" " - VN w 1L. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Athes an a Fertilizer. Unleached wood ashes contain all the constituents of plant food that the ordinary or worn out soil needs, except nitrogen. By their chemical action, tbey render much of ihe inert nitrogen in soils available, and in that way may be said to furnish nitrogen. This is true ? of lime, and on this power of making nitrogen available, the greatest value of lime, when applied as a fertilizer, depends. Ashes also have a good mectian ical effect upon the soil, especially heavy clay soils, which are mile lighter and more porous, so that air and water circulate more freely. Ashes do not suffer waste by being washed out, to the extent ihat is true of the more soluble and concentrated fertilizers sold in the markets?their effects are therefore more lasting. I'aclting Fruit in Krai:. Using wheat bran for packing tender specimens of fruit, to prevent bruising, lias been long practiced, but an improvement b?.s been made by which, in addition to this protection, the fruit is preserved from decay. The bran is slightly charred by a patented process. "We are informed that delicate Califor* or?/1 rvlnma TiQVA T1 fill! 8 i?i Ui IJLIare of the largest s:z9 and deepest color, some sort being or the richest violet-purple, othfrs are beautifully veined, and one cvrious kind is crimson with a broad margin of green. Petunia seed nay be rovu either in the open ground or earlier in a frame or in boxes in the house. When the plants are transplanted co the bed where they are to bloom, they should be set at least eighteen inches apart in order that they mav become fully developed. Verbenas are ranch used for beading, and tnose grown irorn seea usuruj give much better satisfaction than these from cuttings. This, because they are healthier and of stronger growth, flower more profusely, and are also quite fragrant, especially the light-colored sorts. The teed germinate slowly but surely, and it is best to get them started as eariy as possible. Cove: them about a quarter of an inch deep and take care to keep the soil moist and warm until they germinate, which will be in about two weeks from sowing. It is a common mistake to set verbena plants too thickly in the beds, especially seedlings, which should have at least two leet oi space, or even more if the soil is rich, as it should be to produce an abundance of fine flowers.?Farm and Garden. Spavin. A. fnlly developed spavin had better be left alone, as in such a case nothing can be rained by treatment. When the ailment is discovered early, or treatment is begun before any material disorganization has taken place, success may attend the treatment and a stop put :ts progress. There is no positive cure Tor spavin ; that is, the horse can never be made sound again. All th*t may be accomplished by any method of treatment consists in a cessation of lameness; but to all intents and purposes the horse remains spavined; for the uaiiy of the small bones, result ing from rhe disease, can never again be ~ dissolved. Vprions remedies are employed for tlit-. purpose of alleviating the condition, among which is the application of blisters, setons and the hot iron. The insertion of one or two tape ?setons along the inner side of the diseased hock joint is sometimes followed by better result i than either blistering or firing. But great care is necessary in the application of setons at that place, lest the joint should accidentally be pnnctureU by the seton needle. If ? - * ~ y?Q"tr y&ma'.r> ir> CSC tV/US 2?1~C? UOCVl mixzj uiaj ?.** s ;rted during, a month. Sometimes a repetition of blisters may be sufficient, such as ointment of Spanish fly, one part of the pondered Spanish fly mixed with four parts of hog's lard, and to which is added a little oil of turpentine; or an ointment made of one part of biniodide of mercury ^ith twelve pircs of hog's lard. If firing is resorted to blisters may be applied simultaneously? that is, immediately thereafter -and should then be applied to a large sur4ace. When a blister is applied the ^ ' tail should be tied up dTiring the day of _ blistering. Generally the bony enlargement of spavin will remain after any method of treatment, as well as more or less stifiness of the hock joint, in consequence of the permanent nnity of two or more of the bones of which the joint is composed.?Prairie Fanner. Itaiberry and : tra wherry Culture. A correspondent in the Farm avd Fireside says: In reply to yonr inquiry in regard to the best methods of culture of the small fruits named, and whether it is best to set the plants this fall or - next spring, our experience j astmes us in saving that fail planting is much the best and will increase the yield of the strawberry crop quite materially, but ?*r ill- not- -that of the raspberry, as the plants must first have one month's growth. Whether the land i3 in sod or not manured heavily, plow deeply, harrow thoroughly and let the land lie fallow. By tlltt middle of October cross plow lightly and furrow out?letting the rows be six feet apart one way and three feet the other. For blackberries - * ? ^ let tue rows dc seven upaiu ajj. each crossing fet a blackberry cr red raspberry plant, setting tbem about as deep as they stood before tiiey were taken from the nursery. The "tip" of tbe black raspberry plants are usually set. Let the crown?that is, where the stem leaves the mass of fine roots?be ^?gcTtw? inches below the general level of tbe surface soil. Just before winter sets in throw a shovelful of well rotted n; mure over each lull. Cultivate frequent ly the next season. One row of early ro*e or other early maturing varieties of potatoes can be grown midway l>et ween the rows of raspberries or blackberries. About, ihe time the potatoes are ready to dig, cut or pinch back the tops of the plants to a uniform height oi t.?oandaha!f feet. After the potato crop is removed top dress heavily with well rotted manure,cultivate thoronghlv and sow turnip seed broadcast. If practicable mulch the plants just before winter with some well rotted manure and use the turnip tops alone. As to the strawberry plants set them in regufWrco a half feet ar>art and AC?l XV ?- ? , _-x_ _ . one foot apart in the row. This is for field cn]tnre. Set the plants at any time from tiie middle of August to the middle of October. When winter sets in half conceal the plants with wheat straw or corn stalks, which may be gathered up where the fodder is used foi feeding stock. There is less danger oi injuring the plants if the corn stalks oi sorghum bagasse is used instead ol straw. Plants ara frequently smothered > by applying too much straw, but this "vldom happens where the corn stalks or bagasto is used. Floorinj* fur I'ocltrv IIoumfk. In the construction of poultry-houses, tho flooring is an important item. Th< health and comfort of the fowls shoulc be considered, without which the build ings as well as the fowls, prove profit ies?s. There are various materials ir ^ ? nse, such as wood, cement, bricks, as phaltum, etc. The first mentioned is objectionable, on account of its tendency to absorb noxious odors of the droppings, thas producing a disagreeable aDd unhealthy stench. Where the building is inclosed, ei ther with or without the aid of the dirt-et rays of the sun, dampness will uri-e Miid the stench js k:. t ~ ! I intolerable. A liberal sprinkling of; i wood ashes, or, what is better, air- i ! slaked lime, will correct much of this. 1 Coal ashes are not so good. When they i once become thoroughly damp, they ! never dry off, but form a sort of