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. ECentric Cats. There Is now at the Battery in the Devil's Point. England, a cat which is an expert catcher of the finny tribe, being in the constant habit of diving in the sea and bringing up the fish alive in her mouth, and depositing them in the guard-room for use of the sallors. This remarkable cat was indirectly trained by her inspector to sport in this manner, having long been avccus tomed to dive into the sea after water rats. Her love for the Wiater, says the writer, was as great as that of any Newfoundland dog. This anecdote proves how the nature of the beast may be changed by circumstances. No doubt, had she had kittens, and fish and water-rats been the only food they could obtain, they might have followed the mother's curious habit, and in course of time tie instinct becoming hereditary, there might have been a race of sea-diving cats. Cats can rea son-or put two and two together iII a quiet way. Sam Slick tells a tale touching this faculty which might not be believed, were it not backed ip by other irreproachable evidence. A ser vant continually entering the master's library upon the summons of the bell, a'id Ps continually being told that it I: d not been rung, persisted in saying that he had heard it. The lomestles began to suspect the house was haunted, and so it turned out to be-not by a ghost, however, but by a cat, who wishing the company of her master, and not be ing able to gain admission by reason of the closed door, must have noticed that when a certain bell within her reach rung, it was opened by the ser vant. Puss, noticing cause and effect, used to ring the boll, and always ran to the door and entered when lie did; the fact of the simiultalncols entry leading, of course, to the discovery of her eunning trick. This. It will be said, was but a Sam-Slickismyl; but here is a still cleverer trick, which is re lated of an Angora cat belonginkg to a Carthusian monaster-y at Paris. Tils cat having observed dhat the cook al ways answered a certaink bell just be fore the diltners portioted ont in plates were served Out to tei monks, leaving them ilk consitiece t1 i)Intpro ted, had wit enough to Lake advaitige of this fact, for she used to ring the bell out side the kitchenk-door, watchi the cook off guard, spriig through the window, help herself to a portion, an1d then re ta'rn before Ihe had time to come back. .inlnci uinlr. As bir-d'i sied their delicate feathers, and as tihe in ferior alnials lose their urry coats, which ar relaced i)y new ones, so the hman head gradntally changes Its covering of hair. Preserved with perfect neatness arnd accurate care, from these are hfashioned for each lady the variouis additions of pulma or plaits or curls, as the case may he, w h ich are de manded by the style of coi ffure ik vogue. 'This shedding of the hair is a con stanrt process, bIt inl our. climiate is mostly oh servable in tire autumrn, whenr a iar'ge harvest of hairs enn ursual ly he gathrer edl in. Tihe revolting pietutre of those utncleranrly '"snarls oi comb inrgs whlich thkrift~y ser1vant girlasav upV~ aii tu1l sell"' can have no relnation to thIe toille& of airy lady. T1he hair of' those who lave iearnedi how to preserve it, is constant ly washied-dlaily if piosibhle-w it.h a small soft sponige, slighrtiy wet. Tio *tile water used ia add~edi, in col wveath or, a little glycerin, andl ocasionailly ilknkrm werather, tile very sma111llst dash of ammit~onia or of sodra. Tihe 1ro cess of separautinrg tihe harir inch by inch, and washing erach par itinrg wvithI tihe small damp sponge is slow, h~itt is rew~'arded by tin c results ~of' perfect Ireshnress andcilicreased growthk, and1(, Rs5 manyI1 a lady can testily, inal I i te valuable arnd pleasrant reading of the dary can be accoilupilished while tis mechlauical process is pierformired bry herself, or by her eraid, if silo have oe. 'The halir thuis washed hs lightily comfbr'd and then biruhe uni I itil d 1ry, aind the gathrerings f''rm brt'?h arnd comb laid, in clean, ligrht isips, In a smail cover-ed basket kept for the pmt-. pose. Every gaitherer of' .hir looks with (daily sturprise on thre neeumritllat ing store, andi, certaInly, twiei liL'h year, the family hrairdrecsser wvill be it trustedi with a suflcient quakntity' to maike up in any form that may be desired. Thurs, lby a cleanly andi almple pr-ocess, wilth only the small expense of malnufalc titre, all the additionarl hanir necessa ry Is obtained, exac-tly mratchring that 01n tihe head which It Is to ador'n, even to tire retaining of the newly-acquired tlhreads of siver, wich add~ to the colt uire tire charm of fitness wheok nmiddleoage sets its seal On tihe brow. With thre bath a mfornring plunge of' thre frace to tire 511um mnit of tihe head strerngthienis tire front hair, whilae this immersion, If miade whir the eyes op~en, gives a lastirng vigor