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4.; Saered Birds* ExtraordInary honors were paid thio goose inloient times; and it is still held in xPeOeneration. by pWaebf the Eastern ftion. - The igure that oc curs so frequently on JBuddist monu ments is the Brahmanese goose. The ancient Britons, according to Cisar, held It impious to eat the flesh of goose. The ibis was another bird held in the greatest sanctliy by the old Egyptians. There are still numerous pits contain Ing Ibis mummies in thateountryo. The largest of them, a little to the westward of the pyramid of Aboq lr, Is about twenty feet deep. The d5or of this pit, for probably a depth of many feet, is covered with heaps on heaps, and lay era on layers, of coarse earthen jars, the lids cemented down, containing each the body of an ibis, preserved with bitumen and enclosed in numer ous folds of narrow cloth bandages. Some of the mummies are found In a state of great preservation-black and charred, and incapable of being taken whole out of the bandages, but all the bones, the hea4s, and all the feathers entire. Whether these animals were thus embalmed and brought to this place of burial whenever found dead, or whether collected here only as ob jecto of worship, Is a question oi'which no ancient authority assists in. the solu tion. The Mohammedans have a great veneration and esteem for the stork. It is almost as sacred with them as the ibis was with the Egyptians; and they would look upon a person as profane who should kill, or even harm one. So precious were these birds held In Thessaly, which country they are said to have olearcti of serpents, that the slayer of a stork was puniphed with death. They were tbQught inuch'of at' Rome; for wheoi a person, from a freak of luxury, or(Wred it to be pla-ed on his dinner.,table, he drew upon himself theotfll oblcqiiy of the whole city. eobin Is considered in several countries a sacred bird; to kill one is little leSq than sacrilege, and its eggs are free from the hands of the bird master. It is asserted that the respect shown to it by man is joined in by the animals of the wood. The weasel and the wild cat, it Is said, will never mo . lest it when killed. One cause ror the veneration in which it is held may be - the superstition which represents It as the medium through which mankind are wared of approaching death. Before the decease of a person, a robin is be lieved, in many instances, to tap thrice at the window of the room In which the sick person is lying. Grimm says that the peculiar veneration with which this bird Is treated has been shown by the whole German race from remote times; and he refers to the bird's color and its name as evidence that it was sacred to Tilor, the god of lightning. The swallow, too, in Ger many is everywhere deemed a sacred bird. Like the stork, it preserves the - house on widh it builds its nest from fire and lightning. The Spanish peas aura have a tradition that It was a swal lo w that tried to pluc1k the thorns out of the crown of Christ as he hung upon the cross ; hence they have a great rev ere nce for this bIrd, and will never de stroy it. In parts of France the wren is a sacred bird. Tro kill it or rob its nesat Is decmed an atr'ocity wvhich wvill bring down the lightning on the culp. rit's awelling. Such an act was also r egarded with horror in Scotland. The whydah- bird and the water wagtai are held sacred by the natives * of several parts of Africa. Among the Mandan Indians the dove is held so sacred that neither man, w~oman, nor child will injnre it; Indeed, the Man dan Indians declare that even their dogs, ferecious as they are, instinctive ly respect that bird. P'ariu Asitro,nmicai Mu useu, Uonsiderable progress has been made with the new museum now forming at the-Paris Observatory. Among other objects at e Mercator's glo'aes, daiting from the middle of the sixteenith cen tury. Tihat figuring the earth is the first on which meridians' of longitude and parallels of latitudle werec laid down. TIhc great cquatorial lakes' of Africa, it is reported, are all to' be found upon it. The glass cases contain the first portable meridian circle con structed on Admiral Mouchecz's plan; the pendulums of lz.variable dlimeni sfons employed b)y Captains Fraissinet and1( Duperre in their voyages