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Explorations iII Afgainitan. For a period of forty years it has been known that interesting iuddlhist renalns existed In the Jellalabad Valley, although. little or no attention has been givin to their livestigation. Alis. Williaiinpson, hav ing been quartered for some months in the valley, with the force under General Sir Samuel Browne, ams been able to visit most of the remains in that region and to make sketches of them, and the results of his in vestigations are given by him In a paper pul;lished'in a recent numberof the Journa of the SQoictsl of Ar1s. These jiuddhist remains, says Mr. Simpson, are little more than mounds. Here and there the crumnb ]Ing remains of a stupa may be seen, and fragments of walls can be traced in the heaps. The .inmenso quantity of these mounds is astonishing; and, as it Is knoVn that these Buddhist establishments wyere monasteries, the extent of the remains seems to indicato in the past a population of asce ties alone far greater than the population of the present day. In the Buddhist e riod, the country must have been under a high state of civilization, where w%Valtlh abound ed and art was cultivated. The vestiges of art still remaining show that the religious structures of the time were large and im portant. A style of arebitecture was fol lowed in which sculpture was largely prae ticed, and in which the effect was heighten ed by the use of color and gold. 'I'le struct ures connected with the practice of the Buddhist faith were "viharas," or monas teriCs, places in which each monk had his cell, and with buildings lor worship. One prominent forra of the ritual was connect(d with structures which are now known as ''topes' or stupas. "Dagoba" and "chait ya" are also terms used to designate Jie same kItal of structure. ''hie Afghanistan topes, unlike those of Sanehi, Barut, and Amaravati, have a square base. It is orna mented with a cornico and pilaster; irge and imposing stairs are made t ascend to the platform formed by it above oni whi 1i the circular part of tho tope stood. Anoi.jj the topes in the Jellalabad Valley which are not quite reduced to the condition of mounds, the Greek iniluence is very dis tInctly marked in the atrehitecture. Tte capitals are all Corinthian; and tit, more ornamental structures have series of Corin thIan pilasters with base moulliig. and friozes. Regarding the m1o1n!ries litt'o can be said, for scarce a vestige of thon now remain. All throughout Afghanistan there is an immense number of caves. At Bamin, about a hundred miles north of Cabul, there is what may be called a city of caverns. At lInda, and at almost all tl.e groups of topes, thero are inmerous cavs associV ,d with them. Nearly all of these, as a rule, are about Ihe saMe size. h'ley are merely arched recusses in the rock, about twelve feet high; of the sanie width, and about twenty feet long. That they were decorated with color is shown by the traces still visible in the decorations in a small group at liada, Enough is left also to dis tinguish panlels, in rows, with heads of Buddha oi Buddhist saints with the niml bus. At Darunta there Is a very largo and remarkable group of caves. 'lhe rock above had monasteries and topes of an extensive character upon It. 'The most intersting of these caves are in a perpendicular cliIT over hanging the Cabul river. Mr. Simpson coil eludes his paper with a short. accotia of the excavations made by him at, the Ani.i iosh tope,,near Jellalabad. Of this st ructure nothing is left but the lower part of tle square base; and there is only a small por tion remainiing of the first Coure (,f the cir cular part of the tope, wihich is eighty fcet in diaieter. The base is 100 feet square, and orniamented with Corinthlian pilasters. 'I'here hud been an inclosurc all round the tope, forming a coutyard about 00 feet s..uare. Through t.hia the p)rincipal gat,eway catered tromt thle south, in a line wit h the original stairs onl the southl and( north side of thet to. This app)lroaIch was evidletly an imsportant constructiotn. There was fuart her evidence of what. it had been in the remains ot colosSal tigutres, wvhichi were brought to light. The size of t hese may be jtpdged of' by the size of lhe feet, which were twenty-threne incthes lo!t ami1( which wero all that reinaineal of thei statue to w~lhi they belonged. On digging a t uns nel into the~ center ot the tlwin, the internal wall was found to be 'omiposed (of stone's and slates, so arranged as to produtce a di taper or checkered paitterni-a tyle of nia onry peculiar to alt the remnains of the Buiddhist periodl. Ini his excavations, Alr. Nimps)oni was forutnte enough to comne unon the cell, which wvas formed of layers~ of slate, and( wats a perfect cube of sixteen inches. Ini this repository, wIhich coast it u te<d the sanctum, In honor of which the monument, had beena raisedl, and to which the ritua i t.