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Staging Sn Texas. The wind moans here. like a creature in distress. It sobs against tho window panes, and sighs and waves along the eaves like a S cohort of cats celebrating the election re turns. There is something awfully unreal about it, eveoiihtMy. - f cannotlelp lis tening to its dreary monotony-its bewil-. dering plaints-and shaping themselvej into cries unearthly. All at once a host of demon spirits dash against the glass and shriek out angry imprecations. I shudder like a creature afraid, and pull down the curtains to shut out the storm's hoarse roar. Anon the rain dashes down and sideways, rushing with a clash and shock against the frail wooden walls, pouring from the low roof,. drippig, - deluging, saturating all the earth. Oh, I do not like those stormal For three days at a time they never cease. Rivers of water fhll, rushing down the narrow valleys, tearing away the soft earth, channelling out the streets and filling the streams to the very top of their limestone bluffs. Our San Antonio is a brave stream and seldom un P equal to the emergency. The water fre. quently rises fifty feet in a single night, but it rarely overflows. Last August it reached over the banks for more than fifty miles, and ruined $100,000 worth of corn, potatoes and cotton. such a calamity may not occur again in a lifetime. With every heavy rain these Western rivers rise fron twenty to fifty feet, and this renders the building of bridges extremely hazardous. At this time there are very few bridges in Western Texas, which renders traveling in wet weather somewhat dangerous as well as amusing. The crossings are effected, in high water, by means of poontoons or for. rice, and in dry weather by "fords." The descent is not like that which Virgil do scribes, into Avrnus-"facilis"-but, on the contrary, quite the reverse. The bluff drops off from the first, second or third terrace, and each drop is worse than the preceding one. The last is usually con sidered "a drop too much." it just lifts you out of your boots. The bluff is a per pendicular wall of sand or adobe clay, guleied by running water, and is appro prlately described by the feminine tern perfectly awful." If you are a lady you go down with the driver in the hack-who says there is no danger-until you reach your final plunge, and thou you shut your eyes and pray. Y..u never expect to see the sun again, just as If you lived in London, but somehow you do, The sure-footed mules slide down the "ragged edge." the driver leans both feet upon the brake and swears softly to him self; the coach rocks and plunges ; you feel yourself slipping down, down, down, like a fright ful uightmtare, and ait lengtht you are on board thle boat. The boatman11 puts his head in, hopes you are not frightened, and says "50 cents;" or, if he is a native, four bits." You hand it out mechanicahy, -4 never thinking to ask what the charge is for. You are so bewildered that had ie said "$5" you would have paid it as read ily and felt that you had escaped cheap enough. lie turns a crank, the ropes creak and strain, the bo'at swings round in the narrow, boiling gorge, and in Live min utes you find yourself reeling up the red clay bank on the further shore. You wake up. The motion has ceased. The driver Till shouts, swears, lashes - the thing has stopped and refused to move. The jehu puts aside the curtains and says: "You'll have to get out mum I This old scare-ciow buzzard's carriage can't tackle the bluffs, dash 'emI" "Mud's purty bad I Sorry, mum I (ot any rubbers? No. That's bad. Kin lend you my slipker if ye'll put it on. Kinder keep the ke'k off."' (Drivers are always kind, polite and respectful to ladies here.) it is raining furiously. The wheels are slipping back. You feel yourself going dowtu. You realize what it means. if nervous you scream and faint. If not you iii open the curtains. The dIriver whips up his jaded "carrion." The coach stops sliding down. You leap nimbly out. The mud catches you and holds you. You are safe at least. Tihen the fun begins. You drag a good sized farmn up the awful blulf. Your complanions follow and bring up all the mud you left. The mud is very kind. it sticks close to you--it follows you-it prevents you from flying if so dlisposed it goes wvith you lake Ruth, andi stops withi you when you stop-quite out of breath and moral reflections. Your feet are red as wvell as your face. Somebody says it seldom rains in Texas. Don't believe it. Inever saw prettier rain in may life. Such mud 1 Prepared glue is not ordinary nmuci lage beside at. The sharpest knife will not eut it from your shoes. You stand on the up~per bank unable to move. Thiere are sheets of water falling upon your spring bonnet, torrents of it rolling from youi best clothes, waves, rivers, oceans of it be neath your feet. Your only solaice in that f your disgusted anti dripping companions cannot laugh at you. The driver discharges a now volume of II oaths, all neatly bound for the occasion with Texas leather. The lashing