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Anoleat 4ardene. On the sculpj ured and painted walls of tombs we get pictures of the gai dens of Egypt and Nile. A very convention. al garden, as might have been expected In a country where all the laws of orn ament were dictated by the priesthood. r9ot round about with rank and file of date and paln and sycamore, the tanks of water that kept them green bordered with vases in which grew tufts of pa pyrus, with a little door opening into the vineyard in the centre, and a canal on one side of the quadran gle-tuese were the gardens presided over by the garder deity Khem, who was first cous in to Greek Pan. They liked flowers, those old Egyptians; they took tribute of rare plants from conquered nations ; spent as much money on the floral dec orations of a banquet as does Delmoni co, and it was they who first made arti tlcial flowers called "A|CgyptIae. Thie gardens of Assyria and Babylon were architectural in their character. When Queen Amytis, homesick for her native hills, declared to Nebuchadnezzer that Babylon was a stale, flat and unprofit able place, he made her hanging ga' dens, whose terraces, three hundred feet high, overtopped the city walls. Down by the Euphrates were the gar dens where the Israelites sat down and wept, but here, high in the air, were fountains and muiel and seats and ban queting ialls. P'cople did not merely make gardens, they built them. Twenty-one hundred years before Christ, Queen Semiramis built a gar den at yie foot of Tecb, Bagistan, twelve furlongs in compass, with a great fountain in the centre of it-a garden so famous that Alexander thought it worth while to go out of his way to see it. And when the Greek general Lysander complimented Cyrus on the beauty of his landscape garden ing at Sardis, Cyrus replied: "It was I let me say, Lysander, who measured the ground and arranged all myself and these trees were planted with my own hand." Gardens have been formal, conven tional, architectural, geometrical or natural as the taste of the time and of the people dictated. 'liny had his tragic and his comic Villa. We have a detailed description of one of his gar dens; the rows and borders of box cut into grotesque shapes of animals; shrubs clipped short; trees tortureu into slavish forms; tiowers planted In letters forming the name of the master or the workman; little obelisks at reg ular intervals; statues rigid as Roman soldiers, and In the midst of all that formal greenery, a little room where Pliny used to lie and imagine hinisell iII the woods. The Greeks had their sacred groves, with "dense flocks of winged nightingales," but their gar lens proper were small, and the cu ture of flowers was mostly limited to roses, violets, n1 Iris and such blossoms as were' for chaplets. 'They had the olive and the plane trees, the latter held in such high esteem that they were sometimes watered with wIne. 'The Pompel~olanl gardens wore In the center of the court ; fragrance and bloom shut into tihe heart of the house. 'lie J1ewish gardens In Pales tine were ini the suburbs of the town; they had a watch-towecr and a keeper to guard them from robbers and diogs; they were apt to he (quadrangular ini shape)0;' in some such garden as thia~ Solomon wval ked, and studiled trees, I rom the native pomegranate to the Imported ceudar, and delighted hlIisl I with "orehmardhs of p~olmegrnates and pleasant fruits ; camphire wvith spike nard, sairron, calanmus and ,cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and~ Cloves. wvith all the chief spices." in Jerusalema the rose gardens alone were allowed in tihe city, but they ex ten~ded leyonid IL to Mount Olivet, andl to-day eight old1 olive trees identif'y, uncertainly. time displuted site of the garen of Getimsemane. 'The glardens of balsams and palhni groves that Au tony gave to Cleopatra were atdcrichio, andl~ in tihe 40,000 rose gardiers of' I.lam ascus was dlistihlled attar of roses enough to sweeten thie Orient. 'The gardens of the ancients were not, ocicupied cxciii sively by iioweors. Th'le 1Enperor TPiberius contrived with plaites of tale, instead o1 glass, to have cucumbers all tue year round, and every Greek and Rioman and Poimpeiian garden had its row of '"vegetals." With the fall of Rome the gardens wVent to decay, and~t gardening bid fair to be a lost art uil~ the monks, with whomn the esthetic has nmoire thain once fenid a refuge, re storedl the old and~ pleasanit liaces, and kept the gardiens until they bloo nied out in the elaborate architeettiiral glories of' the 01(1 Italian yvilas. The Antiquity of the Npoon,. The use of our conmmon t-able utensil, time spoon, is widespread, andl its in ven thou, as it appears, dates from remote antiquIty. 'The form thiat we use at time present (lay-a small oval bowl provided wIih a shaniik andi ilattenied. hi ande-is not thamt which has been unmi versally adopted. If we examine luto the manners and customs of somne of the people0 less civilize:l than we-the Kabyles, for example---we shall fInd that they use a round wooden spoon. 'rhe Romans also used a round spoon, which was mnade of copper. We might be led, from the latter fact, to tutor that the primitive form of tis uttensil was round(, and that the oval shape was a comparatively modern invention. But such is not the case, for M. Chian tre, in making seine excavations on tihe borders of Lake Paladru, thme waters of which hadl beeni partially drawnm off, louid, ini good state of preservation, wooden spoons which inl shape were necarly like those in use at the present day--the only diflferenmce being in the form of tile handle, which was no widher than the shank. 