Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"'Ohalk Your fobbins." In the early days of the cotton-splin ning machinery, a great deal of trouble was caused by filaments of cotton ad hering to the bobbins, or tapes, whlch then formed portions of looms. These filaments soon clogged the wheels and other parts of the machinery, and ren dered It necessary that they should be cleaned, involving much loss of time. The great desideratum was to find out some plan of preventing this clog ging by the cotton, and Sir Robert, or Mr. Peel, as lie was then, spent vast sums in experiments. He employed some of the ablest machinists in the kingdom; but spite of all they could do the inconvenlence remained, and the evil appeared unsurmountable. Of course, these delays seriously af fected the wages of the operatives, who, on Saturdays generally caume short lin proportion to stoppages during the pre vious days. It was noticed, however, that one man always drew his full pay --his work was always accomplished; in fact, his loom never had to stop, while every other in the factory was idle. Mr. Peel was insortmed of this, and knew there must be a secret somewhere it was Important that it should be dis covered if possible. The man was watched, but all to no purpose. Ills fellow-workmen tried to ''pump'' him, but they couldn't. At last Mr. Peel sent for the man into his private oilce. lie was a rough Lancashire man, un able to read or write-little better than a mere aniimal. lie entered the pres ence pulling his forelock, and shuf ting on the ground with hits clumnsy, great. wooden shoes. "Dick," said M r. Peel, ''Ferguson, the overlooker, tells me your bobbins are always clean. Is that so?'' "E'es, master, 't be.'' "Well, Dick, how do you manage it? Have you any objections to let me know ?" "Why, Master 'til, 't be a saort of secret loike, ye see; and if of told,t.tlh ers' know's much as oi," repilled Dick. with a vunning grin. "Of course, Dick, I will give you something if you will tell me--mnd 1i you can make all tihe loona lt Lhe fat tory w,rk as smooth as yours.'' "Every one 'nt tijea, 1laster lil." "Well, what shall I give you ? Name your price Dick, and let me have yoir seeret." Cunning Dick grinned, scratched his head, shuttled for a few minutes, while Mr. Peel at. xlously awailed his reply. The colton lord thought his servant would probably ask a hiladred pounds or so, which iho would muost willingly have given hitm. Presently Dick said, "Well, Master Phil, I'll tell 'ce all about it, if yoiu'll give me a quart o' beer a day is long as I'm in t.he mill; you'll save t.hat ten.'' Mr. Peel rather thought he should, and quickly agreed to time terms. "You sliall have it., Dick; and a haltf gallon every Sunday into the bar gain." ''Well, then,'' smild Dick, tir'st,look lug cautiously arounid to sec that no omne was mmeari-"'thIs It be,'' and puttinmg hisa lips close to Mir, Peel's emir, lie w~his pered, "Chamlk your bobbins." Thaumt, tideed, was the great secret. Dick timd been imi the habit of furtively chalkinig his bobbmie, which simple coatrivanmce thad effectually3' prevenitedt the adhiesioni of the cott.onm. As time bobbina3 were whIte, theo chamlk escauped detectilon. AMr. Peel was a smagmacious manm, mind saw through time ail'air at ai glaunce. Iie' at once patented the iniventiomi, timd "chialking" miachinery contrIved amid soon took the lead ini thme cotton-spIn nlig departmemnt. 'This wais the foumn dat,ion of his princely fortumie, It is but right to add that hie p)enlsoned oll' Dick haniidsomecly. The Seruap Hook. JCvery fmarmmnrlioiii~keep ma scrap book. Alany vamlummble receipts, useful suggestions amid beautiful thmoughits mire tomating armounmd in thme vartius niews papers thamt may13 be p)reserved 1mn this wmay for conivemiemnt referenico. Mmagai zines should nmot be mnutilatedl, but. bound amid lalced uplon time library shelf year mafter year. Newspaipers, however, mare cesually destroyed thrown asIde amnd forgotten--biit it what is either interestinig or useful to you is f'irst cut out, and pausted in ma scrap book, a valuable volume containi liing a vast amounmt of mntscellaneoums in formation, is rap)id ly coimpl)eted, and always accessible. Thme umatter may be arramnged under different departments -tme scientific, time loralt, time hiortl cultmral, thme live stock, thme omnamentmil, time hiousehoild, veterinairy anid time mis cellaneous, If every article is placedh unmder its proper heading, no index will be necessary, and you cani reailhy turn to time article you wish to refer. T1hme value of such ma book i mst be ap parent to every intelligent farmner, amnd its comipilatlon a most pleasanit amnuise imenit. The lives of vmaluable animamls may be saved by a r'eference to its pages; grain andl vegetables may be ciuittvated more successfully, or other amnd better varieties obtained. Useful instruction may hie found ini vineyard and orchard, meadow amnd lawii, time barnyard amid