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The Order of tihe 6oodon Fleece. The name of the Golden Fleece had a two-fold signification. It meant to typify the spirit of chivalrous adven ture-of going into new lands to con quer new fame-the same spirit which actuated the Argonauts of legend, who went in search of the Golden Fleece. But there was also the religious idea. The Savior has been represented under the form of a lamb. To win His re demption by "knightly" deeds, in the best signification of that noble wor , was obviously an object of the new so ulety of chivalry. Iigh privileges were early conferred on the Knights of the Flecce,whoso numbe'r was orig inally limited to thirty-one. When the Counts of Egmont and Hori were Illegally executed under tihe rt ign of Philip II. on account of the stand they made for the liberties of their country, they both appealed against the sent ence, alleging, amoug other reasons, that as Kalghts of the Fleece.they had the right to be tried by their brother knights. After the war of the Spanish siccession, which loft a Bourbon on the throne bf Spain, there arose a dis pute between the Emperor and the King of Spain as to which of them had the right to the sovereignty of the or tier. The question was anL extremely complicated one. The Emperor Charles VI., as heir male of the ips burgs, might fairly claiu the knightly heritage as his right. On the other hand Philip of Bourbon might arge descent through an heiress .nd ilead that In Spain and the Low Countries the Salle law had never been recogniz ed. Tihe matter was finally arranged through treaty, the Emperor and King of Spain being recognized as joint grandmasters oi the order, with equal power to name knights. 'liMo Aistrian and Spanish badges of tie order aie almost though not, quite identical in form. Each has the well-known col lar of gold and il nt-stones, with the typleal device, "Ante forlt quani 1 im ma micat,'' though the nobler legend runs-'"'Pretium nor. vile labot em." The Archdukes of At t ill and the Infantsof Spain are all, as a- rule. Knights of the Fleece. In later years tihe order has been conferred with What mut. to her.at hN e appeared unduec freedom). For .uscanco, on 31. Thiers, 7vho was not even 'noble," and inleed had time sole merit of being President of the French Republic and one of the greatest atven living. Then It was tbat. political ?ddity called tihe Spanish republic, which beto wed tihe disineion of tihe little red collar rib and on M. Tilers. The Diuke of.Aost.o, by the way viile figauriig as A nadeus I. of Spaina sent the Foece to a distin guished Castillan ioblemuan, who re turned tihe decoration without a word. It is a waste (if words to charanterize the coniduct of this grandee as i-, de serves. Why the foreign hiouse of Savoy rhouild be less entitled to respoct than tihe foreign house of' France it would be dfllicult to explain. The Prince of Wales Is a Knight of the Golden Fleece-'.ho only Euglishman who enjoys thamt dh~ tincttonm. Th'ie Spanieh order was conferied on him - whmen lie was ten years old, the A uis trian some time hater. Not long ago It was whispere'd thiat his Cathaolio Ala jeruty was rathier axl us for an ex change of ribiamds between liho Courts of S. lldefoiiso and St. James. He wvaited ti~ G~arer for himnseif and wonuld have c-onfterred thme Flecoe on t he Uke oh Edlinbumrg or on Prince Albert, Victor of W'ales-perhmaps on both---to stecure for hiseli tihe most coveted (of all decoratmions, withmot wh le nBoverigna feels t hat he belongs to heillnmer circle of roy ally. Throwing Isis Famuniy to the WOives. Self-preservation is said to be thme first law of 1~ature, yet there are cir cumistances in which this law should be infringed, and the safety of others - take pmrece.dencet of then long nig to prne. serve one's life from the dianger which threatens it. No one, .for inan~ace,euan read, withouit a feeling of inidintion, the subjolned incident, related by a residlig near Moscow, wats iraveling through a deserted part of thme comuntray in a conmveyanice contlaining himmself, his wife aind four chaildroen, when tihe party was pursued by a flotek of howl I: ~ ing, famishing wolves. T1he pensaim urged the ho rses along at full s pee, but in spite of all thme wvolves gaimned every minute on the trmvelers. A lior rible (death seemned imminenit,wvhen tihe father devised am plan fomr perasoauly escapiing romi time danger. lie mook IIs youingest child in his ams anei de liberately threw it to time pursuers. This averted thec danger for a brief tim, bt oonafer hewoleswere aanfollowing the~ carriage In searchm of fresh prey. Su~c e.ssively tihe other three ciildren :e thlrown to t hem miand devoured, which enabled time nmn amid his wife to reach a nieighmborin-r village in safely. The poor mother, who had ini valn impllored lier husband H miot to sacrillee in this barbarous fash Ion the lives of her little ones, die nounced the unnatural parent, to the .authorities. Thie ease has just been heard, and thme father acquittedl, on the thmeory that hue had the right to sacrn ~'flee lis children since his own life was I, ~ at stake. 