'Thie lactistrine station where these were found dhates back to the ninth century, and we therefore have evidence that oval -spoons were already in use dlurinig the Carlovingian epoch, and learvned me n tell us5 tha~t spoonis of a primitive kind have been found among the fossils or thme reindeer age. AGRICULTURE. How 'ro FED CoAnS FODENH. Every farmer has more or less of coarse lodder, such as straw, corn stalks, mea dow hay, and the like which he is sometimes pussled to know how to dispose of to advantage. If fed to cows they soon shrink in milk, and fall out of condition and it seems hardly profit able to dispose of it in that way. It fed to young stock, they will just make out to live, and possibly hold their own but usually they tall off in flesh and It seems doubtful economy to feed them in this way. If led to sheep they scarcely make out to exist under such treatment, some perhaps dying, and others falling out of condition to such an extent as to greatly, for the season, injure their usefulness and profitable ness. In fact, if fed to any kind of farm stock, there are deolded'disadvan tages attending the practice, and the question how to best dispose of the coarse fodder on the farm, is quite fre quently an ever reouring perplexity to the farmer. There are ways, however we think, in which the coarse fodder of the farm may be economically and judiotously disposed of. The chemical analysis of straw, corn fodder, meadow hay and such articles, show that to a certain extent they are incomple'e foods, or in other words do not contalia L suillcient amount or In the right pro portion, of all the elements of food re quired for the proper nourishment of animals. The strsw and the corn fodder have had tie grain romoved,and are left in an incomplete condition for food, and when led should have the defilciercy supplied. Tihis can be doHe to the best advantage by adding cotton seed meal to the straw and stalks, in this way supplying the defcliency in nitrogenous and latty elements. The cotton 1oed meal is very rich In nitrogenous and fatty elements, and offers the most economical means of making the straw, corn stalk and meadjw hay equal in feeding value to the best of hay. If only half a pint to a pint of the meal is led daily to young stock, a decided imi provemenit will be noticeable. At first t would probably have to be mixed with bran or corn meal to Induce the animals to eat It, but they will soon relish It. Some larners may think that, they cannot afford to buv cotton seed meaL to feed with their coarse fod der, but if they will try it one season, they will be likely to conclude that they cannot afford to get along without buying it. The gain on the stock will amply pay the ce's, and the increased valute of tie dressing will repay it again. The fertilizing elements c1 cotton seed meal are worth the full market price of tiMe omeal, which alfords the cheapest fortilizer in the market. So that really, the man who buys It has Its full value in the dressIng made, and gets the in crease on the stock as clear gain. TnY FARM ilouss BoAnin.-Next to the want o( rest aid sleep as a cause of the frail bodies to be seen in rural districts coMies a want Of food. When company comes to a- farm house, Lihe Lablo presents a glorious appearance. Chickens and preserves and pickles and nice bread and innumerab e good things crown the boaird, but, let Me guests yo away, and it is amazing how qIickly Ohose thiutigs dlissppear I They are all transient. The lambs and p)iga and chickens need have no fear of harm from the regular amnily. It only is when coipany comes that any chit ken need tear for his lile, or that any nend hope for cake or pudding. The 99 meals are poorly devised and executed, gulped down, and upon a basis i salt meat and fried potatoes the humnan in - une goes forith to work. What is waiiting as the daily table is something made up out of time stimulus of tobacco and whisky. What is needed on the farm next to plenity of sleep Is plenty of food on the table at all three of its spreads. Fruit, breadt anid milk should be led out extravagantly, and iresti meat too, as etten as poussible. Th'ie table andi the pillow will mm ke happy young farmers. Meni cannot worK with proim more tihan 10 hours a day. All eil'orts to do more wvill re'sult mn loss. And witihoumt pleimty of sleep and food iai caninot perforati well lisa 10 hours om ser vice. Under time influence of f ood anid sleep, anid thme 10 hour law, our skeleton liko boys and girls whose lives are in dihe harm would put on Ileshi and tile bloom of flesh, and would have somie lianit in their eyes and some hap. p~iness in their hearts. .ilow iro Ozi. A Xa~s.