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5SB J jt-UiM, JUKJLH.N, -HOUSEHOLD- t Fnfin Crop* of the United Ssntes. 0 t The price of corn in this couutry is governed entirely by the quantity produced and the consumption, the quantity exported being too small in proportion to the c-normous amount raised to exercise au influence on the price; therefore th crop of 1878, which exceeded the imtDAnsrt r>nA nf 1R77 ftio loroflat oror raised in the United States?brought the figures much lower than those of lust year. The lowest State averages, according to the 6peoial report issued by the agricultural department at Washington, are in Iowa and Nebraska, both of which States increased their products largely?too great for home consumption and too remote from leading marketsbringing the pnce down to about onehaif that of 1876. The States showing the highest average price are the Gulf States, from Georgia to Texas, where the consumption fully equals, the crop, and where the prices are little less than those of last season. In the case of wheat, the price is greatly influenced by the European demand. The average price of the increased crop of 1877, stimulated by the *T.o> m T? A1 no. 1 L t 11. - 1 **?i m uuiupr, ?ua ^ii.uo, uub jur iuc | ' year 1878, with an addition of upward of i 50,000,000 bushels, the price had fallen ' to seventy-eight cents per bushel on December 1st, 1878. The great value of the cotton crop is also founded on the demand for export. Statistics show that in 1878 we had regained the position held prior to 1861, i and that four-fifths of the cotton used < and manufactured in Great Britain come < from the United States. The propor- < tion of the total crop exported to foreign 1 parts was 3,840,000 bales, out of a ' crop of 4,750,000 bales during the year t ending September 1, 1878. Basing the 1 calculation on the prices returned by the 1 producer, the value of the crop for 1878 1 is given at $194,700,000, while the num- t ber of bales is 5,200,000, the average for the whole country being about 8i cents per pound. The price of tobacco is low this year, f the average crop being 5 6 cents per j pound on December 1. This price i8 j mainly due to the result of an overstock of poor tobacco last year. The quality e now on han 1 is generally better and t heavier, making a yield per acre more t than that of tue former season, except- l ing in Kentucky, where it fell off slightly, t The total crop of 1878 is estimated at. ( 393.000,000 pounds (worth 822 000,000) t against 490,000,000 pounds the year | before. t The price of potatoes has not advanced < yet to the rel&txve proportion that price t bears to production. With a crop almost | identical with that of 1876 the price is ] much lower per bushel; while the orop t is some 46.000,000 bushels lees than last t year the total value does not equal that t of the excessive yield of 1877; the i product lor 1878 being liJl,U27,UlW : bushels, at 58.8 cents per bu-hel?the 1 total value being $72,000,000.?New \ York World. ' Treatloc CnprodncUv? Land. . I On many farms there are patches of t land that are so unproductive that it t does not pay to plant them with any f kiud of cultivated crop. They may pro- t duoe some grass, but' sdkfoely enough t to coupipeCiratQ^hef oost ofcuttlng it. In many cases the land does not earn * ?Dough to keep the feuoes around it in i repair. Sometimes these spots are un- g productive on account of being covered: 1 wifch-stones, but in a larger number of ' cases the surface soil has been washed j away, leaving little or nothing but hard- t paPj or clamor graveL Land that (is sit- a uated op. bldo hills is liable to be badly t washed as soon as the tnrf over it is t broken. If it has been planted with t tobacco or corn for a number of years it 8 is the more likely to have the surface "[ soil washed away, ' \ Land of this description can only be g madeprodnpriverby "heroictreatment." i It requirraiheformfrtiotr of a hew soil, t To this end it mast be broken up to as r great a depth as oau be reached by a c subsoil plow; In Eugtahcl-, France and \ some of the Ensteru states, dynamite ^ has been resorted-to as "tf? meama of breaking up the clay or pah that is tco t hard to be easily, pulverized with a plow. [ Blasting enables the frost to carry on its t wort 01 disintegration, it also enables i water and air to circulate among tbe i broken masses of earth. Brush fires 6 render good service in making tbis 6ori ^ of land fertile. Tbe addition of lime is j recommended, as it acts to produce dc- | composition. Hard clay that has been t broken is mechanically benefited by the | addition of sand, peat, obip-manure, .or ( even saw dust and shavings. Of coiyrae | the ordinary fertilizers will be required | to insure a crop. .. j The first crops should be turned un- | der. Rye, millet and buckwheat are all < suitable for this purpose. It is oracti- i cal to raise and turn under two crops a year. The first crop to raise with a view to gain should be red clover, the roots of which penetrate to a long distance. Land too rocky to be plowed should ordinarily be set out with fruit or timber trees. The labor of preparing a spot of land of sufficient size for a tree is not great, and only a small number of tree are required for on acre. Trees may also be planted to good advantage on unproductive land that is not stony by breaking up and subduing the soil in the places where they are to stand. A little manure goes a long way when applied to trees planted twenty or thirty feet apart. Many of the best orchards in New England were planted on land too rooky to be plowed and too unproductive to produce a crop of grain.?Chicago 'limes. Tlea'th Hints* Wash for the Removal of Freckles. ?Barley water, made thiok, two fljid ounces; distilled water of bean flowers, two fluid ounces; spirits of wine, two fluid ounces. The skin is to be washed j frequently with this preparation. ( To Cure A Felon.?Take out a por- j tion'of the inside nf a lomnn and Hi met I the finger into it. Or take the skin of the inpide of a fresh egg, bind it on with the moisture of the white of the egg next < to the finger, and it will draw the small 1 globule that causes the sore to the ear- ' face. As it dries make new applications. ' To Heal Scratches, Etc. ? Borax * w ter will instantly rnnove all soils and \ s> ins from the hands and heal all : _ x _i .ji _ i m m _ <1 1. - ? - A I I soraicnes ana cnaies. 