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The Mosquito-An Unsfoentific Study, X ow comes the mosquito. Not that the mosquito confine { his visits to the late sum nier and autun by any means, for, like the poor, we have hini always with us, or nearly always ; but it is about this time that he begins to take himself seriously, to insist upon himself, to labor and to prey, but not to wait by any means. There are some curious and interesting points about the mosquito, and now that we must give him sonic measure of attention whether we wish to do so -.r not, it is well to get some entertainment. eut of him. lie gets a good deal out A us. 'I'here are a good inany kinds of him for one thing-genera or species, as the reader may please-sonae of them active by day others by night,and sonic-as anybody may discover for himself, though the scientific books neglect to mention the fact-ready, like the lower olass of restaurants, for "meals at all hours of the day or night." - The most curious thing about a mosquito is that lhe is found in some places, and not In others where the conditions are appar ently precisely the same. There are places where mosquitoes swarm, while in others near at hand and similarly situated not a mosquito ever presents a bill. The reason for this nobody knows. Another thing about the mosquito that nobody knows is how he buzzes. That is his secret, and as yet he has not revealed it to anybody. - Entomologists have question ed him on this point to no purpose. 'T'hey have dissected him, sbparated each of his muscles from its fvllows ; they have stud ied him sitting still, flying and walking, they have observed himi in the act of blood letting ; they have counted tl.p vibrations of his wings, and learned that s stroke is lif ty to the second ; but they have never dis covered how or why hQ buzzes. They have many pretty theories on the subject, but have agreed among themselves upon no set tied doctrine. The mosquito is a graceful fellow in all he does, and if he would sleep of nights would not be an unpleasant companion, but for his bite. We should say her bite for it is only the female that bites, a fact fm which every reader will argue that miosqui toes must be polygunists, with many thou sands of wives apiece, for one very rarely finds the mosquibe that does not bite. 11o is rarer than the man who does not smoke or the woman whose shoes are avowedly too small by half a size. Why does the mosquito bite ? That is another secret. It is pretty certain that she has no occasion to do so. Vegetable juices and sweets are her natural food, and it is now doubted whether or not she really needs any food at all. To test this ques tion a Tennessee entomologist believing that arrangements for sealing the state debt were in a satisfactory state of advancement devoted his spare tine a few years ago to the making of experiments. lie iaprisoi ud several mosquitoes under bell glasses and kept them there without food during the whole term of their natural lives, and lie testifies that they remained healthy, active and vigorous, without pefceptibly losing 1lesh, until the advent of cold weather put an end to then and the experiment at once. ''heir blood-thirst, therefore, seems to he purely nalicious, anrd not at all a part of their struggle for existence. An ingenious apologist for the mosquito attempted a few years ago to set up a de fense for her, which. if it had been true, would not only have excused her, but would have justified her also, in the use of her laneets. lie declared that ,irs. 1os quito is a female practitioner ; that she lives in mnalarious regions and punctures skins there, partly to drive men away from pestilentini spots and part,ly to counteract tiro poison of the atnmospere by the admino istrationi of an antidhote ; in a word this apologist 1he1( that 31rs. Mosquito bites not - fr the p)urpose of sucking blood but to ad mninister minuite (hoses of quinine by sub cutaneous injection. If this fact could be p)rovedl, we should have in the mosquito the nost electic of phiysicians--one whlo uses thei old school hancet, but gives homteopathic doses. llow the mosquito bites is much better known than why she bites. She carri'es six little lancets inside her proboscis, and with these she punctures the skin, miaking a hole so small that the blood cannot, flow through it except under pressure, and through this hole she draws what she wants by a sort of special suction-p)ump) stomach which is (dis tinct from her stomach piroper. Thle intlami nation and irritation which follow thme bite mare due not so nmuch to the p)uucturing of the skin as to the acrid saliva which lows into the wound. This irritation is sonme times so great as to produce fever, a fact - from which It appears that, if the mnosquito is really a physician, she adhieres to the hiomeop)athic dloctrine that like cures like, a doctrine which has never been folhowedl out to Its logical end mn cases where men, hay lng broken their heads by falling down ia liit of Blairs, need to be thrown down a liight by way of repairing the injury. Per hiaps this is a nisimnterpretation of the doc t,rine, andl at any rate has nothing to (10 with miosquitocs, whose heads cannot, be broken in any such way. Th'le usual remledy for mosquitoes Is to slap one's self violciitly. It (does not hurt thme mosquito, but it braces the sufferer up and teaches him to end(ure pain. Wasn't to be Taken In. There was a strapping big young fellow from the interior at the foot of Woodwardh avenue to see the shipping. 