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A Strange Music. One evening the family gathered to hear Uncle Herbert talk about the strange music of China. Mother brought in her sewing, and improved her mind and the children s stockings at the same time. But. Maud and Arthur sat on the lounge, one on each side of Uncle Herbert, devoting their entire at tention to him. "I suppose we ought to begin at the be ginning," said he, "since Chinese music is said to have been invented by a person whom you have often read about.. lie was Emperrr of China about 2950 11 C., or nearely 5,000 years ago. The Chinese call ed him Fo lii, but some of our people sup pose that he. really was Noah, who lived about that time. The Chinese also hold that munch of their music was brought to them trom heaven by a bird which they named the '"oang-1loang." This was suppos ed to be a very fortunate bird, which never appeared anywhere else but in China, and, whenever it came, it brought good luck with it. It appeared whenever a good em peror was born, and its nest :y wrapped in mystery, for no one knew where it dwelt." "Why, that's something like the Phcenix, that the Greeks used to believe in," said Maud. "Yes, there is a resemblance; perhaps the Greeks borrawed their bird from the (li nese one. -This bird appeared with its mate, when Ling Lun, by the order of the Em peror Iloang-Ti, was making his first, in ventions in music. It, sang to him in six tones, while its mate also used six different .ones, making a scale co:tatining twelve notes, just like our chromat ic scale. But the'Chinese only use live of these, and call the others 'fenmile tones.' In China, every thing female is thought to be useless." '' laven't they got, topsy-turvy ideas!' said llMaud. "Well, in this case they are open to that suspicion. The singing of the 'Foaung lloang' was such beautiful music that. it caused absolute goodness in every one who heard it, and its songs had the beautiful name of 'Tsie-ven,'---'Te'empaerance and Mercy.' After i loang-Ti, came an emperor named Chno-l-Iao, who invente'd a new mode of marking time. lie had large drums beat at various hours of the night, to tell what o'clock it was; lie composed, also, many songs- The (arliest emperors all studied usic, but it was with a view of teacling their subjects good manners and morals. The songs were sonet imes only directions when to plant, seeds, how to catch fish, how to behave in company, ami so on. Sometimes, the words are to keep the emperor's duty in mind. ''hus, one be gins; 'The breeze of mid-day brings warmth and dispels sorrow; may it. he the same with Chun, may he be the joy and consolatica of his people,' ''Another emperor,-Yu, ,the great., used musical imstruments for a very good purpose. lie llacet before his palace a large and a small bell, a drum, a gong, and at tailourine, and arny person having busi ness with him would he admitted on atrik ing one of these. By the various soums tie could tell, before seeing him, the na ture of his visitor's business. The large bell means that the person was coming to complain of injustice ; the small one was for private visitors; the drum told that the business was about the manners or customs of the empire; -the g:,ng, of public misfor tune ; the tambout ine asked for the emnper or's judgement in regr,rd to some crime. 'hina possessed some very patriotic songs at this ancient date, and when, at a latter period (245. B. C. ) a usurper won the throne, lie was more afraid of the music than of anly thig else. II thought that by remninling the pe'ple of their good emperors, they would be encomraged ta resist him. So lie had the ancient books burned, and tried to destroy the wvorks of the great phlilosophler, Confusius. All thle istrmuiment s ot imusic weire broken upi anid new ones madi(e and( in every way lie tried to root out all the oldi songs and tunes. Tlhose wvho tried to coii eecal anything were punished wvith (teat h. An~d yet, maiiy people risked their lives ini idding their instruments mandc books in the walls of houses and ini the ground.'' "What a monster he luist have bmeen!" said Maud. "'Not in all respiects; lhe built the great. wvall bf China, which was a good thing for thie-country,'' replied~ Uncle II erbert. ''But did the Chinese have many books iabput nmusic?" inquired Arthuran. 'They h?id anud have more than any13 other iiation. They have . wmhole lliraries of nmsical books, in the libr-ary of I'ekin, there are four hundred and eighty-two strictly musical books, and1( hundreds which are partially musical. I don't mean hooks of musice, but histories and essays. IIlun direds of years after Tichii-chmi (A. D. 640), the Emperor Tasytsung searched vigorously for the books and musical instruiments which had been buried and concealed, and( triedl to recover some of the old style of music. lIe didn't succeed altogether, and the Chinese have very' little of their ancient music nowadays They thin', that the 01(d music must have been v'ery scanti tul, and use at t heir greatest .feasts wh'lat ever they have of it." ''But wh'lat instruments (10 they use?'' asked the imothier. "'Are they all likle