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fFdiiS, GiHI)K5 AX!) HOUSEHOLD. ! ars! hltd {;.:rJib Xn!m. fO-dinary btuMo n ature contains up^ ?.-? el 7l) vvr of vatcr. Initiate of soJa is a good fertilizer, "t nt cnti hke it, and it is a deadly poiion for t:u-m to jret mnch of it, A lif ti?> vr<-^Q or kerosene en the legs ft fo%:> ill rtnjove scabs in a short ' te. Tv,o a:-plicationsare sometimes On scany farms tLere are some old / a.cie HL'il* old sbeep that can only be J ei-t r.r. * irss. I? is economy to fatten It!.-em for \hv cutchc-r. - p f- >1 on cut feed ere frequently lr:>4vi- o with sore lips. An application t.i sul:/;iur j;n i lard orca or twice will j.enwi i:> t a cure. Aoplos i.].v?;d among tlie ensilage in n <-io *ere well preserved. i< o i nj ay thus be varied by pretciVfd im?t placed in the silo. ratf-ice drains to let off the wsfr-r u? ai the low places in the wheat -e-d.s. Good wpg63 can be earned by attention to this matter. M u->- t.-?y fat hens are the most i:-i;;jers. Over-fatness ecgend- i ?.r.nxa aud decreases the secretions j o. I> .-"'I :t: <? ;n.rr trt fnrm prrcru P-> rs cut into tiny cube3 and; ie-.i w-th arsenic are breaking up I : \> a<>' ii M a,ice m France, where j bo?n most serious to crops. Cu- i-.'u-k the ;or>q canes of raspberry : i-*I b:.'C:-.!'t; ry. As a general rule, the are cut the stronger will be :i;e ?!? jt-uoo's and the finer ihe frait. F -r tatnicg under a heavy sod there : > n?-?Lir>g to eqcsi a pair of good oxen. tuay bo a little slow at the work, ? us it v i:l bo well done if they are Liiir.agod by a good driver. Oi?l newspapers can be used to good BvUatituce in poultry houses, stables, tie., i>y '..tins pasted (donble thickte } .'n f!:e sails to keep out draught, i'iit-y c-iu be easily removed afterward. A ?. Alien says that the dark or fciaok tre hardier than the white br^ds, and that most of the western h'.g~ sre hox of black breeds. Skin disea. ei arc less frequent among them. An easy z^c-hed of salting stock is to | phc<* a large Inmp of salt at different i ir-caiicc*, to which the stock can resort j whether desired. It can al?o be i [ lu.ee.! in the troughs of the stables to { { cod ad ran: age. If rood clover or mixed hay is cut I kto b.af irch lengths and steeped in j hot water it makes an excellent, cheap i und healthy food for fowls in winter, | ua wita cattle, a little linseed meal | likltd on it adds to its virtue, e - M?n j diorymen practice milking their cows fc readily without allowing the anitaal to so dry. They feed heavily on corn" eal and oil cake until the milk Tails, when the cow is replaced by a ! fresh one. A dairyman who keeps 150 ! Pww pays such a practice is more profit- I able ihas to lose the time between their j going dry and coming in. A Mdssschnseit3 farmer raises 100 4-~ - bush&Js of corn to the acre by the following trertment: He plows under tive cords of green stable manure spread on an acre of soil, and, after marking three wad a half feet each way, puts in the hills three cords to the acre of well retted stable manure. This is covered with j earth, and four kernels dropped in each j g hlL The man who makes the business pay j Iis tHe nan wHo careluiiy selects ms j breeding e^es, annually "cuils out the | t: old and inferior stock to fatten for market, and constantly keeps at the head of his flock a thoroughbred male, if he cannot afford to star; with purely bred ewes. No other kind of stock raising fays so liberally at present as sheep growing if properly attended to. To be a successful ffockmaster you must keep your flock young, feed well and breed i with judgment. Pruning Treks and Vines. Tho pruning knife oiten injures aa much as is benefits, and hence arises iwo schools in gardening, namely, tkcse f who prune on all occasions, and these " ??ho prune not at alL As an instance of very bad pruning we may go to many dwarf-pear grounds, and find them continually shortened in till the ends are like that of the injudiciously pruned maple trees along city streets?they die altogether, or present so poor an aspect that the owner concludes, not that he is a failure, but that dwarf pears are not worth growing. Much of the failure with the dwarf pear comes from bad pruning, taougU witn tne De3t 01 care k there are few places where they succeed to such an extent as to warrant the extravagant ecomiunis showered on dwarf pear culture a quarter of a cenW'? . tury ago. The dwarf pear delights more, perhaps, in the pruning knife than in any other fruit tree, except the grape ; bat instead of shortening in the vigorous shoots, which are the life of the tree, and leaving the weak and half-dead wood, it is this small trash that should be cut.away. Then, again, we have to loo& at tee questions 01 growtu urxruitr fnines s. If a tree is already growing with great vigor, pruning will only xnduce a more vigorous foliaceous growth, which is antagonistic to fruitfulness. And again, if nob growing as vigorously as we desire, one good pruning may j remedy this. Pruning is a great art, ! and yet one which is soon understood, ! if we reflect on a few fundamental j truths. Grape vines in the open air, on arbors and trellises, should have their pruning finished before warm spring days set in, s or thej will bleed. It does not injure l them much, but it looks badly. The! | pruning must be regulated by the con- j dition of the vine. If the Vines are; j| young and the shoots weak, cut them ! all back, to make a new and vigorous! growtii. it aireaay a lair quanuiy 01 strong shoots of last season's growth exists, cnt out the weaker ones, so as to leave enough of stronger ones. The cane system, slightly modified, is best for arbors and trellises in the hands of amateurs generally. Thi3 implies a new set of canes every year or two. If, as frequently happens from bad management, all the young and strong bearing wood exists only at the ends of the I - N?' vines?and these latter have become nothing but long, ropy-looking apoloI: gies for what a vino should be?the whole cane may be buried down in the soil to where the strong shoots spring from, and the young wood of last sea son trained up from this. The plant will then"recover its gocd appearance quite as well as by cuttiDg down, with the advantage of not sacrificing a year's crop of fruit. .Pruning of most kinds of fruits has Dees accumpiisueu. wxuugu uio nuKi. It is customary, however, to leave the peach till towards spring, in order to Br cut out any wood th*t may be injured through the winter. In other respects, the peach shonld have little pruning at I this season, as it tends only to make it grow more luxuriously; and a too free vigorous growth is a fault of the peach in this climate. The only pruning admissible is that which has for its object tiie production oi eaoois m caseo. ur f esirable places. After a crop has been borne, however, pruning may be more B severely practised. We once heard a 'good fruit grower say that peaches seldom had the yellows till after they had I borne one good crop, and that a good j pruning the winter following the first bearing was a sure protection against the dire disease. How much there may W be in this notion is not clear, but it is rorth a thought .?Gardeners' Monthly. Selection ncd Sowing of fib Provident farmers rtoc oniy lurnisn i themselves -with good seed, but taking time bj the forelock, make all needful! Bp,: . purchases in this line in ample time so k that when the rush and hurry of the i planting season is at hand there need be no delay. By good seed is meant, or K - should mean, not oniy seed that is *? "' fresh snd will readily germinate, but ~ ~ * 3 seed produced from seieecea seea smc*. jgte. It is upon the quality and condition of a* the seeds sown that the promts of the B garden and field most largely depend. No farmer can afford to risk sowing tjjSpgH: damaged or defective seed; hence the J R- V4 wisdom of testing seed previous to k, - P&jtjnz it, It is a comparatively small I I ?matter to do this, as most readers i knew. The germinating powers of i wheat, rye, oats and barley may be j tested by sowing some seed in garden ! pct-saucers or other unglazed earthen , vessels set in water and covered with i moi&t flannel. Clover and grass seeds may be tested in the same way, a3 ini deed may garden seeds. If the seed ! erctirrr>ir>o foa irrcrn!cstJtr if ic o ci<m f V?Q f. j old and new seed have been mixed. If | only a small per cent germinates the | seed should be, of course, discarded. I The heaviest seed, other things being j even, is best. | The seed se-ected, the next consider! ation in the cultivation of a crop is the I condition of the soil. The temperature and moisture of the ground have more to do with the successes and failures yearly recorded than is generally acted upon. "Wheat and barley, for instance, vhile they will struggle through the ground at the extreme temperatures of iorty-one degrees and 100 degrees, germinate most quickly?other conditions being equal?at about eighty-four degrees. Corn does best at about ninety degrees, though it will germinate at from fifty to 115 degrees. The squash, bean and pea all germinate readilv at about the same temperature es that given for com. Clover seed often fails