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Sedan as a battle field may be said to be already obliterated. The wide re- r glon over which the struggle raged I 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 .r the countless graves whose mounds i sttdded the strangely diversified ter rain from Bazeilles to Fleneux, from Givonne to Fining. The visitor to Sedan can find now no guide to the battle-field. The English resident who I for the first year or two af ter the battle olered 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 see the field of battle." Sedan 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 Sedan Is now in name, as in effect it has been ever since the intro duction of rifled artillery, an open town. Vauban's bastions and curtains are very massive, and their wrought stone faces and cemented 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 inclose it. Ditches are being filled 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 circuinvallation, lie passes stately aide streets lined with line new buildings. Where the German soldiers used to S ish in the stagnant moats for chasse ots, cuirasses and other spoils of war, lid earth has taken the place of water, d long stretches of black woolen \ loths are now drying on the space where once were ranged, row upon row, the hundreds of 11old guns that the vanquished had surrendered to the victors. The gate from under whose archway the bearer of the flag of truce .emerged from the distracted city Is gone so completely that the very site of it Is not to be lndentifled. In the little place inside the bridge over the Meuse, Turenne, in his coat. of verdi gria, still stands In that uincomfortable attitude on the cannon balls; but the plekaxe of the destroyer 18 laid at the foundation of the citadel in which the great general. was born. Tere is a new landlord in the Hotel Croix d'Or, a man who nonchalantly tells you the the war was before his time here, and lie takes no Interest In. anything con cerning It. The streets swarm with French soldiers; but soldiers smart, natty and consequential, in very dilrer ent case from the broken miserables who wolish with hunger, dIstracted by horor, niad with coullicting pas slons, thronged its ghabtly thorough fares and hittered Its bloodstained open~ spaces on that other September (lay when Do Wimnpien sullenly put 1h18 hand to the articles of capltulatin, The Lasut of theo Vengpucci, A decided sensation was created at Washington. 'during the Van Ihuren Administration, by the aippearance there of a handsome and~ well-educated Italian lady, whlo called herself A mern ca Vespucci, and claimed descent from the navigator wh'lo gave his name to thIs conltinenlt. Ex-Presidenut Adams and D~aniei Webster became her es peelal friends, and silo wais soon a wve come guest inl the best sciety. In i few weeks aifter her arr ialshe present edl a petitilon to Congress asking,R~rsi to be admited to tihe rights of citizen. ship, and secondly, to be given a eor nor of lanld" cut of the public dlomahl~ of the country wich bore the name 01 her aniiestor. Anl adverlse report-, which was 80011 maide, is one of thme curiuosities of Congressional liteorature. 1t culo gized the petitionler us a'young, digi fled and gracomul iiady, with a uminud o the highest initelleettuail culture, and l heart beating with all our own enthusi asm in tihe cause of America and hu man lberty."~ Thei reasonis why tLh< prayer of tile petitioner coould nlot b< grantedl were given, but shie wais coml mended to the genlerobity of tile Aimeri - can people0. "The namlle o1 America our country's name -shlould be honior ed, respected and cherished in the 1)er 5011 of the interesting exile froati whose ancestor we dierive theo great and1( glo, rious title." A subscription was imi mediately openied by Mr. Haighl: thu Sergeant-at-Armus of the tienate, am Judges, Congressmen and citizenus vime 'with 011e another in theih r contnrlbuthim Just thiei ut was whlisperedh thast lmon Vespaccl had1( borne an unen~iviable ri putation at Fl1orenice aind at Paris, an had been induc~ed by a tiecunlary con siderntin to break off ai imacyV 'it the Duke of Orleans, Louis Phliilippo oldest semi, and Comle to Washinigtom Soon af ter ward theIDuke'.4 y ounger br< thor, the P'rince de Joinville, came this country, and1( ref used to recognb: her, which virtually excluded 114 from reputable society. For som years subsequenitly she resided in Iu: urious secluislon with a wveal thy citizt! of New York, in the interior of thb State, anl'd after his denth'she returm~ to ParIs. Tent for )mmilono0s. . The following is said to be a su1 test for distinguishing colorless ger from diamonds. If a person loo through a transparent stone at am small object, such as tile p~oint oin needle, or a little hole in a eardh, ai sees two small points, or two smm holes, the stone is not a diamond. A1 ,white colorless gems, with the exci> .tkn of the diamond, make an obje exanmined appear double; in othe words, double refraction whenever e hibited by a stone is conclusive pro that it is not a diamond. Tan dealer in salt must'have a pa ca rlous time of it. TIheo salt seller,y, know, is always getting overturne J"ARm Awr uARDRX. TRAINING OxEN.