aroundl the world1, for the dletermination of the absolute value of the intensity of the cenpetal force and of gravity at dif ferent points of the earth's suirface; and the apparatus used by M. Cornu, of the Iustitute, with a viewv to deter mine the velocity of light from obser vations made between the Observatory * and the Tower of Montliery. Another -glass case, adds the Jouurnal des Debuts, contains the standaid metre of the First Republic; the toise used in 1738 in Pesru for measuring a degree at the rquator ; the toise usedl in Lapland some short lime afterward for measuring the polar dlegrec, and the platinum kilogi ammne made by the Republican Commission of Weights and Measures. Freshel's len, the first ever gradurated, *Is also dIeposited in the new museum, and the object-glass of' the great as tronomer Cassini, which ho used in snecessively (determnuinilg the existence of Jnupiter's satellites, Saturn's dlouble * ring, the abnormal flatness of' Jupiter's * poles, and the vast velocity or his rota tion, as wvell as that of Mars. .In an other of the cases are to be seen the doubly refracting prisms with the help of whieh Arago measured the diameter of the great planets, Neptune excep)tedi. Panics and( Sun Spos.--A curions bear ing of seuene upon conmme r.e ii siug e stcd in reference to conmmerelal nan-t los. Ir.ia said that these have (luring the last half e.ntury shown a tendency i to ccur periodically, the intervai I which seperates thenm being abont ten t years. Tihe period corresponds closelyc to the greatest siun spot period of 11 c years-a fact to which attention has recently been called. AGRTOULTURE. BL'TTtan HAY AND PASvUnu.-Anyone passing through agricultural districts, say in Juno when the herbage -has about or nearly reached its fulf growth t must notice how land Is only haif or a 1 quarter utilized, by allowing the un- a checked growth of all sorts of weeds. A large proportion of this land Is pas tured, and the way the pocr cattle have to seek out the little grass from among < the overwhelming weeds is a source of I actual sadness. These pasture fields, I too, are allowed to go on producing < noxious weeds for a series of years a without an effort being made to get rid of thei by the surest mode known to the observing farmer-frequent cultiva- a tion. Then, again, we sue the same I proportion of weeds in many fields from t which the cattle hy is to be cut and this is done year after year just as though cows and other cattle would I eat the weeds any more rapidly dry I than green. It is as apparent as the t sun at noonday that to whatever extent I weeds are allowed to grow1just to that extent is the land wasted. Now that this can be avoided in most cases scarce ly admits of doubt. And what Is trae t of the pasture fields, Is the same where the herbage is left to become hay. The good clean field is the exception. Not only the ox-eye daisy, but sorrel and plantation, and asters of various kinds, which cattle care no more for when dry than when green, constitute the bulk of what is to be hay; and it is tql orably good stuif which has but one-. fourtit of extraneou4 matter.* We have before suggested that our agricultural sooletles, which give so many and such high premiums for fast trotting horses might at least share a little for the en couragement of tile food which the noble animal Is to eat. Premiums for well-grown hay, clean hay, hay from improved grasses, and well-managed hiay-fields, would surely be objects worthy of the attention of even a "State agricultural society," and we think it will become so if the press will unite in commending the subject to general attention. Surely-thero, i no greater eyesore than a field, looking as if it might produce thirty bushelsof wheat, seventy-five of corn, or from two to three tons of first-class hay to an acre, allowed to be covered with masses ot noxious weeds, which call and should be destroyed. A merchant from the city who may pass through a rural sec tion, and see these myriad of ox-eyed daisy flowers, will almost invarlabty ask why they are there, and if they cannot be exterminated and good hay and grain raised instead. SHUT-HonNS FO TilnE DAInY.