to th~e sigh t wheih niothking else can bestow'. The occaislonal aid of a juldieious hair dresser is invoked for a more amp~lewashl ing and brushing, as5 well as a carefnIl clipping, to give strength to each sepa rate hair and promote its growth. Mlay it not be hoped that tinis admiission to a glimpse of th1e "foilette des dames" wvill calmn the anxities excited b~y dreadful -descriptions (if "dead hair,"' '"hair eon foot," andi hair 'redolent of tire sepunle. dhre, the gutter, or the servant girl's eom nb,' and will tranquilize bothi satirn al and scientiflc Americans as to the question "how this constantly incr'eas Ing want is suppliled. ia~rt Ana inorfl Paralyzing blowa are being dealt at dIsease by the great tonuic and regulator, Hoestetter'a Btomach flitters. Fever and agnoe. geneoral deblility, rhieumartlsm, nervous altlmuents, corn alipatton arnd dyspepsia, are among tire mala dies for whieh experrence has proved it a spe clue0. Its work is thorough, its effects are prompt. It is not, however, advertIsed to pro. duoe m imeriate.etrres. thourg, it affords speedy relhct, and iil. if given a reasoinable trial, such as any standard remedy deserve,, root ot the maladios to which it is adapted. irn emergencies arising ini families it is particul Jarly serviooabio, arnd It is esteemed through out the lan~d as a medicine of comprehenstye uses, whrolesome vegetablo eompositioni arid unniobeotionrabie dlavor. It hae risen to popu larit by puirely loe itimate means, and only well eubesntiated feets are alleged in regard to it. Use ib ayatematicaily. AIMEICULTURB. CONTROLL1No A Coi/r.-Restlyoness Is sometimes, but rarely, hereditary: more often it arises from imperfect breaking; very frequently from bemg loft week after week, well feed in a loose box without exercise. It 18 quite impossbile to say what will cure rest iveness; but the first remedy to try Is work. If the animal 18 old and con firmed in vice, it requires the assist ance of a master of arts in matt rs equestrian. But very oftem, if the flust symptoms are checked, the cure will neither be long nor difficult. A gentleman who ha. been breeding and, breaking horses for more than forty years always lunges his colts carefully not brutally, bofore lie puts them in harness the first time. They are kept standing, and are driven In harness without veliicles atttched, for several days before they are tackled to the brake. So, also, if a horse after behing idle shows any signs of having for gotten his breaking lesson, lie is first htinged backward until lie sweats, then with a rider on him, and after ward his day's work in the middle of a cart team where he is not asked to draw many pouids. Tnese seem trifles but it miust be remeiered that the very best horses the soonest become above themselves. Many a Iirst-rate animal that would be pronounced by a timid driver or rider as danskerous when first mounted or driven, after being at Tattersall's from Friday to Monday. would be foud a perfectjoy and delight after two or thrue day's regular work. Alagnificent animals are spoiled by over feeding, want of exercise and bru tal repression. W nYN TO A Pt.Y AxpA NE.-The comn mon practlee amiong farmers s to make a general clearing of the yards and barn cellers once a year, either in the spring or fall. Either practlce makes a heavy draft upon the teams, and it has Its disadvantages If this work Is done in the spring, it is whien the gaound is soft, and other work i8 exceedingly pressing. It the manure is drawn out In the fa1l, and (iropped in heaps upon the field to be cultivated next season, there is more or less w sto by leaching. and by evaporation. There is a grow ing disposition among our intelligent farmers to apply inianiure dheetly to growing crops, or as near the tiie of planting and sowing as possible. It is felt that the sooner manure Is put. within reach of the roots or plants, the better for the crops an( their Owner. Manure is so much capiltal invested, and bears interest only as it is con Sulied in the soil. The yard cellair may be so mana!ee( as to manutfacture and turn out fort ilizers every 111011th in the year, so that the farmer may suIt iis convenience in applyinhg them to the soil. WiVhen Ima 1111,re IS not wanltcd f'or cultivated crops, it, is always safe to apply it, o the grass crop, either in pastu res or upon men lows, after imowinug. 'I'op (ressing is growilig in fav.or with our rintelhligenit. f armers. Orass pays better Ihai al nost aiv farim Crop in tle older Sitateq, aid the spreading o freq tient plowing and seeding. .15y top dressing at any con veniienm, seasoni of the year, 1lels may111 be kept. prolit in grass for an indel fin ite ime. flow -ro DnAo, wAVri HATRr.