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lrARM AWD GARDEN. WAsTE OF DIANUnH.-It should be a car dinal principle with every farmer to econo mize his manure. Upon it dep(nds his success, and without it his labor must, to a very great extent, be without profit, if not attended with absolute loss. If It is neces sary to have the barn yard on a hill side, it Is equally necessary to have the lower side of It protected by a wall or some other ar rangement by which the escape of liquid manufe may be prevented. It Is almost equally hnmportant, to have at spout to convey rain water from the roof of the barn In some other diiection than directly through the boarn yard. It, is bad enough that thle heap) should be exposed to thle rains wihich -fall directly upon it, without adding to it thle droppings from the roof of the barn. If such improvident farnrs were to behold th3 actual value of the fertiizing materials thus lost, rolling from thr purses in the shape of dollars and cents, how energeti cally would they labor to prevent this waste. The loss of a single little gold dollar would stir them up to a gieater ac tivity .han the direct waste of a hundred times that of the little gold dollar's value in the form of liquid manure. Year after year, silently but steadily, golden streams are flowing from Iheir purses. Tell them of their error and they acknowledge it, but rarely (1oes it happen that, being reminded of it in a friendly manner, they make a single effort to correct it. Iilow inany are there who, after a life of steady, unremit ting toil, find themselves no richer in lands or money than when they began. They cannot explain the reason. Other causes may have led to such discouraging results, but if the drain of liquid manures from their barn yards had been checked when they began farming, very many of these unsuccessful ones would have bcen as prosperous as their more provident neigh bors. How ViN~c Ci.%Mfi.-Prof. Brewer, of Washington College, Pa , communicates to the Anrican .Iournal of Sciencc and A rs the result of son experinients iade by him on climbing vines-the hop, the Limia bean and the morning glory. lie finds that they will climb around a transparent glass pipe just as well as anything else, and they are most ardent in their embraces when the pole is warmer than the surrounding air. During the day the vine is attracted to ward tho light, but at night, and especially on cold nights, it turns to the pole. le learns, also, that the color of the pole makes no dillerence ; the caressing instinct of the vine las no Prejudice against any shade. The clement, of constancy is very largely developed, the vine, after it has reached the pole, showing a much stronger tendency to wind around it than it did before to reach it. It is, doubtless, true that a bean will climb around a glass pipe as freely as rny thing else ; but, as a hint to practical men, it may be said here that a vine will make nuch greater progress when it lins a rough stick to chl) around than it will when the stick is smooth, Thie vine cannot adhere to the smooth Pole, and spends its force In trying to hold on. On a rough stick it fInds support, and, as in tihe case of sonic beans, reaches the top imiuch sooner tihan other wise. Another thing is, that grape vimies and all Tines grow much more rapidly with a stake to elimb to than without one. If one 1a a choico vine which it is desired should run up 1iickly, stake it at once. A iinir writer saiys it is advisable to feed calvus in winter witli something be sides skim milk, and suggests the use of "hay tea," niade by placing a quantity of hay in a smiall tubl, thmen p'ouiinig boiling water upon it, aind allowing the mixture to staiid until col enough for the calf to driiik. Alil this tea with skium nmilk and it will not, only 1be found a nutritious drink, but a desirable change in feeding. EV' na pl)iItry house should face the South, and, itf possible, 1be upion (dry ground. Any available ground protected by grooves, hedges, stoiie walls, emr by bmildons of any kind, may be used for this purpose. Fowls sutfer very much from cold storms and wvinds, and1( auy pr'ot ection maga.nst, these is very valuable as a p~revenmtative of cols andl croup1. _____ Roses. -Gardeners in the Azores have observed that the development of the buds of roses anid somneother Ilowers is quIckened by the admission of smoke into thme coinser vatoiries. Would the cirect, be thme same in other parts of the werld ? It is very im.. portant that the eaurthm should be tightly pressed downa on the roots of thme roses. oumssy la:Avm. -lt has been found by experiments that potatoes miaiiuried in Sho hli with decayed forest, leasvcs produiced souiid tubers of a good size, while those for. t ilized withi b arnyuard imaiiire, growing in the saiie fIld, yielded muany seabby and~ snmall-sizsed tubers. o- H is sltach i. A i et roit, suirueon whose rep~uitation Is first class wais seated i his ollice thme othier day when in wvalked a stranger who was followed b~y a dog. Without any fooling around lie began: "JDoctor, .I have the dyspepsia." "Yes, sir." " land it twenty-six y'ears." " es, sir." "You can't cure it ?"' " 'No, sir." "'But you can make an exchange of stomachs betweeni me and my dog." "'I believe it could be done), amid both live.'' "~ Will you guarantee that I won't have a haniukeriing for old bonies if I trade stom achs" - "No, sir." "' Will I wvant to chase cats ?'" "Very likely." '"And snap at trampsI" "Quite probmable." "lDoctor, this is business.'' ''Yes, sir." ''And the exchanige of stomachs is declar ed off." "Very well "And I bid y'ou good (day."' "Good (lay, sir." And the man wvimst led to his dlog aund wvalked ouit, without looking to the right or left. lMy MotheI~r. ''Ain't she flne hnvk ing I'" remarked a man as a lady passedl alouug the stree. "Yes." replied a young feliow; "I ro gardl lher as thme iest looking woman in Cleveland, ini fact, 1 am in love with her." "Isn't she a married lady ?" "Yes, but I fell in love with her some time ago,and I suppose that I shall always love lier." "D1id you ever tell lion of your love ?'' '"Oli, yes, and I kin w that shio loves ine." ''Does her husband know it ?" "Yes, for one (lay while I was vIsiting the ladly lie enteredl thme room just as I put my arms around her." "What did lie do?" "le did'nt (10 anything." "Curious, kind of a man" ".No, for I did not expect him to do any, thing.'' "Why ?" ,'B1ec.ause the lady Is my mother." DOMESTIC. NAr H1oUsEXlsPINo.-A capital inotto to be hung over the kitchen door is this: "Thou desirest truth in the inward parts ;" and the woman who, when she expected company at tea, always went the first thing and washed the cellar stairs had ten dencies in the right direction - she did it, she said to "settle her nind,' and there is no doubt whatever that it was a source of deep and heartfelt satisfaction to her, as she sat in the parlor and entertained her guests with sprightly conversation, or presided with ease and dignity at her daintily dressed table, to reflect that the hidden and gracious virtues symbolized by cienn cellar stairs were also hers. A habit of thoroughness is something which most I-coplo need to cultivate with assi luity and in no professin.is it more needed or does it count for more than in ours, dear, dear housekeepers who read this. There Is an unmistakeable air about a perfectly neat house which is felt by all those who come into itt there Is no use in trying to make it appear that neatnessand order are char. acteristics of your home unless "they are. There is reason to think that some wo men are in this matter content to seem without caring to be, but it is a very transparent deceit. "If there is to be any dirt in the house," said the best house keeper I ever knew, "let it, be where I can see it ; let t1le on the parlor table and chairs rather than be allowed to remain under the beds, and in corners where it will become rich soil for the development and growth of gerns of disease." There is a great difference between a disorderly homiekeeper and an untidy one; there are often cogent reasons why a woman cannot possil ly always havo her house in the order she loves; it may be the one severe trial of her life that she cannot carry out her ideas in this respect and sho may be deserving of credit for accepting the situa tion with eq Janimity, especially if, as is frequently the case, she may also be obliged to endure the injustice of being rated a failure as a housekeeper, when in reality she is irreproachable so far as neat ness is concernne(. This is certain. l.Y of paramount inportance; it is a truth sadly forced home sometimes that life and death wait upon the discharge of what appear to be simple and even unim portant matters. USS OF A BAND BA.