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sedan, Sedan as a battle field may be said to be already obliterated. The wide re glon over which the struggle raged still remains, but already in these few years have disappeared almost all traces of the tragedy of which it was the theater. The plow has passed over the countless graves whose mounds studded the strangely diversified ter rain from Bazeilles to Fleneux, from Givonne to Fining. The visitor to Sedan can And now no guide to the battle-field. The English resident who tor the first year or two after the battle offered himself in that capacity has abandoned the role for lack of employ ment, and concentrates himself on his original avocation. I have spoken of the visitor to Sedan, but indeed there are no visitors. "They came very thick for a year or two after the bat tIe," so testifies the hotel waiter, "but now we have not once in six months a stranger who desires to sce the field of battle." 6edan itself Is fast altering, so as scarcely to be recognized by one familiar with it during the war time. its fortifications are andergoIng demoli tion, and 8edan is now in name, as In effect it has been ever since the intro duction of rifled artillery, an opon town. Vauban's bastions and curtains are very massive, and their wrought stone faces and comented backings yield reluctantly; but they are gradu ally being effaced, and sedan Is open ing its lungs and stretching itself be yond the trammels that were wont to inelose It. Ditches aro being tilled up, and boulevards are being laid out on their site. As one enters from the rail way station though the suburb) of Torey, formerly enclosed within the line of circumvallation, lie passes stately side streets lined with line new buildings. Where the German soldiers used to fish In the stagnalnt monta for chasse ots, cuirasses and other spolls of war, lid earth has taken the place of water. nd long stretches of black woolen cloths tire now drying on the space where once were raiged, row uponi row, the hundreds of Hleld guns tiat, the vanquished had suriendered to the victors. Tle gate fronm under whose archway the bearer of the flag of truce .eierged froim the distracted city Is gone so completely that the very sit of It is not to be identilied. In the little place inside the bridge over tie Meuse, Turenne, In his coat. of verdi grim, still stands in th'it ucomfortablo attitude on the cannon balls ; but tihe plekaxe of the destroyer is laid at the foundation of the citadel in which the great general . was born. Titere is a new landlord In the hlotel Croix d'Or, a manl Who n 1o1cha1lanitly tells 3ou1 tile the war was before his time here, and he takes no interest it anything con. cerninig it. The streets swarm with French soldiers; but soldIers smart, natty and consequiential, I very dil'er eat case from the broken niserables who wollish with hunger, distracted by horor, mad with coulliting pas sions, thronged its ghabtly thorough fares and littered its bloodstabed open spacet on that other Sepitember daiy wheni Do Wimpien iullenliy pult, his hand to the articles of capliatlin, The Las.t of thel VespucccI. A decided senisation wais created al, Washington. 'durig the Van Iluren Administration, by the appearane there of a hiaindsoie anid well-educated Italian lady, who called herself Amieri ca Vespuicci, an td climied descenlt tromt the navigator wh'lo gave his name to this continent. Ex- President Adams and Daiiiel Webster becanie her es. peelal friemihs, anue she was soon1 ai we. coinie guest in the best society. ini a fewv weeks after her arrival she present ed a petition to Congress askiiug,ilrat to be adniuted to the rights of citlzzca ship, and sccondly, to be given a c0or ncr of land"' out of' the p~ublic domain of the counitry' wllhih bore the name of her ancestor. An ad versc re'porr, w ich'i was sooni niade, is one0 of the curiosi ties of Congressioanal literature, .it eulo gized the petitioner as an'young, digili lied and1( gracotuli lady, with a mimd o1 the hIghest intellectual culture, and a heart beating with all our own enthusi asm in the cause of Amierica and hu muan liberity." Tihe reasonls wily the prayer of the petiotoner cou'ldt not, be granted were given, but she was coin monelded to thle genierosity of' the Aumeri - enn people)1. "The niiame of Amileriea our counitr'y 's name1 -shouli d be honior edi, respected aiid cherished in tile per' son of the mnteresting exile frola whose ancestor we derive tile great and glo riouis $110' A suabscrIptioni was lin... mediately op~ened by Mlr. Hlaigh:, the Sergeantl-ait-Armis of the Senaitc, and Judgeos, Congr'essmieni andiu citizens vied