r , . '- i U t ,: 1 DIALECT OF THE KICE FIELDS. Darky Talk unil Darky Melody ia the Suani'w of South Carolina. One of the most icu!iar drtVcU in the world u that of the ric liel.l ur groeiot tbe lower count its of bomh Carolina and Georgia. It is a-mixture of two or three languages, tbe word3 being pronounced with a characteristic intenatiou. The majority of these words is a corruption of the English. Many come from various African dia lects, while others sound very much as if they came from the German. All persons conversant la any degree with the language of the Fatherland know that there are certain words in our language which are precisely like tbe German, with the exception of a letter . or two; take, for instance, many words line this, that, father, etc., these :ue precisely like the German, except that every th in these words is a d in the old tongue. Xow, the low-county negroes have these words exactly as they origi nally were. But it is not these negroes alone who ; use these woids. Were you to accuse tbe most accomplished gentleman in Charleston of fetylnz ' dts-a-way and dat-a-way he would indignantly deny it, hut a few minutes conversation would show that he uses these expres sions on all occasions. It is simply impossible to iepro(!uce the negro lingo In print. Joel Chandler Harris, "Un cle Remus," has made himself famous by attempting it, and it must be said of him that he succeeds better than any other writ, r of tbe present day, but to reproduce it perfectly is simply impos sible, llow, for example, can the ne groes pronunciation of the word youDg be written? It can only be explained, and I fear then that it cannot be made intelligible; it is thus: ne-young. The ne or n sound is pronounced very rap idly, being run into y sound as closely as possible. It would repay any one to make a visit to these rice fields, if only to study tbe character and habits ot the negroes. They live in their huts in the midst of these vast tracts of half-inundated lands, and, with the exception of their over-seers, they never see a white face from one year's end to the other. can conceive of no difference between these and the native African in the juDcle, except that the southern negro is more cringing and cowardly, as a result of recent slavery. Another tiling about these negroes tnat will bear study and observation is their songs and melodies The negroes have a peculiar cry, which is only used at evening when they are returning from their work, and 1 will venture the assertion that with all the parts combined no sweeter music can be made anywhere. It sounds some' thing bke this: "Hoo-hoo-la, hoo-la. hoo-la-hoo. This is repeated over and over in different tones of voice, and when heard in the distance through the swamps, the etlect is simply grand. I have never seen a white man who could imitate this cry; it seems to be !culir to the negro race alone, and I have no doubt but what this wild melody is sung by the rice field darkies just as it was hundreds of years ago by their ancestors in the jungles of the dark continent. The word hoo-la mmt have some meaning, but what it is is more than I am able to say. Everybody is familiar with "Uncle Remus' " famous stories of "Brer Rab bit," "Brer Wolf," etc. It may not be generally known that these tales are a mere collection of negro fables, and not the work of Harris' own brain. lie has only made a study of the negro lore, and has written it up in his inimitable style. Any old Maunia, who never heard of Harris, can recite the fables by the hour, and never tire of repeating them. There is no doubt but what these fables were brought directly from Africa by the negroes, and this fact makes them all the more interesting. Story of a Groat Success. Frobably not one In a thousand whe enters the portals of Chicago's great hotel is able to recognize an active man who occasionally hurries by. This man is Totter rainier. The storv of his life Is a story of success. He was In youth a farmer's boy and was born nearly sixty years ag.) in Albany county, X. Y. His parents were (Quakers. At eighteen he became clerk in the store of l'latt Adams, which stood in tbe village or .Durham, Greene county. Shortly afterward he started a dry goods fctore of his own at Oneida, and a year later removed to Ixickport. lie came to Chicago with a capital of le8 than iO.UOO. That was in 1S.52. and the Crit year his sales were J7;J,'W The war was his optxirtuuity, and he was not slow in improving it. He filled all the warehouses he could rent with cotton and woolen goods, purchased immediately after Sumter was fired upon. In four years he made J-,500,-0(0. In 1S70 he married the daughter of a then most prominent and wealthy citizen, II. II. Honore. At the close of the war Chicago had no retail street of pretensions, state street, save two blocKs, was a narrow lane, between rows of shanties. Totter Talmer set out to make this alley the principal thoroughlare of the growing city. He erected a dozen fine build ings, including the first Talmer house and a store building, which was, upon its completion, the finest building in thewoiid devoted to trade. In Octo ber, 1871, the new Talmer house was begun, and State street was the leading thoroughfare of Chicago. To Totter Talmer the great fire came as a crushing calamity. J' iuety-fi ve of his buildings were destroped. Upon the ruins of the buildings an army of workmen were busy clearing away rub bish before the Ere had scarcely died out. Building after building rose from the ashes. Xo man contributed so much to the resurrection and new life of Chicago as Totter 1 'aimer, and his rent roll to-day is the largest in the city. Totter Talmer lives in the finest house in Chicago. It is a castle, and stands on the shore of Lake Michigan, near Lincoln Park. In some respects it Is the finest residence in