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( MnnnaaMMM FABX; GAKjDEX ASD HOUSEHOLD. ] ' Salt for Sheep. ( Steep requires salt regularly, but t Reasonable quantities" is a verv'indefi-!:: nite term. A really reasonable quantity j + is one that will be beneficial, and lialf: ( an'ounce a week to a sheep is quite sulS- j { cient. If given in larger quantity the 3 salt is injurious, and although we have ] not known it to produce abortion in ewes, yet its effect might produce such & result, as it would produce intestinal inflammation. But we suspect abortion in ewes is much more likely to occur! through smut in the grain or fodder, or ergot in the hay; and both of these were unusually prevalent last summer. Concernluz Orchards. E. D. Pierson, of Michigan, in connection with the subject of orchards, says no authority can inform you what kind oi trees to plant, as the best adapted to a particular soil. There are a lew rules, However, wnxcn can De ae- j pended upon. If a part of yonr farm is 1 higher than the other, is* sufficiently ] rolling to carry off the surface water t quickly, and the land is in good heart, 1 there is where you want to plant your ( orchard. Long, hand-threshed rye < straw is good to protect the trees from j such enemies as mice and rabbits, and : even the worms themselves eeem to shnn the trees thus protected, For a 3 large orchard he would advise setting j ( the trees in the form of a hexagon ; for I j a small one he preferred the sqnarej i form. Had found that if jou want to j draw all the worms in the field to the j tree all you have to do is to bind it ] 5L with twisted hay. It is a great mis- ' take. The rye straw, dampened a little before using and then wound carefully, , is the best thing he had tried. He ad- ( rrcp^ larcA holes for the trees.! ' ?oo?o o In his own orchard he had made them at least five feet in diameter and about two feet deep." The holes so dug were then filled with the richest surface soil, and he always was snccessf ul.- ^4merican Cultivator. Fattening Fowls. ' Fowls to be palatable and tender should be fattened quickly. From eight i. to ten aavs are sumcieuu. xi?to mo < biids in a roomy coop, in some out- j building, rvhere they will be free from j draft and in a modified light. The; morning food shonld be given as early 1 as possible, and shonld consist of good, j sweet, yellow cornmeai, mnea wim , one-third its quantity of heavy wheat middlings; mix with boiling water, and in the water shonld be chandler's scraps sufficient to make the water quite greasy. To every two quarts of feed, every other day, mix a tablespoonfol of powdered .charcoal before the j !*-" -? water is poured on the feed. Let it i stand covered up; after being mixed I mirmfoa fnATI At HOOU ! use the meal, leaving out the middlings, and in its place put in all the table j : >. scraps you can get and some finely-; chopped cabbage. Use the charcoal i only in the morning feed. At night j feed corn that has been boiled until it j has swollen twice its natural size. Every j other day a^d to noon feed a little buckwheat (in grain). Give water after eac'a feed. Warm sweet milk is i best if you have it to spare. Give dur ing the day, but always give water for i drink at night. Do not feed anything J for at least twelve hours before killing, j and let the last feed be soft food ; and j 1 J ?-' I II you wotua ? UIUO isamj AM. * ? j the meat let it contain a good propor- j tion of chopped celery. Fowls fed in I this way fatten very rapidly, and their j flesh is tender, juicy and tempting.? j [American Farmer selection anil Sowinsr of See<i. j^rovident farmers net only furnisii themselves with good seed, but taking time by the forelock, make all needful purchases in this line in ample time so that when the rush ana hurry of the planting season is at hand there need be do delay. By good seed is meant, or should mean, not only seed that is fresh and will readily germinate, but seed nroduced from selected seed stock. It is upon the qnality and condition of I the seeds sown that the profits of the j garden and field most largely depend.^ No farmer can afford W.BfiJ'sowing damagedjyr j&^c&wseed; hence the .^stfba of testing seed previons to planting it. It is a comparatively small matter to do this, as most readera know. The germinating powers of wheat, rye, oats and barley maybe tested by sowing some seed in garden pot-saucers or other un glazed earthen vessels set in water and covered with moist flannel. Clover and grass seeds may be tested in the same way, as, indeed, may garden seeds. If the seed germinates irregularly it is a sign that old acd new seed have been mixed. If only a small per cent, germinates the seed should be, of coarse, discarded. The heaviest seed, other things being even, is best. The seed selected, the next consider- , ation in the cultivatien of a crop is the condition of the soil. The temperature , ana jmoisture 01 tne grouna nave more to do with the successes and failures , yearly recorded than is generally acted , upon. Wheat and barley, for instance, ( while they will struggle through the ground at the extreme temperatures of j forty-one and 100 degrees, germinate j most quickly?other conditions being j equal?at about eighty-four degrees. Corn does beat at about ninety degrees, though it will germinate at from fifty to 115 degrees. The rqnash, bean and pea ail germinate readily at about the < same temperature as that given for com. Clover seed often fails because i sovro at a time of insufficient moisture, ; while iniilet, for instance, under similar conditions of dryness, will secure a good catch. J The depth of planting is another im- ] portant point. Tiio s:ze ot tne seed I, should regulate the depth of covering, j ? - . Com must be placed deeper, therefore, ; than the small grains, and the small grains in tnrn deeper than the grass \ seeds. Most farmers understand this, ( bntall do not vary these respective j depths.' to snit the different soils into , wlno?L the seeds are placed, and yet a , moment's consideration makes it ap- j ,t?irent that a heavy soil which lies close - ^ to the seed admits of slighter covering ! than does a shifting sandy one. Many i interesting experiments have been made j ^ from time to time to test the germinat- \ ing powers of seed Qnder different j depths of covering. From experiments ( showing the germination of wheat at . certain depths in the ground it appears ; ihat about three-fourths of the seed j sr. planted will come up at a depth of three inches, and nearly all at from one to ( two inches. These and similar facts \ ? ^ 4-"Uyv CmnAltlflYVrtA A? Q/> jJUlULJ L\J CLIO LCIUW V4 t*v- j quainting themselves with the requirements of the seed to be sown.?Neic York World. Live Stcck?Ignorance In Feeding. In one shape or another the subject of feeding is constantly comina: before i the editor of an agricultural journal, a ) fact which shows that the subject is not; well understood among feeders, but it j does not show how very generally it is ; __ not understood. In a season when tne ; prices of feedstuff's are as high as they are at present, and have been for < months, the subject becomes one of the j most vital importance, and yet it is, i; perhaps, safe to say that nine men ont i of ten feed without any well defined < [theory in the use of different feeds. It i; may be that a certain course has been | followed with results that are satisfac-; tory, and yet are entitled to no more j credit than would be expressed in the ; conclusion that it was not the worst course that could have been adopted.: : In this age of competition we suppose I I that every intelligent and enterprising j; mft-n will admit that it is his duty to j in Vnc Vincinosa tn cnr? ! i |kv-- that it may be made to yield the very {i largest profit. Bat no man is doing ggjLtin'9 unless he feeds his stock upon the !' cheapest food that will produce the!: best results, or feeds in such a way as !' vSffS&s' will produce su- h results, It is true i: - that a oertain me :od feeding may b? i sufne ently satisfactory, without being the best- A feeder may know that by 1 jgfe" feeding this, that, and the other, or by j feeding according to certain rules, he! makes so muoh profit, and he may be | \'-f^i^Y :r : ?< -^a?