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A Plenl Experience. "What this country really wants," said Mr. Phipps to me, thou htfully, as he % 'locked his fingers over his knee, ''is a law making it a penitentiary offense to go to a , icuic. What is a picnic ?" inquired Mr. hipps, pursuing the subject further. '1 { ' 'will describe it over to you. In the first place, you want to get the thermometer up to 109 In the shade, and to keep it there steadily, with not enough wind blowing to make a leaf tremble. Then you get in the cars, and go out to some place ia few miles nearer to the equator than where you live; and when you alight from the train you discover that the picnic grounds is right on top of an adjacent hill. There is no vehicle within reach, and so start up the side of thjprecipice with a basketful of provisions ;h each arm, and a bottle of mixed les in your coat-tail pocket. There is indo upon the precipice, of course, 1111(1 Sush upward you become hotter until you feel convinced that 'y must havo crawled up to at egrees ; and meanwhile the bot 2d pickles gradually gets to s1 ton." ou do reach the top finally, and as tou are in the shade of the woods down exhausted, and grasp for a ? water. Somebody opens your askot. to get a cup, and then the lis ' made that the jar of raspberry .', overything, including your hair ud the clean shirt collar that you along to wear home in the after ethis nomnct some one ascertains rc is no water on top of the hill. Crest spring is a full half a mile ard, at the bottom of the precipice, vater has to be brought up in jr Lots are drawn to see who shall IL, and you are one of the victims. you get your first two buckets up e drenched with perspiration, and A pretty nearly ready to go into a for repairs.'' this criticle juncture one of the ladies declares that it would he so there could be a swing, and the male idiot of the party produces a om a bundle. Y"ou suppose, of course, ne intends to put. it up ; but upon in -e.". .,,dry you are alarmed that neither he nor any other of the men knows anylhingabout I climbing trees. As you, on the trip ip, have impudently boasted of your youthful feats in gathering chestnuts, there is n, vs cape for you, and so, taking sne end of the rope in your mouth, you embrace the trunk of the tree and begin. When you slip back two or three tines the ladies laugh, and the men' who don't know how to climb made amusing remarks about the disordered condition of your clothing.'' 'You reach the lower brinches, feeling that the next time you want to have somie real fun you will attend a heart rei(ring funeral service of some kind; and then the N 1w p were totally ignorant of tree cumb hig show, by the advice they give ou, that they know more about fixing *t ia' ng ropes than a man ought to heallowed tow in a free country. When the rope is adjusted, you grasp it and glide with such rapidity as to remove the 0om1 the palms of your hands. xt, the fattest young lady in the he girl who turns the scales at 11 asks if you will push her in the but, of course, you are far too in . t for that, so wan(ler off a piece utii you meet nuother girl who says you must dance with her, besides they have to have one more gentleman to make up the set. If you had your choice between los ing a leg by amputation and dancing a plain cotillion, you would prefer anptuta tion ; but there is no help for it, and so you jolin the p)arty." j"At half-past twelve lunch is ready, Syou answer the call with the feeling :it, is the only agreeable occuarrence of day. The cloth has been spreadl uponi \grass, and you observe that the ants - ~ave.gotten into the sugar, that some ener 06 elider lias spun a webm fromi thle pickle WI ~~ bottle to the leiminade p)itchier, and that a colony of straddle-buigs are frisking about over the coldi ham. 1 say nothing abiout - the hop-toad that lights in among the sand witches, or of the hiumble-bees that haunt 'I U the preserve-jar so flint you daren't put a i spoon within four feet of It. This kind of thing has to be, on a picnic, and we must i submit to it as a niatter of dIut.y." " After lunch, you think it wvoumld be I I nice to go down the lull and take a swim in the creck. You unidress, and really (1( have a iiico bath. Just as y'ou aire about to onmo out, the fat girl and the girl who vanted you to daince conic meandiierinig hong, andi they sit down within twenty e' et of your clothes, without perceiving 4heni. 