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Changes In the Moon. Evidence of changes may be, discos ered which can be explained. Th moon is exposed to the action of hef other than that which prcvaded he own frame at the time of her first fortr ation. The sun's heat is poured upo the moon during the long lunar day c more than a fortnight, while durin the long lunar night a cold prevail which must far exceed that of our bit terest Arctic 1,inters. We know frot the heat measurements made by th present Lord Rosse, that any part of th moon's surface at lunar midday is full: 500 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than th same part two weeks later at luna mhinight. The alternate expansion and contractions resulting from thes changes of temperature cannot produc changes, however slowly, In the con tour of the moon's sutrface. Prof. New comb, indeed, considers that all suel changes must long since have beet completed. But I cannot see how the, can be completed so long as the moon' surface is uneven, and at present theri are regions where that surface is alto gether rugged. Mighty peaks and wall exist which must one day be throwi down, so unstable is their form ; deel ravines can be seen which must one da. be the scene of tremendous land-slideL so steep and precipitous are their sides Changes such as these May 1 still occo on so vast a scale that telescopes ina] hope from time to time to recogniza them. But changes such as these ar not volcanic; they attest no lunar vi tality. They are antecedently so prob aile, indeed, while volcanic changea are anteqedently so unlikely, that whet any change is clearly recognized tin tin mooti's surface ntothing but the mos convilcing evidence could be aceeptec ai demonstrating that the change wan of volcanie origin, and not due to tin continued expaIsion and contractionj of the lunar crust. ChineRe Skill in Caning Ivory. The skill displayed by tie Cihinese i carving ivory balls within each othei hits excited the wonder and admniraltiol1 of the Europenns. Nothing nn afl'ord at greater pr,l +' the patience and per. severance, 1, Il as of the taste of N Chtllest' hlllit rr'afsintat, as olle of these clegant baubles, each11 ball being extluaisi(ely carved, and no t wo alike h1 pattterl. .uuci of theseballs roilis free ly within that which encloses it, and It visible through apert.lres ; so that how. ever ilanly there 11111y be, tie benutief (cian be exaitie , and the ntinher of the whole contedl. Each tite Is spel u1pon the carving of these toys, for th cleverest artist will employ a whoh 11011th inl the execution of each sepa rate ball ; consequently the labor of two years is not. ulfrelnqutly bestowed oin the production of a single toy whicli Is formed ont of it soli-i globe of ivory, and bas 11o nijilnctiol in any part. 'fTi oiltsid1e of tils globe is carvetl in somn very Oen 111 patterl, and is the' Clt wlth t sharp, nline IlstrIllneilt, throlgli the openintgs, till at complete oattng ih dlet ached I romt the I solidl part1 insid( at pelt'' of an1 Oran ge iluigh . he' loosenlet by a scoop from tile f'ruit withoulit, bein;2 taZkenl olY. 021e holIIlow ballis 1 thu1.s1 formled, w ithi a sol Id 011ne inside of it. Theii surface otf the in ner bull is thi carvecd throulgh the1 interstices of thie JeeCted to tihe same11 operatio asth 15le first, and1( thus 11thle secnd hollhow hall1 is pro ducned, still w ithi a soli one of smllec dlinienlsions Inside. The process'5 is re Iincrelslug s5 tihe work piroceeds, till al length 0n1y a3 small ball, ot tihe size 0l a1 malrblie Is left ill the centre I, whe 111111 also0 ornlamiented with figures teut Ilpol It, and1( t hen thie Iingei ous buit useles128 bauble is 'omuplete. Thiis proce21ss b sah1l to be pierformedl under11 walter. llrishK i4tock Yar'd,. Reenltly' I visited tile great lIve sthcl mallrket of Lond(on, known as8 the Met. ropohitan Alarket . it' ia situa:tedi inl l lngton , and1( is ai well planined and1( wel kept. b-islness lahce, Theii yard ihal long rows of open1)11 pens ~in wheh tlI cattle stand, tiedl by the nieck to till c'ross bairs. Trhis leavyes thie heas enloulgh lIberty to admit of the buye: .iudging of him. Evieryj pen has1 20011 for 100 hlead. Theil sheep) pens1 are als Openl, and1( hold ini thle aggregate 50,00 hieadt. T1heo pens1 for catlves are rise5C ablove thle level of' the yards, and ar' sheltered whi roofs, (110 sitdes bel n open1. There is room yet againl, f'o 100 swine. These anlimlals r'emian un 11 dher shelter. F"our thiousand( head1 o horned cattle hiave room ait one( time~ togethler w~ithl thie othier 11umbi lers given Th'ie alley way, penls, ando caulsewa3 ar e floored w~ith granlite bliocks. rI'her ar'e fouIr hotels, 0one onl eery cornler o1 tile space occupied by thie market. Th'l hotel, the Black Bull, kept by th widow D)avis, appears tile favorite lslinlgtonl Market is most easy of actesi Tramiways, omn11ibtises and1( rI'lway1'2 lead toit from till dir'etions. A stroln p)alisadle (of wrought Irnon work su1r rouinds these yards, the enltrancees t which are wvide and11 handl(somiely orna1 mIenltedl with bulls' heads. ill the