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An Unlucky Trip. Engineer James Wood, of the Ifud. Von Central railroad, than whom n< more reliable, careful or experienced man does handle a throttle valve, met with an unsought-for e:-erlence, and one in which 1iO possible blame car attach to him, on his trip from Roehes. ter to this eli y, recently, not ti6 lot ol many engineers, and one which is suf fielnt for a lifetime. Engineer Wood left Rochester with the special Chicage express, a heavy train, somewhat be hind time. In order to reach Syracise on time lie was compelled to ru uu ills ually fast. On reaching Newark a nia was scen driving a horse and wagon, and despite the warling of the track hands at work at the crossing he whipped up the horse and attempted to cross the track when the locomotive was upon the moving vehicle. The lorse was Instantly killed, being titrown to one side of the track. The wagon was smashed to atoms. Engl neer Wood stopped the train as soon as possible, and, on looking the body of a man was fouid lying lit front of the boiler, dead. IIe was an aged man, but his identity had not been establish ed at the time the train left. The train was backed up to the etatioin, and the body removed to shelter. Nothing further happened until the train was near Port Byron, whei the engineer saw another n:an driving an ageu and poor horse. Seeing tie tihe train, the driver began whipping up hIs poor old horse for the purpose of crossing the track before the train. Seeing Ie would be inable to do so, Engineer Wood blew Iis whistle, reversed his engine, but, the mua only whipped the harder and had nearly got across the track, when the engine caught the rear wheel of the wagon and in an in stant the vehicle was reduced to kini dhng wood. Tihe horse e-Seaped serious injury, but the man, an ol! 0110, wits thrown Into the air to the height of the smoke stack. In deseciding the man landed, on the ground on his head and shoulders. The train was stopped and It was found that the man was in sensible and had sustained severe scalp wounds. lie was taken to Port Byron and left. lIe was still unconscious when the train left, up to which time his name had not been ascertallied. 1101)1g his tnipleasanit and iunsought experience wias at an eid, Enghneer Wood )Xas soon under rapid head way for Syracuse lut lie was not to es cape without another severe Ohock to his feelings, for as le was nearing Weedsnort lie discovered walking ahead of him on the track a man going in the same direction as the train. Immedi ately after lie saw a wolimanl with a long sun-boi:net on her head, approaching the Ian, and a I'rellght trainl was pass Ing along abreast of the man and wo man, the latter looking down and ap proaching certain death unless sue should see the flying express. To re verse his engine was the first move of Engineer Wood, after which by dint ol successive tootings of the whistle, he filially snuceeded In maklg the man look around( and see his danger. For tunately lie had the presence of mlid to yell to thme woman, who it h the man, barely had time to get clear of the track when the slowinig down train still at a hIgh rato of speed, dashed by them. Engineer Wood says tihe exipe rience of one miornlig Is su dIhelent to last him a lifetime. The Custer Battle Field. On a bright clear morning, two news paper mien accompa niedl Lieu tenanimts Clark tand Pope, of, tihe Second Cavalry andh Fifth Infantry ; Jackson a scout, andl two of Sitting Biull's fo)rmeir braves over thme divide and dlowni Custer's trail beside a little stream to the battle ground. This part of the traIl hmad never beent t.raced since the battle, In going down time creek valley we passed1 the spot where Custer flrst heard the Indians were located, an<it sawv the tdge poles of tihe large vIllage whieh had moved two d1ays beforo he .came down to the oilher side of the LIttle Horn river. Here I pIced up thme skull of Little WIng, an Unenmpapam Sioux Indian, who had been killed in a light wvith General Crook, a few days previous to the Custer light, lie was known to the Indians wvho gul(ded us, and his death was described by them. A little further on we came to -the lace where Custer left Rleno anti made lisa long, wild charge that ended in ai glorious but disastrous decath to him and all his command. Th'lis trail we' followed for four