Kerosene oil will kill peach trees, and 5uie kinds of paint containing that sulstatice may be injurious to pear trees. Tin: average yield of wheat per acre i in Great J.ntam Is slowly increasing. the present being twenty-nine bushels or two and one-quarter times that of the United States, which is estimated at thiiteen bushels per acre. The area devoted to wheat growing in Great ll.iUia in ls-s- was 2174. 313 acres. The estimated area for the crop of next j yer is 2,000.000 acres. Ax OUio farmer says he killed every potato te'le in a field "alive with them," by sprinkling once with a mix ture in pn'ikJrtion of five pounds each of "slaked lime' and copperas, and 20 gallons of water. "Besides, it benetll! the plants." wet with a decoction of thirty arts of valerian root and loo parts of water are used by a French surgeon la dressiui wounds. It hastens the healing, relieves the lain, and u t;c!al!y valuable in deep fcealed wounds. The habit f resolvini; w.thout acting ii wor-e than not re-olving at all, inas much as it gradually sunders th nat ural connection U-tmeea thought and derj. To free maize from fat, when the era:n Is to l eu:p!.ied in the manu facture of spirit. M. C Ieir rerotn-Bh-i1s that the tnaixe to coaniely ground and then thrown into a solution of tall bavin a specific gravity of LIU when that portion poor in tat sinks. COMPETITIVE EXASn"ATIOJf3. How They Are Conducted in China. In Pekin stands the famous Exami nation Hall, where once in three years the candidates who have passed with credit the preliminary examination in their own cities assemble for the severe ordeal through which they may gain the much-coveted rank of fsiu ;. A writer savs : "The name Hall is altogether mislead ing. It is simply a very large walled inclosure, in the center of which stands the house where lodge the ten examiners and the two imperial examiners. With the exception of the broad central road, the whole remaining space is filled with rows and rows of tiny cells, each about three feet square. Each row lias iU distinctive name, arid each cell Ls num bered, so that any man could be sum moned if respiisite. I can not call these rows streets, liecause they all face the same wav each looking into the blank liack of the next cell, so that there may lie nothing to distract the attention of the candidate. The cells have no doors, so the whole front is open, and siecial officers arc always on the watch to pre vent any sort of communication be tween the men. Other watchmen are ixtsted on the central building; and on towers at the corner of the walls, to see that no one from outside attempts to assist those within. "There are ten thousand of these cells (which might more fitly be termed pig-sties). Each is built with two giooves in the wall, to allow for the in sertion of two wooden boards, one of which acts as a very hard seat ; the other (which is slipied into its place after the student is seated) forms the table on which be is to work. These two boards, and a large earthenware water-jar, are the sole furnishings of the cell, which Ls so small that a stout man, clothed in the usual wadded gar ments, must find it impossible even to turn round, and his only rest at night consists in leaning back against the cold walL Government officers bring him his food and hot tea, but on no con sideration may he leave his cell from the U-ginning of each examination'to its close. Happily the examination is in three distinct parts, each of which lasts three whole days. From first to last it is all a tremendous effort of mem ory, each student as he enters his cell N-ing searched to make sure that he has not 'concealed any scrap of pajH-r on which he might have jotted helpful notes, or, worse than all, a miniature edition of any iart of the classics. Each man may bring his own Indian ink and brushes, but he may bring no paiM-rr To prevent all possibility of fraud, he must at the last moment, and at an exorbitant price, purchase the pajs-i which has been stanijied with the official seal, l'rovided with this he enters he cell, and then only Ls the sub ject of examination announced. These subjects arc' all tliemes from the fossil ized Confucian classics, or essays on the history of China, its laws, its rites and ceremonies. At one of the examinations each man is required to write a lKiein of twelve lines. Happily for the examin ers the length of the essay is limited 720 characters l.