10 maae it, pni some ora>>e. borax into a large bottle, ' and fill in -water. When the borax is ] dissolved add more to the water, until at last the water can absorb no more. 1 and a residnnm remains at the bottom ' of the bottle. To the water in which 1 the hands are to be washed after garden- ] ing pour from this bottle enough to * make it very soft. It is very cleansing and very healthy. By its use the hands { will be kept in excellent condition, 1 smooth, soft and white. ^ * ( Importance of a Clean Skin.? } Most of onr invalids are snch. and mil- ^ lions of more healthy people will become t invalids, for the want of payrng the most ordinary attention to the requirements of the skin. The membrane is too often regarded as a covering only instead of a t complicated piece of machinery, scarcely i seoond in its texture end sensitiveness I L % 1 -u.. ' ?g oib?ea#-Rnd eye; >M&ny treatdk-witk' is'little reference to its proper functions is i? it were nothing better than a bag or their bones. It is this inconsideraion for the skin that is the cause of a i rery large proportion of the .diseases of i he world. If as claimed by soqte scien- f ists, four-fifths, in the bulk, of all we t tn>r? /I ^ i n L- miicf pitllpr llftKR off I hrongh the skin or be turned bark upon :he system as a poison, and that life dosends as much upon these exhalations h rough the skin as upon inhaling pore lir through the lungs," it must be of the nost vital importance to keep the chaniel free. Mulching. This subject enlisted consideration at ike late fruit-growers' meeting. There appeared to be no division of sentiment is to its advisibility, though we know that all persons do not favor it. For jnrselves, we have resorted to it as long is we have had a garden, and are pure that there is great benefit in it. Putting grass, manure, weeds, sawdust, or pliable rubbish of almost any kind wound a newly-planted tree secures a prolonged moisture and more uniformity >f temperature. But this mulching 5hould be removed every three or four weeks, and the soil underneath well stirred, and fresh mulching applied, rhis way it is of decided benefit, and will save the life, or at least secure the * l aeaitu, 01 many a iree. iuuiuuiug uou < promotes the growth of tomatoes, egg , plants, beans, peas, etc. With regard , io peas it should be applied thickly, as ( :t will tend to cool the ground, and the , :ooler the ground the higher the flavor ] jf this delicious vegetable will be. Some | )f the members of the meeting said they lad mulched acres and found it \ "to pay." One strongly recommended leaweed for mulching, but as every !ruit-grower couldn't have a sea near aim, this suggestion will not probably j ae adopted by a great many.?German \ 'own ft If,graph. , Hanging and Whipping Afghans. A London Standard letter from the seat of war in Afghanistan describes the i junishment inflicted upon some native i jrisoners, as follow: Between the sob : iiers hundreds oi natives could oe seen squatting patiently for the proceedings io commence, and it was curious to no- < ice here and there Afghans with their ong black hair, sitting quietly among ;ke crowd of Hindoos. A party of low- < saste Hindoos were busy digging a large, square hole olose to the gallows. Evervxxiy understood its use. To the right < ;he men of the Hussars were quietly ex- ' jroising their horses, and the fields ibove them were doited with soldiers i belonging to the Ninety-second Highanders, who were quite content to Bee i ;ho execution from a distance. At i .-leven o'clock a company of the Twen- : y-first marched down to the gallows i vith six prisoners in their midst. Cwo were to be lashed and four to be langed. The four condemned men vere singled out and led to the front. Dheir dress consisted only of a long, i due ootton shirt and loose pygamas i'ed in at the ankles. In two of the in- i .tances the shirts were a mass of rags ! rayed into ribbons at the edges, and < lblding wonderfully together. None of < hem wore Bandals or head dress8P. i There they stood staring curiously 1 iround them with their jet hair hang- ' ng oyer their faoes and their hands itrapped behind their backs, and all ooking thoroughly desperate ruffians. The provost-mursbal, a stout-built sergeant of the Tenth Hussars, showed sell man his plank and made him walk itfroso itr This all thelmen did witaoui uiich compulsion. They did not appear o realize what was about to happen to hem, and kept looking over their boulders to see what was going on. ?heir legs were strapped together, itfhat appeared to be their old blue pug;arees or turbans were tied over their aces, and the nooses were fixed round heir necke. Then they appeared to ealize what was coming, and all comaenced crying out prayers to Allah, tfhile they were doing this one of the irisoners who was standing behind wait ng for his floggiag shouted out to them ? bat they were never to inind; he would ) >e left alive and he would avenge their J leaths. All eyes were turned toward 1 lim, but only for a second, as the scene leing enacted in front was of more ablorbing interest. Four European sail>ra caught up ropes attached to the j blanking, a signal was given, and they pulled at the 6ame moment, sweeping . iway the scaffold and launching the prisoners into the air. But it was only or a second that the condemned men ! lung. The cross beam creaked and iroke with a startling crash, and the 'our men fell to the ground hanging, ] iftlf resting their feet upon the earth. 