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Yarn on a Staalmor. 'Tho captain of a Long Island sound Steamer was recently seated around the table in his room, and with him half a dozen men s it, smoking and spinning yarns. Many were the stories related that night upon the Sound The conversation finally turned on sea-serpents, and a weather-bea ten old sea dog, who had spent most of his life upon the water, declared his believe in the existence of such monsters. lle spoke from experience, and didn't care to have any one doulit his word when he said that it had been his fortune to see these big water snakes more than once. lie first met the serpent in the China Seas. That was when he was little more thant a boy. Again when he was captain of the ship Gleorges, a vessel which hailed from New York and was finally condemned in a South American port for unseaworthiness, he ran across the serpent on the Pacific coast. The last time the monster caine under his notice was right here in the sound, "and," he said. as lie looked at his watch and calcut lated the steamer's distance from New York, "it must have been at about this spot." It was in July of last year--so the old sea dog's story rani-and he was taking a New York yacht around to Newport. At noon the sum poured down hot enough al most to open the seams of the deck planks. There was a three-knot breeze blowing and it was dead ahead, lie had taken in his topsails-for lie didn't, believe in topsails when beating to windward-and was miak ing himself as comfortable as possible on the quarter deck. lie had a spy-glass in his hand, trying to discover some familiar sail. Suddenly his eye caught a strange movement in the water. It looked, hldf a mile distant, like a huge bunch of seaweed in motion. The yacht was on the st arboard tack and the curious object off t he starboardl how. The captain went forward with his glass and looked. As the yacht approached nearer the object he saw that it. was alive, and knew from his past experiences that it was a sen serpent. ''he yacht kept on un il within a hundred yard of the nonster, when the serpent lifted its head for ia i - ment. ''he head was an inunense attair, the size of a barrel. It was shaped some thing like a horse's. It was visible for on ly one moment. 'I'he serpent blew soie tIing like a whale and then settled into the water, only the back being visible. All aboard the yacht were so excited that the little vessel was close abord the monster be fore they were aware if it. The yacht was thrown into the wind. but too late. She struck the serpent square upon the back, al though the shock was iot at heavy one. The monster threw its fail out of watiter, lashed the waves for a mtoment, t hr'Wing the spray high in the air, and then disap peared. The yacht went about on the other tack, and ten minutes latter the mons ter again appeared right alongside, and not twenty feet awny. 'lhe hing was going at the rate of live knots an hour. The head and shoulders went by, aid tIlien came the long, sliny-looking body, as large round as a good-sized log. In a few liiles the monster was out of sight. ''he men on the yacht calculated that it must have been at least hundred feet long. ''his was the only time the old sea-dog had ever seii a ser pent in Long Island Sound, but. 1111 it was ai geniune one le hnd no doubt whatever. No one else in the captain's room had ever seetn tlie Ilolster. The captain of thie steamer listened for i while to the stories in silence. Ile pulled his pipe complacently and his eyes twink led merrily. inally he knocked ithe ashes from his pipe, hitched his chair around in at wa1y which was as much as to say - "It's my turn now," and began: "It was -m the night of the 2.5th of October five years ago. I remember the date well. ''he weather had been threatening all tile afternoon, and when we swung out fr-om the pier I knew~% we were goinmg to hlave ai nausty nlighit of it. Wec hadn't any more than11 got thriiough Ithe (bite wvhen the r-ain came downl. it wvasn't hlard, dIviing rain, but the line, miisty soit of stuff thalt generally comes with aii fog. The great fog bamnks r(lhed ill fromi tIle seai iad shut out the land 'omplllet ely. We went along very slow and bllowing ourii whistle ait short intervmals. Th'Ie Soundu| just seemedC( alive with vessels. F"irst ai tulg woul blow r-ight undller our how laid thlen some little ilsblermani wvould tou t his horn tinder our qularter. I (don't tink I ever heard the horns anad hells make such ma fuss before. It wams just aboiit midnighlt, and1( we had got out of the croawd of vessels. An occasioniah horn told us t hat somel( hew w~ere still abroad, however. 