cement ; or plaster that with the accumulation of the droppings, becomes slippery and : disagreeable, especially in winter. So long as the droppings freeze up solid and remain so, it is well enough ; but : if the building has a southern exposure j of glass, this is not the case. During the winter there will be few days when the inside temperature at midday does , not rise to thirty-four degrees, even ! when the mercury outside will range about zero. Cement v, ill do very well if frequently i (- If-ar'p*; off. but the best material :hnt 11 have jet come aTO?s is pavement of ! cobble stones, deeply imbedded in gravel, and loose earth scattered over | the top, which may be intermixed with : an absorbent which is easily swept up j with a stable broom and frequently re! moved. This I have found the very j best flooring for all purposes. The accumulations are quickly and easily re; moved, and a fresh absorbent added as I often as necessary. In the corners of i the apartment, where the droppings do ! not accumulate, will be found fine ; places for the fowls to wallow, which ! appears to be necessary to the growth | and thrift of the fowl:?. Aquatic fowls j cleanse themselves with water, and | ifinn. Dims uu il wiui u.ucu? xoaczc 1 should be sufficient drainage in and around the building to remove the surj face water that is oftentimes troublesome in late winter and spring, during . sudden thaws. Dampness is a pretty i sure precursor of roup, in its very worst ; and incurable stage, for it runs into canker and eating sores that may for a | time disappear, and to all appearance j be cured, but will break out again. The flooring of the poultry house is 1 the most essential part, since this i breeds disease and death when in a ; filthy condition, and it behooves the keeper to look well to it. The birds themselves are helpless, and must suffer if not cared for. First remove the j droppings, then sprinkle liberally some | dry absorbent, after which there may be ' scattered once or twice some drying material, that will hold the stench and ; moisture. Food should never be | thrown on the floor, where they snatch | it up hastily, thus swallowing much I unwholesome filth, but regular feed J boxes should be provided, and the fowls ! be well supplied, that they may eat at I lpisnrp. Mrreli darnaare is done by long j fasting, and then feeding hastily. A i supply of 'water should always be at I hand, but the vessel should net overi flow sufficient to cause a dampness | about where they stand. If constant humidity pervades the i building, for which there is no escape, i it causes disease. To this effect venti| lators are frequently attached, but if not I well situated, often do more injury than | good by causing a draft. Fowls naturI ally seek the ground, and do much better whep using a ground fioor, but it should be raised above the surface, and have sufficient drainage. Stones collect dampness, but there should be an I aosoroeiit to ilOUl It. .a.JLir-?.lu.Acu uuic ! is the very best loose material that can ! be fornd for this purpose. The roost: ing poles should have a scaffold underj neath to catch the droppings, which, if j daily removed, renders the cleaning of j the floor quite easy. ? C. B., in Country J Gentleman. Household Hints. Green tea will revive rusty black lace I and render it as good as new. | It is said that a few cloves, scattered on buttery shelves, ana occasionally renewed, will drive away ants. Tarnished gold embroidery may be j cleaned with a brush dipped in burned j and pulverized reek alum. j It is a good idea to have a dish of sliced lemons for any kind of fish, and I especially for those broiled or fried, j Crackers, which have been kept in the ' house some time and have become soft, | may be freshened by leaving them in a I hot oven for a few minutes. XecJDts. A Breakfast Dish.?Remove llie skins from a dozen tomatoes ; cut them up in a saucepan; add a little butter, : pepper and salt; when sufficiently j boiled, beat up five or six eggs, and ] just before you serve turn them into ! the saucepan "with the tomatoes and stir j one way for two minutes, allowing them time to be done thoroughly. To Cook Eice. ?One of the best ways to o'ook rice is to steam it; best because it is no trouble ; all that is needed is to be sure to put in plenty of water. If you j wish for rice pudding and have not planned for it hours before by cooiung the rice in ihis way, you can have it in a surprisingly short time. One cup of rice will make croquettes and pudding enough tor a family of lour. Baked Tomatoes, (Southern mode.)? . Prepare the tomatoes the same as for I stewing; put in a deep dish; mis j through the tomatoes plenty of bread I crumbs or relied cracker, plenty of but! ter; pepper and salt to taste; have a ! thick layer of the cracker on top ; bake ! in a moderate oven until of a good ! brown. i Pat a ta Pr-ffs.?Take mashed oota I toes and make them into a paste, with I one or two eggs; roll it ont with a dust j of flour and cut round with a saucer : have ready some cold roast meat (an' ; kind), free from gristle and choppfd I fine, seasor^d with e?it, pepper, thyjie | or pickles cut up fine; piace then, on | ohe potato and fold it over like a puff, ! pinch or nick it neatly around and bake i for a few minutes. NicoDEMrs Pop-Corn.?rufc into an j iron kettle one tablespoonful of butter, I three of water and one teacupful of | white st)gar (pulverized is best); boil j until ready to candy; then throw in I three quarts of corn, nicely popped ; ! stir briskly until the candy is evenly j distributed over the corn ; set the ketj tie from the fire ; stir until it is cooled a little and you have each grain sep| arate and crystallized with the sugar; care should be taken not to have too j hot a fire, lest you scorch the corn when i crystallizing. Nuts of any kind pre! pared in this way are delicious. ?<_ A Touching Romanc?. A poor young girl came one day into j one of the bureaus of the Mont-de ! Piete of Puri3 to pawn a bundle of ' clothes upon which they gave her only j three francs. For fifteen consecutive i years she came regularly to pay the in; terest on this modest sum, amounting j to a few centimes, without having sufii' j cient cash to redeem the clothes. The ; administration, struck by the care that ! she took to preserve this little deposit 1 of clothing, sought information concern| ing her, and learned that working unj ceasingly at her miserable home in a ; poor little deu, this ouvrisrc in linen, | good and honest, was scarce able to j earn enough to supply her daily living, and that in spice of her roils and ; pains, she had never been able, in fifteen year's time, to raise the three francs i necessary to redeem her precious littli j bundle. There was evidently in the ' -3 ~ trAVrton cr\ j UUHUUUV Ut tLilo \>vuiau, o\> irtvv* . ! rious and so good, and } et beautiful, a | noble courage which took its source in I i noble sentiments. They requested her | to come before the administration of : the Mont-de-Piete, and there she was [ I asked to take away, without payment, 5 : the modest bundle of necessaries of i ! which she had been so long deprived. ; It then that they comprehended the j beautiful spirit of this unfortunate. i The little bundle was composed of a ! petticoat and a woman's ./Jc7; >i of some ; i cheap stuff. Scarcely war, it opened [ , when she took these things in both . j bands and covered them with kisses, . | melting into tears. This "sas all that t I was left to her by her poor mother who : had died fifteen years previously, and j in order to preserve