<a/>+lTr caf?o^?o,l TPlfh fTiof nTflfi* ! that is a matter which certainly con- ; :erns himself alone, and nobody has : ;he right to say anything against it; and f a man has proved boyond dispute ; hat a certain food or certain method | )f feeding is gond, he onghi to feel ;hat he is intrenched where doubts or a reverse experience by others cannot dis- I odge him. We have received during j :he week a letter in which the writer j iiivs that in the midst of much counsel ipon the subject of feeding cob meal le is is in serious doubt, but that bis , rsperience is favorable to feeding it. [f that is unqualifiedly so, feed it by all neans. The failures or theorizing of . others should never be permitted tc tveigh against our own clear cut experience. Upon almost every subject j connected with agriculture there are . Jiverse opinions, and at first glance it ; ivould seem that the sharp conflict of 1 opinion and experience at nea:rly all of dut conventions made them nearly nse- ! less. But this is not true. Through j the whole there runs a very distinct j line, which the intelligent can plainly j see, and which clearly separates the ; true from the erroneous. Very fre- ! }uently different conditions produce liferent results. One man feeds thus i ^ A i ma so ana nims ii> v. bucccbo. uuumci ; 21 an feeds in the same way find meeta : with failure. If the matter were left ! right there nobody would know what to 3o. But each man gives, or should give, all the circumstances and conditions under which he fed, and it will be found that if these are eiactly the same is those under which the man who proved a certain method a success anybody can make the feeding of the same food or the adoption of the same meth- i Dd a success. Generally it is not enough to say, I have done this way or that, and produced certain results. All the circumstances must be related to make the expeiiment or practice worth auj bilUi? I sJ tkUJ VVUJ oxoat It is probable that thousands upoE thousands of dollars are wasted annually by improper feeding. We do not study the nature of the different kinds of foods, and, consequently, our feeding is reckless. We feed what we have regardless of its fitness. The milch cow, the hcrse, hog, and sheep, perhaps are fed upon the same thing, because we | happen to have it. In this issue a correspondent asks concerning the utility ; of feeding malt sprouts and bran. He arJonts the nrotser course to insure intel ligent feeding. Had h9 been like some of us be would have fed them resrardless ! of their fitness. If it were difficult to j become reasonably posted in regard to j the composition of foods, there might j be some excuse for our feeding at ran- ! dom. But it is not. There are books , costing less than, two dollars that give : the information, and a still cheaper j method is to spend one cent for a pos-1 tal card and write to your agricultural ! journal for the information. If you i have several kinds of hay, grain, roots, ! or any other feed, it is easy to ask your | paper which is the best for certain purposes, and it ought to be done. It will i ?mn-r?tt lore VifpsifiT?1 ! bttVQ a gWU IIIOUJ ?r ral. Kecipes. Oreaii Chicken.?This is a dainty ' dish for an invalid. Boil a chicken, i chop or pound the flesh to a paste, rab ; it through a wire sieve, mix with a little j cream and two or three eggs. Season j with pepper and salt, put in a mold, | steam, and serve hot. TT Q cTlfn ftf -PAftl I V .LiiOHL-M'?LxUl UVtX* a ?. . ? in three quarts of water. Put in a tor- j nip, an OTiion and one carrot, whole. ' Boil abCiii three hours. Add. salt and ' a small teacup of vermicelli, and boil j for three-quarters of an hour. Before j adding vermicelli strain through a co- j lander. Keep adding water if it boils j away. Celeby Sauce.?Pick and wash two | heads of celery; cut them into pieces i one inch long and stew them in a pint! of water with one teaspoon ful of salt j until the celery is tender. I?ub 3 large j spoonful of butter and a spoonful of! flour well together; stir this into a pint i of cream; put in the celery, and let it i boil up ones. Serve hot with boiled j very" thinly, tuiu ..? . jLw r twelve tablespocufuls of water." Squeeze j the juice over eight ounces of finely I powdered sugar. Beat well the yolks j of ten eggs, then add the peel, water j and juice gradually, and strain it f through the muslin into a stexpan. j Stir it one way over a gentle fire till it i l ju? 1 A a. | Decomes uuu uv nun ic* ?u > boil. Serve in custard caps. IIoas.-boM Hints. Garments to be ironed in cold starch i should be immediately dipped in boil- ! ing water, and ironed as soon as starch- ! ed. Yon will, in this waj, have no j tronble with flats sticking to the cloth, i Another good way is to wet the starch j with weak cold suds made from white ! soap. Hot alnm water is the best insect de- j Etroyer known. Pot the alnm into hot > water, and let it boil till it is all dis- j solved; then apply the solution hot with I a brush to all cracks, bedsteads and j -iiva forjTirl I JLli^r piauco >rUCiDOUJ iiicvvwo !-?iv ivuuui I clnts, bedbugs, cockroaches acd creep- | Eng things are killed by it, while there j is no danger of poisoning the family or ; injuring property. ?I Senator Davis of West Virginia. * j A cariosity among senators is Henry | G. Davis, now nearly sixty years of age. j While he was a boy the Baltimore and j Ohio railroad cama np the valley of the \ Patapsco past his birthplace, and j wh^n ha was discharged J'rom his j father's farm he went to that railroad j md asked for work. Thej nic.de him a j brakeminfora while, then ho devel- ! aped into conductor, and stayed with the read neatly till the time of the John Brown raid. Affable, particular, very fond of money, jet working hard co get it, he smarted, at thirty-five years i of age, a little money lending business ! it Piedmont, at the foot of the A lie- j ghaney mountains, a wild, miniBgtown, j and varied the business by getting out j some coal. A bank is the result of that j work, of which he is president, and it j is a National bank, too. Mr. Davis j probably had a' Land in forming the Siate of West Virginia, in which his railroad had a special interest. Virginia had obstructed the Baltimore and hio railroad in her palmy dayp, and when ehe went ont of the Union, and a state seceeced from her, ifc was decided ikat this stale should come right np to the Baltimore and Ohio crcssi.ng-place, 30 that to-day there js not one foot of this railroad on old Virginia, .iir. mvis ; also moTed into the new state, and be- j gun to get out lurnbsr and buy new coal \ mines not much known to other people,' j taking into his ventures some of the Garrett family. He has accumulated about SI,COO,COO in money and property,-' and is now considered on the Democratic side one of the most useful men :o know. Mr. S- B. Elkins, formerly an j active delegate in Congress from New ! Mexico, who has married one of Sena- ! tor Davis' daughters, is a co-operator in j his enterprises, and together they are i building a railroad from Piedmont to a ; new coal aeia on ice Auegnany mouu- i tains, and expect ultimately to carry it j across the Ohio river or to some con- | ecting point with the Chesapeake and j Ohio or Richmond and Alleghany rail- ; road.? Washington Letter. Raisins. There are three principal kinds of j raisins known to merchants?the small [ inifano. r>r Kfn-Beless. the larsre red. and the large black, The sultanas are takeD j chiefiby ths countries of puddings, j England and Germany; three-fourths o! j she larger red fruit go to Trieste, Ger any and Holland; and the black fruits I were until lately almost wholly for Con- j stantinople, Salonica and the Danubian j provinces. But the growing niauufac- j cur? 01 raisin wine m jcrauce wiuks au j increasing quantity of raisins tD the Frencii ports. The remainder *: not distillers in all European countries. "What the child admired, the youth endeavored and the man acquired. FOE THE FAIE S?i# I ! ?? A Lady's Carious Hobby. A wealthy New York lady wh has been a semi-invalid for sorae ; ear . and who has been by the seaside aiiu on the mountains all through the summers! has filled one room, or rather its walls, with all the variety of nests common to our American birds. She has a number of nest3 sent her from foreign countries, her hobby being widely known among her friends. The room is as pretty a3 it is strange, and it is a study. The walls are covered with French blue paper, having a delicate vine of white, and on them, in all directions, hang nests of all sorts and varieties. Some are filled with eggs, others are arranged on the twigs on which they were found. Use of Cosmetics. The New York correspondent of the Syracuse Journal (a lady) says that the use of cosmetics among women of re spectability in the metropolis is becoming surprisingly. general. Whole departments are given in certain of the larger dry goods establishments to the sale of cosmetics for the face and hands, and two or three shops are known as places where the face is "made np" entirely, the hair, complexion, eyebrows and eyelashes are altered to suit the artist:. The most disgusting of these tricks to enhance feminine charms is the habit of covering the lips -with, red pomade, daubing it on in such a spread that it might be scraped off with a spoon, or make a tiny meal for a hungry street gamin. The facial decoration no longer distinguishes the woman of the demi monde from respectable women ; it is the fashion to improve nature and for a lady to make herself beautiful if art will so assist her by lotions, and paints, and powders, etc. The practice, however, ia little short of disgusting. The Totterins Empress Eusenlo A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier writes : To-day I saw that former beauty, the former empress of France, entering her temporary London residence. The tall, erect and stately figure is bent and drooping; the queenly air is akin to that of the mendicant; the fair locks in their luxuriant wealth of tresses are white as the driven scow and thin and scanty in appearance; the large, expressive and animated eyes, half violet and half blue in recurrent tints, are cray, watery and leaden-looking; the oval face is wrinkled and worn by cruel fV./\ Vvlrteli Koonf.v ia snn C&iC, auu. bug WIUJU VA. wv.