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Plantaiius and ialianias. Of all plants which are the produeii of the tropics, non ire superior In in terest to the plantains and bananas, two closely allied specimens of the genus Wnusa. Of the several Species of this genus, one has received the spel fic name of paradisiaca. inder the sup position t''at it was the tree of life," or the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil," spoken of in the scriptures. St. Pierre observes that the violet cones at the end of a branch of plantains, with the stigmas pecting through like gleam ing eyes, might well lave ugr-3ted to the guiity3 imagination 01 Ave tie sem blance of a serpent tempting her to pluck the forbidden fruit it bore, a1s an erect and golden crest. Though some of the species att in a height of 20 to 30 feet, they are herbaceous plants, grow Ing up, flowering, fruiting, and then dying down to give place to other shoots from the satne root. The fruit ripens in succcssion from tile base to the apex of' the flowering stem, so that on the saine plant. flowers and ripe fruit will be found associated. One stalk of' fruit will attain three feet, and beat' from 120 to 100 and even 180 plantains, the entire weight ot which would be from 60 to 70 pun iids, 1)rled plantains form an article of internal comimerce in India, and, inl a few instances, have been exported. Wien deprived of their skin and dried in the sun, they are reduced to meal, inl great demand ill the West Indies for invalids. A re. cent French excha nige states that ellorts are being made in Venezuela to get up an export trade for meal of this sort, the supply being much greater thian the home demand. Professor Johnson states that the fruit api1 roaches most nearly ill composition and nutritive value to that of Ile potato, and tile meal to that of rice. All the species contilain ia large number of Fpiral ves sels, and alord a strong and valuable fibie, from which cloth and cordage are made. The substance called manil la hemp, much elimployed for cordage inl America and Europe, is obtained Inl o0ne of the species (3/.sa caitus). Searcely ally plrts of these useful plants are dlevoid of use. to man. A limpid fluid Issues from wounds In the body of the plnIt, which is used in iled icine, as is also the root. It has beeni recently stled l i t 1a foeigni medieal J0urn-11-1i that ihe proleity which these plan1is possesis 01' heeping the suiiround Ing so(il moist (:s poinited olilt 1)3 Boits singalii t) 13has been3 taken advan(tage of' to aiflor'(d shade alu inolstulre to tile cof fee plant in Venezuela;, an(1 that the cultivationi of the latter . lias therefore been very much inereaseti. Still anoth r indust rial use has lately been propos ed for the fruit, in the latter count.ry, this being the dist-ilhaion of brandy. Bianaa branidy. eveni from I lie first dis tilationp is sntid lo have at pleasant taste and S1n11l. rt'einlling tlat of tile fruiit. It contas lift 3-two per cent. of alcohol. As two hundred weight of tie friit Piodhreeis about tell (Ilarts of' alcohol of IN; degrees, bainaia brandy ma111Y yet he testined to play as impor tiant a1 part ini icon3omyI as3 the ailcohiol of tihe st~ia r'en e. .in penlgin roiktiis te grass cov ers wide tracts with a1 dense giowthi lIke that of a field of stand( Iing lorni bult, dhen ser at(1id higheri, tih'giass r'eachilug hilgh over' one0's headu. .iost of thne dlrove of' p~enguins made1 for' on1e idin1g plaeoI, where the beach siurfIace wits covered withli a co11tig of (lilt fi'on thir feet, foring a1 broad( traick hearli nig to a1 tile in tihe tail gra1ss abioiit a yart3'i wi'de at the bottom, and( iuilte bare with 31 enitranlce to the it:a1 i street of t his part1 of the "'rooker'y." Va1riou~s latteratl stielts leadl of on1 eac(h side~ 1rOin the mlainl roadi, and3( are of tell tat t hell' moiuthis as big as~ it.; mor'eover', t lhe roadi~ somiet.limesi divides for' a lilttle and jhois again ; hence it ls the easiest thling inl the world to tose one('s way. it is fiml possible to conceive the dliscomlfort of' matkin~g one0's wayi thriough ia big r'ook er'y, haplitizard, 01' "across coull try',' as 0110 311.y $1ay. Youi pliinge into 0one of the 111n1s in the tall gr'ass. which at on1ce shiu'ts (tut tuhe surr'lounldings fromh your view. You trenad on a slimy, black, (damp11 soil, compliosed of the birtds' dun13g. The stench Is ovei poweing, tihe yellinlg of the bi'ds perfectly3 terl fyinlg; I enni cli iit nothing else, Yeou lose the 1pathI, or' p~erhaips arIe hen I froml the jirist ini 'ma1kIig dIireet for somie sdot Oil tihe othier sidhe of' t lie rookery. Now you ai'e, thle inustan1t you leave Ithe r'oiad, Onl thle actual breeding-gr'ounlds. Th'le neets aire la(cd so thickly that, you01 can not, hitl p tread ig oil eggs and1( young irhds att almost every step). A p)arent bi'd sits Oil each nest, w~hih its 811a1 p beiak er'et and( oplen realdy to bite, yellinlg, satvagely', "al, ('all, urri, urr',"' its