or' fve miles te Keogh's, Calhoun's and( Custer's lills, where we found thme bleaching hones of the muen and horses of the troop. Here we joined General lles and the party who had gone with him on his tehe graph trip two days before, andh shortly alter the train and the rest of tIhe comi pany came up from thme last camp onl Tfullock's. By two o'clock the tents were pitched on the spot across the Little Horn where tile largest pJortlonl of tihe Sioux were encamped tIhe day of the light, anid the rest of the day was spent in discussing the massacre, bath ing in the river and taking a rest. Next morning the train-was startedh down the river to Fort Custer, and the party miouined and rode uip to the plaec where Reno halted on lisa charge; * thence to the wood wvhere he retreated; thence to the high lull east of the iiver - where he dug the rIfle pits, wvas joined by liepteen amid resened by Terry the day Catet'pthe .flght.. -Krom there all rode along the ridge of hilus that over -looked the canip down to Custer's 11111, and thus compteted an exact study of thes feld, akied by scouts and Indians * who top)C1part on botfraides dring the batt*'thd le skilful disqu.sions of veteran; s1diers' and Indian fighters. After hayaqg ,d#ie ttils we ' all rode tMelve miles 4o''n. t.o,ldrt Custer, a A~rge $st wh!eh has been recently 40oai4th Juetin of the Big h(O)'n *, nd titI fly 'iers. re...lhrin It)rld'of growth Indiani to)J hiry-six SCIENCE. The Vedars of Lebonon.-I vilited th codues for tle fIrst time ill the summe of 1860, and was struck by the shubiiar. Ity of cedars to fIr trees. A cedar is III fact notiing but a big flr treo, of which there are many specIe, all closely re. lated to each other. aving been born in a fir tree country, and knowing that those trees are not generally among those which take many years to attain their full size, I conceived some doubts as to any of the ecars, even the most enormots, being as old as Solomon's time. But the next year I was able to set that question at rest, to my satis faction at least, for [ must confess that I am not in any special sense a botan ist. I revisited the cedars in 1861, and foun( one of the live or six prin cipal giants, at whose stupendous pro portions I had wondered the year be fore, lying on the ground, having been rooted out by the snows and storns of the winter. Monks were busy sawing It into pieces, and had already severed from the truuk one of the two nearly equal steis into which it branched at about tenl, certainly not more than twenty feet Irom the ground. I counted the rings at that Place, and to my sI prise they were only two hundred or thereabouts. I confess it was diilcult for me to believe that liht etrrmous branch was only two hundred years old ; and if it wis only that age, the whole tree could not have beeni much older, for flr trees, so far as I am aware, never grow new branches below older ones; and when that bralIch was first projected, at twenty feet or less from the groutind, the tree could not have beeni mucl more than twenty years old. C'olored GlasS Pictures.-The anients had a m1ost singular art of forming pictures with colored glass. It con sisted iII laying togetiuer fibres of glass of various colors, fitted to each other with the utmost exactness, so that a section acro?s the 1ibre represented tile objects to be painted, and thOen cement lig them by fusion into a ilornOgeneous solid .11ass. In the specimens of this art Which were discovered about the middle of the last century, the paliting has on both sides a granular appear ance, and seems to have been formed in the manner of mosaic work; but the pieces are so accurately unlited that not even by means of a powerful magnify ing glass could the junctures he discov ered. One plate described by Winkle man exhibits a duck of various colors, tile outlines of which are well declded and sharI), tle colors pure and vivd; and a briffiant ell'ect has been obtained by tle artist's having employed in some parts inl opaque, and iII others, i trans pariit glass. The picture appears to be continued throughout the whole thickness of the specimen, as the re verse corresponds in tle minutest points to Lie face; so that were the glass to be cut transversely, the samne picture of tle (luck would be found ex hibited on every section. It is conl.ject fired this curious process was the first