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▲GfUOULit JBB. Chat Forruzu*. —Nearly every f»r- m«r goet to the neereat village to trade, viait a mechanic, or obtain hia letters or papers at least once a week. He often takes a load to market, but he rarely brings one home. He can, with very little trou ble, haul a load of material that may be ootained for nothing, and which will be of great benefit to his land. Most village people make no uae of the ashes produced la their stoves or of the bones taken from the meat they consume. Scarcely any brewer has any use for the hops that have been boiled m his vats, and the blacksmith hardly ever saves the clippings he lakes from the feet of horses, All these materials make excellent manure. A barrel of sha vings cut from the hoofs of horses contains more ammonia than is contained In a load ot stable manure. Applied to land with out preparation they might give no imme diate result*, but they would become de composed in tune and the crops of all kinds would derive benefit from them. They may be so treated lhat they would produce immediate results. By covering them with fresh horse manure they will decom pose very rapidly. They may also be leached in a barrel and the water that cov ered them drawn off and applied to plants. Water in which pieces ot horns and hoofs have been soaked is an excellent manure for plants that require forcing. It stimu lates the growth of tomatoes, rosebushes and house plants very rapidly, and emits no offensive odors. A vast amount of fu ll Using material is wasted in towns that farmers would obtain the benefit of with little trouble. An AauouLTUBAL Hint. —Young farm ers frequently have no capital to buy a farm, and are compelled to rent Pint, get as good s farm as you can, and for as long a time*—not less than five year/. A man must know his ground before he can realize much fiom it Second, raise what your soil is adapted to. If billy and rough raise more stock. Don’t try to cultivate side hills; it doesn’t pay. Use all the ma nure you can get. Sow clover rye and peas and turn it under, and keep your ground. It will pay you, and it will pay your landlord. A man who keeps his farm up in a good state of fertilization is the kind of a man the latter wants Third, sad last, keep a journal. Hole down all things connected with your business, time te sow and plant, cost of production, how cultivated, time of gathering, what you realise, etc. Then you compare one year with another, and where you bare failed try and remedy next year. Ask advice of every one, but draw your own conclusion/. Farm and you will do well. In treating cows for horn onttleness a stock-raiser in Austria found no good re sulting from feeding bone-meal when the water used from a spring was perfectly soft—that is, without mineral matter. But upon changing them to the water of an other spring, containing carbonate, sul phate and phesphate of lime and chlorate of magnesia in small quantities, the effects were as follows: First. The animals drank half as much as before. Second. The cows gave more and better milk than before. Third. The worst diseased cows at once began to get better, and this was the first case in which any of them recov ered without removal. Fourth. The oxen showed far oetter condition than could be previously attained on the best of food and with the most careful attention. Fifth, No fresh cases occurred as soon as the change of water was introduced. M. Bawl of the National Agricultural Society of France, anticipates that within thirty years as greet a revolution will have bees effected by electricity aa has oeen affected by steam in the last thirty years. Among uses to which it has already been put tor agricultural purposes he mentioned Defoy’s curb bit for breaking horses, the electno sieve used in mills, experiments of the use of electric light on plants, the Felix electric plough and saws—one a cir cular saw, which cute up whole trunks of trees into planks; the other a vertical saw, which does the finest kind of work. Elec tricity is also employed successfully for ajtlficial incubation; and also for “trying” eggs- Tbi wheat crop this year is unusually heavy, in many sections weighing sixty- two to sixty-three pounds per measured bushel It is also what is called strong wheat, the excess of gluten giving it the inciessed weight, as gluten is heavier tii»n starch. This large proportion of gluten and heavy weight is, probably, the result of the moist, cool weather as the wheat heads were forming. It has been noticed that the best wheat is alwas grown