with oneasnot her in their con11t r ikm. Just theni i, was wilispured that Aline. Vespneel had borne an uenvialble re putatilon at, Fiorence anid at, Paris, and h~ad beeni induced by a becunlary con sideration to break olf ain inuthna v withi the Duke of Orleans, L~ouis Phiilihppe's eldest son, andi coic to Washuingtoi. S3oon aftecr ward thielu ke's younlger biro tiler, tie Prince de Johimvill I, ('nme to tis countiry, anid refuised to reet'( :nize her, which virtually excluden hecr from reputable socIety. F"or some1 years subsequently she resided in lux urious seclusion with a weahthby citizen of New York, in the interior' of that, $tate, ani'd af ter his death'she returned to Paris. Teai for snmonas. . Tihe following Is said to be a sure test for dlistinguishinig colorless gems from diamnondis. If a person looks through a transparent stone at aniy sm all object, such as the polut on a needle, or a little hole in a card, and sees two small pohit, or two small holes, the stone is not a diamondi. All white colorless gems, wvithu the except .tkn of tbe diamond, make an object examined appear doublie; In others words, double refraction whenever ex hibited by a stone is conclusive proof that it us not a diamo.nd. TuM. dealer in salt mumst'laave a pre esarious lime of It. Th'Je salt soiler,you know, is always getting overturned. FARM ANl GARDEN. TRAINING OxECN.-The first thing necessary in training oxen, is kindness then patience. I began In November last not knowing whether I could got them taught In time for this season or at all, but I soon found them so tractable-that my hiopes began to be raised. It took .me just a day to learn that it wasn't necessary to strike a, blow or speak a word. The- farmers who go along shouting at their cattle and goading them, waste breath and strength. A dozen yoke of oxen could butaught to draw a load a hundred miles without a word or a blow. It is only necessary that the rarmer should lead, to show the direction, and the t casts if kindly treated and having an alrection for their master, will do the rest. These oxen were trained by un iform kindness. A berlies of tricks in regular order was fixed upon, and I put thein through every day. I was with them nearly all the time and they followed tue like two pet kittens. There was a ring in tile stables where I tuught then day by day. First, with food in my hands, I got them to follow me around in any direction I choose to take. In ils way I got then to go along on their knees to waltz. W hat they knew when I got them had practically to be untaught, as it wias all done by 'gee' and 'haw.) I found tney were quick of sight, and that,havinig taugit tliem o artaln things, I needed alter tLhat to simply get where they could see ile, and to give them a cue by the motion of my body or my whip inl a Iertatin tllreOtlol. Ill this way tihe waltz was taught, and wlien they go around tie ring on their knees I keep ahead of thieti and they lollow 110." CELI,An SITAnl VYon STOOK.-Bitse ment stables Ior cows. liorses anid Other stock are bomh tile very best and the very worht possible, paradoxical 1as it may appear. It' a baseient station is built, Witiout. free veltilattion and1 good drdiaige, noe matter what other preten sions nity be, ito is as bad a1s a Post loiutse, 1o0 annlittals's lit can long be sUS talitlRRi 1i11 I lorial'ly lealthy coiditioi ill ucihll n Ibdtl 01 dlbeatc, But i there is good veitilattioni ind good drainage,no place can be Imlure ornlIor Labe lor stock. All loors to such )1m cUS mitst be elevated 1rom1 the ground to altlow it UlirTeit of air tidiirtlerth icr pi oper vUut1ilationt and to keep dry. Propcr draitie silotiad be laid to carry if te 1iquor to som11 distaitit reservoir. Light sloutild CollIo Ilomt beulind it prtctienlIbi, iever from tile irolit andi tile windows shoeuld be made to slido so its to opeti it stiltry weathlIer. I'he sun is a tile-gi ving tli,atltId all aIluitials ieed its infltiatitucs. Baseeitilir baris buil, a1t above Itii 1118t exceileit-waI'ner "n w intur, cooler in uatituner, atid Coa veiut0t, lin uniy ways. Glotil d 1loors, 40 tltttlil Ittivoent'eii by soeie, are of tite liltitlest, kistti, dto lutientat llike to tile ty'es and every part ot tie body. low -o Usa Ir. Wiley is inilk inuiils tihe Chees tWLit hs beent remulnovel. As cheese is the Iuost, highly niitrogeoious portitil of1 the itilk, it follows that Whey is coilparatively weaik Inl tlese iportant albutit iotts lod elemieits. ltilk being a pereet, food, whey is a liqid lackiag int talrogen to make it copilietto as a food. In lelciing whey I to tIe best aIdvaIntage this loss of niltro geni s1t0tid be ilittlo good-ats far as suuli at loss cai be aiade gooti-by using SomtIe stIb -taltICO rli'Ch inl the elcintetit Lin colaj mictionl lit the n hey. This 111113' be tinseett inel, ontt11iti, wh~eat mit dilligs, or son:1 site t liku slthstianc1e. WV 11e3 1thas sit jpjletilited will be 10o11ad to be ani exceutenat toud for calves or pigs. F'or 3 otang pigs-siheats-sucha a milxtture irdyes vetry excelilint return, tile loud sclttig to fuitish tall the cle llents niecessarty for thie best growth o1 t.he anlitual. Th'ie gret, objection to wh'lay ihas coine lcioni eediang it aictne, azidi espiecial ly when01 its stugar had ctlrtied to acau by ilong staading. WA'ti Tou at linsg l1xvori Fican lNO.