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/ £ * aoriculturf. Qibdbn Hbkbs—Every well kept garden ebonld have a proportion cf gar den herba, bnt with the exception of some coarse fellows, which know how to take care of themselves, such as cat nip and chamomile, there are seldom any to be fonnd. Sage, thyme and parsley are seldom grown except for market. Of parsley we have frequently given hints. It most be sown very ear ly, and on cool, rich ground; and if the seeds do not appear for a month one mnst have patience, for it often takes a long time to decide what it intends to do abont it. In regard to sage, many have it for a yea? or so, when it disappears. To have sage continnally it is best to take it np every second year, split it apart and set in the ground much deep er than it was before. Roots then come out from the vigorous young wood, and the plants seem better adapted to stand extremes of heat and cold than when the branches are exposed on long stalks. Sage is not so liable to get killed out iu the winter when it is cut back iu the fall. Many cut back some of it for dry ing. Indeed, dned sage, is the form in which it is chiefly used. Thvme usu ally manages to live though nothing is done to it; but it is also better for being cut back every fall and for an occasion al replanting. A stick of wood bnrneu on the sur face mostly passes off in gas, leaving only the ashes, but the same stick, if burnt in a coal-pit excluded from the air. forms a mass of carbon of nearly or quite its original size. Now, ail decay of vegetable matter is a slow combus tion, and when this is done under the soil not only are the ga^es retained in the soil, but more carbon is formed.and this carbon has the power to appropri ate the valuable gases always present iu the atmosphere. The great value of clover as a fertilizer is due, first to the carbon furnished by the decay of the plant,and second to the fine mechanical effect on the soil, which renders it por ous, so that the atmosphere penetrates it and deposits plant food. It is clear that better fertilizing effects will result from the ploughing down of the crop to decay in the soil. Ordinarily more can be made out oi tbo tops than they are worth for manure, and, if rightly man aged, the roots will supply the needed fertility. Tee very best thing to use in the hen-house under the roosts, or to mix with the contents of the vaults, is a clear, sharp-cut sand,about such as ma sons would use to make their mortar. It absorbs all the valuable salts of both liquids and solids, and does not bake or cake up, and wnen it is to be used it will readily yield the fertility from the hen droppings and vaults to the plant roots, or to the surrounding soil, where the roots will find them. Sand contains no fertilizing properties to any extent, excepting potash, which is in the form of silicate of potash; but the action of the Decomposition of those fertilizers * , hich are very rich in nitrofenonr mat ters liberates or makes soluble that pot ash or a part of it. so that it becomes a very goon fertilizer for all crops,though more valuable as a top-dressing for grass and small grains, or to be used in the hill ior corn, than for root crops. DOMESTIC. Ancient and Modebn Oyster Cook ery.—Concerning earlier and later methods of cooking oysters, Mr. Joel Conklin read before a recent meeting of the Society of Old Brooklynites a paper, of which the subjoined was a not uninteresting portion: ‘Tn early days oysters were roasted on a gridiron fully two feet square: the back part of it would rest on the back leg and the front ou the fore stick, the oysters first having been placed on it with their hollow sides down, The test to ascer- tam when sufficiently cooked was to press the shells together with the tongs and judge from the escaping steam, a knack which may readily be acquired. In roasting oyer a blazing wood fire the flame would envelop the oysters and cook them equally well at top and bottom. Tho^e who have never eaten oysters from the shell as taken from the fire have yet to eat their first really good roasted oysters. Although over half a century ago oyster., were cooked in the regulation stew pan, yet, until coal was in more general use, chafing dishes were mostly used for cooking stews, and to this day no meth od has been devised to make as good an oyster stew as can be cooked in a chaf ing dish. Consumers who understood their business always preferred to man ipulate their stews for