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Indian Medieln'e Danee. The Indian dances celebrated in the Indian Territory, in June, were wit. nessed by fully 0,000 Indians. Th numler of persons who take part is un limited. When the performance begins, the company having assembled, the per formers at a given signal rush into the teni from various points of the compass witl shouts and yells, and as they reach the in, teror they fire their guns at the eflig3 suspended from t1e -polo-intending thw to destroy the evil spirit-and immediately they set up their dance. This consista ii tIe main of a light springing up and dowi to the monotonous niusio furnished by i peculiar song unva ied in words and inusic, which accompanied the pounding. It goe on till the bodies of the musicians weary, and at a signal all stop Pad take a rest. That done, the dance proceeds again. The programme is changed a little In some of its details, so as to give a variety. Each (lancer has a sort of 'trainer,' or attendant, who sees to preparing him for the exercise. During the rest of the dance the perform ers will arise, lay Dff their shawls or blan kets, take off their other garments, and barring breech-clout, reduce thenielves to a state of complete nudity. This is done in the presence of thousands of men, wo inen and children, ithd nothing is thought of it. The attennant then paints the dancer, using a weed for a brush. The entire body Is covered with rings, forks and other curious devices. SomIe ines the legs from the top of the hips and the groins are painted to the foot with white or light-colored pigment, and thi rings and stripes are run about them at int rvals, produclug a very striking effect. The back, arms and chest are also covered wit I similar representatiins. As the bor'y is partly dry a shawl or blanket is thrown over the shoulders, and the legs are left bare. MCar white the audience keeps up its chatting, laughing, eating an( fanning it.elf to keel) cool, and pays but little at. tention to the spectacle of preparation. The chief medicine man, or the man who has the lead in making dhe medicine, goes around the lige about nmdway of the radius, and deposits at intervals pieCIes of sageLrush; another follows and deposits in the sane spot pieces of bicad and nuts. What this was for 1 did not learn. The dancers also place wreaths of sige brush or of leaves on their heads, and a wreath around tile waist and across the shoulders. Those who do this last wear no blanket or shawl, but are nude except. as to the wreath and irecch-clout. A person who has never seen the dance can scitcely realize whitat a hideous oppearance the leaves and wreaths and painI give to tle naiiked SavaLe. lie looks like a typical cannibal who has just roasted a fresh missionary and is about to devour him. Everything being in readi ness, the dancers put into their wiouths i small hark whistle, about live inches long, having a shrill sound, and ornamented with a tuft of horse-hair, which adds to tle groteitqueness; of their' make-up. The signal is given and the dancing begiii again. accompanied by the drum', singing and whitthing. During the whole of the exercises the participants give not tke slightest indication of mirthfulness, but are as soleimn in visage ats any one could p0os1bly he. - T'o them it is evidently seri ous business, and the chief priests in this cerenoty have no trouble in looking one another in the face wilhout la.ighing. To thetn it is earnest. Soie of the dancers show signs of physical exhaustion from went of food, and when they are resting they lean on their hands at if they were in prayer or suffering from a it adaclie. One strange part of the medicine dance is the toiture. An In(dhti will cut. two parallel peripendicular slits in the skin, on the breast and just above the nipple, and1( undier the skin from one slit to the other he will run a stout stick. To each end of this stick he ties a long string. Tlhe other side of the breast is fixed in the samu way, and the strings have their free ends panssedt around the centre pole and tied. The in.. dian wvill then lean back and thus pull on the sticks until he tears the ekini out and releases himself. lThe sight is a revoltiing on'. The blood streams diown h~is breast amnd legs from the cuts. Th'le skin is usually tough and refuses to yield, and frequently the man has to brace lis feet against the pole and push with all lis igh~t.