America. The great Gothic tower suggests a castle of England. The hall is baronial, with carved cak staircases and furnishings. SlenderJGothic pillars supinirt the gal lery, tor the hall's vaulted roof extends the height of the house, and draped across these pillars are the most perfect examples of Gobelin tapestries, rich and rare. The floor is composed of a most wonderful piece of mosaic in mar ble. The whole house is in keeping with this superb hall. Sanish artists have decorated the grand library, where the book-cases are of carved oak, and where life-sized oaken figures from a chapel near Antwerp, and believed to have been made by the same master who fashioned the famous carvings in Antwerp Cathedral, maybe found upon the mantel. There is an Indian room. unique and dazzlingly oriental, a Moor ish room fitting Irvmg's description ot tbe Alhambra, a Japanese boudoir, a piano made to order of maple, mahog any tables, a Dutch bedroom, another of colonial furnishings, a great conserv atory Moorish lamps everything rich and artistic which good taste, good de sire or money can procure. Engineers are frequently troubled by the oil sticking to the inside of tbe glass in light feed oil-cups. A simple remedy is found in coating the inside of such cups with glycerine, taking care that every part is covered. The surest way Is to fill the glass to the brim with the glycerine and then carefully drain It . THE ETCHER'S ART. The Tools he Works With and the Effects ho 1'roducra. "Let me give you in a connected story the history of an etching from the time the copper plate is placed in position for work until it leaves tbe hands of the printer. In tbe first place, the copper plate is thoroughly washed with turpentine, or, better, with ben line. Tor the former is a bttle too thin. This is to remove any grease. The plate is then heated, commonly by burning under it heavy etching paper, or, if the plate is a large one, by a spirit lamp. It is heated to such a temperature that water will roll off in globules. When the plate is sufficiently heated a prepa ration known as 'etching ground' is applied. This is a composition which comes prepared in the shape of a round ball, about the size ot a black walnut, and ia made of asphaltum, beeswax and oil of lavender. This composition is carefully tied up in silk, and through this silk the etching ground oozes on to the plate, where it is laid with a roller. Alter the ground is applied and has sutliciently cooled, it is smoked, in order to eivethe etcher a black surface on which to work. The smoking is done with a twisted wax taper, candles, or in fact any substance which will produce the desired effect. When the plate is cold the ground is perfectly hard. So much for the first part of the process, that or preparing the plate. OITLIXE OK TUE DKAWIXO. "The etcher is now ready for work in earnest. He takes a drawing, which, of course, may be original or a copy, and etches its fac-simile on the plate before him. If he wishes to take special pains with his subject, which is usually the case, he does not copy the drawing directly on the plate, but takes an intermediate step. Over his draw ing be fastens a perfectly hard trans parent gelatine composition, and with his etching point etches the drawing on this, exactly on the principle of the transparent slate of our nursery days. The gelatine plate is removed, and pre sents a rough and scratched surface. It is lightly scraps d, but so lightly that the indented lines are not disturbed or effaced. These lines are filled with red chalk. The gelatine plate is then re versed and placed on the etching ground of the copper plate. A burn isher is applied, which transfers the chalk to the etcher's form or upon the plate. Thus the etcher has a perfect outline of the drawing on the plate on which he is to work. In this way he is guided in his task, and bis work is expedited. "The etcher now begins to use the tools of his trade, eah of which is known as an 'etching point.' AVith these instruments the subject is again etched, this time on the etcher's ground. "Where the etcher wishes to obtain the darkest effects fewer lines are etched and are made further apart to enable them to stand a longer 'bite' by the acid. Of course the acid bites into the copper plate only where the etching polnt has scratched through the etcher's ground to the original copjier plate. If the plate on which the artist is at work is a small one, it Is placed in a pan and the acid is then poured on. If, however, it is a large one, there is put around the edge of the plate what is known as a 'frame of wall wax.' In one corner of which is placed a spout for convenience in pouring off the acid. "BITING IX" THE LINES. "The first application of the acid is weak. It bites clean and delicately. It leaves the sky lines, tbe distance lines, and. In general, the lighter part of the picture. After these lines are bitten the acid Is poured off. and the ground washed with water. Then the parts which the artist dors not wish to have longer acted npo by the acid are covered with a 'stopping-out' varnish. The next application ot the acid is stronger in order to obtain the heavier effects. So the artist continues stop ping-out one place after another until the plate is sufficiently bitten, and until he has reached the foreground. When the entire plate has been sufficiently bitten, or, in other words, when the picture has been etched into the copper plate by means of the acid, the wax wall is removed aud the plate thorough ly cleaned with lienzine. Xow he can go to the printer and see what he has. If some of the lines are too heavy, a little instrument known as the burnisher will reduce them. The lines can even be run ont entirely. If the lines are not strong enough, a new rebiting ground can 1 put on wherever de sired and the changes