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A Maaried Man's Misery. A man of forty-five havit'g a wooden leg and the look of one who had suffer ed long with the toothache, sat down in the chair vacated by the boy, and a smile of encouragement began : "If matters don't mend pretty soon I'll either murder her or take my own life." "Domestic trouble, I suppose?" querried Bijah. "That's It, sir; and Im getting des perate. I left home thinking I'd Jump from the dock ; but I happened to think of you, and so I thought I'd ask ad vice." '"1s the bread heavy ?" "Blast the bread ! I can stand heavy bread, sloppy tea, raw moat and half-cooked potatoes, but I can't and won't stand this infernal whining, complaining and jawing around i" "Fellow-traveller along the tow-Path of Time's broad gauge canal, [ think I see the pint. You have been married about two years?" "Not quite.' "You are fitftepn years older than your wile?'' "Yes-eighteen." "You have " wooden leg and she she-" ''She hasn't, but I wish she had two of 'em I" ''She likes goot'. clothes?" "You bet!" "She takes the mad whirl of society -$10 bonnets, reserved seats at the opera. $8 boots, forty button kid gloves and trains on her dresses?" "She does-that's her to a dot I" ex claimed the husband. ''And you prefer your home-even ing tire, newspaper, snow apples, game of checkers, gl4ss of elder, i'at on the hearth, and so on ?" "That's the sort o' man 1 am, sir, and she harasses me to death. She's on the trot all lay and on the gad all cv ening, and it' I remontstrate she says I want to make a slave and a prisoner of her." "Don't you go along with her to the' theatre and parties ?'' "I used to, but for the last year she's got awful partitular about my wooden leg; says the public will think I w%as shot while stealing chickens." "Does, eh ? And you sit home and keep your heels warm by ihle cook stove while she gallivanits r" "The same, sir, and now witat shall I d. about it?" Somethilug has got to be did, and that right oil'. I'll be hanged to Davy Urocket if I put up with it another dlay I You are an older Wian than I aim, andy ou've had three wives to my one, and I'll do juist. as you say about it." "Fellow-man, you've been wrong (roin the beginnIng," slowly answered Bijah, as he looked out: of the window in a weary way. "The man who mar rica a woman only half his age is a d. f. (deceived fried cake) at the start. Youth may reverence old age, but love isn't reverence. Youth and old age don't like their taters .cooked the same way, and the man who says they do is a f'orger. They (doll't see alike, and it's a cat and dog life. TIhen, again you have a wooden leg, and you should have married a woman with a glass eye * ~ or a broken niose as an offset. In that Case neither p)arty has any thing to twit tihe other about. If I was to marry againl, bald-headed as I am, I should look for a lady wearing numbe" ten gloves, and number nine shoes as anl ofifset. Do you love your wvife ?" WIell, to be honest about it, I don't think eltL'ar of usare dylmng of love." "Then my friend you go home and have a candid talk, divide upl the thlings and part good friends. Giy'e her the largest half, throw in some small change, and see that sile gets safe home to her mother. By and by you can quietly secure a bill of divorce, get on * some store clothes, and look out for a woman of fifty who has the rheumatics so that she can't gad." "That's honest, is it?" "HIonest Injun. If you canl't live happy together don't hesitate to live happy apart. .No use in any scaindal or hard words, but divide up and call it a bad mistake. This killing one's self on accoiunt of domestle trouble is all bosh." * ~ ~ r"That's so, anld I'll walk straight * ~ home and begin the dividing up bus1 ness. T1hanik you Bijiah ; may you~r feet never stop growing as a rewardl for this." When lie had deoparted Bijah took a short cut through the alleys, and p)reg * ~ently gainedl a post,ioin frotm whenlce lhe could view tihe 1house where the man lived. Developments did not tarry. The husbandl had not been in the house five minutes before he was suddenly rushled out again, hlat and cane hying, and lis share of the things, consisting of three dlat-irons, a kettle and two bricks, overtook him before lie could dodge. "So young and artless I" mused Bi -Jahi, as lie turnesd away; "andi yet that last brick thnlmped him betweein the shoulders just as p)urty as If I'd thrown it myself !" Lightning at ai Funlerli. A siort time ago, a number of people hlad assembled at Mr. Barnard's, in Little * Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York, to witness time funeral-of a child of Is who had just died of diphtheria. The people had just got together, and were about to open tho.sorvlbes, when the lightning struck the hiouse, passing down the chimney, do molshling thme atovepipe, dividing it into two parts.' One branch struck Mrs. J. B. Munger, tearing off both shloes, burning a hole la~ theo heel of one stocking, and blister m g a place on the foot thle size of a silver dollar, snd cutting the flesh on the bottom of the -other very badly. Silo was also burned on thle lower part of her limbs, and her dress torn to pieces. Sh-wasrpnerqd inseilbl'byr tho shiocks afic 'as supposed for a time to be dead. She rallied hlowever, and although soVerely prostrated, is now likelf~ to recover. The dress of, another lady.was t*rn somewhat and other peoge s)pk1by the bolt, but no one was hadtr mtii ~xcp Mrs., *nger. The other pymt ofjbobot ~Ad 4 to the room ip which th 1&dy f he oJilld . la, anid when nosr the centr of he room, shivQred the fiopre Sand pp t44hough, killing two dogs that were u d6 the foorr -'.' AGRIOULTURRs WHEN TO HATCH BANTAMs.