and I: 'cursing cause the rain t101(o1 its breath in astonishment. At last up lie comes--tho Ried Sea is crossed and you resume your place. The thoroughly saturated pssen gers have enough to (10 hewing off the mud to occupy themi till the next station is reached, and somehow the conversation lags for want of encouragement. Very few people are killed In these stage >i joturneys, few seriously injured, but there are plenty of old citizens hero who never ride across a river. They invariably get out and walk down. When asked If they apprehendedi danger, they say, "N~o, but it is safer.' " But the "Concord'and "'mail coach" are doomed in Texas. Their race is nearly r. The iron horse is pre-enmptmng all tervaluable ter'ritory. Railroad stock is more valuable than horse stock. Tlhe age ofprogress has reached us. iteis played onsoeod 5es. A few months ago a young man named Stone had so gained the confidence of the engineer of a switch engine on the Erie railroad at Jersey City, that he had been able to ruii up a very long bill for board at the engi neer Gage's house. Hkethim placated and, indleed, glad to board him for noth ing, by telling Gage of the immense influ ence he enjoyedl with the Sunerintendent of the Northern Railroad, and said it wouldi be an easy matter to get a first rate p~osi tion for Gage. Onae day he informed Gage that lie had had himn appointed general manager of the New York & N'oa thern * Road, and nothing remained but the super intendent's signature to the necessary pa pers. Gage could hardly control himself with joy and obtained a three nmonthas' leave of absence Iromn his employers. In spite of Stone's preautions to keep quiet, lie informed several pcrsons of lisa good luck and promised situations to three of his friends, who resigned the positions which they then held. Time wore on and the papers were still unsigned. Stone said that the Superintendent was sick, then that he was dead, until finally it dawned uapon Gage's stupid mind that he had been the victim of a hoax. lie raved, anad cursed and bworc so that fears were entertainedi of his sanity ; but It ia a pleasure to know that he kept lis head level enough to give Stone a deserved thrashing. After which he became calm and good-natured again, anud moanoad h mis wih-.ieoc oe AGRIOULTURe. BRoEEN WIND ix HoRscs-The treat ment of broken wind, can seldom be more than palliative. Whatever In creases the distension o the stomach and bowels, aggravates the oomplaint by inereasing the difficulty of expand ing the lungs. Therefore, avoid stimu lants and promote regular evacuations. Abstain from over-distension of the lungs by too violent and too sudden ex ertions, particularly after eatin g.The food should be regularly given in mod arate quantities only; but most par Uicularly it should be of such a nature as will oontatn much nutriment in small space. Hence corn is more proper than hay, and, above all, a manger food composed of one part bran, one part bruised corn, and two parts bruised oats, agree particularly well, if given somewhat moistened. On a juantity of this food no horse wiAl need hay. When they ean be got, give lsoqarrots, mangel wurtzesi, Swedish turnips, parsanips, or eooked potatoes, which feeding will be found to com bine both medicine and nutriment, and render little water necessary. Turn ing a horse to grass commonly aggra rates broken wind; and a neglect of moderate exercise also aggravates the 3omplaint. Water should be sparingly given, particularly In the working tiours; at night a moderate quantity should be allowed, but on no account let the broken-winded horse drink his ill at a pond or trough. As such a horse generally is a gross feeder, a muzzle ought to be pa't on us soon as the manger has been eniptiod, that lie may not devour his bedding. FEEDING RooTs wIrr FoDDn.-The urnip pulper is very cheaply made by boring a hole endwlse through the centre of a hickory or maple log one root in diamoter, fifteen inches long and putting an iron shatt through this, Lhen turning the log In a lathe and put ting' In rows of short steel teeth, allow Ing them to Iroject about one-half iuh ; hang this in a box with a sol( plank in front, just clearing the teeth. This is run with a pulley from a horse power. The turnips are pressed against the front plank and the teeth moving with rapidity cut the turnips into a line pulp as 1ast 11us they cal be shovel led into the hopper, Run the hay, straw or corn stalks through a straw cutter, then imix two or three quaits of* pulped turnips with a bushel of cut fodder. Let this mixture lie in a mass for two days, or perhaps three, when It Will be warin and in the first stage of fermentation . In this stato it is high ly I eli'ett by eattle and is more enely dig'ttd thian before comnnoleing fer nwitation, and both hay and roots are more valuable than when led sepa rate. GLANDERs aiftlnly al'eets the nose, gradually extending to the throat and lungs, Pustules form in the lining membrance of the septum In one or both nostrils. These break and leave ulcers, with