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kidden Treasures. A century ago wien there were n ofilolal records kept by the Registe General, family archives were oftei preserved in extremely inconvenlen crevices and. crannies. As a rule, al important matters of ecclesiastical o semi-ecclesiastical Interest, such a births, marriages and deaths, were en tered on a Ily-leaf of the family Bible and it is to this day a rule of law to ad mit such entries.as ind1sputable evi dence, ranking them along with entrie In-a parish register. Deeds, however such as title deeds of land, leases copies of entries upon the rolls of ti manor, mortgages, releases, and noiie3 bonds, were somewhat more jealousi guarded; and- there is many an ol( house in England which, if It wer< thoroughly ransacked, would be fount to contain treasures of the most valua. ble kind. There are-apart altogethei from such records as may have bee putposely concealed in secret drawers, or behind the panelling, or undor tha floor-old oaken chests, the contents ol which the family lawyer himself, un less he be an expert in black-letter lore hardly pretends to understand. Col. leges, cathedrals and other venerablh corporations abound in relies of thu nature. Merton, at Oxford, has in iti stone muniment room bonds for mtoneq bearing the seal of Edward the Blaci Prince; and Ballol has almilar ae. knowledgemnents from John de Ballol King of bcotland. Occasionally, too treasures of another kind are thus hid den. Magdalen, at the same Unives Ity, gave the bulk of its plate to aid th cause of aliarles I. But about a hun dred years age, in an old set of room which had originally been occupied b, one of the Fellows, and had since hi death been left abandoned and devotel to lumber, was unearthca a strong wooden box, containing, amnwigst some exquisite specimens of silver pU.ate, ii Hmall loving cup, with a cover, of purc gold. Similarly, at Morton-a collegt singularly rich iII old memories alid traditions-was found a perfect, eolle-e tion of valuable pictures hidden be. tween the ceiling and the roof. ThI room originally had been covered by the pitched rafters of the roof itself and;the piettules had been packed awayu upon the cross-beams. Beneath tIh( cross-beams a subsequent occulant hi constructed a level ceiling of the mod. ern type In happy or unhappy Iior aince of-the treasures which were store over his head. In like manner th Thurlow papers were found In a falst celling in some old garrets clos by the present chapel Iin Lincoln's 1un, and Montalgne's journals or his Irav els .in Italy, written in his own hatid, were extracted from "an old worm. eaten cofWer whiclh had long hel Ia pers untouched by Incurious genera tions." it Is needless to mniltiply such instances. In very n11ny of IIh(, old English mansions an1d houes, it k true, sufliclent neare has been made. But the antiquarinm has still abundait work ready it only lie chooses to ni. dertake it. Contatglon. Contagion consists phlysieally of min. lature solid pariticles. T1heo process o0 contagion consists In the patssaige 0f these from the bodies of the sick late the surroumnding at,mospihere, and in the inhalation of One or more of the mi by those ini the inmmediate neoighbior -hood. If contagion were a gatseous or vapory emnat.ntlon, it wVould( bo equally diffused through tue sIck room, amnd all who entered it would, If succeput,ble, suffer alike and .inevitably. But such is not the case ; for many pe~ople are exp)osed for weeks and muonths with out suffering. Of two perso~ns situaItedl in exactly the sai circummnstances, and exposed ini exact,ly the samie degree to a given contagioni, one0 may slfr anmd the other escapie. TheI explantat.ton oi this is that the litt.le pztrticles of conlta gion are irregularly scattered aibotit ini the atmnosphiere, so that the inhialationi of one or more of them ila purely a moat ter of chamnee, such chance bearing a direct relation to tihe number of lpar ti eles which exist mna given cabic space, Suppose that a hundredi germsQare float ing about in a room containing two thousand cubic feet of air. T1here Is one germ for every twent,y cubic feet. Naturally the germs illh be. imost nu mnerous In the itamediate neighbor. hood of their source, tile person of the sufferer; but, exceptIng tils one place, they may be pretty equally dlstributed through the room ; or they nmay he un-* equally disteibuted. A draught acos0e the bed may carry them now to one aide, now to, the other. The maltss of them may be near the ceiling, or tnear the floor. In