<t is of theclhtddh's.were dircect ed, there were found two hiandsful ot (lark looking dust5, which were probably ptart of the ashes of some noted holy mni of the time, deopositedi after cremiation-thec rule of the Buddlhist ptriesthiood. On tp of0 thle aushes kty a golden 'relic holer, octagonial in farm, about four IncIhes long, anti set on each of its faces with stones'. Among the ashes were t wenty gold coins seveniteen of thema Hiactrian or lndo-Sevt hian and three Rtoman. Th7iese coins, whlich were in sp)lendid condition, and5( the relic holder, were nto douibt dep)ositedl as ofYermngs alonig with the ashes sat the consecration cere mony of the shrine. The coins ar*e only a negative evidtence toward the daite of the tope; but froms thecm it is certain that flue tfter is not older thana the secolnd centaur. [low much later it mtay be is ralher a d ini cult question as yet to deteirmine. 'lao Madte by Mosaft of Ether. It is wvell-knowvn that ethier can lie niade to vaporize so speedhlIy as to priodiiee ini tense cold, and if, when covered wvithi water Its evaporation be assisted, it will escape so quickly as to lower the temlperaiture of the wafer to freezing point. k'ieinec ether is often used mn p)rep)aring freezing mixtures; and a machine has lately been con)struted( lor making ace by means of the remarkable prop)erty to which wve have briefly alluded. The apparatus consists of an engine and alr-ptmnp combied on the samte bed-plate, a refrigerator, an ether condenser, a cit lating pump, andi one or miore ice-boxes ac cording to flhe quantity required-a steam engine suipplying the motive poweCr. ThIe two inlet passages of the air-pump are con nected by a copper pipe, from which branches another copper pipe that places them in communication with the refrigera tor, which is a felt-covered vessel of cylin drical shape, thle tubes being made of cop per and riveted to brass end-plates. The two outward valves on the other side of the air-pu a.p commnincate with the ether conidenser, which is similarly constructed to the refrIgerator. Thue tubhes coimnuni cate at each end wvith metal'chambers, one of which serves as a recepttacle for the air that enters the condenser. Tme whole is inunorsed in a wooden tank, through which -a stream of water constantly passes for cooling and condensing the ether vapor. A vacuum is maintained by the alr-p)ump in the refrigerator, vaporizing the ether at a low temperature. This operation causes an abserption of heat, which reduces the temperature of the strong brine that is made to circulate through the tubes and ice box. Thhe Ice box is a tank of red deal varnished inside, with partitions with holes in them to allow a slow circulation of the brine.. Zinc mould. of different widths, acoling to the shapes of the blocks of'ice r9quired, are filled with pure water and us apended betwep tho partitions. Jacobf0t's Method for Photo Printing. Prepare a oarbon pleture in the usual manner upon a sheet of glass, and sur round the picture with a wooden frame which exactly fits round the sheet of gias;. Then pour into the frame a mixture (tiot, too hot.) one part of gela tine, one pIrt of gtim arable, and two paris of glycerine. Whenl th tass has stil'umnd in the frame, carefully re nove the ,itter fror, the former with a knife, and w Ith equal care invert. the gelatine plae, with which the carbon icture will now be incorporated. To Ink the plicture use a ground glass roller, an.d the inking procesA proceeds most Aavorably wlCI done upon a smooth, elastic support like that used for rolling lett'er press forms. The printing ink, which must be very thick, Is previously dissolved in oil of tiurpentine or In benzole, aUt som1e of the sohition, without the addition of varnish, Is youre-d uo)01 the plate and distributed over It by the glass roller. The plate being iked, a sheet of uncoagulated albumenizei paper corresponding In siz) O tthe picture Is laid upon ,t, and an India-ruhher roller passed softly across the paper, which Is then lifted oil the plate. Tho albuincized paper, which absorbs ioisture readily, shoul 1ot 0be illowed to lie too long 11pon) the plate for fui r of the ailbuen dissolving of' md dilr-tyinig the plate. It Is not necessary to dainp the plate with water, ais it posesscss stuliclent moisture to allow of it dozen impressions being taken. Of course this nioist,uro is ex inusted it last, bit the plato is stilli clently hygroscoplu to absorb enough nolsture from the anosphieir In the cotirse of a few hours to allow of print ing being resumed. While in other lielitdIruck processe. te hnige is stink hito the plate and the ink has to shilc Into the shadows, this method has the tlviaiktny.u of firnishing a relief which faelit,ates pruiting. By this process, ulso, round objects, such as bottles and vases, Caln be prinit-ed-possibly n ith uolors, which could be htiru. lit. Eldlhsq R<als.