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# # 1 l„ ^"!!!^ ' ' ' ' bOMESTIO. OaImeal in the Household. —In Great Britain children of all ranks are raised on sn oalmsaldiet alone, because it causes them to grow strong and health}’; and no better food can possi bly be fonnd for them. It is also quite as desirable for the student as the labor er, and for the delicate lady as for the hard-working sister. Indeed, all classes would be greatly benefitied by its use, and dyspepsia, with all its manifold annoyances, can be kept at a safe dis tance. Oatmeal is most substantial food; it is equal to beef or mutton, giv ing as much or more mental vigor while its great advantage consists of one’s not bea ming weary of it, for it is as wel come for breaklast or tea as is wheat or Graham bread. It can be eaten with syrup and butter as hasty pudding, or with cream and sugar, like rice. It is especially good for young mothers up on whose nervous forces too great a de mand has been made, when they lose the equilibrium of the system and be come depressed and dispirited. Oat meal requires to be cooked slowly, and the water should be boiling Lot when it is stirred in. Try cranberries for malaria. Try a sun-bath for rhenmatiim. Try clambroth for a weak stomach. Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas. Try a wet towel to the back of the neck when sleepless. Try swallowing saliva when troubled with sour stomach. Try eating fresh radishes and yellow turnips for gravel. Try eating onions and horseradish to remove dropsical swellings. Try huttei milk for removal of freckles, tan and butternut stains. Try a hot flannel over the seat of neuralgic pains, and renew frequently. Try taking your ood-liver oil in toma to catsup if you want 10 make it pala table. Try taking a nap in the afternoon if you are going to be out late in the even ing. Try breathing the fumes of tqrpen- tine or carbolic acid to remove whoop ing cough. Try walking with your hands behind you if you find yourself becoming bent forward. •‘Tit, tat, toe” cake is unde in this way; Beat four eggs very light, then add a cream made by beating two cups and a half of sngar and one full eup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, a large pinch of salt, two teaspoonfuls of bak ing powder, stirred in with two cups and a half of flonr; divide the dough thus made in three parts; to one part add half a cup of raisins, stoned and chopped, and half a cup of currants; grate half a teaspoonful of nutmeg, and mix with half a teaspoonful of cinnamon. This is for one layer of the cake. To the next part add two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, and a teaspoonful of vanilla, The one light-colored layer should be flavored with lemon. When baked, put the chocolate layer on the bottom, the one with fruit in it next, and the light layer on the top. Frost the top of the cake, but not the sides. Aky one who is familiar with the man ner in which asparagus is cultivated will take all necessary care to wash it well before cooking it Mot less than two or three waters are needed; do not drain the last water off, but take the asparagus out of it. A favorite way to cook it is to boil in salted water until it is tender, leaving the stalks whole; then lay three or four of them on shoes of toast and pour milk or cream, seasoned with pepper and a little butter, over them. A safe way to determine if each stalk is t< nder before cooknig is to break, not cut, a little piece ofl; if woody and tough it will not break easily. One low seat in the form of an otto- ms is desirable in living apartments, and a chamber is hardly complete with out one. A chair with an aflection oi the spine can be easily metamorphosed into a stand ready for the upholstery. Cover the top with woolen goals in color that will harmonize with other furnishings. Two pull's ol the same material head a box-plaiting lined with crinoline, and nearly reach the floor. A pretty tidy to cap the wiioie can be wrought out of velveteen and cretonne, with a finish of cord and tassels. Teach fritters for desert are delicious. In their season use the fresh fruit, but now use evaporated peaches; soak them all night in a little water, and stew gently in the morning; keep them close ly covered, and if the peaches are left in halves the flavor is wonderfully pre served. Make a batter of one cup ot sweet milk, two eggs, a little salt, and floor eneugh to make a moderately stlfi batter. If you choose, the halves of peaches can be cut in quarters. Fry iu hot lard and serve with or withont cream; of course, the cream is a tooth some addition, Cement. —Litharge and glycerine mixed together to the consistency of thick cream or putty is a valuable ce ment for minding stone jars, for acqua- rinm purposes, for stopping leaks m seams of lin pans or wash boilers, to fasten on lamp tops, tighten loose joints of wood or iron, loose boxes in wagon hnbe, and for r great many other things. The article should not be usei until the oegitnt has hardened, which will require from one day to a week, according to tne quantity used. This cement will resist the action of water, cold or hot, of acids, and of almost any degree of heat. The paper bags which are sometimes sent out from the tea store with a pound of tea in lurnish good designs for the om&menter of a crazy qnilt The pic tores are exactly adapted lor this work, snd are so varied in size and subject as to give a good opportunity for choice. The outlines alone may be worked or the whole figure applied. Strange figures of animals and birds cover tue new wall papers m which ecru grounds prevail, and the grotesque - and fabulous in art are the present fancy for house decoration. A small quantity of asphaltum mixed with equal parts of benzine and turpen tine to the consistency of paint, makes a dressing for grates that is equal in effect to the professional’s renovating process of these articles. Heavy stuff curtains have a narrow bordering down Ihe sides, with Arab esque designs three-quarters