-Bantams provided they are all they should be in points and other. qualities, are more desirable the smaller we can get them. They have been obtained by a systema tic course of dwarfing for many years in the hands of experienced breeders. To secure heavy, large and growthy fowls we must batch early and feed liberally to accomplish our object, but with bantams the reverse is the case in almost every particular. They must be hatched late In the hatching reason, which is usually in July or August, while the system of feeding must not tend toward forcing, else you will sure ly have overgrown specimens. Give them good care, food and attention, but do not pamper them, and you will have some nice birds, provided you are breeding from goodstock; and the best with these, as wi',h any other stock whatever, is none too good. Never set your Bantam eggs under a large hen or you will have the sorrowful experience of having about nine-tenths of them crushed, or perhaps the other tenth, too. Let the Bantam hen sit on the eggs and she will prove to be a good pitter and careful mother, especially if she is a year or more old. Young ones of these,-like young ones of other breeds, are not as constant as are matured ones. Bantams, especially any of the different varieties of the Games, which are so small, can be left to run with the Coch Ins and Brahmas without any fear of mixing. Though they take tip such a small space, they should have separate houses and yards allotted to themi, where it is convenient to do so. I HAVE driven and watered horses ever since I was large enough, and I never sponged one and never expect to, and have always given all the water they would drink: and never hurt a horse by watering, as yet. Horses should never be worked or driven un til too hot to drink all they will, except in cases of emergency, such as going for the doctor, or getting out of the way of tne Sheriff. A horse suffers as much from being thirsty as a man, and to de prive him of all the fresh water he will drink is simply cruel when it is so cheap, and when not abused by over driving or overwork, he will not drink enough to hurt him. Some people are continually pottering with their horses, giving medicine when not sick, and watering when not dry, and keeping it from them when they most need it. In taking care of horses a little common sense should be brought into play, the same as in any other business. Honsz THAT WI.L SELL.-What horses sell best? That Is the question every breeder of horses should ask him self. The farmer carries on his busi iess to make money. le wants to make it honeaily. He wants to rais'e such crops and such stocks as will com mand ready sale at prices that will pay him for the skill and labor and capital that have been employed. It Is evident that the horses of good size, good style, that show good breeding, that have good action, will always command a readier sale than horses not possessing these qualities as possible in the stallion. See that the brood mares have these. qualities and then you can raise colts that in any market will command fair prices. Size, style, action, soundness, are the main points in sire and dam. Give the offspring fair treatnent, and horse raising will prove as renumera tive as other branches of farming. AsnEs BELNEFICIAL TO CA'TLE.-One of' our substantial subscribers, in a re cent conversation, gave his experience in treating meat stock affected with the habit of eatiing wood, chewing bones, etc. Ils cattle were one spring affect ed in this way; they became thin in flesh, refused to eat hay, and presented a sickly appearance. H e put four bush els of legchted ashes In his barnyard and thr'ew out to them a shovelful every day. Tihey all ate it with evi dent relish. After turnIng themi out to pasture lie put a peck of ashes per~ week upon tihe ground in the pasture. They ate it all up and gnawed off' where it had been lying. The . attle began to improve, ga nin g flesh and looking bet ter than they had for several years. He now gives one quart of ashes, mixed with the same quantity of salt, to twelve head of cattle, about once a week, and finds it to agree with them wonderfully. HOUSE plants that look drooping and starved should have the surface soil re moved from the pots and replaced with a top dressing from the compost heap, prepared by mixing it with sufficient sandy loam to make it light and porous, after which it should be sifted. How His Trousors