-ing the maximum, and .'liio the minimum; necessary cor rections being provided for in the allow ance of 1"0 characters which may lie marked on the margin. The greatest stress is laid uoii excellent hand-writing; and as a highly educated Chinaman is expected to lie familiar with six different styles of writing be has a somewhat perplexing choice. He may adopt tlie ancient stiff characters, or the ordinary free-haiid, characters used in business, or tho.se which are preferred for general corres pondence, or the regular character used in printing. Tho literary man, how ever, selects one known as kiawlvjo, which is considered the most elegant. "I scarcely know whom to pity most the students, or the examiners who have to wade through such mountains of dry Confucian wisdom. On tho wholc I think the examiners have the worst of it : for. though a student is occasionally found dead in his cell, he has only one set of essays to produce, and he is always buoyed up by hope of success and ambitious dreams, whereas the luckless examiners have to wade through and can-fully weigh the merits of ixihal'S eight thoumd of these dreary sets of paiK-rs, with no ambition to gratify, ami tlie certainty ot causing grievous disappointment to upwards of 7,'.!il students, liesides all their parents and relations and friends, a multitude of whom invariably take this opjmr timity for a visit to the city, and so combine a little pleasure with this literary interest. Not that this visit is always attended w ith much pleasure, as it is foiiinl that epidemics of smalliiox in IVkin generally occur in the exami nation war, which is attributed to the inilux of at least 4n,0iKi strangers." British Vaelit lul. There are no less than thirty-eight yacht elide in (ireat Itritain, which, with a few exceptions, hiive their own houses, some of them lieing superb establishments. This Royal Thames Yacht Club, fviumlisl in 12.'!, Is "the largest yacht club in existence, pos.scs.s iiig. as it docs, the greatest number of yachts and the greatest number of meinUrs," says one of its authorities, who lias written a clever little manual. Sailing and Yachting.'' Ih-r.Maji-sty, the ilis-n. has Ik-cii the club's patron for over -lo years, and H. R. II. the l'rinee of Wales is the commodore of its splendid ll.st. The oldest of all the yacht clubs it ms-his is the Royal I 'oik. founded in 1720, and first known as "The Cork II.nl.or Water Club.'' The yachts, irr the early days of the old club, were curious contrasts to the present 'white-winged craft"' that give uiuch picturesque charm to Eng'ish sea scapes. "They were open fore and aft, and were from ten to twenty tons. Ah. -lit a third of tlie length was occu pied by a cabin auiid-shis. The rigg ing was very simple, resembling that of the Knits known as the Kinsale hookers. The si lis were a Inains'iil, narrow but lofty, a foresail and a jib. There was no tojisail, no shrouds to the Ixibstay ; and bowsprit, and in the Uivvsprit there I was a great steeve. There was no sii-rlluous gear, the rigging consisting of two shrouds on either side, backstay, ' runner ami tackle. "The Royal I-omlon J has cluMioux-s in llegent street and at : Covves, Isle of vVight, and ow ns a tine licet under the coiumodoreMiip of G. C. : I-impson. I Tlit microscopic determination of the different qualities oi iron an.1 steel Is now regarded as one of the most valua ble aids in metallurgical industries. Thus, the crystals of iron are double pyramids, in which the proportion of the axis to the bases varies with the quality of the iron ; the smalluess of the crys tals and the height of the pyramids composing each element are in propor tion to the quality and density of the metal, which are seen also in the fine ness of the surface ; and, as the propor tion of the carbon diminishes in the steel, the pyramids have so much tlie leas height. In pig iron and Die lower qualities of hard steel the crystals ap proach more closely the cubic form. Forged iron lias its pyramids flattened aud reduced to superposed parallel leaves, whose structure constitutes what Is called the nerve of tlie steel ; and the best quality of steel has all its crystals dL'pofted In parallel lines each crystal filling In the interstices between the aiiglea of these adjoining, these crystals having their axis in the dirvo ' tion of the percussion they undergo during the