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AGRIOULTURE. UEEP AND SHALLOW MILK-PANS. - The question, which is the better, deep or shal low pans for cream to rise In, has from time immemorial been debated. The rea tion for this tardy settlement of the question is, because a large surface of milk seems, at a glance, a more favorable condition for the cream to rise than a smaller one. So satisfied were we of this, at one time, that we had a number of shallow pans made for the economy of it; but shortly after we commenced using them, having more milk than the shallow pans could hold, the per son who attended the dairy put the surplus milk inte deep jars. not having anything else to put it in. at the time. This person, who was perfectly reliable, said the cream rose much better in the deep jars than In the shallow pans. We replied, "It, no doubt, seems so" to her: but from a given quantity of milk, we believe, a larger quantity of cream would rise in a given tie in the shallow pans than in the jars. After several more trials, she satisfied us that the deep jars were best. Now, 9s we umst accommodate the philosophy to the fact, we venture to say that the reason why a deep pan is better, is that specifle gravity of water being greater than the cream globubes, and there being moro than thirty per cent. of water the globulus are forced up more rapidly in a given quan tity of milk in a (ee) pan then they would be in a shallow one, In other words, if a gallon of milk is put in a jar six inches in oliameter, and the saic quantity is put in a jar twelve inches in diameter, the water in time former will force the crean to the surface in much less time than it would in the latter. Inl connection with this idea, wo will state that the quicker cream rises, the better it is for butter; indeed, it has been recently proved that cream In sonie way loses, after it has been rising more than eight hours. Then, as experiments have proved that creati rises more repidly in deep than shallow plns, it follows that they tre best for butter-making. u'1xK C0ss CU-r SiAw. -Ten years exiper. Ience in the use of cross-ot, siw has yi roved to me that I have been working under many disadva it ages until recently. My wish is for all to know the great advailtage of a plan which I pursue. Take a new saw that has never been set place it between two boards cut to fit the saw, elainp it t ight, on a bench or vice, take ain iron wedge file one corner to suit the set of the toothI wliqn fiiiished, then take a simall hanuner, hold the wedge with the left. h1ard, strike the the tooth lightly with the hammer until at the right place: then turn the wedge on the opposite side, and onl the next tooth and set. Im the saimie way; now then you leach the iiid and mlost hniporioitant, tooth in the saw ; leave it perfe'eliy straight ; pass on to the fourth tooth and set as you (i( the first; turn the wedge, set the lifth the otier way le,tve the sixth straight, iiid 5o on till you fhuimh. Now take 0your' file, dress the two tee-h Ias you do the coimon saw: the third life perfectly straight and square, leaving it about onetwentieth part f ani iieh shorter than the others. on - tiuilie inl that wiay until you fiinish, an1(d you will find that it. will cut twice ias fast as ihe ol way pract.ieod by most of the rarimiers. LEANINU Tters.-Often in a fine orch ard we find (lie 01' more I rees leanl ng over so far as to destroy the beaity of tile whole orchard. 11. is a)so much imiore dillicult to cultivate around a leaning tree. This may easily he remedied, vinic the trees ire yOung, by Partially digging il) and replant Ing the tree. 'I'lTe rots will usually be found 1 smallest, on the side from which the tree leans, and therefore these roots should be looseuied fromi thle eiarth, the t ree set in a1 perpeindicular p)osition1, and1( ciarefi Iy fasten by stakes oir guys, aodI lie earth re pla(ced around the roots. It wouti lie well to add some rich comipost to p~romiote t heir growth. it', as is very p~robabile, the top of the tree has beccomie one-.sidled, it. shonld be prunedi~ so ais to restoie the baIla'ie('. Iia this w.ay pear treces may he righted upi even wh'len six linches thlroitgh the stemii but the best way is to look at ter the young trees. andc not permit themi to depart fromi the way' of uprightness. liow Muon Wiri.K KuEI A hl()ns8.--A horse weighiing from teli to twuelve hiiiodred pounds will ceat abotit six toiis if hay13, 0or its equivalent. in a y'ear'. Aind wye suppilose the real poiint to get at, is, whiether 0110 eann keep hts horse chleaper oin 80ome oither piro. duet than01 hiiy. 