1 Scarcely had any person time to feel t lorrified at this unfortunate accident, J itfore the provost-marshal drew his revolver and sent a bullet through each j nan's brain. One of the Afghans was | then stripped naked and tied up to one if tho poles of the gallows. A stalwart aussar gave him a dozen and a half [ashes as warmly as his arm could lay , in, then another hussar completed the , three dozen. The fellow grinned con- | nderably, but bore the flogging marvel- ] lusly. He never uttered a groan the . whole time he was receiving his punishment. One of the hussars threw his ilothes at him and told him rougbly to jalaam. This the man did not under- 1 rtand. It was a grim joke at the best. He quietly put on his clothes?they . . . _ 9 11 ..1.3 i _ tvpre out ra>?a?ana coouy asaou n ue night go. He was told that the next ime he was oanght with a loaded rifle aeara British camp he Mould not get >ff so easily, and then he was marched icross the river by two armed Sikhs, vbo gave him a parting push with right rood will. The other man who wa3 to lave been flogged was marched back to jamp in custody. How Many States Hang Murderers? Four States of this Union have un- < scnditionally abolished capital punish- ( neut, viz.: Michigan (in 1846), Rhode island (tn 1851). Wisconsin (>n 1858) J ?ud Maine (in 1876) The following hates have the " option " jury law: In liana, 1862; Now York, 1862; Illinois, 1867; Minnesota, 1868; Iowa, 1878, and Louisiana many years ago. In these states there is no capital punishment anl-jss the jury unanimously recommend that penalty; hence there are but few ( sxecutions in these States. Of the ibove States Iowa totally abolished that penalty in 1872, but modified that law :n 1878 as mentioned. The following states have the " governor's option" \ ,aw, viz : New Hampshire, Vermont ind Kansas. In these States the crimilal is sent to the State prison for one /it -l t \ : j.? i jvar ^ v eruium* twu jeurs^ pnur kj exo- i ration, when he may be ix?cuted on the ! warrant of the governor, it being op;ional with the governor whether he j ] ihail, or shall not, issue the warrant. j ' i One hundred and three boys between i he ages of fourteen and nineteen are I iow confined in the California State i irison, at San Quentin. j i FOB THE FAIR StX; Hprlm Bonntto. The first importations <>f French bonlets show the large Clarissa Harlowe ihapes, with brims that flare above the 'orehead, and are tied down closely at ho sides, but also small bonnets with dose brims like those popularly worn loriDg the winter. The soft crowns low worn in caps at?il tnrb.-ms of velvet it satin are so much liked that they save been produce 1 in ohip and straw bonnets. These have close fronts and mi apt to be trimmed in Alsaeiau style with a large bow on top. Tliere are ilso soft crowns of satin, either plain or striped, or else of damasse silk in Persian patterns, used with chip brims. Fanchons, or three-cornered half hand kerchiefs of white satin embroidered in lolorp, and edged wilh Breton lace, are ilso used on the orov ns of chip bonnets. A peculiar novelty sent over from the best French milliners is the wine-colored ihip for the entire bonnet, or else braids if wine-color alternating with white ship in rows on tne enure Donner. a great deal of wine-colored satin ribbon is ti8ed for trimming the ecrn chips that will be worn early in the spring, and this is often combined with cream-oclor. The bonnets with flaring brims have no face trimming, but are lined with shirred satin of a becoming color. A wreath of foliage or of grasses in the new roseau or reed-green shades passes around the crown, and satin ribbon of the same green shade is passed plainly over the crown, tying down the sides, and is knotted under the chin for strings. Sometimes this reed-green satin ribbon is pale pink on the opposite side, or else faience-blue, or it may be the new cream tintcalled Satsuma. pink with blue in Pompadour combinations is also 3cen in the new ribbons, and there is much garnet with ecru. The satins for millinery are the 6oft qualities spoken of in Madame Raymond's letters aB the foulard finished satins. India muslin edged with Breton lace trims some of Jhe finest French chips. The brim hah a wi ;e shirred binding of the India muslin that shows at least an inoh in breadth both inside and out, while beyond this, inside the brim, is a bandeau oi velvet either black or bottle-green. The top of the crown has a soft crimped white ostrich plume held by some veined leaves of /loi-fc- rrroa r> T7olvpt. Thft fitrinffH of double India muslin, edged with plaited Breton lace, cross the crown, droop on the back, and are fastened under the chin. In direot contrast to this is the dress bonnet of black Spanish lace made of a broad barbe more than a fourth of a yard wide, which is tied in a large Alsacian bow on top, paBBea down the Bides, and is tied under the chin ; seme green foliage made of transparent crape in roseau shades is placed on the si lee, and a chased arabesque ring of gold holds the Alsacian bow in place. On pla n chip bonnets are many very small pipings of satin placed inside the brims, while others have silk with cords stitch ed in on the outside. The round hats for dressy wear at summer resorts are very picturesque. 