because sown at a time of insufficient moisture, while millet, for instance, under similar conditions of dryness, will secure a good catch. The depth of planting is another important point. The size of the seed should regulate the depth of covering. Corr: rcu^t be placed deeper, therefore, than ti e small grains, and the small grams m tarn deeper taan tne grass seeds. Most farirers understand this, but all do not vary these respective depths to suit the different soils into which the seeds are placed, and yet a moment's consideration makes it apparent that a h? f.vy soil which lies close to the seed a -mits of slighter covering than does a shifting sandy one. Many interesting experiments have been made from time to time to test the germinating powers of seed under different depths of covering. From experiments showing the germination of wheat at certain depths in the ground, it appears that about three-icurths of the seed planted will come up at a depth of three inches, and nearly all at from one to two inches. These and similar facts point to the importance of planters acquainting themselves with the requirements of the seed to be sown. Iteiipea. Coffee Caee.?One cap of sugar, one cnp cf batter, one egg and one cup of molasses weii mixed together; then add one enp cf strong \taim coffee, with a ieaspoonful of soda dissolved in it, four cups of loir, one pound of raisins stoned and chopped fine, one tabiespjonfal each of clove?, cinnamon and nutmeg. S Cham bled Eggs.?Heat one enp of milk in a spide., with a piece of butter, a little salt and white pepper; beat Jive eggs, pour 12, set over a very slow ?re, and keep scraping from the bottom with a spoon until very little remains thin; then scrape i^to a diih without delay, as allowing is to harden with whey spoils it. Corn Floub Cajies ?Beat six ounces of butter to a cream and add to it eight ounces of pounded sujar and a lew drops of lemon juice or rataSa, which ever preferred; u;'x thoroughly a dessert spoonful of b iking powder with a pound of corn flour; hive ready some warm milk, ai.d st:r it with the corn flcnr into the sngar and batter, adding by degrees a little of each till the whole of the flour is in and the mixture is a light dough; bake at once. When a 6kewer which has been inserted cones out clean and bright it is dene. Nokfolk Dxni?lin*gs?Hake a very light dongh with the powder, as if for bread, with milk or water and salt added. Have readv a largo stewnan of boiling water. Make the dough into balls the size of a medium dumpling, throw them in and boil them for twenty minutes without taking off the lid. To ascertain when they are done enough stick a fork into one and if it comes out clear it is done. Before serving tear them apart on the top with two forks, as they become heavy by their own j steam. Serve with butter, sugar or treacle. Ilouseliold Hints Pet the tablecloth in a kettle of cold water; rub the stains with common castile soap; put the kettle on the s de of the stove to let it get gradually warn, and then wash it through in warm suds, and then rub th9 stains again with soap, and boil, and then rins?. Clothes pins boiled a few moments and quickly dried, once or twice a XT. 1 A ;ui~ monui, uecuilit; LLLU-tt auu uaia* , ble. Clothes lines will last loader and keep in better order for wash -day service, if occasionally treated in tiie same way. Rub stains on furniture with colddrawn linseed oil; then rabwith alcohol. Remove iak-staics with oxalic acid and watt r; wash off with milk. A hot iron held over stains upon furniture will sometimes remove them. To take ink out of linen, scald in hot tallow. Let it cool; then wash in suds. ^ ~ AO? UA KnwnTrA/? OUIUttlimes tawu BUUiia uu uc I&uivivu by wetting the place in very sour buttermilk or lemon juice; rub salt over, and bleach in the sun. Medicine stains are removed from silver spoon3 by rubbing them with a rag dipped in sulphuric acid, and washing it off with soap-suds. The Cranks of Xevr York Sjciety. Where are there no cranks ? There are surely plenty of them in New York society?and in its highest circle. There -3 -? vrrrf^ A?A are men anu. wumeu ?uu c?cij nuu?, who are knewn to everybody, and whose caries appear in all social records, who are more unsound in mind than msny a man and woman who has been sent to the insane asylum or the Home for tho Feeble-Minded. There is a mystery as to how many of these queer people obtained a good social footing, but they have it, and hold it undisputed. I might detail columns of their sajings and doings, but I have only place for ono or two of the most conspicuous cases. There is one man who prides himself on being the handsomes man in New York?and he is indeed a fine specimen of the genus homo. He not only is handsome, and knows that he is handsome, but he says he is handsome. 41 saw yon on Fifth aveaue yesterday,'* said a friend. "Yes, yes," was the drawling response, "I was there; but I seldom walk?it is so disagreeable having people turn aboafc to stare at me." TNar, rtai-a era /vwtnlrR nmonc the women. There is one lady whose name appears in every list of fashionable people. It is a tine old name, but the woman who bears it i3 eo eccentric that she wonld not be tolerated for an instant in place3 where she was not known. She dresses like a gny. and behaves worse than she cresses. It is said that she often goes to parties nninvited? and coolly walking np to the distressed hostess. sr.vs : "I knew it was an over sight? and here 1 am." This woman thinks it quite proper to put her feet up into a chair while making a call. Not long 8go, while making a visit, she knocked over sr.d broke a valuable vase ?one that hid cost some hundreds of dollars- Instead of making an apology or expressing regret, she said : "Well, it's good enongh for them to lose their vase; they had no business to put vases about where they can get knocked - " * r ? j over." And tfcis woman, as x nave s&iu, ; goes everywhere, and is as well known in the drawing-rooms of Murray Hill j as Jay Gould is on Wall street. She is eccentric to the last degree, but she has a kind heait, i3 herself a delightful hostess, and nobody seems to mind her peculiar behavior cr extraordinary speeches. People say, '-Well, it's only Mrs. Blank''?as if the fact of her being Mrs. Blank was sufficient ezcuse for any strange thiag she night do. bo yon see that all *.ha good people in our Vanity Fair are rot cut off of the same pitee. "We have ripples in the lake oi social uniformity. Satin Marveiileux dresses have Sounoes of cream mull embroidery. | FOE THE FAIR SEX. A New York Society Bean. This is as he appeared in after-dinner costume to bid a young lady good-by | before sailing for England : He is tall j and very slender, and his chestnut hair j is parted in the middle. His white vest ; is cut low, and his dress-coat and ! trousers are of the freshest broadcloth, i On the first finger of one large, shapely eriAvlrla inm nno eonn^irfio ! uauu uiauiuLiviO) j i rubies and cat's-eyes. On the other I hand is a large, red cat's eye. His patent leather ties show his embroidj ered silk hose. Ha enters the drawing; room with his opera hat in his hand, a i jeweled match-box with his monogram ; upon it, and his cane with a large topaz i ia its head. This latter he is careful to keep in his hand, if he is unattended by ; his valet, although it is usual for that ! functionary to await him in the hall, | holding cloak and cane. Marriage la the Far Xortta. Go wherever you will, men are mar| rying and women are being given in j marriage. The correspondent of the ! New York Jfei-ald, who has gone to the I -i;-e -c i\.? iciiui Ui Liio ^ciuiucu'c b auxvivuio, iu passing from Orenburg to Omsk, in western Siberia, by sledge, a distance of 1.D00 miles, went through numerous villages in which marriage festivals were being held. It was ja&t before the long season of religious fasts, when it is the custom of the young people there to marry. In a score of villages through which he passed weddings seemed to bo the only occupation going I on. Sledges, driven by wreath-crowned i peasants, crowded to the fullest extent j with girls of all ages, from six to thirty, j ail singing -with unpleasantly high, i screeching voices, pass back and forth | along the village streets, or are driven ; in procession around the little wooden j church. The older peasants, the relaj fives of bride and bridegroom, stay inj ti.le and get dead drank in honor of i the occasion. This last would seem to | indicate that there is a good deal of I civilization in Siberia. W!:at Our Ascextors Were. ; Ancient writers are agreed that the j fashions in dress were carried to a great j degree of extravagance between the ! twelfth and sixteenth centuries, and i that in spite of the frequent and bitter j denunciations cf the clergy. A certain French monk, one Thomas Conecte, is said to have fulminated against the steeple headdress of the reign of the Fourth Edward ; and so powerful was the effect of his eloquence that the women were wont to throw down their iiuery upon tbe cflurcn floor ana maKe a bontire of the same at the end of the sermon. The zeal of the preacher extended itself to the populace, and for awhile when ladies appeared