ours?' ''That is the mo1(st curious Part of all. In their instruments they seem to have antici pated the invention of many of our instru meet$s, by some thousandls of years, but, hiavlng once invented them, they never seem to have triedt to perfect them. It is chiarac teristic of these people to pause at the thres ho01( of great (discoveries. Ta'mke the organ for example, the Chinese knew the princi ple of the reed-organ '1,500 years ago, and to-day kniowm no more than they dtid thien.'' "What is their org~an like?" eagerly ask ed Arthur. "'i'll show y'ou. Bumt don't expect to see a large churchi-organ." And Uncle IIerbert wvent up stairs to his room, whence lie im med,iately returnmed with a bundle of papers. "Here is a dtrawing of the (Chinese' organ or chacng. It has usually t wenty-four p)ipes of bamboo, which are inserted in the gourd of a calabash. In each of these pipes is a reed or tongue of gol or copp)er, which, by its vibration, causes the sound, as ini our cabinet organs; beneath this reced a hole is made In the bamboo, and whten this hole is left open1 the air rushes out thr-ough it with out making any soundh; but when it is clos ed, by placing a tinger upon it, the b)reath is forcecd up the tube, compelling the recd to vibrato, and .give out an agreeable squa~d." * "Do they use pianos?" asked Arthur. "They have an humstrument, whose tomnes are somcewhat like those of a piano' or harp. It 1.s called,the kin4 amid consists of silken cords, stretchmed along a sounding-board, Lhete are various si-zee of this mnatrument, tpo largest of whitqh is callod the che; It Is -sometinmes nIne feet long, and has twventy live strings." "Do the(y play in church the organ that ryou showed us?"' asked Maud. "Oh, ni They like the organ to dance )best. TJheir greatest religious ceremony I smally adcoinpanied by several instru.. mpents; but the most hmportant of these is an expenaIve imistrunment, called the King: It Is made,9f stope cut In propqr shapes and finely pollshed; these are~ hu'ug on a mexn and struck with a wooden mallet. 40'I'i stones, which are very valuable and of ? uttiful color-s, are found near the riv~er apcsI the province of Xun-'man. A man e ~ OIiPg on the king might remind one of t n lnien -Treading " 4 o to ak Birds In the South. It was our first winter in the Souti and while we enjoyed its bright sunn days and moonlight nights, nature we preparing a surprise for us. Unexpec tedly a cloud passed over the firm1 ment; the stars hid themselves and white mantle was spread over the earti As we stood at the window.next morn lug and watched the snow birds plic ing the crumbs scattered for them, feeling of home sickness passed ove our hearts as we thought of the friend we had left far away in Norther, homos. Just then a beautiful visio greeted our sight. A flock of red bird flow over the house and mingled wit the tiny grey folks and picked erumb with them. By and by the sun calm out and the snow birds vanished, as diI the red birds. We saw no more of thet; only as a stray one darted here an, there among the trees. They had with drawit to the denser timber. How w watched and waited for the mockin birds to come, but their day was no yet. We must content ourselves wit] our canaries. One morning as on cage hung at the window a strangetgre; bird dashed itself against the panet a If It wanted to come In. An empt; cage was hung out to tem[t it, for w thought it was a pet mocker that ha' escaped from its cage. But no, th stranger would not enter and abid with us; neither did we destre his con pany when we learned his true charac ter. IIe was a sparrow hawk ; a kini dreaded by all classes of birds, as h would kill and feed upon their young even tearing canaries from their cages lie is gray, with three white stripes oi the head. Onr home was right atoii the birds, a dense forest of oaks sur rounded us, and here the birds 1'.ve nqt only the iockers, but the red birds thrush, bhtic birds, robin, Spanish ca nuarics and tiny grey birds tha have a strange mission of whllc wewill speak further. But th mocking bird is king. U eP c! in strength, courage, grace am song, le is dark grey ; the wings, tai and back being very dark while ti breast is nitch lighter. The hill is soft and the eye large with a black pupi and yellow Iris. They build their nest: among the low leafy trees instead of i the high ones as one would Judge wh observes them when they silg, fot then they seek the highest point. The3 are very mild when uunmolested. It Is I usual thing to see from ten to a dozer hunilug worms in the newly plowet garden. They arte very hard to raist by htanil. If1 a nest is found with young ones in it., placed in a cage and hitnk on the gallery or on at tree. the mothei bird will feed them tunttl onecs' hope: are high, wIen unexpectedly you tint your little prisoner; dead. 