een' tre of this enclosure is a buildihig to banIk and mlarket olllces, also a teli graph and p)ost ofilc. T1hie sanitar laws are rigidly enlforced. The mlark( is swept ouItando flushed ever'y day arte business hours. On Friday there is market, fon 11orses, 1pon181es( andhonkeys also for miscellaneous articles, wher those whio wvill canm buy anything, froi a pin to a steam pl1ow. Close to thl live stook yairds, is w',hat Biritoins call lairage, where weary beasts are' rested and where herds ando hocks are col lected to await ma'rket dhays. TiI lairage is sheltered and( subdivided, aln provender can be had at fair rates. I compliance with a recenmt act of' P~arihi ment, seacous slaughter hlouses hav heen erected adijoinIng (the live stoc yards. ''ho atnimals are slanghtered I a mlost mercliful mannlIer; 0one blo' from time pointed eIid of a poe ax stiun th,e beast, the buhtce. then inIserts th polt4of theo lance into the .pith, thel one gash sevem's the great blood vessel of the hroat. The blood flows freely there is no0 paIn), no dilsColorathon death having heen istantaneo... SCIENCE. ~ Physiological L:ects of Arsenia.-.The 0 physiologieal effects of arsenic have t lately been studied anew by Gies, who r administered minute doses of the poi son daily for four months to pigs, rab bits, and fowls. Thle daily dose for a rabbit was 0*0005 to 0'0007 of a gramme, 4 for i pig 0.005 to 0-05, and for a fowl g 0001 to 0'008. In all these animals a the weight of the body increased, and . the subcutaneous fat was augmented. In young growing animals the bones ' developed considerably, both in length e and in girth, and they presented the;pe ii cutliarity that, wherever in the normal , state spongy tissue exists, it was super D seded by compact bone. Moreover, r just as 1 eigner found to be the case In anitaals supplied with small doses of s ,)hosphorous in their food, a compact e layer of bone was found immediately a beneath the epi physeail cartilages of thec long bones. This eflect was apparent after the arsenic had been given for nineteen days, and whore only 0-02 to { O'035 gramme had been taken. It was 1 observed that animal fed in the same stable presented the same appearance ini the bones, which Gies refers to, the air being hldenl with the arsenic eliim inated by the lungs and skin of the animals under experiment, for he found that the same changes were ob servable in annials kept, in a cage, the bottom of which was strewed with air sonic. Besides the changes in the bones, the heart, liver, kidneys, and even the spleen, underwent fatty do I generation. 'The young of animals fec wlith arsenic were Invariably born I dead, though they attained a large size, and presented remarkable hypertrophy of the spleen, and incipient changes in the bones. Mr. J. A. Palmer hats a1 paper oil po soning by mushrooms in tie .Momileur .'cientiiqucts. lie states that there are tIh rce different -ways in which - mush rot.1s may act as a poison. First, they may produce the effects of indigestible matter, as when the hard coriaccousI species is eaten ; and even the edible I Iushroom imay cause a similar result, for when it is decomposing it gives oil' sulphurettod hydrogen gas in quantity suillelent to induce vomiting. Second, a subtle alkaloid, without smell or taste, is contained in some mushrooms, as, for tnstance, in the group of the Amantue, and is called amanitin. No l antidote hats yet been discovered for this poison, and to it most of the cases o death following the eating of mush rooms is due. It is at first slow in Its action. Bnt after the lapse of eight to lifte n hours, the patient experienlces 1 stulpa'faction, nauseai, andi diarrhen. )eliriumi follows, and then death. M1ushrooms containing ananiitin will linpl'irt poisonous properties to whole soahhe varietes, if both happen to be a placed in the same vessel. The poison I cnn be absorbed by the pores of the skin. Mir. 'almer carried in his hand some (snmunit a" wrapped up i i pper, and, notwithstaintliing the protection which tile' wrapper should have afforded lie was seized with alarming sympIltomis. pIron in the A1tmwsp/hcre.-Observations on snow collelced on miiountan tops and wit hiltn the Arctic circle far beyond lie inlluence of factories and smoke, conlhrm the supposition that minute particles of iron float in the atmos phere, and in time fall to the earth. Some physicists believe that these I Iloat ing particles of iron are concerned I in the striking phienomena of the auro ra. (1ronemana, of Gottingen, holds ] that str'eams of the particles revolve r'oundi the sun, and3( t,hat wh''len passing thei e.irth tbey are* attracted to the holes, aind thienice stretch forth as long4 tilaments int,o space. But as they travel with planietary velocity, they becomie ignited in ont atmnosp)be'e, andi thus produiiice the lumlinous appearances or autrora. In his recent voyages, P'rofessor NOrdens31ki1ld exained sno0w fair beyond Spitzbergen, and1( found thierein exPcedinlgly small par ticles of mietallic iron, phosphorous, cob)alt, and1( fragments of IDiatomacem,. 