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The Ivoiy Nut Paiii. A writet otates that in 1813 Mr. William Purdie was dispatehed to New Oranada to collect plants for the loyal Gardens, Kew. Ile was specially insthicted to find a few special plants, one of which was the ivory nut palm. In his account of this, Mr. Purdie says: "In a journey of 600 miles, from Santa Martha to Ocana, in New (Ira unada in the village of Semena, seventeen leagues from hence, and near the great river of Magdalena, I entered the mountains, aud saw for the first time the ivory nut palm (PhYtClcpha- maerocar-pa), called iagau by the natives. The habit of this palm is to have little or no stem, what there is is decumbent; it is not a robust 'treo. Old plants have from fifteen to twenty primato leaves, which when fully grown measure nearly twenty feet in length, of a delicato green color, very graceful, and sinilar to those of the date palmn. The malo and female flowers are borne on sepa rate plants. The male flowers are prodti, ced in six clusters from the bases of the leaves and on short footstocks. The clusters are compact and form a nearly glohose head, which, on account of the style-like projections resembling the rigid hair of a negro, it is not inaptly called Cabeza det negro (negro's head.) Theso heads lie close to the ground, each cluster containing four of five seeds. Tho seed contains at first a clear Insipid liquid, which afterwards becomes milky and sweet, and ultimately hardens and becomes the "vegetable ivory" of commerce. Each of these nuts is about the size of a green walnut, and Is covered with a yellow, sweet., oily pulp, which is collected and sold under the name of i'po (cl Taglua. A spoonful of the latter with a little sugar and water imakes the celebrat fd Chiholde Taf/ua, said to be the most delicious beverage of the country. The stein of the male is larger and more crect than that of the femalo, and the singularity of its infloresenco Is only equallcd by its beauty. The fragrance is most powerful and delicious, exceeding that of any other plant, and so diffusive that the air for many yards becomes alive with myriads of in sects. Mr. Purdlio states that he ld to carry som of these twelve miles, and though ho killed a number of the annoying insects that followed him, yet the next day a groat many still hovered about the flowers, having conic all the way from the woods where the latter grew. Opening of the First, iaRsenger itinwiay. Fifty years ago-that is, Sertemlber, 1830-tihe first passenger railway In England, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, was opened with great cereinony. A year before a prize of .500 had been <ffHted for the best locomotive engine, which had been won by Robert Stephen son's Rocket, upon which were subsequently modelled the old grasshopper enginles of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, their appearanco being suggestivo of their namie. Eight lo onotive anlgines had been completed and placed upon the line. and all hal lbeen tested wilti entire success. To every engite was attached four pasenger carriages, each containing twenty persons. The fIrst en gine, the Nortiunbrian, drew tihe most dig tinguished guests-the Duke of We!ingtonl, Sir Robert Peel, and other nembers of the Ministry. It had one line of the double track to Itself. The other seven locomo lives with their carriages, followed each other on the other line. The )rocssion started from Liverpool at I1 o'clock, with flags, music, fino weather, and great. entlu sliasm. Seventeen miles from I iverpool they stopped to take in water, and i order to afford the D)uke oif W~ellihngton ani oppor tunity of seeing the procession, the seven locomotives, with their carriages, were or deredl to pass slowly by the Nort humbrlin standing on its track. Severnd gentlemen had alighted while the locolmotives w~ere takidng in water, and one of them. Mr. Iluskisson, member of Parliament for Liv erpool, and an earniest supp)orter~ of tI e rail roadl cause, catching sight of the D)uke of Wellington, between whom anid himself there had been somne polit ical coolness, ran eagerly across tho track to shake him by the hand. At that moment the order as given for the seven engines to move for ward, Mr. H uskisson w"as bewildered. The Rlocket, which was the lenading engine, struck him while lie was still in dioublt where to flee. Trho wheels went over his leg andt thigh, and lhe expired that eveing. TIhe accident cast a decep gloom over tfhc day's festivity. Th'le trip was concluded, that people witing alonig the line miight noet he disappointed, but all rejoicing