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\ ^ IAS2. fJAT?TVFV *vn nnrspnorn ! / ^ xxv U k7UXiVJUi/? Canker Cure. A correspondent at Peoria, III., desires to know "what will cure canker in ||^ tb<5 months of fowls," This disease is occasioned from quarreling among the birds. Old hens will peck and mar each I other's heads, 01 young cocks will fre- j qnently bruise the beaks and combs or tbeir mates. Game stags are peculiarly liable to this affection (in cold weather ; especially) during their "practice" in ; i'~ being tested. The slight wounds thns I made do not heal, and they get cold in J the fresh sores. This creates cancer. The wash most commonly in use among : cockers is a salt brine, which is applied j frequently npon the head, and with ! which the month is swabbed repeatedly, j But we have found that a bath of vine- J gar, in which a little common alnm has |1 been steeped, is a more effective remW eay for canker. After thoroughly wash ing the head, month and nostrils with this, rub the sore parts with dry, powdered alum, first burned to brownness on a hot shovel or in an iron spoon. This will cure the cankered sore in s. little time, if carefully and well done. kk ^ A New Way of Getting Rid of Stamps. Professor Kedzic, at the A. and M. College, has been experimenting on a plan to remove stumps by Mowing them out of the ground with Hercules powder. This powder, which is sawdust soaked *cri!'.T? rti trrv-crl Vrt/srino in rvnfr n-n ir> r*arf. " ?,"V v/w*. W ridges about tbe size of a broom handle, v ien inches long. To use them is a very simplj matter. A hole is bored under the center of the stump, a percussion cap is placed on the end of a fuse and inserted in the end of the cartridge, which is pushed under the stump and g_ tapped lightly. The operator lights the fuse and retires a few rods. As soon as the fire reaches the cap it explodes the Hercules powder. The force of the explosion is so great the stump is generally lifted out of the ground, broken into several pieces. This method of pulling has several advantages over the old method of digging them out. It is cheaper, for twenty-five cents will blow out a stump that it would take a man a day to remove by digging. The stump is in pieces the right size for drawing off and free from dirt. Hercules powder is perfectly safe to handle; if a person takes ordinary precaution it is as safe as gunpowder. So to those farmers who are troubled with stumps we recommend a trial of this method of getting rid of them. It is a poor policy "V vu*viiwug UL?X\M. OWUmjLAJ YT UVM VU&^ -- can be removed cheaply. Farm and Garden Notes, PHens seldom pay expenses tfier they are three years old. In grafting, the trees that are the earliest to lead of shonld be attended to first. Orchard grass is very early in growth and fnroishfts rrood hav. It s'arfcs out fresh immediately after each mowing. Orchard grass is very early in growth and famishes good hay. It starts out fresh immediately after each mowing. The special advantage of green manuring, or the plowing in of green crops, is in the large amount of humus which the soil acquires. The best time to prune fruit trees is in June, when the sap is active and the leaves will protect the sores made by the saw from the heat of the sun. r? Save the soot from chimneys and ?A ? k _ A - i. *1^?1 stove-pipes. -a. piat ox soot in a paiiim of water will make a liquid manure of the greatest value for flowers and plants 1 of all kinds. In rotating vegetables the land should not be used for crops having a similarity : to those preceding them. Cabbages, for instance, should follow peas, and celery follow cabbages. A spoonful of Paris green in a pail of , water is recommended for killing canker ^ worms. It should not be sprinkled j " over plants of which the leaves are , eaten, such as lettuce, etc. "When bulbs have been flowered in ; water they should be removed and j -L- - planted as soon as the flowers fade, . where they will get a little nourish- < meat for the future benefit of the bulbs, i To prevent sows from crushing their ] young, nail a board about one foot wide 1 to tne side of the pen; the board is to 1 be put on like a shelf, so that the little 1 pigs can ran under it to get out of the ? way. * Test your onion seed by placing a ( little in moist eaud, cotton or moss in a * warmish room. If fresh, they will soon ; (in about three days) sprout. Onion seed should not be more than one year old. < Many mistakes occur in gardening through planting all kinds of seeds at nearly the same time without regard to ] their natural habits or time of matur- j ity. Vegetables, like field crops, should J be planted at different times. , Fruit trees, grape vines and bushes should hare no place in a garden, as ^ they draw nourishment from the soil, | while their branches cast a damaging j shade. Garden vegetables require \ plenty of soil for their own use. ] 'I'U A ^/\11 ir? AW AW 4-V* A I JLU.U lujuuwiug ID auuwuci. ui mo UJ?U; J cures that have been recommended for i chicken cholera : Charcoal, one ponnd; e snlphur, one ponnd; copperas, half i ponnd; .calomel, ten grains; salicylic i acid, one drachm. Grind to a line ] powder, and give a teaspocnfnl in moist < meal to a dozen fowls once a day. A correspondent of the Blacksmith { and "Wheelwright says: "The best rem- J edy that I have ever found for horses ' clicking or striking their hind shoes ] against the forward ones is to pnt on : x high toe-calks and low heels on the hind 1 shoes. If my brother smiths are in- 1 crednlnTiR ftonfiArmnir this TAtnedv. I ! advise them to try it and be convinced." ( Be careful about permitting cattle to , drink from ditches, or from pools in ' which they are accustomed to etand, or j in which their droppings are deposited. Such impure water is not only liable to , injure the health of the -stock, but is ; also a fruitful cause of malarial and ' s^', typhoid fever among these who use j milk product from cows thus watered. ( Many dairymen practice milking their ] cows steadily without allowing the ani- , mals to go dry. They feed heavily on , . corn meal and oil cake until the milk < ? n_ i ..it . # r ians, wnen ine cow is replaced dj a iresn ^ one. A dairyman who keeps one hundred and fifty cows saj s such a prac- ; tice is more profitable than to lo?e the time between their going dry and com- , ing in. ] The Germantown (Penn.) Telegraph says: "Judge Miller, of Missouri, bcLig on a visit some time ago, mentioned to us a fact discovered by him- , self in which a full week can be gained ( in getting sweet corn for boiling. He a said it was that as soon as the ear is j formed break the top down or cut it ^ off, but have the stalk erect, in order j that the pollen of the tassel will be : sure to dust the silk of the ears, as thev . may not be fully impregnated should the stalk be topped. He stated that he had experimented for years, and was entirely satisfied that it was tmiformly practical and of value. jfcjri- Household Hints. To remove oil spot3 from matting, etc., wet the spot with alcohol, rnb the wet spot with hard soap, then wash ir- with cold water. ' To take ink spots out of mahogany, I fonch with a feather dipped in a tea- < spoonful of water to which a few drops 1 U V .JJ.J 3 1. ui nuer uavc uesii auueu, auu xuu j quickly with a wet cloth. To take the shine off old silk, use spirits of ammonia or alcohol diluted with water, and apply with a sponge. To renovate old black silk, use the same and press on the wrong side. Steel knives may be saved from rusting by being rubbed with mutton tallow, wrapped in paper, and put into a haizft-lined chest. A little saleratus rubbed on with the , finger or a bit of linen, will remove . j|Ly- stains from cups and other articles of , tableware. It will also rsnove spots ' |lp-- from matbleized oilcloths, aad many . stains from tin ware. * ! Tp remove grease stains from wood, >, l?in?in ? a?g?acw ?a spread some com-starch powder over the grease spots, and then go over it with a hot flat-iron till yon have drawn the grease; then scrape with a glass or a proper scraper, and repeat the starch powder and hot iron. Ammonia liquor may be used as a finish, if the starch does not take all the grease out. Recipes. Potato Soup.?Boil thoroughly