^ planted by a sfepnlchral whiteness. It has been my lot to see other queens in exile, other magnates dethroned, bat no one so strorigly aroases sympathetic sorrow as does this widowed, childless, parentless, isolated ex-empress. But one consoling comfort 13 hers; it is in feeding the hungry, clothiDg the naked and comforting the afliicted. Where the poor wear not their wants on their sleeves, there you will find the prematurely aged and tottering lady, rescuing a social wreck and holding cut a hopeless beacon. IIcw to Detect Arsenic Enters. "Whenever you clap your eyes on a woman as plump as a partridge, with a mil!:y whiteness of complexion, puffy eyelids and swollen skin, you've found a victim of the halit," pays a physician of Cleveland to a reporter, in alluding to the growing use of arsenic among the ladies of that city. 4:I? there is a delicate tinge of red on the cheeks, don't bo deceived. Paint, not nature, is responsible for the bloom, made hideons and ghastly by contrast with the corpsey whiteness of the rest of the face. Tho ? - -1 x J arsenic eater is rareiy aownc&st or ue?pondent, como what may, for the drag not only aSecis the skin, but produces mental exhilaration. The plnmpne?s produced by arsenic is not natural plumpness, but rather a dropsical condition of the skin, Cessation of the habit causes this water-distended skin to collapse, and wrinkles and sallowness are the inevitable results. Of course no woman is willing to submit to this ordeal when it may be prevented, at the mere sacrifice of health and intellect, by a continuation of the use of *? TVI - I J.? tee amg. j.ne inevitable xesuiis ui iuo gTA hideous and incurable :e acd loathsome diseases o!: the seal p. la^^S of the hair, dropsy and oftentimeTTiMfiS^Si. But what care the footlight favorite or the society belle for those trifling after inconveniences so long as they can borrow illusive charms and fictitious bp ? for a fitting day by the use of a . rug ?" Fashion Notes. - sleeves are discarded. ^.j.ck flannel suits are in style. Ribbons are wider this season. Small mantles find most favor. Surplice neeics remain in vogue. Printed fabrics replace brocades. Changeable silks con: bine four colors. Plain grenadines will soon be in demand. Fine straw bonnets will be worn this summer. Sleeves are padded to raise them above the shoulders. Chenille in net trimmings and fringes is revived this spring. "White batiste and white satine will be worn for sunnier toilets. Delicate Canton silts are out in evening tint3, as are Canton crapes. Watered silks and grenadine will be a favorite combination for summer. House gowns trimmed with feathers are affected by esthetic young ladies. Some of the best Paris dressmakers have revived the large oid-fashioned polonaise. Laces in all t.he fashionable and aesthetic colors are used in trimming hats and bonnets. Shiningrows of gold, silver, or bronze | snail shells are seen upon the brims of new French bonnets and hats. Mantillas and mantles will be worn when the spring wrap3, the dolmans and English walking jackets are laid aside. soutacne oraia 15 buii xasuiuuauio and is a neat and stylish trimming for flannel costamss of either gray, blue, or green. Linen gingham is a durable fabric and is revived in blue and pink shades, with a lace-like pattern in white threads all over it. Petticoats are trimmed with wide irfBis of French needlework or with the new Hacibnrg trimming with lace patterns in open designs. Fcr evening dresses at country resorts during the summer, plnsh grenadines with floral patterns will be worn, also shaded brocade grenadines. Old German, Grecian and Roman medals showing heavy raised medallions are fashionably worn as necklaces, bracelets a:d chatelaines. Beads for edging bonnet brims are almost as various in their |shaps as buttons, and are faceted, dull or polished, to give them still greater variety. The Princess of Wales has introduced in iVio /^rpRupc! nf hei* danchteM tii? fashion of longer skirts for little i?irls? skirts reaching almost to the ankles. Very long stocking mitts in tan, lichen green, fiesh and almond tints, and also in black and white, Trill be much -worn when the weather becomes warm enough. A new grenadine ganze woolen fabric reproduces all the popular designs in Spanish lace. It is used for overdresses. It is only half the price oi: the real silk Spanish piece lace. Studies of nature in fields, forests, and gardens at all seasons of the year furnish the best, mo3i practical and wonderfnl examples of combination of colors for dresses and bonnets. Jacket bodices of velvet, velveteen, silk, brocade, cashmere, and novelty stuffs are fashionable for the demisaison, and are useful for wearing witli shirts, the bodices of which are worn OTlt. Parisian hairdressers are matin? an j effort to revive the Roman coiffare of j the First Directory period in the ?ty!s j worn by the Empress Josephine an 3 | Madame E^caroier just before th<3 dajt ] of the Emt>ire. j .v3>.12?- %iri2!??& RELIGIOUS READERS. How to Look a t Tliiocs. I went to see a lady once who was in deep trouble and in great darkness on account of the great afflictions which had come to her from the hands of the Lord. She had fallen into deep melancholy. When I went in she was working on a bit of embroidery, and as I talked with her, she dropped it wrong side up, ?.nd there it lay, a mass of crade work, tangled, eveything seeming i out of order. "Well," said I, "wiiiat is this you are engaged at ?" "Oh," she replied, "it's for a Christmas gift." I said, "I should not think you would waste your time on that. It looks tangled, without design or meaning," and I went on abusing the combiEAtion of color, and so on. "Why, Mr. Pentecost," she said, surprised at the sudden and abrupt change of the subject on wnich we bad before been talking', and the persistency with which I had opposed her work?"why, Mr. Pentecost, you are looking at the wrong side. Turn it over." Then I siid, "That's just what you are doing ; you are looking at the wrong side of God's working: with you. Dcwn here they 6eem tangled, * . * *. ^ dec up 'mere ne is worsmg irum ma right side." Down here we are looking at the tangled side of God's providence; but he has a plan, here a stitch, there a movement of *he shuttle, and in fene end there is a beantifal work. Be net afraid, only believing. Believe him in the darkness ; believe him in the mysteries. Let him that wulketh in darkness, and seeth not the light, yet trust in the Lord.?G. F. Pent'xoit.. Itellzioa* IS'c-Tt, The Methodists of Canada have eight seminaries. The Bible has been translated into thirty-two African languages. There are seven Baptist associations, with 100 chnrches, in Canada. There are 71,662 Protestant chnrches in the United States, one for every 473 Protestant population. The Hawaiian islands ure now visited by a revival unprecedented in the history of the islands for ha'jf a century. Bishop Harris, Methodist, recently ordained eight young men Elders in ? - * ? T 1 ? 11. Valparaiso, uuuu ne nas xeic ooum America for Africa. The Dean Stanley memorial fund now amounts to 820,000. Subscriptions for an American window in Westminster Abbey are being taken in this country. The Presbyterian "Board of Kelief for Disabled Ministers," their widows and orphans, has a permanent fund of $208,000. The income the past year was nearly $75,000. Thirty-one English bishops average a salary of $21,000 each, and 13,728 masis+oro onim? hen Afire.* YiAldincr an average income of Sl.GiO, but there are 4.000 who have an income of less than ?750 "each. The Kansas Methodist conference reports 16,937 members and 3,231 probationers, and it has 133 chnrches, valned at .?300,000. It does not inclnde all the chnrches in that state. A large nnmber are to be fonnd in the Sonth Kansas conference. The Rev. M. Briem, a missionary of the Paris Catholic Foreign Missions society, has been mnrdered in Thibet, near Eathang. The murder "was committed bv Drofessional robbers, who are supposed to have been incited to the act by the Buddhist lamas. In the first decade of the Methodist Episcopal church there was one minister to every 190 members ; in the fifth decade the proportion was oae to 284. The present proportion is one minister to 147 members, against 142 in the ninth and tenth decades. There is in North Carob'na a negro Lutheran preacher who claims to be ninety-four years old, and to have been - ^ * vrr i.? a. tt _ a servant 01 u-enerai wasningcon# ne was formerly owned by a master who was a Lutheran, which accounts for his being connected wiih that denomination. The Eeformed Episcopal church ha3 now been in existence eight years, beginning with nine clergymen, including Bishop Cummins, jjasggy It now has oneJigrarechmd ten clcrgy7,000 communicants. Its church property is valued at nearly one million dollars. Girls in Society. The mother is the natural chaperon for her daughters, and they should not go to ball or party without her. No other