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Farm, Garden and Household. Cocd Water Sponge Caee.?Three eggs, beat ten minutes: one and one- | half cups of sugar, beat five minutes; J one cup of flour, one spoonful of cream of tarter, beat one minute: one-half cup c of water, one half spoonful of galeratus, j one cup of flour, a little salt; beat one j minute. ? Graham Bread.?To make Graham * bread, to each quart of flour take a s heaped teaspoonful of saleratu9, adding * salt and a little molasses or sugar, with a c sufficient quantity of sour milk to make ^ the dough. We consider it very much r better to steam an hour or two, and then j put it in the oven to brown over. A Hint for the Coming Winter.? j The London Spectator is responsible f for the following suggestion. The ex- J periment can be easily and economically tried by any one using a grate: "The j most practical suggestion yet made to <. wards economy of coal seems to be the use of solid bottoms in ordinary fire grates. It is asserted,and indeed proved, i that in any fire place not excessively small, a plate of iron placed upon the c ? v .1? it. l: .1 grate,win naive iue cuubuuipuuu ui cum, redace the smoke, and leave a cheerful, ( free burning fire. Quit? sufficient air I enters through the bars, no poking is g necessary and the fire never goes out till the coals are consumed. There is no 0 ash and no dust, every particle of fuel ? being consumed. Any householder caD c try this experiment, and reduce his coal j? lulls say thirty per cent., at the cost of 1 a shilling." v How Easily Bctteb ls Spoiled.?A y farmer's wife writing to the Ohio Farmer c says " Of all the products of the farm, ^ butter is most liable to be tainted bv T noxious cdors floating in the atmos- L phere. Our people laid some veal in the E cellar, from which a little blood flowed J out, and was neglectedmntil it commenc- t ed to smell. The result was, that a jar of a batter which I was then paekingsmelled t and tasted like spoiled beef." Another a lady reader observes that there is a pond " of filthy, stagnant water a lew hundred feet from her house, from which an offen- \ aive tffluvium would be borne on the breeze directly to the milk room, when k the wind was in a certain direction, the r result of which was that cream and but- i ter would taste like the disagreeable odor coming from the pond. As soon as c the pond was drained we had no more a i t uuuu. # ^ Butter Spoiled.?A lady writing id The Ohio Farmer, relates this incident \ illustrating the propensity of butter to } spoil itself by absorbing noxious odors : 1 "Our people laid some veal in the cellar, F from which a little blood flowed, which , presently commenced to be offensive. 1 The result was that a jar of butter that y I was then packing smelled and tasted t like spoiled meat." Another lady, at another time, observes that when fhe v wiuri is in the ri^ht quarter, a nose-ele- a vating effluvium is borne from a stagnant y pool ? distant several hundred feet? v directly to her milk-room, and that this t odor fastens itself in cream and casine. She induced the men folks to drain the pool, and thenceforth there is no further a trouble. No, sisters, however it may be p in morals in butter-making you cannot a give cleanliness any second place. o The A me imc ax Farmer's Ci.un.?It was " said by Mr. Fullei, in reply to a question, r tnat chestnut is not the best tree for s "hard-pan land." it naturally grows in loamy soils, and dislikes lime. Better in ' the hard-pan plant white ash and hickory ' ?two of the Ik st of timber trees. Mr. E Geddes said, that clover is, of coarse, the j best crop to plow in, and that the farmer ^ whose land is too poor to grow clover might wisely consider the propriety of c "moving West.'' % * An inquiry with regard to the best t green crop for milch cows, drew from Mr. t Geddes a remark concerning certain care- a fal experiments made by Harris Lewis, c and which resulted in proving that or- p cKo r/1 (rptica iu tnnpli en tabriz \y f a /%nrn fl v iiiti vi *c iuuvii cuj/v* ivi kv vviii. This grass, with sufficient manuring, will a give ia one season three cuttings, or six > feet of growth, and is more easily wilted and handled than corn. A South Carolina correspondent wrote ! that he once had au old cow, blind and t likely to give up the ghost, at the ap* . proach of winter. He penned her, fed [ her on clay peas as much as sho could j eat, and after awhile, though still seeming poor and bony, she was slaughtered, and to his agreeable surprise her meat proved unexceptionably sweet and tender. Since g that experience he never allows an old ox or cow to die without extra food and the assistance of the butcher. The same writer told how he utilized a * defunct,water toundered plow-horse; I had y killed and put up fatted beef witli the fol c lowing preparation, viz.: one ounce sal- c petre, one pound brown sugar, ont quart salt, rubbed on the meat, and packed and ^ weighed down. I directed the horse