'fhoy have conme for a little chat; adthey talk, and talk, and talk, as if they hiad made up their minds to have one final and counclusive conversat.ion, so as to leave nothing to be talkced about any more 1' forever and forever. Meanwhile the sun is coloring you so that you resemble a boiled obster, and although you clear your throat, nd splash, in the noisiest manner possibile, cy positively refuse to hear you. At t, however, they get up to go, just as the train." You jump out, and dress in furious for fear you will be left ; and* be V .you can get your shoes buttoned y'ou - liear the whistle. You ruin for It, and get ato the car, hot, wvet, andl iseirable, onily find that your lunchl basket has been ie expenses Is exactly fifteen (dollars." ''Nice pictture, isn't it?i Well, that's ur American picnic h That's exactly the A restaurant keeper in the Allegheny D)ia mend, Pa., like many others, has beeni in eted with flies. Patent gumn paper, pois8 everything known to fly exterminating ence has been trIed, but, still they come. (ay last was a good day to exp)ermnent. roomu, with closed doors aiid widowvs, perfect buzz of flies. A train of no gunipowdcr jwas laid in narrow ver the floor, andi the spaces between a we carefully painted wvith nmo erIn Incredibly short time all the .thet oo seemed to be oni the floor - oying the luxurious rep)ast so temptling -, .t before them. It wits but the work instant, a flash, ui cloud of smioke, the - was done, and the result, when care p ' ~weighed, was two poundi(s three ounces of fly carcasses. The proprietor of the restaurant is happy and is about to ap ply for a p;tent on the new process. - The Products of Indigestion. food is pduotive df serious and apeedv mis i ehief tothe entire bodily economy. The cIr culation languishes and grows poor; leanness, ~allor, and a loss of muscular and organic poOsupervene t but., worse than this, the fntosassociated with and depend nt upon dieto. suoh as evacuation and the socro bil, gow rreular, ? the orgr.6s S*8ebusiness it Is to dischaige. -o funo $ionh become badly disorderod. p ' disas tone s ate of things is more reat and ? bly rootified with Hostettor's ach toany known medicinal agent.'- 0 ~ bein inuiorated, the Iife-giv g ~'~.oples oft 1 lo r increased, the.. - properly nourlshed, leanness and debi f4na.unnd the bowels and liver thorough FARM AND GARDEN. STRAW-CUirulti OF PoTATrOEs.-We tade an experiment this year, trying to "kill two birds with one stone." The baby's nut grove was a mass of tough sod and grass. It was a big job to spade It all over and keep it clean. The young trees needed to have the grass subdued, anti we wanted to get rid of so utmuch manual labor, An old mow of straw had been a reftige for rats long enough, so putting this andI that together, we got an idea to plant potatOes oi the grass and cover them with the straw. The potatoes were cut into small pieces and (Iropped right in to the grass about a foot apart. The straw was carted out and spread all over the patch as near six iches deep as we cotld get. Int due time the pota toes cam1e pi) aniid rapidly spread out until the vinites covered the surface. IHero and there a tuft of grass would show itself early in the season, but that spot was easily hoed by placing .n it a small forkful of new straw. A lew thistles forced themselves up through the straw, and they were pulled up by the roots. This was all the cure the cro) had, except to sprinkle it twice with Paris-green. We had the nicest crop of potatoes lin the neighborhood. It was fun to rake otf the straw and uni cover the little bunches of potatoes all in a heap and as clean as If washed. The sod is all dead and the ground is as clean as if it had been Summer-fal lowed. We used mostly oat straw, but on a portion buckwheat straw was put. Tle potatoes cttte ill) equally well through both and yielded as well tun der one as the other. Wo shiull ralse another crop with straw-cult ure onl the same ground next year, but It will not require more than half the thickness of straw as tihe grass is all dead. Rye straw is the best, and can be evenly distributed. It will pack down moro readily thai oat, and need not be placed so thickly. We have several stubborn places around the grounds we shall treat with potatoes and straw. The quince orchard la very weedy and grassy, and this treatntint will eure both effectually. We shall surely try it, it Is the best purgative we know of. SUNF.owEas AND MAl.AIIA. - We have always advocated the ra:sitg of sunflowers, both oi account of the val ue of the seed for poultry and stock and(l for their old lashtutied gattybloom. 'I'lTe Prairie Partner has found a new use for this homely plant that is ratpiil ly passing out of cultivation. "The sunflower is not consideredi a delicate flower, yet it cannot be called lioeily -if looked at far enough oil. It is a curious plant also and evidently adap ted by nature for a particular purpose. It constantly turns its immiense flower head to the sun, and Its hairy leaves draw strongly of the moisture of the earth. It is undoubtddly a rreat ab sorber of malaria and purifler of the atmosphere; fully its much so, we think, area for area, as the much vatnted eu calyptus, and therefore worthy to be planted in all mialarious distrilcts. The seed is valuable as food for fowls in winter and also for the oil they yield. Thus it may prove i paying crop. We do not advise planting sunilowe's in tie flower garden or on the lawn; but. planted between stagminat tarshes and the house, its value Is not merely theo retical. Planted