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A REMARKADL) STORY. The following narrative isself.explanatory. The letter which precedes it is a true copy of the original and was sent to us, together with the details by an officer now in the United States Navy. United States Flagship Nomad, Navy Yard, BosToN, Mass., January 10, 188-. My dear Frfend-Your kind favor con taining congratulations on my restoration to health is before me. When we parted thirty months ago little did we imagino that either would be brought near death's door by a dis ease which selects for its victims those who present an internal field of constitutional weakness for its first attack, because you and I were in those days the personification of health-and can claim this to-day,thank God! Why I can do so will be told to-morrow,whon we meet at your dinner, as you only know that I have passed through a terrible illness; my delivery from death being due to the wonderful discovery in medical science, made by a man who to-day stands in the front rank of his fellow workers-unequaled by any in my own opinion. That I, who horotofore have ever been the most orthodox believer in the old school of medicine, its application and results, should thus rooant In favor of that which is sneered at by old practitioners, may startle you, but "seeing is believing," and when I recount the attack made on my old hulk, how near I came to lowering my colors, and the final volley which, through the agency above mentioned, gave mo victory, you will at least credit in with just cause for sincerity in my thankful ness and belief. I will also spin my yarn anent my China cruise, and altogether, ex pet to entertain as well as be entertained by you. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy. Hon. Gsonon WENDELn, Sinclair Place, Boston. An autumnal afternoon in the year 188 found the taut flagship Nomad roundiig the treachorous and dangorous extremity of South America. And this day certainly in tended to place itself on record with those of its predecessors marked stormy, its nasti ness in wind and weather giving all hands on board the flagship their fill in hard work and discomforts. The record of the Nomad on this cruise, which she was now comptlot ing on her homoward bound passage to Bos ton, had been most disagreoable, when con tsidered in the light of heavy weather work. From Suoz to Aden, then on to omitbay, Point do Gallo, Singapore, Hong KContg, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Yokohama, the balance sheet stood largely in favor of old Neptunit,'a rough characteristics, but with renarkable ovenness the Iealth and original roster of the ship's company stood this day as it did nearly three years ago-with ono exception. Throughout the diverse and varied exposures incidental to cruising over the Asiatic station, whoro cholera, fevers, liver comtplaints, malaria, and colds of all degrees reign in full force, none of the crt.w had suffered tmoro than temporary incon venience, and thus it seemed very hard that now, in the closing days of the cruiso, thoro stood nine chamcs for, to one against, a vic tory being at last scored for the destroying angel 1)oath. When the Nomad reached Shanghai in the early portion of her cruiso nor admiral was the healthiest man aboard. A grand specimen of manhood was he. Over six foot in height weighing two hundred pounds, broad in chost and strong in limb, ho rightly claimed for himself a full sharo of Nature's blessings. WYhile returning lato one night. from a (tplomtatto rocepttun it bh.. Conaulato at Shimghai, througih overhoat ing and insuillcient protect ion from the dan gorous effects of the peculiar damp and searehing night air, he caught cold. "Only a cold,'' rumIrkod the admiral to the doctors of his ship, "and easy to cure." So thougli the medical officers, but with a quiet though insidious progression, this cold clung to the admiral in spite of their best ofortsto orad icate it, and when tho time caine for leaving Yokohama, homeward bound, thoadmiral r aliz.d that, his lungs and throat were decid edly out of order. ''ho doctors advised re turumtg hmoe y mail steamor to San Fran laco so that greater mecans for curing this p~ ersintent cough might bo0 found in thme Naval .llospital there; but the admiral pre ferred to stick to his ship, still imatginiingf that his trouble would eoentually be over conmc by the doctors' treatment. Nio one who looked at, the admiral even in - -- -.those days imagined that he would fall a rietiim to lung trouble. But it was the old story a gain typIild in this case. Only a cold at first; and in spite of orthodox treat ment to peculiar climatic oflects of China mmrsed it, aind hastened thme sure result of such a udeep-s(eated1 t rouble. Thime passed af r leaving Y okohama for Boston, br:nging) varying symnptoms ini theu admiral's casot, and the doctors imginted that they hold thme (1is ease in check at least. But with lthe forma tion of tubercles, night-sweats and the niow rapid consunmption of lung tissues, which hadl set in with alarming symptoms, the pa tient realized that, his cold had laid the seeds of that fell agent, of D)eath, consuim,plion. TIm'hitbcking cou*gh of thme adumiral had ini itself been sufliient food for serious conisidl eration, and nouw, as in the warm autumn days the flagship r allantly rode over tIme b'luo wators of the I aciflo, bound for Cape l lorn, the doctors hoped much for success. Bhut this boisterous at tornoon found theogood shipi stru,ggling~ with gigantic seams set off from the Uapo by a fierce nuortherly wind. L eaden were the heavens and sad the hearts of all ahoard, for that morning the usual bulletin of thle medical oflicers hand sot forth this intelligence: '"The admiral is in saime conidit ion as reported last nighit. A b'urintg ft'.or hias bon slight ly reduced, while oIlier symmpjtoms are as heretofore ani nou need." All understood t hose words withlouit (iestionig. 