andc gaycty were at an end(. TIhe next (lay the railway was openedc for palsseniger trailic, and carried 140 persons from Liverpool to Mainchester in two hours. Th'le original calculations of the construction had1( been based on probable returns from h'eavy meri opened before aii av'erage of 1,200 persons daily were willing to trust it with their lives. In a fewv:years it was found that the enormous traflic wvas too heavy for the original rails, aiid it became necessary to relay the road at considerable expense. But though September 15, 1830, is thme greatest (lay in railroadl annals, beimig that on which the world's first railroad was opened complete, the Maryland Itail road preceded the Liverpool and Manches ter in utility. The first sod of the halt more andl Ohio Railroadl was broken for its -constructIon July 4, 1828, and( by the next. year, horse cars, assisted( by one h>omno tive engine, were carryinig passengers and1( trafUlo between Baltimore, the llelay House, aud Ellicott's Mills. Improvemeont in Vegetables. Vegetables have beon more improved In their qualities amnd appearance by careful cultivation than many persoiis are aware. Celery, so agreeable to the most palates. is a modification of a plant the taste of which ,ls so acrid and hitter that it cannot be eaten. Our cauliflowers and cabbages, which weigh many pounds, are largely developed colewarts that grow wild on the seashore, and do not weigh more than half an ounce each. Beets and carrots were originally little more than hard, stringy r9ots ; wh!le the potato wvas at first no larger than a wal nut. Turnips and barrots are thoughit to be indigenous roots of Franice; caullilowers came from Cyprus, artichokes from Sicily, lettuce from Cos, peas from Syria, beans from Persia, spinach fronm Western Asia, radishes from China, onions from the E~ast, -and rhubarb from Turkey. The Venomous Breath of Malaria' Does not infeot the systems of those who use Hoetetter's Stormach Bitters as a precaution against it. Nor is i6 loss useful as a remedy where intermIttent and remittent fever has fully eatablished itself, in cons~enee of a ~' negleet of preventive measures. it cheeks the ~ paroxysms with astonishing certainty, and eradicates -this typo of disease, even ia its -~ ~ most inveterate form. This medicine ts:an especial boon to the emigrant population of the far West, where fevers of a malarial type 'are' trtfonlarly prevalent, but the reeognition of It merile is ao far from beIng limite, that a6 is knqmn an'd apprised at its true value ~oul~ot te lngth and breadth of America, 3~c /? ~ yeersby iui and seA inaeand sojourn. are onaantpurobaert and in rural household far and wklei l thet HUMOROUS. M. X. and his spouse dine together. The meal is almost over, when he takes the bottle of Bordeaux, in whIlh Is loft a scanty half-glass of liquor, and pre pares to empty it Into his own tumbler. "Don't, darling, don't," cries his wife, who Is superstitious; "If you drinik the last drop of that wine you will be married again before the year is out, and I love you t.o much for that.'" And she emptied the wiino Into her own glass and tosses It off. SCENE.-Augusta's boudoir. Lucy holds an open letter in her hand, and says: "Wjrell, you sco, dear, I only met im111 at Mouut Desert this summer, and we did 11lirt desperately, hatt its too ab surd, is writing to tme c w aw 11 propo ngI,now,isn't it?" Augusta--"AI.wfulIly bold, I think; but thon it is just like a man. Shall you laccept 1m11 ?'' "u'tey -Well I I don't know what to do. lie don't deserve it, but then lie's awfully hanidsomo, and besides I really think I would be a good wife. I can make splendid corn bread. A oo) womaii, after the death ef her liusband, had married a brother of the departed. Site preserved, never tholess, in her dining room, a picture of her first spouse. One day a guest at the table, noticing the portrait, asked her if it was a member of her family. "Yes,'' replied the lady frankly, "it is th portrait of my poor brother-in law." A MAN was onceo asked how he and 1118vife got along -Vithi so little fric tion in the family lmalchinery. "Well, said lie wheni we first married we both watted our own way. I wanted to slee) O litnen1 sheels,mfy wife preierred cotbon, and wecouldn't agree. Fimially we itlked the matter over and came to the conclusion that it wits uncliIstiini to live in constant blekering; so wo compromised oi linen and have got along all right ever since. COLONEL McClurg kicked a man out of an Alabama hotel for a personal af front. Six months after he saw the same man kicking another poor fellow out of another hot%3l. "rush, main," said