-Th thongs still hold and tihe skini is often pulled away from the breast h~ome, and stands out at an angle of about fifteen dhegrees clear aeross the breast andt from the~ cuts downi to the lower ribs. It sometimnes happens that the torturer faints before the skinl pulls out ; it more frequently happens thbat he faints as it pulls out, and, weak fronm wvant of food and loss of blood, lie requires caroful attention until lie recove*rs. Others (come through bravely and go on with the dance. Onec fellow, the other day, unable to) enidure the suffering while both thongs were pulling on him at once, triedi to break one out at a time, and~ when lie succeeded the crowd dressed him in squaw's clothts inl contempt. The fasting and( torture, as I have said, is not to test whether the torturers are brave wvarriors, but is intendced to placate the Almighty and win- is aidi for tihe aiccomlplishiment of somo particular purp~ose. The torturer has1 his own benefit in view primiariiy, although he thmlka thait it results also to the good of lis entire tribe, since lie limks that it is piensin~g to God ; tand what 1put1 Ghod in a goiod hiumuoi will necessarily bring~ the entire tribe in for their share of the reeuits. A Nwv .th.ilaraiug Subiistance. Dr. Luton, of ithelims, calls attenition in a Fiench mediical paper to the exhmilaratin~ p~rop~erties of the tincture of ergot of rye when associated with phosph)hate of sodat. The circumnstainces of the (discovery were as foliow: A wolmn of 112, at the mtirnhlary of the Miaionm de Retumraito, in ltheims, was receiving tincture 01 ergot of rye for disease in the kneec. Fearing an unfat~vora. ble turn, thme (doctor thought to strengthen the action of that meditcamienit with phos phate of s0da, and1( accordmtigly comlbined a little of the two substances in a quarter of a glass of sweetened water. The pa tient, about thre-quarters of an hour at t:r taking this, suirprised the inmates by burst. ing into loud laughter, without obvious reason, and~ this contiinued I or iiore thaii an hour, with brlet intervals. The laugh. ter seemed to bet associated withI merry icas, and to imdicr~te a kind of itolxica Lion. For some1 time tatter it (lied dlowni tihe womanil wias in itoodJ spitits anid good humor. Dr. Luton had a t, witnlessed the scene, but the consequela . to the patient beuig good, lie admiisniteredl tha substane again, andI a third time, observing the saute cedc. T1he experinments were fuir thier repeated on seven or eight, women and girls with like results. In time caise of men the action of thme substance Is less marked ; it appetars only in colot ing of the ftace, giddiness, and slight hcadache. Thet cifeets in questioL' have pirobatbly a commoni origin, it is thought, with those from ealtingy rye bread when, in rainy years, the cerea] contains as much as live per cent, of ergot. A sort of intoxication is produced whmich~ the consumers by no means despise. New Sfetyv Lamp. -A scientist lately exhibited and explained before the Mining Institution of 8cotianid recentuy, h's niew safety lalnp, which Is constrdcted to emit a loud sound when an explosive mixture of gas and air enters it, and thee conisequient. lv rediy iuniaens lir damp ut. colmr.. AGRICULTURE. CARE OF CATTLE IN WARM WIEATHEI. As the days grow warmer the. ticks will it crease upon 'the sheep, and become more troublesome. A strong decoction of tobacco in water used as a dip, or poured along the back, will destroy them. As the lambs increase In size the dams suffer, and the 1 nabs must either be fed some meal daily, or the ewes must be given an abundance of rich food. Lambs can begin to eat at four or five weeks, and thus relieve the owes. Pigs need a clean place, and breeding sows should be by themselves, with an abundance of cut straw or chaff for litter. Horses that have had good care will come out in the spring in good trim for the season's work. As the coat begins to loosen the skin irritated. An ounce of equal parts each of sulphur anq cream ot tartar, given with the food for a few days, will correct this.' Good grooming with a soft brush should not be neglected. Ground feed, mixed with cut hay, is an excellent food in the spring for working horses. Three quarts of equal parts of corn and rye (or oats) nixed with a pallfull of moist cut bay is enough for a meal. An occasional feed of cut beets or potatoes is useful. With many exper ienced horsemen an occasional feed of half a peck of potatoes is regarded as a remedy for worms in horaes. However this may be, thev improve the general condition of the animal in a miost posikvo manner. The main points is to ke.p the horses in good health and strength, for upon then. de volves a great part of the spring work. As loaling time approaches, brood mares should be turned loose in a box stall and receive the most gentle treattment, as the temilper and disposition of the colt is thought to depend imuch upon this. How To ARRANaE A MILK lloUSE.