'Thm beloved admiral t'an '.turing tm ne ast t wo weeks sunk very tow. rIho symptoms ci blood-poisoniing, a torp)id lhver, intoenso painsa throughout, the body, eyesight and imnt at faculties affected, appe tite gonmo, Ithrough inaction of that great reg ulator-Ithe liver. Theaso wore the means w.hich had reduced the admiral from the hliiacio of ha'althi to t ho valley and shadow. of deithl. Crn oumpionm hold full aw.ay niow., and tIhe we'll-knmown skill of naval doctors was in this instance at, l'ast, comnplotely foiled. -iTho admtiral had issued orders for the flag ship to touch at Alontievidevo for coal, and it was thte itent ion of the doctors to land the admiral Ithere for trent meat. But onto mani in the ship was wrappiled in the gloom of sl'air, as stanadinag by thle w.eather riggin, thmo hoop deck lie gazed abseintly. soothintg waste of watters. 'Thiis was Ith miral's son, a lietenanmt, anid attache is fat her's staff. lie feared that the wear anmd tear of ship life wouldsap11 his fauther's st;Ongth boyontd endutratnce, anad before thme ship could reatch Aoittovideo. Amnong a group of sailors gathered aroundit one of the great gunts on the spar deck steol the capitain oif I lto foretop, Birowni, a alight liut heailt hy lookinig mani. liis comnpamtonis were listen imng to a recItal of his snifforings from con sutmption, which had developtedlv whie heo was attached to tIhe sleep-of-war Roetfor, lyinig in the hanrbor of Yokohama a year ago, this "yarn"i' htavinig beemn started by a dtiscussiont a bout the admiral's conidition. ''The mton had just retutrned from seine work arountd the dock, an order for which ha i Iinterrupted irownt's story a few miomtenits previously. " A year tage this day I wais hovo to in the 'tiill tma's' sick bay in the R?anger, thon off Yokohama, an' I tell you, piarlis, 'twas no use Jngmt' my nutmber, 'cause 1 was igh: oni passm in my enligtment patPOrs for a honig cruise aloft," continued lirown. '"Con aumaptioni hadi me flat aback, atnd theo doctor says It' was mno use to stow away his kush imn may hold( scoin' that my hellows was coni dotnted by a higher power thtatn hto could wrastlo w.ithI."' "IIow did you p,ueker out of it?" asked a guniter's mtot. "Wa'all,'' replied Brown, "my Chilnco washan canmo to m otno amornin' an' hto cays to met, "mut hub got aleo same Melican man imodikin, do you heap go>d!' I says. 'britng It off, Chiangt I buy all the samoe.' 'I hant afternon Chanug htovo uip with fourteeni bottles of a lush, eniough~I to kill or cure time whiolo ship's crew, an that looked fresh in their nice wrappers. Says Chang, 'China man doctor huab got pllenutee more, hoe make heap good well wvitht my sick, this ununbor omu n mdikoni allen samn through Yokohama.' Wa'all, I took thto bottles ani' 10old tIhe doctor I was goin' to try one as by the sailin' or ders on the bottle, amid the (docter he haughied anid said 'twas no .good, but I (done as thie regmulations says froinm the first, an' here I aim ag'in the doctor's Ideas, to besaurel" 'it h this triumpnihanmt assortioni Brown locked abuout the circle. 'lhonm, loworintg is voice, said: "Boys, I've four of those p,recious 1)01t110 lofte-aini't give 'emt all awaty yet fifter I was cured-an' If you all thinak thatt it would not be too free with the 'old man,' suppose I go to his semi thiere en the 1)0o) deck anm say what I have to you, an'.askfn hmi' p l' trdon, say we wanmt the ad ' mirah to try the stuff In my bottles, seein' that they cured my consumptIon."| Thmis Idea met with approval from all Therefore Brown walked off tsW an interview with the admiral's son, with no little anxiety in his good heart as to the re. suit of his mission. Approaching the liou tenant, Brown saluted, and asked for per. mission to state his roasone for doing so. This was readily granted, and Brown spoke out. " Seeing that I was once cured of con sumption, lieutenant, I make bold to ask it I can toll you how, an' why I've the rea sons for wishing you to use on your father what was my salvation." In a few moments the lieutenant had Brown's story out, and much to the latter's i gratification, granted a ready permission to 1 him. It did not take Brown long to run to I his ditty box, got the bottles of medicine, I and return to the lieutenant with them. " I'm afearod that the doctors will kick ag'in the use of this blessed stuff, an' what will you do. sir." said Brown, as he E placed the medicine in the cabin orderlyea bands to be taken into the admiiral's room. "I will attend to that, Brown, and rest as 3ured that your remedy will have a fair trial n spite of any opposition. It will notharm ny father, ju ngfrom your statement and he opinion of the Medical officers of the Ianger." fi "Thank you, sir, an' God help the admiral C o weather his trouble, is the prayer of all he ship," said Brown, as the lieutenant tl urned to enter the cabin. ft There was no cessation in the storm that tl esning. The galo howled through the rig i ling in wild, discordant tones; the greatshttp abored through the white-capped moun ains of water threatened to engulph her 0 vith each burst of their storm--whippod fl irests. Within the admiral's cabin the Ar- n and lights, the comfortable furniture, and t l,e numerous evidences of the admiral's vandorings over land and water, as displayed . li n choice bric-a-brac and trimmings, gave t4 o the room a warmt snug appearance, most )lonsinmg thisa wild nmght to those with in. In is stateroom lay the admiral, made .,mt.l lortable by all that lovii-.: umtds nu wil:t,,: v loarts could suggest. t>.' h m sidu -,t f- f ton, who in quiet voice .vaa revituntinp te. y ais father the ititorviow with ktown. ;itam tie )pposition met with from the doctors when ,ho idea of giving this now medicine was roaclhed. a " You were sleeping at the time, father, ti tmd thorofore minaed t luglhable scene, inade so in spite of yout .ondition, by the ntenso clislike displayed b: the doctors for a this 'new-faugod stuf,' th,i 'patent liquid,' t which they declared with their consent ij should never b given to you. Well, I out t.he matttir short by saying that I would take all the responsibility, and with your permu.. sion would adminimister it. That I ol,tainod t when I found you awake and now you are e inder way with the irst, bottlo as per diree tions. I am satisied, dear father. tiht it will (to you good, a premonition filling my heart that at last we have found the means I of arresting the burning fever and hacking a cough which have been troubling you so t much.'' The admiral's reply was cut short by a severe spell of coughing, during which lie spat blood and when fimished sank back ex- f ha'isted. but the grateful look which he be stowod on his sun was an additional assur imco of belief in that which the admiral had it first sight du,bed as a possiblo but doubt-. 1 ful mo:ms of doing him any good. But lay mg aside his dislike for any but old-rsiah. c li.shed remedies, the admiral acquiesced in his son's reqiue t, and now, iflor this last, Spoll, admiitted that the efet of the do.e t hnd softened the dreaded severity of the I racking cough. C * * * * * 5 * Three weelcs later found the Noimad mac ing the harbor of Montevideo. After severe and prolonged weather she had rounded the I Capo antid was nlow standing in the harbor i for the purpose of recoaling and watoring. To one given to the study of lunan lino.t inteus the faces of those aboard the fligshi, this bright morning would have afforded in iite scope for such pursuit. But the source r of each man's happiness flowed from the ane fountain of gi ateful joy. The beloved admiral was the cause of this. And why? If you could have aeon the admiral this bright morning, dear readr, your answer i would have been easily found in his face. A t ohaged man was h. Victory was perched on his guidlomt! the diread enemy was s'owly ret rontinmg! The light was a severe one, but with noi (cessationt in vigilanmt actionm and care fuml app'ilicationi of time contents of four botlos the admirail had turnied tihe fillk of consumm ,ti, amnd wais slowly but surely. drivingj imiu m'mT tile tloid with a power wvhichlt astenided time doectors and illied all hearts I with joy anmd uhanik fulnes. Whabzt was this thou that had won time vie tory for time seaiiiman 1Brown, and wvas now leaidinig time aidmimral's snhatered forces to time samo grandiu result? Whmen asked this quies. tioni by onie of his ollicars oni duty, in Miomn- I tevideo, thme admirial, slowly lifting his hand., repliedl, "'I would thmat imi letters 0f gold, and so placed that all thme world coulhd read them, tihe nmame of this great remedy cold be0 shown. coipled with the genius who discov' ered it-'Tmm Glo.om AlImOAT, Dmscovnuavl D)r. Pierce, of Blutfalo. N. Y.,' thme man1 whlo hasi givemn to his fellowv imen thle gr~eatemst re-. liof from mill ills that niortal ileish is heir to!"'C "This is the namm of thin contens of that ( bot(1 on mi iy tanbie, and( God biloss the man I who has found tihe secret of iiliinig it with a j miicinio mat onco purifying and strengthen. inig, wlihlooome andic thiorong,h in ifs resulta, and1( claiminmg, in imy himmbie opinionl, noth- c ing for itself timat it carmot reasonably 1pcr form. Natuire's ally againsat the abuse of Well might time admiral sing the praises ofa fliat whlich had so unmexpiecteid y rescuted himn froum a fatal illnmess. W hei flhe ship anclhored time first comnmiissioiu for time admiral's son to execute was a laurgom purchause of D)r. Pierce's (Golden leahl)Discovor'y, which, ais time ad miral sadly admimtted, lie had seen in every port time wo,rld arond. mind had only admired aus ani evidenico of the energy and onterprise u of an Aimricani wiho could times iplace his Golden Mledical D)iscovery in every nook amid cornier of time globe. But no0w lhe wams 01n0 mnre to testify to the wonderful pmower of this imedicino. and certinmly dlid so ini c Mointevidoo, bmy praising it up to all the high ofiliias whio visitedh him. A wveak later and time Nonmadl sailed for llostonl diret. Whait tile condlition of theC admiirail was when she arrived there is shiownil ini his lot ter above. Let it be recorded to timec credit of time docetors on time flagshmip that I thley wvere colmleteiy cured of all dislike for time Gloldeni Modicail Discovery, usedi it faith fulily onm time voyage to lioston, amnd lindedul ''rough its wvond(erfuml jower, time admnirali -ultly restored; and imore thamn one poor w wuhi mstarted outm in time sick bay of tme m d. Whiat stancehm frienids the Golden 'mua l)iscovory nmado ini thamtshmiiph .m..m abve, readlor, isi an ouIt,lno of thme stoiry, iip-iimby time ammiral to iiis friend whoa thmey mett at time dinnieir. W'e will not tiouch on othi or.uins of his initerestitng recital of is cruise imn gomenral, ourm aim bneinig to ro-t cord his tesimonimy for time groatest wonider ini mii'edl seitienci thamt this inoutoonmth comn tmumy of rrprisinmg dlovelop)monita has pro dumced. F.romm the wonder! fui power of Dr. Pierce's Goldonl Mhiia Discovery over that terribly fmatal