about, the house in districts subject to fever and ague-and all newly settled countries are more or less so-it may prevent the recurrence of this disease. At all events they can do no harm, and may do good, atid their bright, golden heads are not by anytneans hom elyobjects as seet against the landscatpe.' Cu'sr thnber In the summer' monthms, if' y'otm wishi It to last, is the emphatic ad vice of Tihomas Wood. hilckory cut in Jutne, .July or August will not b~ecome. worm-eaten. Cut in the witer months It wvill. This same fact was stated in 18-19, by Williamt Painter, of' Dehaware coiunty, Pa., in the Patent Oillee RIe por'ts, in the following language : "Duri lug an exper'ience of' for'ty years as a lahinI, praict ical faxrmecr, I have taken much interest in ascertaininug the best, season for felling timber, and I now state wit,h conitience that fencing tim ber, such ais all kInds of oak, chestnut, red hickory antd watlnuit, cut f'romt the middle of J1uly till the last of Autgust witll last miore tihan twilce as long as when cut in winter. Another great advatntage derived In felling timbher in the running of' sap (the timte above spe clIledl), Is thamit It is neither' subtject to dry tot, nuor to be injur'ed by worms. White-oak cut at this season, if' kept ofl' the gr'ound, will .season thriouigh if two feet in diamueter' and r'emnain perfectly sountd for many years. Whereas, if cut it winter or spring, it will become sap-rotten ini a few years.'' SMU'T IN WIH EA.--It, is sa(d fOt' a guard( against, sitnt In wheiat, soak the seedl over night In a strong br'ino of salt, t,ien dr'ain and roll it in p)laste i' be fore sowitng. Four ountces of suiphate of copper to one gallon of water for one bushel of seed makes an excellenft pick le for wheat. It gIves vigor- and st,reng h to the germ. It Is bet,ter' thant * alt wvhere no feat' of stut Is etntertalined The D)og-Damys. D)og-days is a termn for' which we arc in dhobted to the anitent, Thchats, wh'lo first cutlt.ivtted aist ronoiny in Egypt, anid (leteri mtined'( the length of the year by3 thme number of risings of thte dlog-stat', or Sirius. At the seaisotn of the year' wihen t his brilliat star rose with the sun their combined in fluence wats sulposedl to be pr'oductive of pestilent ial heat, and all mannet' of banctiful influences. I'Terefore thle Egyptians watched tIme conjunction of Siiius tand the suit withi mingled feelings of hope atnd feaur, for It foretold to themi the rising of the Nile, and wats ominous of fruitful crops or (devast atinug drouights. Tihieir dog-days ex tendhed fronm the 4th of August to the 14th o,f September. The rising of Sirius, hiowu ever, hats beeni so acceleratedh by the p)re cession of the equitnoxes (luring the pamssatge of mot'e thanui two thuousand yeatrs, thait thec corresponiding conditions for the ancient dog-dauys woutld iniclude them within the :3d of July and the I11th of Auguset. It will readily be seen that our nmodermn (log-days htave no cotnnection with the rising of Slrhus or anty other star, l;ccause no perm'na nont data catn be based utpont stat's whxose l)OsitiOnS arc alwamys changed by the lallingj back of the equinoetiml points. The dog days refer to a particular kind of weather', which marks about forty days, occurr'ing ai month after the stiunmer solstice, andl based ent,ircly on that epocht. They shmnply rc tain an ancietnt name, as in many other in stances, without rctaining Its signilflceance. It may seem strange that Birius, whlich is seen overhead in tmidwinter. should b~e ts sociated with the heat of summer ; butt it must be rememrbered that thIs star Is over: head In midsummer in the daytime, thtough, like the other stars, invisible on accounit of the sun. Equtitable Life Inusuiranee. As was to be oxpocoed, the Fquitable Life Assuranoo Society, of Now York, continues te grow in popularity and increase it. busine, inm consequenoo of its new and incoontesable forum of polloy. TiHE 1IOUbElIOL4D. WHAT F0o1D Cill.J)DntN NEEDs. Mothers should be fimiliar with the laws of growth. Some11 children are fat, and others are lea n. They may be, or may not be, hereditarily so. Lean nesssioes not mean poor health, nor does fat menu good health. The con dition of t'te lean does not usually 1m Ily bad teeding. The well are some times thiin of liesh and in want of strength. Still, nutritious food has a tuidency to proier'ly fattent. Oatmeal is often urged as fattening food. It fattens some clildren, butt by no means all. We should consider what each child needs. Sole may need milk. It is the best food for some, who can di gest it, and fit it for absorption. Milk was made expressly for the youngest members of society. It has the ele ments that contribute to infintgrowth. It has fat, sugar, caseln, and several salts dissolved in water, and so supplies the means of' forming bones, flesh, brain and every other tissue. bugar is more needed in the earliest days of in fancy thati at any lat4r period of life. Casein Is iu less abundance at the outset. If we wish to select a food pe culiary fitted for any given children, we must sonsider their iadividual wants. It is a science well worth the mother's study to know exactly what each child needs. She wishes to make her weakly child look plump and strong. '1'he health of youth depends very nuch upon the health and growth of ear ly childhood. )ucn .:ss: l'oTATOEs.