working. lVacticaily, good steel has the apiearance, microscopic ally, of Luge groups of beautiful crystals. HOUSEHOLD. As interesting home-made method of natural decoration consists simply in taking a glass or goblet and plac ing in the interior a little common salt water. In a day or two a slight mist will be seen upon the glass hourly this will grow until in a very short time the glass will present a beautiful appearance, it being enlarged to twice its thickness and be covered with beautiful salt crystals, packed upon one another exactly like some peculiar fungus or animal growth. It is necessary to place a dish beneath the glass, as the crystals will run over, if the term can be used. The glass can be made additionally beautiful by placing in the salt and water some common red ink. This will be ab sorbed, as it were, and the wide sur face covered with a rich red coat, which in turn can be covered by blue or any color by the introduction of Inks or tints. No more simple method of producing inexpensive and beautiful ornaments can be imagined, and by using different shapes of vases and shades and endless variety of beautiful rorms can be produced, pleasing alike to young and old. A Home Made Bug. The rags are cut into pieces, one and three-quarters by a half an inch. Assort the col ors, using the bright ones in the cen ter. These are knit in three strips which are to be sewed together, as they are most convenient to handle in that way. For each strip set up twenty-five stitches on coarse steel knilt'.ng needles, using number eight darning cotton or fine cotton twine. Knit one row across plain. Commence the next row by knitting one stitch plain, then knit a piece of the colored rag into the next stitch, keeping the two ends of the rag on the right side. Knit every alternate stitch in the same manner to the end of the row. The next row is plain, and every alternate one is knit like the second and with colored rags in every other stitch. The strips should be thirty inches long, and to be sown together. Make a narrow strip in the same manner eight inches wide and sew around the rug. The border is solid black, for which set up thirty-three Btitche. Knit the pieces to tit the puds of the rug aud sew them on. Then knit those for the sides of the rug and sew them on the same way. It is said that in France some ex- iiprinients wprn rivpntlv mmta with re gard to the temperature of the water supplied to cows and its effect upon the milk yielded by them, the food being kept substantially the same. The quantity of milk obtained from the cows given water to drink at UZ Fahrenheit was one-third more than that from the cows that had to drink cold water but nothing definite is stated regarding the quality of the milk or of the comparative effect of the differ ently heated drinks upon the physi cal condition of the animals. ACLOitDiNO to the Bulletin of the Society ct Naturalists of Moscow, the hitherto unaccountable destruction of pine forests ls caused by the ravages of a species i f mushroom which takes growth under the surface of the wood and afterwards inetrates and destroys the tree. Maps were given in which the path of the destroying fun gus Is traced; hrough the pine woods of Russia. Still another wonderful use has bees found for electricity. Recently electrodes connected wltb a dynamo of the power of forty ordinary Daniell cells were put into forty-five gallons of fresh milk, jad In exactly four ji one-half minutes the fluid was, as dairy men say, churned, the butter rising upon the surface. The quant ity obtained was fully equal to that procured in the ordinary way aud the quality perfect. A green transparent varnish for metals may be made in this way. Grind very thoroughly a small quant ity of Chinese blue with double the quantity of finely lowdered chromate of potash, and add a sufficient quantity of copal varnish thinned with turpen tine. The tone can be modified by adding more or less of one or the other of the ingredients. A Berlin surgeon lately removed a quantity of dead bones from a man's arm. Immediately after he had am putated the leg of another man for an Injury. Then betook a large piece of bone from the amputated leg and put it in the place of the dead bone of the arm. The bone became firmly attached aud made a very successful operation. A Salamander, Bone a chicken and rub it well all over with cayenne pounded ginger; put a quarter of a pound of butter in a stewpan, and lay the chicken in it; let it simmer in the butter until it is quite cooked; lay it on a dish, and pour the butter over it, with the juice of a lemon; serve very hot. Sw eet Sauce. Beat the yolks of j 4 eggs wuu 4 laoiespoouiuia oi pow dered sugar, add a tumbler of cherry and a liquor glass of brandy; put the mixture in a jug; place this in a sauce-pan of boiling water on the fire ; anu iroin upuiesaiuewii.ua cuocoiaie mill. Coffee Rolls Take one quart of bread dough and mix with it cup of sugar, i cup of butter. 