in cool seasons, and that it is more glutinous on low than on high gravelly soil. Daring the past tummer there was moisture tnough while wheat was filling to mairc the highland crop as good in quality as the lowland. An extensive grower of winter squashes near Chicago keeps the squashes, in a dry, well ventilated house at a uniform tempe rature of forty-eight degrees. He places them on shelves, two deep, is careful in handling them, and examines them occa sionally after they have been kept some time, and removes any that show signs oi decay. In this way he is able to keep them over s year, and take advantage ol the market at home or at the East, He has sold a cargo in Chicago as high as $90 per too. Mb. Dillon, of Brighton, Iowa, gives his experience with ahesp in 1880 81. “in 1880, ” he writes, “I sheared 140 sheep, averaging 2 pounds to a fleece, or $2 in value to a sheep, and raised 90 lambs worth $2.60 per head. In 1881 i sheared 200 head and sold $812 worth of wool and raised 76 lambs; besides I lost many lambs by the late spring and severe winter. Neither did the sheep shear so heavily as the year previous.” Bt means of the drainage of land the various chtnucal actions which take place through the action of the atmosphere on the surface soil are carried down to a grea ter or less extent into the subsoil, for as the water-level is lowered the air enters from above to fill the cavities in the soil. By drainage, also, the depth to which recta will penetrate is increased, for roots will not grow in the absence of oxygen, and rot as soon as they reach a permanent water level It is a good idea to select potatoes that an to be planted next Spring as they are dug in the Fall, and then give them good care hi the winter. Choose tubers from vigorous growing plants and those that are fully matured. Fbozkn routs, or, indeed, frozen food of any kino, is very pernicious to swine and all ether stock, at it is apt to scour them badly, and In any event disturbs their di gestion and renders the other food taken into the stom*ch ( less nutritive to the adi- mak. It is said that u England a new uae has bean discovered for damson plums. Farmers are planting quite largely, less for piss than for dyes, it having been as certained that a beautiful color can be ob tained from the npe fruit DOMESTIC. Fanot Wokx.—Very handsome, pan els and plaques are made of plush. A foundation the desired shape and size is out out of pine wood a quarter of an i>ich thick. The plash is fitted nioely over this and glued in place. Very thick gum arabio is good for the pur pose. The back is covered with dark oambrio of suitable color. These panels may be long and narrow or nearly square. They are pretty with photo- graplts mounted on the plash, or satin ribbon fastened across diagonally and painted with delicate flowers. Hand some designs painted in oil on the plash itself are very fashionable. The plaques are made in a similar way, and decora ted as taste may dictate. Among the odd fancies in decorated articles are •creens made of matting, and ornamen ted with hand painting. This matting is also used for panels. In brightening up the furniture of a rocjn, and giving a fresh look to old chairs which have grown rnsty, a yard or so of cretonne or plush, if a rich material is desired, goes a great ways. A pretty, bright cushion for a cane-seated rocker or easy chair, with a narrow, long pillow, covered with the same material, tied on the back wfth pretty satin ribbon bows, will so change the old affair that one will hard ly know it. Onh of the best omelets we have ever eaten is made after Catherine Owen’s recipe: Take the crumb of a slice of bread, soak it in hot milk (cold will do, bat hot is better), beat up the whites of four eggs to a high froth; mix the bread with all the milk it will absorb, no more, into a paste, add the yelks of the eggs with a little salt, set the pan on the fire with an ounce of batter. Let it get very hot, then mix the whites of the eggs with the yelks and bread lightly, pour in the pan, and move about for a minute; if the oven is hot when the omelet is brown underneath set the pan in the oven for five minutes, or until the top is set; then double half over, and serve. The advantage of this omelet is that it keeps plump and ten der till cold, so that five minutes of waiting does not turn it into leather, the great objection to omelets generally. If you nave any donbt in regard to the age of a turkey cr any large fowl, it is a wise precaution to steam it until yon can lift the wing from the body with ease. Do