discaise, consiakumption, which is acrofulmi of time lungs, when first, otferinig this nowv wo)rld-fmed remedy to thme plmic1 Dr. Pierce thiouight fmvo'abhy of calling it his "comnsuimtion eure,'' but abandoned that ina'me as too restrictivo for a inmedicinme that fro,um its wonduerful comibiniationi of germ-de st royinig, mas wiell ais tomnie, cir strenmgthiniig, mitor,.:hive or blooid-cleanisinm, anti-bilious, diuiretic, lpectolral anmmtritiuvo prretim is unie,imuled, not, onmly as a remmedly for con-. sulmpionel of tihe lunmgs, but. for all chronmio disea4es of time liver, blood, kidumeys mind lumngs. Gihodo Medicail D)iscovery cuios mll honouimrm, fr'om time wvost scrofulma to a com mo.l blotohi, lpimple or ermptionm. Erysipo-. lins, samlt-rheum,mi fever-sores, scualy or roughi skin, ini shmort, all disemasos caused bmy disomuso gomis imi thu blood, arme coniquered by thuis pmowermfubt pur-ifyimng andm imnvigoratimng medi oinoe. G(reat e:mtinig umoors rapnidly heal imnder its benign imnlmies. Especially has it imifestedl its otoeuy in curinug fetter, rosa rash, hoeils, carun mcl ea, sore eye., scrofuloma sores amid swellings, whito swlimngsi, goitre our thick noouk, andm~ onmarged glanuds. "' 'The blood is time life. ' Thmoroughly cleanise tii fomfuin of hmealth by using Gldeni M. diumal 1)111 ' vor'y, anid good diges tioni, mm fauir skimn, buoyamnt spirits, vital strenth timd sounmdess of conmstitution mire 4 ost abi lihed. For weak hummes, ahpittinig of blood, short< breaith. coinmp iro mnihtaweats and kin dr'ed aflections, it is a sovereign remedy. In the cure of bromnchitis severe coughs and conslumption, it has astonished tao medical I faculty, and eminent physioian.s pronounce it the greatest muedical diiscovery of tihe age. Time nutritive properties possessed by cod liver oil are trifluig when compared withm those of time Goldeni Medical Discovery. It rapidly hbuilds up time sys tem anmd increase flue floih and weiglut of those roeduced boeo: time usual atanudard of health by wasting dis eases. * * * C * S S The reader will pardon the foregoin gdl gressioni, prompted by onur' admiration for a remedy that performs such marvelous eurmm returned to his home In New York the dra~ aloud cast upon the happineesof the reunion with his family was caused by the continued llness of his eldest son, a young man of twenty-four, whose disease when the ad miral sailed from Montevedlo, had been' re. orted as succumbing to the treatment of he family doctor. But his father thought it )therwise; the unfortunate young man was tffering severely from chronic disease of :ho kidneys and bladder. Before leaving Boston the admiral had purchased a copy of Dr. Pierce's book "The People's Common 3ense Medical Adviser." He read this vat. iable book thoroughly, and upon his arrival iome had made up his mind as to the future reatmuont for his son. The latter was sent o the famous Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo, N. ., conducted by Dr. R. V. IPierce, and hi9 ompelent staff of specialists, where, under killful treatment, the sufferer soon found elief and a permanent oure. AGIOULTURE. Tut great improvement in English irming dates from the time when the lovernment commenced to encourage ie draining by making loans to those irmers who asked it at the low rate of iree per cent. per annum,taking seour y on the lands to be drained. The ntract specified that a certain amount f draining was to be done. for a speci ed sum; and this was always rather tore than the money lent would do. In As way, farmers were obliged to invest )mo money of their own, in addition > that which they borrowed of the Gov rnment. These loans were invariably aid when due; and the drained land ras so much -more productive than be. re that the Government and people rere alake gainers by the operation. LAST spring Iplanted some early Ohio ndl Magnum Bonum potatoes, covering hem from four to six inches with soil. Vhen the weeds began to sprout I took garden rake and raked over every hill iking off an inch or more of the cover ig this operation killed the young woods oming up in the hills. I then took my hovel plow cultivating the patch as if he potatoes had been up, (the raking nabling me to see where the hills were). us soon as the 1 o:atoes were up I re eated the cultivating, the operation roventwg the growth of weeds and as isting in the rapid maturing of the po atoes. The yield was much larger than hose cultivated in the ordinary way,the utbers being of much larger size and Mor flavor. TIE use of corn-meal for cooking is ess common now than a few years ago. Vheat is now more nearly the price of orn than formerly, and in the South, iere corn was once used almost exclu ively. considerable amount of wheat is Low grown. With the disuse of corn for ooki,ng a really nice article of corn aeal is beconimg scarce. Most of it f red for sale in the cities is made from Vestern corn, which is infemior forcook ug. The flint varieties mostly grown in le East, are better.though, good,sweet meal is made from Southern dent corn. to excellence is one reason why so much corn meal has always been used in he South. Tun value of a pasture consists, first, u a c'oso strong sward. To have this he toil must be firm, fertile and filled vith moisture. By this we do not rean it shall be wet, on the contrary,it aust be tihe reverse. The moisture nust be such as is held naturally (me hanically), not the moisture of satura ion, but that of vaporization. Thua a ermanent pa'uture should never be hesa rily cropped until it is well set. Hence tone of the tuberous rooted grasses like imothay are suitable to permanant pas ureus. They cannot stand close