p)oultry house. Mlany a pleasanit eveninmg mmay be passed by tme witer fireside reading its pages, for If time selections are good, it will be am interesting ated valutable encyclom. dia. it is a book In whichh all shiouldi take an imterest- the husband, time wife, tihe chIld-amid it should comntain selec tions suited to time wuinmts of mll. L4et time otmildremn have a departmmenit all their own, devoted to rabbits. pigeomns, canaries and other pets. You will thus instill in their minds a love of nature,a desire for stud(y and methodeal habits. Th'le cost of such a book is trifling, andl those who commmence time compilatIon of one will soon be suir prised at thme amount of pleasumre amid profit aff'orded them. Unlike any other book in your library, this is one of youmr own making, anid you alone are r'esponsible for Its contents, like an aum thor who~ writes oune. It would have a value alt its own andh become a treas uired hmetrloom for your childremn when - you are dad. AGRICULTURE. UnOWI NO RooTs QUICKLY.-The com mon garden radish furnishes an excel lent example of the advantages of rais ing an esculent root as quickly as pos sible. If the seed is sown on poor soil early in the spring the growth of the plants will be very slow and as a conse quence the roots will be tough, stringy and rank flavor. If, on the contrary, a rich, warn soil is prepared for them, the seed soon after the cold spring rains are over and the young plants cultivat ed as soon as they are of sufficient size the roots will be juicy, crisp and of a mild and agreeable flavor. Unless radishes have attained a suflicient size for the table within five weeks from the time the seed is sown they will scarce ly be fit for eating. In France and Holland where great attention is devo ted to raising radishes, special pains are given to maturing Ihem as quickly ts possible. Sand, pulveeized earth and line, well rotted ianure are mixed together to formi a soil, while the best temperature for hastening growth is obtained by the employment of glass as in a hot bed. As the radish is almost the only esculent root that is eaten raw, there are special reasons for raising it in such a manner as to insure its being juicy and tender. But roots that re quire to be cooked before they are eat en, as turnips, beets, parsnips and car rots, are superior almost .n proportion to the shortnesss of time in which they are raised. If turnips and beets keep up a slow growth during several months they will be tough and stringy, and the former will have a rank taste. If a ,routli occurs during their period of growth, these roots will be composed in part of fibre so hard that it will not be rendered snfilciently soft to be di gested even if boiled for soveral hours. Long cooking tends to destroy the flavor and nutientqualities of all vegetables The quicker any vegetable can be cook. ed by boiling, the better and more nu tritious it will be. Vegetables that have been grown quickly may be quick ly cooked, and will accordingly be of fine flavor .and of great value for human or animal food. What is true of edi ble roots is also true of those kinds of vegetables wlhose edible portions con sist of stalks, leaves, head, bud and seeds. The quicker asparagus, lettuce, cabbage, string beans, shell beans and peas are grown the more excellent they will be. Cabbage which is quickly grown is crisp and of agreeable flavor, and is delicious wheni eaten raw in the form of cold slaw. If it is slowly grownm, iowevecr. It will be tough, of sotmewhat rank flavor, and a considera ble amount of cooking will be required to render it digestible. The excellence of green peis and beans largely de pends on the shortness of time in which they are grown. Ti'hesweet-corn grown aid cantnedi a1i1I high northern latitude is prefei red to that, produced fariher south, probably for the reason that it is matured more quickly. if green corn, p'as and beans are quickly produced they may be readily cooked by steam Iing, which Is better than boiling as ma means of preparing them for the table, as it extracts none of the soluble mat, ter they contain. iow ')ro Q now UnRANiM Cu-rrixtos. --Take coarse, clean sand, about three inches ii depth. insert the cuttings ztbotut. one to <ne and a half inches deep therein ; press the sand firmly around them, and water freely at first; after wards use water sparingly. One cause of geranium cuttings turning black is the keeping of' them too wvet. No kind of cuttings are better adapted for sendl Iing by mail than geraniums, as tile dry ing of' the cut end( is conucuive to root ing theni easily, and they Itllversally give satisfaction. A rOS-r valuable remedy for heaves and( 8sai( to be a sure'eiure: Forty sumac buds,onle pound1( of retsinl, on pint of ginl iner, half a pounld of mustard, one plint of' unlaIcked linie, one 1)0und( of epsonm salts; f'ouri ounces of gum g ulacum, six ounces of cr'eaml tartar. Mix thmoroughi ly and divide into thirty p)owder's, give onelt every mnoining in their feed before waterir.g. CoJlrAN's Rurald advises against set d,ug out willows for wind breaks, as tihe trees wvill mappropriate all the stub stance and moisturie for two rods oni either side to themuselves. SANiD lzol iEnnINo.