2 cups of dried currants; make into small rolls, dip into melted butter, place in tins and let rise and bake. To Stoi the Hiccough. An ex cellent remedy for hiccough for young and old is granulated sugar moistened with pure vinegar. For an infant give from a few grains to a teaspoon ful Kept Put. Salt codfish should be kept in a dry place, w here the odor of it will not effect the air of the house. Fish skin for cleaning coffee should be washed, dried, and put in a paper bag. Pastry. If the undercrust of the pastry be brushed over with a White of an egg before the fruit or custarJ is added, it will not become soggy after baking. Remedy for Diabripea. Good cider vinegar is recommended for diar rhu'i, two ounces for an adult, and one teaspooiiful, moderately diluted, for a child of one year. Don't put rotten potatoes in tlie cellar. Ihm't put so much com Into one bin that it cant dry thoroughly. iMn't put uncured cornstalks into the barn unless you want a Ore. iont try t ) feed a bull that you dont need. .' 'j'lriling the manurlal value of firh!y fallen tree Waves it has been as certained through the researches of I'rofea Emiuerling, Dr. Loges and Hei r Km is. that beech, oak and tircti le..ves CouUui only 2 to 2.3 ir cent, of utiiiuible matter, plane up to 4, tlie p plar and willow 0 to j.7 per cent. A nrtc alloy, a combination of man (taut" and tin, has been introduced as kuiiabie for bearings in which sluUlimr U rvjirred to run at a h'ih sprcd, and for other articles for winch a high de cree of tenacity and great cloaeneai of grain are required. Taria is following in the wits of London as regards swimming baths. These are being gradually established iu various quarters of the capital, and are apparently greatly appreciated, as the said baths are very well patronized. One of the latest additions is the bath known as " Piscine Rochechouart," es tablished in the street of the same name, and in what used to be one of Monsieur Godillot's (the celebrated army contractor under the last imperial regime) largest workrooms. It is lighted electrically, principally by means of arc lamps of the recent Street and Maquaire system, This system had to befitted up in a great hurry, and before the lamps bad been fairly tested and adjusted. Two electricians were told off to attend, during the first few weeks, to the regulation of the lamps. A difficulty soon presented itself ; two evenings In the week are reserved for ladies, and the representatives of the fair sex objected to the presence of the two horrid male electricians. As none of the three known lady electricians, viz., Madame du Moncel, the Queen of the Belgians, and Mrs. Swan, were available to take charge of the appar atus, the inventors were, for a time, puzzled as to how to keep their lamps in order without giving offence to the la dies. They soon, however, hit upon a happy idea. " Let the electricians be dressed as swimming masters," and this was done. Of course they handled, occasionally, the lamps, but as they seemed ready to dive and effect rescu ing work at a moment's notice, the ladies offered no further objections, and, indeed, seemed rather pleased with a management wmcn proviuea sucu clever swimming masters, who, in ad dition to their " divers" duties, were also capable of trimming and adjusting (tie latest forms of improved arc lamps. Matters now go on swimmingly. Ttie warmth of floors Is generally increased by having carpet lining of layers of paper under the carpet. Maryland, my siarrland. Maryland legislators, who are al ways alive to the public interests have endorsed the new discovery. Red Star Cough Cure, because it contains neith er morphia nor opium, and always cures. The price is only 25 cents. "Don't you think this bonnet is a little too youag for me?" inquired Mrs. Shuttle of Job, as she was do