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OT0 Oft lathe 16oftj W rn=0 BN, i49patodhou of~ I4be t ! m _go 4 u could find bar flowerSi But =uh bt were Spring to ive o he blossoms t Deotr, 't ey would seem as fair and sweet As thoso wo lovingly remember. For violets blue and daisies white In frost and cold would surely shivor, And purplo Iris Itags soon droop It waving o'er a frozon river; And so 'tis better as It in For young boarts oily aro Spring's p)0ion ures; We old ones faith, msnit be content To know that once we shared her treaqures. -Marglat4 Eytine, ins 11arpe's Wcdd y. Stable Management. Much depends upon the groom Iin tle management of horses in the stable. Frequently3 very poor grooms get coi tmiol of good horses, and the owIner st fers the loss resultitig from their incomn potency. It is muore dillloilt to hli a competent groon than it Is to finil an eXperienced farmer, skilled melhanie,or practical sailor, beeuise there is no rdo or meclanical stamdard by vhihi to de. termiuno the groom's competenev. An offieielnt groou will keep the stable cean, and Iuritieil froi the ia)rbon acid gas generated from the lungs it respirationi, and the amm1onia esaping fromn the oxTuC11lnts, so tOhat. thi her.,es will not. breathe t heso gase, w hih 'reatet disease. lie will arrange in all way-s for tle comfort and giood hehthIi of the anim als placed in 'hki clare; he will have " a p'huse for evers thiu , and evervtling in its plae;'" he'will kind temptured, hunmne I .a his b'*ses ani faithful to his e ployer. and wi umderstand hi busiless. atnd hax the honesty to execut the' truzzst writh td - ity. vigilance and e, m in many st ablh 2 aie or siierittedet, w '' t NY ants, and has .he 1-2 help f r I' :id ':ii . which has i n- w. : ,., ' , "e their p w'1-c, l D s-'n T e rvrnn\ m li, :d i' li t; 41:1111 sumPeruI 0 a r :11.'lt 1 (i d IN rk rI I K# ~ I '1.Vt Itt. (I a lit ~ b. feMd uIa uIne fit' to I r a.u ofeuuo bo -nr to r'upp'i t ie oub wftanci e \late \Ifli ity :r Ii ,o tis ot ntmvtnior lit' IAr-e W r hr get \Vciru. Nt os, mor t(.I 1): nil becom',le's har,:t'-le 1;i ] -Ie~ -il14 kpn upn it he h as f rhe amoinV t hesi4 wvork, a ruitd o tom . Thonu b' J fd en o)g to suply thne o natral wite aot body. an to~ r-upply IMlI~t s ub hoance, exhausted by he a:orl.r lise riot <rootl polivtle wr horses fd become hjardened00s iu' by exercisepal beo kep thup with ess fooi, undrfhe san wo~ar, thnit too toy' pu i. o. il'rom fite otet ons of rgifood! l ~awu winin ' aout suppl thizes daiy consumpton >n The REnlish clar ore f ed xl'" ehten art fo~s oats i.- 11:4 pioundt of~I ; on fhay ted ieie a dr.TeAor<an. cavlryehorse, hav lled thoiegih ri tion tincrealil~set ha- of oisJe*dy f ivll queartayo as tsw ay as ,-1ml amount, o~1f' h'ay hee time mes a day.Telmt-,i the eet.n is1( aloeg4 ofron): (~ s i i I0 ionds oft haycI4~ fe fiep times fa day.~ ofh rac-hose i 1es allweefo te ihte to ftilntym quars, of as er dayo,lf anl feroy se, much hayti as ethne, bina1 hullbed dive iime ai' day. g, io: The fneet and loegs ofhorses' rleepaire1)4 ing wit haodrsbeen :Keth fri-t a11ll leat inorer. and hep bodyt wll ktowl enr~ tof itself." T~hle Ilegs, areI; hth .ist forom ede ptQl)1 rnd exertigu, shouh. b'e rb on thd'g rfr lif legs, fvrn the n~tees and11( hoes down, houd wit wetl hand-rtbe soa th hrict will prevnt inn-gable espian that v eyl oed tod prevent swthoud (1111 isti jints contraed teanofs andprng thkne tiee. Wen drethel r, feverdoptom over driiny wthe houdbsbaed fo atwtkh Theventuinggeall thatore eye-t o tea artsvl of theyan corsde. M orTei pao sulene E~te feetg aIIl1: superior to clay as an antidote for thrush and frog dliseases. It can be packed in dry, and wvet afterward. It will leave the feet sweet, cleani amt soft, when wvashedo (Jut regularly wit hi wvarmj salt water. Stu mng prevents t ho feet from becoming dry and brittle. - Najional Live Soci: 'Journal. A Cool Proposition. There are men who speak of their losses, and, when called' upon to detail them, can only say that they did not make this or that investment wheroby) they would have gained large sums. A'n analogous mode of reasoning would seem in order as regards profits. At *- least, so thought the brilliant but penni lesi roung "nociety man " who asked a Wal samet magnate to give him his dat htersa hand. "ent, n dear fellow, ouhaven't a cetmtewrd!eidterich mani Whtdoes that matter ?" asked the leader of Germans. "You say that her dotis 5Ouuu- I will take her with half that sum cash down. We shall oome out $250,000 apiece ahead--don't you see?"