attempt of the ancients to pireserve the colors, by fusing them into the internal part of the glass ; which was, however, but, partially done, as the surfaces have not been preserved from tle action of tle atinosuhIere. At a recent meeting of the French Biological Society, M. Delaunmay read a paper relative to the habitual use -of tie right side of the system in profer to tine left.. lie attributes tle fct to the preponderance of the left frontal lobe of (lie brain. Anatomists have clearly provedI t lie fact (liat the muecles and( nierves of' 0310 sidle of the body ar-e controlled by thie section of (lie brain on (lie opp)osite sirle. Ini considering the question whether this peculiarity had any iniluenice on (lie line an indi vidlual takes in walking, M. Delaiu. y menitioned an experiment lie had 5 : quently seeni triedi. In the paIrk of Ver saillIes is a large piece of grass plot kniowni as (lie TI'apis Vert. At its edgc is 1)laced( any person, young or 01(1, with thie eyes bandaged, anid they are told1 to wailk straight across, but tiht foat hias never been accomplished. After twent-y oi' thirity steps, often less, they3 b)egini to dleviate, sometimes to th<( left., buit generally to thie right, and( in, variabhly end their course at, rome parii' of one of the sides. M. Deliaunay hasi studIed the Inluelnce of agc, sex ain r'ace on thisa peculiarity, and beileves he can establish (lie fact (list hiealth3 adult men03 move spontaneously to thi right ; while children under three, ok men and1( womeni seem) to inclille to the left. "Sympathetic pipes" are a recent nov, city. Tihe bowl of' a meerschaum 1ma3 be colored in five minutes, by first tint. iug it with a solution of nitrate of all. vein Inther and3( alcohol, to which es. sen1ce of r'oses and( !'camphor are add1(ed FIgures of anyi paItterni are p)roducu~ by (lie heat of thie tobacco, and1( w~her lu oumedu are permanent. How to Have Perfect Feet. Coarse stockings are taking (lie plac( of bathiing shoes, (liat ar'e always getting full of sand however carefully tied They are thought to be0 suiperioi' li point of modesty 1also, but (his fastid. louIsness rises possibly from the faci that so fewv women, eveii among thi( young and1( handi(some, plreserve thi( shape andi~ elasticity of (lie feet. Oi perfect hands and throats, and busta there may be nmany and( varIous, bui rarely indeced, dot,h (lie sculptor find i foot like that of (lie rincess Paulinc Roiiaparte, fit to be modeled in miarb. for (lie delight of all (lie world wh<. have seen it. .If Aingellca's foot wver< as' perfect in its way as her dlmplec shiotulder, she might be as liberal In hei display of (lie former as she goes acr'os, (lie shilninig sands to her bath in tln< morning as she is of (lie latter, en grande tenue, in the ball-room al nikght. A clever writer says, to th<. feet should be given as nice care as t< the hainds, beginning with a bath 01 fifteen minutes ini hot soap water, fol. lowed by scraping with an ivory knife and( rubbi ng it with a ball of sandstone, Theli nails may be left to take care of themselves, with constant bathing and wvell fitting slioes, unless they have be. gun to grow 131(o (lie flesh, when all t< be done Is to scrape 'a groove length, wise in each corner of the nail. Th< whole foot should be annointed wIi purified olive oil, or oil of' sweel ahp~onds, after such a bath. 'The oil will soak oft' the -'old skin, un weal 1 Way the scaly tissue about~ the nails wille is renders the soles' as soft and pliant d&those ofla younag child. Suehi treattnent perlsted in will make thc foot as supple and elastie as the 'Arab'a h,4)4ip, toQ realize (lhygthigh bted iddal flgano the at of* womenOv u a FARM AND GARDEN. HOw TQ RAISHe l1On1ERADISH.-Th1e general opiion that horseradish re quires wet ground is erroneous. Any surface is suitable, If it is only rich enough. 