--BC fore the uncertainties of tradition wore supplarted by the facts of history, the Durhamn cow was known and highly prized in some parts of EnglanI for her dairy qualities. In the earlier history of this broed they were known as the reeswater, tIe lolderness, the York shires or Durham, depending upon the location where bred and kept. But, about a century ago, Mr. Turner, of Ilurworth, bred the famous hull Hub back, and from him and hih d( som3ndnts, Foijumbe, Bolingbroke, Favurite, and Comet, were established the various families of the improve Short-horn breq41 of cattle. Robert and Charles I Collng, taking the lead and making so lections from the Teeswaters, York shires and Durhams, established the 4 Duchess family oL' Short-horns which has been sure to improve every other known breed of cattle with which they have been crossed. 'Tihe Collings have i been followed by Bates, Booth, Spenl.4 eers Ducie, and others of Enlgland, by M1orris, Thorn, Sheldon, Alexander, Groom, Wadsworth, Kelley, Harrison,4 lButts, Samnuel Campbell, and a host of1 others, umntil tihe Short-horn is wvell known and duly appreciated ill every1 civilized country of the world. Al though some of the breeders named, and many others, have bred for fancy, rather than for the dlairy, yet the dauiry1 qualities are inherenmt ini tihe breed, in1 an eminent degree, and only rcquirec prop)er managemlent to develop it in its original st-ength with absolute (or talu ty. I mlighit give recordis of mulk, of buitter and cheese, of Short-horns, and their grades, lbutit will p)erhaps be suflicient for me to say that t,he largest yild of milk on record was by Duchess 1st, the miotner of tile Duchess family af Shlort-iiorns. The largest yield of chieese per cow on record was prodlued(, by a herd of grade Short-horns, owned by A. L,. Fish, Esq., of Hlerkimner countmy, New York. The great value of time Short-h orn over other breeds for lie dlairy, is inl her ability, to (ilgest anld1 assimilate the food she consuimes more perfectly than aiiy othler breed, thereby enabling her onl a given amount of food, to produce the most milk, the most but ter, the most chieesa, and the most beef for the 100(d consumed, of any breed of1 eattlie we have. Tlnmi:ax is contained in the corn co')s raised 1in the United States from 115 to 120 m11ill p~ounds( of carbonate of pot. ishm, whicIh Is tihe third most valuabhle irt.leic req1iured in agriculture. Some (dogs possess an imitating power wh'icih in men is called origmlality, inIven ion, discovery-they imake exnerimlents. WVe had a ploiniter that exhibited this faculty a a curious muanner. She was wveakly wheni rouing, and( for that reason, together with >thecr circumstances, was never properly rained-a fact that may plerhaps have pro Pentedi her "mind" from congealing into ho stolidity of routine. She became an mutdior pedt, andi lollowedl at heel every yhere. One damy some ponds were notted, and of the tish taken a few chanece to be >lacedl in a great atone trough from wich attic drank ini tile yard. Soimetimie after-t vardis the trough being foul, the fish-they vere ioach, tench, plerchl, andi one sm,all aick were remouved to a shallow Liub, being carcely a foot deep, though broad, they vero, of course, dilstinctly visible, and1 at 4nce b)ecame an object of the most mnterest 0 tihe p)ointer. She wouild no0t leave it, liut stoodl watching every motion of tihe fish, vitht lier headoi 11Won one side, no0w on the 'ther, There she must have remlalined ome hoiirs ; andio was found at last in the et of removing thecm one iby one, andl hay ig themi softly, quite unhurt, on the grase. Ve put them hack hito tile water, andi raited to see the result. She took a good ok and1( then p)hinged her nose rliht ulndl r he sureface and half-way upl the neck, comI let ely submierging the head ini that position loped about. Onl tihe 1bottom till a fish came a contacet withi her mouth, and( was in - tanitly snIatchled 0out. The head must have Ceen und(er water each tic nearly a nin,-a te, feeling for tiie fish. One by oneO she rew themi Out- and placed thoem on the round, ulntli only the jack remained. ito 'uzzled her, (dartinlg away swif t as an ar ow, andl seeing to anticipate time enemy. hut aifter a timle ho too0 Was captured. Vhenm the fishi were retarned to tile tub, I hie pointer again co:nmnieod hecr flshimne. S came -ly anything could ho ima4n Id ar- c arently more opposite to the herediitary itelligence of a pointer tihan this; and cer ilhy no one attempltcd to teach her, O either dhd sheo do it for food. It was an sIi rlginal motive of her own. To what c in L be compared but mind proceeding by ex- ti eriment? J ,1 04 DOMESTIC. BIIAD FOR SAUCE YO GAME.