-The first thing ecessary in training oxen, Is kindness i lien patience. I began in November last p ot knowing whether I could get them a aught in time for this season or at all, f iut I soon found them so tractable-that 1 ay hopes began to be raised. It took a no just a day to learn that it wasn't 1 tecessary to strike a, blow or speak a t vord. The- farmers who go along o houting at their cattle and goading 1 hem, waste breath and strength. A 8 lozen yoke of oxen could be taught to t Iraw a lead a hundred miles without I word or a blow. It Isaonly necessary F Ahat the farmer should ead, to show t he direction, and the t:easta if kindly i rested and having ant aireotion or 1 Ahilr master, will do the rest. These a )xen were trained by uniform kindness. A seies of tricks In regular order was fixed upon, and I put them rhrough every day. I was with them nearlyall the time and they followed me like two pet kittens. There was a ring in the stables where I taught them day by day. Firat, with food in my hands, I got theni to follow me around In any direction I choose to take. In this way I got then to go along on their knees to waltz. What they knew When I got them had practioally to be uiittaughtit as it was all done by 'gee' and 'haw. I found they were quick of sight, and that,having taugtit then e ,rtaLn things, I needed alter that to Simply get where they could see me, and to give thin a ue by the motion of my body or my whip in a t cortiill diretioni. Ilr this way the waitz was taught, and when they go around tihe ring on their knees I keep ahead of them and they follow ine."' CELLAt S'TABL Fon WrOoK.-Base ment stables for cows. horses and other stook are both the very best and the very worbt possible, paradoxical as it may appear. If a basemieit station, is built without free ventilation and good draiiaige, no matter wiat othber preten sions may be, it is as bad as a pest house,s.o animals's lie can long be sus Lineid in a normnally healthy condition in such an abode of dieabe, But it there is good ventilation and good drainageno place cani be more conlor table for stocik. All lloors to suci pia. Ces nmust be elevated 1rom the ground to allow a current of air underneath icr proper velptlation and to keep dry. Proper drains should be laid to carry if ric liquor to son distant reservoir. Light should comic from beliind It iracticatle, never trom the front and thu windows Should be made to slide so as to open il sultry weattier. The sun Is a ilie-giving agenrt,aiid all alinIals iced its liiltics. iiascuiunt barns built as above are most excelleIt-w-armer in winter, cooler in butitiner, aiti co.t veneilt ln namany ways. G..o cunid 1loors, so 111ch advocateI by seine, are of tile lichtiest kiid, tietrlinentai alike to tlie eyes aind every part of the body. How 'O UsH Im. WV bey is milk iiminus the cheese that has been removed. As cheese is the most highly nitrogenous portion of the milk, it follows that whey is coinl)paratively weak im these Ilipotitilt IIluminot food elements. Alilk bein a perlect food, whey is I liquid lacking in iiltrogen to make it conpLilete as a foUd. In ettting whey to tthe best advniltaige this loss of iltro geni shwiad be malte good-as far as such a lobs Can be made good-by using some substancU rich in tie elenment inl conjiuiction with the whey. This myiti be linseed mieal, oatinieal, wheat nid diigs, or somec sitch like sithstaic.o. W.'hey ilius stuppihleented illh be found to be ain exceiient lood fur calves or pigs. For youiig plig$-shlots-suchi a muixtiure gives very excellnt returni, tuhe loud sceninig to futrnishi all tihe ele nients necessary ior the' best growth of the anlinal. The great object-lon to whey hasi comei lrinit iieding It, alone, ainid especially when its~ sugar had11 tuurncd to acitt by long standing. WAwrn Youn itloutsis liEi.oniE FECED INo.