these preciou.; relj ics, she had borne religiously her pious {tribute, as one goes to the cemetery to ; place flowers upon the tomb of a loved j one on the day of a funeral anniversary. j The President is a widower, but that's not saying he will always remain one. \ ' ~ * y [ |M | s' |,m THK HOME DOCTOR. i GUkikg fop. the Sick.?Art one who j Las been so sick as to require attention ' during the night, as well as through j the daj, soon learr.s what a great dif- j ference there is among night watchers. : Under the care of one person, the j patient will pass an uncomfortable j night, while in the care of another, the i night will be restful unci even pieasant. i In country places, especially, we are , liable to lie called upon at any time to i "sic up with" or to "watch" with a very j sick leighbor. This is a friendly office j which we should always be ready toper-' form. But few families can well bear ! the expense of a hired nurse, even where such is within resell, and even where one is employed, it is usually necessary that the care at night be j given by volunteers. One should always obey an invitation to watch with cheer- i fulness, as he cannot know how soon he i may need the Fame service himself, j There are a few general rules which j . should be observed by a'l who undertake the care of a very sick person? Always take a dressing-gown and slip-. pers or in warm weather a thin coat instead of the dressing-gown. In very j r< iroofno- ,vi nor <7o near the sick i person, until the clothing and hands are | properly wgrmed. A person who is j greatly prostrated, often has the senses j ; highly sensitive. The sense of smell,) for example, is sometimes so exalted j and acute as to notice odor3 that are j not perceptible to the well. I One of the important things for an ; . intending watcher is (if his daily occu- i pation is one that is likely to give a I marked odor to the clothing) to change ! ; throughont. Those who smoke should ; ! preserve the same precaution, as tne : odor of stale tobacco smoke is most dis; tressing to an invalid, even if he 1 smokes himself jjfcta^ing^ possession of the sick person for the" night, learn the hours for ad ministering ' medicine and food, and write them i ; down. It is seldom the case that a sick i j person should be roused from sleep to J ' take medicine ; but be sure and ascer-; I tain what directions havo been given by i : the physician in this respect, if the | ! patient is very ill never whisper in his j presence ; if anything is to be asked of | a member of the family, do it out of j j the room. Avoid all unnecessary mov- j | ing about, and all noise. If in winter, j and the coal fire has to be replenished, 1 prepare beforehand Xer this by taking 1 some old newspapers and doing up the I coal in parcels?do this outside of the I room, of course. A parcel or coal thus ! I done up can be placed in a stove or I ' grate without making any noise. So j where ice is to be given to the patient : let it be broken up beforehand, and : then, if ice is scarce and care must be i j taken to preserve i-, put it in a soup j | plate and cover it with another, then 1 place the plates between two feather; pillows, and it may be kept for a long j time. See that the heat from the tiro | ' does not fall unpleasantly upon the i patient, and take care that the lamp is j : properly shaded. In warm weather, | when the windows are open, be careful i of a sudden change daring the night, j i and see that 110 drafts fall upon the sick j | person. When medicine is to be given, ! ; always mtasure and prepare it out of the sight of the patient, so that he may not be thinking of it beforehand. When the watcher is a friend, the sick person i is often tempted to talk, and thus inj duce fatigue. If the arrangement of the room allows it. the attendant should | sit out of sight, but where he can hear I the least whisper. ; The Caiie of the Feet.?What a vast j amount of human suffering might be : prevented did parents properlv care for | the feet of their children, w e cto not I now refer to the matter of cleanliness, too often disregarded, but to those points which affect the development of I the feet, and directly concern the fu! ture comfort o: the individual. Fortuj nately the days in which the foot was : squeezed into the smallest possible ; shoe or boot, have gone by. But life? j long trouble may result from wearing 1 shoes that are too large. "When a shoe j fits badly, and there is with every step a i constant concussion of rubbing, the skin i thickens at that point. At first this : ; trouble may belong only to the surface j | skin or cuticle, but after a time the true j I skin is affected, and in some cases even ! the muscles may become involved, and j painfully diseased. These troubles, ! email owi wll ATI ! J larger and on the ball of the great toe, | "bunions," and on the heel, "Ribes." I All have the same origin, an undue, ! long continued local pressure, and are j ail of ti-e same nature, being an at; tprrmi to resist this pressure bv a thick XT j. v I ening and hardening of the skin, while j the parts below become exceedingly sensitive and painful. Corns of whati ever kind may result from a pressure of ! too tight a shoe, or the frequent rubI bing oi one that is too loose. Young people should always have well fitting j shoes, and if they wear woolen stock! ings all the time, they will be more j likely to escape corns than wilh cotton i ones. To rare corns, the first thing to be i done is to remove the cause; that is, J avcid the pressure. So long as the j irviiating pressure exists, application of ! plasters, etc., will be of little service. ! A different shoe, one that does not i touch and rub the part, will often effect a cure. A thick buck-skin, with a hole ; cut to admit the com, and distribute j the pressure to the surface around it j will often afford relief. In a corn, not i only is the skin unnaturally thick! ened, But the fiesh below is irritated ! and sensitive, hence any remedy must j first be directed to the removal of the : hardened skin, which may be done with } a razor, taking care always to not cut too deep. Some corns extend downward, like a peg, pressing upon the tissues below; these are excessively painful, and may give rise to serious nlcers. In every city and large town | there are skilled chiropodists, and where a respectable one is at hand, I it is better in such cases to con; suit him. But avoidance is better I than any of the many remedies, none of j which can be effective so long as the ] cause remains. Soft corns between the ; toes are often distressingly painful. These are also produced by undue pres! sure, or by friction due to badly fitting shoes; they are kept moist by perspij ration, and are usually very sensitive, i Thev are often cured ureirtrpTe^reafing : a plug of cotton wool between the toes, : which, by relieving the pressure, removes the cause, and the care takes place. Benefit is said to result from wetting the cotton with tincture of arnica, or iu spirits of turpentine, but : having found the cotton alone efhca: cious, we have not tried either. A corn upon the sole of the foot sometimes occurs. To c:-re this, wear a large shoe or boot in which is placed an insole of binder's board, thick pasteboard, in which is to bo cut a hole, | properly large juifc where the corn i touches. This distributes tlu weight | over the whole sole and relieves the pressure. Children, especially boys, often suffer greatly from chilblains. In their fondness for winter sports, especially skat mg, ciiuaren, it weir :oei are