of a yard deep at the bottom. Curtains made up of bands of plain muslin or linen, alternating with inser tion or lace stripe, are among the spring novelties. Crackle is seen occasionally taking the place of stained glass for fancy win dows. New wall decorations have a flax sur face on heavy paper background. uhiHWMMi A REW ARK ABLE STOBY. precedes it is a true copy of was sent to us, together officer now in the an B .,| pei Na wingi The letter which the original, and with the details, by United States Navy. United States Flagship Nomad, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. January 10,188-. My dear Friend—Yoxxi kind favor con taining congratulations on my restoration to health is before me. When we parted thirty months ago little did we imagine that either would be brought near death’s door by a dis ease which selects for its victims those who present an internal field of constitutional weakness for its first attack, because you and I were in those days the personification of health—and can claim this to-day,thank Oodt Why I can do so will be told to-morrow,when we meet at yotir dinner, as you only know that I have passed through a terrible illness; my delivery from death being due to the wonderful discovery in medical science, made by a man who to-day stands in. the front rank of his fellow workers—uneqnaled by any in my own opinion. That I, who heretofore have ever been the most orthodox believer in the old. school of medicine, its application and results, should thus recant in favor of that which is, .sneered at by old practitioners, may startle yon, but “seeing is Believing,” and when I recount the attack made on my old balk, how near I came to lowering my colors, and the final volley which, through the agency above mentioned, gave me victo-y, you will at least credit me with just cause for sincerity in my thankful ness and belief. I will also spin my yarn anent my China cruise, and altogether, ex pect to entertain as well as be entertained By'you. W’ith best wishes, Sincerely yours, Rear Admiral U. 8. Navy. Hon. G Eono« WENnimn, Sinclair Place, Boston. An antumnal afternoon in the year 188- found the taut flagship Nomad rounding the treacherous and dangerous extremity of South America. And this day certainly in tended to place itself on record with those of its predecessors marked stormy, its nasti ness in wind and weather giving all hands on board the flagship their fill in hard work and discomforts. The record of the Nomad on this cruise, which she was now complet ing on her homeward bound passage to Bos ton, had been most disagreeable, when con sidered in the light of heavy weather work. From Suez to Aden, then on to Bombay, Point de Galle, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Yokohama, the balance sheet stood largely in favor of old Neptum’s rough characteristics, but with remarkable evenness the health and original roster of the ship’s company stood this day as it did nearly three years ago—with one exception. Throughout the diverse and varied exposures incidental to cruising over the Asiatic station, where cholera, fevers, liver complaints, malaria, and colds of all degrees reign in full force, none of the ertw had suffered more than temporr ry incon venience, and thus it seemed very hard that now, in the closing days of the cruise, there stood nine chances for, to one against, a vic tory being at last scored for the destroying angel Death. When the Nomad reached Shanghai in the early portion of her cruise her admiral was the healthiest man aboard. A grand specimen of manhood was he. Over eix feet in height, weighing two hundred pounds, broad in chest and strong in limb, Be rightly claimed for himself a full share of Nature’s blessings. While returning late one night from a diplomatic reception at Uio Consulate at Shanghai, through overheat ing and insufficient protection from the dan gerous effects of the peculiar damp and ecarching night air. he caught cold. “Only a cold,” remarked tne admiral to the doctors of his ship, “and easy to cure.” So though; the medical officers, but with a qniet though insidious progression, this oold clung to the admiral in spite of their best efforts to erad icate it, and when the time came for leaving Yokohama, homeward bound, the admiral re alized that his lungs and throat were decid edly out of order. The doctors advised re turning home by mail steamer to San Fran cisco, so that greater means for curing this srsiutent cough might be found in the aval Hospital there; but the admiral pre ferred to stick to his ship, still imagining that hie trouble would eventually be over come by the doctors’ treatment No one who looked at the admiral even in those days imagined that he wonld fail a victim to lang trouble. Bat it was the old story again typified in this case. Only a cold at first; and in spite of orthodox treat ment the peculiar climatic effects of China nursed it and hastened the sure result of such a deep-seated trouble. Time passed after leaving Yokohama for Boston, bringing varying syir ntoms in the admiral’s case, and the doctors imagined that they held the dis ease in check at least. But with the forma tion of tubercles, night-sweats and the now rapid consumption of long tissues, which had set in with alarming symptoms, the pa tient realized that his cold had laid the seeds of that fell agent of Death, consumption. The hacking cough of the admiral had in itself been sufficient food for serious consid eration. and now, as in the warm autumn days the flagship gallantly rode over the blue waters of the Pacific* bound for Cape Horn, the doctors hoped much for success. But this boisterous afternoon found the good ship struggling with gigantic seas setoff from the Capo by a fierce northerly wind. Leaden were the heavens and sad the hearts of all aboard, for that morning the usual bulletin of the medical officers had set forth this intelligence: “The admiral is in same condition as reported last night. A burning fever has been slightly reduced, while