Got Shortened. A certain gentleman purchased a pair of pants a few days ago, which, upon being tried on at home, he found to be too iong, That night he remarked to his w!fe that lhe wished her to take off' abonit an inch of each leg, which would make them the desired length, Being fond of tensing her husband, she told him that she shouldn't do.anything of the kind, and lhe retired without having obtained a promise from her that she would attend to the matter. Soon after he had left for his room, however, she as a matter of course, clipped oft the superfluous inch, as she had been asked to do. The family is composed of six female members, and each one of the five, who were in adiolning rooms, iheard the dispute betwveen man and wife, and after the latter had taken off the required inch and retired, the old lady, desiring to "keep peace in the family,'' and not knowing what her daughter-in-law had done, cautiously slipped into the room and cut off another inch. In this way did each of. the fivo ladies, unknown to the other, and all with the praiseworthy object of pre venting any misunderstanding between the couple, clip an Inch from the legs of the gentleman's trousers. The fol owing morning, all unconscious of what had taken place during the night, he rolleq up his pants in a piece of pa per, and took them to the tailor to be shortened to the d sired length.. Upon, a.hasty glance the latter ventured the' opinion that they wee already short; but the owner Insisted that they wvere fully an'inch too long. The tailor had no more to say, and our f riend a'etired. On the following Satrday he esiUqd, for the piantesand tood hem.honiet and was .supremely dIsgusted at .finding that the legs reached only a trile below, the' knee. He straightway acouised 'the' tailor. bu$ hie.,wlfe heal,1 hiu and came to the resbua, uplaining ti stie bag taketi an inch -troiji esclet4 the legs, and her acknowledg~eiit pw tfoweg by that of each pfh tiggygbyies .4 - he e. SOIENTIFIO. A Scientifc Paradox.-'he very re markable phenomenon of ice and snow forming in the brief space of a few minutes when the temperature indi cated 87 dog. Farenheit, and men were workinn in their shirt sleeves, occurred at the L'iIon Pacific railroad compahy's transfer depot. Andrew Rosewator, who Was near by, was called by the la borers to witness the strange phenom enon, and, if possible, explain it. To his surprise he observed a large portion of the surface of a barrel of gasoline covered with about half an inch of what appeared to be ice and snow. To make sure he was not deceived he touched it and really found it cold and frosty matter, in a semi-solid state, re sembling snow In that peculiar half frozen and thawing condition to which the term slush is usually applied. Ue next took a portion to his lips, and, though cold upon touch, it immediately dissolved into a gaseous vapor, emitting the distasteful odor of kerosene. Mr. Rosewater, who now became consider ably interested in the phenomenon, scraped off all the formation from the surface. Under it he observed a very flne streak between the staves of the barrel through which, when it was turned downward or partially inclined, the gasoline seemed to leak. The menI who stood by then informed him that if he turned the barrel so that it would leak, the formation of snow and lee would begin. Tlis lie accordingly did, and sure enough, instead of seeing, the fluid drop steadily ulion the floor, I rapidly formed a coating of frozen mat ter, and in less than live minutes a surface of about eight by six inches was covered with a layer, a quarter of an inch in thickness, of snow and ice. Mr. Rosewater states that the only time ory upon which he can explain this phenomena is that gasoline, like ether and several other fluids, is of so volatile a nature that upon the slightest expos ure it will vaporize. It is a well-known fact that all substances when changing from a solid to a fluid, or a fluid to a vapor or gaseous condition, consume a certain quantity of heat in so doing. It is thus that the outer surface of the gasoline in dropping forms into vapor, and, in so doing, rapidlp absorbs the heat of the adjoining layer, making it quite cold, and each layer in succes sion, as it evaporates, absorbs in turn the heat of the other layer until so much heat has boen absorbed that ice and snow are formed. It is thus that a spray of ether steadily poured agalst a tin cup full of water will, by the ether's rapid evaporation, absorb so much heat from -the water within the cup as to freeze it, A leer in the Florentine Nazione states that a most interesting experi ment was recently made at the Roman Swimming Baths, It would appear that a certain Professor Balsamo' of Lecce, has invented some mechanism by means of which vessels are to be propelled at will in any given direction without recourse being had to screw or rudder. The efliciency of this new propellor was tested by means of a minature Ironclad to which it was applied. Though small, this vessel, constructed by the professor himself, was modelled on the type