themselves, after having been provided with a ohating dish and a spirit lamp ready for lighting, the necessary table furniture and cou- diements and the iudi-pensable freshly opened oysters, without which a good oyster stew is an impossibility. The best iry procurable fiity or sixty years ago was far inferior to the fry now served, although theu oysters of proper size and quality for frying were much more abundant than now. The oysters were either covered with rolled cracker or a heathenish mess was made by mix ing them with batter, and in either case they were usually cooked with lard. Broiled oysters were then almost unat tainable, and 1 used to hear it said that oysters could only be properly broiled on a gridiron provided with silver bars. Oysters are much better broiled than tried, especially for dyspeptics. HUMOROUS. Clouted cream is made by heating the milk to 180 uegr< es, and then set ting it in the usual way for the cream to rise. As is well known, the cream comes up very thick. The cream is very easily churned by merely beating it in a bowl, when it. makes a delicately flavored butter, which will not keep for more than a few days. Few porsous who write upon dairy matters seem to have a right idea of the cause of this thickening of the cream, and the pecu liar quality and character of the butter made from it. These depend wholly upon the fact that the albumen in the milk is coagulated by the heat and rises to the top with the cream, and so adds to its bulk as well as to its solidity. This albumen gives the peculiar flavor to the butler as well as prevents it from keeping. A writer in an exchange says, that he was troubled with the smell of garlic or wild onion in Lis milk. To obviate this he put the cows iu the stable at about three o’clock each afternoon, and fed on hay and gave their grain us usu al. The result was all he anticipated; a rest of three hours allowed this scent to pass ofl in the other secretions,though previously it very strongly flavor* d both milk and butter. The same course would probably be an advantage when the mnk tastes of other foul weeds iu the pasture. Ir you wish any timber for any pur pose where it is desirable to have it re main sound the longest time possible it should be cut soon, before September. The body oi the tree is less lull of sap, and the hot weather helps to season it better and quicker. Timber for fence and gate posts, etc., should be cut now. Persons desiring silkworm eggs should bear iu mind that, like every thing else, there are good add bad. No one should attempt to procure them without knowing something ot the par ties who offer them. Tu*re are a great many varieties, and the eggs will not give satisfaction unless from healthy parents. The hop blight nus sppeared in some parts ol Otsego and Madison counties, N. i\, and threatens to reduce the yie d one-half or pcsribly more. These counties are in the centre of the hop growing districts of New York iState. The dead leaves ou squash vines should be carefully removed and burned. They are usually iniested with eggs of the squash bug, and the first leaves that appear are of uo use as soon as others lotm, and are sure then to with er and die. Put a couple of bushels of well-rotttd stable manure about the trunk of eaoh tree, scatter a little grain upon it and tum in the poultry. They ■will scratch among the manure, making it fine and mixing it with the soil, and will destroy multitudes of destructive insects. More than one isrmer claims that a little timothy or pure grass iu tbo clover greatly assists it to cure quickly. Clover aloae is too full of juice, and its thick stems dry out slowly. There is no more soluble application for an orchard than the dirt and chins that accumulate around a wood-pile and the leaf mold from the forest spread on the ground and plowed in. To Ornament Cakes.