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Strauge FoocL Some score or so of contributors to i French sporting journal dined one day upon the ham and heart ot a lion killed by Constant Cheret, in Algeria The flesh of the lion1 was found to bt particularly firm and close-grained like that of a horse, but although pro nounced palatable, it only achieved what is .ermed a success d'estimc while the heart, skilfully prepared with truffles, was unanimously votet tough and indigestible. II fact, thi( French journalists were not munch bet ttr pleased with their fare than wan Bruce, the traveler, when the gues of the Arab tribe of Welled Sidi Benja min, "the sons of the fathers of thi .llocks," bound by vow to eat lion' flesh once every day; for the travele: found male lion meat, lean, tough amtt musky in flavor, lioness meat a trillt fatter and more palatable, and wvhell: flesh the nastiest of the three. l Ind ful that an unlooked-for pleasure IF thrice welcome, Frank 13uckland dh not advise his guests on a certain oc casions that they were atboutto enlargt their gastronomic experiences, bitt vlhei the soup had been disllosel. of asked i fauous gourmand sitting near him hovy he liked it. 'Very well, ideed," wai the answer. "Turtle, is it not? only ask because I did not flnd anj green fat." Buckland shook his head "I fancied it had a somewhat musk3 taste--peculiar but not at n'll unpleas ant," remarked his neighbor. "All alligators have," replied the host, "th cayman, especially-the fellow I dis sected this morning, and which yoU have just been discussing." 11alf a dozen of the newly-enlightened dt ners suddenly started to their 17eer, tw< or three slunk from the room, and tin rest of the meal was entjoyed by only 11 portlon of the orginl company. "5e( what imagination is." said 13uckland "Had -1 told them it was turtle, or ter rauin, or bird's-nest roup, or the gin ten of a lish from the maw of ia sen-bird they would have prononuced It, excel lent, and their digestion would hav been none the worse. I tell them tha It Is alligator soup, and their gorgos ris at as good dish Its ever a nan nec have!" lare v:-ne1, ae111l 1h ereforr forearined were those geitleien wh lunched on oCLoptH. at the 1rght.ot Aeluarium, trying it ii turn boiled broiled, and.cold. 'l'hey t"omind it.excel lent eating, resenmbliug skate, but no so teuder as might be. The verdic wonuld prob'ibly have been still mnort favorable had the octopus been hoilet tirst and tien roasted, as is the way It Corslen, where the monster is esteem I great delieacy. The Romance of a Mutacho. lhere was, d'ring the reign of Nich olas an actor In St. Petersburg naimet Ivan 1ayeehnikillY, a conediun, in Iigl favor with the Eliperor. Ivan was lih possessor of a superb mustache, o which lie was exceedingly prond. II sAn ptlay wvhielh was to he prodneice the maiunager ordered him to remove th hirsute ornamlent, ot which lie was F careful. "'I wIll not,"' was tIhe reply. 'Yott must, or take the eonsetjuenc :s, exclaimed the manager. '"1 shall apli to t,he Emper)or~ ;'' an lie did(. Obtainin ig antllenu iuce lie al peLaled to hiis Aliajest.y. Thie Czar smilI inagly asked him, "l>o you p)refer rc taining your musstache to your plositio in thme theat.er?'' "Your Alajesty, 1 (10,'' satid thi lucky Ivan. "Ah ! What if' the choice, were you miustache or yotir life?'' "'By all meanus, Sire, still the must ache,"' answered Ivan, thinlking l Aiaj<nsty was indu-lging in a little pleas antry. "'Then,'' said the Czar, wit,h studdel storness, "lIvan, if you do not e your manager yetn will receive first thi kno'ut, thlen death . it Is my order. (Go, - Crestfallen, utterly crnushedl by thil sudden a1( ndimperiouus (ebange in bi p)owerfl pat ron'sI t.emlumr, poor Iva b)owed and1( left the presence. Th'lat igh t they waited in valin fe Ivan. Search was made In his usu hanuts. No one had seen himn sine the hour after his departie from tii palace. But next mornling the mnyster; was solvedl. En oflicer 01f the Czar' hoeusehioldl brought to his master a smal p)ackauge, which had been lef't withi th guauid, dlirected to his Majsty. ''Open It,'' said Nicholas. It coiitai nedl a note and1( a bunchi c glossy hair. Tne note readl simply : YOUi MAA.Es'Y-i send vou in mustacheo. '[AN.'' TJhree (lays after, the waters of thm Nova float.ed up to the bank the (lea bodly of the comedhtn, who thus obey ed the ordher of his master by losing hi mustache, and kept his own word( b~ sacrificing his lite rather than to h mseen wvth a shorn lip. In a glass eas inf the mnanagei's room of the limp eril Theater in St. Pcter'sburg, lo this (lay is preservedl the mustache of [lie luel less comedian. I* e ---.. A Koderni Aladdin's ( ave. A wonderful cave hats teen discovcre nfear N(ew Alarket Stiation, Virgih The dlescent-Into the fIrst chamnber I p1ow made easy b)y means of a woode siairway. TJhls apartmenit is abouit 101 feet in lengthi, and( Its ceIling. while is OteJlve or fitfteen feet high, Is stne dle&withpure white stalactites of mnar (myyor oe-shfi&I'formth. A side rooi #r feM feet wi'do .and .'hmghu, wvith 81inootli11ffohedl coiling, exteinds from * this for a considerable dlistatnce. Prc eeedin thronh a log passge vary ang