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t~UlENTIFIC. $ngraving Copper Rollers.-Copper prlnting-rollere are usually engraved 1 i n two ways, one of which is the iml pression of the pattern by means of a steel die, a process which sometimes, as in the case of heavy furniture pat terns, is supplemen ted by direct engrav ing with a graving tool by hand. The other plan is etching, the substance of the copper being eaten away by the ap plication of acids. This process gives nice shading, and when Judieiously ein ployed is of touch use. Generally this method consists in covering the roller with a mastic or varnish, which protects the places which are not to be acted up on, and which leaves the pattern to be engraved open. The roller thus pre pared is then plunged into at bath of' ui ttrie noid of 15 dog. or stronger. Setme times a little hydro-chloric acid Is add ad to favor the dissolving action of the acid. The operation generally takes no more than five or ten inlutes. This presess has grave inconveniences, es pecially in places where there is not a luflcently strong ventilation to carry oih at once the fumes which are formed In large quanities. This free acid is not only dangerous for the workpeople, but, spreading in the room, soon affects the machines. There 18 also this draw. back, that the acid acts underneath the varnish, resulting in unclean edges of the engraving. A Gerinan chemist has for some time employed chronic acid It, place of nitric acid, and from all ac counts with very satisfactory results, especially in danp localities. The at tack of this acid upon the umetal is a lit tle slower, but theengraving is sharper and cleaner. The solution is the 10l lowing:-5 oz. of conmmercial bichro mate of potash dissolved In 2Ooz. of hot water, alter which 12 oz of susphuric acid of 06 deg. are carefully added, and the whole well mixed. This bath gets brown from usage; if after a low days' is becomes mauch so it must be thrown away. It is necessary In order to ob; tain good results, to heat slightly the bath, which is done by placing the trough containing it into a bath of tep IS water. The cost of working with chromnc acid thus obtained Is said to be cheaper than wit.h nitric, and alto gether it appears to have many features to recomend it to calico printers. At the last meeting of the French Academy of tclence M. L. Brault read a memoir on two phases of the annual circulation of the air. The study of barometric pressure over the entire globe had led to two importaut results; 1. In sumner the lowest pressures on lie continents are in the northern heitm sphere, and the highest continental ressures in the soutliera hemisphere: Fn winter, on the contrary, the lowest continental pressures are in the south hemisphere, and the highest in the northern. Thus summer exists in the North when the greut ninimutn pres sures of Central Asia and of North America, and the taxinumn pressures of South America, Australian and Southern Africa are established. 2. On the whole surface of the earth the low est continent.al pressures of the sntinier mnonths become in witer the highest, and. reciprocally. the highest becomes the lowest. Between the two seasons the pressure is greatest in the North Atlautie and Sonith Pacific Oceans. A remarkable specimen of siliside of Iron has been exhibited to t.he French Academy of Science. It was a piece of piig metal of about three kitogramus weigh t, and of a brilliant surface wih ich agents. T.1he color of the mass was nearly the same as that of p)latiinutm,t and its eielflO weight was about 0.50. The resuit, as givent, of the investiga tion to whicht tihespec meen was submit. tedi, p)rovedl the mnetalic mass to be a silleurettedl iron, remnarkably rich in sitcon,an thttwaevdnyte that there can be p)roduced on a large metallrleal)einit of view. It is now p)roposed to make railroad ties of glass. So with car-weels of pa 2 per andh ties of glass we maty soon ex stance. Soon iler 1)e Is Bastic inltrot duced his method ot' toughenling glatss, Mr. F. Siemens, of 'Dresdeni, commtilenced ~~I I series of resealrches, which have cui inmiated ait priesent, in t.he p)roduictiont of a very hard glass, wvhich, unlike li)n lmtaeal