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TIMELY TOPICS. It was recently whl iiiat no new heathen temples were now building in , Northwestern India, but a missionary writes h<>tne that the people are 44 still I suad on their idols: almost every house I has them: new temples are constantly being built iti honor of those idols, and the religious bathing-places and assembly-grounds are crowded." In New York city there are dealers. | incredible as it may sound, who make a j living by buying broken meat, given as alms by tender-hearted servants to importunate beggars. These mendicants, from out of their day's receipts, select such lumps of meat of half-picked bono* as wiii prove salable, and at nightfall proceed direct to these stores, where they 1 dispose of their unsavory wares. Then j the scraps from the tables of the rich are resold. A wealthy old gentleman living in j Berlin fell in love with the young: daughter of a poor widow. He wooed and won the girl, and before the wedding-day arrived, he made a will leaving l?ov m11 1*14? nvnnovtt? ??**n*i?fi?iff eov. oral hundred thousand marks. The marriage was celebrated in brilliant style, ar.d the wedded pair with their guests sat down to breakfast. Scarcely had the feasting began, when the venerable bridegroom dropped his knife, and sank back m his chair, dead from heart disease. Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm, in an open otter to the Hush Medical College, stoutly reaffirms her belief that in the early part of this century a German of Chester county, l'a., acquired and kept until his death in extreme old age a very widespread reputation for curing hydrophobia: that he guarded his secret carefully and always carried his medicine with him. and it was known to be a root which he himself procured in the woods. 4Ie slewed a portion of this root in a pint of sweet milk, which he himself drew from the cow; stewed it slowly and stirred for a half hour; then gave it to his patient fasting, i. c., before breakfast : permitted him to take neither food i ?i. nor uriiiK, cxwpt iui ma iiuuis after taking the milk, and repeated the dose on three successive mornings. Upon the old man's death a son sold his recipe for 51, and it was simply two ounces of elecampane root stewed in a pint of milk, and given so that the digestive organs would have nothing to do but appropriate it. A remarkable case of lynching has occurred at Cheyenne, Wyoming. A man named Dug Reed, who had been guilty of a crime particularly obnoxious to the citizens, was taken out of iail. Then, with unusual courtesy, the "lynchers allowed Reed to select the method of death most agreeable to him; and when he stated that he would prefer to be hanged, they went stil. furrher in their courteous regard for his feelings, and allowed him to be his own executioner. He took the rope in his hand, climbed a telegraphpole, fastened one end around the top, and formed a noose in the other end through which he passed his head. Then lie made his hist dying speech, which was short, being no more than "Good-bye, boys," ana, jumping off, was launched into eternity. A coroner's jury, once upon a time, brought in a verdict of 44 involuntary suicide," and have been pretty well laughed at ever since for sucli an apparent contradiction, but here is a well authenticated case, which would seem to be perfectly described by that apparently absurd phrase. A Great Place for Oysters, Hownrd Pyle writes about Crisfield, Md,, in Harper's Magazine as follows: A general whiteness illumes the streets of Crisfield: a crisp rattle of loose shells sounds under the tread of the pedestrian ; a q^lt- breeze blows from the beau^ "r!nn waters of Tangier Sound, tainted, alas! by a slight odor of defunct oysters. Oysters, oysters everywhere, in barrels, in boxes, in cans, in buckets, in the shell ancfout. But little business is carried on here except oystering; a little fishing and a little crabbing, perhaps, but nothingelse. The railroad that runs through the length of the town, terminating at thr> <ifr>amboat wharf at the harbor, rests on a road-bod of oystor shells, as firm and solid as can bo desired. Along this and in the side streets collect the houses, all of frame, varying in architecture from the cottage to the negro shanty. Along the water's edge are a number of large barn-like buildings?the oyster packing houses. Here the chief interest of Crisfield centers?the "shucking'' or opening of oy-'ers, and the subsequent "packing," >>r closing them in kettles to be distributed over the rest of the country. Considerable freight expense is saved by this mode of exporting them without their shells, and in cool weather thev will carry for days in these kettle.as fresh and good as t hey would in the shells. The oysters are generally shucked early in the morning, so as to be ready for the lirst northward-bound freight train. At the first glance into a# shucking nousc it iooks remote dirty, wuu irieKlin<r ovster juice and piles of muddy shells, hut in the shining pans in front of the shuckers are quarts of clean, fat. succulent oysters, looking tempting enough. It is surprising toseethe quickness and dexterity with which a shueker opens an oyster. She uses a sharp little knife, and does not break the edge of the shells. She seizes an oyster, inserts the thin knife between the shells, then with a quick turn of the wrist the shell is opened, the oyster cut loose and dropped into the pan. all witli one movement The season from September 1, 1377, to June 1. 1878, was extraordinarily poor, on account of the warmth of the winter, but an idea can be obtained of the quan titles snipped irom tins point wnen me record informs us that 25,000 barrels of shell oysters and 300,000 gallons of shucked oysters were shipped during that season. The Smartest Dog in the World. 