--One of the most convenient articles to be used in a sick room is a sand-bag. Gct some clean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove, make a bag about eight inches square or flannel, fill it with the dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or lined-cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will alsu enable you to heat the bag quickly by placing it in the oven, or even on t lie top of the stove. After once using this you will never again attempt to warn the feet or handa of a sick person with a bottle of hot water or a brick. Th'e sand holds the heat a long tmic, and the hae: can be tucked up to the back without hurt Ing the invalid. It is a good plan to make two or three of the bags and keep them ready for use. TiE project to make everybody rich by making coffee from dates may be very geni crous, but it has the grave fault of being too expensive. Where is the sense in spoiling a dried fruit that is so delicious to the palate of the small boy, and that is worth at least a few cen-s per-pound,when other materials that are tea times as cheap have already been sold by the ton under the name of coffee andt at good prices ? Beans, peas, nuts of several kinds, roastedI co)rn, sweet, potatoes, mahogany sawdiust, dried liver, locust pods, various barks and roots, and~ (dozens1 of other cheap materials, all of American production, have been roasted, ground and soht at, a handsomie p~rofIt, as coffee. Why, then, should we go abroad for materials from which to supply thme American table with the favorite morn ing drinki iih uons shmould not be hunig where the sun shines directly upon01 thei,,. They soon be come misty and grow rough andi lrranulatedi and do not give back a correct picture. TVhe amnalgam or union of tin-foil with mercury, which is spread on glass to form a looking-glas3, is easily ruined by direct continued exposure to the sun's rays. To Riotovn GnuAsh S-xINmo n Woon. --Spread sonme starch p~owdecr over the grease spots, and then go over it wvith a hot flat-iron till you have drnawn the grease; then serape with a glass or a proper scraper, and repeat the starch pow (ier and hot iron). Ammonia liqluor may be used as a finish, if the starch (toes not take all the irreaso out. BIW-rui dlealers clain that the standard of fIrst-class butter is getting higher every year, anid wvhat would readily sell for a choice article a few years ago is no0w put dIown as second or third rate. Very few daiiry lots nowv coming in from Vermont or New York iuni even, and after selecting two or three tubs from an invoice, the re maindet has to be sold at a very low price. Tho ExrimAcT IN.- To extract ink from cotton silk andl woolen goodls, satu rate tihe spot with spirits of turpenitine and~ let it remain several hours ; then rub it be twecen the hands. It will crumble without injuring the color texture of the fabric. For linen, dlip the spotted rart in pureF tallow, melted ; then wash out the tallow and the ink will disappear. STiAnonu Pomus.-Take 0on0 01unce of spermaceti and oiie ounce of white wax melt and run ito a tihin cake on a plate. A hpice the 517z0 of a quarter dollarm added to a quart of prepared starch gives a b~eau tiful luster to the clothes and prevents the iron from stickimg. WVuiirn painlt miay be readily cleaned with whiting moistened wihh a lit to water. Use a wooleni cloti~ for a rubber and wash eff clean with water. Cold tea grounds arc also excellent for rubbing or cleaning pauti. N'o housekeeper shoiuid put quick-silver on her bedsteads. The mineral Is abso:'bedl by those sleeping upon01 them, causmeg par alysis aind many other serious and( fautal You can get a bottle or a barrel of oil off of any carpet or wooleni stuff by app~lyling (try buckwheat plenltiflly and( faithfully. Never put water or liquid of anty knmd to such a grease-sp)ot. Tok obtain a glossy skinl : P'our upon a pint of bran aufilcient boiling water to cover It. Let