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Farm, Garden and Household.
Turkey*.
A good and young turkey is known
by the same indications as given for
poultry. The legs of young turkeys
are generally black. An old hen-turkey
has the legs rough, and of a
reddish hue ; the cock has long spurs.
The fattest, those with short necks, a
broad, thick breast, and a white skin,
are the best. When fresh, the legs are
flexible enough, but they get stiff as
the bird gets seasoned.
Saturday-eveningturkeysare made with
old hens and old roosters,and commonly
sold to confident buyers in this way :
two or more market boys take possession
of a closed stand rather late on
Saturday evenings ; they have their
goods in a basket or box, and each is
holding a fowl that he shows for and
calls a young turkey, holding the head
in one hand and the legs in the other,
1/M?/11W "VAnncrfiirlrPVflfrtr ft
C2J1UK ivuvuj, j _
pouna" (stating the price.) " head and
legs off " with other remarks, such as,
"We offer them at that low price because
it is late," "because we want to
close," etc.
Unsuspecting women, attracted by
the low price they are offered at ( head
and legs not weighed), stop and look at
them, and in less time than it takes to
sajit.the head and legs are chopped off,
he bird is weighed, the whole price
announced, and before the woman has
had time to say a word the bird is in
her basket. Half bewildered at the
celerity with which the whole process
has been gone through, and startled by
the small sum she has to pay for a turkey,
at least nine out of ten pay and
move along, conscious of having made
a good bargain.
Planting Potatoes.
Earlv last spring I plowed a piece of
ground two rods wide by 19 long ; harrowed
it fine; then took a two-horse
plow and ridged it up something like
sweet potato ridges, only flatter on top ;
then took a hand-stake sharpened at
one end, and made holes by thrusting
the stake down into the ridge ; the
holes Were made about 18 inches apart
on alternate aides of the ridge. A boy
followed and dropped seed in each hole;
then we took a mixture of slacked lime
and leached ashes, equal parts, and put
a handful in each hill, covered lightly
with earth. They soon started to grow,
and as the plants began to appear above
ground we covered them with straw
about one foot deep. That was all the
work they got, except going through
them every morning for two weeks and
killing the bugs. The weeds never got
through the straw during the summer.
We began using them the 15th of June,
used all we wanted ( a family of 6ix
persons) until the first of November.
We took up what remained, which was
50 bushels of as large and dry potatoes
as oould be desired. They were of the
Early Bose variety. The ground was
rily common prairie, and has been in
cultivation for ten years. Was it the
lime and ashes, or the manner of planting,
or the variety of potato UBed, that
gave such results ? There was not less
than at the rate of 300 bushels per acre.
Value of Sea-weed Manure.
It has long been customary on the
seocoast to use sea-weed {Fucus, Latninaria,
etc.,) for a manure, its value for
this purpose being considered by many
as scarcely inferior to stable manure.
This applies, however, to sea-weeds
proper, the eel-grass (zostera marina)
being of a venr different character, and,
on account of its slow decomposition
and different chemical combination, of
mnch less value. An especial feature
of the true sea-weeds consists in their
large percentage of nitrogenous matter
ana in the great amount of ash, one
analysis giving for dry sea-weeds nearly
7 per cent, of nitrogenous matter, 75 of
cellulose, and about 18 of ash. The
amount of nitrogen proper may be estimated
at from lfr to 2 per cent.
The principal objection to the use of
sea-weed as a manure consists in its very
small percentage of phosphoric acid.
This, however, can be easily remedied
b7 the addition of some phosphate, '
such as bone-meal. In the large amount
of gypsum it contains, sea-weed serves
admirably as a dressing for grazing
lands. It is also very well suited to
potatoes and other roots, toboeco, flax,
and growths requiring a good deal of
potash. As an element in compost it is
quite unrivaled, owing to the readiness
with which it is decomposed and the intimate
combination which it enters into
with other substances.
Diseased Potatoes.
The extensive failure of the potato
crop in Great Britain, in consequence
of tne prevalence of rust and rot, is a
subject of grave moment, as bearing
upon the welfare of the laboring classes,
and a method of utilizing the diseased
potatoes has been made public at the
instance of the British Government.
This depends upon the fact that the
starch oi the potato is not affected by
the disease, but retains its nutritive
properties. The process consists in
: xt i- i i-i i i
rasping ine peeieu muere, upon u urcuu
grater, into a tub of water. The starch |
sinks to the bottom in a few minutes,
and the diseased matter, woody fiber, \
etc., are suspended in the water, ami .
should be poured off with it. Fresh
water is then to be added, and the stareli
stirred, and again allowed to settle. Two
or three such washings will thoroughly
remove all impurities, and render the
starch fit for use. If dried, it can be
kept any length of time, and can be
used like arrow-root, for puddings and
cakes, or mixed with flour, as bread.
Charcoal for Poultry.
The benefit which fowls derive from
eating charcoal is, I believe, acknowledged.
The method of putting it before
them is, however, not well understood.