--Inll olland, where sand is mnor'e plentiful andi cheoap, or' thlan hay, it is used for bedding cows. 'This keeps tile aimlals always entirely canm, and1( tIle milk nlever taikes tile odor of 1111 stable. Gas 11a1 is recommned( as a remedy against tile depreCdationls of' the curll'~lo. ThIe smoking shlouild be collmmenced by the tine the y'oung pliums are0 as large as8 peals, anid cotinu imed thlroughl tile swellinig season1. V'anilla Ileans. Th'ie vaniilla is ai parasl1i'eC, growing onl tile truniks of old Liees, and1( obtains its nlourilshmlent froml other' par'asitesi and cr'yptogamiious pllanlts also groing there, bult nevel' feeds upon01 thet sap1 of tile tree itself. it is founid in Mexico, l'eru and1( 0otherOII cutr'ies, aind is culiti vated ill Brazil anId tile WVest IniesiC, but the most p)erfect plant growvs ill Mexico. TIhe fruit is cyllindrlic.tl in f'or'm, andI wihen freshl, pulp)y inside, and1( usually gathered before it is ripe; thlen it'is strunlig iln festoonis anld dlriedl I.1 thue open air, or', whlen the weathuer ilainy, ill aii oven. Th'ie color of tile bean thlen changes fr'om gr'een to a deep) puiri 11811 browvn. Th'ien tihe beans whilie still warm, are p)acked into blan kets and putL into large tini cans to unl deirgo a swveating process, after whIich they are dried again. Th'lis sweating is somnetimles rep)eatedl, and flially tile beans are assor'tedl into fifteen dliff'erent sizes, packedi in tiln cans holding about 3i,000 eachl and sealed. Th'ie old way of' treatmenlt wals to smear tile beans with oil, to plrevenlt tile escape of tile odor, and whenl dry to Pack them in tinfoil. Ini regardl to their value, thley used to be $60 per thlousanld, but withlin a few years the price has risenl to $150, and wvill soon bo $200 or more, as tile de niand sur1pIase tile suppli)y. Tils high p)rice may stimulate cultivation, or the chemist to supply ana artificial flavor as a substitute; tile latter is more likely to be the ease thlan an iner .ased cultiva tion, as tile semi-olviized niationis thlat prodluce it are not senIsible of the stimu - his whleh~h tile demands of commerce excite in an enilighitened country. A ('LHAR (cOMPlwXgoN and a iIslthy Skin gan -ievelr b: obtained Wile t,he res of the skIn ire obstructed, or tile blood laim an impure con litiont. Dr. Jayne's Alterativi wili, il0wever, 'estore the purul tof tham skin, and Will fr ou?blyecleanse the biotd. It will also res. nov t e oatmtestate of I ne pores. And free te erspiration (r.nt allimrpuItiee_and grog, SCIENTIFIC. Leathrotd.-A new chemical product has just been brought cautt under the name of leatheroid. This name was selected by its inventors on account of its resemblance to leather. It is made of two varieties, one being soft and 1 flexible like leather, the other hard like gutta percha or vulcanized rubber, resembling those materials in its den- I sity, strength and hardness, and like them is susceptible of a high polish. I The leatherotd is manufactured froip t vegetable fiber by a chemical process, t which is patented. It is made in sheets I of twelve feet in length by four feet in width, and can be made of any desired thickness, from one-hundredth of an inch to one inch. The leatheroid has been thoroughly tested as a substitute for leather in the manufacture of trunks and washers; for gutta percha in combs, napkin rings, &c.; for whalebone in whips; for copper in shoetips; for wood in chair seats; and also used in the manufacture of friction pulleys for machinery cams, and in fact there seems to be no end to the uses to which it can be applied. Ieatheroid can be made any color, though it is usully made brick-red, to imitate vulcanized rubber; black, which is used in the manufacture of combs and canes, and walnut, which is 1 used in chair seats. One great advan- I tages claimed for leatherold Is that it is 1 cheaper and better than any of the ma- I terials which it is intended to replace. The Heliostat.--The heliostat is an apparatus which, through some slight modern improvements, carries on an idea whose origin is lost in antiquity. It is an arrangement of mirrors 1 through which the reflection of the I sun's rays is made by a code of signals 4 to convey notes of military movements to distant points. The plain of working is very simple. The mirror of the I heliostat is placed so as to reflect the sun's image to a distant station, and when the instrument has once been set the clockwork arangement suffices to maintain the mirror in its proper posi tion. In this way the distant station in question always sees the dazzling ray reflected from the mirror, except when .the latter is purposely obscured. The appearance and disappearance of the bright spot or