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An Uncle In Kansas. In tlie Central passenger coach, some time ago, in a seat directly in front of the writer, sat a young boy and girl, who appeared unusually intelligent and wide-awake. The hoy, especially, had a quick eye for every event that took place, and was not afraid to ask ques tions of any who came within speaking distance. Suddenly in the midst of an indifferent conversation with the writer he asked: “Have you ever been West?” Being informed that such was the case, he seemed interested, and the following somewhat remarkable dia logue occurred: ••What kind of a State is Kansas for business?” . “Bather good I should think? why? “Good State to start a grocery store in, think?” SCIENCE. FARM AND GARDEN. Recoil of Gum.—An apparatus for ascertaining the recoil of guns during the first instants after the charge is fired, has lately been brought before the French Society for the Encourage ment of National Industry by M. Sebert. It is termed a velocimeter, and consists essentially of a strip of flexi ble steel, soot-blackened on its upper surface, and capable of being pulled in a horizontal slide, by a steel wire con nected with the gun on the carriage. Above it is a tuning-fork (with arms parallel in horizontal direction) kept vibrating electrically. This can be de- pressed so that a small steel style on one of the arms comes in contact with the strip, and as the strip is pulled along in the motion of the recoil the style produces a wavy trace, form which the velocity of recoil at each mo ment can be accurately deduced (the rate of vibration of the fork being , ,. , known). M. Sebert adds to the appar- On general principles I should say atug certa | n pieces whereby the dura- lt is; but why?” j tion of course of projectiles, either in “1 and Sis here, are going there to the bo re „ r i n the air, can be exactly set up a grocery.” | measured at the same time. “You are not going alone! Where is ; — vour father ?” The remarkable metal known as wootz “My father is home, 1 guess. I ex- 1 or Indian steel is now imitated with pectheis the maddest man in Amer-j considerable success in some of the ‘Are you running away ?” THE HOUSEHOLD. Okra.— This vegetable, so highly favored in the South, so healthy, nutri tious and ot easy culture. Is totally un known to thousands of Northern fami lies, while a Southern dinner—in sea- son—without if, would be considered incomplete. Served as soups, with green corn and tomatoes it has no equal: nor lies it when stewed, fried, or pre pared in many other ways. It is also cut In rings or sliced and dried for win ter use. The Okra is a tender herbac eous annual, resembling the Hollyhock plant, bearing its flowers and edible pods, like if, in the axils of the leaves. The flowers, also, in shape and size, re semble that of the single Hollyhock. Its color is a creamy white, and it is related to both the Hollyhock and the Cotton plant. The culture of Okra is a simple field culture, and since it feeds principally on mineral matters, it re quires as fertilizer but six hundred pounds of good wood ashes or four hun dred pounds of some good commercial fertilizer to the acre. The soil for Okra should be light and warm. It should be brcken deeply, as early in spring as practicable, with spade or plow, as circumstances demand, The 1 workshops of Europe the process being ! as follows: Small pieces of very good i.- „„ forged iron or steel are put in a crircl- Before answering, his sister gave ble fi aud covero d w [ t h charcoal. Air is him a nudge of caution. ! carefully excluded, and the mass ex- “Well, if we are, you won’t tell the p0 sed to heat until it turns dark gray— conductor or anyone, will you?" “It would be my duty to tell, w ould it not?” Where is your home?” Both seemed to grow uneasy at this, and the sister cast a reproachful glance at her brother for having informed against themselves. He answered more guardedly: “O east, of here, in the Eastern h Then he continued in an eager ex planatory manner: ‘You see we wouldn’t stand it at carburet of iron; this is easily pulver ized, and in this state it is mixed with pure alumina and subjected for a long time to a white heat in a crucible, when it becomes white and brittle, one-sixteenth to one-twelfth of this white mixture is melted with some good steel, a very close Imitation of Indian steel is said to be the result. Commercially speaking the genuine raw steel or wootz comes in three forms, namely—in bullet-shaped pieces of a certain weight as they cool in the pots, and which comes from Calcutta; in cakes of about two pounds and a half, from Bombay; and in cylinder! Baked Chicken Pie.—To make the crust, use one-half a pound of butter to every pound of flout, and three tea spoonfuls of baking powder; chop one- half of the butter into the prepared flour until it is well mixed in; add a little ice-cold water and work it into a stiff dough; roll it into a thin sheet and spread on one-half the remaining but ter; fold it up, butter side in, and re roll it; then spread on all the butter, fold again as before, and roll out thin; cut in the size required for the pie. Line the bottom and sides of a well- buttered earthenware cake pan or pud ding dish with the crust; then to a 'large tender chicken add almost half a pound of salt pork. Have the pork chopped fine, and lay on one layer of pork; pep per it, using no salt, and cover with pieces of chicken; then another layer of pork, and so on until all the chicken is used up. Have three hard-boiled eggs chopped up and added with the chick en. Before laying on the top crust place a few small lumps of butter about the top, and add water enough to make as much gravy as may be desired. Cut a star or other ornament on the top, and bake for one hour in a slew fertilizer should then be scattered and oven. home any longer. Ma died five years ^ 0l about the same weight, ago, and two years ago pa married p rom (Joleonda. again, and our new mother began to , — domineer over Sis and me like every- : Another 1 Vay to Bleach Ivory.