a given twenty cubic feel there may be a dozen germs, or there may be none at all. One wh'io enters the room-may inhale a germ before he has been In it ten minutes, or lhe may remain here for an hour without docing so. -Donble the mnmber of germs atmnd you double tile danger. D)iminish the~ size of tile room by one half, and you do the same. Keep the windows shut and you keep thle germs In ; open L in,b, and they pass out with tihe changing air. Hlence the importancee of free ventilat ion ; and heclce one reason why fever should be t reated1, if possible, m large airy rooms. Not only 18 free ventilatoion good for the sull'erer, but it dimnislhes tihe rIsk to the attenidmnts, Tennessec's I'Ioturedl ftock. Not one hutndred iles ibelow Nashville is a curious spectacle, known as thle "'Sun 4 and. ~i~n," II consists of a painting upon0 sa iedser*ek Wbhch rises to anul Ititde of seteral htmndred feet. As to who painted it is.anlystery wicih I believe never was on iravdIid Many think it was tile work of * the red brother, centuries ago, p)erhaps. Buit there the sun,and the. moon shine out In all Sthes freshness of new painit. Th'iey are ho. e ~agd midiway.betwvecn tile cliff,.anld stand oft in bold ie'ief. A e o1hW any humani be Slgever rech6d the *spot is a questlon S*hoh 1 bleve, has never been solvedl. It bi b s~6~ d that in those days they hnad no atnt ladders, and could . not weasly Ihave 2e#hed the point fromn below. Thie only i pe etN9/' t ne was a wild erape e of Widh 'lenn is la soprolIic, and $ ndian might have been' by thuik meana # 1 iis~I'Jad algAn n bedanle W 'tclied tip. At aniy rate, those pic ~Adh tlieoverlaeting rock, and ~isXto 19main for future age. SACINTIFIC. Potato Flour.-Few porsens are aware r of the great detnand for potMto flour, and of the almost unIhnited extent, of t the market that cnn be found for this product, which is shnply the dry eva porated pulp of the ordinary potato-the whiter and more free fron black specks 3 the better. It Is used for sizing and - other manufacturing purposes, and by preelpitation and with the aid of acid is turned tuto starch. in Europe It meets wftit a large and increasing de inid li Its :prinitive state, as potato llouir, and in Lancashire, alone 21,000 tons are sold anually, anld as many more would be taken if puton the mar ket. When ctlchied it is ised largely for silk dressltig ani other purposes. At presoit thequotattoii for potato lour Ili Liverpool 1s nearly double that of wheat flour. Consignmvents to Liver pool are solicited by the brokers there, who promise to take all that can be fur nilshed. During the Franco-German war the French Govermnent purchased all the farina Itcould secure and mixed it with whieaten flour In "potato cake,'' for tli army. Farina at this time rose to ?10 a ton, and even then the supply fell far short of the demand. Since then an increased amount of farina lia been regularly conisuned in France, and fatrina mnills have correspondingly multiplied in tbat country . ' The mn ufacture of potlto flour is so simple, and the results so metliodical, that it requires very little experience to reach a satisfactory Issue. The potatoes are 11 rst steeped in water from six to twelve hours to softein the dirt and other mat ter adhering, after which they are thoroughly washed by mechanical MCIS With the iid of either steam or water power. Thicy are then reduced to a pulp by a rasping or grinding pro cess Ili it properly constructed mill. A small streiank of water is caused to flow on the tipper surface of the r9sp or grinder, to keep it clean of- an accu inilation of pulp. Fron the grinder the Iiulp falls into a washing maclinlie, Uirough whiih the fitiiia Is forced by revolviig brtisie, the voarser pullp be lig thrown out ittelateal opeliigs. The granitiles of farinia pass Into a trough, aid are conducted to vats, where the farinal Js periitted to deposit. After th pijr,)per nuiniher of filtiatiols, and depositiois have occured, until the last devosit, which s la pure with farina, the latter becomes of sufliclent consist einey to cit into hunp, and place, eith er uistipport,ed or in coiiicitl wire cases, to dry. The drying process can be ae complisled in a building supplied with shelves, and capable of beiig heated fruin 60 deg. at which the farina begins to dry, up to 212 (leg. which is as high a teiiperatuire a it, will require. Tie leat)ig apparat.its atuty be such as Is most, coiven lent. In Europe tile farina is packed in 200 to 212 puid ile sacks, biit 1lou1r barl4s 'are sald I o be prelfer ab;ie, as ie wood pw-otects it froin dam age, and allows it to be transported a-Il,(.y to O hi most di-staiit reglons. Thse liaril' Ietliod of' preserving iron is dthlartd by eminieit scientlile au It horit.les to be ani important aid valua ble contrI butiol t.o tle hidustral wa,its of, Ile world. The suirface of the iron to be tlitis treated is stilojctLed to te ae 1to of superlheated steam at a high teiiipter:tire, lie result. being tile pro dIction ipoiu the suirfiace of the iron of a hlard, siooth and durable skin of biack oxide of iron, which prevents rust f.1 better than any paliut, lacquer, rubber, or other compound or procecs herel ofo e k not wil. 