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* Farm, Garden and Household, To Destroy Rats.--These posts can be got rid of by mixing lire plaster of Paris with flour, dry, in oqual parts. Sprinkle a little Rugar on it to make it more sought after. Lay in dry places and about their haunts. They eat ravenously, drink, and die sure.?Cor. Western liurat. Sausage Meat.?If yon want it extra nice, take two niee fresh hams and one shoulder; take off the skin and have it chopped nicely; season it with salt, pepper, sage, and a very little sugar. If yon like spiced meats, use with that a few cloves, some mace, and nutmeg. Keep it in a dry, cool place, and fry it in balls, or stuff the skins when you first make it for dried sausages. For Driving Steers.?A subscriber nsks: "Which is the best n whip or a goad for driving steers or oxen; also, will some one give directions for making or fitting a voke?" We would prefer a whip, says Rural Xctv Yorker, a goad is simply a brutal instrument of torture and, it cannot be used without inflicting torture. A whip may, if the driver is tit to drive steers or oxen, he used without inilicting pain; but both the driver and oxen need to be well trained in such cases. Milk.?Milk of average quality lias[iu every 100 parts about the follpwing composition: Water, 87.40; butter, 3.43; casein, 3.12; milk sugar, 5.12; mineral matter (ash), .93. Milk varies in composition from a variety of causes, sometimes having less water and more butter. Very rich milk contains from 7 to 8 per cent of butter, and will not uufrequentlv show a percentage of more tliaii 1G parts of dry matter, while that which mav be called of a fair average quality will yield no more than 12 to 13 per cent of such matters Steaming Food fob Milch Cows.? Leo writes to the Tribune that he feeds all cooked food to fifty cows, sells his milk at twenty-five cents a gallon, and that steamed fodder will produce as much milk as the best clover hay. He soils his cows in summer, beginning the season with winter rye, then oats, clover, lucern, millet, Indian corn sown in drills, turnip tops. He says he has got some millot that will grow fourteen feet high, with ft head nearly eighteen inches long, which on highly manured soil he expects to cut three times. He has a specimen of the long heads to prove his veracity. New Mf.tiiod of Storing Grain.?A plan has been submitted to the French Academy for storing wheat in portable sheet-iron granaries, in which a vacuum is maintained equal to at least three or four inches of mercury, this being sufficient to destroy all insect life, (although moro vacuum is preferred), and to insure the evaporation of any moisture in the grain. The apparatus is of cylindrical form, placed vertically, and with convex top and bottom, the top provided with an opening through which the inlet of grain is led, with a waive pipe through which the air is exhausted, und with a gauge by which the degrct of exhaustion is indicated. The grair is removed through an opening in th< bottom. In an experiment, where living insects where introduced in large quantities with the grain, it was found thai they were all killed without doing nnj mischief, and at the end of six montlo the wheat was found to be in as goot condition as at the outset.?Xcw Yor) Dairy Bulletin. Sheep.?A farmer put into his ya?i 303 sheep that weighed an average o 99 pounds each; he fed them 120 days and they gained in that time 120 pound: each?in all 8,700 pounds for the llock He fed them for sixty days all the strav they would eat, and one pound of con each per day; for the next sixty days lu fed them all the hay they would eat ant the pound of corn each. This gives, ir all, two bushels of eorn (120 pounds) foi each sheep, and probably two pounds or 2 1-2 lbs. of hay for each sheep f<? 60 days?say 2 1-2 lbs. of hay each?ir all 250 pounds per day?or 150 pound: for each sheep. Then we have, corn ai one cent per pound and hay at $15 pel ton, just eight cents per pound for tin 29 pounds of mutton and wool produced. If the manure made, paid for the trouble and straw consumed. Then he had, ii: addition to his gain ?>f twenty-nine pounds, each sheep (which, as has beer stated, was paid for'in hay and corn ai eight cents per pound), the increased price per pound that the sheep would bring on the first day of February, wliei: fat, over their price on the first day o] December, when they went into the yards?and generally this would be fron 50 to 100 per cent advance. Stick to the Farm.?Miss Marv A, E. Wager of Moon '* ltriral says sue i: quite sure that the more a person knowt of life in great cities the greater empha sis will lie or she give tothe advice coir tained in the head line, and for thesi reasons: The majority of country boy: ova in nA oonco f lin n-nvil fiffrul prepared for participations in the rivalry and competition of business in tlu city. They would find themselves a? much out of their sphere or groove foi usefulness as a statesman would to In placed in command of a ship. Or tc make the illustration more pertinent, they would succeed in the city in aboui equal measure with the citv men whe go to the country to get rich farming, nn<lyou know how that is. Hundredsoi young men come from the country tc the city weekly in search of work. J see them anxiously walking the streets, or standing at the street corners in a brown study. Often times they are robbed of their little store oi money; decoyed into hells where in a single hour they learn more of the ways of death than would have come to them in an entire life time elsewhere. Ah 1 but you wouldn't be seduced from truth and virtue! Perhaps not; but granting you to be firm as the everlasting hills in righteousness, what could you do to insure success ? Can you set type ? Can you keep books ? l)o you understand commercial business ? Can you write a book review worthy of the book? What do you know of art, or science, or oi any one branch of either? Have vou a well