'I'o meet this necessity, ordin ary soil requircs an applicatiot. of about 100 toads of manutre per nere. Then thoroughly plough deep, an also sub. soil, making the ground as loose as pos sible. Some early crop, as beets, cab bage or potatoes, can .be plaetd, and the horseradish put in as a second crop. The sets tire first prepared by taking roots about as large as one's linger and citttig them In pieces six inches in length, cutting the lower end slanting, so as to place them righ t 81(le tit). Now take a light crowbar and in the line of the row punch holes betweei every two potato-sets or cabbage-plants, abott 4)ne foot deep, and drop the set in the bottom, filling the hole with the foot.. The deeper the set can be planted and come up, the better, smoother and straighter will be the roots. It is to be understood that the rows are to be from 2 to 214 feet apart and the plants froil I to 1)( feet distant. At the depth named the plants will be some six weeks Coming tip. Should they interfere with the other crop, chop the tops off with a sharp hoe. This will not liijutre thei as the main growth Is made in the Autumn. As soon as the first crop is off, plough and hoe the horseradish, and so continue until the large leaves shade the ground. As late as possible dig what is needed for Winter and pack in earth in tile cellar, or pit in the open ground. Diggirig is the most laborious part, ts the small roots spread till over. 'TChose should be saved for sets. I have had a splendid crop the second year from these roots left in the gronU. I have had specimens weighitng two poinda, but tile avcratge is about a half pound. Of late yetits tile market lits been overstocked, and the only way I could dispose of mine prolltablv was by bottling, Even then tile demand Is very limited, is a bottle will go a great way in a family. A small patchli hts paild better for tie labor and land than any other crop I have ever grown. Last Spring, haiving a surplus., I sent to New York, and received reply that there was no dennd, ts the market was overstocked, At pr6sent it is hard ly brInging enough in that market to pty for digging. SUNF.owFn 1SEEDs FOx Fow.a.-Sun flowers and parsnips call, ati ought to be, made two of tihe iost profitable of crops. Six hours spent in planting sunflower seeds ott waste lands, it the fence conters and aroit ad stumps anld rocks in the corntilelds and on the bor ders of marshes anti swales ii meadows will Insure at crop equal lit valtue to live acres of corn. They require no culti vtitlon whatever; and they will grow an( flourish on any kind of groud, though, of course, rich cultivated latnds will prothice lhe largest crops. Any ordintry fIarier ean produed a tutndred bushels of sitlower seeds, and gather theim In on his barn floor for less than $5; and for feeding and *attening fowls, chickens, turkeys, ducks or geese, t bushel of those seeds is worth more than two bushels of corn. It is not necessary to shell and clean the seeds. 'ile heiads should be cut otr and gath credh into a dry place before they are fully ripe; for it left to ripen on the stalks tile birds will gather the harvest. The sunilower heads may be thrown to the fowls. They will do the threshing. It I. well to plant sunilower seeds early in the spring, or even in November preceding; but if planted at any time before the twentieth of May tihey will freely mtuttre bel ore thte auiitum n itfreeze. Ordinatry frosts do nlot utfect thtemt. Fatrmletrs who( do0 not care to raise sitn flower seedsi for p)roIlt shtoutld plant thtetm for the wild b)irds. Every bitd front thte wretn and thte reed-bird to thte filk er, the bhite-jay, the qutali and tihe par tridlge will go for- them with avidity. Seeds for latitng cnn be procured at any couIntry site whtere other garden seeds are kept; tand tett cents' worth, i produlce twventy-flve bushels. FonIMArIoN oF Sorts.-Thesutecessf'ul cultivtion of the soil depends upon01 chemical princiles. Our soil is comn posed of orgate atnd inorganic sub stances. Red heat will (destroy the or ganic p)art, which consists of two groups ouf umattter. 'lThe one contains nittogen ; the other is destitute of this element. All plants produitntg soils mutst contain a suplply of these sub atancs. The important inorganic ele tments in thte soil are pottash, soda a,tg ntesla, oxide1 of iron, sulphturlc acid andl phosphriei acid. A healthy plant con tain,, thetm all. Ifatny of these eletments are wa'tnting in any soil, they must be re prodiuced by tihe aippllcatlin of for tIlizetrs. FENCE PosT's.