Pounded charcoal is not in the shape in
which fowls usually find their food, and
consequently is not very enticing to
them. I have found that corn burnt to
the cob, and the refuse?wlnefi consists
h almost entirely of tho grains reduced on
charcoal, and still retaininc their nerfeet
shape?placed before them, is greedily
eaten by them, wi^h a marked improvement
in their harffth, as is shown by the
brighter colopof their combs, and their
sooner producing a greater average of
eggs to the flock than before.?Poultry
World. .
LnrKy Scits.?Thick linen suits for
ladies' spring" and summer wear, have
French blonse-waists and simple overskirts,
trimmed with bias bands piped
with white or deep bine linen. A deep
kilt pleating is on the lower skirt. A
small fichu trimmed with folds is the
wrap; large blue buttons fasten the
blouse. Other linen suits have polonaises
with simple basque backs, and fall
open from the waist down to disclose
the skirt, trimmed across the front with
twelve boas bands two inches wide,
piped on each side with a tiny fold of
white linen ; the same bias band extends
down the front'seams. On the back
breadths is a plain side pleating, with a
narrow gathered ruffle below,
Another Anecdote of Lincoln..
When Colonel Mulligan's Chicago
regiment lay in camp away down South,
one of the privates, named Barney, in
a moment of passion and intoxication
stabbed and terribly mangled a comrade.
Barney was one of the hard
characters of the command, and it was
a matter of no surprise when the courtmartial
sentenced him for this last and
gravest of his many offences to be shot,
and fixed the day of his execution.
Meanwhile, to the surprise of every one
including the surgeons, the wounded
man began to recover and was soon pronounced
out of danger. Public opinion
took the usual turn. It was thought a
pity, after all, to shoot a fine young fellow,
such as Barney was in his better
moments; besides, he was one of the
boys, had been born like them in Chicago,
grown up with them, enlisted with
them, and fought with them. A movement
looking to a petition for the culprit's
pardon was set on foot, in which
none joined more heartily than the
wounded man, -and the camp, which,
hut vp<jtf?rriftv was for lvnchincr Barney,
now yearned to save his life. But the
General commanding had approved the
finding of the court-martial, and only
the President could interfere, and the
regiment was encamped away from the
telegraph lines. So that, though the
necessary documents had been forwarded,
backed by strong recommendations,
there were grave doubts if the
merciful message which Mr. Lincoln
was almost certainly to send would
reach the camp in time. An express
was Bent to the nearest telegraph station,
thirty miles away, to carry the
message with all haste?and all waited
impatiently.
The night before the fatal day arrived.
Barney was to be shot at sunrise
next day. No reprieve had arrived,
and reluctantly the adjutant prepared
the necessary orders, detailed the firing
party, arranged for the parade. The
night wore on. It is safe to say that
not an eye was closed in the camp, and
every ear was strained for hoof-beats
from the East. Past midnight, one,
two, three o'clock. There were movements
in the gray Eastern sky ; the
brilliant Southern stars palfd; it was
almost dawn.
Suddenly a faint sound was heard, as
of a shout away to the East. The excitement
became electric. Men rushed
from their tents, half dressed, and
gathered in anxious groups. The officers
were hardly less excited, and mingled
with them. Then in rapid succession
were heard challenge and reply as
the advancing party passed sentry after
sentry, then the tramp and splash of
hoofs and, at last, burst into view the long
looked-for messenger, covered with mud
from head to foot, wan and worn out,
his horse panting and travel-stained and
bruised, for they had ridden thirty
miles since midnight along roads that
were sluices of mud and water. The
rider held his way straight to the Colonel's
tent and delivered his telegram.
Ti.
XI lruu mus.
Washington, , 18&?.
Colonel Mulligan: If you haven't
shot Barney D yet?don't.
A. Lincoln.
They hadn't, and they didn't.
Bonaparte's Love Letters.
The great Napoleon, when absent on
his campaigns, used to write the most
tender love letters to his wife, Josephine.
Here is one of his short war notes :
" I write very often to you, my dear
love, but very seldom hear from you.
You are a fickle, ugly, wicked creature.
Perfidious ! to deceive a poor husband
and ardent lover ! Must he forfeit his
rights because he is far away, burdened
with difficulties, cares and fatigue ?
Without his Josephine, without the
assurance of her love, what remains for
him on earth! What can he do ? A
thousand loving kisses.?Bonaparte."
The next is curiously tender : 111 don't
love you a bit; on the oontrary, I detest
you." You are an ugly, stupid, wicked
liussev. You never write to me, and
vou do not love your husband. You
know the delight your letters afford
me, and yet you send me onlv a few
dozen hurried lines. Pray, Madam,
what do you do with yourself all day ?
What important business is it that prevents
you writing to your fond lover ?
What fiffV'ptinn stifles and outs aside the
love, the tender and constant love, you
promised me ? Who can this new wonder
be?this new lover who absorbs all
your time, tyrannizes over your days,
and prevents you from thiuking of your
husband ? Take care, Josephine, some
fino night, the doors closed, and 1*11
surprise you. But seriously, I am very
uneasy, my dear love, at receiving no
news of you ; write me four pages immediately,
full of those charming things
that fill my heart with tenderness and
delight. I hope to embrace you before
long ; then I shall cover you with a
million burning kisses.?Bokaparte."