1 have a dog called Guard, a spaniel, who, niv little ones say, is "the smartest dog in the world.'' One day last month, as 1 was overseeing the manufacture of some ropes, 1 had the misfortune to have my foot and ankle badly hurt?so badly, indeed, that I sent for a carriage, and 't ,ve at once to a doctor's office. Guard jollowed me, and flood watching the doctor with great interest while lie dressed and bound up the foot. For a week after this I went every day to the doctor and had my foot rebandaged, Guard always going with me. Some days after my foot was quite well, the doctor was surprised, one morn ing, at seeing uuaru wans into me oniee alone, holding up one of his paws. On looking at the paw, the doctor found a nail in it, which he took out: then he tied up the paw and the dog limped away. But the next day he came again, and "had his loot tied upas before. He did the same tiling every dav in the Vweek, just as I had none.?Xurscry. iOf the astonishing speed of the animal ailed the jack rabbit, a writer in a lolorado paper says: " I never saw anything that can run as fast as a jack raooit. A long-icggeu greynounu undertook to catch one, anil after playing along for a short time and encouraging the dog the rabbit suddenly started off and distanced his enemy in about three seconds. The dog gave up the chase at once and returned to the wagon the most crestfallen and disappointed and meanest ookinj; dog I ever saw." I _% " Ella Zoyara." The death of Omar Kingsley at Bomhay, India, closes the career of one who gained a widespread reputation as Ella Zoyara. For years he appeared as an equestrienne under this title in almost every country on the globe, and few of ; those who have witnessed the graceful performance of the beautiful Zoyara dreamed that the performer was a man. betters and lovers were abundant, and among the hitter figured ho less important a personage than Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, who fell in love with the dashing young rider. Soldiers and civilians figured also on the '.1st of Zoyara's lovers, and a dispute; about her among the former finally caused her or him to be placed in durance vile at Manila. Kingsley was born in St. Louis, where his mother and sister still reside, about 1810. At the early age of.six a travelling circus fired his fancy for sawdust and iiiivi nu cuuii l till ii? ii v j i win tlie parental roof. He apprenticed .iruself to .Spenee Stoke?, a circus proprietor of Philadelphia. Stokes trained liim to do an equestrian act. and he soon appeared under the name of EllaZoyara. His beautiful boyish face, a profusion of rich black curly hair, and his slender form assisted the impersonation. lie was advertised and rode under this name for several years, attracting no particular attention, hut keeping the secret of his sex carefully concealed. He accompanied Spenee to Europe, where he rode as a female in all the principal cities. In Moscow a Russian count is said to hare fallen madly in love with him, and offered Stokes a large sum for an introduction to the fair Zoyara. It was in the sunny clime of Italy, however, that the greatest conquest took place. Victor vmm..nnnl com- i.jvm .a.. -- i>i n iij.m m i mill iit tiiv LUVU^ iWIU afterward sent lor him. He attended, though accompanied by his woman servant, without whom he rarely appeared in nublic. Emmanuel frequently attended the performance, and Zoyara called upon him. The Kingof Italy presented him with a magnificent blackstallion/of which Stokes immediately took possession, and afterward sold when in financial difficulties in Madrid. When Zoyara returned to New York he was advertised as thegreatest female rider that Europe had ever seen, and crowds were nightly attracted by his performances. He rode a graceful act, was more daring and brilliant than any equestrienne that had or has appeared before an American audience, while long experience enabled him to impersonate female character in a manner that almost detied detection. His sex was a secret even to many of those employed in the same establishment. He performed for one or two seasons in the eastern country, evprvwbevp mpptinrr \vitb lpttpvc ? - - J - W . .-0 .. .... .VWW?.V| and would-be lovers and husbands. During this time he was married to Sallie Sticknev, an equestrienne, daughter of Robert Stickney, of Cincinnati. In 1863, he came to California and made his debut in this city in connection with John Wilson's circus.?San Francisco Chronicle. The Centennial Derby. The Derby has probably done more to ' cement and establish the turf in England than any other race. It is the one race that all breeders, owners and jockeys want to win. They may have | won the Guineas, St. Leger and Oaks time and again, but without the Derby as a keystone to the arch of triumph the other events are but secondary honors. In this respect the success of George Fordham, tne rider of the winner, Sir Bevys was completed. Fordham has j been on the turf for nearly twenty-five j years and had ridden the winner of every important race in the kingdom, but time j and time again lie had been beaten for the Derby. Last year, when he was so ill that he had to retire from the turf, it was regretted by all that he could not claim the Derby. Last winter he took up his residence in France, owing to bad health. In the spring he returned to England and rode at some of the early meetings, only to be again forced to retire. He was not seen during the Second Newmarket spring meeting, and according to the last advices he could have only returned to England a few days ago; therefore to ride the winner of the Derby, and the Centennial Derby at that, is a litting honor to a career which can be truly said to have been without reproach. The Derby as a race was first run on the 1th of May, 1780, having been instituted by the twelfth Kail of Derby as ivsouthern offset to the great northern race at Doneaster, which was instituted in 1770 by Colonel St. Leger. By common consent the stakes were called "the Derby," oy winen name it nas neen Known ever | fince. It obtained thirty-six subserib rs, of which nine started. It was then i dash of a mile, colts carrying 112 pounds and