-Char the endJsof your pos5ts before put ting thtem into the holes. They w111l last mTuchi longer. They may be charred a tittle higher titan the ground,, althotugh thtat Is likely to mlake them a little utnsighttly. Thlere are far ners wvho even after charring make an application of thin tar. To Skeletonize Leaves. Select well-grownt leaves, and exam ine carefully to see if they be perfect before soaking. Ptut Into an earthen watre dish or woodIen tub, keep coveredi with raitn wterc and sttand in tihe 8s1n. In from two to three weeks' time the skIn and fleshy ptart-epidermis and pareneihyma-w ill be round to be pulpy and decayed. Provl(de yotrself with some cards as laurge, or larger, than any of thte leaves, a soft camlel's-hair brtilsh as wvell as one a little still'er. Gently float a leaf uiponi a card, and with the sof t brush carefu.iy remove the skini on one side, IIave ready a pan of clear wafer, reverse tihe card in t,he water and slip it under tite leaf so that the other side is utppermlost. Brush ti to remove tile skin, whten most of the pa renchtyma, or fleshly part will come wVithl It, butt if inot It maty generally be washed in thle wtater. If the soft brush fails to remove all thle green particles adhering to thle frameworkc, theo hard brush may be utsed, but witih great care Any brushling action or horizonltal mo.. thon will surely bacak tile veins, andi thte use of thle atifY brutsh can only be successful ill a perpendicttlar direction -at sort of gentle tapping-te looseni tile tissue so thlat it may be washted out with the soft brush. IIolly leaves makeo beatutiftul skeletons, bitt thley shtould be sotaked in a dish by them selves, as their spines are apt to dlam age the more delicate leaves. OLsANsE THE BLOOD of all impuritie8, and o neuttralize the virus of man ala ases' at thor source. Ini all disorders of we flcn the Glan the Fleshy~ Flbre ,the SecretivT d~h? D 't Aiterat vs A stani'a ourauve roatrted y reoeyh no drws ol DINNs. - Sunday - Roast beef, 111Iaslied potatoes, mashed turnips,celery or a coldslaw, and a maccaroni; des sert, rice pudding or apples. Monday --Soup made of a knuckle ot beef or a shin of beef, whioh ought to be enough for a large family two or three times; the roast beef cold; roasted potatoes, stewed onions; dessert, peach or apple pie. Tuesdaiy-Stewed mutton, plenty of gravy,with potatoes, carrots, onions, commonly called an "Irish stew ;" des sert, apple dIniplings, the crust made of potatoes, and only as much flour as will hold the crust together. To be eaten with milk or cream and molasses, or molasses only, or sugar as to taste. Wednesday - Soup as for Monday, corned beet and cabbage, with side dishes, or turnips and potatoes whole ; dessert, an Indian ineal pudding sweet oned liberally with good molasses; an excellent and " holesome dessert. Thursday-A leg or quarter of mutton roasted, I with potatoescooked under the 'icat, mashed turnips and coldslaw; dessert, peach or apple pie. Friday Pork and beans, potatoes boiled "In their jackets," and what remains of Wednesday's dinner; dessert, apple dumpillings. Saturday - Soup, which, if there should be none of the "stock" on hand froni the knuckle of veal or shin of beef above referred to, can be mttade trom scraps on hand. Then the remains of the mutton on Thursday and tile pork on Priday. with potatoes, cold slaw, &e.; dessert, a bollod bread pud ding, mnale of riseun bread dough, as light as possible, with plenty of dried currants or raisins or both. To lion. APPLE.-About tile nicest morsel that ever tickled tihe palate is a boiled apple-not boiled like a potato nor steamed like a pudding, but as fol lows: Place a layer of fair-skinned Baldwins or any other nice variety, in tile stew-pan, with about a quarter of an inch of wiater. Throw on about half a cup of stugar to six good-sized apples, and boil until the apples are thorough ly3 cooked and the syrup nearly thick enough for jelly. After one trial, no one would, under any consideration, have fair-skinned apples peeled. The skinls contain a very large share of the pletous (jelly making) substances, and impart a flavor impossible to obtain otherwise. A wise housekeeper, lin stead of throwing away the skins and cores of sound apples, would use them for Jolly. A tumblertul of tile richest sort can thits he obtained fromt a dozen apples. Boil the skins, etc.,a few min utes and strain. Add a little sugar to the liquid, and boil until ready to turn into tile tuibler. SwEETInRADs, it properly cooked, make one ofi the most delicate dishes that can be put upon tile table; but care inust be taken in selecting tihein, - as there are two kinds, aid it is only one kind that is