'The laiw of his countulry may absolve hmi, but every puient, wvill condemn hmim. Never Forge't anuythalug. A successful businessa man says there were two things which lie learned when lie wvas eighteen, which were af terwards of great use to haim, namely: "Never to lose anything and iiever to forget anythiing." An old lawyer sent with him an un u portanit paiper,wvith certain Instructions wvhat to do with it. "But," inquired time young muan, "suppose I lose it, whaut shall 1 do then?"' -Tihe answer war, with tihe utmost emphasis, "You nmustnot lose it." "I don't mean to," said time young man, "but suppose I should happen "Butt I say ycu must noet happen to!i I shall make no provision for any queh occurrence. You mus) not los0 It I" FARM AND GARDEN. I1 WIC AND RABrBTfl GNAWING TwRiEs. -Every winter the agricultural jour nals contain inquiries aq to a remedy to prevent mice and rabbits inawing trees and we have nearly annuially an. swered them. Our remedy, which we have tried with success, has proved effectual in every Instance in which it has been properly applied. It is to bandage the trees with any old cotton or woolen cloth, or very stiff paper will do. For mice, vight or ten Inches high will answer; for rabbits, not less than two feet. The latter standing upright can reach up very nearly two feet as far as they can reach they will guaw. Tile same cloth, if ptt away, will last for several years. Of cours., the bandaging must be well done and tied to the trees securely. In gardens, where trees are suro to be found if there are any in tho vicinity a good protection is to feed them with cab bage-stalks, or decayed heads of cab bage, ollals of rutabagas, carrots, hay. etc. A "dead trap,'' baited with apr pl, will also soon clear a garden; but, if in a starving condition, a hali doz en rabbits will destroy fifty young trees in a singlo night. One winter they not only injured several young pear trees for us, but nipped off the tender ends of certain shrubs as cleai ly as it doun with pruning shears, Prrs FOR VE0WrAL..-Most of our cellars are too warm for the best pro servation of vegetables, and it is. thero fore, advisable to store only a limited quantity for immediate use, in tite house, wilie tite 11an stock should be kellt in a cool barn cellar,or in an out door pi'. Such a pit, for family uso,is easily made by digging a trenih about three or four feet wide and of the same depth and as long as niecessary, taking care to select a situntion where water ein not staii(. At the approach of Winter the pit is filled i) to the level of the ground wit the roots to ble win tered. Beets, turnijps, carrots, etc. Narrow t.ariilon of soll may be placed longitudinally between the different kiids, s6 that each mIlay be taken out separately. This dividing of the pit I ntlo several sections h-is the additional advant-igo of making tihe bulk of each siualler. Large qunitities of roots itt one iass are liable to heat aid do not keep as well i, sinaller lots. The roots are then covered with 'tnough soll,say six inches, to protect them gainst the Irosts of early Winter, Wieni severe cold sets i, abotit the m1111dIle of I), "ember, more soll is tlrtown on, tnot less t han I )wo fe t,"ver every pi rtof t hi jit, loping off t,..wards tho .-ide, and tite surfaco. 1irmly packed down witli the back of a spade. With heatvy soil this will be si illcien t to tvrn ofl' the raint aid the Show wiater, but ill Santtidy soll it is better to add tit aittlitional protection of, straw, corn-stalks or boar id s. Witra iE.a.-The reports speak (f i conisiderable Increase in the iake of white cheese this season. 'T'iwre are c rtaitiiarkets whereun 'olc r(d cheese is (lled for tt higlte flittres th:in col oo I clteese brings,ii I that has eaue.ol an inereasedl make of this year. But, i hose who prefer white elicescare more crtilceal and rcultire it to be without ftault when they ari ready to Iay the highest price. YOL t iC class that pre f'ers this cheese Wi lituwd hit r.umbor, so that the market ;s easily overstock ed. That appears to be tie ease this Seas5ont, and that has pliced it at a dis advantage. If this class of buy ers be come i% stpplied it, is diAloeult to eII it for a good price on the general mark et. London and1( Manchester, Entghaind, taike more of thec white chteese thiiw all the ofther markets. Jt. ia only safle as a general thintg, to matiko that11 class of gooids tat every bod3y buys. Thei great b..dy ot buyers prefer yellow butter anid chleese, antd where sature has not prop~erly' colored theta lhe artlillial lolor mustl be aipplied to obtaini theo best prices. Th'ils year the market appeiars to be overetocked. lEAVEs AND Fiutgis.