'IThis is an Ceeedtingly dithieult. qluestioni to answller'-it tiipends 5o inuch on circumiistan~ces. WVe slolh not, at temipt to answer it, illy at iis t imne, but1 withimeirely 81ay thit, -ini ourii opinion, thlree aind a haltf tons of cornistal antlisu two and1( a half toins of corni would keep a hoirse a y'ear' in ftully as tgood condition 'as six tonis of take Ithree and a haslf toiis of oa~ts straw and1( two anid a1-hal1f toins (of 01ats to keep a horse at year. A bushel 01' 0ats weighs thlirty-.two )olunids so thait it will take over one bumtred and0 liftyV-five bushels iind thbree inad a half tons of st raw to keep) a horse a1 yea'r. it would take ihut t wo neres of good land1( to prodhlee this amnount. K axisio 01.o Sniaice.-.Althouighi there are few it any dom~nestie aimaiii~ls thtit paiy be~tter' than slieep. ye't, 1)s 1s often the ('ase,. they'3 are kept wheii toi' 01h to bet pro'~fitable'. At tenl yeniis 01(1 1the horse is ini his p'rimie plrospet'of remanininhg so1 foir8 1 soeime lomg er, but the shi4epi1 (is ery1 o luhe it renelwits the aige of ten years-thle natura term1 o f its Iifeo. A fle r reaching tis ago Ithey me14 upit to be inojur'ed by the least expiosure, while younig sheep1 carei' little abiout it ; itwn former being miore liable to dlisease(, and ('von if they escaipe it yield less wl(oiI ami1( smaller lambs than w~hien in their primei~. Uniiless in speial 11 instanes ai sheep shouhi1( iiever henz kepta after it becomes six or seveni ye4ars ob(1. I' i'( rePporte tha 1lit th If all of on inc(h oif ramii upou11 an1 aer'(', wueighs ov-r I100) t(ons. 'This fnel wuill serve.' 1(o c''nviel somie ide(a o'f the' immiienise amounit oif wvater whilih is abi sorbled by lie land)4 yearly3. Usually there' is abll~t thiirty' ini(hies (if ranaid eld snow tier yea'r, which wvoui 1he overi :i,000 tbus per1 nere'(. All this walter coniltains amoiat, whliebi IS one of 1m1st va'.uiahie fer' Itilizer to promlot e the grolwth oif crops. It. of lutrogen in thle formi of amioIa andio i I rie acid, aire containied in the water wh'ich't falls upon each acre of siurface y'ear'ly. 'ihis is the land eniriched by thle inl an'gi ShOw. PI- 18.A N a is a weed whiich every 0ne is desirous to get rid of, and ait ihe samie time it Is 011e of thie miost nutritive plants raised, either on a farm or in a garden. When once started it is a most, rap~id grower, crowding ouit everything else, and It is mlost prolific of seeds ; few plants, howvever, are so rich in gelatiine. h is an excellenit feed( for swine. A vi a,. whIch is blecomling very p~oplar In Engla :,d, amlit which costs less than half as much as coal, Is compressed peat. It has been used for some timne on an impor tant Englibh railroad, with the best results. It is said that 21 pounds of peat will raise stesm for a mile of transit, while of coal 26 pounds are required to do the same A LAJtob amount of discomfort may be saved during the summer months by the employment of oil-stoves for the prepara. tion of light dishes for the table. The amount of heat produced by these stoves Is small, and as the flimo comes in immediate contact with the vessels in which water Is boiled or dishes cooked, but little heat Is diffused in the room. The fire in an oil stove is kindled and extinguished instantly, so that a room Is not warmed by the heat produced before or after It is employed for cooking or laundry purposes. The use of ice during the summer saves a large amount of cooking. With an ice-box or refrigerator, meat, pastry end many other articles pre pared for the table may be kept several days in good condition. No person desires to eat food or to drink fluids that are of the sane tempersture as the surrounding air. To be grateful to the taste they must be considerable warier or cooler, and It gen erally matters little in whicti condition they are. Tea is very insipid when it is at the same temperature as the air in suminer. but it is grateful to the taste when heated to a hundred degrees or cooled by icans of ice. Al uch labor and discomfort are saved by the use, of ice in summer In the preserva tion and preparation of articles of food and drink. Arbors covered with twining and flowering vines and fitted pl) with seats do much to render the premises coinforta ble during the summer. They can be cim ployed for setting the table in, or used wvii the inimates of the house are engaged in light work or reading. Men also prefer an arbor to a rooni in tue house when they are resting at noon or night. ODD S'Is --To Improve old potatoes, lay themn in cold water for half an hour before cooking. To make them inearly, pare off a rimg of the skin, thon throw them into fast-boiling salt water-a tablespoonful of saIl to a (qiart of water. Cook until just done. then drain offi all the