---TWO ups of milk, on6 oul of dried bread rumba, one quarter ot an onion;- two ablespoonfuls, of butter, qilt and pop )er. Dry the bread In a warm oven, mud then roll into rather coarse crumbs. ow sift tLem and the ftne crumbs vhloh come through the sieve, and YhIoh make one--thi'd of a cupful. Put in to boll.with the milk and onion, oil ten minutes, thed add one table poonful of butter and soasonig. Skim out the onion. Fry the coarse crumbs light crlsp brown in one teaspoonful of butter, which must be very hot be ore the crumbs are added. Stir over hot tire for two minutes, being care 'ul not to burn. Cover the breasts of lie roast birds and serve with it. AMnosI&.-Sproad in a glass dish a ayer of grated cocoanut and sugar, hen a layer of peeled oranges, sliced hin, and so on, alternately, until the )owl Is full. The top layer is of the ocoanut and sugar. Let It be made everal hours before serving tip. The >reclse portions are difficult to give, as lie amount of sugar required must vary 6coording to the flavor and sweetness of the oranges. A generous allowance if sugar, howev( r, ought to be made-. ay one pound and a quarter to ono lozen fine and Juicy oranges and the near of one fair-sized cocoanut. Any one may make his own oil paqte )Iaclving by the following trust worthy eceipt: Molaspos 1 lb., ivory black .g Ibs., sweet oil 2 oz. Rub together n a mortar till all the ingredients form perfectly smooth mixture; then add ,he juice of one lemon, or about a wineglass of strong vinegar, and thor >uglily incorporate with just enough water added slowly to gain a required ionsistency. TuRNIPsiN TIE G it1DDLE.-We have ieen for some time a statement going Aie rounds of newspapers, that a tur ilp used in rubbing the griddle, while ,ooking griddle cakes, would give the lesired smoothiness and do away wit.h he unp!eaiani imoke.- -We doubted It, )ut a trial soon convinced me that iTe tatement was correct. We fo: nd, Low ver, that at times, it was necessary, when beginning, to put a very little Crease on the turnip, but thls made no Lppreciable smoke. To remove fruit stalis from table Anon: If uncolored, moisten with di ute sulphurl acid and then rub with t strong aqueous sotItion of gulphite ir hyposulphite of soda; or soak for a ihort time In a strong Poltirlon of leaching )owtdtr (calciuim hypocilo te), press out excess of liquid and lim nerse in dilute sulphuri acrid (1 to 10 )f water); rinse In cold water, dip in iyposulphilto of so'la solution, and drterwards wash out thoroughly lin lot ivater. I r colored, use Plenty of s.yap tids mii -n n- i'a water. 'To 1r 1 Pu-rTv.-Sraick fihree .0tUls ol stoite quiciline in water, t wi OId OnZ p*u1 of pearlasII, and nAke 1he whole about tle ('osistency of Aant. Apply It to both sides of the ,lass, and let it remain for twelvo iours, when the putty will be so sott !ned that the glass may be easily taken >ut of the 1 ram1e. BosTON BROWN BREAD.-TWO CtIp ruls Indian meal (evet:); one cupful ye meal; one cupful flour; one (small) juart sweet nilk ; pinch of salt; one taalf ecupfuljmuolasses; two teaspoonifulIs ~ream tartar; cne teaspoonful (even) >f soda dissolved in water; steam four 'tours, and wvater miust b)oll constantly 1ll the time; p)ut la oven and heat for >rQakfast. VIRGINiA BIscPIT.-One quart Ilotur, mne-half teasp,oonfui salt, one gitarter pound butter, mix the flour and fltter with the hand, together, and moisten wit,h water; roll it out rery thIn three times, and beat with he rolling-pin each timte; roll as thin ms a sheet of paper; cut with a saucer mud bake in sheets. Theiuse are partlcu arly nice for lunch. To prepare Japanese cement, mix he best; powdered rice with a little 13ld water ; then gradually adid boling vater till a proper consistQnce is at ained, being careful in the nicantime 0 keep It well stirred;- lastly, it must >e boiled for one miniut.e In a cleani aucepan. The paste Is beautifully .vhite, almost tranispar(ent, isud wvell Ldapted for fancy paper wvork,.or other ,lings requiring a strong and