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The Making of Bels. Only two metals are now used In large bells, tin and copper. The Bel glans use 23 to 30 per cent. ot tin ; the iEnglish lean to more tin, 2C to 31 peo cent. Tin makes the bellsound brigh but it also makes it brittle, and the rea son why the English can afford to pu in more of this brittle element is be ause they'make their bells thicker, as a rule; and the reason why they are made thicker is, that instead of being merely chimed they are swung around on a wheel, which brings the haimer with great force upon the boll. I we treated the delicate Belgian bells lit this rough fashion we sliouid probably crack them, though if it were know 1 that they would be swung, the Belgiaal makers would doubtless thicken them to order; they are not meant in Beil glum to be whacked like big drums, but to be struck with hammers from pp tof, like a pianoforte. They reson ate more easily than English bells, re %uiring a gentler stroke to elloit their full tone. In a word, the Belgian bell is a musical note, not a gong or drum. Secondly, the thickness ami general proportions of the bell are of the ut most importance. Bells vary from 1-15 t.o 1-12 of the diameter at the thickest part of the sound-bow, and the height Is commonly about twelve times the d hickness. English bells are, roughly, as broad as they are long, if you meas tire diameter from outside rim to rim, and length from rim to top of canon. But in truth the thickness of the bell at different levels is all important. Th thickness near the top Is as important as that of the sound-bow, and the di aneter of the crown as critical a di mension as that of the rim. The (ee), riih tone, (in proportion to size) of the smaller Belgian bells is probably largely due to the wide top-diameter, combined with the thinness in certain portions of the sides half-way down. The way In which altering the thick ness aflects the tone, aiid even the )itch of a bell, Is shown by the fact that a sharp bell can be flattened by shaving oWl the metal inside above the sound-bow; and Mr. Lewis says that he has destroyed beats by scoop)iig the hell elsewhere unt li they disu ppeared lit a certain point, but that on continuing to scoop they reappeared. All this shows how pilrely tentativeand experl mlenltali lit present the art of bell himinding in England. In Belgium it is not -4cientille, but emperical, the ac enmihated experience of ages. A cer lii tact or rule of thumb takes the place of scienoc ; rules must be founded on iprinciplcs, but the masters caniot explain their secrets. They produce the work (if art, others are left to dIs cover the laws they have obeyed. Wheni we have analyzed their metho(ds we may be able to make their bells. So thought the Germans when they menas tired and analyzed Raphael and Tinte ret, and produced the correct but life less barnahIes of Ary Scheffer; so thought Vuillaume when he mm itated the very warm-holes lit the Amatis. It maiy turn out that in thme miaking of rIch musical bells, like those of Van Aerschodt, there 11 something whieh can not be taught-trho instinet, the ini comm n i ciable touchi. - - i e--... Pretty Gtil for Sale at ,i Chuurcit Fair. It has grown lnto a fashionable cuis toim of late to have a mock iution sale of the prettiest girls at churtch festivals. It tends to increase time resources of the church, and ait the same tine very clearly demonstrates In which wiiy the aifrectionis of youth iare bent. For it, is reasonable to suppose thait 1 n bitlous young man ti1il permit his sweetheairt, to bd knocked diown to a rival until lhe has expended his lust centt ini the effort to become time fortunate puirchmaser. Acting uploni this ideai, ai faishionable church in Denver ia p~repiiring f'or a festival, in wvhieh the auction butsiness is to feorm a prominlient feature. it has puit thme young ladies in quite a Ilutter of excitement, andti unhappily at this early stage of tihe novelty-for, howevver coitmmon in the East, itisa a novelty there --has come very near w~reeking the uatuire happiness oft- two estimalel young oreature. The facts in the ciise iare these: a yotung gentleman who confesses to an amiable weakness for one of the young ladies who are to be disposed of, on the occasion referire,l to, called on his dutlcinea a few evenings since, and very inaturally the sublject of thme festi val (camel ill. "['mn t~o be sold, Chaurley'. iDid you know it?'" exclaimed the enichanitress. "No ! A re you though ? I suppose I shall have to buy you."' "Of course. but how much do y'ou reckon [ will sell for ?". -Thmis wans a naive inquiry, but It led to a moment of brief but sagacious speculation. If lie had any