a half dozen potatoes, adding a few pieses of any kind of meat desired to give it a flavor. When done remove the meat, mash the potatoes well, and return them again to the kettle. Season with salt and pepper and let it boil up again for five minutes, skimming it well. Add a tumbler of milk the last thing before serving. Com* Chowder.?Cut half a pound of salt pork in little pieces not more than an inch fquare. Slice four onions thin, as if you were to fry them. Boil the pork and onions for twenty minutes in frr>rv Ar?Ai.fo r\? Pnf cir m Ck/1 ^ Ti m _ sized potatoes in rather thick slices, so they will keep their shape. Add them to the soup and boil ten minutes (meanwhile scald one quart of milk); after the potatoes have boiled add one quart can of corn, and lastly the milk, and let all come to a boil; cover the bottom of the soup dish with battered crackers and pour the soup over them. Pudding. ?A simple and nourishing puaamg oay oe maae in mis way; | Take half a cup of sago and a quart of water; boil until the sago is soft, sweeten it to your taste; beat the yolks ; of three eggs and stir in, with lemon or ; oiker flavoring; beat the whites of three ! eg?s to a stiflf froth, beating in a table- : spoonful of pulverized sugar; put on the top of the pudding and set in the oven to brown. Another way is to cover the bottom of a pud ding dish with apples which have been peeled and cut in quarters, pour the sago and water over them, bake an boar in a slow oven and j serve with sugar and sweet cream. Shkewsbcbx Cake.?This is an old j English cake, which was brought from | that country by the earliest settlers in j the New England States. The old form j with some improvements, i3 as follows: Tako one pound of fresh, sweet butter, and add one pound of powdered white sngar; beat these thoroughly to a fine, : r?v? if a rt?anrr> frtvft ^an* loi/^ arrnra rr uiic ucaiu, tone IVJ ucnij'iaxu t^^o, yc-Iks and whites together, and whisk i till very light; take a tablespoonful of powdered cinnamon, with a dash of mace and nutmeg; take one and ahalf j pounds of the best superfine Sour; mix j this with half a gill of water, flavored i with the juice of two lemons and one j orange. Now mix the above materials ! well together into a dough, and roll out j thin; cut into small, round takes, place j on greased baking tins, and bake in a auick oven until the cakes are brown ; 3 2.1- - x. .ur ana uie crust, nxui. Culture of the Tomato. Mr. W. H. White, of Massachusetts, gives in the Country Gentleman the j following directions for growing toma- i toes : He says, either as a fruit for the i table or as a product for market the j tomato is held in and is worthy of high esteem. It seems to have a place filled ; by no other relish, being agreeable to j the palate and inviting to the eye. Add to its many other good qualities that of I its immense productive capacity, and i no wonder that the subject of its cul- j ture is so often referred to. Every sec- I tion and locality must be governed bj | the closing season of frost, as a very j light frost destroys the young and ten- | tier plants. About eight or ten weeks previous to [ the last expected frost, seed may be j sown in the hotbed, or if there is no ] hotbed seed may be sown in window j boxes. Early bearing of the plant is promoted by "transplanting or "pricking Dut" the young plants as they come to suitable size. A dozen or two cf plants will supply the wants of a large family for the season. Only thrifty, strong, i ind healthy plants should be planted ! jut, and in order to secure this the ' foung plants should have plenty of j room, in the seed bed or boxes, with j ?ood, rich, sandy loam soil, and be kept (yell watered, occasionally giving liquid j manure. This is also essential after : r in coil Tin f.rt I VUW iii w. WW -? _ , :ime of maturity of the fruit. A dark, i warm, sandy loam soil, nude rich : through fertilizing for previous crops, nits the tomato. Some light application of thoroughlyi-otted manure,ashes, ?r guano will stimulate a quick growth, is early production is usually very desirable. If the soil is poor, manure beavily, broadcast and in the hill, with j well-rotted and fine stable manure and compost. The land having been properly pre- | pared, it should be laid off in rows and j tolls four feet each way. Make the j Kiiio lannra ortfl tf>o aftil mflllriw and fine. ! Dig out a hole sufficiently large and j leep to hold the roots of the plant : Kith any clinging earth from its pre- i rious bed; with one hand hold the plant in position in the hole, while with 1 the other pour water to fill the hole. If properly done the mellow soil will fill in about the roots and nearly fill the iiole and hold the plant, so that if freshly taken from its bed, it will not wilt, even :ir transplanted in hot sun- j shine. "Whea the water has settled j iway, fill around the plant with good ; tresa soil. I prefer to train tomato plants to a stake, when, if properly :ared for, there will be more and better j fruit. Side shoots should be stopped it the first blossom ; your fruit is tnen j tully exposed to the sun, is always 2lean, and sweeter than if grown on j plants not thus trained. The stakes j cnay be the same as for beans, and when saf. ViitrTi on ft mstr*'<5 head. Attention prill be needed to tie tip and nip the j 3ide shoots as the plants grow, which ; jan be done when hoeincr. Varieties are numerous, with very | Little difference in earlinese, more being j 3ue to culture in this respect; but ; there are other differences to be con- ! sidered, such as flavor, meatiness, per- I feet coloring, and ripening. A round, j 32100th, thick-meated fruit is to be preferred, other things being equal. Ihe best I have tried is the Acme. Rot | sometimes attacks the tomato, its cause 1 aeing largely due to warm, or wet i>eather and heavy dews, especially yhere the plants spread and lie low, or j m the ground in mass. Thin planting, j pruning, and tying to stakes will ob- j riate this difficulty in nearly every ; instance, so that where the plants are j properly raised and trained from the ! ground little damage is to be appre- I aended. ? Fishing for Aaibsr. At Konigsberg the right to collect imber on the beach near Schwarzort j luring a space of twelve years from the | first of December next was sold to the i Srm of Becker & Co., which has heid ! ;he contract during the last twenty- ; four years. The price paid is 150,000 marks a year?say 837,000. The Prussian coast of the Baltic, between Memel ind Konigsberg, yields more amber than my other known locality, and it is from this source that the great demand for ; the material in the East is supplied. Originally Konigsberg did a vast business in amber, having some seventy tamers, but Dantzic is now the chief seat of the industry and notably of the i manufacture of month-pieces for pipes. | [n old times the grand masters of the j rentonic order enjoyed a monopoly in the amber trade ; then it passed to the srown, and very stringent regulations j tvere enacted to prevent its infringe- j ment. 