other symptoms are as heretofore an nounced.” All understood these words withont Questioning. The beloved admiral tiad during tne past two weeks sunk very low. The symptoms of blood-poisoning, a torpid liver, intense pains throughout the body, eyesight and mental faculties affected, appe tite gone, through inaction of that great reg ulator—the liver. These were the means which had reduced the admiral from the S inaole of health to the valley and shadow of eath. Consumption held full sway now, and the well-known ekill of naval doctors was .in this instance at least completely foiled. The admiral had issued orders for the flag ship to touch at Montevideo for coal, and it was the intention of the doctors to land the admiral therefor treatment. But one man in the ship was wrapped in the gloom of de spair, as standing by the weather rigging on the poop deck he gazed absently over the _ ! waters. This was the ad miral’s son, a lieutenant, and attache 1 to his father’s staff. He feared that the wear and tear of ship life would sap his father’s strength beyond endurance, and before the ship could reach Montevideo. Among a group of sailors gathered around one of the great guns on the spar deck stood the captain of the foretop, Brown, a slight but healtby- looking man. His companions wore listen ing to a recital of his Bufferings from con sumption, which had developed while he was attached to the sloop-of-war Hanger, lying in the harbor of Yokohama a year ago, this “yam” having been started by a discussion about the admiral’s condition. The men had just returned from some work around the deck, an order for which had interrupted Brown’s story a few moments previously. “ A year ago this day I was hove to in the J iill man’s’ eick bay in the Ranqer, then off okohama, an’ I tell yon, pards, ’twns no nse pipin’ my number, ’cause I was nigh on passin’in my enlistment papers for a long cruise aloft,” continued Brown. “Con sumption bad me fiat aback, and the doctor says it was no use to stow away his lush in my hold seein’ that my bellows was con demned by a higher power than he conld wrastle with.” “How did yon pucker out of it?” asked a gunner’s mate. “Wa’all,” replied Brown, “my Chinee washman came to me one morain’ an’ he says to me, “me hab got allso same Melican man medikin, do you heap go^dl’ I says, ‘bring it off, Chung; I buy all the same.' That afternoon Chang hove up with fourteen bottles of a lush, enough to kill or core the whole ship’s crew, an’ that looked fresh in their nice wrappers. Says Chung. ‘China man doctor hab got plentee mure, lie make heap good well with my sick, this number one mediken allee same through Yokohama.' Wa’all, 1 took the bottles an’ told the doctor I was goin’ to try one as by the sailin' or ders on the bottle, and the docter he laughed and said ’twas no good, but I done as the regulations says from the first, an’ here I am, ag’in the doctor’s ideas, to be sure!” With this triumphant assertion Brown looked about the circle. Then, lowering his said: “ Boys, I’ve four of th voice, hose precious bottles left—ain’t give ’em all away yet after I was cured—an’ if you all Blink that it wonld not bo too free with the ‘old man,’ suppose I go to his eon there on the poop deck an’ say what 1 have to yon, an’ askin’ his pardon, say we want the ad miral to try the stuff in my bottles, seem’ that they cured my consumption.” This idea mat with approval all Tbeafoa Brunt vaUtad Iff to IT' interview with the admiral’s son, with no little anxiety in his good heart as to the re sult of his mission. Approaching the lieu tenant, Brown sainted, and asked for per mission to state his reasons for doing so. This was readily granted, and Brown spoke out. ‘Seeing that I was once cured of oon- enmption, lieutenant, I make bold to ask if I can tell you how, an’ why I’ve the rea sons for wishing you to nse on your father what was my salvation.” In a few moments the lieutenant had Brown’e story out, and much to the latter’s e: gratification, granted a ready permission to him. It did not take Brown long to rnn to his ditty box, get the bottles of medicine, and return to the lieutenant with them. “ I’m afeared that the doctors will kick ag’in the nse of this blessed staff, an’ what will yon do. sir,” said Brown, as he laced the medicine in the caum ordeny** nmls to be taken into the admiral’s room. “ I will attend to that, Brown, and rest as sured that your remedy will have a fair trial in spite of any opposition. It wall not harm my father, judging from yonr statement and (he opinion of the Medical officers of the Ranger.” “ Thank you, sir, an’ God help the admiral to weather hie trouble, is the praver of all the ship,” said Brown, as the lieutenant turned to enter the cabin. There was no cessation in the storm that evening. The gale howled through the rig ging in wild, discordant tones; the great ship labored through the white-capped moun tains of water threatened to engulph her with each burst of their storm-whipped crests. Within the admiral’s cabin the Ar- gand lights, the comfortable fumitnre, and the numerous evidences of the admiral’s wanderings over land and water, os displayed in choice bric-a-brac and trimmings, gave to the room a warm, snug appearance, most E leasing this wild night to those within. In is stateroom lay the admiral, made >*nu- fortable by all that lovir •• hands aao vuilui,. hearts could suggest l>y lus sicie sat fins son, whom quiet voice wna reonnntiiip u his father the interview vuth fl-owu. and die opposition met with from the doctors when the idea of giving this new medicine was broached. “ You were sleeping at the time, father, and therefore missed t laughable scene, made so, in spite of yonr ondition, by the intense dislike displayed fc> the doctors for this ‘new-fangled stuff,’ thn ‘patent liquid,' which they declared with their consent should never be given to you. Well, I cut the matter short by saying that I would take all the responsibility, and with your permis sion would administer it