no- actually frozen, let theci get very cold. While the feet are very cold, they go suddenly to the fire and warm them The consequence is a derangement of the circulation in the feet, and a painful itching i nd burning, which are apt j to return whenever the feet become cool, and are afterwards warmed. In cases where the system is not in good condition, chilblains may become very troublesome and require the care cf a physician. It is said that- kerosene is very efficacious in relieving the pain from ordinary chilblains. "We have found relief in the use of a wash of one part of muriatic acid io seven parts of water, but that was before kerosene came into common use. The nails of the toes should be properly trimmed at frequent intervals. Young people are apt to overlook this, ; and by neglect the nails, upon great toes especially, get a curvature in-' i wards that may cause great trouble in J after life. Where the nails get this! curvature, a tendency of the edges to ! j curve inwards and to form a cylinder, 1 they cause one of the most painful af- j fections possible. This trouble often j results from too short a shoe, and al-! lowing the nail to grow too long. ' "Where the trouble is slight, the cutting of the nail deeper at the center than at the corners wili relieve it. If the nail is very thick and hard, it should be scraped in the center by means of a piece ox broken glass, and when thin I enongh, the corners may be lifted and a bit of cotton or lint put under each corner.?A qriculiuriit. THE GREAT COMET OF 18S1. I"uk:io\vn Heretofore, it will not Return for Thousands of Year*, if Ever?What Wan I.,earne?l of it. The great comet (Comet B, 1SS1) being now, except in telescopes, a thing cf the past, it may be ?ell to gather together the results obtained by different scientific men from their studies of it. Tho comet was seen by the naked eye in South America and Australia at least a month before it was observed here. It was then a much fainter object than when it had arrived at its perhelion, which "was about coincident with the date of its northern discovery. Good observatories exist at Rio Janeiro, Cordoba, in South America, and at Mel bourne and Sidney, in Australia. JLiie observations of it taken in these places, in its incipient stage, while not revealing anything new as regards its constitution or structure, have been valuable in deducing the form of its orbit and its identity with previous comets. The northern observations have been more varied and productive. ;ihe first of these was for the purpose of gaining data for a computation of its orbit. The results show that if it ever returns it will only be after the lapse of thousands of years. They also sbow that if it has ever been here before there is no record of it so well authenticated as to identify the two objects. Our comet maybe a fractional part of a still greater cornet which long ago was forced by some internal convulsion to shift for itself, and which has since folIntcrwl tlm nf if.s nn.rer;t throuffh space. The second class of observations were those going into the details of its physical appearance. They have shown that violent forces have been continnally acting within, and render the disruption theory probable. Great streams of luminous gas wonld issue from the nucleus. Envelopes would form themselves around it and be dissipated. The masses of haze surrounding it would show ever-changing shapes, and all appearances would indicate strong forces operating witliin its mass, which forces were stirred into life by approach to the sun and diminished by recession. The spectroscopic observations have given, in the words of "William Hng/-linc flia rr-aof T? n <-/! i c!l linflinvit.v in this 61U,;! J line of work, the following results : " Part of the light from comets is reflected solar light, and another part is light of their own. The spectrum of tlii3 light shows the presence in the comet of carbon, possibly in combination with hydrogen." The nuclens is probably solid, and reflects solar light, just as the moon does, while the stream! ers, the envelopes and the tails are masses of carbon or hydro-carbon gasses, ! emitisg light of their own. ! Besides, the proof of the fact that j cornels can be photographed, the results ! obtained by the camera in photographI ing the comet itself are not very valuable. But the photographs of the spectrum are of the highest utility, afford ! ir.g the means of leisurely and certainly j determining the position of the bright j lines and the character of the substances ; which produca thc-m, and enabling i spectroscopists to compare with one : another their charts. Such is a brief summary of results obtained from the productive comet. Xever was one more carefully observed or by better observers or instruments. ; Nothing new as to comets in general has been obtained, but old theories have been established and a mass of observations taken which someday will much assist in settling the still enigmatical question as to what the origin, nature, and purpose of comets are. lifJl.'i rencn JiaiiuiHi-utrc. E. P. Clark is employing about 10 hands and making about 4,000 lead pencils a day. He buys his cedar in i Florida, and it is received here in slabs of pencil length, of two thicknesses, one for tbe lead to go in, and the other to cover over it, as yon "will see by examining the end of any lead pencil. Four little grooves are sawed in the thicker sla js. for the leads, which are kept in hot glue and taken out one by one and inserted in the grooves. Then the thin | slab is glued to the leaded slab, and thus united they are run through a i molding machine, four pencils coming ! from each slab. After the ends are rasped by an invention of Mr. Clark, the pencils are run between grooved wheels, at considerable pressure, for the only finish they get. This burnishes them, and they are then tied in dozens, and boxed for sale, mostly in plain | woods, and of three degrees of hardness. ! Ticonderoga graphite is used. It comes ! in a fine black powder, and is mised i with German white clay, about half and I half, and then ground with moisture, i forming a paste. This is pressed in dies into lengths of four leads, which are cut and then baked at enormous temperatnre. The pencils sell at 85 cents, l 81.50 and $2 a gross, and they are good } pencils, writing smoothly and evenly. Mr. Clark says he makes 100 per cent. J selling the pencils at 85 cents a gross, j and the retailers make a good thing selling them at a cent a piece. The graphite costs 25 cents a pound and the : clay little more thau the freight, and i the more clay used in the lead3 the harder they will be. Mr. Clark makes several other small articles besides his indellibie pencil, of which latter he sells about $300 worth a month, and sends to all parts of the world. The cedar used for these pencils is cut from fallen trees j in Florida swamps.?Hampshire ucizette. Red Rainbows. It may be remembered liow severelj I Mr. Holman Hunt was taken to task foi j depicting a rainbow of only one color | ?red. We do not know whether Mr. ' Hunt attempted to justify himself; at | all events it would seem from a corre I spondence in Nature that he Deed have fliad little difficulty in doing so. To I last week's Nature .1 correspondent, t: A. ' M.," writes that while staving with Mr. 1 Tennyson at Aldworth, near Haslemere, ! on August 21, he, along with some of the members of the family, saw about sunset, stretching across the southeastern sky, a well-marked rainbow of a I uniform red or pink color, which Mrs. | Tennyson compared to a "pink postage ! stamp." Ml*. David Murray, the artist, 1 writes to the current number that " A. I M.'s rainbow" exactly corresponds with I the same phenomeron <:as seen by Lim , on the ?ime date at Ccrre, Arrari," and ; Professor Sylvanus Thompson writes that he himself saw in July, 1877, over the La^e of Lucerne, at sunset, a rainbow showing only orange and red colors. Professor Thompson also points | out that in the copy of Raphael's ; " Madonna di Foligno " in the Dresden i gallery, there is a semi-circalar red and j yellow rainbow. Mr. Hunt hfte both I nature and artistic precedent on his I side.?Pad Jl[all Gaze'le. The Xaa in the Moon. The face, or disk, of the moon is ! brighter in seme places than at others. ! 