uneven, inflaned and thickened edges. The uleers in the nose Increase lin number and gradual ly destroy the miembrane. There Is a discharge of variously colored, gluey or sticky consistency, having a tenden dy to dry and lorin crusts on the edge of tMe nostrils. There is also a hard nodular swelling of the gland, closely adhering to the inside of one or both sides of the lower jaw. According to the progress of the disease more or less frequent cough exias. There are two forms of' the dhsease, acute and chron ic, either of whIch are highly conta gious and absolutely Incurable. it is r'ratight ith~ danger to handle such borses, and the saliva or the dischage troin the nose of the horse, coming in Jontact wIth the least sore or abrasion >n the hand, or pluckinlg one's nose or yos with the lingers altcr handling ~he horse, is apt to cauise fatal con tai nation. Fi~zas i Dous.-leas are trouble tonic pests to a diog, and 011 that ar ~ounit we wvill give you anid our read rs the best way In which thmey can be ~emovedi, at the satiie tinmo prevent heir recurrence. T1reatmecnt: Washi hle dog wvell with warni water for say ibout half an hour ; then rub tihe hir nid bkin dry, alter which sprinkle the whole body with alcohol, thon lodge lie animlial ill a comfortable place, ani ocp liin tilro till nmorniing ; then get iomec ground aloes (11'10) aind dinst tile ,vhole body over wIth use (hust. This nay be doincat the least twvice a week, ,wo consecutive weeks, and the medh :inec washed 011' tue secolid day al ter ts applicntion. This is all that will )e nece~ssary to be done in order to 1ause their rn loval. Still, It, lust be Smem bored that you mutst prevent the 1l1a8 from again miakig their home ni your dog's hair anid skin, and this an be done b~y having the patit *leep) on pitie shavIngs and qjUassiaL hips. TxIME Intelligently gIven to the bees vill pay as well as anly other farm vork, and wheni too Ihanly are not [ept, most 01 the work cani be done 'Iilner before or alter regular working lotoirs. WHENr good carth is used for potting >lants seldlom need 1any3 special man ire. Thu beet to.l for pilants Is found n old1 mie.ito ws, anlil the corlner o1 ences where the sod hazs brown along line. Utinlsaion of small Streams. In gencral tile land bordering upon small )rooks and even larger streams running hrotughi larnms or fields is entirely useless ad in niany cases is a nuirsery of noxiotus veetts and'a harbor for vermin. By tho ~Xpendiituire of a little labor or a small sunm >f money such useless land may be tuirned~ .0 vaiatble accotunt. By dalminlg the Itream a pond1( of respectable size may be ndo, wichel, stocked withi fIsh, wvill be ~ome a Source of larger income than sev Jrai times its area of the best, land upon01 the Farm. 1Fhh culture is too often suppiosedi to bei a trotublesomie and fussy business, in wyhich one may spend niuch mnoney to little *tdvaange. But I dlo not propose lIsh culi ~tre. I suggest stocking the 1)ond( thus tnade with lishi of a kind eaily kept, which will not require to be fed artificially ; such kinds, in fact, as will feed themselves. As a rule, the mostl (desirabie things cost for their attainent 'in proportion to thmeir scarcity andit desiiability. Tr'ot, aimng lishi, are the choicest kind and the most Dostly to. procure and it is probable that the mian who gets a dollarW for a pounid of trout growni in a pond hils well earn .1 his mnoney. Every one can not cat trout, as every one can not drink chlampangne, balt there are agreeable and wholesome ishies, as wvell as wines that cost very little, and the average person may well be contented with themi. A. perch, either white or yellow, Is not far behind a lrout In flavor ad finess of fleah, and this fIsh wIll thrive in any pond above the character of a miud-hiole, anid ini Water that is too warm for trout, Eels are easily grown in ordinary ponds, andi these' are choice meats. Black bass is a choice fish, and may be mixed with chubs and minnows, upon which they will feed. In fact, the kind of fish to be procured is alto. gether a secondary matter to the making of thie pndn for- thenm. .THE HOUSEROLD. Eoos As FooD.-Eggs are an artiole of cheap and nutritious food which we do not find on farmers' tables in tile quantity economy demands. They are very convenient to take to market and this is the disposition which too many farmers make of them. They probably do not fully comprehend how valuable eggs are as food ; that like milk, an egg is a complete food in itself. con taining everything necessary for the developient of a perfect animal, as is manifest from the fact that a chick is formed from it. It seems a mystery how musoles, bones, feathers and everything that a chick requires for its perfect development are made from the yolk and white of an egg; but such is the fact, and It shows how complete a food an ogt 1s. It is also easily digest ed, if not damaged in e',oking. A raw or soft boiled egg is always as easily assimilated as is milk, and can be eaten with impun ity by children and invalids. The