-The idea of making a ti-3ii lily tlowni and take up its own 'aIs ats it 1110VOS along is no0t a n10w 0110, but nlil itietesting realization of' 1 Is ow to bo witnessed In.the Jardin des Tuiileries, l'aris. The system is that of Clement Adoir. Tue rails on elither ide of tihe carriages consists of' a series of joined pieces of rall, with Ilat por'ting pieces; they enclose the ,s'bteImk of P wheels, passing down over Lho front, and up over tile und wheeh, anid alt th wheels have two flanges to In-evei t any derailhnent. In front the trains of ruil aro guitled by two distri bitting wheels, which are governed by 11le tiactioni, sb that Onl )ulllinlg obli qiely, right or left, the endhsi way atLolniaucally follows tle saime dIrec tion. At, tile end of tM first train, again, are two taikinig up, Wheels, pro vided with difl'erential motion to meet the (illculty of going in curves, which Involves aln :xtensioni of' the rail on one si ;e and(i a contraction of that on tie other, so that whatever the curve (to six or seven metres' raidiu-' the way is regtiurly put down and lifted. From lti, mechanical point of view one Li struck with tile smuallness of' the force r(q qired to movo ai train [thus ar ranigerd. li tile Jiardin. des 'Pilleries the trii consists of thrue carriag, capable of coiltaillig il lilt thirty childenii, atid ofteii fiuli. These aire drawn by t,wo.goatS, which worik thus for lievenl hIouI.S. Tho total load is about, 1,000 hilograinlinies, or 11ather. imore than a toll. To draw a like weight. in three carriges on ordinary roatds wouild requiire a dozen goats, lout' Ct'r eaich vhtL'e0. (Tihis Is the no umber hiar'nessed to t.he simai c arriages for cildr.m1 in theph'Iamaps Elyses.) Th'ie econmomly of carriage, then, Is In.. 10on1te~stable, Thet noraI'll speed( is four1 noiles, per hour'. Th'ie sy'stem is, of' course'~a, niot, (designmed f'or' passenger' mr.ille, bit,I for' goods, and In many places, with had roads or' notie, might ibe very' serv'tiLceable. A Siab.1lu'; ut'fo Gutta-Plerc'ha.-Ae coirrling to thei Poldytechnic iew at r'Ival t)o iia-rui-rol and1 gutf.taI-per1cha has been foun iin a new ii elas4't.ic gumi whichl has1 beinil tnmed Italata. Tn'ils is tile 3hilky sap of' he bully-tree, that flou i'ishi's oni ihe baniks of' tIhe Or'inoco and the Anuzon in Soit.h America. Th'ie operat&iona of wtinning the gumt Ia sihni lar in every respect to that emptloyed wvith enoutcliotte and1 gumtta-p)erchia. It r'esemnbles guttIa-percha so closely in its genlerai pr1op)erties thmat mucmh of' It is shippedl friomt Gulatina and( sold1 yearly f'or guitta-pc'ha--althotigh ft has many Points of' superiotity. It 18 tasteless, gives an agi'eeable odor oni beling warmied, may be cut like gultta-p)ercha,. is toughl andt leatfhei'y, Is r'emiarkably flexible, antd fan' more elastic thatn gutta-nercha. It becomes sef't and namy be jointed plec'e to p)iceO, like glitta-percha, about 120 degrees F"ah., bit, i'eqiui'es 270 degreecs Fahi., beforo umi Illg (higher that gutta-per'chai). It is comtpletely solutble in benzole and1( (ePrboni disuilphide in thtt cold. T1iur llenItinte dissol1ves it with the appilicautionu ol' heat, wilIe it Ia only partillly solui le in anhydrous aIlcohlol and ether'. It bJecomIes strongly electrfled by friction, andl Is It better insulator of' heat and1( :deetr'iet,y thtan gulttal-p)ercha, on whichll alccout, it mlay 111nd consaider'able applll eationt for electrical anid telegraphIc uses. CaustIc alkalies and concentr'a ted hy'dr'ochlorlieiicid do not attack it; but concetraltted SulIphumric anmd nitric acids attacek It as thtey do gui t -,er'ch t, wnich It closely resembles In al1l other 1)1operties. Glass Inlsulators wtith whlicht most !igntning r'ods are pi'ovlded ale usleShs. It' there is a path of least resIstAne f'romn the lightning rod to tile gr'ound thriotugh the htouse the discharge will take .thIs path without regard to t.he glass insulators. TIhe ot'dinary lightning arres'Cter int telegraph oillees Is- an illustration of this. TIheo dIs charge leaps across tile short air iinter. val pi'ovided between the telegr'aph wIre and an eartht connetion, this air Interval could be replaced by a plate of' glass anid thte spark would still leap through lt. All lighitnting rods should -e connected with tihe system of' gas ipes and1( steami heating ap)paratus. furnaces, and large masses of metal about a house, and then carefully grounded in moist earth, The best rmoundit can be obtained by connecting tIha lightning rod with the Water pip)es If there are such about thte house. Itosults Toil the Tale. What may we reasonably Infer from the suc-' ess of a medicine which is sent, far and wide, not only In the land of its discoi ery. but I'n foreign counirnes. which his met with the in dorsement of medical mon. the annumal prepa ration and shipment of which employs a email army of employe, and tihe outlay uponi which, In var.ous ways, is simply enormoui. We must, if candid, award to saioh a remedy time moed of well deserved success. Bluoh a modli cino hs lostetter's Stomach ittol-s, the lead lug American remedy for fever and ague, liver compuatmt. dyspnpdIa, debIlity, nervousness. rheumatf'sm. ant various other. p iyaleai trou-. bles.u It early took prseodence among toica ilnd alteratives. and fuss steadily maintained It. Persons of a'weakly physique state its re cuperatIve propev&hes to be remarkable, both in degree and th matter of promptItude, and thEbillfOus.two a paributlarly good acooun6 of AGRICULTURE. 'onO CATAHInu olt COLD.