That I obtained when I found yon awake, and now you are under way with the first Bottle as per direc tions. I am satisfied, dear father, that it will do yon good, a premonition filling my heart that at last we have found the means of arresting the burning fever and hacking oongh which have been troubling you so much.” The admiral’s reply was cut short by a severe spell of coughing, during which he spat blood, and when finished sank back ex hausted. But the grateful look which he be stowed on his son was an additional assur ance of belief in that which the admiral had at first sight dubbed as a possible bat doubt ful means of doing him any good. But lay ing aside his dislike for any bnt old-estab lished remedies, the admiral acquiesced in his son’s request, and now, after this last spell, admitted that the effect of the dose had softened the dreaded severity of the racking cough. * “ - ■ • # * Three weeks later found the Nomad mak ing the harbor of Montevideo. After severe and prolonged weather she had rounded the Cape and was now standing in the harbor for the purpose of recoaling and watering. To one given to the study of human linea ments t he faces of those aboard the flagship this bright morning would have afforded in finite scope for such pursuit. But the source of each man’s happiness flowed from the same fountain of gi ateful joy. The beloved admiral was the cause of this. And why? If you could have seeu the admiral this bright morning, dear reader, yonr answer would have been easily found in his face. A changed man was he. Victory was perched on his guidons! the dread enemy was s’owly retreating! The fight was a severe on*, but with no cessation in vigilant action and care ful application of the contents of four bottles the admiral had tnrned the flank of consumption, and was slowly bnt surely driving him off the field with a power which astounded the doctors and filled all hearts with joy and thankfulness. What Was this then t hat had won the vic tory for the seaman Brown, and was now leading the admiral's shattered forces to the same grand result? When askod this ques tion by one of his officers on duty, in Mon tevideo, the admiral, slowly lifting his hand, replied, "I would that in letters of gold, and so placed that all the world could read them, the name of this great remedy could be shown, co ipiod with the genius who discov ered it—‘The Golden Medical DiscovebyI Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo. N. Y.,’ the man who has given to his fellow men the greatest re lief from all ills that mortal flesh is heir to!” “This is the name of the contents of that bottle on my table, and God bless the man who has found the secret of filling it with a medicine at once purifying and strengthen ing, wholesome and thorough in its results, and claiming, in my humble opinion, noth ing for itself that it cannot reasonably per form. Nature's ally against th* abuse of man!” • Well might the admiral sing the praises of that which had so unexpectedly rescued him from a fatal iUuess. When the ship anchored the first commission for the admiral’s son to execute was a large purchase of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, which, as the ad miral sadly admitted, he had seen in every port the world around and had only admired as an evidence of the energy and enterprise of an American who conld thus place his Golden Medical Discovery in every nook and comer of the globe. Bat now he was one more to testify to the wonderful power of this medicine, and certainly did so in Montevideo, by praising it up to all the high officials who visited him. A week later and the Nomad sailed for Boston direct. What the condition of the admiral was when she arrived there is shown iu hie letter above. Let it be recorded to the credit of the doctors on the flagship that they were completely cured of ail dislike for the Golden Medical Discovery, used it faith fully on the voyage to Boston, and landed, through its wonderful power, the admiral completely restored; and more than one poor fullow who started out in the sick bay of the Nomad. Wtiat stanch friends the Golden Medical Disco; ery made in that ship! The above, reader, is an outline of the story, spun by the admiral to bis friend when they met at the dinner. We will not tench on othe.- pontons of his interesting recital of his cruise in general, our aim being to re cord his testimony for the greatest wonder in med.oal science that this nineteenth cen tury of surprising developments has pro duced. From the wonderful power of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery over that terribly fatal disease, consumption, which is scrofula of the Inngs, when first offering this now world-famed remedy to the public, Dr. Pierce thought favorably of calling it his “consumption cure,” bnt abandoned that name as too restrictive far a medicine that from its wonderful combination of germ-de stroying, as well as tonic, or strengthening, alterative or blood-(Ueansing. anti-bilions, diuretic, pectoral and nutritive properue-, is unequaled, not only as a remedy for con sumption of the lungs, b»t for all chronic diseases of the liver, blood, kidneys and lungs. Golden Medical Discovery cares all humors, from the woist scrofula to a com mon blotch, pimple or eruption. Erysipe las, ealt-rhenm, fever-sores, scaly or rough skin, in short all diseases caused by disease germs in the Blood, are conquered by this powerful, purifying and invigorating medi cine. Gieat eating ulcere rapidly heal under its benign influences. Especially has it manifested its potency in curing tetter, rose rash, boils, carbuncles, sore eyes, scrofulour sores and swellings, white swellings, goitre or thick neck, and enlarged glands. “The blood is the life. Thoroughly cleanse this fountain of health by Using Golden M' diral Discovery, and good diges tion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength and soundness of constitution are established. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, short Breath. eonsump*ive night-sweats and kin dred affections, It is a sovereign remedy. In the cure of bronchitis, severe coughs and consumption, it has astonished the medical faculty, and eminent physicians pronounce it the greateet medical discovery of the age. The nutritive properties possessed by cod uver oil are trifling when compared with those of the Golden Medit'd Discovery. It rapidly bnilds up the system and increase the flesh and weight of t'toee reduced belod the usual standard of health by wasting dis eases. * • • * • • • The reader will pardon tbs foregoing di gression, prompted by oar admiration for a remedy ‘hat performs such mansions cores, sad psoof' na to sav that whsa returned to Bis home th New York the only cloud east u; on the happiness of th* reunion with his family was caused by the continued illness of his eldest son, a yonng man of t .venty-four, whose disease, when tho ad miral sailed from Montevedio, had been re ported as succumbing to the treatment of the family doctor. Bn, Ids father thought it otherwise; the unfortunate yonng man was suffering severely from chronic disease of the kidneys and bladder. Before leaving Boston the admiral had purchased a copy of Dr. Pierce’s book, “The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.” He read this val uable book thoroughly, and upon his arrival home had made np his mind as to the future treatment for his son. The latter was sent to the famous Invalids’ Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y., conducted by Dr. R. V. Pierce, and his competent staff of specialists, where, under skillful treatment, the sefferer soon found relief and a permanent cure. AGRICULTURE. Thunder Storms.—An exchange re marks; It is seldom that a season pas ses without barns and houses being struck with lightning and it is proper' that all necessary preoantions should be used to prevent serious results. As long as th ; storm remain at a distance, we have nothing to fear, bnt when it ap proaches near, we should avoid placing ourselves in an exposed position. We can estimate the distance of a storm, from the place we occupy, on scientific principles.* When we see the flash of the lightning the time occupied between that and the sound of the thunder is the guide by which we must be governed. Sound travels at the rate of 1,142 feet in a second, so that we can estimate the distance by multiplying 1,142 by the number of* seconds or pulse beats be tween the flash and the thuuder. It is a simple and easy way of finding out how far the lightning is from us and may be calculated to dispel those slavish fears which some persons entertain during the prevalence of a thunder o'o m. Canada THian.Es.—There is a far more excellent way of eradicating the thistle than by summer fallowing, and this is by means of clovering. Sow clo ver, without a grain crop, on thistly land, well prepared by late fall plowing; run the mowing machine over the ground before the thistles bloom, let the aftermath grow,which it will do fas ter than the thistles; mow again in due time; repeat the process the second year, aud you may say "good-bye” to the thistles. Is not this a far easier plan than*'early and often plowing dur ing the entire summer?” The held thus worked yields no crop, whereas on the clover method there is a crop of hay to pay for the labor, while the land which has been two seasons in clover is left in prime condition for a wheat crop or any other grain crop. Summer fallowing is a relic of old-fogy farming. It is a fight with nature, which aims to cover the surface with some kind of a gieen growth. Let that green growth he clo ver, aud the doable work of cleaning and enriching the land will be most sat isfactorily and thoronghly done. Heaver.—If you want to have no trouble with heaves w your horses be sure that thev are fed no dusty aud dir ty hay, which is the prolific source of this annoyance. Ordinary clean hay can a ways be fed with safety if properly cut up, moistened, and mixed with ground grain; but to feed the musty or dirty sorts is very injurious. Clover, owing to its liability to crumble, often gets dirty, eveu after storage, aud should never be fed wiMiout being previously moistened. Dairy and Stock.—Bran from the new prooess Hour is much inferior to the old-fashlou bran that was formerly used. Be careful about the bran you buy, so us not to be cheated. As the bull has a greater influence on the progeny than the cow as a rule, it is wise for clubs or neighborhoods to combine where there is no one individual able to buy au im ported bull, and keep him up, and thus improve their stock for butter or beef at a trifling cost. Observation proves that crosses wiih first-class native cows in this way, make the premium butter- makers. Feeding Oil Cake.—Swiss farmers generally employ oil cake by dissolving it when iu morsels in hot or cold water, and then pouring the liquid over the cut roots or hay—straw and chaff are never employed, being considered unfit for milking or f ttemng ends. The mix- tore is given as the first feed, never after drinking, as if turnips enter into the ration the cattle drink too largely. The cake must not be dissolved too long in advance, as it would become sour. The vessels ought to be rinsed aud dried every three or tour days. Silos —M. Goffart, the happy dis coverer of conserving green fodder in trenches or silos, states that there is noth ng in the process (ensilage)but can be varied, such as the fotm of the silo, its construction as to materials, etc., save the most vigorous attention to the close packing oi the moss so as to keep out the air—the exclusion of the latter is the secret of ensilage. It should be remembered that no mat ter how good and rich a milker a o w may be it is unreasonable to expect the quantity and richness of the product to be kept up unless both the quantity and adaptability of the food ate matters of atteution. Do not expect impossibilities even if you are the ow er of prise milk ing animals. Fruit Treks.