ing her final "prinking" at the glass before going out. "Never mind if it is. You won't have worn it more than six weeks be fore it will be 'too old' and you will want a new one." Man'v a rooa Scffcber has expend ed hundreds of dollars In the purchase of costly medicines put up In "prescrip tion" form for the cure of rheumatism or gout, and without any benefit. If all such would but drop drugs and at tack blood Impurities with VrxEoan Bittkks, they would find that nature had provided at least ore remedy for these terrible mictions. It was very late. They sat quiet. Conversation had loDg been desul tory and disjointed. He would not go. A brass band in the distance struck up a mournful blare. "How pretty that music sounds on the still night air?" said he. "Yes," she answered wearily. "What are they playing? Yes it is 'Home Sweet Home?' " He took the bint and he has It now. Lame Back? Hunt's Kidney and Liver Remedy cures distressing dis eases of diabetes, gravel and retention of uilne. Actor (stranded in Western city): I yearn once more for the Rial to. I would stand again on my own Union Square. Many's the tie of friendship twixt me and New York. Unsympathetic Stranger: Many's the railroad tie you mean. FITS: All Flu itoppM free. Trcitiixan lf itn.il Unue o( Dr. Kline tirel Xurve K?jt'rer free lo Fit cue. SeaiUoDr.klme.'All Area SL,euila.,ra. Mns. CLArrEit Arthur, I fear you do not love me. Mr. Clapper What a ridiculous ideal What makes you think I have ceased to love you. "Because you show signs of impa tience when 1 talk to you." "H'ml Wall, my dear, be assured that I love you" (a pause) "still." "I can't Sleep!" Sufferers from ner vous prostration, and wasted vitality, can regain health by using Hunt's Kidney Remedy. Flestv of Rest, put no Change. "Harringer, you are looking real well after your visit to Lake Superior, l'ou needed rest, you said, and you got it, no doubt," "Yes, Bromley, I had plenty of rest," "And the change, of course, was very " "I didn't go there for change; I had lots of change before 1 went. I haven't any now; I left it with the hotel keep ers." The irrepressible Mr. Eradlaugh Bays in his election address: "In Jan uary I shall sit, speak aud vole. What will follow I cannot say." It will follow that he will be "fired," of course. Mr. Bradlaugh seems incapable of learning by experience. Twacty four Uuon to i.iv. trom John Kahn, Lafayette, Ind., who announces that he is now iu "perfect health," we have the following: "One year ago I was, to all appearance, in the last stages of Consumption. Our best physic ians gave my case np. I finally ot o low tliat our doctor said I could only live twenty-four hours. My friends then pur chased a bottle of 1R. VM. II ALL'S I'.ALSAM FOB TUE LUNGS, which con itiderably benefitted me. I continued until I took nine bottles, and I am now In per fect health. They All Foik.ot. "Gents," shouted a small boy, as he poked his head into a Fourth avenue street car, "did you mail that letter your wife gave you this morning?" And six men simultaneously pulled the bell-rope and hurriedly left the car. Tlut reeling of extreme ilelttluj UttUtrr'or OTer nitae by U iol't Sarsapan'.ia, I m lire I &.1 oer, bat Ilnoifa Saraituntia ir.ive me nev life j uM treoctti,' av a l-irt iclet, K. 1 , 1It. : lluotl'i Saruparui la .:. bj j.l a.-o.v - fl a J buttle, or fix t.tt'e for Ii j Censure is most effectual when mix j ed with praise ; so, when a fault is dis covered, it is well to look up a virtue to go in company w ith It. Fom DTrri a. piDiKn', tleprea-o-so r pir U tnu g-eoerai 4ettlil)r m tos ranoua t-irm ,a , prvvebUve aial Irver ao 1 utn-r aiirrmmeoi frvera, ta "Kerr .'a-t-fc.tx.r f v a.!?' mate hj t'aea,ltAAr-l A Oi. Irw 1. ali mHX ttf all Iwti Z4-- l Ou nrc ti.afr-; ami Jur puieai r. -r-r.a4 It mm tewr uf Mixi aortt, a aaa s it. i There is no mart t ;tvat is uot to i hate some littleness more predominant : than all his creauiesa. AGENTS WANTED ! M ta4 w?-m wta bM fro x t Mn- t.'" l-' " f Mtu tl- t. Z-r I I tvsit f- tv .4 n r fc tH4 a au :lmm r J sum Wi -v-i, 4 1 P NEUSTIEOTER t CO.. S3 MERCER STREET. Now York ED TRADE V MARK. ((OUGHCURE faa"'''!'!