1 was illn lie pilot-house, peelring ouat of thle wiindow into the (darknless. Suddenly somnethling white loomed up right in fronit or us. It was a schooner andi sheo .was right ill our path. Ii shouted, and1( the pilots imad(e the wheel spin as8 it hever hand t urined biefore. lhat it wasii too late. There wa-ms a shock. WVe st ruck the schoonier amlidiplljs andi{ cuit her to tIme wamter's edige. Thwo or three menCl runll over the (leek, and1( for- ani inistantt I caught siglmt of mi womian. She wiis dressed iln wvhite. The light on the steamier's side shone her. She gav~e anl aigonlizing scream, the vessel sanik andt all was over. TIhe whole thing had1( trantspired aihnlost ais quick as thought. We swung a bioat or t wo it the water, but the search wais inl vain. Not ma life was saved. Tlhe despalir pictured~ ini that wommn's face I shall never 1forget to miy (lying day. Occasionally at iighit when on dleck it is pictured v'ividly to myi iiimagi naitiomn. It is singuilar-, but1 it ail et ed the plo(t iln the salilmew. Juist one' yeamr after the accident, alt Ithe sameii houtr, the piolot calledh me to the wheel-hlouse. HeI was trembling like a leaf. ile had scemn ma phtantomn vessel. Tlhe steamler had strumek it ini just the samie manntlier, hie had sen the samie imen running over the deck and the womani again appeared with lier despairing face." The caiptaini stopp)ed for a mnomnt amid then wemit on: "I tr-iedi to teason wiith himu, but it was no mnsc, and1( for a week after the occurenace lie talked of the phanmi tom vessel and Its ghostly crew. WVell, sir, will yon belive it? on the second( anniversa ry of the accidhent I was called to t he wheel house in the same way. Agam had the plilot hiad the some experiemnce. On the third year it was repeatedl and on thme fourth year. Th'le plolot could stand( it 110 longer. The phantom seemed to hanitnt hhin and lie wvent off the line. I never believedI in it much myself," continuiled thle capltainl, stroking his chin, "but then I mnever spenit thge night in the wvhcel-house, Perhaps I will, next time; I can't say. I dion't be ive in' ghosts-well, It's str-ange, mighty strange." Afraid of Hiis Wife, Bishop Beadon, uincle of the late C'anona Beadon, was .comp)letely governed in aill tiings by his wife, who was one of the miost devoted whiist-p)layers ever known. After her husband's death she lived ini May fair, and -was famous for her Sunday card partIes. A story still remembered ini Momnerstahiro of the answer time Bishop re ceived when lie once took one of lisa clergy to (lesk for diverting himself at Bath listeadl of living at his vicarago. "Mr. A., It stikes me that, if you are well enough to sit up half the night playig whilst at the rooms, you must be well eniough to (10 dutty at your living." "My lord, Mrs. Beadomi would tell you that late whist acts as a to nile or reatorative to dyspeptic people with weak nerves. Thie mention of his wife's name at. once silenced the prelate. He r ta holiday: Fir st, get your FARM AND GARDEN. RxcrPEs ron Ti STABI,E.-Paregori say 2 oz. put into hall-pint good whii key is excellent for colio. SpirIts turpentine, 4 oz ; tatr, 4 oz.; whale of 8 oz-, makes a good hoof-bound wasl Mix and apply to the hoofs oftei When soaking horses' feet, put a pacl age of common baking soda in watt fairly hot; be very careful to dry ti feet thoroughly. Pain-killer, said to i Perry Davis'.-Alcolhol. 1 quart; gul guaicaci, 1 oz. ; gum nyrrh, one-ha oz.; gum camphor, one-half ounet cayennoe pepper, one-half oz. F mnagnaec intmient take lard, raisins et In pieces, and line cut tobacco, eqit weights of each. Simmer well togtil er, theni straini and press from the drega White lead and linseed oil mixed as It paint, is almost unrivalled for saddle o harness galls at' l bruises. It form1s aIl air-tight coating. A)pply with a sma brush. A paietical tarmer tells how I keep the bowels of a horse loose In win ter as follows: "At eaelh feeding gti him about a quart of the middlings c shorts of wheat, as well as what grail and hay lie will eat. This has bee used for live years. and has never faile inl ellect. Good thilngs to have hatd where there are horses: White lea for bruises or breaks in skin, saddi galls, etc. Bathing whisky with abot 2 or.. of turpentine, 2 or.. hartshoraa an a lIttle camphj)lor, for sprains, stliYnesa etc. Leaf lard for cuts. Coal oil ai plied to a light strala is also good. RAiIxo ]lonsts. - It, is 'oftetn sal that it does not, pay for farm.ers to rais this or that breea of horses, but this I trte only in a limited sense. The beo specimens of any strain1 or style of hoa ses se ! rapidly, at good prices, and tih poor ones of all bree.ls are drugs upo the matrket. It is no doubt true that mauch greater aleasuire of success tima be expected with some breeds thai others, the choice depending largel upon the circumstances of the farmer Iis locattionl, etc., and that, as a genera rule, ordinary farmers cannot compet w itLh wealthy professional breeders it produicing horses for acing purposee citber ainnercts or' trotter's: but even I these classes inch will depend upo the locat.lon and the sort of brood mare the farner may hiave upon his famit If he is situated in at region famous fo producing ituri horses, one that is fre quented by buyersofsuch horses, wher he ea 1 have access to first-class stallion and Ihis brood mares are of st,rains o blood noted for prodtaing winners, h will certainly ilid it most profltuable tc bret'ed for horsea of this clss. Whor these contlitions do taot exist,. le wil usuattly liad the surest profit in breed itg hicavy drattor stylish carriage hor ses. A NEW HAY l'ailss.