protector, not even a father, can watch over the intere3t3of daughters aa a mother does. And until some female relative can be fonnd to assnme such care, the danghters of a honse will be far the safest at home. A brother is not 1;he proper guardian for his sisters at aa evening entertainment, for the chances are that he will be whit the English call a "dancing chaperon," that is, one who las pleasures of his own to look after, and certain social dnties to fulfill cuteide^f his sisters' pleasure and welfare, ne may oe engaged with his own partners while his Bisters' time is occupied, and they are either left alone or dependent upon the courtesy of gentlemen who may have other engagements. It is exactly the reverse with a good chaperon; she requires that her proteges should return to her at the conclusion of every set; she must know, in the first place, ever]' one with whom they dance, and remain where they can reach her as soon as the figure is over. Under these circumstances, it is almost impossible for girls to indulge in the dangerous pastime of flirtation; and though they may sometimes fret at their chaperon's restrictions, they may be comforted with the reflection that the pnzdent course which she lays out for them will, if followed, win for them far greater respect and more sincere affection than can ever be expected as the result of a more unrestrained life. A reasonable supervision from her will not interfere with any legitimate enjoyment. She certainly has lor the time to exercise the right of proprietorship; and the higher value she attaches to her girls, the greater estimation will they be able to claim from the world. Ifc is charao teristic of human nature t;o desire tha.t which seems precious tc others; and her charges should always remember the fact- that hers is the difficult task of doing a series of un we J come actions gracefully; they should make the task easy to her of guarding; the golden fruit of youth without becoming a dragon. Jack and Jill. Every Jack is said to have his Jill; but he" does not always find her; thus bachelors who would make model husbands, and old maids who would make excellent wives, let gray hairs, and even in +T-. > evn rrl A bJUU gfiiVC, U > Cl ISAO W1icm iu wou oiu^ao life. Not that they have failed in courtship, as i3 invariably said of them. Numerous are the chances they have let slip through tneir fingers that others were glad to catch even though aware of the former choice of their "accepted." But their ideas of the partners who could make their liJ'e as happy as they desire, are too exacting; they fail to detect ail their own peculiarities and faults, and make too little allowance for the weakness and imperfection of human nature in tho89 they would cherish above all others. .They want to center their life's happiness on the one of their choice; they feel that a mistaken hope of connubial felicity would be eternal ruin, and in failing' to find the character answering to their own exactness, they fear to choose, and j thus are reduced to avoid the matrimonial bonds. This scrupulous exactness I in choosing a wife or husband is a real j misfortune to the sensitive ones pos-j sessed with, it, as they are self-con- j demned to a life of loneliness. A recent treatise on plate shows how ! curiously slow people were in taking to forks. Thus tbo Dachese of Tourraine possessed in 1339 nine dozen silver spoons, but only one fork. Thomas Coryat tried on his return to Eagiand from Italy in 1G08, to introduce *ren-j eral nse of fork*, and got the sobriquet! of "Foroifar." i " ' /. I \ _ CAST 03 A DESOLATE ISLAND. The Sufferings for Fifteen Month* 01 the Shipwrecked Crew of a Whaler oa 11 card*? Inland. John Esmond, second officer of the whaling bark Trinity, of New London, the crew of which were recently taken off Heard's island in the South'Indian ocean, after asojoirnof fifteen months, tells a story that vies with that of Robinson Crnsoe. The bark Trinity, Captain John "Williams, left New L indon in Jnne, 1880, with a crew of sixteen hands. At CUpe de Verde islands nineteen Portuguese negroes were Bhipped. "On September 4," said Esmond, "we arrived at the uninhabited island of desolation and landed three months' provisions. On September 28 TTTIS aailo/3 tnmord "R*A)ird,S islftTI^. ATlrl arrived there October 2. It is the custom of whalers to call at Heard's island to kill sea elephants. The island is 289 miles southeast of Kerguelen's Land. It is thirty miles long and from three to ten miles wide, with a volcanic group of mountains in the center abou' 6,000 feet high. It is covered nearly : **11 Trolly zmnm fit A clonic: 1 OIJL UTU ?T JLlOJk OUVTT M?V4 ?wvj ?w reaching down to the water. We landec two white men and two negroes witl provisions enough for three months and j left them to kill sea elephants, and the bark then proceeded round toward the sontheast end of the island, where it was proposed to land another party. The sea, however, was too high, and no boats could- bo landed. She lay at anchor here till October 16, when at midnight a heavy storm burst tip on her, and at 10:40 o'clock on the 17th the ship gronnded about fifty ?ards from the beach. From this day, October 17, 1880, nntil the rescne, on Jan clary 23, 1882, the seamen lived on this uninhabited island without any communication with the outer world. A31 of the crew got ashore safe and sound ' ? i- ?TnV? n TTTGYGk eXCttpfa &CVCA1 UC^lVCO, TTXJIV bitten. We hauled ashore also about two months' provisions." On the first night of their sojourn the ship floated away, taking with her six months' provisions, and they had nothing to depend on but the resources o? the island and the few provisions paved. There grew a kind cf wild cabbage on the island in plenty, and this, with the flesh of the sea elephants and sea leopards, formed their chief sustenance. There was plenty of fresh water. The party lived in four shanties made of wood, stones and sod. Uue was oum on the southeast side of the island and nsed as a lookout. The weather was always cold. It was below the freezing point when they landed, and summer brought no change of any consequence. Daring the months of June, Ju.v and August they only hz.3. about three hours of daylight ir> the twenty four, though | occasionally the moon shone very brightly. The only occupation of the men besides sleep was to patrol the beach in search of j'ood. Thev had accumulated about 500 barrels o! oil when rescued, but they left it all on the island. Th^y had blankets with them, and beds were made from the feathers of the sea hens which they caught. Their own clothes had to last them all the time they were there, but they made boots, gloves, mittens, *etc., out of the skins of the sea animals. They were entirely with out tobacco, and this the seamen seemed to regard the worst ill of all. Esmond made a sun dial on the roof of his shanty. A correct reckoning of the days and months was kept by marks on a board. January 18, 1881, two men Tn WnTOmhrir of thft VI CIO uivnuvui AM same year the penguins began to lay eggs, which they were enabled to obtain for food and enjoyed greatly. At times the volcano frightened them by slight eruptions. They were nnable to reach the four men on the other end of the island on account of impassable ice-fields until December last. It may be supposed that it was a welcome pight when, on the 12th of January, 1822, the United States steamer Marion hove in sight. The seamen stood on the rocks and waved their blankets till at last they were seen. On the 13th of last January the men were 3d fog a CtsSg^Vciinton bay, | eighteen miles distant, where the fonr men previously spoken of were encamped. These, too, were taken on board, and the whole party were clothed in navy costume. When the Marion reached Cape Tc?ra the American consnl took charge cf the shipwrecked seamen. They sailed for Southampton, England, and then for this country. A t'orious King-. A correspondent in Louisville, Ky., writes that he has in his possession a curious ring which formerly belonged to bis great-grandmother, who lived in Germany, and that he is inclined to think it was Martin Luther's wedding ring. On the inner surface is engraved; "D. Martino Luthero?Catharina W. Bonn, thirteen Jnni, 1525." The owner describes his treasure as follows : ' On one side of the ring is carved a representation of the Crucifixion ; the cross is carved through the gold, and the outlines of the figure stretched upon it are very fine. In the center of the cross-piece of the cross is a fine ruby around which are carved these letters, I. N. R. I. Just at .the foot of the 1 cross on the right is carved a head with a bishop's hat on it, and on the left side of the cross is a palm; on the other side of the ring are carved a ladder and spear, and between these is an anchor around which is twis ted a rope. The gold in the ring is very fine and of i a pale hue, and has not the appearance j of being so old. I can trace it back about one hundred and fifty years. How the ring was obtained by my grandmother I do not know, but the family * ' ? ? -5 T XI. _ I were ardent jLiatnerans, ana 1 iuhjk may have gotten possession ol the ring in this manner." Martin Lnther was undoubtedly married on the 13rh cf June, 1525, but his wife's name was I?