-'hls dis ease may be considered under two polits of vie w, either as an intflammatioii of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavities, accompanied by slight fever; or as an ephemeral fever of three or four days' diti ation, complicated with this condtion of the nose. The latter Is perhaps the more scienti fie definition, ut for coinion purposes it is more convenient to consider it a simple catarrh or old. There Is invariable some degree of feverishness, sometimes very considerable, at other, so slight as to bo easily passed over. Usually the pulse Is accelerated to about fifty or sixty, the appet ite is impa ired, and there is often sore throat with some cough. On examining the interior of the nos tils, they are more red than natural, at fIrbt dry and swollen, then bedewed with a water discharge which soon be coi-Ps thick, yellow and in some cases purulont. Tle eyes are generally in volved, their conjunctival coat being injected with blood, and often some slight weepig takes place, but there is always an expression of sleepiness or dullness, partly to the general impair ment of the health. Tle disease Is caused in most cases by a chill either in or out of the stable, but sometimes, even in tihe mlklest form, it appears to be epidemic. The treatment will great ly depenld t1pon the severity of the disease; usually a bran-mash contain ing from six (Irachis to an onillce of powdere(I niter in it. at night, for two or three consecutive doses, will sullce, together with the abstraction of corn, and if the bowels are confined, a mild dose of physic should he givel ; suol as six drachmis of finely powdercd barba does aloes, two draIhilms of ginger, %nd 0110 )ilt of linseed oil (raw). Should the dkecase extend io the bronchial ties, or the lungs, a competent phy sician must be called in. FECUNDITY OP G RAIN.-A single plant of corn, either wheat, barley, or oat-, by I)leilg aILlowed proper time ani an ple space for the full development (if Its roots, leaves and b)ranhies, is natur ally capable uf producing oighty ears or four thousand fold. A nomalous, however, as this miay appear, yet it is certain andt as strictly true, that not filty-fold, or one perfect ear, is obtained from each grain planted throughout the entire breadt.h of the United Kingdom; and it would require a countless number of ifs, and utts, to prove the contrary, though but few words to substantiate the truth of this assertion, n lamely, "That were it so, as a necessary conseqnence 104) hi,shol. per acre would be an average crop, viz: lifty times as much ats is sow n, say at two bushels only per acre as sec( for wheat, barley and oats; but it Is a fact, not too much to almir, that searcely half this much-incredible as it may appear at first Pight-is actually ob ailied ; about 32 to 50 bushols per acre being a fair average crop of all kinds of grain, so estirmnted by the most able and trustworthy stat Istlclans.'' . Lap,Ass IN 11ORSES.-L-imul)ass is anl 1inaginary disease, being nothing more thain a swelling and tuinefaction of the bars lit tile roof of a horse's mouth, eommunincaml thereto from inflamation of the gua.wheiL the animal is shed ding his mular teetli, and often pro jecting so fur as to be on a level with the upper incisor teeth, and become so painti as to )revelt the animal from eating. At times, however, it appears in aged horses, the process of growth ini the teethl of the horse continuing during tihe whiolei lire of tihe animal; but In a majority of such cases the swelling wvill soon1 subsIde wit.hout any medical treatmenit, a few mashes and gentle alterahives beIng all that is niecessary to relieve the animal. Ini the case of a young animal a few slight incisions across tihe bars with a shlarp peinkiulfe will relieve the inflanm mnat,on and cause the swelling to sub side. TIhie brutal custom of burning dlown the bars with a redlhot iron is as unnecessary as it Is cruel, and shiouId therefore never be practiced. EFFacTrs oF Daw UPON PAsrunK. Th'ne heavy dews w'hich are u nail ini late summiier~ and1 early fall, and1( tihe light boar frosts which occur as the ecooler weather arrives, are unlw holesome1 to cattle and sheep. It may be that the well known etfect of dlew in this direc tionl gave rise to tihe old-fatshioneCd Ideca that due was in itself injturious and caused various diseases. T[here is noth Ing In the character of the dlew itself which is hurtful ; but it is the filling of tile stomach with wet hlerbage that is unwhvlolesome. Th'le stoinich becomes distet.ed with tihe p)roducIts of. the (11 complositlon of the wet mass, and In time tihe animals suaffer. D)anger may be avoidled by keeping the stock, ese ciailly young animals,- frcmi the grass utlil the dew hais dried ofl. T1he dati ger is not so serious unt,il the short,er days and longer nights of the fall cause an excessive dep,osition of dew, when care should be exercised. Tro find the number of tous of hay in long or square stanks, tile following is given as the rule : M1ultiply tilhe lengthi in yards by the widlth in yards. aimd that by half the altittade In yards, and dlivide the product by 15. Tjo ind the number of tons In circular stacks. Alultiply the square of tile circuam ference in yards by four times the a111 tudle In yards, and divide by 100. Theii quotient will be tihe number of eubic yards in the stacek. TIhea divide by 15 to get the number of toins. Dxi. Blui.1,'5 Cohch 83rip gIves by far the best, satsfalctjin and1 takes the lead of all cough p)reparat,ions on our shelves--Carpen ter & I41 meter, James. town, N. Y. YEGETINE has never failed to effect a cture, giving tonie and strength to tihe System debilitated by disease. SAID TU E Nurse to the Doctor.: "Sure sir, I only know of one good mediolaue for the Baby, and that 'Is Dr. Blull'i Baby Syrup." Mae. WxsE.