coloriess :emen t. Wasra' nests are frequently Ignite d iy some chemical action, supposed to >e that of the wax upon the paper like ubstances ot which the neits are ormed. "8pontanecous combustion" f this nature is believed to be the ause of many mysterious fires in hay tacks and( farmers' buildings. A (GERMAN technical Journal says hat salts of tin will remove iron stains rom linen much more efleotually than ixaluc acid wvill do it. -A UOUOu, Cold, Catarrh, or Sore I'hroat requires Immeiclate attention, is neglect oftent.Imes results in some neurablo Lung Disease. "Broton'a 1ronchti Troche8" will almost invari ibly give reliet. Imirations are offered or sitlI, many of whiich are In jurlous. lim genuiiine "Bromu'a fJr'oncha Tro. he"are sold onl~ in1 l>oxe~s EVERYTHIINGi conducive to the bet or condition of the baby is sure to at ract attention; and lhen cc It Is that )r. Bull's Baby Syrup Is becoming more and more appreciated, as Its wond rful In fluence In su bduliing the diseases f babyhood becomes recognIzed, price 25 cents. Maine News. IIop li ters, which arc advortised in ur i olumnis, are a suro cure for the gue, biliousness and kidney com laints. Those who use them say they annot he too highly recommended. 'hose afilicted shoultil gIve thorn a fair rial, and will become thereby enthli. hastle In the praise of their curatIve iallities.-PorUland A rgus. TuiE soft and silk y appJearance given C the hair by the use of Carbolino, the antural hair restorer and dresaluug, as low improved and perfected, is the ubject of general iemnark by all who lave witnessed its effect.s upon the uman head. Sold by all dealers In rugs. ______ TrHE time hias passei for the 'Elixirs, Jordlials' etc. for tho Blaby, and Dr. lull's Ba'by Syrup Is now to establish L and relIable remedy. I'rlco 25 snts. WiuBN Mind and lmodiy are out at Sor(s, wuth >ld ext remities, a yu lowness iun the skin, cos VIos, an b ee.dno. e, and an indiqioostuion to ir about, be euro you ate ini for a Bilious at. LOiC 5priaging from a more or less Dusor i'red iver. Dr. Jiyne's banative Pa.us wil! bring move all billIary dists, a1s.ody WIT AND HUXOR. "DiD 3t u mal o the train ?" asked tl e P an,ious questioner. ' "No," said smaity, "it was made in. M the car shops." hi "I mean did you catch the train?"' tt with a slightly embarrassed manner. T "Of course not; it's not infectious," r WAS the cute reply. aI "Well, you conflummigated fool, did you arrive at the depot In time ?" "No, you verdant idiot. I arrived in W a barouche." "Oh, you antique simpleton, did you boardshe ears ?" "Why, you antediluvian muddle- t brain," howled the smart man once more, "you know I don't keep a-board- t house," 5 "Sin," roared a man out in Nebraska striding up to a neighbor, ":r, you are a liar." "I am," exclaimed the astonished. th neighbor. "How do you know . am?" to "Because I know it; because I have ta found it out." in How long have you been living 01 here?" . to "six weeks." N "Oh, well, probably you do know, f then." cl A noy ha been discovered in Tennes- ta see, the formation of whose backbone I Is peculiar. lie has a hinge In it, as it to were, which enables him to place his til head and feet on the floor at the same time without experiencing any Ineon venlence. This is certainly an improve- at ment in the way of boys. This country as wants thousands of boys with hinges 0 In their backs--and the boy who is of compelled to pick potatoes and weed ti the garden will agree with us. w or "I'M A-RisrN," said a tramp. yester- P day, to a person who interrogated him. th "This is my vacttion. The goods O which I manufaoture are now out of 9 season." And lie took off the rim of s his hat froin which his hair projected to like.a Prince-of-Wales plume. In the Inskte was pasted a piece of paper bear- d Ing the date "May 8, 1900-1 P. 31." -."That," ie said, cheerfully, "is the ne-t eclipse of the unn. 8111 sell the l rost of my smoked glass then." And, P1 with an enterprising air, lie resumed s his vacation. t1l A rr iouGH Buckle was prefloient in thirteen languages, lie never exhaust ed Wn ra than one when his rear collar button flew otf at an evening party, hI causing his collar to bob up againatthe In back of his head, while lie was danc- dt Ing with a pretty young lady. If q W iran is ever justifiable