r'ed eye gleamilingandi it s plumes31 at hal1f-cock and3( quiiver'ing with rage. No sooner1 arie y'ourI legs with in r'each thlan they aire furiously bit ten, oftein by two 0or thlree ait 0111e-that is if you haive not got 0on stron1g ilather~ gaiters, as 0on thle .first, occaion of visitinlg a rookery yOU pr'obably' have't 1not. At first you try to avold tihe nests, but 800on find that imipossible; then, maddened ali miost by the prin, stench and1( noise, yeol have recouirae to brutality. Th'lumnp, thump, goes your stick, and at each *blow dlown goes a bird. Thud, thlud, you hear' fromi the mien beOhind'., as they kick the birds off' the nests, and so you go on for a bit, thump and smnalh, *whack, thud, "caa, ca, u'r, urr," andi the path behind you is strewed wvithI the dead, dying and bleeding. But you make miserable slow progress, and1(, worried to deathl, at last reOsort to the expediment of staimpedinlg as far as your breath will carry you. You puit down your, head and make a rush thrtough the gr'ass treadling on old and youn~g hlapha~zard, and rushling on~ be fore they have time to bite The city of Qlasgowi is supp~osed to have been fonnaed in the year 560O by TI0e erat revolt of the natives of.wa P n ~ sube authority oftRusa FARM AN) GARDEN. NITROUN IN AoimcuI.rUitE.--Nitr'o gen, as is well kniowin, Is the most it portant element lin plaint food, it any, one clement can be termed most Im- I portanit where all tire esiential. It is a very costly part o' our fertilizers, for so small a part of whlt Is applied seims to be available. Tie American Agricultui'st for July, fit reviewitigi a letter from the noted J. 13. Latwes of England on this subject, sayis: We are payling, and usua1tll3 with prolt, Ilfeen to thirty cents per poui for niitrogeni In our standard fertilizers, antid yet Ihe very soil on which it Is used vlwith pro lit contiins thousands of' poinds iII every aere, within reach ol tle pIItiiIs, but in Inert. forms so tt the plant.; cainnot use it. Mr. L-awes has been experinenting largely for thirty yeairs, and has given much110t attentioni to the subject of applying niltrogen so its to imitke the most of it. lie observed that crops did not appropriate anything like the amotint of iitrogen applied. Where Ie had used fourteein tons of dung per acre every year 'or barley, the crop had at Its disposal more than I four times ats 11111011 III Aorgen IL It ised. What becoms of the rest,? There aire several ways to account for it. Mich stays uand ncetuiniilates in the ground. Grass land Ian ured in (lis wily for eight yearIs Lii sucecessiont hadI sto're Till elough nitrogen, and other ingredients of plant food, to keel) ti) the fIll yield for live years longer, at(l no10w, ifter fifteen years cropping since any Inant ure hits been Ilpplied, the elraet of the I O(1 Supp)ly still reItiis. On another field where fourteen tous of diuig wis applied every year to bairley, analysis t implies that tie nitrogen accumulated in the soil it the rate of aiot, one h unt dred pounds per acire alntial ly. It is differien w I h nitrogen in cointercial I'erilizers. The nitrogein In stilphiate of amntnonia aid nixtrate of soda Is rea dy to act it once, and on1e fourth Ias much its 1s supplied in Stable matiture will bring as good crops. 'le nlitrogen t in these lortilizers does not acet'iiin hicte in the soil like that of' dung. 'arnt goes Into tle crops and the rest is lost, by being converted into inert forms, es cadllng to lie air, or leiteiiiig. A lhoice of the right kind of crops, and Ile use of litme antid isles, proper tilliage, etc., are means that will econoamize thlie Ili trogent in the soil. A BnACE FOR A KIcKING llOitsE. Those so unfortunate as to owni a kick ing horse know something of thei pa lence it requires to get alonig with it, and will welcome anything which will preveit the kicking and intally elleet a cure. The writer knew a horse which was so bad a kicker that ater various trials, and after passin 11g lIi hr 1 11111 ty hands, and getting worse ai LneII time', to be perfectly cured lin the coturieo o' liree months by the u4se of the device here given. 'Tlhis is a siaplc brace, which acts uipon the facut that i' the head be kept tit), the hiorse atinnot kilek, A kicking horse is like t bIlance, wIten ot. entd goes tup the other iist go dowin. The brace consists of a hal iich iron rod, which mitay be straiglit, or, for tle look, bent into a grecelut curve. It is forked at both etds; the two divisions of the upper end are fittened to the two rings of the bs, while ithe lower end tits upon the lower prtion of the collar hames. The iier ents ean best be fLastened to the lilt by wildilng with wire, wici shotild be done I siinoot.ily, So its not to m ear u ion the mouth. The lower ends is seeI red by means of' a strapi lastened to ithe uppe i loop and passing arountid the collair is bukled through tie hole in the lower part of tite end through the hole Iin theh hower part of the eid 1' the brace. Th'le bra.ce need not be taken f'otm the bit in uinhiairnessinhg. Any blac'ksmiifth cani make such a bratce, taik ing eare, t~o have It of (lie pr'oper lengthl to lit the pat'tleular' htor'se. Keepi its hieaid at, about, (lie height ats w hent "'cecked tip,''I and1( the horss wtIll soon1 bie ecured. M iAi KINa 'l'invi Enr D uA ..:.