'T'I-.q ^<,-.1- twis ovo sn nrrnnfrpd ns to ! represent the eye*, ncse and month of a i man, and the whole disk represents the . face of a human being. So the nicon appears to us, but people in other couni tries claim that they see other things in j the moon. The Tartars behold a " woodcutter, bearing on his back a I hugeHmndle of wood, and supporting i himseJf with a staff." The Japanese | saj that\thev see a raVbit, in a sitting ! posture. ^PCis long ears stand erecf-, and before him 2S a large mortar. In liis forepaws he j&olds a pestle, and is generally busy grading rice. But the teloscope shows 'that the dark spots are really hnge m^^sin for the surface of the n^n ? ^>out as uneven as that of the ea ' w r.. " iM. < i GRAVES OF PRESIDENTS. Where the Nineteen Dead IVIen Who Have U overned the United State* Were Lnid. Washington's remains were in 1877 removed from the old vault where they had hitherto lain to a roomy brick vanlt, simple and substantial. His body and that of his wife are inclosed in coffins oi "T^> - -A A AVlA VvAftVl'n/* on X X> cli-ilit mutuic, unc uccuxxu.^ American shield, the other the words, "Martha Washington." These are placed in the vestibule of the vault proper, which is closed against the public with an iron gate. John Adams and his son, John Qaincy Adams, sleep side by side beneath the" Unitarian Churcl] of Quincy, Mass., their wives with them, The tomb is an apartment in the froni part of the cellar, walled in with large blocks of roughly-faced granite, and j having for a door a granite slab sever | feet by three, witli massive hinges and I lock of wrought iron.. In the churcl above, on either side of the pulpit, are I tablets of clouded marble, each surmounted by a bust and inscribed witr the familiar epitaphs of the only fathei and son that ever held the highest office ; in the gift of the American people. Jefferson and his wife and claughtej i were buried in a thick growth of woods a few hundred yards to the right of the I road leading from Charlottesville, Va.. to Monticelio, in a sma.ll private ceme! tery ubout one hundred feet square. Il : was time tnat its care snouia oe unaer ; taken by the public, for when the Nev; : York World's correspondent visited tli< , spot two years ago he found the inclo! sure matted ^ith weeds, the wall.' j breached, the graves trodden level witl i the ground, and the coarse granit< | obelisk over Jefferson's resting placi I chipped and battered by relic-hunter: i till onty two lines of the inscriptioi ! wM-fl f?p?ir>lierable. Madison reDOses ir ; such a scene and amid such surround : insr" as the me^ion of his name woulc ' leJtrone to loook for. 'Montpelier, nea: : Orange, Va., in the eenter of a softb ! picturesque region, is a fair and trin estate, and the cemetery-lot in thecente: of a level field, well kept and neatl; turied. Erom a pedestal of four piece: : rises a graceful and slender obelisk ; inscribed with Madison's name an( ! birth-date, while by its side a less loffa j shaft marks the resting-place of th< ! fairest of Republican queens, Dolb : Madison. Monroe's body reposes ii Hollywood Cemetery, Virginia, on a] | eminence near its extreme southwesteri ! limit, commanding a beautiful view o Richmond and the James. Above th< body is a huge block of polished Yir ginia marble supporting a cofiln-shapec block of granite, on which are bras plates suitably inscribed. The whol< is surrounded by a sort of gothic tempi ?four pillars supporting a peaked roof I to which something of the appearand of a bird-cage is imparted by filling i] the interstices with iron gratings. Jackson and his beloved wife Rache ; are bnned in a corner of the garden o the Hermitage, eleven miles from Nash ! ville, on the Lebanon pike. The toml j is a circular area of Tennesseee lime 1 stone, eighteen feet in diameter, ap 1 proached by three steps; eight fiute< j columns support an entablature an< ! dome, surmounted by an urn. In th | center of the area is a square suppori ! ing a pyramid. Jackson lies on the lefl under a plain stone slab ; his wife o: i the right. Magnolia trees encircle th i grave, on which a small clump of hies i ories cast tlieir shade. Van Buren's ! body rests in the center of the Va: ' Buren lot in the northeastern corner c the cemetery at Kinderhook. Above i is a plain granite shaft 15 feet higl bearing a simple inscription about ha] ; way up one face. Inscriptions on tw i other faces are in memory of his wif j and their son, Martin. The lot is ur : fenced, unbcrdered "unmarked by shru ! or flower. Harrison's body in 1879 la; j in a plain brick vault on the summit of hillock at North Bend, 0., fifteen mile from Cincinnati. A thick undergrowt! then covered the hillock, and the torn' was not marked by a single letter. I was understood that the body was to b j removed to Spring Grove Cemetery, a ; Cincinnati. Tyler's grave is a turfe | mound in Hollywood Cemetery, at Kiel] ! mond, ten yards from that of Monroe j No stone marks it, though the State i | ultimately to erect a monument abov i the spot but a deodar and a magnoli j stand sentinel over it, and it is sui ; rounded with flowers. Polk's burial-place is in the garde: I of the mansion he purchased on the ev of his death. The site is the corner c Vine and Union streets in the city c Nashville, and the tomb is near the gat - ?in the center of a smooth grass-pic . round which runs a shell path of da: : zling whiteness. The monument,' is c i limestone?Doric columns supportin the usual aichitrave, frieze, cornice an attic. The monument proper is a ston i rising some five feet from the floor an i bearing the long record of Polk's publi i services. In 1879 Taylor's body was s ; Cave Hill cemetery, Louisville, aw&i' icg removal to Frankfort, where a sui > | able monument was to be erected ove ! it, close to that which marks the res tin j place of Eichard Mentor Johnson. Fil more's grave is in the peaceful an i pretty forest .Lawn cemetery, tnre iniles north of Buffalo, almost upon th ! crest of its central liill. A lofty sha: : of polished Scotch granite rests on pedestal of the same material, supe: > imposed on a base of Lockport ston< ; its only ornament, a slight moldin running round the pedestal. It is ii ; scribed with "Fillmore" in large raise I letters, and on the faces of the shaft ai ! inscriptions in memory of the Preside: and the different members of his famil; ' The monument rises at the head of h: grave; a great Norway spruce casts ii 1! shadow on the foot. Pierce's grave isi the Minot inclosure, adjoining the ol > i cemetery at Concord, N. H. Abuve it: i i a monument of pure Italian marble, ;: spire with cap, die and plinth resting o > a base of granite and surrounded by 1I draped cross. "Pierce" is carved o the plinth, and there is a brief inscri] i' tion on the panel of the die. His wii and their two sons are buried near hin i