the Colonel-"ilold, but ain't you the man I kicked out of the Nassau House, a little while ago?" "Keep still, colonel," was the response. "Don't say one word. You and Iknow who it will do to kick." IIm- was a plain old granger, and when his son informed hitn that he had determined to go to college and learn something, the old gentleman looked straight at hin and said: ".Now look-a-here, John, you may learn readin', ritin', 'rithimetic, amid a little jography, but if you grapple with any 0' thit 11dead111 langvidges, I'll kill you when you colio ioie, so's they'll (10 you $omt1 good." MmE. D., who has been guilty of ut-. teriig a hasty word to one of the ser vanitti, re PonItH anld says kin'dly to him11, "John, I mi afraid I spoke crossly to you i few 1momielits ago.'' John getnerously, "Ohi, madame, you knov that I always make allowatices for my poor- employers I" "Do youl See here where you are charged, sir. with being drunk anid disorderly ?"' observed the recorder, 1101(li ng out the aflidavIt just signed and sworn to by t polictliai. The tram P took the ai111diy;t, read it carefully, up side down aind replied : Am I to blame ? I never wrote thltt.'' F"insT Boy-" Where yor bin, Billy ?" Secondl Boy--"Bin fishin'." First lloy -"Ketch aniythint'?'' with ani anxious exp)ression on his face. Frar-seeitng Second Boy-"No. lBut I expect ter wvhen I get iuto the hoiuse."' Tl' pastor and deacotis of a church at Gaiusvillhe, Texas, are saidl to have p)layed p)oker, at 5 cetnts auto and11 50 cents limit, whlile waiting for a quorum at a business meletinIg. IuE is a wise prIeachier who pauses in lis prayer wheni the fire alarm SOundls, to allo0w his 1)eopl1 to count the stroke's and locate the box. 'iTiosu w~ho work cenn take care of themselves, A kind Providlence must provIde for loafers. A REn you ta watll flower,'" lie asked, and1( she rep)lled, ''No, 1 am11 a walil a ir.'' TIhen they waltzed. A N Oswiego womaltn thinks heor hius band very stern--because he's always behinmd. WA(s Williaim P'enni's pocket-hanld kerchief the original pen wvipor? Who nose0? Can the fellow wvho tetnders a lady a biscuit be said to offer her a doughtna tion. IN a malarial district of Indiana t.hey have a base-ball club they call "Qui A MAN who goes fishintg should take luncheon along, iIe may get 110 other bite, A man cares. little for lis wrongs whetn setting his fi'neral rites. It's a game of bluti' when you try to scale a precipice. A SAItonl makes tarring tours. Money Safes .-A recent contrivance for the p)rotect,l of' money safes is a inlet of telegraph wvire spread all over them, in electrie commutnication with a powverful alarm bell. Ally attempt tJ force the safe open, to (11111 its 8s(des, to cut or remove the net work, or to taml per inl any way with~ the apparatus, sounids tho alarm. AN unpleasant passen ger on a street car is a e rylig Baby.* In such cases Dr. Bull's Baby syrup should be given to the little sufferer to ease its troubles. 25 Conts at bottle. BoiUsi Can'rmi'ers.-it is no0 vile drugged stuff, prietenidinlg to be imade of Wonderful foretin roots, barks, &e., and puff'ed up by long bogus certificates of pretended mi raculous cures, but a simple, pure, effective medicine, made of well known valuable remedies that furnishes Its own certificates fy its cures. We refer to flop Bitters, tho purest and best of medicines.-BSx. chanmye. See antother column. CIroIAL analysis fails to find the least trace of adulteration in Dobbins' Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa). For sale every. where. It is for your interest to try it. A DaT, BASPING CoUoH irritates and endang erd the Lunirs, and greatly debilitates and an noys the patient. Dr. Jayneo's Exneetorant re moes Oonst.riot,10n of the bronohilatues pro hmote eas expectoration, heals all infl*e a~Q subborn uga urQod t4. DOMESTIC. A . F X R c I WAY OF WASHINO Ci.o'rn-s.-A system of washing clothes has lately been introduced in1 801110 French towns which 1N worthy of' men tion. Its economy isso great as greatly to reduce the cost. Thils is the process; Two pounds of soap is reduced with a little water to a pulp, whlichIl having been slightly warmed, is cooled In ten gallons of water, to which Is added Onle spoonful of turpeltilo oil and two spoonsfil of animonia ; then the Inix turo is agitated. Tihe water is kept at a temperature which may be borne by the hand. I this solition the white clothes are Prit and left there for two hotirs before washing then with eoap, taking care, in the ueantinme, to cover the till). The soluiOn may bo warmed aii Ai used once more, iut it will be necessary to add half a spoonful of turplliie anitd aIothier spoon Il I of alm m11on1ia. Onco washed with soap, the clothes are Putt i hot water, and tile blue li applied. This Process, it is 0') vlouls, saves much time, m11uch labor and fuel, while It gives to the clothes a whiteness mtllelh suplerlor to that ob tallied by Imy ot,ber Proecss, ami tho de stritetive it so of t0,) washboard is not necessary to clean tie clothes from tile Impurities which they contain. SNow Diier ;AKN.