defined idea, or a half defined idea of just what you wish to do? If so, what qualification do you carry with it? To leave the farm for the city is as foolish and dangerous, in most cases, as to jump overboard far from shore, when Jou are morally certain you do not know ow to swim. How He Died.?The Emperor Napoleon died almost alone. His vital forces failed him at once, and there was ne time to recall the friends who had but just left him. The Prince had gone 4?ck to Woolwich to school; Dr. Gull nd Father Goddard were in London. The Prince saw hfs father no more alive, and the others reached the gates of Chiselhnrst Park just as the Emperor breathed his last. The Empress was at the bedside, and so were four physicians. Tne medical men declare that the Emperor's death is due to other causes than the recent surgical operations. An Arab Wedding Bail. A curtain drawn across the door of the tent (writes a traveller in Algeria) concealed the bride, who, closely veiled, sat within, surrounded by woman. On j the outside between four and five Iran| dred people were collected, and a ciear ; space was kept in the middle for the ! dancers by two men withdrawn swords, | who vigorously applied, right and left, the flat of the blade to all who pressed too forward. On one side rtf the l'ing ; squatted the band, consisting of two j men with instruments like flageolets ! and a drummer who occasionally accomI panied the music with his voice In the centre was a middle-aged wo- ; man, dressed in the usual dark blue ; cotton Raiments, but decked with all ' her ornaments?car-rings, bracelets and a necklace?to which sundry charms and j amulets, teeth of wild beasts, verses of ! the Koran sewn up in little bngs, and 1 various other odds and ends, considered ; as protections from the evil eye, were I suspended; a large circular brooch of , I silver or white metal (the same in form ' i as those used by the Scotch Highland; ers) confined the loose folds across her ; i bosom, and a small looking-glass set in . mptnl (taruTlrd eoTivenientlv at the end I of ft string of sufficient length to allow j ot her admiring her charms in detail. Her face was uncovered, and her features were harsh and disagreeable, cxI cept the eyes, which were large and expressive, with that peculiar lustrous j appearance given by the use of a min- j eral paint. Her feet were hardly visible from the length of her dress, and her finger-nails, together with the palms of her hands, were stained with henna. As soon as we had taken our stand in the j front row, the music, which had ceased for a few minutes, struck up, and the lady in the midst commenced her peri formance. i Incliniug her head languishingly from : side to side, she bent time with herfeet, raising each foot alternately from the ground with a jerking action, as if she had been standing on a hot floor, at the same time twisting about her bod e with a slow movement of the hands and arms. Several others succeede 1 her, and danced in the same style, with an equal want of grace. A powerful inducement to exert themselves was not wanting, for one of them more than once received some tolerably severe blows i both from a stick and the flat of the sword; what the reason was I do not know, but suppose that either she was lazy or danced badly. While the dancing was going on, the spectators were not idle; nrmed with guns, pistols, and blunderbusses with nnnrmnns lioll months. an irrecrular fire ! | was kept tip. Advancing a step or two into the circle, so as to show off before the whole party, an Arab would present his weapon at a friend opposite, throwing himself into a graceful attitude; ' then suddenly dropping the muzzle at the instant of pulling the trigger, the , charge struck the ground close to the , feet of the person aimed at. After each , roport the women set up a long-continued shrill cry of "lu-lu, lu-lu," and [ the musicians redoubled their efforts. . The advance of one man is usually the , signal for others to come forward at the , same time, all anxious to surpass their | friends and neighbors in dexterity and ^ grace. Ten or a dozen men being . crowded into a small space, sometimes , not more than six feet wide, brandishI iug their arms and excited by the mimic >. combat, firing often at random, it is not to be wondered at if accidents happen occasionally to the actors or the by1 standers. f; . Shukespere's Handwriting. It is nothing less than marvelous that 'f a man who wrote as he wrote?and altoj getker, no man ever wrote like him? , ! that a poet, the author of such plays j , and such poems; that a man possessing l so many friends and admirers, with . whom his correspondence must have been extensive, should not have left a ! single line behind him traced by his j own hand. Of all his poems and plays , here does not exist a page, a line a sin^ tie word, in manuscript. All Shakesr peare's manuscript plays could not have , perished in the fire that destroyed the Globe Theatre. The author must have j made little account of them himself; but ( how great would our estimation be of a , single act of jany one of Shakespeare's ' plays, in his own handwriting! We . ! nave just now among us a parallel to the j tulip mania. Thousands of dollars are willingly paid for a picture which the ! ! same number of dimes would once have f purchased. Rather, let us say that the , dimes were given for the picture, and ( that the dollars by thousands arc given for the painter's name. Well, what would not be willingly paid (for the sake , of Shakespeare's name) for the original t manuscript say of " Hamlet"? There i would be a fierce fight among couipeti. tors for even a single passage. We fancy . the lines beginning with " The quality } of mercy is not stained," or those that ? open with " She never told her love," : and hundreds of others, could not be . had for dollars covering each letter. > What a contention there would be for i j the first love letter, addressed to any : one. A costly