-The ellit lency of lar lies, scroll-saws, sewing mamchmines, aiid evenm watches, often (depjenis upon the judgemeont and care used in select ig a lubricator, and this choice is Ire quenitly ill made. Commnon kerosenie oil I is o olten inijudileiovsy uised in place of a thicker Or more bland oil, be cause tihe heat produced by ictioni rap~idly vaporizes the oil and leaves trae journal dry. Crude petroleum for the saine reason is only fitted for very slowly revolving journals, such as water wvheels. I~or very heav3 ma coinmery or~ ior gearing, tallow and buack lead rubbed up together ls the best, leibricaini, and is also the best for wagon and carriage axles during time hot weatthier. leor light, runninig mat chinery sperm oil is the best; good olive oil that has not become ramioi and a sid is peirhaps the second best, and for winter use lard oil is excellenit, uut us ratiner toe drying to be a irst-class lu bricanit. Castor oli Is better for axles in the witer, amid black lea'. wvith it Is it help at, any time. T1'ii butter giobules inm milk from farrow cows amid cows necarly (dry are smailer thani from cows ini lush of milk, and in order to obtaiu all the butter, lhe cream freom the formner should be ehmirnied toetl.or, andi~ the same of new milk cows. SUuni aiid sniui' mixed together is anmottier remedy icr tihe sqluash bugs and othier omit of dooer insects. Wh y not let, is have a cheap suut iirom to baeco stemis on p~urpose for bugs. .Iilh So. lin 1836 (.ol. Forbes, Sam Iloustoii's Commissairy General at the battle, of San Jacinto, was in a room in thme "Old Stone Fort." whomi Colonel Davy Crockett, omn his~ way to the Alamo, called to take tihe oath of allegiance. F'orbes was Commissioner, Alcalde, and rt cruitinig ohicer, and~ to him ap p~earedl Crockett, coonskini cap andl all, lie stood up, holding In his left hand "BIetsey," lis gnm, hIs right hiand '4alsed to heaven. When Forbes, read lng time oath, caine to where it said, ''1 will sulport any government that amay be framed by time people." etc., Crock ett indignasntly objecoted, and taking the blank oath Imuserted ''republican'' after "any,", to make it read and mean that lie woiuld support "any republican gov erniment" that might, he formed here after by the Texans, but none other. lie then picked tip "Betaey" amid went andI died with Tlrayis and Bowle at Alamo. DOMESTIC. SECA50onI FOO.-eay people have the idea that a Ainely-flavored dish must cost a great deal; this is a mis take; If you have untainted meat, or sound vegetables, or even Indian meal, to begin with, you can make it deli cious with proper seasoning. One rea son why French cooking is much nicer than any other is that 'it 'is seasoned with so great a variety of herbs and spices; these cot very little; if you would buy a few cents' worth at a time you would soon have a good assort. ment. The best kinds are sage, thyme, sweet usarjoram, tarragon, mint, sweet basil, parsley, bay-leaves, cloves, mace, celery-seed and onions. If you will plant the seed of any of these seven first mentioned in little boxes on your window-sill, or in a sunny spot in the yard, you can generally raise all you need. Gather and dry them as follows: Parsley and tarragon should be dried in June and July. Just before flower ing; mintin June and July; thyme, marjoram and savory In July and August; basil and sage in August and September ; all herbs should be gath ered in the sunshine and dried by arti ficial heat; their flavor Is beit preserv ed by keeping them in air-tight tin cans or in tightly corked glass bottles. Al31)0t Youtig Again. My mother was sallated a long time with Neuralgia and a dull, heavy inac tive condition of the whole systein ; headache, nervous prostration, and was almost helpless. No physicians or medicines did her any good. Three months ago she beganl to use Hop Bit ters, with such goud "lfect that she seems and feels young again, although over 70 years old. We think there is no other imedicine fit to use In the fam Ily."-A lany In Providence, It. I Journal. DisH Es should always be rinsed In clear, hot water after having been washed in soapsuds. Nothing is more unpleasant at the table than to notice a certain stickiness that tie soap is likely to leave. It is necessary also from a sanitary point of view; the caustic alkall is corrosive and un whole some, and the grease i8 often Impure. It is A simple tuatter to make hard soap which Is not only agre able to use but which has the great merit of cleanil ness. To seven pounds of tallow use three pounds of rosin. two pounds of potash and six gallons of water; boll for three hours. or better still for five; turn from the kettle into a washtub; let it stand all night. la the morning cut into bars and lay them on a table or board in the sun to harden for two or three day s. 'ihi quantiLty Wvili last a family of four peroons a year if used for ordinary household purposes. RMAEDY FOR iRUNKENNNss.-We give tihe iveruvian bark remevy which is aid to kill the disease and the inclination to drink at oine and the same time. If any of our readers try It or know of it being tried will they please report re suilts? Take one pound of the best, fresh, quill red Peruvian bark, powder It, and soak it in one pint of diluted alcohol. Afterward strain and evap orate it down to half a pint. Dose-a teaspoonful every three hours the first and second day; the tongue to be moistened occasionally between the doses. If the patient has a headache in consequence of taking the iedicine, reduce the dose. The third day take a teaspobful every three hours. After ward reduce the dose to fifteen drops, then to ten, then to five. To make a cure, it takes from five to fif ten days, and In extreme eases thir ty dayvs. Seven days are about an avorage in which a cure can be eofreted. Tro CREAM POTATOES. - Hecat one tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan, add one teaspoonf ul 01 flour, cook un - til smooth, but not brown, then add gradually one large cup of cold milk, stirrIng all the time until It boils up; put in the p~otatoes, which should be cut up) fine and salted and peppered; let them cook about three minutes in tile sauce, Just enough to heat them. COSMETIC GLovs.