*therina von Bora, not Catharine W. Bonn, and the present owner of the heirloom will probably do well to take a reasonable pride in possessing a ring which once belonged to his great-grandmother without attempting to identify it with the leader of the German reformation. Wonderful Cure?. Sir Humphrey Davy was once tempted into playing an amusing practical joke by way of testing the curative t>ower of the imagination. When the properties of nitrons oxide were discovered, Dr. Beddoes, jumping to the conclusion that it must be a specific for the paralysis, chose a subject upon whom to try it, and Sir Humphrey consented to administer the gas. Before doing so, Davy, 'desiring to note the degree of animal temperature, placed a thermometer under the paralytic's tongue. Thanks to Dr. Beddoes, the poor fellow felt sure of being cured by the new process, although utterly in the dark as to the nature of it. Fancying that the thermometer was the magical instrument that was to make a new man of him, he no sooner felt it under his tongue than he declared that it acted like a charm throughout his WU J J the cue, and day after day for a fortnight he went through with the same simple ceremony, when he was able conscientiously to pronounce the pa- j tient cured. M. Voicipelli, a Roman physician, played a similar trick upon some of his hospital patients who were greatly affected "whenever powerful magnets were brought near them. Placing them under exactly the same conditions to all appearance, but taking particular care to exclude all magnetic influence, he found that every one of them was disturbed in the same degree as when the magnets were actually em- I ployed. It is stated that after manv-' years' J TaVinr TTorr Carl fi-pkmia. of E^i'ne, has | succeeded in producing artificial mother-of-pearl -which cannot be distinguished frgm the natnral article. It can be mo'^^ into any shape and colored to suit V Changes of temperature ha re ii^Mrceptible eff-ct upon it. This new suir ance is said to be much cheaper than the present motherof-pearl ?f commerce. '- 1 *' ^ ~ ;* . . ; ? - -? WOBDS OF W1SDOX. What seems only ludicrous is some* p times very serious. ( Kindness in return for unkindness is I of itself a reproof. o An old man repents of that of which 3 a young man boasts. E Little things console us because ? little things afflict us. V The one answer to all criticism, the ^ fpst nf all work is?result. c Our bravest lessons are not learned through success, but misadventure. r One of the mistakes in the conduot of t human life is to suppose that other men's opinions are to make us happy. c The weak sinews become strong by 3 their conflict with difBculties. Hope 1 is born in the long night of watching and tears. 6 Hope calculates its schemes for a j. long and durable life, presses forward e to imaginary points of bliss and grasps ^ at impossibilities, and consequently ensnares men into beggary, ruin, and ais- J honor. ? Action without results, like vines \ without fruit, have little value in the ? world ; to look well to the seed indi- t cates wisdom; to watch and assist its < growth not on'y indicates wisdom hut insures a grateful return. i The faults of a fool are concealed < from himself while they are evident to 1 the world ; on the other hand, the < faults of the wise man are well known i to himself, while they are masked over i and invisible to the world. i The German proverb, "If I rest, I * rust," applies to many things beside * the key. If water rests, it stagnates. 1 If the tree rests, it dies, for its winter ( state is only a half-rest. If the eye rests, it grows dim and blind. If the lungs rest we cease to breathe. If the heart rests, we die. j THE HOME BGCTOE. j To Ctrras a ?zlox.?as soon as id j makes its appearance apply a ponltice j of equal parts of saltpeter and brim- < stone, mixed with sufficient lard to ] make a paste, and renew as soon as it gets dry. A few applications will effect j a cure. Fob Bad Breath.?1Three hours after ' breakfast take a teaspoonfnl of the following mixture : Chlorate of potassa, two drachms; sweetened water, four onnces. Wash the mouth occasionally with the same mixture, and the breath will be as sweet as an infant's of two months. A "Er>*ion" Remedy.?Use pulverized saltpeter and sweet oil. Five cent*' worth of saltpeter put into a bottle with snUkient sweet on to neariy aissuive it. Shake tip well and nse night and morning. It is a well-tried remedy. Earache may be cnrad by dropping a little sweet oil and laudanum warm into the ear, and applying hot salt in flannel bags, so as to keep the part constantly warm. A better plan still is this : Take a bit of cotton batting, put npon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it tip and tie it; dip it in sweet oil and insert it in the ear; put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate relief. Chronic Diarrhea. A correspondent has fonnd great relief - * - - ? - ?? t ?;-i- ! irom tni3 maiaay, irom wmuu ua uan lodg suffered, in the daily use of -wheatbran and soft water, strained through a cloth and used as a beverage at meals. The gruel is said to be very helpful to persons suffering from constipation. So simple and accessible a remedy ought to be universally frnown. Age of Animals. There is not a great deal known yet of the age of animals, especially those that have not been domesticated. The following are a few of the many interesting points on the subject gleaned from the "American Cyclopedia" : There is a beiiei among sne Indians tbat the elephant lives about three hundred years, and instances are on record of the animals having been kept in captivity as long as one hnnunknown when they wero , wild from the forest. Camels live from forty to fifty years ; horses average ] from twenty to thirty, oxen about twen- i ty, sheep eight or nine, and dogs from j twelve to fourteen years. It has been ' observed that, as a general rule, the j larger types of animals live longer than 1 the smaller, in the vertebrated classes, 1 quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, and fishes. Some kicds of birds attain a great age; ^ * i i i we swan xia3 ueeu &uuwu ou n?o uuc hundred years, and it is recorded that the raven has exceeded that age ; birds | of prey attain to great longevity, and the 2 eagle has survived a century. Parrots 1 have been known to live sixty and as ' long as eighty years. Pheasants and domestic poultry rarely exceed twelve 1 and fifteen years. A tortoise was placed J in the garden of the Archepiscopal Pal- j ace of Lambeth in 1G33, during the < life of Archbishop Laud, and lived till < 1753, when it perished by accident. Small batraclr'ans. as the toad, are . known to live about fifteen years, j Fishes and snimal. that live in the water attain, in many insauces, to a great age. The carp has been known | to li73 two hundred years. Common , river trout have been confined in a well c thirty and even fifty years. A pike has been known to live in a pond ninety e years; and Gesner relates that in 1497 an enormous pike was caught in a lake near Heilbronn, in Swabia, with a brass ring attached to it, recording that it i. was put in the lake in the year 1230 ; 1 the ring is still preserved at Mannheim The age of the whale is known by the ( otto rtf onrl nninhpf nf tlift laminae ot i: certain organs in the month, formed by I ^ a hqpiey substance commonly called j whalebone ; these laminro increas- i yearly, and if the mode of computatioL be correct, they indicate that in certaii 'u cases the whule attains to an age of fon: hundred years. Little is known of tht ago attained by animals of the lowe types, such as articnluta, mollusca, am " radiat3. That of insects has receive< some attention, and it has been re mrked that though the first period of life passed in the grab or caterpillai c state, extends to several months, or even s. years, the great majority live but a lev | jdays or weeks after the metamorpbasi* j by which they attain to a more perfeci j p form. The ephemera, when it 1.aves { its grub-life in the water, and assumes ! v a higher form and an serial existence, [ ^ lives bnt a few hours, and dies the very | j! day it was born into its new life. j C Simple Protect ire Against Epidemics. | c Those who are at all afraid of epi- ! p uemic diseases may feel comforted oc I ? hearing that one of the best protective J j, measures they can resort to is a ven | ? simple one?the use of soap and water ; An eminent physician says: . r Tt is worth while for common oeoplf j ? to learn that 50,000 typhus gems Trii j L thrive in the circumference of a pin ] head or a visible globule. It is wort! [ while for them to note that these germ.' j c may be aessicated and be borne liki ! thislle seeds everywhere, and like de- ! t moniacal possessions, may jump noise- j t lesslv down any throat. But there art certain things spores cannot stand, ac j j cording to the latest ascertained result | ; of science. A water temperature of 12' | f degrees boils them to death, and soaj j I chemically poisons tbem. Here sani | ^ tar- onrl miVrnspnnifi srifmcfi come to ! ( gether. Spores thrive in low ground : i and under low conditions of life. For redemption, fly to hot water and soap. ! je who live in danger of malarial pois- ; oning. Hot water is sanitary. Soap ii t more sanitary. Fight typhus, smallpox, j . yellow fever, and ague with soap. Soap i ' is b board of health. I 1 Chin Ah Loy, while awaiting trial for : murder at Napa, Cdl, heard that his j counsel had made an anti-Chinese | speech at a mass-meeting in that town. ] He immediately hanged himself, taking : j the silk from his queue for that pur- j ~ ~~~ mnlrinry o fron r\t Q I 1 yucc, am jjaaiiA-ug, a %_? *. ~ Colds yield to onions like magic. but Dr. Enll'a { Cougb Syrup is a atill better and by fir moro ( agreeable means of curing a Cold or Congh. Yon can buy a bottle for 23 cer.!s at any drug store. 