it standl until cold and1( theni bathe the face 'with it, only patting the skin with a soft towel to (dry it. WnBN~ washmng fine laces, (10 not use starch at all ; in the last water in which they are rinsed put a little fine white sugar (dissolve it thoroughly, and the result will b~e pleasing. o'ron wool wet 'with sweet oil and l audanum relieve the car-ache very sonn HUMOROUB. A Raw ENoIAND woman was the much disappointed wife of a Harvard University geologist. She was all poetry and imagin ation; he was all paleontology and geo logical research. Upon a certain occasion, when his scientific accomplishments were being praised In the presence of a stranger, the latter turned to her and said: "blay I sk, madame, what your hus band is?" 'Certainly," she answered frankly, "he is a relic of the stone ago." Coi. MvSi-Kia came home late' f rom the lodge the other night and raised a mis chief of v. row. - "ly dear, what is it that angers you so?" asked Mrs. McSpikins. "Well, ain't It enough to make a saint swear to have the chairs go prancing and prowling around in such P. fool way ?" AN eldtrly gentleman says to a little miss of seven: "Bay, sissy, wil you marry me ?" The child, taking the proposition grave ly, curls up her mouth as if considering the subject. "Come, sissy, says her mother, "will you marry the gentleman I" "Yes'm, but-(aside)-ma, I'd likd a newer husband." (Quincy, (111.) Daily Herald.) Speaking "by the Card'" C. II. Wood, Esq., of tho C. & T. Ity., Port Huron, Mich., favors our correspondent with the following: After suffering for nearly a year with rheumatism, receiving treatment from most of the best ph ysicians of Michi gan and the West, I happened to try a bottle of St. Jacob's 011. Upon the first' application I used fully half a bottle, and its effect was almost in stantaneous. I Immediately dropped all other treatment, and confined my self to its uso alone. After the use of three bottles, Instead of being driven to my business, or moving about on crutches, I walked from one to three miles daily about business, and have been free from this horrible disease for over a year, not having the slighest twinge of it. Hence, I say that 11 medicines known to me are usele s when compared with the Old German remedy. Use this statement when and where it suits. A NKw night attendant is on duty at the telephone exchange whose voice has been spoiled by too much fertilization. It is as musical as a buzz saw. And then, worse than all, lie puts his mouth so close to the transmitter that one gets and awful dose of double distilled cigarette fetor, which is maost devilish unpleasant. The (lay operator secms to be a much nicer young man, has a tenor voice and a sweet breath. WHmN we stop to gaze upon the trees, cabbage plants and everything else which is green at present, something calls to memory the little trip we took not many years ago, when we thought we were "some pumpkins." We walked fifteen and one-eighth miles into the country to see our girl, and, pfter arriving at her house, the girl's mother gave us a piece of cheese and a cracker and said, "Now, run home, sonny, like a good boy." Fact is stranger than fiction. A Missouim baby has been named Mazin Grace. A neighbor asked the mother how she happened to give the child such a name, "1YVhy I got it out of the hymn book." The neighbor said she never saw the nme in any hymn book she had used. ''You haven't," said tihe mother of Mazin Grace, "why doni't you recollect that fami liar old hymin, commencing, Mazin Grace how sweet the sound ?'' (Philadelphta Times.] Th'le Philadelphia Ledefe'r of Decem ber 29, 1880, mentIons among many others, the ease of Chief of Police of that city, Samuel H[. Giveni, Esq., who says lie used St. Jacob's Oil in his family, for various painful ailments, with excellenit results. Hie has also Jicardl from many whlo have used It for rheumatism, that It alonj of all reme dies did thenm good. LIN.sNED oil is the best substance to coat eggs with for the pu rposc of preserving them and preventing the evaporation of their wvatery elements. AInna Life. When the Southerii Ocean was first op~ened to British enterprise by the dliscov onies of Capt. Cook it teemed with animal life. Fur-seals and hair-sermis