'Strand-riders" patrolled the ; ;oast, and a range of gallows was kepi; standing in terrorem, on which the hapless peasant ta' en with a piece of j the precious material in his possession R-as hanged ont of hand. Even now it is a theft for a person to retain a piece of amber He has picked np on the coast, j and a trespass to venture there in certain districts. The amber, washed j out of extensions of coaI-bed3 beneath | the sea, comes np to the shore in the sea-weed cast np after a storm. The men drag the weed on shore in nets, I and the women and children pick out j the amber. In winter, when ttie sea is j frozen over, holes are broken in the ice i and the weed is hauled up with pikes . EUd spears. FOE THE FAIR SEX. | A Piece of Silk for Mr*. Garfield. He "Women's Silk Culture associa tion of America, whose headquarters ar< in Philadelphia, some time ago con ceivei the idea of presenting a piece oi silk dress goods to Mrs. Garfield, th? wido'7 of the late President, the intention being that the goods should be oJ American rrcduction in every respect. The silk "was to be grown in the United States, and the reeling and all subsequent processes of manufacture were tc be done in this country. Mrs. Garfield will soon be presented with the piece : of goods. At the exhibition bj the Women's Silk Culture association id Philadelphia, prizes were offered foi j the best specimens of silk grown in the | United States. It was the silk which took one of these prizes that was selected for the making of the dress. The reeling was dona in the exhibition. The silk was then sent to Paterson, N. J., to be woven. The throwing processes were ' done in the mill of a fi.rm in Mill street, and the weaving in their other mill in Ward street. The design was made by j James Simpson, the designer employed by the firm, and is original. It was submitted to the Silk Culture associa j tion and approved by them. The silk : as finished is of extraordinary weight, j The color is black, and the background j of the design, which appears in raised i figures, is satin. The Ggure is a combination of the pattern of trefallo and i Iiish lace. The silk is twenty-two yards long, and of the usual width of dress goods. Marrying Titles. It was not long since that a F.:ench count in P^ris, who had married a : wealthy and accomplished American lady, was detected secretly pawning her diamonds and jewels to raise money to gamble with, while she lay on her death Dsa. Jie spent immense sums ox xier money in betting ana gambling, and in living a life of profligacy, and treated I hsr so cruelly during their short married life that she died hroken-hee.ri.ed. j An accident recently happened in the Kingdom of Wurtemburg which cf.used | quite a ripple in the upper class cf society there at the time. A German baron, who had started with his wife to visit her home in America, had got as far as the railway station when he was arrested by his creditors, who supposed he was fleeing the country never to return, for heavy debts which had been incurred through gambling and a dissolute life. He had no means with him to pay the demsnds. Neither had his wife, and, as their trunks had been sent on in advance and the arrangements all made for the journey, he told his wife to keep on, and he would meet her in Liverpool before the sailing of their steamer, after having made some arrangements with his creditors. This wife weni on to Liverpool and this baron stayed behind, but it was four or five days be fore he was able to satisfy his creditors, either by promises or the interposition of some kind friend, so as to be able to depart. While thus detained the pocket monev his wife had given him to pay i - T : U1S expenses to JUlvexpuui ua.u. ui appeared, but another compassionate friend was induced to loan him $500 by giving security on his wife's furniture and silver plate, so that he was enabled to start on tiis journey. Passing through London, he fell among gamblers at one of the clubs who could handle cards better than he could, and his $500 quickly disappeared with the exception of a small amount?just sufficient to take him to Liverpool, where he at length arrived, to find that his wife had left in [a steamer three days previous, and himself without a dollar in his pocket. Representing to one of the steamer agents who he was, and showing papers ftiof Tiitd as heme a veritable baron, he was permitted to take passage on the next ateamer, with ihe understanding that his passage would be paid at the other end of the route, where his wife or wife's relations would come to his aid?and which it is to be presumed they did. An Ameri can lady who married a title in Saxony, after enduring several years of cruel treatment, neglect and misery, recently took sudden flight to her friends across *T ? 1-.' 1X10 Atlantic, lursaiiiiig ute wou auu board of her titled husband, never to return to it. Such incidents as these of unhappy marriages contracted by American g:jls abroad are constantly taking place, ?.nd a record of their histories and the wretched lives which many of them have led would fill volumes. Marriages with foreigners which have proved happy and unalloyed with more or less misery are exceptional and far between. To those ambitious mothers who would sell their daughters for a title, and to those daughters who would run ';he risk of sacrificing future happiness by uniting themselves to worthless scions of nobility, I would give Punch's advice to the unmarried?"Don't." Fashion Notes. Twice lace is a novelty. Neck ribbons are revived. New mantles have paniers. Pompadour styles prevail. Fichus are long and narrow. Polonaises ar<3 again in favor. \Tr\o4-a fT>? r\l<xc>c\ nf I tOLO UJUW k*wvv v* mvmmw. Scarf mantles are very graceful. Faille 13 more stylish than satin. Shirred basques are still popular. Coaching umbrellas have large sticks. "Walking dresses are made quite short. Moire is employed to cover parasol frames. The new satiae linings are cheaper than silk ones. Puffs or ruches are more stylish than plaitings for edging dress skirts. Riding habits' skirts barely touch the ground when the wearer stands erect. Silk underclothing in silk princesse shapes is worn with the new costume. Basques with skirts of different fabrics are still popular and are economical. Japanese Eatines have heads, birds, fans, screens and letters printed upon them. Flannel dresses for seaside and momtains are of soldier-blue{ or musts rd color. Embroidered siik-muslin and nuns' veiling are the finest fabrics for white dresses. Brick-red silk stockings with neik ribbons to match are worn with bla ;k dresses. Among the growing innovations in modern fashions is the wearing of vehet in all seasons, not excepting mid-summer. Gold collar buttons represent a pansy, bird or butterfly, or else they have a turquoise, pearl or diamond in the center. Hose color and terra cotta, maroon aa1a%i UiiU uuyut'l UUiUl Ck?KJ IMfVilkV vum tions of color in lata importations of hosiery. Bouquets and garlands of showy artificial flowers and large bows of ribbon ornament the tops of carriage and coaching parasols. Combinations of red and black, maroon and terra cotta, greyhound bule and water bale appear in hats, bonnets, and in children's garments. Little children of six years and nnd?r will wear next summer hats with wide round brim3 turned up in front, find on them an ostrich plame of medium-sized fancy feather. The agreeable features of summer siyies are the prevalence of short ronr.d skirts, the absence of bustles, the variety in shapes of hats and bonnets, :in costumes and colors, Many of the new moire eilfis have noire grounds and large satin brocaded igures sna flowers, while others have satin grounds and large petalled flower designs in moire effects. Cream white cotton grenadine :is np.de up over satine and trimmed with 'lowers cut out of cretonne for snmmor t 1 drespes. A bonnet, fail and parasol are made to match these. The new satines, pe?:ales and other . cotton printed goods have flower, > figure and bird de*>ign3 in intricate bnt . tasteful patterns on grounds in all the E new shades of color, and also white and j black. Shepherd's plaid designs in small t bars and checks appear in the new , Lonisine and taffeta summer silks, in . trincrhams, printed cottons, light wool fens, and even in some of the new ribi bons. i , POPULAR SCIENCE. Crayon pencils have been found color ed with arsenite of copper. The diss covery was made after a child had been violently ill, ou swallowing a bit of grsen crayon! i A roof of zinc-coated sheet iron neither i wears out from oxidation nor crumbles, , as does sheet iron from the contractions , and expansions produced by changes of temperature. Filincs of lead nlaced in a mold of I steel and subjected to a pressure oi I 2 JO atmospheres are converted into a solid block. At 5000 atmospheres the lead became a liquid. School slates are now made of white card-board covered with, a film formed by the action of sulphuric acid on tissue paper. This covering is probably a modification of celluloid. An eminent Arabian naturalist and physician of the tenth century named Temini states that in ancient times the bitimen of Judea was nsea to preserve the vine from the ravages of parasites. Gold may be beaten to such a state of thinness as to transmi t a green light, and this property is nsed as a test of the pnrity of the metal, since the slightest trace of silver causes a change of tint. The