--Ma: h one quart of hot boiled potatoes through a fine colander with the potato-tasher; mix with themt one ounce btter, one small teaspoonful of salt, half a sailt-spoonful of white pepper, a pinch of grated ntut meg, andi the yolks of two raw eggs; pour the potatoes out o'i a plate, and then form it withi a knife into small cakes two inches longy and one t1w.le; lay them on a buttered tiln, brush them over the top with an egg beater up with a teaspoonful of cold water, and color them golden brown in a moderate ovett. Cii1CKIEN Cn:1 Es1.-Boil twochickens in water enough to make thean tender take out when done, remove all the bones; mine the meat very 11ne; sea soni With salt, pepper and butter, and return them to the water in which they were boiled; cook until the liquid is nearly gone; porlr into ia deep dish; lay i plate over it, put on a weight, aund set away in a cool place. When ready to he caten, cut it in slices, and it will be as firm as cheese. 1;aaFA.rfr.ST Roi.i.s.-Mix halt an ounce of white sugar int two pounds of the tinest white tlour; make ia hole in the centre, and put in about two table spoonfuls fresh yeast, mixed with a little water; let it stand all night. In the morning add the yolks of two eggs, a piece of butter about the size of a walnut, and suleleent warm milk to make it of a right consistency ; divide into rolls, "about twelve or fourteen,) bake half an hour in a brick oven. Oaa. Sr.AiNs OTr of W1'atarr: Ui.o-rt. Make a strong s)uItioni of borax water -one tablespoonful powdered borax to a pint of boiling water ; place the cloth on at clean board or table, and rub the oil stains well, uaing a clean brush dipped Into the solut.ion ; if the spots are of long standing a very little soap may be used with the borax water, us ing the brush for that purpose, then rub dry with a clean soft cloth. INK FROM CARPETS.-To remove freshily-sp)illed Ink from carpets, lirst take upl as much as p)ossible of the Ink with a teaispooni. TIhen pour coldl swveetI miilk upon01 the spot, and1( take up as be-i fore, pouinihg on milk unitil at last it beconmes onily slightly tinged with black ; then wash with col waiter, andI absorb with a cloth without too miuchi rubbing. ConmN MwFFrINs.-Thiree eggs beaten light, 0110 p)int of buttermilk (ih very sour use less), one teacup ceam or mil1k, 0one small teasp)ooni sodam. Lard or butter the size of an egg. Meal enough to make thle batter the consist ency of pou1ndl cake. Bake In milln rings. ONION Soui'.-Cut into slices twelve onions; b)o11 them in three quarts of mil1k and( water, equally mixed; add a little veal ; season with brutter and| plepper; add a few welI-toasted slices' of white bread 1and( a handful of finely chopped p)arsley. MEAu'r LOAF.-Chiop fine whatever cold( meat you may have, faut and lean together, add pepper andl salt, one fluely-chopped onioni, two slices of bread wvhichi halve been soaked In milk amid one egg. Mix well together, and bake in form. Tis mlakes an admira $1e tea or breakfast (11sh. SNow SPONGEu CAKE.-One quart of flour a little heated ; one and( 01ne half cupjfuil sugar ; two teaspoonsful cream tartar, mixed wvith flour (no socia,) whites of ten'%ggs. This makes a very a very white amid beautiful cnke. F nilc CAI Es.-One teacup of cream, one egg. well beaten, piece of saleratus the size of a hickory-nut, teaspoonftil of salt, and flour enough to make them roll (out tin. Fry in hot lard until of a light brown. 8P'oNoM.:OINGEnnnEtl.AD'.-One cup1 sour milk, on1e ciup molaisses, half a cup of butter, two eggs, one anid a half tea spoonifuml soda1, one qualrt of flour; gim ger and spice to taste. WVAFFI.Es.-One p)int Of sweet hulk, four eggs, one large d1upfuml of cold rice or hominy, a little salt, flour to make a stIff batter, baking-powder Inl the pro p)ortIon of three teasp'oonfuls to a quiar't of flour. Po-'rroKs can be kep)t from rotting by (lusting them) with lim1e, usin1g abont onie bushel of lime to forty bush els of potatoes. GnEEN sage puit in a closet, wvill clear it of red ants. CuUnD oF L)INKIN.-" A young friend of mine was cured of an In sati able thirst' f'or liquor, whieh hiad so prostrated him that lhe wvas unable to (10 an.y business. IIe was entirely cured by the 1use of Ilop lIIitters. Jt allayed al1l that burning thirst; took away the appletite for liquor; made his nerves steady, and lie has remained a sober andl steady mani for more than twvo years, andl( has no desire to return to his etups; I know of a number of others that have been cured of drinlkigb it."