not staff it before steam ing, but two or three stalks of celery may be placed in it, and they will give a delicious flavor to the meat. It is better to use twine than skewers to keep the turkey’s limbs in proper place, there is so much danger of tearing the shin. It should be the cook’s am to preserve the good looks of the fowl as far as pos sible. If it is well dredged with flour, after it is put in the dripping-pan to roast, and then little lumps of butter laid on, it will help to give it the desired delicate brown. SncAMXD arrowroot pudding is a nour ishing dish. Mix two tablespoonfuls of the root with one cupful of milk; stir till it is smooth. Put a pint and a half of milk on the stove in a farina kettle. When it is boiling stir in the arrowroot; stir it well, and remove from the fire in two or three minutes. When it is cool, not cold, stir in three well-beaten eggs, a heaping tabiespoonful of sugar, and a cableepoonf ul of brandy. Put it then in a well-buttered mould; cover it tightly, and let it steam for an hour and a half. When done, tom from the mould on a dish, and serve with raspberry jam. Whu’ped coffee cream for one who likes the coffee flavor is perfectly deli cious aa a last morsal at a formal dinner or an afternoon lunch. Take two oun ces ot coffee beans and roast them; while fresh and still warm put them in one pint of rich cream, which you have sweetened liberally with sugar. Let this stand for an hour; then strain it through a muslin cloth laid in a colan der; dissolve a teaspoonful of gelatine in a little cold milk, and add to the cream; then whip it to a firm froth. The gelatine may be dissolved in a little orange water, or lemon extract if you ohoose. A very appetizing sauce to serve with broiled mackerel is made by melting a little butter, adding the juice of one lemon, and a teaspoouful ot chopped paisley. This mt y be poured over the fish, or served in a bowl and added by each one at the table to his or her por tion of fish. An authority on cooking recommends letting mackerel lie in enough milk to cover it for an hour be fore broiling; this to be done, of course, after the fish has been freshened over night in cold water. Colo roast beef is very nice broiled. Cut It into shoes about a quarter of an inch thick and have it as rare as possi ble; sprinkle with pepper and salt and put it on the gridiron and let it heat quickly; turn it over four times in the same number of minutes, and serve when hot on a dish with melted butter. Baking Powder Bisooit.—Into two quarts of flour, sift fine teuspoonf uls of baking powder, mixing it in evenly Bub into this a piece of lard the size of half an egg. Mix with good sweet milk into a soft dough. Do not knead. Roll medium thickness, out out with a bis cuit-cutter, and bake in a very hot oven. Pains in the bowels may be mitigated or removed by applying to them robber bags of hot water,, or folds of woolen cloths wrong out from water »s hot as can be borne. The same thing is true of face-ache, ear-aches and of most aches and pains. A very good idea for the brightening up of a nursery or play room consists in decorating the panels of the doors by the insertion of brightly colored litho graphs, fitting them into the panels and framing them, if necessary, with a nar row beading of gilding. Colored table-covers for dining rooms are of linen plush, and are to b« had in all colors. The centre is per- fectly plain, and the bordering, which is usually deep, is stamped in arabesque, Moorish, or geometrical designs to harmonize with the latest style in car pets, which is entirely of that character. Fob celery there is a new eat glass dish in the shape of a lily mounted on a silver stand. It ia very pretty, and seem* to have taken the place of the fish knives aud tablespoons among wed ding presents. Double portiere are no longer in fashion. A single one hanging suspen ded from rings upon a pole, is plainly drawn across the doorway or entry to be concealed, and when necessary is looped up at one side. Bomb of the window-shades for houses are of fine cream colored linen, up>n which unconventional designs have been painted in water colors. They look very well from the interior, but are leas effective from the outside. HUMOROUS, I onob knew a young fellow as went across. Before going he made himself pretty fresh with the inspectors. He was a dandy in dress and pnt ont his oigars lively. Well, by and by that same fellow returns with the ends of his month down to his shoulder. As soon as he strnok the pier he kind o’ cried that he had “gone broke” on the