flash constitutes the sig nals. The ordinary Morse alphabet supp)lies an intelligent code, and no one out of the line of signals can read or understand the message. As a substi tute for the dot and dash, which go to make up the ordinary written Morse code, the light is shown for short and long intervals. The appearance or no1naippearanee of the light can be no Liced at ten or twenty miles distance without the aid of a glass. An ingenious method of' mendingi brokent castings is thus described : To i insure its success, it is necessary that I the parts to be re-uilted should be bro- 1 -ken entirly across, so that the two parts 1 shall be independent. It consists in I heating the two pieces together by a ' stream ot' molten cast iron until the 1 surfaces of the fracture and the parts immediately adjacent to it commence to melt. Exactly at this ploint, the flow of cast iron should be stopped, when 1 the softened surlaces left behind will I unite In chilling, and if the operation I has been properly conducted, the new I seam will be quite as strong as any other part of the piece. It is obvious, ] in addition to the precaution above n amed, that the melting should extend over the whole of the fracture'd sur faces, and to prevent the actul running down of the p)ieces, the thickness of the casting must not b)e too small. It has been impossible heretofore to use nitrous oxide In priotracted surgical operations, for the reason that the pa tient finally dies for want of oxygen. Tihisa hams been obviated by causing him to inhale, in place of the pure gas, a mixture ith air in a very compressedi form. He then obtains the full supply of air, and the vital process goes on. TIhe disadvantauge of this is that thore is required a chamber especially adapted. TVhe expense of thIs will prevent general use, except in hlospit ais. Nitrous oxie possesses some ad vantages over chlorotorm. Dr. Percy Smith has made a spectro scopical investigation of the cause of the blue flame given ofl' by common salt and other chlorides when thrown into a hot lire. It Is not duie to either carbon or sulphur, but simply to hy drochloric acid. In order to keel) pace wvith quadru plex telegraphy and other American imnprovemen ts, the E ngiish have sue ceededl by manual skill in sending 130 words per minute. Th'lis is said to be unprecedented. The Lotus of Egypt. A merk a ns are accustomed to regard the rare blossoms of the lotus as bear ing their flagrance only in the air of distant climes. Th'lere are however, two spots in the United States where this plant blooms. Selden Cove is a little bay on the Connecticut river, near the sound. Here the lotus is thriving. Trho blossoms bear a general resemblance to the yellowv pond lIly, but are much larger and of a delieate, pale buff color, and their texture and general make-up are free from the coarseness of their little American im itations. They grow in about 4 feet of water, and are consequently mounted on long stems, while the leaves are lIke great elephant's ears. How these lotus plants happened to take root and man age to flourish where they are is one of the mysteries of Con necticut. Every sort of effort has been made to trans plant them, but all fall. Evern in H1am burg Cove, below on the same river, though the plants have been set out there at all seasons of the year, in the hope that some time might prove the proper time, it has been impossible to persuade the plants to take root at all. An attempt to plant them in Bushnell Park, .Hartford, failed like the rest, and so did one at Cedar 11111 Cemetery. New York parties have carried off the plants of ten, but only to see them (lie. The blossoms are much sought after, a dlozen boats being out at the same time after them, and as high as $2 hman been p)ald for a single flower; while rumor has It that the Lorillards from New York have put in their yacht and bid $10 for them. There Is no explanation of how the plants happened to start In Selden's Cove, though it is a tradition that the seeds of the Egyptian lotus fell there or blew there from some shipload of Egyptian rags that was bound up the river, and that from this little be ginning the rest came. Except at one spot on the North Carolina coast, the plant does not grow anywhere else in tha country. DOMESTIC. DYENU BLUE AND GitrEN.-For five )ounds of 'goods, take one ounce of )russlate of potash, three cente' worth >i of vitriol, one-quarter pound of cop >eras; dip your goods first in the cop >eras water, then in the potash ; then )our in the vitriol, part at a time; pre )are the copperas in porcelain, and heat t boiling hot; the potash in brass; now )ut as many of your blue goods as you vant green into the sugar of lead wa er, and from that to potash the same as ,he - yellow, and rinse in cold water; ,bus you have a beautiful green. RoI.L JELLY CAKE.