'T'le.atitcles I reated are first clealed with dilute sulphuric -itel, mid afterward with bran-wvater. TPiey arue thenm placed within a muflle, thl~ etmperatutre of whuich is ii000 or 000 dlegrees Va hrenhieit, andto dry super lieate s clteamii at a lemnperature of 1,000 dfegrees 1s admil111led, itmiosphleric air binug cairefully13 excluded. The formta (ion of1 thle black oxide skint rapid(lly tanes place ;lt is so hard thtat It resiats -iirner power antd the fille, and miany subhmtances wihilih adhere to ordilnary Iron wvIll not slick to thle iron prepared in th is wany. it enni also be heated redl hot withiout I njutring the skin, andi Is t)root aigatiist dampi1, water ando cor rosioii. Specalt ilotu,linh Dantgers. A Inmbier ot' Parliament suffered from aL pa iniful e'rupt ion of the feet, tr aced at last to somec fashitonabile socks, wht lh were laild aside, with te result of emhniig lisa comlinttt. Some Call forna m iers died from the effects of poisonintg p)roduiced by wearing boots lined with bright greeni flannel,the color in tis ease beinig "Scheele's green,'' a welli-known arsenical compound. A I radesiman suffrered J romn wearIng a bright maroon Iltinnel shuet. Paper collars glazeLd and stitrened with sized wi hite lead and containing arsenic, have priodluced serious illiess; and thle same results have followed the wvearing of hlats lined with material containing arsenice, and from gloves and coat sleeves simitlarly treated. Five or six perisons Ill a household were rendered suddently ill by the matter exhaled from chinmtz windowv curtains and bed' iirampery, .antid greeni Venetian blinds have beeii known in hot summier' weatheri to give out paticles of arsenie with deleterloous effect. T1he green cloth lining of a p)eramtbullator hlas af fected its younig occuipants, andl the color Iroml the greent gias shaides ini a comptjosinig room of a primnttng eflUce fins prtoduiced illness amontg the com positors. in the kitchen, arsenic has nowv and then been met wvith, whlen uised to impart a green hue to dishIes such as blanic mange. .In one case a genltlemn was poisoned by p)artaking of ia(11 ish innocently enoutgh colored by an iarsenilcal prepalratlQn whlich had been mistaiken by the cook for an ox tract of spinach. Anid even In the ex ercise of the perfumerci's art, It behooves us to.be on our guaird againist uising p)reparationis for tile hair coloredi greent by some comp)ounld of this substance. We thius find-htat arsenile Is most wide ly diif'uisedh around uts, from tite facility, utnd, above all, friomt the cheapness wth whdit a beatUt ful p)Iinnt and a favor ite liue enin be produced tihrbugh its aad, it is undoubtedly In the form of color of wall papers that arsehic mbat ft-c. qucittly meets. us. ll paper staiiig miore thani one compound of arsenlo is used; amid int the mianufineture of tJ - beatutiftti aniline dhyes, so ekt6nlsive1 tused, airsenie is also largely employd' One.mnotable Itqturei .o4 t.hi sustance, andh otne also which gives it a spcC1M powver of affectilig us to odir detritnei:t .Is th .remnarkale ease .with which It becomes yo1aii9. It may be readiy dilrused a' 11d 'fo:miM of gas or min,t solid partice gg t N98 eClogecqgtt4%3yWth us in our ho,th~ Green is a very pr%t 99%qi q wa ~but le wonud say tak,e . car ofi AGRICULTURS. MILK PRODUCING FooD.