-h11rses shioulit be watered in nt~h inorninig before they are led. A full drin1k of waiter iimmiediately after be. lng led is a sitrie way of prodiucing in. digest ion, if not iniamumation. WVhei water Is arunk by horses the bulk of il gtos directly to the large liate50tne and little o1 It is retainied in the stom achi. Somec oid anid worth less horses by way ci ex peiriment, were fed witl split peins anid supl~edl with waler im iniediateliy belore being killed. It wia ,iounad that the water had carried thb peas Iuto the intest~Ines, where no ti gestion took plance. tkenr Exi'nIEwNci isaches thatsocenr lug hinto winter ,o:lirs mgo condi tlin cani be kpt, wvithotut diileuity whtile an animnal beginning thme winte in poor condiiitir, notwit hstanding al abundan ce of feed ,careful housIng an 1 the best attention,will ini v~arlably' be I: .poor order in the following spring .pariticulrly Is this the case with noi 1m101 stock. Fat stock consumes a les limmounit, of food thani poor stock, bc t uisei there is not so maitch rcqnmiredl t -keep upu the aniimalh heat. .. To keelp seeds fromn the (depredatlil of iice, mix somne pieceS of camphc ~with them. Caiipihor placed ini iruni, -or tdrawers wvill prevent mice from di a lng them imjuiry. .. IlF'Ns AND WonlMs.-It is the Opinlo of experienicedl nursery men that It, Is K reat, benell. to orchaurds to allow lien1 I alanong thle t rees. Theiy Cat all til LI wormus, even to the cankerworm. . Steel Castina.-Steel cashtinIga, I .great vaal ii'y aiid of superior adttilt ithon, are1 nlow being prodiuceed ia coi sideratble quanitiices abhroatd, includdir 'spuri iwheitels, lii ons, iand geared whuee hi ol all kmnds, rings oh gearl anmd wIindIr s drumis ior tratli aind for sneni plough~w heels and sheaves fo r collie wagon w heels, erank axles,brke ecylinmder s, enugiiecrinag matters, ec r Castinugs of this sort, are iou nil to pt] .0 .s'-s a very gret,~ diegrec of toughinm somei of the test pIeces being lounid e ii tim rty tonis hemr -qulare inch, ith li It elongatin oh twensty-live per cent. hi l ore fracture-being wi cilI suit ud, timer fome, lor~ anly work iavinag to with'ital saddeni strins, 0or whore a high degr~ qualitlies stand a textileo strailn of for reO to fifty leous per squatre inch, wvithi; is eloingiutioi viury Ing prioportionaite ks rom Iiltueen to tiihree per cenit.-bei ksiluppliciable, conisequent, to varit, 13 uises, accordinigly ais greater resistan a to abrasloon, or morme or less duetdul id is desired. di Although idleunss is frequenmtly fia I11 to persons of greatt menitai or phaysli .t- energy, seme workmen still iluid ihn lt termt 01 exlstee very short oni accoti rsof the deadly naturem of their empl< rsInenit. Thle average life ci a Shelil< x- lork-grinder Is only 29 years, buit ti of of a dry-grInder of alekles 1sJ8 yea Form every 70,451 toins of coal dug upl PrussIa lime life of 11 oneinier is sacr .e. eed; anid in Enighand thmere is one I ou lost for every 89,419 tonis raised to 4 .enr face. THE HOUSEHOLD. If ES OF TUE OTATo.-Ln France, trina is largely used for culinary pur- 1. eses. The famed gravie", sauces and ( 3ups of France are laregely indebted 1 )r their excellence to that source, and s ;s bread and pastry equally so, while j great deal of the so-called cognac, uported Into England from France is he product of ther potato. Through ut Germany the same uses are com ,ion. In Poland, the manufacture of pirits from the potato is a most ex ensive trade. "Stettin brandy ," well nown in commerce, is largely Im orted into England, and Is sent from hence to many of her foreign posses ions as the product of the grape, and 9 placed on many a table of England a the same, while the fair ladles of mur country perfume themselves with he spirit of potato, under the designa ion eau do Cologne. But there are >thor uses which this esculent is turn id to abroad. After extr.tising the arIna the pulp is manufa',tured into ornamentar articles, such as picture rames. snuff boxes and several de cription of toys, and the water that ,uns from it in the process of manu acture is a most valuable scourer. For )erfectly cleansing woolens and such Ike articles, it Is the housewife's pan iea, and if the washerwoman happens o have chilbains she becomes cured by the operation. How TO 11OIL AND STEW.-To do eith 3r properly, the food muct be immersed at the beginning in actually boiling water must be allowed to reach the boiling point agali immediately, and to boll ior about five minutes. The action of the boiling water upon the sirface of either nicat or vegetables is to harden it slightly, either Juices or mineral salts. After the pot contain ing the food has begun to boll the Fec ond time, It should be removed to the side of the fire, and allowed to simmer until the foo.d is done. This simmer ing, or stewing, extracts all the nutri tious qualities of either meat or vege tables; the pot should be kept closely covered unless Ior a moment when it is necessary to raise the cover in order to remove the scun. The steam wilt con dense upon the Inside 01 the cover, and fall back into the pot In drops of mois cure, if the b-illing Is slow. Do not think that rapid boiling cooks faster than the gentle process I recommend. After the pot once bolls you cannot make its contents cook any faster if you have fire enough under It to run a stean engine. So save your fuel and add it to the fire little by little, to keep the pot bolling. Remember if you boll meat hard and fast it will be tough and tasteless, and most of its goodness will go up the chimney, or out of the win dow with the steam. ST wUM BM-m.