-Fromu a leading R. R. O)fllia, Chicago, ills. IF your tongue is coated or If geu h-ive a bad breath, take a dose of Dr. 1Bull's Baltimore Pills. Ii'e 1 llAW Dy. that you may uso I. promp'1y lal auidden atl tacks of Cramps, Cholera Mor bus, biarhmma Colio, or any Bowel Affeetion, for whloi Dr. 1 ayne's Carmimnative Balsam Is a sure remedy. At this seatsoni of the year os-. pooan,y, evertamily will find itA auseful and'1 WIT AND HUMOR. Tiis following are some of the meanl in;gs attached to precious stones :-Dia mond, innocence; ruby, forgetfulness of and exemnptlon from the vexations caused by friendship and love sap phire, acceptance; amethyst, sincer est; garnet, consta ncy ; topaz, 1idelity; tur(qutoise, prosperity ; opal, hope; bloodstone, courage; agate, health and long life; cornellan, contented mind; sardonyx, conjugal felicity; chrysolito, antidote against, madness. Malchite is not a precious stone, but its color, green, 'Ignifies eope. Vic"rolt Hugo was talking about age, and coufessed, in a charming humor, that the most disagreeable advance to him was from thirty-nine to forty. "Oh, that terrible forty 1" lie said, "But," remarked some one, "I abould think it a great deal better to be forty than fifty." "Not at all," replied lingo, "forty years is the old age of youth, while fifty years is the youth of Dld age." Ax English showman's version of the story of King Darius, Daniel and the lions was as follows: "'At him,' 3ays the king. 'We won't says the lions. 'At him again,' says the king. 'Blowed If we will,' says the lions which was a sell for the great King Darius, and very vexatious." PT is very extraordinary, but it Is nevertheless quite true, that it was the lirst pair that ate the first apple. Why, imd this, now, is really a first-class Al conundrum: Why are Cashmuere shawls like deaf people?-Don't you see, be cause you car't make them hlere. Uet out yourself 1 Bio stories are booming in about the man who eats between three hundred and four hundred clams at the clamt bake. Oil City has a man who cats over three or four barrels at one time, mid never moves a button. lie leans over them while lie eats out of the farthest barrel. A w ELI.-KNOwN lininter repndiates the received theory that there is music inl heaven. ie declares that his choir has given him so intch trouble on earth that the idea of music in the world to come is wholly repugnant to his ideas of eternal peace and rest. ''ut", man who bored the first oil well is still alive and residing at Bethlen, Penn. The man who bored the lirst editor went to his grave years ago, "'linwept, 11llhonlored, andl( llnbunlg." '1'il man who could not lind wvords enough to express his gratitude will be pleased to hear that the new edition of Webster's Dictionary, just published, contains five thousand new words. 'I'n wOman whO iuit her tongue to a hot flat iron to see if it was hot, now sits camly and sees her husband pull oil'his dirty boots on the parlor carpet, without a word of dissent. AN exchange thinks the time will certainly comie when men will go fly ing through the air. And so do we. It will come when three or four men handle a keg of nitro-glycerine as a baggage smasher handles a trunk. AN old mIser, who was notorious for self-denial, was one day asked why he was so thin. "I do not know," said the miser; "I have tried various means for getting fatter but without success." "ilave you ever trIed victua~l.s?'' In qiried his frienid. SuE wantitedl the alppropriatloon bills passed withl a proviso that he, she and the children were all to go to Saratoga; but lhe vetoedl It and they wvent to the country with their i ssues. A Max who Isn't seia-slek oin a pro peller in.,a heavy sea cotld stand being b arreledl iup and rolled up and dlowr, iill all day on the Fourth of July, to please people0 from the country. 31isa Sallie Root, of Reading, refused all food for over two weceks. She wantedl to be put under the ground whicoh is the natural place for roots. IT is folly to pa~y forty cents for at sheet of music wvhen you can go to church and1( get it by the chloir for nothing. Mosvr of the ministers arie at the watering laices, andi the sinners, as a rule are also there wa tching them. 'THtE weakest spot 011 earth Is a man's stomach after he has eaten twvo-thirds of a gay anid festive waterimehoi. IT Is the quality of tihe music81 that makes It necessary to chain thle mon01 key to the hand organ. "I IKE to make sponge cake," she said, innocently; "it makes my hands so clean." To a dlead hog--Such) is the aspect of this boar ; 'tis grease, but livinlg grease nio more. WICKED FoRt CLEROYMN-"I believe It to be all wrong and even wIcked for clergymen or other public men to be led into giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious artiele Is made of valuable romedies known to all, that physicians use and trust in daily, we should freely commend it. I thuerefore cheerfully and heartily coin mend Hop Bitters for the good they have done inc and my friends, firmiy believIng they have no equal for family use. I will nlot be without theim." Rev. -, Washington, D. C. A N ounce of preventIlon is better than a pound of cure. A dose of Dr, Bull's Baby Syrup wvill assist your Baby in teethIng, andl prevent it from being attacked by Cholera Infantum, (Colic or other diseases with which Bables suKfler. THEREoiu is no0th ing in 11OderCn discOvery 50 wonderftul and meritorious, as that groat labor-savor, D.bblns' Electric Soap, (made by Uriagln & Co., Phila delphia.) It tells Its owvi) story on the first trial. Ask your grocer for It. 1.