TOE THE FAIR SEX Tiro Romances, The so&of a leading lawyeirin New York^some^ears ago, was attracted bj flie innocent face and quick wit of a Welsh chambtrrmiid in kto father's house, and declared that he preferred her to all tho fashic nable beauties who : courted bis notice. His family protected, but to no purpose. The only concession he would make was to consent to go to Europe for three years before marrying the girl. In the meantime, having fin independent for tune, the lover placed her at one of the beat schools in New York. The girl wa3 ambitious and devoted iu her af fection for the man who had chosen her. He returned, found her more -lovely than ever. They were married, and the lady is now one of the leaders of society in the city where they live ?a noble, refined, charming woman. ? An eminent jurist, "well-known in Pennsylvania in the early part of this century, was "making the circuit" on horseback, and stopped for dinner at the house of a farmer. The daughter of the farmer waited on them, and the judge?who had been a cynic about women?observed the peculiar gentle ' ness of her voice and a certain sweet candor in her face. After dinner the farmer said: " Mary, bring the judge!s horae." Mary started to the fleld, which was inclosed by a barred fence. Laying her hand* on the topmost rail she vault ed lightly over. ? I saw,'? said the judge afterward, " for the first time, a woman with the mind and body I should require in my wife. I called again and again at Farmer C.'s. At last I sent Mary to school for a couple of years, and here she is," nodding to the stately matron v/ho presided at his table. The sons of the judge and this Maud Muller all' at tamed distinction; one, like his father, at the bar; another was an eminent divine, and ? third was a Southern candidate for the presidency. AH were noted for their nery elo quence, their high sense of honor and a certain appetite for fighting which was well sus tamed by strong physical health. The judge had not been mis taken in Mary's qualities of mind or body.?Youth's Companion. ' " A Thin Beed In a Woman's Dress. The dresse3 of early days were main ly of calico. A silk dress was almost an unknown quantity. No girl of to day would consider herself well dressed unless she was surrounded by at least from sixteen to twenty yards of single width material Eight yards were then sufficient to malce even the most fastidious girl happy. Overskirts aid plaits7 and flounces, and polonaises, and puffs, and ilutings, and side panels,-and trimmings and fringes, mid such gew gaws were unheard and unthought of. The waist was made plain. Five breadths, each a full yard wide, were sewed together side by side, leaving the top and bottom of the prpoosed dress of exactly the same width, diameter and circumference. Just imagine it, girls! Fifteen feet of dress! Then the upper part, that which wa3 to encircle the waist, was gathered and tacked fast to a belt, the gathers of the same width, depth and thickness at all points around the waist, which, if it did not add to the^ symmetry of the prospective wearer,' must certainly have rendered less chilling the hard winters which tho old folk3 love to talk about, and, as one old lady put it, "made - a waist belie its name and look like a bale of hay tied hi the middle." "Didn't the skirt?fifteen feet of -sag. around the feet?" asks a of to-day. destiny which shapef oar ends them as we may, to that effect. And there Testiny, in the presence of a ^5ng, thin, pliable piece of reed, that shaped the ends of those dresses. " Thjs reed or rattan was Tun through a hem on the lower section of the skirt,which gave the latter a rounding, healthy appearance like unto the nether ex tremities of a molasses barrel Indeed, the writer is informed that it-was no uncommon thing for girls, when these reeds would become fractured or dis located, and thus be compelled to sus pend business, to place in their stead barrel and even hogshead hoops to keep the skirts at a respectful and" fashionable distance from their ankles. It is to be presumed that while these circus arrangements were considered just the thing by the girls, they must have met with objection from the fel lows who were compelled to do their courting in another county. Fashion Notes. Tho leadmg bonnet is the gable-roof poke. ^^jBfack dresses are again in high favor, abroad. Only out-door costumes are made of each emir e des Indes. Ottoman silks .ire combined with plain velvets in new spring costumes. Birds and fruits form a part of the design of many of the dressiest sat eens. Honeycomb cloth and pressed flan nels in very bright colors are in style for very small children's coats. " The hair, when dressed very high, is ' ornamented with tortoise-shell, amber, jet, rolled-gold, or silver combs and daggers. The latest plain silk hose have large alligators intwined about with ivy vines) executed in silk embroidery and . fine fancy beads. Visites with ends falling to the knees in front are more diminutive than formerly, so as not to hide the beauties of the toilet beneath. Among the novelty trimmings we find cashmere intermingled with gold, mixtures of leather and gold lace, plain leather laces and plain leather pipir gs. Three thicknesses of satin, shined on cords and secured to the crown of the hat in double box plaits so as to produce the shell style, is new and ef fective. ? The latest ribbons are the velvet centers with cashmere figures on either side, Ottomans .with brocade figu-es in all shades, and velvet:? with cashmere borders. Sheer mull muslins, dotted, sprigged or figured in Greek squares, stars and other designs, are made up in large .quantities for'young girls' graduating 8&d commencement dresses. Fancy soft silks with all-over pat terns, Ottoman gauzes, black la^e with Grecian figures, Scotch plaids with golden lines, figured and fancy crepes, are the accepted trimming fabrics. At the Louvre, Bon Marche and other leading Paris houses, on openi?g days, visite mantles have been shown that are made of velvet gauzes, trimmed wifb rows of lace, beads and chehlle. Colored dresses for bridemaids are made of crape de Chine, of shrimp pink, pale blue and foam-green shades; ^and are worn with the coquettish bas >feet bonnets that are trimmed with blc\ssoms and velvet ribbon. Tfeted nun's veiling in shades of pale terra cotta, crushed strawberry, raspberryj.com blue and ashes of- roses, will take the place, in a measure, of the cream and white wools so popular for evening dresses last summer. A simple and graceful overskirt has deep, round apron front that reaches to "the foot of theunderskiit. Several thick; full plaits are laid at each side of the apron, and the back has two full breadths of the material to bj draped in soft folds. Tailoi'-male dresses grow in popular favor. They will be worn foe lawn tennis an I croquet parties for the house, the seaside and mountain use, and in all colors, light and dark.while black and tinted, according to the oc casion, time and place. New styles in hats and bonnets are r the Langtry, with the crown set low j and the front raised; Patti, a medium j poke with square crown; Bernadine, j projecting front, sloped at the sides , and raised