'Thenl th mother comes no more. She has po oned them. The tpanish canaries art tiny birds, not as large apparently, at our tame ennauries. They are almost o: as many colors as the rainbow. It ii said they slug sweetly, but althougl they were hying among the trees da3 after day, we never heard them. Tlhe ate very much sought aflter because o1 their brilliant plumage and dimninutivy size. Large flocks of blackbirds f'ollov the cattle and( catch the-fies abou thecm-hmence their name cowv black birds. They do not raise their owi young, but lay their eggs ia the nesti of the small gray birds of which wi have spoken. Thebse hatch and suppior the little stranlgers. U)ldnm't lltevo In 'Ent. You've got a t(elphone here, haven' you ?" asked a citizen as lie entered at ofiee on (Griswold street, D)etroit ini seeming great hutrry. "Y\es wias the rep)ly. "We~rll, I never believed in 'cm to an3 great extent, but I want to order somi cor.l froma a yard up the river." VTe owner of the office p)roceeded ti "call," and whenom hte got the coal deal ers lie said: "M r. Bliank is here and he wants t< knowv if you have any soft coar'?" "Yes--500 tons," w as the answer. "Well, lie wants you to send him ni a ton." "We'll see him blowed first iIe hal owed us a bill for over two years!I" "'Yum!" m' luttered the man as hi steppied back. "Did they say they'd send It?" asketn the ether. "N-o, not exactly." '"What did they say?'' "I--I didn't catch it very well. Le mue rep)ent. Picking upl the trump)e again lhe stood with it to his ear an< asked : "Dild v*ou 5-3y you'd send it?'' Not by a blamed sight I" came tht response. "W,Vell,'" asked the mani, as a painfut pause5( entsued(. '"Well," relied the op)erator, "'thl line Isn't wvorkintg very wvell this morn ing, attd you'd better .go to the eflIcl four doors below. Tfhe dealers seem t' hear me well enough, butt I don't ge hold of their answer plainly. TIh other instrumnut ia probably werkinj all right." "Bunt I shan't bother anty one else,' growled the man. "As I said before I never dit believe In 'eta to any extent andi now I've lost what little faith I had Much obliged-good day." If hIs ear had been at the trutmpe his faith would have been as big as. monntain. Wh7ere the Cold WVave Comes Fr*om Meteorological observations have nos become so extended tihat evidence I raptidly accumulating to enable up t determinte pqsitively the source of th old. aerial waves whIeh sweep acros our country during the winter season The indications are that we owe to th area of high barometer In North West er'h Siberia, where the pressure some times exceeds 31,50 mIncea, and the temi poratuiro falls as low as 70 dog. belos zero, and where the severest cold ex coeds by 10 dog. that experienced b; explorers in high arctic regione. Thi is also the region of the highes barom etrio pressure known In Wif)ter, an< from it doubtless proceed the waves e intense epid Wbichi p lay so large a par in onr Winter. Axphalencas A GRICULTURE. I, SMALL Iloitsxs.-Perhaps it would b( v bettor expressed and more to the poin to say heanier horses are the need o the times. Trotting horses, pacers runners, or any other gali, are al right in their places, but the najorit3 a of horses are for labor and not for show they are on duty as producers, and art valuable in proportion as they call do work; they are the motive power on tih farm, the highway, and the large town a and cities-as indispensable as bread anl( r butter. Prices of large horses of al s breeds that are compactly built auc constructed on good rules of ptoportlon rule high and pay .or the handling S''Plugs" and scrub stock are cheap s aid will be even less in price that h heretofore, as all who employ team s are fast learning that a heavy stronf D team costs no more to keep than a light poor one, but even less. A farme should have, anyway, one heavy 1 strong team. Ilie may own a small ligh 1 span, put for plowing and general use - the heavy team, that seldo n is urged beyond a fast walk on the road, am will take a fourteen or sixteen iut plow and go all day without evidenec t of weariness, Is the one to depend on I The markets is full of semni-fast stock r They do not command ia staple price but depend wholly on circunstance; for the margin of proflt, If any that they yield. Pure-blooded Norman o: Clydesdales may not be the best in thol: 3 exclusive nature, but by crossing then I with good native W estern stock can be p roduced i superior grade of horse: that will command good prices and be in demand at all tiimes. Farmter: should not be indifferent to, this fact - and when they propose to raise i colt select from that stock which will in sure a heavy horse; it may cost iort in the begir.ning but will bring large - returns in the end. Good horses, goot cattle, good sheep and hogs, are a good deal the cheapest. Sowixo RYE IN RIni,LS.