Picking Pockets.
The passengers on a crowded ferryboat
were much amused one day at seeing
a gentleman very deftly pick his
friend's pocket of his pocket-book and
transfer it to his own. They were still
more amused at seeing a third " gentleman
" take the pocket-book even more
deftly from the amateur and disappear
in the crowd. The denouncement came
soon. Number Two asked Number One
to let him see his pockec-book, and,
when his friend could not find it, proceeded
with a smile to restore it to him.
His smile, however, was soon changed
to a look of intense surprise, which
was verv much enjoyed by the bystand*
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j ers, lor mey expecieu mm geuncumu
Number Three would soon appear and
unravel to his friends this amuRing
mystery. But, alas ! Number Three
never came back. He was, it seems, a
true " artist," who had coolly robbed
the amateur as publicly as the latter
robbed his friend. In the hurry and
confusion of landing Number Three
made his escape, so the amateur was
obliged to compensate his friend for
the contents of his pocket-book, probably
resolving, at the same time, to
eschew ever after any such practical
I jokes.
The Druggists.
For several years past efforts have
been made, at each session of the New
I Jersey Legislature, to procure the pasi
sage of a law that would have the effect
! of raising the standurd of education
among druggists throughout the State,
1 ' * > i< mlofolroo "
filld mereuy picvcut mo uudu.ii.vu
in the compounding of medicines which
so often result in loss of life. During
the present session a bill for the purpose
named was introduced, and allowed
to remain unconsidered for several
weeks. It provided that each druggist
should pass an examination, and
have a certificate of competency from a
i hoard consisting of five pharmacists.
The bill failed to Dass? wi*en it came to
a vote, although the necessity for such
a law is pretty generally" admitted.
The future destiny of the olju ^
work of the mother*
Florida Orange GroTes,
A correspondent has visited a Florida
orange grove, and tells us an interest- t
iilg story of what ha. saw. The grove v
belongs to Oapt. Dummitt, and was dis- t!
covered by that gentleman while "on o
the war path" after the Seminoles. It u
is a rich hammock bordering Mob- d
quito Lagoon and Indian Biver. Capt. t
Dummitt and Hardee pre-empted this d
hammock, and planted an organge i:
grove. This grove is now the finest
in the United States, and probably in v
the world. The grove contains 3,000 e
orange trees, surrounded by a thick t
scrub. a
No fences separated them from the t
scrub, and it is a common thing for a
deer, and even bears, to be seen in the s
Soves. Possums and coons are plenti- v
1, and even wild cats and panthers r
make their appearance at intervals. The t
groves are about a mile long and a quar- 1
ter of a mile wide. The trees are about i
twenty-five feet apart. The ground be- a
neath them is kept entirely free from p
any vegetation. It is^of a rich sandy c
formation. The whole grove was cool u
and shady. Hardly a fleck of sunlight i
fell upon us while we were in it. The I
land was naturally curved like a paren- c
thesis, thus keeping it entirely free c
from swampy moisture. The first tree p
that attracted my attention as I entered !
the grove was a lemon tree. The lem- c
ons were thin-skinned and of an extra- i
ordinary size. In some places I found i
lemons and oranges growing upon the t
same tree, and in one case lemons, or- t
anges, and limes upon the same branch, t
Some of the orange trees were in bios- c
som, others were loaded with dark green i
fruit in various stages of development, c
but the most of them groaned . under t
the weight of large, ripe yellow oranges, t
The climate and the soil are such that c
Capt. Dummitt says that he has raised i
oranges every month in the year. The c
Captain's black razor-backed hogs ap- e
peared to have a good time of it, for 1
they roamed about the grove fattening f
upon the ripe oranges as they fell from
the trees. (
Dummitt's Grove has produced 600,- i
000 oranges this season. He nays he ]
will raise a million next year. Three or i
four years ago the trees were nearly de- (
stroyed by insects, but they have fully c
recovered and look finer than ever, i
This grove is celebrated throughout the t
State. It is looked upon as a kind of j
Mecca by the orange producers of 1
Florida. It costs Capt. Dummitt not <
quite $1,000 a year to Keep his magnifi- i
cent grove in order. Six hundred thou- i
sand oranges at two cents apiece on the 1
trees would give him a nett income of t
$11,000 a year, and one million oranges 1
would give a nett income of 819,000. <
But a first-class grove, fully developed, \
ought to average 3,000 oranges to the <
tree. Many trees yield 5,000, and one tree
in the old Eaton Grove, near En- <
terprise, is said to have produced 10,000 i
oranges in one year. In the vicinity j
are many orange groves, and they are i
very profitable to the owners. <
The correspondent concludes Capt. 1
Dummitt is nearly 70 years old. He is '
a thin man, with gray hair and a gray i
beard. He cares bHt little for money i
and is contented so long as he makes a i
living. If anybody wants his oranges
they must go to his grove and buy i
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inem on wie ucts, jluc v?}>uiiu uoh
looks for a purchaser. The purchaser i
must look for the Captain.
One of the Men Wanted.