to be skinned, cut up and packed in a barrel, ^ and the pickle made with the above beet j poured over it tor my hounds, of which I kept a pack, and to my surprise the meat, s although very otTensivo, immediately be- -j came inodorous, which gave me great ( faith in my recipe for curing beet. c f November. ? Now it is November. s Now the leaves have fallen, or are fall- : iug, one bv one?"the last h<>ld upon a ! i. V * X" it. _ M *1- 11 _ it. .. ^ .lie iree. aow mo iruus areuu gainer- ^ ed in. The apples are in the bin. The golden-yellow pumpkins, that have been ^ lor two months "turning up their fair a round bellies to the sun," are safely ^ housed, awaiting resurrection in pies of f matchless flavor. Now the white frosts crisp the pale-green gra?s blades, what (] time "the boys" drive up the cows in 0 the morning for early milking, in the j blessed anu quiet country. Now do t boys, with bare feet, much desiderate ^ the warm spot on which the milch-kine- a have slept over night, on which to kneel t and "press the yielding udder." Now r in the metropolis do citizens meet who a have been sojourning at watering-places, iu various haunts afar. "Tom, how well yon look! You are positively fat!" ] '-.Tim, you are raising whiskers, I see. f( They become you now?but you were j very thin in July!" Now is the step ! d rapid, and the eye bright, ard the voice I c clear and sonorous. ! ii ! a Discontent.?Some people are never \ content with their lot, let wine will 'c happen. Clouds and darkness are over j C\ tbeir heads, like, whether it rain or t shine. To them every incident is an ac- t eident or a calamitv. Even when th^v J, have their own way tbey iiko it no better 11] than your way. and, indeed, consider i v their most voluntary acts as matters of : o compulsion. We saw a striking illnstra- U tion the other day of the infirmity we ! t speak of, in the conduct of acliild about three years old. He was crying became ; his mother alwa * shut the parlor door, il Hour thing,'' sryl a neighbor compns- e sionatcly: "you have shut the child t out.' ' It's all the same to him." said I the mother; 4 she would cl-v if I called ii him in and shut the door. It's a peeuli- J arity of that boy, that if he is left rather e suddenly on either side of a door, he t considers himself shut out, and rebels ? ocordinglr." There are older children 1 - same view of things. a The Country Post-Office. The country po9t-office Is seldom, perhaps never, a building dedicated to etters, with Uncle Sam's initials on ;be outward wall.. The postmaster usually keeps " the (tore" as well, and regards the other ittle affair as a means of increasing lis business?nothing more. When my oue comes for a letter he will be ipt to go away with sugar also. The lalary of the position is not worth in office-seeker's struggles, as it is lometiraes two dollars per annum, lometimes four. The letters are put iway in a desk or box, if the po>tnaster is a very careful man ; if not, le hunts them up when inquired for. The official at my post-office?Frogand Station ? is currently reported to lave replied to Miss Sabina Smith'9 nquiry for a letter, by shouting into be back room : (< I say, wife, warn't that ere letter laby was chawin' directed to Miss Sabina Smith ?" To which wife replied : v " Yes ; I'll fetch it. I allew you'll lave to dry it. Miss Smith, 1 fore you :In read it. He's chawed the onvolop lar through." This, however, is a strong case. Jenerally, by going for a letter to the i'rotrlaud Station, one would be apt to ;et Ft with the envelope unbroken. What a gatnering place that postfTice is? Perched upon the ba.rels, ir leaniog on the counters, one may ind all the idlers of the neighborhood; nd here, too, about post-hours, young armers make their appearauce, and, rhile talking of crops, anxiously ratch the road down which some ouug female figure is pretty soon to ome. 2so doubt many a proposal has >een made on the way home from the ost-office. If not, young, farmers lave uo idea of what a yood chance neans. A long quiet road, no mortal n sight; trees waving overhead ; a ittle brook rippling on one hand, on he other side the woods ; the summer fternoon drawing to a close : all * weet hings influencing her budding heart; >nd he 44 In liis store clothes" and a 1 boughten hat," looking so well. The question,practically interpreted, rould be: 44 After a few raontht of courting and ;issiug, will you wash, and scrub, and nilk, and cook for me until you die of t?" But why should the country girl do nore thau her city s-sters ? They see i bright picture, often quite unieal, hrough the magic circle of the mariage ring,and so does she of course. Perhaps Froglaud Station is not the dace, but it might have been, where a etter directed to Mothqr,"and nothtig more, lay so long, mystifying the K)stmaster, until on old woman hoboed in one gsorning and asked for44 a itter from my son, what's at sea,", vhen the epistle being banded over, ras found to have reached its destinaion. Squire