abounded on the coasts of Australia eoud New Zealand andl on the outlying iislands. They were at once set upon andi killed, the slaughter being conducted with out regard to sex or season. Trhe result, was a total extirpation of several species. "2Ju9 might as soon exp~ect to me'et a sea-lit.n on-London bridge as on any one of thet islands in Bass's strait," was .ihe reply of a 19ew Zealand naturalist to the inquiry mshout the seal..life that early voyagers had 00served. The same result, has happened at, the Falkiand Islarnds, at Cape Horn, andl on the Pacific seaboard of South America. A vessel called the Betsey took 1,000,000 skins froim the island of Masafuera at the becgin ning of the century, an exploit which left no survivors for future adlventurers ; and the island of Juian Fernandez, where, in Ansn's time, there were seals in abund ance, has now only a few stragglers to show. Th'ie same thing happened at the South Shetlands. In 1821-2 BritIsh scalers took away 820,000 skins for the two years, killing males and females indiscriminately, and leaving the young to (die. Thie fate of the sperm whale might furnish a useful lesson in the same direction. It was once abundant in the southern ocean, but is new all but extinct, from the very same causes that, we hafe poinmtedt out above in the case of the seals. Thue American whalers oh. servedi its maternal affection, and~ found it easier to kill a mother aand her cub together than a mother alone. A few years of this policy, acided to the use of steamers armied with projectiles of. cunnmng contrivance, and~ the flshing had to bie given upi as no longer profitable. 'I he IDeauiate Moon. There Is nothing in astronomy more im pressive than the utter desolation and death that reign on the chatk-like surface of this dead plaiiet. There aro no clouds to di versify the sky, no twilight to prolong the day, no soundi to break the etenal silence. imnmense craters, (deep flssuies, rouiedi hillocks, and the scars af mighty commo lions, are all that remamn -of regions that were probably inhabited like tihe earth in times gone by. Tihe view on the Trermnina. tor was thme most interesting. lInsteadl of the uunbrokenm line of light that marks its appearance to the naked eye, the moon's rougih edge was formed of branching horns of radlianit light, like the antlers of a stag or huge formations of coral. These were lihe suminits of humn mountains, lighted lip by the sun, which was juist rising to this hart of the :nmoon. Trhe bright mountain peaks were weirdi andi wondecrful, as well as beautiful, though their only adinirers were observed two hundred and forty thou. saud miles away. Eminent Physicians are prescribing that tr'ed and true remedy Kidney-Wort for the worot casos of bIlious, nose and constipation, as well as for kidne complaints. Theie is scarcely a person to b( found that will not be greatly benefitted bj a thorough course of Kildnoy-Wort everp spring. Af you feel out of sorte and don'I know why, try a package of Kidney-Wor and you wilt feel like a new oreature.-zi DIANAPOLIB BNTINEL. A oRusTY old bachelor up town met woman on a bad crossing the other day and she crowded him clear out into th mud. Ie writes to this department say Ing: "Is it any reason because a man i a man tbat a woman should be a hog? We refuse to answer this ungallant ques tion, and advise him to ask the woniat herself. ROSALIND MAY says "fashion runs aftei everything that shines." We shall blaci our boots. Vegetilie The Best Medicine, GENERALDEBILITY. FritBEPonT, Ill8., sept. 27, 198. 11. Ii. STEVENS, Boston: Dear SIr.-l have been using your valuabl medicine, "Vegotne," for General Debility. alit have ho hesitation In Faying that I consider it 0110 of the best, If not, the best medicine ir the norket for a general Invigorator a#loot Puriller. J. . PO rtE, Ve geti3ae, GIVES GENEIAL SATISFACII'ON. Eruptions of the Skin, Chronio Sore Eyes and General Dtbility Read what Dr. Stininorss says: VERONA, MIss., JtIune 5, 1878. 