8everal boot blacks had tackled hn for a job in vain, andl they finally got together behind some bunches of shingles, and wecnt Into Comn mnittec f f the Whole to concoct a scheme for revenge. As a result anm Innocent-looks lng shiner sidled up to the stranger ant "See here, Johnnle, I've made a bet with the boys." "Wall, I don't keer," was the cold hearted answer. "I've madoe a bet that I can shine one o' thiem shoes o' your'ni In less'n thani foujr mln its," contmedl the boy. "Tlhe bet Is a qluarter, and I know you'll giln me a chance to wvin It. JIst stick out ycr foot, here, and the job won't cost ye a'cent." Th'ie str<mnger slowlhy consented, and held Is watch to tIme the work. The lad worked fast, andi had a good polish on the shoe in about threce minutes. When through lie rose up, packed away lihi rushies, and1( thme stranger found himself in just the fix tIme boys hiad planned. They exp)ected an offer to complete time job, but it did not come. After a moment dlevotedl to thought I; the young man descended to the Ilarbo MIaster's boat, rechuilng out his leg for the wAter, and "souse" wemnt the shIny shoe be low the surface. "I reckon," saId time stranger as lie pull ed in his leg and let half a gallon of wat,er .run out his sho,-"I reckon you boys thInk you're smart, but none of our family ever muIstook saleratus for salsedy, and I did(n't comje to town to have my haIr cut with a buzz-saw ?" Sour (irapes. The EquItable Life Assurance Sooiety, o New York, continues to increase its buiness In consequence of its new f orifi of Ineontest aple polleoy, in sptte of the oritjosms of envi o m rivals who adhere to castiron technfcal IQormS of oon'ract. AGRIOULTURE. SABLE SHEEP.--There is no profit in black wool and it brings live cents per pound less In the market than white. nome years since, when every rural household contained a sninning-wheel and loom, upon which the matron spun out the material with which the family was clothed, black wool was in demand and filled-an important niche in the domestic economy. Now the great fac tories monopolize that bu.'lness, and are able to furnish the people with yarn and cloth better and cheaper than It can be made at homie. To- day there proba bly is not a yard of cloth manufactured domestically where there were a thou sand fifty years ago. The factery pre fers white wool, which can be dyed to suit their purposes, while it has been found more difficult to control the ir regular shading of the black. The preventive agaiust black wool is easy. There is no black blood In sheep, white or black; no pignentum in the skin of sheep, as In the races, only diflerence in the outgrowth or wool. A white ewe will more frequently produce a black lamb than a black ewe, and a black owe will more frequently have a white lamb thani a black. Were there black and white blood In the sheep the reverse of this would be true. White ewes unmixed with black will always have white lambs. 1'ut only one black sheep with the white flock and there will be many black lambs; mix the black ewes with the white and they will have a majority of white lambs. The inevitable conolusion is that the marking of the lamb does not arise from any distinctive characteristic in the blood, but from the IInpressiols made upon the mind of the mother. She looked upon the black innovator with wonder and stamped the character of her lamb; the black owe took in the beauties of her white companions aid fixed the destiny of hers. Not long since, Mr. T. 8. Tinsley, of Missouri, writing to The liural Vorld, inquired as to what could be the cause of his hay ing livo black lambs in a flock of forty head, which had been bred ton Cotswold and "had no black rais there." He mentioned incidentally hat'"there was at black stray wether tnat took up with his flock.' This accounts for the "milk in the cocoanut'' and is an illustration of th fact set forth above. Missouri is the home and birthplace of the black sheep. -Some time since we bought800 sheep ther'-, in lots of from 5 to 100, and when we got through we had 240 black ones. li purchases made of those natives you have to take black ones, grandmnot.hers, grandfathers and the flock through. Over-loaded . with black, desperate mcasures were In or der. 'lhcy were put on st,rong diet, and as they were ready, a load was shipped to Chicago.- "A car-lo-td of black mutton I"-the first and only ar rival of the kind ever in that market. So rare was it that it was a matter of comment in the local papers. Four and one-half cenls per pound sufliced us, and they took them In. ''he black sheep Is a healthy, hardy animal, but the wool being depreciated in the mar ket, they should be avoided, and when on hand, committed to the shambles. PRo-Ec 'rim 1lousus FROM TIlr FI.iEs.