Schenck claims the big enelope with 44 Square skunk" upon it, s a matter of coui j ; and Miss Anna daria Morton does not feel surprised rhen an epistle is handed to her with his remarkable word upon it: 44 AnnermarialiMurrian." A letter is a letter when it comes to , country post-office, and it is not ex>ected to be clean, or to be directed in ny orthodox manner. tiro orl/lrnoco/l 41 Pnlr Tontine r any of 'em if she's away," and Helen Dibbons, forgetting, her maried name," were received without urprise. One which bore the superscription, 1 Mr. Peter Parkins," remained for a ong time unclaimed, until the postmaster remembered that that was his wn nam. He had been called "Uncle 'ete" so long, that he had forgotten he fact entirely. Yes, this is a queer little post-ofticeluaint and strange, and simple, and vithout rules or order ; but through it nany a message of joy and sadness lad passed?many a story of marriage ind death. Hearts have beaten wildly ?n their way to that frame building erched, treeless, on a hill; and many t poor, quivering lip had been hardly ible to form the words, " None for me et ?" There come the cars, sweeping along he road with a great train of coal vagons, and one little passenger car or Frogland Station. There will be wo or three letters handed over to the )ostmaster at most; but these may ireak hearts, or fill them with untold dy.?.Vary Kyle Dallas. Lecation of Houses. Science oj Health has some sensible 1: Ai. a??... iUggtSUUUS Ull liliis lupiu, ?mi;u me ?|?uopriate here: Houses should be built on upland ground, with exposure to sunlight on ;very side. During epidemics, it hjis xen noted by physicians that deaths ociur more frequently on the shaded side >f the street, than on the sunny side; tnd in hospitals physicians have testified o the readiness with which diseases have rielded to treatment in suunv rooms, vhile iu shaded rooms they have proved n tractable. Let there be no bogs, no marshes, no tagnant water in the neighborhood, [hen let the cellars be thoroughly drained. Inattention to this subject has aused the death of many a person. No atlier or mother should rest one moment u peace while their innocent babes are leeping in rooms over damp and moldy :ellars. Cellars should not only be Irained,but thoroughly ventilated.otlierrise the house must be unwholesome. Let the drains alsg be constructed for he conduction of slops and sewage of .11 kinds to a common reservoir, at a listanee from the dwelling, to be used or fertilizing purposes. Door yards should be kept clean and [ry, composed largely of green sward, m which children may romp and play, .'his should be their play ground rather han the carpeted room. They are enitled to it, that the breath of Nature, nd of Nature's <!od, as it filters down lirough the blue skv. may fan their osy cheeks, and fill tlieir souls with joy nd bodies with health. Receipt For Making Evert Day Iafpy.?When you rise in the morning, I arm a resolution to make the day a hap y one to a fellow creature. It is easily lone: a kind word to the sorrowful, an cnouragmg expression to the striving; trifles n themselves light aa air will do it, at past for the twenty-four hours; and if you rc young, depend upoD it, it will tell when ou are old; and if you are old, rest assur<1 it will send you gently and happily town iuc* scream 01 time iu tun mi). j?* be mo?t simple arithmetical sum, look at be result; you send one person, only one, lappily through the day; that is three lundred and sixty live in the course of the ear; and supposing you live forty yens nly alter you commence that course of aedicinc, you have made 14,000 beings lappy, at all events, for a time. The Power of Will?Rev. George I. Hep worth says: "Young men, an arnest will can accomplish anything hat is good and anything that is bad, t is the master element in man's nature; t is very like omnipotence. It can fix 'our purpose and keep it fixed until the nd is reached no matter how difficult he path may be. He who has a strong rill has half" won the victory. He who las a strong will, and a ccciioc rated one, lready feels the laurel on his brow." Gentle Women on the tars. Two women uncertain as to years, seedy and unsatisfactory as to physical appearance and verr much ' fixed up," with a young shoot of the same stock, and plenty of all sorts of loose property, had turned over the back of the seat next them, and comfortably bestowed themselves and the belongings of three in the space intended for four persons. ! In the middle of the car stood a disconsolate but gentlemanly man, who could not find a seat. All the others in the car were filled, and I suppose all the others on the other cars. He went and stood by these women, mutely appealing to their courtesy. They remained stonily unobservant. He stood a loDgl time, and then wearily asked if that seat?indicating t'je vacent one, upon i which a traveling bag was bestowed? j was engaged. Of course the answer j didn't reach me, but I saw by the ex-! pression