of the largest ironclad afloat, and was furnished with furnace, cylinder with piston, steam condenser, etc. The secret of the new propeller is not disclosed, no further clew being given than that its aim is not to allow the course of the vessel to be altered in virtue of the passive re sistance of the surface of the rudder, but in virtue of 'compomnent motive fOIces varying according to resultant motIon required, tIfus uti lizing nearly the whole live force developed by the engines. Tihme experiment was made in the presence of Admirals Albini and Pucci, commisioned to report to the ministry of wvar, as well as of several professors of tihe Romnan University and the heads of various scientific In stitutes. Raising 6Cream bnt Centrifugal Force. Qerman inventors have for sonie Lime been attempting to accom)plish the quick separation of cream in fresh milk -with the aid of centrifugal ma chines; as the result cf their efforts we may perhaps soon look for quite a re lution in dairy matters, since whaat now requires several hours may be .as well done in one hour or less. The first attempts were far from successful; but by the latest improvement the cream is drawn off while the tessel containing it is still in rapid motion instead of after stopping it and waiting till the inilk had become quiet. The apparatus Is made with a capacity of either 100 or 200 quarts; after it has been revolving rapidly for twenty or thirt.y minutes, and is still in motion, a quantity of skim milk is allowed to flow in ; as the vessel was alreadly full before, the cream is crowded out and escapes through an opening provided for the purpose. Thus from 80 to 90 per cent of the cream may .be obtained in this short space of time.' We are informed that an American inventor has been recently working in the same direction, andi somnewhat on tihe same plan, and that with his apparatus lie has so completely removed. thme cream in lifteen minutes that wheni the skim milk was set aside for twenty-four hours, hardly any cream was deposited, andl that lhe made butter from the milk within an hour after it was drawn from the cow. How shavnsig Originated. The custom or shaving the beard was enforced by Alexander of Macedon, not for the sake of fashion, but for a practical end. Ho kgpew that the sol.. diers of the Indus, when they concomn tered their foes, had the habit of grasp lng them by the beard, and so hie order ed his soldiers to shave.. Afterward shaving was practiced in the Macedon tan army', and then among Greek citi song. The RomanSimitated the Greeks In the practice, as they did In many other things, and spread it to the differ ent European nations yet barbaric. In the Middle A ges, at the time of the Renaissance, shaving was introduced, and the habit was retained, though classicism gave place to romanticism, and that ini its turn was replaced by renam. The beqrd was a sonhrce of troubje to Peter the Great, who, simul taneously with the inti-oduction of ihis great:reforms in Russia, tried to. induce the people to, imitate the shaving na tions. This innoyation was resisted by his.subjeote with the utmoSt petsiatened and they preferred to pay a heavy fine rather than" 00flfsr disfikgdrement, as th9y blleve, pf the, image of.God., To the siuins ~oldonf times tio eaer4 ,coupti a of Wtern uro e and in the'Uif4dI~ States the begrd. wgq regr ed to honor only, about twenty ears pgguok atajt of' nie g hohthetenstand' intrdd'*t lexl DOMESTIC. CIEMICALS YOR HOUSCHOLD USE.-I s surprising, considering how nan women have been instructed Ir themistry in school days, to find how ew housekeepers make any use ol hemicals in various household pro. esses, Especialliy is this the case It sleansiug processes. The washing of 3lothes is usually whlly accomplishet y rubbing the clothes on the wash oard and with no other detergent that oap. The rubbing of the cloth wear hem out far more than use, and it !ousekeepers only knew, or, if know. Ing, they would take advantage of ti ract, that many washing compoundi will almost entirely cleanse clothei which are soaked in them over night ad thus almost entirely do away wit: the labor and wear of the washboard wash-day might be robbed of half iti torrors. Recipes for washing fluids the principal ingredients of which ar ;oda, ash, ammonia and lime, can bt round in nearly every household recipi book, and they are very cheap an( lIarmless. All such washing compoundi ire useful and convenient 'or cleanink woodwork, panels and c rpots in I liouse; also in washing dishes and se. suring that desideratum of housekeep 3rS-clean dish-clothes. Ammonia i i simple cheap and harmless chemica ind should be bought by the quart am kept in every family. A few drop: idded to water will cleanse children' hair and make it soft and sweet; it hi in admirable disinfectant to removi he odor of perspiration ; it will removc Crease spots from clothing, and ofter restore color to stains. Its commor ind frequent use can not be too fre. iuently urged. Borax is anothei 3hemical that should find common use Ln every family. For cleansing teeti