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MM ■Hnn MMQWi JOHN: A VILLAGE IDYL. The sun was setting os be came, Stout John, across the village green; Behind the pollards, pools a-flame Lit up the old familiar scene; And cattle lowed, and milk-muds sung, And birds upon the roostiug hung. Beyond the village street there stands A cottage wrapped with growing things, Where creepers cling with loving hands, And ring-doves plume their dusty wii And there, right broad of chest and trei . Comes John, and bolds aloft his head. But on the garden path he halts— V/hat cigH: It tM? — *'0>h mate, his eves Own liku sunflowers after rain? its finds his wife in some new guise: Among the roses, spade in hand, fie secs her comely figure stand. “ Good wife,” lie says, “ ’tis something n«w To see you mind the garden patch; I thought you only liked those flowers That grow apace beneath our thatch.’ Then she, as every good wife should, Called him aside from where he stood. “ Not here," she said, “ for mind you, John, She is so sharp, is Alice there! She picks up everything she hears— She docs, indeed, John—have a care! But John ’’—and then she blushed and stayed The coming words, as if afraid. But John, with one arm round her waist, Bade her speak on: and so at length She spoke, now slowly, now in haste— Albeit, by-and-by came strength Into her words, while yet hei •'>«ad Was bowed defore him, as sht suld: “ John, I have always loved the flowers That grow beneath the blessed sky, And 1 was happy once to think We’d have a garden, you and I. J thought such lovely tilings should show, And such sweet roses bud and blow. “ But, John, when first the garden came* (Why, Alleo, there, was ten weeks old) The other gardens all were trim, But as for me, ray heart was cold— Toward the garden, John, I mean, As if my wish had never been. “ For John, you used to bide from home A something late those summer days; I tried to cheer myself a bit, Saying you must hare manful ways. But John, when wage-day came round, But little wages could be found. “ And one night, John, I heard your step Come late along the dahlia row— Next morning when the children looked For peas that they had learnt to sow, 0, John, your feet had gone awry, And Judith asked the reason why! “ I couldn’t tell her—could I, John? I could but cry as women do, Only the house seemed less like home; Only the sky seemed not so blue; Only I did not care to make Our gardon n o: for other’s sake. “ But now, John—somehow God has heard, And you have heard my heart that spoke; I think unless that you had heard Before this time my heart had broke; But now good times have come for me, A ud I want roses on our tree. 1 That's why, John, now I care to taice inain ' _ I think It will bo sweet to make Some pains here with our gmden plot— Flowers grow, fruit ripen on tho spot, For our own children here, may he, When God has gathered you and me.” ‘ Ay, and for us,” he made reply, “ In years the good God yet may giro Tolhappy folks like us. And I, Sweet wife, will make you caro to live. So plant tlie garden plot, nor fear It shall be watered by a tear.” * * * * Beyond the village street there stands A cottage wrapped with glowing things, Where creepers cling with loving hands And ring-doves plume their dusty wings; And there, right broad of chest and tread, Lives John, and holds aloft his head. Paper Car- Wheels. The experiment is about to be made of using paper for the construction of wheels for drawing-room cars on one of the railways of New York state. The advantages of paper over any other light material are said by the inventor of the new wheels to be the following: It is noiseless; it does not swell or shrink with the weather; it affords a stay to the tire and a lattcral support in turning cures; at the same time it adapts itself to any trifling inequality of the inner surface of the inequality of which wood or iron fail to do; and, finally, it scorns to be stronger than any other material —many times stronger than any material of the same weight—of which a wheel can possibly he made. In these wheels the usual steel tire with its “ rail flange” is used. Upon the axle, as a center, two heavy cast-iron flanges arc fastened parallel to each other at right miglc-s with the axle, and in the plain of the diameter. The inside one has an eight- inch radius, the outside one completely covering the outer disc, and overlapping the tire one-half an inch. Through the compressed paper, from flange to flange, are passed strong bolts of the best iron, secured by nuts “ screwed home” firmly, and near enough together to hold tne paper in its place without unnecessary cutting away of its fiber or weakening the flanges. Babn-yard manure loses half its strength if allowed to decompose in the epen air. . Dull Life In Portugal. A writer on Portugal lifo says: The larger of the country towns have streets fall of gentlemen’s houses, and here veg etate from year to year families who are just rich enough to live without working. To live, indeed, as the Portuguese do in such towns need cost but little. A large house, with a plot of cabbages, a kale yard behind it; with whitewashed walls, floors uncurpeted, a dozen wooden chairs, one or two aeal tables; no fireplace, not even a stove, either in sitting or l»cdrnnni; no curtains to the window.