in this headdress in public they were exposed to be pelted by the rabble, and, slyly adds the chronicler, the fashion disappeared for some tiin9 ; but when tbe preacher left the neighborhood "the women who, like snails in a fright, had drawn in their horns, shot them out again as soon as the danger was over." The coarser and more biting the satire the less permanent effect it seems to have had on tuo maids and matrons of 4-Vio Km a Ah "\fnrman Trn i cr n f? introduced into the language most of the terms expressive of elegance and luiury, their ladies imported fine clcthes into England, and, more hateful in the sight of lecrarera on dress in its relation to hygiene than the finest of fine clothes, they first taught the native women to wear stays. Not content with confining their slender waists in a kind of feminine armor, they brought in long trains and sleeves of enormous length, sometimes banging down to the ground, or tied in knots a little above the knee. To tho student of historical pictures it must remain an abiding mystery how the gallants of the reign of good Queen Bess made any thing but vocal love to the ladies of their choice. What with hoops, stomacher, stuffed petticoat, and ruff, the fair ones appear to have been safe . -en from the most chaste salute within the impregnable fortress of the then prevalent fashion. Oar great grandmothers ?their heads dressed a couple of feet high from the crown, in imitation of a man of war in full sail, their faces painted, patched, and powdered, their bedies incased in stiff slays of wood, iron, and bone, and farthingales extending to the circumference of a double hogshead, awkwardly hobbling on immensely high heels, with the aid 0 ? x n zt Ol long, ciu.usiiupyeu. canes?were, it their sliade3 will forgive a candid criticism, fascinating old frights! Fashion Notes. Jet cm tains are on black straw bonnets. Piping folds and cords of satin are revived. Camargo waists are pointed upon full paniers. Shirred basques will be seen on summer dresses. Princesse dresses are fashionable with large panier3. A big poul' bow, with wide ends, trims the back of new mantles. ' Flats" and sheperdess straw hats will be worn by little girls this season. Long undraped redingotes appear besides bunched-tip Watteau polonaises. Handsome evening dresses are of the finest white wool embroidered in silver threads. The Velasquez hat, with Spanish lace drapery, is the largest size offered for the spring. Terra cotta red with blue, and garnet with gray, aie fashionable contrasts for wool dresses, Imported dresses have transparent - _ 9- Ll TT | sieeves maae ox veneuau, aumiuu u* Spanish laces. Plain skirts, with trimmed polonaises will soon rival trimmed skirts, with plain basques. New mantel lambrequins are of colored plush trimmed with chenille fringe of the same shade. Amber-colored celluloid eye-glasses for ladies' use are among the latest novelties of the season. Stylish contrasts for bonnets are Holbein green with pale-blue, celedon with rose, opal with olive, and salmon-pink with gray-blue. "When the V-shaped waistcoats appear i in walking jackets, they are fastened with % donble row of bright silver or gilt j bullet-shaped buttons, but the lower I part of the basque fastens with large i flat round gilt or silver bnttons. White mull dresses made up over rose and pale blue silesia, and trimmed with a profusioh of Moresque lace, will be ihe toilets for evening wear at watering places and summer resorts during | the heated term, at the height of the ! season. | The manner in which the sateens are : made up wivh many flounces, full tab| liers, and panier draperies, much shir| ring, and two materials, one plain, the ; otber figured, makes them as dressy and ! effective as dress toilets. They are only j a trifle less expensive. To meet the demand of many, the j manufacturers are bringing out a limit-1 ; ed quantity of printed lawns. These ' i lawns are of very soft finish, without j j starch, and look like malls. The fig- j | ures we large and small polka dots, ! and flower and figure designs resembi ling those on the foulards, sateens and ! percales. _ The poke bonnet, shorn of its exagj gerated proportions, will still be the | popular shape for the large class cf ladies j i who mate one "best" bonnet answer for j I a season. This bcnnet, neither very small I nor extremely large, is becoming to near! ly every face, and can be made very i ! elegant or exceeding simple, as taste and | | length of purse may dictate. ^ New velvet and grenadine stripes an<! plaids are in stjlish patterns, which are ! qaite nnlike the old designs. Some of J tiie grenadine open-work blocks are in j j lace designs, the floral patterns being j ! covered with glistening jet beads and j pendants. Grenadines of all kinds are i I going to be very popular for midsum- j ; mer wear tn-s year, the sewing-silk j varieties taking the precedence over all j [ others. * j FACTS TOR THE CURIOUS. The sapphire has long been a symbol ! of the sacred office of bishop. The principle of the spring-trap is ! found in the jars of the dolphin. In the Hindoo mytholo<?y men are ! represented as living 100,000 years. A.HSS are Raid to cave a Eaarveiuua ; power of resisting heat, cold and drown- j iog. The conger eel is the king eel; the ! word is from the Icelandish kongr, a JsinR. It is incorrect to nse the word conple i'er two objects unless they are fastened together. A paper watch has been exhibited by ?i Dresden watchmaker. The paper is prepared in such a manner as to render the watch as serviceable as those in general use. Italy is the only country in Europe where all famous men are expected to git in Parliament, and where the hum LJJLtJbW ClCi4C.U WUiiiU AAUUCi TUUO 1UX t? great composer or general than for a local celebriety. In Sweden abont one-half the population annually consume 140 to 170 pints of spirits each. The Swedes have deteriorated in stature aud strength; new diseases have appeared, and old one3 increased. A lawyer of St. Paul, Minn., is cred- i ited with having made the longest j speech yet recorded, having spoken a i total of 28* hours in four days, delivering himself of over 222,300 words in that time. He closed his argument for lack of time, not words. When the first census of Ceylon was taken, in 1871, it was a common belief among the natives that the object was to discover the number of unmarried youths, with a view to their being taken to Europe, whose male population, they said, had been destroyed by a great war. Ohio thinks it will stop paying fifty cents apiece for hen-hawk scalps, as the bounty developes irregular industries which deplete the public purse. Last summer a young man found a lot of tests, got the eggs and hatched them by hen power, raised the birds to semimaturity, and then got 887 from the state at one pop. The great altar of Olympia, described by Paneanias, was formed entirely by the ashes of the victims sacrificed to Jupiter. After every sacrifice the priests moistened the ashes with water from the Alpheus, and smeared the altar with them, and so enlarged it that, during ten centuries, the structure j gained 125 feet ia circuit and twenty- j two in height. The Story of a Block of Coal. From time to time individual trees cied and fell to the earth; parts decayed, but the more durable portions resisted decomposition, and gradually covered the surface with a layer of dead veereta ble matter that was afterward to become a seam of coal. Among the less perishable parts were the bark, and notably the spores, whose resinous nature kept them dry ancl enabled them to delay the action of water, that "sore delayer of your dead body." And now the machinei-y comes into play by which this embryo coal-seam is is to be sealed up and kept safe for use on some far distant day. The land begins to sink slowly, and a basin is formed that catches the water of the rivers which flow down from the surrounding highlands. A lake arises, and into it the stream rolla down mud and sand; these are spread out in sheets and piled up in banla on tho layer of dead plants; still the land goes down, and more and more sand ai;d mud is spread over the bottom of tho water; now and again, during heavy storms, the sea bursts through the barriers that hold it back and floods the area; and then, after a while, the breach is repaired, and the like becomes fresh again. At length the sinkiDg of the land stops, sandy shoals and banks of mud rise from beneath the water and lift their heads in every direction, till a swampy flat is established day enough to permit of the growth of a second j ingle and the accumulation of the matsrials for a second seam cf coal. After a while sinking set3 in afresh, and our escond coal bed i3 buried beneath piles of sand and mud. And so the process goes on; during each period of rest a sheet of dead p!ate3 accumulates over tii'* flat, and during the period of subsidence which follows this is covered up by deposits of mud and sand. The weight piled over it compresses the peaty sheet, and cliemical changes go on which in the end turn it into coal. Afterward earth-movements bring it Tip from the depths to which it has be n carried down, a portion of the rocks which once