Buchanan's tomb is in Woodward Hi cemetery, at Lancaster, Pa. It is ii closed by a fence of black iron wit ; posts of mottled granite, the iron bai i being interlaced by a fragrant hedge < rosea. The grass within is velvety an dotted with rosebushes. The body resi Ill a vault OI ueavv xuasuury cuvcic s! with large limestone flags. A base < New Hampshiife granite supports , monument in tho Roman style?a sii gie block of lir.lian marble, wrongl : with heavy molded cap and bas< ' carved with an oak-branch studded wit j leaves and acorns, and simply inscribe( . Lincoln's monument is a great pile < marble, granite and bronze, in Oa Ridge cemetery at Springfield, III | with the description of which all Ame ican readers have been made familn | from time to time. The body of tt : President lies in the catacomb in ; leaden cofiin, inclosed in a cedar cas within a sarcophagus of rich white ma: ble, having carved en one end th 1 word "Lincoln." Johnson's grave : on the summit of a lofty cone-shape eminence half a mile southwest < Greenville, Tenn. The mcnument is < ; marble 011 a base of granite. Froi piers or. each side of the graves of Johi . son and his wife springs a granite arc of thirteen stones; on this rests tb monument proper, a plinth suitably h scribed, a die carved with the Constiti tion (minus the Fourteenth and Fi: teenth amendments) and an open Bib] on which rests a hand as if in the act ( taking an oath, and a tapering shaft c marble festooned at the top with th i American 2ag and surDiosnted by a eagle with outstretched wings. Gar field's remains, as all our readers kno^ lie in Lake View cemetery, Cleveland j Ohio. ! The names of 52,000 poor familic are on the official lists of Paris. Tb city supports 2S,0G0 orphans and founc lings, and provides for 15,000 mothei who arc unable to take care of tnen selve?. No other city in the world lis so many poor. , i We can, without hesitation, say that Dr. Bull Congii Syrup has givfcu the* best satisfaction We r.ave- sol?.l an immense amount of it durii ;!:< p:i>t v,inter. WALLACE, HILTON \ C'.J j J iiT.ggists, Lock Have!), Pa. r c t 1 Romances of Artist Life. Handel, the father of mnsic, had few ! romances in his long life of eighty years. Several ladies tried to conrt him, but as soon as he saw their aim, he ; broke away from their influence. He declared that his life was wedded to his . art, and he determined not to give to : family cares what he had dedicated to i mnsic. In the days of his greatest pop, nlarity, when the air of London was i full of Handel, when people sang him ;' in the streets and the band played him in tne palace gardens, ana au literature . was stamped with his Dame, he, like the s youth in "Escelsior," stopped not to l listen to the whispers of love, but only . made new resolutions to make greater ;. triumphs for music. The purpose never ! faltered until it had produced the "Pasi toral Sjmphony" and the "Hallelujah i Chorus." [ Haydn's life was as barren of romance, i In the days of his youthful poverty he > met Anne Keller, a barber's daughter. The barber ofTered him work at powderi ing wigs. He became attached to Anne, : and promised to marry he% In better | i I days, when he had become the associate , j of "princes, he returned to Anne and j r fulfilled Ms promise. He was an amiable i j man, and would have made happy the ! ;: life of a woman as cheerful as himself ; j , j but Anne was a chronic fault-finder. -1 "His religion," says one, "turned on the t \ love of God, hers on the fear of the ' devil. She passed easily irorn mass ro ; 71 mischief-making, and from beads to ' i broils." Her tongue proved too hot for i - Haydn ; it spoiled his musical work, j 5, So he agreed to support Anne like a : t lady if she would only live apart from j him, which she consented to do, and the ; i musician had rest from the nagging of: 3 his ill-chosen partner. This certainly is 11 not a romance. ij Beetlioven had but one romance?he j - became enamored of the Countess Guic-; I ciardi, his immortal beloved, "my angel, j r my all, my life." The countess married 7 another person, and Beethoven therei! after devoted himself to his art; conr tenting himself with the love of cnildren. 7 He had deep affections, and drowned s; them in music. He did not, like Handel, , find full consolation there, but was often 1 1 restless, ill at ease and verv lonely. He j once said, "0 Providence, vouchsafe rue i one day of pure felicity." f! Touching, indeed, was the romance of i i the life of Schnbert?youngSchubert,un- | i appreciated,and carrying about with him ! i! continual sorrow and the seeds of a fatal ; f disease. In 1818 he passed the winter ! e ' with Connt Esterhazv at Vienna, and J - j there met the lovely Marie, the count's j 11 daughter. He became Marie's music I s ; teacher and loved her. She admired his j e genius, but did not return his affection. ! i "YYm have dedicated none of vour works y I . . ( to me," she said to him one day, playe ; fullj. "What's the use?" said Schubert; a i "you already have all." Had not art ; been hi3 comforter, he would have been 1 inconsolable. Tbe disappointment threw f a shadow over his life, but did not cloud j his geuius. He died at thirty-one. We t> have seldom seen more bitter words than - ; those which express his views of the - j value of his own life : "Imagine a man 3 j whose health will never come again; I j whose brilliant hopes have come to e I caught; to whom the happiness of love j and friendship offers nothing but sor1 row! Every night when I go to sleep I a ' hope that I may never wake agaiu." e j They made his grave near Beethoven, in > j the crowded cemeterv of Wahring. ;5 ' That was a bright day when the gentle, q i sensitive Chopin, whose beauty was a ,f | magnetism, and whose manners were a t! charm, stopping at Paris on his journey a | to .London. wnere ne never arrived, met f | Madam George Sand. Chopin was o marked by consumption for death ; but e all the fullness of sunshine seemed to L. come into his life before the final b eclipse. What friends he met in Paris? j Liszt, Pieyel, Heine, Meyerbeer! He a was beset by society, feted in the most s I brilliant salons, sought for by people of li | rank, admitted to the highest circles, b j Madam Sand was at this time the reign;t j ing intellectual queen. The genius of e Chopin enchanted her. She said of it: ,t I "There is no mightier art than this, to a awaken in man the sublime conscious L. i ness of his own humanity. Remorse, ?. | violence, terror, control, despair, ens | thusiasm, faith, disquietude, glory ; e these, with a thousand other nameless a emotions, belong: to music. There we . wander to and fro in the dim air, and, like iEneas in the Elysian fields, all we q behold is greater than earth." Madam e Sand drew Chopin to her as by magnefc,f s m. He begun to love her, to worship >f her. She had a Platonic affection for e him?was 'his friend, nothing more. ,t | Consumption smote Chopin down amid | his delights. From the perfumed bouJ -"I-" ~ C "U / * rrr/\y*> f Q TT* AIT T>Or? )? I U'JilS Ul JL Ul JLO UC J.VJ. u-i-j. c g ! man. and Madam Sand accompanied j j him. On the sunny shores of the ! Mediterranean new life seemed to come ! to him. Madam Sand was his comc I panion, nurse, and the world lighted up Lt I again. He returned to Paris. He offered k j his hand to Madam Sand in marriage, t-: She refused. She had never contemsr I plated a relation like this. She was ung | willing to put her freedom as an autlior1_ ess and public leader into the fetters of d i wedlock. They quarreled, separated, ie | and Chopin's