—A fruit-grower placed tobacco stems around the trunks of peach trees, and there is not the slight est sign of a borer in any of the trees so treated. He set the stems around the • utts of the trees, and tied them at the top. It keeps off rabbits, as well in winter. Remember when setting ont plants of any description to spread the roots ont in their natural position, not covering them when cramped or doubled up. Be careful not to cover the crowns of straw berry plants with earth, set them just level with the surface, and press the earth family about them. An experienced wheat grower in Can ada has originated an entirely new va riety of wheat called the “Feerle s Black Chaff." He claims that it is mst proof,immensely productive and always a sore crop. The straw is exceedingly strong and h?nly. . The milk of a oow in her third or foiutn calf is go. 3rally richer in quality than a younger one, and will continue so for several years. In dry seasots the quality is generally richer,although cool weather favors the production ot cheese. Cold weather increases the yield of but- ter. _______ A correspondent says that where the land is new and rich in mineral elements there need be no fear of black knot in plum and cherry trees. HUMOROUS. In a suit before a Detroit justice, the other day, the defendant desired to prove that his financial standing was solid, and when his witness bad taken the stand and testified that the defend* ant enjoyed the reputation of promptly paying his debts, the opposing counsel asked; "Mr. Blank, you say you consider Mr White perfectly good ?” "Yes, sir. ’ "If he owed you $50 you’d expect to receive it when due ?” "Yes, sir,” "If he should ask you for the loan of $25 you’d hand it right out ?” "Y-yes, sir.” "Very well—very well. Mr. White, ask the witness for a loan of $25.” "Mr. Blank, loan metheshm named,” said the defendant, as he reached out his hand, > Mr. Blank grew red and pale by tarns, hitched around like a boy on a carpet- tack, and finally replied: "What 1 meant to say was that I’d lend you $26 on a first mortgage on about $2,0.0 worth of real estate I Make out your papers I” Advance Step In Dentistry Havana, Cuba.—The most popular dentist of ttus city, Dr. D. Francisco Gar cia, member of the Royal University, states that in all cases of troulih some neu ralgia, ariaing from the teeth, his patrons are reconamended to use St. Jacib’s Oil, and the moat satisfactory cures have lol* lowed. It is a specific for tootbache, ear ache, bodily pains, and proof against household accidents. They were an old couple coming East by the Michigan Central. When the brakema” announced: "Marshall—twen ty minutes for dinner I” thoy both left the car and entered the eating-house. They had scarcely seated themselves at the table when tbe husband took out his old-fashioned bull’s-eye watch, squinted at the time and passed it to his wife with the remark; "Now, I’ll eat and you hold the watch, and ii we get left it’ll all be your fault. Sing out at the end of eighteen min utes." And the good-natured old wife sat there without eating a mouthful _and timed him while he pitch-forked every thing within reach into his stomach. Bay City, Mich , Feb. 3 1880 I think it my duty to send you a recom mend for the benefit of any person wishing to know whether Hop Bitters are good or not. 1 know they are good for general debility and indigestion; strengthen the nervous system and make new life. 1 rec ■ ommend my patients to use them. DR. A. FKaTT. “Ah, I have an impression !” exclaim ed Dr. McCosh, the president of Prince ton College, to the mental philosophy class. “Now, young gentlemen, can you tell what an impression is ?” No answer. * ’What! no one knows ? No one can tell me what an impression is I” ex claimed the doctor, looking np and down the class. “I know.” said Mr. Arthur, “An impression is a dent in a soft place. ’* “Young gentleman," said the doctor, growing red in the face, “you are ex cused for the day.” At, Kditoi'aT>*ll<uonlml. A M. Vau.',-hu,e'litor of t'le “lirceuwicli Review,” Greenwich, O., writes: Lut January I met with a very s vere accident, caused by a runaway her e. I us ;d almost every kind or sal veto heal the wounds, which turned to running sores, but found nolhin? to do me anv good till I wjs recommended Henry’s Carbolic Salve. I bought a box and it helped me at once, and at the end of two months I was completely welL It Is the best sa ve in the market, and 1 never fail of telling my friends about it, and urge them to use it whenever they need a salve. Dnmo’a Catarrh Snuff cures all affections of the mucous membrane of the head and throat Miggs was talking iu a crowd about how pleasant aud convenient it was to be a rich mu. “Oh, it is better to be bom lucky than rich I” said one of his hearers "Perhaps so,’’said Miggs reflectively, “but I wonld like to have some of both —half, and half, like 1” "Which did you get the most of?” "Neither one !’’ said Miggs and mood ily walked an ay. A young man handed a spring poem to an editor the other day while he was very busy and requested him to read it The editor politely looked it over, told the foreman to put it on the editorial page aud double lead it, gave the young man an order on the counting-room for $1,000, and then invited him him ont to dinner. Modesty forbids oar men tioning any names. Baltimore, M».—Kev. W. H. Chapman says : “1 deem Brown’s Iron Bitters a most valuable tonic for general Ul-health.” Miss Jenny Marks, of Baltimore, won a sewing machine by making a guess at the number of pills in a bottle in a win dow. There were 25,100 pills in tbe bottle dud she guessed 25,199. There were over five tnousaud guesses, and the worst one was a guess of 9,000,000. The man who guessed nine millions was one of those fellows who get their edu cation by reading gas meters. Language: Tommy—"What does T beg your pardon’ mean ?” Aunt—"It is a form of apology, my dear. For instance, I should apologize by saying: ‘I beg your pardon. ’ ” Tommy—"Oh, mother wouldn’t say that I She’d say: ‘Get out, yer young warmint, or I’ll fetch ye sioh a slap o’ the head yer own father won’t know ye from a^twopenny’bun.’ ” For Thick Head*, Heavy stomachs, billons conditions—Walls’ May Apple Pllla—auti-billonj, cathartic. 10 and iiAc. It's no use mending tbe tank when the water is gone. Nothing will secure better remuner ation to the average farmer than to as sist in building up and encouraging home markets for desirable farm pro- dnots, Among the essentials in this direction is an increased variety in the production. (Sensitive Jaws —Some horses are more sensitive than others in the. upper jaw, and will not go np on the steel bar or snaffle apper-jaw bit. In such oases have a bit made of plain round leather, tbe usual size of the upper- jaw bit. Small and Large,—Au authority says that small or moderate plantations of fruit fer selling in market are nearly always more profitable, if well managed than great areas, which ran rarely be attended to in the beat manner. Fancy mattings in various new colors are more popular than ever. ■rttwhhWraVii n- >Awnf j?-- r ■ ti ~ — ’ —■ # * There were five of ’em on the comer. One said that his wife was cleaning house and had every zoom npset The second observed that he had just left six painters at work on his house. The third said he was tearing out pertitions and building cn a wing. The fonrth smile! sadly and added that he was going to have four ceilings whitewashed, three rorms repapered, a chimney torn out aud his hall widened. “Oentiemen,” said the fifth man as he drew a long breath. "I don’t want to be looked upon as one who is trying to crawl ont of his share of the world’s misery, and I th* r jfore take this oppor tunity Of informing yon that in order to buy new carpets and a parlor suite I have been obliged to mortgage my house and shall probably lose it.” Change of Mind. I declined to insert your advertisement of Hop bitters last year, because I then thought they might not be promotive of tbe cause of Temperance, but find they are, and a very valuable medicine, myself and wife having been great!yYienefltted by them, and I take great pleasure in making them known. REV. JOHN SEAMAN. Editor Home Sentinel, Afton, N. Y. Some time since the papers published a thrilling story of the narrow esoape of Captain Worth, of the Brooklyn police force, from being shot by a thief. The man wbo was alleged to have made the attempt was arrested, and bis jnstol taken from him and sent to the proper ty clerk at police headquarters. I was at headquarters a few dajs ago. when an old lady, who claimed to be the mother of the owner of the pistol, called to get her son’s dangerous weapon. "What do yon want wiih a pistol ?’’ asked the property clerk. "L.’l useful ’round the house.” "What for?” "Why, I have used it for years for driving tacks. It’s rusty and won’t go off, and makes a capital hammer.” When the weapon was produced the woman’s statement was fonnd to be cor rect. It would have gone to pieces be fore it would discharge a ball. Mensman’s Peptonized beef tonic, tUt only preparation of beef containing its en tire nutritious properties. It contains blood-making, force generating and life- sustaining properties; invaluable fer Indi gestion, dyspepsia, uervous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork or acute disease, particularly if resulting bom pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by all druggista. Tones are the cadences which emo tion gives to thought. Those who use Carbohne as now im proved and perfected, the great petroleum hair renewer, are always distingubheil by the beautiful soft texture of the hair pro duced by the use of tbat most exquisite of all toilet preparations. He who gives before we ask will give when we ask. Fr.z«-r laleGrvaan. One grearing lasts two weeks; all others two or three days. Do not be mpaaed on by the liumbng stuffs offered. Askyour dealer for Fra zer's, with label on. Saves your horse labor and you too. It received first medal at the Centen nial and Paris Exposition*. Bold every fibers. Love is the true interpretation of the Gospel. Tbat Husband of Mine Is three times the man he was before he began using Wells’ Health Renewer. $1. Druggists. ftim MGftEATGERMAK REMEDY FOR M. Relieves and cures RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, HACK ACHE, HEADACHE, TOOTfiiOH^ SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWELLINGS, SPBAIBW, • Soreness, Cuts, Bathes. FROfT. BITES, niTRNN, MC-A1.DE, And ell other bodily ache* and pains. FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLt Sold by all Druretsts and Dealers. Direcuons in II languages. The Charles A. Vogetsr Cs (HwmMon to A. VOGILSB * 00.) Balllaor*. nd- 0.S.A . otbin* In Ui< world eqifol to It f sore ot Scrofula, Pimple., Belli, Teller, Old Soma. Ban tjoo, Mercurial Dieeuei, Catarrh, Loh of J Appetite, Female Complaint., and all Blnad . diie*.'~. It never fntU. All Sniff In. tad ( •nun try .ton keeper. .*11 it. LA Seller* * Can Prop’s Plttobirf h, mi averj bottle. There has never been an Instance In whlcb this sterling iuvigorant and ami-febrile medicine has failed to war i off the complaint, when taken duly as a protection against nuiarla. Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all the offlcuial specif ics, and now prescribe this harmless veg< table tonic for chills un i fever, as well as dyspe; sta and nervous Affections. Hostetler's Bitters is the specific you need. For sale by all Druirgists and Dealers generally. YlllIMn AflFM lf y°u want to become TELE, luunu nitn Gha)H OPERATORS, and be guaranteed employment, address P. W. RE .M Ada,0. THE SUN D uble It! To present all the news in readablr ihape and tot--’' - *- ■ - •■ are the two newspaper for ever body a friend to every body, hui ring the rogues aud frauds. Subscription: Daily <s psgen), by mad. 8»«*. a month, or SO..to a year P**' 08 ), »l.ao per year; WxjcuLr (S pages) •LOO per year. I. W. ENGLAND. Publisher. New York City. PETER COOPER. People’s intentions can only be de cided by their conduot. Why don’t you use St. Patrick's Salve? Try it Use it 25c at all druggists. If a dog has money he is called "your lordship the dog.” Walcott, the gentleman who ate thirty brace of quails in thirty days, was relieved from any disagreeable stomach troubles by nsing Gastrine, and took nothing else dur ing the task. Sold by druggists. ci-.i 1-fc ui. *0 Cl*.; nan uutMta. 