-I ciIp Powdered sugar, I mea >Md CUPI pr0epard flour, 10 eggs the w lites Only whi),cll stiY, juice of one lemon, an( i half the grated Peel; and finally time flour. Stir -in very lightly and quickly, and bako at once in two loaves 0r in squaro cards. It is very nice baked as jolly cake and spread with this filling; whites of threw eggs, 1 heaping clip of powdered sugar, juice of 1 orainge lland half the peel, juice of one lelmmon Whip to a good meringuo avi Pitt 6e,ween the layers, adding more sugar for th frostig oil the top. S 'r' w ED (!U i.IFi.owan. --Commonl hca is wI do for tills; boll till about half done; drain theml and place them iI a stew paln stems d- n1 and set Onl a slow fire with i spoonful of fat. Stir gently so as not to break them, at Ii1 about fivo minites add half a gill of broth (or half a teaciip milk thickened with a tablespoonful, of rico flouir) and season with salt or Pepper; simmer till done, mtirring now and then, dishi them, tutrn tiho sauce over them, And serve hot. MIr.K TOAS-r.-Cut slices of stale bread half aill Ineh thick, toast quickly, and dip each slice, ats toasted into boil ing water; butittr adil salt slightly and lay him 21 covered dish. Have ready inI at saucepan enlouighi boiling 1111k to cover all well. Melt It In a little butter and salt and Pouir over tile toasted bread. Cover closely and let It stand live m1linutes before using. Cuis'r'Aimn Frisi.-Boll the soaked cod fish in wiater mntil tender; then pour oil' the water and pick very tine; have ready it qtiart ot hot milk for three quarters of a pound of 1ish, and Put in to it tile 11s11, anlda tiblespoon1ful of butter; stit until it bolls; then st.ir in with at ieaping tablesipoonfi of nour, and cook it five minutes. Let It cool a little, and then stir into two well beat en eggs without further cookling. JUMnimEs.-One cup of butter, two of sugar beaten together; on cup of millik, half tenspoonful of soda stirred Into the milk, and f'our eggs; beat it well together; add any kind of spice and six cups of ioir; roll rather thin, cut It with a tumbler and a whie glass to form a ring; brush them over with the white of anI egg, andl sift onl a very lit tle fine sugar beforeo baking. .Bake them fifteen or twenty m1inu1tes. APP1LE MINGUJi.-Paro and cut In quarters 80111 apples, stew thlem wilth a little sulgarl until tender'I, anid laly themn 1n a1 shaIllow dish. Beat the whlites of four eggs to a stlflf frothl, mIx with thlem a1 tea2cup1fuIl of powdere'd sugar', sprea1d over the apples, anid bake 11fteen miln ultes 111 a1 Ilmerte ovenl. SP'ANISI: CRE1AM.-OneC 1un1ce gelatline fhrece p)int,s of miilk, six eggs, eIght ta b)elOlspnfulls of sugar ; cook the gela tine 0o1e hour1 inl thme mil1k, thlen wh1en it comesC to a boll beat tihe yolks of the eggs with1 thle sulgar andI stir 1n, let It s111mmIer'; thenl taike oil' the fir1e and plour over It theo whites of the eggs beaten to 2a frth1O ; flavor with lomonl or vanIilla A PPIx.a JEM..--A ver'y Ice, f1irmjelly maIZy be mailde f roml tile par1Iings of aplesiC and1( tIhe cores. Cover' themIl with walter' and( let thleml boll until the water' 1has wasted a little and1( tile anp)e-skins5 ar'e ver'y szift; then str'ain them11 and14 add1 an equal quantity of sugar as their liquid. A little lemlonl juiee, a few cloves, and soln ginmger impr)1ove thle jelly.. For a goodl cement f'or sealinIg bottles, mlix thlree parts Or' r'osin, 01ne of caustic soda2, and( five of water. Tils compIo sltion is t,hen rulixed wvith half its weight of plaster Paris1. T1he comnpoun d sets in three-qualrters of an 110111 aid hleres stronlgly, Is no06 permenbie lIke p)laster used alonie, anId Isa attacted only slightly by wvarmi water. Thec Umubroela CommanllIdOmtsI. . Much observed during the late r'ainly sea 801'. TIhou shalt neglect no opportuiIty to steal thly neighbor's umIlbrella. Thou shmalt not respect the umbllrellas of thle father-in-lawv or mothecr-in-lawv, or any of tile lubrellas of their maid1( servants or man11 servants. Thou shalt if possill. steal the umbrella of the str'anger within thy gates. Thou shalt buy only for thyself a cheap cottoni um1brella. Tho11u shmalt leave it in place of thly friend's silk, ivory-handled, $5 umnbr'ella. Thmou shalt walk rapidly away with It, looking neither to the right.nor left, and wear on thy face a mleek, hlarmiless expressIon. Sam' B.cK -f2 YI,AIns.