other side, and when he came to open his trumks he showed a pretty large patch on the places he used to sit down on. His elbows had patches, too, and so had his knees. His clothes looked as if they had been in a rag-picker’s bag, and beyond a little clean linen he had nothing in his trank. He walked on the dock with his ulster over his arm, aud the boys kind o’ pitied him. Well, the fellow got away with a clear $1,8C0, ’cause he had laces under bis patches, in his ulster, and Heaven knows where he didn’t have them stuffed. The boys got clear off the track A Fireman’* Fortune. The * Ban Francisco (Cal.) Chronicle,” in an articles on the Fire Department of Ban Francisco, gives the following from Asst. Chief Engineer Matthew Brady: “I have been subject to an aggravating pain m my chest for over four years. I re sorted to various modes of treatment to obtain relict I have had my chest terri bly blistered. No physician could tell what was the matter with me. Two weeks ago I commeeced using Bt. Jacob’s Oil. It has cured me.” These died a few weeks ago an old man who may be mentioned here as Union Reube. For thirty years he sold his vote as often as there was an election, making no bones about it aud accepting the market price without a murmur. One fall, ten or twelve years ago, he went to the man who had generally bought him and said: “Mr. Blank, I guess I won’t sell my vote this time. ” “Yon won’t? Why, what on earth ails you, Uncle Ran be?” “Well, I want to see how it seems to oast a free ballot once,” “You’d better take the usual two dollars.” “No, I guess not; I’ll try it the other way ouce, even if it kills me.” He kept to his resolution and cast a free ballot, bat he didn’t feel right over it, and at the next election he insisted on having four dollars to oover arrears. “Many silly peeple despise the pre cious, qot understanding it.” But uo one despises Kidney-Wort after having given it a trial. Those that have used it agree that it is by far the best medicine known. Its action is prompt, thorough and lasting. Don’t take pills, and other mercurials that poison the system, bat by using Kidney- Wort restore the natural action ot all tha organs. t&yNo woman really practices economy unless she uses the Diamond Dyes. Many dollars can be saved every year. Ask the druggist. CLARa’s Christmas present: Charley wanted to give Clara a Christmas pres ent, bnt couldn’t make up his mind what it should be; so the next time he called he frankly told her the difficulty under which he was laboring. “Want to make me a present, Charley 1” Clara exclaimed in well-disguised astonish ment. “Why, Charley, you forget yonrself.” Charley took the hint auc offered himself on the spot. One Evpertenc* from Msny, I have been sick and miserable so long and had caused my husband so much trouble and expense, no one seemed to know what ailed me, that 1 was complete ly disheartened and discouraged. In this frame of mind I got a bottle of Hop Bit tera and used them unknown to my fami ly. 1 soon began to improve and gained so fast that my husband and family thought it strange aud unnatural,but when 1 told them what had happened me, they said, “Hurrah for Hop Bitters I long may they prosper, for they have made mother well and ua happy.”—The Mother. “What’s the size of this place?” gravely asked a New Yorker, of the conductor, just after the breakman had sung out “O-pe-Ji ka” at a southern station, where not a house was visible among the pines, except a rambling shed called an “eating saloon.” “It’s about as big as New York,” was the ready answer, “but it isn’t built up yet." Fare Blood. Many families pride themselves on their noble ancestry; but here, m this democra tic countiy, we do not care so much about our pedigree aa our health; When the blood is out of order, disease manifests it- lelf in the skin and flesh. To be restored to health take Scovill's Sarsaparilla or Blood and Liver Syrup. Physicians apeak of it in the highest terms. Dr. Everett, Cooper Plains,Steuben county, New York, mentions two cases of Scrofula and Erysip elas in which Scovill’s Sarsaparilla or Blood and Liver Syrup effected a cure and says: “I think it oue of the best purifiers ot the day. It has met with perfect suc cess in every case where I have used it.” Poor Miss Passes: Hollis Hoi worthy (who does sot dance, to Miss Passee, who has been a wall-flower all the even ing)—“Are you dancing this evening Mias Passee?” Miss P, (misinterpreting the question and with eagerness) —“Yes. certainly.” H. H.