rival the girl was likely to go high ; If he didn't have any it would appear' as if lhe wvas inivestinig in an exeedingly cheap airticle. "1 don't know," the words were long drawn out and1 his face was grave. "I suppose a dollar or two." If he had reflectedt a moment longer lie never wvould have made this obser valt.ion. It was born, however, of a sense of economy, and he had no idea of what it would lead to. Bitt as the words fell from his lips he looked at his inamorata anid caught the flash of Indig. nant blue eyes, which madle his heart sinkt, Omie or two dollars, Indeed! iI'll sell for fifty at the very lowest." "I can't buy you then." "Sir 1" and the lady's face was rigid with amazement. "That- is-I meani to say--contfoundt~ if, Mfiria, 1 cain't spare that much mnonoy//? and the poor fellow looked ap pealingly at the divinity whion was about to shape his.putrpq Buit the dis aster had come. The young lady rose frohihetset 1ikB a Queen and with the cruel remark that a gentleman who thought so much -of fifty-dollars, was not a suitable person to encourage as a lae~rp 'sled imijdstically .fromi the Anfd OW thp~ youhig> mfan's esoul. is conY)40otjWith arigufsh, htnd1'is re mharks upon church festivals are fear ful to contemplante. lunting In Hungary. The author of a work oat travels in Hungary thus describes a hunting ex pedition in a forest in the Tokay dis trict: "We were only ten guns, and were soon posted, civh man in his proper position, wiiting for the schwarwild, as the Germans say; but, alas I nothing appeared till the beaters themselves cane In sight. So we had to organize battue number two. The beaters walk quietly forward, tapping the trees now and then. This is quiite noise enough for the purpose of rotising the gaume; if they shouted or made too much row, the game would get wild and scared. Jin the next battue I had hardly been live minutes at my post when I heard from behind the breaking of dead branches, as of some animal ad vancing slowly. It was a flue buck, which tande Ills appeatrance, but lie scented me and made off. Again about a hundred yards off, I caught a gliunpse of hn between the trees. I fired with effect. We found him afterward abou two hundred yards farther on, where lie had h'llen. It was very provoking; up to lunch time we sighted tie wild boar, but saw by the snow that they had been about the hillside during (he night. We had soon a good fire blazing, at whiclh robber steak was nicely cooked. I never enjoyed any thing more. We washed down ouir re past with good 'okny. After iuncheon we commenced work again. By this tine we had advanced into the very heart of the forest. The smooth boles of the tall beach trees looked grand in their winter nakedness, rislig like col umn us from the white frost-bespanlgled ground. I took up mny stand. gin in readiness, waiting for the tramp, the stiort, or the grizzly (lark form of the wild boar ; bit nothing came to disturb the titter solitude of the scene. But hark I I hear shots fired repeatedly in the lower valley. I, too, begin to look out, wit h quickened pltle, peering Into the i1sty depthis of the forest, and with ear alert for every sound; butt all to no purpose. Nothing comes my way, thiough again I hear two more shots' echo sharply in the narrow valley, nearer to me than before. A fter the hipse of a few mintttes the bcaters came ip, breaking th rotugh the dead branches of undereover. I knew nlow that miy own chance wits gotie; but I was cur lous to know what had happened, and Joining two of my friends whose 'stand' had been near mine, we hurried down the valley to see what sport had turned uip far the other guns. On inqtiiry it, appeared that at least seventy wild boat's had passed close to one of -our party ; hut the sight of so many atonce had intadle his alm t unsteady, and heo only succeeded in wounding otie oft'he number. he animal had (ashed into the half-friozen stream at the bottom of the valley, and our frlend had to reload and give him his filial shot there. We formed one more battue. but nothing came of it - and it was already high time to return to our qairters, for the whole scene was growing dim in the wintry twilight. Some of the pri'ty, mtyself Included, went by arraniiugemtent to the hotuse of' one of the f'oresters. Te good pecople in their dlesire to be hiosp~itble, gave tus a warm' r'eception. Th'1ey had heated the rooms to such an extent thait we wereo almost baked alive. T1he next niorning we restumed our11 sport. l~tirinig the lrst battnue eight wild boars were sighted. One wats shot hiastan fy ; the ot ho' broke tht'ought the line of beaters bitt int doing so a vei'y tuustual thintg happened, for 0110 of thle foi'rter's stucceedied ia