-WO clean our remises of these lete'slable ver min by making a white-wash yellow with copperas and covering stones anld rafiers of thle ell h wi i a thick coat of it. In every crevice where a rat might, t.read we put. crystals of copperas, and scatt r the saille in the corners of the floor. Th'ie resnit wais a compihlete stampede of rats and( ice. Sin~e thalt time not a footfall of either rats or mice has beeni hieard ahomst tihe house. Every Sprinig a coat of yellow wvash is given the cellar, as a rat ex terminIator,and no typhoid, dy3Senltry, or. lever ittacks the famil1 y. Maniy persons (dliberately attract all the rats in the neihhbor 110ood by leavinrg fruits andl vegetables unicovereli in the celbirm~; and1( some time105even the 80oap scraips atre left openi f or their regalemen t. Cover up every thing eatable la the cellar and pantry, and you wvill son starve themi out. Tl',l inmproved Freinch mlethiod of preserving wood. by the application of lime is fouind to wvomk well. Th'le plan Is to 1)i1e the planks in at tank, and~ to pnt over all a layer of quicklime, which is gradull 1111 slackedwith water. Timber for nintes reqiries about a week to be throughly3 impi lregniated, and1( other timliber morlie or less accord ing to its thickness, Th'le material acquires remarkable consistence andl hardness, it is stated, on being subjectedl to this ailmple1( pro0css, anid thle assertion is muade that it will n ievei r< t. Hoeh wtoodl priepared ini tis way tor~ ham mners andio otlier tools for iron work, is tomirid to acqulire the hardness5 otf oak without part1ing with aniy oif Its well knowni elast ielty or toug ~hn ess, n also lasts longer..11( Sow mxc iN Box ~5 IN 'rumx lotsa. Whlen only a few varieties are to be SOwn , good p~llant cani 1)e grown Ly sowing ini shallow boxes of earth, put ting these in a warm, sun11ny wIndo(1w in tile house, coverinig each box wvith a pane of glass to retaIn tihe moisture. Never sowv seeds in piots utnless thley areo sunuk upl to thle rimal inl boxes of moist earlth or moss; o ther'wise they are alpt (iuickly to (dry out a1( nd luure the seeds or youn~g plan1tns. Tu Onoi:n-Wonmi.-Of the grub wormi t hat, destroys straterry plants somietimnes, it ia raid b~y sowing sail freely-now-say t wo or t1 roe blarrels to the acro-andl next sprIng pllowIin~ and1( harrowinig wvell and setting plants that grill wIll d istumrb the plants but very little. Uisa OF UnIAN.-ltran 18 a very val unblle food1 in a stable for reducngin flammiatoiry efreets of oats and beans. Made Into niashes, it has a very cooling and laxative effect; but used in excess, espeeially .in a dry state, it Is ap~t to form stony scerotlons in tihe bowels of the horse. Dr. WIachnadh says that If one-thIrd part of oIl 01 turpentine Is added te chloroform, the latter cani be adminls tered as anI anaesthetic without the risk4 utally attenidinlg it. The reason as signed is that the stlmtulating proper tics of thbe tuerpentine intercept in a marked manner the p~ulmonlie paralysist wyhleh ia somelttmnes induce~d by the~ chie roformn, andl which is of ten thie enause 01 (death. N{o Amneriecan Is ever geilty of meet lng another without asking: "Wel how's tradle ?" And it doesn't matter if one of themn Is a hangman. (Irnonea and Ntorekepersg pay 8 to 6 cnts a poumnd extra for butt teor mnade with Gilt-E~dge Butter Maker. It increases the produetoon 0 to 10 pe)'. cent. P'1 noes labor or ehiiaining 0one. half. Gives a rich golden color thes year round. Sold by dIruggists, gro cers amnd general storekeepers. Send stamp for 'IHinig to Btutter-Makers h' Addres . .tteUr Improvement (J'., Timrou(I'lI Cool( xo.-It Is o1e of the most common mistakos of the cook to give too little tine to the cooking o' meat and vegetables. She is caroless about getting them over the fire in sea son, and to make up for the delay, she atteips to "rush things'' by using at very hot fire, spoiling the food by too I fe lous boiling or baking. Iard boil lng toughlens the fibre of meat, and spolis the texture of vegetables, but a long steady boilIng heatgradually soft ens or makes tender the toukliept fi bers. Many personis stlp))ose that certain articles of food do not agree with them, when the whole diflicliity arises from I the imtperfect manner In which they are pieparcd. Cook dry beans several hours, a gentle but steady almmieriing five hours are not too many, even titer an all niaght soakIng. Dry peas needi the same treatineit. Vegetables need . more and imore time as they grow older. By spring rutabagas ieed cooki ng almost hall' a day, and onlons should be boiled an hour or more. Salsify and parsnips, especially tih e former, iced inore than tile twent,y iiiitites boillig usually prescribed for themi. t M Ur-rON soUP.