--Iorses sihoulhl be wa'iter'ediIl in ~e m~ortling bet!fore thley tare iced. A full drinik taf water uitntaeditely after be inlg I ed is a sitrae way~ of produtcintg in dgIestionl1, iI not, iilaannation. When water is t riuik by horses the bulk of it, goes tirectly3 to thie lartge ltittestines uatul ltttle(it it. Is rietiained in thle stom tach. sollne oltd anid worthless horses, by3 wily 01 t'exp aelnn, wer~e fetd witla inledi au. tel eote ting ki Ill. It waIs peas inito thle inte!stinaes, whera~le 110 dl gesuitiotk plale. EXP'KnIl-INcU tieachaes that stock oaiter. lng 11n10 n inter qaritler's mi good condi titan cani be kept withiout d itllt yt; whtile ana anI lial beginna ing tile wlinterl Iln poor coniitlion, niotwithlstanidinmg an aibiandtianie of' ftetd~caaeftil hlousling and1( the best atitetion, will luimgaribly be in ipotor or'dtr itn the followinag spr'ing; part1 itth3l Ia thIs the case51 wit h laoml 1m10n stock. Fat stock coniSumeis it less tattmut. of footd than poor stock. be iaiuse thera a i ot so01 mu ach reqiairet to keepi uip tile 1anmaal hietat. 'IT) keep seeds froml thc dlepredationts of' 1mile, mi x stame pie~es of' t'tamphor0 witha themaaa. C.amplJia~hoplacted in trunks or' dirawer's t| allrevenlt maice fr'om tdo~ ItFNs AND W(ORs.-[t ig the opinion of texperenceid nurlsery menW thamt, it, is a gre'at beniellt. tn orcardls to) allow laens laong I the tees. Tihety ea.it all thec wormtllS, even to) thte ennkokrworma. ,Sidel Catst(ings.-Steeul calstinag4, ina great v'atlety an1t1 i' sitperor aiata11 ilonl, are lnow1 beling prmoduaedt ll cont. sie aable' q1111antim tes atbroati, I ncluadIng oh t a tam h, rinags of gtear and11( wishdang ploulghsIwheels andau sheaives for'ttt oliet it's,11 min's, et'., solidi di sk railwaviy wagon wheeatles, era ak taxies, brackets, rol etrs, citlucs, aixlt boxtus dydraumlie ey3'haimiers, enginaeerinag mah t'ers, Ce. Castngs' tat this sort, arte foun ld to pots sass a vtery great degree o1' touaghnaess, somae of the1( test laieces being loilttd cul pable of' betaig a tenasle str'ain o tilirt~y tolls l-er i-q uare I lch, witha an lon~gai~t1i of twty- live per eclit. be tore Iraettirea-beinag ti eli stulleda there. foret, ior' tany work lavinmg to wviiittnd sulden strainsi, or wvherae aI hih udtgreett oft ductility3 is rru'(aire.l. 'The hard~ter qi11a111ties stalull a tttie strahin 0of fort.y to llfty teats petr squaure ich, wvith an elongathona vary''ing pr'oportlinately t rolm 11Iiteenl to tharoi per' LCnt.-being appJliable, coltleient., to var'iuus uimes, taccordinag1' as greauter resistane to abrasioti, or' mote or less duacility, is dhesired. Although~ itdlteess is frequieently fatal to plersonas of greiat ueinal 01' phayseal enlergy, somne workmen stalil ilnid their termta oh exIiece very shuort on aecoiatt of time tdeatdly nlatture of thecir employ Imenlt. Th'e averaige life of1 aBhellekid Iork-grludder is only3 21) yeiars, but thant 0of a dry-grinider' of sickles is,38 years. For' every 70,461 tuns of' coal dug uap in 'rtussla thle 1ife Of one mInter Is sacrill ceatl; and in Enig lanud thecre Is one life lost for every 89,419 tolns ralsedh to the Surface. THE HOUSEHOLD. )JOSS OF THU rOTATo.-1n France, rarina Is largely used for culinary pur poses. The famed gravieb, sauces and soups of France are laregely indebted ror their excellence to that source, and its bread and pastry equally so, while a great deal of the so-called cognac, imported into England from France Is the product of theu potato. Through Dut Germany the same uses are com mnon. In Poland, the manufacture of spirits from the potato is a most ex tensive trade. "Stettin brandy," well known In commerce, is largely Im ported into England, and Is sent from thence to many of her foreign posses sions as the product of the grape, and is placed on many a table of England as the same, while the fair ladies of )ur country perfume themselves with 'he spirit of potato, under the designa lou eau do Cologne. But there are >thor uses which this esculeat Is turn ad to abroad. After extr.attling the tarina the pulp Is manufa'tured into 3rnamental articles, such as pictnre rrames, snuff boxes and several de scription of toys, and the water that runs from It in the process of manu lacture is a most valuable scourer. For perfectly cleansing woolens and such like articles, it is the housewife's pan acea, and if the washerwo'man happens to have chilbains she becomes cured by the operation. How TO 11oL AND STmw.