'i manyr the possessions of the Theatre Frnlcaiise, in Paris, is the very bell w hich (on that teirrible nIght in August, 1537, soundedO(, froml the belfry of Saint Germanin l'Auxerrois, the sIgnal for the massacre of St. Bartholomew. W hen the great Rlevolutioni Came it wa*s ordered tha chuirchi bells be melt .ed upi and1( recas1t into cannon03, but by ' a strange coincienice tihe comipanly at this theatre wa'is then playiug Charles IX., and being ini wanit of a bell to toll the signal for the Iliuguienots' massacre, " tihe coniventin was askedf to grant this historic bell for the puirpiose. Tihie re I quest succeeded, so that three centuries after' the tragedy the very bell whieh haid auniiOuItcd its coining spoke to the actor w.iho played King Charles, stand luig in the window of tihe 0O(1 Louvre, L looking out ulpon the night. 'Ammonia in the Air. 3 Dr. R. Angus Smith, wvho has (done iso much for the chemistry of the air, lately read( before the Manchester Lit erary and( P'hilosophiical Society, a paper on the distribution of ammniam, - ini which 1h0 descrIbed the simplest f. mnethodl yet proposed for determining ,the amlounut of ammonia in the air. .And since suich uammnonla may be takeni s as an3 index of the amount of dlecayed a matter In aniy localIty, the hygiene imi f portance of an easy test .for it isa not a smalllI. The availability of the proposed a test arises from the circumstance0 that ,i ammonia is deposited from the alir on ,every object exposed thereto. "[f'you a pick upi ai stone ini a city, and1( waish off' time m1atter 031 it.s surface, yout wvll find - the water to contain ammlnon ia. If you a~ wash your hands yout w'll 11lnd the - Ramie, and1( your paper, y'our pen,. your - table cloth and1( clothes all show aim r mlonlia, and( evenl a glass cover to an or-. - n1'mlent has retainled some1 0on its suir y face." In short ammonlia sticks to t everything, and can be readily washedh r ofY wivth pur1ie water. IIence D)r. Smith a inferred that lie might save himuself ; lmch of the trouble lie had been taking e in laborious wvash1mgs or air to dleter 1 mine11 the presence of aiimmoniia, andh e galn the deslre(f end( by testing the 513 al perf1lal deplosit of ammniia whIch ,gauthiers 0on cl substances (durIng or - dinary exposure. Accordingly lie ams s pelnded1 small glass flasks inl various ti parts of his labroatory and examined a them daily, washling the otu'er surfaces .with pure water, and testinig at on1Ce e for amnlila with the NesIer solution. k Subseqpuently a great tmny obIserva t.ins were made by moans of glasses y exposedl to air in doors and out, wvhere s the aIr was sweet where it was foul. e By using glasses of definite size it was ri easy to determine wheth r the am-e 5 mioii in the air was not in ese.- In ; has laboratory ex perin ents, amnionia ; was observed wvhen the glasses had been ewnnana an' ho.ur ad r. hal FARM AND GARDEN. SADDLE Hotss.-In the southern states there are a great ninny horses used exclusively under the saddle, but it is French or Spanish riding and not English. The saddles also are not at all like those of England. There are but four paces it which t horse is al lowed to go among good riders-the walk, whieh is generally 4k to 5 miles an hour; the trot, which is from 8 to 12 miles an hour, according to the in clInation of the rider; the canter, which is as slow as the animal can be brought to gallop-by some called a lsand gallop, but in England, or at least in all the midlatnd counties, the iace is termed "canter,'' and for a lad es' nag or palfreyiit is always required hat the animlal must be tralied. to cani :er with the right leg first; in fact it is lustomary to teach most of the nags to sainter or gallop with the right leg Ilrat. the fourth pace in England Is the gal op, which means at any rate fromi a )risk gallop of twenty miles an hour to ,h1e greatest rate of speed, In the south 3rtn states here the horses are used to what is called *''pace'' and ''rack," which is not (lone in England, except ing that many old farmers accustom he nags they ride to the weekly mar cet to move at a "jog trot," which is miled a "shog," but although this nakes a fifth pace, yet as it is not coun enanced by good rIders. and any horse iaving been intilgel in this way of :"4ing is not so desirable, it may thus ' said there are but four legitimate .ces-the walk, trot, canter and gallop. l'he cavalry are taught to ride difl'erent y from the general public. They sit very upright, and have their stirrup eather longer, so that the toe part of he boot only rests on the stirrup When the horses trot the soldiers do not 'iso in the stirrup, whereas the gener I public and sporting men run the 'oot in right up to the lnsteps and thus n jumping, or when a horse shies or Iwerves from any cause, the rider does ot lose the stirrup, or lin other words, ts foot does not sllp out. Fartners in he United States who wish to breed tnd bring outgood saddle horses,should 'ide daily, or haye sons who can con tantly rite. Boys, when quite child 'en, are allowed to ride ponites in Eng and, and tius they become so accus oned to the riding and guiding of heir nags that, they feel so much or nore in their element in the saddle han boys in this country (o when driv ng a horse before a buggy, The French ire becoming much better equestrians han they were formerly, and it is to >e hoped that the Amerleans will im )ove, If only for the s-rke of making noney by perfecting a line class of sad lie horses. No one can become a good 'ider by merely taking a few lessons at riding school. It is all right to take he lessons and ride lin a proper mtauner 'rom the first, but after knowing all tbout holding the reins and getting on mtd off, etc.., practice every day ais nee ssary. LiorITNINU FAlt) IN(;.