- JV from Opiates, mM w roisom. iuEii- OKcts. PROMPT. U- AT Dai'tT an .iMintt an Cores Rhcomatiim. Netirtlqia. i r Bill piffttTstt-. J I Villi it l.i:i;.iisTi and ntJiua lUi: nin.i '. twuitia lumiTirouKiu. "My friend with the shiny coat and three days' beard, listen to some ad vice from one who knows," serenely remarked bis Honor to Charles J. II. Smith, who was found standing on Vine street as follows: Ze snow, ze snow, ze boosheful snowl Oh, listen to ze fall of boosheful (hie) snowl" "Do vou know the penalty for sing ing 'Beautiful Snow' in Hamilton county, my bibulous friend?" demand ed his Honor. "Did I sing about snow?:t "Yes and you allowed that you ha j the best tenor voice in America," con tinued bis Honor. "Judge, Its a mistake; I couldn't have said that. I ain't got no more voice than a fro&l" hoarsely remarked the prisoner. "I am aware or tliat; T don't be lieve you can sing at all! We gener ally give tenors ninety days, baritones three months, and bassos 5o0 and thir ty days! I believe you said you were a tenor, didn't you?" "Just wait a ininit. Judge; lemme reckon," said the prisoner, as he pulled out a lead pencil and began to figure. "Tenor ninety days, baritone three mouths, basso Dfty say. Judge, I en ter a plea of being a soprano." "No, sir; no soprano!" sternly re marked his Honor. "Will you leave th's town if I let you go?" "Willi? Just try me! Won't I! Let me " "Jjoftly, sir, softly! I find on ex amination that you can't sing at all. AH you can do is to make a stagger at it. Therefore, you are not guilty. Re move yourself as quietly as possible, and remember that 'Beautiful Snow' means six months." One of the patent door obstructors afterward came forward and made affi davit that the said C. J. U. Smith went down stair3 so hard that he whizzed. "You are the autumn leaf," said he, "And my arms are the book, you know; Now I place the leaf in the book, you see. And tenderly press it, so." The maid looked up with glance de mure. And blushes her fair cheeks wore, As she softly whispered "The leaf I'm sure. Needs pressing a little more." Miss ArnrtTi (roady to go mt): Well, mamma dear, good-by. I sup poso I am to give your love to Mrs. Hanson. Mamma: Certainly, my child. Now don't make too long a call. Miss Augusta: I shall stay just three hours, mamma. Yon know the last time that hateful .Sadie Hanson called she staed that length of time, and I'm going to pay her back, now. M. GuuUiuiH has formed a number of alloys of cobalt and copper. They are all red, have a tine fracture, and are much more tenacious than copper even as high as from 50 to 100 percent, more so, according to the proportion of cobalt. Five per cent, of cobalt is enough to give an alloy of great resist ance. Dr. FtfiJiCti, Secretary of the Imper ial I'ost Office, Berlin, does not believe that houses are endangered by over head telephone wires, but he says that it is important that in arranging the wires due provision be made that a mospheric discharges of electricity find a ready path to the earth. Mr. Burnett has explained why the eyes of animals shine in the dark. It is not due, be says, to phosphorescence, as has been commonly supposed, but to light reflected from the bottom of the eye, which light Is diffused on account of the hypermetropic condition that is the rule in lower animals. .1 raris company is trying the dis tribution of power for small workshops by means of vacuum. It has already built the service for 700 yards and op erates successfully. A powerful engiue with air pumps makes a vacuum of about three quarters of an atmosphere, with which motors are connected. Sir Sptncer Wills, in a recent pair on cremation, contends that the mod ern system ot burial contaminates both air and soil, to the great injury of pub lie health ; that legal opinion is in fa vor of the practice of cremation as not contrary to law, while the Fpisccp.il Church burial service seems distinctly framed to provide for the process ; anil that proier precautions can easily l taken to prevent any abuse of dis posing of the bodies cf the dead by Cre instead of by the slower plan of decom position iu the ground. Prof Sturtemnt, of the New York Agricultural Ex perimeut Station, has demonstrated that in our common vegetables cross fertilization tend! to wards reversion to an ancestral form rather than to a blending of the indi vidual proierties of the present plants. 1. 1 order to render clue InsoluMe n. water, even hot water, it is only neees-1 sary, when dissolving glue for use, to i add a Utile potassium luchroiuatd to ', the water and expose the glued part to i the light. The proportion of bxhro mate will vary with circumst..!:ces ; ; but for most purposes about one fiftieth j of the amount of glue will suti.ee. Ifii'.heted with eye usu !.