--ta(cate the builaing on a noi ttiern slope. Make It substantially as you would an icehouse, and then plant morning-glories or any other chimbing plants around the building and induce them ti climb the sides of the build Ing and over the ro f, so as to furnish as much shade as possible. If the ground is level, construct a building t wvel e by twelve feet square and let the posti be nine feet in height Make a floor of plank, and after boarding uop the outside, puti up more up. rights eight to ten inches, inside of the outer wall all around, and fil the space with sawdust, chalf, or at -aw, put in as Con'pactly as po0 sible. Make the eceling of the room sufilctently stronir to suipp )rt a lityer of chail, sawdust, or tanbark to the depti of foiy tueen t > eighteen inches. Make a ventilator oie ,loot square in the floor overhe.um, pasing up through the roof, mo lixed as to keel) out the rain, ani to be en tirely closed when nucessary. Cut the door way thi ough the north side. The doors should be double, like tno waills,and should be fitted with heavy hinges. A small win dow at one satie, having a sash in the out side wall, as well as one in the inner wall, will be of advantage. Tuis can be inserted in the door if prelerred. It no ice is used in the house, (ol water in shlliow tubes must be fur.isthed from the well. in this case, late etch evening during the hot weather open ttie door, and close the one nade of lit tice work, ild open the window, waich should be prutoted by laths or wire screen. At daylight each morning close both door and window, and keep themu closed during the day as much as possible. CRAne AL rolt FLoW .-TIere 1s one thing which niture does not supply and whieh civilization renders quita necessary tW fowls. It is charcoal. Ulnircoal made of wood does not, atswer the purpose; it has 1no tam t - o fo >di, it is not, attractive tI fo rvIs itand is seldomi eaten. But. if any onte will pt ani ear oh ripe corn int) fire until the grains are well chiarredl. and( then shell oil the corn atnd throw it to the tiock, lie will see an1 elagernless dlevelo,)ed and a healthy condition brought about, which will mnake a decidied improvemtetst. All pale combs wvill b~ecomie a bright redl tihe busy song which plrecedes haying wvill- be heard, ainti the alverage yield oIf eggs greatly iincreatsed. A FiKutio statesman,. atfter catrefully sttudyinog the beet sugar question, as long ago as I1853 said: "Tlne beet, requiring frequent~ hand-hoeing and cona~~iderale fer tilizing, improves the soil. it is a fa't that wheat sownt after ai crop of beets proliuees 10 per cent. more thatn alter other cultuarc. In tact, everywhtere that the heet is grown the selling value (If the htn'1 has consider ably itcreatsed." Ast.rrio breeds of fowl lay eggs from (deep chocolate through every shatde of collee color, while the Spanish, Ihamuiiltrg and Italhan breeds are kniown for the pure white of the eggshell. A cross, however remote, with Asiatics will cautse even the 1ast named breeds to laty an egg slightly tintedl. No one butt a shoemaker couldl have thought Coleridge serioIus in his strange saying that the shoematker's bench had prodiuce:l mtore eminent meni titan any other handi~icratft. The Slioe and Leather Re porter hias, however, comiledO~ a "'bill of particulatrs " in the shape of a list of fa mious c(ohblers which seem to act as anl effectuatl estop~pel oin atl jealouts cratftsmieni. Slatne Chistian Andi solt, whlo needs no introdiictiotn, ay head the list, and1( lans Satchs, of Nunrembherg, wiho though lie mlade shoes all his life, yet also made 6000 ploemis, play13s, tarces ati rhtynming lales, may be put ietOX. Sir Cloudesley Shovel nas a shoceimaker until he 'listed ini the navy, amt so was Sir Christopher Minv, another Enzgl ish Admliral. Johni flewsen one oif Cromwvell's Colonel's, and a signer o1 Charles 1.'s (leath watrrant; Satmiuel Brad burnt, tihe " Demtosthenes of Method nsm," as well ats a Bishop; James Lacking. ton, whose catalogue of publ~'cattionS roehedi thle total-entoriioirs for that timte---> 30, - 000 volumnes in .7871-all ithese were cob. bletsa at Ilrst, if not at the last. Continuiting the English list, William (Gifford, whose meniory is preservcd by a coinphmnentary allusioni in Byron's "'English Bartds andi Seotch Rievier,"~ atd whose body is buried in Westuinster Abbey ; George Fox, the arch-Qutaker ; Willham Catrey, a mis sionaury iaitmus a century algo, and1( whio read( tae proofs of the Bible in t wenty seven Orienmal languages; Samuel Drew, "the Locke of the nineteenth century," whose explerlince its an author led l.int to lorulahte the sadt Ituth that "'the man11 whlo makes shtoes is surte of his wages, bitt the ant who makes books is never sure of anmythimr ; " Thomats hlohcreft, whose name is not inearly so wvell known ats ttntt of a in1gle One ini lislaltys, '' The Road~ to Rtint; John Pounids, whom school children cried at being tutrned owaty tromn-ali these, andh lesser lights too ntumerous to mention, were English shoemakers. . Com ing to) our counitry, Roger Sherman, oneO of the "signers," leads the list in time, but Vice-President Henry Wilson in rank. Besides these were Congressemen Shefcfey andt Noah Worcester, not the lexicographer, butt the founder of the Massacutsetts Peace Society. .And ox GJove. H. IP. Bald wuin, oi Milchigan, and) Wulliamn itlin, of Massachusetts, if they never made shoes, at least dealt In them largely enough to be namietd here. Altogether, the list is suiff ciently imuposing anid convincing to justify a verdict in favor of Colerids Boan.. WIT AND HUMOR. JohNNY BooNsiiLcLn goes to school and he loves eggs; but, during the recent egg fanune, when the price was at such a point that one would have to mortgage his house to buy a straw out of a hen's nest, Johnny had to give up his favorite feed. About this time the class of which he was a bril. liant member was called to give definitions. 