covered it is stripped off by the action of running water, ana it is placed within the reach of maD. But, when within his rcach, how was it that man discovered that coal vonJd burn? Possibly thus. There is in coal a hard, yellow, brassy mineral, which flies in the fire and not unfrequently startles the circle that has gathered round its checrfnl blaze. When exposed to damp air this mineral undergoes chemical change, and daring the process heat is given out, sometimes in sufficient quantity to set the coal alight. In this way it occasionally happens that seams of coal, when they lie near the surface, take fire of tneir own accord. One day a ravage on a stroll was startled by finding the ground warm beneath his feet, and by seeing smoke and sulphurons vapors issuiDg from it. Ee laid it first to a supernatural cause; but curiosity getting the better of superstition, he scraped away the earth to find whence the reek came. Then he saw a bed of black stone, loose blocks of j which he had already noticed lying J about, and parts of this stone were smoldering, and as soon as air was admitted burst into a blaze. That savage little thought that he was laying the foundation of England's commercial greatness.? Good Words. Swallowing Alligators, It has long been a tradition in the South that alligators swallow their vonnc to set them out of danger, but most people thought the story no more credible than sailors'yams. A Southern naturalist, however, says that he has seen it: "That alligators swallow their young I have had ocular demonstration in a single case. I was en-1 gaged in making a survey on the bank:t1 of the Homochitto lake near the Missis - j sippi river. The day was warm and sunny, and as I halted near the margin of a pond, nearly dried up, to pick up shells, I startled a litter of voucg alligators that scampered off yelping liko puppies, and retreating soms twenty - - - * ? ii 1_ i.i. I yards to tne lase 1 saw mem reaca weir refnge in the month o? a five-foot alligator. She evidently held her moutb. open to receive theo, as in siagl9 file they passed in beyond my observation. The dam turned slowly around and slid down beneath the water and passed into a large opening in the bank beneath the root of an old aeh tree. Doubtless this refuge is but temporary, and the young are released at pleasure, the depcent being but partial and in no way i iterfering with digestion, Rice and Sngar^aue. The census cf 18S0 shows that in i 1879, 174,173 acres of lie? were culti-1 vated, yielding 110,131,373 pounds?an j average of 682 pounds to the acre. I South Carolina leads the rice states with. I a production of 52,077,415 pounds, ; Georgia and Louisiana come next with i yields of 25,369,637 and 23,188,311 j pound a, respectively, while Texas tails i the list of eight states with a production ! of 62,152 pounds. The sugar cane pro- j during states are Alabama, Florida, j "Borgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South i Carolina and Texas; 227,776 acres ol j cane yielded 178,872 hogsheads of sugar i and 16,573,273 gallons of molasses. | Louisiana heads the list with 171,706 j hogsheads of sugar and 11,696,218 gal- j Ions of molasses. Georgia ana Florida, i produced 1,273 and 601 hogsheads j respectively, besides 1,929,868 and! 1,565,784 gallons, while South Carolina ! produced only 138,gallons, and! Mississippi but 18 hogsheads. THE HOME DOCTOR. In case of sunstroke remove the patient to the shade, lay him down fnll length, app]y cold water to his head and lips, and keep his lower limbs warm. The leaves ol the geraninm are an excellent application for cuts, when the skin is rubbed off, and other wonnds of the same .kind ; one or two leaves mnst be brnieed arid applied on linen to the part, and the wound will become cicatrized in s, very short time. If yon have the misfortune to wound ? L 1 3 VL _ joar iuul or nana wiui a iuzuj uaii, juu have only to smoke the won ad with burning wool or woolen cloth. Fifteen or twenty minutes in the smote will remove ail the pain from the worst class o! inflammation. The use of the eyes in reading while riding in cars or wagons has been well compared to the effort of a person to waik a slack rope; the strain upon the muscles that assist in vision being as great during the jolting of a car, as would be the strain upon the muscles of the limbs when crying to maintain ?'a /-.r> n elo r>lr r\T GTTA71 /Yn o tight rope.?[Dr. Foote's Health MonthTo make mustard paste, mix equal parts of ground mustard and fine flour j with sufficient warm water to make an ! even pasre; then spread it thinly on a bit of old linen, cover the face with arother bit of old linen, or, better still, old mnslin, and apply. Do not use any viuesar, boiling water or alcohol, all of which destroy the efficacyof the mustard. A good mustard paste csn rarely be tolerated more than twenty minutes, and with a person having a delicate skin, particular care should be taken that it be not left long enough to blister; a blister caused by mastard being painful and difficult to heaL After the paste is rnrin-rad tl>o fiVl/vnlfl Via vatv gently washed with, warm water to remove all titie mtuttard which remains on the skin, and a. thin layer of cotton wool can be applied. This will peibaps increase the smarting for a few moments, but will soon snbside it altogether. A mustard paste shonld never be applied to a young child, unless under express direction from a physician, the skm of children being so very delicate that severe blistering may readily be caused. If the pain is distributed over a larger area than is covered by the piste, th9 latter can be shifted about. Shortened Life in the Hainan "Race. The maturity of man, calculated by the completed condition of the skeleton, is twenty-one years. Twenty-one years multiplied, by five?105 years?i3 therefore the natural daraiion of the j life of man on this estimate, and, with ! a certain natural limited range, may be I accepted as t&e true and full duration. But when the actual value of life is taken it is found to present, in this country, an average of forty-two years, so that there are grand agencies at work which are reducing the national life to a very low value. If the inquirer enter further into the matter he will obieiva that the grand agencies leading to this rednced value of lire must be in some way removable, because they are not always in action to reduce every form o: life to the same level of duration, Hti will discover that the domestic animals which surround up, if we do nob kill them outright by hard labor, privation or exposure to the vicissitudes oI eeasomj, are eo mucii longer lived than we are, that they exist, practically, to their full term with as much exactitude as we exist to the first of our second stage of existence. Or, to put the matter in another light, he will discover that ii our lower domestic cnirnals were to die in the same ratio that we die, their duration of life, as it is now fcnown, would be reduce I nearly to half what it is. The dog would have an average term of eight years, and other animal j a similar reduced term of life. Ssch observations a3 these will lead the sanitarian to find a uniform object in his labor. Ee will ask what is the reason why man, who holds all the knowledge and skill above the brute creation, should have so little control over his destinv that ha cannot control it in respect to health and life a3 well as the inferior creatnre which, compared with himself, has neither reason nor skill. Ho will wonder in vain so long as he look3 simply at the general fact. He will not wonder at all when he proceeds to an analysis of all the details npon which that general fact depends. In the first pkee he will learn from an analysis of the data he may collect that man is the snbject of many more diseases t han the inferior animals are : that he suffers from certain diseases of the mind incidental to his possession of a meutal organization snperior altogether to their;?, and from which diseases they are exampt; that he suffers from some diseases springing from human vices from which the lower animals are also exempt; that he suffers from some contagious diseasesfromwhich they are exempt; that he suffers from some diseases connected with industrial pnrsuits from which they are exempt: that he suffers from indulgences in ' f - J* _ .3 11? J eeriam mxuries 01 a aeaui/ &mu iruui which they are exempt; tbat he suffers from various accidents from which they are exempt; that he suffers from hereditary taintu of disease from which they are exempt.?[Oar Homes. A Iloniiin Convent. The Order of the Buried Alive, in Rome, the: Convent of the Sepoite Vive, is a remnant of the middle a?es in the life of to-day. The London Queen's fA-r!)