holograph ! Alas ! there ? are neither lines nor letters. All that H has been saved of Shakespeare's hand* , i writing is confined to a couple of signst ! turesof his name to certain deeds, and in > those superscriptions the name is spelled differestlv. Even the forgers have [ not dared to produce a letter by Shakes> peare. L Cleansing Feather-Beds. ? When i : feather-beds become soiled and heavy, ; I they may be made clean and light as : ! follows : Rub them over with a still* ! liinuli <ir lironm. dinned in hot soau i suds. When clean, lay them on some clean boards where the rain will fall on ! them. When thoroughly soaked, let i them dry in a hot sun for six or seven ; successive days, shaking them each day. i They should should be covered with a thick cloth during the night. If exi posed to the night-air, they will become [ damp and mildew. This way of wnshl ing the bed-ticking and feathers makes , them very fresh and light, and is much : easier than the old-fashioned method of \ emptying the beds, while it answers , quite as will. t A City Physician.?The City Physician of Springfield, Mass., is a woman 1 ?elected by way of an experiment. She is said to have been exceedingly successful, not having made even one medical blunder since she began her work. One reason for this she gives when she says that she was ' very careful about making mistakes, because she knew that any error would be more severely visited upon her than it would be upon a man. She has been an economical official, for she has attended I one hundred more patients man any 01 lier predecessors in the same number of weeks, and for $100 less expense to the city. She often acts as nurse as well as doctor, and her practice among the poor has been in every way oxcelleut. Kansas produoes one hundred babies a week. A Terrible Story. An old proverb hath it, tlmt "murder will out." There are many curiotia in things in thin line wrapped Up in a story l'c published by the Sacramento C/i/on--a lnf story as full of horrors as any which of even a Mrs. Wood could frame. The dii story is in the form of an affidavit made Fr before a justice of the peace in Sacra- th mento City. Annie Lohry testifies that pi on the 1.9th of February, l8f>9, she loft Li home to gather some early spring flow- ru ers, and after a time found herself in is the vicinity of what was known as the Pi Corliss Ranch. Sitting down to rest, of she was made the involuntary witness P( of a terrible struggle between two pc brothers, resulting seemingly from a sn quarrel over the distribution of several kr thousand dollars. She saw the death re blow struck, and screamed, which at- of tracted the murderer's attention. The pn latter, smitten with a terrible remorse, to prayed by all things she loved on earth, T1 to go to the aid of his brother. She was vn nlmost paralyzed with horror and fear, be but managed to reach the side of the wi dying man. She held his head and tried ei to bind up the wound, but the man died ri in a few minutes. The murderer wepjt pi such tears as only a murderer, and a el fratricide at that, can weep, and then tu the matter of his own safety came in. lij He urged the girl to take his brother's ai share of the money and keep silence, fit but she refused. He seemed half-mind- cc ed to kill her, but finally, with revolver v* at her head, made her swear a dreadful tn oath that she would not reveal the se- in nrot nf flip rrmrilpr for four vears. that w term being named because his mother w could not leave the State until the end le of such period. The murderer went to w a place near by, where were two horses, Jj and took a blanket from one of them ec and prepared to cover the body of kis h< poor brother, but was too overcome to cc do it; so the girl covered up the body, ti Then they left the spot. Several times d< he put the revolver to her head on the to fenrful journey; but finally sho saved ol ! hei life. h< The murderer had promised to release tl her from the keeping of the secret, ii Cx possible, in less than four years. So she in met him several times in theUniontowu tl graveyard. Finally he released her et fi om what she had considered binding, e< and so she just now makes this affida- al vit. fl To think of that deed! To think of the scene at the brook, when the murderer made her wash her apron o" the blood, wlii'e he washed his hands and was deathly sick! To think of that N young girl carrying that terrible secret b for four years, because she thought it In binding!?no words can set it forth. We j] once heard Bceeher say that ho would d like to know, for one half-minute, the o: feelings of p murderer. For one half- h minute, and no more; that would be an b age. But who could stand the ordeal of p a half-minute of the life of the man of q , Corliss Ranch? Reason would totter, d What Tilton Says. f< Theodore Tilton writes as follows to "j a friend relative to late scandals: My Complaining Friend: Thanks ^ for your good letter of bad advice. You j say, how easy to give the lie to the ^ wicked story, and thus end it forever. ft But stop and consider. The story is a whole library of statements?a lmn- ^ dred or more?and it would be strange jj if some of them are not correct, though j I doubt if any are. To give u general ^ denial to sucli an encyclopedia of nsser- j tions would be as vague and irrelevant as to take up the Police (iazrtlr, with j-( its twenty-four pages of items, and say, J 44 This is nil a lie." So extensive n libel requires (if answered nt nil) n special * denial ?