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3IemovaI ordses and Spote.
Alalter Adhtering Alechoanicalt
Beatiug, brng, and currents of water
eithr on the upper or under side.
(ulm, B'ugar, JClly, etc.-SiMple wash.
ing with Water at a haud heat.
Urease.-Whito goqds, wash with soap
or alkalino lye. Colored cottons, warm
with lukewarm soap lyes. Cilored 'wool.
enm the sate, or amniuouna. bilks, absorb
with French chalk or fuller's earth, and
dissolve away with beizine or ether.
Qdt Colors, Varnish and Jtosine.-On
white or colored linens, cottunAS, or wool
ens, use rectilied oil of turpentine, alcohol
lye, and their Lap. On enas, use beuzme,
ether, and mild soap very cautiously.
Stearinc. -n dl cases use strong pure
Velclablo Colore, Fruit, Jlcd Winc,
and Ated J1u.-On white goods, sulphur
Iumes or chlorine water. Colored cottons
and woolens, wailh with lukewarm soap,
lye or amnitonia. bdk the same, but more
cautiously.
Alizarine Inke.-Whito goods, tarta
ric acid, the inure concentrated tue older
are the spots. On colored Cottons and
woolens, and on silks, dilute tartaric acid
is appled cautiously.
Jilood and Albuninoid Matters.
Steeping in lukewatin water. If pupilue,
or the juice of Carlea papay/a, can be
procured, the spots tire first solf.ned with
lukewarm water, and then eithe. of these
substances is applied.
Iron Yyots and ilack Ink.--W hite
good#, hot oxulle acid, (iute muriatic acid
with little fragments of tin. On fa;t dyed
cottons and woolens, citric acid I cautious.
ly and repeateily applied. 8ilks impomsi
ble.
Lime and A lkalica. - White goods sim
ple washing. Colored cottons, woolens,
and silks are montened, and very (illute
citric acid is applied with the finger end.
Acids, Vineytar, Nour Winc, AMust,
Nour Frulla.-W hite goods, himple wash
In , followed up by chlorine water if a fruit
color accompanien tlhe acid. Colored cot
tons, woolen and silks are very carefully
i sohhteied with dilute amonioala, with the
finger etld. [In calie of delicate colors, it
will ie found preferable to make somne pre
pared chialk into a thin paste, with water,
antud apply it to the spots.]
Ta lilnyfrom Cheisnutle, Gre&n JVal
nuts, ctc., or Lcathce.-Whitegoods, hot
clilorinie wa:er, uund concentrated tartaric
neid. Colored cottoia, woolenis, illd fiiks,
tpply dilute chlorine wattrcatllousiy to the
spot, wiarhing it aiay iad rvaplying it
several timen.
.Tan, 011r1 Wheel Grecase, i Allefrcof
Yat, Jliin, Carilon, unid A cclic A cid.
Out wliat poods, soap an1d cil of11 lu-pen
ine, atrniting with itrumis of ter.
Colored cottons ind woolena, tub in with
hard, let lie, soup, let lie aigain, and treat al
wrtitely with oil of turpentine iand water.
Siiks the saume, inore careftliy, using ben
Vile Jus11teaid of oil of turpentine.
Scorc/dng.-While gyods, rub wel
with linen rags dipped im chilo ine water.
Colored cottonil, redye it pomsible, or in
woolens raise a fresh surface. Silks, no
remiedy.
T,,e Taraustula lyider.
This rname is given to a large spider, ob
EeY ed at first in the neighborhtood of Tar
entum, in Italy, and for the bite of which
considered roiWnous, inusic and dancing.
were said V be the remedy. Certain rongs
and airs were solemnly iuied for the occa
sion, aid the tarantula itself ditinced to the
air of the "tarantelia." The truth is that
the bite produced disorders of the nervous
siystemu, witih et rong conivulive mCiovemtets,
which wias exaggei ated Into dancing. Th lis
in the kingdomi oi Naples during the six
teent h century, to have heen nearly sinmi
lair in its characeter to the dlisease which was
originally called "St. Vutus' Dance," and to
that which lai o(casionalily prevai led in
parts of Scotitln, and1 has becn called the
" leapaig agute.''
TIhe patienis, ntearly all of wvhomt w~ere
women, & on after beimg bitten, ats it was
iiupphosed, used to fall into a stupor-, from
which nothmug revived themt bitt the soaund
of snehl itusic tis pleased themt, on hearuing
which they laud an irresistible dlesire to
and was in tune and1( suflicintly lhvely, they
would no oun jumiping aind danacing till
they felJ exhausted, antd tall the time some
u~sed to shriek, somec to laugh and sing,
some to weep. When aufter a short rest,
they had1( recovered from their fatigue,
they wouldl aigaiu begin to dance with as
mtuch vigor as before, uniless the music
were playedI slowly or confusedly, when
they wouIl stop and1( grow anxious oir inel
ianchoiy ; or eveni if the nmassie were not
* soorn nuade tagrecable to themn, would fail
ito a daingerous-state of stupor. 'iThe'dis
case uased to last abiout four days, aund
seeimedi to lbe cur-ed by the profuse p~erspi
ration brought on by the active exercise'
but it of ten returnied at the samie time in
the followinig year, or even for a succes
sion of years, antd on every occasion r'e
quiredi thle same Itreatmitent. The ne-rvous
affection was calledi the Tarantismnus.