from three to four feet in wIt and from five to sevenu in hilght, an oropssing att right angles a long, 101 * dlery, then going through a large passage and malsing a sharp turn, th second hall Is reached. Thluis is twenty live feet .wide;'200 feet long, and frot twenty-five, to jlfty feet heigh, - witi gigothi wails., . tepping tlhen to uch lower level, a room is entere< .hIhih. ipf a very irregular form an' cumbered with, onbtrmons8 blocks of rooc which have fallen from the roof. In the ceiling is a wide fissure extending upwards out of sight. On leaving ttais scene of gkaos the course is to a level twenty feet higher through an intri cate system or chambers, the largest forty by sixty feet an. fifteen feet high. Descending from thence over a succession of shallow basins which in rainy seasons are filled with water, you come first to a hall 100 feet in length, with a smooth vaulted ceiling, and from this pass into .a grand chamber 500 feet long, fifty feet wide and thirty 4 feet high, with the floor covered with a.igular masses of stone. An apartment following thk is about forty feet high, :100 feet long and forty feet wide, and this is succeeded by at room 10) by fifty feet and fifteen feet high. From this a beautifully arched passage loads to a chamber fifty by fifty feet and thirty feet high, In whih one of the wonders of the cave is to be seen. The floor is divided by an Immense flasure, whichi extends in a semi-circular form to the next apartment. A stairway has lieen constructed to the bottom of the flssure, fifty or sixty feet below, where is found at stream of pellucid water five or six feet in width. The next chamier, 1 called the "diamond room," because of the brilliancy of the inerustations on 1 its walls, Is 225 feet long, fifty feet wide, and forty or fifty feet high, with a level ceiling, and following this is a maguifilcent hall, 400 by 100 feet, and from thirty to forty feet in height. At one end of this apartment is a pit fif teen or twenty feet in length and 1 depth. This is the farthermost point to which a path has been opened and any I one can comfortably go. With great difllculty Ia person can creep over a steep andl(] slippery surface between the < pit and one of the walls, and then by a crowdling himself through a small open. ing can reach another interesting feat . re of the 'avern. ''his is a gallery - formed in a perfect circle, 300 or 400 feet in circumferenco, with a floor as a level as that If a ball-room, andt a cell ing six or eigi t feet high. arched with the utmr.ost accuracy. At a point nearly t opposite'tle entrance are two wells with perpenclicular walls leading to it lower level, and here exploration in this iirection have stopped. F1o-n the lbottom of the pit. before mentioied a narrow crev ice leads to a series of low chambers 100 feet below the gallery, wiih have not yet been investigated. TIe formations in t.his cave comprise all of those which are common to the other caves of Virginia. The resem blances to statuary are numerous. In one of the chambers is a stalactite, brown in color, with a figure in pure white of the exact form of a mouse upon it. The characteristic feature is the presence of a vast quantity of fine, perfectly Ilimupid crystals, covering large sections of the walls and floor. The i)tke's E scape. h '['lie story of the escape of the late Duke of ( raniont from France after the disastrous collapse at Sadan is full of romance. Th'ie Duke, as Minmster of 'Foreign Aflfairs, naturally heard of the Einper~or's allrrell(der a daty before- tihe news was p)ubliished( in Paris. 11e saw att once that. flight w~as necessary, Its the wrath of tihe mob was sure to lie t,urned 1against time Ministry, which was resp)on - sile for [the watr. lIe accordingly went. - to his baniker's to provide himself' with - money and variouts securities, but wams i nformed that lime partner wvho had1( charge of his aff'airs was in the country, a whither tihe 1Duke pursued him. Th'ie pairt.nor was found enlgagedl In buryIng his proipery 3'In hiIs g'trdnen, but retuarnedi to Paris and1( delIvered upJ to tihe Dutc (de - Gramllonit thme papeirs a111ni oney which wer e requuiredi. On the next dlay the bad news was ptubllshed, and the Minister 11led. I he semit off it servani1t in his car rlige openl andiiit escaped imself b)y a private door. The mob p)urstued the a cairriiage, but of course found no one in >it that t hey wanited, and the Dunke got a safely to Calais. On his arrival there, however, a new cause for 'darnm arose. It was necessary for himi to p)rodiuee hiis passport lbefore lhe could leave the coun r. try, anid it was erident that in this way his inident1i1y w~ould be discovered, andh lie himself', as seem)edh only too probable, w~ouild be0 arrested andh sent back to Paris never to cluit. it again. 'Thme risk, hmow-' Sever, hat toe b)e encoulntered, and lie showed his l-issporl. to the proiper ofileer and wasm, miuch t.o his relief, suafferedl to go oni board the Eniglish steamer wIthout remairk. lHe lat once .' ent to the cablin anid, the better to escape niotice. pre tentded to be very ill. In a few min utes, however, lie felt an omnmouts flip on the shiouIler iintd looked around ex I)ectinug to f11in hmsehl t a prisoner. lIe saw only3 the passport oflicer', who said 1t o im :'"W hen y'ou were in t.he 0111cc y'ou gave my son an appointment. 