<innnrl^rit, had the wrivileze cf an entrance within one afte*' another of the five iron doors, and talking with tho mother superior through the thick swathing of a woolen veil, but ordinary communication with the convent is carried on through the barrel," which fills an opening in the wall. Over the barrel is written, "Who will live contented within these walls let her leave at the gate every earthly care/' You knock at the barrel, which turns slowly round till it shows a section like that of an orange from which one of the quarters has been. cut. You speak to the invisible sister who asks your will; and she answers you in good Italian and cultivated intonation. You hear the voice quite distinctly, but as if it were far, far away. She is really separated from yon by only a slender slice of wood, bnt she is absolutely invisible. Not the smallest ray of light, not the smallest chink, is visible between yon and her. Sound travels through the barrier, bnt sight is absolntely excluded. These nnns live on charity, keeping two Lents in the year?one from November to Christmas, the other the ordinary Lent of Catholic Chri3wn T ?\\Cx*rcxyr\TO OTJ /VH ?> T1 tlV. ICUUViU. w? J , they may eat whatever is given to them, saving always "flesh-meat" during the fasting time. If yon take them a cake or a loaf of bread, a bottle of wine, a roll of chocolate, bonbons, a basket of eggs, it is all good for,, them. They must be absolutely without food for twenty-fonr hours before they may ask hi=>!r> frnrr- the outside world. And when they have looked starvation in the face, then they may ring a bell, which means "Help us, we are famishing." Perhaps you take them nothing eatable, but you place on the ledge of the cut orange, by which you sit, some money, demanding in return their "cartolini" or little papers. The barrel turns slowly round, then back again, and you find on the ledge where you had laid your lire a paper of " cartolin." These are very small, thin, light-printed slips, neatly folded in tiny packets, three to each packet; which, if" you swallow in ' - i'- ? ? -r _ti A# iaiLU Will <.:uxts juu UI nil Uiictioco. fli" ter your talk is ended the barrel turns ronnd once more and presents its face as of an immovable and impenetrablelooking barrier. One of the traditions of Rome is that each sister has her day, when she throws a flower over the convent wall as a sign to her vr etching friends that she is still alive. When she has be ;n gathered to the majority th3 flower is not thrown and the veil has ia isn forever. 1 II I [ ' The name and fame of Dr. Bull's Cough Symp are known throughout the land and everywhere it 13 rehed upon as the specific for ! coughs &2d colds. Jm. BELIGIOUS BEAD1SG. Home Friendships. If we cultivate home friendships with the same assiduity that we give to those outside, they will yield us even richer on/1 rof-nma TVic>yc* io r>r\ frian/-!_ ship so pure and beautiful in its nature, so rich and fnll in its power of blessing, or so singularly rare in its occurrenceas that between parents and their grown, np sons and daughters. "Where the parental and filial instincts are supplemented by that higher and more spiritual affection that binds together minds in intellectual communion and souls in heartfelt sympathy, few deeper or more delightful friendships can be imagined. The guardian and dependent gradually lose themselves in the dear companion and true friend of later life; the youth comes wiser and age brighter, and both no b la and happier in this ioving and KUJLUllig LLLLLULU Sleepy Hearers A correspondent says : "There is nothing which takes the life and lire ont of a proacher so quick as indifferent and sleepy hearers. Sometimes a man who has worked all the week finds it difficult on a summer Sabbath to prevent drowsiness ; bnt snch cases must be exceptional to afford any excuse, as God looks for better service in his honse than habitual sleeping. We were amused the other day when reading of the course of an old Scotch preacher, who found his congregation going to sleep before he had fairly begun. He suddenly stopped and exclaimed.: 'Brethren, it's nae fair. Wait till I get alang, and then, if I'm nae worth listening to, gang to sleep ; but dinna gang before I get commenced. Gie a man a chance.'"?[Christian Statesman. Religions News and Xotes. The Welsh bishops have decided not to proceed for the present with the re vision of tho Welsh New Testament. An apostate from the Greek Church in Strumnitz, Turkey, is to be tried for cursing the hat and heard of a bishop. The Garden of Eden was certainly situated between Babylon and Bagdad', thinks Professor Delitzsch, the theologian, of Leipsic. P.ntrlish Methodists of different orders are said to have been much drawn together by the great Ecumenical Council held in London. The Methodist Episcopal church increased the number of its churches last year by 334 and the value of its church property by more than $2,000,000. Vi axj JL IVbCObauu XJT?u^guvM vlvj-lw*** inations there are 496 churches in the City of New York for an estimated Protestant population of 500,000 to 600,000. The Dumber of "missions" is 133, of which 118 are Protestant. Tho Metropolitan Tabernacle, London (Sir. Bourgeon's church,) continues to grow. It now has 5,310 members. Last yea* 272 were received by baptism, 68 by letter, and 35 by profession, making a to'al of 3S2, but there was a decrease of 315. Cardinal Manning is preparing his reminiscences for publication. Speaknt liia VxveVmml Via r o in art&r\ fhnt. had been looking over some of the letters he had written in his adolescence, "and it struck me while reading them," said the cardinal, "what a particularly j lively youth I must have been 1" The American Eoird in 1820 had 23 i stations, with access to a population of 250,000, 83 missioners, no native agents, and no schools. It now reports 812 sta tions, with access to 100,000,000 souls, JOi missioners, 1,717 native agents, and S7 schools, with 3,005 puj ils. The exTi 1 ? ^"7 f)f\r\ I pedicures cave iruiu t-y 8693,000. T< ny Pastor ia Trouble. Tony Pastor, of New York, who is now with his inimitable variety combination, making a tour of the principal cities of the Union, is recognized as the leading character vocalist and variety performer of the United States He owns and runs a fiistclass theater on Broadway, New York city, and has gathered about him the best troupe of variety artists that could be obtained The company has just completed a brilliant engagement at the Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, and after the present tour they will reappear in Tony Pastor's own theat'-r in New York city. Mr. Pastor is the originator of his peculiar school of character singing, and has made himself immensely popular, having realized by his talents a large fortune. The writer of this article'met Mr. Pa?tor recently at the Bingham House, in Phila delphia, and found him as genial in priv.ite as he is amusing before the public. During our conversation I inquired as to his physical heilth, and he replied that, notwithstanding the strain upon him in the discharge of his professional duties, it was excellent. He had occasional!*- severe pains,either (he result of rheumatic attacks or colds, but any complaints ol tiiat character never troubled him long, as he had found cut a remedy for all such annoying affections. I asked him -what the remedy was, and he replied, "St. Jacobs Oil." I then learned from Mr. Pastor that he considered the Great German Remedy an excellent preparation for the cure or relief of rheumatism, and that it was about the only thing used among professional people for that distressing complaint. He took bottles oi it with him whenever he went traveling, and would not be without it, and knew that it wa3 very popular with a numb?r of members of his own compsny. A conversation held subsequently with various members of the organization revealed -i r - - ? . O. T " Ml 1.^.1 1 tne I'iCC mat 01. j acous un uau uvren f;erforming most invaluable service for them in the way of curing th<jm of rheumatism. Nearly every artist in the troupe used it, and was enthusiastic in its praise, and the writer was really forced to the conclusion that Tony Pastor was certainly in luck in having so valuable an article known and employed by his inimitably good company of performers, for it enabled every one to be always in his place, thus insuring comfort to the managemenL_and genuine saii? faction to the public. Tony factor would certainly be in trouble without St. Jacob? Oil. At least, other manager? whose artists have been temporarily unsuppUed have noticed the difference between St. Jacob? Oil in stock and St. Jacobs Oil out of stock ?among the members of their companus.? New York Clipper. After Eighteen Centurie?. The skeleton of a woman with a child has been discovered at Pompeii in a narrow street about twelve feet above the level of the ancient pavement. I. is well known tiiat the catastrophe 01 79 A. D. commenced with a thick shower of small pumice stones, by which the streets of Pompeii were covered np to the roofs of the houses. Stones were succeeded by ashes, which became solid owing to the action of successive showers of boiling water; aod these ashe3 now form the top layer of the mate rials which cover the rains of Pompeii. Mc3t of the unhappy beings who remained in the houses after the eruption first reached the town made their escape through the windows, but the greater part of these fugitives could have taken but a few steps, and must have been quickly suffocated by the poisonous fames. With one arm the woman whose skeleton has been fonnd was clasping the Ippr of the child, whose bodv shows ? 