-( F'or night wear) : Yolk of' t wo fresh eggs, t wo tablespoon fuls: oil of almonds, two tablespoon fiuls; tincture benzoin, one dessert sp~oonful rosewater, one tablespoonful. Bea t well together. Keep tightly corkt d. Paint the insitde of the gloves every night, and do not wear the same pair longer than two weeks. Use kid or dog-skin gloves, if you cannot get In dia rubber gloves, which are tile best. lDoDuINs' Ejectric soap, (made by Cragin & (Co. Philadelphia, Pa.) being perfectly pure, requires less than comn mnon soap. Hlence its economy is sppa rent. Ask your grocer to get it. TnOv RoLILa.-One pint of milk, one half cup of butter, 0one-quarter cake of coin pressed yeast, two quarts of dlour. Jieat the milk andl butter unitil the but ter is melted;i add the yeast, pour the mixture in the middle of the flour, stir a little. If mixed at 9 a. nm., mould at 1 p. mn., without addling any more flour. Four hlours latter, or One before bak ing, mold into rolls. Bake twenty min11 utes. A soLUTION 0f one anid one-quarter of. a pound of white 803ap anid Lihiee eig~htlhs of an ounce of spirits of am monIa, dissolved in twelve gallons of soft water, will impart a beautiful andl lasting whltienss to any flannels dip ped in it, no matter how yellow they have bee.i previous to their itnmersion. A fter being well stirred round f or a short time, the articles should be taken out and well washed in clean cold water. iscr-MAX 1N.-if when making biscuit, the saleratus is sifted with the flour instead of dissolving it in water, the biscuit will be lighter and better. I use a nmoderately-hmeaped teaspoonful of' saleratus to two cups of sour milk or buttermilk. I prefer buttermilk, but the biscuit must be mixed as soft as poessible. SPONGE CAK.-heat hour eggs, two otups sugar, twVo cu1ps hlOur (with two heapIng teaspoonfuls bakIng powdler sifted in) all together thoroughly ; then add1( a little lemon andI two~-thirds cup of boiling water. Boat well and bake, and you will have as fine a cake as was ever eaten. WHEIN water hasu On1ce been made to boil, the fire may be very mutch les sened, as butt little heat is rcquired to keep it at a boiling point. 'inere is no adivatntago wvhatever in making water boil furiously; the heat will escape in) steami, without raising the heat of the water. COrLD-wATER CAKE.-Or.e teacupful of sugar, piece of butter the size 01 an egg, one-half teaspooniful of cream of tartar in a coffee-cuplul of sifted flour, one-fourth teaspooniful of soda in one half teacupful water, whites of two eggs, beaten to stiff froth, and put in last; flavor to taste. A Dvrmci to travelers: Buy a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup-the only thing tn ston a ii sek. WIT "ND HUMOR. "WILLIAM, do you know why you are like a donkey?"' "Like adonkey ?" echoed William, opening his eyes wide, "no, I don't." "Do you give it u ?t "1 do." "Because your better half as stubbornness itself." "That's not bad, Ha I ha I 1ia give that to my wife -when I get home." "My dear," he asked as he sat down to supper, "do you know why I am like a donkey ?" He waited a moment, expecting his wife to give it up. But she didn't. She looked at him somewhat commiseratingly, as she an swered, "I suppose because you were born so." Tux discovery Of CA RIOLINE a deodor ized extract of petroleum, has perfected an Improvement which will be hailed with delight by thousands. The dense oily properties of the petroleum have been eliminated by a novel process while its tonic, curative, vivifying and reproductive elements and all retained in increased activity. Besides being the only real cure for baldness and scalp diseases, as now improved and entirely deodorlzqd it is the most deli cate and delightful tonic hair dressing ever known. It will not stain a lady's hat. This highly concentrated extract of petroleum contains no minerals or other artificial coloring matter. It restores the hair by Imparting new life and vigor to the roots. THERE is a story that the Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Sutherland were once travelling together by rail when a commercial traveller entered the carriage. The new comer took his share in general conversation till one of the peers got out at a station. Tie commercial traveller then - asked his companion it he knew who the 'party' was, and enlightened exclaimed, 'Dear me I was that really the Duke of ? Just think of his talking in that there affable way to a couple of little cads like you and me !" A BAD looking man went into a Bur lington drug store. "Can you give me," lie asked, "something that will drive from my mind the thoughts of sorrow and bitter recollections ?" And the druggist nodded and put him up a little dose of quinine, andI wormwood, and rhubarb, and epsom salts, and a dish of castor oil, and gave it to him, and for six months the man couldn't think of anything in the world except new schemes for gett!ng the taste out of his mouth. THREE Irishmen, who dug a ditch for $4, were quite at a loss to know how to divide the pay "equally." But one of the number had gone to school, and reached division in the arithmetic, so it was left to