1mn return for that I have to-day let you pass5 land thereby In all p.robability saved y'ouri life.'" Thei oflcer went his way3 and thme Duke got safely to D)over. Wnld Calti lud Musnto. We have heard It said that caravaii drivers are in the habit of singing to cheer thieir over-woaried antd groaning e cmels. A similar custom, with like of' .feels, is rep)ortedh of the herders, or a "cwby, of Texas. A recent tra veler in that State says. Tihe cow-boys, 0 while tending (mountedl on thieir wiry a mnutanmg ponles) their Texan eattlo, - which are almost as wild as buffaloes, - and as (dangerotis to a man on foot, are 1 accustomed to~ sing a groat decal to wvhile ii away [ho lonely hours. At night they m hobble their ponies, and, wvrapp)ed in a -blanlo', lie tdown to sleep on the prairie, - a litie way from the cattle. Sometimes ain limo night a thunder-ema) or some I strange soundi wili start up [lie~ cattle r' with wiid afl'righit, and they will snort r and pawv time earth, and in'a moment a a wil I rush andi stampede would comn . meince; bitt thle cow-boys would spring ump, and wvhile they loose andi mount / .their ponies they comumence singing their old songs. The cattle, hearIng tinte well-knowni and accustomed voices, I wiil soon quIet down, tlinkpng all is c right, and resume their res$'again, FARM AND GARDEN. A ,TUVExILE CoRN EXPIRIUMN'r. fYhen I was a boy cii my father's 'arm, I once undertook a little experi nent on my own account, and carried t through secretly, fof' the putrpose of mnjoyit; the surprise it might create. Vith this view, as soon as father got brough plant!ng his corn, I. selected mnd marked oil, unknown to him, a mall space near the centre of the field. L'o each stalk of the corn planted in his spacuj I gave special attention, for he purpose of finding out how Imuch achi grain planted could be made to >roduce by giving it extra manure and ixtra hoeing. When the corn was Zathered, the dilYerence between my >et stalks and the rest of the field at ,raeted my father's attention, and I -emnember how puzzled lie was lin try ng to account for it. When, at lengtb, d disclose([ the secrct, he inquired how nuch extra work and manure I had ap )lied. ''ell me this exactly, said he, and can tell the value of the experiment. told him I had simply doubled what to had given to the rest of the field. fter examining the result and con taring it with the rest of the fleld, lie ound that his yield was at the rate of orty-four bushels to the acre, and nine at the rate ot' sixty-flive bushels. Now, said he, if extra culture and extra nanure are good for single stalks, it nust be good for the whole crop. So lie next year lie adopted my plan for he whole crop, and found that the gain vas even larger by several bushels than n1 my experiment; and he also found hat the cost of each bushel was re luced about six cents. This little ex ierImenit ot' my early life has been ince conflind by large experience 1as veil as by observation, and 1 am led to )elleve that there Is, not only in corn, jut In most of our crops, a greater >ower of (eve lopnelnt uinder experi nent than we are at present aware of. CAN:.n WORM.-On mild days, the anker-worms miay make their appear Lme, and the females, whIch are wing ess and always crawl, must be pre rented from ascending the tree and do mositing their eggs. The devices for ifl'ecting this are naumeroust they gen 1i11y consist In placing some barrier around the trink which the insects can lot pass. Some hiave 'gutters of oil, )tlers simooth surfaces which they can lot travel. Tle simplest, and as ef 'eetive as any, is stout paper, smeared vith tar or printer's ink. ]lowing lust and dead insects will bridge them iver in time, and to be eflective, they nust be looked to every few days, and renewed as needed. '.'he Tent. ater pillar's eggs are deposited -in rings on he small twigs of' apple and other rees, near tleiir ends, and can be read ly seenm on dull days; they should be mit ol' taking the ecud of the twig, and buned, this saving a Imuch larger Fmount of work later in the season. low 'To EXTEMPOiTZ. RADISHES. R'ulishes may be grown in i very few lays by the following metliod : Let 10111 good radish seed soak in water for ,went.y-four hours, then put in a bag mnd expose it to the sun. Ill the course Df the (ay germination will commence. 1'he seed niust he sown in a well-ama L.ured hot-bed, and watered from tine to time with lukewarm water. By this treattmenlt the radishes will in at very 3hort time atluire a suficient bullc and be good to eat.. If it be required to get good radishes hi winter during the so vere cold, an old cask should be sawn ill tvo, and one-half of it filled with good earth. TIhie radish seed beginlinlg to shoot as before must be then sown in, the otheri half of the bari'ei put On thme top) of the full one0, and time whole o1' the appai altus carr'iiedl diown inito t.hie cellar. For wuateri ng, uike warm wvater shiouldl be used( as bef'or'e. In the courmse of fiye or sIx dlays the raldishes will be0 lIt to cat. Hloos.