3ome of these are made of white China jrape, with the broad brim turned up directly above the forehead, and filled in with crushed roses or artemisias i:a pale ecru and pink shades ; two large whito ostrich plumes cover the crown. Broad-brimmed Leghorn hats have each ride caught down with square bows of ;ream-colored satin ribbon, and a bouquet. of field flowers. .Gray chip rounu lats have high brigand crowns, and the :>rim is turned up on the left side. Persian damask silk- is tied like a handkerchief around the orown. The black ship round hats for city nse are of English shapes, and in the style known last ^ear as equestrienne. Some of these ire trimmed with brocaded ganze in vilnrn and ntharR with hlack satin jtriped gauze. Ornaments are shown n imitation of silver set with brilliants 1 at glitter lik6 diamonds ; these form inohors, daggers, crowns, buckles, trilents, arrows, darts, with many dragons, beetles, butterflies and even turtlesFlowers are used in very great profuf iion, as wreaths for crowns, hall wreaths for the forehead, and above all n bouqnets of long-stemmed roses of ield flowers.?Harper's Bazar. News and Notes for Women. The princess of Wales sets the fashions for Paris and London. The prettiest lining that we know of in a bonnet, is a smiling face. New York women present eaoh gdest at their kettledrums witn a miniature Dutch teapot filled with sugar-plums. Mi6s Mary Jane Wadleigh, of Sutton, Mass., has one hundred pet cats, and when one of them dies she has it buried and its grave marked by a neat monnnent. A Jewess and an Irish girl are managing a shoe shop in Cinoinnati, and managing it well. Both are daughters cf widowed mothers, and each aids in the Bupport of her family. "When I wath a little boy," lisped a rery stupid society man to a young lady, "all my ideathin life were thentered on being a clown." "Well, there is at least one case of gratified ambition," was the reply. An English lady named Wigglesworth makes paper artificial flowers so wonderfully true to nature as to deceive even gardeners at first sight. These flowers are used for decorating churches and dinner-tables. San Francisco has an Infants' Shelter, which was founded by some little girls about eight years ago, and now gives a home to fifteen children, besides daily protection to as many more. No charge is made for simply taking care of a child, and three meals a day are furnished for ten cents. The princess of Tanjore, who has not only made her appearance in puhlio, but permitted the governor of Madras to invest her with the insignia of the Star of India, is the most highly-educated princess in the Orient. She owes her intellectual culture to the aid of an accomplished yonng German lady, and has made considerable progress in English. Reporting by Machinery. A reporting machine at the Paris exposition, known as " la machine stenograrhique Michela," the latter being ? i Cfie name 01 ic3invem.-ur, utuamcu uiuou attention. The claims made respecting it are that after a fortnight's practice, any person can take down in shorthand uharacters a speech however rapidly delivered. It is a email instrument, pian?*liko in form, with twentv-two keys, white and black, and the atono graphic characters are small and impressed 011 slips of pnper. Signor Miobela claims to have classified all the sounds which the human organs of speech are capable of producing, and to havo so constructed his machine that it shall report with unerring fidelity what ?- ' =- /*< ? T!?? 1. *T ever is emu iu uranium,*' rouuu, lumuu, Spanish and Eoglisli. The machine is highly ingenious, and seems to have stood several practical teste satisfactorily. f ThelFjing Buffalo Bull. * General Lcttr Wallace has an nrticle in fieri bier'8 rm. a " Buffalo Hunt in 1 Northern Mflico." from which we take 1 thifl extract:^remember yet the excite- 1 mcnt of that ride, the eageruess and 1 expoctaucy with which we neared the 1 knot of trees, onr dash through, pistol ' in hand. In qniet hours I hear the 1 shout with which the colonel brought us ' together, IuSn opening scarce twenty j yards square lay a dying bull. He was , of prodigious, girth, and covered head ana snouiuers wuu ft com. 01 nuuuuxui hair to shame a lion. Long, tangled locks, matted^'frith mud and bnrrs, swathed his forelegs down to the hoofs. The ponderous head of the brute rested | helplessly upon the rotten trnnk of a palm tree; the tongue hung from his 1 blood} lips; his eyes were dim, and his breath came and went in mighty gasps. The death-wound was in his flank, a horrible sickening rent. The earth all about bore witness to the fury of the dnel Long time he confronted his foe, and held him with locked horns; at last he slipped his guard?that broad forehead with its crown of J'ove-like curls? and was lost. Who could doubt that the victor was worth pursuit ? We helped the unfortunate to a speedier death, and lingered to. observe him. His travels had been far, beginning donbtless up " In the land of the D&kot&h," whence winter drove him with all his herd down the murky Missouri. On the Platte somewhere he passed the second summer; then, from the hnnting of the Sioux agd their fierce kinsmen, he escaped into Colorado; after a year of rest, in search' of better pastures, ne pushed southward again, lingering in the fields about the head-waters of the Arkansas; there the bold riders of the Oomatehe found him; breaking from them, he disappeared for a time in the bleak wilderness called the Staked Plains; thence to the Rio Grando,.and across into Chihuahua, the pursuer still at his heels; and now there was an end of travel and persecution. As we relumed from the chase, I saw him again, lying where we found him, a banquet for the whimpering wolves. Already he was despoiled of his tongue. Long and Short Sleepers. Seamen and soldiers, from habit, can sleep when they will and wake when they will. Captain "Barclay, when performing his wonderful feat of walking 1,000 miles in as many consecutive hoars, obtained??ach a mastery over himself that he fell asleep the minute he lay down. The faculty of remaining asleep.for a great length of time is possessed by some individuals. Such v as tho case with'Quin, the celebrated player, who would slumber for t^jityfour hours successively; with Elizabeth ' Orvin, who slept? three-fourths of her life; with Elizabeth P? rkins, who slept for a week or a fortnight at a time; with Mary Lyell, who did the same for sue- j cessive weelts; and with many others, more or less remarkable. A phenomenon of an opposite character is sometimes observed, for there are other individuals who can subsist on u surprisingly small portion of sleep. The celebrated General Elliott was an iustancc of this kind; he never slept more than four hours out of the twentyfour. In all other respects he was strikingly abstinent, his food consisting wholly of bread, water and vegetables. In a letter