-A niew hay pres is patented which presses the hay int cylindrical bales. The merits of th press are chiefly that the hay is na bruised or broken by the pressure as i tle old way, and the bales can be more ':edly handled. The process is describ Cd thus: - Tihe hay, thrown on a platform, I lelivered coitlnuously in small quan titles up to at circular plate, and passe thriough two narrow slits, Into whih I is uniformly fed by two revolving ones which impart to it a corkscrew motion TIhe hay is, in fact, roughly sputt into iloulble thread screiw of very Ilne p1tel atnd forced onward with gentle pressur until a suiet111lent quantity has been col lected to forn a cylindrical bale of th weight desired. A pressure of' abou Li e' t. to the cubic yard is then applied giving the density which Is found me diesirable; a pressure of 8 Cwt. to th squ rie yard nay, however, be given i requjtiired. The baile Is then bounad b wir'es, cross Intg one aniothier in a longi tadaial diraection. C.onNs in a htorse tare tilfl'erenat fr'oi t,hose ont ,ie skina of a huianman being Tihiey ate titrst praoduced by blows o baritises which stairt lnflainat,ioni tin I ormantiona ct'.tnat.ter ntder' thle sole ; o cause ai deposit of hiorniy maitter wic pre~~sses p)ta it ully upo1)0 the senasi tive ii tact p)arts of' the Ioot. They ate frl( 'Iituent, lin lat-footed hiortses, the f'rogs c w hose feet. htaive beeni par aed away so a to bintg the sole to the ground and suil ject It, to 'onatinaued bruises f'roma stonaea t he iuual amode of' shod tng is one tin parotects tlae tenderca spots of' the sol l'roian blows int tr'avelinig. Thilas Is to pu a shoe of sole lent tact taider tIhe iro shoe antd stuaf'fa tander' athe leather' wIt tow soaiked int glyeri'ne to keep the so] cool ta titmoist,Il ifte sole is veriy tea dera, ithe leet, shonl be p)tepaired ic shioeing by3 kepintg themit upon at put dIe or' wet, clay or' ia few days, aind b I'ieqauenat dresslings of' cold waiter aind b glvinag the htorse a coolig medicIne, a cighat to.twelve ouncees of Epsomi salt A Goon LJAwN.-NO gretater fatllar exists I an h idt ea ihat spadinag is bit No tilth cant be bettei' thani thtat give by3 tihe plow, followed by fr'equaent aiu conttiti ul)pplcaitions of the harrov 12evetintg with the spaide cana then 1 e xecuited in thle maost perfAect, mnanne an ad the lini ishinag touch cain be giveni 1 ai liht criof4s-plowinag and hariirowin Seed shouald be alwaiys liberalhly appllet antd, instead of' the vaiouas lawni-grat milxturies, we believe hii the use of' sir lale ted-i op seced, togetheri with a vet little white clover'; and when it Is thi aplPiled (dur'ing qiet htour s of the di that It, iamay f'all eveatly ), two or' thara years shiotild suilice to gr'ow a thick, ve A N namle beddling of iareshi straw wvi do mtuch to inaduce a tired horse to 1 down an atd rest. Cleana groomIng aii an occtaslonal washinlag wvill also enacout aige r'estfintess and I implrove~ the aipa tite and health. Overfeediug Is not j, dlicious, anad w~ill niot r'estor'e flesh 10 by harid woirk and wa'int of' comfor'tab lest. To i)teven L galls, the hmarnie shoatid be washed aid kept soft wal caistOr' oil. , Foni every' hutndrod heads of cabbaj I take a quarter of a pound of' blat p)eppler anad put In a box lat'ge enotu to sIft out well. Go Inato the patech b tore the dowv Is ofi' and( pepper the ca baige wvell. Two or three tlimes will 1 suflelent. rTe wvoa'ms go throuagh tl leaves and die. YARious WE10T(si'' AND) MEtARE.. A ton of' r'ound timnber Is forty feet; squatre tiamber 54 cuble feet. A cot mter'eal bale of cotton Is 200 poatl A pack of wool Is 240 p)ounds. A so tIoni of governmtlent land Is (140 acre A iquid( totn Is 252 gallonas. A box by J6%~ inches and( ~8 Ituches dheep co tatins a bushaoi. -When the Bowets are Disordlered, No timo should bo heat in resortlig to a salt blo remedy. Hostetter's 8tomnach Bitters the most reliable and widely esteemed meoc eine0 of its clss It reovlOes the causos oonstipation, or of undate relaxation of tl intestin, a, which are usa lly ndigestion or misdirectiona of the bile. When it acts as cathartic, at does not gripe and violently eva uste, but produaes gradual and natural effeol very unlike those of a drastic purgativejal its power of assisting digestion nuhiis te Ira itating conditions of the mucous mnmbral of the stomach and htatestintal canal which pa duo. first diari huoa, and eventually dysentes The medicIne Is, moreover, an agteeable os and eminently pure anad wholemoi. A ~ tite and tranquil nightly slumber are be TIE IHOUSEHOLD. , MTTrroN Pi.-Take cold boiled mut a- ton; slice it thin ; have a crust made of a$ )f one cup of beef suet, one-half cup of stu I, butter, one cup of cold water; mix this tw 1. with prepared flour, as stiff as for seaI hi 1. biscuit; take two-thirds of the crust he - and line a four-quart earthen 1)i dish; r then fill the dish two-thirds full with w, e the meat ; have a quarter of a pound of tw e butter cut Ii small pieces, one tea n spoonful of flue sugar, one of salt and de If a half teaspoonful of pepper, one CupI TI 1; of wateri cover the pie with the re- sa ,I mitainder of the crust and bake in a sa1 it moderate oven for about one hour. I- S'ruFFED ToMrroxs.