heart was broken. Cone sumption speedily completed the work ft | it nad begun, and the woman he had a reproached did not come back to sustain r. | him in these dark hours. The two met j in the sunshine of dream-land and parted g' j amid its glooms. i. Let us turn from these unhappy scenes d ] to a more cheerful picture. Berlioz, in s one of his letters, recently published it j abroad, says : "In the summer of 1833, r.! Henrietta Smithson, being ruined in [s j fortune and half-cured of a broken limb; ts ' I married her. The day of our marriage Q she had nothing in the world but her d | debts. I had only 300 francs, and these is : wore lent me." Berlioz, after hard eia 1 forts, paid his wife's debts, and the two ,n were happy, and were devoted to each a other in their artist lives. n j Schumann married for love, and his 3.; wife was his inspiration and heljoer. He e . could not have done without her. After a> ; he became insane she watched over him 11; like a mother; and after his death, the j.; best interpreter of his music to the ji I world was noble Clara Schumann. rs 5f: A Husband's Love. d It is easy enough to win a husband. Is 1 Most any attractive little dumpling with d a bright eye and coaxing voice can if gather in a noble husband but it is a! pretty difficult to retain him. Noble i-1 husbands are thicker than hair on a it I dog, but the grand difficulty is to draw ' out their true nobility and secure it at h home. 1. If the wife only understands her busi>f ness she can introduce the soothing i racket in her new field of operations and j walk away with the whole business, r-; Most men like to be loved and soothed, ir ' There is something in the man's great, te i rough, earne.st nature that can be won a ; quicker and easier with gentleness and ic i pie than by the logic of the broomr-1 handle and a bilious course of reason;e 1 ing with bread and milk diet. is i "We have seen a girl who understood d her business take a reformed road aagut )f ! by the nose, so to speak, and lead him ){; through life in such a way that he n wouldn't know but he was boss of the i-1 ranch. So perfect was the delusion h ! that when she asked him to bring in a ;e ! scuttle of coal, or get up in his night i- shirt and kill a burglar that he knew was i- j nothing but n. bobtail cow fonr blocks f.! away, he alwajs went, and he felt as ;e 1 though he counted it a mark of special >f1 favor that a poor nnworthy worm of the >f 1 dust, like him, should be sought out e and delegated to go and chase a lame n : cow across nine vacant lots with on old - barrel stave and clothed in nothing but r a little brief authority and a knit underi shirt. We cannot exactly describe this magic i power of a devoted wife over her busts ; band, and we do not intend to try it. It e : is an unseen motive, a nameless leverl-1 age that makes the husband get up in 's ! the dead hour of the night and se^. the l- : pancake batter near the parlor stove, is A man need not think that because he gets up and looks for burglars in the night and is otherwise obedient that it is because he has no backbone. It is simply because he is the husband ie of a woman of whom he ought to be proud.?B'-owirany, The Origin of the Chinese Pigtail. A recent imperial edict on the sub- ! ject calls oiir attention to the origin of the pigtail, which is now the distinctive mark of a native of the Flowery Land. It is one of the strange phenomena of that country, where everything is so ancient, and where so few innovations have been tolerated, that this practice, which was originally the badge of con~ 1 *3 on/"\4- TO TT o/?_ 5U';U1U aa?v uvc iuvi vaj uv cepted, 1 t permitted to intertwine itself so aosely with the national life that it would now require forcible measures to induce people to forego it. For in the days before the Manchu cod quest, when the throne was occupied by tne great dynasties of antiquity, the Chinese allowed their hair to grow as best it pleased them; and they were even known to some of their neighbors as the "ioug-haired race." But when the great soldier Xoorhachu marched southwards from Moukden to conquer China and establish the Manchu dynasty, he gave an order to hi> lieutenants to compel the people, as they submitted, to snave tlieir heads in token of their surrender. The Maiichus were thus enabled to discover at a glance which of the Chinese were vanquished and which were not; while the thoroughness of their success was expressed in the most formal and emphatic manner. i .IB. [AlDany Dairy I'roas and Knickerbocker.] i Abandoned. V.'e perceive by one of our Massachusetts exchanges that Dr. Lorenzo Waite, of "Westfield, an eminent phvsician of Berkshire county, strongly indorses St. Jacobs Oil. With it he cured a case of Sciatica that resisted all regular professional treatment, and that had in fact been abandoned as incurable. Sad parting: "It may be months, darling, before we meet again," lie said, squeezing her hand as if that grip were his last; "mountains and valleys will divide us, forests and prairies, perhap the river of death itself. Can I do anything more than I have done to make you cherish my memory and keep your love for me unchanged ?" " Oh, yes," she exclaimed, choking down hor sobs, "buy me a box of tortoise shell hairpins before yon start." ? j [La Fayette (Ind.) Sunday Times.] Our city druggists report an immense sale of St. Jacobs Oil, saying the demand is based upon the popularity of its success. Wherever it has been used, it has proved its value a thousandfold, and receives its best encomiums from those who have tried it. Qrv,oil rrtlla nr cf.ir?Vc! nf bread are served with soup. Potatoes and bread are usually served with fish, but many people prefer to eerve only bread. Butj ter is not served at the more elegant ; dinners. Two vegetables will be su?5! cient in any course. Cold dishes should ! be very cold, and hot dishes hot. We Believe ; That if even' one -would use Hop Bitters freely j there would be much less sickness and misery | in the world; and people are fast finding thin j oat, whole families keeping well at a trifling cost by its use. Wc advise all to try it.? U. & | A. Rochester, X. 1'. ; Mrs. Burke, of Omaha, made $1,000 i at the Nebraska. State Fair by riding ; ten miles in twenty minutes and thirty | fonr seconds. She used four horses and made six changes. THE MARKETS. 6 XEW YORK. j Beef Cattle?Med. Nat.live v.-1. 0 (Tr. 11 I Calves?Good to Trime Veals.. 5 (a; n j Sheep 4 51^ I Lambs (j;!4 Hogs?Live, 5 y/f? 7 Dressed, city 3."* I Flour?Ex. State, good to fancy G 55 @ 8 50 Western, good to choice 0 Si) (<$ 0 00 Wheat?No. 2 Bed 1 43 <]> 2 75 BUFFALO. I Steers?Extra 6 23 ? C 75 J Lambs?Western 5 25 ( no zc\ | 1'OI'K?JLXll'il X nine pel ?ijl. . . .xu w ^AU av i Flour?Spring Wheat Patents.. 8 75 tf/. 'J G2% j Com Mixed and Yellow S2S4 I Oats?Extra Wliite 5S CO Rye??tate 115 ( ! Cheese?New Y'ork Fall Cream. 13 (Tc 14 j Petroleum?Crude 7Vj lletined 7%@ 1% \ I GRAM) STEEPLE CHASE" As if there were not sufficient excitement at the usual horsy-race, these meetings on the turf nearly always close with a grand steeple chase. This kind of race combines all the excitement of the regular race, with the super-addwl element of danger which seems to give further zest to the sport. Horses, and good ones nt that, often receive : soiriv: mjuiiWi itiuvu jvnuti uivu& j/iai.u[ cally useless lor long periods. At least \ this* was the state of affairs until owners ! and breeders of line stock be.nan to freely i use St. Jacobs Ori,, the Great German I Remedy (or man and beast. This invaiu' able article to horsemen has so grown into favor on account of its phenomenal efficacy i in diseases of domestic animals, especially ! the horse, that it would be difficult indeed j to discover a horsemen unacquainted with its magical potency. The Philadelphia ib -aftSg 1 ? rv ?. .. 