in ripping t14 through nineteen languages in one ix inning, it is On just such an occasion. "ONE hundred thousand women are of said to be working in the fields of the el West." And a hundred thousand able w bodied men are hanging a-un( stre(t m corners in the East, compaining that la there no nice, easy jobs for them. Wha th easier job do they want than "hanging of around street corners ?" Do you want them to go West and leave their wives and parents at home with one less pI mouth to provide for ? IG -0 k( TuE Iowa Central railroad hats posted th in its passenger coaches the following p( notice: "Every tobacco-chewing gen- in tieman will have the gallantry to keel) fa the ladies' coach clean, by riding in the forward car while chewing." A HEN's brain isn't very large, but it he is large enough to com)prehendi the fact oi that she never was the mother of an ta Easter egg, and that if she was itwould U not hatch painited ch ickens. di Tra~ only men wno ever hang to a New Year's diary are the chaps who lend money to their friends. They tre must have some sort of a book to write Li down names and amounts in. JUDGM-i-See hero, prisoner, if you do any more lying you won't get of' with three years. Prisoner--But, jedge, how many years d'ye s'pose ye'd gimn- et~ me if I told the troothi? IT is a time-honored custom in Q.ali cy Fla., to salute a newly-married couple by firing a cannon. This is to remind those present that tihe batt,le of life has B fairly begun. DR A W a circle fifteen feet in dianmr - ter, place a mule in the center, and walk aroun)d hinm without getting cut of the circle. $OMEc females htave just been arrested in Kentucky for the manufacture of I li whh ky. This Is thie first recori' ed Instance of a woman keeping still. -A cL.OCK was on view at thle Paris exhibition which fired of! a p)istol hour-ly. The exhibitor, ont being quei - tioned as to the object, explained, pihlegmnatically, that it wvas to "kill o: tinme."'s el shirewianess anhd Abinity. 0 IIop) Bitters, so freely adveri,ised in all the papers, secular and religious, al are having a large sale, and are sup- a pilantting aill o.her medicines. There is no denying the virtues of tihe IIop ti plant, and thec proprietors of these Bit ters have shlown gr-eat shrewdnless and ability in com pounding a Bitters whose si yirtues areO so palpable to every one's i ubservation .--Exainonr and Chronicle. D NEnvoussrss, and alnl derangements a of the noersons system, arc.usually con- '01 nieeted with a dliseasedl condition of the blood. Debility is a frequent accom- si paniment. Th'ie first thing to be done is to improve the conidition of the blood. This Is accompl)lsMhed by taking VKoF. TiN i. It Is ii terve-mnedlkine, and po0s- te se.ses a controlling powver over t,be e nervous system. As one pon d of D)obinus' Eiectric het Soap. (made by Cragin & (Jo,, Pujiladel- r pila,) willl (10 the work of live poun11ds of any other, it is realiy the cheapest, c thiough It costs a little more pce- pounmd. r .T'-y i. Lh women ats Lawyo a Though Old Mr-. Pogy! has long ques tioned woman's fitness to practice law, and her opinions concerning )Lgai mat-. ters, no one haes ever questioned her opinion concerning Drt. Pierce's Favor Ito Ilrescription is a positiye cure for those "dragging-diown" sensations,p andit thme many diseases and weaknesses ~ peculiar to their sex. Thue Favorlie P'rescrip)thon is sold1 by all drtuggists under a positive guarantee. Pr1'TanUnamg, Pa , March 14th, 1879. Dr. R. V. Prna B1uffalo, N. Y.: Dear Str..--I was treated by tour tli f.I torent physicians without avail for (dis ease of the liver and uterus. Soma time ago I commencedl the use of your ~a Favorite Prescription and .Discovery,x being at the tirne, confined part of thj . time to my bed. At first my improve. '" mont was slow, bitt I now ind myself well after the. use of tour bottles ofM each of the medicines. With many - many thanks, I amvery respectful I , "I Wae VWi" 4 "ad sn xp not unfrequently used by ti .mpetlo.aad sWferer bown Xot~ d -te depressed sp!ri uns tAgth l for anything and almost drivin tn. to despair. Je of good ohel *re is life and health left for you ye ske Simmons' Liver Regulator. I igulates the liver, dispelodespondent kd restores health. Look well tyo >u s:et the genuine prepared