-'I'he latest >clentifie intelligence from France rings accounts of Some ext.aor"di.nary xpetimenlts now under consideration )f the French savants. \l. Grandeau, >f the School of Forestry, Paris, reports he following among nttmerous equally tstonishing resui its: in A pril last he ook two tobacco plants, each weighing bout fifty grains: and having four eaves. They were both planttd lin )oxes containling mold of identical luality, and placed side by side in a )osition favorable to their growth. ['hey were perm itted free circulation f air, light, and( water. One was sup >lied with a '"lightning-rod,'' or electric :onductor, and the other left free to tihe nfluence of atmospherie electricity. ['lie plants were left to themselves uin .11 the middle of August. T1hat tunder he Influence of electrieity attained a ieight of three feet five Inelhes, and velghed about 414,000 grains; the other neasured two feet four itnches, and bveigheCd about 22,000 grains, about one half. This is onily one of the many re mults obtained. If the electricity is to become a factor in farming, as it is al readly one in tmechtanies, we may expect to see some wond(er ful and substantial revelations, p)erhiaps exceedi mng the tele I)hoine and its alilied wOtndlers. Intsteadl >f carefully conducting lightning into the groutnd, wve have, by ani ingenliouis system of net work dtistributors, whole rarins fertilized by lightning in a shock ing manner. Prof Tobini thinks the scheme altogether practicable, andl says that in a few years every farmuer will be using these lightning fertilizers. GARDNns are stid to have diseover sd that the third transplanting of let tuce, cabbage, celery, and cauliflowers increases their size and body nearly Due-half beyond the tirst removal. A quantity of cedar boughs scattered in and arounid a hien-hotuse is all that is necessary to keep away lien lice. T1hiis remedy is cheap, sitmpleo and effective, and Is well wvorth trying. Trappists in Pennsylvania.. The announcemnent is muade that the Order of Trappists has bought a tnum ber of acres of hand in Western Penn sylvania with a vIew of establishing a monastery there. T1he cotmmu nity, to consist of 200 monks from France, Ire land, and Turkey, will be the fourth of the ordier that hias now settled on this continent. TPhe other three are at Now hlaven, KCy., New Melleray, Iowa, and( T'racadhio, Nova Scotia, the last having been origitnally founided sevent-y-fIve years ago at Cone wago, P'enn. T1hme Trappists wvho are coiminug are drawn from (livers t radhes anmd p)rofessOins, being experiencedI m)echaulcs, dairy men, artists, architects, lawyers, and( p)hystela.ns, somne of whom hasd gained reputtatomn in thmeir own coummntry before relinquishIng the world andl its vani ties. They intend to putt ump their ownt buiHdings amidl do all tihe work of the monastery, beginntiing thmelr labors next Spring. The T1rappists, thme most asms tre of all time relIgious orders of' the Romani (Chnreh, wveme founded Iin time seveteeth eentummry by Armnand Jeani de lanice. Thmey rinse at t.wo in time miorniling; devote twelve hmour's of thme day to sleep and dlevotiomi and( the re mainder to htard work, mtaily ini the field. No seculatr con versation is per mitted ; oni meeting they sal ite one amn other with 'ilemembher death,' ( Memento mnori)and speak no more. Th'Iey at.mbstst on water and vegetables; ment, beer, and wine beling strIctly prohibited. Th1ev sheep on a board with a pillowv of straw and never 'undress, evemn in illness, A OLUan (CoxpLRaxto amid a Ihealthy Sktn ea never b :obtaied whmile mo ' russ of tmhe skn a.e teruucted, or t,he 01lood Ia it an tmpuro coil sUtton. Dr Jayne's~ alterati will, hewer rtre th~e rmyof thme skin., and ever, hoog, ande the blood. It will also re e rna | a.100 ores, and free TIlE HlOUSEllOLD. PRovERUS IN CooKERY.