-To do elth )r properly, the food nu4t be Immersed Lt the beginning in actually boiling water must be allowed to reach the Jolllng poln again immediately, and .o boll for about live minutes. The ction of the boiling water upon the surface of either meat or vegetables is to harden it slightly, either juices or mineral salts. After the pot contailn ng the food has begun to boil the see ond tins, it should be removed to the side of the fire, and allowed to simmer until the foo.d is done. This slmmer ng, or stewing, extracts all the nutri ;lous qualities of either meat or vege ables; the pot should be kept closely ,overed unless for a ioment wien it is liecessary to raise the cover li order to *emove the scum. The steam will con lense)0 upon thle inside of tihe cover, and 1ail back Into the pot in drops of mols Mur, if the blling is slow. Do not hink that rapid boiling cooks faster Iantia tihe gentle process I rec0mnend. After the pot once bolls you cannot nake its contents cook any faster if ol have lire enough under it to run a teamt engine. 8o save your fet. and idd it to the flire little by little, to keep he pot boilling. Remember if you boll neat hard and fast it, will be tough and asteles, and most of its goodness will o up the chitnnoy, or out of the win low with the steams. STxhAsmum lmisK.-For a family of six >r seven persons take four pounds of )eef, cross rib is best; get a piece of nOt te size of your hand, cut In small )ieces and try out tihe fat; you must save a large ilat-bottomned iron pot; fler the sect is brown, take out the claps and p-It in the moat and two on ots cut up; when the lueat has be omie a dark trown oil one side, turn t over on the other, and let that get he samo ; when oimones antd meat are horoughly brown; pour in a plit of )oiing wator, N% henever the ineat, gets iry add more water, but it iimust al vays be boilIng hot; tiarow in a hand I Il of salt., three bay leaves, and Ita half lozen each 'of whole allspice and whole )epper, cover with a elose-lting cover aid let, it cook for three hsours; w lien Limlost (done thin a tablespoonal 01 Thur with halt' a eupful of wvater ; stir .his in the gravy, taking care not to save any lumsps ini it; when you wish .c serve it, strain the gravy through a dieve Said pour a few spoonfuls over the natn. To clenn lookinsg-glasics, take a iiewspaiper or a part, of 0on0, according C~o theu size of' the glass. Fold it smiali mnd tit it inito a basin cof clean, cold water ; when thoroughly wet rqumecee It out. in your hands as you would a sponsge, and thent rub it hard all over Lihe lnee of' the glass, taking care that it is not so) wet as to run (hewn in streamas. Ini fact, the paper must only be com pletely moistenedi or dampened ill through. At'tler the glass has been well rubbett with wvet p~ap~er, let it rest for' a few minutes, andit then go over It with at fresh (dry naewspaper', foldedh nsmall in yourm hand, till It looks clear and brig.hat, whieh is almsost Iimmediate ly ith~ no fuarther' trouble. This mue Lhodl, simple as it Is, is the best and 5o10 expedhitiotis for cleaning mirrors, ndt it will be f'ound so on trial-giving ucleanness and polish that ean be pr'o uitced by noc other process. 'T.o .ltzNovATra BLACK Goons -Take one.-ift h of' a poundt 01 Ext race of log wvood an]i one ounce of saleratus ; put In a boiler with ten gallons of water, 30old or hot ; atstn over the fire, and whaen boiling hot pu1t ini the gootds, althaer wvet or drsy ; let stand twenty uinutes, mioving abouit occasionally; a'uase ini cold wiater util the goodse trip) clear, andi iron immediately. This wilt be found a mbost excellent r'eclpe for restoring black goods of ansy kind Lhat have become rusty or brown aloth, cash mere, a waterproof, worsted grenadiine, or aniy tmaterlial that will sot cockle in wvetting. Press on the wrong ide. To D~YE PINx.