-Take a sho'ilder of good, heavy IIImuti on, about fou r pou nds ; reiove tihe skiii and fat, aid puIt ii about four quarts of cold wa.er and let it Slnimer for two hours; holl one vel low Lurnil p, one mIterdiull-size carrot, foitlr potatoes, t-wo builbs of soup elery;, the turlip lid carrot wII reqitire one hour to cook, lie potales anld celery halt an hour; wheni cooked put themt inl cold water and peel amid chop tine; re move the meut; then add the vegeta bles and oie cup of boiled rice or bar ley, and let the 80111) s inmmer tell m11in1 lites more; then aidd on1e tablespooill l of choplped onion aidof parsley ; let it cook ten minuites iiore, ts cookilig Oi it. on or parsley too much takes from it C (lie desired flavor; cooking time vegeta- I bies separately will add iliuchl to the I flavor of the SOUP. BARY CAKi.-Take four egge, One I cip of sigar, beat until light, oie and one half leips of flour, two teaspoon fuls of bakiig powder; pit the bakinig powdor inl the flour before addg. flake In jelly tinu. To make a jelly for this cake tIke Lwo tablespoonifitls of cornistarch, wet the starch with cold witer as Or tnaking starheli and pour on boiliig water until it gets as thick 11 good jelly, sweeten to taste, and. flavor with lemon. II. SNOW BALI.M.-WaUSh and( pick halt i pouid of r-ice very che:n, )utE it. on In a saiteepani with plenty of witer, I t it boil tet iiilntes, drliln it oi a sieve until It 1s quite dry, then l pare six good sized apples. Divi-le the iice into six parcels, iII SepalrIte cloths, put on1e apple In eaclh, tie it looselv. and boil it on10o hour; serve it with suvar and butt ter. PJtu)i'Ml SAU'E.-IllIf )ound butter iall' ulnd sigir ibealent to i froth; P11our boli)g water to It untiml as thin as wished, aal adI 1111titg or vanilla. The Stil Jierriw awl the Kel--One a year, when salt her rin sg were more expelnsive tha 1u11stt:, 1141 :lolhos tle' colId not a fford to buy thei, al ithotili forming their prinidpal witer food. pev thmerfoie dell be ritid whit couid e ho done to escape the high prikes for y the future. On0Nl'thdlepst(l'inkersy 11am1oing them isiggested at. hast, that, as fresh herring wottld u1111 Itiply In water, there wasi no0 'rason why salt hierring~ should Riot (10 the sa mo. ]le therefore advised ilhem~ otice ( or all to buty a barrel! of' sait hlerrinog in the city and1( emptyt the hterinRg in thmelr pond, and)4 they contl then every year catch as many as I they wanited whmen the hecrrinRg had14 hatched. Theiy aipprobved of thiIs adh v'ice; the slt hea rlig were bought I and thrown into the pond1, so as to mulltiply' for (lie tiext season. Nextd yeair, the Molbos Camte with theIr nets, I to catch the herring; bitt, do what they would, they coutld tiot catch a sinigle 0110. At length they caught a large fat eel in one of their' nets. As soon1 as the t Molhos sawv thme eel, they lit once Cont-( eluded that thIs was the wicked m hief r thalt lhad devored their salt helrring', anul they thieref'ore agreedl that lie should be puit to (death. Bu~t ho0w to do this was nlot so easily de'CIded. At last an old Moibo came for ward who 01nce had been) nearli (1rownin11g, and)1 hen~lce had con ceived a great dread for sault wa'1ter,t lie ad(1vised t hem to taike it Out on the Ocean anld dIrown it. Th'le adlvlce wasRi conlsider'ed good, and1( they took the eel wvith themi in their b)oat anid rowved out f'or someI dlistanIc, so iat the eel shoul not swimli back. Whient they had realchedi wuhat they thought a sale dIstance, they tilbre w the cr'eatittre overboard(. TIhe eel enlljoyedi the return to Its ownR element,. andt wrlggledt its (ail as sooni as it feit itselfl'in tile Walter. Thie Old M( lbo4' seeinig thiis, exclalimed to his comp~jan ions: "'Do you noti~e hiowv frightened he Is? See how he .squirmis andl twists with terroirI' The experhnent wav~s recently miade of magnletizinlg iron wh'tile it is being east. A imoutlt In the for'm of' a bar wasM stirl round)(ed by a coil through wvhleh an e'leetric corrent was maintained0(. Ite filned whuite iron in a fluId sta e wa~s poured into a mnoiil, when a cuirious p~henomenion was observed, the molten mietal in the mould beIng agitalted verys much when hot metal isalpoured1 iuto a lilmp) mould. The mould wuas niot dam~p, and it, was thought the m)agnetic Influi enece of the coil tended to repel1 the fluld metal toward( t~he mallgnetic poles of' the mould, or better, the magnetic poles ot the bar formed by the metal itself. OIn cooling, It was founld thait, time hair was hollowv for about two-thIrds its length, the hollow part beinig largest at then centre where the 81(105 of' tile bar had only7 tihe thickness of' paper. It las thought by7 casting Iron itl tils manner It may be possible to mnakb Pelrmanelit andi very ptowerful magnets, but, wvhat ever the results in this direction, the expel IimelIt has another aspect that may leadl to impulortant m1odieations in tile methods .of eastin~g hollow eylitnders without cores. .h Cinse Cannoa.