-Take four eggs, me cup of sugar, one cup of flour, one easpoon ful of cream of tartar, one-half easpoonful of eoda, a pinch of salt; this vill make two cakes. Spread thin on ins; as soon .s baked turn from the tini, layor your jelly, spread over the cakes md roll it up immediately ; this will 1ot break in rolling if there is not too nucl flour in it, will keep some time, mid is acknowledged by all who try it ;o be the best they ever tasted. CURE FOR CORNS.-Take one measure )f coal or gas tar, one of saltpetre and me of brown sugar; mix well. Take a ?loce of an old kid glove and spread a )laster on it the size of the corn and tpply to the part affected ; bind on and cave for two or three days and then re nove, and the corn will come with it. But If you will wear boots that are long mnough you wili not be troubled with ,orns. FRNCH SLAW.-TO one head of cab age take eight hard-boiled eggs, rub ;he yolks with three-quarters of a cup )f melted butter, one and a half table tpoons of strong mustard, half a table spoon of salt, same of black pepper, one easpoonful sugar. Cut the cabbage as lo as you can on a outter then cut torosR with a knife; cut whites of eggs very fine, mix with the yokes, and add vinegar to moisten, like chicken salad. CORN CAKI.-One plit of nw milk, .ne pint of Indian meal, onle pint of flour, half a cup of sugar, three eggs, )le teaspoonful of satleratus, two of reaml tartar,salt.. .Measure the meal and lour after they have been sifted, and ut into the sieve with the saleratus ream tartar, sugar and salt. Mix well ogcther and sift. Break the eggs into ;he pan i whieb you Intend mixing the .wrl cake, aid beat lightly ; then turn mm the milk and stir in the meal. Bake it tin plites inl a (puck oven. l'RUNr: PiE.--Wash the prunes through aeveral waters. Put in a preserving cettle in the proportion of two pounds rult to one pound sugar. Pour a quanl ity of boiling watet over them and let 1heml1 boll at least two hours. When they re thoroughly done a-d the syrup lickelns, take from the fire and pour 11to tini plates, lined with Paste. Add mile teaspoonful of butter. Cover with t rich paste and bake. A LBANY CAI(-:.-One and one-half )ounds flour, one and one-half pounds irown sugar, one and one-half pounds iutter, one tablespoonful lard, four ta )lespoont ils powdered cinnamon, one alblesploonful soda dissolved in a cup of nilk. Roll on extra flour very thin. )ip the face of each cake in granulated sugar. Bake slowly *in greased pans. SUP1ERJOiR PUDDIN.--Four eggs, onle luart of milk, 011e cup of sugar, two ablespoon fuls of' flour. Beat the sugar, lourv, anid yolka of tile eggs togetnecr, vithl one cup of the milk; scald tile re aainder of the milk and put the above nito It. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff roth, anid add a litt,le sugar; spread mi the to1) of the pudding and brown lightly. APPI.Es AND BACON.--Cut some nice sweet bacon into thin slices and fry al inost to crispness. Have preparedl 101me greenlings, pared ,cored and sliced, indl fry in tile fat left in tile pani from ~he bacon. The bacon shioul d be kept hlot until the apples are ready, when ~hey should be taken andl placed upon ~he meat. SwEEr CRACKERs .-One poun d of [hour; onle-half pound of butter wvell rubbedl in; one-h alf pound powdered sugar; mix with the yolk of one egg, svell beaten, and a glass of sweet wine; roll out tile paste very thin, and cut out In any small shIape you please. MOLAssFs DOUGHNUTs. - Take 01ne )tup of molasses, two-third(s cup of milk, aem egg, and a piece of buitter half thte size of an egg, two teasp.oonifuls of ream of tartar and one of soda; grate in some1 nutmeg and use flour enough ~e roll out. SouP FORt AN [NvALID.-Cut in small pieces One pound of beef or mutton, or i part of both ; boil it gently in two luarts of water; take off the acum,and, whlen redluced to a pinut, strainl it. Sea ion with a little salt, andi take a teacup Eul lat a LIlne. A DisH FoR BREtAKFAs'r.-Take six goodi cookinag apples, cut them in slices mne-fourth an 11nch thlick,hIave a p an of rreshl, hlot lard ready, drop tile slices in mad fry till brown; sprinkle a little sugar over them and serve hot. IIAUNTEtD ME.-Debt, poverty andi sulfferinlg hlaunted mne for years, caused by a sick fa'mily nd large bills for doe torinig, which did 1no good. I was com pl etely di scouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I procured Ho p Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were all well, and none of us have been sick a day since; and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a ear with Hop Bitters for less than one octor'svisit will cost.-A Worklagman. 