Since it hats been found that the bite of
the tarantula can pr'oduice no such att ainge
effects as these, manly have susplectedI that
the disease ascribed to it never really exisi
ted, but was feigned for the pulrp~ose of ex
eiting pity, or for the pleasure of d-icing.
'lhiere ia good reason to bielieve tlamt in
most instances it wias merely counit erfeit ed;
but tltcre can be no doubt, thatt such a dis..
ease has occurred, and1( hass givent occasin
to the prauctice of the fraud.
Tlhe habits of the tarantula tire very cu
rious. its jaws aind feet are lairgo andi
strong ; its legs and( feet tire fuirnishedl
with long stiff spurs, with which the ai
tmah seizes its prey ; and its foremost two
pair of feet. tire furished wIth a down,
like a brush, whih the taranituin emtploys
in making its toilette, and in craiwling, on
smtooth sumfaces; the feet atrc terminuatedi
by two strong ntails. WVhen full grown.
it tantabits underground passages, forming
ab burt-ow sunk to the depth of a foot be
neatht the sumfiace ; and this bui-rowv not on
ly protects the animal from the puirsutits of
its enemies, but serves it tas an observatory
wvhenzce it may (dart on its p~rey. At first
the hole sinks perpendiciuarly, lieu bends
and forms at) abntst horizonitt a elbow, aif ter
which It, resumes its direction downwarids.
At tis elbow the tarantula stands sentry.
teverlosing sighitof the dloor of itad wellinig;
utnd here the creature's eyes glitter like
diamonds, rendered bright like those of it
cat, by dlarkness. E~xternally, the openaing
of the faratula's buiriow as surmcuintedi by
a fuannel,-onastructedi of IeIces of dry wvood
uited by clay, and 11ln ith a web spun
by the spider, wvhich Isconttiumed inroughi
the whole interior of the burrow. This
prevents the fail of earth, and1( enatbles the
. arauitula by its clanu s quickly to aisctnd
'.r scale Its fortress.
M. Leon Dufour has describedl the mlode
ufhunting the tarantula, mostly in Maty
aind June, at Valcaclia, in Spamn. T1hte
Apullatn peasants imitate at theo miouth of
thes hole the htuttming of an' insect by
means of an oaten stalk, and so lure tho
- tarantula to the mouth of the burrow, and
capture him, it is easily tamedc~. M. 'Dua
r put two full-grown and very yigorous
o tarantulas together in a glass vase,
and then witnessed a combat fought with
sondemfulh strategy, ,until tho ferocious
vanquisi.or muortally wounded lia enemy
head aind then devgQured him.
AGRIOUA'UEN.
Maon GaADzs Brragn THAN SCRUBS.
-It costs no more to ke'ep a good aii
mal thAn a poor one, and generally not
as sgch. 4 high grade steer, for In
stance, Is ready for market from one to
two years earl ier than a scrub. The
object In raising a steer for beef, and
how to get him to the block in the most
desirable form, from the bcather's
standpoint, in the shortest period after
his birth, and at the minimum of cost
is the leading question for the farmer
or feeder to solve. The high grade
steer Is ready for market from one to
two years sooner than the scrub can be
put into that form. The former more
easily digests and assimilates his food
than the latter, and appropriates more
oi its nutritious principles. When
ready for market the grade turns the
scale generally at one-third more than
the scrub, the meat Is laid on where
the butcher wants it and 1s far better
in quality, hence brings a higher price.
Here is the differe ace in the cost of keep
ing of from one to two years-general
ly two-and a third heavier carcam,
besides the difference per lb. In the
price of the meat. The truth is, it is
impossible for farmers In the older
States, not only in the E4st, but in the
Statew cast of the Missisippi river, to
raise scrub stock prolltably. Tble
Western cattle-mien, whose herds are
counted by thousands, are now "bree
ding ip" their naLivO stock-a fact
that imakes it imperative uponl Ils cOlml
petitor farther east, to raise cattle
that, are well-bred, that inherit a large
capacity fron consumption, digestion
and assimilation of lood, and mature
in Irorsi two and a half to three years
at most.