average egg weighs a thousand grains, and Is worth more as food than so much beefsteak. Indeed there is no more concentrated and nourishing food than eggs. The albu men, oil and saline matter are, as in milk, in the right proportion for sus talning animal life. When eggs bring no more than twenty cents per dozen it Is much better economy to fnd a market for them in the family than lit the store. Two or three bolled eggs, with the addition tf a slice or two of toast, will make a breakfast suficient for a man, and good enough for a king. An ordinary lien's egg weighs from one aml a half to two ounces, a duck's egg from two to three ounces the egg of the sea gull and the turkey from three to four ounces, anid the egg of a goose from four to six ounces. The solid miatter and the oil in the duck's egg exceed thoze in a hen's egg by about one-fourth. According 'to Dr. Edward Smith, in his treatise on "Foods," an egg weighing an ounce and three. quarters consists of one hun dred and twenty grains of carbon, and eighteen three-quarter ginins of nitro gen, or 15 25 pci centuui of cirbou and two per cont w of nitrogen. The value of one pound of eggs, as food sustaining the active Jorces of the body, is to the value of one pound of loain beef as 1 581 to 90U. As a Ilesl producer, one pound of eggs is about equal to one pound of beet. USs OF A SAND DAG.-Oe of the most convenient articles to be used in a sick-room is a sand bag. Get sone clean, line sand, dry it thorougly In a kettle on a stove. inake at baut about eight inches ,.quare of 11annel, 1111 it with dry sand, sow the opening care fully together and cover the bag with cotton of linen cloth. This willi pre vent the sand from silting out, and will also enablo you to heut the bag quickly by placing it in the oven, or eyOn on the top Of tho stove. After once using this you will never again atLemnpt to warm the e :t or hands of a sick person with a bottle of hot water or a. brick. The sand holds the heat a long thine, and the bag can be tucked up to the back wihouti hurting the in valid. It is a good plan to make two or three of the bags and keep them ready for use. Tua following oil is recommended as an excellent compound preparation for restVring and strengtheiug the hai: ' keofpuritiea beef marrow, say lour ountces; puritled lard, two ouncoes; conacrete oil of mace, foui ounces; oil of aloes, lavender, mint, rosemary sage and thyme, each two drachms; balsam of tolu, four drachtns; camphilor, one draohm; alcohol, one ounce; place te alcohol in a glass nitress, and with the heat of a warm-water bath dissolve therein the balsam of tolu; add the canmpher and essential oil. On the other hatnd melt together the marrow, lard, ol of mace, and as it congeals add the alcoholic solutioni made; and stir the whole until it is entirely cooled. Igabricate the head with oil on1ce or twice every twenty-fouir hours. hlow to cienn -silk is of' interest to all wearers. Ti'ts is thte French meth od1, 'The slk must be thoroughly brushed and whtiped with a cloth,thten laid on a flat boardl or table and1 we'll sponged with hot col'e e, thoroughly Irceec f ront sediment by being strasined through muslin. The silk is sponged ott the side inttended to show, it is al lowed to become partially dry. and thent ironeu On th'o wiong sile. Th~le collee reouves every particle of grease, and restores the brilinaney of silk,with Ouit imparing to it either tile shiny ap~pearance or ci lLckly and papery stilli. ness obtained by beer or indeied by any other liquid. 1'Te silk really appiears thickeneds by the process, and tis good ceer, is permnaneiit. To keep a stove free from rust in any atmosphere you have only to rub off all the rust you can and yarn ish it with the common var'nish. In thte autun wheni you wish to lput it un) again the varnish wili all burn off in a very shtort time and all odor from it will go with it. TrnE parasites which effect canarIes may be got rid of by merely plauenag a clean white cloth over the cage at night. In tile mornting It will be coveredl with very minute red spots, almost invisible without a microscope. TIhese are the vermiin so annoyintg and1( so fatai to the birds, JP water in which quassla chips have been boiled in is put upon01 the exposed parts of the body and inft to diry thetre, mosquitoes and dlies wvill not trouble thte surface so prt'Ott d. Qiassia w ater is harmless to chihhien ai~dgi own people but death to inseetrs, LaNcO ZKsT.-Riub loat sugar over the surl ace of lemons. 'lThe friction breaks the oil-ducts anid the sugar ab sorbs the oil. Qut into fruit jars in the luip, or 1)ound( tino. Keep) tight l~y corked. This is vei-y fine fot flavor tr~g custards, creams' etc. 'ro RAsmsi THE lLE ON YELVET. When the pilie is pressed down cover a htot Smootiing-iron with a wet clorth and hold( the velvet firmly over It; the vapor arising will raise the 1pi10 of the velvet with tihe assistance of a ligh t whisk or clothes brush. 