water, lay ia folded towel over tie top, and set the kettle on the back of the atqlp, where it will not scorch. They will he ready to serve li ten minutes. but may stand a litt;e lomrer without injury. To make tough beflsteak tender, lay it in a inixture of oil and vinegar-three tablespoonfuls of the fornier to one of the latter. Leave it six hours in tWis preparation, turning it as often as convenient, or, it, may be left thren or four hours on one side and turn over, to remain on the other side all night. The steak will lo e iionc of its juices, neitluer will the flavor be materially chatmied, but the fiber will lie softened, i'o cook rice so that the grains will be whole and tender wash it in cold water until t lie water looks clear, then cook it rapidly In boiling salted water for lifteen minutes, after which drain andti place the covered sauce van on the back of the Move to w ean until the griuns crack open and are tender, which will be i about fifteen minutes longer. & thin coat of varnish applied to straw Inat ting will kiep it flesh looking antid diable. le sure to use white varnish for white nuat utig. A very thin coat of varnilh will also preserve oil cloth. It must be carefully scrubbed preparatory to vairilshing, and at other tilmes washed with skim muimik. To Bi.aEACn ei.ori.-Into eight quarts of warm water put, one pound of chloride of limne. :tir with a stictt a few iminuiutes, then strain through a bag of coarse muslin, working it with the hand to dissolve thor otughly. Add to this five bucelctfuls of warin wa'er, stir it well andi put in the muslin. Let It iremaii inl one hour, turning it constatmy that every part maiy get thor oughly bleached. When taken out, wash well in two waters to remiovo the hint, rin1se amll dry. 'Thisi (uanlltity will bleach twenty-five yards of yard wide muslin. lie miushni will bleh evenly and quickly if it hats beon thoroughly wet and dried before bleaching. (CamaNT rnm Lxatriun.- -Oue wvho has tr'ie~t every tniing says thatii ato teria experi enee of fitteeni years lie has found nodduig to equtal thme tollowinig as a ceient ior leatheri' belting. (Comnuon glue and isin glass, iequatl parts, cooked for telou itrs in just enoughi water to cover thiemi. 1Bring giadually to a boiling heat and add1( pure tannin until the whole beconies ropy' or tap pears like the white of an egg. huff oft the surlace to lie joined, apply thus ('Jiment, andi clamip limly. (iiiarI PA INi.--Three huundrei' p~arts washed anud steved white sand, forty paruita (of precipitated chalk, fIfty panrts of rosin and four parta of huseed oil iare mixed ianud boiled in an irotn kettle and then one0 part of (ixide or copper 'itdt one part or sulphuric acid( are added. 'lThis mass is applied wvithi an ordlinatry pint bruish whille wam if it is toio thick, It is diluted with linseed oil. Tlhuis pinlt diries very' zapidly and gets very hard, but protects wood work excellenutlty. To Hatiovic O)m l.I~ir i'ioM W~oo). -. Essenice of iamimuonia anld oxalic acid ini equal iuanitties. Dilute the above ini water, having it. stroiig eno ugh to remnove the pinut. apply the above withI a sponge or rag. and1( tollow up with a1 putty knife. Th'le stronlger time solution, the qluicker will the palinit comule off, (hmcianxi.--Mt te goodsa, wash~l with soap or allkahniie ly'es. Colored cottonls washt~l hikewarimS oaip I yes. Colored woo'lens, he sameu, 01 ammiiuomia. Silks, albsorb withi I/rccl11k or fiilIlet's enr ih, iand dissolve away with be~iine or ethier. IBx sure thatt thei. corni you plant has a goi)lod peigreoe. Pedigree ini seetd is or as5 mnnch unpoilrtancme as pedigree ini horses and cattle. llhty it from none but1 reliable seed stores, though It may1 ('ost you a few eents muore ai bushel; it will amount to buit lit the in the endic. You11 enn get a biottlet or ia barriell of 4)11 ofl of anyi~ carpet or wooleni stuff by apply iog dry huckw'hieat plentifully and fauithI. fully. Never putl water or liquid of any kmid to such ai grease-spot. To onrraiN ai glossy skin :Pouir ti'in a pint of bran suflcient boiling wilter 1o cover~ it. Let. it. stand until1 col and1( then bhalle the face withu it, only patt.ing thme skiii with a soft towell to dlry It. To V1AK x xf oN ST AINs orT o.- Aaioii.x - An equal quiant ity of spirits of viItrol and1( lemoii juice being mixed ini a bottle, shake well, wet the spots andit in a few milniutes rub with soft linen till they dhisapp)ear. Ailu'zAuiNK JNx.