-Tlith asohute neCLcssity o1 leaves ini dev3eloping frut is becoilg ni eli understood by culti yatot's, bitt we still see some11 bitnders co11uantil by thtose who do0 not fully audetrstand( the ofllce of tese organs, 11he ownecr of' a vinleyatrd cioncludled he wouil havel bet ter' grapi~es thain lis neighabors If ho t urnied the fuil ray3s of thte snt oin thle forintg anld r.lpeing Litnebe+0. fle t'ut oil' most of' the shtoots abiov'o thle buchies, and t hus reioved two-t.biirds~ of all the f'ullfy gr'ow niI iline. Tlhe conlsequlence was, the grapes wiere neart~ly wi. itlmess 11ad1 thle v'ines witi e iulnied. It is thie foi ago aind Rnot tihe fruit whiclh wanits (lie erit ilih.. Antothier instnce: A tree oR the Yellow Gauge pilm drtoppedl its .eavyes f ront leaf-bhIIghit when the plumits were only3 two thirds grown, antd ithfi ontly a bitter flavor. [The brantches w cre iuite bare i or some w e-ks, tint the Itruit was sia'ioary. A new set of Ileaves tlheni enmetu 01ut, (the)1i plums Ii nishied theIr grow~tht andit r puened ito the honuey'ed S aai eees peculiar to that variety. Vni:-n 5 0F A N OJR.D F AinMil--A Fiue Cessf'ul okt fa:i mier on1ce Fa d, t ii'Ott(n acre of 1land1 well p1)ep: red and( cultiva ited will piroduce' n101e thanii two which'h o. tdeve ontly the siame amou~t l.of labor used oni 011e. 0One (OW, he r'Se, Iuule, shkeep or hog, well led atid car'ed for, IS mo10e proitabie tihan two led oni 1he amilount that will keep one0 we'll. One atero of' giass Is wor th mio e than wo uf cottldn where no grass is r'aised. The farmer who ntever! reads thie piapers, antd snecers at book tat tinig anid liu proveentst, gceerally hais ai leaky roof, Jr'oken--dlown ? entCes, andit .omtplain iof0 bad sealsons antd poor lands. Tn'e fairm er who is above his tbusi ness, anid en rui~s to others to im uiago, ila due sea 6011 has no businless to ttendti~ to.'' Foni storing oionis, tIRatere in bet ter place t han a dry3, cool, anad airy'3 loft,whiere t hey ennI hie spreaid out th in ly, and often ilookedl over for te re tioval of0 thouse ''I whih maiy haive beguni Ittal to1 the( keeing of t 1 oionlS, an~d miuchi hl~ig is almosiuot . lual ly so. FFun the young chic~ks oftei--br'ead wvet wvithi at k is tas good as any food for thlem. Tlucy shoultd have watler twice a day13 in shallow v'essela. P~Lar beets ill a dheelp mtellow, p1lia ble0 soil, it rowts lit'y Iinchest' iaart. C~over' the seid abut an1 incht teep). W lhen the y'ountg plaiits ate aibout tin nnch high tini toeCighlt or ten inichles~ n the row. .Froua an1 apphal ently very catrefuilly conduciited experiimenit. by P'roi. C. A. Y'oung, of' Prlinceton , N. J)., it, appears that the thiermo-eleci'ti pow1%er of troln ill aI vaunn'ii. (Aincerican J(Rurnal o' Sci entce, November, 1880J), andi thui modi. ies, if it does 110t disprove, tihe intdue tioni of Exner that thertuo-elbet ic force ini general ts due1 to the contact of the gaues wvlehL bathte the metali, THE HOUSEHOLD. COOoa.-Many different kinisd . or cocoa are now advoertused,but when tihe nibs are properly prepared there can be no dou bt that the cocoa made from them is less heavy and more digestible than that obtained li1 other ways. Bruise one fourth pound of best Tr in idad cocoa nibs in a mortar, add two quarts of water and boll slowly eight hours. Then strain and piour into bot tles. It will keep fresh for several dya. feat the quantity required for breakfast., and servo in a kettle, with a spirit lal) underneath, as it Is most important. that the cocoa should be hot. Bulled milk should be served up at the .anno table. This method of tireparing tine cocoa enables tihe house keeper to have it always ready at hand to heat as required in a few inimutes. She I cocoa Is cheaper; it must be boil ed very klowly, the pr-portions of wa ter being one quart to a breakfazt a cupful of the shell. After straining let it get cold, then skin off all the oil, and give it another boll before serving. Another economical way of making cocoa is to take threo handfuls of shell cocoa arid one ounce of pounded nibs; boll them ii water three or four hours the day before the cocoa Is wanted. CAMILTS.