communicated to Sir Johu Sinclair by John <$brdoD, Esq., of Swine, mention iB made <}f apersou named John Mackay, of Skerry, who ditd in Strathrrnvfi. in the vear 1797. aced ninetv-oue: he only slept on an average of four hours in the twenty-four, and was a remarkably robust and healthy man. Frederick the Great, of Prussia, and the illustrious snrgeon, John Hunter, only slept five hours durinar the samo period. The celebrated French general, PichegTo, informed Sir Gilbert Blaine that duriDg a whole year's; campaign he had not allowed himself above one hour's sleep in the twenty-four. Something Worth Knowing. Every little while, writes a correspondent, we read in the papers of^ome one who has stuck a rusty nail % his foot, or kr ees, or hand, or some other portion of his person, and that lockjaw has resulted therefrom, of which the patient died. If every person in the world was aware of a perfect remedy for all snoh woun<i3P*h'd would apply it, then all such reports must cease. But although we can give the remedy, we cannot enforce its application. Some will not employ it because they think it too simple ; others will have no faith in it whet they read it; while others often think such a wonnd of small account, and not worth fussing over, until it is too late to do any good. Yet all suoh woun ds can be healed without the fatal consequents whioh follow them. The remedy is simple, almost always on hand, and can be applied by any one ; and what ii better, it is infallible. It is simply to smoke the wound, or any bruise or wound that is inflamed, with burning wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool will take the pain out of the worst wound, and repeated onoe oir twice, it will allay the worst case of inflammation arising from a wound we eve:r saw. People may sneer at the "old man's remedy " as much as they please, but when they are afflicted just let them try-fc. It has saved many lives and ranch pain, and is worthy of being printed in letter* of gold and put in every bomo A San Franciscan, who was sued for the value of half-a-dozen shirts made to his order, pleaded a misfit, and appeared upon the witness-stand wearing one of the garments. He won the case,. wk ! The true way to invigorate a feeble system is tc infuse aotivity iulo the operations of ttio stomach, that wondrous alembic in which the food is traunnnted into the oonstitnents of hlood, the o ief element of our vitality. Hostotter's utomach Batters, because it accomplishes this end, is greatly to be preferred '0 any so-called tonics, useful indeed as appetizers, but inoperative as aids to digestion and assimilation. This sterling cordial, while it invigorates the stomach, healthfully stimulates the liver,' bowels and kidneys, ensuring the escape through the regular" channels of effete and useless matter thrown off by the system which is thns purified as well as invigorated by ic. Its tonic influence is boou made manifest by an increase of vital energy and a more aotive and ra'guhtr discharge of every physical function, and It has the fnrthereffecc of rendering the system unassailable by malarial epidemics. flhildren do not die of the croup to whom Dr. Wm. Hall's Balaam fo- the Lu'ugn is administered. Parents will do well to remember this fact and keep a medicine,'which saved so many lives, in the honse ready for an emergency. TheBdssm overcomes a tendency to consumption, strengthens weak and heals Bore lungs, remedies painful and astbmatio breathing, banishes hoarseness and cures all bronchial and tracheal inflammation. If yon have a cough, use it " early and often." All druggisis sell it We have received of Qeorge P. Rowell <!t Co.. their Newspaper Directory for the quarter, iesued January. It la a neat volume and of great value.?Southern JEgis, Athville, Ala., Jan. 29, 1378. r , ? ><! ?, ' ji -C" - Wie Knnrr Bible; * * . About two ceutnries ago an idea? partly originated by Falter?was current that in some rare editions the apoc:lo Paul designated himself "Paul, a knave of Jesus Christ." No such Bible really existed; and the dnke of Lander-lale, tho well-known Scotch viceroy of | Charles II., having in vain, endeavored to procure one, it ocourred to Thornton, \ a -worthless fellow bv all account, that' he cot^ld, by a little ingenuity, gratify b::B grace and serve himself at the same time. He got a Matthews Bible, dated MDXXXVII., and by careful manipulation he erased the XVII., thus leaving the date 1520 instead of 1537?Gftefn years earlier than the oldest EJnglish Bible extant, that of the Coverdale. Not content with this daring imposition, he in a similar manner rubbed out the word " eervaunte," in R >mans L 1, and substituted "kneawe,' made up of letters cut from other parts of the volume, so that the verse read, " Paul, kneawe of Jesus Christ," instead of "Paul, a eervaunte of Jesus Christ," Tiae book, thus mutilated, was taken to the duke, who gave him seventeen guineas for. it. (Lewis' History of Translations, p. 41.) Although "the mkrk of the razure was very visible," Lauderdale was apparently pleased with his unique bibliographical treasure, and httd his arms and coronet stamped oh both sides; Howlhe fbrgery was discovered . is not mentioned; but Dr. Eadle remarks that a volume, said to be the identical copy, was sold at a book sale in London in 1865. Hence its being sometimes called the " Knave Bible," which designation, in more senses than or e, it certainly deserved.?Chambers' Journal. . Thers are published in Sweden 300 papers suid periodicals, of which eightyloar appear in Stockholm. There are only ten daily papers, of which five are published in Stockholm; while in Norway there are fifteen, in Denmark sereuty-8ix, and in Finland six. Wo hive received from the Advertising agency of Messrs. Geo. P. Ituweil & Go., No. 10 8r-iace street, Nov York, a copy of itieir newspaper Directory for January, 1879, a work of over ?