-No doctors' bills for the past year, and less than five dollars for medicine, and eight in the family. Mae. JoxEs.- -Would that 1 could have a like experience with my family Mae. WIsE--You can, i you wIll make Shumons' Liver Regulator your household remedly, From the youngest to tile oldest, we take the Regulator wheunevor we feel Dyspeptic, Bilious, Feverish, or ouit of sorrg, and it always relieves thle Stomach, regulates tile Bowels and quiets the'Nerves. "I have used your family medicine, called Simmons' Liver Regulator, for several years, and find it the best medi eine for a family to keep in the house. I can eat aniythinug I wish at night, and take a dose after it, and sleep gs sound and- sweet as ever, I have not spent one dollar for may f amily for medicines in five years, only for your Regulator, - and must say it does all it says It will. D)OMEST1C. COFFEE ICE CRKAM.-This recipe Is reprinted by desire. Make a custard, without any flavor, of a Pint of cream and four yolks of eggs. Put into thlsa quarter of a pouid of freshly-roasted mocha cofee berries; they should, If possible, be used hot. Cove'r up the stewpanl closely with its lid, P)utting a ipkhi over to keep in the steam. Let the custard stand for an hour, strain and sweeten, and when cold put it into the freezing pot. Cream thus prepared will not take the color of' the coffee, and when carefully made is very dell cate and delllous. Colfee ice cream IS also made with a strong infusion of coffee. To make the Infusion, Put two otnces of freshly ground coffee into a French coffee Pot and pour over it a gill of tast-bolling water. When the water has all run through the strainer, take out the colree grounds and replace them with two outices of fresh coffee. Pour the coie in Iusion in the bottom of the pot over these fresh grounds. Then pour the coffee infusion thus ob talied into it pint of sweetened cream, and freeze. FUMIGATION IN ASTHMA -Great beue fit has lately been found to attend a proper process of fumigation i asthma. For this purpose the powder to be burned Is composed of two and one half parts of nitrate of poLassiun, one half part of belladonna, and five parts of powdered stramonium leaves, inti. mately mixed with a simill proportion -say one-half part pulverised white sugar, the latter being added to Prevent the compound from burn ing too freely. The saltpetre may lie dissolved in just enough water to form a saturated solition. which is mixed with the leaves, add subsequent ly the mass dried into a coarse powder, sugar beling then aded. A small quantity Is placed on a brick or tinl olate and Ignited, when it burns, giv Ing off a cloud of smoke. Good results follow also from spreading sheets over a clotheshorse, to con line the fumes. A PRETTY Disn OF APPLEs.-Take ten large apples, boil them till quite soft; peel and pulp them, inashing them till there are no lumps. Mix in half a pount of powdered loaf sugar, and beat themi up for half anl hour; then beat the whites of two eggs with a wihisk, and mix with the apple; then mix with one half ia small pot of red currant Jilly, and with the other any es; enee or flavor which you mlay an prove. Now, Ii It hai been well mix oti, one portion will lIe quite )Wilk, amid the other st.ll aod white. Then pile them Oi a glass dish, takiig a spooncul of each altern.itely. CHOPPED l-EiE.--I'wo Pounds lean, raw meat chopped Iiie, onle teacup rolled crackers, one of sweet milk, one teaipoon salt. Put in a p,n, cover an other over it, bake one hour. It is im pr:oved by a dressing of bread or cracker crumbs spread over the top; wet the crumbs with milk or ivater, season with batter, pepper and salt. The scraps may be used for breakfast by taking a spoonful and covering It with mashed potatoes mixed with egg and fried in butter or suet. THE KITCUEN.-If yol tilnd it neces sary to have the floor bare, oil It well with linseed oil, and you will save many a weary hour. One thing always spolls the looks of a kitchen, and that Is old cloties hanging lin It. Make a cupboard. Curtaina It, driving. nails in side for all clothing which has to be kept in time kitchen. Paint all the wvoolwork In the kitchen, If possible. Lead color would be handsome. Do net forget that curtains are icme for the kitchen as wvell as the parlor. GIULLED FowL.-Trake the legs of cold fowl, score theni wvell, and rnb in plentit'tully some Frenich mustard, salt and cayenne; broil over a clear tire and1 serve with grill sauce. Take one gill of good gravy, add to it one tablespoon fel of tmshroomi ketchup, one0 tea Sp)oonful of F~renchi mustard, a few choppedl capeors and a little gratedl 1emona-peel; add a little butter rolled In flour, a few dIrops of chili vinegar, aimmer until quite hot, pour over the legs and serve. LAMB OR VEAL CUTLETs.-Wet ini beateni egg, roll in bread crumbs, atid fry in butter, Cook veal Iin the same way. Both need to be thoroughly cooked. Sing a song of hatir oil, P'ocket minus chink, Four and twe'ntly edlitorg Spilling printers' Ink; Now t he pen1 goes laster, Won<der what they niman, Gutess they mttst be writhing ads. For the imp)roved Carbollne. Two ORGANs.