-Get good hogs, such as will mlaturiu in eight 01' teilnimonthis. Give pigs all t,bey will eat, and of the best kind. Never' let pIgs get poor'. Keep hogs out of mlanhtlre piles; keel) thenm (clar 0of veri'ni withI utl phurim and coal oil. Feed anid water thleml regularly. Give thiem all the surplus ashes from time house. Rtemeniber that young stbek fattens amueh more readily than old1 stock. PIgs, when they have at tainied their growth, fatteni at a less cost than w~hen older. TIhme samte Is truIe of all othier aimials. MANtn may be spm'ead in the oi'char'd at any timie. When the snow is on the gr'ounid a sled can be used with advan tage, being lower than a wagon, andi passinig more easily under the trees. Aln Electric Log'.---An clecti'ie log, de vised by in. Fieur'ials, has been fully tested, with satisfactory results, on1 boarld the French frigate La M agiloen ne, In a recent long cruise. A dhesel'iption is given ill La Nature. A (our-armed Dross-p)Iece, with cups1) at the end of the Ilrms1 all dir'cCted simiilarly in relatian to the ai'ms, is suipp)orted on a vertIcal ixis, so as to rotate ini being pl)led( thirough the water', and proportionately to the rate at which this is done. The "mill11" is of bronize, but to dininaish friet,ion the axis Is silpportedl In'amalh blocks 'of gumalacuim, whlich are0 at the ends1 of the armas of' a brlonlzo fo~rk, pi'e senting little r'esistence to the water. T'his for'k Is attached, through a short chain, to the log rope, one(stranihd of which is removed to maluke place foi' the electric cab,e (a Meniiei' military cablo, wvith seven wires). T1hie wiire of the cable passes from the negative p)oie of a baittem'y on board sihip to the log, while while the "eairth wire" passes f'rom thme p)ositve pole into am electric bell (with out tr'embler'); them, by a on t ract br'eaker, oni to a metallic biar conr limunicatinig wit,h the shipl's sheathing. Tho rotating axis of+,he log ( whiceilihas a ilouble cyliuder of' woodh amid coppei' on it) hals the resistamice of ver'y elastle Liopper' sly to ovorcome, ando the ar ranimgeumenit is ageh that tie bell gives one sti'oke f'or each turn. A sand(-glass Is also used. TIo dietei'mine the shiip's velocit,y at a giving Imoment tihe (1) cir' cult ia closed; (2) the sanid-gmass Is tuirned at one sti'oke of the bell, whilie one .counts niothinmg, one, two, three, fouri, etc. ; (3) time numiibei' ds mnoted at which cthe sand(-glass stops; i a1d I f e. g., this is 75i, tIhe veloelty sought is seveni knots and flve-tenths. . Several of M. FlieurIis's logs are now used inm the shiIps of the French Navy. The Fittest. Subhjects F?or fever and agiue, and remilttenmts, ar'e the tiobihitated, bilIous amid mot vous. To such per sons5 Hostettei"s H omaclih ittois affords -ado rluate protection from the nma-amial post, by In oreasing vital stamina amId thle resistant ipower of the conemutution, anid by oliooking Irregu arties, of the li, stomach amid bowels, wich1 Iincroiso time danger to be aprehenided from miasma. Moreover, it eracates mahlaha tomplaints of an obstinate type. The field inm whih this loading family medicioul hits achieved me of is most atonisehiag amnd ample proven ohfects, is a very wide one. In the malarious regions of our own country, in 8outh America, hiexico, and across the seas, it has given nm mistakable evidencees of its curative value. At home and abroad it hiaq always sustained its high repuitath n, nor has it over been affected by cotnpetion of sd galhed tonics represented o possess kindred 'er equal eflioacy. It stins ulone, unequalled among our nationat rome DOMESTIC. - IIEAIH IU.trs.-ilave always a pint >r quartof water in the sleeping room. Iin the morning, after washing the lIands and face, then wet wit.h the tantds every part of the body. Cold water will not be disagreeable. Wipe Immediately ; follow by brisk rubbing Dver the body. h'lie whole operation need not take over live minutes. The result of this wash is, the blood is brought to the surface of the skin and made to circulate evenly throughout the body. You have opened the pores Df the skin, allowing im purities of the body to pass ol', and have given your telf in the operation, a good vigorous morning exercise. Pursue this habit regularly, and you will seldom take ,old. Five minutes spent in the open sir, after dressing, inflating the lungs, by inhaling as full a breath as possible, tud pounding the breastduring the In ilation, will greatly enlarge the chest, strength the lung power. and very ef fectfully ward olf consumption. If in ulined to be dyspeptic, avoid iminco pie, sausage, and other highly seasoned food. Beware of eating too freely of soups; better to eat food dry enough to amploy the natural saliva of the mouth in moistening it. if inclined to over eat, partake freely of rice, cracked wheat, and other articles that are easi ly digested. Eat freely of ripe fruit, and avoid excessive use of meats. Eat st regular hours, and lightly near the hour of going to bed. Eat slowly. Thoroughly nasticate the food. )o not wash it down with continual drink while eating. Tell your funniest stories while at the table, and for an hour ifterwards. )o not engage tnsevere mental labor directly after hearty eat