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A Wicked1 Olt Ontleman. Nice old gontlomani he was; big white waistcoat, low Out shoes, bald head and sliver-bowed spectacles. Ue led in the singing on Sunday evening In the hotel parlor, aid snag that old fashioned bass iII "Coronatlotin,'" and "China'' in tiht sonorons up and down style which country elcoriters u1sed to practice in accompanying the big tiddle and withal had the blaii(I beievolent, look of a good old l) coiintry (eacon. He was "lookihg rouil the house" next nighit, and stepped in where Some, of the boys were pliying cards-some thing where they were talking of "calls" and "raises" and "seelig.'' The boys looked a little diseoncerted, but the old mnim didni't say aniythiiig, till the hand wias played oit, an(I one of the party, under pretence of having an engagement., winked to the ofthers and said lie must go, intending to break up till the old man had gone away and then resume tihe game. But he had scarce turnedI his back wlen the aged visitor renmarked : -- "I wonder lie (idl't ralse' ye witli tihe hand he held." "Do you understand the gamie?" asked one of the party, taking a eigar from his mouth. "Wall, a leetle-l've seen 'em playin on It, and sometimes thort that I'd like to take a hand jes' fur fuin I." "Just so," said anotier, "suppose you try a game or two with us."' "Wall, I (101) 't. mind jVs fillr the runi or the thIng,'' so the oltt mau sat down and with a good leal of iustriietion managed to get tliror.,;. tie game and won on the plony aite. "Thar," said he, "if that feller that's golne la<d been spunky ani ptt. in live dolars, he'd get it instend of eight cen ts, wouild n't lie ?'' ''Why ! certainy," sai( one of tile young Imlen, "certainl, .O,'s your (eal uncle; now why dont ' you go in for a livo dollar anie ?'' "Wall," said tihe ol fellow throw Ing round the cards, "I dnnoillio biut I will, but .1 ha t g t Ilotli l' hit. a twenty dollar bill ilit I drew olitenl the bank to come ihere witl." "Well, Iluile," said the other, gathl cring upl) an(I glancinl". at. hik Cards, "I'll go yer twevnty, and you cali pul it in the missionlary box wleni you win It if you like.'' "Sho! so I ken," said Ite old man:111 I don't, thiik 'tIwd bve g:uabl lilt' at all of that's the case. "Not at all," said I h11 olqher winldzag to his Compallionis. "Wall, thenl, I flon, c:i-e f I go yer this other nf.y--buit, I s'pose you'll thilk I'm doin' oi it, to skcar yc-but our denoinaliatie's tarIIal pOor, a d a big contribiltoil is jkus wat. thelr hankerin' vrter.'" "60h, no, 1 cover your fifty mnwie, we ought to be liberal you knowl '," amad so the gam11e weNt oin till filially 11e old man reimiarked, "Wall, I'1 no idee I hal this ere roll of hills in my1.1. pocket so you call (o ye ?-ive h1Iiundr1-aed dol lars ip !--yej you haive got t lre ters-three IleeIs and a ja1ck ! W%,ell, 't,is kinder queer I got, ,'of her <ueen 1w I hIaw ! iaw !'" "Yes, 1'in sorry for yut, bI wlat are your otlii cars? said ie younag man triumaphiantly. "'Well, tharee onL 'emI ez/ kinugs---why dlarni It, all that, erc po0t 0' ioiey 's mine, y'ounag feller !"''said lhe, st rei ch ing etut a pioweif di'lW paw and sinueezinig the bIlls out of theo hiand of the yomuig man wh'1o hadu already begun to roll them up-) "P'rals mister you liIke toI take your hand again,'' said lie to thec other w ho htid retuiirnted tanena thlne, '"they are goling to sinhg .somei snam tunes up stairs before goinhg to bed andc One nuinid Of the danizgerm of trustngt appearanaces. Catchlulmg at aleraifa. Captain SuillIvan i of New York, re cently caLught at green marline aznIial in the water nearz thtt eigy. (Cahptinf Jack had baited las eliht inch hook with half at p)ound ot' o)orgy, anad was waiting for onec of the p)ir7ates of the bay. lie got a bite-a tremend(ouls 0one -and when lie had killed his prIze antd flhOped it onl Its back, e7xperts pro nlounetIt ii '' angel shia rk,"' Some amateurs on the (leck, hiowever, wouild have it that the Capatalia had caugh, a maermiald. "'Becauise,'" saiid they "'look at, its belly ; did( you ever see aL more pecr feet huanani body ?" Wlheni drawia out~ of the water the belly was nure white, but shiort,y after death it. hoegan to change, and1( sooun assLumed a true flesh tint. The back was ofuzmixed p)urp)le and1( bluish graiy. Exziaiain of thle fish .