of the face of the woman he j had addressed that it wasn't engaged, except to hold her traveling bag. The gentlemen stood waiting a little while longer, until desperation gave him courage to pick up the bag, brush aside the outpressed skirts and drop with a deprecating expression into the seat that was rightfully his. But if you'd seen the expression of those women's faces you would not have supposed it was. ! On the contrary, x>ith nothing else to i guide you. you would have supposed this tired, well dressed comely and courteous man was an unscrupulous ruffian who was trampling upon, and disregarding fhrt m<t)ifs nf these innocent, heloless # A creatures ! The woman next to whom he sat behaved with special meanness. He offered to hold her bag in his lap, bnt she gave him a look signifying that j she considered him as the dust beneath | her feet, and stretchedjout her hand for it grimly aud drew away everything be-1 longing to her from contact with him as if he'd been a leper; and whenever she looked at him she did it as if he was a loathsome and offensive object instead of being a much more agreeable thing to look at than she could be at the best. In a word, she did everything during : the hour's ride to show that she cousid- i ered herself mortally insulted by the j simple act on his part of taking in a I conciliating manner what was rightfudy ' his, after she had refused' to give it up. If the common feminine mind is as narrow as this indicates, reform ought to begin a little nearer at home. It seems to me that often the very class who are j clamoring the loudest for their own j rights have the least conception of the rights of others, even in the simplest matters, as this every day occurrence illustrates. The whole thing showed such want of judgement, of discrimination, of self control and such childish pettishnessin a middle aged woman, that I was j really ashamed for her and for us all, seeing that she was one of us X. Y. ; Mail. Now. i If I were to give you a motto to go through life with, one that would stand you for warning and counsel in any strait in which you might find yourselves, I would give it in this word, ffisow)? Don't waste your time and your strength, and your opportunities, by always ( meaning) to do something? (do it). Only weakness comes of indecision. Why, some people have so ; accustomed themselves to this way of j dawdling along from one thing to, another, that it really seems impossible for them to squarely make up their! minilfl tn nnv thing. Thev never unite know what they mean to do next, and their only pleasure seems to consist in putting things off as long as possible, j and then dragging slowly through them, rather than begin any thing, else. Don't live a single hour of your j life without doing exactly what is to be done in it, and going straight J through it, from beginning to end. j Work, play, study, whatever it js, j take hold at once and finish it up squarely and cleanly; and then do the next thing, without letting any moments drop out between. It is wonderful to see how many hours these prompt people contrive to make of a day ; it's as if they picked up the moments that the dawdlers lost. If you fiud yourself where you have so many things pressing upon , you that you hardly know how to begin, let me tell you a secret; take hold of the very firstone that comes to j hand, and you will find the rest all fall into fife and follow after like a company of well-drilled soldiers ; and though work may be hard to meet when it charges in a squad, it is easily : vanquished if you can bring it into! line. You may have often seen the anecdote of the man who was asked how he had accomplished so much in ! his life ? " My father taught me," j was the reply, 44 when I had anything j to do, ( to go and do it." There is the secret?the magic \yord (Now). Sadly Fiughtesed.?We had an acquaintance, some years ago, says an ex ?- i :? cnange, w no, upon u uumih-m mv-1 crowded streets of New York, and threaded 1 the then half-wild wastes #f Northern 1 Mississippi. While riding along, he heard in the road what he supposed to be a stray i kitten, and up >n examination discovered, among some dried leaves, a juvcrilc wild cat, that could scarcely walk. Without reflection, he transferred the little creature to his coat pocket, where it kept up its cries. Suddenly thc*entleman was startled by a growl in his rear, and to his horror he discovered the infuriated mother, fierce with rage, and ardently bent upon avenging the attempted abduction of her young. Striking spurs to his already jaded horse, he dashed along the road as best he could, the while finding it perfectly impossible to pull the kitten out of his ]>ocko% so firmly did the young imp fasten it; claws to the lining. Each moment seemed more imminent with jieril; twice did thr "varmint" nearly succeed in fastening upon the haunches of the horse, but, as good tor- j tunc would have it, the appearance of a plantation, and the sound of dogs, alarmed J the cat, and she heat a retreat. It was j many months before our friend got entirely over his "scare." and was relieved of dreams that he was pursued by a dread phar.tom that resembled that terrible cat. Satisfild.?On?'