- A ni easy anid simple mcthuocl of' r'enici'rig 1.ini tber uniiusual1(ly i'iiable, if not priatt cally3 indestr'uctable, is ol' (lie greattes, v'alue to the agielItuiiral cotumnity1i.3 Fence p)osts, sills of hltldings and o1 h-~ er tibeir exposedh 1o intluences which cause rapid1( dcaiy, last hot a few y'ear's untder' or'dinar'y circumswtanices. It has leng beeni kniown tiIhat, lime is an ell'ce (lve preser'vative, acting In bhis wvay by conlguilating the alibumeni~l in the celilulart tissuie of' the timberct. A n easy mecthodl of pre'partIng thie t imanber hits becen ap( pilied priatcticailly b3y a Fr'ench mining engineer. A leit wits madiie in which the timber was placedl ; qtiick himie wits scattered over it, anitl thein slaked wit Itl water. After being exposed a f'ew days to the netlor. of the ihme, (lie tin ber was removed iand~ utsed as suippor~s for the r'oof cf a ineii. Whei'e unipr'e palred timber latsted itut two y'ears, thatt prtepatred in this wity hast been in~ use for several y'ears withotit the least tip pearance of decay. Thl1i1 imethtod of prie servation coinumend(s itself for its silm plicity aind chea pneses f'or f'a, use. Doafr iK Now~ II A 1.F' 'li ti.:it va 1,U it.' and hid ney Coii ihtiins iecomi mended. I hadi a hialf bot tle lef't which I utsed for 1m13 two lIttle giirls, whio the doctoirs andi~ nteighboi's said could not be cuired. I wotuldl have lost. both of themn 0one ight if I had not, icIveni thenm 11op Bitters. They (d1( thienm so iiu'h good I eon. tinued~ their 1un4 until they were cured. rTat is why I say~ youi do not know haluf the value of flop liitters, anid (10 not recomnmend thenmt high enloughm.'' B., Roches ter, N. Y. See other column. All almutui ilomlo. "T H F. Coat i0ri.a' 110315" is the titleoOf Mrn. Jutlia McNair Wright'a new lIook, wicht J. (J. 14lcCturdy & Co., of Piuladelp1hia, have jusf liubblshied. As Its tithe Indicates, this a acoat prohensivo mnaniual of htousehold affatrE. In at overy woman, youing or old, mariled or hain gle, rich or poor, can find much of intere4t ~ndl value. Th'ie city lady wvill lind it a useful and picSat comitSloni, whli 0 tho wife of the( farmer and mechianmio will socaro a aafo andl sensible guido, By mlhowiing thiem how to use money to the be-t, advantage, it will onable families of mioderato moans to sactiro many comnforts andl~ luixurios which they have not fell able to obtain anid it ill enablo the masses of indusrious people to have really beaumtiful hiomes. Thmeovery-clay work aind dutIes of life r'e coivo full a'tontion. The easies', aiid best methonle of doinig housework are noted, to mi.s toes of good cookinig are expila ned, and dilreetions for the treatment of eases of sick noss amid aceideint are ylvoni. Thle manage mont of infanite in huealth anid disease hias re ceived spoeiilttoo0(0. '1lhe great ib lbjet, of F~amily Glovernmntt is clearly anid fully treated. and the piriniciples ill>on which lhappji. nos in tho homeoh dponds are learly et forth. Tlho directions how to entertaiin comp ny will insure the gratitudo of a mnultat~ado of wromen w o have not had the advantages of a socety <ducation; whim in hle varied rounid of corimon anid e'xtraerlitary cirounatatucee by which every fife is affeoted, the inexperi eneed housekeeper wIll Ilnd a guuido a-id friend. In this book the young mother wtill bind a wise and sympathietio cunselhor, while the over worked anid desponding may obtain enicoum ago meoit and consolationi from its pages. The author hass obeyed. the apostolic com mn ito "do good and commuiicato," anud heor work will exert a powerful Influencoe for good. The publIshers have also donie their part well. The book Is nicely prinited on tinted paper, handsomely botundl, and Iilustrated with. soy oral beautifully colored, full page plates. Iloth the press and the elergy hiave given this work their marked approbation, while from privato sourooa many warm oommnendaa to0as have bes 9oo9w4. Agente 4egte wanted overywhero THE1C HOUSEHOLD. ALL ABOUT MUsuI.