SCIENTIFIC. Slari F. Furrmh and S. J. Munn of 2ils, Mich., have succeeded In near'5 perfecting u electric railway signal b which a collision between trains will U rendered absolutely Impossible. Tin above centlemea are the patentees, and CAV. Millard ot the same place has rnrcUased one third Interest in It. N umerouJ experiments have been made by tlin patties in Jackson In the pres ented railroad officials, members of the press and other, and everything worked to the satisfaction of all par ties. Thtse gentlemen say they will Lave no trouble in operating a telephone between trains ot the same circuit, for the instant another train comes on the c'.rcu t is formed and the bell In the cab of each enzine will ring, tl came as in any telephonic conuection. It will also enable the trainmen to com municate with the stations each way in c.ise of accident. Tne gentlemen own ing the 3lgnal say it works more satis lactorly than they thought it would, and ctut things are anticipated for It. Visitors at tha Crystal Talace, London, are now amused and Instruc ted with a glaiit electric microscope and a powerful electric light lnstalla tion, which show a large number or familiar articles, such as snuff, lace, cheese, vinegar and beer. A drop of water presents the most extraordinary monsters imagination can conceive. Serpents, crocodile, worse dragons than St. George had to deal with, whirl about their liquid element, striking terror t j the hearts of all beholders. Salt and sujjar are exhibited as densely populated, and even the most carefully ultered water is tilled with black specks, which float rapidly about, giving an oc cislonal edJjing whirl which suggests vitality. f 'Uhzing S'i"-,u(. According to the OiHrt'inn M'tnnf'V-1'trcr, a new scheme of utiilziug the sawdust of the Ottawa Kiver for the purpose of fuel Is pro pped: It is claimed that by a system of grinding the refu- into a uttiforu) Cneuess, mixing it with the re! us- gas t.ir from the gas-house, and compress ing the substance Into cakes, a fuel can be made in every way suerior to soft coal for open tires. Sawdust roito were common forty years :it in England and Scotland, and wre considered far ahead of peat and prate lire. The cost of manufacturing this kind of fuel is merely nominal, and it. is expected that it can be sold at a v-ry much lower price than Suit coal. The formation of a company to give the tclirme practical ellect is mooted. .t r rice ih'Uinj i:;iUiij-Mi:i Units. I.onuoii En'jinttriifj illustrates and describes in a recent Issue a device for heating rolling-mill rolls by gas. The gas is burned 1:1 Jets, which are uniformly distributed the whole length of the rolls at each side. When these jets are lighted and the machine is put into slow rotation, evety rart of each roll U gradually and uniformly healed without the production of any danger ous strains. This rmthod of beating rolls is said tote lit use by Messis. bolckow, Vaughun it Co., the Dowlais Iron Company and the Steel dmpatiy, of Scotland, lu one mill the average life of the rolls previous to the applica tion of the gas was seventy-nine and five-eighths day., and after the applica tion S42 days. The device Is the inven tion of Franklin Uilloa, of Middles-boro'-on-Tees. The cement used in patching the uppers of tine shoes is generally made by dissolving gutta percha in chloro form until the mixture is about as thick as syrup. Scrape and pare e'ean aroQiid the hole to be covered, and thin carefully with a long chamfer the edges t the bit of leather to be applied. Only a li'tle of the cement is needed, Vut iue surface must be pressed close together. The parts will adhere Drmly In a tew minutes. In a voyage from Ulo Janeiro to Bor deaux two French savans carefully in vestigated the quality of sea air. They found in all Instances that over the open sea, at a distance from the vessel, the air was singularly free from the multitude of organisms which are found in land breezes. It Is now be lieved that none ot the germs of an epidemic can cross an ocean with the wind, but that all low forms ot life contained in it must scon reach the water and die. Sea voyages are now sometimes recommended on this special ground. GunpoicJtr is evidently not disposed to be thrust from Its long supremacy without a struggle to tit itself for modern requirements. The Improved powder employed at Krupp's factory, with an equal pressure in the bore, gives a greater velocity than ordinary powder. Its smoke is said to be less dense and to clear off more quickly. It Is brown, or, rsther, chocolate col ored the same substance spoken of In the recent trial ot Lieutenant Day as cocoa powder. In sundry tests about one-seventh less of It was needed than of ordinary powder to produce given results. Its merit is that ot beginning its combustion moderately and steadily and then, when the projectile has started through the bore, burning with great rapidity. This is exactly the udded virtue which has been wanted in gunpowder, so that the new cocoa, if it rultills expectation. Is likely to Cnd abundant use among many nations. A new disinfecting compound for purifying the atmosphere ot the sick room has just been presented to the Berlin Medical Society. Oils of rose mary, lavendar and thyme, in the pro portion of ten. two and two and one half parts respectively, are mixed with nitric acid in the proportion of thirty to ooe and one-half. The bottle should )e shaken before using, and a sponge saturated with the compound left to diffuse by evaporation. rrairie Dogs Dig Their Own. Well. A N ebraska man has settled the ques tion of how prairie dogs obtain the water they drink. lie says they dig their own wells, each village having one with a concealed opening. lie knows of one such well 200 feet deep, having a circular staircase leading down to the water. A medical paper warus young doc tors against prescribing "shotgun mix tures" too freely during the summer months, as certain combinations of drugs are apt to decompose each other in hot weather. A shotgun prescrip tion is made up of many different drugs in the expectation that one ot them may hit the mark and