-For a family of six or seven persons take four pounds of beef, cross rib Is best; get a piece of suet the size of your hanid, cut in small pieces and try out the fat; you must have a large hat-bottomed Iron pot; after the suet is brown, take out the Sol aps and p-t lin the meat and two on ions cut up; when the mteat has be comie a dark brown on one side, turn it over o the other, and let that get the same; vih onilons and meat are thoroughly brown; poir in a pint of boiling water, whenever tie meat gets dry add more water, but it must al ways be boiling hot; tnrow in a hand ful. of salt, three bay leaves, and a half dozen each of wholeallspice and whole pepper, cover with a elese-itting cover and let it cook for three hours; when almost done thin a uablespoonful1 of flour witti hlfi a cupfuil of wvater ; stir this in thme gravy, taking care not to have any lumps in it; when you wvish to serve It, strain time gravy through a sieve ani pour a few spooinfuls over the ment. T1o cleaii hooking-glas-es, take ai newspaper or a part of one, according to the 817.0 of' the glass. Fold it small and dip it into a basini of clean, colt water ; whien thoroughly wet squieez< It out. in youtr hands as you would sponge, and1( then rub It hard all ovem the lace of the glass, takiug care that it is not so wet as to ruin down Ii streams. In fact, tihe paper niust onl.1 be completely moistened or dampenei all through. After the glass hms beei well rubbed wvithi wet paper, let It res for a few minutes, and then go over I with a fresh dry newspaper, foldei small In your hand, till it looks cica aund bright, whieh m- almost inmmiediate -ly with no further trouble. ThIs ime thod, simple as it is, Ia the best an miost, expeditious for cleaninig mirrora -and it wvili be fonnd so on trial-givin, - a cleanness and polish that cani be prc ducedl by nio other process. To RIENovATiC BLucK Goons.-Tak one-tifth of' a pound oI extrae of loy wood andi one ounce of saleratus; pu ini a boiler with ten gallons of watea cohld or hot; stand over the fire, an awhen boiling hot put in the goodi ~either wect or dIry; let stand twent 0 minutes, movinlg about occasionall~v riiise ini cold wvater until the gootl drIp clear, and iroii Immediately. Th s will be found a most excellent reeip for restoring black goods of any kiin a tbat, have become rusty or brown cloth, cashmere, a waterproof, worste grenadine, or any material that wi not cockle mi wettinig. Press on Li 4' wrong ide. * To' D)YE PINK.-For' every trar C piounlds of' miaterial take three andl half qiuarts of water, twvo ounces coehmineal and half an omimce of eca ni of tartar; steep) time co(hmelO in war t- waiter two hours, or until tihe strongi I- is entirely extracted, and~ add the crem g~ of tairtar ; then wet the garment Ia clean wauter, wringing ouit quite dlrS 4 put, it, into the dfye, brinig it to a scal i I ng heat, aind let it. remnainm a few ni r- autes, sitirrig ali the tine, whenm It w y be Ilnished. If au lighter color is ne 4, ed, use less cochiiuical ; if darker,moa le the shade depending upon the quanatl 0. 01 cochineal used. A ehieniper (lye mi s- ho ob~tainmed hby substituting matdder I , thme cochlneal. iSTL'wV.D MU5I~nOoMs ON TOAST.--Pt mout, the stems of the mumshrQ, me, al Speel themi. Mielt, a goodt slice of butt e-in a stewp)an, then add a teaspooni idof salt, hmalf a teaspoon ful of wh ite pc per andt a very smiall luch~ of powder mace. P'ut ini the mushrooms, t, Luppeir side downuward, and lot the stwgently till they are tendeo they will (ake flft.een or twenty nil ugltets. Fry at slice of biread brown us f'resh butter ; arrange the nmushrool upon it, anid serve very hot. OvsEn TOASTi.