-The custem of completely covering the floor of bed-chanbers with earpets is rapidly becoming ob solete. In sone rinstances, people use 40t ear p t at all. TisIni extreme ebange is not at all desilrablo. It Is good to ha ve carpets iII (very part o the room where the feet inutist regularly be placed. It Ia bad to have cai pets in pal t of the room where the feet are not regularly placed. These two rides govern the wholo positlon. and the niost Iniexperienoced hosewife call easily reienber them. By the-e rtiles there shotill be carpet aill around the bed, earl.et opposite to the ward robes or chests of cransers, carpet op posite the wash-stand, carpet opposite th o dressing-table, but none uner the bedis, and Ioneo for it Spmae or tLwo or three leet arouid the room--thatt is to say, t% o or tihree :eet fromi the N ails of the ,r4im. The oarpets Ihat, tro latid dowin should be loose Iroin eaelh other, each one shouid be comuplete in itoeii,so that it can be taken tip to be shaki- ii with the lost tou0ble, and each one should be tarraniged to Ito Ulo- e 1o tle lotlor, so thait dlust inay not easily gel. urderneath. The advanntmge o such It plain are evident. How TO SAvis S' anrmt IN PnJ ennyeNG. -A I (lot gh aft little late ill 11lie sea:-on11 it inmay be weIl to repe a - hint otten imnade on the mainier f using in cool:uig fIttilt. 0.e 14h01uld kinow that sugar boiled with an acid, if It be but for iihree iniutka will ie comiverttd in to gluco.-e, whicb is th'e form ot' sugar louil inl s wet applCs. Uinc lound of sugar hits as inicih sweetening power a-. 2 pounis olucose. lin other woi d., 011 puund of sugar stirred in to the IrtiLt after it is cooked aind winilo yet Warini, will iniko the f ruit a3 s weet its 2 - pouinels added whil the irtit is twiing. Save your sugar by a little chemnical kinowledge. WINTEn SALA.-Take two Spanslhl onions, well boliod, aild whe n coid cut hMAR inntO slices and arrAlungo tinoiut ne.atly in it silad bowl. Pour over a sauce conpo'ed of thick creai, a little vimnegnar, imuitstard mad salt, auinda gaunish rouid with tbct root, which has been boiled, and wiien cold cut lito shal,es. CohN UTSeru-ns.-Ingredieents: Nine eanrs oi corn, h alf cup ofnmilk, one egg, ilour, Cut tihe naw corin frout the cob, mix it, with Lime milk,salt:,pepper, egg well beaten, anud ilour ennouigh to nniike a still batter'; dr'op fromn a arge spooni into boiliang lard, and lryv a nice OnAson Pixs.---Beat, to a eam onie hall cuip 0f suigari nlthi a tablespooinft ol butter, anid add the beiaten yolks ot t' eggs. thui grate'd rimid aine julce oh two orannges,at then thne whl~es of the eggs, beanten stitn; bake w Ithn ('nc cl tust. IlA~tn G ixoannEADn. -TIo one quart ilour allow onie pin i f mo1 1.asses5, in which hans beemn (lissolved one dessert spioonfuLl of Seda; junavor withd nnothing but giniger ; do not handle too muchel, aid noll anid cunt ini any shape desIred. BATTERn 1PuDDNo.-Six eggs, aIx tablepoulieu aIlouir, onie ujitlrL of nilik a little salt, aind halt a tenspooniful ol sodat, or a Leasp. omt ul oi bakning pow den'; bake in a buttered pan for twenty OLD boot, tops, cns into pieces the right, size amm h lied, miake good 1comn holders. Tlie letner)L keeps all Ihuit amn ay lromn thne hnand. LAnonx holes in a loaf of( bread are proof o4 a carees cook. Thne kne'au ing hast beein slighted. Educatig tne Memory. M. Lecoq deC Boisbanudan, late dirctor of tihe Ecole .Natiomnale tic lDesvin, in P'aris, trinted his pupils withi e'xtraorinary sue. ccss, beginning with line sniplest, fIgures in memiory'. Th'ley were miade to study thec imodeis thnonotughly before they tried to diaw themi froii miemory. OJne favornte expnedient wais to aissoiate tine sighnt imemno. ry withn tine muscunlar meminory by mnaking his puils hollow at ia <hstannce timc outlhnes of the ligut es wtithn a peneii hlid( in their hnids. After three or four mnonthns' prae 1iee, thneir visuail inmory became greantiy strnength enied. Thiey had no dillliculty ini summinolninig images at will, in hoihing themu steady aind in drawing thienm. TIheir coplies were executed withn miaivelous lidelity, ats attested by a cnniission ot tine institute, app~loinited in I852 to inqutire into1 tine int ter,- of wvhiich thne eunineint p~aiinter, llorace Verinet, wans ia mnemnber. The present slade, profIessor' of hine arts, at Utniversity Col lege, M. Legiros, was a pupil of' M. (Ie jloisbaiudran. lIe inas exp~ressedi his ian debtednecss to the system, and~ he has as surted ine of his own succesm in t<:achniig ot hers mn a similanr wany. I counld mne'ntion instainces witiin my3 own expeiee ini whichm thne vistiziim faculty hnas becomte atrenigt imened by pinaetice; inotably, one of a proinent enigilneer, wino hamd time power ol neenhlmng fr m wmi tunusunal prcesion, but not color, lIeplyinig to cei tamn ianquir.. les, recen~itly, ine sand that11 they had&( istultedci hninni to practice his color- memliory, amid that tie has done so withn such~ sunccess that lhe Inas becomec (tie ani adept, amii that the niewly-acquired piower was a souirce of miuch plheasulre to himn Tine memories we should aimt at acquirinig are chiefly tCased on a thorough titlrstaiuding of thne objects obser ved. In no ease is this mnore surely effectedl than in the process or mechnamical drinwig, where lime portendedi Strumctur'e has to be portrayed so exactly in plan1, elevation, side view amnd