crop )ing nor constant tramping. Pasture ~ratsses, therefore, must be the fibrous nzd dleep rooted varietios. OnIAIN, the utaiple feed for fowls, is lentty an1 cheap, but it requires extra abor, the closest attentioni ind good ac :ommnodatir,ns to raise young chickens Luring the chalngeablo spring~ weather. tothing is mora certain than this fact. f no, skill and care were required poc.. ibly the busmecss might become so verdone that poultry ond eggs wvould ocomle a drug in the market. We be love that it paiys to give this extra car nid to make the necessary outlay. A LADY of San Francisco lately receiv dsonme plants from Mlexico, and with he plants came the advice to fertilize hem withi waste coffee and coffee rounids. This was done, and the re ults were so satisfactory that the same reatment was tried on roses, anad the esult was a vigorous and healthy ~rowth and more and better flowers and f richer colors. Ar'PLE trees should not b3 planted too lose together to save land. Forty feet a better than thirty, though many or hards areo sc t with trees only twenty cot apart. Thec result is,whent twenty or aore years old, the tops reach, over hadowing~ the ground! the roots run to oether unlt an inferior crop of fruit as >roduced, if ainy at. all, and doodl brotn hos become numerous from defective up)pies of nutriment. Tm Western men are lard to please. in Illinois doctor sent some medicine o a patient labeled "Otalmel-pizen," aid the county medlical society talk oh axpeiling him, What wouldt they have he man do? Is ntot the label perfectly ntelligible, even if it does not meet the ntiquated notions of orthography? Pro essional jealousy is probably at the bot k>m of this affair. TN regard to breeding mules, says the Nebraska F"armer, one thing to be guatrdled against is to avoid the raither )ohmmon error of supposing that any cind of a mare is good enough fronm vhicht to breed a mule colt, no matter iow old or diseased she may be, so sihe msawers the puarpose. On the contrary, nly good, ailo bodied mares should be 150ed, and in dilspositi( n very gentle. Tn cluster of eggs that may be ound on apple-tree limbs should be )ikedt off in order to prevout the hatch tag of the tent caterpidlar. Jlust at this carson is a good time to make a thor mlgh inspction of the trees,and a litle uttenition will save time and labor here aiter, SUPERPHTOBPHATES generally contain a tertain percentage of nitrogen,but there a a kin<u of superphosphate composed > bone-black. As the bone black has assed through a process of burning, the titrogen is liberated, and hence farmers liould make a distinction between fround bone and bonce-blaok. THEt Scotch, always a thrifty race,are nvesting largely in American cattle anchos. During 1882 ten large ranches or herding cattle were bought by lcotehmen. The profit is so much freater than from any usae the money. an be put to at home, thantlfvestments ,f this kind are sure to inorease, DOMESTIO. ILooI.--A new papier-mache pro oess for covering floors is described as followl: The floor is thoroughly cleaned. The holes and craoks are then filled with paper.putty, made by soaking newspapers in a paste made as follows: To ond pound of flour add three quarts of water and a tablespoonful of ground alum, and mix thoroughly. The floor is coated with this paste, and then a thickness of manilla or hardware paper is put on. This is allowed to dry thor oughly. The mamilla paper is then covered with paste, and a layer of wall paper of any style or design desired is put on. After allowing this to dry thoroughly, it Is covered with two or more coats of sizing made by dissolving half a pound of white glue in two quarts of hot water. After this is allowed to dry, the surface is given one coat of "hard oil'flnish varnish," which can be bought already prepared. This is al lowed to dry thoroughly, when the floor is ready for use. The process is represented to be durable and cheap; and, besides taking the place of matting, carpet, oilcloths, or like covering, makes the floor airtight, and permits of its being washed. IT is considered by some excellent authorities in cooking to be a great im provement on the ordinary manner of boiling ham if it is soaked in cold water over night. In the morning wipe it off; if there are any rusty or discolored spots scrape them off. The hani should be boiled very slowly; on this depends the sweetne-s,and flakiness of the lean ham. Some whole cloves and a bouquet of herbs may be added to the boiling water with good effect. When the ham is done, set the kettle off the fire and let the han remain in the water until it is cold. It will absorb a great deal of the juices that haye boiled out. Then lay it in a large dripping pan and spread a mixture, made alter the following direc tions, over the ham: Take half a cup ful of brown sugar, a teaspoonful of browned flour; moisten it with a lii tle sweet cream, or, if your conscience will allow it, with port wine. Then set the pan in the oven and let the ham brown. When cold. out it in very thin slices and the flavor will be delicious, HARInOT BEANS, EoYPTIAN OR GABAN ZA BEANS AND LENTILS.-These, being hard and dry, must be allowed time in cooking to asorb moisture and become softened. The larger kinds even re quire many hours' soaldig in cold wa ter. 