ind sweetening the breath, a few grains of the powder in water is unex. 3elled. It also softens and whitenu Ilannels. Salicylic acid Is a perfectly dorless and harmless yet powerful dis, Infeotant, and for many dlsinfectinj Lses in the household Is invaluable. i is very cheap and convenient In form [n these days when to stay varioui forms of disease is so important, moth, srs and housekeepers would do well t< give study and thought to these things ad to try to make their knowledge o science practical. It is very encourag Ing to note how many women are turn ng their attention to studies in genera mad applied science. Let us have it benefits exemplifled In the household Mocx TURTLE Soui'. - Take threr pounds of the round of veal; put it it four quarts of cold water, let it simme: for two hours; then take out thb meat and set it where it will get cold take two balls of celery root, twi medium-sized potatoes, one small yel low turnip, bull them one-half hour then put them in cold water to cool then peel them and chop fihe, add then to the broth when it is cold enough chop one-third of the meat very fine beat two eggs, add to it; then thicket with boiled flour about as for breac dough ; drop this in small dumplings let this boil ten minutes more, thei add one tablespoonful of chopped pars ley, one oulon chopped fine, one tea spoonful of pepper, two tablespoonsfu of tomato catsup. To boil flour, tie ul the flour in a thick coarse cloth and pu It in boiling water, and let boil con stantly for one hour. It will becomi as hard as chalk. Scrape this for use It is much better, as it is entirely fre+ from what is called the raw taste. Thi soup should be served as soon as cooked as it will become too thick to be nice. Ilow AND Vf ERE TO Kuici- Trarnos. Crusts and bits of bread should be kep in an earthen pot, closely covered in: dry, cool place. Keep fresh lard and suet in tin vessels. 'Keep salt pork fa in glazed earthenware. Keep yeast it wood or earthen. Keep preserves an: jellies in glass, or china, or stone-ware Keep salt in a dry place. Keep meal la a cool, dry place. Keep Ice in the eel lar wrapped in flaunel, KCeep vinega in wood or glass. MH,K.-A German paper gives a tea for watered milk, which is aimlicit itself. A wvell polished knittini needle Is to be dipped into a deep yes sel of milk and Immediately withdrawi in an upright position. If the milk I pure, some of tihe fluid will han g to thm needle, but if water has been added t the milk, even in small proportlons,th fluid will not adhere to thme needle. A CoFFuE POr.-A carelessly kep coffee pot will Impart a rank flavor t thme strongest infusion of the best Java Wash the coffee-pot thoroughly ever, day and twice a wveek boll borax ani water In it for fifteen minutes. Ohildren's Bights. Every child has a right to the boa food, the most comfortable clothing and the best home that his parents cam afford him. When he is old enotigh hi has a right to such employments an4 amusements as will keep him from idle ness and vice, The child has a right t. time companlonshmip of the pure and in nocent of his own age, but above all t' that of his father and mother. Th child's right of property should be re spected. Let him feel that whateve hie has is his very own; not in nam pnly, and that father, mother, slate or brother can take possession of I when so disposed. By respecting hi rights in this matter, he will learn t< respect the rights of others. When child Is old enough to enter school, ha has a right to a pleasant school-room to a comfortable goat, to good ventila Lw-i, anid to such attention from th< teacher as shall prevent his stay it school from being a physical calamity The child has a right to such me*mta training as shall tend to the develop ment of all his faculties. If nme is cut. tivated to the exclusion of other, he tI lefrau dod of his right to the full use o; ill his powers. The chikd has a righl to be taught how to think; how to fnu sut for himself ways- of doing things Itow little originality we .And among acciool children?i Half ,the 'timi bhey study and recite their lessoni without -glying a thought to tholu ineaning. Their essays are sketcheu taken from .some history, or extrats fro~m the cyclopedha. The child hasf right 'to ite"'own individuality. .A bfight)l)ttle gir:l was put fito one.o >ur diodel oity schols. *A ftef.ttend, Ing~ tite dhool a few weeks, she wa' Wske{ how Ahe lked it. "Well;,' saiC dtib,,su p5e itipjetif fil.e, bitj Wi d?Uwei ' ryq and Jep.n.os anc uo~ nh1 adI,ptirq H.UMOROUS. A e* OROwiNO " MYsTERY.