fillies 109. It was won by >ir Charles Bunbury's Diomed, by FWizel, with Major O'Kelly's Burdroo second and Mr. Walker's Spitfire third. For some few years the weights and distance continued as in the initial race, but eventually the distance was increased to a mile and a half,.the weights being raised to 118 pounds and 112 pounds. They were subsequently raised some time during the "forties" to 122 pounds, at which they have remained since.?New York World. A Railroad that Forms a Loup. A gentleman who lias taken the railroad ride of 750 miles from San Francisco to Yuma, Arizona, describes the celebrated " Loup," one of the most notable railroad engineering feats ever accomplished. He says: About four hundred miles from San Francisco, as you awake in llie morning, you find the train winding through mountain passes, sweeping around mountain tops,and running along frightful precipices. By taking note as the train passed certain points, I frequently found myself running along a cliff several hundred feet high, the bottom of which the train had been skirting a few minutes before, and then again within ten minutes the snort of the loco motive would re-echo from the bottom of a deep gulch up the sides of the very cliffs from which we had just descended. After passing through several tunnels in rapid succession, the ninth is reached. Here the locomotive almost comes to a standstill, as if preparing for the effort and then it (Uisiies tnrougn up a steep grade and describing an almost perfect oval it crosses over the tunnel it had four minutes previously passed through, thus forming a loup. in making the loup the road rises seventy-eight feet in a distance of less than four thousand feet. After making the loup we emerge into the arid uoseri. i ins is a most nesoiaie region, presenting no relief to the eye from the waste of sand. Nothing grows here. The only thing that is raisecf here is an occasional sand storm, blinding and penetrating. To get out of this sandy waste the train dashes through the San Fernando tunnel?piercing the mountain?a distance of nearly seven thousand feet, and lhen emerges into the Los Angeles valtev, presenting a picture in grateful con irasi wiin me scenesjusi passed mrougu. Here the lemon and orange flourishes. 44 Never," says a writer on etiquette, 44 take bits out of your mouth with your hand." He is evidently writing for the lower class of society. People of tone and culture never take bits out of their mouth with their hands. The remoye them with a fire shovel.?Norristoivn Herald. Mr. Caird, the agricultural statistician, estimates the capital of English landlords at 51,000,000,000, and of English tenants at 82,000,000,000. 0 11 ! i n ? *c?wo?? FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Orchard and linrilrn IVotcs. Asparagus must hi? allowed time to . grow its foliage, and prepare the nourishment for next year's erop. From not understanding this, many exhaust their I... tnrt l.ifn Tim nil! villi. lll'ud 1*^ v ulull^ ia/vf lavvt a. 111. \*i\* ? v* ?\ to stop when green peas come is a good one. When cutting ceases, let the tops grow; their shade will keep down the small Weeds, and the few large ones that may appear are to he pulled by hand. TiikCtKAprvines.?One-year-old vines, : set this spring, should not he allowed to grow more than one shoot. 1 Remove all others, reserving of course the strongest. If older vines were set, ' these should not be allowed to hear, 1 :is it is necessary for them to become thoroughly established and prepare for 1 fruiting. Keen all shoots tied up to stakes or trellises. On 'oid vines, the fruit will he greatly improved by thinning after the clusters are set, leaving i only two bunches to a shoot. S ru.vWnEuuiES.?If the beds are not , already mulched, apply it before the berries get heavy enough to fall over and become soiled. Keep newly-set beds clear of weeds, and pull up large weeds ( that come up tiirougntne muicn on oiu < bods. The picking and packing for market requires great care and gi>od judgment, for it fs the appearance of the fruit in the market which sells it. Avoid ; putting in overripe berries as one such will be crushed and spoil the whole basket. Use well ventilated crates; of a ; size to be easily handled, and plainly , marked. The hoe, rake or other weeding iniple* ( ment must be frequently run along the rows of growing vegetables. The weeds ; must be killed. We hope that the time w:ll come when every farmer will know ' the comfort that a well-planted and well- 1 kept kitchen garden may bring him. Too many arc yet content with salt pork and old beans, when they might have an 1 abundance of spinach, green peas, rad- 1 ishes, lettuce, unions, tomatoes, etc. As the early crops come oil', they should be ' replaced by others, so that the garden may show no fallow or unoccupied ( ground. Provide for succession crops of eas, radishes, sweet corn, etc. i CritKANTS AND GOOSF.llEKKIES.?Mulch these early in the season; litter from the barnyard, or chips from the woodpile Tin*- *trJ11 nr tlwi con. HJilJ UC UWU. 1IIUJ ?ll.pw..m6w.v. r son. If the eggsofthecurrant worm," which are deposited on the underside of the lower leaves, were found and destroyed there would he an end to the trouble at once, but this is not easy to do, and the light begins, or should begin, as soon .'is the ragged appearance of the leaves show that the worms are at work. White hellebore is the remedy, and while it may be dusted upon the bushes, it is better to mix it with water, a tablespoonful to a pailful of water, and applied with a syringe or pump. In mixing the hellebore, place the powder in a bowl or other dish and pour on hot water gradually, stirring until all is thoroughly moistened, adding a pint or more of hot water; pour this into the pail and fill up with cold water. The application should be repeated every few days so long as worms appear. In our experience, we find that three applications usually finishes them. Recipe*. Lemon Cheesecakes.?Grate the rind of two lemons and saueeze their juice into a bowl, :idd a quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, quarter of a pound ot fresh butter boiled. Beat up three eggs, mix altogether, and they will be ready to make into tartlets or open tarts. Orange Jelly.?Grate the peel of five China oranges and two lemons into a bowl, squeeze the juice of them into it. Boil one pound of sugar in a quart ot water, and when quite boiling, pour it over two ounces of isinglass. Stir until it is dissolved. Add the juice to it, strain through coarse muslin, and let it stand until lialf cold, then pour gently into molds which have been wet with cold water. Before turning out put the molds into warm water for a few minutes; loose the edges with a spoon. T> . ??r?r? T/\^r i tai'O Qnul/I orwl rvPill o 1JAIVJV1' lV.HAlVr.Oi uvaivi uuvi pwi ?