13aid the teacher; "Tommy Tompkins name something very high." "The big trees of Califorma," said Tommy. "And you Jimmy Jackson." "The Himalaya mountains," answered Jimmy. "And you Billie Jones." "The clouds in the far-away sky," tri umphantly replied Billie. "And you, Johnny i3oonspiller." "Eggs," sententiously remarked that young man, and, as strange as it may seein, the teacher told him to go up ahead. roPNooi)Y made up his ind that he was not going to be bossed any longer by his wife, so when he went home at noon he called out imperiously: "Airs. Topnoody, Mrs. Topnoody I" Mrs. T. came out of the kitchen with a drop of sweat on the end of lier nose, a dishrag tied around her head, aiid a rolling pin in lier hand. "Well sir," she Said, "what 11 you have ?" Topuoody staggered, but braced tip. "Airs. Topnoo dy, I want you to understand, iadami'' and he taLiped his breast dratmaticIly "I am the engineer of this establishment." "Oh, you are, are you? Wel, Topnoody, I wit y'u to under.tand that I"-and she looked (angerois- am the boiler that will blow up and sling the engineer clear over into ti e next county. Do you hear the steam escaping, Topnoody ?" 'lopnoody heard it, and he meekly inquired if there was any asitstaneu he could render in the housework. TiEnE can certainly be i:o pleasanter moment in a ch rgynian's life than when lie utters the talismanic word "Finally " an(] at the solnd of that word the inost listless of his congreigation open their eyes and betray unallcted interest, ani all straighten up, with cyea riveted oin the speaker. It is not strange that the preaic ier, having at last gained the attention of all, shouli talk on for abother half hour1. There is Parson Smitn, for instance, who brings in his "lilally" as often as his hear era show symptom of uneayness, which is uito often, aLvay4 witt telling effect Sonietiies he haits recourse t ) the word six several times during a discouirse. PAT felt seriously airgrieved, "e3dad," said he, "it's by false pretentions entire'y I've been drawn to tile connthry, for me uncle, me own mother's brother, the alder man, you se. he enticed me with his prom. ises. And what has ie made of me arter all ? Nothhig but a paltry commissioner of schools. And there's Mike, me cousin, lie's made him assislant bar keeper, and it's a fortune he'll have of hi own. Bl gorra. I might as well himve staid in ou.d Ireland, surely." A ooon wife greets her husband at the door with a smile and a kiss-providel he gets it before midnight, and his breath don't perspire the fumes of poor whiskey. But after that hour the fount tn of her friendship freezes up. and she stanids on the top stairs with a broken wash dish inone. hand and( her marriage certificate in the other. A Wsmais fattier chainred his disohe dient little boy naked0( to the floor of the barn andl kept him there on bread and water for flyve (lays. When it is rememn bered that Griscom the Chlicago faster, hlan hived over thirty days on nothing but water, it looks its if theit Wisconsim father hadl wasted his brearl "'Goiso away this summer ?" queried a hoot-bhack of a fellow mortal at the post oice yesterday. "'Nawl " "'Well. y'ou needn't be so shlort about it.'' 'Mayhe I nieedn't, but the idea of our gfoing off to Saratogy when we can t raise $10 to get dad out of thme work-house does u.j injustice as a family." 8A m the atictioneer, ''Come inow, laie~ls aiid gentlemen, these goods arc for sale. Will somebodly give me a bid ? Anythintg, ladies and gentlemen. All I want is an offer." "'Alas I" murmured an elde: ly woman in the crowd, "that's what I've been sighing for all my lila," A itAUooan agent was killed at Fishikill stion, N. Y., the oilier day, by a heavy trunk falling upon him. It was very sad; buntt elt thme samue time '"turn about is fair play." Th'le bamgitage man had mashed more than one trunaK, anud at last the trunk mahedli the b~aggage manl. "i ! where did you get theni troiisersi'' asked an Irishman of a man thiat wvas pass ing with a remarkelnly short pair of trous ems. "I got them where they grew, " was the indignant reply. "Tlhen by my con science. " saitd Pat, '"You've puilled themi a year to soon I" AN clderly Jadhy saidi her hiisband was very foud of peaches, and this wats h is only fault,. "'Fault, madatm " said one', "how can you call this a fault t" ''Why, because there arc