made. "When the last touches have been completed the plateis sent to the publish ers. The publishers send it to an elec trotyper to have a steel face put on. This is done to protect the plate, which would otherwise soon be worn out on the press. The operation of electro- typing the plate is so delicately done that when steeled the picture which it prints could not be detinguished from the picture printed before the opera tion by the original copper plate. The finest lines are coated; lines which are hardly visible to the naked eye, and which originally have the appearance of a hair. Various Causes tr Forest Fires: The most frequent cause for such fires is from careless tourists and sportmen, who on leaving a camp to make sure that the fire is put out, will kick the embers ebout, thinking that by thus separating the half burnt brands the fire will soon go out. So they will, perhaps, nine times out of ten; but tbe tenth time a whirling gust of wind may carry a spark of coal where it will kindle a blaze, or one of tbe brands may have some soft, punky place in it where the fire will nestle for days, and bide its time. But.old back woodsmen, the writer thinks are not so apt to take things for granted. In northern Maine and .New Hamp shire be said, tourists would throw away cigar stumps. Tbe backwoods men can't afford cigars, and as a rule smoke their pipes out, because they don't find tobacco or the money to pay for it very abundant. Before breech-loaders or cut wads be come so common, many bad fires were started from gun wads made of loose paper. The cut wads now used do not bold fire loDg. Of course, with metal cartridges there is no danger. Locomotive sparks are a very fre quent cause when a railroad runs through a large forest. "I left a little check for $10,000 among the wedding gifts," said the girl's father to his prospective son-in-law, "and after tbe ceremony is over we will quietly tear it up. See? That's the style nowadays, George." "Ye es," hesitated George, "that's the style, but I'm afraid it's too late to tear it up now." "Why?" "Because I went down to the bank and got it casbH." ' Te beaked chaetodan of the Indian and. Tolynesian Seas has an elongated muzzle or beak, with which, with a drop of water for a bullet, it shoots its prey, flies and other insects. Seeing them on a twig above the water, it ap proaches with its nose above the sur face of the water, projects a drop of wa ter and very quickly gains its object, the fly or insect dropping into the wa ter. M. Tourtlot finds that the new star claimed to hare been discovered in An donned a is apart of the Milky Way, and thus explodes the theory of the birth of new stars. FARM NOTES. ArorsT BirTTEit. TVs are often told that June and July butter is primo when August butter fails; then it grow s better in September, and so on. Why ia June and July butter better than Au gust butter? Because ihe cows have gone out in the fresh field and have pure grass tn abundance. Tbe flow of milk is increased, and we readily churn butter from it In about one-half the time in July that is required in tbe winter time or in other seasons. This is because of the June grass. The last ot July the feed begins to fail. June grass has become too ripe, and some thing else, not as good, must take its place. The dairyman should have a crop of winter rye, and teed that with his corn meal, and carry it through the month of August. Cows fail In nulk more in tbe month of August than in any other part of the season. In the month of September the cattle are al lowed to sweep over the meadows and around the corners of the fences where the mowing machine did not reach. The iemedy is to feed corn meal dur ing the month of August. It would cost a trifle over one cent per pound for feed and extra trouble, but the butter yield would be kept up. If the rye gets too ripe before August have a crop of clover for the cattle. When the rye gels nicely started, cut it with a maw ing machine, and a second crop will soon be ready. To Test the Health of a House ok Cow. I u horses the pulse at rest beats forty times, in au ox from fifty to fifty-five, and iu sheep and pigs about seventy to eighty beats per minute. It may be felt wherever a large artery crosses a bone, for instance. It is gen erally examined In the horse on the cord which crosses over the bone of the lower jaw in front of its curved posi tion, or in the bony ridge above the eye, and in cattle over the middle of the first rib, and In sheep by placing the hand on the left side, where the beat ing of the heart may be felt. Any ma terial variation of the pulse from the figures given above may be considered a sign of disease. If rapid, bard aud full, it is an indication of high fever or inflammation; if rapid, small and weak, low fever, loss or blood or weakness. If slow, the possibilities point to brain diseases and if Irregular, to heart troubles. This is one of the principal and sure tests of the health of an ani mal. To have a line crop of large, rich cur rants enrich the ground, make it clean and mellow and thin out the brush. Cut away the old stunted wood and leave the vigorous young shoots. Iet them occupy equal distances from each other, and give tbe bushes in some de gree a regular form. Xo fruit is more neglected than the currant, the bushes being allowed to become enveloped in weeds and grass, aud tbe enfeebled bushes allowed to grow into a mass of brush. The difference in the size of the berries raised by the two modes is about as one to four. Tekson'5 interested in the profits from great yields, as shown from tests, may figure for themselves. On the one hand we have thirty-eight pounds two ounces of unsalted butter for one week. Ter Contra Feed: Twelve quarU pea- meal, sixteeu quarts ground oats, three quarts linseed-meal, and four quarts wheat bran, making