-A cotton sheet will be found a great protection to the horses working in the harvest field. It screens then from the heat, from tiles, and from dust, and the labor of cleaning them is los ,ened. As mentioned It will be found desirable, when horses are washed, to use a oft sponge and water in which soml e carbolic soap has been dissolved. This cools the skin, assists perspiration, remuoves the strong ptungenut 01mell, greatly refreshes the anlmals, and drives away 1lies. Where there is a river near by, a bath in the evening wvill be agreca ,le and safre, If the horses are kept 111 the water onily two or three ii mites, are driven homie at once and ruibbed dry. A scraper for the horses many tbe mamde of a piece of tIle scythe, with tile edge dulled on the stone; with this the sweat or imoisture, after wash lng, maly be easily remnoved. THEmm. cow that is lesiby gives milk that ia richer in but.mr thani the cow that Is 1)oor and tin. One that has reached her full maturity givos better milk than she (lid before she reached Lfna' age; a cow that is gaining flesh Llay by day gives richer milk than a uow that is losing gradual ly. The con lition of' the p)astures hlave also much bo to with the quality of the productioni. Regular feedhig, 11 not generous, Is better tihan food given in1 excess for a f'ew edays, and r.heni stinted, er food sgiven lentIfully, bult at Irregular p)er Lods. Animals do not thrive uinless perfectly contented, and never permit ted t.o get h ungry. The samelhours for feeding shion1(1 be kept regularly throughout the whole seaseon. WH HN cattle chew leaithier, wood, and oldi bones It indicates at lack of phios phiate of linme in their food, wvhichi is re qjufred to suppily bone material. A teasp)oonfuml of' bone meal given daily with their grainl will correct the habit and supply the deficionley which in duces it. rhantoms of the Stagel. Threec nights before the death of Georgc Frederick Cooke lie was playing Richardl ilI., and in the scene where the coflin of the dcadi king is brought on, the actor stairt led with a fright so Intense that the audi ence rose perfectly thriled 'my the look andI mannier. le decdlared th it lie read plainly inscribged on the wvalnuit plall his own name. Macready was so morbidly afraid of a toadl that he almost fainted at seeng a cari cature of two frogs doing the fencing scene in llamlet. Lucille Western hlad a vision of hecr sis ter's (lentil,whichi she recounted graphically before the (lentil occurred and-all the par tiulars were afterward verified. One of the most famous mlanagers of thme present time is extremely superstitionis, and gets inl a nervous state for weeks before he brings out a new p)lay. On one occasion lhe saw a coflin in the flats, caused by the b)ad work of the scenic artist in letting the moonlight shine through the trees in the shape of a coflln ; on anothier occasion the fail of the old horseshoe thlat was nailed over the stage door gave hini an ominous fright for a week. ThIe elder Blooth and many ether great actors believed in those airy forerunners that come1 in from ouIt the vague and boundless d1reamland. 'lime 'roducts or i Ige.msonc. Inqhi' ty of the stomach to act upan the ood Is productive of serious and speedc mis hief to the entire bodily economy. The dir -aat on languiisheos and grows poor; leannes,-, ailor, and a loss of muscular and organic power sulperveno ; hut, worse than this. thme runotlons eociated with and depend nt upon iuestion such as evacuation and the seore tion of bile, grow ir'regulasr, amnd the organs whose business it is to disoharge those fuse. tlonsm become badly disordered. Tbis disas l'ous s ate of things Is more radily and thiorough:y rectiied withl Hostetter's Stomach Bitters than any known mediol a out. The stommach being ini orated, tD lie-gving pnopeoftle blood are lnereased, t . te rprynourIshed, leanness and de it corcomne, atid the bowelg and diertthoroog,I lad prmtl egulted DOMESTIC. CAIC.-Before commencing to make cake, be sure that you have all the in gredients in the house, and all the im plements at hand, such as trays, bowls, large dishes, large, strong iron spoon, egg-beaters, etc. Use none but the best family flour in making cake. It is a good plan to sift it before weighing or measuring It, and to let it air and sun several hours before using it; as this makes It much lighter. It is a great mistake to set aside rancid or In different butter for cake making. The butter used for the purpose should be good and fresh. Always use granu lated sugar or else powdered loaf or cut 'sugar, las pulverized sigar Is apt to have plaster of Paris or other foreign elements In it, Never use brown or ever clarified sugar In cake making, unless It be for gingerbread. Do not attempt to make cake without fresh eggs. Cream of tartar, soda and yeast powders are poor substitutes for these. A fresh egg placed in wvater will sink to the bottom. In breaking eggs, do not break them over the vessel in which they are to be beaten. Break ttetu one by one over a saucer, so that, if you come across a defective one, you will not spoil the rest by mixing it with then; whereas, if it is a good one, It will be easy to pour the white from the saucer linto the bowl with the rest of the whites, and to add the yolk which you retain In the egg shell to the other yolks. ENoLrsu GINEn BEEii.