---hSis a n lce lit al disqh for lunmcheon or- for a late supp al deald a qumart of oysters ini their 0' dr liquor, take thenm out anid uouind tLb nt, in a mortar, when they form a pas >y add a 1i141o rich cream anid sonme pa mi per. Get ready some thin nest pie mt Of tenet moistenied1 slighmtly with b0 rs. lng water and spread wit~h fresh butt In Spread tihe cyster- paste uliickly ur i- thme'toast, put a thinly cist round ife lemon upon eac'h piece, and arrai ,he them on a platter gainished with pa ly. sva vaery hot WIT t ND HUMOR. Not Seth," said Mrs. Spicer, as she ettled herself baou in the ropking hair on the hotel plazsa, "you needut is to me about going down stairs after match, for the windows are open and can easily'piek your baM head out rom the other wrotches in the pool. ootu. Last night you wpnt down at ight o'clock to got your boots blacked mnd although your feet are large nough, heaven kuows, I don't believe - t took you till 11:30 to got your boots olished, for that was the time you put hem outside the chamber door and ,hon fell against it and woke up the 3hildren.' Here some callers who had Iriven over from Auburndale, came up the steps, and Spicer slid out under the fire of greetings and was- shortly, after seen gliding into a billiard hall ialoon the back way. A COLPAyT of bright young women occupying a cottage at the shore have posted in a conspicuous place in their 9 dining-room a note like the following: 1 "We do not wish to entertain angels I unawares, arid in order that there may be no mistake inidentity, all visitors 1 are expected to bring something with them to contribute to the larder." It nothing Is brought down by yisiting friends there is generally something comes by express very soon after the visit. Guilty of wrong. Some people have a fashion of con fusing excellenit reiedloi with the large masi 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 h-is had occasion to use the Bitters in just such a climate as we have inost 0t the year in Bay City, and has always found them to be tirst-class and rellable, doing all that is claimed for them.-Tribune. A NEw YoRKER predlet 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 Anerican people who have no stinger will object to making the acquaintance of a new race of honey bees. IT seems almost incredible that the elephant has 40,000 muscles in his trunk; but after a man has experienced an elephant's gentle twist ab'out his sys tem and been thrown the whole lengih of the menagarle tent, through the candy stand into the lemonade tub, he will be willing to take his oath that there ore at'least a million and a half muscles in t!.at Interesting animal's front tail. "Tu rent o1 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 see half of the advantiges. You can get at your neighbar's wood pile through this hole in the fence.' Bargain closed on the spot. A YOUNQ mEan, the other day, who belleyed In such things, went to a for tane-teller. "I," said he, "am madly in lovo, but I have a rival; unveil the future." "The young lady," was the reply, '"will be a wIdow in three months." The young mani went straighitway and us 1 every induement, to make the fair one marry his rival. PaiLAD)ELinuA husbands have ia duced a local paper to state that "the the last thing to explode wab a miliner's window. Two ladies who were hooking at the new styles were seriously in juredi." .lut it woni'S work, gentle men. What is danger to a woman com pared to the sight of' a ne w bonnet ? "TER, saId Jones, triumphantly holding up his egg at the breakfast table, ''i was always told 1 wanted chio, and noW Pyve got It." A smile Iperambulated the table, as a matter of course, and the youug man whto ii studying French laughed immoderate t ly aiter the joke had been thoroughll 1 explaIned to him. ""IN the hour of danger womat' - thinks least of' horself," said Mmxe. de I Stael. .True I When the thunde: ,roars and the vivId lightning flashem E and the big dirops come dlown, the wo - mian wvho is caught out in the storn devotes her agoiiy to the thought tha her hat and dress will be ruined. A eLUn in South Carolina recenti; .t expelled two of Its members for fight *. lug a duel. Tne club says there Ia ni di harm in fighting a duel, bnt whe I, neither party receives a scratch it I y perfectly disgracezl, and the reputa ; ion of the organizatIon must be pre s served. e A MINSTREL troupe with six "en d ten" appeared in a neighboring towl - a Jew nights ago. After the perforar d ance the entire company were "end Imen-at the end of their purse, and o their wits' end how to get out of tow without paying theIr bills. a WVI th all the i~ ciui ilon in soial LCragin & Co., Pilaldelphia Pa.,)l first in popuiarity, because at is purt huniform and ihonest. llave your gr m cer get it and then try It at once. -WHEaN a luan comes limnping into h i' place of businesslaa~e in the imornin, a. and presents tihe general aippearance' i having had his spinal column shatte (. ed by a railway accident, his frien iieedi net be alarmed ; hie has hee y working in the garden. .