cure the pa' tiect. Alan A. Campbell Sainton says It is better and cheaper to light small towns bv means of electricity than by a coal-gas system. He compares the equal illuminating effects ot gas and electricity in portions ot the uritisn Museum, and finds that while the former is esttmateu to cost f -Lzts an hour the latter has actually cost $1.44 an hour for a total ot 13,800 candle power, using the pendulum arc lamps, Large, quantities ot land are begin leased In Lima, Livingston County, .N'. V.. for the purpose of boring for salt It Is believed that Lima is over a rich salt bed. FARM NOTES. Fai.m Fire Department. The increasing use of windmills for pump ing water, etc, rutiS'sts that they could be made the foundation of a Cre department on the farm, that would prove efficient In many cases. Three fourths of the farm conflagrations are discovered so early that the prompt ap plication of twenty gallons of water, and sometimes hair this amount, would put out the fire. But it is impossible to get water soon enough when it must be carried to the garret or loft in buckets. With a fourteen foot wind mill and a etroog doubleacting force pump, a continuous stream may be forced a thousand feet and to a bight ot a hundred feet. But as the wind mill and well are usually near the bouse and barn, it would rarely be necessary to have the water forced farther than two hundred feet or raised h'gher than nrty feet. The pipes arc, of course, brought near to, if not into, the barn and house. And with a few 1 H of hose attached to the hydrant iu the yard or building, a supply of water sufficient at the critical moment, would bi at command. The hose could be taken through windows or doors. Of course the stream can cot be thrown far from the hose, tut at the first moccents the persons holding the hose can approach near the fire. If it is reared that at such a time there ci!?ht not be enough breeze to operate the windmill, we have only to remember, tiow i-ltea aa account of ac-:iflarr."!o:i alOsajs"a stiff bteeze" vr a s:toui I.ile was blowing at the time." When there is not enough air stirring to oper ite the windmill, a tire may be readily iubuut-d bv buckets of water. Owing to the rot the grape crop has been greatly injured in some sections this season, and although the Govern ment has given the subject of grape rot its attention, no sure remedy has as yet Ik en discovered. As practical experience is very valuable, it may not be out of place here to give the results or General Casslus M. Clay, in the Flttsburg Stockmun. who avoided the rot by following a course of training of the vines. lie planted two acres or Catawbaa and Isabellas, ran them on Makes, trenched and cut closeJy. They rotted badly. Observing a Catawba vine that bad been trained on the ell of a brick house, which was allowed full length, and never trimmed perhaps forty feet loug it bore well aud the fruit did not rot. Other vinesthat had run to greater lengths, and which had been well manured, also were free from rot. He began to consider the cause ot rot, and txpvi m utru by planting seven Ulllereut varieties on the same soil, on south-west comers of brick walls. They wereailowel to cover hve times the space of the stake system. Though the vines have been growing for ears no signs if rot have aj jeared. lie then cut away the staked vines, and cultivated them by aliowiuir long trelli ses, and tte rot disappeared from them. Kitchen and Market Garden. Zloii:itj Hoots. When large quan tities of roots aro to be stored and there is no root cellar for this purpose, it is far better to construct pits than to till the cellar of one's dwelling house with a general assortment of roots and vege table to vitiate the air of the entire house. If It u proi-erly constructed. roots will keep better in a pit than in an ordinary cellar. The pits are dug three or four feet deep, a.x feet wide, and as long as needed. The roots are stacked In these. bginnlng at the end of the pit, and following two feet of its length; a space of six inches is left. and another section of two feet is built up, and so 011, In each case piling the roots up to the ground level; the spaces are then filled in with earth, and the pit will present a series of sections or two feet of roots aud six inches of earth. The roots are covered lightly at first, but when cold weather comes, put on about two feet of soil, rounded aud smoothened to carry off water. Strong gate hinges and ebace. Among the many purposes to whlcn old wagon tires may be applied is the gate-hinge. An old tire, too much worn for further service iu its orlgiual capacity, is cut in two at the middle, aud the end of each piece is turned with an eye or socket to form bait of a hinge. Then four inches from the socket the bar is bent to an angle. The other ends of the two pieces are then welded together In the form of a V, the width of the open end being gov erned by that of the gate. The lower hinge is made in the usual manner. with an upright piu at one end, and a thread and nut at the other. The nppcr one may be made Iu the form of a baud which is driven over the gate post and fastened by nails driven through holes punched for the purpose in the band. This form of hinge and brace was devised by Leon Hay, Kan ka!;ee Co., 111., The Tight Kein. Mot farmers win give no particular attention to hor?ts usually drive with a loose rein. This is well enouch with the "old family horse" In whom you have per fect confidence. It is never safe, how ever, with a young or spirited horse. Never drive such an animal with so loose a rein that you cannot instantly command the situation, whatever harpecs. Tramping upon the hay iu the barn often causes horses to refuse it. To pass from the barn-yard Into the barn and walk over the hay leaves odors which are quickly recognized by the animals when such bay- Is fed to them. The first signs ot disease In a flock should prompt the herdsmen to at once remove all animals not affected to a new, clean location. It is better to kill an animal that Is susjiected of having a contagious disease t:ia: to attempt a cure. Delay is uauerous. I refuta