him. lie did it at once, saying: "It's asy enough. Sure, there's two for you two, and there's two for me, too." The two received thair portion with a greatly increased respect for the advantage which learn ing gives to a man. A SACRAMENTO gari Was guilty of a mean trick the other day, the relation of which will cause the blood of every mother in the land to cut Ile with hor ror. She eloped with her objection able lover the same (lay her mother was enamelea, andi as the latter was coin pelied to remain shut up three days or else crack all over, the couple man aged to getaway without pursult. JACK INcE had just titted up his sa loon at Arkana, Texas, with a fine black walnit bar. Tom Daly, a de sperado, took a drink at the new coun ter and began to carve his initials with a bowie knife on its polished surface. Ince protestedl without avail, and then commiandIed D~aly to stop). "L'm going to cut this bar or you, and I don't care which," was the retort. "You won't do either," said Ince, and shot the man dead. V~toRTfNE.-TheII great success of the Vegetine as a cleanser and purifler o2 the blood is shown beyond a doubt by the great numabers who have taken it and receivedl Immediate relief, with such remarkable cures. "Bun, did you ever think," said a grocer recently, as he measured out a half-peck of potatoes, "thatthese pota toes contain sugar, water, and starch ?" -"Nos, I didn't," replied the boy, "but I heard mother say you put peas and beans in your coffee, and about a pint of water in every quart of milk you sold." The subject of natural philosphy was dropped right there. THERE had been a very heavy thun der storm, and the parched earth and wilted vegetation drank in the refresh ing showers. "I should think the plants would whisper to each other how delicious it was," lie exclaimedl enthusiastically. "Yes," she said, "all but the onions; they wouldn't be likely to whisper with such a breath." AN Englishman at a hotel in New York asked the clerk If there were "oysters in the hotel."-"Oh yes, was the answer;i step right in the restaur ant: we don't keep them in the ofilce." --"Egad I" said Mr. John Bull, "I think you misunderstand me, you know I mean a 'iyster, don't you know, a 'lift'-a 'hielevator' may be you call it in this country." A FARMER in New York State pro tects his hen roosts ,from hawks and thieves i.y a dozen guinea hens. Th'ie hen roosts will be safe until a deal hawk or a thief without hearing pros pects among them. No hawk or thief wouldi go within a mile of a guinea heni's voice, except upon compulsIon. A SOUTH WESTERN editor, speaking of a Jsrge and fat contemporary, remark ed that if all flesh was grass, lie must be a load of hay. "I expect. I am," saidl the fat man, "from the way the dlonkeys are nibbling at me." AN abandoned wretch who was warnedi by a temperance friend to "look not upon the wine when it is red within the cup," replied, "I never touch red wvine, wvhiskey agrees better with my constitution.'' "WH AT is the dtifference between me andl St. Paul ?" asked onae man of an other. "St. Paul was all things to all men, and you are nothing to nobody," was the repiy. That wasn't the right answer. A nmI.iaolss trael,, called "Put Not Your Tirust in Princes," was throwvn into the saloon of a simple 0old German. lie read the title, and solloquized: "Veil, I don'd put some drust in Birn ces. Dey must pay decr cash in dis shop chust d~er same as a vito mans." A NEW song is called "Oh, Sea Gull, Take Mly Love a Kiss.'' We don't sup pose there are man y young men the girls like to see guilled that way. Oia ArrBNTioN AT OWeS to anything sympto m tic of ch.lera biorbus, Diarrumw.,, or any Bowel Couwpl..int. by using promptly Dr. Jayne's Carmninative balsam, and .,ou will avOid muchi suffering anda no lttle danger. The reputation of thts medeine his been established by it, mert a.nd i oinw every where recogaized as a ?REWmERB, Ohoemakers Tailors, an all who lead sedentary lives, will fin relief and cure for Constipation, Dys pep1la and Headache by taking thi aimple, harinless vegetable comnpound The effect of Simmons' Liver Regulato on the stomach, liver and kidneys I rompt and effectual. Taken in doses o alf a tablespoontul after each meal, I will establish a regular habit of body free alike from constipation or laxity will not interfere with business, an the languor, depression and nervou debility, which are inevitable result, of indigestion, biliousness, and an Ir regular habit of body will cease. "EDITORItA.-We have tested It virtues, poisonally, and know that to Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Throbbinj HIeadache, it Is the best medicine th world ever saw. We have tried fort other remedies before Simmons' Live Regulator, but .none of them gave u mnore than temporary relief, but th Regulator not only relieved but cure us. *EDITOR, Telegraph and Messenger, Macon, Ga." Metals in the Body.