-There is a greenness in onions and potatoes that v renders them hardest to digest. For o health's sake, put them in warm water b for an hour before cooking. b The only kind of a stove with which I you can preserve a uniform heat is a v gas stove; with it you can simmer a pot I for an hour or boil it at the same rate if for twenty minutes. Good flour is not tested by its color. t White flour may not be the best. The test of good flour is by the amount of water it abporbs. r In cooking a fowl, to ascertain when I it is done, put a skewer into the breast y and if the breast Is tender the fowl is done. c A fe.v dried or preserved cherries, with stones out, are the very best things v possible to garnish sweet dishes. r Single cream is cream that has stood a on the milk twelve hours. It is best for r tea and coffee. Double cream stands on a its milk twenty-four hours, and cream for butter frequently stands forty-eight c hours. Cream that is to be whipped should not be butter cream, lest in t< whipping it change to butter. p To beat the whites of eggs quickly n put in a pinch of salt. The cooler the eggs the quicker they will froth. Salt u cools aniid also freshens them. f In boiling eggs hard put them in i boiling water ten minutes and then .put them in cold water. It will prevent g the yolks from coloring black. * n You must never attempt to boil the b dressing of a clear soup in the stock, r for it will always discolor the soup. f In iakiug any sauce put the butter b and flour in together and your sauce will never be lIumpy. Whenever you see your sauce boil iL from the side of the pan you may know li your flour or cornstarch is done. g Boiled fowl with sauce, over which grate your yolk of eggs, is a inagnii1 cent dish for luncheon. 8 Tepid water Is produced by con- I bluing two-thirds cold and one-third ii boiling. To make maccaroni tender, put it in cold water and bring it to a boil. It I will then be much more tender than if put in hot water or stewed in milk. -s The yol k of eggs binds the crust much t, better than the wh ites. Apply it to the y edges with a brush. Old potatoes may be freshened up by plunging them into cold water before cooking. Never put a pudding that is to be C steamed in anything else than a dry mould,. Never wash raisins that are to be used in sweet dishes. It will make the pud ding heavy. To clean them wipe in a dry towel. To brown sugar for sauces or pud- 1 mdin put the sugar in it perfectly dry saucepan. If the pan is the least bit wet the sugar will burn and you will spol your saucepan. Cutlets and steaks may be fried as well as broiled, but they mustbe put in s hot butter or lard. The grease is hot onough when it throws off a bluish sitoke. 'he( water used in mixing bread must be tepid hot. If it is too hot, the loaf will be full of great holes. To boll potatoes successfully: When E the skin breaks, pour off the water and C let them ilnish cooking in their own t steatn. In making a crust of any kind do not t melt the lard in the flour. Melting will t injure the crust. SA nA-romiA POTAITous.--Peel antd wash the p)otatoes and cuit them Into thin slices. Th'is nulay be donte with the slaw cuttter ; i:ay (tem in cold water until g wvanted ; thon take themi out and1( wipe i thema by puittinag t.hemt ini a towvel and j Ilighttly ruibb ing thtemt ; have in a frying. pan on thec lire sufileientt lard to swlim ] the potatoes; whent holinig hot drop in ] a few at a tiime and let thtem brown; then lifl them ouit witht a fork, so as to drini olY the fat; set them ini the oven to keel) hot. if properly dlone they wvill be crisp antd brown. .ST':Es RannilT.-Cutt the rabbit up t mi itico-size pieces, wash well and dry. s Thien fry them a nice brown. Take twof large onions, slice very thin, fry and dredge witht flour. rut all in a sauce pan11, wvith1 pepper, salt aitd some good C stock-or water, with herbs mixed, car-r rots antd turnips-but if possible the' stock, as only the onioins are served' with it. Let it stewv gently for two I huoutrs; rub dlowni a piece of butter with t a little catsup) or hot sauce. Just ten minutes before serving, stir it all to gether. RAw PUMPI'(N PIE.-One pmnt of new y mtilk, three well-beaten eggs; sweeten and spice to taste ; then stir in graduallyr four heaping tablespoonfuls of grated pumifpkin. Place the crust tn a deep tint, thtent pour it the mtixtutre and bake brown.* POP'-OvERs.-Twlo cups of milk, yolksg of two eggs a little salt, two cups of p)rep)aredl flour. Add the whites of thte eggs lat, wveil-beaten. Bake in small a tints--for breakfast or tea. IIAUNTED ME.-Debt, poverty and suffering htanted mue for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doc torin g, wvhich did no good. I wvascom- a plete ly discouraged, until one year ago, ( by the advice of my pastor, I procuredI Hop 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 year wvith Hop Bitters for less titan one I doctor's visit will cost.-4 Workingmnan,. THi E ladies will find Dobbins' Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Ph51a delphia,) the best of all soaps for gen. 1 eral washing, from blankets to laces. It is pure, uniform, saves time and clothes. 'Try it. - A (loon dlisinifectant for a sick room is to b)urun hot coffee oit a htot shovel. A Wo~ird to the Corputent. Intstead of regarding obesity as an abnuormial conititon, many people have a erroneously considered It as an evi dence of healtht, and anly agent that redluces fatt is therefore at once sits peeted of being injur:aona. Starting to reason from the false position that fatI is an evidence of alt]h, It Is not stir- a prising thant they should, veryv natur ally, til utto the error of supposing that an agentt possessing prop)erties ca palne of reduachng corpulenoy wouldi p)rove injuriotas to the health. Reasout tng, however, from the rational basis,: hat an uindute dlepoAltion of fat, consti- < tuating obesty, Is not a huealthuy but a mhor bidCt( oni tion, it is quite ad natutral for us to arrive at the olinposite coniclu. - sion). witeh is sustalied by experience . and observation, i. e., that the redu0 tion of fat in eases of carpulency Is In variably followed by an improvement of strengtht, spir*tts and pysi c-m. forts. Allan's Anti-Fat w il reducoe a fa rraon from 2 to 0 poundg a; werk, WIT AND HUMOR. THE OLD PELICAN.