-''nc Ui Ihiese manui. facture their' canni~on and~ other antis from a mIxture of any memals whileh thley can obtain. B~y anailyzinig sogn of their we'ap~ous of war It has beeni ascertalin'ed that thley are mlade of a mlxtur'e of' copper, iron, pewter and1( load in considerattle quanthties, and~ tihe p~roportihons of those mnetals vary In dififerent, arms. "An rrlshu crler' at lBallInasloo boing I o'deredh to clear the court, di so by thbis I anntlouncemnent: "'Now, thmen, all ye blackguards tnet lisn't lawyers mu lst Laie the coturt." A0 vla 1V'~ tilences a rltemp0erance, m ate ainl inn co nqene of their being en'o...iti a sluap e, emrable Oftetio a conl ynn the- els~rimary stages of .canz HUMOROUS. A noy in the wild West who for the irst time in his life saw.a military com tany out for a drill with'lfife and drum (ave Ils mother the following account >f the business: "A little man blowed. I his sq ucalin' stick, and a big man hat stood beside ham hammered on his hunder box, then the boss man pulled mt a big, long knife and shook it at the ellers what was standini' Np In a long ow, and they all walked off onl two ogs." CoUNriy practitioner (surprised at he visit of a notorious quack and pill render) "Well I What brings'you Iere?" Quack (evidently suffering rom -di.gurbed peristaltie action): 'IVell, sir, tihe fact is, I feel rather 1ueer' ind- " Country practitlon r: "Thoin why doin' you take oie of rouir 'Pearls of Health ?'" Quack: "l'That's just it, sir ! I think I've swal owed oie-by mistake I" A YOUNG mother was giving to her on, age live years, a touching descrip ion of the misery into which the prodi al son hand fallen. "Far away from oie, and his kind father, obliged to aike care of mwine, with nothing to eat mt the husks of corn left by them," t. "Then why didn't lie eat thepig ?'' vas tho practical reply. A coUx-rny doctor, being out for a lay's shooting, took his errand boy to larry tile game bag. Entering a field 0i' turisiS, the dog pointed, and the oy, overjoyed at the prospect of his nnsters Success, exe:almed: "Lor'. naster; there's a covey ; if you get tear 'en) wou' t you physio 'em.?" 'Physio them, you young rascal I Viat do you mean ?"1 sal i the doctor. 'Wh y, kill 'em, to be suro"' replied be lad. ,I,- Ind "CAUL MANIA voN WMuMn !" said an ipcra-goer the ther night. "I stgppose ie was christened after his mother. VVkata curious thing I" "Not at all," eplied a friend; ''surely he could carcely have been christened before ils 'nuther.'' "I CAN 'r trust you,."said a rum-seller o an iimpoverished customer. "You hould let liquor alone; if you hadn't rank so much of it you might now be iding in your carriage.'' "And If you adn 't sold it'," retorted the victim, 'you'd have been my driver." "I THINC," said a gentlenian to his ootman, "I have been a moderate good laster to you, John." "Vry moder te, sir," said Jobn. Ut. JolNSON compared plaintif and .eemdsnth inl an action at law to two rien (uc1 i ig their heads in a bucket lid daring each othber to remain long .,c under water. LAur : '"How much is this a yard ?" Aerk : "Fourteein mnd six pei co. It is n elegant mnaterial-double; it can be Vorn both sides. It you tear one side ou've only to tt': It oi the other." IT was a brace of Cominunists who 10L in a seciluded liolstry near 'Tonml. his -quiare. "Ltogsy watch you've pt on," said one; " Iw Iiat's she! worth ?'" 'Don't know," the olier horn Iy-ml.d ti replJed, "tie je weler was asleep.'' A YoUNG lady ill Chicago, when ask di by tile olhiemating ministcr. '"Will 'ou love, hon1or and obey iis man as 'ir Iisband and be to him a true rfe ?'' said pltinly, "i es, if lie dloes that Ie promisedI 1me -inancially.'' A conanIsPoxaNT' 0f an agricultural >aper asks: "What is good for cab 'age wornis?" and tihe finswer 1s: TPbenty of cabbage, if you want -themn o come out fat in the fall." A coLLEGEor student, in rendering to uls father an account of the term-ex menses, insertedl "To charity, thirty loilars." His father wrote back, "I ear charity covers a multitude of sinls. "What kind 01' a conscience have ~ou ?'' asked a chaplain of' a convict in he State prison. "It is as good as new or I have niever usedl it," was tihe eply. ______ Tlnn main wvho has been br1oulght upl ml hog anmd hmominy is tile mian wh'lo vants quail 0on toasb when he strikes a iotel. "DAY -A FTvl-O~MORow" is the namen if' a Cherokee indin chief, lie le a >r'otbher of Procranti Oiatin. N> Mo'ii AiAanD T'.ixai.-[l y'ou wvi 410j spendin1g so mutch on flute clothe, rich food andti style, buy good, healthi I'ood, cheapuri anfl beito,' clotihiig' ' re mor'e r'eal and subatantfai thlin~gd oflif, tevery way, and especIally stop the fool. i41h habit of emp jloyinlg expensive, quack~ rinetorsq or using so much of' the vlie humilbuig miedicinie that doe0s y'ou .Onh) harm, but putyour trust in that simiple pur'e remedy3, 1101) Btters ; that cures al ways at a trillinlg cost, andl yon wvil see good ti mes a111d have goodi healh ice anlotiher eohlum111 A N A 11 eiw.i., 01" M I; i t.