'ro remove lime from teakkttles bol potatoes in the skitns in the kettle till the deposit of ilme shells off, thou to keep it off boil a~ kettle lull once a week. A OEMENTEDO cistern sho'uld be left for a week or ten days for the cement to set and hardien before tihe water la let in. If the bottom leaks after that 1he cemenlt must hlave been of poor quality. To cleaniso ivory ornaments rub them well w ith fresh butter-I. e., with out salt-and put them it the sunt shine. L A MP-5IADI8 of ground glass should bo wasned with soda and water, which will not discolor them, WIT AbTD HUMOR. LITTLU YotaNi got .himself -Into a soa'pe last week. De 8mith,Johnny' father,does not 1k6 his mother-in-law. There is a coolness between them. One morning who.should come in but Mrs. Do Samith's moth6r, with a dray full of baggage, with the avowed pur pose of staying a few months, stating that Johnny had been to her the day before and Invited her to do so. John. ny's ma took Johnny aside and asked him what he meant, as he had never been requested to cQavey any such in vitation. "I know you didn't tell me to invite grandma to come over," responded Johnny. "Thei why did you do it?" "You didn't let me go to the suckus, did you?" "What has that got to do with it?" asked the irrate mother. "it's got heaps to do with it. I made up my mind then to bring thing to a crisis, and I've done it. We will have a suckus lh the house now three or four times a day. "Ilm a kind boy to my parents, but it won't do to trample on me. I'm not much of a Sunday school boy either, but I am a terror to plan." SOL SMrIT RUssELL tells the follow Ing story of his experience as an en tertainer; At a small Ohio town. where he had Oiven his per formance the previous night, lie met at the depot the following morning an elderly granger, who, while lie pohcefully munched a huge quid of tobacco, in tently eyed tite humorist and finally said: "54y, mister, ain'z you the fel low wot gin the show up to Smoot's Hall last night?" "Yes," replled Russell, "I did give an entertainment at Smnoot's Hall last night." "Wall, I thought you was the chap. I wanted to tell you 'bout a boy of mine; you ought to havo him; he's just tne fel low for your show; he's the biggest fool I ever ess." 1x a North Carolina town lately two men were disputing about the relative merits of the salve they had for sale. One of %he men, in order to demon strate that his salve was better than any other, cut off a dog's tall and ap plied a little of tMe *salve to the stump, and. in the presence of the spectators, a new tail grew out. But the other man, n ho also had salve for sale, took up the piece of tall that had been cast away, put a little salve at the end of Lhat, a now dog grew out, and the last hem d of those parties they were qu4i reling as to who owned the secoud dog. Tun are none as deaf as those who won't hear. "Father," said a young reprobate, pitching his voice so the old gentleman would be sure to hear, "let ue have one hundred dollars?' 'Eh ?" said the parent, inclining his ear. "Let me have two hundred dol lars?" "I heard vou quite distinctly tile first time, my son, quite distinct ly."; SoBim youngster rceently dropped the following note,written In a sprawl ing hand, on brown paper, into one of the letter-boxes at the Post Office: "My dear Santa. Claus: Won't you please bring me for crismas a nice tourch hite prossession on horseback so I can ride myself." TuE Rev. Mr.--(we omit name fot obvious reasons) begs us to say that he has slippera enough to stock an army hospital, but that ho is mighty short Onl cools and hats. He is not a popu lar preacher, but a very good and use l ul inan. People w ill readily hind him If they clhouse to hunt him up. There are mauli of him. PRuissoR examting a student-What is "a virgiu foresa" Student-arwrest where no one has ever been. Professor (severely)-Shall I never be able to induce you to express your 1leas elegantly anid classically ? Why couldn't you say "a 10iest where the hand of mant has never left its .eot print?" IT is a singular fact that a snow-ball thrown by a boy at a fat man mIsses the mark eight times out of nine, but i. tired at a lamp-post every shot crushes through the Alags with uner ring precision. Tuzt water is very low In the springs and rivers all over the country. It is said that In Florida you can "Wade down uploni the Sutwaniee River." ONE of the lnexpiicable phienomna of narture as thie ef'ect thiecemptylng of a pan of ashes has in suddenly rever slug the direction of tne winct. Trux man who was confined in the attic 0! a jail swore hie would bring an action againsat the keeper for garroting "SAi, why (do you wear your pants so short?" "Why my mother-in-law's dead a'nd I'm wearing em half' mast." W nv is the letter r the most hopofuli in the alphabet? Because It is the end of error autt the beginning of right. A eILD seeing a bill on a tolegraph post : "Oh, mamma, look I A mes sage has fallen downt." WJA are always told to put our best foot forward. A mule alwvays puts his back ward, anid he puts It Str ong. "'s easy enotagh after you get your hand in," was the reply ot the 'rAimI nail with the fetter on his wrist. WH AT Is the best way to prevent Wa ter coming into your house ? Docn't. pay your water-tax WnY are Addison's works like a looking-glass? Because Ia them we see t he poectator. TIuat reason that they call them dog (lays is~ because the dogs gets dazed in the summner time. 