really good. That one is found in tile throat of the-cal, and when fresh anid in perfection it Is pimlup, white and fat. Thie other,wlich does very well for croquettes or any dish which may be chopped, lies below the diaphragm and is really tile pan creas. However the sweetbreads may be cooked, they should be always first soaked for three hours in cold water, which should be two or three tlines chlanged ; then they should be put into boiling water for half an hour or longer if that doqs not make them firm; then they may be dried in a towel and pressed flat by putting between two pans or boards, with a pressing iron or other weight on top. Fnmn BREAD CAKEs.-Take bits of bread you may hlave left after meals, soak them in mik, or milk and water, until p)erfectly soft and mash fine; add two eggs, a pinch of soda, salt to taste, and enloughl flour to make th4m fry nicely ; dr'op tile -spoonfuls into hot butter or lard. These are Inexpen sive and very good, and it is a munh better way to use dry bread than in A NICE BRIoTH FOR A SiCK PERsON. Take a lew slices of lean dried beef, pult to boii in a quart of water or a little more ; washl two tablespoonfu.ls of rice, put it in wvith the beef and simmer slowly till tIhe r-ice has boiled very ten der ; put in mlor'e water, if necessary, whlile boiling; when done take out the beef and adld one or two teaspoonfuls of riech swveet cream; boil two or three minutes, pour into a bowl, and when cool it is ready for use. OATrIEA..-Oatmeal Is an important andl valuable article of food. With the exception of Indian corn, it is richer in oily or fatty matter than any of the other cultivated cereal grains, anct Its proportion of protine compounds ex eeeds thlat of the finest wheaten flour. So that both with respect to its heat amnd fat making, and its flesh and blood making principles, it holds a very high rank. To REMfOVE LIMiE FROM THE EYE. The highlly-injurious caustic eff'ect of lime aceilentally introduced into the eye, as frequently occurs to those en gaged in building, may be entirely neu tralized by the use of cold sugar-wvater, owing to the formation of a compound of thle lime aI(n gar,wvhich is without any action upon the eye. PasTJ1Y.-Fruit and cutstard pies are almrost invariably spoiled by having a soggy unudercrust. This may be reme died( by coating the top of thle lower eruist of the pies iih the wite of an egg; this ill absorb no moisture from the frutit or cumstard, iil come out of the een crisp and will relnain so. To nAKx p)otatoes quickly, pour boil ing water over them and let stand a minute or so before putting into tile oven. A OnEAT ENRPRrsE--The Hop Bitters Manlufacturing Company la one of Rochester's greatest business enter prises. Their IIop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from thleir intrinsic value found their Way into almost every household In the Iand.-Graphlo. Qunaok Nostrums are pronounced bythe medical profession 'The bane or societ" but the Bible says ''To hlim whlo is afficted pIty should be shown" and Dr. Bisbee, the discoverer of "Anakeals" the only infallible pile cure known to tuodical art, deserves a Inmulment at the hand&f. aficted m.lhions as a beliefactor of the )i%n race. If as Jean Paul Rliohter slays--"llapidees is the absence of pain," what -shall besaid of a remnod- thlat will relieve Instantly such pain as thlose endure who suffer from pieand of how muchhapines innst "Anaesis" be the autor.600000of the millions 'aifoted with pils lady estfyto its healing virtues. Dco. toso l col rsrb it and in 20 'years non have used i6 without benefit, Combin ing the virtues of a poultice, an instrumenst and medicine easy of ?pplication, safe and useful in all cases;16t rolleves -pain at once, tioids tip the tumors and ultimately eutee the worqtse of piles and wh i equlyworth strtmoions a a 1 hsufl oen.f at WIT AND HUMOR. How Un DIsCuImD IT.