—“Ah, how I envy you 1” (Sadden collapse of Miss P.) Thousands will bear testimony (and do it voluntarily) that Veqetine is the best medical compound yet placed before the public for renovating and purifying the blood, eradicating all humors, impurities or poisonous secretions from the system, invigorating and strengthening the system debilitated by disease; in fact, it is, aa many have filled it, “The Orest Health Restorer.” A miller in Peru, I ml., fell asleep in his mill, and bent forward till his hair got caught in some machinery and was anked out; and of course it awakened im, and his first liewildered exclama tion was, “Dum it, wife, what’s the matter row? ’ Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer te the marvei of the see for ell nerve <n>enses. All flu stopped free. Heed to »ii Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Wherein it was possible: Nibbs— “The policeman in my neighborhood is a tramp, I tell yon. Yon can always find him walking his beat at night.” Tibbs—“That’s possible; he may be a somnambulist.” Ladles and children's boots and shoes cannot run over if Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners are used. Worse than nothing: A wag. speak ing of a friend whom he suspected of living altogether beyond his means, observed that he believed he “would owe several thousand dollars after all bis debts were paid.” Vegetine! SAFE AND SDRE. Mb. H. R. Btivbns : In ism your Vegstine waa recommended to me, and, yielding to tne persuasions of a frlead, I con tented to try It At the time I waa suffering front S eneral debility and nervous prostration, snperin- uced by overwork and Irregular habits. Its won- derfnl strengthening and curative properties seemed to alrect my debilitated system from the first dose; and under Its persistent nse I rapidly recovered, gaining more than nsnal health anil good feeling. Since then I have not hesitated to give Vegetine my most unqualified indorsement, as being a safe, sure, and powerful agent In pro moting health and restoring the wasted system to new life and energy. Vegetine Is the only medi cine I use ; and as long as I live I never expect to Had a better. Yours truly, W. H. CLARK, 120 Monterey Street, Alleghany, Pa. r»r Mervowsnesa, Sleepleas Mtgbta. _ „ „ Washington, D. C., March is, 1877. H. H. Btxvknb : Dear Sir—1 do not believe in puffing, nor would I Indorse a humbug, but I consider It no more than real Justice to speak well of Vegetine, believing It to be an excellent medicine. I have used several botijea of It to my entire satisfaction and great re lief from an Inexplicable Nervousness, which had CMwed me great suffering and sleepleas nights, have walked the floor and resorted to different methods for relief, to no purpose. I Anally thought I would give Vegetine a trial, with little faith, I win admit; but to my surprise and great relief, a few do<es convinced me that I had got hold of the right thing for my difficulty. It scot ont humor from my blood that, I have no donbt, was the eaoae oi the misery f had endured, and I fonnd re lief as soon as a medicine could relieve a disease of that kind. When I began its use 1 seldom got a night’s sleep, or half a one, and my appetite was poor, and as a consequence, I was running down rapidly; but, after a few doses, I saw a radical Change every way, and am thoroughly satisfied with Vegetine, and recommend it to any person -.offering as I did. Respectfully, MRS. J. A. JOHNSON. Dyspepsia, Nervousness and General Debility. Mb. H. R. Sthvxns Cincinnati, O., April *. 18TT. Dear Sir—J have used several bottles of Vegetine for Dyspepsia, Nervousness and General Debility, and I can truly say I never had a remedy so sure In its effects; therefore 1 may recommend It to all sufferers. w. L. BELL, Vralnnt Hills, 41 Court street. For General Debility the good effects of tks Vegetine are realized Lmmedutely after com mencing to take U. Vegetine is Sold by all Drngglste Hostetier’s stomach Bitters give steadiness to the serves, induces a healthy, natural flow of bile, prevent constipation without unduly purging the bowels, gently stimulates the circulation, and by promoting a vigorous condition of the physical system, promotes, also, that cheerfulness which Is thn truest indicatjon ef a well-balanced condition of all the animal powers. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. Hop Bitter* are the Pureet and Beat Hitters Ever Hade. They are compounded from Hops, Malt, Buchn, Mandrake and Dandelion,—the oldest, best, and most valuable medicines in the world and contain all the best aud must curative properties of all other remedies, being the greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Regulator, and Life and Health Restoring Agent on earth. No disease or ill health can pos sibly long exist where these Bitters are used, so varied and perfect are their operations. They give new life and vigor to the aged and In firm. 