? heart must needs melt ?1,;<5 r?j.i;n(y onnoolincr pnllnfUlT h*. I v?vi .vw...fe, -)r ?n ? t_>T tween a store-keeper and his cnatomer: ! Stoic-keeper. u That's a bad fifty cent piece. *1 can't take it. It's only lead silvered ov?r." u Well," replies the customer. : " admitting such to he the fact, I should say that the ingenuity displayed in the 1 deception might induce you to accept it. j Admire, Sir, the devotion of the artist to the divine idea ol Liberty, the idol of us ail! He, having wrougtit her effigy in humble lead, in order to make it worthier of that glorious impression, resort* to the harmless expedient of silvering it over! And shall harshly repudiate his woik? Gh, wo, sir! you'll /a/e it; 1 know you will!" " Enough said," he d?V/ take it! The emigration from Germany to the United States increases daily. Thousands of emigrants, including not only farm hands, skilled laborers, and trades* men, but people of the wealthier class, are constantly arriving at Hamburg to take the steamers for New York. JL Desperate Beast. Mrs. Jane Swisshelm, famishes the world with & description ol the cougar, or J American tiger, that is thrillingly interest- ii ing. She says that at a certain time past, c her husband bought in Arkansas a cougar, \ six months old, which had been caught c while a kitten in the woods. The crea- d tore was brought home, and remained a p prisoner four years, at the end of which a time he died. Tom, such was his name, f was nine feet in length, of a gray color on i: his back and sides, and nearly white on i the belly and throat. His back was generally perfectly straight, his form symmet- ' rical, and his movements lithe and grace- I fnl. If in exceedingly good humor he 1 would purr: but if lie wished to intimidate c he would raise his back, erect his hair, and ? spit like a cat. In the twilight of the t evening the animal wa9 accustomed to t pace back and forth to the full extent of ' liis limits, ever and anon uttering a short, t piercing shriek, which made the valle) h reverberate for half a mile or more in $ every direction. Mrs. Swisshelm says these sounds were the shrillest, and at the t 9arae time the most mournful she ever o heard. They might, perhaps, be likened a to the scream of a woman in an agony ol f terror. 9 The natural ferocity of the panther was e at length so far subdued, that his fair r mistress sometimes ventured, when he g was in good-humor, to stroke his head ami o feel his paw. On one occasion, ii deed, t when he had broken his chain, and all tin 1 men in the house, with the exception ol h Mr. Swisshelm, had fled to the barn toi o safety, she seized him by a the colar as he & took refuge in the dining-room, and held hira until her husband took ettectna measures to secure him. At length, how ' ever, the lady was thrown from a carriage. I and so severely injured that she was c<>n- fl fined to her bed several weeks. She says: " When we appeared on crutches we c inadvertently went quite near tjie cougar, 1 and were warned by a low growl that he ^ was regarding us as his prey. We turned T and found him crouched within five or r six feet of us, ready to spring ? his eyes s green and blazing, and the tip of his tail ^ moving from side to side. We kept our r eyes fastened on his ; there was no one r within call, and we 4ried to make him ^ remember us by talkiag to and naming c him. * " Tom?poor Tom !" but Tom's eyes " lost none of their fire, and the tail kept up its regular motion. 44 Then we tried to intimidate him, a? we had often done before, by assuming a voice of command. 4 Tom ! Tom! Down j Tom !' but Tom kept his hostile n'titude, and we?in doubt as to whether his chain was long enough to reach us, or strong enough to resist the spring we saw Z lie intended making ? kept our place and t tried to stare him out of countenance. c 44 After what appeared to us a long t time, trusting to the power of the eye to c keep him still, we set our crutches, and I' still speaking to him, threw ourself back- I ward a step. The ; tant we moved he t sprang, but the chain held him, and being 8 too short, he rebounded against a post, c and fell to the floor some eighteen inches r from where we stood." t The Dikes of Holland. c The dikes of Hollana arc the most won- I derful of the national characteristics, and * show Dutch determination to good advnn- t tage. The most stupendous embankments fl in the whole countrj* are the dikes of fielder t and West Cappcl. Watchmen of the i special engineer corps, known as the f Watcrstaat, arc continually on the look- i out in wiDtcr to meet any exigencies that f may suddenly arise, and arc armed with t every requisite to meet the emergency of prevailing southwest winds acting on the n surlacc of the Atlantic, or the Northwest j temfests