0? ? --? - ? contraction in the arms and Ic-gs and a general emaciation, which led ns to suppose that the child must have been very ill. It was a little boy about ten years of age. Doubtless the woman was the mother of the child. Some jewels found on the female skeleton indicated a person of condition; two bracelets of gold encircled the arm which he'd the boy, and on the hand were two gold rings, the one set with an emerald, on which is eneraved a horn of plenty, and the other with an amethyst bearing a head of Mercury. "All through advertising,'' remarked exMayor Gregory to us as be went homeward with a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, " that I bought this. Your paper contains so many wonderful cures-of course they are facts ? and so I thought I'd try a bottle for the rheumatism."?Madison (Wis) Daily Democrat. The three great porta of the vrorld are London, Liverpool, and New York. ICGn *1-sir? fTioir TiiorVioaf ?J ILL 1UUV lugj ituvuvu trade figures, the imports being at London about $700,000,000, L verpool, 8600,000,000, and New York $?39,000,000. " ' - - A HUM1NBAR03IETER. The Real Relation betivcrn the Human Rody and the Weather Scientifically Explained. [.Scientific American.] One of the most valuable dc\elopmenta of modern science along the line of human ne-1 cessity is the National Weather Bureau at j Washington. Experience has shovrn that j eighty-six per cenr. of the predictions ot tnc signal service are accurate; and these predictions are unquestionably of the greatest advantage to the seaman, the agriculturist and the : en:ire commercial world. The eerviee has j proven its necessity by its usefulness, for in j past times the facilities" for foretelling atmospheric chaDgea were meager indeed. The only indications our fathers had of coming changes I in the wea'her were achin? limbs, twitching j joints or painful corns. These "indications," | though crude, were usually correct, and hence naturally fcuggest the inquiry as to the relation between the human system and the I n-^atVior Tim hodv is nnaue-tionablv an ex cdlc-nt barometer. "it foretells. changes in the j atmosphere Ion? before they occur, and this I fact has been taken advantage of by physicians j ; who, when all other agencies fail, prescribe a j j change of air, thus hoping the body may find ; j an atmospheiic condition better suited "to its needs. And yet tbe real relation between the | human body and the weather has never been ' ! .'ully understood, nor has there ever been, until I now, a correct explanation of what rheumatism (which seems in league with the atmosphere) really is. It was originally thought by many to bo" a trouble in th? joints, and as such wa3 treated in the most strange, not to say ridiculous manner. This theory became dispelled when the same trouble attacked the muscle*, and the feo'ing then prevailed that it was purely a muscular disorder. But this idea was found" to bs too narrow, and now it is universally conccded that rheumatism is a blood disease. And what a terrible disease it is. It often comes without warning and prostrates the system with agony. Again its beginning is gradual, and its growth slow. In its acute form it manifests itself in every conceivable shape and always accompanied by"intense pain. At one time it is Inflammatory, at anoiner neuralgic. Sometimes it assumes the form of gout, and again that of pleurisy or lumbago; but in whatever manner it appears it is terribly painful and always to be dreaded. The pain and annoyance of rheumatism are increased by its great danger, for it is liable to attack the brain or heart at any moment, thereby causing instant death. Indeed, nearly every case of heart disease with all its dreadful suddenness which has ever occurred, can be traced more or leas directly to rheumatic causes. In its chronic form it stiffens the joints, contracts the muscles, undermines the health and ruins the life. It frequently attacks men and women who are apparently in perlect health. Indeed, it is as greatly to be dreaded as any possible form of physical woe. But, however severe its effects may be, the exact canee of this blood trouble has been an uauet'iueu queauuu, auu ii> ia uluy nnwu u? past year that any decision upon the eubject has been reached. In order to fully determine what the cause of rheumatic disorders really was, certain authorities sent letters of inquiry from Washington to the leading practicing physicians of the land, and these inquiries were responded to quite generally, thus furnishing data of great value to science and mac- i kind. The views held by the doctors are of a varied nature, but eo overwhelming a prcportion hold to one belief as to leave but little doubt that it is the correct one. This belief, briefly stated, is that nric acid in the blooi causes rheumatism, and that it is only by removing this poisonous acid that rheumatic or neuralgic troubles in all their terrible forms can be cured. This being true, the important I question arises: " How does this poisocoas j uric acid get into tho blood, and Lot can it | best be removed ?" Uric acid is a was'.e material of the body which the Sidneys should carry out, but because they are weakened they cannot throw it from tho system, liestore the kidneys and jou restore "the power that will force the uric acid from the system and thus banish tho rheumatic agonies which it causes. This is reason; it is scienco. No one whoie kidueys are iu a perfect condition was ever troubled with rheumatism, and no rheumatic sufferer, however slight ttie pain may be, h-is perfect kidneys. The conclusion of this truth is inevitable": perfect kidneys mean freedom from rheumatism. Whin rheumatism hrs manifested itself in iny special part of tho body, attempts have tin I?aai\ <% t rrti r t o h no rf nf thft boJy. As a result the pain baa departed but the disease has remained, lying subtly concealed and ready to break out at souse unexpected moment! Checking the paiu in any siugle locality only scatters the disease through the system, when*if the seat of the disorder, which are the kidney-, were reached a complete cure would be the result. Tne way, therefore, to expel this rank and poisonous acid before it assumes an inflammatory or chrbnic form is by keeping the kidneys m absolute health. This is no easy thing to do. and no means has, until the pasi few years, been k^own whica would successfully rcach and affect these great organs. At last, however, scientists have discovered that the leaves of a tropical plant, previously but little known to science and unknown to medicine, possessed marvelous qualities adapted for tiie kidnevs. These leaves have been ckillfully combined in the remedy now known as Warner's I Safe Kidney and Liver Care. It is, up to the present time, the only known preparation that acts so directly upon the kidneys as to effectually cure the various dangerous forms of kidney disease, and hence remove all uric acid from the blood. A9 a result the cures it has been tho mean:! of performing are really very remarkable. Indeed, there are tbou-an'ds of persons in America to-day who owe their restoration in health and entire freedom from rheumatism to this simple yet powerful remedy, which is known universally, manufactured in Rochester, N. Y., and sold in every drug store in the land. From the doctors in the various cities of the United States who have certified over their own signatures to the scientific statement that uric acid in the blood is the cause of rheumatism, ? 1 -~ M?mUAw TJAatnr* are a uamuci ui iA/jiuu . among tlicm being Dr. A. V. Liglithill. Dr. John B. Foley, Dr. Fred J. G.11 bit. Dr. M. L. Chamberlain* Dr. Albert N. BlodgrU, Dr. John C. Sharp, Dr. Charles W, Stevens, Dr. Henry W. Bradford, Dr. Tiino'hv II. Smith, ' Dr. Charles 31. Newell, Dr. William A. Dann, Dr. J. P. Perry, Dr. John Burke, Dr. Michael F. Gavin, Dr. A area Yonng, Dr. Elislia S. Bowland, Dr. Otis Gray Bandall, Dr. Stephen C. Martin, Dr. GeorgeF. Bigelow, Dr. 0. W. Dow, Dr. Morris P. Wheeler, Dr. Bobert W. Newell, Dr. Frauklin F. Patch, Dr. Darius Wilson, Dr. I William F. Cornell, Dr. Henry Solil, Dr. Na- t thaaiel Downes, Br. William*K. Bipley, Dr. George C. Shattucli, Dr. William Ingalls, I Dr. J. P. Oliver. Dr. Joseph F. Gould, Dr. Wilson Atwood, Dr. A. Fere aid, Dr. Francis j II. Brown, and Dr. Hamiltoai Osgood. i Tho tbeory of the doctors as above explained j finds its confirmation in tho fact that wnen the kidneys have been cured, rheumatism is completely removed. This is not, of course, always accomplished instantly, for in a disease so subtle, the euro is often very slow, but under j no other plan can any hope "of permanent relief ever be found. * There aro hundreds of cases on record durinpr the present winter of ! persons afflicted uith rheumatic troubles of the j worst order -who have been e:itir< ly cured by I following the theory above stated and using tho remedy mentioned* Many of tl:cse persons j had the very worst possible symptoms. Vague j aches in different portions of the lxxly were | .'ol lowed by agonies the most intense in some j particular spot. Acute and throbbing pains j succeeded each other and the ccuraing poison- j ous acid inflamed all the veins. Troubles which > began with