* ~proved It bo l)e tan angel fish, whic IIs aL e ommzon inme for Ilhe iiatlina angelus1, a representautive, CahptLa daek says, of' the famIly Os squaitinido, intermiediate betwe en the sharrk arzii the ray fish. From its applearasaee It is oftena called the ''shark-ray,"' "~angei fish" ''rtm the resemblance of the breast lizns to w Inugs, "'monk-Ilshi'' frozn its rounid head, whiach senms to bo einvelop)ed lii a cowl, and '.'1lddle fishz' fronm its gen. oral shaspe. Cap)tain 'Jack's fish weIghs about fifty pound(s, is four feet long from the sniout to thme fork of* the tall fins;i is tean anches aicross t he belly; fifteen Inches across the shoLulders or wings, which aIre nmuch like those of the spread eagle on thec suabsidiy sil ver colni. At the rear' eimd of thme belly - are two more wIngs of almost the samue -shape, aLnd as thme lish lies spiread ouit they bear aan exaggerated r*eseminblanlce to extremely widle hunmn hips. TIheo tall, whbich Is twenty inchca long and flat sidewvays, tapers from a ticknaess of fIve Inches ait the fluke. TIho umpper pazt ofteback and( the hieadi ia singu larly like a fr og's in shmapo amid color, amnd thme eyes, about Ilye inchles apairt, are small and1( of za dark gray hmue. The mouth is very wide, anid like a cat-fish's, with, two rows of smaall teeth In the upper jaw, and a trifingular tonigue half an inch thIck. When lhe landed It on the pier tIhe fsh pan ted an,d p)al pitated lIke a huiman beIng, and as It lay on Ita bzack It looked confumsngly like a drowned youmng w~omani of nto pretenBigns to good looks, AGRICULTURE. 'TjiP IN AGRIOULTILIUR.--Th1I pig has recently beei spoken of in con tempt when Compaired witl 011 other doilostle aima111121ls. Bu111 I' we exi a"nle his good qualities itt all critleally, we m11I13ta ward lin1 it high pltee 1in 011' ligrictilture. le Is fouid to I oiuee ia pouttd of prodmit 1 'roi less food thanti either Cattle or 11eep, 141m0 is, ther-fore, the Ilost econ loitt l 111t i111 t o 1111111ti tacture our corn crop into uarketable Inoat. Our ple,tople are hei1tnoiing wiser every year, and ex porti tig less propor tiontet0ly of' tile t raw material, atld more of condused prodtlet. I f it takes Se von pounds of' corn O3 an average lto make at potind of pork,as is Ito 3 ottin the case, the fairmer begiis to see the great econ 011y of exportiig One potnd of pork, batcoll or 111m, inlst,ead of seven potinds of corn. Tie difl'eretwe in cost of freight akesit a line proilt, of itself; beside the )Ottid of Ment Is us81ifally worth 1tuore tlan11 seven 11ndS of conI in the foreign mnarket. The prod ict ion of pork should be encouraged on the further Consideration that it Carries oil' less of tie Vallable Constit,tuents of the soll thia beef. h'le fat pig contiiins Only three-fou1rti is m1110l 1111 1e1a1 iatter per hundried weight 11s the steer, and o1y two-i1ths as Iteh itrogenl I)C1r hnilidred weight; and ther*efore the prodtlt,lonl of' ia toil of pork oil tihe farm-Ill will Carry oIl only it little more (1h111 half the 1'ertlilty earr'ei oil' by at toil of beef; beside, a toin of beef will require n1early 11ft. per cenittill more to pro dule it. This gives iI roundI(I 11111ber.s tie coilpatrativNe efeet, of' prodtleing pork am3( beef. It i., thuis evident that the pig Shoulid be fostered in every way, Ills capabilities sttilded and puish ed, his diSeatSCS CIIrlftlIly' IotLd anIld pr vented, for he is tile mnust protitable mtlenlt-prodicthung a3inal on the ftrilm. The pig is 11n excellent adj.11l3 to the dary, ulliii il1 the reu e Ililk and even why111to cash .- As e is kin)g of olr 3Inleat exports, so let 33, .'it himu with great, Consideration1. Sat.Tr n 1 '..4011.