-Mush of ailklinds teeds more boiling than cooks usually ;Ivo it. We shiould drop the natne ot 'hasty" pudding, for in this case 'haste makes waste," as the full nour shment of corni meal, even the finest. s not bnought out 'by the very quick .ooking usually giveis. It Is wonder ut 0ow outmeal improves with long ollinlg or steaminig. There Is a (ifier nee In the (uality. Th.it which Is flue r, floury, needs less cooking .ind is mtlatable with half ntil hour's bolling, >ut tihe best oatimieal-thalt wheh Is *oarse and firmer and safer to buly lin arge quantitles, as It keeps better welds two hours steady bolling, and ;lree or four hour's will not, be in ra i, it' the intiushi is not scorche(d. TO revent this, pt tle oatimeal with four imes Its builk of cold water, and little slt, in a tin pall or stone Jar In ide a kettle of Itukewarm water It aJin be cooked safely inl a steamer or team-cooker, or farina kettle. Attcr t coies to boiling It Should boil two iours. It can be cooked more quick y it'soaked over night. Oatmeal niush t such at favorite dish wIt.h uts now, Ihat a day's supply Is put 111)011 the tove to cook, iearly every muorilig as 0011 as tle fire Is bilt, and it so3ne imes IhlappenIs that one Or tie other if the fai ly relishes It so miuch ats to at nothi ig but Oatmeal dill(( milk, for a reakfast or su1pper. Since we have earned to cook It. so long, we have for 'ottll to use sugar on it, except as here Is sugar witit our betries, or ot-h r :Fauee eaten witvh it. It is very nice (ooked witi milk-as I have pr-eviously od-liale milk and hIalf water. A good prinkling of raisIns bolled in graliam or oatlleal mush, makes a very pleas Lit variety. low 'ro CAs HAnRDEN IRON.-Case mlrdelling of liron Is a iprocess by which thil coating of steel may be placed oil tihe Siutrface of ir-oil implements, ools, Ic. i te first )lace, take anly >iece of irol and ealct It to a red ness. iud then sprinkle oil It little Ipowder' :d yellow prtisgiate of potash; then seat, ti Ironit again. The heat decoti Joses the prisslate of potash an(] the aiboti coinblies 'with the iron, thus 'ormiig anll endurable coating much ilrer than cast-steel files. This cov !riig admits of a very iigh and lasting )OIish. There are other methods of' as-e-liar'1ening, but tihIs Is the easIest 13d is not ex1pensive. Au IiOi (It'll hilts ease-liaridened will pietriate tile ardest steel. The coatinl will be thou t. one-sixteentI of an inch thick, mt. tcan be made thicker by stibject Jig I lie ar. Ivies to Several tretm il(lents, is above stated. How o 10 WAshu GJLAss.-NeCvCr use oap to gliss Wash2J all wine glasses uiid tuimlblCrs in hot, wItelr and soda, til riisic in cold water. Soap Is nieC fkary for griouid ghtss. Yout should wash (01-o1(d glhss globes or any ground las.s In a lather ot' soap and water aid oda12 with a brush, aid rinse in cold wa er ; ani1d dry them immediately out of he col water; do not let theta drain. 0rotiuid glass is very apt to get a black ook 1 rota expostti, and thercfore all rrotind glass, such its ice plate1 for i tance, that, ie not, ill daily use, should atch be wrappidul ill in soft paper, so ,hat It may keep its color. If ground flass lis become discolored, the tfol owimg (Iicections will cure it: Wash ie glass in soap and1( water, and then our a small qttantity of spirIts of' salts nto it sattcei, dip ia sponge or rag into t, and wash over the glass ; then lutige It ito cold water and then inito ot, later ; dry it. lxI NAN D~oUanNU'rs.--A coriespoi leist of the American Cultivsator' says -I .'end~ you a receipt fotr tiaiktug indlatt nea11 ldouighntuts, wiiehh are' ttitch nlier hiatn those not initilatedjtare aware of. A ecuIlj p and1 a half of bollin~g water' pour1 x(I over two toeeupfuils of Indian11 tmeal; whleni It co(ols tadd tilo cuptfulS wheat lour t, otto of butter, one aind a half of' tiar, thrteel eggs, and1( a teatsplonful of' ltitteg or clitamot ; if not stufl'eiough tadd equal piortlons of' whteat anid a; et It rIse 1111 very light; roll it abot [1al1 an incht thilek: cut into smalttl diai no0n1d site and1( boil themn in hot wa'~ Luait't RYE TlEA CAK(Es.--One pintof ni11k, two oggs, a1 tablespooniul of browit sutgar, and1( a large plInCh of salt. Add enouigh floutr to make a comtmont pubil~le cake batter. Bake hlalfan hour i a1 gem pan i; setrve hot or cold as de 'ired. Always get your material for .reakfast; over tilght; fix the fire ready ;0 lIght, illi the tea-kettle, grind the :uffee, and pre ~ipare the p)otatoes, and lhts y'ou cani sleep a half an~ pour lonlg :r' In the mlorninlg. A nIOAST of beef Is muctih nleer if, whetn yout putt It into the pan to bake, yo set it on the hot titove; let It btrown >n one side, aind tutrn and btown the >thter ; then add1( the hot wa'tter and sea 1o)3n1 and311( bake in a hot oven and the lutice Is r'etained In the meat. Fatrar s.-Two eggs, 0one1) pirl but termillk, 0one teaspoontfai saieratus, th roe-fourths teaspooinfutl salt, 1and( hlour enioutgh to make a stiff batter Fr'iy In hot latrd, puitting ini a teaspoon 'it at a time. To CLEA.N SMOKCY MAnnILE..-Br'ush n paste of chlorIde of lime andl watter over the ontiro surface. Grease spots ca2u be reimovedl fr'om marble by applyling a paste of crude1 p)otash andl whIting in this miannet'. INDIAN CAKE,-Thrtee cuipfutls of meal, one cuplfuli of flour, one0 pInt of 10ou1 tmilk, soda to sweeten It, two eggs, two hitrge sp)oonfutls of butter, one cupl ini of sutgar. ONK trial of' Dobbins' Electric Boap, (I. L. Oragin & Co., Philadelphla, Pa.,) will make you a firm believer in Its merits over after. Give it that trial, please. Your grocer has it, or will got It. A YouNG mothler must haye some rest. But how is tils to be accomplish ed, when the batby is restless and crines constantly ? Simply by using Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. A Wran D)IAcoN.