prohuen byroe Deiia astic method, does iiot fly Into a mil on firmets whdtend broy n t he eh sleepers, which are being tested on the North Metropol itan ine at Stra tfor, are three feet long and f'our inches wvide, by six inaches dleep, the tupper s1(de being -shaped to lit t,he rails. The glass sleep era are nt, so strong as t.hose cut frotn sound pite, but they are practically indestructible, anid, whtat is more, are cheap. ____ Mensai Cures of Pihysicai D)isease. *The A merican young lady who bo lieved that she had got a bristle of her - tooth-brush fixed in her throat got woyrrse and worse, though there wvas no brIstle there, till she was persuaded by her doctor's ruse that ho had extracted it, after whish she recovered as ra pidly. On tihe ether htand, there are very well attested ease., it which mcre fright, directed to the oxuocted suffering of a diseased part, has caused a powerful - but salutary revolutioni In the condition of the diseased organt. Dr. Carpenter t.If we mistako not-in htis "Me'ntai Phaysiology," give. a cast of the coim plete anbsorpt'.on of some very danger ous tumor in a very few hours, under the Influence of mere terror at the pros p Oct of the pain of the sutrgical op)era ~ ~ tion-it was before the days of chloro form-which had tbeen determined on to. remove It. Here was a case where attention-and attendion of no hopeful kind-produced the very opposite effect Sto that which, In the American young * lady's case, attention of the despondent k'nd, hadiproduced-thae very same ef.. feet, indeed, which a remission of at * bntion, when accompanied by .the hope of cure, had in thatocaso produced. A Gentle StUmulius Xe imparted to the kidneys and bladder by Ilestetter's Bitters which is most useful fn - vercoming torpmdmty of those organs. Besides infusing more activity into them, this excel lent tonio endows them with additional vigor and enables them the better to undergo ihe wear and tear of the discharging function i posed upon them by nature. -Moreover, as the are the ehantnel for the escape of -certain 1mp~rii_*frmaitio blood, it incoreases their t'eo bystr4fh hening and b6aithfull Sti~ul4In thm. il .eein morbid condi. tIl ebthseimha,' anoergans, the fail int Ias legih'ato*bidhris the usual .rdhws Ofsa5e. :ha 'hen can beof( ea g. Pee *9ivity WI dhflott 1 to sr mrePekllous tN. those wbheh Af tet hmes4and a iedleine which avd~i h - ~ shud hihly estoeened AOR1UULTU1RE. FARM MAcnINEnY.-AImerican man - facturers of farm tools shape them in such a way as to do the work with the least physical labor. The E nglish manu ufacturer on the other hand. has a pride in making every thing substantial, heavy fand solid without any regard to the weight or strength needed. Why, there is more wood and iron in an En glish farm-cart than would matke two American carts, and yet with their superb roads they load theirs no heavier than we do ours. An English manure fork is of the same size and pattern it was half a century ago-at square, rough tine shouldered near the point calling for the greatest amnount of force in loading or unloacding. The American lori is a round polished tine, tapering gradually from the point to the baee, and calling for the least power. The weight of an English plow Is at least three times that of ours and its length about twice, and yet it takes neither wider nor deeper furrow-slices than our best plows. In fact, one pair of horses attached to one of our best pat tern plows will do from at third to a hall more work in the same number of honrs than an English f irtmer wIthI his long, un wieliy pattern that is out of all pro. ortiuon, t>ot,h in length and weight, to the work it is intended for. Tihe same is true of the English hiurrows, cultiva tors and all of the implements I ouil Ili common use for turning or eultiva tiug the soil. The ordinary wooden hand-rake is at clumusy, heavy thing, having from a third to it half more wood thai Is actually necesary. It: many instanices, in going through Enigland, in many of the agricultu al districts which I visited, atrmers cultivating from forty to a lundlred acres of land still continue to cut their grain crops with the reading hooks and cradle. The English cradole has it