slight disorders increased to de- j rangements the most serious. It is sad to i think ihat all this suffering was ensured when j it could have been so easily relieved. Acting j under the theory and usins the remedy above j mentioned the kidneys could liavo been restored | :o their usual vigor, the uric poison expelled j from the system, the inflammation removed j and the paiu entirely banisiieci. These are some of the real and scientific tacts j regarding rheumatism, attested by the highest authority and they are, beyond quc&tion, the j only correct ones ever brought foith. We are j aware they are advanced ideas, bat ten years j hc-nce they will be the accepted belief and i practice oi' the world. If people suffer from i rheumatic troubles in the future and with these ' p:aiu truths beforo them, they certainly can j blame no one but themselves. Tlie Summit of the Earth. Adolphna Schlagintweit, the imroor- j tal though unpronouEceable explorer ; of Central Asia, calls the highland of j Pamir "die Welt-Zinne"?the roof of j the world. Oa the road from PuDjaub | to Yarkand four passes have to be crossed j that are higher than 17,500 feet, and for j a distance of two hundred and eighty miles the halting-ground is not below j the height of Pike's Peak. On the j eastern plateau cf the Beloor-Dagh I * * *?? t -T JY ? _ ! tnera is a saej.ter-non.se near a cim irom ; wuose summit the main chain of the ; Himalayas with all its giant peaks and j immeasureable ice-fields is in full view ; frcm the highlands of Lassa to the j sources of the Indus, while in the west the head-waters of the Oms and Jaxartes can b9 traced to the borders oi Cabool, where the peaks of the EinooKoosh lift their crests of everlasting SliUW. 1U bpxi.uy IiUO cuuv U1 WD aralanches resembles the boom of continuous thunder, and in mid-winter, when the storm-wind sweeps the tableland, whirling pillars of snow scud along ; the ridges, and often seem to dance I together like spectres in their flutter- j ing-sheet?. Oar "Land of the Sky" in j the Southern Alleghenier must bs a; mere piazza compared witii tnat top- j roof oi the eartn.? [Popular Science: Monthly. A Boy's (Jiu-stion. A little bov asks mamma the follow-j ing questions, to "which all mamma's I answers are not jet recorded. "Mamma, if a bear should swallow ; rr>a T TSrtnlrl wouldn't I ? " "Yes, dear." "And would 1 go to Eeaven ?" "Yes, dear." "And would the bear have to go, ! too?" ? Considering the merits of glass as a j roofing material, a German authorityI finds that hail is not so destructive to ; glass as is usually believed, as it seldom I damages pane3 an eight of an inch' thick, and a thickness ef s quarter oi an ; inob is almost abscJ^eif-gafe, j i . _ . . - nL i. Herd of Wild Cattle. There is a gocd deal of similarity, after all, between the indications of untutored humanity and tho focr-legged animals. When the agency policy was introduced among tho Indians, s Sitting Ball revolted against the inno- : vation and took to the wilderness be- * vend the control of the white man's a domineering authority. There herded about him the most savage and despe- i rate element of the different tribes of j j the country, they wandered around in I r the unfrequented sections of the Yel- [ ; lowstone region, and became more wild i " and implacable the longer they stayed out. Their village was called the Hostile Camp, and a den of South African beasts were no more savage and dangerous to a white man caught in their jungles than were these red outlaws. There ia now a band of government cattle and j mnles running at large on the game j \ ranges in the very country roamed over j \ by Sitting Bull and his hostiles. They, like the Indians, broke away j j at different times from the government I herds, and banded together until now * they are more wild and wary than the \ untamed buffalo. They number about \ eight hundred, including between forty \ and fifty mules. The band has been j frequently seen by hunters in secluded ! and remote districts of the great wil- I derne?s lying between the Bear-Paw *T AT- - X' IV tliA "Di'/v iUOUnr.VUUS UU Hit) nuim ?uu. tuc Horn raDges on the South. Sometimes, very rarely, however, one or two be- I come detached from the main herd, and J in their bewilderment approach the | settlement of the whites, and are shot. 1 One was recently captured by a butcher J near Glendive. They are distinguish- < able from other cattle by the brand. ] Thus the undisciplined inclinations of t man and beast is shown to be about J the same, at least in the matter of i herding together in the wilderness. J The Yicksburg Herald calls the Mis- J ? ? - ? TT C^nfAfl cISblppi JTiVOI iiUO VUibCU uwcabva nrvi* There is an argument in the appella- * tioa. The great river drains seventeen states and three territories, running be- 1 tween them, rather than through them. Nature Demands a Tonle TChen the nerves are unstrung, the head aches, | the appetite is poor cr variable, the sleep dis- I tnrbe'd, and a general depreciation of vital I power is experienced. Such a state of things ! cannot long exist without the development of j serious disease. The most active and genial i invigorant known is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The absolute purity of its epirituous * basis and botanic ingre- ients gives it a per- ; mtnent claim to public confidence, and its snrpassing medicinal value is admitted by medical men of distinction, by whom it is widely used ' in private practice. For fever and ag^ic?both as a preventive and remedy?djsptp ia, liver complaint, bilious remittent rcver, constipation, cho eraic complaints, flatulence, and all in- 3 teatinal disorders, it is a thoroughly reliable * remedy. It i-j the anti-febrile specific par excellence of the malarial districts of this and ether countries, where diseases born of miasma nrprail. and as a general household remedy it is also universa ISy esteemed. It is stated in an En.qli^h journal that at a c rcceut sale of rabbits $200 was givea for one of tlieae lit'le animate, which was of a famous breed. . I ]*lli!i?icrful Krc.-nnm^n'JaMon. jAnr.ETisvix.LE, Horlorti Co., ild., Jan. 3,1S79. II. II. Wassek & Co.: tins?Your.Safe Kid- f] ney and Liver Care has greatly relieved me, J and I suffer but Jittie. 1 am anxious that others should try it. uf.v. J. Dckv IIoore. Tiieue are nearly 12,000,000 horses in the United States. Illinois heads the 1 et with 1,100,000. On Thirty Dnr*' Trlnl. to The Voltaic Belt Co., Harsliall, Jlich., will j send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Elec- t trie Appliances on trial for thirty days to any ' person "afflicted with Nervous Debility, Lost ? Vitality, and kindred troubles, ^uarautceing r complete restoration of vigor and manhood. Address as above without delay. i P. S.-No risk is incurred, as 30 days' trial is allowed. j i'on dysi hi'zi.'., iSL'iotyriuN, depression of spirits and general debility, in their various :ormj; abo as a preventive against fever and ague and . other int. rmittout fevers, the "Fcrro-Poogphor:-.tcd Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, 3 Hazard Co., New York, and sold by all Drug- < ^ists, is the beat tonic; and for patients recover- ] ing from fevvr or other sickness it has no equal. : Ba'ltuynibn.'' " I Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists. Send for paa-phle: to E. S. Wells, Jersey City, N. J? A million bottles of Carbol'iie, a deodorized ( extract of petr. leum, will produce new hair on ; a million I aid he ids, whicn is something that j no other preparation ever discovered will do. 1 The Science of Life, or Self-Preservation, a ! medical work for every man?young, middle- . aged or old 19.!> InaU'e "?fwiptions. < ? JJ 1 ~ %* PA Ofcliu iiaaju iinu numccj mj uia^m u> w., Philadelphia, Pa., fcr cook book free. ALLEN'S Bvaln Food-cures Nervous Debility k Weakness ol Uou^raiive Orsaus. SI?all druzuists. Sead lorCircular. A lien's Pharmacy ,313 First&v.,X.Y. TiiS~HAI?KLTS. 1 5 i yew touk. i BeefCat'le?Prime, 11 vo weight 11%? 12yt j Calves?Com n to Choice Veals. (5 0 . Sheep ; Lambs 7 @ 8 { Eogs?Live. 7 <3 7% i a?M, OK? 9^ : Flour?Ex. State, good to fancy 5 70 @ 8 50 \ Western, good to choice 5 SO @ 8 75 c Wheat?No. 2 Reel, n-.vf 1 4'3 @ 1 44 5 No. 1 White, new 1 31 33% Rye?State 96 @ 96 Barley?Two-rowed State 92 @ 93 Corn?Ungraded WesternMixsd 89%@ 95 Yellow Southern 84 @ 84 Oata?White State 60 @ 64 -i Mixed Western 5S @ 60 Hay?Prime Timothy 90 @ X 00 J Straw?No. 1, Rye 60 @ 65 *. Hop3?State, 1831, choice 22 @ 23 i Pork?Mess, new, for export...18 25 @18 50 : Lard?City Steam 1140 @1140 Refined 1150 @1150 ? Petroleum?Crude iyt j Refined 7>4? 7% Batter?State Creamery, fiue.. 30 @ 32 < Dairy 2 3 @ 29 i Western Im. Creamery 24 @ 23 3 Factory 10 @ 23 Cheese?State factory 13%@ 13*4 * Skims 2 @ 6'-Z Western 8 @ 12^. Eggs?State and Penn 17 @ 17% Potatoes?Early Rose, State, bbl 3 25 @3 50 BUFFALO. S'eers?Good to choice G 85 @ 7 20 J Lambs?Western 7 00 @ 7 50 Sheep?We tern 6 25 @ 6 75 Hogs, Good to Choice Yorkers.. 7 10 @ 7 40 j Flour?C'yGround, No. 1 Spring 6 75 @7 25 Wheat?No. 1. Hard Duluih.... 1 47 @ 147 Corn?No. 2 Mixed 68%@ 69 Oats-No. 2 Mix. West 47 @ 47 j 7 Barley?Two-rowed State 90 @ 90 EOSTON. B eef?Extra plate and family.. 