-"Dcon~i WVildei, I want you to tell ine how you kp youriselt'and family well the past seta. son, whien till thme rest of us have been sick so-mnhilli, sand hmave lad the doctors vieiting us so of'ten." "Brlio. Taylo' ir, the answer' Is very easy. I us ni Ilop) lit'ters in time; krpt myl fanmily w~ell anud sauved the doctor bIlls. Thriee doit1t'5' worth of It kep1t uis wiell antid able to woik tall the time. Ill warrsaiit it hans clost. yotu anmd ' the nielghblor's ('ne to two hmtndredI dollares aiLece. to keepig s(-k thle stnme tie. ,' 1a,s0, I'll uisoyour metdicine here. IT SHOULD be tht business of every one having a cold to treat It ronutly and prperly until i is gotten rhd of.-.Itelllgent experence fortun atel~ypresentinga curative In r. Jayne's Ex.. Deotran, ther ugh y ad ted to rojuovo in tttamat ofthe thbroat or Lun~an or edistressing symptoms of AS WIT AND HUMOR., A *SAFE RULc.-A fter.'l the1con11is61 of a lively horse-trade, a witness of tu transaotlon asked one of the trader what sort of' a horse he had got by tu exchange. "'Oh, Just medium-just a commot sort of a plug." was the reply. "A nd how o( is lie?'' "Twenty years old." "But I did not see you look at hI teeth." "No, you did not, young mal. have traded horses for the last thirta years, and I have owned as many a eight hundred different animals. M rule has always been to inentally cal culate the age of the other man's hors at twenty. In this way I make no ms takes and suffer no disappointimits.' "'Didn' your rule ever fail ?'' "Well, it did fail once. I was trad Ing horses in Pontiac, and I made th istial Qstimuate of twnty years, but thl critter died of old age while I was try lug to beat a grocer down two cents o1 the price of a peek of oats." AN amusing reply was given by I girl, who, while at a London ball. strayed away from the ball-rooi. Ile] mother subsequently discovered her It a remote nook with a gentleman, whi had his arm around her waist, whih she rested the tips of her pretty litth fingers on his manly shoulder. "My dear, what's all this?"' ex elimed the irate maminma. "Miammnla, allow me to Introdnie Captain X. to you. I hld promisoc him at (dan11ce, but U was so tired that I couldn't keep my word, and I'n jusi giving hiu a sitting-still waltz in stelad." THE 1EST DIAMOND OUT.-'"JeruIsh, er," exclaitnedl her true love (it was i1 Bridgetown, Conn..) "Sorush, what' you take for that gold ring of yourn ?' "CWell, I don't knoiv Jeremiah,'" sak she. "you know it's 18C." "'J uist let me have It " pleaded Jerry aid I'll send ye it diamond for It to. morrow. As good a one as there It antywhere.1 "hlonest injun11, Jeremiah ?" "No mistake." lie captuired the ring, and just be. Core he started far iTexas next morning lie sent her a jack of diamonds, bear, ing this inscription : "This is the bes diamond out.'' Amen. A nuo scientist -says "the bumble-bei gives out two very differeit sounds wihlvhI are in octave of each other-, grave sound wien it files and a sharl sound when it alights.'' The bug sci eitist Is right. The sound31 given ou wihlen the bnmble-bee ahlglits--cn I girl's neck-is aboit. seveitLeen Octave sharper than when -thle Insect merchi flies. And when it crawls up a ouni man41i's trouser's leg tit a picnic thi sound produced is all the way fron tenor to bass. The profanity witL which it is garnished makes it base. 'iH iy were slaInd ing onl tile coriler o Milk street at twelve o'clock, whe tile Soilnd of a steam whistle froin neighboring nufacilieturing establish ment plereed their ears. "That is i public nuisanie'-, Mr. Spicer,'" said one 'No,'' respolnlled the other, "it's 1 private tooter,'' land then the first ma whistled. AN ahindanee of guests and limite loilgiig rootus caused Jimmie to b .shept out" at a neighbor's. On ails Ing in the mornlng Ie was invited t remain iat breakfast. "Vell, 1 gues not," lie replied; "we have night good breakfasts at our house when w A Miss (Gush was elected school suz 1)0erin tendenit In Mlono cotunty last Tuies (liny, oil Wedne1iisday appoited a mal' d(3puty 1and( 01n Thurslday' marrhed himi TLhiIs shows how mfeani womlen cani bi wvhmen they heave the adivantage of "What have you been doln'?"