National Lifeboat Association of England ha3 nearly three lnndred boats nnder its management. The annnal report shows that over nine hundred persons have been saved during the past year from shipwrecked vessels. T)r. TTplnf. of Bolbec. France, srives a case of an epidemic of diphtheria in a I previously healthy village near Caux. A tripe dealer had thrown quantities of animal refuse into a pond near his house, and when it was denounced as a nuisance, the mud ar d water were applied to the land manure. A severe epidemic of diphtheria broke out, and lasted six months. A similar error was committed a second time, with the same results. Plaj-Day at Mentor. One very hot day last July I left the Lake Shore railway train at Willoughby. a little station eighteen miles 1 east of Cleveland, in the Stats of Ohio. Some business took ma to Mentor, ' three miles away, and, while the boy was driving me over there, I thought I should like to make a call for pleasure also. You know that President Gar^ on/3 trnn trill ilciu UVCU JXl Alid-ILVJ., nuu juu guess that I wished to call upon his two youngest boys, who were then in the Garfield homestead. I The house does not seem like a farmhouse at all. It is more like a dwelling in a village or in a city, set in a little piece of lawn and sheltered by three great locust tree.3. I knocked at ' the door, and was asked to enter the parlor. After a little talk I asked 3 about the boys, and was told that they < were in "the office," a little one-story building, back of the house, used by < their father for a study or working i place. Then I was'led out through a long i hall, where a tall clock looked down on ( me, and just outside the rear door was the office. A narrow path led out to it. ] and I followed along and stepped upon j the floor of the little porch that covered the only door there was, which was the r front door. The study was a very small ; building, with a window on each side ' of the door, a window at each end, and a window just opposite the door. A i mite of a chimney caiiie out of the ? middle of the roof. t The door was open as I stood on the porch, and I could see four boys play- ] ing on the floor. I said to them : j "Well, boys, is this a fort ?" j Now the reason I thought it was a fort was that I saw some pieces of white chalk, whioh the boys had mounted on , blocks and set on the floor, so as to j look like cannon. This was all that I could see from the , door when I asked the question. But when I was inside the room I ' saw a lot of paper soldiers standing up, ' and found out my mistake before this answer came to my question: J "Not much of a fort. "Wo are deploy- j ing troops in the field," Baid one of the 1 I ?*? V\T"1 I- TTf'n At V? Ay Twin ] UWU \jrtUTULClU UKJJO UUH TTawiiOi. or Abram, I forget just now. The other two boys were consins oi' theirs, and they were rather younger. I I then looked more closely. Besides I using crayons for cannon, they also had 1 brass casters for cannon wheels and their soluiers had been cut ont of card- , board with jack-knives. Small stones, ] nails and peas were li'he bullets and 1 cannoa balls. Small paper :3ags showed ! which side was the enemy and which the American. "And who is the enemy in this ; i game ?' I asked. "My brother," the elder Garfield replied. "He doesn't want- to be, bat he ; h&s to be, because he is beaten so ! much." * ? ? 11 -11 3 tl ".Bat i neat you tne otner nay, chimed in the younger Garfield. " Yes, and the way you did it was to bring out a lot of soldiers that had been sent to the hospital the day before. That was no fair." By this time the boys were again sprawled upon the floor, and ready to begin the battle over again. While they were picking up the stones to throw I looked about the room. Several l<?"ge bookcases were filled with the President's books, and u desk at the back window, opposite the door, had upon it an inkstand and pen that had seen better days. The floor was bare and painted. "How long have you been here?" I asked. "We came here on the second of July," thej said. "The very day papa was shot." "And do vou like livincr here as well as in Washington ?" " We like it better here," said they; ! "because there are more boys, and because we can play out of doors more." I should say here that at the time of my visit a great many persons thought the President would get well. ( " Now, then," I said, "go on with your fun, and let me see how you fight the battle." You should have seen the stormy i w?a rrrTi/vn T c*alA frhto UlllitJ bLLOb <J?JLUO YTJL DOiu nuwa .*. i*wvj one side would throw at the other until all the soldiers were knocked over, and then the other side would begin. This made the enemf beat for a while, and then the Americans. The sport lasted for a long time, and when I went away it was not because I wanted to, but because I had to, in order to take the train on the railway. As I sat in the car I thonght over the pleasant afternoon that I had spent, and I could not he]p saying: "Well, after all, boys are boys, and they play much alike, whether Presidents' sons or not."?St. Nicholas. lie Forgot. "Now," said the Austin justice to the witness, "you will please tell precisely how it happened." "Yes sir, I'll try. The prisoner and tiiat man were eating axnner s.l illo same table, and they got to quarreling, when the prisoner just np vith a dab of mashed Irish potatoes and hit that other man on the head with it" "Do yon, sir," 6aid the Justice, sternly, 1'pretend to tell the court that a dab of maohed potatoes, even when thrown! with the greatest violence, can make a gash five inches long on a man's head, | and knock him senseless? If you trifle j with the court you will be locked np." j "Judge, I reckon 1 forgot to say that I when tne prisoner threw the dab of mashed potatoes at the man, he forgot to first take the dab out of the dish."? ? [Sittings, s i i - I FACTS FOE TIIE CURIOUS. In Java an inferior must walk with his hands on his heels till his superior is ont of sight. The first elephant ever seen in England was given to thfc king by the king of Francs in 1255. bnt only lived to be twelve years old' Two thousand human beings and over 5C.000 head of cattle are annually killed by snake bites in India. The variations in the rainfall of India involves the 1'ood supply, and is a question of famino or plenty. Chinese dentists attribute toothache to the gnawing of worms, and profess to extract the same from decayed teeth. According to the estimates of a French statistician the total length of all the telegraph wirss at present laid is sufficient to reach forty-six times around the world. The domes of the great chnrches in Moscow and St. Petersburg are plated with gold nearly a quarter of an inch thick. The dome of the Isaac Cathedral in St. Petersburg represents a value of #45,000,000 and that of the Church oi the Saviour in Moscow, $15,000,000. The diadem originated in a ribbon, or fillet, woven of filk thread or wool. It was tied round the temples and forehead, the two ends being knotted behind and let fall on the neck. It was usually white and qaite plain, though sometimes embroidered with gold and set with pearls and precious stones. According to Pliny, it was invented by Bacchus. Af hen sens assures us that topers first made use of it to protect themselves from the fames of wine, by tying it tightly round their heads, and that it long afterward came to be a royal ornament. Dnring the Thirty Tenrs war in Germany, the little village of Coserow in trie lsiana ox useaom, on tae rrnsszan border of the Baltic, was Sacked by the contending armies, the villagers escaping to the hills to save their lives. Among them was a simple pastor named Schwerdler, and his pretty daughter Mary. When the danger was over, the villagers found themselves without houses, food or money. One day, we are told, Mary went up the Sfcreckelberg'.to gather blackberries ; but soon after' she ran back joyous and breathless to her father, with two shining pieces of amber each of very great size. She told her father that near the shore the wind had blown away the sand from ? oTV\a f OKA a VCXJU VI CkiJJ.k/&X y uuae uuu otatwguvnaj broke off these pieces with a stick; that there was an ample store of the precious substance; and