propelling the sea through tlte ^ *4 ? nrliiAll fltllC ftllft. narrow si runs ui mu?ci, nun.u, ??a- ^ merited, falls back with double force 011 ^ the shores of Holland, and causes the tide j to rise above the high-water mark. When s such a calamity is anticipated, tlie alarm- f bells are rung, and every available man r hastens to his assigned post of duty, f From 533 to 1825, Holland has been sub- j jectcd to terrible inundations. In 1289 T eighty thousand jieople lost their lives The improved system, of dikes, introduced t by the Spanish Governor Koblcs, were the ] means of much good, as of lato years the j disastrous consequences of an inundation ( have been somewhat mitigated. What ? constitutes a dike is unknown to many. ? A solul foundation is necessary first, which ^ is accomplished by either driving down j piles, ramming the soil, or laying a sub- j stiatum ol clay. The depth of foundation ? for a tea dike averages from one hundred j and twenty to one hundred and fifty feet. t The face is of clay, and the inner of sand ^ or earth, the whole sloped from one to j thirteen feet.A description of wicker- ( woik tilled with puddled clay, to close f the interstices and render them compact, , is placed as a kind of thatch to protect the ( Hike. Thi* wicker-work is renewed every , three or four years, and its construction j gives employment to many people. The ] upper part of the dike rises from twenty- l five to forty feet; and when covered with j turf, forms a very good road. ? A Surprised Hunter.?A hunter en the Rio Grande, who was invariably unsuccessful, became so much annoyed by s the taunts of his companions, that bede- ' tennined to adopt the Comanche Indian j fashion of hunting, and accordingly dressed i v himself in a deer skin, and ornamented his | <j head with huge antlers. Thus equipped I he sa'lied out, and took his place ut a tav- 1 orite '' stano." A few moments only elapsed before a cougar, perching in tlie ? limbs of the tree above, thinking tint he 1 saw "a sure enough buck," leaped from his J, airv al>ode plump on the hunter's back, at t the same time bntyiug his claws and teeth * deeply into the dried skin. A yell o! 1 iright and as omshment greeted the cougar, such as never before was heard from 5 the throat of living venison, and dropping J bis game, the animal and the hunter took r different directions, it being a matter of v uncertainty, even to this day, which ol the two was most alarmed. j Legislative SToniEs.-One of our leg;c- a latures has won a distinction daring the I last winter sessions for an average m intellectual weakness which will render it memorable for many years to come. " I ! rise for information,'' said one of th? J dullest of the members. I am very glad t to hear it," said one, who wa9 leaning ? over the bar ; " no innn wants it more s than yourself." Another member rose to r speak on the bill to abolish capital punish- J ments, and commenced by saying : " Mr. 'c Speaker, the generality of mankind in c general are disposed to exercise oppression j on the generality of mankind in general." " You had better stop," said one, who T was sitting near enough to pull him by { the coat tail; "you had bettor stop: )on are coming ont of the same hole you went in at." | Protecting Trf.es.?Tli? easiest, 6 cheapest, and surest way to protect a 5 tree from rabbits during winter is to wash the lower part of tko etem with a [' thick mixture of cow dung and water or ? to smear them over with blood or butcher's offal. Either application will turn the stomach of the most shiftless rabbit " and do no injury to the tree. Of course , renewal will be necessary if the poultice gets washed away. An effectual thongh ^ more expensive plan would be to fix a p collar of wire gauge. ' Fox Legends In Japan. Tlie fox plajs a considerable pari in 'apanese mythology. Kitsne, for 6iicb s Reynard's name there, is by turns sared, witty, perfidious and diabolical, hey render him homage and again ridiule him, but aie seldom without some Ireed of his malice. One of the favorite nlgrimages near Yeddo, are the gardens .nd orchards of Odji Inari, which have rom time immemorial been under the avocation of Kitsne, who honors them rith his special protection. Ills little temple, perfectly covered rithin with votive offerings, is re cht d ly an avenue lined with red banners. Che path is mountainous, winding, full if roots, and can be ascended only by tooping. In this posture, you reach he lawn before the holy place, and pass etween two malicious granite foxes, .'he votaries bow respectfully, perform heir ablutions, drop some money iDto a tox and kneel to pray on the templeteps. On the 17th day of the first month, he place is crowded. Afar off, in the aarshes, can be seen the great tree, round which, the preceding night, the oxes held their annual Sabbath. Per- 1 ons who profees to have seen them are agerly questioned. According to the eports ot those who have witne.ued the ;athering?each fox preceded by a willf the-wisp, a courteons volunteer from he rice swamps?prognostics are formed 8 to the coming year, its crops, its achy or unlucky character for war, love r commerce. Then, in the tea houses, hey discuss the mysterious influence of he fox in human affairs. What is bance? What is good fortune? Whence | loes it come? If you cannot explain, kihr*e is as trood a solution as any other, t least to a Japanese mind. John's Complaint. ? 