-Th qutestion ts to whether salt is injurioui.s to poul t13, has ofti been mooted. To get at Ile it fact-i, I have b)!heeI feedinlg salt, to all iy poultry, young uld old alike, and closely watlcing t3he result, I have fed. It: II vond 111131 anid hot.; iII bran and every i tig else, iil t.be spring ald Smmlner%0 with the f'ollowing re.31111 : Tho pollItry will eat. all khl;. of S1!ted food in preferece to itisalled ; they ar'e hetter 11n genera'1l 13ealthri not)1a louse of 1n), kind inl youinl- or old (t lie lrst yVearl' I havee 1blo to s:ly so), ard they are all bogining 0 molult., 3mlanly ()I* th3em la tyil :s I holihil not iolltillg. I,ggs are no I0%Cheap, and tIle hels will be rea111 for fitl I Iy Iig wIIe1 tbe wl - mr Is ('011 and(iI elgAs !care. Thlis mluay, or miay no. lie t.he esiit.of etiling salt largely to theil, but I 1313 .omeliled t.o believe th1i.s11 loe so, a1* :Ire( SOme other jwcuIaII!Iri tievs. I havv notived ()one ren.. IlMTe, whIch 111y13' n1t it! in Nivo' (' alt-tlhe 11havi. s114''el to be more prSiLS(elte13' 13111'-d t0 't, b being. mnore dillicult to broaks oil the(, itielina tion ; they sit much oloser thanl tisital. All seem vor:aeiously fonl of green food of' any khnd,aI a have ea.tLvi - larcge qiuanitit-y' Of Clover, gr0'.ss, YOun41 Corn1 and ot.m.r similar foud. Aly obs erva tIonls lead Ine to thet conl11.ion that, salt Iis a ieeded Condilulit fior all (lurt. poulitry, anid Ill all poinits is bellelleial to fl,eni. Pigeonls are excessivelv fm1)d of salt, inl 113 o , an13 Iltid why 8hou1ld n1ot ourl poltry be ao:Stlell being the true statis, it. behooves us to conlp sider their lved< amd attul1 to them. IxcRE:AsIM, -niM E.ALS ()r Con. If we take a well-developtil corn silk and dis:et it 11nCg th W iSV, ati t.h Ix les of' manyI3 of' the cenitr'al ati lower leaves8 we d iscover' binds 01ut(I through. lonitu(1 <iihutlly'. Somei of1 Ihs bud801)3 genlerally3 dlevelp ars of3' corn,311 sitt t1'1hoe ear1s are near th13'1le uipper' bnds noticed:03 On the dlissctedl stalk. Now~ tile fact has1 been establishled thalt aill, 1)r a1 13m Jor'ity of1 the b)udS 1)n thie cornstalk may)313 be develope'd in to car1s.8 Suchl beinhg (l'e 1)my3 more11 attentlin to the 11mpro1'vement1l of thie cr'op? Ev~en if they3 are' nlot dis pOoed to give it the 111 ltint a13ttti f'or' this I iovemen01 t , why33 not. more1 genera'il ly adop0t,1 t lhe 11n3 pr1oveIinnt made311 by3 ot hers, wIhen lit will r'equIire less loss of 130 111O time 1' 3experim t i ha ot11her w ise ? A 81igular'110 fact, ole In ia cornistal k w~elI gr'owni is, that, inlsteatd ol' the lar gest, bud of' the( green03 stalk develop!ing ani 0car of corn1, it is (lie sma111lest of' thle biuds on3 tIhe stalk, aIt thle timle of r'i penIing 1a33( 1)3 81:31ks whl1 b ear' no 01ars, the bids Will b~ 10'113nd to be 1near1 ly of1 eqlj1 sIze, 1 iXfIi exa ied whleni oIf corn'i shiow~ a grea31terI Iinibr' 01' bulds to the stalk thlan others 111nd such arie 31sua111y the mor03e pro'3lt13e1ive. CJI-i:rt-uai 03" QI' lNCEs.--Wle I 1in 00s can1 be~ made(1 to grow(1 oni almost, 31ny3 kIud of soIl, still a rathe deep3101, ich, and11 mloist soil is fti'r pre'feralble to~ one o1' an1 opposite0 chartert(. (Q1311c0 trees, plated1( alonigsid e of' ditches0, or' oin the baniks of 8311111 streamIs and1( bor' der1s of pomis(1, alway seem3' 8 to1 1 th1lrive 1)01ter' and3( bealr lariger1 frIllit than. I those growilug 013 hlih and3 dry'3 gr'otund(, whleh01 I laOrobably owin1 g to 313 abun11 roo0ts duiniig the hot and( dry summer331101 11133thls. lit t (le pro1per'(011 otulis for' the success8 of1 qu1ince0 1ts can3 he se (ee 03n a1113ost any13 soil, by3 the( app)lli Qiationi oIf' mantires11 31and331 mulhinig; and1( whilIe w~e cannot 1 spea810k posit ively in r'e gal d lt lie pr'oIlta3blentess o1' qIncel' 0131 ltre in Newtt .terso3y, or el.sewh lero it 13313 be saf'ely' assr1te<1 that (lie r'eturns3 from1 [then will com13par'e fatvorat>ly In selectinhg aL loc1t for' a quinee 0or char'd, the depth and3( richness08 of' the 8s1oi ae a11- ll-Iportant,1 cons1idera't Ions, iiIan land rath er 1heavy'3 anid tenneous is b)etter than~ a light sande 01' grauvel, ali (hioughi we1 wld'I plat. (3n thle lattler k{ind, if 310 other was1 1'15Iprocurab11le, atnd thenemu