--Harper', Weekly. --Once a woman, who was called in to do Garibaldi's washing, venturedl to remark that she could not findi his shirts. "My shirts! 1 have but two,"' he re plied. "You must have one in the wash; I have the other on. With a lit tle order and calculation, two shirits are plenty!" Garibaldi's philosophy was never surpassed, unless by that Ken. tueky gentleman who possessed but one shirt, and was accustomed to be in bodi one day each week to have the sacredl garment washed. One morning, while he was at rest, his wife rushed in ~nd cried: "Bill, the durned calf he'z et your shirt?" Upon this Bill remarked raqiytht"hm hemutls!" -tril Fhat Prtes. he ut oe .-enroFre Pic roas. ahir --Sensible advien fenm a hank canMar Flax, Sme emonths ago we published an article upon the growing of flax for fiber, and It was and is asubject of con. siderable importance. But It rocolves but comparatively little attention, for there is a very prevalent disposition to shirk the labor necossary to produce an article that mantifaturors can uwo. To to this requiros a greater dogroo ot care and the adoption of noro thorough mthotis than the mat1jority of the farm 0r "eIm willintg to giv O a0Ao 'I'liT promintlioll of seol alonti appears to b.1 willeient to Satisfy the liost Of I hose who grow 11he1 Crop. h1te1 ricew pub~lishedh atid to whitc w have re ferrod, it may be rememiere'd that mniltioni Was litde of the fact, that lit OnO6t) timeti it comn of ternm4lLl' capital ists oreeted a allx mill in a section of ihe West in whi Ah there ni as titst thoos anares an111Inululder. flax,'hult that1t t he enlterpr.ist had to he ahamlointed. Now to olin wiit is ilt,\peiencd, it wouild het supposedt't that sulch a se tion 'would 11u:ranite tihe sciteess of a tla\ mill. 'Ihere was tit i61l a:lt there w-11a the 1--. Yet the un1derlakin- was a fa'lure, And why P ltaas th farm ers of that sect ion wtouhi not g roW Ila\ for thi tbr, Thek ctw olipanv Said tilt flrImers would neithe'r pull the0 t1x. keep the st raw straight or treat it as it eservert - that the seemied to be eon tenlt ito aise tla\ for the seed only. In thuits doin., or rather in thius not 'doin, the frum'r-s of thie stetion le::al-y did oit act in ' nlance with t heir own iltstsV-St, 01nt of the Zrat drawbackS to the cultivtion of t-ax for the tia'e Sis the want of market in mAny e Thbe businesof mufacturin. whc 21 %:-s timte zus,-un esdr.epL that weI do:~ not* foc our fars o vel r', *.,j~ ('j .4j. moreAJ. 'ra ju ll thrgi? r~r progressin ini dirtion. It itr theu progress ind very stme, and thorugh reform~a illt prbatl rea o or beti estab thte,1' whe oc thess uc lar n tohatl occup it. B ~ralutl therAmerisa farm populatioi n tis tinlient to pertis't, theckless as to go low, evn if throue rf willn temttonsL)I c to' do so, wit liuiti a seaily tincreing 4)m ellort t chk We .indi as a pat, 1o1f it ell'ot thicn.. (Jcmey . lit t la growersa ofahecoun t ry wI~il mak ta pineh lt t rducelier that~~ is Lt te gmills, he mi ilt neot be ltong wantti. o(1)5, i i lax needs11, a odsiadaryo. foll tof a m t t r w lxu o t Ugualy god what oilis oo', lai sotil. I t i a xhauting ro ti anda the sov ill ught t e n to )i T ground l sowig forei the ilsprheigilas willn as h so ise'I rasonabtly dry tiu adr warm. The quan itury f .luee wil hiler accord-i wi to tteI prsei frorg which th criop i. grown.l af the whodutio so ise iso the object abou al hXalf~tii or oia threure of wan bue in the acricng ae uson if the ftibe is rwaned, abru ambushe iandi a hal.Wee ml quantity of seedvi ife ttrl ris used the plts t ino sen ou t lre branjtch, hic, .hal will plrduco many.r teed-bolher butwthtedberowtll buthel very good. But when a larger qulantity of 8Ceed is usedl, at larger numb11 er of plant1 s, of urlse, are produlced, t he plants gr~ow straight and tall, and1( produlce a gottd quality of fibher, but not much11 seed. - lI'estcr'n Jlnural. TIhe Survey of Eastern Palestine. Captain Conde'r and Lieutenant Man,~ tell, R1. E., have returned from their lmrst Camfpaign ini Easter-n Palestine, brimtimg wvithI thmem tihe results o:i their work. lhose inichlude the miap oif IL hi rgo disOtrit, covering li v hundd stpImreOILn miles of country, with a very laurgo gnlantity of notes, ptlans, drawings amnd pihot ographs concern11in g the antiqiuities of Moalb andi Gilead. Captain Conder wvil lproceedl at once to arrni'Le theso materials for publication. Ilelas also brought wvith him a c!onsiderable quan tity (of notesx, antd add(itional informat ion made by himself antd his party in West ern Pa lestine. T'hese will be includled mn thme next vo(lumle of the