* sufficient quantity of smooth, round tomatoes; put into a deep earthenware dish and sprinkle plentifully with salt and pepper; have a teacupful or more, according to the quantity of tomatoes, of fine cracker crumbs, and spread over the top. Hake in a quick o/en from thirty to forty-five minutes. Drop a few lumps of butter onto the tomatoes, and serve. CoFFEfc. ? To make this beverage properly some practice is reouircd. Do the entire work yourself, and slight no part of the operation. Take the best .Java coffee; throw out all the inferior kernels; roast in a pop-corn popper over a bed of coals, slowly at firstj carefully and evenly, for about fifteen minutes, more or less; when done, the kernels should be a nice brown, and shine as if varnished; grind, not too fine; put into cold or moderately-warm water, in the proportion of a tablespoonful to a cup; stir in one egg; cover, and bring to a boil only; let it stand a few minutes, then pour through a strainer. ifci>Crrr?nr? Pir-vi ?Medium siz<'<l green cucumbers, pared and sliced as for the table. To four quarts of slices add one large spoonful of salt, ritixing it through them. Let them stand over night, and in the morning rinse and drain through a collander. Boil vinegar with whole white mustard seed, half a teacupful of seed to two quarts of vinegar and set it away to cool. Pack the sli -ed cucumbers in quart cans, and cover them with the prepared vinegar. Place a bit of alum on top of the pickles in each can and seal. Keep in a dark, cool place. Pickles made after this rule retain much of the natural flavor of cucumbers To (iet 1*1 inns Almost everybody knows that we get few plums in onr country, because a small beetle called the curculio deposits an egg in the immature fruit, which then rot>, and falls before it is ripe. It has been the great problem with fruit-growers how to get plums in spite of this insect, and to this day it forms the staple topic with all pomological assemblages. Some time ago, Dr. Huffman, of Iowa City, gave a plan for smoking them out. Many of these notions are started by people who never try wlia1 they recommend. In this ease we happen to know Dr. Huffman, and can say that he is a thoroughly painstaking gentleman, and verv careful to know what he is to write about before he takes his pen in hand. We have great faith in what he may say, and so give here his plan: During the summer of 1874 I procured from the gas-house several gallons of coal or gas tar. I put about a ouart into a long-handled stew-pan, anu with a few shavings and a match soon lial a dense, black smoke. This I carried under my plum tree, so that the dense smoke pervaded all parts of the tree. My first efforts were very gratifying in see ing insects ot all sons nurry out 01 me tree. Ants came running down the tree, various kinds of worms and spiders let themselves down by their webs, and all winged insects flew out, leaving the tree deserted of all insect life. I spent about half an hour in smoking forty-two trees, and this I repeated three or four times each week, unless rain had washed off the smudge, when T again repeated the smokintr. After mv first efforts I tried the shaking process, but invariably failed to catch or see a single specimen of the cureulio. I continued this process until near the time of ripening, and got my lirst crop of plums?over thirty bushels. The whole cost of coal tar for those forty-two trees during the su.m 7 A / mer was loss than two dollars. I began the smoking a little too late, after I had tried for some time the jarring into the sheet?therefore, some of the fruit had been stung; and had it not been for this in^y erop of l ine plums would have been stfll larger. J)uring 1B75 the plum erop was an entire failure, and I had no opportunity to continue this experiment; but the summer of 187(i brought a large plum erop, and 1 at onee resorted to my favorite remedy. I commenced smoking my trees as soon as the plums were the size of a hazel nut. and continued up to the time of ripening, and not a single eurculio sting xriis to be seen on my fruit, the trees ofwhieh were treated to the coal tar stEok?\ I purposely left trees of different varieties' unsmoked, and all the plums excepting one were stung and dropped oft" before ripening. ? Rural World. A Useful Table for Farmers. In answer to frequent inquiries in regard to the quant ity of seed for use, and the weight of grains, roots, bulbs and tubers per bushel, the following table is printed: Kind Seed Pounds of seed. per acre. per bush. L'lovcr (red) 6 to 10 lbs GO Clover (white) 4 to 6 lbs GO Timothy 8 to 10 lbs 45 Kedtop 8 to 15 lbs 14 Lawn grass 14 to 1{| to 2 bush....14 Kentucky blue grass.8 to 15 lbs 14 Millet 4 t0 I bush 50 Hungarian grass .... J to j bush 58 Klnx seed J bush 56 Buc kwheat J to 4 bush 52 Turnip seed 1 lb Turnips 57 \\ heiit 14 to Dii9i> uu Oat ? 2 to 3 bush 32 live* 14 to 1J bush 55 Barley 1$ to 2 bush 70 I tape sco.l 10 to 12 lbs 50 Corn in ear 50 Corn meil 50 Irish potatoes 12 to 15 bush 00 Sweet potatoes.. ..?TT 50 Corn, large yellow .. 0 to 8 quarts 50 Corn, s nail 4$ to 6 quarts 50 I'eas (field) 2 to 2J bush 00 Split peas 00 Beets (field) 4 lbs Beans (white) rlG lb3 00 Castor bains 3 quarts .. 