tion In the beginir.r?; is better than any work that can be ilui.u in attempting to effect a cure after the disease secures a hold: jir, srr.EC&ELd is credited with having imported twenty-five tons of beet seed to be planted by 163 California farmers on 2.0U0 acres of land. A factory is being erected at Watsonville, CaL, to work the product. CuoprED clover-hay scalded is cheap and excellent food for hogs, and they will thrive on it while growing. with but little grain, liulky food u necessary for distention of the stomach. and there is nothing so nutritious for that purpose as the scalded clover. Be certain that there Is plenty ot water where the cows are turned out to pasture. Clean, pure water is Indis pensable to the milch cow. Never wait for rain when you have a crop under cultivation, keep right on cultivating and you will be surprised to And how your crop will withstand the drought. Among the new applications ot cotton is its use. In part, in the construction oC houses, the material employed for the purpose beiug the refuse, which when ground up with about an equal amount ot straw and asbestos, is con verted Into a paste, and this Is formed into Urge slabs or bricks, which, ac quire. It is said, the hardness of stone, and furnish a really valuable building stock. raris has an omnibus propelled bj electricity, and its operation is said tc be a comptete success. The motive power is furnished by Faure accumu latora weighing 2,500 kilogrammes anc giving out a force of seventy-two hors power. AIDS TO DIGESTION. Borne or the Use or Mineral and rare Soda Water. Mineral waters, as to their sources, aro of two classes, the imported and the domestic. As to their nature, they are artiiicial or natural. Not all of the best waters will bear exporta tion, or even long keeping in stock. Many of them throw down their min eral constituents and decompose when exported in wood; and even in glass not a few of them become inert by keeping. The waters that are the most strongiv mineralized, especially those that are the most fully charged with carbonic acid gas, bear exportation the test. Those of weaker constitution, like some delicate individuals and some delicate w ines, do not stand a sea voy age. "Old books to read, old wool to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to talk to;" but no old mineral waters for a cure. f?ome physicians hold, indeed, that all mineral waters begin to lose their virtues as soon as they leave the spring. This is an extreme view; it is nuite unproven of some of the best waters, jet most of them are effective in proportion to their freshness. The best iuiiK.it ins houses aim. very proier ly, to keep little stock on hand, iu order that it may be fresh. We have a full list of excellent min eral w-Uii to .1.v.j-c lioui, whether native or imiwrted, whether natural or manufactured, whether. mediciual waters or table waters. I will speak Urst of these latter, not for their cura tive virtue?. 1 can riot say too much tor a good table water, meaning by this adrinkitg water that is (1) but slightly mineralized, that is (2) charged more or less freely with carbonic acta gas, anu 3) that is absolutely pure, uygienicaiiy !-lakii!g. suc-li waters are the Apolli- nans, the Clysmic, the Uiessliuuei. me l'olaiid Silica, the Underwood Spring W:.ter ami manv others. The Vichy, Seltzer and Saratoga waters, though more strongiv medicinal, aro used as table waters bv many. The appetizing aud digestive qualities of all the waters just named are well known, and their i.leasaut ilavor ana sparKie; in many cafes of iuiiaired digestion I have found nothing more useful than they. and I reuard them as useful in chronic diseases where impaired nutrition is a main feature. l'ure soda-water (more properly call ed carbonated water), whether natural or manufactured:, is a powerful am to digestion by stimulating the stomach, and also, probably, by aiding to dis solve the mineral ingredients ot the food. It is very appetizing; it collects acidity iu the stomach, checks the dis position to nausea, aud cools the sys tem in febrile complaints; it Icsm-i.s the desire for spirituous liquors, and it is indeed the ideal beveiago for the water-drinker, provided always that pure water is used in its preparation. 1 he consumption of table waters in this country increases probably about ten per cent, per year; that of medici nal water has nearly doubled since 1SS0. Table waters prepared from dis tilled waters, as they should be, have the great advantage that they can not carry the germs ot disease. Shootit t Oil Wiib Itockc:s to Trou bled Waters. The efficacy of oil In stilling troubled waters lias often been demonstrated, but it has not yet become a distinct practice to cany a sufficient ciuautitv to enable a ship to imbed itself iu spacefill quarters while the sea around is angry and boisterous, so that a patent taken out iu Germany, whereby oil may be fired in rockets to a given point, may be the means of enabling vessels to help smaller ships and less thoughtful ninr- ners in danger, and thus add to the efficiency of the method of saving ships. 1 he method lias just been tried repeat edly between Bremen and New York. The rocket, to which is attached a cylinder, tilled with oil, can, it is said. be bred with accuracy from a ship to a required spot and explode, pouring the oil w here wanted. In one of the rock ets tired experimentally the distance were from 100 feet downwards. By the explosion of five rockets at a tlis tanee of from 100 feet to 1500 feet from the ship a space of from 1500 to 000 squaie feet of water was covered with oil. The rocket was fned 900 feet against a gale. It is staled that the in- e-ntion has been purchased by the North German Lloyd. A Curlou I'nncra.1 Ceremony. One curious ceremony still survives. ami has puzzled the learned. When a parsec dies, a dog (originally a fox eyed dog was demanded, but now a yeliow dog with white ears is orthodox) is brought In and made to look uion the body. What the significance of this is the modern 1 arsis cannot explain, or rather they offer contradictory explana 1 10ns. I'eihaps it is