-Whiitte goods, tairtaric acid, thle more concentrated the oldler are the4 spots. On colored~ cations andu woolens, and on1 silks, dlilit' tartarie acid is aipphed, catiously13. No iia notoxx mrxu tshoi put1 qicksilveOr on her bedsteitds. Trhe minueral is absorbed by those sleeping upon01 themi, causing paral.. y'sis and( many113 other serious anid fatal dis eases. LINsgxD oil is the best substaincc to coat eggs with, for the purpose of preserving them and( pireveniting the evaporation of their watery elemenits. AIT ADUucINo MIIANI0A.LY. Boeting, l~ruishing, andt currents of water either on the upper or uner side. HUMOROUS. A WEALTIHY lady, who had passed the middle age without marrying, one day took to lieself a husband, to the great surprise of her friends. When the excitement oc. casioned by the event had partially sub. sided, a neighbor ventured to ask an ex. planation of th'e unexpected freak, and re ceived the following reply: "You see, I kept a large house and employed five ser vant girls. I contended against them sin gle-handed for a long im, but finally real ized that if I wished to retain posession of my hoine I would have to cidl in reinforce ments. Johin has served In the army, understood tactics, and was cool and brave; and so I married hiin. Two of tile girls were discharged, and now the thing is evener than it used to be. W e mean to hold the fort or die I" ROENTLY there was a party of live per sons on the wharf waiting to take the boat for St Clair Flats, and each man had fishing tackle and other preparation4 for a good time. After looking the crowd over from his seat, on a salt barrel, and old cynic of a dock loafer approached one of the gentle men anti ingmred ;, "'(Goin' a fshiTi'?" 'Yes, sir." '"Expect to catch any?" -' I hope so " "Goin' to lie about their size ?"1 "Mnir !" "oin to lie like blazes about their size and number 'I" ",Sir I I am a truthful man I), "Oh, you are eli I Then you'll let the other fellows do the lying and you'll swear to It I I see--I Bee I" IN Oshkosh lived a fair maiden who haud read with some alarm of the death ot an Indiana woman froin tight hicing, the lim. mediate cause being an iaffection of tie epigastriuim. When her lover called that evening, and the light had been turned down ias usual, she said to lum frankly: "Now 1 want you to be careful, Eugene; you're worse thani a corset." Eugiene tal tered out ;" 'Ohi. Mary, why t his coldnessy" "It isn't cohiness at all," she replied, "hut you hug so tight 3 ou knock miy epigastrium all out of kilter. [St. 1.0111. Western Wa110h11nat iutsic- iftth Chairis, etc. One ot thc great, intfac uring Itutere Is of .istoni, is the Emerson Piano Co.npany, whose plinoia ar1 uised with high apprecia tion and satisfaction throughout the world. In a recent conversation with Mir. Jos. Graimer, one of the proprietors, that gen tleman remarked- I have used that bplen did reniedy, St. Jacob's Oil, in my family Iti found it to be so very benleia 'hi will never he without it. it has cured me of i severe ens of rheumnatism, after ':her reiedies had failed. AT the comimetncement. exercises of ono of the colleges this wv'eek, a young manI was asked "What Is love?" lie thouught a minute and then said : Its a sort. or a feeling t hat you don't want any other fel low going nr und with her. " That is per huaps as good a defintion as could be fran. ed by a committee of lovers in regular ses. slont. A lover had almost i atber go hini self than to have another fe'low go arumnd with her. THE Miunday-school was in debt and the superintendent got up au excursion to wipe it out. and was successful. At the next meeting of the Sunday-school the superiln tendent congratulated the scholarson what had been acomnplished. "Now, children." said lie, rubbing his hands, ''we are out of (debt ; wvhat. shall we (10?" "'(it in agin I" 1p11ipdlu a shrill voice from a small b~oy on the fronit, seat. I ii laukee IvLang w~i.'canasn.) A Stronag Coniqueroa-. Acecordinig to aan Illinois e3xchange', our, iays of U heumatismn are" well nighi inninber.. ed. St. Jacob'i)Is Oil e'nters a rhieumat Ie teriril ory, and 'onquecrs every subject. Th'Iat's right. We believe in it. "'('t.Auss in the mniddk of geography stnd up,"' said a schoolmaster. .'What is n p)yramid ?" h'le asked. ' A pile of' men In a circus, one on top of thxeoather."'