Ing. Exercise, not too violent, but suficient to produce a gentle perspira tion, should be had each day In the opet irl'. A siMPLE device Is w[ithin the reach of every one having an ordinary win low in his room, by which frPsh outer nir can be admitted in small quantity With such an upward current as will prevent Its being felt ais an liurious diraft by the inmates. It is particular ly adapted to sleepliug-rooms when the weather i too cold to admit of an open window. Thus, start both topand bot tom sashes of the window half ini inuh, which is not quite enough to clear the rebate or stc.p-beads at top and bottom, but which leaves an opening of am inch between the meeting rails, through which acurrenttenters,butdiverted.up ward by the glass, as it should be, so as not to fall directly to the Il')or, as its uoolness might otherwise induce it to do. It thus becomes well mixed with the air of the room without being felt ms a draft. BOILED FL.oUR FOR G RUEL.-TCake a pound of llut' r, and tie It as tightly as lossible In a pudding-clotIt. A piece of well-washed unbleached muslin an swers every purpose. Put this tied-up Ilour into a pot of' botlinag water, and let it boil twelve hours, adding boiling water from time to time; remove the bag and hang it up all night, so that it will cool and dry; open the bag, and remove with a knife the discolored skin which has formed around the ball of flour. Grate, roll or pound the flour, which should be very hard and firm; put the grated flou' in a closely-cover ed glassijar, inid use as you WoUldl corn starch or arrow-root.. '1'his Is an ad mirable food for Invalids and for chil dren, especially those suflering from PoTATro SAL! n.--Boll six medium sized p)otatoes. Wh.en cold, slice amnil cut or slightly chop wvith a knife; take one slice of boiled ham, or four slices of smoked tongue, one leek, and a small sprig of parsley ; chop these very fine, an d add to the potatoes ; p)lace all in at1 e:arthten bowl, put ini a half a cupI of olive oil, half' a cup ef vinegar--if not too shariip, a tensp)oonful of salt, a salt. 51poon of' cayenne and 11one of b)lack poep per. Mix thoroughly, andl let stamnd an hour. Garnish wvitmh)plekied sliced sheep's tongue, oh yes, and sprigs of mint. RIofAL Biscurrs.-Take one pound01o butteir the same of sifted sugar. one pound and a quarter of flour, ens po111undia'd a half of currents, andl s little lemon formi this inito a paste with abou t eigh t whole eggs, roll it out, cut, it wvIth a round cutter, egg thmeni over, and1( stew a few chiopped ansi b)lantchedl almonds and omuange pee. mixedl ; bake in a moderate oven. MAnniow PUnmNo.--Tuake a quartei of ai 1)ound( of mnarrowv, anud haifa pot( of beef suet chopped tine, six otinces 0i flour, a quarter of a pound1( of sugar, six ounces of citron, the samie Of mlusca tine raisins stoned, four pippins chop p)ed fine, half a pot of a apricot. Jaml half a glass of cream, the same oi brandy, a little nutmtieg and live eggs; tie in a buttered cloth, and boll for sivt hoursq; servo with nmar'row pu1dding sauice. I thie JIisthtutes of Akbarm, whiuss reigni over ai conislierable partt of' Inir e:xtided fromi A D) 1500 to 1000, are fouinl thme following directionis for the arti Il cial freezing of water. Into twvo parti of water Is thrown one part oif dry po0w. dleredl it,tre. Ini this mliture a small stoppleredl aliver jug conitaihning p)ur( water is st.Irred about briskly for r quiarter of an houir, when Its contentm wvill be found to be whgolly or~ partially frozeni. Tux eniormous sale of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup hias had the eilectof bing. ing out numerous aimilar remedis; but the peol are not so easily iinduteed to make a trial of thme new article, wvhen they value the old and reliable one. D)r.- Bull's Cough Syrup. WuHA T is beautiful ? Why, carbolline, a deodoized extract of petroleum, as no0w improved and pieriected. Clear as spring water, dcelight(fully perfu med and will not soil the hhjiest linen fabri( Ta~ perfect toilet preparat,ion andi abso lutely makes the hair growv on bald hieads. CAnntlOT FnrrTxus.--T'ake a boiled carrot, mash it, add( two tablespoonfuls of cream, two ounces of broad crumbs, two eggs well beaten, and fry It in fritters. Serve with a little brown Saiulce. "Now You See It." Gilt-Elge Butter M iker takes the "wthqg out of the chiurn'' and turns tedious, u nsatisfactory (churining into gratifying success. Sold every where. .IIA MIIURO, N. Y., Majj 28th, 1870. JOHN E PjxiRcE, bee'y IV orld's Dig . Dar Sir'-Yours.asking as to re uta lion of "G ilt-Edge B.utter Maker' 're ceved.