-F~or ever'y three poun ads of amarial taike thr ee andl a hlf qaurts of wailer, two ounces of aoclhineai and hailfI anaca tanc of' cream of' tar'tari'; steelp the cochinecal In warm wvater' two hours, or until thes strength is entirely ext.ractned, and add the cream 01 tartar ; then wet lhe garmuent In Olean I wateri, win ghing cast julito dry; pitt it into the dy3e, br'ing it, to a scald ing hieat, and let it r'eain a few nin-s sites, stiirrinug sill lhe time, wihena It wvill be tin lshied. It a lighter color isaseedl adi, useo less cochinseaml; at isirker,msore, thle shadei depsendintg tuposn the quanstity3 at cocieal used. A tlnefperi (lye tmasy be oibtatned by stibstitutling madtder for the coch Iineal, S'TF~wED MUsHl n~oont ON TOAsir.-Pusl 01l ?t Ihe stemss oh thle ash lrQ sas, and peel thiem. *Melt a gooti slice of butter ini a stewpani, then add a teatsponaft ot salt, half a teaspoon fail of whIte pep p~er andt a ver'y small pinch of powvdered mae.. Putt ina the amutshiroomss, the ispiper sie downaswaard, anad let thorn stew genatly till thaey ate tendeir; they will take flf:.een or twvent-y mins mtues. F'y a aliee of bread brown 'an tfreshi buti arransg the muatshrtoomas upIon it, andt serve very hot. OwsTvsn TOASS'.-Tlhils as a ns lee little dish fosr luntcheoni (as for' a late supper. Seahd a quassrt of oyster's in their owns liqusor, take thesm out andai &ound them ina a mortar, when they formn a paste, add a l1(4,l0 rich cr'eam andi some pop~ per. Geot ready sonme thina neat pieces o1 toast msoistensed slightly with boll lng wvater and sporead with fresh btutter'. Spreadl the oyster' pasate thickly upon the toast, put, a thinly cist rouind of lemsoa upon05 each iece, and atrra'nge themi on a platter garsnishedl with pars iny. Servo ve,.y hot WIT AND HUMOR. No, Seth," said Mrs. Spicer, as she settled herself bagc in the ropking. obair on the hotel plazza, "you needn't lie to me about going down stair& after a match, for the windows are open and 1 can easily 'plk your ball head out from the other wretches in the pool. room. Last night you wpnt down at eight o'clock to get your boots blacked and although your feet are large enough, heaven knows,, I don't believe it took you till 11:30 to get your boots polished, for that was the time you put them outside the chamber door and then fell against It and woke up the obildren." Here some callers who had driven over from Auburndale, came up the steps, and Spicer slid out under the tire of greetings and was- shortly after seen gliding into a billiard hall saloon the back way. A coyrWAy of bright young women occupying a cottage at the shore have posted in a conspiououls place in their dining-room a note like the following: "We do not wish to entertain angels unawares, and in order that there may be no mistake in identiy, all visitors are expected to bring something with them to contribute to the larder." It nothing is brought down by visiting friends thero is generally something comes by express very soon after the visit. Guilty of wrong. Some people have a fashion of con fusing excellent remediei with the large mass of "patent medicines," and in this they are guilty of a wrong. There are some advertised remedies fully worth all that :s asked for them, and one at least we know of-Hop Bitters. The writter his had occasion to use the Bitters in just such a climate as we have most ot the year in Bay City, and has always found them to be first-class and reliable, doing all that is claimed for them.-Tnbune. A NEw YORKicR predicts that "the time is near at hand when a race of honey-bees will be introduced to the American people who have no stingers. But the American people who have no stingers-who and where are they? Or, rather, -who and where are the American people who have no stingers? Perhaps the American people who have no stinger will object to making the acquaintance of a new race of honey bees. IT seens almost incredible that the elephant has 40,000 muscles In his trunk; but after a man has experienced aln elephant's gentle twist about his sys teim and been thrown the whole iengLh of the nienagarle tent, through the candy stand into the lemonade tub, lie will be willing to take his oath that there are at'least a million and a half muscles in t!.at interesting animal's front tall. "Tun rent o this house Is only twenty dollars a month," said a Kan taS City landlord. "And we pay for the water? I think it quite I igh."' "Ah, but, you don't seo half of the advantages. You can get at your neighbor's wood pile through this hole in the fence.'' Bargain closed on the spot. A YOUNQ man, the other day, who belleyed In such things, went to a for tue-teller. "1," said he, "am madly in love, but t have a rival; unvell the future." "The young lady," was the reply, "will be a widow in three months." Th~e young man went straihtway and na d every induement to make the fair one marry his rival. PluaDLxUIA husbands have in dueed a local paper to state that "the the last tihing to explode