-"1 wias t)'Oubledl for many13 yealrs i't,ihiney ComlinIt, Gravel, &c.; my blood became thin' I was5 du11 and1( inactive;' couIld hmardly crawl about.; was an old wvorn ouIt nmin all over; cold get nlothling to hlelp me, until11 got 11l1) Bitters, and no0w 1 am11 a boy algin. Aly blood anid kidneys are all right, and [ am as active as a mmaln of 30, alIthougih I am 72, and14 I have 110 dIoubt it wiill do0 as well for others of mty age. It Is worthl a trIal. (F"athuer.) flow Wonen Would Vote. Where tile question admitted to the ballot, and women were allowed to vote, every woman1f In the land who has ulsed Dr. Pilerce's P'avorite Preseription would vote It to be an un failing remedy for the diseases peculiar to her sex. Dr. Pierce has received hulndreds of grateful testimlonials of its curatIve pve. IowA Crrm Iotwa March& 4th& 1878. Dn. R. V. PIRRos, Iluffalo, N. Y.1 Dear Sitr:-For mamny mionthls I was a great suff'erer.- P?hysleians could afifordi 111 1no rolier. In my despair I com.. menlced the use0 of your Favorite Pre scription. It speedily effected my en tire and permlanemnt cure. Yours thankfully, Mns, PAUL'R.JBAXTJlR. AGRICULTURE. IHARIESrINa ToBACCo.-A very good way I to cut C,ho plants just at night, andtf take tm to tm shed early li the morning after tho "dewv Is of.'." The plants are then cool and loss liable to polo rot or sweat by adopting this me thod of harvesting. In hanging the plants avoid crowding, as space is as much an object with tobacco growers as with newspaper mon, and If the plants are over-crowded, tho leaves are nr to swoat and rot. In about two Iweeks however, the danger is passed and the leaves will have commenicod to "curo dowi," changing at first from green to yellow Ild from yellow to brown, th natural color of the loaf. Too rapid curing is not desirable, sice the leaf is apt to be dry and husky, rather than soft and silky. Keep the sheds as dark as possiblo If dark-color ed leaf is sought for, and open the doors if a lighter shade Is wished for. Close th- door.s next the s1u at ll times, and openl on the other side, but openl all during the night, unless the weather is very mnggy-a llost dangerous time tor the curting process and the time when pole rot and sweat will ensue. After the plants or leaves are all "cured down1,' close the shed.; tight so that the color may even up, but should a dlamp spell como oil, oion the doors, but not if rali beats in oin to the leaves. Before cutting the plants see that all rc t,horoughly suckered,as the ofishoots are liable to grow when hung up, and the curing leaves como In contact with them are apt to rot and bo otherwise uijured. Tobacco plants may be hung either with twine or string, on laths, as may be thought best. Both modes of hanging In the sheds have their ad vocates, many claimingthat wlen hung on laths the eaves cure better and are loss liable to sweat or rot. Well-ripen ed tobacco will cure faster than when only partially ripe; hence there is less danger from rotting when tile plant is thoroughly matured. Havana seed to bacco must not be cut unless well-rl pened, as the leaves wilt be bitter in fla vor If cut when green. The plants of this variety should stand in the nield so long as there is no danger from frosts, say from eighteen to twenty-four days after beIng topped, and in some cases evel longer. On low grounds, where the early frost nips the vegetation, the plants should be carefully watc d and cut, even if not ripe; since k - Vero frost, or any frost, oven a ''white" onie, unfilts the leaves for use, and sico unripo tobacco Is better than that touch ed by this merciless foe of the weed. RATs. -Tile damage by rats is one of the most serious losses to which farmers are subjected. On the whole, this loss Is doubtless greater than that from all the fires whileh occur upon farms. We havo tried a preparation oalled ' Pol soned Wheat," put up for the purpose of destroying vermin, and find it very et'ective. The rats disappear; that is, all that Can be notleed. But poison of any kind should be used so thiat fowls or other ailillals Cannot get it. ro de stroy the rats is nowv a tlimely work, anid will preveit much future loss of graiin. SMUT AND R UST.--Theso troublesome diseases of wilat and rye may be pre vented by pickling the aeed. 