46 Carrots 3 to 1 lbs Onions 4 to 5 lbs 57 Top onion sets 30 to 00 lbs 27 Hemp. 44 to 100 lbs 44 Upland cotton seed. .10 to 12 lbs 331 Astrology and Astrologers. ti.? ;e in A IXC 171 IQI XI U1 OOLI.V/H7?J 10 *HVV/iTV%* in obscurity. It may probably be attributed to the Chaldeans. The Hindoos and Chinese have always attached the greatest importance to it, and the Arabs sedulously cultivated the art, as well as the astronomers who flourished in E^ypt before and after the first century. The alchemists and astrologers of Greece c laimed that Hermes (alias Mercury), the inventor of many notable things in art. science and mechanics, w.-is the especial patron of their art. Hence the term "Hermetic writings" applied to prnciiCflfscience and philosophy. The word astrology means literally the doctrine or science of the stars, but is especially taken to signify the art of foretelling future events, and the good or evil fortune likely to befall any person during his lifetime from the aspect of the heavens and the relative position <jf the planets and other heavenly bodies at the time of his birth. In ancient times astrologers had many perils, ns_the following instance will show: "Dost thou know where thou wilt pass Christmas?" asked Henry VII. (1488) of an astrologer. He could not tell. Whereupon the king's grace, "which did love a merry jest," made answer, "Then I am wiser than thou, for I know that thou will spend Christmas in prison." Gailcazzo, Duke of Milan, was even merrier at the expense of an astrologer who foretold him that he would die early. " And how long do you expect to live?" he inquired of the astrologer. " My-losd, my star promises me a long life." " Never trust in your star, man; you are to be hanged this moment." And the duke took good care that his own prediction should be fulfilled. Ileggiage, an Arab general, wiis more courteous in the expression of his displeasure. The general w:is sick when an astrologer, by way of comforting him, assured his excellency that the illness from which he was suffering would terminate fatally. "Since you have said it," replied the general, " it 4- Ua oa am/1 T linm cn nrvnof o i?nn muat UU aw, auu i mnv ou 11 v?vu ?V vw.i fidcnce in your skill that I should he clad to have the benefit of your advice in the next world. You will, therefore, be so kind as to go there first and await for orders." The astrologer was immediately decapitated. Indeed, the wonder is that astrologers should so often have been fools. Few seem to have the presence of mind of Trasulus, who once saved hisneek with a commendable readiness of wit. Tiberius, when living in exil<Tin Rhodes, whither' he had been banished by the Emperor Augustus, loved to while away the time by consulting diviners. The interview usually took place on a lofty eminence overlooking the sea, and if the diviner, by some foolish answer, convicted himself of ignorance or trickery, some slaves were in attendance to pitch hire, head foremost over the cliff into the waves below. It chanced on a certain day that Trasulus had been invited to one of these charming seances. "Ted me," said Tiberius, with a serious look, " how long do you expect to live?" Trasulus, who was not a fool, appeared to be absorbed in mysterious calculations ; then, suddenly, with an expression of alarm * ? n ii - 1 1. tli.it was not aiiogemer leignt-u, in- exclaimed that he was menaced at that very hour by a great, danger. Satisfied with the answer, Tiberius embraced him, and from thenceforth Trasulus became of I he number of his friends. The following is a brief sketfch of the outlines of astrology, its leading principles and mode of practice: The heavens above and below were divided by imaginary circles, drawa^lbrough its north and south points, into twelve equal parts, which were called the twelve houses of heaven. They were numbered, in order, fromthe division in the east immediately below the horizon which contained the nart. of the heavens about to rise in view. The lines of division were supposed to remain immovable, so that every part of tlu: heavens passed through each house successively once in twenty-four hours. The terra horoscope wjis given to the point of the elliptic about to rise. The first house was called the ascendant; it was the strongest, and also known as the house of life ; the second was the house of riches; the third, of brethren; the fourth, of parents and relatives; the fifth, of children; the sixth, of health; the seventh, of marriage; the eighth, of death; the ninth, of religion; the tenth, of dignities; the eleventh, of friends; the twelfth, of foes. To each division one of the heavenly bodies was assigned as its lord, who was most powerful in disown house. The position of a planet in any house was its distance from the boundary circ le, or cusp, of the house measured on Ihe zodiftc; and the part of the zodiac which chanped to be in each house was a point which especially demanded the attention of the astrologer in | his consideration of the aspects of the various divisions. The relative position of the heavenly bodies in the uifferent houses at any particular moment was called a theme, and to east the nativity of any one was 1:0 form a plan of the heavens in the manner above indicated, at the moment of birth. The decline of astrology may be dated from the time of Copernicus, who revealed the cardinal fact that the earth is merely one planet, rolling with others around the sun. | / I "Just Like a Boy." Every well-regulated family should J have a hoy about fourteen years old, a lawn-mower and grass enough to set the boy to work for half an hour after school. (! It is an interesting study to see a boy shoving a lawn-mower around. No boy j' can strike a bee-line with a mower. lie in starts our, to (to it, out nc sees a noy on ^ stilts up the street and lie stops to rest, lie has just started oft' again when he sees a hoy with a ball down the street, and it is also time to oil the