ao 0(l1Vto (remIIedy any1 d1efect by liberal al)icatloIns of coar3se manure11' to tihe surlfaceI aibouit the tr'ees cycry3 fall C It x.11 p3i:r ny 1.l.:), -- terenc3h p)oultry'3 f'anlhers who mallke a spee0laltv' 1) i'aisin33g l'Owls f'orth' marke1t1ht, ar3(3 310ow feedi1ng thlelir poul1try3 ith11 boliledl inig quialities are somet1111 hg wonder(1iulii, and1( it 1s said( that the( r'oot also) 13 impr'ts 31 peculiar1'11 llao to the3 flesh 11hat stilts the taste of 1130 French01 CIpleure' exact 13'. Thel lar1go, yel31low carriiot.s are ('oh.. er'ed best foruI thiis purpose)08. The F'aise Notions ltK at in [ho inlds of mlanuy otherwise initoll, ftent rop0(Io as to the requliremient(s of a dhilor dored atomachl or lIver. 'I lie awal owlig of nauscI ouls and poweorfull dr'ug is thie way to enicourago, not to 01u10 dyspepsia and( liver comuphatut. Nor 0can a constlij.ated or othIer wise dIsordered coni(tion3 of the bowels be remedied01 by sImIlar trecatmoent. That agrooa ble and thiorough stomacioe and ap)oroent, HIOstetter'a lsittera, wichl is the reverso of ui pleasant,5 and nver produceOs violont effects, sfar prferablo to imedio,nos of the class re'. ferred to. It infuses no0w vigor 11nto a failing hysiue, 01100re th o mhid while It stren8thns Iho body, and institutes a complete reform in tho actlin of the disordoredl stomnach, bowela or liver. A ppetibo an3d aloop are both pro meted, tutorinoe and kidne alfections greatly benefitted by its use. 16 I indeed a com re henasive anid meritorious pioartion, froo fro drawbacka of any1a- * , . DOMESTIC. S'-0EsTIONS AnOT0 CARPET SWEEP N0,.-SwCepIg Is a good exercise if you ean avoid ralsiig a dust. But If yo-I ale iI ied of vigorots exercise of I.hat kind, getA: hoe and betake your sulf into a corn -ield. Sweep carpets gently Even at rag earpet should o( ItrClead with vo II4le ration. A severe digging with a still' broom wears the walr-pnlul scrapes (lilt the lilt of the rims (tite nieedlessly. Not long ago 1 le.1rd it womanl say tt ia Very st,ir1 broom was needed for sweeping Brus sels varpet. I thought to myself "a still' broom will nevor sweep my Brus sels carpets'' (good r.e4son why 1), as I Imagii,edl tile tearing out of the soft tilltiig of the varpet by the coarse, sharp br-oom splints. A carpet-sveep er is the host thing flor this pturpose. c It does the work easily and well, and saves dust. A brush of hair und tlist I pan are good to use for tihe ni(cest car pets, but their uts( is too laboriois for recommendation to ia busy house-keep- t or. I' ia common broom corn broom i iust be uised for Bruwsels, it shouild be 1ine, soft, light and clean. To sweep up tiltheads, rayelings and other 11ne litter, nany persons wet tile broom in eleanl tepid Water, shaking out the wa- E ter before sweepimg with it, jilst keop ing the broom moist enough to wipe up the line (Itist and threadb, rinsing in I elcak water and shaklig it frequently s as the work progresses. Brussels car- I pets aIr not suitable for rooms where I sewing and baby culture are going for- I ward. li providing carpets for any ( room, relsonl would dictate that they I be suchI as may easily be kept clean; I nlot so (111k as to show every dust and 1 thread, nor so i!ght its to be very easily solled-somUehiig which will either let the dtlst sift through or retai It on tho surface, rather than in t,he carpet itself, whilenl to be used in rooms where (111st Is made. V I:A,E,rAl. C0OKIN(;.-The follow ing general rile will be found applica ble to the cookiig of all vegetables. lie sure to use theim while ifrsh- . TIhe evaporation of' ioisture, whiell wilts them, also renders then unwholesome aid tasteless, Fre'dh vegetables will coolk inl muchte1 less time th1an1 those which are sle. The more rapidly they cook tile better, and they should never be allowed to stop bolling after they once begini, util done, when they should be lished immtediately and served hot. Too loug cooking will injure both col or 1111(1 1la1vor. Too little will make them tasteless and indigestible. Those whicll sholild look white mus .be boll ed in a 1Wixture o' milk