-l'ersons who have only small fatrms or garden plots, and wish to grow a little rye, foi the sake of tie straw or for other pur 0poses, carn do it very successfully In drills, which should be at such a dIs tance apart as will admlit of horse eul tul'e. In this way, with a little con post ini the furrows, I have grown it, C cn ratil,l di ; ui , at tic rate 01 twenty-two bushels per acre, and the straw from live and a half to six feet it height. Such a yield I tlhnk Is muel better then the average broadcast cl Lure. The culture is at small Item, snd the harvesting, without imtpi .U as adapted to it, is a little more t. .bie, soie; but for suall plots of groundt it is a very satisfactory way, particlularll where the land is not rich. The cul ture is especially benefieial. I f any ont doubts it, let him try two picees side by side on the simle quality of lan(, and he will cease doubting. The etffct ma.y not be quite as marked as ini the case of fodder-corn, sown broadcast or growr in drills, but tihe difference will be clear. And It is nhattural that this should be the case A most i ly vege tation l'ot to take care of itself aftet seedihng or planting, with no soil-stirr tug to mitigate the severity of dl'oughts, l cannot make the growth it would with good cultivatien. Rye is no exception. It might not pay so well on a large scale; but even that Is not certain, in case we had implemeats adap'ed to th is mode of culture. InEEINo FROM UNsoUND MAl-s. It. Is too often the case that mares, es pecially, after havilg broken down through some inherent defect in the feet or legs, so that thley can no loan ger be pr1oitably used, ai'e relegated to thle breeding stud to tr'ansmit agai the mnalformation that made(1 them worthaless, to theta' progeny. LIke does not always beget like in eveary f eature and detail ; but in general termns the sayig is a trune oane, anld defeats are Just as likely to be tranaismlted as goodl quhalities. Maires 01' stallions crip pled by accidenlt, iad nlot. fr-om consli t tuitionial tendenacy, or weakness in an y p)ar'ticular, may be safely used for breedinug pulrposes; but those who have giveni waty through weakness of (defect in any p)art of tihe animal machinery shaould always be rejected. ONE of tihe best thinags to priotect 11 cellar from cold is a good banking of snow. Whean this is anot upon01 the ground in suflcient quatity leaves for'm an excellenit material, and It is best to provide themi in seasoin. Dr'iv< down stakes and set boards upon edg< at a (distance of six inches 1lrom the un decr pinninlg, and 1ill in 'with tile leaves closely placked, andi thley fuk'nishl S goodi protection. 8HEiEPi shlould have better care iat early winter than farmers are ian tihe hlabit 01 bestowviag. if shleep) go inlt< winter quarters inl a declinig state, the result is a demand for extra feed andi care durinig tile wvinter, atqd a light clip of wool In tihe sprlpg. l loos relish hay whenl it is out al shlort as oats, and mixed with theia other feed. It is saId thlat whIle i saves bran, shorts, and othler food hi winter, it puits on flesh as raplidly at anything that can be glyon theam. t. The ifue of the Sy.-lelmuhollz, till rt Germaan scientist, otlrers an exp)laatioi which depeinds 0on the reflectIon of so lar light by the air particles ill the at mosphiere. TheslCe pariticles bein'g ver: minu111te would( reflect p)refer'ably thi 81101test waves of light-i. e., blul waves, coirrespond(ing to greeni and ret lighlt, to pass through ti,em ; jusAt as log of wood floating on tile surface of still watear would throwv off' tile tinl, a wavelets caused by a falling dIrop) in it' - nleighlborhiood, while theo samiie log i1 y long ocean sweolls would be tossed tF and fro without nlotiecably ImElpedin1) the progress of tile waves.* . Th7e inference that the telephoane wouli probably wvork best whea tile mnem barane Is slanted towai-d the souie o souind, lIas been drawn from the fae thlat the drum of the human ear Is iln * eined at a considerable angle to t,h ,iaxis of tile Outer ear passage. Natur' ,mentions 1an instance in whieh ti motionl was justlilled by actual expori ment on1 the parit of a gentlemnan wil< t founxd"that his telephone worked bes when he spoke to it in a slaniting dir'ec thon." The 1FittostsnhJdets ' For fever and agnmo, and remittents, ar-e til SdebilItated, bilious and anoivons.- To such pel eons Hlostettor's 8 omacia Blittora affords ad< Squate protection from thIe matal . pe-t., by ari B oreasing vital stamlina amid tile reslstant powe s of theo consaltutionl, and by chocking Iregu ,larities of the hyer, stomaoh and bo wels,.whiol a incrso the danlger toQ be ap)prehended fro'r . miasma. Moreover, it cead nates malarie comiplaints of, an'obstinato type. The field ii * which tIs ltoading family medicine has achIeve - some of its most astonishing anid ample provea r effects, is a very wide onle. In the muaaiou - regions of our ownl country, ill Sou1th Aganrio ~, Mexico, and across the seas, It has glien uts mistakable evidences of Its curative valse, A home and abroad it has always 5uin~ied It -hi hreutatin nor has it evet ben aifecte< byoompetition of ho called tonics ropsente tocaes kndred or 44npl. sy Itand t alone,unequaUtIagon tam ~dies : *.t TlI.IE HIOUMEHEOLD. how TO SWEEP A ltoo.