wab a mwliner's window. Trwo ladled who were looking at the new styles were seriously in jured." Lut it wonl's woe k, gentle men. What ia danger to a woman com pared to the sight of a new bonnet? "THERE," said Joes, triumphantly holig up his egg at the breakfast table, ''I was always told I wanted chile, amnd now i've got it." A smile perambulated the table, as a matter 01 course, and~ the youug man who is studiy lag Frenuch laug hod immoderate ly alter the joke had been thoroughly explained to him. "IN the hour of danger woman thinks least of horself," said Mine. de Stael. . True I When the thunder roars and the vivid lightning flashes, and the big drops come down, the we iman who is caught out in the storm devotes her agony to the thought that her hiat and dress will be ruined. A cLUn in South Carolina recently expelled two of its nmembers for fight ing a duel. TIne club says there is no harmi in fightIng a duel, but when neither party receives a scratch it is perfectly disgracel, and the reputa tion of the organization mast be pre served. A MINSTREL Iroupe with six "end uten" appeared in a neighboring town a few nights ago. After the perform saee the entire company were "end" men-at the end of their purse, and at their wvits' end how to get out of town without payinlg their bills. Wi th all the comIpe-1t it in soap, Dobbin3.' Eilcrie ao p, (made by Cragin & Co., Phiiladcelphia Pa.,) is first it popularity, because it 1s pure, umniform and honest. hlave your gro eer get it aind then try it at once. WHEN a nlan comes Ilimping Into his place of busliesshlato in the morning, andi presentsa the general acpearance of havinug had lisa spinal column shatter ed b~y a rail way aicident, his frIends need not be larmned; ho has been working in tile garden. -A BAuraMona pamper suggests that in aSmuiich as the slight or a horse car in cites all pedestrians to tremend~ous ex ertione, it maighat be a good plain to util lize the vi hiele in walking matches, infusing new life ir~to the contestants nowv and then by bringing a car iuto sight at the o:hier end of the track. A QUixcv 1,oy sat beside has girl for just one4 thour laist iiighit, an1 . dIuring that time kissed her ninety-six time I out of a possible hund1(1red. The other four timecs she got In a hurry and kissed him. Tai o deacons once disputinig about a paropiosed new graveyard, onle remark d:"I'll never be buried in that ground as lonag as I live 1" "What an obstinate man1 1'" said the other. "If my life is spared, I will.'' JusT imagmne George Washington wearing a single barrel led eye glass. --and just iimaginc len Butler wearing a powdered wig and knee breeces I Tfhe season s entertainments have been notably free from annoyance by coughing. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup does this. Pricn 2K cmaen a bote. 9ixADAOUa Is so common that some memberof tiearl every family Is at fcted with'it. The cause in most ases Is a torpid action of the Liver, brought on by debilitating, influences and im purities of the stomach. The habitual blk Headache peculiar to some persons. If permanently eured by taking Sim. mons' Liver Regulator; ordinary Head. acho, which is only a symptom of 'de ranged Stomach and Liver is readily cured by a few doses. And let all who suffer from Headaches renember that they can be prevented by taking a laige dose of the Regulator so soon as their symptoms indicate the coming of an attack. "I used a bottle of Simmons' Liver Regulator when troubled seriously with H1eadache caused by Constipation. It produced a favorable result without hlndering my regulap ursumts in busi ness. "W . wIfmEn, Des Moines, Iowa." Form. of Dsamonds.-A peculiar modi fication of diamond, known as '-oarbo. nado," which is as unsightly as cast tron, is sold for use in rockborIng ma chines, at an average price of eighteen to twenty shillings the carat. 1'ifteen yearsago ai unlimited supply of this substance was offered toa London'mer. chant, at the ridiculously low price of threepence a carat; the Amsterdam cutters, however, reported unfavorably as to its employment in their trade, and the proposal was declined. It was never renewed; for shortly afterwards the serviceableness of thestone (which is as hard as diamond itself) both for rock drilling and gem engraving, was discovered, and from a drug In the mar ket it became an object of energetic competition. "Carbonado" reambles in appearance certain meteoric sLones of a blackish-brown hue and cry stalline texture. It is composed of the same material as diamond, and is in fact sup posed to be diamond which hiks some how got spoiled in the making. It is found in masses of from one to two