1 ind we are sure it will do the work erery time. life j Stubborn Integrity. 1 s: a- *aav I ?L (UisputfO ixuui a oiu^iuai uauoo vwa ilace at the office of a banker in the 'hanssee d'Antin, Paris. M. Benjamin i1., the cashier, who has filled that ffice ior the last twenty-five years, was t his post, when a collecting clerk, lamed Pierre Doulley, presented nimelf with a draft for ten thousand francs, trawn by a London banker. The notes rere connted out, and the man left the >lace. In a few hours he returned, and aid to the cashier: There is a little mistake between us, Qonsieur; there is a difference of one housand francs in our accounts." "I never make mistakes," replied the tashier, indignantly; "for twenty-five 'ears my balance has aiwaya been corect." "Bat the error is against yourself," ; aid Doulley, "as yon have given me >ne thonsand francs too mnch; I am as lonest a man as yon are; I have been smployed as collecting-clerk for thirtyive years in the same house. There is ronr note. I Fill not take it." "Insolent fool I" cried the cashier; 1 regard any man as an enemy who wishes to prove to my employer that I im capable of making a mistake. Take he note, monsieur, or I will turn you >ut of the place!" Pierre Doulley was not thus to be epelled, and from words the parties ?me to blows; tut the clerks of the louse hastened to separate them. The ;ashier, not wishing to avow an error, yhich he would" have regarded as a stain on his long-established reputation 'or correctness, was fain to put up with ;he loss of the note, and Pierre Doulley carried the one thousand franc note to ;he mayor of the arondissement, to be iiatributed among the poor. Well Indorsed by Oar Own CItlrens. No matter how useful anything may ba in itaelf, good indorsements seem to increase it* usefulness greatly by insuring a wider " -? ' *- - - j;-i? A Bern ior me aispia/ 01 iu i^viai We were that imprased in view of the following ?tatements received by one of our representative! from leading individual# connected with tome of the largest enters prisea in our midst. Among other# whose testimony was freely given was W. ii Stearns, Esq., Master of the Conn River Railroad, reading at No. 28 Boyleton street, who observed: - St. Jacobs Oil hap had remarkable effect among the men employed here. One oi them jammed his arm very badly, and b/ the use of St. Ta h?c Oil was preatlv benefited, and the arm was healed. Another u<ed it for severe rheumatic pains in the knee, and pro noimced the Oil a complete success as b" was cured bv its use. Mr. A. B. Taylor, o! the "Ray & Taylor Manufacturing Co,'" was pleawd to say: "My aunt, Mrs Pills bury, of Mount Clair. N. J., while visiting at our house tried St Jacobs Oil for rheumatirm and nenralsia, and found immedi ate relief every time. She pronounced it the best thing she had ever tried forth" trouble. Mr. J B Weston, 45 Greenwood sireet, Supt. Car Works, Boston & Albany Railroad, thug addressed our report r: ' J am one more of the unfortunates who have had the good luck to hear.of tint wonderful remedy, St. Jacobs Oil. I had rheumatism in the shoulder severely and could find no relief until I used the Oil. I applied it and must confess I was surprised ai the results. I am almost well and expect to be entirely *o in a few days.''?Springfield (Maes ) Union. John Miller bonght a planing mill at Dunkirk, Ohio, a month ago. He lost a fin 17fr tha first week, two finsrers the second, and a whole hand the third- The mill is now for sale. The St Louis (Mo.) Post-Diepatch at the c'ose of along article says: In fact St. JacolsOil is pushing all other remedies out of the field, and, excellent though some of the liniments, formerly oflered are, the efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil is magical in cases of 6ciaiic3, rheumatism, pleurisy neuralgia, nervous headache, lumbago an scores of other disorders; while in the cast at ininrip* it if an a baa VI Opt VUIU? V? ? lule panacea, and for general use is better than the adrice of many physicians. "A word tc the vrise is (sufficient." It is estimated that in Egypt there is one lunatic for every 30,174 of the population; in Spain, one in every 7,184; and in England, one in 357. messje&s tontc, the oiifjr ? preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-making, force generating and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forma of general debility, ileo. is all enfeebled conditions, whether the resnit 01 eXliaUBUUU, cerroua piuiunuuu, o??71 [Fork or acute disease, particularly if resulting From pulmonary complaint*. Caswell, Hazard 5cCo., proprietor, New York. Sold by druggists. Frozer Axle Grextr. One greasing lasts two weeks; all others In. sr three day?. Do not be imposed on by _tht mmbuR stuffs offered. Ask your dealer for Fra:er'e, with label on. It aarea yonr horse labormd you too. It receired firat medal at the Ceo, enuial and raris Ex;>oaitioua. Sold everyw here. Vcr.rriNE.?"The life of all fle*h is the blood hereof." And no one can powiblr be healthy rhen the blood is diseased. Vegetine is com)oseil of substances identical with healthy jlood; and when taken into the ?y?tem for the :nre of disease it is absorbed, and replaces the whi/?h /*?o nfVlA Ronxh on Itnfs." Clears ont rate, mice, r.aches, fifes, ant?, jedbugs, ikunks, chipmunks, gopher*. 15c. Druggists. Axe you bald ? Carboline, a deodorized ?x ract of petroleum, the only cure lor baldnssa. las been improved, to that it is now the mos' lelightfnl dressing in th? world. The only nr. lateral hair restorer erer produced. Send name and address to Cragio & Co., 'hiladelphia. Pa., for cook book free. rfscced rror.i death. Wttlia? J. Coujhlia. ?f SomerTtile. Mau. uy* In ti; ail of 1S*? I was lai.cn with blie?in? ?r Tac l*ks? to >wed by a *e*ere consh. I lost my appetite and fiwli, ml was confined to rat bed. In 1ST7 I adsmted t< he hospital. The doctors ?ald I had * hole in my lnnj a.ic at a half-dollar. At one tlm? a report went aroono hat I wa* dead. I javeop hope, but a fnend told ro? o: IR. WILLIAM flAl.L'S UALSAM FOR THK LUNG?, pot a bottle, when to ray mrpnse. I coicmence-l u fee" Iter, and to-day t feel better than for three yea.* write thit hoping every cue a!!!;cted with Disejje. -ji.p*T7lll takeDK. WILLIAM HALL'S HALSAM. an < cotivinccd that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. I ?n positively ?ay it ha* done more ;eod than all th iljcr meoiclrw i tme Uien itcce my sicSnesj. i l,l,EX> JJrniii Koml-cure* .\>rvotis Debility A. faikuciw of Gpuir.itivo Organs. SI?*11 pnd (orCircuUr AUeu'?Pbaruiacy,313Fir?t*v.,U.l'. ~THE MARKETS." JtEW TORK. eef Cattle? Prime, liw weight 10 ? U alves?Com'n to Choice Veala. 7 <& 10 beep 7 $ amija 8 @ 9/j toga?Live 7 <8 "i<4 Dieaaed, city lour?Ex. State, good to fancy 5 20 @ 8 *25 Western, good to choice 5 30 ? $ ."heat?No. 2 Ked. n*w 1 42%@ 1 '1% No. 1 White, new 1 3d @1 W/9 ;ye?State 83 1)3 .'arley?Two-rowed State..... 22 @ 98 ore?Ungraded WesteraSIixed 81 ? Si% Yellow Southern 84 @ 84 lata?White State 61 @ 66% Mixed Western 60 @ 63 [ay?Prime Timothy 83 <g) 90 traw?No. 1, Itye 60 ? 65 [ops?State, 1S31, choice 24 @ 24 'ork?Hess, new, for export...17 75 Ard?City Steam 1112yt@ll 12% Refined...* 1150 @11 50 'etroleuin?Crude l]/s BeSned 1'A ; utter?State Creamery, Sue.. 40 @ 45 Dairy I ? @ 43 Western In Creamery 37 @ 42 Factory ? ? S3 lliees??State Factory 7 @ 13 Skims 1 @ 6 Western 8 @ 12VJ Jggs?State and Perm 18 @ 10y, 'otatoe*?Early Bcse.state.bbl S 25 @3 50 EUF7AL0. iteers?Extra 6 45 @6 70 ^ani b9?Western 6 50 @7 60 Sheep?W-i-tenx 5 75 @6 23 loss*. Good to Choice Yorkers.. 6 65 @ 6 90 "lour?C'y Ground, No. 1 Spring 6 75 @ 7 25 Vheat?No. 1.HardDulutn.... 1 47 @147 loni-No. 2 Mixed 68%? 69 )ats?No. 2 Jlix. West 47 @ 47 3arley?Two-rowed State 90 @ 90 BOSTON. 3o*f? Extra, plate and family.. IS 00 @15 00 Icg3?Live 7K@ 8 logs?City Dressed 9%@ Sy, 'ork?Extra Prime pel bbl.... 14 25 @14 75 lour?Spring "Wheat Patente.. 7 50 @9 00 .'cm?Hivh Mixed 82 @ 83 Jats?Extra Whito 60 @ CI\\ '.ye?State 97 @ 1 00 rYool?Washed Comb & Delaine 46 Unwashed " " 30 '& 31 WATEHTOW.f (HA53.1 CATXL3 HAESZT. 3eef? Extra quality 7 00 @ 7 50 >heep?Live weight 5 @ 6;j .ambs 7 @ 8 logs, Northern, d. tv 5f^@ g-. PHILADELPHIA. Hour?rcnn. Ex. Family, good 6 23 @ <3 25 iVheat?No. 2 Red 1 40 @1 40 lyo?Stato 97 @ l>7 Jora?Stat* Yellow 61%? 62'/, )at?? Mix** ?9 @ 59 Gutter?Creamery Extra Pa. .. 