-We think dairymen have not suflicleitly appro- TI elated the value of the pumpkin as a food for producing milk. Tho'preju- cI dice against this food for milk cows has I, arisen fron the effect of seeds when el given in too large quantity. The seeds SC have a diuretio eifect, operating on the of kidneys, and( this sometimes lessons ol the flow of milk; but if a small portion c of the seeds are removed, this danger el is wholly overcome. Ind6et, the cases bt of ill eflect have probably occurred at from feeding more than the due pro- TI portion of seeds. We have seen pumtp- ti kins fed quite freely with excellent re- .to suits in quantity and quality of milk ; bi but it is not fit or econvinelal to feed too a largely of any one food. Potatoes fed i li moderation are excellent for inlk; . but given in too great quantity, they a will reduce the yield. Turnips or beets m uist not be given too liberally, corn- 0t f odder, given as a sole 'ration, is un- to profitable; but fed with half pasture, fo they k eep up the yield of milk and add Lh greatly to the profit of the season. So e pumpkins are excellent, to keel) l) the e full flow of milk. Having fully the s value of turnips, per weight, they are ro more cheaply raised, and should be ad- o ded to the yearly supply of food by m every dairyuman. Wheagrownalone,It ca is I'oUid that as many tots per acre may dr be produced as of turnips; but the cus tom mostly is, to grow tie ptumpkin with a corn crop. From one to three tons.may be gkown with a good yieldo of corn, requiring little more thai, plae- 1 Ing the seeds at distances of 20 feet, li apart, in alternate rows of corn. The th cultivation of corn is sufficient atten- tr tion to the pumpkin crop; and this crop so will often equal, in fobd value, ten bushels of corn per acre. FARM AND EDUCATION.-The farmer inl should understami chemistry, geology, b3 botany, zoology, mechanics,.in order to th conduct his calling intelligently. This atE is beginnitig to be understood by polit- U0 leal economitst abroad. Even Irel!td inl has over two hundred farm schools. In W, this country where almost universal aF culture exists, the farmer is a constant w student, and by the help of hisagricul- w tural paper, keeps thoroughly posted in tr all the new discoverles, and the record ed experiences relating to his special calling. The first agricultural school of was founded by Fellenberg in Switzer- 01 land, in 1800. Thousands of pupils il were graduated there; giving to t,at, br country a great and lasting impotus in jl the progress of civilization, i'ntellige nec il and wealth. One of the first duties tn- th dertaken by the French, tiunder Mac- at Aahon, in 1873. was to organize a sys- bL tei of agricultural education. In Pris- or slia there is not a province but canl boast- sp its agricultural school and '1odel farin. k Such sWIeepIlg statements as these (o cl injury. It is not true that, a "farmer ia should understand chemistry, geology, ve. botany, zoology and mechailes, in order St to conduct his calling in tell igeint ly,,'' i and the proof is in the fact that there bi are thousands of very Intelligent per- se sons who knowi nothing of any of these bi things-men who have money at their calling, and who have made it. inteIll gently inl this )Irsiit Of f.ourse all these accomplishments are useful, but. S1 they are Just as useful to the great ma- at jority of miankind in other pursuits as LI in farming. a Vd IUORsEs' FXET.--Thcsotmd coudition 'n of the feet of horsesanid mules is a very er Importait matter with all persons who ev have any use for horsellesh, 'Ithei' on qi the planitation, tarn or road, and very I few have sullielent knowledge of tihe Of subject to p)ropeirly guide theom in ref- of orence to it. We therefore think that the following remarks tmay be of serv lce. Wherever there is a tend(enicy to ou dry and brittle feet, the Land and 11ome > of New York recomnmends5 the use of meadow moss, wvhich, If dried and kept ov on hand, can be used whenever needed ; an but one of the best compositions is the at follow ing utixture :bar badoes tar, two a pounds; hees-wax, one and one-hail cr. p)ountds; honey, oiJe pour.d1 ; suet. b)eef ci or mutton, two p)ounlds; aiid whale oil, an four p)ounds, which should be slowly be ineited in hot water, and appliedi once or twice a wveek by a snmall brush, the feet being thoroughly. clean and dry at tihe ime. Relative to the shooing of horses, it will only be necessary to re new shoes when the root has outgrown te the 0o(d ones, or when they become st loose or worn out. Horses that are em--t ployed on roads and hard ground, wviii iieed shoeing much oftener than those 1 that are used In farming hut, unless 0 cauised by accident, no oftener thanii once a month._______aI lHNz To SELJL.