-A IBAriMOnsR paiper suggests that I asmuchl as the slight of a horse car II cites nll pedestrinns to tremendous e ertilone, it umighat be a good plian to Ut dil lize the vlhicle in walking mnatoc 1(d iniusing new life into tihe contestami tir nowv and then by bringing a ear in "in sight at the o:her end of the track. ed1 A QUINCY boy7 sat beside his girl f ho jumst one hour last night, an , durli im t~hat time kissed her nliety-six tim L ; out of a possIble humnd red. Thlie oth n- four times she got in a hurry al in kissed blin. Tu'i o deacons once disputing about proposed new graveyard. one remar i icld: "Ill never be buried In til r. ground as lonig ats I live I" "What vn obstinate tman I" saidl the other. nm my life Is spared, I will." t, ip. JusT imagine George Washingt es wearing a siingle barrelled eye gla i1-- --and just Imagine lien Butler wearl er a powdered wig and knee breeches I on of Tlhue season p entertainments ha igo been notably free from annoyance rs- .coughing. Dr. Bull's Cough Syr doe anhai. P,.icn on ntsi a hbotle 1itADAcHN i so common that som I embe' of icarly evei fatnily is at- bi ioted with It. The cause in iost cases 10 i a torpid action of the Liver, brought a a by debIlitatig. influences and i- f urities of the stomach. The habitual lok Headache peculiar to some persons. permanently ettred by taking Sim ions' Liver Regulator; ordinary Mead- A che, which is only a symptom of: de-- 0 tnged Stomach and Liver Is readily k ured by a few doses. And let all who k uffer from Headaches reiemher that hg iey can be prevented by taking a large * ose of the Regulator so soon as their ymptoms indicate the coming of an tack. "1 used a bottle of Simmons' Liver legulator when troubled seriously vith Ieadache caused by Constipation. . produced a favorable result without kinderinig my regular pursuits In busi less. "W. W Wirmaa, i Des Mones, iowa." Porm. of Dtamond.-A peculiar modi ication of diamond, known as *carbo. I iado," which is as unsightly as cast ron, is sold for use in rockborlng ma. ihines, at an average price of eighteen o twenty shillings the carat. 1'Ifteen rearis*ago an unlimited supply of this mbstance was offered toa Londonper ihant, at the ridiculously low price of hreepence a carat; the Amsterdam )Utters, however, reported unfavorably is to its employment In their trade, and ,he, proposal was declined, It was never renewed; for shortly afterwards the serviceableness of the stone (which Is as hard as diamond itself) both for rock drilling and gem engraving, was liscovered, and from a drug in the mar ket It became an object of eriergetic competition. "Carbonado" resmbles in appearance certain meteoric stone. of a blackish-brown hue and crystalline texture. It is composed of the same material as diamond, and Is in fact sup posed to be diamond which has some ow got spoiled in the making. It is found in masses of from ono to two pounds in weight, and only in the neighborhood of Bahia, for the lumps of 'carbon" eceasionally met with it south Africa are deficient in hardness. and thus seenm 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 nevertheleEs also highly prized In the arts, consists of an aggregation of tiny crystals, mixed, like black diamonds of Borneo, with a certain proportionof amorphous 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 mzore Hard Times. If you will stop spending so much oil fine clothes, rich food and style buy good, healthy food, cheaper and better clothing: get more real and sub stantial things of life every way, and espe'cially 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 trtst in that simple, pure remedy. Ihop Bitters; thatcures always at . trillig coat, and you will see good timnesi and have good health.-Cronicle. Gueta Perka Covered Cables.-Gutta percha covered cable wires are not, ac cording to Mr. Preece, the English electrician, without their ser ions disad vantages-that is, gum only appears to last when In water. U bles that were laid in 1851, and hsve been broug'ht up within a recent dalie, are nowv, rhe says, as good as the day when first put clown; when, however, gutta percha becomes exposed to tihe air, to the alternations of climate, espechily wvhen exposed to the action of the stun, it decays rapidly -It becomes, by oxidizeing, a kind of resin that can easily be crumbled into a snuff likesubstanc i. Many attempts h ave been made to protect It, and to arrest its rapid decay. It has been stur rounded with tape soaked with tar, buit the latter itself has been found In jurious, and has been supplanted by other materials, thoughl nothing has yet been founmd that renders gutta percha indestructIble. In fact, when ex posed to air, as when exposed in tuni nel18, It seems to have a life of about ten years; wheou laid down in iron pipes, uuder the influence of the variations of temperature that exist there, it seems to last about t wenty years ; but in the sea, where it is exposed