and water. Those which should look green when don1 " 1n1st h1e fIft muicovered w:ilel cooking A small p-crtice of carbon lit.0 of aminliona Iix ed ill tie water In whicb green vegetables are cookled will preserve the color withiout inijuriing thle 1Ia-or, buit I'resh Youing vegetables look 1tml1 tasto well ( iough wil.houtt resort ig o whleh are 11111i1ly eIployld by prole."it'lonial cooks. WI iEN ICe (,'nnotll, be obtailed ail 11 the lituer is soft, 11111." trivet otr Some opent iht. thing with legs into a saucler or mmup pjate, 1111d set thtple 1)a1e of buttter oll the trivet. Fill Ile satieer with wa tel', turn3 at Cleanl, Comml11on flower-pot UPside dowi over the butter, sc that t.he edges wvill set within tile waterl, I'lit a -ork lightly into tile hole ill tie btolm(ll of the Ilower pot, till drenich the [lowver pot with cohl water and set in a cool phie over niglt, or for qome1 hours beore ieeded onl tle jable, and it will bi e 11s Ia'd 11s iI kept O3 Ice. toI:Erix NO . 'l'(i LAi>CLAN-Mn personst1 lintd sp)(edy rl'lefi1 f'or nervous hieadache by wash1tI ig the hir tho- I ronIgbly inl wea3*k SodaL water1. L ha3ve kunowul severe as1es atlmuost whl'ly cn r'ed1 ll teln mtiItes by this shnuple remiedy. A friend( hinidA it the greautest relicef ini eases of "'rate "ol," thle cold( symp1 tomst1 eltirely letuvht'g the eyeQS and(l~nose :tfter 11( on torouigh washin g of thte hair. Th'le halir 11 shold lbe thlorougly 13'(ied1 aifterwa rd, and1( avoid d raughits of atir l'or' a little while. AtrrEnl itilxing theO enike to ihe prmoper contsistenlcy wthiich mulst, be stiffer thanii for' pla11in entke, put a laver of the tuix t11are inl tile pani, thten a layer of citron cut in1 thin p)iecs, thlen another 1laycr 01' t.hi mItltre, anid 01ne of citron, andi so ani unltil the pan is two-tirtds full; I have lnever found( this to fall ; it dis tributes the citr'on evenly through the cake, and looks very pretty when Ctut in slices for the tatble, Tio atvoid caltching cold, alccustom yoil r'self to tile freo use of' cold water every mornt'inIg 031 first getting out of' bed. It, should be tollowed by a good deal11 of r'ubbling wit.h a wet towel. Is has1 cons5ieralble effect iln giving toneo to tile skiln and( maiitaining a1 propeOr tIetonl 131 it, an3(1 thuis proves aL safle guard'( to the lnjuilous iluleo of cold and1( 5L.dd1en chianges of temtper'atulre, ira ilanlC cloth ini warm soapj sudis, 11hen3 inito wvhitinhg, 11nd( apply it mov01e gr'ease am31( dirt fromt1 woodi-work of alIl dhescripjtions5 ab1out your hlouse. At' - alpplicaLf.On will mailke painltedl wlood wor'k hook al mos0t as goodl as new, and1( will not In jure time paluit in tihe least. K 3:r3'Na~ GilA l's FREsHi.-Take a .woodenC3 box ; l)ut Iln a Itayer of' cotton halting ; thlen it layer of gr'apes (do0 not oilier layer', andI( 80011, until 11111. Keep hiemi as8 co(ol as possible and nlot free3ze3 beeswax 318 8003n as picked. .low to keep) eggs Iresh from six to eiht mItIhS: l'aek thetim ini a good cool place(3, small11 end( down in keg~s 01' boxes hIlled withl flulely powvder'ed (tied eathtl, 0or common11 r'o.(d dlust., 0or sifted coal iashtes. Thtese sett,le between tihe eggs, keep thtem from aiccess to time air' and1( pr'evenlt evaportionm of the w~hilte or spoiling the yolk, L~1OnotrrI tat your1 nurse doL' n1 Iot dru'lg yourl litt.le ones with laudanumn, pare goric 01' other sooth ing remedies. Give thleml Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, whiceh in, nloCent remedy is warIranlted not to con4 tain ola1tes. and1(1K1(dney3 Comlaitllas rOcommIlend(ed, 1 had1( a hllf bottle left wich I used for my)3 twvo little gills, who tile doctors and nelghibors sah1( could not be cured. I wvouldl haive lost both of thlem 0110 niht if I hadl not, giveni them 1101 BItters. Thiey dhi( themll so muchel good [ (303 tltnued thou' use tunitl they wore cuIredl. T'hat is whiy 1 saty you (10 not kniow hallf thei vauhie of 1hop Bitt,ers, tmi do noSt rlecommend llii tem htigh eno01ugih. .... hR., lha'lte'r, N. Y . Seco01heri col.Inn1. DnLloUs D)iAORDIIRs, Liver Comnplahnts, COstIve-. eOss