—Take thing, and when our half-brother was : tw0 handfuls of lime, slake it by sprin- ' bom she was worse than ever, and it ling it with water; then add three was always ‘Willie dear,’ and ‘honey,’ pints of water, stir the whole together, was aiwajs < > ,, , let it settle ten minutes, and pour the and ‘little man,’ and darling, anu an wa(er j nto a p an f or your purpose, that kiud of stuff; and Sis and me were ; after w bich boil it in a strong alum ‘brats ’ and ‘torments,’and ‘imps,’ and [ water one hour, and dry it in the air. we couldn’t stand it, so we lit out. Carvings in Ivory when not kept under we couiun sia m , glass, sometimes become covered, in We’ve got an uncle in Kansas some- ( ^ wi[h a multitade 0 f minute cracks where.” i which get filled with dirt and deface “Your father w ill hunt you up and 1 t ), e m. Glass not only protects them take you back, won’t he?” ! from this injury, but affords the means “Oh no he won’t; he has talked of of bleaching or whitening ivory which ’ , ,, „ 1]PSR be ! has been discolored. 1 his effect is pro pending us to our uncle, and I guess he j duced by exposinlJ tbe art i c ies to the thinks we have gone there. sun’s rays under glass, turning each “But how did you get away without ■ side ia succession to the direction of any one knowing it?” I the rays. To remove the cracks before “Well you see, father keeps a gro- j mentioned the Ivory should be washed as heal- in soap and warm water with a brush eery store in g , ! [iU , be cracks disappear, after which ways keeps a lot of trunks for sate, his lhg art i c i e should be placed under and I packed all our things in one with- | gla3S . out any one knowing it; the railroad, . • goes right by the store, and night be-; extraordinary shower of red sand fore last we got up quietly and left on fell OTer t i, e city of Naples and in its the 1 35 train.” '• vicinity on two days in the last week *• : V“. ” sn&zt -a, wnn some one to show the conductors our te i e g arm from Vesuvius, having seen a tickets, and so they think we belong to c i oud 0 f red as hes rise from the crater him. If you are going West may be ! of the volcano; but the facts that the you will show him our tickets?” 1 wind blew from the southeast, and that «I .«■ the next station Don’t numerous viliiages south of the moun- “I get ell at the next station, non t ^ ^ shower Qf re(J you think you will get sick of your sand indicate a strong probability that undertaking and turn around and g° : 80 me of the sand, at least, came across home again “No, sir; we are bound to go to Kan sas and start a grocery store.” “I’ve got .” Another admoni tory nudge from the sister. “Pshaw, Sis, don’t 1 know an honest man when I see him?” (Aside to the sister.) (To the writer:) “We’ve got the money with us.” “Indeed! Where did you get it?” “Well, you see, ma left Sis and me (nudge) *5,000 (nudge) apiece (nudge) —that’s *10,000—when we were twen ty-one, and as the banks were busting up so pa took the money home and put it in the bureau, and I took it.” “Aren’t you afraid you might be rob bed? How do you carry it?” “Well, you see we—(violent nudging from the sister.) No, we ain’t afraid of being robbed; nobody knows any thing about it, you know.” “But you don’tknow much about the grocery business, do you?” “Oh, yes; I’ve been clerking for fa ther a good many years.” “How old are you ?” “1 am thirteen; Sis is eleven. “Syracuse!” cried the brakeman; and the writer stepped off. Those two young people will take care ot them selves. A Wise Judge. It has been said that a District Judge in British India requires the firmness of a European and the cunning of an Asiatic, an axiom fully borne out by the following authentic anecdote: Shortly before the mutiny of 1857, a young officer of the English line, while passing through a native village was an noyed by tho importunity of a Hindoo beggar, whom no rebuff seemed to dis concert. At length when the old and filthy vagrant, seconded his petition by laying his grimy hand upon the Eng lishman’s arm, the latter, unable to control himself any longer, repaid the freedom with a straight-forward blow from the shoulder, delivered with such hearty good will that the poor Hindoo fell like a log, to all appearance stone dead. Before the assailant could re cover from his bewilderment at this unlooked for catastrophe, a howling swarm of natives came rushing to the spot, and with frantic cries of ven geance upon the murderer of their countryman, dragged him off to the lo cal magistrate, carrying with him as evidence the corpse of the slain man. Matters might well look gloomy for the prisoner, for the body showed not the slightest sign of life, while the cul prit lnmself, overwhelmed with horror at the fatal consequences of his mo mentary passion, faltered and trembled in a way that would have made an or dinary Judge convict him on the spot. But, happily for him, the magistrate was a veteran, whom no contretemps, however unexpected, could find him unprepared. He heard the story to an end witkout a word of comment, and then quietly remarked that before pass- i ng sentence he wished to be quite cer tain that the man was really dead. The Hindoos broke in with a- terrible out cry at the idea of the sacred remains being touched by an unbeliever. “Oh, I dou’t need to touch him 1” quoth the Jndge. coolly; “I have a surer way than that.” Without appearing to no tice the look of uneasiness that began ‘o cloud the surrounding faces, he drew forth a stick of sealing wax, lighted it, and let fall the burning drops upon the bare breast of the corpse. Instantly the murdered man started up with an ear piercing yell, and tossing his arms frantically, rushed out and plunged headlong into the river, while his in consolable mourners vanished almost as quickly in the opposite direction the Mediterranean from the deserts of Africa. A microscopic examination of the particles ought to settle tbe ques tion. Millstones made of glass are a Ger man novelty. Eight pieces of glass of equal size are used as nuclei; a counter piece of granite is bound to the outer lorm with cement. The advantages claimed are that they run easily, grind cool, and produce finer, lighter flour than French burrs. But a few are in actual operation. harrowed in. As soon as soil and weather get warm enough to plant corn and beans, the land is laid off in rows three feet apart, and tbe seed—having been pfeviously soaked—is planted from four to six Inches apart, according to its quality. It would be proper here to remark that the seed does not germin ate fieely, and under unfavorable con ditions, such as cold, wet weather, it will frequently rot in the ground. As soon as the plants are three inches high, thin to eighteen inches. All that is now requisite till frost is a clean, shallow culture. As soon as the pods have attained two-tiilrds of their full size, they are ready for gathering. This is done at first once a week; later, twice, aud when the plant is in full bearing, as often as once a day, in order not to allow the pods to get too old and tough. The pod is in proper condition for gathering when it breaks easily from the stalk, or when its point breaks when held under a light pressure of the thumb. ’The rough, hairy surface of the plant is very irritating and pro duces a burning sensation, and per sons with tender skins, when gather ing Okra without gloves, frequently get swollen hands from its effect. Where the skin is exposed, this burn ing may be partly or wholly relieved by bathing the hands in strong salt water. To Tell the Age of Fowls.