-. Th"inn' K e W jter. lruUt te.l it. V The way to gain a gKl reputation i to endeavor tot what you desire to ap;.ir. l.vus'i lir t Metallic ISl -.. ;. . ke- fcrw l.c-lj. 2sl r v trjzn rantor. uver. Sy'd hr !n.-Au.i !ir-l.r lca..-r. Our greatest glory cons.sts n-t n. never falling, but in rising every t.me we fall. Th Int Ankle iiout anj C.IUr I'aJ. a. maJ ut aiuc aaj U-atLer. Try .' '."!. HiJ n.4 tL0 troth tihtra kn i, ami cMhe uot U truth at'.U ttr bockL " llrlirf La tmnirjiala, acU a car s ire. 1 Ws UcmcUr Ux CatartU. cm la. on ! Tt was a case of breach of promise. The defendant was allowed to say a woidinhis own behalf. l, he eaid, "I kissed ler continually emy evening I called at her house." Law yer for the de.endant-"Tuen you con fess It?" Defendant " es, I do con fess, but I bad to do it." Lawyer "You had to do it? What do jou mean?" Defendant-"That is the only way I could keep her from singing. The jury gave a verdict for the de fendant without leaving their seats. "Jni Webstek, did you bear Far son Bledsoe say in his sermon last .Sun day whar de chicken thieves war gwine to spend dar vacation aOer dey had shuck demsefs ob dis fleshy tabenacle?" asked Uncle Moses. "I did hear dat ar sermon and I was mightily Impressed wid it." Yer don't realize de troof ob it, Jim " "Yes, I do realize it. Uncle Mose I realizes it so much dat I has made up mind to quit stealing chicken?. From now on I let de chickens rest In piece and turns all 'tention to tur keys and ducks." rrofessor Fowler declares that there can be no question whatever that the whale has been derived from a four ooted animal. Fut a little black pepper in some cotton, dip in sweet oil and insert in the ear. This is one of the quickest remedies known for earache. "Said Aaron to Sfoses Lfct'a cut off our uowm." Aaron must have hw-u a HiUl'.irer from catarrh. The desperation 'll'c!l catarrh produces is often auMcieut to ui:ik people say and do many rash thinaa and niaur continue auliering just a if no such cure as Dr. Sage'a Catarrh Uimcly existed. It cures every cas from the simplest to th . K .... ,.1 -n.l l tliMfinINltli'nCt!S U1US. wl muu .. - 1 of catarrh. A prson once cured by ur. Sages catarrn nemmy win no. m to take cold again, as it leaves the mucous membranes healthy aud strong. Iy drug gists. Tears are due to human misery. f IMnH Know What All Mr," says many a suflVrer. "I have the 'hlueV (rightfully; I aw trouble I with headachs aud dizziness; I have lost my appetite; there Is a bad taste iu my mouth constant ly. What is the matter with me?" We will tell yon; you are "bilious." Oat a bot tle of Dr. Pierce' "Golden Me tical Dis covery," use It faithfully, and you will anon be a new man again. All druisu have it. As the heart is, so is love to the heart, L'se the surest remedy for catarrh Dr. Sage's. A man may be a great scholar, and vet a great sinner. So unlike all others, after using the lli They are clean, neat, possess real merit and never fail. Only -jc, at any drug store. The measure of choosing well is whether a man likes what he has chos en. Important. Wtien Tin wait or eare Sf Tart City, tare barirageexprpiMairean-l 3caxr -aire Hire, and atop a: me CrauU l ulou Uotei, uppuaue uroud Cea iral Depoc auo f.egjnt rooms, DtteJ op at a rort ot one mil. Ion iloIlar-L fl aud upwards per lay. European Plan. Elerator. Keataaraut upplled Willi Hie lien. Ilme cara, stage aud e.evaie I raLroad to aU depot. Famllea can live teller tor !; money at me Urand tin loo Uoha than at ant otaer am-ciaae aoiel la tue cu Wiiex lambs are weaned, they should, if possible, be put in some Geld or pasture out of hearing of the flock from which they are separated. Catarrh Cured Catarrh U ft Tery prevalent disease, with dis tressing and offensire symptoms. Hood's Sar aaponlU giTea ready relief and speedy cure, at it purities the blood and tones np the whole system. 1 suffered wit h catarrh 13 years. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla and now I am not troubled any m 1th catarrh, and my general health is much better." I. W. LlLLls, Chicago, lit 44 1 suffered with catarrh six or eU'ht years; trird many rini rful mc, tniialf n. t-ic. ttt-iti-inrf nearly one hundred dollars without IWnrtit. 