dlitferent ways of 'eatinig them, sir, My husband takes them in the form of brany." AN old couple were walking down the street thet oilier (lay, readhig signs, when they ran across one which tihe old inan read thua : 'Johnsioni's Bhirt Store. " " Well, I dleclare I" e-xchuimed the 01(d ild "'I wvondeur how lie tore it ?" "IN wvhat condhit ion was the pat11riarch Job at the end of his life?" askedl a Sundtay school tenihier of a quiet looking boy at the foot of thme class. "Dead," calmily replied tihe boy. ONS of the imost dtelightful periods of a man's life is t ho moment whiein ho dirops a shilp.cry cake of soap into the bath-tub and rins hits dbt tip and down the zinc huinting for it. TatE mcanest wo.man on record is the one who bciled codttiih in a fIre-proof safe to keep her neighbors froam getting a smell. "Ye pays no more attention to meo." a dd Patrick, "than as If I was a du.ub baste talking to yez." Gun Cotton Th/ ead.--At tic IRoyal palace In Berlin forty thousand wainx can dIes arc instantaucou 'ly ligh-ed by a single match. The wicks are previously connecte-d by a thread spun I romn gun Cottotn, on lightning tone end of wvhicht all the c mtdles are lighted siumultaneous~y. and thus the whole of the seven hutndred apar tments are lightedt at once. Air thyht ~Stopere.---titta Percha cultigs are very unttlim thei laboratory. By dissolving them in benzolo and adding a little carmine or any othier pigment, a solution is obtained whIch, whoa brushed on the cork and neca of a bottle, forms a tight-fitting cap,impentrable to air dampness, alcohol and aid~~s, and can be taken of! without much trmnble Among the curious articles In the Indian Court of the Melbourne Exhibition are two hollow elephant tusks, fitted with a gold cover. They were sent to the Viceroy of India by the Rajah of Burmah, who used them as an envelope for an official commu nication, They ate valued at $1000. 1 St. Louis Even ng Chroniclo.1 PeooPle.in Glsass Hlouises, etc. While it may be proper that those "liv - ing in glass houses should never throw stones," we think It Is eminently proper that those working in glass houses should say a "good word" for anything of benefit to theiselves. In this connection, Mr. Isaac Correy, Manager Salen, N. J., Glass Works, remarks: I am pleased to say that I have used the the Great. Remedy, 1t, Jacob's Oil, for Rheumatism with excellent results; other meibers of my family have also been greatly benefited by its use. Bands of music are forbildden to play on most of I [to large wire bridges of the world. & constant succession of sounds waves, especially such as come from the playing of a goed band, will excite the wires to vibration. At first Ihe vibrations are very slight, but they will increase as the sound waves continue to collie. [Grand lapids Times I A Bullder's Testimony. Chas. .3. Strickland, Eiq., of 9 loylston Place, D1osto1, Mass., after relating his surprising recovery from rheumatismn by St. Jacobs Oil, says: I cannot find words to convey nmy praise and gratitude to the discoverer of this litiment. VILLAOE postmaster to his wife: "lere is a postal card to Mr. Jones saying that his brother and five children will be here oil atuiday. Now keep that card back tIl then, and I will be at the station, and wien they tnad no one to nmeet them I will take them all over for $3.'' A Nxw YORK man calls his swee -heart Kitty, because sho gets her bacirup so often. Vegeoune KIDNEY 4 OMPLAINTM. DISEASE OF TIE KIDNEYS. The symptoms of an acute attack of inflamma tion of the kidneys are as follows: Fever, pain In the small of tile back, antd thence shooting down ward ; numbness of the thigh, vomiting, Usually at ifrat a deep red color of the urine, which be comes pale ant colorless as the disease Increases, and is discharged very often with pain and din culty; costiveness, anti some degree of colile. In chronic diseases of the kidneys the symptoms are al in the back and lImbs, dryness of the skin requent urnations (especially at night) general drop. y, headache, dizziness of sight, Inigestion and paiplittion of the heart, gradual loss of streugtu, paleness and pufllness of the face, cough and shortness of breath. In tiseases of the kidneys the VEOETINE gives Immediate relief. It has never failed to cure when it as taken regularly and directions followed. In many cases it may take several bottles, especially cases of long standing. it acts directly upon the secretions, cleansing and strengthening, removing all obstructions und linpuritles. A great many can testify to cases of long standing having been perfectly cured by the 'E lErlNE, even after trying inany of the known remedies which are said to be expressly for this disease. Hidnmey Conplallits. CINClNN.ATI, 0., March, 18, 1877. ff. R. STEVENS: Dear Sir:-I have used youtr VSOETINE for some time, andi can truthfuliy say it has been a great benellt to ie anti to thoso suirering fromn dis eases of the Kidneys, I cieerfily recolnmend it. Respectfully 0. 