—To make any kind of ornament tor cakes the iciug must be perhotly smooth, and is fit for use when it retains a given sUape. Only simple tools are required for i;veu a rich ornamentation of cakes, and practiced hands can accomplish great things with a paper funnel. This is ni»de like a grocer’s cone sugar bag, with an opening at the point large enough to admit of the required size of ornament being forced through it. The tubes of various sizes aud shapes are to be bought, to be fitted as nozzels to paper funnels; those of French make are me best. To make a piping or a running pattern on a cake, put some icing iuto a paper funnel, and bolding it in much the same manner as a pen, press out, but not too near the point in the desired pattern. Tina oau be varied by using a t,n tube in the paper funnel, with the pomt slit so as to mark the sugar as it is pressed out. Tubes for snaping leaves and flowers are made, and to use these it is necessary to have a lesson, in order to secure a uniform pattern, and even letters on a christen ing, birthday, or Twelith cake. It will be well for an inexperienced hand first to trace the design lightly with a pencil. Colonel Burlington Is a wealthy man. He did not earn wealth himself, but received it as a legacy. He is very obtuse, although he puts ou a great deal of style. Hearing that he wanted a horse, a neighbor who had one to sell, went to him and said: 'T want to sell you a horse. He is just the kind of an animal you want.” "Is he fast ?” "Fast? Fast is no uame for him. How far do you live from your office ?” "About three miles.” "Well, if you start from your office at 4 o’clock in the evening you can sit down to your dinner at home at 4.10. ‘ Then I don’t want him.” "Nol Whynot?’* "Because my dinner isn’t ready until 5 aud I would not know what to do with myself in the meantime.” Deuvet Doings. Mr. J. A. McBeib, Pacific Express Of fice, Denver, Colo,, was cured by bt. Jacob's Oil of an excruciating pain in the neck, and also tooth-ache. One application did the work. Years ago an inn was kept at Am herst, Mass, by a man who was never known to laugh. This peculiarity gave nse to a wager by a young mau that he could make miue host laugh. He pro oeeded to the hotel, and, sauntering in, saluted the landlord thus: "Good day, Mr. Warner. How long have you kept this place, Mr. Warner?' "Well, I’ve kept it all dsy. I guess.” "Mr. Warner, won’t you make me a rum or whisky sour ?” “The sours are all out,” was gruffly answered. "Wtll, just mix oue pop, anyhow, and look into it. That’ll make it sour enough.” The drink was made, the young mau tried it aud choked and coughed. Spit ting the first swallow out, he apain ap pealed to the landlord: “Now won’t you make another, and just keep oue eye shut this time, please?” The landlord, convulsed, broke out into just one loud guffaw, the first laugh for a hle-time. Then he invited the young mau to take a drink "on him.” The wager was won. From English statistics extending over thirty-six years, a writer in a Ger- j man scientific journal concludes thit the wheat crop Is mainly determined by the state of Hie weather in July and August—the higher the temperature and the (smaller the rainfall in those 2 months the better the harvest. The best harvest was that of 1868 with a tempe rature for the two months of 41 Fah renheit degrees above the average, and a rainfall of 2.71 inches below the ave rage, while the poorest yield was that of 1860, with a deficiency of tempera ture of 4 6 degsees, aud an excess of 2 6 inches of rain. Pxoklette.—Four large, crisp cab bages chopped fine, one quart of onions chopped tine, two quarts of vinegar, • r enough to cover the cabbage, two table spoons each of ground mustard, black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, celery seed, and one of allspice, pulverized alum and mace. Pack the onions and cabbage in alternate layers, with a lit tle salt between them. Let them st ind until next day. Then scald the vinegar, sugar and spices together and pour over the cabbage aud onions. Do this three mornings in succession. On the fourth put all together over the tire and heat to a boil: let them boil five min utes. When odd pack in small jars. It is fit for use as soon as cold, and will keep well. Flour Soup.—Put some dry flour in a frying pan, and shake it lightly over a clear, not too hot tire until it becomes a golden brown. While still hot pour over it a sufficient quantity of milk to form a soup. It will of course entirely depend ou the number of persons to partake of it. Add plenty of white su gar and powdered cinnamon. Cook his mixture very carefully, turnu g it round gently always ip oue direction with a silver spoon, like a custard. At the moment of serving, this soup must be thickened with the yolks of eggs; fried croutons, fingers ot bread toasted brown, or crushed ordinary captain’s biscuit are eaten with it. Really handsome mats are made of felt, with bor ers of daisies and of golden-rod, or of poppies aud green le»ves, worked with crewels. If you purchase the patterns so much used now, by which you can stamp your