-Regulate -first the stomach, second the lIver: especially the first, so as to perform their funo tions perfectly and you will remove at least nineteen twentieths of all the ills that mankind Is heir to, in this or any other climate. Hop BItters is tihe only thing that wvill give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs. The price of soap is rapidly advanc ing. A year's supply of DOnUNSs' ELECTRJC bought now at old price will be a very Judicious puachase. Origin of the Deseri of sahara. A M. Largeau in 1874 visIted the valley of the Ighar'ghnr, with the intentin of branching off to Rhadlames to stuidy the commeiirce of that oasis and test t1.e practi caility of divertIng to Algeria the caravans that conme there by theo cenitral route from Soodhan. lie quiestionedi time ch'amnbas on the causes of the drying of the great Saha ran streams, and found that all agreed in saying that these dead rivers once ran futll through a country more fertile than the Te'll (the region north of the Atlas Moun tain's crest), but could only explain It by legends more Interesting than satisfactory. M. Largeau gives the following explanation of tihe change: "It is known that pastoral people havi always been great destroyers of forests, for they need large spaces of clear ground to feed the flocks that form their wealth and to promote . 'security a aliust thme wvild beasts that lurk in forests. hven nowv the Algerian Arabs are seen fir ing the woods to enlarge the narrow limits imphlosed upon them by colonizatior. So, althiough the great Saharan streams have not been explored to their sources, yet it is linown that they commence on the bare plateaux that are but the skeletons of heights once wooded and fertile. All ac counts of the inhabitants of these regions agree on that point. Consequtent uipon thie destruction of the forests the periodical rains were replaced by rare and short though violent storms, the waters from which, instead of soaking in as in past ages, slip by on the rocky masses, carrying away the rich surface mold, and bring about the drying of the springs, anid, as a direct con sequence, of &he tivers. .wRiu waliin I r a Cough to go tis It came, yoaareoft n w the zoundat'on for bome~ P'uIlmonary or Mrenchi atffeten. Ir, Is better to get rid em a Cold at 01100 by using that surq remedy. Dr. I). Iasne's zpeeterant; whIeh wilU euall geuD0 an rleve any anal. HUMOROUS. IMPECUNIOUs Person-"Jones, iy boy, you haven't got Italf-a-crown tbout you that you don't want, have ou?" Jones-"Well, if you promise utifully to return It.' Impecuhlous Plerson-l"'hankee. 11ut-contound it, his isa bad one." Jones-"Or course. You asked if Ihad one I didn't want. Should I be likely 'not to want' a good >ne? A LIn IL boy bei ng asked by another boy what he was doing now, replied, 'I am cashier in a clothilig store." "You cashier I" vaid the other in tulmizeimlent. "Yea," said the little slap, ''that's what the clerks call me. A, hiindred tues a day they holler eashier l' " "Cath, here I" was what 1he clerks said. Mn. TEui,PLARt: "Mrs. Gluppins, you are now old-let me implore you give tip drink; set an example to your aii ly, dash the venomed goblet from your lips, and refresh at that limpid stream, urystal, white and clear, soft as the balmy Situmer brueze, pure as a mo ther's love-water ! water 1" M irs. G. " 'Ecs, stir, it be mikhlty convenient for bilin' taters it." "'Giva me a sou, tister," said a Paris gamin, the other day ; "'I have had no dinner.'' "No more have 1,'" answered the gentleman, Who was rushing to his restaurant. "Well, thU," said the boy, "giv,i tme two sous, and we'll dine together I" ALL a sleepy tratmp has to do in Troy Otn cold nights Is to lith iup his tmo squito net anywhere along the track of the steam heating company's pipsm and kle down to pleasant dreamns and a com fortable tidstimmer snooze. AN English CoaChatn111 was asked to tie t) a log, and ie resigned on the ground that it was the butler's duty. Tile butler declined and resigned, and after six servantts had left the earl tied Up the dog himself. "No, sir," said an Albany ian: "I'm none o' yer fellers as wastes Ills time learnin' other folk's languidges. I don't speak English ; American is all the tongue I know." PoPE says that beauty draws us wilth a single hair. They don't nowadays. When a beauty gets so bald-headed that sli lit but one iair left site don't draw IA. ii. To keep a resolition, base it firmly on good and suillient grounds, and do not forget either the preamble or the resoluiton. "DoEs yes kape nothin' but dry goods here?" "Yes, ma'am." "Thin where will I be after goin' for a watered silk?" IT Is easter for a camel to go through the eye of a sewing machine needle tian for a man to swear oil' at New Year's and keep his word. "My little Lill, which do you love best, mamnta or t.his big bag of candy ?" "I love best mnamma-who gives ne this big bag of candy." A DETROIT vagrant went into a poliee station the other day and askedi the blue coats to give him a rest. Se they gave him arrest. *eIF you have a pretty daughter' you wvill have a braitn full of anxiety, and a house full of scented note-paper. WH Y is the pellet you give your sick wife like a thitef Because it ia a pill for her. A SHIRT has two armns, jnst as p8n-~ taloons have t.wo legs, yet one is called a pair and thte other is onily onte. AN economical Louisville girl has knocked the bottom out of an empty cheese box and nowv wears it for a belt. THiE green seal keeps its head fat above water, but not without corks. INGniALN eloquence-Cornstalks. .Al s. PI '.tw zsu ro sa vs.