The Bank of England forgers, says a
letter, for a long time kept up very
large bank accounts, lived in excellent
style, presented drafts upon different '
houses of good standing, which, being
genuine, were promptly paid, and they 1
manifested a knowledge of banking cub- 1
toms and rules which could only be ac- 1
quired by persons actually in business !
in Wall street or in the money mart of '
London. So far as known, the other '
forgers were not posted in regard to !
the usages of the street; but with ;
Gray, who is supposed to be one of the
men, and who had a practical knowledge
of finance in all its branches, in '
their ranks, they would find no diffi- '
culfcy in making off with a good por- |.
tion of the "reserve "of the Bank of
England.
" Gray," said a detective, " could do :
! anything in the way of rascality. Why, j'
he was the coolest hand I ever did see
at forgery, and then the way he could ,'
cheek it out when the detectives came 1
after him! Why, do you know, when I
had liim cooped up in his house in
London, and a dozen detectives about it 1
at the front and back doom and all the
windows, ho just* colored his hair and
whiskers, and, going to the back door,
told the detectives that the man they
were hunting for was up-stairs, and
they must hurry up at once if they
wanted to catch him, for he was a slippery
fellow, and like as not would j
crawl away over the roofs. And then j
he went away. The Britishers kept at ,
the back-door looking up-stairs, and we
at the front door got in and passed
through the house, and finally found
out how we had been tricked. Oh! he
was a game one. Just think of him
a hobnobbing with Baron Rothschild
and the other ' big bugs ' on the other
side, drinking their wine, riding their
horses, and hunting with their hounds."
The detective laughed heartily while
recounting some of Gray's exploits.
A Safe Trst for Coal Oil.
A correspondent writes: Tho most
effective wav to stop the sale of danger
ous oils and burning fluids which are so '
destructive to life and property is to
educate the people. The test is so simple
that it is in the power of every one. !
It has often been published, yet there j
are thousands of people who have not
heard it. You will benefit the people
by repeating it often.
The test is as follows: Pour a 6mall ;
quantity of the oil out upon a saucer '
or tin plate; apply a lighted match; if
it ignites immediately, or even before
the fire touches it, let the oil be returned
to the vender as unsafe.
Good, safe oil will not flash, but burn
slowly when the lighted match is dropped
into it, and the fire is extinguished
as soon as the match is removed. If
the people will subject their oil to this
test and use only that which stands it,
accidents will be rare.
The PrRATE.? Among the most notorious
of the leaders of the buccaneers
or pirates, who originally started out
fromTortuga, and whose names be ;ime
famous in the Gulf and particularly
about the West Indies, was the famous
Morgan, afterward Sir Henry, who, afawawtt
ntu'mn lrnnxirn nrwl - I
wi fumiuuuu^ c?vxj viiuiv- ?. VMM
ed by stealing the booty of his comr?kies,
with which, retiring to the island of
Jamaica, he succeeded in making a portion
of the workf believe he was a hightoned,
honorable rtan, becoming actually
an officer of the government, and
receiving the honor or knighthood. His
portraits represent him as a fine-looking
gentleman, and he is said to have
sprung from a respectable family in
' Wales.
Results of ft " Strike."
A correspondent of the Manchester
guardian, writing from Merthyr Tydil,
Wales, gives a sorrowful account of J
he sufferings endured by the families
f the " strikers." The writer says the '
iter destitution which exists in the ,
listrict extending from Merthyr Tydvil
o the confines of Monmouthshire is inlescribable,
and he cites the following
nstances :
I made recently a series of Sunday
isits to a number of houses in the poorr
districts of Merthyr?wretched homes
hey were, all of them. There is about
. mile from Merthyr a suburb called,
>y those who can pronounce it, Oaepntywyll,
lying in a damp hollow by the
ide of the river Taff, and close to the
rorks of Cyfarthfa, which since the
iots of 1831, have never ceased to echo
he clangor of bustling industry, or
ight the sky with the ruddy blaze of
-LK A? 'l11*a v\AArtla linru OVA
uuwerauiu xiicd* jlno j^/w|/*w mv*v *?v
.11 Cyfarthfa workmen. It is a queer
lace, all up and down hill, with rows
f steps leading to the high foot-paths,
rith rugged roads like mountain paths,
nnocent of drain or channel, and little
rooklets rushing down the centre,
irossing from side to side in zigzag
ourses, and pausing here and there in
>ools which seem common to most of
ferthyr streets. The air is close and
lamp, an<\ the odors exhaled from some
tnseen source of impurity are dank and
nephitic. There are beads of ooze upon
he house fronts, perpetual mud upon
he steps, eternal dust and dirt upon
he dingy windows. Here is an open
loor that innvites us to enter. You will
lotice that the broken stone iloor has no
sarpet, and is full of holci; that a
urned-up box does duty as r. table, and
hat a three-lagged stool and an arinshair
are the only articles of furniture
n the room. The armchair is drawn
doBe to the grate, in which lingers the
iipiring embers of what originally could
lave been but a very small wood fire,
or fuel is as scarce as food.