--People passing up High street at noon, might have seen a very stout citizen bending over a mound of fre,sh earth in his yard, hands under his coat tails and nis eyes directed upon a small green sprig which had just pushed its head above the earth. The stout man shook his head and seemed puzzled, and he called across the street to a neighbor who was trimming a rose bush : "Say, Jones, come right over here this minute I I'll be hanged if somie thing hasn't started to grow in my garden :" Jones crossed over. The two bent over the sprig with bated breaths. surveying it frum all sides, and the owner of the yard whispered : " What if it should turn out to be '1'rifollum repons?" " Can't be. Looks to me more like Colium emulentum," replied the other. " It's Just barely possible, however, that it may prove to no 'I'riticun hiber nuin. Let me call Mr. Smith." Smith, who was coming from the grocery with a roll of butter, was halted. He surveyed the sprig from six different points of the compass tasted of the soil, shoo. his head, and finally said : " It's my opinion that it is a spec men of the Colastrus seandens, but I may be mistaken. It may be nothing but ''hymnus vulgarus." " Oh, it can't be;" replied the owner of the place ; " I'm almost sure it is the Hyproxys ereeta. It is pretty hard to fool me on plants." The three great men were looking at the sprig anew, and Brown was about to observe that it might, after all, turn out to be Aralia racemosa, when an old man with a spade on his shoulder leaned over the fence and called out: " I'll bring yot a burdock as big as that for ten cents, and set it out to boot.!" The three men melted away like gum drops at a pic-nic, and the old man rubbed his spade against the pickets and growled: "'Ten cents apiece is cheap enough for healthy burdocks an' if they don't want 'em they neednit have 'em." HE MEDITATES OVER THE OYS-ERS. It was rather late when Mr. Willaby I got up, and lie was vaguely conscious of a confused recollection of the things, but he didn'tsay much and tried to ap pear as cheerful as he knew how. Presently breakfast was announced, and the family took their places at the table, but Mr. Willaby was amazed, as he sat staring at six little round wooden boxes of axle grease ranged solemnly in front of his plate. " Where under the sun," he said, with a puzzled Intonation, " what in thunder-w here did all this axle grease i come from and what is it for?" " Oh, is it axle grease ?" asked his wife, with charming simplicity and t innocence just a trifle overdone. " You I said last night when you brought these cans home that they were oysters and t would be nice for breakiast, I thought - you had better eat them right away, as - they don't smell as though they would I keep very much longer." And then Mrs. Willaby removed the t cans, and her husband sat and looked at the teapot and thought so long that his coffee was cold as a rich relation when he thought to drink it. 3 AN OLD gentleman without tact, on meeting some ladies whoni lie had known as girls in his boyhood, cordially remarked: "Bless me1 IHow time .flies I Let ine see. it is fifty-two t years come next April since we usedl to go to school together in the old red school-house. I was a little chap then, you remember, and you were fine young Swomen." The old1 man could never understand why his cordial greeting wvas received so coldly. " AMANDA, I wisi you to put the r large Bible in a pi ominent p.lace oni the centre table, and place thiree or four hymn books carelessly around oni the t sofas. I have advertised for a young man to board in a cheerful Christian g family, and I tell you what, if you girls don't manage either one of you to rope i him In, why I'll never try anything a again, for i'm tired out." a A FAcETIOUs correspondent calls a a frog the Dutch nightingale. THEx more you like a man the better I you kiiow him. .SMALL boys are oar young to row r boats in races. SAUSAGE stuffers are rather crowding things. NEVER look a gift apple in the worm hole. A REAL estate conveyance--A mud cart. A NOVEL thing-A readable romance. - WEATuan report-Thunder. - WE HlAVE, OiiidvlUS LLled Dobbins' > Electric Soap (made by Cragin & Co., 3 Philadelphia,) and find it the best, - purest and most economical soap we L have over seen. Too much cannot be s said in its favor. Try it. I WOMAN'S WlsDoa.-"She insists that is more importance, that her family shall be kept in full -health, than that she shiouldf have all the fashionable dresses and styles of the times. She therefore sees to it, that each member of her family Is supplied with enough Hop Bitters,-at the first appearance of any syposof ill health, to preyent should exercise their wisdom. in this Iway."-Rd. A Word to Uoutereow. There is .a good old English. maxim that teaches us to "believe every man honest until we know him to be a vil.. lain.". Amercn custom seems to have reversed this law and appears to make every man a villAin until hie has proved himself an honest man. As with people so with things. Every article placed Iin our markets can lay claim to popular favor upon intrinsic merit and value alone. Continued popularity, there *fores is proof positive of intrinsic ex cellence. Dr. Paerd4's*Family Reme dies ar far more populat' to-day thah ever b ore. The people have tested thetn and know them wto genuine remedies for the d,iseasesey.are re commended to our'. TheGoden Med ical Discovery arid Purgative Pellets are the best aiteratieo, tonio, and' ca thArtro remediteg that cai be' used in okton Asesof $he stomach, and liv4r. ria-. depopularipy of Wouat ave al6 sdtred