Tue Wzjnn PAnsaw.-WO notice two
or three deaths have tkol place
through the eating of this root, there
fore we give our readers a few details
of the bulb. The botanical namieU of
this same root Is pastinux satlfa-and
it belongs to the odor of umbelliferm. It
Is a relation of parsley, water hemlock
etc., and includes several very poison
uns ienibers In its growth. Whether
wild and garden parsnips are not one
and the same thinig we are unable to
find out* of one thing we are certain,
that a garden becomes deleterious tie
second absolutely poisonous th third
year. It is this cir'cuimstance that
should make )orsons careful in buying
this vegetable, and in parimp beds of
old standing great tanger la run, lost
one of the old roots should become inl
chided amonaig the recent growths. The
only certain way neveIr to ianit pars.
f lps Oili thesame gron id twice run ning.
Cre siotud ailmo be taken not to allow
cattle to stray oil old parsulps bed, as
many have been killed by want of this
.recilutioll. The treatmeit, in case of
polsoniig consistc of producing vomit
iig by meains of sulpluato ot zinc or
tartar emetcL toguler with Jarge
aiounts of tepid water as a dilutent.
Af ter the stomach hasi been well cleared
auminister vinigar mixed with water,
and if insiienibility occurs apply
warmnth, friction and blisters. Should
intiamuination supervene general anti
phlogistic means should be resorted
to.
MIPRoVINo POon LAXD.-HOW can
these old fields be made to produce
abunidant harvest at a cost that will
enuble the crops to pay a fair interest
on the inyestment for the labor ?"
This quesltion is a very important o1
for farmers as well its others. Latnd
hias been neglected, and, worse still,
exhtausted by repeated croppiing iihI
scotarging brops, till tile average of our
wheat production has been lowered to
cliLaton buahl, euauso ur tati Lu ou
low a yield as to be ani actual loss to
the farmler. There was some excuse
for the system~ of over-oroping whiou
the farmer htad to rely entirely upon
time wheat market; but nowv, with good
markets for mneat and wood, butter aind
cheese, thlere exists no longer a pliea
ior aln unI~interrupt.ed suiccession of
grain crops till the soil is thioroughly
exhausted. Tile farmer who would re
store to impoverished lands thleir form
ersprodluctveness, mu ist feed shecep anid
1fatteni cattle on is Ilandi But thmat
land is so Imp~overishled that live stock
would starve oa it, Let laIm, thean
sow buckwheat, oats, rye ammd clover,
niot to sell the graini grown, but for
boiling and to plough them under crop
after crop till therel la again a veget
able mioi witihin time soil thalt will pay
im a reunerationl for is labor.
1'his is the work of time; at la,however,
tile at quiring of a niew farm that will
ykld no heavy crops as time old1 larm did
11n tile clearing. _____
Bin'za~ 'funanzYs.--Th'ie bronze vatri
ety of turkeys-a cross between the
tame amnd the wild family--is superior
to the comnuon turkeys in size, liardi
neuss, and1( teniderniess 0f hlesh--thec hat
ter a prevalent, traIt of wviid game.
Time 111n11 wild turkey, ini a fully dic.
veloped stalge, 1s an1 imposing looking
bird, often attaining a weight of forty
p~ounmds, or mlore. Thle general hue of
their plumauge may becalled black, but
Is often ielieved by a siomng bronze or
copper color, giving thleml a rich ap
pear'ance whemn the sunlight falls fairly
upon themla. At certiain seasonis of tile
yecar the male of the wild turkey Isa till
of line lire of baittle. Frefinently the sol
sude of time forest willl be broken by the
sonorous gobble of deliance. Amnon a re
sponise, equailly belligerent, will be1
heard. Guided by these nlotes of chal
Icinge andi~ acc~eptanlce, the pa1r ties ra
lpidmy appr~oaich each01 other, anud when
in, full view t.hey rush together withl a
stairting shlock, andc the tug of wail
commllenices. 1t 1s raitionall to infer1 ihat,
aum imuinisionof wild blootd wouldh tendt to
nardliness, a chalratcteiristic inl wichl tile
younag of thle tame vaiiety arn greatly
deficient. A brief ratumlble in wet grass
usually sulees to hinlish imp a young
tamelt turkey, wile a wild one0 of like
aige will rarely succumnb to a kindred
diremmching. It, is owlig mainlly to this
hardiniess of ,consttutionu tile broIl
zed or crossed breed ia so highmly prized
by pl)try -b~reeders an ld tile genieral
pubile. ______________
Thea needle gln Is the invention of
Johnz Nicholas li~rusyse, a P'rusiani
locksmnith. lie wais nineteen years ola
wVhenl tile battie of .Jena was fought,
andu ple~ked upl a mlusket 11pon t~lhi lld,
ani examiination of whlichm conlvincedl
im tihat, his eOtIntryme ivwere thie
wvorst-arimed soldiers i Europe.