killing a boar b~y ai tremtendouis blow fromn an ax. We were very mutch surpriu'sedi thatt thte aimat haid comte near eiiotugh, for' as a i'ule, tiiey will not apprioiach itoman beings except when wountded, and1( then they atre f'ortmidable assail ants. I regret to) saty that one ot' ouri dogs wast r'ippedC iup biy onet or this herd of ,eight. Ghansa Thiread. To maike flne glass thr'ead, the glass ia br'ouught to a state of' fusion, a glass rod dhipedl in it and thus a thread pull edi ouit, wleh solidlies first in its thlinnelst parits, atnd so causes a thrieaid of itnliformn thicknuess to be obta11inedi. If this th readl ls placed, over a hot metaillc cylinder, and the latter revolved, any length of thread maiy he obtainied ; thte thtreadi may be obtained finer by re volving the cylimter maore rap~idly. Trhe heating of the cylind~er has the efi'eetof aninealing the glass to s~mne extent, whle the r'apid cooling, if wound on a cool cylinder, would matke it more brittle. A hundle of such threads look hike a bitnchi of' silk and it has there fore been called glass silk, its useful ness to chemists atnd dIruggists has lately been brouight to the notice of the Fi'ench Societe (10 Pharmiacie by M. Limnousin. It is now largely iusedl in Germnaty, and especially in Austria, for filtering liqutors ini lab'oratories. In the mnicroscope the threads are ats fite as those of silk or fibrillue of cotton ; thbey break more easily than the litter, but are excessively supple. Fromn the unalterability of the substance it is very well suited for filt'ering acid or alkaline solutions, even cotncentrate, and various othier substances, such as nitrate of silver, albumen, collodlon, Pehlng's liquor, etc. It affords great rapidity of flow, with good filtratlin; it (lees not, like filters of paper or tissue, comnmunleato orgatico matters to the liquIds, altering and perhaps giving themi a disagreeable taste. Itls much preferable to mbestos, which from the arrangement of its parallel flires, cannot be formed into a flexible ball, atnd which lots fragmients pass that float in the liquid. For ainalysie it is very advantageous, allowing of a ready determination of insoluble matters de posited; also by calcination atnd ftusion of the glass may be found the volatile principles fixed in the' patssago of the liquid, unlmixedl with empyrematic products. Notwvithistanding the price of' glass, silk is still high, it is no groat expense to use it, as its excessive liht ness adimits of a considerable nuimbor of filterations being made with a email weight of it; besides it may serve- an~ inideftnit te, jf, after each operation It is thdroughly washed With water autd dhi'ied in the ai. AGRIOULTURE. CunnYINO COws.-Whon you see a cow scratching up against a tree, be i sure that she needs currylng. She will f( stand the operation as'kindly as a kitten 8( will stand stroking. Acows needs as e much currying and cleaning as a horse t< does, and the result will be found in g the milk pail. The Rural World his g the right idea when it says that you at should treat the cows you milk with Is the greatest kindness. Never bawl at, I or kick or strike a cow. If cows are iI treated kindly, they will readily yield u their milk. If abused, they will hold b] it uip. Most cows are ruined when hel- b( fers, A rough, passionate man attempts b to break them to milk. They are fear- 1 ful they will be hurt, hold up their ti milk, kick, will not stand still, and the o man who breaks them kicks and mat.. bi treats then, and they kick in return o0 and are, perhaps, pormanently ruined be as free, kitid milkers. Calves and hilf- tl ers should be petted till they give milk. at They should be taught that man is their w friend, not enemy. They should be fe well red, because they can not give milk without eating the material to furnish It. Is given warm stables and le warm beds their systems do not re- tc quire so much food in winter iv keep si the animal heat, and they will give I: more milk therefor. For family cows, bi hufers with their llrst calves should be it milked until within a few weeks of m their comhig in again. Ever after they p< will continue to give milk up to the s same time. If drited off' early they will cm always dry up their milk early. ti I NsECTs.