tosqua. ble temperature and equal conditons, It apparently seems capable of lasting forever. "She'll tn~row away her switches, False curls and borrowed sheen. rAnd shake upon her shoulders plump -'The wealth of CAuBOLtaR. Lotde BSoenderberg, a watchmaker, o Copenhagen, has obviated the necessiti *of winding up the regulator fron - which the electric clocks of that cit3 take their time. By sutiable mechanisn he cuts off from time totime the strean I oi electricity which comes from thi battery, and brings an electro-magne - to bear upon the relaxed nmalnspring 'in suich a way as to renew its tensler t instantaneously, and this apparenta a "perpetul motion'' sort of action con tinues so long as the batteries con nected with the works of the regulato are stupplied with acid. s Vxowri..-Tht- great success of th , Vegetine as a cleanser and purifier c Sthe blood Is shown beyond a doubt b; the great numbers who have taken I and received immediate relief, wit) ssuch remarkable cures. I For preservinmg botan ical pre paration SNessler uses 20 per cent. concentrate Ssoltion by volume of alcohol, wit one or two drops of ain 8 per cenmt. solui tion of sulphuric acid, In the form c an acid sumiphite, to every 200 c. o. C .alcohol. This Is suitable for gree plants that are easily bleached ; but Ic roots m hat are brow n three or four tims as much of suiphmurous acids is uset A five years' trial has proved the su< cess of those solutions. Animal sul stances may probably be preserved I the same way. g llerr Biassnger of Carlsruhie,German: aS finds that although Lehrmjann's twi er horse caloric engine and Otto's twi it0 i'>rbe gas engine are among the moe econ micai of the small motors, they au r. lativelyf four tiraes as ex pensive as S100 hoise power steam engine. at - n'e~iw weoli andi strong." If ElirPMAN. Illinois. Dr. Ri, V. P'ieree, Baittato, N. Y.: Dear Sir--I wish to state that ni mn datighter, age 18, was pronounced I. is, ourable and was fast failing, as tt ig doctors thought, with consumption. obtainedl a half dozen bottles of yot Discovery for her and she commence ,e improving at once, and is now we ay an strong. She took the Dlscove, Iast fall. Very truly yours, Ray. IsaAc N, AaUGUTI. EzN a 4aCon won't say grace when )lpteps into a railvay eat1 'house; 9 knows that it would be a ng too ueh to request that he be made t auk 1 for anthing he will get there. Dqeto4t may niiiree' i to the best methods and remedies, fo the Ire of constipation and disordered liver and dnoys. But those that have used Kidney ort agree that it in by far the best medicine iown. Its action W prompt, tiprough and sting.-Hianann. Vegetine. More to Me than Gold. WALOLS, Ma&., 'atch T,1IM. 13 RfoNO: - I wielk toiform you what Veffettne Iao 400 Dr me. I h ive beeh troubled with Brysipelas lumor for more than to years in my limbs and t her parts of my body, and have been a great ufterer. I sommenced taking Vegtine one 'ear ago last August and can arus ty it has One moro for me Iban any other medicine.' I oem to tao perfeotly free from this humor and Ian recom mad it to every c no. Would not be ithout this medteine-tis more to me than rold-and I feel .it will prove a blessing to others is It has to me. Yours, most p ydAVID CLARE, I, DENTLEY, M.~D., says: It has done snore Iood thoe all media eal treatminent. NEWMARXKT Ont. Feb. 9, 1100 1r. B. R. STBvBNs, loston, Mass.* sir-I have sold during the pastyear a Cone iderable quantity of your Vcgetine, and I bh leve, in all cases il has given atisfaction. li )ne eAse, a delicate young lady of about I Fears was much be~nefited b ta-use. lir pa. rents informed me that ithac done her more lood than all tho medical treatment to which he had reviously bdn subjected. Yo re, respectflly. J. BENTLEY, M. D. Loudly in its Praise. ToRoNTo, Ont., March 8, 1380. I. R. S"vwuimb Boston: Dear air-Considering the short time that Vogetine has been before the publio here, it 5011.s well as a blood purifier, and for i roubLes arising from a sluggish or torpid liver It Is a arst-o ass medicine. Our cutomer spea loudly isp eJ. WRIGHT & 00. Cor. queen and Elizabeth ltret.. Vegotine.. PRPARSD NT H. 3. STEVENS,W-1fon, Ease. Vegetine is Bold by all Druggists, CELEBRATED OTTOMACR The accumulated ovidence of nearly thirty yer Mhwt the Bitters i a Certain remeody formatril dseaeas well as ies surest pro ventive ; that it eradicates dyspepsia, ownsti Sation, liver complaint and nervousness, count, eracts a tendoy to gout, rhumatism. urin ir the feeble And cheers the mind while it invigo For sale by all Drugg1sts and Denktre generally. If you re aman If youaroa utes avoi ght wor, to res' mulat anrd us oe bri nsre nd dfyo a yo u an sufferinr rm any in wh ' evr y ou feel nually f r om soume that y our sate i take Hop HopBitters *eas kde o.,. 