that she had covered it over to conceal her secret. The amber brought money", food, clothing and comfort; but those were superstitious times, and a legend goes that poor Mary was burned for witchcraft. At the village of Stumen, amber was first accidentally found by a rustic WHO was ionunaie enuugu iu bu.ru oumu ap with his plow. . . ? WOKDS OF WISDOM. Mystery always magnifies danger as the fog magnmes the sun. Consolations console only those who ire willing to be consoled. We are never ruined by what we want, but by what we think we want Opportunity is a becon light by which many are piloted to the harbor of buc;ess. A wise man watches the development )f hiu plans and then bends his energies ;o waiting. Success does not consist in making blunders, but in never making the same me a second time. If a man have love in his heart, he nay talk in broken language, but it will oe eloquence to those who listen. Cheerfulness should .be] encouraged, rhe world is full of people who volun:eer to look szvd and feel melancholy. . I believe we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more igreeably than having a clear con-' science. Frivolity, under whatever form it appears.. takes from attention its strength, from thought its originality, from feeling its earnestness. Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco pipes of those crho diffuse it; it proves nothing but ;he bad taste of the smoker. If a man is determined to do the best ae can, whether he drives a cart, conlucts a business of a million dollars, 3r preaches the gospel, he cannot fail. Opportunity has hair in front, behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her strain. The scar which an unkind word leaves upon a large love may be invisible, like that of great sin upon the tissues of the repentant soul; but for one as for the other, life has no healing. We walk in the midst of secrets; we are encompassed with mysteries. We know not what takes place in the atmosphere that surrounds us; we know not what relations it has with our minds. We may aboimd in energy, yet effect nothing. Energy is a good steed, but must be saddled and bridled with care, and the reins placed in the hands of Drudence: then the goal of efficiency is assured. Origin of Genins. Columbus was the son of & weaver and a weaver himself. Rabelais, son of an apothecary. Claude Lorraine was bred a pastry cook. Moliere, son of a tapestry maker. Cervantes served as a common soldier. Homer was a beggar. Hesiod was the son of a small farmer. Demosthenes, son of a cul.ler. Terence was a slave. Richardson was a printer. Oliver Cromwell, the son of a brewer. Howard, an apprentice to a grocer. Benjamin Franklin, a journeyman printer. TtiAwoa nf W<nv?ARtAT. Jb/UWbVX JLUViiJHO) W* * 1 son of a linen draper. Whitfield, son of an inn-keeper. Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Rear Admiral of England, was an apprentice to a shoemaker, and afterwards a cabin boy. Bishop Prideaux worked in the kitchen at Exeter college, Oxford. Cardinal Wolsey, son of a butcher. Ferguson was a shepherd. Niebuhr was a peasant, Thomas Paine, son of a staymaker at Thetford. Dean Tucker was thS son of a small farmer in Cardignshire, and performed journeys to Oxford on foot. Edmund Halley was the son of a i_ A. o 1 soap ooiier as oaoreuiwju. Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich, son of a farmer. William Hogarth was put apprentice to an engraver of pewter pots. Doctor Monntain, Bishop of Durham, was the son of a beggar. Tirgil, son of a potter. Horace, son of a shopkeeper. Plains, a baker. Gay was apprenticed to a silk mercer. Doctor Samuel Johnson was the son of a bookseller at Litchfield. AVfinfiidA. Ron nf a butcher at New castle. Collins, son of a hatter. Samuel Butler, sen of a faraer. Ben Johnson worked for so me time as a bricklayer. Robert Burns was a plcwman in Ayrshire. Thomas Chatterton, son of the sexton of Bedcliffe Church, Bristol. Thomas Gray was the son cf a money scrivener. Matthew Prior, son of a joiner in London. Henry Kirke "White, son of a butcher at Nottingham. Bloomfield and Gifford were shoe maiiers. Shakespeare, the son of a woolstapler. Mallet rose from poverty. Milton, son cf a money scrivener. Cowley, son of a hatter. Pope, son of a merchant. A fowl in the lien coop is worth two in the base-ball f ieli . RELIGIOUS READING. What the Trouble Is. We ta^k so much, and we think so mnch more, of the trouble we have with others, that we more than half persnade ourselves that if everybody else were just right, we could get on pretty easily in life : but the fact is, that more than half?a great deal more than half?of all our trouble with others, grows out of our own faults and our own failures, and not the faults and failures of other people ; and the world would not yet be half right for us, when everybody was right except ourselves. Until we get rid of ourselves, or until we are lifted above all selfish thought of ourselves, there is continual trouble for us, however other people bear themselves, ? [S. S. Times. Lawful Pursuits and Pleasures. In regard to the lawfulness of certain pursuits, pleasures and amusements, it is impossible to lay down any fixed and general rule ; but we may confidently say that whatever is found to unfit you for religious duties, or to interfere with the performance of them ; whatever dissipates your mind, or cools the fervor of your devotions ; whatever indisposes you to read your Bible, or to engage in prayer ; wherever the thought of a bleedine Savior or of a holy God, of the hour of death or the day of judgment, falls like a cold shadow on yonr enjoyment; the pleasTires which yon cannot thank God for, on which yon cannot ask his blessing; whose recollections will hannt a dying bed, and plant sharp thorns in its nneasy pillow--these are not for yon. These eschew ; in these be not conformed to the world, but transformed by the renewing of your mind. Never go where yon cannot ask God to go with yon ; never be found where yon would not like death to find yon ; ne?er indulge in any pleasure which will not bear the morning's reflection.?[Dr. Guthrie. Religious News and Notes. A Chinaman has given 810,000 toward the new Methodist college, at Fuchow, in China. The Welsh bishops have decided not to proceed for the present with the revision of the Welsh New Testament, Rev. R. R. Meredith, of Boston, has ** ? ? . i i v ir i. an attendance 01 z.ouu at jus musio Hall Bible class, Snnday afternoons. Moody and Sankey have declined for the present an nrgent invitation to enter upon a year's evangelistic work in London. The oldest Bible class teacher is Mrs. Burton, of New Haven. Her class recently met to celebiate her eightieth r.: lt_ 3 uixuiuay. There is a marked increase in the nnmber of theological students in Germany. In 1870 there were 1,536 ; last ! year, 2,3S4, The Kansas Methodist conference reports 17 522 members?a gain of 395? and 3,469 probationers?an increase of 634. It has 211 local preachers, 169 churches, and 319 Sunday-schools. Georgia has the largest number of Baptists of any state in the Union, having 238,975; Virginia follows with 203,050 ; North Carolina has 192,658 ; Alabama, 169,650 ; Kentucky, 162,423 ; South Carolina, 150,792 ; Mississippi, 126,984 ; New York, 113,862 ; Tennes see, 110,877; and Texas, 108,310. These figures embrace four-Bixths of the denomination in the United States, and relate mostly to the colored people. It is announced that ore hundred and twenty-four;iuinisters and sixty-two elders, representing United Presbyterian churches, have voted for the repeal of the article prohibiting the nse of instruments in the worship of God; and fifty-two ministers and seventy-one elders, representing churches, have voted against repeal. The total vote now stands : For repeal, cne hundred and eighty-six ; against repeal, one hundred and twenty-three. Animal Combustion. Within every living organism there are two opposing forces. The "vital force," whicli produces all the phenomena of life, holds the material elements in unstable relations?against their will, so to speak?and it is antagonized by the natural chemical affinities of the elements, which tend to break down the organic compounds and rearrange the elements in moie