sectiomns that the workan has slmiliy to copy the drawnving in metal, wood or stonme, as tihe case nmay be. It is undloubtediy the fact thnat ume chnanicians, engnieers and aricitects 1)08. seas tine faculty of seeIng mnentlal Iiages with remniarkable clearnes ami ,weonm WIT AND HUMORL A DOWN-TOWN woman got mad at her husband the other day, and in wardly vowed that she wouldn't speak to hin sga n, no never. And.how that man did enjoy himself. A restful calm settled all over hin; he put hts feet on the window sill, smoked his o-gar in the parlor. went out early and cnmo in very late, ate with his knife, brought his friends home to dinner unexpectedly, staLed in bed until the fire wvas kindled and inhaled more true Joy than he had ever dreamed the mar ried state af'orded. And that woman was dancing mad, and grew madder every day, till at last she broke out, "I should think you'd be ashamed to e)j.)y yourself when you know I'm feeling awfully all the time; so there boo, hoo," and the freshot of tears was but a J)reface to a deluge of talk that, nearly wore the poor man out. ON the Atlantic train for Bradford a very well known Joker from Oil City was walking through a car, when he suddenly stooped down and picked up sonetlimg. "Who's lost half a dollar 1" said he. At once a dozen persons in the ear were seardhing their pockets, and one ill-favored man respoided that half a dollar was missing from his pooket,and heldi out his hand. "Waks it dated 1800?" said the Oil City ian11. "Yes, I'm pretty sure it was." "And nicked on one side ?" 'Yes, that's Inino.' "Yon are sure ?" "Cuertainly I an, so hand it over." Ile banded It over,and when the man looked at the button which had been put in his hand, his face lengthened so suddenly it atmost drove his head through his hat,. 11x had never eaten a Malaga grape, and lie squeozed the outside of one bi - tween his thumnb and finger expecting the pulp to fly luto his open mouth, like inly deceiit sort of grape. The tough skin held, and looking at It dub lously lie tossed it away, and tried an other tine. This onte crnshed in his tingers, the Jice flylig all over his hrd-even cent. ineikte. With a look or ut:utterable: disgust he appealed to a street gati t :it "11ie. bub, I thought green grapes wuz gene by, but. I'm durned If they ain't s.illng 'em yet. I'll give you ten cents 11 you'll eat these durn things.'' And that boy sat, on a dry goods box, swung his f, t weagged his laws,Uked i 5tiojs anld etaried tihe mnoney, th1e runt c octui-loually ex:lainig bettvtozi his 1its oI uneoit,ro'LabIe laug bier. "Kits 'ii skins all' all, durned if he don't. Saints till' all, like a cow chew Il a pIMItiikuikt I A J3mzi.in of Glasgow was noted for the siwjoicity of his manners otn the bench. A youth was charged before him with abstracting a handkerchief f rom a gentlemian's pocket. T.oe in dictnucut being read, the Balle, ad dressing the prisoner, remarked, "I hii nme (toot ye did the (teed, for I had a handlkerchief ta'en oct o' my atin pouch th is vera week."' The same Magisterial logician was on another oocas.ou seated on the bench, when a case ci serious assault was brought forward by the pubile prosecutor. Struck b. tile powerful. phratculogy of the inaictnent, the Bailie proceeded to say, "For this mntlcious crniue ye are il. d half a &uiar a.'' The At-sessor reiarked th.at L1ie case had not yet been proven. "Te, said tie Ma,, a eeateakan "w'luit mak'a whine, ayd sillringiy aesdsc s mid ess of Ausvtrwe aretc etoe"amuse"herelf whr sh rupdof chaoaea sees inw he orindg tihen gosto er btabls.o Athoee E tke's a bewersk and hirtundarn wthe, andi arlt'stredigs he dilyipaperto der-a ed toieraarmntwhrdserie SoilE people hrave queer ideas of plty For inistanice, a devout citizen of I'lymnpton, Oregon, has built a house on posts for.y 1ees hIgth, in Ordier to live necar heaveni. Forty feet I that's nothing. WV hy don't 110 live in tite sky plarlor of a fashionable first-class notel! "Wa don't want aill this, we don't, want it," said ani titorney to a voluble old l:idy on the witness-stand. "It is irrelevanit.'" But tile witniess paid no0 hee~d, anid talked on finishing with: "'t'here, you've gtot ,t, whlether you want it or not,, antd it isii't irreverent either,'' A 01(1d lady at, t he revival n~eeting in Ernienaton, the othler night, arose in tihe congregationl and said: "Blrethtren and shstreit, I feel very regretful for muy sits, and( Liheir bnrde.u is hleavy, I lee-I ltdel -llke the "s.hucker" ont a b.'ass caindleatick.'' Fisasurn, having haud his portrait pitinueeti nks the opitlin of his Ir ienu ihabts, a retured hiome pa n.er. 1)ab.,s: "We lt, it,'s like you; but if you've paid twentty-Ilve pountds for it, you've iA-wei doate. WVny, there ain't halt a putl of~JL pint, on thec whole Lbhing I'" Rav. W. II. 11, 31utrray says, "death is a pelnit ion, thtat, is till.'' Well, i tttat, hs all-lit (ient h is simply a"p wiiatay-y iall-it?