---" he' re's Egypt ?" "'Where it always was." "W~here's Wales ?" ''All over the sea." ''Very wvell," said the schloolmiaster ; ' stay13 there till I show you a species of1 birch I hat growvs all over the land." lai'i 'it foutr-year-d (1(1iredl reftuse' abot)ve all things, to bie pitiedl. Thle Oilier 'lay he' fell down stairs and was picked up badly bruised(, andI was pit led accordingly. " ' I 1s too had,'' his amothe si aidI, ' really too bad. l'oor fellowv 1" "T'aint too' bad !"' ex. claimed a'red, struggling to keep hack thle tears. ' i've been just, dying to fall down stajirs this lang time '?" IPostsi liy a mist ake:' "Jamnes" Sanlid miothetrly womaniit to a young man whos'e first sermon she had just heard, ",laments, why did you enter the ministry ?'' " I had a call fromi the ILord,'' said thle y'oung man, and t hen camne the reply, ''But are y'ou sure it wasn't sonme oilier hiose that you heard ?'' If you wyihlS)li stop il r ex riavgant and wvronig inotions in doctoring y'oursel f and( famihets wit h texnetnsive do tors or' hunhuin. c'ure'-ilis, that do hairm aliways, andI uuq onily inture's sitmiple remiedie's~ for all your ihuinns--yuou will lit wise, wyeli and happy, anti save great ev~iwnle. Th'ie great e'st remta"ly fa r t his, the gre at, wIse and good wyill tell you, is 11(op itters-rei'ly on it. "Mi~ A v we hope for t he pleasure of your compan~ly ati our soiree to-morro.v. uloctor' ? Wo shall have a litile mittrumntlal and vo~cal music. My daughter Al'ice'wdl sing, and afterwards ,Jnne wyill recite her new poem1. At nine o'clock we shal11 sup1." Dioctor: ''Many t hanas ; you are verv kind. I shall he with you at nine sharp.'") A t'i.umovMAN w~as traveling throngh the lumboldt. mountains wyith an old miner. "Do you really hlIieve that God maido the wvor'linm six days?'' ''Of course I (It." "Well, dton't y'ou timk,"' returned thle miner, ''that lie murht have put in onie m1oreO (liy to adlvantage rb'ht aroundl A (azxi~N rLAN t raveliing in Scot land on Suindiay catme across a curious initanc(e of Scotch piety. Accotmpatied by t hriee Iriendls, lhe enuteredl a hotel and asked for four small whiskeys. ''We dmina ma11k ran' glasses On the Sawbathi I" was the waitrteas's shocked rep~ly. "'MA Mix,"' saId lie, and Is voice was sli gularly low, ''will you he miy wife ? WVill you1 elin~ to me' as the tender vine clings to the---.' "'Yes, I'll catch, on,''said she. "WX liAr is the mecaning ot' a backbier I" asked a gentleman at a Sunday school ex amination. This was a puzzler. It went down' the class until It came to a simple urchin, who said:- "Perhans it's a fl1." MRs. BARTLETT was at the Queen's last drawIng-room. The lady will be remem bered as having amassed money enough to marry an American man. WHAT confuSIou it would create In that Concord School of Philosophy it some one should offer a resolution askwg what the members had been talking about ? 1308T )N policeIen are hereafter to wear white gloves on bunday. They will cou. tinue to handle offenders without gloves on the other days of the week. A11s. SPlGoiNs, when shte read of the failure of tile Universal Life Insurance Com )any, sagely ronarked that she never did think much of "them Universallsts. BAmanillADHO 111011 are liformed that there is but one avenue of escape from their ailliction, an that is CAIMOLINE, a deodorized extract of petroleum, the great lair renewer, which being recently Im. proved. is more eficicacious than ever and is absolutely faultless. THuit are ten thousand dentists' in this country, and yet mothers will pull the teeth of their ifuants with a strlng tied to a door latch. TilEi yotig man who gave tip drinking to propitiate his girl wisely concluded that a mu1ss Is as goodi as a smnile. Do not tell a man lie lies. It is vulgar. Say that hisa converation suggests to your miind a suninmer resort circular, T1inis Is a good deal of hinian nature In it canary bird. He always begins to chat ter so soon as the platio begins to play. Vegetine Gives a Good, Clear Com plexion. PltI.A., PA, July 8, 1877, liemr sir-Iie great tenellt I have received frot tit I.- of Vegettiue inducs lite to give liuy testi 1uoly In its favor. For several years my face has I eeI envered with itinites, whic'i catlsed tile Ituulh atllllI(ytlice, an([, knowing it to be a blood dilsease I entil-tedi a nubter or doctors antit also tried illny preparations without obtaIning 111nf belleilt It Il int ilnenced takinlg Vegetine, anti before I hal tised the tirst bottle I :aw inhad the ri glt lmte stichic. I have used titree )0ttIes andi find ImIy heilt itchIIIi impl rovod, my13 hunior entirely cured. Yuurs respectfully N1 18 N. K iEif.,F, 1130 Carpenter St. *Vogulotin3Ae. Reports from Ottawa. OTTAWA, CANADA, De i1, 18a8. Min. 11. It. STEVENS, lIostOn, MaSS: Sir-1 have used your Vegetine in my failly for t erai years, and consider it an Invaluable ieidi ele. I most ciheerfulily recomnlenI its use to i iinse desIritig a safe ati eireetittl remeyiv for tlis e otses the stonticih anl linpurities o1 the litoodi. I ity adi that I iiave ativocaiteil its use to several of III fritntiis anti ateIaltattalIees Witi tile luost gratiflig tud satisfactory results. 