0. com-f% Is an abslt You ~toba oo,or I If youareshtn olibdrg ows ir~ed ry NVER Circular. t g t Fwl " c'. evd hun- P**hete,3-T. res. Toronto,oe. SMONTlIIBON TR IA L for 8 inree-cent stamp is Ttu Psorta's JOURNA L. Hnaii, Md. $777A fE~AR neusa eonfer savor uothe Advertser and C Publlsker bysazg that they saw the edio tlesrest in ti sonena tfsanmheg the ne' f a dbemed es and he~ss ea watb. soi n sZa,..ised.>m Waeada tre isase o ne 1 ea totueh r iewe n eja - e be Parhi ea pripuaid.) Re U d oh reeilt managemn t tos estsmeo eWvritle Preserpns aond Inadsr aotel, n va~w e dr hat frcom Jutlebra unb Af eeb reor d tooeatnn ea~r Th col brsrpaad twond res da b ma ml.. vn hraiuj ~ rema sa* .. The Ony Medicine Th~t Ats at.08111111 0 0 TheUver, the Bowels mi th M s. Theste gret orgtifll the nligural cleanls. areo he st.i. Waylo w ea dreadful disease are our to Sol19W W h TERRIBLB SUFFERINO. Dilipauses, Headache, Dyspepisi, Joan dice, Constipation and Piles, 9r Kid sty complainto, Gravel, Diabetes, or Rheumatic Paine and Aches, as dovoped ueause the blodd Is poisqued with the humors Obat should hav Deem expelled naturally. KIDNEY-WORW will restore the healt tion and all these destroyl gevi l 1 ant e neigl ect T1o ndmbvebeenoure . rta yOu will S o more to a nunor. Ta0 it ha ealt willonen lo elyaourhea KIDNRT-WORT will cure you. Try a pack. age at once and be satisfied. is is a dry egetable compound and One Package makessix quarttofredieIse. Yrour Druggiol hasef. or wiordaiwi you. Inaist upon aving it. *ft,41 WZmaL, ZIEADSON 6 00., rImers, 10 (Wl O vusend ostpaid-> ]Ber111***., T.6 NEW MUSIC BOOKS.. H00 D WILL REMENIBER OUR NEW GH :Aerlean Antikmn Book, (1.25) by Johnibun. Tennley and ablbey; an excel lent collection of easy anthems. Also one thousand or more of separate Authems, blees, &c., costing about 6 to 10 ClS. each. A great convenience for occasional singing. NEW CANTATAS.-Christasu, ($I); Fall of Jerusalem, ($); Josepia's Boandage, (61 %D); and many others for winter practice of Choirs and SocletIes. Send for lists I THE REST INSTRICTION ]BOK for Piano, Or an Reed Organ, Guitar Violin, Cornet, and all Winud. 8 ring and Reed Intru ments. ond for our lists. 00 such books are puolished. Organists need "llarmoate Sebool"' for the organ. ($). by Clarke: also, **VIarkeg's Short Volsuesres," ($1.50), *' Batiateg' 540 *164ees," t$2.50); or 0 OtganIsi's Bell. anee," by Thayer, 10 Nos., cah $1.26, corm plete, $i.10. -- .Joasn'.g e. j% Otf ar's Noew 6 (each 76 rents). For all Instruments. Capital cheap inntructors. Clarke's Reed Orgaun Melodies, (s9) are splendid. Take Ithe Muanioel Record, $2.00 per year. WelCosm e Chorum, tor liga Schools. S1. Song Betls, ior Cummon Schools. 50 ote. Any book mailed for teho retail price men tioned abovo. Liberal reduction for quantities. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. E. DITSON & (10. 12280hentnut St.. Phila. 1881. FREE. 1881e The ILLUSTUiATED "1GOLDEN PRIZH" for 1881 Is now ready. T 5 elegant book contains about, 2u tinle engsavimmt. A speelmen copy will be sent free to any one in the Uni ed States on receipt >f a three-cent, atamli to prepty post ago on tho b. ok. Agents wanted. Address F. GLEASON &CO., 46 Suminer Streit. Boston. Mass. AR LL FiSNS n,, Er nt In or nn11 Tutc r4cptIg fce. i XI- all va: addruss with arip, 1i A Nil ATTA 8 t No. 733 Be oadway, New York City. LLEN'S 11rain Food cures Nervous Dsbilit il ad Wetaknes- of utim orati ye Organo a, S-aUl rueglote. Baod lot Otrcular to Allant Pharmacy 13frtAve., No.y. ENCYCLOPADIA 6W ETIOUETTEBUSINESS 'bms fi time' oh . 4 kill( 411lY ro lpi-as oand siela. blo wd)rk oni B, iiua Itoeline Bum ji. ge ala, Stooil Vornm'. It Bll, 11--w to porrorm alit te a rious du ties %if JIG-, atil fmow to tpituar to thi. best advantages Oil ail Of ca.le'm,'. AG F ITS %VA N T E D.-Senl for cirenlars contain lg a run ii r , .f in . work ad etra term to P i laeelh a, P'a. SA PON IFI EIR Isathe Old Reiable Ooneentrated Lye for VAX ILY for smaking Hard. 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PII~)1 All ciy lesa Gold Buer and Niekl e a'DAAID AM 0iAN 0AO1 e(00., Pittiburh. Pa. A0ddressIi."Fox ("o, 39 a.ar S. No br T.WORT.sem ond sownedl a9 d hae been- cue, alo es, aOestdand Wehave volum of tesoaf oitsueav ibair ha 1oo.o drasi pi, Bu 0 n peuir to oen has aorded a large eupcseme at LIAR TO FEMALES. rc Tonto the retire sv s be e re s nen Of i whn diseases aean on thse Inwihthe aoi strcture of tu ne of the wkb Wedhen te jtt Irenoe ie h spedienlto the berngo otn gnarantee. For eenditions, see wrapper arounad bottla digntre cstes the r mi yosr 'mmn n er fn rpn re lt rent rnll avelm a te cor fipio Yto t Prsca.. . MiffAEA Q lad.*W