-'l'wo and a quarter pounds of loaf sugar, one ounce of cream of tartar, one and a half ounces ot ginger-root, two tablespoon fulls of fresh brewers' yeast, two lem ons, and about three gallons of water; bruise the ginger, put it into a large earthenware pan with the sugar and creani of tartar; peel the lemons, squeeze out the juice, strain it, and add, with the peel, to the other ing're dients; then pour over them three gal lons of boiling water. When It has stood until it is otrly just warm, add the yeast, stir the contents of the pan, cover with a cloth, and let It renain near the lire for 12 hours. ''hlent skim ofl the yeast and pour the liquor oil into another vessel, taking care not to shake it, so as to leave the sediment; bottle it immediately, cork it tightly; in three or four days it will be fit for une. BAKED INDIAN PUDDIN.--Pour enough boiling water on two cups of meal to wet it thoroughly ; then acid one-half cup of butter, well beaten with one cup of sugar, til like a cream; two well beaten eggs, a tittle salt, two cups of milk; two tablespoonfuls imo lasses, nutmeg and cininmon to suit the taste; one tea-cup of stoned raisins, slightly chopped ; bake slowly three hours. If preferred, use two-thirds of a cup of Ilnely chopped suet instead of but.ter; instead of raisins a cup and a half of dried wlortleberries are very nice, or two cups of linely chopped sweet apples instead of any other fruit Is excellent. CiRANnERY JEL.Y.-Put one quart of cranberries, which have been care fully picked over, to boll in one pint cold water; have ready in a bowl one pint white sugar; when the cranber ries are perfectly soft mash them while hot through a colantter Into the bow which contains the sugar, and stir tin til the sugar Is dissolved ; then pour into inoulds and set in a cold place for at least twenty-four hours. If the cranberries are good and no more witter is used thanui the recipe 'sails for', this way of' cooking thlei m makes beaultiful molds(1 for t,he table. To BAKEcs EGos,-Hutter a clean, smloothi saucepan, break as many eggs 11s wIll be needeld Into a saucer, 0one by one. If found good slIp It Into thec dish. No broken yolk allowed, norm mulst they crowd so as to rIsk breakIng tihe yolk after puIttIing In. Put a small p)iece of butter oin each, and sprInkle wIth pepper and salt, set Into a well hleated oven, and bake t.ill the wvhites are set If tile oven is rIghtly heated It will take but a few mninutes, -and Is far more delicate than fried eggs. IN baking buckwheat and other gidt die cakes a1 piece of fat bacon ias a "grenser' is by manyil thloughlt to be almost Inldispensable. Thos108 wvho are of this oplnlonu will, on trIal, soonm learn thlat a turnip dlvidedl In two answvers the samle or ai better purpose, as the Odor-tile mlost unl)easanlt par't of' enke baking-comes from tile greaser' in con tact wvith the hot irot, wVhlereas withm tile turn'iip very little of tIs 1s pecep) tible. Fon Chuocor,ArE CAKE.-Trwo snmall eupls of sugar, half cup of h)utter', thriee eggs, one cup of milk, four ounces of chocolate, thmree Clups of flour, one table spoonIful vanilla extract, one0 teaspoon l soda, two of cream of tartar; nmix theO cake first, andi when it is well beaten, take tile chocolate and stir It In carefully. This makes an excellent and1( sufficIently rich cake. rTe addi tion of an extra egg and1( a lIttle more butter wIll be an impr'ovemnent to some1 tastes. FAnanEn's JEr,r,Y CA m m.-One Clup sour1 cream, onle cupi of sugaur, 0110 egg, one smnali teaspoonl'1 of soda; beat tile egg an.d sugai' together; add1( tiheoreaml, and1( flour enouigh to miake a th Ick bautter'. Iake inl rollnd( tins lindu sprieadf jelly be tween. AliMONmA Is a gooJ m'emletiy for tooth aelhe. Apply a smiall bit of cotton sat ur'ated In a strong solultioni of amlmonia to the defective tooth. and after a mo mnentaury nervous pain11, tile acinIg will iave ceased. T[wo teasp)ooi I s'of II nely-powvderedl chaircoai ,iriank In a hlaif-ttumbler of water wvill oftenl give relief to tihe sick hmeadaiche, wvhen caused, as in nmost cases it Is, by7 a superabllndalmce of acId in tile stomnach. CUnlHD OF DRNKImmNo.-" A 0Ottng irienud of mIne wais ctedl'( of' an insatI able thirst for lIqutor, whlih had1( so prostrated hhn1 thait hie wals- uinable to do atry busIness. iIe was entirely cured by the use of flop Bitters. It aliayed all that burninug tirlst; took away tile appet,ite for liquor; made Is merves steady, and lhe hmas remainled a sober and steady man for more thlan J;wo years,land has no desire to return to hiseup; Iknow of a nu lmber of othlers that have b"een cured of drinking b1y it."