~ We havie nlevei- kept~ it \intil iitly. Have 'solsf one ease (8 'do. boxes) amnd it lhas giveni theo best of sat Isfaction. Yoturs repectfully, T. L. BUNriNG. HUMOROUS. REcENTL.Y a Methodist church in I Nevada expelled one of its members. a Ile thought it the result of the pastor's o spite against him, and not to be out- s; done In his devotions, lie conducts them 81 at present in rather an original way. a He owns a saw mill near the church. a On Sunday he attaches to his engine v an immense steam calliope, with which p he makes his Instrumental music, and fl with the "Sweet Bye and Bye" drowns c, the voice of the neighboring parson. k JUDGE, sKvEELY-"1ow (10 fou 11 know the defendant, Is a married man ? o Were you ever at his house?" "No, c sir." "Do you know him personally ?" N "No, sir." ")o you know his wife?" u "No, sir." ")id anybody ever 'tell 1 you they were married i" "No, sir; , but.when I see a mani and woman come A to the same church regularly for three years, occupy the same pew, and have a hymun-book apiece to sing out of, I b don't want to see no marriage certill- ti cite from them. I can swear to their a relation all the time." Verdict for o plaintiff. Ia A roon devil was walking the other 8 day on tl,e Boulevards, In the piercing 1 cold, clad in a paletot made of very thin stuff -and ornuamented with two 0 large holes, one on the left, the otherI on the right. "Yolt must be frozen," remarked one of his comrades. 1 "No, replied Lift other; "and, to be t frank with you, I do not even feel the b cold ; it enters through one hole and goes out through the other." "ANYTHING stirring this morning?" I asked a gossiping fellow, as he poked c his head into a neighbor's breakfast- e room. "Yes," blandly replied the t gentleman of the house, as lie glanced 9 at the spoo11 with which lie was stirring 1* the sugar in his coll'oe. AN Irish editor, claiining the linven tion of everything from potatoes to potheen for the Ureen Isle, gravely claims the pianoforte, and lie does it 'hus: "The pltanoforte of the present day is aimuly the Irish harp, placed horizontally in a long box, and played by machinery." "THar's a stupid brute of yours, John," said a Scotch minister to his parishioner, the peat-dealer, whe drove hils merchandise from door to door, in a small cart drawn by a donkey ; ''1 never see you but the creature is bray ing.'' "Al, sir," said the peat-dealer, "ye ken lient ts wartt when friell's tleet." " A FARMit's son ii England, (urIng a lesson in ast ronotny, was asked by the t teacher if he knew what was meant by the milky way? lie indignantly re- 1 plied : "Why, sir, 'tis the whey as comes from the cheese." "Is there much water in the cistern, Biddy ?" inquired a gentleman of his Irish girl, as she caine up from tha eel lar. "It is full on the bottom, sir, but there's none at the top," said Biddy. "MY dear Julia,'' said one pretty girl to another, "can you make up your mind to marry that odious Mr. Snufl'?" "W hy, ily dear Mary,'' replied Julia, "I believe I could take him at a pinch I" "Lrr's 'iustrate it," hiceoughed a tpolitical orator. "It's beautiful. You I see, an old farmer comes to town load ed with new wheat, an' he goes home loaded with old rye." "LEAVE my presence I" she exclaim ed. "Not much, I won't leave your presenits," lie replied, 'as lie scooped 'emi inito his U' st,er, anid silently stole away. _________ "LItVE is slaort," observed the minis ,ter'. "Th'iat's exactly my fix," replied an 0o(d bummer, as lhe got up and made i or the door'. SomE people wviil pay every thing elae before they wlil pay at,ten.l>ni. We have often i'ealized this whien tryinug to get oil' something smart. CoAL. dealers perler Newfounciland dogs t,o any other breed. They weigh mor'e, anmi they ait quietly on the car't while the loatt is on the scales. How in the world entn a *fouting debt lie paid1( out of a sinkingm ' und ? WuAT kind of juries are most danger 0o18 to our liberties? Why, perfurtI'es. "HAPPY to mezSt you," said a p)ollte butcher to a lady customei'. WHATl vegetable does a gr'eat spend thrlft resemble? The leek. TE price of 5oap is rapidly ad vainoing. A year's supply of Don. : iNs' ELEncT'uc bought now at old price will be a very judicious pur' chase. Fon Couons, Asthma and Th'iroat Dhsoi'ders, use5 "Brown's Bronchial Troches,"hiaviig proved their edilciency by ai test of many years. Insitathons ar'e offei;ed foi' sale, manny of which ai'e inj urious5. Th'le gen uine "'Brown's Bronchial T'roches" iire sold only in boxes. VrKEGT,N.-By its use yout will pre vent mlany of the diseases prlevailinig in the Spring and Summer seasoii. 1?aina to Order.-General R 1uggle 's pl1an foi' making i'ain to order by exploding dhynamite in balloons recalls the scheme pr'oposedl by Professor Esp)y, some years5 ago, for producing rain over the whole conuntiry at once. It is a well-known fact that large conflagrations tend to cause rain by sending warm, m->hst air into the tipper regions of' the atmos p)her'e, where the vapor' condenises and descends again in showers. As rain stoi'ims in the Unilted States have a geni eral motion to the eastward, Pr'of'essor Espy suggested thatonice a week, in the suimm'r ime, a line of fires, extending 500 or 000 m-les in it north and south di i'ection, shiotuld be started In tihe far WVest. T'his, he calculated, would pro. duco a belt of rain that would swecep sideways across-the countzy, iasting only t wo or three hours in any one place, and( finally passing the Atlantic sea board to carry gratefulshowvers and1 Wel come breezes to becalmed and sun-war 1)0d vessels many miles out at sea. The trouble wvith these schemes foi' in1prov.. lng uipon nature is, that the rain bureau would never he able to satisfy all the people0 to be rained on. Ono Jarmer might want a shiower to revive lise parebinug crops, another wouldl wish fair weather in order to harvest his hay. Rain storms are unruly, and a good smetrt shower, started for1 the h,eneflt of New Jersey agriculture, might eas ily escap)e .across the North River and pounce upon the unsuspecting shop pars and pedestrians in Broadway. 