'T'lhe pick le may be made of strong brile, or of a solution of four ouncos sulplate of cup per, In one gallon of water. prinkilo the seed grain, stir thoroughly to wet every ker-nel, and spread to (lay. 10th er of these Will destroy the spores, which arethe seed of the parasItic fungi, known by the above names. AFTEr aly miXti erinnts, a certaiin and1. spedty remledy for burdocks ha:s beena discoveredl In kerosene oil. A small quantiry pouro(d into the heart of th1e phIant, dilrectly' after cultting, leaves no trace of their existence save a small hole in the carth1 whecro they stood. Reflined or crulde oil will accomplish tihe purpose equally wvell. Dried anil rystalizetd Flo wers. There are many of our brilliant flowers, Suhl as8 dahlials, pansies, pinks, geraniums, sweet-williams, calrnations, gladlioli, wihichi may be preservedl so as to retain their color for years5. WIlo flowers wvill not answeor well for tis purpose ; nor any succulent plants11, as hyacinthls or cacti. Take deep dlishaes, of suflcient dtepthl to allow the flowers to be coveredl ani incOh deep; get tIhe cOlonno white 6sand(, such as8 is used for scourinig purp)oses, cover tile bottom11 of tihe dish1 with a layer half aln inch deep), and0 then1 11ay inI tile fibwers with their stems dlowniwards, holing themn fIrmly inI place while youl spriinklo more sand1( over themil, unitil all places between tile petals are fillecd and1( tile flowers arc hul'lcd out, of sighlt. A broad dish wvill accommnodate qulito a large numlIber. Allow suilcient sand between. Set the dish1 inl a dr'y, warni pilce, where they will drmy gradually, and1( at 1the 011( of a week pour11 off tihe sand( and1( examlinc thaem; if there Is any moisture inl the saind it must be drlied befoae using again, or fresh sandl may be pouredi over thleml the same11 as be forec. 830mol Ilowers wvill r'equire wveeks to dry, while otheors will become suflciently dry to pult awvay in a week or tell days. By arr'aniging these0 with grasses anid Puatting them onl wire stemls they wvill make1c a pretty bouaquet mlixedl with pressed ferns. A prletty way to preservo cut flowvers is to pla1ce a vase conltaining tile cut flowers in tile cOnl tre of a flat dlish, into whichl a little water hils bleen p)oulred ; Insert a bell glaiss over tihe vase(, so thaIt tIhe rhui of tIhe glass is cover edi by tile water', thuIs forming an1 ari-tighit chambilIer. Tile air sulr0runding the flowers wvilh be kept constantly moi0st, and0 wvill re~ main so as long as thec supply of water In tile (1181 Is kept und(Iiminlished. I recoin mendl( those wvho love to see plenty of [fresh flowers in thleir Bitting roomis m1 dry weathler to adopt this lan. The experi men'Rt cani be tried Onl a smlall 8sca1e by invert ing a tumlibler over a rosebud In a sacer of water'. If some camphor hlas been dissolv ed1 in the saucer It wvill greatly assist In keeping tile flowers fresh. Viohets amay be preservedI for a long time by stclig thaem with shaort stems1 lito a glass dish filled with damp silver sand, and then ianvertiang a tumli bIer over them. -Flowers miay be preservedi for many mlonlths by dipping them careful-i ly, as soon1 as gathered, In perfectly limlpidl gum1 wvater ; after allowing theam to drain for two or three milintes, ar'ranige thlemi In a vase. The gum forms a complete coating Onl tile stems aiid petals, andi preserves thleir shape) and color loag after thley hlave be coamo dry. ._____________ 1''ESNSN of sedhentary habits, and overworked, find1 n,Dr. Bull1's Balti more1 Pills a speclii for wanlt of A ppe tite, Palpitationl, Debility, Const,ipa.. tion, andi manhy other ailllmentS. At all druagglsts. Price 25 cents. A Case of Piles of 30 Years' Standing MxssTsN, MfAss., August 0, 1877. I4SUTAEIERR ~"ew York. Gentlemeni-Enclosed please find *1 00 fot , box-of Dr. 11. Sliebeo's "Anakesie." I have been troubled with the piles since 1849, and havo tried almost overything thast I could'find, but without success, have just been using yours, and have derived more benefit from iS han any thait I have .ever tried. Please for ward me a box at once. Your' ~"A. LEDYARDl 77? Traverso street, Doston. Samples of "Anakesis" are sent free to all ~feroreeo P loaue oto P. Neaeter HIEsKLL's TrrxR OINTMENT will curo sore Eyelids, Bore Noso, Barbor's Itoh on the face, or Grocers' Itch on the hands. It never fall. 60 cents a box, sent by mail for 60 cont. Johnson, Holloway & Co., 602 Arch ft.. Phila., P1a. Pianos and Organs. Prices of Pianos and Organs have resobied the lowest point, and are now going upl) again. Peopl0 wYho desire to buy at factory prices, should write o tI o Bndelssohn Piaoo Co. 21 East 15th 8'rcet, N. Y., for tuir catalogue prices, at once, bofore prices are advanced. Tlhis