800,000 Persona Cured Is the glorious record of "Anakesis" andi none but those afflicted with piles, that most pain ful and persistent of all diseases will fully unlderstand or appreciate the significance of such an annoncement. Only those who have wasted time, money and health on ointments, lotions, electuaries andi the Innumerable worse than useless noetrums and catch-pennies, put forth to deceive the ignorant, or what is even more unsatisfactory, suffered from the empir ical and routine practice of careless or ignor ant doctors, can realize how great a boon an infallible remedy for pies must be or how great a benefactor to tue human race the dis coverer Dr. Sisbee is. Anakesis is not the chance blunder of inexperience, but the result of 40 years practice and suyof piles by an accomplished and scientific phscian. It is now endorsed by the most inteligent physi cians of all schools and admitted to be the nearest to an int allible remedy known. It is simple, safe and easy of applicatIon, relieves pain at once, holds up tihe sensitive tumors soothe, ompresses and medicates the dlseagg parts and utimately cures the-woret eases an any one who will follow the advice of Dr. Sills bee in the printedt cireular need never have piles again. It is the only prpletary medi olne we ever saw that not onl cu*rea but tells its oustomer4 how to prevenithe disease. Sof ferers with Piles should write to P. Neuetst ter & 0o., Box 8940 Ne4 York for a of 'anakeelsn w.hch wil.b sent ., n HUMOROUS. IT WAS "MoruANE, YER 1VuRsUP." -Mrs. Maloney wasin excellent spirits when an officer brought her to the bar u of the police court and charged her with g intoxication. tl " I iound her staggering along 1( Bleecker street about nine o'clock, and t she couldn't stand." "Thrue for you, I couldn't shtand." a "She claimed there was something 0 the matter with her foot but she would t< not show it." n "Beda'l, but it's a folne time o' day whin I'd be afther showcin' me fut to the bikes of you." "'What was the matter with you, e madam?" . c "Morphane Yer Wurshup." "Morphine 1 That's poison." "Is it?" "Yes, certainly; sure death." 1 "W ud Yer Honor be kind enough, t thin, to slnd word to me frinds, an' f tell thim I lave all me things to me bro ther ?" "Why, what are you doing-making your will?" "Begob, I might as well." c "What for?" "Didn't you say morphane was pizen an' aln:'t I been takin' the devil's own dose av it. Hands off now, officer, and lave me die in peace." C "You're not going to die yet. How 1 did you get the morphine?" 1 "'ihe docthor gev it to me for to per form an operation on me too." "Which toe?" "The big wan on this roight fut. I had a shwellin' an' It an-well jisht e come over beyant an' look at it. Seein' I is belavin', an' ye can judge for yersel' thin." ''Oh, never mind, madam. I don't want to be to(e) inquisitive, I'll be lieve you this time, and let you go I home." "Thank Yer Honor, an' may ye nivir I have corns." WAN1 El) TO SE.E -r.-Recently two men met in '>,troit and began threat ening and enlling each other names. One tin'ly called the other a liar, and the two were about to grapple, when a woman opened '.e door and said : "Geitt ..non, are you about to tight ?" I "We are !" they answered in cho rus. "Then have the kindness to wait a I monent," she continued. "My poor I husband has been sick for weeks and I weeks, and is 1now just about able to sit up. He Is very 'down-hearted this mornling, aud it you'll only wait until I can draw hin up to the window I know he'll feel very grateful to both of you." She disappfared In the house, and I after one look Into each other's faces the me n smiled, shook hands and de parted together, I-r's bad enough," said the eldest Miss Crabapple to her seven sisters; "It's bad enough for pa to talk about marry- I ing again at his time of life, but when he excuses himself by saying that that pert, made-up young thing will help us t girls out by attracting men to the house, it's a little too outrageous to st,aId, s< It is." And they passed a resoluitioi to t enter a nunnery in a body. -- Two countrymen were looking at. a I watch "marked down" in a show win dow, which, among other virtues, showed the day of the nmonth, day of the week and the phases of the mn. C "Pooh ! you call that much of a thIng ?" 11 said one. "Where I live you can buy a watch amid the hour hand will mark tihe dally stock qumotationls, the theatre progranmne and your wash list." 1 LADY to French governess: "I am i shocked to flid that my daughter has t been receiving letters in French from ' a youngl mani. * Governess: "Pardon, madame. It is onily my little ruse to< cheat mam'selle into study. When she I would reply to an unknown lover--a Frenchman-mon Dieu, how quickly she will learni my language 1'' *A WESTERN boy thought his mother was prayinug overlong the other morn ing, and he said : "Oh mother, there's a hawk over the lhens." The old lady< brought her devotions to a poultry c standard of measurement In double quick time, and sprang to her feet with "Amin I Out wid yees, Thomas, and a save thim hins." THERE had been a great work among the brethren, and the good deacon was much impressed. Said he: "I don't want to take no credit to myself. I feel I very humble; if there's a man here that feels more humble than I do, i'd-I'd just like to see him." THe fighting roosters are always game. They inherit the lhen's disposi tion to conie up to the scratch. WHEN One literary fellow calls an Other a liaJ, a polite rejoinider would be "Sir, your ani authlor." ITr used to be rathier bluntly put, ''Wine and Women." Now it is liquor and ladies." PREJUDICE KI L.T- "Eleven years Our daughter sulfered on a bed of misery under the care of several of the best (and some of the worst) physi cIans, who gave her disease various name'a but no relief, and now she is re stored to us in good health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters, that we had poohed at for two years, before using it. We earnestly hope and pray that no one else will let their sick suffer as we did, on account of prejudice against so good a mediine as Hlop Blitters."