>f its several parts; and further- j more, it requires, in this particular case, not only a denial of things mis- j. stated, but a truthful explanation of ^ other things that remain unstated and in mystery. In other words, the false story (if met at all) should be confront- j ed and confounded by the true one. Now, my friend, you urge me to speak, ^ but when the truth is a sword, God's i mercy sometimes commands it sheathed. If you think I do not burn to defend my wife and little ones, you know not the fiery spirit within me. Hut my I wife's heart is more a fountain of char- 1 ity, and queiichesall resentments. She i says: 44 Let there be no suffering, save I to ourselves alone," and forbids a vindication to the injury of others. From t the beginning she has stood with her j li hands on my lips, saying, 44 Hush." So j t when you prompt me to speak for her j t you counteract her more Christian man- i date of silence. tl Moreover, after all, the chief victim c of the public displeasure is myself 1 alone4" and so long as this is happily the 1 case I shall trv, with patience, to keep 1 n:y answer within my own breast, lest i: it shoot forthlike a thunderbolt through I other hearts. Yours truly, li Thf.odoke Tilto.v. a Earthquake Fun. j The Oregon papers are making fun r of the last earthquake in that region, i 1; for it affected persons in quite differ- A ent ways. A young gentleman and | a lady were out walking at 'the time, r About half an hour after, they returned n from their promenade and then learned, ri for the first time, that anything unusual ]] had occured. People rushed into the f street scan'ly clad. # One loving hut- j t; band, who had ' just stepped out to s ?e ! s a man on business," rushed home with ]< a billiard cue that he had forgotten to t replace, in his hand. His wife has ve- e toed all business engagements after 8 ,1 o'clock, P. M. The next little item we f take as wo find it. One irascible gen- b tleraan jumped from bed scantily attired, possessed himself of the cowhide, and made for the room of his boys up stairs, and rushed into it, exclaiming, " I'll show you how to be fighting at this time of night." : " _ > * r Tm: Doi.lar.?The word dollar, so familiar to us all, and so important to c most of us, comes from the German o "T/ta?," which means "valley." Now ji by what process can you imagine this t word has been made to mean a piece, or i: sum of money, worth in our currency one hundred cents? The dictionary f clears up the mystery. Thai, meaning v valley is pronounced in German much a like our word tall. From the year 1547 /'< to 152G, the counts of Sehliek, an old German fuinily, were accustomed to coin pieces of money of about an ounce in weight, and worth SI. 13 cents of our c money, in the small town of Joachimis- v thai, (valley of Joachim,) in Bohemia. 1 The pieces were called, from the place ' where they were made, Joach im i&ihalcr. This word was afterwards shortened in- _ i- j _4:11 i. i; " iu cmcctr, uiiu hmi mit'i uctnuio un^u- ^ cised into our word dollar. A Good TPorA*.?It is pleasant to tl reflect that among the sen-ices rendered i \ by the New York city Fire Department e is to be included the saving of thirty- v five lives from the flames within the Cl past year. This was accomplished in every case at ^reat risk to the firemen, and with admirable courage, coolness, b and skill c A Vnlley of Mastodons. If M. Octave Paw docB not succeed finding the North Pole, or even the i' >lar Hea, we can still have the conso- ; 1 ;ion that he has, in a very early stage ;( the voyage, made a most interesting j( scovery. The expedition left San > * ancisco in June, and late advices state ! j at in the latter part of July the et- \' orers reached the shores of Wrangel 1 md, near the mouth of a great river, j nning from the northeast, and which not set down on any chart. This M. 1 ivy considered as confirming another < his theories that there exists a great < )lar continent, and of which the tern- j rature is sufficiently warm to melt the J ow. The current of this hitherto un- 1 town stream flows in an easterly di- j ction along the coast, with a rapidity six knots an hour. M. Pavy and irty followed the plain of this river wards the north for about 250 miles, lie plain is uniformly level, its width vies from fifty to sixty miles, and it is irdered by mountains of great height, ith inany perpendicular peaks. About ghty miles from the mouth of the ver the travellers found upon the nin the remains of mastodons, and on earing away the snow in a place where worn visible, tliov hmncrlit to ?ht the enormous body of one of the limals of an extinct race, in a perfect ate of preservation. The skin was iverod with black and streaked hair. >ry long and thick on the back. The isks measured eleven feet eight inches length, and were curved up to a level ith the monster's eyes. The animal as in a kneeling posture, the front gs being bent, while the hind parts ere deeply imbedded in the snow, indenting that the mastodon had perish1 in struggling to get out of a mire >le or snow drift. Professor Newcomb mid not find any special characterises distinguishing the extinct mastojn from the elephant of to-day. He iok from the stomach some specimens : bark and herbs, the nature of which 3 could not analyze on the spot. For 10 space of maov miles the plain was ivered with the remains of mastodons, idicating t lat a numerous drove of lese gigantic animals had there perish1, owing to some sudden change or mvulsion of nature. The region jounds in Polar bears, which devour le remains of the mastodons. mA Shocking Tragedy. Hugh Barr, occupying a basement at o. 18 Front street, Brooklyn, who had pen i.i prison since 25th of November ist, lor an assault committed upon [nrgaret Bradley, was leleased a few ays ago. He took home a half gallon F whisky, and his wife, acting under is instructions invited several neigh ors to pnrtaKe oi ins Hospitality, xiic arty became quit.! drunk, and subseueutly a general row ensued. Barr eclared he would maize the place too ot for h\s guests, and seizing a lamp ill of kerosene oil, poured its contents ver the red-hot stove. A portion of :ie fluid was dashed over Alice Barker, ml the room was instantly filled with ames that communicated with the ress of the woman Barker. Barr had fld them at first that they must get out s best they could, or take the conseuences. Alice's screams brought asistanee, but