Drueyse mnade is way to Paris a111d Oin
tered the demploy of a Swiss gunaaker,
whomi Naipolcoan comlmissioned to maitke
a breech-ioaiding miuskot. .Thae younig
aipprentlince took up time idesi amid wvork
0(1 ait it (or mainy years, until, in l835,
he sulcete inl makIng a brceech-load'.
lng necedle gun. Tihe P'rtusiani Gornl
mmen t tried said adopted,the weapon ,and
supliedL thi inlventor withl meIans for
carryhing On the~ mainufacture of tile
gun no0w used in Kailser Wilhelm's
airmy.
Mar. .idanason, at tile mneeing of the
Iruit an-1 Steel Institute, at Dusseldorf,
strongly condemned thle practice of
endeavorling to arengthen Steel by tem
piering it In oil, becaulse wile tihat
practice might Increase the ten~sle
Strong K it impaired thte elasticity and.
duct Illy of the mntall
DOXESTIO.
TO MAXX VuIsOAR.-I. Boll eitner
corn, wheat, barley or rye, about one
pint of the grain to a gallon of water
strain, and to the liquor thus obtain9d
add syrup or sugar until pleasantly
sweet. Let stand in a warm place,and
you will soon havegood vinegar. The
stronger and sweeter the liquor the
stronger will be the vinegar and - the
longer in making. 2. Pack in a jar
the skins and cores of apples made in
preparing pies and sauce, and cover
with boiling water. When another lot
is made add them and more hot water
till the ar Is full. In warm weather
set the Jar in the sun, carefully cover
ed wltk a cloth; in cool weather in a
warm place in the house. The .apples
do not rot at all. In six or eight weeks
the water Is turned Into excellent vin
egar and of an amber color. No yeast,
nor spirits, nor acids, nor sugar, n r
molasses are needed-nothing what
ever but the skins and cores and water.
BzEF brine is excellent for a sprain.
A piece of flannel wet In brine and
bouad on, will give almost immediate
relief. Borax and alcohol are very
good for extracting the poison from
otings and insect bites. A bit of fi'in
nel wrung from alcohol in which is
dissolved a bit of borax, and laid across
the chest, will give relief in severe
cases of pneumonia. A cloth wrung
from warm water, bound around the
neckand covered with flannel, is ex
cellent for inflammatory sore throat.
It should remain on all night. This
will apply to inflammation of many
kinds. A single drop of camphor on
a lump of sugar, repeated every fifteen
minutes, is better than stronger doses
for severe attacks of diarrh-. Taken
once an hour is suffilcient for milder
cases.
HOME-MAIDE COURT PLASTER.-Soak
isinglass in a little warm water for
twenty-fours hours; then evaporate
nearly all the water by general heat;
dissolve the resid-te in a little dilute
alcohol, and strain the whole through
a piece of open linen. The strained
mass should be stif'Jelly when cold.
Now stretch a piece of silk or sarsenet
on a wooden frame and fix it tightly
with tacks or pack thread. Melt the
Jelly, and apply it to the silk thinly
and evenly with a badger hall brush.
A second coating must be applied when
the first has dried. When both are
dry, apply over the whole surface two
or three coatings of balsam. of Peru.
Plaster thus made Is very pliable, and
never breaks.
GUTTA PKndCA CHMENMrr.-Th is ligh
ly recommended cement la made by
melting together, in au iron pail, two
parts common pitch and one part gutta
percha, stirring them well together
until thoroughly incorporated, and
then pouring the liquid into cold wa
ter. When cold It is black, solid and
elastic; but it softens with heat, and
at 10) degrees Fahrenheit is a thin
fluid. It may be used as a soft paste,
or in the liquid state, and answers an
excellent purpose in cementing metal,
glass, porcelain, ivory, etc. It may be
used instead ot putry for glazing win
dows.
GAss STAmN REMOVID.-[ thought
grass stain was hopeless. I have asked
experienced people several times if
anything would take the stal n of green
grass from children's clisthes,but with
out gaining the desired information
until within the last month. Lo I
hiolling water -will remove the colbr.
Pour boiling water through the atain
nud it 8ven tho groon coloring mnater
loose', rinsing it away. I triedl it on a
large stain upon the front Oilily little
girl's white dress, and easily removed
every trace of the grass, rubbing it a
little in the hot water. Grass stain,
aI'ter wvashing with soap)-suds, make a
dirt-colored mark, and remains an
ugly blot onl children's wvhite clothllug.
CAU.TTEs A LA PrLA3MANDE.-~When
p~arboiled and drained, punt the carrots
into a saucepan with a piece of butter,
a pin~ch of sugar, and as miiuch water
as may be necessary for sauce, add
some fInely minced parsley and white
pepper and salt to taste. Let tihe
carrots salmer till done (about fifteen
minutes), shanking them occasionally.