-Get them as large and firm as possible; cut a round al r place in the top of each, and scrape out br r all the soft parts; mix with stale bread to 1 crumbs, Corn, onions, parsley, butter, Lit LI pepper and salt; chop very line, and id 0 fill the tomatoes carefully ; bake in i lo - moderately hot oven : put a little butter sa e in the pan, and see that they do not r burn or become dry. ha1 uI PICKI.ED VAi..-''ake a piece of cold .M LI veal that haas been thoroughly boiled, oil y Chop it ile, s1inkle salt, pepper and Ai i little cloves over it; pour over it e enougi vllegar to wet the Ieat thor t olighly; then set it over tt, lire until in Al well heeated throuagh, When; yotu c.1n let bil , it i amot:muld; as soon its it Is cold it wi ann be sliced 'or the table. ali ('oco.INI"r CAIli..-FourCllhps of flolr, m, two cups of sugar, one cup of milk, live e eggs, one cup of butter, one teaspoon ful 8 of sodat, two of cream of tartar; half of as t it grated cocoanut put In the cake, the - other half put with the whites of three th1 t3 eggs anld one-half cup of sugar, and put a between the layers of cake. Bake in th 1 jelly pans. 1 YonIsSuraxI PuDDINo.-A quarter of I y a pound of flour, with a quart of water or nilk; three eggs, well beaten, to be ki 1 mixed with It ; pepper and salt; butter re tie pan; put it undler the beef so as to 1 catch the gravy; have it in a good big pan, so a.l to be thiu. Cut inII pIeces 1 when served with the beef, and arrange 1 around the dish. ta NIC Nict Ku.AKFAS'r 1SI1.u-Cold mnashed '. potatoes, made into little balls and slight ly flattened ( d) them into an egg e slightly, so as to mix the yolk and a white; roll them in cracker crumbs. tit t Fry them in hot lard or butter. Sendt: a to the tuble hot. at Cat Li.in.-One coffee cup of sugar, lit six large tablespoonflIs of mcted but. ter, one pint of sweet milk, two eggs, fl . at little nutmeg, one teaspoonful of soda, se one teas)oonful of salt.; mix in the flour bli until the dough Is soft and ca1n be easily R handled ; roll, cut out the cakes and fry Ill in lard. yC t LINCOLN CAKE.--One and one-half 1 pounds of sugar, one pound of butter, 0one and three-fourths pounds of 11011, re . two pounds of fruit, one pint of sweet wi anilk, One tablespoonful of soda, one a s egg; bake twenty minutes. to ex S A FEW potatoes sliced, and boiling tr water poured over them, make an ox- wi oellent preparation for cleansing and stiffening old rusty black silks. Green ten is also excellent for this purpose. TI It should be bollcd in Iron, nearly a cupful to three quarts. The silk should dia . not be wrung, and should be ironed aih damup. dat t ~th H A HV all the good bits of vegetables and ments collectel after dinner an1d t minced before they are set away, that pi 1 they m1ay be in reailness to make a lit- u f tle saVory mince meat for supper or 1' breakfast. IlE WISE AND HAPPY.--If you will 1stop all, your extravaganlt aInd wrong all . notOios m(doctoring yourself and famn- re . ilies ivith expensiv e doctors or h umbug pl1 eure-aIls, that do harm always, andtlusa cv only nature's simple remedies for all youir ailmienta--y on will be wise, well Sand happy, and save great expense. ee -Tile greatest remedy for this, the great, hi -wise and good will tell you, is Hop ev fBit.ters--rely on it. See another col- St; umn' ._____mi iF YOU have been drinkIng too mluchI, wt ihich however you1 sholdlI ne(ver do, a dose of Dr. 111111 5 Baltimore illis will g< pla11ce you 11n good conIditionl again. D) E dOwinl Forrest's Courtesy. di e3 At 0one timle Mr. iForreft ivas playinag a i enlgagemlent In New York, suIpport- aa ed( by John11 McCuIllough and1( Mrs. A. :sI At 0110 of tihe early rehlearsals Mrs. A. l y being somewhlat niervou~s, forgot a few s5 of her lines and1( fell Iito several lnac- iv '' craIcles ini the businless of hecr part. Inl order to recall 11er altten)thon to tihe -business 11n hand1(, Mr. Forrest spoke In P~ i. a plain deci.ideTd, hut by 110 meanls rouigh ed andl closed in a saithsfactorv .malfnner. *Whlen Mr. Forrest joinled Mr. McCul r, lough in the front of the theatre, hisd y first ivords ivere: - s - ''John, (do youa kniow ivhero Mrs. A. resides?" S "I do not,'' iwas tile lmmeIdiate aln-g swer of Mr. NeCulilugh, who1 added0(- a a ''Mr. Forrest, It is 11111 for~ dIlner.'' a .y "'No, .Johni, I cannot attend to (din1ner 1( unltil I halve found tihe reslience of - M rs. A. Will you he kind enou1gh to Inquire lIt thle box-ofilce if they can1 fur- n 11 11181 youI iiith the re-qired inforaa- ci e tionl?" Th''ie fact could nIot he ascertaie t the box- ofice, and aifter report(n tatE . fact to Mr. Forrest, Mr. McCullough et again remindled tile formler that tile St Ie hour for dinner had arrivedl. TIo tis II1 Mr. Forrest replied with evident feel- bi ing: 'No, John1, I cannIot move in anyr Sother tllrectionl unItil I have seen Mrs. ~ 1A. I spoke tn a hlarshl, I fear unowar- L e-. ranted1 manner to her at thle rehearsal iv - atnd must mlake an apology at once. I ti )e feel that I am In the wrong and ean not p 10 rest contented unitil full reparation Is u madhe to the lady. My manhood Is In- a1 -. volved In tis mnatter. WYe must find Ii of Mrs. A ., JohIn." dl "- After a search of some hours' dura- ~ s tIon Mrs. A. whis found and( an inter- t s. view obtained. At that meetinIg Mr. el 16 FPorrest in a frank manner, disclaimned Li LI- all intention of woundin1g the feelIngs hi of the lady and comuplimented her fora the care and( attentIon Sile usually be 1- stowed upon all hler p)arts wvheni acting wIth hlim In leading roles. afWhen the interview was over and t IMr. F'orrest had taken leave of Mrs. A.