'inu butcher complacentcly smacks his chiaps as he meats the demands of lis cuaramers. Wacv does a dog go r'ound and round after' his tail? Because he can't go across lots. Ta higher the bridge to a man'. nose the more easily he ogoes to -sleep In church. MlANY a man who doesn't smoke in this world will have to in the next. 'JTE sun is the oldest settler In the west. R IFLE elubs--Gangs of pickpockets. A PRICK*LY pair--Needles and pins. A TAKrNG person-The policeman. Law'x order-Keep off the grass. A MIas Is a good asi a smile. #9Keson- Mopubuncn ULWPlaiete. With the introduetion of the purely re publican ideas,of Thomas Jeffqrson,R when he rose frot the offie of Vice President to that of President, the pomp of the 'court' pame to an end. He abolished at once the weekly levees. Fashionable society rallied, but the . great.republican was Inflexible the levees were not restored.' As to the dinners, he preservsed the old' Virginia style of free and easy hospitality. He kept at 'the Presidential mansion about eleven colored servants ahd a French cook, a French.steward and an Irish coachman. His bill in the Georgetown market aver- 1 aged $5 a day for the use of his table. The President's 'mansion' was converted into a general rendezvous and free club. No etiquette was required or observed at these dinners beyond the forms of ordinary good breeding. The whole code of proeedure was abrogated. The second rule of repub lican etiquette laid down by Jefferson was this: 'When brought together in society, all are perfectly equal, whether foreign or domestic, titled or untitled, In or out of office. He further ordered that 'to main tain the principles of equality, or pele malo, and to prevent the growth of pre cedence out of courtesy, the members of the Executive will practice at theou own houses, and recommend an adherence to the current usage of the country,of gentle. men in mass giving precedence to Indies in mass, in-passing from one apartment into another.' The lacles of Washington re garded the abolition of the levees by Jol erson as an invasion of their vested rights and put their pretty heads together to con suit what they were going to do about it. The result of their deliberations was coer cive, and they determined to apply it upon Mr. Jefferson. So on the usual day for holding the levees they took possession of the White House in force. The President was taking his usual horseback ride. On his return he was told the circumstances. He entered the room where the fair inva ders were assembled, booted, spurred and dusty and recived then in the most court cous and graceful manner, but the levees were ended, nevertheless. "Mr. Merry, the English Minister of this time, was a fanatic on the subjeot of etiquette. He was thoroughly outraged and indignant at the manner of his reception by President Jefferson. He wrote as follows to Josiah Quincy: 'L in my official costume, found myself, at the hour he had hhnself ap pointed, introduced to a man as President of the United Staces not merely in an un dress, but actually standing in slippers down at the heels, and both pantaloons, cravat and underclothes indicative ot an utter slovenliness and indifference to ap pearances." A Ureat. Euterpyrie. The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester's great est business enterprises. Their Hop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value found their way into almost ever.v household In the land.-Graphio. Points about Welding.-The scarf should be suflcently larger than the finished side to permit the weld to be well drawn out after welding. The joint surface of the scarf should be slightly rounding, so that, when the two pieces are placed together to weld, there will be no air Inclosed between them. They should be heated in a clear fire of bright and not gaseous coal. Thick pieces should not be heat od too quickly, or the interior metal will not be brought up to the required temperature. They should be I requent ly turned in the lire, to insure unifor mity of temperature, and made as hot as possible without burniiig them. They should be withdrawn irom the aire occasionally, and sprinkled with sand, which serves to .exclude the air from tihe surface an'tl prevent oxidation, and a. the same time cools the outer eurfacee and thin edges, giving the in terior metal anid thicker ptrts time to become heated all through. When time pieces are placed upon the anvil o weld them, they should b~e quickly cleaned wit~h either a wire brush or a piece of wc.od made ragged by having been hammered. Tme scarfs should be placed to wvell overlap each other, and enould receive light and quickly suc ceed ing blows at first, and heavier ones aftei ward. As soon as the pieces arc firmly )tinet, the