too late to save her f.om ijuries of a most horrible character, ler clothing was burned from her body, rliicli was blackened and blistered. Her air was entirely burned off, her hands ml le ^8 were almost a crisp, and her ace was unrecognizable. On the nrrial of the police a shocking scene was resented. The oil had burned itself ut without setting fire to the building, nit the unfortunate woman was lying n the floor, having the appearance, at irst sight, of a mere cinder. When it ras found that she was still alive, she ras wrapped in a blanket and taken to he City Hospital. The physicians here pronounced her injuries inevitably atal. Barr was arrested and locked up o await the result. Brewers in Knglaml. A London correspondent of the St. Amis Republican says it is surprising iow many brewers there are in Parlianent, anil what a degree of respecta>ility attaches to their calling. The Wine trade and brewing stand at he very head of reputable money ma:iiinr i-nHmes in i.liia nnnntrv. The wine nerchant gets access to society where lie dry goods man would not be adaitted, where even the exclusive silk lealcr could not enter. A lower class if people wears silk than drinks wine. 3rewing is as much a staple product icre as wheat growing with us, and the irewer is above the wine merchant. He nay not at present serve stately boards, mt lie got his position in a time when le filled a jovial bowl for the nobles ; nd a position once gained is never ost in this land of precedent. Besides, te is a man of wealth, his product is lwnys in demand. The brewer that ( presents Great Marlow has inherited lis business from several generations, ill the wealthy families of the place re his kinsmen, and they come up in a ight roval way to put him into Parlinnent. 'rhey all go and come at "the nember's " beck, for on him rests the louorable fame of the house. The radesmen follow suit from other moives. When one conies to know the ervility and venality of English shop;eepers, he is not surprised at the conempt that attaches t? them in thegenral estimation. They are the most ishonest and servile class in the counry, and notoriously open to political ribery. Newspaper Decisions 1.?Any person who takes a paper reularly from the post-office?whether ,i rooted to his name or another, or rhether he has subscribed or not?is .uiuitiuililn fnr l1u> icivinclit J-.. 2.? If a person orders his paper disoiitinued, lie must pay all arrearages, r the publisher may continue to send t until payment is made, and collect lie whole amount, whether the paper s taken from the o lice or not. 3.?The courts have decided that reusing to take newspapers and periodials from the post-office, or removing ml leaving them uncalled for, is prima tcir evidence of intentional fraud. Sweet Ferns in Tannivo.?Thouamls of acres of land in Michig: n are ovored with a growth of sweet fern, Inch has hitherto been supposed to be 'orthless, but it li/is been found that )r tanning purposes it is unequalled, nd that it yields 40 per cent, extract, hile hemlock yields but 14. It prolises to be very valuable. A Western paper affirms that among be unfortunate women lost by the Fifth .venue Hotel fire was a near relative of x-C'ollector Tom Murphy, who had oluntarily chosen to work in a menial apacity. Sapphire is the stone most used for etrotnal rings in Eastern countries, ita olor being emblematic of faithfulness. A A Man With.a Mania. Another curious man is backwards ntid brwards here?a Lord Vernon, who is veil informed, a great Italian scholar leep in Dante, and a very pood lmmor>d gentleman, but who has fallen into he strange infatuation of attending ?very rifle match that takes place in Switzerland, accompanied by two men ivlio load rifles for him, one after another, which he has been frequently iiiown to fire off, two a minute, for fourteen hours at a stretch, without once ?hanging his position or leaving the ground. He wins all kinds of prizes; gold watches, flags, teaspoons, iealioards etc., and is constantly travelling about with them, from place to place in an extraordinary carriage, where you touch a spring and a chair flies out, touch another spring and a bed appears touch another spring and a closet of pickles opens, touch another spring and disclose a pantry. While Lady Vernon ?said to bo handsome and accomplished?is continually cutting across this or that Alpine pass in the night, to meet him on the road, for a minute or two, on one of his excursions, these being the only times at which she can catch him. l'he last time he saw her was five or six - months ago, when they met and supped together on the St. Gothard ! It is a monomania with him, of course. He is a man of some note; seconded one Lord Melbourne's addresses, and had forty thousand a year, now reduced to ten," but nursing and improving every day. He was with us last Monday, and coines back from some out of the way place to join another pic-nic next Fn<1nv As T have said, he is the verv soul of good nature and cheerfulness, but one can't help being melancholy to sec a man wasting his life in such a singular delusion. Isn't it odd ? He knows my books very well, and seems interested in everything concerning them. ? The Life of Charles Dickens. Where They Got Their Shells, There is not much lime in the sen? probaldv not more than there was in Falstafrs "sack"?but there is enough. And the use it is put to is one of the curiosities of natural history. Every inhabitant of the ocean which has a shell derives the materials of which that hard covering is composed from the water. Besides, the lime is secreted or rather separated frost its food, as birds do it for making a covering for their eggs, mollusks take up the largest amount directly out of the water they breathe. Every time an oyster draws water through its ^ills, some ol its lime, which is held 111 solution, is taken possession of by appropriate vessels and goes directly to the living membrane which deposits it, and thus the shell grows. It is assured that a single drop of sea water contains onl\ about the ten thousand six hundredth part of a grain of lime. But the incessant respiration of the dweller in out or twe years makes a house weighing in some cases many pounds. When the animal dies most of the shells gravitate and aggregate to the bottom, where becoming broken and impacted intc solid mnses, mixed in fine earthy de posits under immense hydrostatic pres sure and chemical forces, they beconn marble. All maible quarries are sup posed to have thus originated in tin abysses of primitive sens, and wcri afterwards elevated to where they an found by upheaval. 