'ut them on a slow fire in plenty of cold water, with salt, a very- little carbonate of soda and a bit of butter. They should be heate:t gradually and simmered till tender, then drained- and served with a little butter, pepper, salt and sugar stirred among them, or they may be treated as iollowas: Brown a sliced onion in a stewpan with a little butter, to which add the boiled beans, more butter, some tlour and gravy or strong soup. Beason with pepper and salt, stir them up, boil again for ten minutes, and serve hot. How TO MAKE AN ODD DESSEaT. Here is a novel and pleasing w~ay to prepare a dessert. .It is espec'ially adapted for the children's birthday din ners in those happy households where such days are kept as joyous festivals: Make a small hole in the cnd or side of a number of egg shells. Through this pour out the egg. Fill the empty shells with hot p)uddling, made of norn starch, arrow-root or Irish moss. When cold break off the shells, serve on small sau cers and surround the egg shaped pud ding with jelly or jam. If' you wish to take so much trouble, divide the pud ding in half and add to one a tablespoon ful of grated chocolate, and in this way color part of thei eggs. sugar and cream, flavored with vanilla, is a very nice sauce with this kind of pudding. A HANOI Wa-PILtow for either chair or sofa may be made a rich ornamuent. Ticking willl be in requisition; cut two pieces about sixteen inches long and seven inches deep in the centre, taper ing to less than thireo at the sides, sew together, and fill with curlil hair. Em broidered satin, or silk serge overlaid with silk net, is an elegant outside; mo saic silk patchwork or worsted in tricot is also very pretty. Bew tasseled fringe across the bottom, and finish the sides and top with moss fringe. The heavy silk cord by which to suspend the pil low pass sa through eyelets wrought near Inc ends. Uniari' CATsU.-Take nyve p)ounds of grapes, pic0k over carefully and pulp thein. Bloil the skins~ until tender; cook the p)ulps and straim through a colander or sieve to remove the seeds, then add the skins and cook again with three pounds of sugar, one quart or less of good cidor vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon and alispice; half a tea spoonlul of cloves. .13i thoroughly ant can for further use. Tns layer cake so popular now, made of two layers of white cake with one of fruit cake in the middle, may be varied deliciously by making the middle layer of walnut cake. For this, if the cake is a large one, take two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one-third of a cup of. buttor, one cup of flour, one egg, one teaspoon ful of naing powder, and nearly one cup of hickory-nut meats. A NEw decorative effect is given to cream-white grenadine dIresses by trim ming them with an applique-work of large brilliant leaves and flowers cut from rich brocadled fabrics. The out lines of the blos,soms and foilage are chain btitched down with .vwhite silk. Florentmne cut-work is appliqued to m'aterials like India muslin, French orgundie and the like, JIUJd ED CORN.--Allow two table. spoorduls of soda to each quart of corn. holl very slowly five or six hours, that is, until the hulls will rub off easily in cold water. Then wash ini three wvaters and boil until tender, for it will seem hardr when cold. Don't salt until it is cooked, for it will burn if salted in the kettle, 1w you wound the hand or foot with a rusty nail, smoke the wound with burning wool or woolen cloth. Fifteen or twenty iilautes in the smoke will remove all pain froIn the worst case of inflammation. (NGEuR (inAoKEss --Two quarts of flour, one pint of molasses, one pound of brown sugar, half a pound of lard, two ounces ot ground ginger and a tea spoonful of cloves. Knead them a long time and roll them very thin. FisEty. GInATn 'corsera dish root, thor oughly rubbed u ith white sugar and taken slowly, cursarenaesm, BUMOROUS, A Nw Yom=R received a call the other day from a coachman out of a place, and after the man had duly re commended himself the gentleman asked: "What percentage did the blacksmith pay you in your last place?" "Ten per cent., sir." -"And the harness maker?" "About fifteen, sir." "And the feed man?" "Well, he gave me about twelve, sir " "But, you see, I have no horses and you would lose all that." - "Oh, as to that, sir, I could easily make up the difference by standing in with your tailor, milkman and coal deal er. Be sure that . can make it up, sir l" Auvance Step In Dentistry HAVANA, CunA.-The most popular dentist of this city, Dr. 1). Francisco Oar cia, member of the inoyal University, states that in all oases of troulib some neu ralgia, arising from the teeth, his patrons are recommended to use St. Jacob's Oil, and the most satisfactory cures have lo lowed. It is a specific for toothache, ear ache, bodily. pains, and proof against household accidents. 's Japanese maiden, inetead of suing her faithless lover for breach of promise, gets up at two o'clock in the morning, dons a white robe and high sandals. sticks three lighted candles in her coit. hangs a mirror around her neck, takes an effigy of her faithless swain, nails it to a sacred shrine, and prays for the death of the traitor. And all this time the traitor may be sitting up with another girl, feeding her with chocolate caramels, and whispering in her ear something about the lereness of the Wherefore. A better plan would be for the girl to nail her faithless lover to the tree. l:AY ('iTY, Min , Fob. 3,1880 I think it my duty to seud you a recoi mend for the benelt of any person wishing to know whether llop Bitters are good or not. I know they are good for general debility and indigestion; strengthen the nervous system and niake. new Ife. I rec omiend my patients to use them. DR. A. PRATT. A RIOCKLAND gentleman, who has the reputation of being ' a little clone," hap pened into his son's grocery, thinking lie would like some prunes, but couolu ded those on hand were a little too dry. ''Yes, these are a little dry, but," said the storokeeper. (who