stable form. This decomposition takes place in some degree during the life of every organism, and when life ends, or when the vital force ceases to act, rapidly destroys the structure, The waste matter resulting from this disintegration must be immediately removed from the body of the living ani mal, otherwise it clogs and poisons the system. The method of its accomplishment is one of the most admirable functions of the animal economy. To remove the effete matter in the natural liquid or solid state would be very exhausting; consequently it is burned, and the gaseous products of its union with oxygen are then easily carried away. Literally speaking, this makes a furnace of the body of every animal, and the most pressing and ceaseless demand of the system is for oxygen to support ito fires. Eespira.ion is hence an absorbing ana excreting process, whereby oxygen is received and carbonic acid and water removed. It thus becomes a measure of the amount of combustion. In the "cold-blooded" animals, respiration bears a direct proportion to the activity and the heat of the body, as the former causes a metamorphosis and waste of t:ssue and the latter always aids decomposition. The fact is one of common observation. It is well illustrated in the quickened breathing of a tired animal, and in the almost entire suspension of respiration in the hibernating state. The respiration of a oroa.fnrA in ino.roanAd V>v artificial heat. In extremely hot weather frogs may have to leave the water entirely and fishes come to the surface to procure air. Reversely, frogs can be kept for years in a state of suspended animation by a low temperature and revived by warming. Some low animals can survive freezing or drying for an indefinite time, and, under such conditions, the waste of the tissues must be entirely suspended.?[Popular Science Monthly. American Tines for Europe. Among the latest of promising American articles of export is the grapevine, and the more contemptable the quality, according to American standards, the greater its value in the European wineproducing districts. For the vines are nnf. RnnaVif, fnr the nnalitv of their fruit. but the vigor of their growth and their apparent ability to withstand the attacks of the phylloxera that are driving many owners of vineyards to desperation. Grafted or budded on some of otir wild stock, the highly-esteemed vine grapes of France have been found to grow rapidly and yield profusely. It is quite likely, however, that the demand for American stock will continue indefinitely, for sooner or later the dreaded insect pest will make itself at home on the new vines, for the European method of growing grapes for wine is probably at the bottom of the vineyardist's trouble. Wine grapes reach their commercial Defection bv being starved: their fine qualities, like much "human genius, seems to be the result of debility, if not of disease. ^Manure is scarcely ever used in vineyards of wine grapes; on the contrary, the wine is made from grapes grown on soil so thin, dry and poor even weeds desert it, and the Blight fertilizing eometimes given to increase the strength of the vines always results in inferior juice in at least one crop of grape3. As the American vines owe their vigor to the rich soil in which they grow they must speedily deteriorate wher subjected to the European starvation process, and then the phylloxera will make it for their own. As, howevei, the American supply is practically inexhaustible. France's trouble promises to be our gain for ages to come. Water-gas is now used in fifty cities and towns is the United States. THE HOME DOCTOR. Occupation for Invalids. Dr. T. D. Lerite says the most important desideratum for the invalid is occupation?something to give employment to both body and mind. TWnt of it is a stumbling block to the improvement and enjoyment of many of the visitors to Florida. Ennui is the dangerous enemy of the invalid. The same idea is expressed in the following Chinese proverb : "The dog in the kennel barks at his fleas, bnt the dog who' is hunting does not feel them." ?[Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. Toothsome Hints. It is natural for some people to have better teeth than others, but all must give attention to their cleansing and other treatment if they "would have good teeth in old sge. ; A moderately stiff hrnsh Rhrvnld ba used thoronffhlv at least twice a day?morning and night. Soft water (blood-warm) and a mere taste of the best scap?white castile, for instance?are the only requisites beside the brush. Powders are penerally injurious to tbe enamel, and so are the much-advertised liquid mixtures. St-oEg acids, like lemon-juice, are destructive, and the mingling of hot and cold food or drink at meals is very harmful. Use, however, on hard, nutritious focd, like well-baked Graham bread and crackers, promotes toothgiowtb ; while soft, watery food tends to weaken the teeth. It is now the opinion of leading dentists in Europe -3 i. L XT ~ ana mis counirj mai me reasuu mere is so much tooth decay in early life is in a large degree owing to the soft materials given to children as food, which are swallowed with scarcely any chewing. On the appearance of decay a dentist should be employed. Much toothache is due to indigestion and constitutional debility, and much socalled "neuralgia" may be traced to decayed, carons teeth. Care in the matter of diet, and watchfulness with regaid to the condition of the teeth, wonld save people a vast deal of suffering and expense. The Papers of the United States. The newspapers of the United States alone, taking all issues of all classe3 for one year, make a grand total of 2,686,130,046 copies, weighing about 180,000,000 pounds, costing simply as paper $17,200,000. Taking these papers to average twenty-seven by forty-one inches and placing them in line, they wowld reach 10,010,944,324 feet, or 1,896.391 miles, or, in other words, would more than belt the earth seventy-six times, or reach nearly eigh times as far as the moon. Uncle Sam's Hen. Uncle Sam's letter-carriers are a hardworkinzsetof men. and are liable to con tract rheumatism because of the constant exposure to which they are subjected. Calling at the posloffice the reporter had a pleasant conversation with Mr. J. H Matrern, one of the most popular and clever letter-carriers in Indianapolis Mr Mattern said that, whileinthe army during the civil war, he sprained one of his ankles, which was always worse in the spring, during the period of the rapid changes in the weather. He did not find much relief from the several remedies he applied But two years ago he hit upon Sr. Jacobs Oil, and experienced wonderful relief from its use. j Several applications of the Great German | Remedy relieved him entirely. The re- j " * 1 t porter taiKea witn omers among xne ieuercarriers^and found that the Great German Bemedy was popular in the posloffice. They use it for sore feet, rheumatism, etc., and praise it highly .?Indianapolis (Ind.) News. The number of earthquakes which occurred ou the American continent during 18S0 was sixty-eight; of th -se five occurred in Canada, fourteen in the New England states, three in the Atlantic states, five in the Mississippi valley, thirty in the Pacifio states, three in Central America and Mexico, six in the "West Indies, one in Guiana, and one in Chili. "We see in the New York Spirit of the Times mention of the cure of Mr. George Drake, 46 Fifth street, Indianapolis, Ind., of a severe case of water rheumatism, by the use of St. Jacobs Oil.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Russia has 24,746 nobles with an aver- j age income of $19,000 per annum; 123,- j 000 merchants with a yearly income of $1,500 each; and 16,254,000 peasants with an annual average of $180. Bod-Ridden and Cured. W. E. Hcestis. of EmDoria. Kansas, savs that his wife has been sick nearly seven years, and for the last four months bed-ridden. She had been treated by a number of physicians and only grew worse. Her attention was called to Dr. "Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" and,"Favorite Prescription," which she commenced using. In one week she could sit up, and^in three weeks could walk about. iJy druggists. It is estimated that 1,000.000 boxes of tin, representing an average value of $900,000, are anuuallv exported from England into the Uni ted States, to be used for the sole purpose of canning the various kinds of food products. General Debilily nod I.lver Complalct. 11. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y.: Dtar Sir?My wife has been taking your "Golden Medical Discovery" and "Pellets' for her liver j and general debility, and has found them to be good medicines, and would recommend them to all sufferers from Liver Complaint, Sour Stomach and General Debility. Yours fraternally, N. E. Harmon, Pastor M. E. Church, Elsah, 111. Augusta. Me., with a population of only 8,665, stands fifth in the list of postoffices, collecting the largess amount of postage on second class matter, surpassing Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francisco* or St. Louis. Young, middle-aged or old men suffering from Nervous Debiiiry or kindred affections, should address, with two stamps, for large treatise, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. The English channel tunnel is to be twenty two muea long, eighteen oy twenty leet wiae, and have two railroad tracks. Facts from Experience. Mauch Chcnck, Pa., September 12, 1SS1. H. H. Warner & Co.: Sirs?I have used your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for a combination of liver and kidney troubles and have derived great benefit therefrom. H. F. Xosnemaoisb. A man who cannot govern bis own temper should never try to control his wife's. Jones & Blair, Att'ts & Counselors at Law, j PiOOms 6 and 7, Miles Block, Fourth St., > Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1860. ) To the Holman Pad Co. For the past six years I have suffered from mil irial troubles and inactivity of the liver, causing maigesiion ana. neaaacne rnosi 01 me time, and at times continuing for fifteen or twenty days without relief. 1 have taken all the medicines known. I was recommended to use your Pads. I did so and found absolute relief, and am frank to say I regard it as a positive cure. I now wear one all the time and would not do without it. I write this because I feel this is due you, there being no longer any question in my rnind as to their merit. Yoors truly, W. M. Joxes. Od Thirty Days' Trial. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to any person afflicted with Nervous "Debility, Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration of vigor and manhood. Address as above witnout ceiav, P. S.?No risk is incurred, as 30 days' trial is allowed. Fmzit Axle Grease. One greasing lasts two weel?; all others two o? three days. Do not be imposed on by the humbug stuffs offered. Ask your dealer for Frazer*s, with label ou. ,It saves your horse labor&ud you too. It received rirst medal ?t the Cea. tennialand Paris Exro^Hons. Sold < verywhere. Fob dtspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility, in their various forms: o nrscanr-w fhvAr and ainie and other intermittent fever?, tho "Ferro-Pnosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswel'l, Hazard & Co., New York, and ?old by all Druggists, is the beat tonic; and forpaticnta recovering from fevtr or other sickness it has no equal. A>" Ent-bmous Traffic.?Pittsburg boasts that 849.740 bottles of Carboliue have beeii.sold within the last nix month?. This shows that the great army of ba;dheads will soon bo reduced to a corporal's guard. IIEXRY'S CARBOLIC SALVE Is the BEST SALVE for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all kinds o." Skin Eruptions. Freckles and Pimples. Get HENRY'S CARBOLIC SALVE, as all others are counterfeits. Price 25 cents. DR. GREEN'S OXYGENATED BITTERS Is the best Remedy for Di-spcpsia, Biliousness, Malaria, Indigestion and Diseases of the Blood, Kidneys, Liver, Skin, etc. DENTON'S BALSAM cures Coughs. Colds, Rheumatism, Sidney Troubles, etc. Can be used externally as a plaster. Use RED HORSE POWDER for Horses ..rid Cattle. ALLEN'S Brain Food-cures Nervous Debility & Weakness of Oea^ratjve Ursa cs. SI--ail druarists. 2eai for Circular, Allen's Pfa?rm*C7,313 JTirst ?y.,N.I, j| I The Common Enemy. In order to make headway against the common enemy, Disease, it is necessary to oppose him with persistence. It very frequently nappeas that a remedy perfectly adequate to the necessities of tho case, if persisted in, is contemned and thrown aside because a lew doses of it do not cure a malady. How unreasonable 3 nd unjust would such a judgment be regard: r.g Hostetter's 8tomach Bitters, one of the uiost popular and highly sanctioned medicines of the day, a potent invigor&nt, and an invariably euccessful remedy for constipation, dyspepsia, liver complaint, incipient rheumatism and gout, inactivity and weakness of the kiddays and bladder, and for the infirmities incident to the decline of life. No fact is better established than the above, yet in order to experience it3 truth, those afflicted with obstinate forma of disease should give this benignant curative a patient trial. If they do, they may rely upon decisive curative results. Lake Supeeioe, at its surface, is six hundred feet above the Atlantic and at its bottom five hundred and seventy-three feet. That Hutband offline Is three times the man he was before he began using a'ells' Health Renewer. $1. Druggists. send for pamphlet to E. S. Wells, Jersey City, N. J. The Science of Life, or seir-rreservanon, a medical work for every man?young, middleaged or old. 125 invaluable prescriptions. THE MARKETS. 8 NEW YORK. Beef Cattle? Prime, live weight 11%@ 12 Calves?Com'n to Choice Teals. 9 Snecp 5 @ 6* Lames 6 @ 7. Hogs?Live 7 @ 7% Dressed, city 9%@ Flour?Ex. State, good to fancy 5 65 @ 8 50 Western, good to choice 5 90 @ 9 00 Wheat-So. 2 Red 1 45 @ 1 46 No. 1 White 143 @143% Rye?State .... 93 @ 93% Barley?Two-rowed State 92 @ 98 Corn?Ungraded Westernllixed 79 @ 83 Yellow Southern 83 @ 83 Oats?White State 62 @ 66 Mixed Western 59 ? 62% Hay?Prime Timothy 80 @ 1 05 Straw?N'o. 1 live - 65 @ 75 Hops?State, 1881, choice 20 @ 24 Pork?Mesa, new, for export... 18 25 @18 40 Lard?City Steam 1120 @1120 Eefined 1140 @1140 Petroleum?Crude 6%@ 7 % Eefined 7%@ Butter?State Creamery, fine.. 29 @ SO Dairy 18 @ 25 Western Im. Creamery 23 @ 25 Factory 10 @ 22 Cheese?State factory 6 @ 12 Skims 2 @ 0 Western 11 @ 12 Eggs?State and Penn 18%? 18% Potatoes?Early Rose, State, bbl 8 62 @ 3 75 BUFFALO. Steers?Good to choice 6 60 ? 7 25 Lambs?Western 7 00 @ 7 50 ? f*- szk ne. sneep?\vextern vn u u Hogs, Good to Choice Yorkers. .7 6) @ 7 80 Flour?C'y Ground, No. 1 Spring 6 75 @7 25 Wheat?No. l.HaraDuluth.... 1 63 @163 Corn?No. 2 Mixed 68%@ 69 Oats?No. 2 Mix. West 47 @ 47 Barley?Two-rowed State 90 @ 90 BOSTON. Beef?Extra plate and family. .15 00 @16 00 Hogs?Live 73?@ 8 Hogs?City Dressed 9)?@ 9% Pork?Extra Prime pet bbl... .15 50 @16 00 Flour?Spring Wheat Patents.. 8 50 @9 50 Corn?Hist Mixed 89 @ 90 Oats?Extra "White 65 @ 68 Rye?State 95 @ 97 Wool-Washed Comb i Delaine 46 @ 48 Unwashed " " 23 @ 30 WATEETOW.V (MASS.) CATTLE MAEKET. Beef?Extra quality 7 62%@ 8 37% Sheep?Live weight 6 @ 7% Lamos 7 @ 8 Hogs, Northern, d. w 9^@ S% PHILADELPHIA. Jj'lotir?I'enn. tx. ramuy, gooc o 20 (s oza Wheat-No. 2 lied 1 44 @ 1 45 Rye-State 97 @ 97 Corn-State Yellow G9%*?5 69% Oats?Mixed 58 @ 58 Butter?Creamery Extra Pa.... SO @ 31 Cheese?New York Full Cream. 12%@ 12% Petroleum?Crude 6 @ 7 Refined 73?@ 7j^ v/v^rj TH? COUNTRYMAN TUS Weather Signal Office. IrV ' Mr. Jeremiah Tocdvinc, of the rural district, brought a'lctter of introducv ii ' tion to the United States Signal OffiI , cer, and by the latter gentleman was j \r-/ shown the beautiful scientific instrudttsxb ments for measuring and determining /-T^ theyaricns changes and conditions (, 8 of the leather. Pointing to the standard thermometer he explained to Mr. | no e " T. the uses of the heat gauge, wherej G li upon Mr. T. anxiously inquired if he ! ibojt , "hadn't anther tin to spare?sicha : [?518 - nice xnerehine to sot the weather in ! - I *. hayin' and harvest time." Eis inspec! i*> jj tionoftheaerometerorwindmeasurer l! _1S w evolred the expression: "Wouldn't "0 . she be the racket to run the wind i ~-l j - mill with." The barometer Was i : lt0 j : one too many for Toad vine, and,look I - ing queerly at the official, as if he |l 1 0 were utterly nonplussed and bankliicTa " rupt of words, said: "Friend, did you J a ever have the reumatis?" The i x I abruptness of the question surprised |-g the officer, who replied. "No?never." [ j ?] " " What" Evidently recollecting ! | himself, Mr. T. stopped on the ragged la " edge of the threadbare remark, and 1 said: "I only wanted to know, for if j ? |" this trap (pointing to the barometer) ; 8 shows the good an bad weather afore jjr it's time, it would be a bully trap for I geople with reumatis; they could I ;0 S 41# V? Mi J \J y iii f WUU?.; I g when folks has it thev use St. Jacobs j jc 0 r Oil. on' it's a powerful argyment a^in I B reumatis?it's the upper dorg in the | j# a " fight every time." ?ith thanks for ! 