-jThe human bod 1 which seems made up of flesh an blood, really contains several metall and gases and other substances whic1 perform Important offices in the worl of science. Nitrogen and carbon an hydrogen are uis chiet constituents but it holds, besides, about two pound of phosphorus which is essential to th health of the bones and th6 vigor of th brain. This phosphorus, if extractei and put to use, would make up abou four thousand packages of frictloi matches. Besides phosphorus, it con tains a few ounces of sodium, and hal ounce of potassium, which school-boy know as a curious metal that burn brilliantly on the surface of water, o when touched by an Icicle. The quan tity of such in the body would be sufil clent for many experiments In a larg school. In addition to sodium an potassium, there are few grains of maig nesium, enough to make the "silve rain" for a family's stock of rockets o. a Fourth of July evening, or to create; brilliant light visible twenty tulle away. Who knows but some reckles chemist may undertake to drive a pro fitable buisiness by extracting thes materials from dead bodies? Almost Young Again. My mother was uillted a long tim( with Neuralgia and a dull, heavy Inac tive condition of the whole system headache, nervous prostration, and wai almost helpless. No physicians o medicines did her any good. Thret months ago she began to use Hop Bit. ters, with such good effect that shf seems and feels young again, althougi over 70 years old. We think there it no other medicine fit to use in the fan ily."-A laity In Providence, R. I. Journal. Copper Plating on Zinc.-The use o Ovanide baths lor plating on zinc, ha the double disadvantage of being pots onous and expensive. hess, it is stated has overcome the objections by render. Ing the cyanide bath unecessary. Thu he accomplishes by the use of an or. ganic salt of copper, for instance a tar. trate. Dissolve 126 grammes sulphatt of copper (blue vitriol) in 2 litres o0 water; also 227 grammes tartrate of pot. ash and 286 grammes crystallized oar. bonate of soda in 2 litres of water, One mixing the two solutions a lighi bluish-green precipitate of tartrate ci copper is formed. It is thrown on v linen filter, and afterward dissolved it half a litre of caustic soda solution of 16 deg. B., when it is ready for use The coating obtilned from this solutor is very palable, smooth, and coherent with a tine surface, and acquires an.1 desired thickness if left long enough ir the bath. Other metals can also be em plcod for bathing in the form of tar traie4. Instead o1 tartrates, phosphates oxalates, citrates, acesates, and boratea o1 metals can be used, so that it seem possible to dispense entirely with thb use of cyanide baths. Certain experiments made by F~rcech savan, with a view of ascertain lag how tar the phospiate of lime 11 bone may be replaced by other phos phates, have been used by Mr. W. J Cooper to illustrate how profoundi the bodies of anImals are influenced b; the water they dr ink. This is an asi pect of the water question which wil be new to most people; but there Is r. doubt that the composition of the bod; is materially influenced by the miners constituents of the fluids we habituall' drink. French electricians are endeavorin to apply the Hughes printig instru mont to the A tlantic cables, so as to se curo prinated messages by means of the transatlantic electric currents,. anm Monis. Moigno, a well known Parisiai man~of science, announces that printec messages have already been rransmittet through greater resistances than thos< offered by the cables. In freezing, water exerts a pressue of thirty thousand pounds per squard inch. The next transit of Venus occurs ii 1882, but, after that there will not be another for a hundred years. The Greatest in the World. Without a question Buffalo, N. Y. can boast of the largest and most comn p lete private Sanitarium in the world The Invalids' Hotel was founded by Dr R. V. Pierce, who was rep~resentedl hil district as State Senator and in Con gross, and is known throughout, th< U~ni ted States as the originator of Dr Pierce's Family Medines, and has also become widely celebrated in thl treatment of chronic diseases. Thb erection of this mammoth home foi invalids was made necessary by tha large number of afficted who flockec to Buffalo from all parts of the United States to consult Dr. Pierce and the eminent medical gentlemen associated with hini as the faculty of this celebra ted institution. The estabilihment i said to have cost nearly a half milliori of dollars, and- Is furnished with cver3 appliance and facility for the care ol chronic ailments. A corres pondingl3 large branch institution is Jlocated in London, England. T1hae whole con. cern is owned and operated by thet World's Medical Association, of whiclh thecoriginal Dr. Pilerce is P'rcsident his brother, an uncle, and other cmi nent muedical gentlemen taking part in the treatment of cases. In trea tins eases they are not at all confined to Lh( narrow limits of precribling tihe justly celebrated remedios, Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery, Plieasant Pur gative Pellets, or any other set remedies, however goodI, but resort to the whole range of thme Materia Aledca1 as well as to Turkish anid other baths1 Swedish movements and other approv. ed remedies and methods of cure. Listen to This. The unbiased opinions of some of the mose intelligent mnedieal men in tis country and Europe, suppori the astatement that Kidney. Wort is the greatest discovery yet, for curin~ kidney and Ilver troubles, plies and constipa don.-CTCZRN. Vegetine. More to Mo than Gold. WALUoLE, Mass., March 1, 1890. S MR . . 