-"' Throo'a lBronchijcal Trock"e' are the most popu ar article iin tii counimtry or Euriope tor' Thriioat Diseases anid Cottghs, and his p)oputrmit.y ia based upon real nerit. limitattionms are ofhm'ered for sale, nany of wichel are inmijuraious. T1he' ~enune '"~ ewn's llroncia Troches'' n'e sold only, in boxs.. V arixx.1N-Tle great sitecess of . the VawrIxx as a cleanser' an 1 puri fier of the bioo.d is sho~wm beyonm a douabt by the great. nuiinber~s who hlory 'taken it, hnd recei ved immialite relief, .with ituch reimiarkable curei's. l'iiu wU ~as ai young un anso wvell bred, l'huat. ihe hair would~ not stay on his head, lhmit the Ca'rbolinec oii i'ut new bair' on the soil, And no0w with aIn heiress lhe'Sgwdd. Naviun dezer until to-morrow what shoul be attendecd to to..day. A sligpp soughm ought never to be neglected when a 25 cent bottle of Dr. Bull's Cog yrpwl prevent it from be. consumptlon Oare&.' AN old physician, retired from pra'e Jee, having had placed in is hands by in East India missionary the formila )f a simple vegetable rimedys foil the ulpedy and permanent dure 'for! Ooh mnmpt Ion, Br'onchiitu, Oatarrh, Adthifha and( atlI T1hroat and Lung Affeotions, ilso a positive and radical cure for Nor roums D~ebility and all Nervbus Comn ?hamIs, after having tested its wonder 'ul eur1atiye powers in thousands of ses, has felt it his dnty to make It Cnow to his stuffering fellowsi Aotn itd by this maative and a dese a love human sufiering, I dif e f charge to all who desire J1ire ipe, in Ger'h F,"6meior, .f3hjj vithx full directions for repari ng ann msngp Sent pty tai y Addressing iiHERAR, f49 .Potwre' .lfoo, Roeede$r, Yfezo York. An improvi'd 1.iolsting pihat for-minei ha" been contrived by a Oerian "inven, lor, the arrangement being simply tIm of replacing the two hoisting drim and two separmte ropes by a singi sheave with one wire. The circumfer en09 of this sheave, which is ulel cheaper than the ordinary drums, 1 provided with a wedge-shaped groovt lined with wood or leather, and th( weight of the two hoisting cages abovt suillues to prevent slipplig. The ma. chine may either be placed directl above the shat' or it may bis be put, ul beside it. By this arrangement, one half of the length of the rope Is saved and any over winding becomes inmpos sible, because, when one cage is at th pit's mouth, the other rests upon th< botton ot' the shaft, and any furt.lim wititing would tend to make the rope it the shaft slack, which the counte: weight of the cage rapidly puts an ent to. If a rope is attached to tihe bottom of the cages and run over a pulley a the bottom of the shaft,, complete coun ter balancing of the weight of the Iopi is etl'ected. Insect powdcr is obtitined from a spe eles of P'yrethruin. In 1876 Jousset 1) Htollesme extracted an alkaloiti froti pyrethrum carnetun . In 1878 Rothe: discovered an acid, or -ather aglucoside in the I)owder, and it Is )issessed in secticide properties. Di Sic has ob taied froin tihe ethereal extract i crystaline acid, and from tia alcoholi extract a resinous uatter which is con tiaet with dillatosulihtric acidesplits u[ into stigar aid some other substaice. The juice of the eow tree has deet examined by Ai. Bousingault, and I Iltds that its composition is somewha similar to that of the milk of' cows, bu the proportions of the varlous sub stances are not all alike. Purifyinqi iouldy Cas's.-[olsten thi interior with water, anid then fill then wit.h fumes of burning sulphur. Stol the bung hole and. vent, alnd let then s aud an hour or two. Then rinse then out with clear water. S'or coughing at once by tihe imme diate use of .De. Bull's Cough Syrup 25 eents a bottle. The prnice of soap is rapidly advane Ing. A. year's supply of DOBBINs E-.u-rjnmc bought now at old price will be a very Judicious puachase. WHY WIL.L YOU WnO ARE SUPFERIN( HUsITATE LONuER? The davsol health. ful life are goiden, and they are cease lessly slipping fronl you. You cannot aflord to dottbt. It is folly to delay iot ger to acept these facts and prolt by thei. Simnions' Liver .Rtegulator is so simple and harmless and yet it has proven itself' a sovereign remedy foi Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Sick Headadhe, Bilious Colic, Sotur Stomach, Diar riloa, Biliousness, and other like evill of a disordered Liver and Stomach, How can we ind words adequate to embody these facts. They cannot bc too often reiterated until they have car. ried conviction t6'vei'y household ii the land ? Try it. The lirst trial will be satisfactory. "I certilly I have used Simmons iiver Reviulaitor in my family for v nmniber o yeatra for Sick Iheadache, Biliousness aid Liver Complaints witi great sat kla'action. B. F. TION ER." White Sulphur Springs, Ga., Nov. 1), 1876. GUILTY oF WR"No.