in the back; Gem, a small , bonnet with Normandy crown; Es . cort, with double-edged brim and bell ; erown; Rival, a walking hat; Crescent, , square bell crown, brim sloping front ? and back with inverted edge; Mag I nolia, oval crown and curved brim; j CRfton, a dres3 hat, drooping over the face; Promenade, walking hat with round crown and Derby brim;-Con quest, dress hat; Eedora, handsome dress hat with square crown, narrow and droopmg en the right, a raised curve on the left and double-edge brim; Coquette, bonnet similar to last season's Langtry, and the Bon Ton, with its low, square crown sloping at the back, deep brim high in front, close at the sides and short in the back. A Remarkable Medical Case. The death of Professor Van Buren will recall to the medical profession one of the mrst remarkable cases of transfusion of blood that has occurred in this country, and one which at the time the operation was performed at tracted universal attention among men of science. A poor patient had lain in the hospital at the island for nearly ten years, slowly dying of mor tal disease of the wasting and degen erative type. The disease was one that modern pathology has found allied to leprosy?equally malignant and scarce ly more curable than its dreaded rela tive. The man's limbs were covered with ulcerated spots, his fingers and toes were useless and had been nearly obliterated by the disease, and the djr sal surfaces were marked by large areas of pigmentation such as occur in leprous taint. In addition to the orig inal disease, the left lung was deeply excavated with tubercle and the man had at most only a few weeks to live. Under the circumstances, although transfusion had neverjbeen tried as a remedy for diseases of the blood, Pro fessor Howe decided to see what could be accomplished by transfusion, and, as a first experiment, injected into the patient's circulation between five and six ounces of undefibrinated blood, mixei with a little am monia. The effect was wonder ful Within a short period the ulcerated surfaces began to heal; the spots of pigmentation began to vanish; strength returned, <*ind the improve ment in every respect was marked. The transfusion which had resulted so favorably was repeated with equally beneficial consequences, and such was I the attention excited by it that Dr.Van Buren exhibited the man to his class in the medical department of the Uni versity of the City of New York as a new departure in surgical science. The operation was afterward per formed in four other cases of the same kind, complicated with phthsis. In one of these case3 the phthsis had made such progress that the transfu sion induced hemorrhage of the lungs. In the other three the improvement was marked and immediate, though not so extraordinary as in the case shown by Dr. Van Buren, who, for j^e last four years, has been one of me most steadfast advocates of the opera tion, not alone in the instances of ex haustion from loss of blood, but in cases of wasting disease. The report of these remarkable cases in the medi cal journals of the day gave a new im pulse to the waning popularity of transfusion in Europe, and it has since taken its place as a legitimate surgical preccdure among such authorities as Tait and Langenbeck.?ISewYorh Times. The New South. In the course of an article descrip tive of life in the South, Henry C. Bowen says in the New York Inde pendent: The newspaper readers of the North can have no adequate idea of the vastly altered condition of things 'since the war. During a recent trip from New York to Texas, visiting en route the principal cities in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi ana Arkansas, Tennessee and Ken tucky, the writer was not only met everywhere with the proverbial open hearted cordiality of the Southern, but was everywhere impressed by the evidences of a new departure in the growth of commerce and those yearn ing and ambitious ideas that are the true harbingers of undoubted pros perity. In conversation with public officials, editors of newspapers, pro fessional men, merchants, and the traveling public, one is agreeably sur prised at the friendly tone and cheere'ul sentiment of the people, especially in view of the utterances of Northern papers and Northern politicians. To-day the earnest desire of the residents of every Southern town and city is that Northern people may settle among them. No shotguns are in. waiting. Men and capital are wanted to develop the great resources of the country. Freedom of speech and political opinions are guaranteed to all alike in almost every part of the South. The Southerners are just now learn ing that Cotton is not the king he was supposed to be, and that a diversity of crops is necessary in order to achieve success as planters. Two rich fields are opening to-day to the young men of this country? the great West and the fertile South. The far-sighted man sees the great opening for capital in the completion of the Northern Pacific railroad next summer. He also sees the rich future of the South, within the next two years, when a mail-train will leave the city of New York every day for the city of Mexico. Croaking. " What a noisy world this is," croaked an old frog, as he squatted on the margin of a pool. " Do you hear those geese, how they scream and hiss? what do they do it for?" '?Oh just to amuse themselves," answered the little field mouse. "Presently we shall have the owls hooting; what is tnat for?" "It's the music they like best," said the mouse. "And those grass hoppers?they can't go homo without grinding or chirping; what do they do that for?" "Oh they are so happy they can't help it," said the mouse. "You'll find excuses for all. 1 believe you don't understand music, so you j like hideous noi-es." "Well, friend, to be honest with you,'' said the mouse, I "I don't^reatly"admire any of them ; but they are all sweet in my ears com pared to the constant croaking of a frog." Rh umatisin in a Nutshell. People seem to forget that if disease goes out through the pores, mischief .03 surely gce< in through the stomach. [ |K they will persist in eating fruit, | tough meat, and the unhallowed baked j bean in the evening or latter part of \ the day, when the digestive organs are j not at their best, dyspepsia wiU cer ! tainly follow, and rheumatism its in evitable result. Rheumatism is of cours) aggravated by dampness; any one might say exasperated by tea and coffee. Those delightful stimulants for warm weather seem to be injurious in the winter?they are a device of the enemy. The revised Book might well read: " An I while men slept the enemy sowed" tea. Certain it is if cocoa was drunk in place of t a and coffee during the cold season, rheumatism would have few enterta'ners.?Boston Jourml._ The Ecyptian war cost England $22,790.000, a third as much as tlu iwar in Afghanistan. THE FABM USD HOUSEHOLD. iJIme a Preventive of Hot. Mr. 0. S. Bliss, of Georgia, Vt., writes as follows concerning his treat ment of [potatoes threatened with rot: I believe the use of air-slacked lime will check any tendency to rot. I have for several years practiced the sprink . ling of a small quantity of such lime upon ray potatoes at the time of