Beat up together the yolks of two eggs
and half a gill of cream, stir this iuto
the carrots off the fire and serve.
CAn1OT1'Is A LA MA rIiing D'IIOTEL.
Take new carrot-, as much as possible
all of a size, trim them neatly, and
parboli thlem for ten mlinutes in fast
boiling salted wvaI or; drain and liut
them, whole or cut in hlalyes,accordinag
to their size, into a saucepann with
plenty of' butter, white pepper. and(
salt to taste ; add some1 finely minaced
parsley and a few dlrops of lemon
Juice, and keep shaking the sauicepan
on the fire until the carrots are quite
done.
CoMPOTE- OF A M''E.--Take seve n
flne ap)ples, remove the core and peel;
put thenm into water with the Juice of
a lemon. Clarify half a p~ound of sugar,
throw the applies in the syrup and
1b011 themi gently. Try them from time
to time with a fork to see If they are
tender, and when sutliently dionec re
move thiemi and( arrange neatly In a
desnert (dish. Then redluce the syrup)
and pour it over the apples.
BATarn PUDDINO.-Tlake one small
baker's loaf, ecut off' the crust, and potir
over the rest on~e quart of boiling miilk.
When colt1 beat it to a putlp, then stir
in four well beaten eggs, a imall tea
culp of flour, and~ hmalf a yeast cake dlis
solved. This should bake in tivenmy
minutes 1i thle oven is right. Serve
with a very sweet aind highly flavored
sauce when it is hot.
JAM SANwlcuxa.-Ta'eke the weight
of two i'r three eggs in the shell of
butter, flour aind sugar', flavor to taste,
roll the paste out very thin, and p~ut it
into a flat tini and( bake in tihe ovena,then
cut in two. Lay somne jam on oine-half,
cover it with thle other half, and cut
into any shiape you like.
To PnaIvCNT Ruisi~o oF TlrN.-Emub
fresh~ lard over the ish, 'and then put
it in allot oven andi hieatit thoroughly.
TIhus treated alny tin ware may be ntaed
inI water constantly, and remain bright
andl free front ruist indtnito .y.
PUDDINm .SA Ucm.--Mix togither one0
and one-halt f tups of buttear with the
same11 amount of granuilatedl sugar'. and
beat to a cream ; add a pint of an.y
small preserve andl the beaten wvhite of
an egg. Nice for batter or corn starch
RlosE WATER -T'ake otto of roses,
twenty-flvo drops,rub it, withi an ounce
of white sugar andl four drachmns of
carbonate of mlagnlesla; then add~ grad
ually half a gallon of water and four
ounces of proof spirits.
LAVnNDJIR WsAE.--T'ake oil of lav
ender eight pune~es, essence of berga
nmot 011e and~ a half ounce, essence of
musk four oinces, alcohol t wo gallons,
HUMOROUS.
On Fourth of July Eph took a tea
box; upon Its green sides he plastered
the pa rs of Ohinese firog41eg,
eipled Cathirine wheels, 6$ayg4 tut
nigger-ohasers,. the blank'cartridies'of
expended Roman candles. Great
king! it was a formidable looking.
machine. Attached to a hole in the
corner was a foot of fuse. Eph, after
the coDstruction, took his diabolical
looking affair out on the Bowery, and
placed it on the car track. He then
stepped back and warned off the first
car. One man stopped; ton more
halted; one hundred came to a stand
still; cars strung along for blocks;
policemen arrived and beat back the
crowd; people rushed up stairs in their
houses, and raised windows in view of
the coming concussion. Once in a
while a stage driver, more venture
some than his fellows,held his head on
one side, shut his eyer, opened his
mouth, trusted in Heaven, and lashed
his animals past the infernal machine,
whose fuse burned slowly and surely
toward the dreadful engine of destruc
tion. For blocks the avenue was
crowded. "Fall back," shrieked the
police with uplifted batons. 'A-o-w-w 1'
screamed the women, with fingers in
their ears. The multitude surged
backward as the glowing spark crept
up. A moment of awful suspense and
"ping!" went a little fire-cracker In
side that big, hollow tea-box. And
Eph, bowing to the immediate mour
ners, as It to pay "the performance Is
over," picked up the box, and amid
the execrations of thousands, too4 him.
self and his hoax out of sight. I
AT Oxford, some years ago, a tutor
of-one of the collesees limped in 1118
walking. Stoping one day last summer
at t% railway stmtion, he was accosted
by a well known politician who recog
nized him, and asked if he were not
the chaplain of that college at such a
time, naming the year. The doctor
replied that, he was.
"I was there," said his interrogator,
"and I knew you by your limp."
"Well," said the doctor, "it seems
my limping made a deeper impreesion
on you than my preaching."
"Ah, doctor," he replied with ready
wit, "it is the highest compliment we
can pay a minister to say that he is
known by his walk rather than by his
preaching."