'ery itespectfuIly 'OUtrs, Mit'S. W. 0. PERLEY. No one call doubt lite irtliflltess of the abov e1-11111c 1t*, colinig from so respolsible lanti iluetn,1 11111 aliltrs. Mir. Perley Is tile senior imemnber of tile 1irin of Perley & Platie, one of tile largest and most extensive luntlber firmns in Arnerica. Vegetine. Druggist's Report. PHIL A., July 0, 18t7. Hi. It. STKiVKNS, iostOll, Mass: we iive solti your \'egetitne for some ears 3uin, and our ctistoniers recontmentd it as hell the besi and salest "ililooit Purtiler" it inse. \e hatve~ soli manly artleeS of tile snline riescriptlin t10on. \\e atiways rcommilenri it with confidence. Drulggists, 16,26 Market 1reet. V egetine, P'replarett b k-i . i. T 1t'i IV E 'N$, ItoSTON, Mass. ''coliune Iis 8,d by el D1Jruggista. IIRS. LYDIA E. PIR AM, OF LYNN. HAILs, LYDIA E. PINKHIAM'S VEGEABLE COMPOUND. Ilea Positive Curs tor all those Painfasl Oomplalnte and Weakueses oommnon toour best femaie populatton. It wIll cure entIrely the worst form of Fernaie oena plainta, all ovarian trouble. Innlammation and Uloere tum, IFalling a~nd Diaplacemente, and the conrequent Spinal weakneas, and Is. particula~rly adapted to the Change of Idfe. It wIll dIssolve and expel tumors from the uterus ta an early stage of deveiopment. The tendency to oaa. esrous h~umors there is checked veryspeedily by it. us. It remo(ve's faIntness, flatuiency, destroys ali craving for stimnulants. and rolleve weakness of the stomach. It cures DItating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, Osneral DebIlIty, leiepiessness, DepressIon and Indi. gestion. That feeling of bearing down, cenuing pain, weight and back ache, I. always permanently cured by its use, It will at all times and under all caroumstancee aot in harmony with the laws that govern the female system, For the cure of KIlaney complaints of either sex this comlpound is unsurpassed, L VllfA E. PINiKAM's VEOETABy.E (IOM POUNIJ Is prepared at 133 and 336 westt~ru Avenue, Lyn, Mass. Pie . aL St bottles for p. Sent by mali in the form of pills, also In the form of lozenge., ow receipt of price, Si per box for either. Mrs. Plnkhain freely answers alt letters of InquIry. Send for pampb let. Address as above. AentfO,, Ihfe Fp. Ne family should be without L.YDIA E. PINEIVAMS ?Jv~l itIJBS. They cure costipation., biliuaag and torpi ilty of the lIver. 3e cents per box. Sm- Hold by all Druggete. -Es f sie wk. mal of let-. oned bh the atrIn of tcrstolli n m ovrl your dutIes avolo igh~t aor k, to res. etutmulants a nd usee torte brain nervoane Hop Bitters. wasto. use SHop B. If you aro young andi aulferln from any in dIscretIon or disslpa tionl ,i you are mar rIed or singlo, old or young, sulterin~ from poorhealth or languish Ing on a bod ofsIck ness, rely on H Bitters. whvlceor y ou are Thousands dIe an wheneover y ou feel nualiy f r o im somto laed cleansaingta Usea that nmgi ling or etimulat'ng, lave tol proeented withoutainto.11ing, - g at me y use of aks. H opHpitr 3itter.. Heavel youdfys of the stomach, ,and irresista. fuocela, bl ood blen unrofor Yo wil beuobaco, or -m Ifyounaroselm sold bydrug e a ya y ou r aP SIITEUS i i fe at ha it''' CO., saved hua Roehester, N., v. dreds. nto. The Bendng of Glase Tubing.. When glass tubes are not too wide they may be easily bent over a common gas jet. A burner, made by attaching a lava tip (such as now as are now commonly used in illuminating burners) to the stand or base of the ordinary Blunsen burner, will be found convenient. The tube Is held hori zontally In the flame in such a manner as to be entirely surrounded by the flame, and so all possible draughts are avoided and the flame does not flicker. The tube Is soon covered with cqrbon; then It becomes glowing, and bends, in consequence of the weight of its free end, in an even and unt forir. manner, without making any wrinkles inside the bend or angle. Wide tubes are first filled with sand, and then suspended over a broad flame burner. A broad tube with flattened end, which exactly fits the Bunsen burner, may easily be produced. Thin glass tubes may be bout iu the flame of a simple spirit-lanip, but it they are at all thick a Berzelius lamp becomes re quisite. In this case the tube must be held across the flabie, for then it would become heated In two places and remain cold in the center (. e., between). It is, therefore, Dest to hold it tangent to the flame. It it does not bend freely, it is well to assist lu the operation with the hand, by slightly pressing the free end in the desired direc. tion. This opera'lon' requires a certain amount of skill and dexterity in order to prevent the formation of wrinkles on the interior surface of the bend. These wrinkles not only olfend the eye, but so contract the Lube that a free curreqt of the gas is pre vented, and, In case of distillation, etc., condensable