connected with the Parae tradition of the dogs of Yima. the lord of death, who has two hounds which go through the earth scenting out those who are marked for the grave. ana aiterward escort their souls to the place of judgment, guarding them on the way from the evil spirits, l'ossibly the bringing in of the dog to look at the coipse had its origin iu the idea of so uring the attention of thedogsof Vima to the just departed spirit and so injur ing the due protection ot the latter on its hist perilous journey. Why Do Lobsters Turn Red. No scientific reason has yet been given why the shell of the lobaier becomes red on being boiled. The general statement i3 that the salts which go to make the co. or iu the shell undergo a chemical change on being subjected to the action r hot water. But th:s is rather a statement of fact than an explanation. Not the lobster only, but all crus taceans, undergo a chance of color when boiled, but in the case of fresh water crustaceans the change is less than In that of the salt-water species. Si veral lobsters have lately been caught of a bright blue color. E. Jvhanson, of St l'et ersburg gives tl.e following formula for a convenient ink for marking clothing by means of a stamp: Twenty-two parts of carbon ate of soda are dissolved in 80 parts of ;l)Cerine, and triturated with 20 parts of gum arable. In a small flask are dissolved 11 parts of nitrate ot silver in 20 parts of officinal water ot am monia. The two solutions are then mixed and heated to boiling. After the liquid has acquired a dark color, 10 parts of Venetian turpentine are stirred Into It. The quantity of glycerine may be varied to suit the size of the letters. After s anding expose to the sun or apply a hct iron. Wuter-Troof doming for Soldiers. As the best method of water-proofing soldiers' clothing, the Belgian Govern ment has adopted dipping the goods in acetate of alumina and then dry them In the air. The clothing is not luj ured , nd is said to offer no obstacle to per ipiration after treatment. A Germ of Dysentery. The specific je.m of dysentery has been discovered ty Chantemesse and WedaL It is a sacillus with rounded euds, and is some what thicker in the middle than toward .be ends. They are said to grow luxuriantly in sterlized Seine water. There are several novelties in .ippets and boas. The former have itandup collars, well cover the should ;rs, and are made with lorg ends; the Mas have ends reaching to the hem of the dress, and are often made in lynx -aa Inexpensive, goal wearing pen. HOUSEHOLD. Tuece are many delicious was of cooking venison. The legs and saddle are the prime roasting pieces. To pie pare a leg of venison draw off the dry skin, wipe it carefully. You can lard it if you wish; the saddle of venison is generally larded on each side of the breast bone. Make a paste with a quart of flour and a scant pint or cold water. Cover the roast with this paste after seasoning it with salt and pepper. Cook the venison in this paste for an hour and a hair, then remove the paste, It la of no further value. Season the roast and roast an hour longer, baste it every fifteen minutes before and after the paste is removed. This length of time is sufficient to roast a leg of veni son ot average weight rare. If you cook it without the paste It will cook in much less time. Venison steaks aie cut from the leg. They should never be cut less than three quarters of an inch thick and are broiled exactly like a beef steak. Serve them with maitre d'botel butter accompanied with black or red currant jelly. Venison is a most excellent meat to serve in hashes, pies, and other rechauffe dishes. All game should be rare, if you do not like it cooked in this way it h much better to buy poultry, veal and lamb, which are not injured by ling overdone. No stuEag id allowaKr. IT-'f an onion is generally put inside the ,u:r'r wild birds while t!:ey are roasting and re moved when the bird is served. Two tablesioonfuls of chopped onion and half a cup of chopped celery are put in the body of canvasbock and redhead ducks. The breast of the wild duck is the only part eaten. Any duck, wild or tame,is spoiled by being overcooked. Half au hour is the longest time any duck should lie roasted in a hot oven. Twenty minutes does a bird which is very rare, yet some epicures cook can vasback for only ten minutes, leaving the bird literally raw. SCRAri'LE. Scrape and clean thor oughly a hog's head, split In two, take out the eyes and brain, clean the ears, scald them with the bead, then scrape them well. Any rough pieces of pork that cannot be used in sausage may be reserved for scrappl. After the head is thoroughly scraped and cleaned put it on to boil in plenty of cold water and simmer gently lor four hours, or until the bones will l;p readily from the meat; when don; lift the head carefully remove the bones and chop the meat One. Skim all the grease from the li quor In which it was boiled, and return the chopped me:;t, Seasoa highly with salt and pepi r, and if you like it. a tablespoonful of powdered sage .Now. with a wooden paddle, stir constantly. adding slowiy tuUiuinit corumeal to make the ecrapple the consistency ot soft mush. Cook slowly one hour, watching carefully, as it scorches quickly. When doue pour into pans and put in a cold p'ace to cooL This is the recipe that most farmers ue,and is very nice, although if you can pro cure it, wheat middlings, in the place of cornmeal. make the scrapple decid edly more delicate. Braised Beef. Lay a piece of beef fillet, weighing about five pounds, into a broad pot. A he Done, which should have been removed by the but cher, save for to-morrow's soup. Scat ter sliced onion ever the beef, salt slightly, and should you have any good gravy of any kind, add this to the cup ful of boiling water you will pour over the beef. Cover tightly, and cook slowly for an hour and a half. attCing boiling water should the gravy sink too low. When done dredge with flour. set in a hot oven, aud as the flour browns, baste with butter to glaz?. It should not remain longer than ten min utes in the oven. Strain the gravy, let it cool, and take on