'lo all whose employments cause irregu larity of the bowels or urinary organs, or who re quire an Apetizer, Tonic ami mild Stimulant, Hop Bitters are invaluable, being highly curative, tonic aud stimulating, without intoxicating. No matter what your feelings or symptoms are, what the disease or ailment is, nse Hop Bitters. Don’t wait until yon are sick, but if yon only feel bad or miserable, use Hop Bitters at once. It may save your life. Hun.tred* have been aaved by so doing. $5U0 will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. Do not suffer or let yonr friends suffer, but use and urge them to use Hop Bitters. Remember, Hop Bitters Is no vile, drugged, drunken u istnim, but the Purest and Best Medi cine ever made; the “Invalid’s Friend and Hope,* and no person or family should be without theta. Try the Bitters to-day. KiDNEY-WORT T HE GREAT CURE) FOR ! -RHEUMATISM—. As It la for all the painful rtlnoaaea of tha i KIDNEYS,LIVER AND BOWELS. It cieanaea the ayatem of the acrid polaon that causes tha dreadful Buffering which ! only the victims of Rheumatism can realise. : THOUSANDS OF OASES of the wont forms of this terrible Claes as have been quickly relieved, and in short time PERFECTLY CURED. TRICE, fl. LiqrroOR BRT, solo bt druggists. . ‘ “ alt : Burlington Vt. KIDNEY-WORT it- Dry can be sent by maiL WELLS. RICHARDSON A Co.. DtllNDSEYSldMCHER r 2 Nothlnir in the world eqtiul to it for the cure of Scrofr!.., Pimples, Boils, Tetter, Old Sores, Sore Eye- mercurial Diseases, Cstsrrh. Loss of tppetite, Female Compl*lt .i, Mod all Blood dlsea- js. It nevsr fulls. All drugglut* and country store keepers sell it. K. K. Kellers A Co., Prop**, PlttAbnryh, on every bottle. A man was carry in g a coon heafijd caught, when he met three little boys in the road. All of them said excitedly and at once: “Mister, give me that coon, give me that coon, give me that coon, Mister?” “Well, boys. I’ll tell yon what I will do. If yon will tell me the party yon belong to and why, I’ll give it to the boy who gives the best reason lor his faith.” ‘ I’oi a Republican, because that party saved the Uaioa,’’ said one. “I’m a Green backer, because that par ly is in favor of plenty of money.” When the time of the third boy came he said: “I’m a Democrat, ’cause 1 want the coon.” An exchange says: “Man's average life is S3 years.” Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup will always life. Cufid waits on cash: “Yes,” said, yanng Mr. Guy, of the Bn okerbnooker Club, “yes, I was engaged to her, but T’ve broken it off, you know, until i see whether she Is going to be luccessful in breaking her uncle’s brother’s will, you know.” . Presumption begins in ignorance and ends iu ruin.” On the other hind, the production of Kidney-Wort began with wise cautions and scientific research, and its use ends in restoring shattered constitutions and endowing men and women with health and happiness. “My tormented back.” is the exclamation of more than one poor hardworking man aud woman; do you know why it aches? U is because your kidneys are over-tasked and need strengthening, sad yon; system needs to be cleansed of bad humors. You need Kidney-Wort. *®“No family Dyes were ever so pop ular as the Diamond Dyes. They never fail. The Black is far supenor to log wood. The other colors are brilliant. Mb’. TurUiEdovb out marketing: Butoher—“For dinner? Yea. ma’am. Nice quarter of lamb, ma’am?” Mrs. Turtledove (a bride of two weeks;— “Ob, but there are only two of us! Don’t yon think an eightn would do as well ?” Lady Bkautifikeb.—Ladies, you can- lot make fair skin, rosy cheeks, and spark ing eyes with all the cosmetics of France >r beautiflers of the world, while in poor lealth aud nothing will give you such rich alood. good health, strength and beauty as Hop Bitters. A trial is certain proof. A young man in Western Illinois ad vertised for a wife, his sister answered the “ad,” and now the young man thinks there is no balm in advertise ments, while the old folks think it’s pretty hard to have two fools in the family. For dyspepsia, mmgesuoa, depression of spirits and general debility, in their va rious forms; also as a preventive against -fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the “Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Oalisaya,’' made