society's great work, which will be delaved a month or two on their account. Iburingr the ro cent visit of the Royal Prines to Pal estinoe, Captain Conder had the honor of accompanying their Royal Hlighnmesses throughout their tour, which lasted nearly six wveeks, and extended over all Western Palestine', aind over agreat p~art of the count ry east of Jordtan. TIhe haram at HebIronI waLs also e xploredt, a ntd a plan and dlescription were prepared by Captain Conder, to be0 subhmittedt to his Royal Highness the Prince of Walos. --Lon don Ncws. Accident In a Sulphur Mine. Tlhe Glazetta P'iemontese reports a ter.. rdble accident ini one of time suilphur mmies at Caltanisetta, in Sicily. T1heo rope by which a wagon heavily laden with sulphur wats bemng drawn up an incline out of the "'Tumuminelli"' pit sut - denly snapped. Tlhe wagon thereuponi commenced descending again, and, there being no piossibi itv of stop png it, the wagon rushed at a tremen<i ous speed to the bottom of the pit, and was thsthigh frictio time brimnitne buirst in to flames, with the most distrous results to the miners, who were at wvork at the Itime. As soon as the tirewsetn gushe there were r" fewer than thir tend dead bodies taken out of the pit, the victims having all been suffocate d and burned to death. There -eei addition. unward of rtyn ..:ere,,mo Oriental PaItWbin. We know of no subject upon whikh the )pinion of experts in Asiatio affairs is so ifopelessly divided as to that of Oriental patriotism. A great number of the keenest of them, and eseoWally of the - men whose experienee is entiled to 1 espeeot, say that such a feeling as atriotism does not exist In any.Asfatlio. Ele can and will die for hiR reed, or for its tribe, or caste, or for his dynasty; )ut of patriotism ho has no conception. lIe very rarely or never has a word in Ale languago to express the virtve, his publio opitilon does not require tt as a LoniditionI of politifal life, and under iteiptat.lon he never flnds Iv. it any soure of strength. An Atsiatie, such observers say, enn be very loyal tV a ruler or to an ally, or to an idea, but. his loyalty to what he terms his "country" is of the feeblest character. lie may speak of patriotlsm in words, especia ly when talking to Europeans; but. his impelling anotive Is aliways either ambition or pride, or fanaticism, and not, especially under temptation, love of country. lie will sell his country in order to rule it, and sometimes for Uere luere, especially whenU he is out of spirits, and thinks Destiny has declared aainst the virtues. Those observers think thus believe in their own view very tirimly, point to the ease of Tej Singli, who sold victory, as General Cunningham reports, for E219,000, and riiheule the notion that a man like Arabi l'asha can be overned by anything like "nationalist' feeling. Ito nmy be they admit, a Mussuluan fnatie-,or a devotee of tho Khalifate which is not quizte the same thing-or evena an "Asiatie"; that is, a man who kiutehes European ascendaney ; but he no care enough for Egypt to make Eypnian interest, as he conceives it, the guiding- star of hi. policy--can not, in be in any sense a patriot. Wrt shouid say that, on the whole, ...was thw more general opinion, es .e among thos- ,e experts who have eeme uch in contact with prominent An:ie~' st-tue-the men, that is, who i'nL n Sovereigue, but have risen by singi or opposing sovereigns. At , s-ue tim e. a minority of observers e:y operienced, and we think, as a -. "O'se of more sympathy and ih:tholugh not of greater force, ut this view. They say that A zls not only can feel, but do feel the un: t of patriotism as strongly I Eureans: that the want of a word to exress the idea is an accident,which, enouigh, is reproduced in En -land, where, though every one under s'ans '>ve of country," the only sir de word which imprezses that senti m- n is barrowed from the French; and that an Arab, a native of India, or a Chinamain, when a goo'd man, is as strongly mn >ed by the idea of '"coun try." and all which it imphllies, as an En elishman or an American. ie is more likely to be deticient in that virtue than a Euiropean, as lhe is more likely to be deticienit in any other of the active vir tues, huis n hole nature being feebler, and, so to speak, more feminino; yet lie not only recognizes, but, unless over powvered by strong temptation, acts on it. ie very often, for example, sub mits to invasion when a Flu ropeatn would resist, but he never submits willingly, still less permanently. Hle never adopts the invader, never forgets that his own c:ounltry is separate, andi