11. SMITI. Attested to by K. 1. AsliellrI Druggist, Cor. Eighth and Central Avenue. CINCISNATI, 0., April 19, 1877. .3n . 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PoU NI is prepared at 133 and 136 westarn Avenue, Lye 1, Atas. Prieo $1. six bottles for $5. sent by maiU in the form of ptile, also in the. form of lozenges, ec receipt qr price. Si per bos for either. Mrs. Pinkha~m freely answere alt letters of iequiry. Send for pamph let. Address as above. Montion hAfe J'iapar, lie family should be without I.YDI~A E. PINE flAM5 .IVKII Pills. They cure constipatIon, bitioumsne and torvdiity of the liver. 33 cents per box. er Mold byv all tiraggisi.. -Es IEveryone who mwns a no - Kwantseiul', kaF ilie.an umrla. we.s? loea than 15 ls. Can be taken off oripit on In ene mInnte. A ifords superior protectIon irom sun and raIn. Ilade in dfifferent sizes to flt businoeswg1ona. Iossau e wagons, aed ~ ate white y'co sath lbl 5it'''' Patenteas and Manufacturers. Sandy Sek, Ct,. ~IE W N T EDIto learn thletrad9 of Electro O ld trav and $lltratfingah. Ao mnum at lioioo PLAT WOltiKt, Canon City. Colora o ['IENT'a' MTLel 'lIO0S RETAILED '. nt Factory prIces. On rece Ipt of *3 we will esond - St d a or n\a Worth at roa I price g5. sedto II.Wre TNO 10l Dtuano street; Now York City. Those answerang cin ?GVerteemeflnt, wi3 sonfer a favor upon time Adverties and Slit I'ubisher by tafing that tae saw the ade ..aaan aaau 'jasl (=ga...a Wa m.. Sleep and Sleepl.esnees.-Habit great. ly helps the performance of th~e initial act, and the cultivation of a habit' of going to sleep In a peculiar way, at a peculiar time, will do more to prooure regular and healthy sleep than any other artifice. The forma tion of the habit l, in fact, the creation or development of a special center, or enin hination, in the nervous system, which will henceforth produce sleep ak a natural rhy thilcal process. If this was more'generally accognized, persons who suffer from sleep lessness of the sort which consists in simply being 'unable to go to sleep,' would set themselves resolutely to form such a habit. It is necessary that the training should be explicit and include attention to details. It is not very important whaO a person does with the Intention of going to sleep, but he should do precisely the sanie thing, in the same way, at the same time, and under as nearly as possibly the same conditions, night after night for a considerable period, say three or four weeks at least. No Hospital Needed. No palatial hospital needed for Hop Bit ters patients. nor large-salaried talented puffers to tell what Iop Bitters will do cr curt, as they tell their own story by their certain and absolute cures at home. The obscure poison which produces hy diophobia has been known to lie latent in the human system for years before develop ing its fatal results. At. Pasteur declares the supposition to be well supported that the virus does develop in certain organs, and not, as In other similar maladies, In the blood; and that when -af ter a period vari able according to circumstances-the or ganized poison passes into the blood severe symptoms come on rapidly, and the victim soon dies. An explanation substantially the same as this had long been advanced as a mere theory, but now M. Pasteur advances it as an ascertained physiological fact. 00. As it Cure for [1114 Kidney-Wort act" fiirst by overcoming in the mildest mannor all tondoncy to constipation - the n, by its great tonio and invigoratin pro perties, it restores to healt'i the debilitated anet weakened pails. We have ,undreds of certitled cures, whter all l-4e had failed. Uso it and suffor no long r.-Exchange. ,-. Peter Iender8on, of Jersdy City Heights, N. J., does not believe that the so-called insectivcrous plants derive any iore nourishment from their victims than the hemlock, which destroys millions of gnats on its resluous exudations, or the thistle and burdjck, which impale so many butteillies, moths. and bumble bees on their spines. In the buninmer of 1878 he and Mr. W.'1. Tait made two experiments using one hundred plantsineach test,those chosen being the well known Carolina fly trap. The plants which received n. in Bects were just as vigorous as those which had been treated to the supposed animal diet. CA IinOi.LiNE, a deodorized extract of petro lkum, cures baldness. This is a positive fact, attested by thousands. No other hair preparation in the world will really do this, Besides, as now improved it Is a delightful dressing. The Fish Commissioners of Maine have adopted the plan of markig salmon to cb tain data with regard to the development and migrations of these fish. Several hnn drEd salmon lately set free in the Penobscot River have been labled with light metal tags, the number on each being recorded. The commissioners ask that whoever catches a labeled salmon in any waters of the State will forward to them Ihe fish, for which they will pay an extra price, or else for wardl the label aiid whatever they know abont the fish that wore it. In a paper on dew and fogs, Heir Dines says that morning tog along~ the river course arises when the water is warmer than the air over it. the evap~oration going on more quickly than the vapor can be carried away, and is therefore, oondensed and spread as fog. 