--SOme peopl( have a f'ashoma of couing excellen1 remecdies wvith the larige mass of "pat ens medicines,'" and in this they art guilty of a wrong. Thr are some nil vertised remedies fully worth ail thit is asked for thmn. and otne at least we know of'-lop Bitters. Th'ie writer ha: had( occasion to use the Bitters in jus suchm a climate as we have most of' th year in IBay City, and has alwvays fount ihem to be first-class and reliable dount all that is claimned for them. OU.000 Fersonas Curedu la the glorious record of ''Anakosis," andl non but thoso aflhected with piles, thatmostpanufu ani porsistentL of alh diseases, sill fully unt 11erstand or appreciate the sigamficanco of suoi an announcement. Only tiioso who last wasted time, money and haath on oinmmenhe .J1td0U,. 4lectus nho mannumerablo wors, than seosaqnsand oatth-pennies pu toftht to de'i tho 'gnorank,c or what is eve: 'more unseta factoryf auffered froaii the em pirieal aqd' rougige piqoico 4f cdareles or ig norsant doctore, can i-alise how great a booa .uni.infallibleomaedy. for - Oiies must bo -0 holW great ('boneofactor to the humnan r~ho th< djiseoi'erer, d~r. Bihsbee as. AC~kosis -is no time byanoo tblunder of inoip rienco. but the (ehaut of 4Mi'y ~ ' practice aa~su'dy of Pile: 038af 'accoadiw d and scaehmtil phy~siciamt It.is oweop ria.d by the mos intohtageni (iiyklans or all- sohool s antd a umittedl to bi thonearest:toititifallible reinedy kuoirn. 11 'i os~Je, sdfe and easy of applloAslon, telice piln att one, .pe0p) VP tJhe. .oneitive tuniore, seooi he oempreseds anid m.eiots the dig; ea'sed .patt and ultimately etirie the woral anies, and ady'one who will follow the adviet df .Dr. .Bil~bee In- the prInted oircular - nsee never have:Pales again. .It is the only, pro; prjet9ary tnedi'inae we ever,- saw thlat.not onily cure but tells its customers how to provent the disease. Sufroaors with Piles should write to P. Nouster & 0 ... Bass 8916 Net York, for a samolo of "Aumskesie,'' wnioh wiji be sent free. :48 THE SOLE QUESTION asiwer Is: e'p iour feet torrnit'm sli d free fro thaumnatism, by wsaring a pair of JOHNSON's S1iLK INs0TI8. petn tih g, at ecor orn nthe etiaes of ar whei r Inomr ieoa, L f wiag f or It. samples D. W. JOJI NoON, 323 Aucii St., Phladeilhia, Pa. DIPTHERIAl! Johnson'sn Anodyne iniment wint poti Do e in 6ses ii 'e. lnfrna that wIll save many live Bent free by inll Don't delay a momaent. Pinovemion Is botte thtan cure. -o d every where. I. S. !oINSON & CO., flangor, Me. SAPONIFIElI s~h l1<1 Itallah'e Poncentrat,-i T,yo for FP t~,' E leI ia t n u at A o g e T n a p a i a ' 1 i t AI(K PF Fi A PONTIFI~slR, AND) TiAI(E NI) OSTiEa. PENN'A 14A LT MtA N UTF'J Co., Pit iL AD)'A eta I~e,' fateiAbttesd, r'e'dv r$U ee a n imp fo ttraei (ataoi, f5vap na moenttn ti paper. P MMMR8 h. LAIBIIITSeSBR'D VEGETINE. 3 FOR SKIN DISEASE S. TonowTo, July t0, 189. M11. It. . STavRNss: Dear mr-I-tving bepn troubled with a bad skin disease, breaking out into little soroi over mly face, et*., I was recommended to take Vege tine. I am happy to Inform you that It h a colnpletely cured tmo after taking three bottles. I can highly reconti end It to any one who Is trotubled wUt skin dtisoase. You, s. faltil ully, CHAS. E. BUTT. We hereby certify that the above test imonial 18 trite, (to it an being in our emnploy at tio -ltime he wai sich. W5STMAN & BAKIta, 119 hay 8t., Tot onto. - VE DOOTORS DID NOT CURE. ToN ONTO. Ont., Sept. 18, 1819. AlMit.-If. It. STRYRCNS: aeoo Dear 8Ir.-I hereby certify that I have been sicl for three years, unable to get any relief I whatever. I have been under tie care of fIve r of tihe best physicians, each one giving my iI uss a diilerent, name. The first said General debility; the ,ecoud, Femalo Debility and Im. povet ished blood; the third, Liver Complaint, andi Dypala; the fourth said I was In Con sumption; the fifth said Neuralgia on the Lungs and was out tamn I w.,u d never enjoy good health, 3 I 1 coicluded to give up doctors and con inencoI taking Patent Medicines. At tils tine I was very weak. I had pain inI my side, back and chest. slep, very little, and the food I ato . caused me pain. I was it burden to myself and rirends. I was prttiuaded to try Vegetino. A tietnd ave ite a bottle to try not I linking it would d o tmle any good, as I had ti0 hope of ever - gotting any bet,tor. After using the first bottle my head was better and I could sleep bet.: er. Tito next two, ity appetite came, and I was able to enjoy my font. I have no.- tilken live bot ties. I havo a ood a petito ..nd sleep well, have no pain, an& am ab to do mot of my own t work. I pronounoc your medicino far ahead of any other, and can cheerfully reconimend it to t.any one in itmed of iuch a mediino. Yours respectfully, M . E. ALLEN. VEGETINE. UJIHEUM~ATLIMM. CURED. M R. H. R. STRVENS! TOnowro, TMarc'h 29, 1819, Dear Sir-i was troubled with Rheumatism in t my knoo and hip joints for nearly a year. I t tried a nu,nber of medicines to effect a cure, Ut, noie gave me any relief. A friend re um mionded in - i try your VogotLine. which did, and alter, aing tLve bottlos of it I found relief. I took foor more bottles, and the the pains coin lltely left mao. I fool satislied it is a euro for 3 thoumat1ism. Yours resUctfultv, Ml. A LLEN, 0 Itossin House Bloc., ToroAto, Ont. VE'G 1T'XINE, PtIRPAtRD BY H. R. HTEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegotine Is Sold by all Druggists. The Newest Music Books. AMERICAN ANTHEM BOOK. With d OO eay and good Anthes (b 12 pero) J. - U -6111r aMid A. J. Abbeq. Edited do.y I Johnson. 