storing them in bins. Though I ven ture no positive assertion in this di rection, yet I believe such treatment has resulted in cheeking any tendency to rot. I always intend to reject aU specimens affected with the disease be fore they are stored in the ceilar. I have generally found more or less fci number of affected tubers which ap pear to have beert diseased before storing, hence I have thought the lime dried up the rot While I haive great faith in the use of lime, yet I hesitate to recommend it as a positive specific. Piropacatlnff Fuchsias. The following method of raising young plants of fuchsias is said to be practiced by cottagers in the west of England: In the autumn, alter frost has destroyed the foliage, the wood of the present season is cut off close to the ground, and Said like a sheaf of corn in a treneh a foot deep. The bundle is covered with a few inches of soil, and here It remains until spring, when a m ultitude of shoots may be seen pushing their way through. The soil is then carefully moved, and with a sharp knife a cut is made each side of a joint, and the result is rooted plants enough for the parish. The old stool throws up more vigorously than before, to be served in the same way the following autumn. Hovr to Succeed with Onions. Onions differ from most other crops in not requiring a rotation. In some places the land has been in onions annually for half a century. If the crop is to be grown for the first time newly cleared land is the best, and next to that, soil which has been in corn or potatoes. A good, deep rich loam is essential, as is heavy manuring. Fifty loads of s table manure to the acre is an ordinary manuring, and may be supplemented by ashes, bone flour or guano as a top dressing. The seeds should be sown very early; should be of the previous year's growth and from a reliable raiser. The rows are a foot apart, leaving every seventh for a path, and from three to six pounds of seed are sown to the acre. On land not before in onions, thin sowing is better than thick. After sowing roll the surface. Some sow an ounce or two of radish seed with every pound of onion seed. The radishes come up in a few days and mark the rows, so that a hand culti vator or push-hoe can be run close to the rows even before the onions are up. One essential point is weeding. Unless one is prepared to give thor ough weeding, and at the right time, he should not attempt to raise onions. It is uo fancy work, and there is no machine that will do it. Unless one can go down on his hands and knees astride of the row, and remove aH the weeds that aue in the rows with his fingers at least twice and sometimes three times, he will not be much troubled at the harvesting. Excellent hand-weeders are made to run close to the row; but, until a machine can think, the rows themselves must wecctci by hand. Cl an culture, which means the use of weeding appliances as often as is needed, must be secured. ?Agriculturist. Unground B^ne? DIsaolTod by Ashes or Utnc It'is often desirable to reduce un ground bones so that they can be used as a fertilizer. Nearly every farm af fords a larger or smaller supply of bones, which are worth very little un less reduced in some way. Farmers who live near villages can generally make an arrangement with the boys to bring them a good sujply of bones by paying a cent per pound for them. Tnese bones may be dissolved by the use of wood ashes or quicklime. Uion koff, a Russian agricultural experi menter, describes his method of dis solving bones as follows : M To 4,000 pounds of bone take 4,000 pounds of unleached wood ashes, 600 pounds of fresh burned lime and 4,500 pounds of water. First slack the lime to a pow der, mix it with ashes, and placing a layer of bones in a suitable receptacle ?a pit in the ground lined with 'boards, stone slabs or brick?cover them with the mixture. Lay down more bones and cover, and re peat this until half the bones, or 2,000 pounds, are interstratified with the ashes and the lime. Then pour on 3,600 pounds of water, distributing it well, and let it stand. From time to time add water to keep the mass moist. As soon as the bones have softened so that they can be crushed between the fingers to a soft, soap-like mass, take A he other 2,000 pounds of bones and stratify them in another pit with the ntents of the first. When the whole soft shovel out to dry, and finally mix with dry muck or" loam (4,000 pounds), or enough to make it handle well." Few farmers would be likely ! to have so large a quantity of bones to dissolve as 4,000 pounds, but many could easily gather 400 pounds, and then the above directions might b-3 followed by dropping off a cipher from each of thq quantities given. For mixing such a quantity a large cask or hogshead might be used.?New Eng land Farmer. Form and Garden Notes. Keeps your fowls under as even a temperature as possible. Sheep require pure water. They drink but little, but need to drink oft?n. Do not let the cattle prune the or chard. They always were bunglers at such business. Poultry per pound, let the breed be what it may, will cost very near the same. One bushel of corn will pro duce nine to eleven pounds of poultry. It makes no difference whether Leg horns, Plymouth Ko-ks or Brahmas eat the corn. Every ilock owner should improve his flock year by year, by the use of good bucks, and keeping the best ewe lambs and disposing of the oldest sheep in the (lock. It is very poor economy, indeed, to se'.l off tlie lambs every year and keep the old sheep until they are ten or twelve years old, because the flock by this method will not yield as much profit as by a judicious system of weeding out annually. A bottle of carbolic acid should be kept in every farmhouse, not merely as a disinfectant, but as a wash for wounds and sores. For any purpose it should be diluted with wa'er. Its power to destroy fungu; growths makes carbolic acid invaluable in pru- j ning orchards of pear, plum or peach, where blight or other disease is sus pected. The pruning shears should be frequently dipped in carbolic acid water. It may be ?aid that a cow must make 200 pounds of butter during her milking season to afford any adequate profit. This may be considered as a meager quantity when compared to tests of some cows whose yields are reported at C00 to 800 pounds per year, but 200 pounds is, nevertheless, considerably above the average of all the bu't- r cows in the country, 140 to 150 coming much nearer to that gen eral average. J. Otis Hale,- of Worcester county, Massachusetts, inquires of the New England Ilonu&trid what he shall feed to get a large flow' of milk from a cow. The Homestead replies:. Gotfcon sDedmeal, corn and cob m?al, wheat or rye feed with ehs'lage or ro t< sup piem nto i with hay, well cured corn fodder and oat straw makes an eco nomical ration. Brewers' grains, corn starch meal or rice feed are also good for making milk. A fat hog i3 no test of good porfc Flesh must be healthy to be good. As a general thing fat hogs are not healthy animals, nor is the pork the best quality. The wise buyer Would prefer, for his own use, the hog that is not so fat as to be unable to help it self to its food. The blood ought to be pure, and to have