to its dis. &the fame tie has so richly woml gsOstarrJi lemnedy, or.vgigeJ *for cat r o 8W ~trowe To the Hemorrholdal suffering luumanlty. W. P. Kittroll, Prin. Dayton Academy, Day ton Ale, wlites to Mosers. P. Neustaedtor & Co. "Enclosed please find one dollar. Bond me by return mail one box of "Anakesis" Dr. B. Bilsbee's External Pile Remedy. Am much pleased with sample sent me. I cousidor it a great boon to poor suffering hemorrhoidal humanity. Yours truly W. P. KITTIIELL. Samples of "Anakesis" are sent free to all sufferers by the sole manufacturers Messrs. P. Neustaedter & Co., Box 3946 New York. The Engineer gives this example of the value of black lead as a lubricator: "A fly-wheel shaft-bearing eight Inclhes in diameter and ten inches long, carried a load of nearly ton tons. The bearing was supported on a box-girder, and was lined with good brass. The engine could not be run, as this bearing invariably got nearly red hot after .a few revolutions;, various oils, tallow, sulphur and gun powder were tried, with most indifferent success. By using a mixture of tallow and sulphur the engine could be run half an hour at a time, and once or twice has run a whole day, the shaft making sixty rev olutions per minute. It was deter mined to haye a new crank shaft with a longer bearing, but at the last mo ment the use of black lead and tallow was suggested, a package of the ordi nary black lead used for stoves was worked up with some tallow, the bear ing carefully wiped, and the grease box on the cap filled with the mixture. The bearing never heated again unless oil was allowed to get access to it. The success of plumbago as a lubricator was perfeet." Futoat Tu IuB.-There Is peihaps no tonic offered to the people that pos sesses as much real intrinsic value' qs the Hop Bitters. Just at this season of the year, when the stomach needs an appetizer, or the blood needs purifying, the cheapest and best remedy Is Hop Bitters. An ounce ol' prevention Is worth a pound of cure, don't wait until you are prostrated by a disease that may take months for you to 'recover in. -Boston Globe. The Stomach Cannot Ub Freighted With greater trash than a violent drastic purgative. True, such a medicine relieves constipation for the time, but at tha oxpense of great injury to the intestinal canal which it both inflames and weakens, thus unfitting it for the performance of its proper functions Widely different is the action of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a tonic aperient which pro duces effects prompt, indeed, but never vio lent and convulsing. The purity of its botanic ingredients, its unobjectionable flavor. its ge nial influence upon the mind, and the thor oughness of its rcmedial action in cases of constipation, liver complaint and dyspepsia, combine to render it a most desirable family specifle. It increases both physical vigor and substanco, tranquilizes and invigorates the nervous system, and gives an unwonted relish for the food A wineglass three times daily is about the average dose. R1 IE UMATIS , This dreadful diaoase, the doctors tell us, i. i the blood, and believing this to be true, we advise every sufferer to try Durang's Rheu matio Remedy. It is taken internally and psitively cures the worst case in the shortest e.' Sold by every Druggist in town. HIF.sKnLL's Trrr OINTMENT will cure all ab by or scaly diseases of the skin. Cancer can ho Cured By Dr. Bond's now discovery-a positive curo for this dread malady-no knife, no caustic, no pain. Dr. Bond's success in treating Cancer is truly marvelous. Remedies sent to any part of the world, with full directions for successful home treatment. Bond a description of your case, or any cancer sufferer you may know of. Pamphlets and full directions sent free. Ad dress, Dr. H. T. Bond. Philad's., Pa. HiEsKELL's Tetter Ointment will cure Bore Eyelids, Bore Nose, Barber's Itch on the face, or Grocer's Itch on the hands. It never fails. 50 cents per box, sent by mail for 00 cents. Johnston, Holloway & Co., 602 Arch Bt., Phila., Pa. 'Worms. Wormus. Worms. E. F. Kunkel's Worm Syrup never fails to destroy Pin, Boat and Stomach Worms. Dr. Kunkel the only successful physician who re moves Tape Worm in two hours, alive with head, and no fee until removed. Common sense teaches if Tape Worms can be removed all other worms can be readily destroyed. Ad vice at office and store, free, The doctor can tell whether or net the .patient has worms. Thousands are dying daily, with worms, and do not know it. Fits, spasms, cramps, chok ing and suffocation, sallow complexion, circeos around the eyes. swelling and p ala in the stomach, restless at night, grinding of the teeth, picking at the nose, cough, fever, itch ing at the seat, headache, foul breath, the pa tiont grows pale and thin, tickling and irrita tion in the anus-all those symptoms, and more, come from worms. H.PF. KuNiEiL's Wonat BvnUr never falls to remove them. Price, *1 per t ottle, or six bottles for $5.00. (For TaWor write and consult the doctor.) Foral others, buy of your druggists the Worm Syrup, and if