-, no rovers lo tiie lubies, no pictures on the walls, no mii iois, no tables pleasantly strewn with hooks, magazines, newspapers, and ladies’ work; no such tiling visible as a pot of cut flowers; no rare china, no clocks, no bronzes—none of the hundred trifles and curiosities with which in our houses we show our taste or want of it, but which cither way give such an individual char acter and charm to English homes. All these negatives describe the utterly dreary habitations of the middle-class Portuguese. Foroccupations the women do needlework, gossip, go to mass daily, and look out of window by the hour. Except the one short walk to church at eight o’clock in the morning, a Portu guese lady hardly ever appears in the streets. As to the men, they lounge about among the shops, they smoke innumera ble paper cigarettes, they take a “siesta” in tne heat of the day. If there is any sunshine they stand in groups at the street corners, with umbrellas over their heads; in winter they wear a shawl over their shoulders, folded and put on three- comerwise, as a French or English wo man’s shawl is worn—for this is a fashion in Portugal, and the Spaniards laugh a good deal at their neighbors on the score of their being a nation who invert the due order of things. In these towns there is never any news, and if two men are seen in eager discussion of some mat ter of apparently immense importance, and if one happens to be near enough to overhear the subject of conversation, be sure that one of them is plunged in de spair or killing with enthusiasm at a rise or fall of a half-penny in the price of a pound of tobacco. There are not even fashions for them to think about; young men and old men dress alike, but the vounger men wear exceedingly tight boots, and when they “ take their walks abroad” it is obvious that they do so in considerable discomfort. The young men however, have one occupation more im portant even than wearing tight boots— that of making the very milaest form of love known among them. The process, indeed, is carried on in so platonic a man ner and with so much proper feeling that I doubt if even the strictest English governess would find anything to object to. The young gentlemen pay their ad dresses by simply standing in front of the houses occupied by the objects of their mile the young persons in jy from the affections, while the young persons in question look down approvingly f upper windows, ana there the matter How to Hold Fertility of the Soil, Gypsum attracts. It is not only a ma nure in itself, but it attracts the atmos phere that comes in contact with it, which is abundant on windy days, but it catches and holds the fertility of the ground that in some soils escapes. Lime will also do this—so will clay. Clay, dried and powdered, is an cncellent thing to put on a barn-yard, or to cover a com- Kist heap with, or work through the heap; _ienec we use gypsum or liiuj in our sta bles or privies.’ Gypsum is best; it lias the most attraction, besides other proper ties. A little should lie kept by every farmer for use, even at high cost, as the benefit is sometimes more lmportai.t ban the high price. But we waste our manure; we not only permit its strength to escape, but we are glad to get it out of the way. The same recklessness extends to the land Tt. is well our land lias a good pro portion of elav to hold its strength. ! We must conserve. The time is not far distant when we shall be compelled to do it. Already there are symptoms of lack in our soil; we do not raise as heavy crops as we used to—here and there a field, here and there a farm is less pro ductive. It is not so much that we need plaster here in the west to hold the strength of the soil, as to use it to ab stract it from the atmosphere, and to save the ammonia of our barn-yards and stables. For this let us always keep a little on hand. Let us save and improve oar manure and thus save our farina.