scythe blade of ordinary size and length, with two short wooden tingers. Tihe man eut ting with this cradle throws the cut graiin arouud agalist the uncut stantd lig grain. Anotber man follows the eratlier, eqlpuippoc wi it it piece of stick about thre feet In lengthi wtth tll iron hook on the end of it, and gathers the eut grain into sheafs and places them on the stubble before the next swath can be cut. The Atmerican, or wlhatis con mnaly callea the " Yankee," cradle has I wide scythe-blade situ liar in size and length to the English, but instead of two shor t flhngerw It has four long ones, and the operator cuts lie grain, which 'alls on tihe tingers and which is thrown into it sheaf on the stubble entirely out of' t,ie way of the next eradler who fl lows, leaving the cut grain ready to be bound, one man with uis doing tbe.work of two in Englsani. In talking oi the subject with an inteligent fa nmer in l0saex county, EIngland, I had difllculty Iin convincing him that the long fingers of the ". Yankee" cradle would not or could not get tungled tip in limo straw, nor could I induce Ihimn to send and get an Americatn cradle, alt,hough he was coiplinintg of tIe high price of farm labor when compared Withl the low price of larm produce. How To AvoID BAD I;uT.-In a lecture before tie New York State Agricultural Society, lion. L. E Le wis satid : "ii lmy opinm1ion it great anion nt of butter Is spoiled, first, by uncleanli ness in manufacture; second, by too much acid In the cream; third, by casein in a decomposed state in bt,tdr; l'ourth, by too much friction on butter in chutring and worklaag. Foul tmlk lng stauble., impiuro water, odors lirom dccomposingiatef, atli pfledt,the quail Ity of thid amik. 'There isover' A p)ound muore sugar ini a htundred pounmds of' milik than there is of butter. Sugamr ackm is thme first sign of decompoesit,lon ini tihe mimlk. It, destroys thme stugar. T'ile ae conti, or lactic acid, macts upon and de str'oysi the oils thait give buLter its t1a( atromna. Whleni these two acids are fuil iy developed, destroying thme sugar a d aroatic properties, we naive witat'n)11y te called the inatural eheomargar Inc butter, It is searcely better thmp) thme patten t art,Iole. Crem shoulid be hm turnm ed wh ile in time first or secojid sugar' acid. 'The best is imialo from swveet cream Is more susceptible to odors timani souar creiam butter. W ATERI VURRo~ws.-When all else is domie, miake time neccessary wvater fur rows att onc. These maiiy come a rin thme next day andt do darmamge. DIsperse the water into severatl channimels, rather ltan let it colleet In one or' two. Whmen the field Ia in graiss, these wauter fur rows will be0 us~eful in spreading time rain more evenly over the field. hARNEss Por.msi.-Tlo make a good harnmess polish lake ol' amutton suet two evinces; beeswax, sIx ounces; powder ed sugar, six ounices; laimpblackc, one onee; green or' yeil'nw soap, two otunces and( water, onme half pint. Dis solve the soalp In water, add the other solid1 ingredlints, mix wvell and add tuirpentinme. Laty on wIth a sponge and polIsh off with a btruish. A connhlz"roNDENT of the American Ctutivator says thait pear trees need a great dealt of' water, He waterod some of time pear tree~s In his garden wIth 1i qulid mmanumre every (lay last jumimer andl fall, avnd it Is sturprisinig to see how time fruimt Increased In size and quality. "V RGEtTINE," says a Boston l)hySi clanm "hits no equial as a blood puriller. Hlearing of its manmy wond(erfuli cu res, after all other remnetles had filed, I visited thme laboratory aind convinced myself of 'ts genuine amerlt. It is prepared fromi barks, roots and( herbs, cachi of whichi Is ighiy effective, and they are comp)ounmded in such a man nier a to produtce astonishiing resulti." A L A DY's W innm.-' Oh, how I do wIsh umy skhmi wvas as clear' as yours," saI,l a iady to her frientd. "You can easily make Ir,so," anmswred then friend. "hlow ?'' iinqmred the first lady. "By uising Htop flItters, (limt maikes pure rich blood anmd bloominmg heahhI. It did( for me, as you observe." Read of It. Tuiely Discovery. "Great men are not always wiso. neither do the aged understand Jiaon."