--The producer will* pt p)roflt more in the end( by expecting, upon the earliest opportunity, a fair re muneration for ibis products and imak- a ing Immediate use or the money they t bring, rather than holding on for a speculative rise, running the risk of a t heavy fall, and losing the use of the money in the meantime. Atnexchanwe t relates the case of a farmer wvho made t it a rule to turn hie crops, into cash as sooni as they were ready for.the market, whatever the price might be.. Sonme times he lost, but more frequently gained,Sand an experience of thirty W years convinced him that lhe had madle t% no imistako in adhering to t he rule. This all case ean doubtless- be offset with In- p1 numerable instances where farmers, by b waiting one, two or three months later of have realized extraordinary profits. Se Biut no man's experience is unIform In or that direction; aiid it is true of specu lAtion in the prodtucts of the farm as it Is true of speculation in WVall street; an the proportion of those wvho fail is at ninety to every ten whio stucceed- tii AFIrR many experiments, a certain I and speedy remedy for burdocks has been discovered in kerosene oil, If a snmall quantity be pouredt into the heairt atn of' the plants, directly after eutting, re they will disappear entirely, roots and y)1 stalks, leaving no trace of their exist.- wj snee save a small hole in the earth i whiere they stoodt. Refined or crude sit oil will accomplish the purpose equally trl wvell. - Fowls should alwvays have some hard coal screenings piced Within thir reach, Feed occasionally a few oa's. slh Always keep some olil ironm in thie to tiriking water; give all the ouit-dioor Bil exorcise you possibly can ; oven chtase them roiund a little. Place plenty of straw for them to. scratch among for va exercise4 Throw some smaill grain nr; sniong this to encourage scratchlug,; ? Wli~ v y atrese i elrl6 frotn e Sue a not e y in the land of borut i's foreig countries bio h~ met'-witlhe in detv ,~noa arrla p1 ledi- to IAertb mei6 forf er n&h, ilv hi .o I, 't,e ia'deb icy *nej lonios TTIN TOUiEHOLD. "CHAIR SCARYs," AND HOW TO MAKR Isu. -Atnong the now "parlor dra !ries," and claesed with them by deal *8 in Objects 'or household ornatent its elegant branches, are what are lled "chali scarfs," and these super (e tle nlow abandoned tidS. Many the materials used, however, for the >solete tidy, come Into use for the air scl,rf, and the softest reps, monle oth, etc., are used. The strip must ii yard and a quarter In length, and least two-thirds ofi a yard in width. Ie ends are heavily fringed. Upon o eenter is embroidered a group of rns, i couplo of brilliant birds, a rd's nest with butterflies floating love it, a rich cluster of grapes with aves ant tendrils, or, if preferred, a oilailon'' design in old time colors ad outlined with gold "rough." The trrow border Is also enbroidered and atlined in arabesque. A heavy top is rned by doubling the material over r the depth of a coule of Inches, and e scarf is then laid over the back of a air, with the colors of which it'must tler hartonize or skilfully contrast. veral dil'erent chair scarf's atic to be tind ill many parlors, but it will be und with people of taste that all har oIize iII design and color, both with cl other and WIth the enseible of apery in the apartment. VOODIEN vcssels for containing articles 1ood, Wine, etc., also wooden vessels I culinary purposes, canl be tendered for immediate use by the removal of e unpleasant extractive matters by catment widi a sotion of washing da. Thus, an ordinary barrel should filled half full of water, and a solu mit of about two pounds of soda in as uch water as will dissolve it poured ,mand the liquids thoroughly mixed shaking tle barrel, which should en be filed to the bimug with water, id allowed to remain. from twelve to urteen hours; then, after withdraw g the discolored liquid, it should be ll rinsed and tilled with pure water, i should remain a few hauirs Iauore, 11en It will be fit for use. Other k-odeni utensils may be similarly .ated. B,a:AD SAUCE, FOR GAbE.-Two cups milk, one cup dried bread crumbs, e-quarter of an onion, two tabespoon Is of butter, salt, pepper. Dry the ead i a wari oven, and then roll to rather coarse crumbs ; now sift ei, and the fine crumbs which come rough tie sieve, and which anake >out, one-iI d of a cup'ul ; put onl to iil with the milk and onilon ; boll ten firteen minutes, then add one table oonfulI ot' butter, and seasoning im out the onion. Fry the coarse uminubs a liglL crisp bIown in one blespoonil of butter, which must be ry hit bel7ore hie crumbs are added. ir' over a hot fire for two minutes, be g c:arefit not to burn. Cover the east of' th ronst birds with these, and rve the sauce poured around the rds or ha a gravy dish. LARGE Iiquare table niats and tidies of k plushla in bronze, green, Ponapelan, ,d pale blue seCt,1in, are tI.e newest itgsin