hammer b.ows should be uivered with a view to close the edges of the scarf, so that the joint or the weldi shall not sumow where the job is finish, d. IL requires preci sioni and quickness to do a nice job o1 welding. The metal miust be handled while stIll hot enough to join well un-. der time hammer's blows andh the work should be thoroughly finished during that Lime. A periect weld is seldom obtained in the ordinary shops. Card collectors lease buy seven bars Dobbins' Electric Soap of any grocer and write Cragin & Co., Philadelphia Pa., for seven cards gratis, six colors and gold, Shakespeare's "neyen Ages of Man.' Ordinary price 25 cents. Thi s the portion of J. B. Hlanny's paper in which lie describ a how, after many failures, lie crystalized carbon : "A strong seel tube, 20 by 4 by 3/d bore was filleJ, using four gramnmes of illhium andI a mixture of bone oil care fully rectilled, ninety per cent, and paraniine spirit ten per cent., using prop~ortionis because I had never had any result with a high percentage of bone oil, the tubes as tiled having burst. The tube was closed with great dialisulty, being three p~arts full of liquid, and then heated to avisible red heoat for fourteen hours, and allow to co.>1 slowly. On opening the tube a great volume of gas was given off, and, only a little liquid remained. In the end of the tubeo which had been the, upper end in the furnace, the tube lying obliquely, there was a hard smooth mass adhering to the side of the tube, and entirely covering the bottom. It was black, and appeared to be composed principall1y of iron and lithium. When la was pulverIzed in a mortar, hard resistig substance was met, and this turned out to be artifical diamond or crystaillne carbo. Tlhose who 1us0 Carhjoline, as now hmproved andI perfected, the great petroleum haIr renewer, are always distinguished by the beautiful sort texture of the hair produced by the use of that most exquisite of all toilet preparattorn" Dr. Cornea, of the Naples Academy, finds in hisa later researches that lght favors the transpiration of plants which attains its maximum shortly after mid-day ; that, other things beling equal, the organ trnsmpire 4 most which is the most highly colored, and that it emits most water when exfmosed to that part of the solar spectrum wvhere it ab sorbs most light; and thab only these luminous rays which are absorbed favor the transpiratlon of an organ. Thirty-hour years of conistantly in creasing use have established a reputa tidn for Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup sec ond to no similar preparation. It re lieves instantly and cures all Coughs, Colds. *to .No l'ospital Needed No palatial hospital needed for Bitters patients, nor large-salaried talented ufors to tell what Hop Bit ;ers will do or cure, as they tell their )Wn story by their certain and abso. ute cures at honie.r-Neto York Wnde. ).endentf. The Siemens-Martin steel Is greatly tsed In ship-building and beller-mak mig, Mr. berglus Kern; of St. Peters )urg, stites that In the manufacture of )lates h10 las Rot10ed that the lemens-. iartin in -obi Stand better heat and:roll nore softly than Bessemer ingote, eon aling the same quantty of carbon. loreover, Stouen -Martin ingots 'con ;an, as a rule, less manganese than LBeseuep Ingots, and as plates oon ;aining much manganese and more .lable to oxidlxo, the MIemens-Martii )lates are preferable for the above nentioned purposes. V LdETINE does not deceiye invalids into false hopes by purging and creat ing a fictitious appetite, but assists nature in clearing and purifying the whole system, leading the patient gradually to perfect health. Under the direction of a chemist, the ratty matters contained in the suds From Paris laundries are colloted Qnd itilized in the manufatiure of to Ilet toaps. X. Montigny finds that a very vivid icintillation of the attrs indicates agi. atLion or a tall of teniperature in the aipper regions of the air, and conse juently the approach of bad weather. You Biss& Try It. Do not despair even if you. have suffered for years from weak kidneys and torpid bowels. The celebrated Kidney-Wort has cured- hundreds of cases of from flive to thirty yeari standing. It is nature's great romocy. -Press. VEGETINE! GREAT RELIEF, Sick Hfeadache. B. R. STEVENS, BSARD, Miss,, April 24, 1878. Dear air.-I certify that my wife has fre. Iuently used your Vegetine for sick lleadache xud experienced great Reliet from its use L. A. DOUR. WITI GOOD SUCCESS. Dropsy and Kidney Complaint. H R DT s o1INKS, Iowa, Sept. 10, 1973. 