--Job. Til aiflicted pat ~q ihJave known of the . useless ~ aiui t namient of ~ 'Emerol' in his own time, but his words would h ave beon even more applicable had ihis prophetto eye looked'down the long vIsta of medical his tory' amid witnessed the ortuol, absurd and inof featual treatment of Piles by time many uiqhoolis of "great and aged professors," unatii' at last a disgusted doetor p opoumneed piles '"the oppro brJunt of thmeart., -Dr. 8ilmboo has put to shim~e,b th6 slimp leity amid ed'elleniet his great -hoiomedy, net only the,whole family of qumac nostrum, whose name Is hegidon, but the pretodedwmlom of the medical profes sion,. andti A4, vhinigg (thpie uremedy)f a ptie to seethe, an instrument, to bold up end omm proe time tumor., and a uiIlfully dovfsed Ine'dI alne, aplied directly to time diseased p arta ul tinmatoe cures the worst cases of ples an covery of the age, and we believ~e themi. An - keais. Dr. S. Sihebee's External Pile lepi ed - sold byall first-colass'drugglsts. Prte *iO. Sampe miled free -to all- sufferers-by P. Neattteyt* no, na nat~ -4ow vom. DOMETI'IC. TrIEA'C1AM.T OF TIlE IfAiR.--tOW to preserV(% the -hair'is a sulajeot whleh seems to interesc almost everybody, if wb may jtigi from the frequent inquil ries fron every direction which com to this oflice. One wishes to know how to provent baldness, another how tc preserve their hair from turning gray, another how to eradicate dandruff, etc. Now, it is it delieate matter to recoin niend any apecial treatment, but Prof. Vilson,ot Englantd,who isde?uied high authority on the hair, condemns wash ing it, and advises, instead thorough brushing. 'tils promotes circulation, removes sourf, and i3 in all respects. h says, better than water. Cutting the h.air, loes not, as commonly thought, promote its growth. Most of the spec ifies recommended for baldness, not excepting petroleutn, are mere stim ulants, and are seldom or never perina nently sieesstul. Some of them give riso to congestion of the scaip. When a stimulant is desirable, ammonia is the best. It 18 safe. For falling out of the hair, Dr. Wilson prescribes a Io tion composed of water of ammonia, almond oil, and chlorofori, one part each, diluted with five parts of alcohol, or spirits of roseinary, the w hole nade Iragraint with i drachn of oil of loan. on. Dab it on the skin, after thorough friction with the hair brush. It may be usedl sparingly or ihindntitly, dlaily or otherwise. For cool i ng lot ion, One in.tdle of two drachm s iof borax aid gly eerinte to eliht ouuces of dist.illd wa ter iii 41'eCtive, allaying dryness, sub duing irritability, atl removing dand rull'. Both baldness anl grayness de pend on defective powers of the salp skin, and are to be treated alike. What is needed is mnOaterate stimulation, without'any irritation. The following is good : ruo into the bare nlaces dai ly, or even twice a -day, ia liniment of canphor, ammonia, obiloroform, and aeon Ite eqitl parts each. The friction should be gentle. AIACAno.r w1T"i CniiE iE.--Break the macaroni into equal lung'.hs and drop it into salted boiling wator. Shake the saucepen of tin to prevent its stiuking to the bottom. Abo\it tweity ntinutes will cook it tender, whfn It nu.st be itmmediately taken from the fire, and prepared for baking." Bitetco a pydt(lug dish and with a sktnimer, buZ It layer of' well drained macoroni in t'he bottom of it. Add) salt if necesFary, then i little butter and i )ayer of cheese, af terwards another layer of drained nat'aroni, then more butter and grated cheese. (ontianue altertatte layers uan til all the macaroni Is used, putting cheese at the top and over all a thin layer of sified cracker-crumbs, Put half a cupful of sweet oream)l Into the dish before arranging the top layers, and when all Is done, invert a pan over the top of the dish, and put it in the oven. Cook, covered for ten min utes, then remove the pan, and place the dish on the upper gratiing to brown the top. It should be served in the dis,h in which it is baked, and as soon as posslble, as standing makes it dry and hard. Fian PUDDING.