-00 pages, which bears the stamp of neatness ana accuracy. The hook is invaluable to has.iiess men and advertiser-?.? The Pendulum, East Greenwich., 11, L, Jan, 81, 1879. The Crowning Discovery. All the "ph-nes" of this phonetic age are surpassed iu piacuoal benefit to mankind by the <j .so')very of Auan's Anti,-Fat, tuo great r?m#.de for ObesitV Of CufOU Jency. It produces uu weakness or other uupleatii.ot or lojuiioua effect, ltd action being nimbly o .ndued to regulating digestion, aua preventing an undue assimilation of the caruoQiceouH, or flash-producing eiementd of the food. Bold b> druggists. Ellsworth Kan., July 13th, 1878. botasio UlEWQXKK Co., Buflslo, jn. Y.: Gol,tiimtu ? Allan's Ami-Eat reduced me seven pounds in one week. Yours respectfully, Mbs. Taylor. Rowe'l's Newspaper Directory.?This publics ion, fur 1879, has ju?t oeep received, and is an improvement on sny of the former eaitious. It i-hows a vast amount of care ana labor, and reflec.s mthiite credit upon the enterprising fir in by which it is compiled. The price of the book is $5. It should be in the bancs of every iiHeartiMnr ?Hnaerstown Mail, llaqers To xn, ~Md., Jan. 31, IB7 Sh CHEW , t The Celebrated "ILMIbHLKsa" Wood Teg Plug ' w Tobaooo. Tub Pxobbzb Tobaooo Ookpa.ti, New >ork, Boston. and. Chicago, Among American manufactures, few have done our country as much credit as the Mason A Hamlin Cabinet Organs, which have been acknowledged best at all great world's exhibitions for many years. See advertisement, Tested by TiME^-For throat diseases, col's and.coughs, "Brown's Bronchial Troches' have proved their efficacy by a test of mani yoar8. Twenty-five cents a box.. Wo have received the now volume of the Newnprper Directory frofn Messrs. Geo. P Rowell ?fc Co., New York. It is n good thing.? Fountain <6 Journal, Ml. Vernon, Mo., Jan. 30. 1879. ( hew J.<nh>on'n !i*?l ? u-,.,.* To' tv. a cjo^Vv n owrin niniv A kJCLlO VSl/llipaLLlUXl. js. k-. . %> i ' Thin is a trying .season fdr invalids, particularly those suffering or liable to snffer from Biliousness, Kidney Complaints snd Constipation of the Bowels, and to women subject to the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to their sex. Judications of sickness should at once be attended to. Fatal disease may be caused by allowing the bowels to become constipated, and the system remain in a disordered condition. An our?e of pre vention is worth a pound of cure, is an old and truthful saying. Therefore we advise all who are troubled with com plaints now so common?indigestion, disordered liver, want of appetite, constipation of the bowels and a feverish fit te of the skin, to take without delay Dr. Kennedy's FAVORITE REMEDY. It only costs one dollar a bottle. Positively there is no medicine so harmless and yet so decisive in its action. People leaving home at this season of the year should not fail to take a bottle of this medicine with them. It has an almost Instantaneous effect, relieving the person of headache in a few minutes and will rapidly cleanse the liver of surrounding bile; and this excellent medi cine is for Bale by all our druggists. GsTWlmn inquiring of your druggist forthit n jwmouiJiue, avoid MISTAKES by remembering the name, Dr. David E[ennedy's FAVORITE REMEDY, and tho I'E.ICE, which is only ONE DOL7, AT! <i ami Hi it f.lica Dr 'a 'i.-TrTrjliia j ib Ron<Vnt, N. Y.?[E'. mT1 i ~ ?Ohoice t in I be world?Lmrorto-'a prices I i'i A iS ?'*rsMt Oumpary in Atne-ic? s aple AJJOAJ !viticle?p euo* everybody?Trade continually noroaaina?Ai;en a wanted everywheie? best indnrements-d m'r ?* > e time?send for Gircnlar. RuE'i' Vt'ELLS, 43 Ve oy S .VY. P. O. Box 1S87. LO><; IIIttM'll v-iirin ?fc Fishery lor.Siilr. 1.0-0 dcre?. Remiti ill y aitnated on Albemarie bouud. brine Bnach lj? mnes lonir. One of the moei valuable properiira in he Sonlh. Great sacrifice. Send atimp LINOSF.Y A CO. NoitroLg. Va. APPLES.?Don't let your Apples ro\ but keep them till next season and net a good price: it costs but new cents psrbbl. Knll instructions tor fitoeuts in silver. P. B. GROSSMAN, Fncbbu'g, Mass. k per rent, dividend yeurlv. Fifty do lars and upward can he inwate.1 in Brooklyn Company to pay twenty-five por ~ cent, on investment Addr-sa, S. M. CHAPMAN, 57 Broadway. New York. (Tin tn tfiinnn iav<et?d in Will fct. Stocks raak.i a) IU lli ajlUlIU 'ortanes every month. Book tecl * free explaining everything-. Aridroa? RAXTHK A <)<? Kanlcr*. 17 Wall St..N V DDTP1T MAUIIIMKKY Ai>l) TIKK JtSXVlVvJY I PsETTKH. A ocinplete sb ck ot ail kioda. tor circular, photOKniphs and price iai, address J'AS. F CLARK, Moretici, Lenawee Co.. Mich. ^llnblt tV Sliln Dlarnae . Thoua| JXJ Til Ty| anda cured. Lowest Prices. l)o not fa Ui J. U 111 in.,n m llr K.k Marah.Ouincv.AIich. mBfa Important information to Soldiers, t tJf b ! and Pem-innera. And-e-a J H. SUULK, Washington, D.O. ffQDf] A .)iOM'?-A||PiiLi< IVunlcU?;it? Orel flODU oe ling articles in the world; one sample /re T Address JAY BRQNSON. Detroit. Miub. T) T A l'A \ Witn ateiiun Outnu. Wtint costs II I It :ta. sells rapidly for 50 eta. Catalogue/? ? S V SPVNTIKB, I I 2 Waah'n St..Ho?tnn M?POl.HKT DICTION A K > , 30,(100 Wor i9Laod llr. Tooit-'o >1 as .a I (Is niv. one so ir otic. Mcitr.sY Hill Pcb. do., I Hi) K. HSth St., Ne- York. Fl K>T Tit Y, THK.N JUI)(>?! Wnat every one needs ia wn?t every im wants Send stauin for circulars. Cbarl-s Kmerson A Sons, H.tverhil1. Mass. BiiverVlclln blrmgdCo. Hubert Cios?llai tbailtoau,Li w whboe'S compound op ^ FUSE COD 1IVEB L OIL AO LIME. J To Unit nnd All ?Are yon flVrln* Iroiii u Cough, Ooia, \athmi, Bronchif s, or a< y of ?he v n io-? pulmonary tr rubles that so often end in Conmiuiptiuu? 1/ 80, OBe '* Hlf&or's Pure Cnd Liver Oil and Lime," a safe nnn sure remedy. ,Tbis is no quack preparation, but is regularly prescribed by the medical faculty. Mannfd o ily by A. B. Wilbob, Chemist, Boston. Sold by all drnggiste. sievrrrnio nnnK!