- '.diintrion,'" It Cciii ' have ia stiing, as alleged. We alwvays hadt a sniezkintg sort of a f'eeling that it was$ onie 01 those tilings, but. owing to ai rut'h of pl)iiticai neOws we nlever got, roouii to a y so. Aa ixchtange s: "Whim milk s0o11s, statdinig wilt renlder it swee;, alga ih."'1 Its dill'erenit with an~ old nitid. Whien shte is sotr, scalding a itl enaly nagient her neldsty. IlFFa'..its O~vas a byrick-yard. hils diaiglinor has comelt out ini a niew boat nit, w iiih bric.k-red timmntinga, and tie girls say site looks just kiln' in it. itF a hotel eik smiles pleas anily wheat you ask hi ilml a(utiiont, is it a sigu lie hasn't buen i there long. Ma talk of kiiling .imec, while Old 'Tittait thy aists in plaitilng thiem. War should nc t bald headed bachiel ors le tin favor of the'iTurkish hair'emn. Tluxi only house work some girls do is to dust around after a ..au. TfowANI>A girls shth for an intellec tuail mtethtod of banginug the hair. Co'statiN on the lung tissues mnst steadily I acrease by the retoattion of ite foul corruaption. Dr. hlul's Cough 83 rup pr-oimotes gentlie ox pee torationt, andi gives great relief to those auiftri tag u. ill (Mnunuptinn. "I am directed bymy unole, Hon. A. H. Stephens, to say to you that he Is inclined to believe that he has derived some bdnefit from the use of Simmons' Liver Regulator, and he wishes to give it a further trial. Yours respectfully, W. G. STPUENS. Orawfordville, Ga., March 81, 1870. Extract of a letter from Hon. Alex. ander H. Stephens, dated March 8, 1872: "1 occasionally use, when my condition requires it, Doctor Simmons' Liver llegulawr, with good effect. A. H. S-rxruaxe." An tngonmous drilling machine has been devised for enlarging the lower or Inner ends of holes for blasting purposes, so as to admit a large charge of powder being placed at one polnb. To accomplish this a tube Is employed which has its upper end provided with screw threads, on which Is screwed a Jaw nut, and upon the end of the tube is screwed a cap, having radial arms. Through the centre of the cap is passed a rod, having a thumb nut screwed on its upper end; this rod extends down to the bottom of the hole, and its lower end is forked and has a curved bit or cutter pivoted thereon. The latter projects through a hole in the side of thie tube at the lower end, and within the tube is a slotted guide piece which prevents the cutter being drawn up with the tube. After the ua3ual hole has been drilled, this instrument is In sorted in the hole to any desired depth and then rotated. By screwing down the thumb nut the cutter is gradually fed outward through the slot, thus maklug an enlarged chamber at the bottom of the hole, so as to apply an increased charge of powder, Grateful Womnu. None receive so much beneft, and none are so profoundly grateful and show such an interest in rejomending Hop Bitters as wonen. It is the only remedy peculiarly adapted to the many Ills the sex Is almost universally sub ject to. Chills and fever, indigestion or deranged liver, const'ant or per iodical sick headaches, weaknas In the back or kidneys, pain in the shoulders iud differeat pArts or Li body. a feel lug of lateitude and lelspondenc', are all rt-aidiiy reiuved by these Bitters. Couran lt. Sturttng with the knowledge that minl eral .il is lighter than water, and be lieving that oil will not take fire un til it Is vanorised, Col. Roberts, of Titus ville, Penn., hias Invente I a tank which he thinks will preserve the oil con tents from ignition by lightning. A f(ox feet from the top of the tank a dia phragm of Irou is placed so that the tank has two co ipartmints, the lower or larger of wiloh has connecion with the tipper by an 8-inch pipe riveted to the diaphragm and extending to about eight Inshes of the I ottom of the tank. An overflow and inlet pipe for water at the top of the upper c a uber, a vent tube through this same chamber, an 1 an oil 1illing and emptylig tube at the top or the lower chamber, complete the device. Tie tank Is filled first with water, andi then the oil is pumped into the lower chamber, di phlcing most of the water, and finding protection from air admixture. OxN1RAL DxnIcit..-In this corn plaii t the good elteets of the VEUBTINE are realized Immediately after coi meneing to take it; as debilitv denotes deici'elenoy of the blood, and VEGIETIX acti directly upon the blood. There is ao remedy that will restore the health from debility 111c the VICGETINE. It is nourishing and strengthenIng, put ilies the blood, regulates the bowels, quiets the nervous system, acts directly up~on the secretions, and aronses the whole y3stemn to wtlo.i. it has never failed ni this implalint. Mr. J. (toyn Jeffreys has been examin ing the coliectionas of mollitsca made dluring the expedit'ons of the British ships Lightning and Porcupine n the North Atlantie, and, by comparing the facts thus disclosed with others else where developed, has come to sonic iateresting conclusions. 