had a sharp eye for the main chance), "I shall have some fresh ones in a taw days, and I'll save you some." Accordingly, when the aged parent made his next visit, his dutiful sion had a lot of prunes "soaked out" to that degree of plultimpuiSs that met the old gentleman's approval, and Ie readily bought them, at an advance of a few cents a pound on the price of the dry ones. An Ediltor'a TsulisiouiaiW. A. Mi. Vaughn, editor or tho "rrton wich Itoview," oreenwich, 0., writes : i.at January I Met with a very s -vure ac"ident, caused by a runaway hr- . I ise~d alnmost every kiid of' s:tive to hx at the wounds, wvhich tu,rn,e, to runninug fores, but fotrm<i noth,ing~ to do mno any' goodi till I w.is re'counniu-ded Heniry's (]arb,oltc salve. I bought :a box and it helpedic me. ut once, and at the enti of two mnonths I was. conmpletely wvet. i Lls theo b.st sia v ino the unarkot, tand 1 ni ver' fail of t..,ling mny frienxdi about it, and urge thenm to use it whenever they ned a salve. Durnr,'s oJatarr'h snutr euro.s all aileetionsq of the salucoJMu'uebrane of tho, ho;td and throat. ''Do vn n AIl 'd's' with a cap)ifal D) ?" asked old Mr, Touzieton, looking up from his desk. "ff its your dog, the big black .and white one that was loose last night, yes," replied the junior book keeper, who was standing up, writing at a desk six inches too high for him, "spell it with the b)iggesit D in the alphabet." And ho wecnt on with his work, while the old man sat and looked at himi over his bait isp)ectacles for nearly ten minutes, wondering what the young man meant, and thinking he would ask his daughter about it when he got home. Those who use (Jarbohne as now kn. proved and perfected, the great petroleum hair renewer, are always distinguished by the beautiful soft texture of the hair pro diued( by the use of that most exquisite of all toile't preparations. yNrO the child's sick room walks a friend of the family, and going up to the bedside of the convalescent says: "Chad to see you are much better, Minnie." I"Thanks I" returns Minnie. "I shall be out in a fewv days." "And how long is it since you began to get well 7" "About a week or ten days ago," an sweredl the child, "ever since our doe tor was drowvned." "I dleem nr'own's Ironm iliterd a most, vatluable tonIc lor gieneral al-haah h. Mn. SANOrUs, I see you Onijoy a pipe when you are out of the pulpit ?' ''Very much, very much, sir I" "So it appears: and what do you prefer to have in it as a rule?" "Short-cut, sir; short-cut, -by all means 1" "Indeed I And if you're so fond of short-cut, why don't you put a little of it in your sermons ?" For Tih lic HIeatte, IIeavy at omachas, bilIous condlitlis-wellA' May Aj,pie P'ills-anti-bahous, camtarli c, 10 ant 2c. THAntS may soothe the wounds they cannot heal, Ladies antd chik(iren 's boots and shoes cannot run over If Lyon's Patent Heel St,iffenerrs arc used MEca must be taught as though you taught them not. Dr. Kline's (Gro, Nerve nestorer is the marvel of the age for all nervo diseases. All fits stepped flce. Hend to 98t Arch street' Ptutadetohta. P'a. A wxiu man is never less alone than wvhen he Is atone. Etnory's hittle C ithartic Pill--best imde for Liver Complaint andit llliousness THEY th'at statnd high have mn blasts to shake them. ' Why don't yen use St. Patrick's Salve? Try it. Use it. 25c at alt "rtagg ets. ONE always has time enough if one will apply it well. Tl'occoA C'rY, (IA.---r .J. P'. Newman 5ays: "Brown's iron hitters are v. ry popular andi tate.r usc always results sat ifa.ctoriy.I' TnE t.ruly subime is always easy and always natural, Skinny Men. "W eils'lrealth Renewer"reatereshlealth, a1'1 vigor cures Dyapepsla, Impotence, Sexual Deblilty. $i, -.----'.w w.--.-..-. Af RN cannot live exclusively by Intel ligence and self-lnve. "FArna," said the young .Mau as he entered the house the other eyenlig in a flurried manner, "I have been called a dude ?" "No!" "Yes, I have, and'it is an' insult that must be wiped out in blood 1" '"Bosh I Bosh i The party was simply mistaken. He probably meant to call you an idiot I" t,banio of Mind. I declined to insert your advertisement of hop Bitters last year, because I then .hought they might not be promotive of the cause of Temperance, but find they are, and a very valuable medicine, myself and wife having been greatly beneftted by them, and I take great pleasure in making them known. REV. JOHN SE AMAN, Editor Rome Sentinel, Afton, N. Y. "Now then," she said to the man who was to hang up the carpets and beat 'em, "don't make any mistake. The one with holes in you are to take ofl on some vacant lot, so that people won't mistrust who it belongs to, and the good one you can beat in the side yard.' "Yea'm. And if any olle asks what it cost per yard, I'll tell 'em three dol lars and that it's all paid for. I under stand my business ma'am." Mensman's Peptonized beef tonio, the only preparation of beef containing its en tire nutritious properties. It coitatna blood-making, fotce generating and life sustaining properties; invaluable for indi gestion, dyapepsia, uervous prostration,and ali forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork or acute disease, particularly it resulting fi om pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. bold by all druggists, "REMUs, whta' come o' yo' las' Sunday? didu' see yer to do chu'ct." "I wan dar, Sam'l; I passed do sasser." "Oh, dat counts fo' not seein' yor. Yo' see diar's been so much beggin' goin' on 'round ter do chu'oh ob late dat now days a man's gotter go down putty deep ter flu' suffin', an' 1 spook 1 muster bin down in der bottom ob my pocket brows in' fur change when yo' kim along, an' courso I could'n' see yor fo'm dar." Frazor A.xlo Gronse. Ono grea.ing aits two wekst all others two or tiro daye. Do a nt io mposed on by ttto Iumbug sit iT+ offero I. *.k your .'oakr for hra ser't<, wulh 'a:ol on. aves your horse labor and yo. too. It r co+ved li"dt modatl at thoonton nial and Paris ip:lsit.an-u. sold everywhore. "W11Y so gloomy this morning, Jacob?" "Ah, my poor ieetla Penjymin Levi-ho is toad." "Dead ? You sur pnso me. Rcw did it happen ?' "Voll, you see, my leetle Penjamin he vas at dier synagogue to say his brayers, anti a poy put in his het at der ttor and grits. 