4i ? ii Jheeao?New York Full Ci eaia. 13 @ 13 .^otroleura?Crude 6 <0 7 Be&aed 7%@ "r? ,, The Most Precloua of Gifts* Health is undeniably a mors precious gift than rich??, honor or power. Who would exchange it for these, the chief objects of human ambition ? It is obviously the part of wisdom to employ means for ths preservation of healih and tlie "prolongation of life which tims and experience have proved to fcx reliable. Many of'tbe dansera by which health is threatened may b? naliified'by the use of that most irresistible of correctives and tonics, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which, by increasing vital power and rendering the physical functions regular and active, ke*pa the system in good working order and protects it against disease. For constipation, dyspepsia, liver complaint, nerroujntsi?, kidney and rheumatic ailments, it i? invaluable, and it affords a stire defense against malarial fevers, besides removing every trace of such disease from the system. Half a Trineg assful taken before meals improves ths appetif# and insures complete digestion and assimilation; The cmig-atioa from England has shown i large and steady increaso for the last three fears. The number for 1881 was 33^,514 0 n *? 1 AOA r.A* /I T7 UAUAU V4H#T Somebody's Child. Somebody's child is dvin??dying with the flush of hope on hia youn? face, and soasbedy's mother is thinking of the time irhen that d?ar face will be hidden where no ray of hope ean brighten it?because there was no cure for consumption. Reader, if the child be your neighbor's, take this comforting word to the mother's heart before it is too late. Tell her that consumption is curable; that men are liring to-day whom the physicians pronounced incurable, beeause one lung had been almost destroyed by the disease. Di. Pierce's " Golden Medical Dioeovery " has cnv>d hundreds; surpasseseod liver oil, hypopho*phitea, and other medicines in curing this diabase. Sold by druggists. . Chicago has twenty-eight brass and copper works, baring a total capital of $300,000, employing 830 workmen, and turning out an annual product valued at $1,650,000. Truth 1* Wlchty. When Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., annenaeed that Li? "Favorite Prescription " would positively cure the many diseases atd weaknesses peculiar to women, some doubted, and continued io employ the h*rsh and cau6tic local treatment But the iriishty t: uth gradually became acknowledged. Thousands of ladies employed the MFavorite Prescription" and were speedily eared. By druggists. Cioakmakzss and printers head the list, in respect to numbers, among the patients con-, fined in the New York city asylum for the insane. In the cure of severe coughs, weak Irrosn, splitting of blood, and the early ritfM ef Consumption, Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" has astonished the medical faculty. the system and pnrifi?a the blood? By druggist* Tire grand total of the land grants made by the United States to States and corporations is 137,539,357 acres. Rellrf from Rrawl. Wiluakspoei-, Pa., July 20, 1881. H. H. Wabser & Co.?Sire: Tour Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has given n e penaaunnt from ?r?vf-l. W. E. HaWLZT. Titers are 3.000 commercial travelers in the dominion of Canada. JudjcBlatehforil's DocMoa In iheMeAIpls SibielU I'inir Tobacco Can*. An important deci-ion, widely affecting the interests of the tobacco trade throughout the conutry, was rendered recently by Jndge Bl&tchf.ird iu t'.e United States Circuit Court. In the snit of P. Loril:a<d & Co. agam*t D. H. McAlpin & Co.. nianufacinrers of tiie fanaoas "Shi-Jd Plug Tobacco," claimed to be an infringement of 'he "Seidler Tin r.tg Patent," His H->nor refused to grant an injunction, assigning as his reasons there ror that Mc ^ loin's Tin shield doei not infringe the patent. The case was regarded a? a tess suit, being vigoron>ly contested on l oth hides, and watctcd with interest by the whole tra-le. Gifford & Gilford appeared for Lor?I?ard; Samuel A. Duncan and i>. F. Thnrjton for XtcAlpia?Exchange. On TWrtr DnjV Trial. Th? Yolf&ic Belt Co., Marshall, JHch., wiU send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and othar Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to any person atSicted with Nervous Debility, Lost Virility, and kindred troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration of vigor and manhoodAddress as above without deity. P. S.?No ritk is incurred, as 30 days' trial is allowed Tho Science of Life, or J^If-Preaervatnn, a ~i wnri- fnr pwrv man?vonn'j. middle jrred or old.' 125 invaluable prescription#. Vegetine, Says a Boston physician. "has no eqnal u a Wood I urifier. Heancsr of its many wonderful cure# after all other remedies had tailed, 1 visited the Laboratory. ?.nd convinced myself of its eeanine merit. It ;s prepared lrom barfcs, root* and herb*, earb of wbicb is bishlv effective, and they are compounded in sacb a manner as to produce astor.isbiit reaaiU." Vegetine Is the great BIcod Purifier. r? V ugcwo TCITL^I' "" Scrofcl*. r-xIvBr* t&a Vegetine f? recommended by physicians aad apotheetriei. Vegetine Has effected some rairveious cnre* ia tun tf Caster Vegetine Ceres the worst case of Canker. Vegetine Will eradicate Salt Rheum tivm the cystm. "XT' a rv?<"! vi a Eeajeres finptrs and Humors from the (Mi Vegetine. la a valuable reined 7 (or Headaehe. Vegetine U the treat remedy for General Debility. Vegetine Je aelmewMsed br nil classc? ?f people t? be tie best aud tuobt reliable blood purifier la the world. Vegetine IS THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE. Vegctine is SoUl by nil Druggists. 7?ft3TUy MW3TY. Vr*. KACnSB. ><J\ 1 ?l U flJ it* (ircki Sp&nufe 8*#r. Attrolof er / \ vr.i Pijcbolofjft. Will, for 3j cbi?. w:U> *fc, hcitffal* / fcgtWy \ ?i 0j*9 uvk / i+o-i % C'0liR."CCT ?lC*' >3*0 4f ' ICS- of jtHtf lusl'taU Of vtft. with cam?. lio?'i mJ tji*c? ?f aM ufcto of B&magr. ngjetv^luc. pr*J>?u^. rr*u*^??Nl to !! &ot no-3cd. jtiiiM* rrW.L. k'Uoci'j Pl.Coctra, Xasi. x!SaS2* RJjB SB n K?E?n AFarpsapMrtjdworib. Sg H 5s ce*1 *#? * ? 3 Q va? S33 ucn Co b ti. V? rr-.to THE AULr:HA-N A TAYLOR CO. Maajiteld. O1PSIIM *"S5 S, EATING J 3 3 W I?: cureSENT FREE. DnJC n,,.-..,.,. r> / . l>? l3S.Cbtcaju.JU. ^9f> l*rday atboiB*. Sample#worth IMre*. _____ Address Srnisos & Co.. Portlaml.Maiu?. jrngoodgrainandfruit tarmieboap. B.R.c?Tif?. JU tion and cood society. Forcatafocu?r k coust* j;;?r wub H Unwli*. Kidjely. lid. ') A TENTS?NO PATENT NO PAT: ? <! forcJrt euiarbow to procure, ire*. V?> (Jl'UKN & iKKUiS, Patent Lawyers. 137Broadway, N.Y City. I <IE.NTS WANTED to sell tho I,anndr? Qne?o 1 Wasbinjt Machine A ne-.r departure, \Veiubt 9 *. Addras* Laundry Queen Co.. Rochester. N. Y. '79 A WEEK. aiU> <uiiuiAic trantiy made.CosOy '' L Outsit tree. Add'aTiiCJt 4 Co.. Ammta.Maise. ete?l. Doutlo Eras: p=^?TV?? freight. Sold on trial Eiery slzo ?q?!Iylo*. JONES OF Bl lore than One Mi EVERYBODY WANTS IT. 253th Edition (New). I /Sgy*^ or Sslf-Pr aberration laTtJ '8e ?n Manhoodj tb ^iSCIEh'CErif hansted Vitality, Ne: OFMz LlFF M ,Iy' th? Unto _ /?/ Mccuei ?i .'inturo ; a'-^e. . v/ 8TO. The Terr finest rti ^ i-^.iVjr Pre? eruption* for *11 aeut SOW THYSELF, ILLUSTRATED SAMPLE, Tbs ef Life, or Self-PrpserraMon. li the tbo< fhere i* n >tiinp whatever thai tbs married or ilnplo H > :,at w Ju1:t explained. In shnr:. tbe book U invaluab The L'-j-t ir.t-J:cAl ?^cr published.?London Lancm -old izi. j?we!ed medal awarded the author of the stowed ?X'litiickwu, Ploughman. Thouaaad* of est ie?dir>{: journal*?literary. political. religious and tdei teed to :>e a Utter medical work. In every tens*, thazuc mosey will refunded ia every instance. Thonwinds of Co?Ie? are sent by mall. seem evf-rv moct'ii. uson receiot of brlee. Sl.ii Address PEABGDY MEDICAL INS 4 Balflnch Street >" b go? b* eomalOd an >11 iUh? % COMFORT BY THE WAV, mm jJ t ly The small boy's lies ef ;muf? ' I ] M comfort and happiness was to be f :^a J gf pitchcd into a pondof ice cream whaa# &*.q ! - h \ > shores were made of sponge cake. i .1 His misery -was the absence of these f ; >pl pleasantsuhstanccs. TLct boysimply I mitt represents humanity. Comfort is q> I II predated by contrast?we enjoy a " B 'iiij tbing in proportion to our conceptisa WK jlkwi of tho disad.vantagcs.of our depriva- N Bin (1 tion thereof. This applies to material Kill a things as well as to immaterial con* . JB| / 11 siderations. The icicle, whose ap> iiuja h n*j?rnno? in the wintry cold and J '{SFs l|!bleakness sends the shiver of discom. - ^IFliflB llfili pi -fort through the observer, would scs* -vilMBaM 11 11 ' ! sest notions of the coolest comfort la ;jwjggl ?'* ]' ij not and sultry days of .the summer Hi> J,s season. And ir. both seasons?th*t ' 1 fi fi In tbo icicle flourishes heat ([ if and in the one therein iu absence is Hi ml conspicuous?that moet uncomfort?,fi fil ble and torturing disease, rheumv '.'jjm .*w Sh tisra, plentifully abounds, causing JP8 It (17 { a pain and agony to myriads of people. S-? 1 jj j jj And yet it need not be thus amictiTe I I| if sufferers would only use St. Jacom - ?3?s V fc 'j 0lL- the surest, safest and rpecdiest J - & V erf 0 remedy in the whole world for the JgeM . y ti JJ eradication and cure of rheumatism 1 and all painful ailments. ThefoUorr J &. '? ing from the Rochester (Ind.)