-The Parents Tnx ladies will find i)ob,bins' EClectric S.>ap, (made by Craini & Co., Phila delkla,) tile best of all soaps for gen erAl wash ing, from blankets to laces. It is pure, uniform, saves time amnd clothles. Tfry it. A Word to the Corpulent. Instead of regarding obesity as an abnormal condition, many people have erroneously considered it as an evi dence of health, and any agent that reduces0 fat is therefore at once sus peeted of being Injurious. Starting to reason from the false posit,ion that fat. is an evidence of health, it is not sur prismng that thlev should, very natur ally, fall into the err or of supposing that an agent possessing properties Ca pable of reducing corpumlenoy would prove Injurious to the health. Reason ing, however, from the rational br . that an undue deposition of fat,'- .asis, tuting obesity, is not a heaF consti morbid cond iton, It is quit" dmy but a for us to arrive at the .o- -as natural eion,'which is sust" te conclu and observatip'- iperience vain o1tp the reduc varijb) .cy is in ,9"Awment hsee T-a,. Legend of White Qap Mountain. A young and beautiful girl, the belle all the country round, wont up the Lountain with her country lover to Tti %ther the favorite berry, and enjoy oo ne beauties of the view. le had o mng sought to disclose to her his at tchmnnt, and ask her hand. Fear of v refusal had deterred him until this oL ccasion, which had so loosened his >ngue, that despite all the young laiden's saucy little capers, he suc- so ceded in bringing her to the most sat- s ifactory terms. Upon reaching the ummit of the mountain (they had of O ourse strayed from their party), the etrothed determined (true to nature), o plague her lover, on that day to her ea t's content. So, while he stopped o cull the finest branches of berries or Mary Lawson, she ran like a fright ned doe, beyond a large rock of gran to, at some distance from him, and waited in her concealment the effect f her absence. He shortly perceived it, and com ienced calling her. Receiving no re ponce, he rushed away in an opposite lirection from the rock behind which fary lay concealed. For a long time its voice might be heard, as he wan lered hither and thither in his search. i vain-she was securely hidden. !inaliy he disappeared. The sun was inking below the lofty mountains be ore her. She rose, now thoroughly aimed, and the horrid thought came mn that she was left alone upon the nountaii. She now wandered fran. ically about, calling upon her lover's name. Alas! empty echoes mocked er. Night came upon her, and with able mantel, wrapped the rugged rest. Wearied and exhausted, she had at ained at length the pinnacle-precipi ous on the southerly side. In tihe larkness, she lost her foothold and fell nto a deep chasm, hundreds of feet be ow. There, the next day, she was ound by her frantic lover, who sup )osing she had joined the rest of the )arty, after vainly searching for her, ollowed after the othlers, who had al -eady commenced the descent. To his itter despair, she was not among themi. 1 few of his comrades returned with Ria to the mountain. lit the darkness hey could do nothing but call for Mary. {o Mary answered, for they were nany a weary hour's walk from her. Ut dawn of Lite following (lay, dragging brought the bitter hours of that long ight, they stood upon the pinnacle, and saw iluittering on the verge of the >reclpice a scarf. The dreadfutl story vas told full soon, to the seekers. fournfully and slowfully they bore ie shattered remairrs of the oince beart iful Mary Lawson down that moun ain path, to her bereaved perents, and stricken band of companions followed rer to the grave. A simple mound arks the spot where she was found. knd to this (lay the story ha told with aars, aiid choking accents, by the hildren of those who knew and loved er. The Vrtal Energies, Vhen depressed by fatigue, bodily or mental, >y exhausthing diseases, or the influence of s lebilitating temrperature, should to reinforced -physicians toll us--by some wholesome atam rlant; and among those whioh haMe been eted and administered by them, none has 'eceived such hearny recommendation as Hose etter's Stomach Bitters. It has been pre erred by them from the fact that its spiritu us basis, which is of the