~ askel a boy of his playmate, whom lhe sav cominig out of the house with tears Ii hxis eyes. "'I've bein chasin' a birch red 'round lmy lather,'' was the sniarl lng reply. A cotu.:oE stuidenit from this city bi rendlering to his father an account o his ternm expenses, inserted; ''To chatr ity, thlirty dlollars.'" is father wrot back :"Chlarity' covers a muiltitudel o sins." WnEN time old gentleman comes homn and finds1 da~uighters have got his sliy pers and1( thme easy chair and the eveninj paper ready for him, lie realizes that I is the season for a Fall opening of hi pocketbook. A MaN's wordh is the main-spring c his cha~racter'. Once break the main sprinig and, like a watch, the man runi dlowni. IT Is an 01(1 adage that thme tongu cannot be easily bridled. But it I easily bit. "I should like to see that goldmlne, said Smythekins, as he watched theri counting quarter-eagles in the treasuiry No man Is smnrt who exaggerate lies wh'Ien lhe can just as easilo amplif the truth. Tuxl early passenger catches tih tralin. How to manage a wile-Remain sir glo. A single instance-A b)aehelor. EvERY miothier-i n-law shtould recorm mend1( Dr1. Bull's Baby Byrup for he grand~-cilldreni and1 thus keep peace I the family. An Importanit Gleologieal Fact. Geology lias shown us that natur accomlishmes iior greatest revolution in3 tilu earth's surface conformatlo slotoly. Every year the river makes it channel deeper, and the glacier wear a deeper gorge in the Alpine rock, an: the ocean tIde deposits the sand it hia crumbled firom the rocks~upon which I breaks. We note the earthquake an: thme devastating hurricane; but thies changes are so gradual meon seldom ot serve them until the channel has be come overhanging cliffs, or a imountail has dIsappreared before the Icy stream or the ocean1 lias given us a Floridri Thus it Is in disease. Our attention il attracted by acute diseases, as fevere cholera. etc., whilie ohronhe disease (often thme most dangerous in result; being slew in thmeir' development, ar seldom not iced until'they have madle aj almost I neflaceable hAi pression upon th systenm. P'ersons believing themselve comparatively 'healthmful are ofttimeo the victims of these diseases, and oni; become awvare of their presence whel relief Is almost impossible, Diseaga e the liver anid stomach are the common et of these. chronic affections. Dr Pierce's Golden hie d1Ial Discovery ahi' Pleasant 'urotiye Pellets ar'e never failing remedies fer tihose diseases They produce a' hm41thIifiseet6$10n c bile, prevent indig pioni th ow ea/ to te~h$e Af ' flow an I Express My Thanks T Mrs. Moks, of Yorkville. Now York. writes It affords mo groat pleasure to wrte these few 3 lines to let the publio know the value of Ana 3 ke*is. the great External Pile Remodv. I have 3 suffered the last 14 years everything but death: in that time I have speut hundreds of dollars. I have tried everthing I ever heard of; I have had four different doctors, but found very little relief. I at last heard of Ana kesis; I tried them and itt ono hour's tinio I found relief and have not i'con troubled with them since. How can I express any thanks to you? No tongue can praise thorn too highly, and I would Pay to all those who are afflicted with Plies Jlomorrhoids or fissures, internal or external, give Anakesis a trial and you will no longer be a sufferer. Mns. MEEss Samplos of Anakesis aro sout free to all suf. forers on application to P. Nounswedtor & Co., Box 8910, New York. Fast California Clippers. A number o' Interesting observations made (luring a recent cruise of the French frigate La Magielenne to variots parts of the PaIoltC have just been con municated says Nature, by Adinlra, Serres to the Paris, Academy Among other pioints attention had beenl drawn, whIle at San Franclsco, to tihe swift, tall-iasted lipper ships which convey wheat to tile European nmarket, The modern practice of increaslng the up per salls at the expense of the lower seetus to be Jutstitletd by selence. Durl Ing thle voyage of the Maglecienne ain anemoneler was observed daily at an altittude of eight metres, and twice every day at an altitude of 36 metres. With rare exceptions the velocity of the wind was always found to be much greater In the lattec case than In the forner. 'The average ratio, deduced frot thousands of observations, was - about 12 to 10, and there was good rea sons, therefore, for seeking motive force in the tipper reglans. The North role and Equator. Are not more widely distinct than the standari tonIo, stimulant and alterative, lostetter's Stomach B ttors, and the cheap and fiery local bitters which unscrupulous vendors foist upon the unwary as medicated preparations with remedial properties. The lattor are usually composed in the main of half rectified alco holie excitants, with some wrotched drug coin bunation to disguiso their real flavor, and me ptrfotly ruinous to the coats of tho btomaci. Hostotter's Bitters, on the contrary, has for its basis choice apirits of absolute purity, and this is tuoditled and combined with medicinal . extracts of rare excellence and botanical or gin which both invigorate and Regulate the bowels, stomach and liver. They offect a rad ical changO in tho disordered phy-ical ecoa ony, wyhiQh is manifested by a speedy improve eniat in the general health FOND parent to lls son ; "Yes, San Francisco Is the place to get on in. Look at Jamcs; Ie started without a penny, and ha11s lately failed for $100, 000. Of course, that's not an extreme case. I don't expect yotu to do as well as that. Still with honesty and