-D)on't take any of the qutack rostrumis, as they are regimental to the hutman cistern; but p)ut your trust in 1101 Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits an d all comic diseases. They saved Isaac from a. severe extract of tripod fever. They are the na plus unum of medicines. FOR BnoNcrmA L, AsTii.Iruc ar idl Pulnmnar.v comI la2 its, " iirown 's Bron chial Proches"' mtanifest remlarkaLble cur ative p)rop)erties Like all other meri torius articles, thtey are frequently imitatedl, and tnos, p)urchlasing shouhd be sure to obtain t.he genutine "BaON CHIAL Tn'oociuEs." whiere Fiarat, wa. A Wayne County farmer had 801me whteal stoien a fewv nights since, and lie was s< sure that he knew whlo the thief was [hat he came into Detiroit and secured a warrant for a certain young mant living near him, When [te case came up for trial in Justle< alley, the defendantt said he couldl prove ar alibi. In order to do thtis, he had brougi in "lis girl," a buxom lass of twenty-two. She took the stand anml swvore thtat he sa up with her from seven o'clock in thte even ing until broad daylight next mormtng. "Peop)le can very easily be mistaken,' observed the plaintiff's lawyer. "I don't care-I know he was there,' she rephted. "What did you talk abotut I" "Love!" she promply answered. "What time did the old folks go tc beI ive 'em the wink about te." "Sure he was there at midnighlt, are you?" "Yes sir," "Why are you sure ?" She blushted, looked over to her lover and laughed, and getting a nod to go ahead, she said: "Well, air, just as the clock struck twelve, the old man jiumped otut of bed, up stairs, and hollered down' 'Sarahm, yer mar wanit sonme o' that cataip tea!l' And we got such ai start that we broke tihe back off the rock ing-chair and went over backwards ker pigjnk." "Then thie jutry must understand that you'were seated on Samuel's knee ?" "I object," put in Samuuel's,lawyer, and his honor remembered the days of his youth and sustainedl the objection. IHuts to iauter-Alakera is the title of a valuable little Pam phlet sent free to any address f'o' one stamp. Adress, Buttter improvement (fo., Buit'alo, N. Y, It tolls you how to In crease amount of butter from glyen amount of cream 6 jlr cent., improve quality ot butter ~Oper cent., make "gilt-edge" or golden colored buster the year round. .Every farmer and dairyman should send stainp for it. Vousutapt.ion Cured. AN old pIh slolal, retired from rae tMe, having lad placed In his hands by an East bidia missionary the formula af a simiple qgetable remedy - for the speedy and permanent cure for Con suiinptiou, Bronhlitis, Oatarrh, Asthma and till Tliroat antI Lung All'etiors, also a positive and radical eure for Nor vous Debility and all Nervous Com plaints, after having tested its wonder ful oiiratlye powors In thousands of cases, has felt it his ditty to make It know to his stireritig fellows. Aotu atel by this notive and a desire to re Ilve human suilering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it this re olpe, -in Gerinan, French, or .Iglslh Nvith full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mall by addressing with stamp, natning thl.i paper, W. W. SICnAa, 149 Powers' Block, Rochetetir, New York. A LADY ha11d a promlonlition that as soon as site printed tier first volutte of poemis she would dIe. The premoni tion wias fullille.l. We would earnest-y call the attention of a large numiber of poetial young ladles and gentleimen to the fact thait such thiigs generally hap pell without any premoni Ion at all. IVanlted. Sherman & Co., Marshall, Mich., want, an avont in tik county kt once, at a jilary of $100 por nwith aid expoijoes paid. r full paitioulares address as above. m a VEGETINE. For all Ladles WHO ARE SUFFERERS. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, March s, 167. AR. 11. R. STHVXNS: Do -r Sir.-I have taken several bo' tles of your Vegetine for Female Weakneis. and lin Justice to w1o iediclne. ata't toll ladiles who aire sll terers iron icn compH)laItS, I wil recommend tho V gotilo. I tii . say It, has ielped m very Much; lude), It is IlIy litdbl() f-r Ruch c - plaits. IARY K. IlIt DI; 11, 100 Milsitrl Av. IP. IPE.MALR WEAKN-a.-Vegotino acts direetly Up11n1 the 11uNeS IliI 1tee COImPI 1Its. It invig OratOis anld stirengit lolo he wkole system, acts upoi the secretive oigatns, aLays Inflainnatolln, cvainRes. and cures ulecrailon. cures constipa tionl. rIgualates the bow. 1; I'adallche and pains in lte back cease; In tact, there is i o dito or elnmplawt, wlero the exet Ino gives so (U1Ck reller, and is so effecilve in It ioure, i in wliat Is tormed Female W..akness. it has nver failed InI one instauce. VEGETINE. It is What is Needed. FEMALE WEAKN.ESS. I)Hi MINES, Iowa, Sept. 0, IbTs. 11. R. STRVENS, Boon: oear Sir-tor a long Lthno It hve been troublf d with Female Weakmss and a %%eak. sinking feelin at he stomac, and trougi the advice or a frI nd. I cild .% our vo'getine, and find It juio. what is needed. I can recommend 1U to all sufferiu-z irow tioso comp alnts. lours. re.ge:t ully. Mis. ANNAIELLA IIATRW U-D, 8il Foul th Sti eet. Scrofula, Liver Cosna plalnt, Dypspsia, itheusaiatlss, Weakness. 