never ceases to hope Itat in God's goodl time the inva der wvill be c'ompell to depart, or, if such extreme good fortune may be, wvili be slaught ered out. As to self-sacrifice for his country, lie fills up the national army readily eniought, and this iln countries likeA rhainistan, which have no0 conseription; 1)e serves as a soldier, say in Turkey, with wonderful self-suppresslon ; and he will, and doeJs constantly, risk his for tune rallier thaii give an advantage to the national eiiemy. No foreign Gov ernment in an Asiatic state is ever able quite to trust the 1)00ple, while it is a universal experience that if a rising oc curs, the peolie enter into a silent con spiracy to give it aid. They may not rise, but the foreigner hears ~nothing of the plot till it explodes, finds no one to bet ray the leaders, and is conscious of living in ani atmosphere of deadly hos tility. In the excepitional case of small st atos separatedi by any cause from their neighbors, like that of the Albanians, the Afghans, the Burmese, or the JDruses, patriotism is a burning passion, to be as fully relied on as the same pas sion in any European country. Men who think thus declare that Arabi Pasha, though governedi by mixed motives, still does feel the nat ionalist feeling ; that his followers, though moved by many emo tions, still do seek the independence of Egypt; andl that a good many of tho~se whom we consider dangerous fools, aetuated by bloodthirsty race-hatred, honestly believe that in rioting they are risking life in ordler to be rid of enemies to their country.-Lmdon Spectator. Sympatheic and11( Comnbative. "It is noi t oftenI thiat one finds the syimthIet ic anid combiative elements of I rishi chtarnete'r more fin ely blended thban they are ini the followingr story "Jc Tedy Kelly was employed as a section hiandl on aL railroad. in an uin guardled mlomlent. lhe undiertook to occu py the main track intstiead of allowincr the priority to an express tramn that was overdue. After the train p~assedl it was discovered that Teddy hadl been distig uired almost beyond recognit ion. H s Emie'rald coadljutors gathered around the rin s, bemloanedl the tuti mely taking oil of their comrade, and re marked what a i ty it wvas that the poor fellow shoul have been so horribly manuugledl. After their 110ood of grief hadl sp~ent its force it was sugges ted that one of their numi)ber lie senut to break the sad niews ats tendrerly as possible to M rs. Kelly. Mr. Patrick D~oIan was unani mously elected to performi this mourn ful service, lie huied~ily betook him self to the Kelly nmansion and knocked at the (door wvith enough severity to sug gest the hurling of a young thunder hol t. in a fewv moments the woman of the house was in the presence of the visitor, andI the following conversation occurredl: "JDolan--- 'Is the Widdy Kelly in?' "Womian-'No; the \Viddy Kelly dloes'nt live here, but i'nm Mrs. Kelly.' 'DIolan-'You're a liar, for the corp>se is just comin' aroondI the corner!' '~ - Our continent. -A Tlenant-liouse League has been organizedl in New York. Its object is t o "'abolish landlords.'' We dlon't quite uinderstandl its mnodus operandi, so to speak, hut if, when a tenant owes a landlord three or four months' sack rent- say $100--this league can he hired, for five or ten dollars, to abolish the landln-a 4me.. m16 PARN AND GARDEN. --To BroilOmates: Seet'l 81"& Matoe1 not too ripe, for this purposo. Dut in rather thlok slices, and broil6fn a ridiron. after they have been well iprinkled with ppper, salt and a little butter.-Harper a Bazar. '. -To Color Nankeen: Fill a flve-pail brass kettle with small pieces of white birch bark and water, let steep twenty [our hours and not boil, then skim out the bark, wet the cloth in soapsuds, then put it In the dye, stir well and air often; when dark enoigh dry, then wash in suds. It will never fade.--JThe Household. --Many cooks nowadays prefer steam lg a leg of mutton to the old time way of iling, even when it is included in a "boiled dinner." It takes longer to steam it, but the flavor is better. To the gravy add some capers or cut some cucumber pickles in very small pieces and stir in. To my ta4sto there is no way so satisfactory to serve mutton as to roast it. -A delicious citron pudding is made of one cup and a half of sugar, a small half-cup of butter, four eggs, and as much citron as your taste demands; the citron should be cut in very thin slices, or it may be choped. Make a puff paste, and line the bottom and sides of a deep pie-plate or of a shallow pudding dish; till with the mixture, and bake. The whites of the egs caln be reserved for a meringue, if you please.