1 !1._1 -!l! _ C La, A prnitrin citizen ui vmui^u uu forwarded to tho Treasury a draft o ?500 on account of conscience fund. 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Bad enough to look and fell bad yoursel! but no excuse for having votn horse look an feel badlv. when for a small sum you ran bu Sh?ridan*.< Cavalry Condition J'oirdirs, whir given in grain two o. three times a week, wi make him look and feel well.?[Com. Winter in now fairly upon us, and the tcarr aro listening to the lumber woods in variou jmrts of the country. Our advice to every ma who goes to the woods, be he captain, cool teamster, or any other man. s to take along good stock of Johnson'* Anodyne Linimet and Parson'* Purgative Pill*. Many montL of labor (in the aggregate) may bo savod li tliis precaution.?[Com. Piko's Tootharhe Hroj s cure in J minute. A Neglected Cough, Cold, or Sore Throa which might bo checked by a simple remed; like, Brown's Bronchial Troches, if allowc to progress may terminate seriously. Can't on to Church. Why uot ? Oh ! my conn would disturb the congregation. Cure it then wit Hale's Horry or Houkhocnd ami Tab, a pnt vegetable remedy, unfailing as the Sun and mil and llarnil.jB as the auminernir. Ci ittcutnn'a, j lith Avenue. Sold by all Druggists. As quick as a (lash of lightning does Cristj ! doro's Excelsior Hair I)vk act upon the hai I whiskers and moustaches: no chameleon tint I but the purest Itavcn or the most exquisil Browns will bo evolved. I In one to five minuteH. Headache, Earacln j Neuralgia, Lame Back. Diarrhoea, Croup Sprains, and all similar complaints, are reliect ! by Flaou's Instant Belief, or money refundci ?Com. A Talk about Touics. The object of a tnnir is to increase the clnsticil and strength of the muscular fibre, and to invig rate the general system. As a means nfaccomplisl ing these ends, it is expected to improve the a; petite and the digestive power of the stomae I These are certainly important considerations; in to cure dyspepsia, )>illious affections, chronic d bf'ity, intermittent fever, and other complaints ii volving derangements of the liver, the bowels, at | secretive organs generally, something more than mere ton'c is required. Hostcttcr's Stomach Bi ters may safely be pronounced the best and mo wholesome invigorunt extant, but the other speel medical properties whieh belong to this rer.iarkab vegetable restorative have as much to do with tl wonderful results It produces as to its tonic virtue For example,'It has certain alterative qualitli which literally change the habit or constltutio: re-establishing tho healthy functions of the bod without causing any undue evacuation by presptr tion, vomiting, or purging. Its entire effect is I put the whole machinery of life in perfect order, 1 purify all the fluids including tho blood and tt bile, and not only to operate as an antidote to di ease, where it exists, but so to strengthen, regi late and otherwise Improve the condition < the system as to render it proof against the vlclsa ttides of temperature, changes of water, infect! atr, and other predisposing causes of liver an bowel disturbances and epidemic disorders. Hent it is a medicine for all aoasons and climes?useri alike to the traveler and the resident in an ui healthy region, and an invaluable safeguard agalm the physical disturbancea which accrue from cob damp, inclement weather, as well as against tt mental depression which is apt to overwhelm tt weak and nenroui at this somewhat gloomy perlo oftke year. \ \ Just taken his Bitters.?We heard a 1 seedy-looking individual until an alarmingly red nose remark to a brother soaker that ho had "just had his bitters, but he did not mind taking another nip." His remark suggested a train of reflection. How was it, we asked ourselves, that the word " bitters " had grown to be a synonvm for gin, whiskey, rum, ' and other alcoholic stimulants, to which ; it was applied indiscriminately. Bitt, ers, we reasoned, suggested the idea of : a healthful tonic, not of a poisonous ! stimulant; something invigorating to I the system, not an alcoholic irritant, full of fusel oil, producing present intoxication and ultimate insanity, idiocy, or premature death. Moreover, our idea of bitters was totallv irreconcila- j ble with " gin cocktails,'' "rum punches," and "brandy smashes," which, i. wo are informed, aro sweetened with j |] sugar and rendered doubly injurious n with essences colored by means of miu- 0 eral poison. This was bitter-sweet j, with a vengeance. "We mentioned this ? problem to a friend. He solved it by , j exclaiming; " Why, don't you know c that most of these bitters advertised ? as remedies are only drams in disguise, j i Topers know it, if you do not. I must make one exception, however," he add- [ ed, " and that's Dr. Walker's Califor- i nta Vinegar Bitters ; there isn't a par- 1 tide of alcohol or fermented liquor in | it, and it is the best vegetable tonic and ' alterative in America." \ A CBCALIjENGB , la extended to the world to place beforo the pubi c ' ii better Cough or Lung Remedy than ALLEN 8 ' LUNG BALSAM 1 1 Vkrilt it IlATn No eyual.' j CONSUMPTIVES, READI Would yon euro that dlatreaalng Cough, and 1 t bring bark that healthy vigor till lately planted In I - your cheek? If you would, do not delay; for, ere t you arc aware, it will be too