by 4 . Zollin & Co., enclosed in a whit rapper, with a red Z on the front. "I can recommend your medticin 11 the health I enjoyi and even m re, I may say,is in consequence c ie Simmons' Liver Regulator. ould not take $1,000,000 for my if rest in the medicine. "W. H. Wj w, Lecturer State Grange, and Pro int Florida Co-operative Stock Co ,of H., Welborn, Florida." Mr. .1faskelyne, the noted conjurer e E0gyptian Hall, London' has Inve Jlan apparatus to check the far ken by the London omnibuses. Bea g in mind that a separate fare arged for each sectioi of the distana accomplish this was no easy matte aturally, it is rather a complitatA 0air; It is automatic and works 1 ck-work, eaoh person receiving )ket marked for his particular dl ace and the fare. A self-registAr %de by the movement of person.e: ring and leaving, by their weight < e steps acting as a lever. Bud-variation Is fully recognized nov d new varieties are produced as we from seed. Botanists, howeve utinue to record examples, the late which Is by Fritz Miller, who, wr ig from Brazil, says that a banan hich for years produced reddishtrul e season sent up a stem which bo lilow fruit; and he aske, whether a e varieties of bananas may not hai iginated in tii way? This is tt neral belief, as they do not perfe Bds. All the vai lettes of sweet pot es in America bre pro:luced by bu ,riation-the plant not flowering ui r culture. Sivedish meteorologists have fu rni Is uterial for unlimited speculation I eparing a catalogue of the aurg. en during the space of more thl ree centuries-that is, from 1536 77. The record shows that in 0 riod from 1722 to 1799 auroras we ser red on 4,245 nights. I06 The exitnsive studles of Dr. DecalsT ve proven to hiin conclusively th imoderate smoking of tobacco pr ices il certain subjeots-especially imaii and children-an irregular a )n of the heart, which quickly d!sa ars when the cause isremoved. Dr Wlayne proposes the introductic an automatic switch in a telephoi cult, so that anyone in connectic ith a telephone exchange may cor unicate with any other person sim rly conneted, without the interve n of all assistant at the centr Ace. The habit of fish to return to the sau ic In a river to.spawn is well know is asserted totat on going up tht ep the left hand of the bank, au at on their return they take the o site side. It is thought that f1she en might take advantage of th At. Guard Against Disease. If you find yourself getting bilious, he >avy, mouth~ foul, eyes yellow, Kidney. d dored, symptom. of piles torment,ing yc ke at once a few doses of Elidney-Wo: se it as an advance guar1-don't wait to f wa sick.-LADEtn. A Valuable Glit Free. A. book on the Liver, its diseases and th< tatment sent free. Including treatises up ver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundi< ijousness, Hiea.laohe, Const'p ation. Dyspt ,. Malaria. ate. Address Dr. Sanford I eadway, New York city, N. Y. r a a Indiscretions of youthnfervom then that wit aura you, Faa E r W I1R1X Te SEPH1 J. INMAN, station D, New York Uity, The Voltate Belt (Jo., afarshall, MEeh. Will mend .their celebra'ed Electro Volti tits Li the afflicted upon 80 day's tri eedy cures guaranteed They mean wi *y say. Write to them without delay. VEGETINE urifles the Blood, Renovates ai Invigorates the whole System, ITS MEDICINA L PROPERTIEs ARE Literative, Tonic, Solves and Diuretic. Vogetin laI made exclusivelv from the Jutl carefulty-selected barks, roots and herbs, a Btrongly conCentrated that it. wii offectua adicat e from the system every feint Of Ser aia, Serfulous H taer, Tumnore, ta mmr. Cancerous Mlano r, Erysipelu all Ilseus. Sy*aphiltlIDlsegasee, Ce er, FaIutniess at the Stomnach. and sen-es that arise from impure blood. St Il en, Em n itaunmator.y and ClaronIe Risae unltem. Neneassigla, Gont and Spin uEnjmalssgu can Only be effectugaiy gux Fr UJlcesand Ers'ssptive DIseases of t kiss, Pstules, 5'Isnples, Blootihi oils, Tetter, Sraidhead anti Rini ormn, VEGEi'NE has never' failed to Offec rmanent cure. For Pailns in the Back, Kidney Complain ropay, Feomatn weakness, i.eucorrhieaa ari unrinternal ulceration, and uterine 'diseat id General DeOllit,y, VEG TUWiNE act,s direct ion the causes of these complaints. It invis1 L.es and Strengthenas 'the whole system, sc mon the a cretivo or ans, allays