pounds in weight, and only In the neighborhood of Bahia, for the lumps of "carbon" ocoaslonally met with in south Africa are deficient In hardness. and thus seemi to have been arrested at a still earlier stage of their process to wards mineral perfection. "Bort," which is another deficient member of the diamond family, but is nevertheless also highly prized in the arts, consists of an aggregation of tiny crystals, mixed, like black diamonds of Borneo, with a certain proportion of amiorphous carbon. We see in It a failure or a freak of nature; and just as the ring of as teroids in the solar system is sup. posed to represent a single majestic planet, so the forces thus scattered In separate centres of crystallization would, presumably, under normal con ditions, have united to form one radi ant Jewel. No uore Rard Times. If you will stf.p spending so much on fine clothes, rich lood and style buy good, healthy food, cheaper and better clothing: get more real and sub stantial things ot life every way, and espe'lally stop the foolish habit of em ploying expensive, quack doctors or using so much of the vile humbug medicine that does you only harm,.but put your trust in that simple, pure remedy, flop Bitters; tlatcures always at - trilliig cost, aId you will see good tiimes and have good healu h.-Chron.aicle. Gutta Peroha Covered Cables.-Gutta percha covered cable wires are not, ac cording to Mr. Preece, the English electrician, without their serious disad vantages-that Is, gum only appears to last when in water. U bles that were laid In 1851, and ha~ve been brought up withiln a recent date, are now, no says, as good as the day when first puit dlown ; when, however, gutta percha becomes exposed to the air, to the alternations of climate, especily when exposed to the action of the sun, it decays rapidly -It becomes, by oxidizeing, a kind of resin that can easily he crumbled into a snufif likesubstance?. Many attempts ii ave been made to protect it, and to arrest its rapid decay. It has been sur rounded with tape soaked with tar, but the latter itself has beena found in jurious, and has been supplanted by other materials, though nothing has yet been found that renders gutta percha indestructIble. In fact, when exposed to air, as when exposed in tun nels, it seems to have a life of about ten years; whe'n laid down in iron pipes, uuder the influence of the variations of temperature that exist there, it seems to last about twenty years; but in the sea, where it is exposed toequa ble temperature and equal conditons, it apparently seems capable of lasting forever. "She'll tn~row awvay her switches, F'also curls and borrowed sheen. And shake upon her shoulders plump, Thle wealth of CAunBoLInE. Lotdi. S0enderberg, a watchmaker, of Copenhagen, has obviated the necessity of winding up the regulator fromi which the electric clocks of that city take their time. By sutiable mechanism he cuts oft' from time to time the stream oh electricity which comes from the batterv, and brings an electro-miagnet to bear upon the relaxed mainspring in such a way as to renew Its tensiqn instantaneously, and this appar,ently "perpetul nmotion" sort of action con tinues so long as the batteries con nected with the works of the regulator are supplied with acid. Vaoara.za.-he ?reat successa of the Vegetmne as a cleasner and purifler o1 the blood is shown beyondi a doubt bJ the great numbers who have taken 1i and received immediate relief, with such remarkable cures. Por' preser ving botan ical pre parations Nessler uses 20 per cent. concentrated soluition by volume of alcohol, with one or two drops of ani 8 per cent. aolui tion of sulphuric acid, in the form of an acid sutiphuite, to every 200 e. o. of alcohol. Tihis is suitable for green plants that are easily bleached ; but her roots t hat are brown threeor four times as much of stulphuirouas acids is used. A five years' trial has proved the suc cess of these solutions. Animal sub stances may probably be preserved in the samne way. JHei r Issianger of Carlsruhe,Germa ny, linuls that aithough Lehrnmann's two horse calorie engine and Otto's two horse gas engine are among the mosr econicilai of the small motors, they are relatively four taes as expentaive as a 100 hoase power steam'engine. ".Now Wveli and strong." a irPMa N. Illinois. Dr. R, V. Pierce, Bitalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir-I wish to state that my daughter, age 18, was pronounced I... curable and was fast faulling, as the doctors thought, with consumption. i obtained a half dozen bottles of your Discovery for her and~ahe commenced improving at once, andl is now well and strong. She took the Discovery last fall. Very truly yours, Rev. IsAiO N. Auaou-rw. EvSN a deacon won't saygra 8 When steps into a railway ea .ig-house. e knows that it woild be asking too much to request that he be mae thank ful for aigthing he will got there. 