pattern yourself, the expense is trifling. A very pretty mat is of blue felt, with scroll-like border, worked with yellow. Scarlet and canary color, olive and old goid are all very tastefully used togeth er. Currants and raisins cooked and Caumed together make a delicious sauce. They should be thoroughly cooked belore putting the sugar iu. As you stir them crush the currants with the spoon, to let the air escape. A good deal ot sugar should be m ed; the pound lor pound rule is a good one. This makes an excellent meat sauce, and pies made with it are luxurious. It is not only necessary to select the plumpest seeds of wheat for seed, but in malting such selections the largest and moat perfect heads should also be pbservsd. Hay Fever. My orolher Myron and myself were both cured of Catarrh and Hay-Fever last July and August by Ely’s Cream Balm. Up to Dec. 28 these trim- bles have not returned.—Gabhiel Ferris, bpencer, N. Y. Hay Fever. I was nffliexed for twenty years with Hay-Fever. Cream Balm with favorable can recommend it toall.-Ih brkt ley, (ex-Mayor) Elizabeth, N. J. The seat at the head of the table is vacant, and there are many inquiries for "the Captain.” Presently the con ductor comes in and fills the vacant chair, and then I learn that the conduc tor, in this part of the world, is always called "Captain.” He is as much a hero as the driver in old staging davs. Nothing is too good for him. The landlord discovers that "the Captain ain t got no chicken, ” and waiters are sent flying to fetch some. • He is a big ger man than old Graut; next to being a head waiter In a summer hotel, 1 think I should like to be a railway con ductor iu Virginia. I noticed he talked with all the pretty girls, aud, what was better, they all seemed to like it. Walnut l.enf tluir Restorer. It is entirely different from all others. It is as clear as water, and as its name indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Kestorer. It wi 11 im- mediately tree the head from all dandruff,re store gray hairto its natural color, and pro duce a new growth where it has fallen off. It does not in any manner affect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate of silver preparations havedone. It willchar.ge lighter faded hair iu a few days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it. Each bott le is warranted. Smith, Kline & Co., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Pa. and C. N. Crittenton, New York. Yellowstone humor: ‘ Philip,” said the President as the wagon came to a halt in the wild Yellowstone region. "Philip, I’ve got a good one.” "Well Chester,” returned Philip, "Pm all at tention. ’ "Puihp, you know I touched off the the Southern Exposition ?’’ "Yes, Chester.” "Well, Philip, my smbition now is to fire off a canyon 1” "Chester,” said Philip gloomily, "I’m an old sol dier. 1 have suflered many things. I have always been patient. But, Ches ter, until this moment I have never felt that 1 could justly ask for my discharge. '’ It was some time before Mr. Vest, with his theodo ite, succeeded in restoring good feeling. “1 am using Dr. Graves’ Heart Regula tor with great results, had Heart Disease tor 9 years, so bad could not lie down.— John MoUuff, Pike 8 tat ion, O. The Heart Regulator cures all forms of Heart Disease, nervousness and sleeplessness. The adventure of an owl: A Texas owl mistook a sleeping man’s head for a chicken, aud fastened its claws iuto his hair aud scalp. "Well! what’s the matter now, old woman ?” said the as sailed, as he awoke. Any one who has uau tue misfortune to injure the coating ot a rubber um breiia will be glad to know that it is not without remedy. A preparation of uamar varnish aud asphaltum iu about equal quauuties, witu a little turpen tine, win make an easily applied coat ing, which makes the umbinila about as good as new again. Soots ou gossa mer coats and cloaks can be covered with this also. When about to purchase an engrav ing look careiuily to the manner in which the boards are put together ou tue back, aud if there are aiiy Knots in the boards have them at once replace i by others without knots. A handsome engraving may be ruined by the p.tch in a small and almost uuuotioeable knot Young and fine-grained carrots make a delicious entree if boiled until they are tender, then out in two lengthwise aud fried or browned m butter. Summer squash dipped in batter and fried brown is a good substitute for egg plant Season with pepper and salt and serve hot Wo Do Not