1 tried U U r.T.titr.lia and ai tcrt-aily iu pruTi'd. M. A. ABBivV, Wurceater, M.u. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold 1'jr all dnizcists. J l ; six for $5. Made ouly by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mas. 100 Doses Ono Dollar CREAM Y BAL mGATARRH Ikanses the llead.jbV. v0 Kelieres Tain attfc&WM .WM Once. Allays In-Bc, .. riiAvrrvrDaj 4f naiiiinauon. ileal Sores. Kesfores Taste aud Smell. .1 rositire Core. HAY-FEVER A nann Is nniKi int, eat U nostril, line Vi it. i.I.Y ltlioi'UKHS. IirilSJt-tt. (r.-iro. X. Y VlNEGAE BiXTERS In the crest lt1oa Purifier a-. J Lifr-tfT-r rnnvH:.r; s tnLe I'uruir mi:U i .ni'-; a pcrted luTjovator and lnTiir;iir of n?sTtcm. In Vinegar Hiitrra there u TOa'.ity but ao alcoholic or miikerai ru iirsiar of Ibe Skin, of wtvu-xer carrr r naturv, are literailT du up art cami out of ;heiy3U'm in a short ilnw by tiieuseof the BiOrs, lnecr HI tier allav fewTshs-. It rw HrTta, autl in tun ourv UbuniatiUA, Neuralgia Goat, and suuiUr painful dirase. Vluesar Hitters euros Cuast.piica ar-J prrTprttA I 'arThvi-a, newer ror h a medicin lvn ei""-v poanded pn, air. the power at i3-aa iiiT tETta ti brril the '. k. Sruct for either of v;r TaM-V I refeirtv boots f.r latiien, fr farmer, far tn-rctaat. our Hetlioml Treatise on Iis-aa-, or our l atvUisn on liiU'miwrano an-1 Trww. which 1&4 shouJ be rd n every chiM and TO!h in th land. Any two of tht ainvta r-mai 1 free on receipt o four t'L.L- f r r-;trAUun iVva. Rtl M. TV xtiDrr: Co., isi Vahis.MaSb, Ileaptaf Teeth IVrU-et mad ! Health Glair -JOali ail.uSOpianiKa!:;!: EtHiLV i t ki::. muiHimt. . J. C HOFFUA lrv4. W., r Cn., . ... . 5- KiDDfcKS r'STHlES. ' a. i I lt sas a.a.- lui ,' ,,, , , . ' . u-. i i . ""J, I ii 'tii VL" u km iiAir.'.HV 11 i5VV,'"' -. ,1 P-rt au. w i il I I Mil ' Iff - -ffr f u.aaa f( a; f( f 0TC?STFREE H II - Nl-.l'rq.r. U 11 T JO' iUSK icitar wN!iH'it.-f 1 1 j U R.R.R.1T In rrrrn v to tareni j oi.niu-. ...-, lle fa is Wlth nRi ' n. Kheumauc BeO-n-Hen, InnrmXrwn P-1 RADWAT'St HEADY R TiT J" BOWEL COMPLAINTS It win,ln a rew moment, wn.n tak-, todimtmna, core Oram, spamVt,,:,'laj Heartburn, Sick Urla-.'ie, .summ,, , TRAVELERS TttK:x I . w,:.-i ilwia. A i- ii'immwJif1 ?eot alckneaa nr pxnj from raatwa rfL1" fn. Is hur Uan Frra.:!i !:ri I, , "ten??1 " Malaria in Its Various Form. There la not a rem In: nt m ii.T that .111 ears Kef cr an-1 A,ue a 2 "J Kaiiwav s Pi. q,. k ,UI, . W bf uet rt.ee 30cen-i s.. b mt 'il ' DR. RAD WAY'S SarsnparilliiiD Itesolreat Dr. Radway's Pills. For lTSPEFM A ami for the core or a- rtir.irsof tlie Momach. Cver.Bo.ia. rJi,0 H..D. Ui;loa-na, u,tJ, .,, VJ" l DaHADWAHCOjaWwtii Bt. ST. NERVOUS V" 111 BHBBSBBU V 1 ClmiATIi)vT? Vooajealk.wedowfrWortfcirtJ ft Dr. ly i virt.R.ic.1 Voliiu. Ilt .ra ponsoiy ApplL-ui. f ir Hie rwir r-;i f ri.lni-nc cure f Atiw fw.t,rw i . I- BAUGH'S PHOSPHATE Contains the Llf tvnd mmncm ot A nmaRl Bm se wUmf Bitcb'a -trlrli Fur Haw Hm mK aUM HtHili'i U ! lMtwlf4 fr AalneJ Haaea. & wt lw prtrett. k u4 arpsnM (snMn to know ar ttt lr uioy ess sn. mar Umm bsTftad dirvet tV-a as. rvmd yxxa BDd AvddrBa. aod will eu.l fuo bar r-i, inn ftALbtt AhOSa. 0 bo. IHU Ats. fausaU., r, fCS. Ym. Ilanrfm.i'eet.in t vi tMr fiZ.l IT!- ti -ii. tn. lJ i.- . fca.- twveio. --7 iiifit, u-rflu -a lUir, M VViri y& M..IH, t n-'ki-s It t N . , .VUft, b , - if,- ll-aU. SK-an. i"tM:ia- t tli-;r 'rvairnHit ,CS lr.JoK-i U.-M.:irv.T S Wif. nr.. GEN. GRANT'S MEMOIRS! Sperlal arran'jfmm'ii an-l -.V'i !rmi rroni bj aiMresain AhfuMA 1 1'uX. 1jx piua,ra rriJM..-ati:iiij.i:r'S CbRlS Ht AIL UU (AnS. Beat -iKfi r ip 'i.vt-4 (..-1. r;jt I ?rf.igMiiMiTmri itLLBORIfsCtar . FOIt CHURCHESand STORES. Wc are huiil'iuarti-n f- r all s- rt- of Kreeoj t',t tho HOLIDAYS. LAUREL WREATHING, HuLLY HYTHEIUttliEr, Lvcmttiin t vuE.vniivj, GKKEX Muss, ic, 4c, iC- CHOICE CUT I LOWERS F-jr all Ottnisi WEDDING-'. lir.iEiTluN-:. 1 1 XEltALi Write us for otim.itr-i. Y.mi w;:i ituJ us low in our pries, l'lowi-n tin- l.-t in tin- umriitt THE i'LORAL EICHMGK 611 flllXr.M T SirH. riIILDF.LI'iIIA. ?. IHIS. J. X. Jk. J. 1J. HOIIKNSACK. IUOoB AFFLICTED U 1 : il . IU ttrEO ( K SEMINAL WEAKNESS ANJ Vi.lr:: AUZATION saouM n -t Si-..:..:e : r I--.: J. S-an-1 J. U. IlfBENSAi K. or .. S rl Jl s'jeet, I'Si: le.p.iu.il jots !r u ' M. :i 1 P. il.. an l fr ai S:o J K . A ivice free. ITei.l :r r.- !- . T . S lery, to. rr.--f.l-c. 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