11. It. STEVENS, Boston: I havo used "Vegotino" in iny family for tw( yeals nd cordially reconinr-d itna aremed3 for Eruptions of the skin, ChronIc Sore Eyo. and General Debility. I have also r -coi. monded it to a great ainny persons iII this see tion, and I think it, has given general satisfac, tIon. Very ropectfully. DR. J. J. SIMMONS. Your very valtiablo medicIno. "Vegotine," re htored the sight to iny little daugiter, savet her troin being blind. and I have no doubt savet her life. Very gratefully, MIS. J. J. SIMMONS WITr SUCH BENEFIT. 8MiEBOYOA N, WIs., Nov. 15. 1878. II. It. STEVENS, Boston: Dear sir.-I can fully testify to the eMclenc of your Vogotine as a Oreat Blood P'uriller having used It during the last seven inouths with stIch benefit. Yours truly, W. 0. ST. SURE. Druggist. Kegetii'ao. . PREPARED RY 11. J. STEVENS, Boston, lass, Vegfilno IuSoldI by All Diruggst. IRS. LYDIA E. PINKHAM. OF LYNN, MASS., LYDA E .PIKHA'S VEGETABLE COMPOUNTD. Is a Positive Cure for all those Paintial Complnnti and Weaknesse, socommuon to our best femunio populntion. It will cure entirely the worst forms of Femrale Comn plaInts,, all ovarian troubles, Inflauneation and Ulcera, tlon Failing and Dispiacemnts, and the consequent spInal weakness, and is particularly audapted to thc 'Chansge of Life. It will dissolvo and expel tumors fronm tho utereslir an .early stage of developnment. Trho tendency to can ceroushiumsors thero is checked veryspeedilyhby Itsuse It removes faIntness, flatulency, destroysail cra eing for stinmulansts, and relIeves weakness of the stomach It cures Illonting, h~eadaches, Nervous Prostration General DobIlity, Sleeplessness, DepressIon ands .id gestlon. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weigh ari backache, is always pormuanently cured by its use it will at all times and..under all circumstances act, ir harmony with, the laws that govern the female system For the cure of kidney Compdlits of either sex ti.! Comnpound Is urwurpassed. LYDIA E. P'INKIIAM'8 VE.OETAiLR COM1 POUND Is prepared at 233 and 235l Western Avenue Lynn, Mfass. P'rlco $1. six bottles for 55. sont by mat in the form of pills,. also in She form of lozenges, oi receipt of price, *1 per box for either. Mirs. Pinkhan freely answers all letters of Inquiry. Send for pamphi let, Address as above. Menfions this Jibper. No family shouldi be wIthout L.YPIA E.. PINK~ITAW: LIVEli PILlSA rhey curo constipiation, biliousnes and torpIdity of the liver. 25 cents per box. hr Sold by all D~ruggiutu. No I e - THE GREAT CURE RHEUMATISM An It is for all diseases of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. It cleanses the systenm of thso acrld poison That catuses thOe dreadful sufrering which only the victims of Rheumatism can realIze. THOUSANDS OF CASES of the worst forms of this terrible disease have been quickly relleod, in a short time PERFECTLY CURED. hishad wondierf'uisuccess, andi an imoenso sale in every part of tho Cottntry. In hsun dreds cfeases ithlis euredl whiore all else had failed. Ills mild, bitt elloient, OVlI'TA IN IN I'1s A OT1ION, hu t harmless in all casos. t. eanses, strengthenms and gives New ~ife to all the tmportant organs of the body. The natural action of the Kidneys is restored. The Liver is cleansed of all disease, andl the Bowels move freely and healthfulsly. In lis way the worst diseases are eradIcated fronm thesystemn. As it has been proved by thousands that Is the most effectual remedy for cleansing the systone of all morbid secretions. ItL should be usmed in evory household as a SPRUNG MyE DICINE. Always euron fIfo USNEss, (ONIITIPA TION, PILES and all FEMALEI Diseases. Is piut up in Dry Vegetable Form, ini tin cans, one package of which mnakes quarte medicine. Also in Liqumid Ferm, very Conentrated for heconveniene-, of thoise w ho cannot readily pre 74pare it. If actae eth equal eienicyin eiiherform.L GitLT IT O01 YOLIt DIIUOG IST. IlICE. *1.00r (wil snd he rypost-naht.) ltt~itfTmroN. VT. IR ITIIFUI, MO~sELSs, a s plendlil Ilumoros Pliiaper on Irial 3 nmonths fur Be. Miniature Bat terv (he Philhad'a. Pa. 4 LFS' Bresin Food cures Nervous De biilty ano weaknos of (Generative (Organs Si a driuggists. Send for circular to Allemn's mrha acoy,318B First Avenue, N. Y., O)NLY 28 Cojnts for a Whlite ilanledIT wo-Blade Enife. M iniature Batter y Co., 1 hilad'as Pa, WHEN a telegram comes from the fai West and states that a fire "destroyed every business house save one in the town," we fool sorry for