-&t. Louis Globc. ---To clean stained wood-work which Is also varnished, an old housewife rec ommends saving tea-leaves from the te:ipot for a few days. Drain them, and when you have a suticient quantity put them in clean, soft water; let t hem sin mer for half an hour; when almost cold strain them out, and, dipping a flannel cloth in the wvater, wipe off the paint., drying it with another flannel cloth. One cup of tea-leaves to one quart of water is the (1110 allowanco. N . Post. --To start an asparagtus bed from the seed, sow thinly in rows one foot apart as early as the ground is in proper condition. Carefully destroy all weeds as soon as they appear. Thiin out the plants to three or four inches in the rows, allowing only the most vigorous to grow. Next spring set the plants in beds five feet wide, with three rows, a foot. apart, to the bed. The best soil is a rich, sandy loam, eighteen inches deep, into which a plentiful sul)l)ly of well-rotted manure hias been worked. The plants should be set at least six inches below the surface. A good as paragus bed is an excellent, investment, and no village or farm garden should be without one. Of course, one can gain year by Jurchasing roots instead of planting s(eds. ---N. Y.' E~xaminer. USEFLJ AND SUJ4GESTJ.VE. ---n the Boston market Ma'ne, Ver mont and ( anada horse-i are said to bring twenty-live per cent. more than Western horses equI ally bred. ---ne p~oundl of oilcake, savs a dhis tingished F renchI chemist, is ~equal to three pounds~l of corn meial, nline piounds of bran or ten pounds of hay. ---Pickled Beets: Boil very tentler in quite salt water, skin, slice an lacl~e in an earthen pot or any convieint dish. Fo)r every good1-siz/ed beet allow a //un slice of onion, a tabl-spoonful of grated hor~ze-radish and1( half a do~zent cloves. ( 'over with cold vinegar. 'They will not keep, over a wveek.-unral New Yorker. -'The American w(oneler or premiun genm peasl sown ini .\u,'i wvill, if t v escape mildew, mii k- a fair :u:o ii i crop). .M uch eve'ry w.tv d1 %E'?ens Iipo the weather for succes<, mel fromi or owi-n ex perience we pre'fer August to duly. Mol fronm the wood! : m-Ike - veryv nice fertilizer. 'Thue grouim i h be finely an'l deeply pulvr.ed. . . . Hecra/rI. together a t4'a-spoonful each ofou ful of pulveizedl nutigalls an-1l a t -- spooniful of honiey (suigar will :m *w-ri the prpose) ; pour' ov.er t he mix Ir.- a tealcupfull of boEiling~ waztter; let it w':l, anhtl witht aL clean lineni ra:g waz-h thle mouth four or five' timues a dlay, usinr -L fresh bit of linen every time. ~ Tis wil (1ure sore& muthitt iiinimtheri anid child1(. - N. Y. TrilanJV. -- hicken Cholera: Whe'n v-' 4.-ve medlicine for this disease be c:i '<ful tIba', the watter the fowls drink is putre. We give a plenlty of green foodu. chi->;ppedi and1( made pahlatablhe by mnixinig wah 1 oth er' edlibles. If yout see a thieC'(-kjined fruit, on the grouti break it, so I hat t he bird mxay get at its best part, or zat le ase be templltCed t ry it. Tlhie f)Pm///~ eWor/ p rescribes equi al pats. of j'phepperml ii, IaudoIainum anii~ camlphor five to tent drops of the mtixtulre every dlay. Meteors and Aerolites. A comparison of all the facts which are known respecting shooting-stars, det onating meteors and aerolites leads to the conclusion that they are all minute bodlies revolving like the comets in orbits about the sun, and are encountered by the earth in its orbital motion. The visible path of aerolites is somewhat nearer to the earth's surface thtan that of ordlinary shooting-.stars, a result which may 'be ascribed to their greater density, which causes, therefore, greater resistance. These three classes of bodies exhibit alternate periods of maximum and mini mum abundance, and the times of maxi mum for the several classes correspond somewhat with each other, indicating that these bodies are collected in grouips and the three classes of bodies are , ouped in a somewhat simiilar manner. 'he August meteors move in orbits which require more than a century to complete, and comprehend bodies differ ing greatly in size and probably also in density. Their magnitudes range from comets whose diameter is perhaps 100, 000 miles to minute atoms, which, in 'a single second, are dissipated by the hert resulting from their collision with our atmosphere. Their density ranges fromi that of metallie iron to earthy bodies having but feeble cohesion, which are thssipated into fine dust by the heat of collision with our atmosphere ; and it is possible that the rarest of them may consist of solid or liquid matter in a state of minute subdivision, like a cloud of dust or smoke. The periodia meteors of November rbbycomprehend bodies having an equal range of magn itude, and perhaps also of density.