company is solling t1to fiest instruments for the least money, and their testimonials are of the vey higho. t order. UooNnono, Wash. Co.. Md, Alat ch 16th, 1879. B1VNEL980soN Piano Co. : Dear Sirs: The Piano shipped me, Style 4, gives perfect satisfaction. We are exceedingly well pleased with the instrument, and the tuner from Baltimore, Mr. Bhoroy. who ex amined it thoroughly, pronounced it as line a piano as bo over saw. Tho tono s unsurpass able both in capacity an I Leauty, and, indecd, the %%hole instrument, both ext rual and in tornal, iiould bear tho closest scrutiny and wilioism. All who have seen it pronounce it a suroib piano, and I am suro you will have more orders from hero, When these who desire to purobase are i cady to do o. Air. Shoroy said my instrument wal worth $-1. Wo are ti ankful for the caro you manifested in hav. ing us g(t a good instrument. I consideor the Mathushok Scalo as a "sine qua non" to a good piano. The money deposited aiaits your order. Respectfully yours, 8. 8. DAVIS, BaL D. IALEMOI, North Coro'ina, Fobruary, 14th, 1878. B1ENDELSHOHN Piano CO. : My Dear Sir: In regard to the piano pur ohawu d from you, and which wo have been using for some time now in our family, I must roiounco it a most excellent instrument, and we do this unreservedly, because wo have had it tried, tested, and oc.mparod with pianos of other make, by critical judges of suel instru monts, professors of muso and others, whose high charaeter and prominence as musicians it this community cannot be questioned ; and they all attest, as to its merite, tbo puro rich tones which it givem are perfectly exquisito, and its Malliushok's scale give it an attraction and value which is not possessed by instru monts of other tuake. We can but congratulate you on the h'gh standard which your most excellent pianos lisvo attained, and ninat bonpr ak for thein a future which will place them in high favor with the musical world. I sha!l always bo Ileated to recommend your p*anos to these of my friends who may desiro to purchase, and to bling them to notice ill our community. Truly yours, (Judge) CnAs. D. UrnuncaL We take groat pleasure in again calliog the attention of our frients and readeis to the Mondelssohn Company's Jubileo Organs, a notico of which appea7red in those columns sono time ago. ltav.ng had occasion to purchase organs of this Company for our own pot sonal friends, and having found them to be all that was cla mod for them after years of th<.rouglh trial, and having repeatedly visited their factor-. in Ncw York city, we are preparod to assert, from our own knowlego of the manufacti:rere and organs, that their work is not excelled by any manufacture now in the market.-N. Y. lude pondent. 8o thorough is the Inspeation of the various pa' t8, and (f the whole, that when an instru ncnt goes out of the house a guarantee for live years-long enough to break down and wear out two common organs-is given the purchaser. The JuLilee Orgais is eminently an ortan for tht poo, l.- Louisville Ky., Com meroual. We wotld recomwrend arty of our readers who have any idr a of,ovor buying a piato or ortran, not to fail to write at itonce for their Illitrated and Descriptive Catalogue, wLnch will be mailed free. IF YOU ARE NEnVOUs AND DEPRESSED take HOOFLAND's VRMAN IITTElRs. IEYSIMFLL's TrMR OINTMNT will oure all scabby or scaly disnasos of the skin. Those answering an Advertiselnent wil confer a favor upon the AdvertIser and the Publisher by stating that they saw the adver tisenaent in tils .iorneal (namIng ik paper Y1e will pay A gents a Salar y of 8100 per month andI expentses, or all.w a large commisiotn, to sett our new and wontderful lttventionts. We macar tchat uresay, BamDle free. Addresmuas RAN A o.. Miarsball. Mic. M ICR OSCOPES, t"ias.s, Therometra,Ey olasseos, pectacles, Bar omtoLrs,aL Greallv Reduced' Prices. R. & J. BEOK, Mfanufacturing OpticIans, P'htladelphla. Send 8 stam p. for illuitrated Catalogue of 14 pages, and Inentton this papor. The Albrechit Are the Chenpest firat-clnss Pianos in the suarket. Canl andi get jprieen, or Mcend for Illustratedl Cntague andi Price List. ALBRECH T & CO.., WVareroouns : 610 Arch I!treet. Phlladelphin., Pn. a Selecl t lassleal Boarding Sohoeol,wllt reopen Sep. tomiber 22. Honors of '79: Latin ahta tory. at La fayette College; Honorary Oration. at P rinceton. J.AM. ItAWLIN S. A. M.. Principal. f>JGNTS WANTED '[FOR TE -OMPLETE 1701%E ARS. JULT A McNA iR WIG'T1012 NEW B3OOX., The Morals, Health, Bleatuty, WVork, Amusements, Members, Money, Bavingis and peondlin ga tire all clearly dealt wit in t fiasciutitnsr style, fnll Zof anecdote atnd wvi. Wit, beautTful colored Illtus t.ratlotts, now type tonoed a por, chko.:e! bidin g and, low p,riee ti work Is IIOUNDTO H AN IMMlENMN MALE. No book like it has ever beetn put,bed. For ftull diescriptlIon attd extra terms, address ,.C. MeCiUMDY & CO., Philadelph, Pa, HO'P BITTERS. 