inflammatic res ulceration and regu aLes t,hu bowels. For C'at arrh, Dys popsia, lIabittal Costivenei tipitation of~ t,he lieutr t, llae, FIes, Nei sne and General i'rostration of the Nerve satem, no teedicino bas ever given such n ct sutisfaction as the VEGETI'NE. It, put If a blood, cleansce alt or the organs, puda pt sesa cointsiling power over the nervo r'ho remarkable citres ofeted by Yoget ye in'tluced many phyai -lans anda apothe swomr we kan o y, toprescribe and use it na fact. Yegotine Is the best remcedy yet d vered for thie abo diseases, and is the on tiable BLOOD P'URIFIER yet placed boct e put>lle. Vege tinue 18 THII E ST 3PRING MEDICINEf egetin is Sold by all Druggist sN NSYiaV A N IA M Il,IT AnY AUA DE31Y. Ch . HISTORYomniWORLE mbrareie fuli ad auteni acoutntsf ev in or anrirt n, ter inove and sein i centa e 07a fie hus 'riaese r ngs, and N~f fa,tsnnio (JO., P'htlndeiria, 3 JA YEA R and erpenses to agos I f te Outn. vtreev Addr,ess PER ~ A E! KIDNEY DI AS LIVER COMPLA ITSt Constipation and Ple. I a r S. 0 e 'sn r v...r. -da IT HAS WONDERFUL POWERS. - ooet AAts eaeLhTu3, the 30W3LS ma4 the z3T at the "lsaus,. 111mmuse Ot cleanses he stem of leono umore hat eve - ne n rary tleses I S OUSns n ,mniot ongtipa,ion, PTorin m mt ourtilsia ae dIsordere Onepuekage willmakemix 4ts of medloine. "d'T -V3.V 2W1TO3VW & 1 a i, at tbe DrafsIsts. Peee, *I.*. WL8, S I ARDON I Co., Pd*"i, a- 2 (Will send poest paid.) Uerl&t*j VL. 18 Is 00ISTETTE~ CELEBRATED st 1 re ot n - s STOMiACIR .IfiRS FortM* the Hys'ena jLnd yo"aroarae-enains disease Tleollnest tonip for this purpSo is sI8atoters Stomach 3iters, which Le rendern digestion easy and complete, counteracts blioune.and Item the bIIl In- order, and so rtt genial and beneficenare its offecti, that nol onll is D- the body I nvlerakod and regulated by its use, ut de;pondqnry b-iniFtled Ifronm tim vninI. n For sale by all Druggist. and IJoalers generally. THE FARMERS' FOWL, PLYMOUTH ROCKS, o High claes and pure br d Vgs, 81.2 per 13. or 62.00 10 por2. S .ipt. 1st. DogniIrltive Circulars and price free.N.J. SHtAIg,oho 1 Bieniltivile, Monroe Co., Ohio. RT OF FLIlTING. Essa .0 centsposlpaid. I- Addic-bELBElt-ELCICY,63E.9tht.,N.Y. UNITED STATES Patent Brokers' and Inventors' ASSOCIA.TION. y Patent Rights s lift at pr'va'o Sale and by Publia Auction. Patents obtained and Searche, made on tha Lowest Torus. Cerr.-piandence solioltod. 01S oulars sent on applicati In. WM. VII& W1M IAW, Manages*, 689 Arcs 81.*eet, PHEIL DELAE*IA. CQ 9 directions to make 0013gP . IIt.IIEwihfl Oteqis l t1IX o sA r 42 to 66. tor on-thir4 thnaunny), antl Itocuipes for 30 kinds of Ink, nrl colors,, 30 a.nts. by r.eturna sail. Address adU. 110 EDSOEC, P. M., Aivarado, Texaq. S PERA CL.ASSES, Rt icroscopes. Theromnoters, Eye Glasses, otBpsctacles, Baromotlors, at Greatly Redteceed Preces. R. & J. BEOK, Manufacturing Opticians, Philadelphia. 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PETTEl Si mii A dvertisin a 37 PARK ROWY, Newv York, & es If Estimates for one or more ini in any uumber of' papers, furnis 'V r takesic attLer of th so texlr flavor and a. andl otlors is constantl at,thec corrc temnperature in saves tir fo ha ho ba~p. r cI busawLl arra ulear to ~ Oarno as This powdeO' d s On-ense5 S s making. Ja -. bestJune pa quality at le half. Prove value S to 6 e ingredients. eenta worth ry market valu a of ImItatIon - - narh of da e. BUTTERME s by eroeen a b. our book*"I tO f0r it. Onta - - $3I.0 Grei For Sunday-Schoolsl For Termperance I -ra; awl rsW ROO S Temperance Jewels, br-.*,no folffmiaff.bas every quallar; tJ11h a~ik? ad erags 'emp-ronce Songy Cto 0.9A music in04ollout lAstpo are furde tptOUXK blit. 117 to are cear ly unro onge. IPeemen copis ma led ior 36 cta. d.z per domen. (The odor Pad larer book, Moive ?e . rance Glee Illok. (40 cle.) rttalue its groat p. p. utar4ty. 1. White R be* . 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Can yen snake a better inrestumtt Rewire m. Genuine sold only In boxos with trade. Irymald, together With Words "Quir-BDGB Lxa" printed on each package. Powder 5ol4 ad Geaeral Store.keepera. Ask yOur dealer for [lnte to B3utter-Ma(kere," or send stamp to us 11isise,)X l., at 26 cents; Large asz 9ia,, bt saving by buying the larger ese, * B UTM gMPROVIUET 004 Progra,