3STXVa; I wish to inform you what Vegetine bas done hfor me. I hav6 been troubled with Brysipelas Humor for more than 80 yearo In my limbs and Sotlier parts of my body, and have bee a great sufferer I sommenced taking Vegetine one year ago last Augusa and can truly say it has done more for rag than any other medicine. I B seem to be perfeetly free from this humor and * can recommend it to ever one. Would not be without this nedicine-'tls more to me than gold-and I feel It will prove a blessing to others as It has to me. 8 Yours, most respectfully, r MRS. DAVID ULARK. 0 J. DENTLEY, M,!D., says: F It has done more good than all mnedi. r eat treatment. a NIWMARKST Ont Feb. 9, 1880. Mr. i. R. mrnVyNs Boston, kia.' e Bir-I have solad duri..g the past year a con I sideruble quantity of your Vvgetine, and I bi. llevo, in all cases it has given sitisfaction. In one case, a delicate young lady of about 17 years was much benefited Its use.- Her pa. rent a informed me that it ad done her more good than all thu medical treatment to which she had previously been subjected. - Yours, respectfully, J. BENTLRY, M. T). Loudly in its Praise. ToRoNTo, Ont., March 8, 180. .R, 8TaVN, Bton.: Dear kiJr-Considerin the short time that Vegetine has been before the publio here it sells well as a blood purifier, and for troubr a e arising from a sluggish or torpid liver. It is a first-class medicine. Our oustomers spOak 0 loudly in its pralap. I J. WRIGHT & CO., Cor. Queen and Elizabeth Streets. Vegetine. FRPARED BY s A. R. ATEVENS, Boston, Mass. r Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. r S r wJ ISETE CELE8RATE0 Though Shaking like anAspenLeaf with the chills and fever, the 'ictim of malarIa may still recover by using thLs celebrat ed ape 01110, which not only breaks up tC I noat aggra vated attacks, but prevents tholt re'currenzce. IL is inilni. ely preferable toquinune, not only be cause it does the business far more thoroughly, but al~o on account 01 its perfe .t wholesome nets and invigorating ction upon ho entire system. For, sate by all Druggists and dealers Sgeneral. - SEUB~ET CORRDE8PONDE.NSE.-TheO in 7 qutin.itivo anud mevdulesomuu outdone.. Invention 3 of genmuin merit. Send sontr address for it. Name tis paper. 8. B. T. GooDRICH, Lock B1x 198. Saleum, N. If. G EOR GE A CH E LIS, - Hla ulways a full hm.c of NURSEiRY STt'i31 on hanid. 8peclaltIes for this Falli Fine (rab Ep. Iei'ge n'e~s It Iur unSd rml ina is SUurrespor fes moll-itutl - a a a..uuse s.,uns to agents OutfitFr.Adrs P. O IKEIRY. Augusta, Me. 1ET RIICI! selling our Ruabber Stamps and Music, ~ a plos fren. Cook a Blissell, Clevoland, 0. ofll IN GOLD Given Away. R.and 8-reni sramp fir particulara. Addro.4s Tli )eU MeKsEcuoMR. Luwi burg, Union tin., Pa. Those a51an5ernaA) asa...uSt as..as.. a, confer a favor upon thme advertiser and the onblisher by stating that they saw the adver Iann. this Innenal fnanmlne the nsie.. If you are a man If you are a ened by tt 0 staiaontrtoiinletovermu . ] .tltnutants and us.e tor bran shet-eanE Hop Bitters. Wasto. use H op U. Iast ore yun salsfering from any in. prhealt or languis ianr a be ofsck ness, rely en Hop Bitters. Whoever y ou are Thousands die an. whenever y ou feel nualiy isro sm somen neds eleansin , ton dee. t aml wfhoutfto ati, avebeepr een c~ Bak Hop Hop~ittere Haveoy s or ainner settso i anm absolute of ahe snach, at r-sia uiver ornre drunkenness. You wll beuse os opium, You wll be tonaco, or If youare sim- soldby drug 'ry edk and NEVERD frsta."on''' 11 tlrmay save your R AI oP nrfrEru ilfe. It has s''G Co., saved hund ohser1.Y dredse a rshont,, eequickly and surely cured by thme use of EIDNEE' having suchan Imanense sale ela anof the ooent andtoe t te dsersorgans, and ugh then humre.Eidey isesesofthirty yeare standing ha Bo. wic hae isassd hevicttms for y U powes. No le us Alohoi Dittere, whc a .. ill~ send pest pafd.) the Worie i l tinsary aim nais ioet es e~ cases have saialy been treatedi. Dr. Pierce's Fn experience, Andi has become justly cleburated for its al WEAKNESSES PECUi Favorito P'rescrlption is a powerfutl liestoranive Ta suirrussed e-ticacy unml wilt it quie-ta naervousa irrita thereby restoriing 't to heaulthaful vigor. The foliowint I resorlptiona hats worketi enares as if lby nmigle, at 1/ rhwea; excesIve flowing; isniet menstruantionl mi tailings of the ternit nesteversionl erecretn he nemion,, and nieeraionu intersmal heat; stervous dle and barrenness, ow sterl ilty, when, not cauasedI bn air see na li (luile il'o,, stt er ela tnt, or he Favorite P'resripiont is sold undtaer a positive suer 's DO LlKMEWIsP-"- li re. E.. F. Morgan of New Ce was a dirasful sulkerern from uterine trottlinles. Hlavil comiplelly dlicouraged and so weak I could withs i mrn ' avorite Preserlpioan' andi ising tihe locali I fedical Adviser.' I Commernced~t to imi prove at ont have hadl no trouble since. I wrote a let ior 1t y fin beena re-store, andi offerlan to sendt the finitpartenli a asamped entselope fo re .I have recti med over my case at the tr atmu~a used, and earn etl sait [ aercie seeoni4 l-tes of thia'1ke, etatitint th in sn frthe *Meical Adviser,' andal le t iterein, andi were tmuth i hetter already." D)r Piee's EViT INVALID LaDT should read " The Peo -~~ip pa ~ are devotell to the considleration of l seOULDSa nIRENarn The Only Medicine That Aet at the Sse Tine on The Uver,thI Bowls ad the idmss. These greatorgans are the pa eans rsodthiesystem. It they w.'k well sea.t" will ae perfect; I I the b coec0ze0 dreadful disessessr o1 ur to ?olow wiu TERRIBLE SUFFERINO. Diliousness, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jaun. dice, Constipation and Piles, or Kid. ney Compialate, Gravel, Diabetes, or Blienmatie Pains and Ackes, are developed because the blood is pots gne with the Isusnors that should have been expelled naturally. KIDNEY-WORT will restre the halt t and these destroyg vile wl s the neglect them and y wil ut to suffer e Thousandeev. Avebeengcred. Iryltitadyou will add one more to te number, rake It and health will oneemore gladden yourheart. KIDNUvT-WOT will qure you. Try a pack age at once and be satisfed. I (a a dry vegetable compound and One Packsgemakessix quarts of Mdlotne. Your Druggiet has It, or weill gQ*. $jr yow. Insisiupon having fit. Eties,*1.