the town. But when, next day. we learn that the busi ness houses of the town consisted of a beer saloon and a grocery, and the latter was saved, our sorrow is mitigated upward of considerable. Grateful Women. None receive so much benefit and none are so profoundly grateful and show such an Interest in reoommend ing Hop Bitters as women. It is the only remedy peculiarly adapted to the many Ills the sex is almost universally k subject to.. Chills and fever, indiges tion or deranged liver, constant or periodical sick headaches, weakness in the back or kidneys, pain in the shoulders and. diffetent parts of the body, a feeling of lassitude and des pondency, are all readily removed by these Bitrers. WE know a cat who is a famous hunter. He Is rewarded for killing mice, and pun ished for killing sparrows. When he kills a mouse, he biiugs it in. and exhibits it to his mistress with pride and satis faction. . When he bags a sparrow, he sneaks up the back stairs and devours'. It i under the bureau. AN old gentleman who always took L notes of his minister's sermons, on one oc casion read them to the minister. "Stop, stop I" said the minister at the occurrence of of a certain sentence; "I didn't say that." "I know you didn't," was the reply; "I put that in myself to nike sense." Aroi 01,400. 6jTo sum it up, six long yeara of bed ridden sickuess, costing $200 per year, total $.200-all of this expense was stopped by three bottles ot Hiop Bitters taken by my wife. She has done her own housework for a year since, with out the loss of a day, and I want every body to know It, for their beniwlt." A Lxi-ri. boy, who Is in the habit of saying his prayers before going to bed, the other night said to his mother: "Mamma, how long will it be before I'm old enough to quit saying my prayers ?" You never say yours, do you?" And the mother said: "Lit le boys shouldn't ask so many questions. go to sleep, my child." AT a conflagration a worthy citizen gazes with stupefaction on thesteam fire-engines. "Well, I never," he says with deliberation. "I never expected to see such criminal, senseless, wastefulness I The Idea of warming the water before throwing it on the flames." WOMAN's Triumph I The discovery of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coni pound. A MAN who has been thoroughly con verted can step on a bit of orange peel and sweetly smile at the troops of stars which suddenly conic into view, while the man of the world grows red in the face, speaks forcibly in one of the dead languages, and expresacs a decided opinion about the utility of tropical fruits. A cRITAIN lawyer always begins his cx amination of a witness by saying, "I'm going to put a question to you, and I dOn't care how you answer it." The habit was so strong that one (lay he met a very mear friend, and said, "I'm going to put a question to you and I don't care how you answer it. "Ilow (10 you do ?" "SEnLxns' Layer P'ills" are the secrt to perfect health, long life, and abso lute happines. Sold by all druggists. A TunlREt-YEAlt-OLD discovered the neigh bor's liens in her yard, scratching. In a most Indignant tone she reported to her mother that Mr. Smith's liens were "wip ing their feet on our grass." "WnAT is the meaning of the word "tantalizing ?" asked the teacher. ''Please marm," spoKe up little Johnny ilolcomib, "it means a circus processio)n passing the school-house, and the scholars not allowed t o look out.'' MoTnenl SuIPTON's prophecy Is sup posed to be about four hundred years old, and every prophecy has been full filled except the inst-the end of the world in 1881. Buy your Uarboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, the great natural hair restorer, before the world comes to an end W E shall soon begin to realize tihe force of the ancient remark, "The poor ye have always with you," because the rich will all be off for the summer resorts. Taiis has been a very heaitliy spring. Quite a number of Western rivers that have been confined to their beds for years are now leaving them. THE InvalId 111nds in "'Dr. Lindsey's Blood Searche'r'' nature's great re storer. It Is wonderful. WmtaN they build a new sawmill, the first thing they do to popularize it is to send circulars roundl. That indlicates buz ziness. TE boy is father of thme man, it,1 isaidi. 