-From a leading RI. iR. Officia, Chilcago, Ills. AN oundje of' prevenltion is Uotter than a pounid of eure. A dose of Dr. Bull's Baby Svrup wIll assIst your Baby in teething, and prevent It from being attace by Cholera Infan tum, Colic or other diseases with which Babies suff'er, n nl Ri(iiefla a tackAsr .f hrmp, (ilr r f)0us Diar; ea~ colloe ,er1anyiAwei Affection, or left~ Dr. ne 'amnative Balsam is a sur med - -thi seaon they a HUMOROUS. Music has not'the same charm for all ears. It is not an art which requires to be cultivated for a correct apprecia tion of it. There is a spontaneous out. burst of natural melody whlch'touches the soul of every created being; but this is not the harmony in which the excellence and delight of the operi consists. The harmony is the produc tion of an artificial combination of sounds founded upon natural princi ples, but so intricate in their arrange ment, and so scientlilcally accurate, that the individual who has not made the art his special study, or who has not acquircd sufficient delicacy of taste by hearing repeatedly the best illue tration and examples, is very likely to be disappointed with operatic perfor mances, though conscious himself of his subjection to the influence of sweet sounds. A REFINED BUTCHER.-Harkius' daughter came home from the butcher shop, laid a steak down on the table, and said : "That's the most refined butcher I ever met. I asked him If his steak was tender, and he said oh, so beautifully ; ''tender as the maiden in the first blush of love; a steak fit to be classed with tender and hallowed as sociations, and one likely to be flattered at being devoured by so beautiful a maiden." The 'id man pushed his glasses up on the top of his head, looked at the girl and thundered; "What under the canopy was that follow giving you?" And as her color came and went, she replie-:: "Giving me taffy, I suppose." Nor GIvEN AwAY.-"Is Charley a very good boy ?'' said the new minis ter, as he stroked the golden locks of a bright 10-year-old youth. "Oh 1 yes," said the fond father pa tronizingly, "lie's very good indeed. I know lie will grow up to be it credit to his father," "K'rect, old man. You're a solid Muldoon," said the boy. "I was tfraid yer would give me dead away I A LADY remarked to a popular divine tit: his sermons were a little too long. "Don't you think so?" said she; "Just a little?" "Ah I dear Inada'n," replied the di vine, "I am afraid you don't.like the sincere milk of the Work." "Yes, I do," said she; "but you know the fashion nowadays is con densed mnilk." A LAinY, a regular , shopper, who had made an unfortunate clerk tumble over all the stockings in the store, objected that none of them were long enough. "I want, she said, the longest hose that are made.'' "Then, tnadam," was the reply, "you had better apply to the next engine-house." "I AM afraid, said a lady to her hus band, "that I am going to have a stiff neck." ''Not at all improbable, my dear," replied her spouse. "I have seen strong symptoms of it ever since we were married." THE pleasantest way of being hung, says the Christian Register, is in a ham mock. The whole body is then hung at once. This assertion is as positive as though the writer had tried both ways. "I woula box your ears," said a young lady of Belfast to her stupid and tiresome admirer, "ii'"-''If what?" he anxiously asked. "If," she repeated, "I could get a box large enough for the p)urpose." QUR system or thought, is often only the history of our heart. Men do not will so much accordhing to their reason, as reason according to their will A FRIEND told Snodgrass that he was juset off a sick bed. "Indeed. And wh at ails your bed ?" asked our friend ?" "A PATCH on the seat of a boy's trowers is something newi under the son." When we wvere young it was always something 01(1. We are oflering a chrome now to the woman who doesn't think her baby nlcer than any other woman's baby. WHY is a girl who is driven to finery like a sea captain (liring a gale ? Be cause she Is on the deck. No elderly lady should be without a sewving maclilne, now that a feller ac companies each one. T[HE highest mountains give thme finest vIe w but 'give us a little one for ascent. WHEN a farmer takes a pleasure trip, why not write him downm as an agricul tourist,? JF your tongue ls coated or If youi have a bad breath, take a dose of Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills. WNx a lobster gets Into hot water he turns scarlet with indignation. A DRAFT wvll bring oii a cold, cure a cold, and p)ay the dector's bill. TEEsa wide dIfference betwveen "printing" a kiss and "publishing" It. PoLITrcArL adlvice, if at first you don't succeed ; lie, lie again. THE wvasp Is a stem Windler. WIcKED FOR1 CLERGYMN--"I believe it to be0 all wrong and even wicked for eiergymnen ot- other public men to be led into giving testimouials to quack (octors or vile stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article Is made(1 of valuable renmedies known to all, that phmysicianse use and trust ini hially, we sitould freely commend it. I 'hierefore cheerfully and heartily com miend(l 10o) Iitters for the good they have done me amid mny. friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will not. be wIthmo t thiem." Rev. -, Wasiington, D. C, TIn m:nmm is nothamg in, imodern dkcavery so wond(erful andj meritorious, as that great labor-saver, Dobbis' Eliectric Soapi, (made by Uragin & Co., Philla delcphia.) ft tells Its own story on the first trial. Ask your grocer for it, Lost Seveni romuda In Three WVeek;. Allan's Anti-Fat is a gemnulne medi elue, and will reduce corpulencey from two to five pounds per week. Purely vegetable and perfectly harmiless, act ing entirely on the food in the stomnoch, plreventing the formation of tat. It is als a osiiverenedyfor and dyp. BO0ST20N, Mass., Feb. 11th, 1878 BOTANIO bN EDIONN Co., Buffalo, |. Y. Gentlemen-The lady alluded ,to lost, seven poundse Ii three weeks, by the use of IlAn's Antl-Fat. Yours trualg,* tSMfTru, Door.itLEc & SMT H, Wholesale Druggsta. A Joyful Announcement to suffering munions is the glad tidings that at last a OOrtai cure for piles has been discov ered. 600,000 persons who have. used Dr. tlilsbee's Anakesis, pronounce it infallible. Doctors of all medical schools proscribe it in practice ; empirios and nostrum vendors coun torfett and Imitate it, and all, without- excep tion, admit that it is entitled to the name of "Medical Miracle." Nothing in medicine is more simple, rational, prompt and certain. It is not an accidental blunder of inexperlenco, but the scientific solution of a most diflicult problem, by an accomplished physician of 40 years' practice and study. Anakesis is a happy combination of a soothing poultice, supporting instrument and curative medicine. It alleviates at once the most excruciating pain; it holds up the raw. sensitive tumors, and by firm, continued pressure and medica tion appilied to the swollen veins is able to cure the most inveterate cases of blind or bleeding piles. The inventor of ."Anakesis" may well be regarded as a public benefactor, and sufferers from this terrible disease will thank us for calling attention to a discovery so worthy. It is not less ain'gular that in the circular concerning Anakesis, full directions are given for riuvENTriso PiLrs, a fact never before observed in any medicine tho propri otbrs wished to sell. "Anakesis" is sold by dru,gists everywhere. Sent free on receipt of price. $1.00 per box; samples gratis by 1'. Noustaedter & Co., Box 3910 Now York, solo manufacturers of "Anakesis." The Mockinr Hird. This bird possesses faculties which ren der it one of the great objects of curiosity and admiration among the feathered tribes. Its natural notes are musical and solemn. It likewise possesses the singular power of assuming the tone of other birds and ani mals. This extraoadinary bird is peculiar to the new world, inhabiting warm cli mates, and low country seeis miost con genial to their nature ; they are more numerous in the South. The berries of red cedar, myrtle, holly, gum-berries, and an abundance of others, with which the luxuriant swampy thickets of these regions abound, furnish them with a perpetual feast. Iie builds his nest in different places, according to the latitude he resides in. A solitary thornbush, orange, cedar or holly tree are favorite spots. Always ready to defend, but never anxious to conceal his nest. During the time the female is set ting, neither eat or dog, animal or man can approach the nest without being attacked. Ilis whole vengeance is directed against his natural enemy the h :ack snake; whenever this reptile is discovered, the imate darts at it with the rapidity of an arrow, striking it violently and incessantly against the head ; the snake soon becomes insensible, and the bird redoubles his exertions, he seizes and lifts it fromi the ground, beating it with his wings until the business is com pleted ; lie returns to his nest and pours out a torrent of song in token of victory. The mocking birds is so called because it can imitate with the greatest ease, not only the songs of other birds, but the sounds and cries of animais. In conficuemnt he loses a little of the power and energy of his song, In his domesticated state, when lie commences his dareer of song, It is imn possible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog-Coesar starts up,wags his tail and runs to meet his master. Ife slucaks out like a young chicken and the hen runs about with outstretched wings and bristled feathers clucking, to protect her breed. The barkimg of a dog, the mewing of a cat, the creaking of a wheel barrow, the grating of a grindstone and the rushing of a torrent of water, follow with gread truth and rapidity. In regard to food we give the following: Take two old potatoes (never give them new ones), pare and boil them, also boil two good sized eggs, remove them from the shell, mashi them fie with the potatoes, then put away in a cool place; give a large soon fuml evem'y hour or so, feeding himi by hmandl just as you wvouild an infant, Inm tIme monith of August or Septembler, a bit of a sweet app'e mmay be accmasionamlly added. A table spooniful of mant's eggs soauked and mixed1 with PI'mi fod i'l~ prove benmeficiaul. Inm thme cage laie plemnty of river smand, spriak ling it freely onm tIme bottoum; also give them plemnty of wamter to dIrinik, amid a bamthi ce a (liy ini time muorning; never allowv tIme bath tub to remaimi long in the cage ; after time bird has bathed, renmove It, as there Is probmable danignr of