thirty-rive Quarts ot ground feed daily, beside clover bay, beets, carrots, etc. Nevertheless the butter and cheese outcome is the true test of the dairy cow. Dwarf !ears should be planted on a spot that has a moist subsoil, either na tural or made so by subsoiling or mix ing some material with the soil that will give out moisture ia dry weather. Trees already planted on a dry, gravel ly subsoil should have a circle-dug out two feet deep and two or three feet from the tree. This should be filled up with well ouriched soil. If the dwarf pear does not grow freely it is a sigu that something U wrong. It should be severely pruned, so as to aid in produc ing a vigorous growtn. Ix watering plants do not simply sprinkle them, but water lilierally. It is best to make two or three holes around each plant with a dibble, pour ing water in the holes until the earth is saturated. Then cover the wet sur face with dry earth. The evening is the best time for watering plants. Do not water item too frequently, asitoiay do more harm than good. When tbe tree is planted the branches should be cut luck to form a regular shaped head, and if they are pinched back so as to keep the tree sym metrical and only such branches are al lowed to grow as are needed, there will be no necessity n murdering the Iree in after years with the saw. Mich of manure dropjied by cows yarded over night in the barnyard is wasted. Unless the yard is well litter ed tbe liquid excrement is lost, and the solid droppings dry away until much of their value is gone. Throwing the manuie in Leaps and applying a little dry earth to the heap daily will prevent loss. Although wild mustard is most troublesome in spring prain, it is not then that the greatest danger exists of Us spreading. In spring grain it is easily Eeen, ami careful farmers will pull it out. But on land infested by this weed a few plants will always be found In wheat crops, and it is ripe and the seeds mostly scattered on the ground before the wheat is harvested. There has leen an abundance of rain ia this section this season, and it is safe to say thr.t there has also been a plentiful crop of weeds. The corn crop must therefore be kept well culti vated, or the grass and weeds will re tard Its growth and injure it. There is nothing on the farm that pays so well as the frequent use of the cultivator, and especially In tbe cornliel I. A little glue in limewash for out buildings and feucts is a good thing, because It makes the lime adhere, but it is bad for trees; hence limewash for trees is better without any such addi tion. A successful Cauadian dairyman thinks bran, ieas and com mixed tbe best butter-producing food for cows. Cows should be milked with dry hands. Cows should not be racked in close proximity to the dung heap. Do net forget that chancing seed is often attended with excellent re suits. The best time for plowing under green crops is when they are flower ing. .1 very pretty ornament for the house or lawn is a dwarfed white oak, some enthusiasts making veritable pets of miniature lords of the forest. These plants are readily raited in flower-pots from the acorn, and require no atten tion except watering. The dwarfing of the tree is effected by cutting off the tap root every spring for a few years, this process keeping the tree of diminu tive size while it does not prevent the crdinary development of new branches. Some idea of the pressure exerted on I the grips of the Brooklyn bridge may bo ' gained from tbe knowledge that every loaded car passing over it weighs about 41,500 pounds. awawesakaasasaafarwa. HOUSEHOLD. ' A lady says: We make haslTvery often in these summer mornings when it is not too hot, which baked In our roll-pans, makes an entirely different dish from the platter of bash jnst warmed up in a frying-pan. Cold veal makes a very nice bash, ana coia chick en mav be used in the same way. Chop the meat very fine, and to a cup allow a cup of finely chopped po tato (ceil boiled potatoes suouid ne ai ways on hand when hash is wanted), two thirds of a cup of fine bread crumbs, an egg, a tablespoonf ul of but ter, and salt and pepper to taste. Tut one-half enp of water or milk in a sauce pan, add the butter, one-half teaspoon ful of salt, a little pepper if liked, and when boiling hot stir in the hasb,wbich should bo well mixed together in the chopping tray, and stir till well heated through. Remove from the fire, put the roll-pans on the stove to heat, 'and butter them well. Beat the egg and stir into the hash, and when the roll pans begin to smoke put a tablespoon f ul in each, dividing tbe remainder as evenly as you can if there is more than this amount. Smooth over the tops and put Into a hot oven till nicely browned. Turn out on a hot plate.and serve as soon as possible. Corned beef or any kind of fresh meat may be used iu this way. To Clean Glass and Silvkhware Egg-shells crushed into small bus and shaken well in decanters three pari filled with cold water, will not oirfy clean them thoroughly, but make the glass look like new. By rubbing with a flannel dipped in the best whiting the brown discoloration may be taken .ff cups in which custards have been baked. Again, all of us are aware that emery powder will remove ordin ary stains from the white ivory knife handles, and that the lustre of mor occo leather is restored by varnishing with white or egg. Uothing, it is said, is better to clean silver with than al cohol or ammonia, finishing with a lit tle whiting on soft cloth. When put ting away the silver tea or coffee pot which is not in use every day, lay a stick across the top under the cover. This will allow fresh air to get in and prevent the mustiness of the contents familiar to boarding bouse sufferers. oxios Mfr.