44 What's the aatter, John ?" 441 ain't done nothing, ather." 44 Well, what are you crying or, you lubber?" 441 was afraid you could whip me." 44 "What! whip you eh en you don't do anything?'' 44 Yes, ir." "Go in the house, you booby." Win felt quite relieved, and went into he house, and his father went down to he farm. Very soon his father came >ack in a rage, and laying a cowhide >ver the urchin's back, said: 44 Did I not ell you when I went away to hoe that orn ?" 44 Yes, sir, but you told md'just iow you wouldn't whip mc if I hadn't lone nothing." Fortunately John's wit lidn't save him the whipping. ? You should write to Mr. Charles W. lassler, No. 7 Wall St., N. Y., if you cish to buy or sell any Railroad Bonds* Tiuinisg Beaks.?Many years ago Sebulon Stanhope, a farmer residing tear New London, Conn., trained a ouple of bears to plow and do other la >or8 of the field and road. Oa one ocasiou he started to town with a sleigh oad of wheat, but some of the harness ireaking, the farmer set about repairing he damage, when one of the bears eized him by the leg and sorely woundid it. The bears then simultaneously an off, leaving the farmer to reach his louse alone, which he did with difficuly after four houi's labor. Two or three lays were spent in useless search, and >ears and sled were given up as lost; chen, upon the third day at noon, a loise was heard in the road, and, to the ustonishment of the Stanhopes, they >eheld the two bears drawing the sled nto the barn, and instead of the wheat, our large bears and three cubs. The loor was suddenly closed, and the stran-1 ;ers were shot with a long gun thrust j hrough the crevices of the building. The Skeptical Convinced.?Every idvance in Medicine, every new remedy jas encountered an opposition, which is lie test of truth. Galen and Jenner inly were believed when they proved i heir discoveries against opposition, j But men are observing, and benefits ilways make believers. No incredulity ?n staud the silent arguments of good esults. When Dr. Walker proclaimed hat he had produced from the medical lerbs of California an Elixir that would egenerate the sinking system and cure liseaso not organic, the incredulous | ihook their heads, Yet his Vinegak ! Bitteus is now the Standard Restora;ivc of the Western World. The truth !ould not be resisted. Under the oper-1 ttiou of the new remedy, Dyspeptics I egain their health, appetite and strength lie Bilious and Constipated wee re- i ieved ot every distressing symptom ; j ;lie Consumptive and Rheumatic rapidly ecovered ; Intermittent and Remittent Fevers were broken up ; the taint of Scrofula was eradicated. Who could i gainsay faets like these ? Not even tip.' Faculty. Skepticism was routed. All loubts as to the claims of the Bitters to ;he first place iu tlie first rank of modern nedieines were silenced, and this won lerful preparation is to-day tne mosi, >opular Tonic, Alterative, and Blood Deparent ever advertised in America, [n common with otlier journalists, we ire free to add our testimony to this emedy. It is a domestic medicine, i ind no household should be without it. ?Com. For Dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of pirits anu general ueoility in their various arms; also, as a preventive against fever and gue.aiul oflier intermittent fevers, tho"Ferro'hosphoratcd Elixir ofCalisava," made by Casvell, Hazard & Co., NVw York, and sold'by alj Irnggists, is the best tonic, and as a tonic for >atients recovering from fever or other sickiess, it has no equal.?Com. ? ? We often see a large stock of cattle which do lot seem to thrive, and como out " spring >oor," all for want of something to start them j n the right direction. One dollar's worth of j Iheridax's Cavalry Condition* Powdehs. given i o such stock occasionally during the winter,; rould be worth moro than an extra half ton of lay.?Com. Have you a severe wrench or sprain? Have j ou rheumatism in any form ? Have you still ieck, or bunches canned bv rheumatic pains? f so, Johnson's Anodyne Liniment is a specific emedy, and is also the best pain killer in the rorld.?Com. Elegant, sweet, light and wholesome Bread, ; ir>iiu Uidi-uits t'orn Bread-Muffins. Buckwheat ! ,nrl other Griddle Cakes,and Pastry and Cukes j ritli Donley's l'east Powder. Hold by grooors. -Cow. Use ' 1'liO Queen's Toilet,1' for improving ind beautifying the Complexion.?Com. Twenty Years Younger.?To say tbat bunIreds of maids, wives and widows look twenty yearn ounger than they are in consequence of the conidexional freshness derived from the use of Haoax's if aoxolia Balm, is simply to state an absolute fact, vhich might be promptly verified by direct tcetinouy if ladies were as willing to tell their ages as to ise the best means of making themselves lovely, iature sometimes but very rarely, crowns the charm if perfect matures with a complexion of exquisite learness ; but even then time soon l>egins to mak? nroads upon the velvet'oheok, the fair white brow, he ivory bust, the rounded arm To preserve the glory of woman" unblemished, even atter the neridian of life has lwvn passed, it is only necessary ouse daily this cooling, health!ul vegetable prc{>araion.?