--An American in Copenhagen writes; '"[ send you a re ceipt for a delicious speciality of the Danish cuisine. I made its acquain. tance at the hospitable taible of a coun trywoman, whose husband represents uts at the Danisha Court very efficiently, and with general acquaitance anth commniendaton, whose brbther is the most distintguished Amorlean living, anid Wuere i to mention his name every trite Repunblie'un would alt once order my reeelpit for' his dlianeir. It is foar t fish puddinug, to be served after ,sour or as an entree. Three pounds of boi)cd Ish, a largo lump)j of' butter, a talesp81oonful of flotr, twvo eupsI of f resh muilk :w hen boiledi it must' cool s little ; add11 to it the yolks of seven eggs, the whites beaten, anrd stir it around ; then add salr-, pepper, and nutmeg, Put it in a buattered d ishi and clook for one hour ha a pr'etty warm ovenl, then serie. (Snuce-Floutr and butter, and a little broth andl capers. To PnREVENjr 4oOtg-JAW.-Loek-Jaw~ is one0 of' thtenmost terrlble diseases te wvhleh mortals are exlposedl. A Califor nuia exchaange asserts thait no one neced be in dhanmger of'suceh attack froii wvoundsa caused by ruisty Ironi. T1he worst ease oh inflamed wvounds aay be cured by smoking tihe inujiredl part with buring w(Oo or woolen cloth. Anythinug that proitees safety from such1 a fatal dis 0:ase ls worth recor lig. IN making cheap bread pudding soak bread crumb 118In cold water' all niigh t. squeeze the wvater out, add chop)ped ont 10on8, herbs, and parsley, pepper)O anti salt, with a little suet or dripping. Bake in a YorkshIre puadding.tin and cut, out iri squares. F or sweet pud ding use ectrranes-, spice, andl brown sugar inustead of onloon, herbs, pepper anid salt. APPLm BUTTEn PUDDNao.-One. pint of milk, three eggs, two ctps of floutr, two cups of applhes,'eut atitll. Bake one hour ahdl eat with Saur.. CAUsE AXE) EraCr..-T-he main enutis of nlervomutsness is indigest for., anid-that is cauisedl by wveakness of' the Stomach. No one can have sound nerves and good health wIthout uasing Hop Bitters to strengthe) t) e. stonmach, .pify the blood, hind keep the liver and kidneys act.ive, to carry off all thme poisonIous anal wvaste matter of the system. Seo other column. [T anakes a person fool sad to hear a cr'ylng baby, suffering p)robably fromn some slight pain, whieh ConuId be easily melieved by the auso of Dr. Blli's Bab~y Syrup. whmeh is for sale at all datug stores. - .Do A Ciever Thi,g . for your wife. Shie odes man y for you bakes, cooks, scrubs and1( mlendcs, 11er wvork is n.Qver,doa;e. <09t f romm your grocer a package of Ollt-Edge Blutter MIaker for ten per coent. more butter, and of a color that she wvill be proud of. The valuable book, "liints to But ter-M1akers,"Isggvven amway 'by all Store keepers. NOVA POST OFFICE, Ashland (do' 0. by youd.errgspgQ ahtmi ,00 EClyria, Mr. Boynh t,ito your alt- Edge JButtcer.fa, ker, and W lied mec .to givo.t.a trial. ..Weihu noc one gaUlon ofscerea.m'3ac co1alfg to your dir6otions'In yoiut' let ders Moyntoy, With; the flopw re me Qt )urhig 12 ittes th8VtdSlr! . 1181V1e4e mfo or ee'& ars. lo ' k ordha saiwoe eren 11yfr8mdi typ sat bit,i .et. -4 Wvould furher.s, I made.a seoa oQncL.tyli6 Svih about:thoesainmo ul. 0.8. VAN AMAu. HUMOROUS. WATr'Y Mi#disoN.--A 8cotoh clergy tt an by the name of Watt;y Morrison was a man of most irrepressible humor. On one occanion a yo mg ofilcer scofted at the idea that it required s) much time and study to write a sermon as ministers pretend, alid ofered a bet that he would preach a an hotr oti any passage in the Old Testament without the slightest preparation. Mr. Morris oi took the but, and he gave for a text, ''And the ass opened his motth and he spake." The parson won the wager, the officer being rather disinclined to employ his eloquence upon that text. On another occasfon Mr. Morrison entreated an officer to pardon a poor soldier for some ofirone he had con mitted. The .oflicer agreed to do so if he would in turn grant him the first favor ha would ask. Mr. Morrison agreed to this. In a day or two the oflicer demanded that the ceremony of baptism should be per formed on a puppy. The clergyman agreed to it; and a party of maany gen tlemen asseubled to witness the novel baptism. Mr. Morrison desired the officer to hold up the puppy, as was customary in tie baptisut of children, and said: "As I am a minister of the Church of Scotland, I must proceed according to the cereionies of the Church." "Certainly," said the Mayor ; "[ ex pect all the ceremoty." "Well, then, Major, I begin by the usual question. 