the top fat. l'ut it in a saucepan with a little browned flour and a tabiespoonful of catchup, bod a few minutes until thickened, pour a few spoonfuls over the meat, and the rest serve In the gravy-boat. The deep red ro.e promises to be the accepted flower for ornamental pur poses during the season now so rapidly advancing. There ayain we accept an imported fad;" the .crimson rose is seen in profusion on the English dining tables and in the Kuglish drawing rooms. It is making a virtue of neces sity, for the British florists acknowl edge with chagrin, that owing.perhaps, to some change in the soil, the pure white rose is rapidly dying out. The florist states that a single bush that has supplied him annually with superb cream-white blossoms suddenly puts out equally One red roses. Nature.this season, favors the brunette. Citron FkeseryeaTo every pound of citron use.three quarters of a pound of sugar, put water enough to the su gar to make a nice syrup, and put in a few whole cloves and a little ginger root; pare the citron, slice, pick out the steds, put into the syrup aud cook until tender, which will take four or five hours, cook slowly; if the citron gets cooked before the syrup is thick enough take it out, putting it back into the srup when thick, to beat through. This will keep without canning. Browned Potatoes. Boil large potatoes iu uieir EKins. 1 eei mem aud when you uncover the beef to brown lay the potatoes in the dripping ran about the meat. Dredge and baste inetn as well as the beer, let them etav a few minutes longer. Dram in a hot colander, and lay neatly arouud the beer. Fried Arri.Es and Hicnv rvir and slice round, without paring, feme tart, well flavored apples. Cut into mm slices some iumanngs or excellent tuuvin or rmrlr and frv in rhlr r.. almost to crlspness. Take out the meat asu Keep nos wnue you try the apples in thn fMt. Iftft in Thn nun - r.i.. C j. C H V.L 1" sugar to taste. Drain, and lay upjn iue suces or meau Sr-ONOE Tuddinq. One cup of su gar, one cup of flour, one halt cup of milk, two eggs, a small piece of butter, one spoonful of baking powder; bake in two layers. Sacce One half cup or sugar, two eggs, one cup or boiling wate.-, small piece of butter, flavor to taste. Boll in a dish set in hot water, thickened with flour or cornstarch, and tptead between the layers. Then take the white of ene ecg, add sugar suffi cient for soft frosting, bea;, spread on top, and return to the oven to brown. Api-le Fritters. Make a batter of the yolks of three eggs well beaten one gill of milk, four heaping teaspoon! ruls of flour and a saltspoonf ul of salt well mixed. The apples, which have ceea peeled, cored and cut In round s!ice3, are dipped in this batter and fried a delicate brown In boiling fat. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. Cotton manufactured Into duck Is being successfully introduced as a roofing material. Aside from its cheap ness it possesses the advantage of light ness as compared with shingles or slate it effectually excludes water, and It is said to be a non-conductor ot beat. Tlie use ot the hypodermic needle. Instead ot the lancet, in the process of inoculation, has been discussed by the Academy of Medicine of Franca, with conclusions favorable to the former, on behalf of which it is urged that a per fect postule is obtained without gen eral eruption, while a comparatively minute quantity of the matter pro duces the desired result. The New Mexican lletiew announces the remarkable discovery or a vein of natural coke at Los Cerrillos by a Las Vegas man named Smart, who is em ployed in the Ceirilloa coal fields as the Siiieriulendent or a Las Vegas 011 ating company. The vein of coke is three feet thick, and lies between a stratum of bituminous and anthracite coal. Tte coke has the appearance of a manufactured article, and burns with a clear, bright light. It has been tried in furnaces as being better. If anything, than the coke made In oven?. The theory of the phenomenon is. that the vein was originally coal, and was brought to a white heat at the big up heaval hundreds of years ago. Water coming in contact with the bed of burning bitume cooled it off and turned It into coke of the finest quality. This is another wonder of the Western World that has just come to the knowledge of the people. It may truly be said, that in every week of the year, some new source of weal th has been discovered on the great western side of the continent, and there 13 no prospect that a limit to these discov eries will be reached in a century. Hitherto the principal supply Ot malachite, which is largely used in Europe for mantle-pieces, pedestals and similar decorative purposes, has been obtained from Eussia; but it is equally rich and abundant in New South Wales, where its color ranges from pale emerald to deep green, the vaiioi;8 layers often possessing diffe-r-euS shades of eclor, and forming a most beautiful and valuable stone for ornamental and inlaying purposes. Crystals are occasion illy met with, aud sometimes of large size; these from the Cobar mines aie particularly beautirul. The siiky lustre Is often very remarkable, the capillary crystals being sometimes several incues long; and compacted together into fibrous bundles. It is found in most of the upper workings of New South Wales copper mines, as in the Bathuibt dis trict, with chlorite, vitreous, yellow and other copper ores. Ej:ierimcnls have for some time been made in Belgium for preserving wood by exhausting the air from the pores and filling them with liquid gutta percha. The gutta-percha is liquefied by mixing it with paraffine and sub jecting to heat. After it is introduced into the pores it hardens as it becomes cold. The use of mullein as a palliative for the cough of phthisis seems to bo meet ing with favor in various quarters. The customary foi ui ot administration lias been a decoction of the plant in milk. More recently, the stroking of the leaves has been recommended as a more acreeable and e Elective mode of admin istration. Sir." said a countryman to the late Dr. lMyson. whom lie met coming out of the college, "can you