he h as it not, send to Dn. E. F, KUNEL, 259 N. Ninth Bt., Philadelphia, Pa. Advice by mail, free ; send three-cent stamp. E. F. KunkeP's Bitter' Wins of Iron. The great success and delight of the people. In fact, nothing of the kind has ever been offered to the American people which has so quickly found its way into their good favor uid hearty approval as E. F. KUNczr.'s BrER INE zoF IR. It does all it proposes, and thus gives universal satisfaction. It is guar anteed to cure the worst case of dyspepsia or indigestion, kidney or liver disease, weakness, nervousness, constipation, acidity of the dtomaoh, &o Get the genuine. Bold only in $1.00 bottles, or six bottles for $5.00. Ask for E. F KUNKEL'S 'MITTER WINE OF IuON, and take no other. If your druggist has it not, send to the proprietor, E. F. K UNKniL, 259 'Nor th Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Advice free , enclose threeent stamp, 11 YOU ARR RERvoUs AND DEPREnssED take HooIrANqD'g GumW BrrrERs. 5 NEW 5 BOOKS 5 For Temperance Gatherings, hULL'S TEMPERANOR GLEE BOOK. Rfeceive with he greatest favor. Great variet' For Gospol Meetingisod Sunday Schools, TilE GOSPEL OF JOY) frhter uo r, ri ga tornor botter of the kind aa For Everybody, PINAFORE I PINAFORtE I I )Iu* * * ri1.T" sita goo MuZ Same authors, anid quIto as (in press-FA TINITZA, the new Opera.) For Musical Students, Johnsgoa Neto Method of .Harmnony. m tPo9atIcai a good, easy, interesting, thorough CINDERELLA, INDERECLLA I I eNIia aObote ansAbt. For Female voice. Bend @2.0e for the lIUSIGAL Rit0ORD one year. O ver. DItson & Co., Boston. J,.DITSO & 00.'t0 Oheeinnt gt., hil. NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO., Battlo Orool, Mioh. ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE cc VIB.IAT O R " THRESHING MACHINERY. TiE Matchless (ralnSaving} inte.Saringt aad Moneey Ssriog Tbreshers of tblm da7 and gessra" O110. 1eyond an riralry for Rapid Wcrk, Perfect Cleanita and tr saliag grain from Wastage. STRAII Power Threshers a Specialty. Special sizes of Separators made expiressly for Steam Power. O~UR Unrivaled Steami Thresher Engines, ~both Portable and Trhetion, with Valuable Improve. ments, far beyond any other make or kind. RI ENTIRE Threshing Expenses (and often tI three to tlro timos that anmount) can be made by the Extra Grain SAYE) by these Improved Machines. GRAIN IRaisers will not submit to the enor mous wastage of Grain and the interior work done by alt other machines, when once posted on the difference. OT OnI Vastly Superior for Wheat Oatsi Barley, ye. and like Grai. but the OLY A ucess" fol Thresher in Flax, Timothy, Miliet, Clever and like Beeds. Requires no "attachnts" or "rebuIlding" to Change from Grain to Seeds. INTrugh Werkntanship, Elcgant Finish, Perfection of Part Complees o Ef aqu lih,. our " Vssaaron" Thresher Outflts are Incomparable. ]MnARVELOUS for Sintplictyf Parts, using less than one"hnf the usual 1olts d Gears. Makes Clean Work, with no Litterings or Scatterings. PDOUR Sizes of Separators Made, Ranging from Six to TweeHorse size, and twostyies of Mount ed Horse Powers to match. E70RPariculrs,Call on our Dealers or wrto to rruetrat4d Vktcular, whieb w a free. HOP BITTERS. (Medicine, not s Drink.) CONTAINs HOPS, 3BUC U, MANDRAKS DANDELION, aNv Pva=eT AND BIsT MEDAL QUALrrIa OF ALL OTNa BiTTas. -rnr!3 c't'.En:i Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels,.I3lood, Liver Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Nervousness. Bleep essness and especially Female Complaints. $1000 IN GOLD. l be paid for a case thbywll not cure or help. o or anything Impure or injurious found In them. Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and try th ore you sleep. Take no other. HoP Couen Cvaa is the sweetest, safest and best Ask Children e Row PAD for Stomach, Liter and Kidneys superior to ali othors. Ask Dtugglsa, n. 1. 0. is an Absolute an to rresistmle a n o Orunkones, uso of opium, tobacco and naroti Send for circular. All aovesold bydruggsta. Hop Bittec Mft. Co. Bacse. ,N.Y DR. Me W. CASE'S Liver Remedy --AND BLOOD PURIFIER Is Tonic, Cordial, Anti-Bllous. Ct r QinOMPLI.NT,DIt:oushnzu,HBEAD. CURE8 A oa, Sian IIADACKN NzuiALQIy Fnvxn AND AGon, PALPITATION, boNBUMPTIoN, DYSP E I A HOWTOBE * YOUR OWN ""v yu dc ~Gla---r .E essetc x tte e. $'yweu LrE t. e iasABMSHED 1848 MORGAN & HEADLY, Iipadars of Diamonds Manifacitus of Sliectac~l 618 EANSON Street, Pladelphita. [llu8trated Price List sent to the trade -on application. SEND FOR SAMPLES OF THE CH EAPEST All-Woo1lDress Goods EVER 8HlOWE~ IN TUE UNITED STATIES. All.colors all wool Albatross Cloth, all wool Bat ness all wool Pekini Stripes, all wool Taffeta, all oo 8hoodal all wool Cashmoreos, all wool Cash. ALL AT 29 CENTS PER YARD I Cost over 60 cents to import. BOUTH WICK'S COMBINATION STORE, Cor. ETJEVENTH and CH ESTNUT 8ts., Philadelphia, Pa. Samples of all kinds of Bilks und Dress Goods ~AGENTS, READ THIS! will pay Agents slay of10 e mont and - I~rjA drIa, Karsizall, Mioh. #ERMANENT UNTERNATIONAL. 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