-I am Indebted to an 3ld French peasant woman for this re ci, says an exchange. It is delicious and healthful: I'ut into a saucepan a bit of fat from the top of soups, or sweet dripping the sue of a walnut. If you have not either of these use butter. but never lard. W hen It is very hot, put in three large onions sliced; stir un til turning red, add halt a teacup of flour, and when this is red alto take great care that it does not burn pour in a quart of I oiling water and simmer for an hour. S?ason with salt aud pep per, and just before serving add a pint of boiling milk. Tut pieces of toasted bread cut in diamond shape in Ve tureen, and pour the soup over. You can make it richer by wing trice milk and less water. A LaMespoouful of chopped parsley and chives spnukled in a moment before it is taken from the fire is considered a pleasant addition by many. To Bottle I'lumj or Other Fruit. Make a syrup of one iund of sugar to each quart of water. When cool put in as much fruit as the syrup will cover. Scald, but take off the fire before the skins break; using a spjon, quickly but gently till the bottles which should be warm with the fruit quite up to the neck, add sj nip to with in half an inch of the corks. Then put in a quarter of an inch of lest oil or melted lard, cork and wax at once while hot, ami be sure that all air if exclulled. Will keep until the tresif fruit is ready. The fruit would better not 1 quite ripe. Toast. Many eem to think they have made toast when they toast the out l It er a slice of bread. Have they? Ti e object In making toast is to evaporate all moisture from the bread, and hold ing a slite over the fire to singe d:es not nccomp!:s:i this; it only warms the moisture, making the inside of the bread doughy and decidedly indigestible. The true way of prtpariug Is to cut the oread into slices a quarter of an inch thick, trim off all crust, put tbe slices in a pan or pUi'e, place them in the oven which must not le too hot take them out when a delicate brown and butter at once. C'OLU ham makes delicious "hash gem?." If b illed it is alt ready to chop. If fried, put in a saucepan with cold water, let it heat gradually and just come to a boil. Then drain and chop. To a cup of the chopped ham allow one cup of potato and one cup of bread, two r three hard-boiled eggi chopied Hue, ami add two-tablespoon-fuls of cream to the beaten eg if you have it. Tomsue Toast. A very nice tiUi 13 prepared from cold boiled or ottcil tongue. Mice the tongue, and cut each slice into small line pieces; heat it in a pan with a little butter. To prevent burning, moisten with warm water or clear soup. Add salt and iepper; stir it into two beaten epgs. When set, arrange nettly on toast. 1'ui.verixed borax, rpriukled on shelves and in corners of store closets, is a safeguard from ants If pulver ized borax U mixed with Persian pow der, the powder will be more effective. Cold water and plenty of it, prtp erly applied with a fair amount ot soap or pearline, is the best thing to clean a kitchen floor. The regulation "boiler suds" is apt to make a kitchen floor greasy. Milk Lemonade. Dissolve in one quart of boiling water one and one- half cups of loaf Miijar, add one-half pint of lemon juice, and lastly, one and one-half pints of boiling milk. Stale lard can be uade sweet by bringing to a boil, with slices of cold raw potatoes thrown in. The impuri ties will raise at the top and can be skimmed off. E;u shells will settle coffee as surely as eggs, but they do not impart the rich ness and flavor. In warm weather, refrigerator clos ets should be washed with soda and cold water once or twice a week. Scotchman "What '11 y' hae?" Frenchman "I vlll take a drop of contradiction." "What's that?" "Veil, you put in the whisky to make it strong, de water to make it weak, and de lemon to make it sour, and de sugar xo make it sweet. Den you say, 'Here's to you!' and take it yourself." Flint walls are formed between two planks or frames, the lime being poured among the flints In a liquid state. In .Hme cases the largest flints areselected, two courses laid with them one out side, the other inside the wall and the centre filled up with smaller flints aud liquid mortar. The corners are formed of brick, and longitudinal bands of brick are also introduced from 2 feet to 2 feet 0 inches a part. London engineers say that as a mat ter of theory it is possible to make steamers run forty knot an hour and cross the Atlantic in three days. But the vessel could only carry passengers. . ' Some of Onr Girls. ntvooriiiA nnl tos water is a good remedy for chapped lips, and young ladies will nntl ll inucn saier mnu i-'i's tickled with a mustache. Three American girls at Monte Carlo make themselves popular by wearing live jwrrotson their hats. When the girls want to say something real harsh they pull a string. A Worcester girl at Va3sar who spent the evening outside without permission and climbed in at a window tried to trunks." but couldn't find anvthing large enough to do it with. " hat are our young lauitra uunig. asks an exchange. They are wondering vim! lior t lutr Prill lionnet will be the only one of its kind at church on Sun- .... a i.t day, or whether were win ne nau a dozen mora like it The two-tongued girl is now in a mu seum. That's an excellent place for ln.r fw Lit vii-timq must necessarily be few, but if she ever gets loose ami mounts a rostrum in defence of wo man's rights, flee to the nearest woods. In China and Japan tlie girls are named after some beautiful or favorite object. If the custom was iu vogue hero lots of fathers would le calling ll,witi:ii-k- lihiek Fat or after some other favorite brand of chew ing tobacco. The importance of tha coal fields ot New Zealand becomes moie marked as they are opened up, for they appear to be very extensive. The coal belongs to the secondary or mesozoic age, and is thought to be among the best in the world. Its specific gravity