tell me where I can find Mr. Lehowi;?" Y'es," said the doctor. "Do you see the building before you? Then crucify the quadrancle, and take the diameter of the plot beyond it, enter the opening before you and ascend the Iigneout grades, turn to your left, and you will find him either peripatoutlng in his cubicle, or dominating In his lectuary, perlscopating through his fen estra." "And pray, sir, what is the fenestra? "It is an orifice 111 an edifice to admit luminous particles." Thank you," taid the countryman. "What news to-day?" said a mer chant to his friend lately. "What news?" replied the other, "Nothing, only things grow better people are getting on their legs again." "On their legs?" said the first. "I don't see how you can make that out." "Why, yes," replied the other, "folks that used to ride are obliged to walk now. Is not that getting on their legs again?" Jtnks Well, old man, how do you like your new lodgings? Bynks The room3 are nice enough, but the attendance is something horri ble. Why. this morning the servant girl left me a towel that was so wet that I washed on it -ul dried myself In the water! Husband (realm new.pao) The American brewers represent 3000 brew eries with an annual capacity of 18, 000,000 barrels. Wife Is that so? They must be awful hard drinkers to hold so much. JcELE3. One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three e?gs, one teaspoon f ul of soda, two of best cream of tartar, use half a cup of warm water to dis solve the soda, flavor with vanilla or lemon, thicken with flour and roll out thin. Flour of sulphur has proved to be an efficient preventive agaiust the ravages ot carpet bugs or buffalo moths. The Excitement Not Over- The rush on the druggist still continues and daily scores of people call for a bottle of Kemp' l'.iibam fur the Throat and Lungs for tho cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis and Cousumpiion. Kemp's Balsam, the standard family reme dy, is sold on a guarantee and never fails to give entire luiisfaction. l'rice 50c and f L Trial size free. The correct length for the Tosca stick is to the top of the shoulder. Consumption, Scrofula, General Debility, AVastino Diseases op Cuil DBEX, Chronic Coughs and Bronchitis, can only bo cured by the use of Scott's Emulsion of Ture Cod Liver Oil with Ilypophos puites. Prominent physicians use it and testify to its great value. Please read the following : "I used Scott's Emnlsion for an obstinate Cough with Hemorrhage. Loss or Appetite, Emaciation, Sleepless ness, &c All of these have now left, and I believe your Emulsion has saved a case of well developed Consumption." T. J. FlNDLEY, M. D.,Loue Star, Texas. Coal ashes are excellent on the walk way and paths, and assist in harden ing the soil. There Is more experience, time, and bra n work represent-! In tiie preparation of IIoou's ara.panria than la any other medicine, it Is this nhich nukes Iiood' ifarsapunila peculiar la Its carauve pawer, and In the remarkable cores n effects. Give It a trial. Damaged or small heads of cabbage can be advantageously used by giving them to the laying hens. ICupf ure eurcgnnranleed ly Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St., l'hll'a, Base at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou sands of cures after others fall, advice free, send for circular. Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, was founded by Ashur about 2245 B. C. F ITS : AH Fits stopped tree ty Dr. Kline's Gteat Nerve ltestorer. No Kits afierOrst day's use. Mar velous cures. Treatise and I2.U0 trial ooule free to incases, bend to Dr.Kline.S3l Area St. fuUa.,fa. l'rinting In raised or embossed letters was begun at Paris by Ilauy, in 1780. A Radlrml Tare far Epileptic Fli. To the Editor Please inform your realtors that I hve a positive remedy for the above named disease which I warrant to cure the vorst cases. strong is my faith in its vir tues that I will send fieea rample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer w ho will irivsi nie liia P. O. aud Express address. Kesp'y. U.U. HOOT. iL C , W Peaxl it- New York. The Prussian blue dye was discovered by Dlofcbach, at Berlin in 1710. Precise. Alpbouse dePerlot You say ycu are superstitious, liis Ou h ington, but would yoa dare to b mar ried on Friday? Mis? fJushington Whatl Next Fri day? Why, dear Alphonse, you are so sudden and so unconventional. "You quite misunderstand me. j protest 1 didn't propose "That's all right, Alphonse, you did not propose as they usually do, but I like It just the same. Yes, dear, it shall be Friday." Alphonse swoons. What Made Her Mad. "1 think that Mr. Smith is just as hateful as he can be!" said one pretty girl to btr dearest friend the other day. "Why, what's the matter?" asked the other, in surprise. 'I thought he wa3 very attentive to you at t!ie party last night." "Yes," said the first pretty girl, spitefully, "that '5 just what's the mat ter. We were out In the conservatory together, and nobody else was around. He bad been just as pleasant and enter taining as mau could be, and really 1 couldn't help thinking what a hand some fellow he was. It was real co.-y and dark out there and we were all alone, as I said before aud be was sitting just as close and and " "And he kissed you?" the other in terrupted, eagerly. "Xn," was the reply, "tho mean hor rid thing! He diiu't.r" Rheumatism Accordinz to recent investigations, is came l l7 excess of lactic acid in the blood. This nnd at tacks the fll rous tissues, purl i'.u'.uriy in t!ic Join's, and cau&ca the !ocal niiiusle.-utioiisof Hie di-ease, pa ns : nd aches In the back nnd liou:durs. aad In the Joints at the knees, ankles, hlp an I wrisis. Thousands of people have found In HK;rs Sarsa Farilla a positive and permanent cuie for rheu matism. This nicdtcine.br Us punfjins and v.tal izn e action, ncut:a:izcs the acidity of the b'.'wl, and alt'o builds up ur.d strcuxtlii'ti the whole bodj. lie sore to set Hood's Sarsaparilla Soldbjalldrui5T.su. $1; six for IT-pire 1 on'.y by C L llooo & f:o.. Apothecaries, L jweli, Man. IOO Iost One lo!lar EosiETiiixo Else. Diner (to slow waiter.) Some roast beef, well done, potatoes and a glass of milk. Waiter Y'es, sir; anything else, sir? 