A DETnOITIER has a bright blue-eyed
little niece of 4 years. The other day
he paid her a visit, and she as usual
welcomed him with a fond embrace,
coupled with a smaek which echoed
through the room. Ile presented her
with the customary box of sweets with
the question, "Do you love me little
one?" "Yes, untle, does always sure I"
site replied. After she had disposed
of her candy,she climbed upon her vis
itor's knee,and fondling him for a time
she surprised him with the question,
"Do you love me, too?" "To be sure
I do," was the reply. The little one
paused a moment and then whispered
in his ear. "Well, if you like woe too,
give me all your money."
A LADY was entertaining the Bishop
of the btate at her house, as lie was an
old and valued friend of the family,and
was always their guest on the occasions
of his visitations to the parish.
On Sunday morning after his arrival
tMe lady's little son sidled up to him
just after breakfast.
"Bishop," said he, "would you like
to look at my piggle book ?"
"Why, yes," replied the church
dIgnitary, anxious to please the little
fellow.
show it to you, buat you'll have to lock
at it on the sly, 'cause it's Sunday."
IT was all the f auit' of the 'news
papers. T1hecy said the new comet
couldni't be seen "withigut a glass."
Mr. Starlington wanted to see it, so he
Look a glass. It still eluded his vision,
and lie took two more glasses. Still he
couldn't see it, and after taking seven
glasses altogether, he fell down four
steps into an area, and was rewarded
with a sight of the comnet. But he Is
positive that just ias he caught a glimpse
of tihe celestial visitor it burst into ten
mIllion pieces,o.ne of which struck him
right between the eyes.
A OaINTLEMAN th~e other day saw his
little daughter dipping her doll liaby's
dress into a tin cup, and inquired :
"What are you doing my daughter?"
"I'm coloring my doll's dress red."
"W~hat with?" "With beer." "What
put such a foolish notion Irnto your
uead, child ? You can't color-red with
beer!I" "Yes I cani, pa; because ma
said it was beer that colored your nose
so red !"
YOUNG LADY-Oh, Mr. Solimia, I
have such good news to-da~y.
Old JBach.-Doi igh ted, delighted,
whiat is It ?
Young Lady-You know this is Leap
year, arnd I am going to propose.
Old BIach.-Deiighted,'delighited.
Young Lady.-And .1 am going to
propose to you.
Old Bach.-Del----no, let's w'ait
andl sue what sort of a thuing the me
thaer-ina-lawv is.
IT is announced that the seven'teen
year locusts will not appear uAntil the
year 1885. 'This must be a miske.
Thei seventeen year locusts have ap
pecared aninually dI uring the past score
of years. And it will De ratiter .re.
mnarkable if they don't visit us next
sununer, as tuul.
"You don)'t know how iad I ami to
see you, Clara dear." "Oh yes, I do,"
replied Clara dear; "Johntny toild me
lie heard you say you would rather ule
than see mue,"
A convsoNDk<NT asked if the brow
of a hilfever became wrinkled. Tihe
editier relied : "Thle only informtation
that we ca'n give on that, joint is that
we have often seen it furrowed."
A Yotsu man married a deaf an J
dumb girl, but 800on a tr she recovere
both sp'eecht and hearing, and lie hit
aplier for a divorce, lie says IL is
otrageous swindle.
Jr an editor issues an extra andl * I
scihts it to lis puitrons, would I U
called an extra-dimtintreat-hcy ? 5
AN tinhappy marriage is li an lj
elec tric mtachilne-it makes onie ce,
bum you cani t let, go.
Tunt wife whio gives her optic
husband bu('kwheat cakes lia rdit
to answer for.
Wim4T mode of eatin~g ( era re
milnds you of a Now Jer town?
Trhe Rahiway, to be sure.
Tux now "Prob" lorgo give us ac
"line storm." lie is cyi 0-Y green
at the business yet.
Winv is it easy to ent old mani's I
habitation ? Because t; A le broken I
and hats lc.. .... fe.