Dyspsla, &o., are speduy removedl I y Jr.jaynloIeanlativo P'ils. Fort,y years use has Provedlllhom stiper for 1o all other remedtes for hoe Cure 0f tile various diseases for whIch they are reconmended. Inl their action they are mild and certain, and may be takcen at any time Without risk from Rposure, HUIMOROUS. ANOT-rE1 horrible clerical scandalI [t Is a lassrohusetts minister and it ill came out in a Providence Railroad iar, quite by accident. Two nice, neat >Id ladies, were going out on a visit ach carrying a little round black bas cet with their kaitting in it ; and such lear old drab bonnets as they wore ! ittle quaint bonnots, with ribbed satin icar the front and dove-colored rib Ons tied snugly under their slightly vrinklod throats, They had been alking privately, innocent littie gos Ip, and often their softly silvered heads ,ame together in momentous confer mo. At last the moment arrived vhon the solemnest and sacredest of il secret communlotions was to be nade, and In this manner it was ac oiplishod: "And what do you suppose Prudy old me?" "I don't know-do tell.', "She said-and she didn't iwant any - hiug said about It for the world-that he minister'' "Yes." "That the minister' I'm hearing every word." "That the new minister keeps a mer ham plipe I TuE Rev. Robert Collyer commenced ils pastorate in the Church of the Mes lah in New York, with a conundrum. te preached on the topic "Why should Ion go to Church ?" We think they hould go to church as well as women, ven if they don't get a new hat to dis )lay as often as the latter. Young non should go to church in the eve iling, if at no other time, to escort the ,irls home. There are other reasons vhy men should go to church, but we ,an't recall then just now. "Now comes Johnny in from school ,vith. "I've got to have a new slate and t peniell, and a sponge, and a second eader, and teacher wants me to study reogral)hy, and I'll have to have an at as, and the new boy got a lickin, and ;ay ian, won't you ask pa to buy the tooks this noon because I'm in a hurry, tud all the rest of the boys got their'n.'' BENEVOLENT Old lady-"Tell your niother, William Stubbs, that I shal ,all in durig the day, and give her a ittle spiritual comfort," W. S. 'She'll be glad o' that, marm, cos she an't pay the score at the Bull since 'cyther died, and ain't 'ad no spirits ur a week." MoTiEn-"Johnnie, why do you ook so down-hearted?" "Johnnie 'Coz I iavn'tgot no luck. Jim Wood icad was the lastin the 'class, dn I'd tworked myself up to the last but one, in' now J immy's died to-day, an' I am ;he last again. - Boo-hoo !" "Johnti, did you take the note to Mr. Jones?'' "Yes; but I don't think he mn radl it.'' "1Why so, John ?" "Be %ause lie is blind sir. Vhile I was in 'Phe roonm he axed me twice where my imt was, and it waL on my head all the Ime. IN resi)onse to a question as to his usiness, a witness replied: I am a -re aler of wet goods.'' "Wet goods xhat are they ?" "Liquors, your hon )r," said the witness. "Oh, yes, I aeei ffet goods; you mix 'em with water," esponded his honor. A little girl heard some one say 'Tempis fugit"' aid asked her mother vhat it meant. Shie was told that it vas one way of saying ''time flies." I. few days afterward she said: "Why, nai, how tempus does fidget!' A nnRarT boy was walking along he street with his mother, and, ob crying a man with a peculiar hitch in is gait approaching,heo tirolly exclaim ~d: Look, mamma I See howv that poor nan stutters with hIs feet." (G EORoEhas promised his Ethel the irst shot for luck. A covey rises) L'thmel (at the critical mnoment)-"Oh, ?eorge ! Perhaps they too, have oved." MARY-"Get out wid yre, Path Ye ilvver mnane the half that ye say ?" P'at--"Sure then, Mary, I mane the athmer half double, so it's all 0one1" A DETRmorr restaurant-keeper hangs ut a sign of "Free chops," and when ~he old loafers come around lie shows shemn an axe and a wood-ple. IT has been suggested that a pretty liri in front anid a tax collector behind wvouldl keep the average pedestrian up to a flive hundred and fifty mile score. We like a man with lots of temper. It i9 the man who ~gets out of temper r,but we don't like. lF you are ambitious to move in the liighest circles Is to join the next expe :ltion to the Arctic circles. When hay fever attacks a 'Pinafore"' party it is "sing, hey, the merry, mer ry maid and the catarrh." WHY aro some people like e'ggis? Because they are to full of themselves to hold anything else. A DECAYED apple gets the warm of tenmer thani the early bird,. GOOD doctors are liable to be wrapped tII) In their business. A WisE DEAcoN.