'Yes; I'd like it this afternoon." Docs tlio i:arll Itratly Move? Scii-uce says that it does, hut v;a cannot help vonderinjr oi:ictltuts if-there isn't souift mistake :il out it, witeu v.e see bow stubbornly certiim old fogies cling to tbir musij and aiiliqtmtctl idt-as. It was be acv. d or.ee that consumption was incur abf, and although it bus been dearly de monstrated that It is nor, thousands ot oV. time physicians close their eres and ptit 111- ir Lands to their ars and reltisn to abumb n the theory. Hut for a l that the solid moves on. and lr. Pierce's GoMen Medical Discjvery continues to rescue sul lerers lroin consumptives' graves. It is a sure enre lor this dreaded disease, if taken in time. All scrofulous diseases and con sumption is included in this list yield to it. Edelweiss, with a diamond dew drop, is one of the novelties in hairpins. rorgatory Uulletn." An excited lrishm-jn lately rushed into a lkjston drugstore, bavins a '"broker-up" appearance gentrally. "lie jabbers I" he yelled: "1'tu all wronj; etitolrely. 1 want some shtufi'to straighten me our. Some o tbim 'Purgatory liulietV will tix me, I'm tbinkin'. What d'ye tax for thim MVhatdo you mean?" asked the clerk. 'Purgatory Bullets,' sor, or somethiu' loike that, they call thim," replied the man. "Shure, I'm in purgatory already, with headache, and liver com;laiutv aud bad stomach, aud the divil knows what all." The clerk passed out a vial of JJr. l'ierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, and Pat went oil' contented. These little Pel lets care all derangements of liver, stom ach and bovrels. Sucnr-coated, little larger than mustard seeds, and pleasant to take. Uruguists. Heartbreaking. Street girl Please look at this ring and tell me whether the diamonds are paste or not. Jeweler Those are genuine dia monds. -Really?" "It is ind ed. Miss, and very rare ones. They cost a good deal of money. Oh, dearl And I wouldn't promise to be anything but a sister to him, and now, bool hoo! he's gone." Snail Women lie Allowed to Vote The question of female snffrapo has agi tated the tongue and pen of ri-tormrrs fur many years, and good arguments have been adduced for aud a-aint it. Many of the solti-r sex could vote intelligently, and many would vote as their husbands did, and give no thought to the merits of a po litical issue. They would all vote for l)r. l'ierce's Favorite Piesenption, for they know it is a boon to their sex. It is tiu eqnaled for the cure of leucorrhea. abnor mal discharges, morning sickness, aud the countless ills to which women are stil ji-ct. It is the only remedy for woman's peculiar weaknesses and ailttietits, soid by drug gists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfac tion in every case, or money will bo re funded. See guarantee on wrapper around Lottie. 'I don't ask for much, ma'am," said the jaded tourist, humbly, "but if you can give me only a piece of bread.' "Bread 1" stirieked the lady, raising her hands in honor. "Only a p:ece of bread 1 I can give jou some saddle rock oysters, roast turkey with cran berry sauce, and a glass or champagne, and if that isn't good enough for you, sir, you can go n to the next house. Do you take me for a millionaire?" An old farmer found himself by chance in a London eittlng house one day. The waiter asked him what lie would take. Hodge didn't know. "Shall I bring you a bill of fare, sir?' "Well," said the rarmer, "I'd as lief have a plate o' that as of anything." Throw all your soapsuds now on your asparagus beds. The effects will be marked in the early spring. A bull can be made to work la the yoke. It wiir render him more ser viceable as well as prevent ferocity. Catarrh Cared. A clenrvman, after years of sufTerlnff from that loathsome disease, t'ntarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a preserirtion which completely cured and sav-d him from death. Any sufferer from this dread, ful disease sending a self-nddrcssed stamped envelope to Prof. .1. A. Iji-wrence, 88 "Wanea feu, N. Vn will receive the recipe f rev of tUargo. Eggs will easily keep well at this season if placed wlierethe temperature Is between 40 and 5j above zero. Kotlilnj Cares Drop.y, Ciravel, ISrlgHt-, Heart, Diabates, Urinary, Liver Diseases. Nervoosaeji. C like Canu s Kidney Cure, offlue. 8ji Arc : i M., r-uila. 11 a bottle, e for sy At Druggists. Cures Uie worst easei Cure naraatei 1. iriu The latest winter fancy prescribes monkey and ostrich-feather boas. A S2.50 PAPER FOR ONLY $1.75 ruuK BaEtifVZJZ SSL"i? ? - W t . m a - wPin aag wureg A,,, . "w.iw u ovtcu.. It I HE YnllTUlO P..n. ruatt menturn this publication. Aaarcw YOUTHS COMPANION, 45Temnft Place. Boston, MafjJ I SBMWaMsMBBWslsBBSBTsTastSsTto"" "THE ONLY Durable jv Economical Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all others in Strength, Turity and Fastness. None others arc just as good. Beware of imitations they arc made of cheap and inferior materials and give poor, weak, croclcy colors. 35 colors ; 10 cents each. Tend postal for Dye Poole, Sample Card, directions far coloring Photos., malting the finest Ink or tfluinj (10 cts. a quart), etc. Sold bjr Druggists or by WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO.. Burlington, Vt. for Gilding or Llronzinc Fancy Articles, USB DIAMOND PAINTS. Cold, Silver, Bronze, Copper. Only to Cents. Th- FTSH KKASD 6XTCK ER I ,Trmi 3 ,. in lh hard? Mom. Tim Bw ro'fwi l.ai i'. ". Youno Himself O.nce Broad Etroet dame (waking from bIimp as the clock strikes 11 y. m.) Mercy me! Have you been down s tairs readme all this time? Husband I've been sitting in the back parlor waiting for that young man to leave. "Uemember, my dear, that you were youiia once yourself." "I remember. That's why I watch I him." Tur: night editor of a Nova Scotia journal wrote the following head-line to one of hisrable dispatches: "The Eritish Lion Shaking his Mane.' He was unable to eat bit breakfast next morning when he found the print er's version of the matter staring him in the face thus: "The British Lion Skating In