fashlionablt fancy work. They e ornamented. along the seams and .es with feather and briar stitching bright contrasting colors of eambroid ed silk, and with panels or bands of ru colored silk canvas worked in ailijt designs with saipler stitches. ce edges have also a fringe of tassels embroidery silk, mathelilaig thecolots the embroideries on the mat. CHOCOL~Am CRE.AM. Grate eight nee'ts of vanil'a enocolate into a stew ni with eight, Oilnces0 of' sugar, eigh t .iks of' eggs, and a pliait of' cream ; stir er' the lire uantil It begins to thicken, d the yolksof tile eggs are set but ,t curdied1 ; strain with priessur'e into easim ; adtt half a luat of whipped eam, and ani ounce andt a half' of trilled isingl ass, mix all well togethaer d pour inlto a mlouild previously im (Ided in rough ice to receive it. [JAM CRoQUETT s.-Take Mlb. of aLted. ham, and mix with it 20z. of ished( potatoes; melt a piece of but ' ini a saueep~an, add the mince, sea nm with a little pepper, a very little >ck, aI little powdiered sweet herbs d chopped parsley ; stir until uite 'L, then add, off' the tire, the yolks of 'o eggs; lay tile mince on a plate to oh, maike it iuto crt,quetaes, roll them egg and then in baked bread-crumbs, d Rr'y ini hot lard ; serve wilth friert rsley. Fmsn CAKEs.--TaIke th3 remnants of y cold tish, pull them to pieces, and oroughly nix wvith them a small ace 01' buitter and( 50ome mashed pota Is; sea'on. tile whole with pepper and it to taste, anid alltt,lecayenine. Form e mixture into cake, and fry In butter 1 of a goldten color. Serve garnished lth fried parsley. LEG OF IIUTTON.-A leg Of six pounds hi require abouat one andl onle-hlf or 'o haoaars to roast. Remove carefully i stray halirs, wash in strong vinegar ace in a paa, salt wvell, asid a cup of' it water, puat into,a hot oven, baste ton ; make a gravy of the dripp)ings. rye wit,h baked potatoes. and bol led ions. - WATER TCE.-lioll a quart of water d a potind 01' sugar thareo minutes, d then freeze. 'Thiis Is a good suIbsti te for lenmonlade for persons whao dIs Ce sour drinaks. M ns. P'ART1INOTON 5A Y.-Don't take y of the quack rostirums, as they are gimantai to thao huanan. cistern ; but it yourm t'rst in Hfop Bitters, which hI cure general.dilapidlation, costive bits and1(1anl comic diseases. Tihaey ved Isaac from a ' sFvi'o extract ou' ip)od fevei'. Thley reF the tie plua umn of medicines. . BAID TuxR Nurse to theO bjotor i"Sure ', I only know of one good medicine r' the Baby, and that~ is Dr. Bull aby Syruip."* tnn brice of soap is rapidly ad' neing.' A year's enppJy ,of UOB as' EuiCoTulC boutght now at I Si& ilIW pbj SrvJ'j diogs pur KOEcTIN haS nievgr [a;led tq effect my'e, giving tone and3trengt4( to the SWttm debtlitatejd by'diad, FOe. [ 3RONCflIA L4 - 0yimiATIO M ul.mOnaIry cotmlai nts, "Browon's .Di - LaS Troqdes" lpanitaI$tr erIliable en i' ave propeorags. .,Liigo . 940q.mer4i rippls, airt hel s, a ey. Are freqqOigJly ltatedl,andl tnjoso ptTrchasing slaog.l Auro to obt ainm tho gengine "3n - BHRL waiting tr a gdgdf!J ~k&~ it Ca nmonaryn Li i I.S. >no. Rx0 JJO11 e a1 btlibberi (Cughs ium.'u as to dangeroaa conseq# a00% HUMOROUS. A FORMER president of a New Eng land college after getting a seat in a horse-car noticed one of the Freshmen of his college curled up in front of him and exhibiting obvious signs of vinous exhilaration. A close Inspection re vealed the fact that the state of inebriety was not hastily put on (like a hat), but had been worn closely (like an under .shirt) for several days. For a few moments the. president sueveyed the undergraduate with an expression of mingled commiseration and disgust, and finally he exclaimed, "Been on a drunk I" The half-conscious student rallied his straying senses, and with a gleam of good-fellowship In his eye, somewhat unrespectedly ejaculated, "So-h1c--have I l" Somm time ago a well-known Wall Street, N. Y. character, of convivial habits, slowly made his way down Ex change-place on a pitr of crutches. As lie did so his eyes were filled with a inaliclous exulting light, an expreesion which we sometimes see upon the faces of those who have realized the fulill ment of some disagreeable anticipation disbelieved in by everybody else. "Yes"' said he; "swollen kneel Now don't say it came from drinking. Only the water I mixed with the brandy set tlet here. Good, pure brandy never (lid me any harm.'' LITTLE NELLIE was looking at some pictures of wild animals when Mr. Jorkins called, and Pho appeal.d to that gentlemai to explahi oac of the pic tures. "That is a*wild boar," said he; and the little lady looked at it thought fully and replied: "It doesn't look like you, does it, Mr. Jorkins?" "I hope not," responded the guest. ' Why?' "Because," said the artless Infant, " a mma s-id, when your card was sent uI. 