--YOUnsg Bilkins rent to serenade his girl. The amateur 1 rehestra, of which he was a member, ad hardly squelched out the first two are of "Come Whore My Love Lies >reaming," when the second story rhidow went up and Old Boggs, Ame a's father, stuck lils head out an.[ re iarked: "Is there no way of compromising lils thing?" "What-what?" gasped Bilkins. "I say, can't we make some ar angenent to get out of this matter. [ow does $4 and an old gas stove strike ou ?" "Why--this-this is a serenade I" ex lalmed Bilkins. "Exactly; so I see. Now suppose I rere to stand the beer and car-fare all ound, wouldn't you go out into the aburbs somewhere and work off the est of it in front of some deaf and dumb sylun or other ?" "Well, I'm blowed I" ejaculated the rushed lover. "I should think you would be,hltched the end of that big trombone. Don't olut it this way, for heaven's sake; it iight go off." "Come down here and say that like a han," roared the big drum, who was all of Budweiser and fury. "You ald-headed old pelican come down." "I-1-think we had better-better o, as it were boys," murmured the hortitied Bilkins, and the disgusted and walked sadly off, scornfully igno lng Boggs' parting injunctions to re rim and lead better lives after the thing lew over. Ix GOT THE Snow.-An emaciated idividual walked up to a very dignified )oking man who was standing at his ate, and said : "Say I" "Don't 'say' me, sir; I'm John Jo ephus Miordaunt, late of Mordaunt [all, and I want you to understand , sir!" "Is that so?" "Yes, sir, that's so;" shrieked J. J. "Well, then, I'm John James Simp on, late of the workhouse, and I want get a show to Rhovel the snow off our walk." He got the show. SYMPATHETIC siRter: "Don't be so ross, Billy. "What's the matter with ot ?" Billy : "Why, Tommy Stubbs as got the measles, and I ain't." S.S.: Never mind, there'll oc plenty of measles left when he's done with 'em. e a good boy and mind all your Sun ay school teacher tells you, and per ahps you'll have 'em. ',o, some of these ays.". ScENE -Union Railroad horse-car. Party ofsophomhores corn ing home from "little supper). No. 1: "Don't make o much noise, Fred; you'll give your eol' away to those freshmen opposite." 'red : (hie) "I don't care, freshie (hie) good's any other man ; mere acci ent of birth." Mn. D- is one of those who think lunday was given for the purpose of nabling him to do little odd jobs about he house. His little three-year-old ras coming down stairs one Thursday ncening, and seeing his father pass hrough the front hall with his tool-box iu hand, she cried out innocently, "Oh, apa, is this Sunday ?" Bos-row has a fashionable and very 'toiny" confectioner, who has decided vhmere the line must be drawn. A lady ronm Chester Park called the other day, logaght some cake, and ordered it sent ome. The saleslady said it wvould be inpossible, "We deliver to the WVest indl and Back Bay. but not to the South i nd." SCENie-Dinner party on the finish of econd course. iMr. Host: "Oh, Mrs. irown. could I assist you to a small ilece more fish ?" Mrs. Brown, (who las been raised abovether original posi1 loln): "Oh, no, thanc yoji; I am quite atisfied - leastways as regards tile BnluTm little girl: "The robbers an't steal my mamma's diamond ear ings, 'cause papa's hid them." Visitor : 'Whiere has lie hid thlem ?" Little girl: 'Whiy, I heard him tell mamma lhe had mut them up the spout, and lhe guessed hey would stay there," TO'rAL abstainer: "Oh, Shufies, shuflles, intoxicated again I Do you now the place where drunkards go?" Ihufles: "Coursh I do-(hic)-the ,las'h where they-hic)--camnsk get nosh for their monish." THEx verdict of a coroner'r inquest on lie death of a child was: "The child vas sufifocated, but there was no evi lence to showv that the suffocation was efore or after death." CHARLEs : "What did your summer uit cost you, Jack ?" Jack : "Can't say, tear boy-haven't been summoned for t yet." A MULE was killed out West the other lay by a stroke of lightning. HIe kicked gainst it; but the llghtning was too uick for him. WuiN is a man obliged to keep his vord ? WVhen no one will take it. PREJUDICE KILLs. - "Eleven yeara mur daughter suffered on a bed of nisery under the care of several of the test (and some of the worst) physi ians, whlo gave her disease various mamne but no relief, and now she Is re tored to us in good health by as simple remedy as Hop Bitters, that we had oohed at for two years, before using t. We earnestly hope and pray that no ne else will let their sick suffer as we id, on account of prejudice against so cod a medicIne as Hlop Bitters."-The ~arents. 