11 50 @ 16 00 Hogs?Live 7%@ 8 1 Hogs?City Dressed 9%? 9% z Pork?Extra Prime pe: bbl.... 14 50 @15 00 I Flour?Scring Wheat Patents.. 8 00 @ 9 00 I Corn?Bub Mixed 90 @ 91 r Oats?Extra "White 66 @ 70 1 Rye?State 95 @ 99 ' Wool?Washed Comb&Delaine 44 @ 4<3 1 Un\raj>hed " " 30 @ 31 s WAT2BT0W.T (JIASS.) CATTLE SIAEKET. ] Beef?Extra quality 7 25 @ 7 75 t Slieep?Live weight 6%@ "'9M .Lambs 8% TJ/\rryj ^ tr fO/.(rh ?3/ i *^^b"> ? - -< * -/ * \ PHILADELPHIA. ; Floor?Penn. Ex. Family, good C 23 @ 6 25 * Wheat?No. 2 Bed 1 51 @ 1 51 . lire?State 97 @ 97 ( Com-Statc Yellow 69%<?2 69% ; I Oats?Mixed 62 @ 62 Butter?Creamery Extra Pa. .. 33 @ 37 I J Cheese?Neiv York Full Cream. 13%(@ 13% i Petroleum?Crnde 6 ? 7 Iielined 79A l | ] j cpl H 01 ft cc?T ! . Coupons Attached SIX per ccnt. per Annum. 8 Secured by Alortcacc on Valuable Real Estate j ' Better than Governments. Suitable for men oi i email means, lieadily turned into cnsii. to Jeaihsg basks siml bankers. < i'ull intonnat:on b;-applying to I U. S. LAND tfc JM PROVEMENT TO.. j] 36 i'iiie. ?*t . New YcrK. r QUIT FOOLING! S?ikS? J "BIRN7/ FONIC SHORT II AN If" is easv. J rapid. reliable. Sclf-:nstir.ctor in litponiufj. s.-nMor <1. Buriiz & C'o.? -4 Ciinton Place. V. j I IMPROVED BOOT BEER.!" fl 3 PkSsvV .jc.racxace n;akos ~t ^aiIoL.s o! a i . na'C&itt? dc*licion?.whok*s.'>!M<*.s;>arUhBi:T?nspontuee b<*veraj;p. A?k your cr hf-nt by :v.a;l lor-J.jc. C. E. Hires. 4S N. IVla. ave..PU:!a. I BISMABCK. North Dakota. .! l-'ordt-sf nption ot this erowins city an<] snrrcundit,? larmier land? opr-n to settlement, address J. A. USA. g?cc. Chamber Couniierce. I ? m i LLS'^^* 1 d3fiBS3??m^ca:ir&Pricwwr::8 TiiS AULTMA.N t TAYLOP. CO.. Iknsileld. Ohic. ' e"70 A TV EES }12 a day at borne easily made. Costly < *1 * Outfit tree. Add's Taci & Co.. Au4P?t*,M&in?. ' PERILS OF THE DEEP. , cn shore. " I had to 'shoot' 103 waterfalls. th? r.r,'esi being about eighty-five feet, aud Sanunter* H We rupids. Crossing the Straits of Mcsstua, I H iad thrca ribs broken i:i a fight with sharks; an?I online down the Somane, a river i;i Freitec, I eceived a charge of shot from an excited and tartled huntsman. Although thij was uot very ilettsant and might be termed dangerons, I fear if.thing more o-.i my trip than intense cold: 5;r. is icng as ray limbs arc free and casv />:: '> no: sumped or benumbed I am all right.* Ox late I <>* "Hi 'r.TTf r. stock of cr. Jvcoss Or*, in n:!ift:e teat? ' Ji The Captain cells it "Baby end has s.ercl , ^9 heroin signal rockets. thcnr.om<?:i-r. cc:-p>tss. fl revisions,etc.]??n-l I have but troi;!>!??. :k-fore starting on: I rub mysc-li thoroughly with ho Article, ai:J its action upon t!:c Er.isdts i? ..;JH wonderful. From constant exposure I ::a s->nc- Vji-iJ ivbr.t subject to rlictirr.Jtic psius, ana nothing ;Vou!d ever benefit me tmti! I got buM of thfcf l>'reat German lltciedy. Why. on my travels I icvc met people who had been sabring tvith heumalSsr.1 for years: ay bj amm; ,m.. ? :hc Oil and it cured them. I ?ro>:!d sooner d<? tvithout food for days than bo v. :ih?:ut this rem- J ;dy for one hour. In fact I would i:<y. attempt x sip without it." The Captain became very enthusiastic or. the subject of St. Jacobs Cil. and rhen we left him he was still cit:::.c ;nstr.n; es of he curative qualities of the Great Germs.?. Htm- ] idy to a party around him, fl " NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS." Mouse, 45 Fulton St, N. I j HOWARD & MORSE, *1 UAXCFACTCRERS OY j 3RASS. COPPER. ?fc IRON WIKK?:*.ux?, i=* WIRE WORK, FEM ES, KAlJL1NUS CSc GIAKDN 'T^% GaIvanized X \viJiW.r;; !Vmi n ?r ^ ^9 r?r I'nuliry ]ncio??rp?i, Pisen-amitm, Pig:oi Housfw, ?-lo. iyrud for Prire Lisi. 5S 121 R * ?"V 1 J r m K M S Losg"Credit fl HOST FERTILE SECTIONS GF THE U. S. iarden Plots, 5 to 25 acres, on Lonsr Island, only jfl $23 per Acre by Installments. .SniaU Farm? In Florida, Georgia, VirRiala and Colonics and Families located. "Write for particulars. State locality preferred. 'HE B. S, LAND & IMPROVEMENT CO, 36 Pine *t., .\V?;r 3'or!:. P AGENTS WANTED COB THE ' Hi STO R Y c? the W 0 R L D 4 'mbracins juil and authentic pccotinU ot every naiou or ancient and modem tr.nss, and icclnrtinj; a :istory cl the rise and tall o: u.e Greek and lioaian ? aii'ires. the middle aces, the crusades, the feudal vsteni. ilte rf-wrmation. The discovery aud settle:-.oat o! the NVw \V.>rM. etc.. ctc. it contains 07'i ine historical ^n'-'Mvinjjs. au-1;? tiie most complete .. iistoryot UirW.Ticlever}>ubli>hed. Send torspeci- ' ueu paces ac! i-xtra ti-r:r.s to Acent*. Address Nation.?l I'rsL^;?M; Ca. I'hilade'phia. Pa. PnrnonV Purcatlve PHI* niati^N^c^Eicli j -lood. and Til] completely chamre the blood in it's nr.re system in three months. Aav r*rsoa cto *?H take cue pill e.v:b rush! '.rom 1 to I2v.-eeks may be estcred to sound health, i: such * thins be possible* Sold even-?i:ere cr *er\t by mail icr ?letter stamn. I. S. JOHNSON ?fc CO., Boston, Mas*.; formerly B;u:anr? 31 e. . An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist, now trav?Iinij in thin country, says that iaort of the Kore? _ ? indCattiePowderaBoIdherearevcriWctstrwh. He ?^?V says that Shoridan's Condition Powders are absolnte- ?v' "/M ly Toire and immense; ? w.laa'oic. Hr-thhy; on earth ^ urill ma&o hens iav IiI.o SSorifiaa s Conoir.Mi rw- .?jw iers. Dose, one tcaspoonful to one j.-iat of food. So'd JJ fvrrrvker*, or ?enf or mail for S Letter rtwni-6 1.8. > 70KN'"0X& CO.. Bo '"n.M***.. v.morl-Ba^go'' >r'? ;. jH Brgtlntlewcrld. Get :bi? Et-saine. Evecr. ?nck.?c:~ ta* ? nr ??-ad??-mprI: artH is marked I'rnze.N. SOLD EVERYWHERE Tour, arave? i-iabete.^' Tfte Vegetal French S*licy- jjj ates, only hatialosssjxtfines proclaimed by science, wm vJievc at oncc.ritrev/ithiu fourdaj s. Box $1, mailed. jfl iennine has reu seal -ind s:?):ati:re?of L. A. Pasis k : is't* for the*fjcn^ine. Unto for book and reference*. - . v ' CSV WASTZ XONET-. toon, a?c or wft A If yw viat % i_axun*.3t mctuucCf. JaxSSSik. I PTC or * h**rr rrowth ? h*?r on *?14 <b ^ I V 1 O D^,. or to THICKEN. STP.ENOTHEN at ^?rtg3 INVIGORATE Us# HAIR *o*?aere dae'i t? b*imb?jC2?4. T\, jy . r?l?>s5sM Trr th? ctcu tpxnisc ?J??co*er* ?n*b b*? NEVfcS TET ^efe'55?*-^\ failed, ^uoxlt six csnts to dt j. gosza. gaga^d 1*7. Cox 164y. Bottoc. JdtM. of ill ?SUUU0C1 *gg?gPr ? r*T A "ftjrri -.'.Rents to sell the onlv an- J ? -nLJLx A Jl/JL^thorizcd picture of the Gar- - / 1 ield Km hii 1 y?published tinder the direction of ^fcni Irs. Garfield. Samplos/r?to Acrents that work. Exclusive Territory en-en. J. H. liufl'oid'- S^nn, >rt Publishers. 263 and 205 Broadway. Xew York. \-1M BARBERS' RECIPE*.?Bay Rons. Black Dye, Brown Dye, Sea Foam Shampoo, P.nipleCure.Ve?-" table Hair Restorer. I have made, used and sold f/M> rc?rv in/? \n 11 cotirf <y\nips fit iecipes for 51 each. ' H. X. FLETCHER.** 213 High St.. Central P.-UX R. I. 2END SIX CENTS m stamps for set of bntidvotne J Advertising Cnrdsand catalogued Fiv*Cent iusic. or tweet v-four cents tor six sets, all different. --JS8U TEItWlLLlGElt & PECK, S3 Eighth Avenue. New York City. . *<9 Inventors to know that I mike no ttti -ncharge for obtaining patent* mstjl after . Z&gGgm W iilN XjUjJ the pstrnt is ictaaUu allowed. Book tent ti^z^^^^v/ret. C. A. SHAW. 11 Court St. Bottoo. - ej? J So 12? C. S. far the BW?y.' J tt?fi HseSniPS3 '^CXTEHrKISE CAKKUCSta.On'ti,: ^5 v"^ 35 <S3??ar>- Territory Aim. (atAlocnc FREE,' ?$Sl33?!,^S Soniiilne HabltCar*<J la IO \rX 2ftdnriL Vnnnv(ill rnr*<4 : 1)2. J. a>rjufiii:N!CLebanoo"o&lo. "7^5 -'i A "P PX3"7T,T?r,rn Coiistr-- houses a specialty C-5l Q.iVVyJ3.1 J. XjXj 1 p?-n; De^Tt. m B'Jya-.-. y. Y. j>?g5l Q1 rtrt EEWAP.D for caic of jferwiia KIocl or >' *IH V Av V Kxin .y liLsciie tiotcami bj De. KrrLm.909 WalL'lt. Phil*. H**?r*r*rrztret rrnt trr-e. Cure r'uranfM?CKI? fl WOSTH?iecflTS WANTEO-90 M J ;a /^v^rfcvjUr^anlclcsinthcworid: lsaa*.p!c/V?e. ?? f'fwr.'VrJP Address Jay Bromon, Detroit, jllctt. j OH> J A.ti K> UKAU fUKi'i lonneiij ox t Wilmington, Del.. should address his mother. Mrs. W. a. HANES. Brookston. Forest Co . P*. i 00 Delaware Fruit Farms for Sale. ipply to THOMAS C LARK .rover, Delaware. )Cft Rood train and frnit farms cheap. R.R.uavi?a? * .0" tion and good society. For catalogue & county aper address, with starap. E. Mancha, Kidcely, Ma. y I'rilfWft MPW" It yoo want to learn Telegraphy la -- ,~B lUviiy lilCr* a few months, and be certain of a ij niation. address Valentine^ Bros.. Jauesviiie. Wis. no It SALE?*8.50^;?Finest Farm in Kansas .*&> L acres.wood __ _ _ r' i : ? * v-"ALtt^ *'* "* "QUAKEli" BKKJK MACHINE. jMa WELLINGTON. O. CSnPAMPHLETS 1KEE. -<XUT> COLLECTOSS, a liand.^oaje set of Cares lot ., three-ccnt stamp. A. G. BassSTT. Rochester. >.Y. - '--gi ?ec a, week i vour own town. Terms and $5 outfit >00 1reo. Add,sH HAH.KTT^Co..Portland3:a.ine. )M MILLION COPIES SULDj | 2YERY30DY WAXTS IT! J0 EVERYBODY 5EEDS IT :he science of i-ifes ok, selfPRESERVATION, 1 s a medical treatise on Exhausted Vitality. Nervosa ad Physical Debility, Prcinature Decline in Man; 5 an indispensable treatise for ever? man, whether 4^ -;? onns. middle ased or old. ~ ,'^j rnE SCIENCE OF LIFE; OR, SELF- ? 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