-'Rt am n l)'oundits in TIiweo Weeok . Allan's Anti-Fat Is a genluine medi(1 c1in0, and( will redhuce corpuilney fr'om two to live pounds per week. Purely vegetable and perfectly harmless, act, ing enitirely on the food in the stomoech, p)reventing the formation of fat. It hs also a positive remedy for and dyspep sin anidrhioumatisnm. BIOST ON, Mass., Feb. 11th, 1878 BOTANic M EDIOINE Co., Buffalo, N. Y.: Gentlemen-The lady alluded to lost Seven) pounIds in three weeksa, by tile u~e of Allan's Anti-F'at. Yours trulty, 8aMit, DOOLITTLW A BMiITi, WhQleale Pruggluta. A Joyful Announoomon4 So suffering munons ts the glad tidings that at last a certain euro for piles has boon discov. erod. 800 000 persons who havo used Dr. Bilebeo'e Anakosis, protwounco it infallible. Doctors of all modioal schools proscribe it in practice ; empirics and nostrum venders coun terfeit and Imitato it, and all, without oxcop tion, admit that it is entitled to the name of "Modical Miracle." Nothing in medicino is more simplo, rational, prompt and cortain. - It is not an accidental blunder of inexperience, but tho scientiflo solution of a most difficult problem, by an accomplished physician of 40 yoars' practice and study. Anakesis is a happy combination of a soothing poultice, supporting instrument and curative medicine. It alloviates at once the most excruciating pain; it holds up the raw. sensitive tumors, and by firm, continued pressure and modica tion applied to the swollen veins is able to ouro the most inveterate cases of blind or bledinug piles. The inventor of "Anakosis" may well bo regarded as a public benefactor, and sufferors from this terrible disease will thank us for calling attention to a dlscovory so worthy. It is not loss singular that in the circular concerning Anakesis, full directions ate given for PnavRNTINO PILis, a fact never before observed in any medicine the propri etors wished to sell. "Anakesis" is sold by druggists everywhere. 8ont free on receipt of price, $1.00 per box; samples grais by 1. Noustaodtor & Co., I)ox 3910 Now York, solo Manufacturers of "Anakesis." The First Use of the Tomato. Of the introduction of the tomato into the United States a correspondent gives the following account: Captain Phineas Eld ridge was a resident of Philadelphia in 17)3. During the San )omingo wars be tween the negroes and whites ninny of the latter lied to the United States, and the more careful and enterprising brought fruit and seeds peculiar to that island with them. A Frenchman named Nicalo, with his family, became a resident of Philadelphia in 1798, and occupied a lot next to Capt. Eldridge. Nicalo and family brought a variety of seed with them, which they sowed and cultivated, among which was the to mato. Capt. Eldridge and family became acquainted with the fruit and its uses by their intimacy with the Nicalo family. They dressed and used it as a salad, aud were fond of it. Other neighbors procured the seed; but cultivated it merely as an or nament, many being under the impression that it was poisonous. The tomato was used as an article of food in New Orleans in 1812. They were not, however, sold in the markets, even in Philadelphia, until 1821). The French refugees from San Domingo in troduced many new and excellent :lants and vegetables and cultivated them in the gardens of Maryland, Delaware and other places near the shores of the Chesapeake bay. If Troubled with Constipation, take Hoof land's German Bilters. IF You are Dyspeptic fooflanid' German Betters will cure you. IF Your Liver is Disordered 1roo/hznd's Ger man Bitters will set it aright. A Sed That I'uritos Water. In India, where it is often quite impos sible to obtain good water, there is a kind of provision of Providence for the purify ing of impure and niuddy water, which is well worthy of notice Were it in Ameri ca, it might be called an ''institution," so common is its use. It is a seed, which on being rubbed again and again on the anside of the common earthern water-pots of the country, has the power of precipitating the earth and its impurities, leaving the water tolerably clear, and to a degrece suitable for use. During our itinerancy of two weeks we have had occasion to use the very repulsive looking tank-water of the country thus purified. At only one of our encampments have we had wvell-water, and then the na tives much p)referred the common suirface: or tank water to this. Habit, usage and custom are almost omnipitent in India, and many years must pas before Hindoos will learni that the seed does