800.000 Person. Cured a the glorious record of "Anskesil'' and none miut those afflicted with piles, that mont >)ain ul and persistent of all diseases wIll fully mnderstand or apprecIate the sIgnifleance of lach an announcement. Only these who have rasted time, money and healt,h on ointments, stions, electuaries and the innumerable worse han useless nostrums and catch-pennaes, put orih to deceive the Ignorant, or what Is even lore unsatisfactory, suffered from the empir mal and routine practice of careless or ignor *nt doctors, can aeshize how great a boon an nfallible remedy for piles must be or how reat, a benefactor to tuo human race the die overer Dr. Silabee ma. Anakmesis is not the hance blunder of Inexperience, but the result f 40 years pract-ce and study of pisby an ceomplished andi scientifio phscan, At Is ow endorsed bythe most Intligent bhysi lans of all scolse and admitted to bethe esreet to an in allible remedy known. I6 Is imple, safe an'd es4y of applcation, relieves sain at once, hoidi, up the sensitive tumbr oothe, comnpresses and medIcates the diseaset arts and uitimately eures the worst eases and ny onie who will follow the advide bf Dr. Sile oe in.the printed ehoeular need Bever hive ies again. It is the oply proitarymedi mne we evereaw that no onycrsbttells| taseustomei how ,o;,,,n a4sse -Buf Pileeutted r "aw hoh 1tohaA sedopla The Texas Cow Men. The cattle men of Texas are not all he same. Some bought or earned T ;heir stock; others "accumulated them. When the war ended some who had c arge herds returned home from the 3onfiiet to find their stock scattered in o ll directions. Others startei in after c: he "onpieasantness," and by industry W tnd unscrupulousness progressed from ;mall begiunings-often only a branding Iron and a poney-to the pro prietorship of big herds. Had they been driven to accumulate thelr'wealth' of In any other and hionester channel it is afe to say they would never have made is very rapid advances. This sort of cow man is no more remarkable for intelli gence than integrity. Often lie passes for a "good fellow" in his Immediate neighborhood; but this is because he never stole much around home. Be sides, that term "good fellow" Is one Df many meanings. Such cow men are generally cow boys grown old, with all their early ylces well fledged and thor Dughly developed. Their most joyous recollections are of the good days, now fortunately passing away, when they would with impunity blotch a brand or seize a "maverick." Outside his circle Df imnmediate friends this kind of cow nan is generally very reserved and uvasive in his answers, regarding all strangers, especially inquiring travel ers, with suspicion. When asked a :question he does not wish to answer in a straightforward mai nner he assumes a puzzled air and compresses all his pretended non fusion in an interroga tive "which ?'' Then if your question be too plain to admit of misconstrue 'ion, and he still desires to evade you, his drawling reply will be "Dogged of I know," while you are convinced from his manner that lie does know all about it. There is a distinction and a dlifference, too, between the stock man and the cow man. Many of the better class of stock men are recent arrivals in the State, having been attracted thither by the great extent of free pas turage and the comparatively mild win ters, which latter advantage it has been thought renders it unnecessary to put up any fodder. Experience shows the advantage of some preparation, how ever, for a short spell of severe cold. But it would .be next to impossible to provide for the big herds as they are now disposed. Of late some advance has been made in the handling of the great herds that are scattered over the State. From an era of pure indiffer ence an approach has been made to some sort of system. Formerly they were permitted to roam at will, and were only looked after in. the branding season, anti when the beeves were "cut out'' along in the summer. Now the cattle men of No'thwest Texas employ range herders, and hold their stocks within limited areas, Soas girls are like old mntuskets, and use it great deal of powder, but don'tgo ofl'. TIhe 'vital Energies, Whoa depressed by fatigue. bodily or montal, by exhausting diseasos, or the influence of a debilitatinst temperature, should Le reinforced -physicIan. tell us-by some wholesomo st,m ulant; and amiong thiose which have been tested and administered by them, none has received such h arty recommeondation as Hios tetter's Stomach littors. It has boon pro ferred by thorn from the fact that its spiritum ?u1s basis, which is of tho purest descr.ption. is moddled by. anid made the vehicle for, the vegetable medicinal princi. los incorporated with it. Thesei latter render it conspicuously serviceable ini cases of genoral debility. con stipatIon, and other disorders of thme bowels; in dyspopsia, nervous affections, urinary and uterine ailment., rheumatism, intermittent anei remitbent fevers, which it proivents as well as remedies; and ini liver 'complaint. A honsehold stock of medicines can scarcely be called complete without this inestimable medi cIne. BrEsKIELL's Totter OIntment will cnre Bore Eyelids, Sore Nose, Barber's Itch on the face,| or Orocer's.itch on the hands. It never fails. 