-irciutlomls against In sects of all kinds should be adopted early )in the season, because when they p are allowed to become developed to ma- 0 turity they propagate eggs in. such abundance that it Is almosr impossible at to keep them under. The destruction cc of one early moth is a far better pre- S ventive thi n killing ai hundred cater- d( pillars. The simplest way of prevent Ing the ravages of the canker-worm Is di to put strips of thick tarred paper about four or five inches in width about the tree, and cover the same with tar, or what is better, cheap printer's ink. I These substances will need to be re newed often, as they glaze over and allow the insects to run up over the C4 same. It depends something upon the C weather as to how often the tar or ink should be renewed. One must watch Ii and see. Sometimes when the insects are very numerous they fill in and bridge over the tar or ink with dead al bodies, so that their comrades have a passage-way. Another way, and a very good one, Is to have a zaic, Iron or wooden trough filled with some cheap fl oil, over which they cannot pass. This trougn needs looking after -osee that it does not get filled up, and that the oil fu uloes not get low. It should be protec- v ted from the rain. These appliances h( nan be purchased or ordered at the igricultural warehouse, both of iron nild zine' t bt A NEw lo'rAr.-'IIe Commissioner it, f Agriculture having heard of a varl- fu a:y of the "Irish potato which is raised tl near Lima, Peru, procured a supply. at Df these, lie has already distributed some for plantig in California and elsewhere southerly; the remainder pC will be carefully preserved until next m spring, when they will be distributed to limong careful and competent farmers th in different States. In order to be sure oi that the potatoes received were the same oi variety which had been repor ted to him, General Le Due invited his infor mant. to go to the departiment and in- y spect them., le did so, and after so- m lecting three of the best, had1( them boil- at e-l in tihe laboratory. When broken or open they weore found to be of the kind mn lie had described. They were ofta (deep m yellowv color and delicious flavor, en tirely different from that of any p~otato over seen by any of the gentlemen p~re- h<i sent, and all agree that it' they conl be n< grown in this country, it wvouh llu- te [loubtedly be a great puiile benefit. as - ce F'J.Ax R Amrs~.o.-A light sandly soil is the best to raise flax on. Plow your grouind as early in the spring as you ci oatn, and, after .putting it ini good order av~ soiv your seed ; the earlier the better. ta F~or, if there conies a frost after the at Ilax is tup, it ill (10 it no harm. In- il deed, if the main stalk is killed, it wvill bt shoot out more branches and make a le larger yield. Sow from twvo to three pecks of seed to the acre broadcast (or any wvay you choose). A fter tihe seed or is soivn, pass over the field wvithi a al heavy roller, to cover the seed. As PC soona as it is ripe cnt it dowvn. with a am self-raking reaper, in small bunches. wv A fter it becomes perfectly dry, haul it br to a convenient place and stack it as you wvould hay. If It is p roperly stack ud it will save well. Tihresh with a ox threshing machine, and you ivill have Pi your seed reaidy for market. Flax s0 yields from ten to twventy bushels >er st icre, andt it is a profiltnble cirop. X Oil win sowv youir lax In the spring, andi in hour months have the mouiey for It. i Br~oOn PIFEian.-'.To be given to P1 horses twice a year--spring and fall. m This will keep your horses from having wv distemper, coughs, colds, heaves or al farey, and keep thim in good herithi. to Gentian root, pulverized, 2% oz.; sass- St afras bark, 2 oz; elecampane, 2 oz.; s skunk's cabbage, 1 oz.; cream tartar, 1 to oz.; saltpetre 2% oz.; ginger, 2 oz.; sulp~hur, 6 oz.; digitalis, 1 oz. ; blood ai root, e d;achm, and buichui leaves, 1 er (rachmn; mix altogether well. If your ri horse is in bad health, give him a tea- CO spoonful twvice a (lay In bran mash ; or 0o to prevent all Internal diseases, give W one teaspoonful in spring and fall, once tr a day for 15 or 17 days.g SwEENY OR SHOULDERi JA3u, WHIRL- gi nONE' .JOINT LAMElNEss, OF STIFLE OiR d< ANY EPRAIN.-Oll firewveed, y4 Oz.; oil se of wvormwvood, Mos.; ammonia. 2 oz.; fo oil of turpentine, 2 oz.; oil of hemlock, in 2 oz.; tincture of myrrh, 1 oz.: oil of nm s PIkes, 1% Oz.* tincture cantharides, ras 1l oz.; alcohol, 3oz.; mix all. First d< wet the parts with hot water five or six be minutes; rub On medlne well; then se cover the shoulders or hips with as many blankets as you can ; leave them on about eight hours; do this once in 01 three days, until you have done it four sl times' ten onlce ini six days until yo b< have done it three or four times. Al- se w ays bath the shoulder or hip with hot wat r first. CH AnCOAT is good food to make liens lay. hurn a few corn cobs, and wvet at themi out as soon1 as they arc in coal. gi Feed to hens and soon their combs will a turmn red, and their busy songs wvill be b heard, and eggs increased'.t YOUNG men who intend having their 0 hair ciut close to the scalp or shavedr this summer mIgh produce quite a ~icturesque effeotby having their heads CLEASes 'ins Br oor of all tInpurities, and oet b' aentil~allse the virus of may dI a54es at ebti 'oureJul dl Orr ofteSkin, the Glands, U the :eh IDothe Sretive Oran, and the Z' lo' s , altSou ous 0om0 i taVnor o o Dr, - tm's Aiterative is ettd'i uraio snd whie litjs a fault In mat oniines ~a lbefo thO reaeh the dies hpaet ntfds thIs Eaned1y t~rl fansthe strengh tthe sufere, whll', e loag the cauwiof. DOMESTIC. IIINrs ON COOKINo Pou.mrry.