--Prof. Loomia. --The overseors of the poor in Boston1 have $525,828 in trust funds, the in come of which is annually distributed for' specific purposes, in accordlance with the desires of the d~mors, or dii. posed of by the noveee.s~. frte best. ~'.~an Its OMP14DYW~ bew a d~oAto our city iomehat siqd clee n its s4a deb&ts t to Now England village where it is looated. There are opough odibeholders who are tesidents of WaE ington to make a good-sized city of themselves. In the various departments the work goes on the same from one year's end to another, and one would scarcely realize how great the number of employees in the various departments Is. In the Treasury Department there are over 3,500 employees, divided as follows: Divisions of the Secretary's ofilee, 557; Bureau of the Mint, 12; Su pervising Surgeon-General's office, 17; Office of Inspector General of Steam boats, 6; Bureau of Statistics, 37; Life Saving Service, 17; Office of Light house Board, 36; Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1,008; Supervising Archi tect's oflice, 90; First Comptroller's office, 58; Second Comptroller, 63; Comptroller of Currency, 89; Office of Commissioner of Customs, 33; First Auditor, 56; Second Auditor's, 151; Third Auditor's, 137; Fourth Auditor's, 46; Fifth Auditor's, 28; Sixth Auditor's, 277; United States Treasurer's Offiee, 281; Register's, 192; Office of the Com missioner of Internal Revenue, 222; United States Coast Survey, 100. In the State Dopartment there are but 86 clerks. In the War Department there are 1,600 clerks, as follows: Secre.tary's Office, 89; Adjutant General's Ofli, 448; Inspector General's Office, 5; Quartermaster General's Department, 170; Paymaster General's Department, 55; Engineer Department, 215; Ord naneo Department, 18; Signal Office, 128; Bureau of Military Justice, 8; Col. Casey's Bureau for Building the State, War and Navy Departments, 140; Office of the Publication of Official ReI cords of the Rebellion, 43. The Interior Department clerks num ber 1,666, as follows: Secretary's Office, 128; Patent Office, 448; Land Office, 261; Pension Office, 670; Indian Office, 66; Geological Surveys, 50; Ed ucaticn Bureau, 34; Railroad Bureau, 9. The Census Office, which is really a branch of the Interior Department, numbered last year 680, and these should be added to the number in the Interior Department, iakina 2,346. In the Post Office Department (prop or) the employees number 488; in the Department of Justice, 59; in the De partment of Agriculture, 103; Govern ment Printing Office, 1,843; so that really the number employed in the Gov ernment Departments on duty in Wash ington is about 10,000. This is exclu sive of the Capital, City Post Office, and District Government offices. This body of Government employees forms not only a large, but a very intel ligent and agreeable element of thie pop ulation of Washington. A large pro portion of them are people of thouwrht, edlucation, and refinement, and titeir presence would be an acquisition to any community. --Wasin'ugon ~Star.. Thior'ugh Cultivation of Corn. The value of corn as an article of food for man and boast should lead the farm er bo0th to give the greatest possible at tention to its cultivation. No other ordinary crop yields better returns for the amount of labor bestowed upon it; and, indeed, to secure a good crop the most thorough cultivation is not only dlesirable, but absolutely necessary. T1'he plantmng once done, the work should be considered as but little more than begun. As soon as the growth is suflicient to be distinguishedl from the surroundinrr wcedls, the field should be hoed, the weeds cut down, and the ground loos ened and mellowed. It is too often the case that no attention is given the crop until large enough to harrow, when the rrround( has become baked and dIry and he corn is choked by weeds. Later on comes the plowving or harrowing, wvhich should be thoroughly and care fully done. There is no reason why a large portion of the field should 1)e in. jutred or destroyed by ''tramping out,'' or plowing out, and a little care in this direction will result in much good. TJhen the hoeing which follows should be considered as a most important part of the work of cultivation, and can not be too thoroughly performed. The dirt should be loosened about the hills, and roots where the plow or hat-row has not ouched, and every part of the ground overturned. Later in the season, and when it is generally thought unnecessa ry to bestow further attention upon the corn-field, a second or third hoeing- will producc ood results. The soil can not be too of ten stirred and softened and exposed to the wvarmth of the sun, the latter condition being one of the priinci pal requisites to a healthy growth and fruitful yield. Faithfully performed, the work given to the cultivation of corn will yield manifold. The failure to se cure a good crop Is quite as often due to a lack of proper cultivation as to any other adverse condition.