Maine." Ketali atiox. Slie I always give these litlle cakes to my friends. They are my own making. lie (after eating) Won't you please give me a few more of them. M'ss Foodcook, to tttke Lome? "Y'es, Indeed. I suppose you are go ing to give them to your friends?" "I am coing to fjve some to Jack Fcssyman," "Why, I thought you and ho were at SAordspoint." "So we are." A Trifle Fkei'tical. M:ntster Well, Bobby, what did you learn at school to-day? Bobby 1 learned that the world ii round, and turns on hinges like that globe In the parlor. "Well, what do you think of that?" "I think they're asking me to believe a good deal for a small boy." A GEXTLEMAX who has recently taken up French, and who loses no op portunity of airing the little knowledge be has thus far acquired of that lau gu ice by translating and pronouncing such words and phrases as his fiietids might encounter in his presence, tas thus addressed by an acquaintance: "If you only knew as much English as you do French, wliat a success you would bel" Jones I am a man who always s:-v wl;at I think of people. Smith You are? Well, if every body else was that way what a hauling over you would get. Eruption or tlie Sklo Cured. Bikk bville, Ontario, Canada, Uc-ceniDer '1, 1S85. I have us?l I'iiandketii's Pills for tlie past fifteen j rars, aud think them the best cathartic and anti-bilious remedy known. For souio five jcirs I suffered with an eruption of the i-kiu that cave iue great pain and annoyance I tried diflor.ut blood remedies, but, alihouth paining strength, the itching was unrelieved. I finally concluded to take a thorough course of KltAMJEETH'S Pills. I took six each uifiht for four nights, then five, four, three, two, lessening each liuio liy one, and then for one month took one every nlghr, with the happy result that now my skin is per fectly clear and has been so ever since. 1-I. YKNNEf. Thero are 00.0J0 women farmers in Ireland. Frarcr Azletiroasa. Don't work your horses to death with poor axle grease; tl.e Frazer is the ouly re liable make. Use it once, and you will have no other. Some new bracelets are adorned with various insects fet in diamonds ard rubie?. Ely's Creaiii Halm IS SURE TO CURE oi.i in ni:i. yllCKI.Y. A pply Calm Into each nortrll. I I V I ll( S. t Warrm t N. V Plw's TtrmMy for Catarrh Is th J- l, x-artiesi iu Lae. aim t-DeapesL Sold hy dmcclsta or wnt bjr matt uOu. K. T. UazelUiw, Warren. Pa. REASE. lVt In th World. Mvlonnlrhrthr PVu.rT .. .,....- UirCu. at cnicatfu. N. Y. & St.Lula. fioIdrxrvfcr GAHrOEIlIA 0AOI. AISI a.a TitrrFtAirr; JU.W aeres in any atao tracla. JuM tlio tlactor PATENTS ffiiifflioRsi SOLDIERS i-Wb Home ;.r'-r thorr.uKfci" "Z;'ci WftxYf' lyr,r-r- f- JJreWLrir Kaf..rv It-... si "r,ts wu a'MU7 r1AY-rVERf ?A mm UO. ll.Ui-. Midi. USMWtB onpUM Comp.ni.t.'S'im .SJi&f.Vr1'"'' ' " FREE TO JAN. 1, 1889, HOLIDAY NUMBERS prerrou.nKr!?,.r.,n8-Chrl,tnr,a.-New v. ai,tur, luuitrat.a S ketch,; i. " L,w" .! I" 8lx Srrlal Ptoriea. Paine si CLERY 1 COHPQUMh CURES Neuralgia pound Cutc4 1 Nervous Prostration Alter lies f ""Ini , , . - ri'i , " Rheumatism Kidney Diseases All Liver Disorders Ihi" MY 2.CI Sou f i -- r"'" tpk if GRATEFUL-COMFORT, ' I as "v k9 BREAKFAST. !..n. jrifl l.y . .-nr. r lT-L.ri,',,'i.';'--i 'TO .. tle if m-llwlfN txl (.-. .' cur brrst tutu n.y l- r.,i ' "A"1'--" j,. ri.,,ai,dVfe;.'r's? tnmirh In Ittark wLe;ivfr 11,.... I T ''-0r, awr-an manv a ft t '! 'r i.' '":- .tfS fortiflWl with pun Lk-ti V Tne trwr-it.Hl sir Man alnip'r wiin toti'T-vH. idr in h.if ,,, nnVtr;-"' n JAM fc ErPKA it.; i-fui".' n. Ir,,,."'"' 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G.-eal Eno'iW" Rhfiimitic nw ... j. . . r.ii Oval Ka. ;iTftrfcor.en.! rnVt"n-r PEERLESS DIES tS.' anttohriTaori' I rArtMS I crww ai.'.n ' . f;fa!Wfc'- and aauu.loi lJ. nninaa msrr raianT Jam I PIOM 81B1T rSTBSSutW I IrratniADt. Inal r rae. noun r II if mn nr. Rrmr-ll 'o., l-a f PR0f?r I lts l fiflftA si U w W U 1 1 w4 TITS v j3r Car la T3 VA CsncMnpftUXyW - KIDUtK 8 HA8TIIU8. i I SPECIAL OFFER ..nf-DC. TO NEW SU5SCKIBC-. Illustrated WEEKLY. Supplements f 1 Year's-Ea.ter ' . tiiaralri I ISO Minn rlorira. I' ' v. . I & VOL ous friends In t contributed in r red thousand d legal struggle TDK militia has been increa Inir the year, ar. lour States and ' active militia su: to receive orJm tera' stores fro: There are Ark. and Utah. TlIB-KK were Uie army last je cent of tlie who!, report cf Uc: would seem to i: military service aevere puiiislnur lot more recruit. Botii Mini.e lmiorta!it disco1 confirmed, luuy tbe Nertliwest than it lias air in large qu.intit suptileniftit tl.o ture, wliicti lias of Minnesota a: States of lak growiu? comuiti Okkk iai. n-t last eVction l.a 29 States. w!i: pojnilar vo'.o f Closely divi.lt-1, rality for t'if-v.-i Tlie l'rululiit o' polled m.lk I v buted. Tin- 1 lOO.tMAI votes, the two States. No t -i.k T.e called tliaii ili started tin' tire mine at 11. pen the bell ro;e t given, anl 1 pipe. St-oi es cf and it was c more than :x lluuii.ii intern, form of t'uuLs!. A LOCO M'T ley Road Is sai it has been iu tad on the eve ft coal train an . - . : way of looki There Is no su railroad, but t jarelesst.e is, ftnd Solii- !ie Jown as tlie r; lo-called 111 lu A .1 c it v Ulatid, l.a-" le ft coursln,; tit; klllinc rabl.it- to auima'.s. Ihey aie to 1 killed more ex in one of t'.e liilled 17 see n Uie cruelty co: merely for s; Englaiid, tl." -What u b.-a ftnd k ill Kou.v! 11 HUM K, tor. In f 'liicn sent to the -, years at a k other Anarch Du orgat.: i..' tiiteniti to r ft hard uialt-i they coinii. :t wor li wt.:!e : theui and t: ' Uort unity. '1 another lla cannot b re any uutiibt-r t Kin i;ai seaBhoie a ti ult. flf i Imens of va seldom foun turbance of been wldesj.! away from lies, leaving mud banks btar fishes, scarce as to the New J. up in grea beach at Se were picked Inch to t 'eijgth. This totnati is t. I.d are not tl liOf iwgln to pockets. k' le less fort una lve pie thy dlli; a tec eut K galbe test a-aid In (ood pi the lati. much of lously. the fr In pleas ui le ward. I. A in. K a ew York InUhed, th uated that lou will l.a 'upi.ly will This Is th ineer of tL