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Labor Salving. - Thme demend of the peop'e for an easier emethod of preparing Kidnoy-Wort las in . duced the proetors, thle well-known whole sale drugis WoVell, Richardson & co., of Bulirlington, Vito prepare it tc r sale in liquid -form as weal as inm dry form. It saves all thme labor of preparing, and as it is equally ofm cient it is preferred by many persons. Kid -ney-Wort always and everywhere proves itelf GREAT GERMAN REMEDY F1dR a RHEUATISM, II NEURALGIA, 1 SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, ~GOITT, SORENESS CHIFST, P " . II SORETHROAT, 0ilil10ilhb QUINSY 1ni 10 SWELLINGS annunnFROSTER-FEET AND EARS, -AND 'lleralBodily Pains, TOOTH, EAR AND HEADAoHE, IND ALL OTHER PAINS mm mHU A.CHE9S. No Preparation on earth oeuals ST. JAcons OIL I SAEa, but tue j top ratvl trlnouly 'fWKTadoor one suffering witll in can ao ceap and positive proof itO clsits- DKiRECioNs iN ELEVEN LANGUAGES. 14.D BY ALL DRUGGISTS ANQ DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A- VOGELER & CO. Baltimorce Md., U. S. A. Card. Collectors I 1st. 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The complier. Mr. R. hi. McIntosh, is well known to hundreds of thou sands as one of the most successful providers of sweet melodies and bright hymns for the great Sunday School public. Our best writers and composers have contributed. The book has a beautiful title, is well printed and 13 every way desirable. Bond for speelinen pages (free), or specimen copy, which Is mailled for the rotail price, 35 cents. Also, just published, TilE BIACON LIGhIT (30 eta.) By Tenney and HIoffman. And nearly ready, a now book by Abbey and Munger, milk ing a trio of Sunday school books that cannot be oxcelled. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. E. I I iSON & 00.1228 0hestanut St.. Phil&. DR. t. C. FLOWER, The Great Healer and World Re Vowned fagnetist. OFFICE and RESIDENCE: 1013 HACE Street, Philadelphla, AND 5 West 22d Street, New York. Dr. Flower has treated and cured within the last year upwards of thirteen tlhoisand pitmio-ti,icluding all character (of diseltses. I undreds auit thousands or theso persons ha,-e beetin brouht to limo Doctor's oflco on beds of rleknoso, filed 11l1101t, Imk the throes of death. 'T'he Philladolphia Sunday Mercury, of Nov. 14, 188W, savs 1 Dr. Flower, th. world-ronowned inagnotist, 1013 Iaco treot, is i:oforming wontierful crks at fie resldonco."1 The Philadelphia Record, of Dec. 21,1880, says: "Dr. Flower has deoisuNtrated that lin method of fronting disenne his so prior and matchloss powor over sill otlher systinhs of a h.aling which have failed, has rovert that distaso las a dan gerous enemy Iln the ial cr, and the old system of drugs a dangerous Time i'hhiudaelphla Timne of November 14, 1880 nar: dr. F I, wr's et I raordina rye res are woledtrruml n deed, nd oiltido of t(mo ord izary iaodlcai weeider,."1 Thie Phliladolphia Sunday Item of Nov. 14 IsBM, says: , Time curo affected by Dr. Flower within the lust woee are truly miraculous. Disoaso las bcon broilIght to aL st.and-ihhl by thits wonderful iman.'' TI Philtlile i4a Mercury of Nov. 21, 180, nays Over two lanad red ail fifty vati. kis m ore turne'Ud away last week by Dr. Flower." Dr. O rard, of Nc-v York, once opposed to Dr. Flower's asdtein, ofer investigatimg time same for hinimqelf eitah tmrough time prot.s "t II (in l work o hneaian -tho woak which I am compelled to believe, Dr. 'lowor has been called to and se-mn to ba imore th kit nnan in this work. lin must be tho woiadtr of woanders. I havo seen lain etire the dying i anmtly. a'l lacing theln rmai the threes of det In a few mitnutes.'' Dr. Flower cnn be cmonlted imt either of the abovo places, either througm correspondence or by per. henal appilcaliomi. If it persoamal11 interviewy Is do. sired, arrtangenontn bhould be mundo nI advance. C YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY PUMP Unlined,er with Copper ,Porcelain,or Iron Linings. Each one steno fled with my name as manufacturer is warranted in material and co struelion. For sale by the beat houses in te trade. 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