11. R. STREVNS. Bostor: I have been practi:ng medicine for 25 years, and as a retuedy ior Scrofutla. Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia, lieuiat- In, Weakness. antd ill dis. eam-s of the blood I h .ve never jotr. Its equal. I have sold Vegelino for yi-ars, and have nover bad oie bott.o return-d. I would heartily re. commend It La to tie in need of a blood purifier. Dr. W. 1106S, Druggist, Sept. Is, 187M. Wilton lowa. VEGETINE PIMEPARED BY n. Rt. u-TEVENS, 11outoxi, lWasow. Vegetino is Sold by All Druggists. BAROMETERS, BOpera olnssos, Thlermomoters, Eyo Glasses, Spoctacles, 31lcromcopos, a1 (ircarty fleduced* PracUs. R. & J. B EOK, 3Man ufacturing o'ptilotanls, Philadel piai. send 3 slim ps tar ilustratod Cataloguo of 141 page., and mettIon this6 paper. SA PON IHFEBR 15 the 01.1 Rliable Conemntrited Lye for FA MILY it Ic lul w h ita i r. agti . A.SK FOH, SAPONIFIEII, AND) TAKE NO tITIIR. PE.NN'A aALT MEANUF'O co., PHILAD'A DIPHiTHERIA!! eJohnson's Anodyne JAniment Wili posi. Lively prevent this terrIble disease, and will posilely cure, nine cases in ' en. Informa Ian that will save many lIve- aent free by mail. D)on't delay a momnent. Prevention Is bet,ter than cure. No. d everywhere. I B. JOHNSON &e CO.. Blangor, Me. These answering an Adiverttsement wI I confer a favor upon the Advertiser and the Pubisher by otatng that they saw the adver tIlement in this journal (naminna-m the paper This powd Milig making. f GA beat June i m i3 .quality at 152!!% BRIMSM E!MG| half. Pri YvalueaB to Nii. m 3EMkHP1]i I ngreien ||.4 WfAM EMNM"tWMEMM entd WOI market va .4W R1mEIllME of imital mark of RNL%3iMK%MMM E24Eif.BUTTER by (Groer our book for t, 11 KiMEWWFM:AmiPERMfs%M Addr DVERTJ ::rtod in ANY OR1 ALE of the tory for 0.'VC TIM1E, or fo positions, which are os LOWIMT PRIOI 8. M. PETTE at either of I ESTIMAT For Aetvertisers without charge, t TION of Newspapei's, or ft .ANY City, Town, Adverjisements in the Best Posl S. M, PETTh NOVELLO'S MUSIC PRIMERSa 1. Rudinnente of bsule. Oummings. 500. S. ArtofPianoforte Playing. Patr. l.90 8. The Organ. Stainer. 2.00 4. 4inglsag. Itandtegg(r. 9.04) 5. Hasical Forna. Pauor. 1.00 0. larnmony. 81atuer. 1.00 7. Isstruaentation. Prout. 3.00- . 8. Violin. Tourd. 3.00 Very popnlar books In KnRlaud. and rapidly bo coting vs) iu this cotntry. Thuy are not properly Pa-uers,blitt Inatniction Hooks. witlh prooticalit-a ters,s o the tatt ients. and abutiditnt pcture and miusloal i11 usirntions, a history of thto organ, O. Valuable books fur any one Interested In inaelo. J WITR ROBES. Unexoellod an a Sunday 3chool Bong Hook. TEMPERANCE JE WELS. (36 ots.) Unexcelled as a Touperanco Song Hoo1r. AMERICAN ANTHEM BOOK. (S1.25, or $12.00 por doxon.) Cont ains eili ray Attiins, of fine qnalltv, to provid oti .o per 8tinday for two 3,err. CinV114.41 by A. N. Johnson. J. If. Tennoy an,ol A. J. Abboy. Any book tailed, post- free, for rotatil price. The Weely MUSIOJA1, RtEV~ORD l)ves ntearly pagTod oldi nti.opor inth. 02.00 pur year. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. N. 1LTSON &CO. 1228 Ohostnut St.. Phila. ARI WIHNON-CONDUC INO CEME T RETAIN THE HEAT. LONGER.. DON01BURN THE HAND. ON BOTH WAYSA. ACHEA. HOP BITTERS. (a"iedaclep no" a.D-'Ta) con?ArN5 - *W# UCHU, MANDRAKNj DANDELION, s ftzmT Am B11? MaNrtOaIQA OF ALL 0TrX DrrXmA AnDISa Of the stOmah, Bowels..lood, e das67, and Urinary Organs, Nerwounea s eswase and espealally Female Camplaia. '1:6 t IN GOLD. Ill be paid fos a ease they win n ase e bep.o or anything impre injurious found ta meem. Ask your druggist for Hop Bitter sad wy m ore you sleep. S'ake no otheu. omm 0133 is the se et. Sias ad beet """.n'el*'.As. Childre* 0.1. 0 absoue and turest.tible l end for ulatrn 147 - utediwt apeules, appl correspond to DR. N. C. GIAY, Opitician, 28 N. T W LF'I il Street. P'hiiladolp ala. Isa. AGENTS WANTED:emW complete and authenio history of the great tour 0 Ita decr loyt d c, ern (Jnurlosities, ealth fnV o d rs o f ela d si te s a n o e oap a (ia ttin PrIe only - 00 bend for oirouiars 1ATi ONAL PUBLI..HING CO., Philadelphis, GILT-EG sr makes "Gilt-Edge " Butter the year ronn. Corn. and the Science of Chemtistry applied to Butter. July, August and Winier Dotter made equal to the product. Inereases produet 6 per cent. Improres leat 20 per cent. lieduces labor of ehurning one. 'rents Butter becoming rancid. Iamproes market 6 cents a pound. Guaranteed free from all injurloas a. Girt. a nice Golden Color (ho year round. 26 th wil produce $13.00 in inerca.co of. product and ste. Can you mnake a botter inveetamentti Beware Ions. (lenulne sold only in boxes- with- trade dairymaid, together with words "'GILT-EDGu MAxia" printed on eh package. -Powder sold s and General Store-keepers. Anak your dealer for "Ilinte to Blutter-Makers," or send stamp to us mall size, 3X lb., at to contal Large size 24 lbs., reat saving by buying the larger size,* *M BUTTER IMPROVEMENT COn Prop'rs, "ase,eMeta n maerd U1bur JA0. N. F. ISEMENTS na ranied Ii the DIrenr e ONE YEAR. in the best rgfu41y watohed, at the 'A, on appliegtion to NCULL d& CO., heir offloes In ES MADE r insertion in a OlfKOE SELEDO ir the BEST liewspapera in Qouinty or Bootaon, tiens, at V,en Ropble at.e.