'rhe evening fog on moist low-lying meadow land he attribtates to a lowering of the temperature of the grass surface by radiation, and a consequent con denusation of the aqueous vapor in the lowest layers of the atmosphere. SAFE AND REMi.AnLE.-Trhere is no dis. case of the hutima system for which the YEoETiNE cannut, be used with perfect, salety, as it d~oes not contain any metallic comipound. A t a recent meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences, Mr. G. F. Kunz read a short paper upon the new mineral "hid denaite." discovered not long ago In North Carolina by Mr. William E. Hidden, mineralogist. The nmeral constitutes a new gem, of the emerald class, and Is known in the trade as hthia-emerald, owing to the presence of hithia as one of its chemi cal constituents. Theli stone has a dlelight. ful green tint with a hqidii brilliancy that is quite distinctive andi remarkable, LIt sells for about the same pri~e as the dia mond. Muu. DUKEs, of Colfax, Indiana, had running sore on her ankle for two years. "Lindsey's Blood Searcher" cured it. The Mekarski air engine is to be intro. duced for street, railroads in' England. It weighs about seven tons and a half, andl c nsists of cylindrical steel reservoirs, chairgedl with air at a pressture of 450 pounds to the square inch before starting a special regulating apparatus, and the or dinary cyiiednrs and driving gear. The air passes to the cylinders through a reser voir of hot, water aiid steam and the regu lator, thus increasing its volume and pro venming the freezing of mioisture in the exhaust passage. 'The engine works with out noise. TumosE weaknesses so common to our best lemale population can beo speedily cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comipounid, The Swan Iincandlescent lamp, essentially identical with the Daxian, Edison anal other electric lamps in closed globes, is to be introduced as asafety lamup into some of the English collheries. Rt is remarked that Captain Markham, who collected not less than 57 sp~ecies of Arctic plants In Novaya Zimubla in 1879, including 87 phaincrogams, did not hit upon one variety of gentian, although Continen tal Russia near by hias not less than six species of that, plant. Nature's Sinice- Way. The kidneys arc nature's alhlila-way to wash out iho :lobr a of our constantly ohinnying bodies. if they do not work properly the troubie is felt everywhere Trhe-n be wise and as soon am you see ai ne of udisorder get a package of Kidnoy-Wortiand lake It, faithfuhyv. I twill oc ans lhe slce-way of sand. gravel or slimeo ated puify the whole systom. Dirugglets sol .t. both in hsqoid and riry,anid t as efficient in either form.-Indepenident Files and Mosonitoes. 15o. box "R1ough on Rlats" keeps a hons free frrm ihies, bed--bugs, roaches, rats, mIce, &c. )lss. MioioAN a iii tDLY. Mutual Lire Buiu.ng, 'Tema and Chestnut, sree a, a Lye on hanid asuperbstock oa extra line quality Dila mones, which tncy (liTer at, as io.r prices as atones of the first quala y, perfect alike Ia color and shape. can bn ole trr A photographic sunshine recorder has been invet ted by Captain Abney., It con listi of a seini-cylindrical box, with a flat Id, in the centre of which is a small hole. flound the Inside of 'the cylinder strips 6f ieneitive paper are fixed, and the instru nent is then so placed tWit the sun, the lole and the centre line of the paper are in he same plane. As the sun moves, tliert tore, its track will be recorded on the paper. A Great Enterprise. The H1op Bitters Manufacturing Com. pany is one of Rochester's greatest business interprises. Their I1op Bitters have reached. a sale beyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value found their way nto almost every'-household in the land. Graphic, According to the itlrmlngham Medical Review, a certain antidote of phosphorus poisoning is carbonate' of magnesia in :ranchm doses e-ery fifteen minutes, until so odor of piosphorus is preceptible in he breath. The phosptorus combinqs with a portion of the inagnesia, and the anconibinet' magnesia by its mechanical kction protects the coats of the stomach rrom any further action of the phosphorus ind any free phosphoric acid is neutralized )y it as it is foried. 