A woman sits in the chair, and is
razing moodily, fixedly, into the dull
ed of the slow-burning wood?a thin,
pinched, scantily-clad woman, whose
-agged cotton dress is as frouzy and
lirty as the little woolen shawl which is
Irawn over her head to protect her
leek from the draft that comes through
he broken window pane at the back.
Vt her breast is a two-month baby?
jorn a child of sorrow only a day or
;wo before the strike began, and baby
is thin and pinched as its haggard
lurse. There is a little girl of ten or
;welve kneeling before the fire, and
ihivering, as she tries to fcfist a slice of
aread, which I learn has been begged
)f a neighbor, and is the only food in
the house. A young man sits on the
jther side of the fire upon another box
' ' * * tt_ * . am!
?not ine taDie. n? is u iuu^ci , uui
)f work, of coarse. He is smoking?
mark that; he can buy tobacco, and
the woman has to beg bread. Soon
ifter I enter he resents my appearance
on the scene by shambling out. It isvery
little the woman will say at lirst.
r*' all my questions sho returns such
short answers as I admit my intrusion
deserved. But a chance remark about
the baby opened the mother's heart.
"John," she told me?John was her
husband?was a " bailer." He did not
want to strike, but was obliged to turn
out with the others. " And there's
lots, you see like him, only the colliers
was strike, and then the puddlers and
bailers and laborers and all, was have
to strike, too." So ran the pigeon
English of this poor Welshwoman?
this wretched wife?a slattern evidently,
but an innocent sufferer from the
calamitous strife now raging.
House after house in those dreary
streets I visited, and found almost as
sad a state of things?cupboards bare
as old Mother Hubbard's, and hungry
children crying for food. In ono desolate
home trfere were two children
lying on a death-bed, and their mother
said they were "a-dying of the strike."
Tn some coses the men had been able
to earn a little money by working as
laborers on Mr. Crawshay's farm; in
one or two instances, and these were
colliers, they had secured employment
in the Aberdare pits; and at one house
I called, and found the wife was now
receiving a weekly post office order from
her husband, who, with a few of his adventurous
comrades, had found work at
Middlesborough. That completed my
Sunday tour, and I returned dispirited
and sore at heart. I went this morning
to Plymouth?a workman's district at
the other end of the town?only to see
Bqualid poverty and the same degree of
utter destitution. The people here are
kept alive only by the soup kitchens,
one of which had been started by Mr.
Fothergill, M. P., the owner of Plymouth
Works, and was confined to
women and children. In very few places
did I find the men at home, and when I
asked for them I was told that they
were "out seeing what was going on."
I was told at Plymouth that some of the
older workmen intended to wait upon
Mr. Forthergill, who has not yet been
interviewed ; and I heard at Cyfarthfa
that a meeting of the ironworkers was
held on Saturday, at which they resolved
to recommend to their fellows the acceptance
of the reduction for the
term of one month.
A Wrestling Match.?The last
" match " is in the way of wrestling,
and took place iu California. Two men
tried it for the championship of the
State and 8250 in money. After a number
of falls and a great deal of skirmishing,
the finnl wind-up took place in this
manner: Murray gave his antagonist,
Marky, a severe fall. Ho lifted him
two or three feet and spun his body
from him, which fell at full length on
the floor. The fall was rather an uneasy
one. Murray's friends lifted him
bodily on their shoulders, and amidst
the wildest enthusiasm, carried him
from the hall, the band playing, "Seo
the Conquering Hero Comes." One of
the results is that Marky gave the
championship and 8250 for a set of veiy
sore bones and a pair of disordered
shins. Marky weighed 200 pounds and
Murray 170.
Taking it Cool.?One of the men
believed to have been interested in the
forgeries on the Bank of England was
arrested on a steamer entering New
York harbor. He is described as a finelooking
man, in possession of half a
dozen names and some 830,000 in gold
and diamonds. He treats his arrest
coolly nnd says there Is no power which
can take him to England for trial. It
is said that had his confederates on the
steamer been known, at least a quarter
of a million dollars would have been
found in tbeir possession.
Quill pens, which a few years ago
were despised as being of the old fogy
order, are coming into favor again. This
is partly owing to the very inferior
quality of many of the kinds of steel
pens now in the market.
Illinois horticulturists are reported
to be cutting down their peach orchards,
which have been killed by the severe
winter, to make room for other crops.
I
Anecdote of Bnron Rothschild.
A short time ago the Baron Van
Rothschild took a walk in Paris, and 1?
suddenly found himBelf behind the 111
Pantheon, in a part of the city with P'
which he was not familiar. He entered P1
the shop of a dealer in old curiosities, CI
and discovered among a great deal of w
worthless trumpery an old barometer 81
from the time of Louis XVI., the carv- f*
ing of which was exceedingly well pre- T
served. The Baron, who is a connoiseur y
of such things, immediately resolved to
buy the barometer. The price was ten 81
francs, and Rothschild, glad to get it Ul
so cheap, put his hand in his pocket to 'c
give the woman who kept the store a 01
ten franc piece. Unfortunately he dis- 111
covered that he had left his pocketbook
home.