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Pree *value 8to 6c *. ingredientst. cents worth PANE~iWRmarket vaIn - ffWBR of itatiots inrark of dr BUTTERuab by Grocers a our book " I for it. Smi ii 4 Address :ADVERTI neerted in ANY Ol AET of the N - -tory for ONE- TIMYE or for positions, whioh are oare 'LOWEST PRIOES 8. M. PETTER at 'either of th< ESTIMATE For Advertisers without obargo, for TION of Ne ar or for - N I y '1 own, C Advertleememts inm the Best P05siti 8. M. PETTE~ mHIRTY4ECON1 ANNUAL REPORT PENN MUTUAL Life Insurance Co., (F PiILADIELPilIA. Not Assets. January 1. 1879.......... 6,509,58.46 REEIC PTS. Premium receipts............. 41,0t54.8.11 interost recolpts,to ........... 373,378.68 1.428,139 .79 Totat .... ....................................7,73,821.2G DISBUItRSELME NTS. Losses and endowments.... 6448,691.19 Dividends to policy-holders.... 231,819.23 Lap1ed anid surrendered poli clipe et ....... ... ......187,37.41 Conmmiomm. ealaries. nirodl ca fees, ageucy exit , etc.. 163,058 42 Trxes, Iegal oxpoises, dver tisirig, etc.... ........... 61,431.16 1.095.35.01 Net assets, January 1, 1880.... 6,642,462.24 AS8 HTN. U.S. 5 and 6 per cent. bonds, Philadol. pila and vity loans. It. it. bolid, baik atid otbr stoc ks, worth .2, 03.17,.60, 02,413,9M.70 Mortagos, liret liens ou properties worth 46.293.200........................... ........ 2,442,894.13 i'reamiunu noses, bouirodI by poleice. til2.lOGi ti 1iclutis on collatorals, etc.... ............. 283.750.wli (Wi-at 1-stat,1. lought I . -curo loans, aril Hlome IJ1l1ce........"... I .. ........ !&4.!XJ (14 Cas o hon id anid i rust vompai's.'... 27h0.4 1 Not led er asote as above.................... NN et eriol alict unreportedl oil amid.11 ................ ...... . .( i2s .. Interest duo aid accrued .... 10,47 81 Alarket value of stocks, etc., over cost................... 191,273.W 886.K57.10 tirous assets, Jaiuary 1, 1880 S7,031.319.34 1IA BILIT I ES. Lopines reported. but not duo.6122,133.00 Itotervo. at 4 pur cent., to ro. irinro risks....................1,61.00 Dividends un niuroported poli cies. etc.............. .. 65,819..X4 Surpitt 4 per cent, basis .... 7,2d,50.93 #7.031.31i.34 Surpisat 4g er cent.., Ponnsylvania N w Y or stimdard,.................... 8 1.502 371.8 No. of Pit in forc................... 1.89 Alnount ut risk.......... ........$2,678,33.U0 HAMtIE1a . IIUlCY. President. EDWARD M. NEEDIbES, Vico-Prosidout. H . 8. STEP'lE N. 2d Vico- Preshltnt. IIE4NRY AUSTIN, Secretary. J.-J. DARREttit, Actuary. HENRY 0. BROWN, Ass't booretary. z if RLINEDWI 1NN :CONOUCIINGCEMENT. RETAIN THE HEAT LONGLR. DO NOT BURN THE HAND. I ON BOTH WAYS.' C H E"A R. HOP BITTERS. WOP~, DUCU MANDRARip, DANDELION, 0F ALLr orKNa Bnraa. Diseasesof the Stomach, Bowrela,.Blood, Utr daes, ad Urinary Organs, Nervousnese,.ep ad especially Female Com~i~ Ole000IN GOLD, IR be paiE feea case ther wi net om a help ur anything impure e- injurious found ta them. Ask your drugglet for Hop Bittere ad trythi ore you sleep. Take ao ether. CowanOm 1 the- oweet safes *a bet hAlk Childres l'he Nov PAm for- Stomaci, a RInen . euperiew te all others. .Ask 3rglase.' 0.1. 0. Se as absolute and Irresltati ene ens, Oie of opium, tobacco and narote ,aend for etret4 fl eam *4by' nsomHs mmaams msr er . Those answorang an Advertisement~ wil Donfer a favor upon the Advertiser an4 the Publisher by otatig that they sawtlje adwer tisement tu thIa lourn'al Enamlng' the pansy sakes "Gtln-Edg " 1lutter tie tear -ronna. C( . 4d the ScIence of Cherahity applied to Bhttets. ly, Auiguit and Winter Butter m~ade equal to the oduet. Increases product 6 per cnt. improyas nIs 20 per cent. Ileduces labor of churning one. dua Butter becominig rancid. lmprover market mitn a pound. Guparanteed free from all inijurlos Given a nIce Golden Color the year round. 26 will produco $8.00 in increase of product and *. Can you make a bettektinvestmnentt Beware r. Gonnaino soldl only In boxos with trade-. irymiaid, together with words "GrurT-EnaQ REan" printed on each'pnoling0. Fdwder sold ad General Store.keepers. Ask your dealer for lints to Butter-Makors," or send stamp to us 11 size, X ll., at 28 cents; Large ese. 241bsil., it saving by buying the Iarger size,. ' BUTTER IMPROVEMENT CO., Prop'rs, rerar "n luokked.1 EggggL0, N,.), SEM ENTS ewspapers namned in the Dh'eor O EYEAR in the best f'ully watoheci, at the , On ~pplication to, 1CULL & C0, S MADE er inrtoia000E punty or Seotion, . as, at Very Reasonable Rates, GILL &C