Among thq no *velAqkqht9b
trieay t6 theMnd % arbliw#**
dreI 60n)apPa -M witek %Voltw
by:a dynamo-electrie todheta, twho
which, the inventor claims, *w11 hiel
millstones or other stones aAd 41011
rk economically with ,4r IVp
ei onu and dispatc. The iA wth
ployed Is faitened to a spd4g Wlis
which piotrudes from a case etimanTa1
magnets and armatures. This *p
arm, when the magnets are oo
with the dynamo-electric madhrzte
moves up and down with extrese ts
idity, causing the chisel to std&e
low at each descent. The invewe
states that it can be made to strike tire
one to two thousand blows per minutie
Wirts being used in place of stesa
pipes, enables the apparatus to tw
moved readily to any angle or worke
at any reasonable distance without
mnuch loss of power; while not th4
least metatorious portion of the whol
invontion Is the horizotal frame or bams
to which the electric apparatus is fixed
This frame is portable, and by the usI
of screws can e so adjusted as to causo
the chisel to strike any portion of i
-circle with either a swift or a slom
motion, tile mbei- and intedelty o
the blowd-Osing regulated acordlig t<
the soft ias or hardness'of the stone
By the use of this machine it is salt
that a m lstone can be covered in i
very siort space of time with the ne
cessary grooves and furrows,havingthl
straightqess, regularity and parllel
Ism so much desired in good millston
dressing.' The apparatus can be work
ed either A4tomatically or by hand, a,
as -o suit thk:'varying natures of th
stone operated upon. -
SCROFULous llUMOnes."-The VEGE
TINE has cured many eases of Scrofull
ol' Alv, ten and twenty years' standing
where the patiept has had many phy
sicans, tried many of the known reme
dieP; and, after trying the VXGE'rIN
the common remark Is, "It acts dirfer
ently, works differently, from anj
inedicine I have ever taken." Vxoz
TINE will cleanse sorofula from the sys
(em. Try it.
Starang with his theory that the cn
ergy of a bar magnet acts along spira
lines, Dr. Shettle surmises that th
energy proceeding from the sun an
striking the earth on the zone of th
ecoliptic traverses the earth in a spira
path, and finally emerges at the mag
ntic poles. The spiral of energy i
"right-handed" at one pole and left
handed" at the other, like the magneti
force in a magnet, and the electric die
charge In Crooke's vacuum tubes. Lik
to precession and nutation, he hold
that these spiral paths are conatanti:
chinging and producing magneti
variations, and he suspects that th
magnetic poles will complete a cycl<
correspondi-ig to the period of preces
81on. Altogether spiral energy is mad
to play a most Important part by Dr
Shettle. He holds that all bodies ex
bibit magnetic properties just in th
degree that they are capable of chang
ing' the energy traversing them int,
the spiral form. The solar radius 0:
this hypothesis would not only be th
canse of terrestrial magnetism, but o
gravity itself, as well as a host of othe
phenomena, ouch as those of eleotricit
ar.d those attending tornadoes, cy
clones, water spouts, etc. The. dooto
by no nicaits intends to confine hi
theory to the, earth, but makes it
operation universal.
Shrewdness anu Ability.
Hop Bittens so freely advertised ii
all the papers, secular and religo
are having a large sale, and
planting all other..medicines. T1
s nlo denying the virtues of th i9
plant, adthe proprietors of so
Bitters have .shown great shre ess
and ability In compounding a eirs,
whose virtues are so palpable cry
one's observation,--Examneru J ron,.
cl.
Professor E. 0. ickerlng, di tor of
the Harvai'd O)bservatory, la made
a discovery which is regar , says
the Scientific American, as of the
most important of the cent in stel
lar physics. In the ordinar iOscopec
the straper as a po of light
brightr but not larger, an when
looked at with the naked -IProfes
sor Pickering finds that placing a
prism between the obtec ass and the
eye-piece of his telescop the light of
a stir is drawn out int continuous
band. When, howeve the telescope
with the prism is dir d to a plane
tary nebula, the light collected Into
a starlike point with y barnd, ena
bling the astronomer distinguish in
stantly between the r and a plans
tary nebula., Thi rinciple has al
ready enabled Pro or Pickering to
discover several p1 tary nebu're. On
Th ursday evonin ug. 20, an object
was observed whi presented the ap
pearance df two like points within
the -baod in ? modified tele
scope. It is 'erent from any
thing heretofor served in the tele
scope, and is r dod as an important
object for inve .atlon.
"And in tappy aftertime,
Whien a a change of scene,
With a jl dear our hearts to cheer,
We'll it CAROLINE."
The col g principle of the Indigo
plantlis -tained in the stems and
l eaves, oh yield a colorless liquid,
changet y fermnentatation Into the
familla e- About two months afteor
the p1 are sown they prodluce a
pale-r ower. They are cut, thrown
into e stone vats, covered with
wate dI hold downa by heavy weights.
For* tation begins, in about tweive
or f teena hours; the whole mass ap
prto be boiling, and bubbles of
puair arise. When this process is
11 ed, the liquid is drawn off into
a or vat, and violently stirredl to
p ipitato the coioring matter which
OI to settle. Again the water Is
wvn ofi, leaving the indigo, which
ried anti prepared for export.
If every onet o1 ,9mr talirs would try
D)oIbins' Elec'trie 80apg (Crain i & Co.,
Philadelphia,) they would, like us,
>eome firm believeri. in its wonder.
u1 merit. hlave your grocer order it
The British War Office authorities
ave now derailed a whole company of'
toyal Engineers for instruction in the
rt of military ballooning. A very
mall ~detachmennt had, until this
hange was made, boon engaged in
alloon experiments.