'Job lot l' anid leetlo L'onjamiin-he vas gilt in der grush." WA L'yrT, the geintleman who ate thirty brace ot' quails int thirty days, was relieved l'rom any d isagreeable stomach troultles by using U 4:Triti NE, and took nothing else tiur intg the tak. Sold by druggists. So many murderers are reported is eating a hearty meal the morning before being executedi that an exchange tlinks physicians should prescribe hanging for thme persons suffering from loss of appe tite. The fatal obj, ction to such a rum.. edy is that a mian is liable to choke to death almost as soon ais his appetite is restoredl. That liu sbanuti of Mine is ithree times the man he was b,efo,re hte began using Wells' I iealth Renewer. $1. Druggists. IT is saisi that Oscar Wilde intends returning to this country to appear on the stage, .it may be his design' to take the place of the inule that was hicked to death by its mate in Uncle Tobm's Cabin, a few weeks age, but wve don't think he has eL.ough horse sense for that, Shonuldi you be a sutler.r trom diyspopsia, in.lt gestlon, mualaria. or wea kness, you can be cured by Briowni's I ron illiters. THE souls of some men are in their clothes. TuME is the old justice wvho tries all offentiers. A MAN's life is an appendix to his heart. SIN is essentially a departure from God. SIMPLICIrY in of all things the hardest to be copied. IRECKON a matter CI trial to be among thy gains. The .Bad and Worthless are never timitated or coutaterfeited. This is csecially true of a faily med(icine, anti it, ls positive proof that the remedy ft'ttated? is of the highest value. As soon as it had been teated and provedt by the whole world that IIop Bitters was the purest, best andi most valuable family medicine on earth, tany Initations sprung up anti began to steal the notiees in which the press andi the people of the coutntry hiad expressed the meris of II. IS., and In every way trying to in duce sufrering inivailds to use their slufr instead, expecting to ako money on the credit andi good namie of II. B. Many others started nostrums put up in simtilar style to 11. B., with variously devisedi natnes hi which the word "ilop," or "Hops" were used in a way to indluce people to believe they were the same as Htop Bitters. Alt such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what thuir Style or farme is, andi especially those with the word "IHop'' or " Hops" in their name or in any way connected wvitht them or their name, are imnitationia or cotunterfeits. Beware of them. T1ouchi none of thein. Use nothing bitt genuine Hop Bitters, witht a bunich or cluster of green H10p on the white ilabel. Trtust noting else. Drnggistsannd tden:ers aire warned against deailng in imitations or rAotterieits. I I i ||I i ' thiis,n int the worldi equael tol itfor lhe oure of Berufulia. iiesit, Bols, Tetter, Old Sore,, sore Eyr , Mecrturiai itieses, catarth.. l.oss of Apptetire, ernatu eotinplaits, anti att Dlood diseases. it nerer rat:.. Al) druggiate andi Country store keepetrs sein it. it. 5. selne.o A t'o.. Pro.'., ittsbutrgh, on overy bottle. $72 ~ Atloie,niC & (. Ansta."V,'i' A EJINTMWA~nD bros tB bls ic asese aslln pitrial6. AvrolAIPso hiad. need iiiS surcenener KIOER'8 PASTILLES. II1** ____ .Sriestow cau, *u~uuw~e~ to t ya. No, pay finl 4ased, On. I. SreSi'ittus, L,tbanon. t)i"' DRS8. ,1. N. & ,J. B. I[OBENSACK. THI'SK AFFL,ICTED WITh 'i Hgi hlb'PCTS' OF 5EL.t-ABlUit AND MRUIL%TO shouhi ii' t hi-s lute to~ consult J. N. anti J1 1. 110 BEN.IA OK, of 20th North Secontd btreet, hiatdel. lihi.,, ottltier b)y inali or b,' perso.n, ditrntg the hourit tromt 8 A. M. to 2 P. M., andu 0 to 9 P. B. Adv;ce iree. Whosoever wotitd know his contdl. (ion and ha wyt improveo itaihonhi read Sent on receipt ot 5-cent stamtp.' $5 to $20 merdg amges 517 Th ueawertu att auyvsiti's Will confer a favoru 9porn tike adWv tiea* s the Dulni u b tatS* taie .+a4rlal,t (ua:MS, papeuh. THE A ETaPPOAN FOR PAIN. tvs and cures 1UtEUMATS, Neuralgla, Solatloa, Lymbago, . HACKAVIE," $EADAOH,TOOTHAOI . SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWELLIN#8, NPRAINS, e, Soreness, Cuts, IHis's, FROSTBITES, i BNN, VALD>S, And alltther bodily achal Ad and pains. FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE. Sold by all Dru gststan4 Dealers. Directions in it languages. The Charles A. Vogeler Co. (8Meset(ore t A. VoOBEER A CO.) etlmire. Nd.. U.l. A. CftEBRATEO r"'"C1. There has never been n lustance i .whit th' s sterling invigorant and an,l-Iebrilo tuedlcine ha, failed to ward off the coutiplaint. wietlaleli tiuly as a protecttonl igtuat mualaria. Hutieds o, physicians have abandotled all the ofllulnal speelt too, and now presoribe titis iartnel.s veg. table tonic for chills un4t fever as well as dysPe1 ala and tiervous affectious. llustetter's BUtters is the speeltl you need. For sale by all Druirgista and Dealers generally, THE SUN 155 EONS D auble itt To ;"reant all tile, news In reldabl.) shape and to tell the traitll though the heav, ns fall, are the two great purposes of IEF NUN. 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