" Well, never mind," said he, "I will w
take the barometer, anyhow. Send it n,
to my house. I am the Baron Roths- 81
child# The money will be paid to you P
at my house." Cl
"I do not know your name monsieur," B<
replied the woman ; "moreover, I never
send any goods away unless they have v
previously been paid for." n
The baron was greatly puzzled. He P
had never dreamed that anybody could Ci
be ignorant of his name ; bmt as he w
happened to be in a very good humor, ^
he felt highly amused, and was just
about to give her some information as
to who he was, when he saw a commis- J
sionaire pass by on the other side of the [,
street. He beckoned to him, and when h
the honest Auvergant stood before him, < <
he asked him: h
"Do you know, perhaps, Baron
Rothschild ?"
" That is a funny question, sir. 11
KOtilSCinm? WD J, wiuo to our muucj t(
king. Why do you ask that ques- 't
tion ?" he said, growling!^, for he t<
supposed it was a mere mystification. w
"Because madam here refuses to trust *
him for ten francs," said Rothschild,
pointing to the woman.
" Is that really truo, Madame Duclos
?" cried the commissionaire, in sur- |
prise. ' tl
" Yes, you see, Monsieur Pierre, we p
cannot know everybody in the world," 1-1
replied the woman, in confusion. "I ?
know you, and if you will go the gentle- c
raan's'security"
At these words the baron burst into
a fit of laughter.
" Very well, Monsieur Pierre," he said,
"if you will go my security, do so ; a
but above all things go and fetch me a 1
hack, and then carry this barometer to o
my house."
The commissionaire received a very
handsome reward at the house of the i
rich millionaire for going security for h
Baron Rothschild. (
A CUBE FOB d
I
CONSUMPT ION. r
For the cure of this distressing disease there hat *
been no modiclne yet discovered that can show ?
more evidence of real merit than ALLEN'S LUNO f
BALSAM. This unequaled expectorant for curing t
Consumption, and all diseases leading to it, such as
affections of the throat, lungs, and all diseases of ?
the pulmonary organs, is introduced to the suffer- I
Ing public after its merits for the cure of such diseases
have been fully tested by the medical faculty.
The Balsam is consequently, recommended by physicians
who have become acquainted with its great t
success.
'
WHAT THE DOCTOBS BAY i
Drs. Wilson A Ward, physicians and druggists. "
write from Centrcvllle, Tenn.: "We purchased
Allen's Luno Balsam, and it sells rapidly. We
are practicing physicians, as well as druggists, ,
and take Pleasure in recommending a great remc- '
dy, such a* we kuow this to be." 3
Dr. Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon in the army daring '
the war, from czpusurc, contracted consumption.
He says: ' I have no hesitancy in stating that it
was by the uso of your Luxo Balsam that I am now
alive and enjoying good health."
Nathaniel Harris, of Middleberry, Vt., says: "I 1
have no doubt it will soon become a classical reme^Li
dial agent for the cure of all diseases of the Throat, ^
Bronchial Tubes and Lungs." I
Amos Woolly, M. D., of Kosclnsca Co., Ind.. says: I
" For three years past I have used Allen's Luno
Balsam extensively in my practice, and I am sutis- '
fled there Is no better mcdiciuofor lung diseases ,
In use." '
Physicians do not recommend a mcdioine which ]
has no merit. What they say about
]
ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM
I
can be taken as a fact. Let all afflicted test It at
once, and be convinced of its real merits. <
As an expectorant It has no equal.
It is harmless to the most delicate child.
It contains no opium in any form.
Directions accompany each bottle.
|
CAUTION.?Call for
ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM.
J. N. HARRIS A CO., Cincinnati,0.
PltOPBIETOKS.
FERRY DAVIS A SON, General Agonts.
Providence, B. I.
8old by all Mcdicliio dealers.
tor sabs 8t
JOHN P. nF.NRY, New York.
GEO. C. GOODWIN A CO., Boston.
JOHNSON, IIOLOWAY A CO., Philadelphia.
Ilest atxl Oldest Family Nrdlrlne.-.tns'
ford's Liver lnvigorator-n purely Vegetable Cathartic
and Tonic-tor Dywpepsla, Constipation,Debility- j
Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derange, 1
menu of Liver, Stomach and Rowels. Ask your ,
Druggist for it. Beware of imitations.
Attesd to the First Symptoms of Cossumptios,
and that the disease may be cheeked in its Inci- |
plency, use at once Dr. Jaync's Expectorant, a safe
remedy for all affections of the Lungs and Bronchia
The Markets.
MEW YOIlK.