— Rural World. MAny vi effects of horses die from the The best thing to do in a enects ol colic. The best thing to do in a case of this kind ia to poor a bottle of John* son’s Anodyne Liniment into a long-lecked junk bottle, and add half-pint of molasses and water, then pour the whole down the hone’s throat In ten minutes the hone will begin to eat Liquid Manure. Wm. T. Rand gives an interesting ac count of experiments with liquid manure, in a recently published report of the com missioners of agriculture. He leached soap-suds and house-slops of everv kind through fresh barn-yard manure, and ap plied the liquid thus obtained to the soil in his hot-house, and it increased the tem perature and improved the growth of his flowers and plants to such a degree that it seemed the work of magic. By adding one bushel of fresh WOOd- asiies to Urn ot stable manure, and leach-; c ~ . m ait.-.y at home -mhim*-.»>.h ing Knap-suds, i-i.v, through it. Lc found! -- - ._t>nian.i the alkali addition had the effect of ma-j Y.WAriT.i tT.. _x«uey n. luring the woody parts of plants, and di ‘ lisn* }P8‘ - fresh cow which had a very Q/Ypor wo k aa.ary! VnoorieniaK 'iron. 3?Ol/!arfre . Ad’s> rjrsta!: o, lad mi pilla.n . S It n (lay at notue (iu U and ti-rmilfre Jd.ires! Ibu-ftco. Augusta, M*. - « ■ f 1 A T a *1 A Ui AMUCY lb ... r uby.r.ni. A'MriMiT M, N Lov«H...rl*.»>. ™' v dmnninir* nrodniw. a linuid Wflgggg Bool 51™ »J*a Waterproof, durable and on *- Cincinnati. ME N AGENT in overy county. Picture and [Frame Business. 0100a month. Or.o. K. Panin*, Pub*., 00 Baade St., New York. The New Citlsen I. the greatest paper for the col* red man. *2a year; * A Co., Brownsville, ored man. *2a year; JUixmoe. Address j. B.~ Wilkins ‘ . Tcun. Pay* agent* Mo per month produces a liquid neficinl effect upon vine-growing plants, and the contrary ef fect on fruit-growing ones. During his experiments, in order to obtain a valuable liquid manure for universal use, Mr. Rana filled his hopper with a variety of decaying animal and vegetable matter, such as rotten wood, decayed weeds, refuse meats, old bones, lime, ashes, old leather, slops, etc., in fact, everything of a perishable nature on the farm. A covering of lime, ashes and sand, kept fermentation beneath the surface of the mass. In the liquid which oozed through, a bag of charcoal was placed, to deodorize it. In order to test the value of this', liquid, he made three beds for onions j M I ChaM, n fc 6 ,, .SSri 0 .S! ,1 . e ^ allowing how oither sex mar fascinate Again the Iotb and affection of any person they choose instantly, AOO page*. By mall 30c. Hcxt A Co., l» », 7th st., Phils. XTn TT7 toCwnvmas. To make Frame*, Easels, Ilv »V Passe, Picture Books, otc. Send two stamps for books ft designs. J. Jay Uould, Boston,Blass 1 ftriiW 20 Elegant Oil Chromos mounted, size fluJjnlO 9x|| for fl. Novelties and Chromoe of erery rfessrlptio*. National Cbromo Co.. Phlla, Pa. sets. One of these was made of good soil, into which rotten compost, and well decomposed barn-yard manure was work ed. In another phosphates and patent fertilizers pere incorporated with tne soil. In the third bed the soil was spaded up and saturated with the liquia manure. The result was decidedly in favor of the latter, for the soil prepared with it was so productive that the onions matured ana were eaten in the spring, before the remainder were large enough for use. A similar result attended tne application of the liquid to parsnips, beets and cab bages. Liquid manure is much more beneficial in a dry season than in a moist one; its advantages over solid manure be ing very striking during the former season and very slight during the latter. Parsons’ Purgative Pills will greatly rolicre, if not entirely cure, dyspepsia when everything else fnils. They have been tried in some desperute cases, and have given more relief than any other medicine. The Nest Desirable Stove to Ray. All our customers agree in saying that the P. J. NASH BroJdwayN. Y .manufac'ur- ■ ; " aon * er of solid Go d Jfc.WKi.RY or avoir description. Th-stock is Urge, very choice.end u ottered at retail at trade price* to keep our workmen going- ***11"u n deril(>, p. o. order in advance, over fK.O.O D Privilege to examine. Catalogue free A MOUTH.—Agents vran'ed every* wbrre: Business honorable and ant class- Particular* lent fret. Ad- drew WURTH A tin.. m Lo-ila. Mo. OPIUI 1 and Vorpblne habit absolutely and speedily cured. Paluleaa; no publicity. - end stop tor partlcuian Dr. Carl ton, 1(7 Washington M, Cblogo III. T HIS paper 1* printed with l<'k m tde by t Kane A Co., in 'tearitorn -treet. ( bic 0. B. —*. 