is about the same as that from Newcastle. A seam has lately been opened about seventy miles north of Auckland, and another on the Kawakah river, which empties into tbe Bay of Islands. Trospecting with diamond drill has demonstrated that several other line seams exist be sides those now being worked. The coal is transported to docks by rail, where it is supplied to the Union Steamship Company and the San Fran cisco mail steamers. This coal has been found to contain 03.20 per cent. of combustible matter, the remainder being 4.20 per cent, water, 2.'JU per cent, of ash. ( is estimated, and safely so. says the Dairyman, that a good, well-fed cow puts f 10 worth of manure on abont the four acres of land it takes to keep her for a year on most farms. Tutting that amount of f-rtilizstion on the soil of a fairly good farm soon makes it pro duce so that one cow cannot eat the product of four acres; and the result is more mouths to feed and more milk, or larger grain crops to sell. The above facts make the anchor the good farmer clings to when beset with the tempta tion, to which the weaklings yield, to abandon dairying and stock raising when milk and meat are cheap, lie knows, or ought to, that increased fer tilization is money in the safest bank in tbe world, if he does not count It iu his rurse this year, and that to abandon the means of fertilization on old and high-priced land means hard times, rags, ignorance and no music, either in the soul or in tbe house; M'tie a worn car wheel tread is ex amined under the microscope, it is per ceived that tbe surface of the metal comes off in thin flake? or scales. Ex amined under high powers the scales are found to resemble portions of a brick wall, the fractures being not m tbe par ticles of Iron, but in the material which unites the particles In a manner similar to wbich mortar unites the bricks of a wall. Continuous jarrinrr breaks this cement or uniting material, thus allow ing iron so treated to fall in pieces. rtrftclly clean and dry wool con tains about 5 per cent, ot sulphur, and a nine-pound fleece about seven ounces of potash, about six of which can be re covered by well washing tbe wool aud eva;orating the wssh-water. Important. Wbm too tu or eare New Ynrt Clrr. it tf?ragetxprrAifrcan'l f3 ramajrc Iltra, fcitl tnrie 4raol Lulou If otal, upptMUe ral C-'tt- Ul 1XX. tm tifgitn momi, fitted up it a cot it mi id n. loo ilollan, tl aoJ opwrli per iUt. European Plan. Evtor. KaturQt f npplleil with me be. 11tm can, uk4 au 1 r.etatel raLroaal to a.1 depot. Fainlm caa l totter for 1m inoner at (he OrauJ I diob Uotoi Utanat anj ottier untbciam Ixxel in lae ait. Among those who labor for future happiness, he Is greatest who lives well in his household. 100 DoMi One Dollar is Uiwparaiilr na3e;:el with Hood' Sariapar.ua, ami 11 true of no ottier me llclne. A bottle of Hood's Sarsiparil con tains loo doeea, and will last a month, while others will average to last not over a week. I'se onlj Hood's Sareaiiar.lla. The way for a man to secure himself from wickedness is to withdraw from the example of it. rErroKunD nsr tokic. tn oo:j preparation or beef containing Cs tiatrt nutrfc tiotu pruprrart. It contains o.ood-makln(, force c cur rating and lire-snataimnc properties; lots ua b e for !rKifeaUon,djpepau,nerrous pruatral too, and aU forms of gjeneral debiiitr; also, ia all eo feeuled conditions, whether the result of exnau. tjon, nerrous prostration, over-work or acute dis. easr, particularly If resulting from pulmonary complaints. CasweU, Hazard k Col, proprietor. Iew lore boid bv liruraata. Civility is always safe, but pride cre ates enemies. II yon have ta n ir, (or tumor synip'oms) Can cer (or cancer armptom. Scrofula, Kryip?Iai, falt-Khenm, rhroulc Weaknesses, Nervousness orother complaints Dr. Kilmer's ruui ltm kdv will lorrect and cure. Better break thy word than do worse in keeping it. Fraaer Axlereaa. One creasing with Fraier Asle ffrease will last two weeks, all others two to three clays. Try it. I receivul first premium at tbe Centennial and Paris Ex position. The perfectly contented man is aho perfectly useless. Early piety has often been charged with producing baldness. Carboline the great petroleum Hair renewer will restore the hair no matter what re moved It. Try it. Try to cce yourself through tbe eyes of those around you. Tb Testiraouy ol a Physician. James Bercher, M. I)., of Sigoarney, Iowa, says : "For several years I have been using a Cough Balsam, called DR. WM. II ALL'S BALSAM FOli TUE LUXG3, aud ia almost every case throughout my practice I have had entire success. I have used and prescribed hundreds of bottles since the days of my army practice (1SG3), when I was surgeon of Hospital No. 7, Louisville. Kr." The longest and darkest nights ot all nights is the night of despair. FITS: An Fit stopped tree. Treatise and 2 trial tvvuieof Or. KUne'stireat Nerve Restorer, free to Vlicases. fcenUlolr.Kline,tHl Arch St, Phtla.,Pa. The ideal taint of the young moralist is cat from sappy timber. OSE pair of boots can be saved every year by using Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Sliffeners. Never write when in anger; your writings may condemn you. ST. BERNARD VEGETABLE PILLS. Wauuxtxd Pueelt VcorrABLX. Th bftat ear for Liver and Bilious A Z- '-''uplataU, CoatiTetMfj. Headache. isizxinwa, avna irjnpmpmi. as a Klood Kariiier aad Liver Itefftilator, i.thtty hare no equal. Ho Familj hould be withont a box of the Mt Bernard Vecetable Pill in the hooea. Prtra ZS eeata at DracKiat. or bf mat! RannUa Mnt ntK Ar1rlM P, L'SIaVLUIta . CO, 10 Jterar Sv, Ssw Vara. afwswl53 That Tired Feeling Ths warm weather has a echtlttatlmr effect, upeeially upon those who ars wltbla doors matt of the time. The peculiar, jet eorainna. en:. plaint known as -that tired feeling." is the resnlt. This f eellug can