—If a hen’s spur is hard and the scales ot the legs are rough, she is old, whether you see her head or not; but her head will crorroborate your observation. If the under bill is so stiff you cannot bend it down, and the comb thick and rough, leave her, no matter how fat and plump for someone less particular. A young hen has only the rudiments of spurs; the scales on the legs are smooth, glos sy and fresh-colored, whatever the color maybe; the claws tender and short, nails “harp, the under bill soft, and the comb thin and smooth. Anold turkey has rough scales on the legs, callosities on the soles of the feet, and long, strong claws; a young one the reverse of all these marks. When the feathers are on, the old turkey cock has a long tuft or beard; a young one but a sprouting one, and when they are off, the smooth scales on the legs decide the point, besides the difference in size of the wattles of the neck and in the elastic shoot upon the neck. An old goose when alive is known by the rough legs, the strength of the wings, parti cularly at the pinions, the thickness and strength of the bill, and fineness of the feathers; and when plucked, by the legs, the tenderness of the skin un der the wings, by the pinions and the bill, and the coursences of the skin. Ducks are distinguished by the same means, but there is the difference that a duckling’s bill is much longer in proportion to the breadth of the head than the old duck’s. Baked Cod or Haddock —Take cod or haddock of five or six pounJy- keep the bead on fish; do not have it opened too deep; make a farcie or stuff ing of half pound ol bread crumbs, a teaspoonful of very finely-divided par sley, a teaspoonful of salt, a saltspoon- ful of ground pepper, a half teaspoon ful of mixed thyme and marjoram; take two, eggs, beat them up all together, add a teaspoonful of butter, mix all thoroughly and fill in the fish with it; if necessary, tie the fish up with a string: bake slowly in a pan, larding with a little butter from time to time; about an hour and a half will cook the fish. Extra GoodCookies.—One-half cup of butter, one cup of white sugar, one- half teaspoonsul of saleratu3. Melt the butter, mix all soft together with a spoon, and set away for one-half hour in the winter, and one hour in summer, where it is cold. Then the dough can be easily rolled without adding very much flour (the less the better), sprinkle the dough after rolling with sugar, cut, and bake in a quick oven, watching carefully. The ingre dients mentioned in this recipe make two dozen cookies. Add caraway seed it liked. Cheese Toast.—Take half a teacup of grated cheese—use crumbs and dry pieces—mix with it a teacupful of grated bread, the yoke of one egg, a spoonful of butter, three spoonfuls of rich cream, pepper and salt and a little mustard, if liked; toast some slicesof bread, spread the mixture on it, place in a quick oven for three or four minutes and serve hot. Barley Soup.—Wash and soak one- fourth pound of barley in a quart of water over night; in the morning turn off the water not absorbed and add three quarts of boiling water; a tea cupful of bread crumbs, and salt to taste; boil slowly four or five hours; add a teaspoonful of butter aud a little chopped parsley half an hour before serving. Learn to Swim. We have heard some enthusiasts de clare that a child ought to be taught to swim as soon as it can walk; and, without going quite so far as this, we may say that it is desirable In both cases that the tuition should, if possible, begin at an early age. In some parts of the south of Europe along the shores ot the Mediterranean—owing, no doubt, to the absence of tides and currents, to the greater warmth of the surface water, and to a smooth sea—swimming is much more generally practiced than with us; and it is surprising to see the diminutive little urchins who take to the water like ducks, and seem to think nothing of a swim of several hundred yards. In Malta, during the summer season, the buoy9 in the Dock yard Creek are constantly surmounted by naked youngsters, who find in them convenient supports to clamber up, and from which to take another plunge into the sea; while every man-of-war or large ship that enters the harbor is immediately surrounded by a crowd of boats containing boys of all ages, who eagerly ask in broken English that money may be thrown into the sea lor them to dive for, and who, if their re quest is complied with, plunge over board, and rarely fail to secure the coveted coin. There is no reason why any average individual of either sex should fail, we will not say merely to familiarity with the water at once pleas ure and safety. It is a great mistake for a man to stop when he has acquired the power of swimming a few yards. Let him persevere until he can swim far if not fast; let him learn how his newly acquired art may be made avail able, should the necessity arise, to save the life of a fellow creature with the minimum of risk to himself. Lives not a few are sacrificed every year because men, who are perhaps fair average swimmers, and who, relying on their skill in this respect, cannot allow a fel low man to drown before their eyes without an effort to save him, have yet never practiced diving or learnt how to approach a drowning person. There is one particular form of swimming, too and the one which is perhaps the most practically useful, to which amateurs as a rule give little heed—we mean swimming in clothes. There are many men, who are perhaps tolerable swim mers in ordinary bathing costume, who would feel themselves terribly over weighted by their garments in the event of being capsized when boatsailing. And, of course, clothes are an incum brance, especially at first; but a good swimmer ought to be able, if time and circumstances permit, to rid himself of some of the heavier portions of his rai ment in the water, and it is astonishing how far and how fast it is possible after a little practice to swim in ordin ary morning costume. Even a heavy pair of shooting boots is notan insuper able obstacle. The Question of Weeds.