this so the hog must be able to move about easily. The oVerfattened hog has impure blood, hence impure flesh. A correspondent of the American Cultivator advises fanners to sprout their seed com before planting. He states that fhe sprouts should be an inch or more in length, and the young roots will be an lash hong, which gives the seed the advantage of an early start. Under this plan there are but very few failures in germinating. Beans can be covered with a coating of lard, which prevents them from from getting in the ground. William Hale, in the Massachusetts Ploughman, favors the growing of or chard grass for the following reasons: First, it will crowd out white weed; second, it is early and does well wS Or WISDOM. Working is the acquiring of knowl edge. Humility is the mother of c >n tentmcnt. One may be better than his reputa tion or his conduct, but never better than his principles. So a lorn tho do'trine that those may be won by the life who will not be won by the word. The marriage of true and loving hearts is the tilgst beautiful and touch ing event in nature. Fame comes only when it is de served, and then it is inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. A really great man is known by three signs?generosity in the design, humanity in the execution and mod eration in success. Be not stingy of kind words and pleasing acts, for such a:e fragrant gifts, whose perfumes will gladden the hearts and sweeten the lives of all who receive them. - The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act and you reap a habit: sow a 'habit anl you reap a character; sow a character anl you rca;uulcatin ??. . The brg st \gaui ? preserve . in the w tili is ia Hike cm it.-, Pmns/^vanb. SELECTtNG PEOYlSI?S?. Infallible Rales for TelildV Good nie?t?, Ponltry.Escri. Fis? and Vegetables. In order "to facilitate the choice of the best provisions, the following signs of good quality should be at tended to: MEATS. As a general ride, the best meat is that which is moderately fat? Lean meat will ba found to be tough and tasteless. Very fat meat maybe good, but it is not economical, and the butcher ought to be required to cut off the superfluous suet before weigh ing it. Beef?The flesh should feel tender, have a fine grain and clear red color. The fat should be moderate in quanti ty and lie in streaks through the lean. It 3 color should be white, or very light yellow. Ox beef is the best; heifer very good, if weil fed; cow and bull ?eridedly inferior. Mutton? The flesh, like that of beef, should be of a good red color, perhaps a shade darker. It should be fine grained and well mixed with fat, which ought to be white and firm. "Wether mutton is superior to either ram or ewe, and niay be distinguished by hav ing a prominent lump of fat on the inside of the leg at the broadest part. The flesh of the ram has a very dark color, and is of a coarse texture; that of the ewe is pale, and the fat yellow and spongy. Veal?Its color should be light, with a tinge of pink. It ought to be rather fat and feel firm to the touch. The flesh should have a fine delicate texture. The leg bone should bo small, the kidney L-mall and well cov ered with Ait. The proper age is about two or three months. When killed too young it is soft, flabby and dark colored. The bull calf makes the best veal, though the cow calf is preferred for some dishes on account of the udder. Lamb?This should be light-colored and fat, and have a delicate appear ance. The kidneys should be small and imbedded in fat, the quarters short and thick, and the knuckle stiff. When fresh, the vein in the fore quar ter will have a bluish tint. If the vein looks green or yellow it is a sure sign of staleness, which may also be detected by smelling the kidneys. Fork?Both the flesh and the fat must be white, Srm, smooth and dry. When young and fresh, the lean ought to break when pinched with the fin gers, and the skin, which should be thin, yield to the nails. The breed having short legs, thick neck and small head is the best. Six months is the right age for killing, when the leg should not weigh more than six or seven pounds. Measly pork is known by the fat being mottled with little lumps and kernels, and should be re ligiously avoided. Generally all meat, when not fresh, has u tainted smell about the kidneys, and the eyes are shrunk and shriveled instead of being plump and full. Bacon and ham may be considered good when the rind is thin, the fat white and firm, and when the flesh adheres to the bone, and has a clear, darkish red color no!; streaked with yellow. To test the perfect freshness of ham, run a knife into it close to the bone, and if, when drawn out, it has no unpleasant smell, and tlie knife is not smeared, the ham is fresh and good. If either bacon or ham have the slightest tinge of yellow in the fat, it will soon become rancid and unfit for use. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. J Butter and cheese should be judged of by tasting them. - Eggs?It is difficult to discover if an egg be fresh. The best plan is to hold it between the eye and a lighted can dle, close to the light, when, if it ap pears eq aally tflfflBarent throughout, it .uj^^m' - -~38^od , but- if thenSWi any ?^pp^an?ts apparent it may be rejected as stale. POULTRY. ?Birds of all kinds are best when young. The thin*bone projecting over the belly will then feel soft and grist ly ; if it is stiff and hard the bird is oi l. All poultry should be firm and fleshy. Fowls are best when short and plump, with broad breast and thick rump, the legs smooth and the spurs short and blunt. The black-legged kind are the most juicy. In capons the comb should be short and pale?in cocks, short and bright red. If fresh, the vent will be close and dark ; when stale, it w'iib be tainted .and the eyes sunk. Turkeys?The same remarks appl to these ;ts to-fowls. When young thy toes aud bills, are soft. Some persons prefer the torn turkey to the hen. "I will here remark that, to my notion.tho flesh of the hen is whiter, tenderer and sweeter eating than that of the torn. For my use L prefer a hen turkey of t.?n or twelve pounds, though for a " show-piece" your live-and-twenty pounder is a grander spectacle to the eye; and as to sweetness and flavor in the turkey, I could never see that size ha 1 anything to do with it. The flesh of the wild turkey is much darker and more perfumed than that of the domes tic turkey. Geese?The flesh should be of a fine light pink tint, the liver pale, the fat white and soft, and tlie breast full and plump. In a young goose the fe d and bill are yellow; in an old one reddish. It ought to have very few or no hairs on the body. Ducks?Ycung clucki are distin guished inthe same manner as young geese; the bally should be firm and thick. The drake is the best eating. Ligeons?The breast should be full and plump, and the feet elastic. When not fresh they are flabby and the vent discolored. A stale fish furnishes such unmis takable evidences of its condition, both to smell and sight, that the merest novice who should purchase it would be inexcusable. When perfectly fresh the body is stiff and elastic; the gills close, red, difficult to open; the lins lying fiat to the