- a a hIe remarked, wvithl his ulsual spirits: e- "Now to dinner, Johin. I am a mnl a og again.".I se ASIATro CHOL.IRA, Cholera Atorb'ws, SumImer o. Complaint, Colic, Sour stein teh, Diarchmoa and C 21al Atrectlies of the Bowels, incident to either 8 chldensor adlts,i are cured at once by Dr. vi Ja 'o'sCarinaiveBelam.It allalys the IrrI. 0- tation and calms the action of the stom)ach and 0 d a easan tett,san r0acaeptable 11 WIT AND HUMOR. Tm Boy WiHo BACK tD.-A short time o a lady living on Duflleld street was mmoned to the door to see a boy about 'Hlve years of .ige, who had a cheap t-rack to sell. When she,appeared, said: "IMadame, my father is dead, and )n't you please buy this hat-rack for 'enty-flve cents." She was sorry that his father was ad, but she didn't want the hat-rack. Ie next day the same boy and the n hat-rack returned, and the boy Id: "Madame, won't you please buy this t-rack, for my mother Is dead, too." She was so sorry that his mother was Io dead, tha; she gave him a slice of ead and butter, but she didn't want invest in a hat-rack. Two days later o boy called again, having the same 3ntical rack under his arm, and he ked the lady straight in the eyes and "Madame, won't you please buy this t-rack. for my sister is also dead." "My goodness 1sia it possible that you ve lost father, mother and sister in e week?" exclaimed the lady. "'Yes, mumt." 'And what ailed them?" she asked. "L dunno, mum, but I kl'ider feel it my bones that unless I sell this 'e''o t-rack afore Saturday night death 11 use up all the rest of our family d be going for other folks." "If I buy this hat-rack will you tell 3 the truth?" ''Yes, mum.'' 4he handed him a quarter, and ked: "Did your father, mother or sister die is week?" I'he boy looked at her, hesitated, and wi laid the quarter on the railing, ked up his hat-rack, and said, as he mt dowi the steps: "I only git live cents commish for lilg these racks, and I cant afford to . off three of the family and resur 3t 'em again for any such figger. >od-bye, mum; it's a square- back \vn on ine ' WiiN you see a yonmig mali attired in white flannel shirt, his fa.rs slightly rued with exposure, ani hear him k knowingly of "Jib foros'ls,'' and unning under the w md,'' and "slack 4 the main sheet," it doesn't follow ,I he is much ofi a yaclhtsman". ie ,lnces are thut lie would be seasick on Irawbridge.'' A 'AIR of sel.surs was lost, and the tde one auggested that a prayer be d, asking that they might be found. ore was, however, a lurking con ousness that there ought to be a com mation of prayer and work, so the uthful philosplier said : "Now, >ther, I'm tired; so I'll pray while ii hunt.'' "IT Is among the nineties," casually muarked a gentieman the other day, ping his brow. It so happened that venerable spinster was passing at a tjme. "You insulting thing '' she claimed; ''it's no such thing.'' And to this writing lie doesn't know lat she meant. 'Tmi: weather is very bad in Enrope. ie following is from the Parisan: leorge1' "Alfred!" "Why, when 1 we meet last?'' "Let me think; yes, I remember. It was one fine y." What! was it so long ago as it?" "No, sit," said the gentleman from ttsburgh ; "1 was not in the war, but ' brother wa-, aid lie was wounded.' \h I indeed. \eriously wounded? mfes, sir; lie was shot ini the horse.'' SOLoMoN 's whidOiu wats n)ever more p)arenit thanm wvhen lhe wvarned pa uts not to lose sight of t,he rod. MIs hieed sw ItcheCs haLve wrouht great i to the race in these latter (lays. W il.i.IAM ' it om-so0, of D)ouglas unty, Alo., has had five wives, and .5 just mal:rriedl tihe sixth. It is. how cr, dlue to the unt'ortunate man to ito that lie has been totally blind for any years. LAnate sales indicate the merits of all uod articles. Druggists sell more of r. Buli's Syrup than of all ot,her medies for the euro of Baby Disor lrs. Tux voiee of the young man wvho got vay wIth three hundred amid ninety K clams at a clamubake Is heard in ;hme nid anid It calls for tihe doctor. Ture man whio don't knowv anything Ill t,ell it at thme first opportnnity. M rss-Construction--Whalebonie, palint iwder, anid so forth. Ilow to draw a tooth without pain aw it oin paper with a pencil. No G3oom, PlnHx.N man can ) a good job~ of work. preach a good urmon, try a law sumit well, doctor a i,tient, or write a good article when a feels miserable and dull, with slug Leh brain and unsteady nerves, and one should make the attempt In such condition when it can be so easily rid cheaply removed by a little Hop itters. See other column. ANY one desIrilig a recipe how tc ake soap for a cent a p)oundl, wvIl re. mive it gratis, by addressing 1. L. Cra. ni & Co., Philadeiphia, the manufac. trers~ of the justly celebrated Dobbins' lectrie Soap Thme cleanings of Swiss watches h ated to be aiccompilishmed In the follow. g manner: A small stand of' glded 'ass, one and one-quarter Inaces diameter, and turnied round in a the, is emloyed; the latter Is mount. I