Ildus try, I see no reason why yout should not in a few years fail for $50,000. Fon PrMPLES on the FacO, use Ilieskell's Tel Ointilent. IF You Would Enjoy Good Health Take 176ofiand's German Bitters. Hieskel's Teller Ointment Will cure every orm of Totter. If Troubled with Constipation, take Hoof land's German Billers. IF You are Dyspeptio Hoofland's (erman Bitters will ouro .ou. IF Your Liver Is Disordered Hoofland's Ge'r man .Biters will set it aright. . New Operas! . --:0: CaTren. opera by Rize.....................2.0 Carmen Is an Opera that ha. gradually and surely won its way to a areat populamity Although the book is large in fact what one neight call n'-fous dollar beoak 'i a Igot up i, elogant atIs with u-r lFadinoa era by Suppe... .. .....2.00 large, fine book, wvth English and foreign words, anal the Upora in everr way complete, for a low price. Doctor of Alcantara. By Elolhber. A prcfamous o nra, now brougrhb the porpular Bells of Corneville. fl, P~anen.,tt i(nearly ready )........................,.,.,..,....... A great success. This, with the "Doo'or" and the par ies Wh nve nihid Piuafrore, (.in sdlinq yvl easy op cens)and who ard looking out for nes and Remember our first class singinr School and Choir Books. voICGOF woIISHIPandTttiE TEMIPI. each 6900 per doren or 1.0o cach. send for copies Alto. always remember the MIUsIoAL itE00RiD publishedl weekly, It kenp. you well posted as to nmusica matters,u give r 7 pages of music par Oliver Dltson &Co., Boston. J. U. DlTaoiN ? 0o. 923 Chestnut Bt., Phil. IAOL.D tIATOAUEM UIWEn1 A WA y. B Sli00,e0e worth of solid onikl andl Siver w atelc Ssthvor-ware, Pianos, org~ans sowing Machins FrnhMsical, Alarm 'locks. andl Je. elay, ia si-tes sn immense amount of oilier valua ie goods, just for doing us a little inavar, which every moan, ,woman, boy or girl can easily do. No nmouney re Quired. All the elegant an-l costly articles to lao i gls en away are (sill describead anud illustratedi by eaaRravlaags, ina a hook enitied "Tn OorDKN .Pn izn," which we will sendl gratis, and t ree of post dras o ' h Aul O ., 40 Sanior Sreet, lus -HOP BITTERS. (A Megdum. set a.DrinkJ US134 *UOaue MANDNA.u DANDELION, e Vr As, orst MwreasQ r Dsj-a===o5t somaa@WI..JO la 1 das, and Urinary Organa, Neroa a lsp aUSmnad peoally Feale oniats *1000 IN SOW a tilb. pat4 fera se Qssywmt as ew rhelp,e 0 or anythiag tmpars er a~urfes fesud ia assa. s Ask pear drugglst for Hop Bitters ad tr hi 1 ore yeoshosp. Take se them, 6 0 msbelaawnsg~~ eat, ut f eli, tba Es es lead for etreulat. she sM a s p ane. oassag,g,y. TO ADVERTISERS0 W' We wit furnish ofa apspliontlon, estiatnes for.Advertising in atse beat Sand largest oirenlated Newspapers Its tIne Uited States anad Casnadas. Oprs a faelittles are utmfarpassed. We snake 1 our Uinutomnerse iiuterests our own, and intjdy to please aand nauke their Ad. B vertisung profitable to themn, as thsou. ' sands whse have tried us earn testif1. Vail or se1dresp, S. . PEI'TNOILJ A CO., - 7 PAIIK ltoW.*New Yorg, 08l CHESTNUT 6treet, PteIladelphIa. AM~ANTno ARE ~ . -NDWT OCN CEMEN. RETAIN.THE HEAT LONGER.. DD NOT BURN THE H AN IRON BOTH WAY e CHEAR. 130 BLATCHLEY'S PUMPS TIE VERY BEST 0001D4 AT VERY LIOW PRICES. PUM PS Un1lined. PU.,RgPs Iron Linsed. PU1iPS Porceltaint Lined. PUM),fl'S Copper Lined. Chain Pump nxtures and tubing. Rubber Buckets, Steel Chain, &c. C. G. BLATCHLEY 440 MiARKIT Street, Phiullada, ~io Dlseanm, by a ruv~M(.en preee, I ABLE CURES =eta**= BTQ LY DQRSED M.'h: E" 81ENL REfli.at "..3 -I M. IPE'rk. E til L. & CO. AdverwItgI LAgents. T Park how, Now York, and 701 .sinut 8ttreet, PIhiIadelphIa. iecolve adver rletnnt for 1)4bicaition In any part of the renld at lowest rtes. ADVICE as to the most judicious advertling nd the best mediums and tho manner of diln %.-ESTIMATES for one or m re Insertions of r ump j)t n1ay number of papers, )rwardcd on applicatio~n. o aes C AGENTS WANTED H FOR TER OMPLETE OME lf. JULIA McNA JR IVRIGB'81oYR EW BOOK It Moras. itoitill, Btatity, Ilurk, Aniunttus [emtbe-rn, Hong.7 Sav tiigs andi Speiiditig Are all leary d . it wit i-. fn antIa p tk e, fnt Of necdote aidw~it. N% it beitut ful votored Ilila, ratiots, t ew tvpe, toned pta r. chtttt' hind ing"! nil I~ lrie, tiiworkl ii EVN1DTO it AVI. LN 14lNISMALE. Nu bouk like it has over For >i d sor : tnn atnd extraternis, - u drt a O. U C .CUi G U B CO., PS. 712nuis Maeret Sn., Plehld., Pho t10s CAllksma withispordr ittttinse .. rti e me ~i.~ntib cup itin inc Att ,unua ner1; s0..ix iNEs ltEwo ti.tme; o b line fu -?e~ lines t bome gu yth ale for te 8.O. PETTGBB & CO0,, Or 71 Maretut had. Pia. odvert ig on in cit nspaperso .InnS-ts nd tCanes or th uoes rats limeptrof o f olareoeme;ndti ds~s mo tes ssaepnm Osrae 7ri1 Lhestu aSt. Phila Adets aon n lnewsaprs. Pt iSaos and Orgnas u ",*s r 'es empaaer o' f D rciamforndsp TEANDRD rctate v is is a t o ospr o L'h tand (ad-me a ft corstnat raind POOKE65,Ti ITIO i totttl, 63tos For.h S cot o co, and thieDlr' ountg -Rom P e Dloun al LD~ok ,21ti 1s. 