1T is simply marvelous how quickly con. !tipation, biliousness, sick headache, fever and ague, and malaria, are cured by "Mel ere' Liver Pills.." An ostrich feather, dyed in shades with ncthylvio!et, that had been laid upon a paperwhich had once been moistenedwith uninonia but was then dry, was found ifter a time to be partly green and to then gradially turn to a beautiful violet. This iccident Is being utilized in the dyeing of feathers in Germany, and may, it is thought, be turned to account in making irtifleial flowers. . DNE WOT* THE GREAT CURE ron RHEUMATISM As it is for all diseases of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. It cleanses the system of tho acrid poison that unusos the dreadfui sufforing which only the viotius of Rheumatism can realiso. THOUSANDS OF CASES of the worst forms of title terrible disease have beon quickly relieved. in a short time PERFECTLY CURED. hashad wouderrilsuccess, and an immense male in every partof the Country. In hun dreds of eases it hsne uerod where all else had failed. Itis inild. but. eicient, cEltrAIN IN iTO AUTIO N, but harnless in all cses. TIt canses.sirengthens nsd ativesNew Lire to all the important organs of the body. The natural action of tie Kidneys is rostored. The Liver is cleansed of all disease. and the Bowels novo freoly and hnlth fully. In this waythe worst diseases are oradicated from thesystem. As it has been proved by thousands that f 9 9= is the most effectual remedy for cleansing the systen of all morbid secretions. It should be used in overy househlold as a SPRING MEDICINE. Always cstres 1B1LTOUSNESS, % ONSTIPA. TION, PILES and all FEMALE ]Diseases. Is put up in Dry Vegetable For,in. itin cans, one pacrlre of whict ,iikcs Gqniatt, metdicine. Also in l.lumid For,. very C(omentrated for the con ven ie te! ri ivthse wnso ciatimih readily pro. pare It. It acts ,with riist cienici in eit 'herforn. Gr IT O1YOVit DPiUGGISr. IiCE. *1.00 WEL.l. 111(IA11111SN & Vm.. Prop's, (Wyill snd 51 hedre' noht-nisiA itI'lt.IN;;TON. YT. * II 0OSTET~i CELEBRA TED SITERS Feeble and Sickly Persons Recover theIr vItality by pursuing a course of llostetter's 8itinach B itters, the most popular In vi orant and aiterative miedlcine inunse. Genieral IC ,ilty, fever andl ague, dlysipsia, constIpsation, rheumatIsm, and otnier msaladlles are colnpletely removed by it. Ask those who have used It what It has5 (done for them. For sale by all Diruggists and diealers genlerally. The iPur anmd Jlest 3leline ever )Iado. Ae tetination of Hope, Buchu, Man drank * nanl Dandelion, with all tao'best and msoste a urn tive properties of all other Bitters, makes thogreatestBlood Purifier,~Lver Roegul a tor, and Lfenand floalth itestering Agent oin earth. No diseaso c an possIbly long exist where flop Bitters arc us sd,so var'iod a.ad perfect, are their operations. They giro novit toeandvigorto the aged and isn. To all whose e mploymientscauiso Irregulari ty of the bowels or urinary Organs, or who re qluire an A ppetizer TonIc and msild Shtimulant, Ihisp Bitters aro inval uabio, without I ntox loating. No matter whatyour to clings or symptoms are what the disease or all Ineont is use o p~ ite ters. Don't waituntiyoua ra sick but if yous* only feel bad or miserable, USc them1 at once. It mnay save your life.It has s av y o hutndreda,. *l0 williboepaid for aea so they will not cureour help. Do not suffer or let ynur friendai suffor,bsut use and urge them to Use Hop g itemnember, flop flitters Is no vile, drtugged drunken nsostrusm, but the Purest a n d Best Medicine ever made i he "iNvA~j vz8Fllnus and lH0Ps" and no person Or fa'mily should he without Item. orbrs''kenessptseoopiu,'utoeco and na reis a epil ~ursg. send och r.N.Y anrt Tornntn. (--t - ie a'It s maildo eep fot llal e . FAIIN6, M. D., 262 w. 17th St., Now York. 221 inr. lWT~rAUR's HEIAJDAOIB P1 short, time both SICK and NERVOU the nervous sytem cleanse the sto regta a th action of the bowel A full size box of thoe valuable 1 plete cure miailed to anay address o stamps. o~r sale by all dIruggists a GREAT GERMAN REMEDY 1'05 MUMAT18N, NEURALGIA, . SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, SORENESS lW~iI~hhflIli CHEST, Pnm"'"uilU SORE THROAT, 41|111101816 QU INST, u| SWELLINGS AND SPRAINS, nuiuujl FROSTED FEET A"D -EARS, AND mch1Zens, GBnRfl Bodlily Pallit TOOTH, EAR HEADACHE, AND ILL OTHER PAINS ..l.1111I'Ill No Preparation on eArtq ACH O. As but siNo d ,,Ai InIc Ekternal Ie dy. A trial ents I" t. ooprive t"i outley of 60O.RNa~e~ one uffering With paiD gan have eap and posit v iImtCTIONS ZN ELEVEN LANGUAGE8. $OLD IV ALL DRIUGISTS AND DE ALENS IN M1111E. A. VOGELER A 00. Raitunore, Md., U. a.. YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY PUMP Un1istedor with Copper, Porce inn,or iron Linings. Each one titenelied with my name as manulacturer is warranted in material and con struction. Foi sale by the best hotuses In the trade. I you do ot know where to got thin pumnP, write to 1118 as tielow, atud I wil send name of agt nearest you, who will supply you at my loet prices. 0HAS G. BLATCHLEY, Manufaoturer, 808 Market Bt., Philadelphia, Pa. 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