1 Easy in a recent is>ne says: "But | one <">1* tli?' nv>?t ?rt;sut d< wlopr-nvnts i concernin.i >t. J.srnns < ;ii, isthi'distv.verv that it lias props-rti?-s which an* I-eniileial i : to the animal as wdi as {r use j j on hors.'s sufil-riiis: !'r? >:ii sprain* < r ahra- ! sions. The most ] >r- i n> t i r-.-i.t::; ;-ku. ?\vn : of in this conn'.H-jMMi. is in..; reiat: d i y Mr. i David Walton, a vvll-known l*"ri?-n?I, who i keeps a liwry >ta:>li* at 1 :\Vr?h Tw.-lfth street. Mr. Walton ~t:?r?-s that he was boarding a valuaKc }. >!>( !>?. :?.nirir.-r to Benjamin MeCinr.'. also a re-id'-nt oi North Twelfth street. A [i-w weeks a no < the ar.ima! .-ii',)ji<-d and i r.d'v s;?i:?is.:-?I his | les^niakin- him wry lame.' Mr. Walton j j used !W ? : < -Hi! ' ' "v'>' ' ' "*! lllu ani:n:i: : v. OHC ; wk. t!wr< v..- 1 i:-r any more, for the auimal was v*^'' / rrtmr luc Trmrtntf ocxrim Is the time to grapple with dyspepsia. To allow such a remorseless foe to health and comfort to take undisputed possession of the stomach, i?to surrender needlessly the zest of life, and bccome a voluntary martyr to unspeakable piins and penalties. No malady is more difficult to cope with, none in its chronic form so obstinately resists medication. But j tackled at its inception with Hostetter's j Stomach lii-ters, dyspepsia spee lily vanishes, canying with it the multifarious symptoms j which attend it, and which in their chameleon j chafes inspire more erroneous beliefs regard- j their cause than those of any other disease. | vViiui 0:1 the stccjadi, heartburn, water brash, iwl:>;f!>tirtiw. nain after eatiiic. a sinking: sensa- 1 iion at the pi: of the stomach between meals; these ami many other harassing indicia of the complaint make a speedy exit when the grea? stomachic is persistently resorted to. It improve* the appetite, strengthens the nerves, counteracts the effects of fatigue and exposure, and is a reliable antidote to the poison of ! malaria. i The hot earth in the vicinity of Link- c ville, Oregon, is a great curiosity. Through this earth is constantly as- I cending a hot vapor, and both earth J and vapor are strongly impregnated with remarkable curative properties. Lady BeautSfier*. o Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy s checks and "sparkling eves with all the cosmetics of France", or beamitiers of the world, while in poor health, and nothing win give you aucu good health, strength and beauty as Hop Bit- i ti-ra. A trial is certain proof. See another i column. I The entire debt of the United States t does not amount to the gross income of the people for five months in the year. In 1865 the debt amounted to $78.25 ? per capita; in 1880 it was $37.74. indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration and all forms of general debility relieved bv taking Mensman's Peptonize!!)'Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-making, force-generating and life-sustaining properties; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork, or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. we do not ol'ten speak of any proprietary medicine, but from what we hive read and heard of Allen's Lang Balsam, we shall take the liberty of saying to those who are troubled with a cold, cough, or any throat'or lung affection, that from the testimony afforded, we have such confidence in this article, that were we afflicted ia that way, we would make a trial of its virtues. Beware of the fatal consequences of neglecting this timely warning. Now, before it is too late, use Allen's Lung Balsam, which will cure the disease. Every druggist in the land sells it. 4>."5 f>nfs Will BilV a Treatise upon the Horse and his Diseases. Book of 100* pages. Valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid by New York Newspaper Union, 150 Worth j Street, New York. j!S~Pocket Scale, 25c. Howard 3Ifg Co., N. Y. " Rouarh on Rats." i Ask Druggists lor it. Jt clears out rats, mice, < roaches, bed-bugs, flies, vermin, insects. 15c. To make new hair grow use Cat-bolixe, a deodorized extract of petroleum. This natural * petroleum hair renewer. as recently improved, is the only thing that ?viU really produce new hair. It is a delightful dressing. Thousands Speak.?Vegetine is acknowl- I J edged and recommended by physicians and apothecaries to be the best purifier and cleanser | of the blood yet discovered, and thousands speak in its praise who have been restored to health. RESCUED FROM DEATH. William J. Coughlin, Somerville. Mass., says: In the fall of 1S7GI was taken with bleeding of the lungs, followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and llesli, and was confined to my bed. In 18771 was adI mitted to the hospital. The doctors said I had a hole j in lay limp as big as a half-dollar. At one time are!>ort went around that I was dead. I gave up hope, but a friend told me of Db. William Hall's Balsam | for thk Lungs. I got a bottle, when, to my surprise, ' I commenced to feel better, and to-day I feel better j than for three years past. I write this hoping every on>% afflicted with diseased lungs will take Dn. William Hall's Balsam, and be convinced that consumption can be cubed. I can positively say it has done more good than all the other medicines I have taken since my sickness. 1?.1 iiiv.-trun oi 1 Lj.iivo .4.YZ> .YEJXR FAILED I To CURE Croup, Spasms, Diarrhcea, Dvsefiten; and Sea Sickness, taken internally, and GUARANTEED [ perfect lv harmless; also externally, Cuts, Bruises, , I Chronic Rheumatism. Old Sores, Pains in the limbs, I back and chest. Such a remedy is Da. TOBIAS' I VENETIAN LINIMENT. | rs"No one once trying it will ever be without it; | over Gw physicians use it. ?'J WUl? Bill 1JU) 11 HCilllK UPUU IBC ! Horse and his Diseases. Book of 100 pages. Valuablo i io every owner ol' horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid by NEW YOP.K NEWSPAPER UNION, J 50 Worth Street. New York. Vegetine ACTS AS A TONIC. Vegetine also acts as a most powerful and grateful 1 onie; and this feature is most noticeably experience;! by persons recovering from acute diseases, and by ...u? ;ik. ! to their sex alone. Invariably has it boon found to | increase the tone or power of the nervous system, by ; aiiioh. in turn, all other portions of the frame are strengthened. and the quality of the blood improved. ! To man. woman or child it will impart strength a lien strength is wanting. It will revitalize the system of the poor over-worked being whose life is being frittered awav in endless cares and anxieties; i it wilt infuse the strength of iron and the roseate I tint of health into the weak sinews and bloodless countenauce of women crushed by many hardship ' tad oppressed by the dangers of child-bearing: it i Till give new life to the pallid and emaciated child ! a'hose appetite is gone, whoso movements are feeble *ud nerveless, and whose whole system is one of decay and debilitation. Veoetink is a true tonic, and iiot a deceptive stimulant: ine good that it im! parts to-day is not succeeded by injury to-morrow. Vegetine. Rev. O. T. Walker says: Providence, R. I., 1G4 Transit Street. ! II. R. Stevens. Esq.: ; I feel bound to express with my signature the high value I place upon your Vegetine. My family have used it lor the last two years. 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