products are caught in the cracks, and the experiment is spAled. No Good Freanhizng. No man can do a good job of work, preach a goad sermon, try a law suit well, dcOtor a patient, or write a good article when he feals miserable and (lull, with sluggish brain and unsteady nervej, and none should make the attempt in such a condition when it can be easily and cheap ly removed by a little Hop Bitters. See another column. Cast-iron is used, even in wrought.ron boilers for grate bars, ash pans, furnace doors. uptake doori, man-hole plates,hand. hole plaici, valve chatmbers, steam pipe, reed pipe, blow pipe andi dry pipe. Being unyielding, it is not well adapted for ap paratus liable to sudden changes from ex pansion by changes of temperature. It can not be patched or mended as wrought-iron an. This ability to be men'ded is one of the chief advantages of wrought iron for boiler work. Kldney-Wort moves the bowels regularly, cleanses the blood. and radically cure a kidney disease, gravel, piles, bilious headache, and pains whioh are caused by disordered liver aud kilneys. Thoutauds have boon cureu-way should you not try it Your druggist will toll you that it is one Of the most, sueces-ful medi clnes ever known. It is sold in both Dry and Liquid form. an i Its aclon is postive and sure in Othor.-Dallas Tez. Herald. I.ow W1rater in Boiler.-in cage of >w water immediately cover the fires wli ishes, or if no ashes are at lband, use fresh Doal. Do not turn on the feed under any -rcumstances, nor tamper with or open the safety valve. Let the stean out lets re. main as they are. VEOavIxE was looked upon as an experi. ment for some time by some of our best physicians, but those most increduloui in regard to its merit are now its most ardent friends and supporters. If lione.s are immlnersed1 in a solution of mnuriatic acid all the phosphate of limo will bee removed and~ other earthly matter, while the residue wvill be p'ces5 of gluten in the tame shape and form as the bones w( re originally, but flexible. In this cond~ition they can be easily converted into glass. Nomummxu like '"Lindsey's Blood Search er"' for all skin diseases, tetter, sailt rhieum, itch, etc. it never falls. 70 remove wheel grease from woolen material without injuring the color of the fabric use good benzine, J. F. DA VIm, of Portsmouth, Ohio, so1(d in one year fourteen thousand boxes of "'Sellers' Liver P1lls." Thecy cure malaria The quickest end bent way to bo011 milk is to put It into a tinl dish and set that into i kettle of boiling water. Th'ius scorching a avoided. L~Y itA E. PINK HAMt's Vegetable Comn ound has (10ne thousandis of women more wod than the imedicine of mauy doctors. The/u Arch iv der Pharmcie gives the' ollowimg formula for making paper for wrapping up silver. Six parts of caustic iOnda nL'C dissolved in water until the hydro neter marka 20 dleg. Blaume. To the solu lin add1( four p~arts of oxide of zInc, and >oil until It is dlissolved, Add sufficient water to bring the solution down to 10 (leg Aaumne. Paper or calico soaked in the solu ion and dried wi!i effectually preserve tihe nost highly polished silver articles from lhe tarnmshing action of the suilhureted iydirogen which is contained in such niota. >ie quantities in the atmiosp~her'e of all large owns. Ccorr'N wVood wet wiih sweet oil and lau lanuni reli eve the ear-ache very soon. Sufreinhg women. There is but very small pr sportion of the wvomen of tI is nat~on that, do nt suiffer from someo of the dis, aseis from which Kidnev-WYort is specific. When the bowels have become costive, headacho torments, kidneys out of fix or ilehs dIstress. tako a package and its wondlerful tonic and renovatrng power will cure you and give new life.-- W1atchman, Ited-ina, noneneoq, late, cata. mice, ants, fies, insot, cleared mnt by -' Rtough on flats." 15o., druggists. Massa. MeooAW a nasrv, Mutual Life Buiidsng, Tenta n und chest.nut stree a, h rve on band I superb st~Ock 01 eXt tine quahity Dia mons, which they offer at, as 10.v prices as btones of tie fimt. quah ty, perfect alike In color laid shaipo, can be sols fear. What Is more Terrible, morn painful, mere exasnerating, discourag lng and persistent thaan P'ILES. especially to afictoed rmortals who have tried lotions, omnt mneits. pIlls, eleotenaries anid all manner of nostrums anid doctors' stuff. Internally and ox-ornally, withot, relief ? What wonder is it thast half a million redeemed sufferers should shout hosannas over the discove ry of "Aniakosis." an infallible cure for Pies? This medical mirachle, so simple ais to excite wonder thaat wise dociers have not thaeughat of it be fore, so proempt. arid certain In its actiona as to score for itself the