purest description. a modified by, and made the vehicle for, the ] 'egetable medicinal princi4lea incorporated - 'th it. These latter render it conspicuously erviceable in cases of general debility, con tipation, and other disorders of thre bowels; n dyspepeia, nervous affections, urinary and btrine ailments, rheumatium, intermittent ,nd remittent fevers, Which it prevents as 'ell as remedies; and hr liver complaint. A - monesehold stock of medicines can scarcely be aIled complete without tbis inestimable meodi tne. HIESsKEL's 'hMIrE OnITrfnNT Will euro all rabby or scaly diseases of the skin. Worms. Worms. -Worans. E. P. Kunkel'a Worm Syrup never fails to lestroy Pin, Seat and 8tomnach Worms. Dr. tunkel the only sanocessful physician who re sovee Tape Worm in two hours, alive with eoad, and fie fee until removed. Common enso teaches if 'Tape Worms can be removed aI ether worms can be readily destroyed. Ad 'ice at efhce and store, free, TPhe doctor qn4 eli whether or not the patient has worms. 'housands are dying daily, with worms, and to not know it. Fits, spasms, cramps, ehok rig and suffocation, sallow complexion, circles round the eyes. swell~ and p aln in the *iraah,restiess at night, grin ding of the eh, gatthe noce,ouh fever, itch- s nga esa,headache, foul breath, the pa-. tent grows pale and thin, ticklinig and irrta- a ion in tire anus--all these aymtoms, and , core, come from worms. E.. KUNRRL.'s Vonx Brur never fails to remove them. 'c 'rice, $1 per t-ottle. or six bottles for *5.00, 5 For Tape Worm write and consult thodoctor.) I for all others, buy of yenr druggists the a Iorm Syrups and if he has it net, send to Dn. I. F, KUNEEL, 2(,9 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, 'a. Adtice by mail, free;i send thre-cent tamp. E. F. KunkelPs Bitter Wine of Iron. The great success and delight of the people., ri fact, nothing of the kind has ever been ffered to the Amierican people which hra so Luiokly found it. way into their good * vor5 nd hearty approval as JL F, KUNRRx.'s BhTrua INE or mRoN. It does all it pro es, id hue ives universal satisfaction. Itis uar nteeto cure the wprst case of dyspoe or ndigestIon kidney of liver disk'aas w ness,' reryoumstegu constipation, ,eblaif ne toniaeh, &o, (lGet the gehuine. Solc@6nhg in $1.00 bottles, or six bottles for *5.00. >Ask for E. F KuNaxur,s Brrran WINE of IRnt, and ake no other, If your druggist has it rnot, send o the proprietor, IL P. NUNERIL, 250 'North listh Street Philadelphia, Pa. Advice free, Doles. three-cent stamp. Hrsnaifs TITrER OINTmENT fil cure sore ' Eyelids, Sore Nose, Barber's tala on the face, ur Grocers' Itoh on the hatids. It never fallas. 0 cents a box, maent for EOcents. Jonsn oway Oo, * Alh.,Phrifa.,Pa. Ir ARK Navg AND DUPRESsRD take PIRMANGN~" -I INThS, ~ ON AL~ E XH IBITIO N. tt.AsoN OII s1704)j. wP OPEN EVERY DAY,'..ab A DMISSION 25 cent. OillDRENN, 10 Cents. $ BxTENs rvE AlTI Na AN IMPROVE NEW ANI). 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ORIGINAE AND ONLY GENUINE I VIB R A.T O R" THRESHING MACHINERY. IHE Natchless Grain-Saving Tine-Saving, -and money.Saring Threshers of this day and generr, tea. ndyond alt rivalry fr Rapid Work, Perfeet Oein, ad er Baving Grain from Wtase. STEAM Power Tkreebers a.8peclflty Special sies eof Beparators made expressly for te Power. O'UR Unrivaled Steam Teresher Engines, both Portable and Tractien, with Yatuable lmprove. tats, for beyond any other make or kind. rmHE ENTIRE Threshing Expenses (and often three to ave times that amount) can be made by the tra Grain BAYED by these Improved Machines. M RAIN Raisers ylli not submit to the *nor. Ii moss wastage or Grain and the inferior work done by n ether maehines, when once posted on the difference. NTOT Only Vastly Superior fbr Wheat, Oats) narley, . and like Oralne,,bnt the Ou .Y aos. at Threher to fla Ttroothy, Mililet, Otover and like -ed*. tlequlres na Iatts,hmats or "reb.'ed-n." to hangs from Grain to eeds. PerThoroug Workm hip, la f Pefcino aris Oempleteness of Eqipment. eto., er "Vtaaaroa" ThresLer Outfts are Ineomparabie. XAItYILOUS fbr Simplicity of Part., using css than one-hlf the usual Del and ears, aes Roan Work, with no l.Itterings or scatterings. EVOUR Sizes of Separators Made, Ranging fom M1 to Twelve-Iorse she, and twostyles of Yoat 4 liorse Powers to match. E9 OR ParUicultnw, Call onr our Dealers er write to as for illustrated 01reLlar, which we mail free HOP BITTERS. (A Medicine, net a Drink.) ooETarxs HOPS, BUCHU, MANDRAKs DANbELION, XrD m PussMT AXD DUST II DOAL QA or A.. oTlsa BIrTas. .E'. " C a.1 J1 Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels,.Dlood, Ltver tdneys, and Urinary Organs, Nerrousnese, ala. islneea and especially Female Complaintn. 61000 IN GOLD. lbe paid for a ease ther wiU not oars or help, es or anything impure or Injurious found in them. Ask your druggist for Hop Ditterai and try the: lre..e,...l..p. 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