--Steatn ig Is preferable to boiling for tough owls. Remove the threads before mnding rough fowls to the table. In Inter kill the poultry from three days a week before cooking. Poultry and ime are less nutritious but more di 3stiblo than other meats, Singe with cohol instead of paper-a teaspoonful sufflcient for either turkey or chicken. emember, much of the skill of roast ig poultry in the best manner depends pon basting faithfully. To give roast rds a frothy appearance, dr( dge, just Wfore they are done, with flour, and aste liberally with melted butter. hlen onions are added to stuffing chop ten so fine that in eating the mixture to does not detect their presence by ting into a piece. Ladies doing their vn marketing will do well to remem ,r that young poultry may be told by ke tip of' the breast bone being soft id casily bent between the fingers,and hen fresh by Its bright full eye, pliant ut and soft moist skin. SNOW CUSTARD.-BOat eight eggs, aving out the whites of four; add them one quart of milk and five ounces of igar; have a shallow pan of hot water ilhe oven, set the dish Into it, and ike till the custard Is thick; then take out and set away to cool; beat the re aining whites very light, add half a >und of stgar gradually and a tea oonful of lemon juice. IV hen the istard is cold, lay the whites over .e top In heaps, but do not let themn Itch. APiiLE BREAD.-To one quart of meal it one pint of ripe chopped apples, to egg a small piece of butter, a little It, andI fresh water cnough%to make a iff dough. The apples should, of urse, be peeled and minced very fine. >me persons like a little sugar in the nigh, but it Is generally preferred Ithout. This is a favorite with chil 'eni. To PhRXsERVE Eoos.-Put some lime a large vessel and slack it with boil g water until it is of the consistency 'thin cream; you may use a gallon of ater to a pound of -lime; when it is Ad pour it off Into a large stone jar, it in the eggs and cover closely. See tat the eggs are well covered with the ne water, and lest they should broeak, roid moving the jar. it will be well remove the lime water occasion ly. llscurr.-One piic of dlour, one tea oontui of cream tartar, one teaspoon 1 of lard, a little salt; rub well to ther; stir In a cu) of milk In which is been dissolved one-half a tea-spoon I of soda; roll quite thin; cut out Ith fine blacuit ring and bake in a >t oven. Co-r-rAOE BAKED PLUDDING.--Twoeggs, ro cupfuls of sugar, half a cupful of itter, one teaspoonful of soda sifted two cupfuls of flour and three cup is of buttermilk. Stir this last Into e flour, etc., and mix lightly. Bake i hour in a pudding dish. Rrcu JUMBLu.-Rub to a cream a >ud of butter and a pound of sugar; ix with a pound and a half of flour, ur eggs and a very little brandy; roll e cakes in powdered sugar, lay them filat buttered tins, and bake in a quick 'en. INDIAN PUDDINO. - One flat ci p llow Indian mneai, one quart boiling ilk poured upon It; allow it to codi Ld add two eggs well beaten, and e teaspoonful of baking powder ; a orlngee top if liked; bake twenty inutes. No HIosPITA i. N EEDED.-.No palatial spital needied for Hop Bitter's patients r large-salaried talented puff'ers to Il what Hop Bitters will do or cure, they tell their own story by their rtain andl absolute cures at home. Wurvm Ros E CA KI.-Sugar,'one-half p; whIites of' sIx eggs, one-half cup reet milk, one tablespoonful cream rtar, one-half teaspoonful soda, two Ld a half oups flour i beat the eggs st, then sugar, with one-balf' cup itter ; dissolve the soda in the milk ; non to taste. AILMOND CAKE-One pound of butter, *e of sugar, one of butter, two of swveet nonds blanched anad pounded, half a und of dessicated cocoanuLt, the juice d grated rind of one large lemon, ten all]beateneggs and a gill of wIne or andy. GINGRR SNAPs.