-'To sweep f and dust a room properly is an art, amd like all fine arts has a right method. Well done, it renovates the entire room, and the occupant takes possossion feel Ing that "all things have become new." It Is not merely a performance o be done by the hands, but a work into w btleh taste and Judgment. in other words, brains must enter. Are these Closets opening into the room to be swept? Arranao the shel yes, drawers, or clothing preparatory to sweeping day, then let this be the first to be swept. Cover the bed with soiled sheets; as also all heavy articles that cannot be removed; first, however, having carefully dusted and brushed them. Remove all the furniture that can easi ly be set in hall or adjoining room, having first dusted It; then taking a step-ladder, begin to sweep or brush, or wipe the cornice and picture cords and pictures. )raw the shades to the top of.the window, or if there are in side blinds, dust them carefully. Open the windows. All the dust left in the room now is in the carpet or air, and the current of the windows will soon settle it. Now begin to sweep, not to ward a door or corner, but from the outer edges of the room to" ard the centre, where the dust will be taken tp with a small brush and dust pan. Go ovel the room once more-this time with a dampened broom; that removes the last bit of dust, and gives the carpet a new, bright appearance. Replace the articles of furniture a1s soon as the air is entirly free from dust, uncover the rest and the rootu is new and clean. All this seems anl, easy thing to do, but there is not one lin a ihundred will fol low out the details. Some will sweep the dust into the hall or from one room to another, and then wonder why their house Is so soon dusty again. Others forget cornice and pictures, and thus leave a seed of future annoyance; while a-third class will do all buttusing the damp broom, which Is as the finish ilg touclles to a picture. CliocoA..'r CAAM Ei.s.-'I'ake of gra ted chocolate, milk, imolasses and sugar, one cupful each ; piece of butter tlhe size of an egg. 13o1l until it will harden wheni iromenp.1 In eold water; add vanilla; put in a buttered pan, and before it 'cools mark oil' in square blocks. Cream Candy. Two pounds best powdered sugar, j ist water enough to dissolve. Boil in a clean covered kettle or saucepa.n very briskly, with out stirriig. When it bgins to thlick en, which will bc soon, add its much cream of tartar as may be heaped on a five-eent piece. le sure to watch that it does not burn. Try often and dip ping it in cold water. When it breaks short and crisp, pour it out on at large gruasel pan er plhte, and pour on the Ilavoring, and when cool enough to handle, work until white. Cut into hat sticks. When hard, place it in a ghlss Jar and keep it week or ten days, when it vlll become creamy and dell ciois. Two cupfuls of sugar, 0110 cup ful of wat er, oue teaspoonful of vine gar, a small piece of butter. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. Cream Cocoa nut. Boil the syrup ats above. Vhen it begins to thicken, add tihe meat of one cocoanut coarsely grated, and pour in ti'; pans about an inch thick, or less. While cooling, cut in bi'oad strips. This is very line. Cream candy is not soft until kept a week. Molasses Candy. One cupful of molasses, one cupful of sugar, and a piece of butter the size of an egg. Flavor as you like. IAti-AM BIREAD.-IIalf (1p of yeast, a p)int of warmi milk or water,and1( floul' enouigh to make a tin batter. Let 1t rise over ighlt. Stir in the morning, half a 13up1 of sugar, salt, teaspoonfull of sailratus dlissolved in wvater and graham flour enoughl to make a very stifi batter. Beat, all theO ingi edients thor ouighily into tihe sponge boeo addIng the~ gr'laam, a littie at a time, beating wvell. Shape into loaves, and bake 1an 1h0ur1 and1 a half1. Thle ovenI shold nlot be so hIot as for wvhite bread. I)A NDY PU DDING'.-Four eggs broken and beaten separ'ately, fIye tablespoon fuls of whlite sugar, to be added to tile whlites after they are well beaten, so thlat thley stand alone.' Four hecapiug teaspoonfuls of brown sugnr mlust be bea1tenl into the yoiks withl two table ?lpoonfu'lls 1,1' corn starch. Po.ir over thea( yolks one0 quar11t of' boiled mil1k, stIr ring u' l i weil mIxedl. Any ilavorinmg 11ay1 bec ulsel ther. suilt 0one taste. Thel1 wh'in-i( in1t1ve to be pt on top) and) alicely br'ow ned. CELERY CR EA M SOUP.-To make celery CI're soup, boil a small eup~ of rice ini three pints of mil1k untIl it will pass throughl a sleve ; grate the whlite part of two hleadsi 0of celery (thlree, if small,) on a bread-grater ; add tis to tile rice milk after it has been strained; ptut to it one quar't oT'stron1g whlite stock; let It boil unttil tihe oelery is perfectly tender'; season1 with salt and Cayenne, and serve; If cr'eam is obtainable, sub stittute 0110 p)int of it for the sanmequlant ity of mil1k. ,.'i T ni'lng Sum) seen through a dense fog looks like a brass knob 0on the gates of heavencl. -VEGEINE.-Ty Its use you wvlll pro venlt many 01' the dliseases prevailing in 'the Spr'ing and1( Summer season. Wn VATF Is beautlinl ? Why, carboline, a deodorized extract of petroleumn, as now improved and perfeoted. Clear as spring water, delightfully perfumed Sand will not soil tile finest linen fabrio -a perfeot toilet preparation and abso-. lutely makes the hair grow on bald heads. The price or soap us rapidly advanc 1 11ng. A yea's sup~ply of DOBnINs' E.lEI,cTlul bought now at old price r will be avyer'y iidiciotus purchase. " A Non-pois8onous giroIen color.