7-"—. — 1 o*. lit '»»*'■ born -treet, Chicago, J*]?.!!?l B lar f t ' uf »“»»*! quantltl *. tsov. >*w»PAPiiit lvion. ; Mtivilh.Tenn. $3 SAMPLE FREE where addrrua the V - iom I 35 aid big p»y to male and teuiale ev<ry- ion Pub Co„ Newark, N. J. Years established, JONES COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, St. Louis, Mo. Write for Circular and Specimen of Business Penmanship. closet, and excellent reservoir, make it the four wveki earlier than any other cotton. Send most desirable stove that a housekeeper can j circul " r *- Address,carEdi 1 ?!?® i&i» buy. First Grand Exposition of the Tradesmen’s Industrial Institute, Pittsburg, Pa.,opens Oct. 7, closes Nov. 6. Address A J. Nellis, Pres. DR. TUTTS PILLS relieves tho most obstinate cases of Constipation, cures Piles whether into tirI or external. They produce no nausea. CONSUMPTION CAN 111! CURED Schenk’s Pulmonic sybup. Schenk's Weed Tonic. Schenk’s Mandrake Pills, Arc tho only medicines thut will cure Pulmonary Consumption. Frequently medicines that will stop a cough will occasion the death of the patient; they lock up the liver, stop tiie circulation of the Mood, hemorrhage follows, and in fact, they clog the action of the very ns that caused the cough. MAPS & CHARTS. Latest, most Ornamental and Correct. Kporial Agent wanted in ouch township. Send for Tree Catalogue an I TermetoE. C DKI BUM AN, S Bn relay S*“}#?V*ir 170 W. .fth bt., Cincinnati, O. Rare Cbnnis*. ft»IW W ?EK GUARANTEED to Agent*. \ I | Male and female, in their own locality. Oil I*™ 1 " and OUTFIT FREE. Address P. O. VICKERY ft CO., Augusta, Maine. m A MONTH and ICXPENSRStoSlTArtlcn nPTiTiif organs that caused the cough. 1 AU1U uiuijiuin. ••c.p/uurnoi, u, t u* I.tver Complaint nnd Dyspepsia are the causes of 1 Immlaged friend, or It will be too late Write to-day. two-thlrda 01 the case* of Consumption. Many per- ! Don’t nut it off. V“ J-*- ... sons complain of a dull pain lntheside.coiiHtipatlou, ! Addrem. B. M. WOOLLEY. Allmnto. B*. •pli _ u red at home, privately, speedily nnd psliilossely. No better or cheaper remedy known. It cer tainly cures. Help yourself, dyjng sons complain of a dull pain intheaide, constipation, coated tongue, iKiin in the shoulder-blade, feelings of drowsiness nnd restlessness, the fisxl lying heavily on the atomnch, accompanied with acidity and belch ing up of wind. Those symptoms usually originate from a dis ordered condition of tiie stomach or a torpid liver. I’crsons so effected, tf they take enc or two heavy colds, and if the cough in these cases be suddenly checked, will find the stomach and liver cli remaining torpid and inactive, and almost they are aware the lungs arc a moss of sores, and ulcerated, the result of which ia death. Schenck’s Pulmonary Syrup i* an expectorant CUSHING’S MANUAL Of Parliamentary Practice. Rules of priHieoding und debate in deliberative as semblies. This is the atandnrd authority In *11 the United States and I* an indispensable Hand Book for every memlier of a delllierative body, aa a ready ref- 1 erence upon the formality and legality of any pro- ore ‘ ceeding ordebate. . Price, AS cent*. Sent by mall on receipt of price. Address THOMPSON, DROWN A l(L 1, Maaa. which does not contain opium or anything calculated to check a cough suddenly. Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic dissolve* the food, mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids digestion, nnd creates a ravenous appetite. When the bowels sreiswlivo, skin sallow, or tho symptoms otherwise of a WMmis tendency. Ncnene*’* Mxintrako Pills arc required. These medicines ore prepared only by J. H. Nchknck ft Son, N. E. corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Phlla. And are for sale by all druggist* and dealers. E. J. HART 4 CO., No*. 78, 75 and 77 Tchoupl- toulas Street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agent*. SI LVL'U T I P PE D SHOES I Through the length and breadth of tho land the celebrated SIL- VEB TIPPED Boots and Shoes are sold by the million, for parent* know they last twice aa Have yon aeon tba wraf CABLE S C fi E W WIRE COLLEGE KSJavS. It-gr, New Orleans. L. uislana. Send lor circular TUB BENT FAMILY MEDinWEN: Tf?t?4 by P«n«i»r iiiut for mvnr a Q«3. r £e. r of a Century* DB. STRONG'S SANATIVE P!!,Ui Care Constipation. Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Diar rhea, Dysentery. Colic, Uheumatism, Erysipelas and •II disorders of the Liver, Stomach and Bowel*. DR. STRONG’S PECTORAL STOMACH PILLS Care Coughs, Colds, Croup, Dyspepsia, Sick Haad- ache, Disease of the Heart, Female Complaints and all derangements of the Chest and Stomach.