(Coin.) Best and Oldest Family Medicine.?sax- j ord's Liver Isvioorator.?A purely Vegetable Ca hahtio and Toxic?for Dyspepsia, Constipation. ; lebility, Sick-headache, Bilious Attacks, and all k rangl ments of Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask our Druggist for it. Bewar- of iMiTATioss.-lCom .j That Iron I* Valuable as a .Medicine ha* ; wig tidrn known, bur. it i? only since its preparntinn in he particular form of Peruvian Syrup that its full power | ver disease has been brought to light. Iw effect in j uses of dyspepsia and debility is most salutary. Cristadnro's ExceUior Hair Dye stands unrivaled and lone. Its merits have been so universally acknowledged hat it would be a supererogation to descant on them ny farther?nothing can beat it.?Om?. Flagg'a Instant Relief baa stood twenty ysorV test. Is warranted to give immtdhtt* reityto all Rheumatic, Seasi sic. Head. Ear and Book aches. O Money Refunded. ? Cem. , Criminal Imposition. ; A d bill substituted for s good one is simpi* a lues to the pocket of the taker; but a poisonous slop rabati tuted for a life-sustaining medicine Imperii the health ft of those who imbibe it. and the man who concocts, or | eells.or recommend* such an article is a criminal im- 5 postor, and deserves to be visited with a heavier penalty . than if he bad counterfeited (fold pieces or forged bank t bills. Many vile, unwholesome potion now being offered for salo in various parts of the country as " tonics" and " rstoratives," are recommended by their dishonest proprietors and venders as superior to tho famous / national specific, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Deepo- / r ate attempts are made to thrust these pernicious com- /i pounds into the hands and down the throats of life-long "?7 patrons of the great vegetable stimulant and stomachic; ci. ( a h/1 aUliAnnV* tliiuio AAnsnies/*!no a (rsinaf ha*slt>-i an/) liffl \ very rarely succeed, it nevertheless seems to be a duty occasionally to warn the credulous against them. Hos- A tetter's Bitters, the unequalled remedy for casual M indigestion, confirmed dyspepsia, biliousness, liver complaint, malarious fevers, constipation, constitutional weakness, and th functional derangement of the gJFjj weaker sex. has for twenty years stood at the head of all oljie medicines of itscla>t?.K> far above (hem as to render poiri compet tion futile. It haa not yet reached the meridian D; of its popularity, its sale being larger now than at any jo tH period since its introduction. Its utility as a preventive ij?j~ of disordert engende-ed by an insalubrious atmosphere or unwholesome water is admitted by physicians prac- regji ticing in unhealthy districts, and it is recommended as gymi a stimulant by many p-actitioners who will not take the Responsibility of prescribing the adulterated liquors of commerce. mar h . ., the Mpeoial Xotioes. ^ TO m? t'OXSUMPTIVES. mUl nevf The advertiser, having been permanently cured of that gocl dread disease. Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anx- T ions to make known to his fellow sufferers the means ol * 1 cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used, (free of charge), with tne directions for preparing and nsing the same, which they will find a p rCBK Cubk for Consumption. Asthma. Beoschitis, j^e and all throat or lnng difficulties. Parties wishing the prescription will please address Ksv. EDWARD A. WILSON. ffP liM Penn. Street. 'Wiliisrasbursh. N. T Hut) i I m II or 1 ~ --- _ oftl cu? 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One ie will prove a better guarantee of its merits 1 a lengthy advertisement. or Female Complaint*, in young or old, M| rted or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so Jed an Influence that Improvement is soon eptlblc. or Inflammatory and Chronic Ilhcu? tlim and Gout, Bilious, Kemfttent and Interent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidi and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal, i Diseases arc caused by Vitiated Blood.' hey are a gentle Purgative aa well aa 'onlc, possessing (lie merit of acting as a erful agent in relieving Conjmstlnn or Inflamlon of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in >us DLseases. or Skin Discuses, Eruptions, Tetter, Suitam, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls, uncles. 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