sides; the eyes bright anil fall, the scales glistening and firmly attached to the body. When stale it is the reverse of all this, and lias, besides, a strong, offensive smell. The best fish of all kinds have small heads and tails, thick bodies and broad shoulders. Oysters and clams, if alive and h a thy.will close upon the knife when being opened. VEGETABLES. All green vegetables of the cabbage kind should ba chosen with large, close, firm hearts. When fresh the leaves are crisp and brittle; when stale they are limp and drooping. They ought to bo used as quickly as possi ble after being gathered, as they are apt to spoil by long keeping. Such perfect freshness is not so necessary in roots, such as potatoes, turnips, etc.? Cot': nr. An innocent Little Cherub. In a certain aristocratic family in Austin Kiere is a young lady, and she has a beau, and the presumption is he is not particularly bashful when he and the apple-barrel of his affec tions are alone, or think they are. What strengthens this view of the case is the fact that the young lady had a small brother named Jimmy, and the other night there was a tea party at he fami^mansion, and the supper table wasjyery much crowded?so much so that ^Jimmy's younger sister .was crotfde?iD very close to him, ivhere upon l?nade the remark out loud : "MaqX, sis trowds me so close I can't ]ffeeve, I ain't her beau, am I?'' If Jimmy should become unwell, that b:au would not be the proper person to send?or a doctor in a hurry.?-Si/tings. THE HOME DOCTOR 3d-sv.Lo.~n. ia iiAncy, In Certain cases, there is great danger that the bones of the legs wil become bent if the child is allowed to stand much, that is, before their bones are sufficiently hardened; It should be remembered that in in fancy what is bones are but little more than cartilage, requiring time td harden them into bones, as mnyb? seen by the "soft place" on the top of the head. It is fortunate that the "baby jumpers" and such child tor tures are now out of date, in enlight ened society, and it would be fortunate if those little ones might not be crowded forward as they sometimes are even now, compelled to stand and learn early to walk, of course over taxing them and deforming their bones. It would be fortunate also, if a better diet could be more generally used, that containing more of the bone and muscle materials, more of lime, that these bones might be fed. The coarser meals?instead of the fine flour, which contains but a very little to nourish the bones and muscles? would be of the greatest advantage to the young.?Dr. Hanaford. Small Bed-Ch ambers. There is reason to believe that more cases of dangerous and fatal diseases arc gradually engendered annually by the habit of sleeping in small, unven tilated rooms than have occurred in a cholera atmosphere during any year since it made its appearance in this country. Very many persons sleep in eight by ten rooms, that is, in rooms the length and breadth cf which mul tiplied together, and this multiplied again by ten, the height of the cham ber, would make just 800 cubic feet, while the cubic space for each bed, ac cording to the English apportionment for hospitals, is 2,100 feet. But more, in order "to give the air of a room the highest degree of freshness," the French hospitals contract for a com plete renewal of the air of a room every hour, while the English assert that double the amount, or over 4,000 feet, an hour is required. Four thou sand feet of air every hourl And yet there are multitudes in the city of New York who sleep with closed doors and windows in rooms which do not contain a thousand cubic feet of space, and that thousand feet is to last all night, at least eight hours, except such scanty supplies as may be obtained of any fresh air that may insinuate itself through little crevices by door or win dow, not an eight of an inch in thick ness. But when it is known that in many cases a man and wifeand infant sleep habitually in thousand-feet rooms it is no marvel that multitudes perish prematurely in cities; no wonder that infant children wilt away like flowers without water, and that 5,000 of them are to die in the city of New York alone during the hundred days which shall include July 15, of eighteen hun dred and ? 1 Another fact is sug gestive, that among the 50,000 persons who sleep nightly in thehxlging-houses of London, expressly arranged on the improved principles of space and ven tilation already referred to, it has been proved that not one single case of fever has been engendered in two years ! Let every intelligent reader improve the teachings of this article without an hour's delay.?Tlie Builder. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS* Vanadium, a white metal dis covered in 1830, is worth $10,000 a pound. A man in Haverhill has a lamp chimney which he has used since 1863 and uses now. The windows of houses in the, Phil ippine isles are made of pellucid oyster shells, which admit light, but cannot -be seen-through* Darmstadt (Germany) archives show that it used to cost twenty-four florins to boil a criminal in oil, fourteen to burn him alive, six to break him on the wheel and ten to hang him. The first piano was made at Padua, in Italy, in 1711, by Christofori The first one seen in England was made by Father Wood, a monk, and very few were made there until after 17G0. It is said that the only oin of the Unite! States that strictly conforms to the law is the twenty-dollar gold piece. Other coins either lack some thing prescribed or bear some devioe unauthorized by the law. William II. Vanderbilt has eight children and eleven grandchildren. Should no pecuniary misfortune over take him he will divide more than $150,000,000 among these fortunate descendants, His income is now ?9.92 every second. A Columbus (Ga. ) man dreamed that all the outhouses on his brother's place in Chambers county, Ala., were destroyed by an incendiary lire. The next day he received a letter from his brother giving an account of the burn ing of thy property just as he had dreamed. A cent bought a barrel of flour at Centreville, Md. A storekeeper 'hap pened to find a cent dated 1790 among his change, when a miller who was present began bidding for it, and finally offered a barrel of the best Hour for the coin, which was accepted. The coin will sell readily for $25 to coin hunters, and a New Jersey man has offered that sum for it. POPULAR SCIENCE. The Swedish government has granted a sum of $300 for this year to an en tomologist, whose duty it will be to advise farmers as to the best means of destroying injurious insects. A French investigator, who has a taste for the curious in science, has recently made a scries of experiments to test the strength of insects as com pared with the strength of other crea tures, lie lindi"that, in proportion to its size, a bee can pull thirty times as much weight as a horse. The shape of the new Uritish man of-war Mars is so peculiar that her keel cannot be laid in any of the usual bull ling-slips, and the vessel must be constructed in one of the docks. Great care is taken to prevent strangers having any ipportunity of making any examination of the model and drawings. The Sncntijlc Ameriwn says that a