— Every good farmer knows that to insure satis factory crops his land must be culti vated in tbe best manner, and if it is so cultivated, few weeds will be found up on it. Sometimes, even upon well- managed farms, afield here and there, owing to adverse weather, a shortness of hands, or a rush of work generally, may be neglected for a few days, and the weeds may get a start; but this happens rarely, and an observing man can always judge of tho character of a farmer by glancing his eyes over his premises. If the weeds are not to be regularly and systematically destroyed, tne idea of conducting agricultural op erations profitably may as well be aban doned, for the one is incompatible with the otner. And even this is more pointedly so with the garden. Weeds and a garden crop are as antagonistic as life and death. They cannot stand upon the same platform. One must be master, and it is for the owner to say which. If a garden is systematically worked—and withoutsystem nogarden is worth having—the labor of keeping down the weeds is reduced one-half. But let them once get ahead, and they may be fought all summer and prove victorious in the end. Again, let no weeds go to 9eed; and do not throw in to the public highway such as do, to be wasned down upon the land of your neighbors. —One mau in Texas has 110,000 head of stock in one lnclosure. Silver Cake.—One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, whites of seven eggs, one cup sweet milk, two cups flour, one cup cornstarch, two tea- spoonfuls baking powder. Cream the sugar aud butter, add the milk, and stir in gradually the flour and cornstarch, in which the baking powder has been sifted. Stir in the well-beaten whites last,and then flavor to taste. * 1 Oatmeal Porridge.—Into one quart of perfectly boiling water, Into which a small teaspoonful of salt lias been added, stir one teacupful of granulated oats, (cost, 4 cents), and let them bail actively for two hours. Boil them in a double boiler, and ilo not take off the lid or stir them until the very last,when they may be stirred thoroughly and poured into a mould. WIT AND HUMOR. A Painful Scene.—While seven or eight old and reliable citizens were holding down chairs and boxes in a Michigan avenue grocery, and unani mously agreeing that this was tbe greatest country bn earth, a stranger entered and said: Gentlemen, I suppose you are all familiar with politics.” We are,” they replied in chorus. And you know all about the funda mental principles of liberty?” We do.” Well, I’m glad on it, for I’ve made a bet with a feller hack here as to how the reading of the Constitution begins. One of you just write me down the first ten words.” While he felt for a stub of a pencil every man began scratching his head and cautiously eyeing his neighbor. One began muttering: “Now I lay me ” and a second said something about “Resolved,” and a third wrote on top of a cracker box: “On motion, it was voted that—that .” There was a great deal of coughing and sneezing and nose blowing, when a boy came in and said the stranger’s horse had run away. He rushed out, and seven faces bright ened up and smiled, and seven men took fresh chews of tobacco, and tried not to look too important when the grocer said: “The Constitution? Why, every one of you can repeat it by heart, with your eyes shut—of course you can,” The Difference.—Snodgrass placed a couple of coin dollars in the palm of his hand, and showing them tohis wife, who had just purchased some ceramics, asked: Mrs. Snodgrass, can you tell me the difference between these dollars and those pieces of pottery?” “Why, certainly, my lord; those dollars are silver and alloy, while these ceramics are kaolin and petunce.” “Yes, but that isn’t the right an swer,” said Mr. Snodgrass. “Tbe dif ference is that these are my bottom dollars, aud those, my dollars bought 'em!” Mrs. Snodgrass gave her husband a very piercing look, and then wept copi ously. ^ The rigid observance of English rules in South Carolina Courts, and a neglect of the same on the part of Mr. Petigru, gave rise to the following pas sage : “Mr. Petigru you have on a light coat. You can’t speak.” Petigru replied: “May It please the bench, I conform strictly to the law. Let me illustrate : The law says that the barrister shall wear a black gown and coat, and your honor thinks that means a black coat?” 1 J‘Yes,” said the judge. “Well, the law also says the sheriff shall wear a cocked hat and sword. Does your honor hold that the sword must be cocked as well as the hat?.” He was permitted to go on. Mrs. A.—“Somebody’s in the next room. I wonder what they’re doing.” (Looking wistfully at the keyhole). “I’ve a good mind to peep.” Mrs. B— “Oh, 1 wouldn’t; t’isn’t right.” Mrs. A.—“I don’t care; I’m just dying to know.” (Puts eye to keyhole, but im mediately takes it away, disconcerted). “H’m the key is in.” Mrs. B.—“Yes, so 1 found before you came in.” The following startling announce ment was given out by the parish clerk in a small church in Somersetshire re cently, where the rector has divided his labors between two churches: “I gers notice nex’ Sunday there wun’t be no Sunday, ’cause rector’s goin’ to t’other parish flshin’.” By this the accustomed congregation understood that the cler gyman would be officiating in another parish a few miles oft. Oyster-Breeding la China. SUMMERJVIUSIC BOOKS! Like so many peculiar things In the Celestial Empire, the'system of breed ing the above-named bivalve differs widely from that pursued in Euoope or America. In the southern part of China “collectors” of bamboo are placed in the oyster beds, much after the same fashion as the elaborate tiles and “hives” employed in France. Those oyster-catchers are, however, prepared in a curious manner. The canes are exposed for about two months to the rays of the sun, and then placed a simi lar period in salt water, after which they are dried for several days, the ob ject being to preserve them trom decay and prevent the twisting or warping of the bamboo. Notches are then cut In the canes, into which empty oyster shells are fixed, like so many cups, and thus prepared they are driven into the the seashore between high and low water mark, and left standing to catch the young spat. Those localities are considered best where the rise and fall of the tide is the greatest, so that the bivalves may be alternately covered by the flood and exposed to the air on the ebb. There the young oysters thrive well and