not remove the poisOnOus taint that pIrodluces fever and cholera, and does nothing to destroy anii mnal life that brings the very common and troub)legome Guinea wvorm, so often making life almost or quite a burden. It is a source of satisfaction to us that this p)uritledl water is rendered harmless by b)oilinig, andl there is of course, a much more urgent reason for the use of "the cup' that chiee:s but (does not inebriate," than can be found wvhere one has access to "the old1 oaken bucket" of former times and happy memory. IFou PnIr LES on the Face, use !Iicskell's Tet er Otme,nt.n IF You Would Enjoy Good Health Take [foolland's Gecrman~ Billers. IHieskelWs Tetler Omatmeni Will cure every orm of Totter. Oakland Female Institute, NORRISTOWN, PA. BER ,la oIR iLL CMiNoE SEP'TEM J. GRIHR RA LSTON, Principal. 36TH YEAR OF TREEMOUN aSEMINARY NorristonP. Patonied y eopo d'ai ig their eons thoroughly or0ruprereddror College or business. JOHN W. L0OCH. Ph. D., Principal. TEAS-Chito the world--Importers prics-Lar eat Con,pany inerlea whoeeb lndu ementsgn'twaste time- sendfo circular. flea'r War.Ls, 43 Vesoy st., N.Y. P. 0. Box 1287. JUST PUBLISHED, Til OWlE OF W(ORlIP, FOR CHOIRS, FOR CONVENTIONS, FOR SINGING SCHOOLS. Prence Q1.00. @9.00 per dozea. THE VOICE 01 WORSHIIP,by L. 0. KEsuasow, lection and arrangement. The.First Hundred Pages include the SINGT Nd S0HOo, COU RSE, in which areaoun anyj monetarmoniana songs or aloes for The Second Hundred Pages are filled ith th bes o ym Tun es, Sentences, The Third Hundred Pages contain a capital set of A N LI tiltS1. Specimen copies mailed post-free for 61.00. EMERSON'S VO0ALa METHOD, (just eut) ha pt ovemonts wit ch are sensibl and useful.h rleas examine. Price #1.60. Oliver Dltson & Co, Boston. 3a. DP0o8 * (1o., 90Chestnut at.. PhNa. EXODUS markets and enth bes term, along ?'he 1ine of iy 3,000,000 A CR ES Maialsr in the Famous RED RIVER VAL.LEY OPYHE NORTH. On long time, low prics and easy payments, Psmphlct witha fuil Informaton mailed freed Apply h6 D. A. MoKINLAYs Land Comn'r. KI. P. . a M. 11'. Mt. Vasa, Rin. WEllU SEREj,j When Trade is Dull, Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO ADVERTISE. fl- See PETTENUILL WHEN TO ADVERTISE. 14- Seo PETTENUILLL. WHERE TO ADVERTISE. EP See PE''ENLILL. WHO M T') ADVERTISE THIOUII. E1 See PETTENUILL. GO TO 87 PARK RO W,NEW YORK, and si- See PETENGILL. GENTS, SFN OdTA FOR rI PINE e Uef-Mearm.nt, to S, Philadelphia, Pa. Gun t r . O N -banrr e wo a" sah. Srd b / es mt n nDtr a l W1tErOi R A tU R gun de D L U . t65 72 M e St P la, ae. J( ~ ~ DO 11v HO BITTURERS. h 91 (a:Meds. onot Tatrnk=L,) a hO8CHU MANRAE Itupertue' celebrated Single Breeoh-loading Shnt Gun at S18 up.. A)oublo"barroT Brooh 1ralor. at S2t u. lisle and Breecb-loading Gun., RiB.l and Distole of moat approved hngeith and Amoer.can dnakes. All kind or sporting, implements and art i e required b s partsman and=panymakoe. OOC'mip ?ihWhtF.O1.i00I INO GOUL.GN a~ up-tbu beat guns yst madefor the prie. Price on application. JOS, C. GRUBB & CO.. 712 Market St., Philada., 'Pa. HOp BITTERS. (A C ed nicine, not safrindkb t CONTAIS HOPS, BVCIIfo , MANDRAKdE DANDELION, m suWr A. Bier MaoL" QRL,N TO ALL VER BIUS. Disease. of the Stomach, Bowes.lood, Lte dns, and Urinary Organs, Nerousanes,nee hese and especially Female Complaints. 6i. 1000 IN GOLD. l be paid oto a case theywill not curs o help, o or anything impure or Injurious found In them. Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and try tb tre you tleep. Takd. no other. or Cos Ca is the sweeten, "feet and best ahe HOP PM for Stomach, Live and Kidne superior to all others. Ask Druggis. O. Y. 0. is a absolute and Imuistible cure for' * paw , us of opium, tobacco and narcotics ., P Wend for circular. 701 obaq t.. Hop Etr. et ,o. iladeta, N.Y TO ADVERTISERS. $10 We will furnish on application, estinmatesfor Advertiss; in . ho beat and largest circulated Newspapers isn the Unsited States and Canadian. Our facilities are usurpassed. We make our Cusatomers' interests our own, and study to please and *siak their Ad vertisin profitable to themn, as thou. VAl dres s . . PETTENGILL & 00., 87 ar RKRW Nw York, r,701 CHSTNUT Stt Phdlha. GOODADVSIERT1848. CHEA &HALY 010 CASO whthre, Philalhi a. 6 Ilstae Prilce fListpset an tetad motocpgonoppicsato netie oTi semennswerone inhse, etie; andbe nes twdo ertieso th lines foura time Sadreto.Adesnas &C asal i 9O 70 COstnut St.Piadlia Advertsing o fi l n wsa rs ina BLACLIESPUMPS SANDDPP 018 SARS T Street Pdhia. -onapliatioan. coerefavol uoateAderierae h tlin the Honorable Thlr1ow Week [NDORSING DR. RADWAY'S R. R, REMEDIti.A ArTJI VsDNe TUSK sos ="a&" DIzW. Nuw Tons, Jan. 4, 1871. DAMa sn.-lavin for several years used youi medicines. doubtingly at Uirst but after experi. oinm their enloay, with ftl conidence, it Is no lesS a pleasure than a duty to thankfully acknowledge the advtage we have derived from them. The Mils are resorted to as ofteni as occasion re qires, and always with the do Sired effect. T he Ready Belief cannot be bet. ter described than it isd y its name. We apply the linimont frequenty and freely, almost i" frlablly fidn h rmie Rle. Da D y. eJIURLOW WEED. R. R.R. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF CURES THE WORST PAINS' In ifron One to 20 Minutes. NOT ONE n1OR after reading this advertisement need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN. Radway's Ready Relief ts a oure fto EVERY PAIN. It was the first and is The Only Pain Remedy ohat instantly stops the most excruciating ns, all rnfammations and cures Conges. Ulons, whether of the Lungs, Stdmach, Bowels, or other glands or organs, by one application. IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES, no matter how violent or exoruciating the pain, the RIIEUMATIO, Bed-ridden. Infirm, Orippled, Nerv-eus, Neuralgic, or prostxatbd with dlseas e ay suffer, RADlWAY'S READY RELIEF WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE. INFLAMMATION OF THE R IDNEYS INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER, INFLAMMATION OF TIlE BOWELS CONOESrION~ by Till LUNQS~ BORE THROAT DIFFICUI'I BRATHING. 1PALPITATLON~ OF T11I HEARTP, HYSTERICS, OROUP, DIPIOTDE RIA OATARRI, INI'LUENZA, HEADACHE, TOOTHACJEc NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, COLD OHILLS, AGURViHILL S, CHILBLAINS andFROST-BITIS. The application of tehe Ready Relief to the part or parts where the pain or difficulty exis'x will afford ease and comfort, Thirty to sixty drops in half a tumbler of water will In a few moments cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, IIear'tburn, ick Head acihe, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind In the Bowels, and all internal Pains. Travelers should always oarry a bottle of Radway's Ready Relief with them. A few drops in Water will prevent sickness or pains from change of water. It is bottorthan Freuok Brandy or Bitters an a stimulant. FEVER and AGlE. Fever and Ague cured for Fifty Cents. There Is not a remedial agent in the world that will ctre Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious, Bilio'is, Scarlet. Typholda Ye low and other Fovet s (aIded byfladway ;Il)50qlka RADWAY'S READY RELIEF. Pl eta, a bot Dr. Radway's 1rllullil RosolYoll, fIE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, FOR TIE CURE OFOHRONIC DISEASE, BCROFULA OR IYPHIhITIO, HEREDITARY OE VONTA GIOUS, os it seated in the Lungs or Stomach, Skin of Bones Flesh or Nerves. corrupting the sofids and vitiating the fluids, Ohronio Rheumatism, SOrofula, Glandular Swelling. Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Alfeo tions Byphilitic Complaints, Bleeding of the Lungs, D5pia. Waler Brash, Tie Doloraur, WhiteBwel n'i(rorr Ulcers, Skla and Hip Diseases, Female Compl1aits, Gout, Droptsy 9sli iRheum, Bronchitis, Consumption. Liver Complaint, &c. exce al remedial agents in thueof Chrnin, Sofuls Contittonal an kin Diseases,. Kidney & Bladder Complaints, Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes Urine rights Disease Aluaninuria and inal eases ethere ar ouy,rio dust.eposits,or the like the white of an egg, or threads like white silk or thee Is a morbid, dark, bliou appear ther is a prickng, urning snation who and along the loins, Sold by druggists, PRIOR ONE DOLLAR, OWARxAN TUMR 01TNYARS AGROWTH CUlED BY DR Dr, EADWAY & 00,82 Warren Street, NEW YORE. DR RAD WAY'S Regulating Pills, Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweel gmpurge,R reua uriuty, thcleanset disorders of the Stomach, Liver, BowbIs Rid neys Bladder1 Nervous Diseases, Headache, saa BiIliousness, Fever, 'nmmat onoth Bowels, Piles, and all derangements of the in ternal viscera. Warranted to effect a positive cue Purely Veetbe, contaning no mep. ing fom disorders of th Digestive Orgas Constipation. Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood in the Tflead, Aeldity of the 8tomac4, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust of Food Fullness or Weight in the Stomaca, Solir-Eructions, Sink. ings or Flutterings in the Pit of the Stomach Swimming of the IHead, Hurried and Difticuli Breat,hing Fluttering at the Hear, Choking or Bufficat, g Setisations when In a lyng posture. Dots or Wbs before the Sight, Fer and unl Pain in Head, Defliaing~y.Of Perspilration, Yel lowness of Skin and Eyes, Pain in the" Side Libs ad sudden Flushes of Real. Burning Ia A few doses of RADWAY'S PILLS will free the system from all of the above named disord' er.- Prie se cents per box. Sold by-Druggiuta Read " False 'and True," na"leter stamp,to DWAY ac,N Informnat*o01drth thousands Will besont oi, a. C. a. LAmR'5 (ANgIER CURE.-This extrt. eatrda by virtue o i tts Wnuorn i t socess an d it Skt rto,1ringtil raien to u ah.Ec lao,ero, and~~c Mannu auturors, Chatihamn Vhf A RARE IenANEis NOn AOmNTu. THE COMPLETE HOME I By Mr., JULIA MoNAIR WIGHT. is hre tees otn upn whiob e the orb.g toersh 6nt o. yas of Phlae , Pa, an od8g jmsaenarise OletsA n aso ~et foeb oelt hy sujet n et $ Br . PE TFGjLL nu ,A40orapsfl ,