'Thei e is that old bore Jorkins again.'' A YOUNG lady was sitting with a gal lant caitai n in a chariulngly-decorated recess. On her knee was a diminutive niece. In the adjoining room, with the door open, were the rest. of the coml pany. Said the little niece, in a jeal ous and very audible voice, "Auntie, kiss ie too. Evidently something had just happened. "You sliould say twice, Ethel dear; two is not gramniar," was the immediate rejoinder. "PAPA," said lie, as lie wag ehown 110 pictures inl a book Santa Claushad lett him, "Palm, why doescamels have such big hunches on their backs?" 'The information received not being very satisfactory, lie at leigth solved the difliculty hinself. "Why, I know, papa," said ho; "it's so's they'll be camelsI" Which must be the reason. A FAIn debutante at a late ball was "received" with a large, almos tembar rassing, armful of bouquets. To her is presented one of our "howling swells." F. D.--"No fewer than eight bouquets -just think of i I Are they notlovely ?" 11. S.-"Yaas. Lovely, indeed. And how good of your papa." MOTHER, at teatable-"Jack, who helped you to those three tarts?" Jack, age seven-"The Lord." Mother "The Lord ? Why, what do you mean Jack?" Jack--"Well, I helped myself; but father said not long ago that the Lord helps those who help themselves." VisiToR: Well, dear, you see I have come at last, but I haven't had a me ment to spare. I am stud.ving the part of Mrs. Bouncer in "Box andl Cox," a" d I find committing it to memor-y such a fearful taxing of the brain 'I really don't think I oulght to persevere with it. A MAN, passing through a gateway in the dark, ran against a post. "I wish that post was it the lower regions!I" wvas his angry remark. "Better wish it was somte where else, said a bystander. ''You might run against it again, you know." THE Constitution says an Atlanta girl asked a young man how he liked Shakespeare. Hie replied without a struggle, "As You Like It." WHEN old Faust signed the contract with Mephistopheles in his blood, lie wrote in his best veis, so to speak. ONE of the comical sights of leap year will be a girl whispering a tale of love Into the car of a deaf man. TuE thrifty man will alwvays put something away for a rainy day, even f it Is nothing but a stolen umbrella. "AND What makes my little Johnny mo cross- this morning?" "Dot up s'urly." A LITTLE girl in Norwich, Conn., defined "sport" "a man what wears his hat on one side." DON'T die now If you want your re latives to see that your grave Is kept green. "H is profession I What 1s his pro feasion ?" "Madam, he pedals music." THE legion that conquters all things -Religion. DOMEsT IC gets-Matrimonial sulks. WEATHER report-a thunder clap. Two ORGoANs.-Regulate first thte stomach, second the liver: especially the first, so .as ato; peifrfen their func tions perfectly and you will remove at least ninett.en twentieths of all the ills that mankind is heir' to, in tils or any other ellmajte. RlQp Bitters is the only thing that wIll give perifectly healthy natural action to these two organs. Popket minus chink, Four' and twonty editors . 8tbillfitg prjnters' ink ; ,Now' the~ pen goes faster', * Wonder whdat they mean, Ono~ss they must be writing adhs. For the improved Carboline. Da. BUI.i,'s' Cogh -Syr'up gives' by: far the bes4 satisfaction and tafies the. lead 6t1 all eQugh'proparatiens'on our' Ahlveb-Oarpeniter & P'almteter, James-. Innmte tqDutter-lhakers Js thet title of a valuable little pamphlet sent free to any-address for one statuj% 'A d as B(ttferlItnpl'oVement Vo44 crease amount of butter'fron gfyen. an u stP o1t Consumption vured. AN old physician, retired from prac ice, having had placed In his hands by t an East India missionary the formula j of a simple vegetable remedy for the 4 speedy and permanent cure for Con- a sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all 'Throat and Lung Afieosions, also a positive and radical cure for Ner vous Debility and all Nervous Com plaints, after having tested its wonder fll curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt It his duty to make tt know to his suff6ring follows. Actu ated by this jnotive and a desire to re lieve human sufiering. I will send free of clarge to all who desire it this re cipe, in German, French, or inglish with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, namning