develope rapidly, and are quite ready for market when they are two years old. A large trade is carried on by the persons pursuing thecalling, and who have many thousands of these collectors planted in favorable situa tions, and some successful breeders have been known to realize large for tunes. In China large quantities ofthe oyster are dried Instead of being eaten in a fresh state. For that purpose they are taken from the shells, simply plunged Into boiling water, and then removed at once, after which process they are exposed to the rays of the sun until every particle of moisture has evaporated. In that state they will keep for a length of time, and are said to preserve all the delicacy of their fla vor. Tu'e finest and fattest bivalves, bred and fed on the leaves and cuttings of the bamboo, are selected for pre paration by that method, those taken from the natural being inferior in quality, and not sufficiently plump to ptand the operation. For |k< Sanriajr IckssL THE GOSPEL OF JOT1 Ucta. Jnstcat. Orest favorite. GOOD NEWS I Kcts. Well known; elwajsfoot SHINING RIVER I sets. Very beemllnl songs. INDORSING DB. RADW^TS R. R, KXHEDg um an imia atfiAiiua New Tonx, Inn. 4, UTL Dias sib.—Barlac tor seven! yean osedyov meui mes, dointiBgiy u amt. but alter expert OEMS OF ENGLISH SONG I #*JU. Bat Sonf ! Stes! 'tSZtSuTtint Sltfut'ibESiSS For lea Shore < coiiec ion. acknowledtre th# adi'taUn we tire derive) CLU8TEMOF GUMS ! *2 50. Capital Piano P~~ K> m th- mT Th? pOi^ferWOrtS U> 08 0*2 GKMS OF_ the daHCE I fJJO. Br.Uiaut as occasion n quires, and always with tne de sired effect. The R ady Bellet cannot he bet ter described th in it ts by its nahie. We apply * ‘ Bt ln- Waltses, Ac. What Boohs to Bead. Lives ot BEtTdOTEN.i #2 oo), MOZART,(91.75), j the liniment frequently and freely, aln 8CH CM AN N.(fiJ5). and Olliers: m at interesting; ; rarlably finding the promise 1 t4 RtaeL'* nleo, KlTTJCR’si LlSTOKY OP MUsIO, 2 vola.. —* — -ch *1.50, MUSICAL RECORD. (92 00). Good *diog; one« a week, alt the newa and fine selection of innate. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES (10 eta.) of almost a*I Music Books tn -t are published. Vary valoabla for referei.ee. l£00 hooka. Any book mailed, for ratail pries. Oliver Ditson A Co, Boston. inEsDiTiosece. 114 NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO, Battle Creek, Mich. ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE “VIBRATOR” THRESHING MACHINERY. PflHE Matchless Grain-Saving, Time-Saving, A and Mcncv-Saving Threaten of this day and fenora- tSos. Beyond aU rivalry fbr Rapid Work, Perfect Clcaniag, and tor Saving Grain from VTaxtage. Turn the Wick Up.—Some persons are in the habit of going to sleep with the wick of the lamp turned down low. It is a most unhealthy practice. The gas which should be consumed by tbe flame passes into the atmos phere. Only good oil should be burned, and the wick always raised to a proper height. A Great Enterprise.—The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester’s greatest business enter prises. Their Hop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, Laving from their intrinsic value found their way into almost every household in the land.—Graphic. Utility of Toads.—A writer notices tbe fact that many gardeners already appreciate the valuable services of com mon toads tor their insect-destroying propensities, and afford them protec tion, while as many more, perhaps are ignorant of their usefulness, To the latter class it should be known that toads live almost wholly upon slugs, caterpillars, beetles, and other insects, making their rounds at night when the farmer is asleep—and the birds too— and the insects are supposed to be hav ing it all their own way. English gar deners understand these facts so well that toads are purchased at so much a dozen and turned loose, and the best of it is the toads generally stay at home, so the gardener is not troubled with buying his own toads over again in a few days. The toad can be tamed, and will even learn to know its master, and come when called; the writer has not only had such, pets himself, but could give other instances of toad taming that have come under his observation. Teads can be made very useful about the house, and will do not a little good in destroying eockroaches, flies, and other household pests. They are some times known to eat worms, which they grasp by the middle with their jaws, jamming in the wiitbing ends of the unfortunate articulates by means of their front feet. Insects are seized and conveyed to the mouth by means of the rapid darting tongue, which always secures the victim as it is about to fly or run away. Many places along the sunny sides of fences might he utilized by the plant ing of sunflowers. The large headed kinds are very profitable for feeding to poultry. The seeds are coarse and full of oil. We feed sunflower seeds and cracked corn and rye. Johnny Cake.—Take a pint of sour milk, break an egg into it, stir in a tea spoonful or two of flour, and add Indian meal enough to make a thick hatter; put in a teaspoonful of salt, stir in five minutes, then add a heaping tea spoon tul ol soda dissolved in hot water; then bake in a pan or on a grid die. Cocoanut Candy.—Two cups granu lated sugar (seven cents), half cup of water; boil for six minutes, add one grated cocoanut. (nine cents); as soon as the sugar is soft, spread in white, greased payers, and when cold, cut in small squares; sixteen cents for one pound. French Mustard.—Slice ai onion in a bowl, and cover wi^h good vine gar. After two days pour off the vine gar; add to it a teaspoouful of cayenne pepper, a teaspoonful of salt, a table- spoonful of sngar, and mustarc enough to thicken; mix. Set on the stove and stir until it boils. When cold it is fit for use. Black lead is excellent to lessen friction between two pieces of work. The sides and rest9 of desks or bureau drawers may be made to move easy by preading common stove blacking even ly with a cloth or the Auger over tlieir surfaces. Time and patience may thus be saved. The main point in successful tree planting is to select medium sized trees, so as to secure good roots. Keep the roots from exposure to sun and wind wnile hauling, take pains in setting and mulch liberally. Cramps, Colic, iTOMACH, Dlarrnoea . _. . cored b> Dr. Jayne’s Carminative Balsam. It removes all soreness of the Bowels, quiets the Komach, and restores its natural. etion. As a family remedy for many Affections of the Bowels, prevalent among children and adults In the Summer mouths, 1l is especially recom mended, being prompt *—- To Pickle Beef.