8ome of the shella lived only at depths of between 9000 and 10,000 feet; but the vory same species hadl been dIscovered in a fossil state at a height of more than 2000 feet in Sicily andi Calabjria. Those miol luscan f'ossiis thenm had lived at one time 11,00) or 12,0')0 feet lower than their poditon when found, or, in other words, had beetn sent up from oc a i depths a muoh greater distance than the present height of Mt. Etna (10,870 feet) above the l'vel of the Mediterra neana. HIs observations of the post tertiary deposlts generally in Europe, Asia and N'orth America forced him to question the permanence, or even the antIquIty (speaking geologically), of existing ocean basinis. A wash that woutd usually take all dlay wli ordinary soap, can be donie in three hours, with D)obbmas' Electric Soap. (made by Craglin & Co, Phila delphia,) and it canntot injure tihe finest fabric. Tiry It. Gustav Engea has experimented upon animal atnd vegetable substances to ascertaia the priaciples involved In dy3einlg. Ali the experinents agreed In proving ihat the facility with which suabstanaces absorb an'l retain dyes do pends5 almost entirely upon physical strueture, and especially upon eapil iarity. TDKJnE is bitt one real cure for bald ness--Garoolitne, a cdeodloriz d exi ract of petroleum, a natural hair restorer. As recently Improved anid perfected, Carbolinie Is free fromi tiny objection. The best hair diressing known. Prof. Sdvestri fiuds tJiat the muimmit of Mt. Etna hans been lowered about 40 feet, as a result of recent volcanic ac tivity. "T'um it upi, s'x 1ong y(earsof bod riddlen -1 k.., s, costling $.'i0 per year, total $l,200O-all (f thIs exipeinse was stoppedl by threLe bittits of Ihop Bilt tei s, takena by liy wife. 8he has (lone her own housework for a year since, without I bie k as of a (d.y, and I want everybody to know It, for their bene Under favorable conditions, the chest nut andl the oak 'e ill live a thousanid years. Th'Ie beech and the ash live less than half as long. A.. a e f or' Ji. Kidney-Wort act, firsit by overcoming in the mnlest inmnr all tendtenicy to counstipation-, thnen, by lit graL tengo and nivigorating pro pei ties. It relstorc's to health tlo dlobintated andt weakeed patrts. --Chronicls. AGJENTMI AGENTht AGENTMI JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE FUNNIKS'iof ALL. W O ., "My Wayward Pardner.' AOENTs wANTED In every Town. D~on't mles it. dm ro .lrculr at onc at d boue toerl To. AidgeF.mnsI.uBLSan&t'6,ewjark*.* J.fo VEGETINE FOR Chills, Shakes, FEVEJR AND AGUE DR. U. R1. ST~Vsmm 'TAasRo0, N. C., 18T70 Dear Sir :-I feel very grateful for what youi valuable medie e, Vegetin, has done in mi family. I wish % express my thanks by Inform lug you of the wondierful cure of my son; also to let you know that Vegetine Is the best Medi clue I over saw for CainLA. SnAxKs, Fasva an( Aous. My son was sick with measles In 1873 whicli left him with Ilp-joint diseaso. My sot suffered a great deal of pain all of the time; tih pain was so great he d.d nothing but ory. Thi doctors did not help him a particle, he (ould no' lift his foot from the floor; he could not mov without crutches. I read your advert.eieu In the "Louisville Courier.Journal," tbat Vege. tine was a great Blood Puriller and Blood Food I tried one bottlo, which was -e great benefit tie kept on with the medlene. gr idually galn Ing. sle has taken eighteen bot les In all, an( lbe is completely restored to health; walks with, out crutoues or cane. lie is tweknty years 01 age. I have a younger son, fifteen years of age, who is subject to Cun..s. Wnenever he feell one coming on. he comes in, takes a dose 01 Vegetine, and that is the last of the Chill. Veg. etlue leaves no ba I effect upon the system tik most of tho med cines recommended for Chills, I cheerfully ree immond Vegotino for such vom. platints. I think It Is the greatest medicine Iv the world. lespectfully. MR. J. W. LLOYD. VEOTINB.-When the blood ifbco'no lifelesi and stagnan', elth r from oaunge of weather or of climate, want of exercise, Irrerular diet, ox from any other cause, the VEBOTINH will rene" the blood, carry of she putrid hurnors, leanmsE the stomach. regulate t:ie bowels, and iparl a tone of vigor to tuo whole body. VEGETINE. Drugglsta' Testimony. Ma. Ii. It. STIvEC1s: De'r .-r :-We have been selling your remedy, the Vegotine, for about threo year , and take pleakure in recommending it to our customers and In no Instance where a bI od purilit r would reach t-ho ease. h is it ever filled to effect a ou e, to our knowleuige. It certainl Is the neplus d. ,/a of renovators. lespectful , E. M.811EPiClltD & CO.. Druggists, Mt. Vernon. Ill. Is acknowledged by all classes of people to b% the best and most reliable bluod pulner la tiLe wrd.VEG INE, PRIEPAltED BY 1. IM. OTEVENS, Boston, Mas. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. 7-. The Only Medicine That Acts at the Same Time on The Liver, the Bowels and the Kldneys. These gre t organs are the natural cleans er of t te. If they work well health will be perfect; if they become clogged, dreadful diseases are sure to follow with TERRIBLE SUFFERINO. Billousness, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jan dice, Constipation and Piles, or Kid. ney Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes, or Rheumatic Pains an4 Aches, ae developed because the blood is poisoned expelled naturally. KJIDNEY-WORIT ltroyn ovum wil be oanshed ;neg le them and you will live but to suffer. Theand n.aebesncured. Try itaudyon and health wlllonceomoregladdenyourlhear. Whsafer leser firm~ thetermestetaa eblagbeskt WbeasacsrssuhlbftreasulpafieasdPilse K;DNEY-WoRT will cure you. Try a pack age at once and basatisfied. It t'a dry vegetable compoun~d and One Package makesaix quarts of Medieine. W8e Int upon actng It ile $1;.00. WELLS, IICUAUDBOII b Co., Iroprietrs, 1 0 <Willn. ,earaid.) mn.,at.., yS. $OSTET~g ."CELEBRATED T'her ' Ia no civsgsze'l lIaru mon In the Western .1 Ii hphereu in whI.ich t he' 'ity of113 H- Ri es~ter's Az osmachi liie lesa s a tonte, ''rrectlve, andc anti, dllz'mmat milziline, 1a nit. kunowni andl aplprec'Iateoi. Viio it is a medicine for all seasons and all -limaites, ;. is especacl. y suited to the com, Jiaints generatedl uy tihe weather, being the putrest andl best vegetable atlantitant in the For ane by Druggists and Dealers, to whom uppi, for . os'etters Almanac for li891. of bu..UMwoak- man of let eed b~y tho strain of torstemlng overn utinmit tand use tre brai nnoera Hop Sitters. waste, usse Hop E, dIf yo care yun and sfferin from ay in. sle or singlc o re oung, suerng from nres, rely on o p B tters. Woever you are Thuadse an caeeits clefnis. Ion. dnofs Id at y hout (t r by thoy use of B tae rHop HopBitters Have you dits. "epin kaIse. I. 0. oft oaf ei~'shO san abolut You will be0 use or opium, If you aresim- Sold by drug l- 1,rltt NVR -ila.dfr enav ey ou r nor nrrrunj saved hun- P'ehestr, , y. drede, - AoonoOt CMONTilat )N TIIA!.frlr"at tamp em 90C. Tnr P l'orslg's JOURNAL, Hlacterstown. Mid. $1750 ^"Y~niL" ygn, g;-rgu Those anaewerlig ia advertisernent wil confer a favor upon the advertiger indl the publluher by stating that they saw thte adwer trnntu in thiul murntal (hnaming the paper nathe sae org ,and thro E Kidyiseeu~fu~~gs.a~dfl~a Musical Christmas GIF3!!! I Most ao o gift to plars o e will be tle foloIng elegantly bound o4tvfl1 Any on alled, post-free, for the 'ri g' ai~coned. Robert Pranuss Nong Albuno. Geas of English Song. house 4t0cle. Three volumes. World 4 Song. Plasoeat Homne. 4-hand collection. shower of Pearls. Vocal DuetI, Cremne de Urn reme. 9 1o. operatie Pearls. Gems of Strauss, lens of the Danee. Cluster of eans. SuushAne crong. gach of the above In Cloth, $3.60; Vine GOit, gS Student's Life in Song. $1.0o. curiosities of Mue. $1.00. jleethenreas. A Romance bY Rau. 9I.ao. Rhysaes *Tunes. OhristMas Oftg. Si.g. Sulilvan's Vocal Albun. gP.o Fairy ringers. For Piano. $I.W. OLIVER DITSON & 00., Bostont, J.=. MDrSON. b CO., 1153 Chestnut street, PhUIadelphs1 KINGSFORD'S OSWEGD UR |(INGSFOROg OSWEGO CORN STARCH PUANOSILVER GLOSS STARCH % IONCSFORDAON - OS0WEO N.Y. LAND STARCH For the Laundry, is the best and most economical in the world. Is perfectly pure, free from Aelds and other foreign substances that injure Linen. it stronger than any other, requiring nitneb lts quan. ty iusingI uiforn, atim'ens and finishes work always thosame Kinesford's Polverzed Corti Starch foPddFs, Illanc-btango, Cake. dc,. is ptjtre and de icato. rfraile to ermuda Arrowroot. When you ask itbr Kingsiford's Oawcgfo Starch, see that you get it as Inferior kinds are oft en subtilutod. Sta by all jrst-class Grocers everychere. T. KINGSFOJRD A soN, Oswego, New York. upertitu' ealebrated ungle Breseli-toadhng Shot. In Ot 03L up. Doutbt *tt , el BireechI land viat U2:0u -.% 'uzzlessd 8 - eeoh-loadlng Gun s, It1o I Vistor of noat apprvad M ulivh an., imerloa make. All kind cit sportin i m ismeut, aiiid arti *8c~up-te bpt gns et a. de t r ils. JOS. C. GRUBB & CO., 712 Market Streets Phila.s Pa. Chemist e~s :15cnet TEAS, La.,'t ma nyiiAumc Trade contin nalye icreai l-Agents wante eve i$e..t ducemeintin aI t time-sead 43 V'esey St.. N. Y. P 0. Bar Usi. M'CR OSCO PES, lY pea isas, e'rTherm'nitore. y 0 ae, R.4 & J. BEOK, Ianufacturin Opticins iadgelpin Sendths mnenuon this paper. ELGIN WATCHES All stes. Goed, Silver and N iceg 0., Pittsbsrth, Pa. * AISLR er monia. 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