--It ie found that, fr'onm hle graIns 01' r'awcoff'ee there 1m113 be extr'actedl, by a simple process, a beautiful gr'een~ coloring mlatter', adapted to all tile purp'oses of the cook and tihe confectionler, and which wviil undoubtedly come into ex "tensive use, iinaimnehi as tile lnmber of green color's suitable for 5110h uses, andl( which are nlot poisonlous, Is very limt .tedI. ThIs cohlring 'matter, accordIng a to tile accounit givenl of tile pro'cess of -extrafctlin, ia obtainedl 1n theO following -manIner ; T. he coffee grami1s ar'e orushled - and tile oli extr'act.ed by means of r ether.; thley are thenl dried anid agitated with tile whilte of eggs, 80 as to form a sort of paste, and thre latter is exposed Ifor severai ldays to the air. T'hepres once of tile white of eggs tihen leter mines the ap)pear'anee of an emerald green. A simple)1r process Is t.o nerely moIsten the crushed and dried coffee berries with w ater, expose thlem three b or four days to the aIr, and extrast the coloring nmatter by meang of. alcohol. * PatnierI. break up you dld by te timely ieofDf daynead toa~ an old remedy te for 00 gle e'?nn tO4i onra ~ ~k4e HUMOROUS. SoMI person whom Quin had offend ed one day met him in the street and stopped him. "Mr. Quin," said he, "I understanl you have been taking away my name." "What have I said, sir?" "You-you called me a scoundrel, sir?" "Oh, then, keep your name, sir," re plied Quin, and walked on. A LADY who, though in the autumn of life, had not lost all dreams of its spriug, said to Jerrold, "I cannot ima gine what makes my hair turn gray. I sometimes fancy it must be the essence of rosemary with which my maid is in the habit of brushing it. What think you ? "1 should be afraid, madam," said the wit, "that it is the essence of thyme.'' "WIIAT does your husband do?" ask ed the census man. "He ain't doiti' nothin' at this time of the year," replied the young wife "Is he a pauper?" asked the census man. She blushed scarlet to the oars. "Law, no I" she exclaimed so'newhal indignantly, "we ain't been married moro'n six months." A minister, while marrying a couple, recently, is reported to have been rather disconcerted on asking the bridegroom if he was willing to take the young lady for his wedded wife, by his scratching .'s head, and saying, "Yes, I'm wilk bno; but i'd a much slght ratiher have li r c.ster." A LITTLE girl was asked by her mo. ther, on her return from church, how she liked the preacher. "Didn't lik( him at all," was the reply "Why ?'" asked her mother. " 'Cause lie preach ed till lie made me sleepy, and ther hollered so loud he wouldn't let me go to s lep. TugHRE was silence In the school. The teacher liul strusk the bell calling at. tention, and every eye was bent upon her. This was a favorable opportunity for the spread of information, and one of the little boys perceiving it raised his hand. "What i:i it, John ny ?" asked the teacher. "'1'omminy Miggs' father's cow has got a ua1t," snouted the excited youngster his face aglow with the intelligenee. A vERYt loquacious female witness whom the opposing counsel could nol silence, so far kept him at bay that, by way of brow-beating her, lie exclaimed "Why, woUi:mi, therc'2 brass edougl: in your face to make a kettle." "And sauce enough in yours," she instantly rejoined, "to fill it." A GENTLEMAN who was once inter ceding with Bishop Bloomileld for r clergyman who was constanhtlyin debt and had more thai once been insolvent but was a man of talent and eloquence, concluded his eulogilum by saying, "In fact, my lord, he is quite a St. Paul.' "Yes,'' replied the bishop, dryly, "In prisons oft." AN old rail-splitter in Indiana put the quietng upon a young man who chaffed hhn upon his bald head. In thesjwerds "Young man, when my head Lets as soft as yours, I can raise hair to sell.' A JieRsEY man was once thrown 15( feet by an express-train, when he pick ed himself up, looked around for his hat. and remarked, "Well, if I don't find that hat, I'll make the company p..y for it." YOUNa SP~On'rsMAN-" Does your ra llher preserve at all ?" Ingenuoun Maiden-"O no; we use all our fruli for nmaking tarts." ."WILL your mother ever marr-y again ?" lhe inquired. "Not with my approval," she answered; "such is my opinion thus far, and not a step-father.' "Y oun iitended is hideous," says r frank French friend. "True," says thc Ilancee, "but if you only knew how they notice me wvhen lie's along 1" A SENTIMENTAL young man thum feelingly expressee himself: "Even ai Nature benevolently guards the rose with thorns, so does she endow wvomer with pinls." HE said her hair was dyed ; and, wher she indignantly exclaimed,, "Tis false !' lie said lie presumed so. WHEN lie sighs for her and she sighi for him, the sighs of the times may be considered auspicious for a wed ding. BUT few men can handle a hot lamp chimney and say there is no place lik< home at tihe same time. U - y8:r p hads hiud tmme eneet ci b>ring iii. ot,ti numerous stmilar~ remedies; bmi the people0 are not so easily induced to make a trial of the new art,icle, whern they value the old anid reliable one. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. FOR Couoans, Asthma and Throal Disorders, h so "Broton's BJronchia Troches," having proved their eficieney by a test of mlany years. Imitationi are offered for sale, many of which are injurious. The genuine "Broton'i Bronchial Troches" are 80Id only in boxee Physiologicali Effect of Compressed Air -In a paper of peculiar interesti 0m this subject, by Stembo,-whose atten tion, It seems, was first directed to th vital capacity of the lungs as depend ing on thc barometric pressure-li states that there is a steady Increase 11 the . capacity .while the -pressur increases, and, on the othler hand, i obtained a similar result outside of thu pneumatic cabinet, lie then investiga ted any possible source of error affect lag these observat.ohs, the result beinj a positive confirmation of the Increas' In lung capacity. The explaniatio: given by Stembo leads to time coriclu slon that compressed air will have healing tendcency In inflammations o the mucous menmbrane of 4ho bronch ia tubes, also in acute catarrh .of th< smaller brdnchae, and in broiichia asth ma. With reference to the temper ature of the skin under com p~rssoe:1air the Iinvestgations madeo by* Stemb show that, with increasiing pressure, tom temperature nvariably sinkq. "Now You See It." Gil t-E ige Butter M iker takes thE "wvitch':s ouit of the ohui'n" and .turn tedious, nusatisfactory churning ..ilt grati lying succ~ee. Sold every where HIAnJunalC. N. Y.,'Mag28th, 1870 JoHN ii lI itocR, boo'y WVorld's Oit naary Medic.ii Assool atien, lluffelo J?ear Smr-Yours asking as to0 reputa thon of Oilt-Edige Butter Maker'- re ceived. We have never kept it unti lately. H ave sold one case (8. dos boxes) and it has given the' best 6f *at Isfactlini Yours regge0tfily, T.j. DBUNT49 vonsumpgon Cured. AN old physician, retired from prao tice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for Con sumption,'Bronchitis, Qatarrh, Asthma and all Throat and Lung Affeotions, also a positive and radical cure for Ner vous Debility and all Nervous Com plaints, after having tested its wonder ful curative powers in thousands of cases,, has felt It his duty to make it know to his suffering fellows. Actu ated by this motive and a desire to re lieve human suflering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it this re cipe, in German, French, or gligh with full directions for prepar ng and using. Sent by mail by add'essing with stamp, naming thl.i paper, W. W. SHIERAR, 149 Powers' Block, Rochestr, New York. A German Inventor proposes to make boots that will never wear out-that is, hardly ever. He mixes with a water proof glue a suitable quantity of clean quartz sand, which is spread on the thin leather sole employed as a founda tion. These boots are said to be very flexible and almost indestructible, while they enable the wearer to walk safely over slippery roads. CRYING is a prime evidence of pain. When the Baby Is fretful and inclined to "Crying-Spells," remove the cause by using Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. Wood Carving.-Wood carving is an industry which is carried to considera ble perfection among the Germans. It Is fostered by the establishment of schools for carving, particularly in dis tricts where the wood used for the work --the Spanish walnut, the linest and best walnut the Germans havd-is plentiful. Eighty of those carving schools exist at the present time in Germany, and eighty In Wurtemburg, but so nuich importance is attached to the results which have flowed, or are expected to flow from these institutions that the number of the schools in Germany is to be lucreased to 200. INVALUABLE FOR RAILROAD MIN.-"'i suflered for more than a year with In digestion, :nd dulrinig the last tx months I was very Bilious, occasionally having a dunrb Chill, followed by Fevers, -which prostrated me. I took Simmons' Liver Regulator, and for sev eral months I have been stout and hearty as any man could desire to be. I am thoroughly satisfied that it is all it is recommnlendcl to be for Indigestion and Bilious Complaints, for mine was certainly a stubborn case. I have heard many of my friends speak of it, and they all agree that it possesses all the virtues you claim for it. "A. H. HIOUTOWER. Condudtor M. & W. R.R." "Your valuable medicine has entire ly cured me of the most distressed case of Dyspepsia I ever saw. I am never without it on my engine, as it always relieves me of any distressed feeling after eating. It is the best family inedicine in the world, and I never let it gpt out at my home. In its praise you may add to this. "J. H. MALLETT, Engineer C. R. R., Savannah, Ga." Pholographic Printing Process.