late. t ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM ] Is your hope. Is has been tried by thousands such . ' as you, w ho have been cured ; many, In their grati- ! I tude, have left their names to us, that suffering hit. | manity ran read their evidences and believe. Don't " { experiment with new and untried mixtures?you can not nfford it?but try at once this invaluable 1 article. It is warranted to break up the most trou- .. ! bleaome Cough in a few hours if not of too long I standing. It is warranted to give entire satisfaction in all cases of Lung and Throat difficulties. As i an Expectorant, it has no equal. f I UNSOLICITED EVIDENCE OP ITS MERITS. , I BRAD TIIE TOLLOWIXQ WHAT WELL-KNOWN DRUOOIST8 SAY ABOUT < ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM. Sprixofikml Tkxx, Sept. 11,1S72. Gentlemen:?Ship us six dor.en Allex's Luxo Balsam at once. We have no' a bottle left in our store. . It has more reputation than any Cough medicine we have ever sold, and. we have been in the drug business twenty-seven years: we mean Just what we say about the Balsam. Vejjy truly yours, , j KURD <t TANNER. j Again read tlie Evidence from a Druggist who wos ] cured by use of the Balsam, and now sells it largely. | L. C. Cottrell. Druggist at Marine City, Michigan, writes, Srpf. 12, 1?72: "lam out of Allex's Luxo Balsam ; semt me half a gross as soon as you can, I 1 1 would rather lie out of any other medicine In my I store. The Luxo Balsam nevor fails to do good for 1 those afflicted with a cough." It Is harmless to the most delicate child. nn nnliitn In anv form. It Is sold by Mcdlcino dealers gonerally. 5 I CAUTION. ! ! Be not deceived. Call for ALLEN'S LUNO BAL , SAM, atid talto no other. . ! Directions accompany each bottle. J. N. IIAItRIS & CO., Cincinnati, 0., Proprietors. i ! PERRY DAVIS <t SON, Oeneral Agents, - , Providence, R. I. a Bold by all Medicine Dealers. 8 for pale bt JOHN F. HENRY, New York. OEO. C. GOODWIN ,t CO., Boston. s JOHNSON, HOLAWAY <t CO., Philadelphia, f Ir is wf.u. to oar outar of a Had Cough or Cold the first week, but It Is safer to rid yoursclfof it the fl st forty-eight hours?tho proper remedy for tho purpose being Dr. Jayne's Expectorant. I. Honest, energetie, Ood-fearlng men nnd women can have pleasant, profitable work; no risk or cap ital. Write to H. L. Hastings, l'J Liudull St., Bogf. ton, Mass. 1 jj FOR FAMILY USE. !t i the ,'haLford rk LEICESTERSHIRE [table sauce, ir The Best Sauce & Relish ' MAI1P. IN ANY PART (IP THE WORLD r. Kinuu in iiiii w- ? .. i foi! FAMILY USE. , Pints - 60 Cents. <i Half Pints - - 30 Cents. IV (i For sale by all Grocers. ii A New Colony i. Kansas! 1H At " 6KIDPY." In Ncsho Valley. nn MISSOURI, KANSAS AMI TEXAS RAILWAY. Under the auspices of the NATIONAL BUREAU 11 OP MIGRATION. ?> WM. P. TOMI.1NS0N, Local Agent. a TilK AMERICAN COLONIST AND HOMESTEAD it JOURNAL,containing maps, with full particulars IK as to the Organization of the Colony, the Lands, Productions, Climate, Wood. Water, etc., SENT PR EE, on application to s. It, Wki.m, Sec'y N. II. of Migration. Ilrondway, N'ew York. 1500,000,00 =? r. "How to Make a Fortune!" tt Only Leisure Hours Rei|ttired. Sil to 8-TI per week ran he made. Por full particulars address C. S. BURTON. ,h P. O. Box 249. Omaha. Neb. ; JKl fir If 1 REWARD 7 por any cnur of i1)lnd, Dlord- , __ _ iiiK. It.liinir. or I'lrcratrd Reward ,h,t |,R hinu? pu.k ?CWrtIU 1IKMKPY f.nU tn run*. It m | I- prepared rxpri.**ly to rurii the PH.v mm. n.tliinif i r. ?Ue. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. PRICE *1. h. - - - j VlYfiRrVWffiTTTITYTMYfVffKS ./ PWtfE'lWf WIWl i. v |L!|/rwj/.U| THEA-NECTAR if Glacis. T "Fi A p- j *ith the Green Tea Flaror. The "Of #?< I *?? norl ,\A V'..r aaln everywtarro. And for sjf> 't (UirjnK JL wholesale only tiy the Great i> cjf Wt&ll Atlantic and Paollli-TeaCo., JiV. Hi JtBWhVltl Ml Fulton St., and 2 A 4 Church a 8t Now York. P. 0. Box, /WW i Send for Thca-Nectar Circular ,a Dr Whittier 296 penn street, t. ,L?r. W niTTCier, Pittaburg, Pa. t I.nngcat engaged and most auciesarul physician ,l of the age. Consultations or pamphlet free- Call j or write. 19 S25 t? $'0? per Week made easy by any lady. t i " 20,000 aold tn alx month*. The moat won' derfully rapid-selling article ever Invented for mar's ried a d at glo ladtca' use. Addrean, n I >1183 WILLIAMS. 142 Pulton 8t? W. Y. P. O. Box 243B. >' ' n/tATT AGENTS and other Canvassurs now at a ; Uflfll/ work, can learn how to Increase their to DUlJIV Income 9Ma weekfsurc) without interw*" ferlng wl?h their regular canvassing by to addressing P. X. REED. 130 Eighth St., N. Y. 16 j any estate dt england, ' Scotland, Ireland or Wales, promptly collected by a- | J. F. FBCEAUFP. ^ Attorney at Law. Columbia. Lancaster Co.. Pa. i $1A to $Oftt"rl,,.Y.,, *pV;,ii,uVo;s 4 u)iu <DZl VA-H Blair ACo. St. Louis,Mo. a- C A ?VALUABLE?Sen"1 three-cent stamp for it Stnll particulars. DOBSON, HAYNES A CO., 1, tPUv 8t. Lou is.'Mo. || dinq ao each week-agents waktm, rl Bnstnsss legitimate. Particular* free. J. W0BTB, St. LouU, Mo. Box am. m JdUVniililillifa No Person can take then Bitter* accordij; to directions, and remain long unwell, provided heir bonesltre not destroyed by mineral poison or oilier leans, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point f repair. Dyspepsia or Indigeutlon, Headache, Pa?p a the Shoulders, CQUgllS, Tightness of the Chest, Duiness. Sour Eructations of the Stomach, R?f Taste a the Mouth, -Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the ieart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the region* if the Kidneys anda hlindrcd other painful symptoms, re the offsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaint* t has no equal, and one bottle will prove a Letter guar>nteeof its merits than a lengthy advertisement. For Female Complaints, in yourfc or okf, named or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or theurn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an ndueuce that a marked improvement is soon pcrcepible. * For Inflammatory and Chronic Rhennntlsm and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Internment Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver. Kidneys ind Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Dis.ases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally iroduccd by derangement of the Digestive Organs. They are a Gentle Purgative as well as i Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting is a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflamnation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious Diseases. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, S[iots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carjuncles, Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Exylipela^Bch, Scurfs, Discoloratfonsof the Skin, Humors ind Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, ire literally dug tip and carried out of the system in a ihort time by the use of these Bitters. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vinrgar Biti-rrs the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained >he sinking system. /WALKER, Prop'r. B. H. McDONALD <fc CO., Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco and New York. W SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS. _N VN U?Xo. 3 Ifjjjjjjfljjjl MOTHERS! MOTHERS! MOTHERS! Don't fell to procure MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETH ING. Thle valuable preparation has been used with NEVKR-KAILINO SUCCESS IX THOUSANDS OP CASES. It not only relieves the child rom pain, but Invlg orates the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity, and (rives tone and energy to the whole system. It will slso instantly relieve Griping of the Bowels and Wind Colio. We believe it the BEST and SUREST REMEDY IX THE WORLD. In nil eases of DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA IX CHILDREN, w hcther arising from teething or any other cause. Depend upon it, mothers, It will give rest to yourselves and ? Relief and Health to Your Infanta. Tie sure *nd call for "Mn. Winalow'a Sooth<ng By p," Havlnifthc fac-slraile of "CLi'TlS 4 PKRKINW on the outside wrapper. Sold by Druggists throughout the World. THE NEW SCALE 27 Union Square, N.Y. Uiaonltedly the lest Saaare Piano made. ? a * _ . /> I _...lo ^ a., t ? la Tllliotpfltl/infl scnu lor tltvuiui nuu iiiu??uvm?. Prices ranginz from 350 to 700 dollars. Every Piano WARRANTED for Five Year#. Til E CHRISTIAN I NTELLIGKNCEItT THE CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER. CHURCHES wanting an OROAN or COMMUNION 8ERVICE, Should send fur " Special " Circular. Among tlio regular Contributors are: ItKV. JOHN HAM., I> I)., T. AbOl.l'IICS TuoLbOl K. JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, Hbv. Wa. OiiJttSTo.v, D. D., Rr.v. T. W. Ciia*tints, D. D., Poor. Tatlkr Lewis ami otlicia. Terms 83.00 per annum, in advance. 0 New Church St., New York. THE CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCE!* THE CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER. Cheap Farms! Free Homes! On the line of the UNION HACIPIC RAILROAD. Rl.OCO.OOO Acres of tho licst Farming and Mineral Lands in America. 3,<W.ooo Acres in Nebraska, In the Platte Valley now for sale. Mild Climate. Fertile Soil, For Orain Orowing and Stock Raising unsurpassed by any in the t'nited Statu. cnkapfr ix Pmick, more favorable terms given, and more convenient to market thuu can be found elsewhere. pp "EE Homesteads for Actual Settlers. Tin* best location* for Colonies?Soldiers entitled to a Homestead of ltO Aeri g. Send for the New Descriptive Pamphlet, with new maps, published in English, Oermah, Swedish, Danish, mailed free everywhere. Address 0. P. DAVIS. Land Com'r U. P. It. R. Co., Omaha, Nab. TO Consumptives! < The advertiser, having ?cen permanently cured of that dread disease, Coosntnption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to mrku known to his fellow | sufferers the means to ture. To all w ho desire It, he will send a copy of the prescription used, (free of charge.) with diteetloes for preparing and using the same, which they will hnd a Sunn CCKK for COXsumption. Asthma, Bronchitis and ull Throat or Lung Ditlleulties. Parties wishing the prescription will plcaso address Rev. EDWJ ?f? A. WILSON. IX Penn d'. WillUmsburgh, N. T. .$75 to $250 per month, ^7^". Q male, to Introdnee the OENflNE IMPROVKD UJfOMMtiN SKNSK FAMILY 8KWINO MACHINK. This Machine will stiteh. hem, fell, turk, quilt, Z eord, bind: braid and embroider In a most supeI < rlor manner. Price only $15. Fully ilrensed and 1 > warranted for Ave year*. We will pay ? 1000 for any machine that will sew a stronger.more beautiful or more elastic seam than ours.It make* the I Elastic Lock Stttcb."Every second stitch can be ^ cut, and still the cloth cnmmttt pulled apaut i ~ without tearing. We pay agrnti from #75 to #250 ~ per month and expenses. or a commission from C3 which thrice that amount can be made. Address ' < SKCOMB A CO., Boston, Stats., Pittsburgh, Pa., I Chicago, 111., or 8t. Louis. Mo. Bent by mall for 10 cents. E. J. FOOTE, M. D. 120 Lexington Ave., New York City. 263 Receipts $135 ! 8ont on receipt of 10 rente. Address HY. BENJAMIN, Bt. Louis, Mo Dr. Whittier, '"pK^pP Longest engaged and most successful physician of the age. Consultations or pamphlet free. Call or write. A tn Sfc!20 Per d*71 Agents wanted! All classes -? w ofworklng people of either sez, young <_ or old, make more money at work for us In their ^ spare moments or all the time than at anything else. Particulate free. Address G. BTIN80N A CO. Portland, Me. " AGENTS Wanted. We guarantee employment for all, either sex, at $0 a day, os $2,000 or more* El New works by Mrs. H. Br Stowe, and others, rb Premiums Given Away. Money made rapid 1> lastly at work for ns. Wrlffc and sea. Particulars free. WOrthlngtou, Duitln * Co., Hertford, Ct, J I : . ..