time bird bmeimig drowned. IF' Youn Liver Is Disordered Ikoogand's Ger man BiUers will set ft aright. IF You are Dyspeptic Hoofland's German BiUters will euro you. IF' TomROBiD with ConstIpatIon, takeBHoof.. and's German Bitter. A ariR. wrote to her lover, "Now, ,Johmn, doin't you falo to be at time slng ing~ school to-nilght." John wrote back that "mm time bright lexicoin of you thi-Webster's Unabdgd-thmere's nmo such word ais fale." "1.rD you ever see the Catskill Mou ntainis?" asked a you mng lady of her lover. "No," said hie, "biut I've seem 'emi kill mice," A t.rrTLE' boy, proud of' hiS now Jackot, iformed his sister that lie was at six buittoni kid. IF' You Would Enjoy Good Health Take ffoqjland's German Billers. Hlsk?eWs QTler Ointment Will euro every form of Tetter. Fon Pnrrs on the Fame, use The's Tel er Ointment. It never fails to remove them. Oakland Female Institutes NORRiSTOWN, PA. wVTNT1'R T' RiM WiLL 00MMENOCE SE PTEM BERt 9, 1879. F.or eiromulars address J. G IERlR A LST oN, Principal. 'JUST PUBLISHED, Til OWl OF WORlIP, FOR CIrOIRS, FOR CONVENTI.ONS, POR SINGING SCHOOLS. Prne 3.00. *9.50 r HR VOJOE OF WVORSIP,by I. 0. KEMRRamN T is like ether Ohurch Music byheb samne an an dr, preeminent fr gracefl and butfuj,se , 1eetion and arrangement. The. Fis Hundred Pages include the sI'NOiNG S0OOeL 00URsE, in which arroun an oe7 meharmonised songs or glees fr The Beend Hundred Pages are filled with time beat of Hymn Tunes, St'nterices, &c., a iarge, new and fresh collection. The Third Hundred Pages contain a caDital set or A N'f E MS. Speemenu copies mailed post.frce for *1.00. EMER8(N'S VQ0AI If liTlIODi, (just eut) has a novel arram gemoent of eriAbies. anid oIlher I m elamnine Price,agsos an usef .m Pleaao Oliver Dltson & Co, Boston. 5.3. DITNON & (o, 922 (flseatnut Ni.. Pln. M~B. i'L ?'A'&R4AI, 4 40. Attver'.immmn a entsaL, 81 Park how. Now aOrk, andi 101 hisemoests fe'jubiicsuo inayproftm aIrit,~ We reusemtm lne f4mn ~ orO00)er m - insetio 52ny imbor oftaee When Trade is Dull, Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO ADVERTISE. ,q- See PETTENUILL. WHEN TO ADVERTISE. Ai' Bee PETT'ENGILL. WHERE TO ADVERTISE. EW Bee PETTEN6IILL. W HOM TO ADVERTItSE TIIR01010W. 8W Bee 'ETTENGILL. GO TO 7 PARK ROW, NEW YORK, and ?- S;e I'ETT'ENGEILL. To the botlands tothe boat climate, with the beat nmarkets, and on Nho bout termos, along the line of lty. 3,000,000 ACRES Mainly in the Famous RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE NORTH. On long time, low prlcoe and eaay paymente. Pamphlet with full information mailed free. Apply to P. A. MoKINLAY, Land Com'r, Nt. P. 1. A M. it'.. t.. Paul. Minan. TO A1) VERit 6;i . 1W We will fisrtil on n!ipltcatlion, estlinntee for AdtvertliuK tn lie bow' and iurgot circulated N , wnlaprt+ i s tlhe Usited tates and Casusa(Iasd . Our fac Iities tare uusurgp4Net, We tuintake our tuttonors' Itstereeta outr owun, aned tttdy to 0leasse and nm.eko fihoir Ad vortinalng proitable to thean. tan tliou. antde who have tried tn can tostfAy. Call or a Id res, - N. M. PE'fINT lL I & CO., 87 P'ARK Row. Now York, 101 CHIEST'NUT jt,ret, Pal'ladeilhia. HOP BITTRS. (A Medteae, not'. 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ENTRtMC1 )ENDPOSTAL FO PitI0E List an lusntruction fo FdINE self.Mm'a,nremonti, to SHOESES_.F._ATLTT weAGENTS, READ THIS! an Waens11ay en maia ry n( pto sel our lw tandrer invetions. We mnean what BIHERMAN& 00., Marshall, Mich. a Ise&i(ctee.s an ..t& a="-H1@iarvd 94.. Pts. BLATCHLEY'S PUMPS The Old Reliable STANDARD PUMP For Wells 10 to 75 Feet Deep. Ncw Price List, Jan. 1,1879 ADDRESS C. G. BLA TOHLEY, 440 MARKRT rnreet. Philada. lesC tPale i ie of long standing in I week, aii e ase In 2 is r . an ias nel r ropr.,8.W. oor. Tenth and AroI 8t., Phjilaa. .Pa. pries-Largest Oos'pu n Am rer Itoa!rWSL., 45 Vesey it., NY. P. 0. Box 1217. Those answeruig an A dvrteamenmt will counter a ravor upon the Advertiner and tihe P'ublisheor bystating thait they staw tho ad( vir.. tisement in this Iournal (nisng the paper). C,. . c'. CLARK'N CANCElR CURE..-ils oxtraor ( nre fr (ancr. 'ie wondrot spr-rtl'o arl ae yur virai eing attio Inboth loi prory over all oilier mebd of treag thisdF nalrestring thepatient t>nerfc i e ih ne ritei dilrectinas rl.' 085. liL . 1 Jdt 5. de Popr re andI Manulacturers, Olhthami VII. TRIB MQfl8 SMINAftY Norristown, Pa. Ptoseby peple desml Ing their 5gns thoroughly For Oiremliaparedr ge rbs e * JOIi?W. LO Cl, Ph. D., Principal. A IIAKK (OIEANIE WOM AGENTJe, THE COMPLETE HOME! By Mire, JULIA MoNAIR WR IGIT. toberwh rut of egr oeseyoa ober~ i on otod t.M ork t na a tl aubje:i detal averetorRs nt fe er proiogn. WIt ofIdeeor i on a* e i e Pub. ~~m *S aiq Ht,' adel'j a, Pa. L4IBBRTR' SEEB5 A PAIl A . % kkI ~ fnll the onorle Thurlow Wca WNDORSING DR. RIADWAY'S R. R, RNM DIE ArrAm IXe TMaMn 3 nVRA Talns. Nsw YoR, Jan. t, 1is. DA Snt.