'You acknowledge 3011 rselt the father of this puppy ?' " A roar of laughter burst irom the crowd; the oflicer throw lie candidate for baptism away, and. thus the witty ninister turned the lihgh against the iniidel, who intended to deride the sa cred ordinance. A DANnUnY boy was discovered "playinag hookey" yesterday by an un cle. le was working a velocipede in the suburbs. It, was supposed by the uncle that the boy had takena advan tage of his father's absence out of town for the day. But the young man de nied the impeachment, and clmaned that he stayed from school because of a sore heel--not, sors enough to prevent workinga yelocipede, but too sore for study. Better stop teasing your father for a new paar of skates, bub, and run in and warm your hands by the fire. Do you reflect on the awful solemn fiact that in seventeen million years an ulster of ice, sixteen feet thick, will cover this planet ? AN old bachelor was cont ting a wid ow, and both had sought the aid of art to give to their fading hair a darker shade. "T''htt's going to bo an af'ee tionate coutplo," said a wag. "Ilow so?" asked a friend, "Why, don't you see they are dyeing for each other al ready." "Am inglish wQtuanat's track is the grave of sentiment," says a Springfield writer. "I have seen a Countess pro trude from her carriage in Regent street a number nine 'Vongross' boot, the elastic worn and stretched loose, and the strap to pull them on by stick ing out." Let Americans read and be thankful. 'T'ux Marton Democrat says Kankakee has a Justice who beats them all in the way of doing up a job of matrimonial splicing with neatness and despatch. Th'Iis is the formula :-"flImve 'er?" "Yes." "HInve 'hu::-?" '"Yes.'' Mar rIed ; .$2." TF a boy's hoots were made' of cast iron, covered with tar and gravel, and then painted foltr coats andt varnished, mothers wounld still have cause to wondler how on earth "that boy" got hIs tfeet sopping wect. SOMEnODY who sees th rough appear ances to reality says that keeping house means keeping a small family hotel to accommodate at least one hus.. band, two children, a cousin and an atunt. A NEnhCASKA monument to a horse thiefis s.mply a stone at the head of a grave and a sign reading; "It wotuld have baen cheaper for him to go on foot." WrrH alt the Frenchman's boasted economy In eulinary matters, lie never thinks of serving up lamb in its own cap)ers. DEALEnIS In weather strips are mad enough, and no wondecr; t.he weather out-strips alt their et orts toward maik lng our houises warm and comfortable. As sins procee(t they ever multiply ; like figures In arithmetic, the last, .stands for miore th.mn all that went be fore it. "THERE is plenty of bottom there," remarked a sporting man, pointing to a pedestrJa4 with a pair of enormous feet. .KISSE~s are the right kind of smacks to sail <lown) the stream of life with, although taking a bus ia not bad A WESTEnIN paper describes a very saliman as beIng tall enough to go in to the woodls and plekc a mes.s of squIr rels. "BJLE88aD are the peacematkers," said the small boy who dropped a cost ly vase. A STRONG will does a man more good in thi s life thant a lively imagination. F'AMstLrB that cannot pay the baker are liable to be stricken from the rolls. FOn IEnONCIHIAL, A.STHIM'f, and Catarrhai Uomnplafats,'and Coughs and Cold ; ;4rmon'. .BirQno/tu4 TIrochgs" mnl Mt rema'rkabie !euirative. rroper ties. Imitations are offered for sale, many of whiilt are injurious. TIhe genuine "Brhomon's Blronichiai Trochee" are eo d o.aly in .ho.~ Tno8E who use Qarboline, aM nowv improved and perfdcted the great pe' tr-olenum hair renewveg, are tlwva1 u s tlinguished by the. beaL;t1'1 fro :tgxt ure of thd hair protdugeti by athe pse et the most exqislite of all to let prepara tions. WE DO not believe in medIcine for childrmen, but we do believe in Dr, Bull's Bab~y Syrup and assert that.no faily should be without it. TAU E econourty, Ie n~etbutiigthe low eBf, piced artcleq ii. 4esd cheapest, So wi4h. Dobbins' Elecotrlce,Soap, (made. by Orain & Co., Philad'a..)