on a firm base, with a studl in thic inter running up to the plate, and oni is is engraved the shape of a watch ovement with the bridges oni it, and me screOw holes drilled in. Now, when me watch is taken down the screws ars aced in the holes as in the wateli, and ten left there until ready to put up tain. By this means- they never Act ixod, amid may bec cleaned by carefully r~awinig a brush over themi. TIhe other -rangement is a taperinig punoli, sonic ilng like a "pusher,'' used for~ push. ig rivets out of pins, etc.; and after caning the bridgi-s in a paper, as uisiuir Io p)unch Is pushed into the the screwv rue wvith friction enough to prevent Ippinig, and the 4nishinug Is dhone by cans of a flue brush. Tihe For.getffunoss of reople, The Oxford Professor who to avoid lie wind when taking snf, turned round, but forgot to turn back, and talked six miles into the country, was o more forgetful than those who still se the huge, drastic, cathartic pills, yrgetting that Dr.. P'ierce's Pleasant 'urgative P'ellets, which are sugar oated, and little larger than mustard 3Ods, are a'gositive and reliabl, cathar o, readily correcting allirregularittea r the st,omnah, liver and bowels. Sold y druggists. Cnn I'lles be Cured Is the most important question to-day with suffering millions who, when looking at the long list of useless pile nostrums fool as the afflicted Bible Patriaich, like oxolaiiing : "I have heard many such things miserable com forters are yo all, how long will 30 vex my soul and break me hi pieces with words?" It is not recorded that Job had piles, but he could not have had anything moro painful, and the same question might have been asked then as since for three thousand years : can piles be oured ? We believe that Dr. Silsbeo has solvsd the prob loi, for nothing is more certain than that his "Anakesis," does absolutely and promptly cure the worst cases of piles. When half a unilhon of afflicted assort powitively that it has oured them and in 20 years no one has used the doo tor's wonderful remedy without instant relief, and by following his simple instructions as to habit and diet were, benefltted and over 95 per cent cured. all arguments and theories of those who havn't used them,, go for naught. Anakesis is now prescribed by physicians of all schools and has been pronounced as near infallible as is possitlo. It Is easily applied. perfectly safe, Instantly relieves pain, and ul timatuly oures the most inveterate cases. It has grandly solved the problem that Piles can be cured. Samples of "Anakoesis" aro sent free to all sufferers, on application to P. Neu staodter & Co, sole manufacturers of Anako si, Box 3916 Now York. Also sold by drug gists everyvhere. Price $1 per box. I' TRoUBLED with, Constipation, takelfoof and's German Billers. IF You Would Enjoy Good Health Take Ho(fland's German Bitters. I 6 A New Electric Light.-A new electric light Is producei1 In the following nan ner: An engine of four-horse power requiring a bushel of coal per hour to generate the steam, sets iII motion a dy nono-electric machine, composed of metals--copper and zinc being the gen orators of the electric current. A cop per wire connected with this machine passes through a steel cylinder about a toot in length, inclosing a magnet and a series ot wheels, called the ''regula tor.'' Immediately under this cylin der is a large glasg'.obe which incloses the light. The end of the copper wire connects with two ''points," or square sticks of carbon, coated with copper, horizontal in position, with the ends nearly'touching. One of these carbon points receives the positive, and the other the negative current, the union of which produces the light. As the light burns, the points which are about eight Inches long and half an Inch thick, are slowly consumed, and one of thei will last about six hours. The regulator fin the cylinder, by means of the magnet and wheels,holds the points at the proper distance from each other, so that the light is steady and uiiifori. The whole of the machinery is silplo enough, but not easy to dosscribe with out at diag ram. One of tlhese lights is equal to 1,000 canidle-powe r, or 100 of' the flickering flame ot' the ordinary street lamtps. One light will make a dis tance of tour or live blocks its light as dity, and a single one will illuminate the largest theatre or hall. For out door ilumination the now light may be pronouanced a success. It will require some little change to make it exactly suitable for dwelling houses. For II. lumninating a large hall, garden or street it can be produced at less cost than gas; that Is, the same quattity of coal will produce about twice as much electric light as catn be made from gas' 'IF Youn Liver is Disordered Hoofiand's Ger man BiUers will set it aright. Ir You are Dyspeptic Hoofland's German Bitters will cure you. Vaterproofing ,for Leather.