< 20.04)0 SOLD! !! ^e^4WndXdventurea" and'4 Triumphs'* of STANLEY?IN?AFRICA Till* onlyaulXtrnHeand eoji-jrightedctifep edition Id celling flutter tbon any o her book in America. Give* a I till history of hIs,4Do\vfl the Congo." AGENTS WANTED. Fur fnll particulars and terms addre'S UUBBARD BROTHERS, Publishers,Philadelphia,Pa. ffiyfTfilT I embittered 5* Dropsy, Kidney, 111 II II III ' Bladder or Urmary Oompltinta, QB n 111 Bright's Disease, Gravel or GenerII II1111 al Debility, take 11 HUNT'S RKJIEOY. m wmm Retention of Urine, Diaoetes, JT agijTi Pain in the 8ide. Back and Loirs, |np Excesses and Iotemperanoe, are 111 I ll 0QrMl by HUNT'S* UEllkllV, a aaJ All Diseases of the Kid eys, Bladder and Urinary Organs are cared by llnnl's Krniedi. Family Phys'cis'iH use Hunt'* Ueinedy. Send for pamphlet to WM. E. uLARKE, Proridenoe, R. I. If YoTDse Alcoholic^Liquors Use also the GOLDEN HEAL DIGL*TIVJ j TABLET*. They will pr-vent all the unpleasant consequences arising from the use of liqnor, as well Sr the lo.mation of tnat d sea-ed condition of the atom son. which in time, causes an appetite for liqnor aver which there is no control. Send 35 cents to THt GOLDRN SEAL TABLET COMPANY, 97 and ill) Nassau Street, P. O. Box 1590, New York City, and tbev will be sent by mail. Puk sale by Liquor Dealem ana Apothecaries. Liberal disconnta to dea'ers. THE NEW YORK SUN. DAILY. 4 pages. 55 cis. a month ;80.oU a year SUNDAY- f> p.iees. 81.20 a year. WEEKLY 8pages. X 1 a year. TilE ?<UN has the largest oiroulation and la thr cheapest a.id most interesting paper in the United States Til E WEEKLY SUNisempbaticallythepeople^i family paper. X. W. ZNGLAND, Publisher, N. Y. City. 'i'HK UUOUJKST FOOD IN THE WuRLI). A. B. f. Cruahed White Whettt. A. B. C. Oatmeal. A. B. C. Barley Foot. A. B. U. Maize. Obtained four medala for superiority, and diploma in COntii ued superiority.- 'I be pare*' food fot childrtt anu itoult*. Ail baaka, cockle and imparl'tea removed. Can b* prepared for table in fifteen minnte*. For aalt by Grocers. Aak for A. B. (J. Brand. Maantactnred bj THE OKREALS MANUFACTURING CO., 18 College Place, New Yubk. AGE .NTS V* AM'tl) fUlt "BACK FROM the MOUTH OF HELL.' B'j one who has been there I , " RISE and FALL of the MOUSTACHE.' B'j ihe Burlington Basrkeye humorist Samantha as a P. A. and P. i. By Joeiah Allen's trite. The'bree brightest and neat selling books oat. Agents, joa can pnt e->e books in everywhere. Best term* given. Address for Agrncr, AMERICAN PUSLlaHKG 00., Hartford, Ut.; Chicago, III. PAucN TS WANTtD FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORYoftoWORLD Ifc ootxrnins line bifttorioal engravings &ad 121^largo double-column pages, and is the moet complete History of the World ev^r puoiiahed. It sells at sight. JJead Mr specimen pages and extra terms to Agenta. A?Uren V\ riONAL PonLrPHiNO (:p.. Philadelphia, Pa Soldiers?PensionersT We pnblish s< eiwbv-OM? ii.>m? TanUMS " de.oted to the interest* of venaionorm. Soldi em and Siilors and their heirs; also oobtains Interestlng family reading. Price, fi/ty cents a year?special Inducements to oloba. A proper blank to collect amount das ander new AiutEAiia <;* Pcnbion Bill, famished gratuitously, to regular sub'eribers only and snob olsims filed in Pension Omce without ehargs. Joinery nnmber as apeeunen oopy free. 8 nd for it. GEORGE K. LEMON A OO., Washington, P. O. Look Boa jMj. m SC&OFULA.?Persons atthcieu with Scrofula, Hip-disease, Ulcerous Sores,Abscesses, White Swelling, Psoriasis, Goitre, Necrosis, Eczema, Diseased Bones, will please send their address Dr. JONES, Chemist, New Lebanon, N. Y. HOW TO MAKE MONEY. AGENTS WANTED for faaUeellinf, improved utiolea and noreltiea. We can forniab the largest, oneat a.,d beat assortment at low*,t priosa and in lota to aoi'. Canvassers o.n make from 83 to tf 10 per day. Every one wiibing employment aand for Agent's oircular. All couamneia deainag to aave from 3D to 40 per oent. on b'a.eho d goods end specialties in bardware should write for oar i Initiated catalogue. We do a general purchasing bn-inese and can boy anything you want at low rate*. SMITH BRO.'S A OO., * 33 Park Ro?. Vew York. iinivrrc ? near\ HUiUllU WEST. A choice from over 1.000,000 acre* Iowa Lands, dm weet from Cbioago, at from 35 to per acre, in farm Iota, and on easy terms. Low freight and ready mar ki-ts. No wilderness?no ague?no Indians. Land exploring tickets from Chicago, free to buyers. Foi Map-, Pamphlets and fall infoimatioa apply to IOWA UAILKOAD LAND < ?>IPANY, 0e-1?r Rapida. Iowa, or 93 Randolph Street, Chicago. Ridge's Food has received the most unqualified testimony from persons of the highest character and respon aibility in tbie and other oonntries. Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs. Dni'mttratrd but byH IGHKST HONOR86AT AU WORLD'S EXPOSITIONS FOR TWELVE YEARS nr.: at Paris, 1887s Veenn a, 1873: Santiago, 1875 Philadelphia,1878; Pabib. 1878; and Grand Swxdibe Gold MsDal, 1878. Only American Organs erei a-v aided highest honors at any snoh. Sold for cash oi installments. Illustrated Catalogues and Oiron lars with new styles and pnoee, sent free. MASON I HAMLIN ORGAN CO.. Boston, New \ork.or Chicago <iOOI> NE?*H fo All On I ot EH PLOY DIENT We wiUspnd free by mail to anj one desiring pleaaanl ftca prontao ? employment, a unauuiai wummu ?m onflaential circular of the American and Europear (J- romo Company, showing how to make money. W< have some'bing ent/r?ly new.inch aa baa nerer beet ottered to the public hef ire. There is a lot of money It it for agente. A<1dm-s, inolosing a 3 c<nt stamp foi letnm ooorge on chromo K. GLE.VSON, 4fl Summer Street, Boston. Maes. U7~ST PASS PORT BUREAU. Citizens of the United States Tisiting Foreign Countnet are I able to e rtuus incontemence if unprovided Witt Passports. Blink forms ond iasfactions furnished and P e.poiti p:ocnrrd on np Hi atlon to A. 0. Willroertb U. S. Passport Agent, ll)_Park Place, New York. SCHOOL SCANDAL P.imphlet. Contains the recent scandalous disclosure* in the Public School Deportment of San Fraocisco. in oiuding testimony end correspo-denco. Mai-ed.-post naio. o i receipt of rente. Address J. HART, Offict Pucillo Journal, At>8 Clry Street, San Frsnoitco, Cal. Pianos organ? 