-One quart molasses, e pouindl butter, one pint sugar, one nt swveet milk, one and a half ounces da, one-half ounce ginger; flour till ft. The systemn of subterranean telegraph Lres designed by the postmaster gen al of the German empIre will be com eted, according to present arrange onts, in -a year and a half. Two lines lil then traverse the .empire dilagon Ly ; the one running from northeast southw ~est, fr'om Koniiigsberg to rasburg, the other from northwest to utheast from Hamburg to Ratibor, a wui In the extreme south of' Silesla. ese two main: lines will cross one other in Berlin. In the west of the spire a subt'urranean telegraph will 'i in a curve from Strasburg therugh >logne to Hamburg; in the .east an her line will connect Konlgsberg lth Ratibor ; and finally, a cable will averse southern Germany, running nerally east and west, though appal . Itly the exact route for this last Lele aph has not yet been definitely eid ed upon. When the proposed home is completed, therefore, all the rtresses a:.d commei'clal towns of any iportance in Germany will be con eted with one another by enubter necan wires. The calple .flrst laid wn, that from Berlin to Hfalle, has en satisfactorily subjected to the verest scientific tests. "A 8L1PPxn in the hand'le worth two my feet," says the stern mother, as e doubles hel' youn geat into a pata, >lie curve across her knee. Then hie t'up a howl.. Hlow To Be Beautiful. Many hundred thousand dollars are nualliy expended by ladles, for "art!, sial" appliances to hide the shrunken id wasted form, or -the sallow skin, etches, or liver spots, which ar.e due fermale weaknmess, dys pepsia, torpid ver, and constipation. If a small per nt. of this sum~ were invested in Pr. erce's Favorite Presdription, ladles muld soon reaUy be- what they. now em to be.. It readily corrects those eaknesses and diseases upon. which naciation depend. It cures dyspepsia y toning up the system, and: When med in connection y t~h bDi. Pierces. lessast Purgative I'lieto, $ppd Ily reroomes all lrregylai'eso of thes ht6r ad bowels.' No "bibV dtouth" no beautinter of the coint flexion," can im irt such norment beauty of face and rm as Dr. Plerd'st healt-givlng ivo'It Proscrinto'n. HUMOOUS. A Youxa lady once married a man by the name of Dust, against the wish of .her parents. After a short time they lived unhappily together, and she returned to her father's house; but he refused to receive her, saying: "Dust thou art, and unto Dust thou shalt return." And she got up and "dusted." Tr tramp's last dodge is to ask your advice about going to the next town, and when you warmly advise hin to go, he says'he has great confidence in your good Judgment, and will emigrate further on at once. "But," he adds, "wouldn't you advise me to borrow ten cents before I start?" "Do You know what you are eating?" whispered one of the boarders, as he watched his neighbor wrestling with a slice of leathery pie. "Alas I' sighed, sighed the martyr, "I know only too well. 'Tis but a little faded flour." And ho passed his place for another slice. "MAMMIA, I don't think the people who make dolls are very pious people," said a little girl :to her mother one day. "Why not, my child?" "Be cause, you can never make them kneel. I always have to lay my doll down on her stomach to make her say her pray ers." Ti'inR was an ingenious amount- of devotion implied in the remark of a love-sick millionaire when the object of his affections became ecstatic over the beauty of tWe evening star. "Oh, do not praise it like thatI" lie cried; "I cannot get it for you," A LrOAL gentleman met a brother lawyer on the street one day recently, and the following conversation took place: "Well, Judge, how is busi ness ?" "Dull, dull; "1 am living on faith and hope." "Very good, but I have got past you, for I'm living on charity." A Sco-rcu nobleman one day visited a lawyer at hs ofice, III which, at the time, there -.-as a blazing fire, which led him to exclaim, "Mr. X-, your office is as hot as an oyen." "So it should be, my lord." answered the lawyer, "for it is here I make my bread." A OREAT ENTrnPnIs. --The flop Bitters Manufacturi ng Company Is one of Rochester's greatest business enter prises. Their flop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value found their way Into almost every household i the land.--Graphac. A LADY not accustomed to raising poultry, set a hen on some eggs, and in due course of time a brood of chickens was hatched. A friend coining in four days aftervards, noticing that the lit tle things looked weak and )Ipuny, asked how often they were fed. "Fed I" was the reply, "woy, [ thought the hen nursed thei.'' A PROMINENT attorney residing In Syracuse, N. Y., while ilshing a few days since pointed out to his companion a signboard, remarking: "The fellow that put up tha' sign Is a liar." "Why?" asked his companion. "Be cause that lsign reads, 'No fishing In this brook,' and I caught the best trout in my basket directly under that board." "1 JIRAJID you kiss Fred,'' lie abruptly remarked to his