mower. lie rj has just braced himself for a new effort ? whe n a stray dog comes trotting along, and it is that hoy's duty to watch that n dog out of sight. He turns and shoves the mower along for about ten feet and < then he must have a drink of water. If s the old gent is at home a hoy can drink 1 a gallon of water and-get hack to his J work in about twenty minutes, but all depends on circumstances. If he gets a back he stands and wonders whether it ? is a right or left-handed mower, and why it wasn't rigged to run itself. If a rap on the window admonishes the boy that procrastination is the thief < of t ime, lie buckles right down to the business and rushes the mower over four j brick-bats, a hoop and several coal clinkers, and then comes an examination of I the knives. Let a hoy get in the shade | with a good brace for his hack, and he | can examine a lawn-mower from base- I merit to "arret in about half an hour. I At the end of the second cut across the jj sward it is the hoy's duty to scan the J Ilearens and see it any kites are up. I A good boy can do this in about lifteen \ minutes, and lie can put in ten more ? looking across the street at a whitewashed fence and a cat. By this time he feels hungry, and when he has hunted the house over for cake it is high time to go around the corner and see if that Smith boy has got that bird-trap finished.?Detroit Free Press. Tomatoes, peas and potatoes are now grown in the Bahamas for the American market, and are far more profitable than oranges, which were formerly cultivated there for the same market. CoiHplexinnnl Indications. The complexion oi persons whose digestion is out ol order, who are bilious, or who lock , vigor, always exhibits an unhealthy tint. It is bv regulating the bodily organs and promoting digestion and assimilation, that the parchment hue, indicative of ill-health, is banished from the cheeks. To rectify the lault of a sallow complexion, use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an invigorant and "alterative which removes those obstacles to renewed strength, physical comfort and personal attractiveness?an imperfect digestion and secretion, and a disordered condition of the bowels. Persistence in the use of this inestimable corrective and tonic will nssureiUy result in renewed physical regularity and vigor, will tend to increase bodily substance, and cause the glow and clear color of health to return to the sallow, wasted cheek. n Practical Science." Under the above heading the St. Croix Courier, of St. Stephen, N. B., in referring to the analysis of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's Catarrh Remedy, recently made by Professor Chandler, of New York, and others, says: "Nothing was discovered which we think objectionable, and the published analysis should increase, rather than retard, their sale. To us it seems a little unjust to call a man a quack simply because he seeks to reap as much pecuniary reward us other classes of inventors." The English press is conservative, yet, after a careful examination ol all the evidence, it not only indorses hut recommends the Family Medicines manufactured by Dr. Pierce. No remedies ever offered the artlicted give 9uch perfect satisfaction ns Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery utid Dr. Snge's Catarrh Remedy. Published testimony establishes the fact that Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup is a sterling remedy for scrolulous and syphilitic disorders ol a formidable type. Also that it cures white swelling, carbuncles, eruptive maladies of all kinds, gout and rheumatism. It moreover promotes a secretion and tlow of healthy bile anil directs it into the proper channels. The deplorable ailments produced by mercury are also remedied by it. Druggists sell it. * ;i OUUIU V*n<U Uli VWIJUII, * vn uiv a ware of the importance ol checking a cough or "slight cold " which would yield to a mild remedy; il' neglected, often attacks the lungs. " Brown's Bronchial Trocfies" give sure and almost immediate relief. Thirty ol the best organ makers of the world were competitors at the Paris Exposition. A cable dispnu-h to the Associated Press says two highest awards have been awarded to the American makers, Mason A Hamlin. CHEW The Celebrated " Matchless " Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York, Boston and Chicago. TIk Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 21 East 15tii ...licet, N. Y., sell Initios at. Factor} . Prices. Write for a catalogue. j Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Nav' T->lmw.o. i SmokeFogiie's "SittiiurBnll Durimm Tolucco'' PAPER MILL FOR SALE. Fur sale at Lancaster, N. II.. a Ilrst-class Mill, now In operation. The plant comprises ten acres of land with fill! power of river, with l.Vfoot head. Two-story frame Mill. 40x90,with annexes?barn, storehouse, sheds, scales. Ac. The Mill contains one 72-Inch single cylinder. Klce, ltartoti A Kales' machine, complete; four 210-pound beating engines; two tub bleaches, cntters, calenders | reels; one SO horse-power boiler; and all the appliances for runnini; the Mill. Straw pientv at $S. Wood at #2. Excellent frelalit contracts po with the Mill, which is now on wrapping. Owners have other business. The property, which Is valuable, will be sold at a fair price and at a bargain. All Inquiries by mail promptly answered. Address HENRY O. KENT, Treasurer. Lancaster. N. IL. 1979. i j GEO. P. POWELL & CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau. f or ion tcms: vne iiuiiureu piijju Pamphlet with Lists of Newspapers and Advertising Rates. For Ten Dollars: Four Lines inserted one week in Three Hundred and Fifty Newspapers. 10 SPRUCE ST., N.Y. i OUilflRBSMBBEMire rener IPT1 KIDDER'S PflSTILLE8.hrmaR^?Aca gHBBBnDHBDW: ' irles'own. V:i?.? Month n?i?l expenses gunrnntoeil _Il ! 4 J i?u!rtt free. Rbaw t Co.. AnougTA. iLutra. ? OOQnn* YEAR. How <o MiOte it. * ? I iljoi ilUU5^ COK <fc IONt?, ?t. Udj,Ma. | I \ I 0 ???ft in?o???n JOHNSON'S | iTew Method of Harmony, Ity A. N. Johnson. (JI.'H.) Just Published. Tli's ii?'