8 the unexpected information, the offii in J " cial politely turned ilr. Toadvinc 9 over to the usher to show him to the : & j" streetcar. v.-Lile he, looking over his j j paper, read: " Mrs. T. A. Gist, No. ; io" | " 1204 Walmit street, Philadelphia, Pa., i _ 3 j| writes: I had inflammatory rheuma;'j| " i tism very badly. In one foot and ankle ;| - S - it seemed to have taken hold with the | 38 g . determination to stay, and the morn* i a - ing I obtained the St. Jacobs Oil I !!*> | could not put iny foot down to the i! ~l " "?or, even for an instant. I used it jl!0 that evening for the firs: time, and the j{ f - next morning for the second time, (I /& an<* *'nat afternoon put my foot down Si^j|!\? for several minutes. On the Sunday rg| following I could stand up and wait i j j,jfl? a few steps. On Tuesday could walk t!j I;] 33 about my room and went downstairs is.'11 iti.H by holding on to the banisters. Now III! iHPt'liS I can walk cuite well and there is | ! I i ll very little pain left. Just think! one Sj i W bottle atfl a half, and I am almostfrce from pain! It is a wonderful medicine. K~f'KC?19 ? . mLEOS-S COKPOOTDO? ^ PUSE COD LIVES ; k OIL AO LIME.^j a ? fr : To One and A11 .-Are you suffer a? from a Couph. Cold. Asthma, Eron'-hitis, or any o: the various pulmonary troubles that so often end in Consumption? If so. t'.so " Wilbm"* r CO'l Liar Oil and Llrnt," a safe and sure remedy. Th-s is no quack preparation, lut is prescribed bv the medical faculty. Manuf.only by A. B. Wilbor. Chemist. Boston. By all druggists. | IF ft CENTS SaSSI^ ? for the three first nnrabcr3 of g ^ the new volume of Deforest's W3 Ri S3 ES ALOJiTUl-I. j.eu lar^c uiwui? P>M VvbaiKa ? 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For further information address 31. G. WILLARD, Secretary Board o: Trade. MAKE HENS LAY. An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist, now traveling in this country, says that most of the Horse and Cattle Powders sold here are worthless trash. He says that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely pure and immensely valuable. Nothing on earth > .'1 m'llu li?iic l?f lilrr. SI'oriflln'? fonrfit'.on Pow ders. Dose, one teaspooaiul to one pint ol food. Sold evervwhere, ornut or mail tor S letter stamr?. l.S. JOHNSON x CO., Bo-ton.Ma**.. tortm-rlv Bangor.Mo. POINT TUTS OCT TO YOCB. NEIGHr ISO US. Now r,f?n. THE VANTiKRBILT HOTEL: new bonne: new furniture: Leiiaffton ave.and 4l'd St.: one block eaft of (irand Central Depot, New York City. Don't pay fi or fii j-er dav when you caa get the name kind of goods for t- and $2.50 p?r day at the Vandfrb-.lt under tho superintendence of Charles Lelaad, of Ocaii Hotel, Long Branch. J. S. WliEATON, Proprietor. SOMETHING NEW. Elesant Pbo'.o>?raL'bic Eaaels, with jtctnra of Gar Held. Mr*. GarSuld, Omit. Artiiurar.il ouier iea<unK pabllc cta&ctere. Fivr- for vJ.V. S.ut by a;ail on receipt oi FRENCH CHOATE. S'a'ioaci-s' SpecuItiee, 4 Bond Street, Kw York. IMPROVED ROOT BEER! 23c. p?ci-az<- makes 5 gallons of a laibw delicious.wbolesonjs.sparklincTen:* pt-ntnee leverage. Ask your dr.tgsist. or sent by r.iail for Joe. E Hir^s. X. ifea. ave..Phlla. 0 Pi i yA^ii U T i J P?B ">4C<ly cure SENT FREE. Dr J.C P<1 Rfir 13> ri.-.-.tj-n TTt rpi- \Ve?kcan be made la any locality. 50 W Soniethic entirely new fcr agents. S3 oatnr :r~-. W. tiicrniir.in Q.. Boston. Mass. Inventors to know that I make nojj ; TC ft VT"T?T? chaise ft.r obtair.isij; patents until after}; I W.1 ?'Ulhe pit-at is ncZvilljaUuvtd. Book Kstir; fr*?. C A S!J \W. 11 fnn-t St. T'nrton.** B Ha? NoniMne Onrod In 10 'o'-iO0'*.**- > >paymiccrea. vog gZ&'y j Ijr. J. ?riiynE.v\ Li-ban .n Ohio. & OO *fl MONTH?2GENTS WflNTED-30 be?l' ?H 'jZilxl"3t'an'o''-<1'' t ho'.v., rM: lssmi.lo./Ve* ^ tXffvS^J AUdroj Jay Broinon, D-*tro!f. Mich. YflllNR MFW l(y>v want to learn TeJ^sraphyiji I UUliU ITJCN a iijonth.*. and be ccrtam of a <itnation. Valentino .Jar#*svin#\ Wi?. C&C a. week :u your own :owu. Terms an J $5 outfit free. Add'* H. HAM.ettAC C*\.P^r??anri.Mainf. r Itm is fciGarr p?r marti.iez, s^ry?L\ t 1 * um'? Spt:iu!k 2INI, ? rpn'a -oci t^lr, ieai % CORKt* f fiC-' __ ^ ) TV&ZiS jour i^sband or ? / . ?i?h a*.-**. v. -? '"v <?. 3.'^* i -#:?<? a?*ucc %<i4 wkt? of air s*. ? v-Jcs- ?^w^/ J^Ji? pr^ttd. kc??j u so? ttasM. vg^/J'/y ?MKm tni. L IUnu<9, W Km.'j R-(*M?h XMf. vB^ t i TRUTH! i -ivn_ NOTHING BUTTHE TBUTHf1 | <' DR. TOBIAS' Venetian Liniment Has riven universal satisfaction since it hi* been ta^ J trodueed Into the United States. After being tried by millions it has been proclaimed the ^ PAI>' DESTBOi'ES OF THE AGE. Tlmtisands ,'oi Piijsitiaiis Reeammend It As an ertemal remedy in cases of ChroDlc Rheumatism. Headache, Toothache. Mosquito Bi tea, Cuts, Braises. Sprain*, Old Sores, Pains in the Iambs. Back and Chest, Pimples. Blotches, Freckles, r ~m Stiffened Joints and Contracted Mas- . clee. :~m ITS WONDEBITL CTTRATIYE POWEES ABE MIRACULOUS. Taken internally in cases of Dysentery, Diarrhea, H Sea Sickness, Cholera, Croup, Colic, Cramps and Sick Headache, its soothing and Wl pcnetratincr qualities are iinmediately felt. It is perfectly innocent to take ~ ' internally. ^ READ THE CERTIFICATES. * WARRANTED FOR 33 YEARS AND y'EIXR FAILED | No one oncc trying it will be without it; over 600 | phvsicians use it. i I Thousands of certificates hare been received, and I a few are given below; $1,000 will be paid if any on* | is false. . j CROUP?Children's J*lve? Saved. < - 4 IHavehstkaw, N. T. - 3 This is to certify that I have used for ten year* "Ds. Tobias' Venetian Liniment. and during that time I have not paid $3 for doctor bills. I have i used it for pains and aches, dysentery, sore throats. cuts and burns, and by its use have saved several I / MMrAti's lives -when attacked bv croup. To the public I say, only try it and yon will fiad it* value. JOHN T. BOBEBTS. : Two RrvzES, Morris County, Man. Many years asro X received a aavcre injury by ? hPAvy blow upon the back. 1 tried many things ^ without any relief, and was advised to use your Vvvfttav t'tvtmknt. It made a most complete cure. STEPHEN WILSON. JUcox, G a. I was laid up with chronic rheumatism for near four months and used various remedies without any (tood. One five ounce bottle of Venetian Limme>t cured me, and I do most sincerely recommend it for "r;cs rheumatism. E. D. COLEMAN. FROM THE KEV. I. P. FEIGL. ^ New Yoek. September 11,1881.?A short time aao j Da. Toeias' medicines were brought to my notice. ! I was suffering irom au:.affcction of the throat. I tried outwardly his VOBUK Ltmioot and took occasionally dunncr tho day his Pulmonic Litk S*trp, which made a perfect cure. In future I will not be without his medicines. I. P. FEIGL, D. D. WHAT HOESiffiEN WANT. A good, reliable Horse Liniment and Condition Powders. 4| Such are to be found in Dr. Tobias' Horse Liniment, in pint bottles, and Derby Condition Powders. FROM COL. D. Mc DAN I EL. Owner of Some of the Fastest Jtannioar Horses in the World. jEEOirr Paek. June 21.?This is to certify that I have used Dr. Tobias' Venetian Horse Loraaorr and Derby Condition Powi>eks on my race horses HW and found them to give perfect satisfaction. In fact they hate never/ailed to cure any ailment for which they were used: the Liniment when rubbed in by I the hand never blisters or takes the hair off; it lias more penetrative qualities tban any otner i n&vo tried, wliich I suppose is the great secret ot its saccess in curing sprains. 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