--he was a bald-headed bachelor, whose heart for the first time had been moved by the tender passion. "Then you confess," he said, in a trembling -voice, to the object of his regards, "that You like me a little that you admire certain qualities of my head ?" "Yes," shyly responded the young lady. "And imay I ask," he continued, in a voice of emotion, "what those qualities are?" "I can hardly explain," said the young lady,. bashfully; "but I really think it Ii becatse your head is so mellifluent-I can't express it more clearly." "And you can never know how I ap preciate your high opinion," exclaimed the happy bachelor, as lie pressed her hand. le didn't know just what "melli fluent" meant, but he was sure it was the synonym for something grand I and ennobling; and, when he bade her good-night, lie rushed eagerly home, excitedly took down the dictionary, and feverishly turned to the endeared word. Ills blood changed to ice as lie read : 1Smooth, soft, mellow." "IN selecting a bow," advises a sport ing cotemporary, "be sure and get one that will ilt you in weight, length, etc.'' How many girls think of this when selecting a beau? Not one in a dozen cares a cent whether the beau lits In weight, length, and so forth, provided his bank account is of the right dimensions, while some are guided by the quality of his clothe and the size and color of his nious tache. A PARISIAN DICToU.-For the last eight days one of X's creditors has had a daily appointient with that amiable spendthrift for 10 A. M., sharp, and X. always apologizes and asks him to call next morning at the same hour. Fi nally the creditor says very politely: 'Poriapi if I wern to call at a later hour- " X., with great effusion : "No, no; come to morrow at 10 o'clock a sharp I wish always to be calleil at that hour." "Ai, by-Georgel" groaned young Mr. Lethered, sinking wearily into an ofllce chair, "Ah, by George, my head aches fearfully." "Possible?" asked 1 Mr. Ilardfax, his emplo er, with a look of curious interest and sy mpathy. " Possible? Something must have got into it." And then for a long time nobody said anything, and the room seemed to grow about lifteen degre8s colder. Tic Topic OF THE HOUR.-A good story Is told by a teacher of a Sunday school. A sunday or two ago she asked her class of little girls who went Into the ark with Noah. None of them seemed to know, but one little giI thought she must say somnethin g, and not knowing, used her natural born right of guessing, and to the amusement of the teacher replied, "Ills sisters and his rousins and his aunts." NOTHING can reach out farther than a cough at church. It may cone from the remotest corner of the rear, but its echo tickles the throat of those in front, and then creeps down the aisle and touches the ushers, and floats from the choir to the minister, and never re leases its hold until it nas wrung a sym pathetIc explosion from every victim. Perhaps you've noticed It. A DE~TrrE cured a long and severe attack of neuralgia by falling down stairs. That's nothing. Some years ago a Norristown youth was cured of' a bad habit of swearing by fallIng off a cherry tree. Not a singe Qath eacamped his lips since. The fall broke his nock. MILLIONS of intelligent women say that Dobbin's Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Philadelphia,) is in every respect, the best soap ever made, and wvill do three times the work of any othier. Try it. A YOUNG Scotch man at Aldershot fell ill, andh was sent to the hospital. A bath was ordered. It was brought into the chamber wher'e the invalid lay. He looked at it hard for some time, and then hie threw uip his hands and bawled: "Oh, doctor, doctor, I canna drink a' that?!" A DIsTINGUIsIIED Detroit judge was asked a day or two ago to write in a lIt tle girl's autograph album. Hie com plied, as follows: "My pen is poor, my ink is pale, my heai't it trembles like a little dog's tail." OMNIBUS DRIVER: Well, you see, sir, if you travels in a train and gets smashed up, wtere are yiou? But, if' so be. you rides oni my 'bus, falls off and break your leg, say, why there you arel CHARLIE: "Where did the parrot conmc from,mamma?" Mamma: "From Africa, my dear." Charlie: "Then, when it knows how to talk, wvill it tell ui all about the Zulus ?" AN honest Hibernian recommending a cow, said she would give milk year after year wvithmout having calves. "Be cause," said lie, "it runs in the brade; for she came of a cow that never had a calf." "Isi THAT dog of yours a cross breed ?" asked a gentleman receutly of a counaryman. "No, si'," was the reply, "his miother was a gentle, afl'ec tionate cretur." "You follow the legal professioni I believe, sir?" Lawyer Pompous; "No, sir ; filead it." A YOUNG man adlvertises for a position as son-in-law in a family of means. No hIosP'rrA L N -EDEuD.