title of infallible, so sot. entific and rational lea its combimation of potil tice, mnetruimnent and mnlmhene, as to ronder thec ultimate cure of 95 per cent, of average cases of plies sure, Is not an accientcal dies covery, but the solution of a pro'blem by the study anad exportenco of Dr. Iqllsbee. an ac eomplished and daitinguished phyrican of 40 years' staning. It has stood the test of 20 years' oxperioen; over half a malion of suif, ferers have need it With seiooess, and doctors of a I schools now prescoribe it in their praoe. tico and at is pronounced to be the nearest to an iafalliblo cure for piles yet diseoveredl. "Anakeais," Dr. S. Fhilaboo's Externial le flenaedy, Is aeld by drugglsts everywhere, hirloo *1.00 par box. Sam pies malled 7n.n to all sinlerears on aimlicationa to P. Neustaedter ca. lie ann0 Nw. vo,. Por a filler for porous hard woo4 use boiled oil and corn starch stirred into a very thick paste. Add a little japan and reduce with Aurpeptine, Add no color for light ash. For dark ash and walnit, use a little raw sienna; for walnut, burnt umber add a slight amount of Venetian rad; for bay wood, blirnt sienna. In no case use more color than is required to overcamethe white appearance of the starch, unless you *wsh to atain the wood. The filler is work. Dd with brush and rage in the usual lman ner. PRoP. :Kedzie, of the Michigan Agricul tural College is reported as recomendrug a mixture of skim inilk and brine as a wash for.outbulldings. barns, roofs, etc. Besides being durable, cheap, easily app'led and Limpervious to water. It renders the wood practically uninflaminmable, GREAT GERMAN REMEDY it 111FOR . iiu0 R1UMMATISM, NEURAL&IA, lIIIJllhIIlalh SCIATICA, . LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, 01iT, SORENESS CHEST, """ I SORETHROAT, I11111lilkl QUINSY, 6MinS111 SWELLINGS ORl 110l 'ND SPRAINS, FROSTED FEET AND EARS, AND maim.xilm GeralBOly Pal , TOOTH, EAR AND HEADACHE, AND ALL OERN PMINS WND RFUAND No Preparation on earth equals Sr.JACOBS OIL 1a A IlR~i1,Pand .,ylN Y at yh sam time e se t andi thernsytem to eison bu0 hmo nratvel tIoy of C 3i and er" no suffering with pain oane, J aund poslt(ve.prooff tp0aio. ilE.oNS IN RLEutN LANGUAGES. Ne1uY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DALRS I MIIINi. A. VOGELER & CO. ulcan h bel tyngfor fl-our yA-T.a.A AI ]91 .l DOES 1DO.E -S WONDERFULWtill I CURES!I liercaieo It aria ol tile 11l1l Ii, llti V lS Bcans it oloannoa twa systnea orthpoon e humors at dnveiopo n Kidney and Uri nary Diseases, li aounoss, Jaundice. Const Patoim Ptis, or in ie-Woatirni, Neuralgia. Nervous itIordor and FePale compinte. SEER WIT PEOPLD AY, i sipo Io . Ria a , of jiall ct i (kty. aa uar n 1110 ie for toe ticed lat after euelar p Rlciats thd bee e tryleiihr fo r year m. StETe JeT u A all, of itUG eeGSToe P i , $1.ys (illaend th tle o s ate. nw'rd.INGTrNdTy .ihe CoE .EBRTE Malara la n Unsen Vaorou Pohsan sprei eain see and dreeah inie tman ble . :atiolfor whieic ute is ano eenuin te ansh oe littroisno nly a s oraogh remed, utaerei tle pr ieiver o i ti facten teheei ansoer weetg rra- of til, eedinoera p ideof thit years. Im w oelel. ft elie t >ilmch and ('olae ofsonr conerd byth *iiFore ale t by ues Drgistsiekands dalerseerly. Thoe nerang ivek Mitieristlebn ellne evebyr." nteAvrtsradi PERMANiENebTLYIK n OU EILOU KINE DISESEA Contparn anld tPi nyaddes.o t~i ains. upi ory Voale ll druggista ti ct,, te eneier o wele OWiai N si qarEt ot *u*ie.As e lleii om ve 1st. Buy seven bars Dob bins' Electric Soap of your Grocer. 2d. Ask h:m to give you a bill of it. 3d. Mail us his bill and your full address. 4th. We will mail YOU FREE seven beautiful cards, in six colors and gold, represent ing Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Mail." I. L. CRAGIN & CO. 116 South Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY PUMP Unlinedsor with Copper vPorcelainor Iroia Linings. Each one stee led with my nane a4 maincurer is warranted In material ad con. lt0 For sale by the bet houses In the trade. If you do not know where to get this PUMP, write to me as below, and I will send name of agent nearest you, who will supply you It my lwest pirices. CHAs. 0. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer, 808 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. RU-PERTUS' Celebratet -ingle DroohLoadinW .ho Ouns ulBarrd! Baeeek Loaders at gee up. uzzte and Breech-Loading Gunn, Rtitos and frotse moet approved Aknglfe and American, mah. ad f S portinxr anleinfaents itartolea JElc. o ( iloofAttsr&.is aruse nd stamp for Prce-Leg. 1haliadolphla. #a. Payne's Automatic Engines, Djeasb Drabl and Econom i tofjbs u -off. 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