*,O WrMIOu IOUAmno a 00., prIetors,m 10 O (will send post paid.) Berl111101146, VC. New 1usic Books. The Anthem Harp. (st.2.) B., Dr. W. 0. PERKINS. (Just out.) A new book intended as a successor for "Per. Kins' Anthem Book," published some yearas sice, and which w.as a decided sucooes1. The now book contatnh musto por.cotly within the reach ot commin choirs, and is des ined to have 't great sale. DITON A 00. also call attention to their tHreo books for Singing Classes; recently pub. lished, alrealy very popular, and worthy of uni vorsal adoptlon: Tne Ternples PE 8'I", * The Voice of Worships (1 00 ) By 1,. 0. EMERSON. JOhoson's Method for Singinx Classes. (60 cents.) By A. N. JOUNSON. The Temple contains an excellent Singing Suso0 0oudeo and a large number of Glees.. Songv, Sacred Tunes and anthemus for praci lee, and for uso Ia classes. L. 0. Emerson's Voltn of Worship has exactly the same end DA view as the othe. but has a dIfferon method. and entirely different muioc. Johnson's Mlethod is for thuo who lah a low-priced book; is admiral'ly simpie and clear, has plenty of m siwc, and has a thorough course in Note Readling. gi"' Any book matled for retail price. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston, J. E. DITMON. & Co.. 1328-Chestenut Street. Philadelphia. RUPTURE RelieTed and curnti withoant the injury trussesin tilct, by Dr.J. A.SIEENMAN'8 system. Ofilce a95 Broaiway,New York. aiiibook,with photoegraa I ken Ibadcases before and after Cure, malles for 10 cesti, F LORIDA MOS..-Six ounces for 10 cents. Mallile r. 11:1ugpatuA en. L. SA LIN'R, Spring Grove, Florida. 1,ONTilS ON TRIAL for 3 lleree-cent stamps Tu PxorLac-s JoaNAl., iagerdtown, d. LLE'.N's Brais Food cures Nervous Debility and Weaknea of Genurntivo Organ, $1-all Sints. Snd for Cirtular to Allens Ph arnaacy. NEW YORK Eelee.Ie Medent colle,. beslon hto I begi.s October lit, conintl tla Mot-.Foos. off). FIeucatalilgu aadire~s HOBT. 11. NEWTON, Ji., t.D 119 X. X-d at., New York. MITATIONS OF ORICEN SlAOKS AND NATIONAL BANK BILLS. it denomination, uighteenl Im all, packed neatly in a case ani-a set by mai, post-paid, on receipt f .2. 'Phy are ifalldli ae fa meanr ,285 E~ast 14th 8t..* New York dit'y. MAKE HENS LAY, An Engliia Yeternary Burgeon and Ohemiest new nd Ittie Powe here are worthlesstrash.H pas that Sheridan's Cjondition Powders are se earth wil mak e ans laa Ike 8heidan's Oundtiea Pewders. Dos, one tessoonntil or einth ef feed staps. 1.5B. JOlireS80 A CO., Banger, Me. SA PON IFIEDR istO AEe abl emetrated Lye for FAMILY tmnai lanr,d URf an TeIe p aniny. ASK FOR HPNpig AND TAKE NO) OTNER. PFUNA ALT ANWFrO 43., PggA3', CAN BlAKE 65 I*ER DAY Selling our new Pieatfornm Family Scale Wa'ighas accurately up to 35 lhe. Ionnds aaopear.caace sellu a price- SR Osh. r faaly Scalas ~~arweiarhrng2lbs cannot:bobo hL Bom for A gent.. Exciuia territar ren. Te:ai ar a a ~ en., r sa ni ont . ied or ELGIN WATCHES to 616.. Oh ine, etc. . seaat 0. 0.D 0., PittsurghQPa BAROMETERS, B Opera Glasses, Thuarmaometera, Rye Olasses, hipectacles, Microscopes em Oreadly Rieduced* Prutes. R~. & J. BECK, Atannfaltnring Opticlans, Phiiladelphaia. Send S siam pefe li11 s ated (Jatloguse of 144 pages, anal _____________________ 177 TEEE IIONANZA FORl BOOIC-AGENT56 IN ellinag our two Spienadidly Illustratod Books Life 0i G EN. H ANCOCK, loins, le.e hisghly endoarased by GJesnercaI Ilancoekg, time jnacty leaelers san t .o pres. Ale,, s~afe of frind, Gin, J. it. BR iIIN (an aalac of wid'dn. let'rrlts els, . stronigly end(oredt. Botha ofmelal imenauy popul a sellng over Ut w eiO akch For best binks nau Isaras aern, ess ick, i[UBB.IRD iho, 72 ..-a'enut itt. Phlladleipaia. I'a. A CONSTIPATION NORT. ne of anoesenjato ad posoen 5 been cure, elsePtes, Consuipatiand emis s have volumes of testimony of t wonde ernvg ar hans than good, or drastie pille, but ne~us e s ar reah ila nor thi-ir .'so aiy omeail ofa merite i'rcerption i lash result or lise exteintag saay nmia rraark adle cures of acli those chronic dils IA R T0 FFMA LES. ,l i tiare Etir stfiee'',fet ia nrvn o Is"tis. dliseaes are aimaong thoe in which the Favorite~ nh a ceaity nesve'r befoare at taliledl, viz:a Leacer. asg*.Ienaa Sesaieni hronate congeton ila. weuaton nierveous sad sick headahe 4sebhltay 11T a h imp mnt to theo ar i efoluvn eatee. For comlittions, see wrapper around bottle. ilo, Taincoln Co., Maine, says i " Five 'ears agc. ae exhausted h,, skill of thsree pishi aleas, I was idieculty cross the room alosae. I began ,taking reatmnist reonendeda~o in yotar Commonoi Bense e. ic three maonths I was perfectly stared, ansi rilyper, herieily mientinsig how smy healthi had mrsh an resa weriling ne for-then and sin a Cal thsem to 'do likewise.' Fo ramanjal Pavorte ire rptsot orso b s e. fes Comn es Medca Adviser"in whtel RT MDItiAL. aSSOCnATiraem nDUWAW, = I '