-"Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family well the past sea son, when all the rest of us have been sick so much, andi have had the doetoi.s viaiting us so often.", "Bro. Taylor, thme answer is very easy. 1 usediI op) Bitters in time; kept my family well and savedi the doctor bills. Thlree dollars' worth of It kept us well and able to wvork all the time. 'l'l warrant it has cost you and tihe imeighblors one to two hundred (dollars mjph~i to keep sick tihe same time.'' ikaconm, I'll useyour medicine heroe. IT takes but onme trial to show the purity and merIt of Dobbins' Electric Soap, (mnade by Cragin & Co., Philadel phia). For your own Interest give it that one trial. All grocers keep it. A NEIGHIBORl informs us that his wife sever knew a quiet n ight until the doe ~or prescribed Dr. Bul's Baby Syrup ror her little 0one. "'Latah and( Grow Fa,t." This ancient bit of advice Is well enough for "spard" people, but how about those that'are already too fat ? What is to become of them? Sit still, and I'll tell you. After many experi. ments, extending through months of patient Investigation and toil, the cole. brated analytical ecfemist, J. 0. 4llan~ has perfected and given to the world Allan's Anti-Fat. Thus far in several hundred cases this great remedy hau never failed to reduee a eorptulent per son' from three to six pounds per week. [t isa perfectly harmaless and post yel ediolent. Sol4 bp druggts. V7 :~ ~".-. / Consumption Cured.-, AN old physician, retired from prao tice, hivIng had placed in his handq by an East Inuipt missionary the forndula of a imple Vegetable remedy for the speedy an'd permaient cure for Con sumption Bronchitis, Catarrh, Astbina and all. 'W roat and Lung Affegtions, also a positive and radical cure for Ner vous Debility and all Nrvo4s Cqm luts, after having tested its wonder ful curatlye powera in thousands' of cases, has felt It his .duty to mhke it know to his suf'ering fellows. Actu ated by thi!s motive and a desire to re lieve human sullering. I will send free of charge to all wlio desire It, this re. cipe, in German, French, or English with fuil directions for preparing and using. -Sent by naill by addressing - with stanp, naming this paper, W. W. Bultan. 149 Powers' Block, linchester, New York. Oxygen in the Sun.-Professor Henry Draper had an enthusiastic reception in London recently, wlieni he broughi'be rore the Royal Astronomical Society the results. of his investigations as to the presence of oxygen in the Sun. In the paper which lie read Dr. Draper iuet many of the objections urgel igainst his theory, and added numerous contirmatory proofs to those already pLublished of the soundness of his con olusions. iis views'were strongly sup ported by some magnificent photo graphs of the solar spectrum, which were greatly admired by the English savans. The London Times paid thePro fessor the complinent of a laudatory eolumn and a half article, and summed up in his favor as follows: "We think that most spectroscopists will admit that Professor Draper d2es not pass be yond the limits of scientille caution in claiming that the coincidence, shown in his photograph's, between the bright lines of oxygen and bright parts of the solar spectrum, establishes the proba bility of the existence of oxygen in the sun. The burden of proof, or rather of disproof, should now fall on those who consider that the coincidence may, after all, be merely accidental.. To us4 it seems that it such evidence as Professor Draper has obtained is rejected, hardly any spectroscopic evidence can sulloe. to prove the existence