be entirely overcome by taklnz- Hood's Sanaparllla, which gives new Ufe and strength to all the functions of the body. I could not sleep; had no appetite. I took Hood's Sanaparilla and soon began to sleep soundly; could get up without that tired and languid feeling; and my appetite improved." R. A. Sanvoiuj, Kent, Ohio. t Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. I ; six for f 5. Mada only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 10O Doses One Dollar FACETLiC A reporter called upon a promin ent citizen and said: "1 would like to interview you with regard to the strike. The prominent citizen frowned, re flected a moment, and replied: "No, sir: no. It is a rule of my lire never to be interviewed, but I don't mind telling you privately what I think." "All right." "But mind. now. you must promise me not to print a word I say, or au idea I advance." "I promise." The prominent citizen freely expressed himself. And the reporter, after again promising that he would make no note of the conversation, departed. Early the next morning the prominent citizen seized the paper and eagerly looked for the interview. "What are you looking for?" his wife "Nothing," he Replied, as he threw down the paper. "You can't place any confidence in those confounded repor ters." 'Has he printed what you said?" "No." "Then it's all right" "No, it's not all right'. Dj you reckon I want to talk two hours and then be treated with contempt? He ought to have said I refused to be in terviewed and then to have stated what I said. A reporter is a nuisance." Youxo Lady (to her father) "So you do not object to Mr. Carmell?" Father "Not in the least," Young Lady "Ob, I am so glad. What a dear, dear paw you are. Mr. Carmell is so nice, and he would make such a vice husband. Yery few men have come up as rapidly as he has. A few years ago he was nothing but a shoemaker, but just look at him now." Father "What is he doing now?" Young Lady (with delight) "Why, he is a literary man, and writes war articles for the magazines." Father (in astonishment) "What, he has not stopped making shoes?" "Young Lady "O, paw, you must know he has." Father (clearing his throat) "Then I'll tell him not to come here any niose. I have supported two sous-m-laws and O, say brightening, has he written any of the recent novels by Hugh Cm way?" Young Lady 'No, sir." " ' Father "Well, then, let him come ahead. I am willing" to support him." A vekt wealthy man in Berlin, a victim of tbe gout, and unab! to quit bis easy chair, received the other morn ing the visit of a man who walked straight into tbe room saying. "I am a specialist in cases of gout, and have effected the most marvellous euro b a simple remedy. Are you very bad?'' "Sir, I am quite unable to put my foot down." "What, even in your room?" "I cannot stir from the spot," "That is very sad. Have you a servant who could take a prescription to the chem ist's?" ''Yes, but I have just sent him on an errand." The doctor appeared to reflect a moment or two, then snatch ing up the watch, purse and other valuables belonging to the pit ent he made for the door, saying as he went: "Ta, ta! Hope you'll soon rtcover; at any rate I have relieved you to some extent!" A Youxo mother was giving the child of her bosom a touching descrip tion of tbe misery Into which the Prodigal .Son had fallen. "Far, far away from home and his kind father and mother, obliged to take care of the swine, and nothing to eat but the busks left by them, friendless and hungry." "Why didn't he eat the pigs?" "I see that Sarah Bernhardt is grow ing stouter," said the Snake Editor. "I hadn't noticed anything about it In tbe papers,' replied the Dramatic DJitor. "In fact, I noticed that Mrs. Hooper says she is nothing but skin anl k)0D6 "That's it, exactly. Formerly she was nothing but bone." A clerk, who is dismissed by his employer, says to him when he takes his final leave: "Well, sir, this dis missal will cost a good many people their lives." "Do you mean to threaten me?" demanded his employer. "Not at all. It simply means that I am go ing to become a doctor." Miss Clara "Oh, Ethel, I am so glad you came. I'm to be confirmed to-morrow, you know, and I want your advice." Miss Ethel "Yes?" Miss Clara "I want you tell me if you think I had better wear my brown plush suit or my black silk." Fatiieb "llans, you hef been lighting again. Hef I not more as feefty dimes getold you not to fight?" Aans "Jfader, you talk of fighting you ought to have seen dot odder feller fight!" Soiurbotly's Child. Somebody's child Is djing dying with tbe flush of hope on his young face, aud somebody's mother thinkiug of the time when that dear face will be hidden where no ray of hoe can brighten it because there was no cure for consumption. Itcader, if tbe child lie your neighbor's, take this comforting word to the mother's heart bo fore it is too latjt Tell her tl.or - ... ...... .-Ull.T.ilUJf- lion is curable; that men are livin to-dav u - ..1. : . . . . - wuuiu .ujujraiuidus pronounceti incurable, because one lung has been almost destroyed bv the diaeasA. Dr. Pi ical Discovery" has cured hundreds: sur- ri urn ft rvx.l I i .- -:t . 1 . imi, uyiiuiimKipiiiies, ana other medicines in rnrinr tiiia .it., . Sold by druggists. 