&*tf*ef I/fit p shows howeome people attend to their \ M j|jj rheumatism: " TV hen & young hns- V ?*$? Jff ji 1 band had gone from home, ana with MfiPr 1 (iii fond tolicitude telegraphed his little fCli! PjJJ wife?'What hare you for breajcjaa, * <jsg\ Ml, (J and how's the babvr he received the ^ -sZBt Jll Bp brief, practical ana suggestive reply?-JF isgS j * 'Buckwheat cakes and the messes.' \ "'ryfBH jj? We have the report of a case In our grog Jsfi midst, not where measles was in the Wl bill of fare, but where sciatic rbeumaSI tismcon2ned Ur.J.Eawsen.lLeweilaf j known Koch ester drugciht, to bis (J | ' room for a long pcricd. at was stated jJJ to our reporter in the follcwjng words: - ;JS? |i 'Thesenior member of tL is fcnawaa ".;%a f| I attacked with sciatic rheumatism jy j about December ICth lest, end Jorfcor ? weeks succeeding Feb. IKh, could |ag scarcely leave his rccm. He used St. { j Jacobs Oil, and is now able to be at I hisplaccof business, feel i n g n ot much i ? the worse for his rcccnt affliction. Wjjfe&S ? The infcrencc Is convincing. The . JM I . - run which St. Jacoes Oil is having ;jP If- is, we ?ay, unpr eccdcntcd, and the ar* - :icle Is rapiuiy displacing all other ,4 rheumatic remedies cs lc*t ca its rir? | "^3* hies become known. " ' B 1V - Edgcr T. 1'aicc, Esq, druggist, fl I writes us from Chicopec Talis,' sayi / j he Springfield (Mass.) F.cpubUcot, u. iiw fiKMiihtr. under umb ?'?i. _ /r\ .Vild's Hotel, has u?cd that reir.fcrk*(13.V '!c remedy.st. J acobs Oil, fcrasever* ^dTSS 'sm of rheumatism, acd it etizcd Mb ! * lis it by magic." WYlTP?13 : PEERLESS. Jf "WILSONIA." J WILLIAM WILSON. Ts] pf?trician? w|jH 495 Fulton St., Brooklyn, "^1 Mat 1m consulted dailr from 10 A.. M. to8 P. M...A** ?AMr<y. "THEWIKSOXIA" HAUNEtfC ( AK.11ENTS will cure every form of ?<{ . ? ? ?e. no matter of how ion? *tar;dme. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND CURES in Bnxliclvn and New York. WINTER IS UPON US. PROTECT YOURSELVES against astiiuui or consumption by wearing JO * W1L.SONI A "clothing. Cold leet are the preen rsor* of endless ill* that flesh is heir to. Wear tbe * WI L>() MA" sole* and avoid swoh danger. TAKE MEDICINE AND DIE. WEAR - WILSON! A" AND LIVE. BEWARE OF FRAUDS. Eortss carment* are en the market. The " W11.SON IA " is studded with . 3 metallic eyelets, showing the metals on the fare. All eth?rsare tmuds. Send tor pamphlets containing ^ testimonial* trom the best people in America wbo bars been cured alter *11 lorms of medicine kad tailed. Noteenradilrpsses: NO. <65 FULTON STREET. BROOKLYN. NO. 695 BROADWAY. ) NO. lSil BROADWAY. }NEW YORK. NO.-231(1 THIRD AVE.) - ' >,2 KO. 44 FOURTH STREET. NEAR SOOTH " '-M EIGHTH STREET. BROOKLYN. E P. Payne's Automatic Engines. ~ ;. P ^SfiLJ 3 Reliable, D'.;mble and Economical, wttlfvmUk a hoi^ potcer iciL't ft let* fuel trnd teller than any other Eitgvie trust, not fitted with aa Automatic Cut-off. J Send for Illustrated Catalocco "J." tor Imormation& A Price*. B. W. Paynk fc Soxs. Bos SCO Corning. K.Z. P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ICTOHIAL uicmov ?n mno virnDi n *" niciuniur inji wuutu Embracing foil and authentic accoanU of every nation of ancient and modern times, and including* ''>?Litlory of the rise and fall oi the Greek and Bomaa empires, the middle ages, the crusades, the feudal sjstem. tba reiormation. the discovery and settlement of the New World, etc.. etc. It coataius 674 fine historical engravings, and is tbe most com pie ta mg History ef the World ever published. Send forapaci* ^9 sssb pase* and extra terms to Agent'. Address National PcfcusHisa Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. 1^ wP?l!OlflNQ For SOUD2EKS, . :'i Uftn I UiiOIUnO widsirs. fathers, doUmo ?r C. j^STX children. Thovsands yet entitled. Pensions rfrsa 14 If?rloss"fflnicer.coo.eyeorrnpnre.wiessersias K I Kf|"r aayPfaoft Thonsand* of pensionersi?4 i ?nr soMiers entitled to I2fCK?A8E sod BOCJTTY. A Wtj s. PATENTS procured for foresters. HoMtaxa mM gg fc> land warrants erocumt booffhtand sold. Soldisrs ^k] MM 3 icd heir*applr foryonrrightsstone*. Ilrtt Mg gj?itjnap? for "To? rirtfrn ilillir "ssit "Psnrt? sad Comity laws blanks sad instreetioas. We J Is I j oaa refer to thonwutds of Pcnsfoaers ard Clients. Jgjj Address N.W. Fitzgerald&Co.Pzxso* ft jgg PAT?3ffltt,ys.LoS^Mt^Wsa<MM?J>.C ?J laa?i#p HfHn l fly iiiHiit ntno lh rrAn Eajrllsb Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist, oow traveling in t hix country, says that moat of the Horse . . andCatilePowderssoldhereareworfhlcsstrash. He ?? isay* that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely pure and immensely valuable. Nothing on earth will make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition PO?> ~ -""H ders. l>osc, on? tcwpoonful to one pint of food. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 8 letter stamps. 1.8. JOHNSON' ? CO.. Boston.Mass.. formerly Bangorjls. Par?0D?' Pnrtfa:lve PUN Blood, and will completely chance the blood in the entire system in three months. Any person who wfil take one pill each nicht from 1 to 12 weeks mar be restored to sonnd health, tf such a thins be possible. Sold everywhere or sent t>y mail for 8 letter stamp*. _I. S. JO_HNStON_.de CO., Boston, fltus* lorwrriy naiitor, .lit. ^ CONSUMPTION! > I liav* a positive remedy for I he above disease; by it* ti?? tbousaud* ol ca.?e* of (he wont kind *cd of loss ?t?udinc hare been cored. Indeed. *o stiong i? my faitf- in lUeflica^v, that I will send HVO BOTTLES FKEE. together wf t h a VALUABLE TREATISE on this Hrwafce to any sufferer. Give fcxi>re*s ^udF. O. ad iiw. Dk. T. A. SLOCT7M. 181 Pearl St.. New York. nflimiu fiviAfii jjj KHtUMAISSIVI trout, Grarel. Diabetes. The Vegetal French Saircy-. I*l?, only harmless specific* proclaimed by science, reliers at once.iure within four days. *1, mailed. 6eaain? has red seal and s-puatrire of L. A. Pakis & Co.. only agents, 102 W. 14 th St.. K.Y. Ask j onr druggist for the Oenuine. Write for book aud n-Iarences. FOR LADIES ONLY. J The " Ladies' Medical Association." Remedies tor JM all diseases o: women arc Myiad bv the mast com- M petent and reliable ph>sic.ans, who have made such diseases a *cecial life study. PatiectF can be sue eessfully treated by malL Advice TbZE. Letters tiricUj/ cer\riri*iUial. Send description of symptoms; or. if not in need of remedies, send for oar ;; Hint* to LadS**/'which trves novel and in teres;Ine iafomutiou ror Iodic* only. It will i)!e?se yen. Free Addr<**4|r*. SA KAH J. VAX BUUfcX, Secretary. 19"2 Franklin Street. liuflalo. X. Y. GARFIELD 1 The OS I. Y 5ar*e steel portrait engraved in Line and Jl/ifl Stipple iroiu a rbotosrapb designated by Mrs. Gar-lt?-ld tor tins euc raving: size lgx'24. Ateuts an>? tieoei nl Acetitu lorGo'sand states wanted. Send >cr 'fit a ie> >? ?. The H??ry Dill Pub Co.. Xorwich,Ct. ^0 YOU PLAY? WHY NOT!, SOPRRS los'anuneoui Gnuln 10 ihe PiapoV L -><1 fw*n. ?nab!i?s ?ny person to pl?y a vane ia 13 J V&MIJfCTES. Seu.l for Orenfsr*. g ~'mA 2~ L^W TCMASS. (Si Broadway. X. yf Jf', I IMPROVED KOOT BEER. 6 S M ^ * 25c. makes 3 jjal'ons of a p IclkVr dn!iciou?.viljiiiCs</nie.spartl)nsTemI feraui* beverage. Ask vnnr flr.ijwxt. or sent by . v iwV iS*7<* iva PM1&. E L ECTRIC BELTS. A pcrtact cur? lor freiiiafnra debility. Seud for cjrcnlar. Ok. J. K AhK. Broadway. New Yorlc. efrt/l tZWAJlD 'or of.WrroM UwtHlnj-. Rt?od or V ^ V V Lidort Ul?nwso?an4l>;I)? Firj-lx. SOS TT?I rx.rtiili. T..? r??? ?n?w|. VT? llf48S8SJ8 B?r^<ne HnbltCarw! tnW -J StritfeSSS U> *? d?y?. l4ll Curcti. WB BI#Icl Ua. J. arm-gx>^.I^UaCcu. Ohla *y/WiW^yAdireM Jar BroDioo. Dem,lt. lilch. YflNNfi MFN Tf/ou wact to Icarn Telegraphy to A Ic~ CJOniw". 411U l/C d'faiu VI A art<lr?? Valentin*- Bros.. Janesvilie. Wis, "QUAKER" BRICft MArMINE, M WEMKGTUX. 0. t-yPAMPHLETS KKEE. _ JT? ARD COLLECTORS. a handVoiue swt of Card" :->r tbrx out A. G. Ba?siot. Rochester. K.V. ecc ? werk in your own town. Terms and ?s otitSv $00 free. Add'* H. HaulrttACo..Portland.tlaii."*. IM^WUWUt.^ ZgjPn iJI J WAP Ton Vrsjoa Scale 1? rctd? of the best of iron tm& S??3M I Tare Beam. Jones be pays tbe DniflO Qfifi I. For free book on Scales address J i ILrG <puv/ 4; *39 NCHAMTON, Binghamton, N. V. ^g| iiion Copies Sold! EVERYBODY NEEDS IT. 'evised and Enlarged. . A Great Media Treat Cause and Cnr? of Ex- <?*" j|*2y irons and Physical Debl!Id SUmHm srisim: from the If ears. 300 paces, Royal mrSJfi&Sf aj erxr*'?lzic*. 125 iaTalaable ? and chronic diseases. 'rench Mnslia. embossed, foil 5, by mail. iXew edition.) G&5&S3&J^fr 6 CENTS. SEND NOW. jk tt extraordinary work on Physlolo?ry ever pnhHshe* eilhertn can either require or vn*h to know tt. le to all wdo wish for cood health.?Toronto Glob t. A brilliant and Invaluable vozi.?lleralA, Ti i Science of Life was fairly won and worthily b? xacts similar to the above could be taken from th itifo?tbrouphoot the land. The txvik is euaran ? ti aa o? ooiaiaea twrwaeit tar doable tfw price, or U? roly Mtltd ud p?t9*ld, U all puts #f the TTTUTE or W. H. PARKER, H. D., ^ , Bmmii Blow.