sister. " What do you mean, you rude boy?" cried the sweet sister, turning Rcarlet. "Oh, It's no use denying it," replied her brother; "you can't gammon me. I know thiesound, you know ; it was Ijust like a cow puilllng her footout of a mud hole." "Ilow shall we train our girls?" asks an exchange. "Train 'emi with about twenty-two yards of black silk, if you want to please your girls. A silk velvet train WOuldi also make them hiappy." THE man who is ro lazy to carry a scuittle of coal up stairs for his wife, will think nothing of rowing about five miles or of practicing with dumb bells for half an hour before break fast. "I HAD no time to stuff tile chicken," apologize(1 a landlady to her boarders. "Never mind, madam; it's tough enough as it ls, ' replied one of them. SoyE Nevada mines that used to go down are going up. A Gaa Cock.-lt is maid that there is a clock in the Guildhall'Museum Lon don of which the motive power Is hy drogen gas, generated by the action of diluted sulphuric acid on a ball of zinc. The clock resembles a large colored glass cylinder without any cover, and about half full of sulphuric acid. Floating on the top of this acid is a glass bell, and the gas generated .forces forward this concave receiver ulntil it nearly reaches the top) of tile cylinder, wvhen, by the action of a delicate lever, two valves become simultaneously opened. One of these allows the gas to escape, thereby cauising the receiver to descend, aind the other permits a fresh ball of zinc to fall into the acid. 'rhe same operation is repeated 'as long as the materials for making gas are suip lied, and this Is affected without windIng or man~ipLuation of any kind. The dial plate is fixed to the front of the cylinder, aiid communicates' by wheels,. etc., with a sniall glass per p~endiicular shaft, which rIses with the receiver anid sets the wheels in motion. Al.h ... of0 Iztemge.aa1 women any3 that Dobibin's El~ectric Soap, ( eade by Cragin & Co., PhIladelphia,) is in, every, respect, the best soap ever made, and will do three times tihe wvork of any other. Try it. -Quack Nostrumns are pronounced bthe medical profession 'The bane or societ'but the Bible says *-To him who is afflicted tyshould be shown" and Dr. Silubee, the discoverer of "Anakesis" the only infallible pile oure known to medical art desetes a monument at the bands of afflicted m ilucns a a benefactor of the human race. If a Jean Paul Richter says-"H~appinees is the absence of pain " what shall be amid of a reined. that wiii 'elieve instantly such n'ainas those endure who suffer from pes sadof how much happiness most "Anakesas" -be the author. 6G0.000O of the millions afficted with piles gladly testify to its healing virtues. Doe. or " h"olesprescribeit and in 90 years uioana u used it without benefit. ombln in t'e virtues of a p6ultXU n' en - usebful inalessedi "~j~oat n 'holds up the tumors and nim? y ab athq worsi cases of and wh6 ally wofth knfrotby iowing t printed in', stdoinea dig, habt to., koe them eared. Samples of 'ahmakes "re eetpse to al Uerers on Np'oj~~ ?eutsader A B 8946 d bydrugles He Thought so. The man In charge of the big engino in the Water Works realizes that he Ii a a curiosity for some visitors, and when callers express surprise and interest lie feels pleased. The other day a strati ger came in for a look around, and his general make-up satisfied the engineer that he was a person of deep thought and a man to appreciate the merits of niOnster machinery. The stranger viewed the engine from every side and angle, and sat down. Then lie review ed it and took another rest. Then he walked around the building in a wise way and came back for another inspec tion. For two long hours lie hardly had his eyes off the ponderous machin ery but was at last ready to go. Tak ing one last look he walked up to the engineer and said: "Say, mister, this 'ere Injine runs by steam, don't It?" "Why, of course," was the amazed answer. "Well, I LUought so more'n half an hour ago," continued the man, "but it's just as well to be sure about these things. There are so many wind-inills around nov-a-days that one can't be certain of nothing." A Partia.; Blookade Of the main avenue for escape of refuse from the human system is uttorly subversive of regularity among the other organa. Lot con stipation become chronio, an 1, leaving out the imminent danger of inflammation of the bowels and their total obstruction occurring, jaundioe is almost certain to ensue,the liver is liable to become engorged. the blood and urine are poisoned by the bile, which also vitiates the juices of the atomach, and other unhappy consequences follow. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a prime tonic alterative, provents or remedies those results and their cause as the case may require. and is also signally eflica cious in overo ming flatulence, heartburn and variable as well as constipated action of the bowels. It renews nerve power, improves the appetite, stays the progress of early decay, relieves the infirmities of age, and is a pleas ant appetizer. HIESELL's Tetter Ointment will cure Sore Eyelids. Fore Nose, Barber's Itoh on the face, or Grocer's Itoh on the hands. It never fails, 50 cents per box, sent by mail for 60 cents. Johnston, Holloway & Co., (102 Arch St.. Phila., Pa. WORMS. WORRMS. WORMS E. F. Kunkel's Worm Syrup never fails 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. Common sense teaches if Tape Worms can be removed all other worms can be readily destroyed. Advice at office and store free. The doctor can tell whether or not the patient has worms. Thou sands are dying, daily, with worms, and do not know it. .its, spasms, cramps, choking and ufrecation, sallow complexion, circles around the eyes, swelling and pain in the stomach, restless at night, grinding of the tooth, picking at the noso, cough, fever, itching at the seat, headache, foul breath, the patient grows pale and thin, tickling and irritation in the anus all these symptoms, and more, come from worms. E. F. Kunkol's Worm Syrup never fails to removo them. Price, $1 00 per bottle, or six bottles for $5 00. (For Tape Worm, write and consult the Doctor.) For all others, buy of your druggist the Worm Syrup, and if he has it not, send to Dr. E. F. Kunkol, 259 N. Ninth, street, Philadelphia, Pa. Advice by mail, free; send three-cent stamp. Dyspepsia I Dyspepsla i Dyspepnam E. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wino of Iron. a sure oure for this disease. It has boon prescribed daily for many years in the practice of ominent physicians with unparalleled success. Symp tome are loss of appetite, wind, and rising of food, dryness in month, headache, dizzisoss, sleeplessness, and low spirits. Get the geauine. Not sold in bulk, only in $1.00 bottles, or six bottles fcr $5.00. Ask your druggist for E. F. K UNKEL'S Bitter Wine of Iron and take no other. If ho has it not, uend to proprietor, E. F. KUNKEL, 259 N. Ninth St., Philadel phia. Pa. Advice free ; enclose three-cent stamp. HIxsRELL's TETTER OINTMENT will cure all ab by or scaly diseases of the akin. TWENTY-IIVP. dollars will buy our new "11ig nonette" pailor organ, bran new ; stops and swells. O ur own make. Send for catalogue. MASS. O1soAN Co., 43 Washington at., Bosten. IF YoU ARE 1E~VOUS AND DEPRESSED take HoovLAND's GEnMAN BITTEna. SUMMER MUSIC BOOKS! For' theo Sunday SehooL. THE sGOBt, of ,JofI 36ots. Juut out. Great Goo n N EW sI 35 ots. Well known; alway, good. 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PETTENGILL & 00., 8'7 Park Row, New York, OP, 701 Ohestnut St. Phila. Adversisig dlona Iin all newspapers in .e O states and Canacas at, the lowest rates. s.LIL.. Staple Hardware Spelales, A0EI& agliyg yn rrft erane ten s W.I?I1 ~ad iremak decitv e day. (jIVINOsTON 00., Iron Funders, Pittb'g, Pa. These maserig an Advertfeement wil ee~ no teAvrie and the Pnblishes'byttthysaw tbo adver tisement In thi ovwal (aning the paper w and e r ee ar~nU conWeauban, tseil our b1fee. Adr*asx r *oarshal, M61 08?iiinotsr When Trade is Dull, Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO ADVERTISE WHEN TO ADVERTISE. #-#- 1the PEAJI'NUILL. WHERE TO ADVERTISE. WHOMO AMVERT18E THRMH01. Sr' See PETTENGILL. GO TO $7 I'A IK ROW, NEW YORK, and 4v- See PETTONUILL. HOP BITTERS, (A Medicine, not a Drtak,). COoTArXe BOPS, BUCHU, MANDRAK1% DANDELION, M PVZSer AD Buir MNDrarI QV - or AL. or R Dirase. Diseases of the Stomach, Bowelas.lood, Laver dasys, and Urinary Organs, Nwevoushes,. wan peclally Female Complaints. $1000 IN GOLD. Ill be paid for a case they wi not ours or help, or'anything Impure or Injurious found in them. Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and try rth ore you sleep. Take no othes. wCovem Ov mIate aweetess, afte ad bet *eO PA for tomac Lier | 4 Iel9" euperlow. to all otbhrs Askrugae . . Io an alsoluto and Irreultiblo a m eno^s use of opium, tobacco &nWnro(6 , bend for circular. abvwtaby dra . H"p Blum M g.00. Rechol.e,N.T DR. M. W. CASE'S Liver Remedy - AND. BLOOD PURIFIER Is Tonic, Cordial, Anti-Billous. CURES L *NaMPLAI.4T*13*LIOUSNI{1,1.. FEVER AND Aoun. PALPITATION, ;5ONSUMVTI., DYSPEPSIA and" I&nona's " . atieatd 104ood Itbild u th osyso I.InJJ lesnt to titeN o e not leke o a oe eavo the a or syst co. stipatod, as oilher me iClubs do. HOW TO BE anu bood atuki YOUR OWN foru'it.." ie) DOCTOR. ,"ut*eparedbyr.1. 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