--N. Y. 0b sert'cr. (iONE Iinflammatory rneumatism, mured by St. Jacobs Oil. Ira Brown. Chsicago Tribune. --Tne neert ot tne preset, any is a rest pocket umbrclLa. Oine that can ho l ucked away wvith the lead pencils, t en 'entU p)ieces with holes in them, biroken matches, andl~ other collatera's of thle raverage vest pocket. You see it is imu p)ossile to know whether you are go' to meet a shower on the way dIowntowni [)r have one overtake you, and just no0w there is no way of providling against nit her contmigency. A vrest pocket umn b~rellaL that would hol about at pint wouild seem to uts the proper thing. New laveit Jtegister. ________ MA the good work begun by St. Jacobs Oil continue until rheumatism md neuralgia have been banished from the earth.-Albany (N. Y.) Preoa and Knickerbocker. -A hint is pomotimes as good as a long speech. " Mr. Foote," Paidl a gent tIenman to that celebrated wit at a din ner party, "your handlkerchief is hiani mng out of yoiur pocket." " Thank youi~ wa~s the mild reply, " you undoubtedlly know the company better than 1 (1.'' N. Y. Iherald.______ Advice to cosuna,atgvm.. On the appearance of the first symptoms --as general debility, loss of appetite, tallor, chilly sensations, followed by night weats and cough, promnpt measures of re ief should be taken. Consumption is crofulous, disease of the lungs; therefore use the great anti-scrofulous orbod-r ier and strength-restorer, Dr. Pierce's 'Golden Medical Discovery." Superior to 'od liver oil as a nutritive, an d unsur >assed as a pectoral. For weak lungs. pitting of blood, arnd kindred affections t has nn maenni.Rd i v Aric-t&r lm.r. n. .-The Suez Canal s one of tL most *&114vte Oleoes of property in the world. The net proita last year were over $5,000,000.. This was an increase of over -28 per cent. over the prolits of a the previous year. Each ship ' that passes through the canal pays a little over 20 cents a ton.--N Y. Aeratd. The Weaker Sex are immensely strengthened by the use of 1 Dr. R. V. Pierce's " Favorite Prescription,'' which cures all female derangements, and gives tone to the systein. Sold by druggiats. -The Doy Who W anTE't A siluation at the poulterer's was a brave lad. He was ready for the hen-countei. YOUNo and middle-aged men, suffering front nervous debility and kindred affec tions, as loss of memory and by pocondria, should enclose three stainps for Part VI1 of World's Dispensary Dime Series of p am phlets. Address WORLD's DISPENSARY MED 14UAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y. -A man while looking from the win. dow of an emigrant car near Lyons, N. Y., the other dny, had his head crushed by sonic object along the road, and died shortly afterward. An Unusual Case, RiciMoND, AuK., Aug. 8, 1881. jr. II. WARNER & CO.: Sire- was eured of chronic diarrhoa by your*Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. JOHN D. FREEMAN. --It is recommended that sickly potted plants be dreneled with water heated to 145 degrees; it has the effect of removing from the roots poisonous acid secretions which may have accu nulated there. Decine o1f man. Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured by "Wells' Health Re newer." 01. Druggists. Send for pamphlet to E. 8. Wzau, Jersey City, N. J. --The doctor grows happy as the Fourth of July draws near. MENsMAN's Peptonized beef tonic, the only preparation of beef contining its gntire nutr -s properties. It tains blood-making, force generating and life-eastaining propertiesI invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervons prostration, and all forms of general debilit i also, in all enfeebled conditions, wbether tie result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over work or acute disease, particularly if resultin from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard A Co., proprietors, Now York. Bold by druggi.ts RHRATISMAJ 0J0I Nuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbag Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell. ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No~ Preparation on3 earth equials 8-r. JArons Onr. na a safe, sur-e, iampl~e nud cheap) External iRenuiedy A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay~ of iO tents, and every one anffering itii pam cani have cheap and poeitive proof of it. LDirections in Eleven Languages. 1 7 80LD BY ALL DRUGGIS AND DE'ALER8 IN MEDIOINE. A.VOGrELER & Co., ____ iainafore, Md., . .4. Ilontetter's Stomach flitters extlrpates dyspepsia withI greater cei tainty and promptitude than any known rem erly, and in a most genial invigorant, appetizer and aid to .ecretion. These are not empty assertions, as thousands ol ouir countrymen and women whto have experIenced its eflcts are aware, hut are back-ed uip by Irrefingable p" of, . The Bitters a'lso give a h'eail'y istimulous to the. urinar y r,u,. For sale by all Druggts and Dealer. generally. ~ellngar'f em nri o- ois e ] DR. STRONG'S PILLS TIE EJOD WELLTRIE EALTH WNDERFUL RENEWING REMEDIES. 504a ialdh r,~a. resr eic ara ~nd almane BEAUTIFUI. FEET One pair of our Lds' Fine Fbshonable Best French Kid 0mailed to a ya0 -dress upon tereceipt of 4O, money or stampsi. I GLLLOW holesale lioot &So * Dealers, LouisvilleKy. ~ l.. lve ulse K.ARTERt SON Utwny-.fve years in medicine, J v~ never found a! hRI,~Cdes n ifihl caeb ,rvos rst arsheD HA E dIRfOf Tebood, thi eeess in my p C usee that have biiOi~d some of our most eminent physi able reined v * 1 preisoribe It in preference to any i ron as 1)3. JJ&*73R'B IRON TON~J5 eeiity iii my ji ELYDIAE PPINKHAM'SN.UU 0%0 LYD VE~MTAILE 0OOPOU. for all thee PaIalo Complaltat and We koereod wcmosao to our best fessale populatio. "t will nure entirely the worst form of Fenale Cow.n plainte, all ovarian trouble., Inflammation and Ulcer* tloa, Falling and DIrplacamenta, and tiho consequent Spinal Weakness, and is particularly adapted to the Change of Life. It will dissolve and expel tumora from the uterus 1 an early stage of development. The tenaency to ce V cerous humor3therois checked very spoedily hy its use It removes faintness, fle.tulency, cestroysall craving for stimulants, and relieves weekncs of the stomach. 0 It eures Bloating, Ilendawhes, ?er.o :s Prostration, General Debility, Sleepleesnesa, Der:c:'.on and IndS geon. That foelng of bearing dow,, ca 4r.g pain, welgh6 and backache, is always prnanently curel by Its use It willati all times and under all cirurntances act 1% harmony with the laws that rovern the femnle system. For the cure of Kjdney Con.plaints of either sa this CompoubLd Is unsurpassed. LYDIA E. PINKIIAM'S VEIETAIILE COM* POUND in prepared at 213 end 2ft Western Avenue, Lyne, MWa. Pricef $. Six bottles for f7,. Sent by mall in tno form of pills, also In the form of lozenges, 0n receipt of price, $1 per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham freelyanswers all letters of inquiry. Bond for pampl. let. Address as above. Jfention thie Paper. No family should be witho'it LYDIA E. PTNKIAW8 LIVER PILLS. They cure constipation, biliousnea% and torpidity of the liver. 25 cents per box. M* Sold by all Druggists. ' ENG INESE NIee .ItON AId AItOS eS. es 1.ke hit4. ATTENTIN 44IN OWNERR. sco0tt's 1Improv0.d Jlaurx~ks'o4WerV. The work of six. horses doite by three. "dfn be ndjusted by any gin owuner in five ru-urst at a cost of $1.50 or iwl i " andl lumber. Positively inulispeuible to every %zin owner. Miodel and full n itructionq, ) i n. odividual right, sent. -r (xprets preishi I on receipt of price, $10. Senid for circulars. Address CALHOUN & VALKEL. Holy Syr ngs, AMiss. MAKE HENS L AY. As Eng lih Veterinary Surgeon aid Ch-eit, nlow Jrafellf in this country, says ihat m oat of the Horse asd 3attle Powders sold. here are worthless trash. Hie safs hat Sheridan's Ceadison Powders are absolutely pure mn. ammensel vayluable. Nothing em earth will make 'ions lay like herldan's Condition Powder.. iDie., ee .eaapoontfhl to one sint of foed. Sold everywliete, s psnna by mal for 8 letI'er staropa. 1. 2. JOHN80N d 00., Boston, Mass., formerly Bangor, Me. IOOR'BSINESS, A tlatnli, Ga. Onei of the~ best pract lral schoe.ols ini thea couintry. (irculairs unaille:I rit-. WENGAND CONSERATORfY OF~ Mli& SCHOOL OF ENGLISHl IUGUBRANCH ES,L.ANGUAGE. ARTS. ELOCUTION E PHYSICAL CULTURE. IN THE Ir:ART OF BOSTON. RARE ADVANTAGESLOW RA1ES. ______SEND FOR CIRCULAR. E.TOURJEE. AGENTS WANTED FOR TIE HISTORY. E U. S. BY ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. 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