non-conductor of electricity has yet to be found, for all substances hitherto discovered are conductors to the force under certain known conditions, but those which offer a great resistance to it serve the purpose of non-conductors in practice, although they may be all classed as good or bad conductors. The host conductor known at present is silver ; the worst is solid paralline. A. Vogel has found that all genuine honey contains free formic acid, and he supposes that this essentially tends t > preserve the honey on keeping ; in fact, the so-called purified honey, having the same concentration as the genuine, is very liabie to ferment, the absence of formic acid in it accounting for this circumstance. The formic acid in honey is derived from the stings of the bees, and amounts to 0.1 per cent, on the average. The big trees of California are over topped by the peppermint trees (Euca lyptus piperila) of Australia. Baron F. von Mueller, of Melbourne, de scribes one of the gigantic height of 480 feet. Professor T. K Bruner Bays: "It is well known that North Carolina comes next to the great West in the production of trees. Major Bomar, of that Slate, has just felled a chestnut whWi measured nine feet in diameter. The tree wa=? a sapling when CoTumbus w:i's sailing westward i:: ! e " ? nf the. ii'vliscnve?'ed world/' -6. M. D. A Medley, a Mystery, a Marvel and a Miracle; THE STQI'.Y OF A DBEA3I. Get money honestly if you can, but got money," -was a foolish father's advice to his son; Get money, if you can honestly, makes bat a slight alteration in the order of the words, but varies the Fe'ntime'nt con siderably. There is no harm in making money. It answereth all things.. Used rightly it is a power for good; and there is money enough in the world to form a lever by which the mas3 of humanity could be lift ed, to a certain extent, out df its depths of sorrow and despair. Money we must have for money makes the mare go. Some can make money who have no faculty for saving. Would you save you must know how to deny those who would borrow and never repay, as well as those who beg simply because they are too lazy to work. There are men who never want to see you except to ask the favor of a loan. They will ask for just one word with youj and that one word is sure to bo vxoney. An impecunious fellow met a rich acquaint ance, and not liking to ask dho:tly for a loan, said, "Friend Smith, if you had ten dollars in your pocket, and! was to ask you for the loan of live, how many would remain in your pocket?" "Ten dollars, to be sure," replied the rich man, without a moment's hesitation. He had gumption, and knew too much to part with his money by any such rule of subtraction. Oh, I see, said tho impecunious man thus rebunedy He was able to owe. He was one of the Micawber port?always waiting for something to turn up. How liko some people who are sick. They think to net well by letting disease take care of itself. But diseases do not heal themselves, and too late their victims full often find this out to their sorrow as death seizes upon them. Had they beon wise in time they might havo added many years to their lease of life. The cure was nigh them, as it is nigh to all who read tins medley. These paragraphs tell tho story, as a patient perusal will prove. Those who have keen insight and can read between the line? may solve the conundrum tho soon er for it, but upon all, light will dawn ere they read the final word of our story. light will dawn, we said, and so it wil', light of hope and help. Light is what a certain individual wanted. Mr. Jones wo will call him. Ho was very sick. Consump tion had fastened its fangs upon him. He had long neglected catarrh, and laughed r.t tho idea of taking anytlnng for it when ad vised to do so, and so went from bad (o woiao. His longs became diseased, a hack ing, churchyard cougb racked him almost to pieces, and he was fast wasting away. A mere shadow of his former self, ho scarcely slept at all at night, or slept only to dream horrible dreams. Talk of nightmare! A whole circus troupe, horses and all, seemed to make his bed the crena of their wild per formances. In this case money did not make tho maro go, for ho spent a deal of money on doctors and physics and was nothing bettered. He ate little, and was fast going down to an untimely grave, leav ing his wife a widow and hl? four bright children orphans, when, lo! on one eventful night he dreamod for once a bright and happy dream, which our next paragraph will relate. Death, the black-visaged monster, had until then stared him in the face, but tho dream brought him hope. He saw a bright, white-robed angel in his dream, who said, "I come to bring you good news. Hero is your cure?sure, safe, harmless, prompt and reliable. Get well and 6eok to take health thereby to others. Behold the cure!" With theso words tho angel was gone, butero tho trail of light which followed him had vanished the dreamer saw glittering in the light three golden letters?G. M. D. "What can it mean?" he said to himself, as he nwnke from his slumber. "I have had a Good Many Dreams before, but never such as this." Startled and surprised l:o aro'usod his wifo and to her related his vision. Alas, she could not solve the problem. Remem bering all the medical advice, and the physic, and the exponse involved since her husband became sick, she expressed tho hope that tho letters were not intended to sn-rgo^t that a Good Many Doctors must yet bo consulted in addition to all that had boon interviewed. He groaned in reply and remarked that if ho had to consult any more there would have to be n Gold Mine Discovered in order to pay thorn. Every day for a week he and his faithful spouse searched diligently for a key to tho problem. In the dictionary, in f,ach newspapers ns they happened to have, in books, on placards on the walls?everywhere they sought?hoping to find a clew. Letters stand for words, and they hoped to light upon the words that should suggest the cure. They Grieved Many Days over their lack of good luck, as they said, and tho Good Man Dreamed again and again, but saw no more angels. Hope deferred maketh tho heart sick. "Oh, that the angel had Guided Mo Definitely and Given More Directions," he exclnimed, again and again. Nearly two weeks hnd elapsed since tho night of the Great Mysterious Dream, when thero came to the house a pamphlet. Tired with his exhausting office work, which ho still pursued, determining if possible to die in tho harness, Jones was about to throw the pamphlet in tho fire when something prompted him to examine it. Surely, thought he, hero can bo nothing that will Pierce this Gloom Most Distressing, or Give Me. Disheartened, any relief. Poor man, he had worked letters over in his mind, and made so many combinations with them, that they occurred in almost every sentence ho uttered. They entered even into his . pray ers. Heaven Grant Me Deliverance, he would say, nor let disease Grind Me Down, and so forth, ad inflnilum, and a mile or two beyond. Mentally tortured and suffering in every fiber of bis body, what won lor that ho rend page after page of the pamphlet. It was a work on diseases, and in tin morbid state of his mind its contents seemed