Dr. Bi. A. (Gould, the director or th~e
lational Ubservatory of the Argdntine
tepublic at.Coridoba, descibes the ap
earance of the Southern Comet of
Pehrnary, 1880, as involving very
root diflicuity in fixing accurate posi
ions with telescope, while with the
caked eye there was an equal diflicuty
n saying whore the tail originated,
here being no nucleus or heart woI thy
(the name.- -
War kills its thousands, bnt a Cough
te tens of thousands; Dr. Bull's Cough
lyrup however, always kills a Cough.
?rice only 25 cent. a bottle.
- I Min 8AMe~,h~~u~ termaugd ti
nob dot an
11P WMr W ood Ismn
III, U I
Wit 1t "1wi add one t W
tkqji 11,tAl 1 bave been a*Mk4%A
(tot'11W15,- tmsl with Dysp i -%
edp Jlaidk Readaehe a n
Qtfifb4ib W aO a caused by a p 41V
. Ij lla 1jikx ai a great manty rmoileW
:"ifit teidan preseritiona wittien
utuwtny bealth failig me all the
-t n. U1 wta Induced to try Slimmuoul
UAt4ur ator, and have 1a40 Ilion
qOallgaue tosince thati for yealra
kirie. 'The Itegulator relieves it at
w=E aira Is more satlst'otory iit its
'11 * SW qhan anything of th kint .
ave, evTr tiled. L have al used it
wih good success in mny tully to
wn off Bilious attacks.
"Jos. C. Wilm t- 4,
Cumberlanid Presbyterian liuister,
Le. ion, Mo."
Wuv does rain the dini sh the size
of the statute in the park Because it
r becomes a statuette (statt Wet).
WuAT anInials attaoll eiselves td
I grape vines? Gray-apes grapes).
WHAT kind of anit comes from
heaven ? Raindeer (r dear).
Maine Ne o
lop Bitters, whieh e advertised in
our columns, are a oia cure for ague,
bilious and kidney c plaints. Those
who use them say y cannot be too
highly recommende Those aflleted
should give them a r trial, and will
become thereby husiastio In the
praise of theit c ative qualities.
Portland AroiER.
WHAT'S the be efiiltion of a quill?
Something take rorn the opinions of
one goose to sp d the 'pinions of an
other.
W Ails You?
Is it a disorde liver giving you a yellow
skin or coativ el ; or do your kidneys
refuse to port their functions? If so.
E take a few dos f Kidney-Wort and nature
I wilt restuto ea rgan ready for dutv.-STAa,
V ETINE.
DR. LLEER SURPIRIMED.
Vegel Cured Ills lDaughoer
S CALLIERSV * Chilt'rn Co., Ala., May 15, lI8s.
MiEAN h My (iilghter has been anlticte
with 1as turrh, afroction of the bladder and
kilnes.. is of scrofuilou diatheats, and,
R after [a oxhatisted my skill and tbe most
3 eminen lcias of 'Beima I at last resorted
to the i f your Vegetine (without confidence)
and, Y great su1"rise, my daughteor has
3 been r ed to health. I write this as a sim
pie ac Justlie, and not as an advertising
ectfully, T. R. CAld.iICt. Ii. D.
VEGETINE
W ed Like a Charm-Cured ailt
Itheu an tud Erymipelas.
r 75 CouT ST., RoWE, N. Y., July 10, 1579,
r . H. STIVRNS:
Sir.-O, 0 year ago last fall my little boy
- h a breaking out of Erysipelas and Sait
r in, his face being one mattUered sore. of the
t description. Notioing your advertise.
In the papers, I purchased two nottles of
a Vegetine, and with the two bottles my son
s cured. I never saw anyihing like the
getineo; It worked like a charm. Ihave been
iy wathm in at Rtome for years. This teati
nlal is gratuatous. Yours, respectfully,
HORtATIO GICINDL.Y
VEGETINE.
Reanarkable isue of Serorulous Face.
-WRsTMINsTBR, Conn., June 19, 1819.
Ma. H. R. STvEas:
Dear Sir.-I can testify to the good effect of
your medIcine. My lIttle hoy had a tSoroluia
sore break our. on h s head as large as a quarter
or a dollar, and i. wvent, down his face fromt one
ear to the other, under his neck, and was one
rold nmas of sores. Two boti lea or your valu
hblo Vegetime 'ompletely cured hIm.
Very respectfully,
MRS. G. H. TiIATUUiIl.
VEGETINE,
1REPAREID Uv
U. E. STEVENS, Boston, Mass
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W endure neroves or siek headsehesI
Why have slips alghts I
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D 1.C is en oluteafna irre aitlblecuro for
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U 9c. Tius PRcopti's JIOURNAL, Ilagerstown , id.
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