9 stop?. only Soo- Orgu n, M stops, %J only ^7.) All WurrHnifd wix Yrare. ZV Don't fail to send for Illustrated Ci > olar, hi!nm:i,i, a >ni.i.i>ir, Original Manufoc'nrwi. LKWiSTitWN. PA. _ PiliK OS si.strrsz Malliiiel.rk * n-.ile I* r ?<t'i .res?finest up>-y rijrl't* i-i tmeiicj?i;i?if 1:1 use?pianos i yifv?*. n-if on liir.:?<"a:--.lo'tie irre. MsviJFi.it' ^saJw.^ri f'tu.N I'l.'.so t j.. I; 10th f>treei N. V. Dtt7? K11)NErilUUE. for slfKlS NEY DISEASE \ A rure Remedy: failures nn: known. Send for circular. Notes Br s. A Cutter. St. D*.,l. (Ihi^n.n-A Smith T^in. don;W. Mad lul, Ripley, Ohio; K Oaty,Dee Moines; F. Steatna, Detroit. The moat popular medicine of the day. ITVATT'S INZASA1 KI) J1Y I.IKK. Had XI 0..tarrh 39 years; lost seose of smell, appetite, l??|) and beer to Ca it. rnia a d Europe wh Uout benetit, whan HYATT'S INZA oured ray1 a'arm, restored ray health U H O'Oi man. Nxwicik. Hyatt's INZA main f'J llyat' 4 Hyatt, "44H Grand Street, New York. Sufficient fur cure muled at if.'tc. and iJI I a rack t. Agouts, Road Tills . Wo will pay Agents a Salary of 5lot) por monihand expenses, or allow a large commission to sell our new md wonderful inventions. IIV mean what we fay. Sample free. Address, SI I Kit.11.\ n tV ' O , Hiiralinll, .llloh. YOUNG month. Every graduate guaranteed a paying situation. Adilre**. K. V'al-nLine MI-nagO'.JIInovvi 'e.vY'.a gm?- t 'a - .. ..roller.nrrmji KIDDFR'S PflSi !LLES."?.?1t. c? nilKSTFR WHITK Pl(;> for sale. AlaoKUUS fr. in Vj Ligh' ii"l l?i n ltrihn>i>, per d>zen. ii. KKaU.MUM OAT, Watt Obeaier, I'a. _ i-? A UAY to .. roe *"> / Ylaliov. 't.irr.jur. id Qottit Kree. Ad.Irera * " V P. V'.. KFV.V. '.;ig-:el-' '1'.<nr L|OQ/ WV \ YEAK. How to Make it. Arir AjjenU COOOU GomU. UOK A YONUE bt. Lome Mo. ^Mofilie j I A FAMILT MEDICINE THAT HAS HEALED MILLION'S DURING 35 TEARS! IIIMOTC LllM A BALM FOR EVERY WOUND OF MAN AND BEAST! THEOLOE8T& BEST LINIMENT EVER MATE IN AMERICA. SALES LARGER THAN EVER. The Mexican Mustang Liniment has been known for more than thirty-live voara as the boat of all Llnlmenta, for I Man and Beast. Its ealea today are larger ban ever. It cures when all ^ others fail, and penetratea akin, tendon and muscle, to the very Dona. Sold everywhere, ? * * :*?< J . . p 1 . J - ,v? - iviilj Ulf TUB OAT 18 7 * ' ? * a ?r# -;f7 ? f; H. M. 8. Pinafore I r&M aMraated tarn hUmmi night altar night, aod weak aft*r ????, to >11 Um pnnotpal mU?i, and ha ring mi} anile, and ending bat almpla MUMi.k b?iag nUoiltdjf whwmd by raifenra ererywhare. Tola loooeaa li merited by Ite perfectly innocent wit, 1U lirely werdi aad good moats. Try tt white li te new, in erary tillage! 'f -'' j * Ktefint copies with tewate. Word J and Libretto, Melted fee 9l.OO. Par doaee. 99.00. JbMrM A rate1! HIOH SCHOOL OHOra.. 91.00 LAUHKL WUiTH, by W. O. ftrbw..M 1.00 a AMTa*1, SCHOOL SONG BOOK............ .60 Ara three of tha vary baat books tor Saiatnarlac. ttonaal and High Bchoolb kc. Octavo Choruses. Aapteedld stook of theseon hacd: ooet bat 6 to 10 ate. each, and aaoh oontalni a fCTortte A nth ara, Olee, Oratorio or otbar Choral, Qaartat or Part Song. Tha* ara mooh used by Choir* and Soeiatiaa for oooaatenal dogtag. Tit a dono f Send for list, ar aand 10 *ta for oar fall Book Catalogue. loraat 6 ata. for on* Ifulaal Baoord.ar || for ayaar. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 0' H. DITMON * CO., Til A 949 Hrtadwari New Yark. J. K. DITSON 4c CO., 998 Checfwt Street. PfcllwdeL S TH ll ? ~qapomifHr~ I Ik* Old K*U*kl* P**MiMiW Lr* FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. m-t IT a rVLL WM19MT asm MTMMM0TM, Tkl Nvtd Is foods* vilk. (so-oallsd) OmniMn , gjLTW M9WMT, "In MTT TMW ' ^ SaponifieR HADM MY TKM timylveels Hit Muif| 0o? Iflhifttf ITlii IKE S5!!TH !!(ll CO; ; First Established ! Most Sui-roMftU* TIIEIR INST15UXILXTS have a standard value iu all the ' ' * LEADING MARKETS ; OP THE WORLD! Everywhere recognized as the FINEST I If TONE. } OVER 80,000 Made and In me. New Designs constantly. Best work and lowest prices 49* Send (or a Catalogue. foment Si, opp. Mas Si, to, Kan _ HOW TO OETTHEI)'nthebttl (/artofthei!it?. 6.000,000 acre? for iale. tiTfree e?iyr nf " Konui 1'oelfle Home, toad," addresi 8. J. Cilruore, Land Com'r, Saliaa, luiu P" A 3 AI.I^THVTIME S O f The Tery bwt (rood W ILh m direct from the Im" " porter* at Half the qsrial coat. Beet plan ert-r offered to Olcb Agents and ' large bnyors. ALL EXPRESS CHARGES PAID. New term* FREE. ; The Great American Tea Company, 31 and 33 Ve*ey Street. Mew York. I P.O.Box *33-5. I MILITARY 1 I and Band Uniforms?Officers' Equipments, HI i |H Cape, etc., made by 31. C. Llllrjj ?fc Co., Ka I Columbus, Ohio. Stndjor Price Luis. ?? rv^J Firetaen'i C?p*, Bell*, and Shirts. aHHH^HHHHMHIHI . WARWER'BRO'S'CORSETrj lA 5ift r" JUtm received the Hlirhr?t Meri*l at the recent VJ&i 'm mgf PARI? EXPOSITION. , ! I nwr Nil American c>?ni?>elitors Their mBSfW FLEXIBLE HIP CORSET I LmtfrivmM hones; is warranted not to break K*vil//TrTB down over ! ?* Illn?. Prl^ll Jl Their M k gk IMPROVED HEALTH CORSET Mri X /// With the i?*in|U?o Butt, wutcn iniiina^,. ?n ?-?i?iU ?ml contslns no fill IIIIP^^ II Jr Porssle bjr slllesolnx mrrchanU. ?PO?. T.r nlrr-.V.Y. i Itni-H, Dariiblllty >V' < lii'tipneM, I'ncqtialed MORtK liKOv. P rnu'r?, ('anion. Mom, CURED FREE! J 1 An infallible and unexcelled remedy for I I Flu, Epilepsy or Kiilllnu Nicuueea I m?M warrant rd to effect x epeedv and l A P K tt.fl A N FN I' cnre. gJ ' H Til " A tree bntte" of my [3 1 II renowned apecitlo and a ra i; |i valuable ireatiM sen, to / Si X' I 11 ?ny sufferer sondirg me bis I ?^P. O. and Express address. Db. H. O ROOT. 1SH Pearl Street. New York. F. E. CUEDRY, Agt. Railway Tickets Bought, Sold or Exchanged. REDUCED RATES ON ALL TICKETS SOLD CHOICE OF ALL ROUTES. No. 31 St. Charles Street, Under the 8t. Charles UoteU ^ O R f ^ TUPTH 16 MlunTT^ CI w pf ? Month and Mt?n.-M guar meed lo agt nle. 5) i i On'ttt free. Shaw <t Oo.. ACoi sta. Maine. <2# OA DAY FKO?<lT. Areata* feamplo, 0 ?-fci t "TUKNAjoAU' OitLlUUT," *nun >.X