- it is best and cheapest and we-fisk olur reag t tebt it for thernselve' ' t. o WH ttsE1N, P oTsy, with. cold cxtremg4;'hiIWq5 fte skin COse ,tes.~h 4eh'n4ap4ip in to io~ euWe ew r a ic a ilifus At. veYr to' thr Jsf'$uallawllru ges - Life lU China. Chinese houses Are usually built o brick, one story high, and covered wit tiles and earth. They are built n higher for fear of diturblng the gooi and evil spirits, and are covered witl earth because earth is pletttifui ant timber is scarce. The houses are di. vided into two rooms, one for the males the other for the femalet. Each doei his or her ow4n cooking. Ilusband aiu wife never eat together, nor are they ever seen together onthe street. Chin ese iusbands are extremely jealous oj their wives, and are afraid of evil spir. its; and in order to keep one In and the other out, their dwellings are sur. rounded by'a high wall. Thie turni ture of a Chinese dwelling consists o a small table about three feet square, chairs similar to a b'tr-room chair, and the cong (bed) is built of brick soine thing like an old-fashioned oven and has a ilue -lor the smoke to pass off. When a Chinamtran wihes to retire, lie builds a fire under his bed, -warms It up good, arranges sheep skin and blait kets, crawls in and Is happy. Their dishes are not very extensive, the kwaetrzi (cirop-sticks) beiig most im portant, as they are used for convey ing all manner of food to the mouth. Tie only currency of the country Is called cash. It is small copper pieces with at squiare hole in the centre. Six huidred o theim make one dollar. Sil ver circulates through the Empire, but it goes by weight altogether. There are banks in the large towns that issue their notes, but their notes are not legal-tender cash for the payment of debts, and only pass in the towis where Issued. No banks fall In China. In case a bank should fail the banker would be beheaded. Any person who receive, money or other property from his c,istomers for safe keeping must re turn the saue when called upon to do so, or he held as guilty of a high crime, the punishment for which is death. After the debts are paid, all else that lie has goes to the Government. In case he has hidden the propet ty so it cannot be found, the property of his relativos first in line Is taken till the depositor is made good, Bankers are honest in CLI na. Chinese physicians know little or nothilug abo it the human system, never go to see a patient but once, and insist that the same medicine will not do at all for a man and a woman, though their complaint be the same. The beasts of burden are cows, donkeys, horses, mules, and catnels, and they frequently get thorn strangely mixed. A great many camels are used for the purpose of carrying tea to Russian .lberia. The principal temples, from which they try to exclude foreigners. ire as follows: "The Temple of Heaven," the walls of which are two n1mies square. The temple itself covers about one-fourth of 4n acre; and is built In the form of a doi'. Here the Emperor is supposed to attend 'every three months to offer sacrifice, which consists of from six to eight hogs, four or five sheep, and two or three oxen. A t the "Lanma Temnpl." ia' an un age of Buddha 70 feet high, made in the pro [portions of a man. From 2,000 to 8,000 priests oficiate at this temple. Our misstonaries saw 1,500 at one timie kneelIng on mats and ehanting Buddha praise. At the "Tucmple of the Great hell" is the largest hanging bell ini the world, being thirteen feet ini diameter and fiftden teet high. There are about 75,000 difl'e rent characters east on the bell. The bell is rung when they want rain, and no other time. Consum'ntion Oured. AN old physikian, retired from prac tiee, having had placed in lhis han dsby tin East iImila missionary the formula of a siminpie vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for Con. sumpt ion, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and Lunig All'ections, also a positive and radical cure for Ner vous D)ebility atad all Nervous Comn p)hdta, aifter having tested its wonder. ful curnatlvc powers in, thousands of cases, has felt it h's dity to make it knew to his