35 eta Posiu stamps taken. Not -old by dial ra; prices too lov Also the foliowing, large type, uuubr.dged: Lxfb of Alex H. Stephens. KD. s»c. and Sfi Lifb of Wakhinoton ikvino, by Stoddard, ( Life of SibIsaao Newton, by James Parton, - a Rip Van Winxlk, by Wash ngton .rving. • X Robnino of Rome, by Cannon larrar, • .a American Humorists—Artcmiu Ward, . . a Enoch abden, by Abred Tennyson, ... a Deserted Village; Thb Tbaveleb.Gold-mith. a Cotteh's Saturday Night, e.c. t Robert Bards, i Hohilab's son® of the Bell, and other Poem-, a The se,-serpents of Science, Andrew Wilson, a World-smashing by W. Mattuu Williams, - 3 JOHN t). ALDKN, Publisher, 18 Vesey St.,New Yorl Terror is the vitality of tbe soul iu its communion with God. Should you be a sufferer from dyspepsia, Indi gestion, malaria, or weakness, you can be cured by Brown’s Iron Bittern. When you meet a heart that is true, don’t be afraid to trust it. DltS. J. N. k J. It. H0BENSACK. THOSE AFFLICTED WITH THE EFFECTS OF SELF-ABUSE AND MEKCCIUALIZATION should nut hes tate to consult J. N. and J. B. HO- BENSACK, o'. 306 Nor. h Second ,treet, Philadel phia, either by mad or b.' pers n, daring the hoars trom 8 A. M. to 2 P. M., and 8 to 9 P. M. Advice free. Whosoever would know his condi tion and the way to improve It should read “WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL.” Sent on receipt ot 3-cent si amp. Emory’s Little Cathartic Pill—best made for Liver Complaint and Biliousness. Tasteless, harmless, infallible. 15c. He who waits to do a good deal of good at once will never do any. Ladies and children’s boots and shoes cannot run over if Lyon’s Fatent Heel Stiffeners are used. I envy not the udtempted ones, though I dare not pray for temptation*. Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer is tne marvel of the age for all nerve diseases. All fits stopped free. Bend to 9M Arch street, Philadelphia. Pa. I Insana Persons Restore BJiDr.KLINE SQREA’ ■ ■ NerveRestogei ,or «//Brain At Nebvb Diseases. Ontysur tort /or Ntrvt Affrctiont. Fitt. EfiJr/n, tt, Infallible If t.ikrn at directed. No Fitt mftt /trtt day's m. TrevtiM and (a trial bottle freet Fit patients, they paying erpress charges on bos whe received. Send names. P. O. and erpress sddnss r , afflicted th DK.KLlNE.nst Arch St..Philadelphia Pi Druggists. BEWARE OF IMITATING FRAUDi AR A MONTH and board In yonr own coonl Young >ien or J-adiee’ outfit free a dree., P. W.ZIEGLERdfc CO.. Philadelphia, I AGENTS WANTED PKyeioiau, or How to Acquii | To Sell “Even . ....... _J body’b Ow Ptueiotan, or How to Acquire and Presert Health." Kethila, 12.25. Big Commlse on* Agents. AMERICA PUBLISHING CO., IT Non Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The noblest and tbe most useful lives are made np of small acts well done. Toccoa Crrr, Ga Dr. J. P. Newman says: “Brown •* Iron Bitten re very popular and their u«e always results satisfactorily.” Flee sloth, for indole noe of the soul is the decay of the body. ' Skinny Men. “ Wells’Health Renewer”restorea health and vigor core* Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. |1. A crowd always thinks with its sym pathy, sever with its reason. The Bad and Worthless are never imitated or counterfeited. This ft especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value, as - soon as it had been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best and most valuable family medicine on earth, many Imitations sprang up and t»egan to steal the notices In which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. a, and in every way trying to in duce suffering invalids to turn their Fluff Instead, expecting to make money on credit aud good name of H. B. Many outers started nostrums pat np In similar style to H. a, with variously devised names in which the word “Hop.” or “Hops” were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same ts Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or eons, no nuttier what their style or name n, and especially those with the word “ Hop ’ or “ Hop*” In their nam. or In any way connected with them or their n^ me are Imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing bnt genome Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of green Hop on the white label. Trust nothing else. Druggists and dealers are warned against dealing to imitations or counterfeits. * ™ — VSU1U2 16 to **TH1 BEET IS CHEAPEST." .SJHRESHERSM Clover Billen (Salted to all sections.) Write forWMFM Ulus. Pamnhlef aad Prices to The Aoltman * Taylor Ox, Mansflsld, Oble. $72 C CWB WHERE All ELSE EAlll. BentCXKiThSyrup. Tfwtf* good. Use In time. Sold by drugglRtA. com-sumption A WEEK. (12 a day athome easily made Costly outfit free. Address Tbur A Co.. Angusta, Me, OLBMAN PpsiNBts CoLLlOB,Newark. N..I. Terms $40. Positions for graduates Write for circulare. CHARCOAL bad breath, purifying the system. Box by mail cents. Mt. Vernon < io., Southington, Conn. | ttV Mt i UMr* WIAII. -A lu.i ucsciiu, i Moody’s Nbw Tailor System of 1 >• D. W. MoodyACo.3l W.9tw.Cincliini KIDOEirs PASTILlE&SISSi Mass. $66 MOKPHINE HABIT. No pay till cured. Ten year* established. 1,000 cured. State case. W. Marsh, Quincy, Mioh. [ORMSYI using I fa the human body ERADICATED CLARK’S infallible An ald-tim* trenedy. altn to aeuon. Price & RW-FOB SALK BY ALL DRUOuitt mfiMi »cent* a boUli A gEntm M Ail' A aeUing Pictorial dured W per rent. N Book* and Blblea ITTOWAL PUB. WANTED lortheBest and F*M ' ~ ' “Ublea. Price* Go.. Phil ad a.. Tbos'i *m»wert!sK ssn > a fern favor upon ■ head vertlx r ... . adv«rsi*mm«iM( will confer a favor upon ' aad the |sattllab«r by at MW the advertisement I* J tthsy oanuu