Beef Cattle?Prime to Extra Bullocl;s$ .MJ^a .14"^
First quality 12yn ,13
Second quality llJia .12X
Ordinary thin Cattle 10 a .11
Inferior or lowest grade ,08^1 .00 y
Milch Cowa 40.00 a80.00
Hogs?Live 03J.ll ,05'j
Dressed 0.1 >, a .07','
Sheep 0J^ a .07y,
Cotton?Middling P-'X" .20^ :
Flour?Extra Western 7.00 a 7.110 '
State Extra 7.10 a 7.50
Wheat?lied Western 1.83 a 1.8.1
State 1.95 a 2.25 I
No. 2 Spring 1.65 a 1.71
Rve 90 a .91
Barley?Malt 1.10 a 1.45
Corn?Mixed Western f4Va 66#
Oats?Mixed Western 4Htja .50
nav l.Oil a 1.60
Straw 80 a 1.20
Hops "72s, .40 a .50?"71s, .10 a .15
Pork?Mess 13.00 alfi.50
Lard 07a .09','
Petroleum?Crude 8>,a 9,V It'flued 19# 1
Butter?State ."Mi a .40 I
Ohio Fancy 30 a .32
" Yellow 18 a .25
Western Ordinary 20 a .20
Pennsylvania fine 30 a .35
Cheese?State Factory 15 a .10#
' Skinuned 00 a .12
Ohio 13 a .10
Eggs?State 25 a .20
Beef Cattle 5.63 ? #.75
Sheep 0.75 a 7.00
Hnga?Live S.'iO s 5.R5
Flour 7.50 alO.OO
Wheat?No. 2 Spring 1.50 a 1.B0
Corn .51 a .52
Oata .42 a .43
Rye K5 a .85
Barley 80 a 1.00
Lard 08 a. 09
ALBA XT.
Wheat 1.70 a 2.10
Rye?State 83 a .80
Corn?Mixed 07 a .09
Barley-State 82 S a .82#
Oata?State 48 a .54
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour-Penn. Extra 8.75 a 9.00
Wheat?Weatern Red 1.93 a 1.90
Corn?Yellow 00 a ?89)tf
Mixed ? 60 a .00
Petroleum?Crude 13 XReflnedlDtf
BeefCattte \. 00 a .08#
Clover Seed v.... 8.00 a 8.73
Timothy.. V./ 3.25 a 3.50
daAmoblk,
Cotton?Low Middliqgf .\ 18^a .18^
Flour?Extra \. 6.75 a 8.00
Wheat A :. 1.60 a 2.10
Corn?Yellow Y. 60 a .60
Oata .V. ? a .49
Preparation of Heat Extract. ]
A new mode of preparing certain
nds of meat has lately been patented
i Paris by M. Durand. This has more
irticular reference to the flesh of
rawns, shrimps, and other delicate
-nstaceans, in regard to which, as is I
ell known, mncn trouble is experilced
in the picking oat of the flesh
om the external skeleton after boiling,
he new method consists in placing 0
le shrimps, while still alive, in a *
ouble metallic ring perforated with a
nail holes, some course material being s
sed as a filter. This ring is subjected *
> pressure, which squeezes the flesh
at into a vessel placed below. This a
lay be then mixed with the necessary
iasoning, boiled, and dried by evaportion,
so as to form a compact paste,
hick will keep for a long time, furishing
an excellent article of food. A
imilar process can be applied to the i
reparation of fish, the meat of which J
m be forced out, leaving the bones,
:ales, etc., behind. The flesh of both t
sh and crustaceans before eooking is 1
ery soft, and easily yields to the tieatlent
indicated. This process might
erhaps be applied to advantage in the
use of shad and herrings, the bones of
bich constitute so great an objection
) them nB an article of food.
Veterinary Surgeons all over the couuv
are recommending Sfwritlan't Cavalry Conition
Ponders for the following trouble in
orees Loss of appetite, roughuesH of the
air, etoppage of bowels or water, thick water.
jughs and colds, swelling of the glands, worms,
oruo oil, thick wind, and boa vet).? Com.
A friend of onrs who is qjiief clerk in
ie Governmental Dispensary, ears that no
tediciue chest is now comploto without John>n's
Anodyne Liniment. We always supposed
was prescribed by law; if it is liot, it ought
) be, for certainly there is nothing in the whole
iateria medica of so much importance to the j
sldier and the sailor as Johnson's Anodyne *i
.iniment.?Com.
i
"A "Wonder of Medical Science,"
iav well be applied to Dr. Il'wtar'a Balsam of
Vild Cherry. It is nearly half a century since
his remarkable remedy was introduced to the
ublic, and yet the immediato and enviable
eputation which it gained by its wonderful
ures of coughs, colds, hooping cough, sore
liroat, influenza, consumption, and all bronliial
complaints, is to this day fully sustained.
-Com.
Throat Affections and Hoarseness.
-All suffering from Irritation of the Throat
nd Hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at
he almost immediate relief afforded by the use
f " Brown's Bronchial Troches."?Com.
To have elegant light Biscuits, Rolls,
luckwheat Cakes, Fruit Dumplings, Ac., you
hould use Dooley's Yeast Powder. Ask your
Irocerforit. It is a pure Baking Powder.-Com.
For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, Ingestion,
Depression of Spirits and General
)ebility, in their various forms, Fxrro-Phoborated
Elixir of Calisaya made bv Caswell,
Iazard A Co., Now York, and sold hy all druggists,
is the best tonic. As a stimulant tonic
or patients, recovering from fever or other
ickncss, it has no equal. If taken during the
eason it prevents fever and ague and other
utcrmittent fevere.?Com.
The Browns and Blacks produced by
hat sterling preparation, Cristadoro's Exceliior
Hair Dye, caunot bo excelled by Nature ;
ts tints challenge comparison with' Nature's
nost favored productions, and defy detection.