'AND this is Frankfnrtwin tli.r,;.. i said a traveler musingly, as he paid uat ne consictereu was an exorbitant hotel bill In that city. "It ought to be rech listened." "What would you call it?" fasVori n, clerk. Trankfort-on-the-make." Dr. Pin-e'e 'Pi.lli .. i "Little Liver Pill" ...., ,...i sick and bilious headache, sour stomach and bilious attacks. By druggists. When rich rogues are merry, honest folks may go into mourning. IteanUfnl Woman are made pallid and unattractive by fuue- iircBuiariues, wnicU Dr. Pierce a favorite Prescription" will infallihl care. Thonaaitda nf ; i i - . . -...uuui.in. aw druggists. He who loses his temper in an argu ment, loses the argument also. Branrhiti la n ml vw t doses of Piao's Core for CoiuuiaB.tion. Culture in Hellas. It was not a partial or one-sided de velopment that was aimed at by the Grt k, it was harmonious and rompk-! that of every part in due proiriiim. Among iK-oplt! regulated by sueli in stincts and principles insisting ii;hii unity wherever and just so far as there was siidicient homogeneity in thu con stituent parts to admit of it and upon the strictest symmetry among these a building could no longer remain a con geries of independent memliers; it must become, in the amplest sense o the term, a work of art; it was likewise in evitable that sculpture should lieeome a new creation. These forces were bow ever, of wide application, and, carried into polities, they reacted uion art with a favorable influence hardly t j be exag gerated. The antipathies of nice were too ardent, the rivalries of clans too bitter, for llie tribes 01 i.reece to ne fused into a nation; but they did what they could in this direction, aiid made a vast advance uon the example set by Pho-nicia. They constituted themselves into republican cities or states, each conceived as of a moral U-ing under the obligation of self-government; the irsd: vidual wxs merged in the community, no citizen was jiennitteJ to occupy him self solely with his private affairs; per sonal aggrandizement was .1 public wrong, jiersoual display an affront to the state; hence art became a common interest, her masterpieces common prop erty. No private irson might build a sumptuous residence for himself when Athens was verging on her prime the mean dwellings of Themistocles and Aristides were pointed out with pride or possess a statute or a picture; no sooner had l'hryne received from Prax iteles his favorite "Eros" than she sent it to the municipalityof Thespiie. Baldness and dandruff can ba nreveuled by using Hall's Hair Itenetver. Quinine relieves only temporarily In .ever and ague. aycrs Ague Cure cures per manently. The Grocers' Company, with the ob ject of encouraging original research in sanitary science, have established three Research Scholarships of the value of 200 a year, and offer a discovery prizd of 1,000, to be given once in every four years. The company propose to appoint to two ot tbe scholarships in May next and one in the eorresponding mouth of 18S4. The subject for tbe first discovery prize will be announced next May, and the period of investiga tion will extend to December SI. 1560. -In accident In a Melbourne foundry led to the discovery that plunging iron castings into a mixture of treacle and water softens the metal to such a de gree that it can be worked as readily as wrought iron. CiNiiKii SKArs. One-half cup of lard, one halt cup of butter; mix to gether; one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one table-spoontul of ginger, one teaspoonful of soda, one cup of water. Bake slow. Contentment abides with truth. Y'ou will generally suffer for wishing to ap pear other than what you are, whether it be richer, or greater, or more learned. The mask soon becomes an instrument of torture. A little Rochester girl drew the picture of a dog and a cat on her slate, and calling her mother's attention to it, said: "A cat oughtn't to have but four legs, but I drew it with six so she could rnn away from the doz." WOMEN Sellwrr Mfwrw rrctl. r wfc mWr sVmb rmttc pewallmr tm diclr sex. sVssald try BIT! THE BE5T TONIC This medietas enmbins Iroo with per vwtabls t'tifc-. and ia invaluable ft Dwwi peculiar ta imri. aii. I ail bo lead ae1ntry Uvea, ll Kb. rirhra enl I'urllira the Hlsow, tiiniilalr the Appetite, f rrnartb.e&e tbe Vluerlra and Nerve-4n fact, trionxitftilj laviaoralr. Clear tile eomplellon. aixl rraaee tbe akin mMMth. it d.ea wA Marten tbe teMb, eaoee heatlacae. at Tallica cunetipail') orkrr irua MlirM Uo. Mks. Wx IL Wmina. lavnarbum. Pa. ears: 'I veed Brown' lxn Hittorv fr Uef etrenarb fries ontnc a atrunc. health? baby. 1 eonld nuc do my wilt il Ii. -t.l valuable tunic, and eotdialv rv cummend It. Ma 1 Davis. Xinth St.. I.jnrtibnr. Va . ear": - Mr wife hta entffd frra lma Wtiakntee fir vean; baa rweived no benent from durt-rs, and hae tnd every avauahln nmparatifu. anau?cea!nUf hoaerer. nntu Um need Bniwa ln.n hitter. I'nj bottiee rnutttred unr to barter health." Genome hae atxrre Trade Mark andenwed red lirjes no nfr TitLl tltrr. Maileonijby UUUH N srUEMlt. AL, to. UaLTUuKt. Ill Ladies Those dull tired luoka and feelimrs speak volumes: Thu, m-mttiy corrects all con ditions, restores rtcor and vitality and bnng-v bark youthful bloom and beautr. Jiruwiafj. rrrperwi at IT ailmer abla a. letter of laoulnr anawereii. unit: to IleeilatSentr rerk Consumption Can Be Cursd! wm HALL S lungIBALSASI. .. Hr.rhll ItimrnlllVir "twehltl" Ilenreeare A.Ik mm. u h7nle. -"J- '' Je heal. ta. vlemkra". ml itU f'V"a" ,"1e " relaeerd . ta. el!, f. w" lvv.,.t. ike .l.kt awe.te a.4 Ill.l IM l.a,. w ,,. ' " 1 1.. eat, pr-leiwe.. ,M f.e. v-HtNt AU tUt FAilS. Best .Hich synin. Tiut r.HM. U In limp m1 Jv dniirrf t. ai gacyjjAiijji roTTf KIDOSffS PASTILLES. iv-h-.fi, ri -t. bv tnaii. -im.Cav.uwa, sUaas LilMailaU rVtf-sa -rviMT-ri k ara av MM-isrii)i(. Em at one a ISOELECTRIC BELT for KIDNEYS, Pain, Nervous & 'P" weak. Book free. FLETCrlERiCO..Clewlaiid10. BEST IX TIIK WORLD GREASE KaV-OetthaCenntaMk Suld Everywhere. Ma ;azino Tm kie ar eaall an etwat TV. I a eueeaael ilnln i ftll l llin ' JRpf(g3 ft3 in 1 Vsi W -ease"" aw M k J -a"' ' I a-e- -,-. 1UT HE I er-'x "jw UO T.TUJrr FmiSl. .U e,-. SJ f - Lrieaa. WAR LIS 1'IUE ARMS .-o Ne llurei, Cou tttU rfatis). JaT- DR. WkmiMk Sarsaparillian Resolvent' Great M feife, FOR THE CUBE OP AU a rrfu-v 01,1 .v,rea, boo., t 10 E!, matlam. 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