-No palatial hosphil needed forho Uiter's patients nor large-salaried talented pufers to tell what Hop Bitters will do or cure, as they tell their own story by their certaini and absolute cur.es at home. 'How To Be Beaulral. Many hundred thousand dollars are annumally expended byladies, for "arti ficial" appliances to hide the shrunken and wasted form, or the sallow skin, blotches, or liver spots, which are due to female 1yeakniess, dyspupsia, torpid 'liver, and constiphtion. .1f a small e cent. of this sum were invested in Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pifescription, ladies would soon rcally be what they now seem to be. It readily corrects those weaknesses and diseases upon whie emaciation depend. ltoeurer,dyspepsIa by toning up the system and when usedl in connection wa braPierec's Pleasant Porkative F6los sedil Overcomes all- Urolatities of la~ Wvr 'fnd bowels.; No'iqm9 yuh no 'beAuiir ofthe u~14~o~on im. ehti atid nayant bannad The Albatros^a Sonebody who has been studying the jabits of the albatross, largest of the iea-birds, in the 8outh Atlantio, has iomo to the conclusion that it feeds al nost entirely on dead fish, and is a sort >f marine vulture. When it is feeding on dead ish, it Is so greedy that a gun lsoharged cannot make it fly. Like a rulture or raven, it seems to know when iny creature is lytig or dead, and ni nense flocks of the birds will gather vhen the carcass of a sheep or beef or torse is thrown overboard. They ap )ear to be able to see and to suent car '[on for miles, and when it Is floating on he ocean, they will cone In clouds from ivory point of the compass. They spend he greater.part of the year far away rom land; but they go to barren and velil-igh inaccessible rooks to breed. 'he female lays her soiled white egg on he bare earth, the fetmales often hatch ng so close together that they seen to iave one nest In common. Then they Lre perfectly indifferent to the presence >f man, at whom they merely snap when to invades their sanctuary. The nale lbstross is very gallant, sharing with he female the labor of incubation and it rearing the young, which, when fully ledged, puts off to sea with its parents, Lnd with them plays Its part of seavon (er of the ocean. Many sailors are still uperstitious about killing the albatross. A Partiad Blockade )f the main avenue for escape of refuso from ,ho human system Is utterly subvorsive of ,egularity among the other organs. Lot con itipation become chronio, anti, leaving out the imminent danger of inflammation of the >owols and their total obstruction ocourring, anvdic, is almost certain to ensue.the liver is iable to bc como engorged, the blood and urine iro poisoned by the bile, which also vitiates he juicea of the tomach, and other unhappy onsequenoes follow. Hostetter's Ktomach 3itters, a prime tonlo alterativo, provonti or emedies thoge results and their cause as the tase may require. and is also signally offica tons in overo ming flatulonco, heartburn and rariable as well as constipated action of the iowels. It renews uervo power. improves the ppetito, staVs the progress of early decay, eieves the infirmities of age, and is a ploai ut appetizer. IIIERKEL,L'S TETTER OINTMENT will ouro all cabby or scaly diseases of the skin. TwENTY-FIVP dollars will buy our new "Mig tonetto" parlor organ, bran now; stops and wells. Our own make. Sond for catalogue. lAss. 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Price, $100 per bottle, )r six bottles for $5 00. (For Tape Worm, vrite and consult the Doctor.) Forall others, >uy of your druggist the Worm Syrup, and If 10 has it not, send to Dr. E. F. Kunkel, 259 q. Ninth, street. Philadelphia, Pa. Advice by nail, free; send three-cent stamp. Lyspepula! Dyspopsia I Dyspepsal! E. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wane of Iron, a sure mnre for this disease. It, has been prescribed laily.for many years in the practicc of eminent >hysicians with unparalleled success. Symp.. onts are liess of appetite, wind, and risIng of ood, dryness in mouth, headache, dizziness, leeplosaness, and low spirits. Get the genuine. Not sold in bulk, only in $1.00 bottles, or six inottlc-e fcr $5.00. Ask your druggist for E. F. KUNKELUS Blitter Wimne of Iron and take no >thor. If ho has it not, send to prop)rietor, LB. F. KUNKEL. 259 N. Ninth 8t., Philadel >hia, Pa. 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