-Com.
Flaoo's Instant Relief.?Warranted
o relieve all Rheumatic Afflictions, Sprains,
S'euralgia. etc. The best, the surest, and the
juickcnt remedv for all Bowel Complaints. Relef
guarrauteed or the money refuudod.? Com.
Wnke Up The System*
When the physical energies droop and the mind
/
jecomeslcthargic.it may be taken for^anted that
die digestion it impaired and the ltvCr derelict in
tV^uty. Upon the condition o^hc stomach and
IIYerwpcna xno cunuiuuiyi iac uiuuu, uuu ujrvu |
the quall^^^hat fluid^cpends the vigor of the
body and the catfthtlii^or brain labor. It t?, thereTore,
of the utmoUMnRb(Jance to men engaged in
active pursuU^wbo arc sub)qrt to attacka of bodily
weakno^tnd mental stuporbwAndlffercnce, to
know from what aonrce they can obtatfrtmmediate
and permanent relief. The tonic and antl-btllous
itimulatlng elements combined in Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, peculiarly adapt that genial preparation
to cases of this kind. The rapidity with
which it rouses the dormant powers of the muscular
and nervous system, is marvelous. Acting first
upon the digestive organs, and through them upon
the fluids of the body, the nerves and the brain, it
renovates, refreshes and regulates, not only the
corporal powers, but the mlud itself. As debility
and its usual concomitant, mental torpor or depression,
aro often caused, nnd where they already
exist, are always aggravated by the oamp and
variable weather prevalent in the spring months,
persons of feeble stamina and weak nerves, should
go through a course of this agreeable stimulant at
this season, and indeed would derive great advantage
from taking It at least once a day throughout
the year.
fllHE MAGIC CORN PLANTER EXCELS.
? Price *300. MYRON CASE. Kasong, N. Y.
PAINTERS ROOKS.?Catalogue mailed free.
Address, ROUSSEAU ^ CO., Buffalo, N. Y.
O ( n Per Week IN CASH to good Agents.
OHr" " Address A. Cot.'I.TKtt .1 Co.,Charlotte.Mir h.
riHMIIKK LAN OS in Pentisvlvanla at $ 10 per
I acre. Apply to I'. W. SHE A IK It, lottsville. I'.i.
PERSONS .contemplating n removal to the
J West will'consult their own Interest bv addressing
JOS. II. Af.KXAMtER.
See'y Citirens' Association. St. Charles, }|t*s> ttrl.
SI.\< E 1 NOO. the undersigned Iiik been successfully
diKiyuil in collecting claims in Europe.
J. F. FRCKAl'EF, Attorney at Law,
Columbia, Pa.
nf?? AT T\ ? TIIF. <i IIF.AT CI*II 10S| TV. GEN\X\JIJXJ.
L'INK GOLD ({CARTER DOLLARS,
to wear a* charms, ornaments, Ac , Ac. 1 he
most valuable anil unique of all keepsakes. Warranted
rune uuld grnuint coin. Only a small lot
ever made. Scut sealed for cts each; 6 for fit.
Call be had only Irom Hunter A Cm. Hinsdale, N. H.
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hs Cheapest La*d ix Mabk*t, for tale by the '
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Sectional Maps, showing the Land, alto new edtIon
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Omaha, Neb.
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MOTHERS! MOTHERS.
MOTHERS!
Don't fail to procure MBS. WINSLQW'
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR OHILDCQIN TBTTB
[NG.
Thli valuable preparation baa bean naed with
NEVER-FAILING SUCCESS IN THOUSANDS Of
CASES.
It not only relieves tba child from pain, but
rlgoratce the ttcmacb and bowels, corracta acidity
and (fives tone and etiorgy to the whole system. It
will alao instantly relieve MM^s
Griping ot the Bowela and Wind Oolie.
We believe It the BEST and BURK8T REMEDY IN
THE WORLD in all caeca of DYSERVBRY AND
DIARRHCEA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from
teething or any other cauae.
Depend upon it, mothers, It will give rest to
youraelvea/nd
Relief and Health to Tour Infanta.
Be sure and call for ...
" MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING rT*UP."
Having the fac-aimlle of ' CURTIS A PMRXIK'S,' ~
on the outside wrapper.
Sold by Druggists throughout the World.
Ciikrrv, which does not dry up a cough and %
leaves the causo behind, hat loosens it, cleanses
the lungs and allays Irritation, thus removing the
cause of. the complaint.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CU*ED
by a timely resort to this standard remedy, as is **t
proved by hundreds of testimonials it has received.
The grnklnr Is signed "/. IlutU" on the wrapper.
SETH w. FOWLE & SONS, Pporitrrroaa,
Rostov. Mass. Sold by dealers generally.
8500 IN PRIZES.
I'vnj i cini VVfllMniiT.Tim
Da> a Earlier than Kafly Hose. KllOI'?
fl] iiiiiiify Productive and of KX^
CKLftENT FI.AYOH. 81 per lb.;
HMJ 4 puuikls by raatlijjbstpaldjor f 3.50.
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0
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