suff'ering fellows. Aetu ated by this motive and a desire to re lIeve human sufiering. I will send free of charge to all who. desirQ It, this re elpe, in German, French, or English with full <,lirections for preparing and using. Sent by mal by addresn with starhp. narnmig this p)aper, 1WW SHICaA R, 149 Potwora' -BloCk, ROCAe8fer, NCew York. Irayou are Nervous and Depressed,. Sala Boolland's Glerman Dlitters. Brr.Ks.rr.'s Tetter Ointment will enrip Sort Eyelide, Sor. Nose, Barber's Itoh on tha'.ae, or (irecer's Itoh on the hand.. 1t n ver falid 50 eente per box. Kent by isi for , pnits. Tol;s)pn Holowa Co., 602 ArchMI 8.Pla,Pa. !1x z .eto. Qn)mn e 6ill enre al 3S7 PtJ1JlI8r IRliC Books. TEMPERA NOE JEWIEL5 e Teirrne songs of the-best goait '. Sl WJtITE JQOBE& T, eem Sabbhath Schoo) Song.seer .r.a GEM GLEANR. ape colecionof Atathemsa for Oharob 8ea'. A PRODIG AL ASON. A nrs Catata.P auIIap - Commendd t AMazuO*AKV QLEB ROOK - ru $ .eof the v r. best GlUe and A B SN & 044 iflcT40p,. For Voioe Training. One of the very' beet. .*1.0, - DR.,(QR..A44UANT4 RA, line dyera. #40)h iti and ea t to give. @18 W I'p o m e to f th e nd o thor bo k , or an Oliver Dlton 4 Co, Boston.' M ICROS@0PES, Operk Olgbe', Thheftees, Iy9aae. Seetaq9hp, JIarqtungra, *;, Great|t 4$ u4f?ryos -~f~atR,sodl B I E, K en T VEGETINE. NE1VOtUS DEBIL1TY. Nervous Debilaty auel lor'pal.sS I In almost all cases sleeplessnessIs asylnptom Of so1e ot her disease, anal can only bu reinedied by the removal of the latter. I fretluonuy, however, f-ras so prominent a featire as to render it necessary to be treat ed as an original disease. int.onsu nuental excitement continued up to the poriod of going to rest, sedentary 1i bits, the habitual use of cotTeo, also weakness of the digestive organs, are frequsent, causes of this t outle. The Ies and siinle t, remedy Is VEniTINEK; and any ior-o.n who t annot sleep nights shontd mai,ke it a duty to keep a bottle of I his King of i elnedies always in the house, and to take at good . oso of it ju,4 before retiring for the night. It will be sure to prove Natuso's sweet rest orer, andi to liy to the patient that refreshiung sleep which every wearied frame Batadds so much In need of. For snall chil.aron aili:tctt with wind, undue excitement, anti the agontes which accompany dilicult, to.hing, nothing will tt lound sater or better than a few droi.s of VKosR INx. It, will at once iestoroquiet to the nervo,ds s. stein, and give rise to a natu ral and ea-y slunsbor. Although VK1iwrTNR con tains tiot, one particle of opium orother narcotic in any shape or forin, it, yet has a most soothit.g effect oa the whole system, and w orks in eon Junptioii with Nature to give relief. See tort niotnialR. NERVOUS IEBILITY. Itev. O. T. Walker says: I'ltov.DENOh, It. 1., 104 TItANSBT ST1tBET. MR. I1. It. ST RV KNsB, EQ. . 1 feel bound to express with my signature the high v lio i place upon your VRoETINS. My family have :sed it, for t he last tw a yours. In nervouis debility it is invaunttulo, and I recoin tsend it to a I who miay need an Invigorating, rensu ating tosie. O. 'T'. WALKKRl, Formerly Pastor of Ilowdoin squ.re Church, Demson. Dispepsia, Norvownoss and General Debi lily. CINcINNATI, 0., April 9. 1877. Mn. IT. It. t TEVRNR : DVar Sir-I have used soveral bot les of Vege. tine- for >by.rtep:a Sraousness and Gew ,rat Debiaty, and I t an trtly say I never had a romnedy so sure In is iefect.s; thoerfore I nuay rccoinanosid it to ill sufferers. Walnut lttls, 41 Court Street. VEGrt3'1TINE, PRKPARRD BY XI. R. NTEVENS, Boston, Niass. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists HOP BITTERS. CA Medlcine, not a DrWs.) COrTAINS ROPS, SUCI U, MANDAD.8>I DANDELION, '!oI Puzear atrn B1ta Ma>ous. Qir or A.Z. O.'as BvTIrts. Dseseas of the Stomach, Bowela.Biood, Lter dneyi, sad Urinary Organs, Nervousaea,. and especially Female Complaiai. $1000 IN GOLD. 11 be paid for a ease they wm Not eee et bp,er or ayhlasg impure or injurious found in then. Ask your druggist for Mop Bitters sad try ore you sleep. Take no othew. CoVes ot0mIs the sweetest, s est an best Ask Childe Rep ]PA for Stomach, Jiver Edup U superior to al others. 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