'N'f Strna oto., MaOic ESNTERNS 0 TUGuNlASCLOMEXHIITINS tSTh hs Eids .wTer i t Goa ARua roM the Horale Thow week INDORSING DR. RADWAY' I. B, RMEDIE An1sa 1et TUw Pon ineu& E . N;w Tons, Jan. 4, 1WI. DxAR Sixs-HavtnK for several years ySo~i0 medicines. do ubtilgl at Brs t r er oZn their e0lcaoy, with full 00DiIGnOe, it Acknowldg the advantage we have ry from the m. The pills are resorted to as t0n as Oo0lasloa. reauires, and always with the 40. sired effect. The Ready R cant be bete ter descrbod than It is by its name. W Sp the litilment Ir uently and treey, ams Sably Sading E promised ")"t Iu yours, (sgned Da. AWAY* TULOW WEED, R. R. R. RADWAY'S READY RELEF OURE THU WORIF PAIN1 In firom One to 20 RKinute. NOW 0313 HouR after reading this advertisement need any one SUFFER WITH FAIN. Radways Ready Relief IS a (lre toy EVERY PAIN. It was the first and is The Only Pain Remedy bhat instanti stops the most exoruoating Pains. al68 Inflamnmatiens and cures Coup Be Ons ,wether of the Lun Utomah, Be' e or other glands or organs, one application. In FROM ONX To TWEN"T KmTs, the RaHMATIO e d-rideon, 41rm 0rpi Nervous. NeUal0o Or PrOstrate with dGes IDay Buffer, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF CTILL AFFORD INSTA4NT EASE, iNrAXMA TION 0F TUB 3 DNEYS NFLAI NFLAMMATION OF TlE BLADDER, INFLAMMATION OF TUB BOWALS CONGE8rION OF Tia ,UNe5, SORE TIROAT DIFFIUUL BREATHING, 1ALPIiTATI0R OF THU HART, HYSTERICs, OROUP, DIPiTHERl U a SEADA(ULE, TOOTHACHE, NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, GOLD OHILIAAGUEV0111,143 OBILBLA1148 andPRO'DBTA, The application of the Ready Rellegto the pt o parts whore the pain er diculty exists wil af fordease and comfort% Thirty to sixty drops in half a tumbler of wfater will in R few moments oure Cramps, Spasms t'our Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Head koho, Diarrhea Dysentery, Vole, Wind In the bowels, and alUIntrnal PaIs. Travelers Should always ca a bottle ot Radwy's eadyRelief with them. A te).w drop. In Water will prevent sickness or pain trom change Or water, It Is better'Shan French randy or Bitters Ana stimulant. FEVER and AGUE. Fever and Ague cured for Nifty Cents. There is not a remedial agent in the world that will oure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarlous, Billo'is, Scarlet, Ty hold Yellow and other veig (aided by RMayS Pills) no quick as MWAY'Sl READY MELIJZJ. 40 " sA bottle Dr. Radway's Sarsurllin RoWent, MHE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, VOR THE CURE Ol OERONIO DIaASE, SCUOFULA OR SYPHIL'TIO, EIREDITARY on CONTAGIOUS De It seated in the Lungs or Stomach, Skin or Non Flesh or Nerves. corrupting the doi@ and vititiUng the fluids. Chronic Rheumatism, Sorotula, Glandular Swellin . Haoking Dry Cough, Cancerous Affee o philitle Complainta, Bleeding of the Lu aWater Bras, Tie Dloraux, Diseases, Femae Enmpainte, out Drops Sali Rheumn, Bronchitis, Conaymption. Liver Complaint, &c. No; cnly does the Baruaarlllan Resolvent orotlou, Consutional and Sin Diseea but 1t is the only positive cure fer Kidney & Usadder Complaints, U * ry and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes Urine br~gh$ Disease Aiuinurta and Inal cases where there are brick dust doposite,or the water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an egg, or threads like white' silk, or there is a morbd dark, bilious appear ance and white bone-dut deposits, and when pasng water an pain I the salal of the ba$ and along the loins, Sold by druggists, PRICE ONE DOLrLAm. OVARIAN TUnOR OF TE YERS R OWTH CURED DY DR Dr. RADWAY & 00.p82 Warren Steek NEW YORK, DR RAD WAY'Sj Regulating Pills, Perfect17tasteless, elegatly coated with sweet srenten. Radways #1li for the cur of all disorders ofd the Stoach, .Liver, Bowes Rid - Constipation, (0stivenells, Indigeton, Dyspep sia, Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation otf the Bowels, Piles, and all derangements of the In ternal viscera. Warranted to effect a positive ce, Purely eele, contining. no mm'. inry " nral" r'deet erMiousrugs Bonstation Inward Piles, Juness of the Nause, Ileartburn,'Dietus t food Fuline. or Welignt In the Stomaon 00ur BrcinBnk logs or Flutterings in the Pit of the Stomach Breathing, 1lutorinir at the rd akn 51 Dots or cb beore the8 t e Pain in Read. Deficiency 0 Prspiration, l lowness of Bidn and Eyes, Pain is the Side 1nibsand sudden Flushes ot Reat. Burningi A few doses ef RADVAY'8 PILLS Will free th system from allo the abov alned srd Read "False and True" Bnd letr tap o rAWY O.li Intermatioen worth thousandswi-begent yes The Albrecht a the Cienpeat first-elnss laao. In the nearket; (latl and get p,ween o send $Sb I uuitrated Catalogue sand Price Lit A L R EOCHI & CO.. Wasreroonias : 010 Awolk Street, Philadeigh!aa Pa. Let'and 10tr2to toIC PINESelf-ieasuremnent, to SHOE S ,W i ld.LEW EX&D US ,000,000 AOR58 1aisiy in the Famouas RED RIVER VALE-OPTO~ On's timUe, loW pricd4 e best Pampet wuite f tod s1 e mai.4ied4