11 .STEVENS Bloston* Dear Sir-I tink very highly of your Vege Line, having used it for Dropsy and Kid ey DompIaint with good success. I have also "e lommended it to others who have been greatly ObUOeIlued by Itsa w. D. R. EGGLESTON, o.0 809 Walnut St. Vegetine. Female Weakness. ii. R. STEVENS: PuILADELPuIA, July 21, 1577. Dear sir-I have boon afflicted with Female Weakness and Womb Disease for many years. Last March my hitsband got me a bottle of your Vegtlne, and before I had finished taking It I round rellef; t he second and thlid bottles gave me still further relief, and I h -artily recom. mend it to all females suffering from Femalo Weakness. Respectfully yours, Mrs. ELIZABETH Ii. JOHNSON, 246 North Seventh Street. I am personally acquainted with the above ~eet neand sold them a number of bottles of J. 0. EBER H ARID, M. D. Vegetine has never failed to effect a cure. tv g tott and strength to the system debi.l PRE IPAR1ED BYV M0 R. STE E S BosTON, Mss. Vegetine insold b.y All D~ruggt. S m CELEBRATE0 gSTOETCH Sleep, Appetite, Strengths loturn wvhen Ilostetter's stomach BItters Is ystematically used by a bilious dyspeptie sut erer. Mforeor, since the brain sympathizoe losely with tho atomach and its associate or. ~ans, the liver and the bowels as their de. angemeit is rectilled by the action of the Bit OFerantal despondency produced by that For sale by alt Drugg ists and Dealers genera ity. BJYRN'S POCKET MICROSCOPE. (ar'ent Masgn HiyIng Po wer.. -- xrne i ~n ite Ey IIiwunrds, xataimm gi oets to or,, lie de, T, elnt aw, n 10aCent in SN A. FN I.by A ddress M. L. DYJRN, -4e Nassau Sireet, N. V. PLAYS I PLAYS!i PLAYS I PLAYS! ror teard ng Ctlbs, for Anmatur hieatm'oaii, Tenm I1thioptan a'lys Ottidoe Books. Spakers, Pan 1o. meins Tableaux ligIa. t agnos timc I r pAhtso farle ' Wax Works Wigs, Ieards andi Mon~staor os ICaaogi es sen fre colin ngfl 'scrplt Ladles eoiLra "~.'A",l aej cent Dr.I# MI. (I. it A TO I ox '' et's Mills, Maine. taes ~~Sdeutvm b~hembset ElDmty. g The Oig edo no Tha Ae at Usthe omeo Tie Uvor,s ti Bowels and tbei . drea tul-dis~e"W a t ur0tou T1W TERRIBLE SUPPE1RINO. BllouaNess, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jawn. dIce, Constipatie and Pilos, or Ei. . oy Complalnte, Gravel, Diabetes er Rheumatie Pains *ad Aches, ate developed because the blood poisno, with the nurnors tM houl 3y" expelled naturally. RXIDNEY-WORT wil 'en r t~r altht a tip ana all these de rog evIs it pa shed egle an~h jOW.Ilv'o utt t r hoUsands3 oneured, ry tv yon ail ad opern o the numbear. Ta e It andhealth wiIc ace more glddenyourheart. W" OutrfvseseINm theternest efAeb W Ibeet lk T.rsedistessfteaftipeu&aasd leW Kw aa.WORT will cure you. Try a pack age at once and be satisied". It te a dry Vegetabte compound and One Packagemakessix quarts of Nedlelao. our uggie ha. t or W11 it fEr you.Ins~t upn Aaving It. Xrie. 1.00.1 WZE& , R10EARDB01 A G., prprietors. i ou ar a ta. "Y = are. oflna neFk .loan of let onod by tlo strain of tonatolfnoverra your dues avoid "Ig"t tvr* , to ros: etunlulantsand u16s tor brain norveana Hop Bitters. Waste. use Hop as If yousore younlrand utring f rMany in. disoretion or dissipa uio I Ware r noed or single, old or youngP sleriiig froma, poorhoalthor Ian ulah n on a eof sick nen, rely on 11o p Bltter. Whoever you are Thousands dio an. whenever you feel nually t r o in some that y o ur systmi = 1& ~d e nood 0oeurin , ton- An 601t tgor atIrnu Mting 0 *a~ rnprev3,o wihoutntox IIg, yt amoly take Hop HOp8itters Bitters. Have you de pepsita, idnlaey .o or urarcon plaint, dso0so i an absolute bowrele, blood ourfr eUs ir o i tobacoo or curedIt yo usenareoticv. Hop Bitters Ff Ityonarelm. soidhydru Weak and gt-.. Rieadier owepirited,try NEVER ieulAr. UT, S OP OMrENa l fe. thue a'Fo Co., saved hun- Roehester, M.lT. dreds. a rorento,ont. Sterling Music Books. NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY METHOD FOR1 THE PIANOFURTEI. In three parts; each $1.50, or complete, 08.2-. Th a is at method of estatblishod reputatiLon, which has been in cons ant, 'use in the great. Conservatory, and Is getting to be everywhero known and valuod. Has received decided cola. lnendations from the best teachers. Dictionary of snieal Information. ($1.26).) Very convenient book of rolerenco. Grove's Dictionary of Mausic and Musicians. Vol. 1. ($d.tJ) A grand onoyolo pedla. Stainer and Barrett'n Dictionary of 1u1nical Ternas. (Complete, *5.00). A fa IOUs and UsaIul work. Itichter's Counterpoint. ($2.00.) Rich. ter' Fsane. ($2.14.) Two btand ard works on Comnposion. Tlhe Welceose Chorus, ($1.00) for Uigh S2chOils, and Song Bells, (50 cts.) for Common Schools, Should be In the milud of every teacher in need of now books. Johnson's New Jiethod for Hiar. noly. ($1.) By A. N Johnson. Is uuxceUed for ease, simplicity and thoronghness. TeunPeranco Light (12 cts.), Tenpe. rance Jewelm (31Stn ). and iRuii's Teu. p -erance Ge Book (40 02ts.). are our thre beat, Toemporance books. TRY TH EM I Amly book ma~led, post-tree, for abovo prices. OLIVER DITSON & 00., Boston, 5. E. DITMON. * CO., 1225 Chestnut Ntreet. Philadlewhi.. YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY PUMP Unlined,or with Coppier ,Porceiln,or 1tren Linings. Each one stenciled with my anme asi mannfacturer is warranted in marterial and coan atruction. For sale by the best houses~Ir in the tradle. If year do not know where to get 1thh, primp. wrIto to man as below, and I will senld name of agent nearest you, who will supply you CHAB. 0. 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