'Upon the whole, it would seem to be wiser to let nature continue to regulate the rain rather Wlan tturn tIig,(1uty over to Gon oral Jauggh'esof- - Vir'guida'or Prof essor PRUDENTL.Y break up your Col 6yteU~1 rr d' a aceret Aonsumpti6n Oured. AN old physician, retired from prac ce, having had'placed in his hands by a East Inuila missionary the formula I f a simple vegetable remedy for the )eedy and permanent eure for Con imption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthha nd all Throat and Lung Atl'ections, iso a positive and radical cure for Nor- 4 ous Debility and all Nervous Com laints, after having tested Its wonder 11 curative powers in thousands of tses, has felt it his duty to make it now to his suifering follows. Actu- s ted by this motive and a desire to re- ei eve human suflering. I will send free f f charge to all who desire it, this re pe, in German, French, or English a ith full directions for preparing apd l sing. Sent by mail by addressing'1 "ith stamp, naming this paper, W. . nInRAIt, 149 Powers' Block, Rochester, t 'clo York. " , Sua Spots.-'T he spots on tjOe stui have s aen very few for several years. At 1, tis time (January 14,) two large spots re passing out of sight, In consequence Ia t the motion of the sun on its axis, and a groop of some eighteen or twenty u nall ones has made more than half its 2 assago across. These will probably e seen in a. hort time. The large ones >uld be easily seen soinewhat ad vanced I pOn the disk on the disk on the first i ty oiMarch. i Cavisc a is a prime evidence of pain. b ilheu the Baby is f retful and inclined " "Crying-Spells," remove the cause h y using Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. 0 Shlamy and alt: claim to have iso- d t.ed the nitrie fermen t. The corpus- t les are very alpind(ant, small, and longatetl. If the ferinetit is exposed a temperatire of 100 degrees cenil rade, it is killed, and its action Is ar ested at it temperattire 10 degrees low r. Oxgen or dry air is unfavorable to t. It, is not found normnal 13' in air. od Is its chief medium. INV ALU AnLE FOR R A11,nOAJ) 1lEN.--2] unlered for more than a year with In igestion, and during the .last six I ionths I was very Bilious, occasionally aving a 1dumb Chill, followed by, evers, which prostrated me. I took i iinmons' Liver Regultor, and for sev ral months I have been stout and I iearty as any mai could desire to be. t am thoroughly satisfied that it is all t is recommended to be for Indigestion m(d Bilious Complaints, for mine wits ertainly a stubborn case. I have hoard nany of my friends speak of it, and they ail agree that it possesses all the virtues rou claim for It.. "A. HI. IIioWTOwERi, on1tiCor 1. & WV. 1.R." ''Your valable medleine has entire y cured me of the most distressed epae >f Dyspepsia I ever saw. I am neter vithout it on iuy engine, as it always elieves me of any distressed feeling I fter eating. It is the best faily nedicine in the world, and I never let o t get out at my home. In Its praise roti may add to this. "J. II. MALI.:rr, Engineer C. R. R., Savannath, Ga." Prof 1l30 ger notes the fact that when wo parts, by ieasttre of silver oxide a a t dry state are rubbed in a mortar vith one part of antimlInmy ,u'pide, or f amorphous phosphorus is substitu ed for the sulphide, the niixture takes ire easily. When a drop of phenol is et fall upon the silver oxide, the oxide s partially reduced, wh'ile spaurks are A YouNO gentleman was accuising another of having a big moulth. "Yes," maid( the other, "'hut the Lord had to n ake yours small so as to give you )lenty of cheek." Don't Temnporize with I'iles. Olntmonts, lotions, electuarios and all mani ier of quack nostrumis are a waste of tinio and noney'. TIuo only AIISOLUITELY' INFALLIliLE euro 'or this p)ainlful disease Is 'ANAKESIB," din overed by Dr. Hilabee. It has b een pro aouno:d by scientille men01 as to happiest die ~overy made in medicine for 200 years. It fforde instant relief from pain mn the worst ~asos and has cured mere than 20.000 suifer srs permanaent y. All doctora proscribo it. SAnakesis'' is sent FREaE by mail on receipt of >rico, $1.00 per box. 52amp)I.: grati4, by the tole muanufA.turors. Messrs. P'. Nonstaedtor & 3o., Bx 3910, N. Y. Wanted. e Sheriman & . Co., Marshall, Mich., want an igent in this county at once, at a salary of $100 ser mnotLh and expensses paid. For futll lpar iculars address as above. Those answering an adivertisement wilt oenfer a favor upon the adivertiser andt the mb)iider by statIng thast they saw the adver isemoent in tils journal (naming the paper.) 