to suit him. It spoke of almost every disease that flesh is heir to, but oh, joy! as ho read, a Glimpse Most Delightful of light stole in upon him. "Eureka! Eureka!" ho cried. "Wife, I have it, I have it." Everybody in tho house heard him cry Eureka, and rushed to the room to hear what he had found. All expected to see some Great Miracle Done, and tnon came the ex planation. Simple, of course, but why had he not thought of it before? Oh, what a rev elation! Here was hope for him and for all consumptives. Here, hope for suffering friends and neighbors. Tlint night hesenrco could sleep, but when he did, he again saw a bright vision of golden letters, in fact, a Glittering Monagram Deciphered readily, and reading G. M. D.; and again P. P. P.. and yet again F. P.; and one huge P. around which th03eofeheH wore entwined, nnd then W. D, M. A. All the letters blended, yet each was di. tinct. All ho had seen in tho book, all he again saw in his vision. Dream Most Glorious. D. M. G.?G. M. D.?Again he rang the changes: backward, forward, every way. Gold Medal Deserved. M. G. D.?Misery's Great Deliverer,?till time would fail to tell them all. P. P. P. stood for Perfect Peace Promised for suf ferers, and sweet release from Prostrating Purgatorial Pains. And again F. P. was Freedom Promised, and backward, P. F., it became Pain Flees. Now he could get well, and once well, ho would ho a missionary, a Glad Missionary Do voted to tho work of telling others how they might get deliver ance. Ho went through the list of diseases among th >so of his own acquaintance, from John Robinson, whose torpid liver gave him constant headache and severe bilious attacks, on through Ihr? list of thoso sufforing from ulcers, coughs weak nnd diseased lungs, to his friend. General B-, who was as near tho grave ns ho. And for ail these, as well as for himself, the Grave May Disappear from present vision, and each may be Given More Decades of life than they had hoped to have years. Against tho milder cases he marked P. P. P. Against the serious cases he marked G. M. D., not tho Griz/Jy Mous'.er Dettth, which he so long had dreaded, but something?oh, so much better, its wo s'.iall presently see. . In a short whilo our hero was well, and went everywhere among his friends and neighbors, telling of his go vd fortune and showing the sick and the suffering how they might bo healed. Some laughed and con tinued to suffer, refusing to be healed. More wore wise, took his counsel nnd proved hi ? vision cf the night as he had done. "A vis-ion. 1-H bcgnillne far, Than waking dreams by daylight an;.'' Can anything ba more delightful than health after sickness? To be a well man, to feel pure blend coursing through your veins, to know that Inn ;s, liver, kidneys, nnd all the Grand Machinery, Docs its duty perfectly in one's body: to carry health's ruddy mark on tho cheeks. Ah, this is Good Most Decidedly. This was our hero's ease, nnd thousands can tell the same story. The good angel has come to them. Tney have seen the letters Gleam Most Distinctly before their eyV, nni Going Most Definitely to work in pursuing tho instructions given, they have recovered that great blessing? Health. G. M. D. has been to them a chan nel of good. Good Mysteriously Dune, and they have bid their sick friends do what all the sick should do, namely, put themselves in communication with tho W. D. M. A., Which Done Most Assuredly will put tl:o;n in the Way Desirsd Mo4 Anxiously. Alas, that human nature is so slow to be lieve?alas, that men and women are bowed down with the burden of complaint;, of which they might bo rid ?consumption, bronchitis, dyspepsia, iieart disease, kidney disease, malarinl complaints, scrofulous dis eases, skin diseases, tumors, ulcers, and ninny more. It would soi-m as though somo ill deity had given every letter of the alpha* bet as many diseases as it could possibly do sire, thus forming nr. alphabet of sorrow, suffering and woe. Happy they who tho Great Measure Discerning, nave escaped tho clutches of sad diseases. Looking back upon his past experience, Mr. Jones feels Grateful Most Decidedly, and continues telling the old story of his sickness, his vision, and his restoration lo health: for all the sick aro not well j et. But he has had the pleasure of seeing, as he says, Good Miraculously Dono to hundreds upon his personal recommendation. Drar reader, bear with us awhilo if light has not yet dawned on your mind. The mys tery will soon bo revealed. If the key bo not on your right hand it is nt least on your left, in letters clear as daylight, A Gcoi Many Delighted have discovered it and opened the portal to a long life and a useful one. Initial* of words that stand for aT that is sorrowful and sad, letters, the self-same let! en>, aro often initial of words that breathe of hope and benediction. Search but awbilo and you will find tha boon, tho. blessing and tho Leacfit. The mvstery of the three P's.of the F. P., of th< G.'M. D., and of-the W. D. M. A., Will Dawn Most Auspicionsly upon yon. Colombns discovered America and won high honor and immortal fame, and they who have learned the secrets of the wonder before your eyes, good render, Give Most Delightful testimonials of their gratitude. Of all snd words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these?it might have been? so snyeth the poet. When we think of the myriads that miphfc h ive been save? from untimely graves had they seen Mr. Jones' vision and songht his way to health, we feel sad. Yet we cannot but rojoice at the Great Many Delivered from death's door by G. M. D., and that Pain's Positive Persecution has been escaped again and again by P. P. Virtues unnumbered servo to make G. M. D. the Greatest Mercy Deigned by favor ing pro\idences for the relief of sufferers, and its discoverer feels P. P. P.?Perfectly Pardonable Pride in telling of the Growing Multitude Delivered from the Grasp Most Dreadful of Greedy Mournful Death. Every sick person is interested in the theme before us, and every well person, too, for who does not know some one who is sick and needs, therefore, the good news of health that is Given Many Daily. Eoader, mystified reader, we will detain you no longer. Perhaps you have Guessed Most Deftly the hidden meaning. P. P. P., you know, stands for Pleasant Purgative Pel lets, curing constipation, torpidity of the liver, headache and many other complaints. F. P., of course, is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that has proved such a P. F., Prime Favorite and Precious Friend to In dies; safe, easy to take, working like a charm?curing the peculiar weaknesses in cident to their sex. The letters W. D. M. A. stand for the World's Dispensary Medical Association, at Buffalo, N. Y., with its im posing structures, its army of medic.il men, specialists, all of them, r.nd its president, Dr. R. V. Pierce (the large and central P of Mr. Jones' second vision), alt at the servico of the sick and suffering, everywhere; while G. M. D. is?well, read the initials of the paragraphs of this ?rtielo and you will see thatG. M. D. is Golden Medical Discovery, the boon of the diseased. This wonderful medicine cures all humors, from the worst pcrofula to a common blotch, pimple or eruption. Erysipelns, salt-rheum, fever sores, scaly or rough skin, in short, all "dis eases caused by bad blood, are conquered by this powerful, purifying and invig orating medicine. Great eating ul cers rapidly heal under its benign influ ences. Especially has it manifested its po tency in curing tetter, boils, carbuncles, scrofulous sores and swellings, goitro or thick neck, and enlarged glands. Consump tion, which is scrofulous disease of the lungs, is promptly and positively arrested and cured by this sovereign and God-given remedy, if taken beforo the last stages are reached. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, consumptive night sweats, and kindred af fections, it is a sovereign remedy. For in digestion, dyspepsia and torpid liver, or '?biliousness." Golden Medical Discovery has no equal, as it effects perfect and radical cures. You will do well if afflicted with any chronic disease to write to the Association for advice, describing your malady as well as yon can. 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Another friend of mine In Now York, to whom I l.'eeoax,* mended Hunt's Berne?ly, waa snfforlng severe!;' from, kidney disease, and wail entirely cured of it after using this wonderful medicino only a short period. Foeling deeply grateful for the great benefits txperi enced by my friends anl my?c.f from the use of Hunt's Remedy, I feel it to be my duty, as woll as a great privi lege, to furnish you '.hit. voluntary and unsolicited state ment of facts for the information of your large number of readers, many of whom aro undoubtedly suffering: from this widoly-spreading scourge, and I believe that it is the best medicino now known, and that it w?l euro all cases of kidney diseases that can be cured. 1 shall be pleased to confer with any one who may deairo an interview regarding tho statements herein contained. Truly youni, _BiCHMOSi) Hembhaw. 39 Master Street. 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In connectlcn with the Farm property, as Pre miums, fini Steel-Plate Engravings?superb reproductlo is of the Works of the greatest masters. These are alone worth the price of the paper; ana when we give. In addition, the opportunity to obtain ar. Improved Farm, we are mrklnjp ThO most splendid Offor yet! Every Subscriber will receive a Premium. The PR AC was founded by 7'aschall Moms in 1O53. and is one of t.le oldest Agricultural. Literary and Family. Its character and reputation are of thelilghest. and Subscribers rare'y drop from our lists. It has 16 pages, publ jhed weekly at fj.no per annum. Il't want 7/MO nrsf suiscriierj in ta/J month r, and oifer as Premiums the Steel-Plata Engraving* and Located In the Sbites ( 6,630 MIRES o! Kansas, Missouri, and WOBTII sarsss $140,000. These Farms are all In pood condition, end are In slxe from tu to eeb acres, and worth from $&o to ]ao,ooo each. The Farms will be conveyed by Warranty Deed, and a clear and perfect Title shown from the United Slates down. They are ill ready to ? occupy, anil will be productive homes from the start. As high as SO liT>HKLS 'Db' WHEAT per acre was hit i vested from "tome of these Farms last year. All of these lands are Just as good, and will produce as mnch under Uke (circumstances. The tenancies are such that possession can be Riven at once. How you mn; obtain on 3 of |the Farm8. Subscribe for the "PRACTICAL FARMER." Immediately upon receiving the Subscription p.lce? <. ?'. a receipt and the current number of the FARMER will be mailed to the sender, hit name entered upon our sub scription list, and the paper continued for one year. As soon as we have ro.ooo ncwScl>scxil>ers registered on our bee or in ten days from date, we will award to each of them a premium, aggregating in v;.!ue Jw.oco. in such a manne* tha each subscrilier will have a fair and cijual opportunity to obtain one of the Farms and Engravings. In the same way th second and following series of 10.000 Subscribers will receive their Premiums until the entire $r$o.ooo worth of prope is Riven away. These Farmsand Engravings are Intended as premiums to our Subset ibers. The distribution of these entirely gratuitous upon our par*, and is intended by us as a means of dividing with our Subscribers the profits of: year. The name and address of those securing *he _ valuable Premiums will be published in the PR AC-4 TICAL FARMER. Having made up our mind tof secure, at any cost, the large ,t circulation of any i Agricultural Taper In the \\ orld, we have resolved i m foreffo all profits and give our Subscribers th: i Farmsand Engraving' for the benefit derived fron i the present and future large clrculailon. A .ample l*apeT containing description of the Engravings and <>f the loo Farms, with a description oi the Improve ments. dimensions of houses, etc.. will be sent free WHO WILL RECEIVE THE $10,000 FARM? ??"41 IIB DATCG In orner that your name and your friends numes maybe among the first series1 VkUD |X r\ I CO? of 10.000 subscribers to whom the first fjo,oos worth of property will be award* ed. subscribe at once and get up Clubs In your neighborhood immediately. CO tO WOrk at OnCC. Show the paper contains the list of Farms and description of improvements. If you ?tilge: ro subscribers and send Ja,, we will give the gettcr-up of the Club a subscription for himself FREE, which will give him equal right with other scribers to obtain one of the Farms. For ao subscribers and fco. we will give two eitia subscriptions; for as subscribe and J50, three extra subscriptions: tor -^subscribers, four extra subscripuons; for 3; subscribers and J;o, fire extra 5 scrfptiuns; for 40 subscribers and $V>. six extra subscriptions; for 45 subscribers,seven extra subscriptions; and subscribers and ?ico. we will give ei;'ht extra subscriptions. The extra subscription!! can be sent to any one to the getter.upof the Club desires. Each of whom will have an equal opportunity to obtain one of the Farms, this meanO VOU ma; get the S60 acre Farm. Eel every readerof this advertisement tend st le one name with liit own, and it will get the 7S.000 subscribers and will distribute the $150,000 worth of property at one*. Remember you may get a Farm Wurth Jj.cO or Jro.ooo free of e?ery encumarmv e. IIVT PORTANT ? As * matter of security to our Subscribers, the Deeds anil Abstracts of Title to all tie Fans* have been deposited with the Union Trout Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Address PRACTICAL, FARMER, Philadelphia, Pa. 5000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDRENIfJSS^rSS^^i^i^Si -If, neighbor, or parents, a fine Farm. J THE -WILSOITIA AHE THE ORIGINAL AND ONLT GENUINE MAGNETIC CTJRA1TVE APPLIANCBS./' A number o* imitations are now ottered. Don't bo decflirod by thorn. Oat App'Jancee are wvm OTtsi' tha underwear, and not jtext tht: see*. WILSONIA, alone haa mado the tronderful cures ?hygfcs to j Magnetic Appliances their great reputation. This system of core, which for tlireo and a half years has growing so popul?r in this country and in Europo, his proven itself to bo one oi thii greatest discoveries of modern times. s MEDICINE IS 3VOT REQTJEEtEI?. 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