50 cent. per box, sent by mail for 60 cent. ,Tohnston Holloway & 00.., I 602 Arch St., Phila. r.. I Wormis. .Worms. Wormsg. -- E. K. Kunkel's Wornm Syrup never fall, to destroy Pin, Seat 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. COommon* sonso teaches if Tape Worms can be removed m all other worms can be readily destroyed. Ad- g vice at office and store, free, The doctor can A toll whether or not the patient ha. worms, 9 Thousaands are dying daily, with worms, and R do not knew It its, spasms, cramps, chok ing an d suffocation, sallow complexion, circles around the eyes, swelling and p ala in the at>maoh, restlesa at night, grindIng of the - tegh, picking at the nose, cou8h, fever, Itoh ing at the sea', headache, foul breath, the pa tient grows pale and thin, tickling and irrta-' tion in the anus--all these symptoms, and more, come from worms. EF.KUNXEL's WonM SlYnUP never fails to remove them. Price, *1 per I ottle, or six bottles for *6.00. FoTpeWor write and consult the doctor.) ~ er al others, buy of your~ druggists the ( Worm Syrup, and if he has It net, send to Da. hi E. F, KUNJCEL, 259 Ni. Ninth St., Philadelphia, U Pa Advice by mall, free ; send three-cent E. P. Kunkel's liitter Wine of Iron. The great anco' s and deliaht of the people. In fact, nothing of the kind has ever been offered to the American people which has so quickly found it. utay :Into their good favor and hearty approval as E. F. KUNREL.'s DrrrEa WIJNE or iSON. It dloes all It proposes, and thus gives universal satisfaction. Itie guar-3 anteed to cure the worst case of dyspepsia or indigestion, kidney or liver disease, weakness,* nervousaneps, constipation, acidity of the stomach, Ac (Get the genuine. Sokd only In *Ir00 bottles, or six bottles for $5.00. Ask for E..1? KUNIEI, l ITrmEa WINE oF IRON, and take no other. If your druggist has it not, send to the rpretor,E. F. K UNuKr., 259 'Noith Nnhtre,Philadelphia, Pas. Advice free, snoose three-oent stamp. IREKLL's TEmr OiNTlwENT will euro all scabby or scaly diseases of the skin.,. 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ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE "GVIBRAT OR" THRESHING MACHINERY. TE acsGin - hrSheing Timne-Saving and ono"Savng hresersofthis day and genera. tlon. Beyond al rivalry fbr Rapi Work, Perfct Cleaning, and frSiring grain fraste.v STEAM Power Thtreshers a Specialty. Special i aes of Separator, made expreasly for steam Power. O UR Unrivaled Steaut Tihresher Engine., Obh Portable and Traction, with Va.uable Improve. ments, far beyond,any other make or kind. TilE ENTIRE Tiarashing Expenses (and often three to five times that amount) can be made by tb. Extra Grain SAVED by these Improved Machinrs. BlAIN Raisers will net submit to the4nor mos wastage of Grain and the interior work done by all other machines. when once posted on the dlference. NJOT Only Vastly Superior for Wheat, Oatfsl Barley,Rte. and like Grains, but the ONLY Sucoese. fal Thresher In Flax, Timothy. Millet, Clover and like Seeds. Requires no .attachments" or "rebuitding" to change from Grain to heeds. N Thorough Wrkmn ship Elegant F1inls, Plerfection or parts, Completeness of Equipment, etc., our "VtasaTou" Thresher Outfits are incomparable. MIAVELOUS for Simplicity of Parts, using less than one-hlf the usual Delet and oears. Makes Clean Work, with no litterings or scatterings. 3IOUR Sizes of Sepsarato)rs ilse, Rlanging fr S toTwelseIoraeie, d twostyleso f)ount" ed Hforse Powers to match. JI 01 Particular, Calli on our D)ealers or wr to us fur itrated Circular. which we mall free HOP BITTERS. (A Medicine, not a Drink.) oNTAINs HOPS, BUCUU, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, LKrD to PUsseT AND DhsT MntAL Q1a L O ALL OmIMa BITTSUS. Jl Dlseasaes of the Stomach, Bowela,,lood, Ltver zIdneys, and Urinary Organs, Nervousness, 01e esmnes ad especially Female Complainta. $i 1000 IN GOLD. Will bepaid for a case they will not cure or help.os for anything impure or injurious found in them. Ask your druggist, for Hop Bitters anad try thet before you sleep. Take no other. Ie Cou Cuan Is the See Aeteosatu and bs b'ie Ro Pe for tomach, Ie and hdnq eea, use of opiun tobacc ati eotg .Bond for circular. wiaboweeid byadrsgesta. Hop Btuirn Mfg- 0.. Pc.s-,N.T DR. M. W. CASE'S Liver Repmedy BLOOD PURIFIER Is TonIc, Cordial, .AntI-BilIjus. EVRnt AND AnUr. PALPITATION, 2ONeiUMPTIo , tipated, as oher n c' ocave 0 syt.dom con. H OW TO BE aeorio'l*t" irOUR OWN Tor,sif"us D OOTOR. Noer o"' PR A rea.,in ncn ..,rt yMr.JUI McNAIR50~0 WR IT rCire neulondihteauhrbig d ital bot ffin isronitreanti e n htoJAaretofor e n lexpesoborneto 6loSti fre Ae no'j riis ono it Te,tem is donspton lh thess the b.g Alou 8.gi~cloe Sava ts, Pilstaie AnciPa. id drtHes af mavl feesand odtst.No workleatin i sublectlidtai isa heretoobe ftrees, ad ode getswill lYA red Prompeitent tcs ronune i Frfidesiio and s.i,addin. e ub MOR MN NTEALY snaapaSe oree PhUo-a. I EDI'88a.4IOo iat w O toRI,1 cM. a -s n tmo,ie-lJntam&0-Pawe sesPAGOoA 5 5t tO% , aT RNiIOdA