3013. DUCIlU, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, en PFnsr~ ANb BisT )LUDreArIQWAar oF Az,r..oram BIrTss. It1Diseses of the Stomach, MOwels,.Blood,JLivur dueys, ad Urinary Organs, NervoumnessuSleep and espeolally Female Complaats, .1000 IN GOLD. ill be paid for aecsethaey w not ow.re ohetp,es or anything impure er injurious found in them. Ask your druggist for Bep Bitters and ta hr ore you sleep. Take, neothem. Coveg Oa th te rneest, afuest andbs the Nt FA for Stomach, Liver and Etds~ ii superer to all others. Ask Druggists. .'. 0. Is ma abselute and iuresistible ?fi ense, una ef opium, tobacco an~ou ., lend for eircular. UIEii1 laebwedby_ s. ip lseM . u,Rodwie,. TO ADVERTISERS. BW We will furnish on application, estimates for Advertislog in the beat and largEst circuiated Newspapers in the Unsited States and Canadas. Our faeillties are u'nsurpassed. We mnake our Customners' isterests our own, and study to please adtd naake their Ads vertisting profiable to thema, as thsou. eands whos have tried uas eane testify, Cail or address, . B. K. PETTINOILI * CO.,' S7 PARK AOW, New York, 701 CIUEBTNUT Btreet, Philadelphia, Im *aw ELASTIQ TRUSS 9 rmis. ththe theMetsas heldseenteyd a 34 s asy drabe n eea, b me Er r Eggie a rus o / ibioag Oakland Female Institute, NORRISTOWN, PA. WTNTICH Tithl WILL UOAN NONl ORPTZM BE 9, 1879. korciroulars address J. UIER RALSTON, frincepal. The Singing Class Season, aJusto t. The Temple. 9 .00 per dozu a pelld now inging Sichool, ('011volatiollaI l Choir Book, by Dr. W. 0. Porkine. As a Coir Bok -a~ual to ally of the in, gost ones. As a sinigg echoo ok .otter than tho cheapor andienullor ones, since, it has intol uore muulo ; that Is 13) Eagoe fnl Songs 11id OIleo", aild of pa he nt blETIOAl1iTUNCS aid ANTlEh0 . Speol. mou copios mailed, post-free, for $I.W. Iternemibor also T1111 VOICH Or WVORSHiIP, 00 p ozn), recently advrt.med Johnson's tl. s010 fr . l ase a loliit bool(.0 (UO31 per dozeon). Solid for raschnetts. vatalogues, or Circulate. Just out. STUDPN,rx ar-1 IN MONG. Itl9) itrodmnucilon by 0jariva D)nalloy NVaruor. 5 iothe jomtest or College Sungs. A capital book for social singing. J11st outl. TWIF, VOICE AM A 1111ICAL ENTISUPIENT, by 0. i. S. Davis. b1. D. (37c.) A uvaluable trentiso on tiV, comotructiotasid mau asellkont of the VocalI Organs. With platon. Just out. Th lagt number of TiE DIUSIOAL R KoOltl1). Sond 6 c, ..; for oie o sunior, 82.00 for (11 Yer. " Wouldi't be without It Isr live thues th* price.' Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston. J. E. DITMON A CO., 92 Chestnut St.. Phila. 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PETTENGLIPL & 0,, 37 Park Row, Now Y rk, Or, 701 Chestnut t. Phi a. Avertisliig done In all uowspap r Ol ed States andi CaInadas at thib A0 es D . Rupertis' celbratid Single Broech-Ioadin sho ruml ait 81,1 sep, Donbl"-ba~rral Breech lost ors at $2 m.M z1l nnd Ilrovolh-nt'ling Gus, Rifles intols approym English and Abnort mukes. Ali kinds of sporting Implonouts and arti cl-s requitredi by " uinen 4,id xiin-inakears. CrT N i RVII-LOAI-NG DOUBl GuNs at u0 p-tme best gunls yet ildd6 for J1m6 price. Pr on application. JOS. 0. GRUBB & CO., 712 Market St., Philada., Pa. Pianos and Organs ?,gYa*%t an 65,1 mi lu-clum ut ontrial. ~ataogu prie tiu taiogn of P00 ito ccc se for the stap. EhINDLEssouIN PIANO Lo.,21 Ef. 15th m6., N. Y. s,Elffjt)XA E CURES sDqR.y gs feslU5 1347 tisements for pulito pn ay rt odf r world at lowebt rates.' ADVICE as to the mosl judco us advertislg anadorIseenr In aynmeropar forwarded on aiplication, E losof sltaste, hearIng, and F.g odors, and finally consumplion andprematlur. n f the most healing blas lin oenewih weeweataacua a la ethcdyd p ewiaesi cured no r5erned If not satisfactory IAt fo i e n all chrmnno 8isis tato aymptm am ,a ndyour SEMENTS Newspapers named in their Direo-. ur ONE YEAR. in the best grefully watohed, at the. EDS, on application to NOIL L & CO., their offices In delphia or B3oston. 'ES MADE >r insertion in a OIKOIOE SELE4J or the BEST Newspapers in County or section. Ilons, at Very Reasonable Rates. NGILL. & CO. 933 Arch,Street, Philadelphia, defrities, and inally cons iptun Iodtru to dinr treatmtint aret wos t o neis If n gieam 'mOa TEel.f fM T l u I CATARR AI"tM ~ined with into a dense eupoke 3 oioM n afeiC htel a I