H ;»ili»te to Kcci in mend ‘•Anakesl* ’ as a safe anl pleasant care for plies. If. Is the Invention of a ie«alar physician of great experience, and nas been adopted by doctors of all schools and stood the test of twenty-live years’ use withodt an equal. U relieves pain at once and ultimately cures. Sufferers who have tried everything else in vain may obtain samples free of r, NeUotaedter A Co., Box M16, New York City. CjesaR's mistake: "Boss, will you tell me how to make root beer ?” asked a colored mau of a clerk m a drug store, a day or two ago. "Yes, I will. Take a hickory stick, three gallons of water, an old hat, a quart of molasses, a paper of tacks and a pound of cayenne pepper, and boll and skim and set iu a cool place.” "Say dat ag’n, boss, so I can disremember.” Tne clerk repeated his directions aud the customer brought his fist down on the counter with the exclamation: "1 sees where I spiled my hull batch 1 I left oat de tacks !” The only natural hair renewer : s Carbo- line, a deodorized extract of petroleum, prepared without distillation or rectifica tion with acids of alkalies, containing no mineral or other poisons, delightfully per fumed and as clear and pure as spring water. Emory’s Little Cathartic Fil:—best made for Liver Complaint and Biliousness. Tasteless, harmless, infallible. 15c. Industrial item: "Yes,” said the daughter of a ward politician, "Fa is a manufacturer.” "A manufacturer 1” ex claimed a gentleman who knew "pa.’’ "Yes,” replied the youug lady. He’s a manufacturer oi putflic sentimeut, I be lieve.” "Oh I” Gaatrine Recommended to travelers. Aids digestion, prevents nausea and headache. Druggists. Nerve, as shown by young Jack: "Nerve!” said the young man of his fnend "why Jack’s got a heap of nerve. He wasn’t embarrassed a t it the fi'st time he went to a barber’s shop to get shaved.” PCKEST AND BEST COD-LIVER OIL, from SPleoted livers, on ilie se -sabre, by i ass-ell, Hazard A Co., N. Y. Ab-oluteiy pure -udsweel. I'atl-ms who have once takea it preier It to all others. Physi cians declare it sap nor to all other oils. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rongh skin cured by a-ing Juniper Tar soap, made by Cas well, Hazard A Co., New York. A LOT OF THOUGHTLESS PATIENTS: "Is Dr. Calomel successful iu his practice ?” "Very; he has cleared over 20,000 the last two years.” "ludeed ! But has he lost any patients?” "Only th< se w o have died. Of course, they coul 1 b of no help to him any longer.” “Of course not.” Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer ts the marvel of the age for ah nerve dls- ases. All Qts stopped free, send to 931 Arch Street* Philadelphia. Pa. _ Ladies and children's boots and cannot run over if Lyon’s Patent Stiffeners are used shoos Heel A Sullivan of the sky: The reason why the lightning does not strike twbe m the same place is. because nothing of the {dace is left to strike after the first round. Mrs. M. Pilkington,21120th St.,Brook1yn, says : “I was a rheumatic cripple two years; helpless for months, when my doctor, after trying in vain everything else, told me to get Dr. Elmore’s R.-G. That cured met Humorist Knott succeeds a pardon ing Governor: "Beg pardon, Governor, but—” "O, now, go away; I can’t grant any pardons, sir; no, sir, no par dons |” TRADE ILLS MARK. “Roucli on Corn a,’' Ask for Wells’“Rough on Coma'’ 16c. Qnlck, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Kkyser, W. Va.—Dr. W. D. Ewln, rp h: “Many e teem Brown’s Iron Bitiers as s', excellent tonic.” Uome Testimonials. Go to some good druggist and ask him what he knows of Hunt’s Remedy, and he will tell you that it is the best kidney and liver medicine made, aud one that has stood the test of time. Look over most any paper and you will find home test imonialsot people living right in your own city who know whereof they speak. Below will be found one of a lady resident of Bridgeport, Conn. Her full uame and address are given. Any one doubting the genuineness ot it has the liberty of calliug - n or addressing her, and. as she says, she wi t be only too glad to.tell her experience wilh, and opitdou of, so valu able an article. “I wil tiugly give my testimony in favor of Hum's Remedy. 