-A good ar ticle may. be made by using parallilne melted with the requisite quantity of drying oil, and casting it, into suitable blocks for' subse'quent use. T1hihs being softened by heat, the leathem' of the mnant'aibcturecd artics, as slice or' liar niess, Ia coated with it and p)lacd near ia fi'e or in a warnm pla.ce unt,il the comi p)ositioni hais been absorbedi. Y'hmen leathier huis been l4imprgnted wvith the mliXtilire It is oniy perf'cOtly waiterpr1loOf, but it is also r'edere difer' and1( 11ore durable. Shnoes reOtaini all thioir fiirmness and natural elasticity, and blacking lmtkes upon them a better polish than before. This sa11ne comiposition us also useful for waterp-) ooring woven goods. It is p)laced on the under side of' cloth for gal'urments, either by melting andl ap plyling muoderately with a brush,-or' by rubbing with a block o1 the preparation. The complete diffusion of it through the texture Is effected by passing the cloth bet,ween hot r' lher's. Fabrics prepiared in this manner', while t,hey repel water, are p)erfootly p)revious to aIr. For this reason toaev are superior to ordinary oil cloth and rubber goods. They lso look better than garments made of rubber, as the finished appeara'nce of the clothi Is in no way changed by the treatmient. There Is no truth in the assertion thatt anthracit,e coal loses its heating qualities wvhen exposed to the air for a length of tIme. Larvoe of gnats, mosquitoes, mlidges, etc., inistead( 0of being sanitary agents, intensify the putrefaction of' organic refuse suspended in water. DI1MJNUTVE. osauu&a,ta'gainciiOOp sonunds more high-toned andf pedantlo than "Little Buttereup).' flieskcels Tetter Umntment Will euro every form of Totter. Foit Pmra on the i a':o, use Heskell' Tet er Ointment. It never fails to remove them. Oakland Female Institutes NORRISTOWN, PA. WTNTER Tr KaMs wlII cciii NOE SEPTEIf BERt 9, 1879. Faor otrculan e address J. (iMItiR RA LSTON, Principal. en 1tI M 0U '4T 8EMINARY NorriatonP. B A noptemnber Oth. ow,a, Patronised by piplo deal lng their eons thoroughly FopOropaareddcresollege er buuas-s. JOHN W. LOCH. Ph. D., Principal. J USTI PUJILI8HIE), THE VOID OF WOllIP, FOR COHOIRS, FOR CON VENTIONS, FOR BINGING SCHOOLS. Free 51.00. #9 00 per doene. Hli 01OI OP WOEiP,by. . Emen, t a r, reeletk orrae.f afi bment ia tuna lastloq and arranmgeni. The Firsa Hundred Pages. tncluito the SING N el 0 ph 00U RSE, in which areriund amny inent.rmOnan c ongs or gleoa for The Bccond Hundred Pages are Atled with the bestaf cClymn Tunes, Sentences, &c,a large, niew anal frenh cell rotton. The Third liundred Pages contain a capital set of A NAU1G0I0. Specimen .49t.i ailled post-free for *1.00. EMERSON'S VOCAL. IEITHJOD, dJust out) has aporelv nenasrai geien of uylables and ether im exanen. PrIce *1.80. Oliver Dltson & Co, Boston. .. s.rro ae.. Thee answevtag stvtan ~mens wIt ao a ya nan h (A Medicine, not s Drink.) ooINTAINu BOPi, BUOIIU, MANIRAKls DANDELJON, An TMa PansiT AND BUsT IsIoA. QVAZMr or AI. oTrmm Brm as. Diesases of the Stomach, Bowels.Blood, Liver dneys, and Urinary Organs, Nervousness, lee essuss and especially Female Complainta. $1000 IN GOLD. LU be paid for a case theywill not oure or help, o nr-anythiug impure or Injurious found in them. Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and try the ore you sleep. Takeno other. or Couut Cun is the sweetest, safest and Ask Children1 the for Par for Stomach, Liver nd lidney superior to all otheurs. Ask UaggitsW. . 2. 0. is on absolute and irresdstible ours ruu oem us) of opium, tobacco and n"lotId Send for circular. aboold bya.nui. Hop flIUs Mrg. 06. To A1) V ERTIS ERtSe fW' We wilt fusrnsils on aplllattofn, esatltu:tes for Advertlahat in tle beat and largos, ci'ronlated N. w,pispers lii the Unitect Ntaate. and Uanastas. OSur faellIties are %a&asurpaweed. We make ousr Uisatoitera' isterests or ou is, and St..dy to paluasse ant m..ke thoir Ad. vertalinK protiitsblo to iltesse. am Shou. sautds who have tiled ust can testify. Call or t.ddrees, N. M. PET'IN(lliL & Co., 8T PAIltK HiuW, New York, 101 CHIi'NUT Street, Philadelphia. B LATCH LEY'S PU M PS The Old Reliable STANDARD PUMP For Wells 10 to 75 Feet Deop. New Price List, Jan,1,1879. ADDRE'S C. G. BLATCHLEY, 440 1AIRK 'T street rhtilda. lIf. PETTENGILL & CO. Advertising k.7 A gont8, 87 Park R1ow, Now York, and TO Clh. stnut Street, Philadelphia, eeolvo adver tisements for publication in any part of the world at lowest rates. ADVICE as to the most Judicious advertising and the best mediums and the manner of ding lt.-ESTIMATES for one or mn re insert lons of an advertisement in any number of papers, forwarded on application. GOOD ADVERTISING CHEAP. $10 with the order, will insert In 161 $1 CASH, village newspapot - .adatvertise mont, occupying one Inch space, one time; or six .ines two times; or tnree lines four times. $ ^ AS In advance, will Insert In SI50 $20 CASH, vill.