this paper, W. W. SHURRAH, 149 Powers' Block, Rochester, Neow York. The Orange and Lemon Crops. The failure this year of the orange and lemon harvest in the Greek Archipelago is not a suddin calamity. For many years past there has been in the islands lying be tween Greece and Asia a progressive reduc tion in the rainfall and the fruit garnered. The Island of Rhode, which was at one time urged upon the British cabinet as iore valuable than Cyprus, has been the principal sufferer, butt its demands as we1l as those of the Western markets will be met withottt diflicully by the increased pro duction of the mainland. In fact the fertil ity of Asia Minor and Syria seems only now to be becofning known. And it is rather a curious reflection on the political enthusiasm of certain statesmen to find that it is not the Greek and other Christian inhabitants of the East, but the careless and supine Turks, who have managed to preserve their orchards and gardens by the application of the necessary labor, and the use of a certain amount of foresight and common sense. From tie remotest times, the oraniges and lemons of the island of Rhodes, forinstance, have ben planted in precisely the saie spots, and s a i nati ral consequence the trees and the land are alike exhausted, and nature has developed that forn of parasite which imost thrives upOn its undisturbed food. - It is new blood, in the shape of new soil and new trees, which, in the Archipelago, as in the French vineyards, as repuired to restore the vitality to the now cevasted crops. Seifhelp anild comlilon sense. not scientific compounds, are the mo-t certain army with which to vanquish the phylloxora, the potato disease, and the orange tree blight. "THUNDER I" was the remark of Fei - ginson as he formed a crescent over the slippery coal-hiolc cover. "Yes," re plied a sober-fieed citizen in the door way; "more than twenty have fallen on that cover Ohis morning, and every one of thei expressed the same opintoi.. Mns. WisE.-No doctors' bills for the past year, and less than five dollars for medicine, and eight in tile family. Mis. JONEs.- Would that I could have a like experience withi my family. Mits. Wisi-You can, it you will make Simmons' Liver Regulator your household remedy, Froni the younge-t to the oldest, we take the Regulator whenevor we feel Dyspeptic, Bilious, Feverish, or otit of sorts, and it always relieves the Stomach, regulates- the Bowels and quiets the Nerves. "I have used your family medicine, called Simmons' Liver Regulator, for several years, and find it the best medi cine for a family to keep in the house. I can eat anlythling I. wish at night, and take a dose after it, and sleep as sound and sweet as ever. I have not spent one dollar for any f amily for medicInes In five years, only for youir Regulator, and( mu1.st say It dIoes all It say~s it wvIll. "J. A . NELsoN, Merchiant, Macon, Ga." Wanted. Sherman & Co., Marshall, Mich., want an agent in this county at once, at a salary of $i00 per month and expenses paid. For fall par tlinlars address as above. VEGETI NE. For all Ladles WHO ARE SUFFERERS. (R . .STRxNs NNATz, Ohio, March 25, 1577. De -r Sir.--I have taken several bo' ties of yout Vegetine for Feumalo Weakness and in justice to 12n0 medicIne. and to all ldes who are suf ferers fr:om sueon complaInts, I will recommend tile Veon. I mIust. say it has helped mae very mauch; Indeed,1 It s inv.luable f-r such comn p.amnts. - AARY l(. MEIIKDLill , . -100 Eastern Avenue. FEMALE WBAKNis.-Vegetine acts directly up in the causes or t.hose compi m.nts. It ling. orates aad st rengthens the whole systern, acts ou te screiveorgms, allays inflammation, c eanss and ueeration, cures consti a ti n. re guates thle bowels; headache and pa s in the back cease; In faci, thlere is no disense or coimpletal whlere tihe Ve.fe~lne gives so quick relier, and Is so effeortlye in its ours, s8 inl what is termed Female Weakness. -lt~ has aeVor failed In one Instance. VEGE TINE. It is What is Needed. FEMALE WEAKNESS, H. R. TEDEs, D03MoNs, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1878. Dear Sir- ror a long time Ihave been troubl'-d ivith Female weakoess and a weak. sinking feeling at the stomach, and through the advic.o or a frIend, I tried your vegetlne, and f1nd it just. what Is nided. I caln recommend it to ai' sufferiner irozWhose comnp.alnte. - Mrs. ANNAi,ELLA HTARWOOD, -512 Fourth Street. serofula, liver. Complaint, Dympepsia Miheamatium, Weak.ess. II. R1. 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