of an element in the sun. We certainly have not strong Br evidence in 'the case of sodium or magnesium, elements which every phy sicist regards as present in the sun, than Professor Draper has obtained in the uase o.f oxygen." In the discussion which followed the reading of the pa per, Mr. Raynard, Mr. Proctor and Dr. Gladstone warmly supported Dr. Dra per's views. Dr. Huggins was over whelmed with a sense of the conscien tious care wlich Dr, Draper had bestow ed upon the investigation, but stis penided judgment until lie had examined the coincidences by direct vision himself. The only dissentient voice was that of Mr. Christie, of the Royal Observatory, who was afraid, if they accepted -Dr. Draper's theory, that the solar spectru i is - made up of a continuous spectum with bright lines upon it, and that these are again nodlied by lark lines, they would be landed in absolute tin aertainty as to the sun's composition, since they would not.bo able to ascertain wvhether aby of the ordinary dark lines were merely interspaces between bright 1ines, or were absorption lines. On the whole, Dr. Draper is to be congratula upon his successful reception. What More Terrible, more.painful, more exasperating, discouraging and persistent than les, especially to affloted mortals who have tried lotions, ointments, pills, olectuarios and all manner of nostrums and doctors' stuff. internally and externally, without relief. What wonder is it that half a millhon redeemed sufferers should shout ho sannas over the discover of Anakesie, an in fallible cure for Pile.? 'his medical miraole, so simple as to exoite wonder that wise dbotoru have not thought of its before, so prompt and certain in its action as to secure for itself the title of infallible, so scientiflo and rational in its combination of poultice, instryment and medicine, as to render the ultimate cure of 95 p.r cent. of average cases of pies sure. is not an accide'ntal discovery, but the solution of a problemnb the study and oxperience of Dr. Silsbee. an accomplished andldsti nguished physician of 40 years' standing. It has stood the test of 20 years' experlenco; over half a million of sultferers have used it with mue6ess, and doctors of all schools now prescribe it in their proctice, aud it is pronounced to be the nearest to an infallible cure for piles 'yet dis covered. Anakesis, Dr. 8. Sllsbee's External Pile Roimedy, is sold by druggists evywhere. Price $1 00 per box. Samples maIled freto all sufferers on application to P. Noustaedter & Co., Box 8946, New Yorkr. Nothing like Glass.-It us proposed to r:.ake railroad ties of glass. So with car-wheels of paper and ties of glass we may soon expect rails of putty or some such substance. Soon after Do la Bas tie introduced his method of toughening glass Mr. F. Siemens, of Dresdon,.eom menced a series of researehes, wybich have culminated at present in the pro duction of a very hard glass9 whichi, unlikerthe lijaterial produbod ,ythe De la Bastie method, do'es notifly into" a million fragments when broken. The sleepers which are being tested on the North Metropolitan line at Startford, are three feet long and four Inches wide by six inches deep, the upper side beibg shaped to fit the rails, The glass sledp ers are not so strong .s those cut from sound pine, but they are practically In destructible, and what is more, are cheap. A Natural .Barometer.-Chick weed is an excellent barometor. When the flower expands fully, we are not to.ex pet rain for several hours; should it continiue In that state -no rain will fall. People snore because they lie with their heads thrown back, and:thuere Is consequently a dropping of the undeor jaw. To break the habit, sleep. with the mouth closed and the ohiui low. THaasra.'s Totter Ointment will enro Sore Eyelids,'Bore Noe, B6rber's Itch en the fsce, or Groer's Itoh on the hands. It never fails. 50 cente per box, sent hmail for 00 cents. Johiin Holloway & Go., .602 ArhSt.. PhUia,, PM. HiEsxur.'s Thz*rza Onarmki's will enre all abbv or scaly diseases of the akin. 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