1F" YOU wVOULD lE it tOPEgi - correspond to suted with spectacles, appLy ClR N . GR AY, Optictan 58 N. T1'WEICUH s''1 tree, PJimdadopa.a ia. 25 PHANTOM CAROBD t "Nae*o 0 I.. Curdy & Co., 37 JiIrris'on Ave., lioston, Miass. WIJDREITIS' 8111D8 ABU THU 3Wm'' I. LARaM 'HT g gg AGE~N'1S WAN'1EDi a y complete and authentic hIstory of the great towr o SRANTAROUND eWORLD nt deoibne, Ioya abladis, are ourlesites, Wealth nillie people want It. Thi.is latie best e'banee of c it tonmake moe iew10are of .cach.peny" mad terms to Agents. < dress -edttcrWr NATONA. PanLzsumai Co., Phldblphia, ICROSOOPES, IIOpera Classes, Thermometers, Rye Glasses, ipectacles, liarometers, at Greatly Reduced Pries, R. & J. BE iOK, hfanuatrln Olans, ITh ladQipit1 send A Thi. powiler n mnen.senso an naaking. JnlI best June prc quaIly at Idas haif. Proven 14lu@8 to eeo ingredhents. eenite worth ma'r et Yalue * ~ taffang for' it. Sm6ta 41.0 Ares VEGETINE urifies the Blood, Renovates and Invigorates the whole System, ITS 1 EDICINAI. PROPERTIES ARE lterative, Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic. Vegotino is made exclusively from the juices catrefully-seiected barks, roots and herbs. and st,rongly concentrated that It, will effectually 'adlcal a from the system every taint of Memo. i ia, Srofuolossa la eanor, Ttnvortt, Can. or. ta:stereron lLssnor, Eryrlielalt, tall Itlanotis. Mygltilltic DiJ01osuees, Can. or, Fainstuess att thme Stoenetacl. and all s.-a,s tiat, trse from lipure blood. Met. I teat, I iauiliinantttory and Chronic ltgsete eatttte s, Netralgta, ouut and spinal tnanplaiatN, caln only be elfectually cured irough i,no blood. For Uleers and Ertt tt ie Diseases of the hist, 1'tetutlos, 'iseples, lilotehes, ii s, Tetter, Scald aed and letig orn, VEGE''INIC has nuvor failed to effect a aranaent cure. For 'alus In the Back. Kidney Complaints, ropsy. Female weakness, Letlcorrhoan, arising -Om internal uilceration. Ituat uterine diseases ad icneral )elllity, ViEGICTIrNIC acts directly pon thu causes of these complalits. It tuvigo. ttes atud st,rengthens the whole system, nets pon i he s tetive or..;ans, allays lulanmation. ares ulcration and regu;ates tihe bowels. For Cat arrh, Dysptepsia, liabittial Costiveness, alpitllon of tie lleart. lleadachb, Piles, Nery tisness and Gleneral Prostration of the Nervous ystem. no mtledicino has ever given such ner. :ct a.1tLtlattiOnl as the VEJi(I' NI. It pttriles to blood, cleanses all of tihe organs, and pos. Ms"s a coatultng power over the norvous vatem. Tih remarkable cures effected by VEOETINE ave Induced many physicians and apothecarles rliomll we know, to piescribu and use it in their win famnililes. In fact., VOETINE -Ri the best, remedy yet iscovered for the abovu diheases, and Is the ly reliatld 1iI.U0) PUIV' 1.R1 yet placed be. re the uiblic. VEGETI N 1, rlitelAitin fY 11. It. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. regetine is Sold by all Druggists, NSTRUCTION BOOKS. For time P1ianio. tichardson's New Method for the Pianoforte, 3.25). stistains It re utation as the most perfect SInr uct ion Books, having boon matay ntite re sod,. Improed and entlarged. liultrods of thdu aud3 have beon sold, anl it Is still in constant and rgo temnat. Io uaur to got the right book. N' ce tha exact title, and accept no other. Now got your EASTIER MUSIO. Bend for list. For Reed Organ. The Emerson Method, a2.50), b Emerson and Minlh--we, hae a capital nontal and vocal, that ploaso while they instruct th. earnet. Do not furget Vhtite hobes t (30 cts). Now Itunday School Song Book. A groat Successn. fly ALbbey and I1nngor. Everybody should p mrss it. tenperance Jewels (35 cle). Br J. 11. Ten ttuy. Now Temperance Bongs, aiL claoice and wide awake. E nerson's Antirnen ook (1.25). By L O. Em ura en. Uixculetd il tiuality. Very chotce and large eoilrcion. kIericnu Arnithen ook $1.25). 100 easy An. in. fur coanun chulr., By Johnson, Tenney andt Abbey. Any book mailed, past-free, for the rotail prto . Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston. J. E. i)ITMON & o. 1225 Chestnut Mt.. Plsfla. - -*e AR LNEDW NON: ONDUCTING CEMENT RETAIN THE HEAT LONG R. 00NO BURN THE HAN RD .90 s. DIPHTERIA'' alohnson's Anodyn Linimnent 'will pest *lvel preverat thIs terrible diseas, and will omltle cutre nIne eases In tea. ilurmatton hat wil I ave iihany lives sent free by mail. )oz't delay a moment,. Preventi,n is betAer ban euro.. 8"ild everywhere. N. S. JOR NSON & Co., Bangor, Me, SAPONIFIERB a the01.lReliabloe('tonconir lted Lye for FAMILY Ia lil uvoigia e t "netclee e(trn AND) TAKI~ NO OTiltkR. PENN'A MALT MANUJF'u 4.o., PHJILAD'A :A RM ER'S FRIEND &iGUlIDE. salt, stble beak of 200 ptes, solid noadin ant er (migo 12x8 ieches ). frnaian th poes oet heel tritr t hu day, d 'etlto the Intret f r ' lIY 50 Centei, onpaitl eit br P ev ocerrpt e.IhON~r, uhav~~ we ~arle in Y ask hi tuo mte n ottr oies ren examine thi, vain-shi.. work. iay lO'4AO Pib srs. 20 rld 308 Brad 'd9 akes "OIlt-Edtge" Iluiter the y~a ertouna Co. I the. ience of elnistry tpphled to Butiter. August andl Winfner Enttor tate, tnnal tO:the duet. Ineresae tapro,duct 8 yer-eent.- Insprovs t 40 py'cet. E dvc"lafor of churnIn~ Qio. laDuttede .oMia 'ras'aeld, insproyes' hIa't mt is ound. 0O*bdnteed' free fron all iujurionsu Oives a saice Oolden Color the year round, $6 vilb'prdduep $8.00 in in c~ase of-product sad Can y stjake a,bettor investpten(rn14 p3*ware V T ne nofold onaly hii l6kou Withi tradO r$pmafIiywoeher with, Wordes.GfL..E9SO i size, N lb., at 2b cent.; Lingo sitre. 91.bue BUTTE(R bPRQV.MNT09t