—Pack in the barrel with salt enough to season for cooking: then put two ounces of saltpetre, one pint of molasses, one and a half papers of saleratus into enough water to coyer 100 pounds of beef; let it stand over night before pouring over the beef. A Modern Medical Miracle is without doubt tbe discovery of “Anakesis’ by Dr. Silsbee, an infallible remedy for the most painful aud exasperating of all diseases Piles. 600,000 once afflicted mcrtal-i gladly attest tbe virtue of Anakesis and suffering Millions joyously bail the hope of relief. The Biu.ple, rational, common sense nature of this marvelous discovery of a cure so »afe, ea-y and certain fra disease so painfal an J per sistent has excited the wonder of the people and admiration of medical men. it is the re sult of 40 years experience by a distinguished scientific physici n. This really great remedy combines the soothing system ofthe English— mechanical method of the French and the heroic medical custom of American Surgeons. “Anakesis’' therefore affords almost instant relief from pain, keeps up the law sensitive tumors aud both by pressure and medication cares the most inveterate cases of piles. It has stoo i the critical test of 20 years use against the coils of ignorant imitations and unscrupulous empiricism, over half a million of persons have used it and ■on 6 ' without benefit. Doctors of all schools prescribe!' as tbe neareet to an infallible remedy poseiole. Samples of “anakesis** are sent free to all suf ferers by P. Nenstaedter A Col. Box 8946 New York, sole manufactarem Sold by druggists everywhere. Price fLOOperbax. A painter and professor of the fine arts recently said to one of his pnpils: Your picture is not quite up to the mark; your composition is too much to the left of the canvas; besides the ex pression of the head of the principal figure is a little strained. I may add that this arm seems to me to be rather long.” The pupil answered: “But j*ou must consider, sir, it is not var nished yet.” Dobbins* Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Philadelphia,) contains nothing but the purest material, and does the work quickly, but without im pairing the finest fabric. Try it with out fail. A clergyman who had just per formed a wedding ceremony, and was filling out a blank description of the parties, asked the husband what his business was. “I am a wine merchant and a shoe maker,” was the reply. “Yes,’* chimed in the bride; “so you can set him down as a sherry-cob bler.” _ Adolphus: “What is that noise, darling?” Darling: “Oh, it’s only papa. Ever since he read in the papers of actions of breach of promise of mar riage being abolished he is always going about cracking his horsewhip.” Adol phus : “Oh 1 (Pauses reflectively). Well would it—er—be troubling you to—er —name the day?” A man tried to get into Barnum’s cir cus the other day without paying. He said he’d be bio wed if he was goin* to pay anything to go to the gratia’ show on earth. He guessed he know’d what gratis meant. “Baptiste, you have not brushed this furniture this morning?” Bap tiste, with a slightly ironical smile: “Madame ought to be able to see that it is not to-day’s dust—it is too thick.” Lady, to rheumatic old woman : am sorry you should suffer so—you should try galvanism. “Old woman ; “Thank you kindly, mum ; he I toswal- ler it or rub it in? No Hospital Needed.—No palatial hospital needed for Hop Bitter’s patients nor large-salaried talented puffers to tell what Hop Bitters will do or cure, as they tell their own story hv their certain and absolute cures at home. The Naughty Pup. Just after sunset a bright-faced little girl, attended by a playful black-and tan pup, was at the pump at Seventh and Walnut streets. Near by, on the curbstone, were two sparrows chirping cheerily*. The pup made a dash at them, and much to his delight one of them was unable to fly. It was a young one, the other was the mother. Seeing the danger of her young the old bird resorted to the usual devices to attract the enemy to pursue her, throwing herself upon the ground in front ot him, fluttering almost in his face and crying in distress. Thoroughly excit ed and somewhat confused the black- and-tan dashed first at one and then at the other. The little girl's heart was touched for the birds, and calling at the pup, she started in pursuit of him. Dog, birds and girl, for awhile all greatly excited, were flying here and there about the gutter, now on the pavement and again on the street. Fin ally, ju't as the pup pounced upon the young bird, Lis little mistress seiz ed him and drew him into her arms. For an instant it seemed the young bird eavod, bat th#* poor thing was frightened nearly to death, and, espy ing the sewer-opening in the curb it flew in and nothing then could save it. The little girl’* eyes streamed with tears; she scolded and gave the pup an affectionate sort of beating, and put ting his head near the opening, said in most distressed tones, “See what you ave done, you wicked, wicked iittla dog; you have drowned the poor little bird, you have drowned the poor little bird !’* and w r hen the mother fluttered around, looking and crying for her young, she burst into fresh tears and cried as if her heart would break. A number of people witnessed the inci dent and there were no dry eyes on the scene except those of the pup. —-The largest tree in the South is a tulip tree near Augusta, Ga. f which is 155 feet high, and nine feet In diameter its lowest branches being fifty five feet from the surface ofthe ground, One Word Covers Che Advice Which should be given to nervous, slender, snd debilitated persona—Invigorate l 8-.da tives, opiates, appetizers, are comparativeJy useless. The system must be built up with a genuine tonic in order t j the recovery of vigor and tranquility by the nerves. A course, sys tematically pursued, of the leading in v gorant. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, should be re sorted to by thoee who suffer from weak nerves and general debilit r . The stomach alw ys more or less dyspeptic in cases of nervousness and loss of vitality is toned and regulated by this medicine until the organ ac s with a precision akin to that of a steady- going piece of mechanism. Complete digestion and asaimilatiou are, through the influence of the Bitters, followed by a gam of vigor and flesh, and the disappearance of biliousness and irregnlaiity of tbe bowels, where such exist, as they usually do. Appetite and sleep are then regained. A child without legs has just been born. “Thank heaven!” said the weep- iug father, “this will never be a cham pion pedestrian.” When a society reporter wishes to puff a plain, vulgar girl, he remarks that she is as beautiful as she is accom plished. Ghosts. Not Col. Ingersoll’s “aristocracy of the air,” but real human ghosts. Ghosts hat were once healthy men and women, out are now simply the “ghosts of what they once were.” As we meet them, and inquire the cause of all this change, they repeat the old, old story, “a cold,” “neglected cough,” “catarrh,” “over work,” or “dysyepsia,” “liver com plaint,” and “constipation,” with un successful physicians and remedies. In offering his Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets for the cure of the above affections, Dr. Pierce does not recommend them as a “sure cure” in all stages. For if the lungs be half wasted away, or there b« a cancer ous complication, no physician or medi cine can cure. The Discovery is, how ever, an unequaled pectoral and blood- purifier. It epeedily cures the most ag gravated cough, or cold, and in its early or middle stages, consumption. By correcting all irregularities ot the stomach and liver, it readily cures blotches, pimples, scrofulous ulcers, “bunches,” or tumors. Hundreds tes tify that it has restored their health, after eminent physicians had failed. For constipation, use the Pellets. As a local remedy for catarrh, use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. It You Would Enjoy Good Health Take Hooflands German Bitters. sixes of Separators n O UR Unrivaled 8tei_ - _ both Portable snd Traction, with Valuable Impro Bents, far beyoodmny other make or Usd. IflKE ENTIRE Tkrmhliig EiptlM. (ui .Its. A three to Are times that amount) can be made by the Extra Grain SAVED by these Improved Machines. S2.RAIS Bslsen will .ot submit to tkr mor- Vn mo us wastage of Grain aad the inferior work dons by N OT Only Vastly Superior for Wheat. Oats, Barley, Bye. and like Grains, but the Only Suocese- Thresher in Flax, Timothy, Millet, Clorer, and like Seeds. Requires i Z S Thorough Workmanship, Elegant Finish, Perfection of Parts, Completeneea of Equipment, etc., M ARVELOUS for Simplicity of Parts, using less than one-half the usual Belts aad Gears. Makes Clean Work, with no Litterings or Scatterings. TVOUB Sizes of Separators Made. Ranging 4 from Six to Twelve-Horse size, and two styles of Mount ed Horse Powers to match. 0B Particular!, Call on onr Dealers ot HOP BITTERS. (A Medicine, not a Drink,) BOPS, BUCHUs UARDRAK1 DANDELION, > Bkst MzznoAX. Qtautzms TH1SY CURB All Diseases of the Stomach, Bovek^Btood, Ltrer, Kidneys, and Urinary Organa, Nervousness, Sloep- mnsm aad especially Female Complaints. ^ HON IN GOLD. Fill be paid for a case theywtH not earn or help, oi jr anything impure or Injurious found tn then Ask yoor druggist for Hop Bitten aad try tl before yon sleep. Taho no then. Bor Couoh Curb la the sweetest asfeat aad t Ask Children i of opium, tobacco aad n Trely roars, (signed) Dm. Radwat. THURLOW WEED. R. R. R. RADWAY’S READY EEUEP CURES TEE WORST TAIN'S In from One tn SO MissUa hot onx naim Imlwaji Iwdr Belter i. ■ CanOf KYERT PAIN. It The Only Pain Remedy that Instantly stops the most excruciating pains, al ays Inflammations and cures Conge*, tlone, whether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bosnia •r other glands or organa, by one application. Dl FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTE*, no matter how violent or excruciating the pntn the RHEUMATIC, Bed-ridden, lnllrm. Crippled, Ner ous. Neuralgic, of prostrated with dlnea— may suffer, RAHWAY’S READY RELIEF WILL AFFORD*INSTANT EASE. INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS, INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER, INFLAMMATION OF THE bOWRLS, CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS, SORE THROAT. DIFFICULT BREATHING. PALPITATION OF THE HEART, HYSTERICS, CROUP. DIPHTBKRIA. CATARRH, INFLUENZA, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE. NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS, CHILBLAINS and FROST-BITES. will afford ease and comforL Thirty to sixty drope in half a tumbler of i water will in a few moments cure Cramps, Spasms, sour Stoipach, Heartburn, Sick Head ache. Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind in the Bowels, and all Internal Pains. Travelers should always carry a beetle of FETEB and AGUE. Fever and Ague cured for Fifty cent*. There la not a remedial agent In the world that will cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious, Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid. Yellow and other Fevers (aided by Rad war’s Pills) bo qolck a* RADWAY’S READY RELIEF. 5* CtS. A bOttlA. Dr. Radway’s SmprilllM RosoM, rHE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, FOR THE CURE OF CHRONIC DISEASE, SCROFULA OR SYPHILITIC, HEREDITARY OR CONTAGIOUS, be It seated In tbe wings or stomach, Skin or Bones, Flesh or Nerves, eorruptln; the solids and vitiating the flulda. Chronic Rheumatism. Scrofula, Glandular Bwelllng. Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Affec tions syphilitic Complaints, Bleeding of the Lungs, Dyspepsia, Water Brash. Tic Dotoraux, White Swellings, Tumors, Ulcers, Skin and Hip Diseases, Female Complaints, Gou , Dropsy. Balt Rheum, Bronchitis, consumption. Liver Complaint, &c. Not only does the Snrsaparlllian Resolvent excel all remedial agents in the cure of Chronic, Scrofulous, Constitutional and Skin Diseases, but It la tbe only positive cure for i Kidney d> Bladder Complaints, i Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes. OR. M. W. CASE’S ^ rl " mwnwii v £^ wbe k^ ere are brtek dust depositor th. I ! ^ u ER -v Ms. ^ J .. water la thick, cloudy, mixed with substances LlVCr KGITlGCl V UkTie white of anegg, or threads like whtte — AND-- J' j silk, or there la a morbid, dark, blliou-* appMT- — ! mce and white bone-dust deposits, and when there la a pricking, burning sensation when passing water, and pai£ 5® the small of the back and along the loins. Is Tonic, Cordial, Anti-Billons. soul br Ororeizta. PRICK OK DOLLAR. flIIDCfi LivzaComplaint,Biliousness,Heat* 1 UllllLO ache. Sick Headache, Neckalgi; Fever and Agc% Palpitation, C< BLOOD PURIFIER Is Tonic, Cordial, Anti-Billons. flIIDCfi Liver Complaint, Biliousness, Head bunco ache. Sick Headache, Neuralgia Fever and Ague, Palpitation, Consumption. DYSPEPSIA >nd nil Ulffeues of tbe Hiomacb, Liver, and Blood. It builds op the system, is pleasant to take ioes not sicken, give pain, nor leave the system con stipated, as other medicines do. HOWTO BE and yourbfood pare, and YOUR OWN &K“T v k y ££n d e£ doctor, ftsaassisatt’ Case from his favorite prescription, used fn his own extensive practice for over 27 years. Superior to ali known remedies. It* tuce^uu *rondrrful. tWGEXEKAL. Local * fifllT* fafAilTCfl '^iSTKio’ifniNXnv Imiwemk.vS'n mat Send for Circular aad Terms to Agents HOME MEDICINE CO., ?hiladeFphla. Sold by all IhruggistA, General Stores, and Agents Price. 