by Caswell Hazard ft Co, New York, sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever cr other sickness, it has no equiL A Western woman named her girl baby after a noted lady, and wrote to her about it. The lady sent a thick, heavily-sealed envelope, “Not to be opened until the baby’s 80th birthday.” It was a terrible revenge to take. More to r Is are ruined by overheating, cold hammering and overtempering, says the Scientific American, than can be re deemed by the new recipes that have been invented. The only way that is really good is first to find a brand of steel that is good, and suitab’e f r the too’s to be made and stick to it. Next fiod by a few trials the lowest heat that will harden It in pure water at 70 6 , or ordinary shop tempera ture, If steel is hardened at tbs lowest heat, the temper will require very little drawing very little, that is to a pale straw full straw, or brownish yellow, but not deeper unless for wood working tools with thm cutting edges, when a full brown may be desirable. File makers use salt water for a hardening bath, because it makes the water more dense and the teeth harder, and of course more brittle. Sulphuric acid or mercury is sometimes used 'fur hardening very small tools for cutting and etching stone. For springs the same care should be taken in regard to low, even heating that is necessary with tools. Pure lard oil is as good and probably better than any of the mixtures that have been tried for the hardening fiu d; burning off may do for drawing the temper ot small or thick springs, but is total y unfit for loo 3 or slen der ones. Dip the hardened spring into a bath of oil heated nearly to iu boiling tem perature; this is the only way to get an even temper. _ A n automatic electric media: i in, that is designed to &nn< unce the appiotch of railroad trains, has been tried on what ia called the ParU-Lyons Msditerranee Hue. it consists of a box filled with with mercu ry placed under the rail at the required distance from a bell. \Vhen a train pas ses over this box the mercury is so agita ted as to lorm contact with the wire com municating with the hell and thus makes it ring. Algieria is beginning to cultivate on s large scale the wax plant of Carolina and Pennsylvania. The trait when gathered is put into a coarse bag. and when plunged into a vessel Coniaimng boiling water the wax soon rises to the sur ace, when it is skimmed off and dried, and subsequently sold as a substitute for bees wax, the che mical composition of which it very close ly resembles. The odor ol the substance la very agreeable. The market ia flooded with worthless and vile compounds for the rejuvenation of the hair, but Carboline, the great pe troleum hair renewer and dressing, as now improved and perfected, still takes the front rank aa the best preparation ever of fered to the oublic. Two gentlemen were lately examining a ploughshare on a stall in a market place, “I’ll bet you a guinea,” said one, “you don’t know what this is for.’ “Done said the other—“it is for sale. 1 The bet was won and the wager paid. “Do you like candy, ma?” asked a little Austin boy of his mother. “No, my sou, it makes me deathly sick.” am so glad to hear it. Yon are the kind of woman I can trust to hold my candy for me nntil I’m done playing.” be- THAT HUSBAND OF MINK Is three times the man be was before be gan nsing Well's Health Benewer. 91- Lon’t Die in the House. 'Bough on Bats. Clean ont rats, mice, roachee, bed-bugt. Iffo. Upon a writer exclaiming that his works contained much “food for thonght,” a friend remarked: “That may be so; but it is wretchedly cooked.” Why is a railroad so patriotic ? Give it up ? Because it is bound to the coun try with the strongest ties. Every drugght will tell yon that Allen’s Brain Food never tails to care Nervoasnesa. Nervoas De bility .and restore strength to tbe weakened organa At druggists and at Allen’s Pharmacy, 116 First Ave., N. Y. Children are like boils, knows how to take care of belong to other people. Everybody those that Why does a young lady resemble a rifle? Because she has to be charged with powder before the ball. •Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound ranks first as a cuiative agent in all complaints peculiar to women. A medical writer says that children need more wraps than grown persons. They generally get more. A cooking club—A rolling pin. Underground work—An earthquake. Hemorrhage of the longs or stomach is promptly oheckod by small doses of salt. 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