1 first heard of it a few years ago wh le living In Springfield, Mass. I knew a lady tiiere who had suffered for a long time with kidney disease. She need everything she could hear of, but with poor success, and finally bearing of Hunt’s Remedy began using it. Well, it cured her. About tills time 1 moved here. Alter 1 had lived here a time, from other sympathetic disorders my kidneys became afflicted and weak. Knowing that Hunt’s Remedy had greatly benefited many others l began using it, and it gave me the desired benefit. Were I obliged to use any medicine of the kind again I would preterit toall others. I con sider it a sure cure. "If by the publication of this, my experi ence with Hunt’s Remedy, others suff ring from similar complaints can be induced to avail theinselvesof its good effects, you have fiill liberty to do so in any w ay it may seem best to you. Gratefully yours, •‘Mrs. Flokencb L. Wood, "175 Broad Street, Bridgeport, Conn.’ The p-lls are warranted to be PURELY vege table, fr< e from all mineral and other poison--as substances. They are a certain cure for Consti pation, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Biliousness Torpid Liver, Loss of Appetite, and all diseases truing from the liver. Stomach, Bowels or Kidneys. They remove all obstmetiona from the channels •f the system and purify the blood, thereby im parting health, strength and vigor. <sold by drug gists, or sent by mall for 96 cents In stamps by P. NELSTAEDTER & CO., 83 Mercer St., New York, Sole Manufacturers of 8T. BERNARD VEGE- TABLE PILLS. Send for circular. P ATA n n LJ Elj’s Cr«amBaIui when applied by the finger into the nos trils. w-Il be absorb, ed, effectnaily cleans ing the head or ca tarrhal virus, causing healthy s s retiona. It allay* inflammation, f irotects the metn- irane ot the nasal pas-ages from addi tional c Ids, ci-m pleiely heals the a -res an-1 re-tores taste and smell. A few applications relieve. A thorough treat- mem mill poeitiveiv cure. Agreeable to use. Send for circu lar. Itice 59 terns by mail or at druggists. ELY BROTH! Rg, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. -FEVER Mag in the wurld rijuHl to H A>r t eure or Scrufmo. Pimplet, Bolla, Telur, Old S Sore Ei, Utrcurial DImsiks, Catorrh. Lot, of ‘ . Appetite, Female Complaints, and all Blood f diaeaaeo. It neror fail,. All druggist- .ad couair, atore krepera sell It R. IS. Seller. * C<^ Prop’s Cltukoegk, on retry bottle. Camphor Milk la the best Liniment Pnoe V dents DBS. J. N. & J. B. H0BENSACK. THOSE AFFL CTKD WITH THE EFFECTS OF SELF-ABUSE AND MKKCURIALIZATION should not hesitate to consult J. N. and J. B. HO. BENSACK, ot 906 North Second street, Philadel phia, either by mad or bv person, during the hoars trom 8 A, M, to 9 P. M., and 6 to 9 P. M- Advice free. Whosoever would know his condi tion and the way to improve it should read “WISDOM IN A NUTn Sent on recetot - NHET.I." 3-cent s'amn. BUT A FARM IN VIRGINIA! Every man -bo wants tztss&txir* A trifling addition: "Yes,” erid Fogg, wtio bad grown weary listening to the talkative man, "tbere was old nncle Jerry, more’n ninety years old, ahd be never wore a pair o’ spectacle# in his life.” "Sho 1” exclaimed the talk ative man. "Fact.” persisted Fogg, "and what’s more, he oonld see just as well the day he died as ever he oonld.” "Ain’t yon stretching that a little, mis ter?” asked the talkative man. "Not a bit,” said Fogg, "bnt perhaps I ought to mention that Uncle Jerry was blind from his birth.” “Their Occupation Gone.** R. V, Pierce, M D., Buffalo, N. Y.: I was attacked with indigestion of the longs, soreness over the liver, severe pain in tho joints, a burning fever, and general giving away of the whole system. Failing to find relief in remedies prescribed, I tried your "Golden Medical Discovery.” It effected my entire cure. Your medicines have only to be used to be appreciated. If every fam- ily would give them a trial, nine-tenths of the doctors would, like Othello, find their occupation gone. Yours truly, L. B. MoMILLAN, M. D., Breesport, N. Y. 7)r. Kaiser described a process of nickel-plating by boiling. A bath of pure granulated tin, tartar and water is Ufated to the boiling point and a small quantity of red-hot nickel oxide is ad ded, which, when dissolved, gives a green color to the liquid over the grains of tin. Articles plnuged into this bath in a tew moments acquire a metallic coating of nearly pure nickel. Oarbon- ate or tartrate of cobalt added to the bath gives to the coating a light or blu ish shade, and when polished it becomes very brilliant. Could Hardly Stand on Her Feet. R. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir—I must tell you what your medi cine has dune for me. B -fore taking your •‘Favorite Prescription” I could hardly stand on my feet, but, by following your advice, I am perfectly cured. The "Fa vorite Prescription” is a wonderful medi cine for debilitated and nervous females. I cannot express how thankful I nm to you for your advice. Yours trulv, Mrs. CORNELIA ALLISON, Peosta, la. When the color of a fabric bas been accidentally or otherwise destroyed by acid, ammonia is applied to neutralize the same, after which an application of chloroform will in nearly all cases re store the original color. The application of ammonia Is common, bnt that of chloroform is bnt little anown. Sydney Smith being ill, his physician advised him to “take a walk upon an emnty stomach.” "Upon whose”? asked Sydney. Still better steps to take would be the purchase of Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” and “Pleasant Purga tive Pellets,” which are especially valua ble to those who are o dlged to lead sedent ary lives, or are afflicted with any chronic disease of the stoinash or bowels. By drug gists. Within the last tew years the devel opment of the coal fields of Austria has greatly advanced. In 1882, 219,508 tons were raised, against 167,566 in 1878. But the very near future, with the de mands of railroads and industrial estab lishments, will soon make the product much greater than the former figures ever gave any idea of. Don’t Die tn tne House, “Rough on Rats.” Clears out rats,mioe,roaches, beilbugs,flics,autismoles.chipmunks.gophci's. I0o» It is a mistake to suppose that the crumbling of brick is due solely to great variations of temperature. M. Farive traces the disintegration to a microsco pic organization. Atmospheric action will, < f course, read ly second the de structive effects of that pioneer penetra- tor of all bat the most compact anc well- burned bricks. Iredell County, N. C.—The Ex-Sheriff, Mr. W. F. Wasson, s .ys: * ‘Brown’s Iron Bitters has Improved my digestion and general health.” For preparing unglazed pottery to write upon it with ink this method has lately been invented: A whey is used, which is obtained by adding a small quanti y of acid to skimmed milk, and separating the precipitate by filtration. Tue plates prepare 1 from white pipe clay are impregnated with the nitrate and dried, and then it is quite as easy to write upon them as upon imper- •ect’y sized paper. The process is sim ple enough. My wife used Dr. Graves’ Heart Regu lator with great relief, it is the only relief from Heart Disease. I cheerfully recom mend it.—J. B. Miller, F. M., Mulberry Grove, In. $1. per bottle. wonts to but or *>{.(. Vlrglnts The plan of burying in the earth ani mals which have died of carbon or other contagious disease is unsafe, as the ditease poison may find its way through the soil and reach other creatures. Mans. Aime Girard has experimented with a method of disposing of snchdead bodies by dissolving them in concentra ted sulphuric acid. The acid is capa- b e of dissolving morff than two-thirds of its weight in animal matter, and the resuiting black, sirupy liquid may be used t<> advantage for making fertilizers. The acid effectually destroys all disease germs. Catarrh of the Bladder. Stinging Irritation, inflammation, all Kidney and Urinary Complaints, cured by “Buchu-patba.” $L An enrictier of the blood and purifier of the sys tem; cures l.tsS'tude and lack of energy; such is Brown 8 Iron Bitters. It has been observed by Swedish en gineers that the quantity cf phosphor us in the pig iron mana’’ mtnred with charooal is larger than tin.t in the ore and fluxes, even assuming that all of it had gone into the pig. Jansen found that when be melted ores in crucibles the metal obtained ran lower in phos phorus than the pig obtained from the same ore. Sarnstron, in 1881, mad. some analysis of charcoal which seem to lead to the conclusion that the \ xoe>s of phosphorus is due to that species of fuel. The Best Expectorant Hotel Chalmkttr, \ New Orleans, La, April 6,1833.) C. N. 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What Dyspepsia Docn, T S1 3CS sr 0 ? pains da y and frightful oreams by nfrfit It destroys the pleasure of a ^ood dinner y n e iM W M. d teL ti t^i e m ^s;^d c x ^ ^ II makes the appeute capricio^rut^"^ Sl “" ^ It causes Cendant grumbling and complaining, - , . U hat “ B rowii»s iron fitters” Does,* I invigorates the weakened stomach, and enables it to ditresL It promotes the enjoyment of a hearty meal ? U It enriches .the blood, : -• .-f... ..T - ^ -*■-***•- ■nremSxBWBrew." )