\v bonk Is so simple .iii-l clear In Its cxpl/inanus. ri.at any music ti.vin-r or uiitiileiir can ect an sceiichl Men of the science, 1-y simply rcinlitiK it irotii;li. At tin- same time, a most tlmr-nipti course Is i.i'kol out mr those who wish to hp composers, inclinliu work lor many months, without, or still better with teacher. Tltmtnniils cmi nuir Unrn that have not hithaio 1 n tlU' to Jo to. THE GOSPEL OF JOY i received with the (.Tontest favor by all who have tninlne.l it, otnl Is. ill itself, already n (treat success, end for it. I'se It In Conventions. Sabbath-school nthorliiu's. and Congresses," Camp, Praise and Prayer icetlngv (35 cts.) ooil Jiews. Ily J. M. McLtrosn. (35 cts.) Iiini 11 k Itlver. Hy II. S. k W. 0. Peiucixs. (35 cts.) liver of liife. Uy Peiikins A Rentlt. (35 cts.) JviiiB H'&ters. Hy I). F. Hodges. (35 cts.) Ilioral Praise. My J. II. Waterhckt. (25 cts.) Five Sunday-schon! Sonj; Rooks that It Is hard to beat n I which contain a mat ileal of Due music to be found owhere else. Any book mailed, post-free, for retail price. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston, ri. ditso.y &. co? 8-1.3 Broadway, Wew York. r. j: .utso.y &, co., Oaa Cliestnut Street, Phila. fiAPONIFlEP Is the Old lteliable Concentrated Lye FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. Direr!Ion* accompanying each can Tor making Hard Soft nn<l Toilet Soap quickly. IT IS FULL WEIGHT AND STRENGTH. The Market Is flooded with (so-called) Conccntrateo I.ve, which Is adulterated with salt and resin, and won't linhr sotip. ATE MONET. AND BUT THE >rv III IIIII IIIBII ? |^ SapoimifieK MADE BY TEE Pennsylvania Salt MaunPg Co., PIULADEI.PniA. // Vy New York,X& \Y // f And Thcmastea, Ct. \\ 4#^ethth0mflsx\\ mocKs)f V JfiK TOWERS, y^/J Vy OFFICES, // Vy HOUSES, // r n ilty of Pcll?h._SMr1nK LflMr Cteanllnt - (/UUHJUilJ tilIU WIlCBIIIIl-M, u UCIiUall U. ilOBSiS BB03., Proprietors, Canton, Maaa TFA^I """" S3 IB M V# | AXX, THE TI^Ti The very best goods direct from the Importers at Hall the usual cost. Best plan ever ottered to Club Agents and large Buyers. ALB EXPRESS CHARGES PAID New terms FREE. The Great American Tea Company, 31 and 33 Vescy Street, New York. P? 0. Box 4235. WARNER b 8 GUHSETS Aft. I fS?jH recelvnl t??r H!cl?? -' iMiilutthtj recent >1UimW ,vIVU*1 s, ,* * I*.1'1' I0Iklr FLF.XVlJLE ilii:'J03SET BjlrrSfflEl 1holies I. w,inuyi-) .I'ttohreak Mi/fm. IMPROVED'HEALTH 'hGRSST ant* IiI //' 'iu*de with th? Ta:uj>ico * l., wlilcn ml iHIII III IitKrfCttd1 Antl tleslble nnil .lulaina n< 1 iiilllJI I 1bon?*H. Prlr? by m?U, f 1.50. villi! 'ft Is* r M:c lpa,l'n * WARNER BROS., 351 Broadwtj >i. AGENTS WANTED FOR "BACK from the MOUTH of HELL.' By odc who has been there! JHse ami Fall of the MOUSTACHE.' By the Burl Ins ton Hawkeye humorist. "Samantha as a I*. A. and P. I." By JosUh Allen's wife. .l.e three brightest and host selling books out. Agentt yi.u Jar. put these books lu everywhere. Best term -iv.'ii. Address for Agency. AMERICAN Pt'BLISlILNC Co., Hartford, Ct., Chicago. 111. _ iSggggl ONE BOTTI.K WARRANTED !fr5iiVliT94ra! Perfect cure for all kinds ot PII.ES Id X-Atrfara*JrCXil Two to four botlles In the wars vases of LEPROSY. SCROFCI.A l<^ V>ySv>g98 SAI.T RHEI'M, RIIKCMATISM KIDN'KYS. DYS i' K I'S IA .0 A XC K11 gfc' - JTC. VlLe j CATARRH.ami all diseases ot th SKIX ainl KI.OOD. Entirely \>Rf s^t52*w>?',#?^'!Sw[ .Money returned in all case's of fall ' ure: none for 2U years. Sold every where. Send for pamphlet. SI a bottle. II. D. FOWLE, Mnston^ F CURED FREE. An Infallible and unexcelled Remedy fo I'ltM.Kpf lei?sy or FnlllnK.Slckiiea wuiraiiteil to effect a speedy an PERMAMEXT cure. Vfflfi " A free bottle " of m IIIII" renowned speclllc ami a raluabl :: I j\ Treatise sent to any sutlere S I 11 sending me his P. 0. and Kz press address. Dr. H. G. ROOT. 1HS Pearl Street, Kew York. Soldiers-Pensioners. We publish an eight -p.?ife paper?'"Tint Xanax* finut?? "?levoted to the Interests of Pensioners, Sol iters and Sailors and their heirs; alsOcoutalns liitcrestinj family reading. i'l ic- Fifty cents a year-special Inducements to clubs A proper Mali's to collect amount due under new An nrsus or I'K.sstoN Itti.i.. furnished gratuitously, to regula subscribers only, ami such claims tiled in Pension Ortic without charge. Januarv number as specimen copy free Send for it. (jEilltiiK K. LEMON A CO.. wnsmmtion. i>. ir. i.nc* i.oa >?? THE NEW YORK SUN, I>AILY, ? pages. 55 els. ;i month; 88.5(1 a yes! SUAOAY. 8 na^cs. Sl.'JOa year. W KKHLV, H paces. 81 a year. THE SUA has the largest circulation ami Is thi cheapest and most Interesting paper in the I'nilet States. THE WEEKLY SUA Is emphatically the Feb p!c's family paper. IW. E.Viil.AVD, Publisher, .V. V. City. P agents wanted for the"' * ICTORIAL HISTORY of the y.s. The creat Interest in the tnriliinc history of onf country makes this the fastcst-seiU:.;: hook over published Prices re.luce.1.11 percent. It Is the most complete Ills tory of the P. S. ever pu> ished. Sen.l for extra tenns t< i ?nni. no.i see whv it sells so very fast. Aldross, _ National Publishing Co., Philadelphia, i*a. fok L ? |iVB?bWW18TB k, of p 1.0. g t. bjj A.O.D.W. 11111111^ III Ml IIIIBil III III lied Jtcn, Jtrtiidn. and nl 1 other Societies I m.ulo to .Tiler 1'V II. C. V.I 11 ey A Co., OAumb\u, I Ohio. Seltd /or M'rire I.ists. . Military oni Fircmcn'a Goods,Tlannerc Ar CTac9 I Muson Ac Hamlin Cabinet Organs Demonstrate! t.est lv 11 Kill EST llo.VOHS AT ALL IVOUUVS EXPOSITIONS EOK TWELVE VEAKS, viz.: it Pahis, ! <?>"; Viknna. 1*73: Santiago, |nT5; Philadelmia. iSTti: Paws. IS7H, and bandSweihsu Ootn Medal, 878. Oul.v American OriMiis ever awar<lru nuttiest non>rsnt any sucii. Sold for ci.sh or installments Iilcs hated Catalogues and Circular* with new styles and trices, sent free. MASON' A HAMLIN* OittiAN CO., tq^on. New Vork or Chicago. W KKI.I.Y STEEL BAKU FENCE WIRK.lj W Mnde utidcr t?st?