-A New photographic process has been discov ered in Japan. One of the substances einloyed in the manufacture of Japan ese lacquer has the property of becom ing almost as hard as stone under the action of light. A slab covered with this material and duly exposed behind the photographic negative for twelve hours is scraped, when the softer parts are rubbed away, and the hardened p)ortions stand out in a low relief. The slab can then be used as a block for printing. Don't Temporize withs Piles. Ohntments, lotions, electuarles and all man. ner of quack nostrums are a waite of time andi money. Tnte only ABs5OLUTELY INFALLJiLE euro for this painful disease Is "ANAKEBIS," dis covered by Dr. Bilsboe. It has been pro nounced by aciontiflo mten as the happiest dis covery mudo In medicine for 200 years. It affords instant relief from pain in 'the worst cases and has cured more than 20.000 suffer era permanentiy. All doctors prescribe it. "Anakosis" is sent FnEE by mai on receipt of price. $1.00 per box. Samples gratIs, bythe solo manaufatturors, Messrs. P. Neustaedter & Co., Box 39-16. N. Y. *Wanted. Sherman & Co., Marshall,. icoh., want an agent in thIs county at once, at a salary of *100 per month and expenses paid. For full particulars address as above. INSTRUCTION BOOKS. For the Piano. Richardson's New Method for the *Pianoforte, o istr'uts re natatlen as ta mon pre and ae been sold, and ir d. onstant and large deman,d. . Be sure to get the right book. 14o tio'a the exiet title, and accept no other. Now get your EASTER MUsI0. Send for list. For Beed Organ. -The Emerson Method, r*.b mrnan ahws amhod' and em, at undance of ine 'pieces iasiru menal and vocal, that please whiie they inalrnuo,h Do not forget Wh2te. roet e 0Ci). New Sunday School Song bo rnhotue"se. fyAbbey and Munger. n . w e ornoeongts hole andl wi~ Nhnerson's Anthsemn ook (1.28). By 1,. 0. *m ere- Uexcoil.ed in quality, very choIce and. Ameriean Antbem Book 61 25). 300 easy Ani. an um fyo como choirs. yohnson, ensey Any book mailed, post-free, for the retail priec. SOliver Dltson & Co, Boston. a1 U. DRTUO15 *4o., 1ess (Ihesgant EL.. Wila. .f~ O LN.Gry&o-37IrrsAvo., Be'st'on, Mass. Those answerIng an advertli atent 'liU confer a favor upon the adveortIgs. alfJ he a ihrby statJng tat they sAw~ hC ivr Islement in tsjo a(a Ingt9e ar ) uatat~ bief. ne rataeSto IagNdient mark of VEGETINE furifies the Blood, Renovates and Invigoratos the whole System ITS MEDIt;UAL PROPERTIES ARM * Alterative, Toniq, Solvent and Diuretic. Vegetlne is madte exclusively from the Juices of carefuily-selocted barks, roots and he bs, and so strongly concentrated that it will effectually eradicate rom the system every tunt of Sero. fula, Sofulo*s launsor,Titors, Ca . cer. Cancerous luaaaor, E~rysipelas;. Malt iltlem,su Sypilitic Diseases, can. ker, 'aintness at the Stomanchs, and all diseases that arise from impure blood. Net. Mica, ","aam"aalory and Chronic R ae nniles Neaara lgiaa, Glout and Upiaa Consalutais, can only be efectually uured through the blood. For liceprs and Eruptive Diseases of the Skin, V'unstas Yl p1e, Blotches, Ilols, Tetter &caldl.eat and lting-' wornm, VEWETINJE has never failed to effect a permanent cure. For Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints, Dropsy. Fernale weakness, Leucorrheoa, arising from internal ulceration and uterine diseases and General DebilIty, VEUETINE acts directly upon the causes of these complaints. It Invigo. rates and strengthens the whole system, t1ete upon thes :oret"ive organs, allays in tla,matlon. cures ulceration and. regulates the bowels. For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the epa IIeadache, Ples, Nerv ousness and General 'rostiratlon of the Nervous System, no medicine has ever given -such per. feet satiseaction as the VEGET E. It pur iies the blood, cleanses all of the organs, and. pos. sesses a couttolling power over the nervous system. The remarkable cures effected by VEGETINE have induced many physicians and apothecarles whom we know, to prescribe and use It In their own familIes. In fact, VEGETINE ta the best remedy et discovered for the above diseases, and Is the only reliable BiLOUtD PURilFIL~R yet placed be. fore the liublic. vEGETINJ, rRlPARED BY H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists, * e I t i ' I I ROOUCTiNG CE RE AIN THEHE LONGE 0 UR TH R OTHMAY8 SAPONIFI ER Isthe OldRelible flnenrane Lomye o aL fr uskn rand,no mand Tole-taoap quoxr. ASK~ FOR SAPONIFI3DI, AND TAKE NO OTHER. PENN'A SALT MANUFG CO., PHILAD'A ~ IF YOU WOULD BE PROPERL' corsodt suited with spectacles, apply 4 . WE ,. tea - ~ Philadelpnia, a. MICROSCOPES, EEOpera Olasses, Thermometers, Eye Glasss fipectacles, liarometers, a, greatly Reduced Prpces R. 8i J. BECOK, fonfcr Illgetrte Ostalogn of Jh apages, anN meton this paper. DIPHTHERIA 1 Johnson's. Anodyne Liniment will post tivel prevent thlk terrIble disease, and wIll thtwill save many lIva sen freeb ai D o delayamoment Prevention is better g. 5.sOHnssON * co., flag.w, . AGENTS WANTEDi'*a'd1% DRANT AROUND ORLDl at dsribe evl tPalms ,BareOurlosities, Walth millIo pee*nt It. This Isite beost chanee el ycrfe tato make money, Beware of "oaiehkenny" aNid ornAL Plt5itm o Co.. PhIladelphia. 'TARMER'S FRIEND & GUIDE. tA iauul hoxnk of~O ai5 solid reading 'mat writer n thre daydevote~ to th interest, or Fam. t'l o( r e t.a (it hu FI'orede or pont lsenl.t have a frend iinbN a b e to - ways MowYork,' , o S,E0 t rdS ARE THE BESTs D. LALqDR RasNsgB St 5;8 SIXTH 8t and the esee of ?en$ pU41~ inly, Augast and Winter UUt~~C 44 Predset. Inerene. predmet Oi.6 p4d leat to per eest, sadae s ese. sents Batter - ogn e~ p~s~s4 l esuts a pea.. ~ ~m Unmr m, eilsgfes Peto g4 l ah wii ptodss A I't is predeet An .a s erra-imD en9 ' i odest