-Iiavinh for several years used you medicines, doukitingly at first but after experi. enoing their eflicacy, with full conildence, it. to no less a pleasure than a duty to thankfuily acknowledge the advantage we have derived from them. The pillq are resorted to as ofite as occasion requires, and always with the de sired effect., The Ready Roler cannot be bet ter degoribed than It is by its naimo". We apply the liniment frequently and freely, almost is. fariably finding the promised "Reliet." Truly yours, (signetl DA, , (swA g n HUdURLOW WEmA R. R.R. fAD WAY'S READY RELIEF OURES THE WORST PAINS In from One to 20 Ninutes. NOT ONZ nO1 1 after reading this advertisement need any ore SUFFEIH WITH PAIN. Badway's Ready Relief ts a Cure for EVERY PAIN. It was the irst, and is The Only Pain Remedy "hat instantly stops the most excruoiating pains, allays intflammations and cures (onges tions, whother of the Lungs, Stomach, Bo.' ela or other glands or organs, by one application. IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES. no matter how violent or excruciating the pain, the HIIICUMATIC, Bed-ridden, Infirm, Cii pled, Nor%oua, Neuralgic, or proatratod with diasaue say sufter, RAIIWAY'S REAIIY RELIEF WILL AFFORD INSTI NT BASE, INFLAMMATION OF TH I rDNEY9 INFLAMMATION OFTIiC BIADDEt, INFLAMMATION OF TIlft B.)WIIL. CONOBtirIGN OF TIlS LUNQ , BORE THROAT DIFFIcI BitCA'T'ilNG. I1A I.PITATlON CF TilE ISAIIT, eYSTERICS, CROUP. D[t'PITIIERIA CATrA RICH, INI+'LURNZA. BEADACHE, TOOTUACII i NEU1tAI.GIA, RHIUMATISM, COLD OHILLs, AOUEOHILf,S, CHILBLAINS andFROST-BITS, 'The application of the Roe dy Relief to the art or parts whore the paiii or ditioulty exists Willaffrd aseandcomfort., Thirty to sixty drops in half a tumbler of water will in a few moments cure Crampa, Spasms, Hour Stomach, Heartburn, Hick lead ache, Diarrhea Dysentery, Cello, Wind Ia the Bowels, and all Internal Pains. Travelers should always carry a bottle of Radway's Ready Rollt with them. A few drops in Water will prevent sickness or pains from change of wat er. It Is better than Froeai Brandy or Bitters ass stimulant. FEVER and A (lE. Fever and Ague .ured for Fifty Cents. There Is not a remedial ageut in the world that will cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarlous, Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid. Yellow and other Fevers (aided by Radw,iy's Pills) so quick as BADWAY'S READY RiLIRF. gB ote. a bott,o. Dr. Radway's g 31 a1llll Rosolilt, fME GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, FOR TUE CURE OF CHRONIC DIEAsE, CROFULA OR SYPHILITIC, HEIEDITARY OE COTAGIOUS, be it seated in the Lungs or Stomach, Skin os Dones, Flesh or fervea, corruptin; the solids and vitiating the nuids. Chronto Rheumatism, Scrofula, Glandulas Swell g hcking Dry Cough, Ca}icorouB Aieo Uiops Shlitic Comnlaints. Bleedingc of the .ung,arcppsia,Water Brash, Tic Doloraux, Whitecs alesTmr Ulcers, Skin and p Diseses Femle ompfaattt, Gont, Droa Salt Rheum, Bronchil.is, Consuimption. Liver Complaint, &c. Not only does the Brsapariian Resolvent excel all remedial agents in thb cure of Chronic, Sorofulous, Constitutional and Skin Diseases, but it is the only poitilve cure for Kidney & Bladder Complaints, Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes Urine, briht S Dise*ae ibuminria aidI inal cases whore there are brick dust, deposita,or the water is t hick, cloudy, mixed with aubstances like the white of an egg, or threads like white silk, or t here in a morbId, dark, biliou- appear anice and white bone-dust deposits, and when there is a pricking, burning sensatioh whna psn wthr aon, pain in te small of the hc Sold by druggists, PRICE ONE DOLLrAR. OVARAN TUOR OF TEN YEARS' GROWTH CURED BY DE RADWAY'# REMEDIES. Dr, RADWAY & 00,, 82 Warren 8treet, EW YORE. DR RAD WAY'S Regulating Pills, Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet sIre gt n. Radway's fiI~ fo the cure ofal disordera of the Stomach, Lhier, Bowels Kid neys, .Bladder Nervous Diseases. Headach., Constipallon, dostiveness, .Indigestlton, Dyspep. a, BIlIousness, Feo,Infammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all derangement,s of the in tornial viacera. Warranted to effect a positive cure, l'urcly Vegetable, containing no aoer. eury, mineral or deleterious drugs. 5W" Observe t,he followin gaymptoms,reut ing from diso! dora of the Digestive Organs Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood in the Head, Acidity of the Blomach, Nausea, Hoart.burn, Dingtiet of Food Fullness or Weighmt in the 8tomnacn Sour Bruoslons Sink ings or FlutterLngs In thes Pit, of the Sto'mach Swimin of the Head, Hlurried and DillculI Briat,hing Flutterine at t.ne leart, Choking or Itnflcatn Sensations when In a lying posture Dots or Rbe before the Biglit, Fever and Dol Pain In IHead, Dofloleney or erspiration, Yel lowness of Skin anri E es, Pai In the Side Libs and budden Flse of Qca. Burning 1s A few doses of RADWAY'S PILI' will free the system from all of the above naued disord. *rs. Prios as centa per box, SoIlag Druggista Read "Falso and True," enar a ltter stmor RDWAY * CIX, No Information worth thousands wnll he ent you. THiS NEW ELAST10 TRUSS SgNS IBLE in ce, adpt," O 1!i llpaong TRUSS nlb lbHemot Is belt a d a1 nt ant SEgilleston Truss Co., hloago, i,, EJLL-4~UUER """'"". nt be--at. he 11 be ning c; -t lo i 2n)i he INTABUgnKE 1848. MORGAN & HIEADLY, Impo1e[8 of iamonds