9pete93Sa may nisagree *s to the beet we od and remedies, tor the oure of oneti aton and disordered liver and kidneys. ut tose that have used Kidney Wort agree that it is by far the best medicine known. Ito action is prompt, tirough and lasting.--HlaaUe. Vegetino. More to Me than Gold. WALPOLa ., Mass., i'arch T, IO. NIL ff. It. FtuvNxS I wish toelnforan you what Vegetlue has do-e o1. 1 h Te beel troubled with rysipelas Humor for more than so years in my imbs and other parts of my body, and have been a great sufferer. I sommenued taking Vegeoine one yeAr a11o last August and can truly s ty It has one mOre for we han ony other medicine. I seem to 0e perfectly free from this humor and can recoin nd it to ever cno. Would not be without this medicine-ls more to me than ld %and I eo It will prove a blessing to others Yours. most respettully. Mit.1DAVID OLARK, J. BENTLEY, D.~D., says: Is has do=* nore trood tham all mseds. 00l treatmenS.. Kr.H. NBWMARE3T.pnt.. Feb. 9, I111f Kr. U. R. s=sxs Boston, ana.. Fe., 80 Sit-I have sold durleg the past year a con. sltcrable quantit of your Vegotine, and I b lieve, In all cases it has given satisfaction. 11 one ease, a delicate youn lady of about I years was much beneflted Itsuso. lier pa. rents informed me that itF had done her more god than all tho medical treatment to which sehad previously bdoansubjeotoel. Yotrs, re8poctfily, J. BENTLEY, M. D. Loudly in its Praise. ToRONTo, Ont., March 8, Iess, a. R, 81rTvMst Boston: Dear t-Ir-Considering the short time that Vegetine has been beforo the public here. it sells well as a blood purillor, and for Iroubli arising from a sluggish or torpid liver. It is a first-class medicine. Our oustomers speak loudly in Its praise.J.WIH&C, J. WRIGHT & Co., Cor. Queen and Eliaabeth Street., Vegetine. PREPARUD BT U. 3. STEVENi, -B6Vfn"9, aus. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. sgr S TTE CELEBRATED Tho accumulated evidenco of nnarly thirty ~,ears show th'u the~ Ditters is a certain roimedy ot mtarlal d:sease, as well as its suresL pro ventive ; that it eradIcates dyspopsia, co nsti~ iation, liver complaint and nervusness, count eracts a tendeny to out., r heumat sm, urln ey te eble nd cheers the mind while 1t. invigo For sale by all Druggista and Dea1k~e Ifuer a man If yotujr smuat and usae ebran n'evd die o a youn nn sufeing from any In. d i c ono r b eitl' an u t i en n y o f ro m r Wlhoever you o p B ttsands edie an. whenever y ou e~ uay f r om some necl leaninton- disease mid t wltheubfntxioalbg ba miely use of take Hop HopBitters Have youd mpsl, cod~e D. s. 0. You~wiiuseof opium*(, Ifyou are sim. Bl rg ?9. traedir NEER OEtiar svdhun- FAI ester, N. V. drned.. a Toronto, Out. oMONTieON TRIA L for 5 three-cent stamps eTur PorLs'e .JOURNAL. Hngdfratown, Nd. $77 7 A fEAR expenes and agts VOiYAugnsta, aine. 00eon a a VOr uon the Adverriser and te Publisher byetating thattifey saw the adver isa ent ina this leons llqamwat the paueri' .EDET 'DISEA to~h ) a m e y se r an d V . .9 m x havvie dts~emle .d s o the s eeaU se easgdtas an rter the to u t 4ie ehsss and a ~f~d nid e Boen e ~ta n r~e he rthe Pre ipi n aamn eol imnder iseas e gs werld r rsenaro and inis ioiblot IN eases have annualbee rate D. ihee ea V wieue ta a eoeJsl eerte b -sWEA,,.........s. The Only Medicine That Aete at the Same'Etame on The Uver, the Bowels ad the Kin . Th i greats O t@t r, dreadful diseas are sure to oil TERRIBLE SUFFERINO. Bilipusness, lteadache, Dyspepsla, laa dice, Constipatioa and Piles, or Kid noy Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes, or Rheamatie Patis and Ache, . developed brcause the blood In poisted with the humoris that, should have ceen expelled naturally. KIDNEY-WORW will rea ore the hearthy aqtion and all these destminee evil ill e ais aes~dI neglect them and yu u i t t,) 0u;t' eglete Thoeadslavbeen cured. Tr tanv o wi ad one more to the numaer. a it andhsalth willonee moregladden yourheart. KiDNRT.iWoiit will cure you. Try a pack age at once and be satisfied. It (s a dry vegelable compound and One Packagemakesilx quartstofredielse. Your ruggiset has it, or woll got t Ors yo. Iaso upon having it. Price, 0140. WELL8, BIGEARDS0N a0.,pprtr, 1 O (Will send Post'pasid.) Ba1.e, . NEW MUSIC BOOKS.. IjAlD~ WILL REMEMBER OUR NEW C IS Amnerican Anthen Book, (t.25) by Johnzon. Tenney and ab0ey; an excel lent colluction of eay anthems. 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