*ti t? of I K W *n,J al I he- \V W forvit. Send for circular and price lift, W i lu Tuoam Wias IIkiksb Co., Chicago. " flfllllll ^ lMsra*< A. lli.Ai I IftflJ IM sail I nuvs( Pru'l p. I> DM fa: !# IVlfl to write. Dr. F. D Marsh, Qulu> y,Mlch* Fo?- Two Generations The good and stannch old stand-by, MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT, has done more to assuage pain, relieve suffering, and save the lives of men and beasts than all other liniments put together. Why! Because the Mustang peneI trates through skin and flesh to the very bone, driving ont all pain and soreness and morbid secretions, and restoring the afflicted part to sound mid supple health. O NYNi'-Nnaa " IK jfVu VuRw TBI SMITE OEM CO First Established I Most Successful I TRKIR INSTRUMENTS have s Standard Value Is s) the Leading Markets Of the World! Everywhere recognlied as the FINEST IN TONB. OVER 80,000 llnile and 111 use. New Designs constantly. Be Work and lowest Pi Ices. ' Send for a Catalogue. Irani SUM waitaam al.. Boston. Hiss PETROLEUM JELLY Vaseline. fir and Medal at the Philadelphia Reposition. Silver 3fc<lal at the Pari* Kxpoaltion. The most valuable family remedy known for the treatment of wounds, bum*, sores, cuts, sklu diseases, rheumatism, chilblain*, cat irrh. humeri holds, etc. Also for coughs, cohls. sore throat, croup and dlplitber*n, etc. (.'sod and approved by the leading physlotaus of Lurope in I America. The toilet article* toado from pure Vaseline?such as do MADE. COM) OISKA U, CA M I'HOK ICE and TOILET SOAPS?are aup-rv t > any similar ones. Trv rnxx. COF.GATK it CO., Sole Agent*, New York. A apd .*><) cent sizes of all our good". Sold by all Druggist*. EXODpr I'o the best lands. In tne best climate, with the beel market*, and on thp l?*>t terras, aloof the 8C Peal, Minneapolis X Manitoba II'jr. (late St Paul X Pacific. 3,000,000 ACRES Mainly In tba Famou* ? ' -...--a ?*. . p>?y UAHTLI XEU KIVUW VflLUt I ur I nL nun I n. , On long time, low prices and easy paymwnta. t' nnphlet with full Information mailed free. Apply to O. A. McKINLAY, Land Com'r, St. I\ V. # It. ify. Hi. Paul, Mln, I - - It id a positive Fact that we sell a nrnt-claas PIANO A AI Mrtd front our f\icor Ll k\ Li A 111 lory, at n lower price VI ? * than any other Arm. Xew Pianos S5I2H and upward. Organs VII to SV4. Sent oil trial at our expense. Catalogue free. Address r. S. PIANO A OKQ.V1V CO., Xew York. i mm HUT Is being fotmed at Buffalo. X. Y.f to settle a tract of seven thousand acres. Those wishing to know all about It and California Colonies, can, by addressing California i. Colony. 14 IV, Swan St., Buffalo, X. Y., or Wendc1! t Boston, 22 Montgimery Si . Sail Krnnciseo. Cnl. nnfTflllin j Cures Klmey, Bladder ana !'I Si la I I * # s I I'riiiarv Diseases, Diabetes, 1 fl 1 D U B jA |tiravei mil Dropsy. lUdenj ^ J y JJ lion and Incoutlueneo of paon rr w, W I II Will S Itemed}' 1 UrfS !' SB alTlif fi Is\7 lb ??'< Buck, Side or r REM h D Y! ' edy cures all Diseas's oi she Kidneys. Bladder and Crinaiy (irgatis. Try SIuiil* lloutecly. Send for naniTililet to W'.V. H CI.AKKK. Prot silence, K. I. If y i can't [i lire J: . ' u, j ur v iclnily, mnd J 65 cts. In ?tamps, witli full directions. to WOOI.KICH t e CO.. PalmiT. .Mass., ami a call will !,o serif. < fflOLLER'S TO" COD-LIVER Oil liT Wifcfc ur Is perfectly puru. Pronounced the beet by the h'gh. eat medical authorities in the world. Given highest award at 12 World's Expositions, and at Paris, 1878, j Sold by Druggists. W.H.Sctaieflclin Si Co.,N.Y. \VevT7lpn^AgenmTsal'irv of siTIiuerinont^icd expense*, or allow a large comm.ssion, ,o ?e? cu. _rtr and wonderful invention*. II* mean uhat u< toy. Sample free. Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich. 1 $1650 ',r<,flts,'of $i00 Proportional returns every week on'Stock Options of $ao, s30( fioo, e Offlcial Reports ami Circulars free. Address 1 T. POTTER WIGHT k CO.. Hankers. 35 Wall St.. X.Y. T^-ET" ,n MIC^TT, f ( ?.?s y?i h*. U|M, Mto ?r i ?. u4 f 1 ) *r * v>ir' **** "* >y ******** I I ***' ? ? ? IK* t>m* **4 y% w" "** **' Srisfit*a>>rT^4*** 3 DYKES~?^RD ELIXIR 2 ? A?".ir<?l t>ina*WT. Tor**- K? ryM??nirt? ? S3 W^52l ?ir,n*T3onUIW*Kr^m20?^M*rkTUw < W ?1V UPWI ra<i *r* fn?ta t? :s1ci**l, */, -fc?w * p**t?hr* r??l M m <* ? # M m. W fr??B it* *?. ?'vork^I^i a?4 **?*r f*ik. K? J \ Ifiy / A M?LUi*i?r7U^X?kia.?Mi1f?r^Mfts4Mn*lal? 31 V i ^^^^^^*IT*rt.rkf.k?cVf44JWJf^lO*ta. L.L.PMin 0$ 'w* Tlalk ACO.*?.V*.PiUaia*. 1U. AllnUiaMW** 117 A VTr tl KVEH1PODY?OIT ' VV Ail A Jh?J. of Employment and wants a 4>ooil Chum-e to .lfnke Money to send their address and IO rents to C'EAKK 0c < <>., Box Hit), Boston. .11 n;.nd receive answer by return null. 1'ottage st^in/ ? /-.i. 11. Gapes ix cmcitr.vs -For 35 cents 1 win send a Heoclpt tor lu.v Sperlfle for ( ?)? . Wnl cure when the Chicken Is uot in a dying condition. I guarantee It to prevent (Si p s In all cases, and keep the fowl healthy and prevent all disease. Send money or stamps. Address I. F. SAFV. Swan. Hoiking Co..Ohio. a? /% 1 n A4 nvented in Wall St. Stocks make 2>IU 10 2)IUUU fortunes every month. Hook sen ^ rree rxpmidiuK c?ri,* Address BAXTERk CO.. Bankers. 17 frail St.. X. If YOUNG MEN SrsSITSiV" month. Every graduate cuar..iit "I a paying situation. Address K. valentine. Manager, Jauesvllle, wis. i aaeaA JIOWTII?AaentitViuited I ihl.beit OOOU^111"- articles In tin- world; one sample free I Address JAY HKOXSOX. Detroit. Mich. POCKET HICTIOrVAIt Y. HO.OOO Words and I>r. Koofe'H Health Monthly, one year. fSOc. Mtnuur Hill I'lb. Co., ISO E. 2Nth St./Xew York. 1 ? lticii Al co.. Portland ?LN|1 Malm*, f.ir best Ain-my lliislmse in the OtllU World. Kspi'iMvi* tint tit Free. * #% p"A\\?With Steim. tmlllts. What coatf 4 D112 cts. sells rapidly for SO -n. Catalogue tree ylll s. M. Src-Ncen. Ili Wash'n St., Huston.Mass. SO OA FOUNTAINS - t33- J43> " ? ??' a Shlrpfl rr.vlr for u?\ c-abd?gue. A'.. *-llrc?? gB Chapman A Co.. M. li-n. lvl.-3T8 V-IMOM A YEAK aud expenses to agents. Outfit Free ' $7f I'Addre* P. 0. VJCKEKY, AugutU:Maine.* **