26c.; Large Bottle*, half pint, 75c. t Box or 6 Larve for *3.76, sent by exprees.pr<7x11 tf PrfmJ Route free. Ask vov Draiririot far i» ovABiAS maos D» TEI TKARS’ 6KOWTH CUBED BT DA LANDRETHS'__ SEEDS S I. PETTEHGILL dfc CO.. Advertising • Agents, 37 Park Row. New York, and 701 chestnut Street, Philadelphia, receive adver tisements for publication In any part of the world at lowest rates. ADVICE as to the most judicious advertising and the best mediums and the manner of d >lng It.—ESTIMATES for one or m re lnser lons of an adverilsement, in any number of papers, forwarded on application. EXODUS To the beat lands, in the best climate, with the beet markets, and onihebept terme, along the St. Paul. Minneapolis A Manitoba Railway, (late St. Paul A Pacific.) 3,000,000 ACRES! Mainly in the Famous RED RIVER YALEET OF THE NORTH. On long time, low prices and easy payments. Pamphlet with full information mailed free. Apply t ly Your Liver is Disordere Hoetands Ger man hitters will set it aright. WORMS. WORMS E. F. Kunke.’s Worm 8yrup never fails to destroy Pin, S-3at and Stomach Worms. Dr. Eunkel. tbe oniy euoceaaful physician who re moves Tape Worm in two hours, alive with head, and no fee nntil removed. Common sense teaches if Tape Worms can be removed all other worms can be readily destroyed. Advice at office and storo free. The doctor can tell whether or not the patient has worms. Thou sands are dying, daily, with worms, and do not know it. Fits, spasms, cramps, choking and suffocation, sallow complexion, circ.es around the eyes, swelling and pain in the stomach, restless at night, grinding of the teeth,picking at the nose, cough, fever, itching at the seat, headache, fool breath, the patient grows pale and thin, tickling and irritation in the anus- all these symptoms, and more, come from worms. E. F. Kunkel’s Worm Syrup never fails to remove them. Price, $ 1 00 per bottle, or six bottles for $5 00. (For Tape Worm, write and oonsult the Doctor.) For all others, buy of your druggist the Worm Syrup, and if he haw It not, send to Dr. £ F. Runkel, 259 N. Ninth, street. Philadelphia, Pa. Advice by mail, free; Bend three-cent stamp. Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia E. F. Kunkel’s Bitter W ne of Iron, a sure cure for this disease. It has been predcribed daily for many years in tbe practice of eminent physicians with unparalleled success. Symp toms are 1 ss of appetite, wind, and riFing of food, dryness in month, headache, dizziness, sleeplessness, and low spirits. Get the genuine. Not sold in bulk, only in *L00 bottles, or six bottles fer $5.00. Ask your druggist for E. F. KUNKEL’S Bitter Wine of Iron and take no other, if he has it not, send to proprietor. E. F. KUNKEL, 259 N. Ninth 8t., Philadel phia, Pa. Advice free; enclose three-cent stamp. For PnfPUBS on the Face, use HieskeWs Tet ter Ointment. It never fails to remove them. If You are Dyspeptic Booflands German Bitters will cure you. Sieskslfs Tetter Ointment Will tmmoi Tetter. a rare chance for agent**. THE COMPLETE HOME I of re«*-arch, obwna . - Jntry nod thnold worl t'hefu 1-png'd colored platen, illustrating Ancient and Modern Homes ar marvel* ef slcgat.ee and S ood taste. No work treating thi* subject in detail. •a hereto'ore b -en offered, and hence Agei ‘ ~ ' '— fl Id. Coni peter* —‘* ! th great book of tbe year. pronounce L foil dcfcC: iptioo and ~te ma, addrro the Pub >, J.C. McCl'KIiY A CO., M S. Seventh St., Philadelphia. Pa. ESTABLISHED IMA MORGAN ft HEADLT, Importers of Diamonds AND laiifictm if Spectate lUutnMd Trio* List Mat t* U« tra* M ippIlMtto*. RADWAY’S REMEDIES. Dr. RADWAY At 00., 82 Warren Street, DR RADWAYS Regulating Pills, Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet no# a, oiwiucr, xvervuua yiauwa, n auacuw. Constipation, Costiveness, Indigestion, Dyspep sia. Biliousness, Fever. Inflammation of tba Bowels, Piles, and all derangements of the In ternal viscera. Warranted to effect a positive core. Purely Vegetable, containing no mer cury, mineral or deleterious drugs. rr* observe the following symptoms, result ing trom disorders of the Digestive Organs; Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of tha Blood in the Head, Ac dlty of the Stomach, Nausea, Hear burn. Disgust of Pood, Fullness or Weight m the Stomach, Sour Emotions, sink ings or Fluttenngs In the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head. Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Baffleaiing Sensations when In,a lying posture. Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever and lmil Pain in Head. Deficiency of Perspiration. Yel lowness of Skin and Eyes, Pain In the Side, Limbs, and bodden Flushes of Heat, Burning li the Flesh. A few doses ef RADWAY’S FILL* will Crsf the system from all of the above named dlsonfr era. Pries Sft oenu per box. Bold hi Druggist* Read “False and T rue .” sraft »letter stamp to RADWAY * CO- Ml ts wsrren H«w Tone. Information worU: t&ousaadswillkeMetre* Aopertna’ eelebrated Hfngla Breech-loading Shot- Gun at *16 np. Double-barrel Breech loaders at *21 up. Mnzsle and Breech-loading Guns, Rifle* and Pistols of most approved English and American mak-a. All kinds of sporting implements and art i- cles required by sportsmen ami gnu-maker*. COLT’S NEW BKEECH-LUADI.NG D jUHLE GUNS at *50 np—the beat gnna jet made for the price. Prim a on application. JOS. C. GRUBB & CO.. 712 Market St., Philada., Pa. SORGHUM SUGAR rH- body in the land wiih our copyright! d recipe. No expense required for its use. It will save i. illlona annually. No Farmer can afford to do withoutu. Take# like wild fire, and ia the b- at t hi : g for aganta In the government. Price, aith family right.only *1.06. Send stamp lor particular*, Ac. N. I. MAY ES A CO., Seedamen, SWEETWATin, T< no. •TMMMV nOAHCI !7 the let j tMiaih ITngftTwDnaHy>K>i| JjlHSkl BUTCHLErS PUMPS The Old Reliable STANDARD PUMP For Veils I* to 70 Feet Deep. lev Pries M, Ja 1,1879. ADDRESS C. G. BLATCHLEY, end expenses, or allow a large commission, tonsil o