%e newspapers an adrer ti-emtent of one inch space, one time; orsix lines two times; or three lines four times Address S. D. PETTENGILL & 00., 37 Park Row, New York, Or, 701 Chestnut St. Phlita. Advertising don in all nowspapors in Juii et btates and Canadas a. the lowest rates. LANBRETIIS' SEEDS Avt THE. ME. a1*s M oatta NEXTER Mt. Phtisadlphta 100 RE ARD lie f*" i"""* 1l! icerati or Piotrdimig lIkE ta Sen a ea o: osg L tdin les 1nc ordialy at r i tw o days A ITION-rNon geti tat backe 11"e of Stones ad r. j.P.A ~1 ler .11 5. W.corn r p td A J.i . is., PiladelphIa Pa. Advice free. lton'r WaL.Ls, 43 Vesey it., N.Y. P. 0. Bc's 1217. EXODUS markets, andao tenbest ters alongthe ine of ' 3,000,000 A CRE S Mainly in the Famous RED RIVER VALLEY OF THE NORTH. On long time, low prices and easy payments. Pimphlet with full inlormation mailed free. Apply to D. A. McKINLAY, Land Corn'r, ewill pay A ents a Salary of i$I00 per mont anc expt-. se~ ur a lamr o ce rniaon, tonel ir Sample free. Addressttumassax& Co.. Z.tarahall,SMioh Anpp9rtus' elebrated tlingle flreeeh-loading Shot Otsti atn p obelbarre Breeoh loaders at 2 naaus A kids o sporting impleentst and ant nP-th bes guns yet made for ths price. Prices om JOS, C, GRUBB & CO,, 712 Market St., Philada., Pa, When Trade Is Dull, Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO ADVERTISE. *& Ree PETlTNGILL WHEN TO ^DVj!RTISE. BeSe PETT3CNOILT4, WHERE TO ADVERTISE. W# See IPETTENsILL W HOVM TO ADVECRTISE THiROUJGH. 1V Bee PETTE'INSILL, GO TO 87 PAnano1 w,NEW YOnK, ant 4& See PETTENGILLa PINE Self-Measuremnent to SIiQES}9 Euth NINTH Street, Philadelphtia, Pa. mn the Rono ble Trli Wee, ?NDORSING DR. RADWAY'S R. R, RREMEDIES AsTr vune THE M oM A M. Nsw Ton, Jan. 4, itll. DMAR SIu.- -lavin for several years used yoar mediine. doutin9 at att, but after exert. eenY thelr 21sowiduy u.a,thflnoy, with tullofidenceO, It it no les heas an aduty to thankfully acknowledge te avantg e have det lve rdfct re h e and alwa e ter described than it is y I namo. /e p therbly din te prmised " elt. a Da. " . i'dHURLOW WED. R.R.R. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF CURES THE WORST PAINS In fron One to 20 Minutes. NOT on 11os after reading this advertisement need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN. Badway's Ready Relief tu a Care fbi EVERY PAIN. It was the drs4 and is The Only Pain Remedy that Instantly stops the most excruciating F ats, L&as inlamatins and cures Couges. or oter gandsor orgas _ one application. IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES, no matter how violent or excruciating the paln, the RHEUMATrIC Bed-ridden, infirmi, Crippled, tter%oua, Neuralglo, or prostrated with diease oa afr, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF WILL AFFORD INSPATNT EASE. INFLAMMAM~O$ OF TR A UYNRYS F MMATii BLADDER, INFLAMHA'1I' O INFLAMMATIONO E T OII II LUNiN, BOHR'IIIROAT DLFFIv1ULx BRVSATING. O ALPITATIOi OF THE MJtART, HYSTERICS, CROUP. ATA ;INLUENZA, HAAH.TOOTHAA)IRR NEURA( A. RHEUMATISM. UOLD GKILL1% AUUlE UM"LI, bLILBLAINS and FROST-BITS. 'the application of the Ready Relief to the will afford ease and comfort. Thirty to sixty drops in halt a tumbler of water wilt is a few moments cure Cramps. Spasms P'our Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Head ache, dlarrhea Dysentery, Colio, Wind In the Bowels. and all'Internal Pains. Travelers shduld always carry a bottle or Radway's Ready Relief with thon, few drop in Water 1i prevent sickness or pains from change of water. It is better'than Muech Bran( y or Bitters as a stimulant. FEVER and AGuE. Fever and Ague cured for Fifty Cents. There is not a remed a ent in the world that will eure Fever and Ague, and all otier Malarlous, RADWA r'8 Y I . o6 . a bote Dr. Radway's rsiaritllau ResoliOlt, MHE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, FOR THE CURE OF ORONIC DISEASE. ICROFULA OR IYPHI*.TIO, HEREDITARY OR GONTAGIOUS, e it seated In the Lungs or Stomach, Skin or Bones Flesh or Nerves. eorruptn the scuds and vitiating the Auids. Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Glandula Swelliug. Racking Dry Cough, Cancerous Aulec tions Syphilitic Complaints, Bioeding of the Lungs Dysepa Wter Brash, Tic oloraux, White Ba ellinge tCumors,, Ulcers, Skin and u+p Diseasea, Female CompLaints, Gouw, Dropsy WaLl Rheum, Bronchitis, ConsumptIon. Liver Complaint, &c. exce all remedial agents In lb cr of Cronic, bu*itis"&heonly ositie'cure 0o Kidney & Bladder' Complaints, Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes Urine, brigi Disease, AbuaInurta and In all water is thik, coudy, wed wth subs ance silk, or there is a morbli d ar, bii ahter ance ad whit bne.duat depsi and wen passn water and pain in the small of the bact Sold by draggists. PRIOE ONE DOLLAR. OVARIAN TUMOR OF TEN4 YEARS' ~UI' CUED BY Dlit Dr. RADWAY & 00., 82 Warren 8treet, - JEW YORK. -DR RALDWAY'S Regulatinig Pills, Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet umre rgthn,Radw ad11 i for tho cure of all 'ioe* ofadhe Stomach J, Bwl,Kd a, Bl lo se, Fever Inamati of the iowes iles, and all deragen ent of tl in. eur Purely eetAbI continng no met. I Obsev the fowng syptos resut. (onstpation, Inward Pies Fllnes of the Nausea. Heartburn, Disus of Foot 8ul~~ Breathing, Plutterinrr at ine Heart Choking ow ~uf1lcatip Sensationsthe inalin polure Pain In Read, Deficiency orPerepiration, Yei Wn,ad udden lus es of Heal Burind the ystem from all of the abv amed disrd era. Price 56 cents per box. Sole by Druggista Read "False and True," Seda letter sap tor IDWAT a 00.. Ne Infornatn Orhthoulssadgyti be sent yen, . Bh JitANE N'OR A4ENT4 THE. -COM P LETE HQ19EI By Mrth JULIA NONAIR WRIGHT, the them @n upon *ohthe~ a r br . t adMde. na ovu ot sef ergao ane: horettorl os jwort san ito Asi i ESTAEJLJSUzSO 1848. MORGAN & HJEADLY, Imploters of Daods AND . Ianftnret' of8 $$ 618 RANSOM 5treet,tablIssiphes, ilutae ec t4 4